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Hamilton High football sex assault trial delayed

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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he criminal trial of a former Hamilton High School football player accused of assaulting younger players in the locker room has been delayed until at least January — two months shy of two years since charges were filed.

A Superior Court last week delayed the trial as lawyers seek access to sworn depositions by victims and others in an ongoing federal civil suit filed against the Chandler Unified School District.

Nathaniel William Thomas, now 19, was the only juvenile charged as an adult in the case.

Two boys who were charged in juvenile court

have already been adjudicated after admitting to the crimes.

The civil case was filed by the parents of five teens who accused Thomas and the two others of sexual assault.

Chandler police also had recommended criminal charges against three school officials — the coach, athletic director and the then principal — but the County Attorney’s office declined their request.

The civil suit seeks millions in damages from CUSD on grounds that the district was negligent in allowing the assaults to happen and failing to report them to police. That accusation was the basis for Chandler police detectives’ spurned recommendations for charges against the three officials.

Thomas and the two other teens were arrested in March 2017. Thomas was indicted the next month on charges of sexual assault and child molestation involving five underclassmen who told police they were assaulted in the Hamilton locker room after their promotion to the varsity team.

The assaults are alleged to have occurred between 2015-2017 during the course of two school years.

The controversy around the case eventually cost acclaimed head coach Steve Belles his job.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery concluded in February 2018 that he did not have adequate evidence to criminally charge

see HAMILTON page 7

Chandler boy’s dying wish of life saves 4

BY KEVIN REAGAN Tribune Staff Writer

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or a 12-year-old, Damien Barkley was a particularly thoughtful boy.

His mother Kaydi Barkley describes the Chandler youngster as a humanitarian who exhibited above-average compassion — always putting others ahead of himself, wanting to give back to others, showing no tolerance for hate.

Damien’s compassion extended beyond the grave.

After his untimely death last month, his organs gave life to four people.

“He gets his dying wish,” Damien’s mother said. “He gets to help people.”

Damien was preparing to start a new chapter in his life as a sev-

enth-grader at Willis Junior High School when his health began to rapidly deteriorate.

He got his diagnosis on a Monday and by the following week, he was gone.

But Barkley and her two other children are comforted by the fact that his organs have potentially saved the lives of four strangers.

Barkley said her son was often plagued with illness when he was younger.

He suffered from asthma and survived multiple ear infections.

But he wouldn’t let these maladies hold him back.

Damien dreamed of winning a Nobel Peace Prize, rescuing endangered reptiles and studying renewable energy.

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“He just wanted to make the world a better place for everybody,” Barkley said.

His ambitions came to a halt when his mother noticed some red blotches on his legs. The family thought Damien had suffered an allergic reaction and didn’t think much of it.

But the red spots wouldn’t go away, so the family made an appointment with a pediatrician.

Damien was diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia (or ITP), a rare blood disorder that causes excessive bruising and bleeding.

The family is not sure how or when Damien contracted the disease, which is more common among young women, according to the Mayo Clinic. The disease is not contagious and is often linked to viral or bacterial infections.

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute categorizes ITP as not being a life-threatening condition for children.

In fact, a 2001 study published in the Blood Journal found most adults living with ITP have “good outcomes” and low mortality rates.

Tests showed Damien’s blood platelets were extremely low, meaning his blood couldn’t clot properly and could cause internal bleeding. He was given a prescription for prednisone and sent home.

The family was instructed to watch for nose bleeds and to keep Damien away from any strenuous activity.

Despite suffering from a headache, Damien told his mom he was well enough to go to school.

She gave him some Tylenol, but her son did not last long that day. He quickly came back home after his headache got worst.

Barkley got a call at work from her other son, urgently telling her to come home. He informed her that Damien was vomiting and not acting like himself.

Barkley said she came home to find Damien angrily yelling and screaming — behavior that did not fit with his happy disposition.

“You could see the rage in his face,” Barkley recalled.

She later learned that Damien’s brain had started to hemorrhage, causing damage to his frontal lobe and possibly altering his personality.

The boy was rushed to the hospital and underwent surgery to relieve the swell-

Damien Barkley was a compassionate and generous boy who almost always put others ahead of himself. (Special

to the Tribune)

ing in his brain. But the swelling didn’t subside, so Barkley knew she needed to act fast and make a decision.

She got in contact with the Donor Network of Arizona and made arrangements for Damien to be an organ donor.

They had always discussed this regularly as a family.

Barkley is a cancer survivor and told her children why she wanted to donate her organs when her time came. And she remembered Damien telling her he wanted to do the same.

“And he’s like ‘Well, that’s what I want to do,’” she recalled.

According to the Donor Network, there are about 2,000 people in Arizona on a waiting list to receive an organ. The Network estimates it processes about 22 juvenile donors each year.

Parents of anyone under the age of 18 can decide whether or not to have their child’s organs donated.

Damien died on July 27 and doctors quickly got to work saving the organs that could be used for donation.

By July 29, the family was informed that four people had been matched with Damien’s organs.

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a 66-year-old man received Damien’s liver, a 15-year-old girl was given his kidney and an 11-year-old girl received the other kidney.

“They weren’t able to donate his heart because it was too big for one recipient and too small for the other,” Barkley said.

Barkley’s friends and colleagues have come together to raise about $15,000 in donations to help with paying the family’s medical bills.

The family plans to hold a memorial celebration next month on what would have been Damien’s 13th birthday.

Barkley said they want to plant a lemon tree — her son’s favorite fruit — to create a lasting memorial for Damien.

But more importantly, the family hopes to spread the word on the value of organ donation. Damien was able to give others the gift of life, she said, and the thought of that has made the grief process a little bit easier.

“Not only are you helping people who need their lives saved,” she said, “but it’s brought us comfort and has helped us with our healing process.”

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Chandler lawmaker steps into Bullhead City battle

BY KEVIN REAGAN Tribune Staff Writer

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handler state Rep. Jeff Weninger’s district is hundreds of miles away from Bullhead City, but the Republican lawmaker has parachuted into a controversy involving that municipality’s effort to take over a private water utility.

Weninger is accusing Bullhead City officials of using public resources to advocate in favor of a proposition that would permit them to spend $130 million to buy EPCOR Water, which services the area.

Weninger filed a complaint with the state Attorney General, alleging city officials acted unlawfully by publicly endorsing Proposition 415.

The Bullhead City Council recently approved a November ballot initiative that asks local voters to authorize the purchase.

While he doesn’t represent the residents of Bullhead City, Weninger said he’s concerned the city’s actions were so “egregious” that it could snowball into more municipalities taking positions in future elections.

“I worry about how that’s gonna affect other campaigns all over the state,” Weninger said. “Just because it’s up there doesn’t mean it doesn’t set a precedent for what can happen statewide, including my district.”

Arizona law prohibits cities, school districts and other public entities from using their telecommunications, computer hardware, software, web pages, or personnel for the purpose of influencing an election.

While government entities can provide

Chandler state Rep. Jeff Weninger is concerned that what Bullhead City officials are doing in a proposition campaign will set a pattern across the state.

(Special to the Tribune)

facts about a proposition, the law requires them to be neutral when it comes to telling citizens how to vote.

In his complaint, Weninger notes a video of Bullhead City Mayor Tom Brady calling EPCOR “greedy” was posted on the city’s official website.

“I hope that the voters will see through all of EPCOR’s propaganda and greed and allow us to move forward with this acquisition,” the mayor was recorded saying in a speech the day the City Council voted to put the proposition on the ballot.

EPCOR is fighting the proposition by forming a political action committee called Taxpayers Against City Takeover to campaign against it.

Bullhead argues that water is becoming unaffordable because of rate hikes, but TACT calls the city’s effort’s an extreme example of government overreach.

It’s all leading to a public-versus-private showdown with each side dispersing their own facts about the issue.

The video was posted on a city webpage that included links to a page of “Water Facts” that explains why the city wants to buy EPCOR. “City residents and businesses have been complaining for years about EPCOR’s water rate increases and consolidation efforts,” the city’s website states. “The City has tried repeatedly to work with EPCOR and to make things better, but nothing has changed.”

Weninger thinks the city’s language is too biased and advocates for passage of the proposition.

He further accused Bullhead of using a land contract to obtain digital billboard advertisements that supported the ballot initiative.

“It’s pretty clear cut they can’t use official resources to try to attain a ‘Yes’ vote from a citizen,” Weninger said.

Brady said officials still have the right to “speak the truth,” but admitted there are grey areas in the law and thinks the city’s decision to post his speech online was “questionable.”

“I think that might be a little over the top,” the mayor said about the video. “I don’t think the city should post that, but the city’s position is that this is a factual thing that happened.”

This is a matter for the courts and attorney general to decide, the mayor added, and the city will comply with whatever

Aircraft maintenance company landing near Mesa Gateway

BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer

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national aircraft maintenance facility is coming to Mesa — and bringing more than 70 new jobs with it.

CAVU Aerospace, which offers aircraft disassembly, aircraft recycling, asset management and MRO repairs, is investing in a $5 million facility at The Landing PMG just north of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

The 80,000-square-foot space will house CAVU Component Repair, a new branch of the company.

CCR is expected to hire as many as 75 employees over the next three years with an average salary of $50,000 annually.

“There’s obviously going to be the direct jobs that are skilled, high-compensated jobs — so we’re thrilled with that,” said Mayor John Giles. “Then there’s the ripple effect of having another world class aerospace business located on the campus.”

“It just makes it more obvious to the others that are out there that smart companies are choosing to come to Mesa,” he continued.

The branch will offer a variety of repairs for wide, narrow-body and regional aircraft for all Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer aircraft types.

Its main focus, according to a press release, will be landing gear, thrust reversers, structures, flight con-

see AIRPLANES page 10

orders are given.

He’s not exactly sure why a lawmaker from another district would file complaint against Bullhead City.

“We have no idea why Mr. Weninger got involved,” Brady said.

Weninger said multiple people, whom he did not identify, informed him of the dispute in Bullhead City — possibly because he’s known for not favoring eminent domain, the legal process of the government taking private property.

Before Weninger was elected to represent District 17, he served on the Chandler City Council for two terms.

In 2009, he was the only member of the council to vote against buying property through eminent domain for Chandler’s new City Hall.

Taxpayers Against City Takeover, the political committee formed by EPCOR last year, filed its own complaint Bullhead City with the attorney general, alleging many of the same accusations as Weninger.

Both complaints are marked with the same date of July 24. Weninger insists he had no connection to the utility company.

“I don’t know anybody who works for EPCOR that I know of,” said Weninger, who is not the first lawmaker to file complaints about matters outside their district.

State Rep. Vince Leach, a Republican who represents parts of Pinal and Pima counties, recently filed a complaint against the city of Tempe for passing an ordinance that might conflict with Arizona law.

A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office says the complaints against Bullhead City are being reviewed and it could take up to two months for the matter to be resolved.

CAVU Aerospace recycles old airplane parts and performs other services. It will be setting up a $5-million facility near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. (Special to the Tribune)

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4 moms take new steps on teen suicide prevention

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s Tempe Union and other area school districts take more action to address teen suicides and the deeper problems that lead to them, a quartet of mothers isn’t relying on teachers and administrators to do all the work.

They’re planning to distribute door hangers throughout Ahwatukee and the East Valley next month that provide important suicide-prevention information — and they’re hoping other people will help circulate them.

“We want to continue to spread the awareness for the signs of suicide and how easy it is to get help if you know of somebody that’s in trouble,” said Karianna Ritenour-Blanchard. “We decided that we would do a door hanger campaign, kind of like what the fire departments do it for drownings.”

Ritenour-Blanchard, of Chandler, — together with Suzanne Whitaker of Ahwatukee, Eduarda Shroder of Tempe and Mountain Pointe High teacher Lorie Warnock — form the nucleus of Parents for Suicide Prevention and are starting their door-hanger campaign next month, which is Suicide Prevention Month.

For Warnock, the problem of teen suicide is painfully personal: Her son Mitchell took his life at age 18 during his senior year at Corona del Sol High School.

Ahwatukee state Sen. Sean Bowie, who pushed through mandatory suicide prevention training for all school personnel, named his bill after Mitchell.

The door hangers include warning signs of suicidal tendencies, phone numbers to call for help and a basic reminder for kids who feel there’s no way out: “Please reach out…You are not alone.”

People who want to help circulate the door hangers can email at kjoyBlanchard@gmail.com.

“Even if you have only 10 houses, even five houses,” Ritenour-Blanchard said, adding “we don’t want anyone to feel overwhelmed.”

“Or even if you want just one and you want to hang it on your door, that’s fine,” she added.

The campaign is forming as Tempe Union High School District took more steps in addressing teen suicide by unveiling its first “Mindfulness Room” this week.

The room is in Corona del Sol, from which three students have taken their lives in the last four years. The rest of Tempe Union’s campuses will have one before the end of the semester.

The quartet of moms who are somewhat of the nucleus of Parents for Suicide Prevention include, from left, Lorie Warnock, Suzanne Whitaker, Eduarda Schroder and Karianna Ritenour-Blanchard. They’re looking for people who can help them distribute suicide-prevention-related door hangers. (Jude Schroder/bluemakesvideo.com)

Mindfulness rooms, which have been opened in other districts — notably Gilbert Public Schools and Chandler Unified — in recent months, give stressed students an oasis to retreat during the day and participate in specially designed exercises led by trained staff.

Tempe Union spokeswoman Jen Liewer said that through a partnership with the Governor’s Office on Youth, Faith and Families and a High School Health and Wellness Grant, select staff at Corona and all other Tempe Union high schools have been trained to oversee the use of the rooms and lead the mindfulness practices.

The grant also funs drug and alcohol prevention at all seven Tempe Union high schools.

Liewer cited the connection between substance abuse and social-emotional wellness and said “offering mindfulness practices on a high school campus supports the efforts of the grant to prevent drug and alcohol use by students.”

Corona’s mindfulness room also received funding from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Tempe Union over the past year has been at the forefront in the region in trying to stem the epidemic of teen suicides, which have taken 35 lives of young people between 10 and 19 in Queen Creek, Chandler, Mesa and Gilbert since July 2017; six others died in adjacent communities.

The district trained all its employees in recognizing suicidal tendencies and how to respond last year, not waiting for the Legislature to pass the mandatory training bill, which doesn’t go into effect until 2020-21.

Indeed, the four women at the heart of

the door-hanger campaign praised Tempe Union Superintendent Kevin Mendivil for his leadership in addressing the worsening mental-emotional health crisis that confronts young people across the country today.

But they believe suicide prevention is not just the schools’ responsibility.

Hence, they’re also organizing workshops for parents, one involving an expert on nonsuicidal self-injury and teenage brain and one that Ritenour-Blanchard hopes will involve teenagers telling moms, dads and other concerned adults what teens face today.

“In September and in March,” she explained, “we’re going to have a panel of teens and the goal is to get teens represented from each of our seven campuses and get them and a couple of alumni as well to really tell us parents what helps, what doesn’t help.”

Teens and Tempe Union alumni who are interested in participating should email Ritenour-Blanchard.

That session is slated for Sept. 16 at Marcos de Niza High School. RitenourBlanchard is seeking students from each of Tempe Union’s campuses to volunteer for the panel or have community members recommend a teen who is prepared to speak candidly.

“I want to know what it’s like for students to be in high school right now in Tempe Union High School District and what that feels like and what that looks like and give them a voice for the evening.

And also for parents to hear, ‘this is real or this isn’t real or this is perceived’ — those kinds of conversations.

“I want them to tell parents what the issues are and how we can help.”

The four women organized Parents for Suicide Prevention when Bowie in the 2018 legislative session first introduced the suicide-prevention training bill.

It failed that session but overwhelmingly passed this year, partly as a result of the help Bowie got from Republican Sen. J.D. Mesnard and Republican Rep. Jeff Weninger, both of Chandler.

But after the bill was passed, they saw their work as only just beginning.

“You know, we got the legislation passed last year and we wanted to continue to spread the awareness of the signs of suicide and how easy it is to get help if you know of somebody that’s in trouble,” said Ritenour-Blanchard.

Partly their zeal is born out of the haphazard way schools and districts had approached the problem of teen suicide and the escalating cases of depression, anxiety and stress among today’s teens.

Even within Tempe Union just a few years ago, they said, every high school had a different protocol for dealing with troubled teens — and in some cases teachers and staff felt they couldn’t do anything because they had no directives from central administration, the four moms said.

Warnock has spoken about her own son’s experiences in public gatherings and before legislators, as have other mothers and fathers of teens who have taken their lives.

“The school district is coming a long way and I will give them props for that, Ritenour-Blanchard said.

“You have this assumption as parents in the district that every school is operating basically the same.

“So, when we started to realize that what the district office’s impression of what was happening at the campuses was not what the campuses were experiencing, we decided to use our parental volunteer voices and say, ‘You know, you got a lot of disconnects here that need to be addressed and you guys have the ability to rework some things.’”

One big target involves the gross disparity in the number of mental health counselors and students. Lack of enough counselors is a statewide problem that puts Arizona at the bottom of the list nationwide in the counselor-student ratio at about 900-1. The Legislature made $20 million available to districts to hire either counselors or police, but the Arizona Board of Education has held up distributing the money,.

see SUICIDE page 7

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HAMILTON from page 1

Belles, former principal Ken James and former Athletic Director Shawn Rusted with failure to report the alleged sex crimes.

Montgomery said at the time that the Chandler police report “leaves me fully convinced that these incidents happened,’’ but that the police report was based on second and third-hand information and that he needed an actual witness to come forward before he could file the charges against the three officials.

James and Rustad were subsequently transferred to other jobs within the district while Belles resigned.

Attorneys in the criminal case are seeking the federal depositions after two of the teens recanted their allegations, according to documents filed by the school district’s defense attorney.

“Although the district defendants do not bear the burden of proof, there is ample evidence that the victims were not assaulted,’’ said attorney Matthew Wright, who represents the district.

“John Doe G went on camera to deny that the alleged assaults ever took place,’’ Wright wrote. “And in a separate interview with police, John Doe G. told the police that he was not assaulted, and he did not know anyone who was.’’

Wright had filed the document after Dan Raynak, the victim’s attorney asked the federal judge to rule that the five plaintiffs were sexually assaulted and that district employees failed to protect them.

“The five named plaintiffs have alleged that they were all sexually assaulted while in the school locker room either getting ready for football practice, or after practice concluded,’’ Raynak argued.

“The principal, the athletic director, the head football coach and the assistant football coach were all named as defendants and deposed. None of them can dispute that the sexual assaults occurred as there was a concession that the locker room was not properly supervised, and there was not constant supervision,’’ Raynak wrote.

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Wright’s assertion of no evidence of sexual assaults riled Raynak.

In a separate filing, he said that two minors who were charged in the criminal case with Thomas “have admitted their conduct against three of the five listed minor plaintiffs’’ and noted that they pleaded guilty in juvenile court to amended charges.

Raynak also said there is video evidence of sexual assault involving at least two victims.

“One look at these videos demonstrates that the sexual assaults occurred,’’ Raynak wrote in the July 12 document.

But Raynak’s strategy backfired when U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton rejected his motion, citing a lack of undisputed evidence that the sexual assaults occurred and that the district employees failed to protect the victims.

“Plaintiffs have failed to carry their burden of showing that there are undisputed facts that entitle them to judgment as a matter of law,’’ Bolton wrote in a July 17 order.

In the criminal case against Thomas, defense attorney Robert McWhirter and prosecutor David Irwin joined in asking for access to the federal court depositions.

Irwin had previously opposed McWhirter’s attempts to depose the victims, arguing that state law protects sex assault victims from harassment.

“It is important to notate that the barrier between the victim and the defendant creates an extra layer of protection for the victim from unsolicited contact from the defendant and the defendant’s representative,’’ Irwin wrote.

“This type of unsolicited contact can further traumatize victims, especially sex crimes victims,’’ he said.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Stephen Hopkins said he did not have adequate knowledge of the federal civil case to determine if the depositions should be given to the criminal attorneys.

McWhirter and Irwin wrote that Hopkins should at least review them in advance to determine they are relevant to the criminal case.

mental well-being rather than their postgraduation plans.

“The majority of our counselors are academic counselors,” Ritenour-Blanchard said, “which means for the kids in crisis, it may not have been the first line of defense.”

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Litigation piling up for Chandler opioid maker

BY KEVIN REAGAN Tribune Staff Writer

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ormer executives of Chandler-based Insys Therapeutics are the subject of more civil litigation for allegedly deceiving insurance companies into covering the costs of opioid prescriptions.

A lawsuit by the state Attorney General is the latest legal woe to befall the company as it continues to navigate financial troubles and bankruptcy proceedings.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced last month that his office had filed a consumer lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against John Kapoor, the founder of Insys who was found guilty in May in a Boston federal courtroom of conspiring with others in a nationwide bribery scheme.

After a 10-week trial, a jury ruled Kapoor and several others conspired to bribe doctors into prescribing his company’s powerful painkiller and then tricking insurance companies into covering the drug’s expense.

The government claims Insys made millions in profits for years, while society was crippled by a growing opioid epidemic.

Brnovich’s office alleges Kapoor’s scheme violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and makes him subject to civil penalties. Michael Babich, the company’s former CEO, and Michael Gurry, Insys’s former vice president of managed markets, were listed as co-defendants.

The attorney general is asking a court to compel the three defendants to pay $875 million in restitution — the amount of revenue Insys allegedly made through committing “unlawful” acts.

The state’s lawsuit details how Insys tricked insurance companies through a system of lies and deception.

When doctors would prescribe Subsys, the company’s expensive and potent painkiller, an insurance company would have to grant authorization before agreeing to cover its cost.

This process involved doctors submitting information to insurers on a patient’s medical history and treatment plan.

Some employees at Insys' Chandler headquarters have been implicated by the state Attorney General in a lawsuit over the way the firm marketed opioids. (File photo)

Insys founder John Kapoor was convicted on multiple counts in federal court in Boston last month. (Special to The Tribune)

If a patient’s condition was severe enough, the insurer would typically authorize the prescription.

Insurers covered only about one-third of requests for Subsys prescriptions.

So, Kapoor and other Insys executives conjured up a scam in 2012 to boost authorizations, according to the government’s lawsuit.

This scam included Insys workers in Chandler allegedly calling insurance companies and pretending to be employees from a doctor’s office.

The callers were allegedly given scripts and instructions on what to tell insurers that would guarantee authorization.

Kapoor and his co-conspirators took steps to cover their tracks by blocking the phone numbers Insys workers used to call insurance companies.

On some occasions, Insys employees allegedly implied patients were being treated for cancer, when they actually weren’t.

In other cases, the lawsuit claims Insys workers lied about patients not being able to swallow pills, thus requiring them to use a nasal spray like Subsys.

Patty Nixon, a former Insys employee, told reporters in 2017 most of the prescriptions she tried to obtain authorization for were to treat knee pain or menstrual cramps.

She claims she was instructed to mention a patient’s nonexistent oncology records as means of persuading insurance companies.

“It was a complete bold-faced lie,” Nixon told NBC News.

During the time this scheme allegedly took place, Subsys sales were generating up to $52 million in revenue from prescriptions written in Arizona.

Three doctors who wrote many of these prescriptions would later come under the scrutiny of state regulators.

Steve Fanto, Nikesh Seth and Sheldon Gingerich were all named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by Brnovich’s office in 2017.

The three physicians were accused of accepting thousands of dollars in “speaker fees” in exchange for writing an unusually high number of Subsys prescriptions.

For example, the government claims Seth’s prescriptions for Subsys skyrocketed from two in 2013 to 341 the following year after Insys executives started paying him large speaking fees.

“Kapoor and Babich intended the speaker fees Insys paid to Seth to be a reward for Seth’s previous Subsys prescriptions and an incentive for Seth to write additional Subsys prescriptions,” the lawsuit states.

Insys’s executives allegedly pressured its sales people to aggressively go after doctors they think they can win over with speaker fees, comparing their practice to riding a racehorse.

“If you want to win, it is time to start cracking the whip,” one executive allegedly told employees in a text message.

Brnovich’s latest lawsuit is one of several pieces of litigation filed in the last

couple years that involve Insys andtits employees. Eight former employees have been convicted of various crimes and multiple states have filed lawsuits.

The crackdown on Insys has been seen as a forceful response from authorities to the large number of opioid-related overdoses reported across the country in recent years.

The epidemic escalated so much in Arizona that Gov. Doug Ducey declared a health emergency in 2017.

Last month, Insys agreed to pay $225 million in restitution to the federal government to resolve various criminal and civil matters.

This large settlement has led to financial trouble for the company, prompting Insys to voluntarily file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 10.

Insys reported a drop in revenue of about $16 million during the first quarter of 2019.

“The company has experienced recurring and increasing losses from operations over the previous 18 months due to significant declines in the (fentanyl) market and significant legal expenses resulting from the investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and other significant litigation matters to which we are subject,” Insys executives wrote in a press release.

In response to questions about the company’s future in Chandler, an Insys spokesperson referred to a statement outlining the company’s plans to utilize cash it had on-hand to maintain operations.

type of clientele.

A 2015 study showed the Chandler Municipal Airport generated an economic footprint worth about $32 million — a value that fell far short of the economic impact of regional airports in Mesa, Goodyear and Deer Valley.

But the city may try to change that.

Airport administrators hope they can broaden the airport’s uses by tapping into the market of business aviation — becoming the go-to stop for corporate executives needing places to land in the Valley.

“That really is the ultimate goal,” said

Chris Andres, the city’s airport administrator.

In the past, Andres said, the airport has mainly served as a training facility for rookie pilots or a site for recreational flyers.

Chandler hopes to broaden airport’s economic impact

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s development around Chandler continues to take shape, city officials are examining how its airport might be able to better attract a different

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But now the city wants to diversify its portfolio, he said, by pursuing corporate flyers needing a runway to land their private jets.

Many airports are pursuing a similar business model as Chandler, Andres added, and strengthening the city’s airport could “turbo-charge” the local economy.

The Chandler City Council recently authorized staff to begin the 18-month process of updating the airport’s master strategic plan.

It’s a routine study that has to be done every few years to determine the airport’s infrastructure needs.

Andres said this study will additionally help the city examine where the aviation market industry is going and how the airport can prepare for the future.

The airport’s last master plan, done in 2010, highlighted how extending the facility’s runway could attract more corporate clients and boost the airport’s economic footprint.

According to the plan, if the runway was extended to 5,700 feet and more corporate flyers were to relocate to Chandler, then the airport’s economic output would increase 17 percent by 2025.

Chandler’s city code requires any run-

City and Chandler Airport officials want to broaden its economic impact as an ASU professor ranked it last among Maricopa County's regional airports in terms of the economic benefits it generates.(File photo)

way extensions be funded through voterapproved bonds, as a means to allow residents to decide whether they want more air traffic in the community.

The city tried extending the airport’s south runway through a bond proposal in 2000 and again in 2007, but voters rejected the proposals both times.

Several years later, extending the runway continues to come up in planning discussions — most recently during a contentious City Council meeting last November that involved business development that might have encroached on future runway extensions.

The airport was founded in the late 1920s when Chandler’s economy was dominated by cattle ranches and cotton fields. The Great Depression thwarted the airport’s development through the 1930s and World War II restricted civilian aviation through the 1940s.

Farmers utilized its runway to fly crop dusters over fields of cotton and alfalfa for the next few decades.

The city continued acquiring more land for the airport in the 1980s as farm fields began disappearing and subdivisions started going up.

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of six reliever airports in the Maricopa County that helps to alleviate traffic at Sky Harbor International Airport.

Lee McPheters, an Arizona State University economics professor, said Chandler’s airport has growth potential due to the recent development that’s occurred throughout the city.

But it will have to compete with wellestablished airports in the East Valley.

McPheters compiled a study recently, estimating Mesa’s Falcon Field Airport generated up to $434 million in direct economic output and several other nearby airports outperformed Chandler’s.

One way to assess an airport’s level of business aviation, McPheters noted, is tallying up the number of private jets it has stationed at its facility.

Scottsdale’s airport lists 137 jets, Deer Valley has 23, Falcon Field has eight, and Chandler listed two jets, according to records listed on AirNav.com.

Andres said the airport has the opportunity to seek out economic development that will benefit the facility.

It will continue servicing the recreational flyers and trainee pilots that the airport has always serviced, he said, because that’s always been the airport’s mission.

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new statewide survey shows that a majority of voters are willing to hike sales taxes for education — but not by as much as some are seeking.

The poll Data Orbital also finds that a majority want “results-based funding.’’

The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which sponsored the survey, defines results-based funding as tying increasing dollars to improved academic performance.

The survey finds strong public support for the plan crafted by Gov. Doug Ducey and enacted by the Legislature to boost teacher salaries an average of 20 percent by 2020.

The survey comes as the Helios Foundation is working to craft a measure that would raise $1.5 billion a year for education through a combination of increased sales and property taxes.

Foundation officials hope to present a plan to lawmakers to put it on the 2020 ballot.

But adding property taxes to the mix could prove fatal. The survey found using that as a source of revenues far less popular than not just sales taxes but also

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trols, hydraulics, pneumatics, wheels and mechanical accessories, among other things.

The company promises to deliver Original Equipment Manufacturer quality material at competitive prices to its customers.

“We are very excited,” managing partner of CAVU Aerospace Ken Kocialski said. “We are confident the new facility will exceed all expectations. We know that CCR will raise the bar in the aviation industry.”

Obtaining approvals from the European Aviation Safety Agency — a certification to the European Commission Regulation standards of design, production, maintenance and operation of aircraft components — and Civil Aviation Administration of China are also on the company’s radar.

CAVU, which was founded in 2010, has other locations in Arkansas, New Mexico and California.

The new Arizona facility will sit in The Landing PMG, a 281,000-square-foot Class A industrial subdivision at the southeast corner of Ray and Sossaman Roads in Mesa’s Gateway Area.

Marwest Enterprises, a real estate investment firm based in Scottsdale, is the

income taxes.

It also comes as the Center for Economic Progress is coming up with its own plan to ask voters to pump more money into education.

Last year the organization attempted to put a measure on the ballot for an income tax surcharge on the wealthiest Arizonans.

That plan drew immediate fire from the state chamber which filed the successful lawsuit that kept it off the ballot.

David Lujan, the group’s executive director, said the form the 2020 initiative will take is still being decided, with ongoing research to find something that would be acceptable to voters.

But Lujan said it could be similar to last year’s plan which sought to hike income taxes on individual earnings of more than $250,000 a year, a plan that would raise $690 million a year without costing the vast majority of voters a penny.

“What we found is it had strong support from Arizonans,’’ Lujan said of that proposal.

The chamber’s poll, however, asked only whether voters prefer sales, income or property taxes to fund education and never inquired about a plan to tax just high earners.

Chamber spokesman Garrick Taylor

told Capitol Media Services that despite the opposition to last year’s bid to raise money for education through an income tax surcharge on the wealthiest that his organization isn’t necessarily opposed to putting more dollars into K-12 — and even doing it with some sort of tax hike.

“But we’ve also supported the idea that results should be valued and proper investments should follow those results,’’ he said.

Taylor said, though, that any academic improvement results used to put new dollars into classrooms should include special financial consideration for schools with “obstacles,’’ such as a high percentage of students in poverty.

Of note in the survey is how much more voters are willing to tax themselves.

Of the 550 people questioned in the telephone poll last month, 57.7 percent said they would support taking the current 0.6-cent sales tax now dedicated for education and raising that to a full penny.

That parallels a plan crafted by Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, who chairs the Senate Education Committee.

But there are others, like Sen. Andrea Dalessnadro, D-Green Valley, who have argued that the approximately $473 million the tax hike would raise is nowhere

The airline industry, according to Airlines for America, currently drives $1.5 trillion into the nation’s economic activity and provides for more than 10 million jobs.

District 6 Councilman Kevin Thompson echoed the mayor’s sentiments.

He told the East Valley Tribune that he is looking forward to representing an economically diverse community.

“One of the things I’ve been wanting to do for a while is making sure our economy is diversified and that it’s not just data centers or high tech,” he CAVU said it will be providing around 70 new jobs at its Phoenix-Mesa shared.

Gateway Airport facility. (Special to the Tribune) “It’s really exciting to have someone like CAVU developer of the $30 million project. come into the Gateway area,” he contin“Because it’s [CAVU Aerospace] one ued. “I think you’re going to start seeing of the industries we’re targeting for the other aviation companies take notice. This Gateway area, it’s a really great fit,” said is the place to be, not only for aviation, but Giles. “It really is a part of Mesa that we’re for the general market.” struggling to keep up with in terms of the CCR will be joining both Apple and growth out there.”

Google as a major power player in the rap-

near enough to make up for the funds that were cut from education during the recession.

There is, however, a risk of going bigger: The survey shows a drop of support, to 45.2 percent, for a plan to take that 0.6cent levy and increase it to 1.5 percent to add $1 billion a year in funding.

One survey question may be an indication of the depth of public support for more education.

The chamber survey told respondents that the Legislature put an additional more than $600 million into education this past year, though the question did not inform respondents that the figure includes not just new money but also what the state is required to fund for both inflation and student population.

And then the survey goes on to state that current K-12 funding amounts to about $5.5 billion of the $11.8 billion state budget.

Yet even with those prompts, 52.4 percent of those questioned still believe that more funding for education is necessary.

“It’s not a runaway on that question,’’ Taylor said. “But still a majority, even when given the details of recent budget deals, still believe that more dollars are needed.’’ idly-growing area.

Earlier this summer, the Mesa City Council approved a development agreement to bring a Google data center to the city’s tech corridor.

Construction is expected to begin within the next five years, with the first 250,000 square feet in place by July 2025.

Apple currently has a 1.3 millionsquare-foot facility located at the corner of Signal Butte and Elliot roads.

The tech company announced in 2015 that it would open operations in Arizona, and has employed about 150 people at the Mesa facility since 2016.

“Just down the road you have Apple and Google — there is not a city on the planet that wouldn’t be ecstatic for those two businesses to come to their community,” Giles shared. “That’s the neighborhood these guys are coming into.”

“It’s a pretty desirable place to do business — it’s pretty much a perfect storm of good things coming together to make it attractive for a company like CAVU,” the mayor added.

Mesa partnered with the Arizona Commerce Authority, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, the Landing PMG developer Marwest, CBRE and Bliss Realty to seal the deal.

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Alternative Chandler school finds a new home

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l Dorado High School staff members say its new campus looks and feels much different than their former facility.

It has wide corridors of freshly-painted walls, classrooms with rows of desks, and enough space to offer a break room for teachers.

Art Madden, one of the school’s instructors, said the old campus only gave teachers a closet with a copy machine.

There wasn’t even enough room at the old location for an indoor cafeteria, he added, so the students often had to eat their breakfast in the classroom.

“We just didn’t have any choice,” Madden said.

The new school, at 3000 North Alma School Road, Chandler, is considered a major upgrade from its predecessor and school officials hope it will enhance the school’s mission of serving at-risk students who may not thrive in traditional schools.

The Leona Group, which operates sev-

As Bahji Ali prepares to cut the ceremonial ribbon for El Dorado School, she is flanked by, from left, Councilman Jeremy McClymonds, Mayor Kevin Hartkem Leona Group founder Bill Coates and Chandler Chamber representatives, (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer)

eral charter schools across the country, opened El Dorado in the 1990s as an alternative school for students needing special attention.

Bill Coates, Leona’s founder, said he noticed a need in Maricopa County to help

students on the verge of dropping out.

His solution was a smaller school with smaller classrooms, where students could connect with teachers.

Relationships are the key to education, Coates said, because students become

more engaged in the material if they’ve bonded with their instructor.

“We think it’s important for our school leader and staff to know every single student by name,” he said.

Serving a couple hundred students, El Dorado has many of the same amenities as a traditional high school.

It has sports and clubs, like a group of young entrepreneurs who come up with products they try to sell to their classmates.

Students only take three classes each day for two hours at a time, instead of six one-hour classes like most high schools.

Madden said this type of schedule doesn’t overwhelm students with too much work and keeps them focused.

He oversees El Dorado’s computerbased curriculum, which allows students to either catch up on their credits or accelerate faster through their graduation requirements.

Compared to a purely online school, Madden said he can physically supervise students while they work on computers,

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Mesa couple named National Parents of the Year

BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer

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eaching our kids to look outside of themselves has been the lifelong goal,” said Mesa resident Alisa Ellis.

That mentality landed her and her husband Dan the 2019 National Parents of the Year award from the National Parents Day organization.

The Ellises, who have seven children together, were recently recognized in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., for their parenting philosophy — which extols “taking personal responsibilities for one’s culture and community” in a “lead-by-example manner,” according to their citation.

“I don’t feel like I quite succeed every day in being a parent,” said Dan. “To receive an award on a national level for something that you don’t feel like you have perfected is pretty humbling.”

The ceremony took place on Parents’

Dan and Alisa Ellis of Mesa were named National Parents of the Year, (Special

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Day, July 28, at the Washington Times newspaper.

While more than 40 couples were nominated, only eight couples were selected as Parents of the Year in categories rep-

resenting faith communities, outstanding personal sacrifice and civic leadership.

Dan and Alisa, both members of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latterday Saints, were chosen as the overall Parents of the Year for 2019.

“I felt like the categories for the award were like us just living the precepts of our faith,” said Alisa. “And encompassing a lot of that into our parenting style.”

Dan, who served a twoyear LDS mission in Argentina, echoed his wife’s

sentiments.

He said a large part of their faith is instilling the desire in their children to help others.

“It’s very much just living the tenants of

our faith,” he said. “And to help our kids with their strengths and support them.”

The Ellis family recently moved from Utah and is heavily involved in volunteer efforts.

They are founding members of “Gathering Families,” an online community offering families a place to meet together to discuss ways of sustaining and defending the family as the pillar of society.

All of the Ellis children, including 9-year-old Caleb, have participated in service projects since childhood — helping neighbors with yard work, collecting and distributing supplies to international refugees in their area and a weekly outreach to people with disabilities.

With the notion that the family is the first school of love and citizenship for a child, Alisa has served on the Utah State Board of Education and is a proponent of citizen activism in the education process.

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Mesa girl is pageant winner

nalist, and by Taylor Boyd of Impact Dance, t age 10, Banessa a Mesa studio where Fleming is on her Banessa is a company way to representing member.

Arizona in the 2019 Nation“She volunteers regual American Miss Pageant larly at Feed My StarvThanksgiving Week after ing Children in Mesa winning the title of Miss Ariand is always willing to zona Junior Pre-Teen. give her time in helping The daughter of Brett children in need,” her and Donisa Fleming of father said.

Mesa, she’ll be competing “This is her fourth for a share of more than year competing in Na$500,000 in prizes at Distional American Miss neyland. pageants,” he added.

Banessa leads a busy life “Last year she was first beyond her fifth grade studrunner up so this year’s ies at Franklin at Brimhall win was quite gratifyelementary school in Mesa. ing for her.”

She dances, models is Indeed, she didn’t deep into art and volunteers expect it, he said, befor organizations that bencause after she didn’t Banessa Fleming is surrounded by family after her win, including, from efit children. left, her father Brett Fleming, grandmother Rosemary Wolf, mother hear her name called Besides winning the over- Donisa Fleming and grandfather Earl “Bud” Wolf. Special to the Tribune for first runner-up, she all award in her category, thought she’d lost.

Banessa also won five related She performed two entries in “When she heard her name, she competitions in acting, screen dance The dances were choreo- was shocked and very happy,” her tests and three modeling compe- graphed by Oscar Hernandez, a father said. “A lot of hard work titions. former America’s Got Talent fi- and preparation paid off.”

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She also focuses her efforts on working to “empower” other parents.

“Too often it feels as if parents have forgotten their place and we look to other people to help fill our role sometimes,” said Alisa.

“I’ve been on a journey to empower parents to understand their God-given role to be at the helm of the family — not in a my-way-or-the-highway type way, but in a way that they know best for their children more than other people,” she added.

“Sometimes we fall short because of a lack of confidence in our ability to parent,” she continued.

Even with the title of National Parents of the Year, Dan and Alisa both agree that they still deal with their fair share of struggles.

Alisa said it can be hard to navigate the varying personalities that make her family so special.

“Not only do our kids have

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unique personalities, but my husband and I both have different personalities and perspectives,” she said. “It’s always a challenge to try to find that happy spot where everyone can come to terms and be on the same page.”

Dan said he struggles with finding a balance between stepping in to the parent role and letting his kids learn through life experiences.

“One of the things I see as a dad is wanting to be a protector and then striking a balance between throwing them out there to learn from the world,” he shared. “You want them to experience the heartaches and the struggles, but you always want to protect them at every turn.”

Despite certain obstacles, the parents said that nothing beats seeing their children grow to succeed and be contributing members to society.

“One of the parental wins is when you see them go out into the world and do these things that benefit others,” said Dan. “That’s when you know you’ve done a good job.”

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El Dorado School offers more space for students.

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monitoring their progress and productivity.

There are subtle signs located throughout the new campus that are meant to encourage students to plan for their futures.

Teachers post the insignias of their alma maters outside classrooms and brochures advertising state universities are posted on bulletin boards.

School officials say preparing students for post-secondary education is one of El Dorado’s core values. A partnership with the East Valley Institute of Technology helps to achieve this mission by allowing the school’s pupils to explore various career pathways.

The total cost of buying and renovating El Doarado’s school added up to about $3 million.

Located at an intersection of mostly re-

tail shops, the new campus may stand out from its surrounding landscape.

It doesn’t have a drive-through window like the Burger King across the street, nor can it offer a pedicure like the salon next door.

The services El Dorado provides may not be as tangible as its neighbors, but the school’s educators say they’re making a valuable contribution to the community.

“We know we’re making a greater difference,” Madden said.

At a recent ceremony honoring the school’s opening, Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke remarked on El Dorado’s location and how it aligns with the city’s goal of reimagining conventional retail spaces.

“I believe that this is a perfect use for this building and this facility to inspire and to offer (a) new opportunity to many young men and women,” the mayor said.

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Mesa 8th grader cares for Alzheimer’s patients

BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer

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hile most school-age children spend their summer months relaxing with friends, eighthgrader Gianna Arnao decided to put her free time to good use.

Gianna has been volunteering at the Copper Village, a Mesa senior living facility that provides care and residency for people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia, since the beginning of June.

The young volunteer was one of two in the activities department, where she provided comfort, compassion and friendship to the village residents.

“We hear in this day and age that kids don’t care, well this is not the case,” said Director of Care Joni Arnao. “Gianna has Gianna Arnao, an eighth grader in Mesa, spent her summer vacation been an amazing, happy pres- time bringing comfort to Alheimer’s patients, (Special to the Tribune) ence. On a daily basis, Gianna comes in with a plan and that is to bring senses, very much like the activities Gianna incorporates during her work. a smile to the faces of the residents.”

Because a senior’s ability to communiJoni, who is also Gianna’s mother and a nurse, said her daughter didn’t miss a cate and perform everyday activities declines as the disease progresses, it’s imsingle day of volunteering.

Gianna aided with bingo, ice cream portant to give them a means to express socials, Water Day, popcorn movies, nail themselves to feel safe and relax.

“It’s probably one of the most imporpainting, game days and happy hours tant things other than just basic health with live music.

But her favorite part about volunteer- care,” said Joni. “It helps our residents ing, she said, was the relationships she who are touched with a terrible disease.

Stimulation is really good for them; made.

“It was the greatest feeling in the they sleep better and respond better to world,” Gianna shared. “It’s special to things.”

Although Gianna is returning to school give your time to people that would enat the American Leadership Academy, joy it — age is just a number.”

Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia, ac- she said she hopes to be back volunteercording to the Alzheimer’s Association, ing next summer.

She added that she also wants to bethat causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior and is the sixth come a nurse someday, like her mother. “[The experience] taught me that I leading cause of death in the United can just speak to someone — I’m always States.

Sensory stimulation is considered a scared to speak to someone in class,” form of therapy that uses everyday ob- said Gianna. “The staff there is amazing jects to arouse one or more of the five and they are always there.”

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Cider Corps teams up with Myke’s Pizza

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fter breaking ground as the state’s first cider house, Cider Corps is teaming up with local pizza guru Myke Olsen to expand the distillery into a space where pizza and cider can be enjoyed together.

The idea for Cider Corps came about after Sgt. Jason Duren, USMC, Ret., hit two improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan in 2012.

He suffered a traumatic brain injury that required speech and cognitive therapy, part of which required Jason to engage in activities with a set process.

Cider inspired him after he tried it in Ireland for the first time. He spoke to his brother, Josh, who had it in Canada. The two embarked on cider as a hobby and as part of his cognitive therapy.

“We thought, ‘That might be fun,’ and it

To prepare for his business venture, after he medically retired in 2014, he used the GI Bill to go to ASU to study sustainable horticulture. Before his schooling, he didn’t understand the science behind cider.

“As I was goJason Duren holds the Purple Heart he earned in Afghanistan. He and his brother Josh own ing through Cider Corps. (Special to the Tribune) school, and fits in with everything my doctor’s telling Josh and I were doing this hobby at home, me to do,” Jason said. “There’s a recipe I started to understand a little bit more of that you have to follow, you can make the science behind it,” Jason said. “I would changes to it, you either try to replicate it take stuff into school and get advice from teachers.” or think of things that are different.”

From there, the brothers perfected their signature cider formula using a process called malolactic fermentation, which maintains apples’ sweetness. Jason said this makes for a smoother, less tart cider.

The brothers then made numerous connections in the community and eventually acquired their building.

“Since then we’ve become friends with so many other makers out there,” Jason said. “We’ve started to accept other people into our family.”

This is certainly the case as Cider Corps has now brought in Myke’s Pizza as a permanent fixture in their distillery, serving pizza from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays. When Myke’s Pizza is not open, Cider Corps has a rotation of food trucks at the cidery. Cider Corps is open seven days a week.

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focus on their education.

The RISE app was developed for and

by MCC students, but its use could be expanded to other colleges.

The Everyone Can Code project was built by faculty to create a nine-credit microcertificate that students can complete in less than a year, leading to employability.

Mesa, Chandler-Gilbert and Scottsdale Community Colleges have partnered with East Valley cities and technology companies, such as Apple, to launch first-ever coding, cloud and networking certification and degree opportunities through the creation of a Maricopa IT Institute at Mesa.

In 2017, there were over 10,000 unfilled jobs in Maricopa County Arizona with the designation of application software developer or programmer.

Everyone Can Code started in 2017 and attracts a diverse array of students ranging from high school pupils to retirees.

“Offering programs like App development reinforce key initiatives to align education programs around the skills needed in Arizona’s economy,” said district Chancellor Maira Harper-Marinick.

Mesa Community College now offers a blockchain technology certificate of com-

pletion, becoming one of the first community colleges in the country to provide a such a course of study.

Phoenix College offers significant financial assistance to students who are pursuing degrees in the fields of computer science, engineering and related STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields that lead to potential engineering careers.

Scottsdale Community College unveiled a state-of-the-art, expanded computer networking lab to help students become certified and trained in cloud computing and virtualization. It now supports 1,000 virtual machines.

Nearly all Maricopa Community Colleges continue to work on expanding allied health care opportunities.

“Maricopa Community Colleges will focus on innovations inside and outside the classroom,” added Harper-Marinick.

“As the largest job training provider in the state, we look forward to the continued collaboration with industry and state leaders to strengthen our exceptional programs that enhance our student’s skills and enable them to be more competitive in today’s economy.”

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Mesa resident who attends Mesa Community College was part of a White House celebration of workers and those who teach them skills.

Hannah Chelolah was part of a contingent of Maricopa Community College District representatives who marked Pledge to America’s Workers Month and discussed their innovative efforts to prepare students for the jobs of the future.

Chelolah discussed the Everyone Can Code program and how she used coding skills she learned through earning the swift micro certificate to contribute to the Resources, Information and Services for Everyone (RISE) app.

“The RISE app was designed and created by a team including Maricopa faculty, my fellow classmates and myself to help students find food, shelter and other resources,” she said.

“I have personally reaped the benefits of Apple’s pledge and feel confident that workers in Arizona can increase their job skills and marketability by earning the swift micro certificate,” she said, calling it an “amazing opportunity” to brag about

Mesa resident Hannah Chelolah, a student at Mesa Community College, recently attended a White House celebration.(Special to the Tribune)

the program to White House officials.

Maricopa Community Colleges train and provide certifications for 95 percent of the most in-demand jobs in Arizona with almost 90 percent of students staying in the Valley after graduation.

The RISE app, now available in the iTunes App Store, was designed to help students cut the time they spend looking for basic needs and resources so they can

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WhizKidz picks Mesa for its third Valley preschool

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hizKidz Preschool is taking the leap to the East Valley this fall.

What was once PS Academy in Mesa, a K-12 school for students with autism and other exceptionalities, has been converted to WhizKidz’s third location, slated to open in August.

This is WhizKidz’s first location in the East Valley; the preschool also has campuses in Scottsdale and Phoenix.

WhizKidz is an all-inclusive preschool with play-based curriculum and weekly enrichment classes, including music, P.E., art and gardening.

At the Scottsdale location — the largest of the three preschools at over 8,000 square feet — students can be seen caring for the zucchinis, tomatoes, kale, sunflowers and more growing in the garden.

WhizKidz also provides diapers and wipes, as well as all-natural meals and snacks for its preschoolers.

“We are family centered, so we offer convenient, all-inclusive care, which means parents literally just have to drop off their kids,” said WhizKidz Owner Martha Piccaio.

At 5,500 square feet, the Mesa location boasts a state-of-the-art facility with space to cook nutritious meals for the students — meals that accommodate children’s specific dietary needs.

The Mesa campus will have nine classrooms, where students engage in handson learning stations, as well as take part in sensory learning and sensory play.

Each week, children are introduced to a new letter, number, color and shape, as well as other objects, words and things that pair with each of those new areas.

According to Piccaio, WhizKidz’s cur-

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began making pizza at an outdoor popup a little over two years ago. They spent two nights a week outside Mezona Market and eventually added a night outside Cider Corps.

“Myke had these little grills that he was cooking on,” Jason said. “This dude is ranked in the top two of pizza makers in Arizona, and he’s cruising around (in) a little pop-up.

The union was set in motion during the next 10 months, according to Kladovasilakis.

“I personally didn’t want to spend another summer outside,” Olsen said. “Being outside for another summer would

people on staff.

“We are very particular on the things that we’re looking for that align to our core values and align who we are. So it’s a full circle,” she said.

The goal of Piccaio’s is to ensure the parents, in addition to their children, feel WhizKidz owner Martha Oiccaio said her new Mesa location is a state-of-the-art facility. a sense of be(Special to the Tribune) longing. riculum sets the children up for success “We want people to find a place. It’s our when they reach kindergarten. psychology: When you feel that you be“We work with Zoo-phonics [a multi- long somewhere, you stay. And if you feel sensory language arts program], which loved and you feel safe, you thrive. And is a really good program. [When] a lot of if the parent feels accepted, they’re most the kids that have been with us for several, likely to be open to our suggestions,” she several years get to kinder, they’ve already said. “We are an extension of their family.” learned what they’re being taught in kinThis year, Piccaio plans to offer parentdergarten because of the programs that ing workshops free of charge to parents of we’re using,” she said. children enrolled into WhizKidz.

WhizKidz also fosters a community for “They come to us with questions or parents to meet, offers parents all-inclu- wanting feedback and support, and we sive care and creates a support system for don’t always have that appropriate anthem to navigate parenting together. swers to their questions,” she said. “So, “We create really amazing communi- we’ll bring in a parenting consultant.” ties,” Piccaio said. “Almost every month, The parenting consultant will host trainwe’ll have a family event, and what that ing classes off-site, including potty training does is it brings parents to meet and classes, toddler survival skills and more. just connect. That’s also a big, big game“It’s good to have that added resource,” changer. We’re not large and corporate; Piccaio said. it’s my husband and I, and we’re there at Piccaio said she always had plans to exthe events and part of the hiring process.” pand to the East Valley; she was merely WhizKidz has anywhere from 25 to 30 waiting for the right building to convert.

be pretty miserable. We did that last year and we made it work but we definitely don’t want to do that again.”

To make room for Myke’s Pizza, Cider Corps moved a large chiller to house a brick-and-mortar oven, and added 2,000 square feet for additional production equipment.

Myke’s Pizza and Cider Corps unveiled their expansion on June 14.

Right now, the pizza duo is translating the pizzas they already make from a grill to a more traditional brick and mortar oven. Eventually they hope to add new menu items such as sides, appetizers and desserts.

Olsen describes his pizza as artisan, wood-style, Neapolitan pizza. The pies

are priced between $10 and $14.

“For me, I’m just trying to make pizza that I want to eat,” he said. “Ultimately, my goal has been to create a community and to create a space where people can enjoy themselves and connect with one another. I want them to have a cool place where they feel welcome and safe; a place where the craft of what we’re doing can be honored, because I feel like in Mesa, it’s kind of underserved in terms of food and drink.”

Jason expressed similar sentiments.

“We’re veteran-owned. We work with a lot of veteran organizations, but it’s not just that,” he said. “Sometimes it’s about rebuilding a community, especially in kind of a broken area. It’s really important

“We wanted to make sure there was enough space for children, good outdoor areas — all those things that we believe are important for children to have as part of their development,” she said.

After looking at many buildings, the once-named Pieceful Solutions K-12 school — the academy re-branded in June and moved to its new location in Gilbert this month — opened up, and WhizKidz began renovating the building four months ago.

“We were really looking to get into the East Valley because there are a lot of young families,” Piccaio said. “We’ve had families who’ve moved from Scottsdale and purchased a home out in the East Valley who have called us back, [saying], ‘You guys have to come out here. There’s nothing out here.’”

Similarly, the Scottsdale campus was converted three years ago; what is now WhizKidz used to be BASIS Scottsdale Primary. BASIS Scottsdale Primary has since relocated to 136th Street.

Piccaio started WhizKidz in 2007 from her home in Glendale, and eventually moved into what was once Sahuaro Preschool in Phoenix, transforming it into WhizKidz’s first campus.

The Scottsdale campus then opened in 2016.

WhizKidz is now enrolling students ages 0 to 5 for the 2019/2020 school year.

Enrollment caps at 125 students, and tuition averages about $260 a week.

Those interested in taking a look at the Mesa campus before the school year begins can schedule a tour on WhizKidz’s website.

The grand opening celebration of the new campus will take place August 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Information: 4909 E. Brown Road, Mesa; 480-999-4255; whizkidzpreschool.com

to show that partnership.

“We’re fortunate that this took off and we’re fortunate that we’re able to give someone an opportunity to come from a pop-up to a brick and mortar. It’s crazy how it’s all happened.”

Olsen hopes people will visit Myke’s for the pizza the same way they come to Cider Corps from far and wide for the craft cider.

“I would love for it to be a destination,” Olsen said. “Last fall we took a trip to Portland for the specific reason of eating pizza. I would love for our spot to turn into something like that.”

Information: Cider Corps, 31 S. Robson, Suite 103, Mesa, 480-993-3164, cidercorpsaz.com.

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Massacres underscore need for gun control

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ere’s a sad, shameful confession: No longer do I pay attention to news coverage of American mass shootings.

That sounds callous, as if I mean to minimize the grief of those who have lost loved ones. Nothing could be further from the truth.

But when it comes to angry white males mowing down multiple human beings with a semi-automatic assault weapon, I have seen this picture show enough to have it memorized.

The first time I saw it up close was April 1999, when the Big Newspaper in Phoenix flew me to Colorado to write about the Columbine tragedy. The police were still on the scene when I arrived.

I spent days talking to high school students and grieving parents about those they had lost, and gathering details about Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, sick teen-

age freaks who together subtracted 13 people from this world.

What resonated most deeply with me as I sat in kitchens and family rooms in Littleton, was how very much that Denver suburb felt like this Valley. Same workingclass tales. Same ranch houses and minivans. Same scrubbed-face kids suddenly confronted by incomprehensible death.

Same, same, same.

Now comes a bloody weekend 20 years later, the news brimming with death and grief, first from El Paso, Texas — 22 killed, 24 wounded, then Dayton, Ohio — nine murdered, 14 wounded.

I didn’t watch a minute of it.

By nature, I am a problem-solver. Broken things, broken systems, cry out for repair.

So, you’ll excuse me if I don’t have the stomach to drench myself in other people’s misery any longer. Not when we as Americans appear to have lost the backbone to fix what ails us.

Face facts. We live in the most gun-crazy developed nation on the planet. By a lot.

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The most oft-cited worldwide study of murders by firearm stacks up like so: Australia, 1.4 gun murders per million people. Germany, 1.9 gun murders per million. Canada, 5.1 gun murders per million. Then there’s Switzerland with 7.7 gun homicides per million Swiss.

The United States? 29.7 firearm homicides per million people.

Many Americans blame this atrocious murder rate on the prevalence of guns.

The global Small Arms Survey reports that American civilians own approximately 393 million guns. That’s about 120 guns per 100 Americans.

Others cite mental health as the reason for this gun violence.

They work backwards from bodies strewn in school hallways, nightclubs and big-box stores and reason that “only a lunatic would do such a thing.”

They cite the hate-filled rantings these killers inevitably leave behind as evidence of their singular mental sickness.

Commence yet another long and loud “national conversation.” Commence more

coverage of more dead, more Columbines and Sandy Hooks, more Las Vegas music festivals shot to pieces, more Pulse nightclubs, more El Pasos, more Daytons. More, more, more.

At some point in the problem-solving process, you need to stop describing the problem and take action to implement solutions. Neither gun availability nor crazy white men stand alone as the problem.

Rather, they are both the problem. And both demand solutions.

Surely, in what we believe to be the best, smartest, richest, most advanced nation on Earth, we can find ways to make guns more difficult to own — especially for nuts — while respecting the constitutional right to own firearms.

Surely, we can find more and better ways to “red flag” young Americans with a propensity and a thirst for violence and get them the treatment they need.

Surely, we had better, because just as surely we will wake up to more newscasts filled with more bodies on many more mornings in America.

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Behind the play heard ‘round the state

BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

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t was the play that helped Chandler High advance to the state title game and win it for the third year in a row.

It was the play that sent Highland High home after its first semifinals appearance since 2004. It was also the play that capped off one of the most exhilarating prep football playoff games in Arizona history.

“Manapua,” Chandler football coach Rick Garretson said with a smile. “It’s a great play, isn’t it?”

In Hawaiian culture, “Manapua” is a term used to describe a barbeque porkfilled bun.

But at Chandler, it’s been one of the most successful plays in the Wolves’ playbook since it was created in 2011.

“It’s a conversion play,” Garretson said.

“It’s a play we teach the kids back in camp.

We keep it in our back pocket just in case.”

The play was used in late November against Highland in the 6A semifinals. The

The 6A semifinal game between Chandler and Highland was one of the most exhilarating in prep football history in Arizona. The Wolves ran a play called Manapua to defeat the Hawks in overtime. (Photo courtesy Corey Cross Photography)

Highland Hawks, led by then second-year coach Brock Farrel, forced Chandler to overtime.

Highland struck first, as then-senior

athlete Kohner Cullimore, Highlands doit-all player in 2019, found the end zone to give the Hawks a 6-point lead. Austin McNamara, now a freshman kicker at Tex-

as Tech, made it 7.

It didn’t take long for Chandler to answer, however, as now-freshman running back at Cal-Berkeley DeCarlos Brooks scored. The Wolves lined up to kick the extra point to send it to another overtime.

But then Farrel called a timeout.

“I thought we could block it, honestly,” Farrel said. “But we had a formation set up just in case they came back out to go for two. We were ready, they just executed.”

Sean Aguano, the mastermind behind Manapua who is now the running backs coach at Arizona State University, admits that he has always been a risk-taker.

And his players knew that too. He called over his quarterback, BYU-bound Jacob Conover, and Texas-bound tight end Brayden Liebrock.

They trusted him and he trusted them.

So they made the call.

“The kids know I’m a gambler,” Aguano said, “so after Coach Farrel called that

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Mesa LL softball All-Stars impress at World Series

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t was the opportunity of a lifetime for a group of 13 girls from Mesa, as they represented the western region of the United States in the Junior League Softball World Series.

“It was an awesome experience for these girls,” said Phil Lamoreaux, the manager of the All-Star team. “The goal from the beginning was to only win the state tournament but then it expanded from there. It was really cool for them.”

The team, comprised of girls ages 1314, ran through competition in the state tournament, going 4-0 to win the state title.

They then went on to play in the West Region tournament in Tucson. In the four games the team played, they outscored opponents 64-15.

“We didn’t really have a chance to digest all of it because it happened so fast,” Lamoreaux said. “We won the regional tournament Wednesday night and then we were on a plane Friday night going to the World

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The Junior Softball All-Stars from Four Peaks Little League in Mesa represented their community and state in the Junior League Softball World Series in Kirkland, Washington from July 28-Aug 1. The girls advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament before being eliminated from World Series title contention. (Photo courtesy Arizona District

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Series.”

The team traveled to Kirkland, Washington — a suburb just east of Seattle — for the beginning of the Junior League Softball World Series on July 28. Despite

the quick turnaround, their dominance continued.

They began the World Series with a 10-5 win over the Latin American Region team from Curacao. They then went on to

defeat the East Region and the EuropeAfrica Region teams.

It wouldn’t be until July 31, the fourth game of the tournament, that the girls suffered their first loss of the All-Star season to the Southwest Region team from Texas.

“It was one of those games where everything went right for them,” Lamoreaux said. “Their shortstop played deep, practically in the grass, but she made some fantastic plays. I think the girls were frustrated.”

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timeout we all kind of looked at each other and agreed to go for it.

Manapua isn’t a complex play, but it does involve proper timing.

Conover faked a pitch to Brooks, then rolled to his right. Meanwhile, Liebrock faked an inside route off the line before running a shallow out-route toward the front pylon.

The play is designed for Conover to get rid of the ball almost instantly after he turns to face Liebrock. Had he waited even a half-second to throw, Highland linebacker Robert Kingsford would have had the game-winning sack. Instead, Liebrock caught the two-point attempt in the end zone. Celebration ensued.

“I knew where I had to be and what I had to do when I saw him roll out,” Kingsford said. “He’s a really good quarterback and he just made a great play.”

When Garretson, Chandler’s offensive coordinator at the time, met Farrel at midfield following the game, they embraced.

“He asked me what play it was,” said Garretson, who was hired to take over the Chandler program as head coach in January. “I told him it was Manapua. He kind of

New Chandler coach Rick Garretson remembers the first time he saw Manapua ran during a game. It was the 2011 playoffs, when Chandler was in double-overtime with Westview. He and Highland coach Brock Farrel, an assistant at Chandler at the time, were on a lift together and watched the play unfold. (Zach Alvira/Tribune Staff)

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Lamoreaux believes the loss may have changed the demeanor and overall mindset of the team, which hurt them the next day. They ended up losing to the No. 2 seed from the Central Region, ending their chances of winning the World Series.

The loss put them into the consolation bracket where they took on the East Region team for the second time. They wanted redemption, and they got it in thrilling fashion. Lamoreaux’s daughter, Olivia, hit

Highland coach Brock Farrel, who enters his third season with the Hawks in 2019, was an assistant on Chandler’s staff when Manapua was created by former coach Shaun Aguano. The Wolves used that play to defeat the Hawks in the 2018 semifinals. (Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff)

just looked at me and started laughing. He knew he recognized it.”

Aguano created Manapua in 2011, his first season as head coach of the Wolves.

Garretson was one of his assistants at the time. So was Farrel.

The entire staff was in the coach’s office when Aguano walked in with the new play concept.

Farrel described it as being similar to a scene from the movie “The Waterboy,” when Bobby Boucher meets Coach Klein for the first time. A new play enters Klein’s mind and he immediately draws it up on the chalkboard. “This is the play, this is it,” Klein says.

“That was basically Shaun,” Farrel said.

“He just kept telling us he got it and we kind of looked at him like, ‘what in the world are you talking about?’

“He drew it up and it worked.”

Manapua was first used during that 2011 season. Chandler was in the midst of another postseason thriller against Westview. Farrel and Garretson both remember rain coming down sideways.

Garretson’s son, Darell, was the quarterback of Chandler at the time. The slick conditions made it difficult to get the

a double down the left-field line to score two runs in the bottom of the 8th inning, giving Four Peaks the 11-10 win.

“It was a great way to end things,” Lamoreaux said. “For many of these girls it’s their last ride with Little League. It was a great way to end.”

The experience Lamoreaux was able to share with Olivia is one he will never forget, especially given that it is her last year of eligibility due to her age. Lamoreaux will likely not return as coach for the AllStar team next season.

passing game going. Garretson and Farrel watched Manapua unfold for the first time from the top of a lift in the back of the end zone.

Chandler won 35-34 in double-overtime. It was Aguano’s first playoff win.

“The weather really evened the playing field,” Farrel said.

“It was great football. Great

playoff football.”

The first time Chandler ran the play was almost its last, as the Wolves were told after the Westview game that it was an illegal formation due to the pre-snap shifts.

Chandler didn’t look into the rule, they had no interest in doing so. They changed the way Manapua was ran.

“We were told it had to do with the receivers starting on the line covered, then shifting to be uncovered,” Garretson said.

“All we had to change was where they started in the formation.”

A few years went by before they decided to look into the guidelines of the play.

They realized that the original variation of Manapua was, in fact, legal. Thus bringing it back to its original form.

Manapua was only used one more time before last year’s game against Highland.

The Wolves aimed to make a statement on their opening drive against rival Hamilton in 2017. After a score by Brooks, Chandler ran Manapua to go up 8-0 in a game they eventually won 50-14.

It’s a play Chandler always includes in its Thursday walkthrough practices. The Wolves may not always need it, but it’s there if they do.

“Coaching your kid has its ups and downs for her and for me,” Lamoreaux said. “But it’s been a great experience and for her to drive in the winning run, we are both happy about that.”

Overall, it was a great way to end the softball season before the high school season begins in the spring, where most of the girls will continue playing with one another.

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Highland linebacker Robert Kingsford was in the face of Chandler quarterback Jacob Conover during the final play of the semifinal game last season. Should Conover have waited even a half-second to throw, Kingsford would have had the game-winning sack. (Kimberly Car-

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Last year’s play call was gutsy in a situation that could have ended Chandler’s chance at winning the state title for the third consecutive year. But it was a gamble Aguano and the rest of the team were willing to take.

Highland’s players still think about the play from time-to-time, especially Kingsford. He knows just how close he was to helping his team knock off one of the state’s powerhouse programs.

As he begins his senior season for the Hawks, that play will stick with him. Not as a deterrent, but as motivation. The Hawks pushed Chandler to the brink last season, something most teams haven’t been able to do in the last three years.

They now know what it’s like to play on one of the biggest stages, and they will do what it takes to get back there and go even further in 2019.

“We know what we have to do to get to where we were and farther than that,” Kingsford said. “We just need to come out and do what we are supposed to do. We’re pumped."

man at Mountain View.

Lamoreaux said their friendship and chemistry was one of the key factors for their success during the All-Star season.

So to have most of the girls continue playing with each other at the next level, is special.

“Mountain View already has some good talent there, but these girls will just add to it,” Lamoreaux said. “They have so much confidence in each other so hopefully in a couple of years you will see that evolve at Mountain View."

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During a recent Limelight Theatre rehearsal for the upcoming production of “Seussical Jr.,” a number of the Mesa and Mesa thespians embraced their roles as 1) director Emma England observed. They included 2) Keith Varty, 12, of Mesa and Emily Colmenero, 11, of Chandler; 3) Samantha Springer, 9, of Mesa; 4) Janelle Frazer, 8, of Chandler; and 5) William Lowell, 12, of Mesa and Audra South, 7, of Gilbert, (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer)

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ith only a week to go before Gilbert’s Limelight Performing Arts Theatre presents “Seussical Jr.,” Emma England admits, “The pressure’s on.”

It’s not the usual pre-production jitters for the seasoned director.

It’s a matter of whether she and her talented cast of children and teens can take the AriZoni Awards by storm again.

In 2014, the last time the Limelight presented “Seussical Jr.,” its production picked up AriZonis for overall production, choreography, music direction, makeup, lighting and actress in a leading role.

England has made few changes to the presentation, al-

though some costumes had to be redone because costumes worn by the 2014 production’s actors and actresses didn’t fit the new ones.

“Obviously, once we’ve done the show, when we do it again, we kind of upgrade it, if you will,” England said. “So, we pulled out all the costumes. I mean, obviously some of the actors didn’t fit into the original costumes. That wasn’t a stipulation when we cast it. We didn’t say, you know, ‘you have to fit the costume.’ So, we did have to start from scratch on a couple of costumes that were either too big or too small. Then there were other costumes that we just wanted to do a little something extra with, kind of spice them up.”

“Our set is almost identical to last time, but we have added more of a playground element to it,” she added.

“So, we actually have a swing set, a full size slide and a full sized trampoline that’s part of the set. So those were added new this time. Other than that, it’s pretty much the exact same set from last time.”

Awards aren’t behind her selection of the beloved musical, which will play at Mesa Arts Center Aug. 15-25 with two special showings featuring the understudies at 2 p.m. Aug. 18 and 6:30 p.m. Aug. 22, at the Limelight, 511 W. Guadalupe Road, Gilbert.

The musical features Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and the other beloved characters from Dr. Seuss’s tale

of the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community.

England said she picked it “because it has such a wonderful story about accepting and being who you are.”

“It really resonates with what’s going on in society today,” she added. “I feel like it’s a story that everyone can relate to and the music is amazing.”

She said she likes the story about characters who “each kind of are told that they’re not good enough, but they go and they try to blend in and they tried to be good. But then eventually they realize that being themselves is what is what they should be excited about. I think that that’s a great topic for today.”

Her selection mirrors the Limelight’s mission “to provide meaningful and artistic experiences that build character and confidence, and give students the building blocks to pursue a career in the performing arts.”

The cast of about 25 includes England’s two children — 3-year-old Dominic, making his stage debut, and 5-year-old Gabriella.

“She loves performing,” England said of her daughter, who played the elephant bird in 2014 when she was just 9 months old. That role this time around goes to her younger brother.

England calls “Seussical Jr.” a “really unique” production in that the set stays in one place for the entire show.

“There aren’t big scene changes that we

would have with another musical, where you’ve got that piece just moving on and off. So, really this show is just all done by the cast. We have parents backstage helping with costume changes because there are several costume changes within the show. So instead of having a backstage full of set pieces, we actually have individual stations for kids to do their costume changes.”

As for the two shows at the Limelight featuring understudies, England said “we like to give as many kids the opportunity to fill a big part as possible.”

“We think that they invest more into the part of being an understudy when they know that they’re going to have the opportunity to perform it on stage,” she said, calling it a reward as well for the hard work they put into the production.

The shows at Mesa Arts Center’s Nesbitt/Elliott Playhouse” are at various times and they and tickets are available at mesaartscenter.com. Tickets for the two shows featuring understudies can be purchase at limelightyouththeater.com.

Mesa cast members include: McKenna Henry, 11; Hailey Laidig, 12; Abigail Lovell, 10; David Lovell, 6; Elliot Lovell, 8; William Lovell, 12; Savannah Springer, 9; and Keith Varty, 12.

Chandler actors and actresses include: Cole Blubaum, 11; Emily Colmenero, 11; Kaylee Delgado, 10; Kaylee Forth, 9; Janelle Frazier, 8; Ivy Moore, 13; and Libby Carr, 16.

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nn Morton had a nostalgic flashback when she looked through the Chandler Museum’s collections.

The Phoenix artist came across a vintage Camp Fire Girls dress and it made her think of her years as a Girl Scout, when she racked up merit badges for completing domestic skills like sewing.

The museum’s dress got her thinking.

It was a ceremonial dress made to resemble something worn by Native American women and Morton felt it was a fascinating example of cultural appropriation — when a dominant culture adopts the symbols and traditions of a minority culture.

The dress was worn by three generations of women between the 1920s and 1960s before it was given to the Chandler Museum. The Camp Fire Girls required members to dress as indigenous women because of their simple, inexpensive fashion, according to the organization’s 1915 manual.

It may have been an innocent adoption of Native American culture by well-intentioned, young girls, Morton said, but she thinks it illustrates how society takes cultural icons and repurposes them.

“We are all trying to search right now about where does white privilege come from and I think this is a prime example of that,” Morton said.

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Morton enjoys creating art that’s embedded with a bit of social commentary.

So, she was inspired to use the Camp Fire Girls dress as motivation for work she created as part of the museum’s “Inspired by History” exhibit.

The museum partnered with the city’s Vision Gallery to recruit local artists like Morton to create art inspired by artifacts in the museum’s collections. From spittoons used by A.J. Chandler to vanity mirrors dating back to the 1910s, artists were allowed to pick whatever artifact that sparked their creativity.

Morton decided to put a twist on her Camp Fire Girls dress by embroidering scout-inspired merit badges that subvert the concept of cultural appropriation.

She weaved together three badges: one depicting the famous Land O’Lakes icon of an Indigenous American woman, one displaying the word “assimilation,” and another depicting white bread and butter.

Morton said the badges can be interpreted however one sees them, but she thinks the white bread symbolizes 1950s American culture — a time when consumers bought and used Land O’Lakes butter without much thought about the iconography that was being commercialized.

“We’ve taken this cultural figure and kind of branded it for our own purpose,” Morton said.

Not all artwork included in the museum’s exhibit have the same political tone

as Morton’s. dow frames, a malt shop mixer, and an adding machine.

The piece created by Amanda “It’s just so interesting to Mollindo, another Phoenix artist, is rather personal see their interpretation of — in fact, so personal she it,” said Tiffani Egnor, the attached a physical piece museum’s curator of of herself to it. education.

Mollindo constructCulture, history and ed five embroidered art are the three mainhoops and pinned stays of the Chandler Mucurls of her own hair seum, she said, and this to each of them. Titled “Spiexhibit blends all those disciraled Fractions,” the artist plines together. said the piece was an intuitive The exhibit displays some response to looking at an oldhistorical background on each fashioned curling iron in the of the selected artifacts and museum’s collections. the artists provide a writMollindo’s curious about ten explanation on how it inhow people respond to her spired their artwork. hair and how they seem to at“A lot of these objects tach it to her identity. haven’t been on display in She had previously cut her the museum for a number of hair as part of another art years,” Egnor added, “so it’s project so she already had great to get some of these obsome of her curls in storage jects out and see them in a difby time she started thinking ferent light.” about what to create for the Another version of this exmuseum’s exhibit. hibit was on display last year at Mollindo mainly works with visuals to City Hall before the museum decided capture portraits of people and places, to host it. The museum’s version of but she wanted to work with her the exhibit will include a station hands to make something threethat allows visitors to create This ceremonial dress made to represent their own artwork indimensional. something worn by Native American women is “This was a really fun an example of cultural appropriation. spired by artifacts. experiment and a really The exhibit will refun opportunity to work a little outside of main open through Oct. 13. what I’m used to,” Mollindo said.

Information: 480-782-2717. Hours: Other artifacts used by artists include Tuesday — Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunan old suitcase, movie theatre seat, win- day: 1 - 5 p.m.

“This futuristic, vapor proof LED lighting system is more efficient and longer lasting, making it easier for archers to shoot at night and potentially attract more tournaments,” the Rosendin spokeswoman said.

Workers will also upgrade the electrical service, distribution board and power panels to the customer service area.

Rosendin also is upgrading the 30-year old electrical systems at the Usery Mountain Regional Park campsites to keep up with today’s increased electrical demands from modern RV’s (recreational vehicles).

It’s replacing all 75 electrical boxes throughout the camping area and working with SRP to upgrade the transformers that feed five main lines going to the campgrounds. Usery Mountain Park campgrounds will remain open during construction, though roadside barricades will block off areas to the public as a safe-

ty precaution. The electrical projects are expected to be completed in October.

“Rosendin is thrilled to be an integral part of these electrical projects in the county park system where we can bring the newest technology to public recreational areas where it can benefit everyone in our community,” said Larry Bruel, Rosendin’s manager for the park project.

“Our team has been working diligently over the past couple of years to update our existing infrastructure and bring new amenities into the parks. I think park visitors will be pleased with the updates that have been made,” added R.J. Cardin, Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department director.

The Usery Park construction is the latest in a series of upgrades planned for Maricopa County parks.

In April, Rosendin completed a one-

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rchers who like to fire off their arrows at Usery Mountain Regional Park will be disappointed for a couple months but they and RV owners likely will end up pretty happy.

The county park is undergoing an upgrade as Tempe-based Rosendin replaces aging electrical and lighting systems with new technology that a company spokeswoman said “will enhance the experience for families and recreational users.”

Beginning tomorrow, Aug. 12, the archery range will be closed for two months, though the camping grounds will remain open throughout upgrades in that area.

At the archery range, Rosendin will replace the 25-year old lighting poles with “innovative, high mast tower lighting at all six courses.”

year project at Estrella Mountain Regional Park in Goodyear to upgrade electrical and lighting fixtures at the camp ramadas, playground and host area.

The county also has plans to upgrade McDowell Mountain Regional Park near Fountain Hills and White Tank Mountain Regional Park in Waddell in the coming years.

About Rosendin: Rosendin is an employee-owned electrical contractor headquartered in San Jose, California with a regional office in Tempe, Arizona. With revenues upwards of $2 billion, Rosendin is one of the largest electrical contractors in the United States employing over 6,000 people. For 100 years, Rosendin has created a reputation for building quality electrical and communications installations, building value for clients, and building people within the company. For more information, visit www.rosendin.com.

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CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA COMMERCIAL WATER METER REHABILITATIONS PHASE 11B PROJECT NO. CP04680001 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF MESA COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT Transfer of City-Owned Properties Public Comment Period (August 12, 2019 – September 10, 2019)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, September 19, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.

Public Meeings (August 26, 2019 & September 5, 2019) Date of Publication: August 11, 2019

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

Transfer of City-Owned Properties

This project calls for the rehabilitation of 15 water meter assemblies (WMA) at 10 sites in the City of Mesa. The existing WMAs are within underground vaults, and are sized 3-inches, 4-inches- or 6-inches. The concrete lid of the concrete vaults will be removed with the remaining vault to be abandoned in place per the approved plans. The existing WMAs shall be replaced with new dual 2-inch, 4-inch or 6-inch WMAs, and relocated above ground. Site work will include installation of new piping restoration of the site, and landscape improvements to mitigate to impact of the view of the WMA.

The City of Mesa (City) has received a request from A New Leaf, an Arizona non-profit agency, to have three (3) City-owned properties transferred title ownership to A New Leaf. Each of the three properties have been leased by A New Leaf for more than ten (10) years. Under the City’s policy for the “Criteria for the Disposition of City Property Encumbered by CDBG, HOME, and NSP funding to Nonprofit Agencies” approved under City Council Resolution No. 11018, approved on August 28, 2017, properties leased to nonprofit agencies for a continuous period of ten (10) years are eligible to be sold/transferred to the nonprofit agency leasing the property. A New Leaf has met those requirements and has made a request for the property transfer.

The Engineer’s Estimate range is $650,000.00 - $750,000.00.

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

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

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from ARC Document Solutions, LLC, at https://order.e-arc.com/arcEOC/PWELL_Main.asp?mem=29. Click on “Go” for the Public Planroom to access plans. NOTE: In order to be placed on the Plan Holders List and to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, an order must be placed. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $23.00, which is non-refundable. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the website at the address listed above.

Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.e-arc.com.

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

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

In accordance with the federal regulations at 24 CFR, Part 570.505, the City may not change the use or planned use unless the City provides affected citizens with reasonable notice of, and opportunity to comment on any proposed change. The properties and their proposed changes are as follows: 217 W. University Drive – the property lease is to operate an alternative youth center providing counseling, education, administration, and related services for youth ages 8 to 17 and their families. Due to funding cuts for the program, the proposed use would be to house the IT services, quality management and facility support for all of A. New Leaf services. These services afford emergency and quality responses of acute importance to support the clients and staff of A New Leaf.

Address Confidential – the property lease is to operate a youth shelter and domestic violence support services. Due to funding cuts for the program, the proposed use would be transitional housing for single women who are successfully overcoming challenges, homelessness, domestic abuse, achieving financial goals and learning to live independently.

Address Confidential – the property lease is to operate a shelter for women and children seeking shelter from domestic abuse. The shelter provides women the time and resources needed to recover from trauma they experienced and gain independence from their abuser. The facility provides safe housing, meals and basic needs, support services including case management, financial coaching, employment assistance, childcare, life skills development and referrals for additional assistance. There will be no change to the use and services at this property.

Notice of Public Comment Period A 30-day public comment period regarding the proposed transfer of properties and uses will begin on Monday, August 12, 2019 and end on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. All written comments received no later than September 10, 2019 will be considered. In addition, the City will hold two (2) public meetings to hear comments and address questions related to the property transfers.

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

Written comments may be sent to: Raymond Thimesch, City of Mesa, P.O. Box 1466, Mesa, AZ 85211-1466. You may also contact him at (480) 644-4521, or via e-mail at Ray.Thimesch@mesaaz.gov for further information.

Work shall be completed within 257 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Public Meetings

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

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

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

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Aug. 11, 18, 2019 / 22622

Public Meeting #1: Will be held onMonday, August 26, 2019 at 5:00 pm at the Mesa City Plaza located at 20 E. Main St., Room 170 East.

Public Meeting #2: Will be held on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 5:00 pm at the Mesa City Plaza located at 20 E. Main St., Room 170 East.

The City of Mesa will make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities who need an alternative accessible format of notices.

If you need to request translations, or additional information, please contact Ray Thimesch at (480) 644-4521, e-mail: Ray.Thimesch@mesaaz.gov Liz Morales, Housing and Community Development Director (August 11, 2019, East Valley Tribune) Equal Housing Opportunity Published: East Valley Tribune, Aug 11, 2019 / 22616

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Public Notices

Public Notices

CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA

CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

STAPLEY PARK PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS Project No. LF0329STP

WASHINGTON PARK PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS Project No. LF0330WSH

The City of Mesa is developing plans to upgrade the playground equipment at Stapley Park. The old playground equipment will be removed and replaced with new playground equipment along with new play area surfacing. The City of Mesa would like students and members of the neighboring community to share their input on which type of play features will be in the new playground.

The City of Mesa is developing plans to upgrade the playground equipment at Washington Park. The old playground equipment will be removed and replaced with new playground equipment along with new play area surfacing. The City of Mesa would like the neighboring community to share their input on which type of play features will be in the new playground.

You are invited to attend a Public Meeting where City staff will be available to answer your questions.

No formal presentation will be given.

You are invited to attend a Public Meeting where City staff will be available to answer your questions. No formal presentation will be given.

Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Time: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Location: Step Up School-Accordion Room 44 E 5th Street Mesa, AZ 85201

Time: 6:00 pm to 7:00pm Location: Eagles Park Community Center-Room 118 828 E. Broadway Rd Mesa, AZ 85204

$

100 Off!

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What we do…

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

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

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If you have any questions or concerns regarding this project, please contact Michele Arrollado, Lucy Lopez or Juanita Gonzales with the City of Mesa Engineering Public Relations Department at (480) 6443800.

Published: East Valley Tribune, Aug 4, 11, 2019 / 22307

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this project, please contact Michele Arrollado, Lucy Lopez and Juanita Gonzales with the City of Mesa Engineering Public Relations Department at (480) 644-3800.

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• Children with eagle wings soar through the miniature Bird’s-Eye Village • Holiday lights, music, and refreshments • Train ride through a magic tunnel to the North Pole and back • Santa boards the train at the whimsical North Pole Village with gifts for all of the children • Meet Flurry, a real bald eagle and Princess Noel, characters from The Magical Christmas Journey™ book

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