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NEWS ........................ 4

Freeway opening an EV game changer.

COMMUNITY ........ 13 Stephen Ministers help the hurting.

SPORTS .................... 19 Where Buckeye, Tiger fans can cheer.

Zoppe Family opens kids’ circus camp 20

Sunday, December 22, 2019

Mesa drops First Christmas, first Santa rent to fire up new start-ups

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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enedictine University’s Mesa campus will receive a significant rent reduction to help it grow, while the city also spends up to $2 million to add 10,000 square feet of office space to accommodate a new entrepreneurship program.

Benedictine and Co+Hoots, a major Phoenix co-working and business incubation company, will launch the new Co+Hoots Institute for Entrepreneurship at Benedictine University next year.

Benedictine, an Illinois-based Catholic University, opened in Mesa in 2013 and rents a city building at 225 W. Main St. across from city hall. The Mesa campus has an enrollment of 586 students, according to a city council report.

The council voted 7-0 to approve the lease amendment on Monday and welcomed

see BENEDICTINE page 3

St. Nick dropped by Alta Mesa Park Dec. 14 as part of the CycloMesa WinterFest, and 5-month-old Aubrey Dawood, left, and 4-month-old Olivia Tamaru seemed pretty content with their first-ever close-up meeting with Santa. For more on the fest, see page 12. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Waymo is emerging as a new crime-fighting tool FOOD ........................22 Even Scrooge will smile at this wreath.

COMMUNITY ............... 12 BUSINESS .......................17 OPINION ....................... 18 SPORTS ......................... 19 GETOUT......................... 21 CLASSIFIED....................28

BY KEVIN REAGAN Tribune Staff Writer

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32-year-old man was peddling his bicycle along Galveston Street on the night of April 12, 2019, and as he approached Chippewa Drive, he was struck by the side of a moving car.

Witnesses saw the driver stop for a few moments before fleeing. The cyclist was left to lie out in the street – blood dripping from his face,

his leg severely fractured. He was rushed to the hospital and treated for his injuries.

The Chandler Police Department canvassed the area for any residents with security cameras hoping one camera may have captured the collision on tape. But nothing turned up showing the suspect’s license plate number.

A month passed before a detective submitted a search warrant for video footage of a self-driving car, he suspected, recorded the hit-and-run suspect. The car belonged to Way-

mo, the Google-affiliated company often circulating autonomous cars around Chandler over the last few years.

The high-tech vehicles come equipped with several cameras and sensors continuously logging what it perceives on the streets.

These cars have been hailed by their creators as the solution to make the country’s roads safer – eliminating the human error many believe

see WAYMO page 8

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Co+Hoots owners Odeen Domingo and his wife, Jenny Poon, to Mesa.

The entrepreneurship program – launched through a partnership between Co+Hoots and Benedictine – is expected to include classes and mentoring, matching students with entrepreneurs who can guide them in the creation of startup businesses.

Benedictine’s lease with Mesa was extended from 15 to 25 years. A graduated series of rent reductions peak between this month and July 31, 2022, with a 70 percent reduction – from $666,600 annually to $199,998.

After, the lease reductions decline to 50 percent between 2022 and 2025 and 30 percent from 2025-2028.

Jeff McVay, Mesa’s downtown transformation manager, views the entrepreneurship program as a critical element of Mesa’s much-talked-about Innovation District.

The concept, first recommended by the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, D.C., involves the encouragement of collaboration eventually turns new ideas into new companies based in Mesa.

“We are trying to create an entrepreneurship ecosystem,’’ McVay said. “The over-arching goal is Benedictine will have more space,’’ making it possible for them to expand, attracting more students and hiring more staff.

The break on the lease comes with some strings attached, he said.

“Every year, Benedictine will have to say, ‘this is what we accomplished with the savings’’ from the lease reduction, McVay said, with the city hoping Benedictine will build another 10,000 square feet on their own. “Their size is limited by the amount of faculty they have onboard and the space.’’

After the entrepreneurship program opens and students start interacting with mentors, McVay said the city is hoping new, innovative businesses will sprout.

“By the time they are done with the program, we hope they will open a business and they will do it in downtown Mesa,’’ he said.

He said he is convinced Co+Hoots is the perfect partner, an opinion echoed by several council members.

McVay also said Co+Hoots is ranked as the number one co-working space in metro Phoenix because of its combination of facilities and expertise in launching businesses.

Kevin Broeckling, president of Benedictine’s Mesa campus, said Benedictine has grown from a budget of $2 million to

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Jenny Poon is the founder of Co+Hoots Phoenix and is bringing the concept to Benedictine University’s downtown Mesa campus to provide classes and mentoring to entrepeneurs starting new businesses. (Special to the Tribune)

$10 in six years and has awarded $4 ½ million in scholarships.

He said Benedictine’s partnership with Co+Hoots will serve as “the perfect complement’’ to Mesa’s Innovation District.

“We owe it to other people and to the community we serve to do good for others,’’ Broeckling said.

Among the businesses using space at Co+Hoots is Uber, the ubiquitous ride-sharing company. Uber used Co+Hoots as an office when it first entered the Arizona market and later opened a Southwest headquarters.

Co+Hoots rents office space, but it also helps entrepreneurs obtain the skills they need to become successful, through workshops, incubation services and a speaker series.

Domingo said the entrepreneurship program includes skills to help students in the business world, whether they start their own business or not.

Those skills include critical thinking, team building, problem-solving, leadership and public speaking.

Cahoots describes the program on its web site as “an intensive entrepreneur immersion program to nurture, improve and accelerate students’ entrepreneurial traits and skills.’’

Domingo said 60 percent of Benedictine students are the first person in their family to attend college.

Co+Hoots started a non-profit in Phoenix aimed at helping to develop the untapped talents of the community in 2013.

“We hope to bring this program to other schools as well. This is a pilot program,’’ Domingo said. “The best thing you can do for an entrepreneur is to expose them to a network, introducing them to someone who can help them.’’

He said the program will start with 20 students and gradually grow by another 20 students per year.

“We can create an impact on their lives and also on the local economy,’’ Domingo said. “This aligns exactly with our values.’’

He said the lease signed by the council “represents a strategic partnership between Mesa and Benedictine University,’’ as well as an opportunity for Co+Hoots to expand.

“We believe in Mesa and what is happening in downtown Mesa,’’ Domingo said. “We will help these students create their own job.’’

Mesa City Councilman Jeremy Whittaker said he sought out Co+Hoots shortly after his election because part of his campaign centered on stimulating the creation of entrepreneurial businesses in Mesa.

He said he was impressed by Co+Hoots and ended up joining Domingo and his wife in a charitable endeavor, building homes in Mexico.

“It was part of my goal, to support small business and entrepreneurship,’’ Whittaker said. “Everyone points to Co+Hoots as a shining example of what you can do for entrepreneurs.’’

NEWS 4 THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | DECEMBER 22, 2019

Freeway to open, bringing a new world to thousands

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

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fter decades of planning and preparation, years of litigation and 36 months of digging, blasting and back-breaking work, the Congressman Ed Pastor Freeway is about to open.

Flanked by Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke, former Chandler Councilman/current County Supervisor and State Transportation Board Chairman Jack Sellers and scores of other state and local leaders, Gov. Doug Ducey held a press conference Dec. 18 to announce completion of the 22mile, eight-lane link connecting the Chandler and West 59th Avenue interchange on Interstate 10 – and a thoroughfare for an estimated 117,000 to 140,000 vehicles a day, half of them trucks.

But the exact date of the freeway’s opening remains a mystery.

“Soon,” replied Arizona Department of Transportation Director John Halikowski when the San Tan Sun News asked for a specific opening date. “We hope to have it opened before the end of the year.”

Ducey and others hailed the achievement, which at $1.7 billion is the most expensive single highway project in state history, saying it “connects the East Valley and West Valley in ways impacting the region’s economy for decades and “enable our state’s growth for generations to come.”

Although Halikowsky said some loose ends need tidying up and the freeway given a final inspection, state police already have been using it – moving at the legal speed limit from one end to the other in 13 minutes, one source said.

On Dec. 19, State Transportation Board members were to get a private tour along the entire stretch – and Sellers couldn’t wait, saying he’s been involved one way or another with discussions of the freeway “for longer than I can remember.”

“I did tell them one thing, I wanted it open while I am still chairman” of the board, said Sellers, whose term expires Dec. 31.

Chief State Engineer Dallas Hammit told the board last month, “There’s still a lot of work to be done. All those lawsuits trying to stop the project are done, but there are some concerns on right-of-way, on noise walls we’re working with through our normal process.”

Even after it opens – most likely next week – there are three major pieces will take about six months to complete.

They include two last-minute additions to the project totaling an extra $20 million – interchanges at 32nd Street in Ahwatukee and around Ivanhoe Street near the

Former Chandler Councilman Jack Sdellers, now a county supervisor and chairman of the State Transportation Board, says a long-held dream of his has come true with completion of the Congressman Ed Pastor Freeway.

Sellers and other officials call it a game-0changer for the east and west Valley economies. (Chris Mortenson/

Tribune Staff Photographer)

Vee Quiva Casino on the Gila River Indian Community.

Also slated for completion next year is the 15-to-20-foot-wide multi-use path along six miles of southern side of the Ahwatukee segment of freeway ADOT agreed to build after cyclists and joggers complained about the loss of flat Pecos Road and its mountain and open-desert vistas.

The $1.7-billion freeway is the work of Arizona’s first major public-private partnership between ADOT and a consortium of companies called Connect202Partners.

This partnership used a design-build approach to the freeway with a 30year maintenance agreement. Connect202Partners is led by Fluor Enterprises Inc., and includes Granite Construction Co., Ames Construction Inc. and Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. as the lead designer. Additionally, 10 subcontractors had participated in the construction.

Fluor and DBi Services, LLC, will maintain the lanes for 30 years with oversight from ADOT. “The project has turned heads around the industry because its sophisticated alternative delivery package is expected to result in cost savings between $122 million and $200 million and bring motorists onto the new freeway about three years ahead of schedule,” said HDR, a general engineering consultant ADOT used for the freeway.

The project includes two half-mile bridges over the Salt River, 15 interchanges, high-occupancy vehicle lanes as well as HOV ramps, five underpasses for wildlife and hikers and the state’s first half-di-

vergent diamond interchanges.

The two half-divergent interchanges are both in Ahwatukee, at Desert Foothills Parkway and 17th Avenue, and are patterned after full-divergent diamond interchanges in a handful of other states to improve safety and mobility for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.

Along the entire stretch of the freeway, crews installed more than 20 miles of drainage pipe, laid over 107,000 tons of asphalt pavement, installed more than 1,000 girders, built 40 bridges, moved 9.9 million cubic yards of dirt and used 10,800 tons of rebar manufactured from recycled steel.

Government and private-sector leaders hailed the project as a vital step toward the completion of the freeway loop system promising to stimulate massive economic development in parts of Phoenix and the West Valley.

“Throughout the design-build-maintain lifecycle, South Mountain Freeway is estimated to create about 30,000 jobs,” HDR said, indicating it would generate $2 billion in economic development along the entire stretch of the freeway and beyond.

Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels said last year, “As an East Valley mayor, I am especially excited to see this extension take place from a business perspective. The freeway will provide an economic development corridor and will better connect businesses in the East and West Valleys.”

“I saw firsthand how the Loop 202 Santan Freeway helped business development,” Daniels added.

Hartke said Chandler has been preparing for months for the freeway to open

– eager to tap into the potential job market in the West Valley to fill hundreds of opening in Chandler.

“There’s a very qualified workforce out there, whether it’s plumbers, electricians, carpenters or engineers,” Hartke told the San Tan Sun News, saying newer companies have settled in Chandler “are super-excited about this freeway opening.”

This flow of jobs could be a two-way street.

Orion Real Estate Investment said while the freeway would be “a release valve for traffic congestion on existing freeways and local streets,” it envisions explosive growth in the West Valley “It’s not often when 22 miles of freeway is added to a major city in the U.S.,” Orion said. “It also isn’t often when a large area becomes ripe for a slew of economic development opportunities for a variety of markets. Phoenix is set to see all of this become a reality when the South Mountain Freeway is finished.”

It predicted the industrial sector “will feel the most immediate impact.”

“The West Valley has become the epicenter of Phoenix’s industrial market, primarily for logistics operations,” it said, noting the traffic congestion on the I-10 “has been caused by semi-trucks moving goods eastward.”

“Last-mile deliverers will likely view West Valley as a more viable location moving forward and will feel less pressure to establish operations somewhere in the East Valley,” Orion said.” Conversely, logistics companies in the East Valley will have easier access to the West Valley and major metropolitan areas in California.”

Orion also forecasts an explosion in multifamily construction, primarily in areas of south and west Phoenix - likely in Laveen and South Mountain.

It also noted Gilbert and Chandler were basically “farm towns with an abundance of developable land” until they “were transformed into dynamic economic engines in a relatively short period of time.”

Orion also forecast significant office building and retail growth will follow the resident development.

Less clear is the impact on the huge swath of reservation land the freeway runs near. One warehouse project already is on the books on Gila River Indian Community land at 40th Street and the ramps near Ivanhoe Street are being installed partly to provide “improved access to and from the Gila River Indian Community west of the freeway.”

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NEWS 6 THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | DECEMBER 22, 2019

Police pick up ‘Troll’s Teddy Bears’ to comfort kids

BY NICOLE D’ALONZO Tribune Staff Writer

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ometimes the comfort of a teddy bear can transform a child’s day full of traumatic events into a day of safety, comfort and hope.

This is the vision and goal of East Mesa resident Greg “Troll” Hughes, who brings comfort to children in some of the worst times by collecting hundreds of new teddy bears during Troll’s Teddy Bear Run. “I know every single one of these fluffy toys is going to make a kid’s day,” Hughes said.

On Dec., 16, Mesa Police Department picked up 1,122 new teddy bears and stuffed animals from American Bike and Trike in Gilbert as a result of local East Valley businesses and organizations.

During this year’s fourth annual Troll’s Teddy Bear Run earlier in the month, more than 100 motorcyclists took part in the 125-mile run from the bike store to a celebration at the Wahoo Restaurant and Bar in Gold Canyon.

Donations were also collected from sponsors, including the Arizona Patriot Guard Riders, a local Mesa motorcycle group, they donated 300 bears; East Valley resident Heather Budge Henry, who through her job donated 100 bears; Law Tigers Arizona and other organizations.

“We rely quite heavily on the community. Since Troll has taken over, the drive has increased exponentially,” said Shelly Ward, victim services administrator for

here and we are invested in their process.” The teddy bears are part of a soothing bond with victims.

“For some this may be their only possession,” Ward said of young victims of abuse or other trauma, especially those fleeing domestic violence situations with a parent.

Hughes said the Teddy Bear Run began at Chester’s Harley Davidson to collect stuffed toys for children involved with the Mesa Police Department’s Family Advocacy.

When Chester’s was sold to new owners and it looked like the annual run would end, Hughes at the last minute decided to take on the event and make it More than 1,100 bears were piled into a room at American Bike and Trike in Gilbert until Mesa police officers last week had a chance his annual service to the to start taking some back to work for use with children traumatized by situations police investigate. (Chris Mortenson/Tribune Staff community.

Photographer) Currently, the charity Mesa Police Department’s Family Advo- is treated with kindness and feels safe serves not only the advocacy center but when they come here. We want them to has expanded to Mesa and Gilbert’s pocacy Center.

Ward explained the advocacy center know we are listening when they come lice and fire departments. often will interview children involved in sexual assaults or other traumatic events. After the interview, staff members will take the minor children into the “soft room” to select a comfort or support item. The room contains shelves of blankets, journals and soft toys.

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Mesa Crime Prevention Officer Lindy Marino stocked up on bears for the children she assists while doing her job.

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To donate: Officers stuffed bags with the teddy bears, collected by motorcycle enthusiasts during an East Valley run earlier this month. (Chris Mortenson/Tribune Staff Photographer)

TrollsBikerWorld.com or Troll’s Biker World on Facebook. American Bike and Trike will also now be accepting donations all year long at its Gilbert location, on Val Vista Drive and the San Tan Freeway, 3272 S 147th Place.

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THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | DECEMBER 22, 2019

317-percent increase in flu cases alarms EV docs

BY HALEY LORENZEN Tribune Contributor

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he Arizona Department of Health Services is reporting three times as many influenza cases at this time of year compared to previous seasons, prompting East Valley doctors to urge people to protect themselves from the flu.

A total of 3,354 flu cases have been reported as of Dec. 12. During the 20182019 flu season, there were only 804 flu cases reported at this time of year – meaning cases have increased 317 percent.

Many medical professionals are worried this could lead to an overall worse flu season.

“We always anticipate January and February being the worst, but we always get concerned when this first bump is coming pretty significantly. If those numbers are high, then we anticipate the second bump, which is traditionally always very high, is going to be a lot worse,” said Dr. Joseph Winchell, an emergency room physician at Banner Desert Medical Center and Cardon Children’s Medical Center.

In the past week, 944 laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported throughout the state, while the five-season average for this time of year is 229 cases. Of these confirmed cases, 70 percent have been influenza type B, according to AZDHS. “There’s really no rhyme or reason to it,” Winchell said.

“In the summertime, the CDC makes an educated guess as far as what flu strand is going to hit us the hardest, but it’s what it is, an educated guess. We really don’t start getting truly good data and trends until the flu season starts,” he added.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, elevated levels of flu activity have been observed for the past four weeks nationally.

Arizona’s flu activity is categorized as “moderate,” while several neighboring states – including California, Nevada, and New Mexico – were categorized as “widespread.”

“We see these evident flows of flu cases; we had a really bad one in 2009, a really bad one in 2016 and 2017, so you just have these different strains and mutations and variations of the flu happen to hit the population pretty hard during any given flu season,” Winchell said.

Many hospitals across the Valley have

also implemented earlier-than-usual flu season visitor restrictions.

One of the earliest restrictions implemented was at all Abrazo Health locations. On Nov. 25, Abrazo Health began restricting visitors under 12 from being in patient care areas.

Dr. Gary Smith, the chief medical officer at Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, said he has noticed a significant increase of cases at Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital.

“A lot of this is because ASU, which this hospital is in the backyard of. There’s been a number of those cases have come through Tempe St. Luke’s. And it’s where it is where we’ve seen the highest uptick,” Smith said.

“Our other hospitals have had earlier cases than what’s typical,” he added.

“Steward Medical Group, which is our outpatient services, also has seen earlier and increased numbers of cases as well.”

Although Winchell explained everyone is at risk for catching the flu, he said specific populations are at a higher risk.

“The people who are at risk for complications of the flu, which is what we worry about, are the extremes of age, the very young and the very old, pregnant females are also at risk because their immune system is compromised, and other folks with significant medical issues,” Winchell said.

Maricopa County Public Health announced the first pediatric flu death of the season. In a press release, the department said the infant was too young to receive a flu vaccine.

Dr. Kara Geren, an emergency medicine physician at Valleywide Health Medical Center, explained the flu affects babies differently than adults.

“Our flu tests also test for something called RSV, which is a respiratory syncytial virus. In most adults, it just causes a cold, but it’s really dangerous for little babies, especially when under a year. We’ve seen a good amount too,” she said.

Winchell, Smith, and Geren urged individuals to take action and to get flu shots.

If an individual does get the flu, they said, the best way to prevent the spread of the infection and prevent serious complications is to stay home.

“If a person feels like they have flulike symptoms, they should stay home from work or school. They should not go out and run errands,” Smith said. “They should really self-quarantine to their own homes.”

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NEWS 8 THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | DECEMBER 22, 2019

Skateland starts STEM program for EV kids

BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer

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kateland Mesa is spicing up the ways in which students can learn about science technology engineering and math.

As part of the company’s larger mission to provide a space for kids to learn and play, Skateland, 7 E. Southern Ave., is offering three-hour STEM field trips to elementary and middle schoolers throughout the region.

Through 13 different lessons, the entertainment center establishes a fun and creative way for students to learn about STEM as it relates to roller skating.

“Once we started seeing STEM establishing in schools and a core focus to teach it, we jumped on board,” said Skateland Mesa General Manager Crissela Aguilar.

“We said, ‘We bet we can show them [students] STEM is everywhere and can be applied everywhere,” she continued.

“It’s a perfect way for students to connect.”

More than 6,500 students participated in the program last year, she added.

Between 2017 and 2027, the number of STEM jobs is projected to grow 13 percent, compared to the 9 percent for nonSTEM jobs, according to the Education Commission of the States.

Through Skateland’s program, STEM educators teach visiting students about how STEM principles exist in about every

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causes the majority of accidents.

The mobility of this new technology may additionally become a valuable asset for law enforcement when it comes to conducting criminal investigations.

In Chandler’s hit-and-run case, a Maricopa County judge signed off on a search warrant to review Waymo’s footage.

One of the company’s cars was driving east on Ray Road when it passed the vehicle suspected of hitting the cyclist.

But investigators determined Waymo’s footage was not clear enough to reveal any of the hit-run car’s identifying markers, police reports show.

As of last month, the suspect had yet to be identified.

Chandler Police said it doesn’t regularly attempt to look into Waymo’s cameras to solve crimes and the hit-and-run case was a rare incident.

If the department becomes aware a Waymo car has evidence related to an in-

Kids get lessons and get to have some fun during the STEM field trips to Skateland Mesa on Southern Avenue just east of Country Club Drive. (Special to the Tribune)

aspect of life, with a focus on hands-on activities.

The lessons, which can range from teaching about friction to the rate of speed, are customized based on the needs of the visiting students, whether they’re part of an after-school club or disabled, among other things.

“Skating is starting to become a lost art – a lot of kids don’t know how to skate these days,” said STEM coordinator and educator Reyna Melendez, adding: “Newer generations are stuck on their phones and not getting any kind of exercise, so I thought it was genius they started this STEM program.

vestigation, the agency said it may try to obtain it the same as when investigators review surveillance cameras stationed outside homes or businesses.

Criminology experts foresee the increasing presence of self-driving cars in Arizona as a unique opportunity for criminal investigations.

Adam Scott Wandt, an assistant professor of public policy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, had not heard of police subpoenaing car companies for access to autonomous cars.

But he thinks it falls in line with cops inspecting other types of technology like doorbell cameras, Apple watches or social media profiles.

“That’s just the latest trend in what is a very common practice for law enforcement to try to get evidence from all different types of electronic places,” Wandt said.

Wandt describes himself as both a privacy advocate and supporter of self-driving cars. He thinks as long as police have probable cause, then a company’s camer-

Skateland Mesa follows a lesson plan provided by its corporate office in Ohio but is still able to tailor how it implements the lessons.

Lessons include the Science of Roller Skating; Motion and Rink Design; Music, Math and Roller Skating; Super Sound!

Acoustics and Rink Design; and Engineering Magic and Lighting.

“Lesson 1 is a very popular lesson, it’s The Science Behind Roller Skating,” said Melendez.

“Friction is huge, we talk about what happens if you start roller skating on carpet – and how it has high friction,” she continued. “You don’t move as fast with high

as should be subject to disclosure.

But it’s up to Waymo and Uber to maintain control over access to its information, Wandt added, and not allow the government to turn the company’s cars into an unregulated, widespread surveillance system.

“I could see a dystopian future where every car on the road – police could just use as a mobile video camera without any legal process going on,” Wandt said. “That would be horrible.”

Waymo’s privacy policy warns users the information it gathers from its ride-hailing service is subject to legal requests from outside entities.

Waymo brought its fleet of self-driving cars to Chandler a couple years ago and plans to build another facility soon in Mesa.

Waymo recently announced it’s provided more than 100,000 rides since launching in 2017.

Other police departments in the Valley have not asked Waymo for evidence relat-

friction, so friction resists the motion.”

Melendez said she also discusses rate of speed and even goes into topics like the metabolic processes behind burning calories while skating.

The educator said she once had a robotics team come in, so she created a new lesson plan requiring students to build paper cars out of roller skates and other materials.

“They designed a car with materials we gave them,” Melendez explained. “For example, with the roller skates, they had to take off the wheels and use them as the wheels for the cars.”

“We also gave them things like wire, Popsicle sticks, paper and balloons,” she said.

After one hour of learning, the students are then free to skate for the remaining two hours.

The cost rings in at about $11 per student, but package deals are also available – some of which include pizza or other meals.

“Our mission is to create a clean, fun, friendly and safe place for families and children to come,” said Aguilar.

“When students really get to apply something to the outside world, they make a connection that makes a lot more sense for them,” she continued.

To book a field trip: unitedskates. com/public/mesa/parties-groups/ school/field-trips/index.cfm. ed to an investigation but would do so if the opportunity arose.

“We utilize any evidence we can obtain and can aid in the resolution of an incident or a situation to help reduce harm in the City of Tempe,” said Det. Greg Bacon of the Tempe Police Department.

Though his agency has not obtained search warrants to inspect Waymo’s cameras, Bacon said they would follow the same process for obtaining any other type of digital evidence.

Bacon said Tempe detectives can contact Waymo to find out whether one of its cars may have recorded footage related to a crime or collision.

Mesa Police said the cameras on a Waymo car helped solve an aggravated assault committed last year against one of the company’s drivers.

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Mesa schools getting more counselors and officers

BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer

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esa Public Schools is receiving close to $3 million in state School Safety Grants to funnel toward funding school resource officers and counselors.

Through the Arizona Department of Education, the district secured 13 school resource officer grants with an average annual cost of $117,000, and 19 counselor grants with an average value of $70,000.

The positions will be funded through a three-year cycle beginning next school year.

“We are thrilled to have them,” said district spokeswoman Helen Hollands. “This is a huge benefit to our students and our families.”

School resource officers play a large security role in schools with some class time, she explained, and counselors provide social-emotional support.

The district’s school resource officer

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Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis said despite the bitter and prolonged court effort the community waged to stop the freeway, “We’re now connected and we’re looking to the future.”

He also noted the community’s ongoing negotiations for the widening of a 22-mile stretch of I-10 between the Chandler interchange and Casa Grande – the only four-lane stretch on the six-lane interstate – now “has top priority.”

Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell, as chair of the Maricopa County of Governments, spoke about the freeway’s economic impact, noting more than half of the future population and job growth in Maricopa County will be in its southeastern and southwestern quarters.

Echoing, Federal Highway Administration Division Administrator Karla Petty said, “This segment of the Loop 202 will provide faster and easier access between the East and West Valley cities while making it more convenient for residents to access other parts of the Valley for work, shopping, education and entertainment.”

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grants are continuations for junior high schools and high schools, while the counselor grants are slated for only elementary schools.

Earlier this year, the Arizona Legislature passed a bill expanding the School Safety Program, which funds ADE-trained school resource officers and juvenile probation officers.

The expansion added $20 million to the original $12 million, creating a new $32 million program and giving districts the choice between counselors and school social workers or resource officers.

“This is a big win for Arizona schools,” said Education Department spokesman Richie Taylor.

“For the first time, we’re dedicating money for counselors, social workers and behavioral support,” he continued. “I think it’s a step in the right direction we should be taking as a state.”

Although MPS was already participating in the program before the expansion, it needed to be strategic with how it moved forward.

The South Mountain Freeway – renamed in honor of the late Congressman Pastor’s work on behalf of many freeway projects in Arizona – was first conceived in 1983 as the Southwest Loop Highway.

It became more than a wish list item when voters approved the freeway system in 1985.

But it wasn’t until ADOT began buying up homes in Ahwatukee neighborhoods in the early part of this century as part of its right-of-way acquisitions when opposition ballooned.

The Gila River Indian Community and a group of Ahwatukee homeowners united as Protect Arizona’s Resources and Children had distinct reasons for fighting the freeway in the form of two federal lawsuits, eventually were treated by the courts as one big case.

Native Americans primarily opposed the freeway because it cut through three peaks of South Mountain, which they consider sacred. PARC zeroed in on the environmental impact of all the trucks and cars on children who attended more than a dozen schools along the thoroughfare’s path.

Those environmental concerns also were shared by the Gila River Indian Community, which accused ADOT of running

Hollands explained there was only a short period to apply for the new positions following the announcement.

“We had a real tight window for filling out the application online,” she said. “Prior, we were already working toward the re-upping of the [SRO] grants, so we had a lot of the data and information already available.”

“But the school counselor grants were new to us, so it took some legwork to be able to pull the information together to make the case for the schools we applied for,” she added.

The district created a criterion to help determine which schools would benefit from counselors the most, including their qualifications for free and reduced lunch, student-counselor ratios and surrounding neighborhood.

The decision to add the counselors to only elementary schools was predicated on the success of the district’s addition of 37 new counselors to grade schools at the beginning of the school year.

“We decided to add counselors to ele-

roughshod over sacred burial sites despite ADOT’s assertion it devoted countless hours to carefully examining land in the freeway’s path so no sacred sites were desecrated.

Ahwatukee homeowners near the freeway’s footprint said the tens of thousands of vehicles a day estimated to use the freeway will generate toxic fumes they said could pose health hazards not only to school children but virtually anyone living there.

“No freeway is worth the destruction of the South Maintain Park and Preserve,” PARC President Patricia Lawlis said last week. “This freeway represents a huge investment for little benefit except for trucking companies is especially reprehensible.”

Both ADOT and FHA vehemently denied the allegations, contending they had devoted years of analysis to the freeway’s impact on wells, air, noise and nearby parkland and the had adhered to all federal environmental guidelines, even going beyond the mandated guidelines.

The tribal and neighborhood parties in the suit filed thousands of briefs and exhibits to stop the freeway.

In August 2016, U.S. District Judge Diane

mentary schools due to the overwhelming support it received from before,” said Hollands.

“A counselor, especially at an elementary level, focuses much of their time on the social and emotional learning of our students,” she continued. “One of the things we’ll say over and over again is, for a student to learn and learn well, they need to be ready to learn.”

“Many times,” she added, “students are dealing with life and they need help with coping skills and strategies our school counselors can work on.”

The district also opted out of applying for grants for more than one position per school, said Hollands.

Existing grantees continuing on the program – with no change in their position – will continue to receive funding for their school resource officer for the new grant cycle, according to the ADE website.

New grantees will receive access to funds when they have a contract in place and will have until August 2020 to fill their new position.

Humetewa’s issued a 35-page decision rejecting all the opponents’ claims and ADOT announced it would immediately begin removing federally protected plants, such as Saguaros, from the freeway path and relocating them in safe areas for replanting once construction was complete.

Thousands of more pages of briefs followed as opponents tried to upend the decision in the Ninth District of the U.S. Court of Appeals.

The fight died there as a panel of judges upheld Humetawa.

But the discontent didn’t die.

The construction triggered numerous complaints by residents, who said crews working almost round-the-clock were disrupting people’s sleep and extensive blasting cracked foundations and walls on homes and garages, Residents already have been bitterly complaining about unshielded lights, forcing a number of residents to buy black-out curtains as their backyards look like stadiums during a night game.

But while resentment among some people is drowned out by praise for the project, one thing is clear: The freeway will likely be open any day and bring with it a new world to thousands.

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Students make high school’s first menorah

BY KEVIN REAGAN Tribune Staff Writer

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everal months after swastikas were posted outside Perry High School, students are displaying an alternative message by building a giant menorah.

CTeen East Valley, a club of local Jewish teenagers, constructed a seven-foot-tall menorah this past month and received permission to display it in Perry’s front office.

Rabbi Tzvi Rimler, who leads the CTeen club, said some students noticed none of Perry’s holiday decorations represented Jewish customs.

The club’s members decided to correct this by building a life-size menorah and informing classmates of its peaceful symbolism.

“A lot of these kids don’t even know what a menorah is,” Rimler said.

The menorah is an ancient candelabrum often associated with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. One of the instrument’s nine branches is lighted during each night of the winter celebration.

The ritual pays tribute to the Hebrew story of a one-day supply of oil keeping candles lit for up to eight days during a tumultuous historical period when Jews were being oppressed in Israel.

“This is a universal symbol of light over darkness,” Rimler added.

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honked the autonomous car’s horn.

The motorcycle slowed down, forcing the Waymo car to stop. The rider got off his bike and yelled at the Waymo car before brandishing a gun. The Waymo car drove around the motorcycle and left the scene.

Mesa Police obtained surveillance footage from the Waymo car and detected the motorcyclist’s license plate number. The bike was registered to 30-year-old Bradley Campbell.

Investigators informed Campbell they had camera footage of him confronting the Waymo vehicle. He admitted he may have acted recklessly, police reports show, and was charged with disorderly conduct.

Campbell pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months of probation.

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CTeen East Valley, a club for East Valley Jewish teenagers, scored a first in the Chandler Unified School District by making Perry High School the first campus to have a menorah displayed in the lobby. (Special to the Tribune)

The public display comes at a time when the East Valley has seen several incidents involving anti-Semitic iconography.

A Chandler woman’s menorah was bent and distorted into the shape of a Swastika in 2016.

Three teenagers were arrested for the vandalism and accepted plea agreements obligated them to meet with a Holocaust survivor.

Hackers gained access into an electronic traffic sign last year near Queen Creek and changed its letters to spell “Hail Hitler.”

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said it has not had to subpoena Waymo camera footage. But if the agency ever needed to do so, it would require a certain level of reasonable suspicion for a judge to sign off on such a request.

Since these autonomous cars could be driving anywhere at any time, investigators would need to find out whether one of them actually may have been at the scene of an incident before filing a search warrant.

A judge isn’t likely to authorize a vague, open-ended or unspecific warrant.

Joseph Schafer, a criminology professor at Saint Louis University, thinks its fair game for law enforcement to go on fishing expeditions to find out whether an autonomous car recorded relevant evidence.

It would essentially be the same as cops calling any other business and asking if their security cameras caught a fleeing suspect, he said.

have been found in Tempe, Mesa, and Gilbert over this past year. In March, a couple of these posters were found outside Perry High School.

Rabbi Rimler believes many of these incidents are done out of ignorance and think they can be avoided through more education.

It’s how the menorah’s presence in school can make an impact, he added, because it conveys a message of peace and brotherhood.

“When there’s so much craziness going on in the world,” Rimler said, “it’s super

Responding to a search warrant is a sound process and can appease the company’s customers, he added, because it signals the company exercises some restraint with access to its information.

“The search warrant provides some coverage to the corporation – having a warrant gives them cover with the public and with their shareholders,” Schafer said.

Not all tech companies have been compliant with the government’s demand for access.

Apple famously defied a court order obtained by the FBI to unlock a phone belonging to one of the shooters of the 2015 San Bernardino massacre.

Privacy advocates like the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center believe lawmakers should protect consumers by regulating the autonomous-car industry.

important our students learn about an easier way to confront conflict and bring about friendship.”

Religious symbols are typically prohibited from any type of public setting, but the courts have granted some exceptions for menorahs.

In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a split ruling on the constitutionality of having Christian and Jewish symbols on display inside a Pennsylvania courthouse.

A five-justice majority found the presence of a nativity scene to be in violation of the Establishment Clause and ordered for it to be removed. But five other justices did not object to an 18-foot-tall menorah placed outside the courthouse.

The majority concluded the menorah encompassed a secular message because it was positioned next to a giant Christmas tree.

“It is not sufficiently likely a reasonable observer would view the combined display as an endorsement or disapproval of his individual religious choices,” wrote Justice Harry Blackmun.

Rabbi Rimler said they obtained the school’s approval before erecting the menorah and made sure its presence would not violate any rules. The CTeen club hopes to encourage more East Valley schools to put one up during the next holiday season, he added.

“Autonomous vehicles create many new surveillance risks not only for the driver and the passengers but also the local community,” said Marc Rotenberg, president of EPIC. “The exterior facing cameras gather vast troves of information,” he added. “Clear laws should be established to limit the collection and use of personal data.”

Congress has yet to pass any bills outlining a federal framework for how these cars should be deployed or regulated.

Researchers like Joseph Schafer still have many unanswered questions when it comes to self-driving vehicles. It’s not clear to him how DUI laws will apply to autonomous cars or whether children can ride in them unsupervised.

“There’s very little clarity on where things are going with autonomous vehicles,” he added.

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Lawmaker wants service, not fines, for traffic tickets

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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first-term state lawmaker, miffed about what he says is an expensive traffic ticket, wants to mandate an alternative to paying them for all motorists: community service.

State Rep. Leo Biasiucci, R-Lake Havasu City, said some people just can’t afford to pay for citations. So he is proposing that judges be required to offer them a non-cash option.

His HB 2055 also would bar courts from imposing additional fees for those who are willing to pay but just need some time to do it.

The measure is drawing criticism from the League of Arizona Cities and Towns – which is concerned about the loss of revenues.

“These fines go to run the courts and to help pay for public safety costs,’’ said

Tom Belshe, the organization’s executive director.

It’s even more complex than that.

Every fine has a series of surcharges attached. So, on top of the basic penalty are additional charges for everything from police training and running probation programs to providing dollars to candidates who seek office using public funds.

But Biasiucci told Capitol Media Services none of that takes into account the plight of those who face a ticket.

In his case, he said he was cited for parking in an alley.

“No signs posted anywhere,’’ Biasiucci complained. “They said it was part of the law and I should have known the law.’’

The ticket and charges totaled $80.

The lawmaker said he asked about community service.

“They said that wasn’t an option,’’

Biasucci related. Then he inquired about a payment plan.

“They said, ‘You can do that, but then there’s an extra $30 or $40 fee on top of the fine,’’ he continued. “That’s just getting them in more and more of a hole.’’

Biasiucci said that attitude makes no sense when the Legislature is looking at criminal justice reform.

“We’re trying to help out people,’’ he said. “And this is not the way to do it, in my opinion.’’

The system as Biasiucci envisions it would be simple.

“Let’s say your fine is $120,’’ he said.

The court would translate that into a formula to determine how many hours of community service that would need to fulfill, perhaps in the range of 10 hours.

“Not everybody’s going to do it,’’ Biasiucci said.

“We all know that,’’ he said. “People

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aren’t going to want to do community service. They’d rather pay the ticket or go to traffic school for four hours.’’

That last option does wipe the citation off of someone’s record. But it doesn’t save any money as the cost of traffic school, coupled with court fees, usually pretty much equals the fine.

And you can’t enroll without first paying that fee.

Biasiucci said he’s not impressed with the arguments that a community service option could leave cities and counties -- and the special funds fueled by surcharges -- short of dollars.

“This shouldn’t be a cash cow,’’ he said.

“This isn’t something that should be seen as a revenue generator,’’ Biasiucci continued. “If it’s gotten to that point I think we have a problem if we’re depending on parking in an alley to generate money for the city.’’

Scores of wide-eyed kids delighted in the City of Mesa’s annual Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 14 - and their parents were grinning just as much in their children’s delight. In the photo on the left, Santa is surrounded by, from left, Paislee Cleaveland, Lilly Zavala, Remi Cleaveland, Aubree Cleaveland and Zavier Oritz. Center: Santa’s fans are, from left, Duke Whittaker, Santino Rubal, Vincent Rubal, Natalie Contreras, Eliana Contreras ad Annelis Contreras. Right: The Singleton kids vied for a space on Santa’s lap, including, from left, Lindsey, Roger, Harper, Owen, Sidney and Chloe. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer)

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Hundreds of adults and children turned out Dec. 14 at Alta Mesa Park, where 20 tons of snow was dropped as part of the CycloMesa WinterFest. 1) Brooks Amundesn, 6, takes a snow-boarding ride; 2) Red Mountain Carolers, from left, Joselin Kleinman, Christian Krager and Eliza Blackhurst entertained; 3) Nathan Sanborn, 3, played in a bus; 4) Teddy Fry, 2, tried his hand at steering the bus; 5) Chase and Charlotte Koprowski just loved the snow; and 6) Joselin Kleinman sang carols.

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Stephen Ministers help the hurting

BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA Tribune Contributor

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ivorce. Separation. Loss of a loved one through death or estrangement. Job loss or inability to find employment. Illness. Loneliness. Discouragement.

Too often, people decide to soldier alone through these quagmires – but it doesn’t have to be the only recourse.

Chandler and other East Valley residents suffering through hard times have available to them local ministry leaders, willing and trained, to listen.

They are part of the Stephen Ministry currently active in five churches in Chandler and Mesa.

Stephen Ministers are referred to as caregivers and those who come to them as care receivers. Care receivers need not be a member of the church, or any church, to receive help from a Stephen Minister.

According to the Stephen Ministries website, more than 750,000 pastors, church staff and lay leaders have been trained as Stephen Leaders since its founding as a nonprofit in 1975.

“We listen, but we don’t counsel,” said Marie Pettegrew, a Stephen Leader at Velda Rose United Methodist Church in Mesa.

“We’re Christian lay people here to listen, talk with them, and lend a shoulder to cry on if needed.”

After several years’ hiatus, Velda Rose reactivated their Stephen Ministry last year and began training ministers.

“It does take a commitment,” admitted Pettegrew, a 50-year Mesa resident. “The Leaders go to leadership training courses that are a week-long, and then they come back to help train the Stephen Ministers who receive 50 hours of training before they’re matched with a care receiver.”

One-to-one Christian care is the basis for Stephen Ministry, which is active in more than 13,000 congregations in more than 180 denominations in all 50 states, 10 Canadian provinces, and 30 other countries.

Stephen Ministry derives its name from the apostle Stephen who, according to the book of Acts, was among those chosen as deacons in the nascent church to provide a caring ministry to the needy.

Confidentiality is paramount to all involved in the Stephen Ministry.

“One of the most important aspects of the program is maintaining confidentiality,” emphasized Steve Endicott, one of five trained Stephen Ministry Leaders at Risen

The Stephen Ministries leaders and ministers include, from left: Back row: Steve Endicott, Mike Andrews, Gail Osten, Pastor Mark Hoffmann and Marlin Coffee; front: Joan Laubenstein and Linda Antonio. (Special to the Tribune)

Savior Lutheran Church in Chandler.

Of their trained leaders, three are male and two women.

Risen Savior is one of the newer Stephen Ministry programs in the East Valley, and Endicott was a key to its establishment last February.

“I first got involved with the program in 1994 outside of Seattle in a congregation where I was director of Christian education,” said Endicott. “When I retired in 2005, we helped start a program in Montana, and moving to Chandler four years ago, the pastors encouraged me to get one started here.”

In addition to the leaders, four Stephen Ministers were commissioned in a church service last May. “The program is designed so people are matched male to male and female to female,” Endicott explained. “I think there’s no question men are going through crises as well as women, and can utilize a Stephen Minister to help them through.”

The Stephen Ministry at Mesa’s St. Luke Lutheran Church, under the direction of Paul and Kathleen Hoffmann, is a vibrant group and one in which continuing education is emphasized.

Their six Stephen leaders and 11 ministers meet twice monthly, the first and third Tuesday, to advance their knowledge of the Stephen Ministry system, and in a following supervisorial session, without exposing confidentiality, work to help each other with current caregiving issues.

“We go around and say what we might

be going through, and without mentioning names or details, we give different ideas and questions to help their care receivers find their own answers,” explained Kathleen Hoffman, St. Luke’s director of care ministries.

She and her husband were trained as leaders in July 2016 and the following November started the group with 12 Stephen Ministers. There are currently 17, eight men and nine women, six of whom are also trained leaders.

Accompanying the hurting along their journey, Stephen Leaders and Ministers often find a teaching lesson for themselves as well, said Kathleen who gave an example she said the deceased care receiver had approved to disclose.

“We were able to walk alongside a woman dying of cancer. Our Stephen Minister was there every week with her for a year.

It was such a blessing to the Stephen Minister as well as the care receiver, and I think it changed all of our Stephen Minister’s outlook a bit as the woman said she wanted to live and find joy in every day,” she said.

“As Stephen Ministers, it’s our joy to walk beside them and just listen to them and be present with them. I think we’ve all experienced there are enough people giving their advice on how to get through your crisis, yet as Stephen Ministers, we’re trained to just listen. We aren’t there to tell you what to do or how to fix it.”

Added Bonnie Wellman of Mesa’s Red Mountain United Methodist Church:

“We’re not cure-givers, we’re care-givers.

God is the cure-giver. And we always expect miracles.”

A recent commissioning service added new Stephen Ministers.

“We had a wonderful commissioning of six new Stephen Ministers at our 9 a.m. service November 24th. Three other people from our most recent training group were also commissioned at Church of the Master the same day,” said Wellman. “The 50-hour training went great with Georgiann Crouse and Mary Kay Lininger as training leaders.”

Sharing the Stephen Ministry training with other churches is beneficial area-wide said Wellman, a former medical editor.

Offering further cooperation between the various East County churches Stephen Ministries, Paul and Kathleen Hoffmann of St. Luke are working to inaugurate an East County Stephen Ministry Coalition so area churches who currently provide the ministry, and others who are considering starting one, can assist each other.

Mesa’s Love of Christ Lutheran Church has a similar program based on the tenets of Stephen Ministry.

According to Pastor Steve Talmage, their Stephen Ministry was too successful - there weren’t enough people in need to keep their 100 trained ministers busy.

So, the church began a program entitled “Umbrella of Care,” which provides a plethora of services including one-on-one caregiving through their trained Stephen Ministers, and other ministries including homebound-monthly communion, emergency crisis response, and compassionate cooks who weekly prepare ready-to-heat meals.

All the Stephen Ministry churches say if they find their care receiver’s require more than a concerned, listening ear, they will provide appropriate referrals to community services or counselors.

Stephen Ministry at any of the churches listed can be contacted through their respective church offices.

Local Stephen Ministry groups can be found at: Risen Saviour Lutheran Church, 23914 S. Alma Road, Chandler; Velda Rose United Methodist Church, 5540 E. Main, Mesa; Red Mountain UMC, 2936 N. Power Road, Mesa; St. Luke Lutheran Church, 807 N. Stapley Drive, Mesa; and Church of the Master, 6659 E. University Drive, Mesa.

Information: StephenMinistries.org.

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Red Mountain senior gets U.S. scholar nomination

BY ELLIOTT ADAMS Tribune Guest Writer

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ed Mountain High senior Bella Moya has been nominated for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education Program.

Bella, who received the nomination for her research in the school’s biotechnology program, is one of five Arizona nominees.

Nominations are based on academic rigor, technical competence, employability skills, and ingenuity and creativity within the field of career and technical education.

Bella is an intern at Red Mountain High’s biotechnology laboratory, where she helps the lab run smoothly with tasks such as maintaining healthy bacterial stocks and preparing labs for students.

She is also working on her own project to develop a rapid coliform identification test that could help determine whether certain types of water are safe for human recreation or consumption.

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Katy Gazda, a biotechnology teacher at Red Mountain High, has been an important part of Bella’s journey as a mentor and role model. This is the second year in a row Gazda’s students have been recognized by the program.

“Mrs. Gazda is an awesome example of a female leader in science,” Bella said. “I not only look up to her for her biotech expertise, but also for her life lessons.

“Mrs. Gazda treats her students like her own children and bends over backward to prepare us for success in the lab and the real world. She advocates fiercely for her students and, in doing so, teaches us how to advocate for ourselves.”

Next fall, Bella plans to attend Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University, majoring in biomedical sciences and Spanish.

“In the future, I hope to continue my scientific research while studying abroad, graduate from medical school and one day establish my own practice as an OB-GYN,” she said.

Sailor saluted Mesa native Zakarey Hefner, a U.S. Navy information systems technician 3rd Class, was named Sailor of the Day recently by Capt. Randy Peck and Command Master Chief Marc Puco aboard the USS John C. Stennis in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was conducting routine operations in support of the Naval Air Force Atlantic, Hefner was saluted for his superior performance and told he “displayed professionalism and dedication to duty far above that expected of your rank and experience.” His commanders told him they didn’t want him to think “that your hard work and accomplishments had gone unnoticed.” (Special to the Tribune)

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After-school program brings ‘science to life’

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10-year-old boy assembles a pile of Lego pieces together to construct his own little race car.

He then pulls out a tablet and dials some code into a computer program.

The race car responds to the software’s commands and moves slowly along the carpet before coming to an abrupt stop – it waits for further instructions.

Moments like this are an everyday experience at Stemtree, an education center recently opened at 4940 West Ray Road, Chandler.

“What we’re doing here is bringing basic science to life,” said Karen Palmieri, owner of Chandler’s Stemtree.

It’s the �irst Stemtree center to open in Arizona, having originated in Virginia a few years ago.

The franchise operates as an after-school program for students interested in developing their science skills outside of the classroom.

Robotics, engineering, and electronics are the main focus areas of the Stemtree curriculum, which emphasizes hands-on activities and one-on-one instruction.

Students get to simulate earthquakes, build robots, and create computer animations. The goal is to get them to subtly absorb science knowledge, through fun activities.

“I don’t think they realize they’re learning,” said Palmieri, a former teacher from Mesa.

Palmieri has always enjoyed being around children and knew education was her passion the moment she �irst stepped into a classroom.

“I felt like I was home, this was where I should be,” she recalled.

She had been teaching at a charter school before deciding to branch off and become a business owner.

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Palmieri said she never had much time during the school day to allow her students to do science experiments. She hopes Stemtree can help �ill some of the gaps public education doesn’t have the resources to �ill.

Science, in particular, needs to be made more available for students, Palmieri said,

as the world becomes more dependent on technology.

“In the future, they’re going to need it,” she said. “This generation, if they don’t have it they’re going to really struggle.”

Abdelghani Bellaachia, an associate professor at George Washington University, developed Stemtree in 2010 as an alterna-

tive way to stimulate the minds of young people after a long day of school.

“I created Stemtree to give students the edge they need to succeed in school, career, and beyond,” Bellaachia said in 2018.

Stemtree accommodates students of all grade levels. The center’s workshops and activities are designed only for K-8 students, but high school students can get tutoring help in biology, chemistry, and physics.

The facility can host birthday parties and day camps. The after-school program has students complete a lesson for 90 minutes and the curriculum is broken down by three levels: beginner, junior, and experienced.

“They grow at their own pace,” Palmieri said about how students move through the program.

Palmieri said Stemtree can also bring its activities to schools. It already has a partnership with Valley Christian Elementary School.

She wishes to see more facilities like Stemtree open up in the East Valley so local students can be better prepared for the future.

“We’re kind of low on the totem pole as far as education goes so something like this can really help them,” Palmieri added.

Information: stemtree.com.

Students check out some of the equipment offered at Stemtree in Chandler. The school’s bright, airy classrooms provide a perfect environment for STEM-oriented classes.

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Contact Paul Maryniak at 480-898-5647 or pmaryniak@timespublications.com

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Volunteers, donations create an EV ‘miracle’

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

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he miracle on Baseline Road in Gilbert began with a phone

call.

It was late 2014 and Eric and Mary Sheldahl, transplants to Chandler from Iowa, were looking for a worthy organization to make a charitable contribution.

Scanning Charity Navigator, Eric happened across an Illinois-based non-profit called Midwest Food Bank.

Impressed by their low overhead, Sheldahl donated. His telephone soon rang. It was David Keiser, founder of Midwest Food Bank.

“That just registered with me,” said Sheldahl, “because you don’t get thank you calls anymore.”

Fast forward a year. Again, the Sheldahls donated. Again, Keiser called in gratitude.

“In our conversation, I said, “How can we do this in Arizona?’” Sheldahl recalled.

“Maybe a month later, David and two of his board members flew out.”

“That was February of ‘16. By September 2016, we had a building. March 1, 2017, one year and 18 days (after the visit), we opened serving 30 agencies.”

Today, not even three years later, Midwest Food Bank Arizona serves more than 290 partner agencies – food pantries, school and church groups, homeless ministries, you name it – across Arizona.

In 2019, the miracle on Baseline Road will distribute more than $19 million in food and goods to help out needy families all over the state.

The truly miraculous thing, at least to me: Everything is donated, from the canned goods and pasta and produce to the food boxes, 18-wheelers and truck drivers dispatched almost daily from the 26,800-square-foot warehouse in Gilbert near Baseline and Mesa Drive.

Most days, MFB Arizona is teeming with volunteers – there’s no age limit – from residents who want to do good to compa-

nies, like State Farm and Bank of America, that bring in employee groups for team building and a chance to do good in the community.

MFB Arizona volunteers will log more than 30,000 donated hours this year.

All because of a phone call.

Sheldahl, 68 years old and a man of deep Christian faith, has given up the real estate development business to run the Arizona operation full-time – as a volunteer, naturally. He’s also on the national board of directors for Midwest Food Bank these days.

Nationally, MFB operates in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Georgia and Florida, plus locations in East Africa and Haiti.

All told, the organization donated nearly $240 million in aid to the needy last year.

Not bad for a non-profit founded in 2003 out of a shed on David Keiser’s family farm.

How can you help? Glad you asked. You can give your time or drop off food. You can go to midwestfoodbank.org/donate/ donation-opportunities and send cash, a

vehicle, stock or gift cards. Or you can take advantage of the Arizona charitable tax credit up to $800 for couples or $400 for individual filers.

Just make your donation to MFB Arizona, claim the tax credit when you file and you can effectively send your tax dollars to Midwest Food Bank instead of the government.

With only a couple of pennies’ overhead for every dollar given, Eric and Mary Sheldahl and the volunteers at 725 E. Baseline Road in Gilbert will make miracles happen with such a donation.

Agencies, families and our neighbors in need will be the better for it.

“Everybody has an expiration date, just like food, but there’s also a ‘best use by’ date,” Eric said. “Mary and I feel like we are in our ‘best use by’ date here and we want to do all that we can to give back and be a part of what God has so divinely put together. We just love it.”

Who wouldn’t? Miracles are rare these days, except in a warehouse on Baseline Road.

Make a gratitude list. Write a list of things for which you are thankful. This is an activity families can do individually or together. Start with a list of five things and try to add at least one or two new things to the list each day. Even small things, like sunshine, a smile from a stranger or hearing a favorite song can spark gratitude. Remembering what you are grateful for can help increase feelings of hopefulness.

Change the narrative – Most of the time, what you say to yourself about what’s happening in your life is more important than what’s actually happening. Positive thinking takes practice. Work together with your teen to stop negative thoughts and try to rephrase them in a positive way.

For instance, when you notice yourselves thinking or talking about how boring the holiday party at grandma’s house will be, stop and brainstorm several reasons you’ll enjoy the event, such as getting to see family members, tasting your favorite holiday treat or playing a favorite game.

Positive relationships. If your teens have positive relationships in their lives, nurture them. The holidays are a perfect excuse to encourage your teen to text, call or arrange

to spend extra time with people with whom they have healthy relationships.

If your teen is lacking positive connections with other people, look for ways to encourage new friendships. Help your teens plan an activity with people they would like to get to know better, gift them equipment or registration fees to join a club or sports team, or support your teen in finding a place to volunteer.

Set attainable goals. The holiday season is a natural time to reflect on the past year and set goals for the future. Be an example of setting realistic goals and taking concrete steps to attain them. Consider setting a family goal for 2020. Or, ask your teen what his or her goals are and how you can support them as they work to achieve their goals.

Teens who are struggling to feel hope in their lives are invited to call Teen Lifeline 24/7/365 at 602-248-TEEN (8336) or 800-248-TEEN. The hotline is staffed by teen peer counselors from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. daily. Trained counselors are available at all other times.

Teens can also text with a teen peer counselor at 602-248-8336 between the hours

of 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. every day of the year.

For more information about Teen Lifeline, visit TeenLifeline.org.

Nikki Kontz is the Teen Lifeline clinical director.

There’s no place like hope for the holidays

BY NIKKI KONTZ Tribune Guest Writer

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een Lifeline is reminding parents of Arizona teens there’s no place like hope for the holidays. It’s because studies show teens who live in a state of hope may experience increased happiness, improved academic achievement and lower rates of suicide.

We know hope is a skill you can learn and develop over time. This holiday season, we’re asking parents to take a few minutes each day to check in with their kids and help them develop skills to impact their hopefulness.”

Developing skills translates into hope is especially important during the holiday season, when added stress from finals, family commitments, holiday events and gift-giving can sometimes cause hope to seem elusive.

Staff and volunteers at Teen Lifeline encourage parents and teens to try these four simple steps to increase hope this holiday season:

About Teen Lifeline

Teen Lifeline is a Phoenix-based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a safe, confidential and crucial crisis intervention service for teens throughout Arizona. Teen Lifeline strives to impact the devastating problem of teen suicide and empower youths to make healthy decisions through its peer-to-peer crisis hotline and text messaging service, Life Skills Development Training for teen volunteers, and Community Education, Prevention and Postvention services.

Established in 1986, Teen Lifeline is accredited through the American Association of Suicidology. Trained, volunteer peer counselors between the ages of 15-19 answered nearly 23,000 calls and 1,400 text messages from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily in 2018.

For more information, visit TeenLifeline. org. For help, call or text Teen Lifeline at (602) 248-TEEN (8336) or (800) 248-TEEN.

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Fiesta Bowl teams take over Scottsdale

BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

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t’s already considered one of the biggest sporting events to hit the Valley every year.

But this season, there’s added anticipation.

When Clemson University and Ohio State University meet at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Dec. 28, the winner gets its ticket punched to the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship in New Orleans on Jan. 7.

But Scottsdale is already a winner in the big game economically.

Both teams stay in Scottsdale hotels and practice at schools in the city. And the two bars - more or less official hangouts for Tiger and Buckeye fans, are located in Scottsdale.

A 20-year contract between the Fiesta Bowl and Experience Scottsdale makes the city the official home for the two teams during their stay for the game.

Both teams, bands, fans and media stay at two of the hotels in Scottsdale or Paradise Valley.

“Each year, the bowl games bring incredible exposure to the Scottsdale-area, introducing thousands of visiting fans and corporate sponsors to Scottsdale’s offerings,” said Stephanie Pressler, the director of community affairs for Experience Scottsdale.

“This opportunity comes during a need period for our local tourism industry, filling thousands of room nights and giving our hotels and resorts a much-needed boost in occupancy,” she explained, adding: “Plus, Scottsdale hospitality businesses benefit from the influx of football fans this time of year, as those traveling with their teams explore the area’s restaurants, bars, shops and attractions before and after the games.”

This year, K O’Donnell’s Sports Bar & Grill in northern Scottsdale and Bottled Blonde in Old Town are among the big Fiesta Bowl beneficiaries.

K O’Donnell’s is a go-to spot for Clemson alumni and fans for their weekly fix of Tiger football while Buckeye alumni and fans flock to Bottled Blonde.

“The atmosphere here is crazy every

Bottled Blonde in Scottsdale has become the premier destination for Ohio State fans to watch the Buckeyes each week. (Courtesy Bottled Blonde)

week,” said Jennifer O’Donnell, the owner of K O’Donnell’s Sports Bar & Grill.

“It also helps Clemson is a good team that wins a lot of games,” O’Donnell added. “But we are expecting an even bigger turnout with this game.”

K O’Donnell’s, near Hayden Road and Raintree Drive in northern Scottsdale, became Tiger City when a member of the Clemson alumni group became a frequent patron. When an alumni association watch party was abruptly canceled, the patron led the group to K O’Donnell’s.

As Clemson returns to the destination it won its first national title of the College Playoff Era, O’Donnell’s is preparing to host the national branch of the Clemson alumni association.

“They will be headquartered here,” O’Donnell said. “It will be a fun atmosphere. We are expecting things to be on another level than last year with the game here.”

K O’Donnell’s frequently holds fundraisers and raffles during the season for Clemson fans and its walls are generally outfitted with the university’s gear to make them feel at home.

Clemson fans will also have the opportunity to rally their team the day before the game on Friday, Dec. 27, at the W Scottsdale Hotel.

The Legends of Clemson Party will start there at 9 p.m. and likely bring out former Tiger greats to help rally the troops.

And the Clemson fans who can’t head over to Glendale for the game will fill K O’Donnell’s to watch it, ticket-less Buckeye fans will be doing the same 11 miles south at Bottled Blonde.

“These fans are unbelievable. They come every week,” said Charlie Brooks, general manager of Bottled Blonde. “I mean, they come for the Rutgers and the Maryland games where those teams are getting blown out by 60. Even then, we still have as many as 250 people every week and it’s the same who have been coming the last five years.”

As a bartender at a now-defunct bar, Brooks had formed a relationship with Kevin Fox, then president of the Ohio State Alumni Club of Phoenix.

In 2014, Brooks moved to Bottled Blonde – and Fox and the rest of the Ohio State alumni followed.

“We try to create a family atmosphere,” Brooks said. “All of our bartenders know everyone by name. After every touchdown, we are throwing out Jell-O shots and everyone does the ‘O-H’ chant. It really is awesome.”

Brooks and the rest of the Bottled Blonde staff have thought about hosting a rally outside of Bottled Blonde on Friday, Dec. 27, the day before Ohio State’s game against Clemson.

A similar rally in past years drew as many as 3,000 Ohio State fans.

If Bottled Blonde holds a similar rally this year, Brooks said this number could easily double. He won’t decide one way or another on the rally until sometime this week.

“It’s like you’re literally in Columbus, Ohio,” Brooks said. “This is I think by far the best atmosphere for die-hard Ohio State fans.”

It’s not just the fans of Clemson and Ohio State taking over Scottsdale this week – the teams will too.

The Tigers and Buckeyes are sched-

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uled to arrive in Phoenix today, Dec. 22.

On Christmas Eve, both teams will hold their first practice, Ohio State, a frequent Fiesta Bowl presence, will practice at Notre Dame Prep in Scottsdale for the duration of their stay in the Valley. Clemson, meanwhile, will take to the field at Saguaro High School.

“The last two years we had LSU and Penn State here,” said Mark Cisterna, Notre Dame Prep’s athletic director. “The year before I got here, we had Urban Meyer and Ohio State.

“It’s pretty cool, the Fiesta Bowl comes in and overseeds our practice fields in October. We have to basically shut it down, none of our teams are able to use it until after the Fiesta Bowl,” he added, “They overseed it, fertilize it and paint it.”

This is the fourth year of an eight-year contract between Notre Dame Prep and the Fiesta Bowl Committee to host one of the bowl teams.

The campus is shut down for the week the team uses the facility. Luckily, it comes during a time when students are on Christmas break because no Notre Dame team is allowed on campus during this time.

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facilities, Clemson will practice at nearby Saguaro High School.

The 2019 Fiesta Bowl kicks off on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 6 p.m. from State Farm Stadium in Glendale.

The winner of the game between second-ranked Ohio State and No. 3 Clemson will face the winner of the Peach Bowl between top-ranked LSU and No. 4 Oklahoma.

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Females join ring at new Zoppe Circus show

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or families like the Zoppes, the circus isn’t just a way to make a living.

It is part of their identities.

The Zoppe family’s circus, in its 177th year, will make its annual visit to Chandler from Thursday, Dec. 26, to Sunday, Jan. 5.

Seven generations of the family have been part of Zoppe: An Italian Family Circus.

The family circus was started in Italy in 1842 by French clown Napoline and Hungarian equestrian ballerina Ermenegilda and was moved to the United States by equestrian Alberto Zoppe in the 1940s.

Throughout the circus’ history, matriarchs have played a strong role in keeping the family tradition alive. Emma Zoppe was especially instrumental in making sure the circus survived through tough times of famine and war.

In honor of Emma Zoppe, the family circus will be presenting a new show entitled “La Nonna,” a term used for a grandmother in Italian.

Giovanni Zoppe, a sixth-generation circus performer and family circus’ director, said the new show is centered around and showcases the talent of female performers. Around 80% of the cast is made up of female performers from around the globe.

In each generation, one family member has really taken the reigns of leading the family circus. Emma was this person during the 1920s to the 1940s, and her son Alberto took over after her.

“This truly is a celebration of her life.

This show is about the strength, power and beauty of all women, the Zoppe women in particular,” Giovanni said.

Giovanni hopes the show will empower women and promote tolerance of others and equal treatment of people from different backgrounds.

“The circus has always been an equal-opportunity employer because we’ve always accepted everybody,” he said. “No matter what country you are from, what color you are, what race you are, what religion you are, everybody’s always accepted.”

Giovanni said Emma endured a lot in

An old-fashioned circus with thrills and laughs awaits at Chandler Center for the Arts as the Zoppe Family returns in what has become a Christmas season tradition in the East Valley. (Special to the Tribune)

her life, but remained dedicated to the circus. When the circus was bombed, she watched helplessly as the animals died.

“My grandmother was in tears, on her knees crawling back to the show,” Giovanni said. “Our animals are our lives for circus people. It’s what we live for—our animals.”

Giovanni said she is a testament to the strength of the Zoppe family’s strong women.

“The show collapsed multiple times, and she would always bring it back,” Giovanni said.

Like men in the show, female performers have always taken on different roles, including helping to set up and take down the tent.

“The women don’t just walk in a ring and take a bow. They also drive the stakes, put the tent up, help to drive.

The women do everything on our show,” Giovanni said.

Now, Giovanni, his sisters Tosca and Carla and their spouses have been upholding the family tradition with clown, equestrian and dog acts, respectively.

During the shows, Giovanni plays an Auguste-style clown named Nino. Within this role, he showcases his circus skills it

includes trying to take the attention away from other performers.

“You’re not supposed to play with other people’s props in the circus. That’s rule No. 1, but I always did,” Giovanni said.

This year, he will be play opposite a Russian-inspired babushka character named Natasha Vodkavitch, portrayed by ringmistress Aimee Klein.

Giovanni brings a Venetian comedic style of clowning known as Commedia dell’arte, and Klein plays the more serious clown to his fool.

This is the �irst time the family circus has had a ringmistress.

The show will also be breaking new ground with female-centered acts developed or reworked speci�ically for the show.

Audiences will have a chance to see the Zingara Riders, an all-female group of Cossack trick riders. This Russian style of riding is fast-paced and dangerous.

“These women are jumping on and off and doing incredible feats and going underneath the belly of a horse,” Giovanni said.

The circus will also showcase an all-female group of �lyers from the Santos family, another multigenerational circus

family. For the �irst time, 6-year-old twin sisters Alice and Elise Santos will perform the Perch Pole Act. The show will have performances of Mongolian contortionism and an aerial act with two sisters performing on a lyra apparatus.

It took some time to �ind the right performers and develop new acts for this show.

Giovanni’s daughter Chiara,16, played a key role in writing and directing the show.

Giovanni hopes she and her brother Julien, a 10-year-old clown, will continue the family’s circus tradition, but he isn’t pressuring them.

“If the next generation wants it. I don’t want to force any generation to do it, but if they really like to do it,” Giovanni said.

“My daughter is really showing a lot of promise…I have a strong feeling she’s going to be a huge part of what we are doing here in the future.”

The show will have a similar intimate feel as others presented by the family circus. The audiences are no more than 20 feet from the action, and their senses are all engaged, especially when the horses are running around the ring.

Giovanni, his sisters, their spouses and his children are part of an extended circus family including the other performers. Each year in Chandler, they set up and �ill stockings and hold a Christmas dinner inside of the ring.

Giovanni grew up learning bareback riding, clowning, juggling and trapeze arts his father and other performers from the time he was young. He can’t imagine another life than the one he lives.

“I don’t know what a stationary life is.

Normal life to me is what I am doing,” Giovanni said.

During the Chandler engagement, members of the circus will be doing a three-day circus camp from Monday, December 30, to Thursday, January 2, where children ages 7 to 13 can learn low wire performing, balancing, clowning, jugging.

Giovanni said the circus school not only teaches children circus skills but helps to instill con�idence in them.

“When they are in the ring that last day, they just really shine like crazy,” Giovanni said.

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Winter break a great time to visit Grand Canyon

BY ANDY LENARTZ GetOut Contributor

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outh Mountain Park offers spaces for a lifetime of exploration and adventure but still cannot compare with a nearby attraction, Grand Canyon National Park.

I frequently poll classes I teach at GateWay Community College and groups I work with to determine how many have been to the Grand Canyon.

The poll results are consistent: less than half of Arizona residents have ever visited. This is one of the seven natural wonders of the world, one relatively easy and inexpensive to visit from the East Valley, making the result quite surprising.

People travel across the world and spend tens of thousands of dollars to visit the Grand Canyon, we can get there with a few days and couple hundred dollars and many still never go.

It may seem complicated and daunting but is a relatively easy and inexpensive place to visit.

Every season at the Grand Canyon is different.

Winter brings smaller crowds and sce-

nic snowy landscapes, advantages a bit offset by colder nights and regular snowstorms. Here are the basic details along with the cost: Transportation. The 230-mile drive is approximately 3.5 hours from Phoenix.

After arriving, there is an excellent shuttle system to get you most places in the park for free.

The park’s shuttle system will take you to most popular destinations along the rim. Some of the shuttle routes provide lengthy, unobstructed views of the Canyon. I’ve spent numerous pleasurable afternoons taking in the view from a shuttle with kids exhausted by a day of hiking.

Lodging. There is a hotel in the park with rooms from $100/night at Bright Angel or Maswik Lodges. The hotel in nearby Tusayan has options available for $100 a night for less.

Additional expenses. Entrance fee is currently $35/car for seven days. Cooler of food for weekend: $50. Photos, memories: Free. This adds up to $200-350 total for a weekend of experiences and memories like no other.

For an even better deal, get an annu-

al pass. For $80, this covers all national parks, national forests, monuments, recreation areas and others for a full year. It’s about the cost of a movie and candy for a family of four, but this gets you a full year of exploration and adventure.

Fourth graders can get a free annual pass through an Every Kid in a Park program, and there are free annual passes for members of the military, the disabled, and national park volunteers. People 62 and older can get a lifetime pass for the same $80 rate.

Other times of year. With nighttime temperatures at the South Rim in the winter regularly dropping into the 20s and teens, camping is reserved for only the hardiest of souls.

This is a great option for the other seasons, however, and a great way to save some money.

Mather Campground at the South Rim has over 300 sites at $18 per night.

These sites should be reserved in advance during busier times of the year as it does �ill up, you should not plan on arriving and expecting a site to be available during the spring or summer months.

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Phoenix and Flagstaff-area REI stores rent tents at a reasonable rate of $25 for three days.

While it often seems all 6 million annual visitors arrive simultaneously and happen to be there during your visit, it is relatively easy to escape the crowds as most visitors spend a short amount of time at the canyon and never leave the visitor centers and lookout points.

By walking even 10 minutes from the major viewpoints, you will be able to achieve relative solitude. And the panoramic landscapes created by this natural wonder are available the entire length, not con�ined to the Instagram-of�icial photo spots.

The winter, in particular, brings smaller crowds and even more picturesque landscapes. Do exercise proper caution of winter storms and ice accumulation, which affects the roads and trails on a regular basis.

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Public Notices SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN MARICOPA COUNTY (TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR DE ARIZONA EN TEL CONDADO DE MARICOPA) Case No. FC2019-095671 Angelica Villalpando Ceja, Petitioner. Francisco Ruan Venegas, Respondent. FAMILY DEPARTMENT/ SENSITIVE DATA COVERSHEET WITH CHILDREN (DEPARTMENTO DE FAMILIA / HOJA DE INFORMCION CONFIDENCIAL CON HILOS) (Confidential Record) / ((Registro Confidencial) Name Angelica Villlpando Ceja, Female, Date of Birth 06-05-73.

Francisco Ruan Venegas, Male 01-17-69 Motion to Extend Dismissal Date (Pedimento para Extender la Fecha de Rechazo) I, Angelica Villlpando Ceja, request an extension of the dismissal date because I have not been able to serve the other party or service is not complete. (No he podido notificar a la otra parte o la notification no esta completa.)

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