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Mesa lands big Google data center

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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echnology giant Google is coming to Mesa, lured by a tax incentive agreement to build a massive data center in the emerging Elliot Road Technology Corridor.

In a major coup for Mesa, Google will join fellow tech heavyweight Apple, which already operates a large data center in the same area of southeast Mesa.

The Mesa City Council is primed to approve the Google development agreement at its meeting on Monday.

Steve Wright, a city spokesman, said he does not know specifically how many jobs will be

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created at the Google data center.

He said the city is limited on how much it can say about the project and that more details may become available when the agreement comes before the council Monday night.

“They’re very guarded in what they say,’’ Wright said. “Obviously, building out the facility, there will be a lot of jobs in construction.’’

Google issued a statement acknowledging the company’s interest in the data center, but it provided few details.

“Google is considering acquiring property in Mesa, AZ., and while we do not have a confirmed timeline for development for the site, we want to ensure that we have the option to further grow should our business demand it,’’

a Google spokesperson said.

A council report posted with the agenda also does not mention a number of jobs, but sets a series of milestones for development of the data center, including construction of at least a 250,000-square-foot building by July 2025 with a $600 million investment.

By July 2027, the company would need to meet a 500,000 square foot requirement, with a minimum investment of $800 million.

In July 2029, a 750,000 square foot requirement is imposed, with at least a $1 billion investment. The entire deal is outlined in a 35page development agreement.

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BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer

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he East Valley is ready to celebrate America’s 243rd birthday on Thursday with fireworks and public parties scheduled throughout the region.

Mesa’s Titan Solar Power Arizona Celebration of Freedom and Tempe’s July 4th Tempe Town Lake Festival will commemorate this year’s Independence Day with fireworks, musical performances, food vendors, stunt shows, historical re-enactments and memorials.

Chandler and Gilbert also are geared up to mark Independence Day with evening-long celebrations.

Chandler, Tempe Mesa officials all said they’re expecting as many as 20,000 people at

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Data centers like this Google operation are the “engines of the internet,” said Mesa Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak and the one Google is expected to build in the city could mean a $1 billion corporate investment. (Special to the Tribune)

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Google also would be required to pay the city $10,000 a year in rent to cover the administrative costs associated with the agreement.

“In terms of a financial deal, this is home run. This is a great day,’’ Mayor John Giles said, after the council discussed the deal Thursday during an hour-long executive session.

Giles said there are still elements of the project that need to be worked out, such as Google buying the property, 186 acres located at Elliot and Sossaman roads in southeast Mesa.

Giles said Google’s decision to build the data center in Mesa means that the Elliot Road Tech Corridor will be anchored at each end by one of the world’s largest tech companies, Apple and Google.

“There’s no city that wouldn’t be envious of that,’’ Giles said.

He said the project has been known to insiders by a code name, “Project Red Hawk,’’ for more than a year because Mesa signed a confidentiality agreement with Google.

Vice Mayor Mark Freeman said that Google would be buying the property from the Morrison family, long time farmers in the southeast Valley who have been selling off parts of their holdings for different types of developments — including the Morrison Ranch subdivision in southeast Gilbert.

Bill Jabjiniak, Mesa’s economic development director, played a major role in the negotiations. In a slideshow after the

executive session, estimated the Google project will produce $156,567,507 in revenues for the city.

The slideshow said the property would produce $3,604 in property tax in 2019 as an agricultural use and $162,007 during a 25-year period if the use remains unchanged.

If the tax incentive plan takes effect, the projected revenue to the city in excise taxes is estimated at nearly $33 million during the same 25-year period, as opposed to nearly $49 million if Google were to build the data center without the tax incentive.

The city anticipates generating another $28.1 million in revenues, at minimum, from a combination of construction sales tax, electricity sales tax and property taxes, Jabjiniak said.

“It’s an economic development tool approved by the Legislature. We have been very judicious about using this over the years,’’ Jabjiniak said.

He said the incentive plan, called a “GPLET,’’ would be in effect for 25 years if it is approved by the council.

A GBLET, an acronym for government property lease excise tax, is calculated based upon the gross square footage of a building and is an incentive that reduces a project’s operating costs, according to the Arizona Commerce Authority’s web site.

The financing tool, approved by the legislature in 2013, requires that the land be conveyed to a government entity and leased back for private use, the website said.

Jabjiniak said during his presentation that the data center would cover a staggering 750,000 square feet.

“Data centers are the engines of the internet,’’ Jabjiniak said. “We are talking about a $1 billion corporate investment.’’

He said Google would join Apple, AT&T, and Boeing as top Fortune 500 corporations with operations in Mesa.

The agreement also requires Mesa to make available 1,120-acre feet of water to Google initially, and that the amount of water can eventually grow to 4,480-acre feet per year if Google reaches certain development milestones.

Jabjiniak said data centers use the water for evaporative cooling. He said the availability of electricity from Salt River Project also was vital in Mesa’s efforts to recruit Google.

Google has up to five years to begin construction on data center and up to 10 years to finish building it, under the terms of the agreement, Jabjiniak said.

“That could be as much as five years or it could be sooner,’’ Jabjiniak said. “We were trying to give them some flexibility.’’

Jabjiniak’s presentation did not include job projections, but it did say the typical salary would be $65,000 or more per year.

An economic impact report on Google’s six data centers nationwide, as of April 2018, said they support 11,000 jobs and $1.3 billion in economic activity, according to Oxford Economics. Google also maintains several data centers in other countries.

The study said that in 2016, the U.S. centers generated $750 million in labor income and $1.3 billion in economic activity, with 1,900 employees working on the campuses.

NEWS 4 THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | JUNE 30, 2019

Water danger goes beyond death for children

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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octors saved the life of Rose Bennett’s son, Ethan, their efforts finally paying off after several failed attempts to resuscitate him.

But while the doctors were able to restore Ethan’s heartbeat, the happy 6-yearold boy she knew was gone forever that day, 10 years ago.

It was “the worst- case scenario’’ when it comes to non-fatal drownings, the severe cases where a patient no longer has a heartbeat and is brought back to life. He was left a spastic quadriplegic in need of care around the clock, his brain damaged from being cut off from oxygen for too long.

Non-fatal drownings such as Ethan’s are not tracked as carefully as fatal drownings — which demonstrate the need for public safety campaigns and constant, uninterrupted vigilance by parents and others when children are around water.

With families across the region planning holiday gatherings around the backyard pool and others heading for vacation spots near water, these non-fatal drownings carry a message no one should ignore: Lives compromised by long-term, neurologic damage are another important consequence in water-related incidents, leaving lasting damage from preventable incidents.

Dr. Blake Sherman, an emergency department doctor at Banner Desert Medical Center, estimates that as many as twothirds of victims who have lost a pulse — but have been revived and brought back to life — end up with some form of neurologic damage.

A state Department of Health Services report last year by Dr. Timothy Flood, bureau chief for health statistics, provides a snapshot of Arizona’s drowning problem during 2016, the latest available year for data.

Flood reported that 174 children were admitted at Maricopa County hospitals for water-related incidents, with 14 children younger than 5 dying from their injuries.

He estimated that four victims were left “impaired’’ neurologically, based upon them spending seven days or more in the hospital and being discharged to a rehabilitation center rather than their home.

Flood noted that there is not adequate funding to do a long-term study on the neurological consequences of non-fatal drownings.

Phoenix had the largest number of victims admitted, 86, with 53 of them children less than five years old. Mesa had 31 water-related victims, with 20 of them

As an emergency room doctor at Banner Cardon Children’s Hospital, Dr. Blake Sherman has seen tragedies in both fatal and non-fatal drownings, so he is not taking any chances with his 7-month-old son Jaxson, who is taking swimming lessons. (Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer)

children; Chandler had 23 victims, with 17 children; and Gilbert had 19 victims, 17 of them children.

Mesa’s Banner Desert Medical Center treated the most victims, 63, with 52 of them small children. Phoenix Children’s Hospital had similar numbers, with 48 of the 58 children admitted four years old or less.

But Flood’s report also reflected major progress on the reduction of small children drowning.

The highest death rate was 22.2 deaths per 100,000 in 1986. The rate dropped steadily after the state passed a pool fence ordinance in 1990. In 2016, the rate dropped to 5.9 deaths per 100,000 statewide.

Sherman, an emergency room physician at Banner Desert Medical Center and Banner Cardon Children’s Hospital, said he typically treats two or three childhood drowning victims a year and he would be thrilled to never encounter another one.

So far this year, the East Valley cities of Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert and Tempe recorded 17 water related incidents, with nine involving children 5 or under.

Five drowning victims have died, but all of them have been adults, according to the Children’s Safety Zone web site.

In Phoenix, there have been 22 waterrelated incidents, with nine involving pediatric victims. Five victims have died, including one small child and four adults, according to the web site.

Last summer, Sherman said he attempted to save two sisters, 11 months and 3 years old, who drowned in a particularly tragic case, but without success.

He said there is a dramatic difference in

the outcome of children involved in neardrownings and non-fatal drownings, such as Ethan’s case.

“Lots of times, when they still have a pulse, and they do CRR, the kids usually do OK,’’ he said.

One key question that Sherman asks paramedics when they bring victims to the hospital is whether the drowning was witnessed and when the last time the child was seen outside the pool. The answers help him understand how long a child might have been underwater.

“The point is to get them back alive and be able to walk out of there,’’ Sherman said.

But in the non-fatal drowning — when there is no pulse detected after the victim is pulled from water — the odds of death or survival with neurological damage go way up, based largely upon how long the brain is deprived of oxygen, Sherman said.

The brain is one of the first organs to die without oxygen, usually in about six minutes, so restoring the flow of oxygen quickly is of critical importance, he said.

“Essentially, they are dead,’’ Sherman said. “The longer you are without adequate oxygen and without adequate circulation, there is neurologic damage.’’

He said it’s difficult to predict the degree of neurologic damage that a patient will suffer in a non-fatal drowning, but he estimated that less than a third will leave the hospital without neurologic damage.

Patients might emerge with a varying degree of neurologic damage, mostly less severe than Ethan’s, such as a limp or damaged cognitive ability, Sherman said.

Bennett cares for Ethan non-stop, waking up every two hours to turn her son over so that he doesn’t get bed sores. She

feeds him through a feeding tube. It is an endless, continuous cycle.

But in the end, Bennett would rather have Ethan, even in a highly compromised state, rather than not at all.

“As bad as your life is, you have to say, what is the positive?’’ Bennett said. “If I ever get more than two hours sleep, I dread that day, because that’s the day my son is no longer on earth.’’

Ethan has limited, uncontrolled movements of his arms and legs. He can’t hold a pencil. He still attends high school as a student with special needs. He sits and listens in class and can answer some yes or no questions, but not verbally.

“I will cry every day of my life for the things he can’t do. He lost to ignorance,’’ Bennett said, adding that her son’s brain damage was entirely preventable.

Bennett quit her job at the former University Medical Center, the same hospital where Ethan was treated when he drowned on June 2, 2009.

Ethan spent 7 and a half months in hospitals and rehabilitation centers in Tucson and in Phoenix, where the boy was treated at Barrow Neurological Institute and at Hacienda Healthcare.

She said her son was not adequately supervised, with no one noticing he had slipped under the water. The lack of CPR exacerbated his injuries. The matter was settled in a lawsuit, but no amount of money can restore Ethan’s previous life.

“I’m glad he’s alive, but to this day, I cry,’’ Bennett said. “For the rest of my life, I will never hear my son’s voice.”

Lori Schmidt, a spokeswoman for the Scottsdale Fire Department and past president of the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona, said Bennett has devoted her life to Ethan and her care has helped improve his condition.

“She has taken the care of Ethan upon herself and he has thrived because of her,’’ Schmidt said.

She said families of non-fatal drowning victims typically suffer two tragic losses.

“They grieve the death of the child the day he died. They grieve a day 10 years later when his body gives out,’’ Schmidt said.

After experiencing the anguish and heartbreak of treating drowning victims, Sherman is doing everything he can to protect his son, Jaxson, 7 months, from suffering a similar fate.

He has installed a fence around his pool at his Scottsdale home and is participating in swim classes with his son.

“We went this morning,’’ he said. “It was incredible.’’

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ountain of the Sun residents take their country seriously — and the men and women who serve it with equally deep respect.

That’s why dozens of American flags flank the entrance to the Mesa retirement resort from Broadway Road to the fountain in what passes as the town square for the community — where a veterans memorial displays the replicas of dog tags and the names of hundreds of veterans.

The community’s 43-member Lions Club chapter put the flags up on Flag Day and keeps them through Independence Day. Members also put up the flags on Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Labor Day and Presidents Day but only for 24 hours.

“Flag Day comes so close to the Fourth that we just leave them up for those two or three weeks,” explained Kit McCormick, one of the club’s charter members.

“It takes a lot of work to do this.”

The Lions have been putting up their formal homage to America on these national holidays for about a decade, having borrowed the idea from the Sun Lakes Lions Club.

It’s a sight that thrills residents and visitors alike, McCormick said.

“People always stop to admire it,” she

S o m e residents are memMembers of the Lions Club chapter at Fountain of the Sun resort in east Mesa, which lines the entryway to the community with flags six times a year, include, from left, Zara King, Judy bers of both Ahlberg, Kit McCormick, Barb Wright and Ken Ahlberg. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer) g r o u p s , such as said. “Whenever we have visitors, they Judy and Ken Ahlberg, the current and past Lions Club presidents, respectively. always mention it.”

While the Fountain of the Sun Lions The memorial was erected about six years ago by the community’s veterans undertake patriotic tasks, they also do group, another strong and active or- the traditional charitable work that Liganization on the Fountain of the Sun ons are known for around the world — helping the visually impaired. campus.

McCormick runs a group of about a McCormick said veterans conducted an intense fundraising campaign to get the dozen Lions who collected eyeglasses for money needed to erect the permanent recycling.

Typically, she said, they recycle 50,000 wall, in which the dog tag replicas are pairs of glasses annually, many donated embedded.

by a nearby Walmart.

While the flag display will be at the community for all to see through Thursday, there won’t be any big public celebration of Independence Day — largely because at least half the residents have gone to their summer homes.

They’ll save the big salute to America for Nov. 11, when all the winter visitors have returned and veterans are formally recognized in an hour-long celebration in the center of the community.

But for residents who live there all year-round, the flag display is one of those things that makes it worth it.

As one resident told the Tribune, “It’s so beautiful. It’s something everyone should see.”

Base in Germany. While helping care for POWs and former prisoners, he heard about how the bell was used to summon prisoners at the Mauthausen camp.

“The bell was sole communicator between the masters and their captives,” one veteran told the Tribune years ago “The bell told prisoners, who were not allowed to speak, when to get up, work, eat, exercise and retire.”

“They hated that bell,” the veteran said. “(The Germans) treated them badly.”

Over seven years, an estimated 190,000 men and women from across Europe were sent to that camp. Nearly half of them were killed or died from abuse, malnutrition and disease.

Connolly, who died nearly 20 years ago, detailed his exploit for his fellow Legionnaires.

“One day we drove over to the camp, and during the afternoon light we fooled the guards, while one of the former inmates scaled the building,” he said. “High on the side of a quarry he hacked down the 4-by4 support pole, then lowered by rope the

unit composed of pole, bell and tin hood.”

Connolly was able to mail it home to the editor of his family-run business, the Tempe Daily News, to serve as a symbol of freedom and independence.

Connolly donated the bell to Post 2, and asked that they ceremoniously ring it every July 4 — and only then — as a symbol of liberty and freedom.

Post 2 members built a special belfry atop their previous meeting place on East 5th Street in Tempe, but after that building was sold and the group relocated to South Industrial Park Avenue, “it was decided that an appropriate structure should be built to hold ‘Max’s Freedom Bell,’” the post states on its website, adding: “Today you can drive by the ‘new’ Legion building and view the beautiful bell tower atop of which is mounted Max’s Freedom Bell, which will be run on the future 4th of Julys for many years to come.

And as Max so aptly put it, as a symbol of liberty and freedom for all.”

Anyone who attends the ceremony will be offered a chance to ring it.

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mong the hallowed Independence Day traditions in the East Valley, members of the William Bloys American Legion Post 2 in Tempe conduct one of the more storied tributes.

They ring a bell.

But it’s not just any bell they will be ringing at 10:30 a.m. Thursday after a brief program that starts at 10 a.m. at the Post headquarters, 2125 S. Industrial Park Ave. Legionnaires will then host the public to a lunch of burgers and brats starting around 11:30 a.m.

Near the end of World War II, U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Max Connolly and some of his buddies snuck into a liberated concentration camp — and stole a bell that symbolized Nazi atrocities.

Every Independence Day since the end of the war, veterans and patriots at American Legion Post No. 2 in Tempe take turns ringing the “freedom bell.”

Connolly in June 1945 had snuck into the Mauthausen concentration camp

This bell, retrieved by a Tempe soldier from a Nazis concentration camp, is wrung only on July 4 by the William Bloys American Legion Post 2 in Tempe.

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along the Danube River — the third largest Austrian concentration camp.

Connolly came up with the plan to take the bell while assigned to Horshing Air

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State panel backs off changes in schools’ sex education

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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acing a barrage of parental criticism, the state Board of Education decided Monday to scrap a proposal to remove certain language from the rules on sex education.

Several members of the appointed board said they are unwilling to consider the kind of changes being proposed — not just by gay rights advocates on one side but a coalition of parents on the other who want even more restrictions on what can be taught.

Armando Ruiz said that is the purview of elected state lawmakers.

“We’re not the Legislature,’’ he said.

Monday’s decision is most immediately a defeat for Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Glendale, and allies on the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network. They sought to remove verbiage that now bans the teaching of “abnormal, deviate or unusual sexual acts and practices.’’

Instead, that proposal sought to spell out that sex education instruction must be “medically and scientifically accurate’’ and that courses provide “medically accurate instruction’’ on methods to prevent the transmission of disease.

That provoked a firestorm of protest, with more than four dozen foes showing up to tell the board to back off.

It also raised questions from Rep. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa.

“Who decides what’s medically accurate?’’ she asked the board, suggesting that scientific studies often reach the result desired by the organization that funded the research.

But board members also chose not to consider vastly different proposals by some parents for what they would change in the rules. Suggestions ranged from requiring that abstinence be the only thing taught in sex education to an outright prohibition on mentioning masturbation, oral or anal sex.

During the approximately four hours of testimony several parents took swipes at state schools chief Kathy Hoffman, who took office in January, for even putting the Quezada proposal on the agenda.

“You’re injecting your political beliefs,’’ said Scott Weinberg of Ahwatukee, who

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Mesa Republican state Rep. Kelly Townsend ripped the state Education Board’s proposed changes in sex education. (Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services)

said he has two children in the Kyrene Elementary School District.

“I understand that you won that election,’’ he said. “But that doesn’t give you the right to change the curriculum for all of our children.’’

Lesa Antone was more direct, focusing on the state’s low rankings nationally in scores on reading, writing and math.

“Why don’t you spend more time focusing on that and less time trying to sexualize little innocent babies, because that’s what they are,’’ she said.

“And you want to put them in makeup and make them drag queens and make them sexualized individuals,’’ Antone continued. “Shame on you!’’

Hoffman insisted that she was not trying to push a specific agenda. Instead, she told those in the audience that she

was simply putting forward the suggestions from Quezada for the board to consider.

“I thought this was worthy of discussion,’’ she said. “I would give the same respect to any senator.’’

But former schools chief Diane Douglas, defeated in last year’s Republican primary, accused Hoffman of giving “priority status to your most favorite organization over every other concerned parent that’s sitting in this room today.’’

Douglas did not publicly identify the organization.

Animosity to Hoffman, however, predates Monday’s proposed rule change.

She used her first State of Education speech to call on lawmakers to repeal a law that prohibits any courses on AIDS and HIV from portraying homosexuality

“as a positive alternative lifestyle.’’

Hoffman, a Democrat, told members of the House Education Committee at the time that the verbiage “contributes to an unsafe school environment’’ and leads to discrimination and bullying.

Hoffman got her wish — but only after gay rights groups filed a federal court lawsuit and Attorney General Mark Brnovich declined to defend the law.

And the board last month separately repealed an existing rule that had required sex-ed classes to “promote honor and respect for monogamous, heterosexual marriage,’’ a provision also challenged in the federal court lawsuit and demanded by plaintiffs to drop their lawsuit.

Hoffman, in defending herself Monday, also said that sex-ed classes operate on an “opt-in’’ basis, with parents having to give consent.

“That is not changing,’’ she said. “It’s always the parents’ choice of whether or not their child participates.’’

Michael Clark, attorney for the Center for Arizona Policy, separately objected to another proposed change which would have allowed — but not required — schools to have co-ed sex-ed classes.

Madeline Adelman, speaking for GLSEN, said those choices should be left to local school boards.

The board could get some direction from the Republican-controlled Legislature this coming year on what changes, if any, to make.

Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, vowed to propose a law that absolutely forbids sex education of any type before the fifth grade; existing law allows — but does not require — schools to provide instruction on AIDS and HIV from kindergarten through Grade 12.

And Allen, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, made it clear she’s not particularly pleased with what is being taught at all grade levels.

“Schools should never be in competition with what parents are trying to teach at home and how they are directing their children,’’ she said. Allen also took a broader swipe at public education, saying it is moving away from instruction and instead to “social engineering’’ of children.

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Bruce and Heidi Bartsch look at the painting he created during a class by Oakwood Creative Care in Mesa.

(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Nonprofit celebrates dementia patients’ minds

BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer

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local nonprofit is creating an outlet for people with cognitive impairments to express themselves through the arts.

Oakwood Creative Care — a club that specializes in dementia care — displayed more than 200 pieces of artwork recently to celebrate the minds of its 40 members living with Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s and other physical and cognitive impairments.

In a cozy room with wooden floors and fairy lights, the Art Gala at the Town Center Campus featured a collection of mixed media pieces, refurbished furniture and a boutique of items for sale, all of which were created by members of the club.

This was the organization’s first attempt at hosting the exhibit in an effort to showcase that dementia is not a “death sentence,” said Oakwood Creative Care President/CEO Sherri Friend.

“I am so proud of our staff for their passion and love for what they do,” she added. “I’m proud of our members and that they have accomplished such incredible things, leaving a legacy for their families with the art they’re creating.”

The organization strives to provide treatment “beyond a pill” by offering “dignifying, engaging and person-cen-

tric services” while stepping away from bingo and other traditional measures.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 5.8 million Americans are living with the disease — and the number is projected to rise to nearly 14 million by 2050.

Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

Projects involving art and music can create a sense of accomplishment and purpose for those living with dementia, explained Friend.

Art can also provide opportunities for self-expression.

“We’ve found that the creative center of the brain doesn’t deteriorate through the disease process,” she said. “Although somebody may have never picked up a paintbrush before in their life, at this point, they’re able to and use it as their voice.”

“They may not be able to speak, but they can paint amazing works of art,” she continued.

Oakwood Creative Care offers a variety of daily classes for its members to participate in, including painting, woodshop, sculptures, singing and yoga.

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their respective events.

“There’s so much going on, it’s like a Fourth of July Disney Land,” said Mesa City spokesman Steven Wright. “There are thousands of kids laughing and having fun. It’s just great to see all of the work we put in for six months.”

Tempe spokeswoman Shannon Reed said her city’s celebration is “a really a family-friendly environment. I feel safe and it’s well managed.”

“I’ve been with my family and the view is unparalleled for watching the beautiful fireworks.”

All but Tempe among East Valley cities last week made WalletHub’s list of the top 100 cities in the nation which offer the best places to celebrate Independence Day. Mesa last week was ranked as the 62nd best place in the United States to spend the Fourth, according to WalletHub. Gilbert ranked 65, Scottsdale was 12, Phoenix made 42, Tucson was at 44 and Chandler, No. 49.

The financial website compared how the 100 largest U.S. cities balance holiday cost and fun — including average beer and wine prices, duration of fireworks shows and weather forecasts.

“Mesa is the place to be on the Fourth of July,” said Mesa Mayor John Giles in response to the ranking. “From Revolutionary War reenactments and the Arizona Fallen Soldiers Memorial, to inflatable water slides and laser light shows — we have something for everyone.”

The Arizona Celebration of Freedom is free and takes place at the Mesa Amphitheatre and Convention Center complex at University Drive and Center Street from 6 to 10 p.m.

Freedom-goers will have a selection of live musical performances to choose from, plenty of food options and kid-centric activities to keep the whole family entertained, said Wright.

“The thing about the celebration that makes it unique is the only thing people have to pay for is food or beverages — all the activities are free,” said the spokesperson. “The reason we did that is because we wanted residents and the community around us to have a place they could enjoy the fireworks.”

With free admission, 37 sponsors raised $20,000 in cash and kind donations to fund the celebration, Wright added.

As far as musical performances go, the Hamptons and Shallow Water will perform on a grass lawn — complete with tailgating games — at the Stage America starting at 6 p.m.

A beer garden at the Mesa Music Festival Stars & Stripes Stage will also be open

honoring Arizona residents that “paid the ultimate price” in the fight against terrorism will also post shop in the Convention Center.

“It’s very respectful and we have it guarded,” said Wright.

“We have picket fences and pictures that tell a little bit about the individuals.”

The Arizona Celebration of Freedom fireworks will begin at 9:30 p.m.

For those looking to watch fireworks over a body of water in the desert, the Kiwanis Club of Tempe’s 67th annual July 4th Tempe Town Lake Festival is right on the money, according to Reed.

“Tempe Town Lake is such a treasure, it’s one of the top tourist attractions in Arizona,” she said. “Having the fireworks over the lake is a stunning site. They’re beautiful, well-done fireworks.”

Gates at the Tempe Beach Park will open at 5 p.m. with Crowds can expect to be dazzled by Mesa’s firworks display on $10 admission fees upon entry. Children 12 and under, or Thursday night at the Convention Center complex. (City of Mesa) anyone with an active miliaround the time, where attendees can sip tary ID, can get in for free. to performances from Sophie Dorsten, Will All net proceeds from the event will go from Brazil, Troubleman and Autopilot. toward supporting valley youth via an “People kind of get surprised when we array of service projects managed by the have these massive beer gardens at an Kiwanis Club of Tempe (KCOT) — a Kievent in Mesa,” Wright said. “They think wanis International affiliate that seeks Mesa is, for some reason, a dry city — but to serve community children. Last year, a lot of people who go to the city love it.”

30,000-plus attended the festival and over Professional BMX stunt riders will show $50,000 was raised for local charities. off on customized ramps near the All Amer“The City of Tempe works very closely ican Food Court, and children of all ages can with Kiwanis and Kiwanis International,” head over to the Yankee Doodle Kids’ Zone said Reed. “It’s a large organization and and Celebration Splash Zone for carnival they have them throughout the United style games and inflatable water slides.

States and other countries — they do a lot While there are plenty of opportunities of good work.” to kick back and unwind, Wright said, the Like Mesa, the festival will incorporate Celebration’s most attractive asset is its a variety of musical performances and eneducational components. tertainment.

“When we created this, we wanted it not The Big Zephyr will play throughout the to be just celebratory, but also education- night, bringing country music and a blend al,” he explained. “Every firework show of old and new rock to the stage, while has music, beer gardens, food trucks and Grace Rogers, an award-winning singer fireworks. We have all that, and then we and actress, will sing the national anthem do the educational things that help kids at 7:10 p.m. understand that it’s not just about fire“I think they try to find a variety of bands works and playing — there’s a reason why that appeal to large audiences,” said Reed. we celebrate this.”

The Festival’s food court will feature hot The We Make History Team will be per- dogs, BBQ, roasted corn, fry bread, snow forming a Revolutionary War reenactment cones, ice cream, lemonade, cold bottled using black powder firearms, while the water and Pepsi products.

Arizona Band Flotilla — the second U.S. Other food vendors will also be on site.

Coast Guard Auxiliary band — will play And finally, at 9:15 p.m. the Kiwanis Club patriotic tunes in between reenactments. of Tempe will shoot fireworks — choreoA mobile Fallen Soldiers Memorial graphed to music — from Mill Avenue

Bridge.

Both the Mesa and Tempe celebrations will search personal items at entry.

Small bags and backpacks will be permitted in Mesa, whereas ticketed guests can carry one large clear bag to Tempe Town Lake.

Mesa will also allow water bottles, coolers, portable chairs, blankets, non-alcoholic beverages and food.

The Tempe festival, according to its website, will permit 1 gallon of sealed water per person, blankets, portable chairs, personal cameras and personal umbrellas.

Both celebrations are still in need of volunteers.

In just a few weeks a crowd will hit Tumbleweed Park to celebrate Independence Day with games and, of course, fireworks.

Chandler’s July 4th Fireworks Spectacular will run 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Tumbleweed Park, 2250 S. McQueen Road.

Riviera Broadcasting will bring a DJ to play three hours of music while Arizona State Fair will provide games for children and adults, as well as a coloring station.

A variety of food trucks and snack booths selling hot dogs, hamburgers, snow cones, ice cream and other popular foods will be on hand.

Fireworks Productions of Arizona will shoot the fireworks starting at 9 p.m. with the light show lasting about 20 minutes.

“They’ve been doing it for years,” Hermelinda Llamas, city special events coordinator. “They’ve been awesome every year. They really know we like great, big grand finales.”

It is free to attend the fireworks show but it costs $5 to park at Tumbleweed Park.

People are encouraged to bring gloves and balls to play on the open fields and to take advantage of the playground equipment.

No alcohol is allowed but people may bring water or other non-alcoholic drinks in plastic bottles or cans and coolers. Glass containers are not allowed.

Also forbidden are personal stashes of fireworks, including sparklers.

Folks are urged to bring blankets and chairs to sit on since the gathering is in the grass. They are advised not to bring pets because the noise from the fireworks can disrupt them.

“It’s very popular,” Llamas said. “It gives the community a place to go here in the East Valley. We always tend to have a good crowd out there.”

To learn more about paid volunteer opportunities at the 4th of July Tempe Town Lake festival, head over to tempe4th.com/volunteer.asp.

Volunteer options for the Arizona Celebration of Freedom isat arizonacelebrationoffreedom.com/?page_id=46.

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Canada’s Autopilot returns to Mesa for the big party

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tribune Staff Writer

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esa has proven to be a prime market for Saskatchewan alternative rock band Autopilot.

The rockers have traveled south to perform at the Mesa Music Festival and now it’ll play the free Arizona Celebration of Freedom at 8:20 p.m. Thursday, July 4, on the Mesa Music Festival Stars & Stripes Stage.

“Mesa has been really good to us,” says Autopilot’s Marlon Harder. Both festivals are booked by Indian Antao.

“The first year we were on stage with POD. It helped us build a fanbase in the area. We were able to meet several bands from all over the country. Then, we get to run into them on tour in their home cities.

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It’s really a great festival. It’s put together really well. We love the desert. We’re really stoked to go out there.”

Recently, Autopilot released the music video for its single, “Undisguised,” from its album “Afterglow.” New tracks will be the bulk of the Mesa performance.

Autopilot is a staple in the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan indie music scene. During the course of three full-length records and one EP, Autopilot has toured relentlessly across Canada and the United States.

“Afterglow” was produced by Saskatchewan knob-turner S.J. Kardash. The release of “Undisguised” follows the success of the singles “Living Dead” and “Weightless.”

Harder chalks up the singles’ success to Autopilot’s tour schedule.

“We tour quite a bit, mostly in the Unit-

ed States,” Harder said. “We hit up Mesa at least once a year. It’s a larger market. Being from Saskatoon, we’re literally in the middle of nowhere.

“The nearest big city is about a six-hour drive. The United States is a lot less driving. Everything’s so spread out in Canada.

We do still tour around here.”

given to children during the holiday, can burn at up to 1,800 degrees, That’s hot enough to burn metal or glass, Fejt said.

“If you give a little one a sparkler and they touch the wrong end — we can get some huge injuries,” said the health expert. “I don’t think any parent thinks sparklers are dangerous but they are.”

The most injured body parts often include eyes, head, faces and ears, hands and fingers, arms and legs, while more than 44 percent of the injuries are burns, the CPSC says.

If a burn accident does occur, Fejt said to cover the affected area immediately with damp, cold cloth.

Any exposure to the air can make symptoms feel worse, she explained.

“If it’s severe enough to go into the emergency room, covering it and getting air off of the burn will actually decrease that pain,” said Fejt. “If it’s a smaller burn, don’t the break blisters and look for signs

of infection later.”

Other Fourth of July safety tips Fejt offered include storing used fireworks in buckets of water and keeping all kinds of explosives away from kids.

Glow sticks are a much safer option, she added.

Fejt advises anyone looking to celebrate in their own home or residential area to check their local town or city ordinances because every community is different.

“Just because you can light a firework in Gilbert doesn’t mean you can in Chandler,” Fejt said. “Also know the difference between professional fireworks, which come in brown bags, versus the fireworks you can buy from a stand.”

Most permissible consumer fireworks don’t go into the air or explode, according to the Chandler Police Department.

In Chandler, permissible fireworks include small sparklers, smoke devices, snakes party poppers and other similar products — all of which can be used on

private property from June 24 through July 6.

Human beings aren’t the only ones who need to be protected during the holiday, though.

Animal control officials across the country report a 30 percent increase in lost pets each year between July 4 and 6, while July 5 is one of the busiest days of the year for shelters.

Mesa Animal Control Supervisor Shannon Gross said has a few tips for pet owners who aren’t going to be home the night of the Fourth.

“Definitely leave your pets inside with either the television or radio on to block out any noise from outside,” she said. “If your dog is used to being crated, then crate them, if not, then don’t because it could cause even more anxiety.”

Gross also recommends owners get their pets microchipped or licensed in the event they do get lost, which could prevent them from going into a shelter.

auditors say the Department of Health Services does inspect kitchens when a new operation to prepare edibles is set up.

But that’s the end of it.

State Health Director Cara Christ, in a formal response, does not dispute the findings.

She contends, however, that the 2010 voter approved law allowing patients with certain medical conditions to obtain 2.5 ounces of marijuana every two

weeks does not allow her staff to conduct the kind of unannounced inspections that would turn up hazardous practices and procedures.

The department cites requirements in the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act requiring “reasonable notice’’ before dispensaries can be inspected unless there is an allegation that a facility is not in compliance.

“Marijuana kitchens are linked to the

dispensary in which they are located and the same restrictions apply,’’ said agency spokesman Chris Minnick.

But Marc Owen, a manager of the audit staff, said that argument does not hold up.

Owen told Capitol Media Services that the health department already had the power to conduct inspections of food preparation facilities long before there

Autopilot promises to rock the house in a free concert prior to Mesa’s fireworks show this Thursday.

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East Valley officials urge caution around fireworks

BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer

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hile the Fourth of July is a time for families and friends to get together and celebrate with fireworks, officials are warning East Valley residents to follow crucial safety measures in order to avoid unexpected hospital trips.

And the most dangerous fireworks aren’t necessarily the illegal ones, said Banner Health Injury Prevention Coordinator Tracey Fejt.

“If a small firework doesn’t go off, you’re supposed to wait 20 minutes before dousing it with water,” she said. “Instead, many people go back to check on it and it explodes.”

“You’re never supposed to relight them, either,” she continued. “All of these things we all should know, but none of us think of because ‘it’s not going to happen to me.’”

Novelty sparklers, which are generally

Audit says Arizona dispensaries’ kitchens not inspected

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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tate health officials are failing to protect more than 200,000 medical marijuana users in Arizona from contamination and disease that can be spread when edible products are produced at state-licensed kitchens, the Auditor General’s Office reports.

In a new study released last week, the

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After several unsuccessful attempts at other daycare centers, she said she was thankful to stumble upon the Mesa nonprofit.

“We’re so grateful that some place like this exists because it makes such a difference in your life,” she said. “To be able to come here and get a good meal, associate with people, exercise and get stimulation — whether its woodworking, arts and crafts, singing or whatever — it’s amazing.”

One of the main goals for the center, said Friend, is to integrate its members with the community as much as possible.

Workers at Oakwood Creative Care are encouraged to wear normal clothes instead of scrubs.

“We don’t ever want them [the members] to feel like they’re a patient, we want them to feel that they’re a part of something bigger than themselves and still a part of the community,” said the CEO, adding: “Our folks can choose from different classes they’re interested in and that creates a reason to wake up in the morning and a reason to be excited about the day.”

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disease of the nervous system involving tremors, muscular rigidity and slow movement — in 1994.

The Vietnam War veteran has been attending the Creative Care center for a year now, and said his visits have helped keep his mind sharp.

“We don’t do the same things everyday, that would be boring,” said Bruce.

“If you keep your cognitive skills pushing, you live more of your life.”

“You can feel the deterioration, but you fight it and you do what you can do to keep it from taking over your life,” he added.

Bruce, the proud owner of one of the largest paintings on display, said he enjoys taking part in the painting classes.

When asked about the inspiration for his piece, which illustrated a mountainous setting marked by hues of bright pinks and yellows, he said it came to him naturally.

“The concept of the skill to actually do it is something I picked up from a magazine,” said the senior. “It just comes to you like any artist, I suppose.”

Heidi Bartsch, Bruce’s wife, said that the couple found Oakwood Creative Care through the U.S. Department of Vet-

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was a medical marijuana law. And he said the fact that there are now kitchens preparing edible forms of marijuana does not change that.

Christ said her department does not intend to comply with the audit recommendation and start inspecting the 36 kitchens it licenses.

Minnick acknowledged that the food kitchens hold a separate license. But that, he said, does not give inspectors drop-in rights.

“Surveyors must enter through the dispensary,’’ Minnick said. “And the product being used is regulated by the AMMA.’’ He also said that efforts to get the Legislature to alter the law to allow unannounced inspections of dispensaries “have not been successful.’’

Anyway, he said the health department is unaware of any cases or outbreaks of food-borne illness associated with products containing medical marijuana extracts.

Minnick said that health inspectors would inspect the kitchens during the pre-announced inspections.

But that, he said, would require the kitchens to actually be operating at the time to review the equipment, health and sanitation practices.

“To date, our surveyors have not been able to observe an operational food kitchen during an inspection of a dispensary,’’ Minnick said. That is backed up by the report which says facilities typically close their infusion kitchens days inspectors show up.

But Owen said that does not leave the health department powerless.

He said even if Christ is correct about unannounced inspections — a point that the auditors are not conceding — there are other things that the health officials could do to help protect the wellness of medical marijuana patients during the pre-arranged visits.

Owen said that could include inspectors at least reviewing the practices of staffers and check out the coolers, food preparation sinks and the temperature of any food or ingredients in the kitchen.

This isn’t just about cookies, brownies and candies. The report says that one dispensary in the state — it is not identified — actually has a kitchen to prepare and sell hot, ready-to-eat marijuana-infused edible products like burgers and tacos.

“There is a risk that qualifying patients, which include vulnerable populations, are purchasing and consuming food products without adequate oversight to prevent food-borne illnesses,’’ the auditors said.

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Museum offers a good i.d.e.a. for family fun

BY SRIANTHI PERERA Tribune Contributor

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ith summer around the corner and road trips beckoning families, the i.d.e.a. Museum in Mesa has just opened an exhibition to spur those plans.

“Roadside USA,” running through Sept.

6, aims to stimulate young imaginations with artwork, information, fun activities and games featuring 10 states.

The exhibit is based on the American tradition of the summer road trip.

Before starting on the real journey, however, there’s the exhibition to indulge.

A few minutes into opening day, groups of little boys and girls descended on the museum and settled themselves happily at the various stations with the confidence that comes from practice.

“Who wants to come to my store?” piped a little girl looking around at a makeshift trading post colored a lovely lilac.

The Sebold siblings, Calvin, 6, and Logan, 4, were already engrossed in a craft station.

“We like to come here; it’s just much more relaxed, and they love it,” said their

Kaylee Edwards, 3, is fascinated by this computer.

(Srianthi Perera/Tribune Contributor)

Kids like 3-year-old Kaylee Edwards will find a variety of attractions at the i.d.e.a. Museum to stimulate their minds while providing fun diversions. (Srianthi Perera/Tribune Contributor)

mom, Megan Sebold. “We stop at every art station, we do the map every time, they really do engage in it every time we’re here.”

The art is open-ended. Parents are encouraged to help, but not instruct the children in any way.

“We want kids to use their imagination and really create from their heart versus follow instructions,” said museum spokeswoman Yvette Armendariz. “It’s supposed to help with problem solving, if you can think out of the box and not be told what to do.”

The Sebolds have been museum members practically all their lives and visit each new exhibition about four times.

Although it’s a temptation to escape — quite literally — to a cool place, they also come for other reasons.

The children’s museum is attractive because of its manageability, Sebold said.

It’s easier for little feet to get around and less overwhelming than at the larger establishments.

“They can actually interact with exhibits and see things and stop and take their time, versus you go somewhere huge and you’re just everywhere and I’m stressed trying to keep them,” Sebold added.

The atmosphere at the i.d.e.a. Museum also lends to parents and children spending constructive, educational time together.

A gallery guide, a.k.a. a “travel guide” in this exhibition, is given to each child to stamp at the stations pertaining to the states on the map.

During their trip, they also learn about places of interest, such as the Space Needle in Seattle, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the Great Smoky Mountains National

Park in Tennessee and the Kennedy Space Center in central Florida.

“There’s information on each stop and when they go through, they’re learning something, not just seeing art or just playing,” Armendariz said. “Hopefully, it provides that quality time with the parent and child.”

This exhibition features 59 artworks from 21 artists from around the United States, including Arizona. They include paintings, digital art, ceramics, quilts, photographs, video and a mixed-media collage.

Phoenix artist Deborah McMillion-Nering has been presenting work at the museum for many years.

Her current contribution consists of two digital collages using an iPad technique and a collection of historical post-

cards. “Mermaid Motel” and “The Diving Lady” harkens to mid-last century’s motel swimming pools in the West.

“Since my parents drove around the country and we painted in the backseat, this is definitely my atmosphere, staying in these kinds of hotels,” she said.

Besides the changing exhibitions, the perennial kids’ favorite, Artville, is a permanent exhibition and activity area for children from birth to four years.

Set up as a small-town environment, features include a lending library, café, lemonade stand, veterinary clinic, art studio, performing art stage and train.

The i.d.e.a. Museum, first called the Center for Fine Arts and then the Arizona Museum for Youth, was founded in 1978 by John O Whiteman, who passed recently.

It’s owned by the City of Mesa and supported by the i.d.e.a. Museum Foundation.

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Artist Deborah McMillion was inspired by the famous Diving Lady neon sign in east Mesa to make this rendering of her. (Srianthi Perera/Tribune Contributor)

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The names changed over the years, but the concept stayed the same: exhibit, teach and interact with the fine arts from a young age. The “i.d.e.a.” in the name stands for imagination, design, experience and art.

According to Sunnee D. O’Rork, executive director, the museum receives visitors from around the Valley and tracks about 90,000 annual attendance and a running membership of 1,500 family households.

This compares favorably with the 65,000 annual attendance a few years ago.

“It’s really grown,” she said.

During the 2018 general election, a proposed bond of $5 million passed. Now, the

museum is gearing for a capitol campaign in the future.

“We plan on really just building out the museum, renovating it, not totally building a new building,” she said.

O’Rork said stakeholder meetings have been held and that a site master plan has been completed with the idea of reutilizing the space better.

Plans call for tripling the size of Artville, creating a larger birthday party space, a café so that visitors may linger and more interactives.

Other plans include raising the ceiling and placing an overhead bridge, renovating the atrium to include a climber, constructing a stage and an area in the grounds for school buses.

Last shift It was tough for 90-year-old Ruth Wootten to get much done on her last shift at Banner Gateway Medical Center in Mesa June 24 the lifelong hospital volunteer was too busy getting hugs.” Ruth has consistently volunteered for nearly 57 years, most recently at the information desk where she helps visitors with a smile,” a hospital spokesman said. She has decided to finish volunteering since she’s no longer comfortable driving, but her mind is “still sharp as a tack,” said Volunteer Services Director Kathy Williams.

Hospital staff surprised her with a few gifts and festivities throughout the day.

Wootten started volunteering at Mesa Lutheran Hospital in 1962, helping to clean bathrooms, do laundry and make beds, and she was still there lending a hand when the hospital, by then named Banner Mesa Medical Center, closed 45 years later. Her husband, Bill, volunteered alongside her for a few years until he passed away. (Special to the Tribune)

Museum hosts some special events

The i.d.e.a. Museum, at 150 W. Pepper Place in downtown Mesa, is holding the following special events this month: July 8-12 Summer Wonder Camp. Kids ages 6-12 can participate in an adventure and hone their problem-solving skills and nurture their creativity. Projectbased interactives, inspired by the Roadside USA exhibition, include sculpting Mount Rushmore, designing a landmark and experimenting with maglev transportation.

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Mesa man finishes his first picture book for kids

BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer

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Mesa man is celebrating his first children’s picture book featuring a friendly woodchuck and a message that children of all ages need to hear.

Tony J. Perri’s “Ollie and The Wishing Stone” chronicles the adventures of Ollie, a furry brown woodchuck with a large set of teeth, through the Moonstar Forest.

Ollie is on a mission to find the legendary Thousand Year Old Tree, which is said to have a wishing stone hidden inside.

Whoever finds the stone, explained Perri, will be granted one wish.

During his journey, Ollie stumbles upon Lila the Porcupine. She tells him that she lost her family and Ollie agrees to help her.

When Lila gets trapped under a tree, Ollie uses his two big front teeth to chuck the tree in half — something no other woodchuck has done before.

His heroic act not only saves Lila, but leads him to find the Wishing Stone, said Perri.

Stepping outside of his own desires, Ollie chooses to use his wish to help Lila

cepting others for who they are and accepting yourself for who you are and being ok with it,” he said.

Perri added that he also hopes the book inspires kids to want to help others and raises awareness for the value of reading.

“We want to get kids to open a book, not an iPad,” he said in a statement. “Which these days is an arduous feat!”

The book is geared toward children ages 3-6, and is filled with colorful illustrations from David K. Ridgeway.

The artwork was done through a hand-drawn digital process, and includes vibrant Toni Perry’s new picture book for kids contains numerous illustrations hues of greens, blues and purby artist David K. Ridgeway. (Special to the Tribune) ples and adorable, yet quirkylooking woodland creatures. find her family.

“It was super challenging at first, I The award-winning author said that the message he hopes to instill in his readers hadn’t done anything like that before,” is that friendship conquers all and self- said Ridgeway. “The story is so good, which is one of the main reasons I took on confidence is so important.

“The value of friendship — that’s what the project. I wanted to make sure that we this book is basically about. It’s about ac- got these right.”

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Mesa nonprofit is hoping area residents play ball with its efforts to rebuild hurricane-ravaged people in Mozambique.

Care for Life, which works to help people in the African country end their poverty through sustainability and selfreliance, is selling tickets for its “Care for Life Night” at the Arizona Diamondbacks vs.

Washington Nationals ball game on Aug. 3.

For every ticket it sells, $5 will go toward repair homes of the victims of Hurricane Idai, one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit the southern hemisphere.

Tickets can be purchase at groupmatics.events/event/Careforlife.

“We are looking forward to this event and the chance to raise money to help

those in Mozambique,” said Care for Life President Linda Harper said, “The devastation of hurricane Idai is still affecting thousands of people months later. We hope that this game with the Diamondbacks will bring awareness to this enormous humanitarian crisis and help the victims in Mozambique.”

Care for Life will have a booth at the game with more information about how to help and how to donate. The KawambeOmowale African Drum and Dance Theatre will also be preforming on the field before the game.

Care For Life has 30 staff members on the ground ready to distribute aid, Harper said, noting monetary donations are most needed and will be used directly for relief.

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“I absolutely love the idea that the things that make you different are sometimes what make you great,” he continued.

After eight years of hard work, Perri said he is thrilled with the outcome of “Ollie and The Wishing Stone.”

He wants to continue the series, he said, and is already working on a second book.

“It’s hard to put into words — it’s so fulfilling and amazing to see this actually come to fruition. There was a point where I was like, ‘This is never going to get done,’” he expressed. “We both saw what this could be and were so passionate, so there was no giving up.”

“It’s beyond my expectations of what I thought it would be,” he added. “The story is great, but the illustrations are what really get this book to where it is.”

“Ollie and The Wishing Stone” was named top children’s mammal book for Amazon Kindle and was 33 on the bestseller list for Amazon Kindle children’s mammal books.

Perri and Ridgeway are planning a reading at the Arizonans for Children Foster Center in the near future.

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onstruction is not a man’s world anymore.

Just ask McCarthy Building Companies Inc., which recently topped out construction on the new $20 million, fivelevel, 293,000-square-foot Oregon Street parking garage for Chandler that includes a road realignment along Oregon Street as well as intersection improvements at Arizona Avenue and Chicago Street.

Four women are leading the project that will give downtown Chandler its largest parking structure to date.

The four leaders — Brittany Calbert with McCarthy Building Companies, Kim Moyers with the City of Chandler, Ashlee Pounds with Kitchell CEM and Jackeline Kafie with PK Associates — rose through the ranks and lead significant parts of the project.

Moyers, who was the city’s downtown redevelopment manager when the project started, is excited by the prospects that this project brings to downtown.

“This will be Downtown Chandler’s largest parking garage. To provide the much needed parking on the west side of Arizona Avenue will be such a benefit to the downtown businesses,” Moyers said.

“But the ability to convert the first floor into retail uses in the future as well as to aid in the redevelopment efforts to the south is also very exciting.”

The parking garage is being built as part of a design-build process that allowed the project team to design, price and permit the project in less than five months, which is an accelerated timeframe compared with traditional project delivery methods.

Project Manager Brittany Calbert is on site managing the design and construction, including the self-perform concrete scope of the new parking garage, which will bring 932 new parking spots.

“Calbert plays a critical role in ensuring employees and trade partners execute the plan needed to build out the garage on schedule and within budget, while also managing communications between the City and the project partners,” a McCarthy spokeswoman said.

Calbert grew up around construction.

Her spent 35 years with McCarthy and,

The team that’s leading the Oregon Street Garage project at the right, includes, from left: Kim Moyers of the City of Chandler; Brittany Calbert of McCarthy Building Companies; Ashlee Pounds of Kitchell CEM and Jackeline Kafie of PK Associates.

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although in college she initially pursued architecture, she decided to follow in his footsteps.

“I highly recommend construction management as a career path for women,” Calbert said. “My best advice is to focus on building relationships in the industry just as much as you focus on gaining technical knowledge early on. It’s very important to build a tribe of mentors and advocates within the field.”

Pounds, senior project engineer at Kitchell CEM, feels not being stuck at a computer desk all day was a major factor in her career decision.

“Seeing females in hard hats is less an anomaly today than it has been, but we are still definitely in the minority,” Pounds said. “There are more and more women coming into our industry and finding that sun and dirt isn’t only for the boys.”

With a parking garage project, structural engineering is key and Kafie, who holds a Ph.D. in structural engineering, served as the structural technical designer.

“My father is an electrical engineer and I have visited construction sites since I was very young. I enjoy challenges and being able to overcome them,” Kafie said. “The construction of this parking garage means the city is developing and

growing, and that translates to a city in progress and a healthy economy. I will be thrilled to see the project come to life when it completes in the fall.”

Long thought of as a male-dominated field with few promotional opportunities for women, the four project leaders said mentorship and growth opportunities have existed at every point of their careers.

Last year, the Associated General Contractors of America noted 80 percent of construction firms reported difficulties in recruiting construction craft workers for job sites. And, despite diversity pushes throughout the industry, only 939,000 women — roughly 9 percent — were in the construction industry, according to the National Association of Women in Construction.

The project is slated for completion in November.

“The downtown is the heart and urban core of our city,” said Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke. “With New Square opening later this year, along with the new additions to our Historic Square, free parking

will always be a welcomed and important amenity for our residents, businesses and visitors. Congratulations to McCarthy on this milestone and we’re looking forward to celebrating the garage’s opening this fall.”

Now that topping out is completed, the team will focus on interior rough-in, exterior skin, site work and off-site improvements with the most critical being the completion of the Arizona Avenue intersection improvements that will take place over the summer.

“The topping out represents a critical milestone in the project meaning we’ve reached structural completion for all five floors of the garage,” said Calbert.

“Additionally, McCarthy has been able to utilize our self-perform team for castin-place concrete as well as electrical and mechanical work, which has provided added value in the form of cost savings, quality control and schedule acceleration to the city,” she said.

The garage has more architectural and art elements than any other garage McCarthy has built in the southwest.

Features include a concrete form liner along the perimeter walls, as well as three different types of metal panels including mesh fabric along the stairs where color changing LED lighting will be displayed.

Chandler requires art in every downtown project, and the team allocated funds toward functional aspects that include pedestrian benches and louvered canopies designed by coLab Studio and Jeff Zischke.

Construction of the garage and adjacent New Square development took away surface parking that had been available on these parcels.

A free shuttle service that takes people from the garages to downtown establishments also is available from 5-9 p.m. Thursday and 5-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country — with more than 150 years in the industry spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients. It is ranked the 20th largest domestic general contractor with 1,700 salaried employees.

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Bacon, beef driving up Arizona food prices

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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reakfast is getting more expensive — a lot more expensive.

And if you’re looking for reason, think bacon – as in bacon donuts, maple bacon ice cream and, of course, the popular Sonoran hot dog.

All that is leading to more demand, with the result being higher prices.

In the last year, the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation reports that the average price being charged at grocery stores for bacon has shot up $2.34 a pound. And most of that has been in the last quarter.

The “why’’ behind that is a bit more confusing.

On one hand, the trade wars with China have resulted that country canceling orders of U.S.-produced pork products, according to the Farm Bureau’s Julie Murphree. That has resulted in China getting more of its pork from places like Brazil and Canada.

Theoretically, that should leave more bacon for domestic consumption.

But Murphree said the fact remains

that this is still a global market. And with China importing more because of the swine flu in that country, that has increased worldwide demand – to say nothing about Americans wanting bacon on just about everything.

“It’s kind of like the tide that lift all boats,’’ Murphree said.

Prices follow suit.

The latest price check by the Farm Bureau also found a sharp spike in the price of ground chuck over both the last quarter and a year ago.

But shoppers interested in sirloin tip roast, by contrast, will find relative bargains.

A pound of that meat was selling a year ago for $7.39 a pound. Farm Bureau shoppers were able to find it a $5.05 a pound this past quarter.

Murphree said the prices reflect local demand. And what the latest numbers

show, she said, is a stronger demand for ground beef.

She said it could be a summer thing.

“When you think about family barbecues around the Fourth of July, we’re feeding a lot of little mouths,’’ Murphree said. And she said they’re going to want hamburgers.

Some other elements in the typical market basket of 16 items shopped by the Farm Bur e a u a l s o resulted in the increase in overall cost compared to last quarter and last year.

One of those is another breakfast item: orange juice. The price of a half-gallon is more than a dollar higher than just three months ago.

Murphree said Florida growers are suffering from a “greening disease’’ in

their orchards that has affected production and even resulted in the loss of trees.

“If we can’t get a handle on that, we may be having to drink apple juice for breakfast,’’ she said.

Egg prices also are on the increase, though nowhere near at the rate of some other commodities.

And then there’s the white bread for toast.

Murphree said her shoppers found the typical cost of a 20-ounce loaf at Arizona stores was $2.81, double what it was just three months ago.

“That one kind of stumped me, also,’’ she said.

One complicating factor in figuring out why, Murphree said, is that this highly processed product passes through a lot of hands from the farmer to the grocery store — meaning anyone along the line could be boosting costs.

She stressed that savvy shoppers can end up paying a heck of a lot less, not only by using coupons but also by taking advantage of the “affinity cards’’ offered by most grocery chains that give special discounts to members.

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Social media generating too much anger in us

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ometimes the news and life intersect in strange ways. Last weekend, I bore witness to an epic screaming match on the golf course, a skirmish between two fat old guys over pace of play that would have surely turned into an aggravated assault with nine irons had their playing partners not separated the profane combatants.

A few days later, what should appear in my news feed but the latest NPRIBM Watson Health poll headlined, “Americans Say We’re Angrier Than a Generation Ago.” Some 84 percent of the poll’s 3,004 respondents said they think Americans are angrier than we were a generation ago.

I’ll second that motion. By furiously smashing my fist on the kitchen table.

The rage that seems to have taken hold across this land of ours is an interesting

Some thoughts on stories in a recent Tribune edition

In regards to articles in the 6/9/19 EV Tribune: It concerns me greatly those migrant families are traveling so far and risking so much. They are relying on untruths.

Flat-out lies they had been told in their country of origin only to find out the exact opposite when they get to the U.S. border. America is not a country without borders.

The harassment the SPLC alleges sounds remarkably like something the constitution guarantees all Americans.

The right to protest. Even those we disagree with politically.

I can respect everyone’s desire for a higher education. Practically every family lives in poverty when they are trying to help fund a college education for their

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phenomenon — in large part because we appear to have few legitimate reasons to be so ticked. Take, for example, the violent crime rate in America compared to a generation ago. In the mid-1990s, for every 100,000 Americans, 713 of them experienced criminal violence, according to FBI stats. Today? Violent crime is down about 46 percent, to 383 such crimes per 100,000 Americans.

Homicide? A generation ago, the U.S. suffered nine murders per 100,000 of us.

Today, the homicide rate stands at about 5.3 murders per 100,000 Americans.

Robberies have plummeted even more steeply, from a rate of 238 per 100,000 in the mid-1990s to 98 robberies per 100,000 Americans today.

Poverty is also down, from 14.5 percent of Americans living in squalor in 1994 to 12.3 percent today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was hovering around 3,625 in June 1994. The other day, the Dow closed at 27,719.

By virtually every measure, we are saf-

er and wealthier than a generation ago.

Why so angry then?

You may think it’s our politics and the divisiveness you’ve read so much about, including in this space. That could be, but I’ll remind you that in July 1994, President Bill Clinton was mired in the Whitewater scandal and a young woman named Monica Lewinsky had just joined the White House staff. Politics was ugly then as now, though with less news coverage around the clock.

Deeper in the anger poll lies a few statistics I found telling: 31% of respondents copped to sometimes getting angry when they check social media.

Another 12% “often” get torqued by the posts on their social media feed. And 91% believed people are more likely to express their anger on social media than face to face.

I’ve written — angrily — about social media in the past. Not to sound like a broken record, but it has become the hideous wallpaper of modern life. For

many Americans, it’s always there, surrounding us, influencing our environment, our mental and emotional state, our days and nights. I don’t know about your digital “friends,” but many of mine alternate between feuds and non-stop flaunting. I have noticed a direct correlation between avoiding social media — and the news — and an improvement in my mood.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the poll: The younger the respondent, the angrier their answers. Emailers often tell me the opinions expressed in this column stem from a raging case of “old guy disease,” defined as 50-something crankiness and wanting everyone to get the hell off your lawn. The poll says the opposite is true; the older you get, the more peaceful you become.

Meanwhile, Millennials appear to be the angriest generation in history.

Though I guess I’d be angry too if I grew up taking a selfie an hour and listening to that tripe they call music.

family members. Our family is one of the many that helped our son with expenses related to his getting a four-year degree at ASU. But for most of today’s college students, loans are the norm.

There is no income or other restrictions I am aware of that would prevent someone living under the federal guidelines defining poverty from obtaining government guaranteed student loans.

Everyone at one time or another who has sought a higher education is amassing student loan debt.

David Leibowitz wrote about D-day.

That was 75 years ago. Real American heroes came out of that particular day and the entire war on many fronts. Heroes that did not come home and those who lived with the aftermath.

My father served in WW-2. An Army Major who was severely injured, the resulting paralysis eventually paralyzed

him from the neck down. He raised a family and ran a successful business thanks to my mother’s love and devotion. He lived in constant pain.

He passed away at age 58 in 1975. He had a military funeral fitting of a man who loved this country and sacrificed his own well-being in order to keep all American’s safe.

There is so much discord in Congress and America it’s impossible for many to see past reality. People intentionally disrespect the national anthem and the American flag obviously forgetting its true meaning.

Many of America’s elected leaders cannot seem to recall why they are there in the first place unless they are convinced that they had been elected to skip America’s needs and instead wage an endless political war.

Many of our war heros have sacrificed

so much. I have a wounded warrior son.

He proudly served in Iraq.

America has an unimaginable arsenal of weapons that could end life as we know it in a heartbeat. But could Americans themselves swallow their pride, forget political divide and unite hand in hand like everyone did back in the ’40s for the war effort? American’s young and old volunteered to go to war.

Many enlisted young after lying about their ages.

Those who could not serve sacrificed at home. There were blood drives, bond drives to fund the war effort, recruitment drives, scrap metal drives, rationing of everything. People gave until it hurt.

There were no new cars made during the war. Factories were all converted for war use.

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Could America endure another WWII? I like to think it could.

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There are policy ideas that can help lower patients’ costs without compromising medical progress. One has been proposed by the Medicare agency. It’s called the “rebate rule” and it would make sure existing discounts on prescription drugs, commonly given out by pharmaceutical companies, actually make it to patients. This is important, because today, greedy middlemen are grabbing these rebates for themselves, while patients like me continue to go without essential medicines.

As an insulin-dependent diabetic, I’m hoping that when I age into Medicare in the next couple years, I will finally have the reliable access to medication I lack today.

The insulin I need to control my blood sugar used to cost about $175 for a month’s supply. Now it’s over $700, even at Walmart, and many health plans charge patients $400 or more as a copay. Who can afford that every month?

To stay within my budget, I cannot use insulin very often. I know I’m shortening my life by stretching my supplies like I do. Heart disease risk goes up when blood sugar isn’t well managed and

strokes are also very common. Sadly, I have no choice but to put my health on the line or I can’t pay my bills.

This is largely a result of my 19-year battle with fibromyalgia, which causes extreme pain throughout the body.

There is no cure and little doctors can do to treat it. I take a prescription drug to help me get restorative sleep, something that’s derailed by the disease, but the pain I deal with daily.

There were two years when I couldn’t work at all, and even with treatment, I’ve been limited to part-time because I need to recover physically after a few days on the job. I was a single mother with three children, and I put whatever energy I could muster into supporting us. Now my budget is tight.

This is the reality of long-term illness, whether it’s fibromyalgia or multiple sclerosis. Being sick gets expensive and affects people’s ability to earn a living.

Our greatest hope is for a cure.

For fibromyalgia, that’s probably a long way off. The cause of the disease remains unknown, so more research is needed to discover what underlies it so it can be treated. Government red tape or out-ofcontrol regulation won’t help.

That’s why I support the rebate rule in Medicare. The discounts on medications are already handed out, so the rule wouldn’t negatively affect investment in research and development. It would simply keep industry middlemen from taking rebates meant for patients. This could save people with diabetes $800 or more per year.

Giving savings to patients, not greedy middle men, is the right thing to do. I look forward to Medicare enacting the rebate rule, so that soon, I can finally afford to protect my health.

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AZ Boxing & MMA Commission cracking down on unsanctioned events

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he Boxing & MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Commission has been cracking down on unsanctioned combat sporting events since it was established under the Arizona Department of Gaming in 2015.

The commission has imposed rules and regulations for each event, setting guidelines that ensure the safety of all competitors and spectators.

However, there are still instances where individuals attempt to hold events that do not follow the guidelines set forth by the commission. These unsanctioned events often lead to charges with the possibility of jail time and

hefty fines.

“There are strict requirements in place that are designed to protect the health and safety of participants and the public,” said Francisco Meneses, executive director of the Boxing & MMA Commission. “They are highly regulated because a careful oversight is necessary to ensure the fair competition, impartial result and the overall safety of the combatants and the public.

“Occasionally, you have individuals that do not follow those rules and don’t follow the health and safety standards. That is the case with the three events in Glendale, Phoenix and Mesa.”

From September 2018 to May 2019, three unsanctioned events allegedly hosted by the same two individuals took place across

the Valley.

Roland Sierra and Todd Whitmoyer, both of whom were previously licensed with the Boxing & MMA Commission, have been charged with six class-2 misdemeanors for hosting the illegal fights. According to the ADG, class-2 misdemeanors in Arizona can carry a maximum fine of $750 and four months in jail, per charge.

The first fight allegedly took place on Sept. 15 at Cortez High School in Phoenix. The second allegedly took place on Sept. 26 at the Elks Lodge in Glendale. The most recent fight allegedly took place on May 22 at Maya New York Pizza Bar & Grill in Mesa.

According to the incident report

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Professional and amateur combat sporting events must abide by state guidelines to be considered a sanction event. The Arizona Department of Gaming’s Boxing and MMA Commmission enforces the guidelines. (Special to the Tribune)

George Hawthorne bringing leadership experience to Skyline football

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here is a certain level of discipline that new Skyline High School football coach George Hawthorne is bringing to the Coyotes’ program, one that stems from his vast experience.

“This program already had great discipline under Coach (Angelo) Paffumi,” Hawthorne said. “We are just bringing a higher level. We are making the kids understand that it takes hard work to win.”

Hathorne played college football at the University of Iowa from 1987-89 before participating in two training camps with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns. He then went on to play for the Arizona Rattlers in 1995.

After his playing career ended, Hawthorne went on to coach at several area high schools and community colleges.

His most recent stop was at Chandler High School, where he coached the defensive line and helped lead the Wolves to multiple state titles during his tenure.

During his career as an assistant coach, Hawthorne worked his way to become a police captain for the Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office. He retired last year after

George Hawthorne, who retired last year as a captain for the Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office after 25 years of service, has begun to establish a new level of discipline for the Skyline High School football program after he was hired as head coach in January. (Zach Alvira/Tribune Staff)

25 years of service.

“I like to think my time with the Sherriff’s Office has helped, along with all of the great coaches I have been blessed to coach with,” Hawthorne said. “God has blessed me again with great coaches around me that all have the same goal in mind. That’s why I say ‘we’ in everything when it comes to the program.”

Hawthorne was hired to be the next

football coach at Skyline in January after former coach Angelo Paffumi was informed by Skyline’s administration that his contract would not be renewed following the 2018 season. Paffumi’s termination brought protests from several student-athletes and the football program’s booster club.

At one point, students staged a walkout during first-period classes, but returned

to school later that day.

Despite the Skyline community’s unrest after Paffumi’s departure, players have begun to buy in to the new culture Hawthorne brought to the program. The overall transition has been smooth.

“It’s been a great transition,” Skyline senior quarterback Blake Roebuck said.

“Coach Hawthorne has been really great and all of us are excited to play for him.

The culture has changed a lot.”

The 2019 season will be Roebuck’s first year on the field for Skyline after transferring from Mesa High School shortly after the 2018 season began.

Roebuck said when he first joined the Skyline program, he came in soft-spoken to get acquainted with everyone on the team. Since then, however, he has seen himself emerge as a leader of the program.

Hawthorne agreed.

“I have a lot of leaders and Blake is definitely one of them,” Hathorne said.

“Leadership is something I’ve always possessed and had to work on. He is definitely emerging as one of the main leaders of the program.”

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provided by the ADG, fights in various formats took place at each event, including boxing, kickboxing and wrestling.

“We found at these events there was a weight spread that we would normally never allow,” Meneses said. “In one instance, there was a fighter that was 185 pounds going up against another that was 215 pounds. That’s a large spread and it gives one fighter potentially a greater advantage.”

For an event to become sanctioned by the Boxing & MMA Commission, an individual looking to host the event must first become a licensed promoter. The commission runs a background check on each individual and makes sure they are financially able to provide the additional resources for each event they host.

Under the regulations set by the Boxing & MMA Commission, every promotor is required to provide health and life insurance for each fighter. Additionally, an ambulance, paramedics, doctor and security has to be on scene for the event.

Prior to entering the ring, every fighter is required to have an eye and physical exam by a physician licensed in any state. They must also have completed a combative blood trio panel to ensure they do not have any infectious diseases.

“All of that is provided to the commission before the fighter steps into the ring or cage to ensure they are in good

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Roebuck credits his improvement both on and off the field to Mike Giovando, a private coach and trainer that runs Elev8 Quarterback Academy, as well as the new workout regimen Hawthorne put in place for the Skyline program.

An avid weightlifter himself, Hawthorne enjoys being involved in his player’s workouts. It’s not uncommon to see him go from station to station to encourage his players or to demonstrate proper form.

“I think the weight room is the building base for success,” Hawthorne said. “If you learn how to work hard there, you can work hard anywhere. Your body is tired, your mind is tired and if kids can learn how to work hard in the weight room the challenges on the field will be miniscule.”

Hawthorne said he’s been pleased so far with how his players have responded to the new offensive and defensive schemes put in place by the coaching staff.

At several 7-on-7 passing tournaments throughout the spring and into the summer, the Coyotes have shown poise against some of the top teams in the 6A and 5A conferences.

health,” Meneses said. “Before they fight, the ringside physician examines them one more time. After the fight, they are looked at by the physician once again to make sure there are not any other unseen injuries.”

The commission staffs each event with licensed officials and judges. Members of the commission are also present to ensure everything runs according to protocol.

Meneses estimates the commission sanctions close to 30 professional and amateur combat sporting events per year, several of which involve fighters from clubs and gyms across the East Valley.

Since he joined the Boxing & MMA Commission in April 2018, Meneses has seen a growth in the number of people looking to become promoters of sanctioned events here in Arizona and across the country. With the sport’s growth in popularity, however, comes more individuals looking to host illegal events for entertainment purposes and at times, to potentially make a quick buck.

But Meneses takes pride in his ability to help put an end to unsanctioned events and help the field of combat sports in Arizona continue to grow.

“When you are doing it like this, they are avoiding some of the costs to make more of a profit,” Meneses said. “However, they are losing that health and safety standard.

It isn’t worth it, it’s not safe for the fighter or the public.”

Skyline High School senior quarterback Blake Roebuck believes the transition to George Hawthorne’s staff has been smooth throughout the spring and into the summer. (Zach Alvira/Tribune Staff)

They’re a confident bunch that refuses to quit, aspects of their game that Roebuck believes will ultimately lead to success when the 2019 season kicks off in August.

“Even though we aren’t as big or fast as everyone else, we play hard and we are confident,” roebuck said. “We know we can play with anyone in the state.

“I expect us to have a lot of wins.”

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Gold’s Gym makes return to East Valley 2014, there were six Gold’s Gym locations across the Valley. They were part of a franchise with 16 total gyms in the region, t’s been nearly five years since the last with the other locations in Nevada and Gold’s Gym location in the East Valley Southern California. In January 2015, changed ownership and rebranded un- every location was rebranded under the Eos Fitness name. der a different name.

The new Gold’s Gym, in the Sunset Plaza But thanks to Jad Awale, a 29-year-old fitness enthusiast, Gold’s Gym has made center on Ray and Rural roads in Chandler, its return with a new location in Chandler. opened its doors in late May, but a grand “It was extremely important to me opening with raffles, vendors and other to bring the brand back to the Valley,” events will likely take place sometime in Awale said. “I felt there was a need for this July.

Growing up in Tucson, Awale became type of concept, especially with our fully redesigned studio. I’m extremely excited.” a fitness enthusiast at a young age. He Before the change in ownership in late recalled being in awe of the fitness magazines he would see at local grocery stores. As he got older, his love for fitness grew.

“It’s amazing how a little bit of money can transform your body and your whole life,” Awale said.

“You feel like you have more energy, you feel less stressed.

Overall, you’ll have a much healthier and happy life.”

Awale used to workout at Gold’s Gym locations in Tucson when he was younger.

He knew he would always be part of a health club, but he never imagined he would be able to call one his own. “ I ’ v e always been (submerged) in business and I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Awale Jad Awale, a 29-year-old fitness enthusiast, brought Gold’s Gym back to the Valley after said. “I’ve been the original franchise was rebranded. Besides his Chandler gym, Awale hopes to open a talking to this few more in the Valley. (Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer)

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The brand new Gold’s Gym in Chandler offers an expansive, clean environment with plenty of machines for users.

(Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer)

company for about three years now and I’m excited we can bring this concept back to Arizona.”

Awale’s uncle is a franchiser on the East Coast, so the passion for owning his own business runs in the family.

He already has four other Gold’s Gym locations paid for, though exact locations have yet to be determined. But he doesn’t plan to stop there. He anticipates he will open several other Gold’s Gym locations in the near future.

“This first location is kind of like a training ground,” Awale said. “We want to work out all the little kinks and make the next one better. That’s what we are aiming to do across the Valley.”

The new facility is the most up-to-date design in the Gold’s Gym family. The 40,000-square-foot gym offers stateof-the-art equipment and amenities, including a full studio package with Gold’s Burn, Gold’s Fit and Gold’s Cycle. It also includes Gold’s 3D, which measures every part of the body to track results.

The gym floor is equipped with several treadmills, ellipticals and other cardio equipment. Two areas fitted with artificial turf offer gym-goers an area for a variety of workouts, including TRX racks, punching bags, tire flips and rowers.

Traditional machines that work a variety of muscles occupy one side of the facility. But where this Gold’s location sets itself apart from other gyms is the large area for free weights.

The gym is equipped with several Breaker Olympic Flat Benches. On a traditional bench press, the weight is lifted from behind the head. The Breaker Bench moves forward once the person

using it lays down, allowing them to lift the weight from their chest to reduce the risk of injury. Once finished, the bench moves back to allow a clear path to get up.

Each half rack is equipped with sound dampening platforms to reduce noise if weights are dropped. There are also machines that will count an individual’s repetitions and time the workout.

“It’s like the ultimate fitness playground in here,” Awale said. “There are very unique areas that will cater to whatever it is they want to train.”

A former 300-pound bodybuilder, Awale designed the gym with results in mind. But he also made it a priority that every piece of equipment could be used by every member.

“One of the greatest things about it is the unity of people,” Awale said. “Everyone has a perception of what the brand is and when they come through the doors they evolve. It’s very results-driven and a positive environment.”

Awale has received strong feedback from early members. From the layout and look of the gym to the overall atmosphere, it’s been a positive experience for all who have walked through the doors.

But Awale welcomes criticism. To him, that presents an opportunity to make each new facility he opens better than the rest.

“I like to look for the negative because that’s where I want to improve,” Awale said. “It’s a lot of good stuff. We are excited for the expansion and ready to see where it all goes.”

More information about the new Gold’s Gym in Chandler, including membership pricing and hours can be found at www. goldsgym.com/chandler-az/.

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Wildlife World Zoo tops Reader’s Digest list ANDREA ESTRADA

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ickey Ollson, owner and director of Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park, remembers collecting jokes out of Reader’s Digest and telling them aloud in a public speaking class he took in college in the early ’60s.

At the time, he never imagined he would open his own zoo in 1984 — let alone that it would be recognized by that same widely distributed magazine.

Reader’s Digest recently issued a list called “The Best Zoo in Every State in America,” and Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park was named the best zoo in Arizona.

Ollson said such recognition speaks to his staff’s hard work and dedication.

“It’s easy to have a vision and to want to do something. But if you’re really going to be successful, you have to have good people that help you,” he said. “I’ve had people that have put down their roots here, and they’ve really taken it upon themselves to make the zoo very best it can be.”

Dubbed by Readers Digest as the best zoo in Arizona,the Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park in Litchfield Park offers a wide variety of critters. (Special to the Tribune)

Thirty-five years ago, the zoo sat on 30 acres, displayed less than 100 species, was operated by a staff of six and had a picnic table with a sheet over it for furniture.

Today, the zoo spans 150 acres, exhibits more than 600 different species and 6,000 animals and employs 115 people in the

spring. It houses an Adventure Land with rides, boasts an interactive sea lion exhibit and features five restaurants and cafés: Dillon’s Restaurant, Skyride Cafe, Safari Grill, Congo Cooker and Zooberto’s.

The growth of the zoo, which has never received or used taxpayer funding, is

attributed to its entrepreneurism, Ollson said.

“We’ve been very strong about investing back into the zoo. The profits from the zoo are put back into it to better things for the visitors; to better things for the animals; to better things for our employees; to enlarge the zoo; to build new exhibits and to increase the animal collection,” he said.

And that entrepreneurism made way for activities that are unique to the zoo — including the Giraffe Feeding Station and Lory Parrot Feeding, which Ollson said Wildlife World opened before any other zoo — and exhibits like the Baby Animal Nursery and Dragon World, which Reader’s Digest highlighted as must-see attractions.

Ollson said baby animals end up in the nursery because sometimes the mother does not take care of them, for a number of reasons, or simply because they’re better off being hand raised.

“We are really pleased with the fact that we’ve been able to raise multiple genera-

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The Vandellas celebrate a legacy in Ahwatukee

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he Vandellas’ Rosalind Holmes says when fans see their show at Cactus Jack’s in Ahwatukee on Friday, July 5, they’ll hear the sound is the same.

“We’re not bragging, but the sound is still the same,” Holmes said. “We have a different lead singer, but she is fantastic.

She does a wonderful job.”

The Vandellas feature Holmes, Annette Helton and lead singer Roschelle Laughhunn. Helton guarantees that fans will

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sion and performance at 8 p.m. at Cactus Jack’s, in strip mall on the southwest corner of Elliot Road and 48th Street.

On their setlist are songs like “Heatwave,” “Dancing in the Streets” and “Nowhere to Run.” Helton said the music still resonates today because the music is simple, not controversial or aggressive.

“Our music was about love and family, being together and having fun,” she said.

The Vandellas will host a Q&A and concert at Cactus Jack’s in Ahwatukee on Friday, “It was just a nice July 5. (Courtesy The Vandellas) sound with all of us. hear solely Motown music during their Berry (Gordy) used to tell us we were famappearance, which includes a Q&A ses- ily and we still treat each other as family.

“When we see other Motown acts, we’re like brothers and sisters who haven’t seen each other in a long time. We’re singing from our hearts, too. The Motown sound was a different sound for that time. But (listeners) like the beat and it’s stuck in your head a little bit.”

Holmes agreed, and said it’s relevant because parents are passing Motown’s legacy to their children.

“They always hear their parents playing Motown and they got adjusted to it,” she said. “It’s passed on decades to decades.”

Holmes and Helton were attracted to music as teens. Helton’s goal was to become a nurse. She got into singing by accident when she was between 14 and 16 years old.

“I went to an audition for a friend of mine,” she said. “They were looking for a leader singer and background singers.

Through that audition, I was chosen to be a singer or background person. By going

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tions of some very rare animals by hand in our animal nursery,” he said.

And the zoo’s rare, endangered animals — like Arabian oryx from North Africa, and the albino alligators, which were down to 13 in the ’60s and less than 100, respectively — are bred on site through a species survival program made up of a consortium of zoos that control the animal gene pool.

“We’ve become very good at breeding animals. We’re no longer taking animals out of the wild. We are now producers of animals,” Ollson said.

Ollson, who has not only watched his

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Rhinos are a popular attraction at the Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park. (Special to the Tribune)

zoo grow throughout the years but has witnessed cutting-edge advancements in the industry, said the genuine love for animals is the drive for all of it.

“In this business, nobody gets rich.

You’re not working because it’s a good paycheck or a nice salary. You’re working because you love animals, and it’s what you’ve always wanted to do,” he said.

While being recognized by a national

publication like Reader’s Digest is an absolute honor, Ollson said he values the compliments he receives from guests just as much.

“The compliments from people like us; those are just as important,” he said. “It verifies what my staff has been doing here and what we’ve done here for the last 35 years is appreciated, and that we’re doing some things right.”

through that, after I got involved in it, it was fun — especially the hits.

“I was fun going to the house and rehearsing songs that were already on the radio. We didn’t have time for extracurricular activities because we had to go rehearse.”

Helton described the highlight of her career as traveling. The Vandellas hope to go overseas to perform as soon as possible.

“People want to hear them the way they were recorded,” Helton said. “That’s the way I fell in love with it. You hear the music and see the group. That’s something great for them.

“At Cactus Jack’s, they can see the group who made the music. It’s a thrill for them and for us. We want to give them what they want.”

Helton said The Vandellas are grateful for their career.

“We thank God we’re able to still do it,” she said with a laugh. “Neither Rosalind nor myself are ready for rocking chairs.

We don’t want to sit down and do nothing. This gives us something to do.

“We get to meet a lot of our fans, too.

It’s a nice feeling to pack your bags and go somewhere, do your show and be welcomed by the people.”

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Place chicken pieces in a Ziploc husks. the pepper.

Gently toss to combine. microwave for about seconds for to easier spreading.

Lightly theup.refried beans over the tortillas.

Refrigerate 30 minutes.

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