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Already months behind schedule and nearly half a million dollars over budget, the sneak peek of the new Big Surf in Tempe seemed to go picture-perfect as press photographers captured images of the attractive young co-eds in bikinis and swim trunks, surfing in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.
Against the backdrop of a towering “lava rock” wall overflowing with thundering waterfalls, the college kids from nearby Arizona State University were joined by world surfing champion Fred Hemmings Jr., who was photographed grinning from earto-ear while effortlessly balancing a 20-yearold brunette on his surfboard.
The palm trees were planted and the trucks had filled the beach with 23,000 tons
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of sandy gravel. Surely it was only a matter of days before the world’s first inland ocean opened to the general public.
Or at least it would be, if Phil Dexter and his team of engineers could figure out how to prevent the force of the waves from ripping up the floor of Big Surf’s signature attraction. Summer was almost over, and Dexter’s dream of the world’s first “surfable” wave pool was, yet again, going down the drain, all 2.5 million gallons of it.
One constant in 47 years Fast forward nearly one-half century. Now
preparing to open for its 47th season on May 7, Big Surf has changed a lot since the late 1960s, but one thing remains constant.
“Our signature attraction is still Waikiki Beach, which remains the third largest wave pool in America,” says Big Surf event coordinator, Joe Shannon.
“It takes about a week and a half to fill that attraction alone. Then, at the end of the season, the water is filtered and sent back to the city of Tempe for treatment and to be recycled back into the city’s water supply.”
Speaking of recycling, “We still use Phil Dexter’s original equipment every day,” says maintenance supervisor Rhett Peña of Mesa.
“The wave equipment is pretty much all original. The same Caterpillar motors still run the water pumps, and the original hydraulics operate the underwater gates. Of course, it was all custom built, so when we
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Intel announced it will cut 12,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its employees, globally. The immediate impact on Intel’s Chandler operations was unclear.
The move, rumored for weeks, was undertaken due primarily to the lagging PC market. The announcement was made during release of the company’s first quarter earnings.
Employees will be notified of their job status in the next 60 days. It is unclear how many jobs would be affected in Chandler, home to about 11,000 Intel workers.
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A BASIS.ed school in Chandler is among six nationwide named “top-performing” in two nationwide lists.
The Washington Post ranked three BASIS.ed schools among the “Public Elites,” and three were #1, #2 and #4 nationally among high schools.
BASIS Chandler, BASIS Peoria and BASIS Scottsdale were among those named Top Performing U.S. Schools with Elite Students. Among the Most Challenging High Schools, BASIS Oro Valley was #1, BASIS Flagstaff #2 and BASIS Tucson North #4.
BASIS.ed manages twenty public charter schools, including 17 in Arizona, two in Texas and one in Washington, D.C.
JAMIE LELAND TRIBUNE
The Mesa Chamber of Commerce’s Mesa Leadership Program is now accepting applications for 2017. The program focuses on preparing potential Mesa leaders by educating them on relevant community topics such as Mesa history, land and community development, business advocacy, criminal justice and more through seminars, field trips and tours. Classes are held on the first Friday of each month starting in August and ending in April.
The deadline for applications is May 16, 2016. Qualified applicants must be 21 years old by June 1, 2016, and must live or work in Mesa.
For application forms and more information about the Mesa Leadership Program, visit mesaleadership.org. Completed applications can be submitted by mail or in person to the Mesa Chamber of Commerce at 40 N. Center Street, Suite 104, Mesa, AZ 85201.
Corona del Sol and McClintock high schools will have new principals next year, the Tempe Union High School District Governing Board has announced.
Nathan Kleve will be the new principal for Corona del Sol High School. Kleve has worked in the Glendale Union High School District for the past 10 years, where he has served as principal at Moon Valley High School.
Mayra Arroyo will be McClintock High School’s next principal. Arroyo brings several years of experience in education, including 16 years as an administrator, seven of which she served as principal at J. Sterling Morton High School’s Freshman Center in Chicago.
New directional signage is being added in multiple locations to Chandler’s downtown area to help visitors locate free parking garages.
The three parking garages are located at:
• Chandler City Hall, between Frye Road and Chicago Street
• Ports America (formerly the Boyer building), near Washington and Buffalo Streets
• First Credit Union, near Washington and Boston Streets.
Free parking is available 24 hours a day in the Chandler City Hall parking garage, with the exception of the reserved parking spots.
At the Ports America and First Credit Union, free parking is available after 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, and all day on the weekends.
For additional information, visit chandleraz.gov/downtown.
JAMIE LELAND TRIBUNE
Four winners were recognized with Neighborhood Excellence Awards on April 14 during Mayor Jay Tibshraeny’s Listening Tour at Knox Gifted Academy.
David Wolff of Dobson Estates III was awarded Neighborhood Leader of the Year for organizing a number of community activities from weed pulling to Block Watch parties. Wolff also obtained new street topper signs and Block Watch signs for his neighborhood.
Southwest Shawnee Park was awarded Best Neighborhood Event for its Getting Arizona Involved in Neighborhoods (G.A.I.N.) event last year, which saw a record turnout.
Pepperwood Neighborhood was awarded Best Revitalization Story for responding to a lack of community involvement by starting a community newsletter, setting up a profile on nextdoor.com, using the PublicStuff app to report issues to the City and reestablishing its Block Watch.
The Springs HOA was awarded Most Active/Engaged neighborhood of the year for its frequent community improvements and its newsletter.
Chandler’s Neighborhood Excellence Awards celebrates the efforts of neighborhoods and their residents to improve and maintain community involvement.
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Greenfield Road, between Queen Creek and Germann roads, remains closed as repairs to several buried structures and pipelines are continued. Gilbert officials anticipate the road will reopen in June.
For additional information, visit gilbertaz.gov.
do have to replace something, we have a metal shop in town that custom fabricates it for us.”
Rhett says he’s so nostalgic about the equipment he works on because he grew up with it, literally. His father, Bob Peña, now the general manger, started at Big Surf 30 years ago, turning wrenches on the same equipment that Rhett maintains now.
“Big Surf is like a big family, so it does make me proud to have my son working there now,” Bob Peña says.
The Peñas and their long tenure have nothing on Dave Manning, though, who’s known as the godfather of the iconic park’s surfing scene.
“I remember surfing in my wetsuit that first season, it was so cold by the time we finally opened,” says Manning, 62, of Tempe. “At least it was cold for us Arizonans with our thin desert blood.”
Six weeks after those pictures of suntanned ASU students surfing in the desert were splashed across newspapers nationwide, the lagoon had been drained—twice—and the flooring was redone in concrete. And on October 24, 1969, Big Surf finally opened to the public.
“I don’t think anyone even knew they were open that first season, except Dave,” jokes Trevor Hancock, 60, a Tempe resident who’s been surfing at the water park since 1970 and remains lifelong friends with Manning. “I think Clairol just wanted to capture that spirit of the ’60s, man. Even if it was just for a few weeks.”
Hair-care company’s surprising involvement
So why would a famed hair-coloring company based in New York City be
interested in building a surf park in the middle of the Arizona desert?
“Clairol wanted to reach the water park’s unique demographic, from kids and teens to young adults and families,” Joe Shannon says. Plus, Clairol was already catering to the sun-bleached surfer look with a series of popular ad campaigns featuring a fresh-faced Cheryl Tiegs playing in the surf and promoting its “California Girl” line. Men were even encouraged to get in on the surfing mania and instantly “look like you spent a month in the sun” with countless ads featuring tanned, bleached-blond youths on surfboards.
Phil Dexter approached Clairol founders, Joan and Lawrence Gelb, because Clairol was already known for its wacky marketing stunts, including sponsoring the “first of its kind” Clairol Color Carousel at the 1964 New York World’s Fair featuring one-way mirrors that allowed women to “try on” different hair colors, according the company’s corporate website. “Lawrence Gelb was never afraid to take a chance,” a company spokesman says.
How did Tempe end up being home to the world’s first surf center and inland ocean, a shimmering 2.5-acre lagoon powered by a magical mystery machine that stamped out perfect fivefoot rip curls every couple of minutes? It’s all thanks to the aforementioned Phil Dexter who, after a visit to the California coast in 1965, was inspired to build “a piston-free hydraulic wave-generation system” that produces, “a real translatory spilling ‘breaker-type wave.”
In plain English, Dexter’s artificial ocean works by pumping water into a massive 160-foot-wide, four-story-high storage tank overlooking the lagoon. Formerly hidden behind a faux-rock wall and waterfall, it’s now painted with a massive mural. Like clockwork, the water is released by lifting 15 underwater gates, and gravity takes over, sending it whooshing down and out to create a tidal wave in the lagoon below. Most important, by adding a small ridge, or baffle, to the bottom of the lagoon, Dexter could create perfect barrel roll waves time after time.
At least he could inside a plywood model built in his backyard. Raising money from friends, Dexter rented out a bankrupt billiards bar on East Van Buren Street in Phoenix, where he sweated out the summer of 1967 perfecting a 40-foot version, replete with a scalemodel Polynesian village. After securing his patent, Dexter’s wife, Valerie, told a reporter in 1969, “We wrote every big deal operator we could think of, Howard Hughes even. Then finally Clairol called back and said, ‘We’re crazy, too. Come to New York on Thursday.’”
The partnership didn’t last. Phil Dexter and his original investors bailed in early 1971, and Clairol sold Big Surf at the end of its second season to a family out of El Paso that still owns the property to this day. By the 1980s, Big Surf responded to new competition in the form of Mesa’s Golfland-Sunsplash and Phoenix’s Water Safari Waterpark (now Wet ‘n’ Wild Phoenix) by adding even more water slides and other family-friendly options, and removing the scalding hot sand.
“What they discovered right away was they couldn’t just survive off surfers, they needed families and the general public and people eating and drinking,” Manning says. “Surfing was Phil’s original focus, but over time it morphed into a surfing and water amusement park, and then just a water park for few decades when they banned surfing altogether.”
The water park even went through a stretch in ’70s and ’80s when it hosted concerts from national touring acts, such as Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon Tour in 1972, not to mention the Beach Boys, Elton John and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
“Back then, there weren’t that many large-scale concert venues around,” Big Surf’s Joe Shannon says. “So when the national headliners came to town, it made sense to host them here with our large grounds and experience with big crowds.”
Like the surfing, the concerts faded away in the 1990s and 2000s, when the company behind Golfland-Sunsplash operated Big Surf on behalf of the owners. “When Big Surf’s ownership took back the day-to-day operations in 2010, they decided to restore both concerts and dedicated surfing hours,” Shannon says.
Phil Dexter’s somehow-still-working machinery was recognized as a historic landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2013, joining modern marvels such as the Disneyland Monorail and Henry Ford’s Model T.
Another thing that has stood the test of time at Big Surf is its impact on the Valley’s surfing culture. Especially as new generations continue to discover the joy of surfing in the desert.
“I hadn’t been surfing in decades when I heard Big Surf was bringing it back five years ago,” says now-surfing regular Don Bowen of Scottsdale. He grew up surfing as a U.S. Navy brat, but had to learn all over again now that he’s middle aged.
“We always say, it’s nothing like surfing in the ocean, but it’s as close as you’re gonna get in the desert. It’s the methadone compared to the ocean’s heroin, which may not be the healthiest analogy, but it really does hook you. It’s the monkey you’re happy to have on your back,” Bowen says. “Plus, it’s great to see people bringing their kids now. It’s generational.”
That same unscratched itch also reunited Manning and Hancock back at Big Surf, decades after their 1970s heyday as daily desert surfers.
“Surfing is not a sport, it’s a sickness,” Manning says. So naturally he was also lured back to Big Surf to check out the new surfing scene.
“I’m standing there with my friend and he says, ‘Do you know this old guy with the surfboard staring at you?’ And it was Trev! I didn’t even recognize him even though he’d been at my wedding. I told him, ‘You sneak, you should have called me.’ But that’s the surfer’s way.
The less people the better.”
Today Manning and Hancock are once again surfing staples at their old stomping grounds, riding together, or alongside their now-adult children. They reminisce about being teenagers, fighting fiercely over the best waves one minute, and the next defending each other like brothers whenever outsiders, or worse, California kids tried to muscle
“Back in the 1970s, surfing was a regional sport,” Hancock says. “If you didn’t live within 100 miles of waves, you didn’t even know about surfing. Now it’s permeated the culture with its own styles, fashion, vocabulary. But there’s still no substitute for a homegrown surf scene. And that’s what Phil created with Big Surf.”
“Big Surf will always have a special place in our hearts because it transformed our culture,” Manning says. “Surfing is so big now that kids in Ohio wear Hang 10 shirts. But here in Arizona, thanks to Phil, we got to live and breathe a real surf culture. I tell you, the waves were artificial, but the scene was real.”
in on “their” surf.
“After all those years of having to trek to Southern California, getting in fights or getting our car tires flattened just because we had Arizona plates,” Manning says, “when California surfers came out here with their attitude, we’d give them a bit of their own medicine. There were definitely a few scrapes on the water or out in the parking lot.”
Today, these 60-somethings are content to surf as much as possible, even teaching lessons on weekends to the next generation of East Valley surfers.
“It’s still a great place to learn to surf,” Manning says. “After Phil died [in 2014], Big Surf had his surviving family fly out, and while they were here I got to teach his granddaughter how to surf. She picked it up in an hour, and it was such an honor to teach her to surf at the place Phil built.”
The PSA Panthers, Paragon Science Academy of Chandler’s team of middle school students, took first at the Arizona Science Olympiad Division B competition on April 9, bringing home Paragon Science Academy’s fourth state championship in four years.
The team, which includes students grades 6 through 9, will now move on to compete in the 2016 Science Olympiad National Tournament, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics competition that requires students to use interdisciplinary knowledge and teamwork to overcome various challenges. The competition will take place between May 18 and May 21 at the University of WisconsinStout.
—JAMIE LELAND, TRIBUNE
The Gilbert Police Department was awarded two grants to conduct traffic enforcement and purchase safety equipment during 2016. The DUI Enforcement Grant was $80,000, and the DUI Van Refurbishment Grant was $26,033.
Gilbert police will use this funding for overtime and employee-related expenses to staff drug and alcohol enforcement, for periodic DUI warrant arrest details and to conduct Know Your Limit Details. Know Your Limit details inform pedestrians at or near bars of their bloodalcohol level and how this will impair their driving ability.
Gilbert police also will deploy and staff its DUI Van at least two weekends per month with DUI officers and support staff. The van will also be deployed and staffed for three nights every major holiday weekend. Know Your Limits details will be conducted quarterly.
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On April 13, Helios Education Foundation unveiled a statewide college readiness program called College Knowing and Going. The $5.1 million, five-year initiative seeks to increase the number of Arizona adults who hold postsecondary degrees by providing assistance to students in 18 high school districts, including Chandler Unified District and Higley Unified School District.
In partnership with College Success Arizona, AzCAN and ACT, College Knowing and Going will assist students in the college application process and in the completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. They will also cover ACT costs, allowing students to take the test for free. Helios President and CEO Paul Luna made the announcement.
The program begins this school year and will continue through the 2019-2020 school year.
—JAMIE LELAND, TRIBUNE
Retired Superior Court Judge and former Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn announced he is running for Arizona Corporation Commission.
Dunn served as an assistant attorney general and was mayor of Chandler, the fourth largest city in Arizona. During his time in private practice, Dunn was a partner at Yarbrough, Moll and Dunn.
“The role of a commissioner is very similar to that of a judge, to be the impartial decision-maker based on the facts presented to you on each individual case, regardless of personal feelings or outside influences,” Dunn asid. “That is how I ran my court, and that is how I will serve as a Corporation Commissioner.”
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Mesa Community College student Kaycee Campbell has been named a 2016 Newman Civic Fellow.
The Newman Civic Fellows Award honors inspiring college student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country.
Over the past two years, Campbell volunteered more than 2,000 hours, most of them while she was a full-time student and while working part-time.
In her first year as a student leader, Campbell served as the College Project Officer of Phi Theta Kappa, where she led a team of students and staff to conceptualize the college’s first financial literacy program. She was Phi Theta Kappa’s Honors in Action Officer, leading another team to address water accessibility issues in the United States and around the world. Campbell got representative from the United Nations to present a keynote address on the subject at MCC.
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Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory will track the transit of Mercury from dawn until noon on May 19. The passing of Mercury between the sun and earth will only be visible with the aid of a filtered telescope, provided by the observatory, beginning at 5:31 a.m. and ending at 11:42 a.m. The planet will appear as a small, black dot crossing the Sun. Mercury’s last transit occurred in 2006 and, after May 9, the transit will not occur again until 2019. Viewing is free and open to the public. For more information, visit evaconline.org.
—JAMIE LELAND, TRIBUNE
In honor of National Library week, the Mesa Public Library Branch will be launching its food for fines exchange. Patrons are invited to bring nonperishable food items to the library to be donated to the United Food Bank in exchange for the waiving of their overdue book fees. Each item earns a $1 credit toward a library bill.
The program began April 11 and will run until April 30. Food will be accepted at any branch: 64 E. First St., 2425 S. Dobson Rd., 635 N. Power Rd. and 2055 S. Power Rd., Suite 1031.
Grant Imahara, former “MythBusters” and “BattleBots” star, will speak at Microchip’s 20th annual Worldwide MASTERs conference in August. Registration has already opened.
The annual MASTERs Conference, hosted by Chandler-based Microchip, is the premier technical training event for embedded control engineers. Imahara is Mouser Electronics’ spokesperson for its Empowering Innovation Together program. Besides “MythBusters” and “BattleBots,” Imahara has worked on many famous robotic characters, including R2-D2 in the Star Wars prequels and the Energizer Bunny. He will speak August 18 at the conference at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix.
Register for the MASTERs Conference at www.microchip.com/usmasters.
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Young singers are invited to try out for the Chandler Children’s Choir. Auditions will be held May 14 from 10 a.m.–noon at the Arizona Music Academy, 1700 E. Elliot Road in Tempe. Auditions are open to girls and boys ages 7 to 15. No experience is necessary.
The nonprofit community choir, in its eighth season, serves more than 100 youth in the East Valley. The program includes three choirs, a full performance schedule each season, and a progressive touring program. The choir season runs August through May, with weekly rehearsals in Tempe.
Chandler Children’s Choir’s repertoire focuses on classical, folk and art song styles. Singers learn note reading skills, choral blend and vocal technique through invigorating instruction and creative programming. For more information, go to www.chandlerchildrenschoir.org or call 480-699-9846.
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Crime prevention seminars covering personal safety, home security and identity theft will be offered at the 2016 Citizen Safety Forum, presented by the Maricopa County Attorney’s office.
The forum will be held on May 4 at the Chandler Community Center. Registration opens at 8 a.m. and presentations run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A complimentary lunch will be provided and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery will be available for a Q&A session.
Visit maricopacountyattorney.org/CSF or call (602) 506-7621 to register.
—JAMIE LELAND, TRIBUNE
A reception for the five summer exhibitions at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum at the Mesa Arts Center is set for Friday, May 13.
The reception runs from 7 to 10 p.m. in the courtyard at the museum.
The new exhibits include “Hat Tip: A Tribute to Arts Philanthropy.”
The exhibit features donated pieces from the museum’s vault. It’s already open and stays on display until July 31.
“Threads: Gathering My Thoughts,” is also open. It closes Aug. 7. Work by artist Susan Lenz in yarn represents the complexity of the human mind.
Kristin Beeler’s work is on display in “Archive of Rag and Bone.” The exhibit runs from April 29 until Aug. 7.
Beeler’s work features portraits and objects that document specific moments in time.
“El Mac: Aerosol Exalted,” opens May 13 and closes Aug. 7. Artist El Mac, who grew up in Phoenix, creates large-scale murals across the globe. He recently painted a mural at the Mesa Arts Center.
Also open from May 13 through Aug. 7 is “Journey and Memory: past the rock, the sun’s gates and the land of dreams.”
Painters Christopher Jagmin and sculptor Patricia Sannit worked together on the project.
Exhibits at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum are free.
BY ROBERTA J. PETERSON TRIBUNE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Janel Willert believed she was lucky to land a summer job at Big Surf in the spring of 1973.
“It was considered THE cool kid job in the Valley because it was such a unique idea in the 1970s,” she remembers.
“There were a lot of concerts at the park back then, including Chicago, Elton John (before he was super famous) and Kris Kristofferson. Parking lots were full every day and lines were long for everything.
“Parents would drop off whole carloads of kids for the day unattended, but then times were kinder and gentler,” says Willert, who hasn’t moved far from the park. She now lives near the border of Scottsdale and Tempe.
“The major thing I recall is the huge number of security guards we had to keep things in line. They were just kids,
too, and dressed in blue shorts and yellow shirts, carrying walkie-talkies everywhere. We called them sand pigs,” she says.
For all the good memories, she has one bad one: “A little boy reached out of the water and stabbed me in the ankle while I was standing on some big rocks—and he did it with a fork of all things,” she says.
Willert also remembers the concessions, owned by a Mesa family, and that
Planning a trip to a water park this summer? Here’s how the East Valley’s two major water parks measure up.
Big Surf 1500 N. McClintock Dr., Tempe, AZ
480-994-2297, www.bigsurf.com
Big Surf’s 47th season kicks off on Saturday, May 7, following the annual Wet Electric kickoff concert on Saturday, April 30.
Highlights: Learn to boogie board or surf at the Waikiki Beach wave pool (the world’s third largest at 2.5-million gallons); ride more than 3,000 feet of
“the head lifeguard was a gorgeous guy. Unfortunately, I lost touch with all of my co-workers as soon as graduation day rolled around.”
She worked at Big Surf for four summer seasons, 1973 through 1976. One thing that hasn’t changed much in the 40 ensuing years, she says, is her hairstyle.
“There is something I’m asked when-
waterslides; or soar above it all on the new Mauna Kea Zip Line.
Founded: 1969.
Claim to fame: As America’s original wave pool and artificial surf center, Big Surf has been honored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers alongside modern marvels such as Henry Ford’s Model T.
Most radical 1980s cameo: The 1980s cross-dressing comedy “Just One of the Guys” shot its prom scene here. Did you know? Not only does Big Surf offer annual surf memberships, but it also offers free lessons to American servicemen injured in the line of duty through the Wounded Warrior Project.
Parent hideaway: Tahiti Phil’s is a fullservice bar overlooking Waikiki Beach.
155 W. Hampton Ave., Mesa, Arizona 480-834-8319, www.golfland.com/mesa
Golfland-Sunsplash kicked off its 30th official season earlier this month. It’s open weekends only through May 15.
Highlights: Home to the 450,000-gallon Thunder Bay wave pool and 29 more rides and attractions (across both parks), dare the Double Dare, a six-story-high slide that drops riders through a trapdoor in the floor.
ever that high school job comes up, and that’s whether I learned to surf there. But I actually learned initially at Windansea Beach in La Jolla, (California),” she recalls.
“My instructor was my lifelong friend, Patrick Hudnall, who surfed competitively. I improved with practice at Big Surf. That was one of the job’s best perks.”
Founded: 1986 (Golfland family fun center opened in 1983 and Sunsplash water park was added three years later).
Claim to fame: Starting in Mesa in 1953, Golfland Entertainment Centers,“helped pioneer the modern family entertainment industry as well as the waterpark industry,” and now owns seven locations across Arizona and California.
Most radical 1980s cameo: Another 1980s cult classic, “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” starring a young Keanu Reeves, featured a time-travelling Napoleon Bonaparte coming here to conquer the fictional “Waterloo” waterslide.
Did you know: Sunsplash is only open during the summer, but Golfland (mini golf, laser tag, bumper boats and race cars) is open 365 days a year.
Parent hideaway: Calm your heart rate on the slow, meandering Lazy River.
BY SHELLEY RIDENOUR TRIBUNE
Four years of planning, developing and building support for an artist community in downtown Mesa is nearing fruition.
The planned ArtSpace Mesa, on vacant land on Hibbert Street between First and Second streets, is intended to bring local artists together to live and create in a talented community.
ArtSpace Mesa is to include 50 apartments complete with artist studios. One-, two- and three-bedroom apartments are planned and rent will range from $385 to $830 a month, Mesa Housing and Community Development Director Liz Morales said.
If all goes as expected, ground will be
broken late this year with the project finished sometime next year.
Morales says she’s excited about the project.
“It will have a lot of synergy with the Mesa Arts Center” and the growing art community in downtown Mesa, she said.
“Art has such a great effect on the community,” Morales said. “An emphasis on art provides so much richness and brings people together.”
Mesa City Councilman Chris Glover, whose district includes downtown Mesa, shares that excitement.
He said ArtSpace “will be a wonderful asset to downtown Mesa.” Glover is optimistic that artists living and working in the heart of downtown will “inject
new vibrancy into downtown.”
He has a brother who works as an artist and Glover said when he explained the time frame for ArtSpace, his brother asked if the process could be sped up.
“He wants them to do it even sooner than plans call for,” the councilman said.
ArtSpace Mesa comes about after five community meetings and a six-month survey of about 660 artists in Mesa and the Valley.
As tenants for the live-work spaces are determined, preference will be given to working artists and artists who are military veterans. Tenants must have incomes of between 40 and 60 percent of the median area income, Morales said.
In February, the Mesa City Council allocated $500,000 from the federal HOME Investment Partnership Program to ArtSpace and entered a development and purchase agreement with ArtSpace Projects. ArtSpace Projects is a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis. It operates 30 similar developments across the country.
The Mesa project is competing for low-income tax credits administered by the state. The city should learn this summer if the tax credits are approved.
Besides the residences, the ground floor of the development will feature 1,450 square feet of commercial space for arts organizations and retail businesses. It also includes 2,900 square feet of community space for events, exhibitions and educational programs. It will be a three-story building.
The project has a total estimated
price tag of $14 million. Architectural Resource Team of Phoenix has been selected as the project architect.
ArtSpace is to be built about a block from the Mesa Arts Center, and the center’s director expects it to have a profound effect on the center and downtown Mesa.
Cindy Ornstein, executive director of the Mesa Arts Center, said ArtSpace will help “create a mass of creative thinkers” into the downtown community. That can only mean positive things for downtown, she said, especially because those artists will live and work downtown and feel ownership of the area.
Infusing the energy that those “very engaged, activated citizens” will bring to the community will be “amazing,” Ornstein said.
She anticipates ArtSpace becoming a “resource for creative thinking and issues. It can help the Mesa Arts Center with its goal of having people engage in the arts in Mesa.
The nearby artists could end up teaching classes or workshops at the Mesa Arts Center, offer ideas for events and festivals at the center and generally bring new ideas to Ornstein’s staff, she said. That will end up creating a synergy with the arts center and other cultural entities, Ornstein said.
— Contact Shelley Ridenour at 480-898-6533 or sridenour@evtrib.com.
BY HOWARD FISCHER
CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES
Saying electric companies appear to be trying to kill solar, a former state utility regulator is proposing a constitutional amendment to stop them from doing that.
The initiative measure filed Friday by Kris Mayes would block regulated utilities like Arizona Public Service, Tucson Electric Power, UniSource Energy Services and a host of cooperatives from imposing “demand charges” on customers who generate their own power. It also would stop efforts to let utilities reduce the amount they credit customers who generate more energy than they use. Instead, companies would effectively “pay” customers the same charge per kilowatt hour as they would bill the customers.
Utility officials have insisted the changes are necessary to prevent customers without solar from effectively underwriting the cost of the network on which solar customers still depend.
But Mayes said studies have show “that’s a bunch of hooey.” And she said what utilities are trying to do is make solar, which effectively competes with utility-owned power plants, unaffordable.
“The policies that they are promoting would have the effect of seriously undermining the ability of Arizonans to go solar,” she said.
Her measure, if approved by voters in November, also is designed to prevent what Mayes said has been utilities “dragging their feet” in approving connections between customer-owned solar and the network. It requires companies to act within 45 days of a request or be prepared to justify to the Arizona Corporation Commission why it cannot comply.
Mayes knows about this: As a member of the commission a decade ago, she introduced the concept of “distributed generation” to the state. The idea was to encourage residents and businesses to produce their own power as an alternative to the electricity now largely generated through nuclear, coal and natural gas.
She also was the driving force behind the requirement for utilities to produce at least 15 percent of their energy from
alternative sources by 2025, including solar and, in particular, distributed generation.
Since that time, the solar industry has flourished in Arizona—and not to the joy of the utilities.
Joseph Barrios, spokesman for UNS, the parent company of both TEP and UniSource, said his company has not had the chance to study the initiative. But he made it clear UNS does not want its bid before the commission to change the rate structure for solar shortcircuited by the measure.
“There’s been a great deal of participation by several parties and members of the public throughout the proceedings before the commission and we’re in favor of allowing those issues to be addressed in current proceedings,” he said. There was no immediate response from APS.
BY HOWARD FISCHER CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES
The biggest share of jobs Arizona will create in the next two years will be in positions that don’t require even a high school diploma. New figures from the state Department of Administration show an increase of more than 6.6 percent in that sector of the economy. And the second biggest boost in Arizona employment will be in jobs for which only a high school diploma is required.
By contrast, the jobs for which a bachelor’s or master’s degree will be required will grow by less than 5.2 percent. And those who went back for a doctoral degree will find just a 4.2 percent increase in available jobs.
But Daniel Scarpinato, press aide to Gov. Doug Ducey, said the numbers are not necessarily bad news.
“What the numbers show is all those numbers are growing faster than they were, all levels are growing faster than they were,” he said. “And that’s a good thing.”
But the numbers also show a trend: The part of the Arizona economy which needs workers with only a high school diploma or less is growing faster than the sector of the economy which needs college graduates.
Right now, for example, 27.4 percent of all jobs in the state require no formal education credentials. In just two years, that will grow to 27.7 percent. That’s the largest growth rate of any sector of the economy; the share of some sectors will shrink.
Scarpinato said his boss is focused on landing better jobs.
“When you look at some of the specific job recruitments that the governor has been involved in, they are in fact ones that are very good-paying jobs and that are high-skilled jobs,” he said. But Scarpinato said it takes more than that to make an economy.
“The governor has been very clear that all jobs matter, all jobs have value, and all citizens, no matter their educational background, deserve a shot at the American dream,” he said. “And so we’re going to be working on things that grow jobs across all sectors for all individuals in our state, not just the wealthy and not just people with a college education.”
Doug Walls, research administrator at the Department of Administration, said there may be another reason that the rate of job growth is highest among employers who need workers with just a minimal education.
“The base employment levels could have fallen much farther during the recession,” he said. “We could have lost a lot more jobs within those minimum education-requirement groups and they could now just be seeing recovery.”
Walls had no specific numbers to back that contention.
But he did point out that it was the
state’s construction industry that took the biggest hit during the recession. It plummeted from a seasonally adjusted peak of 244,200 in June 2006 to 109,300 just three months later.
The most recent report has construction at 133,700, meaning it has regained some of the jobs it shed.
But economist Lee McPheters, of the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, said there’s another big factor at work that is making the Arizona economy less dependent on jobs where a higher education is required: Money, or, more specifically, the lack of it.
He said someone who graduates with a degree in engineering probably can find a job in Arizona. But McPheters said companies elsewhere offer more.
And McPheters said he’s not just talking places like San Francisco where the cost of living is so much higher. He said entry-level programming jobs pay more in Austin, Denver and Salt Lake City.
That, in turn, leads to the situation where Arizona employers claim they can’t find enough qualified help.
“Probably, they need to finish that statement by saying there’s a shortage of qualified skilled labor at the prevailing wage rates here,” he said.
State officials predict that by the end of 2017, nearly 800,000 Arizonans will be working in jobs that require no formal education credentials. Here’s a list of some of the jobs the Department of Administration says fit into that category.
• Stock clerks
• Telemarketers
• Farmworkers
• Floor sanders and finishers
• Tile and marble setters
• Real estate agents
• Roofers
• Bakers
• Butchers
• Sewing machine operators
• Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
• Dishwashers
•Food servers and preparation
• Movie projectionists
• Movie ticket takers
• Retail sales
• Cashiers
BY SHELLEY RIDENOUR TRIBUNE
Some public transit vehicles operated by Valley Metro will soon don a new look.
Valley Metro conducted a contest for people to design a new wrap for buses and light rail trains that run in Mesa, Tempe and Phoenix.
Cami Lintz, a student at Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, won this year’s contest.
Her design, already fitted on a bus, is to be unveiled at noon on Tuesday, April 26, at Marcos de Niza High School at 6000 S. Lakeshore Drive.
Lintz’s design was selected from about 110 entries. It will be on buses and train
cars for a full year.
Valley Metro now operates 26 miles of light rail in the Valley. Construction of another three-mile extension in Mesa is scheduled to begin this fall. Plans call for a 66-mile rail route by 2034.
Valley Metro carried 73 million passengers in the Valley last year.
BY DANIEL OCHOA TRIBUNE
The town of Gilbert focused on bringing more tourism to the area at its Mayor’s Ambassador Forum.
According to Arizona officials, tourism is the largest business sector in Arizona, with $20.9 billion attributed to visitor spending in 2014.
Stephanie Dowling, deputy director of tourism at the Arizona Office, believes there’s a correlation between tourism trends and life stage.
“It’s more about the life stage than the specific age of the traveler … their travel habits change significantly depending on what life stage they are in,” she said. Gilbert’s tourism intake increased to $215 million.
Specific locations in Gilbert that have experienced tourism spikes include Top Golf, Gilbert’s Downtown Heritage District and the Gilbert Historic Museum.
Max Suzenaar, founder, CEO & chief
strategy officer of Minding Your Business, said there has been an increase of tourists seeking local-leisure opportunities.
“It’s a phenomenon that we hadn’t experienced before,” he said. “Tourists want to experience all aspects of tourism, but they also want to experience something that’s unique, local and under the radar. It really translates to that type of intimate, one-of-a-kind experience.”
Competition for tourism has become more competitive throughout the years due to the increase of information that’s provided to tourist, Dowling said.
“A lot of destinations have been savvier
on ways they promote themselves, so we are constantly trying to fight for that market share,” she said. “We have to be a lot more aggressive and smart in the ways of how we are targeting the tourists with our marketing message. We need to know exactly who we intend to market to, and be very micro-focused on them.”
During the forum, members of Gilbert’s Economic Development team discussed the town’s five-year forecast and where it’s at to date.
The five-year forecast was implemented in Gilbert back in 2011 and covered economic development initiatives such
as employment opportunities, capital investment, and commercial real-estate expansion.
Currently, there have been 7,600 new and retained jobs, more than $830 million attributed to capital investment, 4.1 million square feet of expanded commercial real estate, and 973 new business developments in Gilbert.
In addition, there has been more than $413.9 million of private investment spread throughout Gilbert.
The Gilbert Economic Development team will work closely with town officials to devise a new five-year strategic plan. The new plan will be announced in July.
For additional information, visit gilbert.gov.
—Contact Daniel Ochoa at 480-898-4903 or dochoa@evtrib.com.
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BY ZAC PACLEB CRONKITE NEWS
Confetti fell and the crowd cheered as a champion was crowned at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington.
No, the applause and hoopla wasn’t aimed at the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks or the MLS’ Seattle Sounders FC, the two teams who normally occupy the stadium.
Instead, the cause for celebration centered on six students from Arizona State University who had won a national video game tournament.
That’s right – video games.
Real Dream Team was one of more than 450 college teams in the second “Heroes of the Dorm” tournament, a competition featuring the online game “Heroes of the Storm.” After beating University of Texas at Arlington in the grand final on April 10, the ASU students took home the national championship and each earned up to $75,000 in tuition for the rest of their college careers.
“I won college tuition playing video games,” said Real Dream Team captain Michael Udall, known online as “MichaelUdall.” “I don’t think that’ll hit me until I actually have to pay tuition again, but it’s just crazy.”
Last year was the first time ESPN offered national live coverage of a
collegiate e-sports event. “Heroes of the Dorm” gave the audience a view into that growing world.
“The industry has been around for years,” said Tyler Rosen, program manager for Blizzard Entertainment, best known for creating the “World of Warcraft” games. “I think everything we’ve been doing has been building up to this moment. We finally reached that critical mass where it’s hard to ignore and where a lot of people are looking inward.”
Rosen, whose company hosted the event, said the inaugural tournament started a “national dialogue” about e-sports, and from there, it has opened up avenues for growth in the industry.
“It all starts with a vision,” he said. “We see a very bright future with e-sports. We see a lot of energy, a lot of passion, a lot of excitement in the market.
“And we’ve been talking to broadcasters,” Rosen said. “ESPN was one of them that really saw that vision. They saw what we saw in e-sports, and they wanted to work with us to try to put it on their platform. It was a really bold move for them because they’ve never done anything like that before.”
Udall, a sophomore at ASU, said he and his teammates Parham “Pham” Emami, Stefan “Akaface” Anderson, Austin “Shot” Lonsert, Isaiah “Snickers” Rubin and Vann “Vannity” Childs
work. You work for months. You train for months, and then you have one weekend, and that’s it,” Udall said. “That’s where you prove all of your skill. If you don’t show up that weekend, if you have an off weekend, it’s kind of all for naught. It’s pretty crazy being a professional gamer just because that aspect of it.”
Lonsert, a senior sociology student at ASU, said “Heroes of the Dorm” offered the biggest financial gain a player can win playing Storm. He hopes to see e-sports continue to cross over into mainstream media.
“(E-sports) being on ESPN and just growing, it’s amazing,” Lonsert said. “I love all the publicity it’s getting. I love talking e-sports. I love talking nerdy to people that don’t understand it, and they want to learn. I can just share my culture with people.”
Rosen, who also co-founded e-sports network TeSPA, said they are still figuring out what will be next as far as tournaments and events, but he expects to continue to see the uptick in popularity across the country.
practiced four to six hours per day as a team, which did not include individual practice.
“It’s surreal. There’s nothing else that can sum it up,” Udall said. “I hope I can use it to further e-sports at ASU. We always talk about how ASU is a school of innovation, and I think e-sports is a major sport in the future, and I think ASU is definitely going to be on the front end of that.”
Although e-sports haven’t been shown on a mainstream, national stage before “Heroes of the Dorm,” the viewership is there. According to Riot Games, the 2015 League of Legends World Championships drew in 36 million unique viewers on live-streaming platforms Twitch and Azubu, the most in the event’s history. In comparison, the recent NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship game averaged 17.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
“All I can say is that it’s really healthy for e-sports,” Lonsert said. “I never imagined myself to be on television and be like the equivalent of a football player with people saying, ‘I could be like him one day.’ I still don’t think that.”
Lonsert, Udall and Anderson are professional “Heroes of the Storm” players, joining teams and competing for money in tournaments that normally play out over the span of one weekend.
“It’s crazy because you put in so much
ESPN has ramped up its coverage of e-sports as well, launching an e-sports section on its website in January and publishing an e-sports-centric edition of ESPN The Magazine in May 2015.
“Heroes of the Dorm really sparked a lot of attention for the industry, and since then, we’ve seen a lot of movement,” Rosen said. “We’ve seen a lot of growth. We’ve seen new players and influencers get into the space, so I think that’s only going to continue.”
Udall said he doesn’t expect e-sports to take over traditional sports like football and basketball in popularity. But he said he wouldn’t be surprised to see its popularity rival mainstream athletics.
“I think in the next five to 10 years, we’ll see seasons,” Udall said. “There will be a Heroes of the Storm season and a League of Legends season. It’ll kind of essentially … like every other sport, and it will just have a network dedicated to it, and there will be lots of money flowing into it. You can be a professional video game player, and I think at some point, it will reach a point like now if you’re a professional (Heroes of the Storm) player, you’ll be famous and a celebrity, which I think is cool.”
Whether or not it becomes a mainstream hit, Udall said he wants to lay the foundation for ASU to become a collegiate e-sports powerhouse. Lonsert, on the other hand, was just happy to bring home some hardware for his school.
“Hey, at least ASU won something this year,” he said.
BY ERIC SMITH TRIBUNE
Lou Houle sits in a chair in the lobby of Mesa’s Banner Baywood Medical Center with a companion he pushes around in a stroller. His companion, therapy dog Zuri, a Lhasa apso and poodle mix, rests calmly at his side and only gets excited when treats are offered.
It’s been a long journey for Houle, who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and anxiety, but Zuri, who has been with Houle since 2014, has made things far easier.
Houle met Zuri at a Mesa PetSmart, but once they had a chance to visit, Houle knew he had found the dog for him.
“The moment they opened the cage, (Zuri) just came real close to me,” Houle says. “Didn’t say a word, didn’t bark, just very, very quiet … that’s how we met.”
Shortly after, Houle got Zuri trained and certified as a service dog for himself, allowing him to take Zuri anywhere for his own comfort. He also wanted Zuri to be a therapy dog so that he could share her calming gift.
The training came easily to the mildmannered Zuri, with only a few bumps in the road.
“The only problem we had training (at the facility) was that it was a pretty big place,” Houle says. “It was a good training facility, it’s just that most of the other digs were much bigger than she was, so they trained us in a separate pen to start with.”
Soon after obtaining Zuri’s certifications, Houle started to volunteer at multiple East Valley hospitals but worked the majority of his time at Banner Baywood’s heart center.
Zuri’s nature made Houle want to share her gifts with others.
“She’s so good with people,” Houle says. “And so good at this job that it makes me continue to want to help people. Sometimes we get into some tough situations, but she has responded really well to them.
“I guess that’s what encourages me to do this job. It’s not necessarily easy all the time, but it’s rewarding and it helps
me out.”
Not only the patients in the hospital benefit from Zuri and Houle visiting. The hospital’s staff members also enjoy seeing them.
“We came at Christmas time to the hospital, and there weren’t many patients around,” Houle says. “But the nursing staff really liked her. It helped them more than anybody.”
Houle says the job isn’t always easy. Seeing patients in difficult medical states can be tough. But it’s nonetheless rewarding for the duo.
“Some of the tough ones have been the most rewarding,” Houle says. “That’s really what it’s all about.”
—Contact Eric Smith at 480-898-6549 or esmith@evtrib.com.
BY DANIEL OCHOA TRIBUNE
Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori, which has provided preschool through kindergarten classes for the past 20 years, is expanding to Chandler. Owner Meaghan McClung said Chandler is a perfect location for the school’s second campus because many of the families who attend the Ahwatukee site live in Chandler.
“We found that our client demographic was shifting to Chandler, and that area has been a growing community
for the past 10 to 15 years,” she said. “With the new location, we thought we could make it more convenient for the families in Chandler who were commuting to Ahwatukee, and open enrollment opportunities for families who might not have gotten them in Ahwatukee. We are hoping that the new location will solve both of those issues.”
The school has made a name for itself over the past two decades through word of mouth from parents and by being the oldest Montessori school in the area. Currently, the school’s enrollment
stands at 115 students.
In the early years, enrollment was a bit stagnant, but over the years popularity grew and the school has had a waiting list for the past seven years.
The school’s curriculum encompasses the traditional Montessori materials in ways that encourages reasoning and critical thinking, McClung said.
“We have had fantastic results with our learning model with our kindergarten students reading well above a first-grade level,” she said. “They’re also working on fractions and multiplication throughout their day at the school … they’re having a great time doing it.”
In addition, teachers at the school ensure that the learning experience for each child is individualized and at a customizedpace. “We have lesson plans in our classrooms for each student rather than having a lesson plan for the entire class,” McClung said. “We meet each student where they are academically rather than expecting them to reach a level across the board of all students.”
McClung said the family environment that resonates throughout the school’s campus is what sets the school apart from other Montessori schools in the area.
“I’m most proud of the family
atmosphere that we have built here at Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori,” she said. “We have a core staff that has been working with us since the school opened. We have students come back all the time to visit and volunteer here … they do that because of the feeling they got when they were here. They still have a soft spot for our school, and that tells me that their experience here was something special.”
Lynn Monaghan has experienced the family atmosphere at the school, with her children graduating from the school and being an instructor at the school for the past four years.
“The students are able to expand upon their social and emotional skills during their time here at AFM, which is extremely important,” she said. “Every school is a community, but not every school feels like it’s a family, and AFM feels like a family.”
Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori’s Chandler location, 5570 W. Chandler Blvd., is in its development stage, and will be open to the public on July 25. For additional information about the school, call 480-759-3810.
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BY BOB SCHUSTER GUEST COLUMNIST
When I retired six years ago after 40 years in the newspaper business, I was determined to volunteer where I could help improve our community. I hope I’ve succeeded even a little bit, but my most striking discovery has been the enormous number of other people who are also making a positive difference, and the many others who are looking for opportunities to serve and give.
There are literally thousands of unsung heroes in our midst, people who give freely of their time and skills to make the lives of others—especially the vulnerable and less fortunate—better. And another striking discovery: They are succeeding. I make that point because it’s so easy these days to become cynical. Wrapped up in our daily routines of family and
work, we’re showered with grim news about crime, warfare, terrorism and scams. Closer to home, we constantly hear about domestic violence, drug addiction, hunger and homelessness. Amid all the grim news, it’s easy to start feeling helpless and hopeless—that regardless of what we do, the problems persist, and even get worse.
We live in an imperfect world, but I’ve learned over the past few years that right under the boiling surface of bad news, there’s an ocean of good news. Countless people making a positive difference, one life at a time.
Soon after I retired, I got a call from Carol McCormack, who at that time was president and CEO of Mesa United Way. She invited me to help out with publicizing the organization’s activities, and I readily accepted. I’d thought I knew all about Mesa United Way. After all, I’d been reporting on its activities for some 25 years. I quickly learned that I
didn’t know diddly.
Mesa United Way is headquartered in a little building on University Avenue and Pasadena, but even the ballroom at the Hilton Phoenix/Mesa, where our campaign finale luncheon will be celebrated on May 4, doesn’t come close to accommodating all the people who make up this amazing organization. As the only city-centered United Way in the Valley, Mesa United Way’s 95-year history is marked by deep partnerships with the business, civic, educational, religious and charitable communities. It’s a vast network that helps mobilize volunteers and fundraising efforts.
All of these partner organizations have their own communications networks, which over the years have added websites and email, and more recently Facebook and Twitter. We recently upgraded www. mesaunitedway.org to a mobile-friendly platform that includes our Facebook and Twitter feeds on the homepage.
Another homepage feature we added is “The Hope Post,” a blog that includes everything from inspirational stories about people helping people, to news about projects you might want to get involved with or contribute to. It’s a place you can go to when you need a good-news lift, or some ideas on where
you can invest your dollars or free time to improve lives and strengthen our community. Every Hope Post entry includes an invitation for your feedback. So like us on Facebook, sign up for our monthly email newsletter and check in regularly with The Hope Post. I guarantee you’ll never again complain there’s no good news out there. Your biggest challenge will be deciding where and how to give back.
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BY COLETON BERRY TRIBUNE
Wish Come True–it’s not just a random name, but how Wanette Wilson explains the wild mustang that she was given nearly 100 days to train in the Extreme Mustang Makeover competition.
The Extreme Mustang Makeover competition was part of the American’s Mustang Celebration expo that took place in Queen Creek on April 22 and 23, Kyla Hogan of the Mustang Heritage Foundation said. The non-profit Mustang Heritage Foundation was formed in 2001 to provide support to the Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse and burro program. “We have a partnership with the Mustang Heritage Foundation to help us increase our adoption numbers,” Dorothea Boothe of the BLM said. The BLM only gathers wild horses for the sake of sustaining ecosystems.
Queen Creek resident Wilson, 31, said that this is her first competition in at least 10 years. In the Extreme Mustang Makeover, competitors perform and
showcase the horses. At the end, the horses that experienced roughly 100 days of training are auctioned off.
She said her mount is called Wish Come True because she feels he was the right horse sent to her to help her in her own journey. She says he’s the most ideal horse that she could’ve hoped for.
“He has touched a place in my heart that I didn’t know existed,” Wilson said.
The brown, friendly and playful mustang that she says she has always trusted was born out in the wild in Wyoming. He’s 6 or 7 and comes from a BLM facility in Utah. “He’s really sweet,” and he’ll make a phenomenal horse for a family or for someone who just likes to trail ride, Wilson said.
Wilson has been around horses all her life, as her mother was a trainer. She began training other peoples’ horses when she was 26, but she isn’t doing this competition to showcase herself as a trainer.
“My biggest goal with this whole thing was to have a connection with him so that he could have a great home,” she said. Although she’s a perfectionist, she says
everything is perfect because True has done all that she has asked of him. For her and True to be able to go have fun is the ultimate prize.
“That’s why I do this, so I can go out and have fun experiences,” she said.
Although she didn’t compete in years past, she has been part of the event since the beginning, whether she was supporting her older sister in the event or singing the national anthem in the finals.
“So I’ve known about this for over 10 years, but I’ve got health issues—like major health issues—and that was part of my mindset. ‘OK, if I’m gonna do this, I’m gonna have to commit wholeheartedly,’ ”
Wilson said. “And it was challenging, like it still is.” She said she was afraid that her endometriosis would interfere, but she was ready physically, mentally and spiritually to dedicate herself to a horse that needed a better life.
“It was a really big decision because I had to quit certain things and start others and organize everything so that it’d be just right,” she said. She also said that, she wants to inspire people.
“For the most part, I’m a firm believer that we need so much more positivity in this world, and there’s not enough around.”
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BY TOM PATTERSON GUEST COLUMNIST
Prop 123 is a bad idea.
Yes, I know it’s supported by Gov. Ducey and many conservative legislators, all of whom I respect. Interest groups ranging from the Chamber of Commerce to the teachers’ unions are on board. Ballotpedia reports that it “did not find media editorials opposing the measure” anywhere.
Worst of all, there is almost no funded opposition—see, you know what that means. It’s almost certainly going to pass.
But at heart, Prop. 123 is just another economic punt by government. It can’t deliver on the promises being made. It makes suckers of all those in the past who have played by the rules, and it breaks faith with future generations.
Here’s the deal. When Arizona became a state in 1912, it was granted 12 million acres of land by the federal government. The land was to be managed for income, with the revenues devoted mostly to
public education, in perpetuity. Each year, 2.5 percent of the principal has gone to support education funding, leaving the corpus intact.
But in 2014, the state lost a lawsuit brought by the school districts, who alleged the state had failed to provide inflation funding in the years following 2008, as it is required to do by a voterpassed initiative.
Prop. 123 solves the problem of the lawsuit by simply raiding the land trust. The plan is to boost the payouts to 6.9 percent yearly from 2016 to 2025. We’ll then pretend the investment results will rise to levels previously unattainable over time. They won’t, of course. Prop. 123’s main selling point is that it will increase education spending without raising taxes. But wait, haven’t we heard that pitch before? When politicians claim they’ve discovered a way to boost funding without tax increases, there’s always a catch to it. After all, the size of the trust land hasn’t grown nor is there any reason to believe it will throw off more income in the future.
What they really mean is that Prop. 123 won’t raise taxes—at this time. Down the road, that’s different. Invading the principal of the trust fund would have enormous implications on future funds available.
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the nonpartisan fiscal research staff for the legislature, estimates that Prop. 123 would decrease the size of the trust by 3.7 percent per year. State treasurer Jeff DeWit estimates that this erosion of the principal would decrease revenues from the trust by $8 billion over 40 years. That’s money that would have to be backfilled from some other source, and you know what that is: the taxpayers of the future.
The other main selling point of Prop. 123 is that it would provide more funding for teachers, but that’s not exactly true either. The ballot measure sends the money not to a teachers’ fund, but to the school districts general funds, which are notorious for slighting teachers.
Arizona’s classroom spending averages just 54 percent of the total, compared
to the national average of 61 percent, and is at its lowest level in 15 years. Still, teachers serve as the poster children of the campaign.
When federal politicians gave themselves permission to “borrow” from the Social Security Trust, it was soon decimated, leaving only IOUs. Seniors ever since have been dependent on government, rather than the fruits of their own savings, for their retirement income.
James Madison once wrote that “each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on at the expense of future generations.” Americans through the years have been very solicitous of “posterity” and took care to ensure that each generation was better off than the ones before.
Prop. 123 unfortunately is of the new mindset that prioritizes today’s wants and needs over tomorrow’s. It solves the problem of the lawsuit by forcing our children and grandchildren to pay for it. Nice. —East Valley resident Tom Patterson is a retired physician and former state senator. He can be reached at pattersontomc@cox.net.
BY EMILY GUDERIAN GUEST COMMENTARY
Iam adamantly opposed to the possibility of a school closing in Gilbert, a proposal that is currently being considered by Gilbert Public Schools. There is no ethical justification to close Gilbert Junior High or Mesquite Junior High to allow Gilbert Classical Academy, a specialty school, to take over a campus. Yes, GCA is a nationally-ranked school, and that’s a great thing. But, GCA is a school that boots out students who don’t perform. GCA is a school where nearly half of the student body is in the two junior high grades. GCA is a school that graduates only 50 students in their largest graduating class, while claiming to have a long waiting list on the front end.
And yet, the district’s superintendent and her hand-selected, pro-GCA committee has created a scenario where GCA empowers governing board members to pick which junior high to evict. This is very, very wrong. On so many levels, for so many reasons.
Both Mesquite Junior and Gilbert Junior have traditions, history and a community that very much loves and supports the schools, its teachers and the opportunities to be found there. Would board members honestly vote to take that away from an entire community?
There are traffic issues that have not been addressed. The promise by superintendent Dr. Kishimoto to look into that after a selection is made is wrong. Due diligence has not been done, and a vote to close a school indicates that the board members are OK with that.
There is growth coming. The district’s
own study points to that eventuality and yet it’s possible the data will be dismissed as “out of date” or “erroneous” because it doesn’t support the GCA position. Board members cannot, in good conscience, vote to close a school knowing this.
There are only six junior highs in the district to begin with.
Finally, the district is targeting two schools with larger populations of minorities, larger percentages of reduced lunches, and lower median household incomes. Whether or not this was intended is irrelevant. Is the district aware of how this appears to the public? Is it aware that it looks as though GPS is picking off the weak and underserved and giving to the elite?
And GCA is elite; when you have proponents of a school who tout their national ranking in the same sentence
they demand a school to takeover, that sounds elite to me.
Board members were elected to the board by voters other than GCA parents. This monumental decision will sweep the knees of hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands, while profiting only a tiny percentage of the total student population in Gilbert. And if GPS presses forward, it will continue to divide this district, long after a decision is made. It’s time for Gilbert Public Schools to go back to the drawing board. We need to arrive at an option that does not have GCA looking over the spoils of the district and saying, “I’ll take that school.” The best decision here is no decision. This community is already divided and we are watching closely. Do the right thing. No school should close.
Emily Guderian is a Gilbert Public Schools parent of three.
BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ TRIBUNE COLUMNIST
The emailed news alert reached me in the car Thursday morning, while I was idling at a long red light. “Pop star Prince has died at his estate at Paisley Park in Minnesota, his publicist confirms to the Associated Press.”
Later in the day, I was home and turned the television to CNN and saw the predictable wall-to-wall coverage of another celebrity death. It took but a minute to hear the cliché that doubtless will be repeated ad infinitum over the next few days about the 57-year-old musical genius perpetually cloaked in purple.
“We lost him too soon ….”
Yes, we did lose Prince too soon. But also, to be perfectly honest, we did not. Because it is impossible to lose something or someone you never actually had to lose in the first place.
That’s the point of this piece, one I
hope will cause you no deep offense, because I mean no disrespect to Prince, whose music and talent I admired greatly. I wish he would’ve lived to be 105 years old, electric guitar wailing all the while, dancing in those chunky heels to “Purple Rain” or “Cream” or “Let’s Go Crazy” till he could not manage one more step, one more breath.
This same unfulfilled wish for longevity applies to the magnificent David Bowie, dead a few weeks ago at age 69.
And the actor Alan Rickman and the actress Patty Duke, also both deceased recently at 69, and the comedian Garry Shandling, dead last month at 66, and more famous names than I can list here in the allotted space. All gone, all too soon. And none of them ours, not really.
In the 21st century, we live in a world of false ownership when it comes to those we make famous enough to matter beyond their own households. We never meet them, never have a single conversation, never share a meal, never understand a single true detail beyond what a
publicist shapes for media consumption or a few snaps on Instagram. And yet we want to eat what they eat, wear what they wear, vote for whom they vote.
The coverage drones on in the background as I type. Fans have gathered in the street outside Prince’s house. They hug and weep. They offer soul-crushed interviews to the assembled media vultures. The overwhelming sense conveyed is of a gaping void, the kind we experience when a much-loved friend goes away.
And yet no friend has gone away— not literally. Because all we ever have of celebrities is a few bars of music, a few scenes on a screen, a concert, a Jimmy Kimmel interview, some paragraphs on a page. This is not meant to diminish the value of art, or to slander Prince or Bowie, et al.
The urge to mourn those we do not know strikes me as yet one more symptom of the urge to genuflect before all things celebrity. It is one of the sad sicknesses of our age, an ailment that sacrifices time we could spend on relationships that matter for a connection as thin as a Facebook friendship with a digital pal who is no pal at all.
Miss the music? Absolutely. Miss the talent? Of course. But save the grieving, please, for the princes and princesses who populate your real life.
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My point instead? Hug closer the ones you love, those human beings you can touch in the flesh. Try harder to know those with whom you have a tangible, breathing human connection. Worship at the altar of what’s real, what’s skin and bones, tears and blood, not what’s ginned up in Hollywood or on Madison Avenue.
BY ZAC PACLEB CRONKITE NEWS
The creator of a Tempe-based company believes he has unlocked the secret to helping local businesses get customers through the door.
In January, Railway Technologies launched Railway Search (soon to be Railway Loop), an app that allows customers to search for products and shows them where they can find them. It also provides digital coupons customers can
BY JOE DUCEY ABC15.COM
If you have a credit card, you’ve likely disputed a charge.
And you’ve probably called the number on the back of your card to report it.
But did you know making that call is not enough?
That is, if you want to be protected by government rules.
Yes, this is one area where you ARE protected by a list of regulations. So get ready, I’m going to throw a lot of information at you.
Rules say you have 60 days to dispute billing errors from the time the charge is on the statement. And you must dispute the charge in writing to the
who search for a particular product.
Reis came up with the idea for Railway on a business trip in New York. After catching a red-eye flight, Reis said he “needed four Red Bulls.” Unable to find the energy drink, he ended up snoozing through his meeting. Later, as he prepared for a gala, he realized he forgot cuff links.
“I had these ‘I need’ moments,” he said. “I was plagued at that point because I knew I was about one of the only people with the expertise to be able to pull it off.”
Reis became an entrepreneur in 2007 and founded two companies that dealt with payment solutions. One company, MobiSquad, processed the first Apple Pay acceptance in the United States in 2010, Reis said. In September 2015, he sold both companies.
Oborn works with sales organizations to help connect with businesses and get their products online. He said the biggest challenge is making sure everything works smoothly once he gives sales organizations the green light to connect with local stores.
“We have to have our ducks in order so that once we hand (businesses) these tools, it works well enough that we don’t run into problems,” he said.
One of the stores that took part in the beta phase was Thirsty Dog 2 Go in Tempe. Its owner, Brandon Manus, said he has seen the benefits of Railway already.
redeem at physical stores.
“We realized that consumers care about products,” Railway CEO and Founder Nate Reis said. “They don’t really care where you get them. We’re not—as much as we hate to say it—loyal to businesses. We’re loyal to the products.”
Railway began to map out businesses in Tempe in January 2015. It digitized more than 350,000 products in more than 350 businesses. Stores use the Railway Station app to geotag their products for users
Reis created Railway to take advantage of those “need” moments. Businesses can use Railway Station to track demographic information, traffic frequency, coupon redemptions and the items customers buy in the store.
He compares Railway to the railways that connected the east to the rest of America in the early 1900s, saying the railways didn’t own the locomotives or the products, but it connected businesses to customers.
“(Businesses) don’t want gimmicks,” said Cody Oborn, the company’s vice president of business solutions. “They don’t want another solution to just sit on the counter. They just wanted a customer.”
credit card provider.
Send that dispute to the inquiry address, not the billing address. The bank has 90 days to investigate. And you don’t have to pay the charge during that time.
Also, the creditor can’t sue you over the amount during the investigation. They can’t threaten your credit rating either.
If they decide you still owe the money,
they need to tell you that in writing.
After getting the response, you have 10 days to tell them you refuse to pay the amount in question. And they can go after you to try and get that money.
But if it goes to a credit reporting agency, you get a chance to give your side and why you don’t think it’s owed.
OK, I’m done. But you shouldn’t be if you have this problem and want to
“There’s a lot of potential behind it,” he said. “You can use it not just for local businesses, but for any businesses really to help build clientele. … (There is) potential to do a lot more business, to make it easier for the customer to not only find your business but to know what other products you carry in your business is extremely streamlined as far as I see.”
Reis said he plans to have 10,000 businesses connected in the Phoenix metro area by the end of the year, and he wants the app to run smoothly before the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31. After that, Reis plans to tackle Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City.
“We’ve unlocked the secret of connecting with mobile target audiences,” Reis said. “We have created a solution that actually gets people to start shopping locally again.”
protect yourself. You can go the Federal Trade Commission website, www.ftc.gov, or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau site, www.consumerfinance.gov, to get much more information. —Joe Ducey is helping people like you everyday on ABC15 News at 6 p.m. If you’ve got a consumer issue you can’t solve, “Let Joe Know.” Contact him at joe@abc15.com or 855-323-1515.
Mesa Personal Training has just opened at 1116 S. Crismon Road in Mesa.
The studio is run by Master Trainer Mike Newhard and his wife Amy. Newhard focuses on weight loss, muscle gain, flexibility training, body fat reduction, competition prep and sports specific training.
Newhard is a former professional athlete, championship competitive bodybuilder and physique competitor. He also trained one of the winners of “The Biggest Loser.”
American Traffic Solutions (ATS) has opened new corporate headquarters at 1150 N. Alma School Road in Mesa. The company has relocated 464 employees to Mesa and will completely occupy one building, totaling 108,956 square feet, at the new Waypoint development
at Mesa Riverview.
In addition to its corporate offices, ATS will have employees in several departments including information technology, accounting/finance, human resources, sales and marketing and customer service.
ATS specializes in road safety camera installations in North America. ATS’ red-light, speed and school bus stop arm safety cameras serve more than 30 million people.
Firehouse Subs opened a new location at 7700 S. Priest Drive on March 21. Similar to its other locations, the restaurant is decorated with firefighter memorabilia and honors decades of fire and police services. Firehouse offers hot specialty subs, an “under 500 calorie” menu, and an array of hot sauces to spice up a sub to custom liking. The company also created the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, which helps fund various initiatives for first-responders and public safety organizations. This location will be the second for owners Michael Trifari and
Shu Chan, who are “excited to continue feeding the fire in Tempe.”
A new shop, Amazing Lash Studio’s fifth in Arizona, is at The Boulevard Shops at Chandler Fashion Square, directly in front of Chandler Fashion Center.
From April 20 to 28, Amazing Lash will offer a free set of eyelash extensions, a value of $250, for a requested donation of just $15, with all of the proceeds going the Red Cross.
Fulton Homes’ newest East Valley community, Warner Groves at Morrison Ranch, has attracted buyers to the Gilbert development.
Morrison Ranch, just off the Loop 202 near the intersection of East Warner Road and South Higley Road, consists
of 103 lots and features six new Fulton Homes floor plans ranging in size from 1600 square feet to 3100 square feet. Pricing starts at $297,000.
All homes at Morrison Ranch include three-car garages. Up to six bedrooms and five baths are available, and flex space allows for larger living, dining, den or open study areas.
All homes feature granite kitchen countertops, 36-inch cabinets, and ceiling fans in bedrooms, family rooms, lofts and dens. Also, each Morrison Ranch home is energy efficient and features a 16 SEER AC, Wi-Fi Honeywell thermostats and Smart Home technology.
Investment Property Association (IPA) and the Rockefeller Group announce the commencement of “Phase 2” in the construction of the Liv Northgate Complex in Gilbert.
The second phase carries new floor plans for one to three bedroom apartments, and extra amenities including a new splash pad, sport court and playground, 455 S. Recker Road. For more information, visit www.livnorthgate.com.
BY JASON P. SKODA TRIBUNE
Jim Schilling and the Basha coaching staff has only been in place for six seasons. The seniors were a year away from kindergarten the first time anyone stepped on a diamond wearing the green and gold in Southern Chandler.
And yet in some way, this baseball season is 14 years in the making for the Bears.
“Being part of Team 14 means everything,” senior Jack Schneider said. “We can do something no other team in Basha has ever done. We make some history with guys I will never forget.”
The 2016 certainly is shaping up that way with the postseason getting underway on April 30.
The Bears were the No. 1 team in
Division I through Tuesday’s action with a 20-4 overall record and a decent cushion—2.3 points in the power rating— over Hamilton in the power rankings. Both teams have one loss.
With only two games remaining in the regular season, the Bears are in position to earn first-round bye and possibly the top seed.
“There have been some rough times here, but we won 18 games last year and I knew we had the right kids coming back this year,” said Schilling, who came over from Williams Field. “I was used to winning 20 games a year and that wasn’t the case here. We’ve had to build up to this. It’s been a long road, but we’ve done it our way.”
And Team 14, coined by second baseman Tyler Riddle, is playing a good brand of baseball and hopes of going
deeper into the tournament than other Basha team.
The 2007-08 team was the third seed, but lost its first two games of the postseason to finish 19-11.
The following year, the team went 22-11 and made the final six (consolation semifinals) before being eliminated.
There are a lot more expectations on the Bears after putting together the best regular season in school history.
“The seniors have been playing together since we were in the seventh grade,” senior catcher Michael Goodrich said. “We know each other well. We were never a team that really liked to lose.”
Combine the competitiveness with a pitching staff that throws strikes, and a defense that averages less than an error a game, and all it takes is some timely hitting to rise up to Division I’s top spot.
The team features seniors like Corey Stuart, Skylar Dorn, Ryan Tierney, Schneider, Riddle and Goodrich.
“We are doing a lot of the little things right,” said Schneider, a left-handed starter. “We’re playing good defense and the pitching has been good, but we are doing whatever it takes to help our teammates. We don’t want to let them down and that goes a long way in winning games.”
The Bears, who average 6.2 runs a game, have gone 6-2 in games decided by two runs or less. Since March 29, Basha beat Hamilton, Mesquite, Corona del Sol, Campo Verde and rival Perry, showing that the good start to the season wasn’t a fluke.
“You try to build a culture and it’s been a work in progress,” Schilling said. “It is finally where it needs to be and where it is going to stay. It is all because of these kids right here. This is a special group and unlike any team we’ve had here.”
Each season is unique and Team 14 is ready to leave a lasting impression.
“It means a lot,” Goodrich said of the Team 14 tag. “I will never forget it the rest of my life. Hopefully we can finish it off so we get some rings out of it.”
The roster isn’t filled with top recruits, although sophomore Gage Workman is considered a top Arizona prospect for 2018, like most of the top programs, but as of right now there is no better team.
“We aren’t the most talented team compared to Corona, Hamilton or some other programs,” Schilling said. “We are a team, though, and if you are going to beat us you are going to have to beat all of us.”
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BY JASON P. SKODA TRIBUNE
It has long been said that sports provide a great escape for players and fans alike.
There are times, however, when there is no respite.
Basha pitcher Johnny Morrell, who transferred from California, probably felt like that April 9 when he took the mound for the Bears.
Earlier in the day Morrell, who is committed to Grand Canyon, said he was playing the game for his mom. “Her future isn’t looking good, as she battles against cancer. Prayers go out to her.”
He pitched and helped lead Basha to a 14-2 win over Chandler.
Later that night, his mother died. “God gained another angel tonight, he wanted you by his side. Rest in paradise mom I love you so much” was the tweet he has pinned to his Twitter page.
As is the case these days once an individual opens up on social media about a tough situation, the wave of support it creates seems to be never-ending. Hashtags like #BashaStrong or simply a “sorry for your loss” abounded.
The team wore green arm bands in honor of Morrell, and the girls softball team wore green ribbons in their shoelaces.
“He came into our lives this year,” senior catcher Michael Goodrich said. “We wanted to rally around him. We are doing this for him and staying strong for him.”
BY JASON P. SKODA TRIBUNE
The boys volleyball season is winding down and the favorites have separated from the rest of the field.
Boulder Creek, Desert Vista, Desert Ridge and Perry together have the makings of a great Final Four in Division I.
Seton Catholic and Cienega seem destined to meet up in the title game with a couple of outliers like Horizon Honors and Marana Mountain View possibly being in the mix in Division II.
Then, matches like the one between Corona del Sol and Mountain View on Monday take place and will shows how much momentum truly impacts volleyball.
It didn’t matter that Corona was in the mix for a top five seed while Mountain View was in place to be a double-digit seed after making last year’s semifinals.
“It’s a real strong year for the East Valley,” Toros coach Kevin Powell said. “Everybody plays hard. It’s going to take a lot of poise. Once you get on the bigger stage of the playoffs, a bad stretch for the better team can turn into a loss quickly.
“There are some top teams but we are pretty evenly matched overall.”
The Aztecs ended up prevailing in five sets against the Toros, who won the first and fourth sets, to keep the possibility of a first-round home match alive.
“There is so much parity it is going to be a lot of fun this year,” Corona coach Geoff Horewitch said. “Once you are in the tournament, everything gets magnified and you can turn around a match with one big point.”
The regular season winds down through the first week of May before the first round on May 7 with Division I and II finals on May 14 at Mesquite.
Seton Catholic, which was 25-3 through Tuesday, has taken advantage of the second division being added this year.
The Sentinels won their first-round playoff match as the 17th seed last year but were swept away by No. 1 Hamilton in the second round when there was only one division.
Now they are the top team behind a strong senior class as Seton Catholic attempts to finish the final week as the No. 1 seed.
“From the first day this has been our goal,” second-year coach Nick Price said. “We struggled with the top 10 teams
(last year), but we knew in this division we could do some damage. I told them we are going to win state and it is ours to lose.”
The Sentinels haven’t done much of that this year even when they played in the Chandler Howl tournament as they won the Silver Division against some of the top Division I teams.
“Winning the Chandler Howl (in early March) really opened our eyes,” senior captain Noah Williams said. “We knew we could be good. It just really showed us that we had a chance to be great.”
The Sentinels have four captains in Andrew Betlach, John Engelbert, Tommy Randolph and Williams who are really driving the program to the next level.
“I couldn’t have asked for a better group,” Price said. “The previous coach was really focused on fundamentals, but I brought in a different approach. It made them think about things—we need to pass here instead of there—and they were opened to it. This second year has it all coming together.”
How far Seton Catholic, or any other
state qualifying team, goes will come down to game-changing moments.
“We’ve done all we could to get to this point,” Price said. “I trust my guys, just as they have all season long, will come through in the big moments. We have a target on our backs, but so do a lot of teams.
“I know my guys will be fine in the moment and hopefully we get enough of those moments to go our way.”
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BY ALYSSA TUFTS GETOUT/TRIBUNE
History is getting a fashionable twist with the “Defining Moments: 50 Years of Fashion” exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum.
Through Aug. 7, fashion lovers and visitors alike can see the stylishly laid-out exhibition showcasing 50 years of history through clothing and accessories. The exhibit features iconic pieces from brands such as Chanel, Yves St. Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Givenchy. In addition to the clothing items, there are
also rare accessories dating back to the 1650s with intricate detailing and shoes.
The Arizona Costume Institute, the support organization for the fashion design department at Phoenix Art Museum, helped make the exhibition a reality through their financial contributions. This was accomplished through purchasing acquisitions for the permanent fashion design collection, said Arizona Costume Institute President Judy Steers.
Fashion Design curator at Phoenix Art Museum, Dennita Sewell, has spent the last 16 years using her previous experience
like this in an art museum nationally. It’s very exciting that it has grown here in Phoenix to become a nationally recognized effort and program,” Sewell said.
Part of that growth is credit to not only the exhibition’s visual and historical impact, but the educational aspects as well.
“We are very interested in the involvement of students, we appreciate students and their relationship with the museum and the use of this collection as a place of study,” Sewell said.
“I think they serve as an important historical aspect for study and research, as well as just stimulating conversation about the history of each piece,” Steers said.
“I think it’s so important to provide the opportunity for others. Whether they’re in education or design, they can come and study these pieces and glean knowledge and inspiration.”
Inspiration is in abundance at the “50 Years of Fashion” exhibit given the aesthetically pleasing layout and design of the historical clothing, accessories, cards, magazines and newspapers. It is smartly displayed in the Ellman Fashion Design Gallery and Orme Lewis Gallery, accompanied by New York artist Ruben Toledo’s “Time Travel Series” pen and ink drawings.
The drawings were produced into black life-sized vinyl illustrations that decorate the exhibit’s walls through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
“The job here was to be inspired by the different eras from 18th century to now, so I tried to create a graphic time machine, wind tunnel of time rushing through it,” Toledo said.
and expertise to elevate the Fashion Design Department through her many innovative and intricate exhibitions.
“It’s a continuous search by Dennita and ACI through her leadership to find pieces for the collection that fill the need for specific reasons that are determined by Dennita and her expertise,” Steers said.
Sewell curated the popular “Hollywood Costume” exhibit in 2014 and the “White Shirt According to Me. Gianfranco Ferre” prior to “Defining Moments: 50 Years of Fashion.”
“Just to put it in perspective, we’re really only one of a handful of archives
The collection dates from 18th century to present, including men’s, women’s and children’s dress and accessories.
“We tried to pull out something from every decade, something from every era, that would show the breadth of this collection and how important it is to our city,” Sewell said.
The curator of fashion design said she thought of what things would be entertaining for people to see at a fashion collection.
Enter the many rare and intricate
BY TIM J. RANDALL GETOUT
With aerial bartenders, craft liquors to sample and demonstrations, the 3-yearold Chandler Craft Spirits Festival is moving to Ocotillo to enhance the experience.
“In previous years, we were in downtown Chandler and now we have moved the event to downtown Ocotillo and will feature an indoor/outdoor venue with a VIP area overlooking the lake,” said Tiffany Shultz, event producer.
The event, set for 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 30, celebrates enthusiasts’ enjoyment of craft liquors, including bourbon, vodka and tequila while providing a fine mix of wine, beer and assorted cocktails. Activities range from demonstrations and seminars to aerial bartenders.
“We have also invited top bartenders in the state to participate in a variety of demos,” said Shultz.
There will be numerous entertainment opportunities and a designated VIP area offering guests access to perks. Patrons will also be treated to a delicious assortment of food options.
“Attendees can expect a variety of food from small plates to full menus. We have food trucks and local restaurants,” she said. “In addition, we have partnered with San Marcos hotel to offer a full experience. The San Marcos food will be featured in our VIP area.”
Of course the craft liquors are at the forefront of the festival and this year’s edition offers an even greater roster of
accessories. In addition to the many clothing items on display, there is also a shoe wall detailing the brief history of the shoe along with rare handbags, jewelry, gloves and others.
The oldest piece in the collection is a pair of European leather gloves from 1650, a gift of the Arizona Costume Institute. The accessories case also includes Largnette tortoise shell glasses from 1876, an 18-karat gold Chatelaine watch from 1840, early 20th century Lemaire opera glasses and a rare Shell Minaudiere from Judith Leiber made out of sea urchin shell with a gold-plated lid from 1976.
“What I’ve learned from these amazing designers, is how they make things. It’s all about the anatomy, patterns, draping on the body, but also, there’s a whole other art going on, a whole poetry. It’s a poetry you can’t put your finger on, and fashion
alcohol artisans.
“We are so excited that we have many new local distilleries that will be involved in the event this year including: Caskworks, Hamilton, Arizona Distilling and O.H.S.O. but we have also invited boutique distilleries from across the region,” Shultz said. “We will have a judging panel of industry people come out from 3:30 to 4 p.m. to select a winner in several categories.”
Jon Lane, owner of O.H.S.O. Eatery + Brewery + Distillery, said he is excited about participating.
“We are just getting started in Arizona, most (distilleries) are under 5 years old and making high quality products already,” he said. “Arizona has already done well in national competitions and soon you will see us grow dramatically in state and national. We are just beginning.”
Attendance for the event is expected to be robust with about 3,000 visitors attending, according to Shultz. Patrons will be contributing to a great cause as they imbibe— Southwest Human Development, a nonprofit dedicated to early childhood development serving 135,000 children and their families.
What: Chandler Craft Spirits Festival
When: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., April 30
Where: Downtown Ocotillo, 2475 W. Queen Creek Rd, Chandler
Cost: $40 to $60
Information: chandlercraftspiritsfestival.com
“We’re excited to be teaming up with the Chandler Craft Spirits Festival to help create greater awareness of the importance
more than any other art form is the flavor of the time,” Toledo said.
Some notable pieces include a 1928 metal sequins on silk tulle Chanel dress, an 1885 Charles Frederick Worth silk brocade and silk satin evening dress, a 1965 Cristóbal Balenciaga cotton lace and silk chiffon dress and cape and a U.S. Army Doughboy uniform from 1918.
“Each garment reveals its own story and background about the textile industry, about the culture of the time, about the people who left their DNA on these garments,” Steers said.
of early childhood development and raise funding for these critical programs and services in our community,” said Jake Adams, chief development officer for Southwest Human Development.
“This year’s festival is going to feature so many great tastings, demonstrations, food, music and more, and we can’t think of a more fun way for the community to
Institute has helped to acquire and preserve garments and accessories of historical and aesthetic significance.
come together to support Arizona kids and their families.”
Shultz sees exciting future for the festival.
“We see the event growing and supporting more and more local distilleries as they open up,” she said. “We love to support local distilleries, breweries and our local wineries.”
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toward excellence in its objectives and goals in every way,” Steers said.
What: “Defining Moments: 50 Years of Fashion” Exhibit
When: Through August 7
Where: Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave.
Cost: $6-$15
Information: phxart.org, 602-257-1880
Steers said many of the items on display in the exhibit were purchased by the Arizona Costume Institute through meticulous searching. Since joining together in 1966, the Arizona Costume
“Arizona Costume Institute and the Fashion Design department have been on a upward trajectory for the past few years and we haven’t nearly peaked. Neither the Arizona Costume Institute in its support nor the fashion design department,” Steers said. The president said she hopes to not only continue the progress they’ve made, but outreach that is international, national and local.
“I would like to expand the opportunities we’re already creating and being inclusive of the many facets of the design industry and continue to move the organization [Arizona Costume Institute]
The “Defining Moments: 50 Years of Fashion at Phoenix Art Museum” Exhibit will be on display until Aug. 7 in the Ellman Fashion Design Gallery and Orme Lewis Gallery at the Phoenix Art Museum. The exhibit is included in museum general admission. It is free for museum members and children ages 5 and under and discounts are available for seniors ages 65 and older and students with ID.
“It’s so important that fashion and art students understand that history is alive, and here’s where you see it…it brings things to life and makes it so relevant,” Toledo said. “You can’t have art and you can’t create the future without this past.”
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Be drawn into the 1930s and post-war era through the music-filled performance of “The All Night Strut” at Phoenix Theatre until May 1. See a slice of history through an arts and culture lens as “The All Night Strut” takes you on a journey accompanied by songwriting greats like Frank Loesser, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and the Gershwins. Don’t miss your chance to see this delightful slice of artistry.
DETAILS>> Times vary. Through May 1. Phoenix Theatre, 100 E. McDowell Road. Tickets: $36-$81. 602-254-2151. phoenixtheatre.com.
To celebrate the 10th birthday next month of the book “Pinkalicious,” Valley Youth Theatre is presenting its edition and has been extended
until May 8. Written by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann and published in 2006, ‘Pinkalicous’ has been adapted to the stage by the authors. Pinkalicious is a girl who loves everything pink and can’t seem to stop eating pink cupcakes. She develops Pinktitis after eating too many cupcakes, and she turns pink from head to toe. What was exciting at first becomes dull and she realizes other colors make the world a little more fun.
DETAILS>> Times vary. Through May 8. Valley Youth Theatre, 807 N. Third St., Phoenix. Tickets: $18. 602252-8188, vyt.com
The Grammy award-winning Colombian band Monsieur Periné will perform at the Musical Instrument Museum on Apr. 27. Their latest album, “Caja de Musica,” produced by Eduardo Cabra from the Puerto Rican group
Calle 13. The band’s music is deeply intertwined with gypsy jazz music and their style incorporates music genres like cumbia, bolero and tango. The band also plays traditional South American instruments like the charango, bandoneon and Latin percussion.
DETAILS>> 7 p.m. Apr. 27. Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix, Tickets: $35.50$41.50. mimmusictheater. 480-4786000, themim.org/monsieur-perina.
Join Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art at the season finale of its Stand Up series with its “Jokes ‘n Pollock” show on Apr. 29. Hosted by Anthony Desamito and featuring a diverse lineup of locally and nationally admired comedians including Amy Blackwell, Jonathan Gregory, Matt Storrs,
Michael Palladino and Tania Katan.
DETAILS>> 7 p.m., Apr. 29.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 7374 E. Second St. Tickets: $8 for members, general admission: $10. smoca.org/event/jokes-n-pollock.
The Third Annual Chalk Art Festival comes to Tempe on April 30. The free event is a fun experience for the whole family, and youngsters can participate by creating their own pieces of art in the KidsZone. From 11 a.m.-6 p.m., a group of professional, local artists will create a mural based on desert landscapes and cultural inspirations to natural history and animal portraits. The murals will decorate the Tempe Marketplace sidewalks until May 2, weather permitting.
DETAILS>> 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Apr. 30. Tempe Marketplace, 2000 E. Rio Salado Pkwy. Free. saaca.org/ PHXChalkArt.php.
BY RABBI DEAN SHAPIRO TRIBUNE CONTRIBUTOR
Igot my hair cut the other day, as I have countless times. It was no big deal for the barber—just another head in the chair, No. 2 on sides and back, finger length on top. But it was significant for me.
I hadn’t cut my hair since before my stepmother’s funeral. During the 30 days of mourning that followed, known as shloshim, I observed the Jewish tradition not to cut my hair.
With each passing day, I saw my hair grow longer and grayer. It didn’t bother me at first. But then I grew uncomfortable with my appearance, of looking like a man who didn’t care. My external appearance came to reflect the sense of disorder within me. Each time I looked in the mirror, I was reminded that things were not as they were supposed to be: not just my hair, of course, but in my father’s life especially. His beloved companion, with whom he was supposed to travel the remainder of his days, had left him behind. We were lost and uncertain just what to do next, out at sea without a compass. I was beginning to look like a bedraggled sailor.
As I sat in the barber’s chair, I thought of all the experiences this month of mourning had brought me. I had talked about grief with our older Religious School students, and remembered their thoughtful consideration of the feelings of loss: “relief, orphaned, empty, regret, thankful, helpless, numb, unfinished, lonely, overwhelmed, heavy, closed off, confused.” I had felt all of those. I recalled officiating at another funeral, and staring at a coffin just like my stepmother’s, reeling as I contemplated the unbounded loss that the sealed box represents. I thought about the drawn-out bureaucracy of getting my name added to a safe-deposit box, and the bags of clothes we’ve hauled away.
And, most poignant of all, as the clippers cut away a month’s growth, I felt myself standing once again with my father at his wife’s fresh grave, exactly 30 days after she was laid to rest. In that place, boundary of grass patch still visible, I tried to intuit what my father was feeling. I pondered the depths of darkness in the soil below, and wondered what was happening to the memories of all we had shared, my stepmother and me. And I felt the enormousness of the truth that all roads lead here.
In Biblical and Prophetic times, the Nazarite was a person who voluntarily dedicated himself or herself to God. For an amount of time they themselves determined, Nazarites would refrain from consuming grapes or wine, and from cutting their hair. I now understand better what a constant reminder their growing locks were to them. With every turn of the head, they’d remember the promise they’d made. Like the mourner, they were set apart from all others, all those who think that today is like any other day, and who live under the mistaken notion that this day is like tomorrow will be. Both the Nazarite and the mourner know that nothing lasts forever.
My hair is back to normal. Our life, however, is not.
- 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.
VUU GROUP WINS AWARD FOR BEING GREEN
Four rows of large, straight carrots, bunches of broccoli and other produce harvested, cleaned and delivered to the Tempe Community Action Agency, Paz de Cristo and iHelp were partly why the Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation (VUU) won a Spirited Activists Greening the Earth (SAGE) award from Arizona Interfaith Power and Light (AZIPL).
AZIPL mobilizes people of faith in Arizona to “reduce the causes of global climate change through education, advocacy, action and prayer” and is part of the national IPL organization. IPL founder the Rev. Sally Bingham was on hand during the recent Tempe award and AZIPL anniversary ceremony.
Co-Chair of the VUU Green Sanctuary Committee and congregation member Laurel Hardin accepted a Faith Community Award on behalf of the Green Sanctuary group and its members, who help create a sustainable lifestyle for members and the congregation by maintaining a community garden, performing highway cleanup and other “commitments to the earth.” For information, visit www.azipl.org and www. interfaithpowerandlight.org.
BETWEEN OCEANS SONGS OF THE AMERICAS
Haunting melodies, exciting rhythms, and rich musical traditions, reflecting the diversity of our cultures and the harmony of our spirits, infuse the Americas from the frigid fjords of Nunavut, Canada, to the tip of Tierra del Fuego. The Sonoran Desert Chorale closes its season with music from North and South America, the lands between the oceans.
DETAILS>> 7:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 15 E. First Ave., Mesa.
CHABAD OF THE EAST VALLEY MAKES MYSTICS MEAL (SEUDAS MOSHIACH)
Chabad of the East Valley invites Jewish residents in the East Valley area for its annual Mystics Meal. The Mystic meal (Seudas Moshiach) will occur at the Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive in Chandler.
DETAILS>> April 30, 6:30 p.m. Call 480-855-4333 for more information.
HEBREW SCHOOL REGISTRATION OPEN
Registration for Chabad Hebrew School is open. Hebrew School takes place at the Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life. Classes take place Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to noon for children ages 5-13.
DETAILS>> To schedule an appointment to visit Chabad Hebrew School to tour the facility, call 480-855-4333 or email info@chabadcenter.com. For more information, log onto www.chabadcenter.com.
Every week, Gan Israel day trips feature excursions to children’s favorite locations. Camp Gan Israel is proud of its swimming program where activities are supervised by certified Red Cross lifeguards. In addition, an array of sports and crafts are offered, supervised by experienced instructors, promoting individual progress, sportsmanship and creative expression.
DETAILS>> Camp Gan Israel will be in session once again this summer. Boys and girls, ages 5-12, enjoy a full day at Gan Israel Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., June 14July 22. Offering Mini Gan Izzy program for children ages 12 months-4 years June 14-Aug. 5. Extended care hours are available upon request. For more information on extended care, email info@chabadcenter.com or visit www.
CGIEastValley.com.
Registration is now open. As preschool programs across the country are experiencing cuts in funding, Chandler Jewish Preschool is gaining popularity in the East Valley. The Reggio-inspired program is dedicated to offering little ones a safe, nurturing environment, where they can develop socially, physically, emotionally and intellectually, in a Jewish setting. CJP is committed to a small teacher-student ratio. The competitive tuition rates make it an appealing option. The school is open to children ages 1 to 5. The program is flexible, enabling part-time and half-day options. They are also DES certified and have before- and after-care hours available.
DETAILS>> For more information and to schedule a personal tour, contact Shternie at info@chabadcenter.com or call 480-855-4333.
Registration is open for the new infant room at Syndi Scheck Yad B’Yad Preschool. The full-time infant room is for children ages 6 weeks to 12 months.
DETAILS>> Temple Emanuel of Tempe, 5801 S. Rural Road. For more information, call Rachel Wallach, 480-8381414, or email Rachel at rachel@emanueloftempe.org.
Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life announced that Chai Judaica and Gifts is open. It’s the perfect place to find the gifts for all of your special occasions. We carry everything from Mezuzot to books, religious items, jewelry and everything in between.
DETAILS>> Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. Gift shop hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Wednesdays by appointment, and Sundays 9:30-10 a.m. and 12-12:30 p.m. For more information, visit info@chabadcenter. com or call us at 480-855-4333.
FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION EVERY SUNDAY
East Mesa Baptist Church, 752 S. Ellsworth Road. DETAILS>> 4:45 p.m. every Sunday. For more information, call 480-986-9827 and ask for Pastor Hughes.
WORSHIP SERVICES
DETAILS>> 10:30 a.m. Restoration Covenant Fellowship, 8811 E. Main St., Mesa.
SUNDAY SERVICE AT UNITY OF CHANDLER
Come to a Sunday Celebration Service
DETAILS>> 10 a.m. or one of our many activities, classes, and events and get a feel for who we are at 325 N. Austin Drive, Suite 4, Chandler. 480-792-1800.
UNITY OF MESA SUNDAY SERVICE
A positive path for spiritual living. Experience transformational lessons, empowering music and various spiritual practices with an open-minded and welcoming community.
DETAILS>> Sunday services at 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. at Unity of Mesa, 2700 E. Southern Ave. Nursery available for infants through kindergarten at 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Youth ministry classes are open in the Education Annex at 10:45 a.m. All are welcome. For more information, call 480-892-2700 or visit www. unityofmesa.org.
YOGA FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
Evening schedule, Arati worship 5 p.m., prayers, 5:35 p.m. Spiritual Bhagavatam class/kids’ Sunday school, 5:40 p.m. Prasadam, 6:45 p.m. blessed vegetarian food served at no charge. There will be chanting, singing and dancing for attendees to enjoy at the yoga session. DETAILS>> The event is at the Hare Krishna Spiritual Center, Unity Chandler, 325 E. Austin Drive, Suite 4. For more information, call 480-940-8775 or email contact@ azgoshala.org.
GRIEF SHARE IN TEMPE
A support group designed to assist people through the grieving process. One time book fee $15
DETAILS>> Arizona Community Church, 9325 S. Rural Road, Room G3, Tempe, on Sundays from 2-4 p.m. Call 480-491-2210 for information.
SUNDAYS WITH THE RAMBAM
Ongoing Sunday morning study of two classics of rabbinic literature by the great medieval philosopher Moses Maimonides (the “Rambam”). At 10 a.m., Professor Norbert Samuelson, Grossman chair of Jewish philosophy at ASU and TBS member, teaches “Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed: What Jews Ought to Believe.” This is followed at 11:15 a.m. by TBS member Isaac Levy teaching “Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah: How Jews Ought to Behave.” No previous experience necessary; readings in both Hebrew and English. DETAILS>> Beginning Jan. 10, in the Community Room of the Administration Building. Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. 480-897-3636.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PHOENIX — THE BISHOP’S HOUR
The Diocese of Phoenix’s locally produced radio program about issues from a Catholic viewpoint. Hosted by Michael Dixon.
DETAILS>> Broadcast 10 a.m. every Monday on 1310 AM Immaculate Heart Radio. Encore presentation every Thursday at 9 p.m. www.diocesephoenix.org.
FREE CLOTHES AFTER PRAISE AND WORSHIP SERVICES.
DETAILS>> 11 a.m. Mondays-Fridays. Noon Saturday. Restoration Covenant Fellowship, 8811 E. Main St., Mesa, For more information, call 480-553-1960.
YOGA FOR ALL
Kathy McAvoy, a certified yoga instructor with 10 years of experience, will be offering yoga classes at St. James for all levels. Suggested donation of $5. Open to the community. DETAILS>> 7:15-8:30 p.m. St. James Episcopal Church, 975 E. Warner Road, Tempe. 480-345-2686 or office@ stjamestempe.org.
DIVORCE CARE AND DIVORCE CARE FOR KIDS
Classes for those grieving over death or divorce.
DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. 480-963-4127.
GRIEF SHARE AT CHANDLER CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Support group for people struggling with how to deal with a loss. DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C201, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-963-3997, ext. 141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or www.chandlercc.org.
SENIORS TERRIFIC TUESDAYS
The program is free and includes bagels and coffee and a different speaker or theme each week. See old friends and make new ones.
DETAILS>> 10:30 a.m. to noon, Barness Family East Valley Jewish Community Center, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. www.evjcc.org or 480-897-0588.
GRIEF SHARE AT HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN
CHURCH
DETAILS>> 2 and 6:30 p.m., 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. 480963-4127.
BIBLE READING SESSIONS FOR PLEASURE
Bring a Bible, or Bibles are available. Free. DETAILS>> 7 to 8 p.m., Chandler Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1188 W. Galveston St. Call Lori at 480-917-3593.
THE CATHOLIC CONVERSATION
Steve and Becky Greene, the Cradle and the Convert, help Catholics faithfully live their vocation by providing church teaching, navigating moral challenges and exploring current issues facing the faith in our culture. DETAILS>> 11 a.m. every Tuesday on Immaculate Heart Radio 1310 AM, with an encore presentation at 7 p.m.
T.N.T. (TEENS N TORAH) FOR JEWISH TEENAGERS
Offered by Chabad of the East Valley for teens ages 13 to 17. The program combines education and social interaction with videos followed by discussion, fun, trips, games, community service projects and thought-provoking discussions.
DETAILS>> 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 3855 W. Ray Road, Suite 6, Chandler. Shternie, 480-753-5366 or www.chabadcenter.com.
MAN CHURCH AT CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Man Church offers coffee, doughnuts and straight talk for men in a language they understand in just 15 minutes. There are no women, no singing, no organ and no long sermons for attendees.
DETAILS>> Doors open 6 a.m., message at 6:30 a.m. Thursdays, 1595 S. Alma School Road, Chandler. Contact
Bob at 480-726-8000 or visit www.cschandler.com/ manchurch to learn more.
DC4K — DIVORCECARE FOR KIDS AT CHANDLER CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Support group for children ages 6 to 12 coping with a separation or divorce in the family. A one-time $10 fee includes snacks and workbook.
DETAILS>> 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C202, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-963-3997, ext. 141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or www.chandlercc.org.
HEBREW READING COURSE
Class is based on Israel’s highly successful Ulpan instruction. It is taught by Ilan Berko, who as born in Israel and schooled in the U.S.
DETAILS>> 7 p.m. Thursdays, Chabad of the East Valley, 3875 W. Ray Road, Suite 6, Chandler. Visit www. chabadcenter.com or 480-855-4333 for more information.
grandmother, aunt, and friend died peacefully at home in Mesa, Arizona on April 12, 2016, after a long fight with cancer She was born August 28, 1925 in Taylor, Arizona to Rosetta Palmer and George H Brimhall, children of Arizona pioneers. When 10 days old, she was brought to Mesa
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was born to them in June 1945. After the dropping of the atomic bomb in August 1945, her dream of the war ending and their lives going forward with loyalty to God, country and family seemed to be closer But the war changed many attitudes and lives, and her husband left her alone to raise her little girl
serving in church and community, learning the intricacies of being a rancherʼs wife, helping to run a retail store (Hall Building Supply), raising three children (son Dale, and daughter Janece, added to their family), serving in the L D S church on ward and stake levels, and contributing to the community in many capacities Although she was mostly a stay-at-home mom and homemaker, she added to the family funds by working at times for the Becker Mercantile Company, selling Tupperw
Eagar indoor community pool She taught dancing lessons for 10 years, and piano and organ lessons for 35 years, and created the choreography for school programs for 15 years One of her most exciting opportunities was directing a choir of LDS Singing Mothers in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City for the Relief Society Conference in the fall of 1965 Rosie was an integral part of the Round Valley 1976 Bicentennial Committee, helping with monthly patriotic programs She was a charter member of the Round Valley Fine Arts Association, a member of the Business & Professional Womenʼs Organization, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Rosie and her friends were funeral ʻregularsʼ for years, singing familiesʼ favorites in duets and trios
She enjoyed homemaking activities, was a good cook and seamstress, making most of her girlsʼ c
classes when they were offered at a college extension in Round Valley She traveled at every opportunity, visiting all but two of the 50 United States, and many foreign countries, including Israel, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, Belgium, Canada and Mexico Even before family h
shared her musical talents and hard work through the years by directing choirs large and small, playing for school graduation ceremonies, and playing the organ at the Mesa Arizona Temple for 28 years Her last music position, at age 90, was ward organist for the LDS Preston Ward near her home
She is survived, and will be greatly missed, by her loving husband, Kenneth Arthur Jarvis who she married in 1995; daughter Sandra (N
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erville, Arizona; daughter Janece (Hall) Ray of Chandler, Arizona; 10 grandchildren, 24 greatgrandchildren, 1 great-great granddaughter; and myriad friends and extended family members
A memorial service, and celebration of her life of love and service, will be held at 11:00 a m , Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the
6655 E Preston Street in Mesa Rosieʼs husband and family will meet well-wishers the hour before the service; or messages can be left on the guestbook at meldrummortuary com
In lieu of flowers, Rosie and Kenneth request any contributions go to Hospice at Home, 7254 E Southern Ave , Suite 111, Mesa, Arizona 85209; or the Preston Ward Missionary Fund, 3015 N Ravine, Mesa, AZ 85215
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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Design Consultant for the following:
SOUTHERN AVENUE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS
SOUTHERN AVENUE FROM GREENFIELD ROAD THROUGH HIGLEY ROAD
PROJECT NO CP0700
Southern Avenue Roadway Improvements, Greenfield Road through Higley Road Project All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
The following is a summary of the project The required tasks will be reviewed with the selected Design Consultant and defined to meet the needs of the project as part of the Design improvements at the intersection of Southern Avenue and Higley Road a nd roadway reconstruction along Southern Avenue from Greenfield Road through Higley Road Improvements may include pedestri-
A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on May 4, 2016 at 8:00 am at the City Plaza BuildingRoom 170, 20 E. Main St., Mesa, Arizona 85201. At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the PreSubmittal Conference
Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm's employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultant s) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, assure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below
RFQ Lists This RFQ is available on the City's website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architectural-engineering-design-opportunities.
The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation) Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ Minimum font size shall be 10pt Please provide seven (7) hard copies and one (1) digital copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by 2:00 pm on May 19, 2016 The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualification The City is an equal opportunity employer
Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title
Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http //mesaaz gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service)
Questions Questions pertaining to the Design Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna horn@mesaaz gov
BETH HUNING City Engineer
Citizens of the City of Mesa are urged to attend a public hearing conducted by the City of Mesa Housing and Community Development Division to discuss proposed projects and activities for its Program Year 2016-17 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), HOME Investment Partnership program (HOME), and Human Services programs.
At this public hearing staff will obtain views from citizens, non-profit agencies, neighborhood associations, residents of assisted housing and other interested parties on housing, homeless, community development and economic development needs to be undertaken with federal funds. The public hearing process allows residents to actively participate in the priority setting process by providing feedback regarding the City of Mesa’s proposed projects for its Program Year 2016-17 Annual Action Plan. The Draft Plan can be found at http://mesaaz.gov/residents/housing-community-development/annual-action-plan. All interested City of Mesa residents are encouraged to attend.
Public Hearing #4 will be held on:
Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 6:00 P.M. Lower Level Council Chambers 57 E. First Street Mesa, AZ 85201
The City of Mesa endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities. If you are a person with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in programs and services offered by the City of Mesa Housing and Community Development Department, please contact Patricia Pearson at 480644-3660. Hearing impaired individuals should call 711 (Arizona TDD Relay). To the extent possible, accommodations will be made within the time constraint of the request, and you may be required to provide information to support your reasonable request.
Liz Morales April 17, 2016 East Valley Tribune
ATTEST:
DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk
7750 E. BROWN ROAD
PROJECT NO. CP0034
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.
This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work:
Installation of 20,000 gallon hydropneumatic surge tank with appurtenances for the Desert Sage Pressure Zone, installation of an 80,000 gallon “feed tank” with appurtenances for the Desert Wells Pressure Zone, installation of non-reverse ratchets and replacement motor starters for Desert Well and Desert Sage Pumps, and other miscellaneous improvements.
The Engineer’s Estimate range is $ 2,650,000 to 2,850,000.
For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Donna Horn at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov.
Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc. dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $ 88.00 , which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up.
One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing.
A pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled. Please refer to Project Specific Provision Section #3 titled “PreBid Review of Site” for additional information.
Work shall be completed within 315 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.
Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier’s check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.
The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).
The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORD® Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements.
The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa.
BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST:
DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk
CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA
FALCON FIELD WASH RACKS
4905 E. FALCON DRIVE
PROJECT NO. C07039
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.
This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work:
Improvements to the existing wash rack facilities including a new pre-engineered steel wash rack canopy structure with fire sprinkler system, restroom building remodel, new power washing system and equipment building, landscaping, paving, and appurtenant work, all as indicated on the Approved Plans and Specifications.
The Engineer’s Estimate range is $575,000 to $625,000.
For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Maggie Martinez at Maggie.Martinez@ mesaaz.gov.
Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc. dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $86.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up.
One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing.
A pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled. Please refer to Project Specific Provision Section #3 titled “PreBid Review of Site” for additional information.
Work shall be completed within 195 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.
Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier’s check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.
The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).
The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORD® Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements.
The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa.
BETH HUNING City Engineer
ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
BID OPENING: FRIDAY MAY 13, 2016 AT 11:00 A M (M S T )
TRACS NO 010 MA 151 H872901C
PROJ NO NH--010-C(211)T
TERMINI PHOENIX - CASA GRANDE HIGHWAY (I-10)
LOCATION UNIVERSITY DRIVE T I
The amount programmed for this contract is $384,000 The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:
The proposed Bridge Deck Repair work is located in Maricopa County within the City of Phoenix on Interstate 10 (I-10) at the University Drive Traffic Interchange Underpass at MP 151 49 The work consists of replacing deck expansion joint assemblies, applying penetrating crack seal to bridge deck, cleaning and patching concrete roadway, pedestrian fence repair, installing new sidewalk ramps, and other miscellaneous work
Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712- 7221 The cost is $18
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CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
Emerald Acres Drainage Improvements Project CP0555
The City of Mesa (City) proposes to construct drainage improvements in the Emerald Park area The improvements include installation of a new
project also includes increasing the capacity of the Hilton basin (located
You are invited to attend a Public Meeting where City staff will be available to answer your questions No formal presentation will be given
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Time: 5:30 p m to 6:30 p m
Location: Keller Elementary School - Multi-Purpose Room 1445 E Hilton Ave Mesa, AZ 85204
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this project, please cont a c t
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SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE CASE NO : 15-26338-DO
STATE OF MICHIGAN
29TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CLINTON COUNTY
100 E State Street, St Johns, Michigan 48879 Court telephone no (989) 224-5257
Plaintiff, CHRISTOPHER P TIPPS
10831 East Third Street P O Box 88 Fowler, MI 48835
Plaintiff's attorney, JACKSON, JACKSON & HAYES, P C
Edward W Jackson (P56973)
120 East Walker Street, P O Box 246 St Johns, MI 48879 (989) 224-6734
v Defendant, NATALIE M SCHWARZ
418 S Port Drive Gilbert, AZ 85233
TAKE NOTICE: On December 16, 2015, Plaintiff, Christopher P Tipps, filed a Summons, Complaint for Divorce against Defendant, Natalie M Schwarz, along with a Record of Divorce On March 1, 2016, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Second Summons and an Order granting the Motion and a Second Summons were entered on March 11, 2016 On March 23, 2016, a Motion for Alternate Service was filed by Plaintiff and an Order Regarding Alternate Service was entered on March 30, 2016
PLEASE BE ADVISED that Defendant must file an answer to the Plaintiff's Complaint within 28 days of the last day of this publication Defendant's answer should be submitted to the Court listed above and to Plaintiff's attorney listed above Defendant s failure to answer within 28 days will result in a default Judgment of Divorce, entered in the above matter against the Defendant for the relief claimed in Plaintiff s Complaint
ORDER REGARDING ALTERNATE SERVICE: THE COURT FINDS:
X 1 Service of process upon Defendant, Natalie M Schwarz, cannot reasonably be made and service of process may be made in a manner which is reasonably calculated to give defendant actual notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard
IT IS ORDERED:
X 2 Service of the Second Summons and Complaint, Motion for Second Summons and Order; Summons and Complaint, Verified Complaint for Divorce; and Record of Divorce or Annulment and a copy of this order shall be made by the following method(s):
X a & b First-class mail and tacking or firmly affixing to the door at 418 S Port Drive, Gilbert, Arizona 85233; and
X d Other: Publishing 2 times in the East Valley Tribune, 1620 W Fountainhead Parkway, Suite 219, Tempe, Arizona 85282
Dated: March 30, 2016 s/ Randy L Tahvonen, P23411
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NOTICE (for publication)
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I
Name J2 RACING AND RESTORATION, LLC
L-2075664-4
The address of the registered office is 2923 S CHERRY CIRCLE MESA AZ 85210
The name and address of the Statutory Agent is: United States Corporation Agents, Inc 17470 N Pacesetter Way Scottsdale AZ 85255
III
A (x) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manger or managers The name and addresses of each person who is a manger AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are
JASON COOLE
2923 S CHERRY CIRCLE MESA AZ 85210
Manager/Member
JEANIE COOLE
2923 S CHERRY CIRCLE MESA AZ 85210
Manager/Member
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
BID OPENING: FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016, AT 11:00 A M (M S T )
TRACS NO 008 YU 056 H8707 01C
PROJ NO IM-NHPP-008-A(224)T
TERMINI YUMA - CASA GRANDE HIGHWAY (I-8)
LOCATION MOHAWK REST AREA
The amount programmed for this contract is $4,700,000 The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:
The proposed project is located in Yuma County along I-8 at milepost 56, approximately 11 miles west of Dateland The work includes upgrading equipment in the rest rooms, c aretaker residence, ramadas, and vendor kiosks A new pump house, new reservoir, new water transmission line, and well equipment for a new water campus are also included in the work Additional work includes lining sewer pipes, replacing septic tanks, rehabilitating waste disposal pits, rehabilitating existing water and wastewater systems, milling and replacing asphaltic concrete, replacing pavement marking, and other miscellaneous work
Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may
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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
BID OPENING: FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016 AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)
TRACS NO 017 YV 232 H879301C
PROJ NO NHPP-017-A(241)T
LEGAL AD REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
The Arizona Department of Economic Security, Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS), hereby solicits competitive sealed proposals from Offerors to deliver Housing Support Services for all Counties except Maricopa and Pima
The service is to provide both Temporary Emergency Shelter and Rapid Rehousing for homeless individuals and families that are experiencing homelessness in Arizona's rural communities while permanent hou
A Pre-Proposal Conference will be conducted on the date, time and location indicated in the RFP
To view a copy of the official RFP's, including all par-
cure az gov/ and select "Open Bids" then select Bid Numbers: ADES16-00006202
In order to submit a proposal you must be registered in https://procure az gov/ instructions for registering are on this website
To respond to the RFP, Offerors must be registered in ProcureAZ for the following NIGP code:
NIGP Code
952-30 - Human Services/Housing Support Services: H030-00
B i d s m u s t b e e n t e r e d / c o m p l e t e d / s u b m i t t e d i n h t t p s : / / p r o c u
zona Time) The Department reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to make award(s) in the best interest of the State
after publication of the solicitation Vendors are advised to consult the bid in https://procure az gov/ for the most current information concerning this procurement
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter, b
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TERMINI PHOENIX-CORDES JUNCTION HWY (I-17)
LOCATION NEW RIVER RD - COLDWATER RD
The amount programmed for this contract is $21,500,000 The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:
The proposed work is located in Yavapai County on Interstate 17 between mileposts 232 01 and 245 00 The work consists of removing the existing asphaltic concrete (AC) by milling and replacing it with new AC and Asphalt-Rubber Asphaltic Concrete Friction Course Additional work includes replacing existing bridge rails with concrete bridge barrier; upgrading existing guardrail systems; replacing pavement markings, and other miscellaneous work
Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712- 7221 The cost is $89 00
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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
BID OPENING: FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016, AT 11:00 A M (M S T )
TRACS NO 264 AP 441 H824601C
PROJ NO HSIP-STP- 264-A(211)T TERMINI TUBA CITY - WINDOW ROCK HIGHWAY (SR 264)
LOCATION BURNSIDE - FISH WASH
The amount programmed for this contract is $22,000,000 00 The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:
The proposed pavement rehabilitation, widening and bridge replacement work is located in Apache County on SR 264 within Navajo Nation in Ganado area The project begins at MP 441 19 and ends at MP 450 02 The work includes overlaying the existing pavement with asphaltic concrete, shoulder widening with asphaltic concrete over aggregate base, placing AR-ACFC and construction of new Fish Wash Bridge to replace the existing bridge The work also includes construction of guardrail, installation of new pipes, extension of the existing pipes, installation of barbed wire fence and cattle guards, pavement markings, and other related work
Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712- 7221 The cost is $160
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Tempe School District #3
Public Notice May 3 2016
Bustoz Professional Learning Center
2020 E Carson Dr Tempe, AZ 85282
6 00 p m at
A public hearing will be held at this time to discuss the FY 2016-17 Title VII Indian Education Act, Grant application for supplemental academic services for identified Title VII Native American students in the Tempe Elementary School District #3 Please call 480730-7221 for more information
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SERVICE OR RETAIL SERVICES IN MEMORIAL UNION ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
experienced firms or individuals, for RFP # 261605, Service or Retail Services in the Memorial Union Proposals will be accepted in the Office of Purchasing and Business Services, University Services Building, Arizona State University, PO Box 875212, 1551 S. Rural Road, Tempe, Arizona 85287-5212 until 3:00 PM, MST, 5/11/16 Proposal package is available at: www asu edu/purchasing/bids A p
space #79, currently Serenity Salon, located in the lower level of the Mem o
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he Ari
ployment and Rehabilitation Services (DERS), is soliciting competitive sealed proposals for the following requirement, Jobs Program Employment Services, for the purpose of providing case management and employment services of the Jobs Program
A Pre-Offer Conference will be held on Monday, May 2nd 10:00 am, loca
17th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85007 as indicated in the Request for Proposal (RFP) Due to changes in the submission requirements for Vendors, attendance is strongly encouraged
https://www procureaz gov Proposal are due electronically through ProcureAZ on or before May 24th, 2016 at 3:00 pm MST Please submit all questions pertaining to this solicitation through ProcureAZ via the Q&A tab
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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
BID OPENING: FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016, AT 11:00 A M (M S T )
TRACS NO 040 MO 010 H863401C
PROJ NO BR-040-A(218)T
TERMINI TOPOCK-KINGMAN HIGHWAY (I-40)
STR # 1587, 1589, 1590, 1591 & 1310
LOCATION BOULDER WASH TO ILLAVAR WASH EB BRIDGES
The amount programmed for this contract is $6,000,000 The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:
The proposed work is located in Mohave County on Interstate 40 The project begins at milepost 10 68 and extends to milepost 19 03 The work consists of bridge deck and bridge barrier rehabilitation, roadway pavement reconstruction, median detour crossover construction, installation of storm drain pipe and other related work
Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712- 7221 The cost is $64
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