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Mesa Temple project could obliterate historic district

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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he Mormon church’s extensive redevelopment plan west of the iconic Mesa Temple arrived in a shroud of anger and mistrust among some residents over the demolition of seven small houses dating back to the 1940s in the Temple Historic District.

But in the end, the Mesa City Council approved a relatively minor zoning change requested by City Creek Reserve, the church’s

real estate subsidiary, by a 7-0 vote without comment.

On Tuesday, Aug. 7, a City Creek Reserve representative is scheduled to brief the Mesa Historic Preservation Advisory Board on plans to document the history of the doomed homes – including information about the original homeowners and how the houses represented an early example of suburbanization.

But Greg Marek, the board’s chairman, said there is nothing to stop City Creek from demolishing the homes this fall, possibly in

Waymo program aims for Valley Metro commuters

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

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elf-driving vehicles are typically described as a disruptive technology that will make traditional modes of public transportation obsolete, but a recent announcement by Chandler-based Waymo is challenging that narrative.

The Google-backed autonomous vehicle company and Valley Metro announced a first-of-its-kind pilot program that aims to increase access to and use of public transportation.

The project will give select Valley Metro employees in the Southeast Valley the opportunity to use Waymo autonomous vehicles to travel to and from public transit stops on their commutes between home and work.

The program is designed to test the effectiveness of using self-driving vehicles to promote public transportation

October, with non-historic commercial buildings the first to fall in September.

Marek also plans to question City Creek on whether there is a Phase II being planned that would demolish more homes – dooming the area to the dubious distinction of becoming the first historic district de-listed from the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona.

Marek said he believes there will be additional homes removed in a second phase, closSee

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by providing an option to travelers who do not live within walking distance of a light rail, bus stops and other Valley Metro centers.

When the Valley Metro partnership launches, the Waymo vehicles will have backup safety drivers behind the wheel, though the company already deploys a mix of vehicles in the East Valley with and without backup drivers outside that program, said Shaun Stewart, Waymo’s chief business development officer.

The program will begin this monthand include a three-month evaluaSee

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Waymo Program Manager Kellye Turpen, a Gilbert resident, heads the company’s support team in Arizona, which she calls “the Voice of Waymo.” Read about what she does on page 8.

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BY COLLEEN SPARKS Tribune Staff Writer

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eople who go to downtown Chandler to sample restaurants, shops or other offerings soon will be able to get back and forth without their vehicles.

The Chandler City Council has approved an agreement with Electric Cab North America for free downtown circulator and ride services, including parking garage shuttle services. The agreement, which runs through next June 14, is not to cost more than $120,000 and could be extended for up to two years.

Visitors and residents will be able to catch an electric cab at any downtown parking garage, according to Kim Moyers, city downtown redevelopment manager.

They also will be able to shuttle between downtown businesses by either calling for a shuttle or hailing one that passes by.

The city wants to help people get around downtown because the empty property known as Site 6 – where people have been parking for free across from City Hall – no longer will be available.

Construction of the New Square Development is beginning on Site 6. One parcel west of Oregon Street will be closed this month, costing 200 public parking spaces. The parking area west of Oregon will be closed in October.

The first phase of New Square is expected to be done in the late fall of 2019.

“We are seeing some exciting projects come to fruition in Downtown Chandler, and construction on the New Square development will make on-street parking a premium resource,” Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny said, adding: “But there are several nearby garages offering hundreds of free covered public parking spaces in downtown Chandler.

Our new shuttle service will help make those parking areas attractive, convenient options for visitors.”

Moyers said the electric shuttles seat up to five passengers and one driver.

“They’re larger, bigger and a little faster than what you would think of as a golf cart, but (have) sort of that feel to it,” she said. “Drivers will be knowledgeable about the downtown and able to help people with food choices.”

Based in Austin, Texas, Electric Cab North America also has operations in Dallas, as well as in St. Louis and the Kirkwood, Missouri area.

The GEM e6 shuttles have LED turn signals and LED brake lights and can move about 25 miles an hour, said Steve Perkinson, director of project develop-

(Special to the Tribune)

An example of one of the electric shuttles that will be running in Chandler starting Sept. 6 is pictured here. Riders will be able to get in the electric cabs between downtown parking garages in the city and destination downtown.

ment for Electric Cab North America, adding that the company offers “microtransit” – specializing in “first-mile and last-mile services.”

For example, people might fly to a city, take a regional train or bus service from the airport to the general area they need to be, but then need to travel another five blocks to reach their hotel.

Uber and Lyft typically want to provide longer rides, while Electric Cab North America specializes in the shorter journeys, Perkinson said.

The company partners with governments, developers, businesses, universities and nonprofit organizations that pay for the services.

“Our mission is to provide urban mobility that’s seamless when it’s paired with mass transit providers,” Perkinson said. “It’s a free ride so drivers are all trained by us. It’s a turnkey service; we provide the shuttle, operators, management and insurance.”

Thee shuttles have three-point lap and shoulder seatbelts. They have many other safety measures including automotive glass windshields and high-back, forwardfacing seats, Perkinson said. The shuttles have passed the SAE roof crush test.

Moyers said Chandler will be the first city in Arizona to sign a contract with Electric Cab North America.

The free shuttle service will be available 4-9 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays starting Sept. 6. with the option of expanding the hours if needed.

“I think that what has happened over the years is people have gotten very accustomed to parking in Site 6,” Moyers said.

“That’s become habit for them.

“As we’ve continued to grow our downtown, we’re attracting more into the

downtown. This is a way to educate people, moving them to the parking garages like they do in other cities. We want to give people an option during this transition. There’s a perception that some of the walking is too long. Once they start doing it, they’ll see that it’s shorter than going into the mall or other places.”

Downtown Chandler has several parking garages downtown now and plans are underway for more.

One garage is on the southeast corner of Chicago Street and Arizona Avenue.

Others are at the northeast corner of Arizona Avenue and Boston Street and southeast corner of Buffalo Street and Arizona Avenue.

They provide a total 1,500 parking spots.

A fourth downtown parking garage with 350 spots as part of the Overstreet development is expected to open at the end of this month at the northwest corner of Oregon and Buffalo streets.

New Square will provide a 930-stall parking garage at Chicago and Oregon streets by the fall of 2019.

“We’ve looked at lots of options to bring to the downtown,” Moyers said. “This company was unique in that they provide the vehicle and they provide the employee with all the training, of the insurance.

“We’re just very much looking forward to eCab coming into the state and helping us, helping the visitors of the downtown get around in a safe manner. They have been extremely easy to work with.”

Electric Cab North America started in 2008 when the founders said they discovered a market need for intra-urban, short mobility.

Information: ecabna.com.

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er First Avenue, even if City Creek Reserve does not acknowledge at this point that such a phase exists.

First Avenue features some 1920s bungalows, and City Creek has said it plans to preserve them and to restore First’s original purpose as a boulevard leading to the Temple.

Marek said he would anticipate a similar process in the unannounced Phase II, with the city rejecting demolition permits and City Creek simply waiting six months to demolish them.

“I’m convinced they will do it, but I want it to be an open process,’’ Marek said.

“You have to pick your battles.’’

Carl Duke, vice president of City Creek, said he was gratified by the city’s approval of the zoning change, despite the inevitable collision of new and old in a redevelopment project.

“I would have never guessed when this started that we would have no one come and oppose us,’’ Duke said. “It’s a great project for Mesa and for the neighborhood.’’

He said the council’s decision on the zoning is “a big step in the right direction’’ and signals to City Creek Reserve that Mesa’s policy-makers want the project to come to fruition.

Residents weren’t so enthusiastic and still have apprehensions, even if they have gradually become resigned that the 4.5acre redevelopment project is bound to get built.

It all started when word about the redevelopment project leaked out through demolition permits requested by City Creek Reserve to demolish nine properties owned by the Church of Jesus Christ

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along Main Street east of Mesa Drive.

“We had a long meeting the city staff’’ to discuss demolitions and the excavation work required to build the project’s large underground parking garage, Duke said.

Part of that work includes closing Udall, with the city temporarily abandoning it. After City Creek builds the parking garage, it also would rebuild the street.

(Special to the Tribune) At that point, Udall would This rendering shows an overview of what the Mesa Arizona Temple site become a city street again. will look like in two years. At least some city officials and neighbors are “We are full steam wondering if more plans are being made affecting nearby neighborhoods. ahead,’’ Duke said, with of Latter-day Saints. an accelerated construction schedule Seven properties were small houses dat- required by the LDS church, which wants ing back to the late 1940s, purchased after to open the new Visitors Center and FamWorld War II and viewed as a good exam- ily History Discovery Center at the same ple of Mesa’s suburbanization beyond the time as the renovated Temple. original town site.

The Temple closed in May and the renHistoric preservationists who mostly ovations are expected to take about two live in central Mesa neighborhoods were years. The LDS church is knocking down appalled, calling for the houses to be the present Visitors Center to create a betsaved and fearing that their districts could ter view of the Temple, built in 1927. The also be compromised by redevelopment new Visitors Center will be located closer sometime in the future as downtown goes to Main Street and the light rail. through an anticipated transformation.

“It will be a race to the finish,’’ Duke They fear City Creek Reserve likely will said. “We will be having a lot of people pursue a Phase II that would wipe out coming through the open house when the more than 50 additional homes.

Temple is done.’’

“We don’t have any authorization right The project also includes some threenow for further demolition’’ in the histor- and four-story apartment buildings, conic district, Duke said when told about the dominiums and retail space, with the residents’ fears. tallest buildings closest to the light rail.

He made a similar comment at a pre- City planners praised it as an ideal transitvious Mesa Historic Preservation Board oriented development project. meeting. He said he is pursuing demoliJanice Gennevois, a preservation board tion permits to knock down some com- member who all but begged Duke to mercial buildings outside the district spare the houses, is disappointed that it is

a near-certainty that they will be demolished.

Gennevois said she is convinced that if the seven houses are demolished, City Creek Reserve likely will pursue a Phase II. The LDS church owns more properties than the ones directly affected by the current project, she said. LDS residents also have told her that when they inquired about the seven homes, which City Creek offered to give away, they were told more would be available in the future.

“I am telling you, if we don’t stop the first seven, it’s over,’’ Gennevois said in text message. “If we let the first phase happen, the second phase will kill the district.

That’s why I am against it.’’

Marek said it became obvious to him that little could be done to save the seven homes when he learned about City Creek’s plan to build the massive underground garage, with 450 stalls, under their present location.

Marek, who criticized City Creek’s lack of transparency when the redevelopment plan first surfaced, said he is certain the houses will be demolished after the 180day moratorium on demolition expires in September.

The clock started ticking when the city rejected the original demolition permits after concluding the houses have historic significance and contribute to the district.

However, the position of preservationists was weakened when an official with the Arizona Historic Preservation Office said that removing the seven houses, while regrettable, would not lead to the Temple Historic District’s demise, Marek said.

At that point, Marek said he started focusing on saving other historic properties in the district, which are located south of the Mormon redevelopment plan and north of First Avenue.

EV police see no change in policy on lawmakers’ immunity

BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer

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ast Valley police agencies don’t expect a significant change in how they would handle state lawmakers who invoke legislative immunity from arrest despite Gov. Doug Ducey’s desire to eliminate it.

Ducey recently inked a directive that allows state troopers to cite and even arrest legislators for any criminal violation that endangers the safety of another motorist – including excessive speeding, reckless driving and driving under the influence.

The governor urged other law enforcement agencies to follow suit.

“This has not been an issue for us,” said Sgt. Darrell Krueger with the Gilbert Police Department. “The executive order will be incorporated into our policy for the rare circumstance we have to use it.”

Krueger said it has always been the department’s protocol to enforce reckless driving laws and treat DUIs and misdemeanors that involve violence as an arrestable offense – lawmaker or not.

The state Constitution gives legislators immunity from arrest in all cases except treason, felony and breach of peace when the Legislature is working and 15 days before the start of each session.

The governor took action after the wellpublicized traffic stop in March of Lake

Havasu state Rep. Paul Mosley, who was clocked driving 97 mph in a 55-mph zone.

He was let off with a warning by a La Paz County Sheriff’s deputy, who indicated in his report the lawmaker claimed legislative immunity.

Since 2017, the Republican House member reportedly had been pulled over five times for excessive speeding by Arizona Department of Public Safety officers, who let him off with a warning each time because of the constitutional immunity clause.

Chandler Police have not dealt with an errant state lawmaker in recent history.

Department policy dictates its offices

arrest legislators for misdemeanors only for offenses involving violence or DUI. The policy followed the state’s in exempting legislators from civil traffic citations.

“If we had a state legislator during the session get stopped and there was an impairment issue, we would make an arrest and process for a DUI and do what we will do with most everybody else,” said police spokesman Seth Tyler.

For a misdemeanor DUI, the legislator would not be booked into jail, Tyler said.

“We would not interfere with the legislative process but would still work through a misdemeanor investigation, arrest if applicable,” he said. “In short, we would still See

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New national study gives low grades to Arizona schools

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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rizona schools are near the bottom of the barrel nationally when academics, class size and even student bullying are considered, at least according to a financial advice website.

The new study from WalletHub.com comes as education takes center stage in this year’s political races.

Gov. Doug Ducey has come under fire for his slow response to providing adequate funding for education and bringing per-student funding back to pre-recession levels. And there are two measures on the November ballot dealing with whether the state has adequate funds to provide a quality public education for all.

There were some areas where Arizona schools look better than much of the rest of the nation.

For example, just 6.2 percent of students participated in violence in 2017.

Only eight states had lower rates.

Similarly, just 3.5 percent of students were armed, and there were only two school shootings from 1990 through May 2018.

But along the lines of student safety, nearly 8 percent of high schoolers reported they had been threatened. That’s a higher figure than more than half the other states.

And almost a third of high schoolers reported that illegal drugs were made available to them on school property.

Where Arizona really fell short, though, is on the academic side of the ledger.

WalletHub found the dropout rate between 2015 and 2016 was more than 20 percent, making Arizona No. 43 in that category.

Math and reading test scores in 2017 also were below the national average, as was the share of 2017 high schoolers scoring a three or higher on advanced placement scores. And Arizona came in close to dead last in the number of students per teacher through all grade levels, at more than 23. Only California did worse.

The report is significant because it avoids the issue that has become a flash point: education funding.

Several studies have shown Arizona to be at or near the bottom of per-pupil funding among all the states. Others have put salaries for Arizona teachers also close to the bottom.

Various groups have said those numbers are irrelevant, arguing they do not consider other issues like the cost of living in Arizona versus other states. Instead, they said, the focus should be on results.

This report does have some of those results. It does find the median score on

the SAT test for Arizona students in 2016 was 516.7. That was good enough to rank No. 24 nationally.

But ACT tests results were less impressive, with the median score of 19 being just good enough to put Arizona at No. 39.

In the lower grades, Arizona places No. 37 in the average score on math tests for fourth and eighth graders in 2017, and No. 38 in reading.

In a prepared response, Ducey press aide Daniel Ruiz dismissed the study as “a very segmented look at the Arizona education landscape.

“We think there is a really positive story to tell as it relates to where our education system is today and where it’s headed,’’ he said. “We continue to make progress and improvements in reading and math scores.’’

Ruiz also said the state has put $1.7 billion in new money into K-12 education in the past three years, though some of that is what is required by law to keep pace with inflation and the number of new students.

That question of education funding also will be on the November ballot.

One measure seeks to increase the state taxes owed on earnings of individuals making at least $250,000 a year. Proponents say that would raise about $690 million to guarantee that there will be

Quality, safety of Arizona schools Here is the ranking that wallethub. com gave to schools overall in Arizona, based on its use of 25 metrics from a variety of sources. Massachusettes scored the highest and New Mexico schools ranked the lowest. Higher numbers below mean the state ranked lower among all 50 states and the District of Columbia. For the full study: wallethub.com/ edu/states-with-the-best-schools/5335.

• 37th – Math test scores • 38th – Reading test scores • 50th – Pupil-teacher ratio • 24th – Median SAT score • 39th – Median ACT score • 40th – % of licensed/certified public K–12 teachers • 43rd – Dropout rate • 17th – Bullying incidence rate • 35th – % of threatened/injured high school students funding for things like promised future pay raises for teachers.

The other seeks to overturn a 2017 measure that expands who can get state tax dollars to send their children to private and parochial schools. Those seeking to overturn the expansion say this diverts dollars needed in traditional K-12 classrooms.

East Valley crossing guards brush up on traffic safety

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Tribune Staff Writer

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hile East Valley students started hitting the books again last week, many crossing guards were brushing up on their skill sets to steer children to safety.

Nearly 200 guards participated in a training that the Maricopa Association of Governments sponsored in Mesa All K-8 schools are responsible for hiring and training guards and defining where and when they need to be on duty.

Safety experts offered participants advice on keeping themselves healthy while demonstrating the correct ways to guide students across crosswalks and explaining traffic laws.

Speakers stressed the need to keep safe in order to protect students.

“Before you step out on that curb, I want you to stop, look around,” said Jean DeStories, Mesa Fire & Medical Department fire and life safety education specialist. “People are not watching you guys out

there. Take care of yourself. I am incredibly impressed with the job you are doing.”

DeStories told the crowd to remember the acronym SAFE. Noting “S” and “A” stand for “shirt” and “arms,” she urged them to wear loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirts and pants to protect themselves from the sun.

The “F” should remind them to put sunscreen on their faces and the “E” means everyone needs to be protected. She also explained the signs of heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

DeStories recommended they carry plastic gloves to protect themselves from blood, vomit and other bodily fluids.

She said carrying Band-Aids for children could be useful as well.

She said crossing guards could handle some students’ health problems, such as scraped knees, on the site, but more serious issues, including a child getting hit by a car, warrant a call to 9-1-1. However, she said “very few calls” come into 9-1-1 for youths injured in East Valley crosswalks.

A video showed appropriate ways to get

kids across crosswalks. It urged guards to ensure students walk “quickly,” and to make eye contact with drivers. The video also demonstrated the differences between yellow and white crosswalks and how to raise the “Stop” paddle.

Both the video and speakers stressed that crossing guards are not allowed to direct traffic.

“This is where I see the biggest problem with crossing guards,” Mesa Police Department Officer Michael Kuntz said.

“Don’t wave vehicles through. You’re not out there to enforce the law.”

Don Cross, Phoenix school safety coordinator and co-producer of the video, engaged crossing guards in a demonstration as adults pretended to be children.

Many guards said they love working with children but that drivers often do not slow down to the posted speeds in school zones. They said too many drivers talk on their cell phones and some have even driven through crosswalks or crept up into them.

Erika Hunter, a new crossing guard

at Falcon Hill Elementary School in Mesa, called the hands-on lesson “great” and said she “was a little nervous but it was fun.”

Theresa Ricks, a crossing guard at Whittier Elementary School in Mesa, said, “I learned how to keep the kids safe. You’re watching out for your life and the life of the kids. It’s not easy directing kids.”

Jennifer Gunnell, a crossing guard at Oak Tree Elementary School in Gilbert, said the job is “stressful with the traffic.”

“We do have quite a few (drivers) who are very impatient and don’t seem to care there are kids around,” Gunnell said.

“There have been a couple of times I’ve wanted to hit the car with my sign.”

Ryan Brown, a crossing guard at Ida Redbird Elementary School in Mesa, said he enjoys being a crossing guard because of the children and attending the workshop was important as “a lot of laws can change really quickly.”

“I pulled a kid back one time when a car ran a red light,” Brown said. “That’s the one time I was a little on edge about it.”

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW Early voting begins for Aug. 28 primary election in Arizona

Early voting began in Mesa and Chandler Aug. 1 for the Aug. 28 primary election.

The Maricopa County Elections Department automatically mailed early ballots the week of Aug. 1 to registered voters on the Permanent Early Voting List.

Voters who want to receive a ballot by mail may submit a request no later than 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17. Early ballot request forms are available at recorder.maricopa.gov/elections or 602-506-1511.

Registered Independent voters are eligible to vote in the primary. Independent voters may select a Democrat ballot, a Republican ballot or a city issues-only ballot.

In Mesa, early voting continues through Aug. 28 and may be done in person at Mesa City Plaza, 20 E. Main St., Suite 170, on the following days: Wednesday, Aug. 22, and Thursday, Aug. 23, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Monday, Aug. 27, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Tuesday, Aug. 28, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

For more information in Mesa, call 480-644-4868 or visit mesaaz.gov/city-hall/city-clerk.

Chandler early voting continues through Friday, Aug. 24. In-person early voting will be available Wednesday, Aug. 22, through Friday, Aug. 24, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Chandler City Hall, 175 S. Arizona Ave. For more information in Chandler, call 480-782-2181 or visit chandleraz.gov/elections.

Voters in both cities can find a list of onsite voting locations by visiting Maricopa County Elections Department at recorder.maricopa.gov/elections/ or by calling 602-506-1511.

Mesa Arts Center gets $47K state grant

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cent increase over Fiscal Year 2018.

Grants recipients include Mesa Arts Center ($47,000), Sun Lakes Community Theatre ($5,500) and United Sound, a first-time grantee based in Higley whose mission is to provide musical performance experiences for students with special needs through peer mentorship.

In all, the state arts commission invested $2.65 million in arts and culture programs across Arizona, up $500,000 over the previous year. A full list of grant recipients can be found at azarts. gov/grant-news/fiscal-year-2019-grantees.

Among 56 state and jurisdictional arts agencies across the country, the Arizona Commission on the Arts is a leading force in the creative and professional development of Arizona’s arts sector. Through programs, research initiatives and strategic grants, the arts commission forges arts-based partnerships that strengthen Arizona communities through the arts.

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Mesa city manager wins award Mesa city manager Chris Brady has received the Gabe Zimmerman Award

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The Arizona Commission on the Arts has awarded 233 grants throughout the state, including $253,500 to East Valley arts organizations and programs, a 24 per-

as the Community Builder Honoree from the Center of the Future of Arizona.

The award, created in spring 2011, recognizes non-elected public servants who contribute to their communities and civic life and collectively shape the future of Arizona. It was presented at the Arizona City/County Management Association summer conference in Tucson.

“Mesa is extremely fortunate to have a man like Chris Brady as city manager,” said Mesa mayor John Giles. “He has been our leader through tough times and good times and done it all with an exceptional level of professionalism and skill..”

Brady oversees nearly 4,000 employees. He has led numerous major projects, including the Apple Global Command Center, extension of light rail through Mesa and the spring training facilities for the Chicago Cubs and the Oakland A’s.

“I am humbled and honored. … This award is a reflection of the innovative ways Mesa works to provide programs and services to our community,” Brady said. “I’m especially thankful for a great team, who has worked for, and deserve to share, this award.”

Brady has worked more than 29 years in local government. He has been Mesa’s city manager since January 2006.

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‘Voice of Waymo’ helps driverless vehicles’ passengers

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

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hen commuters settle into one of Waymo’s self-driving cars there might not be a driver behind the wheel, but the Voice of Waymo is always there in case riders have questions or run into trouble during their trip.

The Voice of Waymo – a tongue-incheek name for its support team – is just a click away for riders who need a helping hand.

Gilbert resident Kellye Turpen is a program manager for that support team and has taken a leading role in making sure Waymo riders in the Early Rider Program feel comfortable as they test the new technology.

Turpen said her team answers a variety of questions for riders, like how to use the app, and helps coordinate retrievals when users leave items behind in a vehicle.

The team also is responsible for onboarding orientation with new riders – which includes talking to them about the safety report the company released last year and the inner workings of the cars and showing them the ways a Waymo autonomous vehicle differs from a regular car.

“We talk to them about how to do things,” she said. “There are some differences. They actually have to do some things in the vehicle that are different

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pursue the criminal process.”

Same goes for misdemeanors involving violence, he added.

Mesa and Tempe Police did not respond to requests for comment.

Before Ducey’s directive, DPS policy did not define breach of peace, which generally relates to disorderly conduct, said agency spokesman Quentin Mehr.

“Breach of the peace is a concept defined by the courts and is determined based on the facts and surrounding circumstances of each situation,” he said. “Generally, actions that threaten disaster and disorder and pose a perilous public risk may be a breach of the peace.”

Although Ducey’s order specifically included drunken driving as enforceable, Arizona courts already determined driving under the influence could be a breach of the peace in 2005, Mehr said.

than a regular car that you would get into.”

The team tells new riders how to request help using a button and how to tell the car to begin the ride.

“They have to tell the car to go whenever they are ready,” Turpen said.

The support team also does safety check-ins on riders if they are in a vehicle for a few minutes without starting a ride or have arrived at a destination without exiting the car.

“It’s kind of a blending of proactive and reactive support,” Turpen said.

Being involved with Waymo’s Early Rider Program has made Turpen a local celebrity of sorts with friends, family and neighbors in the East Valley who are excited about trying the new technology.

However, it’s not the brand name recognition that comes along with Waymo or Google that is exciting her acquaintances.

“As much as you would think that it has a lot to do with the association of the brand, it’s actually more the technology they are really interested in,” Turpen said.

She added, “Their first question is, ‘When can I ride?’”

Witnessing Waymo’s impact on the Valley is personal for Turpen, who grew up in Phoenix. She then moved to Las Vegas before returning to Arizona and moving to Gilbert.

“I’ve been back for about six years now and I’ll probably live here forever,” she Prior to 2005, legislative immunity came into play in 1988 after a state senator was suspected of driving under the influence when she smacked into the back of another vehicle on Interstate 17.

DPS administered several field sobriety tests that then-Sen. Jan Brewer failed.

Brewer, who later became governor, was detained but released when officers decided she had immunity from arrest.

Brewer denied she was under the influence and did not request immunity at the time.

Legislative immunity also played a role in 2011 when a state senator and his girlfriend were involved in a domesticviolence incident while driving on State Route 51.

Then-Sen. Scott Bundgaard invoked immunity while handcuffed in the back of a Phoenix police patrol vehicle and was let go while his girlfriend spent the night in jail, according to a police report.

The officer in his report, however, rec-

(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Waymo employee Kellye Turpen sits in the autonomous van that will take passengers to Walmart and an Ahwatukee strip mall. Her jobs is to reassure them of the driverless van’s safety.

said.

Her path to Waymo started at Mesa and Chandler-Gilbert community colleges, earning an associate’s degree in psychology. She then studied organizational psychology at Northern Arizona University’s online program.

“It is kind of the blending of business, psychology and managerial theory and helped my career as it stands today,” Turpen said.

Beyond her personal connection to the East Valley, working with Waymo is an interesting professional challenge for ommended a domestic violence assault charge be brought against Bundgaard when the Legislature was not in session.

Bundgaard was later prosecuted and agreed to a plea deal.

Phoenix Police in addition to the state protocol also limits legislators’ arrests for misdemeanors to crimes of violence, “an immediate disturbance of the public order,” or a drunken driving case, according to department spokesman Vince Lewis.

When asked why Bundgaard was not arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, Sgt. Lewis responded the governor’s order was not in effect in the 2011 case.

“Our policy states that ‘the interpretation of a breach of peace and the decision to arrest will be referred to a supervisor in all cases,’” he said. “This would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.”

Days after he signed the order, Ducey tweeted: “It’s time to repeal so-called ‘legislative immunity’ from our state Constitution.”

Turpen, who has worked with prominent technology companies like Zappos and Infusionsoft.

Much like the technology itself, the professionals providing customer support for Waymo riders are breaking new ground in the industry.

“The uniqueness about this is that it’s the first kind of support for an autonomous vehicle and so we have a (major role) in defining that industry and what it means to provide support to these people who are riding in these driverless cars,” she said.

He added he intended to work in collaboration with the Legislature next session to address this issue by bringing a referendum before the voters, but legislative leaders are cool to the idea.

There’s been a number of attempts to revise or repeal legislative immunity in Arizona.

In 2012, The People for Ethical Government failed to get a constitutional amendment on the November ballot banning lawmakers from claiming legislative immunity and then-state Sen. Steve Gallardo couldn’t get support for a similar measure that year.

And in 2016, a state senator and three state representatives introduced a concurrent resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to go before voters that would limit legislative immunity to civil proceedings. That measure failed.

-Capitol Media Services contributed to this report.

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tion period followed by a planned twoyear pilot. It will only be available to select Valley Metro employees, though there is potential for a wider expansion in the future.

“This is a laboratory. We are going to see how things progress,” said Valley Metro CEO Scott Smith, adding that the companies will collect data and learn from the experience as they determine how to move forward.

The inclusion of Valley Metro employees has added benefits for Waymo.

“The benefit we have with the Valley Metro folks is they are professionals who focused their careers on transportation, so we want their opinions and their insights from their educated perspective on what’s working and what isn’t,” Stewart said.

The new program will function as both an operational and data-sharing partnership between Waymo and Valley Metro.

It will also give the two organizations a chance to work out the kinks before launching an eventual public service.

“Part of the pilot program is just to figure out those logistics will work,” Smith said. “How do you merge this vibrant company with technology into a system like Valley Metro that is an established, large public transportation organization and make it seamless?”

Stewart acknowledged that the sample size from Waymo’s Early Rider Program and this new pilot is relatively small – the Early Rider Program currently has about 400 riders in the East Valley – but he said the small group of transportation professionals will give the company input from “a trusted user with a specific perspective” in phase one of the program before it roles out to the public.

If and when that public program roles out, it could have a significant impact on commuters looking to utilize public transportation more often.

Tempe-resident Samantha Jackson, whose has participated in the Early Rider Program for about a year, said her family typically uses Waymo’s autonomous vehicles for trips to the grocery store or to see movies at the AMC in Ahwatukee.

“It’s awesome, especially this time of year because you hate to find a parking spot,” she said, noting that it typically takes four to six minutes for a Waymo to arrive after booking through the app.

She said she cannot use it for her daily commute, because the boundaries for the program do not extend to Downtown Phoenix where she works. However, Jackson noted that if the boundaries extended slightly further, she could link up with a

(Kimberly Carrillo/ Tribune Staff Photographer)

Shaun Stewart, left, chief business developer for Waymo and Valley Metro CEO Scott Smith talk about a new program they’ve come up with to extended autonomous vehicle rides to some bus riders, initially only a few hundred Valley Metro employees.

light rail station for the rest of her journey.

The program could have broader implications in the East Valley as well.

If it promotes increased ridership on the light rail, for instance, that would bode well for the plethora of gestating development projects in downtown Mesa – such as the proposed ASU building – that are

cent responding favorably versus 16 percent of women.

The safety of autonomous vehicles is still a hot topic in Arizona following the fatal Uber crash in Tempe that left one woman dead. Tempe Police documents indicated that a distracted backup driver played a role in the collision.

We’re going to do everything we can to protect “public health and public safety while remaining a place that invites entrepreneurship and innovation ” Gov. Doug Ducey

located adjacent to light rail stops.

“The future is here. Autonomous vehicles are not a concept anymore; they are a part of people’s lives,” Mesa Mayor John Giles said. “I love this partnership, because it is not either or with autonomous vehicles and public transportation.”

Giles added that fixed transportation lines like the light rail make more sense in the Valley with complimentary services like Waymo that can bring in additional riders.

Giles said that Waymo is expanding in Mesa and is in talks with the city about opening a facility there.

Still, not all commuters are comfortable with the idea of using self-driving vehicles. A Reuters/Ipsos poll from January found that two-thirds of Americans are “uncomfortable about the idea of riding in self-driving cars,” according to Reuters.

The poll found that men are generally more comfortable with the idea of riding in the vehicles than women, with 38 per-

While Waymo’s vehicles have been involved in two crashes in Chandler and Mesa, the Waymo vehicles were not at fault in either incident, according to Chandler Police. In both cases, the Waymo vehicles were also in manual mode with a driver behind the wheel.

The Tempe accident incident raised questions about the safety of Uber’s autonomous vehicles, and Gov. Doug Ducey ultimately suspended the company from testing in Arizona Ducey, who once criticized California’s regulatory environment as too burdensome as he attempted to woo autonomous vehicle companies, also updated a bare bones 2015 executive order that governed testing in Arizona.

The new order, in part, required any autonomous vehicles testing in the state to comply with Arizona traffic laws, federal safety standards and have the ability to come to a safe stop in the event of a failure by the vehicle’s automated driving system.

However, Ducey has been vague on how the state will be overseeing self-driving car testing on an ongoing basis.

At a campaign event in Gilbert earlier this year, Ducey addressed the issue.

“We’re going to do everything we can to protect public health and public safety while remaining a place that invites entrepreneurship and innovation,” Ducey said.

“We’re going to work with the federal government to make sure that everyone is in compliance with the federal guidelines and standards.”

He also spoke generally on providing oversight for the industry, but did not specify which agencies would be responsible. The state’s Self-Driving Vehicle Oversight Committee, which included policy experts and members of various government departments, has not met since 2016.

Ducey said, “We have plenty of committees and commissions inside state government – I think over 220 – so what I am doing is working with agency heads inside our state government (and) existing boards and commissions to see where can we have the proper oversight but at the same time not add more bureaucracy or administration.”

The new executive order did give some regulatory authority to the Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona Department of Transportation.

Waymo has been open about how it tests its technology and ensures rider safety. The company published a 43-page safety report last fall that described in detail the types of hardware and software employed in its vehicles and how it tests and validates those tools to ensure they work correctly.

The report also noted that Waymo autonomous driving technology falls under SAE International’s definition of a Level 4 automated driving system, meaning the vehicles have the ability to bring themselves to a safe stop in the event of a system failure.

However, the company has been less open on broader safety and regulation issues.

Waymo representatives did not respond to a request for comment on how it selects its backup drivers or its opinions on the regulatory environment in Arizona.

Valley Metro’s Smith did note that the organization will have input on safety issues throughout the course of its partnership with Waymo.

“It’s no different than our existing relationships,” Smith said. “We have relationships with contractors and transportation providers that carry our passengers and safety is paramount in all of those relationships, so this will be no different.”

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hat a difference four years makes. Just ask Katie Halle Lambert.

In 2014, she was a first-time mom “and I wasn’t sure what I was doing. I felt isolated. I was looking for advice, looking for friends,” she recalled.

Four years later, she has found about 5,200 friends across the East Valley.

A Realtor who owns Team EvoAZ realty agency with husband Matt,Lambert started a Facebook page to attract moms.

She found about a dozen of them, and since then, “it’s grown exponentially.”

And thus was born MOMnationAZ. Its website, MOMnationaz.com, is loaded with blogs, podcasts, events and other helpful information for new and experienced moms alike.

“This group is for play dates, get-togethers, personal growth, business growth, wants and needs, questions, and a forum for moms to share information,” its website explains.

In a few weeks, it will even start a YouTube.com reality show called – what else?

– “Inside Mom Nation.”

The site also is devoted to helping “momtrepeneurs,” women raising kids and running a business at the same time.

“We have a farmers market-type event that we run October through March that features only moms who hand-make their items,” Lambert added. “It’s really catching fire. We had over 200 attendees at our last market. We did a big summer bash last weekend with an indoor market, but mainly our market is only October through March.”

Mesa business owner Emilie Nikolich

(Jenee Zapatka/Macpea)

Katie Halle Lambert, second from right, and her husband, Matt, were part of the ’80s-themed Prom for Parents that MOMnation threw last year, along with moms Jeni Cohen, Nicole Ostler and Alicia Spring.

noted, “My life is busy. MOMnation gives me an opportunity to plug in when I can on a social and professional level and

I never feel like I have missed a thing.”

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Mesa woman works to prevent elephants’ extinction

BY SRIANTHI PERERA Tribune Contirbutor

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avala, a 12-year-old orphaned elephant in faraway Zambia, needs the support and protection of humans until she can join a herd.

Her mother was shot by poachers in 2011 and Kavala was found three weeks later with an abscess on her knee and many infected sores on her body.

Mesa nonprofit Elephantopia, which has a mission to save elephants and build community, is sponsoring Kavala, who lives in an orphanage run by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. Next weekend, a Gilbert business is hosting an event to help the organization.

“Every day, they get to walk in the Kafue National Park. They have a guard, and it’s a hands-off policy. They let the elephants be elephants,” said Elizabeth Schrank, a Mesa resident who founded Elephantopia a few years ago. “The goal is that, hopefully, she’s going to meet a wild herd of elephants that will accept her, and she will go and live with that herd.

“Until then, she knows that she’s safe with this community of orphaned elephants because there are about 13 of them altogether and she doesn’t have to worry

(Elephantopia/Special to the Tribune)

Elizabeth Schrank of Mesa founded Elephantopia a few years ago out of concern for their possible extinction at the hands of hunters who slaughter the animals for their tusks.

about getting attacked by poachers.”

Elephantopia, which fundraises via crowdsourcing and special events, is seeking 50 participants for a “paint, sip and relax” event on World Elephant Day, Aug. 12 at Painting with a Twist in Gilbert.

The “twist” is that eco-conscious individuals, while socializing and painting Kavala’s likeness, will help raise about $800 of the annual $3,000 needed to nurture her.

Without protection, poachers will take Kavala’s tusks and sell them in Asia’s illegal

ivory trade to be fashioned into carvings or jewelry or crushed into a powder believed to have medicinal value.

This year, China banned the ivory trade, but it continues illegally.

According to the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, about 144,000 elephants were killed for their ivory from 2007 to 2014. Only about 450,000-600,000 elephants survive in the African wild today.

By 2025, the existence of forest elephants will be threatened.

About 7,600 elephants live in Zambia.

According to the 2015 Great Elephant Census in Zambia, the population is stable in some portions of the country.

In Sioma Ngwezi National Park, elephants are almost extinct. The World Wildlife Fund says there were 1,089 elephants there in 2004 and by 2015 there were only 48.

There’s a glimmer of hope, however.

“It’s a slowing trend,” Schrank said.

“It used to always be an average of 96 elephants a day were being killed (globally) for ivory. That number is lowering, meaning the protections put in place are working and the public outcry is starting to take effect.”

Schrank fell in love with the huge mammal when, as a child, she got the opportunity to feed one at a zoo. She assumed that they’ll always be around.

As an adult living in South Africa, she experienced them in the wild. She also learned of their status as a keystone species in the African ecosystem – without elephants, hundreds of other plant and animal species would cease to exist because many animals depended on their droppings to exist.

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Added Jeni Cohen, a Mesa mom of five, “I was a little shy and hesitant about meeting new people before I joined this group over three years ago and now I can’t imagine life without them. The variety of events and opportunities that group provides help moms of all personality types find real friends that they click with.”

There are close to 500 women waiting to join the group.

They are women whom Lambert and her team have to check out, just to make sure they are who they say they are. “We’re not super-picky but we want to make sure they’re moms,” Lambert explained.

Later this month, for the second consecutive year, MOMnation is planning its biggest social event of the year – a Prom for Parents to be held 6-11 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Crowne Plaza in Chandler.

More than 100 couples, and probably some singles, can buy tickets for $28 each and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages – there’s a cash bar – and dance to a professional DJ. The admission ticket also gets guests into a raffle for a number of prizes – all donated by the members who have businesses or work for one.

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“As parents, we don’t have many opportunities to get together and party the night away old school style,” said Lambert, adding that the them this year is Masquerade Ball.

Last year’s was an ’80s theme.

Attendees don’t necessarily have to dress in a costume, she said, but those who don’t might feel like they stick out in the crowd – especially if they find themselves in contention for the prom king and queen, which is part of the program.

The prom might be the biggest social event of the year for MOMnation, but it’s not the only one.

“I really enjoy the social opportunities that MOMnation (Jenee Zapatka/Macpea) offers but I also love diving in Members of MOMnation, some of whom gathered for this group photo at last year’s Prom for Parents, total more and helping with all the awe- than 5,200 and the group is still growing. some events the group organizes throughout the year,” said Jessica dence can be a rollercoaster ride,” Lam- because “I like to help women grow.”

Tickets for the Prom for Parents are still Nelson, a mother of four who not only bert said. “All agree that the annual attended PROM2017 but also helped Prom for Parents is an amazing way to available and can be obtained at Eventwith decorations and organizing the eve- recharge their social batteries and meet brite.com. Just plug “MOMnationAZ in the search field on the home page. Infornew friends.” ning’s agenda.

Lambert, whose son, Jaxin, is now a mation about the group itself is at MOM“Just like the high school prom, some moms that have attended the event in little over 4 years old, said she’s pleased nationAZ.com or by emailing MOMnathe past say their emotions and confi- with the way MOMNation has taken off tionAZ@gmail.com.

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“If you take the elephants out of the equation, all of a sudden – over a hundred tree species relied on elephants for propagation – all of a sudden, you’re going to lose a lot of different tree species, different birds and other animals that use the droppings,” Schrank said.

She also learned about the ongoing human-elephant conflict.

In South Africa, she lived in a village where most people were subsistence farmers, who grow food for themselves and their families.

“So, when an elephant came through and ate all their crops, it was a real issue because they can’t go to the store and get more food. That was their food,” she said, adding, “It was eye-opening.”

Hence, Elephantopia believes not just in saving the animals, but also building community.

“After having lived there for a while and visited so often, you can’t really do one without the other,” she said. “The people who are there 24/7, they are the ones who have to deal with elephants walking in 24/7 through their backyards. You’ve got to support them, so they can make their own livelihood.”

resorts to poaching as a livelihood because they don’t have an education or training to aspire for a job.

Schrank, a music teacher by profession who runs her own studio, wants to establish a project (Elephantopia/Special to the Tribune) Elephantopia has enlisted numerous volunteers in its quest to save elephants to help support small businesses from extinction in Africa. for these people That would be the first step to securing so they can make an honest living. An extheir help to conserve the wildlife around ample would be training to become safari them, Schrank said. guides or drivers.

To that end, Elephantopia, which op“It’s just a matter of finding those peoerates with a handful of volunteers, has ple a niche,” she said. done other projects.

Schrank’s next visit to Zambia will be With a $5,000 grant from Tempe Ro- in 2020 with a small group of volunteers tary Club, it has installed water wells for to work on her plans. She is also looking the entire Mukambi community, which for volunteers to “join the herd,” as she is located just outside Kafue National calls it, and help fundraise, share on social Park, and donated math sets and paid the media or even travel to Zambia. school fees of the 80 students at MukamIn the meantime, Elephantopia uses bi Community School.

World Elephant Day to draw attention to Elephantopia’s new focus is men in the animals’ plight and call people to suptheir 30s and 40s, who are often over- port organizations that are working to stop looked. This is also the age group that illegal poaching and trade of elephant ivory.

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Other initiatives it has led include the Global March for Elephants, Photo Safaris to Zambia and participation in a successful petition and letter to the Chinese government to halt the sales of ivory in China.

This year, in addition to the event in Gilbert, Elephantopia also is hosting events in Virginia and Texas.

Every bit helps to ensure that the species survives and thrives on this planet for generations to come, she said.

“It’s not just the issue of ‘Oh, my favorite animal’s not there anymore,’” Schrank said. “It’ll change the whole ecosystem.”

If You Go...

What: Sip, paint and relax to benefit Elephantopia Where:Painting with a Twist, 1094 S. Gilbert Road, Suite 106, Gilbert (in Gilbert Town Square in between Warner and Ray roads).

When: 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12 Cost: $35. Bring your own beverage.

More info: elephantopia.org, paintingwithatwist.com.

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EV couple gives back to Banner Cardon Children’s

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husband and wife who have gone on a tumultuous journey nursing their son, who was born prematurely, to a healthier state are once again trying to comfort other parents who have been in their shoes.

Breann and Jesse Vogt, former Chandler residents who recently moved to Gilbert, organized a donation drive and delivered more than 600 items, including toys and books, to Banner Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa last month.

The collections will help babies and children being treated in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Cardon, as well as their siblings.

The Vogts’ son, Asher, who recently turned 2, spent 310 days at Cardon after he was born at 29½ weeks.

The Vogts also collected toys and other baby items to give to the medical center last year as a way to brighten the long days and nights of families whose young ones are being treated there.

Breann said people she and Jesse have known some of the people who stepped up to make the donations their whole lives.

“It’s been so awesome to see, and we’re so grateful to them,” she said. “We saw a need and really we helped facilitate it for all the people who want to help out, who have tender hearts. If it wasn’t for their generosity, we wouldn’t be able to do this.

“It’s really exciting to be able to give

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Katy Lee, a nurse at Cardon Children’s Medical Center, bonds with Asher Vogt, 2.

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Jesse and Breann Vogt, with their son, Asher, 2 years old, dropped off more than 600 items including books, toys and coloring books, to Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa last month.

back and to see positive stories coming from the people who had received gifts before. It’s nice to know someone’s thinking about them and praying for them and there’s hopefully a light at the end of the tunnel for them.”

Breann, who chairs the parent advisory board for the NICU at Cardon, and Jesse have another son, Colton, who is 3 and a half years old. She said Arizona Milk Producers/Dairy Council of Arizona, for which she does consulting freelance work, donated about 400 items in the drive.

The state council gave storybooks, coloring books and other things for children.

Many other people donated toys, board games, coloring books, a mermaid blanket and other materials for children, including the young patients and their siblings.

Breann set up a wish list on amazon. com so people could get suggestions on what to donate. She and her mother, visiting from Wisconsin, wrapped them in ribbon and put cards in them with the story on Asher and information on contacting the parent advisory board, as well as other resources.

The medical center staff members are grateful for the support from the Vogts to their patients and the patients’ families.

“This generous donation helps to support not only our patients, but the families taking care of them, and in turn supports the community,” said Barbara Edwards, nursing director for women and infant services at Banner Desert Medical

Center and Cardon Children’s.

“As a health care team, when families give back it reminds us of the impact we have made in their lives and how they

pipe through a surgical incision to provide a long-term way to ventilate him.

The couple tried to keep their spirits up by planning themed days, including one where everyone at the medical center wore Chicago Cubs T-shirts, with Asher wearing a Cubs onesie.

Nurses said Asher had difficult days but grew stronger and bigger. He went home for three weeks but had to return to the hospital after he suffered bronchial spasms, which Breann described as like a severe asthma attack.

Breann said Asher, who has been home for a while now, is “doing really good” though he still has some challenges. He had to have emergency surgery for a twisted bowel and the family was told he had a 50 percent chance of surviving.

“It was really scary,” Breann said.

“Thankfully and miraculously he pulled through that. We spent a month in the hospital recovering from that.”

Asher receives physical therapy and speech and feeding therapy at home every week. He weighs 24 pounds, 4 ounces.

Breann said it feels like their family is much “farther removed from being in the ICU” at Cardon.

“It’s crazy how it seems like so long ago

As a health care team, when families give back it “reminds us of the impact we have made in their lives and how they have touched ours.

We are so blessed to be a part of this community.

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– Barbara Edwards, nursing director for women and infant services at Banner Desert Medical Center and Cardon Children’s. have touched ours. We are so blessed to be a part of this community,” Edwards said.

Breann had to go on bed rest at Banner Desert Medical Center for 35 days.

She said when Asher was born, he was not breathing and she did not know his condition. Asher was given oxygen and breathing tubes were put in him because was born with “severely underdeveloped lungs.”

The Vogts spent much time at the hospital with Breann decreasing her work to part time at Arizona Milk Producers. Breann would work for a while in the morning and then spend her days at the hospital while Jesse would arrive at the hospital after work.

Since Asher’s condition was not improving, he underwent a tracheostomy, where an artificial airway is put into the wind-

but at the time it seemed like forever, being there every day and sleeping there and waking up there to now having so much more stability with Asher in our life,” she said.

“We’re so grateful to Cardon and the families before us that we wanted to pay it forward to the families that were in the same situation that we were once in, the generous donations of family and friends and strangers who really made it possible.”

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Longtime Chandler Italian restaurant moves to Ahwatukee

BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA Tribune Contributor

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aolo Vetrati, owner and executive chef at his family-owned restaurant La Stalla Cucina Rustica, looked around the newly redecorated space at 4855 E. Warner Road in Ahwatukee and liked what he saw.

It has been a long and time-devouring move for the downtown Chandler restaurant, which gave up its space after 15 years despite the following it had developed with recipes gleaned from his parents’ restaurants in New Jersey.

Progress pushed the venerable eatery into Ahwatukee.

The move was prompted by Chandler’s massive Overstreet redevelopment project, a 77,000-square-foot mixed-use entertainment and dining complex.

La Stalla literally was overshadowed by the block-long $25 million development on the southwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard that is anchored by Flix Brewhouse, a national concern touting itself as “America’s Cinema Brewery.”

Continuing construction on the project

ness. We even had to have deliveries come through our front door. It was time to leave.”

He said he feels fortunate to have found the new location, which was left vacant when Los Dos Molinos Ahwatukee closed in April after filing for Chapter 7 (Special to the Tribune) Dismayed by Chandler’s massive Overstreet development near his downtown bankruptcy. The restaurant, Paolo Vetrati closed a location for his La Stalla Cucina Rustica other three Los restaurant that he had for 15 years and is moving his celebrated eatery to Dos Molinos in Ahwatukee, hoping to open this week. the region were took its toll on La Stalla’s business and Ve- not affected because the Ahwatukee locatrati’s patience as foot traffic and parking tion had a different owner. were severely taxed.

“We’re happy to be here, and we hope “We were literally surrounded by con- the people of Ahwatukee like us and like struction, and it had been going on for a our food,” he said as he looked about the year and a half,” said Vetrati, who grew new space, which has retained the Tuscan up working with his sister and parents in look of the Chandler eatery. “We’re going their New Jersey restaurants. to try and keep this site more casual, but “It was supposed to have been finished of course, maintain the same quality.” four or five months ago, but one year Vetrati has brought along much of his turned into two and it really hurt our busi- kitchen and serving staff, some of whom

have been with him 10 to 12 years.

La Stalla Cucina Rustica will serve the same menu – Italian dishes that Vetrati, who was born in Italy, cooks himself.

Many recipes were derived from those cooked by his grandmother in the fishing village of Mola di Bari. Others are gleaned from his mother and father, Maria Innamorato and Antonio Vetrati, who immigrated to New Jersey in the 1970s.

“I grew up in this business. This has been my family heritage for 50 years,” he said.

When Vetrati was asked to name his favorite entrees or dessert on the La Stalla menu, he laughed and replied, “I do not have a favorite. Whatever I’m in the mood for is what I eat.”

He admitted there are menu items his faithful customers do rave about, including spaghetti alla carbonara and chicken marsala. And La Stalla’s homemade desserts, like tiramisu and creme brulee, are legendary, and were among the reasons Thrillist.com, a national entertainingdining guide, ranked La Stalla Cucina Rustica among its “Top 10 Restaurants in Arizona” in 2015.

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Vegas hotel/casino forces Mesa restaurant name change

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tribune Staff Writer

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Northeast Mesa businessman was forced to change the name of his restaurant, Bellagio, to Milano’s Wood Fired Kitchen and Pizzeria after the Las Vegas hotel and casino of the same name sent a cease-and-desist order.

Mike Bipar said he doesn’t understand why he was chosen when there are plenty of other Bellagio monikers in town.

A Bellagio representative said the logo of the restaurant, located near McKellips and Greenfield roads, was similar to theirs.

“It’s my understanding they were using a logo that was a Bellagio derivative logo,” said Brian Ahern, director of corporate media relations for MGM Resorts International. “They approached them.

They agreed to by Aug. 1 no longer use that logo. Protecting intellectual property,

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The owner of Milano’s Wood Fired Kitchen and Pizzeria reassures customers that it sells the same dishes as its previous incarnation, Bellagio, now that the hotel-casino forced the name change for fear people would confuse the two establishments.

it was about the logo, not about the name so much.”

“We had this name for almost 15 to 16 years,” said Bipar, whose previous restau-

rant was called Papa Jay’s.

Papa Jay’s closed because the name was often confused with Papa John’s, which opened later, Bipar said. His longtime

manager came up with the name Bellagio.

“All of a sudden, I received a cease-anddesist letter to take the name down in 25 days,” Bipar said. “I contacted my attorney and they went back and forth. It took almost six months and a lot of money.

“Finally, my attorney told me I had to make a decision to avoid a costly battle.

It had already been costly. He said to take my loss right now so let’s change the name. I just can’t fight a big company with a lot of money.”

He has until Aug. 30 to take down anything with Bellagio on it – the name, signs and websites included.

“It’s been costly,” he said. “It’s been more than costly and extremely hard.

We’re hoping by Aug. 30 we can move on with the new name.”

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The new Ahwatukee location, which Vetrati hopes to open this week or next, retains the warmth of the Chandler restaurant and offers an expanded bar space.

“We still have a full bar, and actually even a bigger bar that’s open to both indoors and out so we can accommodate the patio dining,” explained Vetrati.

For anyone who’s moved a household, the task of moving an entire and established restaurant can only be imagined.

“I still don’t know how we did it,” he laughed. “It takes God and a lot of work.

We’re still putting it together, but it looks good. It looks good.”

He said that regardless of the pain leaving downtown Chandler after a decade and a half, he retains good memories and

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serves the same Mediterranean and Italian food, like lasagna, manicotti and chicken shish kabob. Its Blazin’ Saganaki – fried cheese that is flambeed while folks yell “Opa!” – is a neighborhood favorite. The lasagna is popular as well.

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tinue to support his restaurant.

Two of those faithful customers are Howard and Sue Shapiro of Sun Lakes, who are ready to gas up the family car and drive to Ahwatukee as soon as La Stalla Cucina Rustica opens.

“We both migrated from New Jersey and enjoy reminiscing with Paolo about our common remembrances.

(Special to the Tribune) His menu and quality is Don’t look for the old Los Dos Molinos sign at 48th Street and Warner Road in Ahwatukee, because it is now home to the celebrated La Stalla Cucina as close to the genuine Rustica, an Italian restaurant that closed its Chandler venue after 15 years.

Italian cuisine as you’re going to find here in Argood customers who have told them they izona,” said Howard Shapiro who said his will make the drive across I-10 to con- favorite menu item is the chicken marsala

while his wife favors the cavatelli salsice e broccoli, with chicken replacing the sausage “Sue and I will happily make the trip to his new location as soon as it’s ready,” he said enthusiastically.

Leaving Chandler, though necessary to remain in business, remains bittersweet to Vetrati.

“I do have a lot of great memories of our time in Chandler, and a lot of great customers. I was there for 15 years, and I still live in Chandler. It’s been a long road, but I like Ahwatukee and I think we will add to the community. We will become part of the community.”

Hours for La Stalla Cucina Rustica remain similar though the restaurant will be closed Mondays rather than Tuesdays.

The website, which contains lunch, dinner, dessert menus and prices, remains LaStallaCR.com.

lasagna is not from ground beef. It’s from link sausage and meatballs. Ground beef is not seasoned. It never comes out perfectly.

“The meat from the sausage has consistency. It has a lot of taste.”

Bipar, who studied pharmacy at the University of Houston, said he entered the restaurant business 24 years ago “by accident.” A family member was in the industry and he gravitated toward it.

of the people were ordering rice bowls. I thought about it and I talked to my manager. The Mediterranean rice bowls are completely our concept. No one has the same bowls as us in the United States.”

In January, he’s planning a menu overhaul, adding steak but keeping the Mediterranean rice bowls that have proved to be popular. He created the rice bowls after having one at Rubio’s, which he called his favorite restaurant. He offers Greek, Philly barbecue, chicken shawarma, chipotle chicken, falafel, fajita and salmon bowls.

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Kneeling for anthem should provoke long discussions

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

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ith the NFL preseason officially having commenced, I’ve adjusted my weekly “must-see TV” schedule to again accommodate professional football. On Sundays, Mondays and certain Thursdays, I will allot about two minutes of quality couch time whenever the NFL is on TV. Not to watch games. To watch the National Anthem.

See, I continue to be fascinated by the controversy swirling around NFL players kneeling in protest of social injustice and racism during the playing of “The StarSpangled Banner.” And I keep waffling on the issue because I can see it from any number of perspectives.

There’s the player’s side, for one. The anthem protests began two seasons ago with then-San Francisco 49ers quarter-

back Colin Kaepernick.

As he explained it: “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people, and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street, and people getting paid leave, and getting away with murder.”

While I disagree with Kaepernick’s views on race, law enforcement and cops “getting away with murder,” I do believe players have the right to express their views – though not without facing potential consequence from their employers.

That’s why I also understand the perspective of the NFL and its team owners. With the league’s TV ratings down 10 percent last season and pictures of empty stadiums regularly going viral on social media, it’s clear some people are no longer buying what the NFL is selling.

Nor can it help to have President Trump tweeting things like: “If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players

stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!”

As a business owner, I get how troubling it must be to have employees to whom you pay good money making inflammatory statements on the job, protests that harm your business and receive in-depth coverage on national television.

Most business owners would prefer not to offend potential customers. Nor do they want to offend their employees, human beings whose morale and productivity may suffer when they hate the boss and the place where they work.

Finally, there’s the fan’s side.

“All my years being in the league, I never received more emotional mail from people than I did about that issue,” Giants owner John Mara told Sports Illustrated last season. “If any of your players ever do that, we are never coming to another Giants game. It wasn’t one or two letters. It was a lot.”

Not every football fan sees it that way.

At various points in the past two seasons, Colin Kaepernick’s jersey has been near the top in sales among NFL players, despite the fact that he opted out of his 49ers contract in March 2017 and has remained unemployed ever since.

To some NFL lovers and some fellow players, Kaepernick is a noble warrior for social justice in the mold of Muhammad Ali and track stars Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Olympic medalists who raised gloved fists while being honored atop the winners’ podium in 1968.

These fans see athletes who use their jobs as a platform to speak out against wrongs not as brand-killers, but as heroes.

Me? I see a complex issue that can’t be solved without a series of deeply felt discussions about race, civil rights, workplace respect and the relationship between employers and employees.

And I see two minutes each week that’s far more dramatic than anything the Arizona Cardinals will do on the football field during an actual NFL game.

– and we have seen a lot of warm days. In fact, Arizona is in the midst of a drought that has extended for nearly 18 years. Unless we do something to secure our longterm water supplies, we may not have the water to serve our homes, sustain our businesses, grow our crops or, most troubling, brew our beer.

As you would suspect, there is a direct correlation between the business of beer and the business of water. Water is a critical component in the beer-making process – from the crops that go into the beer to the actual brewing process.

We are proud to be working with other organizations and businesses to advance solutions necessary to sustain the wellbeing of our communities, economies and rivers. We recognize that secure and reliable water is critical to the long-term economic growth and vitality of Arizona.

With that in mind, we recently visited the state Capitol, sharing a straightforward message: Our leaders must find ways to compromise and move forward with a drought contingency plan to face some of

our state’s most pressing water problems.

Our water supplies are like a bank account, and Arizona is withdrawing more than we deposit. We absolutely must find more ways to conserve water across the state – and especially in Lake Mead.

Some of our most pressing issues are along the Colorado River, where we must protect Lake Mead’s water level from dropping to critical levels that would reduce Arizona’s water supplies. We also need leadership on statewide water conservation. Solutions are going to require compromise – elected leaders, citizens, businesses, and others working together to find solutions to these pressing issues.

Everyone will need to do their part.

This issue is personal to us, and here are some of the steps that Arizona Wilderness is taking to do our part: We are working with Sinagua Malt, the Nature Conservancy and suppliers of winter-planted barley in the Verde Valley to conserve water during the summer months. Not only does this work sustain the Phoenix area’s water storage on the Verde, it allows us to

buy local while utilizing some of the most aromatic malts we have come across.

We also have committed to purchasing 10,000 pounds of watermelon grown by Hauser and Hauser Farms for our Watermelon Gose. This achieves water benefits by swapping flood-irrigated alfalfa for drip-irrigated melons. Arizona is blessed by innovative and forward-thinking farmers, businesses and organizations that help make this work possible.

Ultimately, it is essential to maintain secure water supplies for cities, ranches and businesses, as well as wildlifehabitat needs.

Reliable water is vital to our economy, and if we don’t do something to protect our water and our natural river corridors, it will negatively impact our state’s greatest assets: our economy, our wildlife, our outdoor recreation – and our beer.

East Valley brewer doing its part to conserve water

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braham Lincoln once said, “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis.

The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.”

At Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company, 721 N. Arizona Ave., Suite 103, on the southeastern corner of Guadalupe Road in Gilbert, we are hoping to provide both facts and beer to the water debate currently facing Arizona.

There is no doubt that a nice cold beer can be the perfect solution to a warm day

Jonathan Buford is founder and Patrick Ware is brewery operations partner at Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company in the East Valley.

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Red Mountain football does not plan to rest on its laurels

BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

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espite coming off consecutive trips to the 6A state semifinals, Red Mountain high football coach Mike Peterson said his team still has a lot of room for improvement.

“When we lost to Chandler in the semifinals last year, I wasn’t sure we played as well or as tough as we could have,” Peterson said. “So, now, we say, ‘How are we going to do it? Together!’ to break the huddle, or we’ll ask, ‘How are we going to play?’ and the answer is ‘fearless.’”

However, before Red Mountain thinks of playoffs, the focus is on a tough opener at home against Desert Ridge on Aug. 17.

More than the chance to beat a quality program in the opener, a win would buck Red Mountain’s trend of losing openers.

It hasn’t won one since Westview in 2012.

Senior defensive lineman Francis Kumi said there is the added bonus of earning early-season bragging rights as the top

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Red Mountain High football coach Mike Peterson, whose team is coming off consecutive trips to the 6A state semifinals, says his team still has a lot of room for improvement.

prep football team in Mesa.

“I already know we are,” he said, chuckling. “Really, we are just trying to get ready for the season and win the opener, because it’s been a long time since we’ve done that. It just happens that it’s Desert

Ridge we’re going up against.”

Kumi is part of a senior-heavy defense that returns several players familiar with Peterson’s style, but many have little game experience.

Offensively, Peterson said his team likely

will continue to spread the ball around behind a talented but young offensive line.

Junior Ty Mcelroy led the team in carries in 2017 as a sophomore and again will be featured in the offense, but Peterson said he understands how stale an offensive playbook can become if the same people are involved each play.

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Hamilton High ready for new era under Mike Zdebski

BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

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he Hamilton High football program was turned upside down last season amid allegations of a hazing scandal that caused one former player to be charged criminally as an adult and the head coach to be reassigned.

Assistant principal and former director of football operations Richard Baniszewski took over as interim head coach after Steve Belles was moved. Despite the turmoil, the Huskies finished 8-4 against a tough schedule, falling to Perry in the 6A quarterfinals.

This season, Hamilton is among three Chandler football teams under the direction of a new coach, along with Basha and Casteel.

The other two Chandler district schools, Chandler High and Perry, met in the 6A state-championship game and their leadership is unchanged. Chandler is the defending champ and winner of three of the past four state titles. It once again appears

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New coach Mike Zdebski hopes to restore the Hamilton football program to the glory it once knew before it was tarnished by a hazing scandal.

to be the strongest in Arizona and among the best in the country.

Baniszewski was on the committee that hired coach Mike Zdebski to lead Hamilton.

“The biggest thing we were looking for was someone who had a plan and a strong belief in building the culture of a

program,” Baniszewski said. “I thought Coach Zdebski reflected that as well as anyone we talked to. He was the right fit for us.”

Zdebski came from Walled Lake Western High in Michigan, where he won 160 games and a state title.

He said his move to the Valley was

based on what Hamilton had to offer: “The history of the school, the great tradition and the support from the superintendent all the way to the community,” Zdebski said.

“And, of course, it has a great in-town rival,” Zdebski added.

He takes over what once was the state’s premier program. It has been overshadowed by rival Chandler in recent years in the state’s toughest division.

Zdebski and the Huskies face a tough debut, hosting Chaparral.

Despite losing key players to graduation, including quarterback Tyler Shough and running back Jawhar Jordan, Zdebski is prepared to bring Hamilton back to the top.

It starts with the Huskies’ offensive line.

“Our key players are going to be on the frontlines – Fin Lecky, Dylan Mayginnes, Noah Miller, Trevor Harvey, Derek Porter,” Zdebski said. “The type of year those guys have, that’s what is going to be critical to this team.”

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ball for nearly 25 years, I know when you put people in positions to do exactly one thing, the defense knows what you’re going to do. We try to spread it out and balance everything,” he said.

Peterson called the Mountain Lions’ offensive line his team’s biggest weapon, despite being led mostly by juniors. Junior tackle Benjamin Bray understands that it is the last chance for the seniors, who have worked hard.

“A few of us have another year left, but we know how important it is to have these seniors go out on top,” he said. “We’re trying to do it for them and show how good Red Mountain football can be.”

Desert Ridge motivated by last year’s early playoff exit

Though Desert Ridge competes in 6A Central, supremacy in Mesa football could be decided early when the Jaguars head to Red Mountain on Aug. 17.

The Jaguars are looking to rebound from a 23-7 loss to Westview in the first round of the 6A playoffs after going 9-1 in the regular season and securing the No. 2 seed.

Desert Ridge gets a chance to exact revenge

against Westview in its second game.

Desert Ridge returns both players from its two-headed quarterback system, senior Cooper Schmidt and junior Matthew Purnell. The offense scored fewer than 30 points just twice in 2017. Senior Lucas Wright should see a lot of the ball as the lead rusher in a run-heavy offense.

Having lost seven of last season’s top nine tacklers, seniors safety Koa Tuipala and linebacker Gabe Segura will have to step up.

Mountain View heartened by progress on both sides of ball

Mountain View stayed strong during a 3-4 start and won its final three games to secure a spot in the first round of the 6A playoffs, where it fell to eventual state champion Chandler.

Senior quarterback Brandon Nuñez returns after leading the team in passing and rushing yards. He has good chemistry with receiver Jacobby Dinwiddie, who caught 60 passes for 730 yards and five touchdowns.

A pair of senior linebackers, Jeremiah Hollen (104 tackles) and Alex Talamentes, who shifts to safety in some schemes, anchor the rushing defense.

The Toros kick off against Corona del Sol at home on Aug. 17.

Aug. 17.

Skyline ready to run the ball and bounce back from dreary 2017

Skyline is coming off a 6-5 season, inching into the playoffs, where it lost 4927 to Hamilton in the first round.

Skyline’s three top rushers return: senior Aaron Wood, junior Marcus Brown and junior Ethan Truesdell. Senior quarterback Steven Castle, who led the team in passing, also is back.

The defense must find an identity after graduating many of the top players who allowed the second fewest points in 6A East Valley. Zach Kriens, a junior linebacker, who led the team in tackles, returns.

The Coyotes open with three road games, beginning Aug. 17 at Mountain Ridge in Glendale.

Westwood Warriors have several big holes to fill on O line

The Warriors went 4-6 in 2017, the team’s best record since Spencer Stowers was the coach in 2014. Second-year coach Kyle Ide likely will rely on a pair of senior wide receivers, Manny Collier and Will Driggs, as the offense replaces starters at quarterback and running back.

Westwood brings back one of its top tacklers, senior safety Blake Willis. He and senior defensive lineman Tyler Ayre must fill the hole left by last year’s sacks leader, Josh Mecham.

Westwood opens with a tough road game, at Queen Creek, on Aug. 17.

Mesa High looking for reversal in Dobson Mustangs hope to put more punch in its offense fortunes after 4-8 season The Jackrabbits hope for their first winning season since 2015, following a 4-8 overall mark and 1-4 in section play.

Mesa must replace its top passer, rusher and receiver, who accounted for the third most points in the section. The bigger question will be defense, a group that allowed the most points of any in 6A East Valley.

The Jackrabbits play their first game at home against Sandra Day O’Connor on

The Mustangs began last season 3-1 and then lost six consecutive games, including all five in section play, in coach Pete Walheim’s first year. Their starting quarterback and running back, Nicolas Saro and Issic Gomez, respectively, are back as seniors and will attempt to improve upon last year’s 56 total points in section play, the fewest in 6A East Valley.

Dobson begins its season at Shadow Ridge on Aug. 17.

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Casteel in 5A with first senior class

The Casteel Colts captured the 3A state championship last year with a team consisting of juniors and sophomores.

But a late-summer departure by coach Spencer Stowers, who built the program, meant the Colts had to scramble for a new leader. They found one in former University of Nebraska quarterback Bobby Newcombe, whose vision is simple.

“My biggest focus is being fundamentally sound, to make sure we coach our athletes the best way we can, to help them become better,” Newcombe said. “My goal for our team is to build a program of champions that develops the student athlete.

“We want to make sure we master that.”

Quarterback Gunner Cruz and receiver Khyheem Waleed will lead the high-powered Casteel offense through a difficult 5A schedule that begins on Aug. 17 against West Valley powerhouse Centennial.

Basha turns to McDonald to reverse fortunes

The Basha Bears were tasked with finding a new head coach for the second time

in two years after Rich Wellbrock departed for Mountain Pointe.

With coach Chris McDonald now at the helm, the Bears will attempt to post their first winning season and playoff appearance since 2013.

“Basha is one of those schools that has everything going for it,” McDonald said.

“They were just in need of someone to kind of take more of a leadership role as far as the football program goes and bring it back.”

Senior Ty Siffermann, a returning starter at wide receiver, has 1,554 career receiving yards. Senior Jonathan Doran returns to anchor the offensive line.

The Bears open against North on August 17.

Perry moves on after state-title loss to Chandler

Preston Jones has led the Perry Pumas to a 69-45 overall record in his 10 seasons.

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The Pumas, led by seniors D’Shayne James, Colby Dicky, Travis Beckman and Travis Calloway, open against Oklahomabound quarterback Spencer Rattler and

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With Chubba Purdy – brother of 2017 quarterback Brock Purdy, now at Iowa State – at quarterback, the Pumas are poised to once again be a force in the state’s top division.

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Coach Sean Aguano enters his eighth season leading the Wolves, who appear poised to capture yet another state title with their wealth of returning and incoming talent.

Quarterback Jacob Conover and tight end Brayden Liebrock lead the offense, while senior linebacker Zach Bowers continues to anchor the defense.

The Wolves will be tested right out of the gate, as they travel to Corona, California, to take on 17th-ranked Centennial.

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1. Connor Brigola, 18, of Chandler, a Hamilton High School graduate, plays Miles Tuck. 2. Jaelyn Brown, 18, of Chandler, plays Betsy Foster. 3. Jessica Wastchak, 15, of Chandler, plays the adult version of Winnie Foster. 4. Julia Pitman, 12, plays the young Winnie Foster. 5. Kaylee Forth, 8, of Chandler, a fourth-grader at Haley Elementary School, performs in the ensemble of “Tuck Everlasting” at Limelight Performing Arts in Gilbert. 6. Kaylee Delgado, 9, of Chandler, is in the ensemble.

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any East Valley children and teens will delve into immortality and the need to create meaningful lives when they present the musical “Tuck Everlasting” at a Gilbert theater.

Opening night is Aug. 10 for “Tuck Everlasting” at Limelight Performing Arts inside Studio 3 Performing Arts Academy, 511 W. Guadalupe Road, Suite 12. The musical will also be performed Aug. 11, 17, 18 and 19; the Aug. 12 show has sold out.

Based on the book by Natalie Babbitt, “Tuck Everlasting” was also made into films, though the musical version has some differences.

In the musical at Limelight, 11-year-old Winnie Foster longs for an adventurous life beyond her white picket fence, but gets more than she could have envisioned when she meets the Tuck family.

She discovers the magic behind the family members’ eternal lives and must fight to protect their secret from others who would do anything they can to get a chance to live forever.

Jackie Brecker, 20, a 2016 Hamilton High School graduate and Limelight Performing Arts veteran, is directing. She also teaches at Studio 3 Performing Arts.

“I love it,” Brecker said. “I think it’s so wellwritten. It’s incredible material for children to get to do. It’s a serious subject, but it’s handled so well. I think what drew me to the show is that it’s really about this family that’s just stuck.

“They feel like they don’t have any reason to continue living their lives. This little girl shows them how they can still have a meaningful life and teaches them how to connect

again. For me, the whole show is about connection and about healing. It teaches you that you’ve gotta be grateful for what you have. It’s a really good life lesson tucked into this really well-written, well-constructed musical.”

She performed many years as an actress, singer and dancer in the Valley, including at Limelight. Brecker is living in Gilbert temporarily and then will move to Chandler for a few months to perform “Jekyll & Hyde” at Arizona Regional Theatre in Phoenix.

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Hip-hop championships coming to Ahwatukee

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ip-hop dance developed in the 1960s and ’70s as a type of street dance.

Through styles such as breaking, popping and locking, dancers were able to express a wide range of emotions and tell stories.

Over the years, hip-hop dance has grown and gained popularity worldwide.

During the USA and World Hip Hop Dance championships that is going on now until Aug. 11 – partly at the Arizona Grand Resort in Ahwatukee – top crews and dancers will showcase their dance skills.

The competition is hosted by Hip Hop International, a company founded by America’s Best Dance Crew creators Karen and Howard Schwartz. Karen said the competition and TV show highlight the

artistry of hip-hop dance.

“We have an appreciation for dance.

There’s no question,” she said. “We also have a knack for bringing great events in front of people around the world and developing it in such a way that it showcases talent and entertains people.”

Howard said he and his wife also want to provide avenues for hip-hop dancers to pursue their dreams.

During its 17-year-run, the USA and world competitions have taken place in cities like South Beach, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

During both championships, crews compete in the 7- to 12-year-old junior, 13to 17-year-old varsity, 18-and-over adult and all-ages megacrew divisions.

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In October she will return to her new home in the Chicago area, where she has been pursuing her acting, dancing and singing studies, as well as choreographing.

“As a director you’re in charge of making sure everything serves a story, everything that happens on stage serves the moral or the lesson that you’re trying to get across,” Brecker said. “I think it’s going to make me a better actor. It helps me see the big picture.”

She said the cast of 30 in “Tuck Everlasting” will take the audience members through diverse emotions. They range in age from 8 to 22.

“Hopefully they’ll laugh and they’ll cry,” Brecker said of the audiences. “It’s a really beautiful story that is written so well. There are moments of extreme light and extreme darkness. You’ll leave the show and want to talk about it.”

The young actors in “Tuck Everlasting” agreed with Brecker’s assessment.

Connor Brigola, 18, of Chandler, another Hamilton High graduate, who has performed in many shows at Limelight, plays Miles Tuck in “Tuck Everlasting” and said the story is “very interesting.”

In the tale, Winnie sees Jesse Tuck drinking from a spring. Jesse forbids her from drinking the water and shortly after that Jesse’s brother and their mother take Winnie away with them. They are being pursued by a man in a yellow suit, who had previously asked the Foster family questions about their land.

Brigola said the spring water has made the Tuck family immortal, which causes problems for them.

“It’s such a rollercoaster of emotions, a beautifully written show,” he said. “My jaw drops every time. It makes you want to be a better actor. I think the story especially is something that will hook the people in.”

He said his parents in the play deal with anxiety and boredom respectively knowing they will live forever. Brigola said his character feels depressed as a result of immortality

and also because his wife leaves him, taking their son with him. The wife believes Miles is a “freak,” Brigola added.

Brigola said he enjoys singing a song that conveys the message in the saying “time is a fickle mistress.”

This will be Brigola’s last show at Limelight before he starts school at the University of Arizona in the fall, where he plans to study veterinary medicine.

In June Brigola directed “12 Angry Jurors” at Limelight, and last year he directed “The Lion King Jr.” at the Gilbert theater. He has performed in many shows at Limelight over the last five years and also performed at Chandler Center for the Arts theater camps.

“I’m sad, but also I feel like this is the perfect cast, the perfect show to end my time,” Brigola said. “Being an only child, what the studio, what theater’s done for me, it’s without words. It’s been such a fun experience.”

While he does not plan to study theater at UofA, he said he expects he will come back to participate in summer theater camps at Studio 3 and do “some kind of theater” while in college.

Another recent high school graduate, Jaelyn Brown, 18, of Chandler, is also enjoying performing in “Tuck Everlasting.” She graduated from Tri-City Christian Academy and is attending Grand Canyon University this fall, where she will major in communications and minor in pre-law and dance.

Brown plays Winnie’s mother, Betsy Foster, in the musical and also dances in the ensemble. She started performing in musicals about two years ago and was part of the “12 Angry Jurors” cast at Limelight.

“Honestly, it’s a very hard character to play,” Brown said. “Her husband has just died.

She just wants to honor her husband’s memory. It requires me to remember that I’m older; that’s really challenging. The whole point of the musical is the connection they have with each other.”

Jessica Wastchak, 15, of Chandler, a sophomore at Hamilton High School, also plays an adult in “Tuck Everlasting.” She portrays the adult version of Winnie Foster and is also

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part of the ensemble.

“It is a gorgeous story,” Wastchak said. “It’s like a chronological storyline but you get to see all the flashbacks. Winnie is just the spark of joy. The choreography is brilliant.

The songs are gorgeous.”

Like many of the teens and children in the show, Wastchak has been taking dance classes for a long time. The performers dance complex choreography with male partners lifting them up. Wastchak has been studying dance for six years.

“I love the cast,” she said. “A lot of them I’ve known a couple years. We all get along really well.”

Chandler brother and sister Matt and Julia Pitman also like the dancing and camaraderie of the show. Matt, 16, a junior at Perry High School, performs in the ensemble and said the show features a lot of singing and dancing.

“It’s very dance-heavy and the dance is challenging,” Matt said. “I started taking dance around third grade. What I love about Limelight is I have so many friends here. It’s a really friendly experience.”

He has performed in several other shows at Limelight and said it is fun participating with his sister so they can practice together at home and “it’s just easier to talk about it sometimes.”

Matt said he believes the story of “Tuck Everlasting” will show people they “should appreciate things” in life.

Julia, 12, a seventh-grader at Santan Junior High, plays the young Winnie Foster in the musical and has also acted in many shows at Limelight.

“I really like this character and this musical,” she said. “It’s an amazing story. I really like that it’s about moving on. I think at points it might be a little sad, but also touching at the same time. I like Limelight.

I love performing here; it has such a good community.”

Julia and Matt said they would love to perform on Broadway some day.

Two younger castmates also have the acting bug: Kaylee Forth, 8, of Chandler, a

fourth-grader at Haley Elementary School, performs in the ensemble as does Kaylee Delgado, 9, of Chandler, a fifth-grader at Kyrene de las Brisas Elementary School.

“I like that it’s like everlasting and people can dream that they can live forever,” Kaylee Forth said, adding that the singing is her favorite part of performing in “Tuck Everlasting” and that the show has “all the emotions.”

Kaylee Delgado also likes the show but she loves the acrobatics, tumbling and dancing in “Tuck Everlasting.”

“I think like it’s a really good show,” she said. “So far it’s the best show I’ve ever done.

I’ve been dancing since I was one years old.”

Brecker said she is proud of all the actors in the show.

“They’re so well-rounded,” she said.

“They’re also dedicated. It’s really been a joy to get to watch them rehearse. I just wanna stress how hard these kids are working and how talented they are. I’m so lucky and proud that this group of kids came together.”

She is also grateful for the support and help from Emma England, owner of Studio 3 Performing Arts Academy and artistic director and board president of Limelight Performing Arts. England is also the designer for “Tuck Everlasting.”

Nick Magel is the stage manager and “he’s doing amazing,” she said. Brecker added Haylee Abney, the music director for “Tuck Everlasting,” is “amazing” and a longtime friend.

Many other East Valley youths are also performing in “Tuck Everlasting.”

Gilbert performers are: Paige Erdmann, 11, ensemble; Zoe Bauerle, 10, ensemble; Caitlyn Miller, 14, Nana; Mireya Tovar, 14, ensemble; Jordan Gingell, the Man in the Yellow Suit; Emma Martin, 11, Thomas; Manuel Edrozo, 16, Hugo as an adult; and Marisa Edrozo, 14, Thomas’ mother.

Mesa performers include: Nick Williams, 15, Jesse Tuck; Abby Springer, 11, ensemble and understudy for the role of Thomas; Savannah Springer, 8, ensemble; Brenna Bauer, 13, ensemble; Connor Olden, 14, ensemble; and Nicolas Caglia, 20, ensemble.

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dancers, and the other crews have between five and nine dancers.

All events except the world championship finals take place at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa Ballroom. The top teams from around the world will compete at the Grand Canyon University Arena Aug. 11.

On Aug. 10, individuals or duos will compete against each other in breaking, locking, popping and all styles battles.

This year, the world championships will have more than 4,000 dancers from more than 50 countries. For the first time, countries such as Sierra Leone, Bolivia and Hong Kong will have representation in the competition.

International judges score crews on their incorporation of different styles, precision and skill and overall performance and entertainment value.

Howard said the world championships highlight the different forms hip-hop dance has taken throughout the world.

“We see it in the music. We see it in some of the actual dance moves,” Howard said.

“We encourage it. In hip-hop competition, there’s no reason we can’t and we shouldn’t look at what’s specific to someone’s home country and their culture.”

The competition has developed a strong

reputation in the dance world. Talent scouts from all over the world attend the championships, and dancers have a chance to audition for Cirque du Soleil.

Throughout the week, the dancers can take part in workshops taught by elite dance instructors. The workshops are open to the public.

The resort will offer dance parties following the competitions, food trucks with different types of cuisine and a marketplace with international hip-hop vendors.

The resort becomes an Olympic-style village, with people from all over the world.

During the competitions, especially the finals, spectators often show their national pride, Howard said.

“People come out with their national flags and chants. It’s very cultural, very Olympiclike,” Howard said.

In recent years, Arizona crews have had a strong showing at the USA and world championships.

The Exiles crew from Coolidge took silver last year in the adult division at the USA championships, and the Elektrolytes out of Gilbert won silver in the megacrew category.

Exiles, a dance ministry, is based out of the United Dance Studio. Along with the adult team, the studio will take United Dance Company, a megacrew of 27 to 30 dancers, to the hip-hop championships.

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made up of college-age dancers, most of whom are self-taught.

The team, made up of dancers from different parts of the Valley, is skilled in styles such as krumping, b-boying, popping and tricking.

“Since we all come from different places in Arizona, we grew up with different styles.

We get to learn from each other so we can be a well-rounded dance team. We do our very best to push each other and challenge each other to the next level,” Cordova said.

Based out of the Rise Dance Academy, the Elektrolytes won season seven of America’s Best Dance Crew and placed first at the USA Hip Hop Dance Championships in 2011.

This year, the studio will have crews in the junior, adult and megacrew divisions. The Elektrolytes megacrew of Gilbert has 40 members, ranging in age from 12 to 30.

Sal Banuelos, one of the group’s choreographers and original members, said that with the megacrew, he can get more creative with the choreography.

“What’s fun about the megacrew is there’s so many people, so you can do so much and create a lot of crazy visuals,” Banuelos said.

While on America’s Best Dance Crew, the group gave the illusion of floating and created three robots as part of challenges.

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(TIP: Use three different-size plates or cake pans to creHomemade ate perfect circles byCorn placingTortillas the plate or pan on each slice Ingredients: and cut around the edges. I used a 9-inch, 6-inch and 4-inch corn meal pan1ascupa guide.)

1Place cup several flour layers of paper towels on a baking sheet 1 egg and lay each round on the paper towel. Cover with more 2 cups water paper towels and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

1/4 teaspoon saltwatermelon will drain into the towels, (The liquid from the drying it out, which insures that the icing will adhere to the Directions watermelon.)

In a bowl, together meal,Cool flour,Whip, egg, water When readywhisk to serve, mix corn together sour and salt.

(Batter should be consistency of thin pancake batcream or yogurt and two heaping tablespoons of instant ter.

Add more water if needed.) pudding until mixture thickens, about two minutes. Place a small of oil or cooking in around small icingHeat mixture in aamount piping bag.

Place the largespray bottom cast iron skillet or crepe pan. of the watermelon cake on a platter. Build your layers by With a aladle pourina thin layer of batter spreading smallmeasuring amount cup, of icing between each layerin pan to make a 6-inch tortilla. and pressing down.

Whenicing tortilla forms about 30 Pipe around thebubbles, tiers offlip theand cakecook andforpress fruit seconds.

Put on place and cover with towel to keep warm. into the icing. Garnish around the bottom layer with fruit.

Repeat until batter is used Keep refrigerated until readyup.to serve.

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Auction Consignments

Margaret Jean Chappel-Paulson

We are seeking consignments for our Premier Fall Auction on October 20, 2018:

4/18/1925-7/10/2018

Margaret was born on April 18, 1925 in Hayden, AZ to mother Winifred P. Lacy (b. Hayden, Ariz.) and father David D. Chappel (b. Cleveland, Ohio). Margaret enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in June of 1949 and was a veteran of the Korean War, attaining the rank of Corporal before her discharge in 1952. She was married for 56+ years to Arthur W. Paulson, a WWII veteran and employee of the Chevron Corporation. They lived in the Bay Area for many years until Arthur and Margaret retired to Arizona. Arthur passed away in August 2007 and Margaret's beloved daughter, Patricia M. Paulson, retired California Department of Corrections Officer, passed away in April of 2018. Margaret’s parents also preceded her in death and are at rest in Los Angeles' Glendale Cemetery.

Margaret is survived by daughter Pamela D. Paulson; grandson Warren A. Paulson; niece, Karen Chappel-Lacasse; nephew, Nolan Chappel; great nephew Kevin Ekland; and great niece Denise Burns; son-in-law Alfonso R. Rios; grandson David R. Rios; two step-sons, Anthony M. and Daniel R. Rios; seven grandchildren; and four great -grandchildren.

Margaret lived a long and successful life. She suffered from an incurable illness in her last years but was always surrounded by love.

Margaret, Arthur and Patricia’s ashes will be laid to rest in accordance with their last wishes. Additionally, a small celebration of life will be held by family at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, with a military send off ceremony to be held in Margaret’s honor.

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October 27th at Towerpoint Resort in Mesa.

Table cost is $20.

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Religion DR. JON MUNDY. Sun.Aug.9. 1-4:30pm. Join Dr. Mundy in a thoughtprovoking workshop on Mysticism and a Course in Miracles.

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I Buy Estates!

Business Inventory Ranch/Farm Small or Large | Fast & Easy

Cash 4 Diabetic Strips!

Best Prices in Town.

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Classic Cars, Tractors, Airplanes, Guns, Motorcycles, Tools, Coins, Silver, Jewelry, Gold, Recreational Vehicles, Commercial and Neon Signs, Collectible or Vintage Toys, Military Items, Southwest or Cowboy Items, Unusual, Antique or Highly-Sought-After Items.

Death - Divorce - Downsize

May the angels guide Margaret to the Kingdom of the Almighty and may her soul rest in peace.

Deadline for obituaries is Wednesday at 5pm for Sunday. All obituaries will be approved by our staff prior to being activated. Be aware there may be early deadlines around holidays.

Auctions & Estate Sales

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Phx Brazas Soccer Club 7650 S. McClintock Dr, #103-313, Tempe, Az 85284,6024323400; Two Temp F/T, Coaching seasonal positions start 9/29/18 - 6/15/19 in Chdlr, Tempe area. 35 hrs a wk. No OT. $16.67 hrly. Mon- Thu 3pm - 9pm, Fri 9am- 2:30pm & Sat 8am-1:30pm. Coach & teach 2-3 soccer teams using Brazilian style soccer technqs thru theoretical & practical classes, lectures & fld exp to youth players. Monitor & track player perf & implement corrective action as needed to enhance player participation, skills, knowledge & appreciation of the sport. Req. 1 yrs exp coaching youth soccer players. Single workweek used for computing wages. Emplye paid every two weeks; will make all deductions from the wkr’s paycheck req’d by law. No addt’l dedcts will be made. Submit resumes directly to the nearest AZ Job Connection office & include SWA contact info. Emplye must have own transp to/ from work. Emplyr will pay all costs associated with emplye obtng work visa which includes visa procsng, border crossing & other related fees incldng those mandated by the gov. Emplye not need to front these costs. Emplyr will provide worker, w/o charge or deposit charge, all tools, supplies & equip req’d to perform the duties assigned. Emplyr will offer the worker emplymnt for a total number of work hours equal to at least ¾’s of the workdays of each 12 week period, if the period of emplymnt covered by the job order is 120 or more days or each 6-week period, if the period of emplymnt covered by the job order is less than 120 days. If the wrkr completes 50% of the work contract period, emplyr will reimburse the wrkr for transp & subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work. Upon completion of the work contract or where the wrkr is dismissed earlier, emplyr will prov’d or pay for wrkr’s reasonable costs of return transp and subsistence back home or to the place the wrkr originally departed to work, except where the wrkr will not return due to subsequent emplymnt with another emplyr. The amount of transp payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical or reasonable common carrier for the distance involved. Daily subsistence will be prov’d at a rate of $12.26 per day during travel to a maximum of $51.00 per day with receipts. Inquire about the job opportunity or submit resumes directly to the nearest AZ State Workforce Agency office which can be found at www.azjobconnection.gov or Gilbert Employment Service 735 N. Gilbert Rd, #134, Gilbert, Az 85234 Job order #3126018.

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For Rent Apartments APACHE TRAIL & IRONWOOD 2bd Starting at $850/Mt Bad Credit ok No Deposit. Fenced yard, quiet Water/Trash Inc. (602) 339-1555

Commerical/Industrial/Retail Gated 24 hour Construction/Public Storage Lots for Lease please call Lots 4 Rent 480-292-1638 for details.

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Employment General Phx Brazas Soccer Club 7650 S. McClintock Dr, #103-313, Tempe, Az 85284,6024323400; One Temp F/T, seasonal position start 9/29/18 - 6/15/19 as Dir of Coaching in Chdlr, Tempe area. 35 hrs a wk. No OT. $28.85 hrly. Mon-Thu 3pm - 9pm, Fri 9am- 2:30pm & Sat 8am-1:30pm. Provide soccer coaches Brazilian style soccer methodlgy thru theoretical & practical classes, lectures & fld exp with & w/o youth players. Sprvs, eval, monitor, track & report coaches perf throughout the season & implement corrective action as needed. Hire/fire coaches & coaching assists, sprvs & monitor quality of perf of teams & coaches. Plan intnl youth soccer tournmnts. Create team & coaches schedules for the season, create & implement youth progs. Devlp & implement player assessmts at the begng of the season thru the try-out process as well as thru-out the season to measure, monitor & track player perf & implement timely corrective actions as needed to enhance player participation, skills, knowledge & appreciation of the sport. Req. 2 yrs exp mngng & trng soccer coaches & staff. Single workweek used for computing wages. Emplye paid every two weeks; will make all deductions from the wkr’s paycheck req’d by law. No addt’l dedcts will be made. Submit resumes directly to the nearest AZ Job Connection office & include SWA contact info. Emplye must have own transp to/from work. Emplyr will pay all costs associated with emplye obtng work visa which includes visa procsng, border crossing & other related fees incldng those mandated by the gov. Emplye not need to front these costs. Emplyr will provide worker, w/o charge or deposit charge, all tools, supplies & equip req’d to perform the duties assigned. Emplyr will offer the worker emplymnt for a total number of work hours equal to at least ¾’s of the workdays of each 12 week period, if the period of emplymnt covered by the job order is 120 or more days or each 6-week period, if the period of emplymnt covered by the job order is less than 120 days. If the wrkr completes 50% of the work contract period, emplyr will reimburse the wrkr for transp & subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work. Upon completion of the work contract or where the wrkr is dismissed earlier, emplyr will prov’d or pay for wrkr’s reasonable costs of return transp and subsistence back home or to the place the wrkr originally departed to work, except where the wrkr will not return due to subsequent emplymnt with another emplyr.

The amount of transp payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical or reasonable common carrier for the distance involved. Daily subsistence will be prov’d at a rate of $12.26 per day during travel to a maximum of $51.00 per day with receipts.

Inquire about the job opportunity or submit resume directly to the nearest AZ State Workforce Agency office which can be found at www.azjobconnection.gov or Gilbert Employment Service 735 N. Gilbert Rd, #134, Gilbert, Az 85234 Job order #3126012

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Serving Arizona Since 2001 Decorative Concrete Coatings

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HANDYMAN 37 years experience.

Drywall, framing, plumbing, painting, electrical, roofing and more. Stan, 602-434-6057

East Valley/ Ahwatukee

Broken Springs Replaced Nights/Weekends Bonded/Insured 480-251-8610

Not a licensed contractor

Handyman One call does it all!

Lite plumbing, roof repair, lite electrical and drywall repair. General repairs, High quality!

(Not a licensed contractor).

Gilb/Chndlr area.

Workmanship at a great price! Bonded. Phone now, I'm Steve (480) 798-1129

IS YOUR "HONEY DO" LIST GETTING TOO BIG FOR YOU? Did you buy something that needs to be put together?

Give John the Handyman a call! He can help you get things done.

Anything that takes your time I can do & have the tools to do it!

John the Handyman: 760-668-0681

Garage/Doors

GARAGE DOORS Unbeatable Customer Service & Lowest Prices Guaranteed!

10%

Discount for Seniors &Veterans

FREE

Opener & Door Lubrication with Repair

Handyman

ce 1999

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REASONABLE HANDYMAN

Call Bruce at 602.670.7038

“When there are days that you can’t depend on them, you can depend on us!”

LLC

ROC# 317949

Garbage Disposals Door Installs & Repairs Toilets / Sinks Kitchen & Bath Faucets Most Drywall Repairs

Bathroom Remodeling All Estimates are Free • Call: 520.508.1420

Starting @ $60/Month!

Specializing in Controllers, Valves, Sprinklers, Landscape Lighting, P.V.C. & Poly Drip Systems

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Licensed • Bonded • Insured Technician

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Drywall & Stucco Repairs • Bath & Kitchen Remodels Plumbing • Electrical • Can Lights Windows • Doors • Cabinets • Painting Block Fences • Wrought Iron Gates Remodeling • Additions • Patios • Tenant Improvements

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• Call or Text for a Free Quote

kjelandscape.com • ROC#281191

480-586-8445 Painting

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS: • Interior/Exterior Painting • Drywall • Wood Repair & Replacement • Stucco • Masonry • Power Washing

We will give you totally new landscaping or revamp your current landscaping!

Tree/Palm Tree Trimming Storm Cleanups Sprinkler Systems

Desertscape • Concrete Work Gardening • Block Wall Real & Imitation Flagstone

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Irrigation Repair Services Inc.

ROC#276019 • Licensed Bonded Insured

480-276-6600

Landscape Maintenance

Complete Lawn Service & Weed Control

Free Estimates 602-471-3490 or 480-962-5149

Handyman

LIC/BONDED/INSURED Res/Comm’l ROC#218802

“No Job Too Small Man!”

Ask me about FREE water testing!

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East Valley 480-833-7353

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25 years exp. Call Now (480) 720-3840

WE DO IT ALL!

Painting • Flooring • Electrical • Plumbing Drywall • Carpentry • Decks • Tile • More!

Services

Not a licensed contractor

ACTION CONTRACTING INC.

Marks the Spot for ALL Your Handyman Needs!

Handyman

Drip/Install/Repair

- Free Estimates -

480-626-4497

Landscape Maintenance

Juan Hernandez

SPRINKLER

• Painting • Plumbing • Carpentry • Drywall • Roofing • Block

www.lifetimegaragedoorsaz.com

2010, 2011 2012, 2013, 2014

HOME REMODELING REPAIRS & CUSTOM INTERIOR PAINTING Move a wall; turn a door into a window.

From small jobs and repairs to room additions, I do it all.

Precision interior painting, carpentry, drywall, tile, windows, doors, skylights, electrical, fans, plumbing and more.

All trades done by hands-on General Contractor.

Friendly, artistic, intelligent, honest and affordable.

40 years' experience.

Call Ron Wolfgang Office 480-820-8515 Cell 602-628-9653 Wolfgang Construction Inc. Licensed & Bonded ROC 124934

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Tree Trimming • Tree Removal Stump Grinding Storm Damage • Bushes/Shrubs Yard Clean-up Commercial and Residential PMB 435 • 2733 N. Power Rd. • Suite 102 • Mesa dennis@allprotrees.com

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FULL SERVICE LANDSCAPING ★ Monthly Yard Service ★ One-Time Cleanups ★ Tree Trimming

FREE ESTIMATES!

602-487-1252 Licensed, Bonded & Insured • ROC #307395

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PHIL’S PRO PAINTING Int / Ext Home Painting 4-Less!

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We’ll Beat Any Price!

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Painting

Roofing

Window Cleaning

Tiles, shingles, flat, repairs & new work Free Estimates • Ahwatukee Resident

DIRTY WINDOWS? Call Fish Window Cleaning @ 480-962-4688 and you will have the cleanest windows and screens on the block.

Below is the list of services we offer: Windows-Interior & Exterior ScreensSunscreens/Regular Tracks, Ceiling Fans, Light Fixtures Power Washing Your driveways, sidewalks & patios Follow us on InstaGram

Over 30 yrs. Experience

480-706-1453

Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

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Your Ahwatukee Plumber & East Valley Neighbor Anything Plumbing Same Day Service Water Heaters

24/7

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Toilets

Insured

Faucets

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Disposals

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• All Work Guaranteed • Hot Mopping for Flat Roofs • Flat Roof Repair • Any Special Repairs

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Any Service

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Pool Service / Repair

Juan Hernandez

Pavers • Concrete • Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

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

I CAN HELP!

25 Years Experience • Dependable & Reliable

Call Juan at

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GREEN POOL

Accepting all major credit cards. Licensed, Bonded & Insured

480-280-0390

ROC#286561

PHILLIPS ROOFING LLC Member of ABM

Licensed • Bonded • Insured ROC 223367

Valleywide

CR 42 DUAL

623-873-1626 All employees verified Free estimates on all roofs 36 Years experience in AZ Licensed contractor since 2006

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Layton Lakes Underground Fuel Tank Remediation

Garage Sale Fri & Sat 7a-11am Household, clothes, kitchen items, furniture, electronics, mason jars, kid items, DVDs, MORE 555 W. Lane Dr Mesa

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Tree Trimming, Pruning & Removal Yard Clean-Up & Trash Removal David’s Clean-Up & Tree Service

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Meetings/Events Do you want to stop drinking?

Call Alcoholics Anonymous 480-834-9033 www.aamesaaz.org

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"My dream is that one day we will be able to give every "wish" child a scrapbook to remind them that dreams do come true."

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Teens who need to fill Community Service hours for High School are welcome!

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Tree Services

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CLEAN UPS & REPAIR

Monsoon Cleanup Specials FREE Pool Inspections

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If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, we can help.

Call Alcoholics Anonymous 480-834-9033 www.aamesaaz.org Understanding and Practice of A Course in Miracles: Intensive ACIM study. Intimate group of serious course students.

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Place Your Meeting/Event Ad email ad copy to ecota@times publications.com

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REQUEST FOR NO FURTHER ACTION DETERMINATION LH-EH Layton Lakes Estates has submitted a request for a No Further Action (NFA) determination to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) for the Layton Lakes Underground Fuel Tank Remediation VRP site. The NFA requests risk-based closure for groundwater and was submitted in accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes § 49-181.

The Layton Lakes Underground Fuel Tank Remediation VRP site consists of a portion of a common area tract (landscaping and retention basin) within the Layton Lakes Community Development located northeast of Queen Creek and Lindsay Roads in Gilbert, Arizona. Contaminants of concern at the site are volatile organic compounds associated with former underground farm fuel tanks associated with a previous farm staging area.

The NFA Report is available online at: http://azdeq.gov/notices, and at the ADEQ Records Center, 1110 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ (602) 771-4380, or (800) 2345677, ext. 602-771-4380; please call for hours of operation and to schedule an appointment.

PARTIES WISHING TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS regarding the NFA request for the Layton Lakes Underground Fuel Tank Remediation VRP site may do so to ADEQ, Attention: Joey Pace, Voluntary Remediation Program, 1110 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007 or Pace.Joey@azdeq.gov; or Attention: Steve Kaminski, Western Technologies Inc., 3737 East Broadway Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85040 or s.kaminski@wt-us.com and reference this listing. Comments must be postmarked or received by ADEQ or Western Technologies, Inc. by Monday September 4th, 2018.

ADEQ will take reasonable measures to provide access to department services to individuals with limited ability to speak, write, or understand English and/or to those with disabilities. Requests for language interpretation services or for disability accommodations must be made at least 48 hours in advance by contacting: 7-1-1 for TDD; (602) 771-2215 for Disability Accessibility; or Ian Bingham, Title VI Nondiscrimination Coordinator at (602) 7714322 or idb@azdeq.gov.

ADEQ tomará medidas razonables para proveer acceso a los servicios del departamento para personas con capacidad limitada para hablar, escribir o entender Inglés y / o para las personas con discapacidad. Las solicitudes de servicios de interpretación del lenguaje o de alojamiento de discapacidad deben hacerse por lo menos 48 horas de antelación poniéndose en contacto con Ian Bingham, Title VI Nondiscrimination Coordinator al (602) 7714322 o idb@azdeq.gov.

Dated this 5th day of August, 2018.

PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune, Aug. 5, 19, 2018 / 14638

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THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | AUGUST 5, 2018