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7 EV teen suicides in 6 weeks alarm schools

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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even East Valley teenagers committed suicide during a six-week period earlier this summer, creating a disturbing suicide cluster and a grassroots effort to do everything possible to prevent additional deaths.

The unusual suicide cluster included six boys and a girl ranging from 13 to 18 years old. Six victims hanged themselves and one death was by shooting. The deaths started on July 24 and ended on Labor Day weekend.

The teens lived within 10 to 12 miles of each other. They did not know each other, but one boy knew another boy who killed himself in May. The victims – who lived in Chandler, Gilbert and Queen Creek – were described as high-achieving students with plenty of friends who might not fit the preconceived notion of a teen likely to commit suicide.

The suicides came to the attention of Katey

TRIBUNE EXCLUSIVE McPherson, executive director of the Gurian Institute, a Washington State organization dedicated to “helping boys and girls reach their full potential by providing professional development that increases student achievement, teacher effectiveness and parent involvement,” according to its website.

McPherson said she has been monitoring teen suicides for the past year, since a Corona del Sol High School student killed himself.

Another committed suicide a year earlier on the school’s grounds.

As a result of the cluster, teen suicide – a problem traditionally cloaked in stigma and relegated to the shadows – suddenly emerged as a topic earlier this month when an estimated 350 people packed a room to hear about the psychological issues that motivate youngsters to take their own lives.

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Tempe bar’s memorabilia is being auctioned

(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Photographer)

The East Valley teen-suicide cluster came to the attention of Katey McPherson, executive director of the Gurian Institute, which has helped mobilize more prevention efforts.

Despite misgivings, state board finalizing grades for schools

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Minder Binder, the iconic restaurant and bar at McClintock and University in Tempe, is cleaning house.

The building, closed for now, will reopen as a new restaurant in November, and the pieces that hung from its ceiling will be auctioned off this week. Included are the statues, farm equipment and a large Inuit whaling boat. Story, Page 3

he state Board of Education is poised on Monday to adopt a formula for letter-grading schools that some members question – and that Kyrene School District officials are trying to derail.

While the board is scheduled to vote Sept.

25 on the system, Kyrene administrators have been rallying other districts to pressure it into delaying a final vote so it can revise a formula they say penalizes high-performing schools and students.

During a Sept. 6 study session, five of the nine board members at the meeting exSee

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Minder Binder’s memorabilia heading to the auction block

weighed 600 to 800 pounds. It took us a crew of five or six ocals and visitors alike built about nine days.”

EJ’s will auction memories at Minder Binder, the Tempe landmark bar and restaurant off items at 10 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 30, at at McClintock and University drives.

Now, some of those memories are up 5880 W. Bell Road, for sale as the restaurant’s new owner Suite B, Glendale. A free public preview seeks to make some new ones.

EJ’s Auction & Consignment in takes place Sept. 27Glendale will auction off more than 500 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 pieces of eclectic decorations that hung p.m.

Mike Kenney, who from the walls, ceilings and doors of the is the new owner of restaurant. the space, marveled Removing them wasn’t an easy job.

“I’ve been in the auction business for at the collection of 10 years, and that was the most difficult things hanging all extrication of items I’ve ever had,” said over the restaurant.

“Every square Erik Hoyer, owner/auctioneer of EJ’s Auction & Consignment. “To be honest, inch had something I don’t know how that ceiling held that hanging from it,” he amount of weight that was on it. They said. “There was no rhyme or reason. The had extremely heavy items on cables.

“There are some movie props like theme was ‘There is a Roman gladiator, but a lot of the no theme.’ Anything items were real items. Real wagons, real that could have been sleighs. They had several pieces of heavy nailed or stapled or equipment, like a seeding grinder that screwed to the wall (Special to the Tribune) was.”

Erik Hoyer (left) and Mike Kenney show off a movie prop that hung Kenney said from the rafters at Minder Binder. This Roman gladiator came from an he was taken MGM auction back in the 1970s. aback by a taxidermied horse hanging from collector has been in Minder Binder’s, the ceiling. “That was pretty and the piece will remind them of their youth.” strange,” he said.

Hoyer has some Minder Binder “There’s an entire shell of a locomotive up high, just kind of memories of his own.

“I was a regular back in the ’80s,” he hanging over an upper mezzanine era. We haven’t figured out how said. “I didn’t pay attention to the stuff on the ceiling. I thought it was pretty to get that down.”

Hoyer says the craziest piece he cool, but I was there for the girls and the saw was an Inuit boat suspended beers. I have some great memories of that place.” above the bar.

He’s not the only person looking for “It’s called an umiak, an Inuit boat that they would use for memories of time at Minder Binder.

“As the word (of the auction) got out whaling,” he said. “It would be wrapped up in seal skin or walrus over the weekend, a handful of people skin. It’s unbelievable that you have called requesting certain items they would use that to harpoon a remember from years ago,” Hoyer said, adding: whale. Pretty astonishing.

“In fact, somebody contacted me and “It has the possibility of selling for thousands, but it’s so large said they used to work there and said that an everyday collector may they hid a time capsule inside a phone not have a place for it. It’s more there. It would be interesting if we can of a museum-type piece,” he said. find it. We’ll keep our eyes open for it.”

Minder Binder was originally a kit Hoyer says it’s difficult to pick out the most valuable piece on building constructed on site in 1970-71.

It opened as Minder Binder’s Bar and the auction block.

Grill in 1972. In 2000, the business was “A lot of it depends on the (Special to the Tribune) This 14-foot (modified) muffler man was part of the eclec- collectors that are after some of sold to a new owner and closed in 2005. tic collection of vintage signs, gas pumps, wagons, farm the items,” he said. “They may equipment and implements, and other oddities that hung be more valuable because the See MINDER BINDER on page 6

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McPherson read off the cluster victims’ first names at the conference but mentioned no other details to protect their privacy.

The conference focus was on prevention, including 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, who organized the conference at Gilbert’s Campo Verde High School.

McPherson, a former Gilbert school administrator, noted the disturbing trend by networking with school administrators and with friends, colleagues and fellow parents on two East Valley social media sites. What she found shocked her and persuaded her to launch the conference as a call to action.

“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.

“You are not going to plant a seed,” she said.

“Part of them wants to live and part of them wants to die. Asking them shows genuine concern. Reaching out to someone says ‘I care.’”

The Gurian Institute’s work includes study and training sessions on how the brains of boys and girls develop differently and how teachers and parents can reach them. McPher(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) son said the female brain is LeAnn Hull, a businesswoman from north Phoenix, formed Andy fully developed at 22, the Hull’s Sunshine Foundation after her son shot himself to death in December 2012. Here, she talks as Tempe Union Superintendent male brain at 30.

“Boys are much more Kenneth Baca sits beside her during a forum on the teen-suicide likely to execute” suicide, cluster in the East Valley. she said. “Boys don’t tell An Arizona Department of Health Ser- anyone. They turn inward and not outvices report for 2015 recorded 10 suicides ward. Girls are much more likely to atby children 14 or younger and 60 by those tempt but not complete suicide.”

15 to 19. The vast majority were white Parents are urged to keep a close watch males. on their teenagers’ cellphones.

Before the meeting, McPherson ar“I call it the phone check,” Chandler poranged a meeting of East Valley school lice Officer Kevin Quinn said. “You have superintendents at the school. to know what your kids are putting into Glenn “Max” McGee, superintendent these things. Everything is in the phone.” of the Palo Alto (Calif.) School District, Experts at the conference said warning briefed them on how he dealt with a signs can be cryptic or not exist at all. suicide cluster and how to prevent such LeAnn Hull, a businesswoman from deaths. north Phoenix, formed Andy Hull’s Sun“I am hoping that school district offi- shine Foundation after her son, a promiscials who have the power and money will ing left-handed pitcher on the Sandra Day work as partners with us and mobilize,” O’Connor High School baseball team, McPherson said. “We need pervasive, on- shot himself to death in December 2012. going programming.”

On a Saturday night, “He said, ‘Mom, Chimbo-Andrade witnessed a suicide if you knew what is going on in my head, when she was in high school and said she it would scare you,’” Hull said. attempted suicide twice while suffering On the following Tuesday, Andy came from depression. home from school at lunchtime, watched She recommends confronting people – a music video and apparently mimicked it asking them if they plan to kill themselves by shooting himself with a gun, she said.

– if warning signs are present.

“You have to respond to the one mesResearch shows that many suicidal peo- sage. I didn’t hear it,” Hull said. ple are ambivalent about wanting to live Hull also spoke to the Tempe Unior die, Chimbo-Andrade said. fied High School District’s board Sept. 6

about the importance of suicide awareness and has spoken to school boards around the country.

“Had there been any education and awareness presented at our schools … I honestly believe my son would be here,” Hull said.

She said some schools have resisted addressing a sensitive topic.

“I get a lot of pushback from educators and administrators” who say, “They don’t need something else to do. ... A lot of districts are not brave enough to talk about this subject.”

While that attitude may have persisted in the East Valley at one point, school officials appear to be recognizing that teen suicide is an epidemic that must be addressed.

Since 2013, the Chandler Unified School District has been training teachers to recognize the early warning signs of suicide, said Meg Gianesello, executive director of educational programs.

“Students who present suicidal ideations meet immediately with a counselor, school psychologist or social worker,” she wrote in an email. “Parents are always contacted. If the student needs immediate attention, crisis hotlines are called.”

Earlier this month, junior high and high school students viewed a suicide prevention video in recognition of National Suicide Prevention Week and were given an opportunity to speak with counselors.

Jennifer Liewer, a Tempe Unified High School District spokeswoman, said teachers are likely to receive online training to recognize the early warning signs of suicide. The district has a contact with the Tempe Services Department that provides part-time counselors at each school.

The district is working on a holistic approach to emotional support, including curriculum designed to address suicide, she said.

As of this year, all Tempe Union students’ ID cards include the phone number of teen-suicide hotline.

Teen performer a suicide prevention leader at Corona del Sol

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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atum Lynn Stolworthy seemed out of place at first as she sat with a panel of experts during a question-and-answer session at a recent suicide-prevention conference in Gilbert.

The accomplished 17-year-old Tempe performer already had opened the conference with a song. She was less than half the age of the other panelists and didn’t have their academic credentials, but she

seemed much older and wiser when she started talking about teen suicide.

In the wake of two classmates’ suicides in the last two years at Corona del Sol High School, Tatum started Aztec Strong, a support group with 300 teens who discuss their own issues and how to prevent teen suicide.

The Corona senior started the group after a fellow student told her she had no friends, no one to talk to and was thinking of committing suicide.

Tatum said she persuaded the student

to call Teen Lifeline to get help.

Tatum said she and her brother, Ty, “both lost a real special friend to suicide” when Mitchell Warnock, 18, a polevaulter, killed himself last year.

Sitting before a group of about 350 parents and teachers at Campo Verde High School in Gilbert, Tatum described her encounter with the suicidal teen and dispensed simple, common-sense advice on how to prevent teen suicide.

“I told them that I loved them and there are other options,” she said. She

joined with the other experts who told parents that they need to establish a deep emotional bond with their children and to not settle for talking in the usual platitudes.

“Let them know you are there for them and that you love them no matter what,” Tatum said.

Tatum’s support group is one of several ways the Tempe Unified High School District is attempting to cope with the See

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In the long run, Vesely said, the pracfrom page 1 tical impact is that high-performing pressed reservations about the formula, schools will be penalized and students’ which critics call unfair and so com- strengths and weaknesses will be obplicated that it will confuse students, scured. teachers, administrators and parents.

“Students, teachers, and parents get But even as he too no actionable information expressed reservations about areas of strength about the formula, board and weakness so that they President Tim Carter ancan address those and denounced the board will velop learning plans to get still vote on adopting the kids on track,” she told formula. the board, adding: “I agree with almost “There are too many leveverything I’ve heard,” els of complication that, said Carter, the Yavapai frankly, do not make the County superintendent of model better, fairer, or schools. “I think we have more precise; they simple moved to a point in time distort reality.”

(Special to the Tribune) where even though my Tim Carter, Yavapai County Of particular concern personal view is it might school superintendent and to Vesely and several edube advantageous to move president of the state Board cation board members in a different direction, I of Education, wants a vote to is a measure of students’ a controversial formula don’t believe we have the adopt “growth to target.” for grading schools despite his luxury of doing that this own misgivings.

“The growth points are year.” four to five levels of disAppearing with Kyrene tortion away from clearly Superintendent Jan Vesely at the Sept. communicating students’ academic 6 meeting, Susie Ostmeyer, the district’s gains and whether they are on track or chief information and accountability of- not,” she said. ficer, detailed the problems created by Becky Hill, vice president of the Arithe “misleading” formula, telling the zona Chamber of Commerce, tended to board: agree.

“What is difficult to summarize elo“I wish we could be clearer with them quently is the unintended consequence as to how this all works and what it is of creating a model that is so complex they need to do to improve the achievethat students, teachers, and communi- ment of students,” she said. ties cannot use it to shape their underBoard member Calvin Baker, superinstanding of results.” tendent of the Vail School District near At issue is the formula that makes Tucson, complained, “No one was able schools’ letter grades dependent on more to say here what are the specific buttons than just a standardized test and adds we have to push to get a better grade. It various categories to measure students’ bothers me.” proficiency and performance growth.

“We’re sort of stuck at a crossroads,” Those categories are weighted and in- Baker said, noting the decision on clude measures such as a school’s overall adopting letter grades was “made long poverty level and even how long a stu- ago and now we’re seeing difficulties dent has been at a particular school. with that.”

The formula also measures a student’s Carter said rural administrators have proficiency against other students rather begged for a grading system “that is easy than base it on their individual perfor- to understand and easy to explain and

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In 2012, the building was repurchased and reopened after extensive renovations.

It was closed again, and just purchased at the beginning of July by Mike Kenney, who will reopen it as The Social Hall.

A newcomer to Tempe, Kenney recently served as co-owner of his family’s successful Seattle restaurant, Art Mable 21. The Social Hall will serve American

cuisine with a Latin flair beginning in November.

The original Minder Binder was known for food, drinks and a raucous atmosphere, which included a volleyball court out back.

“The guys before had ripped the volleyball court out, had redone the exterior but left the interior intact.

There was a stark distinction between the outside and inside.” Kenney said. “It was a brand-new show on the outside,

(Tribune file photo)

Kyrene Superintndent Jan Vesely, seen here addressing her student council last year, opposes the formula that may be used to grade schools this school year.

will accurately measure where we are and that we as a team can sit down and make determinations on how we can be better.

“With this system, I don’t think we’re going to achieve that,” he conceded.

Despite those misgivings, Carter kept the board on track for a formal adoption vote, suggesting the governor and state Legislature are pressuring him to get the grading system in place for the current school year.

Baker said it was a mistake to postpone refinements and let schools grapple with “a magic formula that does all the calculations we don’t understand.”

“The problem with going forward with a model that we aren’t truly comfortable is to have the mindset we can change that model next year ... means the whole fruit basket gets upset again.”

He complained that if the board finds it necessary to revamp the grade formula next year, schools’ grades could shift dramatically, further confusing educators and parents alike.

“It’s a mess,” Baker said. “It would be better to make the right decision now even if it causes us some pain now.”

Board member Jared Taylor, a member of Gilbert Town Council, noted any

grading system has flaws, and said, “I’m willing to meet more often to try and come up with a system that is going to be flawed but more useful.”

Taylor complained that “we have systemic issues,” but said: “This is as good as we can get, given the way the table is set … I’m OK moving forward but we need to deal with the bigger issues to get out of this cul-de-sac we’re in right now.”

The grading system is significant because it is used by many parents in choosing the schools they want their children to attend.

That in turn affects enrollment – and the amount of state reimbursement funds each school district and charter school receives.

Board member Michele Kaye, a charter school administrator for the Leona Group, said she saw no problem with adopting the formula next week and then revisiting it later.

“I don’t think we should throw out the baby with the bath water,” she said. “It is not a perfect model. If there is a way to look at the issue of high-proficiency schools being penalized, that’s worth taking a strong look at … I think we can work on refinements going forward.”

but inside was dark and older. It had a dingier feel.”

Even after renovations, Kenney said a little of the original Minder Binder ambience will remain.

“We’re trying to take the energy that Minder Binder had originally and take it to the next generation,” Kenney said.

“We’re going to keep it a fun, casual atmosphere.”

That atmosphere will include some of the eclectic decorations.

“We’ve kept a small percentage of the items that were kept in good shape that are cool and make sense,” Kenney said.

“We’re still trying to figure out how to incorporate some of the pieces that are ‘Minder Binder-y.’”

To see some of the items up for auction, and to register to bid online, go to tiny. cc/mbauction.

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW More charges recommended inAnHamilton High abuse case additional charge of child abuse for both

former Hamilton High School head football coach Steve Belles and principal Ken James has been recommended by the Chandler Police Department.

Four charges of child abuse now are recommended against each in the ongoing investigation into hazing and sexual assault among football players at Hamilton.

The county attorney’s office has not decided whether any of those charges will be filed. Shawn Rustad, the school’s athletic director, also may face charges.

In July, police recommended three counts of child abuse and two counts of failure to report against James. They also recommended three counts of child abuse and one count of failure to report against Belles. Chandler Police now say ᰠ匀琀甀搀攀渀琀猀 昀攀攀氀 there were six victims at Hamilton High. 瘀愀氀甀攀搀 愀渀搀 – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

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Chandler salon shuts down suddenly; 100 lose jobs Dolce, a salon at Chandler Boulevard and Price Road,

shut down suddenly on Sept. 18, putting nearly 100 people out of work.

Employees learned of the closure in a text message at 4 a.m. that morning. The owner reportedly said the business was losing too much money. The owner said closing down was the only way to ensure there was enough money to pay everyone their last paychecks.

Employees were told to collect their belongings by noon that day.

The Dolce salon at Scottsdale Quarter will remain open.

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Chandler bluegrass educator, musician nominated for national honors Chandler educator and musician Anni Beach, leader of the Jam Pak Blues ‘N’ Grass Neighborhood Band, is one of five people nationally to be nominated for the Momentum Mentor Award by the International Bluegrass Musicians Association.

Beach is executive director of Jam Pak Kids, an organization she founded to teach children how to play music using bluegrass as a foundation. Many groups have grown out of the neighborhood music gathering, including the hit bluegrass group Cisco & the Racecars.

The 2017 Momentum Awards will be presented at a luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the IBMA World of Bluegrass event in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Police: Men paid $10,000 to steal vehicle titles Mesa police say a three-man crew was paid $10,000 to steal blank vehicle titles

from a Mesa motor vehicle business.

On Aug. 25, Michael Earl Stewart, 30, was detained outside a business near Stapley Drive and Southern Avenue. Police say Stewart served as a lookout while two others used a baseball bat to break a window and enter the business. Inside, they allegedly stole blank vehicle titles.

Police report that Stewart said he and one other burglar met with a man who paid them to take titles, even loaning them a truck to commit the crime.

Police located and searched the vehicle used in the burglary and reportedly found evidence of five other thefts. Police say they also found evidence of burglaries from other title companies at the home of the man accused of paying the money.

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teen suicide problem. The Tempe district has become a hotspot for the issue since the 2015 and 2016 suicides of two Corona athletes – one on the campus grounds.

The district put the Teen Lifeline phone number, 800-248-8446, on all its student ID cards earlier this year.

Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatukee has a drop-in counseling program, where students can talk to a parttime counselor and social worker about their emotional well-being.

Superintendent Kenneth Baca, who participated in the conference, told the crowd he isn’t sure he deserves the title of expert.

“We need to look at the (warning) signs and access the resources,” Baca said. “We have learned from the mistakes we have made in the past. Now, we try to go out and save lives by recognizing the signs.”

At a Sept. 6 Tempe Union governing board meeting, Baca noted that September is National Suicide Prevention Month.

“To the students struggling with the pressures of adolescence, we stand by you,” Baca said.

But parents and teachers attending the meeting, including Mountain Pointe English teacher Lorie Warnock, who is Mitchell’s mother, said more needs to be done.

Warnock said Tempe Union and other school districts need to make more of a commitment to suicide prevention, real-

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Corona del Sol High School senior Tatum Lynn Stolworthy formed a suicide-prevention group at school after two students took their lives in the last two years.

izing that students are under inordinate pressure.

She said the pressures can range from achieving good grades to get into top colleges to dealing with bullying.

Schools have fallen short on providing students with emotional support, Warnock said.

“It’s not enough,” she said, to put the Teen Lifeline number on student identifications. “It’s a baby step. I appreciate the opening.

“We need to have a conversation about suicide prevention, like preventing teen

Signs to watch Experts list these basic signs of a potentially suicidal teenager:  Talking about suicide  Making statements about feeling hopeless, helpless or worthless  A deepening depression  Preoccupation with death  Taking unnecessary risks or exhibiting self-destructive behavior  Out of character behavior  A loss of interest in the things one cares about  Visiting or calling people one cares about  Making arrangements; setting one’s affairs in order  Giving prized possessions away

pregnancy and preventing sexually transmitted diseases,” Warnock said. “This is a crisis we are facing.”

Mitchell Warnock was a champion pole-vaulter who finished third in state competition, his mother said.

He had been accepted at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota. He had connections at Arizona State University through former teammates.

But at the same time, Warnock said, her son was under treatment for depression and anxiety and was taking medication.

She said Mitchell, who had a 2.7 grade point average, was obsessed with the notion that he wasn’t a top student and that athletics represented his only hope of getting into a four-year college.

“Mitch had counseling. We knew he needed additional support,” she said.

Warnock and her husband, also an educator, told Mitchell to just do his best.

“We weren’t telling him he had to win at all costs.”

Warnock said she doesn’t recall her son making overtly suicidal statements to her, but he got suspended at school by participating in a tailgating party.

“The drinking was a sign. Now, he’s drinking all of a sudden,” Warnock said.

“He made remarks that he wanted to kill himself on campus.”

She took Mitchell to a mental health facility, worried that the alcohol would mix poorly with his medication. He was checked out and released.

But Mitchell still took his own life last

Oct. 17.

“He most definitely had a chance” to attend a four-year college, Warnock said.

“This talented person did not think it’s worth going on.”

Jennifer Liewer, a district spokeswoman, said the district is taking steps to improve counseling programs and training staff members to recognize the warning signs of teen suicide.

She said each school has a prevention counselor through a contract with the Tempe Human Services Department and that she likes the Mountain Pointe program, although it is not available districtwide at this time.

She said teachers likely will receive online training about suicide warning signs, and the district is working on developing some specific curriculum about suicide prevention.

“In the short term, we are trying to address it from an education and outreach standpoint,” Liewer said. “I know the district and the school can always do better.

We are trying to take a holistic approach.”

Tatum said Aztec Strong initially met resistance from school administrators, and she understands why.

“Because of the suicides, teachers didn’t know how to confront it. They were confused at how to approach it.”

Tatum said she is heartened by the increased emphasis on preventing teen suicide.

“It’s amazing to see how everyone feels the same way about this,” she said. “I think it should have happened a long time ago.”

Gilbert selects Mesa assistant superintendent for top schools job

BY SRIANTHI PERERA Tribune Staff Writer

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hane McCord, assistant superintendent of Mesa Public Schools and a former employee of Gilbert Public Schools, has been offered the superintendent position at GPS. McCord, who had worked at GPS for 19 years – as a fourth-grade teacher, sixth-grade teacher, assistant principal of Gilbert High School, principal of Houston Elementary, director of Community Education, executive director of human resources and assistant superintendent – left the district for Mesa Public Schools in 2014.

“As I moved through the system, I truly understood what GPS was all about.

It was all about the people. It was all of

you sitting here,” he said during a community forum for the four finalists held Tuesday at Campo Verde High School.

“Gilbert Public Schools has gone through some rough times. I was here; I understand that. I think a lot of healing has gone on, and I’m ready to be here to help lead this district to the next level,” he added.

Following the forum, the GPS governing board voted 5-0 to offer McCord the job. The starting date of his contract is yet unknown. The position pays an annual salary ranging of $180,000 to $210,000 and a negotiable benefits package.

Steve Highlen of Arizona School Board Association assisted the district See

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THE WEEK AHEAD Golf tournament to benefit foundation for spinal cord injuries The Fourth Annual JJF Charity Classic Golf Tournament will take place Friday, Sept. 29, at the Ocotillo Golf Resort.

The tournament, hosted by the Joe Jackson Foundation, will help provide grants to children and athletes with spinal cord injuries.

Registration is at 11:30 a.m. and tee time is at 1 p.m. The playing fee is $85. Awards will be given after the tournament, and there will be food, raffles and a silent auction.

For more information, visit joejacksonfoundation.org or contact Joe Jackson at 480-205-3163.

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Chandler, Gilbert fire stations to welcome public

30, at Tempe Kiwanis Park, 6111 S. All-America Way. The walk is to honor prostate cancer survivors and victims. The organizers’ goal is to educate all men over 40 about the importance of annual screenings and early detection.

Registration, which is $15 for under 12 and $25 for all others, is at 7:30 a.m. The first 100 men who register receive a free prostate cancer screening.

Online registration is at prostatecheckup.org/register.

More information: prostatecheckup.org.

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Kids to be given medical exams, food, clothes at A.T. Still University Schoolchildren will have medical, dental, vision and hearing exams on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at A.T. Still University, 5850 E. Still Circle, during Corbin’s Legacy Back-to-School Day. Lunch and gift cards, along with food and clothing, also will be provided to 200 local Title 1 elementary school students.

In addition to medical, dental, vision and hearing screenings, Corbin’s Legacy will assist any child needing follow-up attention so that children will get glasses, prescriptions and more as needed.

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Cancer walk to celebrate survivors, screen for disease The Ninth Annual Walk for POP is Saturday, Sept.

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Two East Valley fire stations will be open to the public soon.

Gilbert Fire & Rescue Station 8, at 1095 E. Germann Road, will be open 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. The public will be able to meet firefighters, see engines, tour the station and get pictures taken in fire gear.

For more information, call 480-503-6300 or email kim.yonda-lead@gilbertaz.gov.

Chandler Fire, Health & Medical Department’s Station 6 will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 14. The station is at 911 N. Jackson St., near Ray and McQueen roads.

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NEW LEADS • NEW CUSTOMERS • NEW SALES

EXPO

As the largest annual event of its kind in the East Valley, the expo provides a dynamic setting for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer outreach.

Location: Mesa Convention Center 263 N. Center Street, Mesa, AZ 85201 Date/Time Information: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Showcase Your Business: Limited Exhibitor Booths are Available starting as low as $440

Admission is free with a business card and attendees have their chance at winning gift cards, door prizes, raffles and giveaways.

The expo is a joint production of the Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert and Mesa Chambers of Commerce and draws exhibitors, attendees and talent from these powerful organizations.

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The four candidates for Gilbert Public Schools superintendent met with the public last week. They included, from left: Shane McCord, assistant superintendent of Mesa Public Schools who eventually was offered the position; Shannon Goodsell, superintendent of Casa Grande Union High School District; Steve Chestnut, superintendent of Maricopa Unified; and Tempe Union Assistant Superintendent Anna Battle.

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in the search to replace former superintendent Christina Kishimoto, who took the position of Hawaii’s superintendent of schools.

The district received nearly 30 applications for the position.

The other finalists were Anna Battle, assistant superintendent of the Tempe Union High School District; Steve Chestnut, superintendent of Maricopa Unified School District; and Shannon Goodsell, superintendent of schools Casa Grande Union High School District.

Earlier, the candidates responded to questions submitted by the public on key topics including student retention, staff recognition, improving academics, community involvement and extracurricular activities.

“Why people choose to leave? It’s because there’s competition and we need to figure that out,” said McCord, answering a question regarding student and teacher retention.

“Do I have the magic bullet for that?

No. But what I do know is that it starts with the relationships that we make in our classrooms and in our communities,” he said.

“Gilbert Public Schools is an easy sell. We’ve just got to sell it ourselves,” Goodsell said in an answer to the same

question. “This school district is one of the crown jewels for the state of Arizona. When people look for the models of school districts, they look toward this model.”

Battle, who had applied for the top position at Tempe Union and wasn’t chosen, said she is “battle tested, so to speak.”

“I would say that given the experience, both the positive and the challenges, I have what Gilbert schools can use so that we can serve our kids. We can increase student enrollment,” she said. “We can defeat – and be proactive about defeating – negative public opinion and that we can accelerate our learning and continue, I say continue, to be one of the best districts in Arizona as well as in the county.

“And I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t mean it,” she added.

McCord lives in Gilbert with his wife, Kristin, who is a teacher at Finley Farms Elementary. His two sons are following in his footsteps: the elder is studying at University of Arizona and plans to be in secondary math education, while the younger is at Northern Arizona University studying elementary education.

McCord himself has a bachelor of education from Arizona State University, and a master’s degree in educational leadership and administration from Northern Arizona University. He’s studying for a doctorate and plans to be done by May.

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EV doctor sets world record for removal of tumor

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r. Greg J. Marchand is saving lives and setting records.

The Tempe resident, whose offices are in Mesa, has become the first U.S. surgeon with a world record for minimally invasive procedures. He also is among the first surgeons in the U.S. to be awarded the prestigious Master Surgeon designation by the Surgical Review Corporation.

The World Record Academy awarded Marchand and his surgical team honors for relying on an incision smaller than a dime to remove a 6.69-inch-diameter cancerous ovarian tumor the size of a small soccer ball.

This is the second world record in laparoscopic surgery for the boardcertified obstetrician and gynecologist, who is also a cancer survivor. In 2008, Marchand was awarded a Guinness World Record for removing the largest uterus laparoscopically. That sevenpound uterus was not cancerous.

First used more than 30 years ago, laparoscopy is camera-aided surgery or diagnostic inspection in the abdomen or pelvis through very small incisions.

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Dr. Marchand demonstrates the bag used to break down a tumor so it can be removed.

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Dr. Greg Marchand has set a world record for removing the largest tumor through the smallest slit in the body.

Working with a gynecologic oncologist, Marchand uses an Edocatch bag at the lip of the incision to isolate a tumor and then break it down so it can be removed.

While removing cysts and tumors laparoscopically is common, rarely is it used with an ovarian cancer staging procedure, explained Marchand, who

is also the first U.S. surgeon to receive recognition as a Surgeon of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery from the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and the Surgical Review Corporation.

Marchand did not invent the in-bag technique, which doctors have used for almost 20 years.

“My procedure is unique in that after isolating the tumor, I cut those particles inside the bag and remove them individually through the small incision,”

he said.

The most difficult part of the surgery is removing the cancerous mass without spilling any cancer cells into the abdomen.

“If cancerous material spilled back into the abdomen, the cancer might spread,” said Marchand, a Providence, Rhode Island, native who came to the Valley 13 years ago after his residency at the University of Tennessee in Memphis to learn minimally invasive surgery.

The advantages of the procedure are many, he explained.

“For one, it allows us to remove very large tumors without having to make a large incision, which, otherwise, could run from the stomach to the sternum.

The tiny hole creates minimal scarring.

And because of the small incision, pain is much less,” Marchand said.

Less patient risk and cost are also benefits.

The woman with the large tumor had entered the Banner Desert Mesa emergency room in April 2015.

Marchand did the surgery after a CAT scan and blood tests were completed, and she left the hospital that afternoon – See

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Residents share hopes, concerns over Tempe streetcar project

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usinesspeople and residents were excited and concerned Sept. 13 at a public meeting updating the community about the construction of the Tempe streetcar this fall.

About 30 attended the meeting at the Tempe Transportation Center, many of them studying the planned artwork at the stops and asking questions about the three-year schedule.

The city of Tempe and Valley Metro began plans for the Tempe streetcar in late 2016. The estimated $186 million cost will be paid for with money from the Federal Transit Administration and local transit funds.

Construction, which began over the

summer, will last three years and the streetcar will roll out in the fall of 2020, according to Valley Metro and the city of Tempe. The trackway will be three miles long, connecting Rio Salado Parkway to Dorsey Lane with 14 stops in a loop around downtown Tempe. Businesses, neighborhoods and event centers are the main focus of the streetcar’s destinations.

Sarah Sanders, executive director of the Campus Christian Center, which is near the future 11th Street and Mill Avenue stop, said the new transportation system is essential for the traffic in Tempe.

“We really need to use mass transportation,” she said. “I love the idea of this high-traffic use having multiple modes of transportation.”

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Tempe residents take a look at proposals for the streetcar project. About 30 people attended a meeting at the Tempe Transportation Center.

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a typical scenario.

“She has done very well without any additional treatments,” he said, noting that a full recovery period is considered five years, after which a patient without metastasis or reoccurrence is considered cured.

The record for this tumor removal required the World Record Academy two years to verify, he explained. Marchand has completed more than 500 of these procedures.

“Because of the quick hospital stay, there’s less risk of complications, recovery time is accelerated and the use of chemotherapy and other medications is reduced,” he said. “The patient can get back to living a normal life so much faster.”

Another Marchand patient, Kathryn Norris, had the in-bag morcellation surgery for an ovarian tumor in June 2016 after entering the emergency room at Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa.

The 20-year Mesa resident and ASU graduate was released that afternoon to begin her recovery at home. “This was my first surgery of this kind, and the small size of the incision amazed me,” she said.

Every few months, she sees Marchand, now her gynecologist.

“So far, I’m doing very well, have had no chemo and I am in the safe-range period on all my tests,” Norris said. “I am very grateful for the surgery and to Dr. Marchand.”

He is grateful, too. Every surgery he does, he does with a special commitment as a result of being diagnosed in 2010 with mixed-cell carcinoma, an aggressive testicular cancer.

“Like anyone, when I was diagnosed, I panicked,” he said. “But when I woke up from the minimally invasive surgery, I was ready to go home. I said to myself, ‘I can do this.’”

He’s been in remission since, helping others do it, too.

“Advancements in the surgical treatment of cancer are just as important as the newest cancer-fighting drugs and chemotherapy agents,” he said, noting that robotics and micro-instrumentation may refine the in-bag morcellation procedure even more.

“If we can use minimally invasive surgery to take some of the recovery time and complications out of cancer surgery,” he added, “then I think we’ve really done a lot of good helping patients fighting cancer.”

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Sander’s main concern is the amount of construction that is going to occur for the next three years. She said an organization she managed completely shut down during the prolonged construction of the light rail in Tempe.

Despite the experience, Sanders said she is satisfied with the streetcar’s construction plan to avoid heavy traffic.

“I really appreciate that effort to do major projects when ASU’s student population is pretty much gone during the summers,” she said.

Sanders also praised the project staff’s frequent outreach efforts and updates with the community.

“They understand that people who are uninformed are typically more worried,” she said.

Jordan Brackett, community outreach coordinator for the streetcar project, said the team uses social media, weekly emails lists and door-to-door efforts to inform the local community.

“We have probably done about 1,000 door-to-doors around the alignment,” Brackett said.

She emphasized that the streetcar project’s main goal is to minimize its impact on the community by having as few road

closures as possible.

“Obviously, construction scares a lot of people. We are doing everything we can to mitigate those concerns,” Brackett said.

She added the Tempe streetcar staff is trying to coordinate with ASU’s director of housing and the apartments in the area.

But not everyone at the meeting was pleased with the communication efforts.

The electric streetcars will use traction power substations. One is planned near David Spangler’s residence, and he voiced his concerns during the public hearing.

Spangler has lived near 13th Street and Mill Avenue for about 46 years and wants to continue to see ASU Gammage Theatre from his house.

“I found out their charging station will be in front of my house three weeks ago,” he said.

Spangler said he accidently became aware of the substation location.

“A landscape architect was taking pictures in front of my house so I came out and asked,” Spangler explained.

He said the streetcars are unnecessary because Tempe has the light rail and Orbit shuttles for transportation.

“It will be overlapping what we have already,” Spangler said.

The Tempe streetcar construction, which began in June, resumed on Sept. 19.

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uzy Goodrick and Melissa Tinajero love weddings – so much so they’re going to give one away to a lucky couple next month.

The two Mesa businesswomen will pay the entire cost of a lucky couple’s wedding, provided they don’t mind getting married in a Phoenix warehouse district on one of three dates they’ve set aside for the occasion.

“There’s something special about the union of two people in love. But what’s even more special is giving away an entire wedding, free of charge. The lucky winners will receive wedding photography, dresses, suits, cake, catering, decor and everything in between,” said Goodrick, a wedding photographer.

Tinajero, owner of Moulleux Events, and Goodrick said that even though the contest – “Phx Get Hitched” – might get them some favorable press, they’re doing this for love.

“I have the privilege of meeting amazing couples and capturing their love stories, but I wanted something more, something deeper,” said Goodrick. “Phx Get Hitched bloomed from our love for weddings and serving our local community… We’re doing this giveaway to serve our Phoenix community with an amazing wedding.”

“We believe in leaving a legacy that’s far more important than our businesses,

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Humana looking to fill 100 jobs during fair this week in Tempe

Humana Inc. is hiring up to 100 full-time employees for pharmacy technician and customer care specialist positions this month in Arizona.

The company is hosting a job fair from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, at its Tempe call center, 7333 S. Hardy Drive, Suite 102. Interviews will be conducted, so interested candidates should dress professionally and bring several copies of their current resume. Bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

The positions include a full comprehensive benefits package. Other benefits include paid

the aisle.

First, by the end of this month, they can either enter or be nominated on phxgethitched.com, where Goodrick and Tinajero will narrow the field down to five couples. Each of those five couples will then create a two-minute video for a public vote on Facebook.

Voting begins on the Phx Get Hitched Facebook page on Oct. 9 and the winners will be announced on Oct. 17 on Facebook and Instagram.

“There’s nothing like this giveaway happening in the Valley, so we hope to create (Special to the Tribune) an event that the entire city Mesa businesswomen Melissa Tinajero, left, and Suzy Goodrick can be a part of in one way or have organized the Phx Get Hitched contest and will pay for another,” Goodrick said. the winning couple’s wedding.

Goodrick said the the number of Instagram followers or submissions this month will be carefully fame,” she added. “We’re passionate about read by them and then reviewed by a serving our local community and paired third party not involved with Phx Gets that with spoiling our wedding couples. Hitched.

We want to give away a free wedding to a “We’re looking for a couple enamored deserving couple who has a rad love story.” with love and marriage and who The winners can pick next May 6, wholeheartedly trust a team of vendors May 13 or June 3 for the wedding, and to carry out their vision for an urban the reception will be held at Events on industrial wedding,” she said.

Jackson, 245 E. Jackson St. Goodrick admitted their venture The contest has two stages before a is expensive but said “all vendors are couple can start planning a walk down generously donating their time and talents

for the winning couple. We’re also looking for sponsors to help offset the costs.”

Tinajero and Goodrick have been friends for a couple of years.

“We first met at a wedding I photographed and Melissa was the bride’s best friend, florist and wedding planner,” Goodrick explained. “About one year after that wedding, Melissa officially began her wedding floral business. Since then, we’ve worked together at several weddings and partnered on styled shoots together.

When the wedding giveaway came to mind, she was the first person I wanted to partner with.”

Goodrick was born in Finland but came to American when she was 5, ending up getting most of her education in Gilbert Public Schools.

After graduating in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in design management from Arizona State, she eventually took up photography as a business after developing an interest in it as a hobby when she was still in school.

“Phoenix is a fairly saturated market for photographers, making it seem competitive from the outside,” Goodrick said. “However, I have an incredible circle of close friends who are all wedding professionals, and we support one another and believe in community over competition. They’ve been huge supporters in Phx Get Hitched even though they aren’t directly contributing.”

volunteer time off, tuition reimbursement, walking workstations and the potential to work at home in the future.

Outside of the job fair, candidates may visit careers.humana.com and search requisitions 181221 and 180692 for the Customer Care Specialist positions and 181141 for the Pharmacy Technician positions.

Amid probes and fraud allegations, Insys files lawsuit against rival

SRP power line project approved for Chandler corridor

A new SRP power line project for the East Valley has been approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission.

The line will go through Chandler’s Price Road Corridor. It will feature 4.8 miles of new transmission lines along the Loop 202 freeway and Chandler’s border with the Gila

River Indian Community.

Part of the new lines will be underground, paid for by the city of Chandler.

200 Gap, Banana Republic stores to close; list unknown

Gap Inc. has announced it will close 200 underperforming Gap and Banana Republic stores over the next three years, but no list of stores to be closed was revealed.

Four East Valley stores are operated by Gap Inc.: Gap Outlet at Arizona Mills in Tempe, Banana Republic at San Tan Village in Gilbert and Gap and Banana Republic Factory Stores at Phoenix Premium Outlets in Chandler Gap does plan on opening 270 new Old Navy and Athleta stores over the same time frame.

Chandler-based Insys Therapeutics, targeted in lawsuits and criminal investigations over its marketing of a highly addictive painkiller, has filed a related patent-infringement lawsuit against a rival drugmaker.

Insys filed against Teva Pharmaceuticals on Sept. 13 in federal court in Delaware, alleging that Teva intended to manufacture and sell a generic version of a fentanyl oral spray.

Subsys, Insys’ synthetic opioid spray, was approved only for acute, persistent cancer pain, but Insys has been accused of marketing it for other uses and bribing doctors to prescribe it to patients who didn’t need it. In the latest in a series of lawsuits, Arizona’s attorney general accused the company of fraud.

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hen Tracy and Chuck Dempsey were college students in Oklahoma, they would save their pennies and purchase wine on the weekends.

“We grew our obsession living in the Bible Belt,” she said. “We would go to this local wine store. It was a gem.”

Little did the couple know that this knowledge would come in handy. Upon moving to Arizona, Tracy became a successful pastry chef after graduating from Scottsdale Community College in 1999, while Chuck was employed as a meteorologist.

Opened in 2015, Tracy Dempsey Originals includes cookies, a Fruity Pebbles cake and other tasty treats. In August, she added ODV Wines to her resume.

The two are on University Drive at Priest Road in Tempe.

A nod to the French expression “eau de vie,” ODV Wines features small-lot wines from Arizona and vineyards worldwide.

To complement Tracy’s pastries, including wedding cakes, ODV offers an extensive selection of boutique wines, with an emphasis on dessert-friendly rosés and sparkling wines, as well as more traditional red and white wines.

“Wine, for us, is something we’ve enjoyed since graduate school,” she said.

“We’ve been on a trajectory toward this.

We wanted to bring together our obsessions – desserts and wine – and curate a unique and interesting selection of wine.

We deal in small-lot wines. We prefer artisan producers; people who have a hand in what they’re making. It’s not what you’re going to find at grocery stores.”

The Dempseys are aligned with the Sonoita-based Arizona Vignerons Alliance, which establishes parameters for growing grapes and producing wines in Arizona to maintain an international reputation.

“They’re trying to ensure that wines from Arizona are really grown in Arizona, and they exhibit some of the typical qualities that Arizona wines should. For example, I’ve heard people describe Arizona wine as tasting like sunshine. It also has a big fruit flavor.”

The Dempseys have big plans for the retail shop. They want to expand to offer craft beers such as dessert-friendly stouts and porters as well as quality cocktail components to complement one’s favorite spirits. Special sampling events and informational wine seminars are in the works.

“This is fun stuff,” she said. “It’s overwhelming because there’s so much to learn. But we’re just scratching the surface.”

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We’re way too sensitive. Does that offend you? ‘Sorry.’

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nce upon a time, I hosted a talk radio program for a living. It was easy work, because I have been talking virtually nonstop since childhood, and saying stupid things has always come naturally to me.

I left behind professional jabbering 10 years ago, which is for the best. Because, to say the least, we as a society have become entirely too sensitive. Anymore, it feels like every time you turn around, someone new is being fired, excoriated on social media or being forced to apologize publicly for offending someone.

Back in the day, we lamented the “P.C. Police” enforcing political correctness.

Today, it’s more like P.C. Crips and P.C. Bloods, rival gangs with massive memberships looking to throw down over the slightest offense.

As a case in point, take last week’s

headlines.

In Chandler, the local chapter of the Little People of America got exercised over the Rockin’ Taco Street Fest, which offered as entertainment something called “Extreme Midget Wrestling.” As East Valley Tribune reporter Jim Walsh wrote last week, the Little People of America condemned the event and its “use of the M-word,” as it is denigrating, dehumanizing and humiliating to little people everywhere.”

Except, it appears, to the little people who earn a living wrestling under stage names like Bruce Lee Roy, Eddie Vato and Baby Jesus.

In other apology news, the CEO of KB Home, Jeffrey Metzger, issued a public apology Tuesday for exploding on his neighbor, terminally unfunny comedian Kathy Griffin. Metzger’s homophobic, profane tirade was – unfortunately for him – captured by a security camera. The subsequent leak led to massive headlines almost instantly. A day later, ESPN host Jemele Hill hit send on her public mea

culpa for her Twitter rant calling President Trump “a white supremacist” and “the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime.”

Understand, I’m not defending the wisdom of employing little people wrestlers or sputtering inanely in public.

Wrestling isn’t my thing, no matter the height of the grapplers. Metzger sounded like a moron. And Hill, while entitled to her opinion, shouldn’t have used her job to broadcast that opinion far and wide. With all that said, we have begun to act as a society like those around us only have the right to earn a living or speak their mind so long as what they do or say comports precisely with own our point of view. We appear to have mistaken freedom of speech with a different freedom entirely – the right to walk through our days without ever once being offended by anything we see, hear or experience.

This may come as a shock, but this is a country of 350 million people, many of whom believe things that are silly and

offensive. I prefer to know who the idiots are – and the racists, homophobes, white supremacists, anti-Semites and Kathy Griffin fans. Why? Mostly because it makes them easier to avoid or, when I meet them, to make fun of them to their faces.

Or their hoods, as the case may be.

Unfortunately, that’s become virtually impossible to do in America, circa 2017.

Nowadays, everyone has two voices.

There’s the voice we use with friends, which expresses what we truly feel at a heart level. Then there’s the P.C. voice for public consumption – the voice we cleanse to avoid getting in trouble.

Personally, I don’t want your apology.

I want you to have the guts to say what you believe to my face. Then we can do what Americans used to do. Talk it out, argue and settle our differences, not politely lie and offer fake “I’m sorrys.”

– David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo. com.

Valley Hope marks 50 years helping people overcome addiction

BY PAT GEORGE Tribune Guest Columnist

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n August 1967, Valley Hope leased its first building on the former Kansas State Hospital grounds a few miles east of Norton, a small community in northwest Kansas.

The vision put forward by Valley Hope’s founders, physician Merlynn Colip and pastor Bob Adams, was simple yet almost unheard of for the times. They wanted to provide the best care and compassion possible to those suffering from drug and alcohol addiction.

From that unassuming start, Valley Hope has grown into a nonprofit organization with 16 residential and outpatient treatment centers in seven states, including Tempe and Chandler. Since our founding, we have helped more than 300,000 individuals overcome addiction.

On Aug. 18-19, Valley Hope celebrated its 50th anniversary. We call it a celebra-

tion because we want to recognize and honor the lives that have been saved and transformed for the better. We also understand that our work is far from over.

In 1967, addiction was considered a moral failing, which is why treatment – mostly alcoholism back then – was considered somewhat out of the mainstream.

The thought was those who drank too much should simply have the willpower or desire to stop. Many alcoholics ended up in jail or confined to hospitals with limited hope of overcoming their addictions.

Today, we understand it is much more complicated. We focus on the mind, body and spirit to treat addiction as a chronic disease and one that can affect multiple generations of the same family, much like heart disease and cancer.

While alcoholism remains a critical issue, our communities face a new crisis from the growing opioid epidemic, including both prescription and illicit drugs. From 2007 to 2016, the number of patients admitted into Valley Hope

treatment facilities for addiction to opioids more than doubled from 12 to 29 percent. The average age of these patients decreased from 34 to 29 years old. Even more troubling, in the 18-25 age range, patients battling opioid addiction dramatically increased from almost 30 percent to more than 51 percent.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that opioids were involved in 33,091 deaths nationally in 2015, the latest year data is available, and opioid overdoses quadrupled since 1999.

Opioid use is trending younger and overdoses are dramatically increasing.

Helping these individuals is made more challenging by doctors liberally prescribing opioids for pain, while health insurance covers fewer days in treatment. Not long ago, it was typical for insurance to cover 30 days, but that number has steadily decreased to 17, and the current trend could make that number even smaller.

Treating addiction is a lifelong process.

A strong support network, as well as per-

severance, are both key in maintaining sobriety. In recent years, we have seen an increase in substance use in younger populations who are in many ways more vulnerable to the challenges of achieving sobriety. Younger patients often benefit from going to transitional housing for up to six months after their residential stays, so they can continue to receive needed structure and assistance.

Beyond directly helping our patients, Valley Hope continues to promote awareness so the warning signs of addiction can be detected earlier. We are also stepping up our efforts to better educate doctors and physicians’ groups about the dangers of overprescribing opiates.

My sincere wish is that 50 years from now, we can say the opioid epidemic – and all forms of addiction – have been substantially decreased.

– Pat George has been president and CEO since 2015 and is a Valley Hope alumnus, having spent more than 25 years in recovery. He can be reached at PatGeorge@valleyhope.org

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o matter where teams are, no matter what sport they play, fans will always be there to support their athletic performance and achievements.

Some fans like to take their fandom to the next level by getting their favorite team’s logo tattooed somewhere on their body.

Aaron Kolodny and Ryan Clark are two hardcore football fans and fantasy football opponents who love their respective teams. They have decided to put that love to the test when the Arizona Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys meet up on Monday Night Football this week.

Kolodny, a Cowboys fan, and Clark, a Cardinals fan, agreed that they wanted to do something more than just average monetary bet. They wanted to put something on the line that would be everlasting.

“I was talking to Ryan, who is one of the more dedicated Cardinals fans in our fantasy football league, and said, if you re-

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Ryan Clark (left) and Aaron Kolodny (right) have a tattoo riding on the outcome of the Arizona Cardinals-Dallas Cowboys game. Joe Gurmo of Fateless Custom Art & Tattoo is ready to ink.

ally believe in your team, let’s bet a tattoo when they play in Week 3,” Kolodny said.

Both fans have deep roots with their teams, back to their early childhood years.

Kolodny grew up in a military family so

he was constantly moving. His grandpa was from Oklahoma and a diehard Cowboys fan. Whenever Kolodny would visit, he would watch games that his grandpa taped, even if he already knew the out-

come.

“I had lived in eight or nine places before I hit high school, so I didn’t have roots to a certain home or team,” Kolodny said.

“But every year, we’d go to Dallas three or four times to visit family. I felt like a Texan at some level, and it kind of just built on that. I mean, they are ‘America’s Team.’”

His memories go back to the early ’90s watching players like Emmitt Smith, Charles Haley, Michael Irvin and Jay Novacek. His fandom goes well beyond that.

Kolodny ended up naming his daughter Aikmyn after his favorite player, Troy Aikman.

For Clark, it was about the same. He’s been following Arizona sports teams since he was young. He was a huge fan of Jake Plummer and Pat Tillman. Even though football is his favorite sport, he loves the Phoenix Suns as well and named his son after former point guard Steve Nash.

Even though it was Kolodny who came up with the bet, Clark said he could think of no other way to show his seriousness than possibly getting a tattoo of their riSee

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First generation of drone racers grows the sport

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hen the Vandekrol family spends time outside playing sports, it’s not football or soccer: it’s drone racing.

First-person-view drone racing is an upand-coming sport as participants control drones equipped with cameras that transmit a live stream to goggles worn by racers. The sport was only founded in 2014, so the first generation of racers is developing right now.

That includes Cody Vandekrol and his three sons: 10-year-old Cole, 8-year-old Gage and 6-year-old Hunter.

Cody Vandekrol got into drones only a year and a half ago when a friend from work took him to the park to fly his own.

From there, Vandekrol went out and

bought materials to build his own small drone with cheap parts, which he said he crashed frequently in the beginning.

As Vandekrol got the hang of it and built a better drone with better parts, his sons began to take interest, asking to go along to the desert to fly it. Vandekrol, who is an automotive technician, taught his boys about soldering wires, and the family built them together.

About eight months ago, his oldest son Cole wanted to build his own drone. He built it and programmed it himself.

“With the boys, when I first started getting into it with them I thought it was way over their heads and they wouldn’t understand,” Vandekrol said. “It’s amazing at how quickly they pick up on it.”

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(Special to the Tribune) Cole,

Cole, Hunter and Gage Vandekrol (from left) show off their drones. Cole built his drone by himself.

The boys’ mom, dad and sister also get involved in the drone game.

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val’s logo.

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m kind of nervous,” Clark said. “This is like a put up or shut up on your Cardinals fanhood, but I think this shows that I’m obviously willing to take it to a level that most fans wouldn’t.”

Both Kolodny and Clark are willing

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race their 3-inch drones to see who can get the fastest time. Sometimes, they’ll take soccer goal posts out to football fields to serve as gates and race the drones there on a larger scale. The Vandekrols will spend evenings in a church parking lot by their home in Gold Canyon, racing their drones and recording the times.

It’s a family affair that also includes Vandekrol’s wife and 14-year-old daughter Mackenzie. His wife helps edit videos for the boys’ YouTube channel, “vkdronebros,” and plays the role of financial manager to make sure the boys don’t get too crazy spending money. Mackenzie serves as the family’s official timekeeper.

To an outsider, Vandekrol and his kids’ passion for drones and drone racing might

to risk it for the sake of their team. For Kolodny, who has never liked betting money, it is completely worth possibly having a Cardinals tattoo for the rest of his life.

“I just wanted to do something more than winning or losing $50. To me, the glory of winning of $50 off a friend of mine will go away,” Kolodny said. “But the glory of getting a guy who hates the Cowboys to wear the logo for the rest of

his life, that is awesome.”

Within the past three years, ESPN has aired features on fantasy football leagues where the last-place finisher would have to face consequences decided by the winner. One league winner got to choose any tattoo that he wanted for the loser. Other leagues had the loser stand out on the corner of an intersection with a sign that read, “I am horrible at fantasy football.”

Clark and Kolodny will meet up at

not seem like a typical American pastime.

But as drones become more popular and the technology evolves, more and more people are drawn in.

“When you start flying, you really feel like you’re separated away from your body,” said Dustin Pennington, president of Flite Factory, a drone manufacturing company in Phoenix. “Part of the fun is the racing. You go out and freestyle and do all this stuff, and you also get to race and go fast. It’s a really exciting industry.”

When Flite Factory started two years ago, there was hardly anyone involved in drone racing, Pennington said. Over the years, the people at Flite Factory have tried to build communities in the Valley to bring racers together and plan events in Arizona.

Phoenix Drone User Group is a local chapter of Drone User Group Network,

an international organization for amateur and professional drone users that looks to promote the responsible use of flying robots for community service and artistic, entrepreneurial and recreational purposes.

The local group’s mission is to educate the public on how to fly a drone, drone safety and where people in the community can come together to fly. Their website features a map with approved places to fly all over the state.

On a larger scale, the Drone Racing League started in 2015 and airs on big networks ESPN and Sky. The league said it reached an audience of more than 30 million viewers during its inaugural season. Vandekrol and his family watch it on TV like a family would watch NASCAR, he said.

The DRL races that air on TV are largescale events, but Arizona has races of its

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own. The Phoenix Cup is an annual drone night racing competition that takes place over four days, and Drone Wars in Tempe combines racing, drone aerial shows and drone education all in one event.

Vandekrol has done a few races himself, and his son Cole plans to participate in a race this coming October. He said it will be fun for the family to serve as pit crew when the drone crashes or needs repairs.

“Right now, I’m just trying to help them and support them but if they did want to go a little bit more serious, it would be fine by me,” Vandekrol said. “It would be fun because I could do what I can to help them.”

Kids like Cole and his brothers are the future of drone racing. And while the sport is still in its early stages of growth, it’s families like the Vandekrols that are part of its foundation.

Date: Wednesday October 4, 2017 Time: 10 am -11 am Place: Mountain View Funeral Home & Cemetery 7900 E. Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85207 (On the green lawn in front of the funeral home) Join us for our first annual pet blessing!

All animals must be on a leash or in a crate.

Father Pinti to officiate.

We will have light snacks and refreshments.

Please invite your friends and neighbors to this wonderful event.

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handler’s first Race 4 Unity Family Fun Walk/Run isn’t about speed or even strength.

As the name implies, the race – at 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, in Tumbleweed Park – is about human beings recognizing they all belong to the same family.

Sponsored by the Baha’is of Chandler and supported by the Chandler Human Relations Commission, the Race 4 Unity “is a way for local families to make a statement supporting the spirit of cooperation, acceptance and freedom upon which our nation was founded,” spokeswoman Peggy Schlesinger said.

“We feel it is important to reach out to those who are like-minded,” Schlesinger added, noting that the commission memFAITH CALENDAR

FRI-SAT, SEPT. 29-30 YOM KIPPUR SERVICES

Chabad of Mesa will conduct Yom Kippur services at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Phoenix-Mesa/Chandler in Mesa, open to all. Services are traditional and contemporary, with Hebrew/English prayer books, entertaining stories and short sermons.

DETAILS>> 6 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. Saturday; 1600 S. Country Club Drive. Information: chabadmesa.com, chabadmesa@gmail.com, 480-659-7001.

SUNDAY, OCT. 8 SUKKAH HOPPING TOUR

The Sukkah hopping tour is part of Chabad of the East Valley’s way of fusing age-old Judaism with modern times. See and celebrate the various customs and tradition in every sukkah, eat some kosher food, bless the Lulav & Esrog, sing and dance and more.

bers “recognize that our society has ills of prejudice and hatred, and they are working to find positive avenues to further the cohesiveness of the Chandler community.

“By working together, we are better positioned to reach other like-minded organizations who want to improve our community to be a welcoming and inviting community to all peoples.”

The run/walk also is central to Baha’i belief that “we are all from one family and it is not possible to achieve a peaceful society without the elimination of prejudice,” she said.

The Baha’i founder taught the importance of family as well as unity – and his message is particularly important in these turbulent times, when race relations have been increasingly tense.

“America has seen a rise in prejudi-

cial statements and a greater boldness in discriminatory sentiment,” Schlesinger said. “As Baha’is, we believe that we are all from one family and it is not possible to achieve a peaceful society without the elimination of prejudice.

“We feel the need to embrace diversity of all kinds, whether it be racial, national, gender, religious or economic,” she added. “We promote forms of thought that are accepting and supportive of others in our community.”

The Baha’is of Chandler have been active this year in promoting their message of unity.

Last month, they sponsored a Native American program call “Prophecy,” they tied Native American prophecies, especially by the Apache, to the world’s ills to promote the idea of “improvement

through the spiritual solution.”

“As we recognize our place in the universe and our relationship with God, we understand that it is through caring for our fellow humans and mother Earth that we can make improvements in our personal lives and society,” Schlesinger said.

Beyond the run, the event will feature refreshments, games and music. And parents are encouraged to bring their children.

Schlesinger is hoping for a diverse turnout that “creates a flower of multicolored friendship rather than a thorn of hatred.”

Registration is at Eventbrite.com under “Race 4 Unity.” The registration fee is $14. Register by today, Sept. 24, and you will get a commemorative T-shirt. Information: race4unity@gmail.com

DETAILS>> 10 a.m., Chabad Hebrew School, 875 N. McClintock Dr., Chandler. Information: chabadcenter. com/Sukkot.

Girls LIFE Camp Ministries is offering a free four-day camp in Payson for girls in seventh and eighth grades.

The program mentors East Valley girls who are facing complicating life circumstances.

DETAILS>> 480-236-3353 or girlslifecampministryaz.com.

mission is to evangelize, heal and disciple through the word of God.” DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Thursdays.

3015 E. Warner Road. Information: valorcc.com.

THURSDAY, OCT. 12 SIMCHAS TORAH

Chandler-Chabad of the East Valley invites the Jewish public to join them for a special evening of dancing in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Simchas Torah, or Rejoicing with the Torah in Hebrew. Simchas Torah is the completion of the year-round public reading of the Torah (Bible) scroll in synagogues. The holiday has always been traditionally associated with ecstatic, joyous dancing.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m., Pollack Chabad Center, 875 N. McClintock Dr., Chandler. RSVP at rabbi@chabadcenter. com. Information: 480-855-4333 or chabadcenter.com.

THUR-SUN, OCT. 12-15 CAMP FOR GIRLS

SUNDAYS

HEBREW SCHOOL

Registration has opened for Chabad Hebrew School at the Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life. Classes will teach children ages 5-13 about Jewish heritage, culture and holidays.

DETAILS>> Classes will be held 9:30 a.m.-noon at 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. To tour the facility or register, call 480-855-4333 or e-mail info@chabadcenter.com.

VALOR CHRISTIAN OUTLINES MISSION Valor Christian Center in Gilbert offers “great praise and worship and great messages for today’s living,” according to Associate Pastor Thor Strandholt. “Our

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES AND SUDOKU from Page 23 But seek fir st his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Worship Times: Friday 7:30pm Saturday 10:30am & 1:30pm 2640 N Dobson Rd, Chandler

480-899-1488 • www.tjc.org phoenix@tjc.org

NEW CHURCH IN MESA

The Rev. Albert Bolden leads the Lawrence Memorial A.M.E.Z. Church in Mesa.

DETAILS>> Sunday school at 9 a.m., worship at 10 a.m., 931 E. Southern Ave., Suite 108. Information: 480393-3001, tlmchurch.info@gmail.com.

HORIZON SEEKS YOUNG PEOPLE

High school and middle school students meet to worship and do life together.

DETAILS>> 4 p.m. at Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane. 480-460-1480 or joel@horizonchurch.com.

UNITY OFFERS A PATH

Unity of Mesa says its Sunday service offers “a positive path for spiritual living” through “transformational lessons, empowering music and various spiritual practices with an open-minded and welcoming community.”

DETAILS>> 9 and 10:45 a.m. Spiritual Discussion Group and Meditation Practices Group. 10:15 a.m.

Celebration Service. 2700 E. Southern Ave., Mesa.

Nursery available for infants through kindergarten at service times. Youth ministry classes are open in the Education Annex at 10:45 a.m. Information: 480-8922700, unityofmesa.org, lori@unityofmesa.org.

SUNDAY CELEBRATION SERVICE

Inspirational messages and music to lift your spirit. A welcoming community committed to living from the heart. Many classes and events offered. We welcome you!

DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Sundays at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

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ance the syrto and the zembekiko with the Eliaktithes. Munch on dolmathes, souvlaki and spanakopita.

Shop in the agora.

If it all sounds Greek to you, it is.

That will be joyously clearer when the annual Taste of Greece Festival returns Sept. 29−Oct. 1 to St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church in Chandler.

Combining ancient Greek culture with today’s, the weekend celebration includes foods, pastries, live music, costumed folk dancing, imports, arts and crafts and other merchandise in the “agora” or “marketplace,” a Kids Fun Zone and a $1,000 raffle.

The event hours are 5-10 p.m. Sept. 29, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sept. 30, and 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Oct. 1.

In its 30th year serving the community, St. Katherine is at 2716 N. Dobson Road, just south of Elliott Road. Free parking and a shuttle bus will be at Seton High School, 1150 N. Dobson Road, just north of Ray Road. Limited handicapped parking is available on the church grounds.

“St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church views its annual ‘Taste of Greece’ as a unique opportunity to showcase the cuisine, culture and faith of the Greek people,” said Father Philip Armstrong, who leads a membership of 200 families.

“We take immense pride in showcasing our Greek heritage and hospitality,” said Vange Archuleta of Chandler.

(Photos courtesy of Taste of Greece)

Among the festival planners are, from left in back row, Father Phil Armstrong, Spiro Apergis, Harry Kantarze and Gust Bafaloukos. Seated are Elaine Hatupis, left, and Mena Bafaloukos.

Archuleta chairs the festival and is a board member at the church, where she’s been involved since its inception more than 30 years ago. Her son, Adam, is a former Arizona State University and NFL player and current CBS Sports analyst.

The first St. Katherine Festival was held at Evergreen Park in Mesa in the early 1980s, with food donated by Spiro Apergis, a restaurant owner and one of the church founding fathers who still assists fellow church member Bill Theros in the fry booth, Archuleta said.

Two later festivals were held at Queen

of Peace Church, also in Mesa, and in 1985, the festival moved to the church’s current site.

“We boast excellent homemade Greek food and pastries,” she added “For the sports enthusiast, we offer a sports bar to watch their favorite team while enjoying a menu favorite. All in all, it’s an unforgettable experience that our guests look forward to attending each year.”

What’s cooking?

Weeks before the event, several dozen church volunteers prepare dishes such as

dolmathes (grapevine leaves stuffed with ground beef, seasoned rice and herbs), spanakopita (thin filo dough filled with spinach and cheeses) and pastichio (Greek lasagna, baked macaroni and ground beef covered in béchamel sauce).

This year, the festival is re-introducing pork souvlaki, cubed pork marinated in oil, lemon juice and oregano and skewered, grilled and served on pita bread.

Among the church members helping out, all in their 70s and 80s, is Elaine Hatupis of Queen Creek, the hot food chairwoman who has worked in the festival kitchen since 1987.

“She and her team prepare approximately 5,000 dolmathes for baking during the festival,” Archuleta said.

Mena Bafaloukos and husband Gust, of Chandler, have volunteered their time for 25 years.

She is the festival pastry chairwoman, and estimates that her team has baked 500,000-plus pastries for the festivals.

Gust and his volunteer chefs prepare and cook approximately 800 pounds of chicken each year, she added.

And Harry Kantarze of Gilbert, “King of Lamb Shanks,” has been preparing and cooking them for 20 years at the events.

“It wasn’t until recently we discovered that Harry has been using his wife Tula’s marinate recipe all along,” she said.

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Greek dancing is also part of the festival’s offerings as different age groups perform. Four dance groups, ranging from preschool to young adult, will perform throughout the weekend.

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he celebration of Mesa’s latest historical district provides a platform for an art gallery to pay tribute to the work of an artist who spent much of her life living in West Side-Clark Addition, in a well-kept World War II vintage historic home.

LaRee Johnson raised four children, lived until she was 90 and dedicated her artwork to depicting early Mesa before it was developed into a large city. Her watercolor paintings depict everything from the annual Dobson family sheep drive to historic buildings.

A collection of Johnson’s watercolors, loaned to the Millet House by her son, Merrill Johnson, 76, are on display in honor of LaRee Johnson and the neighborhood’s long-sought historic status.

The exhibit closes with a reception on Sept. 29, from 6-9 p.m. Viewing times must be arranged through themillethouse.com.

Millet House is the home of Sandy Andrews, who helped organize the drive that eventually culminated in West SideClark Addition’s recognition as Mesa’s seventh historic neighborhood.

“It’s incredibly beautiful. It points to the natural beauty of the Sonoran Desert,” Andrews said. “She was a longtime resident enamored by the desert. We are so fortunate to still have her paintings in the district.

“I feel like her spirit is still there,” Andrews said. “Her house is so beautifully kept up.”

The neighborhood is an eclectic collection of mostly small homes built in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s just west of Country

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dough filled with nuts and spices), kourabiedes (a rich, shortbread-like cookies covered with powdered sugar) and loukoumathes (pastry puffs sweetened with honey and sprinkled with cinnamon).

Kathy Bookas Connell helps prepare the pastries. Her husband, Daryl, is in charge of the tents and setup as well as the shuttle transportation. They have been members of the church for 30 years.

“Before and during the festival, our members are involved with food and pastry preparations and have even produced a cookbook that is sold at the festival,” said Connell, former president of the Philoptohos, the philanthropic arm of St. Katherine, the largest Christian women’s organization in the country. All cookbook proceeds go

(Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Photographer)

LaRee Johnson’s watercolors depict a more rural Mesa, before the city started growing.

Club Drive and north of Main Street.

“She loved to paint places that don’t exist anymore,” Merrill Johnson said, adding that his mother would have enjoyed the recognition of her art work. “It fits right in. Its representative of the times and the era.”

LaRee Johnson was born in 1915 and lived at a family homestead at Country Club Drive and McKellips Road, back when Country Club was called Mesa Boulevard.

She eventually moved to an apartment near Main Street and Country Club Drive.

Her husband, Laurel R. Johnson, built a house in the 400 block of West Second Place in 1940, where LaRee Johnson lived until her death in 2005.

“Mesa was a lot smaller then. When I

was born, Mesa had 10,000 people,” Merrill Johnson said. “I think it’s very important to remember the past as much as we can.”

He purchased the collection of paintings he loaned to the Millet House from private owners in hopes of preserving his mother’s artwork. He said she used to enter painting contests sponsored by local banks. She would win the “purchase awards,” where the bank would purchase her painting and display it in their lobby.

“I took her out there in my pickup truck and waited with my dogs while she painted a lot of them,” Johnson said.

He wrote that “LaRee’s greatest joy in life (other than being the mother of four children) was her watercolor art, which she studied from a young age.”

West Side-Clark Addition is considered a good example of Mesa’s suburbanization beyond the original town site. The neighborhood was built in several stages between 1930 and 1958. It started when Joseph and Mary Clark decided to subdivide and develop some of their farm property along Clark Street in 1930, during the Great Depression.

The neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, but the drive to win historic overlay zoning from the city took a long, winding road until it was finally approved by the Mesa City Council earlier this month.

The overlay zoning protects the integrity of the district’s original architecture. Any significant change in a house’s appearance, beyond routine maintenance, requires a certificate of appropriateness from the city’s historic officer.

“There’s some pride, with the community coming together,” Andrews said.

to charities.

Eliaktithes, young adults.

“It is also exciting that some of our dancers have also become our musicians, learning to play the traditional songs with traditional instruments of Greece,” said Pallas.

Festival-goers will see dances from all regions of Greece, the islands to the mountains, as well as regional costumes such as Queen Amalea’s and the Evzone worn by the Greek soldiers.

“Each dance has unique styling and attitude on the stage,” said Bafaloukos, a Greek native who moved at 11 to Arizona in 1975.

The women have extensively researched the dances to ensure authenticity. Among these are the syrto, a traditional 12-step dance for celebrations and festivals; the ikartiotiko, from the island of Ikaria; the zembekiko, a men’s dance that showcases many tricks; and the malevisiotiko from

Crete.

“Along with the dancing, comes the singing of many folk songs that tell the history of the area,” Pallas said, adding: “Songs can describe the planting of the olive or lemon trees, hiding from the Turkish invaders and, of course, the love songs.

The songs are Greek but because of the different dialects some words are often unrecognizable – even to those who speak Greek!”

Admission is $3, children under 12 free.

Get one admission with the purchase of the first at ATasteofGreeceAZ.com, where a full schedule can be found. Church tours will be conducted daily approximately every hour on the hour from the entrance.

Information: Sam Kladis 480-570-2539, Sam@WelcomeHomeAZ.net and see atasteofgreeceaz.com. Follow at facebook. com/ATasteofGreeceAZ.

(Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Photographer)

Andrew Chorkey puts up one of LaRee Johnson’s work at the Millet House. Some of her watercolors are on loan from her son, Merrill Johnson, and will be displayed until Sept. 29.

A festival of dance, too

Dance has been an integral to Greek life for millennia.

Live music by the Grecian Express will be heard all weekend, and Greek dance groups will entertain and invite participants. Dance workshops also will be offered.

Niki Pallas and Carol Bafaloukos, both Chandler, are church members who direct, choreograph and prepare the groups for the festival and other events such as the annual Greek Folk Dance competition in California. As girls, the women represented the church when they were members of the Philinathes, “Girl Friends.”

Four dance groups will appear: Mikra Pedakia, preschool to second grade; Elios, third to fifth; Dynamiki, high school; and

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In Loving Memory of

Peter Alexander Price Born in Christ April 16, 1991 Returned to God Sept. 26, 2007

A son and brother so precious.

A grandson and nephew so true.

It's not possible to miss anyone As much as we miss you.

It's been TEN years and still We remember your face, your eyes, Your smile and the warmth of your embrace.

You left us at such a young age, It cut through a knive But one thing we understand You lived a purpose driven life.

You were simply Peter Alexander Price!

In each and every way we continue To live our lives the best that we can, But it's hard to live in a world Without our beloved Bat Man! Love, Gram Lani and Gramps Keith Myers

Obituaries BELLOWS, Kirk Mason

Age 94, of Branson, MO, formerly of Chandler, AZ, died peacefully on September 3rd. Survivors include his wife RaeDene Bellows of Branson and daughters Kathy Gunderson (Overland Park, KS) and Karen Bellows (Topeka, KS). For full obituary, go to www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com

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Auctions & Estate Sales Estate Sale 9/29-9/30 8-2pm. 731 S. 85th St. Mesa 852048 Tools, furniture, recording equipment, kitchen ware, books & many misc items.

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OPTIMIST CLUB Would you like to belong to an organization dedicated to improving children's lives in a variety of ways? Do you have a desire to give back to the community?

If so, we are looking for new members & new ideas for fundraising!

We have supported Sunshine Acres Children's Home for 60 yrs, we provide scholarships to students from local schools & we support the Children's Cancer Fund.

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SENIOR SONGBIRDS LOOKING FOR MALE AND FEMALE SINGERS. If you are age 50+ and love singing and entertaining, we would be happy to have you check us out at one of our rehearsals. We are all volunteers and perform weekly at assisted living and care centers.

We sing secular songs primarily from the 30's, 40's, and 50's, as well as patriotic and gospel songs, from September through May. We rehearse Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Pyle Adult Recreation Center, 655 East Southern Avenue, Tempe, AZ. For more information, call 480-775-0730.

Beta Sigma Phi, a woman's cultural and social organization, is looking to reconnect with non-active members in the East Valley.

New members are also welcome. Beta Sigma Phi is a non-college sorority, which offers "sisterhood" and "friendship" to women of all ages. You can never underestimate the importance of other women in your life.

Contact: Gail Sacco at gailsacco@q.com

Most service advertisers have an ROC# or "Not a licensed contractor" in their ad, this is in accordance to the AZ state law.

Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC): The advertising requirements of the statute does not prevent anyone from placing an ad in the yellow pages, on business cards, or on flyers.

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CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA EAGLES PARK PHASE 2 828 EAST BROADWAY ROAD PROJECT NO. CP0211P2 MSP PROJECT NO. B-08-MN-04-0504 CDBG PROJECT NO. B-14-MN-040501 (FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT – DAVIS BACON WAGES APPLY) ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, October 19th, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.

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The Engineer’s Estimate range is $4,000,000.00 to $5,000,000.00.

For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Melodie Jackson at melodie.jackson@mesaaz.gov.

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc. dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $210.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up.

One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing.

In order for the City to consider alternate products in the bidding process, please follow Arizona Revised Statutes §34.104c.

If a pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled, details can be referenced in Project Specific Provision Section #3, titled “Pre-Bid Review of Site.”

Work shall be completed within 260 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier's check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).

The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa.

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune, September 10, 17, 24, 2017 / 7984

Fact ‘n Fill: Monsterous History Next month might bring us ghosts and goblins, but today marks the 53rd Anniversary when the country was introduced to the residents at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, in glorious black and white.

The Munsters were your average monster family. Herman (another work of art created by Dr. Frankenstein) worked at a funeral home, while wife Lily (nee: Dracula) tended to the family and pets.

Son Eddie is your average little werewolf who sleeps in a drawer and carries around his doll Woof-Woof.

Lily’s father, Grandpa Dracula, concocted potions in his lab. Then there was their poor niece, Marilyn who was normal to us, but freaky to her family. The Munster “pets”: Igor - Grandpa’s Transylvanian bat; Spot - Eddie’s pet dragon who lived under the stairs; Charlie the Raven who lives in the cuckoo clock; and Kitty - a black cat that roars like a lion.

The Munsters was on the air the same period as was it’s similar competitor, The Addam’s Family, however The Munsters had higher ratings.

The show ran for 70 episodes between Sept. 24, 1964 to May 12, 1966. The show was canceled after ratings dropped due to the premiere of a color series of a large bat.... Batman.

The Munsters starred Fred Gwynne as Herman, Yvonne De Carlo as Lily, Al Lewis as Grandpa Dracula, Beverly Owen and Pat Priest as Marilyn, and Butch Patrick as Eddie. Charlie the Raven was voiced by Mel Blanc and Bob Hastings.

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ANSWERS - Across: 1. Mockingbird, 3.

Monster, 6. Grandpa Down: 2. Igor, 3.

Munster, 4. Spot, 5. Herman, 7. Dracula

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