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Politics, jackhammers will rattle EV in 2018 BY GARY NELSON Tribune Contributor

n ancient China, seers sought to foretell the future by studying cracks in heatstressed animal bones. Smart seers learned to hedge their bets; vague forecasts had a better chance of pleasing the emperor than precise ones. While it’s true that art of foretelling the course of human events hasn’t improved much in the past 4,000 years, we can at least say, without the resorting to oracle bones,

that in 2018 the East Valley will endure immeasurable decibels of noise from politicians and jackhammers. The politicians will be jostling for office (Special to the Tribune) from city halls to the U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Synnation’s capital. The ema is running for the jackhammers will seat vacated by Sen. punctuate work on Jeff Flake. multimillion-dollar projects that continue to transform the grow-

ing region’s physical face. BATTLEGROUNDS The noisiest political combat in Arizona undoubtedly will be that to replace U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, the Mesa Republican who announced this year he will not seek re-election out of disgust for the governing style of President Donald Trump. Among those seeking Flake’s seat will be U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Synema, a Democrat whose See

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19 years later, missing Mesa girl still haunts sister BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

imber and Mikelle Biggs were little girls living a life centered on their family and school, like thousands of other children in Mesa – until Jan. 2, 1999, when 11-year-old Mikelle’s picture landed on posters that covered the East Valley. Mikelle was missing. Everyone was worried about her. Everyone wanted to find her. Volunteers joined the increasingly desperate search while Mesa police pursued a series of leads in a case hampered from the start by little concrete evidence. Kimber and Mikelle had gone outside late that afternoon to buy an ice cream after they thought they heard an ice cream truck. Kimber, 9, went inside because it was getting cold as the sun went down. Mikelle vanished. Quickly, it became clear she had probably been abducted.

Mikelle’s picture was everywhere as she emerged from obscurity for the wrong reason. It was on the backs of minivans and SUVs, posted in storefronts and featured on newscasts and in newspapers. No one has found Mikelle to this day. All police found was two quarters and Kimber’s bicycle, oddly left in the street after Kimber got it recently as a birthday present from her parents. Her grief-stricken family finally held an empty-casket funeral service in an attempt to find a sense of peace and closure. Kimber remembers the day she last saw her sister. “I got cold and I was whiney,” she recalled. “My mom said, ‘Tell See

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Kimber Biggs holds photo of older sister Mikelle that was taken shortly before she disappeared 19 years ago in Mesa.

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The Signal Butte Water Treatment Plant, at Signal Butte and Elliot roads in Mesa, is expected to go online in 2018. The plant and associated infrastructure, viewed as crucial to developing the area around Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, will cost $184 million. The airport itself will push development of a 360-acre tract it has renamed SkyBridge Arizona. A master developer was chosen late this year and planners envision an air logistics hub encompassing up to 5 million square feet of office, warehouse, logistics, retail and hotel space.

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Ninth Congressional District stretches through Tempe, Chandler, Ahwatukee and west Mesa. The most prominent name among those seeking to replace Synema as of late December was Phoenix’s Democratic mayor, Greg Stanton. He faces primary opposition from Talia Fuentes, who also ran for Congress in 2016. Four Republicans, two Libertarians and two independents also are chasing the seat Synema is vacating. The racket emanating from congressional campaigns likely will be ratcheted far beyond normal levels in an election that not only will decide who controls the Capitol but that also will be widely seen as a referendum on the controversial president. In addition, every seat in the GOPdominated Arizona Legislature will be up for grabs, as will state offices including the governorship, now held by Republican Doug Ducey. East Valley city council races are nonpartisan, but there will be a lot of action on that level as well: Chandler will replace term-limited Mayor Jay Tibshraeny and elect three other council members. In early 2019, Tibshraeny will complete his seventh term as mayor, in addition to service in other City Council seats and in the Legislature in a political career dating back to 1986. In Gilbert, whose Town Council members have no term limits, four of the seven council seats will be at stake in the Aug. 28 primary. Runoffs, if needed, will be decided on Nov. 6. Mesa will elect council members from central-city District 4 and east-side districts 5 and 6. There also will be a special

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in 2018, Chandler will replace term-limited Mayor Jay Tibshraeny and elect three other council members.

election for the District 3 seat to which Francisco Heredia was appointed to fill a vacancy in September. In addition to filling three council seats, Tempe voters will be asked on March 13 to set aside about 175 acres in Papago Park as a desert preserve, and to bolster campaign-contribution disclosure requirements for city elections. ROAR OF CONSTRUCTION The coming year also will see major progress on construction projects aimed at improving the region’s quality of life: After a year devoted mainly to design and utility work, construction of Tempe’s $186 million downtown streetcar system is expected to resume in the summer. It will take another two years to finish. By springtime, Valley Metro expects to begin laying track for the light-rail extension along Main Street to Gilbert Road in

Mesa. By midyear, every inch of the 22-mile South Mountain Freeway, extending Loop 202 through Ahwatukee to the West Valley, will be under construction as crews race toward completion in 2019. Gilbert will finish design and begin construction of a 272-acre regional park South of Queen Creek Road and west of Higley Road. December is the projected opening date for the expanded Chandler Museum, featuring 10,000 square feet of new space next door to Chandler Fashion Center. One of the more innovative housing projects in the region will be completed in the summer when Artspace opens near the Mesa Arts Center. The 50-unit project, funded by federal tax credits, is designed specifically for artists and their families. It is one of several transit-oriented projects in various stages of development in Mesa’s historic downtown.

ECONOMIC GLUE The East Valley economy, of course, largely depends on what happens in the uncertain world at large. But the region got several good grades in that regard this year, including Gilbert’s No. 1 ranking among prosperous American cities in one national survey. (Chandler came in at No. 4.) That the economic engines will keep humming is suggested by U.S. Census Bureau projections indicating another 300,000-plus people will live in the East Valley by 2030. That’s more than the current population of either Gilbert, Chandler or Tempe, and adds up to a lot of nail-pounding in the near future. Even at that, however, the region does not expect a return to the fevered days preceding the Great Recession, when house-flipping became every man’s hobby and home prices soared beyond all rationality. Late in the year, Salt River Project hosted an event called Thought Leader Forum, featuring an economic forecast by Gary Schlossberg of Wells Capital Management. He foresaw no major bumps in the coming year, noting that the East Valley has developed a diversified economy with costs of living far below those of other metro centers.

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A 360-acre tract called SkyBridge Arizona is being built at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

The expanded Chandler Museum features 10,000 square feet of new space next door to Chandler Fashion Center.

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2 huge recreation areas coming to southwest Gilbert BY SRIANTHI PERERA Tribune Staff Writer

ilbert officials are moving along on two floodwater detention projects that will produce two new parks – including a massive recreation area in a part of the town that has long waited for a substantial area to play. The 272-acre Gilbert Regional Park, located in the Chandler Heights Basin near the southwest corner of Queen Creek and Higley roads, is slowly becoming a reality in a relatively underserved part of the town. There’s still a long time – to July 2019 – before people will be able to walk on its first blades of grass or lob an inaugural tennis ball. The park’s design is gradually taking shape. Dig Studio will have the plans ready by July, according to town staff, and construction of the first 30-acre phase is to begin thereafter. Along with the regional park, the town also is developing ballfields and other recreational facilities at Rittenhouse District Park, in the northwest corner of Power and Pecos roads, along the East Maricopa Floodway. Both projects will serve as floodwater detention areas enhanced with recreation facilities. Rod Buchanan, director of Gilbert’s Parks and Recreation Department, said the first phases of both parks will cost about $17 million each, with funds coming from the town’s system development fees. Of the two projects, which have concurrent timelines, the regional park is the more significant if only because of its expanse. “Phase one is going to be really important to set the tone for the rest of the park. It’s critical that we put a lot of detail and attention to this first phase,” Buchanan said. Amenities in this phase include a playground, splash pad, six tennis courts, eight pickleball courts, six sand volleyball courts, irrigation pond and lawn. Restrooms, parking for 300 vehicles and a two-lane road leading into the park are also part of it. Buchanan said multiple sports courts will be created to facilitate tournaments, which are revenue-generating opportunities for the town. The first phase will be centered in the upper part of the site.

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This is a conceptual design of Gilbert Regional Park, to be constructed on the southwest corner of Queen Creek and Higley roads, in the Chandler Heights Basin.

The second phase will feature an event lawn, amphitheater and lake. The lake will be in the middle of the great lawn, thus making it possible to hold two special events at once, Buchanan said. “The event lawn will overlook the amphitheater, the lake and whole park down to the San Tan Mountains,” he said. “It’s a very beautiful venue.” Three areas in the site are earmarked for public-private partnerships that could produce an aquatic center and a recreation center. The town is negotiating with private companies that responded with proposals to create recreation-based establishments in these areas. A retail complex also is planned for a later phase. Buchanan said that at the completion of the first phase, the site will be “shovel ready” for the second phase because certain preparations will be done by then. The park’s next phase or two and its features will depend on funding; one source will be from the sale of some parcels of town-owned land. Meanwhile, the 115-acre Rittenhouse District Park will feature 13 multi-use fields, a half-acre irrigation lake, ramadas, restrooms and parking spots in its 30-acre

first phase of development. Fifty acres of the site have been set aside for a public safety training facility. The conceptual design was created following extensive public outreach and input from many stakeholders, including user groups, Town Council, the parks and recreation board and staff. Buchanan said the projects will make a substantial contribution to the quality of life in Gilbert. The regional park will offer recreation to not only the residents in its backyard but to the region as a whole “just because of its size and its scope and the opportunities that are there,” he said. To Buchanan himself, who counts years of similar experience leading parks administration in California, it’s a rare opportunity also. “The reason I find this very, very exciting for our community, as I did in my previous community, is because a new park doesn’t happen very often,” he said. “It has to be well thought out, with a lot of input and it usually, if you do it correctly, will deliver what the community wants and needs so that you can have it be highly used. “That’s the goal of any park.”

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Mikelle to come in, it’s dark and cold.” She said Mesa police calculated she was inside and separated from Mikelle for less than 90 seconds. Mikelle was gone when Kimber went outside to deliver her mom’s message. That’s when she spotted her bicycle. “At first, I was mad at her because she left my bike in the road. I figured she was around the corner,” playing some sort of prank or game. The girls played games all the time. They were opposites in many ways. Mikelle was a quiet, studious girl who got straight A’s in school and loved art. She loved Disney movies and wanted to be an animator some day. Kimber said she was loud and not a good student like Mikelle, but Mikelle also had a mischievous side. If the two got into an argument, Kimber said her mom would always blame her, because her mom would always hear her. “We were night-and-day different. Mikelle was shy and reserved. I was loud,” Kimber said. “I never wanted to clean my room. Mikelle was a clean freak.” The two girls would play “pretend.” “It was usually some sort of princess game. Mikelle was the princess. I was whatever character was needed to play the game,” Kimber said. But the girls were not playing any game that afternoon. Whatever happened to Mikelle was terrible and real and something neither could have envisioned, even though Kimber remembers learning about “stranger danger” in school. Initially, when Mikelle was nowhere to be found, “I was confused,” Kimber said. Alarms went off in Kimber’s head, but she didn’t understand the dire situation fully until she went to bed that night with Mesa cops inundating her neighborhood, looking frantically for Mikelle. “It kind of hit me like something was wrong. I was in shock,” Kimber said. “It really hit me. Something bad has really happened.” “I still wonder, ‘What if I had not left?”’ she said. “After a week or so, I told my mom it was my fault. My mom said, ‘They could have taken both of you.’” Now, as a 28-year-old woman and the mother of a 5-year-old son, Tayven Cook, Kimber Biggs believes what probably happened – that her beloved sister was abducted and murdered.

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This is an age-progressed image of what Mikelle Biggs may have looked like at age 25.

(Kimberly Carrillo/ Tribune photographer)

Kimber Biggs admits that her sister Mikell's disappearance makes her a watchful, "possessive" mother to her own son Tayven, seen here on a recent outing to an east Mesa park. "I don't let my kid out of my sight," she said.

She also knows the name of the neighbor whom police believe was Mikelle’s likely killer, a convicted sex offender who was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in the same neighborhood about a year later and is serving a 187-year sentence at the Arizona State Prison-Florence. The suspect appealed his conviction, but it was rejected by the Arizona Court of Appeals in 2009. He has languished in prison ever since. Despite an exhaustive investigation, police have not developed enough evidence 19 years later to arrest the repeat offender police have described as an “investigative lead.” Prosecutors have never charged him with crimes related to Mikelle’s disappearance and her presumed death. Det. Steve Berry, a Mesa police spokesman, said many officers who investigated Mikelle’s disappearance are no longer with the department. That includes the late Det. Butch Gates, who pursued the case doggedly, investigating thousands of leads for years, and Det. Jerry Gissel, who retired and is now chief of the state Office of Child Welfare Investigations. “Anytime anyone says anything about Mikelle, we all think about where we were and what we were doing,” Berry said. “It’s something we will never forget. Any new information that comes in, we

pursue it.” He said Mesa police realize it would make a huge difference in many people’s lives, including the Biggs family and the community as a whole, if police were able to make an arrest. “It will remain an open case until we have full resolution as to what happened to Mikelle Biggs,” Berry said. Kimber said an answer to this nagging question would be priceless to her and her family. She believes the answer will probably be gruesome, but she still needs to know the truth. “It will be hard to hear,” Kimber said, if she is ever told how Mikelle actually died. “I am a curious person. I need to know. “There’s no answer to anything,” she said. “It would be peace. I think my mind would be a little more at ease.” Kimber clutches a red teddy bear that belonged to Mikelle as Tayven climbs on plays on a jungle gym. Mikelle liked her second-grade teacher so much that she invited the teacher to her birthday party. The teacher brought Mikelle a gift, the teddy bear. Mikelle’s disappearance has changed Kimber’s life forever in so many ways. She is a watchful, possessive “helicopter mom” who drives Tayven to school each morning and picks him up every afternoon.

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“I think it has affected my parenting. I don’t let my kid out of my sight. I get anxiety. I have to see him,” she said. “I don’t remember having any anxiety problems before (Mikelle vanished). “It’s gotten worse since I had my son. It’s really understanding what my mom went through.” She said most of her anxiety is related to what happened to Mikelle and protecting her son in every way possible. She treats it in a healthy manner, through exercise and meditation. Someday, Kimber says she would like to write a biography of Mikelle, so that people would understand her as a person and not just as a high-profile victim of one of Mesa’s most heartbreaking crimes. “I should be angry. It’s a matter of how I deal with it,” she said. “People always refer to Mikelle as the missing girl from Mesa. I want people to know she was an artist, she was funny, and she was mischievous.” If nothing unusual had happened to Mikelle, “I think she would be an acclaimed artist.” Most of all, though, Kimber wants justice for Mikelle. She wants her killer to pay for the murder. Kimber established a Facebook page for Mikelle’s case a couple of years ago. She says she appreciates the many messages of support, but a breakthrough remains elusive. Kimber’s parents, Darien and Tracy Biggs, told her, “They feel I will do something great with my life,” Kimber said.” “I am meant to find justice for her, to get an answer.”’ – Reach Jim Walsh at 480-898-5639 or at jwalsh@timespublications.com.

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Legislator calls for partisan council elections to keep out liberals BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Scottsdale Republican lawmaker wants to force city council and mayoral candidates to run with party labels, saying he believes it will help prevent liberals from sneaking into office. “I want people to say, ‘Here’s who I am and here’s what I believe,’” said Rep. Jay Lawrence. And he said making people declare if they’re a Republican, Democrat or something else goes a long way to providing voters with that information. “There are certain things that a Republican believes,” Lawrence said. Lawrence contends the lack of a label allows some people to get elected who he believes do not represent the people who put them in office. He said having to declare party affiliation keeps candidates from “meandering from side to side and kind of being conservative, but never saying, ‘But I’m a Democrat.’” His legislation, HB 2032, comes nearly a decade after the Legislature moved precisely in the opposite direction. Jonathan Paton, who in 2009 was a

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Republican state senathe other more than 70 tor from Tucson, got his communities without colleagues to forbid local charters, leaving the door candidates from running open for the Legislature with party labels. Paton to force them to move to said at the time that the partisan elections. issues important to local If passed as is, the meavoters, like fixing potholes sure would affect Gilbert. and picking up trash, are Mesa, Chandler, Tempe not partisan. and Phoenix are all charBut there also was a parter cities. tisan reason behind the The bottom line, Lawmeasure: Paton conceded rence said, is the labels he believed that more Rewould help voters identipublicans would get electfy the true conservatives. ed in Tucson, a city with “I think Scottsdale is a (Special to the Tribune) a Democratic majority, great example,” he said. if they didn’t have to run Political affiliations would help There, he said, conservoters identify the true conserwith the party label. vatives oppose the Desert vatives, Rep. Jay Lawrence said. As it turned out, the Discovery Center in the Arizona Supreme Court McDowell Sonoran Prevoided the law, declaring the Legislature serve, a more than 47,000-square-foot has no right to tell charter cities like Tuc- facility to educate visitors about desert son how to conduct their elections. living. The $61 million facility would That precedent makes it questionable cover about 5.3 acres near a trailhead. whether the measure would be enforceIt’s already been scaled back from its able in any of the state’s 19 charter cit- original plans due to protests. ies, assuming Lawrence could get it en“But there’s a very liberal cadre that acted. But that ruling does not apply to wants it built,” Lawrence said, suggest-

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Chandler growth creating demand for office, industrial space BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

riven largely by demand from companies in the technology industry, Chandler is seeing low vacancy rates in both office and industrial space, an indication that the city is a prime spot for new development. Those low vacancy numbers have fostered a competitive real estate market in Chandler as businesses considering locating in the city vie for remaining space. “The amount of skilled labor out there in tech and financial services makes it a place where a lot of employers are looking to find a home,” said Sven Tustin, Conor Commercial Real Estate vice president. In the third quarter of this year, the Valley posted its lowest vacancy rates in Class A office space since 2006, and Chandler was one of the submarkets that posted the most significant net absorption numbers in the office market during that time. Demand for space in the Valley was concentrated primarily in Chandler and Tempe as the two cities combined to account for 50 percent of the office market’s total net absorption in the third quarter, according to CBRE’s most recent Phoenix Office MarketView report. Chandler’s industrial market has seen a similar level of activity. During the third quarter, developers in the Valley delivered 2,152,175 square feet of new industrial space, over 90 percent of which was preleased. Cushman & Wakefield’s most recent MarketBeat Phoenix Industrial report noted that Chandler was one of three submarkets – the only in the East Valley – leading that development. Currently, the vacancy rate for office space in Chandler is 11 percent, and the vacancy rate for industrial space in the city is even lower at 5.9 percent, said Mi-

(Conor Commercial Real Estate)

A preliminary industrial rendering shows the Lotus Project at Loop 202 and Kyrene Road.

cah Miranda, Chandler economic development director. Both figures are well below market averages. The overall office vacancy rate in the Southeast Valley is 15.3 percent, according to the CBRE report. The overall vacancy rate in the industrial market in Phoenix Metro is 8.3 percent, according to Cushman & Wakefield. With demand for high-end office and industrial space on the rise throughout the East Valley, developers are making investments in mixed-used properties in Chandler to meet that pent up demand. “Why (new development) is important is because 85 percent of the prospects and leads we talk to require existing building space,” Miranda said. One such project is the Price Corporate Center, located within the Price Road Technology Corridor at Price and Germann Roads, which recently received zoning approvals from the Chandler City Council. The 55-acre site features the combination of two parcels – a 15-acre parcel and a 40-acre parcel – that had received zoning approval in the recent past, according to a City of Chandler Development

Services memorandum concerning the project. The City Council recently approved a zoning amendment that will allow buildings with heights of up to 150 feet. That overlay previously applied to only the 15acre site. The project is expected to have an office component along with space for manufacturing operations, said Erik Swanson, Chandler senior city planner. “What we are looking for are users in accordance with the Price Road Technology Corridor, such as knowledge-intensive industries and corporate campuses,” Swanson said. Chandler also will be home to another mixed-use business park called Lotus Project on land previously owned by the city at Loop 202 and Kyrene Road. Illinois-based Conor Commercial Real Estate recently purchased the city-owned lot for $15 million with plans to develop 53.6 acres into a business complex featuring office and light industrial space. “What we are looking to do as part of this project is deliver high-quality real estate and to continue to have real estate available for new companies and to give existing companies place to expand,” Mi-

randa said. The project is geared for supply chain companies within the technology industry and knowledge-based research and development companies, Miranda said. “We are big believers in the Southeast Valley generally and Chandler specifically,” Tustin said. “It is where we are seeing lots of population growth.” Conor Commercial is still working on designs for Lotus and plans to adopt an aggressive development timeline. “We plan on closing on the land in the second quarter of (2018) and starting construction pretty quickly thereafter,” Tustin said. He added that the company plans to deliver the first phase of the project – which will include 450,000 square feet of light industrial and advanced manufacturing space – in the second quarter of 2019. The plot was originally acquired by the city in 1998 for the future construction of a wastewater treatment plant. However, the city no longer had a need for a plant at that location and made the site available for commercial development. “The city had the site for a number of years and, given the fact that we are in such a strong real estate market here in Chandler, deemed this a good time to look for development,” Miranda said. When the city decided to sell the parcel in early 2017, it issued a request for qualifications to find a developer for the site and eventually chose Conor Commercial from a field of four candidates. Proceeds from the sale of the property will go to the city’s Wastewater Fund, which was originally used to purchase the parcel. – Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or wschutsky@timespublications.com.

Chandler lawmaker’s policy aimed at sexual harassment BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol News Service

oping to nip future problems before they get out of hand, House Speaker J.D. Mesnard on Monday released a detailed policy designed to curb sexual harassment. The Chandler Republican told Capitol Media Services that he believes it has always been a violation of House policy, if not state law, for lawmakers and staffers to make unwelcome sexual advances or offensive remarks. And he said that is

conveyed to new legislators and employees when they first take office or are hired. But Mesnard said people tend to be at the Capitol for a decade or more and that “a periodic reminder might become the norm for the future.’’ What’s been the more pressing issue is to spell out, on paper, what’s off limits as well as the procedures that should be followed when a complaint is made. The move is not coming in a vacuum. It follows a Facebook post more than a week ago by Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita,

R-Scottsdale, saying that from the moment she took office in 2011, she experienced “unwanted sexual advances and lewd and suggestive comments regarding my body and appearance from male colleagues.’’ As the behavior became “more aggressive and brazen,’’ Ugenti-Rita said she complained to House leadership. “While they were understanding and responsive to me, the lack of a traditional employer/employee relationship made it very difficult for them to deal with it in a

meaningful way,’’ she wrote. Ugenti-Rita did not identify those who she said assailed her. Mesnard said what he crafted will create a more formalized policy, covering everything from who can take complaints to the procedures they should follow. What the policy also has is some very specific definitions of what is off limits. It starts with any “unequal and unlawful treatment of an individual,’’ including See

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW North Carolina sues Chandler-based Insys over alleged opioid scheme Chandler-based pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics has again been sued over

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Tempe woman arrested at immigration checkpoint, charged with human smuggling A Tempe woman was arrested Dec. 23 at an immigration checkpoint after authorities

found three people in the trunk of her car. Authorities say the unidentified woman’s vehicle was flagged for a secondary inspection after she was stopped at the checkpoint along Interstate 19 in southern Arizona. Two men and a woman, from Mexico and Guatemala, were found hidden in the car, along with a loaded handgun. The woman is facing human smuggling charges, and the people in the trunk were processed for immigration violations. – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

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unwelcome verbal, written, physical or electronic communications “that either degrades or shows hostility or aversion towards a person arising because of that person’s inclusion in one of the categories protected by state or federal civil rights laws.’’ That includes race, religion, ethnicity and gender. And Mesnard said sexual harassment in particular already is spelled out in federal and state laws, including unwelcome sexual advances, harassment “that is inherently sexual in nature,’’ offensive remarks about a person’s gender, and any sort of promise of advancement or benefit in exchange for sexual favors. Also forbidden, he said, is the other side of the equation, meaning creating a “hostile work environment’’ and retaliation. “Most of it isn’t new,’’ Mesnard said. “But it hasn’t always been written or public.’’ More to the point, he said, the policy hasn’t always been clear. “We wanted to put it all out there,’’ the speaker said. Ugenti-Rita, whose public comments

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triggered all this, called what Mesnard internal policies were I was sent a link to put together “a good first step.’’ a federal website,’’ she recalled. “So I am She said it should provide some guid- happy to see that it looks like there’s goance and some protections ing to be more structure to to future lawmakers who the process.’’ won’t have to go through Mesnard said he has had the same hassles – and she a handful of people come says lack of formal action – to him since becoming that she faced. speaker earlier this year. “We have this ‘it depends’ “I’m almost always asked policy on who’s in leaderto not intervene but just to ship,’’ Ugenti-Rita said be aware,’’ Mesnard said. Monday after a preliminary “If I’m told, I’m told for review of the written policy. my knowledge and I’m not “It depends on who wants supposed to do anything to take it seriously.’’ about it.’’ And she pointed out that And if victims do not Mesnard even has gotten want to pursue the mat(Capitol News Service) into the details of not only ter, he said, that leaves him how an inquiry should be House Speaker J.D. Mesnard with few options. conducted, but even forms said "the House policy main“I don’t know what other tains consistency with state with notes and checklists and federal law." recourse in those situaof what should be asked tions we’ve got other than of both the person making to make sure we revisit the accusations and the person who is ac- members, make sure we have training cused of harassment. to remind all members what ethical re“None of that stuff existed’’ when she quirements we are operating under here, went to House leadership, Ugenti-Rita and continue to remind people of those said. things,’’ Mesnard said. “When I reached out about what our There’s also the question of whether the

complaints should be public. On one hand, Mesnard said that, as a public body – and with elected members – there is a presumption that most everything is open. “We could be in this pickle where the very fact that what we do is public could discourage folks from coming forward because they want to handle it privately,’’ he said. But Mesnard said it all comes out in the open if it deals with a lawmaker and gets to the point where it would go to the Ethics Committee. One issue Mesnard is sidestepping for the time being deals with harassment based on someone’s sexual orientation. as that is not a “protected’’ class under current state or federal law. Mesnard said the main purpose of what he put together was to make people aware of what harassment is and where to go if they are a victim. “Obviously, there are many policy discussions we may have moving forward about what should be under the umbrella of protected classes,’’ he said. “I didn’t want to delve into that putting this policy out there because then we get tangled up in an ongoing policy discussion.’’

Senate ready to cap tax credits tied to non-public schools BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

he architect of an ever-increasing flow of state tax revenues to help send students to private and parochial schools said he's willing to consider a cap now that the diversion has topped $74 million a year. Senate President Steve Yarbrough acknowledged that he has been a staunch defender of the tax credits originally available only to individual taxpayers. The Chandler Republican was the sponsor of a major expansion of the law, allowing corporations to give what they would otherwise owe the state in income taxes instead to organizations that provide scholarships for the private schools. Most significant is that Yarbrough demanded – and got – an annual escalator clause, boosting the amount that corporations can divert by 20 percent a year. For this year, the cap is $74.3 million. That rises to nearly $89.2 million next year, $107 million the year after that more than $128 million the following year. And there is no limit. To put that in perspective, corporations, already benefiting from a multi-year reduction in tax rates, will pay only about

$368 million of the state’s $9.8 billion in expenses this year. That 20 percent year-over-year increase in allowable credits, unless capped, would swallow all of that up by 2027. “You don't have to be a mathematician to have determined that a 20 percent escalator that is compounding, at some point in time is actually going to exceed the totality of the corporate income tax,” Yarbrough told Capitol Media Services. The scholarship program predates – and is different from – vouchers that provide state funds directly to parents to pay for tuition and other expenses at private and parochial schools. With scholarships, donor organizations determine the dollars given to any student; the amount of a voucher is limited. Yarbrough’s change of heart came as he announced Thursday he no longer will be executive director and general counsel of the Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization. That’s a position he has held since the organization was first formed 20 years ago, when lawmakers – at the behest of his group and others – first opened the door to individuals to divert their tax dollars to groups like his that provide those private and parochial school scholarships.

Yarbrough and his family have benefited from the credits. The Internal Revenue Service filings by the ACSTO show that out of the $21.3 million the organization collected in the most recent year, Yarbrough was paid $98,241 in annual salary plus another $27,840 in what he said is the cost of fringe benefits and life insurance. On top of that, the organization paid another $659,300 to HY Processing, a firm owned by Yarbrough and his wife, Linda, to handle the accounting and paperwork for the scholarships. ACSTO also currently rents space in a building owned by Yarbrough. A spokeswoman for ACSTO said she did not know the amount of the lease. But the IRS form lists occupancy costs of $49,180. Yarbrough said his sponsorship of expanding the credits to also include corporations was based on his personal belief that more dollars mean more education opportunities for students who otherwise could not afford to attend a private or parochial school. He also said he had nothing to gain from his sponsorship of the corporate tax credits, saying the more than $155 million ACSTO has received in donations

since 1998 comes only from individuals. Yarbrough’s retirement from ACSTO – and his apparent change of heart – could provide the best chance in years to actually rein in the credits before they further reduce state revenues. Rep. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek, and Rep. Doug Coleman, R-Apache Junction, have sponsored legislation for at least four years seeking to limit the annual increase to a more reasonable number. “This inflation sticks out like a sore thumb,” Carter said. More to the point, “it’s not sustainable,” citing the same compounded data that shows corporate taxes drying up at some point. Yarbrough’s willingness to cap the credits does not temper his defense of allowing organizations like ACSTO to keep up to 10 percent of donations by both individuals and businesses for administrative expenses. That could provoke a separate fight. Coleman wants to cut that figure in half. Yarbrough, however, said just doing the paperwork on scholarships – the part now done at ACSTO by HY Processing – eats up about 3 percent of what comes in. And he said another 2 percent goes to the companies that process the donations paid by credit card.

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THE WEEK AHEAD Young writers can be aTheRenFest Jr. Reporter East Valley Tribune and Get Out are looking for two readers, ages 7 to 17, to be junior reporters at the Arizona Renaissance Festival. The festival, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, will run Feb. 10 to April 1. Kids selected as a junior reporter will receive family tickets to the festival, recognition as the King’s Scribe at the Royal Pavilion, and a chance to write an article about the Renaissance Festival and see it published in GetOut in the East Valley Tribune. The contest runs Jan. 8 to Feb. 9. Keep an eye on the Tribune for more details. – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Tempe to celebrate winners ofTempe MLKwillDiversity Awards honor winners at the 20th Annual City of Tempe Human Relations Commission MLK Diversity Awards Breakfast at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8, at the Tempe Marriott at the Buttes Resort, 2000 Westcourt Way. This year’s winners include a founding leader for the City of Tempe Teen Diversity Dialogue program, an individual dedicated to promoting the inclusion of the transgender people, an organization integrating Latinos into American culture and other outstanding community members. The breakfast and awards ceremony will feature keynote speaker Raveen Arora, owner of India Plaza and The Dhaba. Attendance at the event is by RSVP only, and the cost is $10. Information and RSVP: tempe.gov/mlk or 480-350-8979. – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Chandler hosting chance toThe‘Meet the Elected Officials’ Chandler Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual “Meet the Elected Officials Breakfast” at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, at the Hilton Chandler-Phoenix, 2929 W. Frye Road. Among the representatives will be Arizona state legislators; Chandler City Council members; members of the Chandler, Kyrene, Tempe and Mesa governing boards and the Corporation Commission. Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny will deliver the opening remarks. Information: chandlerchamber.com, info@chandlerchamber.com or 480-963-0811. Registration: chandlerchamber.chambermaster.com/eventregistration/register/19618. – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Anime festival to fill Mesa Convention Center with fans “Arizona’s coolest anime festival,” Taiyou Con, is returning to the Mesa Convention Center for the eighth year. The convention celebrates Japanese animation, known as anime, as well as cosplay, music and other events. The festival runs Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7, 263 N. Center St., Mesa. Pre-registration deadline is Thursday, Jan. 4, for full-weekend badges, priced at $40. Those badges are $45 at the door. Single-day badges are also available. Information: taiyoucon.com. – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

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Tempe leaders to build garden for disabled adults center BY JESSICA SURIANO Tribune Contributor

empe Leadership’s 33rd class of community members will begin construction on a new sensory garden for The Centers for Rehabilitation in January, a project that will combine art, music and nature. The Centers for Rehabilitation, 215 W. Lodge Drive in Tempe, provides services and care for adults living with developmental and physical abilities. TCH works to empower adults with independent living skills, such as earning a paycheck and participating in community events. Tempe Leadership is a nine-month program in which community members, after a rigorous application process, can learn about areas such as arts and humanities and city government. Each class contributes to a volunteer project. This year’s class comprises 21 members from many different walks of life in Tempe. The garden, this year’s class project, will be around 9,000 square feet at TCH. The sensory garden will be a serene, relaxing place, according to Dawn Hocking, director of development for TCH. She said it will help individuals who sometimes get overstimulated. Earlier this year, TCH updated its Diamondback Yard, a space for high energy and activities, with the help of the Ken Kendrick Grand Slam Grant from the

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cation and motor skills, and relieve stress, according to the Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation, an organization committed to the education and implementation of “multi-sensory environments.” Some of the features Hocking and Tempe Leadership are hoping to incorporate into the garden will be a seating area, an adapted swing, a water component, a space for hands-on activities and a mural. It is expected to be completed in May. James “J.T.” Taylor, an associate at Orion Investment Real Estate and a member of this year’s Tempe Leadership class, said the class decided on working with TCH for its project after spending a day there and watching the staff and residents interact and work together. Taylor also said the class felt it was an underserved community and the garden would be a great addition. “This is something we’ve wanted for quite some time now, and it’s exciting to see the planning begin,” Shana Ellis, president and CEO of TCH, said in a press release. Tempe Leadership is fundraising for the garden project online, and TCH also qualifies for a dollar-for-dollar tax credit. Donations to either organization for the garden can be made at tempeleadership. org/current-class or at tch-az.com/arizona-tax-credit.

Mesa joins EV trend, will open facility to recycle hazardous wastes BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

esa residents should find it easier to get rid of junk in their garage, without damaging the environment, when the city’s first permanent household hazardous waste collection and recycling facility opens in the fall. Joining a strong trend throughout the East Valley, the new Mesa facility will allow residents to safely dispose of everything from paint to CFL lightbulbs on a regular basis rather than four times a year.

For example, Gilbert more than doubled the amount of waste it collected and more than tripled its number of customers at a household waste recycling facility in a 10-year period. Scott Bouchie, Mesa’s environmental services director, said the service will be available to residents about 20 hours per week, compared with 16 hours a year, once the $3.9 million facility opens in north Mesa, at 2412 N. Center St. He said the center will help the city recycle more materials while giving residents an opportunity to save money through use of a “Swap Shop,” where

they can pick up items in good shape, such as pesticides, motor oil and paint, for free. “We’ve been doing events for 20 years now. The number of residents coming to these events have increased years after year,” Bouchie said. An estimated 1,200 to 1,700 people have shown up at the quarterly Saturday-morning disposal days, he said. “With us having a facility, it will give us more of an opportunity to reuse and recycle the materials,” Bouchie said. One example might be some paint mixed in a particular color that a resident

no longer likes. Tempe, Chandler and Gilbert all have such drop-off and recycling facilities. Materials are sorted to determine whether they can be recycled or must be tossed. Contractors take the materials to off-site locations. Residents are asked to bring a picture ID or a water bill to prove they qualify for the service. The concept is not new, with Gilbert and Chandler’s facilities having opened about 10 years ago and Tempe’s the first of its kind, dating back to the late 1990s. See

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Gilbert and Tempe report a 90 percent recycling rate for materials brought to their facilities. “I think the main concern is the environment. I am happy Mesa is building one,” said Jack Minkalis, Gilbert’s environmental services supervisor. “Obviously, people want to clean up the garage, but it’s really about the environment.” Minkalis said paint accounts for about 50 percent of the materials received at the Gilbert facility, but “it’s just about anything,” including some items that were never opened. He used to get a bunch of old flip phones when residents replaced them with smartphones. “Every customer who comes in is happy we are here,” Minkalis said. “The stuff is not ending up in a landfill.” He said he suspects that Mesa’s new facility will be busy and that more materials will get disposed of properly and recycled when it is convenient to do so. “You are only getting a small percentage of what’s out there,” with events only four Saturdays per year, Minkalis said. Gilbert’s statistics verify the popularity of such facilities. The amount of waste collected has more than doubled, from 217,357 pounds during the 2008 fiscal year to 514,424 pounds during the 2017 fiscal year. COMMUNITY BRIEFS

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$10,000 donated to support summer camp for foster kids

CoBank has donated $10,000 to Royal Family KIDS in Chandler to support an annual, weeklong summer camp for children 6 through 11 who are in the foster care system. The donation was made on behalf of Jon E. Marthedal, a member of the board of directors of the Denver-based cooperative bank. The nonprofit partners with local child protective organizations to identify children who would benefit from the camp and activities that include games, crafts and horseback riding.

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Volunteers needed in Tempe for annual homeless street count

Tempe is looking for volunteers to help with its annual Point-in-Time Homeless Street Count. The count, which takes place Jan. 23, is an annual street and shelter count to determine the number of people experiencing homelessness in the region.

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Mesa’s new $3.9 million household hazardous waste collection and recycling facility at 2412 N. Center St. will open this fall.

During the same period, the number of customers more than tripled, from 2,782 to 9,273, according to Minkalis. Shannon Reed, a Tempe spokeswoman, said residents want to do the right thing when it comes to recycling and the environment. “We’ve had one for years. It’s very successful and our residents love it,” said Shannon Reed, a Tempe spokeswoman. “So many people have a lot of stuff and they want to be environmentally respon-

sible.” Tempe takes the effort a step further by sponsoring Zero Waste Days four times per year, where residents can bring just about anything to a public location, including Kiwanis Park. Mariano Reyes, a Mesa spokesman, said the city would have loved to open the facility years ago, but money to build one only recently became available as the result of a bond issue and an environmental fund.

Interested volunteers must take part in a required training session to be considered for the project. Two sessions are available Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the Tempe Public Library, 3500 S. Rural Road, at 9 a.m. and at 6 p.m. Participants can choose either session and will receive project materials then. Information: tempe.gov/humanservices or Kim_VanNimwegen@tempe.gov.

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Tempe councilmembers appointed to national group

Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell, Vice Mayor Robin Arredondo-Savage and Councilmember Joel Navarro have been appointed to new positions on National League of Cities advocacy groups for 2018. Mitchell was newly appointed to the Transportation and Infrastructure Services federal advocacy committee. Arredondo-Savage was appointed to serve as the vice chair of the Human Development federal advocacy committee. Navarro, who is a current NLC board member, has been appointed to serve on the board’s finance committee. The NLC serves as a resource and advocate for more than 19,000 member cities, villages and towns across the country.

Chandler, Gilbert announce Christmas tree recycling

Chandler and Gilbert are offering Christmas tree recycling for residents. Chandler will collect trees until Jan. 12. The trees will be chipped and reused in park landscaping projects. For neighborhood drop-off locations, go to chandleraz.gov/default.aspx?pageid=233. Gilbert is offering recycling for residents until Jan. 8. For locations, visit www.gilbertaz.gov/holidayrecycling. For safety, the cities ask that tree stands, nails, ornaments, lights and garlands be removed.

2 Chandler, Gilbert artists receive grants from state

Two East Valley artists have received grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. In all, 18 artists statewide received the Arts Commission Awards Research and Development Grants, totaling up to $5,000 each. Among the recipients are writer María Isabel Alvarez of Chandler and visual artist Marieke Davis of Gilbert. With the grant

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New elementary school named for Faith Mather Sossaman

Elementary School Number Six in the Queen Creek Unified School District has officially been named Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary, honoring a woman associated with the town for 82 years. Sossaman started teaching at Queen Creek Elementary School in January 1932. Her son, James, served on the Queen Creek Board, as did her grandson, Stephen. The school name was officially approved during the Dec. 5 Governing Board meeting. Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary is near 226th Street and Ocotillo Road in the William Lyon Homes subdivision. Completion of the school is slated for June, in time for the start of the 2018-19 school year. Submit your releases to rzubiate@timespublications.com

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Sibley’s West strikes gold with Arizona gifts BY MELODY BIRKETT Tribune Contributor

tems “Made in America” aren’t always easy to find, and labels that say “Made in Arizona” are even scarcer – except at one downtown Chandler store. At Sibley’s West, everything in the gift shop is Made in Arizona. John and Michelle Wolfe opened the business in December 2010 with 55 local suppliers. Seven years later, the couple has more than 200 Arizona suppliers with about 4,000 items in their store. “And I think that’s what people like about this store,” said John. “They know they’re going to get something that’s quality and unique. It’s from somebody here so there’s usually a story behind it and the product.” The couple gets merchandise from vendors who’ve been in business only a year to those who’ve been at it 40 years. “We wondered, when we first started, if we’d be able to fill the store,” said Michelle, referring to finding products made only in Arizona. “Now, I could fill a dozen stores easily. I don’t want to duplicate. And I’m loyal to people. Once we get their product in, I don’t go and find that product from someone else.”

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John and Michelle Wolfe have done their part to celebrate the Grand Canyon State. Their 6-year-old downtown Chandler store, Sibley’s West, has become the go-to spot for all things Arizona; anything from prickly pear salad dressing to turquoise necklaces to State Forty Eight apparel is available.

The Arizona gift shop concept was Michelle’s idea. “We live in Chandler,” said Michelle. “We would come downtown to go to the restaurants and there was nothing to do. You would eat and go home. “So, we were asking different restaurant owners, ‘What would you like to see?’ and they had ideas like a bookstore, gift shop. And I thought…we could do gifts but it has to be something unique and different. It can’t be the same thing

people see at the mall because then they’ll just go there.” They didn’t want a tourist souvenir shop but rather a gift shop with local merchandise that would appeal to travelers but also local residents. The original idea is that the shop would be small, with Michelle running it by herself with a little help from her husband on weekends. It didn’t turn out that way. “People have just responded so well

to it that we were busy from the day we opened our doors,” Michelle said. The Sibleys recently expanded and celebrated their 100,000th guest since opening. Popular items vary with each department. “Something that has been a strong seller since the day we opened would be dirt shirts, the ones that are dyed in Arizona red dirt,” said Michelle. “The dirt is from Mesa. “Probably our biggest departments are apparel. Food is always a big one, and then ceramics. Those are our three biggest areas. “Prickly pear brings people from far and wide,” said Michelle. “And we have probably close to, I’d say, 60 different items made from prickly pear. We’ve got jelly and syrup, candy and popcorn, and lotion and soap, and salsa and hot sauce, BBQ sauce, and it just goes on and on. “So that brings people. We have a whole display we’ve done with just prickly pear because it’s so popular. And anything hot. Hot sauces, etc. are really popular.” The inventory ranges from fun to more functional. See

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Mesa doctor spreads his wings with patients BY MELODY BIRKETT Tribune Contributor

sychology major, commercial pilot, flight instructor and wellness doctor. Dr. Eric Shreder combines his varied background into one medical practice called Full Circle Health, near the Mesa/ Gilbert line. “It’s a med spa-like environment but we do bio-identical hormones, aesthetics, IV therapies, CoolSculpting, anti-aging medicine, laser, Botox, injectables and facial fillers, regenerative medicine, and weight loss,” Shreder said. Although he treats patients from all walks of life and professions, many of Shreder’s clients are airline pilots. “I see thousands and thousands of airline pilots and air traffic controllers every

year,” Shreder said, adding: He got his first job after graduate school “I’m involved with a Federal Aviation in Wichita, Kansas as a cockpit design Administration program called HIMS, engineer at Boeing. the Human Intervention Motivation “I worked on advanced R&D Study program, which gets pilots who programs, advanced displays and have problems with drugs and alcocontrols to be integrated into new hol back into the cockpit. It also helps cockpit designs,” Shreder said. pilots with depression issues back into After a few years, he went to the cockpit on antidepressants.” Douglas Aircraft in California, Pilots attracted his attention where he worked on cockpit conwhile he was studying for his trols. master’s degree in psycholAfter that, Shreder ogy. learned the helicopter “I got interested in pilot business at Falcon Field vision in graduate school Airport in Mesa, working and did a lot of research on the Apaches and the in dynamic visual acuity, MD-80 Explorer in the (Special to the Tribune) and that got me into the daytime and teaching Dr. Eric Shreder is a member of the whole pilot field,” he American Association of Anti-Aging engineers how to fly explained. at Falcon Field in the Medicine.

evenings. Around that time, layoffs hit the aerospace industry and, after 10 years in the aviation industry, Shreder went to medical school. In 2000, at age 34, he started practicing both traditional and natural medicine. He called his practice “very traditional as far as I do a lot of surgeries in the office,” explaining, “I do a lot of orthopedic sports injury type stuff with knee-lubricant injections, steroid injections. “I do a lot of dermatology. I take off a lot of skin cancers. So pretty much conventional as far as that. I’m treating the blood pressure and diabetes and all that stuff. But really in the last seven or eight years, we’ve been putting a lot of emphasis on See

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BUSINESS BRIEFS

Desert Schools Credit Union to change name on Jan. 1

growth, both nationally and within local markets where the company currently operates. Read takes on the newly created role of director of communications and outreach. She most recently served as director with Allison+Partners, a global public relations agency, where she managed strategic media relations plans to support large brands.

Desert Schools Credit Union will become Desert Financial Credit Union on Jan. 1, due to public confusion over its mission. The credit union, with branches across the East Valley, said research showed 60 percent of Valley residents didn’t know who it is, what it does or who it serves. “Having the word ‘schools’ in our name creates confusion,” the company’s website said. “To be able to continue to grow and serve the financial needs of members and potential members, we needed to address this challenge with a new name.” Information: desertschools.org/newname/ faq.

Mission Springs, a 306-unit apartment community at 1311 W. Baseline Road in Tempe, has been sold for $33.8 million to 29th Street Management II. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Gelt Baseline Holdings, LLC. The apartments were built in 1987, as oneand two-bedroom units with four floor plans.

OfferPad announces hirings of two marketing experts

Marina Heights development getting new owners in deal

Gilbert-based OfferPad, an on-demand, tech-enabled direct home buyer and seller, has hired Darrin Shamo as chief marketing officer and Cortney Read as director of communications and outreach. As chief marketing officer, Shamo will be responsible for driving brand awareness and

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getting training in aesthetics.” Shreder is a member of the American Association of Anti-Aging Medicine. “I don’t want to become a victim of the diseases I’m treating. So, my idea is I’m going to learn these things for me and my family and then help my patients to slow the aging process.” He also provides in-office detox for people hooked on heroin and pills, but his passion is in treating pilots. “Part of my job has been to convince airline pilots is that they’re mortal too,” Shreder said. “There has been this tradition to not have the aviation medical examiner be

Tempe apartments sell for $33.8 million

Marina Heights in Tempe is getting new ownership Under a sale-leaseback deal with State Farm Insurance, a partnership led by Transwestern Investment Groups acquired the 2 millionsquare-foot development. The sale price was not disclosed. your regular doctor. What I try to do is to convince them that prevention is the way to go and let me be their regular doc.” About 40 percent of his patients are pilots and their families. “I do some non-invasive testing, some advance blood testing, to try and find out if they’ve got underlying cardiovascular disease they don’t know about and get them back into the cockpit. It’s better to find this out rather than have it happen in the air.” A commercial pilot and certified flight instructor, Shreder has his own airplane and enjoys flying to Flagstaff every weekend. “I’m actively out there, talking to the air traffic controllers that I might have just had in for a flight physical,” he said. “So,

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“Functional pottery, mugs, all hand blown,” said Michelle. “I get to work with the artists and the vendors so I get to see all the different Arizona businesses and how having their items here has impacted them. And so we help other people build their business.” Sibley’s West is open daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas “because you never know when people need a gift, when there’s a visitor in town and this is their day to get something, so we want to be open,” John said. The store’s name has quite a history. “The original Sibley’s was a department store in Rochester, New York, that was started in 1868 by my great-grandfather, Rufus Sibley,” John said. He explained that his grandfather and two business partners worked together for more than 50 years. Rufus Sibley died in 1928 at age 88. Sibley’s stayed in business until 1990 and eventually was purchased by Macy’s. “When we opened the gift shop, Michelle suggested we bring back the famI’m part of the industry and they know it. They know I’ve been involved in the cockpit design aspects of it. They know I’ve been up there and do it. “I think I’m more relatable and I can kind of understand some of the gray areas I think better than a lot of other docs.” Whether you’re a pilot or in another profession, Shreder said exercise is important in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. “You have to make time for exercise. I exercise every day. Every day of my life. I have not missed a full day of work in 20 years. It’s not just because I’m a business owner and I got to be here. “The fact I get up every morning, I do my calisthenics, my run with my dog, I do my exercise, I live what I like to have my

patients live,” he added. “In other words, I don’t tell them to do something I wouldn’t do myself. No one will take me seriously if I was way out of shape or didn’t appear like I care.” Going to a wellness center such as Full Circle Health is different than going to a doctor, according to Shreder. His focus is to treat the whole person and get to the root cause of a problem or disease to improve a patient’s quality of life. “Insurance companies are all about getting you to just not be sick. Really what my goal is for people to be well and healthy and that’s a different thing. And that’s kind of why we branched out into the new side of the practice.” Information: fullcircleaz.com.

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ily name and so we’re Sibley’s West,” said John. “And it’s been great because we have had a lot of visitors from Western New York who remember and have fond memories of shopping at Sibley’s. We have a few memorabilia pieces. There’s a shadow box and a sign from the downtown Rochester store.” Customers come from all over the world. “We’ve had guests from 112 different countries who’ve signed our guestbook,” John said. “We have regulars from out-of-the-country who come in every year.” Conventions seem to attract the most customers with some requesting unique Arizona items to give to attendees. “We’re just happy to be a part of the downtown Chandler mix because it has really become a destination for people to get a bite to eat. There are a lot of festivals, artwork.” Sibley’s West offers shipping to guests including gift baskets. They also do guest bags for weddings that includes snacks, prickly pear jelly, lip balm, crackers, candy, sun tan lotion and a mug. Information: sibleyswest.com.

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Tax reform should start with making credit unions pay their fair share BY LYNNE BREYER Tribune Guest Writer

ax reform is all the talk in Washington these days, and President Trump has stressed that one of his main goals in tax reform is to make taxes fairer by leveling the playing field for all businesses. The first thing Congress and the president should do if they’re serious about fairness is to stop picking winners and losers in the marketplace using the tax code. An obvious example of this troubling practice is the unreasonable tax advantage that credit unions have over banks. Credit unions don’t pay any taxes at all, while banks pay massive tax bills – even though credit unions compete with banks and provide the same services to customers. Credit unions are classified as nonprofits – just like homeless shelters, churches, emergency relief organizations and chil-

dren’s hospitals. But unlike those charities, many large credit unions simply exploit their tax status to provide big paydays to upper management and gain unfair advantages against banks. Like banks, credit unions offer services such as checking and savings accounts, personal and business loans, credit cards and e-banking. Unlike banks, credit unions don’t pay a dime on the money they make from fees and interest from their customers. While banks often pay 30 percent or more in taxes, credit unions – even behemoth, multibillion-dollar credit unions – pay no taxes at all. When credit unions make money, they don’t pay corporate income taxes or taxes on capital gains. They buy supplies and pay for services without shelling out sales taxes. Credit unions don’t even pay property taxes. Even though some credit unions own hundreds of branches, state and local governments don’t receive a dime on the billions of dollars’ worth of

real estate that credit unions own. Here in Arizona, big credit unions use money they should be contributing to the community to fund fancy trips, swanky conferences and exorbitant salaries. OneAZ Credit Union has stockpiled nearly $1.8 billion in assets, according to filings with the federal government. The Phoenix-based credit union pays its CEO a salary and benefits package worth $1.1 million a year. The outfit’s COO pockets $600,000 and the CFO earned $503,000 annually. Additionally, OneAZ spends $2 million on advertising, $1.1 million on conferences and $940,000 on travel every year. The credit union even funds a small lobbying budget, undoubtedly spending money in the hopes of convincing elected officials to keep the tax man away. Vantage West Credit Union is headquartered in Tucson, where the per-capita income is just over $20,000 a year. The credit union’s president rakes in $917,000

a year – 45 times more than the average Tucson resident. Vantage West, which oversees $1.6 billion in assets, also spent $3.2 million on advertising and $652,000 on conferences. The CEO of Tempe’s billion-dollar TruWest Credit Union collected $1.4 million in 2015, including a deferred compensation package. There is no reason why these humongous credit unions, with their millionaire CEOs and billions of dollars in holdings, should be treated the same as a small soup kitchen, after-school program or animal rescue organization in the eyes of the IRS. If Congress is committed to making taxes fairer, lawmakers should start by making large credit unions pay their fair share in taxes, while lowering tax rates for businesses that have been contributing to government coffers year after year. – Lynne Breyer is the administrator for the Arizona Freedom Alliance. Visit AFA online at arizonafreedomalliance.org.

New anti-tethering ordinance shows concern for Tempe pets

BY LAUREN KUBY AND RANDY KEATING Tribune Guest Writers

empe residents have demonstrated time and time again that they treasure the companion animals in their lives and in our community. This concern for animals was shown in the overwhelming support for our antipuppy mill ordinance last year. In service to the nearly 40,000 dogs living with Tempe families today, the Tempe City Council on Dec. 14 passed an anti-tethering ordinance that we hope is the first step in a larger citywide initiative providing education and resources aimed at positive, healthy pet ownership. In this ordinance, tethering refers to

the tying or chaining of a dog on private property, an act that can negatively impact both the dog and the community at large. The primary goal of this ordinance is to protect the health and safety of both. Tethering without appropriate supervision can be dangerous – even fatal – for dogs. Ropes and chains can become tangled around other objects in the yard, which can limit a dog’s access to food, water or shelter, as well as cause serious injuries, choking hazards and even death. Our Arizona weather can be extreme for a dog trapped outdoors, particularly in the heat of the summer and during monsoon season. Additionally, studies have shown that dogs who spend extended time tied or chained have increased levels of frustration and territoriality that lead to increased nuisance barking and aggressive behavior. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tethered dogs are three times more likely to bite. Fortunately, research shows us that cities with anti-tethering ordinances see

decreases in both problems. So, what does this new ordinance actually do? Rather than banning tethering altogether, the proposed law provides for common-sense standards around the conditions under which a dog might be tethered, as well as outlines the types of equipment that are safer if a dog must be tied. General provisions include: Supervision – Dogs may not be tethered without someone on the property. Equipment – Dogs may be tied to a trolley or pulley system, cable run or tie-out stake with a swivel. No stationary objects without swivel may be used. Collars must fit well and may not be a choke, pinch, prong or slip collar. Line must not be long enough for dog to wrap around or jump over any object which may tangle. Access – Dog must have access to shade, shelter, food and water at all times; they must have enough room to lie down comfortably and turn around. Weather – Tethering of dogs is prohibited during extreme weather conditions (defined as temperatures below

45 degrees or above 85 degrees) or the presence of a monsoon, thunderstorm, flashflood, tornado or dust storm warning issued by any local, state or national weather authority. This temperature range coincides with federal USDA standards for outdoor housing of dogs. The City Council understands that when unsafe tethering occurs, it is rarely because someone does not love their dog. For that reason, we are committed to working with our local prosecutors to develop an effective diversion program that links pet owners with local partners who can provide education and training, assisting families in finding safer alternatives. This ordinance will serve as a new tool for our law enforcement officers who previously had to wait for much more serious neglect or abuse laws to apply before they could intervene. Our hope is that it will also improve the lives of our four-legged family members while protecting the safety of our community. – Lauren Kuby and Randy Keating are councilmembers for the city of Tempe.

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The facts remain

While Bill Montgomery continues to niggle over whether or not William Epperlein was driving on a revoked or suspended license, had not been drinking nor left the scene of the accident, the fact remains that the man killed a young mother. Epperlein grievously injured her young son and infant daughter and deprived a father of the marriage with his wife. Where is the required justice for which this killing and injury must be meted out? Also, vengeance should be done to the vandals who desecrated the portrait of this beautiful young woman and her infant daughter.

– Dorisella Polinski – Tempe

What would T.R. do?

When Donald Trump was elected president, sportsmen had high hopes that the president and his Cabinet would commit to, in President Trump’s words, “honoring the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.” As our 26th president, Roosevelt worked tirelessly to stop special interests from developing and privatizing our public lands and waters, conserving more than 230 million acres by establishing 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, four national game preserves, five national parks and 18 national monuments. Sportsmen have applauded the administration for some Roosevelt-like actions, such as Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s proposal to expand hunting and fishing on 10 national wildlife refuges and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s calling on Congress to create a permanent solution to the practice of “fire bor-

rowing.” Yet we will continue to hold administration officials accountable for pursuing the rollback of conservation protections on millions of acres of national monuments, scrapping collaborative habitat management plans for sage grouse, and not fighting administration proposals to cut popular public access programs like the Land and Water Conservation Fund. These actions threaten to undermine Roosevelt’s legacy, and I join Backcountry Hunters & Anglers in urging the Trump administration to do the right thing and stand up for our public lands.

to live openly. Although acceptance of transgender people is growing, and I’ve been fortunate to live my truth without incident – I have much to fear. I love Arizona, but living here means that I can be harassed or discriminated against without available recourse. Sexual orientation and gender identity aren’t protected characteristics like race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or age. It’s time to update our laws so everyone, no matter who we are or who we love can safely live their lives. We don’t need “special” protection – but everyone needs equal protection.

– Justin Nelson

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Trans protection

At my son’s fourth-grade curriculum night last year, I had to speak to his teacher and pulled her aside discreetly. Slightly nervous, I say, “My son is very happy in his new class, but I’m a little concerned ... I’m afraid other kids might give him a hard time because ... I’m transgender.” For LGBTQ people, coming out is a never-ending process. It’s something we need to do over and over again. I hoped my son’s teacher could help look out for signs of him being singled-out and bullied because of who I am. My being transgender has no bearing on his ability to learn, play or make fart jokes like other kids, but unfortunately, it is a source for political division in this country. I want to spare him the weight of that for as long as possible. I have known my gender for as long as I can remember, but it took 45 years to summon the courage

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Perry girls are undefeated in soccer, set higher goals BY GREG MACAFEE Tribune Sports Editor

ourteen games into their 2017 campaign, the Perry High School girls soccer team is still undefeated after a 4-0 win over Red Mountain High. Although their early hot streak is nice, it isn’t exactly what the Pumas are using as motivation for this season’s success. That goes back to their 2016 season, which they think ended a little too early. It was a 2-0 loss in the 6A state semifinals that motivates head coach John Roberts and his Perry squad to continue to exceed expectations. “We kind of had some unfinished stuff that we want to sum up this year,” Roberts said after the win over Red Mountain. So far, the Pumas have done just that. They have scored 89 goals, while only allowing six. They have scored 10 or more goals on three separate occasions and they have shutout opponents in eight games. They also haven’t allowed more than one goal in a game this season. The Pumas have been known to put the ball in the back of the net this

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Remmi Deutsch of Perry High School dribbles the ball toward the Red Mountain goal after beating a defender on the sideline.

season. But, Roberts said although finishing at the offensive end is a focus, their primary attention is their play on the defensive side of the ball. “We strive to be a good defensive team, so our big focus is defense,” Roberts said. Anchored by senior defenseman Emma Richie and company, the Pumas have been one of the best defensive

teams in the state. The Pumas will need to keep up their level of play to stick out in their region as four other teams in the 6A Premier region still remain undefeated in power points play, and a fifth has only one loss. That shouldn’t be a problem for Perry as they have yet to play a game with their full starting lineup, due to injuries. Amanda Dahl, their leading goal scorer

for 2016 who finished with 36 goals and 23 assists last season, has played in only a few games this season. The Pumas are still missing other key contributors. Their absences have allowed other players to step up and contribute early for the undefeated Pumas. Sophomore Brenna Alderson has been one of those players. Working out of the midfield, Alderson has tallied a team-high 17 goals to go with 13 assists, and she’s ranked second in the state in points, behind only Margie Detrizio from Basha. “She’s probably one of our smartest players and now she is just putting into use what she has known all along,” Roberts said of his sophomore who scored six goals and dished out 15 assists as a freshman. “Her body is finally growing and she is able to compete with the older girls now. Last year she was a 15-year-old competing against 18-year-olds. Now, she’s a 16-year-old competing, so the gap is getting smaller for her and everything is slowing down and she is taking advantage of it.” She isn’t the only one that has been contributing to the early success of See

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Gilbert girls ballers win Nike tournament, send notice BY GREG MACAFEE Tribune Sports Editor

he Gilbert High School girls basketball team has been on a mission this year to prove that they belong in the conversation for the 2017 6A state championship. Last week, they sent another statement to their opponents in Arizona. The Tigers tore through the Mike Desper bracket of the Nike Tournament of Champions tournament before Christmas. They finished 4-0 with wins over four out-of-state teams, including beating Clovis West, California, last year’s John Anderson bracket winner, in the championship game.

“I knew it was going to be a tough road,” Gilbert Coach Kyle Pederson said of his expectations heading into the tournament. “So, I didn’t know what to expect, but especially with Highlands Ranch, who is one of the top teams out of Colorado, and Clovis West won the entire thing in the top bracket last year. So, we knew it was going to be tough.” Gilbert started off their tournament run with a 58-27 win over St. Mary’s, New York. Hanna Cavinder led the Tigers with a 25-point effort to go with seven rebounds, six assists and three steals. Her twin sister, Haley, put up a near quadruple-double in their tournament opening win, scoring 10 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, dishing out eight assists and

swiping eight steals. This would be a common theme throughout the tournament for the two sisters from Gilbert. One of them scored at least 20 points in every game and they both scored 21 against Highlands Ranch, a top team out of Colorado, in their second game of the tournament. Haley also grabbed 11 rebounds while Hanna grabbed five and dished out seven assists. “The twins dominated the entire tournament,” Pederson said. “They were playing on another level. In terms of the leadership and the work ethic, it was huge along with the stats. They just traded off nights.” In their one-point win over Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory from San Fran-

cisco, Haley dropped a 26-point, eightrebound and eight-assist performance, while Hanna scored 10 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had five assists. The twins took it one step further in the championship game against Clovis West from Fresno, California. Hanna turned in 10 points and six assists, and Haley secured tournament MVP honors with a triple-double line of 25 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. They weren’t the only Tigers to contribute to the championship run. Junior forward Brynn Wade had a big performance as well. “She was constantly just blocking shots See

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the Pumas. Twenty-one players have scored a goal in 2017 and five players have scored five or more. Along with Alderson, seniors Remmi Deutsch has 11 goals and 12 assists this season while Jackie Gilbert has 10 goals and nine assists. Senior midfielder Logan VanDine leads the team with 12 assists. “We have so many threats,” Roberts said. “Everyone has contributed and our depth is pretty good. And the girl that might not have the ability that other girls do but they know the expectations, they know what they need to do.” The Pumas have the tools to be successful, but moving forward, Roberts wants his team to be focused on succeeding while still getting healthy for the long run and the ultimate goal that is at the end of it. “It’s about just letting everyone compete and getting everyone healthy, because we haven’t had our full starting line up in one time this year,” Roberts said. “So, I am anxious to see how we play when we have everyone together.” – Contact Greg Macafee at gmacafee@ timespublications.com or at 480-898-5630 or follow @greg_macafee on Twitter.

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and getting boards, getting the putbacks, and she was a great threat on the inside for us,” Pederson said. “She was huge and really did a great job against all the other bigs.” In two separate games, Wade had 10plus rebounds including a 21-rebound performance in the championship game to go along with 11 points and five blocks. All of the great individual performances combined for a great team effort that was noticed by several coaches throughout the tournament. “The fight and physicality of our team was really great,” Pederson said. “I had many high school and college coaches talking to me after the game and just saying how hard our team plays and works, which is one of the best compliments you can get.” The Tigers are currently ranked fourth in the 6A conference and have accumulated a record of 8-0. After a great win in a big tournament, Pederson believes this will help them as they chase their ultimate goal. “Moving forward, this helps us keep the perspective of the mission that we are on,” Pederson said. “When we work hard,

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The Gilbert girls basketball team, winners of the Nike Tournament of Champions tournament, begins the second half of the season on Jan. 9 against the Corona del Sol Aztecs.

we are a special group, and we have very high goals this year, so they are definitely a team on a mission.” Gilbert begins the second half of their season on Jan. 9 when they take on the

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By loving the Earth, you can see God’s glory BY RABBI DEAN SHAPIRO Tribune Guest Writer

y favorite place on Earth is Piha, New Zealand, just outside of Auckland. The cliff there plunges a hundred meters into the dark blue sea. Looking down, you cannot fathom what beasts live in that cold, deep water. Each wave makes and remakes the finest foam lace you’ve ever seen. In winter, mist rolls in and blankets the hillside. It will likely turn to rain as it moves east, and the creeks babble as they return the water to its home. In summer, the harakeke (flax) blossoms and tui birds dart to and fro, filling the air with their song. The sand on the beach is black, and glints in the FAITH CALENDAR

SUNDAY, DEC. 31 BURNING BOWL CEREMONY

The Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center will conduct a Burning Bowl ceremony. The ritual is centered on the process of letting go of things from this past year that no longer serve us, acknowledging with gratitude all the good that has come to us in the last 12 months, and stepping eagerly and joyfully forward into 2018. Prem Vidu and the Band of Now will perform. DETAILS>> 10:30 a.m.-noon, 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102. Information, 480- 593-8798 or interfaithcommunity.org.

TUESDAY, JAN. 2 MESA BIBLE STUDY

The Lawrence Memorial A.M.E.Z. Church will conduct a Bible study. DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., 931 E. Southern Ave., Suite 108. Information: 480-393-3001, tlmchurch.info@gmail. com.

MONDAY, JAN. 29

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY

Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Tempe is hosting Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University, a nineweek course that provides families and individuals with practical tools to gain control of their finances and set themselves up for long-term financial success. DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., 1035 East Guadalupe Road, Tempe. Information and registration: fpu.com/1055791.

sunlight. I stand there and breathe deeply of the freshest air on the planet. I feel at once insignificant, and at the same time special, capable. My life feels full of possibility. “M’lo chol HaAretz k’vodo,” said the prophet Isaiah – “The whole world is filled with God’s glory” (6:3). Each and every bit of it, from mountain to mitochondria, is magnificent. Judaism embraces the concept of a wonderful, precious world. The Earth and all its inhabitants are understood to be God’s creation, and therefore both “good” and “very good.” I fear we have lost the sense of the wonder-full-ness of Earth. We take it for granted. Instead, we worship science, industry and individualism. Science tends to break things down into their smallest components.

Industry tends to destroy as it produces. Individualism tends to privilege the one over the many. We have turned the created world into raw material to be extracted, consumed and discarded. Removed from nature as we human beings are, we no longer see the wonder of it all, or feel ourselves to be part of the whole. If we could regain our sense of astonishment and at-one-ment with nature, our relationship with it might change. We’d see the forest instead of the lumber, and fall in love with the Earth once again. Who can but delight at an octopus or a chameleon changing colors? Who doesn’t grin when they bite into a perfectly sweet strawberry? Whose heart doesn’t flutter when they hear the wolf ’s cry? Whose love doesn’t deepen beneath a full moon?

We need to fall back in love with the Earth. One simple way to do this is to have more encounters with nature. What if we took a walk each week – perhaps through the desert, perhaps in a park – and made a point of noticing, really noticing, the natural world? See how the parts of a tree are connected, know when the saguaro blossoms, hear the coyote’s cry, feel a rock’s roughness, stand in the rain. Perhaps then we’d realize that the whole world is filled with God’s glory, and that we are the very ones to protect it. No one but us.

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the word of God.” DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Thursdays. 3015 E. Warner Road. Information: valorcc.com.

DETAILS>> 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline, Suite 102, Mesa. Information, 480- 593-8798 or interfaith-community. org.

JEWISH GATHERING

Limmud AZ is a gathering of hundreds of Jews from all walks of life, all Jewish backgrounds, all lifestyles and all ages. A full schedule of workshops, discussions, arts, music, performances and text-study sessions will be offered. DETAILS>> 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at ASU Memorial Union Conference Center, 301 E. Orange St., Tempe. Information: limmudaz.org.

SUNDAYS

SPIRITUAL CENTER

The Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center offers New Thought, ACIM, Ancient Wisdom and Interfaith teachings, with uplifting music and positive messages. Ongoing classes include Qigong, A Course in Miracles, Pranic Healing, Kirtan, Drum Circle and many others. DETAILS>> 10:30-11:45 a.m., 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102. Information, 480- 593-8798 or interfaithcommunity.org.

HEBREW SCHOOL

Registration has opened for Chabad Hebrew School at the Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life. Classes will teach children ages 5-13 about Jewish heritage, culture and holidays. DETAILS>> Classes will be held 9:30 a.m.-noon at 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. To tour the facility or register, call 480-855-4333 or e-mail info@chabadcenter.com.

VALOR CHRISTIAN OUTLINES MISSION Valor Christian Center in Gilbert offers “great praise and worship and great messages for today’s living,” according to Associate Pastor Thor Strandholt. “Our mission is to evangelize, heal and disciple through

SUNDAY SERVICES

The Rev. Albert Bolden leads the Lawrence Memorial A.M.E.Z. Church in Mesa. DETAILS>> Sunday school at 9 a.m., worship at 10 a.m. Children’s church is every second Sunday, and children officiate the morning worship service every fifth Sunday. 931 E. Southern Ave., Suite 108. Information: 480-393-3001, tlmchurch.info@gmail.com.

SUNDAY CELEBRATION SERVICE

— Rabbi Dean Shapiro is the spiritual leader of Temple Emanuel of Tempe. Contact him at rshapiro@emanueloftempe.org and visit his “Rabbi Dean Shapiro” page on Facebook.

PROSPERITY RECIPES AT UNITY

Internationally known speaker and author Maureen G. Mulvaney brings back her Prosperity Recipes class series to Unity of Tempe on Monday evenings. Cost: $10 per session DETAILS>> 6:15-8:15 p.m., Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

Inspirational messages and music to lift your spirit. A welcoming community committed to living from the heart. Many classes and events offered. We welcome you! DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Sundays at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

CHURCH PRAYER CALL

KIDS CAN LEARN JEWISH LIFE

Join Rev. Julianne and Mike Hay to share Jon Mundy’s, “Living a Course in Miracles” (An Essential Guide to the Classic Text). Suggested love offering $10. DETAILS>> 7-8 p.m., Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline, Suite 102, Mesa. Information, 480- 593-8798 or interfaith-community.org.

Children can learn and experience Jewish life. Chabad Hebrew School focuses on Jewish heritage, culture and holidays. DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m. to noon, for children ages 5-13 at Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. 480-855-4333, info@ chabadcenter.com, or chabadcenter.com.

MONDAYS

EXPLORING NINE PHASES OF QIGONG

Exploring the 3 Treasures – Jing, Qi, Shen – which are the theoretical foundation of traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy and the amazing practices of Qigong and Tai Chi. Drop-in sessions for $15. Appropriate for beginners and Qigong practitioners.

The Lawrence Memorial A.M.E.Z. Church in Mesa has a prayer call every Monday. DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 1-712-775-7085. PIN 162106#.

TUESDAYS

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WOMEN OF INFLUENCE BIBLE STUDY

Join Valor Christian Center in Gilbert for great fellowship and walk through the word of God with depth. DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Tuesdays, 3015 E. Warner Road between Greenfield and Higley. Free. Information: 480-545-4321, valorcc.com.

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CELEBRATE RECOVERY

Celebrate Recovery is a biblical program that helps us overcome our hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Through teaching, worship, and sharing in small groups, you will find genuine people devoted to help discover the power of Christ through the recovery process. DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., Central Christian Church, 933 N. Lindsay Road, Mesa. Information: Eric at 480-9244946.

GRIEFSHARE

Mountain Park Community Church is offering an ongoing GriefShare programs to help people deal with the pain of losing a loved one. DETAILS>> 6:30-8 p.m., 2408 E. Pecos Road, Ahwatukee. To register: mountainpark.org and click on Launch. Information: Alex at 480-759-6200

FINDING HEALING FOR PAIN

HOPE, an acronym for “Help Overcome Painful Experiences,” offers support for men and women who seek God’s grace and healing. DETAILS>> 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. mountainpark.org.

UNITY YOGA AT UNITY OF TEMPE

Center in Mind, Body & Spirit at our weekly Unity Yoga classes with Mary Jo “MJ” Kuzmick. Bring your own mat (two blankets and blocks, if you have them). Suggested love offering: $8 a class. DETAILS>> 10 a.m., Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480-792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

WEDNESDAYS

‘A COURSE IN MIRACLES’

Join a study and discussion group with Rev. Julianne Lewis. Suggested love offering $10. DETAILS>> Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline, Suite 102, Mesa. Information, 480593-8798 or interfaith-community.org.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY MEETS

Celebrate Recovery says it “brings your relationship with the Lord closer to your heart as it heals your hurts, habits and hang-ups.” Participants can discuss issues ranging from feeling left out to addictions. “Nothing is too small or too large.” DETAILS>> 6:20 p.m. at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee, Preschool, Room 6. mvlutheran.org/celebraterecovery or email cr@ alphamvlc.com.

MEDITATION ON TWIN HEARTS

“Every day you take a shower. Practicing Twin Hearts Meditation is like taking a spiritual shower. When your aura is clean you experience a higher level of awareness. When your aura is clean you see through things more clearly. Even good luck increases.” DETAILS>> 7:30-9:30 p.m., Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

GET-ACQUAINTED COFFEE

East Valley Friends and Neighbors holds a monthly get-acquainted coffee and short general meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. The group supports local charities and has special-interest groups, such as book discussions and card game groups, that meet throughout the month. DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m. the first Wednesday of each month. Grace United Methodist Church, 2024 E. University Drive, Mesa. Information: 480-828-5146, evfanaz.org or email Tinytubes@cox.net.

The Lawrence Memorial A.M.E.Z. Church in Mesa conducts a prayer and service at noon. DETAILS>> 931 E. Southern Ave., Suite 108. Information: 480-393-3001, tlmchurch.info@gmail.com.

FRIDAYS

NEFESHSOUL HOLDS SERVICES

Congregation NefeshSoul holds Shabbat services the third Friday of every month on the campus of the Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation. DETAILS>> 6:15 p.m., 6400 W. Del Rio St., Chandler. Information: nefeshsoul.org.

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Designed for children up to 5 years old and their parents or other adult. Following the service is an Oneg Shabbat, a time for a snack and to meet other families with young children. DETAILS>> 5:30 p.m. first Fridays, Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe. org.

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SEARCH FOR GOD: AN EDGAR CAYCE STUDY

If you are interested in knowing more about yourself and how you relate to others and God, please join us as we study this in-depth information given through Edgar Cayce. If you already own any version of the “Search for God” books, please bring them. Books will also be available for purchase at the meetings. There is no charge for this group itself but a love donation will be taken for the church. DETAILS>> 7 p.m., Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480-792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

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SATURDAYS

PRANIC MEDITATION AND HEALING

Experience the Meditation on Twin Hearts, a guided non-denominational meditation that greatly promotes physical and mental well-being, as well as inner illumination. Healing sessions are offered after meditation. DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-noon, Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline, Suite 102, Mesa. Information, 480- 593-8798 or interfaith-community.org.

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WEEKLY SERVICES SCHEDULED

International, nondenominational church offers weekly Sabbath services. Congregational meeting in the morning and Bible study in the afternoon. DETAILS>> 10:30 a.m.-noon; 1:30-2:45 p.m. at True Jesus Church, 2640 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. 480899-1488 or tjcphoenix@tjc.org.

ONGOING

JOIN CHRIST-CENTERED YOGA

Classes of several levels are available all week, and are free and open to the community. DETAILS>> 6 and 7:15 p.m. Mondays, 9 a.m. Tuesdays, 6 and 7:15 p.m. Thursdays, 9 a.m. Fridays and 9 a.m. Saturdays. Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. Greg Battle at 480-759-6200 or gbattle@ mountainpark.org.

CHRIST-CENTERED FITNESS CLASSES

Classes of several levels are available all week, and are free and open to the community. DETAILS>> 6:30 and 9 a.m. Mondays, 9 a.m. Wednesdays and 6:30 a.m. Fridays. Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. Greg Battle at 480-7596200 or gbattle@mountainpark.org.

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TUMI brings genuine Peruvian cuisine to Chandler BY DAVID M. BROWN GET OUT Contributor

achu Picchu in Peru may be high on your destination list, but TUMI Peruvian Cuisine should be right at the top of this week’s. The restaurant brings cuisine 4,100 miles away from Arizona to the sizzling southeast corner of Ray and Alma School roads in Chandler, where two other restaurants – Az Food Crafters and Let’s Eat Noodles – are also turning foodies’ heads. Serving authentic cuisine from the coastal regions of Peru, TUMI is celebrating three years in this location under the guidance of owner and chef Oscar Graham. Here you’ll find traditional dishes prepared with a dash and then some of chef’s magic: aguadito de pollo, a chicken soup with rice, peas and carrots; appetizers such as anticuchos (heart beef); jalea, a seafood dish and many others on the extensive menu. Graham explained that a tumi is a ceremonial tool, a Peruvian sacrificial ax or a knife used by the pre-Incas and Incas. In this spirit, he has combined all of the business tools – persistence, talent and passion – toward achieving his goal of a superlative culinary experience. In 2012, he opened TUMI at Warner and Alma School roads. Then, three years ago, he doubled the size by moving to his current location, once home to a Mexican restaurant. Foodies may also recall Contigo Peru at Guadalupe and Alma School roads, which Graham opened for its owner in 2009. That restaurant is closed, in part because TUMI became so well regarded by those who know Peruvian cuisine and those wanting to learn it. TUMI draws fans from as far as Queen Creek and Maricopa, who say regular visits are worth the trek. TUMI benefits from its owner’s 40 years of cooking his native food. Derived from a Quechua Indian word, “Peru” means “land of abundance,” and the country’s cuisine food exemplifies that richness with aji peppers, lamb, chicken, beef, Peruvian potatoes and corn, yucca roots, sweet yam, or coriander. It also includes many seafood dishes. At TUMI, you learn that ceviche, with fish

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Ceviche, which includes shrimp and fish, has been part of Peru’s heritage for 2,500 years.

culinary history as it is an example of the country’s superlative food. Graham was born on the coast in Huacho, a city an hour north of Lima, the cosmopolitan capital of 10 million people. He studied for four years to be a police officer in Lima but said he decided to leave the country because of political and economic instability. He docked at New York City, where he worked at Bruno’s, a catering and banquet house. He was 30 years old, eager to work and to learn. “I started as a dish washer, then I worked salads and worked my way up to be the first cook,” he recalled. “I learned to love cooking Peruvian food by watching my grandmother and mother at home, but I learned to cook at Bruno’s.” After two or three years, he went coast to coast. This was in the early 1980s. “Mi hermano, my brother, was working in Los Angeles as a cook,” he said. There he became a city culinary personality, opening its first Peruvian restaurant, El Carbon, as well as other locations such as El Monte, Villa, El (Photo Courtesy of TUMI) Cholito, El Ceviche and El Incas TUMI owner-chef Oscar Graham delivers magical food from Cuisine. Peru’s coastal regions.

and shrimp, has been a part of the country’s heritage for 2,500 years, although many might think Peru’s is a meat-centric cuisine; that rice is a staple with most dishes; and that many areas have contributed to the diversity of the country’s food: China, Italy, Japan as well as Spain and Africa. TUMI is as much a study in cultural and

Still, he said, “Working in restaurants for others, I always had the dream of opening my own restaurant. The inspiration was definitely my passion for the Peruvian cuisine.” His staff includes eight to 10 people, with bilingual servers such as East Valleyites Paola Laurean and Franklin Jauregui, a native Peruvian who also publishes the magazine, “Ser Latino,” for the Valley. All meals at TUMI begin with complimentary canchita, a salted Peruvian corn nut served with aji verde or aji rojo, respectively, a Peruvian green (mild) and a red (hot) pepper salsa. This is a pique for your palate, but note the aji rojo is spicy. For all dishes here, you can specify how much spice you prefer. Other appetizers include the papa rellena – mashed potatoes with seasoned ground beef, onion, black olives and raisins rolled into a ball and served with Peruvian aji amarillo, a yellow sauce. Another, papa a la huancaina, is remarkable and remarkably simple: creamy cheese sauce (huancaina), with Peruvian yellow pepper on sliced boiled potatoes (papa). The name is from the city of Huancayo, but the dish comes from Lima. TUMI’s specialties include lomo saltado (sautéed beef loin strips, flame-cooked, with a Chinese influence), seco de res (meat slow-cooked in cilantro sauce with salsa ciolla), cau cau (honeycomb beef tripe with yellow pepper and turmeric sauce) and aji de gallina (chicken breast with Prated parmesan, yellow pepper and potatoes). Authentic Peruvian beverages are the Chicha Morada, a purple corn drink that is brewed tea-style for more than four hours; and the sweeter maracuya, with passion fruit. And, for a little more kick, tipple a Pisco Sour, made with the native white grape spirit and maracuya. To finish, the helado de lucuma incorporates the Peruvian fruit lucuma with housemade ice cream. Alfajores are shortbreadlike sweet biscuits filled with dulce de leche. The special ingredient at TUMI, starters to dessert? Graham replied: “Love and passion.” TUMI is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.

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Anneliese van der Pol heading on ‘Easy Street’ in ‘Annie’ BY CARSON MLNARIK GET OUT Contributor

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happen to? I feel nothing but lucky.” As the new show focuses more on the kids, van der Pol said she’s found herself taking more of a teaching role on set, helping the younger actors develop their sense of scene, comedic timing and improv skills. In her spare time, she teaches an acting class on the weekends in Glendale, California. She admits it’s something she never thought she would do. “But I’ve learned, holy smokes, I’m actually really good at this,” she said. With plenty on her plate, van der Pol said her free time is rather limited. She laughs when she describes the struggle in writing her bio for the “Annie” program and coming up with an off-stage hobby. “I think I said juggling or something like that,” she said. Van der Pol said it’s refreshing to be at a point in her career where she’s not auditioning but still getting offers and working. She points to a lack of strong comedic roles for women on network TV shows and said she’s thankful for her current role. “When they told me I’d be doing (the show) with Raven and that we’d be raising children on our own together, I just thought that was the coolest freaking thing in the world,” she said. “How lucky that we get to be strong individual women and fabulous together.”

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ANNOUNCING THE SRP ELECTIONS ON APRIL 3. | ANUNCIANDO LAS ELECCIONES DE SRP EL 3 DE ABRIL. On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 (“Election Day”), owners of qualified land or individuals who have been appointed by the trustee(s) to vote qualified land held in a qualifying trust will have an opportunity to vote for members of the governing bodies of the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (the “District”) and the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association (the “Association”), collectively “SRP.” El martes, 3 de abril del 2018 (Día de Elecciones), los propietarios de tierras elegibles o individuos nombrados por los fideicomisarios de tierra elegible, para votar incluidos en un fideicomiso elegible tendrán la oportunidad de votar para elegir a integrantes del gobierno de Salt River Agricultural Improvement and Power District (el “Distrito”) y Salt River Valley Water Users Association (la “Asociación”), colectivamente “SRP”.

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ELECCIÓNES SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT Su voto de Distrito le da la oportunidad de elegir a los funcionarios que toman decisiones que tienen un impacto en la calidad y el costo de la electricidad. El 6 de abril del 2009, la Mesa Directiva del Distrito decidió instituir el proceso de elecciones alternativo descrito en A.R.S. §48-2384.01. Como resultado de esto, las boletas electorales pueden obtenerse por correo o en el Centro de Votación de SRP solamente. Las boletas de votación temprana pueden solicitarse a partir del 31 de diciembre del 2017. Antes de esa fecha, pueden enviarse solicitudes para ser agregado a la Lista Permanente de Votación Temprana efectivas para las elecciones del 3 de abril. Para solicitar una boleta de votación temprana visite la página web de SRP www.srpnet.com/earlyballot; o llame al (602) 236-3048 de lunes a viernes de 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. También puede solicitar una boleta de votación temprana personalmente en la Oficina de la Secretaría Corporativa ubicada en el Edificio Administrativo de SRP en el 1500 N. Mill Avenue en Tempe, Arizona, 85281, de lunes a viernes de 8:30 a.m. a 5:00 p.m. Las boletas de votación temprana se enviarán por correo a partir del 7 de marzo. El último día para solicitar una boleta de votación temprana por correo es el 23 de marzo, a las 5:00 p.m. Las boletas de votación temprana pueden devolverse por correo en el sobre prepagado incluido o depositarse en persona en el Centro de Votación de SRP ubicado en el 1500 N. Mill Avenue en Tempe, Arizona, 85281 de lunes a viernes de 8:30 a.m. a 5:00 p.m., del 7 de marzo al 2 de abril y el 3 de abril Día de las Elecciones de 6:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. El Día de las Elecciones solamente, las boletas de votación temprana pueden depositarse también en cualquiera de estas dos ubicaciones: SRP West Valley Service Center, ubicado en el 221 N. 79th Avenue, Tolleson, Arizona, 85353 y en el SRP Southside Water Service Center, en el 3160 S. Alma School Road, Mesa, Arizona, 85210. Ambos lugares estarán abiertos de 6:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. el 3 de abril (no para votar sino para depositar las boletas de votación temprana solamente). Las boletas de votación temprana deben recibirse a más tardar a las 7:00 p.m. el Día de las Elecciones. También puede votar en persona en el Centro de Votación de SRP ubicado en el Edificio Administrativo de SRP en el 1500 N. Mill Avenue en Tempe, Arizona, 85281 de lunes a viernes de 8:30 a.m. a 5:00 p.m., del 7 de marzo al 2 de abril y de 6:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. el 3 de abril Día de las Elecciones. Las posiciones que se decidirán en las elecciones son la de Presidente, Vicepresidente, una posición en la Mesa Directiva en cada división de votación 2, 4, 6, 8, y 10; dos posiciones generales de la Mesa Directiva, puestos 12 y 14; y tres posiciones en el Concejo en cada división de votación 2, 4, 6, 8, y 10. Todas las posiciones del Distrito tienen un término de cuatro años. El mapa inferior muestra los límites de las áreas de votación del Distrito. Para determinar la elegibilidad para votar, la pertenencia de tierra elegible es determinada hasta el 24 de diciembre del 2017. Las tierras incluidas en ciertos fideicomisos pueden votar en caso de que un elector sea nombrado por el fideicomisario(s) conforme a los requisitos de fideicomiso de votación que pueden ser vistos visitando la página web de SRP www.srpnet.com/elections o llamando a la Línea de Información Electoral de SRP al (602) 236-3048. Los electores también deben estar calificados, registrados como votantes en Arizona antes del 5 de marzo del 2018. Los electores pueden emitir un voto para cada una de las posiciones generales, puestos 12 y 14 de la Mesa Directiva. Los votos para todas las demás posiciones son emitidos de acuerdo a los acres. IDENTIFICACIÓN EN EL CENTRO DE VOTACIÓN Cuando llegue al Centro de Votación el Día de Elecciones debe anunciar su nombre y lugar de residencia al funcionario electoral y presentar una forma de identificación de la lista #1 o dos distintas formas de identificación de la lista #2 o #3. LISTA #1 – Identificación con FOTO incluyendo nombre y dirección – (Se Requiere Una) • Licencia de conducir válida de Arizona • Identificación válida de Arizona para aquellos que no operan un vehículo • Tarjeta de inscripción tribal u otra forma de identificación tribal • Identificación válida emitida por el gobierno federal de los Estados Unidos, el gobierno estatal o local Una identificación es “valida” al menos que se determine que este caducada. LISTA #2 – Identificación SIN FOTO con el nombre y dirección – (Se Requieren Dos) • Factura de servicios públicos con fecha dentro de noventa 90 días de la fecha de la elección. La factura de servicios públicos puede ser de electricidad, gas, agua, basura, alcantarillado, teléfono, teléfono celular, o servicio de cable para televisión • Estado de cuenta de banco o cooperativa de crédito fechada dentro de noventa 90 días de la fecha de la elección • Registración de Vehículo válida de Arizona • Declaración de impuestos de la residencia del votante • Tarjeta de inscripción tribal u otra forma de identificación tribal • Tarjeta de seguro de vehículo de Arizona • Certificados de la Oficina de Registros • Identificación válida emitida por el gobierno federal de los Estados Unidos, el gobierno estatal o local • Tarjeta de Registro de Votantes • Cualquier correo etiquetado con “Material Electoral Oficial” Una identificación es “valida” al menos que se determine que este caducada. Todos los documentos de la lista #2 se pueden presentar a los trabajadores electorales en forma electrónica, incluyendo teléfono móvil o tableta. LISTA #3 – Combinar Lista #1 y #2 (Se Requieren Dos) • Cualquier identificación válida con foto de la Lista #1 en la cual la dirección no corresponda al registro electoral, acompañada con una identificación sin foto de la Lista #2 en la cual la dirección corresponda al registro electoral • Pasaporte Estadounidense y una identificación o documento de la Lista #2 • Identificación Militar Estadounidense y una identificación o documento válido de la Lista #2 Una identificación es “valida” al menos que se determine que este caducada. Cualquier elector que no proporcione suficiente identificación no recibirá una boleta regular, pero recibirá una boleta provisional y tendrá tres (3) días hábiles después de las elecciones (antes de las 5:00 p.m., viernes, 6 de abril) para proporcionar las suficientes identificaciónes a la Oficina de la Secretaría Corporativa de SRP, 1521 N. Project Drive, Tempe, Arizona, 85281 para que su boleta provisional sea contada. Habrá una prueba de lógica y exactitud del equipo de votación electrónico de procesamiento y conteo que se utilizará en la elección. La prueba estará abierta para los electores elegibles y se llevará a cabo en el Edificio Administrativo de SRP, 1521 N. Project Drive en Tempe, Arizona, 85281 a las 4:00 p.m. el martes, 27 de marzo. Para más información relacionada a las elecciónes del 2016, o para ser añadido a la lista permanente de votación temprana en el futuro, visite la página de SRP www.srpnet.com/elections. Este anuncio es publicado por orden de la Mesa Directiva y en cumplimiento con ARS §48-2384.01.

SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT ELECTION Your District vote gives you an opportunity to elect the officials who make decisions that have an impact on the quality and cost of electricity. On April 6, 2009, the District Board of Directors elected to institute the alternative election process described at A.R.S. §48-2384.01. As a result, ballots may only be obtained by mail or at the SRP Voting Center. Requests for early voting ballots will be accepted beginning December 31, 2017. Prior to that date, applications to be placed on the Permanent Early Voter List can be submitted and be in effect for the April 3 election. To request an early voting ballot, visit the SRP Web site at www.srpnet.com/earlyballot; or call (602) 236-3048, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. In addition, an early voting ballot may be requested in person from the Corporate Secretary’s Office located at the SRP Administration Building, 1500 N. Mill Avenue in Tempe, Arizona, 85281, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Early voting ballots will be mailed beginning March 7. The last day to request an early voting ballot by mail is March 23, at 5:00 p.m. Early voting ballots may be returned by mail in the stamped self-addressed envelope provided or in person at the SRP Voting Center located at the SRP Administration Building, 1500 N. Mill Avenue in Tempe, Arizona, 85281, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., March 7 through April 2, and 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, April 3. On Election Day only, early voting ballots may also be returned to either of the following two off-site ballot drop-off locations which will be open 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on April 3 (no voting, just early voting ballot drop-off): the SRP West Valley Service Center, 221 N. 79th Avenue, Tolleson, Arizona, 85353 and the SRP Southside Water Service Center, 3160 S. Alma School Road, Mesa, Arizona, 85210. Early voting ballots must be received no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. You may also vote in person at the SRP Voting Center located at the SRP Administration Building, 1500 N. Mill Avenue in Tempe, Arizona, 85281, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., March 7 through April 2, and 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, April 3. Positions up for election are President, Vice President, one position on the Board of Directors in each of voting divisions 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10; two at-large Board of Directors positions, seats 12 and 14; and three positions on the Council in each of voting divisions 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. All District positions have four-year terms. The map below shows the voting boundaries of the District. In determining eligibility to vote, ownership of qualified land is determined as of December 24, 2017. Lands held in certain trusts may be voted if an individual elector is appointed by the trustee(s) of the trust in accordance with trust voting requirements that can be viewed by visiting the SRP Web site at www.srpnet.com/elections or by calling the SRP Election Information Line at (602) 236-3048. Electors must also be qualified, registered Arizona voters as of March 5, 2018. Electors may cast one vote for each at-large position, seats 12 and 14, on the Board of Directors.Votes for all other positions are cast on an acreage basis. IDENTIFICATION AT THE VOTING CENTER When you arrive to vote at the Voting Center on Election Day you must announce your name and place of residence to the election official and present one form of identification from List #1 or two different forms of identification from List #2 or #3. List #1 - Sufficient Photo ID including name and address (One Required) • Valid Arizona driver license • Valid Arizona non-operating identification license • Tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal ID • Valid United States federal, state, or local government-issued ID An identification is “valid” unless it can be determined on its face that it has expired. List #2 - Sufficient ID without a photograph that bear the name and address (Two Required) • Utility bill of the voter that is dated within 90 days of the date of the election. A utility bill may be for electric, gas, water, solid waste, sewer, telephone, cellular phone, or cable television • Bank or credit union statement that is dated within 90 days of the date of the election • Valid Arizona vehicle registration • Indian census card • Property tax statement • Tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal ID • Arizona vehicle insurance card • Recorder’s Certificate • Valid United States federal, state, or local government-issued ID • Voter Registration Card • Any mailing to the elector marked “Official Election Material” An identification is “valid” unless it can be determined on its face that it has expired. All items from List #2 may be presented to the poll workers in electronic format, including on a smart phone or tablet. List #3 - Mix and Match from Lists #1 and #2 (Two Required) • Any valid photo ID from List #1 in which the address does not reasonably match the election register accompanied by a non-photo ID from List #2 in which the address does reasonably match the election register • U.S. Passport and one item from List #2 • U.S. Military ID and one valid item from List #2 An identification is “valid” unless it can be determined on its face that it has expired. Any elector who does not provide sufficient identification shall not be issued a regular ballot, but shall receive a provisional ballot and will have three (3) business days after the election (by 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 6) to provide sufficient ID to the SRP Corporate Secretary, 1500 N. Mill Avenue, Tempe, Arizona, 85281 in order for their provisional ballot to be counted. There will be a logic and accuracy test of the electronic vote processing and tallying equipment to be used in the election. The test will be open to eligible electors and will take place at the SRP Administration Building, 1500 N. Mill Avenue in Tempe, Arizona, 85281 at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27. For additional information regarding the 2018 election or how to be added to the permanent early voting list for future elections, visit the SRP Web site at www.srpnet.com/elections. This notice is published by order of the Board of Directors and in accordance with A.R.S. §48-2384.01.

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Your Association vote gives you an opportunity to elect the officials who make decisions that have an impact on the quality and cost of water. On April 6, 2009, the Association Board of Governors elected to institute the alternative election process described in Article X, Section 20 of the Association By-Laws. As a result, ballots may only be obtained by mail or at the SRP Voting Center. Requests for early voting ballots will be accepted beginning December 31, 2017. Prior to that date, applications to be placed on the Permanent Early Voter List can be submitted and be in effect for the April 3 election. To request an early voting ballot, visit the SRP Web site at www.srpnet.com/earlyballot or call (602) 236-3048, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. In addition, an early voting ballot may be requested in person from the Corporate Secretary’s Office located at the SRP Administration Building, 1500 N. Mill Avenue in Tempe, Arizona, 85281, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Early voting ballots will be mailed beginning March 7. The last day to request an early voting ballot by mail is March 23, at 5:00 p.m. Early voting ballots may be returned by mail in the stamped self-addressed envelope provided or in person at the SRP Voting Center located at the SRP Administration Building, 1500 N. Mill Avenue in Tempe, Arizona, 85281, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., March 7 through April 2, and 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, April 3. On Election Day only, early voting ballots may also be returned to either of the following two off-site ballot drop-off locations which will be open 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on April 3 (no voting, just early voting ballot drop-off): the SRP West Valley Service Center, 221 N. 79th Avenue, Tolleson, Arizona, 85353 and the SRP Southside Water Service Center, 3160 S. Alma School Road, Mesa, Arizona, 85210. Early voting ballots must be received no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day.

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You may also vote in person at the SRP Voting Center located at the SRP Administration Building, 1500 N. Mill Avenue in Tempe, Arizona, 85281, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., March 7 through April 2, and 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, April 3. Positions up for election are President, Vice President, one position on the Board of Governors in each of voting districts 2, 4, 6, 8, 10; and three positions on the Council in each of voting districts 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. All Association positions have four-year terms. The map above shows the voting boundaries of the Association. In determining eligibility to vote, ownership of qualified land is determined as of December 24, 2017. Lands held in certain trusts may be voted if an individual voter is appointed by the trustee(s) of the trust in accordance with trust voting requirements that can be viewed by visiting the SRP Web site at www.srpnet.com/ elections or by calling the SRP Election Information Line at (602) 236-3048. Voters must also be at least 18 years of age. Votes for all positions are cast on an acreage basis. For additional information regarding the 2018 election or how to be added to the permanent early voting list for future elections, visit the SRP Web site at www.srpnet.com/elections. This notice is published by order of the Board of Governors and in accordance with the Association By-Laws.

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