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Veterans Day carries a special meaning for Chandler mom

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Staff

Rose Mattie of Chandler has been breaking glass ceilings since she was in high school, so it’s no wonder she is now soaring in the sky as an Arizona Army National Guard helicopter pilot.

Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Mattie, a 35-year-old mother of two, flies a Black Hawk helicopter, and she will share her story of blazing trails in an often maledominated military world at 10:30 a.m.

Nov. 18 at Chandler’s Our Stories Speaker Series, “Always Ready, Always There: Stories from the Arizona Army National Guard” presentation at Basha Library, 5990 S. Val Vista Drive.

Two historians, Billy Allen and Jared Smith, will join her at the event to give people an in-depth look at the Arizona Army National Guard’s 150-year history.

Mattie has been busy shattering gender barriers since high school, when she played on the school’s first girls hockey team in New Hope, a suburb of Minneapolis. Later she started the school’s first girls lacrosse team before moving to Arizona to attend Arizona State University.

The summer after her first year at ASU, Mattie joined the Minnesota National Guard in 2002 in the hopes of finding a way

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Arizona Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Rose Mattie with her baby, Violet, juggles motherhood and flying as a helicopter pilot part-time for the Guard.

to help pay for some of the costs of college.

Since then, she has been deployed to Iraq twice and was among a small group of female soldiers, the first ones ever selected and trained to assist the elite Green Berets on a deployment to a village in Afghanistan.

Treated wastewater may be on tap for Chandler faucets

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Staff

Treated wastewater – long used to water golf courses and green spaces throughout the East Valley – could be reaching taps in kitchens across the state after the governor’s office passed rules that will allow communities to recycle reclaimed water into drinking water.

Reclaimed water, also called effluent, is highly treated wastewater, according to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

The Governor’s Regulatory Review Council approved new administrative rules on Oct. 3 that will allow appropriate facilities to process reclaimed water for drinking water, also known as direct potable reuse, said Trevor Baggiore, ADEQ Water Quality Division manager.

The new rules go into effect on Jan. 1, 2018. ADEQ has two workgroups that will continue to craft additional standards to be implemented at a later date.

There are five classes of reclaimed water in Arizona’s quality standards, ranging from Class C to Class A+.

The rules will allow only facilities producing Class A+ or B+ reclaimed water to pursue direct potable reuse. The rules also will require additional treatments in order for water to reach federal drinking water quality standards.

Any facility that pursues direct potable reuse of reclaimed water also will have to conduct a pilot project that proves it can meet appropriate standards, Baggiore said.

All reclaimed water plants operated by Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert produce Class A+ effluent, the highest class of reclaimed see

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The aviation assault company Mattie works for with the Arizona Army National Guard performs various capabilities in the Black Hawk, including moving soldiers and supplies and doing static displays, where the helicopters are parked on the ground

and people can view them and meet the flight crew.

Since the crew is part of the National Guard and a state asset, it also can be used to help in state emergencies while keeping a level of readiness to deploy around the world.

Mattie’s drive and positive attitude have fueled her ability to reach new heights while facing dangerous situations overseas and proving her strength and skills in the military.

“I’ve always felt like I’ve needed to prove myself,” she said. “You kind of have to learn how to just hold your own. If you have that physical mentality, you’re in. You never know what you can or can’t do until you try.

“I really like the idea of the National Guard supporting the community.”

Mattie hit the ground running when she joined the Minnesota National Guard. She graduated from her co-ed basic training class with the Commanding General Award, which encompasses all aspects of the training including leadership skills, general knowledge exams, hands-on tests and physical fitness.

Her late grandfather, Archie Haukom, had served in the Navy in World War II, fighting the enemy in the South Pacific.

Mattie said he was “my best bud,” and he never talked about fighting in the war until see

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Owner of Chandler-based Insys arrested, charged with conspiracy

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Staff

Federal agents arrested the founder and former CEO of embattled Chandler pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics on charges that he oversaw a nationwide conspiracy to illegally increase subscriptions for Subsys, a powerful opioid painkiller and the company’s primary product.

John N. Kapoor, who is the majority owner of Insys and stepped down from the board of directors Oct. 30, was arrested in Phoenix on Oct. 26 and charged with a RICO conspiracy and other counts, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.

The indictment includes additional charges for six former Insys executives who were indicted in Dec. 2016 and also

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Mattie, who has lived in Chandler for about eight years, learned how to be a mechanic on engineer equipment, including dozers and scrapers, in Advanced Individual Training. She learned that by achieving great physical fitness, she would earn the respect of male soldiers.

When she started in the military, she could do one pushup, and now she can do 75-plus pushups in two minutes, she said. Her personal record is 96 pushups.

“Hard work and determination pays off in life,” she said. “My parents raised me to be really resilient.”

During her first summer while assigned to the Minnesota National Guard, she fixed trucks, dug foxholes, shot .50-caliber machine guns and took a ride in an iconic Huey helicopter.

Mattie transferred to the Arizona National Guard after that so she could return to ASU, but after only two months in classes there during her sophomore year, she had to leave because of her deployment with the 3666th Support Maintenance Company(SMC) out of Phoenix in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

“It was nerve-racking,” she said. “I had like a week’s notice.”

Back then, technology made it difficult to make phone calls or send emails to loved ones back home, Mattie said.

When she was deployed to Iraq again in 2009 to 2010, she had been classified as a chemical biological radiological and nuclear specialist, meaning she was trained to mitigate chemical threats.

Mattie ran operations for a maintenance company, tracking personnel and movement of more than 200 soldiers.

Her previous experience in Iraq made the second deployment easier.

“I was an E-6 (rank) at that time so I had a little more rank and knowledge so I felt I could effect positive change for all the female soldiers in my company,” Mattie said.

At that time, out of about 200 soldiers in her company, about 20 were women.

In 2011, Mattie learned about a call to action for female soldiers to make history and attempt to work with the Army’s elite Special Forces. She applied for a position and was asked to participate in a selection and assessment at Fort Bragg, North

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Arizona Army National Guard Captain Amanda Douglas, left, and Arizona Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Rose Mattie, serve together and fly a Black Hawk helicopter.

Carolina’s U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.

Female soldiers from around the country were tested on their physical and mental abilities.

Mattie was chosen and paired with Army Captain Rachel Washburn, a military intelligence officer, to deploy with the Green Berets to Afghanistan to live in a village with an Operational Detachment Alpha team.

As members of the Cultural Support Team from 2011 to 2012, Mattie and Washburn, of North Carolina, interacted with local men, women and children in the village. Their mission was to enable the Green Berets access to “100 percent of the local population,” Mattie said.

“Their mission included ‘training and advising’ the local Afghan police, which we assisted with,” Mattie said. “It’s a culture of survivability” in Afghanistan, she added.

Mattie remembered a woman in the village who did not want the American soldiers there. But when Mattie stopped by to see her before leaving Afghanistan, the woman told her she felt badly because she had prayed that Mattie would leave.

Women who lived in the village were isolated from the rest of the world and often asked Mattie if her mother knew she was in Afghanistan.

The U.S. soldiers lived without electricity and no real roads, washing their

clothes with well water, Mattie said.

“You realize how thankful you are to be in the U.S. and the amenities we have,” she said. “I feel like I’ve directly impacted the children of the village, as well as the women.”

Mattie said she believed her and Washburn’s visit helped the villagers realize Americans are friendly.

Besides the ties Mattie and Washburn formed with people in the village, the two soldiers also had duties of “providing security for the base, as well as patrolling the village and engaging with the local population,” Mattie said.

“We got attacked a lot,” Mattie said. “It was a lot of danger. It was a very hostile environment.”

Shots were fired at the base and trucks ran over improvised explosive devices (IEDs) but none of the American soldiers from her group were hurt or hit, she said.

After her deployment to Afghanistan, Mattie went to Fort Rucker, Alabama, for 18 months to train to become a Black Hawk pilot. She was pinned with flight wings in 2013.

Now, Mattie is finishing her bachelor’s degree in business at ASU while working part-time at the National Guard. She and her husband, Aaron, who also works for the Arizona Army National Guard, have a son, Blaze, 2, and daughter, Violet, 3 months old.

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Fellow Arizona Army National Guard members praised her abilities and personality on the job.

“She is a ray of sunshine,” said Captain Amanda Douglas of Gilbert. “She’s always so positive. She’s extremely knowledgeable. She can give insight on communicating with the troops and working with them.”

Douglas, also a helicopter pilot, who joined the Arizona Army National Guard in 2009, was deployed to Kosovo last year. She respects Mattie’s ability to balance her different life roles.

“She’s found a way to juggle family and motherhood, as well as the Guard,” Douglas said.

She said working in the military as a woman can be hard, but being professional and doing your best work and demanding respect are important.

“I think it’s challenging, but I think women also play a role in how challenging it is,” Douglas said.

Douglas is the first women on record to have command of the Helicopter Assault Company in the Arizona Army National Guard.

Arizona Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Rick Klauer also is a fan of Mattie.

“I think she’s really an inspiration for women in general and girls and … she’s an incredible human,” Klauer said. “Working with women, especially in places like Rose has been, is the new normal. Afghanistan is trying to revolutionize the role of women in their society. It’s awesome Rose could be involved. There’s only a handful of women that have done anything like Rose.”

Klauer also said Mattie is “an awesome pilot” who is laid-back and “a pleasure to fly with.”

Mattie said one highlight of her career as a pilot was doing the static display at an air show, where little girls came up to talk to her.

“They were so inspired,” she said.

“They had never seen a female pilot.”

She said her family’s support and patience allow her to succeed in the National Guard, her ASU classes and role as a full-time mother.

“I don’t ever want to become complacent,” Mattie said. “Hopefully, opportunities keep opening up.”

Join the East Valley Veterans Parade on Nov. 11 SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Why do we hold parades?

It’s simple really. Parades are opportunities for communities to come together in a shared spirit of celebration, commemoration and unity.

The East Valley Veterans Parade has been celebrating the lives and sacrifices of veterans, active military and their families under one name or another for more than 50 years. Originally called the Mesa Veterans Parade, it is a tradition that began under the auspices of the city of Mesa.

But in 2006, the parade fell victim to the city’s necessary budget cuts.

Local residents Gerry Walker and Frank “Gunny” Alger sounded the call to keep the annual event marching through Mesa, even if it only included just the

two of them.

The Marine Corps League (Saguaro Chapter) in Mesa took the lead and the Mesa Veterans Parade Association was formed as an all-volunteer organization. The parade was renamed in 2013 as the East Valley Veterans Parade to reflect the participation of parade entrants, sponsors and attendees from throughout the East Valley.

This year’s parade, which takes place in downtown Mesa on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. is expected to be a spirited celebration at which citizens can gather to “Honor and Remember” all our area residents who have served on their behalf. It’s a once-a-year chance to personally say “Thank you. We appreciate your service. We haven’t forgotten your see

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Plenty of pageantry can be expected at the annual East Valley Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11.

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More than 2,000 people will march or ride in this year’s parade – in cars, military vehicles, floats, motorcycles and on horseback. They’ll play rousing music as part of area high school marching bands, with flags waving. They’ll sing. They’ll wave. There will be flyovers and somber tributes to those fallen in service.

And there will be red, white and blue splashed everywhere, reminding all of us of our shared identity as Americans.

And some will shed a few tears, as they proudly salute the 40,000+ spectators, who are as important as the parade entries themselves. After all, what is a parade without spectators?

The East Valley Veterans Parade will be held on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and starts at 11 a.m. in commemoration of the end of World War I Armistice Day. It will last

approximately 90 minutes.

The parade route starts on Center Street and University Drive in Mesa and runs south on Center Street to 1st Street. It then turns west onto 1st Street and continues to Robson. Any location along the route offers great viewing.

Bleachers are located on the west side of Center Street on 2nd Street, across from the Mesa Convention Center entrance, and on 1st Street at MacDonald on the south side of the street across from the

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Grandstand. Attendance is free.

The East Valley Veterans Parade is supported by the SanTan Sun News, Downtown Mesa Association, 960 The Patriot, Signarama Chandler, Mesa Community College, Albertsons-Safeway, SRP, Mesa Hohokams, Visit Mesa, Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services, Berge Ford, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Boeing, Gateway Bank and the Berg Family.

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Several events in Chandler will honor military veterans SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Several events in Chandler are honoring military veterans in the coming week.

At 2 p.m. Nov. 9, New Vistas Center for Education, 670 N. Arizona Ave., will host a public event with Mayor Jay Tibshraeny, 24 service members representing all four branches of the U.S. military, the Hamilton High School Honor Guard and New Vistas fifth- and sixth-graders.

Students will record the oral histories of all 24 veterans and add their records to a website, the Veterans Legacy Projects (veteranslegacyprojects.org).

“We’re in our second year of the project and have found that many veterans are not only glad to share their remembrances as a matter of history but also to partly unburden themselves of difficult experiences,” said New Vistas staffer Donna Robson, adding: “Many military men and women have never shared their stories openly.

While recounting their experiences to the students, some have difficulty hiding

the pain within their memories of war.

Others, stress the risks taken to liberate others. For this reason, we must never forget the significance of their sacrifices.” stated Stacey Trepanier, a sixth-grade teacher heading the project.

The late Staff Sergeant Michael Thelen also will be honored for his distinguished service during the Vietnam conflict and for his part in the massive military cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the South Pacific. His widow, Mary Lou, will attend.

Thelen served 14 years in the Air Force, with two combat tours in Vietnam and three years in the decontamination of Enewetak Atoll, which was used for nuclear testing.

According to his widow, he will posthumously receive a national medal for performing these hazardous duties.

He was about to sign up for a third tour of duty to Vietnam when Michael’s parents were notified that his brother had been killed in action and so he returned stateside. During his time in Vietnam, Michael’s chief responsibilities included

ground communications guiding aircraft landings and mapping enemy targets.

Meanwhile, Alpha Chiropratic and Physical Therapy owner Carson Robertson said he and his partners will offer free services to all veterans on Nov. 10. Services include chiropractic care, chair massage, acupuncture, naturopathic consultations, vitals checks and physical therapy treatments.

“We work with veterans all the time, and our physical therapy tech is a veteran,” said Robertson. “I see firsthand the struggles that can exist in that healthcare system. We just want to do something to help and say thanks.”

Appointments are strongly encouraged and can be made by calling 480-812-1800.

Walk-ins will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Alpha Chiropractic is located in the Fulton Ranch Promenade Shopping Center at 4955 S. Alma School Road in Suite 10, Chandler.

From 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 11, Tibshraeny, Chandler Police, and Chandler Fire, Health and Medical

departments will hold their second annual Safety and Veterans Expo at Veterans Oasis Park, 4050 E. Chandler Heights Road, Chandler.

The free public event will offer helpful information on personal and property safety, fire and crime prevention methods, how to obtain a city building permit and sign up for services and programs provided

by City of Chandler departments.

Veterans will be able to receive claims assistance from the Veterans Health Administration and get information from other service organizations. Students from local schools will sing a variety of patriotic songs throughout the day and food trucks will have food and beverages available for purchase with discounts for veterans.

The mayor will hold a special ceremony beginning at 11:11 a.m. to honor Operation Welcome Home Chandler honorees.

Operation Welcome Home Chandler is an opportunity for Chandler residents to honor and show appreciation for military men and women who are returning from active duty or leaving for service.

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WASTEWATER from page 1 water in Arizona, according to the state’s reclaimed water quality standards.

This is not the first time reclaimed drinking water has made headlines in Arizona.

Over the summer, the AZ Pure Water Brew Challenge pitted brewers across the state against each other to see who could brew the best beer from purified recycled wastewater. The goal of the campaign was to inform Arizonans about water-use issues and the technologies that exist to purify wastewater.

Gilbert’s Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company came in second place in the competition with its Pure Water Double IPA. Regionally, San Diego is leading the way in the direct potable reuse of reclaimed water.

Through the city’s Pure Water San Diego Program, it plans to use treated recycled effluent to supply one-third of the city’s drinking water by 2035.

San Diego chose this route over expanding its use of treated ocean water from the nearby Claude Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant because treating reclaimed water proved more cost-effective.

Direct potable reuse also had a lesser greenhouse gas effect than desalination, said Sarah Porter, director at the Kyl Center for Water Policy at ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy.

ADEQ does not anticipate that it will receive applications to begin recycling reclaimed water for drinking water in the near future because municipalities will need time to develop the technologies and processes necessary to meet drinking water standards. “(ADEQ has) not specified the technology (facilities will use) because we want to be innovative, but we do require the (water

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Chandler, which has meticulously forecast its water use for decades, is unlikely to take advantage of reclaimed water for potable uses. That is because the city already has planned out where its water will come from through its eventual build-out.

“We have done a lot of preparation in the past into how to effectively use our water,” said Christopher Connor, Chandler Utility Regulaazpurewaterbrew.org Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company of Gilbert took second tory Affairs manager.

The city already uses 100 place at the Arizona Pure Water Brew Challenge recently with its Pure Water Double IPA. The beer was brewed using purified percent of its effluent for non-potable needs, which alrecycled wastewater. lows the Chandler to reserve more of its potable water for quality) specifications,” Baggiore said. drinking.

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However, the city still will look at whether “In the short term, I don’t think there will direct potable reuse is a viable option in the be huge uptake (in applications for direct future. potable reuse), but in the long term there “As it becomes a hotter topic, we will look definitely will be,” she said.

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ian Preserve at Water Ranch. This not only helps increase groundwater supplies but also allows the town to claim credits that can be exchanged to acquire drinking water from other sources, Gilbert wastewater manager Mark Horn said.

Gilbert does not currently have plans to divert reclaimed water resources from those current uses toward direct potable reuse, though that could change in the future as public perception shifts.

“There is a possibility in the future that as the policy changes and the public perception of potable reuse changes we could pursues it, but there are no plans right now,” Gilbert Water Resources manager Eric Braun said. “We still need to catch up from a public perception standpoint.”

Whether communities choose to move forward with direct potable reuse of reclaimed water, the increased flexibility ultimately will benefit all communities across the state as they navigate the complex water issues that go hand in hand with living in the desert. “(This rule) benefits every community because it gives them one more water management tool,” Porter said. “Whether they use it or not, they benefit from it.”

Currently, reclaimed water accounts for only 3 percent of the state’s overall use.

The flexibility that increased usage provides could be necessary as communities around the state grapple with water use issues.

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INSYS from page 1 names 10 doctors and four pharmacies as co-conspirators.

Subsys is a drug approved to treat cancer patients, but none of the doctors referenced in the indictment are oncologists, though several work with cancer patients at pain centers.

Rhode Island doctor Jerrold Rosenberg recently pleaded guilty to charges related to the ongoing Insys investigation but is not mentioned in this indictment.

Kapoor’s arrest came on the same day that President Donald Trump declared the nationwide opioid epidemic a public health emergency.

Fentanyl, the active drug in Subsys, has contributed greatly to the epidemic. According to the Center for Disease Control, of the 64,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2016, 20,000 were associated with fentanyl and fentanyl-related drugs, the most drastic increase among any drug.

The indictment paints a picture of a multi-pronged effort by Insys executives and co-conspirators to bribe doctors, defraud insurers and circumvent DEA regulations requiring the reporting of suspicious orders.

Subsys was approved by the FDA for the treatment of breakthrough pain in cancer patients. The indictment indicates that Kapoor and former Insys President and CEO Michael Babich were unhappy with the drug’s sales performance in the months following its entrance onto the market in 2012.

In order to increase sales, they al-

legedly conspired with other executives to devise a scheme to prescribe the drug at higher rates, according to the indictment.

“In exchange for bribes and kickbacks, the practitioners wrote large numbers of prescriptions for the patients, most of whom were not diagnosed with cancer,” according to a press release from U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.

The 10 practitioners listed as co-con-

In the U.S. Attorney’s release, Harold H. Shaw, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division, said that “The allegations of selling a highly addictive opioid cancer pain drug to patients who did not have cancer, make them no better than street-level drug dealers.”

These allegations are mirrored in lawsuits brought against Insys by health insurance company Anthem and several state attorneys general, including Arizo-

In exchange for bribes and kickbacks, the practitioners “wrote large numbers of prescriptions for the patients, most of whom were not diagnosed with cancer.”

– U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts

spirators in the indictment received hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece in kickbacks. In 2013, Insys budgeted $2.25 million to pay these “speaker fees.”

In 2014, that budget rose to $10 million, according to the indictment.

Messages between Insys executives and sales representatives indicate that the company targeted doctors with a history of prescribing a high volume of similar drugs for all types of pain, not just cancer pain, in order to increase the market for the drug.

The messages also show that executives actively pressured sales representatives to convince doctors to prescribe Subsys in dosages higher than those recommended on the drug’s label.

na Attorney General Mark Brnovich.

A report on the nationwide opioid epidemic released by U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s office also signals out Insys as a bad actor.

“Evidence from our investigation suggests that Insys was engaged in systemic fraud and took actions that directly harmed their own customers and public health as a whole,” McCaskill said.

In its lawsuit, the state of Arizona claims Insys sold nearly $52 million worth of Subsys between March 2012 and April 2017. Sixty-four percent of those prescriptions came from three doctors who received speaker fees from Insys.

Bribes were only one aspect of the

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scheme, though.

In order to capitalize on the prescriptions written by doctors, Insys executives had to figure out a way to obtain prior authorizations from health insurers. Typically, insurers only cover drugs like Insys if they are prescribed for the approved use.

The indictment alleges that Insys executives – who pressured sales representatives and doctors to prescribe Subsys for a range of ailments outside of breakthrough cancer pain – actively sought to mislead insurers in order to obtain prior authorizations.

The indictment alleges that Insys set up a “reimbursement unit” designed to obtain prior authorizations and that employees in this unit followed a script designed to mislead insurers and, in some cases, provide false cancer diagnoses.

Insurers were unlikely to provide prior authorizations to pharmaceutical company representatives, so the executives also took steps – such as blocking phone numbers – to hide the identity of employees calling from the reimbursement unit, which was located in the Insys headquarters in Chandler.

Kapoor faces charges of conspiracy to commit RICO and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud that each call for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000, or twice the amount of pecuniary gain or loss.

He also faces charges of conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Law that calls for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $25,000 fine.

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Mayor Tibshraeny says city’s on a roll with new businesses, development

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Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny and city staff members shared details of economic development during the Coffee with the Mayor 2017 event.

Residents, business owners and others listened to the Chandler officials describe what projects are being developed and new businesses downtown at the Chandler Chamber of Commerce event.

“Things are good in Chandler,” Tibshraeny said. “We have a lot of attributes that businesses like. There’s a lot of stuff going on in downtown Chandler.”

He said in the last few months Ghett’ Yo’ Taco, Puro Cigar Bar, Even Stevens and The Local Chandler have all opened downtown.

The Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard intersection is a hotbed of construction.

“We’re pretty jazzed about that corner there,” Tibshraeny said.

Workers are building the Overstreet project at the southwest corner of Chandler Boulevard and Arizona Avenue, and the development will feature a Flix Brewhouse microbrewery and theater.

Tibshraeny said a parking garage is being constructed at that corner as part of Overstreet, and it’s expected to open in the spring of next year.

Overstreet will be a multi-use development of about 100,000 square feet with shopping, dining, entertainment and office space. The project will include local and national brand stores, said Danny Plapp, director of real estate for LGE Design Build, the general contractor for the Overstreet development.

The mayor also said Execute to Win, a company that helps organizations achieve winning behaviors and

intersection of Loops 101 and 202.

Stantec, an architectural, engineering, environmental services and planning company is going to move its Southwest regional office into the local building.

The office building is the part of the Chandler Viridian mixed-used development. Hines tore down Elevation Chandler, an incomplete building, in 2014 after work on that project stopped in 2006.

Things are good in Chandler. We have a lot of “ attributes that businesses like. There’s a lot of stuff going on in downtown Chandler.”

– Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny

performance via business management systems, has moved into the Chandler Chamber of Commerce office building at 25 S. Arizona Ave. James Smith, Chandler’s Economic Development Program manager, talked about construction of a tall office building near Chandler Fashion Center on the site of the previous, Elevation Chandler unfinished development.

International real estate firm Hines broke ground September 26 on the Offices at Chandler Viridian, a planned six-story building at the

Tibshraeny said one project that has stalled is in an area called Site 6 around the Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard intersection.

A development agreement is in effect with Ryan Companies to develop the site into a mixed-use project, including mainly office space with a minimal amount of retail area, but the mayor said “it’s not going to work out.”

Kim Moyers, the city’s downtown redevelopment manager, said as far as Site 6, “there are milestones that need to be met to continue the agreement.”

Tibshraeny said Chandler submitted a request for proposal to try to get online retail giant Amazon to put its second U.S. headquarters in the city.

Amazon has a distribution center in the West Valley, as well as a corporate office in Tempe, but the size of those structures is small compared to its planned new headquarters, known as HQ2.

The company plans to spend about $5 billion building HQ2, which might eventually lead to 50,000 high-paying jobs, an Amazon press release said.

“We’ll see how that plays out for Arizona,” Tibshraeny said. “It’s a very good thing no matter who gets it, Tempe, Gilbert. The magnitude of that campus is something the Valley hasn’t seen. I think any location in the East Valley will benefit Chandler.”

Mesa and Tempe also are hoping to lure Amazon’s HQ2 to their cities.

People in the audience asked questions about a possible light rail in Chandler, as well as property taxes in the city and how many new apartment complexes are being developed.

Matt Eberle, who is running for Chandler City Council, said it was good to hear the mayor talk about new development in the city. The Chandler man runs Biltmore Executive Group, a Phoenix management consulting firm.

“The whole idea in my mind is we need business to drive the tax revenue,” Eberle said.

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School districts’ override efforts head to a climax SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Chandler voters who haven’t yet mailed in their ballots for their public school district override requests might need to make a drive now.

With ballots needed to be postmarked no later than 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, experts advise that the Postal Service now is no longer an option.

Depending on where they live, Chandler residents will have either two override requests or one.

If they live in the Chandler Unified School District, they are being asked to vote yes to continue the district’s 15 percent override.

A citizens budget committee unanimously recommended the governing board renew the override. The funds will be used for maintaining manageable class sizes, attracting and retaining high-performing teachers, maintaining a host of programs that prepare students for college and the work world of the future.

A county voting center will be open at the district’s headquarters for all override ballots, no matter whether they’re from CUSD, Kyrene or Tempe Union High School District.

Ballots can be dropped off at the CUSD headquarters, 1525 W. Frye Road, Chandler, between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. today and Sunday, Nov. 4 and Nov. 5, and between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 6 and Nov. 7.

Kyrene has three ballot questions in

the all-mail election while Tempe Union High has one.

All registered voters received both ballots, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Recorder’s office said.

However, spokeswoman Karen Loschiavo said that only applies to this election and that voters who want to get on that permanent list for other elections must

coding, foreign languages, culinary and performing arts and STEM. The capital override supports Kyrene’s technology program, maintaining the devices such as laptops, tablets, whiteboards; software licenses, school security systems, parent services such as ParentVue, crisis notification and online payment options; and school buses and

request it.

Kyrene is seeking continuation of its 15 percent maintenance and operations and its 15 percent capital overrides and because both already are in place, neither will result in a property tax increase.

The largest part of the maintenance and operations override pays 210 teachers’ salaries.

The rest covers special programs such as music, art and physical education; instructional interventions and middle school “exploratories” such as classes in

maintenance vehicles.

The combined additional taxes for the two overrides amounts to $232 annually on a home valued at $238,270, the average value of a home in the district, which includes parts of Tempe, Chandler and Mesa as well as all three Ahwatukee ZIP codes.

The bond question would allow Kyrene to borrow a maximum $116 million to make capital repairs on its buildings – many of which are 30 years old. Those repairs also would allow the district to expand its preschool program, which

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currently has a waiting list of about 150 children, the district says.

The money also can be used to buy new school buses top replace those too old to be of much use anymore.

Taxes would go up by about $23 a year on a home valued at $204,000 if Tempe Union’s override is approved. The annual tax bill on a home valued at $204,000 in the district is currently $47.

Tempe Union not only wants to continue a current 10 percent maintenance and operations override but to also increase that to the maximum 15 percent.

That additional 5 percent has been designated exclusively for the recruitment and retention of “highly effective teachers” and staff through raises that would be incrementally increased over five years, starting with 2 percent in the first year and 1 percent annually in each of the four following years.

The existing 10 percent override in Tempe Union is used, among other things, to keep class sizes small, fund electives and student support services, support preventive maintenance programs and pay for athletic and other extracurricular programs.

The governing boards for both districts decided to go with all-mail balloting to reduce election costs. An all-mail election will cost each district about $300,000 while a traditional election would be twice that cost.

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Lauren Tamburelli of Chandler faces two counts of murder and other charges.

Chandler woman accused in DUI accident that killed 2

A Chandler woman faces two counts of second-degree murder and 10 other criminal counts after her arrest Oct. 22 in a drunk-driving accident that killed a White Mountain singer and her fiancé on Interstate 10 near Wild Horse Pass.

Lauren Tamburrelli, 26, had her 3-yearold daughter in her car when it struck an SUV, triggering a five-car crash that took the lives of Lindsey Earl, 29, of Lakeside and Thomas Dempsey, 29, of Pinetop.

Tamburrelli, who is in jail on a $500,000 bond, spoke incoherently when officers tried to talk to her and became combatant with people who tried to help her,

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

One report said Tamburrelli in 2009 pleaded guilty with another girl to making a fake bomb threat that shut down Corona del Sol High School in Tempe because the friend wanted a day off.

The White Mountain Independent said Earl, a 2015 graduate in biomedical science from the University of Arizona, was the 2013 Arizona State Kids USA Pageant winner at age 13 and a year later won an all-expense-paid trip to sing in the national finals of the 25th annual Colgate Country Showdown in Nashville.

She subsequently won several other singing competitions.

Her fiancé had just been promoted manager of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Marana. __________________________________

Suspect sought in sexual assault of young girl

Chandler police are seeking help in identifying a suspect who sexually assaulted a girl August 2014 in the parking lot of Basha Library, 5990 S. Val Vista Drive.

The suspect approached the victim, 12, as she stood in front of the library.

He lured her to an older-model white four-door sedan. Once in the vehicle, the suspect sexually assaulted the victim.

The suspect, whose image was released in a sketch, is described as a dark-skinned male between 18 and 25. He is over 5 feet 8 inches tall and, at the time of the attack, was wearing a flannel shirt,

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baggy jeans and tennis shoes. The victim said the suspect spoke poor English.

The girl didn’t disclose the assault until this June.

Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect is asked to call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (9486377). Silent Witness is offering a reward up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest or indictment of this suspect. __________________________________

‘Taste of El Dorado High’ will be served Nov. 9

East Valley restaurants will partner with El Dorado High School’s fifth annual “Taste of El Dorado” 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at the school, 2200 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler.

This festival of food and fun brings together students, families and friends as a fundraising to benefit different charities. This year, the school is raising money for Banner Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students with ID and $25 for a family of six. Information: 480-726-9536. __________________________________

Vision Gallery offers “Creature A Day’

Vision Gallery in downtown Chandler will present “Josiah Copley: Creature A Day,” an exhibit of drawings inspired by Japanese kaiju toys, cartoons and video games. “Creature A Day includes some of

the wildest, weirdest creatures, robots, monsters and aliens he could imagine every day for more than two and a half years,” a city spokesman said.

The exhibit starts Thursday, Nov. 9, and runs through Jan. 5.

“Josiah’s drawings are lighthearted and fun, making this an exhibition the entire family can enjoy,” said Peter Bugg, visual arts coordinator at Vision Gallery. “When you see the images Josiah dreams up, it’s not surprising that he also helps other artists realize their dreams as a consultant at Chandler’s TechShop,” he added.

The public is invited to attend a free artist reception with Josiah Copley from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, at Vision Gallery, 10 E. Chicago St. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. __________________________________

Tibshraeny’s teen academy accepting applications

Chandler teens in high school or a similar homeschool program can apply for Mayor Jay Tibshraeny’s Teen Leadership Academy.

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Around Chandler Dec. 8. Completed applications may be mailed to: Dave Bigos, Mayor and Council Assistant, Chandler City Hall, 175 S. Arizona Ave., fifth floor, Chandler, AZ 85225. Applications also may be submitted to david.bigos@chandleraz.gov.

For the fourth year in a row, the academy is funded in part by the Chandler Kiwanis Club.

Information: Dave Bigos at 480-782-2222. __________________________________

Sun Lakes Arts and Crafts group sets fall show date

The Sun Lakes Arts and Crafts Association is planning its annual fall show 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 25 with over 50 vendors showcasing their handiwork at the Sun Lakes Country Club Phase 1, 25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes.

Admission is free and open to the public. “Craft shows are a great place to find unique Christmas gifts while at the same time supporting local artists and purchasing American-made items,” the club said in a release. __________________________________

Homeschool Day explores gardening roots

Budding horticulturists can dig their green thumbs into the subject of gardens as they explore the relationship between humans and plants at Homeschool Day – Growing with Gardens, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Environmental Education Center at Veteran’s Oasis Park,

4050 E. Chandler Heights Road.

The program is designed for children and youth ages 5 to 17 and offers gradespecific activities that allow students to experience the adventure of learning through inquiry-based activities and investigations.

The cost is $6 for homeschooled children living in Chandler and $9 for non-residents. Accompanying parents, chaperones and spectators attend for free.

To request a reservation for your school, group or homeschooled child, contact Ariane Francis at ariane. francis@chandleraz.gov or 480-7822886. ________________________________

The Spa at Ocotillo offering seasonal scents

The smell of pumpkins and harvest spice can be found with a pair of festive spa specials at The Spa at Ocotillo Village Health Club in Chandler.

All this month, the spa is offering a yam and pumpkin peel and pumpkin latte hydration masque for $125 (regularly $195).

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Free music at Sonoran Sunset Series concert

Enjoy the folk/rock/jam-band sound of Kings for the People at the next Sonoran Sunset Series outdoor concert 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at Veterans Oasis Park, 4050 E. Chandler Heights Road.

Kings for the People has a sound driven by acoustic rhythm guitar, distorted electric lead guitar, passionate vocals and a rhythm section delivering deep grooves ranging from country to punk to Latin in feel.

Bring your blankets, food and folding chairs and enjoy the free concert alongside the park’s five-acre lake.

In cases of inclement weather, the performances will be held indoors at the park’s Environmental Education Center.

The next free Sonoran Sunset Concert will be held Dec. 21. Information: chandleraz.gov/eec or call 480-782-2890. __________________________________

Robson Library sets craft, other events for November

Robson Library, at 9330 E. Riggs Road, Sunlakes has scheduled a number of events this month.

At 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, “Adult Craft – My Veteran” will be devoted to making a hanging to showcase veterans. Bring a printed copy or picture of your veteran to use. Registration is required.

At 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, “Birds of Maricopa County” will feature Audubon Society President Mark Larson discussing the birds that can be seen in different seasons.

At 1 p.m. Nov. 15, “mindfulness-based stress reduction will be discussed. One area that will be addresses is how it has offered relief to thousands of patients over three decades relief from chronic pain, lower blood pressure and better sleep.

Instructor Gerri Varas will lead the session.

At 1 p.m. Nov. 17, “Coping with Grief during the Holidays” is the topic as Hospice of the Valley representatives share how to be gentle with yourself and develop strategies for moving through a challenging season.

At 9:30 a.m. Nov. 18, Storytime Saturday! Will feature fun with books, songs, action-rhymes, flannel boards, crafts and more. Activities are developmentally appropriate for ages 3-6, but all ages are welcomed. Seating will begin 15 minutes before the program starts. Limit 100 attendees.

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Chandler, EV teen suicides prompt second town hall SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Motivated partially by the selfinflicted deaths of seven Chandler and other East Valley teenagers in a space of six weeks this summer, a conference for parents on teen suicide will be held Monday. Nov. 6, at Desert Vista High School.

The conference, featuring a panel of experts ready to answer questions will be 6:30-8 p.m. at the school, 16440 S. 32nd St., Ahwatukee.

A 2016 report by the Arizona Child Fatality Review Program showed an 81 percent increase in child deaths by suicide since 2009 in the state.

The report found that 98 percent of suicides were preventable, that the majority involved children 15 to 17 years old and that drug use and family discord were leading factors.

“This special town hall will discuss ways to support students today and how connecting with them is critical to their success in both school and life,” a spokeswoman for Tempe Union High School District said.

Speakers will include representatives of Community Bridges, Teen Lifeline, the Gurian Institute and the National Center for the Development of Boys, NotMyKid, Crisis Preparation and Recovery, Terros, Aurora Health and Addiction Haven.

A similar conference in Gilbert in September drew hundreds of concerned parents in the wake of a so-called suicide

cluster involving seven teens between 13 and 18 from Gilbert, Queen Creek and Chandler between July 24 and Labor Day. Of the six boys and one girl who died, six hanged themselves and one used a gun.

The youths did not know each other, lived within a 12-mile radius of each other and were all described as high-achieving and outgoing teens.

Katey McPherson, executive director of the Gurian Institute, an educational consulting firm that focuses on brain development and learning, said she also knows of four teens from Tempe and surrounding communities who have committed suicide in the past five years.

“Nobody is getting to the root’’ of the suicide problem, McPherson said. “There are many prevention things we can do.’’

She said mental wellness issues need to be addressed with children – even if it’s in a very general way – when they are in elementary school, before their identities are already set in high school.

Jennifer Liewer, a spokeswoman for the Tempe Unified High School District, said a counselor at Desert Vista attended McPherson’s first mental health conference on Sept. 14 at Campo Verde High School in Gilbert, along with about 350 other parents and teachers.

The counselor came away impressed by the focus on prevention and saw value in having a similar conference in Ahwatukee, she said.

“We’ve got a lot of momentum going,’’ Liewer said. “I think we are impacting kids.’’

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But mental health advocates such as McPherson and Lorie Warnock, a Mountain Pointe High School English teacher whose son committed suicide, said well-meaning gestures are not enough to stem the problem. They want to see more systemic programming aimed at preventing suicide.

McPherson said she has been monitoring teen suicides for the past year, since Warnock’s son, Mitchell, 18, a Corona del Sol High School student, killed himself. Another boy committed suicide a year earlier on the school’s grounds.

At the first conference, the focus was on prevention, such as recognizing

warning signs, improving communication between parents and their teens, monitoring social media closely, getting help immediately for those in crisis and removing “lethal means” of committing suicide, such as guns and belts.

“We have to get in front of this story.

We don’t have any choice. We can’t afford to lose another child,” said McPherson, a former Gilbert school administrator.

“It is my hope that this is the beginning, that we turn this tragedy into a legacy,” McPherson said.

Natalia Chimbo-Andrade, director of education and community outreach with Community Bridges, a major East Valley behavioral services provider, said she has heard that a dozen teenagers in the region killed themselves during the past year.

She said suicide statistics are sometimes hazy because of the stigma attached. A death might be classified as accidental, for instance, instead of suicide.

CDC data reported by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ranks suicide as the eighth leading cause of death in Arizona, with 1,276 people taking their own lives in 2015.

Suicide is the leading cause of death for people 10-14 years old and the second leading cause of death for those 15-34.

“I am hoping that school district officials who have the power and money will work as partners with us and mobilize,” McPherson said. “We need pervasive, ongoing programming.”

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Appeals panel reacts tepidly to anti-freeway arguments

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor

Lawyers for South Mountain Freeway opponents appeared to receive a tepid response to their arguments from a threejudge federal appellate court panel at a hearing last month.

Attorneys for Ahwatukee-based Protect Arizona’s Resources and Children and the Gila River Indian Community made their case in just over 25 minutes on Oct. 19 at a hearing in San Francisco before the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

But their arguments appeared to draw little sympathy from one of the jurists, Judge Richard C. Tallman, who at one point suggested they were asking the court to substitute its judgment for that of highway planners.

“You want the court to substitute its judgment for that of the agencies,” he told lawyers for the opponents.

And at another point, Judge William A. Fletcher, who appeared to be somewhat interested in one of the anti-freeway arguments, jokingly complained of the “excruciatingly small print” in some exhibits.

Attorneys Howard Shanker, representing PARC, and Gila Community attorney David B. Rosenbaum appeared at the long-awaited hearing in hopes of persuading the panel to overturn U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa’s July 2016 ruling that gave the green light to begin the freeway’s construction.

At a cost of $1.7 billion, the 22-mile, eight-lane connector between 59th Avenue in West Phoenix and the Chandler interchange on I-10 is the state’s most expensive highway project in history and is scheduled to open in late 2018.

The lawyers’ arguments focused mainly on four key arguments contained in more than 70,000 pages of briefs and exhibits filed with the panel.

They asserted that the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration violated federal environmental law by failing to consider alternative routes.

They also said the agencies ignored federal law protecting sacred Native American sites such as South Mountain, and that they conducted inadequate environmental-impact studies.

They also said the agencies never budged from the route identified more than 30 years earlier, when the freeway was first on the drawing board.

Tallman aggressively questioned the lawyers’ assertion that the agencies should have given more consideration to another location, about 54 miles south of its current path.

“Isn’t that too far south?” Tallman asked, noting that the Gila Community twice refused to have the freeway go through reservation land and spare South Mountain Preserve park from any incursion.

“The problem is that the tribe voted twice not to give up any of its land to try

and resolve the impact on the park,” Tallman said.

When Rosenbaum argued, “There were many other alternatives that were never studied,” the judge replied: “I thought they studied more than a dozen.”

Fletcher queried the lawyers on the specific impact the freeway would have on South Mountain.

The freeway will cut a 200-foot-wide gash through three peaks when construction on that phase begins in mid-2018.

However, Fletcher dropped that line of questioning when no one could specifically say how much of those peaks would be affected.

“It doesn’t tell me much about the visual or ecological impact of that freeway,” the judge said.

Rosenbaum asserted, “They did not analyze nonfreeway options – which remarkably showed a greater reduction in traffic congestion than the freeway.”

But Tallman retorted, “I thought I read the current freeway system is meeting only 84 percent of the demand.”

Tallman also asked, “If we were to enter an injunction, what kind of costs would the public incur? I want to know the practical impact.”

Government lawyers replied any construction delay would cost taxpayers $200,000 a day.

Shanker told the panel the agencies did not adequately analyze the freeway’s im-

pact on Ahwatukee’s air quality, but Tallman said the kinds of tests the agencies used “are not our judgment call to make.”

“Don’t we have to defer to the metropolitan traffic planning agency?” he continued. “How do you localize the impact locally?”

When Shanker began to detail the tests that the agencies did not conduct, Tallman said, “You’re starting to lose me with all the science.

“Don’t we have to give the agency the greatest deference in determining which standards and what scientific equipment and studies are necessary things to do?” the judge continued.

The panel will now decide the case, although it is under no deadline for making a decision. The judges have three times rejected requests to halt construction while they deliberate.

“Our case has been made,” PARC President Pat Lawlis said. “I just hope we get a timely decision.”

She said freeway developer Conect202Partners “is destroying our environment faster every day.”

Lawlis also remained upbeat about PARC’s prospects, stating in a Facebook post: “One thing I learned from the hearing in Phoenix is not to make too much of how things seem to go in court. We thought that hearing went well, and the judge ruled against us. So, I’m not going to make any assumptions about these judges.”

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Chandler lawmaker’s policy aimed at sexual harassment

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Hoping to nip future problems before they get out of hand, House Speaker J.D. Mesnard on Monday released a detailed policy designed to curb sexual harassment.

The Chandler Republican told Capitol Media Services that he believes it has always been a violation of House policy, if not state law, for lawmakers and staffers to make unwelcome sexual advances or offensive remarks. And he said that is conveyed to new legislators and employees when they first take office or are hired.

But Mesnard said people tend to be at the Capitol for a decade or more and that “a periodic reminder might become the norm for the future.’’

What’s been the more pressing issue is to spell out, on paper, what’s off limits as well as the procedures that should be followed when a complaint is made.

The move is not coming in a vacuum.

It follows a Facebook post more than a week ago by Rep. Michelle UgentiRita, R-Scottsdale, saying that from the moment she took office in 2011, she experienced “unwanted sexual advances and lewd and suggestive comments regarding my body and appearance from male colleagues.’’

As the behavior became “more aggressive and brazen,’’ Ugenti-Rita said she complained to House leadership.

“While they were understanding and responsive to me, the lack of a traditional employer/employee relationship made it very difficult for them to deal with it in a meaningful way,’’ she wrote.

Ugenti-Rita did not identify those who she said assailed her.

Mesnard said what he crafted will create a more formalized policy, covering everything from who can take complaints to the procedures they should follow.

What the policy also has is some very specific definitions of what is off limits.

It starts with any “unequal and unlawful treatment of an individual,’’ including unwelcome verbal, written, physical or electronic communications “that either degrades or shows hostility or aversion towards a person arising because of that person’s inclusion in one of the categories protected by state or federal civil rights laws.’’ That includes race, religion, ethnicity and gender.

And Mesnard said sexual harassment in particular already is spelled out in federal and state laws, including unwelcome sexual advances, harassment “that is inherently sexual in nature,’’ offensive remarks about a person’s gender, and any sort of promise of advancement or benefit in exchange for sexual favors.

Also forbidden, he said, is the other side of the equation, meaning creating a “hostile work environment’’ and retaliation.

“Most of it isn’t new,’’ Mesnard said. “But it hasn’t always been written or public.’’

More to the point, he said, the policy hasn’t always been clear.

“We wanted to put it all out there,’’ the speaker said.

Ugenti-Rita, whose public comments triggered all this, called what Mesnard put together “a good first step.’’

She said it should provide some guidance and some protections to future lawmakers who won’t have to go through the same hassles – and she says lack of formal action – that she faced.

“We have this ‘it depends’ policy on who’s in leadership,’’ Ugenti-Rita said Monday after a preliminary review of the written policy. “It depends on who wants to take it seriously.’’

And she pointed out that Mesnard even has gotten into the details of not only how an inquiry should be conducted, but even forms with notes and checklists of what should be asked of both the person making the accusations and the person who is accused of harassment.

“None of that stuff existed’’ when she went to House leadership, Ugenti-Rita said.

“When I reached out about what our internal policies were I was sent a link to a federal website,’’ she recalled. “So I am happy to see that it looks like there’s going to be more structure to the process.’’

Mesnard said he has had a handful of people come to him since becoming speaker earlier this year.

“I’m almost always asked to not intervene but just to be aware,’’ Mesnard said. “If I’m told, I’m told for my knowledge and I’m not supposed to do anything about it.’’

And if victims do not want to pursue the matter, he said, that leaves him with few options.

“I don’t know what other recourse in those situations we’ve got other than to make sure we revisit members, make sure we have training to remind all members what ethical requirements we are operating under here, and continue to remind people of those things,’’ Mesnard said.

There’s also the question of whether the complaints should be public.

On one hand, Mesnard said that, as a public body – and with elected members – there is a presumption that most everything is open.

“We could be in this pickle where the very fact that what we do is public could discourage folks from coming forward because they want to handle it privately,’’ he said.

But Mesnard said it all comes out in the open if it deals with a lawmaker and gets to the point where it would go to the Ethics Committee.

One issue Mesnard is sidestepping for the time being deals with harassment based on someone’s sexual orientation. as that is not a “protected’’ class under current state or federal law.

Mesnard said the main purpose of what he put together was to make people aware of what harassment is and where to go if they are a victim.

“Obviously, there are many policy discussions we may have moving forward about what should be under the umbrella of protected classes,’’ he said. “I didn’t want to delve into that putting this policy out there because then we get tangled up in an ongoing policy discussion.’’

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Grant to help preschoolers in Kyrene District with dyslexia

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Staff An unusual grant will give preschoolers in the Kyrene School District help overcoming a common learning disability that plagues many adults and children across the country.

The in-school intervention for preschoolers with dyslexia is a novel public/private collaborative project with $100,000 in a three-year grant from the Burton Family Foundation.

The grant will let the district intervene with preschoolers identified with dyslexia, regardless of whether they qualify as students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The dyslexia intervention program will kick off at Kyrene de los Niños Elementary School in January. Kyrene de la Mariposa Elementary School will be the next school to get the support. Both schools are in Tempe.

Kyrene has preschools at 17 of its schools, with campuses in Chandler, Tempe and Ahwatukee.

Kyrene district officials say they believe theirs is the first in Arizona to carry out a grant-funded program to screen students and to intervene with students showing early signs of dyslexia.

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“We know that early intervention is essential for kids, so kids are not feeling that failure throughout their school career,” said Sandra Laine, director of exceptional student services for the

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State board to reexamine questionable school-grading system

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Facing a barrage of questions and criticism, the State Board of Education voted Monday to take another look at its new system for grading schools – nearly two months after Kyrene School District officials warned members that its formula was faulty.

The unanimous vote means that some schools with preliminary grades of D and F could move up. That’s important because parents use these grades to make decisions about where to send their children to school.

It could also mean more A grades. That, in turn, has financial implications with those schools eligible for additional state dollars.

But a revamp may not create all positive results, since some schools could find out that they are not performing as well – at least by state standards – as they had initially been told.

The move came amid questions about the accuracy of the data used to give out grades ranging from A to F. There also were issues raised about whether information was properly coded.

But many of the problems appear to be associated with the board’s decision on how much weight to give student improvement versus actual achievement.

That was inserted in a bid to ensure that lower-performing schools in high poverty areas had a chance to get high grades be-

quickly.

What may be worse is that the grading plan may not have produced the desired results.

B o a r d member Patricia Welborn said her analysis shows that among schools where 70 percent or more of students were eligible Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services Tim Carter, president of the State Board of Education, explains the apparent for free or reproblems Monday in the new grading system for schools. Listening is Diane d u c e d - p r i c e Douglas, the superintendent of public instruction, who also serves on the board. lunches, fewer than 5 percent cause their students were improving. But earned an A officials from some higher performing grade. Conversely, a quarter were rated D schools said that’s not fair to them be- or F. cause their students already were scoring At the other extreme, she said, more at the peak and therefore have nowhere than 54 percent of schools with fewer to go -- and no way to earn improvement than 30 percent of students eligible for points. free or reduced-price lunches earned an Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely and A; 90 percent were rated A or B. her aides warned the board at its Sept. 6 And there were no schools earning an F. study session about the weighting. And “I’m very concerned that one of the while board members conceded they fundamental rules that we intended not to made a good point, they went ahead and happen has happened,” she told her coladopted the formula anyway, indicating leagues. She wants a special Technical Asthey were under pressure from the Legis- sistance Committee being formed to look lature and governor to have grades issued at the results to take a closer look to find

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out why that happened.

“Is there something we can tweak in our calculation that would remove this influence?” she continued. “I’m really concerned that we have too few high-poverty schools that are represented in the top areas.”

And then are problems with schools that the system wasn’t designed to handle.

In essence, the grading is based on one set of standards for K-8 schools and another for 9-12.

Tim Carter, president of the state board, said the complaints are in many ways not a surprise.

“All of us knew going in that with a new grading system, based on all you’ve heard today, that issues were going to arise,” he told his colleagues.

Carter said that’s part of the reason that the grades that were made public earlier this month were determined to be preliminary, with the potential that they can be changed.

The problems with the grading system are being monitored by aides to Gov. Doug Ducey, who put $38 million into the budget for this year to be divided up among high-performing schools.

This year it was parceled out based on scores on the AzMERIT standardized tests.

But the plan for next year is to use those grades.

Gubernatorial press aide Daniel Scarpinato said his boss wants to make sure the see

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“This has been a labor of love,” Vesely said. “I also have a daughter who has dyslexia and a grandson who has dyslexia.”

Kyrene Governing Board member and parent Bernadette Coggins, along with state Rep. Jill Norgaard, Courtney Gilstrap LeVinus, vice president of the International Dyslexia Association-Arizona Chapter, and many other people pushed for the dyslexia project.

Coggins said she knows from experience the importance of detecting dyslexia early because of her son, whom she noticed struggling in third grade.

“Our kids unfortunately have to work a little harder,” she said. “We want to provide a model that is sustainable that can be used across Arizona. If we can have the training, which we’re starting to do, the sky’s the limit.”

Staff members from the Wellington-Alexander Center in Phoenix will provide interventions to help preschoolers in the district with dyslexia, and then train

GRADES from page 25 money is going where it was designed – and that the final grading system approved by the board does that.

And Scarpinato said the findings linking grades to poverty underline why “getting the formula right” is important.

“A school that may be dealing with a unique population, a unique issue, might have very high poverty issues, that the

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Kyrene’s teachers so they can learn to identify and aid those children, Laine said.

Certified teachers and speech language pathologists will deliver lessons to preschoolers. The focus will be on “the development of language for those preschool children that have not developed language at the same rate as their peers,” Laine said.

“Parents of children with dyslexia often express frustration and concern over their child’s struggle to learn to read,” she said.

Norgaard, who sponsored legislation that led to the development of The Dyslexia Handbook for the state, said she has heard from many parents who said their children “missed so many opportunities” because their dyslexia was not diagnosed earlier.

The handbook provides parents and teachers with signs that a child might have dyslexia, as well as a definition of it.

Arizona is the 15th state to adopt a dyslexia handbook. Lawmakers studied what other states, including Alabama and Ohio, did when crafting theirs, Norgaard said.

“We’ve put together a very systematic model,” she said. “We thought, we’ve waited too long and there’s no time like the present. Affecting upwards of 17 percent of the population, it’s imperative that schools begin to take action early to detect dyslexia, and I’m proud that the Kyrene School District is leading the way.”

Some warning signs of dyslexia that may show up during preschool are delays in learning to talk; trouble with rhyming patterns like cat, bat and sat; difficulty pronouncing words and poor auditory memory for chants and nursery rhymes, according to the state dyslexia handbook.

Research shows the quick growth of the brain and its responsiveness to instruction during the primary years mean the time period from birth to age 8 is a crucial time for literacy development, the handbook stated.

School administrators and others at the Oct. 17 event stressed the importance of children learning to read and write as early as possible, saying doing so not only helps them academically but prepares them for future careers.

Dyslexia is included in the U.S. Department of Education’s definition of a specific learning disability. Though dyslexia itself is not an eligibility category under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, if a child has dyslexia, it might lead to that child being considered eligible for special education and related services, according to the dyslexia handbook.

About 13 to 14 percent of the school population around the United States has dyslexia, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

“It’s a lot more common than we ever realized,” Niños Principal Tonja Yalung said. “This is something all of our students will benefit from.”

State Rep. Reginald Bolding, who attended the Kyrene grant celebration, knows it’s critical to help students with dyslexia because he used to be a special education teacher.

“It’s important for our kids to recognize we all have differences,” Bolding said. “With early intervention, we can ensure our students have the support they need to be successful.”

model is taking that into account so that we can truly understand what’s happening there,” he said.

But Scarpinato said his boss is having no second thoughts about providing financial incentives to high-performing schools – assuming the formula truly identifies them – because the funds can be used for everything from bonuses for teachers to helping a charter school expand to accommodate more children.

Charter schools have their own con-

cerns. Eileen Sigmund, president of the Arizona Charter School Association, told board members more than half of those schools didn’t get a grade, partly because of their own non-traditional grade configurations.

And those that did, she said, ended up with “significantly different” scores than last year.

Then there’s the question of data, specifically schools claiming one set of numbers and a different being used by the Department of Education to compute grades.

“I’m not pointing fingers anyplace,” Carter said. “I don’t think that does us any good.” But he said those numbers, including things like graduation rates, are important because they can make a significant difference in the grade a school gets.

A related issue, he said, is how those numbers were put into the grading system.

“If there are coding issues and they’re widespread, that is something we’re going to have to deal with,” he said.

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Dan Cook helps city pay for improvements

BY CITY OF CHANDLER

When it came to securing federal funds to help pay for Chandler’s intersection improvement program, Dan Cook was the person for the job.

Over the past 16 years, Cook has helped the city secure $26 million in federal grants to rebuild seven intersections in Chandler’s older areas. In addition, he worked with regional transportation officials from the Maricopa Association of Governments to obtain $16 million in Prop 400 monies. Prop 400 was the citizen-approved extension in 2004 of a halfcent sales tax to fund regional transportation projects. Prop 400 funds contributed to the rebuilding of six Chandler intersections.

Cook had been with the city five years when in 2001 the first of 11 intersections was scheduled for rebuilding at Alma School and Elliot roads. He was instrumental in securing a $1.2 million federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant from the Federal Highway Administration. Many more such grants were to follow.

To obtain the grant, you need to show Photos and graphic courtesy of City of Chandler that the project will reduce congestion, Dan Cook is the city of Chandler’s transportation policy manager. thereby improving air quality, Cook said.

This was accomplished by widening the intersection to enable an additional left reduces air pollution and helps drivers with reduction in accidents of 43 percent. turn lane, dedicated right turn lane and their commute times, reduces their stress.

Cook started with the city in 1996 as a third through-lane in each direction.

And while we knew there would be some public works engineer in the Engineering Reductions in accidents also occurred. benefit to accident reduction, we didn’t Division and in 1998 was promoted to “What the improvements do is help think it would be as significant as it was.” assistant public works director, where he move traffic without as much stop-andAn analysis of accident numbers at managed the Streets, Traffic Engineering go at the signal,” Cook explained. “This improved intersections shows an average and Transit divisions. He became Chandler’s

city engineer in 2014 and now he is the transportation policy manager.

Before joining the city, Cook was a design project manager and director of municipal engineering for three consulting engineering firms in Arizona and Minnesota. He is a registered professional civil engineer in the states of Arizona, California and Minnesota and has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering. He also is a structural engineer with the Phoenix Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue Task Force.

During Cook’s tenure with the city, he has initiated efforts with the Arizona Department of Transportation to have Chandler certified to manage federally funded projects. Without such certification, ADOT must provide direct oversight.

“Being certified means we’re able to review project plans ourselves,” Cook said.

“Non-certified agencies must pay ADOT to perform the review. Being self-certified saves us time and money. We also can bid the project ourselves and do our own construction management.”

Cook credits the City Council and management for supporting certification efforts, which took approximately three years to accomplish. They also have supported designing projects to federal standards, which adds about $25,000 in additional design costs, but has helped the city secure millions of dollars in federal transportation funding.

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Intersection improvements reduce congestion, halt accidents

BY CITY OF CHANDLER

It has been 16 years since Chandler began an ambitious program of widening some of the city’s more congested intersections.

The 11th intersection to be improved was recently completed at Alma School Road and Chandler Boulevard.

An analysis of accident numbers at improved intersections shows an average reduction in accidents of 43 percent. In addition, accident reductions associated with these intersections save approximately $8.3 million annually in direct costs related to auto repair, lost wages and medical expenses. This does not include indirect costs such as pain and suffering and reduced quality of life. And the accident reductions are accompanied by reductions in delays at improved intersections by up to a third, especially during peak drive times.

The genesis of Chandler’s intersection improvement program was a transportation study performed in 2000 as part of a comprehensive update of the city’s 1993 Transportation Plan. Chandler’s population had exploded during this period from 107,000 to 187,000, putting more cars on Chandler streets, with many of them heading to work or school or to grocery stores, shopping centers and strip malls surrounding major intersections.

The executive director of the Arizona Insurance Information Association recounted some alarming statistics when interviewed by a local paper in 2001, saying Chandler had the third largest increase – 153 percent – in traffic accidents among Arizona cities in the last decade. Something needed to be done.

The prohibitive cost of purchasing the right-of-way necessary to widen entire streets in the city’s already developed areas led to a study recommendation of widening only the intersections. It was determined that the addition of a third through-lane, combined with a second left turn lane and dedicated right turn lane, could increase a roadway’s capacity by nearly 5,000 vehicles per day.

Using a prioritization process involving factors such as current and future traffic

Photos and graphic courtesy of City of Chandler

The first Chandler intersection to be improved with additional through, left and right turn lanes was at Alma School and Elliot roads in 2001.

volumes, delay times and accident rates, Chandler identified 11 intersections to be improved. These intersections initially were to have been completed by 2010, but a downturn in the economy saw reductions in city revenue from property taxes and impact fee collections. The Street Capital Budget went from a high of $79 million in fiscal year 2007-08 to less than $25 million in fiscal year 2011-12.

To help fill the funding gap, the city

Reconstruction of the Alma School Road/Chandler Boulevard intersection was accomplished with the help of a $5.5 million Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program grant. Seven of the 11 rebuilt intersections in Chandler received some form of federal funding.

Each intersection improvement project has included public meetings during the design process to obtain stakeholders’ input.

successfully obtained nearly $26 million in grants from the federal government to help fund the intersection improvement program. Transportation staff also successfully secured $16 million available through the 2004 extension of a half-cent sales tax from Prop 400 allocated for regional transportation projects.

Each intersection project began with the relocation of privately owned

other stakeholders informed.

In addition, temporary wayfinding signs were placed around intersections to help customers navigate construction zones. The colorful signs prominently displayed individual business names and directed vehicles to driveways closest to the listed businesses.

The recently completed Alma School

Temporary wayfinding signs were placed around intersections under construction to help customers navigate work zones.

underground utilities such as telephone, natural gas, cable and electric. This work is performed by the utility companies, not the city. In some cases, this activity occurred concurrently with the city’s reconstruction of the intersection. In other cases, the underground utilities were relocated prior to the city’s project.

Each project included public meetings during the design process to obtain stakeholder input. During construction, a project hotline, as well as project-specific websites and e-newsletters, provided updated information to keep businesses and

Road/Chandler Boulevard intersection is the last of the intersections programmed in the city’s current 10year Capital Improvement Program, but it is updated annually, meaning future intersections could be added.

While intersection improvement projects like Alma School/Chandler can test the patience of commuters, pedestrians and surrounding businesses, their completion has resulted in less congestion, greater access and fewer accidents. Thank you to the community for supporting these projects.

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Downtown Chandler store a shoe-in for comfort, service

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Staff

Shoe Thrill, a downtown Chandler business, tries to pair ease and beauty in every sandal, heel, loafer, boot, tennis shoe, clog, flip-flop and other piece of foot apparel.

Besides offering upscale shoes designed to accommodate any feet, regardless of their issues, store owner Carissa Krausman said employees at her shop at 11 W. Boston St. wait on customers hand and foot, helping them find the right size and bringing them even more choices in shoes than they had envisioned.

Selling shoes is a passion for Krausman, whose business recently celebrated its five-year anniversary.

“I specialize in European fashion comfort,” she said. “Every year, I try to go funkier, prettier and brighter colors. Shoe shopping should always be fun. I am a shopaholic and playing adult Barbie is fun.”

Shoes in a rainbow of bright and subdued colors and styles in unusual and more traditional shapes line the walls and tables in the cozy store. One of the brands the store carries is Taos, which aims to offer shoes that are easy on the feet but attractive and feature natural stones, metal ornaments and lighthearted embroidery.

The Taos Sadie-style sandals at Shoe

Shoe Thrill, which recently marked its five-year anniversary, carries a variety of boots, flats, loafers, Mary Jane-style shoes, tennis shoes, clogs, flip-flops and other shoes in bright colors and unusual shapes.

Thrill have a padded contour cork footbed lined in suede, and they offer two hook-and-loop straps to allow people to adjust them. The sandals have modern metal rivet additions and decorative buckles The Chandler shoe store also offers soft Arcopedico LS lace-up shoes with knitted uppers shaped to the foot that feel like slippers.

For actual slippers, Shoe Thrill has several whimsical casual women’s wool clog-type Haflinger Jack slippers including one style with a colorful picture of half of a dog on one shoe and the other half of the dog on the other foot.

The Alegria Holli heel in the “spiffy merlot” color has an adjustable Velcro strap and slips on easily with a Dream Fit upper that combines leather and open cell neoprene, the fabric used to make wetsuits, to accommodate feet and allow them to breathe.

Krausman is head over heels for a new purple A.S. 98 boot with a flower and paisley pattern and soft suede leather interior.

Photos by Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer

Carissa Krausman, owner of Shoe Thrill, holds her latest favorite pair of shoes at the store, an A.S. 98 boot with a flower and paisley pattern and soft suede leather interior.

Another brand carried at Shoe Thrill is Think! Krausman said the company’s shoes are made from natural materials and come in “beautiful leathers.” The Think! Ana bootie in black has a platform sole and metallic detailed leather, giving it a modern, Bohemian feel. Shoe Thrill has many tall and short boots in eyepopping colors including the yellow Jafa 182 mid-calf boot with slim laces, a padded color and flat heel.

The average price of shoes at Shoe Thrill is $130.

Besides appreciating the visual appeal of shoes, Krausman knows the importance of keeping feet healthy and correcting feet problems. While jumping on a trampoline with another woman just before she turned 22, she landed with her knee locked.

She said her knee exploded and “bone fragments” were everywhere. Krausman has a reconstructed plateau and a reattached posterior cruciate ligament. She has a titanium plate and several screws in her right knee as a result of the injury, and it’s painful to go barefoot.

With the right shoes, she’s able to work out five times a week and she wants to help other people with feet problems.

“Most of my customers have an issue like me,” Krausman said. “There’s a huge push for people to try to get healthier.”

Wearing shoes with the right support and features to avoid pain means people will be able to walk around more, she said.

Krausman said Shoe Thrill carries

Shoe Thrill in downtown Chandler offers shoes designed to be comfortable yet stylish. It carries many European brands.

“awesome flip-flops” that will not hurt people who have plantar fasciitis, an

inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs along the bottom of the foot and links the heel bone to the toes. She added her shoes also are comfortable for people with Achilles tendonitis.

“We are well versed, educated and accommodating to both foot issues and so much more,” she said. “Bunions, hammer toes, neuromas, you name the foot issue.

We see it all.”

Krausman also had a customer recipe exchange and used customers’ recipes in a cookbook she gave to all the participants.

Those customers got a discount on shoes, as well as a free copy of the cookbook plus an extra one to sell for the holiday season.

“I’ve been in the industry 15 years and many of my customers are like family,” Krausman said.

Customers can get coupons when they sign up through the Shoe Thrills’ email list.

From November to the end of April, Shoe Thrill offers trunk sales, where customers get previews of shoes, catering and free gifts with purchases.

Because the popularity of brick-andmortar stores is waning, she said business owners like her need to “think outside of the box.” Krausman, who has a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting from Arizona State University, said she and her employees work hard updating their Facebook page and Instagram. She sells leftover shows from the store on Amazon.com under the name Comfy Shoes.

While shoppers can spend two hours walking through a large designer discount store struggling to find what they want, they get lots of attention in Shoe Thrill.

Krausman and her workers take time to talk to their customers, get to know their tastes and needs and bring them more shoes than the ones they ask to try on.

“I actually get disappointed if they buy

Birkenstock sandals are making a comeback, and Shoe Thrill carries lots of them.

After having worked at Shoe Mill in Tempe for 10 years, and in the restaurant business for four years before that, she was ready to grow professionally.

Krausman said she was used to working in the “comfort shoes” industry and wanted to open a store that was a destination in itself and also got a lot of foot traffic.

Downtown Chandler has been the ideal spot for her store, which she said attracts many locals and out-of-state visitors.

“We’re very inclusive and involved,” Krausman said, adding she hangs out often with other local business owners. “You have more of a community like this. You feel like you’re not just a number.”

She often holds sales and other events at her store, including a party for her 35th birthday, where customers sold their clothes at the shop and bought new shoes.

what they picked out,” she said. “It’s an experience. I know how every style shoe in this store fits.”

Shoe Thrill’s e-commerce manager Samantha Weber also loves shoes and said her feet “feel a lot better” after wearing the brands at the store. She has an issue in her left foot due to a soccer injury.

“I love that there’s always something new to learn about different shoe brands,” Weber said.

The shoe store also carries jewelry, sunglasses and purses. Some of the purses include Hobo International’s naked leather and soft suede Cisco, which is a casual shoulder bag with a beaded strap, and Baggallini’s lightweight nylon travel bags.

Shoe Thrill is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Saturday. To learn more about Shoe Thrill, visit shoethrill.com.

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Ground broken on office building in Chandler Airpark area

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Staff

An office building being constructed in the Chandler Airpark area is expected to boost the area economy.

Ground has been broken for The Stearman, which will be a two-story, 65,000-square-foot office building with multiple tenants at the northeast corner of Ryan Road and Stearman Drive.

“The Stearman’s highly desirable location will provide companies with unparalleled access to the talented and rapidly growing workforce available in the Southeast Valley,” said Eric Pyles, founding partner at Cambridge Financial Services and managing partner for Cambridge Plaza. “I think it will help the area quite a bit. It’s upscale.”

The location is also convenient as it’s close to the Loop 202 freeway, Pyles added.

Cambridge Plaza is developing the project and acquired many properties in the area in 2011. It is the sister company of Cambridge Financial Services, which bought a 13,000-square-foot office building adjacent to the site where The Stearman is going in and developed it in 2015. Cambridge Plaza owns a 33,000-square-foot building where Cambridge has its own offices and other tenants lease space, just east of The Stearman site.

Also in the area, Cambridge Plaza owns seven office units in Carmel Professional Plaza, less than a mile south of the

Rendering courtesy of The Stearman/Cambridge Plaza LLC

The Stearman will be a two-story, 65,000-square-foot office building with multiple tenants at the northeast corner of Ryan Road and Stearman Drive.

new project being developed, at the southwest corner of Gilbert and Queen Creek roads.

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It’s predicted the building will be done and tenants can move into the building in June or July of next year. Todd Noel and Ryan Timpani with Colliers International are in charge of leasing for The Stearman.

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Selling your home? No need to wait until after the holidays availability. Make it easy for buyers to view your home.

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BY CARI GILILLAND Guest Writer

Thinking of waiting until after the holidays to sell your home? You may want to think again.

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Harvest Fest offers fun, shopping downtown

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People with children – and anyone who wants to feel like a kid again – can get into the fall spirit at Arizona Harvest Fest & Farmers Market in downtown Chandler.

Expect to see children tossing small pumpkins through holes, folks stuffing their faces in a pie-eating contest and lots of bands playing at the festival from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park on South Arizona Avenue, slightly south of Chandler Boulevard. Vendors will be selling jewelry, woodwork, candles, lotions, T-shirts, antique trains and a variety of other goods.

“We’re going to have a cake walk, a corn-shucking contest,” said Jen Pruett, public relations director at HDE Agency.

“I kept referencing back to those fall festivals when you were a kid in school. I think it’s going to be a really good time.”

Children can channel their creative sides by decorating pumpkins and get their photos taken with their finished products at Harvest Fest, organized

by HDE Agency in partnership with Downtown Chandler Community Partnership.

“We produce five other events in that same park every year,” Pruett said.

“We love working with the downtown Chandler community. We’re really close with the Downtown Chandler Community Partnership. Every single year, our festivals grow, and that’s just a testament to not only us continuing to refine our crafts but

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People can participate in pie-eating and corn-shucking contests and decorate pumpkins Nov. 12 at the Arizona Harvest Fest & Farmers Market in downtown Chandler.

also the growing population out there.”

Last year at the first Harvest Fest, about 3,000 people attended, and organizers hope to have 5,000 visitors this time.

People can play cornhole and watch live bands Pick & Holler, Ken Levine Band, Blues Man Mike, Black Bottom Lighters and Good Rust perform.

Besides the kids activities and fall beers for sale, Harvest Fest will expand its shopping choices this fall. More than 100 artisan vendors will sell a variety of items for children and adults including gardening boxes, essential oils, alcohol-

infused cupcakes, oil paintings and glasswork.

“By Nov. 12, people are going to be in that kind of holiday shopping mode,” Pruett said. “It’s going to be like a huge holiday market. Get all your shopping done.”

Admission to Harvest Fest is free, but attendees can buy food and drinks from the many food trucks selling tacos, grilled cheese sandwiches, BBQ meals and other treats.

To learn more about the Arizona Harvest Fest & Farmers Market, visit arizonaharvestfest.com.

Museum celebrates the Southwest and dinosaurs

BY KELLY POTTS Contributor

As the saying goes, the past may be gone, but we can still learn from it.

The Arizona Museum of Natural History is here for that. The only natural history museum in the Valley, the Mesa venue is the premier spot to explore the history of the Southwestern United States.

“Our goal is to make the Arizona Museum of Natural History the center point of the community,” says Alison Stoltman, curator of education for the museum. “This is place of fun and enrichment – for families, students on field trips, anyone.”

The museum’s exhibitions include a three-story indoor waterfall on Dinosaur Mountain, Dinosaur Hall, a real territorial jail and a recreation of the Lost Dutchman’s gold mine.

It is best known for its robust prehistoric animal exhibits in Dinosaur Hall. They are seen as symbols of evolutionary failure, yet dinosaurs roamed the Earth for 150 million years and are, in reality, one of nature’s great success stories.

The Dinosaur Mountain brings the Mesozoic Era to life. Watch dinosaurs move and hear their roars.

At the bottom of the mountain are displays representing the Triassic Period (245-205 million years ago). In the middle of the mountain are layers suggesting Jurassic age (205-144 million years ago), along with some of the associated dinosaurs, such as Mymoorapelta.

Above are animals of the Cretaceous

Period (144-65 million years ago), including Albertosaurus and Nasutoceratops.

At the top stands a Glyptotherium, an armadillolike animal that lived during the Cenozoic Era, after the Age of the Dinosaurs. At the very top of the mountain are two modern-day animals, a big Special to SanTan Sun News horned sheep and Dinosaurs of all kinds make the Arizona Museum of Natural History a winning a black bear.

As if that’s not destination for young and old alike. enough action, big-game hunters and gatherers, the first see a flash flood on the mountain, and watch volumes of water cascade down three stories. inhabitants of North America, and the desert cultures that developed later.

“The best thing about our museum, is It also holds a recreation of a Hohokam there is something for everyone, considering village, with pit houses and above-ground we have so many paleontology specimens – structures outfitted with real artifacts from over 1,000,” Stoltman says. about A.D. 600-1450.

In addition to the many dinosaur Another displays the Ancient Cultures of exhibits, the museum is known for its Mexico, and the Origins gallery is designed educational programs. as a voyage through the timeline of the “We have so many programs for students, cosmos and discusses major events in the teachers, families – absolutely everyone,” history of planet Earth. she says. “I am proud of our educational Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N. programs. In fact, several of our programs Macdonald, Mesa, 480-644-2230, azmnh.org, are being picked up by other facilities. That 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 11 a.m. to is a sure sign that something is going right.”

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Life and death in ancient Rome comes to Phoenix

BY KENNETH LAFAVE Staff

A man clambers over a fence in a desperate attempt to escape. A mother comforting her baby is frozen in time forever. A scared dog twists into a strange contortion. These are images from a natural disaster captured, not on film, but in lava, ash and mud.

“When I was working on exhibits in the past, the most frequently asked question I got was, ‘When will you have something on Pompeii?’ So, when the opportunity came to show this, it was the perfect time,” said Sari Custer, vice president of curiosity at Arizona Science Center.

You read that right: Custer is vice president of curiosity. The position was invented earlier this year by the center in recognition of the fact that museum visitors want to see and learn certain things. And Pompeii has topped the list for a long time.

“It’s timely right now because of the natural disasters happening around us – not volcanoes, but hurricanes and fires. So, it’s almost hard to talk about it, because it’s exciting but you want to be respectful. This exhibition connects the event of Pompeii to our guests in a meaningful way.”

“Pompeii: The Exhibition,” which opens Nov. 18 at the Science Center, will examine Pompeii before and after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79 A.D. buried the city.

Ash and debris from Vesuvius hit the population of the Roman town that day, it caught people off guard. As they lay down

in fear or attempted to escape, the debris suddenly enveloped them, capturing people in whatever pose they happened to be holding. For centuries, the town lay buried.

By the time the site was finally excavated in the 1700s, the bodies had decayed, leaving hollowed-out shapes in the hardened earth.

These became forms for the plaster body casts that Special to the San Tan Sun News were first shown in a private Pompeii volcano victims, right, form an eerie tableau in the upexhibit in Italy in 1777. The coming exhibit, above, at the Arizona Science Center. exhibition coming to Ariplay, including wall-sized frescoes, mosazona Science Center has its home at the Naples National Archeological ics, marble and bronze sculptures, musical instruments, jewelry and Roman coins. A Museum in Italy.

The body casts capture people in a range separate portion of the exhibit will feature erotic art in a replica of a Pompeii brothel. of poses.

Parental guidance is advised for this sepa“When we’re scared we tend to flock together, so there are several of people clutching rate section of the exhibition.

Custer said the Pompeii show is the each other,” Custer said. “There’s a mother and a baby, and even a dog. The dog had been left first of its kind locally, as well as one of behind, tied up, because those who fled didn’t the museum’s largest: “To my knowledge, this is the first Pompeii know how devastating it would be, so they ofexhibit to come to Phoenix, as well as one of ten left behind their valuables and their pets.”

The exhibition remembers the people the biggest exhibits of any kind we have ever of Pompeii, not only in their famous deaths, hosted,” she said. “It’s beautiful and phenomenal, because you get the feeling that you’re but in how they lived, as well.

More than 200 artifacts from the busy back in time, experiencing what they experitrade and military center will be on dis- enced. You think, ‘Could this be me?’”

To get some idea of what it might feel like to experience a volcanic eruption, the exhibition also features a simulation in a 4-D theater, complete with seats that rock and roll as you smell the burning ash.

It’s not completely out of the realm of possibility that we could someday encounter the real thing.

“After all, we have a large volcano system here in Arizona, at San Francisco Peak,” she said. “Dormant doesn’t mean extinct.”

“Pompeii: The Exhibition,” Arizona Science Center, 600 E. Washington St., Phoenix, starts Nov. 18, azscience.org, prices vary

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Desert Rivers Audubon leads free, guided birdwatching tours through Veterans Oasis Park the first Saturday of every month from November to April. One-hour walks begin every 30 minutes. Sunscreen, closed-toe shoes and plenty of water are recommended.

Environmental Education Center, 4050 E. Chandler Heights Road, Chandler, free, 480-782-2889, chandleraz.gov/eec.

4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 Arizona Railway Museum, noon to 4 p.m. Visit Chandler’s railway museum at Tumbleweed Park. A nonprofit organization, the Arizona Railway Museum features a variety of railroad memorabilia and cars.

Arizona Railway Museum, 330 E. Ryan Road, Chandler, Display yard and Building free; display cars $2 or $5 per family/group. For information, call Tim at 480-833-4353 or Bart Barton at 480-831-6520, azrymuseum.org.

4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 ImprovMANIA, 7 p.m. Join ImprovMANIA on Fridays and Saturdays for familyfriendly comedy shows. ImprovMANIA’s performances are fast-paced, like on the show “Whose Line Is it Anyway?” Prepare for a night of laughter in downtown Chandler.

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

5, 12, 19, 26 Dinosaurs in the Desert, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Travel back to prehistoric times and encounter dinosaurs of all sizes at the Phoenix Zoo. Some of the animals in the exhibit include the Brachiosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex. Children can dig for fossils and attend meet and greets with a baby Triceratops and T-rex. Families can take pictures with the prehistoric creature and listen to keepers’ talks about dinosaur artifacts. Throughout the month, the zoo is offering special dino-themed events like Donuts with Dinos.

Phoenix Zoo, 455 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, $5 in addition to regular admission, 602-286-3800 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 27, 29 Tumbleweed Tots, 12:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This indoor play area is designed for children age 5 and younger to have fun under parental/ guardian supervision. This safe and clean area will have plenty of toys, equipment and activities. There is a maximum of four children per adult.

Tumbleweed Recreation Center, 745 E. Germann Road, Chandler, $2 to $3, 480-782-2900, chandleraz.gov/tumbleweed.

6, 13, 20, 27 Read & Play Group, 11:30 to 11:55 a.m.

Network with other parents while children read and play games. Different child development experts may visit on certain days.

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

7, 14, 21, 28 Family Storytime, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Read books, sing songs and play with puppets at Family Storytime. This week, families will build forts, select books and read. Materials to build the forts will be provided.

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

7, 14, 21, 28 Lego Club, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Meet new friends and have fun building with Lego, which are supplied. No registration required. Lego Club is a Vertex program, where Chandler Public Library intersects with STEAM and makerspace.

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

7, 14, 21, 28 STEAM Club, 4 to 5 p.m. Visit the Chandler Library STEAM Club and have fun every Tuesday with science, technology, engineering, art and math. Win prizes just for showing up. Ages 6-11. STEAM Club is a Vertex program, where Chandler Public Library intersects with STEAM and makerspace. Downtown Library Copper Room, 22 S. Delaware Street, Chandler, free, 480-782-2800, chandlerlibrary.org.

7, 14, 21, 28 Toddlertime, 10:15 a.m. Toddlertime features singing and puppets to engage the children.

The storytime is approximately 30 minutes.

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

8, 15, 22 Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.

Children ages 3 to 5 prepare for kindergarten through reading, puppets and flannel boards.

This is a 30-minute High Five Program.

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

8, 15, 22, 29 Lapsit Babytime, 11 to 11:30 a.m. Read books, listen to music and interact with fun puppets at playtime. All activities are designed for newborns to 18-month-old children. One parent for each child is highly recommended.

Downtown Library Copper Room North, 22 S. Delaware Street, Chandler, free, 480-7822800, chandlerlibrary.org.

8, 15, 22, 29 Lego Club, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Meet new friends and have fun building with Lego, which are supplied. No registration required. Lego Club is a Vertex program, where Chandler Public Library intersects with STEAM and makerspace.

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

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9 Homeschool Days at the EEC - Growing with Gardens, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Learn about the history of gardens through interactive experiments. This class follows the Arizona State Board of Education standards.

Environmental Education Center, 4050 E. Chandler Heights Road, Chandler, free, 480-782-2886, chandleraz.gov/tumbleweed.

9, 16 Ready, Set, Kindergarten! 10 to 11:30 a.m. This class helps children and adults prepare for kindergarten. Kids ages 4 and 5 learn readiness skills through stories and activities, while parents learn how to apply those skills at home.

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

9, 16, 23, 30 Chandler Farmers Market, 3 to 7 p.m. The market offers fresh local produce, prepared goods, desserts and some crafts on select days. All items are grown in Arizona or are homemade from local vendors. S. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, Free, downtownchandler. org/farmersmarket.

9, 16, 30 Read to a Dog, 10 to 11 a.m. Children are welcome to practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog.

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

9, 16, 30 Lego Club, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Meet new friends and have fun building with Lego, which are supplied. No registration required. Lego Club is a Vertex program, where Chandler Public Library intersects with STEAM and makerspace.

Downtown Library Copper Room North, 22 S. Delaware Street, Chandler, free, 480-7822800, chandlerlibrary.org.

9, 16, 30 Toddlertime, 9:10 a.m. Songs and puppets engage toddlers during this 30-minute event.

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

9, 16, 30 STEAM Club, 4 to 5 p.m. Come to the Chandler Library STEAM Club and have fun on Tuesdays with science, technology, engineering, art and math. Win prizes just for showing up. Ages 6-11.

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

9, 16, 30 Preschool Storytime, 9:10 to 9:40 a.m. Children ages 3 to 5 prepare for kindergarten through reading, puppets and flannel boards. This is a 30-minute High Five Program.

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10, 11 Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off at Tumbleweed Ranch, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 10, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 11. Experience a rare, up-close look at Western history during this free, family-friendly culinary event. On Friday, youth compete in the Jr. Cook-off with live music, farmers market, unique vendors and small plates throughout the day. The evening concludes with a family campfire with s’mores, featuring singer Chip Hanna. On Saturday, authentic 1880s chuck wagon teams from around the West use historic cooking methods to create the best meals fit for the trail. Wagon teams win prizes in various food categories and the public can purchase these unique chuck wagon meals. Saturday lunch meal tickets are $15 and go on sale at 10 am, November 11.

Tumbleweed Ranch, located in the southeast corner of Tumbleweed Park, 2250 S. McQueen Road, Chandler, free admission, $15 meal ticket, 480-782-2717, chandleraz.gov/chuckwagon.

12 Arizona Harvest Festival, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Celebrate fall in downtown Chandler with a harvest festival perfect for the whole family. Some of the activities include a pie eating contest, cake walk, pumpkin toss and corn shucking. A craft marketplace will be offering a variety of fall-themed food along with seasonal merchandise.

AJ Chandler Park, 178 E. Commonwealth Avenue, Chandler, $8 to $10 free admission for children 12 and under, 602-276-2499, arizonaharvestfest.com 17 Rhythm and Rhyme, 11 to 11:30 a.m. Young children are welcome to join in a musical celebration at the library. During the event, they can sing, dance and play instruments.

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

17 Science and Discovery, 1 to 1:45 p.m. Children interested in science will have a blast learning about animal life cycles at this hands-on event. Each participant will need to bring a shoebox lid for the craft project.

Environmental Education Center, 4050 E. Chandler Heights Road, Chandler, free, 480-782-2889, chandleraz.gov/tumbleweed.

Woofstock, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Chandler has partnered with the American Service Animal Society and Maricopa County Animal Care and Control for this event, which features a day of tail-waggin’ activities.

Tumbleweed Park, 2250 S. McQueen Road, Chandler, free admission, 480-782-2669, chandleraz.gov.

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The Chandler Chamber of Commerce has lined up a bus tour, an appearance by a candidate for the U.S. Senate and its annual education forum this month.

Chamber City Bus Tour

The Chamber and the City of Chandler are partnering for an economic bus tour of the community 7:30-11 a.m. Nov. 30, leaving from the Chandler Chamber located at 25 S. Arizona Place, #201.

Just about every square mile of Chandler will be covered when the narrators – Chamber President/CEO Terri Kimble, Micah Miranda and James Smith from the city Economic Development Department – give updates on current and future projects in Chandler. A short presentation will take place at the Chandler Chamber before the bus leaves.

Seats are limited, so early registration is encouraged at chandlerchamber.com/ calendar. The cost is $20 for Chandler Chamber members, $35 for guests. The bus will leave promptly at 8 a.m.

Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema The Chandler Chamber Women in Leadership will welcome Arizona Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema, a

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate next year, at a luncheon Nov. 21 at SoHo63, 63 E Boston, Chandler. The event features mentoring sessions at 10:30 a.m., networking at 11:30 a.m. and the luncheon/keynote speaker at noon.

Sinema’s “journey is one of strength, determination and passion,” the Chamber said. “Sinema persevered homelessness as a child and graduated valedictorian of her high school class at 16, earned a B.A. from BYU at 18 and holds a master’s, J.D. and Ph.D.” She was a social worker from 1995 until 2002, and in 2004, she won the Democratic primary for the 15th Legislative District, where she was re-elected three times.

In 2013, Sinema completed an Ironman Triathlon in about 15 hours and later that year, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

“For Sinema, it truly is the climb. Hear her story as only she can tell it,” the Chamber noted.

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How will our future workforce determine what career path is right for them? The Chamber said it will roll out “a revolutionary tool to put our students of today on the right path to a vibrant future. In addition, DECCA students will pose questions to a professional panel for insight into their career paths, expectations and future endeavors.”

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Study finds Arizona ranks high for scams on elderly

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Arizona ranks among the top states for financial complaints by older consumers, a consumer group said in a recent report.

Seniors are more likely to be financial prey than members of other age groups, whether the target of advertising that glosses over the downsides of reverse mortgages with soothing celebrity testimonials, dealing with mounting pressure over debt collection or succumbing to credit reporting agencies that have inaccuracies or inconsistencies, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

“Scammers may look to take advantage of their savings, home equity or guaranteed income. Older consumers facing a savings shortfall may be harmed by low-balance or overdraft fees at banks, or be tempted to take on credit or use products such as reverse mortgages, whose risks may not be fully understood,” the report said.

Nationally, three out of 10 consumer complaints are about mortgages, the report said. And the major credit reporting agencies account for 95 percent of credit report complaints.

The report, based on a database of 72,000 complaints, came from the Public Interest Research Group, known as PIRG. “Older consumers can make for tempting targets for scammers,” said

Diane Brown, executive director of Arizona PIRG. “We find they can often face unique challenges and threats.”

Brown said older consumers might become targets because scammers are aware that many retirees have Social Security or fixed incomes, as well as potential equity in their homes.

Alex Juarez, Arizona AARP spokesman, said the elderly are often targeted in phone calls and email, including people claiming they’re from the IRS or another agency that requires immediate debt payment.

“Education is the No. 1 factor to prevent these types of scams,” Juarez said. “If the deal is too good, it may not be true.”

Arizona is a state where a significant number of older people come to retire, which is likely why it is ranked 10th in complaints per person, he said.

The report said of the 31 percent of complaints received about mortgages, most issues are about traditional loans, while some complaints involve reverse mortgages, which are home equity loans specifically offered to households with members over the age of 62.

Businesses tout reverse mortgages as a way for people to get access to money through their homes while still living in them.

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“Consumers need to be careful with predatory lending,” Juarez said. “When dealing with a large or a small bank, always do your homework.”

Brown said she doesn’t think banks are intentionally taking advantage of older consumers, but sometimes information from lenders can be lacking and unclear, and often explained with complicated wording.

Juarez said AARP runs a fraud watch network and hotline to help seniors recognize and report fraud and scams.

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Chandler Chamber honors 109 companies in the city The Chandler Chamber of Commerce honored the top 109 companies in Chandler at its annual State of the Business Community on Oct. 26.

Though billed as the Chandler 100, the Chamber event actually cited 109 companies during its festivities in Quantum Helicopters’ hangar in the Chandler Airpark.

More than 300 people, including local officials and company representatives, attended the soiree, which offered red carpet interviews, high-flying aerialists and the progressive electric string quartet, Urban Electra.

Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny delivered a bright forecast of the local business community, noting many developments that will be taking place in Chandler in the near future.

The Chandler Chamber of Commerce honors the top 100 distinguished stakeholder business in Chandler based on physical presence and number of paid full time equivalent employees.

“It is our privilege to honor our top 100 employers and thank them for investing in Chandler,” said Chamber President/CEO Terri Kimble.

The companies are: 1 Intel Corporation 2 Chandler Unified School District 3 Wells Fargo - Chandler Campus 4 Bank of America 5 Chandler Fashion Center 6 Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center 7 Gila River Gaming Enterprise Inc. 8 Verizon Wireless 9 City of Chandler 10 PayPal

11 NXP Semiconductors 12 Orbital ATK 13 Microchip Technology Inc. 14 Bashas’ 15 GM Arizona IT Innovation Center 16 Phoenix Premium Outlets 17 Avnet Inc. 18 GM Financial Services 19 Toyota Financial Services 20 CVS 21 Education Management Corp.

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45 Arvato 46 UTC Aerospace (formerly Goodrich Turbomachinery) 47 Chandler-Gilbert Community College 48 Big Two Toyota Scion of Chandler 49 M+W U.S. Inc. 50 CDW 50 Smurfit Kappa (formerly Sound Packaging LLC) 51 Layne Christensen Co. Inc. 52 Costco 53 Dignity Health East Valley Rehabilitation Hospital 54 FedEx Ground 54 Somerset Landscaping Maintenance 55 Maax Spas 56 Penske Automotive Group (Lexus) 57 Iron Oaks at Sunlakes 58 California Pools and Landscape 59 Great Heart Schools in Chandler 60 Crafco Incorporated 61 Freeway Chevrolet - Chandler 62 Isola USA Corp.

63 Desert Cove Nursing Center 63 Piper Plastics Inc. 63 Ports America 64 Academy Mortgage 65 DBSI Incorporated 66 Kaiser Aluminum AlexCo 67 Crown Castle 67 Ocotillo Village Health Club and Spa 67 The Village at Ocotillo 68 GARMIN 69 Insys Therapeutics Inc. 70 Archstone Care Center 71 MomDoc 72 Cintas Corp 72 Gold Canyon International LLC 72 Valley Protective Services 73 Chapman Automotive Group 74 Arizona Orthopedic and Surgical Specialty Hospital

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Celebrating the 100 Photos by Dianne Ross/Contributing Photographer

Hundreds of city leaders and business representatives turned out for the Chandler Chamber of Commerce’s salute to the top 100 firms in the city.

Clockwise from right: Tim Creegan of Rogers Corp. watches aerialist Holly hang around; Timothy Eads of Mr. Cooper shares some conversation while Cori Cook, left, of Marx Prodcts and Ashleigh Creifzu of Chase enjoy the festivities; Mayor Tibshraeny is flanked by Jane Poston of J2Media, left, and Molly Bell of Go Daddy; the mayor also got on stage to share GM Financial Company’s moment in the spotlight. And sitting at a table having a laugh are Suzanne Lansford of Redd Inc., left, and Chandler Chamber board member Susan Baker.

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Concussion scares cause Chandler student to quit football

BY GREG MACAFEE Sports Editor

This past summer, Chandler High senior Devin Shivers caught a pass out of the backfield during a 7-on-7 football game at Northern Arizona University and turned his head to start up field.

“I caught the ball and as soon as I turned my head I felt – I even feel it now – all I remember was just going black. After that I think I fell, I don’t know,” Shivers said as he recalled how he suffered his third concussion.

“All I remember was going to the bench.”

At the time the 17-year-old running back didn’t know It was an injury that would cause him to make one of the toughest decisions of his life and that recently came to fruition. Shivers decided to leave the game of football, a sport he has played since the age of 5, behind for good.

“It was a very hard decision,” Shivers said.

“I don’t even know how it came up actually. I think we were just talking and it kind of came up, like what if I get hit again? What would be the consequences of getting hit again? After that, I started thinking and doing research.

Then, a couple weeks ago we decided.”

On Oct. 15, Shivers posted a message on Twitter about his experience with his third concussion and how he came to his decision, saying his health was the most important thing.

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Devin Shivers says he has walked away from the game he loves to preserve his future.

suffered from multiple headaches and even experienced forgetfulness, which he added were much more severe than any of his past concussions. His mother, Tracey Chamberlain, noticed a lot of changes in her son as well.

“He had a lot more headaches, he was dizzy, his balance was off. That all came from when he took the hit and liquid got in his inner ear and caused the whole equilibrium to be off,” Chamberlain said. “I think that was kind of the major thing and it seemed to just carry on longer. Not doing well in school, can’t concentrate, having a hard time remembering. It’s hard, as a mom, to see what your son is going through.”

As a junior, Shivers was a part of the 2016 State Championship team and carried the

ball three times for 74 yards and a touchdown in their 62-20 win over the Perry Pumas in the semi-finals. That performance came after switching from defense to offense, midway through the season. Heading this year, Shivers said he was ready to contribute in a big way before suffering his concussion, which played into his decision as well.

“It was very hard, coming off my junior year and then coming back and being one of the top athletes my senior year,” Shivers said. “Then getting hit and not playing at all really played a part in it. And then me playing football my whole life really took a big toll on me not playing anymore.”

Concussions have become a popular topic in the sport of football since the discovery of

chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE, which is a degenerative brain disease found in those with a history of repetitive brain trauma. In CTE, a protein called tau forms clumps that slowly spread, killing brain cells.

At the beginning of the 2017 high school football season, the Barrow Neurological Institute released its newest findings on concussions in high school sports. The findings revealed that one-third of parents from around Valley would not allow their kids to play football. But because of the dangers in the sport, certain protocols have been installed to prevent as many concussions as possible.

Although he is leaving his playing days behind him, Shivers intends to help spread awareness of the dangers of concussions.

He wants to help other football players who are facing the same type of struggles.

“I want to get my story out there, so people can hear my side, so that they can put that into their life so I can help them change their life,” Shivers said.

“He said, ‘I know if anyone ever has any questions or anything like that, I want to be able to help them because I went through it and I know how it feels.’” Chamberlain said.

Shivers says he wants to preserve his future and attend college, where he said he aspires to pursue firefighting and business.

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BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

Let’s suppose you were waiting for a copy of your job evaluation. You were pretty confident it would be a good one, maybe already spending in your mind the bonus or raise that you Paul Maryniak knew would follow.

The long-awaited copy arrives and with each word, your dismay turns to shock.

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The state Board of Education released letter grades despite its members’ own concern that the formula used to generate them might be more than a little unfair and way too complex.

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Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely and Susie Ostmeyer, her chief information and accountability officer, laid out the inherent unfairness in the complicated formula, noting it actually penalized schools doing exceptionally well.

At least five of the 11 board members, including Chairman Tim Carter, voiced concerns about the revelations and debated whether a delay might be in order.

Carter, the superintendent of Yavapai County schools, wasn’t just taking Kyrene’s word for it. He admitted that he had attended a number of meetings with

rural school superintendents who voiced the same concerns.

But then Carter said the board would press on anyway and vote on the new system three weeks later – which it did.

And in pushing aside concerns about the formula, he explained the real reason for the rush: He was under pressure from the governor and the Legislature.

Now the Board of Education has voted to re-examine the formula. It is appointing a whole different set of people to review the formula from the ones who came up with it in the first place.

Its action came after public hearings that were given little publicity, were set up hastily and that were held in the daytime during the week, when most parents presumably are working.

In the meantime, no one seems to be giving much attention to state Superintendent of Public Schools Diane Douglas’ assertion that letter grades don’t say much about a school anyway because they are largely based on one test.

She has suggested a report card, one that gives a more thorough analysis to

the wide variety of tasks any school or district must fulfill in order to educate your kids properly and prepare them for a world that is rapidly changing.

Mainly, she’s being ignored because the governor and Legislature don’t want it.

They want a simple grade.

So, ask yourself what you would do if your child came home with a report card that had just one letter for all the different things he or she must accomplish in order to be successful in school.

You wouldn’t know how they’re doing in any given subject. You wouldn’t know how they behave in class and related to their peers, teachers and staff.

You wouldn’t even necessarily know how that grade was determined in the first place.

And by the time the board adopts a new system, you still might not know much.

Kids, teachers and school administrators deserve some better yardstick than what is being served up right now.

Come to think of it, so do parents and caregivers.

And yes, taxpayers, too.

This Veterans Day, help us honor those who have served our country

BY CHANDLER MAYOR JAY TIBSHRAENY Contributor

It’s already been a busy autumn, and there’s plenty left for Chandler residents to stay busy.

Last fall, we successfully combined three popular events to bring a day of fun and interesting information to Chandler Jay Tibshraeny families through the Mayor’s Safety and Veterans Expo (SAVE). This year’s event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 11. It will be held at

Veterans Oasis Park, located at the northeast corner of Chandler Heights and Lindsay roads. And, because that is Veterans Day, we will hold a very special ceremony at 11:11 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial just outside the park to honor those who have served our country so selflessly.

The SAVE Expo is a free event for the entire family. Participants can learn about personal and property safety, fire and crime prevention methods and a host of do-it-yourself project tips from various city departments. Veterans can meet with a host of organizations providing education and benefits. Public safety vehicles will also be on display, and several food trucks will be on

site selling a variety of culinary delights.

At 11:11 a.m., we will hold a ceremony that will include several veterans groups, our Police Department Honor Guard and our Fire, Health and Medical Department’s Pipe and Drum Team. It should be a very special event and I encourage you to attend.

Protecting this country through military service is an honorable duty. Many have taken that responsibility to heights most of us could not imagine. I look forward to honoring them all on Nov. 11. For more information on the SAVE event, visit chandleraz.gov/connect.

A couple of other events in November have become time-honored traditions with our residents. After the SAVE event, stop by

Tumbleweed Park for this year’s Chuck Wagon Cook-off. It will be Day 2 of the event and it wraps up at 4 p.m. For details on the 8th annual Cook-off, visit Chandlermuseum. org for all the details.

WoofStock celebrates its 10th anniversary on Nov. 18 at Tumbleweed Park. The free, family and pet-friendly event runs from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and includes demonstrations, plenty of food and merchant vendors, as well as a number of nonprofit organizations that concentrate on the welfare of animals. Donations will also be accepted to help displaced animals from Hurricane Irma after it battered the Florida coast. So mark your calendars and join us as we celebrate all things Chandler.

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Basha High students in culinary education fundraiser

BY DAVID M. BROWN Contributor

What’s for dinner tomorrow?

Sit down at the table and ask the chef mentors and future chefs at the Careers through Culinary Arts Program.

The New York City-based nonprofit has been transforming the lives of atrisk students for 26 years by preparing them for college and careers in the restaurant and hospitality industry.

During the 2016-2017 academic year, C-CAP AZ, the local affiliate, served 4,300 students attending 50 schools, including in the East Valley. And, last spring, more than $435,000 in scholarships were awarded to students from a variety of school districts throughout Arizona.

Recently, East Valley students were among 14 young people who participated in the first AZ Summer Job Training Program, which met once a week for 10 weeks in Phoenix at the C-CAP Training Kitchen, sponsored by Nine Degrees North Catering and Sysco Arizona.

On Nov. 5, Mesa and Basha high schools will send student teams to participate in the fourth Harvest Moon Feast, C-CAP AZ’s annual and scholarship fund-raiser.

During the inaugural summer program, students received intensive technical and soft skills training and participated in an international-inspired cooking competition sponsored by the Pork Council of Arizona, explained Jill Smith, director of C-CAP AZ. Executive Chef Andrew Helmandollar of Casino Arizona mentored, and “each student also received a knife kit, cookbooks, uniforms and other culinary-related materials throughout the summer,” Smith said.

This academic year, high school seniors and juniors are again working toward “C-CAP Recommended” certification, and graduating high school seniors can participate in the 2018 summer program.

East Valley high schools involved with C-CAP are East Valley Institute of Technology and Mesa High in Mesa; Highland and Perry in Gilbert; and Chandler, Hamilton and Basha high schools in Chandler.

“C-CAP gives our students techniques that will benefit them in the culinary world, such as team work and employability, organizational skills and communication skills,” said Priscilla Yazzie, a culinary teacher at Mesa High.

Smith said the job training program “provides intensive training in kitchen skills including knife cuts, food and equipment identification, safety and sanitation, as well as soft skills such as communication, time management and problem-solving.”

“Training is followed by a paid internship in a professional kitchen, where students gain critical job skills and experiences. The program serves many of our high school students looking for their first job,” Smith added.

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Basha High students at last year’s Harvest Moon Festival included, from left, back row: Tyler Alexander, Isabella Martinez, Savanah Duran, Eli Miller, Alexys Soto and Mikayla Davis. Sitting in front are Dushyant Singh, executive chef at The Camby, and Cara Summerfield, culinary teacher at Basha High.

in Chandler, will emcee the Harvest Moon event at Unexpected Art Gallery in Phoenix.

“I value the enrichment of future culinarians and am proud to donate my time to an organization that has given thousands of deserving students scholarships for further culinary education,” Hillson said.

The event will feature approximately 25 high school C-CAP culinary programs and their chef mentors, offering prepared dishes at 30 stations. Five tables will feature C-CAP alumni chefs such as Marcos Seville, Omni Scottsdale at Montelucia in Scottsdale, and Chef Port, who has just opened Fitzgerald’s BBQ, a Phoenix-based food truck and caterer.

Wesley Cervantes will be one of the students representing Mesa High.

“He wants to be a chef and he believes the C-CAP program will make this possible for him,” Yazzie said.

The two dishes her students will prepare are the French omelet and cucumber salad. At school, they practice recipes again and again.

“Sometimes they practice so much that they’d rather not eat any eggs for a while,” Yazzie said.

Wesley said Yazzie “believes in my potential and my future career.”

“When I cook, it makes me happy, and when I see people eating my food, it makes me happy also. This is what makes me want to become a chef,” said Wesley, who wants to own a restaurant and host a television show.

Cara Summerfield, who teaches culinary arts at Basha High School in Chandler, will take as many as five juniors and seniors to the party. Her team will include seniors Tyler Alexander, Savanah Duran and Isaac Elzer and juniors Alle Morfin, Kayla Cooley and Aria Roberts.

Most of her participating students plan to attend college for culinary arts

or hospitality.

“They utilize C-CAP in making connections to gain employment throughout high school and college and to gain or hone skills that they may not get a chance to practice at school,” said Summerfield, who is in her third year directing the program at Basha.

The students are expected to practice dishes in class and at home. In the

ident Dushyant Singh, executive chef at The Camby in Phoenix.

By the school’s request, he is working with Basha High again this year.

“Chef Singh represents the intensity and patience needed to be a strong leader in a kitchen and is a good example to the students,” Summerfield said.

Smith said that besides raising mon-

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Mesa High School aspiring chefs, from left, Connor Millar, Anthony Fimbres and Walley Andriade pause with Chef Helmandollar before building a dish.

early stages, they make a classic French omelet and a tomato cucumber salad.

“Both require a variety of technical skills that every good chef should know, including knife skills, seasoning, timing, waste versus edible portion and presentation,” Summerfield said.

Her students also are encouraged to attend local practices sponsored by C-CAP, where they can receive professional feedback before the event, she said.

Last year for the Harvest Moon, Basha High was paired with Chandler res-

ey for aspiring chefs’ further education, the Harvest Moon Feast “is a can’t-miss opportunity for C-CAP students to work alongside some of Phoenix’s most talented hands.”

Chef Hellmandollar, in his second year with the program and a mentor for the event at Mesa High, said the Harvest Moon Feats “teaches young aspiring chefs so many different elements of the business. Not only that, but it is so exciting to be around so many people.”

Information: ccapaz.org or call Jill Smith, 623.606.6213.

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Chandler singer exudes passion for music

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Staff

Perry High School senior Lois Zozobrado has the spunk and the drive of musicians who are twice her age.

She rattles off her marketing plan without taking a breath, and just as passionately shares she was adopted from

of fans as well. They can see her perform as part of the Mesa Music Festival Thursday, Nov. 9, to Saturday, Nov. 11.

Visit mesamusicfest.com for detailed schedules.

This is Zozobrado’s second time playing the Mesa Music Festival.

“I went from being a little girl with terrible stage fright,” she said. “Today

I went from being a little girl with terrible stage “ fright, Today I’m 18. I’m already performing at music festivals and Spring Training games.”

– Lois Zozobrado

China and suffered from nodules on her vocal cords.

“I think if you’re going to be successful in music, you have to be passionate about it,” said Zozobrado, of Chandler. “It shines through in performances and when you talk to people about music.

“My mom doesn’t need to force me to do homework. She doesn’t need to force me to write songs,” Zozobrado added.

“She doesn’t need to force me to get gigs.

That’s me. That’s my own thing. I do it by myself and my mom is supportive of that.”

The singer-songwriter has the support

I’m 18. I’m already performing at music festivals and spring training games. It’s insane how far I’ve come.”

The festivals and gigs are fun, but singing the national anthem is meaningful.

“The Cubs game is hands down the biggest crowd I have ever performed in front of,” Zozobrado said. “I look at the flag and I think, ‘This is so worth it.’ I don’t pay attention to the people. I’m looking at the flag and appreciating it. You have to feel the national anthem. It’s one of those songs.”

At the Mesa Music Festival, Zozobrado

will perform tracks from her debut album, “Sunshine Boulevard,” and new songs.

She was working on an album when she got word that she needed to have vocal cord surgery.

“I had two surgeries and months of therapy,” Zozobrado said. “I’m so outgoing, and talkative, and I couldn’t communicate as well. I had a lot of stress and anxiety. I was down in the dumps. My therapist, my friends and my mom said I should do other things.”

She concentrated on songwriting and improving her guitar skills.

“I was inspired,” said Zozobrado, who interns at a recording studio. “I was really driven to achieve those goals.

When you’re in music, you’re always busy gigging. I, finally, for once, had a break.

“I thank God for my parents for bearing with me on that.

It’s so hard. But honestly, I feel it was a learning experience.

This year is a really, really, really good time to release new Special to SanTan Sun News music. The momentum I have Lois Zozobrado will perform at the Mesa Music Festival Thursday, November 9, to Saturday, November 11. right now is amazing.”

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Area veteran’s gala aims to help wounded warriors in many ways SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

Anthony Ameen’s story is a battlefield tale that resounds with heroism.

But the Afghanistan war veteran, who served as a U.S. Navy Hospital corpsman from 2002 to 2010, doesn’t care much for the word “hero” – unless it refers to other wounded warriors.

And on Veterans Day, the Desert Vista High School Class of 2000 alumnus, still known as “Doc” Ameen, will hold his second annual gala aimed not only at honoring those warriors but helping them as well.

“Past giveaways have included an all-expenses-paid trip for a veteran and his caregiver,” Ameen said. “This year, we are looking to provide customized prosthetics to some of our veterans. We believe that these wounded veterans have fought for us, and now it’s time we fought for them.”

His seven-year-old nonprofit, Wings for Warriors, will hold its gala 6-10 p.m.

Nov. 11 at the Radisson Hotel Phoenix Airport, 427 N. 44th St., Phoenix. Tickets for the black-tie-optional event are $125 per person and $225 per couple with all proceeds helping wounded vets of the nation’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tickets and information are at wingsforwarriors.org.

A Purple Heart recipient, Ameen remembers all too well how financial and healthcare benefits were often hard to obtain while he battled back through more than 30 surgeries required after

losing limb and sustaining other injuries in Afghanistan.

His organization stemmed from a project called “Wings for Anthony,” which Ahwatukee neighbors and friends undertook to help his parents, Rusty and Jan, get to their youngest son’s side as he recovered from horrendous combat wounds.

On July 21, 2008, during a Taliban counterattack in Nowzad, Afghanistan,

a crushed left wrist with two dangling fingers.

During his ensuing 32 surgeries, the lower half of his left leg was amputated.

Reconstructive surgeries were required for his left hand and fingers. His “noodle” of a right leg was eventually reconstructed, but for some time, its fate was borderline.

Add to that the post-traumatic stress

“I started running to help him and stepped on an IED,” Ameen recalled. “The amount of pain I felt that morning was so intense, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

I’m very fortunate to have lived through that.”

– Anthony Ameen, Afghanistan war veteran Ameen, operating with the 2nd Battalion/7th Marine First Division was radioed by his platoon staff sergeant to assist a wounded Marine.

“I started running to help him and stepped on an IED,” Ameen recalled.

“The amount of pain I felt that morning was so intense, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I’m very fortunate to have lived through that.”

Only four months into his Afghanistan deployment, the then-27-year-old said he knew he’d lost his left foot. The extent of his injuries later would be found to include two shattered legs and

disorder he suffered, and you understand why Ameen says his charity “strives to provide the public with a raw look into the daily obstacles that wounded warriors face" re-entering civilian life.”

His work has helped over 2,000 wounded warriors with healthcare, financial benefits and counseling. Over 300 military families have received travel assistance.

“There are over 56,000-plus combat wounded veterans that have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan,” he said.

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Chandler Chamber Leadership members giving ARC a facelift SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF

When the Chandler Gilbert ARC facility needed an uplift, a group of emerging Chandler leaders rose to the task.

It’s getting plenty of elbow grease from members of the 2017 Chandler Chamber Community Foundation’s Leadership Institute class.

Pairing the two organizations was a natural, since the leadership class each year selects a volunteer project and ARC was a worthy beneficiary.

ARC, based in Chandler, serves the East Valley and is dedicated to providing teaching and support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Leadership class members take a handson approach to each volunteer project and this year is no different.

The interior of the 7,000-square-foot ARC building will be completely repainted by members of the class. The facility’s floor plan is being reorganized to maximize functionality for staff members and the individuals the ARC serves.

The ARC’s kitchen also is being remodeled and the class will assist with redecorating the main class spaces to provide a refreshed and more inviting atmosphere for ARC students.

The ARC plays a vital role with its mission to facilitate growth opportunities for people with disabilities through choice, experience, guidance and respect.

With that in mind, this year’s Chandler Leadership Class organizers said participants are proud to be able to play a small role to help the ARC futher its mission.

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Members of the Chandler Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class of 2017 worked hard to give a facelift to a building owned by a nonprofit that serves Chandler and Gilbert people with developmental disabilities.

in also helping to futher the ARC’s mission are encouraged to donate or volunteer.

Help the Chandler Leadership Class give Chandler Gilbert Arc the facelift these members deserve so the space can feel comfortable, functional and better match their bright, fun personalities.

More information is available by calling by visiting cgarc.org.

The ARC serves about 500 individuals per year of all ages with specialized community-based employment, housing

and adult day support services.

It maintains a variety of programs to help increase abilities in areas such as personal care, socialization, cooking, gross and fine motor skills, communication, and community and leisure activities.

The Chandler Chamber Community Foundation’s Leadership Institute prepares our community future leaders.

Businesses and community members who participate learn about issues facing our community, develop skills required

by community leaders and motivate participants to become involved in leadership roles and service Chandler.

As Chandler grows, so do the needs of its citizenry. Chandler Leadership Institute offers its members a broad range of experiences and insights about the city: its needs and services. The program educates about 30 participants annually. To date, more than 1,100 people have graduated and are serving in leadership roles in organizations in our community and region.

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Troop leader finds Girl Scouts a rewarding experience

BY BREANNE KRAGER Guest Writer

Meet Deborah Eierdam, a troop leader with more than 15 years of experience volunteering with Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council.

Although Eierdam was only in Girl Scouts for a few months as a little girl, she became invested in GSACPC once her daughter joined as a Daisy in kindergarten.

“You’re only allowed such a short window of time to spend with your kids and I wasn’t going to miss out on an opportunity like this,” said Eierdam, who currently is a troop leader in Chandler.

And it was a good thing she didn’t pass it up. Apart from being able to grow with her daughter in the program, Eierdam has been able to serve as a leader and an inspiration to hundreds of girls who are part of her troop’s neighborhood.

“My biggest takeaway from this experience has been witnessing the girls’ development throughout the program,” said Eierdam. “There is nothing like it when you see that lightbulb go off. Being able to watch these girls take the skills they’ve learned as a Girl Scout and apply them to real-life situations is nothing short of amazing.

“This result is something that girls wouldn’t be able to achieve elsewhere, because Girl Scouting provides a research-backed, girl-led and cooperative learning experience that is applicable and customizable to all lifestyles and backgrounds.”

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Deborah Eierdam finds many rewards in being a Girl Scout troop leader in Chandler and encourages other moms to consider doing the same.

The benefits of Girl Scouting don’t stop with the girls.

Volunteering with Girl Scouts is a great way to make lifelong friends, learn new skills and can even help you live longer.

GSACPC is looking for more troop leaders statewide, for more girls to partake in the Girl Scout leadership experience.

“During my time as a troop leader, I have gained confidence that I never thought I would have had in my life. This experience has taught me to put my insecurities aside and run an entire encamp-

ment with over 150 girls,” said Eierdam, adding: “I’ve also met some of my best friends through Girl Scouts – you’ll never find a better group of women.”

As a volunteer, Eierdam said, local mothers and women have the chance to introduce girls to new experiences and help them unleash their inner G.I.R.L. (go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, leader) to take the lead and change the world.

“You’ll be their cheerleader, guide and mentor, helping them develop crucial

skills and confidence to launch them into a lifetime of leadership. Imagine the excitement, the memories made, and the impact – this is what you’ll share as a Girl Scout Volunteer,” said Eierdam.

Inspired to help Girl Scouts to recruit new leaders this fall and winter, Eierdam provides some fast facts about getting involved: As part of a network of nearly 1 million adults, you’ll share an important commitment to preparing girls to lead successful lives. A volunteer serves as a partner and role model for girls. In the process, you’ll discover your own skills and abilities, meet new people, and learn through experience.

Girl Scout research shows it is not just girls who benefit from participating in Girl Scouts: 94 percent of volunteers have made new friends, 88 percent believe their life is better because they volunteer with Girl Scouts, and two-thirds believe their volunteer experience has helped them professionally. Also, 95 percent of Girl Scout Volunteers are happy knowing they are making girls’ lives better.

You don’t necessarily have to be fulltime. Extra adults are always needed for trips and special events, as well as for Girl Scout Cookie activities.

To ensure the safety and well-being of our girl members, all volunteers are required to complete a background check prior to becoming involved.

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Tumbleweed Park going to the dogs at Woofstock

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Staff

Tumbleweed Park is going to be a frenzy of four-legged friends and doggone fun activities for them and their owners in a few weeks.

So say the organizers of the 10th annual Woofstock is coming to the park at 2250 S. McQueen Road from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 18.

It’s all about dogs, and people can bring their furry companions to see a variety of entertainment, as well as buy them clothes, jewelry and even take them for a visit with a pet psychic.

An artist will create caricatures of dogs and people can have Grins 2 Go Photography take photos of their canine friends with a variety of backdrops. The first 75 dogs that show up for their photos will get free pictures printed at the site.

A collection will be taken to help pets displaced from the hurricanes in Florida, and people can donate Amazon gift cards, pet snacks and toys, as well as pet travel carriers.

The donations will go to the Humane Society of Broward County in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Those who contribute to the cause will get a free Woofstock 10th anniversary T-shirt, as well as anyone who visits a certain number of vendors at the event.

“It’s just a community event that families can bring all of their family members: four-legged and two-legged,” said Annette Watson, creation coordinator

Photos by Gina Sowell

Above: Blazin’ K9s Flyball Racing Team will participate in a flyball tournament throughout the day at Woofstock on Nov. 18 at Tumbleweed Park.

Right: Various vendors will sell food, snacks, clothes, jewelry, mugs and other items for dogs and humans at Woofstock on Nov. 18.

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“There’s something for everybody. It’s definitely an event the dog owners and just the community loves. Chandler is definitely a dog-loving community.”

Woofstock typically draws 1,500 to 2,000 people.

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A variety of dogs will show off their talents and athletic prowess at the gathering. Chandler Police Department’s Canine Unit will perform demonstrations.

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organization, will set up a lure course for dogs to run through and chase a flag. Blazin’ K9s Flyball Racing Team will participate in a flyball tournament throughout the day.

Mesquite High School’s dance group, The Beyond Motion Dance Company, will perform at 11:45 a.m. on stage.

To keep their dogs safe and healthy, people can get their pets vaccinated, as well as have their toenails trimmed and microchips placed in them at a discount.

People who want to expand their family can check out and adopt dogs the Maricopa Animal Care and Control will bring to the park.

Throughout Woofstock, there will be a Walk of Honor – A Salute to Veterans, where veterans can walk with the pets that help them.

American Service Animal Society and Maricopa Animal Care and Control partner with the city for this activity to honor veterans and the animals that assist them.

A DJ will play music at and vendors will sell a variety of food for people and dogs.

Children can create sand art and get their faces painted and enjoy balloon art at the event.

Woofstock is free but visitors pay for items the vendors are selling. To learn more about Woofstock, visit chandleraz. gov/default.aspx?pageid=284.

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Chandler’s Trashion Fashion Show winners (from left) Terrilynn Perry, in the ages 18 and older category; Gabrielle Rogers in the ages 14-17 category; and Nicolette Tate, in the ages 10-13 category; pose in their recycled creations with Chandler Councilmember René Lopez.

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Participants showed off their original clothing designs made using repurposed and discarded materials during Chandler’s Trashion Fashion Show Oct. 14.

The city’s Solid Waste Services Division organized the third annual event as a way to boost awareness of the importance of recycling and show different ways

to integrate recycling into everyday life. Judges evaluated 13 entries on their creativity, craftsmanship, design and an environmental fact every contestant offered with their entry.

Applicants could enter their designs in three age categories: ages 10-13, 14-17 and adult ages 18 and over.

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Perry also won the event last year.

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Cooks to hit trail for Chandler’s Chuck Wagon Cook-Off

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Staff

Campfire smoke will be blowing at Tumbleweed Ranch as teams working out of 1800s-style chuck wagons cook meat, beans and other foods in a culinary competition and historical party.

The eighth annual Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off is coming to the dusty trails Nov. 10 and 11 at the ranch inside Tumbleweed Park at 2250 S. McQueen Road. Kicking off the event, children and teens will get help cooking desserts in a Dutch oven over a wood fire Nov. 10 in the Junior Chuck Wagon Cook-Off. The Chandler Museum and nonprofit organization Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch co-produce the Chuck Wagon Cook-Off. Adults from the Valley, as well as Texas, Colorado and Las Vegas, will be stationed out of several chuck wagons.

They will compete in teams making meat, beans, bread, potatoes and dessert using only the ingredients and tools ranchers driving their herds of cattle to railheads would have had in the 1880s.

They will wear cowboy boots, dresses and other clothes from that time period and cook the food in a Dutch oven over a fire pit heated with mesquite wood as they aim to earn one of more than 20 prizes.

Prizes are in categories including best individual courses and overall meals, as well as the Charlie Goodnight Award for the team with the most spirit. It’s named after Goodnight, who is credited for inventing the chuck wagon.

“They’ve spent the time and the money, they’ve done the research often times on these wagons to try to ensure they’re the most authentic as they can,” said Jody Crago, Chandler Museum administrator.

“They can’t use any prepared sauces or anything. We give them raw materials… they make up their own meal. You might

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Mikayla Sedgwick, a Junior Chuck Wagon Cook-Off competitor, and Joe Jones from Diamond Bar J prepare food at a Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off in 2014.

get beef stew, chicken fried steak, something they could have gotten on the trail.

“It’s a fun day,” Crago added. “Families come, older adults that just want a different kind of experience come. Foodies come that like the different styles of cooking, Western enthusiasts, people that like country or (the) outdoors.”

Ranchers in the 1880s drove their herds of cattle to railheads, where the cattle were loaded onto trains and taken to cities in the Midwest and East to be slaughtered at stockyards, he said.

Often, cowboys would have to travel several hundreds of miles on trails to the railhead, so the chuck wagon would ride

ahead and start a fire and begin cooking food so it was ready for the cowboys, Crago said.

“Chuck” is a slang term for food. A cook, often called a “cookie,” usually an older cowboy was the “manager,” barber, see

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BY CHANDLER VICE MAYOR KEVIN HARTKE Contributor

The city of Chandler has a wide array of educational, recreational and cultural experiences for our young people, from story times at Chandler Public Libraries to swim lessons at our pools to seats at a special performance at the Chandler Center for the Arts. These and other valuable programs and amenities help make Chandler a great place to grow up or raise a family.

There is one unique hands-on learning experience the city offers that the general public may not know about, but teachers across the East Valley know it, and that is Tumbleweed Ranch. Located in the southeast corner of Tumbleweed Park is a collection of historic homes and old farm equipment among some agricultural fields that create a living history space

called Tumbleweed Ranch. The ranch is operated by the Chandler Museum, which hosts a variety of events and programs there throughout the year, including the annual Chuck Wagon Cook-Off. On weekdays during the fall and winter, local third-grade students visit Tumbleweed Ranch on field trips to learn about life as an early settler 100 years ago. They see the inside of the McCroskey House, a kit home from 1917, and hear about life in a home where there was no electricity and water came from a pump. They explore the Morrison Store to experience what it was like to get food and supplies with limited resources. And, they learn about cotton and our region’s agricultural history through activities and viewing the antique farm equipment on site. Tumbleweed Ranch is a fantastic educational resource for Chandler youth.

One of the organizations that promotes this facility is the Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch, a volunteer-led nonprofit organization that supports the Chandler Museum’s efforts, including the maintenance and development of the outdoor learning space. The organization is dedicated to restoring the historic structures and providing handson learning experiences for youth and families at Tumbleweed Ranch.

On Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12, the Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch will join with the Chandler Museum to produce the 2017 Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off. This unique event gives attendees a taste of the 1880s with food prepared from chuck wagons using authentic cooking methods from the time period. More than 7,000 people enjoyed the event last year, and I was there as a

judge of the fantastic food.

This year, Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch is offering a special outdoor dining experience for a limited number of people with Sunset Dinner on the Ranch 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10. All proceeds from this event support the Pardners and its mission. It’s the perfect date night for a good cause.

Tickets are $40 and include a five-course steak dinner and entertainment from Tony and Rick Martinez, two local country performers who put on an excellent show.

I hope you will join me in supporting the Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch by attending Sunset Dinner on the Ranch. Come and see what makes Tumbleweed Ranch such a special place in our community. For more information and to get tickets, visit pardnersoftumbleweedranch.org.

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Encounters with tumbleweeds, love of teaching inspire children’s book

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Staff

Watching a tumbleweed explode as she drove on Val Vista Drive and pondering the life of a young boy in her Sunday school class provided fodder for a local woman’s award-winning book.

Kathy Peach’s key attention to details in life and her love of education helped the mother of two and grandmother of four write her children’s book, “The Tiniest Tumbleweed.” It is Peach’s first book, and the Book Publicists of Southern California chose it for the 2017 IRWIN Award for Best Inspirational Children’s Book.

The book is about friendship, hope and encouragement with its two main characters being a small tumbleweed and baby sparrow. The little tumbleweed and tiny sparrow have physical limitations and worry they will not be able to do things their larger brothers and sisters do, including making seeds and flying. But the Mother Tumbleweed character in the book tells them, “Perhaps not, but you will be as big and strong as YOU will be, and that is just fine, just fine indeed.”

Peach, 60, is thrilled to have earned the honor.

“There are no words to express how surprised I was to receive the call from my publisher, Linda Radke, owner of Story Monsters LLC, that ‘The Tiniest Tumbleweed’ had been selected,” she said. “I cried for hours. I am grateful for every person and institution or company

Illustration by Alex Lopez/courtesy of tiniesttumbleweed.com

Kathy Peach’s children’s book, “The Tiniest Tumbleweed,” won the Book Publicists of Southern California’s 2017 IRWIN Award for Best Inspirational Children’s Book.

that has contributed toward my success as a person and the success of the book.”

Peach and Radke celebrated the award during a ceremony on Oct. 21 at Sibley’s

West gift shop in downtown Chandler.

Peach’s book, which was published in January 2016, is a tale built upon proven psychological theories tied to developing

positive self-efficacy concepts in children.

She wrote it as her required honors project at Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University while she was earning her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education with a dual certification in early childhood special education.

While “The Tiniest Tumbleweed” is a children’s book, its message and Peach’s journey writing it might also inspire adults. She had worked in the banking industry for more than 20 years and worked for 11 years at Ford Motor Credit Company in Nashville, where she was born. While working in the training department, teaching data entry clerks how to do their work and writing the material she taught, Peach said she “fell in love with education.”

After she and her husband moved to Chandler in 2009, as they had often visited their daughter, Amanda Mason, who was living in Ahwatukee at the time, she decided to go to college. At age 54, Peach enrolled at Chandler-Gilbert Community College to study early childhood education.

“I took a children’s literature class, taught by Professor Sharon Fagan, and my whole life opened up as a result of studying the components of quality children’s literature,” Peach said.

After earning an associate’s degree in early childhood education at ChandlerGilbert Community College, she transferred to ASU. After being invited to join the Honors College at ASU, she see

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Peach said the idea for the story had “been rolling around in my head for a while.”

The idea for the plot came after she ran over a tumbleweed on Val Vista Drive in Chandler in 2010. She had never seen a tumbleweed before and it exploded in front of her.

“I thought it was absolutely hilarious, but it also stirred a thought: What’s the purpose of a tumbleweed? Why do we have them?” Peach said.

Later, while teaching Sunday school at a Chandler church, she said she thought about one of her students, a boy who was about 2 years old and was “particularly physically small.”

“I thought life may be a little difficult for him,” Peach said. “I thought, what if there was a tumbleweed that was small, what would it be like for that tumbleweed growing up?”

Another experience, about a year and a half after seeing the first tumbleweed explode, also inspired her. She was driving on Val Vista Drive again, and watched a bird dive out of the sky and land in a tumbleweed, never to come out.

“I parked the car and watched,” Peach said. “A lot of birds would fly inside the tumbleweeds and sat there and chirped.

I thought, if there is a tiny tumbleweed, could there also be a tiny bird and how could they be of service to each other?”

Her book was a hit with the panel listening to her thesis presentation, and

Photo by Amanda Mason

First-time author Kathy Peach earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education with a dual certification in early childhood special education. Her love of education, as well as chance encounters with tumbleweeds and her experience as a Sunday school teacher, inspired her to write a children’s book.

after that, she took the manuscript to a librarian at ASU and asked if it would be worth trying to get the book published.

“Her response was, ‘Oh, my gosh, yes,’” Peach said.

She discovered that award-winning children’s author Conrad J. Storad had a book published by a Chandler company, Five Star Publications, which is now called Story Monsters. Peach called the publisher at 5 o’clock one morning and asked if she would like to see the

manuscript because the story is based in Chandler. The answer was “yes” and Peach emailed her the manuscript.

The next morning, she said Linda Radke, owner of Story Monsters, called her and told her to call her right away and not to show the manuscript to anyone else. Getting that call was “absolutely thrilling,” Peach said.

“Something inside of me was alive,” she added.

Story Monsters published “The Tiniest Tumbleweed” with Storad editing it and Alex Lopez illustrating the book.

Radke said the message in the book impressed her.

“It’s a very strong and wonderful message,” she said. “Sometimes the kids in us need to be reminded about the message that they will find and read in Kathy’s book. Sometimes as adults, we need to remind ourselves of that to help us influence the kids that surround us.”

Radke said besides her good writing style and grammar, Peach also had a great attitude and worked well with the publishing team, including Storad, Lopez and Patty Crane, Story Monsters project manager, as well as Lin Hesselbein, Story Monsters office manager.

“It’s a team effort,” Radke said. “For me, the illustrator helps bring the message and the story to life. The editor steps in and gives that fine tune to the story. The thing that’s so wonderful about Mrs. Peach is (she) respected the team; she bowed to the team. She was open to feedback.”

She said Peach is also a great role model for other mature adults who decide to change careers and go to college.

“Here she was realizing she wanted to choose a different path,” Radke said. “Not

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only did she do it, but she was part of that program at ASU and she was selected and invited. Kathy is a shining example of what happens when you attend a community college and you do your best and excel.

“Kathy is loving, compassionate and understanding, and, to me, Kathy Peach practices what she preaches. You learn a lot about a person when you work on a book. It takes time to do the job right. There’s always challenges in life; how you treat people is what makes you who you are. She had a good attitude. I’m just so proud of her.”

John Wolfe, co-owner of Sibley’s West, also praised Peach and her book.

Whenever she visits the store, Wolfe said Peach “draws a crowd and really engages with kids and parents.”

“Everyone is drawn to the idea of a tiny tumbleweed and a baby sparrow helping each other to get through life,” Wolfe said.

Peach has read her book to children at several Valley schools and she is also working full-time as an instructional designer for Automatik, which develops training material and supports product launches for the automotive industry.

“This has been one of the greatest experiences of my life and I would encourage anyone to follow their dreams,” she said. “Do the hard work because it is worth every minute.”

People can buy “The Tiniest Tumbleweed” at Sibley’s West at 72 S. San Marcos Place, as well as on Amazon.com and at several local museums. It is also being sold at Barnes & Noble stores at the Chandler Fashion Center in Chandler and San Tan Village in Gilbert. To learn more about Peach and her book, visit tiniesttumbleweed.com.

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Chandler artist Laurie Fagen of Fagen Designs is participating in several art shows and exhibits this season.

She was the “Featured Artist of the Month” at Prescott Center for the Arts Gallery in Prescott, where she had wall art, wearable art jewelry and books on display and for sale through October.

Fagen’s parents live in Prescott, and she owns a condo there.

Fagen, who also is publisher emeritus for the SanTan Sun News, is part of a three-artist show with novel wearable art through Nov. 14 at ‘Tis Gallery Mezzanine, 105 S. Cortez Street in Prescott. In the show called “Adorn Yourself,” Fagen’s polymer and silver clay jewelry, as well as fiber wall art, will be on display and for sale. Artist Barb Wills is exhibiting her Japanese Itajime & Shibori dyed clothes, silk scarves and other wearable vests and tops. Joan Knight will display her upcycled sweater coats, hand-painted shirts, jackets and scarves.

Select items from that show were also part of a fashion show held at the historic Hassayampa Hotel in Prescott on Oct. 22.

The artists were also on hand at Prescott’s Fourth Friday Artwalk on Oct. 27.

Fagen Designs will have a variety of Hawaiian-inspired jewelry made from polymer clay at Aloha Crafts ‘N’ Creations, an annual holiday show by Lau Kanaka No Hawai’i, Hawaiian Civic Club of Arizona from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Crossroads United Church, 7901 N. Central Avenue in Phoenix. A new line of

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Chandler artist Laurie Fagen of Fagen Designs created this Golden Goddess angle pendant.

Her polymer and silver clay jewelry, as well as fiber wall art, is on display and for sale at ‘Tis Gallery Mezzanine in Prescott through Nov. 14.

pendants made of faux bone polymer clay will reflect the traditional carvings of fish hooks, spirals, turtles and other designs. There will also be other handcrafted Items, pottery, clothing and personalized gifts, along with food, entertainment and raffle prizes at the event.

Artist Laurie Fagen of Chandler made this faux bone polymer ray pendant. The publisher emeritus of the SanTan Sun News, is displaying her artwork and jewelry at a Prescott gallery through Nov. 14. Her jewelry will also be on display at Aloha Crafts ‘N’ Creations, a holiday show by Lau Kanaka No Hawai’i, Hawaiian Civic Club of Arizona on Nov. 11 at Crossroads United Church in Phoenix.

Fagen is going to open her Chandler art studio for invited guests from noon to 6 p.m. on Nov. 12 and from noon to 6 p.m. on Nov. 19.

She will exhibit her original polymer clay jewelry designs, fine silver jewelry and contemporary fiber art at an ideal time for holiday shoppers. She will also have her two published crime fiction

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CHUCK WAGON from page 59 entertainer and the one to settle any fights in the chuckwagon crew, he said.

The history of chuck wagons intrigues Barb Kennedy, who is competing at the cook-off with her team, Cowgirls Forever, named after the company she owns that makes and delivers chuck wagon-style meals. She has competed in the Chandler culinary contest and other chuck wagon events for several years.

“It really makes you think how people

old farms, but some modern-day ranches still use chuck wagons.

The Chuck Wagon Cook-Off is free for anyone to attend, but the lunch the competitors make costs $15 per meal. The food sells out quickly, and last year, 550 meals were sold in 23 minutes, Crago said.

While cooking the meals is hard work, it’s also fun and the chuck wagon contestants have been known to play pranks on each other, Kennedy said.

“Sometimes things will disappear out of your chuck box,” she said.

They can’t use any prepared sauces or anything. “ We give them raw materials…they make up their own meal. You might get beef stew, chicken fried steak, something they could have gotten on the trail.

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–Jody Crago, Chandler Museum administrator. did this every day,” Kennedy said. “We think that we work hard and we’re tired now. The ingenuity and the determination is unimaginable in today’s society. I always thought I was born 100 years too late. I’ve always loved the West, and I grew up in a big family, so we always cooked. We’ve always cooked for a lot of people. I love to cook and love to feed people.”

Kennedy bought her chuck wagon in the Valley and believes it’s an 1886 model.

Her husband built the chuck box for it out of products from that time period.

Crago said many of the competitors have spent “lots of funds to restore” their chuck wagons. Often they get them from

Kennedy, 55, said one night she awakened and found people from a competing chuck wagon team branding one of the serving tables outside her tent.

“It’s so fun,” she said. “We only see each other a few times a year; it’s like you’ve been friends forever. It’s a great group of people; they’re all hard-working.

They’re salt of the earth.”

Besides sampling food, people who come to the Cook-Off can find other entertainment. On Nov. 10, a farmers market will be set up with local vendors from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The band Barefoot and Pregnant will perform, and the Arizona Historical

Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off competitors Clint Combs and Tina Stallard from the Curly Cue Camp mingle with Emily Olson, a Junior Chuck Wagon Cook-Off competitor, in 2014.

Society will do demonstrations. Visitors can also take wagon rides to the Arizona Railway Museum. The Junior Cook-Off goes from 10 to 11:30 a.m. that day.

The Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch is having its Sunset Dinner at the Ranch fundraising event from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 10.

For $40, diners will get top sirloin, salad, a potato, bread and dessert, made by local restaurant Ginger Monkey.

Rick and Tony Martinez, a father and son, will perform Western trail songs and classic country tunes. Proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Pardners’ mission of teaching the community about Chandler’s agricultural heritage.

Pardners of Tumbleweed Ranch helps

interpret the city’s agricultural heritage with programs and events, as well as making improvements to the ranch.

People can get into the spirit of the Cook-Off from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 10 with a Campfire Glow, where they can roast s’mores and Chip Hanna will play music.

The gates open and the meal ticket line forms at 9 a.m. on Nov. 11. The chuck wagon competitors’ meals will be served at 12:30 p.m. Bands Valley Fever, as well as Pick & Holler and August Manley’s Premier Waylon Jennings Tribute Band will perform that day. The awards will be given at 2:30 p.m.

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Christian software developer has big plans for East Valley

BY RALPH ZUBIATE Managing Editor

Nestled between a Dutch Bros. coffee shop and an office of the American Federation of Astrologers in Tempe, one of the best-known brands in the Christian software world sits quietly in a satellite office.

But Faithlife hopes to make a bigger splash with a move to a former grocery store in Chandler.

“We are really big on being part of the

said. “We’re interested in the walkable downtown in Chandler.”

The company was founded in 1992 as Logos when Pritchett and another founder left Microsoft to develop Christian software. The company is based in Bellingham, Washington, with the Tempe satellite office established 2012.

The company is best-known as the creator of Logos Bible Software. The company diversified with church presentation software, ebooks and magazines. It rebranded as Faithlife Corpora-

are really big on being part of the community,” “saidWeDaniel Bagley, Faithlife’s inbound sales manager.

“Moving to downtown Chandler makes sense for us.

We fit into that culture, providing jobs and growth.

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– Daniel Bagley community,” said Daniel Bagley, Faithlife’s inbound sales manager. “Moving to downtown Chandler makes sense for us.

We fit into that culture, providing jobs and growth.”

Sometime in November, the company will move its 20 or so employees to a building at 398 S. Arizona Ave., about two blocks from Chandler City Hall.

“The building was a minimart and fried chicken and check cashing office,” said Bob Pritchett, a founder of Faithlife. “It’ll look a little nicer when we’re done.”

Faithlife will use the facility, which it bought for $1 million last year, for software developers and sales.

“We’re excited about what’s happening in downtown Chandler,” Pritchett

tion in October 2014.

Faithlife now publishes tools and resources under a number of other brands, including Vyrso and Biblia.com. Faithlife partners with more than 200 publishers to offer over 40,000 Christian e-books available to users of its software.

The company also makes Proclaim presentation software for churches, letting worship leaders show lyrics and pastors show verses on video screens during services.

“Logos Bible software is still our bestselling product,” Pritchett said.

Faithlife first moved to Arizona because of Pritchett’s family history – “Both of my kids went to ASU” – and because of the East Valley’s focus on

technology.

“Arizona is pretty big in technology,” said Bagley, who has been at the office since 2016.

“We also needed to have a satellite office and were looking for location with a larger labor pool,” Pritchett said. “We thought it would be nice to be someplace sunny and that had direct flights to Bellingham.”

Setting two offices so far apart hasn’t been a problem for the company, especially since they have a friend connecting them.

“We do a lot of video conferencing, and we have telepresence robots,” one in Arizona and three in Bellingham, Pritchett said.

“People will often join a meeting through telepresence robot.”

Faithlife is a large employer in Bellingham, among the city’s top two or three employers, Bagley said.

“We want to be the same in Chandler,” he said.

The company is looking to add sales and software developer positions eventually.

Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer All of it leads back to Faithlife’s mission – “to do Daniel Bagley demonstrates Faithlife’s telepresence robot technology to equip the with software developer Jeff Hart peeking in. Faithlife uses church to grow in the Bible,” the robot during meetings to connect the main office in Washington state with employees in Tempe.

Pritchett said.

“We want to help the pastor to help the whole church – worship leader, presentation, back office of the church. In all we do, we’re – Contact Ralph Zubiate at 480-898-6825 or rzubiate@timespublications.com. connecting back to the Bible.”

Be an ‘Uber friend’ and don’t rely on an app to show kindness DIANE MARKINS Guest Writer

Back in the day, people relied on each other.

Friends didn’t just tag you on Instagram or send a teardrop emoji to show how much they cared.

They were there for you – up close, in person. We learned it at church and practiced it in life.

When I was growing up, my mom made meals for sick friends and took care of their kids if they needed a hand. That carried over to my life as a young mom and has been a way of life I’ve passed on to my grown kids.

If a neighbor needs a ride to the airport, I’ll be their Uber driver. They don’t have to pay me or even thank me. I’m blessed by knowing that I made things a little easier. Pastor Allan at Mountain Park Community Church recently “drove” this Uber friend message home.

We’ve become accustomed to our independence. “I don’t need help…I don’t need anyone.” That attitude doesn’t line up with God’s design for His people. It’s based in pride and fosters isolation.

Going it alone is, well, lonely.

Technology has made it so easy to DIY. • Who needs a friend to bring dinner when lots of restaurants deliver and now Amazon is a part of that game?

Two are better than one, because they have a “good return for their work; If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

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– Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work; If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 True contentment requires relationship, love, kindness, serving and being served.

• Visits and hugs have been replaced with texts and e-cards.

• Encouraging words come from memes and GIFs. • Babysitters and elder care can be found on many websites – for a price.

• Why bring fresh flowers from your garden

when you can have an elegant arrangement sent with a click on your phone?

•N o need to share your heart and bare your soul to someone who knows you; see a therapist. They are paid to listen.

All the things that used to define acts of friendship can be yours without any true connection. There’s an app for that.

I’m dealing with a serious illness and feel so blessed that my friends get it. I have a bunch of people in my life who keep showing up to meet needs and let me see the love in their eyes and feel the warmth of their embrace.

If you’re relying on the App Friend model to have your needs met, consider reaching out to be an Uber friend to someone else.

It starts with you and while it might be cliché, we truly reap what we sow.

More friendship always means more of a Contentment Connection.

-Diane Markins is an Ahwatukee author and speaker.

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of month Nonprofit organization connecting professionals in career transition to high-quality 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

Spiritual Connections Call ahead to confirm as details occasionally change after print. If you have a recurring monthly support group or meeting to list in Spiritual Connections, email complete details to news@santansun.com.

SUNDAYS Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Sundays All with peaceful beliefs are welcome to this inclusive, loving, thriving UNITY Community.

Join the group at 10 a.m., preceding the service, for fellowship. Youth and toddlers meet during service.

Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org Kids’ Sunday School 10 to 11 a.m. Sundays Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Lift Your Spirit 10 a.m. Sundays Hear inspirational messages and music.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Traditional and Contemporary Services 7:30 a.m. daybreak contemplative worship, 9 a.m. traditional worship and choral music, 11 a.m. contemporary wor-

ship with live Christian rock band. There is also a service at 12 p.m. Wednesdays.

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 901 W. Erie Street, Chandler 480-899-7386, saintmatthewschurch.org MONDAYS The Art of Parenting 7:30 p.m. Mondays Six-session course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute and presented by Rabbi Mendy Deitsch of Chabad of the East Valley, designed to help parents at all levels of Jewish knowledge develop their own parenting philosophies and techniques. Cost is $99.

Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler 480-855-4333, rabbi@chabadcenter.com TUESDAYS Silva Class and Meditation 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays Learn the Silva method with Lois Britland.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Career Connectors 8:30 a.m. to noon, fourth Tuesday

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 Avenue, Mesa Maia, 480-425-0624, christianbusinessnetworking.com

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Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Gong Meditation and Yoga Nidra 7 to 8:30 p.m. third Wednesday Presented by Will Zecco, gong master. Bring yoga mat, blanket and pillow as desired. Love offerings will be accepted.

Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org “A Course in Miracles” with the Rev. Julianne Lewis 1 to 2:15 p.m. Wednesdays The weekly group is an interactive time of learning and sharing, appropriate for course beginners, as well as longtime students of ACIM. Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org.

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

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.

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

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.

Shalom Chapter of Hadassah 11:30 a.m. second Tuesday of each month Iron Oaks (Oakwood) Clubhouse 24218 S. Oakwood Boulevard, Sun Lakes Cyril, 480-802-0243; Kathy, 480-895-5194; Shirley, 480-883-9159; or Joyce, 480-802-4902.

Monthly Women’s Fellowship 6:15 p.m. fourth Tuesday of each month The monthly fellowship Bible study with the East Valley Chapter of Christian Women’s Devotional Alliance “ministers to women’s spiritual, emotional and physical needs.”

Best Western-Mezona, 250 W. Main Street, Mesa 480-232-3773 Narcotics Anonymous (Nar-Anon), Chandler Chapter 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Twelve-step program for families and friends of addicts.

Faith Community Church 1125 N. Dobson Road, Chandler, nar-anon.org WEDNESDAYS Panic Healing 7 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday

Healing Prayer and Meditation Circle 7 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesdays Guided prayer, affirmations and visualization for those facing physical, emotional, mental or spiritual issues in their lives. Love offering requested.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Meditation Moments 7 to 8:30 p.m. third Wednesday of the month An interactive time of learning and sharing, appropriate for beginners or longtime students of ACIM. Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org St. Mathew’s Episcopal Church 12 p.m. Healing and Eucharist service St. Mathew’s Episcopal Church 901 W. Erie Street, Chandler 480-899-7386, saintmatthewschurch.org THURSDAYS Women’s Empowerment & Awakening 7 to 8:30 p.m. third Thursday Release negative beliefs. see

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CONNECTIONS from page 58 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 seven-step empower model detailed in Clark’s book, “Empower Model for Men.” Cost is $85.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road,, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 Real Love Support Group 6:30 p.m. Thursdays For those who have a desire to acquire more “real love” and in the process find great personal happiness and more fulfilling relationships. Love offering requested.

Unity of Tempe, formerly Unity of Chandler 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe 480-792-1800 FRIDAYS Temple Havurat Emet 7:30 p.m. first Friday of each month Lecky Center, Robson Library 9330 E. Riggs Road, Sun Lakes templehavuratemet.org Grief 10 to 11:30 a.m. every Friday Each session presents a 45-minute videotape

of expertise of counselors, pastors and others who have coped with grief and understand its effects and the steps toward healing. Each week a different stand-alone topic is presented as part of 13 sessions. Discussion follows, but participation is entirely voluntary. Call 480-895-1088 for information. The program is offered at First Baptist Church Sun Lakes.

SATURDAYS Spirit Night – Psychic Fair 4 to 8 p.m. third Saturday of each month The “Lightworkers” offer a wide range of services, including Reiki, facials, mediums, drumming, tarot, angel messages and more.

Services range from $20 to $30.

Cash only.

Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa interfaith-community.org heatherposey70@gmail.com.

Spirit Night – A Holistic Healing Festival 1 to 6 p.m. third Saturday of the month Lightworkers offer a wide range of services including Reiki, facials, mediums, drumming, tarot, angel messages and more. Services range from $20 to $30.

Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa interfaith-community.org heatherposey70@gmail.com Unity Drumming and Healing Circle 6:30 to 8 p.m. fourth Saturday of each month Beginner, expert drummers and observers welcome. Bring snack, appetizer or dessert to share. Love donation accepted.

Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102, Mesa 480-593-8798, interfaith-community.org

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OTHER Forever Marriage Ministries Marriage Restoration Support Group for Wives Offers hope to the hurting Valleywide through one-on-one Biblical marriage teaching, God-honoring wife discipleship and marriage restoration mentoring to wives seeking God’s will in the restoration of marriage.

Lisa, 602-377-8847, marriage@lisacmyers.com, forevermarriageministries.com, facebook.com/forevermarriages Jewish Women International, Avodah Chapter 1581 Monthly luncheon. Social Box Eateries, 1371 N. Alma School Road, Chandler RSVP: 480-802-9304, 480-655-8812 Moms in Prayer International A group of mothers who meet one hour each week to intercede for their children and schools through prayer. Liane Wright, 480-6997887, momsinprayer.org Bible Study Meets twice a month Members of the Women’s Life Group study the Bible and discuss how the lessons can relate to their lives. Sun Lakes United Church of Christ, Chandler.

Jan Olson: 480-802-7457, Joy King 480-5881882 East Valley Jewish Couples Club Offers once-a-month social activities such as dining, movies and plays for Jewish couples in the 45- to 65-year-old age range. Melissa,

480-785-0744, beadlover@cox.net.

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First Baptist Church of Sun Lakes A Church of Joy Committed to the perfect Word of God, living under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and worshiping with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.

Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor invites you to join in our traditional worship service at 9535 E. Riggs Road Sun Lakes, Arizona 85248

480-895-1088 www.fbcsl.org Sundays:

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Chandler catering firm serving foodies for 37 years DAVID M. BROWN Contributor

Robert Richter was born the same year as the great 1957 Chevy Bel Air zoomed out of Detroit.

His Robert’s Catering in Chandler has become a classic, too, just without those signature soaring tail fins. And, when he’s got a dash of time away from the business, he plays his Rodgers 940 Classical digital electronic organ at home in Gilbert or traveling worldwide to play church pipe organs.

For 37 years, he and his employees have catered parties, weddings, business events, taking on all business challenges and keeping the quality food flowing.

“There are always challenges in taking the restaurant to the venues and homes where people want parties,” said Richter, who rescues horses and gives them homes.

“Sometimes it is easier to just pack up our kitchen trailer and go and cater a party under the pecan trees,” he said.

“And freeway traffic is a huge challenge and weekend road closures. We are the work-weekend warriors of the food industry.”

In preparing for the annual Mesa Arts Center fundraising gala, for example, the menus always take thought because of the unique ideas people have for themes, he said.

And, for its annual Realtor Day at the Capitol, the Arizona Association of Realtors provides a luncheon for 600-plus guests in Wesley Bolin Plaza – which is a challenge for the outdoor site and the number of people.

Then, there’s the Southwest Airlines Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinner at the airport, which attracts 750–1,000

employees, who receive all-day service. “That’s a long day,” Richter said.

Recently, Robert’s Catering helped local shopping center redeveloper Michael Pollack celebrate entering the Guinness Book of World Records for his advertising art collection in Mesa. And, the crew also just catered a function honoring Marco Rubio, the junior U.S. senator from Florida.

“Doing the impossible for clients is one of my specialties,” Richter said.

Born in Dearborn, Michigan, he lived in Southgate, downriver to Detroit. “The Motor City is the melting pot of lots of ethnic foods and is home to many immigrants from all nationalities: German, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Netherlands,” he said.

Little Mexican food, however, was available Special to SanTan Sun News in the city, but because Robert Richet pulls out some fresh lobster that he’ll be serving his mother is a Chandler through his Chandler catering business. native, the family never had to go out for it. also pretty darn good cooks.”

Food was always being discussed He attended culinary school and prepared at home, so his decision at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, to become a chef was not just a career Michigan. This was a tough four-year choice. program, which accepted only 30 “I have been cooking ever since I students every two years, he said. could reach a stove. I have a talent Meanwhile, he worked a variety in the kitchen and the taste buds to match,” he said. His grandparents “were of jobs to support his education and

expand hands-on experience.

At a 24-hour short order venue, the Palace Restaurant in Taylor, Michigan, he worked all the shifts at different stretches, refining skills such as flipping omelets, deep-frying and making burgers. Those basic skills were a foundation to his career.

Then he was at a butcher shop, learning how to break down front shoulders and hindquarters of beef, lamb and pork and working up front at the meat counter and the cold cut department. One summer, he took a part-time cooking job at the Wyandotte Yacht Club along the Detroit River.

He was next at the Dearborn Hyatt Regency at a variety of cooking departments.

“They worked around my school schedule and also helped pay for my college,” he said. “Their program was if you went to school for the job you were working, they paid for your education.”

Richter moved to Arizona to work for a rum cake company and to be with his parents, who had retired here.

“My dad had promised my mom to bring her back to her hometown of Chandler,” he said, noting that he also has cousins, aunts and an uncle living in Chandler.

What celebrity chefs inspired him?

Of course, the ebullient Julia Child, whom he watched on television starting he as a child. He quotes her often: “A party without cake is just a meeting!”

He also watched Jacques Pépin, another great chef, who did a television series with Child. “I got to cook for him see

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Chandler restaurant brings spicy noodle dishes to EV

BY DAVID M. BROWN Contributor

Shuai “Mark” He certainly used his noodle opening his new Chandler restaurant last month.

With Let’s Eat Noodles, he introduces the region to authentic “alleyway cuisine” from his native Chongqing, also known as Chungking, in southwest China.

“The food we have is spicy, and the ingredients are unique and complicated,” said Mark, a marketing student at Arizona State University.

Each dish has as many as 20 ingredients, all freshly prepared, including fried peanuts, broiled sprouts and chili peppers – what he calls the “soul of the noodle soup.” Food is spicy in Chongqing, as in other warm southern Asian areas, to help the body cool through perspiration, he explained.

“Of course, we can make your food less spicy. Just ask any of us,” he said.

He and his business partner have five employees. Both his business partner

and his girlfriend also are from Chongqing.

“She helps me a lot, too, when I make the hot chili oil. She gives me a lot of inspiration, loves to cook and gives me ideas for new recipes.”

Chongqing food is similar to that from the Szechuan province, but the emphasis is on noodles – the base of many, although not all, of Mark’s dishes. Some ingredients come directly from that city, while others he acquires from local wholesale purveyors and ethnic groceries.

For instance, instead of some of the Chongqing hot peppers he can’t buy from China, Mark uses habaneros from Mexico or Chinese hot peppers from Los Angeles, which offer similar spice levels.

Mark spent almost 20 years in Chongqing, and his family still lives there. He tries to visit at least once a year.

Chongqing is an enormous city. With a metro population of 30 million and an see

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Spicy noodles are a staple in many of the dishes at Let’s Eat Noodles.

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Receive one free kids’ meal per $8 adult purchase when customers dine in only.

48 S. San Marcos Place, Chandler 480-821-3197 Every day except Sunday breakfast, one child 10 or younger eats free with each paying adult, while additional kids eat for 50 percent off when they order from the Wee Willy menu only.

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2580 W. Chandler Boulevard, Chandler 480-722-0898, www.aznypdpizza.com Kids eat free on Wednesday and Sunday after 4 p.m. with the purchase of a small or medium pizza. Dine-in only. and what conditions apply, such as purchase of an adult meal, certain hours, etc. Include your restaurant name, address, phone and website and a contact name for verification.

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Sidelines Grill

2980 S. Alma School Road, Chandler 480-792-6965, www.sidelinesaz.com Kids eat free from the kids’ menu after 4 p.m. Thursdays with the purchase of an adult entrée. Dine-in only.

Planet Sub

1920 W. Germann Road, Chandler 480-245-6503, www.planetsub.com Kids eat free with a paying adult on Mondays.

Social Box

1371 N. Alma School Road, Chandler 480-899-6735, www. socialboxeateries.com Kids 12 and younger eat free from the kids’ menu with the purchase of an adult entrée on Mondays.

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CATERING FROM PAGE 72 at a fundraiser in the Biltmore Estates,” Richter recalled.

His vacations have centered on food, water and great pipe organs. Two musical aunts and his mother, who all played piano or organ, inspired that interest, which began at 7 with piano

NOODLES FROM PAGE 72 urban population of 18.38 million, it’s the most populous Chinese municipality.

“It’s so large, it’s considered like a province, like Sichuan (Szechuan) or Hunan,” Mark said. He explained that Chongqing is one of China’s four municipalities that are, in essence, administered the same way the provinces are. The others are China’s capital Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin.

This was done in 1997 as part of the massive Three Gorges project, which forced migration from the areas filled by the world’s largest dam. People came to the city looking for homes, jobs and futures. They also found great food.

Mark acquired his love for cooking and hospitality when he was a boy.

“I worked as a waiter in my Uncle Yu Liu’s three restaurants in Chongqing. I worked in the front and back for about three months and gained a lot of experience. He’s also a great chef. I learned a lot of things from him.”

He said he learned that great food re-

lessons.

“I never had to be told to practice.

It was kind of natural to sit down at a piano,” he recalled.

He then played for his church, transitioning to the organ. He played for Chandler Presbyterian Church for 14 years. “I love to substitute at different churches when they need me around the Valley,” he said.

Food remains his main theme, though. “I have eaten my way through New Orleans many times and have some great Southern recipes from that region,” he said.

He’s also traveled often to Nova Scotia for the seafood and the old churches with pipe organs. There he has a small cabin along the Atlantic Ocean for recreational fishing.

quires great commitment.

“In Chongqing, the noodle-house owners are a group of early risers,” he writes in his menu. “Around 4 o’clock in the morning, they start to cook a rich, flavorful spicy oil. The fragrance of the homemade pepper begins to permeate the neighborhood.”

His Uncle You Liu is visiting him this fall to offer some insights on restaurant management and development. At ASU, his marketing studies have already helped him with the business, he said.

“I came to the U.S. because I wanted to study business at ASU and I wanted to know more American culture. Besides, I love basketball and the NBA,” he said, noting that he wants to make his life here after graduation. “This is my American dream.”

Signature dishes at Let’s Eat Noodles are spicy beef noodles, fried potato, cold noodles, mushrooms & short ribs xiao mian and braised beef mian. In Mandarin Chinese, “mian” is noodles and “xiao” is a “small amount.”

The restaurant’s hot pot is also native

to Chongqing, and you can order it with vegetables such as kelp, tofu, potato and lotus root as well as fish, tripe and calamari.

Also available are dishes with fish and seafood such as the barbecue fish and the seafood xiao mian, as fish is a staple in Chongqing. The Jialing River, which feeds the great Yangtze River, passes through the city.

The signature dessert is magic ice jelly, reminiscent of Jell-O but with organic bean jelly, peanuts, white sesame, sweet wine, osmanthus – a fragrant flower native to south China – and brown sugar.

“It will make you feel you are in Alaska, not in Arizona,” Mark said.

“All of the food we serve is authentic and represents the people’s favorite food,” he said. “Chongqing food and noodles are unique, and the food we serve here is almost the same, the same flavor. That’s why we opened: to bring real Chongqing food to the U.S. I want more people to know the food I’ve loved since I was young.”

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