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Gilbert church welcomes migrants dropped by ICE

This Week

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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Ducey kills pay bill supported by only one Gilbert lawmaker.

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Exec outlines plan for womenchildren wing at Gilbert hospital.

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Four Gilbert teens in Arizona debut of "Freaky Friday" musical.

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he 26-year-old mother contently cradled her 5-month-old daughter on her lap after she ate a meal of chicken salad and matzo bread at a Gilbert church last Thursday.

It was the first real respite for Brenda, her 24-year-old husband Mainor and three other children, ages 2, 9 and 10, since they left their home in the town of Zacapa in eastern Guatemala on a journey to the United States for a safer life.

Brenda and her family were among 50 migrants, including 27 children, who were dropped off by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Vineyard Community Church

Associate Pastor David Hinman of Vineyard Community Church in Gilbert, led migrant children in prayer when ICE dropped them off last Thursday. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

in Gilbert. Many arrived with just the clothes on their backs or toted their few meager belongings in plastic bags handed out by ICE. Since February, the Gilbert church has been serving as a temporary pit stop for migrants on their journey to other parts of the country as they seek asylum in the United States.

“We heard about the need and wanted to help,” said the church’s Associate Pastor David Hinman. “The Bible is really clear about helping those in need.

We wanted to show God’s love to people in need.”

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At 5, Gilbert boy will take on Congress

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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ive-year-old Grant Leonard has enough on his plate with his type 1 diabetes, but this summer he’s also advocating for more research dollars to fight the disease.

The Gilbert youngster will join over 160 other children from across the country July 8-10 at the nation’s Capitol for the JDRF 2019 Children’s Congress.

JDRF is an advocacy nonprofit that funds type 1 diabetes research and was formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

“He is such a strong little boy and we are so proud of him,” said mom Faith Leonard. “We see real strength every day.”

Grant has a one-on-one meeting with Arizona’s lawmakers, U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally and U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, who represents District 5, which includes Gil-

Grant Leonard, 5, of Gilbert, suffers from type 1 diabetes, but the brave tyke won't let that deter him from heading to Washington. (The Leanard Family)

bert and most of the East Valley, according to Leonard.

He also may have a chance to share his personal testimony at a congressional committee hearing on the last day, she added.

The boy’s journey with the disease began more than three years ago with a few tell-tale signs.

Leonard remembered finding her son’s crib soaked, sopping wet with urine every morning.

True, he was still going through potty-training but “this is crazy,” Leonard thought as she decided to move him up to the next diaper size.

And the couple’s only child was always thirsty.

“It’s tricky here in Arizona,” Leonard said.

“We push water so much and he’s always been good at drinking water.”

But one day on a short walk back to the house from a park, Grant was lagging. He was

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ilbert adopted a $1.04 billion budget and boosted the secondary property tax levy to $24 million for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Town Council voted 5-2 recently on the budget and tax with council members Jared Taylor and Aimee Yentes rejecting both.

Taylor said he can’t support the budget because there is an increase of $80 million in spending.

Director Kelly Pfost explained at the May preliminary budget adoption that the bulk of the spending plan was for multi-year capital improvement projects with the full amount carried forwarded to complete any projects that would be started.

She added once the preliminary budget was approved, it set the maximum spending limit so flexibility has to be built into the budget to take advantage of opportunities such as debt refinancing.

But Taylor remained unconvinced and said only actual spending should be in the budget so residents are not misled.

“If it says we are spending $80 million, but (staff says) we are not really doing that, it’s not a good message,” he said, claiming capital projects were added to the budget before they were vetted.

He also voiced concern with the cost of hiring staff. A total of 68 new employees are in the Fiscal Year 2020 budget, which included 20 new hires for police, seven for fire and about 15 for parks.

Taylor also opposed the levy, set at $24.1 million, a tax rate of $.9889 per $100 of assessed value. He wanted it

During the last Town Council meeting, both members Jared Taylor and Aimee Yentes expressed unhappiness with the budget that their five counterparts approved for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

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to remain at the current rate of $23.2 million.

The tax rate for this fiscal year is $1.03 per $100 assessed value.

The hike means an average of $1 per month more per household, according to Vice Mayor Eddie Cook.

Councilwoman Brigette Peterson said the tax increase is the result of home values going up in Gilbert.

The adopted levy will help pay bond debt for streets and for the new public safety training facility currently under construction.

Taylor said the town told voters if they approved the $65.4 million bond last November to build the facility, there would be no tax increase.

He said the town needs the facility but it could have been built at one-half to one-

third of the $85 million cost. With debt service, the town will be paying more than $130 million for the project, Taylor said.

Yentes said she shared some of Taylor’s concerns and wanted to hold the line on spending and couldn’t support a budget with a tax increase. Both also took note of a possible downturn in the economy.

Cook said the town adopted a $966 million budget for Fiscal year 2018-19 and is only going to spend $422.9 million and in the prior fiscal year, the town ended up spending $30 million less than what was adopted.

Councilman Jordan Ray said he appreciated that the budget accounted for all the dollars of all planned projects up front.

He also said voters approved the funding by a 2:1 vote for the public safety facility.

“It’s a great partnership for 20 years and I hope it will last well into the future.”

Presmyk said the partnership, where Gilbert built the library and the county operates it, has saved town taxpayers money.

Recreation Supervisor Denise Merdon said the 20th anniversary celebration of the Riparian and library is tentatively set for Oct. 12. Possible activities so far include a fishing derby and an evening hike, she said.

The Riparian, which reclaims water, is a 110-acre wetland, wildlife sanctuary at Guadalupe and Greenfield roads. The library is adjacent to the preserve.

The tentative dates for the grandopening celebration of phase one of the

272-acre regional park near Queen Creek and Higley roads is Sept. 21 and Sept. 26.

The celebration will have a Disney theme, Merdon said.

For Sept. 21, activities are planned for 8-10 a.m. and will include a ribboncutting with Town Council, a scavenger hunt, splash pad fun and Disney-themed food trucks. On Sept. 26, activities such as a laser-light show, DJ, face painting and food trucks are planned for 6-9 p.m., according to Merdon.

The first of four phases of the regional park include amenities such as an iconic playground, splash pad and tennis and pickleball courts on 30 acres.

Once completed, the park will

Town getting ready to party hearty

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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ilbert will hold three big celebrations of its community amenities later this year.

Staff has been planning festivities for the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch and the Southeast Regional Library because both turn 20 this year, and for the grand openings of Gilbert Regional Park and Desert Sky Park.

“The Southeast Regional Library was an experiment that proved to be very, very successful — a partnership between the town and Maricopa County,” said Les Presmyk, chairman of the Parks and Recreation Board at last week’s meeting.

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tuckered out, wasn’t super talkative and was going slower, Leonard said.

The former teacher called the pediatrician and told her Grant’s symptoms.

“I remember it was a Friday afternoon,” Leonard said. “She said get him in now.”

Leonard, however, wanted to wait a week when her husband Dave, a teacher at Kyrene de las Lomas Elementary School was on spring break.

Dave will begin teaching this fall at Kyrene Centennial Middle School, which is next door to Kyrene de la Colina Elementary School where Grant will be starting kindergarten.

“If I had waited until the next week, he would have probably passed away,” Leonard said.

Grant was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes days before his second birthday.

Normal blood sugar levels are 80 to 120, Grant’s level was over 770, his mom said.

Grant is one of about 200,000 youth in the United States with the disease where the pancreas can’t make the insulin to regulate sugar in the blood.

Left untreated, people risk diabetic ketoacidosis or DKA, a life-threatening condition that leads to diabetic coma and death.

There is no cure and people need insulin to survive. Type 1 can be diagnosed at any age with more than 1 million U.S. adults living with the disease.

The American Diabetes Association estimated 40,000 people will be newly diagnosed each year in the United States.

And, between 2001 and 2009, there was a 21 percent increase in the prevalence of type 1 diabetes among people younger than 20, according to JDRF. “I have a broken pancreas and fingertips of steel,” Grant said in reference to his fingers being pricked to test his blood. “The hard part about type 1 diabetes is trying to be strong every day.”

Grant said he doesn’t let the disease keep him from doing things he loves – playing soccer, basketball, swimming, reading a good book or playing with his friends.

Grant said he’s not known for turning down a doughnut and one day he hopes to become a firefighter to help people because he is “very brave.”

Leonard said Grant’s diagnosis came out of the blue because no one in her or

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include soccer fields, an 8-acre lake, an amphitheater and an event lawn that can accommodate up to 10,000 people.

Presmyk noted the regional park is so large it can fit all of the town’s current large parks in it and still have room for more.

But, he said, “it still won’t satisfy all the

Grant Leonard, flanked by parents Faith and Dave Leonard on the left, has learned to prick his finger for blood tests to monitor his insulin level.

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her husband’s family has the disease. Her father does have type 2 diabetes, which is more common and can be controlled through diet and exercise.

“It was obviously very challenging,” Leonard said. “This was a complete adjustment in our lives, the shots, the pokes and measuring everything. But I think, as with anything, aspects definitely get easier.”

For example, Grant has to take insulin every time he eats. He used to have shots but he now wears a computerized insulin pump.

“He’s been healthy and strong, which has allowed him to keep as much normalcy as possible,” she said.

Leonard said her son is handling the disease like a trooper but social awareness is beginning to weigh on him. For instance, he’s begun to notice his peers in pre-school and on his sports team don’t have diabetes.

“It’s hard,” she said. “He’s starting asking when his type 1 diabetes will go away.

It’s heartbreaking. There’s no cure but we keep doing what we are doing.”

Because Grant’s pump is visible, he gets questioned frequently, which he uses as an opportunity to educate people about the disease.

“This morning at Vacation Bible School,

one of the kids in the group asked, what is that,” Leonard said. “‘It’s my insulin pump,’ (he said). He knows if he doesn’t get the insulin, he’s not going to be alive.”

Leonard recognized Grant is able to access care and devices because of their health insurance but she worried about other families not afford the same opportunity and when her son is older and is on his own.

Most stories about people rationing their insulin are among those 20-30 years old, Leonard said. That’s the age group where young people fall off their parents’ insurance and either have no insurance or inadequate policies, she added.

“These guys have to pay upwards of $1,000 for insulin and can’t afford it,” she said. “You hear about rationing or hear about people using other people’s insulin.”

In the last 20 years the cost of insulin has shot up 200 percent, according to Leonard.

“It costs us upwards of like $500 to $600 a month for medical supplies and insulin,” said Leonard, who is now an event planner.

“It’s very expensive even with the support of insurance. It’s not like it’s medicine that (Grant) needs to make him better but it’s something he needs to keep him alive.”

She said it is important to bring awareness

of the disease to Congress members to ensure there is funding to eventually find a cure.

“More and more kids are getting diagnosed every day,” she said. “It’s about quality of life, allowing children to live independent, happy, healthy and normal lives and still do things that they are able to do.

“My goal as his mom is to bring as much advocacy and awareness and hopefully make grains so by the time he is a 25-yearold man, he is never in a situation where he’ll even feel tempted to ration.”

needs for youth sports and adult sports.”

“I’ve been involved with this for a long time,” he added. “We will never have enough fields but we are working on it.”

The celebration for the first phase of Desert Sky on Power Road between Williams Field and Pecos roads is currently set for 5:30-8:30 p.m., Oct. 9 and will have a fitness theme, Merdon said.

Possible activities include a fun run, food trucks and archery.

Phase one includes multi-use fields, a playground and a lake.

Merdon said town staff will begin advertising the celebrations in August to the community.

Parks and Recreation Director Robert Carmona said the two park projects are

on track. He also updated the board on the status of The Strand, a 25-acre water park being built by a private developer next to the regional park. The park is expected to open in summer 2020.

Carmona said the project is in the master-plan stage now and he anticipated brining the developer in to meet the board sometime in late summer.

EARLY SIGNS OF TYPE 1 DIABETES • Increased thirst.

• Frequent urination.

• Bed-wetting in children who previously didn’t wet the bed during the night.

• Extreme hunger.

• Unintended weight loss.

• Irritability and other mood changes.

• Fatigue and weakness.

• Blurred vision.

(Source: Mayo Clinic)

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Blandford Homes buying auctioned town land

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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Gilbert developer is in escrow for 63.5 acres of town land at the southwest corner of Greenfield and Germann roads to build 222 single-family homes.

Blandford Homes’ gated community, called Stratford, would include a centrally located neighborhood park, two secondary, open-space areas with recreational amenities and walkways, according to senior planner Nathan Williams.

Nineteen percent of the land or 11 acres would be set aside for open space, exceeding the town’s requirement.

“They’ve done a nice job creating open space,” Williams said at a recent Planning Commission study session. “Overall the design of the subdivision is nice.”

Lot sizes range from 6,000 square feet to 7,740 square feet with a proposed 3.5 homes per acre.

The home sizes would range from 1,700 square feet to over 4,300 square feet, according to Williams.

The developer asked for a number of modifications to the town’s land develop-

Blandford Homes is eyeing the purchase of land the town put up for auction last year.

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ment code for its project such as lowering the separation fence height from the required 8 feet to 6 feet and dropping the porch depth from 6 feet to 4 feet.

Staff was still analyzing some of these requests for their justifications.

Commissioner Dave Cavenee said he wanted the perimeter fence to remain at 8 feet high, saying people can see over a 6-foot wall.

Chairman Brian Andersen objected to the request to make the porches smaller, saying four feet was not big enough to comfortably accommodate a chair.

The developer’s request for a rezone with a planned area development overlay should come back at a later date for a commission vote.

The 60 acres was originally intended for a regional park but Gilbert later found a new location near Higley and Queen Creek roads, where the park is under construction.

The town was criticized in 2009 for overpaying for that piece of land along with one other parcel, totaling approximately 140 acres.

The town auctioned both pieces of property in August and in September. Blandford Homes was the top bidder in both auctions, paying a total of $37.6 million.

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EV psychiatrist runs afoul of 2 medical boards

BY JORDAN HOUSTON GSN Staff Writer

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he way the medical boards of California and Arizona saw it before suspending him this year, East Valley psychiatrist Dr. James Matthew Crowley Ryan had other things in mind when three different women came to him for psychiatric care.

Investigators for the California Attorney General’s office said: When one woman told the Gilbert resident, then practicing in the San Diego area, that she had had an extramarital affair, he “told her that she should have more affairs” — then had one himself with her.

When a second woman told him of her history of sexual assault and panic attacks, he replied “Honey, I’ll prescribe whatever you want” — and made repeated efforts to seduce her while writing her prescriptions for powerful anti-anxiety medications.

When a third woman came to see a fellow psychiatrist, Ryan intervened and soon started dating her — writing

prescriptions for controlled anti-anxiety medications but keeping no records to justify their use.

And after the second patient complained to Chula Vista, California, police in May 2016, Ryan moved to set up his practice in east Mesa.

following an extensive investigation by the California Attorney General’s office.

In March, the Arizona Medical Board summarily suspended his license to practice here. The California Medical Board followed suit on June 10, even though it has had the results of the AG

Once a license is suspended, the board has 60 days “ to present the case for a full evidentiary hearing …. The physician will remain suspended until such time as the matter is concluded.

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– Patricia McSorley He told his wife in a handwritten birthday card that he was treating CIA secret agents, that one of the three women is “the highest rated assassin of the government,” that he is “the best psych that the U.S. government has and the only one to fix their agents,” and that he had to move and change his name, investigators said.

Ryan’s past caught up with him

investigation since December.

In its suspension, the Arizona Medical Board noted that Ryan “denied all allegations documented in the accusation.

Respondent reported to board staff that during the time period covered by the accusation, he was experiencing delirium that affected his ability to recall specific events.”

It also said that last February, he

“refused to enter into the practice restriction and that he did not intend to comply with the interim order” requiring that he be examined by a doctor.

That the California board waited until Arizona took action was not a surprise to private investigator Kenneth Kramer, who works for psychsearch.net, an arm of a Florida private investigation company and the world’s largest repository of disciplinary records on psychiatrists who go astray.

“Medical boards can be slow — years sometimes,” Kramer said. “It’s not common for one state to wait for another to act, so, this is astounding!

No suspension in California with all the allegations but when Arizona decides to protect its citizens and suspend him, California follows suit. That’s California for you – anything goes – permissive as hell!”

The Arizona board took action quickly because of the seriousness of the allegations, stating “the public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires

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Lawmakers explore new allowance strategy

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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tunned by the governor’s veto of a measure opposed by all but one of Gilbert's six legislators, some lawmakers already are exploring how they can finally get an increase in their living allowances.

Ducey, June 7, nixed legislation that would have more than doubled to $92.50 that daily allowance Maricopa County lawmakers get seven days a week for the time the Legislature is in session. The same measure would have tripled the daily allowance for legislators from the other 14 counties from $60 to $180.

Some lawmakers suggested the next bill eliminate Maricopa County lawmakers from any increase.

That strategy was endorsed by Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, the only Gilbert lawmaker who had voted for the bill last month. It drew “no” votes from the four other Republicans and one Democrat whose districts include parts of the town.

“I would be perfectly OK with that,’’ said Farnsworth, adding that he actually would have preferred that be the proposal “but

During a hearing last month, Arizona lawmakers considered a Republican measure to raise their daily allowance by more than 100 percent. (azleg.gov)

have no need for local lodging.

Ducey said he agreed with supporters that out-county lawmakers need more money since they have to find lodging during the legislative session. The bill would have more than tripled — from $60 to $180 — the daily allowance they get.

That can mean a hotel. But for many legislators it has meant having to rent or buy housing in the Phoenix area, as sessions can and have run for five or six months and it is difficult to get a half-year lease.

“Arizona is the sixth largest state in terms of land area,’’ the governor wrote. “So, for rural legislators and those representing areas outside of Maricopa County, there is a strong case to be made for ensuring we are appropriately recognizing what is required for them to be here at the state CapiThe 2016 Arizona Teacher of the Year Christine Marsh told lawmakers during a hearing tol in Phoenix during on their allowance increase that they knew what they were signing up for when they session.’’ ran and shouldn’t now be poor-mouthing taxpayers.(azleg.gov) Senate President Karen Fann said, that’s not what the bill was.’’

“There’s some of our members that were reBut that notion didn’t sit well with his ally counting (on the raise) to help get them fellow Gilbert Republican Rep. Travis through the cost of serving.

Grantham, who had voted against the allow“Expenses have just gotten so ridiculously ance increase, calling the action at the end of high just trying to find a place to live tempothe session “poor timing.’’ rarily,’’ the Prescott Republican told Capitol Grantham said lawmakers should not be Media Services, noting there are the times in any rush to ignore the needs of Maricopa that lawmakers need to be at the Capitol out County legislators like himself. He said even of session for hearings and meetings. they have expenses that can exceed $35 a Rep. Noel Campbell, R-Prescott, who day, though he said that perhaps the $92.50 sponsored the House version of the inwas not the right number. crease, said this isn’t about lawmakers lining The governor clearly was turned off by the their pockets. fact that the bill boosted the daily allowance “We have members that are living in mocollected by lawmakers who live in Mari- tor homes in not-very-nice locations,’’ he copa County from $35 a day. These are law- said. makers who can go home every night and Ducey had another objection to the bill:

It would have taken effect later this year, meaning that the lawmakers who voted for it would be the ones who benefit.

“Any change in the per diem rate should also be prospective, and apply to the next Legislature, which will be sworn in on Jan. 11, 2021, following the 2020 election,’’ the governor wrote to legislative leaders. “I am open to working with legislators on such a change next session.’’

Some lawmakers expressed outrage over the veto.

Sen. David Livingston, R-Peoria, suggested that the Republican governor may have done himself harm with the Legislature.

“He could have done something like this that would have benefited the 90 members, that would have made working relationships better,’’ Livingston said. “This makes it more strained.’’

Scottsdale Republican Rep. Jay Lawrence said Arizona constituents don’t appreciate their legislators like California’s do.

Noting lawmakers haven’t had a salary increase since voters approved the current $24,000 a year in 1998, Lawrence said California lawmakers get a per diem of $192 and added: “In California, they get over $100,000 a year, plus automobiles, plus, plus, plus….So, yeah, I believe we deserve more money because it’s an all-year job.’’

Campbell said the lack of what he believes is proper compensation rankles some of his colleagues.

“It just shows us they don’t think much about us, they don’t consider the needs that we have,’’ he said. “And, the truth of it is, nobody’s looking out for us except ourselves.’’

The idea of jettisoning an allowance hike for urban lawmakers to get Ducey’s signature on a bill definitely annoyed Campbell.

“I don’t like the divide-and-conquer thing,’’ he said. “That’s not good politics.’’

It also may not be a winning strategy because there are 53 lawmakers in Maricopa County versus 27 from the other 14 counties. That means it will take at least some of

their votes for rural lawmakers to get the allowance boost they say they need.

During floor debate last month, Campbell called the boost in the allowance “the right thing to do.’’

“We’re only asking to be reimbursed for our expenses,’’ he said.

But it wasn’t just Ducey who was hesitant about increasing the $35-a-day allowance to in-county lawmakers, those do not need a Phoenix apartment.

That allowance is paid for every day the Legislature is “in session.’’ That includes Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when lawmakers generally do not meet.

And legislators even get reimbursed for the mileage between their homes and the Capitol for every day there is an actual session.

Among the foes of the change was Rep. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, who last month said his driving distance to the Capitol was such that he didn’t need to be paid $92.50 a day.

Kern also questioned the “optics’’ of lawmakers approving a sharp increase in their allowance and doing so during the last days of the session.

The political risk of voting for a sharp increase in allowance did not escape Rep. Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff. But he urged colleagues to ignore that possibility.

“Let’s rip off the Band-Aid,’’ he said.

“Let’s ignore the folks that will beat us up over it, ‘cause it will go away,’’ Thorpe argued. “This will be forgotten.”

Livingston, for his part, said he’s not concerned about the political fallout of being a Maricopa County lawmaker seeking to boost his allowance.

“I’m very strong in my district,’’ he said.

“I go to a lot of things in my district,’’ Livingston continued. “So I figured I can take the arrows easier than anybody else.’’

Campbell had urged unanimous support, saying it would “give (political) cover to anybody who has questions about it ... and threaten us with retaliation because we voted to raise our per diem rate.’’

He didn’t get his wish.

The Senate vote was 22-7. There was even more doubt in the House where 23 of the 60 members voted against it.

Livingston also said there’s another reason that lawmakers, both in- and outcounty, need a bump in their allowance: the Tax Cut and Jobs Act signed in late 2017 by President Trump.

On one hand, that law cut tax rates and increased the standard deduction. But it also repealed a section of the tax code that, until

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Arizona Medical Board Executive Director Patricia McSorley explained, “Before the board summarily suspends a physician’s license, it must have evidence to conclude ‘that the public health, safety and welfare imperatively requires emergency action.”

“Once a license is suspended,” McSorley continued. “The board has 60 days to present the case for a full evidentiary hearing….The physician will remain suspended until such time as the matter is concluded.”

Ryan’s string of malpractice began in 2016 while working as a psychiatrist at Achieve Medical Center in California.

On March 2, a woman scheduled her

first appointment with Ryan to talk about her diagnosis, medication and marital issues. A week later, she confessed about having an extramarital affair.

Board documents state that Ryan told her about his own marriage problems, and said that she was beautiful and “stated he will give her whatever he wanted. He then continued kissing her,” the California AG report says.

The two quickly began a sexual relationship and Ryan convinced her to leave her husband, the AG reported.

At some point during the beginning of their relationship, the woman asked Ryan if he could still be her doctor and help with her medication.

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The woman’s husband called Ryan’s office around March 22 to complain about his behavior, and two days later she was transferred to another psychiatrist.

Around this time Ryan met with the second patient, the sexual assault survivor.

She later told investigators that Ryan made her feel uncomfortable from the get-go — hugging her for “too long” at the beginning of their appointment.

Despite the woman’s efforts to set boundaries, including telling Ryan that she didn’t like to be touched, the psychiatrist attempted to hold her hand and rub her legs during their second appointment.

Investigators found that Ryan told the woman he wanted to make her feel better and would prescribe her anything she wanted — much like he did with the first woman.

He also showed shirtless pictures of himself and talked about his gym routine.

“He told her she did not need to work out because she had a perfect body,” investigators said.

A few days later she reported him to Chula Vista Police.

Wasting no time, Ryan left a handwritten note for his wife on May 8.

He told his wife that she would not be allowed to know his new name or discuss any of the information electronically.

Between February 2016 and January 2017, the psychiatrist wrote nine prescriptions for the third woman for controlled substances, California investigators found.

He had no progress notes to justify any of the medication, according to investigators, who noted that during a sworn statement at a deposition, the woman said she had no knowledge of what any of the medications he prescribed her were.

The Arizona Medical Board unanimously voted on March 8 to summarily suspend the man’s license for practicing in Arizona.

“For Arizona licensed physicians,” said McSorley, “Once the agency finds evidence that a physician may be unsafe to practice medicine, the process allows for the board to take immediate steps to protect the public.”

Ryan will not be allowed to practice until his case is heard by an administrative law judge and a recommendation is made to the board about what should be done.

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this year, gave employees a deduction for the amount of out-of-pocket expenses they incurred that were not reimbursed by their employer.

The net result, said Livingston, is that lawmakers whose actual expenses exceed the current per diem rates no longer can deduct the difference from their adjusted income in computing their federal and state taxes.

During the debate on the bill last month, Rep. Aaron Lieberman, D-Phoenix, questioned the idea of lawmakers approving more money for themselves even when they refused just last week to restore all of the funds that have been cut during the recession in state aid to public schools.

The whole idea of the vote — particularly on what is shaping up to be the last day of the legislative session — drew raised eyebrows from teachers who have been at the Capitol monitoring the votes on spending bills.

“I can’t get beyond the irony of your plight and how it is so incredibly parallel to what is going on with teachers,’’ testified Christine Marsh. She was named the 2016 teacher of the year and was one of the prime proponents of higher pay for educators.

Marsh pointed out that proponents of the allowance hike, like Rep. Charlene Fernandez, D-Yuma, have said the legislators’ pay has resulted in few people being interested

in running for the Legislature.

“And yet that, of course, is what teachers are facing,’’ Marsh said.

She said lawmakers voting to hike their expenses should be ready for other parallels, like people telling them they knew what the job paid when they took it and they shouldn’t complain about the pay.

“That’s what we hear,’’ Marsh said. “And it’s offensive and not very cool.’’

Rep. Bret Roberts, R-Maricopa, argued that that this is different, as the allowance for lawmakers comes out of the House and Senate budgets, not the state general fund which is where the dollars are allocated for teacher pay raises.

That, however, drew a verbal slap from Fernandez who pointed out that all of the cash, whether for teacher salaries or legislative payments, comes from the same pocket of tax dollars.

Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, said that, under different circumstances, she might have opposed the hike in allowance.

But she pointed out that lawmakers last year approved a 9 percent increase in the average pay for teachers, with another 5 percent in the budget for this coming school year and 5 percent more earmarked for the following year.

“Having done that in the past year and the past days, I think this is appropriate,’’ Udall said.

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Census citizen question could cost state new seat in Congress

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rizona is in danger of losing out on a new congressional seat because if the Trump administration is successful in adding a citizenship question to the U.S. Census, according to a new study and analysis.

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University ran sample census questions past groups of Hispanics, half asked whether those in the household are citizens and half without that question.

Researchers found that Hispanics skipped significantly more questions in the survey that had the citizenship question.

“Extrapolating our results to the general population, we estimate that asking about citizenship would reduce the share of Hispanics recorded by the Census by ap-

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proximately 6.08 million, or around 12.03 percent of the 2010 Hispanic population, a sizable reduction in the share of the U.S. population that would be recorded as Hispanic,’’ the report says.

Matthew Baum, a professor of global communications at Harvard who worked on the study, said the results are even more nuanced than that.

“People who are Hispanic from Mexico or Central America are especially likely to be skipping questions’’ versus those of Cuban or Puerto Rican heritage, he told Capitol Media Services.

“In addition, having the citizenship question decreases the number of Hispanic household members that people report in addition to themselves,’’ Baum said, meaning an undercount of people living in that specific residence.

That has political implications.

The decennial count determines how

many of the 435 seats in the U.S. House are allocated to each state.

Last year Election Data Services concluded that shifts in population from the Northeast to the South and West pretty much guaranteed that Arizona would pick up a 10th House seat.

That organization’s Kimball Brace said that’s because Arizona is adding residents at a pace faster than much of the rest of the country, with 780,000 new residence since the 2010 Census when the last lines were drawn. That’s a 12.1 percent increase, versus the national average of less than 6 percent.

But Bryce Dietrich, a research fellow at the Shorenstein Center who also wrote the study, worked with the Washington Post to figure out some state-by-state figures of what a citizenship question might do.

That produced a Hispanic undercount in Arizona of nearly 363,000. And when that is subtracted from state’s tally, it brings the percent population change since 2010 down to just 6.5 percent, close to the national average.

And what that means is that any additional seat that Arizona could have gained through population growth would be lost.

He told Capitol Media Services a state like Arizona is particularly susceptible to

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“It’s not the number of Hispanics that you have within the state,’’ Dietrich said.

“But it’s the proportion of Hispanics that might respond negatively to the citizenship question,’’ he said. “So if you have a state that has a large number of Hispanics, for example, and a low population, that’s a state that can theoretically be at risk.’’

Elizabeth Berry, a press aide to Gov. Doug Ducey, did not address specific questions asked of the governor about the findings.

Instead she cited the state’s “tremendous growth’’ in the decade and desire to ensure that the 2020 count accurately reflects the state’s population.

“We’re continuing to work with state, local, federal and private sectors partners to do just that,’’ Berry said.

But the Ducey already has pronounced that he is siding with the Trump administration in its bid to add the citizenship question, telling Capitol Media Services in April that he – unlike officials in 18 states and various cities and counties that have sued – does not see a problem and does not believe it will result in an undercount.

“There’s a number of different questions the federal government chooses to ask,’’ the governor said at the time. “And I think to get a handle of who’s here, who’s a citizen and who’s not is a fair question.”

The governor, however, did issue an executive order at the same time to educate Arizonans about why the decennial exercise is important, saying each person counted translates into $887 annually in federal dollars.

“Given the current conservative rhetoric and policies regarding immigrants and immigration, some U.S. residents – particularly Hispanics – may be primed to be skeptical of the government’s motives if the citizenship question is introduced,’’ the report says, adding: “For example, although some may be the citizenship question as just another demographic variable, in an environment where the Trump White House has heavily primed Hispanic distrust in government, others may perceive the same question as unfairly targeting specific groups or as discriminatory.’’

It’s not just political clout that matters.

In 2015 the federal government distributed $675 billion based on Census data.

States and communities with undercounts are most at risk of not getting their share.

Using Ducey’s estimate of $887 per resident, the potential 363,000 undercount would mean the loss of more than $320 million.

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Brenda, through an interpreter, explained she left her hometown after her 14-year-old sister was murdered by a gang.

She feared going to the police, which she said is corrupt. Violent crime such as armed robbery and murder is common and gang activity such as extortion, violent street crime and narcotics trafficking is widespread in Guatemala, according to the U.S. State Department.

It took the family 10 days to trek more than 700 miles to Mexico, where they were met by the Mexican federal police who ordered everyone off the bus and took their money and belongings, Brenda said.

The family, using hidden money and a food supply consisting of cookies and juice boxes, then walked for five days to the Arizona-Mexico border at Yuma, where they were detained for two days

by ICE. Vineyard Community, with a congregation of approximately 400, is currently the only church in Gilbert partnering with the Alliance of Christian Leaders of the East Valley to offer migrants food, clothing and temporary shelter.

Magdalena Schwartz, a Mesa pastor and director of the Alliance, said that she was first contacted by ICE on Oct. 12 and asked if she could find a church that could house 11 migrants.

Schwartz and other Alliance leaders began calling churches in Arizona, in

Associate Pastor David Hinman leads newly arrived migrant children in prayer, above, while the youngest of the 23 children dropped off by ICE at Vineyard Community Church is held by his mom.

(Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

hopes of finding the help they needed. In the end, 10 churches agreed to open their doors but more churches are needed, Schwartz said.

The number of Central American migrants fleeing poverty, corruption and violence in their home countries continue

to rise unabated with many flocking to the U.S.-Mexico border seeking sanctuary.

They turn themselves in to federal agents and are placed in ICE custody, where their asylum case begins.

Agents review the families’ plans, ensuring that they have a place to stay in the United States while they await a resolution on their petitions, which may take several weeks. ICE did not respond to a request for comment.

Migrants can be held in detention facilities for up to 40 days while their cases are being resolved, ICE Executive Associate Director Matthew T. Albence said in a statement.

However, ICE can’t hold children in its facilities for more than 20 days because of limitations that are part of a settlement to a lawsuit. In 2015, this requirement was extended to include children and their parents.

Because of the large number of immigrant families arriving at the border, the system is stretched to its limit.

In early October, the agency began

Brenda holds her 5-month-old son, the youngest of the two dozen kids at the facility.

(Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

reaching out to nongovernmental organizations, asking for their assistance with housing, transporting and providing other services for the families.

“Since October 2018 when we started doing this, we’ve helped over 90,000 people,” Schwartz said of the Alliance.

“Eighty percent of the families we receive here are from Guatemala.”

Hinman said Vineyard Community will continue to open its doors to migrants as long as needed.

“If we didn’t help them, a lot of them would be on the streets,” Hinman said.

“And that would be even more tragic.”

The one thing he noticed with the families helped by the church is their gratitude, he said.

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Mainor smiled when asked what his thoughts were of reaching the United States.

“I feel very happy to be here for my children,” he said through an interpreter.

He added it was amazing no one in his family got sick during the journey, saying “God was protecting us.”

Lori Kaake, director of Migrant Family Services for the church, said on average 50 migrants arrived every Thursday to Vineyard.

Since Feb. 6, the church and its volunteers have helped well over 1,000 migrants, the youngest being 3 months old, she said.

The church’s most recent group of migrants came from countries including Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

Once they arrived, they were served a meal, allowed to shower and given a fresh supply of donated clothing and a backpack. Schwartz was also on hand to greet the families in Spanish and sing to the children and lead them in prayer.

An area in the church was set aside to provide minor medical care by volunteers, including a registered nurse.

After the families’ physical needs were met, they waited for their travel

confirmation. Church volunteers take them to a Greyhound bus station or Sky Harbor International Airport for the next leg of their journey.

For families unable to make the trip that day, they are housed by a host family or at the church’s youth ministry room, which turns into a giant bedroom with cots, according to Kaake.

Most of the migrants who have arrived to Valley churches ended up going elsewhere to join their families or sponsors, according to Schwartz.

Only two families from the latest group ended up staying in Phoenix with the rest going to places such as Indianapolis, Chicago, New Jersey and Florida. Brenda and her family were heading to Los Angeles.

While Vineyard Community hasn’t encountered any opposition because of their work, other Valley churches haven’t been so lucky.

In particular, The Grove church in Chandler and its volunteers have been harassed by anti-immigration groups that were sued in federal court last week by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Although The Grove is not mentioned in the suit, the center cited the Alliance of Christian Leaders of the East Valley as victims of the harassment.

“Through a megaphone,” the lawsuit alleged, the demonstrators “yelled insults

One of the youngest of the group of migrants welcomed by Vineyard Community Church in Gilbert plays with a toy telephone. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

and accusations, including ‘You’re not really a house of God; you’re a cash machine;’ ‘You’re not providing aid; you’re making bank;’ and ‘I guess you don’t get $1,800 per head for conservatives, huh?

Americans just don’t pay as much as illegal aliens.’”

They also were accused of videotaping the migrant women and children and posting the videos on social media, calling the churches part of a “federal-funded human trafficking ring,” according to the suit.

Thus began Schwartz’s rigorous

schedule of coordinating the drop-offs with each church. Some churches open their doors once a month, others every other week.

Schwartz is identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center in its lawsuit as one of the victims of harassment by antiimmigration demonstrators, who call themselves part of Patriot Movement AZ, identified by the center as a hate group.

“The claims of sex and human trafficking were completely unsubstantiated,” the lawsuit stated.

“Defendants made these claims specifically because they were highly offensive and would further their antiimmigrant social and political agenda.

Defendants had no proof to support these allegations but persisted in spreading these falsehoods deliberately or recklessly.”

Schwartz knows what it’s like for people to be forced out of their homeland. Thirty years ago, she left Chile for the United States, fleeing economic hardships. She had two young children and worried they would have no future there.

Her family arrived here with nothing, she said, and relied on the goodwill of her sister, Elizabeth, who opened a room in her home for Schwartz’s family to stay.

“I’m doing this because I’m grateful,” Schwartz said. “If somebody did (this) for me, I like to do for another.”

Freelance writer Devan Sauer contributed to this report.

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Magdelina Schwwartz entertains some of the children who were among the 50 migrants ICE dropped off at Vineyard Community Church in Gilbert as they prepared to leave in a day for various cities across the country.

(Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

Churches that want to partner with Alliance of Christian Leaders of the East Valley can contact Magdalena Schwartz at magdalenachilena@gmail.com or 480-221-7970.

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Gilbert teen competing in state pageant

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mber Abeita of Gilbert and Caitlin Martin of Chandler both have one thing in common — the goal of spreading anti-bullying awareness through the Miss America platform.

Amber, wearing the title of Miss Queen Creek’s Outstanding Teen, will compete in the Miss Arizona Outstanding Teen competition June 19-22 at the Mesa Arts Center. Caitlin, who officially holds the title of “Miss Gilbert,” will take a shot at Miss Arizona.

Both will be showcasing their anti-bullying platforms.

Coming from a wrestling background, Amber said she didn’t always have ambitions to be a pageant girl.

“I grew up wrestling and I was super passionate about it,” she said. “I didn’t have that poise, polish or articulation —

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going into pageants was so intimidating.

It was a lot of work and a lot tears were shed.”

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continued.

The 16-year-old said she realized that the pageant title could help her nonprofit organization, LiveLikeLexi, expand its reach.

LiveLikeLexi honors the late Alexis Schultz, one of Amber’s closest friends, who passed away unexpectedly in November 2015.

It was co-founded by Alexis’ mother and Amber, and seeks to fight bullying in schools by offering anti-bullying curriculum.

The non-profit will also offer scholarships to students from the class of 2020 that embody the organization’s core values.

“Lexi was a huge anti-bullying advocate growing up — she was extremely passionate about it,” said Abeita. “Following her passing, myself, her mom and

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Musician from Israel inspires day campers

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musician born and raised in Israel is infusing cultural lessons and fun into camps at the East Valley Jewish Community Center in Chandler this summer.

Erez Kessler, who is originally from Dimona, Israel; is the new music specialist for the children and teens at Camp Rimon at the community center at 908 N. Alma School Road in Chandler. The camp, which began last month runs through Aug. 2.

Camp Rimon Katan is a day camp for youths ages 2 to pre-kindergarten and Camp Rimon Gadol serves youths in kindergarten through ninth grades. “Katan” is Hebrew for small and “gadol” means big in Hebrew.

“Rimon” means “pomegranate” in Hebrew and also signifies abundance as pomegranates have many seeds.

Kessler, 40, who sings and plays guitar, has taught music and worked as a camp counselor around the United States. He is teaching music to all the campers.

Erez Kessler, who is originally from Dimona, Israel; is the new music specialist for the children and teens at Camp Rimon at the East Valley Jewish Community Center. {Pablo Robles/Staff Photographer}

Recently he sang “The Wheels on the Bus” with younger children and in another session the oldest campers, in sixth through ninth grades, asked to sing a Taylor Swift song.

Kessler has been teaching music to children for more than 16 years and married his wife and moved to the United States permanently about ten years ago.

He grew up listening to Israeli singers whose music his parents played in their home and then he began listening to European and American music on MTV. Kessler loves U2, Guns N’ Roses and Queen.

He started playing the recorder in fourth grade and then learned on his own and from friends how to play guitar. He played in a rock band and was its lead singer from ages 16 to 18 and loves working with children and teens.

Kessler is thrilled to work in the position at the East Valley Jewish Community Center this summer.

“I love this,” he said. “I like the people here. I really enjoy the kids. Everything’s new for them. Music was not so big over here before. All my songs I teach they hear it for the first time. Music is the best way to develop kids.” teenagers find constructive things to do like painting houses.

Kessler also performed songs and dances in a hotel and at community centers in Israel.

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The teen said she hopes her platform will shine through at this year’s competition.

“I truly understand that the opportunity to hold this title is such a huge honor,” she said. “It could take my platform to not only a bigger level statewide, but also the national level. It would give it more credibility.”

To prep for the big day, Amber has been practicing her singing and piano skills.

She has even prepared her own sheet music, she explained.

“I feel a lot more confident this year, I got my gown from Colorado and I’m really excited to show off the work I’ve done and cheer on the other girls,” she said.

“Competition week is so much fun, I think a lot of people assume the claws are out,” she continued. “But everyone is kind of there to hang out and have a good time.”

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Caitlin — who teaches kindergarten in Laveen — said she got into the pageant industry by chance.

The 22-year-old said she was recruited by her local director in 2018 for the Miss Gilbert competition.

“I got contacted by my local directors a month before the competition being like, ‘We got your name from your best friend and we think you’d be a great fit,” she said.

“Two weeks later they said they didn’t have enough girls to compete and I thought it’d be a great medium for me to share my platform. If not, I gave it my best shot and did something new.”

At the time, she had already co-founded the non-profit organization, The Emergent Collective.

The Collective’s mission, according to its website, is to offer holistic care and an “empowering environment” to women.

A co-op of wellness professionals — it offers care in the areas of nutrition, wellness coaching, life coaching and counseling.

Now, Caitlin is hoping to share her platform, The Wonder Woman Movement: Empowered Women Empower Women, at the statewide stage.

“It’s about teaching girls about anti-

bullying techniques,” she said. “We as women work really competitively with each other when, in reality, we work so much better collaboratively.”

Adding: “We work to help women of all different life paths and at different stages of their lives build their confidence through collaboration. We want to reach young girls when they’re still growing.”

She told the Gilbert Sun News that her platform comes from a place of personal experience.

Growing up in a small school, Martin said she had a hard time transitioning into a larger high school.

She found herself being bullied by other girls often.

“Even the girls doing the whispering...I heard whispers about them,” she said. “I wanted to be that person that showed girls that felt like they didn’t know where else to turn to — or who were hurting themselves — that there is a different path and you say it’s not okay to hurt other people’s feelings.”

Caitlin now travels to different schools to meet with classes and conduct assemblies that focus on girl-on-girl bullying.

“It’s an epidemic,” Caitlin said.

If she wins the Miss Arizona title, Caitlin hopes to use its visibility to contin-

ue spreading the message that women thrive when they all get along.

“It goes so much further for the people who I reach with my platform,” she said.

“I want to continue spreading my platform and being the good light, going to events and raising money for awesome organizations in our community.”

So far, her biggest preparation efforts have included dancing and vocal lessons every day and practicing her interviewing skills.

According to the Miss Arizona website, the Miss Arizona winner will receive a $10,000 scholarship while the Miss Arizona’s Outstanding Teen will win $2,000.

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Vision became a big part of the international Lions clubs’ philanthropy after Helen Keller, an author and activist who became deaf and blind at a young age urged them to champion vision as a cause in 1925.

Ticlo also loves the Chandler Lions Club’s “Blinded by De-Light” events which enable people to feel what it’s be like to be sightless. Last year at one such event, people sat in a movie theater and heard sounds and descriptions of a movie via earphones with no picture.

During her reign as Miss Arizona, Ticlo volunteered with the Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the

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She joined people making beaded bracelets at the Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired and handing out medals to those who took part in a 5K run. In that run, children who are blind would hold onto a pole and a runner with vision would guide them.

She is also excited to tell people about the Be My Eyes free app that links people with blindness or limited vision with sighted volunteers and company representatives who help them do things through live video calls.

When she spoke and met people who had brain injuries during a Rays of Hope 2019 conference in Phoenix, Ticlo was especially touched by a man who had suffered a brain injury when he was struck by lightning. He showed her a mask he painted to tell his story.

Sometimes people believe people who are blind or visually impaired can’t work, she said.

“That’s absolutely not true,” Ticlo said.

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They are some of the most adaptive and resilient people I have ever met. Any qualified applicant should have the opportunity to pursue the career of their dreams.”

As a nod to her heritage, Ticlo performed Bollywood dances while competing as Miss Arizona and at the Miss America competition. She started dancing at 13, doing jazz and hip-hop and then took classes in Bollywood dancing with her mother. She started competing in pageants at about 21 and was in the Miss Arizona competition twice previously before winning.

“Every candidate has the opportunity to win a scholarship just by competing on the stage,” Ticlo said. “That was a wonderful bonus. The sisterhood was great. You meet these amazing women.”

Serving as Miss Arizona 2018 also helped her, teaching her how to balance different activities and gave her a chance to make more contacts in the volunteer world.

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Ticlo, 25, of Chandler, will begin her one-year term as president on July 1, taking over from Ruth Jon Wick, who served in the position for three years.

Ticlo had served as one of the organization’s vice-presidents last year and first got her feet wet with the Chandler Lions Club 10 years ago while a student at Hamilton High School.

She had been a member of the Leo Club for high school students who work with the Lions and learn about community service. Her platform as Miss Arizona was to support people with vision impairment, a big focus of the Lions Clubs.

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He wanted to be an actor originally and started studying drama at a small college in Tel Aviv but missed home and left the college to go back to Dimona.

In 2003 Kessler signed up with a Jewish Israeli agency to work in a Jewish summer camp in the United States. He The next summer the CEO of the Jewish Community Center in Scottsdale came to Israel and interviewed Kessler to be a music specialist at a camp in Scottsdale. When he took the job, he fell in love with Arizona.

Kessler returned in 2005 to teach even more summer campers, a group of 800 youths, at the Jewish Community Center in Scottsdale.

After returning to Israel and mourning the death of a close friend, who he said “pushed me to be on stage,” he thought he would not return to the United States.

But he returned to the United States to chaperone two Israeli teenagers who traveled to Pennsylvania to stay with a host family and then competed in the Maccabi Games, in which Jewish athletes participate.

In 2008 he got a call from the head of the Jewish Community Center in Scott-

sdale again, asking if he would serve as emcee and master of ceremony for an Israel Independence Day celebration and then stay to work at a day camp.

While staying in the Valley, his host family set up a Shabbat dinner and introduced him to a woman, Anna. The two started dating and she later visited him in Israel. Kessler and Anna eventually got married and Kessler moved to the Valley permanently.

For a while he sold fruit from a stand in downtown Phoenix. Later he began working as a music specialist and teacher of the “Ones” class at Chanen Preschool at Congregation Beth Israel in Scottsdale.

In summer 2016 he began working, teaching music to preschoolers at the Jewish Community Center in Scottsdale.

He will return there after finishing at the summer camp at East Valley Jewish Community Center.

In the camps at East Valley Jewish Community Center, Kessler teaches youths about Israel, including where it is on the map, what food people eat there and what the terrain is like.

The children learn to play traditional Israeli games and Kessler plays Hebrew and English songs and the campers often sing with him.

“I like it all,” Kessler said. “I enjoy the

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Kids like Erez Kessler’s musical interaction as he teaches them Hebrew and English language songs and plays guitar. (Pablo Robles/Staff Photographer)

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I love the kids. I’m not pushing the religion, I’m pushing the culture. They love it.”

Pam Morris, director of Camp Rimon Katan and the EVJCC’s Early Childhood Education Director, praised Kessler.

“An important part of our summer camp is music and movement!” Morris said. “From our two’s all the way to our oldest campers, Erez Kessler infuses

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“When our preschool children are with him, you see the joy on their faces when they are marching to the Train song and playing ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ in Hebrew and English.

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o, you’ve bought a new home and are ready to move — meaning you may be exposing yourself to one of the more frequent scams around, according to state Attorney General Mark Brnovich.

He’s warning people that besides being stressful, moving can make people a victim of scams that “can result in lost or damaged possessions, hundreds or even thousands of dollars in ‘extra’ fees, and hours/days of wasted time.

“Moving is stressful enough and Arizonans should be able to trust a moving company with their most valuable possessions,” said. “Arizona consumers need to be wary of moving scams and know their rights.”

Moving scams can include false advertising, undisclosed fees, possessions being “held hostage,” and low-ball prices. Some movers will quote a low price, load all of a consumer’s household goods, and then refuse to unload the goods until the consumer pays a higher price.

The “hostage loads” are “illegal and

put consumers in an impossible position of either paying a scammer or risking the loss of their possessions,” Brnovich’s office said in a release, noting movers must accurately disclose information about fees, charges and insurance before loading.

The law “also prohibits movers from adding additional costs on the back end and refusing to deliver goods unless they provided consumers with an upfront, written estimate and the consumer has not paid that previously agreed upon amount,” the AG said/.

But that doesn’t mean customers have no worries.

He advises people who are moving to follow these tips: Thoroughly research moving companies. Before hiring a company, check on a business’s complaint history and reputation with organizations like the Better Business Bureau. Start your research early. Read online reviews.

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federal crackdown on certain nomoney-down home loan programs may hurt thousands of cash-strapped home buyers, according to a recent report in Realtor.com.

“Concerned about risky mortgages reminiscent of the housing bust, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently called for national groups to stop lending down payments to home buyers seeking Federal Housing Administration loans, it said, noting, “buyers who don’t pony up a down payment are more likely to default on their loans."

In response to the changes, the Chenoa Fund sued HUD last month. The Native American financial group, which provides down-payment assistance on more than 70,000 FHA loans across the country each year, serves clients who typically have lower credit scores and live in poorer states.

They do have to repay the down payment loan, often at interest rates about half a percentage point higher than market rate.

Down-payment assistance is key for many would-be home buyers who can handle a monthly mortgage payment, but have difficulty scraping up the down payment.

Escalating home prices make that even more challenging and has led about a third of buyers today to tap into some sort of down-payment assistance program, according to the Urban Institute.

Most home buyers seeking mortgages don’t put the traditionally standard 20 percent down on a property. The median down payment was 13 percent in 2018, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Already, renters have opted out of leases as their home-closing date nears—only to learn their much-needed assistance is in jeopardy, Realtor.com reported.

However, former FHA head Ed Golding, now an adviser to the Urban Institute, says HUD is correct to rein in national down-payment groups. After all, the housing crisis a decade ago was set off when buyers who weren’t able to afford their loans began defaulting.

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Cromford Report noted.

“These were not the only new records. The monthly median sales price of $278,000 is a new record high. The annual median sales price is also at a new record high at $265,900,” it added.

Average price per square foot “is nowhere near setting a new record, because the homes being sold today are much larger than those being sold at the last peak,” it said Current trends also still favor sellers, the report said, and a small bright spot for buyers involving available homes for sale may not last much longer.

The report found that June so far continuing May’s strong showing, noting that the first week of this month saw 1,932 closings – “a very large increase” over the same period of time a year ago and “a record number for the first week of June,” the report said.

“It is unlikely that anyone would have predicted a May like this back in January,” it said, citing the sluggish start of the year.

“June looks pretty good too, but it has almost no chance of beating May. June 2019 starts and ends with a weekend and has only 20 working days, so we should expect a 9 percent fall in sales and dollar

volume during June compared with May,” the report said.

It also had this warning for buyers who were hoping to see more inventory and a leveling in prices: “Although June is very likely to deliver lower volume numbers than May, the balance between buyers and sellers is swinging hard in favor of sellers.

“Supply is still higher than last year, but it is dropping faster than it did at this point a year ago. New listings are arriving at roughly the same rate as 2018 so the reason supply is falling is that homes are going under contract faster than last year.”

Cromford recently expressed puzzlement over some poor reviews of the metro housing market.

“We are still seeing pessimistic commentary about the housing market in

many national press reports,” it said.

“It is extremely hard to reconcile that commentary with the facts on the ground in Greater Phoenix. I suppose things must be a lot worse outside Arizona. In the ARMLS database we are recording the highest ever spending on housing.”

Nationally, Realtor.com reported that the dollar volume for all closed sales in May was $3.64 billion.

“This is the highest number we have ever recorded, surpassing the prior record set in June 2018,” the site said.

Although Realtor.com reported that real estate agents see the “housing market is tipping in favor of buyers,” that appears to mean that the rate of price increases is slowing – a trend analysts have been citing most of this year so far.

“Existing-home sales slipped relative to last month and last year,” said Mike Fratantoni, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association.

“However, the unadjusted data shows some strength,” he added. “We view it as a positive that inventories continue to increase, although the supply of homes on the market remains relatively tight and the pace of home-price increases continues to decelerate.”

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Check mover’s registration with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and have a U.S. DOT number. Arizona has no registration or professional licensing requirements for movers.

Beware of extremely low estimates.

Dishonest moving companies will lowball estimates and then illegally demand more before loading the truck.

Ask about charges or additional fees.

Moving companies may charge additional fees for travel time, packing materials, stairs or gas, and/or have minimum charges. Get a detailed, upfront and written estimate.

Move valuable items separately by yourself.

Have proper insurance. Most moving insurance is based upon weight and not the value of your goods, so expensive heavy items may not have enough basic coverage if damaged in the move. Most insurance companies will require you to purchase additional insurance if you want to cover the cost of any mishaps beyond the basic level of coverage. Read the insurance coverage and ask questions before signing any contract.

If a company holds goods hostage, call police and call the AG at 602-542-5763.

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any buyers understand that knowing a home’s days on market (DOM) is absolutely critical intel.

Why? Because the number of days a home spends on the market directly affects the price of a home. Plus, this information can be used to the buyer’s benefit to negotiate a lower price. “’Days on market’ is the number of days that a property has been listed on the local multiple listing services (MLS) until a seller has accepted an offer and signed a contract,” said Ryan Substad, a real estate investor and owner of NorthWestPropertySolutions.com. It can also be referred to as “time on market” or “market time.”

When browsing home listings, buyers should always take a look at the number of days on market to determine how other buyers are reacting to the property.

A house that has only been on the market a few days typically means that home could go at the asking price or higher, said one Realtor. But a home that has been on the market for a longer period of time, say 187 days, is likely overpriced in most markets.”

This is usually a sign the seller seriously misread the market.

While a high DOM can be a sign to buyers that something is wrong with the house, it can also indicate a potential bargain.

“Buyers and their agents can use days on market as a search filter to identify homes that have been listed for a long time,” said Brian Davis, a real estate investor, landlord, and co-founder at SparkRental.com.

While DOM can indicate sellers who are refusing to budge on their asking price, it can also identify sellers who haven’t received offers and who may be open to a dramatically lower offer. Because the last thing sellers want is for their house to get

stale on the market.

“A home with a high DOM tends to get overlooked because it becomes the ‘rotten banana,’” said Burmester. “It could be a beautiful home that was just overpriced from the start, but after weeks or months on the market, everyone wonders, ‘What is wrong with this house?’”

And that perception can be difficult to recover from.

Generally speaking, the longer a house is on the market, the more there’s the potential for buyers to score a great deal.

“Depending on the market, a home that’s been on the market for a long time begs for negotiation in a real estate agent’s mind,” said Burmester.

Buyers and their agents can often learn more about the seller’s urgency to sell by calling the property’s listing agent.

“Ask probing questions about why the property has sat so long on the market,” said Bryan Stoddard of HomewaresInsider.com.

Also feel out the seller’s openness to

lower offers. While listing agents can’t violate their fiduciary responsibility to their sellers, you can usually gauge a seller’s openness to lower offers based on how the listing agent responds.

You can then arrive at an offer with your agent by researching recent comparable sales.

Be sure to ask your agent to do a deep dive on a listing’s full history so you will know exactly how long the home has been for sale.

An overpriced home can be the result of sellers who think their house is the best in the neighborhood and won’t deviate from that idea, no matter what.

“Some sellers don’t understand that buyers set the market numbers,” noted Burmester.

You can figure out your home valuation by entering your address into an online home value estimator, which will give you a free evaluation of what your home is worth, based on recent home sales in the area, among other things. But that’s just a starting point—remain objective and talk in-depth with your agent to avoid a high DOM. From Realtor.com

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The majority of our specialists will actually have most of their time dedicated in the East Valley. Their time is focused on the East Valley. By exception they come down to the main campus. Some of them do highly unique specialized procedures and care.

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highly experienced healthcare executive resident and mother of young twins is steering the growth and development of expanded services for babies, children and women in the East Valley.

Lee Ann Benson, 38, took the reins as the new vice president of the East Valley market for Phoenix Children’s in earlier this year.

It is a busy time for Benson and the rest of the team as Phoenix Children’s is expanding outpatient services with a new medical office building. About 80,000 square feet with 45,000 square feet operated by Phoenix Children’s providers at Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center’s campus.

That medical building is expected to open in next January.

Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s Hospital are also jointly building the Dignity Health Phoenix Children’s Women & Children’s Pavilion at the Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, 3555 S. Val Vista Drive in Gilbert. That center is expected to open in early 2021.

Phoenix Children’s already runs a 22-bed Pediatric Inpatient Unit at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center where pediatric-trained nurses and hospitalists work 24 hours a day.

Phoenix Children’s Care Network (PCCN) collaborates with more than 170 pediatricians and specialists in the East Valley and Phoenix Children’s pediatric specialists are available for consults at Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center.

Benson had previously worked as the vice president of Pediatric Network Development and Growth at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee.

Benson is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and previously she served on the Board of Directors for the American College of Healthcare Executives of Middle Tennessee chapter and on the Tennessee Regents Advisory Council.

She was honored with the President’s Award of Excellence from the American College of Healthcare Executives of Middle Tennessee in 2018.

Benson also received the American

Lee Ann Benson, 38, took the reins as the new vice president of the East Valley market for Phoenix Children’s in January. the Dignity Health Phoenix Children’s Women & Children’s Pavilion at the Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. (Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer)

College of Healthcare Executives Regent’s Early Careerist Award and she was nominated for the “Nashville Business Journal’s” Top 40 Under 40 Awards.

We asked her about her job and the projects she oversees.

What are your responsibilities?

This is a new role for Phoenix Children’s.

It really came about because of our growing presence in the East Valley. We’re committed to just becoming an integral part of the community. Having a leader whose focus was that community was a key part of that.

It’s very much a collaborative project with Dignity Health. Dignity is leading the construction efforts. They have collaborated with Phoenix Children’s.

Talk about the new Women & Children’s Pavilion.

Adding these new services will really provide a comprehensive scope of care for pregnant women and their children. We’re really focused on the continuum. We with Dignity are there for the entire journey. We’ll actually have the only dedicated pediatric emergency department in the East Valley.

So, for all of those unexpected injuries and illnesses, we’ll have (services) there 24 hours a day, seven days a week (for) broken

bones, beans in ears. One of the incredible services we’ll be adding is a 60-bed, level three neonatal intensive care unit, for premature babies, babies with medical or surgical (needs), private rooms designed for the babies and the family will have space to stay in there.

The neonatal intensive care unit will be adjacent to the post-partum unit. You always want to plan for the what ifs…just in case the baby needs some specialized care.

It will create this seamless continuity of care for moms and children.

We also will be adding six operating rooms and two procedural suites. The operating rooms are specifically for children so Phoenix Children’s will operate those. …

The key design principle is all around family-centered care, keeping families is a key part of the care team, creating spaces for them to support them. It’s just this great comprehensive program for both women and their babies and children as they grow.

How will the pavilion differ from the Pediatric Inpatient Unit?

The difference will be in the new Women and Children’s Pavilion, we will also have a wide range of specialists. It will be a broaderrange of services. We offer over 20 subspecialties in the East Valley.

What types of medicine/treatment are most needed in the region?

The population growth in the East Valley has really just been astounding. The majority of that growth has been for young families. We know that easily accessible, high quality care lends itself to healthier communities and overall wellness.

That was really the catalyst for Phoenix Children’s growing in the East Valley. We need comprehensive services right there in the backyard.

What advice do you have for any expecting mothers?

When I was pregnant with my twins, I think to understand where the best service is available, planning for the what ifs, if your child would need specialty care, as they’re making decisions about where to go.

There are different classes and things like that. Mercy Gilbert offers a wide array of courses for families to learn, everything from how to care for a newborn, car-seat safety. Finding a pediatrician that aligns well with you and the East Valley is blessed with many wonderful physicians.

Having a great pediatrician partner is building that relationship so at any point in your pregnancy they identify any concerns.

What are some recent advances in technology and treatment for healthcare for women’s and children’s treatments?

The ability to identify abnormalities or potential healthcare needs of the babies when they’re in utero.

We have a phenomenal (pediatric) radiologist at Phoenix Children’s who does fetal MRIs, to help mothers understand, being able to early on identify any challenges or needs that babies may have so there is no delay in care when they are born. We will have pediatric imaging in the new Women’s and Children’s, as well.

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A father’s love provides comfort to kids in need

BY DAN SHUFELT GSN Guest Writer

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oster parents are constantly coming to the doors of Arizona Helping Hands seeking assistance for boys and girls who are placed in their care. I love it when I have a few minutes to talk to them and to hear their stories. One recent chat with a foster dad left an indelible image in my mind.

Pedro and his wife have been fostering for just a few months. In that time, they have had three placements, the first of which was for just 24 hours. Pedro shared how difficult it was, even after just a day to have that youngster leave, especially not even having a chance to say goodbye.

Such are the challenges that foster parents open themselves up for, and the risk of hurt that they take on.

Pedro told me of their newest placement. Abandoned and in need, the baby boy is believed to be 18 months old. He came to the house with no belongings, a vocabulary of only three words, and a world filled with fear and uncertainty.

On the day he was placed, Pedro took the day off to be with the baby. Even at such a young age, children know when their world is upended. Scared and afraid, the baby experiences night terrors, waking up in fear and not being able to sleep.

It was Pedro’s hand that provided the reassurance. He told me he sits by the bed and holds the boy’s hand for a long time until he can fall asleep. It’s that image that stays in my mind. A dad changing his life for a child in need, a dad giving his love knowing full well that he might not have that hand to hold tomorrow.

With the first placement, Pedro and his wife cried when the little boy left their

care. They had to take time off from fostering to regroup and gather the courage to try again. This could happen again with their current baby, but in the meantime, they hold hands, love and comfort a wounded little one. I give thanks for Pedro, his wife and all courageous foster parents.

At Arizona Helping Hands, we loaded up the car to assist with this little boy. The crib, diapers, clothing, building blocks and more will help the family adjust to a new member. There was no notice this child was coming to them and no time to prepare — that’s why our work is so important.

Pedro told us that he is so grateful for our help, and even more grateful for the welcoming and helpful staff that greets families every time someone walks in the door. We are here to lend our helping hands in any way we can.

I think of my kids and grandkids. I’m

thankful that they have safety, comfort and consistency in their lives. With 14,000 children in foster care in Arizona, there are great needs to be filled in order to aid frightened and hurting children.

Dads like Pedro and foster families such as his, are playing an incredibly important role for boys and girls who desperately need them. I am grateful that our Helping Hands can lend a bit of support, and pray that one little boys’ terrors will ease, thanks to the love and support of a dedicated Dad. Happy Fathers’ Day to all dads. Whether foster, biological or adopted, the love you share is a truly precious gift.

-Dan Shufelt is President & CEO of Arizona Helping Hands, the largest provider of basic needs to Arizona’s children in foster care. Information: azhelpinghands.org or dshufelt@ azhelpinghands.org.

Farnsworth abused power by blocking ERA vote

BY LYNSEY ROBINSON GSN Guest Writer

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he Equal Rights Amendment amendment was first introduced in Congress in 1923 and guaranteed equal rights under the law for Americans regardless of their sex.

In order for the amendment to be added to the Constitution, it has to be ratified by 38 of the 50 states. Despite the amendment’s failure to meet that Congressional deadline in 1982, the issue was revived in 2017 when both Nevada and Illinois ratified it, leaving just one more state to ratify the amendment.

The Equality Act provides basic protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, access to public spaces, housing, education, credit and federal funding.

For the third year in a row, Republicans

have blocked a debate on the proposed amendment that broadly guarantees equal rights between men and women. While the Constitution recognizes that all men are created equal, women have been left marginalized to fight for equal treatment.

In 2017, Rep. Pamela Hannley, D-Tucson, introduced HCR 2012 to ratify the ERA. Then Republican Speaker of the House J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, proposed the House goes into recess and the Republican-led Legislature voted along party lines and her bill was tabled. Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, RGilbert, then House Chair of the Judiciary and Public Safety committee, refused to give the bill a hearing.

In 2019, two resolutions ratifying the ERA were introduced in the Arizona Senate (SCR1006 and SCR1009) – both assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Rules Committee.

The bills did not make it to a committee hearing as Sen. Eddie Farnsworth blocked

the bill as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Despite multiple bills to ratify the ERA, none of the bills received a hearing before the February 2019 deadline.

A committee hearing is the first step on a bill’s path toward a full legislative vote.

To save the bill, Democrats in a procedural maneuver brought the resolution to a vote, but Republicans voted against suspending Senate rules to allow a vote.

Farnsworth argued on the Senate floor that the ERA is unnecessary because federal law prohibits discrimination. He further added that he doesn’t apologize for saying the world is a better place because of women’s “softness” and “femininity.”

Meanwhile, according to senior writer Jeanne Sahadi at CNN Business, women earn about 82 cents for every dollar earned by a man and minority women earn about 65 cents for every dollar earned by a man.

The problem is exacerbated when

workplace policies exclude women from certain job sectors. These exclusions create persistent disparities in women’s income, wealth, and economic security.

While federal protections on discrimination do exist, the standard of review for sex discrimination does not provide the highest level of protection.

The Equal Rights Amendment is necessary to provide a greater level of protection to women because it would require courts to add sex to the list of suspect classifications protected by the highest level of strict judicial scrutiny.

When one Republican man can singlehandedly keep a bill with so much public support from simply being heard and debated among the legislative body for so many years in a row. it’s time to call it for what it is: abuse of power.

Lynsey Robinson is a Gilbert lawyer and former legislative candidate.

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Cardinals’ camps aim to enlighten Arizona youth

BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Sports Editor

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he Arizona Cardinals have long made it a priority to make a difference in the youth across Arizona through camps.

Several times throughout the year, the Cardinals’ community relations department — along with several volunteers — come together to provide an outlet for kids to learn the game of football as well as important life lessons revolving around education and staying on the right path.

The latest installment of these camps took place on Saturday, June 1 at Gilbert Christian High School, as several former players came together for the Football Skills and Education Camp presented by Gatorade and Dignity Health.

“It’s an event that has been going on for a while now and it’s something we want to continue to offer for the kids,”

Several kids from around the Valley and state participate in the Arizona Cardinals Skills and Education Camp presented by Gatorade and Dignity Health on Saturday, June 1 at Gilbert Christian High School. The campers were coached by several volunteers and former players, and had a classroom session to learn about becoming high-character athletes on and off the field. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff)

said Horace Raymond, the director of community relations for the Cardinals.

“It’s a tremendous opportunity to get an hour of classroom instruction learning about the game and character building as well as getting out here on the field with former players and coaches.

“It’s a big deal for us to offer it to the masses.”

Several kids from all across the Valley and state ranging from 7th to 12th grade took part in the camp at Gilbert Christian.

Some had experience playing football for a youth team or high school. Others had never played before.

Raymond and Adam Richman, the Cardinals community relations and alumni program coordinator, made it a priority to target kids who had little to no experience playing football. To them, it is important to show that the camps are for

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Gold’s Gym makes return to East Valley

BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Editor

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t’s been nearly five years since the last Gold’s Gym location in the East Valley changed ownership and rebranded under a different name.

But thanks to Jad Awale, a 29-year-old fitness enthusiast, Gold’s Gym has made its return with a new location in Chandler.

“It was extremely important to me to bring the brand back to the Valley,” Awale said. “I felt there was a need for this type of concept, especially with our fully redesigned studio. I’m extremely excited.”

Before the change in ownership in late 2014, there were six Gold’s Gym locations across the Valley. They were part of a franchise with 16 total gyms in the region, with the other locations in Nevada and Southern California. In January 2015, every location was rebranded under the Eos Fitness name.

The new Gold’s Gym, in the Sunset Plaza center on Ray and Rural roads in Chandler, opened its doors in late May, but a grand

The new Gold’s Gym in Chandler offers 40,000-square-feet of space with equipment and machines catered to a wide variety of fitness needs. (Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff)

opening with raffles, vendors and other events will likely take place sometime in July.

Growing up in Tucson, Awale became a fitness enthusiast at a young age. He recalled being in awe of the fitness magazines he would see at local grocery

stores. As he got older, his love for fitness grew.

“It’s amazing how a little bit of money can transform your body and your whole life,” Awale said. “You feel like you have more energy, you feel less stressed.

Overall, you’ll have a much healthier and

happy life.”

Awale used to workout at Gold’s Gym locations in Tucson when he was younger.

He knew he would always be part of a health club, but he never imagined he would be able to call one his own.

“I’ve always been (submerged) in business and I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Awale said. “I’ve been talking to this company for about three years now and I’m excited we can bring this concept back to Arizona.”

Awale’s uncle is a franchiser on the East Coast, so the passion for owning his own business runs in the family.

He already has four other Gold’s Gym locations paid for, though exact locations have yet to be determined. But he doesn’t plan to stop there. He anticipates he will open several other Gold’s Gym locations in the near future.

“This first location is kind of like a training ground,” Awale said. “We want to work out all the little kinks and make the next one better. That’s what we are

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lifted from behind the head. The Breaker Bench moves forward once the person using it lays down, allowing them to lift the weight from their chest to reduce the risk of injury. Once finished, the bench moves back to allow a clear path to get up.

Each half rack is equipped with sound dampening platforms to reduce noise if weights are dropped. There are also machines that will count an individual’s repetitions and time the workout.

“It’s like the ultimate fitness playground in here,” Awale said. “There are very unique areas that will cater to whatever it is they want to train.”

A former 300-pound bodybuilder, Awale designed the gym with results in mind. But he also made it a priority that every piece of equipment could be used by

aiming to do across the Valley.”

The new facility is the most up-to-date design in the Gold’s Gym family. The 40,000-square-foot gym offers stateof-the-art equipment and amenities, including a full studio package with Gold’s Burn, Gold’s Fit and Gold’s Cycle. It also includes Gold’s 3D, which measures every part of the body to track results.

The gym floor is equipped with several treadmills, ellipticals and other cardio equipment. Two areas fitted with artificial turf offer gym-goers an area for a variety of workouts, including TRX racks, punching bags, tire flips and rowers.

Traditional machines that work a variety of muscles occupy one side of the facility. But where this Gold’s location sets itself apart from other gyms is the large area for free weights.

The gym is equipped with several Breaker Olympic Flat Benches. On a traditional bench press, the weight is

Jad Awale, a 29-year-old fitness enthusiast, brought Gold’s Gym back to the East Valley for the first time in nearly five years. The new location in Chandler is one of five locations already paid for in Awale’s franchise with the fitness company. (Kimberly Carrillo/

GSN Staff)

every member.

“One of the greatest things about it is the unity of people,” Awale said.

“Everyone has a perception of what the brand is and when they come through the doors they evolve. It’s very resultsdriven and a positive environment.”

Awale has received strong feedback from early members. From the layout and look of the gym to the overall atmosphere, it’s been a positive experience for all who have walked through the doors.

But Awale welcomes criticism. To him, that presents an opportunity to make each new facility he opens better than the rest.

“I like to look for the negative because that’s where I want to improve,” Awale said. “It’s a lot of good stuff. We are excited for the expansion and ready to see where it all goes.”

More information about the new Gold’s Gym in Chandler, including membership pricing and hours can be found at www. goldsgym.com/chandler-az/.

Donated rods, reels get kids fishing this summer

BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Editor

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s the weather heats up, East Valley kids begin spending their free time in front of a television rather than experiencing the outdoors.

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s are trying to reverse that trend.

“We are trying to get as many kids as possible outdoors,” said Levi Slocum, the assistant general manager of the Bass Pro Shops in Mesa. “We know we can’t completely ignore technology, it is what it is. But the more we can promote the outdoors, the better.”

A large part of the two store’s initiative to promote the outdoors started on June 6, when over 200 fishing rods and reels were donated to two East Valley Boy Scout troops. The donation at the Mesa store was just one of many across the country to kick off National Fishing and Boating Week.

This is the first year competitors Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s have joined forces for the event. More than 55,000 rods and reels were donated this year alone, the largest donation ever.

Since this initiative began in 2005, Bass Pro Shops has donated over 400,000 rods and reels nationwide to groups such as the Boy Scouts, Man-Up Surprise, branches of the YMCA and Difference Makers Dads Club, among others.

“We target mainly youth groups,” Slocum said. “The Boy Scouts, for example, are really involved in the outdoors already where as others might not be. But just

Left: Pack 451 (left) from Mesa and Pack 330 (right) from Gilbert received a donation from Bass Pro Shops in Mesa that included 200 fishing rods and reels. Right: Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Gone Fishing initiative aimed at sparking the youth’s interest in the outdoors. (Zach Alvira/GSN Staff)

because they do go outdoors, doesn’t mean they have the right equipment to enjoy something like fishing.

“We want them to enjoy it, and we are giving them an avenue and the product to do so.”

Pack 451, based out of Trinity Church near Gilbert Road and University Drive in Mesa, was among the two troops present at Bass Pro Shops for the donation. Pack 330, which is based out of Val Vista Academy on Val Vista Drive and Germann Road in Gilbert, was also present.

The scouts, along with other family members, had the chance to fish in Bass Pro Shops’ indoor catch-and-release pond with their new rods. For some, it was their first time catching a fish.

“We are amazed at the rods they are giving us,” said Laura Higgins, whose

son, Zach, is in Pack 330. “I know our cubmaster, Danielle (Alfandre), will have something set up in the future to get these guys out there. It will be great.”

Higgins’ daughter, Sara, caught her first fish during the event, sparking cheers from the rest of the kids. Growing up fishing herself in Minnesota, Higgins said her kids also share the same passion she has for the sport.

But having moved to the East Valley just two years ago, she understands there is limited time during the summer to go out before temperatures become unbearable.

“It’s really hard in the summer,” Higgins said. “We try to put a limit on how much time they spend on electronics, but it’s hard in the summer if I have something going on or it gets too hot. But anything that isn’t electronic and can get them outdoors is a good thing.”

Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s held familyfriendly events on June 8-9 and 15-16 as part of the initiative to get kids interested in the outdoors and fishing. The events led up to National Gone Fishing Day on June 18.

Anywhere from 600 to 1,000 kids usually take part in these annual weekend events, with many sticking around for Bass Pro Shops’ summer camp where they can earn pins for attending seminars related to the outdoors.

“One of the questions we get all the time is if we have WiFi in the store,” Slocum said. “We promote the outdoors, so there is no WiFi. We are trying to get as many kids as possible outdoors.

“We know we can’t completely ignore technology, it is what it is. But the more we can promote the outdoors the better.”

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everyone, regardless of skill level.

“We want to really target that audience the most,” Richman said.

“Letting them get the opportunity to learn from guys who have played in the NFL is a great experience.”

The camp began with an hour-long classroom session centered around hydration and the importance of maintaining good grades in school.

Once finished, the campers made their way out to the field, where Mo Streety, the Cardinals manager of youth football, led them in stretching and plyometrics before breaking off into each drill led by several former Cardinals players.

From throwing drills for the quarterbacks, to route running and pass deflections for the wide receivers and defensive backs, each position group learned from former pros how to properly play their respective position.

Among the coaches was former running back Marcel Shipp (2001-07), former offensive linemen Rick Cunningham (1994), Jerome Daniels (1998) and Anthony Clement (1998-2004). Former Cardinals tight end Lorenzo Diamond (2004), defensive back Robert Tate (200406), defensive back Carlos Brooks (1995), as well as kicker Neil Rackers (2003-09)

Left: Qualen Cunningham, a Hamilton High and Texas A&M alum, was one of several coaches participating in the camp. His father, Rick, who played for the Cardinals in 1994, was also among the several former pros coaching the campers. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff) Right: Carlos Brooks, a former defensive back for the Cardinals, used his experience as a player and father to teach the camp attendees how to become high-character athletes.

Brooks’ son, DeCarlos, was one of the top running backs in the state this past season as he helped lead Chandler High to its third straight state title. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff)

also helped coach.

Ray Perkins, former linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys and current athletic director at Tolleson Union High School, was also present along with Qualen Cunningham, Rick’s son and Hamilton High alum who recently graduated from Texas A&M where he played defensive end for four seasons.

“It’s really important for guys like us who have played at a high level to be here for them,” Cunningham said. “A lot of these guys that are younger than us look up to us as icons.

“Some of the stuff we need to be doing

is laying the brick for them to go on and become good people and do great things.”

During a Q & A session after the field work completed, Cunningham explained how he was still just a 17-year-old kid when he arrived to Texas A&M. He played against grown men, but had trust in his ability and became successful for the Aggies.

“That’s the biggest thing,” Cunningham said. “Stay true to who you are. At the end of the day, I think we all know what we should or shouldn’t be doing and we know what is good enough. Don’t let anybody manipulate you into something you aren’t.”

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Brooks, whose son, DeCarlos, just graduated from Chandler High as one of the top running backs in the state, shared much of what he taught his own kids to those at the camp.

To him, it’s about being confident. A trait he believes football helps develop.

“I want them to believe in themselves,” Brooks said. “I think that is what is missing with a lot of these kids. They get discouraged or quit. Whatever you do, compete like you do on the football field.

“Whether it’s in the classroom or on the field, take the same tenacity and work as hard as you can.”

Several campers personally thanked each player following the conclusion of the camp. Some even asked for extra pointers to use in the classroom and on the field.

All walked away with smiles on their faces, projecting a sense of confidence and motivation to be in the same position as the former pros.

It’s that type of motivation to succeed the Cardinals hope will leave a lasting impact.

“There’s a lot of opportunities here to enlighten communities and make a difference,” Raymond said. “We want to use our brand to make a difference in the community.

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our young Gilbert thespians are “getting their freak on” with the Valley Youth Theatre’s newest musical, which opened this weekend and continues through June 30 at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix.

The four teens — Jaden Schneider, Mackenzie Burcham, Riley Thorrnton and Shaylee Flanagan — are part of the cast and crew of 50 young people presenting Disney’s “Freaky Friday.”

More than 100 boys and 30 girls auditioned to be part of the 32-member cast and the four Gilbert residents were among those chosen for the musical, based on a 1972 novel and several movies about what happens when a mom and daughter get their bodies magically switched. The two have to make it through the day — being at high school

Shaylee Flanagan

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for the mom and the teen preparing for a wedding — all while hoping to switch back.

The Valley Youth Theatre production is

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the Arizona debut of the musical, which debuted in Virginia in 2016. Its book is by Bridget Carpenter, the co-executive producer and writer on the TV hits “Friday

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Night Lights” and “Parenthood,” — and music and lyrics are by Tom Kitt and Bri-

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Flotsam and Jetsam rolls into EV Saturday

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

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lotsam and Jetsam have performed around the world, but nothing feels like a hometown show.

“We always get a warm welcome when we return to the Valley,” said guitarist Michael Gilbert of Chandler. “We always try to make our last shows of our tours our hometown shows. It’s the big release. There’s always tons of energy.

It’s great. It’s hard to explain the energy that’s there.”

Flotsam and Jetsam have, for the most part, stuck around the Valley. Vocalist Eric “A.K.” Knutson lives in Gilbert; guitarist Steve Conley in Glendale; and new drummer Ken Mary in Fountain Hills.

Bassist Michael Spencer resides in Sacramento.

The band will perform at Club Red in Mesa on Saturday15, to promote its latest album, “The End of Chaos,” for which the band wrote “a ton of songs.”

“We each wrote 25 songs a piece,” Gilbert said. “A.K. picks and chooses the songs and a lot of them get tossed to the

side. It’s all good, though. We get the best possible songs we can out of it.”

The formula has worked. Flotsam and Jetsam are witnessing a revival of sorts, as the band is seeing old school fans revisiting its music.

“We’re making a bit of a comeback,” Gilbert said. “They’re starting to revisit and buy the new stuff as well. We’re seeing a lot of younger people at the show.

They’re in the front row, singing songs that were out 20 years before they were born.

“It gets us all excited. That was happening when we did the self-titled album. There’s this spark again. The power metal music fans are digging A.K.’s voice.”

After its U.S. tour, Flotsam and Jetsam — whose alumni include former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted — have three short European runs.

“What sucks is flying back and forth, but it’s totally worth it,” he said. “As tired as we are when we get there, when we see 4,000 people or more than that — sometimes up to 80,000 — it wakes you up really quick.”

Flotsam and Jetsam, which includes several East Valley musicians, is excited about their new album and are on a tour to promote it. (Special to GetOut)

Gilbert moved from California to the Valley when he was 15 years old. He knows the exact year.

“I base everything on when records came out,” he said with a laugh. “I moved

when ‘For Those About to Rock’ came out — ’81.”

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‘Ward 5B’ tackles the fear as AIDS set in

BY RANDY MONTGOMERY GET OUT Contributor

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he fear of the unknown often causes panic, hostility and anger.

The uncertainty of an outcome is an uneasy feeling.

This “fear of the unknown” was on full display when the AIDS crisis came onto the scene in the early 1980s. The justreleased documentary from Paul Haggis and Dan Krauss takes a look at the first ward in the country to deal with the disease, located at San Francisco General Hospital.

At the start of the film, we are introduced to the Castro District in the coastal California city.

While nowhere near the acceptance, or level of rights the gay community has today, great strides were being made in San Francisco, and elsewhere across the country.

One interviewee states, “It’s not 1954 anymore, its 1973.” Just as a “place in society was being carved,” it hit… an unknown disease that came on rapidly and claimed the lives of its victims even faster.

Once referred to as a form of cancer, doctors were baffled by what it was.

One thing that was for certain: the gay male community was most at risk.

While many were coming down with the symptoms, few knew how to treat it.

Even fewer were willing to take the risk and administer care. Was it contagious?

Could it be airborne? No one quite knew.

Patients were being shunned, isolated and even refused care. The path to acceptance was quickly fading away, as the fearmongers started to distance themselves from the gay community.

But, with every cloud comes a silver lining. In this case, it was a group of

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The Dobson High School graduate recalled, too, when he realized he wanted to be a musician. Again, an AC/DC reference: the first time he heard “The Jack.”

“I had headphones on and I said, ‘OK. I’m going to play guitar. I’m going to learn how to do this,’” he said. “My mom bought me a guitar for $20 at Kmart. I still have it. It’s not that bad of a guitar. I learned on that.

“That’s when my parents knew I was serious about it. I’ve been collecting guitars since then. I can’t have enough.

Caregiver Rita Rockett visits a patient on San Francisco General Hospital’s Ward 5B in the documentary “5B,” now at theaters in the East Valley. (RYOT Films)

nurses at San Francisco General Hospital that stepped in to volunteer and build the ward that housed only AIDS patients.

Ward 5B opened at the end of July, 1983. With much uncertainty, they risked their lives to care for fellow humans in need.

Even as more came to be known about transmission, it wasn’t only the patients being shunned, but the doctors and nurses as well.

I have around 20, but I can only play one at a time, unless I’m Rick Nielsen (of Cheap Trick).”

When he’s home, Gilbert said he enjoys going to Diamondbacks games and eating at Los Dos Molinos in Mesa.

“If you like super spicy Mexican food, that is the place to go,” he said. “Plus, they have great margaritas.”

The five-piece band was founded in the early 1980s and critics have called 1986’s “Doomsday for the Deceiver” a “game changer.” English rock magazine Kerrang! gave it a 6K rating; its sixth and only accolade of that nature.

After the debut was released, Newsted

Through interviews, we learn about the struggles the care staff endured, from receiving hate mail, having to move, losing friends and family and other unimaginable consequences.

Co-Director Dan Krauss was just 10 years old and living outside San Francisco during this time.

“The opportunity to share this littleknown episode of history now 35 years later is an extraordinary honor,” Kraus said.

joined Metallica. The musical landscape changed, but Flotsam and Jetsam’s mission stayed the same.

“A.K.’s vocals are what makes our band and who we are,” gilbert said. “He’s very unique, there is nobody else like him.

He’s a fantastic singer. But the dude gets better and better.”

“The End of Chaos” has 12 songs that clock in at around 50 minutes, kicking off with “Prisoner of Time.” Knutson screams the signature line, “Live your life without regret; don’t be a prisoner of time.”

The singer summed up Flotsam and Jetsam’s career perfectly.

Haggis and Krauss do a great job of introducing us to those that risked not only their health, but their own personal social lives to step in and offer help at one of the most trying medical times in recent history.

While new ground may not be broken in the filmmaking style, it is always good to pay homage to those that deserve it, and remind everyone that fear and hostility isn’t the right answer to a problem.

“We’ve been through a lot of crap,” he said. “For a while I had a lineup with me who was just together to go out on vacations then have the promoters pay for it. And it’s a little different now, we are back to a real band making a stab at growing and becoming a bigger entity in the music industry. Our goal in writing a record, is to put out the coolest music we can. ‘The End of Chaos’ hits the mark.”

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an Yorkey, Pulitzer Prize-winning composers of “Next to Normal” and “If/Then.”

A spokeswoman for the theater said, “More than 200 hours of intense rehearsals have taken place since April 22 and the final dress rehearsal,” which was held last Thursday before an audience of chronically and terminally ill and their families.

Jaden, 15, a sophomore at Arete Preparatory Academy in Gilbert who is on the school’s cross country team, is making his Valley Youth Theatre debut.

He’s been in East Valley Children’s Theatre’s “Seussical Jr.,” “Yes Virginia” and “There’s a Santa Claus” among other productions by that company.

“I wanted to expand my horizons on theater in the Valley and get more involved in what I do,” he said, adding that he is particularly excited about “Freaky” because “it does a great job at showing how many different layers a story can have.”

Asked what his takeaway from the musical is, Jaden replied, “I hope audience members realize that they always have to look for the best in every situation. Even if it is crazy and immensely scary, you can always grow from it and learn more of who you are.”

Veteran actress Sarah Ambrose, a “graduate” of the Valley Youth Theater, rehearses a scene from “Freaky Friday” with Kate Brink, who plays her daughter in the musical (Valley Youth Theater)

Mackenzie, an 18-year-old homeschooled senior, is making her Valley Youth Theatre debut as well. This is her first VYT production, but she has played in numerous Casteel High School Theatre Company productions. She also is on her

church’s praise team and hopes to pursue a career in musical theater.

She too likes the production she’s in. “I really enjoy the music and the storyline because it’s based on the movie I watched when I was young,” she said, adding that

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the musical will make the audience realize “the importance of seeing things from others’ perspective and appreciating the people in your life.”

Riley, a 15-year-old Campo Verde High School freshman, is appearing in his 12th Valley Youth Theatre show. He also is a member of VYTeens and the tech crew for this season’s Valley Youth Theatre productions of “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” and “A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail.” He has also performed in Hale Centre Theatre’s “Big Fish” as Zacky Price and “Greasepaint” as the rabbi.

He said he likes Valley Youth Theatre “because they let you explore your character” and see’s the musical’s main message as “be careful what you wish for.”

Shaylee, also a 15-year-old Campo Verde freshman, is a newcomer to Valley Youth Theatre, though she has appeared in several productions by Limelight Youth Theatre as well as Mesa Community College. At school, she is in choir, choir council, drama and the Ethnic Student Union.

She has always wanted to be in a Valley Youth Theatre production because “I’ve seen so many shows since I was little.”

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Public Notices

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Most service advertisers have an ROC# or "Not a licensed contractor" in their ad, this is in accordance to the AZ state law.

Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC): The advertising requirements of the statute does not prevent anyone from placing an ad in the yellow pages, on business cards, or on flyers.

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Roofing

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Filed: 5/14/2019 2:29 PM Knox Superior Court 1 Knox County Indiana STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF KNOX IN THE KNOX SUPERIOR COURT 1 CAUSE NUMBER 42D01-1905JT-000023 SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING. IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP: RW DOB 9/26/2016 AND NICOLE WHITE (BIOLOGICAL MOTHER) AND ANY UNKNOWN ALLEGED FATHERS. TO: Nicole White and Any Unknown Alleged Father Whereabouts unknown NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the above noted parent whose whereabouts are unknown, as well as Any Unknown Alleged Fathers, whose whereabouts are also unknown, that the Indiana Department of Child Services has filed a Petition for Involuntary Termination of your Parental Rights, and that an adjudication hearing has been scheduled with the Court. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear before the Judge of the Knox Superior Court 1, 111 North Seventh Street, 2nd Floor, Vincennes, IN 47591 - 812885-2517 for a(n) InitiaL Fact Finding Hearing on 8/5/2019 at 9:45AM and to answer the Petition for Termination of your Parental Rights of said child. You are further notified that if the allegations in said petition are true, and/or if you fail to appear at the hearing, the Juvenile Court may terminate your parent-child relationship; and if the Court terminates your parent-child relationship you will lose all parental rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations including any rights to custody, contro visitation, or support in said child; and if the Court terminates your parentchild relationship, it will be permanently terminated, and thereafter you may not contest an adoption or other placement of said child.

You are entitled to representation by an attorney, provided by the State if applicable, throughout these proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship. YOU MUST RESPOND by appearing in person or by an attorney within thirty (30) days after the last publication of this notice, and in the event you fail to do so, adjudication on said petition and termination of your parental rights may be entered against you, in your absence, without further notice. /s/ David Shelton Clerk Anastasia M. Weidner, 32192-64 Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Services 1050 Washington Ave Vincennes, IN 47591 Office: 812882-3920 Published: East Valley Tribune, Jun 16, 23, 30, 2019 / 21393

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Public Notices Advertisement of Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the Arizona Self-Service Storage Act, Arizona Statutes 33-1704, Section H, Enforcement of Lien.

The Undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on or after June 21, 2019 at 9:00am using an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com, said property has been stored and located at US 60 Self Storage, 1661 S. Alma School Rd., Suite 102, Mesa, AZ 85210. Property to be sold as follows: Misc. household goods, personal items, furniture, clothing, toys and/or business fixtures and items belonging to the following: Tenant Name Unit # Holly Keene 204 Ladonna Watson 307 Nigel Patrick Cooper 254 Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Items sold “as is”, CASH ONLY, and Buyer must pay a security deposit and broom sweep/clean the unit. Go to www.storagetreasures.com to bid on unit(s). Publish: East Valley Tribune Jun 9, 16, 2019 / 21255 Filed: 05/28/2019 15:24:43 Sixth Judicial District, Bear Lake County, Cindy Garner, Clerk of the Court, by Deputy Clerk - Tueller, Kathy.

Patrick N. George (ISB No. 5983) RACINE OLSON, PLLP P.O. Box 1391/Center Plaza Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391 Telephone: 208)2326101 Facsimile: (208) 232-6109 Email: pat@racineolson.com Attorneys for Petitioner IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BEAR LAKE SHAN DUANE ROSS, Petitioner, vs. SAMANTHA L BEGAY, a/k/a Samantha L. Ross and Samantha L. Bejay, Respondent. Case No. CV0419-0087 SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION TO: SAMANTHA L. BEGAY, a/k/a Samantha L. Ross and Samantha L. Bejay You have been sued by the Petitioner, Shan Duane Ross (hereinafter “Petitioner”), in the District Court in and for Bear Lake County, Idaho, Case No. CV04-19-0087. The nature of the claim against you is for a Decree of Divorce. Any time after 21 days following the last publication of this Summons for Service by Publication, the court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have filed a written response in the proper form, including the case number, and paid any required filing fee to the Clerk of the Court at 7 E Center St. P.O. BOX 190 Paris, ID 83261 and telephone number (208) 847-0626 and served a copy of your response on the Petitioner's attorney at Racine Olson, PLLP PO Box 1391 Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391 and telephone (208) 232-6101. A copy of the Summons and Petition for Divorce can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the attorney for Petitioner. If you wish legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advise you in this matter. Dated 5/28/2019 BEAR LAKE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT By: Kathy StibalTueller Deputy Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Jun 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 / 21240

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