East Valley Tribune: Gilbert Edition - Jan. 22, 2017 by Times Media Group

East Valley hatches geniuses

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Incubators nurture wide array of visionary businesses

One company uses amniotic material to help animals recover from injury faster than other treatment methods.

Another makes super-thin gold lm that can be used to treat brain and spinal-cord trauma in humans.

Still another uses genetic testing to netune medical prescriptions.

Not many years ago, these things would have been undreamed of—perhaps dismissed as impossible. But along with dozens of other new technologies, they are being brought to reality by new companies in the East Valley.

Like any newborn, these edglings need careful nourishment and guidance. Taking an idea—no matter how revolutionary, no matter how bene cial—from concept to marketplace is so di cult in so many ways that all the above-mentioned companies are still, quite literally, in an incubator.

No one label ts all the incubatorlike, business-nurturing organizations in the East Valley. Some do call themselves incubators. Others are accelerators,

working with more mature rms. Some eschew both titles while still o ering many of the same kinds of services. Some are publicly run, some private.

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All have the same goal: Helping seriousminded entrepreneurs take their businesses

from conception to growth, maturity and pro tability.

On the private side, one case study is the MAC6 Leadership Academy for HighPerforming Teams in Tempe. It was launched in 2011 by retired mining engineer Scott

Waymo ride-along a gloriously uneventful trip full of promise

BY MIKE BUTLER Tribune Staff Writer

When I got out of Waymo’s selfdriving Lexus SUV after my very rst 15-minute drive in the back seat, Lauren Barriere was there to greet me in the parking lot of Arrowhead Meadows Park in Chandler. We laughed.

On the communications team of the Google Self-Driving Car Project, Lauren came to our o ce in the summer of 2016, soon after it

was announced that the technology giant was expanding testing in Chandler, in addition to California, Washington and Texas.

I bugged her about a “ride along” throughout that meeting and in many subsequent meetings and emails. Someday, she said. Someday happened Jan. 12. It was gloriously boring.

I mean that in the best possible way.

Sometime this May, Waymo’s nearly 60 self-driving cars will log their 3 millionth mile since 2009, which is equivalent to

more than several hundred years of everyday driving experience.

I knew Waymo wasn’t going to let Gov. Doug Ducey and members of the media in a self-driving car that was anything less than ready for prime time. I gured the training wheels had come o a long, long time ago. Still, I was stunned by how silky smooth and utterly normal the experience was. at was what made it extraordinary to me. Amanda was my “driver” and Rob was the

BY GARY NELSON Tribune Contributing Writer

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MAC6's co-founder Kyle McIntosh embraces "Conscious Capitalism,” the incubator's motto.

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East Valley women challenge men for pinball wizardry

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Tribune Contributing Writer

East Valley women attracted to the flashing lights and fun competition of pinball games are out to prove they can keep up with the boys.

Tracy Lindbergh of Chandler is starting a women-only Belles & Chimes Phoenix area pinball league that will play in its first tournament at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26, at Tilt Studio in Arizona Mills mall in Tempe.

Belles & Chimes is a pinball league exclusively for women with chapters around the country. It started in Oakland, California, in 2013.

Like its parent, the new club’s goal is to bring together women of all pinball skill levels in a supportive, fun environment where they can learn from each other, make friends and participate in competitions.

“I like to play anywhere there’s a pinball machine,” said Lindbergh, 38. “I love playing competitively. I just don’t see enough women playing pinball.”

Already, 20 women have contacted Lindbergh about joining Belles & Chimes locally, with about a third of them from Tempe, Mesa and Chandler.

Lindbergh already runs a Tuesday night pinball league for men and women at Tilt. She said she believes there is no reason why women can’t play pinball as well as men. She started playing at age 13 and is ranked 11th overall in Arizona among men and women, and 73rd in the world just among women.

The Phoenix area Belles & Chimes club will meet monthly at different locations for tournament play. The second meeting will be Feb. 26 at The Grid: Games and Growlers on South Gilbert Road in Mesa, but future locations will be announced later.

Mary Lopez, 52, of Chandler, is excited to socialize with other women in the group. She started playing pinball in high school in New Jersey.

“At the time, it was more of a social gathering,” said Lopez, a registered nurse. “We all went down to the local candy shop, which had a pinball machine, and that’s where we all met.”

Now, she likes playing on her pinball machine at home with her sons, ages 19, 21 and 23, as a fun stress release.

“If I’m playing pinball, all I’m thinking about is the pinball machine,” Lopez said. “I’m not thinking about the world around me.”

Amber Crabtree, 27, of Mesa, started coming to the Tuesday night co-ed pinball league at Tilt with a male friend and is eager to participate in Belles & Chimes.

“I’ve always just been drawn to pinball,” said Crabtree, a full-time student at GateWay Community College.

“It’s really neat the way they set up the games, and every game has different rules. I didn’t

even know there was such a thing as competitive pinball.”

Men dominate pinball competitions around the world but women are getting more involved, said Josh Sharpe, president of the International Flipper Pinball Association. The organization, based in Illinois, maintains official pinball players’ competitive rankings at the state, national and international level.

Sharpe said only about 10 percent of competitive pinball players in the world are women. However, he said the IFPA started a women’s world championship last year and began a women’s ranking system a month ago to encourage more female players to compete.

As of the end of last year, the IFPA was ranking close to 50,000 players around the world, an increase of about 20 percent from the end of 2015.

“Belles & Chimes has been able to do really well in giving an atmosphere that is embracing women as sort of a gateway into that world,” Sharpe said.

He and Lindbergh said the pictures of “scantily clad” women on pinball machines in the past and the fact the games were usually in bars tended to attract mostly men over the years.

Lindbergh said the games are getting more inclusive and fun for women, including one of her favorite games at Tilt, “Game of Thrones,” based on the popular TV show.

Lindbergh said she loves the “Game of Thrones” pinball machine because of the

(Colleen Sparks/Tribune Contributor)

Tracy Lindbergh of Chandler plays a pinball machine as her husband Mark, center, competes and their friend Henry Hanshaw of Gilbert watches.

INNOVATION

McIntosh and his son Kyle, who had spent his career in marketing.

“We started out as an incubator and then said we were an accelerator in probably years two and three,” Kyle McIntosh said. That involved, in some cases, actually investing in the firms using their facilities near Broadway Road and Interstate 10.

Now, he said, “We’re calling ourselves a leadership academy for high-performing teams. We still work with a lot of the early-stage businesses. We still invest in them. But now we’re also working with much later-stage businesses that don’t need investment.”

MAC6 offers both office and manufacturing space, but not just for nascent companies. It hosts the Arizona operations of the ride-sharing company Lyft, as well as numerous other businesses, ranging from tiny online firms to a company that recycles wine bottles into glassware for home use.

In addition, the firm offers coaching and consulting services. One client taking advantage of the service is the Phoenix Zoo.

The McIntoshes are picky about whom they take under their wing.

Their motto of “Conscious Capitalism” embraces several concepts that require companies to think beyond the next quarterly report.

“It’s businesses that have a higher purpose than just making money,” Kyle McIntosh said—although he said companies with deep community values tend to thrive financially as well.

And, he said, client firms must have more than just a lofty vision.

“Vision without traction is hallucination,” he said, defining traction as the ability to use tools and assets to build a sustainable company.

The firm also looks for clients with a healthy and positive culture. “They’re showing up for something beyond just a paycheck every day,” McIntosh said.

McIntosh said his company is one model in an East Valley businessdevelopment ecosystem with room for many others.

“There’s a ton of entrepreneurs,” he said. “How do you help them all?”

Chandler joins in Chandler asked that question during the Great Recession, which kicked the legs out from under the region’s real-

How to get help for your project in the East Valley

BY GARY NELSON Tribune Contributing Writer

Entrepreneurs looking to incubate or accelerate their businesses have access to a wide array of public and private resources in the East Valley. Help is available from:

estate-based economy late in the last decade. The city’s answer: Build a stateof-the-art innovation and incubation center under public auspices.

Micah Miranda, the city’s economic development director, said it seemed natural to launch the Chandler Innovations Incubator to nurture an already-robust engineering community.

After five years of operation, the incubator in 2015 teamed up with the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, based in Flagstaff. Christine Bailey, who works for NACET, now directs operations at the Chandler incubator.

“There is definitely a technology component to all of the companies that are part of our program,” Bailey said.

The Chandler Innovations Incubator operates out of a leased 60,000-squarefoot building, previously used by Intel, near McClintock Drive and Chandler Boulevard.

center that has found an industry niche with new methods of diagnosing cancer, neurological diseases, autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases.

Growing pains

Not all business incubators or accelerators, however, have an easy road to success.

Seven years after the idea was first floated, Mesa and Arizona State University opened LaunchPoint technology accelerator in 2013.

City officials figured the location all but guaranteed success. The 6,500-square-foot facility opened on ASU’s Polytechnic campus, just across the street from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and AZLabs, a high-security former Air Force laboratory that Mesa now operates for defense firms.

Unlike an incubator, Mesa’s accelerator aimed to help “adolescent” companies take their already-proven technologies to the next level.

“ Vision without traction is hallucination. ” —Kyle McIntosh, MAC6

Tenants pay rent to help offset the city’s costs.

Companies don’t have to be on-site, however, to benefit from the incubator’s programs. Mentoring is available at no charge to entrepreneurs working out of their own facilities.

Nor does the Chandler incubator work in a vacuum. Bailey said entrepreneurs have other sources of help in the region.

As for alumni, Miranda said, “We have a number of companies that did very well.”

One example is HealthTell, a 5-yearold firm still housed in the innovation

“The focus was primarily placed on post-startup, highgrowth, technology-based businesses,” said Kim Lofgreen, a marketing and business development manager for Mesa.

Lofgreen said that, despite the accelerator’s apparently advantageous location, it was too far away from other tech activity in the East Valley. The airport facility never gained traction, and Mesa moved the operation in 2016 to its downtown Center for Higher Education.

A measure of trial and error is to be expected with such ventures, Lofgreen said.

“In essence, LaunchPoint is a startup itself, and is pivoting and adapting much like the entrepreneurs and businesses we serve,” he said.

• The Arizona State University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, entrepreneurship.asu.edu, 480-884-1860.

• MAC6, a privately operated businesscoaching and hosting company in Tempe, mac6.com, 480-582-2200.

• Gangplank, which offers “maker spaces” and other services in downtown Chandler, gangplankhq. com/chandler.

• Innovations Science and Technology Incubator, a tech-focused, citysponsored program in Chandler, innovationsincubator.com, 480-7822216.

• LaunchPoint, a city-sponsored tech accelerator in downtown Mesa, 480644-6958, information at mesaaz. gov; follow links to the economic development department.

• Tempe-based Arizona Business Advisors, which offers counsel on long-term business sustainability, 602-463-3330.

• CEO Focus, which has an office in Chandler offering business advice, 480-399-6013, ceofocusaz.com.

• Tempe Business Resource and Innovation Center, which offers citysponsored space and mentoring in the Tempe Public Library, 480-3505561.

• BigBounce, a co-working and guidance organization in downtown Tempe, bigbounce.co.

• HeatSync Labs, a non-profit “maker space” for engineers, artists, students, and hobbyists in downtown Mesa, heatsynclabs.org.

• LabelHorde, an incubator for fashion designers, 132 E. 6th St., Tempe, labelhorde.com.

The Arizona Business Incubators Association maintains a website, azincubators.org, with a list of member organizations and contact information.

(Larry Mangino/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Tenants (from left) Nikki DelRosso, Mike Jones and Robert Norman of branding and design team

Resound have found a home at MAC6.

ASU has role in driving Arizona innovation

BY GARY NELSON

Tribune Contributing Writer

When scanning the East Valley’s vibrant business incubator landscape, it can be easy to overlook the granddaddy of them all— Arizona State University.

The giant Tempe-based institution has made innovation and business incubation one of its chief missions, according to Ji Mi Choi, associate vice president for entrepreneurship and innovation.

“Arizona State University values entrepreneurship as one of the core design principles of the university,” Choi said.

Whereas other schools might offer incubators in their business or engineering departments, “we have considered it a university-wide and community-wide imperative,” Choi said. “We offer everything from courses to competitions, from mentors to maker spaces, from faculty to funding, to support student entrepreneurs.”

Among her department’s key initiatives is the ASU-Chandler Innovation Center, in partnership with the city and a makerspace company called TechShop.

“We can provide over 70,000 square feet of maker space facilities,” she said. “That includes 3-D printers, metal shop, machine lathes” and other equipment. Her office is an extension of the vision of Michael Crow, who vowed to create “a new American university” as an engine of economic growth when he arrived in 2002.

Crow told a meeting of the East Valley Partnership in December that a culture of innovation is crucial if Arizona is to have a viable economy in a world of tumultuous change.

“Our region is under-prepared” for the economic disruptions and opportunities

that lie just over the horizon, Crow said. And Arizona, with downward trends in numerous key indicators, is “nowhere near where it has to be for a robust economy.”

Further, he said, “The indicator of change and inventiveness in the (Phoenix) region is too small.”

Crow’s emphasis on innovation led to the creation of SkySong, a business and innovation center that opened on the site of a former Scottsdale shopping mall in 2008. Choi’s department is headquartered there.

Most of the work done by Choi and her 24-person staff focuses on students.

“Right now, we have over 200 students who have created a community of startup entrepreneurs,” she said. “We support them with mentors, we support them by giving them space to meet, we support them with funding, we support them with prototyping facilities. That extends to the faculty as well. It also extends to the community.”

Although ASU is a public institution, Choi said tax dollars are not being used to support private businesses.

“Those staff members are largely supported by grant-funded work,” she said. “These are not university funds that are supporting these staff people.”

Even so, she said, her department’s work pours money into the Arizona economy.

“We’ve had more than 300 jobs created out of ASU-affiliated spinoffs,” she said. “We’ve been able to raise more than $600 million in capital. We’ve been able to support more than 250 student companies and ASU-affiliated companies. So, the reality is this is actually a job-creation and economic development system as well.”

Detailed information about ASU’s entrepreneurship programs is available at skysong.asu.edu/startups.

(Tribune file photo)

SkySong, a business and innovation center started by ASU, opened on the site of a former Scottsdale shopping mall in 2008.

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Mesa police chief moves on as interim chief settles in

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

John Meza’s tenure as Mesa police chief was short, about two years, but that’s what everyone expected the day he took the job.

After a 30-year career, Meza retired as required by the state pension system on Dec. 22, after achieving much more than he could have ever dreamed as a young recruit.

“I would have never dreamed 30 years ago that I would become a police chief,” Meza, a youthful 50, said. “I could have never scripted it better.

“Leaving here as the chief and looking at the success we’ve had, it’s a true blessing. I am a lucky man.”

Meza’s luck may have never been better than in 1999, when he and a gunman fired at each other.

The gunman’s bullet whizzed past Meza’s head. Meza’s bullet literally struck the suspect’s gun and knocked it out of his hand.

Assistant Chief Mike Dvorak, another Mesa police veteran with 29 years of experience dating back to 1987, was named by City Manager Chris Brady to serve as interim chief while the city plans a nationwide search in early 2017 for a more permanent replacement.

(Tribune News Service)

Retiring Mesa Police Chief John Meza serves as president of the board of Community Bridges, a behavioral health agency.

“He knows this community, has great relationships with the rank-and-file members and is committed to the organization and its mission,” Brady said in a statement.

Dvorak said in an email that he is honored to serve as interim chief and that he is planning to apply for the chief’s position when it is posted.

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Dvorak and Assistant Chief Mike Soelberg, who is considered a likely candidate, are already drawing support from the Mesa Police Association, which believes the department is headed in the right direction and strongly favors an internal choice.

But it is too early in the recruitment and selection process to say whether Brady and the Mesa City Council will go inside or outside when selecting a new chief.

Mesa Mayor John Giles said that the city will advertise the position in this month and that a consultant well-known in national police circles has been hired to conduct a national search. The city hopes to have some finalists for the position by mid-February and to offer the job to someone by late spring.

assistant chiefs and commanders, saying that they would make good chiefs in Mesa or perhaps in other cities.

“He’s extremely experienced and extremely competent,” Giles said about Dvorak. “We have a strong bench, and they are going to get strong consideration.”

(Tribune News Service)

Interim Mesa Police Chief Mike Dvorak will apply for the job permanently, and is already drawing support from the Mesa Police Association.

Giles praised Dvorak and other

But at the same time, Mesa’s city leadership needs to keep an open mind and to look at Meza’s departure as an opportunity to possibly attract an outstanding candidate with a fresh viewpoint, Giles said.

“The Mesa police chief job is a big deal,” Giles said. “This is a great opportunity for someone to come in on a big stage, a national stage.”

Sgt. Nate Gafvert, the association’s president, said that he wishes Meza could have stayed longer

See POLICE CHIEF on page 10

RIDE-ALONG

co-pilot. Rob’s laptop displayed a realtime reality show of what the self-driving car’s 360-degree sensors and cameras see. Software and sensors were in complete control.

Color-coded rectangles pop up on the screen for moving cars, parked cars, speed bumps, tra c signs and signals, pedestrians, bicyclists and the occasional bird having a snack in the middle of the road.

I was in the back seat, but I could have just as easily been in the driver’s seat, frantically taking notes and pictures. Imagine your 45-minute commute, and what you could do with an extra hour and a half each day.

As we began our journey on a mild afternoon in the pleasant Andersen Springs neighborhood, the Lexus slowed down and eased over speed bumps.

It recognizes school children walking or on bikes, and it has learned that they can lurch around and be very unpredictable.

e car slows down and gives them a wide berth. e car moves slightly toward the left of a tra c lane to give adult riders in the bike lane a little extra room.

e Waymo car will yield its right-ofway at a stop sign if it senses another car was speeding before it got to the intersection or it aggressively stopped midway through the crosswalk. At a red light, it pauses a second or so after the green to avoid red-light runners.

We needed to make a right turn from the neighborhood onto Ray Road, a 45 mph cross street. Just like us, the selfdriving car nudges forward a bit to get a better view of oncoming tra c, which was blocked by landscaping and backyard concrete-block fences.

Despite the car’s programmed cautiousness, the ride seemed to end too soon. I continued to joke and chat with Lauren afterward.

“Can I take it to Flagsta this weekend?” I asked.

Now there, I thought, is a road trip that I and a Waymo self-driving car were born for.

Someday.

As Waymo rolls closer and closer to getting self-driving cars ready for the road, it’s using more types of vehicles to test and re ne its driving software.

One hundred Chrysler Paci ca Hybrid Minivans are joining the eet in Chandler and Waymo’s other test markets. e self-driving minivans are equipped with an all-new computer and a suite of updated sensors.

e Paci cas have already been put through their paces at various test tracks, including the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Arizona Proving Grounds in Yucca. Waymo is currently in talks with Honda Motor Co. to provide research vehicles for its four test cities.

– Reach Mike Butler at 480-898-5630 or at mbutler@timespublications.com.

(Mike Butler/Tribune Staff)

Milk consumers can file for part of class-action settlement

The Fresh Milk Products Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit is signing up Arizona milk consumers until Tuesday, Jan. 31, for reimbursement of up to $20 on its website.

Individuals and entities can submit a claim at boughtmilk.com. Schools and after-school programs can claim up to $560.

Chandler Environmental Education Center hosting ‘Star Party’

The Chandler Environmental Education Center (EEC) is hosting a “Star Party” at Veterans Oasis Park from 6-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27. There will be telescopes for visitors of all ages to view the stars, moon, planets and more in the Arizona sky.

The lawsuit came after the dairy industry slaughtered more than 500,000 cows to reduce milk supply and increase prices.

— RYAN CLARKE, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Chandler mayor to deliver State of the City address

Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny is set to deliver the State of the City address on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

The speech, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the City Council Chambers on 88 E. Chicago St.

Fortune Magazine recently named Chandler “the country’s hottest new city for autos.”

Tibshraeny’s speech will focus on this achievement, while also addressing the city’s fi scal position, safety and new programs.

— RYAN CLARKE, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Free shredding of private papers offered by Gilbert police

The Gilbert Police Department, along with VIP Airsoft and EZ Shredding Solutions, is offering a free shred-athon of private papers on Thursday, Jan. 26.

The free service will be from 9-11 a.m. in front of VIP Airsoft on the Southeast corner of Val Vista and Baseline in the Fry’s Complex, 3841 E. Baseline Road. Although the service is free, a donation of $5 per box of papers is suggested.

For more information, visit gilbertaz.gov/ departments/ police/ crime-prevention.

– TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

The EEC is at 4050 E. Chandler Heights Road, and telescopes will be set up in the east side of the parking lot.

If the sky isn’t clear Friday, interested participants should call 480-782-2890 for updates on the event.

— RYAN CLARKE, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Historic Home Tour coming this weekend in Mesa

Historic homes in Mesa will be open to the public Saturday, Jan. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The 17th Annual Historic Home Tour will showcase approximately a dozen homes in the West 2nd Street and Fraser Fields historic districts. Numerous architectural styles will be featured, including Bungalow, Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival and Ranch.

Tickets are $20 and are available online at valleyhistoryinc.com. On the tour day, they will be available beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Sirrine House, 160 N. Center St.

Admission includes visits to the historic homes and buildings, free admission to the Mesa History Museum and a souvenir book and map of the tour locations.

– TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Cold War discussion to feature classic film

America in Times of Conﬂ ict presents “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” followed by a discussion of America’s anxieties during the Cold War.

In the classic 1951 fi lm, an alien visits Earth to bring a warning about the dangers of atomic power. Following the fi lm, Michael Rubinoff from the ASU Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture will lead a discussion.

The event is Monday, Jan. 23, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Chandler Senior Center, 202 E. Boston St.

America in Times of Conﬂ ict is a collaborative series of panel discussions, exhibits, movies, lectures and performances made possible through a partnership between Chandler Public Library, Chandler Museum, Chandler Senior Center and Chandler Center for the Arts.

POLICE CHIEF

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on the job and that he will miss him. He praised Meza for communicating well with the association and the public, stressing better community relations and officer wellness.

Meza, who knew from the start when he was leaving, wasted no time in setting his priorities and achieving as much as he could in a short time.

Meza’s focus on community relations stemmed from the early stages of his career, but his timing was impeccable, with a lack of trust between the public and the police boiling over in demonstrations and even riots throughout the nation, but not in Mesa.

“I think he’s done a great job building relationships with the community as well as the police department,” Gafvert said. “Meza has been very fair. He has included us in all aspects of the police department.”

Meza serves as president of the board of Community Bridges, a behavioral health agency. He recognized post-traumatic stress disorder as a common affliction in police work and gave officers a fourth day off, or a full week, after they were involved in an officer-involved shooting or a child death case, such as a drowning or traffic accident.

“I saw how our department was lacking in community engagement. It was an area I wanted to emphasize,” Meza said. He said his focus on dealing with the community started during his duty as a gang detective early in his career. He realized that there were many areas of police work where officers could not cure a problem by making arrests alone.

Meza said the extra day was critical in giving officers more time to rest and get counseling, so they could return with the best mindset possible.

“I learned you have to deal with it with prevention, education and enforcement,” Meza said. “It’s been one of the pillars of my career.”

“We are definitely going to miss him,” Gafvert said. “We have two very good internal candidates.”

“We need a chief who understands Mesa,” he said. “If it’s someone from the outside, then he or she better be someone amazing.”

Meza said that 23 percent of officers are now certified in crisis intervention. He said all officers now receive eight hours of mandatory crisis intervention training in how to deal with people who are under stress or suffer from a mental illness.

Gafvert said he doesn’t understand why the city didn’t start the search earlier, knowing that Meza’s tenure had an expiration date.

Giles said the city is certain that Dvorak will do a good job as interim chief and believes it is better to find the right candidate than to rush the selection process.

PINBALL

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“rule set” and excitement of advancing further into the game.

She’s quick to offer tips to help other players: move the machine, but don’t shove it too hard in order to steer the silver ball; strategize about where to hit the silver ball and aim it in that direction; if you miss the ball, regain control of it quickly.

“You have to think fast,” she said. “Every game has different rules.”

Lindbergh loves the social aspect of pinball and enjoys playing at Tilt with her husband, Mark, who’s also a competitive player. She also plays at The Grid: Games and Growlers, as well as Starfighters Arcade in Mesa, and Cobra Arcade Bar and Alice Cooper’stown

The department uses Crisis Intervention Teams, composed of four detectives, an advisor and a supervisor, to deal with stressful situations that can be anticipated. Those include serving court orders that commit individuals for mental health treatment.

“It’s more preventative. They try to keep them on their meds and prevent a crisis,” Meza said.

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

restaurant in Phoenix. Her family has 14 pinball machines at home.

Tilt has 21 pinball machines, including one unveiled at a recent tournament and launch party, Batman ’66 Anniversary Edition, which shows clips of the original “Batman” TV show.

Nancy Roggio, vice-president of marketing at Tilt in Tempe, said she saw many women playing pinball at the tournament earlier this month. Roggio believes people enjoy the carnival-type atmosphere of pinball and playing a hands-on game.

To find out more about the Belles & Chimes Phoenix league, email playmorepinballaz@gmail.com or visit the group facebook.com/groups/ bellesphoenix.

Police investigating death of Mesa teacher

A Mesa teacher was shot and killed in a Tempe backyard the morning of Jan. 15. Police are investigating.

Ryne Zahner, 26, was a math teacher at Mesa High School. Zahner attended Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University.

There is an ongoing search for the suspect, 27-year-old Caleb Bartels, who is considered armed and dangerous.

Bartels is described as a 5-foot-10, 165-pound white male with brown hair and green eyes, and is believed to be driving a 2007 silver Pontiac Grand Prix with the license plate number BSK8972.

Police believe he might be out of the state, and could be have traveled to Sacramento, California; Reno, Nevada; and Beaverton, Oregon.

– RYAN CLARKE, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Texas man’s parents file wrongful-death suit against Mesa

Tempe Union board swears in first African-American member

Berdetta Hodge became the fi rst African-American member of the Tempe Union High School Governing board last Wednesday.

Hodge, of Tempe, is the only newcomer to the board after winning one of three open seats in the November election.

Hodge, who has a son enrolled in the district, has been involved in community activities for 25 years. She campaigned on the theme “You Matter” and pledged to “fi rst and foremost focus on the students” to give them “a voice at the table.”

DeeAnne McClenahan of Tempe was elected board president.

The parents of Daniel Shaver have fi led a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Mesa and a former police offi cer.

Shaver, of Granbury, Texas, was unarmed when police shot and killed him outside of his hotel room in Mesa on Jan. 16. Police were responding to reports of someone pointing a gun out of a window.

Shaver begged offi cers not to shoot him before Offi cer Philip Brailsford opened fi re.

Brailsford was relieved of duty and pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder. He is awaiting trial.

— RYAN CLARKE, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Chicago-based university pays Gilbert $4 million

Saint Xavier University has settled with the town of Gilbert for $4 million, according to a town report.

The settlement comes after the university, based in Chicago, closed its campus in downtown Gilbert and terminated the lease on a building that was built for the school.

Town-issued revenue bonds funded the fourstory building, which was to be paid back through the lease.

ASU center to lead research on future of transportation

— RYAN CLARKE, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Arizona State University has been named the lead institution for a new Department of Transportation center that will research strategies to improve regional travel-demand forecasting.

The new center, the Center for Teaching Old Models New Tricks, or TOMNET, puts ASU in charge of a group of research universities including Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Washington and University of South Florida.

ASU is one of 20 Tier 1 centers awarded around the country. The school was picked from more than 200 proposals. – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Chandler man arrested on suspicion of killing another man

A Chandler resident was arrested Jan. 14 on suspicion of fatally shooting another man last month, Chandler police said.

Chris Anthony Vega, 21, is suspected of shooting Dominique Vega, 20, near the intersection of Arizona Avenue and Ivanhoe Place in Chandler, police said. The two men were not related.

Chandler police said there was an incident between the two a few months before. On Dec. 21, Dominique Vega was seen having a conversation with someone in a Toyota Camry in front of a 7-Eleven.

Police said witnesses saw Dominique Vega walk away from the Camry. The driver, identifi ed as Chris Vega, then drove toward Dominique Vega, shot him multiple times, then drove away, witnesses said. Then, the car then came back and Dominique Vega was shot again before the driver left, they said.

Chandler offers couples wedding ideas in a pub-crawl style

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Tribune Contributing Writer

Prospective brides and grooms got a taste of what their dream weddings could look like as they explored downtown Chandler’s businesses in a pub-crawl-style event recently.

About 200 people, including future brides and grooms as well as their friends and family members, participated in the Downtown Chandler Wedding Walk Jan. 12 held by the Downtown Chandler Community Partnership.

They started with drinks at SoHo63, a wedding and event venue on East Boston Street, then walked west on Boston, before heading north on San Marcos Place.

The event started in the late afternoon and wrapped up that night with a mock wedding reception at the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort on San Marcos Place.

The couples and their entourages visited about 30 participating businesses, including restaurants, bars, a wedding dress store, tuxedo store, a print shop, an ice cream sandwich company and Western gift store.

Business owners and employees rolled out the red carpet, pitching their services and holding free raffles for discounts on venue rentals, meals, dresses, tuxedos and other wedding-related goods.

“It’s a great one-stop shop for planning all your wedding needs,” said Karli Ragan, marketing and events manager for the Downtown Chandler Community Partnership. “The raffle prizes are a big draw. It takes some of the burden off of planning a wedding.”

Laughing and smiling, groups toured reception areas, a cocktail room and indoor and outdoor places for ceremonies with flowers, hanging beads, a fireplace and other romantic touches at SoHo63. Inside the event venue, a popular drink for brides-to-be was “Drunk on Love,” served by Kinsey Kendrick, the owner of drinkcatering company Couple of Bartenders.

A $5 ticket bought participants that drink—a mix of vodka, peach liquor, ginger ale and plum bitters—or another alcoholic beverage, as well as a chance to sample businesses’ food and enter to win

raffle prizes.

Newly engaged couple Nicole Burt, 27, and Eddie Mathot, 28, both of Tempe, strolled inside SoHo63, getting ideas for their wedding planned for the spring of 2018.

“We’re interested in a couple of the venues down here,” Burt said. “It’s a good vibe, good energy down here.”

She and Mathot like Chandler’s restaurants and bars because they consider them classy but affordable.

Kari Hedquist, 30, of Ahwatukee Foothills, and her friend Sabrina Kingman, 31, of Laveen, got drinks inside SoHo63 as they tried to plan their weddings. They will be bridesmaids in each other’s weddings.

Hedquist said SoHo63 is “definitely a contender” for a wedding location.

“The venue’s really beautiful,” she said. “My fiancé and I have always liked this old-world feel.”

Kingman said it was convenient to check out so many businesses in one evening.

“We just wanted to take a look at vendor options,” she said. “I’ve been thinking for a while what my vision is.”

SoHo63 hosts about 100 events a year, about 80 of which are weddings,

said Jessica Sobczak, event curator for the business. Some people are already booking weddings for 2019 there.

October and April are the most popular months for weddings in Arizona, according to Theresa Abril, state manager for Arizona and New Mexico with the Association of Bridal Consultants.

The average wedding costs about $24,000, added Abril, who also owns wedding planning company Weddings 4 Rebels in Phoenix.

Abril said she likes wedding walks like the Chandler one because they allow businesses and the engaged couples to get to know each other in a more intimate setting.

“It’s more specialized,” she said. “You make that one-on-one connection more than you would at a big show.”

Serena Peng, owner of the wedding dress store Yes, I Do Bridal, showed brides-to-be various modern and vintage dresses in her store on West Boston Street.

Jenifer Hulfish, 36, of Chandler, is getting married to Isaac Harrington, 31, of Chandler, in four months and still needs a wedding dress. She said she is happy to hear Yes, I Do Bridal can customize dresses quickly and called the

walk a fun way to get good ideas.

Becky Ballenger of Chandler had already bought her dress, but had fun trying on veils at Yes, I Do Bridal and eating the complimentary ice cream sandwiches from Ice Cream Sammies just outside the dress shop with her two friends.

“They’re treating us pretty well,” on the walk, Ballenger said. “We are hunting for raffles.”

Employees from Serrano’s Mexican Restaurant greeted walk attendees at a table set up on Boston Street, talking about their venue around the corner on South Arizona Avenue.

Inside Serrano’s, event manager Teri Faldon showed people the various rooms where they could hold receptions and weddings. A room with a stage is a popular place for weddings, including one just held on New Year’s Eve, Faldon said.

“We do a lot of rehearsal dinners,” she said. “Everyone knows Serrano’s. We go over details, their color theme.”

Sara Gall, 37, of Chandler, is finalizing the details of her July wedding.

“I still need a few things locally like stationery,” Gall said during the walk. “It’s getting really close. I’m excited.”

(Colleen Sparks/Tribune Contributor)

Wearing a veil, bride-to-be Becky Ballenger of Chandler relied on future bridesmaids Robyn Argabright of Chandler, left, and Linda Brown of Mesa for advice at Yes, I Do Bridal during the Downtown Chandler Wedding Walk.

Pet-loving designer turns her hiatus into new business

BY RALPH ZUBIATE Tribune Executive Editor

Amy Lamp was on a break from her life as a graphic designer.

After 16 years of developing brands and designing websites, she says she was burned out.

“I needed a mental break,” the Tempe woman said.

While figuring out her future, she and her husband Matt adopted a dog, Pipsqueak, from a shelter in 2014. The Jack Russell Terrier and Chihuahua mix rekindled Lamp’s old love for sewing.

“I’ve always been a maker, and I’ve sown throughout the years,” Lamp said. “In the fall when it got cool, I made her a jacket. It was so much fun.”

She started to wonder if she could turn this love of designing things for Pipsqueak into a business. Lamp started to design and make clothes, collars, toys and accessories for pets. Oxford Dogma was born.

“I really got into it because I love pets and because I like to make things,” Lamp said. “I thought it would be a big challenge.”

Since opening her website, oxforddogma.com, Lamp says she’s had a good response and a lot of feedback.

One of her most popular accessories helps dog owners with the inevitable cleanup.

“It’s a little clip dispenser, and it holds a roll of poop bags,” she said. “It looks like a little shaving kit. It’s cute, and stylish. I love that you’re always prepared.”

She also offers custom pet portraits, which lets her exercise her old graphic designer skills.

“I take three to five photos that pet owners bring me, then interview the owners to find out the unique traits of the animal. I take all that information and turn it into a portrait,” she said. She then takes her drawing and

digitizes it for a clean, iconic look. The art then can be used for more products, as the owner wishes.

“I sell it in an 8-by-10 print that you can frame, but you can also put it on a T-shirt or tote bag or mug,” she said.

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Marcos de Niza receives grant for new field from NFL, Cardinals

BY RYAN CLARKE Tribune Staff Writer

The Marcos de Niza football team will have a new field to play on next season, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the NFL Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

The grant, provided by the league in partnership with the Arizona Cardinals, will pay for a refurbishment to Marcos de Niza’s existing field and replace it with Tifway 419 Bermuda grass—a softer and higher-quality playing surface.

“These field refurbishments will ensure athletes have a safe place to come together, play with friends and enjoy the many benefits sports offer,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a release.

“The NFL Foundation and LISC remain committed to improving the quality and accessibility of fields for communities nationwide,” he added.

(Ryan Clarke/Tribune Staff)

for his players to take the new field for the first time in the fall.

Last season was Moro’s first at the helm for Marcos de Niza after 30 years at Blue Ridge and two years at Poston Butte. Moro said he received the news about the grant when he was a guest on the field at University of Phoenix Stadium.

“Due to our players playing really well against Cactus, I was the Cardinals coach of the week,” Moro said. “When I was at the stadium and down on the field pregame, Adam Richman—who is one of the PR people for the Cardinals— came up to me and said, ‘Did you hear?’ ‘Hear what?’ ‘You guys are getting a new field.’”

Moro says his mission in life is to teach principles of success to his athletes that help them become positive influences in society.

A new field is welcome news for Marcos de Niza as it has experienced drainage problems and weed growth on the old grass. Principal Sean McDonald said that he’s grateful for the new field, and that it will help Padres players perform even better.

Head coach Paul Moro, Arizona’s alltime winningest high school football coach and a 13-time state champion, said he’s excited about the opportunity

“Just a really big thank you to the groups that help us in the community, the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL,” McDonald said. “We really are overwhelmed by their generosity and we’re going to make them proud.”

Assistant Principal for Athletics Brian Fleming echoed that sentiment, adding that the new field will have a major impact on a close-knit community.

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Marcos de Niza High School Assistant Principal for Athletics Brian Fleming, head football Coach Paul Moro and Principal Sean McDonald say they’re pleased to get the help to refurbish the field.

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Recycle-a-Bicycle program needs donations of old bikes

Tempe’s Recycle-a-Bicycle program needs old bikes, whether in good shape or in need of repair.

A program launched at Gililland Middle School teaches students how to repair bicycles. The class is made up of 15 students from seventh and eighth grades. The class has repaired 20 bikes to date.

Tempe Fire Stations will take donated bicycles at any time. The locations are:

• Station 1, 1450 E. Apache Blvd.

• Station 2, 3025 S. Hardy Drive

• Station 3, 5440 S. McClintock Drive

• Station 4, 300 E. Elliot Road

• Station 5, 723 E. Curry Road

• Station 6, 655 S. Ash Ave. For more information about the Recyclea-Bicycle Program, go to tempe.gov/ recycleabicycle or call 480-350-4311.

MESA

Mesa author schedules signings of her books

Mesa author Paula Goldsmith is scheduled to sign copies of her books at a Mesa library in the coming weeks.

Goldsmith will be at the Red Mountain Library, 635 N. Power Road, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, and from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Goldsmith has written several books, for both children and adults, including “Have You Ever Heard an Angel Speak?” and “The Adventures of Baby Cuz, a Trip to Arizona.” Her books are designed to be personalized by the reader and include a poetry section, a journal section and coloring book. Her books will be on sale for $9.98 each at the signings.

The Blue Flame Cigar Society is offering Cigar University on Friday, Jan. 27, at Cigar Warehouse, 2826 E. Baseline Road, Mesa. Industry experts Bradley Reith and Tim Swanson will discuss premium cigars, and a tasting of top-shelf whiskey will be available. Admission, $29, includes three premium cigars and three whiskey tastes. For information, contact Cigar Warehouse at 480-632-2550 or the Blue Flame Cigar Society’s CEO Granison Shines at 602-3698119 and granison@blueflemacigarsociety.com.

Mesa council member reappointed to national panel

Mesa District 6 Council member Kevin Thompson has been re-appointed to the National League of Cities’ Community and Economic Development Committee for 2017. This will be Thompson’s second term on the committee.

The committee works on housing, community and economic development, land use, parks and recreation, historic preservation and international competitiveness.

The National League of Cities is the nation’s largest organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance.

NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, town and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.

New campus minister named for Benedictine University

Benedictine University in Mesa has been named a new campus minister.

Rob Curtis has served at parishes and schools in the Diocese of Phoenix for the past

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Recycle-a-Bicycle program needs donations of old bikes

Tempe’s Recycle-a-Bicycle program needs old bikes, whether in good shape or in need of repair.

A program launched at Gililland Middle School teaches students how to repair bicycles. The class is made up of 15 students from seventh and eighth grades. The class has repaired 20 bikes to date.

Tempe Fire Stations will take donated bicycles at any time. The locations are:

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“There are a lot of ways you can use it.”

Now, Lamp wants to concentrate on the products already being sold.

“I’m really proud of the products I have now, so I don’t feel I have to add things,” she said.

“I don’t want to do as many in-person, handmade market events, which I used to do. It’s tricky at handmade markets. A lot of people are invited to shop, but you might get 10 percent of the shoppers making purchases.”

Instead, she’s concentrating on online orders.

“I get a lot of orders from out East,” she said. “I get them from New York, Virginia, Massachusetts. It’s perfect because it fits my aesthetic.”

Creating is in Lamp’s blood. Her mother had a crafting business in the ’80s.

“Oh my gosh, she would have done so well on Etsy,” she said.

Lamp’s family is from Iowa, and her mother’s business reflected the countrystyle crafts that were in fashion then.

“She made little wooden cutouts of

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relationships, the team building and the things they do within their team—for some kids, that is their family,” Fleming said. “I think the values and the things that you can get out of a team, and being a part of that, is irreplaceable.”

Replacing an old, worn-out football field is a long time coming for the Marcos de Niza football program, which is trying to reach the upper echelon

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Mesa author schedules signings of her books

Mesa author Paula Goldsmith is scheduled to sign copies of her books at a Mesa library in the coming weeks.

Goldsmith will be at the Red Mountain Library, 635 N. Power Road, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, and from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Goldsmith has written several books, for both children and adults, including “Have

flowers or animals, then hand painted them on the front. She also did a lot of sewing, and she made home decorating accessories. She did the craft show circuit for years and years, and sold to local shops.

“If I hadn’t seen that model, I don’t think I would know how to do this. It is definitely in my blood!”

As her success grows, Lamp wants to make sure she stays grounded. She doesn’t want the bother of opening a physical shop.

“One of my life goals is to keep my business simple enough that it doesn’t overwhelm my life,” she said. “I’m very conscious of keeping things in balance.”

Giving back is also important. Oxford Dogma gives a portion of all sales to animal shelters like the one where she and Matt found Pipsqueak.

“I pick a new shelter each quarter. One of my goals for this year is to earn more so I can give more to shelters,” she said.

“The pets in these shelters light up when you come around, and they’re so grateful. I’m just glad I’m able to help this way.”

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

of Arizona’s Division II. Ultimately, Fleming and his colleagues view the new field as a testament to the hard work of Padres past.

“To all the people and all the players and all the students that have come before, the class of 2017 and their efforts, they laid the groundwork for what is now happening,” Fleming said. “I think it’s important that they also see the thank you from us just for laying the foundation for these kids that we see on a daily basis.”

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Workshops let crafty creators make wooden signs

BY SHELLEY GILLESPIE Tribune Contributing Writer

Melissa Malcom found the perfect business to open in Gilbert when she discovered Board & Brush, which she launched in November.

An added plus is that the company founder is a college friend. There are 40 other franchises already working with the successful concept.

Board & Brush offers workshops for people who like to create. Customers are guided to develop hand-designed wooden signs to decorate their homes, yards and offices, and also give as gifts. No experience with woodworking is required.

“I’ve always been pretty crafty,” Malcom said.

She needed to be “crafty” to coordinate the hands-on wooden sign projects that 18-36 people spend three hours creating.

“I had never worked with a drill before this. Fifty percent of my clients have never touched a drill, so I show them how to use the power tools,” Malcom explains. “This empowers women to use equipment.”

Although men are sometimes part of her workshops, as part of corporate team building workshops or a couples group, most of the attendees are women from as young as 16 to retirement age.

Malcom presides over the workshops with two assistants who help the business groups, families and friends. They start with pine boards and end with welcoming signs that add an instant sense of nostalgia and individuality to their homes.

Why does it take three hours to make a sign? The process involves several steps and no one is rushing. The groups enjoy the camaraderie and make a party of the event.

Some parts of the process are begun in advance, as Malcom cuts wood to size and prepares stencils for each customer from choices that the corporate office changes monthly.

Malcom mounts a stool and welcomes the group.

“I’m short and, sometimes you won’t

be able to hear me, so I’ll flash the lights,” she announces. “Please grab some earplugs. You’ll need them.”

The very first step creates deafening noise as sign makers pound on the wood with hammers, mallets and meat tenderizers to produce a distressed look.

“It’s the best part for some people who’ve had a hard day,” Malcom claims, grinning.

Next, they sand the corners and edges of the wood so no one walks away with splinters. Brushes are on every work table so attendees can remove the sawdust that their sanding generates before they stain the wood.

Choosing a color to stain their signs from the six available colors is a major decision. Choices range from classic gray to a Sedona red. The gray and dark walnut stains are quite popular.

“Stain with the grain,” she advises. “And don’t miss the sides, ends and backs.”

After staining, each project is assembled with hangers attached. Then,

a stencil design is painstakingly placed on the stained board. The sign makers fill in the spaces with contrasting paint.

“Stipple and dab, don’t brush,” Malcom advises.

Malcom takes particular pleasure in the multi-generational groups that attend workshops.

“They have pride of ownership. One grandma was a reluctant participant, just there to be with her granddaughter. She had a bad attitude! When they were done, the grandma was the most excited,” said Malcom.

A recent workshop included three generations of the Maier family. Judy Maier, a retired teacher; her daughter Denise, a nurse; and granddaughter Makena Hogan, studying for a business degree in Hawaii, all prepared different signs.

Judy Maier laughed, while hammering, “This is fun. You get your aggressions out.” Her sign welcomed people to her home.

Owning a Board & Brush franchise was the best opportunity for Malcom, whose husband died from brain cancer, to spend time with her 9-year-old daughter, Ellyson. Malcom preps wood and supplies, contacts groups and sets up workshops from home.

“What I’d like to be doing in the future? I hope to expand to Tucson by mid-year,” said Malcom.

Workshops are offered to the public or set up by special arrangement. The threehour workshops are $65 per person for a project. Private parties require a minimum of 12 on weekdays and 15 on weekends. Business groups that create smaller projects are $45 per person. As a January special, anyone who books a private party in the first quarter gets their board for free.

For more information, contact gilbert@boardandbrush.com, 480-4866151, boardandbrush.com/gilbert. The business is at 538 S. Gilbert Road Suite 112, Gilbert.

(Shelley Gillespie/Tribune Contributor)

Denise Maier (front), a nurse, uses a drill for the first time, as daughter Makena Hogan (middle) and mother, Judy Maier, a retired second grade schoolteacher, wait their turn.

Group pays $15 million for Tempe development site

A Minnesota group has bought a development site at University Drive and Forest Avenue in Tempe for $15.24 million.

Sundt Cos. sold the site near Arizona State University to Minneapolis-based Opus Group. The group plans 20- and 12-story apartment towers on the 115,325-square-foot site, including 31,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space along University Drive.

The second phase of the development could include a new hotel.

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Jason’s Deli has closed at Frye Road across from Chandler Fashion Center.

The restaurant is a franchised deli with stores in more than two dozen states. The other Chandler location, near Ray Road and 54th Street, remains open.

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Tempe among tops for jobs, according to site

Wallet Hub has declared Chandler and

Tempe among the nation’s best cities for jobs.

The site’s analysts compared 150 of the most populated U.S. cities across 23 key indicators of job-market strength. They range from “job opportunities” to “employment growth” to “median annual income.”

Chandler ranked No. 7 and Tempe No. 9. Gilbert came in at 18, and Mesa was 49.

The top 10 cities for jobs, according to Wallet Hub, are Scottsdale; Plano, Texas; Orlando, Florida; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; San Francisco; Rancho Cucamonga, California; Chandler; Salt Lake City, Utah; Tempe; and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Chandler seeks proposals for downtown development

Chandler is seeking proposals from developers interested in the site known as Blue Peacock II.

This vacant, city-owned property is at 51 E. Boston St., between Arizona Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Chandler. It sits between SoHo63 and the former site of Brunchies restaurant.

The site is 3,000 square feet, with about 2,000 square feet of interior space and an outdoor patio. The current zoning is for

retail, restaurant and entertainment uses.

Proposals are due by 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17. To view the request for proposal and register for the city’s Vendor Registration System, go to bit.ly/2jc30aG.

Tempe lawyer elected officer of Hispanic Bar Association

Ashley Villaverde Halvorson has been elected vice president of Los Abogados, an affiliate member of the Hispanic National Bar Association

Halvorson, of Tempe, served three terms as secretary, and has served as the chair of the Gala and mentorship committees.

Halvorson concentrates her practice on bad faith and extra-contractual liability, and insurance coverage. Since 2013, Halvorson has been listed as a Southwest Rising Star by Super Lawyers. She received both her undergraduate degree and law degree from Arizona State University.

SPR launches mobile app to service customers

Salt River Project has launched a mobile app that allows customers to access their information on their mobile devices.

The SRP Power app lets users view their daily cost and usage, payments and report

and view information on outages in the area. The app is available in Google Play and Apple Store.

SRP irrigation customers will also have access to their water information.

Halal Guys restaurant coming to Tempe location

The first Arizona-based location of the famous Halal Guys food truck will open at 1015 S. Rural Road in Tempe on Friday, Jan. 27.

The Halal Guys plans to open locations in major Arizona markets.

Marx Productions moves operations to Chandler

Marx Productions, an audio-visual company specializing in planning conventions, concerts, large meetings and special events, is relocating its operations to Chandler.

Marx recently purchased a 27,000-square-foot building adjacent to Stellar Airpark and the Loop 202 Santan Freeway for $2.6 million.

The move to Chandler will include the relocation of 23 employees, most of whom already live in the East Valley. The company expects to double its employment in the next three years.

Batten down the hatches as the new POTUS blows into town

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

You have always favored Sundays as the best 24 hours of the week, a quiet start to the next seven days, a time for reflection and worship, for positive thoughts and consideration of all that lies ahead.

But now comes the first Sunday under President Donald Trump, the first of more than 200 such Sundays under America’s new POTUS. The new dawn arouses a series of emotions, each felt palpably, deeply, down in the level of your guts: There’s hope and fear, interest and worry, anger, confusion. Beneath this emotional swirl, you sense a critical question lurking, one you must answer, one that millions of us must answer: If our success as a nation depends on this president—a man so many Americans loathe with an athletic vigor—should we root for Donald

Trump or against Donald Trump as our country’s leader?

What does good citizenship demand of us? What’s the right course of action if you consider yourself a patriot? What’s the right set of behaviors to model for our children and neighbors? What’s the best way to act so that, come the next Sunday and the Sunday after that, we can look in the mirror and respect the face that stares back at us?

The thought from this corner: All I can speak for is myself, and it is a question each one of us must answer for ourselves and ourselves alone.

Me, I am going to choose to approach this president—a man I view as the marginally lesser of two abysmal evils presented for political consumption during the election just past—exactly as I treat the weather.

I will note him. I will take him into account and take all the necessary precautions. But mostly, I will go about my business, because really, the weather

doesn’t have all that much impact on my life day to day.

For many of you, the above paragraph will horrify you deeply. I get that. And I respect that you view this president as a force who must be protested against, repudiated, stopped. Or you view POTUS Trump in exactly the opposite way—as a man of vision who should be supported, followed and thanked during the each of the next 1458 days. You should do that.

You all should do that. While I sit and watch the weather drift past, hoping reports of a tornado prove wrong, while suspecting that forecasts of picturesque sunny days ahead will prove to be so much misplaced optimism.

Do I hope President Trump succeeds? I suppose it depends on how we measure his success. That is always the case for politicians with me, though. I rarely root for the man or the woman, instead choosing to root for the constituents he or she represents. If Trump’s success

is America’s success, then yes, I am rooting for him—in the same way as I rooted for Presidents Obama and Bush, et al. I’m rooting for a better economy, more jobs, better schools, fewer wars, less crime. But for President Trump personally? I feel no emotional investment in the man, save the sense of anxiety and malignancy his behavior often creates. Again, he is like a weather system, a force of nature that reminds me very much of the wind.

So much bluster, so much force. It is enough to make you nervous, enough to make you spend a Sunday morning in contemplation and prayer. You hope for the best while praying to avoid the worst. You hope that after the wind dies away, everything you care so much about is left standing and no worse for the wear.

Another skill that should be taught our children: Internet literacy

BY MIKE MCCLELLAN Tribune Contributing Writer

Forget for a moment

Gov. Ducey’s empty pledge to value teachers by providing them a two percent raise phased in over five years, giving teachers what basically is a one dollar a day raise. Before taxes.

Instead, think about students and fake news (on second thought, Ducey’s pledge might fall under that category).

Schools increasingly use computers in the classroom, some districts providing laptops to kids while others encouraging students to use their own devices.

Our teachers use the net with their kids every day, and have their kids use Google for research.

But as we know from the recent election, fake news is everywhere, and it is seductive.

And a recent Stanford University study emphasizes the need for schools to help our kids be savvy evaluators of what they see on their devices.

Published in November, the report reveals a “dismaying inability by students to reason about information they see on the Internet.”

Unsurprisingly, while students were adept at using social media, they were uniformly incompetent in judging the validity of what they read, almost always “easily duped.”

In particular, “native advertising”— commercials disguised as news content— were rarely critically understood. In fact, 80 percent of the students in the study thought that this kind of advertising featured real news stories. As well, just like adults, students would gravitate in research toward sources that reflected their point of view.

When shown deceptive photographs, only 20 percent noted the questionable

sources of those pictures.

Even with college students, the study found an audience willing to accept Internet information at face value, not even bothering to use the links that a Facebook post or tweet might provide in order to judge the claim’s validity.

So, while these kids are the digital natives who’ve grown up accustomed to diving into the Internet, like the older digital tourists, they seem nearly illiterate.

What, then, can we do?

Some teachers, schools, or districts are beginning to focus on Internet literacy. Gilbert Public Schools, for example, use a program called Common Sense Media, with lessons for third through twelfth grades. It covers a wide variety of Internet skills that students need, and it’s a good start. But it provides only one 40-minute lesson in the middleschool grades to teach evaluating what kids confront on their computers. More

needs to be done.

And of course, that falls on schools, just another area teachers will be responsible for. But schools have opened this door, after all, with their enthusiastic embrace of computer-based education.

Leadership on this, however, should come from the state, given teachers’ limited time and resources.

So, it should fall on Diane Douglas and her state Department of Education to fund a group of internet-savvy teachers and others to create meaningful lessons?

Parents want their children to be able to read, write and do math. In a world where easy manipulation is at the stroke of a “return” button, where advertisers and ideologues look to deceive, parents should ask for one more basic skill: Internet literacy.

– Mike McClellan is a Gilbert resident and former English teacher at Dobson High School in Mesa.

– David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Reach him at david@leibowitzsolo.com.

Thank you, Gov. Ducey

Gov. Ducey’s proposed FY 18 budget is a positive step forward for our state’s public universities. With nearly $8 million in direct support for students and the sales tax recapture plan for capital infrastructure which should yield approximately $37 million, that will go a long way to create jobs and provide vitally needed research facilities.

Arizona cannot meet its research capacity goals without the sales tax recapture plan, and yet if we are to educate our students to meet tomorrow’s challenges, we must have adequate labs and space. Arizona is an important investor in the success of higher education and the success of our communities.

We appreciate Gov. Ducey’s foresight on this issue and hope it becomes a reality.

– Leo Mullins – Tempe

Voter vigilance

A disturbing situation has occurred in our beloved state that necessitates awareness and, hopefully, action by the electorate.

Some years ago, we passed Proposition 301 to infuse much-needed cash into our public schools. All went according to the wishes of voters until our Legislature started to run short of money and then they ignored the mandate from us voters and

discontinued funding Prop. 301. When our courts sided with us, the voters, our “leaders” continued to ignore the findings of the courts concerning the increased funding until our governor and the Legislature “settled” the lawsuit for 70 percent of the mandated funding. Talk about subverting our wishes!

Now, we the voters have approved Proposition 206 to increase the minimum wage. Once again, our current governor and many of his party faithful are attempting to stymie the wishes of the voters by taking this issue to court.

Here’s the bottom line. We can’t trust our Republican-dominated government to carry out the wishes of the voters. They want their own way and will use their monopoly in state government in an attempt to do what they want and when they want. The solution? Elect a different party to achieve a majority in either our Arizona State Senate or in our House.

A monopoly in business or in government isn’t good for either consumers or for voters.

– Richard K. Meszar – Mesa

Another try at health care

Somewhere between the utopian idea that health care can be, and should be, free and the idea that it should be “every man for himself,” there is a middle ground that is humane but not economically ruinous.

Perhaps the greatest benefit this nation might gain from the Affordable Care Act is that, with its failure, Congress has the actual public support—and the political cover implied—to finally address real reform. That must include tort reform, interstate competition, FDA rules, etc. It won’t be simple, and push-back will come from the special interests.

A first critical step should be the education of the public between what is, or is not, insurance. The structure of insurance is that it is basically a gamble. We hedge our bet that we will need medical care against the insurer’s bet that we will remain relatively healthy—both sides have skin in the game. When one or the other has no financial risk (free care for the individual or governmentguaranteed profitability for the “insurer”), that structure collapses. To that end, insurance companies shouldn’t be publicly supported, and individuals who can afford insurance but choose not to carry it should bear the financial consequences.

A safety net for those temporarily unemployed, the handicapped or those below the poverty level should be the easy part of the fix. Congress now has the impetus and several good plans to choose from. Now let’s see if they have the courage to fend off those who will actively try to maintain the status quo.

– Jim Barber – Mesa

Troubled times ahead

We are about to enter one of the most troubling times our country has ever seen.

With Donald Trump being sworn in as our president, life as we knew it with a president and an administration that cared about all of us will dangerously be gone. Our hopes and dreams of a bright future suddenly will become a dark side of radical political games and egos of wealthy, inexperienced men.

It’s a frightening thought to think where we will stand with our global neighbors and allies now that we have a president that has a history of lies and shame. The next four years could become devastating for many of us.

A person who lost the popular vote and has no clue what he’s doing will attempt to take away all our dreams. Hold on! This could be long, rough ride thanks to the Electoral College!

and click

– Peter Thomas – Gilbert

Corona wrestlers thriving thanks to two training rooms

BY JASON P. SKODA Tribune Prep Sports Director

When it became known that a good many of the Seton Catholic High School students leaving the wrestling program were going to land at Corona del Sol High, there were many who wondered how it was going to work.

It was pretty clear that the wrestlers who left Seton after Eric Larkin resigned as the Sentinels head coach were still going to work with their coach at Thorobred Wrestling Club.

Trying to balance time with Thorobred and the demands that Corona coach Jim Martinez puts on his wrestlers could have caused some issues and a power struggle. Instead, all involved have found a good balance, and the results have been evident all year long. That was reiterated last weekend when the Aztecs edged Sunnyside, 250-247.5, at the Flowing Wells Invitational.

“When you have a team of this caliber, you have to wrestle tough competition and make sure they are sharp,” said Martinez, whose team went 4-2 at The Clash in Minnesota. “The result was that we got done what we needed to do.”

The influx of new wrestlers has raised an already-high expectation. Everyone else in the practice room has benefited from the ex-Seton four—Jacob Garcia (138), Bryce Nickel (132), Vincent Dolce (152) and Brandon Konecny (160).

“They are good, hard-working kids and they raised the intensity level,” Martinez said. “They are still going and training at Thorobred, and that’s only going to help us. They are sharpening and raising the level of our other wrestlers.

“We are going to take advantage of all that skill.”

The newcomers had to sit out until 50 percent of the season was completed before they could do anything but practice.

They have taken a solid lineup, led by sophomore Zack Kvavle (106) and state placer Hunter Carmona (145), and made it one of the state’s most formidable.

The Aztecs are the favorites to win the Division I state title, which would be its first with an individual tournament result format.

Corona won the state title in 2009 and 2010 when the format to determine the state champion was in dual-meet form.

Seton fell just short of winning the Division II team state title last year in the final moments despite Dolce and Konecny winning individual championships.

The Aztecs hope to improve as the season wears on as wrestlers like Kvavle benefit from the culture of the room.

Two weeks ago, he suffered his first two defeats of the season at the Peoria Invitational. He won the Flowing Wells title, knocking off Peoria champ Jesse Ybarra of Sunnyside in the finals.

“I decided I didn’t want to lose anymore so I made some changes,” Kvavle said. “I tried to make it so that everything I am doing is for wrestling.”

It stems from the approach displayed by teammates Konecny, a two-time state champion, and Dolce, a state champ.

“Ever since they came to our team, I’ve been trying to hang out with them and go to Thorobred more,” he said. “They approach everything like it is a challenge you have to win.”

Kvavle and Garcia both hit moves in the final seconds to win their Flowing Wells titles.

“Tough kids find a way to win,” Martinez said. “They stuck it out and wrestled all six minutes.”

It helps when the toughest battles take place in your practice room or at one of the state’s top wrestling clubs.

The transition has gone about as smoothly as it possibly could.

“It’s nice we are all still together,” Garcia said. “Jim is a great coach so it is a good fit. I still train (at Thorobred) as much as I can. It depends on the week, but either way we are all just trying to get better.”

– Contact Jason Skoda at 480-898-7915 or jskoda@evtrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @ JasonPSkoda.

Perry girls soccer hopes to be school’s first champ

BY JASON P. SKODA Tribune Prep Sports Director

With the way that the Perry High School girls soccer team attacks on the field, it isn’t surprising how the Pumas feel about putting an end to the athletic department’s dearth of state titles.

The school opened in 2007 and the sports teams have just as many state championships as the day that the first bell rang. They have gotten close—the

badminton team this fall, the girls soccer team in 2014, the girls volleyball this year and others—only to come up short and leave it up to another group to finally break through.

“We want to be the first ones,” senior forward Kiara Parker said. “A lot of teams

have come close, and we hoped they’d do it, but we really we want to be the ones to do it.”

Perry entered this week ranked No. 13 in the country by MaxPreps, thanks to an

(Jason P. Skoda/Tribune Prep Sports Director)

Corona del Sol senior Brandon Konecny (top) is one of four wrestlers competing at a high level after transferring from Seton Catholic.

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GIRLS SOCCER

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offense that averages 6.5 goals per game and allowed just six goals through the first 20 matches.

They’ve done it with great communication, unselfishness, a veteran back line and several players able to finish.

“It’s a commitment to unselfish play,” Perry coach John Roberts said. “They are willing to take advantage of the opportunities we create. It’s not always easy to get that type of mindset. They see the goal and want to shoot when the opportunity is good, but they are willing to pass off when it is even better for someone else.”

It’s led to an unprecedented offensive output as the Pumas ranked second in the nation, based on MaxPreps’ stats (not every team submits) in points (387), second in goals (130) and assists (127).

“We lost three really good seniors from last year, and we had some good players come up from JV, but I never would have guessed anything like this,” junior forward Amanda Dahl said. “It’s all a team effort, and we all do our job, and it’s my job to score.”

Dahl led the way with 35 goals through 20 games with 23 assists to give her 93 points to rank No. 10 in the nation.

Parker has 20 goals and 19 assists, Kelly Cannistra has 15 goals and seven assists, Remmi Deutsch has 14 goals and 10 assists while Jackie Gilbert has 13 goals and five assists.

we just want to keep scoring as much as we can.”

As a defensive player, junior Emma Richey often has a great view of how the goal comes together, having the play develop right in front of her.

“It’s really cool because a lot of times it is exactly how we practiced it,” she said. “Everyone does everything they are supposed to do and the (opposition) can’t stop it.”

The same can’t be said for the Perry defense as the backside of the lineup has done a tremendous job of stopping the offensive attack of the opponent.

The Pumas allowed only six goals through the first 20 games. Three of those goals came in the first three games of the season, including a 1-0 seasonopening loss to Desert Mountain.

“We pride ourselves on our defense,” Roberts said. “It is where everything starts. I’ve told them I’d rather win 1-0 than 10-5 every time.”

The defense is led by junior Delaney Uyeshiro, senior Rachel Wolter, sophomore Annie Wolter and Richey with goalie Makayla Aman, who had a 0.40 goal against average in more than 1,075 minutes in goal.

“We all trust each other and have played together for so long we know what the other one can do,” Richey said. “We know if we take a chance, someone will be there to cover our spot.”

Anissa Montoya is next with nine goals and 15 assists, while Brenna Alderson has six goals and 15 assists.

In total, 16 different players had at least one goal, and 19 have at least one assist.

“It’s above and beyond what we expected, but now it is the expectation,” Parker said. “Once we get that first one,

It’s been a great combination thus far heading into the final two games— Xavier and Hamilton—before finding out their seed in the 6A Conference playoffs, which begin Feb. 1.

The Pumas entered those two matches ranked fourth in the conference, with Hamilton No. 1 and Xavier No. 2.

– Contact Jason Skoda at 480-898-7915 or jskoda@evtrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @ JasonPSkoda.

(Larry Mangino/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Striker Jackie Gilbert aims for another goal for Perry High. She has had 13 goals and five assists.

Showing how we can bring light to a dark season

BY RABBI DEAN SHAPIRO Tribune Guest Writer

Winter nights are long and dark; it is easy to feel alone. Perhaps that’s why so many cultures have a Festival of Light—to warm us, to provide hope, and to send a beacon one to another, saying, “I am here! I will share what I have with you, and together we’ll see warmer days.”

The Midrash, an ancient Jewish form of biblical interpretation, imagines that Adam, the first earthling, grew fearful when nights grew long that very first winter. He prayed for eight days, until he observed that the days were growing longer once more. When the pattern repeated itself the next year, he realized that this was not punishment but rather the natural way of the world.

The Hanukkah menorah, or Hanukkiah, is the Jewish lamp with eight branches, one for each night of Hanukkah, plus an additional lamp with which to light the others. Each night of

SUNDAY, JAN. 29

HUMAN TRAFFICKING SEMINAR

A seminar on preventing human trafficking will look at how this crime can victimize children and adults of all ages, even in Chandler. The Chandler Police Department and Streetlight USA, a charitable group that helps victims deal with their trauma, will make presentations.

DETAILS>> 5 p.m., Epiphany Lutheran Church, 800 W. Ray Road, Chandler. Free. Information: pam@ epiphanychandler.org.

SUN-SAT, JAN. 29-FEB. 4

LOVE WEEK

Generation Church will be holding its annual Love Week. Each day will include events to honor and love people in Mesa and the surrounding areas. Some of the events will include appreciation lunches for local teachers, police officers and firefighters, cleaning local parks, hosting a blood drive and concerts at nearby nursing homes.

DETAILS>> Information: 480-986-3149.

MONDAY, JAN. 30

KABBALAH OF TIME

A new six-session course examines time and the Jewish calendar through the mystical lens of Kab-

the festival, we light one more candle— first one, then two, and so on—until the entire lamp is ablaze. It gives us both sensory and spiritual knowledge that winter will fade and light will return. And so, it was extraordinarily hurtful that someone would desecrate the menorah standing in the yard of a Jewish family in Chandler on the sixth

That’s what happened in Chandler on Dec. 30. Some 200 or more members of our synagogue community, Temple Emanuel, and our neighbors in Chandler and across the Southeast Valley, gathered to rededicate the menorah, expertly repaired by the homeowner. We sang blessings. We read the words of the world’s peacemakers as each solar-powered light

“ There is something particularly profound about fire. It does not diminish when it is shared; it grows.”

night of Hanukkah. Not only did the perpetrator dismantle a symbol of hope and perseverance, but they even turned it into the utmost symbol of brutality and darkness. It was a profound violation. It was also a profound mistake. The culprit forgot that the menorah is a symbol of something that’s profoundly true: Darkness does not remain. Light always returns.

balah. Discover both a practical understanding of the structure of the Jewish calendar as well as mystical insights into recurrent patterns of time.

DETAILS>> Mondays 7:30-9 p.m., Pollack Chabad Center For Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. Information: 480-855-4333, info@chabadcenter.com.

THURSDAY, FEB. 2

WEBINAR TALK

A talk titled “Spiritual Discovery: How Can You Better The World?” will be offered by the First Church of Christ Scientist, Tempe. At a time when many people are thinking about how to make change in the world for the better, genuine spirituality has a valuable and unique contribution to make.

DETAILS>> Noon-1 p.m. online. Preregister at christiansciencetempe.com/community-events. Information: Linda Peairs at lindadpeairs@gmail.com.

FRIDAY, FEB. 3

POSIPALOOZA! CONCERT

Posi (pah-zee) music comes in literally every style from folk to rap. It’s a new genre that is messagebased and meant to empower, unite and transform your life. This concert will feature Posi artists Freebo, Harold Payne and Richard Mekdeci.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 2700 E. Southern Ave., Mesa. Tickets are $20, at unityofmesa.org or at empowerma. com/PosiPaloozaTicket.

came on. We looked each other in the eyes and acknowledged our shared humanity. The truth is that there is far, far more that unites us than divides us. And we celebrated the return of the light.

There is something particularly profound about fire. It does not diminish when it is shared; it grows. In this, fire is like love. Lights shine brighter together. That’s what happened on the seventh

SUNDAYS

VALOR CHRISTIAN OUTLINES MISSION

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

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

HORIZON SEEKS YOUNG PEOPLE

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

DETAILS>> 5 p.m. at Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane. 480-460-1480 or email joel@ horizonchurch.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.

RABBINIC LIT COURSE OFFERED

Ongoing morning study of two classics of rabbinic literature by medieval philosopher Moses Maimonides (the “Rambam”). At 10 a.m., Prof. Norbert Samuelson,

night of Hanukkah 2016, the Hebrew year 5777, in Chandler, Arizona. We shared our light, and it grew and grew and grew—bringing people together, reminding us that we are better together, and becoming a beacon of neighborliness that shone across the street, across the city of Chandler, across Arizona, and indeed around the world.

What will you do to share in this energy, to help the light grow? Can you introduce yourself to a neighbor, break bread with someone from a different culture or tradition? What affirmative steps will your workplace, club, house of worship, or school take to dismantle barriers and make sure that everyone has a positive experience? What civic organizations merit your membership or contribution in support of a more open, loving community for all?

No one can do this work for us. We are the builders, and we are the light.

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

Grossman chair of Jewish Philosophy at ASU and TBS member, teaches “Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed: What Jews Ought to Believe.” At 11:15 a.m., TBS member Isaac Levy teaches “Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah: How Jews Ought to Behave.” Readings in both Hebrew and English.

DETAILS>> Community Room of the administration building at Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. 480-897-3636.

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. 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: 480892- 2700, unityofmesa.org, lori@unityofmesa.org.

ALL ARE WELCOME

All on a peaceful spiritual path are welcome and honored in this inclusive, loving, thriving Unity Community. Join us for Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center’s Sunday Celebration Service

DETAILS>> 10:30 a.m. Toddlers and children meet during our service. Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline, Suite 102, Mesa. Information:

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info@interfaith-community.org.

MONDAYS

JOIN CHRIST-CENTERED YOGA

This Flow 1-2 class (intermediate) is free and open to the community.

DETAILS>> > 6-7 p.m., Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. Greg Battle at 480-7596200 or gbattle@moutainpark.org.

CLASS TARGETS THE GRIEVING Classes for those grieving over death or divorce. DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. 480-963-4127.

STRUGGLING FIND SUPPORT

Support group for those struggling with how to deal with a loss in life.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C201, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-963-3997, ext. 141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or chandlercc.org.

TUESDAYS

GRIEFSHARE

Mountain Park Community Church is offering an ongoing GriefShare programs to help people deal with the pain of losing a loved one.

DETAILS>> 6:30-8 p.m., 2408 E. Pecos Road, Ahwatukee. To register: mountainpark.org and click on Launch. Information: Alex at 480-759-6200

FINDING HEALING FOR PAIN

HOPE, an acronym for “Help Overcome Painful Experiences,” offers support for men and women who seek

God’s grace and healing.

DETAILS>> 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. mountainpark.org.

SENIORS ENJOY ‘TERRIFIC TUESDAYS’

The program is free and includes bagels and coffee and a different speaker or theme each week. Registration not needed.

DETAILS>> 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Barness Family East Valley Jewish Community Center, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. evjcc.org or 480-897-0588.

WEDNESDAYS

CELEBRATE RECOVERY MEETS

Celebrate Recovery says it “brings your relationship with the Lord closer to your heart as it heals your hurts, habits and hang-ups.” Participants can discuss issues ranging from feeling left out to addictions. “Nothing is too small or too large.”

DETAILS>> 6:20 p.m. at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee. mvlutheran.org/ celebraterecovery or email cr@alphamvlc.com.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY OFFERED

Living Word Ahwatukee women’s Bible study and fellowship that offers “a short, low-key time of praise and worship in music and message.” It’s also an opportunity to meet other Christian women in Ahwatukee.

DETAILS>>10-11:30 a.m., Living Word Ahwatukee, 14647 W. 50th St., Suite 165, Ahwatukee. Free child care.

GET A ‘SPIRITUAL SHOWER’

A release calls this “a 15-minute energetic tune up each week” and says the Twin Hearts Meditation “is like taking a spiritual shower: when your aura is clean, you experience a higher level of awareness. You see through things more clearly and good luck increases.”

DETAILS>>> 7-9 p.m. at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E.

Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. 480-792-1800 or unityoftempe.com.

‘A COURSE IN MIRACLES’

Longtime “A Course in Miracles” student and teacher Rev. Julianne Lewis leads this interactive time of discussion and sharing. This group is appropriate for ACIM beginners as well as experienced ACIM students—and everyone in between.

DETAILS>> 1-2:15 p.m. Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline, Suite 102, Mesa. $10 love donation. Information: revj4u@gmail.com.

THURSDAYS

BETH MOORE BIBLE STUDY

St. Peter Lutheran Church will be presenting Beth Moore’s study “Jesus the One and Only” for 11 weeks. DETAILS>> 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. 1844 East Dana Avenue, Mesa. The workbook that accompanies the study can be purchased at Lifeway Christian Store.

SLEEPING BAGS FOR THE HOMELESS

Ugly Quilts has made more than 15,500 sleeping bags for the area homeless, and continues to do so at First United Methodist Church every Thursday. Quilters stitch donated fabric, comforters, sheets and blankets into sleeping bags. Those are then distributed to the Salvation Army, churches and veterans’ organizations. DETAILS>> 8 a.m.-2 p.m., 15 E. 1st Ave., Mesa. Information: 480-969-5577.

KIDS CAN FIND SUPPORT

Support group for children ages 6 to 12 coping with a separation or divorce in the family. One-time $10 fee includes snacks and workbook. DETAILS>>6:30-8:30 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C202, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-9633997, ext. 141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or chandlercc.org.

ULPAN INSTRUCTION AVAILABLE

Class is based on Israel’s successful Ulpan instruction. Taught by Ilan Berko, born in Israel, schooled in the U.S. DETAILS>> 7 p.m. Chabad of the East Valley, 3875 W. Ray Road, Suite 6, Chandler. chabadcenter.com or 480-855-4333.

FRIDAYS

NEFESHSOUL HOLDS SERVICES

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

TODDLERS CAN MARK SHABBAT

Celebrate Shabbat with a service, music, and a craft project designed for children up to 5 years old and their parents or other adult.

DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m., Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

TOTS TAUGHT TORAH

Hosted by Chabad of the East Valley for children ages 2 to 5. Features hands-on activities about the Shabbat, songs, stories and crafts. Children will make and braid their own challah.

DETAILS>>10:15-11 a.m., members’ homes. 480-785-5831.

NOSH BEFORE SERVICE

“Nosh” and then enjoy the Shir Shabbat service led by the Shabba-Tones, the Shabbat musical group. DETAILS>> 6 p.m. first Friday of the month, Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

YOUNG FAMILIES HOLD SHABBAT

Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley invites young families to its services.

DETAILS>>Regular services at 6 p.m. except on the third Friday of each month, when a 6 p.m. Young Family Shabbat Service is held for children and adults of all ages. Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. Shabbat Morning and Torah Service weekly at 9 a.m. 480-897-3636 or tbsev.org. or info@tbsev.org.

SERVICE INCLUDES KIDS

Designed for children up to 5 years old and their parents or other adult. Following the service is an Oneg Shabbat, a time for a snack and to meet other families with young children.

DETAILS>>6:30 p.m. second Fridays, Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

TEMPLE EMANUEL LISTS SERVICES

Traditional service followed by an Oneg Shabbat. DETAILS>>7:30 p.m. second and fourth Fridays, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

SATURDAYS

STUDY THE PRAYER BOOK

These special study sessions at the beginning of Shabbat morning services teach the structure of Shabbat services and how to follow in the Siddur (prayer book). Taught by Rabbi Leitner. Introduction to Judaism, Introductory Hebrew Reading for Adults, and Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation are cumulative, so no new students can be accepted mid-year.

DETAILS>> 9-9:30 a.m. fourth Saturday each month, Pre-register for fall by contacting Amy Shevitz at vped@tbsev.org.

WEEKLY SERVICES SCHEDULED

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

JEWISH KIDS PROGRAM AVAILABLE

Shabbat Yeladim is a free Shabbat program for Jewish children ages 3-7 sponsored by Ahwatukee’s NefeshSoul Jewish Community. Shabbat Yeladim is on the second Saturday of the month. Songs, stories and art project each month.

DETAILS>> 10-11 a.m. on the Valley Unitarian Universalist Campus, 6400 W. Del Rio, Chandler. Contact Rabbi Susan Schanerman at rabbi@nefeshsoul.org or nefeshsoul.org.

STUDY AND WORSHIP IN TEMPE

DETAILS>> Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. Optional study session at 8:20 a.m., Shabbat morning service at 9:30 a.m., followed by a kiddush. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

ONGOING

JEWISH CENTER SELLS GIFTS

The Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life Chai Judaica and Gifts offers a wide variety of gifts, from Mezuzot to books, religious items and jewelry.

DETAILS>> Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. Gift shop hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday by appointment only and Sundays 9:30-10 a.m. and noon-12:30 p.m. info@chabadcenter.com or 480-855-4333.

The Crepe Bar transformed from truck to brick and mortar

BY DAVID M. BROWN Tribune Contributing Writer

Jeff Kraus began Crepe Bar in a truck, and now his Tempe restaurant is just truckin’.

He and his staff celebrated the fourth anniversary of Crepe Bar in July.

The restaurant, 7520 S. Rural Road at Elliot Road, is in an unanchored neighborhood center of national food chains and local businesses, but in a short time it has become a destination for food lovers from Gilbert, Scottsdale and even Glendale.

Arizona State University professor Peter Lehman, who heads its Center for Film, Media, and Popular Culture, is a longtime friend and guest who lives near the restaurant.

“We’ve hosted a fundraising dinner for his center in February for the past four years,” said Krause, who lives in Tempe.

The restaurant also features works by local artists, woodworkers, metalworkers and other artisans, many of them ASU students and alumni, particularly in the restaurant’s expansion room. Amy Radcliffe, a Tempe resident, created unique bathroom door and wall vignettes.

Kraus’ regularly changing menu may include breakfast versions, such as the breakfast burrito, with chipotle, including scrambled eggs, chorizo, chili jack, salsa negra, avocado, cotija; Papa K with local Hassayampa ham, eggs, chili jack and roasted mushroom; paprika chicken, with white cheddar, spearmint,

vinaigrette and mixed greens; and Jamaican Jerk pork sausage, with white cheddar, potato brava and purslane.

His kitchen also offers seasonal crepes such as the signature hummus, made with fried chickpeas and pistachio herb olive oil, and the Octopus Tostadas, with hummus, chorizo, cotija, avocado and adobo.

The sweet crepes are superb as mealenders or stand-alones, including the basic sugar variety, bruléed; the maple butter, with banana and pecan; the Arizona Honey, with pecans and banana; and the Ode to a Sundae, a chocolate crepe with vanilla bean custard, berries, caramel, banana and almond brittle.

Sides include roasted pears, with bananas; a house cereal, with spelt, oats, almonds and pistachio and stone fruit; cultured yogurt; brioche; and others prepared in-house and, to a great extent, sourced locally.

Among Kraus’ suppliers in the Valley are Steadfast Farm in Queen Creek, Maya’s Farm in Phoenix at the base of the South Mountains, Ramona Farms in Sacaton and Noble Bread in Phoenix.

Krause’s fellow chefs are among his fans. Chicago’s Homaro “Omar” Cantu Jr., known for his molecular gastronomy, stopped in the restaurant before his death in 2015, Kraus said. Chef Chad Robertson, who shared a 2008 James Beard award with his co-proprietor of Tartin Bakery & Café in San Francisco, has also commended Crepe Bar.

customers–a signal of its quality of food and experience.

“What makes Crepe Bar special is Jeff: his commitment and understanding of what makes good things good,” said Chris Bianco, the James Beard-awarded chef and owner of Pizzeria Bianco in downtown Phoenix.

“His food is as he is: sincere and authentic to his own personal convictions,” Bianco added. “His support of our local farmers and use of our season’s best is to be celebrated. Last, but to me deﬁ nitely not least, he is a good man. We are fortunate to have him in our community.”

Chef Gio Osso visits from Scottsdale and Gilbert as well.

“I think Jeff is an amazing chef. He has vision with his creativity and matches it with ﬂ awless technique,” Osso said, adding:

“I looked out the window and it was beautiful, and I asked for a transfer,” he recalled.

But before that, he got a job offer from monster.com and moved to the Valley. He took trips to Paris, attended culinary workshops and classes at the Classic Cooking Academy in Scottsdale, studying with Chef Pascal Dionot.

(Jill Richards/Tribune News Service)

Jeff Kraus and his staff celebrated the fourth anniversary of Tempe’s Crepe Bar in July.

“He plays to each of your senses like the different notes when strumming a guitar, and the balance between each ingredient creates a beautiful harmony on your palate.”

Kraus began his TG Food Concepts as “Truckin’ Good Food” in 2010—the Valley’s ﬁ rst full-service food truck.

When many of the early trucks were nondescript, his was a Parisian street food concept, with an exhibition kitchen and a chef’s table at which patrons could sit, watch him prepare and enjoy the freshly prepared food.

“This was ‘comeon-in,’ not ‘stay out on the street,’” Krause explained. “We wanted to get the stigma washed away from the food-truck craft. It was a struggle.”

Valley chefs are also

A James Beard-nominated chef, Osso recently opened Nico in downtown Gilbert, continuing the culinary tradition he set at Virtu in Scottsdale. Kraus was born in St. Louis and attended the Cooking Hospitality Institute of Chicago and later ﬁ nished his college credits at Indiana University.

While working for the Indianapolis Star newspaper, he had a layover in Phoenix Sky Harbor International during the winter of 2006.

(Jill Richards/Tribune News Service)

The Crepe Bar in Tempe has developed many fans for its hummus savory crepe with fried chickpeas, pistachio herb lemon oil.

Today, Crepe Bar remembers its roots with an open kitchen and innovative “grafﬁ ti” art on the walls, reminiscent of the street “truck” culture.

“It’s a stationary mobile restaurant, parked permanently,” he said.

“The exhibition kitchen is sometimes stressful for our cooks, but this also teaches them a work and quality ethic,” Kraus said.

Crepe Bar has recently acquired a liquor license and plans jazz and cocktail nights. Further ahead, he wants to open another concept restaurant in south Tempe.

“This area is simmering for more innovative kitchens: It has great potential clientele, from ASU students and faculty, millennials to older food-savvy professionals, and the brick and mortar is just so affordable here for restaurant start-ups.”

Crepe Bar hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 7 a.m.−2 p.m., and Sunday, 9 a.m.−2 p.m. For more information, see crepe-bar. com.

ACROSS

1 Aid

5 Verse

9 Wander about

12 Neighborhood

13 Fairy tale baddie

14 -- de Janeiro

15 Coup in bridge or baseball

17 Moreover

18 Release

19 Patchwork horse

21 Mad

24 Roe provider

25 Golfer McIlroy

26 Haughty, strutting sort

30 Ms. Gardner

31 Bluefin and albacore

32 Oft-chanted initials

33 Round Table member

35 Smile

36 Transaction

37 Skin-covered craft

38 Stimulant

40 One who’s gonna get it?

42 Address for 33-Across

43 Extensive treat for sightseers

48 Tackle the slopes

49 “-- Lang Syne”

50 Ticklish Muppet

51 Tyrannosaurus

52 Witnesses

53 Peruse

DOWN

1 Crone

2 Blunder

3 Meadow

4 Saute

5 Sit for a snapshot

6 Leer at

7 Historic time

8 Tennessee city

9 Courtroom group

10 “-- That a Shame”

11 Old fogy

16 Parched

20 Author Fleming

21 Fast-shrinking sea

22 PBS science show

23 International auto race

24 Expectorated

26 Tug

27 Yoko of music

28 21-Down’s continent

29 Tug

31 Anti-riot chemical

34 Bee follower

King Crossword

35 Type of snake

37 Tease

38 Cold War abbr

39 Toll road

40 Revolutionary War hero Nathan

41 Tackles’ teammates 44 Regret

45 Bullring bravo

46 Actress Thurman

47 Scepter

Arizona Theatre Company returns to big musicals with ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

BY KENNETH LAFAVE Tribune Contributing Writer

When lyricist Sheldon Harnick attended the Tokyo production of his musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” he couldn’t believe what he saw: sold-out audiences every night and lines at the box office that stretched around the block.

How could a musical about a Jewish family in Russia be such a smash hit in Japan? He asked one of the show’s Tokyo producers to explain. The answer startled him:

“Tradition.”) Thus, the title image of a fiddler trying to “scratch out a pleasant tune” while staying balanced on a rooftop. As Tevye’s daughters find husbands, one by one their choices challenge the values of family and community.

“Every parent knows this situation. It’s the difference between what you think your kid will be and what they want to be,” Jensen says.

“The question is, how far to bend?” It’s not just the story, but how the story is told that makes “Fiddler” a perennial.

Sudoku

“Because it is so Japanese.” Japanese? Yes, and Russian and American and probably Spanish and Malaysian and Egyptian. The universal themes of family and tradition explored in this 1964-vintage musical transcend all boundaries, those of time as well as nations.

IF YOU GO

Where: Herberger Theatre Center, 222 E. Monroe Street, Phoenix

When: Until Sunday, Jan. 29; times vary

Cost: Tickets start at $46 More info: 602-256-6995, arizonatheatre.org

“This is a story about a specific group of people at a certain time. But everything it deals with everyone has experienced,” says Eric Polanyi Jensen, who plays the lead role of Tevye in Arizona Theatre Company’s production of “Fiddler.” The performances, which highlight ATC’s 50th Anniversary continue through Jan. 29 at the Herberger Theater Center.

“Fiddler on the Roof” musically relates the tale of Tevye, a dairyman in the small Jewish community of Anatevka in 1905. He, his wife and daughters, and the rest of Anatevka face the challenge of engaging the modern world while maintaining their traditions. (The opening number is called

“The score is gold, and the book (script) manages to create a whole community of characters, a town full of people,” says David Ira Goldstein, ATC’s longtime artistic director, and the stage director for “Fiddler.” It is Goldstein’s last season, and he decided to go out with a classic musical that is large in scale, as opposed to some of the more current, small-scale musicals that dominated the company’s recent seasons.

The music, by Jerry Bock, draws on the tradition of Jewish folk music. Its songs include the perennial hits “If I Were a Rich Man” and “Sunrise, Sunset.” Despite the references to deportations and the struggle between tradition and modernity, “Fiddler on the Roof” is also rife with jokes, written originally for the first man ever to play Tevye in the show, rotund funnyman Zero Mostel. An extended sequence where Tevye conveys to his wife, Golde, a dream in which their daughter, Tzeitel, is seen to marry the young man she loves rather than the rich old man to whom she is betrothed, is a classic of Broadway comedy.

More than 20 dance companies to perform in Tempe festival

BY COLLEEN SPARKS

Tribune Contributing Writer

Dancers will leap, turn, kick and lift partners into the air to shed light on contemporary themes at a large festival in Tempe next weekend.

More than 20 groups will hit the stage for the Breaking Ground: Contemporary Dance Festival on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27 and 28, at Tempe Center for the Arts on West Rio Salado Parkway.

The festival, produced by local company CONDER/dance, is billed as the largest such event for contemporary dance in Arizona. CONDER/dance artistic director Carley Conder, the producer, said she and two other established dancer-choreographers chose the performers out of more than 145 national and international companies.

More than half the companies are based in Arizona, with the rest coming from New York, Michigan, California and other states for the 10th annual festival.

All the dances have a contemporary or current style and address “the issues of today in an innovative way,” said Conder, a full-time dance instructor at Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.

“All the dances deal with different content,” added Conder, who is also an adjunct faculty member at Scottsdale Community College and dancer in California-based Keith Johnson/Dancers. “However, I feel like the overall theme that is emerging is one of human connection.”

Breaking Ground highlights local and emerging talent. Conder said she wanted to give independent choreographers and dancers who hadn’t been represented in the state a place to showcase their art.

“I find that these artists often have more interesting work and are pushing the boundaries of what dance is in ways that is innovative and current,” she said.

Aaron McGloin Dance, a company based out of New York City that started in Arizona, is one of

the performance groups. McGloin will perform with two other dancers a piece called “Avant Garden.” He described it as “very athletic,” about reincarnation and movements symbolizing flowers being born, dying and then growing again.

McGloin, the artistic director of his company, said the dance incorporates ballet, hip-hop and modern dance styles.

“It’s pretty calm, but pretty athletic; lots of legs, kicking, jumping and turning,” said McGloin, 31. “It’s a really pretty dance.”

He said he’s excited to return to Arizona, since he was born in Phoenix and graduated with a dance degree from ASU in 2007.

“This show you get

to see a lot of things you haven’t seen before,” McGloin said. “There’s some really great dance in Arizona and some incredible training.”

McGloin added that he would like to see people invest more money and time into dance in Phoenix, though, because it’s a big city but “people don’t spend money on the arts.”

Another ASU dance graduate, Kayla Tomooka, 24, will perform with the other two female dancers in OneTON Collective.

She’s one of the directors of OneTON, which is doing a residency through [nueBOX], a local non-profit that supports area artists. Tomooka and fellow OneTON members and ASU graduates Jasmine Nunn and Lai Yi Ohlsen rehearse at Mesa Arts Center through the residency.

Tomooka said she and the other ChineseAmerican dancers in OneTon have been “exploring our identity through dance” and will perform a piece with hip-hop, ballet and contemporary elements at the festival.

“It’s really awesome,” Tomooka said of being chosen for the festival. “Breaking Ground is definitely one of the festivals that I’m sure many people want to be part of.”

She said she enjoys the “tight-knit’ dance community in the Valley.

CONDER/dance members Taimy Miranda and Joan Rodriguez moved to Arizona from Cuba and are excited to perform in the Valley. They’ll join four other CONDER/ dance members performing a piece Conder choreographed that examines public and private personas. It is based on an essay Joan Didion wrote about Howard Hughes.

“It’s the most important festival the city has in contemporary dance,” Rodriguez said. “The dance community here is amazing. We want to be part of what’s happening right now.”

Conder herself will perform a solo at the festival, which she said typically draws about 300 audience members.

Mary Fitzgerald, ASU dance associate professor and assistant director of dance at ASU, choreographed a piece that will be performed at the festival.

“You get a good sense of all the possibilities in the dance world,” at the festival, Fitzgerald said. “There’s something for everybody in this kind of concert.”

For tickets and more information, visit tca.ticketforce.com. To learn more about CONDER/dance, go to conderdance.com.

(Colleen Sparks/Tribune Contributor)

In the back, CONDER/dance Company member Danielle Feinberg dances on top of fellow member Haydehn Tuipulotu, while in the front Stephanie Lebedies performs a similar pose on top of Joan Rodriguez during a rehearsal.

(Colleen Sparks/Special to the Tribune) Taimy Miranda and Joan Rodriguez rehearse for the upcoming Breaking Ground: Contemporary Dance Festival Jan. 27 and 28 at Tempe Center for the Arts.

Life Events

Obituaries

FYSZ, Janice M. Nacel

82, of Casa Grande, AZ passed away on January 10, 2017 at Banner

Trenton, NJ to Bernard and Margaret Nacel She was a 1951 graduate of Trenton Central High School, and worked in data processing for the state of New Jersey Mrs Fysz had been a resident of Arizona for 37 years

Janice loved many things in life, but being a mother held a special place

granddaughter, but especially dedicated to her son Daniel who has special needs Janice enjoyed crafting and needle point She had a straight to the point kind of personality and many loved her for it Janice had a caring heart and will truly be missed

Janice is survived by her three children: Joseph J Fysz Jr and his husband Jorge F Vazquez, Susan M Figueroa and her husband Anthony Figueroa, Daniel A Fysz and one grandchild, Jessica D Figueroa She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Joseph J Fysz Sr , her parents and her sister, Bernice N Schauer

A graveside service was held at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Mesa, AZ on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 1:45 p m J Warren Funeral Services, Cole and Maud, Gardens Chapel was in charge of arrangements Memorial contributions can be made to St Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church at 201 N Picacho St, Casa Grande, AZ 85122 Please Sign the Guestbook at eastvalleytribune com

ROVIE, Clovis

C l o v i s R o v i e ,

2016 He was born in Sacaton, AZ on September 4, 1954 to Cecil Rovie and Earlene Manuel

Clovis is survived by his wife of 41 years; Cindy Rovie, their four children: Jason Rovie of Cheyenne, WY, Jamie Rovie of Mesa, AZ, James Rovie of Santan, AZ and Janelle Rovie of Mesa, AZ, his mother: Earlene Manuel of Sacaton, AZ, two siblings: Cy Rovie of Phoenix, aZ and Collette Bustamante of San Bernadino, CA, and 10 grandchildren

Lester Manuel and his three siblings; Kyle and Ezra Rovie and Collette Bustamante

J Warren Funeral Services, Cole and Maud, Gardens Chapel was in charge of arrangements A visitation will be held on January 4, 2017 at 9:00 a m at the Vah-Ki Presbyterian Church of Casa Blanca The funer-

Please Sign the Guestbook at eastv alleytribune com

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MetaSoftTech Solutions has openings for Software Engs (SE) Operations Research Analysts (ORA) and Computer Systems Engs (CSE) in Chandler, AZ SE/ORA candidates must have US Masters degree/foreign equiv or Bach +5 yrs exp; CSE candidates must have US Bachelor/foreign equiv SE/ORA skills in Net/ASP Net/SQL/XM L/WebServices/AngularJS: CSE skills in Java/Agile/Scrum/Iterative/Waterfall to analyze/design/develop/i mplement/test software/systems Email resume to Thamiya at hr-us@mstsolutions.com with ref no 2017-19 for SE; 2017-20 for ORA; 2017-21 for CSE on resume and ref EVT ad

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IntraEdge has multiple openings for Software Engineer (SE), Operations Research Analyst (ORA), and Programmer Analyst (PA) positions at different levels in Chandler, AZ PA candidates req BS/BE degree/US equiv; ORA & SE candidates req Masters degree/US equiv and/or bachelors degree + 5 yrs exp, w/ skills in C, SQL, Oracle, J2EE, SAP, JAVA, JSP,UNIX to analyze/dsgn/dev/ implement/test systems & applics Fax your resume to V Singh @ (866)273-1073 with ref no 2017-19 for SE; 2017-21 for PA; 201723 for ORA directly on resume & ref ad in EVT

MetaSoftTech Solutions has openings for Software Engs (SE) Operations Research Analysts (ORA) and Computer Systems Engs (CSE) in Chandler, AZ SE/ORA candidates must have US Masters degree/foreign equiv or Bach +5 yrs exp; CSE candidates must have US Bachelor/foreign equiv SE/ORA skills in Net/ASP Net/SQL/XM L/WebServices/AngularJS: CSE skills in Java/Agile/Scrum/Iterative/Waterfall to analyze/design/develop/i mplement/test software/systems. Email resume to Thamiya at hr-us@mstsolutions com with ref no 2017-19 for SE; 2017-20 for ORA; 2017-21 for CSE on resume and ref EVT ad

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Arizona State University seeks Director, International Recruitment Operations and Ambassador Networks in Tempe, AZ

Under the direction of the Executive Director, Admission Services, this position organizes & executes plans, strategies & internal operations for international freshmen & transfer students for all ASU campuses & the ASU Online & Extended Campus MBA & 3 years of work experience required

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James Madison Preparatory School 5815 S McClintock Dr Tempe, AZ 85283 480-345-2306

2017-2018 Open Enrollment for grades 7-10 will be held February 617, 2017 Enrollment applications are available in the front office 7:30-4 pm during this time

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ABC Hearing Center is proud to have served our community with care and compassion for many years. To extend our appreciation, we are having a special event January 24th & 25th at our Mesa location and January 26th at our Peoria location.

During this event, Hearing Exams and Consultations will be FREE! Come learn about our new hearing technology – NuEar NOW and iNOW™ Made for iPhone™ hearing aids.