East Valley Tribune - Gilbert - August 20, 2017

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EV residents come together for United Food

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

While white supremacists were marching on Charlottesville, Virginia, and Americans were mourning an increasingly divided country, East Valley residents were uniting behind a simple but important cause: fighting hunger.

Tempe residents opened their hearts by donating 6,000 pounds of food to a food bank where supplies had run low.

The shortage at the Tempe Community Action Agency’s Food Pantry was at least partially related to the catastrophic failure of a compressor at United Food Bank’s freezer in Mesa.

When United employees returned to work on Aug. 7, they found 21,650 pounds of spoiled food, including frozen meat, dairy products and fruit products. Defrosted turkeys and other food that could be salvaged was sent immediately to East Valley soup kitchens and food banks to avoid waste, while deliveries to food banks in Gila, Navajo and Pinal counties were postponed.

United Food Bank’s primary mission is to distribute food to 222 food programs in the East Valley, including Mesa’s Paz de

Cristo soup kitchen and the Tempe food bank, and counties around the state. United still operates an emergency food box

program on Fridays at its former location at Mesa Drive and Javelina.

But United’s emergency quick-

ly became an opportunity for caring as East Valley residents and businesses responded by contributing $10,000 to repair the freezer. Now, there is a new hashtag campaign (#fillthefreezer), and a GoFundMe page aimed at replenishing the spoiled food, expected to cost more than $38,000.

It was a great relief to Dave Richins, United Food Bank’s president and CEO, when he walked into the large freezer Tuesday morning and noticed that the temperature was a frigid 12 degrees. Frozen food was stored for a week in a refrigerated truck that ran constantly in United’s parking lot for a week. Employees used forklifts to move the perishable items into the freezer.

“The generosity of the community has been truly incredible,” Richins said. “I feel like Jimmy Stewart at the end of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ It’s really humbling.” He said no one wants to see someone, especially a child, go hungry and that the cause of fighting hunger transcends politics.

“While politicians argue, people sit there hungry,” said Richins, a former Mesa City Council

Younger tenants driving up apartment demand in region

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

Demand for rental apartment housing is on the rise in the East Valley and the rest of the metro region, buoyed by an increased desire for

high-end apartments and the everpresent need for more-affordable options for low-income families.

A study from the Arizona Multihousing Association and the National Apartment Association shows that the Phoenix metro area will need to add over 150,000

apartments by 2030 to meet rising demand. This trend is largely being driven by millennials and baby boomers, said Courtney Gilstrap LeVinus, AMA interim president and CEO.

“(Younger people) are waiting

to have kids and get married and are staying in apartments longer because of the ease of living,” LeVinus said.

On the other end of the spectrum, boomers are coming back

(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Randy Land loads food into United Food Bank's repaired freezer. On Aug. 7, 21,650 pounds of food, including frozen meat, dairy products and fruit products, spoiled when the freezer broke.

(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Joe, Manavy, Joey and Vikki Gleb (from left) bring a trunk full of food donations to the Tempe food bank. Tempe residents donated 6,000 pounds of food when supplies were running low.

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Mercy Gilbert tower to serve women, children

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s Hospital have announced plans to open a joint women and children services medical tower on the Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center campus in 2020.

The five-story tower will meet community demand for expanded pediatric services in the region. Construction is expected to begin in fall of 2018.

“It was clear … that the community was asking us for complete pediatric services,” said Craig McKnight, Phoenix Children’s Hospital chief strategy officer.

The new facility will provide Mercy Gilbert with expanded obstetrics services and a sought-after Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit, McKnight said.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital will operate the 60-bed NICU along with 50 pediatric beds, a pediatric emergency department and operating rooms.

Mercy Gilbert will operate 24 labor and delivery rooms in the tower and 48 postpartum beds. There also will be an obstetrics emergency department.

Population growth in the region, along with Phoenix Children’s clinically integrated network of pediatricians in the East Valley, played into the decision to develop the tower, McKnight said.

The new Mercy Gilbert facility will join Banner Cardon’s Children’s Medical Center in Mesa as the major only pediatric hospital facilities in the East Valley.

The presence of the new tower in Gilbert should not affect the viability of Cardon’s because the population in the East Valley is large enough to sustain both institutions, Arizona State University professor Joseph Van Orden said.

Van Orden is a faculty member in the Department of Supply Chain Management at the W.P. Carey School of Business.

He points out that the population of municipalities to the east of Mercy Gilbert Medical Center – including Gilbert, Chandler, Queen Creek, Apache Junction and San Tan Valley – totals nearly 1 million people.

Chandler and Gilbert alone account for nearly 500,000 people, according 2016 estimates from the United States Census Bureau.

According to the 2010 Census, 27.6 percent of Chandler’s population is under age 18. The same data shows that 32.1 percent of Gilbert’s population is

under 18.

Mesa, meanwhile, has a population of just under 500,000 people with 26.3 percent of the population under age 18.

In addition to Mesa’s population, Cardon’s position within the Banner Health network should ensure its viability.

“Banner is growing so large in the Valley that it is becoming a health system unto itself, allowing it to make large negotiating stakes with insurance companies,” Van Orden said. “(Because of that) it is important for them to have a full children’s services package.”

The Dignity/Phoenix Children’s partnership is indicative of a larger nationwide trend that has seen children’s hospitals partner with other hospital systems and physician groups in order to strengthen and protect their referral base, healthcare policy analyst Allan Baumgarten said via email.

Both systems participate in the Arizona Care Network and Arizona Mother-Baby Care. The latter gives parents care coordination from preconception into early childhood and will have specialists located in the new tower.

The new facility will also support Phoenix Children’s Care Network physicians in the East Valley.

Cynically, the move by Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s Hospital could be seen as an attempt to move into a lu-

crative market currently dominated by a competitor. However, Van Orden does not view it that way.

“Phoenix Children’s Hospital takes seriously its mandate to serve the children of Arizona,” he said.

The move, Van Orden believes, is motivated by fulfilling that mandate and points out that the hospital has several offshoots across the state and already operates 22 beds at Mercy Gilbert.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital has operated a 22-bed pediatric unit at Mercy Gilbert since 2014. In 2011, Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s Hospital entered a strategic partnership that transferred most of Dignity Health’s pediatric services to the children’s hospital.

McKnight backed up the sentiment, stating that the hospital already services many East Valley residents at the downtown Phoenix location and that the new Gilbert location will allow those patients to receive care closer to home.

While Phoenix Children’s operation in Gilbert will feature some specialists on location, many advanced procedures such as heart surgery will still take place at the main hospital in Phoenix, McKnight said.

The Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s tower in Gilbert will be reserved for less-advanced, non-quaternary care.

(Mark Skalny/Special to the Tribune)

Phoenix Children’s Hospital has operated a 22-bed pediatric unit at Mercy Gilbert since 2014.

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Kyrene board OKs $6.2M plan for K-8 campus in Chandler

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

Kyrene School District is on its way toward its first pre-K-8 campus after the governing board last week approved $6.2 million to expand the Kyrene Traditional Academy-Sureno Campus in Chandler.

The board’s 4-1 vote came after Superintendent Jan Vesely urged it to begin “designing schools of the future” and reminded it that “in an environment of school choice, Kyrene needs to think forward and not static.”

The district is still a long way and millions of dollars from fully realizing a goal the board began formulating in 2012 and approved in concept nearly two years ago.

Besides determining the specific construction work that will be covered by the $6.2 million, the board also will still have to approve another $6 million or so to complete the campus’ transformation.

“It’s not a final,” board President John King reminded his colleagues. “It’s where we’re at right now. We need to establish a budget and we haven’t agreed on what phase one looks like yet.”

Nevertheless, King and the other three board members who approved the project called their vote an important step to-

ward fulfilling a promise to KTA parents and toward better positioning the district in the increasingly more competitive push for higher student enrollment.

Because state reimbursement depends almost exclusively on student enrollment, Kyrene is competing with both neighboring school districts and charter schools for pupils.

And many parents want their children to remain on one campus until they reach high school, several board members and administrators noted.

“Our parents are thrilled” that Sureno now has sixth grade, said KTA Principal Marianne Lescher.

“They want their children to have the pre-K-8 experience,” Lescher added, crediting the board’s previous decision to create a pre-K-8 campus with the school’s 58 percent enrollment increase since 2012 – from 380 to 624 pupils.

The school’s traditional curriculum also has been credited with double-digit increases in state standardized test results, she said.

The lone vote against the project was cast by Michelle Fahy, who said she was not convinced the data supported using bond money that could be used for other aging schools in the district.

Fahy, who took office in January, last month questioned using Sureno at all.

“It will help us get through the week.”

I don’t have all the data I need. I just feel like we haven’t done our due diligence… I feel like we should take more time to do that.”

But board members Bernadette Coggins and Kristin Middleton disputed Fahy’s assertion, and the other new board member, Michael Myrick, praised Lescher for “producing results in a building that’s 30 years old.”

Middleton and Coggins said the board had devoted enough study to the plan and that it was time to implement it.

“We made a promise and commitment to the families that we were going to expand,” Middleton said. “It’s important to honor that promise. Families have come back already and I think it’s important to build on that strength.”

member. “Feed them first.”

Boeing, Cox Charities and the Walmart Foundation were among the charitable donors to United, along with many individuals. One promising sign was that about half the donors had not made contributions to United before.

“The United Food Bank has been here for many years. People believe in the mission of this organization. It’s the reputation this organization has established for many years,” Richins said.

Although the Tempe food bank receives food for several sources, United is a primary provider. The cupboard was so bare at the Tempe food bank that officials took the unusual step of appealing to the public directly, scheduling a food drive that collected 6,000 pounds of food at Daley Park in only a couple of hours.

“It’s a really good sign. We were really happy, ecstatic, that the public responded to this,” said Deborah Arteaga, executive director of the Tempe Community Action Agency.

She said United’s broken compressor percolated down to her food bank, which experienced a shortage of milk, eggs, cheese and frozen foods.

“We saw, definitely, a decline in what we had to offer,” Arteaga said. “We had no meat last week.”

Ed Baker, president of the Tempe food bank’s board of directors, said people look at the glittering buildings along the city’s waterfront and forget that one out of four children qualifies for free or reduced lunches. Richins said west Mesa has the same problem, with 80 percent of children at some schools qualifying. Summer is typically a bad time for food banks, which are often forgotten by donors with other things on their minds until Thanksgiving and Christmas, the traditional season for remembering the less fortunate, Baker said.

In addition, demand from low-income people, living paycheck to paycheck, grows when children are home and not receiving two free meals a day at school. Items containing protein, such peanut butter, tuna fish and canned meats, are

She suggested that Kyrene could buy land owned by Tempe Union High School District, where she is employed as an administrator, for a new pre-K-8 school.

Tempe Union is pondering the sale of a 49-acre parcel at Kyrene Road and the Loop 202 Santan Freeway in Chandler. “I need to be fully convinced this is needed and not a detriment to any of our other school sites,” Fahy said. “I feel like

highly prized as donations.

“We were in a dire situation. It was a perfect storm,” Baker said. “It is incredibly reassuring that we had individuals who were previous clients, who wanted to give.”

Richins said the biggest impact of United’s freezer breakdown was on the rural food banks because they were scheduled to receive deliveries that week and got nothing instead. He said he hopes to resume deliveries as quickly as possible, after the freezer is restocked.

Renea Shaffer, site manager for the Gila Community Food Bank in Globe, acknowledged that United’s freezer breakdown had an impact on her operation, but she said she was able to obtain enough food from other sources to get by, using salvage from grocery stores and available funds to buy items that were otherwise unavailable.

“We’re doing OK,” she said. “There’s nobody without food. United takes care of us really well. We were pretty well stocked.”

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Stating, “I am a fiscal conservative in how we manage our funds,” Coggins said the project “benefits many students, not a few.”

“We in Kyrene do not have a K-8 school,” Coggins added. “Parents are seeking them out more than ever.”

The board has been sifting through a variety of options for converting the Sureno campus, including building a brand-new campus for nearly $20  million.

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(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) Steven Cassa grabs food donations and puts them in a truck. The Tempe Community Action Agency’s Food Pantry asked for donations when supplies were running low.

(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) Work could begin soon on the Kyrene Traditional Academy-Sureno Campus in Chandler after the board approved the $6.2 million first phase of its conversion to a pre-K-8 campus.

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APARTMENTS

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to apartments in high numbers in order to avoid some of the costs and responsibilities associated with home ownership.

“(Many baby boomers) want lock-andleave ability and don’t want the maintenance of a home anymore,” LeVinus said. The industry will have to bump its output to meet that demand.

The study shows that an average of 3,280 investment-grade apartment units were built annually in the Valley between 2011 and 2016, but the city will need to see 10,736 units built per year to meet the estimated demand for 150,302 apartments cited by AMA.

Early numbers show that production is making strides toward meeting that demand as the Valley is expected to add 7,309 apartments by the end of 2017, according to Yardi Matrix, a commercial real estate research firm.

Those 10,000-plus units produced annually would need to meet demand for housing at all price points, though currently the largest demand is for high-end class A and affordable housing, LeVinus said.

The luxury rental market is thriving in the East Valley now with projects like District Lofts in Gilbert, Alta San Marcos in Chandler, Aviva in Mesa and The Local in Tempe each at different stages of development.

The Mesa City Council also recently approved a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Habitat Metro to develop a mixed-use property that will include 75 luxury apartments in downtown Mesa.

Even older high-end apartment complexes are attracting investors because of the growing market interest.

Despite the boom in class A apartments throughout the Valley, the industry is likely not at risk for a bust.

“I do not think that there is the risk of a bubble in the apartment market,” Mark Stapp, Fred E. Taylor professor of real estate at W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, said via email.

“If anything, this is going to continue to be a tight market both for home sales and for rentals.”

The greater issue facing the Valley is a dearth of affordable housing.

“The issue is affordability and (whether) enough units can be added to the marketplace that are affordable for the Phoenix market,” Stapp said. “We do have an affordability issue that’s likely only going to get worse if we don’t add more units that (the) average person can afford to rent.”

This shortage is likely to continue as affordable options are displaced by higher-

housing.

“It does not pencil out to build rental housing for lower-income Americans, because the developers cannot get the lowercost capital (to build) housing at the rents that people (with low incomes) can afford,” Poethig said.

Nationwide trends show that growth in available affordable housing is not keeping pace with the number of households that need it, Poethig said.

In Maricopa County, households in need of affordable housing grew from 70,000 to 130,000 between 2000 and 2014. However, during that same period, the market added only 10,000 affordable housing units.

yield, high-end products.

“The larger point about Maricopa County that is important to know and understand is that there are not many new (affordable) units at all,” said Erika Poethig, Urban Institute fellow and director of urban policy initiatives. “They are either being upgraded to higher-end units or being demolished and replaced by high-end product.”

Quite simply, there is more money in producing luxury apartments. There is plenty of available capital for developers seeking to meet that demand brought by the boomers and young professionals with high incomes who are increasingly flocking to rentals.

The same is not true for affordable

Arizona ranks 25th nationally in rental housing affordability, according to National Low Income Housing Coalition’s “Out of Reach 2017” report. The report determines the hourly wage that a household would have to make to afford a modest rental without spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing. In Arizona – which the report states has a fair market rent of $913 for a two-bedroom apartment – that wage is $17.56 an hour or $36,525 per year.

Maricopa County is listed among the top 10 large counties with largest affordability gap for extremely low-income renters, according to Urban Institute’s “The Housing Affordability Gap for Extremely Low-Income Renters in 2014” report released in 2017.

According to the report, Maricopa County ranks eighth out of 10 with 22 affordable housing units available per 100

Apartments rents rising fastest in Mesa

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

New data indicate that apartment rents in Mesa are rising faster than rents in any other Arizona city, though it still remains one of the East Valley’s most affordable communities for renters.

The median apartment rent in Mesa has risen 6.4 percent in the last year, according to Apartment List’s August 2017 Mesa Rent Report.

Rents have been more stable in the short term, rising 0.1 percent in Mesa over the past month.

The median price for a one-bedroom apartment in Mesa is $840.

The median price for a two-bedroom

apartment is $1,050.

Those prices are slightly higher than the median rents in Phoenix ($820 for one bedroom and $1,020 for two bedroom), but less than the median rents for all of Mesa’s East Valley neighbors, which have all experienced rising rates over the past year.

Gilbert tops the list at $1,090 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,360 for a two-bedroom apartment. Chandler is next on the list as the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment sits at $1,030 while the two-bedroom price is $1,240.

Tempe rounds out the East Valley with one-bedroom ($910) and twobedroom ($1,130) prices slightly above Mesa prices.

(Special to the Tribune)

The Local will be a nine-story luxury apartment residence anchored by Whole Foods Market 365. Millennials and baby boomers are driving the local push for apartment housing, experts say.

(Gary Nelson/Special to the Tribune)

A massive residential complex is under construction on McQueen Road south of Loop 202 in Chandler.

Teens who vandalized Chandler family’s menorah plead guilty

Three teens who bent a Chandler family’s ornamental menorah into a swastika last year have pleaded guilty to criminal damage.

The menorah was put up by Seth and Naomi Ellis in the 4300 block of Boston Street and was vandalized on the seventh day of Hanukkah, Dec. 30. Naomi’s Facebook post about the incident went viral, leading to news coverage all over the country.

As part of the plea, each of the teens being charged as juveniles must perform 30 hours of community service and each must write a letter of apology to the victims and pay restitution. Also, each must meet face-to-face with a Holocaust survivor and then write a 10-page essay on the lessons learned from the Holocaust and how their actions have impacted the community.

Mesa police officer dies in off-duty crash in Washington

A Mesa Police Department veteran has died in a motorcycle crash in Washington state.

Officer Kurt Allen Carlson was killed in the accident on Aug. 14. His motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the wreck near Twisp, Washington. He apparently lost control and left the road about 7 p.m.

Carlson was assigned to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. He had been with the department for nearly 18 years. Carlson was a married father of two.

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Tempe man pleads guilty to operating illegal botox clinic

A man who ran an illegal botox and laser clinic in Tempe has pleaded guilty.

Between January 2015 and January 2017, Craig Allen Scherf claimed he was a doctor licensed to perform cosmetic injections and laser treatments. He was able to purchase the drugs Juvederm and Botox from the manufacturer by illegally using the identity of a licensed physician. Under the plea agreement, Scherf faces a mandatory prison sentence of 3 to 12.5 years, followed by supervised probation. He also will be required to pay up to $100,000 in restitution to his 13 victims.

Scherf is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 6.

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Man who beat motel employee is sought by Tempe police

Tempe police are seeking to identify a man who assaulted an employee of a motel last month.

Tempe police say the incident happened around 6:30 p.m. July 10 at the Motel 6 at 1720 S. Priest Drive. In surveillance video released last week, a man is seen talking to an employee of the motel regarding a room. The conversation turns violent when the man suddenly attacks the employee with a punch to the face. The motel employee, on the ground, is then seen being pummeled and kicked by the man.

The victim was seriously injured in the attack. The attacker ran away from the motel after the assault. Information: Tempe Police, 480-350-8311.

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Renters, landlords have little government support

BY LAUREN MARSHALL Cronkite News

Francesca Sutton was excited to move out of her apartment and into her first rental home in Mesa. She didn’t expect the scorpions.

“The first night that we moved in, my son noticed a scorpion in his bedroom,” Sutton said. “Then the next day, I just started seeing them every day, every other day. This is not comfortable for me. I can’t live in a place like this.”

After living in the house some time, Sutton began to notice other issues, like low water pressure.

Sutton said when she contacted her landlord to fix the problems with her house, the landlord never followed through.

Tenant-landlord disputes are likely to grow. The housing crisis has led to more people in the U.S. renting than at any other time in recent history, according to the Pew Research Center. A decade ago, 34.6 million households were in rental properties. In 2016, there were 43.3 million rental households.

The system in Arizona moves slowly and inefficiently whether you’re a landlord or a tenant, those on both sides say. The Arizona Residential Tenant and Landlord Act outlines basic regulations. Phoenix and Tempe are among cities with codes that set more detailed conditions landlords must meet, such as a clean property, regular pool maintenance and minimum water temperatures.

But no local or state government agency enforces those regulations.

The lack of accountability and a labyrinthian set of regulations leaves tenants and landlords dangling and can end up in court, advocates said.

The Arizona Department of Housing, which created the 44-page document, considers landlord-tenant relations “a private matter,” according to its website.

Several other states, including Tennessee, allow renters to file complaints with the county public health department or a local building inspector.

Kathy Hertzog, president and chief executive of LandlordAssociation.org,

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said pursuing a civil case is not a good process for landlords or tenants.

“Having to hire an attorney and go to court, it’s an expensive and timeconsuming process,” Hertzog said. “It’s a delicate and fine line you have to walk along. Will it be worth your while or not?”

Ken Volk, who founded the nonprofit group Arizona Tenants Advocates, said most people lack the knowledge, time or money to take on their landlord.

“Most people think you’re going to complain about conditions and that’s it,” Volk said. “But in reality, that’s not necessarily a part of how you would proceed. It’s not really a procedure for the squeamish.”

Some of the most vulnerable people are renters. Pew research shows the majority of people renting in the U.S. are younger than 35. Hispanics, African Americans and the least educated are most likely to rent.

Hertzog said bad landlords prey on people who are poor.

“In the really poor, underdeveloped areas there’s more bad landlords

because they don’t want to put the money into” their properties, she said. Such landlords think people will not take care of their housing just because they are poor, so the landlords don’t take care of the property, she said.

“It’s kind of a sad perception,” Hertzog said. “Everyone has the right to decent housing.”

Advocacy groups like the Arizona Tenants Union and Volks’ organization, which he launched in 1993, advise tenants of their rights.

Volk said when tenants understand their leases, they know when they have the legal right to break them.

Sutton, the tenant plagued with the scorpion problem, said Volk helped her feel confident she was legally in the right to break the lease. If the dispute goes to court, Sutton said she feels prepared.

“I have a good reason to break the lease,” said Sutton, whose landlord did not return phone calls and emails. “I have pictures and documentation, so I’m just waiting to see what has happens next.”

THE WEEK AHEAD

MCC holding parties to view partial solar eclipse

Mesa Community College is hosting solar eclipse viewing parties on both of its campuses from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, Aug. 21.

Solar viewing glasses will be provided while supplies last.

The main campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., will have eclipse-viewing telescopes set up and free planetarium shows. Activities will take place at the Clock Tower Courtyard near the center of campus.

At the Red Mountain campus, 7110 E. McKellips Road, there will be concessions, free solar viewers, demonstrations and solar eclipse information. Events will take place in the Saguaro building near the terrariums.

The maximum solar eclipse, 60 percent, occurs at 10:33 a.m.

Information: 480-461-7015, mesacc.edu.

– TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Seed Swap program coming to Chandler Sunset Library

Gardeners will be invited to swap seeds from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Chandler Sunset Library, 4930 W. Ray Road.

The free Seed Swap, in its fourth year at Sunset, is for anyone with an interest in gardening, learning from other gardeners’ experiences and discovering new seeds to try growing at home.

Some seeds that may be available for the Fall Seed Swap are various lettuces (including cabbage, kale, mustard greens, chard and spinach), onions, garlic, green onion, leeks, carrots, peas and all varieties of herbs.

Information: 480-782-2800 or chandlerlibrary.org

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Civil Air Patrol conducts open house and recruitment night

The Willie Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol will host its Fall Open House & Recruiting Night at 6:30 on Aug. 31, at the Sylvestre Herrera Army Reserve Center, 7334 E. Ulysses Ave., Mesa.

Members of the squadron will be present to greet visitors and answer questions about CAP’s mission. There will also be information on those who are interested in joining, either as cadets (ages 12-18) or senior members.

Information: R.Morales.3@hotmail.com or 480-231-3866, GoCivilAirPatrol.com – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Gilbert to review Heritage District improvements with public

Upcoming infrastructure improvements in Gilbert’s Heritage District will be discussed at an open house at 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 24, at University Building, 92 W. Vaughn Ave. Gilbert will soon relocate the traffic signal on the northeast corner of Gilbert Road and Vaughn Avenue and install a waterline in Vaughn Avenue east and west of Gilbert Road.

Future improvements at the Gilbert Road and Vaughn Road intersection are also planned to accommodate traffic flows related to future development.

Information: gilbertaz.gov/HeritageDistrict.

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Tempe Mission Palms Hotel & Conference Center

Confronting the reality that a number of the district’s schools are 30 years old or older, the board opted for a slower construction pace and somewhat fewer enhancements.

The district’s architectural consultant had noted that while the campus could get a new gym and multipurpose room by fall and an addition and playfields within roughly 16 months, the campus would still need technology and security updates.

Several parents also addressed the board and urged it to not further delay action on the campus conversion.

Myrick took note of their pleas, stating, “There are folks in this meeting who are sending their kids here from out of district. This is a great problem to have – people coming for a program we have to offer.”

He also was assured that district officials met his concerns for outreach to 12 homeowners whose property is adjacent to the campus and that a project manager would be hired to track spending and work on the conversion.

Myrick, who last month had questioned the project, seconded Coggins’ motion for approving it last week.

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renters. That number has dropped from 27 affordable housing units per 100 renters in 2000.

“We look at units affordable without assistance and units affordable with assistance,” Poethig said. “It looks like the number of households with HUD assistances has grown slightly over those years due to vouchers, but the number of units affordable without assistance has dropped.”

There are efforts being made by public and private entities to address the shortage in affordable housing.

Mesa, Chandler and Tempe each administer a variety of affordable housing programs. Gilbert partners with Affordable Rental Movement of Save the Family to provide affordable housing options to eligible families.

The Housing Authority of Maricopa County owns 500 units in 15 communities throughout Maricopa County through a property management program funded by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The program has waiting lists for four separate areas and provides housing to qualified families.

HAMC also works with cities and local organizations like Mesa’s A New Leaf to

provide housing support for low-income families and the homeless.

Homeless people go through the Maricopa County coordinated entry system, which provides screening to help prevent them from becoming homeless again, said Karen Brown, A New Leaf support services director.

The city of Tempe is actively involved with the coordinated entry system.

“Our goal is to get people into apartments that they can afford long term, but that is becoming more difficult,” Brown said. “We advise that people not use more 30 percent of their income on rent, and in many cases, (rent) is 60 percent now, which is not sustainable.”

A New Leaf offers a range of services that offer stability, financial literacy training, case management, crisis intervention and resource coordination. In addition to resources to combat homelessness, Brown sees a need for more resources geared toward low-income families.

“It would be great if we could have some set-aside units for people that don’t meet that chronically homeless definition but could still use support,” she said.

A New Leaf also works with the city of Mesa and has 60 project-based vouchers funded by the city.

Brown also noted that the Arizona Department of Housing is working on a program to incentivize apartment management companies to work with existing programs to help low-income people get stable housing.

– Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or wschutsky@timespublications.com.

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Eighth, a residential complex funded by lighr rail tax credits, is under construction in downtown Tempe.

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Company drives mobile urgent care to patients’ doorsteps

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

Colorado-based Dispatch Health has brought its mobile urgent care platform to Tempe with plans to expand service to the rest of the East Valley later this year.

The company provides mobile urgent care units staffed by a board-certified physician assistant or nurse practitioner and an EMT who can treat patients at home or work. The Honda Priuses used by Dispatch are preloaded with a litany of supplies that allow the team to handle various low-level injuries and illnesses.

The teams are equipped to treat a range of issues, including common illnesses, joint and back pain, allergies, rashes, eye infections, gastrointestinal distress and respiratory issues.

They also can provide on-site services like IV placement, rapid infectious disease testing, Foley catheter insertion, splints, medication and advanced blood-lab testing.

Potential patients can reach the service by phone, online or using smartphone apps for Android and iOS.

The company began service in Tempe and select areas in Phoenix and Scottsdale on Aug. 15, marking its first foray outside its home state.

The company is the first mobile urgent care service operating in Tempe, though similar services exist in other parts of the Valley.

Dispatch Health plans to add an additional car in the Phoenix metro area in October and expand its coverage area.

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Mesa called eighth safest major city in America

SafeWise, maker of home security systems, says Mesa is the eighth safest large city in the nation, according to a new analysis.

To compile its report, SafeWise considered the most recent FBI crime data from 2015 from the cities, which all have a minimum population of 300,000 people.

work with other insurers in the future, Riddleberger said. It is also currently in talks with fire agencies in the Phoenix area to potentially be an option for less-critical calls in the Valley.

The company has targeted the senior demographic as a primary user for its services, though it provides care to all age groups.

is “experiencing a shift toward preventive and value-based care,” according to Stanford Medicine 2017 Health Trends Report.

Urgent care services, specifically, are experiencing growth. There were 6,400 urgent cares in the U.S. in 2013 versus over 7,100 in 2017, according to a report from physician employment and consulting company Merritt Hawkins.

“We will likely (pursue) East Valley expansion first and then move into the West Valley,” chief strategy officer Kevin Riddleberger said.

Dispatch Health launched in 2013 in a small area in Denver in partnership with the local emergency management system. It started as a service to respond to some less-critical calls to 911 that did not require an emergency room transfer in order to free up resources for high acuity calls, Riddleberger said.

The company now has six vehicles in Denver and one in Colorado City and expects to see 10,000 patients in Denver alone in 2017. In Colorado, it accepts Medicare, Medicaid and many major insurers.

In Arizona, Dispatch Health works with Medicare and Medicaid and will begin accepting insurers Humana and United Healthcare in September with plans to

SafeWise said that Mesa “keeps the heat on criminals by effective policing that utilizes community outreach and increased training and transparency for better accountability.”

The company’s analysis said Mesa has “both lower-than-average rates of crime and wide economic and racial diversity among neighborhoods.”

The full list, from 1 to 10: New York; El Paso, Texas; Virginia Beach, Virginia; San Diego; Santa Ana, California; San Jose, California; Tampa, Florida; Mesa; Los Angeles; Boston.

Rather than a replacement for traditional medical services, Dispatch Health is positioning itself as a complement to things like emergency services, hospitals and primary-care physicians.

“We’re not another fragmented access point to health care,” Riddleberger said. “This is not redundant care; (it) fills in the gaps.”

For instance, the company claims it can save users money by avoiding costly emergency room trips for less-critical health issues that do not require that level of care.

The median charge for the 10 most common emergency room outpatient conditions in the U.S. is over $1,230, according to an article published in the multidisciplinary open-access journal PLOS ONE.

The uninsured rate for Dispatch Health customers costs a flat fee of $275, said Riddleberger.

This is part of a larger trend in the health-care industry as a whole, which

Facial recognition system catches man using ID illegally

A Mesa resident who allegedly used the identity of his deceased brother to collect nearly $300,000 in Social Security benefits has been charged with forgery and fraud schemes. He was caught by the Arizona Department of Transportation’s facial recognition technology. Frank Becht, 89, had for the past 28 years been using the name, date of birth and Social Security number of his brother, Kenneth Becht, who died in 1989.

The company leverages its dual roles as medical provider and technology platform to gather patient data in an attempt to increase the quality of care and reduce repeat visits for the same condition. It does this by checking in with patients three days after a visit and then checking with local health information exchange 14 and 30 days after care to determine whether the patient visited a hospital for that same complaint.

Dispatch Health providers also have the ability to gather information on site that can contribute to patient illness or injury and share that information with primarycare providers and hospitals.

The increased access to data in health care is a key factor allowing doctors to more effectively treat patients, according to the Stanford report.

When sharing information, the company uses industry standard practices and has the proper HIPAA business associates agreements in place to ensure confidentiality, Riddleberger said.

The service is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 365 days a year.

– Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or wschutsky@timespublications.com.

ADOT’s investigation found that the Social Security Administration hadn’t been told that Becht’s brother, Kenneth, had died and therefore had been paying out benefits. Detectives found Kenneth’s death certificate and provided it to federal officials.

The investigation also revealed that Becht had used his brother’s identity on credit cards and state-issued IDs in Maryland, Virginia and Nevada.

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The Honda Priuses used by Dispatch Health are preloaded with a litany of supplies that allow the team to handle various low-level injuries and illnesses.

Queen Creek resident to ride backward for diabetes fundraiser

BY JESSICA SURIANO Tribune Staff Writer

Plenty of people throughout the East Valley ride their bikes every day, but only one Queen Creek resident is doing it backward.

Positioned on his handlebars with his back toward oncoming traffic, Rudolph King Jr. plans on riding the 66 miles between his home to University of Phoenix Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 26, to raise money for type 1 diabetes research.

“My dad told me, God’s not going to care how big your house is or what kind of car you’re driving, but what you have done for people,” King said. “You always have to give back – for humanity purposes.”

King’s family has a rocky history with the disease, which was the main reason he started fundraising for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

“Witnessing the adversity that they continue to go through has inspired me to do this ride for the second time,” King said on his JDRF fundraising page.

According to the JDRF, 1.25 million Americans are living with type 1 diabetes, including about 200,000 youth under

20 years old. In addition, 40,000 people are diagnosed each year in the U.S., and 5 million people in the U.S. are expected to have type 1 diabetes by 2050.

Despite about $14 billion spent toward type 1 diabetes research per year in the U.S., less than one-third of people with the disease are achieving target blood glucose control levels, according to the JDRF.

King has been riding bikes backward for over 30 years. He taught himself how around the time he was 15 years old, when his friends became interested in bicycle motocross. However, to be able to complete these extended trips for charity, King has had to overcome physical and mental obstacles from his past.

In the summer of 1976, King was horseback riding with his dad in Pasadena, California, when his horse was spooked and reared onto its hind legs, knocking King off with the exception of his right leg, which was caught in the stirrup. After being dragged by the galloping horse, King arrived at a hospital in Burbank unconscious and with a broken arm.

After 16 days in a coma and being declared brain dead, King amazingly woke up, and made a full recovery after a year of speech and physical therapy.

“Because of my own physical adversity and miraculous recovery, I made a promise to God I would touch and help as many people as I could throughout my life,” King said on his fundraising page.

King has been training every day, but he still plans on having his wife follow behind him in a car in August because of chaotic traffic and because some sections

of his route do not have any designated bike lanes.

“I’m not going to lie, it is pretty hard,” King said. “I would not downplay it. I have a good technique down. Everybody is always videotaping me here in Queen Creek.”

In fact, a quick YouTube search of King riding backward results in a handful of videos commuters have taken on their phones as they pass him on the road.

Armed with a GoPro camera for this ride, he is aiming to make some stops during the trek to hand out T-shirts and take pictures. He also has been reaching out to news channels throughout the Valley to increase his exposure and, hopefully, increase donations.

To donate to King’s cause and read more about his story, visit his JDRF page at www2.jdrf.org/goto/rudyridesbackwards. To beat the heat, he will be starting his August ride early in the morning, and he estimates it will last about six hours or more with the planned stops.

King’s fundraising goal for this ride is $1,000. He said any amount helps in order to combat diabetes’ challenging, and often disastrous, effects on people with the disease and their families.

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Rudolph King Jr. has been riding bikes backward for over 30 years. He taught himself how to around the time he was 15 years old.

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Big-box stores growing in EV for more than retail

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

Big-box stores – the oft-referenced poster child for the struggling retail market – are experiencing an uptick in the East Valley as grocers and nontraditional users aggressively expand in the market.

Half of the 14 big-box completions in metro Phoenix in the last 12 months are in the East Valley, including two of the largest facilities on the list, according to CBRE’s Phoenix Retail Big Box Report for Q2 2017.

“It just goes to show us that retail isn’t dying; it is adapting,” said Jami Savage, CBRE first vice president.

The Fry’s Marketplaces at Mulberry Market in Mesa and Artesian Marketplace in Chandler each total 123,000 square feet. Fry’s has been especially active across the Valley, accounting for six of 14 completions on the list.

The Southeast Valley leads all East Valley submarkets with 40 big-box spaces totaling 1,338,833 square feet.

“When we look at it as a whole, retail follows rooftops. There is a ton of activity and growth with residential expansion in Southeast Valley,” Savage said.

Growth in the East Valley marketplace largely has been driven by grocers and nontraditional users – such as entertainment venues and fitness centers – that face less online competition than traditional retailers.

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Bashas’ stores to conduct job fair on Aug. 22 in Mesa

Bashas’ stores, which includes Food City, AJ’s Fine Foods and Bashas’ supermarkets, will conduct a job fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, at the Mesa Convention Center, 263 N. Center St.

The company is hiring for more than 200 open positions at its more than 100 locations throughout the state.

The family-owned grocer is especially looking for bakers. No experience is necessary for interested candidates, as the company has a six-week training program

entertainment brand active in the market. It opened its first Arizona location at the end of 2016 in a 35,467-squarefoot space at the revived Chandler Crossings center at Arizona Avenue and Chandler Heights Boulevard.

feet. The enclave’s proximity to the hightraffic Interstate 10 is a contributing factor to that.

“Because (Ahwatukee) is a smaller area, you have everything in two intersections and along an interstate,” Savage said. “Having a big-box presence along that interstate (allows retailers) to reach their consumers.”

Savage also pointed to the strong housing market and above-average incomes in Ahwatukee as factors driving big-box absorption in the area.

Main Event Entertainment has been especially active in the East Valley and opened its third location near SanTan Village shopping center in Gilbert. The new building is just over 50,000 square feet.

The Main Event, a build-to-suit location, is a rarity in the market.

Leasing and sales of existing space accounted for roughly 90 percent of the nearly 500,000 square feet of big-box space absorbed in the second quarter, while new build-to-suit projects accounted for only 10 percent, according to the CBRE report.

Alamo Drafthouse, the Austin, Texasbased movie theater chain, is another

for bakers.

During the job fair, applicants will meet with Bashas’ hiring team for an interview, complete paperwork and submit to drug screening. Applications can be completed in advance online at bashas.com. In many cases, applicants will be hired on the spot. For more information, visit bashas.com.

Health clinic to open fifth location in Mesa

Bayless Integrated Healthcare will open a fifth location on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at 2204 S. Dobson Road, Suite 103.

This new Mesa clinic features 6,000 square-feet of space dedicated to physical,

Alamo’s second Arizona location will anchor the The Collective, a mixed-use project set to open in early 2018 at the northwest corner of Baseline Road and Lakeshore Drive in Tempe.

Chandler Crossings is the site of another non-traditional user, BASIS Chandler. The charter school occupies a 69,533-square-foot space at the center.

Discount stores are other users that have been active in the market over the past 12 months. Goodwill opened three new 25,000-square-foot locations in the Valley over that period, including stores at Artesian Marketplace in Gilbert and Heritage Square in Queen Creek.

Despite accounting for a relatively small area, the Ahwatukee/Tempe submarket also supports a strong big-box market, with 10 spaces totaling 373,100 square

social, mental and emotional health services. Bayless Integrated Healthcare, Dobson Ranch, will focus on providing integrated care for adolescents and adults but will be able to provide services to all ages as necessary.

Bayless invested more than $250,000 into this newest clinic and will add 24 new jobs in Mesa.

The site is taking new patients. Information: 602-230-7373 or baylesshealthcare.com.

Tres restaurant in Tempe coming in fall, hiring now

Tres restaurant, located in the Discovery Office Park at 7200 South Price Road

Ahwatukee boasted two of the largest big-box completions in the second quarter of 2017 in the forthcoming Mountainside Fitness and Burlington Coat Factory. Both sites are approximately 42,000 square feet at the intersection of Ray Road and 48th Street.

Savage expects the high level of big-box activity to continue in the near future.

“Downtown Chandler, Downtown Gilbert, and the San Tan area is particular will bring new retail out in that area,” she said. “That is going to be the exciting area in the Southeast Valley to watch in the next quarter.”

There is also the possibility of increased big-box development in east Mesa as the Eastmark community continues to grow. Safeway recently announced it will open a 62,000-square-foot store to anchor the first retail development in the community.

– Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or wschutsky@timespublications.com.

in Tempe, will be trying out prospective employees Wednesday, Aug. 23. The tryouts will be 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Chandler Chamber of Commerce, 25 S. Arizona Place, Suite #201, Chandler. Tres will offer a menu blending the flavors of the desert southwest, Spain and the Mediterranean. Information: trestempe.com, 480-8975300.

Jimmy’s of Chicago announces closure of its Gilbert restaurant A Gilbert restaurant, Jimmy’s of Chicago,

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Alamo Drafthouse opened its first Arizona location at the end of 2016 in a 35,467-square-foot space at Chandler Crossings.

Flinn Foundation bioscience winners range from bug zappers to brain games

BY ALEXA ARMES Cronkite News

What does a bug zapper and a brain game have in common?

The Flinn Foundation, a private philanthropic organization, recently announced its seven earlystage bioscience award winners. The foundation will provide $30,000 each in funding support and program services to help these companies grow as part of the Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program.

Here’s a look at two of the award winners:

Phoenix Interface Technologies

Tempe-based Phoenix Interface Technologies has created a way to help eliminate disease-spreading and cropdamaging insects while sparing the beneficial ones.

The Solar Rid device is essentially a modern-day bug zapper. It uses five sensory outputs – such as sound, smell and sight – to attract specific insects like mosquitos, corn earworms and navel orangeworms.

The device runs on solar power. Creator Tom Brown said the machine may help decrease the amount of pesticides sprayed on crops.

“Just think of the advantages – instead of spraying these poisons across this whole wide area, you can have the insects come to you, then you’re only killing in

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is closing, the restaurant announced in a Facebook post.

The restaurant described itself as an Italian eatery and taproom, a neighborhood bar catering to Chicago transplants. It was near Lindsey and Williams Field Road.

A reason for the closure was not specified in the post.

50-year-old Unison

Bank opens branch in Gilbert

Unison Bank recently opened a branch in Gilbert and will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony in September.

The bank, now open for business at 1835 E. Pecos Road, will conduct a grand opening 1:30-2:30 p.m. Sept. 18.

The new branch is replacing one in Mesa. It will include high-end technology and function as a full-service location offering both personal and business accounts and loan operations.

this little tiny spot, instead of spraying deadly stuff across acres and acres and acres,” Brown said.

Officials with Maricopa County’s vector control department, which sprays for insects, said they only use about 1 teaspoon of pesticide per acre to keep mosquitos and other insects from harming crops and spreading disease.

The Solar Rid device can attract and kill bugs in a 10-acre area, Brown said.

Biosensing Instrument

This Tempe-based company designs instruments to analyze molecular

Hilton’s new hotel brand to open property in Gilbert

Tru, Hilton’s new brand of hotel aimed at attracting millennials at a lower cost, is coming to Gilbert.

The hotel will be on the corner of Ivanhoe Street and South Santan Village Parkway, and will open in mid-2018.

Tru’s rooms are smaller and more modern, with a larger lobby offering craft beers and wine.

Poster company buys building at Chandler Airpark for $1.5M

All In One Posters of Buena Park, California, has purchased Building C at Chandler Airpark, 2120 S. Douglas Drive, for $1.5 million.

The company, a leading labor law poster provider, had signed a lease agreement with an option to buy in May.

Cushman & Wakefield brokered the deal on behalf of Silagi Development & Management of Thousand Oaks, California.

interactions based on Surface Plasmon Resonance, a technique used across the life sciences and nanotechnology applications, according to the release. Its latest invention, the SPRm 200, is a solution of Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy (SPRM) which combines optical microscopy and Surface Plasmon Resonance Technologies in one instrument.

According to the site, “it is the only scientific solution in the market that enables label free in vitro measurement of binding reactions and kinetics of individual cells in their native

California group purchases Radisson Hotel in Chandler

The Radisson Hotel at 7475 W. Chandler Blvd. in Chandler has been sold to a California-based private partnership.

The 159-room hotel will be operated by Phoenix-based Granite Hospitality.

The new owner is planning to undertake a multimillion-dollar renovation to the property later this year.

Downtown Gilbert’s Grubstak launching its own food truck

Grubstak, the downtown Gilbert restaurant that showcases “stacked food,” is launching its own food truck.

The Grubstak Mobile trailer will feature a pared-down version of the brick-andmortar’s menu, and will be slightly smaller a typical food truck. The food truck will be at Gilbert High School’s Friday night home football games this fall.

Grubstak opened last year in downtown Gilbert’s Heritage Marketplace

environment and in real time.”

Since 2014, the Flinn Foundation has allocated $645,000 in grants to local nonprofits to provide funding and services to 22 bioscience firms, according to a news release.

This year’s other winners include:

SMART Brain Aging: This Scottsdalebased company offers online courses for clients looking to find help outside the clinic and get in some extra activity.

BMSEED: This Phoenix-based company, which stands for BioMedical Sustainable Elastic Electronic Devices, uses stretchable gold films for its products, which have biomedical applications, including those that require soft and stretchable solutions like cells, tissue or skin.

Iron Horse Diagnostics: This Scottsdale-based company is developing a diagnostic test to rapidly determine if a patient has Lou Gehrig’s disease. The firm also is working on a test to detect and monitor brain injury and concussion.

Poba Medical: This Flagstaff-based medical device company provides engineering expertise in thermoplastic balloons.

Reglagene: This Tucson-based startup uses DNA quadruplex science to regulate genes as part of the drug-discovery process, according to the release.

Texas-based Varsity Tavern joins Mill Avenue lineup

Varsity Tavern, a restaurant based in Texas, will open at 501 S. Mill Ave. in Tempe. It will occupy the second and third floors of the property.

The tavern will stretch out in 10,925 square feet, with 3,400 square feet of patio space. Gringo Star occupies the first floor.

Motorcycle repair-service shop opens branch in Queen Creek

World Famous Mike’s Bikes has opened a new repair and service shop at 20907 E. Ocotillo Road, just west of Old Ellsworth Road in downtown Queen Creek.

The shop is located in a 70-year-old building that has been used as a storage barn and an automotive shop in Queen Creek for many years.

World Famous Mike’s Bikes is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, Information: 480-659-1255.

– Times staff writer Gabriella Del Rio contributed to this article.

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A Tempe company has developed a bug zapper that attracts disease-spreading insects, such as mosquitos.

Confederate memorials should remain – but only in museums

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

The first time someone ever mailed me a swastika was back in my New Jersey days, when I made a full-time living peddling opinions in newsprint. Some members of the Aryan Nation announced an upcoming rally to protest gay rights and, to honor the event, I explained that Neo-Nazism seemed to me like a disease begging to be cured at the business end of a Louisville Slugger.

We didn’t have email back then, which was a blessing because people who hated you had to draw memes by hand and spend 40-some cents on postage. The mail was more of an event then, full of misspelled vitriol and chicken-scratch hate. Rest assured, when your last name is Leibowitz and you anger the Hitler Youth, you will see swastikas. The ugly symbol

never made much of an impression on me. I used to tell myself it was a German mark denoting idiocy – an emblem that said more about the drawer’s lack of intellect than anything about the viewing audience.

Easy for me to say, I see now. Because the hateful images people mailed were not commissioned as statues displayed on public grounds. I did not have to walk past, say, the Nazi equivalent of the memorial to Confederate soldiers that sits across the street from the Arizona state Capitol. Nor have I ever had to drive on a public highway named after the Third Reich equivalent of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy who has been honored with a stretch of the U.S. 60 southeast of Apache Junction. That’s why I support the idea of banishing these Civil War memorials to a museum, and erasing Jefferson Davis Highway and also Robert E. Lee Street, which cuts east-west across north Phoenix and

Scottsdale north of Bell Road.

You say, “Gosh, people are way too sensitive these days. It’s just a statue, just a street name, just a reminder of America’s history.” I say, “To you maybe. But to other people, these things are scars, reminders of wounds so deep they still ache generations later.”

Let me be as clear as I know how to be.

General Lee and those Confederate soldiers we’re honoring took up arms against this nation in the support of slavery and secession. They were not heroes. They were traitors. Slavers. They killed Union soldiers – Americans.

In a few weeks, when our country pauses on September 11 to honor and recall the civilians, firefighters and police officers murdered in cold blood on that awful day in 2001, we won’t also offer a few kind words and prayers for the 19 murderers who brought the terror.

To do so would be unseemly, unpatriotic, un-American.

Not unlike, say, flying the Rebel flag over the state Capitol – an event that actually happened in 1961, to mark the 100year anniversary of the Civil War. That was also the year the Confederate memorial was erected in Wesley Bolin Plaza.

We’re a different Arizona today than we were almost a half-century ago – though perhaps not yet different enough when it comes to the issue of race. You say, well, they’re only statues, markers, streets names. Great. If they’re “only” meaningless words and objects, then let’s remove them. Most of us will never notice the difference. And most of those who do notice will fall into one of two categories:

People who see these memorials as hurtful, unnecessary celebrations of America’s ugliest legacy. Or idiots who think General Lee, Jefferson Davis and those Confederate war dead were a bunch of great guys. So, friend, which are you?

– David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com.

State’s school voucher battle pitting many against dark money

BY MITZI EPSTEIN AFN Guest Writer

Millennials and grandparents with grit, Mama Bears and Papa Bears worked with bears that have no cubs who know that every generation must help the youngest generation.

These are the people who are Save Our Schools Arizona, our neighbors from Ahwatukee and all corners of the state, with 2,000 volunteers collecting signatures from voters in every county to stop private school voucher expansion that drains funding from public schools. They are powered by a common cause: saving public education. Why does it need saving?

Public education in Arizona is under attack. Whether politicians are purposefully trying to destroy it or not, it is seriously threatened.

Yes, public education, the foundation of our economy and our quality of life.

Arizona teachers do very fine work, as evidenced by improvements in national

tests.

Despite the fine quality of our professional educators, funding per student was cut drastically about a decade ago, and since then it has not been restored. Teacher shortages, low pay, archaic books and buildings in need of repair are just a few of the reasons we must restore funding.

I ran to become a state representative and won because public education deserves support.

Our students need a 21st-century education in order to solve the problems of our times and our future. In the state House, I was heartened by legislators in both parties who also want to fund our charter and district public schools adequately.

But party politics conquered them instead.

Smaller players in the Legislature who genuinely care about public education were unable to overcome the power of Koch Brothers money and the clout of political partisanship.

Governor Ducey thanks the Koch Brothers for their campaign help. The Betsy DeVos-funded American Federation for Children funnels overwhelming

dollars into Arizona campaigns. Instead of improving funding for schools, bills were passed that drain funding away from public schools into private schools without accountability to the taxpayer.

In May, the AFC was ready to celebrate the passage of their pet project, SB 1431, the private school voucher expansion bill in Arizona, but then unorganized parents stepped up to the plate.

Parents hit a few baseline drives that advanced their cause for public schools. The media heard them, and Arizonans agreed for strong public education.

So, the AFC canceled their luncheon over fallout from their private school vouchers.

The moms, dads, retirees, and community volunteers hit a few pop-ups that were caught in the air, and stopped. They were shushed, and told to simmer down, and even asked to leave.

But they stayed. They would not leave a ballpark, and they did not leave the gallery of the state Legislature.

I was proud to read their stories aloud on the floor of the state House because their stories are the stories of a million children

in public schools.

Next, SOS Arizona took the message to the streets and sidewalks of Arizona. “Do you support public education?” Yes! Arizona voters answered loudly and clearly!

Our American success stories depend on great public schools, the only schools required to serve all children. Voters, alongside the SOS Arizona volunteers are working for exactly that.

And they have hit a home run!

Over 111,000 voters signed petitions to put this bad law on the ballot to let the Arizona voters decide, not politicians who are funded by dark money.

We will see how much dark money from out of state gets thrown against the thousands of Arizona voters’ signatures. We will see how many lawyers will be hired by DeVos’ AFC to drag this out in court.

But no matter what, the SOS Arizona volunteers and the voters of Arizona have begun their legendary story of the many standing up to the money, driving democracy to prevail.

-State Rep. Mitzi Epstein of Tempe is one of two representatives for Legislative District 18, which includes Ahwatukee.

Desert Ridge player gets his dream offer from Stanford

BY GREG MACAFEE Tribune Sports Editor

Adream that started when he was 10 years old recently became reality for Mesa Desert Ridge defensive back Donjae Logan after verbally committing to play football at Stanford. As a young kid, he remembered watching the Cardinal when they were a top 10 team. They immediately stuck out to him after learning more about the school’s academics, location, and Pac-12 affiliation. It became his goal to go to Stanford.

“Everyone was telling me, ‘Yeah, you could get set up for life if you go there,’” Logan said. “There was just something about it. It was the perfect mixture of athletics and academics.”

After attending junior day at Stanford, Logan participated in the school’s Friday Night Lights camp. Once the coaches had an opportunity to review the film from the camp, Logan received his offer to become a Stanford Cardinal.

But even though Stanford was his top choice, he still wanted to contemplate the offer. Logan said he sat on it for a couple of days and spoke about it with his family before making his final decision.

“I got their feedback on it, and they didn’t find anything wrong with it, of course,” Logan said. “It’s where I’ve always wanted to go, and that’s where I felt that I

wanted to be.”

Logan has been working toward the goal of playing football for Stanford since the seventh grade. Because of Logan’s hard work off the field, Desert Ridge head coach Jeremy Hathcock he has had to run Logan out of the gym multiple times just to get him some rest, he said. In the long run, that extra work paid off for the 5-foot-11 defensive back.

In two years on varsity, Logan has racked up 90 tackles, picked off three passes, deflected 16 more and caused two fumbles for the Jaguars. His numbers may not show the ability that Logan has as a defensive back, but heading into his senior year, he is out to show that he is one of the best in Arizona.

“I’m just looking to shut everyone down and have people know that this is my side of the field, and you don’t want to go to my side of the field,” Logan said. Logan is known as an outstanding defense prospect, but he also has the ability to excel on the offensive side of the ball.

As a junior, Hathcock put Logan in the backfield on occasion and he rushed for a total of 535 yards and five touchdowns on 72 carries. In their first-round matchup of the Class 6A state tournament, Logan rushed for 224 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Jaguars to a 34-26 win over Westview.

“He’s the type of kid who could be our No. 1 tailback if we needed him to be and probably top three in the state,” Hathcock

said. “He has versatility. Normally you get some guys who can only play on one side of the ball, or can only play DB, or only play offense, he can do both.”

After watching his film, which included some of his offensive plays, Logan said the Stanford coaches liked how he could play both sides of the ball, but they ultimately recruited him as a defensive back. Playing on both sides of the ball, and excelling at it, doesn’t just showcase Logan’s abilities, but his mindset to do whatever the team needs.

“I just want to do everything that I can for them,” Logan said. “I want to be that guy that they can always depend on, if they need a play or something done. I’ll be there on and off the field.”

As a 4.0 student who plans on majoring in electrical engineering, Logan performs in the classroom as well as on the field. His meticulous approach both in the classroom and on the field has stood out to Hathcock over his two years on varsity.

“He’s a young kid. He’s only 17 and his potential is through the roof,” Hathcock said. “For a young leader, to make the grades he has and the decisions he made, you don’t find many of those kids around.”

– Contact Greg Macafee at gmacafee@ timespublications.com or at 480-898-5630 or follow @greg_macafee on Twitter.

EV volleyballers take their game to the international level

BY GREG MACAFEE Tribune Sports Editor

Over the next week, two East Valley volleyball players will have the opportunity to represent the United States at the FIVB World Championships in Bahrain and Argentina. Brooke Nuneviller of Corona del Sol will compete with the U18 USA Girls Youth National Team in Rosario and Santa Fe, Argentina. Jonny Bowles of Chandler High is the other Arizona representative and will compete with the U19 USA Boys National Youth Team in Bahrain. The two athletes will each compete in round-robin tournaments that will take

place over nine days. Both tournaments will split 20 teams into four different pools. The 20 teams in each tournament will compete for 16 spots and a chance to play for the World Championship in the final playoff format.

While this is the first time Bowles will have the opportunity to represent his country, Nuneviller has played on the youth national team for the past two years. She was a part of the team that took second place at the NORCECA Championships in Puerto Rico last year. Their runner-up finish qualified them for the World Championships in Argentina. Having the opportunity to play for the youth national team over the

past two years has always been the goal for the Corona del Sol senior.

“Ever since my first year of USA volleyball, I have always wanted to compete on the youth national team,” Nuneviller said. “It has been a dream come true being on this team, and it is incredible to be presented to the incredible players around the world.”

Her journey in the USA program began when she was around 10 years old. She had

(Greg Macafee/Tribune Staff) Mesa Desert Ridge defensive back Donjae Logan, right, has had his eye on Stanford University since he was 10 years old.

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Brooke Nuneviller of Corona del Sol has been playing volleyball since she was 7 years old.

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been playing volleyball since she was 7, and her mom, who has been a volleyball coach and player for years, suggested that she get involved with the national program. Her skills continued to blossom and carried over into both high school and club volleyball.

“She anticipates and reads very well, which makes her an incredible defender,” said Ben Maxfield, Nuneviller’s high school volleyball coach at Corona del Sol.  “Offensively, she has very good vision and is able to see the open spots. She moves quickly and effortlessly and she’s a lot of fun to watch.”

This past season, Nuneviller was a crucial part of Corona del Sol’s run to the state championship, where they defeated Mountain Pointe 3-0. As a junior, she led the team in kills with 361 and added 50 aces to a team that finished the season with an overall record of 39-5.

With proven success at both the high school and club level, Nuneviller said she believes that playing at the international level has helped her develop her skills over the past few years.

“The international level is nowhere near the best club or high school tournament in the United States,” Nuneviller said. “There are so many adjustments that need to be made before you are even able to play with some of these girls. They live and breathe volleyball and are very used to international play. It definitely elevates my game and is very humbling to see so many talented players.”

It’s been a shorter journey in the USA pipeline for Bowles, who has been playing volleyball since seventh grade and started getting serious about the sport his freshman year of high school.

His journey to the 2017 World Championships began this past December when he first started playing for USA Volleyball at an invite camp. The 6-foot-7 opposite hitter impressed enough to earn a roster spot for the tournament in Bahrain along with 19 other players from around the country. Earning one of 20 spots wasn’t a surprise to his high school coach.

“Being a 6-foot-7 lefty is pretty rare for Arizona volleyball, and when you combine it with his athletic ability and the amount of work he has put into the sport, he is pretty hard to miss out there,” said Chandler High volleyball coach Robert Robson.

While in Bahrain, Bowles and team USA will compete against the youth national teams from host country, Egypt, Puerto Rico and Tunisia. Since the 2012

Olympics, Bowles said it’s always been a dream of his to wear the red, white and blue.

“It’s an unbelievable opportunity to represent the USA,” Bowles said. “Being an ambassador on and off the court is a priority for me in Bahrain.”

Outside the international scene, Bowles has had a successful volleyball career, both in club and on the high school level. This past season, as a junior, he contributed to Chandler High reaching the Class 6A state championship. During their run to the state championship, he led the Wolves with 427 kills and 34 aces.

Both USA teams will begin play on Monday, Aug. 19. The girls will take open the World Championships against Russia, while the guys will take on host country, Bahrain.

– Contact Greg Macafee at gmacafee@ timespublications.com or at 480-898-5630 or follow @greg_macafee on Twitter

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As a junior, Jonny Bowles helped the Chandler High School Wolves reach the Class 6A state championship.

Many teachers are doing sacred work, so let’s support them

BY RABBI SUSAN SCHANERMAN Tribune Guest Writer

Ihave the opportunity to work with middleschool teachers at my weekday job.

Talk about sacred work.

In an era where so much is expected of educators, it is sometimes difficult to imagine that there are folks who pursue a career in education.

And yet, our schools boast teachers who exude passion and enthusiasm for their students, their curriculum and their communities.

Teachers who face students with different abilities, motivations and myriad learning issues and family dynamics; teachers who design creative and engaging lessons daily for multiple classes; who use difficult technology to enhance student learning; who keep detailed paperwork and grades; who coach and sponsor clubs; who spend precious time listening to students in need.

Teachers who work 10- to 12-hour days ensuring that our kids have a meaningful and productive educational experience. Teachers who often make the difference between a child who learns and moves forward and a child who struggles and remains behind.

As the school year begins, I think we might all join in supporting the sacred

work performed by our educators.

I don’t mean “sacred” in the sense of religious. Rather, “sacred” work in that the individual’s spirit joins with his/her mind and body to effect growth, change, and positive outcome in a sustaining and generous way.

Parents can offer sacred gestures of their own through a kind email or card or message left on voicemail, a donation of needed supplies to the classroom, participation in the PTO, or attendance at school sporting events or concerts or fundraisers.

For those without school-age children, supporting educational issues at the ballot box and with your legislators, designating your grocery card to support a particular school or donating your time at a volunteer reading program all send your own sacred message to our schools.

We all have had teachers in the past who went beyond the expected to the remarkable. Teachers whom we credit with aspects of who we are today. Teachers we will never forget.

The best teachers in our lives shine with a glow that makes us feel special in their presence.

And, there are teachers just like that in our community today. Working hard to make a difference for children. Stepping up to a challenge that most of us would choose to forgo. Doing what is sacred.

– Rabbi Susan Schanerman is spiritual leader of Congregation NefeshSoul. Information: nefeshsoul.org

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SUNDAY, AUG. 27

TEEN GRAFFITI EVENT

Teens are encouraged to come together to paint a large board with inspiring messages. A professional graffiti artist then will bring it all together with a message on top. The finished work will grace a lounge for CTeen, a Jewish teen club.

DETAILS>> 6-7:30 p.m., Chabad of the East Valley, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. Free. RSVP to rabbi.t@ chabadcenter.com or text 347-241-7089. Information: 480-855-4333 or chabadcenter.com.

MEN OF EMANUEL BLOOD DRIVE

United Blood Services will be conducting a blood drive at Temple Emanuel of Tempe. Register at bloodhero. com using “TempleEmanuel” as sponsor code. DETAILS>> 8 a.m.-noon, 5801 S. Rural Road. Information: 602-565-3492.

COMMUNITY BBQ

Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life and the Chandler Jewish Preschool are holding their Fourth Anniversary Community BBQ. The event will provide a forum for parents to ask questions about the various programs, to meet teachers and experience our unique educational environment.

DETAILS>> 5- 6:30 p.m., 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. Information and RSVP: 480-855-4333 or chabadcenter.com.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 7

BETH MOORE BIBLE STUDY

St. Peter Lutheran Church is hosting a Beth Moore Bible Study for 11 weeks. “To Live Is Christ” is a study on the Apostle Paul.

DETAILS>> 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays, starting Sept. 7. St. Peter Church is at 1844 East Dana Ave., Mesa. Information: 480-833-4398.

THURS-FRI, SEPT. 21-22

HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES

Chabad of Mesa will conduct High Holiday services for Rosh Hashanah. There is no charge or membership, no background or affiliation necessary, and the services are open for all. Services are traditional and contemporary with entertaining stories and short sermons.

DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m., Chabad Jewish Center of Mesa, 941 S. Maple. Information: chabadmesa.com, chabadmesa@gmail.com, 480-659-7001.

FRI-SAT, SEPT. 29-30

YOM KIPPUR SERVICES

Chabad of Mesa will conduct Yom Kippur services at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Phoenix-Mesa/Chandler in Mesa, open to all. Services are traditional and contemporary.

DETAILS>> 6 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. Saturday; 1600 S. Country Club Drive. Information: chabadmesa.com, chabadmesa@gmail.com, 480-659-7001.

SUNDAYS

HEBREW SCHOOL

Registration has opened for Chabad Hebrew School at the Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life. Classes will teach children ages 5-13 about Jewish heritage, culture and holidays.

DETAILS>> Classes will be held 9:30 a.m.-noon at 875

N. McClintock Drive, Chandler, beginning Sept. 10. To tour the facility or register, call 480-855-4333 or email info@chabadcenter.com.

VALOR CHRISTIAN OUTLINES MISSION

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

DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Thursdays. 3015 E. Warner Road. Information: valorcc.com.

NEW CHURCH IN MESA

The Rev. Albert Bolden leads the Lawrence Memorial A.M.E.Z. Church in Mesa.

DETAILS>> Sunday school at 9 a.m., worship at 10 a.m., 931 E. Southern Ave., Suite 108. Information: 480393-3001, tlmchurch.info@gmail.com.

HORIZON SEEKS YOUNG PEOPLE

High school and middle school students meet to worship and do life together.

DETAILS>> 4 p.m. at Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane. 480-460-1480 or joel@horizonchurch. com.

UNITY OFFERS A PATH

Unity of Mesa says its Sunday service offers “a positive path for spiritual living” through “transformational lessons, empowering music and various spiritual practices with an open-minded and welcoming community.”

DETAILS>> 9 a.m. Spiritual Discussion Group and Meditation Practices Group. 10:15 a.m. Celebration Service. 2700 E. Southern Ave., Mesa. Nursery available for infants through kindergarten at service times. Youth ministry classes are open in the Education Annex at 10:15 a.m. Information: 480-892- 2700, unityofmesa.org, lori@unityofmesa.org.

SUNDAY CELEBRATION SERVICE

Inspirational messages and music to lift your spirit. A welcoming community committed to living from the heart. Many classes and events offered. We welcome you!

DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Sundays at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480-7921800, unityoftempe.com.

KIDS CAN LEARN JEWISH LIFE

Children can learn and experience Jewish life. Chabad Hebrew School focuses on Jewish heritage, culture and holidays.

DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m. to noon, for children ages 5-13 at Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. 480-855-4333, info@chabadcenter.com, or chabadcenter.com.

MONDAYS

PROSPERITY RECIPES AT UNITY

Internationally known speaker and author, Maureen G. Mulvaney brings back her Prosperity Recipes class series to Unity of Tempe on Monday evenings. Cost: $10 per session

DETAILS>> 6:15-8:15 p.m., Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480-792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

Wild Horse Pass top chef juggles kitchen, office work

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

Ronald “Chip” Romig Jr. is as comfortable with a spreadsheet and calculator as he is with a frying pan and spatula. He has to be.

As executive chef for Wild Horse Pass Casino, he ultimately is responsible for all the gaming complex’s restaurants, from the highend Shula’s Steak House to the food court.

One minute he might be presiding over a menu-planning meeting, the next tasting the latest dishes his team developed.

“For me, it’s really a 24-hour-a-day job,” he said. “The phone on my nightstand rings all night long. There are closing reports every night… And if something happens, like a power failure, God forbid, I get the call.”

“I just don’t spend time in the kitchen,” Romig noted. “I actually do have office work.”

Before he got his position in February 2014, Romig pretty much fed people in a wide variety of settings, gradually taking on the office work in addition to kitchen responsibilities.

He’s worked for small restaurants and boutique hotels from Florida to Philadelphia on the East Coast, served as chef for the Disney complex in Orlando and even oversaw meal preparation for the San Diego Chargers, their support personnel (from cheerleaders to sportswriters) and the fans who showed up at their stadium.

The Philadelphia native, who grew up next door to the late New Year’s Eve host and “American Bandstand” icon Dick Clark and near the home of TV personality Ed McMahon, didn’t start out in the kitchen.

The son of a surgeon and a physican whose brother and sister are also doctors, Romig for a time worked in a hospital operating room, taking care of instruments during surgeries.

Then, finally motivated by the memories of his grandmother’s cooking, he made the leap to culinary school and got his first job cracking string beans for a small restaurant and ending up at a restaurant outside Philly where he served stars like Robert Goulet, Harvey Korman and Tim Conway.

“I’ve been to a lot of great places,” he said.

Dover sole was one of his first dishes he prepared as a chef, though he recalls as a youngster how his grandfather gave him a box of Chef Boyardee pizza mix and told him to have at it.

Now he ensures that Wild Horse visitors enjoy their lunches, dinners or brunches..

“It’s all about time management,” the cheerful chef remarked. “My time is split up between this restaurant and that restaurant.”

His time is also split among a number of duties, both in the kitchen and the office.

“I am in charge of everything food,” he said. “I am involved with ordering, watching over production. I oversee each of the executive chefs at each restaurant. I have biweekly meetings to discuss menu development, special menus, events.”

Despite his busy schedule, Romig makes sure he spends time with all his staff, whether they be cooks, servers or food preparers.

“I’m in every single kitchen every single day, whether it’s to watch dinner or lunch service or graveyard in the cafe,” he explained.

“I’m pretty hands-on. It shows my team members I am just not a figurehead. I’m also involved with their lives. It makes for great teamwork.”

His baby is Shula’s, an eightyear presence at Wild Horse that is part of the high-end chain started by Don Shula, the legendary Miami Dolphins coach who in 1972 guided the only NFL team with an undefeated season – a record it still holds today.

Though Shula’s corporate office dictates menus and recipes – and runs its own slaughterhouses – Romig still finds time to visit the slaughter operation in Las Vegas to watch how butchers cut meat to the exacting standards developed by the

chain’s parent office.

He looks at meat in a variety of ways: “Vision, taste, texture.” Indeed, he approaches most of his dishes with those three characteristics in mind.

That attention to detail has paid off: For the sixth consecutive year, Shula’s at Wild Horse Pass has won the Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Awards.

It also has won a Readers Choice Award as one of the top 100 steak houses in the country – a big deal when you consider there are about 25,000 of them in the U.S.

And he talks with enthusiasm about Shula’s entrees, warning dinner guests that they should expect an experience that properly should take about two hours and 15 minutes to allow for cart presentations, adequate preparation of the meat and time for it to rest after being cooked.

Though he calls his

job “a labor of love,” he cautions: “It’s not for the faint of heart.”

Young chefs face a long, hard climb through the industry ranks, he noted.

That’s a lesson the programs on the Food Network might not teach enough.

“I interview young culinarians and they expect to be this Food Network star and make a million dollars,” he said. “This is a lot of work.”

Reservations: 520-796-1972, or OpenTable. com.

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Shula’s Steak House at Wild Horse Pass Casino offers a quiet retreat for diners looking for quality food and an intimate atmosphere.

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The surf ‘n turf at Shula’s Steak House includes grilled scallops and filet mignon.

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Ronald “Chip” Romig Jr., executive chef for Wild Horse Pass Casino, holds two scrumptious dishes from Shula’s Steak House, a dinner salad and a burger made from three cuts of beef.

Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame honors three groups

BY MARSHALL TERRILL GETOUT Contributor

It’s a long way to the top of you wanna rock ‘n’ roll, as AC/DC famously sang in the 1970s.

Now, three Valley-based musical acts and a theater in the round have found their way to the top, and they were enshrined at the Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix, last week.

The Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame inducted Nils Lofgren, Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms and the Celebrity Theatre as part of its class of 2017.

“There are many people who are deserving of this. It’s a nice honor and I’ll take it,” said Nils Lofgren, a Valley

around.”

resident since 1996, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. “Sounds like it’ll be a wonderful night all the way

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‘My Favorite Monster’ Exhibit

Experience the whimsical side of monsters at the i.d.e.a. Museum. Through fun art and hands-on activities, “My Favorite Monster” looks at the popularity of these imaginative creatures in pop culture and their roles in storytelling.

DETAILS>> Times vary, through Sunday, Sept. 10. i.d.e.a. Museum, 150 W. Pepper Place, Mesa. Tickets: $9. 480.644.5552. ideamuseum.org.

East Valley Chorale

The Christian chorale rehearses weekly in Chandler, and performs regularly in surrounding communities. The East Valley Chorale is under the leadership of director Bruce Cochran.

DETAILS>> v5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20. College View Baptist Church, 1810 S. Longmore, Mesa. 480-540-4238. eastvalleychorale.org.

Eclipse watching

Mesa Community College is hosting eclipse-watching events at its Red Mountain and Southern and Dobson campuses. At Red Mountain, there will be concessions, free solar viewers, demonstrations and solar eclipse information. Meanwhile, the school at Southern and Dobson will have eclipse-viewing telescopes set up and free planetarium shows.

DETAILS>> 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Aug. 21. Mesa Community College Red Mountain Campus, Saguaro Building Lobby, 7110 E. McKellips Road, Mesa. Tickets: Free. 480-461-7015. mesacc.edu. 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Aug. 21. Mesa Community College Southern and Dobson Campus, Clocktower Courtyard, 1833 E. Southern Ave., Mesa. Tickets: Free. 480-461-7015. mesacc.edu

Rancid and Dropkick Murphys

Co-headlining the From Boston to Berkeley Tour, Rancid and Dropkick Murphys will perform separate sets and then come together for an encore. Special guests are The Selecter and Kevin Seconds. DETAILS>> 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22. Rawhide Western Town and Event Center,

Diving headfirst into a solo career at just 17 years old, Lofgren released more than 20 albums in a career that spans a half-century. He continues to make new music and will release “Blind Date Jam,” an experimental record with local musicians, in a few months.

“It’s really a calling,” Lofgren said. “It’s something that no matter of how sick and tired I am, you’re so excited that people are coming to see you.”

The ceremony included live performances by each of the artists and presentations by guest speakers. Fox 10 TV’s John Hook and Kari Lake emceed the event.

“It seems only fitting that we hold our induction ceremony at this historic venue,” said Mark Myers, Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame president. “To have these three acts come and play on the same stage on the same night is astounding.

AMEHOF is a nonprofit organization created to recognize and honor the contributions of musicians, entertainers

5700 W. North Loop Road, Chandler. Tickets $35.50-$36.99. 480-502-5600. rawhide.com, luckymanonline.com.

‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’

Check out the biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors, featuring lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

DETAILS>> Times vary, Friday, Aug. 25-Saturday, Oct. 7. Hale Centre Theatre, 50 W. Page Ave., Gilbert. Tickets: $20-$32. 480497-1181. haletheatrearizona.com.

Jessica Fichot Band

While her hometown is Paris, Jessica Fichot draws musical influences from her multi-ethnic French/Chinese/American upbringing. Backed by her band, Fichot brings a fusion of styles and languages and promises numbers ranging from gypsy jazz to exotic rumbas, combined original songs and pop classics from Hong Kong.

DETAILS>> 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25. Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler. Tickets: Free. 480782-2680. chandercenter.org.

and individuals who have impacted Arizona history and culture. Since 2002, they’ve honored more than 85 inductees, including Alice Cooper, Stevie Nicks, Wayne Newton, Linda Ronstadt and Marty Robbins.

“To be put in an institution with Marty Robbins is fine by me. I like the company,” said Cris Kirkwood, co-founder and bassist for Meat Puppets.

The Meat Puppets rose to prominence as cult icons in the early 1980s with their unique blend of punk, cowboy and psychedelia. Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain also cited the band as one of his core influences, and the two acts famously collaborated on MTV’s “Unplugged” in 1993.

Robin Wilson of the platinum-selling band Gin Blossoms, who helped put Tempe’s 1990s music scene on the map, said he’s also filled with a sense of pride.

“I’m proud of my bandmates,” Wilson said. “Proud to be from Tempe. Mostly though, I’m feeling nostalgic. We have the brass ring. We’re still together after 30 years and making music, making a living, supporting our families and doing what we want.”

Concert promoter Danny Zelisko said he’s happy to see the Celebrity Theatre get star billing of its own.

“This is the most historic venue in the Valley where thousands of the best shows ever to tour have played,” Zelisko said. “This recognition is so deserved.”

‘Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead’ Screening

Mesa Community College brings one of National Theatre Live’s most high-profile shows of the year to Arizona. This screening of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” broadcast from London, features Daniel Radcliffe, Joshua McGuire and David Haig.

DETAILS>> 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25. Mesa Community College, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa. Tickets: $9. 480-461-7000. mesacc. edu.

Cinematic Pop

With a full orchestra and a 100-voice choir, Cinematic Pop made its mark on “America’s Got Talent” with its classical renditions of pop hits like “Everybody Wants to the Rule the World” and “More Than a Feeling.” After selling out two shows last summer, the crew returns to perform songs from its latest album and new arrangements.

DETAILS>> 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St., Mesa. Tickets: $20-$39. 480-644-6500. mesaartscenter.com.

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The Meat Puppets, one of several groups that was inducted into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame, became cult icomns in the early 1980s.

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The Gin Blossoms, another Hall of Fame inductee, put Tempe’s music scene on the map in the 1990s.

Fall youth productions ramping up in the East Valley

BY MELODY BIRKETT Get Out Contributor

As classrooms emptied at the end of the school year, summer youth theater camps filled. Students of all ages spent hot summer days indoors singing, dancing and acting in musical theater performances. Now that school is starting again, fall programs are on the way.

Baker Performing Arts

Baker Performing Arts is a large children’s theater program in Gilbert, with about 600 students participating at a given time.

Throughout the school year, it offers musical theater camps during the fall, winter, spring and summer school breaks for ages 5 through 14.

“Our six non-audition musical casts start rehearsals in August with Disney’s ‘101 Dalmatians Kids,’ ages 5-9, and ‘Disney’s Peter Pan Jr.,’ ages 10-17,” said Tiffany Selene, director.

She directs up to eight different musical theater productions per week.

The younger students rehearse once a week for seven weeks and perform the week of Sept. 18. The older students rehearse once a week for eight weeks and perform on Sept. 30. All performances are held in the 160seat showroom at Baker Performing Arts at SanTan Village, 2270 E. Williams Field Road, Suite 104, Gilbert.

Students may sign-up on a first-come, first-serve basis for both age groups.

“It’s exciting to see so many students participate in one of our eight different

musicals,” Selene said. “We have entire families with up to four siblings participating in the same play.”

“We do have ‘by audition only’ musicals, too,” Selene said. “These musicals are open for all ages through adults.

Recently, the group performed “A Chorus Line,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Annie” and “Madagascar.”

“It’s a great way for first-timers to get their feet wet in musical theater,” Selene said. “They even do a musical production every week at conclusion of this weekly camp.”

It’s important for youth to get involved, Selene said. “Youth should participate in theater because it gives them a fun environment for them to learn and be themselves. It’s such a rewarding experience for young students to get onstage and show off what they’ve been working on for their family and friends. They learn life lessons such as responsibility, accountability, teamwork, time management, confidence, public speaking skills and more.”

More details, including audition notices, at bakerperformingarts.com.

East Valley Children’s Theatre

Mesa-based East Valley Children’s Theatre is just wrapping up its 20th season.

“We offer classes year-round, seven- and eight-week classes with sessions throughout the year,” said Karen Rolston, producing artistic director.

The theater has four performance troupes; an improv troupe, an acting troupe, a musical-theater troupe, and a literature alive troupe.

Rolston described the last one as follows:

“It’s performed by home-school students; they go into the schools and present a play and a book,” Rolston said. “They take a book and make a play out of it and present it to the kids and the kids get a book. It’s to encourage kids to read.”

A technical theater program is offered for kids who want to learn backstage production.

Classes and performance troupes and main stage productions are done throughout the year.

Four separate summer camps are just wrapping up.

“The first one that comes to mind is our Imagination Theater Camp, and it was in June for kids ages 5-8,” Rolston said. “They had a theme, which was pirates, and they created a story, a little play, and music and all kinds of things around that pirate theme.”

Auditions for “King Thrushbeard” are Tuesday-Wednesday, Aug. 22-23. Fall camps start Aug. 28. More information is at evct.org or 480-756-3828. The rehearsal studio is at 4501 E. Main St., Mesa.

Actor’s Youth Theatre

Summer camps are wrapping up at Actor’s Youth Theater, which hosted 16 camps this session, including a Star Wars Camp, Hamilton Camp and Minecraft & Lego Camp.

“We have five vocal performing groups,” said Tracie Jones, artistic director and director of education. “We have three progroups and two pre-groups depending on commitment levels.

“This year, we’re going on tour to L.A.

and we’re also doing a New York tour this summer, where they’re actually going to perform on a Broadway stage. And I think we’re performing at Disneyland when we’re in L.A. and probably Universal Studios, as well.”

This fall, classes in acting, singing and dancing will be offered. Auditioning information is at actorsyouththeater.org or call 480-907-7050 to schedule an audition.

Actor’s Youth Theatre is at 861 N. Higley Road, Gilbert.

Studio 3 Performing Arts

Studio 3 Performing Arts offers classes in dance, voice, musical theater and acting. The company offers something for everyone, from the new performer to the seasoned veteran.

Register for fall classes at studio3arts. com. Auditions for Studio 3’s Showstoppers show choir and 3DC dance company may be scheduled by calling 480-545-1492. Studio 3 also partners with non-profit youth theater Limelight Performing Arts to produce more than 10 Broadway-style shows each season.

Auditions are forthcoming for the 2017-18 productions, including “Side Show,” “The Lion King Jr.” and “Elf Jr.” Visit limelightyouththeater.org.

(Special to the Tribune)

A class of animated youth actors take a pause during a production of Baker Performing Arts in Gilbert.

(Special to the Tribune)

Kate Warren, left, and Devin Peele perform during a pirate-themed production of the East Valley Children’s Theatre in Mesa.

BY JAN D’ATRI

Tribune Contributor

How does comfort food

Southwest-style sound?

This green chile chicken casserole is perfect for Sunday Supper or a makeahead-and-freeze-for-later dinner.

It’s a favorite dish in the Kerr Dairy Farm kitchen! Arizona dairy farmers Bill and Sine Kerr have had their dairy farm in Buckeye, Arizona through fourgenerations, and this scrumptious and hearty recipe has been passed along through the ages.

BY JAN D’ATRI

King Crossword

BY JAN D’ATRI Tribune Contributor

AFN Contributor

By the way, we’re right in the middle of Hatch chile season, so this dish is a great way to take advantage of one of the Southwest’s edible treasures. If not, a can of green chile works just as well. Thanks, Kerr family, for a tasty dish for supper tonight!

LIngredients for casserole:

the bottom as possible. Put the cinnamon side facing

ast week, I shared the recipe for a one-skillet chicken dish that’s perfect for Sunday supper. I’m going to top that this week with one-pan éclairs – an easy dessert that’s destined to be one of your new favorite treats!

4 cups cooked, shredded chicken (4-5 thighs or breasts or 1 large rotisserie chicken)

2 cups homemade cream of chicken soup or 2 cans cream of chicken soup

1/2 cup milk

This pan of sweet goodness really does taste like an éclair, and it’s about as foolproof as it gets. To see how it all comes together, check out my one-minute kitchen video: jandatri.com/recipes/one-pan-eclaircake/?category_id=384

1 cup sour cream

4 oz. (1/2 package) cream cheese

1/2 cup diced fresh roasted green chiles or (7-10 oz.) canned green chiles

Ingredients:

1 cup green chile enchilada sauce

1/2 cup green onions, chopped 2 cups grated cheese

cheddar or combination)

In a mixing bowl, combine one box of pudding with 1 cup of milk and then add 4 ounces of the whipped topping. Mix with whisk or fork for about 2 minutes. Pour pudding mixture on top of crackers, covering the entire area.

Ingredients for homemade Cream of Chicken Soup

Next, put down another row of crackers. Again, in a mixing bowl combine the other box of pudding with 1 cup of milk and then add the remaining 4 ounces of the whipped topping. Mix with whisk or fork for about 2 minutes.

1 1/2 cups chicken broth

1 cup milk, divided 1/3 cup flour

Now pour the pudding mix over the crackers and spread evenly over the area.

Salt, pepper or seasons like garlic salt to taste

1 (3.4 oz.) box of instant vanilla pudding

Directions:

1 (3.4 oz.) box of instant French vanilla pudding

1 (8 oz.) tub of whipped topping (such as Cool Whip)

Place another row of crackers, this time with the cinnamon facing down.

1 box of cinnamon graham crackers

1 (16 oz.) tub of chocolate fudge frosting (preferred: Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Chocolate Fudge Frosting)

Take the lid and foil off of the frosting and microwave on high for about 30 seconds or until the frosting is just liquid enough to pour out of the tub.

Make cream of chicken soup. In a medium saucepan, combine chicken broth and 1/2 cup milk. Bring to a boil. In a small bowl whisk together flour, 1/2 cup milk and seasonings until thickened. To avoid lumps, sprinkle flour into milk slowly and whisk briskly.

2 cups of milk

Pour frosting on top of crackers and spread evenly across top.

Pour flour mixture into the saucepan with broth mixture and cook over low heat, whisking often. Continue to simmer and stir for 10 minutes. Note: If you choose to use canned cream of chicken soup, heat in medium saucepan.

Place shredded chicken on bottom of 9” x 13” baking dish.

Place in fridge for 24 hours so the crackers have time to become soft.

Directions:

In a 13x9 dish, line the bottom with a single row of crackers, breaking them as needed to fill as much of

Cut into squares and serve cold. Serve plain or with dollop of whipped cream and strawberry garnish. Serving size, approximately 8-12.

To the cream of chicken soup, 1/2 cup milk, sour cream, cream cheese, green chiles, enchilada sauce and green onion. Mix to combine, and cook for 2-3 minutes. Pour over the chicken. Top with the shredded cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until bubbly. Serve over cooked rice.

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VAN BOGART, Hunter Lee

Hunter Lee Van Bogart, 23, passed away due to

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Hunter is survived by his parents, three brothers, Cody (Jonathan) Van Bogart of Las Vegas, N V , Brett Lewis of Chandler, Ariz , and Michael Long of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; A sister, Marissa Lewis of Chandler, Ariz ; his grandparents, Ruthann Van Bogart of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Zoretta Hernandez of Las Vegas, N V , John and Barbara Lewis of Waterloo, Iowa, and Perry and Becky Arnold of Webster City, Iowa, his beloved pets, Chloe and Disco; and several aunts, uncles, cousins and friends

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Dennis Van Bogart; his maternal grandfather, Jesse G Hernandez, Jr ; and an uncle, Jesse G Hernandez, III

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Losing Hunter has been extremely difficult for his family, but they are comforted by and thankful for the outpouring of condolences from the numerous friends and family Hunter’s life touched It’s not how long he was with us, but the impact he had on us while he was alive Hunter has gone home and is now at peace in the arms of our Lord

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Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Mesa, Arizona will conduct a public hearing on August 31, 2017 at 7:30 a m at the Mesa City Council Lower Council Chambers, located at 57 E 1st Street, Mesa, AZ 85201, to hear evidence on the Charge of Conduct Con-

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