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Council shuts down controversial warehouse plans

BY JASON STONE Staff

A large community outcry earlier this week stopped a controversial distribution center in Chandler.

The Chandler City Council listened to a packed City Hall audience wearing white on Monday, Oct. 15, and voted 5-2 to reject a planned development at McQueen and Queen Creek roads despite the threat of legal action from its own lawyer.

“This is a sweet win,” said Susan Ellsworth, one of the leaders of a neighborhood group that formed to fight the project. “We worked hard. This brought our community together.”

The developer, Ryan Companies, was attempting to build a 1.2-million-squarefoot warehouse and distribution center

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a little bit south of the southwest corner of the intersection. But a community movement that began less than a month ago helped snuff out the plans.

Despite warnings from City Attorney Kelly Schwab that the project met the city’s zoning laws, council members listened to arguments for about two hours before rejecting it.

“As long as the developer met those requirements, the staff would be obligated to allow the development to go forward,” City Attorney Kelly Schwab told the Council.

At issue were apparent changes to a 2007 plan called the Chandler Airpark Area Plan. Residents say the plans Ryan submitted looked nothing like the original

Councilman-elect Matt Orlando helped lead the petition drive against the proposed warehouse.

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31 teen suicides in 15 months fuels alarm here

BY JIM WALSH Staff

Thirty-one East Valley teenagers have completed suicide in the past 15 months – including five since Aug. 30 – with the latest a 16-year-old Chandler boy who took his life last week.

The alarming trend has prompted parents, school administrators and teachers, youth outreach workers, a state legislator and the mayors of Gilbert and Chandler to mobilize the region and develop a strategy to combat a complicated issue with no easy answer.

The most recent deaths occurred in Queen Creek, east Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert with the youngest an 11-yearold boy.

Although the multi-city, multi-dimensional response to the heartbreaking trend is in an early stage, education consultant Katey McPherson believes she is making progress in developing the community-wide approach that she says is needed to deter teen suicide.

“Everyone needs to speak the same language and take action,’’ McPherson See

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A fairy good time

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Madilyn Budzyn, 7, left, and Taylor Baugh, 4, both of Chandler, concentrate on crafts during the Chandler Library’s Fairy Tale Ball earlier this month. The event drew boys and girls and was built around the fact that fairy tales play a big role in a child’s literacy development as well as provide entertainment and lessons on how to tell right from wrong. For more photos, see page 20.

Most Chandler public schools earn an ‘A’ from state

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Most campuses in the Chandler Unified School District are at the head of their class when it comes to the state’s letter grades.

Across the district, 26 schools earned the letter grade “A” for the 2017-18

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academic year under a system that requires the Arizona Department of Education, subject to the state Board of Education’s final approval, to develop an achievement profile every year for every public school.

The letter grades must be based on an A through F scale with A being the highest. Of the other schools in the

Chandler district, 12 received B grades and four got Cs for the 2017-18 school year.

“The primary reason that we had significant improvement in letter grades is we had quite a few of our sites increase the growth that happened with students on campus on a yearly basis,” Chandler See

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Chandler Police boost pedestrian/cyclist education/enforcement

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Citing the need for people walking, riding bicycles and driving vehicles to share the road safely, Chandler Police are boosting pedestrian education and enforcement.

The department’s Traffic Section & Bike Unit earlier this week held a pedestrian/bicyclist education and enforcement campaign.

Officers on motorcycles, fully marked patrol cars and unmarked traffic units stopped motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians who violated any pedestrian state traffic laws or any applicable city codes.

The special enforcement was held to support the U.S. Department of Transportation’s NHTSA Statewide Pedestrian & Bicyclist Focus Education and Enforcement Effort. The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety gave the city money for the campaign.

The campaign aims to increase pedestrian and bicycle safety, and consequently decrease the number of collisions involving these groups of people with motor vehicles. Officers combined education and enforcement attempts, with violators of traffic law possibly getting citations.

“The main thing for us is unfortunately we have responded to accidents with life-threatening injuries,” Chandler Police spokesman Sgt. Daniel Mejia said. “We have to share the road with pedestrians, have to share the road with bicyclists.

“We all have to know the rules and regulations to keep everybody safe.

Pedestrians have the rights on the road and particularly in crosswalks, that’s where most of fatalities occur. We have to bring that educational portion out, as well, educating those drivers, educating pedestrians.”

Last month, a pedestrian was killed after getting hit while walking south on Arrowhead Drive at the intersection of Ray Road.

The pedestrian was walking in a crosswalk and pronounced dead at a hospital, Mejia said. The vehicle had the green light and the final outcome of the investigation has not yet been determined, he said.

So far this year, there have been three pedestrian deaths in Chandler and one fatality involving a vehicle and bicycle,

Mejia said.

During a previous Chandler Police pedestrian/ bicyclist education and enforcement campaign, on June 4, police made 58 total traffic stops, made contact with 148 pedestrians and gave out 49 traffic citations and nine warnings. With cyclists, they delivered two citations and gave 22 warnings, he said. Statistics were not available from the Oct. 15 enforcement at press time.

Across Arizona, 197 pedestrians were killed in collisions on roads in the state in 2016, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. During that same year, 31 bicyclists died due to injuries suffered in motor vehicle collisions.

Those numbers are increases of 50 percent and 72 percent, respectively, over 2012 totals.

“We’ve been very successful contacting some people and educating them,” Mejia said. “It’s been a really good awareness for our agency and for our community as well.”

Mejia said drivers need to yield to

pedestrians and bicyclists when they are crossing in a crosswalk.

Pedestrians need to wait until the signal says “Walk” if they are in a signalized crosswalk, and if they are not in a crosswalk that has that signal, they should wait until the traffic light requires drivers coming from either direction to stop.

Mejia said it is a good idea for pedestrians to make “eye contact” with drivers as they walk across the crosswalk to ensure the driver realizes they are crossing. He also urged pedestrians not to wear headphones or look at their phone screens when they walk across a crosswalk, as they will not be alert to their surroundings.

“You can’t hear stuff,” Mejia said. “Are you going to hear a screeching tire of someone who did not see you? That is very important.”

He said it is also dangerous for pedestrians and bicyclists to cross the street mid-block, not at a crosswalk.

“A lot of the drivers don’t expect somebody to cross mid-block and dart in front of them,” Mejia said.

He said most drivers when turning right over a crosswalk do not take the time to “look over their right shoulder to make sure a pedestrian is not crossing.”

“We just ask that everybody takes a minute to learn about these laws about sharing the road and how important it is to be safe, especially around intersections, where most of these incidents occur,” Mejia said.

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Despite ‘red alert,’ strays cram EV animal shelter

BY JASON STONE Staff

The Maricopa County Animal Care and Control’s East Valley campus seems to be bursting at the seams.

After 40 years, the facility at Rio Salado and Loop 101 in Mesa is housing too many animals in too-cramped spaces – prompting officials to sound another “code red alert” for adoptions because of overcrowding.

“This place we’re in now is just not built to handle the number of animals we see,” said Jose Santiago, spokesman for Animal Care and Control Services.

Help appears to be on the way with a planned new facility in East Mesa that Deputy County Manager Reid Spaulding said could be functional as early as late 2020.

Officials said a new facility would double its current size and be more functional for the workers and volunteers who spend countless hours there.

As it is now, 80 to 100 animals – mostly dogs – are funneled through the Rio Salado facility every day. Most of those canines are assorted colors of pit bull mixes and chihuahuas.

By year’s end, Maricopa County will have processed about 40,000 dogs through its Mesa facility and its West Valley campus at 27th Avenue and Durango Street in Phoenix. That’s second only to the nation’s most populous county, Los Angeles, which deals with about 70,000 dogs a year.

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Some dogs at the Maricopa County Animal Shelter stay only for a couple of days, while others go at least six months without being adopted.

Some animals stay only a night or two, while others could remain locked in the facility for seven or eight months. That has led to overcrowding with no room for growth.

“The current East shelter simply does not meet industry standards,” said Animal Care and Control executive director Mary Martin.

A Tribune tour of the facility revealed problems such as: An outdated ventilation system, making the humidity in summer unbearable at times.

Cracking walls around the kennels with

some portions completely chipping off from the dividers between the dogs.

Birds flying into the kennels, creating safety hazards and damage.

Quick fixes aren’t possible for Animal Control, which runs on a $16-million budget, almost all of which comes from donations and license renewals. Only $750,000 of the annual county budget is used to fund the two facilities.

That led the county to authorize $1.8 million for design costs. The total cost of a

new facility won’t be known until architects finish the design process, but Spaulding said similar facilities across the nation are running about $250 to $350 per square foot.

A new facility is actually the second plan supervisors have considered. When they first discussed the overcrowding at the two facilities, supervisors favored upgrading and expanding the West Valley facility into one grand campus instead of maintaining two aging ones. That would have led to the closing of the East Valley campus.

County Supervisor Steve Chucri said further research found that expanding the West Valley facility was going to cost more than expected.

“The reality is when we looked at this from 30,000 feet, how do we get the best (return on investment) for the taxpayer while continuing an important function to the customer service?” Chucri said.

Chucri said he also heard from constituents who favored keeping a facility in the East Valley.

That led officials to eye a potential new campus on county land near Mesa Drive and Baseline Road. Spaulding said the front-runner for the location is the site of the former PNI warehouse that used to house presses for the Arizona Republic.

“We already have the land, so it’s a perfect site,” Spaulding said.

The kennels in a new facility would be bigger, although it would likely hold the same number of animals it does now. But See

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said. “Mental health and wellness are an ongoing, progressive education. It’s a constant conversation all year long.’’

McPherson has been building a coalition of allies to combat teen suicide – including Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels, Chandler Mayor-elect Kevin Hartke, state Rep. Jeff Weninger, R-Chandler – as well as community organizations focused on behavioral health issues in both municipalities.

The East Valley Behavioral Health Council in Gilbert and For Our City-Chandler have pledged their support. Gilbert Public Schools also is leading the new East Valley Prevention Collaborative, a network of East Valley school districts that will work together on deterring teen suicide.

Noticeably absent is a state-level suicide prevention coordinator. Though that position was created by the State Legislature in the final days of the 2018 session, it has yet to be filled. Suicide is the leading cause of death of Arizonans between the ages of 10 and 14 and the second leading cause of death for those 15-24.

Wenninger said he supports more mandatory training for teachers to recognize the warning signs of teen suicide and child abuse.

He praised the Tempe Union High School District’s recent groundbreaking training sessions to educate more than 800 employees on the warning signs of suicide and said he hopes it will serve as an example for other districts.

“It’s serious, no matter who is doing it,’’ Wenninger said, explaining that his son knew the latest victim but hadn’t seen him recently. “We need to move as a society, as a community.’’

The recent cluster of suicides has struck fear and frustration in some parents.

One Chandler parent posted on Facebook recently: “Think for a second if these precious kiddos had been murdered and the outrage.”

McPherson briefed the Behavioral Health Council, formed by the Gilbert mayor’s office, last week. For Our City-Chandler, a social service organization, will hold a panel discussion on teen suicide at a breakfast meeting Nov. 1 at the East Valley Jewish Community Center, 908 N. Alma School Road.

“I think we have a good path forward,’’ McPherson said. “It’s a good first step in the right direction.’’

McPherson envisions a coalition of schools, city governments, law enforcement agencies and faith-based organizations working collaboratively to deliver the same message about emotional wellness and teaching parents and other adults how to recognize the warning signs of suicidal ideation.

“My mission is prevention and making parents and students aware of how insidious and cryptic the warning signs can be,’’ she said.

With the East Valley on pace to lose one student every two weeks – as was the case last year – awareness alone is not an adequate response, McPherson said.

Nikki Kontz, clinical director for Teen Lifeline, said it’s important not to lose perspective on the teen suicide problem.

Even though it might seem bleak with a series of teens taking their lives, there also has been significant progress, she said.

She said teen suicide was not even discussed when she started as a volunteer at

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Chandler education consultant Katie McPherson is organizing a collaborative, broad-range effort to stem the tide of teen suicides in the East Valley.

Teen Lifeline as a teenager 24 years ago, after a friend completed suicide.

EV a hot spot for calls

“We need to look at how far we have come. We have come a long way,’’ Kontz said. “In the last 10 years in the East Valley, we are making headway, it just takes time.

We can tell you that lives have been saved.’’

Kontz said about one-third of Teen Lifeline’s calls statewide come from the East Valley, where several school districts have been part of a statewide trend to list the hotline’s number on students’ identification badges. She said 140 school districts are now listing the number, 602248-8336.

“We don’t give advice. Our teen volunteers are there to build coping skills and resiliency,’’ Kontz said. “Our message is all about life, celebrating life and teaching resiliency.’’

She said suicide might seem impulsive, but it is usually not about one setback in someone’s life and more about an accumulation of issues that leaves someone in a dark place.

“It’s about helping them find hope and find other options, so that suicide is not the only option,’’ Kontz said. “There are reasons for living.’’

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Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels has thrown her efforts into planning a region-wide approach to help reduce the alarming increase in East Valley teen suicides.

Kontz espouses prevention and awareness. The cluster of suicides has furthered that cause by capturing the attention of many community organizations in the East Valley, with the human loss growing impossible to ignore.

In response to the suicide cluster, the

Chandler Coalition for Youth and Substance Abuse, which has mainly focused on drug abuse and addiction prevention, is adding teen suicide to its list of priorities, realizing that they are all symptoms of psychological issues.

“We want to hit the suicide prevention head-on and empower the community to focus on positive mental health,’’ said Ted Huntington, community programs manager for the coalition and Chandler ICAN: Positive Programs for Youth. “Mental health and substance abuse are so connected.’’

A former Mesa homicide detective, Huntington responded to countless teen suicides during his career and dreaded the job of informing grieving parents and relatives that someone had taken their own life.

“It’s so easy to be influenced by something spontaneous,’’ Huntington said. “If there had been a pause, they probably would not have pulled the trigger.’’

“The opportunity is that we can come together as a community and turn the tide on this, focusing on hope and compassion for each other,’’ Huntington said.

Social media looms large

Daniels, who, like McPherson, has four children, noted that this is the first generation that does not know what life was like before electronic devices, such as smart phones.

She said social isolation – caused by excessive use of cell phones, social media and video games – is a contributing factor. She said some teens tend to hide behind their electronic screens and avoid human interaction.

“It was concerning to all the community. This is definitely something that is becoming an epidemic. For me, what it boils down to is a lack of human connection,’’ Daniels said.

She said teenagers need to be told that they are loved and that their lives have a purpose.

“We’re going to show these kids that they matter,’’ she said.

Susan Cadena, prevention coordinator for Gilbert Public Schools, said that educators are alarmed by the rash of teen suicides and that the prevention collaborative will give them an opportunity to develop a strategy that can be used throughout the region.

Cadena has invited school officials from a variety of school districts – including Mesa, Chandler, the Tempe Union High School, Kyrene, Higley, Queen Creek,

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Apache Junction and J.O Combs – to the collaborative’s first meeting in November.

The benefits of a regional approach become clear through McPherson’s statistics. She said the students who ended their own lives attended schools in the Mesa, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Higley, JO Combs and Tempe Union High School districts.

“It’s not just a school district issue. It’s a community issue, it’s a life issue,’’ Cadena said. “Ultimately, we want to build a strong, comprehensive support system for our district and our families.’’

She said the key is to focus on emotional wellness, even in small children.

Cadena said children need to develop emotional resilience, learning to develop coping skills from the everyday setbacks that most people experience at one time or another.

Learning experiences should develop self-esteem and a sense of identity from “productive struggle’’ – which might mean failure in a variety of ways, such as flunking a test, striking out in a baseball game, or a setback in a relationship, she said.

“We should be alarmed. Why are kids seeing that (suicide) as an option,’’ Cadena said. “We have kids as young as second

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Many school districts in the East valley have put the Teen Lifeline number on student ID badges in one effort to remind students they are not alone when they hit a rough patch.

or third grade who don’t want to be here anymore.’’

Kyrene school officials in various middle schools, for example, more than once have had to intervene when a child talked of self-harm.

Everyone involved in the teen suicide prevention movement knows the stakes are life and death, even though there is no one solution to eliminate it.

The importance of their mission was expressed eloquently by the anguished cry of a shocked Queen Creek mother in a social media post after her son committed suicide.

“He had a kind soul and a quick wit. He was the kind of kid everybody liked,’’ the mother wrote about her son.

“He never said…anything like I hate you mom and dad or I hate my life. I don’t think he knew how many lives he touched. He will be truly missed. Please hug your kids. Please talk to your kids.

We don’t want anyone else to ever go through anything like this again.’’

Lamented a Queen Creek mom: “Before I buy clothes for my 12-yearold’s first dance, I am buying him ress clothes for a classmate’s funeral who committed suicide this week. This is happening way too young and too often.

I beg you to talk to your kids, let them know you are there.”

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Boys more likely to take their life than girls

BY JIM WALSH Staff

Teenage boys are ending their lives far more often than girls in the East Valley – reflecting an established national trend that has been confirmed tragically over and over again.

Experts say girls are more verbal and more likely to cry out for help, while boys often internalize their emotions after years of being told to be strong and tough out bad situations.

Katey McPherson, an education consultant and suicide prevention advocate, said 29 of the 31 East Valley teenagers who completed suicide in the past 15 months were boys, mostly White but some Hispanics, ranging in age from 10-18 years old.

She said some had been diagnosed with a mental condition such as depression or bipolar disorder, but others had

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the hundreds of workers and volunteers will have better access points, better equipment and easier ways for the community to adopt.

“We will be a true full-service facility,” Spaulding said.

The new facility would allow potential owners to interact with the dogs they may want to adopt, something there’s no

never been diagnosed with a condition.

Girls often make some effort after making an unsuccessful suicide attempt, McPherson said.

Some who completed suicide had suffered significant trauma in their lives from the loss of a parent, had a history of being a foster child, or were abused in early childhood, but many others had none of these experiences.

An acute life crisis seemed to have contributed to some of the suicides, such as the loss of an intimate partner, loss of privileges or a substance abuse arrest, McPherson said.

“There is no one candidate. There is no zip code held harmless,’’ she wrote.

McPherson’s statistics are unofficial, based upon her extensive contacts in education during a 23-year career as a teacher and assistant principal in Gilbert Public Schools.

But her statistics mirror national trends.

The national Centers for Disease Control reported that suicide was the second leading cause of death in Arizona in 2016, with 152 people in the 15-24 age bracket taking their own life.

In those cases, 118 deaths involved males and 34 were females.

Nikki Kontz, clinical director for Teen Lifeline, said research consistently demonstrates that boys are more likely to complete suicide, while girls are more likely to attempt suicide.

While Teen Lifeline has historically received more calls from girls than boys seeking assistance, the gap between the sexes is narrowing, she said.

“Girls are encouraged to talk about their feelings a lot more. Boys are taught to suck it up and keep their feelings in,’’ Kontz said.

Kontz said that a state report found recently that 95 percent of people who completed suicide spoke about it with someone else. But for some reason, many

warning signs were missed, and there was no referral to agencies such as hers or La Frontera Empact-Suicide Prevention, where help was available.

Kontz recently organized behavioral health agencies to train more than 800 teachers and other staff members in the Tempe Union High School District about recognizing the warning signs of suicide.

She also has been invited to serve as the keynote speaker at a girls retreat at Chandler’s Seton Catholic Preparatory.

She said she is encouraged about the growing willingness to address the once shunned topic of teen suicide and that everyone needs to understand that lives can be saved and that deaths are not inevitable.

“We have to do it in a way that brings hope, that we can do something to change this,’’ Kontz said. “We have to educate our youth to identify what to do.

It’s about bringing education to everyone who has relationships with our youth.’’

room for now.

“You’ve got to take a dog out and play with the dog to find out if you’re going to bond with it,” Santiago said. “We could do that at a new facility.”

Adoptions are running between $25 and $300, depending on the size of the dog. It includes a dog’s vaccination, any medical treatment it may have needed and an implanted microchip.

While waiting for more breathing room, Santiago said the East Valley facility will

continue to manage the overcrowding best it can. The county is working with apartment managers across the Valley to help open the door for pets from some of the complexes that aren’t so pet-friendly at the moment.

And Santiago said East Valley residents can help the current overcrowding problem by keeping up to date with their pet registration and always adopting animals instead of buying them at pet stores or from a breeder.

If there’s any good news about the current problem, it’s that not many dogs are eutha-

nized there. Santiago said only severely aggressive, sick or ill dogs are put down, giving the facility a designation as a “no-kill” shelter.

“We do everything we can before we consider euthanizing them,” Santiago said.

To be considered a “no-kill” shelter, it must have a survival rate of at least 80 percent. The East Valley facility is well above that mark at 95 percent.

To adopt an animal, log on to pets.Maricopa.gov or visit one of the two shelters in person.

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Rain cancellation of BARKtoberfest hurts local shelter They need a home

BY CECILIA CHAN Staff

The record-breaking rains that pelted the Valley on Oct. 13 did more than just flood roads; it forced a Gilbert animal rescue to cancel its largest single-day fundraiser of the year.

Friends for Life Animal Rescue had anticipated a crowd of between 7,000 and 10,000 people to attend BARKtoberfest, which included over 65 vendors booths.

That was until the remnants of Tropical Storm Sergio came through the state, bringing enough rain this month to make it the wettest October on record for Phoenix.

“It was our 20th annual and it’s the first time we were rained out,” said Barb Savoy, spokeswoman for the no-kill shelter. “We would love to say we rescheduled but it’s too difficult between the town’s schedule and the time to re-coordinate the vendors and sponsors and food trucks.

“It would take an act of God to be able to re-coordinate and reschedule for a different day.”

Friends for Life’s annual event at Gilbert Civic Center typically raises $25,000, the bulk of which is used to pay for medical care for stay cats and dogs.

Savoy said that in the weeks leading up to its signature event, the shelter rescued more dogs than normal. Planning for the event began around March.

The storm was so fierce that even the Arizona State Fair closed for the day.

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concerns, some people stopped by the shelter to buy raffle tickets and donate, raising $3,000, Savoy said. The shelter also adopted out 16 dogs and two cats that Saturday.

But the shelter is still left with a $22,000 hole in its budget.

“We will have to have other fundraisers and get creative to make up the deficit,” Savoy said.

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up to its name. Each animal is microchipped with Friends for Life as the primary point of contact, so if an adopted pet ever ends up in a euthanasia facility, the shelter arranges to get the animal back.

It has gone as far away as Alaska and Florida to bring back one of its adoptees.

The nonprofit has steadily grown from a network of volunteer foster homes in 1993 to three leased buildings in downtown Gilbert three years later and then to a new building in February on Melody Avenue near Baseline and Cooper roads.

The group’s major fundraising event also has grown over the years.

In 1998 the event was held in the front yard of the nonprofit’s original shelter building with a handful of vendors, a few games and an alumni parade.

How to help: To donate online to Friends of Life Animal Rescue, go to https://www. mightycause.com/organization/FriendsFor-Life-Animal-Rescue?fbclid=IwAR2z8q GClClVWDd1PPhSIzkfHzfF_ugjaBFUr9-QI3lMlf8vJmBWad5dfI The rescue shelter is now accepting donations for a yard sale fundraiser that will take place 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 17 at its adoption center, 952 W. Melody Ave., Gilbert. Donations can be dropped off at the center.

Early-bird shopping will be 4:30-8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16. A $5 per person donation is requested for those requesting access to early birds.

For more information, call 480-497-8296.

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Barktoberfest may have been a bust, but there are still dogs to be adopted at Friends for Life shelter.

Take Hammy, for example. The 3-year-old Old English Sheepdog/ Terrier blend “is such a funny, goofy character,” spokeswoman Jannelle Cosgriff said. “He would make a great hiking companion for an active family.” He is house trained and knows some basic commands.

Then there’s Wile E – as in the cartoon character Wile E Coyote – who is believed to be a Shepherd blend possibly with some St. Bernard or Aussie mixed in. Like Hammy, he would do well with an active family and one that only wants him as a pet without any other dogs.

Both dogs are neutered, up to date on vaccinations, microchipped, and licensed. The adoption fee for either canine is $195.

Information: 480-497-8296, FFLdogs@azfriends.org, www.azfriends. org, or visit the adoption center at 952 W. Melody Ave. in Gilbert.

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Kyrene chief asks an end to ‘ugliness’ at board meetings

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor

Citing “the increasing acrimony in the tone of our community dialogue,” Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely at last week’s school board meeting asked for the “end of divisiveness” among audience members.

“I ask that we stop the ugliness,” said Vesely in her second plea for civility in as many weeks.

Her plea came at a time when several recent meetings have been marked by some outbursts by a few audience members, mostly during that part of the session when citizens each have three minutes to address the board. At one recent meeting, someone in the audience catcalled board member John King when he was speaking.

Several audience members walked out during that session on Sept. 25 after a man who was addressing the board turned toward the audience, looked at them, then knelt on one knee in an echo of football players who have knelt in protest during the National Anthem.

A parent who was at that meeting told AFN at the time she felt threatened by his actions.

On several recent occasions, some speakers addressing the board also used a racial epithet to criticize district policies involving African American students.

“I feel it necessary to remind the

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public that the purpose of the governing board meetings is to conduct the business of the district,” Vesely said. “It is not intended to be used as a community forum or

debate.

“It is important for all community members to feel welcome and safe in the board’s business meetings,” she continued.

“Just as we expect our students to be respectful of each other, audience members will be expected to treat all attendees with respect and civility. I’m calling tonight for an end of the divisiveness in this board room because it does not reflect well on the community which we represent, the community that we serve.”

Some of the harsh rhetoric used by audience members appears to have come from people living outside the district’s boundaries or parents of students who are bused in from parts of Phoenix outside Ahwatukee. They have contended that the district’s disciplinary policies are harsher with non-Caucasian students than students of color, chiefly African American.

Vesely took aim at that criticism at the Sept. 25 meeting when she made an

Stating on Sept. 25 that “I consider my responsibility to be responsive to the governing board a top priority,” Vesely said: “I make myself available by phone or in person to discuss questions or concerns with board members. It is sometimes difficult, given board members’ work schedules and other conflicts, but these requests to meet or talk are not refused but often coordinated with the board president….I believe that my record demonstrates that I an not only willing but also eager to address the tough questions facing our district, and I will continue to work with all board members in seeking appropriate and effective solutions.”

As for teacher morale, Vesely said that’s a nationwide problem, “as is evidence in the groundswell of advocacy for increased funding for teacher pay.”

“Teachers have been asked to do more and more in the classroom with fewer and fewer resources,” she said.

She noted that she has formed a council of teachers – patterned after councils she has started with parents, community members in general, business owners and students themselves from all 25 schools.

“If there are teachers who are struggling, I would encourage them to reach out to me and I would be happy to listen to their concerns because we need you in the classroom. Let me say that again. We need you. I care about each and every one of you and I want to listen.”

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“Nearly 55 percent of our students are students of color, so their needs are absolutely a priority,” Vesely said.

She went on to detail how each of Kyrene’s 25 schools have studied “cultural competency” and created diversity teams to address any racial disparities as well as groups of parents of students of color and those with special needs.

“We are working with them to address gaps and seek their guidance on how we can make changes to improve outcomes for all students,” she said, noting how one parent who publicly assailed the district because his children had been “disrespected” was neither a Kyrene resident nor ever had children enrolled at any Kyrene school.

Without naming her, Vesely also addressed Fahy’s critical remarks made when she cast the lone vote against extending the superintendent’s contract for three years at a meeting in August.

Fahy said the district needed a new superintendent, claiming Vesely was not communicative.

Fahy’s criticism – which her board colleagues rebuked – was partly related to Vesely’s failure to schedule a meeting that Fahy had requested with her. Fahy also in the past has suggested Vesely has instituted policies in the district that have lowered teacher morale.

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Kyrene School District has scored a major federal grant to implement its socialemotional learning programs that aim to identify and reach troubled grade school and middle school students before they hurt someone or themselves.

The five-year, $230,000 grant under the U.S. Justice Department’s STOP School Violence Prevention and Mental Health Training Program was one of the few given to Arizona school districts.

Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely rolled out her multi-tiered socialemotional learning plan as part of a wide-ranging effort to improve students’ chances of success not just in the classroom but in society.

When she presented it to the board in February, she noted that the cornerstone of the plan was to promote “an inclusive culture of respect, high expectations, collaboration and shared responsibility for student success.”

Asked why elementary and middle school students needed such a program, Vesely at the time told the school board, “We really do believe social-emotional wellness is a strong contributing factor to their success academically and in all contexts of job and life.”

The Justice Department gave only 16 grants nationwide to suburban areas with a population of 100,000 to 500,000.

Arizona had received a total $1.3 million of the $70 million in grants awarded by the department.

Some of that money also went to programs aimed at mental health intervention programs or training law enforcement personnel in preventing student violence and for improved technology for police notification during school emergencies.

Our community has suffered tremendous loss “ to suicide over the past few years. Combined with the recent heightened concerns about preventing school violence in Kyrene, this grant will help us reduce suicide risk and school violence factors.

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– Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely Kyrene sought the funding for several programs that will increase the support services for students and reduce the risk of suicide and school violence factors.

Those programs include Second Step, a web-based program piloted last year at Aprende Middle School and at the Kyrene Traditional Academy; use of the Panorama Assessment, a social-emotional skills survey to help assess student

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behavior; and implementation of Signs of Suicide programs in middle schools for eight counselors/psychologists.

“This is a huge win for Kyrene students and families,” Vesely said of the grant.

“Addressing the social-emotional needs of our students is a high priority for us and is reflected as an important objective of our strategic plan.”

She said the grant would help continue

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and expand programs for middle school students and enable their introduction in elementary schools.

The award comes at a time when teen suicides have picked up in nearby districts. Five students, one only 10 years old, have been lost to suicide in three weeks in the Queen Creek, Chandler and Higley school districts, bringing to 19 the number of suicide victims in the East

Valley since July 2017.

“Our community has suffered tremendous loss to suicide over the past few years,” Vesely said. “Combined with the recent heightened concerns about preventing school violence in Kyrene, this grant will help us reduce suicide risk and school violence factors.”

She said the Panorama survey generates data that enables school officials to reduce disciplinary referrals and student emotional stress while improving academic achievement.

“We want to build student socialemotional learning skills and empower them to actively engage in their own socio-emotional health,” she said.

The grant also allows for the creation of a group of Kyrene staffers who will monitor and evaluate the results of the social-emotional learning programs.

The Justice Department also awarded more than $64 million to state agencies in an effort to improve criminal record systems and background checks, and $1 million will go toward researching factors behind mass shootings.

The grants are authorized by the STOP School Violence Act, which was signed into law earlier this year.

“These grants will go a long way toward giving young people and their families both safety and peace of mind,” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a news release.

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Kyrene’s performance analysis goes beyond letter grades

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor

Not content with the letter-grade system that the state uses to assess the quality of Arizona schools, Kyrene School District administrators have developed an assessment tool for tracking student performance in a way that enables them to address it more effectively.

The tool was unveiled at last week’s board meeting by Susie Ostmeyer, the district’s chief information and accountability officer, as the state Education Department released its letter grades for the 2017-18 school year.

Of Kyrene’s 19 elementary schools, 11 received an “A” and seven got a “B.” Among the middle schools, Altadena and Pueblo earned an A, and Centennial and Aprende received a B. Kyrene Middle and Akimel got a C. Among the high schools in Ahwatukee, Mountain Pointe High School received a B, while Desert Vista and Horizon Honors got an A. In the state’s evaluation, an A rating means the school is “excellent,” a B means it is “highly performing” and a C means it is performing above minimal expectations.

Specifically, the A schools show distinguished performance on the statewide assessment in terms of having significant student growth and overall performance that is significantly higher than state averages. High Schools with A ratings also have high four-year graduation rates.

The B schools are those that have some combination of the A schools’ factors, while a C is awarded to schools that have “adequate performance but needs improvement on some indicators, including proficiency, growth or graduation rate,” according to state guidelines.

Going deeper into the numbers used to calculate those grades and by incorporating some data that the state education board refused to consider last year, Ostmeyer showed the board a broader and deeper look at Kyrene schools’ performance.

Ostmeyer’s analysis showed: • 60 percent of Kyrene students passed the state’s math assessment, surpassing the statewide average of 41 percent and the charter school average of 49 percent.

• 59 percent of Kyrene students passed

the state’s English Language Arts assessment, as opposed to 41 percent statewide and 50 percent among charter students.

• The 74 percent passing rate for science exceeded the 60 percent passing rate for charter school students and the 51 percent statewide average.

• Nine Kyrene schools scored in the top 10 percent of all Arizona schools for English Language Arts and math.

• Over a three-year period, 17 schools improved their math results and 12 improved their results in English Language Arts testing.

• All 25 schools have more than 60 percent of their students showing growth in English Language Arts, and 21 schools have more than 60 percent of their students showing growth in math.

The district also analyzed students’ performance in different categories so it could identify issues by race, whether students had special needs and grade.

Ostmeyer also noted that teachers and principals had already become familiar with much of the analysis.

“While it’s our first time to look at this publicly, it’s not the first time for our educators,” she told the board, saying teachers and principals began looking at the data “as soon as the results started to roll in in June.”

“Our principals have already presented 90-day action plans, which is incumbent on really having a healthy review of the information learned through the assessments and working with teachers,” Ostmeyer said.

The principals’ plans essentially outlined how they intend to improve student performance, particularly among subgroups where it may be lagging.

Overall, the state assessments measure students’ passage from one of four quadrants to a higher one. The four quadrants are highly proficient, proficient, partially proficient or approaching proficiency and minimally proficient or falls below expectations.

Ostmeyer noted, however, that much of the performance data for schools “doesn’t do a very good job of telling us the change that we’ve had with our children who have grown with us. It gives us the overall organization performance, which is a good thing.

She said the district’s assessment tools will enable teachers and administrators to measure student growth within those

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quadrants “We want all of our students to experience that level of success, and so we definitely want to keep our expectations and our goals at the same level,” she said. “However, we also want to measure whether or not students are growing while they’re with us.”

She said the measurements that Kyrene has developed “allow us with a certain degree of accuracy to say how much growth did they receive within whatever quadrant they’re in. And based on that trajectory, how long is it going to take them to get to the proficiency level.”

Ostmeyer noted the district already created intervention teams to work with families of students who are performing below proficiency level and that growth within the four quadrants measures their success.

“Our goal is to obviously eliminate the gap that you see on these screens,” she told the board. “Not by decreasing the achievement of the students on the top of the graph, but by raising the achievement of the students who aren’t there yet.”

Meanwhile, Audrey Beardsley, professor at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, cautioned parents against putting too much emphasis on AzMerit test scores and school letter grades.

Proficiency on AzMerit tests is one of five quantifiable factors that affect Arizona’s school letter grades.

“There is a rule of thumb on this – the farther away from the classroom they are, the worse (these assessments) get for (grading) classroom level achievement,” she said.

Beardsley said that parents choosing schools should look at a host of variables beyond letter grades, including disciplinary data, attendance records, school safety and per pupil expenditures.

Beardsley, who specializes in educational policy, measurement and research methods, said one issue is the significant relationship between test scores and a school’s demographics.

She said poorer schools tend to do worse on standardized tests than more affluent schools and that researchers can predict test scores with a high degree of accuracy just by looking at a school’s demographics.

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risk variables,” she said. “The correlations are very strong to the point that we as statisticians can use those risk variables and predict 80 percent of the time how students will perform without them even the test taking place.”

Beardsley served on a technical advisory committee for Arizona State Board of Education that was tasked with interpreting data and advising the board on A-F letter grades and other board policies.

Members of the committee, which began meeting in October 2017, were appointed to three-year terms, but the committee was sun-setted earlier this year after less than six months.

Beardsley said that some committee members suggested that the board should take a more holistic approach to grading schools that looked at factors beyond test scores, including social services, safety and programs for specialized populations offered on campus.

However, the “state wanted to stick with the easy answer test score approach,” she said.

Kyrene board member John King noted that one of the problems with the state’s approach is that it uses one test to base a significant part of the grade on.

“This is a single point in time assessment,” King said. “If the kid’s having a bad day, it’s not a true representation of what the growth level is or where they are at. I’ve never been a big fan of this kind of thing. I like the way we do multiple tests and things like that.”

Beardsley said the risk in relying on test scores is that they are often skewed, and it is difficult to get all students to take the tests seriously – meaning negative performance on an AzMerit test is not always correlated with a lack of understanding of a subject.

She said current federal education policy under The Every Student Succeeds Act puts the onus of accountability on administrators, schools and teachers – not on students.

That leaves teachers and schools scrambling to motivate students to prepare for a test that does not affect their grades and they may or may not care about, she said.

She acknowledged that occasionally schools perform well on the test despite demographics that would indicate otherwise.

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school district assistant superintendent Matt Strom said.

“We probably have the most dedicated teaching staff in the state of Arizona improving outcomes for kids.

They’re focused on making sure kids receive interventions when they need interventions, making sure skills and concepts get better. We constantly know what it takes to be college and careerready. We’re constantly backfilling those skills to ensure their success.”

The letter grades are based on yearto-year student academic growth, proficiency on English language arts, math and science, as well as the proficiency and academic progress of English language learners, signs that an elementary school student is ready for success in high school, high school graduation rates and other factors.

Students’ scores and improvement on the AzMERIT statewide test in English Language Arts and math sections are among the criteria used to determine schools’ grades.

Strom said three schools in the Chandler district improved from C grades the previous school year to A grades in 2017-18 – Chandler Traditional Academy – Goodman Campus, Tarwater and Weinberg elementary schools.

Altogether, 20 schools in the Chandler district improved their letter grades, and the “vast majority increased because of growth of students” in their AzMERIT test scores from one year to the next, he said.

Most of the schools that moved up a letter grade went from Bs to As and some went from Cs to Bs. Strom said the strong letter grades in the Chandler district show parents “that we’re one of the best districts in the nation at growing students.”

While some funding is attached to the letter grades, “it’s not directly tied to the letter grade,” he said.

“It’s not nearly as much about funding as it is about an aggregate measure so parents understand we’re doing the work we need to do on our campus,” Strom said.

Some parents said they had mixed opinions about letter grades.

Kathy Lynch, a kindergarten teacher at Carlson Elementary School and parent of children at Basha Accelerated Middle School and Santan Elementary School, posted on the Living Chandler Facebook page that “I don’t think it’s fair to label a school with a letter, though I am pleased we received an A at the school I work at as well as the schools my children attend.”

“That being said, a letter is so much more than the school, or the teacher or the students,” Lynch posted. “It is about the community. If a school is in a lower econ area, both parents must work, might have difficulty with English, and might not have the time to help their child succeed. In a higher econ area usually one parent works, the other parent is able to dedicate time and money for tutoring if need be.

“That letter grade bothers me when people won’t go to a B or C school. Parent involvement is a part of that grade. Just because you attend an A school doesn’t mean your kid is an A student... and there can be A students at a C school.”

District parent Christina Nguyen said

“the letter grade system is not a good representation of our schools in this state.”

“It ranks schools based on test scores, which in my opinion is not an overall indicator of school and district performance,” Nguyen posted. “School culture is just as important. Do kids feel safe on campus? Do they feel supported? What about the kids who don’t test well or are not college bound?

Where do they fall into the mix with how they feel supported and guided?”

Audrey Beardsley, professor at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, cautioned parents against putting too much emphasis on AzMERIT test scores and school letter grades.

Proficiency on AzMERIT tests is one of five quantifiable factors that affect Arizona’s school letter grades.

“There is a rule of thumb on this – the farther away from the classroom they are, the worse (these assessments) get for (grading) classroom level achievement,” Beardsley said.

She said that parents choosing schools should look at a host of variables beyond letter grades, including disciplinary data, attendance records, school safety and per pupil expenditures.

Beardsley, who specializes in educational policy, measurement and research methods, said one issue is the significant relationship between test scores and a school’s demographics.

She said poorer schools tend to do worse on standardized tests than more affluent schools and that researchers can predict tests scores with a high degree of accuracy just by looking at a school’s demographics.

“There is a correlation between test scores and student demographics and risk variables,” Beardsley said. “The correlations are very strong to the point that we as statisticians can use those risk variables and predict 80 percent of the time how students will perform without them even the test taking place.”

She served on a technical advisory committee for Arizona State Board of Education that was tasked with interpreting data and advising the board on A-F letter grades and other board policies.

Members of the committee, which began meeting in October 2017, were appointed to three-year terms, but the committee was sunsetted earlier this year after less than six months.

Beardsley said that some committee members suggested that the board should take a more holistic approach to grading schools that looked at factors beyond test scores, including social services, safety and programs for specialized populations offered on campus.

However, the “state wanted to stick with the easy answer test score approach,” she said.

To learn more about the state’s letter grades, visit azsbe.az.gov/f-school-lettergrades.

How they fared Schools not listed received an A

B grades: Casteel and Chandler high schools; Andersen, Bogle, Santan and Willis junior high schools; Bologna, Conley, Hartford, Hull and Sanborn elementary schools and Shumway Leadership Academy C: Andersen, Frye, Galveston and San Marcos elementary schools.

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intention for the area.

Those who spoke out said more than a decade ago they were promised development of an office park, not a warehouse with hundreds of truck bays and diesel engines running around the clock.

“It does not resemble in any way the concept plan that was sold to the community in 2007 on which many based their decisions on whether to invest in their neighborhoods,” resident Claudia Blaz said.

The Council eventually agreed.

In a statement after the decision, Molly Ryan Carson, the senior vice president for the company’s Southwest region, said, “We have a number of options. We will consider plans for the future. Obviously, the zoning is appropriate, and we will meet with the city staff to review our options. We are committed to bringing a first-class development and hundreds of jobs to the East Valley.”

The proposal called for seven buildings total, including two big warehouses. To compare, the new FedEx Building on Queen Creek near Gilbert Road would have fit inside the largest of the proposed buildings.

“If the result is not in your favor, it’s not a death sentence,” Councilman Sam Huang told Ryan representatives before the vote.

“You can come back and apply again.”

Vice Mayor Rene Lopez made the motion to approve the project, but a second to motion almost never came.

After calling for a second two more times, Mayor Jay Tibshraeny began to say “the motion fails” right as Councilmember Jeremy McClymonds stepped in with a second to the motion.

That drew a loud groan from the crowd.

One man yelled out at McClymonds, “Why did it take you so long to second the motion?”

McClymonds shot back, “Because I wanted to speak my mind.”

“He doesn’t have to answer that,” Tibshraeny interrupted.

In fact, the mayor stopped the proceedings several times to warn the crowd to stop interrupting speakers.

Tibshraeny also wanted to make it clear to the packed crowd that the council didn’t initiate the case but was merely ruling on it.

“This is something that will end at the council,” Tibshraeny said. “I got a few emails that thought I was bringing this forward or (other councilmembers) were bringing this forward.”

Monday’s contentious meeting wasn’t all serious. Before giving his presentation on

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the merits of the project, City Planner Erik Swanson, who recently accepted a similar job in Queen Creek, joked, “I think it’s fair to say some people like to stroll out of here quietly, and I think I’m going out of here with my saddle on fire.

That drew laughs from a crowd that wasn’t really in a joking mood, especially when Swanson made the case for the project early in the meeting.

Swanson said the proposed project was more restrictive to give residents more protection than what was passed in 2007.

Plus, Swanson added city planners made slight changes to the Ryan project to help pacify nearby homeowners even more, including adding a landscape buffer zone around it, lowering the maximum height of the buildings and adding around 600 trees between the homes and the facility.

“The long-term intention of this area is employment,” Swanson said. “But it was designed to create as big a buffer as possible, recognizing the need to separate that industrial use from the residential.”

That still wasn’t good enough for residents, who were worried about noise, gas fumes, toxic and hazardous cargo and truck traffic along the McQueen Road corridor.

Swanson and Ryan representative, Gary Hayes, tried to alleviate the citizen concerns point by point.

On the traffic issue, speakers on both sides gave conflicting predictions about future congestion.

Municipal Utilities Director John Knudson gave a presentation that shows the type of project proposed would create less traffic than shopping centers and office parks.

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But residents, who believed the project would be more appropriate in a heavy industrial zoning area, claimed the traffic numbers were based on light industrial zoning.

“McQueen and Queen Creek (roads) will be the chokepoint of our city,” resident Ken McAlister said.

Residents were also upset a traffic study didn’t include truck traffic coming from other areas to the south of the site from I-10 and 587.

Swanson told the council, “McQueen Road currently works well under capacity, so we can handle the extra traffic.”

Hayes detailed for councilmembers how he knocked on doors in the days leading up to Monday’s vote, hoping to assuage some neighbors of their concerns.

“I’ve never done it for a zoning case, but I did it for this one,” Hayes said. “It was very instructive for us. We sat in people’s living rooms. We stood in people’s backyards.

We even stood on a ladder in somebody’s backyard. And we got to hear what their concerns were.”

The neighborhood meetings started late last month after a typo in a city information card mailed out to voters almost made nobody notice.

The mailing indicated a public meeting was scheduled for development on the “southwest” corner of the intersection, not the “southeast.” Because of that error, the council had to continue the issue from its last meeting.

In the meantime, Ellsworth and others that included Councilman-elect Matt Orlando, were able to get about 1,700 signatures on an online petition to stop the project.

Councilmembers were also slammed

with a thick stack of printed emails from concerned residents.

In the end, Lopez said he voted in favor for the project because it was too risky not to.

“I do like gambling, but not with taxpayers’ money,” Lopez said. “To me, it is a gamble if we do say no because of the amount of changes made from the 2007 plan. The 2018 plan allows more restrictions, which is a sure bet.”

McClymonds told the crowd there his vote wasn’t easy.

“For me the decision was difficult, knowing no matter what the outcome was somebody was going to walk away unhappy,” he said. “A no vote could open the city up to legal liability.”

Before voting no, Mayor-elect Kevin Hartke said “I honestly don’t believe the worst-case scenarios that many of you are fearful or is going to happen. At the same time, I also believe you should have a say.”

Ryan’s appeal to the council included some heavy hitters.

Tony Bradley, the president of the Arizona Trucking Association, said the project wouldn’t be as big as some of the distribution centers in the West Valley, although no company had been named for the location. He also pointed out state and county laws don’t allow any truck idling for more than five minutes.

“Time is money for trucks,” Bradley said. “They don’t want to be sitting on a property. They want to get to their next job as quickly and efficiently as possible.”

The man who entered into a land swap with the city in order for the project to be proposed even weighed in.

“It’s a perfect plan,” Charles Keith told the Council. “It’s got a buffer zone, landscaping and Ryan is an A-plus company.

We’re getting companies (moving) from California. Let’s fill this up.”

Troy Peterson, the original developer of Lantana Ranch nearly two decades ago, spoke in favor of the project, telling councilmembers the subdivision was designed to have development going right up to it. He said the 300-foot buffer zone would have made it better.

Orlando, who is returning to the council in January, was originally a councilmember during the 2007 agreement.

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Sun Lakes Methodist to hold annual Cookie Walk

BY LINDA GERCKEN Guest Writer

As cooler autumn days arrive, our church ladies fire up their ovens and begin baking holiday goodies.

On Saturday, Dec. 1, the Sun Lakes United Methodist Women will host their popular annual Cookie Walk and Candy Sale, beginning at 9 a.m. These homemade delicacies are available only once a year at the Cookie Walk; once the doors open, they go quickly.

Many people bring their friends or family members with them. Children particularly enjoy choosing their favorites.

The boxes of cookies and candy are not only delicious to share with your family, but make great gifts for hostesses, shut-in friends and our servicemen and women.

On Cookie Walk day, simply purchase an empty carry-out box, grab some disposable gloves and walk around tables filling your box from trays laden with festively decorated or family favorite cookies.

Stop at our candy shop to take home some fudge, peanut brittle or other holiday treats. Here you will also find an assortment of specialty bakery items, including gluten-free cookies.

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Failure to renew conservation fund jeopardizes park projects

BY CHRIS MCCRORY Cronkite News

R ichard Bruner loves Lost Dutchman State Park, nestled at the base of the Superstition Mountains.

“Just the beauty of it. It’s amazing out here,” the retired Floridian said after a 5-mile morning walk. “When you get higher up, you can hear the wind blow. When there’s nobody around, there’s no sounds.

There’s nothing like that.”

The hiking trails that crisscross the park’s 320 acres have been around for 41 years. To maintain them, the park has received grant money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

In Arizona, which relies heavily on tourism dollars to boost its economy, the fund is a windfall for cash-strapped recreational areas, giving more than $830,000 to Lost Dutchman and about $235 million to the state over the past 53 years, according to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition.

But the fund expired Sunday, leaving its future uncertain.

Congress established the Land and Water Conservation Fund in 1965. Money from the fund, which comes from the revenue from offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, goes toward such uses as state and national parks, swimming pools and community centers.

Historically, the fund had bipartisan support because taxpayer dollars aren’t used. But because the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department can dip into the fund to purchase property, some legislators believe the program gives too much money to federal agencies and not enough to state and local governments.

Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, who chairs the House Natural Resources Committee, is one of those lawmakers. He wrote an oped piece in Politico after trying to kill the fund’s reauthorization in 2015, citing “fundamental flaws” in the way the fund operates.

“Because states know best the needs of the people in their communities, the original 1965 law required that states receive the lion’s share of funding from the (Land and Water Conservation Fund),” Bishop wrote. “Unfortunately, the stateside program has been gradually crowded out over the years by the federal government’s powerful drive to acquire more and more land.”

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Nathan Rees, the Arizona coordinator for Trout Unlimited, hopes his children and granchildren will get to enjoy nature in the same way he has. For that to happen, he said, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has to be reauthorized

But midway through this month, Bishop cut a surprise deal with Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Tucson, who had in 2017 proposed a bill to permanently reauthorize the fund. Their deal requires 40 percent of the fund to go to individual states and another 40 percent to the federal government. The rest would remain available for state and federal projects.

Bishop said the compromise isn’t perfect, but he called it an improvement over previous versions of the fund, which focused money on land acquisition by the federal government.

Grijalva said he supports the fund because of its broad reach and ability to bring the outdoors to people who may not be able to get out of the city. Cities across Arizona use fund money to maintain parks and other recreational areas.

“The state doesn’t have the money,” Grijalva said. “Local cities and communities are barely keeping up with the demands they have, and so there’s no supplement for them.”

The House Natural Resource Committee passed Grijalva’s bill, but it still has to be approved by Congress.

Nathan Rees, the Arizona coordinator for the wildlife advocacy group Trout Unlimited, and other conservationists said future projects could be in jeopardy.

The federal government will continue to collect revenue from oil and gas pro-

duction, but the money will be pooled in a general fund available to other congressional programs.

“Projects that are already in the pipeline to receive (Land and Water Conservation Fund) funding, they’ll get that funding,” Rees said. “But anything in the future isn’t going to receive any (fund) dollars.

The money just gets siphoned right into the Treasury and who knows what happens then. It’s as good as gone.”

Projects in Arizona have received about $235 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund over the past 53 years, according to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition. In addition to maintaining state parks like Lost Dutchman, it funded community pools like the Palo Verde Swimming Pool in Tucson, which received $29,000 in 1966, and the Tempe Sports Complex, which got $500,000 in 2002.

On Sept. 18 , Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced that Arizona would receive $2 million from the fund for recreation and conservation projects identified by the state.

Arizona government organizations use the funds in a variety of ways, said Meagan Fitzgerald with the Arizona Wildlife Federation, a group dedicated to protecting wildlife habitats.

“It’s helped protect places like the Grand Canyon National Park, the Sagua-

ro National Park, Lake Mead Recreation Area,” she said. “They’ve even helped with keeping the lights on at some recreation parks.”

At Eldorado Park in Scottsdale, Rees pointed to the lake, a defining feature of the park. It was constructed in 1972 using about $73,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Stocked every few months with sunfish, trout and catfish, the lake provides a fishing spot nestled in the city. “(The fund) really just gets its fingers into every aspect of the community and can really appeal to everyone,” Rees said.

“We’ve had the opportunity to hunt and fish and recreate in all these great outdoor spaces, and we want our kids and our grandkids to experience that same thing.”

Garett Reppenhagen, who served in the U.S. Army as a cavalry/scout sniper in the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq, knows this well.

As the Rocky Mountain director for the Oregon-based Vet Voice Foundation, a group that encourages veterans to be politically active, Reppenhagen spoke around the country late this summer. He advocates for the fund, saying it saved his life after returning from combat with PTSD. “When I came home as an Army sniper, I came back to my mother’s house in the Green Mountain Falls, Colorado,” Reppenhagen said. “Her backyard is Pikes Peak in Pike National Forest. Almost instinctively, I grabbed a sleeping bag, a water purifier and a fishing pole and left to the woods.

And I think that experience saved my life.”

His experience is not unique, Reppenhagen said. He has seen firsthand how other veterans come alive when exposed to nature.

“The moment the cars disappear from the trailhead, they convert back into their childhood selves again, and that transformation just can’t be beat,” Reppenhagen said. “So our outdoors is an important place for our mental and physical health, but also re-bonding with our friends and family after long deployments.”

Reppenhagen said the preservation of the fund isn’t just about money for natural resources, but about maintaining a way of life.

“We want to use our public lands and our parks,” he said. “It’s just an immense resource and it’s part of who we are as Americans. It’s part of my American identity, and if I fought for the land of the free, there’s no better aspect or representation of that than our public lands.

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Chandler, ADOT extending rides for local cyclists

BY JASON STONE Staff

Bicycle enthusiasts in Chandler are receiving an early Christmas present.

The City of Chandler is teaming up with the Arizona Department of Transportation to construct new segments of bike lanes along McClintock Drive and Kyrene Road.

The two new segments will connect to the existing bike lane system at the Tempe city limits.

The McClintock Drive bike lane project begins just north of State Route 202 Loop Santan Freeway and extends to the Tempe/Chandler border just north of Ray Road.

The Kyrene Road portion of the project will merge into existing striped bike lanes just south of Chandler Boulevard. It will continue north to a tie in point approximately a half mile north of Ray Road.

Chandler officials want to hear public comments on the project by Nov. 5.

Construction is not expected to begin until sometime in 2021, but officials say that could be moved up to next summer funding is freed up earlier than expected.

Chandler officials said no new right-of-way, easements or temporary construction easements are anticipated.

Traffic restrictions are expected to be minimal during the eight-month construction timetable because most of the work will happen in the center of the roadway. Officials said at least one lane of traffic will always remain open in each direction.

The bike lane work won’t affect pedestrians on sidewalks.

For those who want to submit a comment about the project, contact City Project manager Daniel Haskins at Daniel.Haskins@chandleraz.gov or Diana Dunn at ddunn@aztec.us

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School voucher ballot question can be a confusing one

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

It seems a bit out of Alice in Wonderland.

But the more than 100,000 people who signed petitions to put Proposition 305 on the ballot now find they have to vote against it to get what they want: repealing legislation to expand who can get vouchers of taxpayer funds to attend private and parochial schools.

The unusual situation arises because of the unusual way the measure got on the ballot in the first place: People unhappy with the Arizona Legislature put it there.

This isn’t like Proposition 127 where those who signed the petitions want to require electric utilities to get half their power from renewable sources. And signers of Proposition 126 want to constitutionally preclude future sales taxes on services.

But those who circulated petitions for Proposition 305 have a different goal: They want to overturn something already approved by the legislature.

Until 2017, the vouchers, formally known as “empowerment scholarship accounts,’’ were restricted to those with special needs, ranging from learning disabilities to foster children, children living on reservations and those attending public schools rated D or F. About 3,500 students out of 1.1 million in public schools now get such aid.

That year lawmakers voted to remove

all those restrictions. But in a political compromise, proponents agreed to limit the total number of vouchers to no more than 30,000 by 2022.

But here’s the thing.

The Arizona Constitution allows any group dissatisfied with any legislative measure to refer it to voters. All it takes is the signatures of 5 percent of those who voted in the last gubernatorial race within 90 days after the end of the legislative session to put the law on “hold’’ until the next general election.

That’s what happened here. Opponents of an expanded voucher program gathered more than 110,000 signatures, far more than the 75,321 needed. And a legal challenge by voucher supporters to quash the petition drive failed.

So, the voucher expansion plan is in legal limbo until at least Nov. 6.

Here’s where it gets tricky.

Proposition 305 is a referendum on what lawmakers approved. So, a “yes’’ vote opposes the goal of those who put the issue on the ballot, ratifying the 2017 law and allowing the voucher expansion statute to take effect.

It takes a “no’’ vote to reject the legislation – and support the referendum drive.

The “yes’’ side to expand voucher accessibility is backed by several groups which back the use of public dollars for private and religious education, including the Arizona Catholic Conference whose

dioceses run schools that take children who have vouchers, and the Center for Arizona Policy. The Goldwater Institute also is in support based on its backing of the concept of “school choice.’’

But to date the pro-305 side has yet to come up with any sort of extensive campaign. In fact, the #YesForEd Committee, as of the most recent campaign finance report, had spent less than $150.

By contrast, Save Our Schools Arizona listed $311,000 in expenses.

The referendum has created a schism among parents whose children now get these vouchers.

In a statement in support of Proposition 305, Christine Accurso, a Gilbert mother, detailed how her son who has a learning disability was unable to get the services he needed either in a traditional public school or a charter school. She said only after getting a voucher is her son getting his needs met at a private school.

And Leslie Contreras of Duncan said the vouchers have allowed her to purchase quality curriculum for her son, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder “without having to worry about how I am going to pay for them.’’

But Susan Edwards, in her statement in opposition, said it is precisely how vouchers meet the needs of her two children who are on the autism spectrum that voters should reject what the legislature did.

As Edwards sees it, the vouchers finally

provided some financial help for parents of children with special needs. But if anyone can get a voucher, with or without those needs – and with a 30,000 cap and no special carve-out for those for whom the program was first designed – “our children will again be placed at the back of the line.’’

And she took a slap at proponents who cite the success of vouchers for special-needs children.

“Those in favor of Prop 305 are exploiting our children to crack open the funding door for private religious education,’’ Edwards wrote.

While the whole Save Our Schools campaign was about vouchers to start, it has actually morphed into much more.

Concerns about inadequate funding of K-12 schools merged with anger about lawmakers putting additional dollars into private and parochial schools. And the referendum drive eventually gave birth to the #RedForEd movement that led to the state’s longest-ever teacher strike last spring.

Just the threat of that strike caused Gov. Doug Ducey, who originally proposed just an additional 1 percent in teacher pay, to find the funds for an additional 18 percent.

Ducey committed to restoring funds taken from a special account that had financed other school needs ranging from computers and books to school buses, an account that he himself had raided his first year in office.

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Ducey a dominant force in campaign fundraising

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Incumbent Gov. Doug Ducey is burying his Democratic foe in a landslide of dollars.

New campaign finance reports show that at the end of September – the latest reporting period – Ducey’s own campaign had spent $2.4 million on his reelection effort. That’s nearly double what David Garcia had spent.

But there are many more dollars out there.

Ducey reported he still had another $3.5 million left to use on his own behalf.

And that pales in comparison with the $8.8 million the Republican Governors Association, which can take corporate dollars, is spending on attack ads against Garcia.

Aside from his regular campaign finance committee, the governor also has a separate Ducey Victory Fund Committee. Nearly $3 million raised under that banner has been transferred to the main campaign committee and is included in the more than $5.6 million listed in contributions.

More than $4 million collected under Ducey’s name has been transferred to the Arizona Republican Party. Some of that comes from donors who already had given the maximum $5,100 apiece they could donate directly to Ducey.

But the state GOP’s own campaign finance reports do not disclose how much of the money they collected, including

what they got from the victory fund, has been spent in turn on Ducey’s behalf.

So why the two separate groups? The answer is simple: More money – and from more donors.

This arrangement does more than allow individuals to contribute more than the $5,100 cap. The second committee also can take corporate dollars and in unlimited amounts, something off limits to candidates but allowable in donations to political parties.

Press aide Daniel Scarpinato said there’s nothing wrong with Ducey raising money for not just himself but also the party.

There is nothing that precludes any of these donors from giving directly to the party, without running it through a committee linked to Ducey. But Scarpinato denied that the system was set up so that major donors could curry favor with the governor by making large donations, more than they could directly to him. The list of donors is public.

There are some large ones. Scottsdalebased Services Group of America has put in $250,000, with another $200,000 coming from the owners of Turf Paradise racetrack.

And then there’s $500,000 from something called Blue Magnolia Investments, a limited liability company set up just six months ago in Delaware which until now was only known for its $100,000 donation to a group set up to help the U.S. Senate candidacy of Martha McSally.

Garcia appears to be getting no financial help from the Democratic

Governors Association. But California billionaire Tom Steyer, who has put millions into efforts to impeach President Trump and is weighing his own presidential race in 2020, has put more than $545,000 into Garcia’s campaign.

The issue of tracking money isn’t limited to the governor’s race.

On paper, incumbent Attorney General Mark Brnovich has collected more than $928,000 in his reelection bid, having spent about $668,000 so far. That compares with $729,464 in donations to Democrat January Contreras and expenses of $308,244.

But a group called Arizona For Freedom has so far spent more than $1.2 million both in commercials promoting Brnovich and those attacking Contreras. The group actually is set up by the Republican Attorneys General Association which, like the governors’ group, can take corporate donations.

Contreras, by contrast, has not benefited nearly as much from the Demoratic Attorneys General Association which list less than $8,000 in expenses here.

In the race for secretary of state, Republican Steve Gaynor continues to pour more of his own money into the campaign.

The most recent reports show he now has $1.9 million loaned to his campaign.

That includes money he spent on the primary to defeat incumbent Michele Reagan and now to defeat Democrat Katie Hobbs.

Hobbs, who had no primary foe, lists

contributions of $782,312 and expenses of $371,805.

There also are family loans at work in the treasurer’s race, where Republican Kimberly Yee initially borrowed $400,000 but, with additional funds from others that have since been collected, managed to repay half of that. So far her expenses total slightly more than $225,000.

Democrat Mark Manoil is waging his campaign largely with nearly $271,000 of public funds, having used almost $162,000 of that as of the campaign filing.

In the race for the two seats available on the Arizona Corporation Commission, Republican Justin Olson has spent more than $144,000 in his bid to keep the seat to which he was appointed last year.

Fellow Republican Rodney Glassman has spent more than $448,000 in his bid to be elected to the utility regulatory panel but has more than $318,000 on hand for lastminute campaigning, including $200,000 of his own cash.

Democrats Sandra Kennedy and Kiana Sears each are running with about $271,000 in public funds. The Democrats’ efforts also are being advanced by Steyer who has put $250,000 into their combined campaign.

Arizonans for Sustainable Energy, a political action committee set up by Pinnacle West Capital Corp., the parent company of Arizona Public Service. It has nearly $2.6 million on hand that could be used to help the utility elect candidates of its choice.

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Chandler woman gets 14 years in prison for I-10 fatalities SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

While a criminal case against a drunk Chandler driver who killed a couple in a horrific crash Oct. 21, 2017, was resolved last month, little movement appears to have occurred in the case against a woman charged with the traffic death of an Ahwatukee woman that occurred just a week after that accident.

Court records show that no trial date has yet been set for Shannon Marie Scott, 26, also of Lakewood, who faces a vehicular manslaughter charge in the Nov. 2 death of Martha Hilts, 36.

The mother of two and active volunteer was killed when she was struck by a car while jogging around 4:30 a.m. on the sidewalk along Lakewood Loop near her home.

Scott was arrested on a felony charge of reckless manslaughter after police say her blood-alcohol level was .08 – exactly at the minimum for a drunk-driving determination.

The arrest report said that besides the defendant showing “signs and symptoms of alcohol impairment,” police detected “a strong odor of marijuana” in her car.

Relatives said police estimate the car was traveling at 40 mph when it struck the victim, throwing her 75 feet.

Court records show that a county grand jury indicted her several weeks after her arrest and that despite a flurry of various legal motions, no trial date has yet been set.

Scott, listed in court records as a parttime academic adviser for Phoenix Col-

her, according to one witness. She also had tried to walk away from the crash, according to reports.

Tamburrelli in 2009 pleaded guilty with another girl to making a fake bomb threat that shut down Corona del Sol Special to SanTan Sun News High School in While Shannon Marie Scott, left, is awaiting trial in the Nov. 2, 2017, traffi c death of a Lakewood jogger, Lauren Tamburrelli has started serving a 14-year Tempe because the friend wantsentence for killing 2 people Oct. 21. ed a day off.

Court records lege, is free on bond. detail the serious damage caused by TamMeanwhile, court proceedings conburrelli, who pleaded guilty to charges in cluded last month with a 14-year prison the case and was given two consecutive term for a Chandler woman who two seven-year terms. weeks before the Lakewood accident Dempsey and Earl, who were engaged, caused a five-car collision on I-10 near were heading back from Marana where Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino that they had been looking for a new home. killed a couple and seriously injured two He had just been promoted manager of other people. the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Marana and the Lauren Tamburrelli, 26, had her 3-yeartwo were relocating there from Pinetop. old daughter in her car when it struck an In a sentencing memorandum, prosSUV, triggering a five-car crash that took ecutors said Tamburrelli slammed into the lives of Lindsey Earl, 29, of Lakeside their car from behind, forcing it into a and Thomas Dempsey, 29, of Pinetop. median, and then sideswiped another Tamburrelli spoke incoherently when vehicle. Debris from the crash flew into officers tried to talk to her and became the lanes of oncoming traffic and struck combative with people who tried to help two more vehicles, one with a couple and

their two small children.

Tamburrelli was “staggering with witnesses attempting to hold her up” and “had a strong odor of a alcoholic beverage on her breath, red, bloodshot and watery eyes, slurred speech and mood swings,” prosecutors said, adding that tests show her blood alcohol level was .20 – more than twice the legal limit for drunk driving.

Families of the slain couple had opposed the plea agreement that prosecutors reached with Tamburrelli and had wanted more prison time. Prosecutors said the length of sentence was “appropriate given the totality of the facts and circumstances surrounding this case.”

In a pre-sentence memo, court authorities said the driver of the car that was sideswiped suffered a concussion and neck sprain and had to quit college and a nonprofit agency “she cares about deeply” because she was left without a vehicle for four months.

A victim in one of the other cars struck by debris suffered PTSD and had to work from home for a month after the accident, the memo said.

Tamburrelli refused to talk to pre-sentence investigators, who noted: “The premature deaths of Thomas Dempsey and Lindsay Early are unbearable and tremendous losses to their families. The lasting emotional devastation suffered by the two families and friends cannot be overlooked. This is truly a tragic situation for all parties involved.”

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Children and their parents turned out at the downtown branch of the Chandler Library earlier this month for the second annual Fairy Tale Ball, a chance for kids to do crafts related to fairy tales and to talk with their parents about what they learn from fairy tales about right and wrong and how actions have consequences. Among those who attended were 1) Taylor and Devin Baugh, brother and sister who had fun making crowns; 2) Temperance and Alcides Ruiz, who also hovered around the crafts table; 3) Steeley Cesiel, who enjoyed getting a face-paint decoration; 4) Penny McKenzie, who lit up the room with her smile; 5) Alcides Ruiz, who worked hard to make a bookmark; and 7) Ariana McHill, who came to the event as the New Orleans Princess. In (6), parents and kids sort through crafts.

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Realtors, developers to dig in for Sunshine Acres SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Hundreds of volunteers from the realty and development communities are planning to head back to Sunshine Acres Children’s Home for a second round of service.

Valley Partnership, the Valley’s advocacy group for responsible development, designated the Mesa facility as its 2018 community project recipient for the second time in two years – a first for the organization.

Nearly 300 volunteers are expected at Sunshine Acres on Nov. 3 to build a park, garden, football field and playground for the children who live there, according to spokeswoman Cassidy Landaker.

Sunshine Acres takes in children from across the Valley who have been separated from their families due to abusive situations or lack of care, providing them with emotional, social, physical, educational and spiritual support. Located on 125 acres, Sunshine Acres hosts a church, large family homes, a barn, garden, baseball field and community resource center.

It was opened in 1954 by Rev. James and Vera Dingman, with the idea of providing a Christian home for children who are separated from their parents. Its programs help them establish long-term relationships with stable parental figures, preparing them for success in adult life.

“We are so fortunate to be selected for the second time as Valley Partnership’s community project,” said Jon Markwell, facilities director at Sunshine Acres.

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Valley Partnership is rounding up volunteers for a major effort Nov. 3 aimed at building a park and some other amenities on the site of Sunshine Acres Children’s Home in Mesa.

“As a children’s home, we don’t receive any federal funding and heavily rely on donations and volunteerism,” he added, “so that fact that Valley Partnership is adding on to the original project with a park, garden, football field and playground is such a blessing.”

Valley Partnership makes their selection based off of who can benefit from the skills, efforts and supplies provided

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by its partners to renovate and enhance facilities for children and those in need.

“Giving back to Sunshine Acres is always a joy, and we’ve created a simple but wellthought-out plan to add to our initial design,” said Kim Kleski, community project committee chair and landscape architect and owner of Kleski & Associates.

“On event day, we’ll have four different sites for volunteers to work at on the

125 acres. By the end of the day, the park, garden, football field and playground will be finished and ready for the community to use,” she added.

Dena Jones, and assistant vice president of Fidelity National Title Agency added, “It is such an honor to work with Jon and Shara Markwell as we plan for event day at what is affectionately called ‘the miracle in the desert.’ They are truly amazing partners to us. I know that the work we do together will help enhance the lives of the children at Sunshine Acres.”

More than five nonprofit organizations in the Valley applied for the 2018 Community Project. This year, Valley Partnership celebrates 31 years of engaging in an annual community project. Over those 31 years, Valley Partnership has contributed more than $4 million to the community.

“Although it is very out of the norm for us to go back to a community project for the second time, we felt that we left something unfinished,” said Cheryl Lombard, CEO and president of Valley Partnership.

“Selecting Sunshine Acres for 2018 gives us a chance to not only finish what we started but to add on to it and give these deserving children a place to flourish.”

Several companies have already committed to donate their company’s time and services to this year’s initiative.

Valley Partnership represents the commercial, industrial and master-planned community industries.

Information: valleypartnership.org and sunshineacres.org.

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Irish fare, local author part of Sister Cities tea

BY ELLEN HARRINGTON Guest Writer

Scones, soda bread and jalapeno jelly will be part of Chandler-Tullamore Sister Cities’ seventh annual Southwest Tea on Nov. 10.

The fundraiser – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Cotton Room of Chandler’s Tumbleweed Recreation Center, 745 East Germann Road – will include a bagpiping entrance, a baskets raffle and special guest speaker.

Chef Maureen Sullivan will prepare a tea menu, and more than 18 table hosts are “decorating” the lunch tables with their individual themes and imagination, as well as baking the desserts.

The guest speaker will be Chandler’s own Lynne Hartke – a wife, a mother, an author, a singer, a blogger, a volunteer, a hiker, a storyteller and a cancer survivor.

She is also wife to Mayor-Elect Kevin Hartke. Lynne will tell a story of visiting Kinnitty Castle in County Offaly, Ireland, and a pursuit of mystical faith.

“I like to think I come from a deep sense of place having lived in the same house for 33 years, and this gives me an understanding of the desert in which we live,” Lynne said. “But while I walked the grounds of Kinnitty Castle, I discovered a sense of place, centuries deep, that I could not fathom.”

With her husband, Kevin, they have pastored a church in Chandler for more than 30 years. Her book, “Under a Desert Sky: Redefining Hope, Beauty and Faith in the Hardest Places,” is a tribute to surviving, embracing normal life and finding that cancer taught her to grab on to life with both hands.

In addition to celebrating with a diverse group of local entertainers, this occasion will showcase the CTSC’s recently successful Student Exchange with four students from Tullamore, Chandler’s Sister City and future projects.

Those include participation in the 2018-19 Sister City International’s Young Artists and Authors Showcase program, a celebration of the 10th year of the twinning of Chandler and Tullamore in February 2019, a proposed Spring 2019 Wine & Design evening, sales of the organization’s “Desert Fare” Cookbook — a collaboration between Chandler and Tullamore high school students – and

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Lynne Hartke, author, singer, blogger will speak at the Chandler-Tullamore Sister Cities’ Seventh Annual Southwest Tea on Nov. 10.

other upcoming events.

The Chandler-Tullamore Sister Cities will also be sharing information on its planned guided trip to Ireland in June.

Reservations for the Southwest Tea are necessary. To purchase tickets, log on to ChandlerIrish.org. General admission is $20 for adults and $10 for those 11 years and under; walk-ins will be space-available only at $25 per person. Doors open at 10 a.m. for registration, purchasing basket tickets.

The organization wants to begin the meal and program promptly at 10:30 a.m.

CTSC was created to join Chandler and Tullamore, Ireland, as Sister Cities through Sister Cities International. Their mission is to “cultivate and maintain a strong reciprocal relationship between Chandler and Tullamore to encourage cultural understanding, community involvement, economic development and educational exchanges.”

CTSC offers a variety of membership gatherings, informational meetings and other benefits throughout the year.

For information on ChandlerTullamore Sister Cities, contact Ellen Harrington at 480-600-8509, email to chan.to.tull@gmail.com or visit chandlerirish.org. Scones, soda bread and jalapeno jelly will be part of ChandlerTullamore Sister Cities’ Seventh Annual Southwest Tea on Nov. 10 at Chandler’s Tumbleweed Recreation Center, 745 East Germann Road.

Chandler to install free smoke alarms in mobile homes

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Mobile home residents can get free smoke alarms as part of a partnership involving the Chandler Fire Department.

The Arizona Burn Foundation has teamed up with the Chandler Fire Department, as well as Mesa Fire and Medical and the Tempe and Goodyear fire departments to install free smoke alarms in high-risk neighborhoods today, Oct. 20, as well as Oct. 27 and Nov. 3.

They will be setting up the smoke alarms, as well as educating residents about fire preparedness from about 8 a.m. to noon.

Volunteers and firefighters aim to install smoke alarms in about 400 homes in the Chandler Meadows Mobile Home Park at 501 E. Ray Road and Chandler Estates Mobile Home Park at 200 E. Ivanhoe St. “They are mobile homes and there is a higher risk of burns or fires that take place in mobile home parks and a higher risk of them not having smoke alarms in those homes,” said Mike Milem, director of community programs for the Arizona Burn Foundation.

“Mobile homes are a great place to target usually because they’re a higher risk and they tend to be lower-income, so people can’t afford a smoke alarm.”

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Milem smoke alarms should be replaced every eight years and have a 10-year sealed battery. Volunteers and firefighters will also teach people at the mobile homes about cooking and heating safety and how to create a fire escape plan.

With more than 50 volunteers at each event, the hope is to install smoke alarms in more than 800 homes in four Valley cities – Chandler, Tempe, Mesa and Goodyear.

Milem said the Arizona Burn Foundation has partnered with the Chandler Fire Department for about 10 years on the free smoke alarm project.

He said around the country seven times a day, someone dies in a home fire and every 40 minutes, an injury is caused by a fire. Almost 1,000 times per day, fire departments are called to home fires.

“Our partnership with the local fire departments and other community partners to install free smoke alarms in homes is part of our commitment to be advocates for burn prevention,” Milem said.

The Arizona Burn Foundation has installed over 18,000 smoke alarms in the state since 2006.

The Arizona Burn Foundation started in 1967, and its mission is to support the quality of life for burn survivors and their families while also promoting burn prevention advocacy and education.

Information: azburn.org.

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Around Chandler Corvette Club slates all-Chevy car show The Corvette Club of Arizona has scheduled an all-Chevys car show 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 27 at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park in downtown Chandler. The club donates part of the proceeds from the car owners’ $30 registration fee to support veterans and Packages from Home for overseas service personnel and has donated over $20,000 to date. Admission to check out the cars is free.

Information: Brad Ryan, 630-284-1161 or showchair@corvetteclubofarizona.com.

Lin Cooney to emcee annual Desert Cancer luncheon Former Valley newscaster Lin Sue Cooney will be the emcee for the Desert Cancer Foundation of Arizona luncheon Oct. 25.

Cooney, director of community engagement for Hospice of the Valley, will host the 21st annual “Survive and Celebrate” luncheon.

The October luncheon will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Gilbert from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The hotel is at 1800 S. San Tan Village Parkway.

Tickets are $50. Sponsorships start at $250. Information: DesertCancerAZ.org.

Halloween Spooktacular offers safe, family fun The annual Chandler Halloween Spooktacular event will be held 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.

26, at the Chandler Community Center, 125 E. Commonwealth Ave. The event features carnival games, arts and crafts activities and a costume contest that now has age divisions.

Participation is free and participants will register to enter the contest on event night. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m., and the costume contest begins at 6:45 p.m.

Information: chandleraz.gov/ spooktacular, special-events@chandleraz. gov, or 480-782-2669.

New senior living complex opens leasing office Clarendale of Chandler, a senior living community currently under construction at the corner of Riggs Road and Gilbert Road in Chandler, has hired an executive director and opened a leasing office. The community is scheduled to be completed in late 2019.

Rena Phillips has been named executive director and will be heading up a team to staff the Clarendale of Chandler leasing office at 5980 S. Cooper Road, Suite 3, Chandler. Seniors and families may stop by or call the office at 480-630-1515 for information and advanced priority reservations.

Located on 16.7 acres, the community will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care with a focus on connected living.

The all-inclusive retirement living community will offer a variety of floor plan options, from private villas in independent

living as well as one- and two-bedroom apartments in both independent living and assisted living. Studio suites will be available in memory care.

Information: ClarendaleofChandler.com.

Arizona Forward honors downtown projects The City of Chandler received an Award of Distinction at Arizona Forward’s Environmental Excellence Awards event Oct. 6.

Chandler earned the award in the Sustainable Communities category for a Downtown Chandler project that extended Dakota Street, rebuilt Commonwealth Avenue and rehabilitated a historic Salt River Project canal.

The city also won awards for the $11 million improvement of the Alma School Road-Chandler Boulevard intersection.

Two months after being selected Project of the Year by the Arizona Chapter of the American Public Works Association, it also was recognized by the American Council of Engineering Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., and the City of Chandler received an ACECAZ Honor Award, which recognizes engineering firms for projects that demonstrate an exceptional degree of innovation, complexity, achievement and value.

A before-and after’ crash analysis of nine previously improved intersections showed average reductions in total crashes of 43 percent and injury crashes of 49 percent.

Downtown library hosts program on Pat Tillman Downtown Chandler Library is hosting a look at the life of one of the most iconic names in Arizona sports history this week.

The program, titled “NFL Star to Army Ranger – A Closer Look at the Life of Pat Tillman,” is held at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 27 at 22 S. Delaware St. The historical look on Tillman’s life features individuals who knew him and who have been inspired by his service. Danny Pritchard is one of the speakers who will recount stories of Tillman’s Army military service, as well as childhood friend Frank Ugenti, who will share memories from their youth.

This program is in partnership with the ASU Pat Tillman Veteran’s Center and Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement.

Fire Department offering free emergency training Chandler residents who want to learn how to take care of themselves, their family, neighborhood and community during an emergency or disaster can learn how with a free training course.

The Chandler Fire Department is offering the 18-hour course Nov. 3 and 10. The Community Emergency Response Team training course provides community members with hands-on and classroom See

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instruction over two consecutive Saturdays.

Instruction includes fire safety, utility control, light search and rescue, basic medical care and more.

The classes will be conducted at the Chandler Public Safety Training Center, located at 3550 S. Dobson Road. To register, call 480-782-2120 or email ChandlerFire@ chandleraz.gov.

orientation session for organizations that are interested in applying for FY 2019-20 General Funds, Community Development Block Grant, and Home Investment Partnerships Program funding.

The session is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 24 at the City Council Chambers, located at 88 E. Chicago St. The funding criteria and application guidelines are available at chandleraz. gov/community.

For questions or information, call 480-7824358, or e-mail lauren.koll@chandleraz.gov.

Volunteers needed for Make Woofstock returns for a Difference Day here another day of dog fun The City of Chandler is putting out a call for volunteers for the eighth annual “For Our City Day Chandler.”

This year’s event is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 27 to coincide with national Make a Difference Day. It takes place at the Salvation Army, 85 E. Saragosa St. The city is hoping to mobilize 1,000 volunteers to beautify the Historic South Chandler Neighborhood, located east of Arizona Avenue, west of the railroad tracks and between Pecos and Frye roads.

Information /registration: bit.ly/ ForOurCityDay2018.

Grants available for neighborhood groups Chandler’s Neighborhood Resources Department is planning a grant

Chandler’s 11th Annual Woofstock celebration is barking up some fun again next month.

The annual celebration of man’s best friends takes place Nov. 17 at Tumbleweed Park, located at 2250 S. McQueen Road.

Dog lovers of all kinds will enjoy a fur-filled day of free family fun from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Activities include pet adoptions, lowcost vaccinations, free pet nail trims, a pet agility course and more.

The American Service Animal Society, Maricopa County Animal Care and Control, Phoenix Dog Magazine and Jimmy John’s are co-sponsors Information: chandleraz.gov/woofstock.

EVJCC in Chandler to show Israeli fi lm ‘Shelter’

The East Valley Jewish Community Center’s Israeli movie series continues with a free screening of the drama/thriller “Shelter.”

The film is about a Mossad agent who is sent on a mission to protect a Lebanese informer while she recovers from plastic surgery.

It will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 21 at the East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. The show is free, but donations are accepted.

Halloween candy buyback at Chandler dentist offi ce Trick or treaters who want to sell their candy for cash can do so the day after Halloween at a Chandler dentist office.

For the ninth year, Impressions Dental and Aspen Orthodontics are partnering to host the Halloween Candy Buyback from 3 to 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at Impressions Dental, 5970 S. Cooper Road.

Children will receive $1 for each pound of candy they bring in to sell.

Free Hepatitis C testing at Liver Health Fair

The East Valley’s first health fair focused on the liver is coming.

Reddy GI is presenting the East Valley Liver Health Fair from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 27, at Gilbert Community Center’s Oak Conference Room.

The free event will include free Hepatitis C testing and fatty liver screening.

Nutrition advice will also be available.

To register: liverfoundation.org/event/ healthfairarizona or call 602-953-1800.

Krafters annual bazaar coming soon in Sun Lakes

The Krafters of Sun Lakes United Methodist Church, 9248 E. Riggs Road, will hold their annual bazaar and bake sale 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 3.

The bazaar will include a variety of fall and Christmas décor, including placemats, napkins, table runners, wall hangings, wreaths, centerpieces as well as clothes and shoes made to fit the 18-inch American Girl.

Also available will be jalapeño jelly and homemade baked goodies.

The Simple Treasure’s section will feature gently used household items with vintage jewelry. Credit cards are accepted for $25.00 or more.

Veteran’s Day concert planned in Sun Lakes

The Sun Lakes United Methodist Church will present a patriotic music concert featuring the SLUMC Choir, the Hamilton High School Choir, and the ASU Men’s Choir in the church sanctuary at 4 p.m. Nov. 8.

The event will honor and recognize the veterans by service group, and there will be a sing-a-long of old favorites with a free will offering taken.

Information: 480-895-8766. The church is located at 9248 E. Riggs Road, west of Robson Library.

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Guv unveils new center for driverless technology, vehicles

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Staff Writer

In his continued push to make Arizona a preeminent destination for autonomous vehicle companies and technology, Gov. Doug Ducey was in Scottsdale last week to announce the establishment of the Institute for Automated Mobility.

“This technology is here to stay and our state, the state of Arizona, has chosen to embrace it,” Ducey said at the DesTechAZ technology conference last Thursday.

The institute, also called IAM, is a partnership of state agencies, Arizona’s three state universities and private corporations that is designed to “shape the future of transportation science, safety and policy,” Ducey said.

IAM’s founding partners include Intel, the state departments of Transportation andPublic Safety, the Commerce Authority and the universities.

This is the next step in Ducey’s long-term effort to make Arizona the self-driving car capital of the U.S. Arizona first allowed companies to begin testing their self-driving vehicles on Arizona roads in 2015. Since then several major companies have located operations in the state, including Waymo, which has an operations center in Chandler.

Chandler also has modified some zoning regulations for future development to accommodate driverless technology.

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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey announces the new Institute for Automated Mobility at the DesTechAZ technology conference at the JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn. Intel, which has its own autonomous vehicle research arm, plays a big role in the new institute.

Autonomous vehicle operations in Arizona are currently governed by regulations set forth by Ducey earlier this year.

The governor also has signed legislation allowing 200-pound automated “personal delivery devices’’ to operate at up to seven miles per hour on sidewalks.

Kirk Adams, the governor’s chief of staff, said it was not wrong to allow testing to occur here, even without answers to some of the questions his boss now wants the institute to resolve. He said it hasn’t been necessary until now to answer those

questions.

Take the issue of liability.

A driverless vehicle that killed a pedestrian in Tempe was owned by Uber, with an Uber employee behind the wheel.

“The line of liability is very clear in that case,’’ Adams said.

The situation is different, he said, if sometime in the future an Arizonan could go to a car lot and buy a fully autonomous vehicle.

“It’s your vehicle, it’s titled in your name,’’ Adams said, but actually is being “driven’’

with technology created by the manufacturer and its suppliers. “Where does the liability go?’’

Then there are things like the design of streets and planning and zoning decisions.

“How do our roads need to be designed differently to accommodate more pull-outs for cars as people purchase subscription services for autonomous vehicles rather than own it themselves?’’ he asked.

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Ocotillo business helps clients spruce up homes

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

When someone wants to add zest to their home so it captures their heart again or to attract buyers if they are ready to sell it, they can check out a new Ocotillo store with colorful, unusual furniture and accessories.

Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging on South Arizona Avenue offers a variety of what the owners call “designerstyle” furniture, pillows, paintings, vases and knick-knacks they say would be hard to find elsewhere.

Husband and wife co-owners Kerry and Talia Stennett opened their store on South Arizona Avenue, just south of Ocotillo Road, June 28, and customers have praised its diverse selection, with frequent new offerings and fun shopping experience. Kerry and Talia moved to Chandler from Georgina, Ontario, Canada.

“The furniture in the store is all brandnew furniture,” Talia Stennett said. “It’s one-of-a-kind and it’s ever changing. It’s one stop to decorate your home. The staging part is to help people present their house in the best possible way.”

The expansive store houses beds, as well as dining room and kitchen tables, ottomans, couches and other furniture, along with wall art, pillows, blankets and quilts, mirrors and candles organized by color.

Customers can find quirky, eclectic items including canisters resembling owls,

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Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging husband-wife owners Kerry and Talia Stennett say they offer unusual “designer-style” furniture and accessories, at prices that are less than what customers will find in other Valley stores and online.

custom-made leather ottomans that look like horses, elephants, bears and moose and light brown wood pumpkin-shaped lanterns that fit candle holders.

A wall hanging designed to look like an old-fashioned bicycle and tabletop décor in a bronze color resembling a baseball bat and ball are other pieces of art at Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging.

Huge canvases with abstract, modern paintings can transform a room.

“I just like the accessories,” in the store, Kerry said. “The accessories really make the store push. The colors that we have are very vibrant. I like the uniqueness.”

Customers are urged to buy something

as soon as they see it if it catches their fancy because once it sells out, the business probably will not reorder the same thing again. That way shoppers can find furniture and embellishments they won’t see in their neighbors’ homes, Talia said.

She said she, Kerry and their employees can help people who “love their house” but are “not in love” with it anymore make changes so they once again become enamored of it.

“We try to stage the home and help you change and love your home,” Talia said. “The goal is to create a different vibe.”

She and Kerry search for special

furniture and accessories around the world and not found in other stores in the same geographical area as their business.

Modern dining room, kitchen and coffee tables with wood are abundant around Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging. Stylish living room chairs with black, white, red, blue, beige and other colored fabrics are scattered near the many couches.

A MOE’S Home Collection slate gray, indoor-outdoor table with a large black base sits near the front of the store.

That collection, sold at Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging, is one “a lot of stagers and designers” love, Talia said.

Seasonal items, including an intricately created glass pumpkin with a light that can be turned on or off, are some of the whimsical accessories the store provides.

A large, handcrafted open vase with a hand-finished silver polish for about $100 is a piece of art on its own without the need to put flowers in it, Talia said.

While the furniture and home adornments are high quality, they are also available for a “fraction of the price” found at upscale stores in Scottsdale and online businesses, she said. Dining room chairs range from about $170 to $300 each at Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging, Talia said.

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EV salon provides spiritual readings – even for pets

BY CECILIA CHAN Managing Editor

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

Even readings for pets.

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

“I’m also into lunar hair cuts,” said Belis, who only uses vegan or organic products. “My grandparents were farmers who planted seeds going by Farmer’s Almanac, which does it by phases of the moon.”

The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s annual Gardening by the Moon Calendar is based on the belief that the phase and position of the moon influences plant growth.

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

She will razor cut hair any time of the year, but if a client might complain that her hair never grows, Belis said she will recommend changing the appointment to coincide with the moon’s cycle.

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

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Tokyo Blue Hair Lab owner TJ Bellis, center, looks on as her aunt Jacqulyn Grant holds Ria after a reading and the dog’s owner Mini Philip reassures her pet.

Gilbert from Maryland.

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

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

Grant, who founded Black Butterfly

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

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

“We believe in life after death,” she said. “A medium plays a big role in the

spiritual world. Without a medium, you can’t connect with them. We are a vessel, passing along messages.”

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

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

She then asked the pet’s owner Mini Philip questions, including if Ria was sleeping well, if she was tired lately and if she was snuggling up more. Philip, who lives in Gilbert, responded yes to all the questions.

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

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

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

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

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Area firm on front lines in the war on plastic

BY CECILIA CHAN Staff

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

When the movie opened in 1967, plastics were gaining a foothold in U.S. households. Today, plastic pollution is choking oceans and lakes, piling up in landfills, killing wildlife and ending up in tap water.

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

It’s in our food and water.”

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

The company recently relocated its corporate headquarters from a 30,000-square-foot building near Baseline Road and Hobson Street to a 135,000-square-foot manufacturing facility near Gilbert and Germann roads.

All design, engineering, testing and tooling are done in one location.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Instead of going to the landfill, some straws end up in the ocean, where

Wilcox estimated there are nearly 7.5 million plastic straws littering U.S. shorelines.

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

McDonald’s announced it was

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Left: Footprint marketing director Jeff Bassett explains the process used at the Gilbert plant to produce bio-based straws that don’t threaten the environment. Right: Making the paper straws might look easy, but it requires patience as a worker carefully threads the machine that will churn them out.

they can kill marine life. The public’s attention was raised in 2015 with a much-watched video showing a plastic straw being pulled out of a sea turtle’s nostril.

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

Although straws represent a small amount of the plastic found in water – about 3 percent, according to Get Green Now – a 2017 study by Australian scientists Denise Hardesty and Chris

replacing plastic straws with paper in the United Kingdom and will be testing alternatives in the United States later this year.

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

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

It is this consumer-fueled push

according to the company.

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

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

“The opportunity to eliminate plastic is everywhere,” Bassett said. “The critical aspect of Footprint’s mission is to eliminate plastics from everywhere we can.”

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finds at the Ocotillo furniture store. It could pair well with a distressed leather MOE’s Home Collection couch priced at $3,200.

Bedford Collections throws in a multitude of colors are cozy additions to couches or beds. Talia said besides their comfort and style, they cost about 20 to 30 percent less money at the Ocotillo store than they do online.

Christina Semerad of Chandler enjoyed shopping at Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging recently with her teenage daughter, who wants to redo her bedroom.

“The store is set up in color vignettes for full room ideas,” Semerad posted in the Living Chandler Facebook page. “The sale prices were pretty reasonable. The sales person was extremely friendly and helpful.

We will definitely go back and shop. It’s also really nice to have a furnishings store basically in our back yard.”

Kim Bartosik Apt also liked her visit to Spice Up Your Home Furniture. She posted in the Living Chandler Facebook page the owners and staff members are “fantastic.”

“I love the variety of items… there are new things each time I go in,” Bartosik Apt said in the Living Chandler Facebook page. “I like that they carry more unique items… not stuff you’re likely to find one of your friends already has. It’s also not a high pressure sales environment.”

Those who are getting ready to sell their home can also turn to Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging for guidance and help. Talia was a Realtor for 14 years and started staging homes when she was trying

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to help clients sell their home in Canada.

The house had 1970s-style, green carpet and other outdated features. She said she wanted to spice up their home, which she did by adding dining room chairs and other furniture, as well as providing “flavors, textures.” Talia said the house sold in eight hours and she became known in the real estate world as the “stager.”

She had also previously worked as a police officer for five years, and Kerry had worked as a police officer for 26 years in Canada before they opened the Ocotillo store.

Talia said the three keys to selling a home are: pricing it right, location and “how are you presenting your home.”

The first step for customers who want Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging to stage their home is a consultation for between $129 and $185, depending on

location. Talia said she and her team will visit the home and suggest changes including different furniture to bring, new paint colors and inexpensive, new accessories like a light fixture to add. This consultation usually takes about 90 minutes.

Then the staging takes place, with the local store doing a minimum of two rooms. Customers pay the cost of delivering the furniture and other items from Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging’s warehouse. The furniture delivery, set up, design and then de-staging of the home is a one-time fee of $299 or $399, depending on location (how far away the home is located) and square footage.

Talia said she and her team always recommend at least staging the living room, dining room and master bedroom.

The furniture store will spruce up the kitchen and bathrooms for no extra cost.

Those who want to stay in their home but want to enhance it can spend $129 to $189 for roughly 60 to 90 minutes.

“We give suggestions,” Talia said. “We play around with the furniture.”

She and Kerry said the Chandler, Sun Lakes and neighboring communities have been supportive of their business.

Kerry said the “demographics” and “infrastructure” in the area are “fantastic” for their business.

“Everybody’s been really supportive,” Talia said. “People are starting to be return customers.”

Spice Up Your Home Furniture & Staging is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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er this year modified regulations for parking stalls in new developments to accommodate the possibility that autonomous vehicle travel would require fewer spots.

All that is anticipation of Level 5 automation, meaning absolutely no human interaction. That, in turn, goes to the testing procedures that the universities will set up with private companies, though the only private firm to sign up so far is Intel.

The Arizona Commerce Authority has pledged $1.5 million towards the launch of the new institute. Those funds came from non-state dollars previously allocated to provide small businesses with loans that have now mostly been paid back, ACA President/CEO Sandra Watson said.

Watson said that state transportation officials have secured dollars to fund the construction of IAM’s Traffic Incident Management Center, which will be run by ADOT and Department of Public Safety and provide place for collaboration with law enforcement and first responders.

IAM also plans to build a 2.1-mile test track that will include roadways, signage and traffic signals to test autonomous vehicles in various situations, including specific crash scenarios.

Intel has also made an undisclosed finan-

cial investment in the institute.

“We are looking to private sector members like Intel…who would like to join us in advancing science, policy and safety for automated vehicles and mobility,” Watson said.

Though the institute is actively looking for private partners, autonomous vehicle operators will not be required to join the institute to operate here, Watson said.

The goal of the institute is to leverage the expertise of its partners to influence future safety standards, policy, regulations and best practices for automated vehicles.

Jack Weast, senior principal engineer at Intel and vice president of automated vehicle standards at Mobileye, said that testing autonomous vehicles is different than testing traditional cars. He said the institute will look to existing crash studies to understand what types of scenarios need to be tested to ensure they are safe.

The results of these collaborations could affect laws and regulations governing self-driving cars in Arizona in the future.

“The purpose of the Institute for Automated Mobility is to ensure that we are not only advancing science and safety protocols but also policy, so all of the work that is conducted through the institute will inform future policy decisions by the state of Arizona,” Watson said.

The Commerce Authority will oversee the institute, though all founding members

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will sit on the board of directors and will provide direction on research priorities.

IAM will contribute research and safety solutions to corporate and public partners to help develop best practices for the industry and influence new regulations and policy governing automated vehicles in Arizona and across the country.

“We want to demonstrate that public safety will always remain at the very top of our priority list,” Ducey said.

The universities will contribute research on a various topics, and provide access to a range of experts working in safety, public policy, law, business, engineering and transportation.

“As you can imagine, this truly takes a village approach,” said Dr. Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan, who was named Ducey’s advisor for science and technology.

In his role, Panchanathan, a vice president at Arizona State University, will help coordinate research goals and projects between corporate partners and researchers at universities.

Intel, which already provides technology used by autonomous vehicle companies like Waymo, will provide IAM partners access to its MobileEye Responsibility Sensitivity Safety Model as a building block for their own products.

The MobileEye RSS uses mathematical formulas to create a model for safe decision making by autonomous vehicles by defining

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unsafe situations, their causes and how to respond to them.

What exactly the Institute for Automated Mobility will look like is anyone’s guess at this point. Beyond the test track and Traffic Incident Management Center, there are not concrete plans for what the institute will look like.

Panchanathan said the institute will likely use a phased approach to roll out facilities over time and it could likely make use of existing research labs available at its partner universities.

“It is going to be a multi-phased approach, and we are going to be listening to industry and we are going to be looking at their needs and we are going to continuously shape and build this,” Panchanathan said.

Weast, the Intel executive, said it will take time to determine just what the testing facilities should look like.

“The unique question here in this center is what is the right type of test track or test facility that you need for the purposes of automated vehicle testing and safety verification,” he said, adding: “We look forward to partnering with the State of Arizona on construction of a first of its kind test facility that is focused on safety verification and not just trying to recreate a city in the middle of the desert.”

-Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services contributed to this report.

Where the next 10 million miles will take us at Waymo BY: JOHN KRAFCIK Guest Writer

Our self-driving vehicles just crossed 10 million miles driven on public roads.

When it comes to driving, experience is the best teacher, and that experience is even more valuable when it’s varied and challenging. These millions of miles were driven in 25 cities across the United States: in sunny California, dusty Arizona and snowy Michigan, and from the high-speed roads around Phoenix to the dense, urban streets of San Francisco.

Our progress on public roads is made possible by our deep investment in simulation. By the end of the month, we’ll cross 7 billion miles driven in our virtual world (that’s 10 million miles every single day).

In simulation, we can recreate any encounter we have on the road and make situations even more challenging through “fuzzing.”

We can test new skills, refine existing ones and practice extremely rare encounters, constantly challenging, verifying

and validating our software. We can learn exponentially through this combination of driving on public roads and simulation.

Thanks to nearly 10 years of experience and keeping safety at the core of everything we do, we’ve been able to put the world’s first fleet of fully self-driving vehicles on the road. Safety is baked into how we drive today: We stay out of other driver’s blind spots, give wide berth to pedestrians and come to a full stop at 4-way stops. In Phoenix, Arizona, over 400 early riders use our app and ride in our cars, allowing them to get around town without the stress of driving and with the peace of mind that they’ll arrive safely.

While we’ve made great strides thanks to these 10 million miles, the next 10 million will focus on turning our advanced technology into a service that people will use and love. To best serve our riders and make it possible for more people to benefit from this technology, we need to be safe and also capable, comfortable and convenient.

We want to help as many people benefit from this technology as possible by

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Now, we’re working to master even more driving capabilities so our vehicles can drive even more places.

Our engineers and scientists are applying advanced artificial intelligence and new inhouse designed sensing systems to help us navigate complex weather conditions like heavy rain and snow, which are difficult even for human drivers.

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We’re working on striking the balance between this and being assertive as we master maneuvers that are tough for everyone on the road. For example, merging lanes in fast-moving traffic requires a driver to be both assertive enough to complete the maneuver without causing others to brake and smooth enough to feel pleasant to our passengers.

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Business Briefs Price Road complex sold for $16 million

On behalf of Los Angeles-based Cohen Asset Management, Cushman & Wakefield handled the sale of Iridium @ Price Road Corridor, a 69,820-square-foot building in Chandler, for $16 million to Bay Capital LLC of Massachusetts.

Executive Managing Director Will Strong led the Cushman & Wakefield Capital Markets team.

“Cohen Asset Management has been the single most active investor of industrial real estate in the Phoenix market.

“In 2014, Cohen put together an investment strategy for the acquisition of Iridium @ Price Road Corridor that included working with the tenant on a lease extension, upgrading the property and taking advantage of improving market conditions. We were pleased to see the high level of interest in the property and that the seller was able to achieve their objectives and dispose of the building at a premium,” said Strong.

The property includes approximately three acres of vacant land to expand the project, add a building or add additional parking. Constructed in 1986 and renovated in 2017, Iridium @ Price Road Corridor is fully leased to Iridium Communications Inc., the only mobile voice and data satellite communications network that spans the entire globe.

“The property is extremely functional with excess land, frontage along Price Road and major infrastructure upgrades.

Bay Capital LLC plans to hold the asset long-term and was fantastic to work with,” added Strong.

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reading because Ria was behaving differently.

“She’s my life. I have three kids, but she is right above my three kids,” Philip said.

“This tells me I do need to get her paws checked. I was just brushing it off. “

is holding its final Coffee with Mayor Jay Tibshraeny 8-9 a.m. Oct. 30 at its headquarters, 25 S. Arizona Place.

Tibshraeny will be succeeded in early January by former Councilman Kevin Hartke.

In a release, the chamber praised Tibshraeny for his leadership “that positioned Chandler to become an inspiring and innovative leader of the East Valley.”

The kid’s menu includes chicken tenders, kids burrito, lil hummus plate, grilled cheese or cheese quesadilla and Awesome Sliders. The Lakeview Café offers four different protein shakes and four fruit and green smoothies, as well as bottled drinks.

The Ocotillo Village Health Club & Spa is located at 4200 S. Alma School Road in Chandler. Information: villageclubs.com.

Ocotillo Village Health Club Tony Huertos returns to touts healthy meals Coldwell Banker The Ocotillo Village Health Club & Spa, known for its selection of workouts and high-quality equipment, is touting its extensive menu of healthy foods at the Lakeview Café.

Open to members and nonmembers, the café offers bowls and platters as well as smoothies and protein shakes and indicates what dishes are high in protein and carbohydrates.

Breakfast dishes include the Breakfast Bowl (turkey sausage or bacon, eggs, roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, pepper jack, brown rice) and sweet potato pancakes.

Lunch and dinner guests can choose from a variety of bowls, including a Fiery Ranch Bowl (roasted or blackened chicken, kale, brown rice, fiery ranch dressing), Tex Mex Bowl (chicken or ground turkey, black bean salsa, brown rice, cilantro, pepper jack cheese) and Poke Bowl (greens, marinated ahi tuna, ponzu sauce, avocado, mango, carrots, cucumbers, scallions, sesame seeds, brown rice).

For the salad lovers, the Lakeview Café offers five varieties, including Ahi Asian Crunch Salad, Village Cobb Salad, Santa Fe Taco Salad, Quinoa Salad and Kale Caesar Salad.

Belis, raised Catholic, said the spiritual offerings are a plus for her business, and Gilbert, Arizona in general has been open-minded about this.

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

“People are really excited about the pet readings. I’ve not met a person who has chased me with a cross yet.”

Although Belis’ forte in the spiritual

Tony Huertas has returned to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent with its Chandler office with six years of real estate experience.

“I have worked in real estate in one form or another since finishing high school, so I am very familiar with the industry,” said Huertas. “I chose to affiliate with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage because of my experience as an affiliate agent with Coldwell Banker in North Carolina.”

Prior to affiliating with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, he was an affiliate agent with Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston in North Carolina.

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Jennifer Lara promoted at Western State Bank

Jennifer Lara was recently promoted to universal banker at Western State Bank in Chandler. In this role, she will focus on opening customers’ checking or savings accounts, handling various CSR transactions and selling products in

realm are Tarot Cards and pendulum readings, she doesn’t do readings while styling a client’s hair.

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

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

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Lara has been with Western since 2014 serving as customer service representative supervisor in Casa Grande.

Western State Bank is a 116-year-old employee-owned, community bank with over $1 billion in total assets.

Chandler Subway named restaurant of the month

The Subway restaurant at 4939 E. Ray Road, Chandler, has been named “Restaurant of the Month” for September.

“This shop has a perfect 100 percent score for its in-store customer surveys, and sales continue to be up 21 percent over the last two months,” said Subway franchisee Ken Clark. “Kisha, the store’s manager, and her staff know most of the customers by name and has taken the time to memorize guests’ orders.”

“The staff always keeps a beautiful shop, they are well trained and have many happy, repeat customers,” he added.

Tint World opens fi rst Arizona location in Chandler Tint World Automotive Styling Centers, an auto accessory and window tinting franchise, has entered the Arizona market with a new store in Chandler at 3170 N. Arizona Ave. Tint World provides a range of automotive styling and safety services including automotive tint, paint protection film, mobile electronics, advanced driver-assistant systems and car stereo upgrades, and residential, commercial and marine window film.

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Chandler High football gets a big boost from a new big guy

BY ERIC NEWMAN Staff

Midway through its quest for a third consecutive big-school state title, just what Chandler High’s loaded football team didn’t seem to need was another weapon. A big weapon.

They got one, nevertheless, when 310-pound senior Matthew Pola-Mao, once regarded among the top linemen in Arizona, became eligible.

Moving from one football power to another, Pola-Mao transferred to Chandler from Mountain Pointe in the off season when his family moved. He had to sit out the first five games under AIA transfer rules but he now is providing a late-season spark to the already-strong Wolves’ roster.

“When I first got here, they had a perfect plan to put me in right away as part of the rotation,” Pola-Mao said. “And, it’s also a lot more than the game here.

I’ve learned a lot about football and just getting ready for college in general.”

He said he instantly fit in with the Wolves’ roster, as part of a three-man defensive tackle rotation. In his first three games, he recorded 13 tackles, including a sack and another tackle for loss.

Pola-Mao was well rested. Before

(Eric Newman/STSN Staff)

Matthew Pola-Mao, a transfer from Mountain Pointe, now is making an impact for top-ranked Chandler. The 310-pound senior once was regarded among the top linemen in Arizona. He has received several scholarship offers but has not yet announced where he plans to go.

missing the five games for the transfer, he missed almost all of last season, his junior year, for the Pride because of an injury. He’s still knocking the rust off after essentially a season and a half out of action, but recruiters still have their eyes on him.

Calling him a large defensive lineman is

an understatement. Listed at 310 pounds, Pola-Mao also is skilled, having sharpened his technique on both sides of the line since 2015.

Pola-Mao uses his large frame to bullrush up the middle and clog running lanes. He regularly takes on double-teams from offensive linemen, which creates

one-on-one match ups for the other Chandler defenders and allows them to make tackles for loss.

He said it was incredibly frustrating to wait so long, but the layoff motivated him to produce when he finally got his chance.

Chandler coach Shaun Aguano said he could tell Pola-Mao was itching to get on the field, but said that he had to work himself into playing-shape after being out so long. He still made an early impact with Chandler, regularly playing on the scout team in game preparation and acting as one of the senior leaders in practice and on the sideline at games.

“He did anything we asked him to, and was lifting and running with us and came to every practice. That’s hard to do when you’re not getting to play, but he did a good job with it,” Aguano said.

As a freshman in 2015, Pola-Mao recorded 50 tackles as he started most of the season at Mountain Pointe. He was a major contributor on both sides in the Pride’s run to the state-title game in 2016, where they fell to Chandler. He had recorded four tackles – one for a loss – in Mountain Pointe’s 52-7 regular-season victory over Chandler on Sept. 8, 2016.

That was the most-recent loss by the See

POLA-MAO on page 33

Hamilton’s Obarski: Good student, solid guy - and athletic, to boot

BY CARSON ROBERTS Contributor

It was a typical high school homecoming dance, down to the DJ playing loud music.

One student, Hamilton High senior Donovan Corn, recalled an amusing memory of the night.

“Daniel Obarski throws the funniest joke I’ve heard,” Corn said. “He says, ‘Hey, that would be me if I was a DJ!’ The guy was just very uncoordinated.”

It’s shocking that an athletic kid like Obarski would say that he’s uncoordinated. He plays on Hamilton’s football and hockey teams. The soccer team is vying for his services and he’s played volleyball.

Corn, a Hamilton defensive lineman and self-proclaimed best friend of Obarski, has witnessed the evolution of one of the top place-kickers and punters in the Valley.

Obarski is among the few bright spots this season for the Huskies as they battle to avoid their first-ever losing record and missing the playoffs for the first time.

Obarski, through eight games, made 27 of 28 extra-point kicks, seven of 11 fieldgoal tries, including a 54-yarder in a loss at Mountain Pointe, and averaged 40.7 yards a punt, one of which sailed 67 yards.

He has drawn interest from recruiters from Air Force, Army, Indiana and Purdue.

But Corn, and almost anyone who knows Obarski, raves as much about who Obarski is as a person as they do his athletic exploits.

“He’s a great kid, super nice, just supportive – an all-around amazing person,” Connor Bottrill, a longtime

(Kim Carrillo/STSN Staff)

Kicker-punter Daniel Obarski has been among the few highlights for Hamilton High’s football team. He has made a 54-yard field goal and booted a punt 67 yards, averaging 40.7 yards. He is being recruited by Air Force, Army, Indiana and Purdue.

hockey teammate of Obarski, said.

Obarski, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound senior, has found time to play two grueling sports simultaneously, maintain his high grades, spend time with friends and navigate the college recruiting process.

Obarski has thrived in his frenzied schedule for years. He understands that to reach his high standards he must

maintain a healthy diet, a structured sleep schedule and a frequent stretching routine.

“You’ve got to take care of yourself,” Obarski said. “It’s a lifestyle. You can’t just go out there and do it without being committed to it.”

He acknowledges that his lifestyle is different from the typical high school

student. He often can’t go out with friends on weekends because he most likely has a game the next day.

Obarski comes from an athletic family.

According to John Obarski, Daniel’s father, all four kids participated in club sports.

With his mentality and athletic genes, Daniel Obarski gave both his football and hockey coaches the confidence to allow him to participate in as many sports as he desires.

“It’s no problem,” said Hamilton football coach Mike Zdebski. “A kid goes and plays in the park, they can get hurt.

He’s a good athlete. He takes care of his body.”

The situation is perfect for Obarski, who has also played volleyball and soccer.

He believes his kicking prowess came from years of soccer.

Although Obarski wasn’t going to join the Hamilton soccer team this year, his father said some friends on the team have been recruiting his son, not for his kicking skill but citing a need for a goaltender.

Obarski’s decision is on his shoulders. The Hamilton hockey team will support him either way.

“He’s pretty steady,” Huskies hockey coach Tim Newlin said. “The only worries we have are if he gets hurt playing football, or any lingering injury that might carry over into the game. But, I always make sure he communicates with me.”

Newlin stressed that any precautions he may take with Obarski would be so future scholarship opportunities aren’t jeopardized.

See

OBARSKI on page 33

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Opening with a loss is never a good thing, especially when expectations are high for a new team in a tough division.

Casteel, up to 5A after an undefeated 3A state-title season in 2017, met Centennial, winner of three of the last four 5A football championships, in Week 1, and it was not pretty for the Colts.

“I think that was a great opener for us,” Casteel outside linebacker Cameron Brown said of the 42-19 pounding. “It really opened us to the best in the state, honestly. Pound for pound, any division, I probably would say they’re the best. So physicality and speed, we had to catch up like this (snaps fingers). We saw what it’s like.”

Casteel won five of its next six games and began to look like the team that dominated the lower division. Only oneloss Williams Field beat the Colts, who now are positioned to make their first 5A playoff run.

The school opened in 2015. Casteel’s first varsity team, with no seniors, went 9-2 in 2016 before the 14-0 journey that ended with its first football state championship a year ago.

Then came the two-division promotion. After the rough beginning, the Colts now are holding their own.

“It’s not so much proving stuff to everybody else in the state, it’s to prove stuff to ourselves,” said Casteel quarter-

early and believes that he held the team back until the playmakers around him picked him up.

“I think we are all on the same page now,” Cruz said. “Week 1, I personally made a couple of mistakes, trying to force some stuff that wasn’t there. Our coaches have really driven into me to take what the defense gives you, and we just put the ball into our playmaker’s hands: Zach Nelson, Brandt Goodwin, Khyheem Waleed, Colin Gapen, and great things happen for us.”

Bobby Newcombe, a former Nebraska quarterback, who was Casteel’s receivers coach last season, now is head coach.

“Just continuing to prepare our kids and work on our coaching dynamic, getting all of us on the same page and just having some time to work together,” Newcombe said of how Casteel got its groove back.

Although the roster is the same, Casteel is a different team (Eric Newman/Tribune Staff) Casteel quarterback Gunner Cruz completed 73 percent of his passes for 2,632 yards and 25 touchdowns through eight games now from that nasty opener, Newcombe said. The Colts adjusted to as the Colts adjusted to 5A play. the heightened physicality of 5A and learned what it takes to win back Gunner Cruz. “We took some bumps has known, has a spectacular 29-4 career at that level. and bruises along the way, Centennial record. He was the first player in the “We’re trying to prove that we’re not and Williams Field, but we correct those program to receive an offer from a Power just a 3A state champion,” Brown said. “I mistakes in film the next morning and we Five school and has committed to Washhate when a team says, ‘Oh, they won in get ready to go again.” ington State.

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Hamilton fighting to get into playoffs, Basha hopes to improve seeding SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Hamilton never has missed the high school football playoffs. For years, it was the Arizona big-school power.

The final week of the regular season is here, and it’s not looking good for the Huskies this time.

First-year Hamilton coach Mike Zdebski will experience his first Battle of Arizona Avenue as the Huskies take on top-ranked Chandler. Hamilton needs

POLA-MAO

a win and some help from two or three other teams to make the big-school 16-team field. If the Huskies somehow slip in, this very likely is a preview of their first-round game.

Meanwhile, first-year coach Chris McDonald and the Basha Bears have rebounded from a 2-8 season and are all but assured a playoff berth. They look to knock off Perry in hopes of staying in the top eight and hosting a first-round playoff game.

Here is the complete East Valley schedule (kickoffs 7 p.m. unless noted).

Chandler at Hamilton Perry at Basha Seton Catholic at Poston Butte Fountain Hills at Valley Christian Dobson at Mountain View Mesa at Skyline Red Mountain at Westwood Higley at Williams Field Campo Verde at Casteel Gilbert at Maricopa Desert Ridge at Highland Saguaro at Mesquite

from page 31

Wolves to an in-state team.

Aguano remembers the difficulty of game planning for Pola-Mao. “He was really active and a big guy that we had to block,” Aguano said. “We’ve seen enough of him. Now we’re glad he’s with us.”

Pola-Mao’s older brother, Isaiah, is a strong safety at the University of Southern California. The popular theory is that Matthew will follow him to USC, although he has yet to announce a college commitment. He has several scholarship offers and plans to take official campus visits after the Wolves’ season.

Mountain Pointe, which prides itself on its tough identity and physicality, can’t help but imagine where it might be if Pola-Mao still was part of its defense.

Through eight games, the Pride were 4-4 but three of their losses were by one play in the closing 2 minutes. Could Pola-Mao have made a play in a goal-togoal situation that got the Pride into the end zone in the closing seconds against

Eric Newman/STSN Staff

At 310 pounds, Matthew Pola-Mao is a weapon – a big weapon – for Chandler High’s defense since he became eligible at midseason following a transfer from Mountain Pointe. In his first three games for Chandler, he made 13 tackles, including a sack and another tackle for loss.

national power South Jordan, Utah, Bingham? Could he have done something to keep Queen Creek from driving 80

yards for the winning TD in the closing minute? Might he have pressured Desert Vista quarterback Parker Navarro and

ALA – Gilbert at Coronado AZ College Prep at Gilbert Christian Queen Creek at Desert Vista Corona del Sol at Mountain Pointe Cactus Shadows at McClintock Arcadia at Marcos de Niza Tempe at Shadow Mountain Tempe Prep at Chandler Prep 1A Playoffs Opening Round No. 11 Duncan at No. 6 Arete Prep (6 p.m.)

influenced what proved to be his late game-winning pass?

Mountain Pointe senior kicker Ben Abercrombie remains one of Pola-Mao’s good friends on his old roster, a group he still keeps in contact with. Abercrombie said it is disappointing to not have him with the Pride, but they do not have hard feelings toward him.

“There’s been a little bit of going back and forth just because he’s on a rival, but he’s got a lot of guys here that want him to do well. We just want to beat him if we play against Chandler, but it’s all friendly,” Abercrombie said.

Pola-Mao said his time on the bench made him much more of a vocal leader. Chandler was 7-1 through eight games, and will likely be the top seed in the 6A postseason bracket. He hopes that leadership contributes to another state-title run.

“I learned a lot by being on the sideline and cheering teammates on. I did that for basically a whole season at Mountain Pointe, and then half a season here,” he said. “I had to learn how to be a leader, because I had to have a way to impact the game, and it’s worked for me.”

(Carson Roberts/STSN Contributor)

Daniel Obarski is playing two grueling sports simultaneously at Hamilton High. He’s a member of the school’s hockey team and doubles as the Huskies kicker-punter in football. The soccer team also is vying for the services of the athletic senior.

OBARSKI

from page 31

Obarski did miss the hockey team’s 4-2 loss to Desert Vista after hurting his shoulder the night before. In the third quarter of the Huskies’ 35-28 football loss to Basha, a Bears kickoff returner broke

(Kim Carrillo/STSN Staff)

Kicker-punter Daniel Obarski has been among the few highlights for Hamilton High’s football team. He has made a 54-yard field goal and booted a punt 67 yards, averaging 40.7 yards. He is being recruited by Air Force, Army, Indiana and Purdue.

free. Obarski, the last line of defense, not only caught the runner but stripped the ball. The Huskies recovered.

Obarski, however, landed awkwardly on his shoulder, aggravating an injury he suffered years ago. He claimed his shoulder would need roughly a week, erring on the side of caution.

John Obarski appreciates his son’s

competitiveness and willingness to sacrifice to attain his goals.

“It’s exciting. You watch your kid grow up playing sports, and you think he’s just like any other kid,” John Obarski said.

“Then, you start seeing people outside the state develop interest and look at him,. You’re going, ‘I know he’s good, but is he that good?’”

Daniel Obarski is, in fact, that good.

He can blast 54-yard field goals and fire bar-down slap shots with ease, his success a byproduct of his determination and maturity that earn the respect of his peers.

“You’re only a kid once,” Zdebski said, “so go out and do as much as you can and enjoy it.”

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BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ

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Oct. 10 marked a big day if you’re interested in Arizona politics: That was the afternoon more than 2 million early ballots for the Nov. 6 general election got mailed to voters. Presumably, those ballots will arrive by the weekend, making this next week a godawful time to watch television.

Unless you like hearing about how “liberal Kyrsten Sinema once passed out Communist tracts to neighborhood trick-or-treaters, destroying the fabric of America!” Or how “war-crazed fighter pilot Martha McSally once cut the line at Space Mountain, telling other Disneyland visitors they would be in her ‘thoughts and prayers’ while they waited an hour to see the cosmos.”

Note: I made those stories up. Both of the women running for the United States Senate this election give enormous Milky

Ways to all kids in Halloween costumes – unless they’re clad as small terrorists – and both Sinema and McSally politely offer “back cuts” to eligible guests at all Disney theme parks.

Yeah, I made that up, too.

But here’s the truth: I’m going to take this column in a different direction than the missives regarding voting you’ve read to date. Most pundits, conservatives and liberals alike, agree on one thing: You, dear citizen, should exercise your right to vote.

That’s ridiculous.

The truth is, rights carry with them responsibilities, obligations shared among the citizens of this fine nation. You may think all you’re obliged to do is vote – to sit at your kitchen table and take three minutes to make ink strokes beside your party’s candidates and then mark “no” on the ballot measures and judge retention questions.

If that’s how you approach voting, don’t waste your time. Or ours.

It has never been easier to vote,

despite the predictable headlines we’ll all read on Nov. 7 about long lines at the polls somewhere in the Valley. It also has never been easier to get quality information about who’s running and what’s on the ballot.

There are voter guides galore and enough town halls and debates online and televised that we really have no excuse for being oblivious to the candidates and the issues at hand.

Is it too much to ask that in return for exercising a constitutional right literally earned through bloodshed and revolution, that voters spend three hours – or about the time most people spend watching Sunday football – boning up on the issues?

If you can’t be bothered to understand what’s on the ballot, then do us all a favor and toss your ballot in the recycling next to the 147 pieces of direct mail you’ll get this weekend.

About 1.5 million Arizonans have already taken themselves out of the

voting mix by failing to register to vote.

They literally didn’t even care enough to fill out the form.

Out of the 3.6 million Arizonans who have registered, chances are good that since there’s no President to vote for this cycle, anywhere from 40 to 60 percent of you will stay home. That includes thousands of registered voters who received a ballot in the mail but never bothered to mark it and mail it.

At day’s end, even if Election 2018 has amazing turnout – say 60 percent or so – races like Governor, Senator and the composition of the Arizona Legislature will be decided by about 40 percent of the voting-age adults in this state.

My thought: If your only qualification as a voter is that you’ve breathed for 18 years, you have two options: Take a few hours to get a clue, or stay home and allow educated voters to handle it this year.

We got this. For you, there’s nothing to see here. Literally.

‘Foster Footlockers’ program gives teens security

BY DAN SHUFELT

Guest Writer

Arizona Helping Hands is the largest provider of basic needs for the 15,000 children in foster care throughout the state. At Arizona Helping Hands, we define basic needs as any item that will enhance and improve the lives of children in foster care. It naturally includes things like clothing, diapers and personal care items.

But it also includes providing these boys and girls with a comfortable bed.

To change their nightly routine from fighting over who gets the sofa, or which pile of blankets they sleep in on the floor does so much to lift a child’s sense of self-esteem.

According to the Arizona Department of Child Safety, there were 1,741 children in Group Home settings as of March 31. These kids are living in a communal environment where people come and go every day. Youngsters in this type of living

situation have expressed concerns about the security of their personal belongings.

You might recall life in a college dormitory, where your favorite candy bar always seemed to disappear, and then extend it to a house filled with younger kids who may not have respect for the personal space of others.

Imagine having a few personal treasures – perhaps the photos of biological family members who you have been separated from, and fearing that your valued possessions might disappear. Then add this fear to the long menu of fears and concerns that children in foster care carry with them daily.

Arizona Helping Hands has taken action to add a sense of security for children in foster care.

We now supply footlockers, toSpecial to the San Tan Sun News The Foster Footlocker program launched by Arizona Helping gether with a padlock. We call this Hands is aimed at giving teens in group foster homes an ad- program our Foster Footlockers. ditional layer of security for their few precious possessions. Something as simple as a place to

secure your stuff can be so important for those 1,741 boys and girls.

One youngster wrote, “I love my footlocker. I feel so much more secure about my stuff now. I have locked up my favorite sneakers that were purchased from money I earned at my fast food job.

I also love that I can lock up my paystubs.

This is my information, and now I know that prying eyes will not see them.”

We take for granted the simple things in life, the basic needs that we don’t give a second thought to. For children in foster care whose lives have been upended and disrupted, things like a bed, a new backpack or the security of your stuff is much more than a basic need.

We are so happy that the support of our donors and volunteers allow us to brighten the lives of kids who too often live in a dark existence. We are delighted to ease insecurities of teens in foster care.

-Dan Shufelt is the president/CEO of Arizona Helping Hands. Reach him at azhelpinghands.org or dshufelt@azhelpinghands.org.

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Congress has failed to control federal spending or reduce debt

BY THOMAS PATTERSON Guest Writer

Congressional Republicans should be teed up for a big win this November.

They’ve had four years to move their programs, the last two with a cooperative president.

The president is deeply unpopular, but the Democrats are seriously courting electoral failure too. Consumed by hatred, they’ve spent their political capital on McCarthyite tactics of personal destruction, physical confrontation and impeachment fever. But Republicans’ ability to cash in on the “results versus resistance“ theme is marred by their lack of significant accomplishments.

Thanks to Harry Reid’s shortsightedness in lowering the requirements for affirming Supreme Court justices, they have approved two nominees loyal to the constitution.

They passed Speaker Ryan’s tax reform bill, which also eliminated Obamacare’s individual mandate. That’s about it.

The other wins – regulatory rollbacks, withdrawal from the dangerously flawed Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate accords, rapprochement with North Korea, moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem and

others – were all executive branch actions.

The legislature as usual took a powder.

The most consequential of congressional policy failures has been their inability to control federal spending or reduce the deficit, much less the debt. There will never be a better chance to finally exercise fiscal restraint.

GDP growth surpassed 4 percent last quarter in spite of blowback from the President’s trade wars. The labor market stands at full employment, wages are rising and equity markets are at all-time highs.

These are hardly economic conditions that call for massive borrowing, yet the federal government will run an $800 billion deficit this year with trillion-dollar deficits projected next year and as far as the eye can see.

Not long ago, these horrific projections were considered by many Republicans to be aberrations, attributable to Obama-era spending excesses. They would be reversed if Republicans could get in office.

But our self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives, once in power, haven’t shown the slightest interest in spending cuts. By now, they’ve whiffed so many times it’s an obvious pattern. They didn’t even try to get minimal entitlement reform.

Instead, the current campaign once again features politicians demagogu-

ing that “my opponent tried to take away your Social Security” or whatever, conveniently ignoring the fact that doing nothing really does take away benefits from future seniors.

The Democrats aren’t about to do any heavy lifting here, so the Republicans impotence will have serious consequences. The day of reckoning is not as far off as you think.

When the next recession comes, and it will, interest rates will inevitably rise in already stressed credit markets. America will be hard put to maintain our debt payments and the federal safety net. How high can deficits reach before the world’s financial giant cracks under the strain? By then, all but the most painful resolutions will be impossible.

Congressional Republicans, for all their campaign promises, have been passive about immigration issues too. In past years, they (some of them anyway) did a good job playing defense against repeated attempts at “comprehensive“ reform, transparent attempts to remake the political landscape.

But they have so far squandered their chance to implement alternatives that would benefit America economically.

How about cracking down on workplace non-enforcement and sanctuary cities, clarifying no amnesty for lawbreak-

ers, ensuring visas are available for high demand occupations and requiring that immigrants assimilate and are financially self-sufficient. It would conform our policies with other advanced nations and would play well with voters.

There are several other urgent matters still on the table. The promise to “repeal and replace” Obamacare is still unmet, thanks to John McCain.

They should eliminate the Consumer Protection Review Board, Elizabeth Warren’s unconstitutional hobby horse with its unchecked powers. They should codify some executive directives so that they’re not easily reversed by a future president.

Democrats are dangerously close to ending the hallowed tradition of “peaceful transition of power,“ a long-term key to America’s stability and strength.

Their policy prescriptions embrace overt support of socialism and free college, housing and medical care miraculously supplied by a debtor government.

In this critical election, Republicans must have more to offer than just not being Democrats. In the affairs of governing, if you’re not going forward, you’re going backwards. They could at least try.

- Thomas Patterson is a former East Valley legislator.

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Christmas giving is international for Chandler couple

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

A Chandler married couple committed to their church is mobilizing other volunteers to pack and send shoeboxes packed with everyday items and toys to brighten the lives of children and teens around the world.

Linda and Wendell Hollinshead are the collection coordinators for Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child at the church they attend, First Baptist Church, Chandler at 3405 S. Arizona Ave. Operation Christmas Child is an international ministry in which shoeboxshaped and styled boxes with hygiene items, stuffed animals, coloring books, toys, clothes and other gifts are mailed to children in need in more than 150 countries and territories.

Along with the gifts, the youths who receive them also receive a gospel booklet translated into their language and 12 weeks of religious instruction followed by the gift of Bibles.

The Hollinsheads aim to fill, along with their volunteer crew at the church, 3,000 boxes to send around the world this season. Last year, they filled 2,300 boxes.

The boxes the Chandler church members fill will go to children in Peru, Indonesia,

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Linda and Wendell Hollinshead, collection coordinators for Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child at the First Baptist Church in Chandler, stand near some items collected for the ministry.

the Philippines, Mongolia, Malaysia and other countries.

Besides packing items in the numerous shoeboxes, church members donate the contents of them.

“I’ve got a group of volunteers I’ve been working with nine or 10 years,” Linda

Hollinshead said. “They love volunteering.

They have their specific jobs. It’s a pretty well-oiled machine.

“I think it’s important to support them because many of these children don’t have the opportunity to hear the gospel message. That gives them an opportunity

to hear the gospel message. They only receive one shoebox in their life, so it’s pretty impacting when they do receive that.”

She said she heard about a little boy who got a doll in his shoebox last year, and he gave it to his younger sister as “all she wanted was a doll.”

Some of the children live in orphanages and 25 of them share one toothbrush, so receiving their own toothbrushes is a big deal, the Hollinsheads said. Volunteers around the world pack boxes for the children.

About 50 volunteers, including women, men and children, at the Chandler church work on Operation Christmas Child.

Some of the ladies sew dresses they make out of pillowcases and fabric and some made 750 pencil cases, which the volunteers put school supplies in. Ladies in one church group were planning to pack 500 boxes and children to fill 100 boxes, then another group of ladies planned to fill another 100 boxes.

A men’s packing party was scheduled prior to football season starting. The Chandler church volunteers pack items in green and red boxes with pictures of children on them provided by Samaritan’s Purse.

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Compadres’ milestone haul will aid more children

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

A milestone in donations is enabling the Chandler Compadres to help more children in need.

The nonprofit organization took in gross donations of $1 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The biggest beneficiary is the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley’s Chandler Compadres Branch, which received $350,000, Chandler Compadres past president Ryan Foster said.

The Compadres awarded nonprofit organization ICAN $200,000 and AZCEND was given $120,000.

“It was very good news,” Foster said.

“We finally hit a million dollars raised last year, and we were able to distribute that out to several nonprofits in the area, all benefiting underprivileged kids.

“I pushed the guys and pushed the members that this was something we could accomplish. It’s really the membership that stepped up. They met it head-on.”

The Chandler Compadres hold fundraisers, including the Rock the Cause for Kids and the Compadre Golf Classic.

People also make tax-credit donations.

Foster said Rock the Cause is the group’s biggest fundraiser, featuring dinner, a concert and an auction.

“We’re 40 active business owners in Chandler,” Foster said. “We’re really just leveraging relationships and go out and work hard.”

He said the Compadres are “completely member driven” and do not

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hire administrators. For every $100 raised, $98.50 goes to beneficiaries.

Last year’s Rock the Cause for Kids was headed by Nick Woodruff, assistant general manager at Kieckhefer Properties.

Chris Nay, who owns an industrial services contracting business, was chairman of the annual golf classic. Todd Czaplewski chaired the campaign, urging donations through the state tax credit in 2017.

“Each member of the Chandler Compadres selflessly donates their time and resources to ensure that East Valley families in need are receiving the help they deserve,” said Matthew Askland, chairman of 2018’s Rock the Cause.

ICAN CEO Shelby Pedersen is grateful for the support the Compadres provide.

“Our relationship with the Compadres is all about helping kids,” Pedersen said.

“There’s three big things we do: we have an after-school program, parenting programs and community education. The Compadres program helps us underwrite field trips, curriculum; supplies we need, all of our employee training; after-school program.”

ICAN would not be able to serve as many children as it does without the Compadres’ support. Pedersen said ICAN helps about 200 youths a day in grades K-12 in its after-school program.

The $200,000 donation is larger than the $175,000 ICAN received from the Compadres the previous year.

“This is a pretty substantial increase for us,” Pedersen said. “That’s a lot of money and it helps us do a lot of things with these kids. They’re (Compadres) a great group; they absolutely pay it forward.

They’re such a good community partner, and they do care a lot about kids.”

Some other organizations the Chandler Compadres will help include the Chandler CARE Center, which provides dental services for youths who would not otherwise be able to afford it.

That organization will get $60,000 from the Compadres, the equivalent of about 1,200 appointments per year.

The Chandler Service Club and Arizona Brainfood received $30,000 to help with their Weekenders Program, which provides and fills boxes with nutritious, child-friendly food that is delivered to students in the Chandler Unified School District every Friday.

The Compadres also give out grants of $2,500 each to organizations that apply for them. The charitable organizations must meet the Compadres’ criteria, including helping underprivileged children.

In a good year, it is easy to provide organizations with the support they want, Foster said. Sometimes if the Compadres have to make a decision about which programs to support, the members will decide to aid one that helps the most youths.

For example, rather than awarding a scholarship of $10,000 to one child, the organization would rather spend $10,000 to support 30 fifth-graders going to a college preparatory program, Foster said.

“We’ll move to where we get the most bang for the buck,” he said. “Our whole philosophy is if we take care of our community and improve the lives of the youth in our community, it’s going to help us all.”

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Area nonprofit finds laptops for needy students and veterans

BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA Contributor

There’s little debate that proficiency in computer technology is critical for the 21st century, but what about those students in elementary through college who have no day-to-day access to computers?

Or veterans seeking jobs with more companies requiring online applications?

They’re hamstrung.

And this reality lay heavy on the heart of Dwayne Baker, an Army veteran.

Rather than merely shake his head over the digital divide between those able to afford personal laptops and computers – or even have access to one in their home – and those without, he acted on his concern.

He and wife Kay and began donating laptops to deserving, needy students and veterans while bankrolling the donations entirely on their own.

After two years of this largesse, he came upon Brenda Powell, another local resident who at the time was a guidance counselor at Camelback Mountain High School in the Phoenix Union High School District.

In that position, her second career after a successful run in corporate sales, she saw how disadvantaged those students were who didn’t have regular access to computers – how it affected their grades, even their classroom participation.

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Following a golf tournament fundraiser last month, Laptops 4 Learning founder Dwayne Baker and executive director Brenda Powell, both Ahwatukee residents, greeted two students who raised $125 to earn their laptops. From left: Ceasarina Paul, Baker, Kimberly Silva and Powell.

ued, and along her husband, Gregory A. Powell, the two couples formed Laptops 4 Learning (L4L), a nonprofit that’s hitting the ground running.

“I had a student who was falling behind in credits for graduation. He needed to go to an online credit recovery school, but of course, that required he have a laptop to help him pursue this after school and weekends,” said Powell, now executive director of L4L.

It was then she began phoning contacts, hoping to locate someone to donate a laptop to help this student.

Through connections, she came across Dwayne Baker and gave him a call. c“He was really responsive and ready to help. But he was interested in meeting the student personally, not only to hand him the laptop, but to encourage him and mentor him, and I was really touched by that,” she recalled.

In 2017, Baker, an entrepreneur who once owned an aerospace engineering firm, saw the need for expanding his outreach but couldn’t do so by delving further into the family funds.

“In my school alone, Camelback High School, he donated 30 laptops to students,” said Powell, remarking that of the 28,000 students in the district’s 15 high schools, 70 percent are enrolled in the free or reduced lunch program – indicating a financially-strapped population.

Powell said when Baker told her his dream of expanding by establishing a nonprofit and seeking donations, he wasn’t aware she was planning to retire at year’s end.

It became apparent this was the core group that would propel Laptops 4 Learning to another level.

Gregory Powell became director of program development, while Dwayne Baker is board chair.

A unique aspect of Laptops 4 Learning is what Brenda Powell calls “having some skin in the game.”

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They work in an assembly line fashion, with some volunteers checking to make sure everything donated can be sent to the children. Volunteers are not allowed to send any Army-related things like fake guns or shampoo or other liquids.

Anything that can’t be shipped to the youths through the shoebox program is donated to other ministries that can use it.

Wendell said when he and Linda went to a convention in Florida, they had a chance to meet missionaries from other countries and some of the children who had received the shoeboxes.

“When you meet one of those children, the glee on their faces, that sparkle on their face, doesn’t leave,” he said.

He and Linda said one child who received a box now lives in Chandler with her adopted family, and she said she loved a Santa Claus Christmas tree ornament she received. The girl had said in the orphanage where she had lived, the children would get 30 minutes a month to play with the toys in their shoeboxes.

Missionaries who work “on the other side of” the shoeboxes in the countries where the children live hand out the boxes and teach the youths the basics about God and the gospel.

Volunteers tailor boxes to different genders and ages. Boys and girls ages 2 to 4, boys and girls ages 5 to 9 and boys and girls ages 10 to 14 receive items sorted for their suspected preferences. Older boys get tools and girls often get jewelry, for example.

“We always have packing parties, where people join us at the church,”

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Madison Krause fills a box with items to be donated to children in need around the world through Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child.

Linda said. “Wendell and I do a lot of coordinating, keeping things organized.”

Avid volunteers at their church, Linda, a retired nurse and retired home decorating company employee, and Wendell, a retired construction industry salesman, understand what it is like going through hard times.

Linda moved to many different foster homes as a child, then was raised by her father. Wendell is the oldest of seven boys, and money was tight for his family.

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Chandler resident Robin Earle, the area coordinator for the South Mountain Team for Operation Christmas Child and a year-round volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse, praised Linda and Wendell for their extensive volunteer work.

“The Hollinsheads are extraordinary leaders inspiring many from their church and the surrounding community to pack shoebox gifts for needy children around the world,” Earle said.

“Each gift contains items a child would find valuable – small toys, school supplies and toiletries (excluding

liquids, toothpaste and candy). First Baptist Chandler has literally exploded with shoebox gifts of love, from giving a few hundred boxes seven years ago to an amazing goal of reaching 3,000 children in 2018,” she added, noting: “The pastoral staff, along with their church community, is incredibly supportive of the ministry of Operation Christmas Child. It’s contagious as more and more people get involved. The Hollinsheads’ tireless work, team spirit and energy inspires others to give from the heart to children, use their talents for the project and volunteer many hours to enrich the lives of thousands of children.

Each box brings a gift of joy and the promise of God’s love for children in over 100 countries.”

Linda and Wendell hope to have their packing of the shoeboxes done by Nov. 19. Then they will head to California to prepare the shoeboxes with other volunteers for mailing in a warehouse through an effort organized through Samaritan’s Purse.

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization offering spiritual and physical help to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, the organization has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love.

Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 135 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in over 150 countries and territories.

Anyone interested in helping to pack the shoeboxes may reach Linda at 602-509-3476.

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New book recounts early life of Chandler man’s granddad SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

A Chandler man’s famous grandfather has now been memorialized in a new book about his life.

John D. Lewis is the grandson of Ernest W. McFarland, whose early life before a long history of public service is now recounted in a book by Gary L. Stuart titled “Call Him Mac: The Early Arizona Years of Ernest W. McFarland.”

The book explores the early life and career of an unassuming man whose impact is still being felt by millions of Americans today.

According to Arizona Historian Marshall Trimble, “If Arizona had a Mount Rushmore, the men on it would be Carl Hayden, Ernest McFarland, Barry Goldwater and John McCain. “ McFarland, who died in 1984 at age 90, is most remembered as the Father of the GI Bill. He was a U.S. Senator, Senate Majority Leader, Arizona Governor, Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court and founder of KTVK in Phoenix.

Less well known is his life as a family man, country lawyer, rural judge, visionary, and the story behind his unlikely rise from Oklahoma farm boy to winning the Triple Crown of Arizona politics.

“He was a close confidant, on a first name basis, with the likes of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, Carl Hayden, Henry Fountain Ashurst – not to mention the thousands of politicians, lawyers, farmers,

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John D. Lewis of Chandler is celebrating the release of a biography about his grandfather, the late Ernest W. McFarland, an Arizonan with a long history of public service who often is called the Father of the G.I. Bill, which helped millions of WWII veterans get an education and buy a home.

judges, clients, colleagues, opponents, constituents,” said Stuart.

Lewis cherishes most his grandfather’s work on behalf of military veterans. His

GI Bill gave 16 million veterans a chance at a college education and a better way of life.

Lewis’ pride in his grandfather’s

accomplishments also is on display with a stunning monument, titled “Ernest W. McFarland and the American Dream” at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza at the State Capitol complex. Lewis and his family raised $400,000 to erect it.

Literally born in a log cabin in Oklahoma, MacFarland overcame a hardscrabble adolescence, illness and personal tragedy to become one of Arizona’s most accomplished historical figures.

He joined the Navy during World War I and almost died of pneumonia contracted at the Great Lakes Naval School near Chicago. His post-war struggles without veterans’ benefits left an indelible impression on him.

He and his wife lost several infant children to illness, and she later died in 1930 of post-birth complications from their stillborn third child.

After his family’s death, McFarland See

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Cerebral palsy group selects Chandler doctor for annual award SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

A Chandler neurogeneticist has been selected for a big honor by the United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona.

UCP said Dr. Michael Kruer, a member of its board, will be the recipient of the 2019 Laura Dozer Award “for his extraordinary work and what it represents to the many individuals with movement disorders and their families.”

Kruer focuses on pediatric movement disorders and rare diseases and combines his patient work with translational laboratory research.

Kruer is an associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. He is also the chair of the International Cerebral Palsy Genomics Consortium and director of the Cerebral Palsy and Pediatric Movement Disorders Program at Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

The Laura Dozer Award, presented at the annual UCP’s Celebration of Champions gala, commends a corporation or individual who goes above and beyond their normal daily responsibilities to support, nurture and promote a life without limits for those served by UCP of Central Arizona “Dr. Kruer’s dedication to the care and healing of children with cerebral palsy is enormous, and his international research collaborations are improving the quality of life for an untold number of children.

In providing hope to families with children with CP and other disabilities, Dr. Kruer epitomizes that life should be without limits,” said UCP CEO Brenda Hanserd.

I am committed to “ this line of work because

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Chandler neurogeneticist Dr. Michael Kruer has been chosen as the 2019 recipient of the Laura Dozier Award by United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona. Kruer is an associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix as well as the director of the Cerebral Palsy and Pediatric Movement Disorders Program at Barrow Neurological Institute.

Kruer said he was honored by the award.

“I am committed to this line of work because as a physician-scientist, I have dedicated my career to helping children with movement disorders such as cerebral palsy,” he said. “I not only want to provide the very best treatments of today but want to be on the front lines searching for answers and better treatments for the kids I see in my office and in the hospital all the time.”

“My interest began with a single amazing family that I cared for,” he

added. “They had four children with cerebral palsy. This didn’t fit what I had been taught during my training about the disease and led me to start thinking about it in a different way.”

Kruer, who is studying genomics in cerebral palsy, is passionate about helping children and has long held a desire to make an impact within the community, which is the main reason he wanted to get into medicine.

“I saw limitations in what we can offer to patients, and I wanted to develop better treatment options,” Kruer said.

as a physician-scientist, I have dedicated my career to helping children with movement disorders such as cerebral palsy,” he said. “I not only want to provide the very best treatments of today but want to be on the front lines searching for answers and better treatments for the kids I see in my office and in the hospital all the time.

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– Dr. Michael Kruer Nearly 13 years ago, Kruer was finishing his clinical rotations at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

He was just beginning his career as a neurogeneticist. Little did he know that he’d be back shortly after as an associate professor in the college’s Department of Child Health.

“It’s like a full circle,” he said in 2015 when he joined U of A. “The college gives See

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Teens ride wave of success over litter art exhibit

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Four local teens are riding a wave of recognition after their creative work linking art to the marine litter problem earned them a silver medal in a competition.

The quartet – Ali Arce, 16, a Hamilton High junior; his sister Ruya Arce, 18, a University of Arizona freshman; Katherine Chou, 16, a Chandler High junior and Grace Wei, 17, a Hamilton senior – earned an award for their entry to the 2018 Marine Debris Creative Advocacy Competition.

The teens entered the contest as members of Hamilton Arts4Hearts, a Hamilton High club.

The competition, sponsored by Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs, tasked middle and high school students from around the country with designing and heading creative campaigns in their communities or schools that teach others and inspire people to take action to decrease or prevent marine debris.

The Arts4Hearts crew received $2,500 for their campaign, which they called “Arts4Oceans.”

They partnered with local nonprofit ICAN, which offers after-school programs for at-risk youths, to teach younger students about the issue of ocean pollution and the importance of recycling.

The four team members educated students in the ICAN after-school program about the impact of trash thrown into the ocean and got them to brainstorm ways to reduce the amount

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Getting ready at the Chandler Hamilton Library to organize their art show are, from left, Katherine Chou, Grace Wei, Ali Arce and Ruya Arce.

of marine litter, including reducing their straw use and using paper cups instead of plastic water bottles, Wei said.

Then they organized an art show using pieces created by the ICAN children as well as work by high school, middle school and studio artists. The art was designed to inspire people to reduce litter in oceans.

Katherine, Grace, Ali and Ruya also collected trash, along with their Hamilton High Arts4Hearts peers, around campus and created a sculpture of the garbage.

They drew a shadow of a child and displayed the sculpture in a dark room with a light shining on it that made the

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trash’s shadow look larger to reflect the enormity of the marine litter problem.

Katherine, who attended Hamilton High last school year, said she was copresident of the Arts4Hearts Club with Wei last year and got the idea for the group to enter the competition.

Katherine realized marine litter was an important issue to tackle, even in Arizona, where no oceans exist.

“I figured this would be something cool for us to do,” Katherine said. “I got interested in the ocean and the impact it has on us. One of my friends said, ‘Yeah, but we live in Arizona.’ I just thought, we all live on one planet. If that’s the way we think of nature, then there’s a problem. I thought we should spread awareness for ocean problems.”

Ruya, who was a Hamilton High School student when she and the three other teens entered the competition, said she and Ali had lived in Los Angeles when they were younger.

“It’s disheartening to see all the trash on the side of the ocean,” she said. “Me and my brother were the ones in the family that are more environmentally conscious.”

Ali said litter is “pretty much everywhere” in Los Angeles. “A lot of people are just unaware of the impact it has, basically the pollution in general,” he said.

Having been born in Santa Barbara, California, Grace said “the ocean has been in my memory for a long time.”

“I would go to the beach and I’d see floating pieces of trash in the ocean,” she

said. “I thought that was wrong.”

Grace had volunteered with ICAN and, through a library program, was already teaching children about environmental awareness.

“I decided to branch out to ICAN, as well,” she said. “When kids tossed a can of soda, they don’t think of the actual impact. I decided to do more research on the little things. I had them come up with little ways they can get rid of the trash going into the ocean.”

The ICAN students drew pictures on issues they felt were important related to littering including choosing reusable bags.

The four teens were pleased with the pieces in the art show at the Chandler Hamilton branch library.

“I thought it was great…we primarily influenced children for the most part,” Ali said. “They’re the ones who basically determine our future, their awareness of the ocean, pollution, can basically create solutions for our future.”

Katherine enjoyed tying art into environmental lessons.

“I have art class every week,” she said. “I’m from an Asian family; from a young age, we go to art class, we aim to improve ourselves.”

Alyssa Irizarry, program director for the Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs, said of the Chandler-based team, the judges “really appreciated this multifaceted approach they had to engaging many members of their community.”

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me fantastic resources, and I have great colleagues to do research with who are passionate about their work.”

Since a young age, Kruer has been fascinated with neuroscience, and he knew he wanted to do something in medicine and pediatrics. As a scientist and medical doctor, he “seeks to understand the basic mechanisms that lead to neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases in children, like cerebral palsy,” according to college spokeswoman Theresa Joseph.

His medical career started with an undergraduate degree in microbiology and psychology from Arizona State University. He graduated from the UA College of Medicine – Tucson in 2005.

His journey after graduation led him to residency at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and Maricopa Medical Center.

Kruer was also granted a postdoctoral fellowship at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix in 2005, and he completed postdoctoral training in pediatric neurology and molecular neurogenetics at Oregon Health Science

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“They educated their classmates by collecting and sorting trash,” Irizarry said. “Then they went to ICAN, and they educated the young people in that program about how all their communities are connected. They included tangible

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“None of this was here when I finished medical school.

However, cutting-edge science and highcaliber faculty have remained a constant at UA, and it is a true pleasure to be back now as a faculty member.”

Kruer is even colleagues with some of his old professors.

“It’s really fun because I now get to Special to SanTan Sun News call some of the same Dr. Michaeul Kruer hopes his work leads to a better understanding of faculty who taught what goes wrong in children’s brain cells when movement disorders me as a student by afflict them. their first names,” Kruer said.

Kruer’s work has University in 2011. earned numerous honors, including the When Kruer originally attended 2015 Most Recommend Physician by the College of Medicine – Phoenix, it Sanford Children’s Specialty Clinic, the only consisted of three buildings, and 2014 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Downtown Phoenix had yet to develop.

Clinical Scientist Development Award Since his return as a professor, he has and the 2011 Shields Award by the Child witnessed the growth of the college, as Neurology Society. well as the downtown landscape.

Through his work and research with “The college has exploded,” Kruer said.

the college, he hopes to get a better understanding of what goes wrong with brain cells in children with movement disorders.

“In 10 years, I hope to be going strong in Phoenix with a thriving lab and challenging clinical practice,” Kruer said.

“My role as a faculty member at the college will allow me to be at the center of biomedical innovation in Phoenix for years to come.”

The award he is receiving from UCP honors the memory of Laura Grace Dozer.

“Born three months premature and facing many challenges during her short nine years on earth, Laura left an incredible mark on everyone blessed to know her,” UCP said in a release. This year’s gala will be held on April 13 at the JW Marriott Camelback Inn Scottsdale.

Founded in 1952, UCP of Central Arizona is a nationally recognized agency serving as a private, nonprofit health and human service organization for adults and children with disabilities and their families. It serves almost 3,000 families each year with programs designed to help people with disabilities to reach their full potential and improve their quality of life and that of their family members.

ways students could minimize the impact and reduce the plastic footprint.”

She added, “That centerpiece of that shadow sculpture, we really (were) impressed by. We loved the symbolism of the child, demonstrating the health of the ocean is affected by the health of communities.”

A team of judges including Bow

in ocean conservation through the arts,” she said of Bow Seat. “We created the debris competition as a way for them to create projects to make change in their community, to create campaigns and other creative projects that would really tackle debris.”

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Seat Ocean Awareness Programs staff members and a project coordinator with the University of Massachusetts Boston Urban Harbors Institute, chose the winners of the competition.

Individuals or teams of any size can enter the competition, Irizarry said.

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Chandler teen honored for creating life-detection device SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

A Chandler teenager is celebrating the award of a $25,000 scholarship for creating a life-detecting device in natural disasters.

Seventeen-year-old Sachin Konan was one of 20 students honored as a 2018 Davidson Fellow through the Davidson Institute for Talent Development. Konan joined the other fellows recently at a reception in Washington, D.C. Sachin’s invention, called “A Low-Cost, Clutter-Cancelling Life Detection System for First Response After Natural Disasters,” is designed to help recover buried earthquake victims after natural disasters.

“The recognition of my work in the Davidson Fellows program is a tremendous honor,” Sachin said. “It further confirms the importance of pursing engineering to create new ideas that will benefit society.”

Sachin said he was inspired by watching news of first-response teams searching for buried victims in the 2015 Nepal earthquake.

“The Nepal Earthquake claimed the lives of nearly 8,000 civilians, some of whom died literally buried alive because it is simply impossible to locate the presence of a human through such dense material without physically digging,” the institute said, adding: “Sachin realized he needed to build a device which could quickly scan and decisively surmise a human’s presence

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Sachin Konan, 17, of Chandler was one of 20 people in the country who won $25,000 scholarships for inventions that benefit society.

in an area – this would hasten the first-response process and increase the likelihood of saving lives.”

The teen designed a 2.4 GHz Doppler radar with active clutter cancellation and signal processing algorithms. The device can detect humans through as much as 1 meter of concrete and 1.5 meters of brick.

Konan participated in the First Robotics Competition and a Formula 1-car design competition while a student at Hamilton High School.

He also volunteers as a student mentor

for several regional First Lego League robotics teams and at the local senior center. Konan plans to focus more on data analytics and artificial intelligence research in order to build smarter devices that can help society solve problems.

“Sachin has been infatuated with engineering ever since he was a child,” the institute said. “Since then, Sachin enjoys applying his passion and constructing devices/programs to solve present-day problems. The recognition of his work in the Davidson Fellows program is a tremendous honor, as it further confirms to Sachin the importance of pursuing engineering to create new ideas that will benefit society.”

The institute said Konan worked with ASU Professor James Aberle through weekly Skype calls and that Aberle not only provided advice but also enabled him to use university’s Connection One Laboratory.

Its high-frequency oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers helped Sachin “investigate the internals of the radar which would otherwise be undiscoverable

by Sachin’s low frequency home instruments,” the institute said, noting: “Aberle and the lab helped Sachin discover and debug the greatest issue with through-wall radar: clutter. Clutter consists of signal that reflect, rather than penetrate, off the obstructing material and oversaturates the receive antenna of the radar. In order to rid the system of this problem, Sachin built a clutter-

cancellation system, which was inspired by the destructive interference principles he learned in his AP Physics curriculum, to vanquish any presence of clutter.”

Also helping the teen was Debbie Nipar, who monitored the project’s development and helped purchase costly radar components.

Although his Doppler radar system “is already capable of detecting humans through materials and depths close to the conditions felt by buried earthquake victims,” the institute reported that Sachin met with the US Agency for International Development at an Intel Science and Engineering Fair and that he realized “the radar must be less expensive and miniaturized to be widely applicable in the underdeveloped countries that are often afflicted by earthquakes.”

“That is why the next version of this radar will reside on a fabricated circuit board, costing around $90,” the institute said. “This would allow first-responders the ability to search for buried humans by mounting this system on a drone or robotic rover.”

The drone can scan a large area and extrapolate search locations in a fraction of the time it would take a team of firstresponders to complete the same task.

“Every year I am amazed by the depth of the Fellows’ accomplishments,” said Bob Davidson, founder of the Davidson Institute. “Gifted students like these will be among the pioneers who will solve the world’s most vexing problems.”

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returned to practicing law and then returned to politics in 1934 when he was elected a judge in Pinal County. He remarried and in 1940 was elected to the U.S. Senate.

He became the father of the GI bill in 1944 but lost his Senate seat to Barry Goldwater in 1953. The next year, he was elected governor.

Lewis said he knew his grandfather “as long as I can remember.”

“He was an active grandfather and family man before I was ever born. I knew Mac from the days I was an infant, to his death in 1984,” he added.

He described him as “caring, loving and giving good advice about our future: Work hard, do well in school, save your money… don’t waste it foolishly. Mac modeled and taught us good, Christian morals, of what was important in life, encouraged us to do what was right and showed us how to think of and care for others,” Lewis said.

“One season he loaned 40 acres of his farm to my older brother and I so we could grow cotton. This was a great experience that I will never forget, as it taught me the basics of cotton farming. He would include us in business meetings,” he continued, noting when he was 16, his grandfather included him in a meeting with bank investment specialists.

After nearly dying while he was in the service, McFarland got an honorable discharge.

Lewis said McFarland was moved by

generations to come,” Lewis said, adding: “If these veterans could not find work, Mac wanted them to have a chance to better themselves by going to school.

This GI bill also made business and home loans available to WWII veterans as well. The WWII GI Bill is referred to by most historians as the most successful social program our nation has ever had.”

According to Arizona historian Vincent Murray, “Mac had seen what had happened to returning vets after WWI who came home to rampant unemployment and long soup kitchen lines. His provisions in the bill ultimately generated 450,000 trained engineers, 91,000 scientists, 67,000 doctors, 22,000 dentists, 238,000 teachers, and other college educated professionals.”

Special to SanTan Sun News Over 2.4 million also took Even when he wasn’t on a horse, Ernest W. McFarland rode tall as he carved a legendary political career across advantage of the GI Bill’s home loan guaranty.

Arizona and Washington, D.C. The new book renders a portrait of a young, ambitious, likable man on the verge of the plight of servicemen returning from becoming a political force and what was war because he “had absolutely nothing happening in Arizona and Washington at in his younger years.” the time.

“Mac always believed that education Using interviews with friends, family would make the difference in giving a and extensive primary source research, person a better life. Mac’s educational Stuart spotlights Mac’s unerring focus as programs that he got put into the GI Bill a loving husband, father and grandfather, not only boosted the lives of millions of even in times of great personal tragedy.

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wife and three children due to illness in a two-year period in the 1930s and a political loss in 1952 that no one saw coming.

Lewis of Chandler said, “He was honest and down to earth. When he served as Chief Justice, the other justices didn’t appreciate that everyone called him Mac. They felt it wasn’t dignified.

Despite all his accomplishments, he always just considered himself a civil servant.”

After arriving in Arizona for his health, McFarland began his journey as a farmer and teacher in Florence, when he decided to embark on a career in law.

The young lawyer soon pursued a new life as a rural judge, led a successful statewide grassroots campaign for the Senate and was appointed as Senate Majority Leader during his second term in office.

McFarland is also credited for creating the Arizona Parks System. As a staunch advocate for Arizona water rights, he argued in front of the Supreme Court while he was governor.

Trimble observed, “Mac was courteous, fair, impartial and admired – something rarely seen in politics today. He rose Horatio Alger-like to become one of the most distinguished political figures in 20th century America.”

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For many low-income students, amassing this sum can appear to be an enormous obstacle.

But even then, there are ways.

“We were able to get a $500 donation, and at the time we had 81 students sign up online for a laptop. So, we said, ‘Now you’re signed up, go out and solicit funds, and the first 20 students who get $25 in donations, we’ll match it.’ This really helped incentivize them to get out there,” she said.

“There is a population segment for whom even $25 is huge. That’s why we wanted to set up the opportunity,” said Powell. “There’s a greater sense of ownership when you know you’ve put in the work to get your own laptop.”

At a recent golf fundraiser at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, two students spoke as to how the laptops they’d received helped change their lives.

“Before I received the laptop, I stayed after school in the library to complete projects, do research and write essays. I stayed until closing time and would get home at 5:30. On days where I couldn’t finish, I’d come to school at seven in the morning to try and complete my work.

When I got the laptop, I was excited; it meant I wouldn’t have to be at school before or after classes for longer than needed. Getting this laptop meant I would finish work at home, and on days I had a lot of school work, I could complete it at night,” said Kimberly Silva, 16.

“When I received this laptop, it helped not only me, but my siblings as well; when I’m not using it, my brothers use it. My younger brother is taking his first AP class and needs to use a computer for this class,” she added. “My older brother takes virtual classes; he’s only given the time in class to work. Had I not been given this laptop my older brother would have only a limited time to complete the assignments. When I see them using the laptop, I always feel glad that there are people who are willing to help others, to help improve their lives.”

Ceasarina Paul, who worked to raise the $125 needed for her laptop, also shared her story at the fundraiser.

“When Mrs. Powell told me all we had to do was get $125 in donations, I knew it was something I had to take advantage of, and as soon as I got my username and password for my L4L info, I started to ask donations from family members and others,” she said.

“It made me really happy because I’ve been praying for a laptop, and I knew God an-

swered my prayers. I have a job at Del Taco, and I also donated $25 to myself.”

Having her own laptop helped her succeed in last summer’s online classes and additionally assist her mother with her job search.

“I was able to fill out job applications for my mom because she’s been out of work for a while now. And my laptop works great, I take it everywhere with me, and whenever I need to turn in an assignment online, my laptop comes in handy.

I’m very grateful that I was able to get a laptop, I’m the most grateful person on earth because I don’t have to worry about how I’m going to buy a laptop for college in the future,” said Ceasarina, a senior who plans to major in nursing.

These stories from L4L recipients thrill the heart of co-founder Dwayne Baker, who has three children, two of them residing in Ahwatukee and the oldest in Chandler.

He explained the backstory of how L4L came into existence.

“An engineer who worked for me was a genius at fixing things, and I saw him rebuilding a computer. He said that he liked to do this for veterans to help them find work. I asked him if I could have one to give it to a child at an event I was speaking at that evening. When I gave away that computer, the boy that got it

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was so grateful that I promised the rest of the group of boys each a laptop of their own,” he said, noting he was aware they were all struggling in school.

“My wife, Kay, and mother, Birdie, were there with me when I presented the seven computers. Kay looked at my mom and my mom said, ‘I know you’re not going to try to get away with not giving computers to the girls.’ I looked out at the class and saw those girls’ faces and said, ‘Computers for everyone.’ And Laptops 4 Learning was formed,” he laughed.

Baker said, “To date, we’ve given away over 300 laptops. The need for the laptops became greater than we could handle on our own, so we decided to apply to become a 501 (c)(3) and solicit donations to help us help more kids.”

Now, he says, the L4L goal is to “get one to every student in the greater Phoenix valley, and then to expand across the country to level the playing field so every veteran and student has a chance to compete.”

This year, Baker and Powell are hitting the speaker’s circuit in search of people who can help. “We welcome any opportunity to speak before groups....It gives us the opportunity to help more students and veterans,” said Powell.

For further information, to donate, or to reserve a speaker: Laptops4Learning.com.

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Hamilton students’ play offers chuckles, fun scares

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

People who want to get spooked and laugh the next moment can find humor and horror in a comedic mystery that students at Hamilton High School are performing next month.

The Hamilton High School Performing Arts Department will hit the stage with “LocoMotion, Commotion, Dr. Gorilla and Me” by Tim Kelly Nov. 1-2 and Nov. 8-10 in the school auditorium at 3700 S. Arizona Ave. The play tells the story of Priscilla Del Mar, who has traveled into the country with her superstitious cousin, Patsy, to look at “The Old Dark House,” a home she inherited from her weird uncle, who had engaged in strange experiments.

The property had burned down under suspicious circumstances, so the girls have to take shelter in the home of a master criminal, Dr. Gorilla. The girls do not know initially that guests at a nearby “home for the upset” have also come onto Dr. Gorilla’s property.

Those quirky characters include the feuding Grandma Hatfield, Lizzie Borden and Sweet Alice Blue Goon. Some strange experiments out of “The Old Dark House” also appear to be on the loose, and the audience will see disappearing corpses, “mile-a-minute” chase scenes and other lunacy, a press release said.

“This a fun-scary show that is appropriate for all ages,” Christina Vail, Hamilton High theater sponsor/director said. “Our goal is to make the audience jump then laugh at what startled them.

We are going for a ‘Scooby-Doo’ feel.”

Vail is also the sponsor of the Speech and Debate and Urban Lemmings Improvisation Team clubs.

“Hamilton Theatre Department is blessed to have a lot of talented performers,” Vail said. “This is a large-cast play, almost 30 students on stage and 50 backstage, and audiences will see many Zoni and National Youth Arts Awards winners and nominees.

Above: Rehearsing a scene from “Loco-motion” are, from left, Deshaun Dunn, Destinee McCaster, Kristiana Corona, Riley Van Cleve and Alyssa Granger. Right: Sophia Donnell, left, and Destinee McCaster rehearse “Loco-Motion, Commotion, Dr. Gorilla and Me” at Hamilton High School.

Hamilton High senior Adrian Dozal, 17, is thrilled to play the role of Chester McCoy in the play. Adrian said Chester has a crush on Priscilla and while “he tries to act all tough, inside he’s kind of a scaredy cat.”

“I’m so excited to play this part,” Adrian said. “He reminds me a lot of myself in different ways. He makes all these really lame dad jokes. I think it’s so

Above: Maddy Gobel rehearses in the play, which features such characters as Grandma Hatfield, Lizzie Borden and Sweet Alice Blue Goon.

Left: Ellen Napolitano and Adrian Dozal practice their roles in “Loco-Motion, Commotion, Dr. Gorilla and Me.”

“Brooke Moore, my student teacher this year, is helping with vocals and choreography,” Vail added. “Even though everything is made and managed by our technical theatre classes, we are fortunate to have adult mentors who help lead our students. Jack Pieza, Jazmyn Plantillas and Maddie Hettrich are assisting with sets and props. Jay Penrod is assisting with lighting and sound, and Ben Bozovich is helping us with costumes.”

funny because I do that all the time, too.”

He said Chester follows Priscilla and Patsy as they journey to “The Old Dark House” and then Dr. Gorilla’s home.

“He’s like kind of scared for them and he wants to keep an eye on them,” he added.

“His dad is Priscilla’s employer. He surprises them. They all wind up stuck in this house together. The entire show they have to deal with all these random, strange people

that are just like wandering around the house. It’s like a comedy thriller. There’s like scary elements to it, but it’s mostly funny.”

Adrian first got involved in theater when he tried out for “Shrek the Musical” his sophomore year, and he enjoyed playing a guard and villager in the ensemble for that show.

“Singing is what kind of inspired me to audition for the musical,” he said. “So growing up, I sing all the time. I sang with my church choir. At the end of my freshman year, I started a band with friends, started taking vocal lessons. My vocal teacher encouraged me to audition for a musical.

I love performing. I think it’s so much fun to be able to put yourself out there and just have all these people’s undivided attention and to be able to captivate them through singing or dancing or acting. I get so much joy out of doing it.”

He said he is also happy he got into acting because he has made many friends and started dating his girlfriend, who is also performing in “Loco-Motion” Adrian believes the audience will find the play “really exciting to watch.”

“I think they’ll probably appreciate how wacky it is and then there’s some parts where it gets really chaotic,” he said. “There’s gonna be a lot happening on stage. There’s some really outrageous characters.”

Griffen McClendon, 16, a junior at Hamilton and head of business for the

school’s theater department, said the play “can be a little scary and then it’s funny, as well.”

The play does have some singing and dancing and “it’s all far out there,” he said.

As a student in Hamilton’s technical theater class, he and some of his peers provide marketing for the play, hang up posters, as well as make tickets and programs and serve as ushers at the show.

“You learn every side of theater…how to do costumes with makeup and sewing, sets, lights, props, stage management,” Griffen said, adding: “Definitely the business side of things will help me in whatever career I choose.

Everybody who is involved in this, it’s kind of like a big family. It’s a place where everybody can be themselves. It’s such a positive environment. Everybody’s just a nice person to each other.”

“Loco-Motion, Commotion, Dr. Gorilla and Me” will be performed at 7 p.m. on Nov. 1, 2, 8 and 9, and at 2 and 7 p.m. on Nov. 10. Tickets are $7 when purchased ahead of time in the Hamilton High bookstore and $10 if bought at the door.

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Southwest Shakespeare Company in Mesa opens 25th season SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

The Southwest Shakespeare Company’s silver-anniversary season debuts with a classic that was not written by the Bard of Avon along with one of his mostpopular plays of the past 450 years.

The landmark season begins Oct. 26 at the Mesa Arts Center’s Piper Auditorium with a world-premiere production of “Frankenstein.” Southwest Shakespeare Company will produce in repertory the Mary Shelley classic and “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” through Nov. 10.

“Frankenstein,” adapted to the stage by SSC artistic director Quinn Mattfeld, was written by Shelley, then 19, in 1818.

She tells the story of the famous scientist who tried to create life.

“On the 200th anniversary of the publishing of Shelley’s gothic masterpiece, our culture is still wrestling with the moral and philosophical issues she raised in Frankenstein, the consequences of technology from artificial intelligence to the creation and destruction of life in a laboratory,” Mattfeld said. “There is, perhaps, no story that is more relevant to 2018 than that of Victor Frankenstein and his monster.”

“Frankenstein” will be directed by veteran SSC associate artistic director Patrick Walsh, the 210th play that he has directed in his career. Recently, Walsh directed “Romeo and Juliet” and “Sense and Sensibility” for SSC.

“Pericles, Prince of Tyre” by William Shakespeare is a first for SSC and a rare opportunity for Arizona audiences to see this bucket-list piece. “Pericles” is a romantic-tragicomedic romp through ancient Greece in Odyssey-style. Bad guys, good guys, gods, goddesses and, just when it couldn’t get worse, pirates all advance the story to its fantastical conclusion.

Mattfeld directs this production.

Both plays will be presented at the Arts Center, 1 E Main St. in Mesa, using SSC’s innovative new Jacobean facade set piece.

The Southwest Shakespeare Company has announced special 25th anniversary season pricing with $25 general-admission tickets and $13 educator and student tickets to those 24 and younger for all shows. Premium seating is $35.

One hour before the show, enjoy refreshments and live “Green Show” entertainment on the plaza outside the Arts Center lobby, adjacent to the Piper Theater.

It runs approximately 20 minutes and leads into the director/playwright orientation.

The director orientation with SSC artistic leadership is about 10 minutes immediately following the Green Show.

For those interested in additional review of the plays, SSC offers in-depth and entertaining debriefing. Stop-ActionShakespeare, “Pericles”, is Thursday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 in the Piper Auditorium at MAC for $10.

The Flachmann Seminar is Saturday, Nov. 3, at 9 a.m. at the Mildred Fitch Family Life Center of 1st United

Photos by Southwest Shakespeare Company

Left: In “Frankenstein,” The Creature is portrayed by Joshua Murphy. The world-premiere production opens the company’s silver-anniversary season on Oct. 26. Right: Melissa Toomey plays Marina in the Southwest Shakespeare Company’s production of “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” Oct. 26-Nov. 10, at the Mesa Arts Center.

Methodist Church of Mesa, one block south of the MAC on the corner of Second and Center. Admission charge of $60 includes lunch and a matinee ticket.

The directors and one playwright will be available for questions.

Talkbacks are Thursday and Saturday evenings (except for the Saturday, Nov. 3, matinee) and Final Friday.

Other shows by the company this season presented at the Mesa Arts Center: “As You Like It,” Feb. 22-March 9: One of Shakespeare’s most-famous comedies.

“The Taming of the Shrew,” Feb. 22-March 9: Shakespeare’s hilarious and challenging comedy about two opposites

who attract.

Southwest Shakespeare Company was founded in 1994 by educators who wanted to create a modern-day people’s theater. Inspired by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, audience members from all walks of life are encouraged to take an active role through contact with the artists.

SSC’s mission is to entertain, educate and inspire the public and educational community by exploring the intricacies of language through the vibrant and passionate performance of works of live theater.

Tickets: info@swshakespeare.org or 480-435-6868. More information: swshakespeare.org.

Lea Michele finds Darren Criss perfect partner an Emmy Award and two Golden Globe nominations. She earned three Grammy Award nominations for music she recorded for “Glee.” She also appeared on Fox’s “Scream Queens” and ABC’s “The Mayor.”

Besides her two albums, Michele has published two books, “Brunette Ambition” and “You First: Journal Your Way To Your Best Life.”

“I’ve been blessed to have a great balance of doing so many different things,” Michele said. “I don’t have to pick one lane or career.

I can tour and do TV shows at the same time. It’s really awesome. I hope I can do this for the rest of my career.”

Michele and Criss will bring their tour to the United Kingdom and Ireland. Her priority, she said, is the West Coast jaunt.

“We put a lot of time and effort into these shows,” she said. “I want them to be perfect. ‘Glee’ is just so huge overseas

and, obviously, here as well. We have an incredible fan base from the minute the show aired. We want to go to as many places as we can to thank those people who watched ‘Glee’.”

Michele admires Criss for the work he puts into their live show.

“I don’t think we could have done this if we didn’t have the relationship we do,” she said. “It’s a lot to travel from city to city.

You’re only as good as the person you’re working with. I trust and love Darren so much. Our friendship outside of work is very strong and you can definitely see that on the stage.”

Lea Michele and Darren Criss, ASU Gammage, asugammage.com, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3, tickets start at $41.

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Singer/actress Lea Michele and fellow “Glee” alumnus Darren Criss have an undeniable chemistry. Michele thanks the Fox TV show for allowing them to become good friends.

“We have a really strong connection and spark that happens when we perform together,” Michele said. “We’ve been friends for years now. People love getting to see us do our solo stuff.”

She’s referring to the LM/DC Tour that comes to ASU Gammage on Saturday, Nov. 3.

“People love watching us come together and reminisce about ‘Glee’,” she said. “We perform a lot of ‘Glee’ songs. I sing some of the songs I did on ‘Glee’, as well as his, and the most popular duets we did on the show.

We do a lot of Broadway songs as well.”

Michele last hit the road in spring 2017 for a string of sold-out shows on her Intimate Evening With North America tour.

Her albums “Louder” and “Places” were critically acclaimed.

Criss most recently released a fivetrack indie EP entitled Homework, his first solo project in more than seven years. It debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart. In 2017, he debuted his indie-pop band Computer Games along with his brother Chuck Criss with their first album Lost Boys Life EP. Between singing and acting, Michele could be called a renaissance woman.

She began her career as a child actress on Broadway, appearing in “Les Miserables,” “Ragtime,” “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Spring Awakening.”

As Rachel Berry on “Glee,” she received

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Child Safety Seat Clinic, Chandler Police Department-Downtown, 782-2046 Mayor’s Day of Play, Tumbleweed Park, 782-2665 Lucia Micarelli, Center for the Arts, 782-2680 Horror Film Fest: The Fly, Downtown Library, 782-2812 Workshop: Landscape for Year-Round Color, ASU Chandler Innovation Center, 782-3583 Halloween Spooktacular, Dr. A.J. Chandler Park Stage Plaza, 782-2665 For Our City Day, various locations, 782-4354 Pumpkin Dunk, Mesquite Groves Aquatic Center, 782-2636 Child Safety Seat Clinic, Chandler Police Department-Downtown, 782-2046 Our Stories: NFL Star to Army Ranger-A Closer Look at the Life of Pat Tillman, Downtown Library, 782-2752

NovemBER Día de los Muertos, Dr. A.J. Chandler Park Stage Plaza, 782-2214 Travis Tritt, Chandler Center for the Arts, 2 782-2680 Safety and Veterans Expo (SAVE), Veterans 3 Oasis Park, 782-2222 3 Chandler Farmers Market, Dr. A.J. Chandler Park, 855-3539 City Council meeting and study session, 5 Council Chambers, 782-2180 Workshop: Rainwater Harvesting, ASU 8 Chandler Innovation Center, 782-3583 8 Homeschool Days: Rocks & Minerals, Environmental Education Center, 782-2886 City Council meeting, Council Chambers, 8 782-2180 Chandler Golf Classic, Bear Creek Golf 9 Course, 782-2709 Chandler Farmers Market, Dr. A.J. Chandler 10 Park, 855-3539 10 Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-off, Tumbleweed Ranch, 782-2717 Arizona Harvest Fest and Open Air Market, 11 Downtown Chandler, 855-3539 Veterans Day Holiday, City offices closed 12 Sonoran Sunset Series Concert – Kings for 15 the People, Veterans Oasis Park, 782-2890 16-18 Chandler Fall Classic NTRP, Chandler Tennis Center, 782-2651 Chandler Farmers Market, Dr. A.J. Chandler 17 Park, 855-3539 Woofstock, Tumbleweed Park, 782-2735 17 Raul Midón, Chandler Center for the Arts, 17 782-2680 22 Turkey Swim, Hamilton Aquatic Center, 782-2630 2

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Salt River Project burying powerline beneath Price Road

Salt River Project (SRP) has taken over where the City left off along Price Road south of the Loop 202 Santan Freeway. Chandler spent six months and $5.6 million relocating water and sewer mains beneath this stretch of Price Road to make way for the undergrounding of a 230-kilovolt powerline by SRP. Initial work is occurring on Willis Road west of Price and on Price from Willis north approximately 700 feet. The decision to underground the electrical lines followed numerous public meetings and various above-ground alternatives that met with public opposition due to their proximity to neighborhoods. The City and SRP reached an agreement in June 2017, to underground the powerlines along Price Road, away from neighborhoods. Project information is available at srpnet.com/prc.

Water reclamation facility expansion wins prestigious award

The $122 million construction project that expanded the wastewater treatment capacity of Chandler’s Ocotillo Water Reclamation Facility (OWRF) has received a 2018 Best Projects Award for the Southwest Region from Engineering News-Record (ENR). ENR magazine is considered the “bible of the commercial construction industry,” with 600,000 readers per month, and their Best Projects Award is one of the most coveted awards in the industry. The OWRF Expansion project won in the “Water/Environment” category and will be featured in the magazine’s Nov. 5 issue of ENR Southwest. The project expanded the treatment capacity of the plant from 10 million gallons per day (mgd) to 15 mgd to meet increasing demands, while supporting the future growth potential in the Ocotillo and Price Road Corridor area.

First annual Día de los Muertos event The City’s Diversity Office has partnered with Creative + Cultural to host Chandler’s first ever Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) event from 5-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at the Downtown Stage, 178 E. Commonwealth Ave. During the Día de los Muertos holiday, people honor and celebrate loved ones who have passed on. The holiday was originally created in Mexico and is now widely celebrated throughout Latin America on Nov. 1. And if you’ve seen the Disney movie “Coco,” you’ll understand exactly what the holiday is about!

During the free, family friendly event, attendees will enjoy entertainment, food, and arts and crafts to create masks, flowers and messages to place on ceremonial altars. A ceremonial procession will take place at sunset to recognize and pay homage to those who have passed on. There also will be altars to pay tribute to fallen officers and firefighters from the Chandler Police and Fire departments. For more information, visit chandleraz.gov/diversity, or call 782-2214.

Bigger, better Farmers Market returns in November Downtown Chandler will be hosting a new Farmers Market this fall.

The Downtown Chandler Community Partnership has contracted with Arizona Community Farmers Markets to manage the market on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. starting Nov. 3 and running through May 2019. The market will be located on the west side of Dr. A.J. Chandler Park. The Arizona Community Farmers Markets manages several markets throughout the Valley, including Old Town Scottsdale and the Ahwatukee Farmers Market. The Downtown Chandler market will feature several monthly events, including cooking demonstrations and a holiday basket program, as well as an eclectic array of 60-plus local vendors. You can expect to shop fresh produce from six local farmers, including Kelley Farms, Abby Lee Farms and Windswept Acres. For updated information on the market, visit downtownchandler.org/farmersmarket.

Get your hands dirty at For Our City Day Chandler Volunteers are needed Saturday, Oct. 27, for ”For Our City Day Chandler.” The City is partnering with nonprofits, faith-based organizations, schools, local businesses and individuals to perform cleanup projects in a historic Chandler neighborhood. Hundreds of volunteers will work together on a variety of home and property improvement projects, including painting home exteriors, removing unwanted items, pulling weeds, spreading rock and cleaning alleys.

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‘Seinfeld’ ‘Soup Nazi’ Thomas to appear in play CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Staff

Larry Thomas made an appearance as “The Soup Nazi” on “Seinfeld” in 1995. He’s still remembered as such and he doesn’t mind a bit.

“What were the chances of doing something for six minutes on a TV show and it completely changing my life and becoming my life?” said Thomas, whose signature line was “No soup for you!”

“Most of the work I get is because of it.”

His gigs include “Dinner at Five,” a production coming to Tempe Center for the Arts on Saturday, Nov. 3. Written and directed by Lloyd J. Schwartz (“The Brady Bunch,” “Gilligan’s Island,” “Harper Valley PTA”), “Dinner at Five” also stars Kathy Garver (Cissy from “Family Affair”), Caryn Richman (Gidget from “The New Gidget”) and Christopher Knight (Peter Brady from “The Brady Bunch”).

“It’s a comedy about four middle-aged couples,” Thomas said. “It’s an innocent foray into the idea of switching couples, but done humorously and innocently. Lloyd is such a good writer, and it’s a fun cast for me to work with.”

He met Garver through his former manager, the sister of Johnny Whitaker, who played Jody Davis on “Family Affair.”

Richman and Thomas previously performed together. Eight years ago in Chicago, Thomas became acquainted with Knight on the autograph circuit.

“I remember someone told me Chris Knight wanted to be sure to meet me before the weekend was over,” he said. “I laughed and I said, ‘A Brady kid wants to meet me?’

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Larry Thomas, shown with wife, Angela, said he doesn’t mind at all that he is forever identified as “The Soup Nazi” from an appearance on TV’s “Seinfeld.” Thomas is to appear in “Dinner at Five” at Tempe Center of the Arts on Saturday, Nov. 3.

That’s so funny because I got a nomination for an Emmy for ‘The Soup Nazi’ and the award for that category, best guest actor, was given away at the technical awards night.

“Oddly enough, the person running around for E! or something was Florence Henderson. She was so wonderful. She kept pinching my cheek and telling me I was cute.

She was just so sweet and so nice. When someone told me Chris Knight wanted to meet me, I was up for that.”

The camaraderie between the actors offstage is apparent during the production.

“We have a lot of fun together,” he said.

“We mesh onstage and just have a good time. It’s two acts, so there are two dinners.

Each act is us having dinner. It’s real food.

There’s this old joke about actors: ‘Watch your food around actors. They’ll eat it.’ I get to indulge in really good food onstage. I’m good for the night.”

Thomas was thrilled when he was called to do “Dinner at Five,” initially, in California. He hadn’t stepped on a stage in about 14 years.

“My last theater experience was on the national tour of the female version of ‘The Odd Couple’ with Barbara Eden,” Thomas said. “One of the theaters we played was the Orpheum in Phoenix. We loved the theater.

It was beautiful.”

Phoenix is close to Thomas’ heart.

This year, he married Ahwatukee makeup artist Angela Thomas-Friis, who ran Indie AZ Film Festival.

“She a jack-of-all-trades in the industry,” he said. “She’s a great makeup artist. She does my makeup. She makes me look younger.”

Thomas recalled that “Seinfeld” was a fun experience, with Jerry Seinfeld, Julia LouisDreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander being “so nice as actors to work with.”

“As an added bonus, one of the guest characters was Ali Wentworth, who played ‘Schmoopie,’ who’s married to George Stephanopolous. I like her.”

In the Season 7 episode, Jerry must

choose between his girlfriend (Wentworth) and a bowl of soup when “The Soup Nazi” refuses to serve her.

Working with Larry David, who created the show with Jerry Seinfeld, proved to be educational.

“Larry David, when you work with him, is a joy. He portrays himself as being this person you wouldn’t want to know. But while working, he’s incredible. I call him the ‘mathematician of comedy.’ He breaks everything down to the details.

“He’d say things like, ‘Don’t wipe your head on that line. It messes up the joke.’ He’s always right. I knew I was in good hands. I couldn’t have had a better four days.”

He and Thom Barry, who played Elaine’s building superintendent, watched rehearsals from the bleachers. They were in awe of what they saw.

“He turns to me and said, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to do this every day?’ I said, ‘Paradise, man, like paradise,’” Thomas said. “It’s such a relaxed set. The four lead actors are so comfortable with each other.”

IF YOU GO What: “Dinner at Five.”

Where: Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe.

When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3.

Tickets: $35 and $45, available at

480-350-2822, tempecenterforthearts.com and theater box office.

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Embark on a journey through one of Arizona’s longest-running haunted houses in Mesa. Navigate the dark in The Crypt, dodge mad doctors in The Asylum or get lost in the haunted corridors of the Chaos Maze. Be prepared to be spooked.

The Crypt Haunted Attractions, 1445 W. Southern Ave. in Mesa, 480-332-8095, hauntedaz.com, various days and times, daily through Oct. 31, $25-$35.

The smell of candy corn is in the air and the season of shocks and horrors is upon us. Experience the thrills and cryptic stories that haunted houses across the region have to share with those who dare venture through, or just grab a pumpkin from a patch if scary isn’t your style.

Here are some of the East Valley’s best (and scariest) attractions.

The Outbreak at Schnepf Farms

Immerse yourself in Arizona’s best interactive zombie experience. Each participant will be granted a paintball gun and journey out into a mysterious wasteland to stop the mass of attacking zombies.

The Outbreak at Schnepf Farms, 24610 S. Rittenhouse Road in Queen Creek, schnepffarms.com, 7-11 p.m., Thursdays to Sundays through Oct. 28, Admission TBA.

Sanctum of Horror

Those who enter the Sanctum of Horror enter the twisted mind of Lenore and relive her terrifying past. Navigate through an ancient graveyard and through St. Charlotte Asylum, where the inmates have taken over. The only way out of this realm of horror is through Lenore’s cell, but beware of her terror.

Sanctum of Horror, 6555 E. Southern Ave. in Mesa, 480-200-8163, sanctumofhorror.com, various days and times through Nov. 3, $15-$22.

Scarizona Scaregrounds

This year, the Scarizona Scaregrounds features four haunted houses with Startled Darkness, Epic Fear, Slayer’s Slaughter House and Operation Zombie Storm.

Merchandise is available for purchase, including shirts, a snack deal or a scaredycat care package. Fast passes are available for those wanting to skip the long lines.

Scarizona Scaregrounds, 1901 N. Alma

Good scares elsewhere Fear Farm

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Spooky creatures, such as Orange Clown at the 2017 Fear Farm, will haunt visitors to the multitude of haunted houses across the East Valley as Halloween approaches.

School Road in Mesa, 480-444-2590, scarizona.com, info@scarizona.com, various days and times Oct. 5 to Nov. 3, $22-$36 and $10 for fast passes.

On 30 acres, Fear Farm invites you to jump into one of its six main attractions, if you dare. Come with friends or the family and enjoy the largest outdoor haunted attraction in town.

Fear Farm, 2209 N. 99th Ave. in Phoenix, 623-866-5378, fearfarm.com, info@fearfarm.com, various days and times through Nov. 3, $27.99-$53.99.

13th Floor Haunted House

Welcome to Phoenix’s most horrifying haunted experience. Attempt to find

your way out and away from the horrific nun, Mara, in The Possession or fight your way out of decayed town where the virus PL4-GU3 has taken over the remainder of its population In the Shadows. The 13th Floor may not be suitable for children 12 and younger.

13th Floor Haunted House, 2814 W. Bell Road in Phoenix, 602-456-2250, 13thflooraz.com, various days and times through Nov. 3, $27.99-$53.99.

AZ Field of Screams

The AZ Field of Screams features a haunted corn maze that’s planted over a long-forgotten cemetery where the dead seek to raise terror on anyone who dares trespass. Also featured is a less-spooky family maze and a pumpkin patch where you can purchase your Halloween pumpkin.

AZ Field of Screams, 5726 N. 75th Ave. in Glendale, 602-999-3276, azfieldofscreams.com, 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 27 and 7-11 p.m.

Oct. 31, $15-$25.

Jack & Jill’s Haunted Hill

This “psychological thriller” enters its eighth season in the Valley at a hilltop in Sunnyslope. Groups are sent into the 100,000-square-foot, two-story building and experience original theatrical effects and scenes from a live and story-driven cast. Other attractions include pool tables, dance floor, full service bar and grill.

Jack & Jill’s Haunted Hill, 3401 W. Greenway Road in Phoenix, jackandjillshauntedhill.com, various days and times through Oct. 31, $25-$35.

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Mesa Center hosts revived Day of the Dead celebration LAURA LATZKO

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During El Dia de Los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, family members honor their lost loved ones and invite them to return to Earth.

Originating in Mexico, the holiday incorporates traditions from Hispanic and indigenous cultures.

The Mesa Arts Center will celebrate the holiday on Saturday, Oct.27, and Sunday, Oct. 28, with two performance stages featuring ballet folklorico dancers, mariachi bands and soloists.

The festival includes an art car show, information boards on Day of the Dead; street performances from a juggler and stilt walkers, and a children’s area with sugar skull-, fan- and necklace-decorating.

Inside the mercado, vendors sell Day of the Dead-theme products and handmade crafts and artwork.

Food vendors’ cuisine includes Mexican food, Sonoran hot dogs and paleta popsicles.

During the event, artists will open their studios and give demos on mediums such as glass blowing and metal work.

Festivities end on Sunday with a procession through campus, led by

Photos Special to the San Tan Sun News

Face painting will be available at Dia de los Muertos celebration Oct. 27-28 at the Mesa Arts Center. Face painter Desiree Salas will return for the fifth year to decorate festival goers’ faces with distinctive sugar skull masks. Salas tries to make each a little bit different.

Dead traditions in a culturally accurate way while providing entertainment.

“The important thing to us was to

The community altar is the festival’s focal point. The public may add ofrendas, or offerings, of photos, candles, flowers, personal notes and other personalized items.

Valley painter and mixed-media artist Kyllan Maney works with a team to develop the community altar, which she tries to keep traditional with a Virgen de Guadalupe statue, arches and fresh marigolds while adding stylistic touches, such as vibrant flowers and birds and a Left: The Community Altar is the centerpiece of the Dia de los Muertos celebration Oct. 27-28 at the Mesa Arts multicolored Catrina painting.

Center. It includes a Virgen de Guadalupe statue, arches, fresh marigolds and stylistic touches, such as vibrant flowers Maney got involved and birds and a multicolored Catrina painting. Right: While Dia de los Muertos is a solemn celebration, Mesa festival with the festival six years organizers are adding tasteful entertainment appropriate for the occasion, such as mariachis and ballet folklorico ago, when she and another dancers on two stages. There also is an art car show and information boards on Day of the Dead. artist designed a Catrinatheme chalk mural for Day dignitaries and a mariachi group. Festival of the Dead. be culturally correct with different goers are encouraged to join, carrying To prepare for the festival, hundreds of aspects of the event but also to provide candles and flowers to honor their lost volunteers create paper flowers, decorate entertainment for people who just want friends and family members. and set up the altar. to come to that arts center campus and About 13 years ago, a group of Mexican “It’s really a great process because it have a party,” Klecka said. consulate members and arts center staff gets so many people from the community During Day of the Dead, family and volunteers revived the festival in Mesa. involved to prepare for the festival. Also, members honor lost loved ones with Before that, Day of the Dead festival ran in the people who come to the festival are altars that include favorite foods and Pioneer Park before disbanding. part of it because they bring pictures of beverages of the deceased, marigolds, Susan Klecka, chairwoman of the their loved ones that have passed on to photos and candles. planning committee and among the celebrate their lives,” Maney said.

The Mesa celebration includes a festival’s originators, said from the start Prominent in the celebration of the community altar and altar competition. that it is important to observe Day of the Day of the Dead are calaveras, or skulls,

and Catrina figures, skeletal figures dressed in aristocratic clothing.

The Catrina concept morphed from a print by Jose Guadalupe Posada, who was commenting on how underneath all of the trappings of society people are similar.

Posada’s work has been especially inspirational for the artist.

As many as 16 community members, families, schools and companies create altars for the competition.

“It’s just a great day to celebrate their lives. They are always with us. They’re always in our hearts,” Maney said.

Participants can put their own creative spin on them but they must have traditional elements, such as marigolds, water, salt and pan de muertos sweet bread.

“It’s a whole family production, where you have mothers, daughters, fathers and sons. They’ve built aspects to their altars, and they’re all coming in to set it up in the altar space,” Maney said.

In celebration of the Day of the Dead, many revelers don sugar skull face paint or dress up as Catrinas. Face painter Desiree Salas will return for the fifth year to decorate festival goers’ faces with distinctive sugar skull masks. Although she has set designs that she uses, Salas tries to make each a little bit different. She starts with a white skull and adds flower patterns, swirls and dots.

Salas said what makes her art special is how she creates a 3-D effect with the skulls.

“I would say that’s the biggest thing that sets me apart from everybody else.

I do a certain shadowing on my skulls…

That’s when everybody feels like it just comes to life right there, when I start to put the shadowing on,” Salas said.

IF YOU GO What: Dia de Los Muertos Festival Where: Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main Street in Mesa.

When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 28.

Tickets: $35 and $45, available at 480-

350-2822, tempecenterforthearts.com and theater box office.

Admission: No admission charge. Face painting, food and mercado items $4 to $25.

Information: 480-644-6500, mesaartscenter.com.

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Vintage Wings and Wheels returning to air museum SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Are you ready to take a step back in time and see what it was like to be part of the U.S. Air Force during times of combat?

The Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum, 2017 N. Greenfield Road, at the northeastern corner of McKellips in Mesa, kicks off its fall season 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, with its second annual Vintage Wings and Wheels Car Show, in partnership with Southwest Street Rods.

More than 300 custom hot rods and vintage aircraft will be on display. There will be food trucks and flights available on World War II warbirds.

Get up close and personal with real wartime planes, artifacts and stories at the WWII history museum.

The show is free with a regular museum admission ticket. For adults 13 and older tickets are $15, seniors 62 and older $12, and kids 5 to 12 are $5.

There is no admission charge to kids 4 and younger, or to active military personnel

Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum

Early-morning dawn-patrol flights in this opencockpit Stearman are under way at the Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum, 2017 N. Greenfield Road at the northeastern corner of McKellips in Mesa.

and disabled veterans.

Seasonal operation hours – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. seven days a week – are now in effect, the exceptions being Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day when the museum is closed.

A multitude of other activities are planned during the fall for the combat-

aviation enthusiast.

Behind-the-scenes, open-cockpit tours are given every Friday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

These are rare opportunities to sample a true World War II aviation experience inside a fighter trainer and torpedo bomber with a highly specialized and personal tour. This requires an additional charge, payable at the museum entrance.

Early-morning dawn-patrol flights in an open-cockpit Stearman or SNJ T6-Texan are under way, as are desert-scenery tours and night-light flights in a C-47 Warbird. These, too, require an additional charge.

Other highlights in the fall season include: Nov. 3 – ModelZona, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free with museum admission purchase. Partner: International Plastic Modelers Society.

Nov. 11 – Royal Air Force Cadet Memorial, 10:45 a.m. at City of Mesa Cemetery, no admission charge.

Nov. 16 – Aviation Fascination, 5-7:30 p.m., no admission charge. Partner: Mesa Chamber of Commerce.

Nov. 17 – Gathering of Legends, 1-4 p.m., free with museum admission purchase.

Dec. 1 – Santa Fly-in, 11 a.m., free with museum admission purchase.

The Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum curates events to fulfill its mission of education, preservation and remembrance of the men, women and machines that played a role in the history of aviation in U.S. combat.

The events, along with personal docentled tours, hundreds of informative exhibits, war artifacts, full-size and scaled aircraft, and living-history rides in World War II airplanes provide thousands of visitors with a visceral experience unlike any other museum in the Valley.

The 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization is run almost entirely by volunteers. All admission revenue goes toward educating, remembering, preserving and restoring military aviation history.

Car show entrants may register their vehicles at www.southweststreetrods.com.

More information: azcaf.org.

‘12 Angry Jurors’ to be presented in Sun Lakes SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

The fall production of Sun Lakes Community Theatre is the classic drama, “Twelve Angry Jurors,” which will be staged in the San Tan Ballroom Nov. 7-11.

All shows Nov. 7-10 will be at 7 p.m., and on Nov. 11 there will be a matinee at

1 p.m.

The play is based on the Emmywinning TV movie by Reginald Rose and adapted by Sherman Sergel, in which a young man is accused of murder so the 12 jurors enter the jury room to consider the evidence and decide his fate.

It will be performed in an intimate

three-quarter round format, which means that the audience surrounds the actors on three sides and each audience member sits close to the action.

Tickets are $16 each and purchasers can pick their seats.

Sales are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 24 and Oct. 31 in Room A3 Card Room in the

Cottonwood complex. And 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 25 and Nov. 1 in the Oakwood Lobby.

Tickets can also be purchased at slctinfo.com.

If there are any remaining tickets before each performance, they will be sold at the door.

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Fall brings warmth of love, ecstatic journey

BY RABBI IRWIN WIENER, D.D. Guest Writer

The heat is finally subsiding. The evenings are cooler.

We can move about without worrying about too much exposure to the sun, and we feel a sense of togetherness after a season of isolation, which includes rising in the early morning to avoid the intense heat and waiting until evening to venture into the world outside.

And as the season changes so does our attention to greater adventures and a time for rebirth. Part of that rebirth includes marriage.

And we know that marriage is fulfillment and completion in the cycle of life.

Did you ever give any thought to the fact that on any particular wedding day the groom and the bride look like never before?

There is a certain glow that radiates from their faces. It is as though they were in another dimension and we were witnesses

to a moment of ecstasy. It is amazing.

The French actress Simone Signoret, one of France’s greatest stars and a partisan during World War ll, was fond of saying, “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.”

That is the essence of a meaningful relationship that includes body and soul.

I recently read something written by

a feminist of the 19th century, Emma Goldman.

She had a handle on life and relationships. She would remark that love is free and it can dwell in no other atmosphere.

She prefaces that statement by saying that love is the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defiler of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny.

However, I believe her greatest understanding of love can be found in an expression she uttered during a speech, “A true conception of the relation of the sexes will not admit of conqueror and conquered; it knows of but one great thing: To give of one’s self boundlessly, in order to find one’s self richer, deeper, better.”

Both these people speak to the same

concept of love: the undying affection for connecting one to the other in a sea of tranquil calmness that transcends the very essence of our being. If we can truly become one, then we have managed to create a life of excitement.

“We are only as good as what we love,” Saul Bellow said. The ultimate test of love is that we love our intended as much or more than we love ourselves. And that is possible when we approach relationships with the thought of happiness in oneness.

So, as we enter the fall season, remember that the warmth of summer has not left us but rather relocated within us. It wasn’t that long ago when we felt the same, experienced the thrill of connection and still remember the start of our journey of ecstasy.

We are not too old to remember even as we enter the fall of our lives. I am reminded of this each time I officiate at a wedding. It truly is invigorating.

Rabbi Dr. Irwin Wiener, D.D is National Chaplain of Jewish War Veterans-USA, and he is spiritual leader of the Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation.

We need to recalculate when we stray from God’s path

BY JEAN NEWELL Guest Writer

My father had an innate sense of direction. I’ve often wondered if it came from his being raised on a dirt farm in Kansas. It could be pitch black at night with not a star in the sky, and he could tell you which direction was which.

I may have been born in Kansas, about 20 miles from where Dad grew up, but when it comes to a sense of direction, there are days I have problems with telling my right from my left – forget telling directions!

Arizona has been my home since 1970.

Most of that time I lived in Flagstaff where, over the years, I could give directions using “north, south, east and west.”

However, unlike my dad, my sense of direction came from visualizing a map of the city in my head, not from any inherent sense of direction. I had spent time in Phoenix visiting family, shopping and attending meetings, so when I received my first appointment as a pastor to serve a church in the Phoenix area, I was familiar with the Valley.

I certainly couldn’t give anyone directions, but with the use of city maps, I found my way around.

It was upon my receiving a new appointment to a church in the Las Vegas area that my son introduced me to a GPS device I plugged into my car. Most times, the GPS and I got along fine, but I do

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remember one afternoon when I had to go into the heart of Vegas, and I ended up getting so lost that I got the GPS lost!

SUNDAYS

Celebration Service 9:30 a.m. Sundays Unity Church of Sun Lakes meets in the Arts and Crafts room of Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 S. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes. Rev. Debbi Brown/Adams presides and coffee and fellowship will take place after the service. The church reports it is a loving, positive, active and health-minded spiritual community.

480-277-4576, unityofsunlakes.org 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, interfaithcommunity.org

Even so, I was thrilled when the new car I recently purchased came with a factory installed navigational system.

Now when I get lost and my car’s GPS keeps repeating, “Recalculate,” I know I need to listen and rethink what I am doing so I can head in the right direction.

What if we would essentially look at Christ as God’s navigational system for our lives? Unfortunately, it is way too easy to stray from the path God calls us to travel, causing us to lose our way.

When that happens, we need to “Recalculate!” Only when listening to Christ’s call to “follow me” and by reconsidering our words and actions will we find ourselves heading in the right direction on the road to eternal salvation.

The Rev. Jean Newell is associate pastor of Sun Lakes United Methodist Church.

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 St., Chandler 480-899-7386, saintmatthewschurch.org

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MONDAYS

The Art of Parenting 7:30 p.m. Mondays Six-session course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute and presented by Rabbi Mendy Deitsch of Chabad of the East Valley, designed to help parents at all levels of Jewish knowledge develop their own parenting philosophies and techniques. Cost is $99.

Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler 480-855-4333, rabbi@chabadcenter.com

TUESDAYS

Silva Class and Meditation 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays Learn the Silva method with Lois Britland.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 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 Blvd., Sun Lakes Cyril, 480-802-0243; Kathy, 480-895-5194; Shirley, 480-883-9159; or Joyce, 480-802-4902 Monthly Women’s Fellowship 6:15 p.m. fourth Tuesday of each month The monthly fellowship Bible study with the East Valley Chapter of Christian Women’s Devotional Alliance “ministers to women’s spiritual, emotional and physical needs.”

Best Western-Mezona, 250 W. Main St., Mesa.

480-232-3773 Narcotics Anonymous (Nar-Anon), Chandler Chapter 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Twelve-step program for families and friends of addicts. Faith Community Church 1125 N. Dobson Road, Chandler, nar-anon.org

WEDNESDAYS

Panic Healing 7 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday Receive a 15-minute energetic tuneup.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800

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Gong Meditation and Yoga Nidra 7 to 8:30 p.m. third Wednesday Presented by Will Zecco, gong master. Bring yoga mat, blanket and pillow as desired. Love offerings will be accepted.

Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org

Real Love Support Group 6:30 p.m. Thursdays For those who have a desire to acquire more “real love” and in the process find great personal happiness and more fulfilling relationships. Love offering requested.

Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800

“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

FRIDAYS

The Art of Parenting 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays Six-session course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute and presented by Rabbi Mendy Deitsch of Chabad of the East Valley, designed to help parents at all levels of Jewish knowledge develop their own parenting philosophies and techniques. Cost is $99.

Chandler Jewish Community Center 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler 480-855-4333 or rabbi@chabadcenter.com Grief Care 6:45 p.m. Wednesdays A place to come share your feelings or just listen to others as we try to navigate through our grief. You don’t have to do it alone.

Epiphany Lutheran Church, South Campus, old church building, 800 W. Ray Road, Room 325, Chandler, griefcareaz@gmail.com Healing Prayer and Meditation Circle 7 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesdays Guided prayer, affirmations and visualization for those facing physical, emotional, mental or spiritual issues in their lives. Love offering requested.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Meditation Moments 7 to 8:30 p.m. third Wednesday of the month An interactive time of learning and sharing, appropriate for beginners or longtime students of ACIM. Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org

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

Jewish Women International, Avodah Chapter 1581 Monthly luncheon. Social Box Eateries, 1371 N. Alma School Road, Chandler RSVP: 480-802-9304, 480-655-8812

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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BY COLLEEN SPARKS Managing Editor

Celebrations and happy hours are lively when diners savor the spicy and sweet seafood and meat dishes at a popular Japanese-fusion restaurant in Ocotillo.

So say customers and general manager Tony Gonzales of Rock Lobster Teppan, Sushi, Sake on West Queen Creek Road just east of Price Road and next door to Humble Pie – Pizza, Wine and Spirits.

They say they love the many choices and happy hour specials for sushi, seafood and steak and the restaurant also has the recipe for fun.

Originally opened in 2011 as The Sushi Room, the restaurant later became Rock Lobster and added the teppanyaki items, where a chef makes a show of cooking Japanese cuisine on an iron griddle in front of customers.

Diners watch flames shoot into the air when the chef lights the griddle and get an up-close look at the sizzling hibachi steak, filet mignon, lobster, shrimp, chicken and other food cooking.

The chef playfully tosses food at diners and chats with them during the cooking process. The word teppanyaki comes from the word teppan, which means iron plate.

The sushi and variety of lunch specials are also well-liked at the restaurant owned by Humble Family Restaurants, which also owns Humble Pie – Pizza, Wine and Spirits, as well as CHoP Steak Seafood & Burger Bar and The Living Room Wine Café & Lounge.

“The food’s good but honestly it’s more the experience, the way we treat them,” Gonzales said. “We are definitely a lively, fun place to be. Our fish is fresh.

We get it every single day. People love coming here and hanging out.”

Sushi is a crowd-pleaser at Rock Lobster, which offers half off the regular price on many of the sushi rolls on the

Photos by Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer

Tony Gonzales is the general manager of Rock Lobster Teppan, Sushi, Sake on West Queen Creek Road.

“wicked roll,” covered with tempura shrimp and scallop, tossed in a sweet and spicy sauce and completed with eel sauce. It’s ordinarily $15 but $7.75 during happy hour.

Another favorite among the sushi rolls is the K.I.G., which has shrimp tempura, spicy crab and cream cheese, and on top spicy tuna, jalapenos, eel sauce and spicy aioli.

The roll is $15.50 regularly but $7.75 during happy hour.

Gonzales said another well-liked sushi roll is Wicked, which has spicy crab mixed with jalapeno and cilantro, as well as avocado and crunchies and sweet Thai chili on top. The regular price is $12, but customers can get the Wicked roll for half off or $6 during happy hour.

Rock Lobster has a big selection of alcoholic beverages, including different types of sake, beer, wine and cocktails. A small, traditional hot sake is $4 ordinarily and a large one is $8. During happy hour, customers can get a small, traditional

Rock Lobster Teppan, Sushi, Sake on West Queen Creek is a popular place for sushi, seafood and steak.

menu all day Mondays and Thursdays and also during happy hours.

Gonzales said the most popular sushi roll is the Poppin, which is described as a

hot sake for $2 and a large, traditional hot sake for $4.

A 22-ounce, draft Kirin or Kirin Light beer is normally $8 but $6 during happy

hour. The chili mango martini, which has Three Olives citrus vodka, mango liquer, jalapeno syrup and cayenne is $10 usually but $8 during happy hour.

Gonzales said customers also are often eager to gobble up the Lollipop roll, which combines assorted fresh sashimi, spicy crab and avocado rolled in cucumber and topped with siracha, masago and ponzu sauce. The Lollipop is always $16.

Sushi fans also like the strawberry butterfish roll with a little sweet taste, Gonzales said. It has butterfish, crab mix and avocado and is covered with strawberries and a sweet ponzu sauce.

Rock Lobster customers are also quick to grab the California and California Special sushi rolls, Gonzales said. The California roll has crab mix, avocado and cucumber.

The California special also has crab mix and avocado, but also has cream cheese and is covered with Yamafuku (potato starch crunchies), as well as eel sauce.

Customers praised the sushi selection at Rock Lobster in Facebook’s Living Chandler page.

“We felt they had some different and inventive sushi roll combinations,” Stacia Stanley posted. “Also, nothing tasted fishy at all, so you could tell it was on the fresher side.”

Brett Denton posted on the Living Chandler page he feels Rock Lobster is

“very good.”

“Great professional light hearted service and the food is always fresh and delicious,” Denton wrote. “The prices are fair for the portions you receive and the chimichanga (rolls)…are amazing.”

The chimichanga rolls have spicy crab, crab stick, avocado tempura fried and eel sauce, spicy aioli and siracha on the top.

Jessica Klein is also a fan.

“Food is amazing,” Klein posted on Facebook. “Love the sushi rolls. My daughter loves the kids chicken tenders and French fries and is super picky. We also had the orange beef which is so yummy too.”

Rock Lobster won the “Best Sushi” award in the East Valley Tribune’s “Best of Chandler” this year and last. The restaurant also won the Readers’ Choice Award for Best Seafood/Sushi from Lifestyle publications.

Gonzales said customers enjoy the great deals during lunch at Rock Lobster.

“Our lunch specials are awesome,” he said.

The Bento Box gives customers “a little bit of everything” for lunch, Gonzales said.

Available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday through Friday, each Bento Box

The Poppin’ Roll with Tempura shrimp and scallop tossed in a sweet and spicy sauce and finished with eel sauce is a popular dish.

is $12 and comes with a three-piece California roll, mixed greens, miso soup and squid salad, then customers choose which of the main entrees they want.

A chicken teriyaki Bento Box has grilled chicken breast along with sweet teriyaki sauce over rice. Salmon teriyaki, Korean BBQ beef, chicken katsu and shrimp and veggie tempura are the other choices for the main dishes in the Bento Boxes.

Another lunch special is the sushi lunch 1 that has mixed greens or miso soup, along with a California roll, one-piece tuna, salmon and shrimp nigiri for $12.

Rock Lobster also has lots of night specials. The teppan date night special on Wednesday nights gives customers two entrées, two soups and two salads for $40.

Each pair can choose from hibachi steak, shrimp, chicken or scallops for their entrée. The sushi date night special, also on Wednesdays is $30 for one starter, two soups or salads and two sushi rolls.

Diners can choose edamame, fried ika, and See

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chicken or veggie egg rolls as their starters.

A reverse happy hour, starting at 9 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays, also offers deals on drinks and food.

The restaurant lights up the night with the teppanyaki, which begins at 5 p.m. every day. Customers are served at the teppanyaki tables every 40 minutes after that, and reservations are encouraged as it fills up quickly, Gonzales said.

The samurai meal is one of the especially popular teppanyaki choices, he said. It comes with lobster tail and customers’ choice of shrimp, chicken, filet mignon, scallops or New York strip.

Each teppanyaki entrée comes with a shrimp starter, teppan soup and steamed rice. The samurai meal is $52. Sometimes couples will share the samurai or other meals and there is an $8 split entrée fee.

Another well-liked entrée on the teppanyaki menu is the shoguns, which comes with lobster tail and filet mignon or New York strip and a choice of shrimp, chicken, calamari or scallops, as well as the usual starter, soup and steamed rice.

The shoguns is $60.

Customers can substitute steamed rice for fried rice for $2.

During the “power hour,” diners can order some teppanyaki entrees for a discount. The “power hour” is at 5 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays and 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays.

A Teppan dish with filet mignon, scallops, lobster, stir fry veggies and fried rice is one of the many choices in Teppan dinners.

During power hour, certain teppanyaki entrees cost from $17 to $24 per person.

For example the chicken breast is $17 and the hibachi steak and shrimp is $22.

Diners who are vegetarians can order Tofu instead of chicken, and Rock Lobster has a gluten-free soy sauce.

Many big groups come to Rock Lobster to enjoy the teppanyaki experience, Gonzales said. The restaurant, inside and on its patio, can accommodate about 120 customers.

“On the weekends we are packed,” he said. “At night it’s very lively in here. We’re kid-friendly. Our chefs are really good with the kids.”

He said often he will feed fish in a large aquarium in the restaurant when children are at Rock Lobster.

A children’s menu offers little diners orange chicken, a teriyaki chicken bowl, chicken strips with French fries, macaroni and cheese or a kids’ California roll.

Besides the numerous sushi rolls and

teppanyaki dishes, Rock Lobster also has many choices in other entrees, salads, starters and sides on the menu.

Gonzales said he loves the rock burger, which has a grilled Waygu patty with cheddar cheese, a tempura onion ring, lettuce, tomato, chipotle aioli and either crispy or sweet potato fries. Customers also love the RL salmon, which is a grilled salmon filet with togarashi miso butter sauce over rice.

For those who want something sweet to end their meals, Rock Lobster has mochi ice cream in strawberry, chocolate and green tea flavors, as well as chocolate lava cake and fried ice cream.

The fried ice cream has cinnamon ice cream with pound cake on the outside deep-fried, topped with caramel, chocolate and whipped cream.

Rock Lobster is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

Information: rocklobsterrocks.com.

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