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BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

esa Public Schools Superintendent Ember Conley gained a unique perspective on the value of education in several ways during her rise to her new position as the top administrator of Arizona’s largest school district.

Conley, 46, is the first person in her family to graduate from college.

And she launched her teaching career in Cortez, Colorado, where she taught children from the Navajo and the Ute Mountain Ute reservations.

“I think it gives me a perspective on the struggles our children go through,’’ Conley said. “Everyone has to be from somewhere.

It’s what you do with it.’’

In Cortez, Conley worked as a teacher and a principal, adding classes in Native American history and art to help the children understand their heritage.

“My background in working with Native Americans has really benefited me,’’ she said. “We need to give kids a sense of belonging because they are from different backgrounds.’’

Conley’s history of working with people from different cultures should help her in Mesa, where children from a variety of minority groups slightly outnumber Caucasian children.

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he arrest two weeks ago of an Ahwatukee club baseball coach on charges he molested young players about nine years ago has raised questions about the scrutiny that club sports organizations give adults involved in their activities.

And it has prompted police and experts on sexual predators to remind parents that they must take an active role in protecting their children.

“Organizations that sponsor any kind of youth activity have a responsibility to protect children,’’ said Becky Ruffner, executive director of Prevent Child Abuse of Arizona. “They must have two adults present at all times.

Predators thrive on secrecy and deniability.’’

Richard Allen Gallegos, 53, of the 1700 block West Wildwood Drive, Ahwatukee, was

Richard Gallegos

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arrested July 11 by Chandler police on suspicion of a long list of sex charges stemming from incidents involving two victims, according to Sgt. Dan Mejia, a police

spokesman.

The charges include five counts of sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of child molestation. Detectives wrote that the abuse occurred while Gallegos was a coach for a club baseball team that practiced in Ahwatukee, Chandler and Tempe.

In court documents, police said Gallegos

was alone with one of two male victims, who were between 11 and 14 years old when the alleged molestation occurred.

He is accused by police of committing a sex act on a boy inside a bathroom at Sun Ray Park in Ahwatukee.

Police alleged that he committed a similar act with a victim in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in Phoenix, and while driving a boy to a teammate’s birthday party in his car. Another incident involving such a sex act occurred inside the defendant’s car while they were parked in a church parking lot in Lake Havasu City.

Police also accused Gallegos of forcing a boy into a sexual act while he was supposedly consoling the victim after his team lost a baseball game.

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THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | JULY 22, 2018

Mistrial declared in former Mesa lawmaker’s bribery case

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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federal judge declared a mistrial last week in the bribery trial of a former Mesa legislator, his wife, a San Tan Valley utility owner and two others.

The move came after all 12 jurors told Judge John Tuchi they were “hopelessly deadlocked’’ in their efforts to reach a verdict in the trial of ex-lawmaker Gary Pierce involving alleged activity when he was on the Arizona Corporation Commission after his legislative stint. Tuchi concluded that it made no sense to tell them to go and try again.

The July 17 action is at least an intermediate victory for Pierce, accused of accepting a bribe from water company owner George Johnson in exchange for his vote on two issues. It means some jurors did not believe the government proved its case that the pair were guilty of bribery and fraud.

It also provides relief for the time being for lobbyist Jim Norton who was accused of having arranged a scheme to get $31,500 to Pierce through a contract with Pierce’s wife, Sherry, to do political work for Johnson. Both faced the same charges.

Federal prosecutors have until Aug. 13 to decide whether to try again.

The judge told the attorneys for both sides they cannot speak with any of the jurors. But Tuchi said he will share any information he gets from the jurors to

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Former Mesa lawmaker Gary Pierce, seen here leaving federal court shortly after his indictment on bribery charges last year, must now wait to see if federal prosecutors will re-try him after a judge last week declared a mistrial when the jury declared itself hopelessly deadlocked.

help the lawyers decide what to do next.

Lead juror Taryn Jeffries told Arizona Capitol Times that seven of the jurors, including herself, wanted to acquit all four defendants. “We never saw the circle completed,’’ she said.

That goes to the claim of prosecutors that the money involved was a payment for the votes Pierce took, including one to allow companies like Johnson Utilities to pass along the cost of the owner’s income tax to ratepayers. But defense attorneys pointed out that Pierce had been publicly in favor of that change in policy

years before.

The other claim by prosecutors was that Pierce was being paid by Johnson to increase the book value of Johnson Utilities, a move that enabled the company to increase its rates.

Jeffries told Capitol Times that she felt prosecutors knew the case was weak but decided to “see if it stuck.’’

It isn’t just the government that has to make a decision if a new trial makes sense.

Before the trial began, prosecutors offered deals to all four defendants, allowing each to plead guilty to a single felo-

ny with no prison time in exchange for dropping all the other charges.

In the case of Gary Pierce and Jim Norton, that was not done simply to shortcircuit the whole process. Prosecutors said it was conditional on getting their testimony and cooperation in connection with another case, one that apparently remains under investigation.

All four rejected the deal. There were some facts both sides agreed on, though their explanations differed.

One is that Johnson hired Kelly Norton, then the wife of Jim Norton, to do some political consulting. Kelly Norton testified that she was told to contract with Sherry Pierce for some of the work, though prosecutors argued that the $3,500 a month she was getting was merely a cover for the money being funneled into the Pierces’ checking account.

Much of the case turns on Kelly Norton’s testimony about how her then-husband Jim, at Johnson’s behest, forced her to participate in the scheme to get money to the Pierces.

Pierce was first elected to the commission in 2006 and reelected four years later before retiring in 2014 because he had served the full two terms allowed by law.

The FBI in 2016 interviewed Pierce, supposedly over election issues related to the 2014 bid by his son, Justin, for secretary of state. But it became apparent the inquiry was wider, with the Corporation Commission saying at the time the agency had been contacted by the FBI and was “cooperating fully.’’

Mesa mortuary a key player in Gilbert’s first cemetery

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

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ith over 72,000 households in Gilbert, there is no shortage of places for residents to live.

Pretty soon, there will also be plenty of space reserved for them when they die.

Gilbert marked the groundbreaking of Gilbert Memorial Park on July 20, kicking off construction on the first phase of the town’s first cemetery. With nearly 250,000 residents, Gilbert is one of the largest municipalities in the country without one.

“Breaking ground on Gilbert Memorial Park is a historic milestone for the community,” Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels said. “We are thrilled that Gilbert will soon have a permanent place to honor the

lives of our residents.”

The project, located on just 20 acres of town-owned land at Queen Creek Road and 156th Street, will be run by Mesabased Bunker Family Funeral Homes.

The first phase will feature about 10 acres of both indoor and outdoor cremation and memorialization gardens and space for lawn burial plots and family estates, said Bryce Bunker, president of Bunker Family Funerals & Cremation.

The Mesa-based business won a contract from the town to develop and operate Gilbert Memorial Park, which will also include a Bunker Family funeral home and tribute center.

Under the terms of the development agreement between Gilbert and the company, Bunker is responsible for all construction, operations and maintenance

costs for the development.

Bunker said the company considered expanding to Gilbert, where most of his family lives, prior to getting involved in the cemetery project.

“We have served a lot of the families from Gilbert for the past several decades, and we appreciate the trust people have placed in us,” he said. “This is natural extension of our services with the growth there in Gilbert.”

The company expects to open the facility next spring.

The operator will pay a variable rent rate over the course of the 99-year lease on the cemetery portion of the property.

The rent will be calculated by multiplying the current market value of the land of $182,081 per acre by the number of acres and a varying capitalization rate of

between 0 and 2.5 percent.

The agreement states that from years 11-20, when the capitalization rate is 2 percent, the annual rent will be approximately $72,832.

Bunker Family Funeral Homes also will pay Gilbert a share of revenues earned at the cemetery, paying the town three percent of revenue up to $1.5 million and five percent of revenue over $5 million.

The company will also pay rent on land used for the funeral home and share revenue from the operation of that facility.

The town anticipates it will generate between $100,000 and $200,000 annually in rent and revenue sharing over the course of the lease, according to town documents.

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the district shows the diversity, with 43.4 percent of students white, 43 percent Hispanic, 5.1 percent black and 2.2 percent Asian.

Poverty is also pervasive, with 53.3 percent of students qualifying for free or reduced-cost lunches and some schools in the 90 percent range.

“I think we will be approachable and inclusive of all students,’’ Conley said.

Conley was selected by the Mesa governing board after former superintendent Michael Cowan announced his resignation from a position he had held for nine years to answer a call from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to go on a three-year mission to the Dominican Republic.

She also is one of two new superintendents this school year in the East Valley. Kevin Mendivil has taken the reins at Tempe Union, where sixyear Superintendent Kenneth Baca resigned to become the new head of Madison Elementary School District in Phoenix.

Conley learned the value of education at an early age.

Her mother dropped out of high school a few months shy of graduation to marry her father, who was returning home from the Korean War. But her parents always stressed education, and she left her small hometown in southwestern Colorado to graduate from Arizona State University with a degree in agricultural business.

At first, Conley worked in her father’s lumber business, but she quickly realized she had a higher calling in life when she served as a Sunday school teacher and high school coach.

“What I found was that I really liked to be around kids,’’ Conley said. “They are my happy zone. They giggle and they laugh.’’

At first, Conley’s father didn’t approve of her leaving a good-paying job to “go into poverty’’ as a teacher, but he is now proud of her, she said.

“He said, ‘You’ve lost your mind and you’re going to ruin your life,’’’ she said.

Conley’s unconventional background also influenced her to embrace diversity long before it became a buzzword. She has a sister whom her family adopted from the Navajo Reservation and spent lots of time around Native Americans as a child.

Although her father did well in his lumber business, selling posts used for

guardrails, the family lived simply and frugally in a mobile home in Delores, Colorado.

Conley became acquainted with Arizona during her summer break from school while growing up. Her family lived in the East Valley part time, and her father operated a wood treatment plant in Maricopa.

She eventually worked as a deputy superintendent and as a director of assessment and elementary school principal in Maricopa, and she spent five years as superintendent of the Park City School District.

Conley has two children of her own. She named her daughter, Smoki, 20, after her father’s nickname for having a dark complexion. Smoki is attending college in Utah, while Conley’s 9-year-old son will be attending a Mesa elementary school.

Conley said she ad(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) opted her son, who Mesa Public Schools Superintendent Ember Conley was the first memwas born to a mother ber of her family to graduate from college and started her career in education as a teacher on Indian reservations. who used methamphetamine. That left him “Right now, one in four students are as a special needs student with severe ADHD. She has high hopes for not graduating. That is absolutely not her son, saying he is benefiting from acceptable,’’ Conley said.

Although Conley was not around speech therapy and other programs.

“Social and emotional learning is for the Red for Ed movement, she important to me. I’m passionate about supports better pay for teachers and changing the approach we use to sup- better funding for education. She said port children, prevent childhood drug it’s time to recognize teachers as proand alcohol addiction and address the fessionals and pay them that way.

She said she does not support punmental health needs of students.’’

Conley repeats her goals often as a ishing teachers for their dramatic down-pat mantra: improving third- walkout, which culminated in 50,000 grade reading proficiency as the bed- educators marching on the state Caprock of future learning; increasing itol and a 9 percent pay increase for eighth-grade math and 11th-grade teachers for the first year.

“They were exercising their rights English proficiency, and improving as a citizen to stand up for something graduation rates.

She said students who are not pro- they believe in, in a peaceful manner,’’ ficient in reading by the end of third Conley said.

She said teacher pay has not been adgrade generally never read well, hampering their ability to learn. Students justed in Arizona since the recession, who are not proficient in math by the unlike other states that restored educaend of eighth grade often drop out and tion funding.

“Their student outcomes are far exnever make it to college.

It generally takes a child who was ceeding ours,’’ Conley said, adding, “I raised in a non-English-speaking home was a teacher too.’’

11 years to become fluent in English, Conley said.

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The company will receive a rent abatement, meaning it will pay no rent, for two years following the opening of the park. That abatement does not apply to the revenue sharing stipulations.

Revenue sharing will cease for the cemetery premises and base rent will be reduced by 50 percent after 50 years and the sale of 90 percent of full-body burial plots, according to the development agreement.

According to Gilbert Town documents, the town paid $105,000 per acre for the site in 1999 and will receive over $600,000 per acre in total over the life of the lease.

The long road leading to the development dates back to 2015, when the town commissioned a study to determine the feasibility of building a cemetery in the town.

The study found that Gilbert residents were traveling more than 20 minutes to obtain funeral services and visit burial plots in other Valley cities like Phoenix, Mesa and Chandler, according to a Gilbert Sun News article from 2016.

The study also found that Gilbert’s mortality rate of 1,317.8 per 100,000 residents would result in the need for over 4,000 funerals per year by 2035, when the town’s population is expected to reach 325,000.

“As we go throughout the process of our lives and raise our families and work in our community, there becomes a sense of pride and ownership and that is where want to be able to memorialize our lives and the lives of our loved ones,” Bunker said.

In early 2016, the town issued a request for proposals for the land at Queen Creek Road and 156th Street, which the town bought in 1999 and had been reserved for parks purposes. Ultimately, the town awarded the RFP to Bunker Family Funeral Homes for development of the cemetery.

Internal town documents showed that Gilbert town staff justified the project by stating it will meet a community need and will also turn a profit for the town.

According to staff estimates, the project will generate over $13 million in revenue for the town over the course of the 99-year lease, which is well above the $2.3 million the town paid for the land in 1999.

Bunker said there is also a convenience factor.

“It can be a little somber or sad if a family has to travel a distance to spend time at a place where their loved one is laid,” he said.

Resident reaction to the project was split, according to comments submitted during the community feedback process, with several respondents stating that the location is a poor choice for a cemetery because of its proximity to Perry High School and established housing developments.

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THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | JULY 22, 2018

Residents warming to lawn mower exchange program

BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer

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program aimed at helping clean the air in Maricopa County is off to a good start in the East Valley a month after its launch.

The Mowing Down Pollution Program gives residents who turn in a gas-powered lawn mower a $150 voucher to buy an electric one in an effort to reduce ozone pollution – an odorless and colorless gas that can inflame and damage airways, aggravate asthma and hamper the immune system’s ability to fight off respiratory infections. Children and the elderly are the most susceptible to ozone exposure.

“It’s going well,” said Bob Huhn, spokesman for the Maricopa County Air Quality Department. “Our goal is to distribute 2,500 vouchers. If that happens, we will reduce air pollution by 21 tons per year. That is what we are looking for right now.”

But don’t expect to see municipalities such as Gilbert and Mesa turn from gas-powered garden equipment anytime soon.

Gilbert Interim Parks and Recreation Director Robert Carmona said his department currently uses larger diesel mowers for the town’s fields.

“The open-space turf is contracted out and they currently use gas-powered mowers,” he said. “Due to the size of the areas the department maintains, the electric push-mowers are not able to handle the workload and they would not be efficient for the scope of our parks.”

That said, Carmona added, the technology is catching up with a few smaller, riding-electric mowers now available, but they are not at the level to be able to handle larger commercial properties.

“The department always tries to be environmentally conscious in approaching items such as this,” he said. “And we al-

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Gallegos crystallized when a male victim, who is now 21, told police that Gallegos had molested him when he played on the team when he was 11 to 14 years old.

The second victim, who also was 11 to 14 years old at the time, was interviewed by detectives and recounted sexually abusive incidents to police, Mejia said.

Mejia said police had dropped a previous investigation in 2009 because the boys declined to reveal abuses.

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This electric lawn mower display at a Mesa Home Depot touts the county’s program for offering rebates to gaspowered mower owners who make the switch. The program is aimed at reducing the carbon footprint left by ozone pollution.

ways continue to revisit the topic as technology evolves.”

Mesa Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities Marc Heirshberg said most mowing in the city’s parks is handled via landscape maintenance contracts.

The city’s contracts don’t dictate what equipment the contractors use to mow the parks and the limited inventory of mowers used by city staff are gas-powered, he said.

“But we do require that contractors and city staff follow appropriate maintenance practices, such as no use of blowers, on pollution-advisory days,” Heirshberg said, adding he was not aware of any state, county or city government programs to convert mowing operations on a commercial scale from gas to electric.

Program partner Arizona Department of Environmental Quality allocated $375,000 for the vouchers, which can be

redeemed at eight authorized Home Depot locations, including 1740 S. Country Club Drive in Mesa and 2530 E. Germann Road in Chandler.

So far, 908 people have signed up for the program and 483 vouchers have been sent, Huhn said.

Gas-powered mowers belch out roughly 6 percent of the air pollution in the county, he said.

Tailpipe emissions from automobile traffic are the main contributors to ozone pollution.

The American Lung Association’s annual report card on air quality earlier this year handed Maricopa County an “F” grade for ozone pollution.

But the “State of the Air 2018” report did point out the Valley improved from the year before with fewer high-ozone days.

In Arizona, ground-level ozone is concentrated in Maricopa County, where

“During this time, Gallegos helped coach a club baseball team in Ahwatukee and volunteered as a baseball coach at Seton Catholic Preparatory High School in Chandler. Detectives at the time did not have enough evidence to charge Gallegos with a crime,’’ according to a Chandler police press release.

Seton sent an email to parents after the arrest, saying that while no incident have been discovered during his involvement with the school, “We are cooperating with the police investigation and we seek to learn more about the situation.”

Gallegos admitted he was close to one of the victims, but he denied sexually abusing him, the court document said.

Police and child advocates say the Gallegos case also shows how difficult it is for victims of any gender – but especially males – to come forward and report such hurtful experiences.

They are hoping that victims who have buried the psychological trauma caused by abuse many years are inspired by the courage of the 21-year-old victims, who were 14 when they were molested, to finally report molestation.

most urban centers are located, according to the state environmental department.

It’s a particular problem during the summer, when emissions, such as those from vehicles, react with the heat and sunlight, forming the bad ozone.

State environmental officials in 2017 issued for Maricopa County, 46 highpollution advisories - when air pollution levels are expected to exceed the federal health standard – and 25 health-watch alerts – when air pollution levels are expected to approach the federal health standard, according to Huhn.

Since January, the state has issued 22 high-pollution advisories and 10 healthwatch alerts, he said.

Huhn noted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2015 strengthened the standards for ground-level ozone, which bumped up the number of days the county exceeded federal health standards.

Huhn said plans are to later expand the program to landscapers and to include other gardening tools such as gas-powered leaf blowers.

The new program is the county’s third air-pollution-reduction program.

In 2016, it instituted the Fireplace Retrofit Program, which gives homeowners a $2,000 voucher to convert their woodburning fireplaces to gas burning and if their homes were not plumbed for natural gas, they would receive a device that reduces 75 percent of emission in chimneys, Huhn said.

That program has served 384 people so far, mostly in the Phoenix and Glendale areas, where air monitors show the highest levels of pollution.

And, in 2017, the county launched the Propane Fire Pit Program, which gives residents a $75 voucher to replace their wood-burning fire pits with propane fire pits. To date, 991 people have signed up for that program, according to Huhn.

Chandler police Detective Ashley Nolan, who has investigated sex crimes for 6½ years, echoed Ruffner’s reminder to parents and adults involved in club sports.

“There should be very minimal situations where a child is alone with an adult,’’ she said.

Nolan said predators usually follow a somewhat predictable pattern of abuse.

They start by targeting vulnerable children, who sometimes are estranged from their parents or are not getting enough atSee

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW Mesa rolls out Falcon District signage campaign

Mesa’s Office of Economic Development launched a branded signage program for the Falcon District, in northeast Mesa, in an effort to promote it as a destination for aerospace, defense, manufacturing and technology companies.

The program uses the new Falcon District logo and includes 15-foot lighted pylon monument signs at Greenfield Road and Higley Road, south of Loop 202, and more than 50 brilliantly colored banners and traffic-signal wraps in the Falcon District.

The district is anchored by Falcon Field Airport and encompasses more than 35 square miles of retail, commercial and industrial parks, along with quality residential neighborhoods. Companies such as Boeing, MD Helicopters, Northrop Grumman, Special Devices Inc. and NAMMO Talley have major operations in the Falcon District.

The signage program is part of a broader branding and marketing strategy that resulted from recommendations in the Falcon Field Economic Activity Area Strategic Plan, published in September 2014, which included increasing the emphasis on business attraction, expansion and retention activities.

City lauded for its traffic-movement project Mesa received the Technical Innovation Award from the American Public Works Association for its East Valley Arterial Travel Time Map Project.

The project involved Anonymous Re-identification sensors, which facilitate travel time and congestion information collected by matching the unique signature of Bluetooth or Wi-Fi-enabled devices, such as mobile phones and in-car electronics. Mesa had ARID sensors and sought to expand its network.

The expanded ARID system automatically detects and alerts traffic operations staff of a suspected crash or other non-recurring events. If an increase in travel time is detected, indicating a possible incident, agencies can take corrective measures, such as modifying signal timing.

The city invited other East Valley municipalities to participate in the project to further grow the network in the region. As a result, more ARID sensors were installed in Mesa, Tempe and Gilbert, allowing information to be shared easily across jurisdictions, aiding travel across jurisdictions.

Blanket project for Children’s Hospital at THINKspot Children, teenagers and adults stopped by THINKspot at Red Mountain Library, 635 N. Power Road, on July 21 to make a blanket for Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Each patient receives a special blanket upon admission to the hospital to comfort them during their stay. The blankets make a significant impact on every patient.

The blanket-making initiative was a result of positive community response to last year’s KidsGiving Day, creating activity bags for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment.

Pep Boys building on Higley Road sold The 9,100-square-foot building that houses Pep Boys at 1947 N. Higley Road in Mesa sold for $2.6 million, according to ,Marcus & Millichap, a commercial real estate investment services firm.

Henry Kerson, an investment specialist in Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office, had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor.

The buyer, another private investor, was secured and represented by Jamie Medress, Mark Ruble and Zack House, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office.

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Hundreds of ballot arguments to inundate voters

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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rizona voters will be inundated with nearly 500 arguments about why they should support or oppose the seven different measures that will be on the November ballot.

But the raw number of submissions to the Secretary of State’s Office for the pamphlet that will be mailed to the homes of 3.6 million registered voters may be a little misleading.

It is true that there were 133 separate comments urging voters to reject a proposal to require Arizona utilities to generate half their power from renewable sources by 2030.

But 91 of these, each of which cost $75, were paid for by the committee financed by Pinnacle West Capital Corp., parent company of Arizona Public Service, which is leading the charge.

This isn’t a one-way street.

Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona, financed by California billionaire Tom Steyer, picked up the tab for 33 of the 52 arguments in support.

The situation is even more pronounced on a ballot measure seeking to curb the authority of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.

There, 31 of the 33 arguments in favor of it were financed by Stop Taxpayer Money for Political Parties Committee.

That, in turn, is being run by Scott Mussi, president of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, an organization that has seeks to keep anonymous who is financing its efforts to affect elections, one of the powers the commission says it has the ability to enforce.

Matt Benson, spokesman for the Pinnacle West-financed effort to quash the proposed renewable energy standard, said having his organization pay for so many arguments is not an effort to mislead the voters who will be reading them.

“They’re still their arguments,’’ he said of the individuals whose names are attached to each of them. “They’re standing behind their own words.’’

And Benson dismissed questions about whether those who are making the arguments were not sufficiently motivated to pony up their own $75 to put them in the pamphlet.

Rod McLeod, spokesman for the initiative, echoed the sentiment.

“All these people have opinions and have shared them,’’ he said. “I don’t think the way democracy works is you have to have money to have a voice.’’

Some of the arguments on the seven ballot measures were pointed in their comments, perhaps none more so than in opposition to a plan to impose an income tax surcharge on the highest wage earners to raise $690 million for public education.

“This Socialist so-called education funding scheme will do nothing to improve our already failing, broken, and bloated government schools who are almost exclusively focused on social justice education sprinkled with a little algebra,’’ wrote Scottsdale resident Kristen Williamson. And Eric Smaltz of Surprise described the measure as “pushed through by striking teachers holding parents and students hostage.’’

Supporters like Dianne Post of the the National Organization for Women Arizona, had a different take.

“Taxes are the dues you pay to live in a civilized society,’’ she wrote. “Taxes are an investment not an expense.’’

The arguments on whether voters should approve expansion of who can get vouchers, while also relating to education, are a bit different -- and, in some ways, a bit more confusing.

At issue is the 2017 decision by the Republican-controlled Legislature to remove any conditions from who is entitled to get taxpayer dollars to attend private or parochial schools. That overrode prior law which limited what are formally called Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to those in certain groups, like students with special needs, foster children and youngsters attending schools rated D or F. But Save Our Schools Arizona gathered enough signatures to block the law from taking effect until voters get the last word.

What’s important is that Save Our Schools, while having put the issue on the ballot as Proposition 305, wants people to vote “no’’ -- rejecting the legislative change -- to prevent opening up vouchers to all students, regardless of qualifications; it takes a “yes’’ vote to support what lawmakers have approved.

The statements in support include testimonials from parents who say that their children were floundering in traditional public schools.

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Public safety workers with PTSD due for more counseling

BY JENNIFER MAGANA Cronkite News

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ov. Doug Ducey last week signed the “Officer Craig Tiger Act,” which provides more counseling services to public safety officials who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder because of their experiences on the job.

The law is named after a Phoenix police officer who was forced to shoot an assailant in 2012 and later took his own life as a result of undiagnosed PTSD. But the program is available to officers or firefighters who experience stressful situations, from child abuse to witnessing the death of a colleague or near-drownings.

“The death of Officer Tiger was a profound tragedy and deeply wounding loss,” the governor said. “All of us can and must move forward with action to make sure that our amazing officers and firefighters receive the help and care they need and deserve.”

In 2016, Ducey signed legislation creating the Traumatic Event Counseling Program for first responders, providing up to 12 counseling visits per traumatic event. The new law, however, covers up to 36 visits with a licensed treatment professional. Also, first responders will not lose pay or benefits if they are deemed unfit

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tention for other reasons.

Predators gradually take steps to gain the trust of victims, grooming them with gifts such as video games, she said. Eventually, they seek to isolate the child so that they are alone together, making the abuse possible. After the sex crimes start occurring, there are threats designed to manipulate a child into not reporting it.

She said studies have determined that boys are less likely to report sexual abuse than girls because of embarrassment and the stigma associated with it. Detectives have to combine empathy with their investigative skills to successfully put a case together that can lead to a conviction.

Nolan said police must console as well as cajole a victim. “This is a horrible thing that happened to you, it’s terrible you have had to live with that for so long, but we can bring justice to light,’’ she explained, repeating her advice to victims.

“People will say, this happened a long time ago, but I don’t want it to happen to anyone else.’’

She said she always hopes that media reports of such cases will inspire other vic-

for duty, and their employers cannot require them to use paid time off to attend counseling.

According to the World Health Organization, one person commits suicide every 40 seconds. Public safety employees are highly susceptible to PTSD, which can greatly affect behavior and produce suicidal thoughts.

Officer Tiger used deadly force against an assailant who was assaulting him and his partner in 2012. He later said his problems began that night. He returned to work but was drinking heavily. That same year, he was arrested for driving under the influence in Coconino County.

Tiger was fired by the Phoenix Police Department in 2013 and killed himself in November 2014.

“It means that Craig’s death was not in vain,” his widow, Rebecca, said of the new bill. “Obviously, he suffered from PTSD and died as a result of those injuries. With this bill now, my hope is that it won’t get that far – we won’t lose another first responder to an injury that is treatable.”

Joe Clure, executive director of the Arizona Police Association, recognized Channel 5 (KPHO) reporter Donna Rossi as instrumental in the coverage of tims to come forward. Police know there are many victims who have never revealed they have been abused and studies have found that children are very unlikely to report abuse to their parents.

The case also spotlights the level of background checks and supervision given coaches and the adults involved in club sports.

Club teams, often referred to as travel teams, generally attract serious players who are hoping to advance into college or even professional sports after they graduate from high school. The teams typically travel to tournaments in Arizona and other states.

Rick Kelsey, chief executive officer of the Arizona Soccer Association, said he knows it is impossible to catch every potential predator, but it his obligation to protect children in every way possible.

“We do background checks on all of our coaches,’’ he said, with two or three applicants rejected every year for a variety of reasons. “Anytime you are involved in youth sports, safety is paramount.’’

Kelsey said youth organizations are under increasing pressure to assure the safety of children in every way possible, especially in the aftermath of sexual abuse

(Cronkite News)

Gov. Doug Ducey last week signed a bill increasing counseling services for public safety personnel who suffer post traumatic stress because of experiences they encounter on the job. The law was prompted by the suicide of a Phoenix police officer who suffered from PTSD.

PTSD among first responders.

Tiger shared his story with Rossi after he was fired for the DUI and a few months before his death.

“He was very adamant that police departments and fire departments don’t address the issues that are necessary when it comes to officers or firefighters who suffer from PTSD,” Rossi said.

“He felt re-victimized by the department for not recognizing he was suffering from an illness, an illness you might not be able to see.

“He didn’t feel like they gave enough attention to him, and instead of helping him and treating the issue, that subsequently resulted in alcoholism, (he) was just disheartened.”

cases involving Olympic athletes, including the U.S women’s gymnastics team.

Congress established the U.S. Center for SafeSport to investigate allegations of sexual abuse within the U.S. Olympic and Paralympics, focusing on the 49 governing bodies involved with Olympic sports. SafeSport also conducts training sessions on how to prevent sexual abuse aimed at any sport.

The federal mandatory reporting law resulted in 1,037 reports of potential abuse during the organization’s 15 months in existence, with 289 sanctions imposed and 149 individuals ruled permanently ineligible. More than 400,000 people have completed an online training session.

For decades, Arizona has had a mandatory law for reporting sexual abuse, although there have been instances of it not being followed properly.

“Irrespective of legal obligations, there are moral obligations,’’ Kelsey said.

One unintended consequence is that some people who would otherwise be interested in helping children decide to avoid coaching, Kelsey said.

“We lose these people because they are afraid of this perception,’’ he said.

Still, Kelsey said, parents need to ask what organization is sanctioning a team, whether it’s part of a league or a club team that travels to tournaments, and whether the coaches have been vetted properly through background checks.

“The complication of it is these club teams,’’ he said. “I am convinced we are doing everything we can. We have all the right intentions to do all the right things.’’

Although background checks are important, Ruffner said, it’s important for parents not to think of them as a panacea for weeding out would-be abusers.

“Background checks are fine and well if that person has a record,’’ Ruffner said.

A background check on Gallegos found no arrest history in Arizona, a fact police confirmed.

Experts also said it’s critical that parents establish a deep relationship with their children through strong communication. They also should watch how their children interact to coaches, ministers or any other adults associated with youth programs, Nolan said.

“We need to believe children. They don’t make this stuff up because it’s fun,’’ Ruffner said.

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Auto spa helps Treasures 4 Teachers

Cobblestone Auto Spa is donating nearly $24,000 to Treasures 4 Teachers, which provides classroom support to Arizona’s educators. The donation caps a six-week fundraiser organized by Cobblestone at all of its shops.

“We knew that our clients support education, and we knew they would feel good about giving back to the state’s teachers. And, they didn’t disappoint,” said Tuck Bettin, Cobblestone general manager. “We are hopeful that this donation will alleviate a portion of the financial burden teachers too often face in the classroom.”

Cobblestone’s donations will go toward Treasures 4 Teachers’ scholarship fund, which covers the $35 annual membership fee to educators to access supplies. Educators may peruse supplies for special projects or for everyday classroom needs without the financial burden that comes with purchasing them at a retailer.

The donation is particularly critical now because many educators struggle to afford the membership fee.

SWIMkids USA offers free CPR training Lana Whitehead, president and founder of SWIMKids USA, 2725 W. Guadalupe Road, Mesa, understands that CPR is a superpower that could turn any child into a hero. Every second counts in a drowning emergency, so SWIMKids is encouraging children to learn CPR in a series of free classes, the first at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28.

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“Studies have shown that the chance of a survival outcome can increase as much as 70 percent if the rescuer begins CPR immediately after extrication of the victim from the water,” Whitehead said. “Even with adult supervision, having another pair of eyes and trained hands can make all the difference if a child slips underwater. In several recent near-drowning incidents, a sibling was the one who alerted their parents of a drowning in progress.”

Amanda Acuna, StarGuard program director at SWIMKids USA, said that learning CPR is easier than many people believe and that kids can pick it up easily.

The key is proper training and repetition, so they can react in an emergency without panic, Acuna said.

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Mesa nonprofit turns around impoverished African

BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer

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n Mozambique, one quarter of the adults have HIV, 75 percent are unemployed, one in seven children dies before age 5 and the expected life span is 48.

In this southeast African county, a little-known Mesa-based nonprofit is working to turn the tide, one village at a time.

“We don’t give them money, not giving food,” said Glen Galatan, spokesman for Care for Life on Baseline Road near Val Vista Drive. “We are providers of education. We teach them to become self-reliant. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

The nonprofit educates villagers how to be self-sufficient in eight key areas – health and hygiene, education, psychosocial well-being, sanitation, food security and nutrition, income generation, home improvement and community participa-

tion.

Care for Life first researches a village and then meets with that village’s leaders to see if they want help.

“Sometimes they are skeptical because a lot of organizations have worked in Mozambique, and some are great and some are not so great,” Galatan said.

Once invited, Care for Life sends in a team of 10 to 15 employees and volunteers, who are from Mozambique, to work with the villagers for two and a half to three years – long enough to start a cycle of self-reliance.

“One of the many things we are doing is reducing the infant and maternal mortality rates and the biggest thing we do is education,” Galatan said. “So, we teach prenatal care. We educate the mother on what to expect, how to be hygienic and sterile.”

The efforts are working.

Maternal deaths have been reduced by 78 percent and infant deaths cut by 58 percent in villages where Care for Life

(Special to the Tribune)

Cindy Packard and her husband, Blair, started Mesa-based Care for Life after they visited Mozambique in 2000 and saw so much of the population in dire need of help.

has gone in, according to an independent five-year research study, presented earlier

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church with campuses in Mesa and Ahwatukee aims to help hundreds of needy kids start the new school year on the right foot by giving them school supplies.

Generation Church – which has campuses at 1010 S. Ellsworth Road, Mesa, and 11832 S. Warner Elliot Loop, Ahwatukee – is throwing its annual Back to School Bash 9-11 a.m. Saturday, July 28, at both sites.

“This is a time kids should be excited about going back to school,” explained Brendon Hoorneman. “They shouldn’t be worried about whether or not they’ll be prepared. But far too many young people don’t look forward to going back because they don’t have what they need to succeed.

“Backpacks and school supplies can be expensive and many families are finding it difficult to purchase these supplies each year,” he added. “That’s why Generation

Church decided to do something about it.”

Congregants donated backpacks and school supplies and this year plan to hand out 1,000 backpacks from the people in the church.”

The church held its first bash three years ago at its original Mesa campus, then expanded it to its Ahwatukee campus two years ago after acquiring the site through a merger, “The first event showed the need was even bigger than they had anticipated and the church passed out over 300 backpacks full of supplies,” Hoorneman said. “The next year they doubled that amount. Between their two campuses, the church gave away over 600 backpacks stuffed full of supplies.”

The church looks at the bash as putting a core belief into practice.

“Generation Church exists so that people far from God can experience new life in Jesus,” Hoorneman said. “That new life is one full of people who love and support one another. This event shows, in a tangible way, the love God has for us by the church showing love to the community.”

He said the event is all about “supporting and loving kids” and “showing them that they are important and that the people of Generation Church believe in them.

“That’s why over 200 volunteers came together last year to pull off this Back to School Bash. These kids need to know that God thinks they’re valuable and worth the time and the resources that go into making this event happen,” he added.

Besides school supplies, the church will offer haircuts and will have food, games, face painting, inflatables and other goodies – all free. Kids in kindergarten through senior year in high school are welcome. However, to get a backpack, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Attendees do not have to be members of Generation Church.

“The church believes in celebrating with these young people and helping them get ready to face the new school year prepared and excited,” Hoorneman said.

Some recipients of the church’s charity have thanked Generation Pastor Ryan Visconti and the volunteers.

“A lady last year cried when we told her we could give her kids a free haircut,” Hoorneman said. “And many of the kids are just in awe that they get to pick out and keep their backpack, their faces all lit up are just so worth it.”

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tion and Social Development Conference held in Dublin.

According to Dr. Patrick Panos, director of global education and outreach at the University of Utah and the study’s author, Care for Life’s presence in a village more than doubled the chances of survival for Mozambique babies.

“In fact, according to UNICEF, in 2015 Mozambique had 489 maternal deaths per 100,000 births,” he said. “In Care for Life villages, we see that number go down to an amazing 90 per 100,000.”

Since its inception in 2000, Care for Life has helped between 20 and 25 villages, Galatan said. The nonprofit currently is entrenched in four villages.

The nonprofit is the brainchild of Blair

and Cindy Packard, who visited Mozambique in 2000 after flooding there killed at least 700 people and devastated the land. The Gilbert couple saw that empowering people was the most effective way in tackling the country’s problems.

The nonprofit focuses on villages located outside Beira, the second largest city in Mozambique with a population of 530,604. Each village typically has between 200 and 250 inhabitants.

“Most of these places there is no electricity, no running water. Not in all but in most,” Galatan said. “Often times they have to walk miles and miles and hours and hours to get to a source of water that may not be clean.”

Life for Care teaches villagers how to dig for wells and how to use pellets to sanitize the water. The group does provide the low-cost pellets.

“Another big problem is there are no latrines,” Galatan said. “Lot of times, they go out to the streets to defecate. We teach them how to build latrines. We don’t do the work but show them how to do the work.”

Countries that lack access to clean water and where open defecation is most widespread have the highest number of deaths of children under 5 years old, according to the World Health Organization.

Care for Life also sets up Children’s Clubs to educate children and help form village associations where villagers can borrow money to start a business.

The group also helps villagers to set goals and rewards them for meeting them.

“For certain goals, we may reward them with simple things like seeds, a hoe,

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He acknowledged there are other similar organizations, but what sets Care for Life apart is it tracks each and every single villager a few years after it has left to ensure they remained self-reliant. So far, it’s a 100 percent successful, Galatan said.

Care for Life is funded by private donations but is looking for local and national corporations to partner with. Galatan is Care for Life’s first full-time employee hired in the United States in January to help in this endeavor.

“One of our long-term plan is to help millions of people,” Galatan said. “And we have to get funding so we can take this model and use it in other parts of Mozambique and other places in the world.”

Information: careforlife.org.

Church group photographs headstones of Chandler ancestors

BY ALYSON JOHNSON Tribune Contriibutor

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found one!” was heard repeatedly at the Valley of the Sun Mortuary and Cemetery in Chandler on the evening of July 11 as youth and adults from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints looked for grave markers and headstones for specific people buried on the premises.

The purpose of the activity was to help relatives of the deceased connect to their ancestors by providing a photo of their headstone or marker online, through the website FindAGrave.com.

“Being able to view actual photographs of the headstones of your ancestors may seem like a strange concept, but it is actually a really impactful experience,” said youth leader Becky Fillerup.

“As I have looked through the photos on the Find A Grave site and utilized other genealogical sites such as Family-

Search and Ancestry, my ancestors have become more than just names on a page, they have become real to me,” she added.

FindAGrave.com is the world’s largest gravesite collection, boasting over 170 million online memorials in 481,021 cemeteries all over the world.

Anyone can go on and create a memorial for their loved ones and add photos and other information to the memorial.

With so many memorials already online, a quick check to see if the memorial has already been created is a good idea.

However, many memorials don’t have a photo of the headstone, and that’s where this service project fills a need.

“By doing Find A Grave we can give the opportunity to others to know more about their ancestors,” said Basha High School Senior Sydney Fuller. “As people Logan Fuller photographs a headstone while Aiden Stubbs takes down some notes.

learn more about their ancestors they can connect with them emotionally.”

There are 7,658 online memorials created for the deceased at Valley of the Sun, with over 900 of those needing marker photos.

“The picture makes it real because anyone can type ‘1905’ into Find A Grave,” said Fuller, “but not everyone can go to the places loved ones are buried and take pictures in person and be connected to them.”

Seeing the headstone in a photo is the next best thing to visiting in person. It’s a bonus when there is additional information, like an obituary, in the online memorial.

The group plans to go back as many times as it takes to walk the whole cemetery and photograph the headstones for all the memorials that need them. Members of the congregation are also going as families to help complete the project.

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Parent of The Falls Event Center files for bankruptcy

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

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he parent company behind The Falls Event Center, along the Mesa-Gilbert border, has filed for bankruptcy and recently settled with the SEC over allegations that its former CEO defrauded investors.

The Falls Event Center LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah.

The Utah-based company operates eight event centers in five states and plans to continue operations while it restructures the organization, according to a statement released by the company.

It is unclear how the bankruptcy will affect The Falls Event Center in Gilbert.

The facility, located at 4635 E. Baseline Road, hosts corporate and personal events.

The parent company, which court documents revealed had planned at one point to expand to 200 locations by 2022, will reposition undeveloped properties and assets “that do not currently contribute enterprise value,” according to the statement.

(Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer)

Despit its parent company’s bankruptcy filing and an SEC case involving that firm, The Falls Event Center on Baseline Road in Gilbert remains open for business.

There is no mention of which assets that refers to.

The bankruptcy filing revealed that several of the company’s unsecured investors are Arizona residents, including seven who live in Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa and Tempe.

One of the company’s top 20 largest unsecured creditors, a Tempe resident, has a claim over $2 million.

The bankruptcy comes on the heels of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into The Falls and former CEO Steven Down for allegedly mis-

leading investors about the profitability of the company’s event centers.

The company brought in Brooks Pickering in June to assess the company’s situation and he recently took over as CEO. The day before The Falls filed for bankruptcy, the company and Down settled with the SEC without admitting or denying the allegations. The settlement prohibits the company from violating the Securities Act of 1933 by using false or misleading information to sell securities.

Down also must pay a civil penalty of $150,000.

According to the SEC, “Since 2011, The Falls and Down raised approximately $120 million from more than 300 investors from the offer and sale of, among other things, convertible secured promissory notes.”

The SEC complaint alleges that Down solicited investments from attendees at education seminars for dentists that he sponsored. At the events, Down told potential investors that most or all of The See

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Pool company helps Mesa vet in need Tribune News Staff

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ilbert-based Above and Beyond Pool Remodeling has experienced significant growth since it opened its doors nearly a decade ago, and owner Michael Sandoval has long sought a way to share some of that success by paying it forward to the East Valley community.

“One of the things I wanted to do was give back. We are blessed to be in the position to be doing the volume of the work we do,” Sandoval said. He estimated the company now works on approximately 350 to 400 pool projects a year.

When he began looking for ways to give back, Sandoval, a 15-year Marine combat veteran, knew he wanted to find projects that served the veteran community.

“So many companies are talking about supporting veterans, but I wanted to put my money where my mouth is,” he said.

“Whatever it might be, we wanted to give back to a veteran, someone that has given so much for this country.”

He finally got his chance recently when Sandoval donated a complete pool remodel to Mesa-resident Linda Webb.

Phoenix-based companies Xcel Surfaces and Noble Tile Supply and New Jerseybased Hayward Pool Products also donated to the project.

Webb, who served as a stateside Air Force medic during the Vietnam War and spent 10 years in active and reserve service, worked for 39 years as a registered nurse. She suffered a spinal cord injury unrelated to her military service and wanted to use her pool and spa for therapy, but they were not in working

condition.

Sandoval said he spent over two years looking for a candidate before he met Webb by chance when a neighborhood pool repairman referred her to Sandoval after she inquired about what it would take to get her pool up and running.

At the time, Sandoval had no idea Webb was a veteran.

“She called me and it was so funny. Something just struck me when I talked to her,” he (Special to the Tribune) said. “I heard it in her voice, and Linda Webb served as a stateside medic for the Air Force during I had to get out there and look the Vietnam War. at this pool.” out she was herself a veteran.

As Sandoval inspected the He determined the pool and spa were pool, the two talked about Webb’s father, who was a retired brigadier general, and he eventually found See POOL on page 13

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Falls event center locations were profitable.

However, the SEC contended this was a false claim.

The SEC alleged that Down used internal modified profit and loss statements based on bookings in his presentations rather than industry-standard statements generated by the company’s

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QuickBooks accounting software.

“The Falls’ own accounting records indicate that, from inception through September 2017, the event centers have never been profitable on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles,” reads the complaint.

According to the SEC, Down told investors that each center would bring in $1 million in gross earnings annually and produce 35 percent profit.

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going to need extensive work, including all new equipment. The existing equipment was outdated and mostly non-functional.

“She asked me, ‘Mike, what is it going to cost me?’” Sandoval said. “I told her, ‘The good news is I put numbers together, and the bad news is I am not going to give them to you. If you will let me, I want to give you a pool remodel.’”

Sandoval said Webb was grateful but initially hesitant to accept the offer. However, after a few days she called him back and scheduled the remodel.

“I am very appreciative of this dream come true to be able to have easy access to the pool in my backyard to enjoy, but provide therapy for pain relief, strength and mobility,” Webb said.

The remodel took about two weeks to complete and cost approximately $18,000, Sandoval said.

light on the parent company’s precarious financial situation.

In addition to being told by the company’s CFO to stop telling potential investors that event centers were making a profit, Down also was warned by his executive team that The Falls business model was unsustainable due to large mortgage debts incurred by the company, according to the complaint.

The complaint further states that the company financed the purchase and

The company completely demolished the interior finish and tile and replaced it with new tile around the waterline and a pebble interior finish, both donated by Noble Tile Supply.

The company also redid the landscaping around the pool and installed new equipment donated by Hayward, including a new heater, blower for the spa, therapy jets and new pumps, filters and lights in the pool and spa.

Xcel Surfaces reached out to Sandoval about how it could participate in the project and redid Webb’s entire deck.

“We really enjoyed it,” Sandoval said. “I had more fun with this project than anything I’ve ever done in my line of work.”

Sandoval hopes that Webb’s pool is the first of many remodels that he can donate to fellow veterans.

“We actually want to start a campaign to do a veteran giveaway on an annual basis,” he said.

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construction of its centers through hard money loans from private investors with interest rates between 10 and 14 percent “because it was not able to obtain traditional bank financing at lower interest rates.”

The principal amount of the loans was $33.5 million as of September 2017, according to the SEC.

(Special to the Tribune)

Michael Sandoval, owner of Gilbert-based Above and Beyond Pool Remodeling is a Marine combat veteran who saw an opportunity to come to the aid of a fellow veteran.

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Navigating the road of political correctness can be challenging

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

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ne of the great privileges of having a newspaper column is the opportunity to share your hard-earned wisdom with readers of this fine publication. Having learned a life lesson this week – from a restaurant server with 14 tattoos, magenta hair and what appeared to be a smallish car key ring in her nose – it’s my honor to pass it along.

Apparently, we’re phasing out plastic straws here in western civilization.

Or, as Ms. Magenta explained when I noted the absence of the straw that used to accompany my iced tea: “Yeah, plastic straws are bad for the planet, so we don’t give those anymore. But I can give you one if you really want.”

She then did an uncanny impression of the stink eye my mom used to give me back in childhood when I would re-

quest things like a raise in my allowance or Lucky Charms for dinner.

Thus, I crossed plastic straws off my mental checklist of “Things Good People Are Supposed to Do Nowadays.”

It’s a long list in these difficult times because virtually everything we do is either a planet-killer or a potential “microaggression” someone else may find deeply offensive.

Plastic bags? Out. Gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles? Out. Plastic water bottles? Out. Long showers? Out. Opening the door for a woman under the age of 97? Out. Wishing people a “Merry Christmas.” Out. Asking people, “So where are you from?” Out. Making jokes, sharing opinions and talking about anything besides the weather and what time it is? All out.

My new plan when I’m around other people is to sit silently and slowly sip room-temperature tap water from a reusable cup. However, I recently read – and I am not making this up – that lack

of sufficient eye contact can be deemed a microaggression by folks who feel disrespected by one’s tendency to look away.

So in between worrying that my shirt may be made from non-organic cotton and whether anyone will notice my leather shoes, now I also have to worry about keeping my eye contact level somewhere between “polite interest” and “why is that guy staring at me like Ted Bundy?”

Truth be told, all of this seems like a tremendous amount of work just to be thought of as a good person.

And a lot of it flies in the face of the Golden Rule my parents trotted out all the time when I was growing up: “Treat everyone the way you want everyone to treat you.”

Call me thick-skinned, but I’m not offended when people leave an empty seat next to me in a movie theater or a meeting, or when folks who know my last name wish me a “Happy Hanukkah” despite the fact that I’ve never been

to temple and that I celebrate Christmas.

Some of you no doubt are thinking, sure, Leibowitz, the fact you’re not offended is because you’re a privileged white male. Your whole column is just one long “mansplaining” rant, you feeling sorry for yourself because other people actually want to be treated with the same respect you get simply because of your skin color and the fact that you were born with a penis.

Let me offer another theory: Perhaps some people use plastic drinking straws, tell “So a golfer dies and goes to heaven” jokes and open car doors for women because they didn’t get the latest environmental do-gooder memo, think the jokes are funny enough to share, and believe they are making a respectful gesture.

My thought: Let’s cut each other a bit more slack. Every single action in 2018 isn’t the, uh, straw that broke the camel’s back.

Reauthorize conservation fund to protect our treasures

BY JACK CARSON Tribune Guest Writer

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s a veteran of the Marine Corps, it’s been my honor to defend America’s values and liberties. However, you can’t seriously talk about defending American values and liberties without defending the land from which our forefathers sprung and explored. The sanctity of our lands has to be protected, as do the rights of our people.

That’s why I’m supporting the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a program that has been protecting our public lands since 1964. It will expire this fall if Congress does not act.

I am not an environmental advocate.

This is my first op-ed. However, I am an avid angler and hiker, and so the issue of conservation is important to me and spurs me to share my perspective.

As a logistics officer in the Marines,

it was my duty to protect American interests domestically and in Iraq, where I was deployed to help equip the Iraqi army to defeat ISIS. Though I have returned to civilian life in Arizona, I still believe in that duty. I believe that part of being a patriot is preserving the beauty of our lands on which we all live.

The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has provided funding for conservation projects and for recreation activities across the country. It’s been used to protect places from national parks to local ballfields in every state.

It also provides funding for conservation purposes without taking money from taxpayers. It is funded by oil and gas revenues generated by energy companies paying to drill offshore.

However, if Congress does not act, LWCF will expire this fall. The Arizona delegation in Congress must work to ensure that LWCF gets reauthorized, for it has protected some of Arizona’s most iconic places. LWCF funding has helped

protect the Grand Canyon and Saguaro national parks, and state parks like Lost Dutchman and Patagonia Lake.

For Congress to let it expire when it has done so much for our communities without spending a cent of taxpayers money would be a travesty. All those who care about our public lands must share their support for LWCF so that our elected officials in Washington work to ensure that the program is preserved for future generations.

The person currently overseeing how LWCF dollars are spent (and requested) is Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, a veteran himself and a self-described outdoorsman.

He also claims to be a Teddy Roosevelt fan, and yet President Roosevelt was instrumental in creating our country’s conservation ethic as our country grew and we realized reckless and ruthless destruction of our natural resources was not an American value.

Zinke would do well to heed his so-

called mentor’s actions. I am severely disappointed that Zinke has failed to champion this program, a cornerstone of America’s conservation policy.

Our lands and waters are a part of our legacy, and future generations deserve an opportunity to explore and cherish our country’s landscapes just as we have.

America is the greatest country on Earth, partly because of our natural treasures.

The American flag should fly over pristine lands, and programs like the Land and Water Conservation Fund help us care and be proud of our landscapes.

Arizona’s elected officials must work to reauthorize LWCF, an American policy that protects our American treasures.

-Jack Carson is a medically retired Marine Corps Officer and recent graduate of the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. As a Marine kogistics officer, he advised the commander of a 1,200-strong engineering battalion on logistics.

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East Valley Little League Baseball teams staying alive at state teams atop the standings. It also will be concerned with how many runs each team allows, as that will determine tiebreakers, rather than how many are scored.

“Two or three teams are probably going to be tied at the lead of each pool, so runs allowed is going to be important.

We’re just as happy to win by 20 or by one

BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

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he competition is heating up for East Valley Little League Baseball teams that are still alive in various age divisions in Arizona Little League State Tournaments.

In the 12-and-under Majors Division, all-stars from Chandler National South and Red Mountain both won the first of their four pool-play games.

Both Red Mountain (1-1) and Chandler National South (2-0) were scheduled to play their third games on July 21 in Scottsdale.

With 14 teams vying to advance into just four spots in the semifinals, each win in pool play is crucial, and teams realize they must win nearly all of their games in order to advance.

While Red Mountain 12-and-under coach Phillip Moore said winning each pool-play game was of the utmost importance in battling six other teams for two spots at the top of each pool, his team fell to 1-1 on July 19, losing 4-2 to Verde Valley after winning their opener at state.

Now, with two games left, Red Mountain must hope for some losses by other

(Eric Newman/Tribune Staff)

Above: Chandler National South pitcher CJ Snowden winds up for a pitch at the Arizona Little League State Tournament in Scottsdale.

(Eric Newman/Tribune Staff)

Right: Chandler National South Little League Majors (12-and-under) players huddle up during state tournament play in Scottsdale.

as long as we’re not allowing very many,” Moore said.

Chandler National South stayed on track on July 19, defeating Sidewinder Little League in an entertaining 11-9 battle in its second game to move to 2-0 in pool play.

South pitcher CJ Snowden, who threw three shutout innings to open a 7-0 lead, said there is pressure to win each game, but it is much more important to him and his teammates to enjoy the extra time they get to play Little League Baseball together.

“I think it’s what we expect to do, winning these games and playing hard. We’ve been playing together a pretty long time, so we just want to do the best we can to keep it going because it’s pretty fun and I enjoy it,” Snowden said.

South coach Joe Strazz, whose team had great plate discipline through the first two games, drawing several walks, said that even at such a young age and on this larger stage none of the players feels pressured to be the one to carry the team.

“I’d say the kids are playing really unselfish baseball right now, and they See

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Wellbrock hopes to put Basha in rearview mirror at Mtn. Pointe

BY BRIAN BENESCH Tribune Contributor

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ich Wellbrock understands that he not only is following a football coaching legend at Mountain Pointe High, but he’s coming off a losing season and player dissention during his only season at Chandler Basha last year.

East Valley fans might remember Wellbrock for all the wrong reasons at Basha. His new situation is a better fit, he said.

“This is on the Mount Rushmore as far as programs go,” Wellbrock said during a break from his first summer of drills as coach of the Pride. “Everybody looks from the outside and sees

Mountain Pointe as one of the top programs in the state and nationally.”

If Mountain Pointe is on the Mount Rushmore of programs, the man Wellbrock follows could be there, too. Norris Vaughan’s teams built a dynasty during his nine years as Pride coach, going 99-19 before he resigned in December and moved to Georgia to be closer to family.

Vaughan in May was named offensive coordinator at Athens (Georgia) Clarke Central High.

“When you get to a program like this, you already know the expectations. It’s exciting and that’s what we’ve all signed up for. We all came to this program to be part of the conversation,”

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New Mountain Pointe High football coach Rich Wellbrock directs the Pride during a 7-on-7 tournament at Arizona State on June 8. He succeeds the legendary Norris Vaughan, who resigned in December.

Wellbrock said.

That conversation involves those teams contending for a state championship, which has become tradition at Mountain Pointe. Vaughan’s teams appeared in the title game three times and won the state title in 2013. They reached the final four – the big-school state semifinals – in eight of his nine years.

While Wellbrock said his relationship with Vaughan was purely professional, he doesn’t hide his admiration for him.

“He’s built such a tradition here,” Wellbrock said. “They play hard-nosed football and obSee

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trust the guy that’s behind them. So, they’re just trying to get themselves on the bases so the next guy up can knock them in. It makes the game easier for everyone,” Strazz said.

The state champion will move on to the West Regional Tournament in San (Eric Newman/Tribune Staff) Bernardino, California. The Red Mountain Little League Majors (12-andregional champ earns a spot under) coach Phillip Moore enjoys the state in the Little League World tournament in Scottsdale with his team.

Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in August. winner’s bracket semifinals, and In the 11-and-under tourna- was scheduled to play Nogales ment in Mesa, which is the end National on July 21. Gilbert of the season in that age group, National suffered a 12-2 loss in kids are still playing for the right the first round but won three to call themselves state champi- straight to move to 3-1. It was to ons. Red Mountain and Tempe play Mohave Valley on July 20.

South were 3-1 in the doubleRegardless of who is standelimination bracket going into ing after each of the state tourgames on July 20. naments, Chandler National In the 10-and-under tourna- South’s Snowden said the playment in Tucson, also the end ers are enjoying every moment of the season in that age group, of the sport they have played for Red Mountain won its first so long. three games to advance to the

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viously he has moved this program into another stratosphere.”

Not every coach is up for following an act like that, yet former Mountain Pointe principal Bruce Kipper, who recently moved into a position in the Tempe Union High School District office, fielded applications from dozens of coaches with winning pedigrees who wanted to give it a try.

Not all of them were right for the circumstances at Mountain Pointe, Kipper said.

That Kipper would tap Wellbrock, coming off a losing season, to lead one of the state powerhouse programs might seem curious on the surface.

Because Wellbrock had a long run of success on a campus similar to Mountain Pointe’s, at Desert Edge in Goodyear, before going to Basha, Kipper said that Wellbrock was the best fit for the Pride.

It was an opportunity Wellbrock couldn’t pass up. He, too, saw the parallels: kids with char-

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acter, work ethic and a chip on their shoulders to succeed in an elite program.

Kipper said at the time that he regarded last season as an anomaly on Wellbrock’s resume.

In one year as coach at Basha High, the Bears were a disappointing 2-8.

That flew in the face of Wellbrock’s tenure at Desert Edge, where his teams won 75 games in seven years, including a state title in 2014.

Wellbrock has a talented roster to uphold Mountain Pointe’s legacy. He expects big things from Jatu Gipson, Anthony Dedrick, Rashion Hodge and Jerrick Dickson.

He also is complimentary of quarterback Nick Wallerstedt, the returning starter, although Wellbrock has yet to publicly announce a starter.

“It took him a little bit to get that throwing motion changed,” he said of Wallerstedt, who also starred on the baseball diamond for the Pride. “He’s had a really good summer and he’s excited about the offensive changes we’re making. What a great kid.”

The Pride faithful can expect more hard-nosed football with a few exceptions: Wellbrock hopes to open up the playbook.

“We want to make the tough runs when it’s time. That’s Mountain Pointe football. But we’re spreading it out a bit more. Hopefully we’ll have a little bit more diversity within the offense. We’d like to see our receivers get the ball in space,” Wellbrock said.

The Pride offense and defense will be put to the test immediately, as they open at Pinnacle on Aug. 24 against top quarterback prospect Spencer Rattler, who is headed for Oklahoma next year.

“We’re just excited to be done with this 7-on-7 stuff and really get to working on the 11-man grind,” Wellbrock said. “I’m very excited about the opportunity.”

-Contact Brian Benesch at 480-8985630 or bbenesch@timespublications.com.

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Kris Allen, ‘Idol’ top 7 coming to Mesa

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merican Idol” Season 8 winner Kris Allen is appearing as the special guest on this summer’s American Idol: Live! Tour, which comes to the Mesa Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 24.

He’ll join the top seven contestants from this season’s show.

Allen said he would have loved to have had a former contestant on his tour to guide him through the hectic jaunt. He hesitates when asked who.

“I think Kelly Clarkson would have been a lot of fun, as someone who’s been through it,” Allen said. “Someone I’ve gotten to know a little the past nine years is David Cook. He’s been doing his thing since the show. That would have been really good. I would have enjoyed his wisdom.”

American Idol: Live! features Gabby Barrett, Cade Foehner, Jurnee, Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Maddie Poppe, Michael J. Woodard and Catie Turner.

Poppe, this season’s winner, hadn’t gigged outside of Iowa before her stint on the show.

“Getting to play outside of

like me,” Poppe said. “I’m really excited to meet him and see what he’s like.”

Allen said that he was a little concerned about joining this tour.

“I didn’t think I was older than them, but then I watched the show,” he said with a laugh. “I’m going to be the oldest, which is incredibly weird. I’ll be the older guy and mentoring these younger kids who are just starting out in the business.

“I know I’ll be inspired by them, their fire and newness. I’m excited about that.”

(Photo by ABC-Eric McCandless)

“American Idol’s” recent top seven (from left) are Gabby Barrett, Cade Foehner, Jurnee, Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Maddie Poppe, Michael J. Woodard and Catie Turner. Their tour comes to the Mesa Arts Center on Tuesday, July 24.

Iowa has been really cool,” Poppe said. “It’s fun to see the faces behind the TV show, the people who voted. It’s such a good feeling, but it’s hard to wrap my head around it.”

Poppe acknowledged that it’s

tough to be away from her family, but she befriended competitors Catie Turner and Caleb Lee Hutchinson while on the show.

Things turned romantic between Poppe and Hutchinson.

“I think having them there

made it a little bit easier,” she said. “Now that I’ve won the show and most of the contestants have gone home, it’s a bit harder.”

She’s looking forward to touring with her cast mates and Allen.

“I know he’s a singer-songwriter

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Can’t get to Paris? Visit La Madeleine

BY SRIANTHI PERERA GET OUT Contributor

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ny French café worth its salt bakes fresh baguettes and pastries on-site each morning.

La Madeleine French Bakery & Café in SanTan Village is no exception.

Early morning patrons may be rewarded with the heavenly smell of fresh baking bread or the caramelizing sugar for a crème brulee.

They may buy the long loaf with its characteristic crispy crust,

a sweet palmier, croissant or a fresh fruit tart at Gilbert’s latest restaurant with cozy French flair, or opt for the savory at breakfast with a Spicy Eggs Basque, Quiche Florentine or Potato Galette.

Whether they are here for a quick bite and espresso before rushing off to work or for a lingering meal ending with a cloying dessert, they can be sure that the fare was made just hours ago.

(Some pastries are the exception as they may have a two-day shelf life.)

“Most of the pastry, we make

six, seven, eight times a day; it’s always fresh,” said Sam Salehin, director of operations, adding that the restaurant doesn’t have a microwave. “We also have hot food; as a customer, you can taste the difference.”

Established in Dallas, Texas in 1983, the brand was brought to the Valley by franchisees Paul L. Foster and his wife Alejandro De La Vega of El Paso, Texas, who are known for their philanthropy.

Foster is the chairman of WestSee

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La Madeleine’ puts out freshly baked croissants and other items every morning, and the smells often entice passersby to enter.

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BananaFruit Chessman Cookie pudding Philly Cloud is heaven combines best of two worlds on a dessert plate

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Throughout mostonof your plate. the year, Pepperidge Farms’ Chessman Cookies are I’m going to forecast a perfect finish to your meal with embossed with, as you might imagine, chessmen.

But this four-ingredient frosty, luscious, sweet and tangy dessert during the springtime, these delicious butter cookies called Fruit Cloud. take the on aPhilly whimsical twist with tulip, watering can, sun I stumbled upon this easy recipe while working my way and greenhouse designs. through vintage Cream pudding Cheese Cookbook Theymymake thisPhiladelphia classic banana seasonal and believe me, it’ s heaven on a dessert plate. Four simple and fun. ingredients blend andtake thencare shaped Now for thetogether milk. “We of into the individual cows; the “shells” or “clouds” that get frozen and then filled with your cows take care of us” is the philosophy of Danzeisen favorite the season. family farm 10 miles from Dairy, fruits the of 50-year-old I read through 41 variations of ischeesecake recipesdairy in downtown Phoenix.

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It’ s very reasonable, nothing is super lies ahead in their baseball futures. expensive.”

“Geoff (Ball) just kind of had a Patrons coming in will first passdo through vision that Ahwatukee could this, the retail display of sauces, fruit spreads, and he’s an unbelievable organizer and French coffee roast andkids,” Madeline’ s famous communicator with Garvy said. tomato basil soupe, one of its bestsellers.

“We really got a great group of kids that They would respond well.” then catch sight of the

lunch and dinner. The Gilbert location, east lighted pastry case with its tempting arof Dick’s Sporting Goods and opposite ray of luscious sweets they may remember Cantina Laredo Mexican restaurant in San- from a visit to France. Hot food is available Tan Mall, used to be a Panera Bread outlet. cafeteria-style. The bustle of the kitchen is The Chandler outlet is in the vicinity of visible.

The warm interior with its rustic beams, the Chandler Fashion Center, at The Met at fireplace, brick enhancements, wood floor Chandler Mall. and casual seating attempts to capture the The 10 main of breakfast offerings13 include Members the District championship team that advanced to simplicity of a French country café.

Parisien Eggs, which consists of two fried the state tournament in Tucson: One wall carries vintage photos of Madeggs served on a freshly baked butter eleine’ Patrick Esquercroissant with ham, bacon and HollanBen Ball Carter Jacobsons venerable Benfounder, Romaine ré, who 35 years ago established a casual daise sauce ($9.29).

Madden Dietz The aforementioned Teague McCarthy Jason Ruiz French bakery in Dallas because he felt that and reportedly popular Spicy Eggs Basque Hudson Droz Caden Miller Davis Schapler women in that city needed “good bread” presents two fried eggs over a roasted George Garvy Carter Moore Chris Sinacori and he himself was missing the finer things bell pepper, garlic, white wine and tomato Daniel Zubey from his home country. sauce and comes with a toasted baguette Although Esquerré left the company and ($6.49).

Coaches: Geoff Ball, Matt Garvy and Chris Sinacori it was subsequently sold to current owner Lighter morning fare, such as crepes, oatLouis Le Duff, he returned in 2008 as an meal and parfait, is also available.

Lunch and dinner entrees include the ambassador to it.

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Public Notices CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants for the following: ON-CALL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER PIPELINE DESIGN The City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants to provide design services and/or construction administration services on an on-call basis in the following area/category: Water and Wastewater Pipeline Design Services. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will establish a list of on-call consultants for Water and Wastewater Pipeline Design Services. This category is further defined below: Water and Wastewater Pipeline Design project category is defined to include generally horizontal construction projects whose primary purpose is to provide, convey or otherwise directly support the provision of water and/or wastewater service to the City of Mesa’s utility customers. Projects might involve studies, new construction, extension, rehabilitation, or other modifications. Typical projects include (but are not limited to) waterlines and wastewater lines and their associated infrastructure.

These projects may include any or all of the other discipline design areas and services included under other categories.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will not be held.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this RFQ (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, assure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

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

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10-point. Please provide six (6) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by 2:00pm on August 1, 2018. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name and On-Call Mechanical Engineering.

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

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Heather Sneddon of the Engineering Department at heather.sneddon@mesaaz.gov

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Public Notices CADENCE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT MESA, ARIZONA CADENCE PARKWAY LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS – PHASE B ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until August 9, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona. Please mark the outside of the bid envelope with the name of this bid document. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration, except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. No bid shall be altered, amended or withdrawn after the specified bid due date and time.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the upper level Council Chambers at 57 E. First Street, Mesa, Arizona.

A pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled for Thursday, June 19, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. at the job site. The site visit is recommended but notmandatory.

Cadence Parkway Landscape Improvements – Phase B

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Public Notices EASTMARK COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 1 MESA, ARIZONA PHASE XII ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS (DU3/4N & DU5/6S) PROJECT NO: S883 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, August 23, 2018, until 2:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona. Please mark the outside of the bid envelope with the name of this bid document. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration, except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, main lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. No bid shall be altered, amended or withdrawn after the specified bid due date and time.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held Monday, August 6th, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the upper level Council Chambers at 57 E. First Street, Mesa, Arizona.

A pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled for Monday, August 6th, 2018 at 3:30 p.m.

The site visit is recommended but not mandatory.

PHASE XII ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS (DU3/4N & DU5/6S):

This contract shall consist of furnishing all labor, materials and equipment required to construct the facilities and features called for by the plans and specifications for the following work: Landscape Improvements along Cadence Parkway consisting of trees, shrubs, irrigation, headers, electrical, and all other means and methods outlined by the Improvement Plans for Cadence Parkway Road. This bid is for Phase B only. A Phasing Map has been provided on Page 89 of the manual.

The ENGINEER’S ESTIMATED RANGE IS $750,000 – $1,250,000.

For information contact: Stephanie Gishey, City of Mesa, Stephanie.Gishey@mesaaz.gov.

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc., dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $145.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up.

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

Work shall be completed within ninety (90) consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Bids must be submitted on the Proposal and Schedule Form provided and be accompanied by a Bid Bond, certified check, or cashier’s check (PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL BID BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE) for ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the Bid, payable to Otago Development, Inc., as a guarantee that the contractor will enter into a contract to perform the proposal in accordance with the plans and specifications.

The successful bidder will be required to execute the Otago Development, Inc. Contract and respective Addenda for construction within ten (10) days after formal Notice of Contact Award. Failure by bidder to properly execute the Contract and provide the required certification as specified shall be considered a breach of Contract by bidder. Otago Development, Inc. shall be free to terminate the Contract or, at option, release the successful bidder.

Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for this Work. The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, shall be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. The successful bidder shall name Otago Development, Inc. as obligee on both the Payment and Performance Bonds and name the City of Mesa as an additional obligee on the Performance Bond using a Dual Obligee Rider form. An approved Dual Obligee Rider Form is included in Chapter 2.

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

ATTEST: Dee Ann Mickelsen District Clerk PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune, July 15, 22, 2018 / 14207

BETH HUNING District Engineer

This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation, and services for the construction and/or installation of all improvements shown on the Plans, including, but not limited to the following: 1. South Eastmark Parkway (S883) – The Project consists of approximately 3,105 linear feet of half street surface improvements with landscape installed on the east side of the road and within the raised median. The street improvements include one lane in each direction connecting into the existing improvements of South Eastmark Parkway at the south end of the project. Surface improvements include concrete curb and gutter, sidewalk, paving, striping, signage, street lights, street sleeves, entry monuments, landscaping and irrigation. Underground utility improvements include 8inch sewer, 12-inch sewer, 20-inch potable water (with pipe bonding cathodic protection and isolation flange kits), cathodic protection test stations, 8-inch to 36-inch storm drain, and non-city dry utilities.

For information contact: Stephanie Gishey, City of Mesa, Stephanie.Gishey@mesaaz.gov Engineer’s Estimate Range is $2,700,000 to $3,300,000.

All project questions must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 17th, 2018. See Section 11 of the Project Special Provisions for more information.

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc., http://public.constructionvaults.com, click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account, be sure to click finish at the end. For a list of locations nearest you, logon to www.thomasrepro.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $103.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, an access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up.

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

Work shall be completed within 313 (three hundred thirteen) consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to DMB MESA PROVING GROUNDS LLC, or a certified or cashier's check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The successful bidder will be required to execute the DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC Contract and respective Addenda for construction within five (5) days after formal Notice of Contact Award.

Failure by bidder to properly execute the Contract and provide the required certification as specified shall be considered a breach of Contract by bidder. DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC shall be free to terminate the Contract or, at option, release the successful bidder.

Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for this Work. The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, shall be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. Successful Bidder shall name DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC as obligee on both the Payment and Performance Bonds and name the City of Mesa as an additional obligee on the Performance Bond using a Dual Obligee Rider form. An approved Dual Obligee Rider Form is included herein as Exhibit E in the Contract Documents.

The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC; City of Mesa or Eastmark Community Facilities District No. 1.

BETH HUNING District Engineer ATTEST: Dee Ann Mickelsen District Clerk PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune July 22, 29, 2018 / 14304

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CADENCE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT MESA, ARIZONA CADENCE PARKWAY LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS – PHASE C

CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until August 9, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona. Please mark the outside of the bid envelope with the name of this bid document. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration, except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. No bid shall be altered, amended or withdrawn after the specified bid due date and time.

CITY WELL NO. 10 COLLECTION WATERLINE / PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY IMPROVEMENTS ON MACDONALD AT RAILROAD TRACKS PROJECT NO. CP0020CAP/CP0660MAC ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the upper level Council Chambers at 57 E. First Street, Mesa, Arizona.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, August 9, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.

A pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled for Thursday, June 19, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. at the job site. The site visit is recommended but not mandatory.

This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work:

Cadence Parkway Landscape Improvements – Phase C This contract shall consist of furnishing all labor, materials and equipment required to construct the facilities and features called for by the plans and specifications for the following work: Landscape Improvements along Cadence Parkway consisting of trees, shrubs, irrigation, headers, electrical, and all other means and methods outlined by the Improvement Plans for Cadence Parkway Road. This bid is for Phase C only. A Phasing Map has been provided on Page 89 of the manual.

The ENGINEER’S ESTIMATED RANGE IS $750,000 – $1,250,000.

For information contact: Stephanie Gishey, City of Mesa, Stephanie.Gishey@mesaaz.gov.

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc., dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $145.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up.

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

Work shall be completed within ninety (90) consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Bids must be submitted on the Proposal and Schedule Form provided and be accompanied by a Bid Bond, certified check, or cashier’s check (PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL BID BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE) for ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the Bid, payable to Otago Development, Inc., as a guarantee that the contractor will enter into a contract to perform the proposal in accordance with the plans and specifications.

The successful bidder will be required to execute the Otago Development, Inc. Contract and respective Addenda for construction within ten (10) days after formal Notice of Contact Award. Failure by bidder to properly execute the Contract and provide the required certification as specified shall be considered a breach of Contract by bidder. Otago Development, Inc. shall be free to terminate the Contract or, at option, release the successful bidder.

Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for this Work. The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, shall be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. The successful bidder shall name Otago Development, Inc. as obligee on both the Payment and Performance Bonds and name the City of Mesa as an additional obligee on the Performance Bond using a Dual Obligee Rider form. An approved Dual Obligee Rider Form is included in Chapter 2.

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

ATTEST: Dee Ann Mickelsen District Clerk PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune, July 15, 22, 2018 / 14208

BETH HUNING District Engineer

1500 linear feet of new 12-inch waterline from the City Well No. 10 location to the intersection of Broadway Road and MacDonald. Additional improvements include a new 30-inch steel casing pipe, asphalt pavement, concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk, and cathodic protection monitoring stations.

Contract also includes the construction of a new pedestrian walkway along MacDonald at the railroad tracks.

The Engineer’s Estimate range is $750,000 to $850,000.

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

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc. dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $26.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents online (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up.

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

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

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

Work shall be completed within 120 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

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

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

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

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune July 22, 29, 2018 / 14303

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It is with great sadness that the family of Lois Ritchey, announce her passing away peacefully on Friday, June 22, 2018, at the age of 89.

She was born in Pueblo, Colorado, and resided in Mesa, Arizona for the last 27 years. She is preceded by husband Herbert and grandson Bryan. Lois is survived by her children Thomas and Judith, Daughter-in-law Deborah and her granddaughter Rhiannon, grandson Nicholas and dog Sandy. At Lois' wishes no services will be held.

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15 Temp FT Forestry Wrker Positions. Work site(s): Provide daily transport to & from the wrksite; begin in Guadalupe, Maricopa County, AZ 85283 @ $14.19/hr. Continue into county(ies) of Pima, Maricopa, Yavapai, AZ, Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA, Tucson, AZ MSA, Prescott, AZ MSA. 10/1/186/30/19. Poss duties: Select or cut trees according to marking or sizes, types, or grades. Identify diseased or undesirable tree & remove them (thin, prune), using power saws or hand saws. Drag cut trees from cutting area & load trees onto trucks.

Identify diseased & undesirable trees, along with trees that will need to be thinned in contracted locations. Cut all marked trees, additional trees will go thru pre-commercial thinning & other related Forestry Worker activities per SOC/OES 45-4011 (onetonline.org). Must be 18 due to equipment use.

Must show proof of legal authority to work in U.S. Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco free work zone. Perform physical activities such as: lift, balance, walk, stoop, handle, position, move, manipulate materials use static strength to exert max muscle force to lift, push, pull, carry objects up to 60lbs (possible 2-person). Must have 3 months Commercial Brushsaw/Chainsaw exp. No min. edu. reqmt. Applicants must be willing, qualified, to perform wrk described & avail for entire period specified. Based on Emplyr's discretion/cost: Wrkr may have random drug/alcohol test during emplymnt: positive test/refusal to abide = dismissal. Poss background check post hire @ emplyr's expense. $13.10/hr up to poss $20/hr OT $19.65/hr up to poss $30/hr, Wage may vary. DOE. Poss daily/wkly hrs: 7A-4P. 40+ (plus) to include lunch break M-F. Poss wknd/holiday wrk.

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Variable weather conditions apply; hrs may fluctuate (+/-), poss downtime &/or OT. OT avail, not reqd. Emplyr will comply w/all applicable fed, state & local laws pertaining to OT hrs. H&W benefits may apply. Transport: Will provide/pay cost of wrkr return transport, subsistence from wrksite to place from which wrkr departed to wrk for emplyr if wrkr completes period of emplymnt or dismissed from emplymnt before end of wrk period above. Transport & subsistence will be reimbursed by check in 1st wrk wk for cost from place from which wrkr has come to wrk for emplyr, whether in the U.S. or abroad, to place of emplymnt. Guaranteed offered wrk hrs @ least 3/4s of wrkdays ea 12/wk period of total emplymnt period. Use/maintain of emplyr provided tools/equip./supplies @ no cost/deposit.

Cash advance may apply @ emplyr discretion. Optional housing avail @ no cost. Paul Bunyan's Firewood, Inc. Email: firewoodaz@cox.net or Phone: 602571-3395 To apply: send resume/app w/contact info to nearest AZ SWA: 735 North Gilbert Road Suite134 Gilbert, AZ 85234 Phone: 602-372-9700 Fax: 602-3729794. Job Order #: 3118524

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1983

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1968

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1977

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2003

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1985

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Jack Lemmon

1997

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Steve Carell

2006

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1999

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Henry Fonda

1981

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Public Notices REQUEST FOR ARGUMENTS "FOR" OR "AGAINST" THE SPECIAL BOND ELECTION MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4 Mesa Unified School District No. 4 of Maricopa County, Arizona (the "District"), will hold a special bond election on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

The District seeks authorization to issue bonds in the principal amount not to exceed $300,000,000. The estimated average annual tax rate for the proposed bond authorization is $0.88 per $100 of net assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes. The Maricopa County School Superintendent will be preparing an informational pamphlet that will be mailed to households containing one or more registered electors within the District. Any persons wishing to submit an argument "for" or "against" the bond question (not to exceed 200 words) may do so by mail or hand delivery of the argument to the Maricopa County School Superintendent's office, 4041 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1100, Phoenix, AZ 85012; telephone: (602) 506-3866.

To be included in the informational pamphlet, such argument must be received in the office of the Maricopa County School Superintendent on or before 5:00 p.m., August 10, 2018. Such argument must be signed and should include the name of the school district, the author's name, address and telephone number. The last day to register to vote in order to be eligible to vote in this election is Monday, October 8, 2018. For more information concerning the election, please contact Mesa Unified School District, 63 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201, telephone: (480) 472-0000.

SOLICITUD PARA ARGUMENTOS "A FAVOR" O "EN CONTRA" DE LA ELECCIÓN ESPECIAL CONCERNIENTE A LOS BONOS FINANCIEROS DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNIFICADO NÚMERO 4 DE MESA El Distrito Escolar Unificado Número 4 de Mesa del Condado de Maricopa, Arizona (el "Distrito"), celebrará una elección especial concerniente a los bonos financieros el martes, el 6 de noviembre de 2018. El Distrito busca autorización para emitir bonos financieros en la cantidad principal que no exceda $300,000,000. Se estima que el promedio de la tasa de impuestos anual para la propuesta autorización de los bonos financieros es $0.88 por $100 de valor tasado neto usado para los propósitos de los impuestos secundarios sobre la propiedad. El Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Maricopa estará preparando un folleto informativo que será enviado a los domicilios que contienen un elector o más inscritos para votar dentro del Distrito. Cualquier persona que desee entregar un argumento "a favor" o "en contra" de la cuestión de los bonos financieros (no debe exceder 200 palabras) puede hacerlo por correo o por entregar el argumento personalmente a la oficina de Maricopa County School Superintendent, 4041 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1100, Phoenix, AZ 85012; teléfono: (602) 506-3866.

Para ser incluido en el folleto informativo, tal argumento debe estar en la oficina del Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Maricopa a las 5:00 de la tarde o antes, el 10 de agosto de 2018. Se tiene que firmar tal argumento y se debe incluir el nombre del distrito escolar, el nombre del autor, dirección y número de teléfono. El último día para inscribirse a votar para poder votar en esta elección es el lunes, el 8 de octubre de 2018.

Para más información sobre la elección, favor de comunicarse con Mesa Unified School District, 63 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201, teléfono: (480) 472-0000.

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Public Notices Notice of Nondiscrimination Mesa Public Schools – by its policies, practices, and decisions – prohibits discrimination in any program (including Career and Technical Education programs) or activity of the district on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy), or disability, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The lack of English language skills shall NOT be a barrier to admission or participation in the district’s activities and programs. In addition, the right of a student to participate fully in classroom instruction shall not be abridged or impaired because of any other reason not related to the student's individual capabilities. No student shall be precluded from enrolling in any fee course because of inability to pay. Financial assistance information may be obtained from the school principal or student adviser. Mesa Public Schools Career and Technical Education department does not discriminate in enrollment or access to any of the programs available. Mesa Public Schools offers the following ADE Career and Technical Educational programs: Career Exploration, Agricultural Science, Automotive Technologies, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Computer Technologies, Construction Technologies, Culinary Arts, Design and Merchandising, Digital Publications, Digital Photography, Drafting and Design, Education Professions, Engineering, Financial Services, Manufacturing Technologies, Sales and Marketing, Sports Medicine, Theater Design and Management, Video Production, Welding. Note: not all CTE programs are offered at each of Mesa Public Schools high schools, however all CTE courses are open to any student regardless of location of residence. Mesa Public Schools also does not discriminate in hiring or employment practices. This notice is required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Questions, complaints, or requests for additional information may be directed to the Title IX and Title VI Coordinator, Dr. Pete Lesar, 63 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ 85201, phone 480-472-0205. Concerns about discrimination on the basis of disability may be directed to the Section 504 Compliance Officer, Theresa Baca, 1025 N. Country Club Dr. Mesa, AZ 85201, phone 480-472-0702.

Aviso de no discriminación Las Escuelas Públicas de Mesa – por sus políticas, prácticas y decisiones – prohíben la discriminación en cualquier programa (incluyendo los programas de Educación Técnica y Profesiones) o actividad del distrito en base de raza, color, origen nacional, religión, sexo (incluyendo identidad de género, orientación sexual, estado civil, o embarazo), o discapacidad y proporciona el acceso igualitario a los Boys Scouts y otros grupos juveniles designados. La carencia del conocimiento del idioma inglés no debe ser una barrera para la admisión o participación en actividades y programas del distrito. Adicionalmente, el derecho de un estudiante a participar plenamente en la instrucción del salón de clase no debe ser limitado o visto afectado debido a cualquier otra razón no relacionada con las capacidades individuales del estudiante. Ningún estudiante debe ser excluido de matricularse en cualquier curso de cuota debido a la inhabilidad de pagar. Información sobre ayuda financiera puede ser obtenida con el director de la escuela o consejero estudiantil. El departamento de Educación Técnica y Profesiones de las Escuelas Públicas de Mesa no discriminan en la inscripción o acceso a cualquier de los programas disponibles. Las Escuelas Públicas de Mesa ofrecen los siguientes programas ADE de Educación Técnica y Profesiones, Exploración de Profesiones, Ciencia Agraria, Tecnología Automotriz, Ciencias Biomédicas, Biotecnología, Tecnología Informática, Tecnología de la Construcción, Artes Culinarias, Diseño y Comercialización, Publicación Digital, Fotografía Digital, Dibujo y Diseño, Profesiones en Educación, Ingeniería, Servicios Financieros, Tecnología de Manufactura, Ventas y Mercadeo, Medicina del Deporte, Diseño y Gestión de Teatro, Producción de Videos, Soldadura. Tome en cuenta: no todos los programas de CTE se ofrecen en cada escuela preparatoria de las Escuelas Públicas de Mesa, sin embargo todos los cursos de CTE están disponibles a cualquier estudiante sin importar el lugar de residencia. Las Escuelas Públicas de Mesa tampoco discriminan en las prácticas de contratación o empleo. Este aviso es requerido por el Título VI de las leyes de los Derechos Civiles de 1964, Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, Título IX de la Enmienda de Educación de 1972, la Ley de Discriminación de Edad de 1975 y la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades de 1990. Preguntas, quejas o solicitudes de información adicional puede dirigirse al Coordinador de Título VI y Título IX, Dr. Pete Lesar, 63 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ 85201, teléfono 480-472-0205. Inquietudes sobre la discriminación en base a la discapacidad puede ser dirigido al Representante de Cumplimiento de Sección 504. Theresa Baca, 1025 N. Country Club Dr. Mesa, AZ 85201, teléfono 480-472-0702.

PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune, July 22, 2018 / 14233

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