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Disease-carrying mosquitoes on the rise here
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EV florist in Gilbert has grown flowers for four generations.
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Gilbert man scouts for White Sox.
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ector control specialist Jason Gillette checked a funky-looking mosquito trap hanging from a tree in the Ashland Ranch neighborhood. The gallon cooler is filled with dry ice and poked with holes that emit carbon dioxide — mimicking respiration and attracting mosquitoes that are then blown into a cylindrical net by a hand-size fan. “We catch mosquitoes year-round,” said Gillette, gathering the trap — one of 29 he collected that morning in Gilbert and part of Chandler for the trip back to the Maricopa County vector lab. “This season seems like it’s a little busy.” Not only is the mosquito season an ac-
County vector control specialist Jason Gillette removes a mosquito trap in a Gilbert neighborhood for analysis at the county lab. (Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer)
tive one but the county lab is seeing a significant number of traps testing positive for West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis, said Johnny Dilone, spokesman for the county Department of Environmental Services. As of July 1, the number of mosquito traps testing positive for West Nile in the county was 315 and 153 for encephalitis, Dilone said. For all of 2018, the county reported 138 positive traps for West Nile and 106 positive traps for encephalitis. “If we keep on experiencing the same trend this week, we would most likely see those numbers go up,” Dilone said. West Nile virus, which can lead to neu-
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Guns and booze won’t mix at Gilbert shooting range
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un Club 82 in Gilbert may be offering up booze and guns under one roof when it opens later this year, but the two will never mix as far as owner Rod Ghani is concerned. The Scottsdale CEO is building the indoor, upscale entertainment venue featuring 24 shooting lanes for laser or live fire, a VIP lounge with its own bourbon bar, retail store, a rooftop bar, outdoor patio and the Ti Ammo Restaurant and Bar, which will serve burgers and brick-oven pizzas. The 31,000-square-foot building is under construction between
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Rod Ghani demonstrates one of the shooting range games his Gun Club 82 will offer when it opens this fall in Gilbert. (Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer)
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entertainment behemoths Topgolf and Main Event on Santan Village Parkway, south of Ray Road. “We are no different from other places out there,” said Ghani, who anticipates a mid- to late-September opening. “Any shooting range, every one of them, next to them is a bar. People can drink and go to the shooting range and no one will ever know.” He pointed to Scottsdale Gun Club, which is less than a mile from establishments such as Loco Patron Brewery, K O’Donnell’s Sports Bar and Grill and Habaneros Mexican Grill and to the two
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