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Good news on the new home front EV millennials driving new trend toward home ownership

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

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illennials as a whole may have put off home buying longer than those who came before them, but market trends show that the largest generation in history is beginning to warm to the idea of home ownership.

Chandler and Gilbert are uniquely poised to take advantage of this market shift, said Realtor Mindy Jones Nevarez, one of the agents behind ChandlervsGilbert. com, a website that provides comparison information for people considering a move to either of the two communities.

Older millennials – people ages 27 to 36 – made up 28 percent of home buyers in the country in 2016. That ties them with Gen Xers for the largest representative share of total home buyers last year, according to the National Association of Realtors Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends Report 2017.

Add in younger millennials, which made up 6 percent of buyers, and the demographic group as a whole represented the largest demographic of home buyers in 2016, according to the report.

The ChandlervsGilbert website is a collaborative project by Nevarez’s Amy Jones Real Estate Group See

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(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer)

A pocket park with play facilities just behind some houses highlights the family-friendly nature of the Eastmark development. The east Mesa development is the sixth best-selling master-planned community in the country.

Sales pace picks up at Eastmark, now 6th nationally

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

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combination of new housing offerings and an unexpected upturn in sales has made Eastmark the sixth best-selling master-planned community in the country and the top-selling community in Arizona for the third straight year.

DMB’s east Mesa development accounted for over 665 home sales by Sept. 1, according to RCLCO Real Estate Advisor’s Mid Year Report. That is more than the number of homes sold there in all of 2016.

“This is clearly a surprise,” Eastmark General Manager Dea

McDonald said. “We saw trends that suggested we were going to see a better year than last year, but not in this capacity.”

In 2016, Eastmark ranked 11th nationally on the RCLCO Mid Year Report.

One major factor contributing to the 2017 sales boom is choice.

The development currently has multiple builders and home models at different price points that buyers can choose from.

“It is the biggest abundance of choices we have had since we opened,” Eastmark Director of Marketing Garilyn Bourgeois said.

When the community opened, home prices hovered

in the mid-$300,000 range and largely attracted first-time and second-time “move-up buyers,” McDonald said.

Now, homes in Eastmark start in the low-$200,000s and builders are seeing interest from more first-time home buyers. This year, Eastmark also features homes that qualify for FHA loans for the first time.

“There are (attractions for) different age groups and price ranges,” said Dee Schippel, Arizona Association of Realtors Region 4 vice president. “It is family oriented and has provisions for every generation.”

McDonald also points out that See

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Liberal Gun Club members like shooting down stereotypes

BY RALPH ZUBIATE Tribune Managing Editor

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iberals. Guns. Two words that don’t seem to go together.

But to members of the Liberal Gun Club, it’s a natural pairing, one born of a commitment to civil rights.

“We support every civil right for every single person,” said Lara Smith, a California lawyer and spokeswoman for the Liberal Gun Club national group, which was represented earlier this summer at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in Mesa.

“I think everybody should be able to carry. It’s a woman’s right.”

That support does put her at odds with some of her liberal friends.

“They’re like, ‘How can you support the Second Amendment?’ And I go, ‘How can you not?’”

Her stance is an enigma to her friends.

“A friend of a friend told me, ‘You’re not a real liberal!’ Yeah, I really am! I voted for Hillary and everything.”

Smith said she understands why she gets this response.

“The Second Amendment has become very political,” she said. “I’ve said the National Rifle Association is way more effective at getting guns out of people’s hands. It’s just horrendous.”

Meanwhile, Smith shoots.

“I shoot competitively and for fun,” she said. “I shoot .22s, 9mm, a shotgun for clays. Shooting clays, 8½-inch ceramics, out of the sky is fun.”

Brandon Cox, a Mesa member of the club, also finds himself between the two extremes in Arizona: gun-hating liberals and conservative gun owners.

“It’s a tricky thing to navigate,” he

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Lara Smith, a California lawyer and spokeswoman for the Liberal Gun Club national group, holds a shotgun. "Shooting clays, 8½-inch ceramics, out of the sky is fun," she says.

said. “I try not to participate in political conversations. It’s a strange confluence, to be sure, but this intersection of the Venn diagram is where many members of the LGC exist.”

Cox works for a company that stages live events. In his off time – “I’m lucky if I get to go shooting every six weeks” – he’s an advocate of firearms.

“Many liberals don’t understand guns – they’re scary,” he said. “I understand that. But we’re not going to put the cat back in the bag. At this point, there are more firearms in the U.S. than people.

So, we need to work to make it better instead of wishing it would go away.”

Cox was a liberal before he was a gun owner.

“I met a guy, and went to a shooting range with him. I never had before,” he said. “It was an eye-opener. Everybody was just having fun. That changed my mind about firearms.”

Cox now is a hunter and shooter, but doesn’t belong to the NRA. He’s less worried about the politics of guns, as a self-described social liberal and fiscal conservative.

“Both sides – liberals and gun owners – have a reputation for being singleissue voters. I’m not like that,” he said. “I care about social issues, too, like health care and gay rights.”

Like Smith, he also sees gun ownership as a civil rights issue.

“Why not see firearms (Special to the Tribune) ownership as a means to hold Brandon Cox of Mesa says visiting a gun range with a friend on to civil rights?” he asks. turned him into a hunter and shooter.

The Liberal Gun Club has a gun-safety curriculum, with classes on issues such as conceal-carry laws.

“The more people who are educated about firearms, the better,” Cox said.

Smith says she is seeing more liberals open up to firearms.

“Friends who have never before been interested want to go to the range to be taught,” she said.

“They don’t want to see a civil liberty taken away. Now that we’re talking about restricting a civil right, what’s the next one they’re going to take?”

Smith said Democrats’ obsession with restricting gun rights is misguided.

“The problem isn’t the guns; the problem is the violence,” she said.

“California and Texas are the states most similar in size. California has some of the strictest gun laws, and Texas is loosest. But California has a higher murder rate.”

She thinks elections are being lost over gun-control stances.

“I’ve told Democrats, if you would drop this issue, you would win. You are losing people over the Second Amendment issue.

“Having said that, I think our mission is education on both the Second Amendment and gun safety and gun ownership, on being a responsible gun owner. If you’re going to do this, you need to know how. I don’t think anybody should carry without training. You have to know the basics,” Smith said.

“That’s really the goal of our group, but also to have fun.”

Information: theliberalgunclub.com.

– Contact Ralph Zubiate at 480-898-6825 or rzubiate@timespublications.com.

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MILLENNIALS

from page 1

and Merrill Jencks’ Big Helper Real Estate Group and is geared toward younger home buyers in particular because they are more apt to look online for information.

East Valley millennials, who have gravitated toward rentals in recent years and helped spur an apartment boom throughout the Valley, are now interested in home buying due in large part to rising rents, Jencks and Nevarez said.

“Cost for rent has gone up significantly, especially in the Southeast Valley,” Nevarez said, noting millennials have “really gravitated toward renting” in the last five years.

“We are able to show them that they can spend less on a mortgage payment” than they currently spend on rent, she said.

Median apartment rents in Gilbert have gone up 3.4 percent over the past year while those in Chandler have risen 5 percent in the same span, according to Apartment List, an online rental marketplace.

Nevarez and Jencks also said that rising interest rates are spurring the members of the generation to buy homes now rather than later, when their money will not go as far.

Predictably, age also is playing a role.

EASTMARK

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Eastmark continues to attract buyers because it is one of the last master-planned communities in the East Valley.

“It is like the jewel of Mesa,” Schippel said. “It is talked about very highly and is a highly respected master-planned community.”

Eastmark’s small-town feel – a rarity in a major metropolitan area – is also a draw for potential buyers, and residents have taken a leading role in developing that by establishing clubs and traditions such as the annual planting of American flags around community parks on Memorial Day. “This is not an HOA,” McDonald said.

“This is a team of individuals that came together to foster a lifestyle within the community. We have great leaders and residents in the community who bring their experience to shape things.”

Community events include pancake breakfasts, Fourth of July fireworks and a Friday night concert series that is open to the public.

Additionally, Eastmark’s design encourages interaction among residents through a collection of public and private gathering points, most notably the

“A lot of millennials are at the age for starting families and suddenly living close to nightlife is less important,” Jencks said.

“They want to live in safe family neighborhoods and don’t want to be super-far away from work, which makes Chandler and Gilbert attractive.”

Both cities have done a good job of developing a variety of different housing, employment and entertainment opportunities while maintaining things like good schools and low crime rates that are hard to find in larger cities, Nevarez said.

The concentration of high-paying jobs in Chandler and Gilbert is another attraction for young home buyers.

Factors that historically have kept millennials from buying homes include concerns about income and debt.

In 2015, the average income of people ages 25-29 was $27,100, well below the average of $30,300 in 2000, according to Harvard University’s State of the Nation’s Housing Report 2017.

This has led millennials to put off home buying in favor of living with parents longer or opting for renting.

However, as millennials age, they should form households at rates similar to previous generations, according to the report.

With employers such as Intel, Orbital ATK, Banner Health, Go Daddy, Veri-

dents is 34.9 years old and the median overall income of the population is $75,633, according to the city.

Those incomes also work as an incentive to buy.

“In addition to soaring rental prices, there are the tax benefits,” Jencks said, noting that millennials “are getting wellpaying jobs and paying more in taxes than ever before.”

The types of homes millennials are buying run the gamut.

While many younger buyers are interested in older homes with character, there is a limited supply of them in Chandler (Gary Nelson/Special to the Tribune) and Gilbert, Jencks said.

Both Jencks and Nevarez A promotional sign advertises future homes on McQueen Road south of Loop 202 in Chandler. have seen younger buyers gravitate toward new builds and upzon, Bank of America and others, Chan- dated homes over fixer-uppers. dler and Gilbert have access to millennials “The whole idea of sweat equity is not with the incomes necessary to purchase a of interest to them,” said Jencks. “They home. would prefer to pay top dollar for a home According to the Gilbert Department of that is move-in ready.”

Economic Development, the town’s “Up They are also willing to purchase smaller and Coming Families” demographic has homes with higher-end amenities over an average age of 30.7 years and a median larger dated properties. household income of $64,000.

– Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or In Chandler, the average age of all resi- wschutsky@timespublications.com.

Eastmark welcomed the Handlebar Diner this spring.

The restaurant is adjacent to the park and is the first major food spot in the community.

DMB recently announced that Safeway has signed on to anchor Eastmark’s first major commercial development, a 15-acre project at Signal Butte Road and Point Twenty-Two Boulevard. The spot will feature the 65,000-square-foot grocery store along with an additional 135,000 square feet of retail.

DMB also is working to leverage the presence of Apple in the area to attract other employers to Eastmark, especially in technology fields.

(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) “Jobs are a focus (for us),” A worker adds finishing touches to shutters on a new home at Eastmark. Nearly 2,000 homes have been sold at McDonald said. “The more Eastmark since it opened five years ago. jobs we have, the more housoft-referenced Great Park that serves as robust buildout of retail and entertain- es we can sell.” the center of the development. ment are a few years away.

Eastmark has sold nearly 2,000 homes The planned 90-acre park is currently “As we gain more rooftops, we will get since it opened five years ago and curbuilt out to 14 acres. more traditional retail and entertain- rently contains 16 nieghborhoods and In addition to recreational amenities, ment,” McDonald said. “It is just a little homes from 11 builders. the community also is slowly attracting early, but we are not too far off from – Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or retail options, though plans for a more those things happening.” wschutsky@timespublications.com.

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Controversy follows wrestling troupe to Chandler street fest

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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n event organizer had no idea it was being offensive, or creating a controversy, when it advertised a performance by a Texas touring troupe called Extreme Midget Wrestling as part of the upcoming Rockin’ Taco Street Fest in downtown Chandler.

The troupe’s name earned the Sept. 16 event the wrong kind of notoriety when the Phoenix Chapter of the Little People of America wrote a letter of protest to Warren White, Chandler’s Americans With Disabilities Act coordinator, saying it considers midget a derogatory term and asked that word be dropped from all advertising promoting the event.

The letter also objected to the nature of the wrestling event, saying it stereotypes and demeans little people – also known medically as dwarfs, who suffer from genetic disorders – turning them into a spectacle. The little people are generally about 2 feet, 8 inches to 4 feet, 8 inches tall.

“As officers of the Little People of America organization at local, district and national levels, we condemn the use of the ‘M word,’ as it is denigrating, dehumanizing and humiliating to little people everywhere,” the letter said.

“We are committed to stop the use of the ‘M word’ wherever possible, and to raise awareness to prevent events that objectify, humiliate and denigrate Little People.”

The event organizer, HDE Agency of Phoenix, decided to drop the M-word from all advertising and promotional material after the city notified the Downtown Chandler Association, the event’s sponsor, that it had received a complaint.

“We understand there are terms that can be offensive and we don’t want to be insensitive to that,” said Matt Burdick, a city spokesman.

Although Chandler issued a permit for the event, the sponsor and organizer are ultimately responsible for the types of entertainment offered, he said.

Jen Pruett, a spokeswoman for HDE, said her company had no idea that it would offend anybody by repeating the troupe’s name in advertising. She said the troupe was a substitute for another wrestling show that was popular last year but unavailable this year.

“We have been promoting it like it’s a band that is performing,” Pruett said. “We didn’t mean to offend anyone with the wording.”’

“We’re not jerks, we get it. We are doing everything we can to correct it,” she said.

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The Phoenix Chapter of the Little People of America is protesting the Extreme Midget Wrestling show at the Rockin' Taco Street Fest, saying it's derogatory.

Pruett said her company has already paid the wrestling group in advance and has decided not to cancel the performance.

A contact person for Center Stage Entertainment, which operates the troupe, gave a brief statement before he disconnected a telephone call from a reporter.

“There’s no controversy. We’re just people trying to do a job,” the company spokesman said, adding that the little people who work as touring wrestlers are not on welfare and that the shows are fun and entertaining.

The troupe’s website said they also are

performing in Page and Globe during their tour of Arizona. The wrestlers have provocative names, such as “Baby Jesus” and “Red Neck Brawler.”

Edward Myers, president of the Valley of the Sun chapter of Little People of America, said he was pleased to see the M-word dropped from the advertising, even if he still considers the event distasteful.

“I see it as a derogatory term. It offends me,” Myers said. “I’ve found it creates an environment that is very hostile.”

– Reach Jim Walsh at 480-898-5639 or at jwalsh@timespublications.com.

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THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

THE WEEK IN REVIEW Marcos de Niza football coach diagnosed with cancer Tempe Marcos de Niza head football coach Paul

Moro has been diagnosed with lung cancer, reports say.

Last season, Moro became the winningest coach in Arizona high school football history, passing Vern Friedli. The longtime coach, whose career started at Lakeside Blue Ridge in the White Mountains, currently has 335 wins and 13 state championships.

“Paul is an amazing coach and person,” Marcos de Niza Principal Sean McDonald said. “In the short time he has been at Marcos, he has impacted several students and staff members both in the classroom and on the field.”

The Padres are 1-1 this season. Even with the recent diagnosis, the Padres will still have Moro on the sideline this season.

“It is hard to keep Coach Paul Moro down,” McDonald said. “Football is a major part of his life. It is how he impacts people. He is one special man.”

– GREG MACAFEE, TRIBUNE SPORTS EDITOR

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On Sept. 2, Anas Muraweh, 36, was arrested for trespassing after he was found in the backyard of an occupied home. Police found cash, change and checks made out to the Islamic Center of the East Valley in his car. Police then learned that the mosque had been burglarized on Sept. 1.

Video surveillance showed Muraweh forcing open donation deposit boxes to steal change, cash and checks. A second suspect, whom police are seeking to identify, walked into camera view and stood near Muraweh.

He is described as African American, in his 40s or 50s, bald and with an average build.

If you have any information on this second suspect, you are asked to call the Chandler Police Department at 480-782-4130 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS. A reward of up to $1,000 has been offered.

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Firefighter recognized for going the extra mile for veteran

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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esa firefighter Jesse Simpson, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, knew he had to do something, anything, to help “George,” a fellow veteran who had lost everything.

In May, Simpson’s crew found George sitting on a toilet in a rundown west Mesa apartment that had been heavily damaged when a maintenance crew accidentally struck a water pipe, causing a flood.

“Pieces of drywall hit him in the head.

That was the last straw. Everything was ruined,” Simpson said. “He said he suffered from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). We tried to calm him down.”

When he got off shift, Simpson bought George, a U.S. Army veteran, breakfast and emailed a list of veterans’ services to George’s daughter. That extra step of human caring earned Simpson the Arizona Fire Firefighter of the Year Award for 2017.

“I saw him as a person who has nothing,” said Simpson, 28. “He’s a person who deserves respect. I wanted to show him someone cares.”

Simpson has been a Mesa firefighter for nearly three years. Before that, he

havioral problems as a boy that often got him into trouble, praises a mentor for helping him turn his life around. He has started a nonprofit charity of his own, calmfitcomplete.org, which encourages veterans to serve as mentors. He said serving as a mentor helps veterans realize their worth to society and improves their transition from military service to civilian life.

At the same time, Simpson remembers his own struggles as a boy and wants military (Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) Mesa firefighter Jesse Simpson earned the Arizona Fire Firefighter mentors to help other of the Year Award for 2017 by caring for a fellow veteran down children in need of dion his luck. rection.

“I hope I can moserved four years in the Marine Corps, tivate other firefighters and people in where his duty included combat in Af- general to do good, to pick someone up ghanistan. He said he came from a rough when they are down,” Simpson said.

Daniel Matlick, president of the Unitupbringing in Iowa, where he often was a burden on his single mother, while she ed Fire Equipment Co. in Tucson, said the award gives exceptional firefighters struggled to raise four children.

Simpson, who admits he had some be- statewide recognition. Simpson received

the award Thursday at the opening ceremonies of the 44th Arizona State Fire School at the Mesa Convention Center.

Simpson was the 24th winner of the award, and past winners included Mark Freeman, a retired Mesa firefighter who now serves as a Mesa City Council member.

“We look for individuals that inspire and represent the good of the Arizona Fire Service,” Matlick said. “You have to do it for the love of the job, not for the paycheck. You have to be passionate.”

Simpson has no shortage of passion.

“I enjoy the chance to make a difference in people’s lives,” Simpson said.

“I think if everyone did something to pick someone up, this would be a better world.”

Deputy Mesa Fire and Medical Department Chief Forrest Smith said he is honored that a Mesa firefighter was selected for the award. He said veterans such as Simpson bring life skills with them that contribute to making them better firefighters.

“When you get people with his background and his work ethic, it carries over at work and off-duty,” Smith said.

“It reflects well on our department.”

Uber, Gateway Airport at odds, leaving drivers out of the mix

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

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ber drivers operating in Mesa will need to steer clear of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport for the foreseeable future or risk receiving a citation from Mesa police officers.

The issue stems from airport groundtransportation rule changes adopted by the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority board of directors late last year.

These rules allowed ride-sharing services to operate at the airport but required companies like Uber and Lyft to first agree to an operating agreement.

Uber has not agreed to an operating agreement with Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, but drivers with the ride-sharing service continue to operate on airport grounds.

Because of that steady activity, the airport made the decision to ask Mesa police to issue trespassing citations to Uber drivers operating at the airport beginning on Sept. 1.

(Tribune file photo)

Lyft signed an agreement with Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, but Uber has failed to follow suit.

“We want to make sure we know who is picking up and dropping off passengers at our airport,” said Ryan Smith, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway director of communications and government relations. “It is a safety issue.”

The FAA and federal statutes require businesses operating at airports to have written permission from the facility’s executive director, Smith said.

Airport operating agreements are normal. Uber has operating agreements in place at 300 airports across the country, including Phoenix Sky Harbor. Among other rules, the agreement allows Sky Harbor to charge a $3.25 fee for Uber pickups at the airport.

Lyft signed an agreement with Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport shortly after the new rules went into effect there. The

agreement includes insurance requirements and levies a $2 fee on all rides, Smith said.

It also requires Lyft to maintain certain licensing requirements and operate background checks while ensuring drivers maintain cleanliness and abide by airport rules and regulations.

“Lyft agreed almost immediately after the board passed (the new rules) and has done very well. (Lyft) drivers are doing thousands of rides a month,” Smith said.

The trespassing citations will be issued to drivers, not Uber. “(Citations) will go to the driver, which is unfortunate because they are stuck in the middle of this,” Smith said.

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and Uber have remained engaged in ongoing conversations about both entering into an agreement and communicating to drivers that they are not permitted to operate at the airport.

It is unlikely the two sides will reach an agreement in the near future, Smith said.

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THE WEEK AHEAD Healing Field honors 9/11 victims at Tempe Beach Park The 14th annual Healing Field tribute to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks will wrap up Monday, Sept. 11.

The viewing of nearly 3,000 flags continues this weekend. On Monday, a tribute ceremony at 5:46 a.m. will include a presentation of colors, music, prayer and the reading of the names of the first responders who gave their lives that day.

At 7 p.m., a candlelight vigil with music, prayer and a speaker will take place.

For more information, visit tempe.gov/HealingField.

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EV water to change in taste, odor, but is called harmless

Mesa and Tempe are alerting residents that water in those cities may taste “earthy” and smell different, but that it is nothing to worry about.

Tempe said the musty smell and taste come from compounds, called geosmin, produced by algae prevalent in deep storage reservoirs and lakes.

The algae can affect the smell and taste of drinking water but have no adverse health effects.

Mesa and Tempe say they are using carbon treatments to reduce the smell and taste. Tempe advises that running water through a refrigerator filter or a carbon filtration pitcher can improve taste. Chilling drinking water and adding lemon slices can also help.

For information and questions about Mesa water, go to mesaaz.gov/ccr or call 480-644-6461. In Tempe, go to tempe.gov/water or call 480-350-4311.

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Diagnosed with polio in high school, Tempe man never gave up en days before his first wrestling practice at the University of Iowa in 1954, 19-year-old Bob Dolphin felt achy, nauseous and couldn’t shake a throbbing headache.

Two days later, he was hospitalized. He was put in an iron lung, paralyzed from head to toe after being diagnosed with polio.

Today, Dolphin, who lives in the Friendship Village retirement complex in Tempe, looks back on his life with pride.

He’s accomplished a lot despite the fact doctors at one time never expected him to get this far.

“Every part of my body felt like it had a charley horse,” Dolphin recalled of his time in the hospital.

He couldn’t receive pain medication because it would depress his already troubled breathing.

The medical staff thought he would not make it, but he did, and after two weeks in an iron lung and five grueling months in the hospital, he gradually gained movement in parts of his body.

His arms and hands, however, were immobile – and would be for the rest of his life.

Released on Christmas Eve, a formerly assured Dolphin, who had a promising full athletic scholarship, felt gravely uncertain about his future.

“The emotional challenge was: How do I cope with this, make a living and have a

normal life?” he said.

As a less-inviting alternative to his dream of becoming a college athlete, he went to Indiana University to study accounting and finance – something he didn’t know exactly what he would do with, but figured there would be options.

Despite his diagnosis, he could walk about five miles and even swim. In school, he lived a relatively normal life, meeting his future wife, Nancy, an Indiana University nursing student.

But during class, he couldn’t raise his hand to answer questions. Participation was graded, and professors took notice, but he was sure he could find a way around it.

“When there was a slight break in discussion, I taught myself to interject, and that was hard to do, but it worked well,” he said.

He finished his undergraduate degree and received just one job offer – a benefits advisor for the Social Security Administration. It pleased him at first, but he ultimately saw it as a dead-end government job.

His professors, baffled at the single offer, gave him another one: If he taught an introductory business course, they would waive his tuition to stay and work toward an MBA. He stayed at the university and received his MBA, and then shortly after, a twist of fate landed him in Michigan State University’s doctorate of business program.

“I didn’t even know what a doctorate program in business was,” he said.

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9/11 blood drive organized by religious organizations

A 9/11 memorial blood drive will take place 2:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1950 W. Galveston, Chandler. The event is being organized by Muslims for Life, the East Valley Jewish Community Center and the LDS church.

Donors can sign up at bloodhero.com, sponsor code: Aman.

Information: 480-266-0007 or 480-7345167.

Applicants sought for spot on Mesa City Council

Mesa City Council is seeking applicants to take the council seat of ousted councilman Ryan Winkle.

The resident appointed to fill the temporary council position will serve as Mesa’s District 3 representative until a new councilmember is elected and sworn into office. Elections for a permanent District 3 councilmember will be held in August 2018, with a runoff in November 2018, if necessary.

Applications will be available online until Sept. 19 at mesaaz.gov/D3application.

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Bob Dolphin contracted polio as a teenager, but he overcame its challenges and had a successul career in higher education finance.

But he earned yet another degree and received the numerous jobs offers he couldn’t secure previously.

Florida State University wanted him as a professor of finance, and he accepted and taught there for three years. He was then asked to help in Dayton, Ohio, to build Wright State University’s School of Business.

Looking purely at his accomplishments, Dolphin is content with the path he took.

“The lovely thing about polio, of course, is that it does not affect your brain,” said Nancy. “Most people, unless they went to shake hands with him, did not realize he had any deficit whatsoever.”

Dolphin dreaded the customary handWinkle was removed Aug. 31 on the grounds that he violated the panel’s code of conduct and that he is unfit to hold public office. He was arrested for extreme DUI in Tempe on May 7.

Free sports physicals offered to high school students

Mountain Vista Medical Center & Desert Grove Family Medical are offering sports physicals for East Valley high school students, including incoming freshmen.

The physicals will take place on Saturday, Sept.

16, at Desert Grove Family Medical, 10238 E. Hampton Ave., Suite 508, Mesa. Appointments must be scheduled by calling 480-834-7546.

shake at social functions, but, again, found his way around it.

“Early on, I realized that I had to make people comfortable around me or I wasn’t going to be successful,” he said.

“When I’d be at a cocktail party and walk up to someone, the first thing they do is reach their hand out,” he said. “At first, I said, ‘I’m sorry, I have polio, I can’t reach out.”

“I don’t care how I say it – they’re embarrassed. Because what I want to do is talk about other things, not about my physical well-being or me.”

Eventually, he realized he made a mistake by saying anything at all. Now, if someone reaches to shake his hand, he looks him or her right in the eye and says, “Grab my hand.”

“Nine times out of 10, the person will reach out and grab my hand. No discussion, then we go on,” he said.

In 1981, Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, offered him a job to help restructure the school’s finances, which turned into an offer for the position of vice president.

He loved the school and the town, situated atop a mesa overlooking Durango and its 14,000-foot-tall, snow-covered peaks.

In 2004, when Dolphin retired, he noticed the almost 7,000-foot elevation straining his breathing. Dolphin and Nancy had friends in Arizona, leading them to Friendship Village.

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Chandler Police Department offers tours of Main Station

The Chandler Police Department is conducting a tour of its headquarters, the last this year.

The tours take place from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, at the department’s Main Station, 250 E. Chicago St. The public will be shown the records section, communication/dispatch center, holding cells, marked patrol vehicles, indoor shooting range and more.

The tours are for first-grade children to adults.

RSVPs are required by Thursday, Sept. 14.

Contact Crime Prevention Specialist Blanca Quezada at 480-782-4960 or email blanca. quezada@chandleraz.gov.

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Brain cancer silences Gilbert DJ/traffic reporter Jason Christopher

BY MELODY BIRKETT Tribune Contributor

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ancer has silenced traffic reporter and on-air personality Jason Christopher of Gilbert.

The 46-year-old man’s voice has not been heard on Valley airwaves since July 5, when Christopher was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer known as glioblastoma – the same type Sen. John McCain was recently diagnosed with.

Christopher started showing symptoms on June 16, when he and his wife, Kelli Tillwach, were DJs at a wedding through their business, Muscleman Music.

She said Christopher ended up hurting his shoulder, or so they thought, and was fatigued and overheated.

Days later, Christopher’s shoulder continued to bother him so he went to the doctor, who figured he pulled a nerve and ordered a foot X-ray.

After that, his condition worsened. “But he didn’t seem as concerned about it as I did and that’s not normal for him,” Tillwach said.

“And then he started sleeping a lot, taking a lot of naps. So then, finally, I brought him to the emergency room at Mercy hospital.” Again, Christopher was diagnosed with a pulled nerve in his shoulder.

Tillwach wasn’t convinced. Although her husband’s speech was fine, the left side of his body, including his left leg, started to lose function. She asked for a CT scan, but doctors never prescribed one.

“They refused,” she said. “They sent him home and a couple days later he was in a minor car accident because he had a seizure.”

A police officer called and asked whether Christopher was under the influence.

“I told the officer to put him in an ambulance and not let him drive home because strange things are happening,” Tillwach said.

Doctors at the hospital also asked whether Christopher was under the influence and also asked whether he might have hit his head in the crash due to having a seizure.

“And I said, ‘He needs a scan because something is going on,’” Tillwach said.

“And as soon as they put him in for a CT scan, they found the tumor.”

“So, they operated and got about 85 percent of the tumor on July 7,” she said. “And by the 12th, they told us it was stage 4 of Glioblastoma.”

Tillwach said her initial thoughts were that “it was just a bad dream. He’s such a health nut, works out four or five days

More inoperable cancer cells were found in the brain tissue, so Christopher started chemotherapy and radiation treatment on Aug. 21.

“Unfortunately, he has lost his voice, so he can only whisper right now,” Tillwach said. “He’s alert and he knows what he’s going through.

He’s (Special to the Tribune ) Radio personality and traffic reporter Jason Christopher of Gilbert is showing signs of suffering from brain cancer and the illness has devastated his family. short-term memory loss, but he a week, took a lot of vitamin supple- recognizes everybody. When he’s awake, ments, likes preventative measures for we have conversations, but he does sleep anything.” a lot.”

“He always worried about foods on the Christopher has been a Valley fixture for dirty list. Always tried to do things to pre- more than 20 years after working for ravent any kind of cancer because he had dio stations in Flagstaff and Roswell, New friends who have had different issues with Mexico. cancer, so he never wanted to be that perIn Phoenix, Christopher started as an son,” she added. evening disc jockey at Valley country ra-

dio station 102.5 KNIX. He later moved to mornings as a producer and sidekick for the same station.

After that, he transitioned into giving traffic reports for a cluster of iHeartMedia stations, helping Valley drivers get to and from work.

Christopher also has done numerous commercials, interviewed celebrities at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2010 and also worked a fight night event featuring Evander Holyfield.

“A lot of people knew his name. I knew his name before I personally met and started dating him,” Tillwach said.

Vicki Fiorelli, former KNIX director of marketing and promotions, said Christopher “regularly volunteered his time and always put the KNIX listener first, interacting with fans.

“He was one of the first on-air personalities who teamed up with the teacher of the week promotion, visiting Valley schools, recognizing teachers for their hard work and dedication,” she added.

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Today he lives at the health center at Friendship Village, across the street from the apartments where Nancy lives while she is not in Durango. Occasionally, he goes across the street to have meals with friends; when Nancy is in the Valley, he visits daily.

Dolphin was diagnosed in 1954, the year the life-saving vaccine was discovered, but it wouldn’t be available to the public for almost five more years. Today, the disease still exists in some developing nations, but there are global initiatives to eradicate it completely.

“The way I look at it, I’m not sure I could’ve had a more successful career,” he said. “[Polio] was a physical inconvenience, but it didn’t interfere with my successful career.”

His gratitude toward everyone and everything that has helped him shows.

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around,” Tillwach said. “He loves his kids. Everything we worked for in our lives was for our kids. It took a long time to get our kids here. We were both in our 30s when we got married, so family was first and foremost for us. Every waking minute we spent with the kids and us as a family.”

The couple have a son, Jake, 11, and a daughter, Kenzi, 9. Tillwach has tried to explain to them what’s going on.

“I’ve explained to them what cancer is.

I’ve explained that it’s in his brain and that he’s been sick, and there are going be good days and bad days. Right now, we’re seeing a lot of the bad days and we just have to have faith and be hopeful for good things to come.”

Traffic anchor Bill Henderson, who worked alongside Christopher for many years, said, “Jason is what guys would say is a great dude. He’s a family man, committed to his wife, committed to his kids.”

“I’ve received a lot of help over the years,” he said. “I can drive a car because a high school friend designed and built a foot steering system.

“I’ve driven approximately a million miles.”

Additionally, the voice-activated computer he’s had for nearly two decades and his new Amazon Alexa device help him use today’s technology hands-free.

“But the most profound help I’ve had is from my wife,” he said. “Can you imagine being married to someone 23 years old whose arms don’t work?”

Last summer, Dolphin and Nancy celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary.

“All these years, she’s never wavered or hesitated to support me,” he said.

Throughout Dolphin’s life, one of his favorite quotes and mantra to live by comes from Teddy Roosevelt, who was diagnosed with polio at age 30: “Do what you can with what you have where you are.”

Traffic anchor Steve Trella, who has known Christopher for almost 15 years, echoed Henderson’s description.

And he feels helpless.

“When something like this happens, it shakes you to your personal core because you start asking ‘How could this happen to this person?’” Trella said.

“It’s really heartbreaking and hurtful. The best thing myself and all of his friends can do is pray for him and support he and his family as best we can.”

The family has set up an account on gofundme.com account in the name of Jason Christopher.

“The biggest struggle with this type of cancer that he has is that he can’t work,” said Henderson. “He’s lost a tremendous amount of income.”

The family is living off their savings and donations.

“This is such a heinous disease and it can be just all consuming, not just emotionally but financially,” Trella said. “To cure this thing, it isn’t cheap. Health insurance of any kind doesn’t cover all the cost to try and fight this disease.”

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Tempe firm wins contract for construction of border wall prototype

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Tempe company was one of four firms named last week to build the first prototypes of President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico, Customs and Border Patrol officials announced.

The contracts awarded to Fisher Industries of Tempe and the other three firms call for them to complete sections of concrete wall 30 feet long and 18-30 feet high within 30 days after construction begins, possibly in the next few weeks. The prototypes will be built near San Diego.

Acting CBP Deputy Commissioner Ronald Vitiello, who announced the awards, said each contract is worth between $400,000 and $500,000.

Fisher Industries President Thomas Fisher said in a brief statement that the company was “extremely excited and grateful” to be selected.

“Fisher Sand & Gravel operations in the Southwest gives firsthand knowledge of the terrain and landscape of the territory and the challenges that come with them,” Fisher said in the emailed statement.

The prototypes are the first of many steps the Trump administration is taking to fulfill the president’s campaign promise

The border “enforcement zone” between rural areas of the U.S. and Mexico would be similar to those in urban areas, according to an artist’s sketch released by border officials. The first contracts for wall prototypes were released this week.

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to “build a wall” that he has promised Mexico will ultimately pay for – even though Mexican officials have repeatedly said they will not.

Vitiello said Congress included $20 million in the fiscal 2017 budget to fund the wall prototypes. Contracts for wall prototypes other than concrete are

expected to be awarded within the next few weeks.

But long-term funding for a border wall – which could cost $21.6 billion in one Department of Homeland Security estimate, much more according to critics – is still up in the air. Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget request asks for $1.6 billion to begin construction for the wall and another $1 billion for border security technology.

Democrats have vowed to fight funding for the wall, even though House Republicans were able to add language to a defense bill to include $1.6 billion for wall projects in Texas and California.

Trump is adamant on getting funding, threatening a government shutdown if Congress does not find room in the budget.

“If we got to shut down our government, we are building that wall,” Trump said at a Phoenix rally Aug. 22. “The American people voted for immigration control.

That’s one of the reasons I’m here, and that is what the American people deserve, and they’re going to get it.”

The other three contract winners Thursday for concrete prototypes were Caddell Construction of Montgomery, Alabama, Texas Sterling Construction of Houston and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co. of Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Mesa creates redevelopment zones to reverse blight

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

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n its latest efforts to redevelop land surrounding the city’s downtown core, the Mesa City Council took a significant step toward creating the East and West Redevelopment Areas that would give the city tools to attract investment to blighted areas.

The redevelopment areas will allow the city to take advantage of tax breaks and other incentives aimed at attracting investment and infill development of vacant properties to the designated areas.

At the Aug. 21 city council meeting, the council formally adopted resolutions

recognizing the necessity of the redevelopment areas and approving an expansion of the Central Business District to include those areas.

Rather than adhere to specific northsouth and east-west boundaries, the maps of each area snake in and out of neighborhoods, commercial districts and old industrial zones to the east and west of downtown Mesa.

The West Redevelopment Area roughly includes select land parcels surrounding Main Street west of Country Club Drive.

The East Redevelopment Area includes land parcels surrounding Main Street to the east of downtown and west of Gilbert Road.

The boundaries have to be contiguous to other redevelopment areas, and the light rail corridor was used as a guide in creating the oddly shaped districts, Mesa economic development director Bill Jabjiniak said at a city council study session.

In order to qualify as an RDA, these zones must exhibit a predominance of blighted conditions, as defined by Arizona laws governing redevelopment areas.

This includes visual and non-visual blight, such as building deterioration, excessive trash, fire hazards, graffiti, restricted access, inadequately sized parcels and crime, according to project overviews prepared by the city and presented to the public.

According to a study conducted by Matrix Design Group for the city, 56.4 percent of the parcels in the West Development Area are considered blighted. These parcels account for 80.5 percent of the total land in the area.

The East Redevelopment Area contains 57.2 percent blighted parcels that account for 51.5 percent of the total land area in the zone.

“That doesn’t mean it’s a slum and needs to be demolished,” Matrix Design Group consultant Felipe Zubia said at the study session.

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residential housing, strip malls and dated industrial sites.

The decision to move forward with the redevelopment areas has some citizens concerned about eminent domain issues.

They brought up these concerns at public hearings in late June and a City Council study session on Aug. 16.

“It’s been stated that there will not be eminent domain,” Mesa resident William Frost said. “But what happens if some property owners fix up their property and others do not?”

Former councilmember Ryan Winkle, who until recently represented the area affected by the redevelopment plans, had said some citizens remember the fallout of the infamous Bailey’s Brakes case, in which the city attempted to seize a business owner’s land for redevelopment.

The courts ultimately sided with the business owner in that case.

Despite those reservations, Winkle acknowledged the need for some form of redevelopment in the area.

“I drove these areas on the maps and they definitely need some help,” Winkle said at the study session before his ouster from the council on Aug. 31.

Mesa City Manager Chris Brady said that these projects generally involve commercial properties whose property owners have approached the city with redevelopment plans.

“It’s something the city would never compel. It’s essentially a tool,” Brady said.

A public presentation prepared by the city states that the plans will not involve eminent domain or the loss of personal

property.

According to the city’s presentation, the plan is focused on improving the quality of life for residents by encouraging reinvestment in the areas surrounding downtown and prompting infill redevelopment of vacant properties.

The redevelopment areas could result in increased property values for property owners, according to the presentation.

The adoption of redevelopment areas will give the city access to various tools to incentivize commercial redevelopment, including the Government Property Lease Excise Tax Program, also known as GPLET. GPLET is a controversial development tax incentive established by Arizona in 1996. It allows developers to hand over ownership of a property to the city in order to temporarily replace a project’s property tax burden with a lower excise tax. GPLET also allows the city to provide an eight-year abatement of that excise tax.

In order to qualify for a GPLET, a project must be within a city’s Central Business District and a redevelopment area.

Mesa has added all four of its existing and potential RDAs to its Central Business District in order to maximize the benefits of the GPLET by making all areas eligible for the benefits of the program rather than signaling out one zone, Jabjiniak said.

As city develops the specifics of the redevelopment plans it will rely on feedback from business owners, residents and developers in order to determine the other federal, state and local development incentives to include in the plan.

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

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The NFL season has come – and now I must be going

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

In an age when questioning the other guy’s patriotism has become America’s favorite sport, this admission may very well put me on the other side of that “big beautiful wall” our president likes to tweet about.

At the very least, I expect a knock on the door tomorrow. On my porch? Two face-painted bros in Arizona Cardinals jerseys and full sleeve tattoos come to revoke my Man Card.

Still, it needs to said, especially today, on what has become an unofficial holiday for what feels like the whole country: the first Sunday of regular season National Football League action.

Yawn. Whatever. Insert throat-clearing noise here.

The NFL holds for me all the interest of one of those endless “Fast & Furious” sequels. There’s lots of screeching, shrieking, smashing and spectacle, all to little effect. I know I’m supposed to tailgate, pound a Bud, toss down a brat and salute the genius of Cardinals coach

Bruce Arians, but I can’t get there.

Call me a wuss. Call me a pinko traitor. Confiscate my big screen TV. But somewhere during my life as an adult male – a guy who can talk sports all day, loves Clint Eastwood flicks and owns a closet full of Florida State Seminole gear – I lost my passion for the NFL. For this I blame Buddy Ryan, ESPN and the dolts who invented fantasy foot-

overcome, even 20 seasons later. Every year, I read about the likelihood of a Cardinals championship after 70 fruitless seasons. Every year, I turn on the radio to hear Ron Wolfley froth about “a hit so hard he knocked the beard follicles right off his slobber box, my friends.” And every year? Wait till next year.

I don’t understand Einstein’s physics,

NFL holds for me all the interest of one of “ Thethose endless ‘Fast & Furious’ sequels.” ball.

You may recall Ryan as the Cardinals’ head coach circa the mid-1990s. He arrived in town from the East Coast right when I did. One of us quietly did his job for meager pay and long hours. The other loudly announced “you’ve got a winner in town” before winning only 12 games over two seasons. Ryan’s boastfulness about wins yet to come – wins that would never come – left me rooting against the Cardinals, a state I’ve never

but I’m well acquainted with his definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result.

As for ESPN, I blame it for taking the NFL from a seasonal game perfect for late fall and winter and turning it into a year-round obsession worthy of more reportage than a White House press briefing. Now, every network has an eight-hour show with 26 arguing analysts giving “hot takes” on who has turf

toe, who will be running a no-tight-endfour-receiver set and who will be kneeling this week to protest the National Anthem.

Please. Shut. Up. And yes, I’m talking to you, too, fellow Monday Morning Meeting Participant. Oh, it is a bitter irony that you benched QB Kirk Cousins in your fantasy league on precisely the Sunday he threw for seven touchdowns and 587 yards, plus single-handedly resolved the DACA crisis and cured pollen allergies for mankind. Sure, your fantasy team – The Wreck of the Larry Fitzgeralds – lost by a single point to Pamela from Accounting, who picked her starting lineup by choosing the backfield with the best butts. We feel for you. We, too, check our fantasy apps while driving, in the Fry’s checkout line, at church and in mid-conversation.

We, too, worship at the altar of the NFL. Well, except for me. This Sunday – and Monday, and next Thursday – I’ll have better things to do. Like, oh, pretty much anything.

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

East Valley Partnership is seeking ‘angel investors’

BY JOHN LEWIS Tribune Guest Writer

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ne year ago, Clate Mask, co-founder and CEO of Infusionsoft, delivered a powerful keynote message at the East Valley Partnership Economic Forum.

He shared that “the ingredients for a successful innovation hub to attract entrepreneurs is talent with an entrepreneurial and engineering focus, capital and government support in tightly bound communities.”

In analyzing Clate’s message, we found that our region is filled with entrepreneurs with great business ideas, but they often lack funding options to start or grow their businesses. Thus, finding capital, as defined in financial terms as assets or funds available to a business, has been

on our minds.

Specifically, we have been brainstorming about how to find more capital or funds for our start-up or fast-growing companies in the East Valley.

An idea to locate more funds has been identified by several partners in our region. This new regional initiative will provide entrepreneurs with one more key resource – access to early-stage funding.

The proposed approach is to identify, educate and activate “angel investors” who will want to support and invest in local companies.

Many may not know what it takes to be an angel investor – or even think that angel investing is something that they could do – so an important part of the initiative is to raise awareness and educate our community on the ins and outs of angel investing.

A simple description of an angel inves-

tor is someone who invests their own money into new start-ups or early-stage companies in exchange for an equity share of the business.

In addition to providing capital, angels often mentor companies in their investment portfolio to help them grow. While return on investment is the ultimate measure of success, many angels are also motivated by a desire to give back to their local community by supporting promising entrepreneurs.

Regional business leaders believe that angel investing and this initiative will present the opportunity to make a difference for the business ideas that need capital to grow and succeed.

We are passionate about startup success and continuing to build a reputation for our region as the “Innovation and Technology Hub of the Southwest.”

The awareness and education of an-

gel investing will include six workshops that will be available to the community.

Monthly workshops will begin in early October, with each being an hour in length and free of charge.

Attendees will learn how to become an accredited investor as defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange and how to evaluate startup companies and their potential for success.

After identifying and educating, the final step of the initiative will be to activate. To provide investments opportunities for local angel investors to support local startups and early-stage companies.

Identify. Educate. Activate. Interested in learning more about the PHX East Valley Angel Investor Initiative? Additional details can be found at investphxev.org.

– John Lewis is president/CEO if the East Valley Partnership.

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ver the past two years, the Casteel High School football team has started to get some notice.

As a freshman program in 2015, the Colts finished 8-1. Last year, their first as a varsity program, they outscored opponents 501-97, finished 9-2 and earned a berth in the Class 3A state playoffs for the first time in school history.

Now, after an early exit from last year’s playoffs, the Colts have set out to prove that they belong among the best.

Through three games, the Colts have scored a total of 203 points and have yet to give up a single point. They have beaten all three teams by 60-plus points, utilizing a fast-paced, high-tempo offense that carries over from their daily practice routine.

“Our goal is really to get off as many plays as we can,” junior quarterback Gunner Cruz said. “Our philosophy is the faster we go – especially with a lot of teams in 3A having a lot of people going

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Casteel coach Spencer Stowers works with his defense during practice.

both ways – that helps our defense out because it tires out some of their players and then it just opens things up for us as the game goes on.”

The Colts’ philosophy has proved successful. After a sophomore year in which Cruz threw for 2,600 yards and 30 touchdowns, the 6-foot-4, 205-pound quarter-

back already has passed for 778 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2017.

Head coach Spencer Stowers said his goal from the very beginning of the program was to install a two-platoon system. It’s something that he adopted from former Chandler Hamilton coach John Wrenn while at a coaching clinic.

“It was our belief right away to be a twoplatoon team, where guys are not playing both ways,” Stowers said. “We do the best we can as coaches to maximize our potential on both sides and try to input players into specific positions that suits them and suits the team.”

Cruz has been one of the major standouts of the program, earning scholarship offers from Arizona State, Northern Arizona and South Dakota State. But others have been a crucial part of the Colts’ success as well.

Running back Mack Johnson ran for 939 yards and 17 touchdowns last year, and receivers Brandt Goodwin and Zach Nelson combined for 1,638 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2016. While their offense has been high-scoring, the defense has been impenetrable in 2017. Stowers believes it comes from the bond they share.

“Defensively, we just have a unit that loves one another and trusts one another and have been together, this is their third See

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Family’s dynasty stretches to Chandler with new martial arts school

BY JIMMY MAGAHERN Tribune Contributor

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hen Stephanie Larson talks about the martial art of Tang Soo Do being a great activity for the whole family, she speaks from fascinating personal experience.

“I actually started when I was 5 years old,” said Larson, who, with her husband Ian, runs The Martial Arts Academy of Tang Soo Do Arizona in Chandler. “My dad started when he was in high school and he got my mom into it, and they started their own martial arts school in Minnesota. So, I grew up in it.”

As Larson’s dad, Robert Grissom Jr., a grandmaster in the Korean-based martial arts discipline, tells the story, his initial classes with wife-to-be Teresa turned out to be love at first kick.

“The two of us were sparring in class and I accidentally punched her in the stomach,” he says in an interview published on the World Tang Soo Do Association’s website. “She breathed a heavy sigh and I

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Ian Larson owns The Martial Arts Academy of Tang Soo Do Arizona in Chandler.

dropped my guard, thinking that I might have hurt her, and asked her if she was all right. She responded by kicking me upside the head. I knew right then that I had to marry this girl.”

The British-bred airport systems specialist and his Walla Walla, Washingtonborn wife would go on to fully immerse their children in the art of Tang Soo Do, a counterpart to the more competitive sport of Tae Kwon Do that teaches selfdefense skills, along with a heavy dose of character development — the “do,” or

“way of life” part of the discipline’s name.

The “do” emphasizes five virtues: humanity, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and trust. Together, the family has built a kind of martial arts dynasty: Besides Stephanie, who earned her first black belt at age 13, the rest of the Grissom lineage – daughter Renee, along with her husband Jeremy Stewart and their daughter Jasmine; son Robert and youngest daughter Aubrey – includes Tang Soo Do practitioners and teachers.

“What drew me to Tang Soo Do was the

confidence it gave me, and the ability to be able to defend myself – who it made me as a person,” Larson said. “In our movements, Tang Soo Do is very similar to Tae Kwon Do. It’s a stand-up style of martial arts, with a very strong kicking style. But whereas a lot of Tae Kwon Do schools tend to focus on tournaments, we only do one tournament a year, and it’s optional. What we focus on more is the character development, the self-defense and personal protection.

“Those things in particular are what really appealed to me, especially as a woman, giving myself the confidence as a teenage girl and as a young woman to know that I could defend myself if necessary,” she added. “And just having the integrity and character as a young person to know that I could stand up and do what’s right when I need to do it.”

Larson said a lot of their focus with the school’s kids’ classes (the academy offers programs for tots as young as 2 through See

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year now and that’s unique to see,” Stowers said.

The entire Casteel football team is unique to watch because most of the players have been with the program since their first year. They have shared a bond for three years, and Cruz believes that’s what has contributed to their success the most.

“It’s a unique opportunity here, especially because we’ve had these coaches ever since we were freshmen, and that’s not something you get at a lot of other high schools,” Cruz said. “So, it’s been cool to watch our whole team grow as a group because we’ve had a core that’s been together since freshman year. Just to be able to experience the success, we’re lucky.”

The Colts opened their season with matchups against Globe, Payson and Empire, three teams that hold a combined record

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instruction tailored to teens and adults) concerns bullying prevention.

“There’s a lot of bullying going on in schools these days, and we want help kids in that area,” she said. “A lot of it has to do with the child’s confidence, simply having the confidence not to surrender to peer pressure, and knowing how to walk away and laugh off an insult instead of letting it bother them, because they have that confidence in themselves.”

Of course, the school does also teach them some powerful kicks and punches, just in case all that ancient wisdom doesn’t quite work.

“We always teach them that that’s a last resort, but, yes, we do teach them how to defend themselves,” Larson said.

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Next week, the Colts will take a trip to California to take on Monte Vista (1-1), following in the footsteps of the bigger Chandler Unified School District Schools that have played on the national stage.

“I am excited to see what our kids do and how they handle the natural adversity that comes with traveling out of state,” Stowers said. “Also, the competition with the players they have. They [Monte Vista] are a talented football team and they are big up front, so I am very excited to see what we do on the road against a team like that.”

Following their trip to California, the Colts will take on Show Low (1-1) on Sept. 22. Then, on Sept. 29, Casteel will have the opportunity to get some revenge on the team that handed them their only two losses last season, Yuma Catholic.

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“Where we are is very child-friendly,” Stephanie said. “We’re right by (family fun center) Makutu’s Island and Gold Medal Swim School, and we’re also right in the middle of a good school district (Kyrene).”

Larson’s goal is to build a school with the staying power of her parents’ franchise, to serve new generations of Tang Soo Do enthusiasts from youth through adulthood.

“The oldest person we have right now is in his 50s, but I have seen a woman test for her black belt that was 67, and I have also met black belts that were in their 80s,” she said. “It truly is an art that you can continue your whole life.”

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Have you been holding back or are you ‘all in’ for God?

BY DIANE MARKINS Tribune Guest Writer

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ambling has never held much appeal for me. I will be honest and confess that I certainly have visited Vegas and pulled a few slot handles (or pushed buttons now), played some blackjack and thrown dice in the spirit of entertainment.

But because I hate to lose and I value my money, it’s never long before I find the stores to window-shop or just people-watch.

There is a term in poker that I love: “all in.” This refers to a point in betting in which a player wants to continue but doesn’t have the full amount to match the FAITH CALENDAR

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SUNDAY, SEPT. 10 SUNDAY SCHOOL BEGINS

St. Peter Lutheran Church is starting Sunday School for ages 3-18.

DETAILS>> 11-11:45 a.m. on Sundays, starting Sept.

10. Church service is 9:30. St. Peter Church is at 1844 East Dana Ave., Mesa. Registration and information: 480-833-4398, stpetermesa.org, facebook.com/stpeterworshipcenter

​WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13 ALEPH ART ROOM

A brand-new program for the High Holidays is designed to engage all children and families of the Jewish faith to come together and learn while having fun. Aleph Art Room will include projects to make your own shofar, design New Year’s cards for soldiers of the Israeli Defense Force, taste apples and honey, and more.

DETAILS>> 4:30 p.m. at Basha Library, 5990 S. Val Vista Drive, Chandler. Program is free but RSVPs are required. Information: 480-855-4333 or info@ chabadcenter.com.

​SUNDAY, SEPT. 17 ‘A DAY OF RETURN’

Chabad of the East Valley will host Selichot services to start the High Holiday season. Featured will be the recital of the traditional Selichot song with meditative singing.

DETAILS>> 1 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. Information: 480-855-4333.

bet. He pushes all his chips forward, betting everything he has. If he wins, he will be paid accordingly. If he loses, he’s out of the game and leaves the table. Buh-bye now!

It occurred to me that many of us handle our faith like a poker game. We sit at the table as one who is actively invested, but we hold back a little in case this isn’t really a winning hand.

Some of us give a small percentage – others a majority of our lives – to God. But if we hold back even one tiny portion, we aren’t fully committed. We don’t fully believe.

The Bible says we are to give our time, treasures and talent to serving God. This doesn’t mean every waking minute or every cent of our paychecks, but it means

these things have to fit into the equation of how we invest.

Have you checked those things lately?

How much time do you spend mentoring a fatherless child or serving at a homeless shelter? If you are a talented cook, do you prepare food for those in need or teach younger women how to improve? Are you giving generously to worthy causes that support God’s care of people?

We hold back in other ways as well.

We are supposed to treat our bodies with respect, but I just saw a survey that revealed a majority of Christians don’t believe smoking or obesity are sins. If you’re actively doing it, you couldn’t very well admit to being wrong. It’s easier to hold back and rationalize.

I’m sure my life has many of these areas as well, so I’m pointing the finger in my own direction as I write this.

There are also those who hold back in secret. They are fully invested in front of people, but in private, they live in a way that is contrary to who they say they are.

Jesus gave everything; his time, treasures, talents, dignity and even his life. It was entirely up to him and he willingly gave it all.

Such joy and contentment come from being thoroughly invested in God’s promises. Commitment.

What about you? Are you betting on your faith? When it comes time for the payoff (blessings, contentment and salvation), what will your take be?

Are you holding back or are you all in?

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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 e-mail info@chabadcenter.com.

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 10:45 a.m. Information: 480-8922700, unityofmesa.org, lori@unityofmesa.org.

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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. We use Hebrew/English prayer books and everyone is made to feel at home.

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

SEPT. 29-30

YOM KIPPUR SERVICES

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.

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, with Hebrew/English prayer books, entertaining stories and short sermons.

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

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OCT. 12-15

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.

CAMP FOR GIRLS

Girls LIFE Camp Ministries is offering a free four-day camp in Payson for girls in seventh and eighth grades. The program mentors East Valley girls who are facing complicating life circumstances.

DETAILS>> 480-236-3353 or girlslifecampministryaz. com.

SUNDAYS

HEBREW SCHOOL

Registration has opened for Chabad Hebrew School

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

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 and 10:45 a.m. Spiritual Discussion Group and Meditation Practices Group. 10:15 a.m.

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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: 480792-1800, 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: 480792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

CHURCH PRAYER CALL

The Lawrence Memorial A.M.E.Z. Church in Mesa has a prayer call every Monday.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 1-712-775-7085. PIN 162106#.

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each Boys lead singer Mike Love released an autobiography that covers the long and, at times, tumultuous history of the group, not to mention more than a few parts of his personal life.

But when asked what he hopes readers will take away from the book, “Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy,” Love points to something that might surprise some – his lifestyle.

“I’m hoping they get the fact that the reason I’m still doing what I’m doing at the level we’re doing it, meaning a volume of work and stuff like that, is probably because I chose a path that wasn’t a path of all the nefarious drugs that my cousins did. I mean, serious, serious stuff, and I chose not to,” said Love, referring to his Beach Boys bandmates, brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson.

“I will say that during the ’60s, I did my share of weed. But once I learned to meditate, I gave up hard liquor and anything to do with drugs. So that meditation has given me the ability to relax and yet gain more energy and clarity and be able to withstand the negatives that are thrown at you.”

Love learned meditation in 1967 from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi – the same man who introduced meditation to The Beatles – and it has been a twice-daily practice of the singer ever since.

Love indeed remains very much a working musician, fronting the latest incarnation of The Beach Boys as the group annually plays 150-plus shows, including a Sunday, Sept. 17, gig at the Mesa Arts Center. And a Beach Boys show is usually quite generous compared to the sets most bands play as headliners.

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In 2016, The Beach Boys celebrated the 50th anniversary of “Pet Sounds.” They play the Mesa Arts Center on Sunday, Sept. 17.

“Ordinarily our shows are ‘An Evening with The Beach Boys,’” Love said. “We actually do an hour opening set with a 20-minute intermission, followed by another 55 minutes to an hour.”

Love is coming off a landmark in Beach Boys annals. In 2016, it was 50 years ago that the group, led by the groundbreaking musical vision of singer/keyboardist and chief songwriter and producer Brian Wilson, released their masterpiece, the “Pet Sounds” album, and the wondrous single “Good Vibrations.”

Wilson famously suffered a breakdown while trying to complete “Smile,” the aborted album that was to follow Pet Sounds, and continues to deal with drug and mental health issues. He has extended his tour celebrating the “Pet Sounds” milestone into 2017 and has been performing the full album in concert. Love and The Beach Boys, meanwhile, added a few numbers from the 1966 album into recent shows to honor the legendary album.

Love’s relationship with Brian Wilson could probably merit a book. The cousins

were best friends growing up and formed the early lineup of The Beach Boys with Dennis and Carl Wilson and Al Jardine in 1961 in Hawthorne, California.

Drawing on the California surfing lifestyle as an overriding theme, The Beach Boys became one of the biggest hit-making groups of the 1960s behind songs like “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “Surfer Girl,” “I Get Around,” “Fun, Fun, Fun” and “Help Me, Rhonda.”

But “Pet Sounds” proved to be the high point of the group’s career. With that album, Brian Wilson broke away from some of the surfing, fun and sun themes of earlier albums in favor of more personal themes and created an album that, along with The Beatles 1967 jaw dropper, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” raised pop music to a true art form.

The history of The Beach Boys since then has seen one last hit song – “Kokomo” from the soundtrack to the 1988 movie “Cocktail” – plenty of internal tensions, and tragedies in the form of the drowning death in 1983 of Dennis Wilson and the loss of Carl Wilson to cancer in 1998.

There was also the high-profile lawsuit

brought by Love against Brian Wilson in 1992, in which Love successfully reclaimed a sizeable sum in royalties and gained songwriting credits to 35 songs (Love wrote lyrics for many of the early Beach Boys songs) that had been omitted on the group’s 1960s recordings.

Through it all, though, Love kept The Beach Boys going as a successful touring act, and in 2012, the surviving members of the classic Beach Boys lineup – including Brian Wilson, Jardine and Bruce Johnston – reunited with Love for a 50th anniversary tour and a new Beach Boys album, “That’s Why God Made the Radio.” The album has worthy moments, but by June 2012, Wilson had left the tour and the highly celebrated reunion was over.

Even with the heartache and drama that has been part of The Beach Boys’ history, Love said he is nothing but grateful for the group and the life it’s enabled him to lead.

“I’ve been part of a group that’s one of the more well-known groups in modern music.

And the music will live on after us,” he said.

“So, there’s a lot more to be grateful and thankful for than to be regretful of.”

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SCHAELER, Joshua David Joshua David Schaeler, age 34, passed away Saturday, September 2nd in Eagar, Arizona. He was born May 31, 1983 in Provo, Utah.

He was the third child of David and Natasha Schaeler. Josh spent most of his life in Queen Creek swimming, skateboarding and making the most of every day. At age 19, he was called to serve a Spanishspeaking mission in Uruguay where he shared his love of the Gospel and Jesus Christ with many.

After returning from his mission, he worked and found time for many adventures. In June, 2010, Josh met Whitney Pew and on January 27, 2011, they joined their hearts and began their journey. On February 8, 2012, they were sealed for time and all eternity in the Mesa Arizona Temple.

They were blessed with four beautiful children, Harlyn Pearl, 5, Gatlin Reid, 3, Swayzee Leigh, 2 and Jovi Reign, 3 months. Whitney and their children were the loves of his life. He enjoyed the outdoors and playing with his family - making memories of a lifetime. Josh spent six years with the AZ Department of Corrections and the last year spent as a Wildland firefighter with his Wolf Mountain Crew which he loved!

Services for Joshua will be held Saturday, September 9th at the L.D.S. Stake Center, 19730 E. Ocotillo Rd., Queen Creek. Visitation from 9:0010:30am, the services to follow at 11:00am. We invite all to join the celebration of Josh's life.

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Employment General Cirrus Logic Inc. is recruiting for the following position in Mesa AZ: Signal Processing Software Engineer Req# 3644 Work with audio processing software that is embedded into the products of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) (i.e. smart phones, handsets, headsets, car kits, and/or speakerphones).

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The Engineer’s Estimate range is $4,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00.

For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Melodie Jackson at melodie.jackson@mesaaz.gov.

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc. dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $210.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up.

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

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

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

Work shall be completed within 260 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

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

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

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

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