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GPS layoffs trigger shock, anger, confusion

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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ilbert Public Schools’ declining student enrollment wasn’t a secret but when the district pulled the trigger on layoffs, it came as a shock to many of the 152 teachers who will be let go after the current school year.

The Governing Board last Tuesday unanimously approved the 7.5 percent reduction in certified staff for the 2021-22 school year after hearing a presentation about why the cuts

were needed and the criteria used for determining who was being let go.

The affected teachers were notified March 26 as a courtesy.

“I was absolutely shocked,” said Angela Philpot, when she learned her contract won’t be renewed. “I had no idea we were looking at a RIF seriously because of all the support we were getting from the federal government.”

RIF is an acronym for “reduction in force.”

A day after the vote, Philpot, who worked for the district for seven years after being recruited from Apache Junction Unified School

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District, said GPS was not transparent in its intention to lay off teachers.

“I went through the 2010 RIF at Apache Junction,” said the English-learner teacher and treasurer for the Arizona Education Association. “We knew it was coming. We knew the metrics used. We knew we were getting letters. It was not all of us herded into a room and hearing it for the first time.”

Affected teachers were told March 26 that they had to attend a mandatory meeting af-

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BY MIKE PHILLIPS GSN Contributor

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he three hikers stranded in snow near Sedona were in a tight spot. After days of sub-freezing temperatures stuck in a rock crevice without food, they were showing signs of frostbite.

As they braced for another cruel night, they heard the whomp-whomp-whomp of an Arizona National Guard Blackhawk Helicopter piloted by Maj. Shannon Lancaster.

After a few harrowing minutes last January, the hikers were aboard the aircraft and headed to safety.

“They got a jolt of motivation when they saw us,“ said Lancaster, a Mesa resident who has spent a decade flying heli-

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Gilbert man breaks ground for surfing lagoon

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BY TOM SCANLON GSN Staff Writer

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esa is about 200 miles north of the Rocky Point beaches in Mexico and 350 miles from the sandy surf spots of San Diego.

Now. But, Cole Cannon of Gilbert swears by the summer of 2022, Mesa residents will have a beach in their backyard.

It’s hard to argue with Councilman Kevin Thompson when he called this “one of the coolest projects in Mesa.”

Cannon still has a long way to go, Cannon Beach — no need to be modest, when you’ve raised $25 million — is officially underway, after a desert-to-beach groundbreaking at Power and Warner roads March 30.

Cannon plans for a pool with waves ranging from small enough for beginners to gnarly enough for professional competitions to be open next summer.

After that, he expects a mixed-use development with restaurants, office space and a hotel.

Naturally, the development is in southwest Mesa, the booming district with Eastmark and Cadence residences, tech companies and another planned recreational facility, the 330-acre Legacy Sports Entertainment Park.

“I think that’s great,” Cannon said, of the sports park under construction 6 miles from his beach-to-be. “As a parent and amatuer weekend warrior, I want more of what gets us outside and active. It adds to and complements us … maybe I’ll go over there and play some volleyball.”

Cannon has big plans for his Cannon Beach, but it won’t have volleyball: “We opted not to have volleyball on the beach. Errant volleyballs can be disruptive,” he said, with a sheepish grin.

Cannon said he has building permits to launch his 37-acre development, highlighted by Revel Surf, a 3-acre surf lagoon.

No surf? No board?

No problem.

A press release promises “there is something for everyone at Cannon Beach – specialty dining, fish tacos on the beach, day spa, gym, splash pad for

Cole Cannon, a Gilbert resident, promised at a March 30 groundbreaking that surfers and families will be enjoying Cannon Beach in southeast Mesa in the summer of 2022. Councilman Kevin Thompson and others witnessed the launch of his $25 million project. (Pablo

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kids and overall good vibes.”

The developer loves to surf, but expects the vast majority of patrons at his beach won’t be jumping on boards.

“They can put their feet in sand, chuck the kids on a splash pad and let them hang out. It’ll be fun to watch beginners learn and fun to watch professionals shred on a wave,” Cannon said.

“I built this with my family in mind: I have six little kids under 10. My wife wouldn’t jump in the surf lagoon, but I can see her getting a bite to eat while the kids play on the splash pad … It’ll be something for everyone.”

Like a surfer unafraid of sharks, Cannon jumped in the water and started paddling on his project — pandemic be damned. “Our plan was to begin construction this year. Even with COVID, we didn’t slow down, we went full speed ahead,” he said.

“People thought we were nuts to have a project with restaurants and hotels started during the pandemic. But we had a ‘Field of Dreams’ attitude: If we build it, they will come.”

Beaches in the desert apparently the new thing, with a massive lagoon planned in Glendale and a surf park planned in Gilbert.

“The Strand, I don’t view them as

competition,” Cannon said of the Gilbert project. “I’m cheering for them. They’re closer to my house. The main difference is we have different wave technology.

And to my knowledge they don’t have hotels and retail and restaurants.”

While some who have seen fast-talking developers fade out may be rolling their eyes, Cannon insists his beach will be a reality.

“We’ll have major earth movement in the next couple weeks. We have already been issued construction permits. We hope to have half of the lagoon completed by August,” he said.

“We don’t have all the financing to build all the restaurants,” he allowed.

“But we have financing lined up to build the surf lagoon … We’re trying to keep the budget below $25 million.”

Unlike some notorious “locals only” beaches in California, where outsiders are scorned and surf veterans battle over waves and mock flailing “newbies” pounded into the surf, Cannon said his beach will be family-friendly and a no-judgment zone.

“We want to create a culture,” he said, “where it’s OK if you wipe out.”

As long as the development doesn’t get crushed by waves of financial and technical challenges, that is …

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Arizona National Guard Soldiers checked in patients and administered the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Payson as 2021 began. More than 650 Arizona National Guardsmen continue to assist at vaccination sites, testing locations and food banks throughout Arizona. (Tech. Sgt. Michael Matkin/U.S. Air National Guard)

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copters for the Guard. “It definitely gets you going when you put your training to work and you know you’re saving people’s lives.”

The Arizona National Guard has been feeding off that life-saving adrenaline for the past year.

Not since World War II has a greater percentage of Arizona Guard been deployed – whether responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, fighting wildfires in several states, securing the southern border, serving overseas, or assisting communities during a summer of civic unrest.

“We faced things we never faced before,” said Allen Clark, who manages the emergency operations division of the state Department of Emergency and Military Affairs – the nerve center for Arizona’s COVID-19 response. “We daily treaded new waters that we haven’t had to float before.”

When one of Arizona’s 15 counties or 22 tribal governments needs crisis assistance these days, the request lands with Clark. His team coordinates with the National Guard and other agencies to provide help.

The EOC, usually a short-term response to emergencies, has been operating since late January 2020.

The statistics compiled by the Arizona

National Guard reflect the unprecedented needs and challenges.

In the past year, its roughly 8,300 members have supported more than 875 COVID-19 testing sites, delivered 300,000 pieces of protective equipment to medical workers and assisted more than 140 food banks across the state.

Members have worked more than 360,000 hours, driven 775,000 miles to deliver goods and dropped 130,000 gallons of water on wildfires. At one point, 85 percent of available Arizona Guard members were on deployment. Roughly 1,300 of those troops were overseas.

“I am constantly inspired by their willingness to serve; I couldn’t be more thankful for their contributions,” said Maj. Gen. Michael T. McGuire, who recently announced his retirement as the Guard’s adjutant general and director of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs.

“I say this all the time … they are the next Greatest Generation,” McGuire added.

When not rescuing stranded hikers, Lancaster is a fulltime aviation instructor assigned to the Papago Military complex in Phoenix.

It’s normally a five-day-a-week job, but not in 2020.

Gilbert resident Tommy Leeper, an emergency room physician at the Phoenix VA Hospital, led the initial team in Tuba City as part of the Guard’s efforts to help rural Arizonans. (Special

to GSN)

First came a mission in April when Lancaster flew medical personnel to Tuba City to tackle a severe COVID-19 outbreak on the Navajo Nation. Last summer, Lancaster spent several weeks using her flight skills to surgically drop water on wildfires raging first in Arizona and then California.

Then she recently ferried nurses and support staff to Yuma to administer COVID-19 vaccinations.

Her husband, Sam, also serves in the National Guard and was deployed last summer in response to civil unrest. That left the couple scrambling to find supervision for their 2-year-old son while Shannon fought fires and Sam worked to quell the heat of angry protests.

“We had to fly my mom out to help with the childcare,” Lancaster said. “Those were some really long days.”

“Long days” could well be the 2020 theme for Arizona’s National Guard.

In his civilian life, Tommy Leeper is an emergency room physician at the Phoenix VA Hospital.

But in March 2020 he was mobilized to establish a “surgeon cell” as part of the state’s COVID-19 response. Leeper, a Gilbert resident with 40 years of military service, had an idea of what was coming.

He studied pandemics during a year at the Army War College and has conducted re-

search around pandemic influenza.

He anticipated the wave of change that disrupted Arizona last spring.

“That’s kind of the nature of pandemics,” he said. “They kind of brew along for a while and then they all of a sudden explode.”

Arizona’s first destination occurred in isolated Tuba City. Leeper led the initial team to land there and found a rural health system overwhelmed by patients and ill-prepared to deal with it.

“They had a lot of admissions in critical condition and a lot of the staff was out due to illness,” Leeper said.

His team spent a week training workers on how to better manage the patient influx, provide specialized treatment and effectively use personal protective equipment. They evaluated patients and transferred the sickest to hospitals across the region better equipped to provide care.

Joining Leeper on the trip was National Guard paramedic Sgt. Brian Bowling, a Tempe native who in civilian life works as a Maricopa County deputy sheriff.

Unlike most natural disasters the Guard deals with, he said it was clear early on that addressing COVID-19 was going to be a long, drawn-out slog.

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“It seemed like people took one extreme or another, either being very cavaliere about it or being extremely cautious to the point of paranoia,” he said. “Part of our job was to strike a balance in the community. You don’t need hazmat gear, but you do need to wash your hands.”

That meant training medical personnel and front-line workers how to protect themselves.

“We couldn’t afford to have a community market shut down that was the only store for 50 miles around,” he said.

The Guard soon discovered another challenge.

Most of its members with medical training were already working in critical civilian occupations, be it as doctors, nurses or first responders.

“It made no sense to take a health care worker out of a hospital and place them on active duty,” said McGuire.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 prevention measures were keeping workers and volunteers at home – and creating gaps in the transportation and distribution of food and other necessities. The Guard’s mis-

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sion shifted away from a direct medical response to providing training, logistics and transportation support.

At one point, growers in western Arizona had excess produce they wanted to donate, McGuire said, but had no way to deliver it.

Into the breach stepped the Guard, which devised a distribution system to serve the state’s food banks and then deployed trucks and personnel to get it done.

The response ensured thousands of needy Arizona residents received food and other aid when they needed it most.

At one point, the Guard was serving 143 food banks in all 15 counties and early on manned United Food Bank’s massive food box distribution operation at the Mesa Convention Center.

“A year ago, I had no idea of the role of a food bank and how critical they are to our community,” said McGuire.

At the same time, Leeper and his team were shifting from emergency response in hotspots like Tuba City to take on a broader education and training role.

COVID-19 tests were being delivered but

few facilities and organizations knew how to use them.

Two-person teams were established to visit nursing homes and other care facilities to provide not only training but directions on how to report results to the state for tracking.

“It was an evolutionary process,” said Bowling. “Once our nation’s testing capabilities ramped up, our missions increased to assist larger testing events.”

Last December, vaccines arrived in Arizona and again the National Guard played a critical role in distribution. McGuire called it a “game changer,” but said it also came with its own unique challenges.

Clark’s team at the state Emergency Operations Center worked to form a coalition of government, civic groups and businesses to speed the distribution and delivery of the vaccine.

“We’re constantly moving people around off of one mission and on to another,” said McGuire.

While COVID-19 and wildfires raged, the border beckoned and civil unrest broiled, the Arizona National Guard still had core

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The 161st Refueling Wing based at Sky Harbor International Airport had pilots to train and a requirement to refuel fighters and bombers that make up the U.S. nuclear deterrence force.

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Mesa firm replacing Gilbert vaccine site

A Mesa distribution center operated by Dexcom, maker of glucose monitoring products for people with diabetes, will be the state’s first indoor drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site. (Special to GSN)

BY TOM SCANLON GSN Staff Writer

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ince it is offering 30,000 square feet of its warehouse to create Arizona’s first indoor, drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine center, it’s tempting to rebrand Dexcom as “vaxcom.”

Jim Kasselmann, senior director of manufacturing for the Mesa glucose monitor producer, stressed this is all about community support.

“We were thinking of ways on how can we help the community. We knew summer time is coming and these outdoor PODs would have to move indoors,” he said.

Indeed, many are waiting for hours at State Farm Stadium and other vaccine points of distribution — or PODs — run by the state.

A portion of Dexcom’s 500,000-squarefoot Mesa Regional Distribution Center at 8046 E. Ray Road (near the Loop 202 and Power Road) will be open for regional vaccine distribution from 7 a.m.

to 5 p.m. beginning tomorrow, April 5.

Dexcom’s Arizona Department of Health Services site will replace the outdoor one at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

Kasselmann stressed that, while Dexcom is providing the space, the process is being handled by the state, from online registration to the shots.

Registration, he noted, “Is purely online – no walk ups or drive-ups.”

“We had two people show up last Friday, saying, ‘Can we get our shots?’ I said, ‘Not today and you have to register online,’” he said.

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Jim Kasselman of Dexcom says offering part of the company’s site for vaccine distribution is a way to give back to the community and region. (Special to GSN)

Gilbert man finds vaccine site ‘a free for all’ When Joel Coen went for his COVID-19 vaccination at State Farm Stadium on March 24, he saw lines of cars that stretched past the football stadium, Gila River Arena and beyond Tanger Outlets; a bus crash into a car; folks cutting in lines and unruly behavior that included the theft of Cardinals and ASU signs.

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GSN Staff Writer

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oel Coen went for his COVID-19 vaccination at State Farm Stadium on March 24, the day appointments opened to those 16 and older.

The Gilbert man thought he would receive his vaccination within an hour, just like his friends and family did at other locations.

During his three-hour wait at the state-run location, he saw lines of cars that stretched past the football stadium, Gila River Arena and beyond Tanger Outlets; a bus crash into a car; folks cutting in lines and unruly behavior that included the theft of Cardinals and ASU signs.

“It was horrendous,” Coen said. “Nobody was directing traffic. At one point, I took a couple of photos. A bus was stuck and trying to move, and it hit a car while I was sitting there.

“I thought, ‘What in the world is hap-

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pening right now?’ It was just pandemonium. I was talking to a friend at the time, and I saw someone steal an ASU sign. It was a free for all.”

He said he called the Glendale Police Department and he felt he wasn’t taken seriously.

“They said, ‘State Farm will have to

figure it out. We don’t have enough resources,’” he recalled. “I said, ‘You guys are going to have some serious problems soon.’”

The Glendale Police Department didn’t respond to questions before deadline.

Arizona Department of Health Services public information officer, Steve Elliott, said March 25 that the influx of people at State Farm Stadium was due

to rumors that appointments were not required.

“The site was overrun last night with people thinking they could get vaccinated without appointments, apparently responding to an unfounded and widespread rumor,” Elliott said.

“Normally a visit takes around 30 minutes, including the required 15-minute wait after vaccination. To protect staff, volunteers and patients from the heat, State Farm is transitioning to overnight operations while we establish an indoor alternative in that area. Last night was anything but normal.”

However, Coen’s wife set her appointment for 9 a.m. March 28 and encountered the same problems.

“It was the exact same stuff,” Coen said. “She got stuck. They’re still not doing what they need to do to do better.”

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ter school. They went to the meeting not knowing what to expect and were told by their school principals, who read from a script, that their jobs were no more. The district followed up with an email.

Philpot said the district sends out weekly newsletters to employees and there was no mention about the possibility of layoffs.

The loss of students during the pandemic came as the district vacillated between in-person, virtual and hybrid learning. Students left for a charter school, private school or home-schooling.

GPS’s enrollment this school year fell by 1,644 students to 34,235, according to Bonnie Betz, assistant superintendent of Business Services. The district anticipated an additional loss of 400 students for the 2021-22 academic year, she added.

Most districts in Arizona lost enrollment during the pandemic.

Mesa Public Schools and Chandler Unified also saw big enrollment drops but both recently announced they have no intentions of laying off teachers.

Betz said she did not have access to their financial data and could not say why GPS was more adversely affected.

In the East Valley, Higley and Queen Creek Unified School districts fared better than their peers.

Higley lost just 157 students and is planning to give its employees a 5 percent raise and Queen Creek saw its enrollment grow by 1,000 students and is also looking at pay raises. Both districts also chose to have fulltime in-person learning.

GPS used some of its one-time federal funding given to address the impacts of COVID-19 to fund teachers’ salaries through the end of the school year but the fact remained the district was overstaffed and couldn’t afford keeping them on the payroll as it faced a $10.3 million deficit for next year.

During monthly budget reports given at the governing board meetings this year, layoffs were never raised as a possibility.

In January district administrators internally began laying the groundwork for letting go of teachers, it was revealed at Tuesday’s meeting.

A Student Centered Staffing Committee was formed, comprised of three elementary principals, three talent management

Amber Franco

Angela Philpot

Katarina Nall

Luke Davis

Mike Zendlewski

Paul Del Rio

representatives and three secondary school principals, which began meeting in early February, according to Shawn McIntosh, assistant superintendent of Talent Management.

The committee developed a “scoring rubric” in mid-February to measure performance and in early March each principal “scored every faculty employee on their campus,” McIntosh told the board.

He said the enrollment decline determined how many teachers were needed and the district in January accounted for those who are retiring or resigning but “we were still overstaffed.” He added the process the district used for the layoffs was vetted by an attorney.

McIntosh said the reduction in teachers won’t increase class sizes next year. “Next

year’s student-to-teacher ratio, those ratios are still set,” he said. “They are still the same.”

He added some teachers next year may have to take an involuntarily transfer in order to ensure programs are staffed.

“Teachers work for the district, not necessarily a school or a site,” he said. “So there may be some teachers that have to move campuses or move programs based upon their endorsements and their certifications.”

In situations where transfers are impossible or there’s the lack of a qualified teacher for a particular program, the district would hire, he added.

Betz said the district anticipated a $4 million to $6 million savings from the layoffs and another $1 million from the clos-

ing of the campus now occupied by Neely Traditional Academy.

Neely instead will relocate to the Houston Elementary School site. The board voted unanimously March 30 to close Houston and expand Burk Elementary’s boundary to take in Houston students.

Philpot said the district is expected to receive a third allocation from the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund and questioned why the district couldn’t use that one-time money to keep teachers in place should enrollment pick back up next year.

According to Betz, school districts are expected to know at the end of April how much money they can expect to receive

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ilbert Public Schools determined what teachers would be laid off by scoring them on their performance in areas such as their campus leadership role, overall communication and their flexibility.

Last week the Governing Board voted to not renew the contracts of 152 teachers, citing the drop in student enrollment. The last time the district saw layoffs was in 2009, when 267 teachers lost their jobs as the Great Recession impacted the district’s tax base.

A committee was formed in January and a rubric was devised to rate the teachers. The state Legislature in late 2009 banned the use of tenure and se-

niority in determining layoffs.

All district principals were given a few days in early March to assess their staff – unbeknownst to teachers that this was occurring.

Teachers received either a zero for ineffective, 2 for effective or 3 for highly effective in nine areas. Secondary teachers were given two additional areas to be rated on.

Criteria included creating an environment of respect and rapport, growing and developing professionally, showing professionalism, getting involved in campus activities such as clubs and coaching, taking on leadership roles, showing flexibility and responsiveness, participation in professional learning, promoting campus culture and overall communication.

Secondary school teachers also were assessed on their certification and program attrition. Under this last criterion, if multiple students request to drop a class or a significant number of students are failing a class, the teacher would receive a zero score. A teacher would receive a 3 if students request the teacher, there is retention and success and the program grows from year to year.

Shawn McIntosh, assistant superintendent of Talent Management, said it was determined that at the elementary level, a teacher scoring 13 points and below would be laid off. The highest possible score was 27.

For secondary teachers, 16 and below out of a total score of 33 made a teacher eligible for a layoff, he added.

“So, with 27 possible, using the ele-

mentary level, you could score effectively in eight of the categories and you wouldn’t have been below that threshold,” board member Reed Carr pointed out. “If you scored effective in at least eight categories, you had 16 points. So you really had to score low on multiple categories to be below that threshold.”

McIntosh said the threshold was not determined until all the valuations were completed.

“Prior to us determining what that cut score would have been, depending on the number it could have been a 10 or it could have been a 16,” he said. “I want to reiterate that at no time on the scoring did we know the number, the actual score that would be needed to meet the

from ESSER III. Although GPS was in the dark, Mesa schools administration told its board last week it expected $160 million and might use some of those funds to avoid layoffs.

Board member Reed Carr asked Betz what would happen if the district disregarded her conservative estimate of the 400-student loss. If the district failed to realize the enrollment it needed in the new school year, she replied, “we would have to stop spending immediately, we’d have to freeze all hires and we may have to take money back that was allocated to departments and schools.”

The worst-case scenario is the district would have to reduce salaries or do midyear layoffs or furloughs, which would then impact everyone, she added.

More than a dozen parents, students and teachers spoke at the meeting.

“Yes, I will admit I’ve seen firsthand the enrollment records were low this year,” said Mesquite High School senior Katarina Nall. “However, it is irresponsible and short-sighted to fire 152 teachers.

“Teachers will be back in our classrooms as quickly as they are safely able to do and enrollment numbers will subsequently go back up. COVID cases will continue to go down and enrollment

numbers will subsequently go back up.

“You’re thinking of these teachers that you’re firing as only numbers and part of your budget.”

Katarina then went on to name beloved teachers who were laid off at her school – an arts teacher “whose passion for creativity coats the walls of the B building;” an American Sign Language teacher “who’s instilled in her students a love of an entire language and culture;” and a teacher who helped many students find their voices on the speech and debate team.

Mike Zendlewski was emotional as he spoke of his wife’s dedication to the district, where she worked 21 years – the last 10 teaching AP government.

“She did not want to speak today,” he said. “She’s simply too shattered.”

He said his wife over the last five years gave up her prep hour to teach an additional class, she’s taught summer school since 2003 and been an online teacher for Global Academy when it first began in 2007.

“For several years she was a coordinator for curriculum for the district,” he added. “I mentioned all of this to let you know how involved my wife is with this district on multiple levels. She’s a quiet, steady force at her campus she doesn’t like or

need the spotlight. She would rather work behind the scenes and help the school and her district.”

For example, last March when the governor ordered schools closed and to go virtual, his wife developed the curriculum for the last six weeks of school for all district teachers to use, Zendlewski said.

“She did not get paid for any of this,” he said. “You will not see this in her professional-development folder. She was not given a certificate. She did this without hesitation.”

He said in the fall the family had to make a decision whether she should return in-person to the classroom due to her health issues.

“I wanted her to stay at home and teach remotely,” Zendlewski said. “She would not and could not because as she told me, her AP students needed her. I worried that she would contract COVID. She just went along with her day, wore her mask and did whatever she needed to do. And again, that is my wife.”

Amber Franco, president of the Gilbert Education Association, said many of the teachers “were shocked and angered” when they received their notices.

“These teachers are valued,” Franco said. “They are essential and it will be a

huge loss to the district (and) our Gilbert community. This reduction in force isn’t about good or bad teachers. Teachers on this list have worked successfully in this district in some cases for over 20 years.

They have built relationships with their students and the community they serve.

They have changed lives.”

Honors Algebra II and geometry teacher Heather Bartlett broke down in tears as she spoke.

“I moved here from Tucson during the pandemic,” the Campo Verde High teacher said. “I want to thank you for clarifying some of the reasons why I may have been riffed but I am going to ask you for my rubric to find out where I fell short this year as an educator. This decision extends beyond my career and this affected my family as well.”

Elise Villescaz, a former GPS teacher, said the relationships teachers build with students drive enrollment and urged the district to support the educators.

“Honor the people who are behind the shiny programs,” she said. “My heart hurts to see this much institutional knowledge, years of experience, expertise and powerful relationships leave the district.”

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Chandler Unified sees no need for layoffs handler Unified School District officials no longer expect teacher layoffs to adapt to the district’s fluctuating enrollment numbers.

Administrators had estimated earlier this year that up to 180 positions would have to be cut after they foresaw an $11-million loss to the district’s budget.

But Superintendent Camille Casteel said CUSD has reached a comfortable financial position that won’t require a major reduction in personnel. And the Governing Board last month also authorized 2-percent pay hikes for employees and certain bonuses if enrollment rebounds.

Chandler Unified’s about-face is similar to that of Mesa Public Schools, where administrators late last year warned positions would have to be cut because of a projected enrollment decline but who last month decided layoffs will not be required.

Casteel said other cost-cutting measures helped the district avert layoffs.

“We have reached that goal of an $11-million reduction in our budget in order to meet our goals,” Casteel said.

“We are there.”

Casteel credited the district’s Human Resources Department with combing through all 5,000 job positions and finding ways to reassign employees to new jobs.

“They are dealing with every individual position and teacher,” the superintendent said. “They’ve done a tremendous job trying to avoid a real plummet in our morale.”

Due to a recent number of retirements and resignations, CUSD was able to move employees around and avoid layoffs.

“There will be some transfers, people will have to change schools or change positions,” Casteel added. “But they have a job.”

Since the pandemic began last year, CUSD has grappled with revenue decline

brought on by a drop in enrollment as about 2,300 students left the district for other schools.

The same trend has occurred in most public-school districts across the state as parents seeking different learning options put their children in private or charter schools or opted for home schooling.

Many families in Chandler Unified resented the district’s frequent shifts between virtual and in-person instruction.

Arizona’s charter schools gained at least 18,000 new students at the beginning of the current school year, according to an October report by the state Department of Education.

Arizona public school enrollment decreased by 38,550 students, according to that report, with the biggest losses in early grades.

Statewide, preschool and kindergarten took the biggest hit with a loss of 16,000 students while grades 1-4 each lost about 2,000 students and grades

5-6 declined by over 5,000 each. High schools actually gained 236 students overall this year.

Projected enrollment declines had Chandler Unified administrators preparing for a decline in state reimbursement, which is tied to a district’s number of students.

Last month, they got some positive news after the Arizona Department of Education allocated $13 million in relief aid to help CUSD offset the pandemic’s financial impact.

CUSD also received some extra funding from the federal government to cover various expenses incurred while responding to the pandemic.

Another round of one-time federal funding also is coming sometime before the current school year ends, although the Education Department has not yet announced how it will be divvying up $600 million among districts in the state.

number of FTEs needed into next school year.

“The principals didn’t know, (Office of Talent Management) did not know.

Nobody knew what the score threshold would be that would need to meet the number of staff to be reduced next year.”

Angela Philpot, who is being laid off after seven years with the district, was disappointed there were no teachers involved in forming the rubric or that it was not brought to the governing board for approval before being used.

“I felt they were using the rubric to determine the livelihood and careers of professionals in their district and it should have involved all stakeholders,” she said. “Not one educator saw it or was part of the Student Centered Staffing Committee.”

She also felt the rubric used was for a normal school year and “this year seemed anything but normal” with the teachers jumping from in-person to virtual to hybrid teaching.

At the March 30 board meeting, spe-

cial-education teacher Amy Rowe also questioned the process. She has been with the district for a decade and anticipated retiring from Gilbert High School in seven years.

“I’m here tonight to express my concerns with the implementation of the Student Centered Staffing reduction in force,” Rowe said, adding: “It appears that our brand new principal of our high school was asked to evaluate our entire school and rank every single teacher at our campus not knowing what cutoff scores would be, not necessarily knowing how those may be used but knowing they would be reported to a committee that was looking at possible riffing.”

“Riffing” is a term used with reduction in force, or RIF. “I can say honestly that all the teachers I work with he’s probably not observed the majority of them at no fault of his own and that is very concerning to me,” Rowe added.

“I am concerned that on my person-

al campus teachers who are exemplary have been riffed while we have teachers that all of us on campus could point to and say that person is weak and needs more support to grow and move into that role.”

Gilbert High Principal Brian Winters was hired for the 2020-21 school year from Maricopa High School.

Superintendent Shane McCord later said it was Rowe’s opinion that Winters may have been too new to fully know and assess all his teachers.

Rowe also said the district’s decision will cut two fully certified special-education teachers from Gilbert High, leaving two on campus who are not certified and two who will be leaving in June.

Philpot also had concerns with some of the criteria used, especially with the one promoting campus culture.

Under that criterion, if a teacher was negative about the district or school, not sensitive to others and discussed school or district decisions publicly, a score of zero would be given.

Philpot was concerned that teachers who went to their principal or the board and expressed frustration during the pandemic were targeted for layoff.

Philpot, who has not seen her rubric scoring, said she frequently is outspoken.

“I let them know they can do more to support students of color,” said Philpot, who teaches English-learner students.

“I’m vocal about that, they need to do better but not in a disrespectful manner.”

She also questioned how her school principal could score her on her participation with professional learning because she goes through a district coordinator for that.

Philpot was recruited by GPS and said she brought in almost $1 million in grant funding to the district. “I have to find another position unfortunately,” she said.

“I have been very blessed in that many of my colleagues have reached out and said come apply here. So I’ll spend the weekend getting applications in. The unfortunate part is I like teaching in Gilbert.”

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More deaths, fewer miles on Arizona highways raffic deaths in Arizona surged during the COVID-19 pandemic even as the number of miles driven in the state appeared to be decreasing, according to preliminary statistics from 2020.

There were 1,072 deaths on the state’s highways in 2020 – the most in at least the past 10 years and a sharp increase from the 980 deaths recorded in 2019, according to preliminary data from the Governor’s Office on Highway Safety.

That increase in highway fatalities came as gasoline sales in the state last year fell 12 percent from 2019 – the biggest one-year percentage drop in sales in almost 40 years of U.S. Energy Information Administration data on sales.

The Arizona numbers mirrored a national trend: A recent report from the National Safety Council said that total motor vehicle deaths in the U.S. rose 8 percent from the number recorded

in 2019, even as miles driven in 2020 dropped 13 percent.

While the pandemic likely depressed driving, Kenneth Kolosh, manager of statistics at the National Safety Council, pointed to several possible reasons it may also have played a role in “this pretty much unprecedented increase (in fatalities) we’re seeing on the roads today.”

“There is more speeding occurring. This is particularly an issue when the lockdowns were in place and the roads were very empty and we saw large increases in speed, and we’re seeing large increases in speed-related crashes and fatalities,” Kolosh said.

He also said the use of seatbelts “went way down” during the pandemic.

“Being ejected from a crash, one, it’s very life-threatening if you’re ejected from your vehicle during a crash,” said Kolosh, who added that seatbelt use is “one of the most fast and easiest ways you can protect yourself.”

The National Safety Council report said traffic fatalities across the country rose

Chandler Unified officials say the district is now in a financial position to continue offering most benefits employees have come to expect and plan to hand out some bonuses once enrollment numbers start to rebound.

On March 24, the district’s Governing Board authorized a 2-percent salary raise for all district employees and increasing the district’s contribution to an employee’s health benefits.

All full-time employees can additionally expect to receive a $500 stipend by the end of this year if Chandler gains 500 new students. The stipend will rise to $1,000 if enrollment increases by 1,000.

Teachers will still be eligible to receive an extra $600 for meeting goals outlined in the district’s Journey 2025 strategic plan.

The district has had to temporarily suspend a $400 bonus for employees who participate in a wellness program that rewards teachers for adopting

health habits.

Some teachers have objected to the program’s suspension and are hoping CUSD will be able to find the money to resume handing out those bonuses during the next school year.

Erica Marsh, a Ryan Elementary teacher, has already urged the district to restore the wellness bonus for the teachers who depend on the funds for necessary expenses.

The bonus may not amount to much for some teachers, she said, but not having that money may prevent Marsh from being able to afford her family’s medical bills.

“We are willing to work to receive it,” Marsh said. “For my family, $400 means not having to set up a payment plan to pay for my 8-year-old’s echocardiogram.”

Administrators are hoping to have the school board authorize reinstating the wellness bonus at some point later this year.

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from 39,107 in 2019, when U.S. motorists logged 3.26 trillion miles on the road, to 42,060 in 2020, when total miles traveled dropped to 2.83 trillion.

The report did not say how many miles were driven in Arizona last year, and state officials said they will not have those numbers until later this year.

Arizona drivers were burning less fuel last year: Gasoline sales fell from an average of 8.2 million gallons a day in 2019 to 7.2 million gallons a day in 2020, according to the USEIA, with the sharpest drops coming from spring through summer months as the pandemic shutdown first hit.

Preliminary traffic fatalities reported by the state differed slightly from those in the NSC report, but they both reflected the same trend: While the report said Arizona deaths rose from 963 in 2019 to 1,014 in 2020, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety reported fatalities going from 980 to 1,072 in the same period.

“This is the largest number of fatalities in 10 to 12 years,” said Alberto Gutier,

director of the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway and Safety.

Gutier said there may be a simple explanation for the rise in the state’s highway deaths.

“We have a problem in Arizona because we are a growing state,” he said.

Data from Gutier’s office shows there were 5.3 million licensed drivers in the state in 2019, 827,688 more than there were in 2010.

The latest data from the Census Bureau estimated that there were just under 7.3 million residents in the state in 2019 – an increase of 886,429 people since 2010.

But Kolosh believes the number of drivers is only part of the problem. The way those people are driving now, and the failure by many to take sufficient safety precautions, is having a deadly impact, he said.

“This latest increase just highlights the weaknesses in our present system,” Kolosh said. “We’re seeing large increases in speed-related crashes and fatalities.”

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Paul Del Rio said he moved to Gilbert because of its schools. Both his sons attended district schools.

“What’s at the core of any good school is great teachers, longevity and what they teach our kids,” Del Rio said.

“It’s not how great the school looks or you got the best pool or the best track field. That all decays but the quality of teaching doesn’t decay. That carries on throughout a person’s entire life.”

He also called out Superintendent

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Shane McCord’s comment that the district’s communications and marketing director was working with campuses on a marketing plan to drive up enrollment.

“This is its own marketing and it’s not a good one,” he said of the district’s layoffs. “The firing of teachers in this day and age of social media, word is going to get out. How you treat your teaches, it does its own marketing.”

He said the district can’t put numbers on the “value of great teachers.”

Gilbert High School sophomore Luke Davis said the district was getting rid of “the best teachers.”

“All the teachers that are getting fired, they’re not the teachers that people don’t care about,” Luke said. “They’re the teachers that all the students love.”

He said Pete Davis, his German teacher and a swim coach is being laid off and he doesn’t understand why, “Somehow he still ended up in the RIF,” Luke said of the 19-year teacher “That doesn’t really make sense.”

He said students are texting each other about the layoffs and “all these students

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Luke said students are also telling other students not to enroll at Gilbert High because “why would they tell them to go to this school when all their favorite teachers got cut just because they’re older?

“You know the older teachers did get cut and I know you said that they didn’t but I don’t believe that’s true. The older teachers who get paid more because they’re better teachers got cut more.”

McCord later said Luke was inaccurate in his statement about the district targeting more experienced teachers.

McCord also at the meeting apologized for the way teachers were informed of their dismissal.

“Last Friday afternoon, 152 teachers were told they were going to be riffed,” McCord said. “That came as a shock to many if not all and for that I apologize.

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“The message that was delivered was cold and sterile and that was never the intention but nonetheless that’s how it was given and received.”

Board member and retired educator Sheila Uggetti said when the board had to make some difficult decisions a year ago about graduation and other things, she remarked how it was the most difficult decision she’s ever had to make.

“I never thought the next decision would be worst than the previous one,” she said. “But I have to say that for me personally this decision tonight is probably the most difficult decision that I’ve ever had to make and it’s out of our control.

“I believe that everybody sitting in this room who’s had anything to do with any of this has done it with the best of intentions, including all of our principals and everyone that’s involved. I’ve lost sleep.

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proposal for the Town of Gilbert to include sex-change surgery in its employee insurance coverage last week fell short of the votes needed to pass.

The town is self-insured and is not required to include coverage for this procedure but was looking to add it in order to be competitive with hiring.

“I’m not supportive of the expansion of benefits to include gender-affirming surgery,” said Councilwoman Aimee Yentes, who pulled the item off the consent agenda for discussion.

“I think those are policies that deviate from other positions we’ve taken as a community that delve more into social policy rather than strictly providing medical necessary benefits to our employees,” Yentes said.

Deputy Chief People Officer Kristen Drew said plan changes occur every year.

For example, for the 2019-20 fiscal year, the town added autism spectrum disorder to its benefits coverage and this fiscal year expanded acupuncture, chiropractic and orthotics coverage and added domestic partner coverage, according to Drew.

“Whenever we make plan designs there’s a valuation criteria that is consid-

ered,” she said. “Sometimes it is a legal requirement and other times it’s industry standard. We always want to be competitive with the market.”

Councilman Scott September agreed with Yentes, stating, “This issue as far as taxpayers paying for this item, it’s contrary to what we’ve typically done as a town to avoid these more social policy issues.”

Councilman Laurin Hendrix asked Drew how many employees refused a job offer because the town didn’t offer gender-affirming surgery. Drew responded she was unaware of anyone turning down a job offer for that reason.

Hendrix said the argument presented to Council is that Gilbert is trying to compete with peer organizations.

“We’re just thinking that theoretically there might be a person some day that would only want to work for Gilbert if these procedures (are offered),” he said.

“We’re thinking that some day there might be somebody that wanted this treatment.”

Drew said typically when applicants ask about the town’s benefits, “we’re able to say we’re comparable to Chandler, Mesa, Tempe (and) Phoenix.”

“It typically doesn’t come down to a specific benefit like that,” Drew said. “We look at the whole and we try to align with what is standard in the market, not just based on one particular benefit.”

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dle situations like this,” Peterson said.

Council voted to split the request for the gender-assignment surgery from a request to raise insurance premiums 3 percent. It unanimously approved the premium increase but rejected including the surgery as a covered benefit.

Those who voted against the benefit included Yentes, Hendrix, September and Scott Anderson. Peterson, Koprowski and Councilwoman Kathy Tilque voted to approve the coverage.

Meanwhile, Council also gave direction to staff on its latest allotment of federal pandemic relief funds of $24 million.

Tilque said she would like for staff to get more information what it would cost to build a family advocacy center.

She also wanted to see about using the money to repay the Police Department’s $856,409 cost of providing enforcement during the summer protests last year and possibly look at the cost of utilities the town had to write off because of the pandemic.

Peterson said she would like to see the advocacy center funded from that allotment rather than from a bond planned for this November.

Vice Mayor Yung Koprowski said she also would support funding a police crime lab with the federal funds.

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Mayor Brigette Peterson said she knows it’s hard to figure if this benefit would be requested in the future.

“We have employees with all kinds of backgrounds that work for us here at the Town of Gilbert,” she said. “And I know that it’s important for us as an organization to try and be in the forefront when it comes to offering benefits to our employees or future employees to keep us competitive within the marketplace.”

“There are times that we need to make the tough decisions that may not always align with our own thought process when it comes to our personal choices or our religious choices,” she said.

Peterson said adding the coverage would put the town in a position to handle whatever the future may hold.

She said other organizations and businesses, including the one her husband works for, include coverage for sex-change surgery.

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Chandler plans graduations, no proms

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handler Unified School District is sacrificing proms this school year to keep high school seniors safe and healthy for in-person graduations while Tempe Union plans in-person commencements but is still working out details.

For the second year in a row, the pandemic is thwarting Chandler’s high school students from celebrating the end of their spring semester with any type of school-sponsored dance or prom.

Superintendent Camille Casteel said she made the decision to eliminate prom with the hope that it would keep the district’s infection rate low enough to allow for in-person graduation ceremonies in May. “There are a number of families upset about a lack of a prom,” Casteel said.

“When we made the decision, it was in an effort to protect graduation.”

Chandler Unified’s decision puts it in

line with both Higley Unified and Gilbert Public Schools on graduation plans. But the Gilbert districts may also sponsor proms, as Scottsdale Unified already has decided to hold.

CUSD is planning to allow each graduate to invite only two guests to attend their ceremony. Students will be given two wristbands that must be worn by their attendees to gain access to the event.

All attendees will be expected to wear masks and socially distance from each other. CUSD intends to still broadcast the ceremony online for family members who cannot attend in person.

Even though CUSD has chosen to prioritize graduation over prom, district leaders say schools are attempting to come up with some additional events.

“The schools are going to do a lot to celebrate and have fun activities for the seniors,” Casteel said. “We are doing our part to make sure the seniors have a great end of the year.”

Student leaders from the district’s high

schools have spent the last few weeks brainstorming new ideas for events that could allow for seniors to safely congregate without the fear of contracting COVID-19 right before graduation.

Chandler High is considering some sort of parade that will celebrate its graduating class. Casteel High will be hosting a BBQ lunch for its seniors and handing out special “Class of 2021” masks for students to save as a keepsake.

Brooke Romero, Hamilton High’s student body president, said her school has been trying to find creative ways to engage students digitally by incorporating more technology into school events.

Since the school has been having to conduct its assemblies virtually, Romero said the student government is trying to use popular applications like TikTok to make the virtual event feel more interactive for seniors.

Basha High is hoping to host a movie night this month on the school’s football field, where students would be required to wear masks and socially distance.

Reed Uhlik, Basha’s student body president, said he believes the special event could help students feel a sense of normalcy again after a chaotic year.

Some CUSD parents have reportedly begun planning their own prom at Mesa’s Superstition Farm property.

Flyers circulating online indicate that parents are intending to organize a private prom for graduating seniors from Casteel, Basha and Perry high schools.

The ticketed events are not affiliated with CUSD and will require guests to show school identification to gain entry, according to the flyers.

Some CUSD parents have expressed disappointment in seeing other parents organize private proms at such a precarious time and are hoping the dances won’t ruin graduation by spreading the virus around the district’s student body.

“I sincerely hope these proms don’t mess up graduation,” said parent Linda Fenner, “especially for the kids that have been cautious with this virus and respectful of their peers.”

masks because Arizona hospitals now have plenty of space.

Dr. Cara Christ said the main reason that restrictions were imposed and bars were closed entirely was the fear of overwhelming the state’s health care system with COVID-19 patients.

Now, she said, the use of hospital and intensive-care beds is way down. More to the point, Christ said many of the people who are most at risk, meaning the elderly, already have been vaccinated.

The health chief acknowledged that some businesses are not following her advice that, despite dissolution of the gubernatorial orders, they should continue to enforce mask use and to maintain social distancing.

There even were reports of at least one bar promoting the idea that customers are now free to crowd in.

But that, Christ said, is no reason to continue to make that illegal. She said in-

dividuals now need to assess their own risk of severe complications.

“Hopefully, there weren’t a lot of our older Arizonans at those bars,’’ she said, the kind of folks who are more likely to get seriously ill.

Christ also pointed out that businesses remain free to enforce mask and social distancing requirements. And she is suggesting they do that.

Christ’s press conference came the day after Gov. Doug Ducey declared the COVID-19 pandemic under control in Arizona and abolished remaining limits on businesses and public gatherings.

He also nullified the ability of local communities to maintain their own mask mandates.

While Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego issued a statement criticizing Ducey’s move, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero said her community will not comply, essentially telling Ducey that he’ll have to

go to court. Ducey will not take them on, his press officer said last week.

The governor eliminated any remaining requirements to limit the number of customers to ensure social distancing and to require that staff and patrons wear masks.

Instead, everything what used to be a mandate is now simply a “recommendation.’’ That means business can – but are not required – to have their own mask mandates and to refuse service to anyone who does not comply.

That also means that all the music venues and bars that have been shuttered are free to open their doors again. And here, too, while there is a suggestion to maintain social distancing and masks, that is no longer a requirement.

Ducey cited the fact that the number of new cases has been declining for 10

Masks are still the rule in Gilbert schools

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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tudents, staff and any visitor to Gilbert Public Schools, Higley Unified or Chandler Unified campuses in Gilbert must still wear masks and businesses in town can still require customers to wear them.

But the situation is different for people entering town buildings.

Gilbert Mayor Brigette Peterson last week issued a message to residents saying, “We continue to recommend that our residents use face coverings and maintain social distancing in town facilities and at events but masks will not be mandated.”

The state’s top health official said March 26 that there’s no reason to continue to limit business occupancy or prohibit large group gatherings or for the state to require customers to wear

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weeks and hospitalizations are at their lowest level since the end of September.

At the same time, he said, more than 1.9 million Arizonans have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, with almost 1.2 million who are now fully inoculated. And he said the Centers for Disease Control ranks Arizona as among the best states in getting the vaccine to those who are most vulnerable.

None of this affects schools which have been reopening with requirements for teachers and students to wear masks. A spokesman for the Department of Health Services said those orders remain in effect.

Christ brushed aside questions about whether the new order undermines their ability to gain compliance as customers could argue that the governor has said it’s OK to go maskless.

“They can extend that,’’ she said, and enforce things like mask mandates at the door in exactly the same way. “They do have the authority to be able to require those types of mitigation strategies.’’

While Christ said hospital capacity

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was a key factor, the health director conceded she and the governor did not consult with any of their top officials.

Several of the state’s major hospital chains released a statement calling Ducey’s move premature. “A downward trend is not synonymous with the elimination of the virus,’’ they said.

Christ did not dispute that contention.

“We could see another spike in cases,’’ she said. But Christ said that’s not the metric that drove the original decisions to impose restrictions. And she said it should not be the metric to decide whether to lift them.

Christ also said she and Ducey decided that Arizona has to return to a point where people must make their own decisions about the risk the virus poses to their own health.

She said that’s no different than any other disease, like the flu, where her department makes various recommendations but ultimately leaves it up to individuals to assess their own health risks.

“It’s really about that personal responsibility,’’ she said.

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ells will be ringing at San Tan Regional Park thanks to the new project, Trailbells, started by Gilbert resident Jonathan Sacks.

The bells are available to mountain bike riders at no charge – though a donation is suggested – and offer a way to alert hikers without startling them on the trails.

Sacks, who is an avid mountain biker and has worked in the bike industry for over 25 years, said he got the idea to start Trailbells after moving to Arizona from California.

“A lot of trails outside of Arizona have them and I noticed it wasn’t that common here,” he said.

After seeing an increase in traffic on trails due to COVID-19, Sacks said he felt the need to help make a difference for both the riders’ and hikers’ safety.

“They attach to handlebars in seconds,” said Sacks. “The noise just clanks

Gilbert resident Jonathan Sacks is making bells available to mountain bike riders so that hikers at San Tan Regional Park won’t be taken by surprise when they near them along trails. (Monique Seleen) along and hikers can start to hear them from about 50 yards away. It gives people more time to respond.”

Sacks said the start-up process for Trailbells was a bit of a challenge as he tried to balance his full-time job while also spending time with his wife and children.

“There were a lot of late nights that I

worked on promoting the bells while I was putting my girls to bed,” said Sacks, adding: “I’d drop bells off on my lunch or wake up early in the morning to go for a ride and leave some on the trail then.”

While the bells are offered to riders for free, Sacks recruited sponsors to help pay for the costs of the bells in exchange for the sponsor’s logo being displayed

on one side of the bell.

“I’m hoping to get some bigger corporate sponsors in the coming months,” he said.

Getting the attention of park rangers was another thing Sacks had to do in order to get permission for the bells to

Kayla Lark, 13, and Kylie Lark, 12, practiced their runway skills for the Children’s Cancer Network fashion show.

COVID-19, organizers opted to tape and stream this portion of the event.

“Many of the kids we serve are extremely immune-compromised, so this year’s fashion show will be streamed,” said Patti Luttrell, founder and executive director of Children’s Cancer Network. “Filming the kids in small groups was so much fun and really gave them a chance to show off.”

The fashion show will feature young cancer survivors and their siblings wearing fashions that reflect their personal styles while emcee Bruce St. James chronicles their cancer journeys, along with their interests, talents and lives outside of the disease.

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Kids hit runway to aid Children’s Cancer Network

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t wasn’t your average Saturday afternoon.

After all, how many kids get to pick out a new outfit, strut their stuff on the runway and receive celebrity treatment on any given weekend?

But that’s exactly what happened March 27 when pediatric cancer survivors and their siblings hit the catwalk to pre-record Children’s Cancer Network’s annual fashion show fundraiser, “Inspirations 2021: Color Me Happy,” scheduled April 10.

In years past, the fundraiser has included a live fashion show, but amid

(Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

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Chandler woman helps grandparents raising grandkids

BY SRIANTHI PERERA GSN Contributor

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aising children when parents are young brings its share of trials and tribulations, but how much more difficult is it when they have to do it the second time around?

If grandparents raising grandchildren feel isolated and helpless, there is help at hand in the community.

That’s the message new Duet employee Lisa McCormick of Chandler wants to spread.

At the Phoenix-based nonprofit Duet: Partners in Health & Aging, McCormick works as a kinship care services coordinator to help grandparents raising grandchildren.

“Grandparents have reported feeling ‘alone’ due to not having family and support or understanding from their social circles,” said McCormick, who began her job this month. “They struggle to find

resources and support with navigating the complicated state and legal systems which become involved in these situations.”

According to grandfamilies.org, more than 60,000 grandparents in Arizona are responsible for their grandchildren.

The reasons run the gamut from parents being incarcerated, becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol, child abuse, neglect or parental death.

In 2020, Duet provided services to 359 grandparents and their 539 grandchildren in Maricopa County.

Duet’s grandparents raising grandchildren program offers support for grandparents raising grandchildren through free-of-charge support groups, legal guidance and assistance, funds for extracurricular activities, information and guided assistance and educational workshops.

All services meet COVID-19 safety guidelines, according to the nonprofit.

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Lisa McCormick McCormick fields inquiries for resources, legal assistance and guidance on navigating the multiple systems grandparents must learn to take

Girl Scout Troop 2674, a group of twelve second and third graders in Gilbert and Chandler worked together in January and February to sell Girl Scout Cookies to family, friends and members of the community, but the cookie entrepreneurs also secured boxes of donated cookies for local healthcare heroes. The troop organized a neighborhood car parade in Chandler last month to deliver 450 boxes of cookies and handmade thank you notes to ICU Nurse Madyson Wellcome, front row far right, who delivered them to nurses, doctors and other staff members at a local hospital. Pictured are, from left: back row: Kimberly Meyer, Kaia Hansen, Lenna Hooker and Elin Hansen; front: Hailey Gargol, Cadence Gentry, Shayne Martin. Other Troop 2674 members include Aliyah Brink, Amelia McCaffrey, Emily Acedo, Madilyn Plumer, Shayla Southworth and Alexis Kern. Girl Scout Daisy Elin Hansen, an independent girl member, also contributed donated boxes of cookies and participated in the car parade. (Brytenie Martin, Creative Mom Photography)

on. She plans to organize four support groups monthly to give the kinship families a safe place to feel heard and find resources amongst each other.

She is making connections with community agencies and partners providing resources and participating in advocacy groups to support legislation and policies around kinship care and the families.

McCormick will also be hosting workshops to build protective factors in the families to increase their knowledge on parenting, child development, self-care, advocacy and related other topics.

McCormick pulls experience from working with families for five years at Southwest Human Development in the East Valley.

“This is the first time I am working with the aging population and kinship families specifically,” she said.

An Arizona native who was born in Mesa, raised in Tempe and moved to Chandler 15 years ago, she also comes informed firsthand about the difficulties of raising grandchildren from her extended family.

“I am recalling the experiences of my mother-in-law and other extended family members whom have been raising grandchildren over the past 20 years,” she said. “I am surprised and saddened to know they did not know this agency existed and the resources which would have been available to them during their experiences.”

McCormick said she became a social worker because of the gap she noticed in connecting people to resources in the community.

“I work hard to build relationships with other agencies and organizations to better support the families I serve,” she said.

Her own grandparents played the traditional role of grandparenting; they were present and supportive of her parents.

“However, they did not play an active role in raising my sister and I,” she said.

“My grandma Pat played a role in aiding my passion for helping others; she was a

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registered nurse at skilled nursing facilities here in the Valley and I would go with her on ‘take your daughter to work’ days when I was in grade school.

“My other set of grandparents were entrepreneurs in the community, they had multiple businesses in East Mesa including a gift shop and auction house.

My sister and I would spend our weekends helping in the shop or at the auction,” she recalled.

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Her studies further nurtured her interest in social service and interacting with people.

“I love facilitating groups and trainings so I am looking forward to running support groups and workshops throughout the month for our grandfamilies,” she said.

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be left on the trails.

“I would hunt down the park rangers, drop off information to them, and then circle back to get that ‘yes,’” he said.

Once the bells officially became available in February, Sacks said he has been marketing them to people every time he’s out going for a ride.

“It’s a lot of meeting people on rides and talking to them,” said Sacks. “If people like the bells I encourage them to give both me and the park rangers feedback.”

So far, Sacks said the feedback has been encouraging.

“One of the most rewarding parts has been reading the emails from people that I don’t know thanking me for putting Trailbells out,” he said, adding: “The

hikers seem to be the most appreciative of the bells. Nobody wants a mountain biker plowing over them.”

While Trailbells is just getting its start, Sacks said he has big plans for it to continue growing in the months ahead.

“I’d like to see a bell box get added so riders can just grab and return the bells easily,” he said.

Right now, Trailbells are only available at San Tan Regional Park but Sacks said he hopes to have them at Hawes Trail Network and South Mountain Preserve soon and eventually at all the major trails through the Phoenix area.

“Really the whole goal for the bells is to avoid any bad interactions before they happen,” said Sacks.

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“It gives these children an opportunity to step into the limelight, show off a little bit and bask in positive attention,” said Luttrell.

“Kids with cancer spend so much time enduring painful treatments, and their siblings have their own difficult journey,” she explained. “This is a rare occasion to experience the magic of childhood, free from chemo, spinal taps and hospital stays.”

Among the dozens of children and teens who walked the runway are Chandler residents, 12-year-old Kylie, who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma last May, and her big sister, Kayla, 13. Kylie chose jeans and a purple blouse for her turn down the runway, while Kayla chose Dickies pants and a green shirt. All items were donated by Macy’s.

“It was so nice for the girls to be able to participate in the event together,” said the girls’ mom, Jolene Lark. “CCN has been such a great support and has given the girls so many things to look forward to throughout this journey.”

While the kids’ fashion show is the

Cooper McGhee, 5, also took a turn on the runway.

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centerpiece of “Inspirations 2021: Color Me Happy,” the event also includes a luncheon, a silent auction that will be open for bidding from April 6-10 and a live auction the day of the event. Prizes range from personal services and sports memorabilia to travel packages, experiential activities and more.

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At the behest of her daughter and Jeff’s big sister, Jenny, who was desperate to help families battling pediatric cancer, they held the premier event. This got the nonprofit organization started in earnest.

CCN has come a long way since then.

The organization serves hundreds of Arizona families each year, providing gas and grocery gift cards, hospital admission kits to help new families navigate the road ahead and adopt-a-family programs for back-to-school season and the holidays.

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rban Air Adventure parks are not new to Arizona, with their family-fun locations in Ahwatukee, Peoria and Queen Creek.

But the one that will be coming to Gilbert will be a lot different from those three and most of its 154 indoor parks nationwide.

The 10-year-old, Dallas-based family fun franchise has picked Gilbert for its flagship corporate western showcase.

And the two-story, 50,000-squarefoot park it plans to open by year’s end at E. Williams Field Road and S. Santan Village Parkway will that will have unique attractions.

Those include an electric go-kart track and laser tag field spanning both floors, multi-level rope-climbing, an enormous inflatable landing pad perched below a series of trampolines and a “runway tumble track for flipping, handspringing and cartwheeling.

Those features will augment the rock-climbing and bounce-house-type walls, dodge-ball areas and trapezes that have made Urban Air Adventure Parks popular haunts for kids and families and go-to destinations for corporate team building and other adult gatherings.

“It’s going to have our premium attractions,” said Josh Wall, Urban Air’s executive vice president and chief franchise officer.

“It’s what we call our version 2.5 park and that’s going to help us really put our best foot forward to the East Valley and show them what an Urban Air experience can be like.”

And it won’t just be a showcase for only East Valley or even just for Arizona investors who might want an Urban Air franchise of their own.

Wall envisions groups throughout the west coming to the Gilbert location.

Urban Air Adventure Parks offer an array of amusements for young and old alike, though not every franchise has every offering.. The upcoming Gilbert location will have more than most. (Special to GSN)

Kids and adults can literally hang around an Urban Air Adventure Park, play dodge ball, climb walls and do other kinds of activities. (Special to GSN)

“As we have more and more interested franchise groups that want to diversify their business Investments by getting into the number one entertainment franchise in the country,” Wall said, “we want them to see the product

test the product, bring their children to the products or the grandchildren and really see what it’s like to play within an Urban Air Adventure Park.

“So, we will likely have monthly meetings there where we will have inter-

ested franchise groups come through and spend time with us.”

There are reasons why Entrepreneur magazine’s annual list of the top 500 best franchise opportunities listed Urban Air Adventure Park number 1 – and why even with the pandemic, the company has 60 more locations in its development pipeline.

The parks have been a big draw not only for families but also for adults who plan corporate events, parties and other gatherings.

They are drawn by huge trampolines, “slam-dunk tracks” that enables flying leaps for basketball baskets, mammoth jungle-gyms, ropes courses and even a “sky rider coaster” that enables guests to “fly” in a harness along a track affixed to the ceiling.

The parks also are equipped with an area where kids under 7 can play on smaller trampolines under the parents’ watchful eyes.

The company sees the pandemic as having increased interest in and demand for “location-based family entertainment.”

“Now more than ever, families are in search of more ways to engage their kids in an entertaining, learning and social environment,” Walls said.

Wall said 22 of the 33 parks the company opened last year started operations after the pandemic first struck the nation.

And even before the first quarter of 2021 ended, Wall said, “our parks are doing so well in 2021 they are out-indexing even our 2019 numbers.”

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n appreciation for military service has always been one of Zach Espalin’s key characteristics. It’s been that way since he was living in Washington D.C. and attending school with the sons and daughters of high-ranking military officials.

That appreciation quickly turned into a desire to become a Navy Seal, where he could further his education and serve the country. But Espalin also had other goals he wanted to accomplish when his family moved to Gilbert just before he enrolled at Chandler High School in 2017.

He aimed to win four state championships on the wrestling mat for Chandler High School, which has a storied wrestling program built on a foundation of success. He also wanted to become a Division I college wrestler.

Now just months away from graduation, Espalin has accomplished all of his goals, including the opportunity to become a Seal.

“When I was little, I always wanted to be a Navy Seal,” Espalin said. “When I was little I always kind of played it out in my head that I would go to school and become a Seal. Since then, I just always wanted to go to the Naval Academy.”

Espalin signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his wrestling career at the Naval Academy in February. He was joined by his parents at the signing day event held at Chandler High School.

At the time, he was in the middle of a wrestling season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, which threatened the winter sports season altogether during Arizona’s record surge in cases. When he and his team were officially given the go ahead to begin the season — after it was initially canceled — Espalin knew he had to make the most of it.

After all, not only was it his senior year but his one and only chance to chase a fourth straight state championship.

“When we went on that first lockdown

Espalin signed to continue his wrestling career at the United States Naval Academy, a goal of his growing up in Texas and Washington D.C. before moving to Arizona. (Courtesy Zach Espalin) wrestling championships — where he defeated Boulder Creek senior Noah Kasprowicz. Yet again, Espalin had achieved one of his goals growing up.

“It feels amazing knowing all my hard work towards this one goal paid off,” Espalin said. “It was a dream come true since I was little. Just knowing I accomplished that, it feels Chandler senior wrestler Zach Espalin, a Gilbert resident, amazing.” capped off his final season on the wrestling mat by winning his Espalin first fell in love fourth straight state championship. (Courtesy Zach Espalin) with wrestling at a young last March that was when I first thought I age while growing up in Texas.

It wasn’t until he reached the fourth grade maybe wouldn’t be able to wrestle my senior year,” Espalin said. “When I first found that he decided to devote all of his efforts to out the season was canceled, I was heart- the one sport. It was at that time something broken. It felt like I had tripped and fell at clicked for Espalin, and he realized his talent came naturally. the finish line.

The family then moved from Texas to “But I’m thankful we got a chance.”

Espalin burst onto the Arizona high Washington D.C. and then to Gilbert where school wrestling scene as a freshman at he enrolled at Chandler. It was there he beChandler. He wrestled in the 106-pound gan learning under Chandler coach Vidal class in 2018 and won the championship. As Mejia, a mainstay in the Arizona wrestling a sophomore, he won again at 113 and 120 community whose son, Max, is head women’s wrestling coach at Augsburg University. as a junior.

He also was brought under the wing of His coveted fourth state title came in the 126-pound class on March 20 at Poston Chandler assistant Dalton Brady, who also Butte High School — the site of this year’s won four straight championships during his

time wrestling for the Wolves.

As he began to see success on the mat, he started picturing the day he would win his fourth straight championship. Often times, he would close his eyes while showering, picturing the moment and the whirlwind of emotions he would feel. Admittedly, his idea of what his fourth straight title would look like differed from reality.

He pictured it happening inside a large venue with thousands of fans like in year’s past. However due to the pandemic, his championship was won in front of a couple hundred spectators in a high school gym.

Still, it was a moment he knows he will cherish forever. Especially after the adversity he faced to get to that point.

“I kind of manifested it,” Espalin said. “I would close my eyes and imagine what it would look like. In some ways, I imagined the kind of hard work it would take to get to that point. I couldn’t imagine a state championship being at a high school, so that was a little different.

“But other than that, I kind of imagined how it would go, holding a strong lead and not letting up.”

Espalin plans to head back to the East Coast this summer. He’s still awaiting whether he will head directly to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland or to the Navy’s prep school in Rhode Island.

He said it depends whether Navy head wrestling coach Carey Kolat, who was recruiting Espalin for Campbell University before he was hired at Navy, needs him on the main roster as a freshman to fill a weight class. Regardless, Espalin remains thankful for an opportunity to continue fulfilling the goals he set for himself when he was younger.

“I have a chance to show everyone that I can compete with the best on a daily basis,” Espalin said. “I’ll be juggling a world of wrestling and school on a different scale but being able to train like that is an amazing thing.”

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azz is back in a big way in Chandler this month – both online and in-person – in April, which also happens to be National Jazz Month.

In a certain sign of spring – and the apparent slowing down of COVID-19 – the annual Chandler Jazz Festival is returning to downtown with live performances.

“After the past year we’ve all experienced, who’s ready to be outdoors to groove to the sounds of soulful jazz?” a spokesman for the organizers asked in announcing that the popular 22-year-old festival will be presented both in person and online April 8–10.

Adding to the jazz infusion are performances at the Downtown Chandler Farmers Market 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every Saturday in April at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park

The popular group Naturally 7 will appear in a special online performance presented by the Chandler Center for the Arts on April 18. (Special to GetOut)

West, 3 S. Arizona Ave. The Downtown Chandler Community Partnership has a line-up of performers that includes: April 10, Stan Sorenson; April 17, Luis Martinez; and April 24, Eric Bart.

Meanwhile, Chandler Center for the Arts is presenting an online-only concert by singer-pianist Kandance Springs on April 8.

The performance is part of the center’s CCA Anwhere series, which also will present the world-renown a cappella group Naturally 7 on April 18.

The free Chandler Jazz Festival will take place at four open areas – Crust, Dr. A.J. Chandler Park West, Saba’s Western Wear, Sibley’s West – as well as the nearby Vision Gallery.

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D SOUTH, home of the Gilbert Historical Museum and an arts, culture and history center, has a full lineup of programs for April.

Originally opened as Gilbert Elementary School in 1913, HD SOUTH is the oldest building still standing in Gilbert and is the only one on the National Register of Historic Places.

Gilbert Museum is a repository of artifacts chronicling the town’s rich history, featuring newly remodeled exhibits and interactive displays.

To register for programs, visit hdsouth.org/calendar. Unless noted otherwise, programs are free but registration is required. All participants will be required to wear facial coverings and adhere to physical distancing guidelines. HD SOUTH is open 9 a.m.-4

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EXHIBITS Quilting Exhibit

The 16th annual Art of Quilting Show going on through May 31 has a special focus on blue and white quilts. Nearly 75 quilts are on display and all were made by the HD SOUTH quilting group.

GPS Art Show

Gilbert Public Schools Secondary Art Show will be on display in Gallery 4 April 8-24. Nearly 40 pieces of student-created artwork includes selected works from students in grades 7-12 and includes paintings, drawings, and photographs as well as 3D artwork. For additional information: gilbertschools.net.

PROGRAMS Overcoming Barriers and Living Healthy

April 6, 6:30-8 p.m. Nancy Hurst will discuss her personal struggle with over-

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Yearbooks 1950-1960

April 10, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Normally not available for public viewing, Gilbert High School yearbooks from 1950-1960 will be shown. Museum admission is required and an additional $1 donation covers the cost of archival gloves that must be worn to flip through their pages.

Writing Family History

April 13, 6:30-8 p.m. Duane Roen has been tracing his roots since his teenage years, building a database with more than 32,000 ancestors. He is the founding coordinator of the Project for Writing and Recording Family History in the College of Interactive Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University and serves as dean of the College of Integrative Sci-

ences and Arts as well as vice provost of the Polytechnic campus. He will discuss ideas for sharing your stories with family members and friends to celebrate special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and holidays. The workshop will include an easy hands-on activity that will get participants writing.

This program is not an in-person workshop and will be offered virtually. All registrants will receive a Zoom link via email.

A Stitch In Time—Arizona’s Quilting History

April 17, 2021 | 10:30am-12:00pm.

Join Carole De Cosmo, quilting historian, for this presentation of a nostalgic journey through Arizona’s past via historic quilts. Carole is the Executive Director of the Arizona Farm and Ranch Experience and is a founding member of the commit-

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Downtown while enjoying lively musical performances during the afternoon or evening hours. They also can bring a blanket or lawn chair, grab a meal at one of Chandler’s eateries and dine in the park while taking in the smooth sounds of live jazz performances.

Live performances will be presented

by Mike Ozuna Trio, Pete Pancrazi and Todd Johnson, Beth Lederman & Jazz Con Alma, WildeP’lay, Trio Maxo, The Gaines Brothers, Charlie Smith and the Claudia Bloom Trio.

The live lineup for these performers is at chandleraz.gov/special-events. Jazz

festival hours are: 5–8 p.m. April 8; 5–8 p.m. April 9; and 3–5 p.m. and 6–8 p.m.

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On April 8 at 7 p.m., the Chandler Center for the Arts is offering a free concert by Nashville-born artist Kandace Springs, who is known for her smoky voice that sounds like it is channeling Sade and her expressive mastery of the piano.

Get ready to be immersed in a swirl of classical composition that sits in a quiet storm of cool jazz, blended with hip-hop swing. And, music with a tropical warmth, soulful depth and earthen groove that will have you closing your eyes and

swaying to the music with satisfaction and agreeing to all that she sings.

People can tune into her at chandlercenter.org/events/cca-anywherekandace-springs The Chandler Center is offering a deal for the 7 p.m. April 17 concert by Naturally 7. Early birds can buy a ticket for $15 by April 4. After Easter, tickets are $20.

Naturally 7 transforms their voices into actual human instruments, producing music of any genre.

Their vocal choreography is so perfectly interwoven that they compelled the

musical maestro himself, Quincy Jones, to declare them, “The best a cappella group in the world.”

Following the concert, a special Q & A with the group will be held. Tickets can be purchased at chandleraz.gov/ explore/special-events/cca-anywherenaturally-7.

For other venues with live performances, go to downtownchandler.org.

The 22nd Annual Chandler Jazz Festival is presented by the City of Chandler, in partnership with the Downtown Chandler Community Partnership and the Chandler Center for the Arts.

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“We know the phones will be ringing IMPORTANT: The dates and mint marks of the U.S. Gov’t issued Silver Walking Liberties sealed away inoff the hook. That’s why hundreds of side the State Restricted Bank Rolls have never been searched. Coin values always fluctuate and they are Hotline Operators are standing by to never any guarantees, but any of the scarce coins shown below, regardless of their value that residents answer the phones beginning at 8:30am may find inside the sealed Bank Rolls are theirs to keep. this morning. We’re going to do our best, but with just 48-hours to answer all the calls it won’t be easy.

So make sure to tell everyone to keep calling if all operators are busy. We’ll do our best to answer them all,” Lynne said.

“That’s why the private National Mint and Treasury set up the State Toll-Free Hotlines in order to make sure state residents get the State Restricted Bank Rolls before they’re all gone,” 1916-P 1919-P 1921-S 1938-D she said.

Mint: Philadelphia Mint: Philadelphia Mint: San Francisco Mint: Denver The only thing readers of today’s Mintage: 608,000 Mintage: 962,000 Mintage: 548,000 Mintage: 491,600 newspaper publication need to do is Collector Value: $55 Collector Value: $32 Collector Value: $80 Collector Value: $60 $265 $515 $800 $160 make sure they are a resident of the state of Arizona and call the State Toll-Free Hotlines at 1-800-929-4439 NATIONAL MINT AND TREASURY, LLC IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE U.S. MINT, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, A BANK OR ANY GOVERNMENT IF FOR ANY REASON WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM SHIPMENT YOU ARE DISSATISFIED, RETURN THE PRODUCT FOR A REFUND RWL1705 before the 48-hour deadline AGENCY. LESS SHIPPING AND RETURN POSTAGE. THIS SAME OFFER MAY BE MADE AVAIL ABLE AT A L ATER DATE OR IN A DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. OH RESIDENTS ADD 6.5% SALES TAX. NATIONAL MINT AND TREASURY, PO BOX 35609, CANTON, OH ends. ■ 44735 ©2020 NATIONAL MINT AND TREASURY. R1018R-2

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Obituaries David Wesley Hahn David Wesley Hahn, age 71, of Buckeye, AZ, passed away peacefully in Glendale, AZ on March 23, 2021.

Obituaries Nicole Ann Clasen Nicole Ann Clasen a loving daughter, niece, cousin and girlfriend passed away on February 7th, 2021, at the age of 22. Nicole was born on April 3rd, 1998 in Tucson, AZ to Jeff Clasen & Jaime Wallin.

During these 22 years, Nicole had already paved her own trail & etched her name on the hearts of all who met her. She was a brilliant young woman aspiring to become a Biologist determined to find a cure for cancer. Nicole had been introduced to this disease at a young age from watching her "Mumsy" battle multiple types of cancer while growing up. It was important that her future children know their Grandmother.

Nicole was attending MCC to get the prerequisite classes completed before moving to Texas with her boyfriend Dillan Church, to complete her degree in Applied Science & become a Biologist.

Nicole will be remembered always for her beautiful smile, witty comments, and her fiery spirit. Nicole knew what she wanted and set the necessary goals to achieve them. She planned on marrying Dillan by September 2023 and start on the first of three children after living her "rockstar life". Nicole was living her life to the fullest.

Nicole is survived by her "Mumsy" Jaime Wallin, father Jeff Clasen, Aunt Ellen Iseminger, two uncles (Dave and Jayson Wallin), cousin, "Codster", boyfriend Dillan Church, and her cat Kimberly "Keke".

Nicole's precious life and promising future were taken that Super Bowl Sunday by a highly intoxicated driver. The driver was exceeding twice the legal speed limit crossing the median into oncoming traffic directly toward Nicole's vehicle head-on. Sadly Nicole did not survive the high impact collision and was the only fatality that night. Her family will carry on her love for life and respect for all things beautiful and wonderful. She will forever be remembered and missed.

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David was born on May 16, 1949 in Hustisford, Wisconsin.

He moved to Arizona with his parents at the age of three. He attended Palo Verde Elementary School and graduated from Buckeye Union High School in 1967. He was an owner-operator in the trucking industry in his early years and retired as a driver from the Walmart Distribution Center in 2019.

He also served as a volunteer firefighter for the Buckeye Valley Fire District for many years.

Family was his greatest source of pride. In his children's formative years, David could be found on the sidelines coaching their soccer, baseball and football teams. He also enjoyed spending time outdoors and taught them to hunt, fish and camp around the state. As a grandfather, David continued to play an active role and cherished every moment by teaching, playing and laughing alongside them. He often read to the grandkids, helped build forts in the living room and made construction sites for them to play with Tonka Trucks in the backyard.

David is survived by his three children: Rick (Tiffany) Hahn, Jarrod Hahn, and Lynsey Clay and three grandchildren: Wesley, Branson and Cooper, all of Buckeye. He also leaves behind his brother Daryl (Alexia) Hahn and sister Melanie Hunsaker of Abilene, TX. He was preceded in death by his parents LeRoy and Delores.

Services will be held on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 11:00am at Summit Community Church, 20555 W. Roosevelt Street, Buckeye, AZ. David will be laid to rest at the Louis B. Hazelton Memorial Cemetery in Buckeye.

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NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WESTGATE GV AT PAINTED MOUNTAIN 12044.0025-0028;0030-0035 The following legally described trust property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale at public auction to the highest bidder in the Lobby of Suite 700, 8585 E Hartford Dr, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, AZ 85255, at 1:00 p.m. on THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021 - NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSE OR OBJECTION TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR. - under that certain Deed of Trust, in which a breach has occurred for failure to pay monthly installments due under said Deed of Trust.

Said Deed of Trust was recorded on (See Exhibit “A”), in Instrument No. (See Exhibit “A”) in the Office of the County Recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona: Interval No. (See Exhibit “A”), Painted Mountain Golf Villas, a (See Exhibit “A”) Interval Interest, nd consisting of: th (i) an undivided [52 for Annual/104 for Biennial] fee interest in Unit No. (See Exhibit “A”), PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended by First Amendment to Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, recorded January 15, 1998 in instrument no. 980031469, records of Maricopa County, Arizona (collectively, the “Declaration”);

and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Purported property address: 6302 East McKellips Road Mesa, Arizona 85215 Original trustor(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Original principal balance: (See Exhibit “A”) Balance as shown on the Notice of Delinquency: (See Exhibit “A”) Substitute Trustee: SHARON A. URIAS 8585 E Hartford Dr, Ste 700, Scottsdale, AZ 85255 (480) 306-5458 Beneficiary: WESTGATE GV AT PAINTED MOUNTAIN, LLC 6302 East McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit WESTGATE GV AT PAINTED MOUNTAIN LLC to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. Dated th this 10 day of February, 2021. Sharon A. Urias, Substitute Trustee MANNER OF TRUSTEE QUALIFICATION: Member, State Bar of Arizona NAME OF TRUSTEE’S REGULATOR: State Bar of Arizona EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12044.0025 (THOMAS) ACCOUNT NO./GRANTOR(S), UNIDIVIDED INTEREST, BLDG/ UNIT NO., INTERVAL NO./ASSIGNED YEAR, RECORDING DATE OF DOT, ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE, BOOK/INST. NO. FOR DEED OF TRUST, BALANCE AS SHOWN ON NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY; Jonathan P Thomas, Deidre M Floyd 6185 Shetland St Sumter, SC 29154, 1/104 Biennial, 9-237M, 24 EVEN, 11/02/2016, $5,813.91, 2016-0807315, $3,480.62; Ray Sinanan, Riza Sinanan 372 Rossland Road West Oshawa, ON L1J3G5 CANADA, 1/104 Biennial, 8-134M, 30 EVEN, 06/30/2016, $6,426.00, 2016-0457920, $3,656.52; Carol D Outlaw 2006 Liberty Ave Hopewell, VA 23860, 1/104 Biennial, 10-139, 23 EVEN, 11/15/2016, $4,625.80, 2016-840373, $2,216.40; Rose C Abadilla 1014 Mao Ln Honolulu, HI 96817, 1/104 Biennial, 6-122M, 33 EVEN, 12/22/2015, $6,414.99, 2015-0900245, $6,859.64; Roy S Robinson, Rebecca J Robinson 115 West Northside Dr Lake Wales, FL 33853, 1/104 Biennial, 8-134P, 34 ODD, 05/01/2017, $4,803.61, 2017-0313877, $2,305.76; Danisha Robinson, Kenneth Robinson 2729 Caribou Court Morrow, GA 30260, 1/104 Biennial, 8-132M, 35 ODD, 03/22/2016, $5,400.00, 2016-

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Public Notices 0182292, $3,812.21; Montina S Newkirk P.O. Box 56 Willard, NC 28478, 1/104 Biennial, 6-123P, 44 ODD, 08/25/2016, $5,214.96, 2016-0611056, $2,291.10; April L Smith, Rodrick J Smith 2581 Ringgold Rd Somerset, KY 42503, 1/104 Biennial, 6-124M, 45 EVEN, 03/22/2016, $5,813.91, 2016-0182296, $4,616.86; Regina A Metcalf, Leon Sims 147 South Gosnell Blytheville, AR 72315, 1/104 Biennial, 9-135, 8 ODD, 02/22/2017, $8,139.47, 2017-0127279, $3.689.69; Hairo Perez 9625 Mount Pisgah Rd Silver Spring, MD 20903, 1/104 Biennial, 6-123M, 30 ODD, 01/26/2017, $6,426.00, 2017-0059993, $3,134.16; Valerie D Wilson 7635 Brentwood Rd Philadelphia, PA 19151, 1/104 Biennial, 8-132M, 33 EVEN, 01/05/2017, $3,559.56, 20170007478, $1,619.82; Charlie W Sellers, Lois E Sellers 108 Lake Dr Trinity, NC 27370, 1/104 Biennial, 7-130, 21 EVEN, 10/08/2015, $7,427.25, 2015-0724419, $5,719.74; Steve D Broadnax, April M Broadnax 515 Piney Fork Church Rd Eden, NC 27288, 1/104 Biennial, 6-121, 28 ODD, 03/22/2016, $8,081.33, 20160182232, $4,475.00; Gordon L Thompson Jr, Paula F Thompson 161 Anglin Valley Ln Stoneville, NC 27048, 1/104 Biennial, 6-224M, 33 ODD, 11/15/2016, $5,813.91, 2016-0840390, $3,394.00; Carolyn Jones, Christopher L Ford 219 East Hughes Circle Florence, SC 29506, 1/104 Biennial, 9-138P, 31 ODD, 08/25/2016, $4,500.00, 2016-0610686, $3,211.17; EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12044.0026 (MUHAMMED) ACCOUNT NO./GRANTOR(S), UNIDIVIDED INTEREST, BLDG/ UNIT NO., INTERVAL NO./ASSIGNED YEAR, RECORDING DATE OF DOT, ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE, BOOK/INST. NO. FOR DEED OF TRUST, BALANCE AS SHOWN ON NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY; Sayyid Muhammed, Fatou Jallow Muhammed 1617 Horner Rd Woodbridge, VA 22191, 1/104 Biennial, 8-233M, 20 ODD, 10/20/2015, $6,103.41, 2015-0752433, $4,600.50; Raymundo Sanchez, Joyce A Sanchez PO Box 822 Harrisonburg, VA 22803, 1/104 Biennial, 8-132M, 2 EVEN, 06/29/2016, $5,813.91, 2016-0454924, $3,777.12; Carlos D Mc Arthur, April K Mc Arthur 141 NE 15th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73104, 1/104 Biennial, 7-228, 16 EVEN, 10/08/2015, $6,760.14, 2015-0724351, $3,120.88; Charles O Mc Daniel III, Quiana D Mc Daniel 728 Meandering Drive Cedar Hill, TX 75104, 1/104 Biennial, 9-138P, 39 EVEN, 10/08/2015, $4,410.64, 20150724270, $3,348.76; Sophia A Green Cmr 427 Box 3610 Apo, AE 09630, 1/104

Biennial, 10-139, 30 EVEN, 05/20/2010, $11,618.28, 2010-0427680, $19,359.81; Steven B Mitchell, Teffany Mitchell 1173 Thompson Hill Rd Awendaw, SC 29429, 1/104 Biennial, 9-138M, 6 EVEN, 03/22/2016, $7,120.65, 2016-0182293, $5,413.80; Geffrey M Mendoza, Arceli G Mendoza 12014 Harness Ct Jacksonville, FL 32246, 1/104 Biennial, 9-138M, 46 ODD, 10/08/2015, $5,289.11, 20150724409, $1,780.64; Latrena S Ratliff 16163 Princeton Detroit, MI 48221, 1/104 Biennial, 6-121, 21 EVEN, 12/22/2015, $6,024.29, 2015-0900260, $4,222.00; Jemmayen T Macaraeg, Clifford S Cruz 8006 Matilija Ave Panorama City, CA 91402, 1/104 Biennial, 6-125, 39 EVEN, 07/23/2015, $4,840.95, 2015-0528981, $4,294.46; Thomas M Woods, Tiffany R Woods 910863 S Donna Jean Ln Wellston, OK 74881, 1/104 Biennial, 7-130, 41 EVEN, 10/08/2015, $7,346.70, 20150724350, $4,097.30; Rubin A Lloyd, Raina I Lloyd 7700 West Airport Blvd., Apt 508 Houston, TX 77071, 1/104 Biennial, 9-138P, 33 EVEN, 10/13/2015, $4,464.43, 2015-0733645, $3,188.10; Ronald Laleau, Jhoane E Laleau 107 Coffee St Palm Bay, FL 32909, 1/104 Biennial, 8-234, 38 ODD, 10/08/2015, $5,000.00, 20150724407, $1,753.95; Cleo D Shelton 2 B Nascar Lane Magnolia, DE 19962, 1/104 Biennial, 6-126, 28 EVEN, 03/22/2016, $7,725.87, 2016-0182238, $5,123.28; Wovoka V Jack, Nynesha L Jack 15011 Lance Circle Houston, TX 77053, 1/104 Biennial, 6-222P, 43 ODD, 10/20/2015, $4,860.00, 2015-0752421, $2,252.36; Van A Ellis 3690 S Tower Ave Chandler, AZ 85286, 1/104 Biennial, 6-125, 42 EVEN, 01/21/2015, $7,422.79, 2015-0039310, $5,529.50; EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12044.0027 (JONES) ACCOUNT NO./GRANTOR(S), UNIDIVIDED INTEREST, BLDG/ UNIT NO., INTERVAL NO./ASSIGNED YEAR, RECORDING DATE OF DOT, ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE, BOOK/INST. NO. FOR DEED OF TRUST, BALANCE AS SHOWN ON NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY; Chamika V Jones 413 37th Pl SE Apt 202 Washington, DC 20019, 1/104 Biennial, 8-232, 20 ODD, 02/23/2017, $4,625.80, 2017-129526, $2,408.56; Victoria Hamrick, John S Walls 1001 South Leadville Apt 302 Boise, ID 83706, 1/104 Biennial, 9-138M, 6 ODD, 06/30/2016, $5,400.00, 2016-0457913, $2,934.48; Loretta K Warfield 6605 Alter St Baltimore, MD 21207, 1/104 Biennial, 9-135, 32 EVEN, 12/04/2015, $6,223.62, 2015-0859971, $3,455.92; Joseph R Peace, Cheryl S Peace 3126 Henry Wilson

Road Oxford, NC 27565, 1/104 Biennial, 9-138P, 22 ODD, 11/15/2016, $4,500.00, 2016-0840376, $2,542.50; Quantas S Calbert, Victoria Y Calbert 739 Boxwood Dr Pensacola, FL 32503, 1/104 Biennial, 9-238, 30 EVEN, 10/15/2015, $7,089.65, 2015-0740586, $3,446.50; Kenneth E Alfaro, Fatima R Alfaro 40027 N Hidden Bunker Court Antoch, IL 60002, 1/104 Biennial, 8-233M, 34 EVEN, 12/19/2016, $5,400.00, 2016-0932181, $2,686.11; Kandace L Collins, Ronald S Lamar 209 Scammel St Marietta, OH 45750, 1/104 Biennial, 9-138M, 34 EVEN, 06/30/2016, $5,813.91, 2016-0457898, $2,269.33; Cotina S Hemphill, Lydell E Hill 2344 Ridgerock Lane Apt 202 Rock Hill, SC 29732, 1/104 Biennial, 6-126, 42 ODD, 12/22/2015, $7,560.00, 2015-0900255, $4,395.56; Lois M Lambert PO Box 1953 The Dalles, OR 97058, 1/104 Biennial, 6-225, 20 ODD, 10/08/2015, $6,760.14, 2015-0724334, $2,923.44; La Ronda R White 27692 Devonshire St Southfield, MI 48076, 1/104 Biennial, 6-223, 13 EVEN, 12/22/2015, $9,792.81, 2015-0900262, $5,939.78; Lenaka R Givens, Antonio M Givens 421 Felder St Bishopville, SC 29010, 1/104 Biennial, 8-233M, 18 ODD, 02/22/2017, $5,813.91, 2017-0127277, $2,715.80; Brian Perry, Sr, Kristal Perry 2128 Dembrigh Lane Charlotte, NC 28262, 1/104 Biennial, 6-222M, 10 EVEN, 12/04/2015, $5,813.91, 2015-0859969, $3,989.60; Gerona Neubia, Philip Neubia 3005 Kathleen Way Williamsburg, VA 23188, 1/104 Biennial, 9-237M, 42 EVEN, 11/03/2016, $5,813.91, 20160811876, $2,644.80; EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12044.0028 (TENHET) ACCOUNT NO./GRANTOR(S), UNIDIVIDED INTEREST, BLDG/ UNIT NO., INTERVAL NO./ASSIGNED YEAR, RECORDING DATE OF DOT, ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE, BOOK/INST. NO. FOR DEED OF TRUST, BALANCE AS SHOWN ON NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY; Valerie M Tenhet, Michael S Tenhet 587 County Road 2215 Decatur, TX 76234, 1/104 Biennial, 6-224P, 36 ODD, 12/03/2014, $6,195.00, 2014-0795291, $1,848.65; Luz E Sanchez 17547 Amantha Ave Carson, CA 90746, 1/104 Biennial, 6-222P, 27 ODD, 11/03/2016, $4,372.26, 2015-0810943, $1,253.30; Miranda L Browne, Trevor E Browne 335 Roberts Rd Athens, GA 30606, 1/104 Biennial, 6-126, 10 EVEN, 10/08/2015, $7,600.00, 2015-0724297, $2,393.89; Amanda L Crosby, Roger L Crosby PO Box 884 Steinhatchee, FL 32359, 1/104 Biennial, 6-223, 43 EVEN, 02/18/2016, $10,043.63, 2016-0101461, $3,206.36; Gloria D

Lowe, John Lowe 7359 Van Grayson Loop Fayetteville, NC 28314, 1/104 Biennial, 6-124M, 34 ODD, 04/09/2015, $5,400.00, 2015-0241237, $1,790.04; Anthony D Coghill, A’Dan N Coghill 1721 Hudgins Farm Circle Fredericksburg, VA 22408, 1/104 Biennial, 9-138P, 5 ODD, 02/29/2016, $4,806.00, 2016-0124816, $1,300.15; Mike Visockis, Angela Visockis 1051 S Dobson #174 Mesa, AZ 85202, 1 Annual, 6-123P, 35 WHOLE, 04/08/2009, $6,399.43, 2009-0310183, $2,692.29; Johnnie C Evans, Felicia W Evans 1117 Raven Perch Drive Wendell, NC 27591, 1/104 Biennial, 8-233P, 21 ODD, 02/25/2016, $5,400.00, 2016-0118243, $1,592.92; Joshua A Williams, Twanna R Williams 2358 Saintsville Rd Greenville, NC 27834, 1/104 Biennial, 6-224M, 32 EVEN, 10/08/2015, $6,895.34, 20150724341, $1,775.02; Gregory J Evans, Jr, Tawny Evans 24673 Watson Ranch Rd Montgomery, TX 77356, 1 Annual, 6-225, 33 WHOLE, 02/25/2016, $15,451.74, 2016-0118270, $3,887.20; EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12044.0030 (TODD) ACCOUNT NO./GRANTOR(S), UNIDIVIDED INTEREST, BLDG/ UNIT NO., INTERVAL NO./ASSIGNED YEAR, RECORDING DATE OF DOT, ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE, BOOK/INST. NO. FOR DEED OF TRUST, BALANCE AS SHOWN ON NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY; Billy J Todd, Michelle J Todd 1235 Derby Dr Cohutta, GA 30710, 1/104 Biennial, 9-237M, 10 EVEN, 07/31/2017, $5,813.91, 2017-556575, $3,258.96; Charlayne James, Otis James 511 E. Sanger St Apt 3 Philadelphia, PA 19120, 1/104 Biennial, 8-134M, 31 EVEN, 06/30/2016, $5,400.00, 2016-457907, $3,044.84; Ricky L Winchester, Kathy A Winchester 3937 Parkhaven Drive Corinth, TX 76210, 1/104 Biennial, 8-134M, 32 EVEN, 11/15/2016, $3,303.98, 2016-840375, $2,504.24; La Micha D Williams, Kevin Williams 5442 Pelleur St Lynwood, CA 90262, 1/104 Biennial, 7-227, 46 ODD, 12/19/2016, $6,347.02, 2016-932190, $3,242.08; Thekla Tjazuko, Richard Adriaans 4010 Meadowview Dr Suitland, MD 20746, 1/104 Biennial, 8-233M, 40 EVEN, 11/03/2016, $5,794.40, 2016811855, $2,392.80; Ina M Walsh, Steven S Walsh 90 Miss Ellie Circle Belton, MO 64012, 1/104 Biennial, 6-123M, 15 EVEN, 04/05/2010, $5,400.00, 2010282761, $14,177.45; Matthew W Bishop, Katherine L Cox 336 Princeton Dr Trenton, OH 45067, 1/104 Biennial, 6-222M, 23 EVEN, 07/11/2017, $5,813.91, 2017502448, $3,098.17; Jerrick D Whitfield, Janet A Hand 4529 Dalmahoy Court#202

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Public Notices Fort Myers, FL 33916, 1/104 Biennial, 7-128, 11 EVEN, 10/08/2015, $4,840.95, 2015-724335, $1,659.25; Willie B White Jr 2026 Timber Oaks Ln Apt O Charlotte, NC 28212, 1/104 Biennial, 8-134M, 24 EVEN, 10/15/2015, $5,400.00, 2015-741603, $3,171.50; Elizabeth Williams, John W Williams 10100 W 136th Pl Apt 1706 Overload Park, KS 66221, 1/104 Biennial, 6-226, 49 EVEN, 01/05/2017, $6,005.67, 2017-007477, $3,065.51; Tchernavia S Howard PO Box 124 2175 Hosea Lane Autaugaville, AL 36003, 1/104 Biennial, 6-123M, 20 ODD, 10/08/2015, $5,365.19, 2015-724289, $2,110.86; Thurmond Johnson 352 Cleveland St Gary, IN 46406, 1/104 Biennial, 6-222M, 14 ODD, 06/29/2016, $5,400.00, 2016-454828, $3,120.24; Angela D Owens, Charles Owens 109 Stone Glen Road Pikeville, NC 27863, 1/104 Biennial, 6-224M, 32 ODD, 11/03/2016, $6,480.00, 2016810936, $3,655.025; Terry D Crumel, Trina C Crumel PO Box 1004 Fort Mill, SC 29716, 1/104 Biennial, 8-233M, 39 EVEN, 12/19/2016, $5,813.91, 2016932189, $2,604.06; Tamarcus D Cox, Antoinette R Jones 7767 La Riviera Dr. #76 Sacramento, CA 95826, 1/104 Biennial, 7-130, 19 EVEN, 10/08/2015, $7,089.65, 2015-724263, $2,547.54; Keshia M Belton 8100 Bayfield Road Apt 11D Columbia, SC 29223, 1/104 Biennial, 6-224P, 47 ODD, 02/08/2017, $4,860.00, 2017-095623, $2,312.60; Darryl D Brown, Felicia A Brown 418 Benning Rd Jackson, MS 39206, 1/104 Biennial, 5-117, 15 EVEN, 08/25/2016, $8,081.33, 2016610657, $4,194.20; EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12044.0031 (KELLY) ACCOUNT NO./GRANTOR(S), UNIDIVIDED INTEREST, BLDG/ UNIT NO., INTERVAL NO./ASSIGNED YEAR, RECORDING DATE OF DOT, ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE, BOOK/INST. NO. FOR DEED OF TRUST, BALANCE AS SHOWN ON NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY; KAREN R KELLY, DEBRA N LETT 20885 S Birchwood Loop Rd # 1 Chugiak, AK 99567, 1/104 Biennial, 10-139, 52 ODD, 12/21/2011, $10,128.07, 2011-1049322, $13,704.48; PAULINE B SHOCKNESS, WILLIAM E SHOCKNESS, ANISA J SHOCKNESS 2301 Dryburgh Ct Orlando, FL 32828, 1/104 Biennial, 9-135, 26 EVEN, 10/20/2015, $9,197.80, 20150752432, $10,635.85; RICHARD PUNTENEY, PAMELA L PUNTENEY 12237 Gail Ave Omaha, NE 68137, 1/104, Biennial, 6-223, 48 EVEN, 08/06/2003, $8,279.10, 20031071236, $4,875.85; ALFRED D OSLEY, LA TONYA M BURKS 388 Saginaw Ave

Calumet City, IL 60409, 1/104 Biennial, 6-222M, 8 EVEN, 12/05/2011, $5,040.00, 2011-1001014, $8,571.60; TERRY J BRADLEY, LINNETTE M BRADLEY 3850 N. Park Ave Philadelphia, PA 19140, 1/104 Biennial, 6-123P, 14 ODD, 06/28/2016, $4,500.00, 20160449960, $3,780.23; PAIGE CARRIE HARDER 1701 Pearlie Dr Apt 16D Wichita Falls, TX 76306, 1/52 Annual, 9-138P, 1 WHOLE, 03/28/2002, $6,291.00, 2002-0319301, $2,811.79; CYNTHIA M ALLARD PO Box 213 Sonoita, AZ 85637, 1/52 Annual, 6-124P, 24 WHOLE, 06/07/2002, $6,291.00, 2002-0587697, $745.05; KERI A DRAGE, BRET DRAGE 4477 W 8790 S West Jordan, UT 84088, 1/104 Biennial, 8-233M, 52 EVEN, 05/14/2013, $5,591.58, 20130437699, $8,847.70; TIMOTHY M BREEDLOVE, ANDREA M BREEDLOVE 120 Pepperwood Drive Bolingbrook, IL 60440, 1/104 Biennial, 6-123M, 3 ODD, 10/22/2010, $6,562.17, 2010-0924482, $2,735.12; EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12044.0032 (SANCHEZ) ACCOUNT NO./GRANTOR(S), UNIDIVIDED INTEREST, BLDG/ UNIT NO., INTERVAL NO./ASSIGNED YEAR, RECORDING DATE OF DOT, ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE, BOOK/INST. NO. FOR DEED OF TRUST, BALANCE AS SHOWN ON NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY; DANIEL I SANCHEZ, FRANCES B SANCHEZ 310 Catawba Ave Rock Hill, SC 29730, 1/104 Biennial, 6-222P, 28 ODD, 06/29/2016, $4,844.92, 20160454856, $3,346.89; CHARLES D RILEY, JR, CHERESE S JENKINS 8958 S Phillips Ave Chicago, IL 60617, 1/104 Biennial, 6-124M, 22 ODD, 12/22/2015, $7,725.87, 20150900261, $4,383.29; JOSEPH R MC LENDON, STACI L MC LENDON 5559 Old Dominion Road Columbus, GA 31909, 1/104 Biennial, 6-122M, 4 ODD, 12/27/2016, $3,303.98, 20160950218, $1,764.16; KELLY L RAQUE, GUSTAVO A CASTILLO 7512 Sunset Lane Crestwood, KY 40014, 1/104 Biennial, 9-237M, 37 ODD, 07/11/2017, $5,400.00, 20170502440, $2,774.72; JOEL C MARTIN, CRYSTAL R MARTIN 357 3rd St. Worthington, KY 41183, 1/104 Biennial, 8-233P, 33 ODD, 02/23/2017, $4,733.37, 20170129527, $3,078.80; EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12044.0033 (BIRDSONG) ACCOUNT NO./GRANTOR(S), UNIDIVIDED INTEREST, BLDG/ UNIT NO., INTERVAL NO./ASSIGNED

YEAR, RECORDING DATE OF DOT, ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE, BOOK/INST. NO. FOR DEED OF TRUST, BALANCE AS SHOWN ON NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY; ERIC B BIRDSONG 31 Magnolia Ave Mableton, GA 30126, 1/104 Biennial, 7-128, 23 EVEN, 10/08/2015, $4,840.95, 20150724325, $2,274.20; GOGI D WEST, TYRONE D WEST SR. 3381 Circle Drive Saginaw, MI 48601, 1/104 Biennial, 8-134M, 37 EVEN, 08/25/2016, $5,813.91, 20160610661, $4,048.70; DARRYL K HUMPHREY JR, ANGELA I HUMPHREY 1411 Stevens Ct Rosenberg, TX 77471, 1/104 Biennial, 7-128, 6 EVEN, 01/12/2017, $5,809.14, 20170025209, $3,433.08; ANTHONY T FREEMAN, INEZ R FREEMAN 100 Trusty Street PO Box 924 Saint Michaels, MD 21663, 1/104 Biennial, 6-221, 14 EVEN, 07/09/2015, $9,657.34, 20150492392, $4,232.25; VALERIE K DILLON, BRANDON L DILLON 4514 Greenfield Dr Cookeville, TN 38501, 1/104 Biennial, 9-237P, 24 EVEN, 02/10/2016, $5,214.96, 20160085633, $2,702.50; JAMIE T PEARSON, MARANDA F CARPENTER PEARSON 356 Dunmeyer Hill Rd Summerville, SC 29485, 1/52 Annual, 9-235, 8 WHOLE, 02/21/2017, $5,658.53, 20170122879, $3,632.92; AMANDA H COYLE 210 Hermey Ave Pensacola, FL 32507, 1/104 Biennial, 6-224M, 27 EVEN, 02/10/2016, $6,895.34, 20160085636, $2,597.67; RALPH A PEARSON, SR, COMFORT T PEARSON 344 Azalea Dr Winston-Salem, NC 27105, 1/104 Biennial, 6-222M, 1 EVEN, 06/29/2016, $6,426.00, 20160454820, $3,632.92; DAVID M ROGERS, CRYSTAL G ROGERS 3903 Archdale Rd Archdale, NC 27263, 1/104 Biennial, 6-123M, 40 EVEN, 07/31/2017, $5,813.91, 20170556572, $3,123.17; CYNTHIA M POWELL, PERRY L POWELL PO Box 427 Dublin, NC 28332, 1/104 Biennial, 6-222M, 12 EVEN, 07/27/2017, $5,813.91, 20170549322, $3,577.80; ANTHONY C SPIKES, LORI A SPIKES 14506 Lakeshore Blvd Cleveland, OH 44110, 1/104 Biennial, 6-224M, 29 EVEN, 03/26/2016, $5,813.91, 20160182242, $3,666.33; SHEILA KELLY 3782 St James Court Ellenwood, GA 30294, 1/104 Biennial, 9-237P, 33 EVEN, 01/25/2017, $4,896.73, 20170057545, $2,029.82; EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12044.0034 (YBARRA) ACCOUNT NO./GRANTOR(S), UNIDIVIDED INTEREST, BLDG/ UNIT NO., INTERVAL NO./ASSIGNED YEAR, RECORDING DATE OF DOT, ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE, BOOK/INST. NO. FOR DEED OF

TRUST, BALANCE AS SHOWN ON NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY; SAMUEL R YBARRA, JULIE A YBARRA 3601 5th St Bay City, TX 77414, 1/104 Biennial, 9-135, 11 ODD, 10/08/2015, $9,574.32, 20150724410, $4,020.80; CHRISTINE BROCKMAN, LEVI TANNIS 1092 Bergen Ave Brooklyn, NY 11234, 1/104 Biennial, 9-137, 24 ODD, 02/21/2017, $8,139.47, 20170122870, $2,881.12; PEDRO HERNANDEZ, ESTELA S GONZALEZ 625 32nd St West Palm Beach, FL 33407, 1/104 Biennial, 8-133, 40 ODD, 10/09/2018, $4,625.80, 20180757378, $1,955.00; DAVID A ROCHOWIAK, KRISTA L ROCHOWIAK 8686 Carson Hwy Tipton, MI 49287, 1/104 Biennial, 6-222M, 5 ODD, 01/21/2015, $6,120.00, 20150039162, $3,290.42; MARK W PETTIE, LATOYA S PETTIE 412 Price Street Eden, NC 27288, 1/104 Biennial, 6-121, 4 ODD, 02/22/2017, $9,000.00, 20170127270, $4,029.20; TINA M WALKINGTON 1775 Goodemoot Rd Portland, MI 48875, 1/104 Biennial, 8-231, 19 ODD, 03/22/2016, $9,657.34, 20160182246, $3,124.09; ELIJAH S GENTRY, SHANNON M GENTRY 6544 Birch Hollow Dr Memphis, TN 38115, 1/104 Biennial, 8-133, 45 ODD, 07/19/2018, $5,378.83, 2018-0548055, $2,560.73; EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 12044.0035 (WILLIAMS) ACCOUNT NO./GRANTOR(S), UNIDIVIDED INTEREST, BLDG/ UNIT NO., INTERVAL NO./ASSIGNED YEAR, RECORDING DATE OF DOT, ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE, BOOK/INST. NO. FOR DEED OF TRUST, BALANCE AS SHOWN ON NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY; REGINALD A WILLIAMS, NICOLE M WILLIAMS 27911 Skyhaven Lane Fulshear, TX 77441, 1/52 Annual, 7-227, 14 WHOLE, 11/15/2016, $8,000.70, 20160840409, $2,511.65; JOSUE A VASQUEZ, YADIRA B VASQUEZ 11719 Green Coral Dr Houston, TX 77044, 1/52 Annual, 6-226, 40 WHOLE, 07/11/2017, $13,734.00, 20170502176, $7,626.42; ANNETTE GONZALEZ, DAVID GONZALEZ 276 Summer St Passaic, NJ 07055, 1/52 Annual, 9-236, 48 WHOLE, 10/09/2018, $7,433.96, 20180757379, $2,768.72;

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GILBERT SUN NEWS | APRIL 4, 2021

Two great events at two great communities!

PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP Hear from real people who have experienced loved ones with Parkinson’s, and how Parkinson’s has affected everyone. Speak up and tell your story or just listen.

Sunday, April 25th 1:00pm - 3:00pm Tuk Beer Garden

Grow where you Liv!

Stop by for a tour and pick up your Liv gardening basket on Friday, April 23rd between 1-3pm.

RSVP by April 19, 2021

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