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Pandemic legacy in Mesa: Fear of hospital help

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ealth of�icials are concerned people in Mesa are dying – from fear.

What can be called “COVID collateral damage” comprises people with chest pain, shortness of breath and other life-threatening conditions who are afraid to go to the emergency room.

“People are dying because of the fear of COVID and not seeking care,” said Dr. Brian Hess, who oversees Abrazo emergency rooms, including Abrazo Mesa Hospital.

At the height of the pandemic, instead of

sirens, the sound was of crickets at Banner Desert Medical Center in west Mesa, which has the busiest emergency room in the state and one of the most high-volume emergency departments in the country.

“We’re still seeing people hesitating to seek treatment because of their – I guess you could call it ‘COVID fear,’” said Dr. David Moromisato, chief medical of�icer of Banner Desert.

“We’re still seeing our emergency volume down about 20 percent – which is OK if they don’t need treatment, but people are hesitant to come to the hospital.”

Across town, the situation is similar at Abrazo Mesa Hospital in east Mesa.

“The trend is changing, but very early on in the pandemic, people were scared to death to go to the hospital,” said Dr. Chris Lipinski of Abrazo Mesa Hospital. “You know, ‘That’s where the COVID patients are going.’ It’s natural to avoid a high-risk environment.”

But he said reality is the �lip side of fear: “In terms of places you can go, the grocery store is going to be a much higher risk for you than going and seeing a physician in the emergency department for your chest pain.”

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Mesa �ire chief is a woman of many �irsts

BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor

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aised in Chicago, Mary Cameli, then named Mary Damiani, came to Mesa in 1982 wanting two things: to get away from brutal winters and to be a teacher.

One out of two wasn’t bad, she’ll tell you ...

The college graduate landed here in early September, �iguring schools in Mesa start as they do in most of the country – after Labor Day. Negative: “I was too late. They start school here in August, and everyone had their hiring done by the time I got here,” she said with a laugh.

Her brother, Gil Damiani, worked for the Mesa Fire and Medical Department. He told his sister they were hiring.

Mary Cameli, chief of the Mesa Fire and Medical Department, was recently named Metropolitan Fire Chief of the Year. She is the first woman to receive the national honor. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff

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Mesa senator helps defeat abortion bill

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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rizona won’t force women to give birth in cases where a fetus has a genetic abnormality, at least not now, after a state senate from Mesa broke ranks and joined Democrats to defeat the measure.

SB 1457 came up one vote short last week as Sen. Tyler Pace sided with all 14 Democrats in refusing to make it a crime for a doctor to terminate a pregnancy knowing it is being sought “because of a genetic abnormality of the child.’’

That same crime, which carried a year in state prison, could also be applied to anyone who assisted – a category that backers acknowledged could extend from nurses to clerical staff.

“I’m not supportive of abortion in many of its ways,’’ he told colleagues. But Pace said he is hesitant to start criminalizing health care decisions especially with the way this measure is worded.

Sen. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix, who is the sponsor of SB 1457, said she would try to craft language to address Pace’s concerns and get him to provide the required 16th vote.

That, however, would have to be inserted into another bill as it is too late to amend this one even if Barto can have it resurrected. But at this point Pace was apparently unwilling to accept her assurances and vote for the plan so it could be sent to Gov. Doug Ducey, who has signed every abortion measure that has reached his desk.

It remains unclear whether there is any way for Barto to alter the issue to Pace’s satisfaction. The problems he cited are not subject to simple �ixes.

It starts with the fact that elective abortions remain legal in Arizona. So, any woman is free to terminate a pregnancy, at least before a fetus is viable, without providing a reason.

Pace questioned what happens if a woman goes to a doctor seeking an elective abortion and, during the course of an

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examination, it is determined there are genetic abnormalities in the fetus.

“Would the physician be able to perform the abortion under the elective option?’’ he asked. “Or would the knowledge of that cause the physician to be prohibited from performing that?’’

Pace said a doctor may be approached by a women seeking to terminate her pregnancy, stating, “How does a doctor know it’s for the express purpose of a genetic abnormality?’’

The original version of SB 1457 sought to outlaw all abortions in cases of a genetic abnormality.

That bothered Rep. Regina Cobb, RKingman, who added language to allow a termination when there was a “severe fetal abnormality,’’ de�ined as “a life-threatening physical condition that, in reasonable medical judgment, regardless of the provision of life-saving medical treatment, is incompatible with life.’’

Cobb said this would ensure that women are not required to carry a fetus to term that would not long survive outside the womb.

At the same time, she said, it would honor the intent of the bill, which is to bar abortions simply because a fetus was diagnosed with something like Down’s syn-

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Pace said that change only made things worse.

“I have tried to �ind what is ‘reasonable medical judgment’ and what is ‘incompatible with life,’ ‘’ he said, including how quickly a newborn would have to die in order for the defect to be considered “incompatible with life.’’

Worse yet, he said, that verbiage would mean that the fate of a doctor who went ahead with an abortion would be left to the courts.

“A jury would have to determine what medical judgment was ‘reasonable,’ ‘’ he said. “We are asking a panel of lay individuals to determine medical judgments, to play the ‘board of medicine.’ ‘’ Pace said he would have been more comfortable had the legislation said doctors can’t be held liable if they exercised “good faith clinical judgment.’’

In refusing to vote for SB 1457, Pace quashed other provisions sought by abortion foes.

One would have made it illegal for women to receive the pills for medication abortions in the mail or by courier. Instead, they would have to go to a doctor to get the pills where they would presumably �irst be examined.

Cathi Herrod, president of the antiabortion Center for Arizona Policy, said it is wrong to simply allow a woman to take the pills without medical supervision.

SB 1457 also included language that said Arizona laws grant an “unborn child’’ at every stage of development “all rights, privileges and immunities available to other persons, citizens and residents of this state,’’ subject only to the limits of the U.S. Constitution and rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Barto also said that the legislation was not designed to provoke a challenge to the historic 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade which said women have an absolute right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus becomes viable.

“We don’t need that,’’ she said. “This policy is law in four other states.’’ 

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20-year Scottsdale mystery haunts police

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

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wenty years ago this weekend, an explosion rocked a quiet southern Scottsdale neighborhood in the morning hours, sparking a house �ire that sent �lames over 20 feet into the air.

As the home burned, no one – neighbors, police or �ire�ighters – knew that the inferno concealed a grizzly crime scene that has remained unsolved for two decades and made Scottsdale resident Robert Fisher a �ixture on the FBI’s most wanted list of fugitives to this day.

The Fisher home, which was located east of the intersection of Oak Street and Scottsdale Road, caught on �ire around 8:30 a.m. on April 10, 2001 following an explosion caused by a cut natural gas line. Investigators later found that an accelerant had also been spread around the home.

When the �lames were extinguished, they found the bodies of Fisher’s wife Mary Fisher, 38, and their children, Brit tney, 12, and Bobby 10.

Robert Fisher and the family dog Blue were nowhere to be found.

All three bodies were discovered in bed with their throats slashed. Mary Fisher had also been shot in the back of the head.

To this day, Robert Fisher, who would be 59 if he is still alive, remains the only suspect and investigators have no credible information on his whereabouts or whether he is dead or alive.

The last con�irmed sighting of Fisher came from an ATM camera at 10:43 p.m. the evening before the explosion. Fisher can be seen withdrawing $280, the maximum allowable amount at the time.

Mary Fisher’s Toyota 4Runner is visible in the background.

Police did not name Fisher a suspect in the murders until three days after the �ire.

A week later, an Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter spotted Mary Fisher’s 4Runner 140 miles north of Scottsdale in the remote Hellsgate Wilderness north of Young, Arizona. Blue, the family dog, was also with the vehicle.

Fisher, an avid outdoorsman, was known to frequent the area for hunting and recreation.

Dozens of of�icers with local, state and county law enforcement agencies descended on the isolated location and con-

A photo of Robert Fisher alongside a FBI composite showing what he may look like today. Fisher is the lone suspect in the 2001 murder of his wife Mary and their two children, Brittney and Bobby, in Scottsdale. Fisher would be 59 years old if he is still alive today. (FBI) ducted a multi-day manhunt.

Police of�icials �irst speculated that Fisher had disappeared into one of the many caves in the area.

“We believe the dog won’t leave his master. We’re banking on it,” said Bill Fogle, who was the chief deputy of Gila County Sheriff’s Of�ice.

But after days of searching, they found no sign of Fisher, leaving investigators and the public to question whether he was dead or alive.

A Scottsdale tragedy The murders were a blow to the community and resulted in an outpouring of grief from family, friends, neighbors and fellow members of the Scottsdale Baptist Church, where the Fishers were active congregants.

“They had a lot of friends here. They were loved,” Executive Pastor Steve Daniels told the Scottsdale Tribune in the days after the tragedy.

Mary Fisher was a devout churchgoer and helped lead the children’s ministry.

Brittney, a student at Supai Middle School, was a basketball player and had recently been inducted into the National Junior Honor Society.

Her brother Bobby, a student at Pima Elementary, played baseball and was remembered by friends as a goo�ball with a unique sense of humor.

Friends and family also remembered Robert Fisher as a family man, kind neigh-

bor and devout Christian.

Neighbor Don Kuhbander told the Tribune that after he became paralyzed, Fisher volunteered to mow his lawn.

Mary Fisher’s father Bill Cooper, who has since passed away, pleaded with the public not to jump to conclusions about his son-in-law.

“Pray for my son – he was my son too,” Cooper said a week after the murders.

“Don’t judge Robert, just know this was God’s way. We know this is a tragedy, but more will be revealed.”

The investigation revealed that Fisher was something of an enigma and that there were indications of trouble in his household.

A neighbor reported hearing a loud argument in the Fisher home around 10:30 p.m. on April 9, shortly before Fisher was captured on camera removing money from the ATM. According to Scottsdale Police documents, while some friends described him as a devout father and family man, others painted a different picture of Fisher.

Several individuals interviewed by police told detectives that Robert had cheated on Mary on at least one occasion and one acquaintance described him as having a “wandering eye.”

Some friends told police that Fisher never or rarely drank alcohol, but another friend said “Robert was always one to

start something with other people. Robert often started �ights, especially when he was drinking.”

Investigators also found that Robert was deeply impacted by his own parents’ separation when he was a child and had an aversion to divorce, suggesting a potential motive for his alleged crimes.

Disappearance captivates many In the years since the disappearance, the case has taken on a mythological quality and theories about his whereabouts abound.

Some believe Fisher took his own life in one of the countless remote caves that dot the Hellsgate Wilderness while others think he escaped out of state or out of the country.

Still others speculated Fisher relied on his knowledge of the land to survive off the grid in northern Arizona.

In the years since Fisher’s disappearance, there has been no shortage of reported sightings and potential leads.

In 2004, Canadian police arrested a Canadian citizen who lived near the U.S. border after a neighbor reported him due to an “uncanny” resemblance to Fisher.

“Canadian of�icials said the look-alike shared Fisher’s height, weight, eye color and had the same scar on his lower back,” according to the Tribune.

However, the man was released after his �ingerprints did not match Fisher’s, which are on �ile with the U.S. Navy.

At the time, Canadian police �loated a theory that the Canadian citizen actually assumed Fisher’s identity in the U.S. and then �led back to Canada following the murders, but U.S. of�icials dismissed the theory.

“That’s absurd,” FBI special agent Bob Caldwell told East Valley Tribune.

“We know who Robert Fisher is…We’ve tracked Robert Fisher throughout his life.

His parents – we’ve had contact with them the whole time.”

In 2014, police in Colorado raided a home after receiving reports that Fisher was hiding out there.

But again, the tip turned out to be bogus. Police arrested two men at the scene on �irearm and drug charges but found no sign of Fisher.

“Over the years, we’ve had several re-

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Fulton Homes’ letter sign of times for homebuyers

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

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s if anxious homebuyers in the East Valley don’t have enough to worry about, that troublesome barge in the Suez Canal piled on their mounting woes – as did the brutal winter storms in Texas two months ago.

Fulton Homes last week cited the stuck Suez Canal barge, the storms and the pandemic in a letter to customers who had put down a deposit for a new-build, offering them a refund because supply chain disruptions made it impossible to say when their new home would be completed.

It said window production has been cut in half by its supplier because of the pandemic, plywood for its walls is in short supply, cabinet orders are three to �ive months behind and that now it has no roof sheathing for 1,200 homes under construction.

“Unfortunately, in the current highly volatile environment, there is no way to accurately project when homes will be completed,” its letter to customers said.

“There may be a one-month delay or a 6+ month delay on home closings; Timelines change daily.”

The letter by Fulton Homes Construction Vice President Jeff Nadreau said that as a result and only for this week, Fulton is breaking its policy of nonrefundable deposits.

Kiosks will help people get around Mesa, see deals

Instead of stopping strangers and asking directions, visitors – or even locals hunting for new things – can now point and click as they wander.

As part of Mesa’s “Smart City” strategic plan, the city has partnered with Smart City Media to install 10 dual screen smart digital kiosks throughout downtown and along the light rail corridor east to Gilbert Road.

The kiosks will each offer two 55-inch touch screen displays with “way finding” functionality for people to locate specific businesses or discover events as well as get safety alerts.

Content offered by the kiosks include events at the Mesa Convention Center, Mesa Arts Center and downtown museums; mapping to City offices and local resources; public service announcements; and real-time bus and light rail information.

Mesa businesses will have access to promote and advertise themselves, and the Downtown Mesa Association will have direct access to promote activities and events.

One fun part of the kiosks is that they are “selfie” stations giving you the ability to take selfies and send them via email or text.

Nadreau acknowledged there may be customers “who are uncomfortable with the uncertainty of the delivery of their home or who simply cannot wait” and said Fulton Homes believe a full refund was the fair thing to do.

Normally, those deposits are not refundable under any circumstances, he noted, because the company would lose a bundle after paying a $20,000 building permit and ordering materials that the customer speci�ically wanted.

He also assured those who decide to “live with the uncertainty brought about by these supply issues” that “we will not cut corners or forego the legendary Fulton Quality our customers expect.”

Last month, a barge got stuck in the Suez Canal for a week, tying up ships loaded with billions of goods and impacting supply lines for an array of industries.

But that was only the latest in a series of problems that have forced most homebuilders into longer completion times and include escalation clauses in contracts as a hedge against rising prices of materials.

Other homebuilders contacted by the Mesa Tribune about Fulton’s letter did not respond to requests for comment.

But Mike Orr of the Cromford Report, which closely tracks the Valley housing market, said it’s likely Fulton is not alone.

“I have not heard anything so speci�ic, but it would not surprise me if many of

the things quoted affect other builders,” he said, adding: “Home price will be forced upwards, as there is very little re-sale inventory."

Supply chain interruptions and overall shortages have added fuel to the surge in Valley home prices, which have risen 20 percent in a year.

Last week Cromford reported, “The active listing count was painfully small last month and this month it is no better.

We would need to add about 24,000 active listings to get back to a normal level.

Many of the younger agents working in Phoenix have never experienced a normal level of supply.”

The National Association of Homebuilders and the National Association of Realtors last fall said a lumber shortage is accelerating the cost of new home construction while there also is a rising demand for larger houses – partly as the result of stay-at-home orders and workfrom-home time in the past year.

“While the market remains solid, median home prices are increasing due to higher building material costs, most notably softwood lumber, and a shift to larger homes,” said Robert Dietz, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders.

The homebuilders group reported that in the �irst six months of the pandemic “lumber prices soared more than 170 percent.”

“This unprecedented lumber price

spike added nearly $16,000 to the price of a typical new single-family home,” it said.

The association recommended that its members include an escalation clause in contracts “that indicates if lumber prices increase by a certain percentage, the customer would be required to pay the extra costs.”

It also said the sharp increases in lumber costs “threaten the affordability of new homes and the housing sector, which is leading the nation’s economic recovery.”

The association blamed the lumber cost increase on inadequate domestic production.

“Many mills reduced production due to stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures enacted by state and local governments at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic,” it said.

“Mill operators projected that housing would be adversely affected by the crisis and anticipated a large drop in demand,” it continued. “But housing weathered the storm much better than was predicted and demand for lumber has accelerated.”

In December, it called on the Trump Administration to pressure domestic lumber producers “to ramp up production to ease growing shortages and making it a priority to work with Canada on a new softwood lumber agreement.” That request went nowhere. 

The kiosks offer multi-language support via the city’s WiFi network; there is a companion mobile application for both Apple and Android devices.

Smart City Media is providing the kiosks at no cost.

11-12, 5 p.m.; and age 13-14, 6 p.m.

Kids can compete in either the baseball or softball division and have the opportunity to advance through three levels based on their competition scores. Local team championships in partnership with the Diamondbacks are in June and finals during MLB All-Star Week in July.

All kids must register on the MLB Pitch, Hit & Run website by noon April 14 under City of Mesa event. No onsite day of registrations will be taken.

Participants must be able to follow the physical distancing protocol of six feet or greater which also includes refraining from high-fives, handshakes, and other physical touching.

The event will provide frequent cleaning procedures to disinfect hands, surfaces and equipment.

Information: mesaparks.com/youthsports or contact Lacy Freeman at lacy.freeman@mesaaz.gov or 480-644-3040.

receive funding to attend MCC beginning with the fall 2021 semester.

Each student accepted into the program will have their own academic advisor plus career and financial aid advising. Also, students receive all the free MCC services such as tutoring, parking, counseling, job skill assistance and the food pantry.

The Mesa College Promise is a commitment from the city to residents that eligible graduating high school students who reside in Mesa may apply to attend MCC for two years free.

This flagship program covers tuition and fees remaining after funds from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or other scholarships are applied. Eligibility includes a 2.0 or better high school GPA and Mesa residency. Full details, criteria and applications are available at mesacc.edu/mesapromise.

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Mayor Giles slates annual State of the City address April 21

Mayor Giles’ 2021 State of the City event will air on Mesa Channel 11 (mesa11.com), YouTube and via Facebook 6-7 p.m. April 21.

The free virtual event is hosted by Mesa Chamber of Commerce and those planning to tune in are encouraged to register at mesachamber.org/state-of-the-city.

Mesa, MLB team up for Pitch, Hit & Run at city complex

After being canceled last year, Major League Baseball’s Pitch, Hit & Run competition returns to Mesa and numerous sites nationwide. The free event for boys and girls ages 7 to 14 will be held this Saturday, April 17 at Red Mountain Softball Complex, 7808 E. Brown Road.

Here is the schedule: age 7-8, 3 p.m.; age 9-10, 4 p.m.; age

MCC to welcome College Promise students this fall

Mesa Mayor John Giles and Mesa Community College Interim President Lori M. Berquam, Ph.D., announce that the first Mesa College Promise eligible high school graduates will

An ‘egg-cellent’ way to help food bank feed the hungry

Over Easy restaurant and Hickman’s Family Farms are teaming up to help raise funds and eggs for United Food Bank.

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Throughout April diners at one of the nine Over Easy Arizona restaurants can ask their server how to make a donation to United Food Bank. When a patron makes a donation, Over Easy will match it dollar for dollar and Hickman’s will deliver one dozen eggs to United Food Bank.

So, for example, if a patron donates a dollar, United Food Bank will receive $2 and a dozen eggs.

Mesa locations for the restaurant are 1941 W. Guadalupe Road and 6451 E. Southern Ave. Information: eatatovereasy.com.

First post-pandemic jamboree planned at Mesa city line

Message to people who have missed being able to walk around outside amid a crowd, drink beer and listen to some music: Mother Nature’s Farm in Gilbert’s got you covered.

The farm, 1663 E. Baseline Road, is hosting the Good Vibes Jamboree from 2-10 p.m. Saturday, April 17.

Live music performances will kick off at 2:30 p.m. with the country band Chad Freeman and the Redline, followed by The Matt Farris Country band, will follow.

Activities will include animal feeding, Jenga, horseshoes,

cornhole, Connect 4, Checkers, a maze and a dirt slide.

Tickets are available for $15 presale and will be $20 at the gate. Children under a year are free and tickets for children ages 1-12 are $5. To purchase tickets: goodvibesjamboree.com.

Embry Health providing COVID vaccinations at MCC

Embry Health is providing Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations at Mesa Community College, 1833 W. Southern Road, Mesa, to any Maricopa County resident over 18 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

People should bring a face mask, driver’s license, insurance card and documentation of eligibility.

To schedule an appointment at any of these locations, visit bit.ly/mccmoderna1. 

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“He said, ‘You have to be physically �it, but it’s a job where you really help the community.’ I thought about it, since I was active in high school and college playing sports, the fact you help people — that was a good �it,” she re�lected.

So began a series of “�irsts” for Mary Damiani Cameli, who married Mike Cameli of the Tempe Fire Department in 1988.

After becoming one of the �irst two women hired by the Mesa Fire Department in 1983, she still moved up the ranks, becoming “�irst woman” in various positions of leadership – engineer, captain, battalion chief, assistant chief – before becoming the city’s �irst female �ire chief in 2016.

Now, her trailblazing is expanding far beyond city limits.

On March 15, the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association for the �irst time in its 56-year history gave a woman its top honor.

“Mary Cameli, chief of the Mesa Fire and Medical Department in Arizona has earned the Metropolitan Fire Chief of the Year honor,” stated the association.

“I’m very humbled by the award,” said Cameli, somewhat blushing during a Zoom interview with the Tribune.

Characteristically, she de�lected the attention.

“What I’m appreciative for is the men and women I get to work with,” she said.

“They are the ones who deserve (the award). They do a great job of serving the community. They deserve the recognition.

“And I’ve had so many mentors,” Cameli added, calling out former Mesa Fire leaders Don Johnson, John Oliver, Dennis Compton and Harry Beck.

“All of them had a tremendous impact on really teaching me things along the way,” said Cameli.

Does she hope winning the award will inspire other females to consider a �ire�ighting career?

“One hundred percent,” Cameli shot back. “If anything, I want young women and young girls to know there’s no restrictions and limits on what they can do. We do an Aspire Academy every year for young women. When I was growing up, I didn’t know (being a �ire�ighter) was an option.

“Now, nothing’s off the table. If I can inspire some young women, I’m very grateful for that.”

‘Icon’ praised The association noted many things that

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make Cameli worthy of its top award.

“Cameli has earned accolades locally, throughout Arizona and on a national level for spearheading the MFMD program which is regarded as a ‘Gold Standard’ example of Integrated Community Health Care. MFMD service delivery elements, and the research and data generated as part of a signi�icant federal Health and Human Services grant, have been shared widely throughout the �ire service and medical community to impart important lessons learned,” it said.

Cameli is a past president of the Arizona Fire Chiefs Association and currently is vice chair of the International Fire Service Training Association Executive Board. She is vice president of the Center for Public Safety Excellence Board and co-chairs the IAFC Women Chiefs Council.

Councilwoman Jen Duff said she is thrilled by the national recognition for Cameli, calling her “a great inspiration” she has “known her for years.”

Duff, a Mesa native, said she loves how active Cameli is with the community.

“She’s a mentor. An icon for so many of us for her commitment to excellence …

She’s spectacular. I love having her as a model for girls and women in Mesa — and now the whole country.”

‘Are you a secretary?’

Thirty-eight years ago, Cameli and Georganne “Gigi” White successfully passed the rigorous written, verbal and physical tests, completed the academy and were sworn in July 25, 1983, becoming Mesa’s

Many �irsts for �ire chief Important moments in Mesa Fire Chief Mary Cameli’s career (in each case, she was the �irst woman in the position in the Mesa Fire and Medical Department’s history):

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Hired July 25, 1983 Promoted to engineer March 14, 1991 Promoted to captain July 24, 1992 Promoted to battalion commander March 16, 1998 Promoted to assistant chief Jan. 15, 2006 Promoted to �ire chief Nov. 28, 2016

�irst two female �ire�ighters.

For decades, �ire departments had a reputation as “boys clubs” around the country and women often had a hard time gaining acceptance as �ire�ighters.

Even now, �ire departments around the country face suits over treatment of women.

According to a recent ABC News story, “Advocates say going to court is sometimes the only effective recourse in a �ield where women make up such a tiny part of the workforce.”

That was not the case in Mesa, according to one who was there at the starting line for women.

“We were never treated poorly,” Cameli said.

Not that everything was set up perfectly.

“Only one station has separate bathrooms. All the stations weren’t designed for women: one dorm, one bathroom, no locks.

Mesa Fire Chief Mary Cameli and her husband, retired Tempe firefighter Mike Cameli, welcomed daughter Karli to the Mesa Fire and Medical Department. (Special to the Tribune).

“The things we had to deal with then were the right gear to �it women. The gloves were too big, the boots were too wide … even the uniform, we had to get them tailored,” she recalled.

And women �ire�ighters were tough from the community to wrap their minds around, back in the early Eighties.

“When we’d go on calls, people would say to Gigi and I, ‘Oh are you the cook?

Are you the secretary?’ It was new for the community to see,” Cameli said.

The living situation was no laughing matter, though.

“I know spouses were concerned because we were at stations 24 hours a day.

I made it a point to get to know (co-workers’) spouses,” she said, adding that wives of �ire�ighters felt better after getting to know her.

In 2021, “I think the department and the community is much more comfortable seeing females on the �ire truck,” Cameli said.

Once she became a �ire�ighter, Cameli soon forgot about being a teacher.

“The physical part, I always loved that,” she said.

She has always enjoyed interacting with the community, which became both a challenge and an increasing necessity during the pandemic.

“We’ve been very active in the community from the get go,” Cameli said.“We started with the COVID testing, we went into the community to do that. And now we’re giving the vaccine.”

The Mesa Fire and Medical Department was a key player in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, giving shots to teachers and other essential workers for weeks at the Mesa Convention Center parking lot. And, though they are not giving shots at the new state site, �ire�ighter/paramedics are

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This time last year, Cameli called meetings to talk about the frightening acceleration of the virus spread, with more

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sponders safe.

“At one point we said, ‘Assume every patient you meet is COVID positive.’

You’d go out on a call and then �ind out they were COVID positive,” she noted.

“We also had a plan in place if a certain amount of our members were sick at the same time. Fortunately, it never got to the point where we had so many get sick at the same time.

But when they did (test positive), they were out for 10 to 14 days.”

Ultimately, about a quarter of Mesa’s �ire�ighter/paramedics tested positive for the virus.

“Everybody’s back to work,” Cameli said. “We haven’t had any positives in the last couple weeks.”

She herself tested positive (“I never got sick”) when the coronavirus ripped through the Cameli home a few months ago.

A new generation After living in Glendale for years, the Camelis moved to Mesa four years ago.

The Camelis have been married 33 years.

“We met at a union convention in Yuma,” Mary Cameli said.

Their other adult daughters are Christina, Cara, Kaila and twins Kapri and Karli.

“I’ve been blessed with a wonderful family. They sacri�iced a lot,” Mary Cameli said.

Slightly less than the national average of 8 percent of female �ire�ighters, women now make up about 5 percent of the

Mesa’s 459 �ire�ighters.

One of the 22 female �ire�ighters in Mesa is Karli Cameli.

Her parents were part of the pinning ceremony that welcomed Karli to the Mesa Fire Department two years ago.

“She’s loving it,” Mary Cameli said.

Being enthusiastic about your job seems to be a family trait.

Ada Damiani, 93 years old, is still working at D and D Foods, the family grocery store in Chicago Heights where she started working at 16.

“She goes to work every day with a smile on her face,” Cameli said. “My mom is an inspiration for how I want to be.”

“We’re proud of you, Mary,” Mayor John Giles said at Cameli’s budget presentation Thursday. He half-jokingly referred to her as “our celebrity �ire chief.”

Reached at her Chicago store, Mary’s mother shared the sentiment.

“I’m so proud,” Ada Damiani said. Then again, she isn’t surprised by her daughter’s achievements: “She’s always been a caring person. We had 12 children so she used to babysit a lot. But she was always so upbeat … She’s always one to jump up and do things.”

The Damiani family, like the Mesa community, has grown accustomed to Mary Cameli’s line of work, though it was a bit of a shocker, back in 1983.

“My husband didn’t like that at �irst,” Ada Damiani said. “He �igured it’s a man’s job. But he accepted it.” 

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equipment that protects them as well as patients, it’s hard to be in a safer, more sterile environment, Lipinski stresses.

“Don’t ignore that chest pain; don’t be afraid to go to the ER,” Lipinski pleaded.

“Data proves that … You don’t see studies saying emergency departments are superspreaders. They’re just not,” Lipinski said.

Still, at the height of the pandemic, Abrazo Mesa’s emergency department saw about half the volume it normally would.

Hess, who spends much of his time at Abrazo Scottsdale, not far from his home, can only shake his head in bemusement at statements he hears from trauma patients.

“People apologize for seeking care – they’re having chest pain or bleeding from a wound and they’re apologizing for coming in,” Hess said. “They think the emergency department is just for COVID. In my mind, that’s really absurd, they need care.”

What does he say to them?

“Not only do you deserve care, you need it – and it’s safe to come to the hospital.”

What’s happening in the East Valley is a microcosm of a national trend.

According to a study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, emergency department visits for serious cardiovascular conditions dropped sharply in 2020 compared to 2019 visits in 108 EDs in 18 states.

Heart attack (STEMI), stroke and other heart-related emergency visits fell to about half of pre-pandemic levels in mid-

DR. BRIAN HESS MD

DR. DAVID MOROMISATO MD

2020, before recovering slightly by the end of the year, according to the study by US Acute Care Solutions.

“Given the clear bene�its of hospitalbased care for these conditions, the early pandemic declines likely worsened outcomes for many patients and led to avoidable deaths outside the hospital because ED care was not sought,” the study concludes.

In the same publication, Dr. Joseph Alpert, professor and medical director of cardiac rehabilitation at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, published a commentary titled “Mortality from Fear,” con�irming the study.

He noted patients’ fear of the hospital during the pandemic: “‘Oh, no, don’t even

think of sending me there. I know I will die if you send me there.’ … Fear of a COVID infection kept patients with potentially lethal conditions from coming to the emergency department and being admitted to the hospital.

“Patients often stated that they knew it was safer to stay home rather than come to the hospital.”

Even after he educated patients about the hospital’s stringent cleaning, social distancing and protective personal equipment policies, “Unfortunately, much of this information fell on deaf ears. It seems that fear had overcome rational thinking.”

With graduations approaching just as restaurant, bar and mask restrictions

Abrazo Mesa Hospital staffer Grace Christensen awaits visitors for COVID-19 screening.

(Special to the Tribune)

have been rescinded, some worry a “third wave” of COVID is looming.

Moromisato said the Banner Mesa hospital’s COVID unit is down from a high of 300 patients to about 30.

On March 25, Gov. Doug Ducey ordered local governments to remove mask mandates; Mesa quickly complied with the order.

“While I remain an advocate for precautions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, including mask wearing, this can no longer be a legal requirement in the city of Mesa,” Mayor John Giles noted.

Though he lifted the mask requirement in public (except for city buildings, where masks will still be required), Giles stressed: “All Mesa residents should remain actively vigilant because the pandemic is not over. Please continue to exercise the effective habits we’ve learned during the pandemic, including social distancing, good hygiene and mask wearing when distancing is not possible.”

Local healthcare leaders forcefully seconded the mayor’s advice.

“As everybody starts doing whatever they like and going to restaurants at full capacity and only a small percentage are vaccinated … we still have a lot of people who are unvaccinated and unprotected,” Moromisato said. “So, it is concerning. We wanted to go a little slower, so we’re concerned about another surge.

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Nurses at Banner-University Center Phoenix treated patients in the ICU during the January virus surge. (Special to the Tribune)

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According to Becker’s Hospital Review, Banner Desert Care had the 11th busiest emergency room in the U.S. in 2019. (Figures for 2020 are not yet available.)

The 16 U.S. hospitals that had the most emergency room visits in 2019: 1. Parkland Health and Hospital System (Dallas), 241,968.

2. Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health Medical Center, 209,658.

3. Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, 180,013.

4. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, 155,322 5. St. Joseph’s University Medical Center (Paterson, N.J.), 153,201.

6. Monte�iore Medical Center-Moses Campus (New York City), 153,012.

7. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln (New York City), 150,647.

8. Grady Health System (Atlanta), 150,562.

9. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center (Fayetteville, N.C.), 144,343.

10. Boston Medical Center, 139,577.

11. Banner Desert Medical Center, 135,383.

EV general named �irst woman to head National Guard

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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Gilbert woman has been named the new adjutant general of the Arizona National Guard.

Gov. Doug Ducey last week named Kerry Muehlenbeck as the �irst woman to lead the 8,300-member Guard.

Currently a professor at Mesa Community College, Muehlenbeck is a lawyer and former Deputy Pima County Attorney.

Her appointment also makes her director of the state Department of Emergency and Military Affairs.

Muehlenbeck came to Arizona in 1993 to serve as assistant staff judge advocate at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson.

After separating from the active military

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“We’re not out of the woods yet,” Moromisato said. “We really still need a few more months of real caution.”

Lipinski of Abrazo Mesa agreed wholeheartedly.

“This is a major source of concern in the medical community. By loosening mask usage or relaxing social distancing behaviors, the fuel is still there,” Lipinski said.

As Hess put it, “I think we still need to be very cautious and proceed very carefully.

Patients need to take precautions to avoid acquiring the virus.”

In a typical year, 140,000 patients visit the 100-bed Banner Desert emergency department.

In 2020, emergency visits were down to about 110,000 at Banner Desert.

And it wasn’t because people were no longer in traumatic situations: “It was just because people were afraid to come to the emergency department,” Moromisato said.

Gen. Kerry Muehlenbeck of Gilbert is the first woman to lead the Arizona National Guard as its adjutant general.

(Capitol Media Services)

four years later, she joined the Arizona Air National Guard where she also served as

both a wing-level and headquarters staff judge advocate.

cause of all the precautions we take.”

Lipinski added, “The bigger picture is these missed care opportunities, the 56-yearold guy sitting in his of�ice at home with chest pain considering going in for testing but concerned because of COVID.” And he had Dr. Chris Lipinski reviews a patient's records at Abrazo Mesa ER. (Special an eerie preto the Tribune) diction: “Five years “It’s de�initely safe to come to the hospi- from now, the number of people harmed tal and get your care,” he concluded. “You by delays in care for emerging symptoms don’t need to fear going to the hospital be- – cardiac arrest, heart attack, heart failure

She became the state’s deputy adjutant general in 2018.

Muehlenbeck described her service as a “traditional, drill-status Guardsman,’’ meaning she also had full-time outside employment, including the stint with the Pima County Attorney.

She will apparently have to give up her MCC position, but indicated it’s worth it to hit a milestone in Arizona’s history.

“The historical importance of being the �irst female adjutant general in Arizona is not lost on me,’’ she said.

“But I do hope that what I’ve done and who I am is more important than simply my sex,’’ Muehlenbeck continued. “I never considered myself a female member of the

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– that didn’t go in to seek care and worsened, or their COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) got worse … those are going to be numbers that are mammoth, compared to COVID numbers.”

Hess said, “I don’t know if we’ll ever know the toll this is taking on people.

“Patients unfortunately are fearful to come in,” Hess said with a sigh. “We’ve had patients with heart attacks who had chest pain for a week and waited to come in, they were very critically ill. We see those delays. It’s really sad.” 

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ally good look-alikes, individuals that look very, very similar and very much resembled Robert Fisher,” said FBI Special Agent Taylor Hannah, who has been assigned to the Fisher case for about a year.

Previous agents “absolutely ran all of those into the ground,” Hannah said. “They positively identi�ied those individuals and obviously they came back that they were not Robert Fisher.”

While the case is 20 years old, investigators said new tips are coming in.

“We get tips every week,” Hannah said.

Scottsdale Police Detective John Heinzelman, who has been on the case for six years, said he usually receives new tips once or twice a week.

He treats every call as a potential new lead and vets the caller to determine how viable the information is.

“Is it a good potential that we need to follow up in-person or can we identify them as somebody else and rule them out more or less,” Heinzelman said.

Both Hannah and Heinzelman are charged with the seemingly impossible task of vetting each new tip and attempting to solve this uniquely complicated case.

For Heinzelman, it’s really two cases.

“Because it’s the case itself, the actual homicide, which is pretty much done until we’d �ind somebody or until we can actually bring them in and interview and those things,” he said. “The rest of it becomes a sort of fugitive apprehension to say who is Robert Fisher? Where would he have gotten to? Did he have help? And, if so, is he local? Is he hidden somewhere in plain sight? Is he out of the country?”

The investigators said they are concentrating on going back through old the entire case �ile in an attempt to turn up some piece of overlooked evidence.

Hannah said she avoids adopting “pet theories” or giving into the mythology of the case and instead has combed through both the FBI and Scottsdale Police case �iles.

“And I wanted to basically come up with a plan to continue this investigation based off of those facts opposed to kind of the mythology that has developed over the years,” she said.

So far, nothing has shed light on what happened to Robert Fisher.

“We have not had a veri�ied sighting that we can say ‘yes, this was Robert Fisher’ after the ATM video,” Heinzelman said.

The 20-year investigation seems to have

Robert Fisher is accused of killing his wife Mary and their children, Brittney and Bobby, in 2001 in Scottsdale before rigging their home to explode. (Tribune file photo) turned up more questions than answers.

Some acquaintances described Fisher as

a survivalist with the skills to survive long stretches in the wilderness.

One friend – whose name was redacted in police reports – told detectives that Fisher considered himself a “paramilitary” and “goes out with his buddies and plays war games in the woods.”

He also told police that Fisher was an avid hunter, pro�icient with weapons and that Fisher told him that at least once a year he would go into the woods and live by himself.

But others painted a different picture.

Kuhbander, the neighbor, told the Scottsdale Tribune he used to go hunting with Fisher.

“He’s not that rugged,” Kuhbander said.

“He had some pretty bad back problems.

Last time we went hunting he was miserable – his knee was really hurting him bad.”

Fisher, a Navy veteran and former �ire�ighter, suffered back issues from damaged discs and police reports suggested he may have struggled with an opioid addiction connected to the injury.

Investigators continue to grapple with these disparate descriptions of their lone suspect.

“It’s dif�icult because I would hate to close a door or an avenue where we’re going,” Heinzelman said. “So the thoughts are he was a survivalist on one extreme all the way to no, he was just a weekend warrior and he liked to ride ATVs on the other extreme.”

For that reason, Heinzelman said he wants to avoid putting out a speci�ic characterization of Fisher for fear that it would dissuade someone from calling in with pertinent information.

“I would hate to see somebody not call, because they would say ‘well, I don’t think he would do this after this long,’” he said.

“He could be right under our noses and we just don’t realize it.”

Despite all of those open questions, Scottsdale Police and the FBI are still actively trying to answer the question: What happened to Robert Fisher?

“I think the message, especially for us locally, is that we’re still looking,” Heinzelman said. “By no means is it mothballed or put away in a closet.” 

GOT NEWS?

On April 10, 2001, the Fisher home was engulfed in flames following an explosion that rocked a southern Scottsdale neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of Rob Koebel)

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

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Mesa Police pledge to recruit more women KEVIN PIREHPOUR Tribune Staff Writer

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he Mesa Police Department is making an effort to increase the number of women in law enforce-

ment.

Last week, the department joined the 30X30 Initiative – a pledge that aims to increase the number of women recruits in law enforcement agencies to 30 percent by 2030.

The pledge is a nationwide coalition of police researchers and community leaders whose mission is to identify factors driving gender disparities and implement strategies to hire and advance women in law enforcement positions.

“It’s still hiring the right person for the job,” said Mesa Det. Brandi George.

“We’re not solely seeking female of�icers, we are just letting females know ‘if this is something you’re interested in, then let’s do this’ because I don’t think they realize the need for female of�icers.”

Nationally, about 12 percent of sworn of�icers are women with only 3 percent in leadership roles, according to re-

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military. I was always just another member of the military.’’

She replaces Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire who is retiring after 37 years in the military.

McGuire, a Republican, is weighing a possible run for U.S. Senate in 2022 where he would try to unseat Democrat Mark Kelly.

According to Arizona State University, Muehlenbeck also was a longtime faculty associate for the ASU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and previously the ASU School of Justice Studies.

An ASU news release said she was �irst woman to serve as a general in the Arizona Army and Air National Guard.

“For me, this is another opportunity to do something new, broaden my scope,

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In Mesa, that number is slightly higher with women making up about 14 percent of active-duty of�icers in the department, despite women making up over 51 percent of the adult population in the city.

It’s a good �irst step to involving more women in law enforcement, said Debra Esparza, the CEO of TWCA, an organization aimed at empowering women and �ighting racism.

“It would be a terri�ic concept or idea if our organizations and institutions like law enforcement re�lected the makeup of the communities they serve,” Esparza said. “We’re de�initely not there yet.”

Since 2014, 50 percent of Mesa PD’s recruitments have been women and people of color, said Mesa Assistant Police Chief Dan Butler. And in recent years the department has pushed to promote women into leadership roles.

In 1998, Jan Strauss became Mesa’s �irst female police chief. Today, Tactical Commander Diana Clevenger leads Mesa PD’s SWAT team, one of the few women in the country to hold the position.

“We have women at all levels of our orand contribute,” she said when appointed to that post. “It’s another opportunity to either succeed or fail. I prefer success, but you can’t be afraid to fail, especially if you learn from it. You’ve got to go out and try. That’s what my parents always taught me.”

Muehlenbeck also served as a Deputy Judge Advocate General for the United States Air Force and as a prosecutor in her hometown of Saginaw, Michigan.

She taught two criminal law courses at ASU and developed and taught a contemporary base issues course for the Air National Guard taken by thousands of commanders, crew chiefs and �irst sergeants over the years.

“If I succeed or fail, it’s not because I am a woman, it’s because I did or didn’t do a

ganization,” Butler said.

The pledge represents the department’s continued efforts to work with other departments and improve diversity in policing.

“There’s a lot of women out there that would do incredibly well in law enforcement and they’re not applying,” Butler said. “We want to get them to apply and to start going through our process and bring them on board.”

Entering a male-dominated industry or department, especially a career that many perceive to be a physically demanding role, is intimidating for a lot of women, George said. But policing is more than the physical abilities, “we need female brains,” she said.

Women police of�icers receive few complaints and lawsuits, are less likely to use excessive force and have better outcomes communicating with crime victims, especially those involved in sexual assault cases, according to the 30X30 website.

“Sometimes that female victim wants to speak to another female,” George said.

“They don’t want to talk to a male (of�igood job,” Muehlenbeck said, according to the ASU release.

“I am not a pioneer. There were certainly pioneers within the generations of women who came before me, and those are the shoulders I’ve been standing on throughout my career. They fought battles that I didn’t have to �ight.”

Her appointment was announced as Gov. Doug Ducey said on March 8 that he is prepared to send the Arizona National Guard to the border – even if it means at state expense.

“We’re going to use every tool, authority and resource that we have,’’ the governor said.

“To be successful on the southern border, we need to work in partnership with the federal government,’’ Ducey continued.

cer) about what just happened to them with the male suspects.”

“There’s domestic violence calls, where females are victims, males are suspects, and having a female of�icer on the scene appeases the victim and helps in the investigation,” George said.

Esparza said the YWCA stands in solidarity with the 30X30 pledge and hopes the department continues to strive toward advancing women in law enforcement and eliminating systemic biases that may exist in many departments today.

“We would expect, as well, that these agencies work to retain and promote the women throughout their careers with professional development, leadership training, and really disclose and articulate salary ranges so there’s pay equity across the organization,” Esparza said.

The Tucson Police Department and the emerging Queen Creek Police Department have also joined the pledge, according to the 30X30 website.

“We see the need for female police of�icers and we want them to know that we need you — you can do this,” George said.  “But Arizona’s going to act regardless.’’

The governor said that, as far as he is concerned the border was “largely stable not that long ago.’’ Since then, he said, there have been 180,000 people apprehended and nearly 18,000 children in the care of the federal government.

“And the federal government is not very good at being a parent,’’ the governor said.

Ducey said the state already is doing what it can.

“We’re working with ranchers and border sheriffs and leaders at the county level,’’ he said, saying he is hoping for more from the White House on what will be the next steps from Washington.

“But the National Guard will be part of this solution,’’ Ducey said. “And we will have action taken.’’ 

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

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Disparities at issue in schools’ pandemic fund relief

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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he head of the House Education Committee wants the Department of Education to turn loose $85 million to help forestall anticipated teacher layoffs.

Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, noted that several districts have announced they will need to let some teachers go ahead of the 2021-2022 school year for fear that they won’t have the state aid to pay their salaries.

That’s because aid is directly linked to the number of students enrolled.

And the most recent �igures show that more than 55,000 children have disappeared from district schools this year – about 5 percent of total enrollment, a �igure that translates out to hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

On paper, schools get state aid based on the number of students enrolled. And, theoretically that means if the students come back, the state funds will �low.

Only thing is, Udall said, districts have to make decisions now whether to offer contracts for the coming school year.

“The problem is, if you �ire those teachers and the kids do come back, you’ve suddenly got overcrowded classrooms,’’ she told Capitol Media Services.

Udall said it may be impossible for schools that were hardest hit by declines to rehire those same teachers: Given the teacher shortage statewide, they may by that point have found gainful employment elsewhere.

What that leaves, she said, is schools hiring long-term substitutes who are not certi�ied as regular teachers.

In a letter last week to state schools chief Kathy Hoffman, Udall she said the Education Department is “for some reason holding onto nearly $85 million of discretionary money’’ from its initial $1.5 billion allocation of federal COVID relief dollars.

“That should be put to use to help stabilize Arizona schools so they don’t have to make premature reductions in staf�ing when many of those students may be returning in the coming school year,’’ Udall told Hoffman.

And she questioned the agency’s need for $7 million to administer that $1.5 billion allotment – the maximum

Mes. Rep. Michelle Udal, head of the House Education Committee, wants the state Department of Education to start doling out some $85 million in pandemic relief funds to school districts. (Special to the Tribune) allowed – when there are other more pressing needs.

Udall said she expects at least part of the fund problem to be resolved when lawmakers adopt the state budget.

Some of that, she said, will be plans eliminating that differential between what schools get for teaching students in person versus those who are learning online. The state funds the latter at just 95 percent despite indications of additional costs for such programs.

But Udall said some districts that were doing the best to maintain an in-person option for their students are the ones who she believes ended up getting �inancially shorted.

She used the example of Tucson Uni�ied School District which she said got around $7,000 per child in federal COVID-relief dollars doled out largely along the lines of which districts have the most Title 1 schools. Those are schools where a high percent of youngsters lives in poverty.

And, Udall said, TUSD did remote learning most of the year.

By contrast, she said, Vail got about $180 per youngster while Gilbert schools got about $300. Gilbert has pink-slipped 154 teachers because of the enrollment declines’ impact on state funding.

Kyrene Chief Financial Of�icer Chris Hermann told his board last month that Kyrene is getting $250 a pupil and that it

faces a $6 million budget shortfall because of declining enrollment and lower funding for online-only students.

Hermann noted that Roosevelt Elementary School District in Phoenix is receiving nearly $20 million in secondround pandemic relief funds compared to Kyrene’s 3.9 million even though Roosevelt’s enrollment is half that of Kyrene’s 15,700 students.

“So you have this huge discrepancy and you have districts like Vail and Gilbert who have really worked to have in-person teaching through as much of the time as possible,’’ Udall said.

“That’s really expensive because they’re doing the in-person teaching but they’re also doing the online at the same time,’’ she continued. “So, they have two modes of teaching going on at the same time, they’ve got extra expenses from the technology but then also extra expenses from the cleaning, from substitutes, from the personal protective equipment.’’

Yet they’re the ones getting the least aid.

So what Udall wants, at least for the short term, is that money sitting at the Department of Education. And she said it can be divided up so that all districts are guaranteed a minimum per-pupil aid.

In a response to Udall, Hoffman acknowledged the need “to provide schools with budget stability and avoid unnecessary layoffs.’’ And the schools chief said money

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from discretionary funds already is being distributed, though Udall told Capitol Media Services that “there’s still a lot left.’’

Hoffman said some of the blame for what schools are now facing �inancially can be traced directly to Gov. Doug Ducey.

He promised last year that schools would have at least 98 percent of the state aid they were getting in the prior year, regardless of attendance.

Only thing is, Ducey provided just $370 million for that based on federal dollars he got. Hoffman said the actual cost of missing students was close to $620 million.

“When the subsequent shortfalls became apparent in November, the governor’s of�ice pointed to the legislature’s need to solve this problem,’’ Hoffman wrote.

The need to guarantee schools will have money next academic year is based a presumption that the students who disappeared this year will return.

Udall said one big reason for the drop was that many parents of the youngest children, seeing what was happening with the virus, simply decided to keep them home an extra year.

That is borne out by �igures from the Department of Education: Of the more than 55,700 decline in children in public schools last year, close to 30 percent was in preschool and kindergarten programs.

Of the others, Arizona Education Association President Joe Thomas said he expects them to return.

Part of it, he said, is as parents have to return to work, they want their children in a safe place.

“They know where that is,’’ he said. And then there’s what the kids themselves want.

“I think students want to be in that school community,’’ he said, where there are their friends, the sports and the activities.

Chris Kotterman, lobbyist for the Arizona School Boards Association, said some districts lost more students than others because of geography.

“Gilbert is prime charter school country,’’ he said, giving parents who wanted their children in the classroom more options. But he, too, expects that trend to reverse as traditional schools return to inperson instruction.

Beyond that, Kotterman said charter schools just don’t have the capacity to handle that many students on a long-term basis. 

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New book tags ‘100 Things to Do in Mesa’ TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF

T Longtime Mesa resident Teresa Bitler has a new book called “100 Things to Do in Mesa Before You Die.” (Special to the Tribune)

eresa Bitler has spent much of her life in Mesa and the East Valley.

Over the last 15 years, she’s written for the Arizona Of�ice of Tourism, AAA, Allegiant Air, Visit Phoenix, TripSavvy and publications including National Geographic Traveler and Fodors, among others.

And now … the book.

Bitler, who lives with her husband, her youngest daughter and two dogs in Mesa, has written a guidebook on Reedy Press called “100 Things to Do in Mesa Before You Die.” She covers kayaking on the Salt River to listening to a symphony play from the stage of the state’s largest performing arts

Gilbert girl a telethon star for Children’s Hospital

BY STACI HAUK Tribune Contribtor

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Gilbert second grader will be in the spotlight this Wednesday as Phoenix Children’s Hospital holds its ninth annual telethon to bene�it patients’ families.

Viera Vigness, 8, has been dubbed “Valiant Viera” for the courage she showed in her �ight with cancer that she conquered with the help of Phoenix Children's Hospital staff.

The telethon will be hosted virtually by ABC15 6 a.m. to 10:35 p.m. April 14 Donors can call the phone bank at 602-933-4567 the day of the telethon or visit TelethonforPCH. org to donate.

The event raised more than $769,000 for Phoenix Children’s patient families in 2019; it was canceled due to the pandemic last year.

Corporate sponsors will be providing matching gifts throughout the day. They include

Desert Financial Credit Union, Accident Law Group and Scripps Howard Foundation.

Viera, who attends Sonoma Ranch Elementary School, is an avid softball player who loves the outdoors.

However, it wasn’t always this way as her parents, Nathan and Brooke Vigness, can attest to about the diagnosis that changed their lives.

“Prior to Viera’s diagnosis, we had noticed some changes occurring that we were concerned with,” Brooke said.

Along with a lack of appetite and slowing of growth, Viera showed signs of deteriorating vision.

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Viera Vigness' fortitude during her fight with cancer last year will be spotlighted on the Phoenix Children's telethon this Wednesday.

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center, with beer, hiking, archery, shopping and, of course, food in between.

Bitler also writes about a little-known botanical garden showcasing Native American canals at Mesa Grande Cultural Park, how to have a spiritual awakening at a Greek monastery in the desert and taking the plunge with Skydive Arizona.

The book is available through ReedyPress.com, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The 160-page book costs $17.

Bitler has multiple book signings planned, including: Mesa Arts Center, One East Main St., noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 1; and Downtown Mesa/ Second Friday Night Out, Main Street between Center and Robson, 6 to 10 p.m.

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Highlights of the book include: • When summer temperatures climb into the triple digits, cool off with a �loat on the Salt River, where tubers of all ages listen to loud music, drink beer and toss

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There were blood tests and urine analyses, along with specialist visits, but it wasn’t until she saw an ophthalmologist at Phoenix Children’s that her parents got some answers.

The ophthalmologist noticed that Viera’s optic nerve was being compressed and suggested that an MRI to determine why.

That test uncovered “a large tumor in her brain” that a biopsy showed was malignant.

Armed with the news that no parent wants to hear, the Vigness family relied on the advice of Viera’s pediatrician, who is part of the PCH network. The suggestion was to go to PCH, where they were told that the survival rate was high.

With cautious optimism, the Vignesses had treatment begin, assured by the staff

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beach balls.

• Go off road with a Segway tour through the Sonoran Desert on the tribal lands of the Yavapai Nation, just north of Mesa.

• Mesa is the starting point of the Fresh Foodie Trail, featuring local farms, a dairy, olive mill, �lour mill and winery.

• Falcon Field Airport in Mesa was origi-

at PCH that this avenue would be hard on the cancer but easy on Viera.

“It was all pretty scary but the people there were always so nice and always came in at the scariest times,” Viera said.

“My favorite things there were Ms. Grace with musical therapy and the pet therapy.

I also liked being able to go to the play room. There were so many nice people there who helped me feel better.”

During chemotherapy, Viera had multiple visitors each day from volunteers and there were others who would come by to help put a smile on her face.

She hosted many dance parties and concerts in her room and there was always an audience of doctors, nurses and other staff members there to support Valiant Viera.

“We are so grateful for the great staff at PCH that would bring joy to her day and in return, ours during such a hard time in

nally a World War II training site. Today, the municipal airport is home to the Commemorative Air Force Museum, which offers �lights on historic aircrafts including its B-17.

• Downtown Mesa is having a growth spurt, adding new restaurants, breweries, and hotels, but it remains a favorite with

our lives,” her mother said.

Currently, Viera continues to get MRIs every three months to make sure that she stays cancer-free. As of the last MRI there was no tumor noticeable.

While she will have chronic issues because of her cancer – which destroyed her pituitary gland and permanently damaged her vision – she and her family are grateful to PCH. “They took time to talk with us and explain everything that was going on,” her mother said, adding that doctors were “great at explaining things in a way that we can understand.”

Viera said she’s feeling better.

“When I was in the hospital I was really, really tired and a lot of times my stomach didn’t feel good. I so happy that I don’t have a port anymore and I don’t miss having to get it accessed,” she said.

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• Listen to the world’s largest Wurlitzer with more than 6,000 pipes and 1,074 individual keys play everything from “The Phantom of the Opera” to “Chattanooga Choo Choo” as you munch on pepperoni pizza at Organ Stop Pizza. 

The Vigness family is involved in the Telethon to support others who may have to go through the same process and fear.

They noted that while Viera was undergoing treatment, kind, simple gestures like a stuffed animal from a volunteer a mark and were the true blessings.

“If you have the means and choose to donate to PCH, know that you may be putting a smile on a child’s face too,” Brooke said.

“Viera’s journey is one of true bravery and inspiration,” said Steve Schnall, senior vice president and chief development of�icer of Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation.

“It’s stories like hers that remind us how important it is to give. Fundraisers such as the upcoming Telethon with our partners at ABC15 are crucial to helping our families and patients that need it most.”

Follow Viera’s journey at Viera’s Instagram: @ValiantViera 

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Mountainside Fitness jumps into pickleball craze TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF

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ooner or later, it was bound to happen.

Pickleball has made it to the gym.

The senior sensation that has soared in popularity over the last decade to the point where East Valley and other cities have scrambled to build courts for the sport’s enthusiastic fans, can now be played on select days at three Mountainside Fitness facilities, including those at 1253 N. Green�ield Road in Mesa and 5320 E. Shea Blvd. in Scottsdale as well as one in Surprise.

And Mountainside is gearing up to spread the cheer for pickleballers at some of its other facilities within a month or so, according to CEO Craig Cote.

Pickleball is a combination of several racket sports – badminton, tennis and ping-pong – that once was mainly a perk at RV parks.

It was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Washington, at the home of for-

from an unwieldy solid wood into a lightweight graphite, enhancing the sport’s popularity because it doesn’t require the physical stamina demanded by tennis.

There’s a multipronged business strategy to Mountainside’s adoption of pickleball.

First, Cote exMountainside Fitness CEO Craig Cote and company founder Tom plained, the compaHatten try their hand at pickleball at one of their three gyms ny can get some use where the popular game is offered at select times during the week. out of its full-court (Courtesy Mountainside Fitness) basketball courts, mer legislator and lieutenant governor which are usually vacant in the daytime, Joel Pritchard, who started using a Whif- by repurposing part of them as pickleball �le ball when he couldn’t �ind a tennis ball courts from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through to bat around.

Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturdays and 8 a.m.-noon Over time, the paddles have evolved on Sundays.

“We believe that each full-size court could handle three pickleball courts,” Cote said. “So, we went from one and will graduate to two in the next week and then we’ll likely back�ill some of our other clubs that have half- court basketball courts. They will only accommodate one pickleball court, so that’s our next move.”

Second, Mountainside has taken some the hassle out of getting court time – often a hassle at public parks’ courts, where players endure long lines waiting to get on the court.

The Valley �itness giant gives members an app through which they reserve, up to 24 hours ahead of time, a pickleball court for 45 minutes. Players also get three balls specially made for hardwood �loors.

Third, the fact the pickleball court is indoors has numerous advantages that Cote thinks will appeal to many ardent pickleballers.

businesses.”

People started making items like keychains and cups and for some, what started as a hobby turned into a primary job. “We sell the blank tumblers, the molds, the epoxies, CrystaLac, the inks, the paints, pens and empty makeup brushes, all of the fun little things you can use glitter with,” Jessica said.

The difference from regular glitter is that “polyester glitter is made from a large sheet of polyester that is run through a ma- Kevin and Jessica Farrell's Grateful Glitters store has all supplies for crafts requiring a little sparkle. (Melody Birkett/ chine,” explained Kevin.

Tribune Contributor) “It kind of crushes it down into the different shapes and sizes uct that is going to bleed under liquids. So, if so it holds its color whereas craft glitter is you put it under epoxy or even CrystaLac… made usually from some sort of paper prod- the polyester will hold true to its color.

“Polyester also holds the heat temperature of up to 500 degrees so it’s not going to melt using epoxy.”

Making glitter crafts can initially be pricey but once all the needed items are purchased to get started, the cost drops, he said.

“A bottle of glitter ranges in price from $4.75-$6 a bottle,” said Kevin, adding their store consistently offers a “buy three, get one free” proposition.

“Once you buy the glitter, you can choose to purchase the molds and epoxy in order to cure in the mold. If you want to do tumblers, you have the option of doing the epoxy or the epoxy-free version with CrystaLac. You’d have to buy a cup turner and go from there.”

On average, it costs $8-$12 to make a pen. Keychains cost $3-$15, depending on how much work goes into them. Cups/

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Mesa glitter business sees a sparkling future

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evin and Jessica Farrell are off to a shining start with their new Mesa business, Grateful Glitters.

They started the business, which sells polyester glitter and other craft supplies, as an online venture in October 2019 and four months later opened their �irst storefront near University Drive and Green�ield Road.

“I wanted to start making glitter tumblers and Kevin looked into it and said, ‘Well, we can have an endless supply of glitter for you,’” said Jessica. “So, it went from there.”

Kevin said they had opened only a few months before the pandemic struck Arizona.

“Once that hit, we were able to remain open,” he said. “We were providing glitter and other products to people who were using them as their own home-based

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Norris Air organizes successful food drive TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF

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orris Air recently decided it was time to help the community do more than just cool off.

The heating-air conditioning company, located at 3841 E. Main St., Mesa, wanted to give back in a special way.

So it organized with six sponsors a drive-thru food drive, enabling donors to stay in their car and feel safe while they helped address the problem of hunger in the community.

In return for a donation of canned food, people got a free swag bag and were directed to a spot where they got free ice cream.

“Many donors did more than their part in donating,” a Norris Air spokesman said.

“People drove up with not just one canned food item but bags of items in the back

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“Our locker rooms and restrooms are part of a private �itness facility,” Cote said.

“So, they are well maintained, they’re air-conditioned and they’re also well-appointed with soaps, lotions, mouthwashes – things that a city park would never have.”

And there’s no wind, which Cote said “makes for a nice stable game because we’ve all played pickleball when the winds pick up.

“That ball doesn’t weigh much and the wind can really move that ball to at least one side’s favor because you don’t switch sides like you do in some racquet sports.”

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tumblers range in price from $25-$50 depending on the size and work required.

Some items can consume a lot of time.

Keychains only take 10 minutes to pour but must sit 24 hours and another 2-3 days to fully harden.

“It is time-consuming but once you get the hang of it, it’s fun to sit down and �ind a new technique,” said Jessica. “There are always new techniques coming out people are trying. It’s fun to see.”

Customer favorites are “molds and just glitter in general,” said Jessica.

“Everybody loves looking at the different shapes, sizes, colors,” she said. “A lot of them don’t realize how many different colors are out there and how many different varieties we carry, including chunky

ing Dental Care, Made in the Shade Window Tinting, Mountain View Funeral Home & Cemetery, Fox Reliable Insurance Agency, United Food Bank and Bene�it Choice Advisors.

Each sponsor assisted on the Staff from Norris Air and United Food Bank celebrated the Mesa day of the event company's successful food drive. (Special to the Tribune) and also donated an extra $50 to United Food Bank. seats. People were incredibly generous.”

Norris Air delivered the cash and food The company singled pout Mesa Chamber of Commerce “for their large donation” donations to United Food Bank, noting the Norris Air said the sponsors who were 369 pounds of food it collected “amounted “essential to the event” included: Amaz- to 1,185 nutritious meals to be distributed

Mountainside Fitness CEO Craig Cote thinks pickleball players will appreciate what his company offers. (Special to the Tribune) Cote said he, Mountainside founder Tom Hatten and most of the company’s execu-

and �ine. That’s probably the biggest thing is they love looking at the glitter. They like the keychains they can make and give as gifts, as well.”

All age groups are attracted to glitter crafts, she added.

“People love coming in and learning something new. We plan on starting craft classes, as well.”

“Anybody can do it,” Jessica explained.

“I’m not artistic at all. It’s really fun. You can learn the technique super quick…You can’t go wrong with glitter. You don’t have to be creative at all.”

The store also has a consignment area with cups, earrings, keychains, pens and other items for sale made by local vendors.

“We’re just helping to give back to them by giving them an opportunity to have a place to sell their items,” said Kevin, who

tive management team picked up the game six or seven months ago. And they eventually got the idea for the partial repurposing of the basketball courts because they’re often not in use during the daytime.

And “the cherry on top” for the inspiration came one Sunday in January when it was raining and “it was nice for my wife and another couple to be able to play outside of the rain. Nobody else was playing pickleball throughout all Phoenix on rainy Sunday,” he said.

While pickleball is breaking age barriers, the game has been a near-obsession for many in the 50-and-over crowd. It’s not uncommon to �ind players in their 80s

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spent the last nine years working in law enforcement. Prior to that, he worked at a private identity theft protection company.

Jessica did retail for eight years and worked with her husband at the identity theft protection company before becom-

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Mountainside’s adoption of pickleball might pique the interest of that demographic into joining.

Cote noted that almost all Medicare plans now cover gym membership and Mountainside has extensive relationships with organizations, such as AARP, that serve an older demographic.

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Photo albums chronicle 60-year love affair

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

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etween courtship and marriage, their love affair lasted 60 years.

It spanned perfect health and terminal sickness, for richer and poorer, full measures of joy and sadness.

Inseparable, they accompanied one another from a park bench in Queens, where love at �irst sight took hold to a little white house in Florida where they lived for 40 years until death cleaved them apart.

Come the end, everything my parents owned �it into a few cardboard boxes stacked in what we called the family room.

Mostly, they left behind photo albums, thick parchment pages between leather covers. My mother �illed these books with years of photographs, notes and keepsakes.

An engraved silver coin from an early date to Playland in Times Square. Whorls of my father’s hair wrapped in plastic.

New York Mets ticket stubs. The folio from my parents’ honeymoon night at a beachfront motel on Long Island.

The place was called the Ronjo. In 1964, it set back my father, who was 18, a cool 59 bucks.

The albums brim with photographs going back to my parents’ childhoods and forward through mine and my brother’s.

There’s the happy couple at Jones Beach, the ocean breeze lifting my father’s pompadour. There’s their �irst new car, a 1965 red Volkswagen Beetle, list price $1,650.

There’s me as a baby, then my brother Matthew appears – the boys swaddled and held, playing with Evel Knievel toy motorcycles, riding bikes, dragging sleds up Suicide Hill.

My favorite picture tells a simple story.

I am 6, Matthew is 3. We are grinning and laughing with every tooth we can bare, each balanced on one of dad’s knees, with a birthday cake on the table before us. I cannot imagine being happier.

The more I �lipped through the albums, the more I felt loss in the depths of my heart. My father fought a grueling �ight against Parkinson’s and dementia for three years, lasting until March 24, when he left to rejoin my mother, the one love of his life.

My sadness was not so much about losing him, but about the things have lost as we jet forward through the 21st century.

Sitting in my parents’ kitchen for the �irst time minus my parents, I missed the elements that built their life together.

I missed photographs you can hold, pictures carefully pasted into books that may yellow and crumble with time, but never detach from the memories they capture.

Today we have a trillion sel�ies, digital images of every last hamburger, every new out�it, every duck-lipped smile. It’s Instacrap, a style and volume of photography that cheapens memory.

Once, every photo mattered. You chose subjects carefully because you only had 12

or 24 or 36 shots. It took a week for Fotomat or the drugstore to deliver an envelope of celluloid treasures. Those were images worth keeping for life – because they held life in perpetuity.

Lifelong love also has fallen out of style.

Now it’s unicorn rare to see passion that begins with a smile shared on a junior high school playground and spans six decades.

I am talking about love that �ills albums: with Father’s Day and Mother’s Day cards drawn by hand, with wedding photographs of the bride and groom looking more like prom royalty than adults a few months from parenthood.

I have had two marriages. We vowed till death do us part, but the relationships ended well short of the graveyard, in legal documents no one saves in an album full of treasures.

My parents, Lynn and Harvey Leibowitz, never owned much – just a few boxes of stuff and all those photo albums – but they had each other. And that was everything. 

With their insight, we learned United Food Bank could be effective at turning over our food inventory more quickly and ef�iciently to maximize the amount of food we give to people in need.

We also made signi�icant strides in formalizing and implementing strategies to move toward zero waste as an organization.

We committed to three key steps in that journey: FIRST, as the team at Waste Not analyzed our waste, they began identifying diversion opportunities to keep it from heading to land�ills. Our partnership yielded tangible results very quickly: • In the �irst month, we set a goal of reducing trash going to the land�ill by 30 percent from the same month as the previous year. The team crushed the goal by reducing the food waste by over 79 percent!

• A key takeaway is our organization used to �ill six bins of waste per week. Now

we �ill just one bin per week. This saved us more than $600 a month on waste removal costs, which helps fund more food to more people in need.

• We donated 3,000 pounds of food to another agency prior to expiration which otherwise would have gone to the land�ill.

This experience showed us how Waste Not can be used to move food to an agency who can distribute it more quickly than our distribution channels.

• We diverted 4,939 pounds of food not usable for human consumption to local farms for animal feed instead of going to the land�ill.

SECOND, we maximized our supply chain – in other words, we became a little pickier about the foods we accept.

Not all of the food we receive is usable, leading to a fair amount of waste. We worked with our food donors to identify three streams of food: usable for hunger relief, animal feed, and compost. Now,

foods that fall into the latter two categories go directly to organizations who can make good use of them.

FINALLY, we found recycle opportunities for the tremendous amount of packaging we receive. Right now, recycling is a tough business. Fortunately, we have clean cardboard that recyclers love. We started selling an estimated 900 pallets to a recycler for $2 per pallet.

We also found ways to reuse and recycle plastic packaging.

That’s just the beginning of our efforts.

In 2021, we are exploring other ways to minimize our carbon footprint and reduce energy costs: • We currently have a project underway to decrease the amount of diesel fuel we use by converting refrigerated trailers to electric power when they are parked on our parking lot and storing food.

United Food Bank focuses on reducing waste

BY DAVID RITCHINS Tribune Guest Writer

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nited Food Bank is a vital safety net for individuals and families throughout the East Valley and eastern Arizona who struggle economically.

That net was tested to the max during the COVID-19 pandemic, as we worked to distribute as much as �ive times our typical volume of food.

We’ve always taken our responsibility as stewards of food resources and donor funding seriously.

In 2020, we considered it through fresh eyes, recognizing that every pound of food is precious and we simply cannot afford to allow any of it to go to waste.

Our af�iliation with the Valley’s premier prepared food-rescue organization, Waste Not, also prompted us in October 2020 to begin a pilot program to look more closely at our overall sustainability.

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• United Food Bank is planning a partnership to utilize solar power.

• We’re continuing to incentivize our team members to make recycling a high priority.

Setting a course for zero waste is a win/ win proposition. Our experience is showing that it is bene�icial to our environment, our community, and our ability to feed the hungry in our region.

Dave Richins is CEO of United Food Bank in Mesa.

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Mesa district AD Steve Hogen retiring after 22 years

BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

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t doesn’t take long for Dr. Steve Hogen to recall the most rewarding part of being the athletic director for Mesa Public Schools the last 22 years.

He is and always has been a fan of the people that make the district not only the largest in the state, but one of the best, too.

“I’ve been lucky to work with a lot of really good people,” Hogen said. “More than anything else, I’m going to miss the people and the kids. I enjoyed being around situations where kids were put into situations where they can succeed.

I’m going to miss that.”

Hogen announced he would retire at the end of the 2020-21 school year, bringing an end to a career in education and athletics that began in 1979 at McClintock High School in Tempe. It was there Hogen, a junior at Arizona State

at the time, got his �irst head basketball coaching job at the freshman level. After spending a year in Las Vegas, Hogen returned to the Valley and began coaching at Dobson High School then Mesa High, the beginning of his long career in Mesa.

When Red Mountain High School opened in 1988, Hogen was hired to coach basketball and golf. He was asked to step into a teacher on assignment type of role that included athletic director duties.

As the school approached nearly 2,000 students, he was asked to become the full-time athletic director for the school.

“At the time I was still pretty young, so I thought, ‘well, what the heck let’s give this a shot,’” Hogen recalled. “I enjoyed it and it kind of took off from there. This job kind of fell my way and it worked out.”

Hogen �lourished in his administrative role at Red Mountain and eventually ended up as district athletic director in 1999. He will remain in that position until June, when his contract with the

district will expire and he will enter re-

games like Rocket League, a game that combines cars and soccer.

A 10-year partnership between Special Olympics Arizona and the AIA allowed uni�ied esports to get up and running. In the fall of 2019, the AIA launched esports teams at high schools across the state, and that led them to give Special Olympics Arizona the idea to create uni�ied esports teams.

“They were actually the ones that kind of put a bug in our ear back in March 2020 right before the pandemic hit,” said Katie DeVenuto, the AIA uni�ied sports coordinator for Special Olympics Arizona. “‘Hey, you guys should really look at esports,’ and we got shut down, and that was the �irst thing that I sort of took over as a �irst project during the pandemic.”

With the AIA’s help, a pilot season launched last fall with seven schools. DeVenuto said it became very apparent that esports would be the crucial bridge that Special Olympics Arizona needed to en-

gage every athlete.

“We’re starting to recognize that not every athlete that we serve enjoys a traditional sport in the sense of a physical traditional sport like basketball or softball,” DeVenuto said. “There are a lot of athletes that love video games, and so this is another avenue to engage those athletes and to give them an opportunity to compete and make new friendships.”

Uni�ied coaches are also looking to reach more athletes. Travis Haley, the uni�ied coach for the Buckeye Union High School District, sees esports as an important outlet for athletes.

“Esports lets the kid who doesn’t want to go outside and play any physical activities have an opportunity to shine and even defeat some of his peers who do like those physical sports,” Haley said. “Really, I think it levels the playing �ield for all of our kids, whether your special education or not.”

Another big advantage for esports is

Dr. Steve Hogen, who spent the last 22 years as the athletic director of Mesa Public Schools, announced his retirement following the 202021 school year. (Courtesy Mesa Public Schools)

tirement.

Admittedly, it’s a bittersweet feeling. But as an avid golf lover, he is looking forward to spending more time on the course. Hogen also laughed at the thought of not having to go to an athletic event on a Friday night for the �irst time since 1979.

“I kind of knew it was time,” Hogen said. “There’s no celebration or bitterness. I just think now was the right time.

I’ll have Friday nights to do what I want to do. I like to mountain bike, I like to exercise and I like to golf. Now I have the opportunity to do that kind of stuff.”

The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board approved current Desert Vista High School Athletic Director Tommy Eubanks to take over for Hogen. Eubanks will �inish out the year with Desert Vista before of�icially joining the district on July 1.

Hogen did not play a role in the hir-

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Uni�ied sports taking on digital games as well

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icholas Watson, 17, has spent the past eight years �ine-tuning his esports skills and playing his favorite sports-focused games, including Madden.

Now, thanks to Special Olympics Arizona and the Arizona Interscholastic Association, Watson plays Rocket League on Phoenix Canyon View High School’s uni�ied esports team.

Uni�ied esports is the equivalent of a high school varsity team with regular season and postseason quali�iers, and athletes are eligible to play at the same state championships as any other high school team.

The difference is that uni�ied teams are made up of students with and without intellectual disabilities who come together to create a community of acceptance.

For Watson, the team is creating community, and he’s also learning to play new

that it lends itself to a virtual format because it’s already a virtual platform. That’s made it easier for athletes to still play games and connect with their friends and coaches, even when the pandemic forced them to isolate at home.

“When we are in this pandemic setting, our athletes are even more isolated, especially when they’re not able to go onto campus and see their friends or their teachers or mentors or their coaches, the people that they look up to,” DeVenuto said. “Being able to have something like esports helps us prevent that isolation, a little bit.”

Haley said that esports brings a lot of joy to more than just the athletes. Partners, students without intellectual disabilities, love being able to meet and hang out with the athletes – they all end up close friends. It also brings a lot of joy to coaches who have met students through uni�ied esports that

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Tommy Eubanks, alongside his family, was officially introduced as Mesa Public Schools Athletic Director on Tuesday, March 30 by Superintendent Dr. Andi Fourlis. (Tim Hacker/Mesa Public Schools)

to the Valley to obtain his master’s degree from the University of Phoenix, where he also joined his father as an assistant coach at his alma mater and helped coach the Skyhawks to the 2006 state title.

Eubanks became involved in leader-

they might not have heard of otherwise.

“I like that we’re reaching kids we wouldn’t have reached before,” Haley said. “We’ve been doing uni�ied sports the last eight years. It just keeps opening up doors for stuff for our students to do.”

Uni�ied esports will be around long after the COVID-19 pandemic ends. Athletes, partners and coaches will continue to grow a program that means more than just a few esports games.

“It’s equally gratifying for everyone involved,” Haley said. “The Special Olympics athletes get embraced like they don’t have anything that would be considered a disability, and the partners get embraced for being humans. I think that’s something we don’t, as a culture, embrace being human a lot.” 

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ing process, as he said he was close with many of the applicants and wanted the process to play out in a fair way. He has spoken to Eubanks since he was introduced by Mesa Superintendent Dr. Andi Fourlis, including a few meetings.

He is con�ident Eubanks will continue to lead the district’s athletics programs in a strong manner and will pick up where he left off with district projects, including the installation of turf �ields at its high schools.

“He’s going to walk into a situation where at our six schools we have six really good athletic directors,” Hogen said.

“He’s going to have good coaches, good athletes and a community around him.

I think it’s a situation where he has every opportunity to continue moving forward with success.”

A graduate of Deer Valley High School in Glendale, Eubanks worked his way up the coaching ranks before he stepped into an administrative role.

He played baseball under his father, Larry, at Deer Valley before continuing his career at Central Arizona College and McNeese State in Louisiana. He returned

ship training at Hillcrest Middle School, which led to his hiring as athletic director at Chaparral High School in 2012, where he remained for �ive years before leaving to take over the same position at Desert Vista.

Now, he will take over a district �illed with rich tradition, one of the most exciting parts of the move for Eubanks.

“It’s going to be one of those things where it’s going to be new and a learning curve to see how everything is done in Mesa,” Eubanks said. “My thoughts even at school was how I can help my coaches to make their jobs easier. That’s what I’m going to still try to do even at a district level.”

Overall, he hopes to follow in the footsteps of Hogen and serve all 87 of Mesa’s schools to the same degree his predecessor did for over two decades.

“I’ve had a lot of respect for Dr. Hogen for a long time,” Eubanks said. “Being able to work alongside him in different committees and different meetings I’ve seen his level of professionalism and how he conducts himself. Mesa’s tradition has been so great for so long, that’s what made it one of the most soughtafter positions.” 

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rank Sinatra had a special way of captivating audiences with songs like “Fly Me to the Moon;” “New York, New York;” “I Get A Kick Out of You” and “My Way.” David Grapes’ and Todd Olson’s show, “My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra” hits the Phoenix Theatre Company’s outdoor stage at Central United Methodist Church from April 14 to May 23.

This will be the �inal show in the theater company’s 2020-2021 outdoor season.

Similar to other shows, seating will be socially distanced, and masks and temperature checks are required for staff and audience members.

Directed by D. Scott Withers, the production will be set in an intimate, mid-century cabaret bar, in which the four performers — Jessie Jo Pauley, James D. Gish, Trisha Ditsworth and Matravius Avent — will sing musical vignettes about Sinatra’s life.

The two couples recently performed together in February for Valentine’s-themed show at Wrigley Mansion.

In July, Ditsworth and Avent did a livestream featuring standards from the Great American Songbook. The two were also supposed to be in Phoenix Theatre Company’s production of “Something Rotten!” but it was postponed due to COVID-19.

The couple met while performing in Phoenix Theatre Company’s “Memphis.”

They rarely shared the stage until they appeared in Arizona Broadway Theatre’s “Sister Act.” Ditsworth says during the COVID-19 pandemic, producers have been wanting to work more with couples.

“We can dance together,” Ditsworth says.

“We can kiss. We can sing at each other.

Even though work has been few and far between, we have actually only worked together this last year.”

With the Frank Sinatra show, the couple will perform well-known and more ob-

Matravius Avent and Trisha Ditsworth are two of the four performers in the Frank Sinatra tribute. (Special to GetOut) scure Frank Sinatra music, including “That Old Black Magic,” “My Funny Valentine” and “I’ve Got the World on a String.”

Ditsworth says Sinatra’s special vocal quality made him stand out.

“I do love that classic style, that throwback style of singing where everything is so full and lovely,” Ditsworth says. “There’s just something about Frank’s voice that gives you that tingly feeling, that makes the hair on your arms stand up.”

The songs’ arrangements and the perfor-

mance style will bring a new take to music that some audiences may know by heart.

“With this show, you are going to get singing and dancing and laughs — hopefully,” Avent says. “You’re going to get the Phoenix Theatre Company experience that people have come to expect when they come to a show.”

The couples will perform solos and duets, as well as a few group numbers. The production is broken down into different themes, such as songs about cities or

During its outdoor season, Phoenix Theatre Company’s actors and staff have maintained social distancing, worn masks and undergone testing. (Courtesy of the Phoenix Theatre Company)

about love.

Ditsworth and Avent are familiar with Sinatra’s music, although a few songs are new to them. Avent has done Rat Pack tributes in the past, and Ditsworth has performed in jazz shows.

“Certain songs are going to be so fresh in my mind, but then I’m going to have to recreate them in the style of this show,” Ditsworth says.

Although she is familiar with Sinatra’s work, there were a few surprises for her, like Sinatra’s disco songs.

Avent says he has enjoyed delving into Sinatra’s deeper tracks. In the show, none of the performers will portray Sinatra as they perform his music. They will sing his songs and share tidbits about the singer’s life as themselves.

“There isn’t that pressure to sing it just like him, but we are going to honor him and his career,” Ditsworth says.

“The writers were smart in that. They were clear about not impersonating Frank Sinatra. That gives us the liberty to be ourselves and make great music. Frank Sinatra’s voice is one-of-a-kind. There’s no replicating that, even if we tried,” Avent adds.

Sinatra had certain movements that the performers will recreate in their own ways.

“Frank Sinatra just had an ease about him when he performed. That’s what you think about when you think Frank — class.

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The show does stay true to Sinatra’s style of performing.

“The writers were very speci�ic about how these songs should be portrayed,” Avent says.

“They allow for a little bit of liberties, but everything will de�initely have the Frank Sinatra feel. Even our director was talking about that. There are certain things that Frank did, like rhythmic things or phrasing type things that’s speci�ic to that era and Frank.”

“These songs bring back so many great memories for lots of people,” Ditsworth adds. 

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Our dear mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Anne Skinner Freiss, 103, peacefully passed away on her birthday, Friday, March 26, 2021, at her home in South Jordan, Utah, surrounded by her loving children. She was born in 1918 in Spanish Fork, Utah, the only daughter of Joseph Frederick and Clara Ann Moore Skinner. She attended school in Spanish Fork where her special interests were in music and business. Her senior year she was the editor of the annual yearbook and upon graduation she was presented an efficiency medal, a great surprise and high honor. Following high school graduation, she worked and attended college in Logan, Utah.

There she met her future husband, Howard Gordon Freiss. They married in June 1939 at her parent’s home in Spanish Fork and were sealed in the Logan Temple in 1944. They purchased a business in Tremonton, Utah where they lived. The family moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho, then Phoenix and Mesa, Arizona which was home until 2010. Anne and Howard were married for 34 years before his passing in 1973.

In 2010 she moved to South Jordan, Utah. She worked for the Hatch Clinic in Idaho Falls, and later the Casa Blanca Medical Group in Mesa, Arizona.

She retired at age 83, but still transcribed for some of the doctors. Anne was a lifelong and faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Her first calling was when she was 10 years old, organist in the Primary. She was a ward organist or pianist in one or more organizations of the church since then. She served in ward and stake callings in the Primary, Mutual Improvement Association, and Relief Society. She also served in the Mesa and Oquirrh Mountain Temples.

She strived to live the commandments and magnify her callings and to teach

her family to do the same. She truly loved the Savior and had a deep testimony of the gospel. She was famous for Sunday evening snacks, tostados, and her candy making. Every year in early December she was known to at least make twenty batches of peanut brittle for family and friends. She was 98 the last time she was able to do this on her own. The last few years of mom’s life were full of challenges that took away her ability to do the things she loved. Two months ago, she played the piano one last time for her family after not having played for over three years. She will be deeply missed by her family, friends, and neighbors.

We wish to thank all who participated in mom’s care for the past few years.

We especially thank Canyon Home Care & Hospice, Chelsea Ivie, her nurse, and aide Claudia Montes, for the loving care they gave to her. We are also grateful to her daughter, Barbara, for caring for mom at her home for the past three and a half years.

Anne is survived by children, Howard Charles Freiss (Kathleen Young), JoAnne Allen, Barbara Jean Jensen (Morris), and Michele Riggs (L. Merrill), 15 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Howard Gordon Freiss, sonin-law Terry Allen, two children Ruth Anne and Kathleen, one grandchild, two great-grandchildren, her parents, and two brothers, J Fred Skinner and Bernell (Barbara) Skinner. Friends and family may visit Thursday, April 8, 2021, between 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Friday, April 9, 2021 at 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the South Jordan Highland Stake Center, 10227 South 4000 West, South Jordan. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am at the church. Masks and social distancing are requested. Interment will be in the Riverview Cemetery, Tremonton City, Utah under the arrangements of Valley View Funeral Home. For those unable to attend, funeral services will be streamed. More information is forthcoming on that.

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Obituaries Betty Marie (Youderian) Rothweiler

Betty Marie (Youderian) Rothweiler (91), passed peacefully March 27, 2021. She was born in Winnett MT to Bernie & Maude Youderian.

She is survived by her 7 children - Gary (Pam) Mitchell, Connie (Anne) Murray, Steven Mitchell, Barbara Quilling, Larry (Bonnie) Mitchell, JoLynn Haggard, Bill (Cheryl) Olson, 18 grandchildren and many great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband Hugh Rothweiler, her parents, two brothers & a sister. Memorial to be held later this summer.

Claudine (Layton) Bader

Claudine (Layton) Bader, age 95, died peacefully in her sleep on March 13, 2021 at Tempe Post Acute, Tempe, AZ. She was born in Weston, Missouri and moved to Tempe in 1927. She attended Tempe High School and Arizona State University. On February 10, 1945 she married Thomas William Bader and together they raised 4 children. Claudine worked for pt National Bank for 35 years. Upon retirement she and Tom moved to Payson, where they enjoyed traveling and spending time with family and friends. She moved to Tempe Post Acute in 2013 and loved watching her Arizona Diamondbacks and playing Gin Rummy, Backgammon and Farkle. Claudine is preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Edna (Foley) Layton, brother, J.C. Layton and sister Neva May Layton and husband of 61 years, Thomas William Bader. She is survived by her four children, Ricky (Kim) Bader of Florence, AZ, Vicky (Doug) Dempsey of Dayton, Ohio, David (Bobbi) Bader of Fresno, CA and Dwayne (Pam) Bader of Mesa, AZ; 8 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren. Her best friend of 61 years, Marleen Carr Upshaw of San Simon, AZ also survives her. Upon Claudine's request there will be no services. Wyman Cremation and Chapel is handling the arrangements.

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Public Notices

Public Notices NOTICE TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH Notice is hereby given that Banterra Bank, 3201 Banterra Drive, Marion, Illinois 62959, filed an application with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on April 5, 2021 for permission to establish a branch facility, operating as Banterra Bank, at 1600 W Broadway, Suite 145, Tempe, AZ 85282.

Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director (DOS) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its Regional Office (300 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1700, Chicago, Illinois 60606) not later than 15 days after the date of this publication.

The period may be extended by the Regional Director for good cause. The non-confidential portions of the application are on file in the Regional Office and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of the non-confidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request.

Published: East Valley Tribune, April 11, 2021 / 37583

NOTICE OF 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FORMER DEL REY CLEANERS VOLUNTARY REMEDIATION PROGRAM SITE REQUEST FOR NO FURTHER ACTION DETERMINATION Business Properties Partnership #41 has submitted a request for a No Further Action (NFA) determination to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) for the Del Rey Cleaners VRP site (VRP Site Code: 513600-00). The NFA requests closure for soil and was submitted in accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes § 49-181.

The Del Rey Cleaners VRP site consists of a former dry cleaner suite at the address of 1729 East Broadway Road located in Tempe, Arizona. Contaminants of concern at the site are confined within the site soils and are volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE).

The NFA Report is available online at: http://azdeq.gov/notices, and at the ADEQ Records Center, 1110 W. Washington St., Phoenix, (602) 771-4380, or (800) 234-5677, please call for hours of operation and to schedule an appointment.

PARTIES WISHING TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS regarding the NFA request for the Del Rey Cleaners VRP site may do so to ADEQ, Attention: Brian Stonebrink, Voluntary Remediation Program, 1110 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007 or stonebrink.brian@azdeq.gov; or Christian Lewallen, Ninyo & Moore, 3202 E. Harbour Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85034 or clewallen@ninyoandmoore.com and reference this listing.

Comments must be postmarked or received by ADEQ or Ninyo & Moore by Tuesday, May 11, 2021.

Published: East Valley Tribune, Apr 11, 18, 2021 / 37665

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Public Notices EASTMARK COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 1 and DISTRICT NO. 2, MESA ARIZONA CFD PHASE XVII SKATE PARK (DU3/4N) PROJECT NO: S902

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. All bids will be received electronically. Bids shall be submitted to the following email: EngineeringBids@mesaaz.gov. Bids must be submitted as an unencrypted PDF attachment with a maximum file size of 20MB. Please ensure that your email is smaller than this before sending. Submitted bids that are unable to be opened by City staff will not be considered for award. Bidders may request a single opportunity to verify that a test email and attachment are received and can be opened by City staff. Test emails must be sent to EngineeringBids@mesaaz.gov. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.

A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held via a Microsoft Teams meeting on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 2:00 pm. The Conference Bridge call in is 480-644-6120, conference ID 577101 in order to join the call.

A pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled for Monday, April 12, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. The site visit is recommended but not mandatory. Participants shall meet at the Eastmark construction trailer located at 9525 E. Elliot Road (between Ellsworth Road and Everton Terrace), Mesa, Arizona 85212.

This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation, and services for the construction and/or installation of all improvements shown on the Plans.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Eastmark Skate Park (S902) The Eastmark Skate Park is approximately a 3.4 acre site that sits on the north side Point Twenty-Two Boulevard between South Pasteur and South Carver. The site is surrounded by the Mesa Eastmark LDS Meetinghouse and Eastmark High School to the south; the City of Mesa Fire Station No. 221 to the west and planned residential to the north and east. The Skate Park will be owned and maintained by the Eastmark Community Alliance.

The Eastmark Skate Park is a key element of the Eastmark project and is intended to provide a major open space component for the entire community. This park is integrated into the entire Eastmark park system and will be a community focal point, gathering spot and social hub. The skate park supports the open space and park vision of DU3/4 by providing not only contributing to the park vicinity requirements as set for in the CP but also for providing a variety of park amenities throughout the community. Parks are provided within DU3/4, and the overall community, to not replicate each other in uses and character to promote pedestrian circulation between parks.

The Eastmark Skate Park improvements include finish grading, storm drain, headwalls, gabion walls, concrete headers, sidewalk, site electrical, site lighting, pedestrian crosswalk, signage, landscape and irrigation, site furnishings, shaded seating and open field turf. The skate amenity features include a skate deck, skate steps and ramps, pump tracks for beginners and intermediates.

For information contact: Stephanie Gishey, City of Mesa, Stephanie.Gishey@MesaAZ.gov.

Engineer’s Estimate is approximately $2,400,000.

All project questions must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 23, 2021. See Section 12 of the Project Special Provisions for more information.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contract decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process.

All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified above. Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from ARC Document Solutions, LLC, at https://order.e-arc.com/arcEOC/PWELL_Main.asp?mem=29. Click on “Go” for the Public Planroom to access plans. NOTE: In order to be placed on the Plan Holders List and to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, an order must be placed. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $36.00, which is non-refundable. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the website at the address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.e-arc.com.

One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call (480) 644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing.

Work shall be completed within 218 (two hundred and eighteen) consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to DMB MESA PROVING GROUNDS LLC, or a certified or cashier's check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The successful bidder will be required to execute the DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC Contract and respective Addenda for construction within five (5) days after formal Notice of Contact Award. Failure by bidder to properly execute the Contract and provide the required certification as specified shall be considered a breach of Contract by bidder. DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC shall be free to terminate the Contract or, at option, release the successful bidder.

Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for this Work. The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, shall be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. Successful Bidder shall name DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC as obligee on both the Payment and Performance Bonds and name the City of Mesa as an additional obligee on the Performance Bond using a Dual Obligee Rider form. An approved Dual Obligee Rider Form is included herein as Exhibit E in the Contract Documents.

The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC; City of Mesa or Eastmark Community Facilities District No. 1 and District No. 2.

BETH HUNING District Engineer Published: East Valley Tribune April 4, 11, 2021 / 37470 ATTEST: Dee Ann Mickelsen District Clerk

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Public Notices

Public Notices CITY OF MESA PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA GAS SCADA SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 3 PROJECT NO. C01886PH3 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, May 13, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received electronically at EngineeringBids@mesaaz.gov . Bids must be submitted as an unencrypted PDF attachment with a maximum size limit of 20MB. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.

This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: Furnish and install solar powered Scada equipment at three City of Mesa gas district regulator stations located within the City of Mesa gas system. The Scada installation shall include intrusion switches and associated conduit, seal-offs and fittings to regulator vaults, pressure transducers, Scada cabinet, radio, pole, foundation, antenna, grounding system, solar panels, solar charger, programmable logic controller, switches, relays and associated fittings to make a working system. Also, furnish and install Floboss flow computers, new transducers, shade structures and new signal isolaters at two City of Mesa gas gate stations located within the City of Mesa gas system.

The Engineer’s Estimate range is $350,000 to $400,000.

For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Stephanie Gishey at stephanie.gishey@mesaaz.gov.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contract decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified above.

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from ARC Document Solutions, LLC, at https://order.e-arc.com/arcEOC/PWELL_Main.asp?mem=29. Click on “Go” for the Public Planroom to access plans. NOTE: In order to be placed on the Plan Holders List and to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, an order must be placed. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $15.00, which is non-refundable. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the website at the address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.e-arc.com.

One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing.

In order for the City to consider alternate products in the bidding process, please follow Arizona Revised Statutes §34.104c.

If a pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled, details can be referenced in Project Specific Provision Section #3, titled “Pre-Bid Review of Site.”

Work shall be completed within 180 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Bids m ust be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier's check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor SelfService (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).

The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORD® Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements.

The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa.

ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune April 4, 11, 2021 / 37464

BETH HUNING City Engineer

The Mesa City Council will hold a public hearing concerning the following ordinances at the April 19, 2021 City Council meeting beginning at 5:45 p.m. in the Mesa City Council Chambers, 57 East First Street.

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1. ANX20-00463 (District 6) Annexing a portion of South 222nd Street and East Williams Field Road right-of-way. Located within the 6000 block of South 222nd Street and within the 10500 to 11000 blocks of East Williams Field Road (6.74± acres).

2. ANX20-00464 (District 6) Annexing a portion of South Meridian Road right-of-way. Located within the 6000 to 6400 blocks of South Meridian Road (2.5± acres).

3. ZON20-00628 (District 5) Within the 3600 to 3800 blocks of East McLellan Road (south side).

Located north of Brown Road and east of Val Vista Drive (9.4± acres). Rezoning from Agriculture (AG) to RS-35-PAD. This request will allow for the development of 2 single-residence subdivisions.

Jared Cox, Vista Design Group, LLC, applicant; Heritage Group LP, owner.

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4. ZON20-00841 (District 1) Within the 2100 block of East Menlo Circle (both sides) and within the 2100 block of East Hermosa Vista Drive (north side). Located south of the 202 Red Mountain Freeway and east of Gilbert Road (2.08± acres). Rezoning from RS-35 to RS-15. This request will allow for the development of a single residence subdivision. Michael Stephan, applicant; Brent/Deborah Berge, owner.

5. ZON20-00842 (District 6) Within the 11100 to 11600 blocks of East Pecos Road (south side), within the 11100 to 11600 blocks of East Germann Road (north side), and within the 6800 to 7600 blocks of the South Meridian Road alignment (west side). Located west of the Meridian Road alignment, south of Pecos Road and north of Germann Road (229± acres). Modification to the existing Bonus Intensity Zone (BIZ) Overlay; and Site Plan Review. This request will allow development of new industrial buildings within the existing industrial development on the site. Andy Sarat, CMC, applicant; Commercial Metal Company, owner.

6. Amending Title 6 of the Mesa City Code (Police Regulations) by repealing Chapter 10, entitled “Public Park Regulations,” in its entirety, and replacing it with a new Chapter 10, entitled “Public Park Regulations,” establishing permitting requirements and regulations for events that take place in parks and clarifying provisions which regulate certain activities in parks, including those provisions regarding business activities, camping, fishing, animals, vehicles, spirituous liquor, and dumping or leaving items in parks. (Citywide) DATED at Mesa, Arizona, this 11th day of April 2021.

DEE ANN MICKELSEN, City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Apr 11, 2021 / 37589

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