Gilbert Sun News September 23, 2018

Gilbert salon has spiritual readings for pets PAGE 18

An edition of the East Valley Tribune

INSIDE

This Week

6

NEWS...............................

Candidates in Legislative District 12 clashed on issues.

SPORTS...........................21 Gilbert Tigers make it work despite small roster.

GET OUT...................... 34 Oktoberfest will get you in the mood for fall.

COMMUNITY................. 15 BUSINESS.......................18 OPINION........................20 SPORTS. ......................... 21 GETOUT. ....................... 24 CLASSIFIED. ................. 28

FREE ($1 OUTSIDE OF GILBERT) | GilbertSunNews.com

She died and lived to write about it PAGE 15

Sunday, September 23, 2018

GPS, parents lead teen suicide prevention effort

D

enise and Ben Denslow, LeAnn Hull and Tim Warnock know the endless pain parents suffer when their child dies by suicide.

That’s why the three attended a Chandler Unified School Board meeting two weeks ago, urging that the district pay more attention to the heartbreaking problem.

Their pleas came in the wake of two apparent teen suicides reported within a week in Chandler and Queen Creek earlier this month – bringing to at least 18 the number that have occurred in the East Valley since July 2017.

One victim was 10 years old.

The grieving parents are part of a grassroots

effort to save other children, knowing that it is too late to save their own.

“I don’t want another family to go through this. No family should feel so lost,’’ said Denise Schatt-Denslow of Gilbert, whose 15-year-old son, Jacob Edward Machovsky, a Corona Del sol High School freshman, killed himself on Jan. 16, 2016.

“This isn’t a nightmare. You get to wake up from a nightmare,’’ she said. “The best way to honor him is to save another child.’’

The parents – along with many East Valley school districts, including Gilbert Public Schools – are acting as state officials have yet to fill a suicide prevention coordinator posi-

tion that the Legislature created in May. Lorie Warnock, an English teacher at Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatukee, started advocating for more teachers to get training on suicide after her son, Mitchell, 16, a Corona del Sol High School champion pole-vaulter, took his life in October 2016.

Warnock helped form Parents for Suicide Prevention, one of several grassroots organizations that are loosely affiliated through Facebook groups.

“It’s advocating for social and emotional wellness,’’ she said. “It’s taken this long to get this kind of momentum and support in order

see SUICIDE page 12

Gilbert firm on front lines in the war on plastic

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

I

n the iconic coming-of-age film “The Graduate,” Dustin Hoffman’s young character is given advice for his future – “plastics.”

When the movie opened in 1967, plastics were gaining a foothold in U.S. households.

Today, plastic pollution is choking oceans and lakes, piling up in landfills, killing wildlife and ending up in tap water.

That’s where a Gilbert company comes in.

“Every bit of plastic that has ever been produced is still on the planet today,” said Jeff Bassett, marketing director for Footprint, a molded fiber company in Gilbert. “During photodegradation, it breaks into smaller and smaller pieces. It never decomposes. It’s in our food and water.”

Footprint is looking to make a dent in plastic waste one straw at a time.

see STRAWS page 4

Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer

Hyle Harper sets the machine that kicks out biodegradable straws at Footprints, a molder fiber company in Gilbert that is doing its part to reduce plastic pollution. Like other plastics, plastic straws have contributed significantly to the world's pollution, said Jeff Bassett, the company's marketing director.

2

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

San Tan Hyundai

ARIZONA’S BIGGEST SELLER OF HYUNDAIS SINCE 1987** SEE FOR YOURSELF WHY SO MANY PEOPLE CHOOSE SAN TAN HYUNDAI.

*on approved credit. on select models.

2018 HYUNDAI KONA

199 OR 1.9% APR for up to Lease x 36 mos 60 mos

1,000

$

$

OR

UP TO

Retail Bonus Cash from Hyundai on select models

36 mo. lease with $2,399 total due at signing, avail well-qualified lessees approved by Hyundai Motor Finance. Not all lessees will qualify. No sec. dep. req’d. Lessee is also responsible for insurance, maintenance, repairs, 20¢/mile over 10K miles/year, excess wear, and a $400 disposition fee.

2019 HYUNDAI VELOSTER

199 OR 0.9% APR for up to Lease x 36 mos 60 mos

1,000

$

$

OR

UP TO

Retail Bonus Cashh from Hyundai on select models

36 mo. lease with $2,299 total due at signing, avail well-qualified lessees approved by Hyundai Motor or Finance. pairs, Not all lessees will qualify. No sec. dep. req’d. Lessee is also responsible for insurance, maintenance, repairs, 20¢/mile over 10K miles/year, excess wear, and a $400 disposition fee

2018 HYUNDAI SONATA

199 OR

$

Lease x 36 mos OR

1,000 0% PLUS $Hyundai Motor APR for up to Bonus Cash 60 mos GreatFinance onSelection Select Models at SanTanHyundai.com San nTanHyundai.com

UP TO

$

3,500

Retail Bonus Cash from Hyundai on select models

36 month lease with i h $2 $2,199 99 totall d due at signing, i i available il bl well-qualified ll lifi d llessees approved db

by Hyundai d i Motor Finance. i Not allll lessees will qualify. No security deposit required. Lessee is also responsible for insurance, maintenance, repairs, $.20 per mile over 10,000 miles/year, excess wear, and a $400 disposition fee. APR at $16.67 per $1,000 financed. .

ONE PHONE NUMBER DOES IT ALL

SALES · LEASING · SERVICE · FINANCING

480-384-8000

GIVE US A TRY!

1.888.846.9744

NTC

*APR As much as $17.05 per $1,000 financed. Program through Hyundai Motor Finance (HMF) for qualified buyers Program through Hyundai Motor Finance (HMF) for qualified buyers. Sale price is MSRP less factory rebates and applicable Hyundai discounts. Prices plus tax, title, license & $489.75 doc fee. $400 deposition fee. On approved credit. Expires 9.30.18 close of business. We reserve the right to make corrections on omissions or typographical errors. Vehicle information is based on standard equipment; added equipment may increase the price. All prices, specifications and availability subject to change without notice. *Vehicles may not be as shown and are subject to prior sale. **YTD in retail sales. Contact dealer for current information.

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

An edition of the East Valley Tribune Gilbert Sun News is published every Sunday and distributed free of charge to homes and in single-copy locations throughout Gilbert. To find out where you can pick up a free copy of Gilbert Sun News, please visit www.EastValleyTribune.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION Main number: 480-898-6500 | Advertising: 480-898-5624 Circulation service: 480-898-5641

Publisher: Steve T. Strickbine Vice President: Michael Hiatt ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Display Advertising: 480-898-6309 Classifieds/Inside Sales: Elaine Cota | 480-898-7926 | ecota@evtrib.com TJ Higgins | 480-898-5902 | tjhiggins@evtrib.com Advertising Office Manager: Lori Dionisio | 480-898-6309 | ldionisio@evtrib.com Advertising Sales Executive: Jane Meyer | 480-898-5633 | jane@timespublications.com NEWS DEPARTMENT Executive Editor: Paul Maryniak | 480-898-5647 | pmaryniak@timespublications.com Managing Editor: Cecilia Chan| 480-898-5613 |cchan@timespublications.com Wayne Schutsky| 480-898-6533 wschutsky@timespublications.com Reporters: Jim Walsh | 480-898-5639 | jwalsh@timespublications.com Colleen Sparks | 480-898-5638 | csparks@timespublications.com Get Out Editor: Christina Fuoco-Karasinski | 480-641-4518 | christina@timespublications.com Photographer: Kimberly Carrillo | kcarillo@timespublications.com Pablo Robles | probles@timespublications.com Design: Christy Byerly | cbyerly@timespublications.com Production Coordinator: Courtney Oldham | 480-898-5617 production@timespublications.com Circulation Director: Aaron Kolodny | 480-898-5641 | customercare@evtrib.com Sports Editor: Zach Alvira | 480-898-5630 | zalvira@timespublications.com Gilbert Sun News is distributed by AZ Integrated Media, a circulation service company owned by Times Media Group. The public is permitted one copy per reader. For further information regarding the circulation of this publication or others in the Times Media Group family of publications, and for subscription information, please contact AZ Integrated Media at circ@azintegratedmedia.com or 480-898-5641. For circulation services please contact Aaron Kolodny at aaron@azintegatedmedia.com.

The content of any advertisements are the sole responsibility of the advertiser. Gilbert Sun News assumes no responsibility for the claims of any advertisement. Š 2018 Strickbine Publishing, Inc.

NEWS

3

4

NEWS

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Photos by KImberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer

Footprint marketing director Jeff Bassett explains the process used at the Gilbert pllant to produce bio-based straws that don't threaten the environment.

Making the paper straws is might look easy but it requires patience as a worker carefully threads the machine that will churn them out.

STRAWS from page 1

was raised in 2015 with a much-watched video showing a plastic straw being pulled out of a sea turtle’s nostril.

Straws, which are difficult to recycle, are among the top 10 items found during beach clean-ups, according to the Lonely Whale Foundation’s Strawless Ocean Initiative.

Although straws represent a small amount of the plastic found in water – about 3 percent, according to Get Green Now – a 2017 study by Australian scientists Denise Hardesty and Chris Wilcox estimated there are nearly 7.5 million plastic straws littering U.S. shorelines.

But the tide is turning against plastic straws with companies such as Starbucks, the Walt Disney Co., Marriott hotels and Alaska Airlines phasing out their use.

McDonald’s announced it was replacing plastic straws with paper in the United Kingdom and will be testing alternatives in the United States later this year.

In July, Seattle became the first major U.S. city to ban food businesses from using plastic straws and utensils, while California became the first state in August to ban restaurants from offering plastic straws unless requested.

Straws are not the only plastic on the radar; others include singe-use plastic bags, Styrofoam and polystyrene food containers.

It is this consumer-fueled push against plastic that has enabled Footprint to grow from a six-person operation 4.5 years ago to where there are now, with more than 600 employees at its four facilities, Bassett said. The new building in Gilbert will add 260 more employees, up from the current 30, he said.

Besides its manufacturing locations in Gilbert, China, Mexico and South Carolina, Footprint is scouting for a fifth location somewhere in the Midwest, Bassett said.

The company recently relocated its corporate headquarters from a 30,000-square-foot building near Baseline Road and Hobson Street to a 135,000-squarefoot manufacturing facility near Gilbert and Germann roads. All design, engineering, testing and tooling are done in one location.

From its new facility, Footprint is launching its paper-straw manufacturing production. The straws are 100 percent bio-based and come in a wide range of colors, sizes and lengths.

As a construction crew put finishing touches to the building recently, two machines, or lines, were already in place for a trial run, each spinning three thin strips of paper, coated with an adhesive, into paper straws.

Because it is a food-quality product, only virgin pulp is used – no recycled fiber, Bassett said.

Employees who will be stationed at the machines will need to don smocks, gloves and hairnets and gain access to the food-grade section of the building with an electronic badge.

Paper was the mainstay in this country for everything from straws to butcher wrap for meat in the 1950s until plastics became ubiquitous because it is inexpensive and convenient, according to Bassett.

Trees are a renewable resource, but it takes five to seven years to turn out tree pulp versus 1 million-plus years to create the petroleum oil for synthetic polymer, he said.

And whereas plastics last forever, paper decomposes at the same rate as a tree leaf – about 90 days, he said.

Although paper straws cost more than plastic straws for consumers, Footprint also focuses on cost parity.

Barrett noted the higher cost is largely due to companies putting a surcharge on sustainable products, taking advantage that people are willing to pay more to save the planet.

Initially, Footprint will produce a total of 360,000 straws a week with the two automated machines, Bassett said.

Footprint will initially produce 360,000 paper straws at its Gilbert plant.

Plans are to have a total of 62 machines on site, able to churn out 27 million paper straws a day by March, he said.

Footprint also is partnering with Arizona State University entrepreneurial students on a project to see if the production lines can be made even more efficient, Bassett said.

Despite the anticipated daily output, it pales in comparison with how many plastic drinking straws are used in this country – 500 million a day, enough to fill over 125 school buses every day, according to the U.S. Park Service.

Instead of going to the landfill, some straws end up in the ocean, where they can kill marine life. The public’s attention

Paper straws are a small part of what Footprint does. The bulk of the molded-fiber manufacturing business is developing and manufacturing consumerelectronic packaging and food trays in an eco-friendly manner.

Footprint delivered to Conagra packaged foods company from January to Aug. 24, 18 million fiber bowls to be used in Healthy Choice’s food bowls, Bassett said.

The sustainable technology firm also currently is manufacturing mushroom tills or containers for Walmart, according to Bassett.

He said the company also is looking to develop food containers that more closely align with the longevity of the product they hold.

For example, he added, mushrooms from the time they are harvested to their shelf-life in a refrigerator is nine days, and what Footprint wants to do is develop a container that lasts nine days.

Footprint has already helped its customers eliminate over 8 million pounds of plastic from their packaging this year using its core technologies, according to the company.

With the addition of paper straw manufacturing, the amount of plastic that Footprint can enable its customers to eliminate skyrockets to over 312 million pounds of plastic.

But reducing plastic’s footprint on the planet will take time, given it involves the United States’ third largest manufacturing industry.

“The opportunity to eliminate plastic is everywhere,” Bassett said.

“The critical aspect of Footprint’s mission is to eliminate plastics from everywhere we can.”

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Education tax ruling fuels campaign against 2 state justices

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

U

pset with a ruling that knocked a tax hike for education off the ballot, some education advocates are trying to get voters to turn one or two Supreme Court justices out of office in November.

Teresa Ratti said the conclusion by the justices that the wording of the Invest in Ed initiative was misleading was “the exact same statement’’ that came from the Republican-controlled legislative council which was tasked with writing an explanation of the proposal.

“Do we really have a separate judiciary branch, or is our judicial branch being controlled or influenced by the executive and the legislature?’’ she asked.

So Ratti, a high school government teacher, is using a constitutional provision on how judges are chosen in Arizona to urge people to oust Clint Bolick and John Pelander. They are the two of the seven justices whose terms are up this year.

Jennifer Hilsbos is focusing solely on Bolick.

Ideally, Hilsbos said, she would like to get rid of the two newest justices who Gov. Doug Ducey got to name after the Republican-controlled legislature agreed to expand the court from five to seven members. She said Ducey effectively was packing the court with his choices.

But neither John Lopez nor Andrew Gould are up for election this year. So that leaves her to take out her wrath on Bolick, who Ducey named to the high court in 2016.

Anyway, she notes, Pelander was tapped for the court by Jan Brewer, Ducey’s predecessor. But if Pelander is removed and Ducey gets reelected, that gives the current governor a chance to name yet another member of the court.

The system, approved by voters in 1974, sets up a process where the judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and superior courts of Pima, Pinal and Maricopa counties are named through what is known as a “merit selection’’ process.

A special panel reviews applicants and forwards the names of nominees to the governor, who must choose from that list.

Then, as terms expire, the judges stand for reelection on a retain-or-reject basis. If they are turned out, the process starts all over.

In the entire history of the system, only two judges have been removed, one from the Court of Appeals and one from the Maricopa bench. No Supreme Court justice

CLINT BOLLICK

JOHN PELANDER

has ever lost an election, though a group that did not like one of his rulings did try to deny Pelander another six-year term in 2012.

The initiative at issue would have increased state income taxes on individual earnings above $250,000. The idea was to create a dedicated revenue stream of about $690 million a year for education.

Backers got more than enough signatures to put the issue on the November ballot.

But in a brief order late last month, Chief Justice Scott Bales said the description provided to petition signers did not inform them of all the implications of the measure, saying “that creates a significant danger of confusion or unfairness.’’

It’s not just that conclusion that angered education supporters. There was also the fact that Daniel Scarpinato, a campaign aide to Ducey, confirmed that he had told some reporters that the decision was a 5-2 split in a bid to show that the governor’s two new appointments didn’t make a difference, even though that information is not public.

From the perspective of those seeking to oust the justices, that just confirms their belief that there is a pipeline between the high court and the governor’s office, one they contend suggests that information also flows the other way.

That “leak’’– no one from the court will confirm the vote until a formal ruling comes out – has caused some concern.

Jerry Landau, an aide to the court, said there already is an inquiry into how any information got out.

“I am completely confident that none of the justices communicated that information,’’ Bolick told Capitol Media Services, adding: “The notion that any of us would ever divulge a vote breakdown before it was official is flabbergasting.’’

Pelander said he knows nothing about it and does not believe it came from any of the justices.

“But if there was any kind of leak, it’s extremely disappointing and disconcerting to me,’’ he said.

NEWS

5

6

NEWS

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Gilbert OKs massive complex despite Chandler complaints

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

G

inger Rowley recalled buying a house in 1995 that backed up to land zoned commercial.

The lot was later rezoned for multifamily units – and that is when the nightmare began, according to Rowley.

“I had noise all night along,” she said, adding she also smelled cigarette and marijuana smoke from the apartment dwellers.

She finally sold her house in 2004 and moved to the Paseo Trail neighborhood in Chandler.

“I live a half mile from the airport,” she said. “The noise never bothers us.”

But a 356-unit apartment complex of two- and three-story buildings, proposed north of her neighborhood will, Rowley and other Chandler residents told Gilbert Town Council Sept. 6.

Nevertheless, Gilbert Town Council unanimously approved a rezoning for the complex – leaving Chandler residents unhappy despite concessions made by the developer in an attempt to ease their concerns.

The Town Council rezoned 19.6 acres at Germann Road and Mustang Drive from business park to multifamily, making way for a project that Chandler residents as-

serted would drive down their property values and bring in more cars and more children, which would impact already crowded schools.

“Just because you are Chandler residents doesn’t mean we don’t listen,” Vice Mayor Brigette Peterson told them.

Peterson, who previously met with residents to discuss their concerns, said because they got involved, the Liv at Gilbert Crossroads project is now a better one.

With that, she threw her support to the rezoning.

Ed Bull, a land-use and zoning attorney representing the parcel’s owner Rockefeller Group, told the council the 19.6acre site is not viable for commercial development because it is too deep, too big and lacks good visibility from Germann Road. Rockefeller has tried since 2009 to attract business park developers to the site without success.

Bull added the rezoning got the backing of the town’s planning staff and Planning Commission. Gilbert Chamber of Commerce also sent a letter of support.

Bull said developer IPA Holding has modified the project to address residents’ concerns.

IPA Holding moved it farther away from the south property line, where the Chan-

dler homeowners live. It put in a wider buffer between the project and singlefamily homes and positioned the threestory buildings along the south portion so that outdoor balconies and patios don’t face the homes.

The nearest three-story buildings will be located approximately 130 feet north of the single-family residences’ property lines.

Also, carriage units were relocated away from the southern property line and onestory garages will be the only buildings at the southernmost portion of the site.

Construction on the apartments is expected to begin in the second quarter of next year and take 19 months to complete, according to a staff report.

The 31 apartment buildings will have studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Two-story loft units will be located along the north and west perimeters.

A couple of residents who live at one of the developer’s completed projects, Liv Northgate apartments on Recker Road in Gilbert, extolled their homes as a development with a resort-like feel.

Chandler resident Deb Ruiz, however, said the rezoning would result in significant traffic, not only on Germann Road, but on Gilbert Road and Ryan Road, a collector street that runs into Roadrunner Park.

“These areas already experience significant congestion,” she said. “We fear the proper infrastructure is not in place to support this project at this time. I feel to pass this at this point in time would be irresponsible.”

Councilman Jared Taylor, who is president and CEO of Heritage Academy, founded by his father, and sits on the Arizona State Board of Education, used his expertise to address complaints that children from the apartments would burden nearby schools.

The project would yield about 70 to 90 students, and when they are dispersed among the different grade levels in schools within a 10-mile radius, the impact is one to three new students per class, which he called manageable.

“At the end of the day, schools want students,” he said.

Mayor Jenn Daniels said she has spoken to Chandler Unified School Districts officials, who indicated they did not have an issue with the project.

Council members also recognized the need for multifamily housing in the area to accommodate employees that will result from existing and planned commercial development along Loop 202 from Gilbert Road to Val Vista Drive.

in Arizona, the Democrats said the longterm solution is to invest in a strong education system.

Both Republicans pointed to lowering taxes for a free market and capitalism to create the jobs for people to lift themselves out of poverty.

Arizona is tied with Georgia as a state with the 10th highest number of individuals living below the poverty level in 2017, according to the U.S. Census.

While Farnsworth and Granthan referenced recent increases in school funding, including teacher raises in the governor’s budget, Bisaccia said funding is still below pre-recession levels.

“Free market doesn’t mean anything if you can’t put your child through college,”

enabled her to become a teacher and an attorney.

Brown, a retired teacher, said the state needs to provide more shelters, more affordable housing, make health care affordable and have more trade schools to help address poverty.

Farnsworth said government and taxpayers need to stop handouts if people are to be helped in the long run.

The candidates also differed on private, for-profit prisons.

The Democrats opposed private prisons with Brown saying too many people are being incarcerated for minor offenses, which is a burden to taxpayers. She also said when there is no oversight of prisons and that Arizona was spending more

private prisons under contract with the department. There are about six other private prisons operating in the state not under contract with Arizona but rather with the federal government or other states.

Robinson and Bisaccia called for prison reform, saying the state needs to focus on reducing recidivism and stopping the criminalization of non-violent offenses.

“It’s a really, really sick industry,” Bisaccia said. “I don’t know why the state is investing in it.”

Grantham said private prisons can work and help government operate more efficiently.

Farnsworth lashed out at the Democrats for demonizing privatization.

Toll roads are private roads and they work, Farnsworth said. He added he sponsored four bills to reduce recidivism with military courts and homeless courts that target those populations with programs.

He said private prisons have their place but that violent offenders should still be kept in state-run prisons.

The candidates also were asked for their

LD12 candidates spar on charter schools, prisons, energy

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

C

andidates running for state House and Senate in Legislative District 12 touted their respective party’s platforms last week when it came to issues such as education, the economy and renewable energy.

The Citizens Clean Elections Commission hosted the debate at the Hyatt Place in Gilbert, where five of the six candidates attended — Republicans Eddie Farnsworth and Travis Grantham and Democrats Lynsey Robinson, Joe Bisaccia and Elizabeth Brown.

Republican Warren Petersen was absent.

Farnsworth, termed out of the House, is challenged by Brown in the Nov. 6 general election for the state Senate seat representing Gilbert and Queen Creek.

Petersen, currently a state senator, and incumbent Grantham are facing off against Robinson and Bisaccia for the two open House seats.

Around 40 people attended the roughly 90-minute debate that at times bordered on testy.

When it comes to the question of poverty

Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer

Participating in the Clean Elections Commission debate last week for candidates in Legislative District 12 were, from left, Democrat Lynsey Robinson, Republican incumbent Rep. Travis Grantham, Democrat Joe Bisaccia, Republican Rep., Eddie Farnsworth and Democrat Elizabeth Brown.

Robinson said. “We need to subsidize higher education and make it affordable.”

Robinson said that as a former Dreamer from Haiti, receiving a quality education

money on inmates than on its students.

Arizona Department of Corrections established a Contract Beds Bureau to monitor, evaluate and support the five

see DEBATE page 14

NEWS

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Summer Smiles

ANGEL Adult Day Center 500 S. Gilbert Road, Gilbert AZ 85296 | 480-630-6211

Our goal is to become an extension of your home environment with quality, safe, personalized care

299

$

starting at (complete denture)

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Medication Management Nursing Services Therapeutic Activities Daily Exercise Arts & Crafts Bingo Educational Learning Programs ✓ Socialization ✓ Breakfast, Lunch and Snacks ✓ And More!

other restrictions may apply.

50

$

Extractions

(with purchase of immediate denture) other restrictions may apply.

1

$

mesadental.com

Emergency Exam & X-ray

480.396.9900

Angel Adult Day Center acts as an alternative or supplement to home care and an alternative to moving to assisted living for care. Our center offers continued community-based living for individuals with physical and/or cognitive limitations and provides respite for their caregivers.

1423 S Higley Rd, #101, Mesa

other restrictions may apply.

(Between US 60 & Southern, across from Lowe’s)

www.angeladultcenter.org

Trash Recycle Bulk New Trash Pickup Schedules Start October 1, 2018!

Same-day pickup, just on a new day!

Starting Monday, October 1st, Gilbert will be rolling out a new trash, recycling, and bulk trash pickup schedule for all residents. Same-day pick up for trash and recycling containers will continue, but your pickup day will likely change. We will also be changing bulk pickup to every five weeks.

ZONE C

ZONE A ZONE B

• Place BOTH trash and recycling containers, spaced 4 feet apart, at the current designated pickup location by 5:00 AM on your new collection day.

ZONE D

• Recycle containers should only be placed out for pickup when full.

• Place all acceptable bulk items in the street against the curb no earlier than the Saturday prior to your collection week and no later than 5:00 AM on Monday of your collection week.

ZONE A

ZONE B

ZONE C

ZONE D

ZONE E

Trash/Recycling: MONDAY

Trash/Recycling: TUESDAY

Trash/Recycling: WEDNESDAY

Trash/Recycling: THURSDAY

Trash/Recycling: FRIDAY

Bulk Trash - Collection Begins Week Of: • Oct. 1 • Dec. 5 • Dec. 17

Bulk Trash - Collection Begins Week Of: • Oct. 8 • Nov. 12 • Dec. 31

Bulk Trash - Collection Begins Week Of: • Oct. 15 • Nov. 26

Bulk Trash - Collection Begins Week Of: • Oct. 22 • Dec. 3

Bulk Trash - Collection Begins Week Of: • Oct. 29 • Dec. 10

Learn more at:

1 Week Free Trial Membership For a limited time

Denture Replacement

gilbertaz.gov/trash

For 2019 bulk pickup schedules visit: gilbertaz.gov/trash

ZONE E

7

8

NEWS

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

DEBATE from page 6

stance on school choice, which includes home school, private school and charter schools. The candidates focused on the latter.

Bisaccia, a STEM teacher, said it’s a misnomer Democrats oppose school choice.

“We actually support school choice,” he said, asserting that Arizona had the most corrupt charter school system in the nation.

A policy report released in 2017 by Grand Canyon Institute found up to 77 percent of Arizona’s charter school holders use their state-taxpayer funds for potentially questionable financial transactions.

Specifically, many charter schools conducted business with a for-profit business owned by the charter holder, a member of the school’s corporate board or a relative of either, according to the nonpartisan think institute.

Grantham, a business owner, said it costs millions to build a new school building, which is borne by the charter school owner, saving taxpayers money.

Charter schools receive state money based on student head count - just like district schools – but get a larger share because they can’t go to voters to seek bonding for construction or budget overrides.

The latest figures from the Joint

Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer

About 40 people turned out for the Legislative District 12 candidate debate sponsored last week by the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission. They heard the hopefuls debate a wide range of issues ranging from private prisons to charter schools.

Legislative Budget Committee put basic state aid at $6,748 for each student in a charter school compared with $5,389 for those in traditional public schools.

Gov. Doug Ducey, a strong supporter of charter schools, also pushed through legislation that provides state guarantees for loans taken out by charter owners for building schools.

Charter school operators also own those

buildings and can pocket the profit if they sell them.

Grantham said people flock to public charter schools because they do a good job for less money than district schools – although some district schools do a good job, he acknowledged.

“A little bit of competition is good,” he said.

Robinson said as a parent of three, she

supported school choice and that her 5-year-old attended a charter school.

That said, she went on the attack mode, saying she was against charter schools making millions off the back of taxpayers and called for more accountability and transparency.

It’s an uneven playing field with charter schools not being monitored in how they spend taxpayer dollars and not held to the same standards as public district schools, she said.

She said Farnsworth will be making millions by taking his Benjamin Franklin Charter school company from a private to a nonprofit status.

Farnsworth later explained that because 95 percent of charter schools in the state are nonprofit, his privately owned company needed to compete as such for the longevity of his four campuses and students.

Nonprofit charter schools can get federal funding but under the Obama administration, for-profit charter schools are banned from that money, according to Farnsworth, who said his charter schools have never taken federal funding.

Brown said she didn’t know of any other sector in government that gets taxpayer monies and don’t have to

see DEBATE page 14

This Feels Like Home • • • •

No buy-in fee Month-to-month rent At Your Service® Dining Stainless steel appliances

• Washer & dryer in all Independent and Assisted Living apartments • Granite countertops

Now Open!

Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care

480-525-8112 • TheEnclaveAtGilbertSeniorLiving.com 4929 South Val Vista Drive • Gilbert, AZ 85298 A SPECTRUM RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

GIL East Valley Tribune 9 9 16 23 30 18

®

NEWS

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Children’s Hospital opens sports clinic for kids here

Phoenix Children’s Sports Medicine program is opening a sports physical therapy clinic at 3530 S. Val Vista Drive, Gilbert, specifically aimed at patients as young as 4. It is the first Arizona sports physical therapy clinic designed for pediatric and young adult populations. The facility will offer everything from return-to-sports readiness care, to cupping and dry needling.

“Young athletes are still growing and need clinicalprofessional expertise from physical therapists who understand how injuries differ in children and teens from similar conditions in adults,” said Dr. Kristina Wilson, medical director of sports medicine at Phoenix Children’s.

Nationally recognized sports medicine physicians from Phoenix Children’s Center for Pediatric Orthopedics will provide clinical oversite, and Phoenix Children’s physical therapists will manage care.

Orthopedic clinicians from Phoenix Children’s have worked for years with East Valley high school athletic teams to provide professional medical support on and off the field. The new clinic will offer collaboration with high school and collegiate athletic trainers, youth and club coaches, and parents and families to provide patients with a continuum of care.

Patients will also have access to professional-grade equipment and services only previously available to professional athletes including anti-gravity treadmills, tool augmented soft tissue, motion analysis and more.

Information: 602-933-7778 or phoenixchildrens.org/sportspt.

Gilbert restaurant to aid animal rescue

Arizona BBQ Company in Gilbert along with Mesa-based Follow Your Heart Animal Rescue are teaming up for BarkB-Q, a fundraiser to aid abandoned, abused and injured dogs in the East Valley.

Restaurant owners Mark and Colette Nichols and general manager Tim Mace want to give back to the community on their one-year anniversary in Gilbert. Since the Nichols adopted Duke and Odessa from the rescue, they envisioned a fundraiser and dog adoptions to raise awareness and financial support for it.

Raffle tickets, $5 for one or $20 for five, are available at Follow Your Heart in Superstition Springs Mall on Saturdays and at Arizona BBQ Company, 1534 E. Ray Road, Suite 110, through Sept. 29. On that day, prize drawings with be held at the restaurant at 8 p.m. Winners need not be present.

Among the prizes: a Hawaiian vacation, two digital smokers, a golf package, a spa-day package, a Lisa Vanderpump pet package and a family fun package.

Follow Your Heart Animal Rescue’s adoption center in Superstition Springs Mall is run by five young women who volunteered and fostered for years to earn those positions.

Follow Your Heart is not a kennel or shelter. It is a foster-based rescue with roughly 175 dogs at any given time, all but a few of them in foster homes until adopted.

In 2017, the rescue saved and treated more than 2,300 dogs and cats. In February of 2017, Follow Your Heart opened a nonprofit veterinary hospital in Mesa.

Information: azbbqcompany.com or 480-361-4180; or Follow Your Heart Animal Rescue on Facebook or 480-807-0085.

Fall exhibition explores the wonders of solar system

This fall, science and art collide at the i.d.e.a. Museum during “Far Out: Our Solar System,” an exhibition, opening Friday, Sept. 28, that features art and hands-on activities exploring outer space.

“It’s fitting that we are looking to the skies during NASA’s 60th year. Children and adults love to imagine what it’s like to travel into space,” said i.d.e.a. Museum Executive Director Sunnee O’Rork.

Planned activities for children of all ages include: blasting off into the solar system with the space travel simulator; exploring the solar system and learning facts about each plane; learning how much weight varies on different planets; exploring Area 51 in an updated black light room; building prototypes of space crafts and observing meteorites on display.

The exhibition – which runs through Jan. 20 – features 36 artworks by 16 artists.

Works include paintings, photographs, quilts, wood sculpture, video, digital collages and a site-specific installation. In addition, items are on display from the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University.

*Offer expires 9/30/18

9

NEWS

10

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Gilbert fundraiser aims to help impoverished region GILBERT SUN NEWS STAFF

T

he public can get an insight of the daily struggles of families living in Mozambique and help do something about it at an upcoming fundraiser in Gilbert.

In Mozambique, one quarter of the adults have HIV, 75 percent are unemployed, one in seven children die before the age of 5 and the expected life span is 48 years old.

Care for Life is hosting the “Growing Up in Mozambique” event on Sept. 29.

The informative event also features international and local entertainment such as The Kawambe-Omowale African Drum & Dance Theater, and magician and illusionist Eric Giliam.

Attendees will get a close encounter with the work Care for Life does with Cindy Packard, a licensed midwife with a private practice in Gilbert and co-founder of the nonprofit with her husband, Blair Packard.

The Packards first visited Mozambique in 2000 after learning of the devastation that struck the African country.

The couple saw that many of the

GSN file photo

Cindy Packard of Gilbert and her husband started a nonprofit several years ago to help villagers in Mozambique.

humanitarian efforts established in Mozambique were only addressing the secondary issues such as hunger, disease and infant mortality rates.

They decided to form Care for Life to get to the root of these problems by teaching and fostering self-reliance to the families in the Mozambique villages.

The nonprofit focuses on villages located outside of Beira, the second largest city in

Mozambique – population 530,604. Each village typically has between 200 and 250 inhabitants, and many do not have running water and electricity.

The organization has volunteers working to reach thousands with the Family Preservation Program, which aims to help families grow and remain selfsustaining through education.

The nonprofit educates villagers how

to be self-sufficient in eight key areas – health and hygiene, education, psychosocial well-being, sanitation, food security and nutrition, income generation, home improvement and community participation.

Throughout Care for Life’s years of operation, it served over 3,100 families.

Maternal deaths have been reduced by 78 percent and infant deaths cut by 58 percent in villages where Care for Life has gone in, according to an independent, fiveyear research study presented this year.

Yet this is only a drop in the bucket compared with the vast need, according to the group.

IF YOU GO:

What: “Growing Up in Mozambique” fundraising event When: 6 p.m., Sept. 29 Where: Barnone, next top Joe’s Farm Grill, 3000 E. Ray Road, Gilbert.

RSVP: growingupinmozambique. splashthat.com To help: Donations to Care for Life can be made at CareForLife.org.

10 YEARS FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED LICENSED, BONDED INSURED ROC242432

480.888.0484 Get a call, text and emailed pic of tech when we’re on our way

on most plumbing repairs!

Our reader poll is designed to let YOU tell us about your favorite people, places, shops, restaurants and things to do in Chandler.

PEOPLE | PLACES | SHOPS | RESTAURANTS | THINGS TO DO

www.surveymonkey.com/r/BestoftheBest18

VOTE NOW!

☛ Never a service call fee ☛ Up-front pricing ☛ Tankless water heaters

SPECIAL! $30 OFF*

3-Year Warranty

What we do…

Support Local Business

Crimshield Certified Employees - Background Checked & Crime-Free

☛ Tank water heaters ☛ Fixture Replacements ☛ Plumbing & drain repairs ☛ Water Treatment

We accept all major credit cards and PayPal Financing Available

480-418-6000

3855 S Gilbert Rd #109, Gilbert, AZ

SALON / SPA (Facials, Hair Services) • MEDSPA (Botox, Fillers, Facials and Body Contouring)

Buy Any 2 Syringes of Juvederm, Get 20% OFF + FREE Deluxe Hydrafacial *This deal cannot be shared. EXPIRES 9/30/18.

With coupon only. Excludes Juvederm Plus Volbella Restylane 0.5. Not valid with any other offer.

Buy One Treatment of KYBELLA, Get

20% Discount EXPIRES 9/30/18.

NEW CLIENT SPECIAL! 7.89/unit BOTOX or $ 99 40 units of DYSPORT EXPIRES 9/30/18.

New clients only. With coupon only. One coupon per customer. Not valid with any other offer.

Must present coupon with incoming order.

Cannot be combined with any other offers.

20% Discount

on ALL Salon Services EXPIRES 9/30/18. New clients only.

One coupon per customer. With coupon only.

Cannot be combined with any other offers.

Buy 1 Syringe of Juvederm,

Get 10% Discount + FREE Blow-out EXPIRES 9/30/18. With coupon only.

Cannot be combined with any other offers.

Microneedling Treatment

99

$

Dermaplaning - $45 Custom Facial - $49 EXPIRES 9/30/18.

Cannot be combined with any other offers.

BOOK ONLINE @ pureorganicbeautyandmedspa.com

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

11

Earn

4x

the national average.1

2.50% APY2

BMO Harris Bank 18-month CD

0.54% APY 1

CD National Average

The search for a better rate ends here.

Take advantage of our limited-time special pricing, including 2.50% APY2 for an 18-month CD term. That’s 4x the national average.1 Call us at 480-535-8415 or find a branch at bmoharris.com/locations.

1

National average Annual Percentage Yield (APY) for CDs with terms of 12 to 23 months is calculated and verified by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and is accurate as of September 10, 2018. Terms, including interest compounding and crediting, maturity, renewal, grace period and early withdrawal penalties may differ for each of these financial institutions and products, including the CD provided by BMO Harris Bank N.A. You should review all terms and conditions of each before making a selection.

2

$5,000 minimum opening deposit required. Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is accurate as of September 14, 2018 and is subject to change at any time. For current rate information, contact your banker or call 1-888-340-2265.

IRS contributions apply to IRAs. Early withdrawal penalties may apply.

Banking products and services are subject to bank and credit approval. BMO Harris Bank N.A. Member FDIC © BMO Harris Bank N.A. (9/18 – R1)

12

NEWS

SUICIDE

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

from page 1

for the training to occur.’’

Warnock’s work paid off in an unprecedented manner last week when the Tempe Union High School District became the first district in the state to provide suicide prevention training to its entire staff – from school bus drivers to teachers and principals.

Katey McPherson, an education consultant and suicide prevention advocate, praised former Tempe Union Superintendent Kenneth Baca for laying the groundwork for the training – completed under current Superintendent Kevin Mendivil.

Schatt-Denslow’s husband, Ben Denslow, said he is pleased with the progress in addressing the issue since last year – when McPherson spotted an alarming suicide cluster in the East Valley.

But he said prevention advocates are still fighting against the stigma attached to suicide.

McPherson’s unofficial count, compiled from her contacts in the education community, noted that there 18 teen suicides between July and November in 2017.

The national Centers for Disease Control rank suicide as the second-leading cause of death in Arizona for the 15-24

Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer

Denise and Ben Denslow of Gilbert hold a photo of their 15-year-old son Jacob Edward Machovsky, who took his life in 2016.

age brackets, with 152 people in that age group taking their own lives in 2016.

“We are comfortable enough that we are willing to talk about it. Now, we have to get to the point where we are willing to do something about it,’’ Ben Denslow, Jacob’s stepfather, said.

The coalition of parents decided to make a personal appeal to school boards after a bill failed in the Legislature that would have required all Arizona teachers to receive suicide prevention training.

Instead, the legislature created a new suicide prevention specialist position as part of the Arizona Health Care Cost Con-

tainment System that “is in the process of being filled“ to coordinate efforts to fight suicide, said Heidi Capriotti, an AHCCC spokeswoman.

“By funding this position, the state of Arizona and its elected leaders recognize the public health crisis and have made suicide prevention a priority,’’ she said in a statement.

“With this dedicated resource, we expect coordinated efforts across agencies and advocacy organizations to amplify the message that suicide is preventable, that resources exist to help those considering suicide and their families, and that we can eliminate the stigma around mental illness that keeps people from seeking help.’’

But McPherson, a longtime educator and a suicide prevention advocate, said students need help in school from people trained to recognize the early signs of suicide.

Although East Valley school districts all seem to care about the issue, their response is inconsistent, she said.

She praised the Gilbert Public Schools, Tempe Union, Kyrene, and Mesa Public Schools for having mental health professionals assigned to schools but said others are lagging behind.

Overall, McPherson gives the Arizona school districts a C plus.

“We need to do prevention, rather than intervention,’’ McPherson said, noting that depends on being able to recognize tell-tale signs of suicidal tendencies and getting children help before they either attempt or complete suicide.

“I would say they are all paying attention,’’ McPherson said of East Valley school districts, but some “are slow to move.’’

McPherson, the Denslows and Hull, of north Phoenix, north Phoenix, all decided to speak at a Chandler Unified School District meeting after the district showed a video about teen suicide to students in recognition of September as Suicide Prevention Month.

Students were asked to fill out a survey after the video and to report whether they or any of their fellow students have had suicidal thoughts.

A 14-year-old girl reported that she had attempted suicide in the past and had been having suicidal thoughts, McPherson said. The girl met with a counselor, who attempted to call her mother and left a voicemail message when she didn’t

see SUICIDE page 13

WHY WORK AT HOME WHEN YOU CAN WORK HERE?

COMMUNITY OFFICE SPACE FOR THE MODERN BUSINESSWOMEN RENT SPACE STARTING AS LOW AS $99/MONTH

(480) 320-3900 www.thriveaz.com

NEWS

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

SUICIDE from page 12

answer.

McPherson said the girl was sent home on a bus.

She said no one was home for about two hours, leaving plenty of time for the girl to attempt suicide, though she fortunately never did.

McPherson said it is negligent for any school administrator – or anyone considered a mandatory reporter under state law – to send a student with suicidal thoughts home without making sure a parent is present to get the student help.

She said the system worked properly in another incident at a Chandler junior high school, where students watched the same video. A friend reported that a classmate had suicidal thoughts, and the youth was properly turned over to his parents.

“The system works when adults do their job,’’ McPherson said.

Ben Denslow said Chandler’s approach is inadequate. He urged Chandler school board members to follow the lead of other districts by training teachers to recognize the signs of suicide.

“It’s takes more than a video,’’ Denslow said.

Terry Locke, a district spokesman,

said he cannot comment directly on the incident involving the 14-year-old girl because of privacy rules. He released a statement that acknowledged a communications gaffe with the parent but did not address the incident otherwise.

“Our efforts to help parents address issues related to suicide prevention include administering of the Risk Assessment Referral Data assessment to all student in grades 7-12,’’ Locke said.

“Our protocol is to call parents when students respond that they have suicidal ideation,’’ Locke wrote. “We had a case last week where staff failed to follow the protocol. In addition to voice mails, they should have continued to call until they reach a live voice.

“Brenda Ramos, our director of counseling and social services, is looking into the matter and following up to ensure it doesn’t happen in the future district wide.’’

At a recent meeting, the Chandler school board approved a contract with Southwest Behavioral Health Services to help students with mental health issues.

Gilbert, Mesa and Kyrene school officials all said they have a commitment to educating “the whole child,’’ with academic success closely intertwined with social

and emotional well-being.

Citing the enormous stress created by social media and other factors, those districts are paying more attention to developing students’ coping skills.

At the same time, they also are encouraging students to come forward and tell a trusted adult when they think a classmate may be at risk.

All Gilbert schools have social workers assigned to them that know how to recognize the early warning signs of suicide.

Teachers and students receive suicide prevention training in grades five through 12, and each campus has a behavioral health team, said Marcie Taylor, director of secondary education.

The teams include the social worker, the school psychologist, a nurse and councilors with a deeper level of suicide prevention training, she said.

“It’s to help alleviate the stigma attached to this topic,” Taylor said. “We believe strongly in prevention education.’’

Mesa Public Schools uses a similar approach, with social workers assigned to most schools and Crisis Management Teams in place to spot the early signs of suicide.

“We realize our students are whole human beings,’’ said Michael Garcia, director

13

of opportunity and achievement. “It’s’ not just academic but the social and emotion needs’’ of students.

Dino Recla, Mesa’s prevention counselor, said the focus is on identifying students who are having suicidal thoughts and getting them the help they need.

Recla recommended that parents view a documentary film, “Suicide: the Ripple Effect,’’ to help them learn how to spot the early warning signs in their children.

Renee Kory, principal of Kyrene Aprende Middle School in Chandler, said teachers at her school were saddened when some of their graduates took their lives while attending Corona.

“The teachers approached me and said, ‘we can’t be losing any more kids,’’ Kory said. “We always have Teen Lifeline do a presentation to our staff about suicide risk awareness.’’

Any student identified as having suicidal thoughts is evaluated by a team of school administrators, counselors and psychologists, who ask specific questions aimed at evaluating a student’s level of risk in completing suicide.

Students also take the Signs of Suicide class, which teaches them to recognize

T:10”

see SUICIDE page 14

Give your money a raise Make your money work harder by earning higher interest rates. Talk to a banker for more details. Offer expires October 12, 2018.

Platinum Savings Account

1.75%

Interest rate for 3 months1

0.44%

Fixed Rate CD Annual Percentage Yield1

Enjoy our highest savings interest rate of 1.75% for 3 months (0.44% APY) with new money deposits of at least $25,000.

2.00%

Annual Percentage Yield for 11 months2

Guaranteed fixed rate with new money deposits of at least $25,000 for an 11-month term.

1. Special interest rate and Annual Percentage Yield (APY) of 0.44% is available for Platinum Savings accounts opened in AZ, CO and ND. Interest rates and APYs are available from 9/4/2018 to 10/12/2018; subject to change at any time without notice. Special Interest Rates require $25,000 deposited to the account from sources outside of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or its affiliates. Wells Fargo may limit the amount you deposit to a Platinum Savings account to an aggregate of $1 million. Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is a blended APY which is based on the Special Interest Rate for the initial three (3) month promotional period and the Standard Interest Rate for the remaining nine (9) months. Minimum daily account balance of $25,000 must be maintained to earn the shown Special Interest Rate and blended APY. The account will revert to the Standard Interest Rate for any day the balance falls below the $25,000 minimum daily balance. Interest is compounded daily and paid monthly. The amount of interest earned is based on the daily collected balances in the account. As of 8/6/2018 the standard APYs for a Platinum Savings account in AZ and CO with $0.01 to $249,999.99 is 0.01% and with $250,000 and above is 0.05%; for a Platinum Savings account in ND with $0.01 and above is 0.01%. Each tier shown reflects the current minimum daily collected balance required to obtain the applicable APY. Minimum to open a Platinum Savings account is $25. Platinum Savings’ monthly service fee of $12 applies in any month the account falls below a $3,500 minimum daily balance. Fees may reduce earnings. Interest rates are variable and subject to change without notice. 2. Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is effective for accounts opened between 9/4/2018 to 10/12/2018 and is subject to change at any time without notice. The 11-month New Dollar CD special requires a minimum of $25,000 brought to Wells Fargo from sources outside of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or its affiliates to earn the advertised APY. Public Funds and Wholesale accounts are not eligible for this offer. APY assumes interest remains on deposit until maturity. Interest is compounded daily. Payment of interest on CDs is based on term: For terms less than 12 months (365 days), interest may be paid monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or at maturity (the end of the term). For terms of 12 months or more, interest may be paid monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. A fee for early withdrawal will be imposed and could reduce earnings on this account. Special Rates are applicable to the initial term of the CD only. At maturity, the special rate CD will automatically renew for a term of 6 months, at the interest rate and APY in effect for CDs on renewal date not subject to a Special Rate, unless the Bank has notified you otherwise. APY shown offered at Wells Fargo Bank locations in AZ, CO, ND, PA, and DE. Due to the new money requirement, accounts may only be opened at your local branch.

Offer cannot be: • combined with any other consumer deposit offer. • Minimum new money deposit requirement of at least $25,000 is for this offer only and cannot be transferred to another account to qualify for any other consumer deposit offer. • If you wish to take advantage of another consumer deposit offer requiring a minimum new money deposit, you will be required to do so with another new money deposit as stated in the offer requirements and qualifications. • reproduced, purchased, sold, transferred, or traded. 3. The Portfolio by Wells Fargo program has a $30 monthly service fee, which can be avoided when you have one of the following qualifying balances: $25,000 or more in qualifying linked bank deposit accounts (checking, savings, CDs, FDIC-insured IRAs) or $50,000 or more in any combination of qualifying linked banking, brokerage (available through Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC) and credit balances (including 10% of mortgage balances, certain mortgages not eligible). If the Portfolio by Wells Fargo relationship is terminated, the bonus interest rate on all eligible savings accounts, and discounts or fee waivers on other products and services, will discontinue and revert to the Bank’s then-current applicable rate or fee. If the Portfolio by Wells Fargo relationship is terminated, the remaining unlinked Wells Fargo Portfolio Checking or Wells Fargo Prime Checking account will be converted to another checking product or closed. © 2018 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC. NMLSR ID 399801

Investment and Insurance Products: Are not Insured by FDIC or any Federal Government Agency

May Lose Value

Are not a Deposits of or Guaranteed by a Bank

T:5.4”

Both accounts are FDIC-insured up to the maximum allowable limit. Platinum Savings offer available in AZ, CO and ND. Fixed Rate CD offer available in AZ, CO, ND, PA and DE. Portfolio by Wells Fargo® customers are eligible to receive an additional interest rate bonus on these accounts.3

NEWS

14

DEBATE from page 6

disclose how they spend it.

Farnsworth said the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools has oversight of the schools and that an annual audit is done.

“Almost everything stated here is wrong,” he said, arguing that private companies take the risks and nothing they do is illegal.

He also seemed perturbed by Robinson’s comments the state law that allows him to sell his charter school business is “immoral” and needs to be changed and that it hurt children.

He said he has never hurt children and called her out on her allegation. He went on to say he’s always followed the law in regards to how his business operates and he expected something different from an officer of the court.

And, if the Democrats are so against charter schools making a profit, what about the school bus companies and curriculum

SUICIDE from page 13

early indications of suicidal thoughts and to notify an adult so that a troubled child

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

developers that profit from districts, Farnsworth said.

“If I had two hours, I can name all the companies that make money by providing services to public education,” Farnsworth said. “It’s ridiculous what is being said here.”

Ducey last week said he was open to the idea of reforms in how charter schools are operated, including how they handle their finances.

For the moment, though, he had no specific suggestions. And he remained convinced that the private schools, which in Arizona can be operated as for-profit entities remain an “innovation.’’

Democrats also supported the state using more renewable energy, namely solar and backed Proposition 127 on the November ballot. The clean energy initiative would require public utility companies to get half of their energy supply from renewable sources by 2030.

“We live in the Valley of the Sun, we

can get help.

McPherson said she applauds the efforts of progressive school districts that are focused on doing everything they can

should start investing in solar energy,” Brown said. “There are 296 days of sun in Maricopa County, we should be the solar capital of the U.S.” The issue ought to be the best mix of energy to be used, Farnsworth said.

He said it would cost more to force renewable energy when the technology is not there yet to support its use and there is clean burning fuel like natural gas that can be used instead.

He said the ballot measure is premature and would drive up costs.

Bisaccia said New Jersey, where he is from, leads the country in solar use and residents there have lower energy bills. Earlier this year, the New Jersey governor signed an executive order directing the development of an updated plan for the state to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2050.

And, Bisaccia said as a technology teacher, he can attest that solar panel technology has advanced to where it is cost-effective. to prevent suicide. She said her heart breaks for the Warnocks, the Denslows and other parents who have lost a child to suicide.

Grantham said he agreed with the commercials campaigning against Proposition 127.

“It is not good for the state of Arizona,” he said. “It will drive utility bills through the roof.”

He said the free market should drive where energy comes from and he believed Arizona will move toward renewable energy.

According to Robinson, lawmakers have already undermined voters in the energy initiative.

She was referring to the governor who earlier this year signed a pre-emptive bill that subject utilities to a nominal fine if they fall short of the clean energy goal for 2030.

“The Legislature tries to bypass legally what voters want to happen in the district and in the state,” she said. “It doesn’t matter to them because they are being funded by dark money.”

Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services contributed to this story.

“It’s a club that no one should be part of, and it is so preventable,’’ McPherson said. “My goal is not to have that club add any new members.”

Tempe Union first in suicide prevention training

BY JIM WALSH GSN Staff Writer

I

n the aftermath of defeat, state Sen. Sean Bowie found consolation in the strength of a grassroots effort in the East Valley to train teachers on how to recognize the early warning signs of teen suicide.

The legislature in April defeated the Ahwatukee Democrat’s bill to require suicide prevention training statewide.

He hoped local school districts would do it themselves without a mandate.

That’s exactly what happened in Bow-

ie’s own district, with the Tempe Unified High School District becoming the first district in the state to train all employees, not only teachers, in recognizing the warning signs.

The Tempe Union effort wasn’t an easy accomplishment.

Nikki Kontz, clinical director of Teen Lifeline, a suicide prevention organization, teamed with a group of other mental health providers to train 805 district employees a two-hour session.

“They are the first district to do this district-wide,’’ Kontz said. “This is Suicide Prevention Month. What bigger

message can you send than to give suicide prevention training district wide?’’

She said Teen Lifeline, which works to prevent teen suicide statewide, hopes Tempe Union becomes an example for other districts to emulate.

“Everyone is important. It doesn’t matter what role you have,’’ Kontz said, noting that.’

She said a cafeteria worker or a school bus driver might overhear students talking about a fellow student in a mental health crisis, or a janitor might find a discarded piece of paper indicating a student was planning suicide.

Teen Lifeline operates a hotline, using fellow teens to counsel their peers. Jennifer Liewer, a Tempe Union spokeswoman, said the focus is on helping today’s students.

Teachers “see students struggling and they want to help them,’’ Liewer said. “They are the ones who see them in the classroom day in and day out.

We knew it was a problem. It’s about getting the tools in their hands.’’

“They see them every day and it’s intimidating if you don’t know what to say and what to look for,’’ Liewer said.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES AND SUDOKU from Page 27

Vo t e

!

BEST Tacos

COMMUNITY

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Community GilbertSunNews.com

|

@GilbertSunNews

15

For more community news visit gilbertsunnews.com

/GilbertSunNews

Gilbert woman wants her near-death experience to help others

BY SRIANTHI PERERA GSN Contributor

A

s a child growing up in New York City, Joy Sackstein said she was frequently visited by “other beings” who befriended her and guided her through the years.

It was such a large part of her life that she believed everybody saw them. She also had the ability to understand different mindsets and read others’ thoughts.

As extraordinary as that is, nothing in Sackstein’s life can be compared to her experience three years ago in Gilbert.

A healer by profession, Sackstein succumbed to a hereditary tendency to heart disease and had a heart attack after she returned home from a Zumba class.

Fortunately, her husband was there, and he called 911.

Later, while a team of medical professionals were attending to her, she became an observer of the struggle

Srianthi Perera/GSN Contributor

Professional healer Joy Sackstein promotes her book – “Where Do I Go From Here?” based on her neardeath experience.

that was unfolding inside the surgical theater.

“When I flat-lined, I rose above my body and I saw myself on the table,” she said. “But I was watching from a higher plane; I was observing the room, at first not recognizing that it was me on the table.

“I saw this huge white light, and as this white light kept coming closer and closer to me, I felt myself leaving this room. I went through these different realms of consciousness,” she added.

The experience was “blissful.” She heard heavenly music and saw vibrant colors.

She met her grandmother and her father, both of whom moved toward her along with thousands of other beings.

“My grandmother told me that she was happy to see me, but it was not my time; my father kept coming toward me, and he was yelling ‘you can’t stay, you can’t stay,’ and he and my grandmother were bickering with

each other saying ‘she’s confused,’” she recalled.

“And then Jesus walked out of this crowd; he kept walking toward me,” she said. “He whispered in my ear ‘you have to go back,’ and I was like ‘why am I here? why do I have to go back?

I’m good. I want to stay.’ Then he whispered again in my ear, you know that book? That’s man’s word, not mine, and I want you to tell everyone that that’s not my word.”

Sackstein believes that the message she received from Jesus is one of the reasons she had this near-death experience and was brought back to her life.

According to her, Jesus said, “My word is about love, my word is about being compassionate, my word was about accepting everything and everybody, it wasn’t about segregating and separating, it was about collectiveness, and I want see NEAR-DEATH page 16

Higley students take on Great Arizona Code Challenge

BY MICHELLE REESE GSN Guest Writer

S

mart phone apps, video games and website use are a part of daily life for most Gilbert and East Valley teens.

Now, they’re also the ones developing them.

Charged with creating an app, game or website to help make life “more effective,” Higley Unified School District students from Williams Field High School as well as Sossaman and Cooley middle schools took part in the Great Arizona Code Challenge this month.

The competition presented students with an outline of the “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” and asked them to use that idea as a base to develop an app, website or game people may use to be more effective in life.

Higley schools offer coding – the tool used to create an app, website or game – in many ways on campuses: from in-class special events to after-school clubs to middle and high-school level

Higley Unified

Students from three Higley Unified School District schools participated in the Great Arizona Code Challenge, tasked with the job of creating an app, game or website that would help make life “more effective.”

courses.

Some students at the event also participate in engineering or robotics classes. This was a chance for the

students to put lessons to use with a hands-on project or try coding for the first time to see if it’s a field of interest.

The group of students from Alise

Kraus’ engineering program at Williams Field arrived early on a Friday and were given until 3 p.m. the next day to tackle their projects. They worked in teams of two or solo – sometimes pairing up with students from another school.

Students also bounced back and forth from table to table encouraging one another or seeking advice from some of the volunteers. Most students were designing an app or website.

About 40 high school students participated in the two-day event, most from the East Valley.

Cooley and Sossaman robotics and computer foundations teachers Joe Bisaccia, Dick Smith and John Burke took middle school students to the one-day Saturday event. There, they competed against about 100 of their peers.

Students used a variety of code options to create their programs. High school student projects included an exercise challenge website to encourage physical fitness, a game to keep lit-

see CODE page 16

16

COMMUNITY

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

A-1 Golf Carts SUN LAKES, AZ

STOP IN AND CHECK OUT THE

NEW E-Z-GO’S!

E-Z-GO LX

E-Z-GO RXV ELITE

E-Z-GO L6

0% FINANCING AVAILABLE When you purchase a NEW E-Z-GO!* Finance offers only available at participating E-Z-GO dealers. Approval, rates, applicable fees, and terms provided are based on credit worthiness. Offers only available in 50 U.S. states and District Columbia. Financing offers void where prohibited.

Finance terms are also available for pre-owned E-Z-GO products.

Please see your local E-Z-GO Authorized Dealer for details.

25820 S. Arizona Ave. • Sun Lakes, AZ 85248 480.895.2000 • www.A1GolfCarts.com

NEAR-DEATH from page 15

therapy. She’s an ordained minister, a psychic body worker and a medium. She also conducts workshops on ascension, the act of rising to a higher level.

To her, it isn’t about Christianity as much as it’s spirituality and a collective experience.

It was about “the peace of knowing that there is no religion, there’s none of that, it’s just a collective consciousness of love and what you believe through that process,” she said. “What makes this one different than this one? We are all going to the same place; we are all trying to reach to this higher consciousness.”

Three other books are in the pipeline based on her journaling: the topics are the gateway to ascension, the specific teachings of these beings that help to bring people to different consciousness; women and why they are here on this planet; and how parents of gifted children can elevate their gifts.

Sackstein hopes to help others tap into their spiritual selves, and along those lines, she teaches 12-month long ascension workshops.

Her heart attack was a near-fatal one.

Who knows how much time there is left, not just for her but for anybody?

“I came home after Zumba, and I was dying. It was life-altering. I’m hopeful that people will get my book and have the message that anything is possible and that we don’t have to stop at anything,” she said.

Learn more about Joy Sackstein and her work at hummingbirdwings.com.

CODE from page 15

Kraus said she was excited to see what students were going to create.

“I want them to realize how much they can achieve by teaching themselves and working as teams. I want them to realize how much they can excel,” she said during the event. “It is great to see their faces when they accomplish something they didn’t think they could do.”

All students presented their projects at the end of the event. Students were judged on functionality, technical prowess, appearance, creativity, degree of difficulty, helping the cause and presentation.

Cooley’s Zach Ramirez, teamed up with Casteel Junior High student James Hepworth, finished second overall.

“They wrote 447 lines of HTML code explaining how to help people learn the basics of managing money,” Smith said.

Michelle Reese is the public relations coordinator for Higley Unified.

everybody to know that.

“I want everybody to know that the human experience is meant to experience love, and there’s so much anger and so much pain going down there, you need to bring heaven to earth, and you need to figure out a way on how to bring a heavenly experience to this plane so that people can understand not to be ugly and angry and at odds,” he told her.

Sackstein said she was sent back to this world just as suddenly as she left it. “The next thing I know is that I was back on the table and back in that space again, back in that room with a lot of lights. I knew something very heavenly happened, but I was so confused.”

Sackstein journaled her experience, as suggested by the International Association for Near Death Studies.

Recently, she turned her journal into her first book, titled “Where Do I Go From Here?” which is an emotional outline of her human life and the intergalactic world she inhabited from her young days, and later, her neardeath experience.

She launched her book at Nicantoni’s Pizza in Gilbert and plans to relaunch it in New York City, a place she returns to at least four times a year for her healing work. That’s also when she spends time with her mother and her daughter.

Sackstein has studied and practices various types of healing, including Shamanistic-based healing, reiki, spiritual channeling and massage

tle ones busy while mom and dad got more work done and a trivia game to develop thinking skills.

“Our STEM students attended a great event that had them thinking outside the box,” Burke said. “They really enjoyed themselves and learned a bunch about programming skills.”

“I decided to come because I’ve never coded before, and I wanted to have a chance to learn about it and actually see the real-world application to see how I would do given the task to code,” Williams Field engineering student Chris Van Orden, a senior, said.

“What we’re learning right now can be applied later down the road when we are getting jobs,” said Alex Haynie, sophomore, an engineering student at Williams Field. “We can use what we’re learning in engineering. What we learned last year was 3D modeling, and we can combine that with creating websites.”

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

17

MODEL HOMES OPEN DAILY

LIVE BOUNTIFULLY Discover a natural abundance of everything and everyone you love at Belmont in Gilbert.

EUROPEAN-INSPIRED RESIDENCES | UP TO 5,295 SQ. FT. | NOW OPEN & SELLING MAP & DRIVING DIRECTIONS AT BELMONTGILBERT.COM | (480) 757-4678

AT SO MER SET • GI LBER T

All information subject to change. Construction by TNHC Realty and Construction Inc. BRE #01870227. Rendering and view are an artist’s conception only.

Models or persons in photos do not reflect ethnic preferences and housing is open to all without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap or national origin. September 2018.

18

BUSINESS

Business GilbertSunNews.com

|

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

@GilbertSunNews /GilbertSunNews

Gilbert salon provides spiritual readings – even for pets

BY CECILLA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

I

t’s a safe bet to say Tokyo Blue Hair Lab is the first of its kind in Gilbert — offering not just razor haircuts, organic hair color and blowouts, but spiritual readings as well.

Even readings for pets.

Owner TJ Belis, a self-described sageburning mom and crystal lover, recently held a grand opening of her organic hair salon, housed in the Phenix Salon Suites on Baseline Road near Power Road. The debut event was attended by local dignitaries such as Mayor Jenn Daniels.

“I’m also into lunar hair cuts,” said Belis, who only uses vegan or organic products.

“My grandparents were farmers who planted seeds going by Farmer’s Almanac, which does it by phases of the moon.”

The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s annual Gardening by the Moon Calendar is

based on the belief that the phase and position of the moon influences plant growth.

If a full moon can help a plant grow faster, the same can be said for hair, said Belis, who moved to Gilbert three years ago.

She will razor cut hair any time of the year, but if a client might complain that her hair never grows, Belis said she will recommend changing the apKimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographert pointment to coinTokyo Blue Hair Lab owner TJ Bellis, center, looks on as her aunt Jacqulyn Grant holds Ria after a reading and the dog’s owner Mini Philip cide with the moon’s cycle. reasures her pet.

Although Belis claims to have psychic abilities, it’s her aunt Jacqulyn Grant, who takes care of the clients’ spiritual needs at the shop. The women, both born on Dec. 7 but in different years, moved to Gilbert from Maryland.

Grant is a psychic medium who is clairvoyant, claircognizant, clairsentient and clairaudient, meaning she is clear seeing, knowing, feeling and hearing.

She has written a book published in August, “And That Day Came,” which is a memoir of her life before and after she developed her intuitive gifts.

Grant, who founded Black Butterfly Purple Visions, offers oracle readings, pendulum readings, angel card readings and pet readings. She has a bachelor’s from Trinity Washington University and a master’s from American University, according to her biography.

see SALON page 19

Gilbert surgeon helps pioneer new shoulder replacement

BY SRIANTHI PERERA GSN Contributor

C

handler retiree Carolyn Craig was told that her impending total shoulder replacement surgery was “no walk in the park.”

She was mentally prepared for many months of difficult recovery and to endure considerable pain because the alternative was going on with debilitating arthritic pain.

After her surgery last September, Craig took pain pills for exactly two days.

“It was a walk in the park, almost,” she said. “It was just a big surprise, and I went, of course, for therapy afterwards, and the therapy went well, and my range of motion came back very quickly. It was just a positive thing for me all the way around.”

Craig’s surgery to repair the effects of arthritis on her right shoulder was performed by Dr. William Paterson of OrthoArizona, Gilbert, at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. Shoulders are his spe-

cialty, and Paterson has repaired a good 300 during his seven-year career in the Southeast Valley.

In Craig’s case, Paterson used an implant called the SIMPLICITI shoulder system, devised by Wright, a Memphis, Tennessee-based company that specializes in developing anatomical implants.

As the name implies, it simplifies the process of performing a total shoulder replacement by eliminating steps, according to the surgeon.

Craig was Paterson’s first patient who received the implant. She credits it for her speedy recovery and ability to regain general mobility of the arm.

Compared to other shoulder implants, the SIMPLICITI is short, no more than two inches long.

“He said he didn’t know until he got to my shoulder whether I would be a candidate for it or not. He said my bone density was good and everything looked good, so he used it,” Craig said.

Paterson has since used the implant on many other patients, with equally

positive results.

“I felt really blessed that I had him and he was willing to try this new implant. I felt like this whole thing was meant to be, and it was very successful,” Craig said.

Shoulder surgery replaces the ball of the shoulder with a metal ball attached to a stem that sits inside the humerus bone, and the socket with a plastic socket. During surgery, the painful arthritic portions of the bone are removed, Paterson said, which include bone spurs and the worn-out joint surfaces.

The joint is then replaced with metal and plastic parts that best match the original size and shape of the bones.

In layman’s terms, Paterson said, it “reconstructs the ball Special to GSN

The SIMPLICITI shoulder system, devised by Tennessee-based Wright, a company that specializes in developing anatomical implants, simplifies the surgery and quickens the recovery.

and socket side of shoulder to change a rough situation into a smooth one so that the bearing surface is no longer bone-on-bone.”

see SHOULDER page 19

BUSINESS

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

SALON from page 18

Grant said she only stays in the light in dealing with spirits.

“We believe in life after death,” she said. “A medium plays a big role in the spiritual world. Without a medium, you can’t connect with them. We are a vessel, passing along messages.”

When it comes to pets, she communicates through feeling, and they share mental pictures with her, Grant said.

One day last week, Grant sat for a reading with Ria, a 10-year-old Shih Tzu. “How is it going?” she said, holding the black-and-white dog on her lap. “Your heart is beating so fast. Don’t be nervous.”

She then asked the pet’s owner Mini

SHOULDER

from page 18

Craig, who’s afflicted with arthritis through most of her body, previously had both her knees replaced.

“That’s what developed in my shoulder,” she said. “The pain got so bad I could barely use my left arm, and I couldn’t lift things, I couldn’t even reach up on a shelf for anything.

“It was really bad, and when they actually got in for the surgery, they found that there were bone chips in there that were floating around. That’s why some times were even more painful than others,” she added. “When the joint gets to where it’s so worn that the bones kind rub on each other, the chipping happens.”

Modeled after total hip replacement surgery, which is the most successful operation in orthopedics, according to the surgeon, total shoulder replacement was first performed in the United States in the 1950s.

“My practice is almost exclusively patients with various shoulder problems,” he said. “The condition that I most commonly treat is a rotator cuff tear.”

Philip questions, including if Ria was sleeping well, if she was tired lately and if she was snuggling up more. Philip, who lives in Gilbert, responded yes to all the questions.

“I feel extra heat,” Grant said. “Something is wrong that is making her work harder. She doesn’t want to put pressure on her feet.”

Grant advised Philip to take Ria to a veterinarian to get her paws checked.

Grant also suggested Philip get herself checked with an annual physical because she mentioned she has been sluggish when connecting to her dog.

Pets, Grant explained, draw a lot of energy and stress from their owners.

“She is sending me a picture of her running around,” Grant added. “Do you

take her out? She wants to see the world more.”

The backyard is the extent of her outdoor activities, Philip said.

Philip, who has her hair done by Belis, said she decided to take her dog for a reading because Ria was behaving differently.

“She’s my life. I have three kids, but she is right above my three kids,” Philip said. “This tells me I do need to get her paws checked. I was just brushing it off. “ Belis, raised Catholic, said the spiritual offerings are a plus for her business, and Gilbert, Arizona in general has been open-minded about this.

“I’ve had someone who said, ‘I want a haircut, color and a reading,’” she said.

“People are really excited about the pet

much better than it did prior to surgery and can continue to improve over the course of about one year.

Since the 1950s, the technology has improved, allowing the replacement parts to provide better return of function and last much longer — about Special to GSN 15 to 20 years.

Left: Thanks to an innovative shoulder surgery, Carolyn Craig enjoys an acCompared to tive lifestyle. Right: Dr. William Paterson of OrthoArizona performed the other total shoulsurgery on her. der replacements, the SIMPLICITI sysTo perform the shoulder replacement surgery, part of the rotator cuff is de- tem has two advantages, the surgeon said: The stem portion of the replacetached and then repaired.

To make sure that it heals, the patient ment is much smaller, which preserves must use a sling for four weeks after more of the patient’s own bone and may surgery. Typically, in six weeks, patients reduce the pain experienced after surcan raise the arm to shoulder level, and gery, and the design allows the surgeon in 12 weeks, the arm usually functions to better replicate the patient’s original anatomy.

19

readings. I’ve not met a person who has chased me with a cross yet.”

Although Belis’ forte in the spiritual realm are Tarot Cards and pendulum readings, she doesn’t do readings while styling a client’s hair.

Once, she was shampooing someone and felt something, but she immediately closed the door, she said.

“We’re not saying there is no God and you have to worship some crystal or tree,” Belis said. “We believe the universe is bigger than us. We can’t explain it.”

For information or to book an appointment: Tokyo Blue Hair Lab, 6671 E. Baseline Road.

Contact: 602-699-5105 or tokyobluehairlab@ gmail.com or JacqulynGrant @ blackbutterflypurplevisions.com. For more information: tokyobluehairlab.com or blackbutterflypurplevisions.com

This allows for more normal mobility and function after surgery.

Originally from Chicagoland, Paterson did his five-year orthopedic surgery residency in Memphis and a year’s fellowship in shoulder surgery. He trained under two surgeons considered the world’s leading shoulder experts, Wayne “Buz” Burkhead and Sumant “Butch” Krishnan, both of Dallas.

He practices in the Southeast Valley at Arizona Spine and Joint Surgery and Banner Baywood, in addition to Mercy Gilbert.

Since her successful surgery, Craig has appointed herself Paterson’s “marketing specialist.”

“Oh, I’ve got a doctor for you,” she tells anyone with a bad shoulder. “It depends on the person, whether or not they can use the implant or not, but it’s certainly worth knowing that it’s out there,” she said.

Meanwhile, she plays bocce ball with her “perfect” shoulder, which promises to perform for a good 20 years.

“There are absolutely no restrictions,” she said. “I can do anything.”

Details: mezonaortho.com/about-us/meet-oursurgeons/william-paterson-md/

GET THE GUIDE. MEET THE CANDIDATES. Read candidate statements, learn important dates and vote informed November 6 with the Voter Education Guide. Citizens Clean Elections Commission mails the nonpartisan resource to every household with a registered voter, but you can also find it online at azcleanelections.gov/votereducationguide.

20

OPINION

Opinion GilbertSunNews.com

|

@GilbertSunNews

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

For more opinions visit gilbertsunnews.com /GilbertSunNews

Highland Park teacher celebrates new resources

BY REBECCA RIDDELL GSN Guest Writer

I

n my opinion, teaching is both the most difficult and yet rewarding profession.

The difficulty lies in reaching every child at their present level of understanding and giving that child the individual support he or she needs and the desire to continue to learn. The reward comes from finally seeing them thrive.

I can compare teaching with backto-school clothes shopping, but with a twist…. There is one clothing store, and it sells only one outfit in one size. The clothes fit one of your children naturally, and you can make them work with some tailoring for another, but your

third child is going to require a complete overhaul of the outfit, sewing everything by hand. Now, imagine that instead of three you have 120 kids!

That’s what teaching was like for me until Summit Learning. I had one curriculum that was supposed to fit all of my students. I did some tailoring of existing curriculum and made a lot of it from scratch. It was daunting, and it wasn’t always a perfect fit.

Some kids snuck under the radar and didn’t master all that they needed to learn, allowing them to move forward with gaps in their learning. Other kids needed to be challenged and became disengaged, which led to a loss of love for learning. It was exhausting and yielded mediocre results.

Last year I taught using the Summit Learning teaching approach for the

first time.

Remember the clothes analogy? Imagine shopping for clothing at a store with unlimited options where everything fits well and is free. Your kids could choose exactly what they want, and everything would fit perfectly. Kids who previously needed to be dragged out of the house to shop for clothes would actually be excited to go shopping.

In the same way, Summit has allowed me to provide every child with perfectly tailored learning opportunities. Students that struggle have their learning gaps filled, make continuous progress and feel successful. Summit Learning teaches students how to set goals and persevere.

Students who have never been challenged experience failure for the first time because I don’t bore them with

what they already know. I push them to go further and learn how to deal with failure and persevere with a positive growth mindset.

I continue to teach through handson projects, collaborative work and class discussions, but I now have the resources to close gaps and keep all learners invested in their education.

All of my students are achieving growth and enjoy school. Before Summit, education was one-size-fits-all.

Now, I have full flexibility to reach every student in my classroom.

Today, I am providing all of my students not only with the resources but skills and habits they will need to lead happy, successful lives, which, in the end, is the goal of teaching.

-Rebecca Riddell is a teacher at Highland Park Elementary School in Gilbert.

Farnsworth: Proud of Ben Franklin Charter School’s acocmplishments

BY REP. EDDIE FARNSWORTH GSN Guest Writer

I

was born in Mesa and raised in Chandler. My family has deep ties to the East Valley. And I am proud to have launched four charter school campuses in the East Valley. The Benjamin Franklin Charter School opened more than 20 years ago to give parents and students options and to provide a traditional back to basics education.

I am proud of the work we have done at our East Valley campuses. We now serve more than 3,000 students, we have a 96 percent graduation rate, and our AzMERIT test scores exceed the state average. In fact, our students test about 20 percentage points higher on average.

Despite these accomplishments, the Arizona Republic has decided to target Benjamin Franklin as part of its ongoing war on charter schools. These articles are an attack on school choice, the free market and my personal integrity.

In addition to being the owner of the

Benjamin Franklin School, I am also proud to serve Arizona as a conservative state lawmaker.

The Republic seems to have a problem with these dual roles even though enabling charter school legislation was passed years before I took office — even though I have made several votes against charter schools during my tenure, something they initially failed to report.

Some are taking issue with our school’s transition from for-profit to nonprofit status. We are making this transition because it makes sense and because it alleviates property tax and income tax burdens, as is the case for other charter and district schools.

Nonprofit status provides lower financing costs for future buildings. And while I give up control of the school to a nonprofit board of directors, I am making this change to ensure its best possible future for years to come.

By the way, 95 percent of Arizona charter schools are operating under this model. This transition does not impact my net worth one iota, another item the Republic has misled readers about.

From the start, I arranged for the financing of school buildings and operations and personally assumed substantial financial risk over a more than 20-year period.

Unlike traditional schools, we didn’t have the luxury of going to the taxpayers to finance this infrastructure.

That risk has been rewarded with great students and parents. And our school, thankfully, is financially sound.

Still, the Republic takes issue with the fact that I will profit from this risk, but the $30 million figure it cited is outrageously inflated, and the true number will not be known until additional appraisals and costs are factored in.

We are no different from the suppliers of buses, curriculum, books and contractors of buildings that earn a living doing business with the state. It’s legal. It’s ethical. It’s proper.

Eliminate the potential of earning a profit, and you’ve effectively killed the charter school revolution in the East Valley and the rest of Arizona. Perhaps that’s the Republic’s true agenda.

This is not to say there is not room for improvements. But any reform

should not be limited to charter schools. It should include any private sector business contracting with the state for things such as freeways, higher education or health care.

There have been numerous abuses in the K-12 traditional school arena, such as those in Scottsdale and Higley. How much are people making providing goods or services? Is it too much or not enough? What are the consequences of curtailing profit or expanding it?

Because of the concerns expressed regarding charter school operators legally making a profit from contracts with the state, I am happy to enter this debate.

I would gladly join with anyone, including state leaders and my friends from both sides of the aisle in January, for a comprehensive look and potential legislation, retaining laws and practices where we should and reforming where we must.

In the meantime, I am proud to serve the East Valley as a charter school operator committed to quality education and charter school choice.

-Eddie Farnsworth is the state representative for Legislative District 12, which includes Gilbert.

Sports & Recreation GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

GilbertSunNews.com @GilbertSunNews /GilbertSunNews

SPORTS

21

Check us out and like Gilbert Sun News on Facebook and follow @GilbertSunNews on Twitter

Small roster not stopping Gilbert’s quest for playoffs

BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Sports Editor

O

ne by one, the Gilbert High football players walk onto the practice field behind the stadium. In helmets only, they file into lines, all three dozen of them, to begin warm ups.

Their shoulder pads lie on the sideline, where they remain most of practice.

“This is just who we are and it is what we have to do,” Gilbert coach Derek Zellner said. “It’s not easy, but we figure out how to do it. We don’t let them beat each other up all week long and instead do it on Friday.”

Competing in 5A – the secondlargest division in the state based on enrollment – the Tigers have just 36 players on their varsity roster. That makes it difficult to practice offense and defense every day before a game because many players must play on both sides of the ball.

They make it work.

“We literally go into the game with one day of preparation on each side

(Zach Alvira/GSN Staff)

Gilbert High senior linebacker Ray Vega through five weeks leads 5A in total tackles (58), averaging more than 11 per game. He also lines up at running back in the Tigers’ offense, and plays on special teams. He’s forced into triple duty by the Tigers’ thin ranks.

of the ball,” said Gilbert defensive coordinator Brandon Johnson. “They have to learn two playbooks every week. It says a lot about these guys’

toughness and their conditioning.”

Having played in the NFL for eight seasons, Johnson knows what type of preparation is needed to compete at the

highest level consistently. His coaching style is to hold every one of his players to the highest standard.

They’re responding to the challenge.

Through five weeks, linebacker Ray Vega stood atop 5A in total tackles (58), averaging more than 11 per game. Vega played a major role in the Tigers’ 3-2 record against difficult competition.

Like most of his teammates, Vega does it with very little rest.

The senior also lines up at running back in the Tigers’ offense, providing a safety outlet for quarterback Will Plummer, and plays on special teams.

That makes it difficult for him to catch a break on game day.

He’s is prepared for it.

“Playing both ways really makes you tired, so you have to make sure to get extra work in,” Vega said. “Our preparation during the week is top notch, I think. Our coaches put us in the best position every week.”

Vega’s success was years in the making. The senior has battled injuries

see GILBERT HIGH page 23

For Perry girls volleyball, life’s a beach – and then you’re indoors

M

oments after hoisting the AIA beach volleyball state-championship trophy in May, graduating senior Halle Razo – now a freshman volleyball player at New Mexico State – said Perry’s indoor volleyball team had to follow suit.

“It feels so amazing,” she said, brushing off sand from her jersey after the team had dog-piled on the court in celebration, “and now hopefully the girls in indoor can use this and have a really good season next year.”

Perry’s indoor team has reached the playoffs in each of coach Fred Mann’s prior five seasons, but never has won the state championship.

However, the Pumas, who were 13-3 after a straight-sets home win over Mountain Pointe, Mann’s former team, on Sept. 19 believe that their success on the sand motivated them to get over the hump this year.

“I think because we’ve been success-

(Eric Newman/GSN Staff)

Perry High senior Matea Suan said the Pumas’ beach volleyball success could translate to indoor volleyball. “Our girls are scrappy,” Suan said.

ful once we feel like we can do it again,” senior Matea Suan said. “I think mostly, though, that we focus on indoor because we’ve been so close. It’s been a goal in this program for so long, so we’re really going for that because that would sort of complete everything.”

Mann said he is unsure how much the beach team’s championship carries over, as not everybody from spring competes indoors, and Arizona is traditionally stacked with quality indoor teams –Xavier Prep and Corona del Sol won the last two indoor state championships.

Mann said those girls who competed on his beach team developed unique skills that have played out in the gym.

“Defensively, it’s really good for you.

Typically, our sand players are really good players there, with their movement and reading what the opposition’s going to do,” he said.

Suan, whom Mann said primarily plays beach volleyball, competes with the in-

door team to develop more leadership skills and compete with her friends. She now leads the team in digs.

Suan said sees vast improvement on the indoor team.

“Our girls are scrappy, and you have to be able to get to all sorts of balls. You can’t really specialize in just one thing on the sand,” she said.

Perry lost several of its starters from both the indoor and beach teams to graduation in 2018, but has 10 seniors with varsity experience on the current roster.

Mann said he normally promotes roughly six underclassmen to varsity that he projects to be eventual starters so they may gain experience at the top level. That way, even the youngest girls have knowledge of high-quality competition.

Thinking about last season’s play-

see VOLLEYBALL page 23

22

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 LEGACY AND ESTATE PLANNING ADVERTISING ANNOUNCEMENT

LEGACY AND ESTATE PLANNING ADVERTISING ANNOUNCEMENT

Retirement TODAY Protecting your legacy with proven estate planning techniques

The Raw Truth: Long-Term Care Payment CRISIS Seven in 10 retirees need some form of assisted living.

That’s shocking, but even more extreme than that is this: A retired married couple’s chances of one spouse needing some form of assisted living or nursing home care is 91%!

My name is Faunus Doney and I founded Affinity Insurance Group. I work with Independent Attorneys to help people position their assets so that they can qualify for all state and federal benefits to cover nearly all of their longterm care bills.

Plus, if possible, we help to arrange an income they can never outlive while protecting their principle for their spouse or children.

The benefits are literally sitting there, but due to lack of a solid, safe, and secure plan, many people are simply denied.

They end up having to pay 100% of the cost of their own long term care out of their pocket.

The false sense of security So many people I meet think they have done their planning and that they are set. Then, it’s discovered that someone along the way has recommended they get a revocable trust so that their estate avoids Probate.

Your estate may avoid probate but when faced with entering an assisted living or nursing home facility, the facility will ask if you have a trust and according to the attorneys we work with, you will have to say yes. Because this is true, the facility will simply tell you to open up that trust and begin paying for your care using that money.

There is a better way. We have developed a way to literally protect up to 100% of your assets. We can do this in a way that allows you to answer “no” when asked if you own a trust. Then, you will meet the criteria for the federal and state

11:00am FREE LUNCH SEMINAR on Sept.at26th or Sept. 27th

Retirement and Estate Planning

at Mimi’s Cafe

New free lunch seminar exposes 6 secrets you must know in retirement

Advertorial commentary:

New free lunch seminar exposes how to protect assets and qualify for state and federal benefits to cover long-term care costs

LEGACY AND ESTATE PLANNING ADVERTISING ANNOUNCEMENT

Local expert shares exclusive strategies proven for over a decade that can protect up to 100% of assets from estate recovery while maintaining qualification for all state and federal benefits that can completely cover the costs of long-term care

n Faunus Doney, with Affinity Insurance Group

stock market takes a tumble you’ll never lose anything.

revocable trust is even needed to avoid probate. In fact, according to the attorneys we work with, having this kind of trust may give you a false sense of protection. When it comes time to enter a facility for long-term care, it normally provides no protection for your assets. You will have to spend what you have before you will qualify for any benefits from the state or federal government. We know how to stop this from happening.

The attorneys normally use an Asset Preservation Trust.

When done correctly, it can protect your home, your checking, savings, mutual funds, and nearly all your assets and then allow you to qualify for the combination benefits that can cover your long-term care. The key is, we know how to keep you in control of your assets.

It’s safe, proven, and we’re experts at it.

each year and only about 5% of those eligible even apply for it. There are only 421 non-attorney VA Accredited Claims Agents in the country.

Our office has access to 3 of them plus 2 VA accredited claims attorneys. To date, they have had over $7.83M paid to veterans.

2. Eliminate Social Security (ARIZONA) – “I’m going tax on benefits: Did you to pull the curtain back” said know that the government Faunus Doney with Affinity can tax up to 85% of your The right professional Insurance Group. “I’m going Social Security benefit Many people go through to show you how surprising- check? We know how to their entire lives not knowing ly simple it is to put a plan restrict that so that you get there are very safe, proven, together that can protect up to much more of the check that and shockingly simply steps 100% of your assets, allows is due to you.

6. Qualify for all state they can take to add significant you to maintain control up to and federal combination protection against losing and beyond the grave, elim3. Generate income for life: benefits that can pay for money, but they never ask the inate virtually all risk from There are many solutions assisted living or nursing right questions. They rely on market losses, protecting that could generate payments home costs: Did you know the wrong specialist. your legacy for your family” to you for as long as you that 7 in 10 people will need They may have had the he added. live. When combined with some form of long-term care same financial “advisor” for What follows is a list of other forms of income during in their lifetime? While you the past 20 years and are afraid the 6 secrets to creating a retirement such as Social may think that it won’t hapto change. solid, safe, and secure retire- Security or pensions, it is pen to you, are you willing But, you must consider ment plan. When you attend certainly possible to maintain to take that chance? Think change. That advisor was the the free lunch seminar, you’ll the standard of living you about the things you actually absolute right choice during learn more detail surrounding want as long as you live. You already buy insurance for your “accumulation phase” these secrets: of your life, but now that may never have to worry that are far LESS likely to you are retired, a completely about money ever again. happen. For example, you different set of asset protection 1. Eliminate market losses: have a 1 in 645 chance of strategies must be used.

At 70 or older, there is no 4. Learn from the local an auto accident, yet you Our exclusive seminars reason to be in a position attorney the secret to propay for car insurance every make you aware of the options where any of your investtecting up to 100% of your month. There is a 1 in 286 you have so you can avoid ments could lose money. So, assets from the 5-year look 5. US Military Veterans can chance that your home will being taken advantage of by if you transition to an insurget tax-free money for life: catch fire. There is a 1 in 214 back and estate recovery: a system that feels like it’s ance retirement product that As part of your income plan, chance of your home being Here we discover that most rigged against you. protects your principal from if you served in a qualifying broken into but you carry people are NOT protected. market losses, it could be a war and meet the criteria, you insurance for that as well.

They have taken “advice” Yes, a free lunch stress-free way to feel secure from someone and have pur- could receive up to $2,169 But for a 7 in 10 chance that During our seminars there and provide income. You’ll per month tax-free for life. chased a “Revocable” trust you may need long term care, is no selling of any kind. No get a portion of the upside thinking it will make certain This little known benefit you may not be protected specific products or solutions gains without ever feeling the is funded by the federal their estate avoids probate. yet - attend one of the free will be mentioned. I do not pain of a market loss. If the government with $5Billion Ask the local attorney if a seminars below. allow it. We will simply be providing a very current, livepresentation on the current state of retirement and estate planning.

You are under no obligation at all. We simply feel very strongly that this is information that MUST be shared.

Wednesday, September 26th The seminar and the lunch are free, but because In the end, our group has of a strict limit of 24 attendees, call now to saved millions for its clients. or Thursday, September 27th Now, you’re invited to one reserve your seat(s) at 11:00am of our seminars to discover what this means for you and 1250 S. Alma School Road your family and we’ ll even buy you lunch.

Mesa, AZ 85210 www.freefoodseminars.com Call to reserve your seat(s) and free lunch: 888-267-4864 All information in this public advertising announcement is for educational purposes only and should not be considered financial or legal advice. Consult a or go online at certified financial advisor or attorney before making any decisions. Financial advisors and attorneys will be charged a training fee of $1,500 to attend this www.freefoodseminars.com seminar. Seminars presented by Affinity Insurance Group of Alaska and an Independent Attorney 1075 Check St., #208, Wasilla, AK 99654 ©2018 AAN and click Arizona. benefits that can cover longterm care costs.

ONLY TWO DATES ANNOUNCED • PHONES OPEN AT 9:00AM

FREE LUNCH SEMINAR

Call 888-267-4864

SPORTS

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

VOLLEYBALL from page 21

off semifinal loss to Xavier Prep, Suan said the team is motivated to avenge it against the team that has become a bit of a rival for the Pumas.

However, Mann said if that is true, it has not been vocalized much.

“I haven’t really heard that talk this year about last year’s playoffs. I don’t know if we’ve started thinking about playoffs or that part of the process yet, because we’re still trying to figure out exactly what our team is and build,” he said.

Perry soon moves into 6A Premier

play, a section that could realistically see each of its five teams reach the playoffs in late October. Playing tough opponents on a nightly basis will be a struggle, but one that could pay off in experience with difficult matches before the playoffs.

Suan said the team is among the most talented she has played on.

“Sometimes we start doing badly and it’s easy to start giving up,” she said, “We’re working on keeping our heads up and being together to get through tough matches.

“I think we’re extremely talented, but most especially we’re together. We really believe we have the team to do it.”

Gilbert prep football teams prepare for closing half of season

BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Sports Editor

I

t’s halftime in the 2018 high school football season and several Gilbert schools still have realistic hopes of making the playoffs.

Here’s a look as they embark on the closing half of the season.

Highland

Highland’s early success shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to many. It’s how the Hawks have won that has caught the 6A conference off guard: averaging more than 40 points per game.

The Hawks are in prime position for a high playoff seed, but tough games with Mountain Pointe, Queen Creek and Desert Ridge will determine if Highland is a true contender.

Desert Ridge

The Jaguars fell to Red Mountain to open the season after quarterback Cooper Schmidt was knocked out of the game with a concussion. Schmidt has yet to return for the Jaguars. Close victories over Skyline and Westview keep Desert Ridge in contention for a playoff spot.

The Jaguars have a tough road ahead with closing games against Desert Vista, Queen Creek, Mountain Pointe and Highland.

Gilbert

Gilbert escaped a tough, early, five-game stretch with a 3-2 record. With games against top teams in 5A remaining, the Tigers must play their best yet to sneak into the playoffs.

Their roster has low participation numbers, but among them is a group of motivated seniors ready to do what it takes to make the playoffs.

Mesquite

Mesquite opened with three losses, two of which were to teams a division higher in 5A. It began to turn things around heading into the second half of the season.

Three of the last four games are against middle-of-the-road opponents.

A season finale against perennial power Saguaro could make or break the Wildcats’ chances of making the playoffs.

Campo Verde

Campo Verde got off to a hot start with big wins over rival Mesquite and Ironwood Ridge. Coach Max Ragsdale has the Coyotes poised to make a deep playoff run with a roster filled with talent.

Marquee challenging games -- against Higley, Williams Field and Casteel -await the Coyotes.

Williams Field

Since coach Steve Campbell was hired, Williams Field has been a power in 5A. The Blackhawks have made the playoffs every year since 2008, including an undefeated season and state championship in 2016.

They once again are poised for a deep playoff run despite a rigorous schedule to finish the season.

Higley

Could this be the year Higley breaks through and wins its first state title?

With its abundance of talent it might happen. Higley has been tested but only once has it been by a school from Arizona. The Knights only loss was on the road at Moorepark (Calif.).

How the Knights fare down the stretch against Casteel, Campo Verde, Gilbert and Williams Field will define just how good this team is.

23

Week 7 East Valley football schedule

T

wo intra-city match ups that could influence playoff seeding highlight Week 7 of Arizona high school football in the East Valley on Friday.

Chandler travels to Perry in a rematch of the 2017 6A statechampionship game while Casteel visits Higley in an epic 5A showdown.

Here are all of the East Valley games (Kickoffs are 7 p.m. unless noted).

Chandler at Perry Hamilton vs. Brophy (at Phoenix College) Desert Ridge at Desert Vista

Mesa at Dobson Mountain Pointe at Highland Corona del Sol at Queen Creek Skyline at Red Mountain Mountain View at Westwood Maricopa at Campo Verde Williams Field at Gilbert Casteel at Higley McClintock at Notre Dame Prep Mesquite at Arcadia Marcos de Niza at Seton Catholic St Mary’s at Tempe Gilbert Christian at Bourgade Catholic AZ College Prep at Coronado ALA – Gilbert at Fountain Hills Valley Christian at Yuma Catholic San Manuel at Chandler Prep Tempe Prep at Miami Ray at Arete Prep

GILBERT HIGH from page 21

throughout his career.

Johnson knows that Vega has the ability to compete at a higher level, but Johnson said playing both ways has hampered that.

“He is playing very well and he could be even better if he didn’t have to play on both sides of the ball and special teams,” Johnson said. “He is a phenomenal talent. We are just trying to keep him from being fatigued.”

Also among the top five in tackles in 5A is senior defensive back Marco Meza.

Not only does Meza have 45 tackles, he has added 270 receiving yards and three touchdowns on offense.

The senior is accustomed to performing at a high level on both sides. That comes with the territory at Gilbert.

“If someone gets injured, most schools can just throw someone in,” Meza said. “For us, we have to find players that can play both ways. But we find a way to do it.”

Meza remains focused on the ultimate team goal: Make the playoffs.

Gilbert last made the playoffs in 2010, losing in the second round to Desert Ridge. To be able to say he helped the team end that skid would mean everything to Meza and his fellow seniors.

“All of us, we all want to make the playoffs really bad,” Meza said. “That’s motivating us right now.”

The Tigers’ have a rough schedule ahead, facing strong 5A foes Williams

(Zach Alvira/GSN Staff)

At Gilbert, coach Derek Zellner has 36 players on the varsity football team, a relatively small number.

Consequently, many are two-way players and some even draw triple duty, playing on special teams. “This is just who we are and it is what we have to do,” he said.

Field, Higley, Casteel and Maricopa.

Gilbert is accustomed to being overlooked. In fact, the Tigers thrive on it and use it as motivation.

“They want to win,” Zellner said. “I always tell them, let’s not get a foot in the door, let’s kick the entire door down and get into the playoffs.

“That’s the goal.”

24

GET OUT

GilbertSunNews.com

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

|

@GilbertSunNews

/GilbertSunNews

Gene Loves Jezebel hopes to spark interest in Arizona

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GETOUT Editor

J

ay Aston is on his way to rehearsal in Joshua Tree with his Gene Love Jezebel bandmates. When he hears a reference to Phoenix, he shudders.

“I remember being electrocuted there,” Aston said about a former club in Phoenix. “It was poorly wired. The local paper didn’t like us. They said we were being babies because we were electrocuted.

“Because of it, though, we also made some good friends in Phoenix. Hopefully, they’re still there. Strange times, these days.”

IF YOU GO

What: Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel Where: Club Red, 1306 W. University Drive, Mesa When: 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 Tickets: $17-$20 Information: clubredrocks.com

Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel is rehearsing for its first North American tour in 10 years, a jaunt that takes it to Club Red in Mesa. Aston chalks up the lapse due to legalities in using the name Gene Loves Jezebel, which, in its original form, included his twin brother, Michael. Due to a falling out between the Aston brothers in 1997 and ongoing legal issues, there are two incarnations of Gene Loves Jezebel.

Last fall, the Aston’s band released “Dance Underwater,” its first studio album of new material in 14 years. Aston (vocals), James Stevenson (guitars), Pete Rizzo (bass) and Chris Bell (drums) expand the Gene Love Jezebel legacy.

Aston founded Gene Loves Jezebel in London in 1981 and quickly gained a fervent following. Though he shared vocals with his brother Michael, Aston was the primary songwriter.

When Aston’s rendition announced a crowdfunding drive for its album, fan response was swift and overwhelming, with donations far exceeding the initial goal. The group rewarded fans’ loyalty with an intimate look inside the writing and recording process, with members

posting frequent social media updates from the studio.

“We wanted to make it a tribute to my past and include a little T-Rex and Slade influences,” he said.

The new songs will be included in the Club Red setlist.

“They’ve been received really well,” Aston said. “We’re doing songs from all our albums. We made this album, though, to take a break from Trump’s America and all the right-wing stuff.”

(Photo by Ian Collins)

Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel returns to the Valley after a 10-year hiatus for a Sept. 29 date at Club Red in Mesa.

Grab a stein and celebrate Oktoberfest with SanTan Brewing MCKAYLA HULL GETOUT Contributor

A

Southwestern-styled Oktoberfest is returning to Chandler with Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, The Black Moods and 2Tone Lizard Kings in tow.

The SanTan Brewing Oktoberfest is 3-11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park, but it’s kid-friendly 3-7 p.m.

A day-long children’s area will segue into a festival vibe at night as the crowds fill the park for concerts.

“We’ve heard from a lot of people that they will come earlier for a few hours, then take the kids home, get a babysitter and come back for the concerts,” said Jen Pruett, public relations and marketing director for HDE Agen-

see OKTOBERFEST page 25

(Special to GSN)

Patrons will have plenty of good cheer at the SanTan Brewing Oktoberfest Sept. 29 at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park. Family-friendly activities with authentic German food are scheduled early in the day. In the evening, the fun takes on a more adult nature.

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

GET OUT

25

OKTOBERFEST from page 24

cy, which produces the event.

The activities are original and meant to be inclusive, she said.

“We have a wiener-man race where people dress up in a hot-dog costume and race, and actual wiener-dog races, too,” Pruett said. “We have a brat-eating competition and some open-play games, too.”

SanTan Brewing will be onsite and vendors will sell authentic German food, pretzels, bratwursts and schnitzel.

Attendees can buy tickets at Bashas’ starting Sept. 1 for $10, or on the Oktoberfest website for $12. Tickets are $15 at the door, and kids 12 and younger are admitted free. General admission doesn’t include food or beverage.

VIP tickets for those 21 and older are available online for $125. These include six alcoholic beverages, unlimited soft drinks/water, catered food, private restrooms, front stage access and private seating.

Guests are allowed re-entry if they leave the festival.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit St. Joseph the Worker, a nonprofit dedicated to helping the homeless, low-income and other disadvantaged individuals in their endeavor to become self-sufficient through employment.

IF YOU GO What: SanTan Brewing Oktoberfest.

Where: Dr. A.J. Chandler Park, 178 E. Commonwealth Ave., Chandler.

When: 3 to 11 p.m, Sept. 29 Tickets: $10-$125, free for kids 12 and younger.

Information: santanoktoberfest.com.

(Special to the GSN)

There’s nothing like a good brat-eating competition, authentic German food, plenty of beer and music from a premier group like Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, with The Black Moods and 2Tone Lizard Kings in tow. Visitors to the SanTan Brewing Oktoberfest get it all 3-11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park in downtown Chandler. Kid-friendly activities are 3-7 p.m. After that, it segues into a festival vibe at night as crowds fill the park for concerts.

GOT NEWS? Contact Paul Maryniak at 480-898-5647 or pmaryniak@timespublications.com

CALL ME FOR GREAT RATES!

TREASURY MARKET ACCOUNT

1.75%

APY*

976 W Chandler Blvd • Chandler 480-855-6287 • www.westernbanks.com *Annual Percentage Yield. Rate effective 8/25/18 & guaranteed for 12 months from account opening. $0-999.99: 0.00%; $1,000-9,999.99: 0.00%; $10,000-49,999.99: 1.75%; $50,000-99,999.99: 1.75%; $100,000-249,999.99: 1.75%; $250,000 and up: 0.50%. Rate may change after 12 months. Limit one per customer. New funds only. Personal & business accounts, no municipalities or institutional funds. Fees may affect earnings. Checking account with direct deposit or loan relationship required. Member FDIC.

IVY ZHANG, RETAIL BANKING MANAGER

Vo t e

!

BEST

Mexican Restaurant

26

GET OUT

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Need a Loan fast?

Flexible monthly payments.

Borrow what you need! $

5,00000 and up!

Make Extra Cash

DELIVER OUR PUBLICATIONS

and make some great (Special to GSN)

The Firebird jazz festival offers a lineup of some of icons of the jazz world.

Firebird jazz fest features Randy Jackson, Everette Harp

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GETOUT Editor

W

hen saxophonist Everette Harp moved to North Scottsdale four years ago, he saw a lack of support for jazz musicians. So, he and longtime friend Randy Jackson are collaborating to bring the inaugural Firebird Music Festival Jazz Night to WestWorld on Sunday, Sept. 23.

Besides Harp, performers include Jeffrey Osborne; Earl Klugh featuring Bob James; Dee Dee Bridgewater and the Memphis Soulphony; Rick Braun and Jazz Funk Soul featuring Jeff Lorber; and Paul Jackson Jr. Randy Jackson, a former “American Idol” judge, will serve as the host, or as he said, “The hostess with the mostess.”

“This is a great place for a jazz festival,” says Harp, who also has a home in Los Angeles.

“Being here and experiencing the night skies and the views this time of year made me want to bring it here.

There’s a vacuum for this type of music here. Phoenix is the sixth-largest city by population in the United States, and there’s one jazz festival per year, if that. It seemed like there was a void.”

Harp and Jackson are the producers, and musicians should reap the benefits, they said. The duo would like Firebird to be one of a series of festivals in

the area and around Arizona.

“We have a personal mission, as far as the artists go,” Harp said. “We’re making sure they’re treated with the respect with which we would want to be treated. We’re also learning what normal promoters deal with on a dayto-day basis.”

Jackson concurred.

“Everette and I have been friends for a long time,” Jackson said. “The thing that really intrigued me was the concept of musicians turning into promoters.

“Having done a lot of festivals, we know firsthand it all starts and ends with the music. As a former jazzer myself, this was in my wheelhouses.

Music is my game, always, 24/7, even though I’ve done TV and a lot of other stuff. It was easy for us to come up with an ideal situation to make this happen.

Phoenix is underserved always.”

IF YOU GO What: Firebird Music Festival Jazz Night When: 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 Where: WestWorld of Scottsdale, 16601 N. Pima Road.

Tickets: $45-$150; lawn guests can bring their own chairs or rent one at the festival for $5.

Info: firebirdmusicfestival.com

Personal Loans. Business.

Pay off outstanding Debts Credit Cards! And More!

Call Now

1-888-381-2226 Mutual Trust Funding

extra money!

Limited Positions For Home and Business Delivery Please Call or Email

480.898.5640

customercare@scottsdale.org

GET OUT GET OUT

GILBERT SUN19,NEWS EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 SEPTEMBER 2018 | AN AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

King Crossword

Pepperoni pizza burger puts a Chicken Alfredo apart tasty spin on an pull old favorite bread ring is a winner any time JAN D’ATRI GET OUT Contributor

I

BY JAN D’ATRI grew up in and around an Italian restaurant kitchen, GET OUT Contributor so when my parents would take my sister and me to an “American” restaurant, the chance to get a hot had to it. I had towas findthe outthrill why of millions and millions dog or do hamburger a lifetime.

My sisof people recently video on line. ter and I had very viewed differenta certain taste infood food.

She a hamburger, tootsie roll and orange I hadwas a pretty good idea why this recipe wentsoda vialways hot dog, red and ral.gal.It Ihad all ofwent the for rightthe“ingredients, ” solicorice to speak, beer.

WhileIt burgers me,and I noticed that I forroot a real winner. is quick bored and easy loaded with would always lose interest halfway through the hot cheese.

AddMaybe to that,itgarlicky dough ofrolled dog, too. was justbread too much the into same balls and mixed in with ingredients like rotisserie thing bite after bite. chicken and Alfredo sauce.

Pepperoni pizza Then it all gets baked up burgers in a bread ring that you pull Ingredients apart and devour. Yep. That’ll do it. So out came the 4 hamburger buns Bundt pan and onbutter went the apron. Once I shredded the 2 tablespoons rotisserie 1 lb. leanchicken ground and beefcooked up the bacon, the next step wasItalian to take the refrigerated bread dough and cut ½ lb. sausage, bulk Italianthat seasoning it 1/2 intoteaspoon small squares I rolled up in balls.

1Iteaspoon saltwhy I needed to roll the dough into wasn’t sure 1 teaspoon pepper balls, but I think it actually helped keep the dough 1 tablespoon olive oil separated when mixing. Yes, mixing.

8 slices (2 slices for each burger) Provolone, The video or showed the cook Mozzarella American cheesemixing all the ingredients by hand.

I didn’t do that.

I used a large spoon, 24 slices (6 slices for each burger) pepperoni (See Jan’ s note forwould Turkeybepepperoni) which I thought just as effective. I was 8 heaping Marinara Sauce wrong.

Nexttablespoons time, I’ll be hands.

I was delighted at how 1 cup grated parmesan cheese this Chicken Alfredo Bread Ring turned out.

So much fun to pull apart and watch the mozzarella Directions: stretch. tastyin ring is simply delicious greatin HeatThis butter a large skillet. Slice bunsand andaplace hot skillet, sliced sideand down and toast butter and until recipe for your family friends as youin gather bunsbread are golden brown. Remove and set aside. break together.

In a bowl, add ground beef, sausage, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper, mixing until ingredients are well Ingredients: combined. Form mixture into 4 thick patties.

2 canisters (14oz)oilpizza Heat olive in a dough skillet. Over medium high heat, 2 cups cooked and shredded cookchicken, burgers until browned on one side. Turn burgers over.bacon, Cook cooked for a fewcrisp minutes, and then add two slices 1 cup and chopped of cheese and six slices of pepperoni on top of each

I

Watch my how-to video: jandatri.com/recipe/

Now, if we were offered the pepperoni pizza burger back then, I would have changed my allegiance immediately! This burger is just downright delicious.

The ground beef and Italian sausage is always a winning combination, especially if it’s hot sausage.

Very little else is required; some Italian seasonings and salt and pepper.

What makes this burger so yummy is melted cheese and slices of pepperoni. Also, the bun is toasted in a skillet with butter and then slathered with marinara sauce and a sprinkling of grated Parmesan cheese. I think this pepperoni pizza burger puts a tasty spin on 2an cups cheese oldshredded favorite mozzarella and certainly serves up a big portion 1 for cupagrated parmesan big appetite.

Thischeese recipe makes four thick burgers.

3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon pepper ½ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup Alfredo sauce, plus more for serving Optional, marinara or pizza sauce for dipping

Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Cut pizza dough in half lengthwise then into small squares. Roll each square into balls.

Add balls to a large bowl and chill while preparing filling. Then, add chicken, bacon, mozzarella, Parmesan, parsley, pepper, garlic powder, olive oil and Alfredo burger. sauce to the bread balls and gently mix to combine.

Spread one tablespoon of marinara on or each sliced Scoop mixture into a greased Bundt pan, a 9-inch side of bun and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Place cake pan.burgers Bake foronabout 20 minutes, until topwith is goldcooked bottom buns, and cover top enbuns. and Serve bubbling.

Gently run a thin spatula around the immediately. panWatch to loosen bread,video: then invert onto a plate. Place mythe how-to jandatri.com/jans-recipe/one-minute-kitchen. small bowl of Alfredo sauce or pizza sauce in the ring thrilled when I came across a very tasty hole.Note: ServeI was immediately. turkey pepperoni this week. brand is Bridgford, Watch my how-to video: The jandatri.com/recipe/ found in the packaged deli meat section of Bashas’ chicken-alfredo-bread-ring.

Grocery Stores. Yum!

ACROSS 1 -- up (invigorates) 5 Alphabet start 8 “Pygmalion” writer 12 Spine component 14 Unadulterated 15 Language of Zagreb 16 Rod’s partner 17 Cudgel 18 Wedding-related 20 Pirate flag symbol 23 Tempo 24 Grow weary 25 AT&T competitor 28 Coatrack piece 29 Oyster’s gift 30 Mediterranean, for one 32 Porch 34 Blueprint 35 “Sad to say ...”

36 Combination of tones 37 Desert fox 40 -- carte 41 Out of control 42 Exact 47 Streamlet 48 Taboo 49 A Great Lake 50 Beer cousin 51 Start a garden

39 -- me tangere 40 Farm measure 43 Animation frame

DOWN 1 Piping material, for short 2 Always, to a poet 3 Paid athlete 4 Horse’s hangout 5 Somewhat 6 Lingerie item 7 Capital of Australia 8 Perfume application 9 Colored 10 Neighborhood 11 Healthy 13 And others (Lat.) 19 Bar 20 Fuel additive brand 21 Capital of Ukraine 22 Incite 23 Rosary components 25 Large blood vessel 26 Capital of Norway 27 Approach 29 Wan 31 Additionally 33 Irritate 34 Lighthouse of Alexandria 36 Organization 37 Passenger’s payment 38 Eastern potentate

PUZZLE ANSWERS on page page 32 14

44 Consumed 45 Golf gadget 46 Conclusion

27 51

28

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Gilbert Sun News

1620 W. Fountainhead Parkway #219 • Tempe, AZ 85282 480.898.6465 class@timespublications.com

Deadlines

Classifieds: Thursday 11am for Sunday Life Events: Thursday 10am for Sunday

The Place “To Find” Everything You Need | GilbertSunNews.com

Employ ment Employment General MetaSoftTech Solutions has openings for Software Engs (SE) Operations Research Analysts (ORA) in Chandler, AZ. SE/ORA candidates must have US Masters degree/foreign equiv or Bach +5 yrs ex. SE skills in .Net/Azure/C#/ ASP.Net/SQL to analyze/design/develop/ implement/test systems; ORA skills in .Net/ASP.Net/SQL/XM L/WebS/AngularJS to analyze/interpret/ develop systems data.

Email resume to applymst@gmail.com with ref no 2018-19 for SE; 2018-20 for ORA & ref EVT ad

Employment General

Employment General

Employment General

Miscellaneous For Sale

Building Maintenance Employee St. Steven's Church in Sun Lakes Is looking for someone to do General maintenance, janitorial, painting, light plumbing, electrical, carpentry, ability to set up / take down tables and chairs while able to lift 25 -50 lbs.

Send Resume to: mike@ststevensaz.org

Clairvoyant has openings for the following positions in Chandler, AZ and/or client sites throughout the US. Must be willing to relocate. IT Engineer reqs US Masters/equiv or bachelors + 5 yrs exp to design/dev/test systems/apps using Java/J2EE/HTML/CSS technologies on UNIX, Windows, HTML. Operations Research Analyst (ORA) reqs US Masters/equiv or bachelors + 5 yrs exp to analyze/formulate/design systems using ETL/Informatica/Cognos/Oracle/JAVA/UNIX. IT Analyst reqs Bachelors/equiv to test/maintain/monitor systems/programs using SQL/Oracle/JAVA/Hadoop/Unix.

Send resume to jobs@ clairvoyantsoft.com with ref #2018-19 for IT Eng; 2018-20 for ORA; 2018-21 for IT Analyst & ref EVT ad

Senior Data Operations Engineer

KILL SCORPIONS! Buy Harris Scorpion Spray.

Odorless, NonStaining Effective results begin, after spray dries.

Available: Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com

TechMileage has openings for Software Engineers in Scottsdale, AZ area. Reqs US Masters degree/foreign equiv or Bach degree + 5 yrs experience w/ skills in Java/Jscript/SOAP/CSS /Clear Case dsgn/dev/implement/ test apps/systems.

Email resume to Rajesh at careers @techmileage.com with ref # 2018-19 on front of resume & ref ad in EVT

Employment General Now hiring Janitors & Day Porters for Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, Mesa, & Chandler, locations.

The available positions are full time and part time, janitor positions starting at $11.00/hour and day porter positions starting at $12.50/hr.

If interested please apply in person at ACE Building Maintenance 7020 N 55th Ave Glendale, AZ 85301 (623) 937-3727.

INT Technologies, LLC seeks Sr. Data Warehouse Developers for various & unanticipated worksites throughout the U.S. (HQ: Mesa, AZ) to define, implement, & promote leading BI app best practices, dev standards & operational guidelines. Master’s in Comp Sci/Info Tech +1yr exp req’d. Skills Req’d: BI modeling, Cognos frameworks, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, Report Studio, SSIS, SSRS Reports, Tableau Reports. Mail resume to: Christine Moulton, REF: NB, 6634 E. Baseline Rd, Ste. 104, Mesa, AZ 85206.

NOW HIRING!!!

Full Time: -Laborers -Carpenters -Pipe layers Right here in Gilbert!!!

Apply at www.mccarthy.com/careers Or call (972)448-2265

Facilities Foreman Superstition Mountain Campus Apache Junction, AZ This position is a hands-on supervisory position responsible for repairing & maintaining College grounds and facilities that includes overseeing facilities personnel & working with outside vendors.

Quals: Focused training or demonstrated knowledge, skills and ability and seven yrs exp with certification or nine yrs exp without certification.

Entry salary is $46,153.00 For additional information go to www.centralaz.edu/jobs

or call 520-494-5235.

EOE

PayPal, Inc. in Scottsdale, AZ to lead Incident Mgmt biz strategy & continuously improve data availability for biz & customers. Support monitoring improvements capabilities, critical incidents & major outages. Req’s: MS(or equiv.)+5 yrs. exp. OR BS(or equiv.)+7 yrs. exp.

Must be legally authorized to work in U.S. without sponsorship.

Mail resume w/ ref. to: Req. No.: 15-2029 at: ATTN: HR, Cube 10.3.561, PayPal, Inc. HQ, 2211 N. 1 st Street, San Jose, CA 95131. EOE Region Technologies has openings for the following positions in Phoenix, AZ and/or client sites throughout the US. Must be willing to travel/relocate. IT Engineer reqs US Masters/equiv or bachelors + 5 yrs exp to design/dev/test systems/apps using Java/J2EE/CSS/Net/Da tabase/Data Analysis/Mainframe/Te sting technologies on Linux/Unix/Windows/ HTML. Operations Research Analyst (ORA) reqs US Masters/equiv or bachelors + 5 yrs exp to analyze/formulate/desi gn systems using J2EE/.Net/ETL/Hadoop/Bigdata/SQL/Ta bleau on Linux/Unix/Windows.

IT Analyst reqs Bachelors/equiv to test/maintain/monitor systems/programs using Hadoop/Bigdata/Table au/SQL/Selenium/QA on Linux/Unix/ Windows.

Send resume to careers@ regiontechnologies.com with ref # 2018-19 for IT Eng; 2018-20 for ORA; 2018-21 for IT Analyst & ref EVT ad

Auto - All Makes

05 Chevy Tahoe 100k mi, 1 owner, black/gray, non-smoker.

Clean title. 4wd. $2500. (602)935-4391

Merch andise Garage Sales/ Bazaars MOVING SALE Sept 28 & 28 8a-1p.

Furniture, household items.

950 E. Knoll St. Horne/McKellips

Wanted to Buy Diabetic Test Strips by the box, unused. Any type or brand.

Will pay top dollar.

Call Pat 480-323-8846

Auction Consignments We are seeking consignments for our Premier Fall Auction on October 20, 2018: Classic Cars, Tractors, Airplanes, Guns, Motorcycles, Tools, Coins, Silver, Jewelry, Gold, Recreational Vehicles, Commercial and Neon Signs, Collectible or Vintage Toys, Military Items, Southwest or Cowboy Items, Unusual, Antique or Highly-Sought-After Items.

See www.boydsauctionsaz.com or call Melody at 480-234-2608 for Info Boyds Auctions AZ LLC

Your Ad can go ONLINE ANY Day! Call to place your ad online!!

Classifieds 480-898-6465

100- $500 +

Miscellaneou For Sale

Good Condition=More $$$

I Buy Estates!

$

CASH FOR JUNK CARS ~ All “As Is” Autos! ~ Best Prices! Fast, free pickup!

602-391-3996

Collections-Art-Autos

Death - Divorce - Downsize

Business Inventory Ranch/Farm Small or Large | Fast & Easy

Cemetery Lots 2 CEMETERY PLOTS at Mountain View in Mesa, Arizona Plots at Section B Lot 175 Block A Spaces 9-A & 10A $5,500 Contact 928-961-4095

Auctions & Estate Sales

Cash 4 Diabetic Strips!

Best Prices in Town.

Sealed and Unexpired.

480-652-1317

Announcements

$$$ Earn Cash $$$ for Your Opinion!

We are looking for people 18 years and older to sign-in up in our database to participate in paid market research.

Please call us at 602-438-2800 or sign up at fieldwork.com and join our database

Call Now for Appt (10a-4p) Mr. Haig 480-234-1210 Haig3@aol.com

Lowrey Organ Holiday Classic Console

Beautiful Instrument, Excellent Condition Private Owner $5,000/obo.

480-830-6194

Meetings/Events?

Get Free notices in the Classifieds!

Submit to ecota@timespublications.com

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Real Estate

Real Estate

For Rent For Sale Apartments ALMA SCH & MAIN 1bd/1 ba Bad Credit ok No Deposit. Quiet $650/mo.

Includes all util.

(602) 339-1555

Rooms For Rent CLEAN FURN'D ROOM FOR RENT! Free Utilities Mesa, quiet area, near railroad, share kitchen. W/D avail.

Priv entrance. Utilities, cable, phone, internet all for $550/mon + deposit.

1 person only 480-461-1342

Manufactured Homes For Sale - Skyline 1977 mobile home, 2 bedroom - 12 x60 Country Club Mobile Park, Lot 80 Wickenburg.

Recent A/C and outside paint.

928-684-2605

Manufactured Homes

THE LINKS ESTATES YOU CAN OWN THE LAND And Own Your New Home

Cleaning Special 3 Hrs - 1 person - $95 High Quality - Affordable Prices!

DEEP CLEANING SPECIALISTS 25 years experience - Licensed & Bonded

FREE ESTIMATES FROM THE MID 100’S

HOME FOR RENT? Place it here!

81% of our readers, read the Classifieds!

40667 N Wedge Dr • San Tan Valley, AZ 85140

480-258-3390

www.housecleaningservicesaz.com

Drywall

602-402-2213

JOSE DOMINGUEZ DRYWALL & PAINTING QUICK RESPONSE TO YOUR CALL! 15 Years Experience • Free Estimates

Guadalupe Senior Village 9403 S. Avenida Del Yaqui Guadalupe, AZ (480-897-3273 Mercy Housing Management Group.

HUD subsidized Senior Housing. 1BR ground level apartment homes, 530 sf. Handicap Assesable, Community Room, & Laundry Room. Resident Services & Resident Activities, On site Management. Non-Smoking Community. Now accepting applications for our wait list.

480.266.4589 josedominguez0224@gmail.com Appliance Repairs

Appliance Repair Now

If It’s Broken, We Can Fix It!

Not a licensed contractor.

Electrical Services

We Also Buy, Sell & Trade Used Appliances Working or Not

480-659-1400 Licensed & Insured

- Ahw Resident Since 1987 -

• Panel Changes and Repairs • Installation of Ceiling Fans • Switches/Outlets • Home Remodel

ALL RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL Call Jim Endres 480.282.7932 Over 28 Years Experience • ROC #246019 Bonded/Insured

Garage/Doors

GARAGE DOORS

EVERLASTING MONUMENT Co.

“Memories cut in Stone”

Unbeatable Customer Service & Lowest Prices Guaranteed!

• MONUMENTS • GRANITE & BRONZE • CEMETERY LETTERING • CUSTOM DESIGNS

www.everlastingmonumentco.com info@everlastingmonument.phxcoxmail.com

Make your choice Everlasting

CONCRETE & MASONRY **********************

NEW INSTALLS / REPAIRS DRIVEWAY,

Garage/Doors GARAGE DOOR SERVICE East Valley/ Ahwatukee

Broken Springs Replaced Nights/Weekends Bonded/Insured 480-251-8610

PATIO, WALKWAY BBQ, PAVERS BLOCK, STUCCO

Not a licensed contractor

SPRINKLER GRADING,

Handyman

REMOVAL

CALL JOHN 480-797-2985

HANDY TANDY One Call does it all.

We warranty our work.

Good at what we do!

Not a licensed contractor.

Bonded/Ins. 911 calls!

26yrs exp (602)999-1164

FREE ESTIMATE 16 YEARS EXP, REF INSURED

YOUR CLASSIFIED SOURCE

HANDYMAN 37 years experience.

Drywall, framing, plumbing, painting, electrical, roofing and more. Stan, 602-434-6057

480.898.6465 CLASS@TIMESPUBLICATIONS.COM

Handyman

Marks the Spot for ALL Your Handyman Needs!

Painting • Flooring • Electrical • Plumbing Drywall • Carpentry • Decks • Tile • More!

HONESTY • INTEGRITY • QUALITY

• Same Day Service • On-Site Repairs • Servicing All Major Brands • Quality Guaranteed

Cleaning Services

75 W. Baseline Rd. Ste. A-8 Gilbert, AZ 85233

DESERT ROCK

Not A Licensed Contractor

House Painting, Drywall, Reliable, Dependable, Honest!

Apartments

480-969-0788

Concrete & Masonry

Gawthorp & Associates Realty

Call Classifieds 480-898-6465

H E A D STO N E S

Immaculate Cleaning & Windows Services

Why Rent The Lot When

ASK US HOW YOUR $105,000 CASH INVESTMENT AND OUR SENIOR LOAN PROGRAM ENABLES QUALIFIED 62+ SENIORS MAKING THE LINKS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE HAVE NO MORTGAGE PAYMENT & NO LOT RENT AS LONG AS YOU LIVE IN HOME.

Mesa Senior Meadows 333 E. 6th St. Mesa. AZ 85201 (480) 615-7893 Mercy Housing Management Group. HUD subsidized Senior Housing. 1BR ground level apartment homes, 530 sf. Handicap Assesable, Community Room, & Laundry Room. Resident Services & Resident Activities, On site Management. Non-Smoking Community. Now accepting applications for our wait list.

Cleaning Services

29

10%

Discount for Seniors &Veterans

FREE

Opener & Door Lubrication with Repair

480-626-4497

Cleaning Services

www.lifetimegaragedoorsaz.com

www.tmtclean.com (480) 324-1640

MORE CLASSIFIED ADS ONLINE! www.GilbertSunNews.com

ce 1999

Affordable, Quality Work Sin 2010, 2011 2012, 2013, 2014

“No Job Too Small Man!”

Call Bruce at 602.670.7038

Ahwatukee Resident/ References/ Insured/ Not a Licensed Contractor “When there are days that you can’t depend on them, you can depend on us!”

LLC

Handyman

Services

ROC# 317949

Garbage Disposals Door Installs & Repairs Toilets / Sinks Kitchen & Bath Faucets Most Drywall Repairs

Bathroom Remodeling All Estimates are Free • Call: 520.508.1420 www.husbands2go.com

Ask me about FREE water testing!

REASONABLE HANDYMAN

• Painting • Plumbing • Carpentry • Drywall • Roofing • Block

- Free Estimates -

480-276-6600 *Not a Licensed Contractor

30

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Landscape Maintenance

Landscape Maintenance

Juan Hernandez

Juan Hernandez

TREE

SPRINKLER

Drip/Install/Repair

TRIMMING

Not a licensed contractor

25 Years exp (480) 720-3840

25 years exp. Call Now (480) 720-3840

Home Improvement

Landscape Maintenance

Plumbing

Painting

Jose Dominguez Painting & Drywall SEE OUR AD IN DRYWALL! Quick Response to your Call!

15 Years Exp 480-266-4589

Irrigation Repair Services Inc. Licensed • Bonded • Insured Technician

Specializing in Controllers, Valves, Sprinklers, Landscape Lighting, P.V.C. & Poly Drip Systems

Not a licensed contractor

Call Lance White

480.721.4146 www.irsaz.com

ROC# 256752 Insured/Bonded Free Estimates

ALL Pro

T R E E

S E R V I C E

L L C

Prepare for Monsoon Season!

HOME IMPROVEMENT & PAINTING Interior/Exterior Painting 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE Dunn Edwards Quality Paint Small Stucco/Drywall Repairs

Free Estimates • Senior Discounts

LANDSCAPING, TREES & MAINTENANCE

Landscape Maintenance

NOPAL LANDSCAPE • • • • • •

Tree Trimming Removals Weed Control Winter Grass • Clean Ups Irrigation Repairs Timer Repairs & More...

Weekly • Bi Weekly • Monthly Low Rates

Mariano 480-276-5598

FULL SERVICE LANDSCAPING ★ Monthly Yard Service ★ One-Time Cleanups

ROC#309706

HOME IMPROVEMENTS:

Tree Trimming • Tree Removal Stump Grinding Storm Damage • Bushes/Shrubs Yard Clean-up Commercial and Residential

• Interior/Exterior Painting • Drywall • Wood Repair & Replacement • Stucco • Masonry • Power Washing

PMB 435 • 2733 N. Power Rd. • Suite 102 • Mesa dennis@allprotrees.com

480-354-5802

affinityplumber@gmail.com

We Are State Licensed and Reliable!

480-338-4011

FREE ESTIMATES!

602-487-1252 JRWHomeImprovement@gmail.com

PHIL’S PRO PAINTING

Anything Plumbing Same Day Service Water Heaters

24/7

Inside & Out Leaks

Bonded

Toilets

Insured

Faucets

Estimates Availabler

Disposals

$35 off

ACCREDITED BUSINESS ®

Not a licensed contractor

Int / Ext Home Painting 4-Less!

QUALITY PAINT #1 IN SERVICE

480-454-3959 FREE ESTIMATES

We’ll Beat Any Price!

Pool Service / Repair

Interior/Exterior Painting RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL • Free Estimates • Light Repairs, Drywall • Senior discounts References Available Not a licensed contractor

Call Jason:

ROC #301084

Medical Services/Equipment

Juan Hernandez

Pavers • Concrete • Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

POOL REPAIR

Pebble cracking, Plaster peeling, Rebar showing, Pool Light out?

CALL NOW!

I CAN HELP!

480-287-7907

Please recycle me.

Your Ahwatukee Plumber & East Valley Neighbor

Licensed, Bonded & Insured • ROC #307395

Painting

★ Irrigation Repairs

Your newspaper.

Your community.

Your planet.

www.affinityplumbingaz.com

Any Service

★ Tree Trimming ★ Tree Removal

Affinity Plumbing LLC 480-487-5541

25 Years Experience • Dependable & Reliable Arizona Mobility Scooters 9420 W. Bell Rd., #103 Sun City, AZ 85351

Mobility Scooter Center 3929 E. Main St., #33 Mesa, AZ 85205

480-250-3378

480-621-8170

www.arizonamobilityscooters.com

Call Juan at

480-720-3840 Not a licensed contractor.

Add a Background Color to Your Ad! Classifieds 480-898-6465

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Roofing

Window Cleaning

Tiles, shingles, flat, repairs & new work Free Estimates • Ahwatukee Resident Over 30 yrs. Experience

480-706-1453

Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

PHILLIPS ROOFING LLC

Public Notices CITY OF MESA PUBLIC NOTICE

Member of ABM

Licensed • Bonded • Insured ROC 223367

Valleywide

CR 42 DUAL

623-873-1626 All employees verified Free estimates on all roofs 36 Years experience in AZ Licensed contractor since 2006

The Mesa City Council will hold a public hearing concerning the following ordinances at the October 1, 2018 City Council meeting beginning at 5:45 p.m. in the Mesa City Council Chambers, 57 East First Street.

1. ZON17-00384 (District 6) The 2800 to 2900 block of South Signal Butte Road (west side) and the 10600 to 10800 block of East Guadalupe Road (south side). Located on the south side of Guadalupe Road and the west side of Signal Butte Road (4.5± acres). Rezone from AG to LC; and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for the development of a group commercial center. Dennis Newcombe, Beus Gilbert PLLC and Cain Garcia, RKAA Architects, Inc., applicant; Walgreen Arizona Drug Company, owner.

2. ZON18-00451 (District 2) 1700 block of South Pierpont (west side). Located north of Baseline Road and west of Higley Road (22.2± acres). Rezoning from LI-PAD to LI; Site Plan Review; and Special Use Permit for parking reduction for a hospital. This request will allow for the development of a rehabilitation hospital as part of a future medical complex. Andrew Whisler, Kimley-Horn, applicant; Banner Health, owner.

phillipsroofing.org phillipsroofing@msn.com

See MORE Ads Online! www.GilbertSunNews.com

DATED at Mesa, Arizona, this 23rd day of September 2018.

DEE ANN MICKELSEN, City Clerk PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune, Sept 23, 2018 / 15421

Roofing The Most Detailed Roofer in the State

TK

®

Tim KLINE Roofing, LLC Roofs Done Right...The FIRST Time!

15-Year Workmanship

Warranty on All Complete Roof Systems

www.timklineroofing.com

480-357-2463

FREE Estim a and written te proposal

R.O.C. #156979 K-42 • Licensed, Bonded and Insured

31

Meetings/Events

Meetings/Events

FREE LIGHT MEAL Do you suffer from Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain, Neck Pain, Elbow Pain, Hip Pain, Back Pain, Wrist Pain, Hand Pain, Foot Pain, Ankle Pain?

Let us show you how we can help without surgery with an Innovative New Wellness Solution!

Come have a meal on us at at Chandler Sunset Library Weds at 9/26 at 5:30 PM 4930 W. Ray Rd Chandler Call or Text to RSVP Anytime 480-252-8714 or at tempestemcell.com

LEGAL NOTICES Deadline for Sunday's Edition is the Wednesday prior at 5pm.

Do you want to stop drinking?

Call Alcoholics Anonymous 480-834-9033 www.aamesaaz.org If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, we can help.

Call Alcoholics Anonymous 480-834-9033 www.aamesaaz.org Understanding and Practice of A Course in Miracles: Intensive ACIM study. Intimate group of serious course students.

Program designed for more one-on-one attention with answers to student questions and a laser-focused approach to living ACIM. Wednesdays 11am 12:15pm at Interfaith Community Spiritual Center: 952 E. Baseline #102 Mesa 85204

Crops of Luv

"My dream is that one day we will be able to give every "wish" child a scrapbook to remind them that dreams do come true."

Jody, co-founder, Ahwatukee based non-profit

Come Join us: Help make embellishments, organize or assist with events, scrapbook, donate your time, money or space.

Teens who need to fill Community Service hours for High School are welcome!

Come be apart of something Awesome!

Cropsofluv.com

YOUR CLASSIFIED SOURCE

Please call Elaine at 480-898-7926 to inquire or email your notice to: legals@evtrib.com and request a quote.

480.634.7763

cropsofluv@cox.net

CASH OUT!

480.898.6465

CLASS@TIMESPUBLICATIONS.COM

WORD SEARCH: My, what big eyes you have!

What has 3 hearts, is highly intelligent, great at camouflage and is a fast swimmer?

OCTOPUS! • Common octopuses can almost instantaneously mimic colors,

patterns, and textures of its surroundings.

• In problem-solving experiments, they have been observed unscrewing a jar to retrieve a tasty snack. They have boarded ships and opened holds to eat crabs or other catch.

• They belong to the same order as squids and cuttlefish, and like their squidly cousins, when discovered, an octopus will release a cloud of black ink to obscure its attacker’s view, giving it time to swim away.

• Their soft bodies can squeeze into impossibly small cracks and crevices where predators can’t follow.

• About 300 different species exist today. The largest species can weigh about 33 lbs, and reach an arm span of 14 ft. The smallest species is about 1 inch and weighs less than a gram.

• Some are venomous, but only one species is venomous to humans.

• They mature quickly and have short lifespans. Roughly 6 months up to 5 years. The male deteriorates and dies a few months after mating.

The female takes care of the fertilized eggs until they hatch, and then

CB

FIND THESE TERMS: Camouflage Cuttlefish Intelligent Octopus

Eight Arms Squid

Flexible Tentacles

32

GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Breathe easier this flu season.

From walk-in flu shots to easy access to care at more than 300 locations, Banner Health is here to keep you and your family healthy.

Visit bannerhealth.com to learn more.