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Many courting Chandler voters’ attention City, state primary races 5 newcomers, incumbent head toward the finish line chase 2 CUSD board seats

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor

Depending on the results of a mathematical formula, Chandler voters in 10 days may or may not pick the last three members of the City Council that will govern them in 2019 and 2020.

They’ll also settle a three-way Republican fight for two state House nominations and will decide whether to extend for another four years the city’s

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ability to set its own budget rather than rely on a state law that ignores individual municipalities’ unique spending needs.

With a ballot that is far shorter than what voters can expect in the Nov. 6 general election, the Aug. 28 primary election in Chandler provides some suspense even though the putative top of the ticket was decided when Councilman Kevin Hartke was the only candidate who filed for mayor.

Hartke, a 33-year Chandler resident and pastor who was first elected to City Council in 2010, is replacing Mayor Jay Tibshraeny, who has been termed out of See

ELECTION on page 8

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Five newcomers and one longtime incumbent are vying for two seats on the Chandler Unified School District governing board in the Nov. 6 election.

Last week was the deadline for school board candidates to file for the nonpartisan election, which has no primary.

Incumbent governing board member Bob Rice, 66, who was first elected to the Chandler school board in 2002, is seeking a fifth four-year term. He is a retired production manager from Intel Corporation.

Unlike Rice, Chandler school board president Annette Auxier, who has been

on the district governing board since 1998, is not seeking re-election. Auxier, 64, said she and her husband, Gary, want to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The other candidates are Joshua Askey, Lara Bruner, Noemy Esparza-Isaacson, Lindsay Love and Jim Robinson.

Askey, 47, is controller for CoAction Group, a medical facilities developer in Chandler. He and his wife, Lisa, have three sons: Cade, 18; Quinn, 17 and Kye, 12. Cade graduated from Basha High School while Quinn is a senior at Basha and Kye is a seventh-grader at Santan Junior High.

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Wetter-than-usual summer elevates EV mosquito risks

BY CECILIA CHAN Staff

A pickup truck mounted with a fogging machine drives along an East Valley roadway, unleashing chemicals into the night air in an effort to control mosquitoes and the disease they carry.

Just this past July, Maricopa County Environmental Services sent out its trucks 17 days, mostly to the East Valley and largely to Gilbert and nearby neighborhoods, according to the county’s fogging calendar.

They could be making many more trips as the second wettest monsoon season in two decades increases the breeding areas for mosquitos.

Even without the heavy rains, mosquitoes take to the East Valley.

“The east side is comprised of areas with lots of older communities and drainage systems,” department spokesman Johnny Dilone explained.

“Plus, it has floor irrigation and agriculture areas in closer proximity to housing developments.”

August’s rainfall so far is making this monsoon season the second wettest

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The dreaded Culex mosquito is the most common carrier of West Nile virus.

on record since 1990, according to meteorologist Marvin Percha with the National Weather Service in Phoenix.

“So far in the monsoon season we are definitely above average,” Percha said.

“Now, of course, we still have the rest of it to go and if we dry out and don’t get anymore, we will fall behind.”

From June 15, the start of the monsoon season, to Aug. 12, the Phoenix metropolitan area got about 2.3 inches of rain, Percha said.

“Right now, the outlook favors above-average for the remainder of the monsoon,” he said. “The odds are we will See

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Ducey touts record in address to Chandler business leaders

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor

East Valley Republic legislative candidates who are in primary fights shouldn’t expect any help from Gov. Doug Ducey.

“I stay out of them. They are for the people to decide,” said Ducey in a brief interview Aug. 9 after addressing the Chandler Chamber of Commerce and spending nearly an hour going around a room and exchanging pleasantries with about 100 businesspeople and politicians.

Ducey said in the interview he was in Chandler “getting out and promoting the state and talking about economic development – which, of course, is part of the day job,” though he added, “I imagine everything between now and the election will be considered a campaign stop.”

But an upbeat message to the supportive crowd, he indicated he wouldn’t mind their votes.

“I want you to know that I know that I worked for you and I’m asking for your help and support going forward and keep this agenda and a secure Arizona’s future,” he said, later adding: “Thanks for having me and please communicate with your friends and neighbors about the importance of this upcoming election cycle. We’re 89 days away.”

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Chandler Chamber President/CEO Terri Kimble watches Gov. Doug Ducey mingle.

Ducey himself faces an opponent in the primary, former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett – whom he has dismissed as a “fringe candidate.”

Numerous people snapped photos of Ducey and one legislative hopeful – former Chandler Councilwoman Nora Ellen, running in a three-way Republican primary for two House nominations in Chandler Legislative District 16 – shot a

selfie of herself and the governor.

While taking note of the numerous state and local officials in the audience – including three school superintendents with whom he “got to work with very closely” as he pushed through his 20 percent raise for teachers – Ducey said: “I’m grateful for all of the leaders that are in the room, but most of all, I’m thankful for the CEOS, the

business owners, the employees and the entrepreneurs in Chandler who are making things happen in this economy.”

That led him to the heart of his message.

He harkened back to his first few months in office in early 2015, when “this state had a $1 billion deficit and a sluggish economy and here we are just a few years later with a balanced budget with a record amount of dollars in our General Fund and an economy that is absolutely booming.”

He touted his administration’s accomplishments in bringing more than 240,000 new private sector jobs and 300 new out-of-state companies to Arizona and asserted that the last time the state’s unemployment rate was as low as it is now, “you were renting movies from Blockbuster.”

He also praised Chandler civic and business leaders, calling it “a city that has embraced innovation” and said it had lured companies that have created “10,000 new jobs for this city and more than $7.4 billion in new investments for the City of Chandler. “ Touting his administration’s restoration of millions in public school funding, Ducey also touted his administration’s investment in public education and increased border security and said he was as concerned about maintaining Arizona’s quality of life as he is about assuring its economy stays strong.

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“I want to serve on the CUSD Governing Board so that I may help continue the excellent legacy and trajectory of Chandler Unified School District,” Askey said.

“Chandler Unified School District is already one of the best school districts in Arizona,” he added. “I would like to see our best practices and standards move forward and continue to grow, ensuring that we have a wide variety of educational opportunities for all of our students.

I want to make sure we as a district are providing the classroom dollars students and teachers need to continue their successful forward progression.”

Askey has bachelor’s degrees in accounting and business administration from Pensacola Christian College in Florida. He came to Chandler 22 years ago. His wife, president of a local women’s group, serves on the Citizens’ Panel for Review of Police Complaints and Use of Force.

Bruner has been a teacher for 26 years and once received the New Jersey Governor’s Teaching Scholar Award, which provided a full scholarship to Rutgers University, according to her Facebook campaign page.

After she graduated from college with honors in psychology and special education, she worked with students with emotional and behavioral issues.

Bruner moved to Arizona in 1996 to teach students with special needs. Now she teaches advanced placement and dual enrollment psychology, as well as history classes in the Tempe Union High School District.

Bruner is the creator and director of the Arizona Teaching of Psychology Conference and she has given presentations at national and state teaching conferences. She was one of three psychology teachers to receive the Excellence in Teaching Award from the American Psychological Association’s Committee of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) in 2014.

Bruner has three children, and her youngest attends Perry High School. She

Noemy Esparza- Isaacson

could not be reached for comments.

Esparza-Isaacson, a singer, visual artist, Spanish teacher and IT professional, has worked in many states with American Airlines, Intel, Texas Instruments, ON Semiconductor and other companies.

She teaches ceramics at Tumbleweed Recreation Center, volunteers as an art teacher at Knox Gifted Academy and teaches Spanish to adults on her own.

She served on the Parent Advisory Council at Knox Gifted Academy last year. She and her husband, Paul, have three children together who attend Knox and Arizona College Prep-Erie Campus.

Paul’s daughter graduated from Chandler High School.

Esparza-Isaacson recorded Latin pop music professionally for many years while in the IT field. She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a major in information technology and a minor in music from New Mexico State University.

The daughter of Mexican immigrants, she is the first in her family to attend college.

“If I’m elected, I wish to bring a collaborative and common-sense approach to the board,” Esparza-Isaacson said.

“The arts will probably be my champion and flagship issue. I would like them to be more integrated into the schools because it is a pillar of success. I want to look at creative ways that we can have education technology resources. I just want to make sure kids that might not have the emotional support at home will find it somewhere at our schools.”

Love, 33, a licensed clinical social worker, loves working with young people.

A 2003 graduate of Hamilton High School, she manages a team of counselors and social workers who treat adolescents and their families at a nonprofit organization. She also counsels families through a private practice.

Love defines herself as a black woman.

She said she would like to see teachers use “less-punitive” approaches and “more interventions” with students.

She also wants to see more diversity among district teachers and lesson plans that are “more sensitive to the cultures that we serve in Chandler. I’m just interested in making sure Chandler serves all

Lindsay Love

Bob Rice

students and that we focus a little bit more on that acceptance and diversity, having representation from diverse groups,” Love said, adding: “We really need to bring in teachers who are skilled long-term, dedicated and make sure that we are paying them and make sure we show them we value the work they do. When one person is struggling or they’re hungry or they’re in need, we need to help and organize.”

Robinson, 46, owns REIMidwest, a real estate development company.

“I am a big believer in our country’s public schools,” Robinson said. “My wife and I both attended public schools, and our three daughters are all currently enrolled in the Chandler Unified School District.

“My family has made Chandler our home for over 17 years and, during that time, we have experienced just how amazing this community and our Chandler Unified School District are. It is full of engaged parents and wonderful, dedicated teachers and administrators,” he added.

He said he wants to be on the board “to ensure we are providing our children with a world-class education; offering an environment that is safe for both our kids and teachers; while properly allocating the additional funding that was approved by our state lawmakers to our teachers and support staff in the Chandler Unified School District.”

Rice and his wife, Margie, have a son and daughter who graduated from Chandler High School.

He worked at Intel for 23 years in various positions and he has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Ohio State University and an MBA from the University of Arizona.

He grew up in Ohio and moved to Arizona in 1974, serving in the U.S. Air Force as a missile launch officer in Tucson before moving to the Valley in 1980.

His wife is a former elementary school teacher.

“We’re somewhat competitive in Chandler,” Rice said. “We like to be the best. We like to have our kids come to our schools and not the other schools.

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Jim Robinson

We like to think we can educate them a little better, give them the best they can possibly receive.

“I don’t think you should just throw money at school districts. You really have an idea of what you want to do with it, have goals,” he added.

Annette and Gary Auxier grew up in south Scottsdale, moved to Colorado for 10 years and then returned to Chandler in 1990. Gary is a pediatrician and Annette had worked as his office manager before becoming a stay-at-home mother when her children were younger.

Being on the school board has been a great experience, Annette said.

“I feel like I’ve helped maintain a sense of civility,” she said. “We understand that we all bring a different perspective; we use those different perspectives to make it better. It’s been wonderful for me. It’s brought a lot of joy and happiness to me.”

She advised new school board members to “be patient with themselves.”

“There’s a steep learning curve and when you go in look for things that can be improved but understand that people are there to make the lives better for children,” she said. “You don’t get involved in this unless you want to make education a thing that’s better and to make education accessible to all children.”

In the Queen Creek Unified School District, voters will choose two school board members for seats with four-year terms. Incumbent board president Ken Brague is running again for the school board and newcomer Samantha Davis is also running.

The boards for both Tempe Union and Kyrene school districts, which include parts of Chandler, also can expect new faces next year. Two members on each board have decided not to seek reelection.

They are Kyrene board President Kristin Middleton and two-term member Bernadette Coggins and, in Tempe Union, DeeAnn McClenahan and Brandon Schmoll.

Three candidates are vying for the two Tempe Union spots and four will be battling it out for the two Kyrene seats.

Teachers can get a break on car maintenance today SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

For the seventh consecutive year, Desert Car Care Center of Chandler is giving teachers a break today on some services for their wheels.

Its Back to School Teachers event is providing teachers with school ID a free oil change and a 15-point safety inspection at the center, 95 N. Dobson Road, Chandler, from 8 a.m. to noon on a

first-come, first-served basis.

The gift, valued at $49.95, recognizes that “teachers are a foundation for children,” a spokeswoman said.

“They work hard to teach our children and with budget cuts, every new school year they spend on average, up to $500 of their own money each year on supplies. In appreciation of their efforts, Desert Car Care Center of Chandler wants to give the gift of preventative maintenance to

keep their vehicles reliable.”

There also will be prizes and car certificates to be won and while they wait, the Hungry Monk food truck, Coffee Run and music will be on hand.

The safety check covers lights, belts, fluids (oil, coolant, power steering, brake, transmission), hoses, tire condition and pressure, windshields, air filters, mirrors, emergency brake, battery and child car seats.

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Gilbert crossing guards brush up on traffic safety

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

While Gilbert and other East Valley students started hitting the books again last week, many crossing guards were brushing up on their skill sets to steer children to safety.

Nearly 200 guards participated in a training that the Maricopa Association of Governments sponsored at Dobson High School in Mesa.

All K-8 schools are responsible for hiring and training guards and defining where and when they need to be on duty.

Safety experts offered participants advice on keeping themselves healthy while demonstrating the correct ways to guide students across crosswalks and explaining traffic laws.

Speakers stressed the need to keep safe in order to protect students.

“Before you step out on that curb, I want you to stop, look around,” said Jean DeStories, Mesa Fire & Medical Department fire and life safety education specialist. “People are not watching you guys out there. Take care of yourself. I am incredibly impressed with the job you are doing.”

DeStories told the crowd to remember the acronym SAFE. Noting “S” and “A” stand for “shirt” and “arms,” she urged them to wear loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirts and pants to protect themselves from the sun.

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Melody Cordes, one of Chandler's more than 115 cross guards, demonstrates the proper way of guiding kids across te street.

The “F” should remind them to put sunscreen on their faces and the “E” means everyone needs to be protected. She also explained the signs of heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

DeStories recommended they carry plastic gloves to protect themselves from blood, vomit and other bodily fluids.

She said carrying Band-Aids for children could be useful as well.

She said crossing guards could handle some students’ health problems, such as scraped knees, on the site, but more serious issues, including a child getting hit by a car, warrant a call to 9-1-1. However, she said “very few calls” come into 9-1-1 for youths injured in East Valley crosswalks.

The crossing guards also watched a video, “Guardians of the Future,” that showed appropriate ways to get kids across crosswalks in different scenarios.

The video explained what types of signs crossing guards need to put near crosswalks.

A speaker urged guards to ensure students walk “quickly,” and to make eye contact with drivers. The video also demonstrated the differences between yellow and white crosswalks and how to raise the “Stop” paddle.

Both the video and speakers stressed that crossing guards are not allowed to direct traffic.

“This is where I see the biggest problem with crossing guards,” Mesa Police Department Officer Michael Kuntz said.

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Don Cross, Phoenix school safety coordinator and co-producer of the video, engaged crossing guards in a demonstration on stage as adults pretended to be children.

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They said many drivers talk on their cell phones and some have even driven through crosswalks or crept up into them.

Erika Hunter, a new crossing guard at Falcon Hill Elementary School in Mesa, called the hands-on lesson was “great.”

“It was a little nervous but it was fun,” Hunter said.

Theresa Ricks, a crossing guard at Whittier Elementary School in Mesa, also found the workshop helpful.

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office.

The electoral suspense will involve who is selected to fill three other seats on Council as voters decide among two incumbents and four challengers.

The candidates are: •W illiam Crawford, a 24-year employee of the Maricopa Community College District and former vice president of Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

Serves on Chandler police and fire pension boards. Website: crawfordforchandler.com •M att Eberle, a Chandler resident since 2008 with deep business background.

Endorsed by four current Council members. Member of Chandler’s Architecture Review Committee. Also ran for council in 2016. Website: matteberle.com.

•A aron Harris Sr., professional educator. “I will encourage the best possible business climate for economic development and the creation of good jobs and work to streamline the burdensome, antiquated permitting processes that stifles smart growth.” Also ran in 2016. Website: harrisforchandler.com ene Lopez, incumbent, served on •R Chandler Parks and Recreation board before joining council in 2014. Favors further city tax reductions while enhancing public safety and recreational opportunities. Website: renelopezforchandler.com.

•M att Orlando, seeking a return to

Council after serving 1990-98 and 2004-13, is retired after a long career in the defense industry. “During my time as a Council member I supported and led many activities that benefitted and laid the foundation for our community and our quality of life that we enjoy today.” Website: mattorlando.com.

•T erry Roe, another incumbent, stresses economic development, public safety and fiscal frugality on his website. A long list of endorsements includes other current and former City Council members and U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. Website: roe4chandler.com.

One or more seats could be decided Aug. 28 – or the field could also be winnowed down a bit for a final resolution on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Outright winners are determined by a three-step formula and if one or more of the top three candidates fail to hit that number, then one or more seats goes on a ballot that will be laden with choices for state and local candidates and yesno votes on a number of referendum questions. Also, a new U.S. Senator from Arizona will be chosen as well.

Voters also will be asked to vote on Proposition 408, which renews for another four years the City Council’s authority in determining the city’s budget rather than using a statemandated formula developed in 1980, which is based upon inflation and a community’s population.

The State Constitution allows voters in a municipality to approve a local alternative expenditure limitation, or “home rule” option, which allows a

budget based on local needs, service levels and available resources.

The home rule option is not an increase or decrease in tax rates. Funding estimates are based on existing income sources that Chandler already receives.

A “yes” vote on home rule will allow Chandler to continue to set its own spending limits. A “no” vote would limit expenditures to the stateimposed formula limit, resulting in what city officials say would be a 21 percent reduction – or $120 million – in spending for city services, even though the revenue still will be received.

Voters also will be resolving the only legislative contest this month.

That contest involves former Chandler Vice Mayor Nora Ellen and two Republican counterparts, incumbent state Rep. Jeff Weninger and Julie Willoughby.

Only two can go forward to November.

One seat opened this year because House Speaker J.D. Mesnard is termed out. He’s uncontested in the primary and will duke it out with Democrat Steve Weichert in the fall to succeed Sen. Steve Yarbrough, who has retired.

Ellen is Mesnard’s mother. She had to resign from the Council because she’s seeking the state post but would have been unable to run again for that seat since

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she would have been termed out in 2020.

There is no Democratic primary for the state House in LD 17 because Jennifer Pawlik is the only Democrat in the race.

Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 28. The last day to request a mail ballot was Friday, Aug. 17.

To vote at the polls, people must bring your voter ID or one form of photo identification from the following list: valid Arizona driver’s license, valid Arizona non-operating identification license, tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification.

If the address on the ID does not match the address in the signature roster, the voter must vote a regular provisional ballot and does not have to return. Information: recorder.maricopa. gov/voteridcard/default.aspx.

Early ballots must be received no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day. Voters who place their voted ballot in the mail should allow for delivery time for the ballot to arrive by the deadline. The U.S. Postal Service advises to allow five days for delivery of first-class mail.

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have an El Niño by late fall and winter and there is a tendency for those years to be wetter.”

El Nino is a warming of temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean that brings moisture. Water and heat make prime breeding grounds for mosquitoes, Dilone said.

Over 40 species of mosquitoes exist in the state, but only a handful spread disease when they bite people, according to the Arizona Department of Public Health.

Mosquito-borne viruses – such as St. Louis encephalitis, chikungunya and dengue – are found every year in Arizona, but West Nile is the most common in Maricopa County, according to the state health department.

Mosquitoes transmit the West Nile virus by biting an infected bird and then biting a person.

Health officials reported 93 confirmed and probable West Nile virus cases in Maricopa County in 2017, an uptick from the 63 in 2016. So far this year, one probable case has been reported.

Because of privacy issues, the department does not break down the cases by communities, said spokeswoman Nicole Capone.

But in a county Department of Public Health in 2016, East Valley communities consistently were among the top for their high rates of human West Nile virus cases.

Scottsdale and Chandler were far ahead of other Valley communities in 2013 with a rate of 4.41 per 100,000 population and 3.21, respectively.

Scottsdale was on top again in 2014 with a rate of 5.72, followed by Gilbert at 4.34. Peoria was third with 3.69, according to the report. Gilbert had the highest rate at 4.18 in 2015, followed by Scottsdale at 3.04 and for 2016, Gilbert was first with a rate of 3.80, followed by Chandler at 3.23.

West Nile cases have been reported throughout the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The virus arrived in the United States from Africa in 1999 and within three years spread from a six-county area around New York City to 44 states, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Maricopa County reported its first outbreak in 2004, a year after the virus reached the state, with 391 cases, according to county health officials.

Most people infected with the virus, which has no vaccine or cure, experience no symptoms. But about one in 150 infected people develops a serious and sometimes fatal illness, the CDC reported.

In Maricopa County, six people died from the virus in 2017, five died in 2016 and two died in 2015. Since 2008, the highest number of reported county deaths from the virus was 12 in 2014, according to state health officials.

The virus can cause encephalitis (an inflammation of the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord).

Although public attention focuses on mosquitoes during the monsoon season, they are a year-round focus for the county’s Vector Control Division.

“Our department has 35 people, and we have 25 who do nothing but mosquitoes year-round,” said Kirk Smith, the division’s laboratory supervisor. “Even though we are dry, we have created a lush desert with lots of water everywhere, and we have mosquito problems year-round.”

Smith said mosquito season is shaping up to be average, with mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile and St. Louis viruses.

Dilone said the county’s fogging schedule is typically March to November

Traps are set daily and picked up the each morning, when they are brought to the lab for identification and possible testing.

The threshold to fog includes a trap containing 30 or more Culex females, 300 or more floodwater females or 50 or more Aedes aegypti females, Dilone said.

Culex species can carry the West Nile virus, and Aedes aegypti carry Zika and dengue.

A trap that meets one of the threshold criteria puts the location on the county’s fogging calendar within 72 hours and a square-mile area around it is fogged, Dilone said.

“Our program continues to expand as new housing developments grow throughout the county,” he said. “From 2014 to 2018, we added an additional 200 routine traps.”

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fish, and they do a good job,” Smith said.

“They like to live in that water. It’s hot, murky and doesn’t smell too good.”

Gambusia affinis is a freshwater fish that can devour huge quantities of mosquito larvae. It can be put in unused spas and on horse properties in watering troughs, Smith said.

It doesn’t, however, take much water for a mosquito to breed.

“Sometimes, water stays in an open plastic bottle or even a cap of a plastic bottle where mosquitoes can breed,” said Krijn Paaijmans, assistant professor at ASU’s School of Life Sciences.

Typically, it takes nine days for a mosquito to go from egg to adult, but because of Arizona’s heat, that cycle may be even shorter, Paaijmans said.

“Mosquitoes lay hundreds of eggs,” he said. “Only the females bite you, and

Above Left: Laboratory Technician Scott Harden of the Maricopa County Envioronmental Services Department sorts through a batch of dead mosquitoes to determine how many may be carrying a virus. Above Right: County Environmental Services laboratory tech Janine Shinagawa prepares some tests for mosquitoes caught in traps throughout the East Valley. Left: The county breeds these “mosquito fish,” formally named or Gambusia affinis, because they devour huge quantities of mosquito larvae and can be put in unused spas and on horse properties in watering troughs.

but picks up during the monsoon season, which is June 15-Sept. 30.

The department’s mosquito surveillance program includes monitoring sites identified as problem areas or mosquito-breeding sites within the 9,224-square-mile boundary of the county.

“We inspect and treat 3,746 routine sites on a monthly basis that are known mosquito-breeding hot spots,” Dilone said. “In addition, we respond to thousands of citizen complaints annually and survey the areas to find problems and inspectors always look for potential sites during their daily travels.”

A total of 801 routine traps are deployed countywide weekly to help detect mosquito populations and disease prevalence. Additional traps are set up based on complaints from the public.

Tips to prevent mosquito bites • Use an EPA-registered insect repellent such as those with DEET, picardin, or oil of lemon eucalyptus. Dust and dawn are prime biting times for most mosquito species.

• Wear long sleeves, long pants and socks when outdoors.

• Install or fix screens

• Eliminate mosquito breeding sites by emptying standing water from flower pots, buckets, barrels, and other containers near the home.

Mosquito Information Hotline: 602-506-0700 To view the fogging schedule: maricopa.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=14,51

Smith said his department also works with cities to get them to clean their storm-drain systems, another popular breeding haven for mosquitoes. If mosquitoes are found in a drain, the area is hand-treated to eradicate the pests.

Manmade lakes both in public and private settings are not a problem, Smith said – but stagnant swimming pools are.

“Lots of folks don’t maintain their pools, and swimming pools are a great place to breed mosquitoes,” he said.

He said his department investigates 6,000 to 8,000 pools a year, all complaint-driven.

Neglected or green pools were a big problem for the county during the Great Recession, but the numbers have dropped with fewer foreclosures and vacant properties, according to Dilone.

Officials reported 883 green pools in the county, 210 of them in the East Valley to date. Last year, 1,892 green pools were reported, with 524 in the East Valley, and in 2016, 2,646 green pools with 789 in the East Valley.

“It has been minimized,” Dilone said.

“But it’s always a problem. A lot of folks are not aware the pool pump is not functioning properly, and sometimes they don’t have the resources to fix the problem.”

When it comes to treating green pools, vector control uses mosquito-eating fish that are bred in a tank in downtown Phoenix. Mosquito fishes are free to residents, but there are not a lot of takers, Smith said.

“Our No. 1 treatment is using mosquito

every two days they can lay eggs after a bite. They need blood to build their eggs.

Their only purpose is to feed, lay eggs and get offspring.”

Paaijmans said his fear is that people bitten by a mosquito carrying West Nile may not seek medical attention and will end up spreading the disease, symptoms of which are like those of the flu – fever, headache and body aches.

Although there is no cure, the disease can be contained by having an infected person stay indoors so as not to get bitten again. The area around the residence also is treated. The virus can be detected with a simple blood test.

With the West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses endemic in Arizona, health officials eyeing an emerging threat from the mosquito-borne diseases chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses – all of which are expanding in the Caribbean and Latin America.

To date, all cases involving these three diseases in Maricopa County have been travel-related. The state health department in 2017 developed a response plan, noting an increasing risk for local transmission from returning travelers infected with chikungunya, dengue or Zika.

The handbook includes detailed background of the three threats along with guidelines for prevention, investigation and control.

“Those diseases are on our border in Sonora, Mexico,” Smith said. “And I’m quite concerned that the diseases will eventually work their way to Tucson and eventually to Phoenix.”

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Sixth graders from New Vistas Center for Education in Chandler represented Arizona well during their participation in National History Day in College Park, Maryland recently.

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Sixth-grade students at New Vistas Center for Education in Chandler successfully competed with counterparts from around the country recently at an all-day event for National History Day in College Park, Maryland.

The program, sponsored locally by the Arizona Historical Society and nationally by The History Channel, is dedicated to teaching the importance of history and how historical events have impacted our world today.

Each year, a theme is selected according to state, national or world history. The student then analyzes how the person or event influenced presentday viewpoints. This year’s theme was “Conflict and Compromise.”

Students are encouraged to think like a history sleuth – taking on the role of an accomplished historian

to thoroughly investigate a topic by determining the topic’s significance, chronology, turning points, differing viewpoints and overall impact on cultural, political, economic and social outcomes.

Each student researcher is encouraged to present their own position on the topic, in addition to choosing a presentation format, such as a website, paper, performance, documentary film or an exhibit.

The entire process takes a year of preparation and culminates in national competition over the summer.

After placing in the top two at the state level, the New Vistas students, under the supervision of Stacey Trepanier, perfected their projects.

They included Amal Fayad, who researched First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and performed an original soliloquy entitled “First Lady of the World”; Drew Devine, who researched the negotiating

skills of James Donovan in arranging the exchange of a Soviet prisoner for the return of captured U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers in 1962; Shray Patel, who studied Ronald Reagan’s faceoff with Mikel Gorbachev to end the Soviet Union.

Other students included Labeeq Qasim, who produced a documentary on the life of Nelson Mandela; and Kailani Rabo and Yatee Kapor, who entered the group documentary category with their film on the conflict over voting rights in Selma, Alabama.

New Vistas alumni also journeyed to compete under Trepanier’s direction.

Hannah Tsay presented his website, “Activism Through Art,” examining the artwork of Vann Nath, a survivor of the Cambodian genocide of the 1960s.

Students Daniel Wu and Humza Chodhury built exhibits focusing on Cold War spy Aldrich Ames and the Magna Carta, respectively. In the

documentary category, Kadin Rabo competed with an original film on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and a group documentary entry by Josh Karlin, Logan Kraver and Grant Trepanier analyzed the conflict of the Sudanese Civil War and its impact on the youth of Sudan.

Hannah Tsay was selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities Da to spend the day on the Capitol Hill meeting with Arizona’s members of Congress. Josh Karlin, Logan Kraver and Grant Trepanier were selected to have their documentary showcased at the African American History Museum.

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Free outdoor fitness classes coming to downtown

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

People can come to downtown Chandler to get fit and meet their neighbors during a free gathering for all ages.

Chandler Recreation is teaming up with fitness guru Lauren Zaslow Saks to offer a physical fitness series, FitDC. Presented by Banner Health, the series blends group workouts outdoors with camaraderie at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park-Stage Plaza, 178 E. Commonwealth Ave. The workouts will vary week to week and include Zumba, P90X, Insanity, Turbo Kick, Country Heat, HIGH, PiYo, POUND and Tabata Bootcamp.

“We feel those that come …will enjoy it because it’s free, they can come with their friends and family to work out, and it’s a great way to start a new fitness journey,” said city Special Events Coordinator Hermelinda Llamas.

“Also, it’s outdoors and there’s plenty of space for those who don’t want to work out to just hang out and watch and cheer those who are on,” she added. “It’s convenient for those who work and live in the area to walk to the park, work out and go home afterward. But above all, it will be fun, energetic and a big fitness party.”

The hourlong workouts will start at 6 p.m. Notable instructors – including Zaslow Saks, owner of Energized by

before, bring plenty of water with them to drink during their workout, utilize the shade when needed, and listen to their bodies as they workout to know when they need breaks.”

A warmup and cooldown session will be held at each gathering.

The exercises include highand low-intensity moves, cardio conditioning, kickboxing, dance and Llamas other types of activities.

“Chandler has always been a very health-conscious community, and the city continues to promote healthy lifestyle choices, activities and events,” Llamas said.

“This type of program falls right into our vision of providing the community with free family-friendly activities. It’s also a way to show the multi-use areas we have in Downtown Chandler.”

The fall series will be held every Thursday in September. The spring events will take place Thursdays starting Jan. 24 and ending March 14.

People are encouraged to bring lots of water with them and sweat towels.

Registration takes place at 5:30 p.m. at the event site and all participants need to sign a waiver before starting.

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– Hermelinda While it is hot outside, instructors will give “plenty of water breaks,” Llamas said.

“We are very aware of the temperatures and understand that exercising outside may be uncomfortable or difficult, but our instructors will be providing plenty of Lauren Zaslow Saks water breaks during the Lauren Zaslow Saks is one of the instructors who will teach workout, encouraging students at the FitDC group workouts outdoors at Dr. A.J. everyone to go at their Chandler Park-Stage Plaza. own pace. If needed, medical support will be Exercise with Lauren and creator of the called to assist those in need,” she said.

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Mayor’s ‘right-hand man’ retires after 25 years

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

The City of Chandler is looking for someone to replace a 25-year employee who spent about the last dozen years as Mayor Jay Tibshraeny’s right-hand man.

Dave Bigos retired earlier this month from his position as mayor and City Council assistant, which he had held for about 12 years.

Bigos, 55, who started working for the city as a public information officer now runs his own writing company, The Wired Wordsmith, through which he is writing scripts, marketing materials, grant and award applications and other materials.

“It’s what I love to do,” he said. “It’s something I can do on my own time and really can do it from anywhere. I’ve made some incredible friends here over the last 25 years and everybody’s just so committed to making sure the city moves forward.”

Bigos, a Chandler resident, earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Arizona State University in 1988 and worked as a reporter and editor for Independent Newspapers until joining the city staff in 1993.

In his latest role, he worked mostly in constituent relations, helping people who approached the mayor and City Council with problems.

Bigos also helped prepare Tibshraeny for City Council meetings, collaborating with him on speeches, columns and Health Connect, an initiative where residents in Chandler who do not have health insurance can get major discounts on prescription medicine.

Bigos said one of his “bigger accomplishments’ was taking charge of Chandler’s application to become an AllAmerica City, an award given to Chandler in 2010.

The distinction is given to 10 communities every year that are considered the best in American civic innovation. Bigos said the extensive application process was “pretty crazy” and included producing a skit/ presentation.

The end result was worth the hard work.

“That was a very special moment for me,” Bigos said. “It shows you’re a very well-run city. You’re very well-rounded

that’s not being developed today.”

“One of my key parts since I’ve been on the Council has been my constituent work,” the mayor added. “Dave was one of my key guys on my constituent work. I always felt really good when I handed something off to him that it was being taken care of; they would at least have had their issue addressed and discussed.”

He said Bigos will be doing contract work for the city, helping him with speeches and constituent work until he finishes his term as mayor in January.

“Dave’s got a good personality, good temperament and he’s good working with citizens,” Tibshraeny said. “He doesn’t get his hair on fire. We just address the issues and get – Chandler Mayor JayTibshraeny them taken care of. He’s just been very multitalented and I think obviously been two to three decades and involved with Chandler and a key part of stuck to it.

Chandler’s development.”

“It’s a great community, Former Chandler City Councilwoman the amenities, the services.

Courtesy of City of Chandler Nora Ellen also spoke highly of Bigos.

Dave Bigos retired earlier this month from his position as mayor It’s a good bang-for-theShe worked with him for five and a half buck in terms of taxes and and City Council assistant in Chandler. years before she resigned to run for the utilities.”

Legislative District 17 House seat.

Bigos was born in the in terms of how you care about all Ellen said Bigos was “always helpful” Chicago area but moved to the Valley segments of the community, how your and “always knowledgeable of anything I when he was 11 and later graduated from needed to find out about.” city team works together. It actually Saguaro High School in Scottsdale. means something to employers who are “He was so reliable,” she said. “He After graduating from ASU, he started really ran our Council office needs very looking to move here.” his work at Independent Newspapers as Bigos said he worked with great well. He’s the kind of person that you a reporter and then became editor of staff members who contributed “to the love to have work for your organization the newspaper that covered Chandler at success” of the mayor and council. because you just don’t have to check up the time.

When he first began working for the on him; you don’t have to micromanage “I saw it was a growing city and a city as a public relations officer, the city him. He did a great job writing the mayor’s position opened up,” Bigos said. did not even have a communications speeches. He’s an excellent writer.”

Tibshraeny praised Bigos and said his department. One of his first tasks was Ellen said Bigos also wrote emails that journalism experience made him an asset were “informative” and “diplomatic.” coding the city’s first web page. to the city.

“I didn’t realize at the time how big “When there was a fire, he knew really “Dave was really good to work with,” it would become,” he said of the city’s well how to address it,” she said.

Tibshraeny said. “He was my key staff website. “It’s pretty cool. We’ve come Ellen added Bigos also had a great, person both times I was mayor. He’s a long way in terms of our finances and “dry sense of humor.” been really instrumental in my success just how well run we are and triple A “He was a really great right-hand and also the city’s success. He’s very bond ratings from all three agencies, man for the mayor,” she said. “He will be professional and he’s very talented. He’s just to see the way they’ve created their missed. I plan on using his wordsmithing a very, very good writer and that’s a skill really solid fiscal policies over the last services.”

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After years in public life, veteran EV leader runs for office

BY GARY NELSON Contributor

His friendly baritone has echoed through vast meeting halls packed with virtually every mover and shaker who calls the East Valley home.

It has led those same leaders to embrace visions of a regional future far grander than any civic booster had previously imagined.

And it has wheedled countless dollars out of some very deep pockets for the sake of bringing those visions to life.

Now, if Roc Arnett has his way, his will become one of seven voices on the Maricopa County Community College District governing board.

While the board may toil in the shadows of public awareness, few match its direct annual impact on literally hundreds of thousands of lives.

Arnett is one of two candidates for an at-large seat on the seven-member board.

The other is Kathleen Winn of Mesa, an activist who fights human trafficking and who ran unsuccessfully for a City Council seat in 2016. The incumbent, Tracy Livingston of Peoria, is a Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction.

Although this – at age 76, no less – is Arnett’s first run at elected public office, he’s no political neophyte.

For one thing, there was his tenure, in 1963, as the first student body

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East Valley civic and business leader Roc Arnett last week fi led petitions to run for the county community college district governing board.

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November election, his current campaign represents a return, if you will, to his political roots.

Far more significantly for the history of the region, Arnett made his mark as president of the East Valley Partnership for 13 years. The nonprofit coalition of governments, businesses, schools and individuals is a prominent nonpartisan voice for an area whose population rivals that of Phoenix proper.

The job put Arnett on a first-name basis with governors, legislators, mayors and city officials from across the political spectrum.

This is not something that happens to the typical insurance salesman – and it wasn’t exactly planned.

Arnett’s salesman father moved his family to Mesa in 1950 from Franklin, Arizona (2010 population: 92). Arnett notes proudly that it’s the same eastern Arizona neighborhood that produced former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. “She and I have talked about it,” he said.

Arnett followed the well-traveled path from Mesa High School to Brigham Young University, but he didn’t thrive there. “I did graduate ‘Magnum Ukulele,’” he said.

“I learned to play the ukulele well, but that’s about all I learned.”

After leaving BYU, Arnett served a two-year church mission to New York City. Returning to Mesa, he figured he needed more schooling and enrolled in the first class at Mesa Junior College.

The little school operated then out of the former church building at Main Street See

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Roc Arnett shows the yearbook from 1963 when he was student body president (right) at what is now Mesa Community College. That was the last elective post the East Valley leader held and now he is running for a seat on the county community college district board.

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More than 1,200 foster and developmentally challenged children and teens served by four nonprofits will have their own chance to give back when they convene today, Aug. 18, to lend their hands in helping feed the hungry throughout the world.

Dubbed an “Extraordinary People Event” by Mesa-based Feed My Starving Children, the effort will feature the assembly of “Manna Packs,” high-protein food distributed in impoverished countries around the world.

The event builds on a smaller session last year, when foster children from the Arizona Department of Child Safety pitched in at Feed My Starving Children’s packing center at 1345 Alma School Road, joined by foster parents and DCS employees.

This year, as a result of board member and Ahwatukee pediatrician Dr. Diane Matsumoto’s vision, three other groups are joining the foster kids at the Mesa Convention Center, for three separate two-hour packing sessions between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

They are HopeKids Arizona, Raising Special KidsAZ and Pathway to Work, which are providing medically fragile kids and children and young adults with developmental disabilities to help the foster kids.

A carnival organized by a 15-year-old Chandler girl will entertain the groups after each food-packing session.

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while serving others in need.”

That is who these “extraordinary people” are being invited to the food packing event, said Nate Shepherd, development advisor for Feed My Starving Children “We can offer a voluntary experience for special needs kids. A lot of organizations can’t do that,” he said. “All our food goes to projects out of the U.S., but we wanted something local so that these kids, who might not be able to give back, can know they’re helping others.”

Raising Special Kids AZ, the Arizona chapter of Family Voices – a national network advocating for health care services for children and youth from birth to age 26 with special health care needs – is another newcomer to the packing event. The other group is the Tempe-based nonprofit Pathway to Work.

According to board member and organization spokeswoman Maureen Mills, Pathway to Work assists adults with developmental disabilities prepare for employment through practical education and participation in community activities.

“Volunteering gives people, including those with disabilities, the opportunity to share their time, talents, and energy with people in their community. It’s an opportunity to help people in need, make new friends and social connections, participate more in the community, and learn job skills and social skills,” said Mills.

“According to research, the odds of being very happy rose 7 percent among those who volunteer monthly, and 12 percent

for people who volunteer every two to four weeks,” Mills said.

This is the third year the Arizona Department of Child Safety is bringing foster children and their foster families to Feed My Starving Children.

DCS community liaison Rayetta Sanchez called it “an amazing opportunity for DCS staff to work side by side with our foster families.”

“Because we’re all on the same team – helping to provide safe environments

The food-packing experience leaves most foster kids with an indelible impression.

“One of my passions is helping to make positive childhood memories for children in foster care who have often experienced very difficult life challenges,” she explained.

“The FMSC event is a great way for these children to spend fun time with their foster families, while helping feed children in need,” she said. “There’s nothing like hearing the laughter of children and adults alike as they are enjoying each other’s company and

Volunteering gives people, including those with “ disabilities, the opportunity to share their time, talents, and energy with people in their community.”

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for children to thrive – it’s great to have a positive activity we can do together.

The relationship building that takes place between DCS and the foster community is priceless,” said Sanchez.

Sanchez said she is dedicated to developing partnerships in the community that support Arizona’s foster children.

“Because state agencies like ours are limited in terms of resources and budget, it is extremely important for the community to get engaged in meeting some of the needs,” she said. “This event is a great example of a win-win for DCS, our community, foster families, and children around the world.”

packing meals together.”

Volunteers are essential to an event of this size, said Nate Shepherd, a Queen Creek resident who was a dedicated volunteer for years before joining the staff at Feed My Starving Children two months ago.

Of the expected 250 Extraordinary People Event volunteers, one of the youngest is undertaking a huge task: organizing and overseeing carnival activities for the three separate packing sessions.

Tatum McMillan, 15, is in charge of the carnival project, which includes 10 activity booths for bean bag and ring

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tossing, “go fish” games, a Wheel of Fortune and a Plinko game.

The Hamilton High School sophomore has also arranged for a photo booth for the children and their adult guardians.

“I’ve always enjoyed working with people in my community, volunteering at different events and being involved with school clubs and activities,” said Tatum, a member of the Hamilton High Student Council and track and cross country teams.

“The Chandler Education Foundation and Dr. Matsumoto personally asked me to be a part of this event because they know my love for working with others and being able to make a difference in our community,” Tatum explained, adding: “This is a great opportunity for families to have fun and play games together and I truly feel the event will build lasting memories for everyone involved.”

The Chandler Educational Foundation is also providing other volunteers for the Extraordinary People Event mobile pack. A free lunch for all participants is provided by Honey Bear’s BBQ. Even as this packing event is exponentially larger than previous ones involving young people, it is only a beginning if Matsumoto reaches the goal she envisions.

“Diane would like to see it keep growing with perhaps including at-risk teens,” said Shepherd.

Event planner Jeanette Relf said Feed My Starving Children expects to pack 108,864 meals, providing 298 children one meal a day for a year Information: FMSCspecialevents.com.

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Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center and Chandler Fire Department have joined forces to provide 65 specialized emergency medical kits in approximately 35 City of Chandler buildings.

The initiative between Chandler Regional’s Level 1 Trauma Center and the Chandler Fire Department began in late 2017 and was inspired by the national ‘Stop the Bleed’ campaign, a movement started to bring attention to the highest cause of preventable trauma deaths – bleeding.

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“In this day and age, everyone should know how to treat these types of injuries,” said Wendy Otten, trauma program manager at Chandler Regional. “We also have the kits in specific locations of the hospital and, eventually, we would love to see these in schools around the Valley.”

Chandler Regional was one of the first hospitals in the state to work with local government to provide public access and training for these bleeding control kits.

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Over 1,000 people across the state died in traffic accidents in 2017 and most of them were related to driver behavior, the Arizona Department of Transportation reported last week.

For the third consecutive year, traffic deaths increased, and “yet again, impairment, speeding and reckless driving and failure to wear a seat belt are leading factors in traffic fatalities,” the department said in a release, saying alcohol or prescription or illegal drugs accounted for 43 percent of those deaths.

“These are people – 1,000 people who are no longer with us – that will be missed by mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers. Missed by family, friends and those who love them,” said ADOT Director John Halikowski.

“Every driver holds the key in their hand that can save a life if they make the right choices. Choose not to speed.

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Though traffic fatalities increased from 2016 to 2017 – also a national trend – the total number of crash-related injuries declined

last year to 55,474 and the total number of crashes statistically stayed at 127,064.

According to the data, speeding and reckless driving were the most common driver violations in all collisions and 285 people were killed in speed-related crashes.

Pedestrians accounted for nearly a quarter of the 1,000 killed in vehicle crashes. Pedestrian-related fatalities have climbed from 155 in 2014 to 226 in 2017.

Most pedestrian fatalities occur in urban areas on city streets and county roads, prompting ADOT to note, “Pedestrians should cross streets only at marked crosswalks where drivers expect to see them.” The agency said 69 percent of crashes occurred on roads other than state highways.

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BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

State lawmakers are free to use fees paid by medical marijuana patients to operate programs to help get people off of other drugs, Attorney General Mark Brnovich has concluded.

But he said for these programs to be legal they probably have to promote marijuana as an alternative The formal opinion comes as the state Department of Health Services has accumulated nearly $44 million in its medical marijuana account, largely from the $150 a year the agency charges medical marijuana patients. So, Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, asked Brnovich if any of that can be used to help patients addicted to drugs.

Brnovich’s answer: Yes – with restrictions.

A 2010 law allows patients with specified medical conditions to obtain up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana every two weeks.

Brnovich said that shows a key purpose is to protect medical marijuana users from arrest and prosecution.

That law gives the Department of Health Services absolute authority to set the fees. But it spells out that money collected can be used only to administer the program.

With income running twice as fast as expenses, and state Health Director Cara Christ resisting calls to lower the fees, the cash continues to accumulate.

The legal issue of what can be done

with that cash, said Brnovich, is the Voter Protection Act. It prevents lawmakers from repealing programs that voters have approved at the ballot. But they can make changes that “further the purpose’’ of what voters approved.

And there’s the rub.

“There has to be a connection to medical marijuana,’’ said Brnovich spokesman Ryan Anderson.

Put simply, he explained, lawmakers are not free to decide that the funds paid by medical marijuana patients can now be used, without limit, to treat drug addiction. Only if the program furthers the purpose of what voters approved, Anderson said, could the account be tapped.

“You couldn’t, hypothetically, just say ‘marijuana is bad,’” Anderson explained.

And even a program to say that opioids are bad or offering treatment, he said, would have to somehow be linked to the decision by voters to legalize mar-

ijuana.

“You can’t just use the money to do a drug addiction program if there’s not a tie somehow to the medical marijuana program or the medical value of medical marijuana,’’ Anderson said. “You would need to point out the medical benefits of marijuana or, for example, say ‘Opioid addiction is bad, perhaps you should consider the benefits of medical marijuana.’ ‘’ Even with those restrictions, though, the organization that crafted the 2010 Arizona law says medical marijuana users should not be financing programs to deal with problems people have with other illegal drugs, including those who are using marijuana illegally.

Mason Tvert, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, said the whole purpose of the law – and the fees to fund it – is to ensure that medical marijuana patients do not have to fear prosecution.

And he said that there may be some wiggle room in how to interpret that.

“But drug addiction treatment does not seem to be one of those areas that would be unclear,’’ Tvert said.

“Funding this service on the backs of seriously ill patients who are already having to pay for their medicine out of pocket is wrong,’’ he said. “Given that the medical cannabis fund has a surplus, the state should lower the fees to ensure medical marijuana is an affordable treatment for seriously ill patients.’’

Anderson said that may be a valid policy question – but not a legal one.

Brnovich’s office is defending Christ in a lawsuit filed by two medical marijuana patients who want the courts to order her to reduce the $150 annual fee for the state-issued permit for patients to buy the drugs.

Attorney Sean Berberian contends that fee is illegally high because it is far more than needed to administer the program.

And he argues that nothing in the law allows Christ to simply bank the proceeds.

Berberian also charges that both Gov. Doug Ducey and predecessor Jan Brewer directed the health department to keep the fees as high as possible to deter patients from getting the drug, a charge Ducey’s office has denied.

In a ruling last year, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jo Lynn Gentry did not dispute the claim that the state is collecting far more than its needs. But the judge said it’s not up to her to force the state to lower the fees.

That lawsuit is now awaiting Court of Appeals review.

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Around Chandler Public can help ICAN win $25K State Farm grant

ICAN: Positive Programs for Youth in Chandler is one of 200 organizations nationwide in the running for a State Farm Neighborhood Assist Grant, a crowd-sourced philanthropic initiative.

Voting is going on through Aug. 24. The top 40 vote-getters will each receive a $25,000 grant from State Farm.

“Everyone is encouraged to vote for ICAN, a local grassroots organization that has been supporting at-risk youth in Chandler for over 27 years,” a spokeswoman said. “ICAN’s free afterschool programs use evidencebased curriculum to teach life skills to disadvantaged youth and put them on a path to a positive future. This grant would help ICAN serve even more youth in need.”

ICAN’s direct link to vote is NeighborhoodAssist.com/entry/2012722.

Each person can vote 10 times each day.

Information: icanaz.org/statefarmgrant.

ICAN is a free youth center in the East Valley that offers programming for youth, teens, families and the community.

ICAN’s nationally-recognized prevention programming teaches disadvantaged youth real-life skills including goal setting, positive decision making and how to avoid the risky behaviors.

Boys & Girls Club members eligible for vision help Boys & Girls Clubs of America and

National Vision are providing funds to eligible local Boys & Girls Clubs in support of free vision screenings, and if needed, access to free complete eye exams and glasses through America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses locations. In addition to the eyecare and eyewear commitment, National Vision contributes more than $1 million annually to support the club’s preventive care and wellness initiatives.

National Vision is offering to bring its screening program to Boys & Girls Clubs within 10 miles of an America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses location. Kids and teens will receive the free eye exam. The youth/teen must attend the screening to receive the paperwork then be able to go to the Vision Store to have a more in-depth vision test and receive up to $59 for frames.

The Chandler Compadres Boys & Girls Club Branch will host screenings 4:40-6 p.m. Sept. 19 at the club, 1005 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler. On-site contact is Kelly St. Julien, 480-899-8302.

Chandler Chamber offers Toastmasters Club demo

The Chandler Chamber of Commerce is holding a demonstration of how its Toastmasters Club operates. The demo is 7 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Chamber’s headquarters, 25 S. Arizona Place., Chandler, Toastmasters helps individuals become better communicators through leadership training and public speaking.

This opportunity is available to Chamber members and the public.

The demo will show how a typical Toastmasters meeting is run, discuss the benefits and value of being a Toastmasters member and the charter process. People also will be able to apply for membership. Meetings are at 7 a.m. the first, third and fourth Tuesdays of the month.

Toastmasters session address how to combat the fear of public speaking and build confidence, sharpening leadership skills, improving the ability to improvise and how to expand one’s network.

Information: Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins at bridgett@ bridgettmcgowenhawkins.com or 202-630-1218.

Chamber program to examine branding, marketing “Clarifying Your Brand’s Origin Story for Personal and Professional Growth” is the title of a session that will be presented by the Chandler Chamber 8:30-10:30 a.m. Aug. 22 at Chamber headquarters, 25 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler.

Storytelling marketing is an important piece of the brand identity puzzle and Park Howell’s “will re-ignite the storyteller within you through a proven and intentional method to craft and tell compelling stories that sell.

Cost is $35 for members, $50 for nonmembers. Register at chandlerchamber.com.

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Boys & Girls Club spends $60K on school shopping

Club members of Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley spent nearly $60,000 on a shopping spree hosted at several Kohl’s store locations for 400 kids.

Each child was matched with a volunteer and given $125 plus a 20 percent discount from Kohl’s for their shopping spree. Branches partnered with Rotary, Kiwanis and other civic organizations to provide and recruit volunteers to assist youth ages 6-13 shop for clothes and shoes.

The annual shopping spree helps prepare kids for a successful start to the school year. Youth were selected based on need, Club membership and participation, behavior and performance.

Each participant also receives a backpack stuffed with school supplies.

AT&T opens new store in Chandler to meet growth

AT&T opened a new store in Chandler to meet the growing needs of local customers. The 3,000-square-foot store, located at 4145 S. Gilbert Road, will bring options for the latest devices, accessories and services.

“Our goal is to provide an exceptional experience in every interaction. That starts with conveniently located stores,” said Terry Stenzel, vice president and general manager, AT&T Southwest.

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“Customers want the latest apps, services, devices and accessories that support their mobile lifestyles. They now have another great location in Chandler to find the right solution.”

Owned and operated by authorized retailer Connect Wireless, the new store’s hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday

Calling all kid cooks: Chandler has a deal for you

Organizers of the ninth annual Chuck Wagon Cook-Off are seeking cooks ages 10 to 15 to participate in a unique cooking clinic. During the Junior Campers’ Cooking Clinic, participants will receive a short orientation to Dutch oven cooking and then make their own mini peach cobblers. Each youth will also prepare a savory dish with hotdogs, beans, bell peppers, tomatoes, cheese, etc., and they can choose their own addin ingredients. Participants will cook this dish on hot coals.

The clinic is just one of the experiences at the free family-friendly Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off, a unique historical culinary event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nov. 10. The Junior Campers’ Cooking Clinic takes place from 3-4:30 p.m. The festivities are held at Tumbleweed Ranch, in the southeast

corner of Tumbleweed Park, 2250 S. McQueen Road, and admission is free.

“This cooking clinic is a way to encourage the love of outdoor cooking for the next generation,” says Dave McDowell, host wagon lead. “Youth are able to experience historic cooking methods and learn new skills.”

No cooking experience is required to participate in the cooking clinic.

Interested youth are asked to apply by Sept. 28; selected participants will be contacted in October. The cost is $10 per child and the clinic is open to youth between the ages of 10-15 years old.

Registration is first come, first served at pardnersoftumbleweedranch.org.

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Flying teen makes Chandler Airpark a destination

At 18, Mason Andrews of Louisiana is becoming the youngest solo pilot to circumnavigate the globe. He is raising money for a nonprofit program that provides camping experiences for kids with serious health issues.

He’s added a stop at Chandler Airpark “because I’ve been there a few times and it’s an amazing city with great people.”

Mason has a friend, Ryan Hover, whose father, Steve, was formerly assigned to Chandler Control Tower from 1997 to 2005, the last three years of which he was air traffic manager.

Mason, whose call sign is N7278C, started his adventure around the world on July 22. His flight continues through

Paris so he can experience the same solo transatlantic flight that Charles Lindbergh flew. Mason will continue around the globe through the Middle East. It will include a couple of stops in India. Then his route will follow a northern track over the Pacific from Japan to Alaska to California. He hopes to stop in Chandler on Aug. 20. He’s blogging about his flight at medcampsmission.org.

Desert Financial helps out Queen Creek family

Earlier this year, Desert Financial announced plans to give back $7 million this year through various donations, grants, giveaways and community programs, dubbing the effort as the organization’s “Year of Giving.”

The credit union, which has Chandler branches at 1949 W. Ray Road and inside the Walmart at 2750 E. Germann Road, also started a Random Acts of Kindness program that enables employees to nominate deserving members of the community for any kind of help, gift or award.

Most recently, a Desert Financial employee nominated Queen Creek family to receive a much-needed monetary donation to subsidize their son’s rising medical bills due to two rare heart conditions. Stacey and Tom Rogers’ young son, Zion, is in desperate need of a heart transplant and the family has been making homemade salsa, cleaning homes and hosting yard sales to raise funds to pay for the mounting medical bills.

When a Desert Financial employee heard their story on TV, she notified the board about Zion’s condition. Her request to assist the family was quickly approved.

Just days later, Desert Financial came to Zion’s aid by surprising his family in Queen Creek with a check for $15,000.

Medical pot clinic in Chandler marks anniversary

Green Leaf MMJ Clinic, 1989 W. Elliot Road, Chandler, is marking a year’s anniversary.

Founder Randy Watters graduated from Michigan State University and has a background in the automotive, technology, and hospitality industries.

“One thing has remained constant in all of Randy’s professional roles focusing on the customer experience and providing exceptional customer service.” A spokeswoman said.

A proponent of medical marijuana who was drawn to the industry, he set up Green Leaf MMJ Clinic centered on the patient experience that is safe and discreet while providing them a starter education on medical marijuana.

His mantra was to create “a place that anyone would feel comfortable and confident sending their mom to.”

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“I feel like I can make a significant difference with assisting the site leadership; making decisions on a dayto-day basis allows some accountability and but maintains flexibility,” she said.

“They come to me for everything. It’s a very open, ongoing conversation for what meets the needs of students.”

Gilbert said there are some common concerns and misconceptions regarding the inner workings of charter schools.

A provision passed by the Legislature in this year’s session will give the State Board for Charter Schools authority

to close a school based on its financial performance.

The board is currently working through the process of updating its financial framework to reflect the new changes.

Charter administrators always have to take a proactive approach towards managing school money, Gilbert said. “We always need to look at financial results and meet financial metrics,” she said.

This will add to the other layers of accountability for charter schools, which already receives less money on average than district schools.

According to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, charters received $8,523 per student, compared to $9,474

for school districts for the 2017 fiscal year. “We receive less funding, but we’re still beholden to financial standards. It requires us to be more nimble,” she said.

Gilbert also sees a cloud of confusion surrounding ownership of charter schools of facilities and financing. For non-profit organizations, charter operators do not keep the building if a school fails.

Ownership of the facility reverts to the lienholder, which is usually a bank.

She also emphasized that all information is available for public viewing, including executive salaries, teacher salaries and budgets. Charter finances are also analyzed by third party auditors.

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charter holder and school, which ensures the academic future for all students,” she said.

Ball’s two East Valley campuses – Dobson and Val Vista academies – both recently received a ‘B’ letter grade in the Arizona Department of Education’s accountability system and its Phoenix campus, Hearn Academy, received an ‘A.’ “We have provided excellent benefits to employees, individualized needs for students and positive results for more than 20 years,” she said. “It’s not a onesize fits all type of environment.”

Jamar Younger is the communications coordinator for the Arizona Charter Schools Association.

Feds throw in the towel in ex-lawmaker’s bribery case

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Federal prosecutors gave up last week in their effort to convict a former utility regulator and others on charges on bribery and fraud.

In a two-page filing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Frederick Battista moved to dismiss the indictment against Gary Pierce, who had been chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission, and three other people the government said were part of a scheme to funnel money to him from utility company owner George Johnson. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the move.

But it comes less than a month after jurors in the first trial told U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi they could not reach a verdict. And just five of the 12 jurors were in favor of conviction.

Attorney Patricia Gitre, who represents Pierce, said she did not want to comment until the judge actually signs the order.

But Ivan Mathew, attorney for lobbyist Jim Norton, said his client “is glad to have the matter behind him so that he can get back to assisting his clients.’’

Norton stepped away last year from Axiom Public Affairs, the firm he was running. Mathew said, though, his client “of course’’ has a future in lobbying despite the indictment and criminal trial.

Axiom no longer exists, with the remaining partners having renamed the operation Compass Rose Public Affairs.

There was no immediate response

same option to plead guilty to a single felony, but with no obligation to testify in any other matter, though Johnson would have had to pay a maximum $100,000 fine.

The 2017 indictment charged that Johnson funneled $31,500 through Norton and the lobbyist’s now ex-wife, Kelly, to Sherry Pierce for what the government argued was really a no-work contract. That money eventually wound up in the couple’s joint bank account.

It also says there was a plan to have Johnson purchase property for Gary Pierce in Mesa but have the paperwork recorded so it appeared the transaction was actually paid for by Norton. That deal never went thorough.

Special to the San Tan Sun News What made all that relevant, Ex legislator Gary Pierce and his wife Sherry won’t have according to prosecutors, was to worry about a retrial now that federal prosecutors their contention that the money dropped brbery charges against them. and the land offer were in from attorneys representing Johnson or exchange for Pierce’s votes on Sherry Pierce, Gary’s wife. two issues at the commission.

Tuesday’s decision means more than One is a change in policy that allows the end of this case. the owners of small utility companies like It also likely hampers efforts by the FBI Johnson Utilities to pass along the cost of in what prosecutors have admitted is an their personal income taxes to customers. even larger investigation. That other case The other increased the book value of was considered so important that they the utility, a move that, in turn, increased offered no-prison plea deals to Pierce and the amount the company can charge Norton in exchange for their testimony. ratepayers.

Both rejected the offer, as did Johnson Part of the burden for the government and Sherry Pierce, who were given the was proving a link. This was particularly true

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There also was the fact that much of the case was built on the testimony and credibility of Kelly Norton who was listed as an “unindicted co-conspirator.’’

According to prosecutors, the money that went to Sherry Pierce came from Johnson through Norton’s consulting firm. She told jurors she approached prosecutors to avoid being charged criminally herself; she got immunity in exchange for her testimony.

But during the trial, defense attorneys presented evidence they said showed that Sherry Pierce actually did work for Kelly Norton. That is crucial, as federal bribery laws do not apply if some service actually is performed, no matter the source of the cash.

Pierce, a former state lawmaker, was first elected to the commission in 2006 and reelected four years later. He left at the end of 2014 because he had served the full two terms allowed by law.

Prosecutors never said what led federal investigators to look at Pierce or the votes.

Both the Corporation Commission and Pinnacle West Capital Corp., parent of Arizona Public Service, have disclosed they had contact with the FBI. And Gary Pierce told Capitol Media Services after he was initially interviewed

by FBI agents in 2016 that agents were questioning him about the 2014 election.

His son, Justin, was running that year for secretary of state.

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New Chandler playland filled with diversions

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

A maze of playground equipment designed to get children and adults’ hearts racing as they jump, turn, slide and shoot targets awaits in a new adventure park in Chandler.

Uptown Jungle Chandler opened earlier this month on North Arizona Avenue just north of Warner Road, becoming the latest indoor family funoriented business to hit the Valley.

Uptown Jungle also has operations in Mesa and Peoria, as well as in Murrieta and Santee, California.

While many indoor playgrounds feature trampolines or video games, Uptown Jungle offers a diverse range of equipment aimed at fending off boredom and getting participants moving.

It offers many climbing walls and giant slides, including one with animated pictures; gun-like ball blasters, or devices that shoot soft balls; a small merryground aimed at the littlest visitors; a trampoline/bounce area with dodgeball games and a low-hanging zipline and intricate mazes of jungle gyms.

Started by friends and entrepreneurs Bob Krause and Dan Collins in Santee in 2012, Urban Jungle touts itself as a “playground metropolis with A.D.D.” With a target audience of kids under 12, most of the play surfaces are soft and allow parents to play alongside their

Photos by Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer

Celebrating Uptown Jungle’s grand opening are, from left, General Manager David Allen, COO Brad Collins, CFO Lee Whatcott and CEO Bob Krause.

families could all come together to have fun. Because there’s so many things to do, our biggest compliment is the fact that kids go (home) tired.”

Kids and adults can get a good workout in an hour, 90 minutes or two hours, he said.

The normal price Mondays through Fridays is $10 for 60 minutes of play, $12 for 90 minutes and $14 for 120 minutes.

On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays,

Ian Dally, 7, plays at Uptown Jungle during its opening celebration.

youngsters.

An adult lounge with flat-screen televisions, high-speed Wi-Fi, massage chairs and other amenities gives adults a place to unwind while their kids run wild.

“We want to provide entertainment for families,” said CEO/creator Krause.

“We wanted to build a place where

admission is $12 for 60 minutes, $16 for 90 minutes and $18 for 120 minutes.

Adults who accompany children pay half-price regular admission. The nongrip socks customers rent cost $2.50 plus tax.

It’s easy to spot the many climbing walls in a multitude of colors and designs with firm structures. One

climbing wall lights up to make it easy to see where to step.

An “earthquake” slide features hard grips for climbing up a soft, steep side leading to a huge slide.

A toddler area called Uptown Tot, for kids 5 and younger, has a “waterbed,” an area that looks like a kiddy pool but lets kids play without getting wet.

Urban Jungle Chandler also sports a ninja course with many obstacles to run

James Jones, 11, swings on the zipline.

through and punch, as well as two small trampolines.

The business gives jungle gyms a twist with tubes that include spiderweb material that forces participants to use their full bodies to crawl through.

Since so many schools have cut physical education classes from their curriculum, Uptown Jungle offers a fun

form of exercise, Krause said.

Teamwork is encouraged in a spot where customers feed soft, foam balls into ball blasters that other people up high in a jungle gym tower shoot at anyone below.

Nearby, an interactive slide displays pictures of alligators and fruit slices that change as people slide down it.

“We want them to come to a place where fitness is fun,” said general manager David Allen, who manages the Chandler and Mesa locations. “We don’t want kids getting bored. There’s a lot of ninja courses. There’s ropes, barriers, things you hang on, little obstacles. We want more action-oriented things. We want them to use all their body parts.”

Customers can rent space for birthday parties, with Uptown Jungle providing pizza and drinks.

Katie Summers, 11, of Mesa, enjoyed playing in Uptown Jungle after the ribbon-cutting.

“I like that zipline,” Summers said. “It’s really fun. I’m really tired.”

Several people at the ribbon-cutting brought their children, who dashed around the center trying the equipment.

Chandler City Councilman Terry Roe said his wife will take their young grandson to the play park while Councilman Jeremy McClymonds called Uptown Jungle a “top-notch facility.”

“It definitely will challenge the youngins and mid-range kids,” McClymonds said. “I think that Chandler would eat this up. It’s definitely a welcome addition to uptown Chandler.”

Chandler City Councilman Kevin Hartke said the new business is offering a needed entertainment venue in Chandler.

“We’re excited that you’re bringing more value to Chandler,” Hartke said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Matthew Staffieri, of Gilbert, a business owner who is also on the advisory board for Uptown Jungle, said his kids, who range in age from 6 to 15, love the park and he likes the owners and employees.

“This team is amazing,” Staffieri said. “I love these guys and gals. They’re awesome, very professional.

I love their investment in people.”

Brad Collins, COO of Uptown Jungle, of Ahwatukee, is also a father and he likes the Chandler location.

“We like the number of kids and families in the area,” Collins said. “That’s who we want to entertain. We have a huge variety of activities and target the younger demographic. We have an awesome toddler time. We have a lot of parents participate. It’s just as challenging for adults.” Information: chandler.uptownjungle.com.

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Senior CompuCare’s individualized training technique computes

BY LEE SHAPPELL Staff

The first thing to know about Senior CompuCare, which opened recently in Chandler, is that its name is a misnomer.

Yes, the company was founded in Florida eight years ago to assist senior citizens befuddled by modern digital technology.

Since then, it has broadened scope to aid not only seniors but also veterans, small businesses and organizations bridge the technology divide by teaching dayto-day computing basics and electronicdevice instruction.

Licensed owner Shirley Mayor operates Senior CompuCare-Valley of the Sun, the first Arizona location, with the intention of providing digital-technology training services to individuals and businesses in Chandler and neighboring East Valley communities.

“With us, it’s, “What do you want to know?’” Mayor said.

“We listen, listen, listen to what somebody wants to accomplish, what their needs are. Then we formulate a plan with them as to what we can do to help them out. We’ve built a methodology into our business: We don’t want them watching us take over their device, and then they walk out and didn’t learn anything.”

Senior CompuCare has no brickand-mortar office. Mayor comes to East Valley clients to coach them in their environment. Or, she will arrange a meeting in which clients bring along their electronic devices for personalized coaching on them.

Photo courtesy of Shirley Mayor

Shirley Mayor operates Senior CompuCare with the intention of providing digital-technology training services to individuals and businesses in East Valley communities.

“We got to our clients,” Mayor said.

“We want them to be comfortable, learn on their own devices the things they want to know. That’s very important.”

Mayor will even counsel on ergonomic issues, and lining up repairs of equipment.

Often, senior clients do not know relatively simple things, such as how to communicate effectively with an internet-service provider.

“They’re so terribly frustrated,” Mayor

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said. “First, I make sure my understanding of the problem is correct from the client, then I get the provider on the phone. I speak in their language. Most of the time we’re able to resolve the problem with me just being the liaison, that referee, helping the seniors understand that the provider can’t go farther until they are provided more information.”

Pricing is established individually based on the job, but generally, Mayor said, fees are $50 an hour with a 2-hour minimum.

Course offerings are customized to suit individual clients. Instruction is not limited to computers and laptops.

Training is available for smart phones, iPhones, iPads, tablets and cameras.

“Everything is customized, it’s not canned,” Mayor said. “Clients have told us so many times that they’ve been to a training facility, sat there on a computer or device they had never been on before, gone through a whole hour and maybe there were a few moments of what they really wanted to know. You don’t get much out of that.

“I always ask a client, ‘What would you like to know?’ If they don’t tell us, we don’t know how to help them.”

Senior CompuCare’s how-to training can consist of creating an understanding of computer/internet functionality, features, programs or applications.

A client’s request might be as simple learning how to use a new iPad, Smart phone or digital camera. Mayor will teach clients how to make a doctor appointment and travel reservations,

or to create documents and forms on a computer. She’ll help set up a new printer.

Training sessions for use of various software products and apps, such as Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, Quickbooks and Quicken, as well as website design set-up, are available.

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Local business riding the digital game tide

BY CECILIA CHAN Staff

Zach Riding sits before a computer screen with earphones on, his eyes fixated on his character’s avatar in the latest popular shoot-’em-up survival game.

It was grand-opening day at Pure Esports near Cooper and Baseline roads, the first esport center in Gilbert, and Riding couldn’t be happier.

“I play ‘Fortnite’ at home on my Xbox and TV, a 55-inch Samsung, but the quality is not as good,” the 28-year-old Gilbert resident said. “Playing on a PC monitor is the best way to play a game. Basically, this is how the professionals play.”

Pure Esports is Daniel Artt’s flagship store – one he hopes to replicate with franchises Valleywide.

The 2,200-square-foot building, sandwiched between a wig shop and a Chinese restaurant in a strip mall, houses 50 gaming stations. Each station is outfitted with the latest and best equipment, such as an $1,800 computer monitor and a $300 chair to give a professional playing experience, according to Artt.

“They have the newest Xbox,” said Riding, who spent five to 10 hours on his day off to game. “And this monitor is probably one of the best, top-of-the-line equipment. These guys know what people want.”

After working a decade in a corporate environment, Artt said, he sat down one day to figure out what he wanted to do for the rest of his life and decided to do something he loved.

And Pure Esports was born.

“I still play video games and I am 32,” Artt said.

His sister Lucy Artt-Mulligan, also is a Gilbert business owner, operating IDance Studio and Performing Arts the last four years.

Esports, or competitive electronic sports, is projected to grow globally to a more than $1.1 billion industry by 2019, according to Goldman Sachs’ Global Investment Research.

“We’re riding that wave,” said Artt, a Gilbert native who now lives in Mesa. “This is video gaming, but instead of it being a lonely activity in a house or basement, it’s a way for kids to have a safe area to socialize with friends and either do casual play or do some competitive play, hone skills and participate in events and tournaments and win something at the end of the day.”

And, he said, because gaming equipment is expensive, his business offers a low-cost way

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Above: Victor Valenzuela, 9, tries his hand at one of the 50 gaming stations at Pure Esports in Gilbert recently. Right: Pure Esports owner Daniel Artt and wife Jessica hope to franchise their business across the state.

for people to enjoy the activity.

Esports, well-established in Asia with gaming centers as ubiquitous as Starbucks, is making its way to Europe and the United States, Artt said.

In South Korea, esports is a major pastime, with top gamers achieving celebrity status. “We haven’t seen the peak (here),” Artt said. “I am hoping to pioneer that effort.”

He plans to hold Pure Esports’ first two tournaments at the end of August, featuring “Fortnite” and “League of Legends.”

Esports is male-dominated but in the last couple of years, as it’s become more mainstream, females are taking to it, Artt said, adding he expected to see mostly young adults and high school-age students among his clientele.

Esports’s market share is still mostly millennial males, according to Nielsen, a global measurement and data analytics company.

A recent Nielsen report found two-thirds of the U.S. general population 13 and older are considered gamers, an increase to 66 percent in 2018 from 58 percent in 2013.

Gamers are spending 11 percent of their leisure time either playing video games or engaging in esports, according to Nielsen.

Worldwide, there are over 2.6 billion casual gamers today, up from 100 million in 1995,

according to Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs attributed the explosive growth to a number of factors, including the ubiquity of mobile devices and the evolution of the gaming business model.

Additionally, viewers are helping fuel esports’ surging growth with a global audience expected to reach 380 million this year, according to Esports Charts, which monitors the industry’s trends.

A Nielsen fan study showed the Western esports audience is 71 percent male, with an average age of 26.

Esports also is gaining a foothold on college and high school campuses.

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Teams from 390 colleges nationwide and Canada competed that year in online matches before a sold-out arena in California and broadcast on ESPN. As esports gains popularity, more than 30 U.S. colleges and universities such as University Utah and University of California, Irvine now offer scholarships for gamers, according to Scholarship.com.

High School Esports League also is creating esports teams on secondary-school campuses throughout the country to compete nationally.

A further testimony to esports’ widespread acceptance is the announcement that it is to be an official medal sport in the 2022 Asian Games in China.

Gilbert was a prime location for the business, according to Damian Artt, who was present at his son’s grand opening.

“Gilbert has more PCs per household than any other medium-size city in the U.S.,” he said. “Gilbert’s high percentage of PC homes means they are very technical and they are more attractive to this type of entertainment than Whac-A-Mole.”

Daniel Artt said there is one similar business in the Valley and as others jump on the bandwagon, he has plans to stay competitive.

He’s currently selling gaming peripherals such as keyboards, headsets and mouse pads and hopes to grow that inventory. He also plans to repair computers and offer custom-built gaming PCs. And, he plans for the ability to bring gaming equipment on-site to businesses for corporate team-building exercises.

“I want to make this place magical through events and challenges,” Artt said.

The big secret to success, however, is for Pure Esports to be part of the community, and that means making it a friendly, inviting place where the staff knows customers by their first name, according to Damian Artt.

Riding, who lives a half-mile from Pure Esports, said he’s planning on coming in once a week.

Although he can communicate with other players while gaming at home, it’s not as fulfilling as coming to a center, he said.

He explained he can go down the line of players next to him, asking others to play in a squad.

“This gives you a place to be together than in a house, where it’s kind of lonely,” he said.

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Mobile urgi-care unit makes house calls in Chandler

BY MELODY BIRKETT Contributor

DispatchHealth is bringing back house calls to Chandler.

The new business makes it possible to avoid the emergency room or urgent care in some instances.

People in need of less-serious emergency care can go online or call and an emergency medical technician will be dispatched to their home within one hour on average.

Once the company confirms the patient’s name and location and gets information about the illness or injury and insurance information, “we confirm you’re a good candidate for us to treat and we arrive at your home in a DispatchHealth vehicle with both a nurse practitioner or a physician’s assistant and an EMT,” said company spokeswoman Andrea Pearson.

“They are equipped to treat all manner of health issues, injuries or illnesses.”

The medical team is able to treat patients 3 months old and up for maladies such as vomiting and dehydration, urinary tract infections and the flu, provide stitches or sutures, address simple fractures and address about 60 percent of what can be done in an emergency room, Pearson said.

“When we onboard a patient we get the name of their primary care provider,” said Pearson. “Our team, who’s on-site with the patient for an average of about 45 minutes, provides complete documentation of that patient’s visit back to that primary care provider.”

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documentation. That’s very different than what you’ll find when you visit an urgent care or an ER. So, that’s a really important thing to continue the continuity of care and communication.”

Seniors especially find the service useful, Pearson said, explaining: “It’s really a huge benefit to be able to stay put,” Pearson said. “For a lot of people who live in senior communities or even in assisted living communities, you find the standard of care is sometimes an ambulance ride to and from the hospital.

“Not only is it very expensive but it’s really not very comfortable. It can be very disorienting and it can actually take a much longer time for someone to recover when you try to go through that full experience.”

The service is also handy for parents. “It’s much more convenient for a parent when they have another child or two at home to be able to stay put and not take three children to

a busy urgent care or ER where you’re going to spend a lot of time,” Pearson said.

The bottom line, however, she added, is that most anyone will find it a convenient way to get emergency treatment.

For example, Pearson said, “It’s Sunday morning, you’re slicing toast or you’re slicing bagels and you cut yourself. Much more convenient to be able to stay put, have the team come, provide those sutures and call you a few days later to make sure you’re feeling well than it would be to pack up everyone and head to the ER.” The service was designed by a 20-year emergency room physician who saw a lot of patients coming in and out of the ER and treated in a high-cost setting for things they were probably better off being treated for at home.

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“If they get onsite and they see something that requires a consultation with a physician, they can call, video call, or conference that physician in,” said Pearson.

“And likewise, if it’s a complicated health issue, sometimes the physician on call will reach out to the primary care provider of the patient we’re treating to just make sure we’re communicating well with that practice and understanding what the specific needs of that patient might be.”

In about 3 percent of the cases, the medical team is not able to treat a patient. In that case, 911 is called, but the medics stay with the patient until the paramedic team arrives to transition care.

DispatchHealth takes most commercial insurance plans, Medicare, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage. A patient must give the information when requesting care.

The EMT will then estimate the cost and copay. If someone is uninsured, DispatchHealth will take a $275 cash fee. The company claims the cost of service is usually 85 percent lower than that same visit in the ER. DispatchHealth is now partnering with Mercy Care Plan and Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care.

“We created that partnership because they’re looking for a way to be able to provide their members with more convenient options for access and care,” said Pearson.

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Pruitt’s Furniture sale points to shrinking big-box space SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

The sale of the old Pruitt’s Furniture store in Chandler represents another indication that the Valley’s glut of big-box retail building is easing.

Ray Cashen of Cashen Realty Advisors said that the Great Recession of 2008 “left a massive overhang of big-box retail buildings exceeding 6 million square feet.

“This situation was made worse as a result of competition from online retailers like Amazon, eBay, Wayfair and

Overstock,” he said, adding that the glut has been cut to about 4 million square feet as health clubs, schools, mini storage, offices and healthcare operations fill the vacancies.

Smaller-footprint stores of retailers like Target have back-filled vacancies left by Sports Authority and Toy R Us, he added.

Cashen represented Five Sons Furniture AZ in selling the 6.87-acre Pruitt’s Furniture store at 1200 N. Alma School to Store Capital Corp. of Scottsdale. The 62,286-square-foot

building went for $3.45 million.

VASA Fitness intends to invest an additional $3 million in tenant Improvements to turn the building into a state-of-the-art health club.

“VASA Fitness’ Phoenix expansion plans include five locations in the Valley and the Chandler site is part of the metropolitan Phoenix footprint,” Cashen said. VASA has over 200,000 members and owns fitness clubs in Utah and Colorado.

Cashen said that as the economy

strengthens, “additional absorption within the vacant big box sector is anticipated” and that as much as another 2 million square feet will be converted to new uses by the end of the year.

“While there are many traditional retail centers that have survived, commercial retail shopping center development has reinvented itself out of necessity,” he said. “The end result is more choices and convenience for the consumer. And that ultimately is a welcome development.”

Developer to begin third phase of The Cays at Ocotillo SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

The Statesman Group is preparing to launch the third phase of construction this fall at The Cays at Downtown Ocotillo, a $90 million luxury condominium community.

The new phase will include the third of four buildings featuring 64 one- and two-bedroom condominiums and topfloor penthouses ranging in size from 862 to 1,512 square feet and priced from the mid-$300,000s.

“A VIP interest list is now being generated with sales to launch this fall,” the Statesman Group said in a release.

Completion is expected in early 2020.

When The Cays opened in June 2015, it

was the only for-sale condo community of its kind in the East Valley with resortstyle amenities and direct access to the restaurants, wine bars, a coffee shop and retailers in Downtown Ocotillo.

Now, Statesman has sold more than 128 homes, with just 17 remaining in the second phase.

“We are expecting a quick sellout of the remaining homes here at The Cays and we’re looking to carry that momentum into the next phase, especially since pricing will increase in the coming weeks,” said Alana Mann, president and owner. “With the expansion of the surrounding Downtown Ocotillo neighborhood, homeowners at The Cays will have a whole new level of

dining, shopping and services right in their backyard, while still being just a three-minute drive to the booming Price Corridor. You just can’t beat the location, the access and the amenities.”

Homes at The Cays feature distinctive interiors with designer-selected finishes, large master bedrooms, split floorplans for privacy, spacious walk-in closets, ceramic tile flooring throughout and cabinetry with a choice of finishes.

With upgraded stainless steel appliances and expansive patios, each home will come equipped with smart technology and fiber-optic high-speed internet that will be eight times faster than the service supplied by most cable providers, the developer said.

“Residents also have access to an expansive offering of resort-style amenities at The Cays, including a 9,500-square-foot clubhouse that features a gourmet community kitchen, two-sided fireplace, a media center and social lounge, yoga studio, billiards and shuffleboard located at the heart of the property,” the Statesman Group said.

Other amenities include an 1,800-square-foot fitness center with locker rooms and private steam showers, heated swimming pool surrounded by private cabanas, an outdoor kitchen with gas BBQs and a bar, fireplaces and lush landscaping. To register for the VIP interest list or for more information: TheCaysatOcotillo.com or 480-248-3737.

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Hamilton visits Highland in Chandler-area featured game compete. Here is how we are going to practice. It doesn’t matter what color or what emblem is on the helmet of the opponent. We are going to play at this level.

“If we aren’t playing at this level, then we need to compete against ourselves better.”

BY ZACH ALVIRA Sports Editor

Zero Week officially is in the books for Chandler-area prep football teams.

Next Friday, Aug. 24, the rest of the high schools open their 2018 seasons.

The highlight matchup in the region pits Hamilton at Highland, teams that haven’t met in three years and have hired new coaches since then.

Hamilton, which opened against Chaparral, has traveled a rocky road off the field for more than a year but has maintained its position among the premier programs in the state. It’s depth of talent now is under the leadership of coach Mike Zdebski.

Highland, meanwhile, which opened against Alhambra, has been on an upward trend since coach Brock Farrel took over last season, when the Hawks went 8-4 and reached the 6A quarterfinals.

It’s a matchup of teams that could meet again in the playoffs.

Zdebski isn’t even thinking about that.

He has the Huskies taking it one day at a time with their focus.

“They’re kids so you have to worry about that, but our kids do a good job of worrying about what we have to take care of,” Zdebski said. “As long as you focus on the task at hand, then you’ll be OK. It’s still business.”

Hamilton’s talent starts up front with Dylan Mayginnes and Trevor Harvey.

The duo anchors an offensive line that protects quarterback Brandon Schenks, who has made the switch from receiver.

“It’s been an easy transition. I’ve played quarterback before,” Schenks said. “The guys I have around me make it really easy.”

Schenks has a strong group of

Chandler at Queen Creek

It’s a matchup of great quarterbacks, Chandler’s Jacob Conover and Queen Creek’s Devin Larson. Both have started since their sophomore seasons, leading their teams to success.

Chandler is poised to make another state title run.

Perry at Mountain View

Quarterback Chubba Purdy has taken over the offense that his brother, Brock, led to the 6A title game last season.

Pumas wideout Colby Dicky is a key target for Purdy.

Mountain View, once the dominant big-school program in Arizona, is on an upward trend since Mike Fell took over the program two seasons ago.

Quarterback Brandon Nunez and receiver JaCobby Dinwiddie are among the best duos in the state.

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Hamilton, rocked by an off-the-field hazing scandal a year ago, brought in coach Mike Zdebski from Michigan to restore order. The Huskies are loaded and expected to challenge for the 6A state title.

receivers, led by junior Brenden Rice. As a sophomore, Rice caught 25 passes for 559 yards and seven touchdowns.

Schenks is confident in his ability to lead the team through a tough schedule.

The Hawks offense features returning starters Kaleb Herbert, a 1,000-yard passer in 2017, and do-it-all player Kohnor Cullimore, lead running back and

leader of Highland’s secondary.

Farrel is confident in his team’s ability to navigate a difficult schedule, relying on a simple mantra the Hawks have adopted since his arrival.

“We talk about that we are going to compete against Highland. It’s the standard for Highland football,” Farrel said. “Here is how we are going to

First-year coach Chris McDonald has a vision to re-establish the winning culture at Basha and has an opportunity to shut down an up-and-coming team in Sandra Day O’Connor. Ty Siffermann leads the Bears’ offense.

The Eagles defense features end Bralen Trice, who is among the best pass rushers in the state.

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Barre fitness trend hits Chandler with new studio SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

The popular barre fitness trend has hit Chandler.

Barre3, a global network of studios and leader of the ballet barre fitness movement, opened its latest location last month at 4145 S. Gilbert Road, Suite 5.

To celebrate the opening of the Chandler business, owner Andrea Laughlin has been offering students’ first class for free throughout the first month.

Barre3 provides a full-body, mindful workout where students are led through sustained holds, muscle-burning micromovements and heart-rate-raising cardio bursts.

The fitness trend is so named because in ballet training, the barre is the horizontal handrail dancers hold onto while warming up and working on their technique.

Barre-style workouts use classic ballet warmup exercises and expand them to a wider audience. The barre classes combine ballet, Pilates and yoga movements.

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Barre3 has expanded to more than 100 studios worldwide with its focus on integrating some aspects of ballet into its fitness regimens.

Time magazine called barre classes a phenomenon among fitness activities last year. The Valley has many barre studios, including Pure Barre, TenPoint5, The Bar

Method and Sutra Studios.

Barre3 has expanded to more than 100 studios around the world with loyal students drawn to healthy, balanced living

and intense workouts in studios, as well as in online videos.

The classes are designed to help people transform their bodies through a focus on grace, strength and whole-body wellness.

Founded by fitness and wellness expert Sadie Lincoln in 2008, barre3 includes one-inch isometric variations and fluid motions.

“In just nine years, barre3 has grown from a single studio in Portland, Oregon to over 130 locations, 300+ workouts streaming online and a growing cache of nourishing recipes,” said Lincoln, cofounder and CEO of barre3.

“Our mission is to teach people to be balanced in body and empowered from within, by making barre3 accessible to anyone, anywhere with studios across the US and abroad. Partnering with passionate entrepreneurs and health advocates like Andrea make this possible. We are thrilled to make barre3 Chandler a part of the family.”

Barre3 has several other studios in Arizona. Information: barre3.com.

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A receiver last year, Brandon Schenks moved to quarterback this season for Hamilton. The Huskies, who visit Highland on Friday, have a big offensive line to protect Schenks.

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Casteel at Apollo

The Bobby Newcombe coaching era at Casteel opened against Centennial, one of Arizona’s strongest programs for years, and Casteel faces another tough test in Apollo.

The Colts, the defending 3A champions, are poised to continue their success despite jumping to 5A, with quarterback Gunner Cruz and receiver Khyheem Waleed. Apollo established itself as a sleeper in 5A last season, finishing 8-3 and pushing Ironwood Ridge to the brink in the playoffs.

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Simple conversation matters if you take time

BY TERRY ROE

I think folks have forgotten what discourse or simple conversation really means and why it matters. Let me give you one example.

Once or twice a month I get the chance to have breakfast with my friend and former Chandler Mayor Jerry Brooks. It begins with a pitcher of iced tea, two orders of sausage and eggs, no toast and a friendly waitress that knows Jerry, and greets him by name when we sit down to order.

Over the better part of an hour, we spend time talking about Chandler and giving our own thoughts on what is right or wrong for our community.

With the sounds of a busy kitchen in the background, I share the latest news on what’s happening and to anyone listening it quickly becomes obvious that we both really love this city.

The conversation goes both ways and I enjoy hearing how the 101 freeway was developed in Chandler and how it aligned with the Chandler Fashion Center that opened its doors in Fall 2001.

Jerry passionately talks about Chandler’s achievements including how past mayors and councils with other community leaders laid the groundwork for one of Chandler’s greatest success stories, the Price corridor.

He is a proud veteran who regularly reminds me that the memorial at Veteran’s Oasis Park has yet to be finished. I know he’s right, and I promise I’ll bring it up to our city manager

Marsha Reed during our next meeting at City Hall. It is unfinished business for Chandler, and it should be completed.

While serving as mayor, Jerry was a key player in orchestrating a partnership with the Chandler Unified School District to build Chandler’s Center for the Performing Arts.

It is a product of community collaboration and it has been a source of great pride since it opened its doors in 1989. Jerry rarely misses the opportunity to tell me the arts have a place in Chandler and I agree.

Eventually the end of our morning breakfast meeting has arrived. We have pretty much covered everything.

Who will be our next senators. What’s happening with education; streets, water, police and fire and even solid waste.

We fight over the check and

then the former mayor and I say our goodbyes. He reminds me that he’ll be talking to other councilmembers and Mayor Jay Tibshraeny to advance whatever project he felt should be moving forward.

So you see, folks, discourse or simple conversation is not really that difficult. Listening to what others think on any subject can be educational and entertaining.

Honest and open discussion gives you the opportunity to learn and, yes, to share your own thoughts. My advice is to be willing to put your phone down, look a person in the eye; be courteous and share ideas. It really can work.

Of course, I prefer to do it over breakfast and in person with an old friend.

Ensuring safe schools and neighborhoods

BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD

As we begin another school year, it is important for us to remember some of the most important and vulnerable citizens of Chandler – our children. As leaders, we have an obligation to do all we can to ensure that our children return home safely every day.

For many of the individuals reading this article, you likely were not concerned with the thought that someone might come to your school and attack you.

Unfortunately, that is a reality for our children today.

It is incumbent upon us as parents, grandparents, community members, and leaders in the community to do everything we can to ensure our children

are safe in school.

As a former school resource officer (SRO), I understand the importance of the role SROs serve in our schools.

I understand that their role includes creating an environment of trust and mutual respect with students, so that students feel comfortable in sharing with their SRO any concerns they have, especially regarding school safety.

I am an advocate of having SROs at all of our public schools in Chandler.

And it is a key component of two of my platform pillars – outstanding schools and safe neighborhoods. Students are not able to focus on their academic studies when they are concerned about being safe.

Therefore, I will be committed as your councilmember to support the Chandler Police Department in having the resources they need to provide SROs at

our Chandler schools. Recently, several former students I interacted with as a SRO became aware that I am a candidate for the Chandler City Council, contacted me and shared what a positive impact my interaction with them had on their lives.

Currently, SROs are funded by a threeyear Safe Schools grant that underwrites the cost of six of the 10 SROs who provide services to Chandler’s public middle and high schools. The grant this year totaled approximately $770,000.

An intergovernmental agreement will ensure that for the 2018-19 school year the Chandler Police Department is able to provide an additional four SROs so that they can continue to provide services to all of the public middle and high schools within Chandler.

However, we must begin to plan now for the long term funding of SROs – beyond the end of the current Safe

Schools grant.

As your councilmember, the safety of our children and families will be a high priority for me. In collaboration with the Chandler Unified School District and the Kyrene School District we can and must do more to make sure our children are safe at school.

We can and must do more to make sure that our communities are safe and that our first responders have the resources they need to respond to emergency calls as quickly as possible.

If we fail to do so and families suffer as a result, we will have failed in our most important responsibility, to ensure the safety and security of our community and its residents.

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Combining innovation, independence and experience

BY MATT ORLANDO

Since I started my campaign for Chandler City Council over 11 months ago, I have had the privilege of speaking to several thousand residents about my vision for Chandler. I have answered a myriad of questions and I want I share some of the most frequently asked questions with you.

Why did you get off the Council?

Chandler has term limits for its elected officials: two four-year terms separated by at least four years before a former council member may seek another term.

What would you bring to the City Council that it doesn’t have now?

Having the advantage of previous council experience, I can start representing Chandler’s citizens and

business organizations on day one. I already have long-term relationships with regional leaders and institutions allowing me to convincingly move Chandler’s policy agenda forward.

I have a trusted and proven record of working with citizens to solve issues that affect their neighborhoods. Most importantly, I am an independent thinker, open communicator, and problem solver who knows how to work with all stakeholders to seek solutions to issues that challenge or afford opportunities for our city.

What are the greatest opportunities and challenges facing the community?

In a nut shell: maintaining and enhancing Chandler’s quality of life.

Our city is competing with many cities for employment opportunities. I supported or led the activities that “laid the foundation” for ensuring a better quality of life that will be Chandler’s

positive discriminator. I’m running again for Council to make sure those efforts continue and expand.

I will push to accelerate hiring the additional police for our streets and schools needed to meet our growing population, build aggressive economic development activities to create jobs, enhance and preserve existing neighborhoods, expand our parks and recreational programs, accelerate planning for youth sports complexes, add sound sustainability programs for our city, and increase creative partnerships with schools and private entities to save tax payers dollars.

I will seek new uses for failed retail corners and create housing policies that align with genuine needs of our neighborhoods and continue the sound economic policies that I and others put in place to protect our tax base.

Do we have too many multifamily/

apartments units? What about affordable housing?

I think the broader question is do we have updated and sensible guidelines for our housing planning for the future?

Chandler is entering its “build-out” phase, and there are few remaining parcels of land available for the large master-planned communities we’ve seen in the past.

Today much of the high-density housing developments are on smaller “infill” parcels scattered throughout our city.

I will work hard with city planners and home builders to encourage more diverse, creative, and innovative housing designs for first-time home buyers in our city.

I have additional questions and answers on my website: MattOrlando.com Now I have a question for you the voter?

For over 17 years you trusted me to make Chandler a great place to live. Can I count on your continued trust and vote?

New parks are a win-win for the county and the town

BY DENNY BARNEY

You’ve probably heard about plans to build two new parks in Gilbert: Rittenhouse District Park, near Power and Pecos Roads, and Gilbert Regional Park, near Queen Creek and Higley Roads.

The latter is long overdue in the south part of town and will include an expansive playground, splash pad, tennis courts and pickleball. The former will be a multi-use recreational area with baseball fields and a playground.

What you might not know is the collaboration that happened behind the scenes to move these projects forward.

It’s an effort I’ve been involved with since early 2014.

The future parks are located in flood control basins owned by Maricopa County. These basins are open spaces where water can safely collect during a storm so it doesn’t flood homes or roads.

Most of the year, though, these basins sit empty and dry. In many ways, they are blank canvases. And that’s how Gilbert leaders wisely viewed Chandler Heights Basin and Rittenhouse Basin when they approached the Flood Control District of Maricopa County to discuss use of both.

Here’s how it works: A flood-control basin can be used for another purpose as long as the flood control function of the basin is not compromised. And, if the requesting agency (in this case, Gilbert)

accepts full risk and liability for the public use and performs needed maintenance.

The district and the town came to an agreement on those points, and park plans started taking shape.

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held earlier this year with both parks expected to open in 2019.

County taxpayers should know that Gilbert is bringing in all the resources to build and maintain these parks; the county is simply providing the land that taxpayers already bought.

From the county’s perspective, it’s a win-win. The county’s land maintenance burden will decrease, and residents will benefit from both additional recreational amenities and continued flood protection.

It’s worth noting that from time to time these basins (park equipment and all) will flood. That’s how they were designed, after all! But public safety is a priority for everyone involved, and during a big storm, the District coordinates with towns such as Gilbert to make sure they have all the information they need to protect residents.

To build better communities, you need strong partnerships and outside-the-box thinking.

This partnership between the Town of Gilbert and the Flood Control District of Maricopa County is a smart one, the end result of which will be two beautiful new parks where we can all come together.

And that’s good for the entire region.

Build new parks, restore old ones

BY AARON HARRIS SR.

On parks and recreation, my goal is to maximize existing resources in order to build new parks and amenities for the citizens of Chandler while continuing to restore the city’s aging parks.

Parks and recreation are a necessity to neighborhoods just as public safety and other essential services. As a councilman,

I will remain committed to supporting our local park system.

Equity is a great concern of residents across the city as some parks and fields are not as equipped as others.

I will work to ensure that our parks mirror each other and adequate space exists for both genders. World-class cities exist because of the active system of parks and recreational programs for all citizens.

Our public library system is vital to supporting the overall literacy of our

city and are pillars within neighborhoods where established.

I must note that parks improve and increase property values and also improves the livelihood of the local economy. Businesses have cited the quality of parks within a city as one of the reasons they choose to relocate and build.

The overall health, safety, and wellbeing of our community depends upon parks as this gives residents the opportunity to stay active and fit.

As I campaigned and collected petition signatures, I witnessed families and other social groups of all ages enjoying the many amenities Chandler offers. Residents from all over the valley engage aquatics, pickleball, football, tennis, soccer, baseball and softball.

Overuse is an area of concern by residents and coaches, and I will remain cognizant of this in order to prevent injury. If we want our children to strive for the best, we must give them our very best.

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Former Hamilton football star runs a play for sustainability

BY JORGE RAMOS Cronkite News

LOS ANGELES — Like many accomplished football players, Glenn Love Jr. never worried much about life after the game. When he started playing professionally, however, the uncertainty set in.

That changed after a visit to the Turtle Rescue conservation program at OdySea Aquarium in Scottsdale.

“They were like missing some limbs and I was like, ‘What happened? Why are they missing limbs?’ ” said Love, a former Hamilton High standout who plays linebacker for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

Love learned that the turtles had been injured by plastic debris, including plastic water bottles in the ocean. The aquarium had to remove their limbs to prevent them from dying.

At about that same time, May of 2017, Love launched IInner Vision Apparel company, a sustainable clothing line. He wanted to start a business that could make a social impact. Inspired in part by the turtles, the apparel is made from 95 percent recycled material, and shirts specifically are constructed from five to 10 plastic bottles, recycled cotton and eco-friendly water-based ink.

Plastic that is not recycled often ends up in a landfill or in the ocean. According to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, plastic takes

Photo courtesy of Glenn Love Jr.

Glenn Love Jr. plays linebacker in the Canadian Football League. He was a standout at Hamilton High.

about 450 years to decompose into the earth. If it lands in the ocean, it can potentially add to an island of trash debris in the Pacific that has grown to

600,000 square miles, twice the size of the Texas.

The fashion industry has a significant impact on the environment, experts say.

Whether it is the practices used overseas to grow cotton or the transportation used, the apparel industry leaves a substantial carbon footprint. That motivated Love to focus on recycled cotton.

“The carbon footprint is seen in transportation and where it’s grown and how it’s grown. Most fibers are being grown with pesticides,” said Nicole Darnall, a professor of management and public policy at Arizona State’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability.

“They are chemically grown. And most synthetics fibers are derived from petroleum.”

Before Love had a passion for sustainable fashion, he was a football standout at Hamilton. He lettered in four sports and holds the school record for interceptions in a season (10). He also secured a 5A MVP title and a state championship.

After graduating from Hamilton, he played four seasons at UCLA, where he was converted from defensive back to linebacker. He is playing his seventh season in the Canadian Football League.

Once Love started his professional career, he said he felt it was his duty to show that athletes can make a positive impact on society.

“I wanted to make sure that it wasn’t just me that (my future) was affecting but it was affecting other people, too, in a See

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He plans to roll 3.7K miles on a 1913 cycle

BY ALLY RICHMOND Guest Writer

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! This September marks the fifth annual Motorcycle Cannonball event, and a Chandler man is part of the action.

Paul Jacobson will join other motorcycle enthusiasts on their vintage bikes as they roll across the country for roughly 16 days, hitting checkpoints as they attempt to get their often-unreliable antique cycles across the country.

With only a roll map for direction, no GPS, and sticking mainly to backroads, this year’s riders will start in Portland, Maine and end in Portland, Oregon making the trek around 3,750 miles in total.

The race, which was started in 2009, and takes place every other year, with the number of riders growing each time.

Unfortunately, Lonnie Isam Jr., the founder of the event, will be unable to see this year’s over 100 riding participants, as he passed away of cancer last year.

Nevertheless, his legacy will live on through this event.

His “logic was that if the motorcycle greats could make those miles on the early machines, many with no roads

Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographert

Paul Jacobson of Chandler is getting his 1913 motorcycle ready for a 3,750-mile cross-country trip called the Motorcycle Cannonball event, one of the world’s most difficult challenges for owners of antique motorcycles.

whatsoever, certainly modern riders could do the same,” the website says.

While called a “race,” the event is more of a group effort. The rally’s website

notes, “Racers pull together to support each other in the ‘man against the miles’ battle of skill, grit and luck that play out each day for more than two weeks and

span the breadth of America.”

Jacobson grew up in Farmington, New Mexico, where his passion for motorcycles started as a result of his parent’s fabrication business, which gave him the opportunity to freely toy around with machines and metal daily.

He has owned his own vintage bikes since he was 18 years old, riding a $100 ’72 Harley in college.

“Currently, I quite often commute on my 1942 Harley in Chandler primarily because these old bikes are extremely fun to ride and it often takes tools to get from point A to point B. You have to become extremely familiar with every nut and bolt and realize each machine truly has a personality,” said Jacobson.

This year is Jacobson’s first ride in the Motorcycle Cannonball event. He is both nervous and excited for the adventure.

“This is my first attempt, and I will be riding a 1913 Thor Model U (twincylinder, single-speed). I’m not sure what I was really thinking when I signed up, but eventually realizing this is the most difficult antique motorcycle event in the world, I guess I was open to the challenge,” he said.

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Chandler and even some Gilbert youngsters flocked to the Tumbleweed Recreation Center in Chandler to make crafts related to farming as part of the city’s biweekly Family Fun Night. It’s held 5:30-7 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of the month. Each evening is built around a theme.

The next event, Sept. 5, is called Bookworm Blast. Kids will be able to make crafts and enjoy other activities built around their favorite storybook character. Admission is $2 for residents and $3 for non-residents. For information, call Susan Richardson at 480-782-2912.

At Farm Night, 1) Shyla Boyd, 6, of Gilbert carefully glued pieces of paper while 2) 2-yearold Shiloh West of Chandler got ready to apply some glue to her project. 3) Jocelyn Jones, 11, was all smiles as she had fun and 4) Peyton Stern, 5, of Chandler was all serious as he concentrated on his project. 5) 3-year-old Brady Fox of Gilbert pondered his next step while 6) Ethan Lewis, 3, of Chandler busily cut paper for his work of art.

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Dad-son Realtor team bear down for kids

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Sometimes, a soft and fuzzy teddy bear can comfort children during times of extreme stress.

That’s why the Chandler Police Department, along with A. Tom Wood Team at Keller Williams Realty East Valley are organizing their second annual Teddy Bear Drive from 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Bashas’ at 4940 S. Gilbert Road in Chandler.

People can drop off new teddy bears, which police will provide to youths who might need extra support in a crisis.

Last year, the A. Tom Wood Team collected close to 800 teddy bears for children in the community.

Team leader Tom Wood, a broker, and his son, Jeff, also a Realtor, were motivated to organize the drive because of a stressful experience Jeff had as a child, when he wandered away from his Chandler home on his Big Wheel toward a Taco Bell.

He had been with his siblings and a large group of children while his parents left for just a few minutes.

“We came back and all of a sudden, it’s like, where’s Jeff?” Tom said. “You call down the street and you look down the street and there’s no Jeff. You start really freaking out.”

Tom and his wife called the police right away. Neighbors spotted Jeff crying in the neighborhood. Police gave Jeff a teddy bear to comfort him. He still has it.

“There was a handful of police officers

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Members of the Teddy Bear drive include, from left, Tom Wood, leader of the A. Tom Wood Team at Keller Williams Realty East Valley; Ramon Espinoza , senior mortgage loan officer with AmeriFirst; Jeff Wood, Realtor with the A. Tom Wood Team and Tom’s son; Katie Cain, Victim Services Coordinator with the Chandler Police Department; April Arriola-Hansen, volunteer, Chandler Police Officer Robin Atwood and Tara Heiman, customer experience officer with the A. Tom Wood Team.

there,” Jeff said. “That’s probably the only teddy bear I have left from my childhood. We wanted to so something to give back and help out Chandler Police Department.”

He said the bears can comfort a child who’s lost their parents or a kid who got

lost after wandering off.

“I can’t imagine losing a parent or both parents or witnessing a crime or something far worse than what happened to me,” Jeff said.

Last year, people donated teddy bears of all shapes and sizes. One woman from

Glendale drove up with a cart-full of bears to give. “It was like that scene out of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’” Tom said. “It was just amazing.”

Anyone with questions about the drive may contact Tom Wood at 480-510-1221 or atom@kw.com.

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Seniors who participated in activities at Oakwood Creative Care in Mesa gathered to celebrate the donation of $6,000 by members of the East Valley Chapter of 100+ Women Who Care. The group is open to women in Chandler and nehighboring communities and has pioneered an unusual concept for making a big impact on a nonprofit. The group’s next meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23 at The Forum in Chandler.

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And they must have submitted the name to a committee at least two weeks before the meeting so the nominees can be vetted. That process is designed to ensure that the charity is a registered nonprofit, has been active at least three years, can provide charitable tax receipts to the donors, and meet a number of other requirements laid out on the group’s website.

During the meeting, members can ask the presenter questions. After the three presentations are completed, the group votes. Whoever gets the most votes wins those checks.

The recipient of that largesse attends the next quarterly meeting to discuss how “Big Give” was used.

Sherri Friend, president/CEO of Oakwood Creative Care, said her group “will utilize the funds raised by 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun to purchase much needed program supplies and fifty music therapy sessions.

“Our work is not covered by the traditional revenue streams, so this gift allows us to fulfill our mission to enhance

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A group of kind-hearted women who have banded together to make an impact with their charitable giving made their first “big give” recently.

The East Valley chapter of 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun presented a check for $6,000 to Oakwood Creative Care, a Mesa nonprofit.

100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun is based on a simple mathematical principle.

While gratefully accepted, a $100 donation to a charity doesn’t do much these days. But multiply that figure by 100 or more and you’re talking about having a serious impact on that charity’s mission.

That is the essence of the growing philanthropic organization.

Only women are allowed in the group and those who attend a meeting should be prepared for a friendly gathering run with the precision of a military marching band.

“It’s an exercise in awesome efficiency,” said Kim Tarnopolski, who founded a Ahwatukee-based chapter several years ago and helped start the East Valley chapter for women in Chandler, Gilbert and Mesa.

“It has become more challenging than ever to do all of the things we want to do, including giving back,” said Jenn Kaye, who serves on the executive team of 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun. “Together we create a network of support with the power to truly help others, make a bigger impact and leave a lasting legacy throughout the Valley.”

The next meeting of the East Valley Chapter of 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun is 6:30 pm Aug. 23 at The Forum, 2301 S. Stearman Drive, Chandler.

Guests are welcome and may register at 100wwcvalleyofthesun.org.

After an hour of socializing, 6:30 p.m. marks the start of a meeting that moves according to straightforward and exact rules that eliminate backdoor lobbying and favoritism in the group’s selection of a beneficiary.

First, everybody who attends brings a check for $100 with the payee line left blank. Over the next hour, the names of three charities are pulled from a hat.

Everyone who attends has a chance to nominate a charity, but they need to be there if their candidate’s name is pulled and be prepared to give a five-minute presentation about the group without the help of PowerPoint or any other props.

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positive way,” Love said.

A visit to an aquarium gave him direction.

“Seeing those things swim sideways because it had one arm, that’s because of us, not because of them. They didn’t do anything wrong,” Love said. “It is because of us. Millions of sea creatures and sea life die because of us. That really changed things.”

Love was looking for a manufacturer to produce his clothing line at the same and found Brett Matheson, owner of Yoganastix in Arizona, which produces clothing material from recycled plastic bottles.

“He (Matheson) really showed me some materials … polyester, cotton, the blends and all that kind of stuff. The last one he showed me was like recycled bottles, so I am like, ‘What’? ” Love said.

In that moment, Love knew what he was going to do.

“When you see those turtles and me seeing this material, it was meant to be,” he said.

Although it is a good start to

Basile, a senior sustainability scientist at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability.

Microfiber pollution, which is the shedding of microplastics from synthetic fabrics used to make clothing, can occur.

“It’s not a bad step. You’re building a business on the idea of cycling, and cycles and surfaces and recycling. … That may position you better for using other materials that need to be recycled that are OK that leak into nature,” Basile said. “I think overall it’s a good step toward where you want to go but it’s incomplete. We want businesses that are interested in heading toward completeness but also are not trapped by having to be perfect.”

More than a year has passed since Love launched IInner Vision Apparel. The company has expanded from online only to Glenn Love Jr. wears items from his clothing line. being in Kalloni’s Closet Boutique Recycled plastic bottles are used to make his shirts. in Gilbert.

“Immediately, he reminds becoming more sustainable, it does have me so much of myself just from unintended consequences, said George his personality. Just like out how he

operates,” owner Keller Ziegler said. “This is absolutely going to work out.”

The lack of a business background and fashion acumen created a few setbacks for Love, who has struggled to adjust to unexpected obstacles.

“Now, I’ve got to learn how to deal with people overseas, that when I was going to bed they were getting up,” he said. “So I was getting up at 3 in the morning. You cannot speak the same language and you might say one thing to someone from here and they might interpret it as something else.”

This has not deterred Love, who hopes to one day have his own brick-and-mortar storefront for IInner Vision, and to be a distributor for other apparel companies looking to use sustainable materials for their clothing. He is looking to develop a business relationship with fitness brand SoulCycle and to expand into Canada.

“Maybe have a store where it’s all eco-friendly brands. Might be local.

Might be from Zimbabwe,” Love said. “It doesn’t matter.

“I want to have eco-friendly clothes so everyone can see that we can compete with the rest of the world with making good quality clothes.”

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Gilbert caregivers learn what dementia feels like

BY NICK SERPA Cronkite News

Vilma Bose places headphones over her ears and is greeted by the sounds of droning conversation, a fire engine and a door slamming.

Next, she’s escorted to a dimly lit room and given a list of tasks to complete within five minutes. Find the white shirt, and put it on. Organize the pills by color. Pull all the threes out of a deck of cards.

Bose has a hard time hearing the instructions, which aren’t repeated.

It’s all part of a simulation for staff members at Savanna House Assisted Living and Memory Care that mimics the effects of dementia and other conditions common among older Americans.

“I experienced difficulty understanding and finding things,” said Bose, a caregiver at Savanna House. “It’s hard to put it together.”

The simulation, conducted by representatives of Haven Behavioral Hospital of Phoenix, is designed to allow caregivers and others who interact with dementia patients to better understand the confusion they can encounter in their day to day lives, hospital liaison Debi Elder said.

“What that shows people is someone with dementia doesn’t necessarily understand what all those sounds are,” she said.

In addition to simulating the confusion dementia can cause, the demonstration tries to replicate symptoms of other diseases common among seniors.

Participants wear altered sunglasses to

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Debi Elder, a community liason with Haven Behavioral Hospital of Phoenix (right), escorts Vilma Bose, a Savanna House caregiver, to a simulation. Headphones play confusing noises to simulate dementia, while modified sunglasses and gloves attempt to simulate other diseases common among seniors.

simulate macular degeneration, bumpy insoles to mimic peripheral neuropathy and thick gloves to simulate loss of motor skills, adding layers of challenge.

“A lot of times you’ll find that someone with dementia also has one of these other things,” Elder said.

Participants have to complete a number of tasks that are made more difficult because of the sensory confusion they’re experiencing. The combination of obstructed vision, background noise, foot pain

and loss of hearing means many people aren’t able to complete all the tasks.

When the demonstration ends, participants fill out a brief survey asking what they experienced, what they learned and how well they feel they understand the challenges faced by sufferers of dementia, which is an umbrella term for a variety of symptoms associated with declines in memory and cognitive abilities that are severe enough to interfere with daily activities.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia.

Of course, the simulation is far from comprehensive – there are many aspects of dementia that can’t be simulated, Elder said.

“People will talk about the fear … of being afraid, of not knowing where they are, of not recognizing their caregivers,” she said. “We can’t simulate that.”

Kaerie Carrigan, director of the memory-care program at Savanna House in Gilbert, also participated in the simulation.

Although it wasn’t her first time in such a demonstration, she said, she still had difficulties with some of the challenges.

Although truly simulating a disease as complex and individual as dementia is next to impossible, Carrigan says, experiences such as the simulation can still be valuable.

“You can always say what they’re going through, but it’s different when you experience it,” she said. “I think this experience kind of brings a light to that.

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More than 1,200 foster and developmentally challenged children and teens served by four nonprofits will have their own chance to give back when they convene today, Aug. 18, to lend their hands in helping feed the hungry throughout the world.

Dubbed an “Extraordinary People Event” by Mesa-based Feed My Starving Children, the effort will feature the assembly of “Manna Packs,” high-protein food distributed in impoverished countries around the world.

The event builds on a smaller session last year, when foster children from the Arizona Department of Child Safety pitched in at Feed My Starving Children’s packing center at 1345 Alma School Road, joined by foster parents and DCS employees.

This year, as a result of board member and Ahwatukee pediatrician Dr. Diane Matsumoto’s vision, three other groups are joining the foster kids at the Mesa Convention Center, for three separate two-hour packing sessions between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

They are HopeKids Arizona, Raising Special KidsAZ and Pathway to Work, which are providing medically fragile kids and children and young adults with developmental disabilities to help the foster kids.

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About 1,200 children and teens have been brought together by three nonproits and the state Department of Child Safety for a food-packing marathon at Mesa Convention Center sponsored by Feed My Starving Children.

Chandler girl will entertain the groups after each food-packing session.

HopeKids Arizona, a nonprofit that helps families who have children with a life-threatening illness, is one of those groups.

Executive Director Kimberly Trichel said HopeKids organizes nearly 500 events annually for the 7,300 family members it serves in Arizona.

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“We’re excited to partner with Feed My Starving Children on this new project.

We’ve volunteered with them in the past and they’ve always allowed our HopeKids in wheelchairs and HopeKids with other medical conditions to participate in any way possible,” she said, adding: “They came up with this wonderful event to allow extraordinary people

to pack food and serve others. Our organization focuses on providing events that bring families together, and this is a perfect event for our families to connect, while serving others in need.”

That is who these “extraordinary people” are being invited to the food packing event, said Nate Shepherd, development advisor for Feed My Starving Children “We can offer a voluntary experience for special needs kids. A lot of organizations can’t do that,” he said. “All our food goes to projects out of the U.S., but we wanted something local so that these kids, who might not be able to give back, can know they’re helping others.”

Raising Special Kids AZ, the Arizona chapter of Family Voices – a national network advocating for health care services for children and youth from birth to age 26 with special health care needs – is another newcomer to the packing event. The other group is the Tempebased nonprofit Pathway to Work.

According to board member and organization spokeswoman Maureen Mills, Pathway to Work assists adults with developmental disabilities prepare for employment through practical education and participation in community activities.

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The 1913 Thor Model U that Jacobson will be riding is a rare bike, as only about 20 are believed left in the world.

Because all motorcycles being ridden in the event are vintage, the most difficult part of the journey for all the riders will be bike repairs.

“It is not only difficult to operate these machines, but you are required to bring parts and tools to repair your machine throughout the day. In the

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opportunity to help people in need, make new friends and social connections, participate more in the community, and learn job skills and social skills,” said Mills.

“According to research, the odds of being very happy rose 7 percent among those who volunteer monthly, and 12 percent for people who volunteer every two to four weeks,” Mills said.

This is the third year the Arizona Department of Child Safety is bringing foster children and their foster families to Feed My Starving Children.

DCS community liaison Rayetta Sanchez called it “an amazing opportunity for DCS staff to work side by side with our foster families.”

“Because we’re all on the same team – helping to provide safe environments for children to thrive – it’s great to have a positive activity we can do together.

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evening all major work is done with your support crew – in this case my father and a few friends – including possible engine work throughout the night to prepare for the next day,” Jacobson explained.

Sometimes riders even need to get creative with their repairs as well.

“There are no parts suppliers for most everything and all parts are made by myself or certain machine shops with history of this type of work or in the rare case found at a swap meet. I do have many backup parts to keep me going for the 3,800 miles but everything must be setup correctly every time,” Jacobson

said.

Jacobson is a motorcycle aficionado, but he has a real soft spot for antique bikes.

“I have owned and ridden modern motorcycles in the past and they are fun but it’s not the same as navigating traffic with a foot clutch and a hand shift,” he said.

Besides his love of vintage motorcycles, Jacobson was also motivated to enter and finish this competition to help support cancer research in memory of his late uncle, Tony Bushard.

“He was a very avid car and motorcycle restoration nut and was fascinated with the Motorcycle Cannonball event, he would joke a couple years ago I would enter my Thor someday and I laughed at him,” Jacobson said.

Jacobson plans to sell posters, giving all of the proceeds to cancer research.

The posters will feature his original photo of the Thor/Excelsior dealership in Portland, Oregon, from back in 1914.

People interested in purchasing a poster to help Jacobson’s cause, can email CB18Thor@gmail.com.

is priceless,” said Sanchez.

Sanchez said she is dedicated to developing partnerships in the community that support Arizona’s foster children.

“Because state agencies like ours are limited in terms of resources and budget, it is extremely important for the community to get engaged in meeting some of the needs,” she said. “This event is a great example of a win-win for DCS, our community, foster families, and children around the world.”

The food-packing experience leaves most foster kids with an indelible impression.

“One of my passions is helping to make positive childhood memories for children in foster care who have often experienced very difficult life challenges,” she explained.

“The FMSC event is a great way for these children to spend fun time with their foster families, while helping feed children in need,” she said. “There’s nothing like hearing the laughter of children and adults alike as they are

enjoying each other’s company and packing meals together.”

Volunteers are essential to an event of this size, said Nate Shepherd, a Queen Creek resident who was a dedicated volunteer for years before joining the staff at Feed My Starving Children two months ago.

Of the expected 250 Extraordinary People Event volunteers, one of the youngest is undertaking a huge task: organizing and overseeing carnival activities for the three separate packing sessions.

Tatum McMillan, 15, is in charge of the carnival project, which includes 10 activity booths for bean bag and ring tossing, “go fish” games, a Wheel of Fortune and a Plinko game.

The Hamilton High School sophomore has also arranged for a photo booth for the children and their adult guardians.

“I’ve always enjoyed working with people in my community, volunteering at different events and being involved with school clubs and activities,” said Tatum, a member of the Hamilton High Student Council and track and cross country teams.

“The Chandler Education Foundation

and Dr. Matsumoto personally asked me to be a part of this event because they know my love for working with others and being able to make a difference in our community,” Tatum explained, adding: “This is a great opportunity for families to have fun and play games together and I truly feel the event will build lasting memories for everyone involved.”

The Chandler Educational Foundation is also providing other volunteers for the Extraordinary People Event mobile pack. A free lunch for all participants is provided by Honey Bear’s BBQ. Even as this packing event is exponentially larger than previous ones involving young people, it is only a beginning if Matsumoto reaches the goal she envisions.

“Diane would like to see it keep growing with perhaps including at-risk teens,” said Shepherd.

Event planner Jeanette Relf said Feed My Starving Children expects to pack 108,864 meals, providing 298 children one meal a day for a year Information: FMSCspecialevents.com.

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A staffer at Oakwood Creative Care displays a piece of artwork completed by one of the many seniors who attend the Mesa center.

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provide an alternative to costly in-home and institutional care for adults. The goal was to create a place that would allow seniors to remain in their homes but stay connected to their community.

In 2013, the concept was rebranded with the new name of Oakwood Creative Care and a specialized focus on dementia care.

“This rebranding, based on the qualities of an oak tree, reflects the deep roots in the community, the wisdom of the people they are honored to serve, and the strength it takes to care for someone,” said LeAnn Landberg, a

member of the 100+ Women chapter.

“The goal is to eliminate isolation, boredom and care partner burnout.”

OCC offers clubs which are commonly known throughout the industry as adult day health services.

“The goal is to radically change the way care is provided to the club members and help reverse the mindset of keeping these individuals locked in a facility,” Landberg said. “The clubs offer a variety of programs and therapies focused on treating the mind, body and spirit such as cognitive engagement, music, arts, fitness classes, gardening and much more.

“Forget the days of bingo, television watching and silly sing-alongs. These clubs take a whole new approach and

Oakwood Creative Care in Mesa offers plenty of activities to keep seniors with cognitive and physical impairments engaged and active. The center also has trained medical personnel on site when it is open, Monday through Friday.

promote critical thinking and increased memory retention. OCC has spent years studying dementia research and have found the creative center of the brain is not attacked by the disease. Their programs and activities are designed around this knowledge.”

Landberg said “it’s not uncommon to hear laughter and singing coming through the doors.”

“The members like to think of OCC as a place to hang out with their friends, be artistic, remember the old times, sing and laugh,” she said. “The members are filled with joy and it is evident they enjoy being there. Every now and then, you may also see Jorge, the therapy pig, who joins in the fun with the staff and members.

“Members also have regular interaction with children, babies and dogs,” she added. “OCC believes aging should not stop someone from having purpose, meaning and a place to belong.

Aside from monetary donations, OCC welcomes art donations of every kind.

Members’ works are displayed and sold during the holidays at art/craft fairs around the Valley.

OCC is open Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Club members are welcome to attend for a few hours or the full day.

The staff includes two full-time onsite nurses and showers are available.

Occasionally, the members are offered a spa day to promote relaxation and self-care.

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Ahwatukee woman’s ‘MOMnation’ slates parents prom SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

What a difference four years makes. Just ask Katie Halle Lambert of Ahwatukee.

In 2014, she was a first-time mom “and I wasn’t sure what I was doing. I felt isolated. I was looking for advice, looking for friends,” she recalled.

Four years later, she has found about 5,200 friends across the East Valley.

A Realtor who owns Team EvoAZ realty agency with husband Matt,Lambert started a Facebook page to attract moms.

She found about a dozen of them, and since then, “it’s grown exponentially.”

And thus was born MOMnationAZ. Its website, MOMnationaz.com, is loaded with blogs, podcasts, events and other helpful information for new and experienced moms alike.

“This group is for play dates, gettogethers, personal growth, business growth, wants and needs, questions, and a forum for moms to share information,” its website explains.

In a few weeks, it will even start a YouTube.com reality show called – what else? – “Inside Mom Nation.”

The site also is devoted to helping “momtrepeneurs,” women raising kids and running a business at the same time.

“We have a farmers market-type event that we run October through March that features only moms who hand-make their items,” Lambert added. “It’s really catching fire. We had over 200 attendees

As parents, we don’t have “many opportunities to get together and party the night away old school style.

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Katie Halle Lambert, second from right, and her husband, Matt, were part of the ’80s-themed Prom for Parents that MOMnation threw last year, along with moms Jeni Cohen, Nicole Ostler and Alicia Spring.

at our last market. We did a big summer bash last weekend with an indoor market, but mainly our market is only October through March.”

Mesa business owner Emilie Nikolich noted, “My life is busy. MOMnation gives me an opportunity to plug in when I can on a social and professional level and I never feel like I have missed a thing.”

Added Jeni Cohen, a Mesa mom of five, “I was a little shy and hesitant about

meeting new people before I joined this group over three years ago and now I can’t imagine life without them. The variety of events and opportunities that group provides help moms of all personality types find real friends that they click with.”

There are close to 500 women waiting to join the group.

They are women whom Lambert and her team have to check out, just to

make sure they are who they say they are. “We’re not super-picky but we want to make sure they’re moms,” Lambert explained.

Later this month, for the second consecutive year, MOMnation is planning its biggest social event of the year – a Prom for Parents to be held 6-11 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Crowne Plaza in Chandler.

More than 100 couples, and probably some singles, can buy tickets for $28 each and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and nonalcoholic beverages – there’s a cash bar – and dance to a professional DJ. The admission ticket also gets guests into a raffle for a number of prizes – all donated by the members who have businesses or work for one.

“As parents, we don’t have many opportunities to get together and party the night away old school style,” said Lambert, adding that the them this year is Masquerade Ball. Last year’s was an ’80s theme.

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Attendees don’t necessarily have to dress in a costume, she said, but those who don’t might feel like they stick out in the crowd – especially if they find themselves in contention for the prom king and queen, which is part of the program.

The prom might be the biggest social event of the year for MOMnation, but it’s not the only one.

“I really enjoy the social opportunities that MOMnation offers but I also love diving in and helping with all the awesome events the group organizes throughout the year,” said Jessica Nelson, a mother of four who not only attended PROM2017 but also helped with

decorations and organizing the evening’s agenda.

“Just like the high school prom, some moms that have attended the event in the past say their emotions and confidence can be a rollercoaster ride,” Lambert said. “All agree that the annual Prom for Parents is an amazing way to recharge their social batteries and meet new friends.”

Lambert, whose son, Jaxin, is now a little over 4 years old, said she’s pleased with the way MOMNation has taken off because “I like to help women grow.”

Tickets for the Prom for Parents are still available and can be obtained at Eventbrite.com. Just plug “MOMnationAZ in the search field on the home page.

Information about the group itself is at MOMnationAZ.com or by emailing MOMnationAZ@gmail.com.

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Members of MOMnation, some of whom gathered for this group photo at last year’s Prom for Parents, total more than 5,200 and the group is still growing.

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BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Chandler history will come to life when a cast of characters and live music hits downtown next month.

“ChandLore” will celebrate the history of the city from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 8 in front of the businesses in the historic area of downtown, just west of Arizona Avenue along Boston Street and San Marcos Place.

Actors from ImprovMANIA Comedy Club will portray historical figures.

They include Dr. A.J. Chandler, Zora Folley, Harriet “Flip” Fullerton, George T. Peabody, Irene “Animal Girl” Schroeder and Bill Swift.

Dr. Alexander John “A.J.” Chandler is one of the historical figures an actor will portray at the “ChandLore” event.

Above: Harriet “Flip” Fullerton was born in Chandler and attended Stanford University, where she met and dated former President John F. Kennedy. Right: Irene “Animal Girl” Schroeder, right, and her lover, Walter Glen Dague, committed a series of heists.

Besides the actors sharing stories of the people who made an impact on Chandler, a barbershop quartet and banjo player will perform songs from the past.

Downtown Chandler businesses will mark the city’s founding year of 1912 by offering items for $19.12 during the “ChandLore” event.

“They’re acting out their personality and characters,” said Mary Murphy-Bessler, executive director of the Downtown Chandler Community Partnership.

“It is what we call a living history museum,” she added. “You kind of walk from place to place and then have this different experience as you go. That’s what makes downtown and downtown

Chandler, in particular, unique is that we have a history and it’s the historical center of the community.”

The colorful historical characters include Dr. Alexander John “A.J.” Chandler, who was a Canadian veterinary surgeon key in building an early system of canals in the area that was then arid desert.

He owned a large ranch by the turn of the century and he sought help from architects and planners in subdividing his ranch and drawing up a town site map.

Folley was a heavyweight boxer who fought Muhammad Ali in 1967, losing the match in a knockout in the seventh round.

He hung up his gloves in 1970 and was appointed to the Chandler City Council. Folley died shortly afterwards in

George T. Peabody was one of the first members Dr. A.J. Chandler appointed to promote the new town, as well as market its agricultural prospects in 1912.

a mysterious swimming pool accident in Tucson. Swift was Folley’s manager.

Fullerton was born in Chandler and attended Stanford University, where she met and dated former President John F. Kennedy.

Later she met her husband, Jim. During World War II she encouraged soldiers in their recovery at the Army Hospital in Pasadena, California. Fullerton also got a pilot’s license.

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3 Chandler thespians in ‘Newsies’ at Herberger SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Three Chandler teens are among the 60 cast members of Valley Youth Theater’s season-opening presentation of the musical “Newsies” that is playing now through Aug. 26 on Center stage at the Herberger Theater.

Caden Christel, Devon Policci and Eli Stewart are performing in the first show of Valley Youth Theater’s 30th season.

Presented by Valley Toyota Dealers and sponsored in part by Edward Jones, this is the first time Valley Youth Theatre has presented “Newsies,” a production that producing artistic director Bobb Cooper and resident music supervisor Mark Fearey have wanted to produce for 20 years.

“It was a landmark event for young people,” Cooper said. “And today, it’s more relevant than ever as we see kids band together to support one another for a common cause. The Newsboys’ Strike is one of the first strikes carried out by children and it ended in a compromise that not only met their needs. It also created awareness and a platform that led to labor laws that still exist to protect

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Valley Youth Theater’s production of the musical “Newsies,” the first of its 30th season, features three Chandler and several other East Valley teens recreating one of the first labor strikes by kids.

children today.”

The cast includes 37 actors and actresses ages 12 to 18 and 21 musicians in the orchestra.

Serving as director is Broadway

performer, director and choreographer Tony Spinosa.

As with all VYT productions, the theater will also perform for local schools, as part of their Literacy and the

Arts and Field Trip programs Aug. 21 and 22.

Founded in 1989, Valley Youth Theatre is a professional-quality theater company dedicated to helping young people achieve their full potential through meaningful engagement, education and excellence in the performing arts.

“By building character from characters, VYT empowers kids of all ages and backgrounds to learn and grow as individuals, performers and leaders,” spokeswoman Cozette Phifer said.

“Over the past five seasons alone, the organization has positively impacted more than 200,000 children and their families through public and school performances, workshops and youth development programs.”

This is the first Valley Youth Theater production for Caden, a 14-year-old freshman at Corona Del Sol High, where he is a part of the theater program. He played in several shows presented by Aprende Middle School’s Jaguar Players.

Those shows included “Rock of Ages: Middle School Edition,” in which he he played Stacee Jaxx; “All I Really Need to See

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agricultural prospects in 1912.

He was also the founder and first secretary of the Chandler Chamber of Commerce. Peabody while in the Philippines in 1942 during World War II had spied on Japanese soldiers and the Japanese put a bounty on his head. He was captured and killed.

Schroeder, along with her older brother and her lover, committed a series of heists while she had her 4-year-old son in tow.

She shot and killed a Pennsylvania patrolman while being pursued after robbing gas stations and stores from Ohio

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Pittsburgh.

Shcroeder was captured in Arizona and was the first woman in Pennsylvania to be executed by electric chair.

Wilson was the first Chandler person in the NFL. He had played as quarterback at Chandler High, as well as played baseball, helping the team get to the 1957 state championship.

He was inducted into the Chandler Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Wilson was drafted by the Montreal Allouettes of the Bill Swift, left, was manager to heavyweight boxer Zora Folley. Canadian Football League, the Dallas Texans of the American to Tennessee with handguns she and Football League and the Detroit Lions of her crew had bought at pawn shops in the NFL.

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Know I Learned from Being a Zombie,” in which he played Steve/Non-Zombie.

He also ran the soundboard for “James and the Giant Peach.” Caden wants to pursue a career in acting, singing or engineering.

Devon is 18 and recently graduated from Perry High School, where he was involved in dance and the theater company.

This is Devon’s third show at Valley Youth Theater. He was in “Grease” as Sonny and played Jetsam in “The Little

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Left: Ely Stewart, Middle: Devon Polocoi, Right: Caden Christel

Mermaid.”

He’s been on several other stages in the Valley doing shows like “Pippin”

at Spotlight Youth Theatre, where he played the title character; “A Chorus Line” at Theater Works, where he was

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He signed with Dallas, which became the Kansas City Chiefs shortly after that and helped the team win the 1962 AFL Championship.

Murphy-Bessler said the Chandler Museum was helpful in making sure the historical characters were portrayed as accurately as possible.

“We’ve been watching our social media page and it has been blowing up with a younger generation; they’re about experiences,” she said.

“Because we’re making history an experience they’re all into it,” she added.

“Our whole hope was to capture all ages, that history can be fun.”

It’s free for anyone to watch the performances in downtown Chandler.

Information: downtownchandler.org.

Greg; and “Bridges of Madison County” at Arizona Broadway Theatre, where he played Michael. Devon wants to be a professional actor.

Eli is a 16-year-old sophomore at Corona del Sol, where he does pole vaulting, sings in the choir and is on the tennis team.

This is his Valley Youth Theater debut.

At Pueblo Middle School he played Albert in “Bye Bye Birdie” and Alter Ego in “School House Rock Live.” Eli likes flying and backpacking. He wants to have a career in the aerospace industry.

Tickets for Newsies range from $16.50 to $35.50 and can be purchased at 602252-8497 or HerbergerTheater.org.

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Feeling blessed, Jon Anderson recalls 50 years in Yes

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Contributor

On tour with Yes for its 50th anniversary, singer Jon Anderson can’t believe it’s been five decades.

“I wake up every morning going, ‘What?!’ Anderson said. “What happened to all those years. The interesting thing is I don’t dwell on it. For the next 30 years, I have work to do.

“Last week, I was listening to music I did with Yes when I started. Chris Squire was amazing.”

He is referencing bassist Squire who died in Phoenix at age 67.

“Quintessential Yes: 50th Anniversary Tour” comes to the Celebrity Theatre at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31. The band features Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman.

“I look back at those days when we did BBC shows,” he said. “It’s so good, so fresh.

When we started Yes, it was all about stage performance, not about recordings. If you put on a good show, that’s why you’re in a band. I’m still on that band mentality.”

That hasn’t stopped Anderson from recording music. He’s writing music with members of Transatlantic and others. Yes is expected to release its first new material in 28 years by the end of 2018, early 2019.

“Writing music is like breathing,” he said. “I wake up and I want to sing. It’s very inventive.”

He’s also interested in virtual reality because “billions of people are playing videogames.”

“But they’re not spiritually stimulating at

all,” he said. “In general, 90 percent of them are just to make money. They’re blowing people apart or they’re crazy sex videos.

“If you think about it, in Asia, they have tournaments where people will go watch two people play each other on a big screen. They’re blowing people up. It’s all very vicious and part of the chaos of life. All these energies are very interesting.

That’s not why we’re here. We’re connected through music. That’s the soul singing to us.

In the next 10 years, virtual reality will take us to a place of love.”

Anderson is excited about bringing his music to Phoenix, as he has had great experiences in the Valley.

“The first time in Phoenix, our sound guy and I went horse riding on a local ranch,” he said. “I got very stoned. We just found California grass. In English, we smoke hashish and stuff like that. I was pretty happy we got on these horses.

“We trotted for about 2 miles out in the bush. We turned the horses around and they galloped back to the farm. We hung on screaming. They wanted to get back and eat something.”

He has plenty of stories from his 50 years in Yes, and he feels honored to be a musician.

“I’m blessed,” he said. “Musicians are blessed to do what they do. They are so blessed to be in the entertainment world.”

“Quintessential Yes: 50th Anniversary Tour,” Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd Street, Phoenix, 602-267-1600, celebritytheatre.com, 8 p.m. Aug. 31, $45-$130.

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Singer Jon Anderson, center, and his fellow musicians in Yes are marking their 50 years in music with a concert at the end of the month. They’ll be playing all their big hits Aug. 31 at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix.

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Rick Springfield and Loverboy ready to stir memories at Celebrity “I mean, they all are,” Springfield said.

“I wanted to talk about things going on in the world, and I thought the blues media would fit. It seemed like an appropriate vehicle for that. My first bands were blues bands. Blues has been the basis of my guitar playing for forever.”

“It’s me who’s writing,” he said. “There’s going to be some kind of through line.”

At 68, Springfield is feeling more confident these days. Success and age have brought security.

“I’ve never been particularly confident myself, but I’ve always had that belief that I could do what I want to do.”

Performances help, as well.

“It’s hard not to feel good when you’re playing in front of people who are there cheering and yelling and partying with you,” he said. “I’ve always loved that aspect of it – the live thing, the connection with the audience. There’s nothing else in my life that does that in that particular way. When I’m not onstage, I’m pretty quiet. I’m a bit of a loner.”

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Contributor

Rick Springfield is known for his energetic, collaborative shows. He acknowledges fans close to the stage. He strums his guitar with roses given to him by fans and encourages ticketholders to sing along with him.

But offstage, Springfield is quiet and contemplative. He’s on the road with his “Best in Show” tour with Loverboy, Tommy Tutone and Greg Kihn, but he acknowledges that he wasn’t really friends with his tourmates previously.

“I’ve never been real social,” Springfield said quietly. “I never sought out bands to hang with them. I’ve actually kind of avoided that. It’s nice, though, to be relaxed enough now, to be confident enough, and secure to hang with these people. They’re all good, good guys.”

Loverboy singer Mike Reno recalls meeting Springfield on a music cruise in the Caribbean.

“We’ve been playing together a lot lately and people seem to really like the mix,” Reno said. “Rick and our band really got along well. We liked their band. They liked our band. The camaraderie is great, and the music is from the same era. That’s good and it just seems to work, and the crowds seem to love it.”

The goal of “Best in Show,” which comes to the Celebrity Theatre on Tuesday, Aug. 21, is to have fun while bringing back memories.

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Rick Springfield and Loverboy, who come to Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 21, plan to have fun while bringing back memories for the audience.

“Fans remember where they were and who they were with when they hear these songs,” Reno said. “It makes them feel young and it makes them have fun.”

Loverboy and Springfield have new material out. Springfield recently released the provocative blues album “The Snake King,” while Loverboy posts new songs

regularly on its website. Rest assured, “We always play all the hits and everything,” Springfield said. “But it makes it exciting when we have a challenge of a new song.”

The multifaceted entertainer has been quoted as saying “The Snake King” was the album he’s always wanted to make. He corrects that.

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Patio at The Forum hosting battle of the bands SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

The Patio at The Forum is hosting one of the biggest music events in Chandler this year – a battle of the bands.

Eighteen local bands are competing each Friday through Sept. 28 to win $10,000.

Three bands will compete on the 12-

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Steven Souza Jr. shares his journey with God

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Contributor

Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Steven Souza Jr. has been around the world and back, sharing Jesus’ message.

It’s been tough to see sexually abused girls in the Philippines, or potential child trafficking in Thailand. But he takes a common-sense approach to it.

“It reminds you of how thankful you are,” Souza said in the clubhouse before a recent game. “If you want to see Jesus, you go to those places.”

The Arizona Diamondbacks are celebrating “Faith and Family Night” at the 6:40 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, game against the Seattle Mariners. A church will sing the national anthem, and MercyMe will perform a postgame concert.

Born in Everett, Washington, Souza grew up religious, but it waned when he

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Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Steven Souza Jr. leads a Sunday School class in prayer.

was playing in the minor league.

“I’ve gone to church since I was a kid,” Souza said. “Like a lot of Americans, I fell into a group who claims to know God.

Jesus died on the cross. I didn’t know what that meant. I didn’t know what it meant to basically pursue him and everything he offers us.”

In 2012, the same year he was baptized in Everett, Souza traveled to Thailand to minister, which Souza said was “difficult to swallow.”

“To see the way girls were treated over there, how women were viewed,” he said quietly. “We were walking around downtown Bangkok and we saw a 14-yearold girl with a 50-something-year-old man.

“It broke my heart.”

He was a little more prepared when, in 2015, Souza traveled to the Philippines with his wife, Mikaela, and the now-team chaplain Brian Hommel to learn about a ministry that moved abused and sexually abused girls out of households and gave them a new life.

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A Gilbert resident and former Milwaukee Brewers player, Hommel describes Souza as “passionate about his journey with God.” Through major league baseball, Souza has been able to spread the message.

“It’s hard,” Souza acknowledges. “You get a lot of attacks up here. A lot of

people will never say this. We’re naturally inclined to please people and we’re worried about what people think, instead of what God thinks.

“When you get up here (to the majors), there are a lot of people giving opinions on your life. Really, the No. 1 thing that matters is what does God think about us.

There’s that temptation to please man and fight for their approval, like Saul did, which is what David did. That’s the battle.”

Having a 19-month-old son doesn’t allow the Souzas to travel much. Instead,

they visit Phoenix Children’s Hospital, St. Vincent de Paul and other charities.

“We hear the children’s stories and make them laugh and have fun,” he said.

“We hang out and just be there. I want to be a light in a tough time. That’s what I’m here for.”

Hommel said he is inspired by the bigleague players and umpires he meets with on Sundays.

“My goal is to work myself out of a job,” said Hommel, who came to know Jesus in college in 1993. “I’m basically just

training and teaching these guys how to walk with Jesus and how he cared about people.

“The Diamondbacks have a tremendous clubhouse. This is the most fun team I’ve been a part of. They all care for each other.”

Faith and Family Night featuring Mercy Me, Chase Field, 401 E. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, 6:40 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, 602-514-8400, dbacks.com, $19-$140, discounted tickets with the offer codes Faith18 or FaithVIP.

The Cult, Bush and STP come together

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Contributor

The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy admits he and his tourmates Bush and the Stone Temple Pilots couldn’t play summer sheds like Ak-Chin Pavilion solo. But when they come together for the “Revolution 3” tour on September 1, the bands are going to rock, he adds.

“We can play places this big collectively, as a whole, but not individually,” Duffy said honestly. “It’s nice for this to happen and be part of a thing that works for everybody. It makes it more of an event.

“It’s three hours of headliners so we have to play as much as we can in the hour. It’s three hours of actual music. It’s a lot to cram into one evening.”

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Cult guitarist Billy Duffy said he’s looking forward to his Sept. 2 visit to the Valley.

Duffy said The Cult’s goal is to show as many sides of it as it can.

“The no brainer is to play as many hits as you’ve got,” he said of the Ian Astbury-led songs like “Fire Woman” and “She Sells Sanctuary.” “But if we can throw two or three different songs into the 12-song set, we can show another side to the band and still make it a good concert.”

The common thread, Duffy said, is The Cult puts its “heart and soul into whatever we’re doing at that time.” That includes new albums. Duffy has been writing new material, but he’s unsure whether that means singles or an album.

“We don’t try and make the same album 15 times,” he continued. “We’re open to trying new influences into the music because, to me, that’s what a lot of the great artists have done.”

Born in Manchester, England, Duffy calls Los Angeles home these days. He’s looking forward to coming to Phoenix.

“I’ve always found the American west quite appealing,” he said. “I’ve always enjoyed my time in Phoenix. I’m always happy when I can see a cactus and a mountain. It’s so different than what I grew up with. I’m one of those English people who likes wide open spaces in the desert.

“Revolution 3 Tour” with The Cult, Stone Temple Pilots and Bush, Ak-Chin Pavilion, 2121 N. 83rd Avenue, Phoenix, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, $29.50-$184.

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Religious leaders are friends for the friendless

BY DR. RABBI IRWIN WIENER Contributor

Going through many books and writings over the years, I am sometimes drawn to articles relating to the life of a rabbi, pastor, priest or minister in a congregational setting. It is quite different from being involved in social service efforts or education.

It takes a certain kind of ability to commit to the daily tasks of caring and sharing that are the hallmarks of everyday commitments to myriad people with differing views about religion and how these traditions, customs and laws are to be observed, or not.

To say that there are times when issues arise that boggle the imagination would not do justice to the actual involvement, whether individually or collectively.

There really are no exceptions. In fact, it is even more difficult in a retirement community, given that many come from all walks of life and locations, bringing with them the traditions and customs from their local environments.

Such a community brings together people with different understandings of faith and observance. It is the blending of these factions that make it an interesting exercise in finding common ground.

Recently I read an article written by

a colleague who attempted to delineate the different aspects of clerical performances. He writes that the greatest challenge is distinguishing a balance between his or her personal and professional lives.

Perhaps that is the most difficult thing to do. We certainly are no different than the average person in that we look forward to the comfort of home life and the ability to find a relaxed environment.

Most of us, I am sure, have attempted to do this in varying ways, but inevitably the two seem to clash.

Our instinct is to be friends with everybody because we want peace and

harmony to be the order of the day. Some people become closer friends and some a little distant.

That is only natural. We cannot be friends with everybody. Even in our home environment, we are closer to some of our family, not because we love one more than the other, but rather because we gravitate to some more than others. It is the same with friends and neighbors.

Clerics also find themselves without personal lives because of dedication.

We cannot say to someone who calls in the middle of the night hurting and in need of spiritual guidance: “We are off

duty now. Take two aspirins and call us in the morning.” Or have our phone answered with a message that says, “If this is an emergency hang up and dial 911.”

Sound familiar?

What I am trying to impart is that sometimes people perceive things that don’t really exist.

Sometimes people use us for convenience in order to promote their own agendas. Sometimes we need to look deeper than the surface to really understand our role and how important it is for us to be available to everyone, regardless of his or her station or likes and dislikes.

We do not normally toot our own horns and, in many cases, are reluctant to even speak for ourselves in order to not appear self-serving. That is probably a flaw in the system, but it is there nevertheless.

It reminds me of a passage in Rabbinic literature: “They say to fruit trees: ‘Why do you not make any noise?’ The trees reply: ‘Our fruit is sufficient publicity for us.’”

We are friends to those who have no friends and certainly friends to those who want to be friends.

As a Hasidic folk saying goes: “If you are looking for a friend who has no faults, you will have no friends.”

That’s something to think about the next time you meet one of us.

Dr. Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. is National Chaplain of Jewish War Veterans-USA and he is with Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation.

Wonder can be found in all God’s creation

BY LYNNE HARTKE Contributor

My calf muscles complained at the continual ascent through a forest of pine, spruce, and aspen trees as my lungs searched for oxygen in the high elevation. A dark-eyed junco – a gray bird with a rust-colored patch on its back – sought relief under a flowering blue lupine from the light drizzle that fell from the scattered clouds I glimpsed through the trees’ canopy.

“I love the smell of rain,” my husband, Kevin, said. “And pine.”

I agreed as I debated whether I should get out the raincoat from the bottom of my pack. “It’s hard to believe it is 40 degrees hotter in Phoenix.”

The rain stopped as quickly as it had begun as we continued our way up the slopes, above our starting point from Lockett Meadow, a campground located 22 miles northeast of Flagstaff.

After hiking 1.5 miles, we came to the watershed cabins, a group of three green buildings that marked the site of the main water pipeline in the area. A sign stated the untreated spring water was not available for drinking.

We scrambled up a rough, rock-strewn service road to our destination at the heart of an ancient volcano – the Inner Basin of the San Francisco Peaks.

Although prime wildflower season had passed, a few purple asters, red penstemon, and yellow sneezeweed dotted the basin. Surrounded by towering mountains, we sat on an old rotted log and munched on apples and granola bars.

We could see evidence of avalanche swaths on the talus slopes, a reminder of the snow that often blankets the peaks.

We sat in the stillness of the extinct

caldera, absorbing the silence.

Habakkuk 2:20 (NLT) states, “The LORD is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him.” We all need places to connect with God. To fill the empty spots in our souls. To be left without words and discover wonder.

Some of those places do not have four walls. Sometimes wonder is found at over 9,000 feet while sucking in oxygen and breathing in pine-scented air.

We headed back down the way we came, down the slopes through an extensive stand of aspen trees – mottled

white trunks as far as our eyes could see.

“Listen,” I said, stopping a few feet in front of Kevin. “Hear the leaves.” Towering above us, the aspens swayed, rustling the call of the wilderness.

“This place will be beautiful in autumn.”

“We will have to come back.”

We chatted about fall schedules, family commitments, work responsibilities and the difficulty it would be to find the time. Grasping wonder can be a challenging task.

“Let’s look at calendars when we get home.”

As if in agreement, the sunlight broke through the trees, turning the trunks a brilliant white. Shadows danced on the carpet of green grass on the forest floor.

“Go down the next switchback so I can take your picture,” Kevin requested.

I jogged ahead and lifted my face.

“Wait for the clouds to pass.”

Sweat dripped to my waistline. My hair stood in all directions, but I smiled, smiled wide for the camera, because sometimes wonder is found at over 9,000 feet and sometimes wonder is found in the minute, in Heaven touching Earth where you stand.

Lynne Hartke is the author of Under a Desert Sky and the wife of pastor and Chandler City Councilmember Kevin Hartke. She blogs at lynnehartke.com.

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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

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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

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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 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 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.

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listen to others as we try to navigate through our grief. You don’t have to do it alone.

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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 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

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

“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

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

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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 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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WEDNESDAYS

Panic Healing 7 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday Receive a 15-minute energetic tuneup.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800

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Chandler eatery owned by farm believer in good food

BY SRIANTHI PERERA Contributor

Gilbert resident Oren Molovinsky has opened more than 70 restaurants during a long career in food service management, in both fast-food chains and fine dining.

Farmboy Market, Meats & Sandwiches in Chandler is his latest creation.

With Farmboy, Molovinsky has merged his love of farming and knowledge of running restaurants to present a healthy, farm-to-table strategy. The Washington, D.C. transplant also has a long-term goal of spurring farming in the Valley by sourcing produce from small growers.

The fast-casual restaurant is in a building that used to house Paradise Bakery, on the southwest corner of Alma School and Queen Creek roads.

Farmboy offers wood-smoked meats in traditional sandwiches, subs and wraps, as well as soups, sweets, Arizona craft beers and wines. It doesn’t sound — or even look — extraordinary, but a lot of thinking has gone into establishing the concept.

For starters, the fresh produce used in the kitchen comes from Molovinsky’s own 3.5-acre farm in Chandler, run by his wife, Diana, with the help of their five children.

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Srianthi Perera/contributor

Farmboy owner and Gilbert resident Oren Molovinsky uses heirloom vegetables from his farm in Chandler and other food items from Valley farms and ranches.

herbicides. Its 400-tree orchard yields apples, peaches, berries, squash, grapes and citrus among many other fruits and vegetables. About 150 chickens being raised for eggs roam free.

Other fresh produce used in the kitchen is sourced mostly from Crooked Sky Farms of Phoenix. Also, Top Knot

Farms in Tucson provides chicken, Danzeisen Dairy in Laveen provides milk, Wilson Farms in Phoenix provides pork, Crow’s Dairy in Buckeye provides goat cheese and feta and Matador Coffee Roasters of Flagstaff provides coffee and tea. The restaurant obtains Arizona pecan and mesquite firewood from Berry Bros

Firewood in Phoenix.

For meat, Molovinsky looked to local ranches that have organically raised, grass-fed livestock that are butchered locally, such as Arizona Grass Raised Beef in Camp Verde. In Chandler, the meat is wood-smoked or grilled in large smokers visible to restaurant patrons.

Before selecting them, the Molovinskys visit the farms and ranches, sample the produce and note their individual processes firsthand.

Ample proof of the visits exists in the photographs on the wall.

“There’s a very high demand for produce that tastes great. People tell us about our tomatoes and everything that we serve here, especially the vegetables, that they taste like when they were growing up,” he said. “What we’ve tried to do is find farmers and ranchers that are producing with great soil.”

The bread program is also wholesome.

The sourdough bread, which bases most of the restaurant’s sandwiches, uses Arizona-grown heritage grains from Tucson-based Barrio Bread and is baked on-site. The long fermentation process makes it palatable and healthy to those who are gluten-sensitive.

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D-Vine undergoing a divine transformation

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Excitement is building as a popular Ocotillo restaurant and wine bistro prepares to reinvent itself with revamped furnishings, a more modern menu and a fresh name.

D-Vine Bistro & Wine Bar on South Alma School Road is going to become St. Amand Kitchen & Cocktails in October.

The transition team includes restaurateur and owner Robert E. Coulson, contractor Ken Morrow, who is president and managing partner of One Way General Contractors, Beth Katz, principal of KatzDesignGroup, and executive chef Ramon Rice.

Rice, who came up with the idea of St. Amand, has developed the new menu.

The new restaurant will focus more on shared plates and less on the larger entrees that D-Vine offers now.

As St. Amand is the patron saint of beer brewing, winemaking and bartending, the restaurant will provide more cocktails and craft beers and a smaller number of select wines.

For the 12-year-old eatery, “it’s time for a refresh!” said Coulson, who bought the Chandler location and Dvine Bistro & Wine Bar Mesa in 2010. The Mesa restaurant is not going through a redesign.

“It’s time to ‘spruce up’ our marriage with the neighborhood and community,” he said. “The difference will be a brand new facelift/remodel/design. There will be new and exciting twist to our menu, as well as some of the classic favorites our patrons have come to love. Good

business models change with the times.”

He said St. Amand will provide weekly specials based on its ability to buy the “best food products.”

Rice said some dishes that customers might see will include octopus with olive oil, tomato, capers, crushed red pepper, onion and grilled bread, as well as charcuterie with a rotating choice of cured meats, spiced nuts, bread, dried fruit and pickled vegetables.

Ceviche, crispy chicken, cauliflower macaroni and cheese and other small plates are also part of the planned menu.

Diners will be able to order beerbattered white fish with matchstick fries, tartar sauce and lemon slaw; pot roast with roasted cauliflower puree with kale, brandied cherries, shallot, roasting jus and olive oil; and a 20-ounce pan-roasted ribeye with butter-fried potatoes, charred shallots, roasted garlic and rosemary.

Besides the tastes, the sights at St. Amand will also be different, with a modern, clean cathedral-style interior, Katz said.

The KatzDesignGroup is opening the space to provide a relocated larger bar, allowing more light into the inside and offering a private dining area. The patio will be extended with more shaded area.

“D-Vine has a wonderful reputation for food and atmosphere. Wwe are just going to take it up a few aesthetic notches and create a unique vibe for every day lunch and dinner dining, and a fun date night,” Katz said, adding: “We are rebranding St. Amand with See

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bread in years who eat our bread daily and there’s no problem,” Molovinsky said, adding that corn tortillas are on the menu if someone avoids gluten altogether.

The restaurant’s soda vendor, Tractor Beverages, offers organically sourced natural drinks without corn syrup.

Produce is available for sale inside the restaurant in a mini farmer’s market.

It’s hard to communicate the farmto-table message to a first-time, walk-in customer who may spot the uniforms worn by the staff, the fast-casual-style counter service and the menu displayed in overhead monitors and assume it’s yet another franchise.

“Our kitchen operates like it’s a fine-dining restaurant. Everything we make has great attention to detail. I think the greatest challenge is helping the consumer understand the value,” Molovinsky said.

Farmboy’s Signature Sandwiches are priced from $10-$13. An 8-ounce soup of the day is priced at $3.29. Sweets include a bread pudding for $2.99 and chocolate chip cookies, which are 99 cents each.

“They are eating at a place that takes their ingredients very seriously. Will people appreciate that and be willing to (patronize it)?” he added. “I don’t think we are expensive compared to other restaurants in the area, but I want to make sure that they feel they are getting their value.”

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busy during lunch, although breakfast and dinner times are sparser. He also offers a good beer and wine list to appeal to dinner patrons.

Molovinsky seeks to give a favorable dining experience to his patrons. But the restaurateur has a larger mission: boosting family farming in Arizona. Left: Farmboy offers a mini farmer’s market with fresh produce and deli goodies. Right: Farmboy offers a casual ambiance that “Our real belies the effort that has gone toward creating an environmentally thoughtful, locally sourced concept. mission is to improve the soil This, in turn, led to the farming becomes very rich,” he said. “I think it in Arizona. We feel that a restaurant like leads to a more enjoyable environment.” community expanding their capacity to ours will create a market for agriculture,” keep up with the demand.

It almost goes without saying that he said, adding that he recently met Hence, when Molovinsky moved to Molovinsky has put thought into with a teacher who’s planning to grow Arizona, which is Diana’s home state, and environmentally sound practices. lettuce on his acre of land to sell to local purchased Molovin Farm in 2011, he was Hence, the takeout containers are restaurants. familiar with good farming practices. biodegradable and the plates are “If we have more people who start In Arizona, he was pleasantly surprised compostable or made of the number 1 farming in the community, it improves to learn of the many farmers and ranchers recyclable plastic. the soil, it improves our environment,” he engaging in sustainable, organic farming.

Molovinsky’s career has involved said. “That’s really our mission. I know it If, in a year or two, there are new setting up chain operations: notably sounds somewhat broad. I think we can agricultural acres being grown in Chandler Chompie’s, which he operated in the accomplish a lot by building a market by small farmers because of his operation, Valley for two years, and Freddy’s for folks to get into local farming and Molovinsky would be overjoyed.

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“That’s a real big part of why we’re which he operated 50 locations around Molovinsky feels that the soil in doing this,” he said. the country. He still owns a fine-dining Arizona is better than in a lot of states, Farmboy Market, Meats & restaurant in Virginia. where repeated single-crop farming has Sandwiches is at 1075 W. Queen Creek Molovinsky’s work in Washington led failed to enrich the soil.

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Little bites salads, tacos, Asian dishes, as well as vegetarian and vegan fare complete the lunch and dinner menu. Comfort food lovers can dine on the restaurant’s hearty dinner entrées including brisket mac and cheese, country fried steak, fish and chips and homemade pot roast.

Revelers with late-night cravings can enjoy a selection of dinner and breakfast options.

Also new is a pizza with cauliflower crust for an additional $2.29.

The locally owned restaurant allows diners to pick and choose dough, sauce and topping.

Information: Firedpie.com. Chandler locations are at 2855 W. Ray Road and 1155 W. Ocotillo Road.

New Gila River Hotel eatery stays open 24 hours

Gila River Hotels & Casinos has opened a 24-hour restaurant called Fullhouse Café.

For breakfast, guests can enjoy signature dishes including dulce de leche pancakes filled with custard and topped with cinnamon churros and caramel sauce; Chef’s Creation Run Wild Omelet made with six fresh eggs, ham, smoked bacon, Polish kielbasa, Swiss cheese, American cheese, cheddar cheese and hash browns; and chicken & waffles made with buttermilk fried chicken and drizzled with house-made jalapeño honey.

A variety of burgers, sandwiches,

Fired Pie debuts a new mac ’n’ cheese dish

Fast-casual pizzeria Fired Pie has released a mac ‘n cheese dish for $6.99 that diners can customize for an extra $2 with any three ingredients and any additional cheese of your choice. Both Mac ’N’ Cheese options are topped with parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs, and baked in a stone hearth pizza oven.

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new indoor and outdoor seating, custom tables and high-tops, and a saintly artisan mural of the man himself. It’s been enlightened. It’s light and pleasing.”

A mural will feature their version of how St. Amand looks, and he will be “kind of cool with his robe and maybe a goatee,” Katz said.

The wallpaper will be “a major decorative element” and the revised

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restaurant will have many windows, sconces and decorative light fixtures, she added.

D-Vine customers are excited about the change.

“I really like the sharing small plate idea at restaurants,” said Ginger Pawlikowski of Chandler. “That really works for my husband and I. We like to go out and just nibble a little, have a glass of wine. I love the live music. They’ve got a nice little patio. It’s just always been really personable.”

Prizes in new tab game at Cold Beers & Cheesburgers

Grimaldi’s Pizzeria has partnered with Dine Out for No Kid Hungry in the fight to raise awareness and end childhood hunger in America.

Throughout September, in honor of Hunger Awareness Month, guests can donate to No Kid Hungry, a charitable organization working to end childhood hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need, every day.

For every $5 donatedeach in their pizzerias, Grimaldi’s will provide guests with a

Dine in at Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers, 1980 W. Germann Road, Chandler and receive one No Peeking pull tab to redeem at a future visit. The next time guests dine in, give the pull tab to an authorized Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers staff member and they will reveal the prize.

Limited time only!

Each guest wins at least 10 percent off their order or one of the following prizes: $1,000 in Visa gift cards, two-night staycation at a luxury resort, $200 tab at Bourbon & Bones and a complimentary lunch at Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers, foursome at Scottsdale pro golf course or up to 30 percent off the next visit.

Realtor Mindy Jones Nevarez, owner of the Amy Jones Group at Keller Williams Integrity First, is also enthusiastic about the renovation.

“I absolutely love it when local hot spots take a proactive approach to attracting new clientele and keeping things fresh for their loyal clients,” Jones Nevarez said. “It speaks volumes about their dedication to community development and nurturing that they are willing to risk a refresh with a model that works so well.”

Sheryl Willis, owner of Go Chandler, is also fired up.

“I’m really, really excited about it,” Willis said. She loves the idea of customers sharing plates.

“That’s so fun,” Willis said. “It’s such a fun conversation too.”

D-Vine will likely be closed for three weeks during renovations but will probably reopen by Oct. 1 as St. Amand.

The restaurant is located at 3990 S. Alma School Road.

Information: dvinebistrochandler.com.

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Valle Luna celebrates 35 years in the Valley

By Sherry Jackson

Local and family-owned, Valle Luna has been a Valley institution for 35 years, serving up authentic Sonoran-style Mexican food.

Valle Luna was started by Rita Wilson aka Tia Rita, the family matriarch who, after learning her husband Doug loved Mexican food, learned to cook authentic Sonoran-style recipes from friends Pancho and Martha Murillo who owned the Mi Ranchito Mexican restaurant in Phoenix.

Tia Rita excelled at cooking and took her knowledge to Baldwinsville, New York when her husband was transferred. She opened a small restaurant there called Tia Rita’s, with the Murillo’s sending her ingredients from Arizona. The New York restaurant thrived and won several awards. After Rita and Doug divorced, she found her way back to Arizona.

Rita landed back in Arizona in 1982 and opened the first, and now flagship, Valle Luna restaurant on Bell Road. She was 59. The company now has three locations across the Valley (Bell Rd, Cave Creek and Chandler). Rita passed away in 2008 but her family remains at the helm and are committed to providing their customers exceptional service and authentic Mexican cuisine.

Bill Riddle, Rita’s only son, along with his wife Janie Riddle, are the current owners of Valle Standing on left: Joe Cali, Manager; in front of Joe is Melissa DeWees, Asst. GM; Marcie Luna. Janie and Bill’s daughter Reda Riddle-Bigler serves as the manager of benefits. Another daughter, Struble, Administrative Manager; Josh Morrison, GM and Marques Jefferson, Executive Chef Joey Riddle-White, serves as CFO and son-in-law Jesse White is corporate manager of food and beverage. Several grandchildren have also worked at the restaurants off and on. “All of the family has worked in the business at some point,” Janie chuckles.

Valle Luna prides itself on its long-term employees with many employed 10-20 years or more. Newly-promoted executive chef Marques Jefferson and administrative manager Marcie Struble have been with the company since 2009. Assistant general manager Melissa DeWees has been on board since 2006.

Josh Morrison, newly appointed general manager of Valle Luna in Chandler isn’t new to the company either-he’s been with them for 22 years-starting out as a busboy at the Cave Creek location when he was sixteen and working his way through almost all positions at all three locations. There are more than 275 employees across the three restaurants. “We treat our employees as family,” says Janie. “They make us successful.” Janie’s been involved with the company 35 years and says she’s seen a lot of changes over the years-mostly with staffing and work ethic. “It’s a constant struggle finding the right people that want to actually work.”

To help with recruiting, Valle Luna has a training program in place and has been a pioneer with employee programs they offer such as the 401k program, healthcare benefits and commitment to a drug-free workplace. They also just launched an employee college incentive program.

The Chandler location at Andersen Springs (Dobson and Ray) is a mainstay in the community celebrating its 20th anniversary. Morrison says customers enjoy the two large patios overlooking the lake and Tia Rita’s famous chile rellenos and chimichangas original recipes.

“We love what we do,” says Janie. “We have the passion for hospitality and we’ve always tried to treat our guests as family.”

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