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Chandler, area cities deep into annual budget tussle without dollars – millions and millions of dollars. And now is the time when city councils must weigh the available dollars against the public’s insatiable demand for services, on the one hand, and its natural desire to reduce taxes on the other.

BY GARY NELSON Contributor

Chandler, say hello to the folks at city hall.

They are the ones who pave your streets, send police and firefighters when you are in danger, bring clean water to your home, haul off your garbage and, with one flush, make your sewage disappear.

They build the parks where you and your kids can play, supply transit services, dispense the knowledge of the world at no charge via modern libraries, weave arts and culture into the fabric of our communities and, in a couple of cases, even give you a front-row seat to Major League Baseball.

None of this happens, of course,

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Although Mesa offi cials think an economic downturn may be in the cards sometime in the next few years, Chandler leaders see more modest growth than they’ve seen recently.

Chandler: Slow growth Chandler officials think the economy might start slowing down but don’t foresee it coming to a screeching halt.

Dawn Lang, Chandler’s management services director, said recent robust increases in the city’s income are likely to be replaced by more modest growth over the next five years. During that span, Chandler is projecting 2 percent See

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Chandler pilot’s airport dream takes flight

Traffic death of Chandler mom yields new law

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

BY JIM WALSH Staff

Pam’s Law stands as a tribute to a grieving mother’s persistence and her desire to right a wrong in the state’s traffic laws after discovering it in Chandler in the hardest way possible.

Jody Kieran of Peoria started pushing for tougher penalties for people who drive on suspended licenses after her daughter, Pamela Hesselbacher, 31, was struck and killed in Chandler by an alleged red-light runner who faced only a misdemeanor conviction.

Kieran, who usually rescues injured birds, found two powerful allies in the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and state Rep. Maria Syms, R-Paradise Valley, a former prosecutor.

Their efforts eventually culminated in the passage of HB 2522, which makes it a felony, carrying a 3½-year sentence, to seriously injure or kill someone while driving on a suspended license.

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A longtime pilot is thrilled to see his dream of creating an unusual development – one where Chandler businesses can conveniently jet to and from important meetings – take flight.

Spirits were high among members of the business community and City Council as Jim Moore, CEO of WingSpan Business Investments broke ground last month at Chandler Municipal Airport for WingSpan Aviation Center-Chandler.

The 100 or so participants said WingSpan Aviation Center-Chandler will help the local economy, especially the airport, take off.

The center will offer upscale customized hangar and office space in the East Valley flying hub just south of the 202 Freeway between Cooper and McQueen roads.

A Chandler resident and pilot who has been flying for more than 30 years, Moore left his career in the international banking industry to focus on this development.

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He excitedly greeted supporters and took a helicopter ride from which he could see his future development, Chandler City Hall and other community landmarks.

“I’ve been flying for fun and some for business,” Moore said. “I’m actually a former international banker. I worked across 137 countries. I decided to exit corporate America and pursue my passion.

This is taking aviation to a new level.”

The first phase of his project calls for four buildings, each about 18,000 square feet with hangar and office space, on about five acres of land. To the west of where those four buildings will be set up, about 18 more buildings will be constructed on about 19 acres of land in phase two.

Lux Air Jet Centers, a company that sells fuel, hangar rentals and aircraft services, has entered into a contract to buy a building for its Chandler company base, according to Tim Berger, managing partner for Lux Air Jet Centers.

Berger said he and his wife live in Gilbert “so Chandler’s an exciting opportunity for us.”

“It’s just in the heart for the East Valley,” he said. “Jim’s a great guy. He’s got a determination to make things happen.”

SLG Aviation, a Chandler company, has bought two of the other four buildings in phase one and will lease the space to other businesses.

“I believe strongly that this is the right product at the right location at the right time,” said Brian Hawkins, CEO of SLG Aviation. “Chandler’s booming. I just know for a fact that Chandler is the next big thing.”

Hawkins said he has talked to many potential clients interested in leasing the buildings from SLG Aviation and “we’re sensing the demand is really high.”

He also spoke highly of Moore, calling him a “world-class person.”

Many people echoed Hawkins’ sentiments about Moore, who grew up in Tempe and served in the Army from 1981 to 1984. He played a role in the Granada

Jim Moore, CEO of WingSpan Business Investments, left, talks to Michael Walsh, a captain for American Airlines who taught him how to fly more than 30 years ago.

invasion force in 1983.

Chris Andres, Chandler Municipal Airport administrator, said Moore has “an excellent product” and has “targeted a high-end market.”

“I really like working with him,” Andres said. “He’s very personable. He’s a great visionary. He also has the experience and vision to implement the WingSpan project.”

During a speech he gave at the groundbreaking, Moore recognized a man who has been with him since the start of his journey as a pilot: Michael Walsh,

Photos by Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer

People who attended the groundbreaking for WingSpan Aviation Center-Chandler at Chandler Municipal Airport on May 22 had a chance to see aerial views from helicopters that provided tours.

a captain for American Airlines. Walsh taught Moore how to fly more than 30 years ago at Falcon Field Airport in Mesa.

Holding up an old T-shirt that said “Jim Moore Solo,” marking the first time he flew by himself, Moore joked that Walsh took his expensive headset out of the airplane before Moore’s solo flight “just in case.”

Moore said Walsh taught him not only how to “be a pilot,” but also “how to be a gentleman in the sky” and work with precision and accuracy.

Walsh returned the compliments, calling Moore “an excellent pilot.”

“He was my first student,” Walsh said after the ceremony. “He’s flown with me.

We’ve flown together quite a few times.

He’s a great guy. He’s been around a long time. This will be a great project.”

Moore stressed that WingSpan is a collaborative, community project.

He recalled how, as a child, he would stare “at the sky dreaming about flying.”

He added his father would take him to watch crop dusters take off.

“We’ve all had that dream,” he said.

“Some of it’s at the DNA level.”

Moore, who has flown different types of airplanes, said his dream for WingSpan started a few years ago. He said companies can save time and money when they use private planes to fly employees to do business in cities such as Las Vegas and Prescott.

Driving in the Valley means often people have to contend with traffic congestion, but airplane travel eliminates this obstacle.

Any business with a need for aviation could benefit from the offices, including those in the retail, finance, light transportation, pool and insurance companies, Moore said.

“We’re really focused on designing the buildings to help them maximize productivity,” he said.

WingSpan has a 70-year lease with Chandler to use the airport land. Planes will fly and land on the runway and taxi to the buildings they lease or own. The office space will be customized for each tenant or building owner. The planes will be parked inside the buildings.

Moore, 57, said he and his team did extensive research, talking to a “wide cross-section” of potential clients in diverse industries to find out what they would want in a building.

He has a bachelor’s degree in international marketing, a master’s degree

in computer information systems and an MBA, all from Arizona State University.

After earning his bachelor’s degree, Moore participated in a fast-track leadership program at Bank of America, which he called “the best program ever.”

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Chandler,” he added.

Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Terri Kimble also praised Moore.

“His passion and expertise has really been an inspiration to this project,” she said.

She added Moore’s planning a development to “create jobs and help contribute to our community.”

“Chandler Municipal Airport is a critical component in Chandler’s economic development,” Kimble said. “WingSpan Aviation’s new business component coupled with easy access to the globe opens up exciting opportunities for future and stakeholder businesses in Chandler and East Valley.”

The exact number of jobs WingSpan will bring to the airport is uncertain, but it might be about 300 positions, Moore said.

Those are the employees who will be working in the buildings when companies buy or lease the structures. That’s not including about 80 workers needed for their construction.

Moore said WingSpan is an unusual project because it takes “traditional hangar space” and creates “client-centric designs,” which provide the building owners and those that lease the buildings “exactly what they’re asking for.”

WingSpan will be different from developments at Scottsdale Airport, he added.

Chandler City Councilmember Kevin Hartke, left, shares a laugh with Jim Moore, CEO of WingSpan Business Investments at the groundbreaking for WingSpan Aviation Center-Chandler at Chandler Municipal Airport.

and he went on to train in analog, digital and quantum computer systems at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

He lived and worked in the desert for two years, then graduated from the Noncommissioned Officer Academy in 1983. Moore worked in communications and electronic warfare in Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. He worked on a Patriot missile.

“Chandler’s the place to be because we can get people in and out of their buildings,” Moore told the crowd. “It’s been an exciting project to date. We’re just one part of the aviation story. This is our city, our project.”

Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny also expressed enthusiasm for WingSpan and Moore.

“I know Jim’s had a vision and it’s nice to see it come to fruition,” Tibshraeny told the group. “This particular project will really move the Chandler airport forward.”

Chandler Municipal Airport is the area with the “next wave of development in

“This is a little bit more intimate than Scottsdale is, more of a community feel,” Moore said.

His wife, Shyrlene Moore, a business leader, and his son, Taylor Moore, 24, a dual-degree systems and mechanical engineer, attended the groundbreaking.

“We are a very high-energy, active and engaged family,” Moore said. “We are all certified rescue scuba divers and base our lives on clean living and a passion for our community and putting others first.”

He said he and his family members also like wakeboarding, snow skiing, hiking, flying, theater and travel. He added that learning to fly a helicopter is on his bucket list.

Construction on phase one of WingSpan is expected to start in September and the first four buildings likely will be ready for move-in next year.

The start date for phase two is unknown but interest has already been expressed in the structures.

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Hospital expanding to help growing population

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

A major expansion will help Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center accommodate the quickly growing number of patients in the East Valley who need serious treatment.

Along with helping the region as the local population ages, the expansion will also lead to about 200 new jobs, according to Mark Slyter, president and CEO of Dignity Health Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert Medical Centers.

Chandler Regional is planning to break ground later this year on a new campus building project that includes a five-story patient-care tower, called Tower D, as well as a parking structure able to fit more than 1,100 vehicles.

Tower D likely will be finished in early 2021 and new hospital inpatient beds will open by then. Renovations also will be made to an existing building to add six more operating rooms.

The upgrades to the existing structure will be complete and ready for patient use in 2022.

Tower D will add 132 more patient beds, bringing the hospital’s total bed count to 429.

“This expansion is a direct result of the outstanding care our team provides,” Slyter said. “Their hard work and dedication are why people seek services at Chandler Regional and why the hospital is undergoing tremendous

Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center

Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center opened Tower C less than four years ago.

growth.

“We’re very excited about this opportunity and very excited we’re able to extend the healing ministry in our community and address some of the significant demand that’s building in this community,” he added.

Tower D will house 36 more ICU beds for the hospital’s critical care patients.

It will also contain 60 telemetry beds mainly for brain or spine-related case

and cardiopulmonary patients, who need a higher level of care with constant monitoring.

Those patients might include ones recovering from complex procedures or strokes, neurosurgery or thoracic surgery.

Once it is built, Tower D also will have space for 36 more beds in the future, bringing the total to 132 more patient beds.

“It just coincides with what we’ve been

working on out here, in the East Valley, trying to make sure the more complex services are available to residents in the East Valley so they don’t have to travel to get that complex care,” Slyter said, adding: “We’re able to take very good care of these patients, but we really are stretched at times to place these patients in rooms.

We’re trying to make sure we get these beds up as soon as possible. Certainly the demand is here.”

The changes on campus and in the entrance are expected to make it easier for patients and visitors to find convenient parking in the new garage.

The overall population in the area is growing, the number of senior residents is increasing and Chandler Regional has increased its “specialization and our abilities to take on more complex patients” within the last few years, Slyter said.

Chandler Regional opened in 1961 with 40 beds and it has steadily increased over the last nearly 60 years.

The hospital opened its newest patient tower, Tower C, less than four years ago. That structure provided space for Chandler Regional’s Level One Trauma Center and 96 more patient beds. Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center serves tens of thousands of patients a year.

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Child drownings haunt parents as well as first responders

BY JIM WALSH Staff Writer

Jessica Curtis and Nicole McIntire have both suffered the unbearable pain of suddenly losing a small child to a drowning in a home swimming pool.

Although they both suffer flashbacks to their real-life horror stories and are filled with anguish, the two men have chosen not to surrender – not when an average of 16 pediatric drownings occur in Maricopa County each year, according to Tracey Fejt, trauma outreach and injury prevention coordinator at Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa.

Although that figure represents major progress from the 34 child drownings recorded in Maricopa County 1986, Fejt said the death toll has plateaued at this stubborn level despite constant safety messages that have been repeated from year to year.

So far this year, there have been 5 pediatric and nine adult drownings in Pinal and Maricopa counties, though none were in the East Valley.

Curtis and McIntire have dedicated their lives to turning that number into a zero, sharing their stories with East Valley adults in the hope

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Nicole McIntyre drowned in a relative's swimming pool. She was 16 months old.

they remember that children can’t be trusted when a swimming pool is nearby.

They need to be watched like hawks.

Curtis even started a support group for parents who have experience the tragedy of a child-drowning. She has 70 members, including many in the East Valley.

Through organ donations, Curtis helped saved the lives of two children after Parker, her 22-month-old son, drowned on June 29, 2013, and was declared brain dead four days later: His heart was donated to a child in California; his liver to a child in Pennsylvania.

Curtis also teaches water survival classes several days a week at Swim Kids in Mesa.

“It’s everything I can do to keep other families from going through what I’ve been through,’’ Curtis said. “I don’t want another family to suffer another loss like I did.’’

“There’s not a second that I don’t think about it. When I get down, I look for light at the end of every horrible scene.’’

recommends putting a life vest on any child visiting a home without a pool fence.

“When you are telling family members, ‘Watch my children,’ that is not enough,’’ Long said. “It has to be direct supervision.’’

The Children’s Safety Zone, a website operated by the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona, reflects the chronic nature of the heartbreaking problem, with the number of pediatric drownings in Maricopa County dropping from 27 in 2001 to 15 in 2017.

In the East Valley, four children ages 5 and younger, the official age range defined pediatric drownings, drowned in 2017. That includes three in Mesa and one each in Gilbert and Chandler.

Phoenix had six, which represents a typical death toll but a significant improvement from the 15 recorded in 2001.

More adults than children drown Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer in Maricopa County. In 2017, 43 out Chandler first responders earlier this month taught parents CPR at a water-safety awareness program city of 61 victims in were adults. officials held at Hamilton Aquatic Center.

Gilbert’s number of waterrelated incidents dropped from It’s hard to imagine a worse scene than anyone,’’ McIntire said. “I don’t want my 19 to nine in 2017, but the town still Curtis witnessed the day Parker drowned. daughter’s life to go in vain.’’ recorded two drownings – one pediatric A talented seamstress, McIntire had Parker was taking a nap and she was in the and one adult. made Emily Rose, “a sweet little beautiful bathroom, getting ready to go to a July 4 Gilbert does not have an ordinance event. She stepped outside the bathroom girl,’’ a Tinker Bell costume, because requiring a fence to surround a pool, but Tinker Bell was her favorite character. She a state law passed in the 1990s during a and then noticed the backdoor open. never dreamed that she would also bury What she did not realize was that drowning epidemic requires them.

Emily in the costume. landscapers had left a pool gate open.

Deputy Fire Chief Josh Ehrman was Today, she makes special dresses as a Curtis darted outside and saw something less than elated, however, realizing there side business or for the daughters of her that she can’t possibly forget, no matter also are near-drownings, in which being friends, always knowing that she’d rather how hard she tries. underwater too long cuts off oxygen to be making them for Emily Rose.

“I saw Parker at the bottom of the the brain, resulting in cognitive deficits McIntire struggled with how to tell pool. I thought, no way, I rubbed my that last a lifetime.

Chris, now 9, that his sister had passed eyes,’’ she said, before she dove into the “We had a great year in the sense that away. She also had to deal with questions pool in hopes of saving her son. the numbers are down, but a perfect year that broke her heart, like when Chris In the end, it was too late. Parker had is zero,’’ Ehrman said. “It’s an absolute asked her, “Mom, when is Emily coming some faint brave waves. The paramedics nightmare for everyone involved.” home?’’ and the doctors at Phoenix Children’s While firefighters preach constant “I have to put on a façade for him Hospital did everything they could. vigilance, they say there is a high risk sometimes. Sometimes I am hurting Finally, after four desperate days, the of a momentary lapse in supervision so bad. I don’t want him to know I feel doctors said a prayer with the family, of children around water – the kind declared Parker brain-dead and harvested horrible about this,’’ she said. that leads to fatalities or a lifetime of She said she has heard Chris tell other his organs. disabilities caused by nearly drowning. children when they see Emily Rose’s The memory returns periodically.

“Yes, we all want to watch our kids. picture, “That’s my sister. She died three “We all have our bad days,’’ Curtis At the same time, we need multiple years ago. Now she is my guardian angel.’’ said, alluding to fellow members of barriers to succeed,’’ Fejt said. She said McIntire shares her story on social her Healing and Hope After Drowning many drownings still occur at pools media and with parents she meets in support, which is associated with the not enclosed by a fence or with an her neighborhood and through her son’s Drowning Prevention Coalition of inappropriate fence. baseball team. She also has appeared Arizona.

Many times, people don’t understand with Curtis, her mentor in the drowning “There are days where I want to lay in the brief amount of time it takes for prevention crusade, at water-safety my bed and cry,’’ Curtis said. a child to drown, or the multitude events.

But she knows that accomplishes of scenarios that can contribute to a “She’s given me a lot of support and nothing. She knows Parker would want drowning, Fejt said. Nearly every year, for encouragement. She has inspired me to her to save others. instance, a Maricopa County child climbs help when I can,’’ McIntire said.

Nicole McIntire suffered the same through a doggie door and drowns.

Firefighters and safety advocates say crushing loss when her daughter Emily In a world full of distractions, all drownings are preventable but that it Rose, 16 months old, drowned in a Long said, the risk of human factors takes a concentrated, unending effort to relative’s pool in Los Angeles. The pool contributing to drowning is very high. keep small children safe around water. did not have a fence.

“A lot of people automatically think They recommend focused adult McIntire said she was not present you can blame the parents. That’s not during the incident and only learned what supervision, a fence with a self-latching true,’’ Long said. “Most of it is a lapse in gate around the pool and swimming had happened after a friend called, told supervision. It could be a cell phone or lessons, which can start as young as 9 her there had been accident and that she another child.’’ months old. needed to come to the hospital. By the Ehrman hopes he has responded to his They say even a momentary time McIntire arrived, her daughter was last drowning call, but he knows the risk distraction on an adult’s part can create already gone. is always lurking in a desert community enough time for a child to drown, and Eventually, she moved to Arizona with with a lot of children and pools. her husband Jason and her older son Chris the fence is required as a backstop to buy “I wish we knew the right formula additional time. to start a new life. for people to be aware all the time and The problem is so severe that Michele “I don’t know where I would be in watch kids around water,’’ Ehrman said.

Long, the Mesa Fire Department’s my life if I didn’t find the coalition and “Every agency does prevention every year. drowning prevention coordinator, become an advocate. It can happen to The hope is that one family is saved.’’

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suspended because of failure to have proof of insurance after an arrest on driving under the influence charges. The new law takes effect on Aug. 3.

Kieran said the bill was drafted by former Mesa Mayor Peggy Rubach, her sister-in-law, but she also credits people who helped it survive the arduous legislative process.

She said Alberto Gutier, director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, called her with the good news that Gov. Doug Ducey had signed Pam’s Law. “I don’t know if I could have done it without her,’’ Kieran said, referring Rubach’s role. “It’s the first time we’ve collaborated on anything.’’

The loophole became apparent when Maricopa County Bill Montgomery declined to charge William Epperlein with causing the death of another because his license was suspended, not revoked, when he ran a red light before hitting Hesselbacher and her two young children. The children suffered serious injuries but survived.

“We finished up at the park. We are headed home now. We’ll see you in about 15 minutes,” Pamela Hesselbacher texted her husband, Matt, just minutes before her untimely death. “Love you.”

Pamela, 31, never made it home, even though she was only about 100 yards away. She was struck at Ponderosa and Ray roads in Chandler and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

Matt Hesselbacher is raising the children, Ryan and Audrey, with the help

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the charge of causing a serious injury.

Kieran said Epperlein was arrested four times on DUI allegations but charged with only one.

She said a series of plea bargains to lesser charges allowed him to avoid jail or prison time and created the opportunity to hit her daughter.

Epperlein was required by a court to File photos buy expensive high-risk Pam Hesselbacher’s death in a traffic mishap in 2016 left husband Matt Hesselbacher to raise son Ryan and daughter insurance, but he let it Audrey without their mother. lapse after one month and his license was of family members, but his wife’s death has “This is for the people who are suspended, she said. left a gaping hole that never will be filled. still alive,’’ Kieran said. “This is for my “The driver had a suspended license for “It’s not for true accidents. It’s for people grandchildren and my family.’’ failure to maintain high-risk insurance. The who routinely break the law,’’ Kieran said. “If Epperlein was not charged with the driver was required to maintain high-risk you are court-mandated to have insurance, typical crimes often associated with insurance because he had a long history you can be charged with a felony.’’ traffic deaths because he did not flee of driving violations, including several DUI Kieran said she was following the same from the scene and waited for Chandler charges. Despite his history, prosecutors advice she gave her daughter as a child police to arrive. Officers also found no could not file felony charges against the by working to correct a problem after evidence that Epperlein was impaired. driver,’’ according to a press release from discovering an injustice existed after Hoping that more evidence would the state House of Representatives.

Hesselbacher’s death. emerge, Kieran asked Chandler prosecutors Syms said she was alarmed by the sce“It would have been very easy to climb to drop Epperlein’s prosecution without nario and joined forces with Kieran and into bed and never get up again,’’ Kieran prejudice, which means the same charges Attorney General Mark Brnovich. said. “If there is a problem, you try to fix or additional charges could be filed later.

“As a mother and a legislator, it’s frusit. You don’t put your head down.’’

Kieran is still hoping that Epperlein trating to see a loophole in state law that Although the tougher new law cannot eventually will be held accountable, even allows a high-risk driver with a suspended be applied to any future prosecution of if it’s under the terms of the weaker law license to kill a mother and seriously inWilliam Epperlein, the driver who struck that Pam’s Law will replace. jure her children and get off with just a Hesselbacher and her children on Nov. If Epperlein is convicted on the misdemeanor,” Syms said.

12, 2016, Kieran said she finds solace in misdemeanors, he would face up to “Thanks to Pam’s Law, if you’re a highknowing that defendants who commit a six months in jail for driving with a risk driver that gets behind the wheel crime with similar circumstances will face suspended license. His driver’s license with a suspended license, you will be held harsher penalties. also could be suspended for 180 days on accountable under the law,” she added.

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annual increases in operating-fund revenue.

Lang has been helping chart Chandler finances for almost 11 years, a span that includes having to work through the loss of 130 city positions during the Great Recession. Lang said Chandler accomplished the reductions with voluntary retirement and buyout packages.

Now, she said, “Chandler is in very good shape. … We are experiencing a positive economic environment.”

Chandler’s City Council received a final budget proposal in early April that reflects a 6.3 decrease in overall spending over 2017-18.

Most of that is attributed to lower capital spending, but Lang said even with a 0.3 percent decrease in general-fund outlays, the city has been able to add a few positions by shifting funds among departments.

Mesa expects downturn As this budget season rolls toward final adoption of municipal spending plans in June, there is a general air of optimism fueled by one of the longest economic recoveries in American history, tempered by still-fresh cautionary memories of the Great Recession.

Mesa, in fact, is planning for a downturn; Candace Cannistraro, Mesa’s management and budget director, told

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conducted over 14,000 surgeries and treated more than 81,000 patients in the emergency department.

“We’re excited to see what our team will accomplish as we prepare for the next evolution of growth on campus,” said Jeff McBee, Chandler Regional’s vice president of operations and the project lead.

Most of the 200 new employees hired will be nurses, technicians, therapists and pharmacists. The interview and job application process has not started yet, but within the next year or so the positions will likely be posted at dignityhealthcareers.org.

the City Council in March there may be trouble ahead.

“At this point we are adding an economic correction to the forecast,” Cannistraro said. “We have not had an economic correction in quite some time … we feel relatively confident that the next five years we will experience some type of a correction.”

“Correction” is the term economists use to describe a slowdown in an overheated economy, sometimes severe enough to be called a recession.

That could create a double whammy for city budgets: First, local tax collections slow during the actual downturn. Then, two years later, the slowdown is reflected in lower payments from state-shared revenue because state revenue-sharing operates on a two-year time lag.

‘Stable’ in Tempe Tempe, like Chandler, thinks the economy is more likely to produce slow growth in coming years than a downturn.

“The budget is stable,” said Ken Jones, who is Tempe’s deputy city manager and chief financial officer. “The city has a little bit of expansion in the budget from one year to the next. We are keeping up with maintaining our programs and services and maintaining the capital assets that we have.”

A recent pattern of slow growth in the U.S. economy, Jones said, may reduce the chances of a recession in the near future. “A lot of economists you talk to

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will say we’re due for one, but … other economists say it could be a lot longer.”

Rather than trying to predict a recession, Jones said, “We just make sure we build up our fund balances to the point where we could overcome a normal economic downturn.”

Although Mesa thinks the economy could stumble in the coming few years, current projections are optimistic to the degree that some departments will be able to add staffing in the new fiscal year.

That includes the addition of a park ranger and four code-compliance officers. Both of those departments were decimated during the recession.

Further, Mesa is feeling good enough about its finances to consider a generalobligation bond election this fall – the city’s first since 2013 – to finance public-safety projects and other capital improvements.

“There’s a lot of requests (for projects),” City Manager Chris Brady said during a March 22 council study session.

“But we have to be mindful of the impact that has on our residents.”

In addition to a bond vote, Mesa also is considering asking residents to increase the local sales-tax rate, which currently sits at 1.75 percent. The idea would be to provide more money for ongoing city expenses. Mesa voters in 2016 rejected a sales-tax increase aimed mostly at financing a proposed downtown campus for Arizona State University.

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Endless wish list The gap between what the public wants and what a city can afford was never more starkly on display than when Chandler hosted its “Budget Connect” meeting on Feb. 22.

In that meeting the City Council heard the results of an online citizen survey to gauge where Chandler could enhance city services.

Among the requests: More lighted ballfields, better community-based policing, more public transit, more downtown entertainment options, street improvements, more bike paths and bus routes, a light-rail connection to downtown, more frequent street sweeping, more pickleball courts, better traffic enforcement, more downtown bicycle cops, more help for the homeless, better environmental enforcement, weekend and evening recreation programs for kids, additional parks, better park maintenance, more free shows at the arts center, more senior services, a new lineup of special events, an art museum, cheaper utilities, better code enforcement and a better city website.

Other than that, the survey found, most Chandler residents are pretty happy with what their city has to offer.

Juggling wants, needs and available dollars can be harder during good times than bad, Lang said.

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The hospital expansion will not only help patients, but also boost the economy, Slyter said.

“There’s a significant economic impact to the strengthening of healthcare, a hospital in an area,” he said.

“Certainly we’ll see that here.

Also it’s good for business. It’s good for the residential growth because there is a greater level of confidence in what they can get locally and really create that density around the community.”

Slyter said the planned construction work is one of the “largest expansions” Chandler Regional has done and “these Dignity Health projects are multimillion-dollar Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center plans to build a new patient building called Tower D to create projects.” space for more patient beds.

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looking at trying to save as many services as possible. But when times are positive like they are right now … I think there’s just more and more needs that come out.”

Chandler works hard, she said, to include citizen requests into its final budget plans.

Gilbert looks for money Gilbert council members grappled with the same kinds of issues during a day-long financial retreat in early March – hearing, for example, that the town does not have enough money to fully build out two new parks under development, or to fund training facilities for police and firefighters.

That meeting also produced a discussion of Gilbert’s utility rates, which have not changed since 2009. City staffers recommended in March that water rates be hiked 11 percent. The money, Town Manager Patrick Banger said, would address water-quality issues and keep that utility’s financial reserves healthy.

On top of all that, Gilbert may ask voters for at least $48 million in bond

money in the November election to fund capital projects – spending that would hike the average resident’s property tax bill.

Although the local retail economy and sales-tax revenues are strong, Gilbert Budget Director Kelly Pfost said the operating budget is tight – a reflection, she said, of Gilbert’s overall fiscal conservatism.

Cost of the city services you pay for vary across the East Valley

BY GARY NELSON Contributor

What would it cost you every year to have your own armed and trained security force, your own firefighting equipment, your own truck for weekly trips to the dump, your own roadbuilding crew?

The number probably would be astronomical. Which explains why people live in cities: The costs come way down when resources and efforts are pooled.

Even so, city services don’t come cheap.

For years, Mesa has published what it calls the “average homeowners cost comparison,” looking at what residents in the Valley’s seven largest cities pay

their cities per year.

The chart does not include all sources of city funds, such as state shared revenue and fees assessed for, say, recreational activities. Instead, it tallies what residents pay in taxes and for three basic utilities – water, sewer and solid waste.

The mix is different in each city.

Mesa, for example, decided in the 1940s that it would rather rely on utility income than on a primary property tax to fund government operations. Even in the face of a dire budget crisis, more than 60 percent of Mesa voters in 2006 rejected a primary property tax, and Mayor John Giles said in a recent City Council meeting that the idea remains toxic in Mesa politics.

Only in 2008 did Mesa voters

embrace the idea of a secondary property tax, which is used to pay off bonds on capital improvement projects.

Until then, Mesa was virtually alone among American cities in relying on dayto-day revenue to pay general-obligation bond debt.

Gilbert also does not levy a primary property tax, relying on sales taxes and utilities to fund its operations.

Among East Valley cities, this is what the average homeowner pays per year for city services, according to the Mesa survey: •T empe: $1,907. Almost half of that comes from taxes – primary and secondary property taxes and sales taxes. The rest is from utility payments.

•M esa: $1,893. The average Mesa tax bill is only about 70 percent of that

in Tempe, but utility payments – especially for water – make Mesa almost as expensive as its western neighbor.

• Chandler: $1,570. Costs in Chandler are lower across the board than in Mesa or Tempe.

• Gilbert: $1,419. The lack of a primary property tax is a major factor in keeping Gilbert homeowners’ costs lower than in Chandler.

Among other Valley cities, the most expensive for homeowners is Glendale.

The average cost there is $2,192, fueled by large city debts for sports complexes and a 2.9 percent local sales tax rate.

Phoenix is in the middle of the seven largest Valley cities, with an average cost of $1,830, and Scottsdale comes in at $1,707.

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Ducey disputes school chief’s war on evolution

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Gov. Doug Ducey said earlier this week that he believes evolution should remain part of the science standards for public high schools, despite efforts by the state’s top school official to discredit it.

“I believe in God,’’ the governor said.

“I believe God created humanity. And I believe there are evolutionary forces at work in nature.’’

More to the point, Ducey said he does not see religion and evolution as mutually exclusive.

“So, evolution will remain part of the education curriculum,’’ he said, with schools free to teach various religious theories elsewhere of how life on earth developed, like courses on literature or history of religion.

Ducey’s comments came as Diane Douglas, the state superintendent of public instruction, is proposing to eliminate multiple reference to evolution entirely from existing high school science standards, replacing them with terms like “biological diversity’’ and phrases like “how traits within populations change over time.’’

She wants to replace the term “evolution’’ or add the words “theory of.’’ And she also seeks to eliminate any reference to the “Big Bang’’ theory of the universe’s formation.

Douglas has admitted she supports the teaching of “intelligent design,’’ a concept that life forms have developed in such a complex way to essentially require planning by a higher power, presumably a diety.

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The web site where comments were being solicited crashed some time on Sunday, leaving those hoping to leave some thoughts with a page saying only, “Service Unavailable.’’ Ditto for those who sought to review the comments already submitted.

But a review of the comment synopsis page on Sunday before it crashed showed no lack of interest in the issue.

In fact, there were close to 700 responses dealing Capitol Media Services specifically with the changes Douglas wants to make in Gov. Doug Ducey on Memorial Day spoke with reporters teaching evolution. And about his views of evolution. virtually all of them opposed But she has insisted that her personal removing references to beliefs have nothing to do with the changes. evolution, with several people commenting And Douglas pointed out that her proposed that they see the move as an effort to blend standards make no specific mention of religious beliefs with science. intelligent design.

Whether they will still be able to add Ducey said as far as he’s concerned, their views remains unknown. the concept of intelligent design or any Douglas said the Memorial Day holiday sort of biblical concept of creation has no meant no one was working at her office place in science classes. who could fix the issue ahead of the “Where I’ve seen it done well is where deadline for comments. schools work on the story of creation in “We’ll most likely extend through the some type of literature that their teaching,’’ end of the week,’’ she told Capitol Media he said. “And evolution will be part of the Services on Monday. But Douglas said she science curriculum.’’ will need to consult with her staff before Ducey’s remarks came on the last day of making any decisions. public comment about Douglas’ proposed It will then be up to Douglas and her revisions to the science standards. It turns senior staff to decide whether to rescind out, however, that anyone who waited until any of the changes she wants to make or the last minute could be out of luck. keep them as is when she forwards the plan

to the state Board of Education which will make the final call.

Ducey said he went to Catholic schools at least part of the time he was growing up. “ ‘Intelligent design’ wouldn’t have been words that were used when I was in school,’’ he noted. That phrase only became more popular among proponents in the debate over science in the 1980s.

“It would have been the story of creation,’’ said Ducey, born in 1964. But he said that religious doctrine was kept separate.

“Evolution would have been part of the science curriculum,’’ he said.

“And they’re not mutually exclusive,’’ the governor said. “And I think that’s the same way it’s taught in Catholic schools today.’’

While Ducey has no formal say over the final standards, his views could make a difference. That is because he appoints all but one of the members of the state Board of Education who do have the last word, with the lone exception being Douglas herself.

Douglas has said there are parts of evolution that are proven science while other elements are “very theoretical.’’

“And if we’re going to educate our children instead of just indoctrinate them to one way of thinking, we have to be able to allow them to explore all types of areas,’’ she said.

Douglas also said while there may be no scientific basis behind intelligent design, that does not not mean there will not be proof “someday.’’

“Once up a time, people said the Earth was flat and it couldn’t possibly be round,’’ Douglas said. “I don’t know.’’

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8 years later, a Mesa family still mourns fallen hero

BY JIM WALSH Staff Writer

Even at age 7, Barbara Vieyra was already telling her family how she wanted to serve in the U.S. Army.

Family members, including her sister Lupe, wondered if Barbara was just going through a phase as the two girls grew up on a southeast Mesa dairy farm. Lupe gently reminded Barbara, “That’s kind of dangerous.’’

But military aspirations were not a phase for Barbara, who remained steadfast in her quiet determination to serve her country. She went through the ROTC program at east Mesa’s Skyline High School.

After Barbara gave birth to her daughter Evelyn, her resolve only grew.

She enrolled in the U.S. Army in 2008 and became a military police officer and an expert marksman.

And Lupe’s fears became a heartwrenching reality.

Barbara was deployed to Afghanistan, where she made the ultimate sacrifice.

She was killed in action by an improvised explosive device and rocketpropelled grenades on Sept. 18, 2010.

It was a scenario repeated many times over, with the IED disabling a military vehicle so it could be attacked with other weapons.

With another Memorial Day upon them, Barbara’s family somberly

(Kimberly Carrillo/ Staff Photographer)

Evelyn Vierya displays a photo of her mother, Army PFC Barbara Vieyra, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2010, when Evelyn was nearing her third birthday.

commemorated their loss as the nation paid tribute to its fallen heroes.

Barbara was only 22 – and Evelyn was nearing her third birthday – when she was

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It was a devastating blow, the kind with just as much power over the lives of most military families as any bomb or missile.

“She was more calm, more disciplined.

Me, there’s no way I would do that,’’ Lupe Vierya said. “Me, it was, ‘You’re crazy.’’’

Lupe is proud of her sister and her service to the country. At the time of Barbara’s death, she was considered the first East Valley woman killed in action in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The girls and their brother, Robert, are first-generation Americans, born to Raul and Elizabeth Vieyra, immigrants from Mexico who came to the United States seeking a better life more than 30 years ago.

Raul rose every day at 4:30 a.m. for nearly 30 years, tending the Jersey cows while working as a herder.

Barbara Vieyra was assigned to the 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade. She was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. She also had been awarded the Army Commendation Medal.

Robert Vieyra, 24, acting as an interpreter for his parents, explained why they are so proud of Barbara and proud of her sacrifice, even though their hearts are forever broken.

“She was taking responsibility for Evelyn by joining the Army. She wanted to take care of Evelyn,’’ Robert said.

He said Barbara did not want to ask others for help in supporting her daughter financially and was looking to put her military benefits to good use by pursuing college and a career focused on helping others.

“I think she probably would have been a nurse,’’ Robert said, when asked what would have happened to Barbara if she had survived her tour of duty in Afghanistan. “She wanted to go to school and be a nurse.’’

He said Barbara always wanted to help others and nursing was a natural fit for her.

Elizabeth and Raul Vieyra said they think about Barbara every day, not just on Memorial Day, although it is an especially solemn time when the close-knit family visits Barbara’s grave together at Mesa City Cemetery.

It is ritual the family follows every holiday.

Barbara is always remembered and never forgotten. As always, they will bring Barbara flowers.

“I feel my daughter is very close to me on Memorial Day,’’ said Elizabeth Vieyra.

Today, Evelyn, 11, a fifth-grader in Queen Creek, reminds her family so much of her mother with her quiet, unflappable personality. The youngster is Barbara’s legacy, several family members said.

“I think she’s a lot like my sister. She’s really calm. Her personality is a lot like my sister’s,’’ Lupe said.

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feel very thankful and I feel very happy she was serving the country. I’m happy because she served our country and she makes me feel proud.’’

However, Evelyn does not have any military aspirations. She hopes to a commercial airline pilot and travel around the world.

She also wants to do well in school and to make her mother proud of her actions.

“It inspires me to be graceful and do things good for people, to help people,’’ Evelyn said of her mother’s sacrifice.

For Lupe, the sense of loss is more personal.

The two girls did everything on the dairy together and went to school together. Lupe said people sometimes joked that Barbara was another mother to her, watching out for her.

“When I think about it, it makes me sad,’’ Lupe said about her sister’s death. “When Evelyn thinks of her, it makes her happy. I am surprised by how well she takes it.’’

Capt. Aaron Thacker, a military police officer with the Arizona National Guard, never forgot Barbara, either. It was Thacker’s grim duty to inform the Vieyra family that Barbara had been killed in action in the Kunar Province.

It was a bad time, with many such notifications across the country.

In all, U.S troops have sustained 6,675 deaths in Operation Iraq Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (Afghanistan), according to the

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Army PFC Barbara Vieyra left behind, from left, standing: her sister Lupe and brother Robert as well as her parents Raul and Elizabeth Vieyra, who are fl anking her daughter Evelyn.

Department of Defense.

Thacker not only made the notification.

Because the Guard was short-handed during that period, he also accompanied the Vieyra family to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to recover Barbara’s remains and helped to arrange her funeral and military benefits for the family.

Later, Thacker was commissioned as an officer and sent for military police officer training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.

He was walking through the headquarters building one day when he noticed a wall honoring the military police officers who had been killed in action.

“Her name was right there. It

overwhelmed me,’’ Thacker said.

When Thacker eventually commanded his own unit in Afghanistan, he thought of Barbara. Her memory helped inspire him to think of ways to protect his troops.

“It affected how I led as an officer,’’ Thacker said. “I’ve constantly had reminders of Barbara in my life.’’

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State sees green in high court sports-gambling ruling

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

legally betting for – or against – the Diamondbacks, the Cardinals and even the Wildcats, Sun Devils and Lumberjacks.

And it could mean more money for the state.

Gov. Doug Ducey is open to the idea of allowing Arizonans to place bets on sporting events at 55 off-track betting sites around the state.

The governor said he wants to “maintain the culture and flavor of our state’’ in deciding who should get the right to offer wagering on professional and amateur sports. And historically, casino gaming has been limited to tribal lands, a finding cemented into state law by voters in 2002.

Ducey said he’s looking for what could be the best deal for the state – and generate the most money.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices struck down a 1992 federal law forbidding most states from allowing such wagering. The majority concluded that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is an unconstitutional move by Congress to tell states what they can and cannot legalize.

The ruling comes as Ducey already is negotiating with tribes to “modernize’’ the gaming compacts that voters authorized in 2002. These give the tribes the exclusive right to operate certain forms of casino gambling in exchange for the state getting a share of the profits.

Those compacts begin to expire after 2022. And Ducey has made no secret he thinks there’s a better deal to be had, with the state getting more cash.

“I do think there’s a significant opportunity with gaming,’’ he continued.

“But I do think we should have the public

It may not be long before Arizonans can fi nd Vegas-style sports betting areas in local casinos or off-track betting sites now that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law forbidding gaming in most states.

discourse and debate on where those dollars will be spent and where the highest priority is.’’

But the governor said it would be wrong to presume that whatever new revenues sports gaming brings into the state, whether through revenue sharing with the tribes or a share of the handle at tracks and OTB sites, will end up being earmarked for education.

He said while he looks at funding needs for education he also has to be concerned with funding child safety, public safety and the state’s infrastructure.

“There’s a long, long list of funding needs in this state that I’m aware of,’’ Ducey said.

The governor’s musings come as several Native American tribes already are expressing interest in revamping their

agreements with the state to also allow them to offer sports wagering.

“Of course we want to respect that and make sure we’re properly communicating with the tribes,’’ the governor continued. “But there’s also other factors we want to take into account.’’ There already is sports gaming of a sort in Arizona.

That’s not just horse racing at Turf Paradise in Phoenix. There also are 55 OTB sites scattered throughout the state where Arizonans can place bets not only on the ponies racing in Phoenix but on horse and dog-racing throughout the country.

Vince Francia, general manager of the horse track, which also runs most of those OTB sites, told Capitol Media Services he would not expect Ducey and state lawmakers to limit sports wagering to the track.

Such a move would raise all sorts of legal issues, including a “poison pill’’ provision in the agreements the state has with tribes that would void the compacts – and the revenues they now share with the state from other casino operations – if the state were to offer a new form of off-reservation gaming without their consent.

Ducey gave all indications he’s willing to listen to what the track has to offer.

“We want to build out the stakeholder group, look at some best practices around the country, and see how we can maximize this for the citizens of Arizona and for the general fund,’’ he said.

Ducey has not been averse to the idea of expanded gaming to help balance the budget. In fact, his original proposal to fund teacher raises included allowing the Arizona Lottery to start a keno game, a plan that was subsequently scrapped.

Odds are the tribes see opportunities, too.

“I think the Navajo Nation is very interested in sports betting and in finding ways to expand their casino offerings,’’ said attorney Steven Hart who represents the state’s largest tribe.

Stephen Roe Lewis, chairman of the Gila River Indian Community, said, “We are looking forward to discussing with the state how we can go about working together on developing this opportunity, which could be a win-win for the state of Arizona and Arizona tribes.’’

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who had sided with New Jersey in its challenge of the federal law, called Monday’s ruling a significant victory for states’ rights.

The American Gaming Association produced a similar statistic for this year’s Super Bowl, saying that 97 percent of total wagers, equaling more than $4.6 billion, was expected to be bet illegally.

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Norgaard praises Kyrene preschool program on dyslexia SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

State Rep. Jill Norgaard of Ahwatu-kee praised Kyrene School District’s creation of a pilot program to iden-tify and help preschool children who are dyslexic.

Norgaard and state Superintendent of Schools Diane Douglas last week toured Kyrene de la Mariposa in Tempe, where they observed teachers interacting with and teaching the students.

“Watching the engagement of the student with the teachers was very uplift-ing and amazing,” said Norgaard, add-ing that she hopes such a program will eventually be in place at all elementary schools in the state. to adopt a handbook on dyslexia that is now available on the state Department of Education’s website, azed.gov/dyslexia.

“I am appreciative of Representative Norgaard’s leadership on this issue to bring together parents and education organizations from around the state to collaborate with ADE and develop this Dyslexia is a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters and other sym-bols but that do not affect general intel-ligence.

Norgaard has taken an active interest in the development of programs aimed at identifying dyslexic children early so they can get help that will enable them to overcome the challenges of dyslexia. She succeeded last year in getting the state important new resource,” Douglas said of

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Rep. Jill Norgaard talked with preschoolers in the pilot dyslexic program at Kyrene de la Mariposa in Tempe last week. It’s the first of its kind in the country, she said.

the handbook.

“While visiting our schools, and lookNorgaard said a comprehensive approach to identifying and helping children with dyslexia is long overdue – especially since the disorder can be diagnosed in children as young as 3. ing at our reading scores, I started inves-tigating the reasons for and discovered these students who are falling through the cracks – not only the younger students, but middle school and high schoolers as well,” she explained.

“The federal govern-ment did not allow schools to discuss the ‘D word’ until December 2015.”

She said early intervention is critical, especially since 17 percent of all children are estimated to have some form of dyslexia.

“Many children go undiagnosed and struggle with reading forever,” she said.

“Typically, students with dyslexia are extremely bright, and they get by, initially, by memorizing schoolwork. The dyslex-ia manifests itself as they get older, and have to embrace story problems where

they have to do a lot of reading.”

Over the past couple of years, she said she has been working with a variety of ex-perts and organizations on the problem, including First Things First, Read On Arizona, the Department of Education and the state Board of Education and parents of dyslexic children.

“We also reached out to ASU and are working with their Department of Speech and Hearing Science,” she said. “Their graduate students are working with our team and getting hands-on experience while the preschool students are getting the most innovation learning techniques from the university.”

The Mariposa Elementary program “is not only they first of its kind in Arizona, but the first of its kind in the USA,” Norgaard said, adding she and the rest of the team “will be objectively measuring the results of this pilot program at Kyrene, and will develop a template to duplicate this program in ours and other districts.”

“I hope we can get the word out to parents, teachers and students to help di-agnose these exceptional students so that their achievements can be fulfilled,” she said.

“We are asking for testimonials from the parents of the students that have been in the program this year,” she added. “A few parents who were there at the observation commented that ‘My child did not see this until third grade’ or ‘wish we had this when my child was here.’”

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Around Chandler Chandler commuters get express bus options

Chandler residents will have more opportunities to ease their commute to downtown Phoenix, thanks to the addition of a bus trip.

The Chandler City Council recently approved adding an additional morning and evening trip on Express Bus Route 542 for $55,000. The city will add one round-trip ride to the route between the Chandler Park and Ride at the southwest corner of Germann Road and Hamilton Street and downtown Phoenix, where its last stop is by 18th Avenue and Jefferson Street.

“It is a very popular route,” Jason Crampton, said city transit services coordinator. “These buses are typically very full, very crowded, definitely the most crowded buses we have in Chandler.”

The first bus leaves Chandler at 5:55 a.m.

The exact times of the new round-trip bus have not been decided yet.

A one-day pass for unlimited rides is $6.50.

Information: valleymetro.org.

Chandler Unified to serve kids free summer meals

Chandler Unified School District will serve children under 18 healthy meals at no cost. The Arizona education and health services departments are teaming up for the Summer Lunch Buddies campaign to increase participation in the Summer Food Service Program.

“We know we have students in our

district that count on us for meals every day, and just because it is summer, that need doesn’t go away. Our summer program allows us to serve free meals to any child 18 or younger at 14 different sites throughout our district,” said Jenny Bracamonte, Chandler Unified food and nutrition director.

The program starts June 4 and the district will kick it off with its annual Summer Lunch Buddies launch party at Chandler Care Center 10 a.m.-noon June 7.

Families are encouraged to find a meal site eatwellbewell.org/summerfood, text FOOD to 877-877, or visit cusdnutrition.com.

Chamber slates Chandler Council candidate forum

The Chandler Chamber of Commerce invites the public to its 2018 Chandler City Council Candidate Forum at 5:30 p.m.

June 7 in the City Council Chambers at Chandler City Hall, 88 E. Chicago St. The candidates involved will answer questions posed by the Chamber’s Good Government Committee and the forum will be moderated by Jim Sharpe, KTAR anchor.

Admission is free but attendees must register at bit.ly/2khKtfH.

Chandler Christian providing free tuition to 7th, 8th grade Chandler Christian Academy is granting full scholarships to all students attending seventh and eighth grades for the 2018-19 school year.

The change applies to all existing and new students, though all other admission requirements still apply.

CCA is enhancing its middle school enrollment and will be able to provide students a variety of extracurricular activities. The school has more than doubled its enrollment.

“As our school grows, we are able to provide more opportunities to our students, while still ensuring they receive plenty of individualized attention and love from our caring, certified teachers,” said Ruth Zappe, administrator.

Chandler Christian Academy provides a Christian education to preschool-8th grade students.

Chandler Christian Academy has been serving Chandler families since 1974. This is the school’s fourth year in its new location on the campus of Desert Springs Church just south of Tumbleweed Park.

Calvary Lutheran launching ‘Space Station Salvation’

Calvary Lutheran Church, 1270 N. Dobson Road, Chandler, is hosting a free vacation Bible school program “Space Station Salvation.” Children 3 years old to entering sixth grade will have ageappropriate Bible lessons, upbeat music, crafts, games, snacks and some surprises.

It will run 9 a.m. at the church June 25-29. Register at calvarychandler.net until June 20. Information: 480 963-9397 or 480 204-4297.

Chandler Fire seeks crisis response volunteers

Chandler Fire Department is seeking volunteers to serve on the Crisis Response unit, a group of trained professionals, interns and volunteers who support social service efforts.

Potential volunteers must attend an orientation meeting at 7 p.m. June 19 at the Chandler Fire Department headquarters, 151 E. Boston St. The orientation will include an overview of the Crisis Response program, the Fire Department’s service delivery philosophy, and a question and answer session.

Volunteers must be age 21 or older, have a valid driver’s license and pass a fingerprint screening and background check.

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“The Chandler Fire Department strives to deliver the best possible services to our community,” said Chandler Fire Chief Tom Dwiggins. “Over the years, our Crisis Response volunteers have brought a diverse skill set along with a lot of compassion and understanding to serve in this role.”

Dementia workshop slated in Sun Lakes this month

The Sun Lakes Member Assistance Committee is teaming up with Hospice of the Valley and the Visiting Angels of the East Valley to present a program on dementia 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. June 21 at Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 S. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes. Light lunch and snacks will be provided at this no-cost event.

People must RSVP by June 13 at 602776-6793 or events6@hov.org. Perfect Place Adult Day Care will provide free care for loved ones off site by calling 480-895-2892.

Speakers include Christie Bonner, a Hospice of the Valley social worker, who will discuss “How to Connect with a Person with Dementia”: Heather Chapple, Hospice of the Valley community liaison, who will look at tools for caregivers to maintain their own health and wellbeing; Elaine Poker-Yount, certified dementia practitioner for Visiting Angels,

who will look at helpful tips for better communication and easing bathing and dressing; and attorney Francisco P. Sirvent, who will discuss long-term care.

Chandler’s new fire station dedicated today

Mayor Jay Tibshraeny and the City Council will dedicate Chandler’s new Fire Station No. 11 in a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. today, June 2, followed by an open house 9 a.m.-noon. The new station is at 4200 S. Gilbert Road near Ocotillo Road.

In addition to tours of the station, there will be fire truck, ambulance and apparatus displays, demonstrations of emergency medical services, drowning prevention information and free blood pressure checks. In the Fire Safety House display, children will get handson instruction on how to get out of a smoke-filled environment. Free balloons and fire helmets will be available for children. Throughout the event, CFD staff will be available to talk about the Crisis Response volunteer program, Smoke Alarm program, and Fire Cadet Program.

This open house will also feature instruction on Hands-Only CPR. The Department built the 10,500-square-foot station to address existing and future service needs and improve response times along the southeastern edge of the city. Initially, the station will house one engine company with a crew of four, or 12 people staffing the station’s three shifts.

Other apparatus may be added to the station as the need arises.

The new station was built by Danson Construction for approximately $3.4 million. The site is on land that was already owned by the city and adjacent to the brine evaporation ponds operated by the Public Works & Utilities Department.

Red Cross calls for summer blood donations in Chandler

The American Red Cross is counting on volunteer donors to give blood and help ensure patient needs can be met this summer.

Around Memorial Day, the Red Cross sees a steep decline in blood donations as summer schedules, vacations and school breaks cause a drop in donations.

To make an appointment at the following locations, go to RedCrossBlood. org or call 1-800-733-2767.

People who donate blood or platelets through June 10 will receive a $5 Amazon gift card via email, courtesy of Suburban Propane.

Upcoming Bloodmobile drives in Chandler are: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. June 7 at NXP, 1300 N. Alma School Road, Bldg. A; 9 a.m.2 p.m. June 10 at Hilton Phoenix Chandler, 2929 W. Frye Road; and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. June 15 at LifeQuest, 1050 E. Ray Road, 4A.

Alexa, diets are Robson Library workshop topics

Robson Library, 9330 E. Riggs Road, Sun Lakes has slated topics on artificial

intelligence devices like Alexis, diets and A.J. Chandler and land fraud this month.

All programs are limited to 100 people, start at 1 p.m. and seating starts 15 minutes before the start of the presentations.

On Monday, June 4, “Let’s Chat about Alexa and Other A.I. Devices” will discuss voice-activated artificial intelligence devices, how they can be helpful and other helpful tips and hints; On June 11, “Truths and Myths of Diets and Nutrition” will be presented by the Maricopa County Dept of Public Health; and June 14 will feature “Dr. Chandler and the Land Fraud that Built the Valley,” an exploration of Chandler’s early history and how people acquired land. Explore the canal system from Mesa to the south Valley and learn how Dr. AJ Chandler facilitated business deals as he sold land and reacquired it when people could not pay their mortgage.

Information: mcldaz.org or call 602-652-3000.

Author to conduct writing workshop on nonfiction

Katrina Shawver, author of the awardwinning biography “Henry: A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America,” will present a writing workshop entitled “Bringing Someone Else’s Story to Life” 6:308:30 p.m. June 14 at Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Drive.

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Shawver has written for numerous publications and holds a bachelor’s degree from ASU in English and political science. She writes and blogs at katrinashawver.com.

Spot 127 offers summer boot camps for Chandler teens

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Chandler’s new Fire Station No. 11 to reduce response times

BY CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT Guest Contributor

With the opening of a new fire station on Gilbert Road south of Ocotillo Road, the Chandler Fire Department has placed the final piece into a puzzle and completed a coverage map of a community that is well protected by a team of dedicated firefighting professionals.

“Now that Chandler is growing again, the southeast part of the city has seen the greatest increase – in terms of percentage – in call volume from last year to this year, so it’s critical that our department places resources where they are needed,” Chandler Assistant Fire Chief Keith Hargis said.

The new Chandler Fire Station No. 11, at 4200 S. Gilbert Road, is ideally situated to reduce emergency response times in the fastest-growing part of the city.

Chandler Fire uses computer models to calculate response times from its stations, based on roads, speed limits, neighborhood access points and other factors. The goal is to keep the time from radio dispatch to arrival on scene at less than 5 minutes.

“Once the fire crew is dispatched, they have one minute to put on their gear, get on the truck and exit the station,” Hargis said.

“Then their goal is to have less than four minutes of drive time to the call location.

Station No. 11 is in the last pocket of the city that was lacking this ideal coverage.”

At one time, Chandler was planning on 12 fire stations, but three years ago the Fire Department replaced the old Station No. 1 with a new one a mile east. This change altered the coverage area maps so that only one more station was needed, in the

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Above: The new Chandler Fire Station No. 11 on Gilbert Road south of Ocotillo Road, is ideally situated to reduce emergency response times in the fastestgrowing part of the city.

Right: C Shift crew members Fire Engineer Bradley South, Firefi ghter Nathan Johnston, Firefi ghter Matt Kowalski and Captain Scott Jensen staff Fire Engine 2811.

southeast part of the city. Several locations were considered.

The Fire Department and the Public Works and Utilities Department worked out a property swap that met the growth needs of both.

The Gilbert Road location not only gives Fire Station No. 11 crews easier access to a major north-south transportation corridor, it also means that they will increase the safety of residents in nearby Gilbert, as well.

“There is an automatic aid agreement among Valley fire departments that ensures a sharing of emergency resources across

municipal boundaries and results in quicker response times,” Hargis said. “We don’t recognize borders in times of emergency.

We flow back and forth and cooperate with all our neighboring cities. It’s all about helping people as fast as we can in the most efficient and effective manner possible.”

Chandler Fire Chief Tom Dwiggins emphasized that Chandler firefighters are among the best trained and equipped in the state, and that is greatly due to the support the department receives from city leaders.

“Mayor Tibshraeny and the members of the City Council make the safety of our residents a top priority, and to that end they

listen and respond favorably when we tell them what the department needs to be the best,” Dwiggins said.

His department recently added 12 firefighters and is in the middle of an expansion of the Chandler Fire Training Center; projects and personnel increases that are supported by Chandler voters and taxpayers, in addition to the elected officials.

“We always receive tremendous support from residents and the business community, and we take these relationships very seriously,” Dwiggins added.

The public is invited to attend an open house at Fire Station No. 11 from 9 a.m. to noon today, June 2. The event will include activities for children, equipment displays, Hands-Only CPR demonstrations and station tours. Mayor Tibshraeny and members of the City Council will dedicate the facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:30 a.m.

Chief Dwiggins thanked the residents and businesses near the new station for their understanding and graciousness during the site selection and construction process and for welcoming the Chandler Fire Department crews to the area.

Station No. 11 is home to one engine company with a four-person crew. A total of 12 people on three crews will staff the station’s “A,” “B” and “C” shifts. The 10,500-square-foot station has three bays and room for several additional apparatus if additional resources are needed in the future. A traffic signal on Gilbert Road in front of the station will be activated only when crews are responding to an emergency call.

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Chandler Fire moves forward with new public safety facilities

BY CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT Guest Contributor

Chandler will dedicate Fire Station No. 11 on Gilbert Road just south of Ocotillo Road today, June 2. This month, the first phase of the city’s Public Safety Training Center on south Dobson Road will be completed.

Phase 2 construction will begin this fall with completion expected in October 2019.

Each of these projects will help ensure that Chandler residents are protected and served by one of the finest, best trained and equipped fire departments in Arizona.

The new Public Safety Training Center is adjacent to the Chandler Fire Training Center. It will be a shared-use facility with the Chandler Police and Fire departments.

While the Police Department will be the primary user, the Fire Department will benefit from its large auditorium, classrooms and office space. The additional office space will enable the Fire Department to consolidate all training staff – Fire Operations and Emergency Medical Services – into one complex.

“This combined training complex will greatly expand our training capabilities for fighting fires, mitigating hazardous-materials releases, performing technical rescues and providing emergency medical treatment,” Chandler Assistant Fire Chief Keith Hargis said.

“It also will be one of four recognized regional training centers in the Valley, along with Phoenix, Mesa and Glendale. We currently provide all regular training for firefighters in Sun Lakes, Gila River Indian Community and Maricopa, and this expansion means we will be welcoming many more jurisdictions to Chandler for training.”

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Assistant Fire Chief Keith Hargis has held almost every position in the department – fi refi ghter, engineer, paramedic, captain, training captain, battalion captain, battalion chief and now assistant chief in charge of Administration and Emergency Management.

In his 17 years with Chandler Fire, Hargis has held almost every position in the Department – firefighter, engineer, paramedic, captain, training captain, battalion captain, battalion chief and now assistant chief in charge of Administration and Emergency Management. In that role,

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Chandler Fire Department uses GIS mapping to assess response times for each fi re station. Each of these diamonds represents a fi ve-minute response time (from dispatch to arrival on scene) for each fi re station.

Hargis has managed all of the department’s major construction projects over the past three years, including the award-winning Class A Burn Building that opened at the Training Center in January 2017. Hargis leads the design group, manages the project budgets and monitors construction progress and quality control.

The design group comprises Chandler firefighters who participate in the design

process for every new facility, working with the architects and contractors to design and build amenities that meet the department’s training and operational needs.

“Our goal is to match the building with the needs of our personnel,” Hargis said. “Our firefighters have the real-world experience to know what types of design details are needed to provide the most realistic training scenarios.”

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Shoppers Supply feeds a wide variety of needs

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

An unusual store in Ocotillo offers a playground for anyone who spends time saddling a horse, feeding chickens, cooking over a campfire and otherwise enjoying the great outdoors.

Shoppers Supply is the ideal store for anyone who has a pet, a home or a ranch, said C.J. O’Brion, director of operations for the stores in Chandler and Apache Junction.

The sprawling family-owned stores offer a huge supply of chicken, cattle, horse and pig feed, as well as nutritional supplements for animals, saddles, ropes, children’s mutton busting vests and an extensive collection of Western-style boots, jeans and other clothes and accessories.

Folks can pick up a pallet of hay and wood shavings for their horses. Inside, they can choose from an extensive collection of guns as well as sophisticated outdoor cooking grills, numerous fishing poles, bait and other fishing supplies.

Shoppers Supply sponsors professional angler Ron Johnson and he occasionally gives demonstrations to customers at the store.

Customers also can find a large selection of automotive and electrical supplies, power tools, as well as food and toys for cats and dogs.

The store on South Alma School Road,

Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer

From left, Shoppers Supply chief operating officer Ryan Beenken, director of operations C.J. O’Brion and co-owner Tyler Schmidt pose in the Chandler store on South Alma School Road. The store offers a wide array of items for outdoor and animal enthusiasts including chicken, cattle, horse and pig feed, cooking grills, fishing poles, guns, coolers and Western-style clothes.

just north of Queen Creek Road, brings in baby chickens once a week and they sell out quickly, O’Brion said. Chicken huts and waterers, bird feeders and rooster feeds are also sold.

The business began in Iowa in 1966 and is now a third-generation family-owned company.

“Our motto is: If you live it, we supply

it,” O’Brion said. “People don’t just come in to buy one thing. It’s kind of an experience.

We’ve had horses in our store; dogs are always in our store. You go here to walk around and look.”

Visitors can grab free popcorn by the door when they arrive at the 87,000 square feet of space the Chandler store takes up.

The Apache Junction Shoppers Supply, at

1477 W. Apache Trail, is about half that size.

Customers could recently find Bug-ASalt Camofly “guns” that people fill with salt to spray at and kill flies.

Nearby are aisles of clothes including steel-toed and Western-style boots, buttondown durable, dressy and casual shirts, riding gear, socks, T-shirts and baseball caps in the popular Hooey, Under Armour, Cactus Ropes, Black Clover and Oakley brands.

For little outdoorsy ones, Shoppers Supply has many hoodies and onesies and other Doodle Pants children’s clothes.

Some include a hoodie with fake horns and pretend fur to resemble a buffalo.

Customers can also find coolers and drinkwear that can withstand extreme, heat including Yeti coolers great for boating and camping, from about $25 to $700, O’Brion said.

Barbecue fans can get their grill on with sophisticated devices designed to make cooking meats, vegetables and other food easy.

Shoppers Supply has many Traeger grills, including ones that use wood pellets, for $1,000. A smaller Green Mountain Grills Davy Crockett model grill has Wi-Fi app capabilities that allow users to change temperatures from their phone.

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Chandler Chamber bestows Community Awards on people, businesses SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

The Chandler Chamber of Commerce was to honor individuals and businesses for their contributions to the city during its annual Community Awards celebration Friday, June 1.

Winners in education were Anne Marie Filere of Qrizona College Prep, educator of the year; Alexandra Ruiz of Chandler Unified’s transportation department, school support staff of the year; and Chandler High Principal Karen Martin,

school administrator of the year. The education awards were sponsored by Orbital ATK. Air Products sponsored three scholarship winners, who were not named at press time.

Chamber ambassador of the year is Don Howard of Legal Shield while MST Solutions received the Business Diversity in Action Award. Those awards were sponsored by Ginger Monkey and Whitney Bell Perry Inc., respectively.

Nancy Martinez of the Chandler Police Department won the James R. Snedigar

Public Service Award, sponsored by Earnhardt Ford.

Waymo was feted with the city’s Chandler Cup while the Chandler Lions Club received the Community Cup, sponsored by Cox Business.

SoHo63 received the Chamber Cup, sponsored by Dignity Health Chandler Regional Hospital while FORM Prosperity Wealth Advisors was named Micro Business of the Year, an award sponsored by APS/ The Western States Bank-sponsored Small Business of the Year award went to

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about 350 to 400 different types of guns.

The store mostly sells hand guns.

Many customers buy guns for hunting doves and quails, according to store employees. Some like to shoot them at shooting ranges. Shoppers Supply carries Sig Sauer, Smith & Wesson and Ruger guns, as well as many targets, magazines, ammunition, gun-cleaning kits, gun cases and reloading supplies.

Students who participate in 4-H can find lots of supplies and other items to take care of their animals and prepare them for competitions.

Shoppers Supply sells pellets with protein and amino acids for pigs, as well as Bermuda and alfalfa hay and pellets for horses, among the many items to keep animals fed and healthy. Supplements, shots and items to treat a horse’s skin and coat are also offered at Shoppers Supply.

“We’re here for the 4-H kids, whether they’re showing a pig or have one on a ranch,” O’Brion said.

Shoppers Supply’s founder knew a thing or two about farm animals. George Schmidt had owned different farms and ranches, and he began Shoppers Supply as a fleet and farm operation in Spencer, Iowa.

The stores were handed down to George’s sons, Jim and Chuck in the late 1980s. Arizona is the store’s only outsideIowa, location.

Based in Chandler, Shoppers Supply is owned by Jim Schmidt and his son, Tyler, who lives in Chandler. Tyler’s sister, Jessie, works part time for Shoppers Supply in accounts payable and also lives in

Above: Shoppers Supply in Chandler sells lots of merchandise, including button-down shirts, Western-style boots, hats and accessories, work gloves, animal feed and ropes, for anyone who has a ranch or spends time outdoors.

Right: Those who like to ride horses or participate in rodeos can find many items for their animals at Shoppers Supply in Chandler and Apache Junction.

Chandler.

Shoppers Supply’s chief operating officer for the Chandler and Apache Junction stores is Ryan Beenken, also of Chandler.

“We’re different than the big box stores.

We just pride ourselves on customer service,” O’Brion said.

Mike Kerlee of Chandler said he usually buys Traeger wood pellets for his BBQ smoker and rubs for meats at Shoppers Supply, toys and shampoos for his dog and

tools and riding helmets because his wife, Nancy, and daughter ride horses.

“I like the variety and pricing,” Kerlee said, calling the employees “very friendly.”

Dan and Marianna Buescher recently looked at hinges in the expansive tools section at Shoppers Supply as they prepared to change all the door handles in

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their home. Though she was not with them on this trip, their dog, Moorea, a yellow lab, likes to come with them to the store.

“She likes to come here and browse through the toy aisle,” Marianna said, adding that she loves the glitzy shoes at Shoppers Supply.

“I love the ‘blingy’ shoes,” Mar ianna said.

“I’ve looked at them a lot.”

While the shoes are a treat for the eyes, Shoppers Supply also sells lots of sweet treats. Old-fashioned candy and sodas including Dad’s Root Beer and IBC Root Beer are also on the shelves at the Chandler business. Amish Wedding Foods pickled eggs, jams and jelly are popular, too.

O’Brion moved to Chandler from Iowa to take the position here and has been with the company almost six years.

“The owners here are great,” O’Brion said. “I like to play golf, swim in the yard. I buy pool chemicals here and grass.”

Jim Schmidt said the community in Chandler has “been good for us.” He said about 60 employees work at the Chandler Shoppers Supply store, which opened in 2013.

The Apache Junction store opened about six years ago.

“We like the customers and the community and the area,” Jim said. “We still do really well with our equine departments; clothing’s been good. Stores like this aren’t everywhere in Arizona. There is something for everyone here.”

Both stores are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Information: shopperssupplyaz.com.

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Chandler couple open Ahwatukee’s first tattoo studio

BY ALLY RICHMOND Staff Writer

Ahwatukee is rolling up its sleeves to a new and unique establishment run by a Chandler couple: Wookie Style Tattoos.

Wookie Style – the first, and only, tattoo parlor in the community, at 4142 E. Chandler Blvd. – is owned by husbandand-wife team Terry “Wookie” and Barbi Hoffman.

The Chandler couple chose to put their new business in Ahwatukee because they “love the vibe” of the area and felt that they “had the potential of being welcomed here,” Barbi said.

Wookie is an Arizona native and has been in the tattoo industry locally for over 25 years. He has also been internationally recognized on the convention circuit.

“Wookie has been drawing his entire life,” his wife said. “He grew up poor, so pencils were his toys. He sold artwork for money as a kid, and when he grew up he met a gentleman who loved his artwork and knew how to tattoo. He invited Wookie to apprentice under him. Turned out Wookie was better at tattooing than his mentor.”

After an injury ended his career as a mechanic, he decided to focus all his attention on his art, continuing his professional apprenticeship under another full-time artist. Wookie spent 21 years as the lead artist at the original Club Tattoo

Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer

The staff at Wookie Style Tattoos includes, from left, James Patrick, owners Barbi and Terry Hoffman and Sway Alvarez.

in Tempe and just recently broke out on his own in 2016.

He opened his first shop in a small space inside Independent Motorcycles, but when he was approached by other artists who wanted to work for him, he and Barbi made the leap to Ahwatuklee.

“Wookie has a loyal following of clients he has been tattooing for over 25 years,” she added. “Now they’re bringing in their children and even grandchildren

to be tattooed by him – all of age, of course. He has regular clientele that travel to Arizona from as far as Germany just to be tattooed by him.”

Barbi has been in the banking business since college, but when her husband decided to expand, she joined his shop, doing the accounting, bookkeeping, promotions and marketing since opening in February.

They were joined by two other artists

– James Patrick, who has been tattooing for 17 years, and Sway Alvarez, a seven-year veteran of tattooing.

Wookie Style Tattoos defies the tattoo parlor stereotype. It is not dark and dingy, nor is it covered in “you pick it, we stick it” designs.

Instead, Wookie and Barbi seek to create a clean, family-friendly environment centered on creating amazing art and putting the customer first.

The shop itself is designed to be inviting. With cutouts in the wall, the space is open and airy. The décor includes pictures of the artist’s previous work, as well as various “Star Wars” books, figurines, and plush. Wookie’s love of the series is what gave him his nickname.

The welcoming ambiance really does invoke a family-friendly environment, uncommon to most tattoo parlors.

“Everyone around here has wives and kids. We want to be a place where people feel comfortable bringing their family,” Wookie says.

They also show this family-oriented attitude through their limited hours. By being open only on weekdays, the couple can spend more time with their family.

They try to stand out in a highly competitive field.

“Our artists consistently strive to further their artistic abilities by reaching outside the traditional boundaries, also competing at conventions across the See

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Chandler tattoo artist Terry "Wookie" Hoffman has been plying his craft for 25 years and creates some elaborate body art at his studio at 4142 E. Chandler Blvd.

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country and internationally,” Barbi said.

“Even though each artist has their specialty, they are experienced and well-versed in all styles of tattoo artwork. They are also OSHA-certified in bloodborne pathogens – an optional certification in the state of Arizona. We maintain immaculate workstations and utilize all disposable materials, versus other shops that sanitize and reuse materials.

Moreover, the pair strives to put the customer first in all their exchanges.

“We’re about building relationships, getting tattooed is a very personal choice

and we want to give each customer the very best piece of artwork that they’ll wear on their body for the rest of their life,” she said.

They build that bond in different ways.

They never charge for consultations.

The don’t pressure anyone. “A tattoo should really speak to you, and you should consult multiple people and do lots of research before committing,” Wookie said.

And they try to always give their customers more than they ask for.

One woman came into the shop with a picture of an antique corkscrew that was sentimental to her and her family, and Wookie was able to reimagine her image into something she thought was more

beautiful and meaningful than she had ever hoped for.

This customer-forward attitude has served Wookie well, as his customers keep coming back for more, often referring friends and family to him.

“About 70 percent of his customers are repeat customers,” Barbi said.

Added Wookie: “There’s a difference between tattooists and tattoo artists.

Tattooists are just in it for the money, but tattoo artists are there for the art.”

In fact, Wookie believes that the future of the tattoo industry is in the art.

This is why the shop is full of canvas art prints of tattoos.

The shop also recently hired a microblading professional. This new addition

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The business also is also showing Ahwatukee love.

“We’re working really hard to give back to the community,” Barbi said. “We are big supporters of the military and first responders with a 10 percent discount at all times. We will be doing a semicolon special in September where all proceeds will go to suicide awareness charities.

“Wookie has also done a lot of work on cancer survivors, scar cover-ups and reconstruction tattoos, so we’ll be doing additional promotions for Breast Cancer awareness in October.”

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Business Briefs Stephanie Watkins becomes affiliate at Coldwell Banker

Stephanie Watkins has associated with the Chandler office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.

“I have always enjoyed sales. In fact, I have been selling for most of my Stephanie Watkins life. I am passionate about working with clients to create an outcome that benefits them and it all starts with taking the time to understand their needs,” said Watkins. “I loved everything I heard about Coldwell Banker, so it just made sense to affiliate with them.”

Before affiliating with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Watkins worked as a bookkeeper for a title and escrow company, responsible for entry of accounting transactions, account reconciliations, processed payroll, accounts payable and receivable, reporting sales tax and preparing the company’s financials for taxes.

Before that, she was a certified optician, helping customize eyeglasses for patients based upon their needs. She holds an associate degree in business administration and accounting. Active in her community, she volunteers with Feed My Starving Children and Compass Christian Church.

Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

Peixoto Coffee expanding production plant in Chandler

Peixoto Coffee Roasters owners say their product has developed such a strong following since it opened in Downtown Chandler in 2015, that they need for additional space for processing the beans they import from their family-owned farm in Brazil.

They’ve leased 8,000 square feet of industrial space in Uptown Chandler, on the southeast corner of Elliot Road and Arizona in Chandler.

“In-store sales continue to increase year over year and our wholesale business has picked up significantly,” said cofounder Jeff Peters.

Mayor Jay Tibshraeny called the move “another win for the Uptown Chandler employment corridor, which continues to receive attention from businesses looking for a unique, vibrant environment to open up cost-efficient operations.”

Peixoto previously produced all of its coffee in the store. This new industrial space will allow the company to meet its growing demand and also allow the coffee shop to open up more customer seating in the store.

“We are thrilled to grow in Chandler, where the community has been very welcoming to our business from day one,” said Peters, who thanked city’s Economic Development Division “for helping us find this industrial building and their assistance with the permitting process.”

Other tenants in Uptown Chandler include NXP, State Forty Eight, SanTan Brewery’s production facility, Turbo Resources, Maxim Integrated, StrongMind and BASELAYER.

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Vendors sought for Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off

Chandler’s annual family-friendly culinary competition, the Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off, wants vendors to participate in the Nov. 18 event at Tumbleweed Ranch. Vendors specializing in food and beverages, merchandise, artist sales and farmers markets, along with nonprofit organizations, businesses and companies with informational booths are invited to participate.

Now in its ninth year, the Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off features teams working from authentic chuck wagons as they cook in the style of 1880s cattle drives. The event is produced by Chandler Museum and its support organization, Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch.

Preference will be given to vendors who specialize in cooking, local foods, Western art, and other Old West or history-related items. The deadline to submit a vendor application is Aug. 31.

Vendor applications are available online at pardnersoftumbleweedranch.org, or by calling Mary Ellen Crane at 602-291-9233.

Along with the chuck wagons, there will be local musical entertainment, a junior cooking clinic, and an awards ceremony. Last year, more than 2,000 people attended.

Father’s Day celebrated at Ocotillo Village Health Club

The Ocotillo Village Health Club & Spa offers informative golf clinics and spa services for Fathers Day gifts.

The Ocotillo Village Health Club & Spa

and Troon Golf offer “Try Golf Today” clinics on the first Thursday of the month at the nearby Whirlwind Golf Club at Wild Horse Pass, with the next clinic on at 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7.

It features 60 minutes of instruction on golf fundamentals, etiquette, basic rules, plus includes clubs and a drink ticket for beer or wine afterward. Members should sign up at least three days prior to each clinic by contacting Rodney Kinney at rkinney@dmbclubs.com.

The Ocotillo Village Spa also offers a Men’s Sport “Pedicare” where men recline in a zero-gravity chair with a beer while the Village Spa’s expert nail technicians take care of his feet. They can pair it with a hot stone or sports stretch massage.

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Two Chandler multifamily complexes sold

Institutional Property Advisors Steve Gebing and Cliff David closed on two complexes in Chandler recently.

The Met at Fashion Center, with 303 units, sold for $64.8 million while the 301-unit Alta Steelyard Lofts sold at $69.25 million.

Alta Steelyard Lofts, a core Class “A” mid-rise, “is a signature asset centrally located in downtown Chandler’s burgeoning economic landscape, offering local professionals walkability to a charming urban social scene,” the company said. Completed in 2016 on the former site of a steel fabrication facility, Alta Steelyard Lofts is at 155 East Frye Road near Arizona Avenue in Chandler.

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Chandler teen inspires community through athletics BYBRIAN BENESCH Sports Editor

Jordan Wright’s athletic journey started seven years ago.

It was a journey that almost never began at all for the Chandler teen.

Sitting outside the entrance of his first competition, Jordan refused to participate. According to his mother, Amanda Steele, a 45-minute meltdown ensued. It was a nightmare situation, but a little persuading and “bribery” helped turn it into a fairy tale.

Daily routines, let alone athletic events, can be a struggle for 18-year-old Jordan. The Mountain Pointe High senior has autism.

But his developmental disorder has never stopped him from believing in himself.

All he had to do was get out of the car that day, and once he did, he opened up a door to the rest of his life. Jordan eventually found an outlet in sports, and more importantly, his mother found a remedy for his many needs.

“I don’t think we realized we had a natural athlete on our hands,” Steele said.

“He is a movement-seeker. Once we realized that movement was his solace, it helped regulate his obvious needs. Now, he moves constantly.”

Amanda has seen the immense benefits the last several years of activities have brought for Jordan. She says the constant movement has helped him develop social skills, which certainly shine today.

“He used to be overweight and chunky.

He and I lost a lot of weight together when we started exercising and seeing the benefits of what the movement was creating for him. He was happier and more focused. Six days a week, we spend 45 minutes exercising before he starts his day,” she said.

It’s safe to say the busy schedule has paid off for Jordan. Recently, he participated in more events than any athlete at the Special Olympics Games, taking home three gold medals.

The victories were fitting for Jordan, as he says his favorite part about competing is winning medals.

The next competition on his docket is the prestigious USA Games in Seattle,

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Amanda Steele said sports changed son Jordan Wright’s life. The Mountain Pointe senior won three gold medals at the Special Olympics.

starting on July 1. While at the event, Jordan will be staying with his team, in a separate hotel from his mother.

It’s a big step for him, but if his past has demonstrated anything, it’s that he’ll overcome any obstacles in his way, just as he does on the track.

After all, perseverance is the theme of this extraordinary young man’s life.

“At 18 months old, I knew something was different about Jordan, I just didn’t know what it was,” Steele recalled. “I had a friend who had a kid at the daycare and she said, ‘He has autism.’ I said, ‘What is that?’ She said his brain functions differently, so I went home and researched it and realized that’s what Jordan has.”

Steele, who works as a speech therapist, then went into detail about the odd behavior Jordan exhibited as a child. She said he was obsessive about light switches. He needed to flip the lights on and off at all times.

“The roughest parts were those beginning years and understanding a child with no language,” she says. “He was non-verbal until about age 12. We had to understand how to meet needs that he couldn’t explain to you.”

A typical week now consists of nonstop sporting events. On Saturdays alone, Jordan bounces from track practice to power-lifting class to volleyball within hours of each other.

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His excellence stretches far beyond the athletic fields, though. Jordan regularly volunteers his time to give back to others. On any given day, he can be found raising funds for the Special Olympics and East Kyrene Girl Scouts or helping in the kitchen of his favorite restaurant, Zzeeks Pizza.

Jordan has many interests, saying, “I like rock climbing, zumba, watching movies, cooking and karaoke.”

And somehow, he seems to fit all those

interests into his busy schedule.

“The most rewarding part of the journey is watching him persevere,” Steele said. “Kids with autism are typically pretty antisocial, so for him to want to be part of the community is humungous. He’s found his community.”

While Jordan has become a pillar in the community, Steele and her husband are doing their part as well. The couple currently fosters special-needs children in their home. Jordan has had five foster siblings so far.

And unsurprisingly, he has embraced his role as a mentor for those children. It’s simply another day in the life for Jordan.

He is excited to start the work bridge program after this semester at Mountain Pointe. It will be yet another challenge in his long line of hurdles, on and off the track.

The young man who once refused to participate in any event is now a proactive superstar of the community.

“We used to have to bribe and, today, he’s looking forward to doing something new,” Steele said. “It was hard, but it’s been just several years of watching him soar.”

As Jordan gets ready to soar at the 2018 USA Games in Seattle, feel free to follow along with his triumphs at facebook.com/Jordan-Wrights-Journey.

-Contact Brian Benesch at 480-8985630 or bbenesch@timespublications.com.

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Hamilton girls just miss out on dream season

BY BRIAN BENESCH Tribune Sports Editor

Hamilton softball’s powerful lineup finally met its match in senior Pinnacle pitcher Marissa Schuld, who shut down the Huskies with a two-hit complete game to give the Pioneers a state title on May 14.

This was the third meeting in a row between the two teams in the championship game, with Hamilton victorious in the previous two. They once again entered the contest as a heavy favorite, but Schuld and company spoiled a near-perfect season for the Huskies.

A 4-0 loss was not exactly the fairy tale ending the group was hoping for. Hamilton appeared to be a team of destiny, winners of an incredible 26 games in a row entering the title showdown.

Before the game, Hamilton Head Coach Rocky Parra said his team needed to simply play its game to win. The Huskies’ game has consisted of hitting the ball and being aggressive all season long.

The group was unable to impose its will, though, thanks to a dominant performance

by Schuld. The pitcher, headed to the University of Arizona this fall, had a perfect game going in the bottom of the fifth inning.

The Huskies faced adversity at this point in the game. And despite a season that only featured a single tournament loss, it wasn’t the first time the team had to persevere.

“We’ve had injuries,” Parra said. “Ali

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Members of the Hamilton High girls softball team include Loganne Stepp, Kailey Pascual, Macy Simmons, Taylor Gindlesperger, Ali Ashner, Abigail Andersen, Kylee Saunders, Lorena VasquezInzunza, Danielle Cole, Hannah Vargas, Madison Seigworth, Teagon Dobson, Katelyn Woodward, Dolores Trigueros, Alexis Aanaya, Tierney Zubchevich, Alex Elvira and Adhya Tandon.

Ashner tore her ACL about five games ago.

Those were big losses. We’ve had some great senior leadership. Whenever we had an issue, they brought it up and took care of it themselves. Nobody is bigger than the team.”

Hamilton’s unmatched determination was on display in that fifth inning, with their season on the line. Lorena Vasquez-Inzunza broke Schuld’s perfect game with a shot into left field. The dugout erupted, and Danielle Cole followed that with a single of her own.

The rally was on for the Huskies, but it

ultimately fell short. Nevertheless, the softball team showed why they are consistently among the state’s best.

Hamilton entered the year with lofty expectations after back-to-back titles. And somehow, the team exceeded those expectations.

During the regular season, Hamilton outscored opponents by a staggering 19829 margin. Huge seasons at the plate by Macy Simmons, Abigail Andersen and Taylor Gindlesperger helped propel the Huskies

into unprecedented territory.

Parra praised his team’s ability to stay calm under pressure throughout the year.

“We stayed pretty relaxed the whole time. They had big expectations, so they started out with the attitude that they had to prove it. They came out really aggressive.

We knew we had the talent. We just had to perform each game,” the coach said.

The only blemish on Hamilton’s record came in the form of a 5-1 loss to Mater Dei in an early-season tournament. But the team’s overall record still reflected an undefeated 18-0 campaign in Arizona softball.

Still, Parra refused to say the Huskies had a perfect regular season.

“No, we lost that one game,” he said. “We go to Bullhead City to play the best competition and we came back with one loss.”

It was that kind of ownership and attitude that Parra instilled in this resilient bunch of talented players. It’s the reason why fans can expect to see this team back in contention for a title again next season.

Monday night’s loss to Pinnacle may have been a bitter ending, but it may also be just the beginning for the next generation of elite Husky softball.

“Our pitching has been great,” Parra said.

“Our hitting was strong all along and our biggest improvement was on defense. We just have to play our game.”

Contact Brian Benesch at 480-898-5630 or bbenesch@timespublications.com. Follow him on Twitter @AZBenesch

Chandler athlete happy 40-year-old record broken

BY BRIAN BENESCH Sports Editor

When Chandler High School track star Jai Gruenwald broke a 40-year-old record in the long jump earlier this month, Roxanne Malinski was relieved.

Malinski was hoping for a recordbreaking performance as the Wolves’ senior geared up for her last leap at the state final, and Gruenwald did not disappoint.

Her distance of 20 feet, 6.75 inches edged out the all-time mark of 20 feet, 4.5 inches.

That previous mark was set 1978 by Malinski, known then by her maiden name of Roxanne Keating. She accomplished the feat as a member of the Cortez High track team, and it would remain the distance to beat four decades later.

Malinski reminisced about the longevity of her mark: “Isn’t it crazy? I talked to my high school coach about how we were just ahead of the times, with our training techniques and approach work. For it to stand 40 years still surprises me.”

The Chandler resident admits she had been rooting for her old mark to be broken for some time. And she specifically hoped that an athlete from Chandler High would be responsible for setting the new record.

“It wasn’t until recently – there was a girl from Chandler High, Jasmine Todd. She was very close to it,” she said. “I was hoping she would pass it. And then (Jai) at Chandler; they have an awesome program there.”

Although Malinski was not in attendance at Mesa Community College when Gruenwald landed her jump, she still marveled at the athlete’s performance.

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Roxanne Keating was rooting fror a Chandler High athlete to break her long jump record.

the likes of Malinski, who continued with the sport long after her high school days.

Born and raised in Phoenix, Malinski started running competitively when she was just 9 years old. Her career began with the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union), and her love for the sport truly blossomed as a teenager.

At that time, students could not run for both their school and club teams, so Malinski chose to stick with her AAU squad.

She says the team offered more out-of-state competitions, which she found appealing.

Malinski elected to run for Cortez during her senior year. And that experience helped prepare her for the next hurdle in her journey: heptathlons. She was eventually a heptathlon champion in 1981, the crowning achievement of her athletic career.

But despite the many accomplishments, Malinski will never forget setting the long jump record that day at Phoenix College, 40 years ago.

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Roxanne Keating, whose married name is Malinski, is happy her record is broken.

“I had been practicing, working hard on sprints, approaches and getting the form down,” she recalled, heading into that jump.

“I’m not sure what the high school record was at that time, but the long jump pretty much was my specialty.”

The record officially belonged to her in 1978, and it would stay that way until this past May 2.

Malinski, who now works as an endoscopy nurse, was one of the first people to reach out to Gruenwald after her historic jump at the state final.

“I sent her a little note at school, saying congratulations,” she said. “It was just a little note I thought I’d drop her.”

It was a symbolic passing of the torch from one high school track legend to another.

“I know the hard work and dedication it takes to make that jump,” Malinski said. “She’s headed to UCLA – just continue to work hard in the classroom and on the track.”

Contact Brian Benesch at 480-898-5630 or bbenesch@timespublications.com. Follow him on Twitter @AZBenesch

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All the world a stage at Camp Kidz

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Budding actors can learn how to shine on stage at Camp Kidz at the Chandler Center for the Arts this summer.

Youths ages 7-14 will explore musical theater at the three daytime camps, being held June 4-22; June 25-29 and July 9-13 at the center, 250 N. Arizona Ave. Campers will participate in a camp with a “larger script with costumes and two performance opportunities” at the center during the June 4-22 camp, said Kristen Drathman, camp director at Chandler Center for the Arts.

That first camp has already sold out.

The other will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

During the second camp, students will learn a short script and have one chance to perform for parents during camp hours. Camp three lasts one week and is similar to the second camp.

“Kids get the opportunity to spend time in a professional theater setting working with professional artists who will coach them in all aspects of musical theater, including dancing, singing and acting,” Drathman said.

“Students will learn how to be involved with putting on a musical,” she added. “At the beginning, every camper auditions for a role. They work as a team to create the best show possible. They meet wonderful friends and get exercise during the summer in Arizona!”

Students do not need any experience in singing, acting or dancing to take part in the camps.

After they complete the camps, the students will perform for parents.

“It is always amazing how much these campers accomplish,” Drathman said. “Friends and family are definitely encouraged to come and enjoy.”

Drathman manages every aspect of the camp and hires “well-qualified directors, choreographers and interns to work their magic with the campers,” said Terri Rettig, assistant manager at Chandler Center for the Arts.

Drathman is a Phoenix-based actor, teacher, singer and concert performer who has sung in venues around the world including at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and at the Brooklyn

communication skills, teamwork and problem solving.

“They also learn lines, choreography and songs. They form lifelong friends and many return year after year. I think this camp is definitely geared for people that enjoy singing, dancing and acting.”

She added, “Although some campers don’t even realize this would be something they would love until they are involved in the camp. There are all levels

Youths show off the skills they learned during Camp Kidz.

Conservatory Summer Opera Festival.

She has been teaching acting and voice privately for 13 years and has a studio with more than 50 students ages 7 to 40. Her former students have gone on to perform on national “American Idol” tours and on Broadway.

“I believe that music theatre can help with all aspects of learning and growing,” Drathman said. “These campers learn

of talent and experience.”

Camp one, which lasts three weeks, costs $545. The one-week camps cost $205 per camper/individual. Parents can get a $15 discount on the third camp when buying camps two and three together.

To register a child for Camp Kidz, which is one of the arts center’s Connecting Kidz programs: chandlercenter.org.

City summer camps offer fun activities

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

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Children and teens will have the chance to explore sports, arts, crafts, hiking and a variety of other activities to suit their personalities and keep moving during summer day camps sponsored by the City of Chandler.

The summer camps will run from June 4 to July 20 and parents can choose various options to meet their needs,

including half or full-day programs. All camps offer field trips and days to go swimming at city pools.

“We wanted to make sure there was something for every family,” said Tiffanie Hawkins, marketing and communications coordinator for the city Parks and Recreation Department.

“Traditional brain drain everyone refers to over the summer, our camps help to combat that, which is why we offer such a wide variety across the

spectrum….(to) make sure downtime is used wisely.”

Traditional Day Camp gives youths ages 5 to 12 a chance to do arts and crafts projects, play sports, engage in computer activities, participate in science, technology, engineering and math lessons, go to the movies and stay busy in other ways.

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Tumbleweed Recreation Center, 745 E. Germann Road and at the Chandler Community Center at 125 E. Commonwealth Ave. Youths who enjoy the great outdoors might like hiking, doing arts and crafts and performing experiments, among other activities outside in the Nature Camp at the Environmental Education Center at Veterans Oasis Park, 4050 E. Chandler Heights Road.

Club TRC for youths ages 10 to 13 will also take place at Tumbleweed Recreation Center, giving older youths

a chance to spend time with kids their own age doing activities more tailored to their interests.

Kids who get a kick out of sports can play basketball, lacrosse, soccer, softball and football in Chandler’s Sports Camp at Snedigar Recreation Center, 4500 S. Basha Road.

They will also have a chance to play tennis and participate in archery in the non-competitive camp.

Teenagers who want to get a taste of the real-world can build their leadership skills in Chandler’s Leaders in Training Program.

Youths ages 14 to 17 will do handsCity of Chandler on activities in different areas of the Field trips are part of the summer camps the City city government or with private partners of Chandler holds.

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Children and adults can catch a classic tale at a downtown Chandler theater.

Chandler Youth Theater is performing Peter Pan Jr. today, June 2, and Sunday, June 3, at the theater

inside ImprovMANIA Comedy Club at 250 N. Arizona Ave. Shows will be at 2 p.m. today and 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. June 3.

This production is an abbreviated version of the full play with similarities to the movie.

There will be 25 cast members

ages 6 to 16 in the performance.

The audiences can see a 25-foot pirate ship with functioning cannons in the shows.

Tickets cost $14.50 for adults and $12.50 for youths and students.

People may purchase tickets at ChandlerYouthTheater.com.

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They will learn skills needed in the professional world in private and civic venues over six-weeks with guidance from mentors.

Something new this season is the Lunchkins Meal Program, where parents can pay for their children’s lunch from a third-party private provider any days they like.

The cost is $6 per day, not including tax. The meal includes a “classic or global” entrée, along with vegetables, fruit and water or juice.

Space in the camps is filling up quickly, especially for a full-day program.

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CALENDAR FROM PAGE 2 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 ImprovMANIA, 7 p.m. Join ImprovMANIA on Fridays and Saturdays for family-friendly comedy shows. ImprovMANIA’s improv performances are fast paced, like the show “Whose Line is it Anyway?” Prepare for a night of laughter in downtown Chandler.

ImprovMANIA, 250 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler, $10, 480-699-4598, improvmania.net.

5, 12, 19, 26 Lapsit Babytime, 11:30 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.

Read books, listen to music and interact with fun puppets at playtime. All activities are designed for newborns to 18-month-old children. One parent for each child is highly recommended.

Basha Library, 5990 S. Val Vista Drive, Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

2 Diamondbacks Game, 7:10 p.m. Watch the Arizona Diamondbacks take on the Miami Marlins at Chase Field. The first 20,000 people will receive a “Star Wars” Paul Solo Bobblehead.

Chase Field, 401 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, $19 to $135, 602-514-8400, mlb.com/dbacks.

5, 12, 19, 26 Lego Club, 4 p.m. Meet new friends and have fun building with Lego, which are supplied.

Lego Club is a Vertex program, where Chandler Public Library intersects with STEAM and makerspace.

Sunset Library Monsoon Room, 4930 W. Ray Road, Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

2 Libraries Rock: Summer Reading Challenge Kick-Off with Indigenous Enterprise, 2 p.m.

Watch a performance by Indigenous Enterprise and sign up for the Chandler Library’s Summer Reading Program. Donning feathers, ribbons and beads, Indigenous Enterprise blends traditional and contemporary native styles of dance.

Hamilton Library, 3700 S. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

3, 16 CREATE Junior: 3-D Printing, 1 p.m. Kids can learn about engineering and technology this summer at the Arizona Science Center. At this event, participants will learn how to create 3-D objects and how to print it on a 3-D printer.

Arizona Science Center, 600 E. Washington St., Phoenix, $35, 602-716-2000, azscience.org.

4 Monday Movie Matinee, 2 p.m. Stop by the library and watch “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.” Free popcorn will be available to munch on during the movie.

Downtown Library Copper Room, 22 S. Delaware St., Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

4, 11, 18, 25 Read & Play Group, 11:30 to 11:55 a.m. Network with other parents while children read and play games. Child development experts may visit.

Hamilton Library, 3700 S. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

5, 12, 19, 26 Toddlertime, 10:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.

Toddlertime features singing and puppets to engage the children. The storytime is approximately 30 minutes.

Sunset Library Monsoon Room, 4930 W. Ray Road, Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

5, 12, 19, 26 Family Storytime, 6:30 p.m. Read books, sing songs and play with puppets at Family Storytime. This week, families will build forts, select books and read. Materials to build the forts will be provided.

Sunset Library Monsoon Room, 4930 W. Ray Road, Chandler, free.

480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

5, 12, 19, 26 STEAM Club, 4 to 5 p.m. Come to the Chandler Library STEAM Club and have fun on Tuesdays with science, technology, engineering, art and math. Win prizes just for showing up. Ages 6-11. STEAM Club is a Vertex program, where Chandler Public Library intersects with STEAM and makerspace.

Downtown Library, 22 S. Delaware St., Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

6, 13, 20, 27 Ready, Set, Preschool!, 9:15 and 11 a.m.

Preschool-age children prepare for kindergarten through singing and activities.

This program requires active participation by both the child and the caregiver to be able to learn how to apply these skills at home.

Hamilton Library, 3700 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

6, 13, 20, 27 Lapsit Babytime, 10 and 11 a.m. Read books, listen to music and interact with fun puppets at play time. All activities are designed for newborns to 18-month-old children. One parent for each child is highly recommended.

Downtown Library Copper Room North, 22 S. Delaware St., Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

7, 14, 21, 28 Toddlertime, 9:15 and 9:45 a.m. Toddlertime features singing and puppets to engage the

children. The storytime is approximately 30 minutes.

Basha Library, 5990 S. Val Vista Drive, Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

Chandler Public Library intersects with STEAM and makerspace.

Downtown Library, 22 S. Delaware St., Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

7, 14, 21, 28 Ready, Set, Preschool!, 10:15 to 11 a.m. Children ages 3 to 5 prepare for kindergarten through songs and activities. This is a 45-minute program.

Basha Library, 5990 S. Val Vista Drive, Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

16 Arduino Meet Up Group, 6:30 p.m. Learn about microcontroller technology from people well-versed in Arduino, a computing platform. This event is perfect for all ages to participate in the monthly CREATEduino workshop.

Arizona Science Center, 600 E. Washington St., Phoenix, free, 602-716-2000, azscience.org.

7, 21, 28 Toddlertime, 10:30 and 11:15 a.m. Songs and puppets engage toddlers during this 30-minute event. Downtown Library, 22 S. Delaware Street, Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

9 Preschool Science: We’ve Lost Our Marbles, 10:15 a.m. Children interested in science will learn about gravity and motion at this handson event. Kids will learn about physics through ramps and bouncy balls.

Arizona Science Center, 600 E. Washington St., Phoenix, $15 to $20, 602-716-2000, azscience.org.

9 Read to a Dog, 10 to 11 a.m. Children of all ages are welcome to practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog.

Downtown Library Copper Room, 22 S. Delaware St., Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

9 Superhero Prowl & Play, 5:30 p.m. Become a superhero for a day and spend an evening hanging out at the zoo. Kids can celebrate World Ocean’s Day with the stingrays or ride down the waterslides on the Lakeside Lawn.

There will also be a special Superhero Training Academy where they can have fun on the Spidey Jump Wall, Lava Pit Escape, Hulk Smash and the Kaboom Slingshot. The zoo will also extend the hours for some of their most popular animal experiences, like the Safari Cruiser and Monkey Village.

Phoenix Zoo, 455 N. Galvin Pkwy., Phoenix, free to $10, 602-286-3800, phoenixzoo.org.

10 Phoenix Mercury, 6 p.m. Watch the Phoenix Mercury take on the Las Vegas Aces at Talking Stick Resort Arena.

Talking Stick Resort Arena, 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, $9 to $230, 602-379-7878, talkingstickresortarena.com.

14, 21, 28 Lego Club, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Meet new friends and have fun building with Lego, which are supplied. Lego Club is a Vertex program, where

17 Diamondbacks Game, 1:10 p.m. Watch the Arizona Diamondbacks take on the New York Mets at Chase Field. The first 15,000 people will receive a Father’s Day Hawaiian Shirt.

Chase Field, 401 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, $19 to $135, 602-514-8400, mlb.com/dbacks.

23 Wagner Dance Arts, 6 p.m. Watch students from the Wagner Dance Arts Studio at their spring performance. This season’s theme is inspired by “The Wizard of Oz” and will transport audience members to the Emerald City and beyond. Dancers of all ages will perform.

Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler, $16 to $20, 480-782-2680, chandlercenter.org.

24 “Annie,” 2 p.m. Follow little orphan Annie as she adventures around New York City in the 1930s and finds a family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks.

Herberger Theater, 222 E. Monroe St., Phoenix, $20.50 to $39.50, 602-252-8497, herbergertheater.org.

30 Diamondbacks Game, 7:10 p.m. Watch the Arizona Diamondbacks take on the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. The first 20,000 fans will receive a duffel bag.

Chase Field, 401 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, $19 to $135, 602-514-8400, mlb.com/dbacks.

30 Showtime! Timeless Music from Broadway & Hollywood, 11 a.m. Listen to SoSco Flute & Guitar Duo as they play music from Broadway and Hollywood. Some of the music will be taken from composers Rodgers and Hammerstein, James Horner and John Williams.

Basha Library, 5990 S. Val Vista Drive, Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

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Chandler grad to classmates: Pursue your passion

BY NIKHIL DAVE Guest Writer

Nikhil Dave, of Chandler, the valedictorian for Horizon Honors’ Class of 2018, delivered this address to his classmates at graduation ceremonies May 29.

I have been attending Horizon since the first grade. Throughout my 12 years as a part of this amazing community, I have learned numerous lessons.

But there is one lesson that has truly transformed my life over the past four years. Tonight, as we walk across this stage together, and prepare to enter the next chapter of our lives, my one request to you is that you keep this message in mind, wherever your future takes you: Find your passion, and pursue it selflessly.

To start, I’d like to share a quick personal story from about a year ago. As some of you may know, at the beginning of our junior year, my mother was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer.

I’m proud to say that now, she is cancer free and in remission. However, throughout

the ten months which she valiantly endured chemotherapy, a double mastectomy and radiation therapy, I learned a very important lesson which I will keep for the rest of my life.

I learned just how fragile life is.

I went to bed one night and woke up the next day to find out that my mother would spend the next year fighting for her life. It came out of nowhere. I realized how life can change on a dime – within minutes or even seconds. And because of that, I learned that there is no time to waste doing something you don’t love.

Life is incredibly delicate and short, so spend your time doing what you are passionate about. Passion is the fire that will always burn in your heart, no matter how windy the circumstances around you are. It is the crayon which colors in the black and white world that we all live in. Without it, life would be bland, boring, and pointless.

Take action in what you’re passionate about and never lose sight of your dreams, regardless of external critique or circumstance.

Now, there are commencement speeches

around the country right now telling you to find your passion, but they’re missing the important part – pursuing it selflessly. Find your passion and pursue it selflessly.

Selflessly means doing something you truly love to do, irrespective of money, recognition, or prestige. It means that the work you do is done with the purpose of bettering, not you, but what it is that you’re doing, whether this be in the art you love or for the people you love.

Those who make a difference in this world, small or big, are those that find their passion, and pursue it selflessly. Our amazing teachers and faculty at Horizon model this daily, giving themselves in a myriad of ways; however, the one example that always stood out to me was the one set by my World History teacher, Mr. Huber.

While this may be the only thing that my slightly over-saturated brain actually remembered from taking World History sophomore year; it is by far, the most important thing I have learned throughout my twelve years of classes at Horizon.

When I took World History, it was my

last class of the day. Now, the convention for these end-of-day classes is to have the students stack their chairs in the last few minutes of class, so that a team of students can quickly reset the room and prepare it for cleaning that night.

While I had gotten accustomed to packing my bag at 2:25, to stack my chair and head out for the day, Mr. Huber, insisted on doing things differently.

Instead, he spent every second of those last five minutes teaching, and then selflessly stacked the 30 chairs in his classroom alone – every single class, every single day. As I picked up on this, his passion for what he did, teaching, became clearer than day.

I soon realized, that when doing something passionately, it no longer becomes about you, and it becomes entirely about the art of what you are doing. As I continue to navigate the world, I hope to pursue my passions with this same selflessness and fire, and I hope that you too will find your passion, and pursue it selflessly.

Libcon gives teens safe environment

BY RENÉ LOPEZ Guest Writer

The Chandler Public Library soon will host its popular LibCon, which provides teenagers and pre-teens a safe place to hang out and share interests in sci-fi, comic books, anime, gaming and cosplay.

LibCon 2018, a free Comicon-style event for ages 12-18 is 6-9:30 p.m. June 9, at the downtown Chandler Public Library, 22 S. Delaware St. Participants experience the

world of conventions in a secure environment, allowing them to express individual creativity.

I am excited about this year’s LibCon and some of the new additions, such as Basha High School students performing a K-Pop dance, a teen hang-out area and a Crunchy Roll Anime viewing. Vendors will be selling artwork.

There will be an area designated for gaming. Youths experience pop culture and new interests. The entire library will be at their fingertips.

Participants are encouraged to dress in costume as their favorite character, wheth-

er from a movie or one they create. It is important to keep safety in mind. This is the place to be creative and to be ready to meet new people with similar interests.

LibCon is among many programs and services provided by the Chandler Public Library.

There are resources available for all ages, including assistance in preparing for academic tests, access to the job center, free music downloads and a variety of literacy classes.

Books remain available for checkout or downloading in digital and audio formats.

A library card is all that is needed to begin exploring these services.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Allyson Bullock and Nicolas Resteiner, library assistants, during my recent “Chandler In Focus” show.

We discussed the connection between literacy and these types of events. They are very excited to see everyone’s costumes and are looking forward to this year’s LibCon at the downtown Chandler Public Library.

Registration is not required. For more information, visit chandlerlibrary.org/libcon and watch my “Chandler In Focus” show at chandleraz.gov/newsroom.

René Lopez is a Chandler City councilman.

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D-backs agreement good for taxpayers, fans and team

BY DENNY BARNEY Guest Writer

From the very beginning, I believed we could work it out.

Last year, after the Diamondbacks sued the Maricopa County Stadium District board of directors, I wrote: I am, by nature, someone who looks for consensus. It’s a necessary part of being chairman, and it’s just good practice in life. So I’m hopeful that this dispute over maintenance costs can be resolved out of court, at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers.

My colleagues and I have now approved a memorandum of understanding that simplifies the original agreements between the district and the team and resolves the lawsuit without the additional expenses of what would be a

long arbitration process.

Imperfect as it may be, I look at this as the best remaining solution to a problem that predates all of us on the board.

Under the MOU, the county maintains ownership of the stadium and the surrounding property, but the Diamondbacks control everything else.

They are responsible for any and all repairs, maintenance, and improvements to the stadium. They are also responsible for booking non-baseball events like concerts.

This is the right balance, in my mind.

It’s good the county owns a piece of prime real estate in the heart of Phoenix, but I would argue county government does not necessarily belong in the stadium-management business.

While keeping the team at Chase Field was our goal all along, the business of baseball has changed in the two decades

since the stadium opened.

It was clear as we went through the mediation process that a more realistic path forward was to give the team flexibility to explore other stadium options while also incentivizing them to stay in Maricopa County. This is what the agreement does.

The MOU prohibits the team from leaving Maricopa County before 2022 and requires a buyout of between $5 million and $25 million if they leave before the MOU expires in 2027.

Some have wondered why we chose those amounts. It’s simple. The money replaces the rent the team would have paid over that timeframe and makes the taxpayer whole. Throughout this process, this board has had a laser focus on doing what’s right for the taxpayers who invested so heavily in bringing major league baseball to Arizona.

Times have changed. Most people don’t want public funds used for sports stadiums, and I agree with that view.

This board was never going to ask taxpayers to pour additional money into Chase Field or a future venue. What’s undeniable, though, is that baseball in Phoenix has had a significant and positive economic impact on our community.

Personally, I hope the Diamondbacks stay at Chase Field and invest in making the stadium what they want it to be.

Whatever happens, the team is a huge asset to our community and we want them in Maricopa County for the long-term.

Ultimately, we took a solutions-based approach to resolving this dispute, rebuilding an important relationship, and – we hope – retaining an economic and cultural force in our community for many years.

Denny Barney is a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

Soak-the-rich initiative will derail state’s recovery

BY SCOT MUSSI

AFN Guest Writer

Looking to exploit the momentum created by the recent school strike, a small coalition of liberal organizations and labor unions have launched a ballot initiative that would permanently damage Arizona’s economy.

The proposed “Invest in Education” proposition would impose a new top individual income tax bracket of 9 percent, a near doubling of the current top rate of 4.54 percent. This radical increase would give Arizona the fifth highest income tax rate in the nation, trailing only California, Hawaii, Oregon and Minnesota.

Joining the ranks of the high-income tax states would be a decision that Arizona would quickly come to regret. The evidence is overwhelming – states with a low or no income tax have consistently outperformed high tax states in job creation and economic growth.

It is why for decades Americans have been voting with their feet and moving to states, like Arizona, with a favorable tax climate.

On net, nearly 1,000 people a day are

migrating to low-income-tax states, while the same number is exiting high-tax states.

If this initiative passes, we should expect entrepreneurs, high earners and employers to take their jobs and investments elsewhere.

To justify their crushing tax hike, proponents are promising that the approximately $700 million in anticipated new revenue from the tax will go toward K-12 funding. Of course, the initiative doesn’t include any language that ensures the money will make it into the classroom, nor does it include any reforms to improve outcomes or parental satisfaction.

They are also selling their plan on the idea that only the “rich” will pay the tax increase. In reality, small business owners and entrepreneurs will be hammered by the increase since they pay their taxes through the individual tax code.

Also unmentioned by the proponents of the initiative is that a new revenue stream for schools is no longer needed.

While the Red for Ed debate was raging on at the Legislature and in living rooms this spring, economic forecasts confirmed that Arizona would have the largest budget surplus since the Great Recession.

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It can be argued that lawmakers reacted too slowly during the legislative session to allocate new funding into K-12 classrooms (close to $1 billion), but it

illustrated that the best mechanism to generate more money for schools is through economic growth, not job crushing tax increases.

The impact of the largest tax increase in Arizona history would be catastrophic. It would kill jobs, punish small business owners and send families fleeing to other states.

The proponents Special to the San Tan Sun News of this measure might think they are being clever by linking two politically attractive targets – school funding and taxing the “rich” – but we are confident that voters will see through their ploy and reject this divisive initiative if it reaches the ballot.

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These two Chandler employees helped steer city

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Two women who have helped steer Chandler from a quiet town to a booming and diverse city have retired after more than 60 years of combined service in municipal government.

Nachie Marquez, 54, retired as an assistant city manager June 1. That same day, Soila “Inez” Perreault, 71, said farewell to Chandler, where she had served the community for 30 years in city libraries.

The two women have come a long way from where they started decades ago.

Both city professionals say they will miss their colleagues and are grateful for the opportunities to grow in their fields and help enhance Chandler’s relationship with residents.

Marquez and Perreault also plan to stay active in the community – either with public speaking, volunteering in a school or other outreach – as well as travel and spend time with their families.

“You look at the industries,” Marquez said. “You look at the companies here.

It’s exciting to see. We’ve been blessed with terrific elected officials. I’ve had the privilege to work with two phenomenal mayors. It’s been just a wonderful,

to be in these places.”

Prior to starting her work for Chandler in 2000, Marquez, whose real first name is Ignacia, had worked in government for 12 years for Tempe and three for Phoenix.

Also an Arizona native, Perreault had worked as a hair stylist at a Chandler salon before she began working at the downtown library 30 years ago.

She started as a page and then became a library aide, moving to the Hamilton Library branch Craig Younger/City of Chandler in 2012 until her Nachie Marquez, left, and Soila “Inez” Perreault were recognized last month at recent retirement.

Perreault said the a Chandler City Council study session as they prepared to retire. city has provided helpful training and wonderful community to have seen. You reimbursed her for some of her tuition reflect back and realize what a privilege

costs when she earned a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Phoenix.

“They’ve been really good,” she said.

“They really do provide a lot of resources for us, learning skills. We can get ahead, just offering a lot of classes in technology and leadership and then providing more resources for us to serve the community.

I’ve worked with some really wonderful people. I’m going to miss them all.”

Marquez said her professional journey in city government began after she earned her bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Arizona State University in 1985.

The former collegiate diver was born in Douglas but grew up in Tucson. She also has a master’s degree in vocational education from Northern Arizona University.

She worked as an intern her last few months at ASU, then was offered a fulltime job as an assignment editor at KTVK 3-TV. Then she became a public relations representative for the Phoenix Police Department in 1986.

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Area church produces 12 Eagle Scouts in a year SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Not many Boy Scouts reach the pinnacle of their membership by achieving the rank of Eagle.

And that makes Mesa Troop 565’s achievement all the more impressive.

The troop, chartered to St. Timothy Catholic Church, fielded an even dozen Eagle Scouts last year. Nine live in Chandler.

To put that achievement in perspective, Bryan on Scouting blog author Bryan Wendell estimates that only 2 percent of all Scouts have attained Eagle rank since the award was created in 1912. The Troop 565 Scouts who earned Eagle rank last year made up 24 percent of their group.

They also belong to what is the largest class of class of Eagles since 2013 and the fourth largest in the BSA’s 108-year history, parent Conni Knoblach said.

Though the 12 boys came from five different Cub Scout packs when they became old enough to become Boy Scouts, “they all have become good friends with each other,” Troop 565 Scoutmaster and Chandler resident Mike Coomer said. “I have no doubt in my mind that these young men will do great things in the future thanks to the skills and adventures (Conni Knoblach/Special to the Tribunel)

Troop 565 Scout Leaders Michael Kominska, committee chair, left rear, and Mike Coomer, Scoutmaster flank nine of the 12 Eagle Scouts from the past year. Front: Robert Buessing, Noah Almanza, Mac Coomer, Spencer Steinmetz and Alex Knoblach; back: Kominska, Ben Campbell, L. Kelly, Ryan Kilde, Solomon Milburn and Coomer.

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Knoblach added: “Every troop is thrilled to celebrate the achievement of an Eagle Scout. However, this troop celebrated on average one Eagle Ranked Scout a month this past year, a year that they will not

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Eagle Scout is a lifelong rank and the highest in the BSA program. Scouts must progress through the six ranks, earn a

minimum of 21 merit badges, prove leadership qualities and plan and execute a major service project to benefit the community.

Combined, the 12 Troop 565 Eagle See

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to use her television skills.

She helped produce videos for police and provided information to the public about Silent Witness and positive news, rather than just crimes. Marquez also worked with a citizens group and talked about Phoenix Police news and information in Spanish on Spanish TV news shows.

“It was a fantastic entrance into local government, public service,” she said.

Marquez also got to meet the late Mother Teresa and the late Pope John Paul II when they visited Phoenix in the late 1980s.

“I spent the day with Mother Teresa,” Marquez said. “You could just feel what an amazing and awesome person she was.

She was just very humble…unlike anyone I had ever met. The hair on my back just stood up.”

She said John Paul II’s presence was “priceless” and being Catholic, her late parents at the time “were beyond ecstatic” about her meeting him.

A Tempe resident at the time, Marquez then took a position as a public information officer for that city in 1989.

She said she had a chance to “grow my skill set.”

Another larger-than-life experience was in store for Marquez. She was named the Super Bowl coordinator ahead of Super Bowl XXX in 1996 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe.

“It was a phenomenal opportunity,” Marquez said. “It was me working with all our city departments. It’s a once-in-

were met,” Marquez said. “It was about public safety and negotiations, marketing, transportation. The last thing that happens is a football game.”

After the Super Bowl, she became the community relations manager for the City of Tempe, managing internal and external communications.

As part of the International City/ County Management Association, Marquez had a chance to work closely hosting delegations visiting Tempe from other countries.

She hosted a master’s degree student visiting from Slovakia who lived and worked with her in Chandler for a few Craig Younger/City of Chandler months.

Posing at a council study session are, from left, Councilman Sam In 2003, while Huang, now retired assistant city manager Nachie Marquez and working for the City Mayor Jay Tibshraeny. of Chandler, Marquez a-lifetime experience. It took the entire got to visit Slovakia City of Tempe to make it happen.” to talk about how Chandler does She orchestrated more than 100 communications and citizen engagement. neighborhood meetings to inform Through her work in the cities of residents about what to expect when the Tempe and Chandler, she has visited Super Bowl came to their city as far as Mexico to talk to delegations there about parking and address their concerns about communications and citizen engagement, potential crime. also through the association.

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first communications and public affairs department director for the brand new department.

“It was very, very exciting,” Marquez said.

She said it was also a chance to help the city improve its relationship with residents after controversy had brewed in 1997, when the Chandler Police Department and the U.S. Border Patrol arrested and later deported more than 400 illegal immigrants.

Many U.S. citizens and legal residents were among those authorities stopped and questioned, and the roundup angered members of the city’s Hispanic community.

“I saw how the wounds were still very fresh,” Marquez said. “I saw an opportunity to help bridge that gap.

We’re going to work very hard to repair relationships. We are now partnering with the very people who didn’t want to walk in City Hall. The actions did speak for themselves.”

She met often with residents to try to rebuild their trust with the city.

Marquez said Chandler has come a long way since the 1997 incident.

The city has sponsored Cinco de Mayo celebrations in partnership with the Si Se Puede Foundation. Chandler has also sponsored a Hispanic Heritage Month and worked with many nonprofit and faithbased organizations promoting diversity.

The city also sponsors the Miss Indian Arizona Scholarship Program.

Marquez also helped Chandler earn the All-America City award in 2010. The See

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honor is given to 10 communities every year that are considered the best in American civic innovation.

Marquez said as part of the application process she participated in a skit/ presentation with the theme of “a day in the life of” Chandler.

She played “Mrs. Chandler” and Terry Locke, director of community relations for the Chandler Unified School District, portrayed “Mr. Chandler.” ICAN, the Chandler CARE Center and other community organizations and programs helped in the efforts to secure the AllAmerica City designation.

“What an awesome opportunity,” Marquez said. “It was a coup to our community. You see our signs; we market that.”

For the last four years, she served as assistant city manager in Chandler, working “really, really closely with all departments.”

“They’re all great,” Marquez said. “It’s what makes a city. They all have a role.

They’re all super-important. It teaches all of our residents.”

She is pleased with the city’s economic development, including Rogers Corporation’s opening its new headquarters in Chandler, as well as Intel’s expansion and Orbital ATK’s plan to expand its launch vehicles operations onto a new Chandler campus. Also many new restaurants have opened downtown.

After more than 30 years working in city governments, Marquez said it was time to “move on so others can move in.”

But she is not planning to slow down.

Marquez said she would like to train to compete in a U.S. Masters Swimming competition, possibly do public speaking and potentially perform interim public management work on a temporary basis.

She said she and her husband, Juan, who retired as a professor at Mesa Community College, have even talked about possibly doing work in the Peace Corps. They also like to spend time with their children, Derek, 27, and Taylor, 25, who live in Oregon and Colorado respectively.

Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny praised Marquez.

“I was mayor when Nachie was hired by the city in 2000, and it has been a real pleasure to work with her both in her current capacity as well as when she was the communications and public affairs director,” Tibshraeny said, adding: “Chandler has seen a lot of positive change in the time since she came on board, and it has been a tremendous experience to work with her as we have continued to build this great city. Nachie’s enthusiasm is infectious, which has carried over not just to our employees, but to myself and my fellow council members as well.

“When hired, she was tasked with building a communications department that has turned into one of the best in the Valley, if not the state. We owe a lot to her work to make Chandler a wellrespected community in the eyes of our residents.”

Ryan Peters, intergovernmental affairs coordinator for the city, also spoke highly of Marquez, stating “Nachie is great, always full of positive energy.”

Perreault plans to spend lots of time

with her five adult children and her 10 grandchildren now that she is retired from Chandler.

She said she might also volunteer to help in a classroom where two of her grandchildren are students. Four of her children live in the Valley and one of her daughters lives in San Antonio.

Family has been central to Perreault’s life, as she began her professional career working as a hairstylist for several years for her late aunt, who owned a salon in Chandler.

A graduate of Seton Catholic Preparatory, Perreault moved to Tucson with her family for a while and then later returned to the Valley.

Before joining Chandler, she worked in a kindergarten classroom at a Catholic school where her children were students.

Then someone told her about a job opening at the City of Chandler.

Perreault began her career in Chandler in 1988, working at the city’s downtown library, which was at that time in space the city rented on Arizona Place between Boston and Buffalo streets.

She said downtown Chandler was “very quiet” on Sundays at that time and she traveled to Mesa to go shopping as the Chandler Fashion Center was not built yet.

“At that time I started as a page, shelving books and just making sure all the books were in order on the shelves,” she said.

Perreault also accompanied a staff member who drove a bookmobile to residents in rural areas. Children would show up and check out books, pay fines and return books when the vehicle visited an area west of Chandler Boulevard, near

McQueen Road, she said.

“It was still a rural community at that time,” Perreault said. “It seems that after I had been there a few years it just exploded with the population.”

After working as a page, she advanced to becoming a library aide, where she helped patrons, created library cards, placed holds on books for library visitors, helped customers find what they needed and did other work.

Perreault also experienced the excitement when the city moved its downtown library to its current, much larger building on South Delaware Street.

Her skills expanded as the city’s library system grew to include Spanish-language books and other materials.

Perreault and some of her colleagues participated in seminars and conferences to learn more about the types of Spanishlanguage materials available to the libraries and other services that could be added to help the public.

“The library really changed a lot,” she said. “They added a lot of services with the girls to meet the needs of the community. They have the programs and the technology, more resources. We were happy to have a lot of these new features.

“Now it’s even more; now it’s a lot of the books online. Now you can download magazines. It’s a big, growing change in the way the libraries used to operate.”

Chandler has changed much since Perreault began working, but she likes it energy.

“Now the weekends, I think people just love it, the farmers market; they have a lot of bistro-type restaurants,” she said.

“It’s just a busy place. It’s hopping.”

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Scouts served 11 community organizations with more than 1,800 hours of community service. They earned more than 375 merit badges, and seven of them joined the Order of the Arrow – a kind of Boy Scout honor society that recognizes Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law and lead a life of cheerful service to others.

Three of the Scouts received the BSA Triple Crown award, earned by attending all three of the BSA High Adventures. Two received the BSA Medal of Merit award, which was given for meritorious service above and beyond when they helped rescue an injured hiker at the secluded end of the Grand Canyon, at Havasupai Falls.

Parent Joe Milburn, an Eagle Scout and Eagle adviser for the troop, said the dozen boys’ success is partly the result of “a strong outdoor program with a variety of

scheduled outings each month that kept the Scouts active and involved.”

Kristine Steinmetz, an Eagle parent, said she appreciates the “close partnership that the Scouts develop while working together.

“When they are having fun, it becomes easy to motivate each other and keep going,” she added.

And parent Angie Almanza appreciates the entire Scout program because it “teaches our sons to become knowledgeable young men of character that will help them in their adult years.”

None of this surprises Coomer, who noted, “Not having been a Boy Scout myself, I learned the skills that I helped teach right alongside with these boys. I had a great time watching them do their thing and hone their skills.”

The 12 Eagle Scouts and their projects are: Robert Buessing, son of Maureen Buessing of Chandler, painted and

equipped a basketball court for Hospice of the Valley.

Johnny Kominska, son of Mike and Cindy Kominska of Tempe, built a playground sun/shade structure for Prescott Valley Elementary School.

Alex Knoblach, son of Gerald and Conni Knoblach of Chandler, built a 60-foot retaining wall with railroad ties and landscape and area for the Arizona Railway Museum; Spencer Steinmetz, son of David and Kristine Steinmetz of Chandler, helped the House of Refuge renovate the yards of homes and added flowers, plants and watering systems.

Benjamin Stanley, son of Rose Stanley of Chandler, built a small-dog training area for Friends for Life Rescue in Gilbert.

H. Geryk, son of Bailey Freed of Chandler, converted a kitchen into a storage area, installing new flooring and other infrastructure at St. Mary Basha Elementary School.

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nation bin and filled it with supplies for Maggie’s Place.

Ben Campbell, son of Jeff and Christina Campbell of Chandler, installed a paver walkway outside St. Mary Basha Elementary classrooms.

Noah Almanza, son of Ruben and Angie Almanza of Mesa, helped the Dobson High School Future Farmers of America Club by building a wooden garden and tables for the green house.

Solomon Milburn, son of Joe and Terri Milburn of Gilbert, gave Mesquite High School a bit of a facelift by building benches and tables for the auditorium foyer.

Mac Coomer, son of Mike and Lynn Coomer of Chandler, helped Child Crisis Arizona by collecting hygiene items for toddlers.

Ryan Kilde, son of Dan and Kim Kilde of Chandler aided the Paz de Cristo Community Center with a collection of clothing and hygiene items and raising money for the Paz Homeless Shower program.

3 Chandler Prep grads heading to military academies SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Three newly minted Chandler Prep graduates are heading to military academies in the fall.

Luke Brodnik and Alex Krupinsky have been accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy while David Martin is going to West Point.

Brodnik studied Latin for five years and translated ancient Roman poems, books and speeches. He has also taken ancient Greek and enjoys translating Homer.

“I believe learning about these ancient civilizations and their respective languages is important because so much of our government and history stems from these cultures,” he said. “Many of our Founding Fathers knew Latin, like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison.”

His summer experiences have included Boys’ State, Arizona, U.S. Naval Academy Summer STEM program, U.S.N.A. Summer Seminar, West Point Summer Leaders’ Experience, and ASU, Barrett Summer Scholars’ Program.

As a three-sport varsity athlete, Brodnik has lettered in soccer and cross country as both teams’ captains and track and field. Termed by the school as “an integral member of our school community,” he is a member of the men’s and select choirs, a mentor and math tutor and a member of Life Teen with his church.

Brodnik has also explored more than 30 national parks and monuments and has hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon eight times. He plans to major in engineering.

Krupinsky during his junior year was hailed by his physics teacher, who wrote: “During the year I watched Alex work extensively in the classroom, laboratory and mechanical and electrical shop. I saw him work alone, with peers and with younger students. In all instances, Alex was the consummate professional. I have encountered only a handful of students of the caliber of Mr. Krupinsky during my career. He is one of the very best. I do not assert this claim often.”

Krupinsky is an Eagle Scout and continues to be involved in scouting.

As an integral member of Chandler Prep’s mentor program, he refers to his mentorship of new sixth-grade students

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Getting to attend military academies in the fall are Chandler Prep grads, from left, Alex Krupinsky, Luke Brodnik and David Martin.

as teaching them “survival tactics for life.”

He is a member of the Tempe Youth Leadership Foundation. During the past two summers, Krupinsky attended the

U.S. Naval Academy Summer STEM I and STEM II programs. As a four-year varsity ice hockey defenseman, he competes all over the country as well as tournaments

in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Designing projects on his 3-D printer, on which he learned how to design and simulate objects in water with a program called Blender, is one of his favorite and most interesting hobbies. He also plans to major in engineering.

Martin wrote: “In Homer’s Iliad, Achilles achieved immortal honor through killing Hector and avenging his friend Patroclus. Achilles fulfilled this task with integrity, duty, loyalty and personal courage, but he lacked in one key ingredient: selfless service. To be honorable in the modern sense one must serve in a selfless manner. This is why I have chosen a path of military service, a profession that is based on selfless service.”

Nominated and selected to attend St. John’s Summer Seminar in Annapolis, Maryland, and because of Chandler Prep’s Classical Great Books Curriculum, Martin felt at ease as he studied nature, law and science through the discussion.

He was also selected as one of two students during the summer before junior year as a Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Scholar.

“Martin’s work as a mentor to new six graders, a selected member of Dean’s Council, a Student Ambassador and as a volunteer with our student-run Key Club program, and an integral member of the men’s and select choirs has been exceptional,” the school said in a release.

He has lettered in varsity baseball and track and field, but he spent most of his time during the year on the ice as captain of his club hockey team, which traveled extensively to play in tournaments. He also will major in engineering All three students graduated from Chandler Prep with honors.

“These fine young men are of the highest character and integrity,” the school said. “As true scholar-athletes, each has consistently exhibited a heart of service within their school and communities. Luke Brodnik, Alex Krupinsky and David Martin are highly respected by faculty and peers. All three graduates will be outstanding engineers and leaders at their respective military service academies and will serve our country with honor and distinction.”

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Chandler woman helps kids run for health

BY IKE RICHMAN Guest Writer

Some people call Ellen Tadman of Chandler a long-distance runner with a heart of gold.

Her love for running is contagious and she is not afraid to share it – especially with young boys and girls in an effort to get them off the couch and to live a healthier lifestyle.

When she is not running marathons or managing Intel’s supply chain program, the British native is coordinating the Healthy Kids Running Series of Chandler.

Tadman has been the community coordinator for the Chandler Healthy Kids Running Series since 2014. She has two daughters, Alanah, 11, and Ophelia, 6, who have both competed in several Series.

While competing at the 2014 Boston Marathon, Tadman discovered the Healthy Kids Running Series, a community-based nonprofit organization that gets boys and girls Pre-K through Middle School active.

Inspired by Healthy Kids Running Series initiatives, she returned to Chandler determined to create a program for her community.

When 10 homeless youths from her neighborhood wanted to participate in the program she helped fund their expenses and provided sneakers and clothing for them.

“I just love running, and I love helping others run,” said Tadman. “The sport has had such a positive impact on my life, and

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As coordinator of the Healthy Kids Running Series of Chandler, Ellen Tadman makes staying in good shape a fun activity for children.

the more people that I can teach about running, whether it’s through coaching, coordinating, or volunteering, the better.”

Her enthusiasm for running helped grow the program to 300 participants in less than five years.

Determined to keep giving back, Tadman convinced business owners Susan Loken of Believe Train Become, and Kyle Herrig of Triplex Training to sponsor Healthy Kids Running Series in Chandler.

A father of two daughters himself, Herrig founded Triplex Training in 2008, a fitness center that prides itself on its encouraging and caring community that provides quality training and fitness goals for its members.

Loken started Believe Train Become

after qualifying for the Olympic Trials Marathon three times, wanting to share her knowledge for the betterment of runners in her community.

As they brainstormed, Tadman, Loken and Herrig leveraged their connections in the community to aid 10 kids from a local homeless shelter, funding the kids’ entry fees as part of their sponsorship, providing an opportunity that would have been otherwise impossible.

Another steward for kids’ health, Herrig’s wife, Kim, is a physical education teacher at a school where 95 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunches. Inevitably, much of the student population cannot afford

the extracurricular activities that are the norm for so many other kids their age.

This spring, Kim Herrig selected four students from her classes who were already living the HKRS values but could not afford to participate.

The Herrigs provided them with entry into the Chandler Healthy Kids Running Series, and outfitted them with running clothes and sneakers.

Athletics and community events are amazing for the opportunities they provide participants and the gateway that they become for friendship and comradery, as well as physically and mentally healthy lifestyles.

The Healthy Kids Running Series of Chandler brings the business community together to support the needs of the community.

“If we can change the lives of a few children just a little bit, then it is worth the efforts,” said Tadman. “Hopefully we can continue to provide these opportunities and be inspired by these wonderful boys and girls.”

The Healthy Kids Running Series was founded in 2009 to combat increasing rates of childhood obesity through the introduction of running.

It now operates in upwards of 200 communities across the country. HKRS is a non-profit entity managed by the Pattison Sports Group staff, Philadelphia’s premier sports marketing firm specializing in Corporate Consulting, Property Representation and Event Management.

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Seton academic decathlon team takes 5th place

BY JOYCE VALDEZ SETON CATHOLIC PREPARATORY Contributor

Some students at Seton Catholic Preparatory are soaring into summer on a high note after they placed fifth among mid-sized schools in a recent national online competition sponsored by The United States Academic Decathlon.

Seton Catholic Preparatory won 12 medals in the national online competition, including 11 individual ones. Dillon Shipley of Ahwatukee took home medals in five subject areas, as well as a gold medal for overall score in the Scholastic Division. Seton’s team had won the 3A Division state title at the Arizona Academic Decathlon tournament this spring.

The private school has won many Academic Decathlon titles over its 64-year history and on May 21 the Chandler City Council recognized this year’s team for its successful season.

The following Seton students Seton Catholic Preparatory received medals in the national From left: Seton Catholic Preparatory Academic Decathlon Coach Todd Decker and students Eric Chinchilla, Kayla Charles, Patrick Gorman, Noah Companik, online competition: Emma Garcia, Dillon Shipley, Silas Gadd Jr., Robert Buessing and Mikayla McNally pose at a competition. Not pictured is student Michael Kittilson.

Honors Division (3.75 GPA and higher): Robert Buessing top scorer, and silver in Science; Emma bronze, Mathematics; and Michael in the e-competition took the same (Chandler), silver, Literature; Garcia (Chandler), silver, Essay Kittilson (Chandler), bronze, Literature tests as teams that took part in the live bronze, Economics Varsity Division (under 3.00 GPA): Every state’s top overall team tournament, except for those in the Scholastic Division (3.00 to 3.74 Eric Chinchilla (Ahwatukee), bronze, competed in the live finals in April in speech and interview events.

GPA): Dillon Shipley, gold in Literature, Economics; Patrick Gorman (Mesa), Frisco, Texas. Teams that competed Information: setoncatholic.org.

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Summer Reading Challenge starts at local libraries SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Chandler Public Library has started the annual Summer Reading Challenge.

No matter your age, you can benefit from reading (or being read to) every day, especially if you are a student on a summer break. Through the Summer Reading Challenge, people can also win prizes for your efforts.

Chandler Public Library is encouraging all adults, teens, children and parents with babies to read (or be read to) at least 20 minutes a day, plus complete online challenges and attend library programs to earn points and win prizes. Participants log their reading, completed challenges, and event attendance on chandlerlibrary. org/src to accumulate points towards their 1,000 point goal.

The theme of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge is “Libraries Rock,” which encourages discovering ways in which music influences our lives and brings people together. Challenge participants can also highlight their activities on social media by using the hashtag #LibrariesRock! on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

“Summer is the perfect time to read for fun,” said Rosanna Johnson, library marketing coordinator. “Whether you like adventure, mystery or science fiction, there is something for everybody at our four locations and online in our e-book

collection.”

People who log 1,000 points can choose a free book from an online marketplace, while supplies last.

Participants can earn points just for reading (1 minute = 1 point), but also for attending library events, completing online challenges and participating in community experiences. They can also earn badges for these activities and keep a healthy competition with family and friends to see who can log the most reading time this summer.

“Our Summer Reading Challenge is certainly fun, but it’s also one of the City’s major contributions to community literacy efforts,” added Dan Lee, Chandler Library manager. “We love helping kids maintain their literacy skills during the summer while challenging them with games and experiences that create excitement around reading.”

Each library location will host its own kickoff event, as well as programs about music, technology, creativity, and, of course, books.

Kickoff events are: 2-3 p.m. today, June 2, Hamilton Library, 3700 S. Arizona Ave.; Wednesday, June 6, 2-4 p.m., Sunset Library, 4930 W. Ray Road; and Thursday, June 7, 2-3 p.m., Downtown Library, 22 S Delaware St. The Summer Reading Challenge runs through Aug. 1. Information: chandlerlibrary. org/src or call 480-782-2800.

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Chandler High grad serving his country at submarine base SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

A 2014 Chandler High School graduate and Chandler native is serving in the U.S. Navy supporting nuclear-powered fastattack submarines homeported in and visiting Groton, Connecticut.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kylin Johnson is currently an electrician’s mate, but he’s retraining to serve as an information systems technician.

He is stationed at the Naval Submarine Support Center, which provides administrative and support functions to approximately 20 submarines. The command provides support in the fields of: administration, medical, legal, chaplain, supply, combat systems, engineering, communications, and operations to improve readiness of submarines in the Groton area.

A Navy information systems technician is responsible for working on computer systems as well as operating and restoring a submarine’s local area network.

“The best part of my job is developing a lot of close friendships with my fellow peers,” said Johnson.

“Growing up in Chandler I learned people skills and the importance of respecting others,” said Johnson. “These skills helped me in my military career.”

A key element of the Navy the nation needs is tied to the fact that America is a maritime nation, according to Navy officials, and that the nation’s prosperity is tied to the ability to operate freely on the world’s oceans. More than 70 percent

global trade by volume travels by sea.

Attack submarines are designed to hunt down and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships; strike targets ashore with cruise missiles; carry and deliver Navy SEALs; carry out intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions; and engage in mine warfare. Their primary tactical advantage is stealth, operating undetected under the sea for long periods of time.

“The U.S. Navy submarine force has one of the highest operational tempos in the U.S. Navy and Naval Submarine Support Center, New London plays a vital role in helping Grotonbased submarines maintain their excellent readiness,” said CDR. U.S. Navy U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kylin Johnson, a Chandler native, is Brian J. Nowak, adding: “The warfighters training to become an information systems technician. operating the submarines at the tip of the spear, of the Earth’s surface is covered by water; 80 percent of the world’s population lives and those who are building the Navy’s newest nuclear-powered submarines can close to a coast; and 90 percent of all

only do so because of the vast network of support they receive from the shore side.

The professional Sailors and civilians at Naval Submarine Support Center, New London serve a key role in that network. I am honored that I get to serve every day with outstanding Sailors like Johnson.”

According to Navy officials, because of the demanding environment aboard submarines, personnel are accepted only after rigorous testing and observation.

The submarine community is an allvolunteer force, which has some of the most highly trained and skilled people in the Navy.

Becoming a submariner is an accomplishment in itself. Johnson is also proud of graduating from submarine school in December 2017. He also looks forward to graduating from his current technical training for information systems technology in July in 2018.

“Being a submariner is special because I like working in smaller groups,” said Johnson. “Serving in the submarine community is like serving in an exclusive, tight-knit family.”

Supporting the high operational tempo and unique challenges of the submarine force build strong fellowship and a strong sense of mission, according to Navy officials.

“Serving in the Navy means being part of something bigger than myself,” added Johnson. “Service to my country means putting aside some of what I want in order to be part of the Navy helping others.”

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Three Chandler students win awards at Intel fair SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Three Chandler students took home special awards and scholarships as they and more than two dozen Arizona high school students went to Pittsburgh to compete with 1,800 other young innovators from 80 countries, regions and territories at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

The program of Society for Science & the Public is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, and all three Chandler students won $8,000 scholarships from Arizona State University.

Hamilton High School students Elda Bengu and Shreya Tripathi won for their project titled “The Effect of Different Types of Fruit Peels on the Absorption of Oil: A Biodegradable Way to Clean Oil Spills.”

Nikita Bharati of Basha High School won for “A Novel Approach to Optimizing Algae Biofuel Production by Using Naturally Occurring Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) Through Bioflocculation.” She was also recognized

by Carnegie Mellon University with an Energy Innovation Award of $2,500 and received a “best of category” award for $500.

Next year’s competition will take place in Phoenix, so local students won’t have to travel far to win big.

Elda and Shreya investigated how different types of fruit peels affect the amount of oil absorption. There has been previous work in the scientific literature on this subject, but a significant number of

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Elda Bengu, left, and Shreya Tripathi won first place in their category at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair. Nikita Bharati of Basha High, right, was recognized at the Intel science fair by Carnegie Mellon University with an Energy Innovation Award of $2,500 and received a “best of category” award for $500.

research on this topic was mainly focused on banana peels and durian peels.

In this project, they expanded on the existing research using a well-controlled methodology and multiple different fruit peels to learn more about the fruit peelabsorption relationship, using lemon, apple, banana, tangerine, pomegranate, avocado and grape fruit peels.

The intent of the project was to test the hypothesis that citrus fruit peels are better absorbents for vegetable oil and motor oil.

The effects of fruit peels on oil absorption was determined by the mass that was gained by the peels upon soaking them in vegetable and motor oil for a pre-determined amount of time.

The data collected during the

investigation of vegetable oil exposure of peels indicated that the citrus peels such as lemon and tangerine suggested that citrus peels on the average performed better than the others.

For the motor oil absorption trials, “our results indicated grapefruit and avocado retained the most oil even after six hours of rest. Our findings also indicated that fruit peels responded very similar to vegetable oil as they did toward motor oil. Therefore, for future studies in this field, vegetable oil can be used a substitute for motor oil,” they said.

Elda and Shreya also won first place in their category.

Nikita noted, “Extensive fossil fuel use has been linked to climate change and is increasingly viewed as unsustainable.

Microalgae are a carbon-neutral energy source, and they can produce biofuels at large scale. The cost of microalgae harvesting is a major contributor to production cost.”

Chemical flocculation has relatively high-energy requirements and is potentially toxic to microalgal biomass restricting reuse of the culture medium.

Substances secreted from aggregated forms of bacteria/biofilms “offer exciting potential to induce bioflocculation in algae harvesting and reduce biofuel production cost, as well as optimize algal biomass recovery for more efficient algal harvesting,” she said.

She extracted bacteria from their natural environment and evaluated them for their ability to facilitate microalgae flocculation.

36 bacterial colonies were isolated from crude petroleum oil, which is known to contain EPS producing bacteria.

Three strains had flocculation activities exceeding 90 percent, and were selected for further investigation.

Nikita found that the bacteria have preferred functional groups for flocculation and that bacteria produce glycoproteins, the molecules that induce algal flocculation.

The bioflocculants investigated herein have been found to have relatively broad temperature and pH stability, with dosing rates comparable to those of chemical flocculants to flocculate suspended solids, indicating they have strong potential for application as algal flocculants in biofuel production.

Nikita also won first place in her category.

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She’s helped teen moms, now is turning to help others

BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA Contributor

Bronwyn Paes, director of the Tempe Union High School District’s TeenAged Pregnancy and Parenting program, knows what it means to overcome adversity with resilience.

Those are words the Ahwatukee woman uses to describe the teenage students in her program who suddenly find themselves pregnant yet persevere to continue their education and graduate with their high school diploma.

Paes, too, has persevered, especially following the sudden passing of her 60-yearold husband three years ago on Mother’s Day morning, leaving her a widow with three daughters from a previous marriage.

“He had just survived and recovered from prostate cancer,” she said of her deceased husband, Ted Marshall.

“I’m now working on redefining my life,” she said.

To assist in that redefinition, Paes this month retired as TAPP’s director after serving in that capacity for 11 years.

It is a step toward a three-year-plan she has constructed to help her find her way again.

It is a well-thought-out plan fitting for the 56-year-old woman who’s spent 35 years as a social worker – the last 25 in public schools.

“While I loved all my jobs – a runaway shelter in New Orleans to shelter work on the Gila River Reservation with abused native children to elementary school work with Gilbert Public Schools – my career in TAPP has probably been the most rewarding,” she said.

She recalled she had no clear understanding of what the role at TAPP would entail, noting, “ It has evolved over the years, and while very rewarding, it has challenged me both personally and professionally.”

“I know that teen pregnancy does not discriminate and can happen to anyone regardless of race, color, religion, ethnicity or socioeconomic status.”

Of the 23 girls who graduated from the program with their high school diplomas two weeks ago, five were from Ahwatukee.

Paes admitted seeing the challenges the young women faced caused her occasional angst with her own three daughters.

“Raising daughters there were times when I was hyper-vigilant with them and probably embarrassed them in front of their friends with my conversations and reality checks about having an unplanned pregnancy at a young age. On the other side of that I know many of their friends knew they could talk

child birth education, pregnancy and parenting classes, a mentoring program, support groups, transportation and child care. In addition to serving as a drop-out prevention program, TAPP works to decrease teen pregnancy and repeated pregnancy.

The infants room, formerly run by Early Head Start, was saved from extinction four years ago by Paes, who earned a child care director certification after Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer convincing the school After directing Tempe Union High School District's TeenAged Pregnancy and Parenting program for 11 years, Bronwyn Paes of district it was crucial for students to be able to Ahwatukee is ready for a new chapter in her life. return to school with their to me about their sexual health.” babies after their two-week maternity leave.

She said she considers herself “one of At the May 17 “Beat the Odds” Celebration those rare people whose passion and held at Compadre, 23 TAPP students from profession intercept. And directing TAPP all seven Tempe Union High School District these past 11 years has drawn on that and high schools were feted. amplified it.

Each student – some with their “The TAPP program showed me the babies, others pregnant – was personally deepest examples of adversity and recognized by district Superintendent resilience. These young women’s lives are Kenneth Baca and Compadre principal changed forever. Parenting a baby when Ed Flores, both of whom are also leaving they are children themselves is beyond TUHSD this year. overwhelming. The tenacity and courage to TAPP has served more than 1,639 students overcome obstacles leaves me speechless,” in the last 11 years. she explained.

“The TAPP program helps break the cycle. I “What brings me great joy is to work with love knowing I contributed to helping young students who barely have their basic needs people see the unlimited opportunities met and to be able to guide them and watch and explore their possibilities. My fondest them grow into successful young adults. memories will be those days when a former Dealing with poverty, substandard housing, student comes back and shares their current minimal food, lack of education and limited life and successes large and small,” Paes said. resources for day-to-day living and yet still Now, Paes’ two oldest daughters, Brenna come to school every day, “ she said, adding: and Bronte, have earned masters degrees, “To see them discover their potential, and her youngest daughter, Braelyn, is a believe in themselves and move on to not newly minted Desert Vista High School only a high school diploma but also college graduate heading this fall to Northern is the ultimate satisfaction.”

Arizona University.

Located at Compadre Academy in Tempe, Paes said she decided to set plans in a special wing designed and built in 2001, motion for new adventures. the 44-year-old TAPP program offers teens “I love being a social worker. There are so the ability to earn credits, some specially many things that I would still like to do and designed. Childcare is provided for babies it will be fun to sort that out,” she said. “But two weeks to 3 years of age. Twenty-six I am also tired. I am ready to slow down and babies were in child care this school year. do some hiking, traveling and explore new Nationally, 50 to 60 percent of teens who places and meet more people. Someone become pregnant drop out of school. In once asked me what I collect, and after contrast, only about 9 percent of pregnant much thought my response was ‘people.’ I and parenting teens leave TAPP. am looking forward to sharing my gifts and The TAPP program provides students graces beyond Tempe Union High School with a system of support and education, District and the TAPP program.” which includes individual case management, Toward that end, Paes drafted her three-

year plan. “I have my 25 years, and I decided not to stay five more years because my life is changing,” said Paes, who has lived in Ahwatukee since 1988.

Step one in the Paes post-retirement plan is to “Stay put and work part-time” with Crisis Preparation and Recovery in Phoenix. There, she will continue drawing on her social work background, visiting and counseling the elderly in their homes and in nursing homes.

She will also continue her part-time work with Arizona State University as an academic associate which she will continue to do in her year-two phase: roaming the U.S. in a travel trailer with her Australian sheep dog Bentley.

“We’re going to hit the road and travel places and visit people,” said Paes.

Year three? Fulfilling a vision she and her husband had before his sudden departure: “I want to work in a village, in a rural area as a social worker. This was a plan he and I had, and now there’s no reason I can’t do it by myself.”

After those three years, she will return to Ahwatukee.

“The girls will all be out of school, and I can spend time with my mother Dorlea Jenkins. She’s 78 now and also lives in Ahwatukee.”

She recalls how her years with TAPP were often emotionally draining, and yet her family was there for her. They were always understanding and provided support when I was just depleted and had nothing left for them at the end of the day. I always tried to be the best mom I could be, but I know there were times when they needed more,” she said.

“All three of my daughters are strong, independent, courageous young women.

We faced adversity as a family with a divorce, followed by the sudden death of their stepfather. They are resilient. I believe I have been a positive role model to them and demonstrated the value of a strong work ethic combined with compassion and service to others.”

The one area she wishes she could have rallied more support for at TAPP remains a concern.

“There is a huge need for foster parents for teens with a baby. It is so sad when they get separated and put into different shelters or homes,” she said.

“Many years before my husband died, we were exploring the option of becoming foster parents for this population. My daughters were on board. Life changes and that is one goal that didn’t come to be.”

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3 cats and 2 dogs looking to live in Chandler SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Three rescued cats and two dogs are hoping summer brings them new homes in Chandler.

Jannelle Cosgriff of Friends for Life, which currently is housing two of the cats, said Dallas, a domestic short-haired red and white feline, is about 5 years old.

“Volunteers at the adoption center say he’s super handsome, quite the ‘hunk’ in fact,” Cosgriff said. “He’s a big boy yet has a sweet nature and very endearing. Dallas warms up quickly and is just the sweetest guy. He likes to roll around and show you his belly and his cat motor purrs almost non-stop.”

Chiffon is “a gorgeous domestic shorthaired flame point cat,” also about 5.

“She is a sweet, gentle girl that isn’t very demanding. Chiffon enjoys affection and attention as well as sometimes doing

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her own thing,” Cosgriff said.

The adoption fee for either cat is $95. Both are altered, vaccinated, microchipped, de-wormed, and tested for FELV/FIV. Jennifer Berry of RESCUE at 4747 East Elliot Road, Ahwatukee, is seeking a home for two dogs, including Nadia, whose “perky, flip-flopping ears are quite adorable.”

“Nadia is also an active, leggy gal that loves to romp in the grass and if we let her she would chase lizards all day long,” Berry said. “She loves to prance around shaking her prize. Rope toys are another big favorite. She tugged and pulled on the rope for a good hour with one of our volunteers. After game time Nadia curls up into a small ball and falls fast asleep.”

Nadia is looking for a low traffic home.

“She can be an only dog or in a home

with a small dog to keep her company.

Daily walks to keep her trim figure are required. Lastly, a home with her favorite toys are high on Nadia’s wish list,” Berry said.

Berry also hopes to find new owners for Gracie, who “has been a perfect houseguest in her foster home.

“When she is out and about she has stolen the hearts of all that have met her and pet her bunny soft fur,” Berry said, adding: Her absolute favorite activity is snuggling up with some lucky human.

You are guaranteed to get lost in her plush fur. She’s looking for a home where she can go on walks, a few plushy toys to call her own and of course plenty of snuggle time. She is an amazing dog that is going to make some family super happy.”

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A 2-year-old, long haired, fluffy cat named Thelma has been stranded for more than a year at Home Fur Good.

“Thelma is independent, she prefers to watch humans just beyond reach until she gets to know them,” spokeswoman Kathy Priest said. “She came to the shelter with her two siblings, Tanman and Louise. Yes, all three of them are still looking for homes.”

Calling Thelma “very cat social,” Berry added, “the perfect home for Thelma will have existing cats for her to play and lounge about with. If you are really looking to make Thelma happy, you could adopt her and her siblings.”

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Chandler jazzman to teach at The Nash

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

A renowned Chandler jazzman hopes to get musicians out of their comfort zones when they jam at a workshop he is teaching this month at The Nash, a nonprofit jazz performance and education venue in downtown Phoenix.

Eric Rasmussen, a longtime alto saxophonist, will teach the Duos and Trios Workshop June 18-21, culminating in a concert June 21.

All instrumentalists, including high school and college students and older adults, can participate in the sessions, part of The Nash’s summer workshops that started late last month and continue through July 19 at the jazz operation at 110 E. Roosevelt St. Director of instrumental music at Scottsdale Community College, Rasmussen is originally from Monterrey, California, but lived in New York City for 10 years before moving to the Valley.

He is a director of one of The Nash Legacy Ensembles, groups of talented high school jazz musicians around the Valley selected from auditions who explore jazz styles, arranging techniques, composition and the art of improvisation.

The Nash has two such ensembles that perform on a regular basis in concerts and

Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer

Chandler alto saxophone artist Eric Rasmussen is ready to introduce youngsters to the magic of jazz.

special events and make a year-end CD containing original work by the groups’ members.

Rasmussen realizes many middle and high schools do not have extensive jazz programs and he wants to expose youths

to the American music form.

“We’ll be focusing on interaction and listening and improvising in unusual formats to kind of take folks out of their comfort zone, traditional jazz structures,” he said.

“You’re navigating song structure that you play the melody and improvise over the harmonic structure of the composition. We’ll also focus on creating something out of nothing; freeform improvisations.”

The workshop is for instrumentalists of any age who play at an intermediate or higher level.

“That’s another thing we want to focus on is different people of different backgrounds can still make music together,” Rasmussen said.

He added he knows jazz bands are “very rare in middle schools” while most high schools in the Valley have a jazz big band program.

But most have the jazz program in the spring only because they focus on marching band in the fall, Rasmussen said.

“What we’re trying to do at The Nash, while big band jazz is important – it’s another important skill to learn – jazz is primarily an improvisational art form about creation in a small group setting,” Rasmussen said, adding: “At The Nash, we’re trying to focus on those skills. Most of the time band

directors (in schools) are focusing on so many things.”

Rasmussen is just the right person to lead the workshop, according to Joel Robin Goldenthal, executive director of Jazz in Arizona Inc., which owns and operates The Nash.

“Eric’s an extraordinarily talented jazz musician from back East who could be playing anywhere in the world, but he’s chosen to make his home in the Valley and dedicate himself to education here,” Goldenthal said. “Eric is regarded by many as the Pied Piper of jazz, in attracting and working with young musicians.”

Rasmussen has performed at the Chandler Jazz Festival a few times and he has also worked with bands at Basha, Hamilton, Perry and other high schools in the East Valley.

He also has taught students in schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District.

Also a composer, Rasmussen was a fixture in the jazz community in New York City, performing on the East Coast and around Europe on a regular basis.

Previously he was director of jazz studies at the Center for Preparatory Studies in Music at Queens College.

Rasmussen said some of his favorite saxophonists are the late Charlie Parker and See

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Chandler singer tells stories that belie age

BY MCKAYLA HULL Contributor

Lois Zozobrado of Chandler is far from the typical teen who just graduated high school.

The former Perry High School student, who will study at ASU this fall, already has released two albums, including her sophomore effort, “People I Knew,” which was released in May. Zozobrado was adopted from China and suffered from nodules on her vocal cords, a common problem among performers. “People I Knew” strays a bit from experiences like those.

“This was about people who I actually knew, versus my first album, “Sunshine Boulevard,” which was about stories in my head and pulling from my own experiences,” Zozobrado says.

The heartfelt album shows an unplugged side of Zozobrado’s music. Her powerful, soulful voice is the attention grabber. The track list includes original songs like “People I Knew” and “Heart & Arrow,” and covers of classic songs like “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”

“I always like when sound is raw, like acoustic and live,” she says.

Flamenco dancers in a Spanish hotel lobby on a family trip inspired Zozobrado to pen “Flamenco Wave,” while “Red Red Robin” is about the struggle of two of her friends. It touches on the vocal surgery as well. Both situations were heartbreaking.

Zozobrado may be only 18, but her lyr-

recorded at Three Leaf Recording in Phoenix with engineer Sean Cooney.

“Lois has very mature thoughts for someone as young as she is,” Standage says.

Zozobrado adds Standage gave her musical freedom in the studio.

“Cindy would give her opinion, but she would let me fix (the issues) if I wanted to,” she says.

Zozobrado showcased her new album on May 11 to a packed crowd of her family and friends like Chandler Vice Mayor Nora Ellen at SoZo Coffeehouse in Chandler.

“It was really exciting to have support of friends, family, city Special to SanTan Sun News council members and Songwriter Lois Zozobrado of Chandler can be heard at 2 p.m. June 23 local friends of mine,” at Salon Rock, 8109 E. Roosevelt St., Scottsdale. 480-941-0111.

Zozobrado says.

Lori Morgan, co-ownics and voice point to an old soul. She had er of SoZo Coffeehouse a bit of help on “People I Knew,” including and community liaison, has known ZozobraGrammy-winning pianist Michael Broendo for several years and is impressed by her. ing, as well as bassist Andy Gonzales and “She needs very little coaching,” Morproducer Cindy Standage. The album was gan says. “She has the wonderful momen-

tum for a young musician.”

Standage says from the moment she met Zozobrado she thought “this girl, she’s got what it takes to do it.

“She’s willing to put in the effort. She’s willing to stay up at night and to get up early in the morning to work on something, to make sure it’s right,” Standage says.

Standage knows the music business well, as she has opened for Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood. She enjoys mentoring young acts like Zozobrado.

“I don’t just mentor someone because they like to sing,” Standage says. “They have to have a real desire and a real talent.” When she and Zozobrado met, Standage could see “the fire in her eyes.”

“Lois’ greatest strength is her writing,” Standage says.

The teen isn’t just an aspiring performer. She is interested in the behindthe-scenes work that goes into music, like booking artists for performances at My Tea in Phoenix. To garner more experience, she hopes to intern at a radio station or booking/management agency.

Zozobrado’s goal is to work in the music industry in public relations, marketing, business, touring or doing her own music as an artist.

“I think if you’re going to be successful in music, you have to be passionate about it,” said Zozobrado. “It shines through in performances and when you talk to people about music.

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late John Coltrane. He said living legend Lee Konitz is “one of my heroes” and he performed for Konitz’s 80th birthday party at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

He also said he brought Konitz to the Valley, where he visited and performed at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix.

“I bring pretty established guest artists that wouldn’t normally come to Phoenix,” he said. “The idea is to expose students to these great performers.”

Elena Rogers, 18, has enjoyed learning from Rasmussen and plans to take the Duos and Trios workshop from him this summer. A tenor saxophonist, Rogers was in a Legacy Ensemble at The Nash and took summer workshops from Rasmussen at Scottsdale Community College.

“He’s awesome,” she said. “He’s superknowledgeable in what he knows. He gives us songs that will push us out of our comfort zone. He gives us lots of ideas on how to attack chord changes.”

Rogers is going to pursue a jazz performance degree at Arizona State University.

Students taking Rasmussen’s class will perform an end-of-week concert at 7:30 p.m. June 21 at The Nash.

Also coming up at The Nash will be the Latin Jazz Workshop June 4-7 with a final concert June 7 at The Nash. Raul Yanez will teach the Latin Jazz sessions, which will focus on Afro-Cuban jazz and Mambo literature.

Another workshop this summer at The Nash will be the Trad Jazz Workshop June 11-14. Zach Wiggins will be the instructor for Trad Jazz and a final concert will take place on June 14. That workshop will emphasize music from the New Orleans tradition that artists including Louis

Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photogrrapher

Antonio Nango, left, is learning the saxophone under the tutelage of Chandler jazz artst Eric Rasmussen while Elena Rogers, right, has also enjoyed studying under such a musical master.

Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet and Bix Beiderbecke popularized.

Arizona State University’s director of jazz studies in the School of Music, Mike Kocour will teach a Bebop Workshop June 25-28 at The Nash.

Kocour, a pianist, composer and arranger, will provide an intensive jazz experience for musicians who want to explore improvisation, ensemble performance and arranging techniques.

Students who complete this workshop will perform a concert on June 28.

The Nash will have a Vocal Ensemble Workshop July 9-12 with its concert July 12.

Instructor Greg Amerind will help students

develop vocal techniques, collaborate with other musicians, and create their individual stage style and presence.

The last summer workshop at The Nash this season will be the Vocal Jazz Workshop July 16-19 with the concert on July 19. Dennis Rowland will instruct vocalists in this workshop as they learn their role in a jazz ensemble and explore the basics of what they should listen for when performing with an ensemble, how to select tunes and keys, intros and endings, as well as improvisation and vocal techniques.

“Downbeat Magazine” has recognized The Nash as one of the top jazz settings

in the country. The Nash was named after Phoenix native Lewis Nash, who “Modern Drummer Magazine” labeled as the “most valuable player” in jazz.

In addition to hosting jazz and new music concerts, as well as touring artists and local pros’ performances, student musicians also take the stage at The Nash.

The venue also holds weekly jazz jam sessions, workshops, clinics and master classes, along with one-on-one private lessons, jazz camps and other educational programs.

For more information on The Nash summer workshops and to learn more about the organization, visit thenash.org.

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Fahrenheit Festival celebrates everything hot

BY LAURA LATZKO Contributor

When it’s mid-June, most Chandler residents bemoan hot temperatures, not celebrate them. A new festival in Scottsdale pays tribute to the heat in different ways.

The three-part Scottsdale Fahrenheit Festival is Saturday, June 16, at WestWorld of Scottsdale.

The Scottsdale Beat the Heat walk/ run, the Travis Bagent NAL National Championships arm wrestling competition and the Arizona Ales and Cocktails Festival comprise the event.

The festival also will offer a fast-pitch competition, fire performances, hot rod and firetruck displays, music from DJ Peabody and Whiskey’s Quicker, live charcoal drawing and a jalapeño-eating contest.

The first 500 children through the gate will receive free Hot Tamales. Kids – and adults – can cool off on a five-story inflatable waterslide.

Founder Jason Rose, president of Rose + Moser + Allyn Public and Online Relations, says the event is meant to showcase Scottsdale as a destination for the arts, golfing, resort stays, pool parties, nightlife and dining during the summer months.

“We want to make a statement that the summer is that special. It’s a different time to come,” he says. “Not unlike seeing the Northern Lights in

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There will be plenty of ways to stay cool at the Scottsdale Fahrenheit Fesstival June 16 at WestWorld, especially for those who work up a sweat with a walk/run.

Scandinavia in the winter, come and experience the desert in the summer.”

The tribute started five years ago, with the inaugural Scottsdale Beat the Heat run/walk.

“I thought if we could do something extraordinary and prove that you could

do something significant in the heat, it could convince people around the United States and around the world that you can come here and have a good time,” Rose says.

Beat the Heat challenges runners to endure hot temperatures and run or walk

a 5K or 10.22K race. The race pays tribute to June 26, 1990, when temperatures in Phoenix reached 122 degrees. The race starts at 2:47 p.m., the exact time when temperatures rose to 122 degrees on that scorching day.

The first race attracted 1,300 people from 28 states and six countries. The winner was an Ethiopian Olympic runner.

This year’s walks/runs will start and end at WestWorld of Scottsdale’s North Hall and take participants on and off the property. All runners and walkers will receive commemorative T-shirts and medals. The top runners will win a combined $10,000 in prize money.

The beer and cocktail festival will have specialty drinks from local mixologists and locally made craft beer from O.H.S.O. Brewery and Distillery, the Grand Canyon Brewing Company and Huss Brewing Company. For $16, patrons receive five beer samples.

As for the arm wrestling competition, folks can qualify by placing in the top three in their weight classes during one of the more than 80 contests around the country.

Qualifying contestants are traveling from around the globe, including Romania, Turkey, Australia and Canada.

The top arm wrestlers in each class will win prize money and advance to the world championships later this year.

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Sun Lakes Theatre Company awards scholarship

BY ROGER EDMUND Guest Writer

Sun Lakes Community Theatre recently presented its annual Theatre Arts Scholarship to Greyson Smith from Hamilton High School.

Each year, SLCT awards a scholarship to a graduating senior from the Chandler Unified School District who is majoring in theatre.

Greyson will major in performing arts at Loyola University.

He has experience as a theater director, music director, choreographer, scenic and technical director as well as an actor, singer and piano player.

He has won numerous awards, including best male lead in a musical, awarded by Arizona State University for “Shrek the Musical” and “Legally Blonde.”

Greyson also has won the National Youth Arts award for his performance as the best male lead in “School of Rock. “ SLCT is proud to support the drama programs of all the high schools in the Chandler Unified School District. In 2017, SLCT donated $750 to each of the Chandler High Schools.

We urge the entire Sun Lakes Community to support the drama programs of the Chandler Unified School District high schools by attending their theater productions.

Also, we encourage residents to join our Sun Lakes theatre organization,

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Left: Sun Lakes Community Theatre has selected its board of directors for the 2018-2019 season. They are: President Phyllis Novy, Vice President Jim Janowski, Secretary Carol Horowitz, Technical Chairman Rick Whitney, Program Chair Mary Vandergriff, Publicity Chairman Bill Becker, and Budget Manager Cindi Decker. In addition, Kathy Jones serves as treasurer and Sandy Pallett advises as the past president. Right: Sun Lakes Community Theatre President Phyllis Novy congratulates Greyson Smith, recipient of the group’s $1,000 scholarship.

attend our monthly fun meetings, and purchase tickets to enjoy SLCT productions. In this way, we can continue to support local theater productions and theater arts education throughout our communities.

SLCT ended a successful end-ofthe-year dinner party at Palo Verde restaurant. SLCT provides entertainment to the Sun Lakes community and

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surrounding communities with three mainstage productions each year.

In addition, the theater has a children’s theater troupe that travels and performs shows for young students in the Chandler elementary school district.

Along with that, the theater’s own improv comedy troupe, The ImproVables, perform several shows throughout the year in various venues in Sun Lakes and

elsewhere around the state.

SLCT offers classes for its membership and has meetings every month that offer friendship, fellowship and entertainment.

These meetings are open to anyone who is interested in learning about how the theatre works.

SLCT is a nonprofit organization open to Sun Lakes residents. Information: slctinfo.com.

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Kimberly Lewis loves fable, spectacle and her dancers

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor

Area dance artist/instructor Kimberly Lewis has often exhibited her love of fables, spectacle and family.

And just as she has shown that fascination with her annual production of the Ahwatukee Nutcracker, Lewis is going to again with her presentation of “Once Upon a Time” at noon and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at Desert Vista High School’s Fine Arts Theater in Ahwatukee.

The show is made for her wheelhouse.

Lewis calls her 24th full-stage production with dancers, ages 2 to 18, from her Dance Studio 111 “a wonderful journey to far off places, magical and mystical, fantasy, heroic, and of course with an ending where everyone lives happily ever after.”

“You will see over 500 spectacular costumes in the show,” she said. “Each costume (is) a close replicate from the movie.”

Then there’s the family part – or parts, as it turns out. First, is Lewis’ tradition of inviting fathers of the dancers to come up on stage and dance with their daughters.

“This year’s daddy-daughter theme is heroes, where we pay tribute to our heroes – the military, doctors and nurses,

Photos by Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer

Rehearsing some movements are, from left, Zora Griffin Todd, Libby Juist, Amelia Bennett and in Natalie Sterling.

with her dancing students.

“Dance Studio 111 has been in business in the Ahwatukee Foothills Community

grew up dancing, some since age 3, at Dance Studio 111,” she added.

They include Olivia Gregg, who Olivia

started dancing at age 3 at Lewis’ Studio 111; Madi Nash, who has a studio regular; Jordan Torgerson, who started at age 4 and was the Sugarplum Fairy in last December’s production of “Nutcracker”; and Vinny West, a studio student for four years.

“Olivia Gregg and Madi Nash have also been on Dance Studio 111 Elite Company team for many years,” Lewis noted. “They have traveled with our studio around the country competing and attending numerous dance conventions, winning many top honor dance awards. And both will be performing solos in the show.”

Lewis also is all about community when it comes to her productions.

“Our dancers would love for our community to come watch them in ‘Once Upon a Time,’” she said. “They have been working since February to bring this show to the stage.

“I am grateful to our Ahwatukee Foothills Community for supporting the talented dancers from our community by attending our show. This is the perfect family show to attend. All ages will enjoy the music, costumes, and theme.”

Tickets range from $15 to $35 and all are for assigned seating. Get them at tututix. com/dancestudio111.

I am grateful to our Ahwatukee Foothills “ Community for supporting the talented dancers from our community by attending our show. This is the perfect family show to attend. All ages will enjoy the music, costumes, and theme.

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– Ahwatukee dance artist/instructor Kimberly Lewis firefighters and police officers,” she said.

“We love this because it is such a bonding time for the dads and daughters, and the dads have such an appreciation of the time and commitment it takes to learn a dance routine.”

There’s also another family element – namely, the family that Lewis forges through the close bonds she develops

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for 24 years,” Lewis explained. “Dancers who grew up dancing at our studio now have children themselves dancing in ‘Once Upon a Time.’ It is so special knowing so many dancers who grew up dancing at our studio enjoyed so many years at the studio that they now have their own children attending the studio – the next generation.”

“We have four graduating seniors who

Some of Lewis dancers include, from left, Ally Nash, Rachel Christensen, Bella Gregg, Ashleigh Griffin and Madi Nash.

up before a match to help him compete to his best ability. He also wants to make the sport more interesting.

“Confidence is the key to being aggressive and having good timing.

That is the way that I approach it, and because of that, when I lose, it’s a big deal. People are very stunned or very happy,” Bagent says.

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their skills during arm wrestling clinics and feats of strength contests.

Top arm wrestler Travis “The Beast” Bagent, the reigning right- and lefthanded world champion, will compete in the super heavyweight division. He won his first national championship at age 20 and for the next two decades has stayed on top.

Growing up in West Virginia, Bagent learned to arm wrestle while working at his dad’s bar. During his teenage years, he figured out how to use leverage, timing and angles to his advantage.

“That experience molded me into an athlete who could win, even if he wasn’t as strong as his opponent,” Bagent says.

Bagent describes himself as an “outside top roller,” but he said his approach varies by match.

“It’s a combat sport,” he describes.

“There are two people controlling the

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movement, not just you. If a guy wants to pull a certain way, sometimes you

have no choice but to pull that way.”

As a competitor, Bagent hypes himself

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Eddie Money has no regrets in his career season at Independence Township, Michigan’s DTE Energy Music Theatre (formerly Pine Knob).

Money and his family will perform at Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino on Saturday, June 30.

“I have a lot of fun out there,” he says about gigging. “I wish the TV show was shot 10 years ago, when I was 10 pounds thinner. I used to be cute. What happened to me? I got more lines on my face.”

Seriously, he enjoys playing casinos, like Wild Horse Pass. He’s familiar with Arizona as his grandparents lived in Sun City.

“I love playing casinos,” he says. “They give me big rooms to stay in. I feel like Frank Sinatra. There’s a television in the bathroom. It’s crazy.

“I have the greatest job in the world, though. I quit smoking cigarettes. I was performing once and this gorgeous girl was right below my feet. She was crying.

Her eye makeup was running down her cheeks. I asked her if she was OK and she said, ‘You’re standing on my fingers.’”

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Staff

Legendary rock singer Eddie Money knows how to get a conversation started.

“Are you a D-backs fan?” he asks. “I’m a Dodgers fan, so we don’t like you.”

He’s quickly reminded about the Dodgers allegedly urinating in the Chase Field pool in September 2013 after the team clinched the NL West.

“Boys will be boys,” he says matter of factly.

Money quickly changes his tune, so to speak, and starts singing and telling jokes. He’s always pleasant and happy to talk about his AXS TV reality show, “Real Money.” It showcases the lives of Money, his wife of more than 30 years, Laurie, and their five children, Zach, Joe, Jesse, Dez and Julian.

Born Edward Joseph Mahoney in 1949 in Brooklyn, Money strived to become a musician, but detoured for a bit into police work, in honor of his father.

In 1968, after serving as a New York City police officer for two years, Money put his law enforcement career on hold to pursue music. He moved to Berkeley, California, and began performing at local

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clubs. It was there he met legendary promoter Bill Graham, who served as a mentor.

In 1977, he released his self-titled debut, which spawned hits like “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise.”

Hits like “Think I’m in Love” and “Shakin’”

followed.

He saw a resurgence in 1986 when he released “Can’t Hold Back,” featuring the Grammy-nominated duet with Ronnie Spector, “Take Me Home Tonight.”

Money calls Detroit his second home, as for two decades he has opened the

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Amid sizable doubts, we are moved forward by our blessings

BY DR. RABBI IRWIN WIENER Guest Writer

All too often we are faced with issues that can, at times, boggle the mind and cause anguish and despair. It is especially true in these trying times.

We are witnesses to unimaginable horrors. People are murdered. People are exiled. People are displaced from their homes. Anyone who can muster any type of hope for the future certainly is hard pressed to do so. Yet, there are people who still cling to the belief that with an optimistic approach to life all will be right.

Not long ago, I read an article listing “six little stories,” in which the value of life and its blessings are depicted attending to our need for confidence and assurance: •T here was a village where people gathered to pray for rain. On that day, the whole town showed up, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That, my friends, is FAITH. hen you throw a baby in the air, he or •W she will laugh because they understand that you will catch them. That’s TRUST. •A s we journey further into life, we go to bed not knowing if we will see the next sunrise, but still we set our alarm to wake us up. That’s HOPE.

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• As time marches on, we make plans in spite of not knowing if there is a future.

That is CONFIDENCE. • We see suffering and misery, but still we get married and have children. That is LOVE. • And, then there was an old man who had written on his shirt, “I am not 80 years old. I am sweet 16 with 64 years of experience.” That is ATTITUDE. We all have doubts and fears. Our country seems to be lost in some uncontrollable tailspin. The world has

gotten away from us. We look at our neighbors with suspicion. Our identity is lost somewhere in the past.

Still we celebrate holidays and lifecycle events because we have confidence that all will be right. We sit next to each other in our church or synagogue, sing our hymns, mouth our prayers, and feel the love we have for each other. Most of all, we leave these sacred places with the attitude that we can and will be better people.

There certainly are episodes of doubt.

Some of these doubts boggle the mind, but still we march on. This is what faith is all about.

Some will ask, “As we age what is there to hope for, or feel optimistic about? For that matter what kind of love is left for us, or, perhaps what is faith?”

As we progress in age, these questions preoccupy us to the point of despair. That is, if we allow them.

Here is something to dwell on: Our vibrancy may have been diminished, but not our enthusiasm. We may not be as spry as we once were, but we know that we can take that next step. We have determination to complete our journey with heads held high because we have, and continue to contribute to, the value of life. We have confidence in ourselves, even though we go through periods of doubt. Most of all, we are hopeful, remembering what we were and excited about what we mean to others.

We can feel good about ourselves because our attitude tells us that we are relevant, as relevant as we were yesterday, and even more relevant tomorrow.

Faith, trust, confidence, love and attitude all are the ingredients necessary for a life of fulfillment.

Dr. Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. is National Chaplain of Jewish War Veterans-USA and he is with Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation.

Keep God within us for longer than a cup of coffee

BY JEAN NEWELL Guest Writer

Have Keurig; will travel!

It all began when my sister and brother-inlaw were going to their timeshare for vacation.

She asked if I would be willing to Bea-sit while they were gone.

“Absolutely!” I said.

It could be like a stay-cation for me, I thought.

Bea is a black and white cockapoo, half-Cocker Spaniel and half-poodle, and she is a delight. Usually she’s not a picky

eater and, with the homemade dog food my sister leaves for her, meal times are a breeze. Bea is a people-dog. She loves her people, which means wherever her people are, there’s Bea. She will sit with you wherever you are. In the kitchen, in the living room, on the back porch or in bed. Countless times, I have awakened in the middle of the night to find Bea snuggled up next to me, so close, in fact, that if I want to turn over I can’t do so until I wake her up and have her move.

As I had done numerous times before, I packed enough clothes for a week’s stay, with my computer in its carrying

case and whatever books and reading materials I’d need, and headed over to my sister’s home. She made sure I had plenty of food while they were gone.

There even was popcorn for night-time snacking.

It wasn’t until the next morning, when I went to fix a cup of coffee, that I realized she’d taken her Keurig coffee maker with her!

No Keurig! No coffee for a week!

I had no choice! I went home and got my Keurig!

We laughed about it later. She made sure I had everything I needed while she was gone but forgot to tell me she’d tak-

en her Keurig.

Now when I Bea-sit, I take my Keurig with me!

Shouldn’t our faith in God be as important as my Keurig is to me? Should we not make it a priority to spend time each day, whether we are home or on vacation, with God? Whether it’s thanking God for a beautiful sunrise, taking time to read a daily devotional, or praying for family and friends?

Spending time with God should be as important to us as that first cup in the morning!

Jean Newell is an associate pastor at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church.

Church program entertains, promotes thought

BY BEV TARPLEY Guest Writer

From light and entertaining to serious and informational, Sun Lakes United Methodist Church’s “Tuesday Nights Together” series this summer offers something for nearly everyone.

The church, at 9248 E. Riggs Road, west of Robson Library, hosts the series through August. Programs begin at 6:30 p.m. and are about an hour long. There is no admission charge. Reservations are not required and everyone is welcome.

The June programs: June 5. Eight Decades of an

Extraordinary Voice and Still Singing.

The season opens with a sing-along. Cris Evans, Sun Lakes UMC choir director, and vocalist Don Price lead you through an evening of musical memories with wellloved songs and a sing-along through eight decades of music.

June 12. DNA Testing for Family History. An introduction to the three most popular DNA tests and how they can be used to confirm relationships with ancient ancestors, resolve familytree conflicts or even help an adoptee discover a biological parent.

Denny Steele will show you how much you can achieve with just a simple DNA

test and some basic understanding using examples from his own family tree.

June 19. How We Retired Early, Built a Yacht and Lived Aboard for 10 Years: Claire and Paul Smith learned that they not only owned too much stuff, but it was getting to the point where their stuff owned them.

They both quit their jobs, sold almost everything, had a boat built and moved aboard to sail the Atlantic Ocean, even though they had never sailed before.

They recount how they learned, lived and became full-time cruisers for 10 years, and then returned once again to be dirtdwellers.

June 26. A Laughing Matter: Kathleen Thoren, M.A., is a licensed counselor with the Scottsdale Relationship Center, who has more than 25 years of experience working with individuals, couples and small groups.

During this workshop, experience the benefits of laughter and learn how to use laughter as good medicine for yourself and others. Leave with new ideas and changes to mind, body and spirit.

Thoren’s expertise and many years of experience make her a well-known presenter around the Valley.

For questions or more information: Bev Tarpley, education chairwoman, at 480-895-8766.

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Spiritual Connections Call ahead to confirm as details occasionally change after print. If you have a recurring monthly support group or meeting to list in Spiritual Connections, email complete details to news@santansun.com.

Career Connectors 8:30 a.m. to noon, fourth Tuesday of month Nonprofit organization connecting professionals in career transition to highquality resources and hiring companies; each event includes professional career speakers with presentations on relevant job search topics, three to four hiring companies, networking, resume help, career coaches, LinkedIn coaches and business portraits.

Central Christian Church, Gilbert Campus/ Student Center, 965 E. Germann Road, Gilbert 480-442-5806, careerconnectors.org Christian Business Networking Tri-City Chapter – Chandler, Tempe, Mesa 7:15 a.m. Tuesdays Offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and business referrals.

Crackers and Co. Café, 535 W. Iron Ave., Mesa Maia, 480-425-0624, christianbusinessnetworking.com Christian Business Networking, Chandler Bi-Monthly Chapter 7:45 a.m. second and fourth Tuesdays each month Offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and business referrals.

Chandler Christian Church, Building B, Room 202 1825 S. Alma School Road, Chandler Maia, 480-425-0624, christianbusinessnetworking.com HOPE—Help Overcoming Painful Experiences 7 p.m. Tuesdays Free weekly small-group sessions helping people overcome emotional pain caused by divorce, grief, addictions and more; free child care for children ages 10 and younger.

Desert Springs Church 19620 S. McQueen Road, Room 106, Chandler hope4all@comcast.net, helpovercomingpainfulexperiences.org

SUNDAYS Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Sundays All with peaceful beliefs are welcome to this inclusive, loving, thriving UNITY Community.

Join the group at 10 a.m., preceding the service, for fellowship. Youth and toddlers meet during service. Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa, 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org Kids’ Sunday School 10 to 11 a.m. Sundays Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Lift Your Spirit 10 a.m. Sundays Hear inspirational messages and music.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Traditional and Contemporary Services 7:30 a.m. daybreak contemplative worship, 9 a.m. traditional worship and choral music,

11 a.m. contemporary worship with live Christian rock band. There is also a service at 12 p.m. Wednesdays St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 901 W. Erie Street, Chandler 480-899-7386, saintmatthewschurch.org

MONDAYS The Art of Parenting 7:30 p.m. Mondays Six-session course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute and presented by Rabbi Mendy Deitsch of Chabad of the East Valley, designed to help parents at all levels of Jewish knowledge develop their own parenting philosophies and techniques. Cost is $99.

Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler 480-855-4333, rabbi@chabadcenter.com

TUESDAYS Silva Class and Meditation 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays Learn the Silva method with Lois Britland.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800

Shalom Chapter of Hadassah 11:30 a.m. second Tuesday of each month Iron Oaks (Oakwood) Clubhouse 24218 S. Oakwood Boulevard, Sun Lakes Cyril, 480-802-0243; Kathy, 480-895-5194; Shirley, 480-883-9159; or Joyce, 480-802-4902.

Monthly Women’s Fellowship 6:15 p.m. fourth Tuesday of each month The monthly fellowship Bible study with the East Valley Chapter of Christian Women’s Devotional Alliance “ministers to women’s spiritual, emotional and physical needs.”

Best Western-Mezona, 250 W. Main Street, Mesa. 480-232-3773 Narcotics Anonymous (Nar-Anon), Chandler Chapter 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Twelve-step program for families and friends of addicts. Faith Community Church 1125 N. Dobson Road, Chandler, nar-anon.org

WEDNESDAYS Panic Healing 7 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday Receive a 15-minute energetic tuneup.

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Gong Meditation and Yoga Nidra 7 to 8:30 p.m. third Wednesday Presented by Will Zecco, gong master. Bring yoga mat, blanket and pillow as desired. Love offerings will be accepted.

Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org “A Course in Miracles” with the Rev. Julianne Lewis 1 to 2:15 p.m. Wednesdays The weekly group is an interactive time of learning and sharing, appropriate for course beginners, as well as longtime students of ACIM. Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org.

The Art of Parenting 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays Six-session course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute and presented by Rabbi Mendy Deitsch of Chabad of the East Valley, designed to help parents at all levels of Jewish knowledge develop their own parenting philosophies and techniques. Cost is $99.

Chandler Jewish Community Center 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler 480-855-4333 or rabbi@chabadcenter.com.

Grief Care 6:45 p.m. Wednesdays A place to come share your feelings or just listen to others as we try to navigate through our grief. You don’t have to do it alone.

Epiphany Lutheran Church, South Campus, old church building, 800 W. Ray Road, Room 325, Chandler, griefcareaz@gmail.com.

Healing Prayer and Meditation Circle 7 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesdays Guided prayer, affirmations and visualization for those facing physical, emotional, mental or spiritual issues in their lives. Love offering requested.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Meditation Moments 7 to 8:30 p.m. third Wednesday of the month An interactive time of learning and sharing, appropriate for beginners or longtime students of ACIM. Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org St. Mathew’s Episcopal Church 12 p.m. Healing and Eucharist service St. Mathew’s Episcopal Church 901 W. Erie Street, Chandler 480-899-7386, saintmatthewschurch.org THURSDAYS Women’s Empowerment & Awakening 7 to 8:30 p.m. third Thursday Release negative beliefs.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800

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A Course in Miracles 7 p.m. first, second and fourth Thursday Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Empower Model for Men 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays The three-class series is taught by author Scott E. Clark and designed to offer practical wisdom and tools to help men shift into their higher consciousness, based on the sevenstep empower model detailed in Clark’s book, “Empower Model for Men.” Cost is $85.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road,, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Real Love Support Group 6:30 p.m. Thursdays For those who have a desire to acquire more “real love” and in the process find great personal happiness and more fulfilling relationships. Love offering requested.

Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800

FRIDAYS Temple Havurat Emet 7:30 p.m. first Friday of each month Lecky Center, Robson Library 9330 E. Riggs Road, Sun Lakes, templehavuratemet.org

SATURDAYS Spirit Night – Psychic Fair 4 to 8 p.m. third Saturday of each month The “Lightworkers” offer a wide range of services, including Reiki, facials, mediums, drumming, tarot, angel messages and more.

Services range from $20 to $30. Cash only.

Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa interfaith-community.org heatherposey70@gmail.com.

Spirit Night – A Holistic Healing Festival 1 to 6 p.m. third Saturday of the month Lightworkers offer a wide range of services including Reiki, facials, mediums, drumming, tarot, angel messages and more. Services range from $20 to $30.

Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa interfaith-community.org, heatherposey70@gmail.com Unity Drumming and Healing Circle 6:30 to 8 p.m. fourth Saturday of each month Beginner, expert drummers and observers welcome. Bring snack, appetizer or dessert to share. Love donation accepted.

Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org

OTHER Forever Marriage Ministries Marriage Restoration Support Group for Wives Offers hope to the hurting Valleywide through one-on-one Biblical marriage teaching, God-honoring wife discipleship and marriage restoration mentoring to wives seeking God’s will in the restoration of marriage.

Lisa, 602-377-8847, marriage@lisacmyers.com, forevermarriageministries.com, facebook.com/forevermarriages Jewish Women International, Avodah Chapter 1581 Monthly luncheon. Social Box Eateries, 1371 N. Alma School Road, Chandler RSVP: 480-802-9304, 480-655-8812

Chandler United Methodist Church Making and Deploying Disciples for over 100 Years.

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SUNDAY WORSHIP Rolling River Rampage SUNDAY SCHOOL Worship 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Vacation Bible School coming June 18-22

For Children 9:10 a.m. & 10:40 a.m.

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Moms in Prayer International A group of mothers who meet one hour each week to intercede for their children and schools through prayer. Liane Wright, 480-699-7887, momsinprayer.org Bible Study Meets twice a month Members of the Women’s Life Group study the Bible and discuss how the lessons can relate to their lives. Sun Lakes United Church of Christ, Chandler.

Jan Olson: 480-802-7457, Joy King 480-588-1882 East Valley Jewish Couples Club Offers once-a-month social activities such as dining, movies and plays for Jewish couples in the 45- to 65-year-old age range. Melissa, 480-785-0744, beadlover@cox.net.

Chandler Presbyterian Goings On: Sundays: 9:15 Kid’s Sunday School 9:15 Adult Bible Study Room 3 10:00 Walking the Walk (Youth) 10:30 Sunday Service Noon: Lenten Jesus Bible Study and Food!

3:00 Kenyan Fellowship/Language Worship Service 7:00 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous Mondays: 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesdays: 10 a.m. Prayer Group (Pastor’s Office)(except 3rd Tuesday of month)

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1 p.m. Chandler I Am Project Room 3 Wednesdays: 10 AM Peter and Paul Bible Study 6 p.m. Men’s Spiritual Stag 6:15 Bell Choir Rehearsal 7 p.m. Church Chorale Rehearsal 6 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous (Women only) 7:30 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous (Men) Thursdays: 6:30 p.m. Women’s Bible Study 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous (Men) Every 1st and 3rd Friday...I-HELP @ 6:00PM Dinner/Showers and a place to sleep for the homeless Regular monthly activities: Lois (Women) Circle: Every 3rd Tuesday 10 a.m. Spirits Willing Lunches Out (over 55) 11:30 a.m. , 4th Fridays All events are at Chandler Presbyterian Church at 1900 S. Arrowhead Drive except for Spirits Willing and lunches. chandlerpres.org Let us help you publicize your church or temple’s events in the Spirituality section by emailing details to news@santansun.com.

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CHoP in Ocotillo draws neighborhood crowds Eden said.

The baseball-cut sirloin is cut to look like a baseball and Many people who live comes from “the best part of a and work in Chandler can top sirloin,” Kaufman said. indulge their red-meat “It’s a very accessible steak if cravings at an elegant Ocotillo you don’t want to spend a lot of restaurant patrons say lacks money,” Eden said. the pretension found in other Ron Riecks and his wife, fine-dining establishments.

Lynda, who is owner of Carstar CHoP Steak Seafood & Autopro Collision Chandler, live Burger Bar has become a a few blocks away from CHoP popular haunt for people who and love to eat there. live and work in Chandler and “My favorite is the Doublethe East Valley since it opened Cut Pork Chop,” Riecks said. “I about five and a half years ago am a big pork chop fan and too on West Queen Creek Road, few restaurants do pork chops. just east of Price Road.

At CHoP, they celebrate pork Humble Family Restaurants, chops. Not only is it delicious, the same group that owns but it is big. Almost 2 meals in Humble Pie pizzeria, The Living one.

Room Wine Café & Lounge “I take the leftovers home and Rock Lobster eateries, and warm them up the next brought CHoP to Ocotillo day and eat what is left off so the area would have an the bone. My wife goes for upscale dining experience. the filet. We also think of “It’s like you’re coming it as upscale with a relaxed home,” Tom Kaufman, Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer atmosphere. Service is always CHoP partners Tom Kaufman, left, and Tony Eden also are partners in Humble Family Restaurants. operating partner for CHoP excellent.” and partner with Humble Jessica A. Aldulaimi and her The superfood salad is a colorful and grilled salmon for $25.99.

Family Restaurants, said. husband, Hani, along with two creation piled high with kale, cranberries, Every day a fresh grilled fish is “We feel we’re the community, the friends, recently had dinner at CHoP. radish, avocado, almonds and goat cheese featured, including swordfish, halibut, neighborhood hangout.”

A business development manager and it is many customers’ favorite salad, black cod and grouper. The Bang Bang The former breakfast restaurant’s at KW Commercial, Jessica said the said Tony Eden, partner with Humble Shrimp is a crispy, golden well-liked 4,000 square feet of space lent ambiance was “quiet and just right for us Family Restaurants and CHoP. starter with sweet, spicy aioli. itself more to a posh-looking eatery, to talk and enjoy our evening.”

Guests also rave about the roasted Kaufman said. It is now full of silver “We started with Malbec and then the spaghetti squash made on the mesquite Diners craving meat can also select and gold accents, textured red and gold Caesar salad and added the anchovies,” grill with a refreshing, light-tasting mix one of the many signature burgers at Jessica said. “Since not all restaurants offer anchovies, it feels like such a treat!

We all ordered the Boneless Rib-Eye, it was perfectly marbled and cooked.

“We all agreed it was the best we’ve had. We ended our meal with the Toffee Bread Pudding, which was great for sharing. We had such a lovely evening and our waiter took great care of us.”

Larry P. Williams, sales and marketing director of Right Away Disposal, lives in the Ocotillo area and raved about CHoP. “Chop delivers nothing short of amazing every time, all the time, and has been my go-to steakhouse in Chandler,” Williams said.

“It starts with staff, from the moment you walk in until you leave, they’re inviting, friendly and courteous. The ambiance is warm and elegant, it truly embodies a fine dining steakhouse. As a regular (twice a month), the reason I love this place is the passion from the kitchen, it’s done extremely well and continuously.”

Left: The superfood salad is the most popular salad on the menu at CHoP Steak Seafood & Burger Bar. Right: A boneless rib-eye steak and spaghetti squash are a popular meal on the menu at CHoP Steak Seafood & Burger Bar on West Queen Creek Road in Ocotillo.

Jen Hewitt, executive director of the Chandler Education Foundation, also loves the menu at CHoP. She lives in of arugula, Parmesan and capers. Unusual wallpaper, leather-like booths and ornate CHoP including a classic cheeseburger, Chandler.

Brussels sprouts offer a beefy, flavorful patty melt, green chili and barbecue chandeliers.

“My personal preferences are the taste with gremolata, bacon, lemon juice, burgers, for $14.99 each.

CHoP focuses heavily on steaks, Bang Bang Shrimp, Spaghetti Squash, olive oil and salt and pepper.

While the sirloin, center-cut filet and burgers and seafood, offering substantial Cauliflower Gratin and the of course the Eden said a chef arrives at CHoP at 8 roasted prime rib get a lot of sizzle, the dinners and flavorful, ample sides. filet,” Hewitt said. “Everything is cooked a.m. every day to break down and handvegetables at the luxuriously appointed The mesquite grill-cooked entrees to perfection. I would recommend cut the steaks, which come from Gold restaurant also shine. include a popular double-cut, housethis place to anyone. The service is Canyon, Colorado.

Heather Sanders of Ahwatukee cured pork chop paired with apple exceptional also.”

The double-cut pork chop is also designed the walls and furniture, and chutney for $27.99, a baseball-cut top Felicia Vandermolen, CEO and founder sirloin for $26.99, a boneless Maui rib-eye Arizona painter Ed Mell’s landscapes hang prepared with care. “We brine it for a couple days so it stays nice and juicy,” with a pineapple-soy marinade for $34.99 on the walls.

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of The Nitro Live Icecreamery, said she and her husband, Rich, consider the atmosphere “incredibly warm and inviting.”

“The food is always great and it is a perfect place for birthdays, anniversaries and event board meetings,” Felicia said.

Those craving a bite and beer, a cocktail or one of the many wines at CHoP can grab deals during happy hour, every day from 4 to 6 p.m.

Customers can order Awesome Fries, which are tossed with gremolata, as well as fried pickles and fried zucchini, for $5.75 each during happy hour.

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A favorite cocktail is the James Brown, which has Elijah Craig Bourbon, Amaro and brown sugar syrup, for $8 during happy hour.

For those with a sweet tooth, CHoP offers several desserts, including the toffee bread budding with white chocolate frangelico sauce, a pecan torte and an Oreo ice cream sandwich.

CHoP is open from 4 to 10 p.m.

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