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A canal runs through it: city site’s new challenge

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ll the buildings on a city-owned vacant lot near downtown Mesa have been cleared in preparation for longsought development, but an archaeological consultant thinks the site could still hold Mesa history and prehistory underground.

As part of city development partner Miravista Holdings’ master planning process for the development of the so-called Trans-

form 17 site, Phoenix-based archaeology firm PaleoWest reviewed historic documentation of the area and issued a report on the site’s historical features.

PaleoWest tried to assess what cultural resources might still exist beneath the lot before construction crews potentially disturb it if the city and Miravista sign off on a final development agreement in August for the 27-acre site just north of Main Street near Phoenix Marriott Mesa.

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It studied historic maps and scoured databases of previous archaeological and historic research within the site and a half-mile radius around it.

PaleoWest believes its study is the first cultural resource survey of the Transform 17 site, which is within the original Mesa townsite and less than a mile from the Mesa Grande pueblo.

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Mesa Police now end chases by ropin' vehicles

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Carol Perry is overcome with emotion as she and her partner Jess “Jac” Conant talk with Linda Lotz, chief development officer for oncology at Banner Health, inside the home that The Christopher Todd Communities Built By Taylor Morrison donated for a year to the healthcare system in the companies’ new development on Ellsworth Road near University Drive. The home will be used by out-of-area patients Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center during treatment. For the story, see today’s Health and Wellness section on page 20. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer)

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hen a fleeing vehicle must be stopped because it poses a serious danger to the public, Mesa and other police departments’ go-to tool has been a well-placed nudge to the rear of the vehicle, causing the suspect car spin out and hopefully come to a stop.

The so-called Pursuit Intervention Technique, or PIT maneuver, often works, but it carries significant safety risks for all involved.

Across the country, bumped cars sometimes careen wildly from the roadway, or start rolling, posing a hazard to the suspect, passengers and bystanders.

Mesa PD uses PIT, but officials are not completely satisfied with the risks of the technique.

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his month Mesa Public School students are sitting down to computers to take state assessments.

It won’t be the first time that students have taken a standardized test this year.

In January and early February, MPS students took a pre-assessment to check in on how well they were learning the skills needed for this month’s state tests.

This was on top of an assessment in the fall.

Next school year, MPS plans to administer three of these benchmark assessments throughout the year before the state assessments in April.

With all the assessments, placement tests and screeners offered – some mandatory, some optional – a seventh grader could theoretically take a dozen or so assessments in a year beyond their classroom work, based on MPS’ testing calendar.

Some are state-mandated to see what percentage of Arizona students are meeting state learning standards in language, math and science.

But some testing in Mesa comes from the district level. It’s additional testing to check where students are knowledgewise before they take the state tests in April.

For some teachers still trying to get classroom instruction back to normal, all this testing is a big ask.

Before a March 29 presentation on the results of this year’s mid-year assessment testing, Superintendent Andi Fourlis touted the tests as a tool to help assess where students fell behind during the pandemic, which could help teachers close learning gaps.

In his presentation, Mesa’s Director of Assessment Josh Henderson told the board that school principals and teachers are using the district test data to refine lesson plans and identify students

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So, the department has been experimenting with an alternative: a device invented by a Peoria man called the Grappler Police Bumper that can bring fleeing cars to a stop in a more controlled way.

The Grappler uses a nylon net on a tether to snare a suspect’s rear tire. The pursuing police vehicle drives up close enough behind the suspect to get the net, which is spread between two retractable metal prongs, tangled up in the suspect’s rear wheel. Once wrapped around the suspect’s tire and axle, the pursuing officer hits the brakes.

In videos of successful captures, the snared vehicle appears powerless to maneuver or drive away and the police vehicle brings it to a quick stop. The process is not unlike a cowboy on horseback roping a steer.

Mesa PD purchased two of the devices for a pilot program, installed them on undercover police vehicles and has successfully stopped nine suspects with The Grappler, which is manufactured in North Phoenix.

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more and deploy them throughout the department.

Assistant Chief Dan Butler told City Council at its April 7 discussion session that the department would like to purchase 24 Grapplers, at a total cost of $125,000, to install on patrol cars placed strategically throughout the city.

Butler said the department first looked at the devices as an alternative to PIT in

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2019. To convey to Council why the department wanted an alternative, he described the type of outcomes that can occur after the maneuver “We take a vehicle that’s doing 35, 45, 55 mph,” Butler said, “we bump the rear end of it, it spins out, it loses control, hits a curb, hits a median, maybe hits a stop sign or a light, comes to a stop, and then we come and lock that vehicle in with two additional police vehicles.”

“Through our analysis, we didn’t really like the outcome in respect to the damage and the risk to our community,” he added.

Bumper taps also require training, and in 2019, the vehicles Mesa was using to practice the maneuver were reaching the end of their life. So on top of the inherent risk of PIT, Butler said, the department was looking at a $1.5 million bill to maintain the program.

During his presentation, Butler showed dashcam video of an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer deploying the Grappler on a suspect’s vehicle.

The officer drives up close behind an erratic sport utility vehicle, then hits the breaks as the suspect moves away, tether attached like a harpooned whale before they are brought to a stop. The clip ends with the driver in handcuffs.

“This is pretty cool,” Councilwoman Julie Spilsbury said after watching the clip, quipping that it would be nice to have a

Grappler for humans.

Inventor Leonard Stock said in a 2018 segment of The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation that he came up with the design of the device after watching police chase videos and being shocked by how many ended badly. He woke up at 3 a.m. with the basic outline in his head and sketched the concept.

Since the first Grappler capture of a real suspect vehicle in 2018, the Arizona DPS and Mesa PD have been notching successful deployments each year.

In January, Mesa PD used a Grappler to catch a suspect who witnesses observed speeding through a neighborhood at Main Street and Stapley Drive and erratically firing a gun at a home. Officers followed him into Phoenix before deploying the Grappler and arresting him.

Body Cam Upgrades The Grappler is not the only piece of technology Mesa PD is investing in. The department is spending $1.1 million on a body camera upgrade and expansion as part of a mid-year budget adjustment.

The cameras will be supplied by Axon Enterprise Inc, formerly TASER International Inc. Assistant Chief Lee Rankin told council the upgrade would increase the number of body cameras in the department from 456 to 669 and expand their use to include all uniformed officers – including some positions that didn’t previously have them, including school resources officers, mental health support teams and patrol sergeants.

The Axon Body 3 camera has better sound and video quality than previous models, among other updates. If an officer draws his or her firearm or TASER, the body cameras of all the officers in the area start recording.

Mesa’s contract with Axon includes the cost of storing footage.

Mesa PD was an earlier experimenter in police body cameras, first testing them in 2012, years before they were widely adopted.

“The increased deployment of body cameras will not only increase transparency, but will improve officer safety and contribute to increased risk management,” Rankin told Council.

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Mesa businesses collaborate on homeless issue

BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer

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esa business owners have seen an increase in the number of unsheltered people on downtown streets and now they’re coming together to find a solution.

The Downtown Mesa Association hosted a Town Hall Merchant Meeting at the Mesa Police Department Community Room, where business owners spoke with officers and representatives from Community Bridges, Inc. about their encounters with people experiencing homeless.

The April 12 town hall was the first in a larger effort for the downtown community to collaborate on a variety of issues in the area. Vice Mayor Jen Duff attended and said the meetings like these will help start a dialogue to satisfy the community’s needs.

“Today’s meeting was a great collaboration between the community members, business owners, downtown Mesa and the police department talking about the issues that we have around our area here,” she said.

Kelsey Strothers, who owns Worth Takeaway restaurant with her husband Jim Bob near North Country Club Drive and West Main Street, said that in the six years they’ve been downtown, this meeting drew the best turnout from the business community.

Downtown Mesa business owners met last week with city officials to discuss the rising number of unsheltered people they are seeing near their establishments. (Josh Ortega/Tribune Staff) “This is probably the one with the biggest turnout,” she said. “There was a lot of representation there, which makes me feel that it’s taking things in a positive direction.”

Downtown Mesa Association Executive Director Nancy Hormann said the homelessness problem has been exacerbated by the pandemic.

“Since we increased our traffic down here – which has increased exponentially over the last six months – we’ve also increased the homelessness down here too,” Hormann said.

Business owners spoke about some of the issues they’ve seen and raised concerns about what threat that brings to their livelihood.

Recently, Mesa Fire and Medical Department investigators said a possible warming fire from a nearby homeless encampment could have started a large blaze near Alma School Road and Main Street early morning April 9.

While nobody reported any major issues, such as assaults or fights, people have posted in a Facebook group pictures of human waste near their businesses.

This goes to one of the biggest questions raised: knowing the difference between a police call and social services call.

Police said if anyone’s safety comes under threat, then people should call 911, but outside of such emergencies, organizations such as Community Bridges Inc.

step in.

“The second you or your staff feels unsafe, it’s a police call,” Lt. Aaron Raine said.

Raine, the homeless resource coordinator for the city, said the pandemic and the economic challenges have taken a toll.

“The downtown businesses have been experiencing some issues with homelessness and some of the criminality associated with homelessness,” he said, adding that the number of homeless people over age 62 has dramatically increased in city shelters.

“In 2020, I had one person over age 62,” he said. “Currently, I have 32 people over age 62 and most of those are over the age of 70.”

He said that while the increasing number of homeless seniors has been challenging, the worst issue remains fentanyl addiction.

“Until I can get people sober – or at least not getting arrested and not committing crimes – it’s hard to get them to engage in services,” he said.

Overall, Raine was encouraged that people came to the meeting and want to continue to collaborate on solving the problem.

“It’s clear that a lot of the businesses are frustrated with things they see,” he said. “But they all seem to be fairly compassionate and they would like people to get the services they need.

Board OKs 372 apartments in Tech Corridor

BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer

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utting in a large, high density housing complex is easier when there are no established neighborhoods nearby.

That appeared to be the lesson from an April 13 site plan review by Mesa Planning and Zoning of a proposed 372-unit apartment complex called Acero Hawes II on 18 acres southeast of Sossman and Elliot Roads, former dairy farm land.

The developer received no comments during its public outreach efforts, so without a lot of discussion, the Planning and Zoning Board gave the greenlight to a plan by IDM Apartments

Phoenix to build 14 three-story luxury apartments buildings on the western end of the Elliot Road Tech Corridor.

This is a rapidly developing area where lots of employment centers are planned but there’s not a lot of housing, yet.

IDM bills Acero Hawes as “a needed housing option that is currently underserved in this area” that “will appeal to working professionals, employees, and young families.”

IDM wrote in its project narrative that amenities will include patios with barbeque and seating areas, a swimming pool, an “outdoor lounge,” a dog area for dog owners, fitness center and an indoor lounge area.

The architectural theme is a “modern contemporary style.”

“Most of the buildings on the site are arranged around open spaces where residents may gather. These courtyards contain spacious and aesthetically pleasing environments with various amenities,” IDM wrote.

There will be no shortage of employment centers in the immediate vicinity.

Currently, developers are proposing industrial buildings at a rapid pace up and down the tech corridor. At least half a dozen business and commercial parks are in the planning pipeline in the area surrounding the proposed apartments.

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While board members at the meeting expressed support for the mid-year testing, they also took the opportunity to ask critical questions about standardized testing.

They wondered how much testing was too much, and whether the tests were actually measuring skills.

“We’re giving an awful lot of tests and screeners,” board member Joe O’Reilly said. “I’ve heard a lot from people about maybe we’re doing too much of that.

What are you hearing from teachers and principals?”

“A lot of the teachers I talk to definitely feel like we’re doing a lot of testing,” Henderson said. “Part of the conversation that we had … if we look at the number of instructional minutes that we’re using on a daily basis, how many of them are allotted to teaching and how many of them are we using assessing? Those are conversations that we need to start having as a district and with our leaders.”

But Henderson argued that the cost in class time was worth it, and he said he’s had conversations with teachers and principals who find the test data useful.

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“For every two principals that tell me we’re doing too much testing, I have another two that tell me they’d like more,” he said.

Assistant Superintendent Monica Mesa also defended mid-year assessments. She told board members that the district’s assessments are useful because they give teachers more specific information about student knowledge than the state tests.

“We get summative data from the state,” Mesa said. “Oftentimes it doesn’t drill as deep as what we’re actually going to have (in mid-year assessments), that are skill-based, tangible. These kids need these skills in order to truly access the standard that we’re going to be teaching throughout 7th grade, 8th grade and moving on.”

Mesa said she knows of teachers who are planning next year’s lessons differently based on the data they got from the mid-year benchmark testing.

“I love hearing this,” board member Lara Ellingson said, “because (testing) is a lot of work on our classroom teachers, and I wanted to be assured that we are using the data to drive the instruction and it’s not just wasted time for our teachers that are working so hard.”

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The results of state standardized testing can be consequential for schools.

They figure into the letter grades schools are assigned, which can impact a school’s reputation and funding, since Arizona passed limited “results-based funding” in 2017, awarding extra money to high performing schools.

While assessments are high-stakes for districts, they aren’t necessarily highstakes for individual students, whom the district depends on to put in the effort.

Board member Marcie Hutchinson raised the issue of student motivation to perform on assessments and whether the district is testing the “will or the skill” of students, as Henderson put it.

“Having been a teacher who proctored a number of PSAT, SAT, ACT exams, I was the AP teacher, how the heck are we motivating kids to do well on these tests?

What’s in it for them?” Hutchinson said.

“I know that just proctoring 30 kids in my class, just encouraging them to take the test seriously was a major objective.”

School officials did not have a definitive solution to getting students put effort into tests that are so important to the educators around them, but don’t have an immediate impact on the student’s lives.

Assistant Superintendent Randy Mahlerwein suggested that the district needed to create a culture of pride at

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The industrial character of the emerging neighborhood is by design. The proposed apartment complex is within the Hawes Crossing Planned Area Development, which Mesa City Council approved specifically as an industrial-focused mixed use area in 2020.

The industrial focus was codified due to concerns from some city leaders that there should not be too much residential development close to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport When City Council was considering the 1,200-acre Hawes Crossing master plan, which was mostly dairy farms at the time, District 6 Councilmember Kevin Thompson and the Mayor’s Economic Development Advisory Board opposed the initial plan.

They argued that too much residential close to the airport would lead to noise complaints and hinder economic development of the Gateway area.

The debate over Hawes Crossing ended with a compromise that devoted 56% of

schools.

“I think it’s about establishing a sense of community in the classroom, a sense of pride in what you do.” Mahlerwein said.”It’s not about the test, it’s about the mentality of representing yourself at a high level when you take the test, and that is a mindset that we gotta work on together to instill in our students.”

District administrators also noted that conditions for administering tests are still very challenging for schools this year, with students getting used to being in school again and spikes in COVID infections earlier in the year leading to numerous absences among staff and students.

For Henderson, this year’s assessment testing shows that teachers are succeeding in closing COVID learning gaps.

Between the fall test and the January test, Henderson said, “there’re many grade levels that show tremendous growth from the first benchmark.”

He showed the board a graph displaying the percentage of students demonstrating “mastery” over the subject matter assessed in the fall and spring semesters. The percentages had grown for every grade level except grade 4.

“I think that’s showing our teachers are having a good and important impact on our students,” he said.

the land to job development and 44% to residential use. This was after the initial plan called for 83% devoted to homes.

The city included other measures in the Hawes Crossing plan to keep the area mostly industrial. One of these measures is “Elliot Road Residential Restrictions,” which prohibits residential development directly off Elliot Road throughout much of Hawes Crossing.

The Acero Hawes apartments are planned for one of the few parcels directly on Elliot Road zoned for residential.

The planning rules in Hawes Crossing putting limits on the how much residential can go in creates a first-come firstserved situation for developers looking to the build residential in the area. Once the residential ratio limits for Hawes Crossing are met, later residential developers will be out of luck.

“This is like first in, they get first dibs, and then everybody gets what’s left over,” Planning and Zoning Board Chair Jessica Sarkissian said during the discussion session before the vote.

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construction of the neighborhood that existed before Mesa acquired it through purchase and eminent domain, PaleoWest found reasons to believe “significant information on the prehistoric occupation in the Phoenix Basin or on the early residents and development of the Town of Mesa“ may still be preserved beneath the former home sites.

In a report on the firm’s findings, PaleoWest principal Kye Miller wrote, “Even though the Project area was a residential neighborhood, the historic development could have had the effect of preserving subsurface prehistoric resources that may have been present in the Project area. There is also the potential that subsurface historic features associated with the early history of the Town of Mesa, such as privies, cisterns, and trash deposits, may have survived the demolition of the residential structures.”

The city started purchasing parcels that comprise the site at the southwest corner Mesa and University Drives in 1996 and eventually acquired homes through eminent domain.

The land is situated within Mesa’s original 1878 square-mile boundary and Mesa eventually spent $7.1 million to buy it, leveling houses dating to the early 20th century to make way for a resort that never materialized.

Historic preservation is apparently one of the benefits of the missing basements.

Miller recommended the city and its partners dig test trenches in up to 1% of the parcel before starting construction on the project, which is currently envisioned as a high-density residential-commercial development aimed at injecting downtown Mesa with more life.

Test trenches, usually dug with mechanical equipment like a backhoe, reveal the layers beneath the surface of a site and allow archaeologists to sample the land for artifacts as the dirt is screened.

Sampling can give archaeologists an idea of what’s beneath a site without excavating the whole area.

One important factor for Miller’s recommendation is the presence of a prehistoric canal running through the site diagonally from northeast to southwest. This would have brought

(Above) PaleoWest indicated areas within the Transform 17 site in downtown Mesa that could yield archeological finds. (City of Mesa) (Right) Site 17 comprises parcels the city bought three decades ago at a total cost of $7.1 million to make way for a proposed resort that never happened. (Tribune file photo)

Salt River water to agricultural fields during the Hohokam period, from 500 A.D. to 1400 A.D., when ancestral desert farmers made the Salt River valley bloom.

The canal is no longer evident on the parcel’s surface, but Miller wrote that evidence of it could still exist below the surface. He recommended that archaeologists focus test digs along “the mapped alignment of the prehistoric canal” to see what clues remain.

Many of Mesa’s ancient canals are preserved below ground and by studying deposits within filled-in canals, archaeologists can learn a lot about their history – like whether they experienced flash flooding and how often they were re-dug.

Old maps reveal other interesting things about Transform 17’s past.

On an 1870 federal General Land Office map, PaleoWest identified a road running southwest-northeast just outside Transform 17. On the map, the road is labeled “Maricopa Wells to Fort McDowell.”

Fort McDowell was an important hub for American settlement in the mid 1800s, and Maricopa Wells was a stop along the Southern Emigrant Trail.

A railroad circa 1913 passed through the site, though no clues of it remain on the surface.

PaleoWest also noted that 22 of the 63 houses demolished as part of the city’s redevelopment plan for the site, built between 1890 and 1946, would

have been eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The oldest building identified by researchers that once stood there is the Brizee House, built between 1890 and 1894.

Neil Calfee a representative with Miravista Holdings, said the company has “not yet undertaken any testing or mitigation measures related to site archeology. Our current efforts are focused on completing our entitlement process and finalizing our development agreement with the city. “ “At the appropriate time, when a construction timeline is established,” Calfee continued, “we will undertake the recommended testing protocol to determine if any prehistoric features are intact and to study and catalog them as appropriate.”

Vic Linoff, a local historian and president of the nonprofit Mesa Preservation Foundation, said he hopes the city and Miravista are diligent about following PaleoWest’s recommendations.

“Anything that can be done to improve that site would be very welcome, but that said, there should be an obligation to thoroughly study what’s remaining in the form of archaeology or whatever else might be discovered,” he said.

Linoff said it was especially important to record the past at Transform 17 given “the very sad chapter, I think, in the city’s history” related to the acquisition of the property.

“Site 17 (an earlier name for Transform 17) really was kind of an extension of the Washington-Escobedo neighborhood, which was established just outside the city limits,” he said. “Over time, Site 17 became the home to primarily Hispanic families. … Mesa, just like every city in the Valley at one time, was essentially a segregated town, and the workforce essentially lived outside the city.”

Many Hispanic and Black residents kept out of other neighborhoods by discriminatory deed restrictions found a home in Washington-Escobedo. According to city documents, the first Black family moved to Washington-Escobedo in 1905. Mesa’s first Black doctor, Dr. Lucis Charles Alston, moved to the neighborhood in 1922.

As a city document supporting the neighborhood’s historic status states, Washingington-Escobedo “has its roots during a time of segregation that drove the residents of the area to create a close-knit community.”

Later, residents in marginalized communities moved to what is now Transform 17, inside the original town site.

“At some point, someone in the city made the decision that it would be OK for them to occupy the area,” Linoff said.

“That was the workforce that did the hard work in helping build the city,” he said. “It wasn’t a beautiful see ARCHAEOLOGY page 12

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Meals on Wheels, ASU team up for study on the aging

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teve Siegel, a volunteer with Meals on Wheels, walks back to his vehicle after delivering prepared food to an older homeowner who lives alone.

“We’re the only contact that they have once a day,” Siegel said. “It assures them that they’re at least checked on daily, depending on how often they get their meals.”

That daily contact gives volunteers critical insight into whether lonely clients are suffering health consequences. Meals on Wheels America and Arizona State University now are partnering on a study of the effect pets have on social isolation and loneliness, and how the meal service can expand its programs for pet owners.

As more baby boomers pass retirement age, the problem will only grow.

Nearly one-fourth of adults 65 or older are considered socially isolated, which can lead to loneliness and health risks, including higher rates of anxiety, depression and suicide, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Isolation robs people of important human interactions, said Aaron Guest, an assistant professor of aging with ASU’s Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging.

“When we’re disconnected or isolated and don’t have people around us.” he said, “we kind of don’t have the benefits of things like touch, the ability to see someone else or the ability to debrief after an event.”

Guest said pets help their owners feel less alone.

Meals on Wheels America is a national association dedicated to addressing hunger and isolation among seniors. It supports Meals on Wheels programs across the country that provide services tailored to the needs and resources of their communities. Programs generally serve meals to adults 60 or older, and the cost ranges from free to full price.

The organization also delivers pet food; cat litter; leashes and other supplies, including toys and treats, through its Meals on Wheels Loves Pets grant program.

And it helps clients obtain temporary pet boarding, preventative veterinary care and grooming services.

The study ASU is conducting builds upon previous research that Meals on Wheels America conducted with 415 clients with pets, which highlighted the extent of the human-animal bond.

“For the first round of research we did, we found that about 70% of those surveyed lived alone, and this group reported almost 100% that their pets bring happiness to their life,” said Morgan Hultquist, manager of the Meals on Wheels America Strategy and Impact team.

The majority of respondents agreed that having a pet makes them healthier and feel less lonely. Hultquist said the previous study also revealed a need for pet assistance.

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neighborhood; it was lesser homes, but nonetheless there was a heritage there. They weren’t living in palaces, but their lives were there.”

“Neighborhoods, particularly in earlier times, were really the center of activity for people,” Linoff continued. “They knew their neighbors. It was a very tight knit, engaged community.”

In the 1990s, the city of Mesa started buying up property at Transform 17 and eventually acquired homes through eminent domain to build a water park, to support economic development. But the water park and other deals fell through, leaving the demolished neighborhood vacant decades later.

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most,” she said, adding that about 30% of those interviewed mentioned they sometimes ignore their personal needs to care for their pets.

About half of the 415 clients also reported they had no one outside Meals on Wheels to help them with their pets.

Hultquist said many of the Meals on Wheels community programs began offering pet services after seeing clients feed their pets portions of their home-delivered meals. The organization has distributed pet food donations to more than 350 local programs across the nation.

Meals on Wheels America’s partnership with ASU will help expand its services for clients with pets.

“I just think that those results are going to really complement our first round of research and give us additional insight into not only confirming things that we already knew, but also to add to continuing to work,” Hultquist said. “To expand programming and make sure that we’re creating proper resources and technical assistance just through what we learned and to better support Meals on Wheels programs and their clients as well.”

Researchers will survey 400 Meals on Wheels clients with and without pets.

Questions for pet owners include whether the owner receives support from any professional service for their pet, has someone to drive their pet to the vet, and

starting construction of the new development, PaleoWest’s report emphasizes the potential prehistoric and Territorial period history of the site, but Linoff thinks Transform 17’s later history as a place where marginalized Mesans could make a home is also important.

“There is very likely remnants of the life that those folks lived on that site,” he said. “When the city acquired it, all they did basically was level the land, but they didn’t go below the surface to do any archaeology.”

Linoff said he hopes the new development on Transform 17 somehow pays homage to the past, whether it’s through naming, signage or architecture.

“Mesa is changing so fast. Unless there’s a concerted effort to acknowledge our past, we’re going to lose it,” he said.

whether they have ever gone without personal care or necessities to provide for their pet.

The survey also includes prompts that target the bond between animals and their owners. Respondents are asked whether they consider their pet a family member and whether their pet provides comfort or emotional support.

The study results are expected by late spring or early summer, Hultquist said.

Guest said the results will provide more insight into the human-animal bond and allow him and fellow researchers to provide a set of recommendations for national implementation.

“I think we will see that pet ownership is protective in some ways, meaning that owning a pet will result in reduced rates of social isolation and reduced rates of loneliness,” he said. “I expect we’ll see that people are pretty strongly bonded with their pets, but I also expect we’ll see challenges in pet ownership that we haven’t even considered yet.”

Guest said survey respondents have reported challenges to getting appropriate veterinary care.

“As we think about designing the program and our recommendations, we’re going to have to consider the diversity of environments,” he said. “Obviously, it’s maybe easier to design something for someone who lives in a place like Phoenix than it is for someone who lives in a more rural environment.”

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Motorists face I-10 headache next weekend

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he massive renovation of I-10 near the Broadway Curve will create special challenges for motorists next weekend as the highway will be closed in both directions.

The Arizona Department of Transportation advises motorists to expect delays and allow plenty of extra travel time while Interstate 10 is closed to east and westbound travel between SR 51 and SR 143 from 10 a.m. Friday, April 22, to 4 a.m. Monday, April 25.

Salt River Project crews are relocating a large overhead power line that currently stands in the way of widening I-10 in conjunction with the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project.

While SRP’s closure is in place, Broadway Curve Constructors will shift the work zone on I-10 and make repairs to the freeway’s pavement.

“By combining this work with the SRP closure, BCC can eliminate the need for a separate highway closure, as well as further inconvenience for the traveling public,” ADOT said.

The eastbound I-10 on-ramps between Third and 40th streets; the southbound I-17 on-ramps at Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street; the westbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) ramp to eastbound I-10; the southbound SR 51 on-ramp at McDowell Road and the ramp from southbound SR 51 to eastbound I-10 will be closed.

Westbound I-10 will be closed between SR 143 and I-17. The westbound I-10 on-ramps between Elliot Road and 32nd Street, the westbound US 60 (Superstition Freeway) on-ramp at Mill Avenue and the westbound US 60 ramp to westbound I-10 will be closed.

Eastbound I-10 detour: Continue east on the Loop 202 Red Moun-

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Motorists heading to the West Valley can bypass the closure by using west- and northbound Loop 202 and connecting with I-10 at 59th Avenue.

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ouston Towe just wanted a way to make money as a kid and acting seemed like a fun way to do it.

And at age 10, the Mesa boy has a steady gig – playing the younger version of a killer Andrew “Pope” Cody, played by actor Shawn Hatosy, in the TNT cable network hit series “Animal Kingdom.

Pope’s mother and his three surfer brothers make a lucrative living in a west coast beach town off robbing, bilking, dope-dealing and other assorted crimes.

Featured as Pope as a boy in a series of weekly flashbacks in the show’s fifth season, Houston will return in “Animal Kingdom’s” sixth season, which begins in June.

The youngster’s star continues to rise in Hollywood as he’s earned more roles, which already include

four movies and two music videos.

Much of this success comes from the support of his family – especially his dad Chad Towe, 47, who has helped him a great deal on his road to Hollywood, literally.

“It’s like a vacation when we’re filming,” Houston said. “I just want to keep acting because it’s very fun.”

If anything has gotten easier due pandemic, father and son said acting is one of them.

The pair shared in the misery of six-hour road trips to Los Angeles from the family’s home in Mesa for a two-minute audition only to immediately turn around and go back.

During filming, they had to pay for their own rental accomodations..

Now, with video conferencing, duties like seeing his acting coach, auditions and online schooling through the Arizona Connections Academy, don’t seem like such chores.

It’s no bother to either of the Towe

males as Chad enjoys helping his son as much as Houston enjoys spending time on set with his dad.

Houston started acting just three years ago when he was 7, taking acting classes in Tempe and booking commercial gigs in the Valley.

But Chad realized that if his son wants bigger roles, he’s got to make the jump to Tinseltown.

“If you want to get anything big, we got to go to a bigger market,” he explained said.

In a moment he described as “right place, right time, right look,” Houston started with an LA agent and just a couple months and four auditions for the show, he booked

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Houston Towe of Mesa plays the younger version of actor Shawn Hatosy’s criminal character in the TNT network series “Animal Kingdom.”

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hen Mesa Community College nursing students go into the simulation lab, it can be quite nerve-racking.

During the past year, Diana Breed interim Nursing Department chair and nursing simulation coordinator and a teacher for 20 years, noticed students’ anxiety level climbing more than usual.

“They go there to apply the knowledge they learned in the classroom, but students say, ‘They walk in the room and all their thoughts leave their head. They knew it until they walked in the room,’” she said.

Either the students are uncomfortable and anxiety is keeping them from making decisions they would normally make or they don’t have the knowledge

as much as they thought they did, she figured.

So to differentiate between the two, Breed and her co-workers tried to eliminate the students’ anxiety by allowing them to be in the room without any evaluation at all.

An article about how escape rooms help develop teamwork and thinking sparked Breed’s curiosity, but she had never been to one herself. So, she gathered a group of coworkers and went to an escape room nearby.

“We worked together as a team to come up with the ideas, we were really bad at it,” she said.

Soon after, Breed started developing her own nursing escape room scenario.

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his role on Animal Kingdom in January 2020.

He finished filming for Season 5 in December 2020 and the episodes aired last summer.

Houston also has taken on other roles, including one that he can’t mention just yet because “it’s a pretty big part on a pretty popular show,” Chad said.

The youngster also will appear on an episode of the Paramount+ show “iCarly.”

“It’s a small part but it’s a good credit,” Chad said. “You kind of want to build your credits.”

Chad said if he can any advice to the parents with children who have Hollywood aspirations, it's: “Go all in.”

He said do your research, because it can be very time consuming, costs a lot and there’s a lot of rejection but he finds it worthwhile to make his son’s dream

come true.

“I tell him all the time ‘you’re doing things that a lot of kids will spend years trying and never get to do what you’ve done,'” he said.

He said this has given his son some incredible insight to a future in the business.

“At this age, he has a lot of terminology about set life that a lot of kids don’t have,” he said.

Chad is a retired officer with the Gila River Police Department, so the safety factor remains a priority on set. But to date, they have experienced “zero issues.”

“I have eyes on him all the time,” he said. “Being a cop, I watch constantly.

Besides, Houston feels no pressure from his parents to continue his acting career.

“My dad would allow it if I wanted to quit,” Houston said. “I don’t want to quit right now.”

She investigated different types of locks and came up with hints.

One scenario takes students, who work together in a team, through two rooms.

In the first room is a dummy of a man who is dehydrated with food poisoning, but the students don’t know this. Breed and her co-workers, laboratory technician Nancy Sanchez Padilla and simulation technician Shayla Turner, observe the students, behind one-way glass.

“When we turn off the lights, we can see in there, but they can’t see us,” Breed explained. “So, we answer for the patients, then tell them what’s going on.

We answer the phone if they call the doctor.”

During the simulation, students read the chart, ask the patient questions, find the clues, and give the correct dosage of medication or IV before they can open the locks and find the final key to move to the next room. It’s set up like an escape room with hints along the way, said Breed.

The other room houses a “woman”

ready to have a baby.

The students are applying the knowledge they’ve learned in the classroom, said Breed. They’re not graded, but given a formative evaluation.

Although Breed doesn’t know yet whether the nursing escape room simulation helps reduce anxiety, she’s received positive feedback from participating students.

“I would like students to recognize that whenever you’re doing something, you‘re learning,“ Breed says. “It doesn’t have to be stressful. It can be a fun, exciting thing. It doesn’t have to be sitting down taking a test. The more you build your muscle memory, you’re building a cognitive link. So, you’re doing it in a fun atmosphere and that link will still be there when you need it under a stressful situation as well.”

This is the second semester the nursing escape room is offered. It was implemented in 2019, but soon after the pandemic hit, it was put on hold.

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he stock of industrial real estate around the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport continues to shrink with two recently announced land deals.

Insiders say the deals reflect the momentum of the industrial real estate market in southeast Mesa, which is being propelled by a number of favorable conditions.

In late March, EastGroup Properties, Inc. paid $13.5 million for 50 acres at the Loop 202 and South Hawes Road for the Gateway Interchange project. The company plans to build seven industrial buildings totaling 655,400 square feet at the site.

A spokesperson for EastGroup said the complex will have all the features required to support a wide range of modern industrial users, including high-tech manufacturing and logistics. The company also touted amenities for workers baked into the design, including six outdoor covered patios that are intercon-

nected by trails and turf areas for cornhole and other outdoor games.

If the company begins construction in the next three months as planned, it may coincide with groundbreaking for another recently announced industrial project in the Gateway area: on April 4, semiconductor materials supplier JX Nippon Mining & Metals announced its purchase of 65 acres on the opposite side of the Gateway airport.

JX shelled out $29 million for the land.

Its first phase plans include two manufacturing buildings and an adjacent office building, totaling approximately 240,000 and 27,000 square feet, respectively.

JX said in a release that the site will be its new base of operations for supplying semiconductor manufacturing materials to North America and Europe. The company produces materials needed for “sputtering” – coating discs in a uniform film of metal, a process in semiconductor projection.

The company said the first phase of the

project, aimed for completion in 2024, will double the capacity of its Chandler plant, built in 1991.

At full build out, the company envisions nearly 1 million square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space at the Gateway property.

The city of Mesa touted the announce-

ment as a win for the city’s economic development in a press release.

“Our region has a role to play in the United States’ semiconductor competitiveness, and Mesa is an ideal location for manufacturing operations,” Mayor

sure, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Weninger, RChandler, is being pushed solely by Uber.

At a hearing in February, company lobbyist Shaun Rieve told lawmakers that the cost of having a mechanic check the brakes or tire tread could deter some people from signing up to become Uber drivers.

“The cumbersome TNC (transportation network company) inspection requirements are cumbersome and create bottlenecks for Arizonans who want to earn more money on Uber’s platform,’’ he said. Rieve said that Uber has fewer drivers on the road in comparison to states “without such onerous requirements.’’

Not everyone was convinced that scrapping the annual checks was the best thing for safety.

“We have bad ideas, very bad ideas, and Uber-bad ideas,’’ said Rep. Mitzi Epstein, D-Tempe, during floor debate when the House gave the measure final approval earlier this week. “I worry very much about the safety of consumers.’’

Rieve said it’s not like it would just be the vehicle owners who would be saying the car is safe.

He pointed out that the app gives customers the option to comment on the ride, including not just the driver but also the vehicle. And Rieve said if someone reports an unsafe condition, the company will take that vehicle out of rotation for new riders.

Rep. Kelli Butler, D-Paradise Valley, scoffed at the idea that was a substitute for inspections by a mechanic.

“I want you to picture yourself leaving a bar at night,’’ she told colleagues.

“How many of you walk all the way around the car, check all the tires, make sure there’s enough tread,’’ Butler continued. “You don’t know anything about the brakes till you’re in the car and they’re not stopping.’’

That sentiment was echoed by Aaron Flannery who said he has driven for Uber for seven years. He told lawmakers that in all those years no customer has checked the tread on the tires of his vehicle, the one visible thing they could see.

Flannery said the need for annual safety checks is important, given the wearand-tear on these vehicles.

JX Nippon Mining & Metals announced its purchase of 65 acres for $29 million and plans in the first phase to building two manufacturing buildings and an adjacent office building, totaling approximately 240,000 and 27,000 square feet, respectively. (Courtesy JX Nippon)

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requirement for regular safety inspections of rideshare vehicles could soon be a thing of the past.

A measure headed to Gov. Doug Ducey would carve out an exception from existing laws that require anyone driving for a “transportation network company’’ to get their brakes and tires inspected at least once a year.

HB 2273 says that would no longer apply to vehicles that are less than 10 years old. Instead, it would be replaced by the owner simply attesting once a year that the vehicle meets safety standards.

The proposal would affect all companies that have online platforms linking vehicle owners with riders. But the mea-

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John Giles said in the release. “This is a timely and exciting investment in our city, and we look forward to celebrating JX Nippon Mining and Metals’ Mesa groundbreaking in the coming months.”

Ken McQueen, a principal with industrial real estate broker Lee & Association, which has brokered 10 projects in Mesa and has seven in the pipeline, said the market for industrial space in southeast Mesa is hot.

Developers building industrial spaces without a tenant already lined up are finding commercial customers looking to set up shop in southeast Mesa and looking to rent or buy completed spec projects.

“I think the last three or four projects delivered (in Mesa) have been 80% to 100% occupied,” McQueen said. “It’s still a very dynamic market, and land is really becoming scarce down there.”

McQueen can tick off a number of factors energizing the Mesa market right now.

For one, he thinks the region is benefiting from “California business migration” – companies from California moving to Arizona. Those companies are attracted to the Valley due to more favorable regulation and “abundant access to good labor.”

McQueen said the East Valley, with a relatively high rate of college education, is particularly appealing to manufacturers that have a skilled labor requirement.

He also said that some tech and manufacturing projects arriving in Mesa in recent years have created a domino effect of demand for industrial space.

When prominent companies like Apple and Facebook, which has a large data

center currently under construction in the Gateway area, move into a region, vendors that provide equipment or services to those companies follow in their wake, he said.

McQueen noted that this is also happening with the growing semiconductor and electric vehicle industries in Mesa.

Of course, there are also companies serving the needs of the construction trades building new homes.

“Eastmark, that’s the fourth largest home market in the country,” McQueen said of the large master planned community in the southeast valley.

McQueen called the demand for industrial space in Mesa “pretty diversified.”

Many developers, including those McQueen works with, are betting on continued need for industrial land in southeast Mesa, and they are building millions of square feet of industrial space on spec.

In December, McQueen’s company brokered a 28-acre, $7 million sale of land at Sossaman and Pecos to developer Wetta Ventures. Wetta plans to start construction on the 450,000 square foot Gateway Commerce II building later this year.

When it’s completed, McQueen believes it will be the largest spec building south of the airport. Gateway Commerce II will be able to accommodate fairly heavy industry, boasting rail access and the relatively tall interior height of 40 feet, to accommodate greater storage and larger equipment.

But in a sign of the frenzy for industrial space in southeast Mesa, Gateway Commerce II’s reign at the top will likely be short-lived. A building over 1 million square feet across the street, part of Unbound Gateway, was approved last month by Mesa City Council.

He told lawmakers he averages about 50,000 miles a year driving for Uber, more than three times what a typical motorist will rack up. Rieve told lawmakers there appears to be no difference in accident rates between states like Arizona with annual inspection requirements and those which do not have them.

Rieve put the figure at anywhere between $50 and $150. But Flannery said it costs him about $30 to take the vehicle

to a mechanic to have the safety check performed.

But he also said – and Rieve did not dispute – that once people are driving for Uber they can get the annual check performed for free by the company.

Flannery also worried that if a driver does a self-certification and then the brakes or tires fail, that would shift the liability for an accident from the company to the vehicle owner. Rieve, however, said the insurance coverage that Uber has for its drivers remains the same.

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Banner cancer patients find home away from home TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF

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diagnosis of cancer can be devastating and for patients who live far from their treatment center, the hardship only intensifies.

But The Christopher Todd Communities and Taylor Morrison are making it a little easier for out-of-towners being treated for extended periods of time at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center.

They donated for a year’s use one of the 144 rental homes in their new gated community called Christopher Todd Communities At Ellsworth in Mesa in the 200 block of North Ellsworth Road in Mesa to the Banner Health Foundation endowment called Home Away From Home, which raises money for hotel stays for out-of-town patients.

Last Tuesday, former Mesa residents Jess “Jac” Conant and his partner Carol Perry, who now live in Oregon, moved into the home, where they’ll stay during his treatment for bladder cancer.

Even as they checked out their tem-

porary home, companies ness.” and individuals continued Insurance does not cover to contribute time, talent hotels for patients and care and treasure to provide partners who must stay furnishings and set-up, inwithin a 15-minute drive cluding Lexi Grace Design, of Banner MD Anderson, Bob’s Discount Furniture, creating a significant fiBed DRS, Debbie Gaby nancial barrier to receiving Charities, and others. the treatments they need, a “Both Taylor Morrison Banner Health spokesman and Christopher Todd noted.

Communities have strong Dr. Rogerio Lilenbaum, philanthropic company senior physician executive cultures. Aligning with for Banner MD Anderson Banner MD Anderson to Employees from The Christopher Todd Communities and Lexi Grace De- Cancer Center. noted that provide a temporary home sign on April 12 worked on furnishing the home that The Christopher Todd “a safe, comfortable place away from home for cancer Communities Built By Taylor Morrison donated in their new development to lay your head at night is on Ellsworth Road to Banner Health for use by patients at the Banner MD patients was synergistic so important on the cancer Anderson Cancer Center. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer) and we are honored we can journey, and this furnished help,” said Todd Wood, CEO of Christo- Foundation to help furnish the home. home will provide the next-best thing to pher Todd Communities.

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Scottsdale shop offers ‘molded’ hearing aids

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earing loss is often a tough thing to deal with and an even tougher thing to seek help for.

To help make things easier, Beltone West co-owner Kory Castro in Scottsdale has begun selling hearing aids that look nothing like conventional devices and can take 3D scans of patients’ ears to make molds for hearing aids.

“In the U.K. there’s a government program where people can receive hearing aids for free but they still have the same acceptance rate and market penetration

as the United States,” Castro said. “For some reason, it’s not the cost that’s keeping people away, it’s something else.”

It is estimated that nearKory Castro ly 48-million Americans suffer from hearing loss, according to hearingloss.org. Castro believes that of those 48 million, a low number accept the fact that they are los-

ing their hearing.

“We have fit about 20% of the population that needs help with their hearing,” he said. “The rate of acceptance is pretty low.”

Of those accepting the fact that they cannot hear well, Castro says that roughly 20% of teens have reported some sort of hearing loss.

“Our average patient is around the mid-60’s age but there are younger people who are identifying that they have issues hearing mostly from noise exposure,” he said.

The drop in age can be attributed to

several factors, according to Castro.

“With people going to concerts, listening to music and wearing headphones constantly, as time goes on the average patient age will drop down,” he said.

Because of this, Castro invested in inventory and became the first supplier of self-fitting Jabra branded hearing aids that were approved by the FDA in late February.

“With the Jabra device that is targeting people who are about 10 years younger than the average patient that

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we see,” he said. “There’s a huge need for people with mild to moderate hearing loss that aren’t getting that need fulfilled.”

Unlike conventional hearing aids that have a receiver that loops behind the ear and is attached to a wire with a small speaker that lodges into the patient’s ear, the Jabra hearing aids have the same appearance as earbuds that most people use to listen to music with.

“This looks a lot cooler than a regular hearing aid since everybody wears headphones and earbuds and they look exactly like that,” Castro said. “One of the big barriers that people have is the stigma of getting older and not wanting to wear a hearing aid because it forces them to admit that to themselves.”

Equipped with a wireless charging case and a ten-hour battery life, these are not the average hearing aids.

“A traditional hearing aid is designed to be worn all day long and compensate for the individual’s hearing deficit while replacing their natural hearing ability,” Castro said. “This product was designed to fulfill the needs of people who need help but want something different that they can use when they need to.”

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Northeast Mesa fitness studio is ready to help people who want to lose the weight they might have gained during the pandemic’s stay-at-home season.

And Don Chenevert of Better You Personal Training Better, 755 E. McKellips Road, knows from personal experience how to do it.

He details on his website how he decided a few years ago it was time for a change and how he became more active and through “healthy eating and daily exercise, my weight was dropping quickly.”

“In nine months, I went from 245 pounds down to 175 pounds,” he explains. “Since losing weight I felt the need to help others, so I went to the National Academy of Sports Medicine to become a personal trainer.”

His studio offers private one-onone personal training that will help patrons “lose weight, reduce stress,

better yourself one workout at a time.”

“If you’ve become sedentary, gained wait and no longer recognize the person in the mirror, call us,” he said.

“Too many people put their families and career before health and don’t take action until the time is ‘right,’ which never comes. It doesn’t have to be that way.”

His program is customized to help clients lose weight, get stronger, reduce stress, improve balance, be more active “and plain and simply be your best self.”

“Being active and doing things you did in your 20’s doesn’t need to be a thing of the past,” he said, adding that with the right program, strength training, cardiovascular training and the oft-neglected recovery people will get control of their health and life and live with a lot less stress.

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encourages and supports his staff to do the same.

“What you see with the doc is what you get: great dentistry and a really good time,” he said.

Kelly Jorn Cook When not practicing dentistry, he is golfing with his wife or hanging out with their 12 dogs.

“The health and well-being of our patients and team members continues to be our top priority,” Cook added. “We practice all COVID-19 safety protocols and are seeing patients by appointment only.

Many of these safeguards have always been a part of our practice, but we have taken additional precautions to ensure your protection for your appointment.”

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Located at 3800 W. Ray Road, Chandler, his practice includes the most recent dental technologies to make a patient’s visit safe, convenient, painless and positive.

“We offer full-service dentistry, including dental implants, Invisalign, and cosmetic restorations,” Cook said. “The entire team strives to provide the highest quality personalized dental care for patients of all ages in a stress-free, fun environment. Our unique approach to dentistry is in the office atmosphere.”

While providing “the highest quality of dentistry,” he said he creates an environment of more fun and less fear. Cook balances “being the doc that rocks and with keeping it simple” and is continually upgrading his ability and knowledge through continuing dental education and

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eople who are dealing with a hearing loss are sometimes reluctant to get a hearing aid, because they envision the large and uncomfortable devices their grandparents used to wear.

As Dr. Cassandra Fynes, owner of the full-service audiology clinic Fynes Audiology noted, hearing aids have come a long way.

“Today’s technology is getting smaller all of the time and more discreet,” she said, adding that current hearing devices also include rechargeable batteries, which eliminates the need to buy and fumble with small batteries.

Most modern-day hearing aids can also connect to Bluetooth, Fynes said, and many offer streaming from other devices; this means people can listen to television, music, audiobooks and telephone calls with greater ease.

In addition, hearing aids now often come with an app, which allows the wearer to easily make small adjustments to the device.

“Hearing aids are definitely not just for old people,” Fynes said.

In addition to featuring a number of hearing aid options for their clients, Fynes and audiologist Roger Knighton conduct comprehensive hearing diagnostic tests for hearing loss and tinnitus, and they also offer custom earplugs and earbuds.

“We work with our clients to help them decide which options are best for them,” she said.

Fynes opened Fynes Audiology in Mesa 18 years ago. Since then, she has helped countless clients regain the confidence and security that comes with being able to hear well.

“We are small and locally-owned and are not a chain, and we are not owned by a manufacturer of hearing aids,” Fynes said.

“We do what is best for our clients, and because we are small we can offer a more personal experience.”

Fynes said she and Knighton enjoy getting to know their clients, and will spend time chatting about their families in addition to their hearing issues.

“We know who is having grandchildren, and who has kids who are graduating, and who has a special birthday coming up,” Fynes said, adding that she and Knighton have been delighted by the steady increase in both patient and professional referrals.

Fynes Audiology is located at 2058 S. Dobson Road, Mesa. Information: 480-4560176 or fynesaudiology.com.

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Checking your feet everyday can help identify a condition in its early stages.

“It’s important for diabetics to actually look at their feet. For many, diabetes has made their feet feel numb. Just because the sore isn’t painful, doesn’t mean that it’s okay to just live with it,” explained Schulman. “That non-healing sore or even numbness is like a smoke alarm that is letting you know there is a fire underneath and you need to call for help.”

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The only caveat to these hearing aids is that they are only compatible with Apple devices due to the fact that Apple pioneered a special low-energy Bluetooth chip that was installed in its devices to be used specifically for hearing aids, according to Castro.

Because of this, Beltone West allows customers to trade in their Jabra hearing aids for higher-grade hearing aids within the first year.

“It’s an excellent way for us to get patients interested in exploring what’s going on in their ears, educating them and then providing a solution that works for their needs,” Castro said.

In addition to having the ability to stream music and phone calls through the buds, Castro admits these buds are more affordable than traditional hearing aids as well.

“A traditional hearing aid ranges from about $1,000 to $3,000 per ear but the Jabra device starts at $799 and we offer a care plan for an extra $199 that adds an extra year’s warranty and covers maintenance and cleaning,” he said.

However, for those still looking to receive traditional hearing aids, Castro also invested in a high-tech in-ear scanner that creates custom molds to fit into each individual’s ears called a Lantos scanner.

“Our number one goal is helping

the risks many of them face because of their disease,” said Schulman.

It’s important to seek help at the first sign of any issue, no matter how small it may seem.

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people to improve their quality of life through better hearing, which we’ll do in whatever way we need,” he said.

But for the time being, he foresees that the Jabra headsets will serve as a big seller in his store because of the potential promise created by the advanced technology.

“For now, people who are interested in this product need to come into our clinic to have a hearing test done by one of our providers before we can dispense this to them,” he said. “However, by the end of the year, the FDA will approve a new category of hearing aid devices that can be purchased over the counter and can be shipped directly to the consumer.”

No matter what device patients choose, Castro underscores the importance hearing loss can bear on individuals and encourages people to get their hearing tested – which they can do for free at Beltone West’s shop.

“The longer this goes untreated, the more difficult it can become to treat in the future,” Castro said. “There is a correlation between untreated hearing loss and cognitive decline. As you get older and have hearing loss, the more likely you are to develop dementia or Alzheimer’s than someone who has treated their hearing loss because of how the brain interacts with the stimulus of our environment.”

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“People don’t realize the impact their big toe has on their life. It plays a role in balance, shock absorption, and forward movement as you walk,” explains Dr. Daniel Schulman, of CiC Foot & Ankle.

“When the joint is stiff, it’s not able to bend and rotate properly, and it changes how we walk without us even realizing it.” These changes can lead to back or knee pain as well as discomfort in other parts of the foot.

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aving a baby changes everything. And while most moms and dads report that parenthood is the most gratifying job in the world, it’s also the most challenging.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and the Arizona Department of Child Safety is sharing tips to help parents stay calm with their children – even when their stress levels hit the ceiling.

When it comes to parenting a baby, the physical and emotional demands are off the charts. Parents must learn to balance their regular household and work responsibilities with middle-of-the-night feedings, colic, endless piles of laundry and extra expenses. The learning curve is steep — and the stress and frustration can be difficult to bear.

Unfortunately, this stress can take a real toll. When exhausted and frustrated parents are holding a crying baby, they run the risk of becoming too rough in trying to calm them down. This can cause Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), a completely avoidable, yet highly prevalent, condition that affects as many as 3,000 children in the U.S. each year.

Importantly, many parents who shake their babies don’t fit the stereotype for child abuse. They don’t have a history of violence and never intended to hurt their children.

In these cases, SBS is a result of uncontrolled stress, which compromises parents’ abilities to think clearly and remain calm.

According to the American Society for the Positive Care of Children (American SPCC), “Babies, newborn to 1 year, are at greatest risk of injury from shaking. Shaking them with force can trigger a ‘whiplash’ effect that can lead to internal injuries — including bleeding in the brain or in the eyes. Of-

ten there are no obvious external physical signs, such as bruising or bleeding, to indicate an injury.”

Sadly, 80% of infants who experience SBS suffer permanent damage, and as many as 25% do not survive.

By and large, parents only want the best for their children – and that includes staying calm and giving their children their best, even amid significant stress.

What can you do when you feel your temperature rising? Here are three tips: 10-minute talk: Pick up the phone and call someone who will help you calm down. In fact, keep a list of three or more people you can call when your stress levels are climbing. Often, a 10-minute conversation with a calm and loving friend or family member can make all the difference for you – and your baby.

10-foot rule: When you need a break, put your baby in a safe place and give yourself some distance. Ten feet is far enough to al-

low you to calm down, yet close enough to keeping your baby in your line of sight. Use this time to focus on your breathing, think calm thoughts or use other meditative techniques that will allow you to lower your stress level and restore peace and control.

10-minute break: If you need time alone, put your baby on their back in an empty crib, then close the door and check on them in 10 minutes. Take a brief pause and focus on something else knowing your baby is in a safe place. Just be sure there are no loose blankets or stuffed animals in the crib.

Stress is part and parcel to parenthood – and so are feelings of exhaustion, burnout and even desperation. Use these simple tips to stay cool and calm and to keep your little one safe. For additional support, visit dcs. az.gov/take10.

Tené Marion, is program administrator for the Arizona Department of Child Safety’s Office of Prevention.

Ten days after April Fools’ Day, at a major White House event, Ol’ Joe tried again to fool the American people. He championed a short-circuit of constitutional process, then claimed to support the Second Amendment.

After voicing frustration that he could not advance gun control “because I was having trouble getting anything passed in the Congress, but I used what we call ‘regulatory authority,’” instructing Attorney General Merrick Garland — the same government official who branded parents voicing disagreements with school boards as “domestic terrorists” — to take steps to restrict the rights of the law-abiding to own firearms.

Then, with the type of candor befitting the “confused,” Biden added, “By the way — it’s going to sound bizarre — I support the Second Amendment.”

Sure you do, Joe. And soon you’ll instruct the Department of Housing and Urban Development to designate Yuma as a “beachfront location,” based simply on your say-so.

Yuma isn’t “beachfront,” but it is a front in the on-going border wars, which brings us back to the architect of the continued invasion.

Mayorkas repeats the Biden administra-

tion’s false talking points, which, in turn, are echoed by acolytes in the partisan press.

Like Attorney General Garland, the Homeland Security secretary claims “the greatest terrorism-related threat that we face…is the threat of domestic violent extremism.”

But unlike Garland, the DHS chief enlarges the scope of the threat beyond the disgruntled parents of school kids. Speaking to Al Sharpton’s National Action Network earlier this month, Mayorkas specifically named white supremacists as the “most prominent threat.”

Since “white supremacists” are synonymous with “caucasian conservatives” in the language of the left, the Biden Gang believes that those who disagree with them politically are tantamount to domestic terrorists.

And, given the “Bizarre Bazaar” that passes for the current “marketplace of ideas” at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, it illogically follows that the continued influx of illegals somehow comes at no risk to the homeland.

Despite all the public health pronouncements from Dr. Anthony Fauci, seeking to keep American citizens masked, confined and confused about COVID-19, Secretary Mayorkas instructed illegals last September

on the best ways to get past the restrictions of Title 42, the public health order to expel illegal entrants due to the virus threat, put in place by President Trump in March 2020.

And, in anticipation that Title 42 would be lifted, Homeland Security formulated a plan in February proposing “broadscale release mechanisms” for the thousands of illegal aliens expected to enter the USA. Chief among them is a plan to substitute U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service “adjudicators” for immigration judges.

Since those adjudicators can be ordered to rubber-stamp asylum claims, Mayorkas and Biden will in turn claim that it is the “legal path” to entry.

“Amnesty A-Go-Go” is more accurate.

On May 23, Title 42 will be fully rescinded. Our southern border will essentially disappear.

American history will be changed. June 6, 1944, will no longer be revered as D-Day. Instead, future generations of school children will be taught about a new D-Day by their leftist “educrats.”

May 23, 2022: “Destiny Day.” God help us. Sorry, Ike.

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hink of him as the “Anti-Ike.” Dwight David Eisenhower led allied forces in the invasion of Europe and the defeat of the Third Reich in World War II. Now, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas is at the forefront of planning and promoting a modern-day invasion of the United States.

Gen. Eisenhower presided over “Operation Overlord.” Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas might well call his multifront assault on America “Operation Lord-OverThem.”

The “them” to be “Lorded Over?”

American citizens.

Joe Biden, his cabinet members and the radical left all agree that the Constitution is not the cornerstone of our republic. It is little more than “Silly Putty,” to be pulled and stretched, or simply put in a box, placed on a shelf and ignored.

The Biden Bunch has made it clear: Your rights are whatever “Big Joey” says they are.

And he doesn’t even try to hide it.

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Kate Golovkina, a basketball player for Benedictine University Mesa, worries about her family back in Russia.

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ate Golovkina’s five-word mantra is tattooed on her shoulder.

“One day can change everything.”

The 23-year-old, a junior forward for Benedictine University Mesa, knows better than most just how true those words can be. She’s living roughly 6,000 miles from her home in Russia, chasing a basketball dream that has taken her from Moscow to California to Montana and, now, to Arizona.

Everything changed on Feb. 24 when Russian forces invaded Ukraine, prompting the United States and most countries around the world to impose economic sanctions on her home country.

The sanctions, aimed at pressuring Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull out of Ukraine, largely targeted at the wealthiest Russians, those thought to be supporting Putin. However, the trickle-down effects of the sanctions have reached everyday Russians, including Golovkina’s family.

Social media platforms are difficult for her family members to access. Food prices have risen sharply. Credit companies, including VISA and American Express, have deactivated cards in Russia. McDonald’s, Starbucks and other Western restaurants shuttered operations. Commercial flights in and out of Russia were suspended.

And there are fears the government will soon close Russia’s borders and declare martial law.

Understandably, Golovkina feels cut off from her family.

“It is hard not knowing what’s happening next, not knowing when I’m going to see them, not knowing how they are,” she said. “It’s just every day, my thoughts are

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there.”

Golovkina, who was raised by a single mother, had planned to return to Moscow during Benedictine’s spring break to celebrate her birthday with her mom and twin sister. The invasion put that party on hold.

Unable to get back to Moscow, Golovkina had to settle for a celebration via a video teleconference. She watched on a screen as her grandparents placed a frosted cake on the table and her twin blew out the single candle.

The reality left Golovkina with a heavy heart and conflicted mind.

“It makes me feel helpless that I’m here and they are there,” she said. “Like, it feels like I should be there, too. But at the same time, I could do more good for them if I’m here.”

The Ukraine invasion isn’t the first time that Golovkina, who’s a risk-taker,

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has learned how quickly her life can change in a day. Sometimes, it’s for the good. Sometimes it isn’t.

The first time was Sept. 16, 2016, when she left her homeland to pursue her basketball dreams at an American high school. It was cloudy and 52 in Moscow when she left, and a sunny 82 when she arrived in Riverside, California.

At Carnegie Riverside, a small private school, Golovkina reigned as two time most valuable player of her high school’s conference and performed so well she was inducted into the Riverside Sports Hall of Fame.

That caught the attention of Nate Vogel, coach at Mile Community College in the small town of Miles, along the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana.

“She appeared to be a versatile player,” Vogel said. “She could shoot the 3 and put it on the floor.”

Golovkina played two seasons for Vogel, racking up 299 points and displaying a work ethic and supportive attitude that Vogel believes made her the player she is and led to her landing a spot at Benedictine.

Of course, everything can change in a day.

Golovkina got off to a strong start to her junior season, coming off the bench initially and playing her way into the Redhawks’ starting lineup. This time the change came in the form of a devastating season-ending ACL injury. It is the third time that Golovkina has suffered a knee injury, and her second in as many years.

She is left to rehab the injury without the support of loved ones.

“There are times I’m just so sad, crying and homesick,” she said. “That’s why I try to keep myself busy and have a lot of things going on in my life so I don’t think about it.”

With her family largely out of touch and dealing with its own problems, she tries to lean on her new “family” in the U.S., including coaches and teammates from California to Montana to Arizona.

“I usually look at them and see how they are together, and I can see them as a family member,” Golovkina said. “But it’s still different.”

For now, photos of Moscow and her family are as close as she can get to home. Despite the problems in Russia and the challenges of her injury, as she goes about her days, attending classes and rehabing the knee, Golovkina finds herself reflecting on how far she has come.

“America was always something unreachable,” Golovkina said. “It was a dream. It was so far away, like I could never.”

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esa Arts Center is launching a new summer series featuring a collection of national, international and local musicians.

The Mirage Summer Music Series, beginning June 25 and running through Aug. 27, is a 10-show line-up of jazz, folk, soul, world, eclectic, classical and more.

Tickets are on sale at mesaartscenter.com and are $11 each of $1000 for a season subscription, including service fees.

Here’s the schedule: Dom Flemons, June 25 A GRAMMY winner, two-time EMMY nominee and 2020 U.S. Artists Fellow, Dom Flemons is originally from Phoenix and is called The American Songster since his repertoire covers over 100 years of early American popular music. Flemons is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, actor, slam poet, music scholar, historian, and record collector. He is considered an expert player on the banjo, guitar, harmonica, jug, percussion, quills, fife and rhythm bones.

posers. With a prolific output characterized by musical ideas of angularity and logic, he works in a wide variety of mediums. William Tyler is a Nashville guitarist and composer who toured with Nashville groups like Lambchop and Silver Jews before breaking away to focus on his version of instrumental guitar music.

Phoenix native Dom Flemons kicks off the Mesa Arts Center’s summer series June 25.

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XIXA, July 2 XIXA, Tucson’s gothic overlords, combines gritty guitars, the bumping grind of Peruvian chicha, and dark and swirling psych-rock.

Jeff Parker and William Tyler, July 9 Jeff Parker is recognized as one of contemporary music’s most versatile and innovative electric guitarists and com-

Arouna and Zaza Diarra/ Arouna Diarra Music, July 16 Arouna Diarra, a 12th-generation musician, brings traditional West African music into the modern day and further develops it while remaining true to its roots.

Zaza Wright has a great passion for music and children. She is deeply involved in the local music scene as she performs with and manages Arouna Diarra LLC along-

Mesa band goes full throttle on new ‘Foot on the Gas’ EP

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esa’s The Color 8 has returned with an EP titled “Foot On The Gas.” As a band that dabbles in genres ranging from melodic soul and R&B to power chord heavy rap-metal, the EP is loaded with heavy guitar chords, fast rapping, swingy bass lines, catchy choruses and heart pounding drumming.

It features of two of the states budding rappers, Eddie Wellz of the trap-metal band Dropout Kings, who appears on the

EP under the alias Black Cat Bill, and Glendale-based rapper DeLa Preme.

“It’s heavy and has heavier stuff,” bassist Jeremy Smith said.

“It’s more on the hip-hop and metal side but it’s an enhanced version of the stuff we’ve already been playing,” guitarist Mikal “Kal” Benion added.

In addition to having all its standard elements that the band has made its mark with, “Foot On The Gas” features some dabbling with digitally created sounds recorded and transmitted through an audio track.

Grace Rolland-Redwood is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Mesa whose ear for sound and poeticism will come to the Mesa Arts Center in July. (Mesa Arts Center)

“With the EP, we played around with digital production to create beats with mini audio files that are going to serve as instrumental beats and melodies behind our live instruments,” Benion said.

This style of musical production most impacted the bands drummer Emmett “E-Nash” Ray, who will have these beats blare into his eardrum during live shows as he serves as the backbeat to the band.

“This is mostly used by our

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side her husband Arouna Diarra.

Qais Essar, July 23 Qais Essar’s music is a sonic time portal from the ancient Hindu Kush to the modern era. Essar is a contemporary Afghan composer, instrumentalist and

Mesa’s Color 8 includes, from left, Bassist Jeremy Smith, guitarist Mikal “Kal” Benion, drummer Emmett “E-Nash” Ray and vocalist Ashton Vaughn Charles.”

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producer who channels his melodic designs through the rabab, a 2,500-year-old instrument from Afghanistan. His first LP, “The Green Language” (2014), quickly became an Amazon #1 bestseller.

Rising Sun Daughter, July 30 Grace Rolland-Redwood is a singer-

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Formed out of the Chicago band Red Red Meat, they’ve been exploring the tension between experimental noise, acoustic texture, technology, humanity, cinematic images and microscopic poetry since 1998.

Raquel Denis, Aug. 13 Raquel Denis is a softly powerful singer-songwriter and poet based in Akimel O’otham land. At the center of her work is honest lyricism and the spiritual healing

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Although there is contrast between “Foot On The Gas” and the band’s other heavy works, it offers a continuity of some its previous singles.

“It hits along the same lines as our singles ‘Mad’ and ‘Savage Season’ in that it features singable lyrics,” said Smith.

One element is the catchy choruses exuded on tracks like “Foot On The Gas” and “Pedal To The Metal.” “‘Foot On The Gas’ and ‘Pedal to the Metal’ are both really engaging,” said vocalist Ashton Vaughn Charles. “They’re different enough to where they offer a contrast,” Smith adds.

However, Charles was most eager to give the five songs off of the EP a home outside of earbuds and speakers.

The album was originally planned to coincide Color 8’s tour alongside metal acts Don Broco and The Plot In You, but when the tour was postponed in light of some unfortunate events out of the Don Broco camp, the band had to think of a new way to market the EP.

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Carly Bates, Aug. 20 Carly Bates is a pianist, educator, and artistic collaborator from Phoenix, creating with all kinds of storytellers such as musicians, movers, poets, and theatre artists. She has a background in classical, jazz, and popular styles of piano, a multithreaded music lineage that she shares with those eager to learn. Currently, she teaches privately and at ASU’s Popular Music Program.

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This gave Charles a chance to do what he loves the most once again.

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Public Notices CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified firm or team to act as the Construction Manager at Risk for the following: ELLSWORTH ROAD AND GATEWAY BOULEVARD UTILITY AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. CP1015/CP0620/CP0969 The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) to provide Pre-Construction Services assistance and complete Construction Services as the CMAR for the Ellsworth Road and Gateway Boulevard Utility and Roadway Improvements Project.

All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The City of Mesa is proposing various infrastructure improvements in the vicinity of Ellsworth Road and Williams Field Road. These improvements may include: Ellsworth Road – Germann Road to Ray Road: Roadway, water, and sewer improvements; Gateway Boulevard - Ellsworth Road to Aviation Way: Roadway improvements; Gateway Boulevard - Ellsworth Road to Hawes Road: Water and sewer main extensions; Aviation Way – Gateway Boulevard to Ellsworth Road: Roadway construction and water and sewer main extensions (Via an IGA with Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport).

Specific improvements include but are not limited to the following: Mill and overlay existing traffic through lanes along Ellsworth Road, install raised landscaped medians, connecting to the recently completed portion of Ray Road.

Widen Ellsworth Road to 3 lanes in each direction, installing pavement thickened edge to connect to ultimate curb and gutter with future development as necessary.

first construction to commence Summer of 2022.

An electronic Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on April 19, 2022, at 8 am through Microsoft Teams. If you would like to participate, please send an email to Donna Horn at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov to receive the invitation. At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the Pre-Submittal Conference.

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 below.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding PPVF’s and resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt.

Please provide one (1) electronic copy in an unencrypted PDF format to Engineering-RFQ@mesaaz.gov by 2 pm on May 5, 2022. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http:// mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Construction Manager at Risk selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants for the following: ON-CALL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR AIRPORT PROJECTS The City of Mesa is seeking qualified consultants to provide professional engineering services on an oncall basis for Falcon Field Airport Projects. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services to the City of Mesa are invited to submit their Statement of Qualifications (SOQ). All SOQs must comply with the requirements specified in this Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will establish a list of on-call consultants for Falcon Field Airport On-Call Consulting Services. This category is further defined below: This solicitation is for on-call consulting services for the design, preparation of bidding and construction documents, and construction administration/inspection of various airport capital improvement projects proposed to be funded through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Grants, Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Grants, and/or the City of Mesa Falcon Field Airport Capital Program during the next one to three (1 – 3) years.

Consulting services may include design and/or construction phase support activities for General Aviation (GA) airport capital improvements such as paving, grading and drainage, geotechnical investigations, pavement markings, airfield lighting, development of construction safety and phasing plans, obstruction evaluation submittals to the FAA, Airport Layout Plan (ALP) and Airport Master Guide Sign Plan updates, and similar services as outlined in the RFQ. A Pre-Submittal Conference will not be held.

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 below.

PART-TIME FOR UP TO 30 HOURS STARTING AT $20/HR FLEXIBLE HOURS POSITIONS AVAILABLE: COUNTER SALES GENERAL LABOR APPLY WITHIN OR DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION AT VERNLEWIS.COM

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RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City’s website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architectural- engineering-design-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10 point. Please submit one (1) electronic copy in an unencrypted PDF format with a maximum file size limit of 20MB to Engineering-RFQ@mesaaz.gov by 2 pm on May 12, 2022. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. In the subject line and on the submittal package, please display: Firm name and On-Call Category.

The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov.

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THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | APRIL 17, 2022

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Great views and contemporary style.

Milgard Trinsic™ V300 Series Vinyl Windows & Doors.

If you’ve been looking for a contemporary vinyl window, the new Trinsic Series is for you. The frame profile is so narrow, you’ll hardly know it’s there. With the maximum available viewable glass area, you’ll enjoy amazing views outside.

Trinsic Series vinyl windows and doors are available from the dealers listed below.

Available from Lasting Impressions. Stop by our design showroom.

4454 East Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85018 Showroom Hours: Mon - Thu 8:30-5:00 | Fri 8:30-4:00 | Saturday 9a.m.-2p.m.

Evenings by appointment: 602.508.0800 | liwindow.com

Trade in your old windows & doors!

Buy 5 or more Milgard Trinsic™ windows or doors and receive $50 per window and $150 per door unit instant discount.

Act Now and Call for a FREE Estimate!

(602)508-0800 Must order by 07/01/2022. Max discount $1500