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very time someone flushes a toilet in Gilbert, it helps Arizona State University scientists track the spread of COVID-19 in town before it becomes an outbreak. Since May, the town has been collecting weekly samples of wastewater from three locations – the Gilbert Commons lift station, which moves wastewater from a lower to higher elevation, and the Neely and

Greenfield water reclamation plants. It sends the samples to ASU’s Biodesign Institute for testing. “When sampling first started, the COVID-19 restrictions were keeping COVID-19 wastewater concentrations so low they came back as ‘non-detect’,” said town Wastewater Manager Ken Snow. “We eventually became concerned our testing locations were too diluted to get any reading at all. As restrictions were lifted we started getting detections, generally correlating with other reported metrics.”

Gilbert’s strategy captures almost the entire community, the only exception being a small area in northeast Gilbert, which flows to Mesa, Snow said. Snow said the town general gets a “a snapshot of health” for northwest Gilbert discharging to the Neely Water Reclamation Facility, a separate reading on southeast Gilbert discharging to the Greenfield Water Reclamation Facility and one for the Gilbert Commons community, which

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or the first time in more than four decades, Gilbert Days Rodeo, the traditional celebration of Gilbert’s Western heritage, won’t be held in its original form. The pandemic has robbed the town of the entertaining threeday spectacle of handsome cowboys bucking bulls and nattily dressed young women executing drills on stately horses. Maricopa County did not issue organizers Gilbert Promotional Corporation the necessary permits on time, and there was a question as to whether the permits would be issued at all. Hence, this week, the group called it off. The event, which last year drew about 1,200 people a day and had spectators sitting elbow-to-elbow on crowded bleachers,

Mildred Riggs Korsten, a resident at The Oaks at Gilbert, marked her 100th birthday last week. For a look at her life, see page 8.. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

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Town’s new logo sent back to the drawing board BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

ouncil is having second thoughts about a logo it recently approved for the town and is looking at possibly retweaking it. Council approved the G-shaped logo abstract in the colors of pink, orange and navy blue during a special meeting Oct. 28 “We found that after further discussion and evaluation of the Gilbert rebranding project, we’re working with the Office of Digital Government to review the new brand,” Mayor Scott Anderson announced at last week’s Council meeting. “We have three council members who have volunteered to be involved, employees and other stakeholders to evaluate potential adjustments prior to a public launch.” The town began working on its rebranding project two years ago and

intended to introduce it to the community during the town’s centennial celebration in July. The pandemic, however, delayed the logo’s unveiling until October, when staff presented it to Council. Staff told Council in October the abstract “G” showcased the town’s vibrancy, character, diversity and how the community comes together to shape the future. Along with the logo came the tagline, “shaping a new tomorrow, today.” Councilman Scott September wasn’t impressed and cast the sole vote against it last month. He didn’t think the logo was effective in conveying the message staff presented and he expressed disappointment with the lack of council input during the process. During the re-look, September and councilwomen Kathy Tilque and Aimee Yentes will be giving their feedback. Anderson anticipated Council will bring the logo back for consideration at

the Dec. 15 meeting. Some members of the public weren’t too impressed with the new logo, either. “Looks like a Gilbert voter projectile vomiting,” wrote one person on social media. Another wrote, “Not loving it” and still another posted, “Lacking substance, creativity and wow for such a special town.” Town Manager Patrick Banger in the October meeting informed the Council there would be minimal cost to implement a new logo as it would be placed on materials and supplies as they are ordered and most of it will be in a digital format. Staff at the time said the town will initially put a few new signs in the Heritage District with the new logo and then more as signs need to be replaced. The town’s current logo is a swirl, which Anderson helped designed when he worked for the town until he retired.

meeting since he was elected to the seat in August. “What brought us here was that over the last several decades our town has grown,” said Kim Weber, dispatch manager. “We’re one of the fastest growing towns in the Valley and in the nation.” The current dispatch center has 12 consoles that are in operation 24/7 and are six years past their lifecycle of 10 years, according to Weber. And the 911, non-emergency and dispatched calls for service and field-initiated activity have all continued to increase significantly year over year, Weber said.

During peak times, a single dispatcher will handle 100-200 transmissions an hour, according to Weber. The center saw 227,000 calls, both 911 and non-emergency, for fiscal year 2020 and a little over 1 million push-to-talk transmissions in 2019. With Council’s green light, the center will expand into two adjoining rooms currently used by Internal Affairs and the Hiring Unit. Those two will relocate to the adjacent Highland Justice Court building when the county leaves for a

Council approves police dispatch expansion BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

ilbert Police Department’s cramped and inefficient 911 dispatch center will get much-needed elbow room to handle increasing call volume well into the town’s buildout in 2030. Council last Tuesday unanimously approved spending $8 million to more than double the center’s size to 10,000 square feet and for related costs such as furniture and equipment at $2.6 million. It was Councilman Lauren Hendrix’s first

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discharges at the Gilbert Commons lift station before going to either of the two plants. Snow said the town became involved with wastewater-based epidemiology – the study of community sewage for public-health information – after his counterpart in Tempe introduced him to the ASU researchers. After nearly 1,000 residents died from opioid overdoses the year prior, Tempe in 2018 partnered with ASU on an anonymized monitoring system to detect the illegal drug and other substances in its wastewater for six neighborhoods. This allowed Tempe to pinpoint where to send help for people to overcome their addiction. Tempe had the world’s first public wastewater-based epidemiology dashboard that displayed opioid consumption broken down by neighborhood, according to professor Rolf Halden, director of the Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering. His lab analyzes the sewage samples. When COVID-19 hit the state earlier this year, Tempe and ASU decided to start measuring for bio markers of the novel coronavirus in the city’s sewer system. “The world’s first COVID dashboard was launched by Tempe in May 2020,” Halden said. The adjoining town of Guadalupe also signed on and its data is included on Tempe’s dashboard. Halden said early testing of Guadalupe’s sewage found a cluster of infection, which prompted town leaders to embark on an education campaign that significantly reduced the virus levels in the community. Halden said ASU also worked briefly with Peoria and is measuring the virus levels for Phoenix but that city is not publicizing its data. The samples are taken at the 91s Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant Facility in Tolleson. Phoenix operates the plant and co-owns it with Glendale, Mesa, Scottsdale and Tempe. “The 91st Avenue plant is capturing the majority of pollutants in the Valley and that is exciting to get the data

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Rolf Halden confers with colleagues at the Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering on waste water samples taken from Gilbert. (Courtest Biodesign Center )

and try to help inform the public where we are in the state of the pandemic,” Halden said. Genetic material from SARS-CoV-2 in people’s feces can signal infections shortly before clinical cases and deaths appear, according to scientists. “The prolonged incubation time and virus shedding from asymptomatic infected cases have allowed the virus to spread quickly and to avoid medical detection and containment,” according to a published paper co-authored by Halden. However, wastewater surveillance for RNA from the virus that causes the coronavirus is a developing field and is

meant to complement – not replace – existing COVID-19 monitoring systems, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Gilbert, 24-hour composite samples are collected with automated samplers three times a week by town workers at the three locations for a total of nine samples collected each week, according to Devin Bowes, a graduate research assistant with the Center for Environmental Health Engineering. She helps run the analytical tests for Gilbert. Turnaround time for test results is relatively fast and is sent weekly to the town.

“Generally speaking, the sample is filtered, concentrated, RNA extracted and analyzed,” Bowes said. “Depending on the time of day the sample arrives, the process can take a day or two. “Gilbert wastewater mirrors what we are seeing in Tempe wastewater, and on a larger scale, what we are seeing with known clinical samples throughout the Valley. We know that wastewater provides an early indicator of community infection, and we are working with Gilbert to integrate these data into pubic decision-making related to the pandemic.” The town also is tracking its positive COVID-19 cases, using Arizona Department of Health Services data, which last week showed around 7,196 cases for Gilbert. Snow said there are no direct costs for the town’s participation in the wastewater surveillance other than expenses for personal protective equipment, labor and incidentals. Although it has its limitations, wastewater-based epidemiology surveillance of populations is shown to be cheaper and faster than medical screening for COVID-19 but cannot fully replace it, according Halden. Halden said ASU has been doing wastewater monitoring for years but only gained media attention with Tempe’s opioid dashboard. The university since 2001 has been analyzing urban wastewater from over 160 U.S. cities and other cities worldwide for harmful chemicals. Halden said while everyone is focused on COVID-19 data, Tempe’s sewage surveillance shows a lot of health information can be learned from wastewater. “Anything related to public health is detectable in wastewater,” he said. According to Halden, a community can get a good look at the well-being of its populace by testing for levels of things such as pain killers, alcohol and illicit drugs. The beauty of the surveillance is the anonymity of individuals is maintained, he added. Israel in 2013 was able to get a han-

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different site in July 2022. The cost for renovating 5,000 square feet in the court building is included in the $8 million. The expansion will allow for up to 20 consoles at build-out, a training room and a decompression room. Weber said the center currently doesn’t have a true decompression room for staff to step away and decompress. “For the work our dispatchers do, the traumatic calls that they take, they need a space that they can take away off the floor and not hear what’s going on on the floor while they’re trying to reconcile with the stress that they’ve just encountered such as a baby drowning or a suicide call,” Weber said. “They need time to decompress off of that so that they can come back on the floor and take that next phone call without having an adverse reaction.” Also, the current training room is just big enough for a maximum of three people without social distancing, she said. The new training room will have four consoles that can be put into use when there is an overflow of 911 calls or during civil unrest, allowing for dispatchers to man another radio channel, Weber said. “The benefit of having a full expansion for our dispatch center means a lot of things for our Police Department and in return for the public, the citizens of Gilbert,” Weber said. “Having a blank slate of 10,000 square feet to work with will allow us to design a state-of-the-art dispatch center.” Weber said an avant-garde console will enable dispatchers to prepare for the next generation of 911 technology. “We need the capability and the technology at our fingertips to be prepared for receiving text to 911 directly into our center, not using a third-party platform that we are using right now,” Weber said. “We need to be ready to serve our public when they are able to send pictures and photographs to us via 911 as well as video to 911,” she continued. “If they do a video chat with us on 911, we need to be prepared to accept those and that’s a whole new level that all the dispatch centers across the country are coming to terms with, trying to be prepared for that next wave of technology

for 911.” Chief Mike Soelberg said a mini-expansion – the addition of three dispatch terminals – is currently underway to bridge the gap until the dispatch center renovation is completed. The $700,000 cost for that has already been funded, Soelberg said. Expansion of the center is expected to be completed by April 2023. “When we think about calls for service you think about the officer responding to a call,” Soelberg said, adding: “When you might have an accident call, they’ll take 10, 15 phone calls and each phone call whether it’s an emergency or non-emergency has to be answered by our dispatchers and our call-takers and vetted out to make sure it’s the same one and if it’s not, enter a new call. “So there’s a lot of work that goes on behind the scene just to get the officer out to the scene. They do an excellent job. Lot of the time the work they do you do not see but if they weren’t there to do it you would see the result of them not being there.” The $8 million came from the town’s share of AZ Cares Act funds. Funding the dispatch center was part of a council subcommittee’s recommendations for Gilbert’s share of $29.2 million. Councilwoman Aimee Yentes, who chaired the subcommittee, said it was important for the members to push as much of the federal pandemic relief dollars as possible out into the community and that was done with three-fourths of the money given to nonprofits and businesses. “The original intent of the CARES money was specified for public safety,” she said. “Obviously putting that money into (public safety) operations supplanted what they normally would use and gave us an opportunity to do some other good in the community. “We did feel being able to accelerate a public safety objective was good within the purview of what those dollars were originally meant to be used for and obviously the need is there.” With that said, she asked staff to try to come under the $8 million budget if possible.

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Town rec board conflicted over court fees BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

he Parks and Recreation Board remained conflicted last week as it looked at setting reservation fees for courts at Gilbert Regional Park. The fees would be imposed on the 16 pickleball, six tennis, six sand volleyball and two basketball courts but the pickleball courts have generated the most opposition from players like Leslie Shaughnessy. “I’m a hardcore player, I play every day,” she said. “What concerns me is you start reserving a large amount of the courts and it creates a division between those who can afford it and those who can’t.” She added that the town would need to hire a ranger to monitor the courts and that it would be a “logistical nightmare.” Shaughnessy, however, was OK with charging leagues and tournaments. “If money is the issue, the tournaments hands-down will make you more money far more than you charging a small

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The new pickleball courts at the Gilbert Regional Park are a big hit and the town Parks and Recreation Board is trying to figure out what kind of fees it should charge for their use. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

amount to rent a court,” she said. Shaughnessy said 99.9 percent of the people who play the game at the park agree with her.

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Staff has proposed setting aside eight of the 16 courts for reservations at $12 an hour to reflect the newness of the amenity and its popularity. When the courts aren’t reserved, they would be opened for free play. Staff last week pitched another proposal: seting the reservation fee at $7, which is similar to what the town charges for its other courts, and raise it as needed. Business Operations Manager Rocky Brown presented a comparison chart of what surrounding municipalities charge for pickleball courts. Some of the courts at the 16 different locations were lit and some were not. For the three that do charge a reservation fee

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dle on a poliovirus outbreak that was detected through the monitoring of its sewage system by administering a vaccine. The country had a sewage-surveillance system in place since 1989. The CDC in October announced it and other federal agencies are initiating the National Wastewater Surveillance System to get a better understanding of the extent of COVID-19 infections in communities. Nearly 80 percent of the country households are served by municipal sewage collection systems.

to individuals, the cost for players was much lower than the $12 proposed for Gilbert Regional Park. Courts at Pecos Park charge leagues for reservations. Brown also presented other amenities for which the town charges a reservation fee, including 27 multi-purpose fields, 24 ball fields, four sand volleyball courts, six tennis courts and the two campsites at the Riparian Preserve. He said in a recent survey of the 21 comments about reservations, all but one favored reservations for the courts. Brown told the board it should consider questions such as: Should reservations be allowed? Should reservations only be allowed during certain times and for certain actives like league and tournament play and private lessons? “I’m torn on this, one as a park for Gilbert and as a destination,” said Chair Bob Ferron, noting most communities don’t have reservation fees but in Gilbert there already are courts with fees. “We’re just as conflicted as you guys but we want to do it right instead of quickly,” Brown said. Board member Paul Gonzales said fees go a long way in addressing the wear-andtear to the courts but also acknowledged Shaughnessy’s comments. The board tabled action until its next meeting in December, when staff is expected to return with proposed fees to reserve other amenities at the 272-acre park like the amphitheater and the group ramada. The federal health protection agency is currently developing a portal for state, tribal, local and territorial health departments to submit wastewater testing data into the national database for use in summarizing and interpreting data for public-health action.

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Gilbert care home marks resident’s 100th birthday BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

ildred Riggs Korsten was born in 1920 in her grandparents’ home at 118 W. 6th St. in Tem-

pe. The house is gone today, replaced by a multilevel public parking garage. A lot more has changed since for Riggs Korsten, who turned 100 on Veterans Day. “Everybody knew each other,” said Riggs Korsten, the decent of a Tempe pioneer family. “You couldn’t do anything wrong because everybody knew your family.” Last Wednesday, friends and staff at The Oaks at Gilbert, a senior-living community, helped celebrate Riggs Korsten’s big day with balloons, a marble cake, flowers and a jar with 100 Hershey’s Kisses. She was decked out in a tiara and a sash proclaiming, “100 and Fabulous.” Family members showed up earlier in the day to wish her happy birthday from outside her room’s window. The previous Saturday, relatives held a surprise parade outside the building. The Oaks hasn’t allowed visitors since the onset of the pandemic in March. The biggest surprise on Nov. 11 was the arrival of Nancy Riggs, a former daughter-in-law who has stayed close with Riggs Korsten. “She has the greatest sense of humor,” said Riggs, who used to play the piano for The Oaks residents once a week before COVID-19. “She’s hilarious.” Riggs had to take a COVID test on Monday in order to be allowed in to play the piano. She entertained her former motherin-law and others with melodies such as “Happy Birthday,” “Spoonful of Sugar” and “Phantom of the Opera.” She said it’s been difficult for Riggs-Korsten not to have her family visit face to face. “She hates it,” she said. “It’s hard.” Also hard for Riggs Korsten was wearing her mask, which she wanted to take off.

The Oaks at Gilbert staff threw a party last Wednesday for Mildred Riggs Korsten as she marked her 100th birthday. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

Along with a birthday cake, the staff at The Oaks at Gilbert pulled together some memorabilia to celebrate Mildred Riggs Korsten’s birthday last week. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

For the centenarian, it’s kind of full circle with living under restrictions – COVID-19 in 2020 and in 1920, when the Prohibition banned alcohol until 1933. Riggs Korsten was the second of six children for Clyde and Myrtle Sandoz. All four brothers have passed away and her sister, Sue Ann, is 88. Her dad was in the building trade and helped construct many homes in the Valley. After graduating from Tempe High School, Riggs Korsten attended what is now known as Arizona State University – then called Arizona State Teacher’s College. There, she met Noble Riggs, who was known as Rusty. Riggs Road is named after his family. She said Noble was the captain of the ASU football team and had signed to play for the Green Bay Packers but never did because World War II broke out. Noble joined the Army and two got married on Dec. 20, 1940. After the war ended, Noble stayed in the military and Riggs Korsten followed her husband through the multiple transfers around the country. The couple raised three boys and Riggs Korsten likely would have remained a military wife had her husband not died unexpectedly. “He shot a pheasant and died,” she said matter-of-factly. “He was hunting and just dropped dead.” Ted was an Army lieutenant colonel at the time of his passing in 1965 at age 46. Riggs Korsten found work in a drugstore in Scottsdale after being a stay-athome mom most of her life. Three years later, she quit and went to work for a bank that became Wells Fargo Bank. She stayed on the job for 30 years and retired in her 70s. It was then she found love a second time with husband, Hans Theodore “Ted” Korsten. She had known him in high school and later found out that he and Noble were roommates at ASU. Riggs Korsten can’t recall when she

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s state and local school officials last week expressed concern over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Arizona, someone anonymously advised Chandler Unified parents not to tell the district if their child contracts the virus. The misguided and somewhat illiterate snapchat message said, “I’m asking this on behalf of all athletes at Basha. Please for the love of god if you get covid or have symptoms don’t report it because if you report it it skrews everyone around you.” It added, “Unless you are high risk there is no reason to report it, nothing bad will happen to you just please think about the athletes.” The post came in the wake of the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s decision to indefinitely delay the start of the winter sports season. It also comes as virus cases in CUSD and Gilbert Public Schools are rising, according to county health department

data posted on Nov. 12. The data – 12 days old by the time it is posted on Thursday mornings – show increases between the weeks of Oct. 25 and Nov. 1 in the metrics for two of the three benchmarks that school districts monitor. In Gilbert Public Schools, COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people remained in the category for significant virus spread, rising from 144 to 154, while positive test results went up in the moderate-spread category from 6.5 to 7.03 percent. Higley Unified remained in the significant-spread category for cases per 100,000, although the number dropped slightly from 149.7 to 152.2. Positive test results in the district dropped from 7.93 percent to 7.3 – the moderate-spread level. Chandler Unified recorded the highest increase in both categories, going from 111.6 cases per 100,000 to 147.7 while positive test results rose from 5.3 percent to 7.5. Queen Creek School District’s cases per 100,000 are the area’s highest, at

224.7 – up from 158.5 while positive test results rose from the minimum level of 3.8 percent to the moderate-spread level of 5.5 percent. Chandler Unified spokesman Terry Locke said that even before the snapchat posting, the district had emailed parents on Nov. 6, advising them not to let their guard down. “Students and parents understand and are committed to comply with the mitigation strategies,” the advisory said. “There are exceptions where individuals have overlooked mitigation strategies, thereby placing at-risk the health of students, staff and community members as well as continued in-person learning. Students have been sent to school with symptoms or while awaiting test results.” It also advised, “Students have attended gatherings outside of school, contracted the virus, and then returned to school exposing their classmates. These situations are avoidable. The pandemic has presented us with so many factors outside of our control. We need 100 percent cooperation to influence what we

can control.” Last week state Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman held a news conference with several superintendents and state health director Dr. Cara Christ about the pandemic’s continuing impact on schools. Hoffman said that a new spike in COVID-19 will force local schools into the “impossible decision’’ of whether to shut their doors to in-person learning to prevent students and teachers from getting sick. “Without serious changes from us, the adults making daily choices that determine the virus’ path, we cannot expect these numbers to head in a safe direction,’’ Hoffman said. But Christ, while making multiple suggestions for dealing with the spread of the disease, said she’s not prepared to recommend new restrictions on individual and business activities. “We continue to monitor the data on a daily basis,’’ she said.

health department, showed that cases per 100,000 people – one of the three benchmarks for measuring virus spread was at the “substantial” level are rising for the county as a whole as well as for all three school districts serving northern Chandler. About two weeks ago, LaBaer cautioned that cases were about to reach 1,000 a day. That

estimate turned out to be conservative. “Arizona’s moving average is now around 1,300, almost 1,400, new cases a day,” he said. “It’s not rising quite as rapidly as it did at the end of June, but it is rising consistently day-over-day and that’s a concern.” He recommended minimal mingling during the holidays and a return to pandemic precautions of wearing masks, social distancing and frequent testing for the disease, which since January has killed more than 6,000 people in Arizona and 230,000 across the nation. “I would suggest, for the upcoming holidays, that people really limit it to their immediate family this year. I don’t think it’s a great year for big family get-togethers,” LaBaer said. Nearly 10 percent of tests in Arizona are positive, according to the Arizona De-

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ealth officials have warned of a “staggering” death toll in Arizona as COVID-19 cases continue to rise unabated, citing fatigue over the virus and crowded holiday gatherings as potential dangers. Dr. Joshua LaBaer, executive director of Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, said its team attributes a resurgence of cases in Arizona and nationwide to a potential new era in the pandemic. That era is one in which Americans weary of eight months of isolation return to pre-COVID-19 routines of work, school and play. That could lead to a rise that surpasses even the state’s spike last summer, when nearly one out of four tests were positive, he said. LaBaer’s alarm comes as the latest COVID-19 data, released by the county

Dr. Joshua LaBaer, executive director of Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, warns of a “staggering” death toll in the state if COVID-19 cases continued to rise unabated.

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And the health chief said some “mitigation strategies’’ are being discussed should counties, now considered at “moderate’’ risk of spread of the virus, move back into the “substantial’’ category they were at earlier this year. “We would work with the local health departments to identify what strategies we could implement,’’ Christ said. But she stressed there would be no universal model. Christ detailed how the state is now approaching 260,000 confirmed cases of the virus – including a positive test result percentage that is close to double digits. She also expressed concern about rising suicide rates among young people in Arizona as they struggle with the pan-

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planned to halve those numbers to distance socially, mandate masks and provide hand-washing stations around the venue. A record number of cowboys had registered to participate because most of the other rodeos in the state had been canceled. Paige Nelson, GPC vice president, said that the group had “not spent too much money so far.” “Luckily, we were able to avoid having to sign up all of the cowboys and having to refund them,” she said. This is the first time in 42 years that the town will not harken back to its equestrian roots and provide new residents a glimpse of their adopted community’s Old West past. “I’m not very happy about it, kind of sad. I’ve been a part of it for almost 30some years myself. It means a lot to me,” said Ed Musgraves, a board member of GPC. “Hopefully, next year we can have it.” After canceling the rodeo, which had been scheduled next weekend at Welcome Home Ranch, GPC was to have held the Bull Run yesterday, Nov. 14. No tickets were sold and few spectators were allowed. Bull riders mount a bucking bull and attempt to avoid being thrown off by the animal. Toward the end of the event, the best five riders will compete against each other. “We have 30 cowboys and 30 bulls; the bull who has the best rider is the overall winner,” said Musgraves. The rodeo-related Gilbert Days Parade, a popular event with much community participation, will be virtual because of the pandemic. The community is invited to create a float from a shoebox and submit it to the town of Gilbert. Entries may be submitted until 5 p.m. on Nov. 22. The top 20 submissions, five from each category, will be chosen and the community will select category winners with a public vote. The Pony Express also was to take place earlier this weekend as scheduled. The ride, which begins at the Gilbert Post Office, normally is watched by school children but they weren’t allowed to attend this year because of virus concerns. Participants emulate the historic Pony

Express, a mail service using horse riders in the 1860s, and ride to Queen Creek and Casa Grande on the first day. They camp in Casa Grande and head to Coolidge and thence to Florence for a short parade through its downtown and end with a ceremony at the Florence Town Hall. The riders return to Welcome Home Ranch for a barbecue on Saturday evening. Another special presentation planned this year was a tribute to Julee Brady, a long-time volunteer with GPC and the founder of The Cowgirls Historical Foundation who passed away from cancer in September. Brady was the producer of the Pony Express, chaired by Chantal Annis. Brady also used to coordinate the young women of the Rodeo Royalty Court. Her daughters felt that the tribute should take place during the rodeo and have postponed it to next year. The other colorful part of Gilbert Days is its Rodeo Royalty Court. This year’s members are Jessica Wolfe, Rodeo Queen; Amber Michne, Rodeo Teen Queen; and Makenzie Craven, Rodeo Princess. Wolfe, who has been riding for 23 years, will bring her Palomino mare, Lulu, the most beautiful horse from the six she owns, to the rodeo. The Mesa resident works as a medical scribe at an emergency department in Mesa and has a goal of pursuing a career as a medical provider. The court’s usual duties, such as visiting schools and rodeos across the state to educate people about their lifestyle, have been curtailed because of the pandemic. “All of the responsibilities and opportunities associated with a rodeo queen title are an honor, but my favorite component would have to be the community outreach,” Wolfe said. Despite the restrictions, Wolfe has continued to represent the Gilbert Days Rodeo Royalty platform of “Kicking up Kindness.” “In a world full of so much turmoil, I strive to seek out kind deeds and try to pass them on to others. We lovingly refer

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to these kind deeds as ‘Jul-deeds’ in honor of the late Julee Brady,” she said. “She was a driving force behind the Gilbert Days Rodeo for many years, and was truly a light in the darkness to anyone who had the pleasure of knowing her.” The Pony Express riders also missed the prospect of Brady’s presence. “It’s been very challenging and very sad not having her,” said Nelson,. “She was such an integral part of the production of it. “She was a very good speaker; she was able to stop at all these places and really share with people what Pony Express was about and explain the history of it.” The group planned to divide the tasks among each other, with chairperson, the GPC president and even the royalty queens speaking “just to try and fill Julee’s shoes a little bit,” Nelson said. “They are really big shoes to fill.” “Losing Julee is devastating to all of us,” volunteer Pattie Williams said. “She

was an inspiration to everyone she met. She was always so kind, generous, loving and always had a smile on her face. If you ever had the pleasure of meeting her, you would never forget her.” While organizers continue to mourn Brady, they also find heartbreak in not being able to gather for their signature event. “It’s heartbreaking, but you have to do the right thing as far as protecting ourselves, as far as the permits go, and be respectful of the situation right now,” Nelson said. “It was very heartbreaking and very difficult to do.” They hope to organize a large event next year. “Next year, we’re going to be bigger and better than ever. We’ve got some extra time now to really focus on making next year amazing. I look forward to have everybody coming back and supporting us next year,” Nelson said. Details: gilbertdays.org

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Greg Tilque wins economic development award

The Arizona Association for Economic Development has given its William Lampkin Award for Long Term Excellence in Economic Development to Greg Tilque, CEcD, of Gilbert for “significant contributions to economic development in Arizona span more than 30 years.” Tilque started his career as the executive director of the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce before moving to work for the town. He later worked for the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and is now a consultant. Among his accomplishments are helping to establish both the Gilbert Heritage District and the Gilbert Sister Cities program He also played an instrumental role in recruiting many of Gilbert’s major employers, including Spectrum Astro, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, EchoStar Corporation and the San Tan Motorplex. Tilque has served on the board of directors for AAED, East Valley Partnership and Arizona Sister Cities, as well as

Chandler-Gilbert College president named to board

Chandler-Gilbert Community College President Dr. Greg Peterson has been elected to serve a three-year term on the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Governing Board. “The Maricopa Community Colleges are thrilled to have Dr. Peterson represent MCCCD alongside board members from across the nation,” said MCCCD Interim Chancellor, Dr. Steven R. Gonzales. “Dr. Peterson’s passionate commitment to the community college system and its mission of access and success for all students makes him an excellent addition to the board, and will allow us to better serve our diverse student population.”

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rustrated home buyers got some good news at the beginning of November, but it likely won’t make them smile. The good news that building permits for new home construction soared in the third quarter is tempered by the fact that most of that new construction is in Pinal County, especially around Queen Creek, according to the Cromford Report, which closely monitors the housing market in the Phoenix Metro region. And that good news likely will be erased by some of Cromford’s other findings – namely that listings began drying up in the latter part of October.

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Budget-conscious buyers got still more sobering news: prices are “skyward” bound. “The size of the market below $300,000 is shrinking fast, constrained by lack of supply and by the fact that last year’s home at $270,000 is now priced well over $300,000,” Cromford said. “However, any home priced under $300,000 is likely to see hordes of buyers. Is there any sign of the upward surge in pricing losing pace? In a word - No.” It also said that regardless of the pandemic, prices in the Greater Phoenix market are “unlikely to stop rising.” Even seven-figure homes are seeing surging demand, it said, noting that in October, a record 37 homes priced over $3 million sold.

Cromford said that even though October “brought us a healthy flow of new listings,” many buyers are due for more disappointment because “the demand has strengthened so much these have done almost nothing to affect the chronic shortage of homes for sale.” To put it bluntly, according to Cromford, home buyers can still expect to be looking for needles in haystacks. “By the time we get to Thanksgiving, the flow of new listings is likely to slacken and we will probably see supply fall away even further as listings get re-

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moved for the holiday season,” it said. “Whether this still holds true during a pandemic we will have to see. There is still no sign of any weakness developing in the market with buyers having to fight for every scrap of housing that comes available.” “Despite all expectations for the market to cool, it keeps getting hotter, although at a slower pace,” Cromford added, forecasting a continued upward spiral in prices that already has put the

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No cooling off for town’s hot housing market BY MINDY JONES NEVAREZ GSN Contributor

he weather has been about as unpredictable as the real estate market this year, with both giving us more of the same when we expected to be cooling off by now. Seasonality means about as much to a cactus-themed Thanksgiving table as it does to the Arizona real estate market amid historically low interest rates and inventory rates in 2020. We kicked off the month with just 8,682

available listings – down just over 40 percent from last year – and while that number is up 4.5 percent over last month, the likelihood that a Gilbert buyer actively looking for a home in the area was able to feel that increase is nearly impossible. With listings under contract up nearly 33 percent year over year – but again down .9 percent from last month – Gilbert sellers continued to see multiple offers at most price points, days on market less than a week and a new set of challenges in negotiations as buyers eager to have the winning bid feel pains of remorse during their inspection period

when faced with deferred maintenance that sellers don’t want to address. Never before have emotions run so high when a market has been so good. Sometimes just getting the house IS getting the deal and sometimes negotiating an extra concession or two as a seller allows you to close the deal in time to make up your profit on your next purchase. Refraining from political discussion without ignoring the elephant in the room - the real estate transaction will always take reaching across the aisle and working together. But 2020 has put

EX-mayor selling ex-digs Former Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniel has put her Morrison Ranch home up for sale, listing it at just a few bucks shy of $1 million. The four-bedroom, fourbath house on East Palo Verde Drive is 3,591-square feet with a big backyard and patio, complete with a heated pool and gas firepit. Built in 1998, the house sports a wall-size garage door-type window in the dining room and a massive island in a kitchen with a sleek contemporary design that includes white cabinetry, quartz counter tops and stainless steel appliances. The split floor plan has a private master suite with dual vanities, a garden tub and full shower in the master bathroom. (Special to GSN)

a magnifying glass on the decisions that buyers and sellers have to make about how best to do that. Hit the hardest at the onset of COVID, the luxury market is back with a vengeance with 37 closed homes over $3 million in October - the highest number in recorded Arizona history. The low end of the market continues to be somewhat of an apparition, with a faint presence dominated by hungry first-time home buyers, individual and bulk-buying investors and the sheer lack

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Phoenix market close to the head of the pack in the rate of home price increases. “Prices are certain to rise from their current level,” Cromford said. “It will take a massive increase in supply for prices to change direction and there is currently no sign of this happening. In fact, we would expect supply to deteriorate between now and year end.” Phoenix has seen a year-over-year average price increase of 9 percent, it added. Meanwhile, in looking at single-family home building permits issued in September, Cromford said, “The good news for buyers is that the rate of construction is increasing, which will provide a little more supply over the months to come.” Across Pinal and Maricopa counties, it noted, a total 22,378 permits were issued in the first nine months of 2020 – a 21 percent increase over the total issued in the same time period last year and the highest number issued since 2006. “It is almost the same as the 2007 figure, which was a year in which the

This 5,000-square-foot home on E. Aris Drive, Gilbert, recently sold for $1.4 million as the sale of luxury homes in the Phoenix metro market begins rising fast. Built in 2015, the six-bedroom home sports a “clubhouse style backyard” with a self-cleaning pool, waterfalls, 8-foot fire pit and a host of interior amenities, including 12-foot ceilings. (Special to GSN)

builders were hitting the brakes,” Cromford said. “Now their collective feet are firmly on the gas pedal as they try to respond to the very strong demand for single family housing in Central Arizona.” For the third quarter of 2020, the number of permits issued underwent

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“a dramatic acceleration,” Cromford said, noting that the most were issued in Phoenix, with 1,330, followed by Buckeye, then Surprise in the top three. But Cromford also noted that more than 1,200 permits were issued for construction of single-family homes in unincorporated areas of Maricopa and Pi-

nal counties, mostly the San Tan Valley. “Even though Queen Creek has a great deal of new home construction, the San Tan Valley areas outside its boundaries provide even more new housing,” Cromford said. It also noted that “Florence is almost as active as Chandler and Coolidge and is almost as active as Scottsdale.” That led Cromford to conclude, “Pinal is rising in significance and growing faster than Maricopa.” Meanwhile, Cromford reported that there are bright spots on the mortgage scene nationally with fewer delinquencies appearing. “Early stage delinquencies show strong improvement with many measures returning to pre-pandemic levels,” it said. “Loan pre-payment rose above 3 percent in September, the first time in 16 years.” It also noted, “Home equity is at a record high and 45 million homeowners have positive (tappable) equity in their homes,” Cromford said. “This the largest number ever.”

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of inventory. That’s especially true in Gilbert, where the average monthly sales price hit $464,564 as compared to $387,784 just a year ago. It’s not a surprise that experts are challenging CoreLogic’s modest price increase predictions, especially here in the Valley. Gilbert currently sits in second place out of the 17 major metropolitan cities in Arizona as having the greatest gap between a deficient supply in inventory and a surplus of buyer demand. While not ranked on the list of permit-pulling new construction communities as much of the building was locked and loaded going into 2020, builders in Gilbert from Waterston by Maracay to McQueen Landing by Lennar are burning the midnight oil trying to complete homes for prospective Gilbert residents who are hoping to have a new home for the holidays. Closings usually pulled into years’ end are being pushed into the first quarter of next year because of everything from

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cabinet delays, lumber price increases, appliance manufacturing and labor shortages to the sheer volume of new construction, Then there are resale and refinance transactions being pushed through the lending, title and county pipeline. Every home-related product and worker from furniture to handymen is impacted. So, why brave the storm? Why not just sit back and relax, wait until this is “over”? Why not let buyers fall over each other for homes that need new roofs and wait until prices fall? You may ask, why not hang on to your house and try to time the market? If we have this many buyers now, imagine what we’ll have when COVID is “gone”? Well, my friends, let me be as factual as we can be amidst a global pandemic that has challenged every norm we have from walking around the mall with a coffee to editing common sayings like “put our heads together” or “we’ll hold your hand every step of the way” in light of social distance guidelines: there is no indica-

tion that this will be “over.” In the meantime, renters are having the rug pulled out from underneath them as landlords are eager to sell the home that just last year they intended to keep forever. In the meantime, buyers are watching their buying power slip away as home prices increase 15-20 percent annually and sellers are left wondering why even in the hottest market their home that has not been well maintained still isn’t selling. We are buying, selling and moving for different reasons now – to be closer to family to help with home schooling, to get more space to accommodate two home offices, to have a pool and landscaped backyard with public recreation activities suspended, to ensure we have a place to call home because each month we pay ourselves back through our mortgage instead of paying someone else’s with our rent check. And in the meantime, the opportunity to buy an interest rate under 3 percent, purchase a brand-new home that has the

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potential to close under market value and the ability to get all of your asks met upon selling – including lease backs, appraisal waivers and maybe getting your dog washed as part of the deal – may never happen again. Gilbert, there are still people struggling. Local businesses need our support. Political opponents need healing and unification. The real estate market is our foundation to stand on. United we stand on the beauty of our community and the opportunity it affords us. Remember our mission, Gilbert: to anticipate (the needs of others and ourselves), create (the solutions to the problems we have and the space to solve the ones we don’t understand) and help people (we know, we just met, and we’ve loved for a life time). We’ve got the real estate market and pumpkin spice on our side. We can do this. - Mindy Jones Nevarez, a Gilbert Realtor and owner of the Amy Jones Group at Keller Williams Integrity First, can be reached at 480250-3857, Mindy@AmyJonesGroup.com or AmyJonesGroup.com

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Realtor finds success with new company BY DAVID M. BROWN GSN Contributor

orrie Sauerzopf has found her career home at Homie. The Gilbert resident posted $25 million in sales in 2019, placing her in the top 1 percent of agents in the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service, said the Salt Lake City-based full-service real estate company. A Toronto native, she moved to Chandler in July of 2013 when the Ontario engineering company her husband Rick works for transferred him in October. Homie brands itself an industry disrupter because it eliminates fees and commissions by combining technology tools with experienced real estate agents. The company offers a flat rate of $2,500 compared to up to 3 percent on the listing side charged by traditional agents. For example, a 3-percent commission on a $400,000 home is $12,000. “Since expanding to Phoenix in 2018,

Dorrie Sauerzopf Homie has saved its customers more than $4.5 million dollars in real estate commissions in Phoenix,” said Joshua Miller, general manager of Arizona Homie. “Our agents don’t have to worry about a commission, and this results in less pressure and a better overall experience. They re-

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ceive a full salary, and this frees them up to act in the client’s best interest.” In addition, the company represents home buyers, offers financing and provides closing services. Buyers receive a portion of the commission up to $5,000 if they utilize Homie Loans, which promises to beat any competitor’s locked loan estimate or it will pay the client $500, Miller said. Sauerzopf attended college and university in Canada, where she worked in sales for the beauty-supply company CosmoProf. She also bought and flipped homes after updating them. “That is what initially got me interested in real estate, and when we arrived here in 2014, I had the opportunity to fulfill that dream after I received my real estate license,” she said. She has since closed on approximately 150 properties. Married for 10 years, the couple has four adult children in the blended family

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– three in Canada and another attending law school in Birmingham, England. “We are so proud of all of them and miss them terribly,” Saurzopf said, noting that they have been unable to see the children since the pandemic began. Homie opened in 2015 and reports a 525-percent growth in transactions from 2018 to 2019; for 2020, total sales already exceed last year. Sauerzopf said that a low commission doesn’t mean less service. Homie provides an experienced agent, professional photography, 3D virtual tours, a yard sign, professional market analysis, legal counsel and guidance and support throughout the transaction, she explained. In addition, the commission fee covers marketing, including posting the listing to the ARMLS as well as other home-selling platforms and Facebook advertising. Clients can also decide what commission

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• Active Listings: 167 Down from 227 Listings Last Month

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• Listings Under Contract: 578 Down from 612 Listings Under Contract Last Month

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EV-based Tweener Homes partners with Expedia weener Homes, a technology-based real estate company in Chandler, has partnered with Expedia’s vacation rental software, Escapia to make it easier finding temporary residence easier for people who are between permanent homes or are searching for or building their own. Tweener Homes connects homeowners and property managers with renters in need of fully furnished rentals for one to

11 months. “I was once ‘tweener’ myself and experienced firsthand the anxiety and frustration of where to look and find a comfortable temporary home until we could move into our new permanent home. We are thrilled to announce this partnership which will give Tweeners across the country easy access to find and book a fully furnished home,” said Nick Calvi, CEO of Tweener Homes. His personal experience and subsequent research led to his formation of the

company. “I found furnished rental homes for short-term vacation stays but were cost prohibitive for a multiple month stay and unfurnished homes but required me to sign a year lease. For people in between a vacation rental and a one-year lease, there weren’t any options that made sense,” he said. Escapia provides software tools allowing property managers to operate their businesses more efficiently by directly integrating their property details, availabil-

ity and rates. The relationship with Tweener Homes offers exposure to a new audience of home renters, real estate brokerages and new home builder clients. More than 14,000 vacation rental owners and managers can now list their properties through Tweener Homes to diversify their marketing plan, increase the visibility of their rental homes, and drive demand and bookings especially during

structure they want to offer the buyer’s agents. Technology has facilitated the success. “Through the Homie app and online systems, we have streamlined what used to be a complicated process. Thirty years ago, agents would search for a home for their buyers in a huge MLS book, map out multiple showings without the use of GPS or cell phones and have their clients sign

everything in person,” she said. “A 3-percent commission was warranted then.” “The iBuyer business model is all about offering the absolute lowest price to turn it around and sell it at market value or higher,” said Sauerzopf. Buyers are themselves searching and finding homes through the internet and contracts can be signed electronically. Also, tools such as the Showing Time app

make it easy to schedule a home tour. She noted that Homie contributes to a number of local charities has assisted some clients through difficult times. One was Aaron Johns, who recently sold his former home and then purchased a Gilbert home with Sauerzopf’s help on both. His problem was at his doorstep. “One day, my family and I were out running errands when Dorrie called us to let

us know that she had just received a call from another Realtor that had arrived at our home to show it to their clients. “Turns out, our door handle with the lock box had been badly damaged. Without a second thought, Dorrie said that she and her husband would be at our house as soon as possible to help with the repairs.” Information: homie.com/buy-now.

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Higley teacher’s bestseller aims for joy during pandemic BY SRIANTHI PERERA GSN Contributor

ancy Foote believes that attitude determines destiny. Foote – an award-winning conceptual physics teacher at Higley Unified’s Sossaman Middle School in Queen Creek, public speaker, Gilbert resident, mother of three adult children and grandmother of 13 – has written a book on her premise to help others during the pandemic. “Coca Cola Hot Pants, Cancer & Other Stories of Good Fortune: How Your Attitude Determines Your Destiny,” published on Amazon.com reached bestseller status. Foote was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2016 and breast cancer in 2017: she had a diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma in one breast and, before she could catch her breath, a diagnosis of invasive ductile carcinoma in the other. Then this year, COVID-19 hit and she has been confined to her home since March without even trips to a grocery store or a restaurant because of her high-risk health

Nancy Foote, a teacher in the Higley Unified School District, has published a book to uplift readers during the pandemic.

status. Her children and grandchildren, the youngest of whom is 3, occasionally visit her in her backyard.

Even with cancer treatments, she continued to teach at least once a week in her classroom and didn’t slow down. “When COVID hit, I was totally lost. I am very extroverted. I get energy and joy from my students, my coworkers, my family,” she said.

With the onset of the pandemic, her oncologist asked her to isolate because she is still on oral medication for cancer treatment. “I don’t like COVID and I feel that COVID has taken a lot more from me than cancer or Parkinson’s,” she said. “Everything felt so hopeless to me.” “I thought I could write this book and it would give people hope, then maybe that will help. I wrote the book, I thought if anybody is given even a little bit of hope, it’s worth it,” she said. “So, I started writing about times that brought joy to me, and how my attitude made them happier,” Foote added. “Even cancer, such an awful thing, was made better when I looked at it from a different point of view. When I changed my attitude.” Even before she authored the 175-page book, Foote said she was in the midst of writing a book for teachers about how to be a good teacher and a good parent.

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Limelight Theater finally planning live show BY STACI HAUK GSN Contributor

imelight Youth Theater prides itself on offering a supportive environment for those new to – and seasoned at – performing; placing it at the helm of the theater scene in Gilbert. This year alone, it took home 12 AriZoni Awards and several National Youth Awards for presenting professional quality theater and educational experiences that are largely made possible because of its non-profit status. But with its commitment to continued education in the arts and the passion of the young actors and their families, Limelight Artistic Director worries as

Meredith Woodward, center, leads the rest of the cast as King Julien in the dance number for “Move It.” (Roots and Wings Imagery)

she has watched COVID-19 wreak havoc on live performances in 2020, shifting the mindset and structure of youth theater. “Right now, everyone is worried about the future of live theater,” England explained. “Venues are still not open. State mandates limit 50 people in any gathering. Singing in large groups or close proximity has been declared unsafe. All of these things add up to a fight to keep theater alive. “We have had to come up with new ways to accomplish this, simply because we have to,” she continued. “It’s survival mode for many non-profits and local

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Gilbert Girl Scout earns Gold Award BY AUTUMN JARRETT GSN Contributor

hen Ainsley Snyder took a class that encouraged students to take action in the community, she decided look within her own campus at Gilbert Classical Academy and quickly found a need. “I found that the special education department at my high school needed someone to build a garden,” Ainsley said. “So I jumped at the opportunity to build the garden to help students build their fine-motor skills and make a lasting impact on the special education department of my high school.” Ainsley’s mother was a Gold Award Girl Scout, so following her lead to earn this achievement was a lifelong dream for the teen. “Growing up my mother instilled the impact and importance of earning the Gold Award,” said Ainsley. “It’s the ultimate honor for a Girl Scout, and I knew I would follow in her footsteps.”

Ainsley Snyder of Gilbert earned a coveted Girl Scouts Gold Award by building a garden at Gilbert Classical Academy, where she graduated in May. Her mother also was a Gold Award winner when she was a Scout. . (Special to GSN)

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on a project that creates a sustainable solution to a problem identified in their communities. Historically, many Gold Award Girl Scouts become leaders in their community, with 60 percent of Girl Scout alum currently involved in volunteer work, community service or holding public office. Before Ainsley could begin her garden project, the first steps were research and planning. “I spent a lot of time planning before actually building,” she said. “I gained valuable skills and the importance of creating a clear and detailed plan that would also help me secure funding.” After receiving a grant from Arizona State University, Ainsley began building the garden and developing a curriculum about the different types of plants in the garden and the needs of each one for the students to also learn while gardening. As with anything that brings great rewards, she faced challenges. “When it was time to build, I had to find a place that was accessible to students but

not in the way of other student resources,” Ainsley recalled. “It was also important to me to repurpose materials to help eliminate waste, which was a challenge at times.” Ainsley presented the garden at the end of the 2019 school year. “The students loved being out in the garden,” she said. “With COVID-19, they haven’t been as hands-on, but they will hopefully return to the garden when it’s safe again.” After graduating in May 2020, Ainsley is now in her freshmen year at Idaho State University studying chemistry and mathematics for secondary education. She credits her time in the Girl Scouts to shaping her into a well-rounded young woman. “Girl Scouts gave me so many different experiences and opportunities that I wouldn’t have had otherwise,” she said. “Through Girl Scouting I have grown academically, learned the importance of managing money and how to face rejection but not give up.” Information: girlscoutsaz.org/join.

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“When I was a young mom and I had three kids, I would go to school and come home and I’d be exhausted,” she said. “I would hate to say this, but I leave my best self at school. And my kids got the leftovers.” “So, when I talked to teachers, I say it’s very important that you don’t do that. One of the things that teachers need to hear is that it’s OK to set limits at what you do at school. It’s OK to leave some papers ungraded. “It’s OK to put time limits on your job, because if you quit your job, they would replace you tomorrow. But if your family lost you, you could never be replaced,” she said. Even while she was writing a book along those lines, there was another pull: “I kept being drawn to my stories,” she said, because she’s “a storyteller at heart.” “Coca Cola Hot Pants, Cancer & Other Stories of Good Fortune” contains 13 stories from various times in her life. “Stories when my attitude had a big impact on the results,” she said. “It’s upbeat, funny.” One story details how she won a Coca Cola hot pants from a radio competition when she was a child, despite her parents’ refusal to buy her one and forbidding her to wear it. Another tells how she became an honorary Playboy Bunny at age 18. Foote said readers may read this book as a series of fun stories. Or, on a deeper level, as a series of thought-provoking questions and challenges. Foote believes anyone can make their life better by simply changing their attitude. “While I say “simply,” there’s nothing simple about it. I give you 14 challenges — things to do to help you look at your own life and your attitudes. Taking a close look at these will help you find ways to have a happier, more joyful, and more positive experience,” she said. Foote tried out a series of jobs before she embarked on teaching. She has worked as a balloon delivery clown, in law office administration and at a CPA firm, among others. Many years ago, she was a chemist for the Sherwin-Williams Company, using her bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Loyola University of Chicago.

It was a lucrative job, but, as a young mother to a son, “I realized there was a whole lot more to life than money.” She also realized that the chemicals she was working with were carcinogenic. After moving to Arizona in 1985, she obtained her masters in education from Arizona State University. From 1997-99, she was principal of Saint Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic School. She joined Higley Unified 15 years ago, and has been at Sossamon Middle School since it opened about seven years ago. Her teaching has garnered the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and the Most Valuable Teacher of the Year in 2017 by the Arizona Diamondbacks. She is the only teacher to receive the Educator of the Year award from both the Town of Gilbert Chamber of Commerce (2015) and the Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce (2016). Foote has also developed her talent as a speaker and travels to different conferences, where she speaks on various topics including how teachers teach science with only the stuff that they buy at the Dollar Tree store with their own money. Her life story and how she maintains a positive attitude, are popular topics. “Life is always going to throw stuff at us. We don’t get a choice on that. The only choice we have is how we deal with it,” she said. With her doctors anticipating her cancer will return, and with Parkinson’s degenerating her brain, she still sees some positivity in her situation. “My brain is as good today as it’s going to get. It’s only going to get worse from here. Frankly, that frightens me a little bit. I’m worried about if I get dementia. I won’t remember my family or I won’t remember my students, who have been such a huge part of my life for some 30plus years. “It’s out of my hands,” Foote said. “I can’t worry about it. I just have to say I’m going to take today for today and I’m going to take advantage of it.” Coca Cola Hot Pants, Cancer & Other Stories of Good Fortune: How Your Attitude Determines Your Destiny is available at Amazon.com for $2.99 on Kindle and at $9.99 for a paperback. Read her blog at theunintentionalgeek.com.

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it will be performed at – utilizing Freestone Park Amphitheater and Superstition Springs Amphitheater instead of typical indoor theater spaces. This allows for audience separation as well as the added precaution of keeping everyone outdoors, with no use of shared spaces customary of a backstage area. “Our mission has always been to provide quality performing arts experiences that build life skills and confidence to as many children as possible,” England said. “This show has been double-cast to allow for more children to participate and also to allow for cast mentoring which has been so rewarding. “Honestly, we didn’t originally plan for this show to be a part of our fall season. We licensed the show to begin rehearsals in March as a no-cut production for budding actors,” she added. “When COVID hit and we couldn’t do the show, MTI was gracious enough to extend the performance rights to a later date this year, so it made sense to start

with the show as a large production.” She also was excited when they realized that the animal cast and setting of the show “would be perfect for a park environment with a lake backdrop and would serve as a good way to hide the face shields within quirky animal costumes.” “I’m so glad we hung onto this show because it really is a fun one,” she added. England said that live theater is so desperately needed right now to maintain the social and mental well-being for those who are active in the arts. Social isolation has kept kids from expressing themselves and creating magical experiences they had become so accustomed to, she explained. “Doing outdoor theatre will give kids a chance to continue to do what they love without compromising their safety. It will also be great for our audiences who have been cooped up inside for so long - how fun it will be to get some fresh air and experience theatre in a new way,” England said. “The kids are

adapting amazingly well.” But challenges still remain – with the biggest being singing. “We have experimented a lot in rehearsals with singing in masks versus face shields and learning how to work hard as a group to overcome these obstacles,” she said. “Every obstacle that comes our way is just a new way to reinvent ourselves and the cast is so positive and on board with that philosophy.” She also said Limelight has become a major support for young people who want to be involved in the theater arts. “We’re giving them a safe social experience where they can do what they love: socialize with peers, build teamwork and more,” she said. “This will truly be a show to remember.” The production is scheduled to begin Dec. 5 with multiple presentations throughout the month. Information: studio3arts.ticketleap.com. For questions on how to become a part of the Limelight Youth Theater Family, visit: http://ll-pa.org/

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and several other East Valley teams reached the finish line of a 2020 season that involved numerous quarantines and abnormal meets.

Once the final scores were tallied on Saturday, Nov. 7, the Coyote boys and girls’ teams both placed second overall in Division II, carrying on their legacy as dominant programs. “Character is born of adversity,” Campo Verde coach David Peters said. “I told the kids early on we can’t do anything about the cards that have been dealt to us. Every team is given the same hand. I’m extremely proud of the way they competed.” The boys were the first to swim in the morning and got off to a relatively slow start. Campo scored minimal points in the first three events of the meet. But Jeremy Graunke – an Olympic trials qualifier – quickly changed that misfortune in the 50-yard freestyle, winning the individual state title in the event with a time of 20.13 seconds. His teammate, Christian Ostendorf, finished just behind him at 20.46 to win silver in the event. Brandon Kuhl also scored in the event by finishing in eighth place. Ostendorf and Graunke went on to once again claim the top two spots in the 100-yard freestyle. Ostendorf placed first with a time of 44.83 seconds and Graunke second at 45.27. Kuhl again placed eighth to pick up much-needed points for the Coyotes. Ostendorf, Graunke and Kuhl went on to win gold in 200-yard freestyle relay with the help of Hayden Grossarth. Peters said the boys’ time of 1:25.58 was 8 seconds faster than what they swam at the qualifiers. The same group again beat their qualifying time in the 400-yard

Campo Verde’s boys swim team placed second overall behind strong performances in the relays and individual events. (Courtesy David Peters)

The Campo Verde girls finished as the runners-up for the second straight year. (Courtesy David Peters)

freestyle at 3:11.44. Campo Verde also benefited from Ryan King’s sixth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle to finish with 244 points overall, just 26 shy of state champion Verrado in Division II. “I want each of my swimmers to worry about their swim,” Peters said. “I will never compare them to anybody else. Ultimately, when they’re in the water, they’re competing against themselves anyway. “If they worry about their own swim,

everything else will take care of itself.” Peters admitted he wasn’t sure how the girls would respond this season after losing key swimmers from last year’s state championship team. To his surprise, they fared pretty well. The girls’ relay team, comprised of Sahara Dalbik, Madelynn Krause, Sydney Blackhurst and Megan Langford, finished sixth overall in the 200-yard medley to start the meet. Sophia Pedersen then went on to place fourth in the 200 freestyle. Blackhurst also placed fourth in the

200-individual medley. Paige Treptow, one of the team’s top swimmers, placed first overall in 50-yard freestyle and third in the 100 despite nursing a severely pulled muscle. “She came out of the water after her first 100 free and couldn’t hardly move or breathe,” Peters said. “She had to overcome a lot of adversity just to compete. She showed a tremendous amount of character and courage just finishing the competition for her teammates.” Despite her injury, Treptow teamed up with Blackhurst, Langford and Pedersen to clinch second place in the 200-yard free relay. Blackhurst then won gold in the 100-yard breaststroke. Like many other programs, the coronavirus pandemic had its toll on Campo Verde. On separate occasions, some of the team had to be quarantined. And with some meets having been held virtually, it added a new level of adversity Peters said his swimmers were able to overcome. The second-place finish for the girls was the second straight year finishing as the runners-up in Division II. The boys, meanwhile, won the title in 2019. Peters said his program will likely go through somewhat of a rebuild next season, with several of his key swimmers graduating in May. However, the work ethic and overall mindset across the program will likely lead to the Coyotes once again at the top of the leaderboards in 2021. “There were some questions, in the last two weeks especially, if the season would be called,” Peters said. “I just told them we had to roll with the punches. We can’t worry about things that are out of our control. We are a faith-based team. I give God and the Lord Jesus Christ all the credit. “They were able to guide us through these circumstances and it’s his strength that carries us. That is the cornerstone behind everything that we do.”

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ists and studios will honor our efforts to keep them and ourselves safe,” said Perry, a glass artist and host of Laughing Glass Studio No. 23 in Cave Creek. Artists from across the Valley participate in HITH. Gilbert resident Seth Fairweather, for example, is a first-time participant who will show his work at Stuart Yankell’s Studio No. 16 in Cave Creek. Fairweather, a glass and mixed-medium artist and participant in the Celebration of Fine Art Show for five years, heard of HITH from fellow artists. Fairweather will exhibit brand-new pieces at HITH this year, including “Sullen,” a piece cast in dark gray glass. “[It] really comes to life with a backlight to it,” Fairweather explained. “I was tempted to send it out to a gallery this year, but I wanted to spend a little more time with it.” Fairweather calls the pandemic one of his busiest years. “I have been lucky enough to find quite a few commissions, my galleries are mov-

and continued to work out, including weight training and Strongman lifting. “It is a lot of taking care of yourself. You really can’t avoid injuries, but if you can minimize the number of injuries you get, it helps with longevity,” Islas said. In his career, Islas sustained major injuries such as torn ligaments in his knee and a broken leg. He returned to wrestling the same day his cast for the broken leg was removed. Islas continues to occasionally wrestle through companies such as Impact Zone Wrestling, which he cofounded.

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ne of the largest free arts events in the Valley returns for its 24th year this year: the Hidden in the Hills (HITH) Artist Studio Tour, coordinated by nonprofit organization Sonoran Arts League. Boasting 140 artists – including at least one from Gilbert – and 35 private studios throughout the northern Scottsdale, Carefree, and Cave Creek areas, HITH will continue to offer downloadable and digital maps to make self-touring easy. But what will look different at this year’s two-weekend event are Sonoran Arts League’s implementation of health and safety measures at participating studios. “Everyone involved in HITH is committed to following strict CDC guidelines. Meetings to review proper procedures to ensure everyone’s safety have been ongoing all summer and fall,” said Carole Perry, HITH marketing chair and event co-founder. HITH takes place Nov. 20-22 and Nov. 27-29.

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s the Navajo Warrior, Gilbert native and wrestler Steve Islas traveled the world for major individual and tag-team matches. This year, he celebrates his 30th anniversary as a professional wrestler with a special event at Sun Studios of Arizona Nov. 21. The main event will be a six-man tagteam match with three wrestlers on each side, including the Navajo Warrior. With VIP tickets, patrons will receive

a chance to see a special VIP wrestling match and take part in a Q&A with Islas. Islas said his 30th anniversary evokes feelings of nostalgia and pride in what he accomplished as a wrestler and teacher. “I’m feeling like the time flew by,” Islas said. “It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long. It’s a good feeling to see the guys and girls who I’ve wrestled with and traveled with, do their thing, branch out and have their success. It’s a really cool feeling.” To build his wrestling career, Islas said he has lived a healthy lifestyle

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ing my work fairly quickly and regularly, and I’m actually doing a lot of outdoor work for a new resort hotel opening up in Phoenix,” he said. Bruce Larrabee will be a guest artist at Mark Lewanski’s Glass Studio No. 12. Larrabee, a soon-to-be full-time Mesa resident, is a full-time potter and owner of Larrabee Ceramics in Park City, Utah. While Larrabee typically creates unique cups, bowls, and more, he created large, “interior design-oriented” vases — “some of them as large as 3 to 4 feet tall” — specifically for the HITH event. “Hidden in the Hills is such a fun event that if I wasn’t a participating artist, I would be visiting the artists’ studios myself. It is a great diversion from all else

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tion is down compared to past years. Last year’s HITH featured 199 artists and 47 studio locations. “The decrease in the number of studios and artists is due 100 percent to COVID-19,” Perry said. “Those artists who felt their studio did not allow sufficient social distancing wisely opted out this year.” “Attendance is uncertain,” Perry said, “but we feel confident that the many serious art lovers who’ve been starved for the opportunity to view new art again will be coming up to the Hidden in the Hills Studio Tour in significant numbers.” “Even with the COVID-safe guidelines in place, we intend to engage with our visitors as we always do; welcoming, demon-

low tag teamers the Ballard Brothers, whom they wrestled in 15 countries. He enjoyed the experiences he had in Japan, Spain, Germany and England. “In Japan, it is treated like a sport,” Islas said. “You would get the newspaper, and in the sports section, you would have the results of the baseball games and also the results of wrestling matches. In the United States, it’s looked at as entertainment.” As a Native American wrestler, it was important for him to be a positive role model. “I wanted to represent our culture in a way where if a young Native American boy or girl happened to see me on television or see me live, it would give that feeling of ‘somebody who looks like me is doing this,’” he said. Islas used to operate an Arizona wrestling school. “I would always remember the guys who came before me who would take the time to teach me something, even if it’s just a small lesson of how to do something in the ring or the etiquette of how to carry myself,” Islas said. “If I can pass on the knowledge that was given to me to the next person, and they could find success in it and pass it on to the next person, that was one of the things I did because I wanted to keep the wrestling business full of new, fresh faces.”

He was inspired by wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Wahoo McDaniel and Tito Santana. He wrestled through junior high and high schools. His persona evolved with him. “The persona went from as the Navajo Kid, it was the youthful good guy that was full of fire, full of energy,” Islas said. “As it has developed, it is the seasoned veteran who is not afraid to take a shortcut here and there to get a win but Gilbert native Steve Islas, giving a headlock to an unlucky opponent, has been a professtill fights with sional Native American wrestler for 30 years. (Special to GSN) that fire.” IZW NAV30: 30 Years Brother! Navajo dios of Arizona, 1425 W. 14th Street, Warrior 30th Anniversary Celebration Tempe, $20 to $30 6 p.m. Saturday, November 21 Sun Stufacebook.com/izwwrestlingaz

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strating, answering questions and showing off the new, brilliant artwork we’ve been creating for the past year,” Perry added. Fairweather echoes Perry, stating that HITH is not only a chance to see stellar artwork, but it’s also the perfect opportunity to talk to the artist who made it — “right then, right there.” “Hidden in the Hills is not just some group of weekend warrior artists. These are not hobbyists. These are professional artists that are making quality work,” Fairweather said. For more information and to download the Hidden in the Hills map, visit hiddeninthehills.org or call 480-575-6624.

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