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Chef Ryan Swanson adds a drizzle to the melon soup, with Sous Chef Jack Hupp. Swanson holds court at Kai Restaurant at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass Resort and Spa in Chandler.

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n enormous pot simmers on an equally oversized professional gas range in the fastidious kitchen of the Kai restaurant in Chandler.

The pot is overfilled with whole fryers, uncut onions, huge sprigs of spices, full cloves of garlic and assorted root vegetables visible on top.

Underneath, secretly submerged veggies and herbs contribute another layer of flavors to the brew.

The scent is the signature of Chef Ryan Swanson’s domain at Kai Restaurant, inside the

Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass Resort and Spa in the East Valley.

“It will be a clear, beautiful, dark stock,” Swanson said. He makes at least one gigantic pot of chicken broth each week to serve as the base for a wide variety of recipes—and to create the aroma he loves.

“If I could figure out how to always make my house smell like that, I would,” he said.

It’s that kind of attention to detail and ingredient creativity that helped Kai land top spots on multiple hospitality lists. Most notably, it’s the See

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Chef Ryan Swanson is determined to keep Kai’s stars and diamonds

Cactus foam crowns the cedar-wrapped ocean trout served by Swanson.

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Pokemon Go drives gamers to East Valley hotspots

BY TUESDAY MAHRLE TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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round dusk at the Desert Breeze Park in Chandler, a young girl squeals “Squirtle!” and begins running across the grass with her mother’s cellphone. Desert Breeze has been named one of the top 10 locations in the East Valley for rare Pokemon characters and “leveling up.”

Day or night, people are wandering local parks, libraries and downtown hotspots playing the virtual game Pokemon Go. Swarms of players of all ages can be found at Old Town Gilbert, Usery Mountain Park and the Phoenix Zoo. Despite the triple-digit heat, local companies are seeing a boom in foot traffic.

“It’s amazing to see how many young professionals are out after work playing this game,” said Jacie Cotterell of Mesa. “Especially at areas with multiple Poke Stops like the Commemorative Air Force museum.”

Local stores, churches, restaurants, and bars are taking full advantage of the Pokemon Go craze. Churches have opened their doors to all denominations after discovering they are a Poke Stop or “gym,” virtual arenas where players may battle against one another. There, players can lose or raise their “prestige” points. Gyms require extended amounts of time in that location.

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Michele Henry plays Pokemon Go on Mill Avenue in Tempe.

Bars and restaurants have started Pokemon Go happy hours and parties. Pokemon Go singles events have inundated Facebook.

“Pokemon Go is the fan service my 10-yearold self always wanted,” said Jamie Alcumbrac of Tempe.

In a matter of weeks, Pokemon Go has become the biggest mobile game in history with 21 million users.

The game arrived with no instructions,

tips or strategies. In turn, Facebook groups and technology blogs exploded with how-to’s overnight. Google maps, built by fans, show locations of Poke Stops, rare characters and gyms.

One such map of stops is at tiny.cc/ pokemonmap. Poke Stops are driving people to places often-overlooked places. Historical architecture, statues and street murals are a common location for Poke Stops.

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hasing after Pokemon characters can take some time. Here are some tips to stay safe while you do.

Wear comfortable shoes and clothing: The idea may be a quick walk around the park, but that can turn into hours. Have some reliable footwear and clothes on so the game doesn’t have to end early. Bring a rain jacket.

Have water and snacks: Pokemon Go was released during the Arizona summer. Have several water bottles and some snack bars available when needed.

Tell somewhere the plan: Make sure people know the area being hunted. Stick to that area and inform others if it changes.

Never hunt alone: Always use the buddy system when playing Pokemon Go. The game also rewards players who work together.

Stay alert at all times: Always be aware of your surroundings. The game takes players to new and interesting places. Check the area before walking, especially around cars.

Never drive and Pokemon Go: Put the phone down. The game isn’t worth hurting or killing others.

Do not trespass: Always check for hours of business. Never walk or drive through areas marked ‘Restricted’ or ‘Staff Only.’ Many businesses now have signs to help players navigate around these areas.

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Two Pokemon Go fans look for the characters to catch along Mill Avenue in Tempe.

Top 10 Pokemon locations in the East Valley • Mill Avenue, 502 S. Mill Ave., Tempe • Desert Breeze Park, 660 N. Desert Breeze Blvd., Chandler • Freestone District Park, 1045 E. Juniper Ave., Gilbert • Tempe Sports Complex, 8403 S. Hardy Drive, Tempe • Tempe Town Lake/Tempe Beach Park, 80 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe

• Kiwanis Park, 5500 S. Mill Ave., Tempe • Sherwood Park, 1453 S. Horne, Mesa • The Village Square at Dana Park Shopping Center, U.S. 60 and Val Vista (Southwest Corner) • Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, 2757 E. Guadalupe Rd., Gilbert • Riverview Park, 2100 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Mesa

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The restaurant’s name appropriately means “seed” in the Pima language.

He was preparing agave nectar for one of the crowning touches on a piece of ocean trout.

He’d first seared the thick piece of fish and wrapped it in cedar. It bore a surprising resemblance to salmon. He tucked finger lime caviar between the cedar and the fish to add a bit of pop to the dish.

“I’m a texture guy,” Swanson said. “I especially like to add it to my raw foods.”

He finishes some dishes with cactus foam mixed with juice, to give the plate a crowning signature.

On this day, he served the trout with black sand rice that had been mixed with huitlacoche—a fungus delicacy that grows on corn.

(Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer)

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Kai Chef Ryan Swanson carefully places ingredients as he prepares a melon soup. Lemondrop melon, watermelon, shrimp and charred avocados garnish the dish.

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only Arizona restaurant to receive a 5-star award from Forbes Travel Guide. Likewise, it’s the lone 5-diamond restaurant in the state as ranked by AAA. Kai also holds the state’s top ranking in the Zagat Guide, ahead of such notable contenders as Vincent in Phoenix, Fleming’s in Scottsdale and Binkley’s in Cave Creek.

Those rankings are determined by both customer feedback and professional reviews.

Tucked away a couple miles off Interstate 10, behind the Wild Horse Pass casino and shopping complex, Kai’s location in Chandler may not be the most obvious spot for the state’s top-rated luxury eatery. But there it is, surrounded by acres of open lands owned by the Gila River Indian Community, and far from the larger clusters of posh hotels and heralded high-end entertainment districts in Scottsdale or Paradise Valley.

A chef at work

at Kai together for years, and they share No matter how much he appreciated the the space efficiently as well as artfully.

The kitchen is well equipped, and that’s scent of the chicken stock, on this recent critical to Swanson. day, it wasn’t top of mind for Swanson.

“Having the tools to succeed is Rather, he was prepping melons, shrimp, important,” he said. yogurt, goat’s milk with other ingredients The chef shrugs off compliments, for a summer soup. crediting the staff, the tools and the The dairy was strained and mixed with restaurant’s managers and owners for letting cucumber juice to make a glaze for the him create works of art that foodies can eat. bowl. Shaped pieces of lemondrop melon He allows Hupp and each of the five and watermelon were placed along the other staff chefs to develop individual curved edge, accented with shrimp.

Charred avocados added “smoke” to the styles. It’s important, he says, that everyone work in the kitchen “like it’s their own dish.

“This is a soup, but I like to make it restaurant.”

A plus of working at Kai, which is part beautiful,” Swanson said. “I like the idea of the East Valley resort owned by the Gila of mixing the soup with other ingredients.”

River Indian Community, are the countless Swanson deftly moved about his kitchen, opportunities to “work with the most unique often with Sous Chef Jack Hupp close by. ingredients,” Swanson said.

The two men have worked in the kitchen

He routinely purchases ingredients from Blue Sky Organic Farms in Litchfield Park and Ramona Farms in Sacaton. Ramona Farms specializes in Pima Indian food.

Swanson has visited both sites to see first-hand what’s growing and to gather information to plan new menu items. He enjoys experimenting with native foods and speculates that “it’s only a matter of time before indigenous foods hit the stores.”

Swanson prefers Supai corn for making pasta. It’s not a traditional pasta ingredient, he said, so he created recipes via trial and error.

He’s developing ideas of how to use mesquite honey in some of his recipes and keeps a honeycomb—a gift from a friend—in the kitchen to snack on.

Some dishes he calls “a love letter to Ramona Farms,” featuring the corn and beans grown at the Sacaton farm “that you can’t get anywhere else.”

Buying local helps ensure he gets the freshest and best ingredients into his kitchen, Swanson said.

“I like to pressure myself to make something extraordinary from the ordinary,” the chef said. “I’m always searching for new and unique things to offer.”

Swanson encourages the adventurous to try Kai. “We want to welcome guests into our home,” he said. Sure, he acknowledges, diners can “spend a pretty penny here,” but much on the menu is affordable.

And, he says, they get more than dinner at Kai. “It should be an educational experience. Our staff is here to make that journey effortless.”

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BY SHELLEY RIDENOUR TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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rom an early age, Ryan Swanson spent his days in kitchens, mostly with his mother and grandmother.

“My grandma was a great baker,” he said.

“But she also cooked every meal, and I was in the kitchen with her constantly. I realized you never go hungry in the kitchen.”

As a tyke, he was frequently beating on pots and pans; family members thought that he’d become either a drummer or a chef.

The latter won out. Along the way, however, there was his dream of following in his father’s footsteps and playing professional hockey.

Roger Swanson was drafted by both the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League and the Phoenix Roadrunners of the World Hockey Association.

He played for the Flin Flon Bombers, the Tucson Mavericks, Oklahoma City Blazers and San Francisco Shamrocks.

Son Ryan Swanson, in turn, played league hockey for about 16 years, beginning at age 4.

But then he abandoned that quest to pursue his career in cuisine.

Growing up in the shadow of South Mountain, Swanson always called Arizona home and today lives in Tempe.

He works in neighboring Chandler, however, where he’s chef de cuisine at the only 5-star dining destination in Arizona— Kai Restaurant in the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass.

He honed his skills for six years at Kai, working up to serve as sous chef for a year before ascending to the position of chef a year ago.

His 15 years in the luxury hospitality and culinary industry previously included a two-year stint as chef de partie at Ko’Sin Restaurant, also inside the Chandler hotel.

He also helped open the Chef ’s Club in Aspen, Colorado, named one of the 100 best restaurants in the U.S. by Time magazine.

Swanson apprenticed under James Beard award-winning chef Vincent Guerithault, one of a few so honored the Southwest.

Guerithault owns and operates Vincent on Camelback in Phoenix.

Swanson then went to college after working with Guerithault at Vincent. He graduated from the Scottsdale Community College culinary arts program in 2006.

After college and a few restaurant jobs, Swanson said he felt a bit burned out and worked for a short time at a furniture store.

But, he soon felt the calling to return to a

(Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Chef cooks up life lessons into ‘nourishing’ career

A quick pan fry seals in the mosture of ocean trout.

restaurant and headed to the Sheraton Grand.

Swanson is responsible for all the daily operations at Kai—developing and changing the menu as needed, determining seasonal offerings, handling special events, training and scheduling the staff, and ordering food.

He is known for incorporating Native American ingredients into his dishes. The fresh, seasonal and local ingredients reflect the Pima and Maricopa peoples.

Swanson says the environment within Kai

is “nourishing,” and has been life-changing for him.

As the chef, his goal for his staff is to give them “the knowledge and skills to test themselves. I want to produce great chefs and have restaurants wanting to hire my staff.”

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Zagat ratings Zagat ratings are based on user votes. The highest possible food score is 30. Scores between 26 and 30 are considered “extraordinary to perfection.” This list includes only the top-ranked East Valley restaurants.

Restaurant Food score Kai Restaurant, Chandler Shimogamo, Chandler Vincitorio’s Restaurant, Tempe Blue Adobe Grill, Mesa Romeo’s Euro Cafe, Gilbert Essence Bakery Cafe, Tempe Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse, Chandler Spinato’s Pizzeria, Tempe Joe’s Real BBQ, Gilbert The Dhaba, Tempe House of Tricks, Tempe

29 28 27 27 27 27 27 26 26 26 26

Average price $83 $27 $24 $18 $23 $13 $52

Old Fashioned Muddle 3 or 4 orange slices 3 ounces Copper City Bourbon ¾ ounce agave nectar 3 or 4 dashes of AZ Bitters Lab “Figgy Pudding” Bitters Stir and strain into glass with an ice sphere and flamed orange zest.

$14 $13 $21 $30

Forbes Travel Guide ratings Anonymous inspectors rate restaurants against 800 objective standards. Forbes says “only the best properties in the world” earn the 5 Star ranking.

5 Star Kai Restaurant, Chandler (Kai is the lone Arizona restaurant to receive the 5 Star award.)

No East Valley restaurants are ranked 4 Diamond.

No East Valley restaurants are ranked 4 Star.

Michelin ratings No Arizona restaurants have earned a Michelin rating.

AAA ratings AAA inspectors evaluate restaurants and base rankings on amenities and service.

James Beard ratings No East Valley restaurants have been ranked in the last three years.

5 Diamond Kai Restaurant, Chandler

Pima Bear 2 ounces Tres Amigos Anejo tequila 1 ounce St. Germain liqueur 1 ounce Pink Peppercorn simple syrup 1 ounce fresh lime juice Shake ingredients in shaker and pour into peppercorn- and salt-rimmed glass.

Add a lime wheel garnish.

Melon Soup 2.0 Makes 4 gallons 10 Charentais melons (orange melons) 2 lemondrop melons 1 liter water 2 medium onions 6 to 8 medium shallots 1 bottle Moscato 6 ounces Melon Vin Salt and pepper to taste 3 ounces juiced limes 5 cloves of garlic 5 Fresno chilies Sweat mirepoix (roughly chopped

(Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer)

East Valley restaurants and their rankings Recipes from Kai

Chef Swanson’s melon soup is poured at the table in front of diners.

vegetables) with 2/3 of melon mix, to bring out juice. Deglaze with Moscato, about ¾ bottle. Reserve the rest for final seasoning. Put rest of ingredients in blender and combine. Then pass through chinois. Season and chill.

Duck fat and red peppercorn vinaigrette ½ cup red peppercorns, toasted and crushed 1 cup aged sherry vinegar ¼ cup brown butter solids 1 cup rendered duck fat Salt and sugar to taste In a blender combine vinegar and brown butter solids. Blend on medium setting and slowly add rendered duck fat.

When all fat is added, season with salt and sugar. Fold in the red peppercorn to finish.

– Recipes courtesy of Kai Restaurant

— Compiled by Shelley Ridenour.

McCain talks terrorism, immigration in visit with Hispanic Coalition in Mesa

BY SHELLEY RIDENOUR TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

(Special to the Tribune)

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he world is in the midst of “the most difficult times,” Arizona’s senior U.S. Sen. John McCain told a crowd of about 50 at a downtown Mesa event Tuesday morning.

To a crowded house at Mango’s restaurant, the Republican said all of the ISIS activity means “we are living in a more dangerous world than ever before.”

That’s not just his opinion, McCain said, but is shared by military and intelligence officials at the federal level.

He and those other folks all believe that there will be more attacks such as the tragedy in Nice, France, and other recent bombings.

McCain said his base of knowledge of military issues and terror activities is part of the reason he can continue to serve in

John McCain visited Hispanic supporters in Mesa during a town hall at Mango’s restaurant.

the Senate. He is seeking re-election this fall.

McCain was in the Navy for 22 years and was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War for five and a half years.

He is chairman of the Senate Armed

Services Committee and a member of the Senate’s committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, as well as Indian Affairs.

McCain said he’s proud to have been in the military and told the members of the Hispanic Coalition, who arranged the gathering, that “Arizona provides more to our military than any other state.” He cited Boeing and its Apache helicopters, Luke Air Force Base, DavisMonthan Air Force Base and the Marine contingency at Yuma.

McCain emphasized to the audience that the southern border with Mexico isn’t as secure as it should be. But, he said, 40 percent of all illegal immigrants didn’t sneak across a border, but rather came to the U.S. on a visa that has since expired.

McCain said he’s always “favored a

path to citizenship” for such people living in the U.S. illegally.

“It won’t be easy,” he said. He wants those people to undergo background checks, pay back taxes, learn English and “get in line to get a green card.” That process will take years, McCain said, perhaps as long as a decade.

McCain said his decades of representing Arizona people in the Senate make him “believe the Hispanic community has been and will be an important part of our state.”

McCain faces challenges in the Aug. 30 primary election from Republicans Alex Meluskey, Clair Van Steenwyk, Kelli Ward and write-in candidate Sean Webster.

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW Man pleads guilty in shooting death of Chandler officer

A man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after an undercover drug deal led to the killing of a Chandler policer officer in 2010.

Detective Carlos Ledesma and other officers posed as dealers and showed two suspects a marijuana sample before arranging for a sale at a home in south Phoenix. Ledesma was killed when a gunfight broke out.

In addition to murder, Thandika Taweh Singleton also pleaded guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court to solicitation to commit possession of marijuana for sale.

His sentencing was scheduled for Aug. 22.

– TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Ground broken for cancer treatment and research center in Tempe

A groundbreaking ceremony last week marked the start of construction for a new cancer treatment and research center in Tempe The Arizona Oncology facility will be the only one in the East Valley to offer medical, radiation, and gynecologic oncology and hematology services in one center.

The 21,484-square foot facility will be built at the Arizona State University Research Park, 7695 S. Research Drive.

Arizona Oncology specializes in medical, gynecologic and radiation oncology, along with hematology, stem-cell transplant, research, genetic risk assessment and patient ancillary programs. For information, go to arizonaoncology.com.

– TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Teen killed in handgun incident, brother-in-law arrested

A 23-year-old man was arrested in the apparent accidental shooting death of his 16-year-old sister-in-law.

Tempe Police say Emmanuel Hilerio shot the teen as he attempted to take a gun from Marlen Hernandez. The gun fired accidentally, they say.

Hilerio was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

The shooting happened in an apartment complex in the 1000 block of East Orange Street, near Rural Road and University Drive.

– RALPH ZUBIATE, TRIBUNE EDITOR

Mesa Mayor Giles elected to national advisory board

The U.S. Conference of Mayors elected Mesa Mayor John Giles to be a new advisory board member following the group’s 84th Annual meeting in Indianapolis.

Approximately 200 mayors from across the country attended the conference in late June, where the local leaders discussed a broad range of policy issues impacting America’s cities and their economic health.

The board advises the executive committee on all matters of policy and program.

– ERIC SMITH, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Feedback sought on new schools act

The Arizona Department of Education is seeking feedback on the upcoming implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

ESSA, which will replace No Child Left Behind as the primary federal legislation addressing America’s public education system, is scheduled to start in the 2017-2018 school year.

General feedback regarding ESSA and the transition process will be used over the next several months to help draft and develop the plan for ESSA. Comments can be submitted via a survey at azed.gov/essa.

– ERIC SMITH, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Brook Larson named Arizona Choral Director of the Year

Brook Larson, the artistic director of the Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix, was named Choral Director of the Year by the Arizona chapter of the American Choral Directors Association at the AzACDA Summer Conference.

Prior to Orpheus, Larson, a Mesa resident, taught choral music education classes at Arizona State University for six years. He founded and directed two choirs while at ASU: the Sun Devil Singers and the ASU Men’s Chorus. Larson also taught Choral Methods, supervised student teachers and coordinated field experience for music education majors.

Before ASU, he taught at the middle and high school levels.

– ERIC SMITH, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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THE WEEK AHEAD New pro soccer team set to kick off in 2017

East Valley crossing guards get training

FC Arizona, a new professional soccer team, will begin its inaugural season in March 2017.

The team is celebrating its launch with a party Friday at Mesa Community College. The team will debut its jersey, introduce its first player and unveil plans to upgrade MCC stadium.

Season tickets to all 10 home games are on sale now for $90. All season-ticket holders ages 5-18 will also receive admission to a youth camp of their choice and an FC Arizona shirt for attending.

For more information, go to fcarizona.com.

– TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Fall classes beginning at Ballet Etudes school Dance classes for the fall begin Aug. 8 at the Ballet Etudes School of Dance in Gilbert.

Instructors will offer classes in such disciplines as ballet, jazz and lyrical.

Students as young as 3 will be admitted, as will adults. Discounts are offered if siblings are enrolled.

For more performance details, contact Kellan Meko at 480-635-6505 or at info@balletetudes.net.

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Cricket Wireless, Salvation Army hosting back-to-school drive Cricket Wireless and the Salvation Army are inviting Mesa residents to be part of the “Stuff the Pack” school supply drive to help provide local kids with supplies for the upcoming school year.

Until Aug. 13, residents can drop off school supplies and other items at 15 participating Cricket Wireless authorized retailers in Mesa.

Find out which Cricket stores are participating at cricketwireless.com.

– ERIC SMITH, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

To get ready for the new school year, the City of Mesa is hosting a Regional School Crossing Guard Training Workshop for the East Valley.

The Maricopa Association of Governments started the program to improve the safety at school crossings for both guards and students. Guards from Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale, Chandler, Gilbert and schools throughout Maricopa County have been invited to attend the workshop on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon.

The program will take place in the Palo Verde Ballroom, Building B, at the Mesa Convention Center, 201 N. Center Street.

– RALPH ZUBIATE, TRIBUNE EDITOR

Video game expo coming to Mesa Game On Expo comes to Mesa Aug. 5-7 at the Mesa Convention Center, 263 N. Center St. Events include video game and cosplay contests, locations to test video games and special guests including game voice actors Steve Downes, Jen Taylor and others.

Tickets are $25-$35. For more information, visit gameonexpoaz.com.

– ERIC SMITH, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Registration for fall recreation classes begins in Chandler Chandler residents can register for fall recreation classes beginning Saturday at 10 a.m.

Classes include yoga, martial arts, music, aquatics, language, cooking and dance.

Residents can go to chandleraz.gov/registration or can call 480-782- 2640. Registrations are also accepted by mail or in person.

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Early voting begins in hotly contested East Valley primary election

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s early voting begins Wednesday, East Valley Republicans have many reasons to vote in this year’s primary election.

The Democrats? Not so much.

On the other hand, the non-partisan municipal races in Chandler, Gilbert and Mesa all offer heated contests that should bring out voters registered with either party.

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the primary.

Tempe has no local races, but parts of the city will have some choices in races for the state Legislature.

Topping the ballot across the state for Republicans is a highly contested battle pitting incumbent U.S. Sen. John McCain against four candidates, one of them a write-in.

If the intensity of online advertising is any indication, his chief rival is Dr. Kelli Ward, a Lake Havasu family physician who had been a state senator.

Groups supporting McCain have been

Early voters can beat the lines with mail-in ballots. Monday is the last day to register to vote in the state primary. attacking her for what they say are extremist positions.

Also challenging his run for a seventh term are Clair Van Steenwyk, a retired Sun City food industry executive; Alex Meluskey, a Scottsdale graphics company owner; and

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Hot races for Congress The Democratic candidate likely to win the Senate primary is U.S. Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, who faces only write-in opposition from Phoenix businesswoman Merissa Hamilton and self-proclaimed Socialist and Cuban expatriate Axel Bello. Also running is Green Party candidate Gary Swing, who says he represents the “Boiling Frog Party.”

Another Republican primary Battle Royale involves the race to replace Congressman Matt Salmon in District 5, which includes parts of Mesa, Gilbert and Chandler.

State Senator Majority Leader Andy Biggs has been called the leader in that race, but some polls are reporting that former GOP gubernatorial candidate and former Go Daddy executive Christine Jones is starting to gain on him.

Also vying for the Republican nomination in that Congressional district are Mesa state representative and tax analyst Justin Olson and former Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley, also a longtime Mesa resident.

Duking it out for the Democratic nomination in District 5 are Tempe applied biologist Talia Fuentes and Scottsdale software engineer Kinsey Remaklus.

In the 9th Congressional District, which includes parts of Chandler, two Republicans are vying for a chance

to take on unchallenged incumbent Kyrsten Synema in November. They are Chandler engineering company founder Dave Giles and attorney John Agra of Phoenix.

While only two Democrats are running for three seats open on the state Corporation Commission, Republicans have a five-way contest. Only one, former Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn, is from the East Valley. The other four are state Insurance Commissioner and former state House Speaker Andy Tobin, Peoria businessman Robert Burns, former state Senator Al Melvin of Tucson and Sun City small businessman Rick Gray.

Contentious legislative races Some heated Republican races also dominate primary contests in several East Valley legislative districts.

Among them is the fight to replace Biggs in Senate District 12, covering mainly Gilbert and Queen Creek.

There, state Rep. Warren Petersen is duking it out with Jimmy Lindblom, an attorney who also is president of a construction company.

And a three-way Republican fight for two state House seats in District 12 involves incumbent state Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, Arizona Air National Guard Maj. Travis Grantham and LaCinda Lewis. She is the wife of justretired Gilbert Mayor John Lewis.

While no state Senate primary contest exists in District 16, which covers parts of Mesa and Gilbert, Republicans are in a three-way battle for two spots on the November ballot. Candidate are incumbent state Rep. Kelly Townsend, Apache Junction High School teacher Doug Coleman and San Tan Valley businessman Adam Stevens.

In District 18, which covers parts of Tempe and Chandler, incumbent GOP state Sen. Jeff Dial is facing opposition from Frank Schmuck, a decorated Gulf War veteran and professional airline pilot. There is no primary fight for the two State House nominations.

Incumbent GOP state Sen. Bob Worsley in District 25, which covers a large part of Mesa, is facing only writein opposition from activist Itasca Small, who describes herself as a member of the Chickasaw Nation.

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district’s race for state House. Michelle Udall, a Mesa mother of four and former school board member, retired Marine Ross Groen, and incumbent Russell “Rusty” Bowers are in the race, where one seat had been held by 5th District Congressional candidate Justin Olsson.

No Republicans even bothered to file for the state Senate primary in District 26, which covers Tempe and parts of West Mesa. There, incumbent Democrat Juan Mendez is being challenged by David Lucier, a telecommunications and finance specialist.

Democrats also have a fight for the two state House nominations in District 26 because one seat was left open by Juan Mendez’s decision to run for State Senate.

In that race, incumbent Celeste Plumlee is running, as are two activists from the Arizona Student Association, Isela Blanc and Athena Salman. Also running as a green candidate is Cara Trujillo, a graphics artist from Mesa who prefers being called by her internet handle, AZpowergirl.

Competitive council The non-partisan races for council seats in Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert also are highly competitive.

In Mesa, where incumbents are being termed out, all three council districts candidates could win outright if they get more than 50 percent of the primary vote.

The First District council race involves Walgreens program manager Courtney Guinn, retired firefighter Mark Freeman and former Vice Mayor Pat Gilbert. They are fighting to is the third candidate to make a bid for Mesa’s District 1 City Council seat, which will change hands when Councilman Dave Richins steps down next January.

In the Council 2nd District, former city economic development official Shelly Allen is in a three-way race with small business owner Jeremy Whitaker and anti-human trafficking activist Kathleen Winn.

Only two candidates are battling in Mesa’s 3rd Council District.

Community development consultant Ryan Winkle is running against retired city fire captain Jerry Lewis.

In Chandler, eight candidates are fighting for three at-large City Council seats. They include incumbent Nora Ellen, finance executive Matt Eberle,

police officer Seth Graham and educator Aaron Harris Sr., Retired educator Sam Huang, Intel manager Gregg Pekau, former California computer company executive John Repar and small business consultant Mark Stewart.

Although Gilbert never had to worry about a race for mayor because former councilwoman Jenn Daniels was unopposed, incumbent Jared Taylor is one of seven candidates fighting over two at-large seats.

The other candidates are retired Phoenix fire fighter Joel Anderson, retired town parks manager Scott Anderson, community activist Tim Rinesmith, businessman Seth Banda, former town economic development commission chairman Jim Torgeson and commercial sales manager Bob Ferron.

The primary by the numbers Here are the most recent figures for voters in the East Valley, according to the Maricopa County Recorder. The numbers in parentheses represent the latest totals of permanently registered early voters. “Others” includes independents and people registered to unrecognized political parties; they can obtain either a Republican or Democratic ballot and vote in the primary election.

Registered Republicans Chandler 47,471 (33,467) Gilbert 57,339 (41,865) Tempe 22,954 (15,806) Mesa total 95,001 (67,516) Mesa District 1 20,427 (14,300) Mesa District 2 16,578 (11,830) Mesa District 3 11,291 (7,335) Registered Democrats Chandler 35,750 (25,802) Gilbert 26,591 (19,242) Tempe 28,341 (20,443) Mesa total 55,029 (38,723) Mesa District 1 8,637 (5,951) Mesa District 2 8,809 (6,180) Mesa District 3 11,811 (8,050) Others Chandler Gilbert Tempe Mesa total Mesa District 1 Mesa District 2 Mesa District 3

46,896 (27,145) 41,661 (25,029) 27,326 (15,412) 82,214 (44,132) 12,823 (6,730) 13,417 (7,347) 14,352 (7,024)

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Matthew Heil and Eileen Yellen last November won awards from the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network.

Woman killed in murder-suicide advised gay students at Tempe High

BY JIM WALSH TRIBUNE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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n educator who won an award for her work advising gay students at Tempe High School was the victim of a murdersuicide involving her own gay ex-lover, according to police and court records.

Eileen Yellin, 60, who had a Ph.D. in education, and Cathleen Baker, 48, had obtained orders of protection against each other at the apparent end of an “on again, off again relationship,” Phoenix police said.

On Saturday, Phoenix officers acting on a check welfare call found Yellin dead in her home in south Phoenix with “obvious signs of trauma to her body,” according to Sgt. Jonathan Howard, a Phoenix police spokesman.

After Yellin’s family members and friends told officers about her relationship with Baker, police responded to Baker’s home in the 12000 block of S. 38th Place in Ahwatukee. They found Baker dead from an apparent suicide.

“Detectives discovered evidence of the homicide at Baker’s residence,” Howard wrote in a press release.

Howard said police found the apparent murder weapon at Baker’s home. He declined to identify the weapon, but said it was not a firearm.

In November, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) of Phoenix honored Yellin with its Safe Schools Advisor Award, according to a December press release from the Tempe Union High School District.

The release said Yellin taught Special

Education English and advised Tempe High School’s Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) Club.

The Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network praised Yellin for cultivating a longstanding partnership between GLSEN Phoenix and Tempe High, “setting a wonderful example to other GSA advisors in her efforts to keep all students, including LGBTQ youth, safe in school,’’ the press release said.

School district officials did not return phone calls seeking comment.

In her petition for the order of protection, Yellin identified Baker as her ex-lover, checking a box that reads, “romantic or sexual relationship (current or previous).” She accused Baker in the petition of stealing $2,000 in property from her home in the 7000 block of South 19th Place in Phoenix and entering her home without her permission.

Yellin wrote that the day after the theft, Baker obtained an order of protection against her. Yellin also described a pattern of harassment

by Baker over the course of several months as part of her request for the court order, which was served on Baker on July 19. It barred her from Yellin’s home.

On June 10, “she followed me to my car and has emailed and texted after I specifically said, “don’t contact me again,’’ Yellin wrote of Baker.

Yellin also accused Baker of grabbing her steering wheel while Yellin was driving “in attempt to make me lose control of the car.’’

Family, friends mourn teen killed by lightning strike

BY CAITY HEMMERLE TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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amily and friends continue to mourn 17-year-old Wade Young, who was found dead after being struck by lightning on Humphrey’s Peak near Flagstaff on July 20.

A GoFundMe page to help with funds for his memorial service was created a day after the accident. So far, almost $20,000 of the $30,000 goal has been raised. The page also been shared over 1.6 thousand times via social media.

“We can all help his family by raising funds for medical bills, time off work, etc. All donations will go directly to Robyn Young, Wade’s mother,” the GoFundMe page states.

Young and his two friends, age 17 and 18, were struck as they were climbing Humphrey’s Peak. Because of severe and continuous lightning strikes on the peak, emergency personnel could not reach the hikers until about four hours

after 911 was called. Young was dead by the time they arrived.

Young recently graduated from Corona Del Sol High School in Tempe where he played for the Red Mountain Knights rugby team.

The team announced on Facebook that they will all be wearing black pants and the team jerseys to commemorate Young and the bond he shared with his team.

“There are no words to express the hurt we feel right now for the loss of one of our own,” the Red Mountain Knights posted on Facebook.

On Twitter, Young’s friends and former classmates started the hashtag #AztecStrong to share their thoughts and condolences on his passing. The Corona Del Sol high school mascot is an Aztec.

One of the tweets came from Young’s sister, who confirmed his death in a tweet that read: “Thank you for your condolences. Wade died at a good place

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Wade Young (center, with friends) recently graduated from Corona Del Sol High School in Tempe.

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Others tweets remember Young and his bright personality and red hair. A specific tweet said, “I love you, Yade Woung. The sun looks a little bit

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he appointment of Jenn Daniels as mayor leaves a vacancy on Town Council for the remainder of her term until January.

The town is calling for applications from citizens 18 years and older who have lived in Gilbert for one year.

Applicants must submit a one-page resume and a statement of interest in the position of no more than 250 words.

The town council will select three applicants for interviews on Aug. 11, then will vote. The new member will be sworn in at the council meeting on Aug. 18.

For details, contact gilbertaz. gov/departments/clerk-s-office/ board-openings.

– Srianthi Perera, Tribune Staff Writer

impact your life is a choice you have to make,” she said. “Our family will always be our number 1 priority, but this community is very important to us and that’s why we like it. And that’s

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unning uncontested is “a bit surreal,” said Gilbert’s newly appointed Mayor Jenn Daniels.

“I very much prepared myself for a contested race; I had no idea that I was going to be running unopposed,” she said.

On July 19, at a special meeting convened to accept the resignation of Mayor John Lewis, Daniels was appointed the town’s mayor. She will run uncontested in the primary elections on Aug. 30 and begin her first full term in January.

The former town council member of seven years said that she decided to run for mayor to help move Gilbert forward.

“I just know how hard we worked as a group to accomplish a great many things, and I wanted us to continue along that path. It’s very important to continue to build Gilbert in a positive way,” said Daniels, who has lived in the town for 11 years.

Daniels’ husband Eric works in medical sales, and she is a mother of four children—Ethan, 13; Drew, 11; Ty, 9; and Kate, 5. Daniels said that the decision to run for mayor has changed her life.

“I think any time you take on something new, it changes your life. I think whether you let it to negatively

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Gilbert Mayor John Lewis was presented with a replica of the iconic water tower at his goodbye ceremony. Jenn Daniels was appointed mayor to succeed him.

Outgoing Mayor John Lewis hands a baton to Jenn Daniels to symbolize her taking over as the town’s new mayor.

why we’re investing our time, our talents and our energy in making it a better place.”

Among the development projects coming up—she called them “small stepping stones”—Daniels spoke about the Heritage District, which is slated to increase in density and expand development to its original mile south of Guadalupe Road and north of Eliot Road.

In addition, during the next few months, the town’s aging areas would receive improved infrastructure and ADA accessibility. Overall, its services to citizenry would be improved, she said.

While Daniels is looking forward to her tenure, she’s mindful that she has

to make inroads in the community like her predecessor did when he first began.

“Mayor Lewis was so good at that,” she said. “I’m very aware of efforts that he made in order to make that happen.

I would like to really listen to the community.”

When asked what she would miss the most and the least of Mayor Lewis, Daniels said he was “our shade tree.”

“He has done a lot to protect us and shield us from some of the harder things,” she said. “I will miss not having him there to answer some of those calls that are very difficult.”

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Gilbert Boy Scout teamed up with AmeriCorps VISTA members to help less fortunate people in Phoenix find relief from scorching heat.

To fulfill the community service project requirement needed to become an Eagle Scout, Kaden Heywood, 16, spent three days earlier this month handing out maps of cooling stations to low-income transit riders, commuters and residents at various points in the city.

The stations, operated by the Maricopa Association of Governments, are free for everyone who needs cold water, some shade and other heat-related items and information.

This project was led by AmeriCorps VISTA members Nick Roosevelt and Olivia Hutchins as part of the Resilience AmeriCorps PHX initiative.

“Nick and Olivia oversaw the big picture and engaged Kaden to coordinate all volunteer activities... He was amazing and one of the keys to the success of the program along with Nick and Olivia,” said Michael Hammett, chief service officer for the Phoenix City Manager’s Office.

The teen organized nearly 40 volunteers, who “were absolutely key” to the project by handing out 1,000 maps, Hammett added.

Kaden, a junior at Higley High School who is also an accomplished pianist, said Arizona’s heat inspired the project.

“Because I have lived in Arizona my whole life, I know firsthand how hot it

can get and how quickly it can become dangerous,” he said. “It is important that at-risk populations such as the homeless know where to go to get water and cool off in the summer. I loved the idea that I could help get that information out to them.”

Recruiting and organizing the volunteers was no easy task, said Kaden, who has earned 21 merit badges.

“I did this through mass emails to friends, family and my church congregation, social media posts and asking my own BSA Troop 138 to come out,” he explained. “I then organized the volunteers into groups and made sure I had enough adults, vehicles and drivers.”

He also had to raise some money to cover the cost of doughnuts, orange juice and water for the volunteers as well as gas for their car pool.

Kaden doesn’t know how successful the maps were in delivering vital information to people who may need it. Hammett said the city will monitor attendance at cooling stations for the next month to see if there are more people using them.

But he said he saw some unexpected benefits.

“Several homeless people stopped to talk to the volunteers, thank them and encourage them. Many also asked the teenagers volunteering to stay in school and stay off of drugs,” he said.

“I was told by a few volunteers how this experience made them more comfortable talking to people that live differently than they do. It also inspired them to look for more ways to reach out and help others,” he added.

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f you are 7 to 18 years old, live in the East Valley and like to sing, the Chandler Children’s Choir may have a spot for you.

The nonprofit community choir is holding auditions Saturday for children and teens who want to be part of its ninth season.

“If parents have young children who sing around the house or in the car all the time, choir is the best place for them,” said Aimee Stewart, the choir’s co-founder and artistic director. “They will learn how to use their voices to sing, learn stage presence, and get to perform in venues and concerts around the Valley.”

“It’s amazing how much they learn in those first years of choir,” Stewart added.

The choir also is seeking children who are 7-10 years old for its Junior Choir.

The free 10-minute auditions are 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Arizona Music Academy, 1700 E. Elliot Road, Tempe.

No previous singing experience is necessary.

“Auditioning for the CCC was a great experience,” said 13-year-old Ahwatukee resident Molly Harrison,

a choir member and freshman at Mountain Pointe High School. “It gave me an opportunity to highlight my singing ability and performance skills.”

“After joining the choir, I have had a great opportunity to make new friends, perform in a lot of different venues, gain exposure, and most importantly, have fun,” she added.

The choir’s mission statement stresses its educational focus: “The mission of the Chandler Children’s Choir is to promote highly artistic, quality music education to young people through creative programming and invigorating instruction.”

More than 100 young people from the East Valley belong to the choir, Stewart said. Besides public performances, members also learn about vocal fundamentals, classic repertoire and varied performances.

The program includes three choirs— Cantus, Encore and Junior—with weekly rehearsals on Thursdays at Desert Cross Lutheran Church in Tempe.

Singers are offered a range of solo and ensemble opportunities, and also take part in a progressive tour program. The season runs from August through May. For information or to book an audition, contact 480-699-9846, ext.

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Kiwanis seeks community help to give baby shower for pregnant foster girls

Ahwatukee Kiwanis volunteer Tami Blum sneaks a treat at last year’s baby shower for expectant moms in the foster care system.

BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA TRIBUNE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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eing a foster child is no easy road.

And it becomes even harder if the teen is pregnant—sometimes through sexual abuse that put them in foster care to begin with.

And, because babies born to mothers in the foster care system aren’t automatically considered wards of the state, Arizona doesn’t help them.

But caring people in the Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club do want to help.

They are inviting the girls to a baby shower, complete with the games, pink or blue iced cupcakes, and a gift basket of goodies specially selected and genderappropriate for their child.

Kiwanis members are collecting new and used baby items for the Aug. 16 baby shower, where nearly 60 foster care teens who have had babies or are expecting will be honored guests. All the girls attend Tempe Union High School District’s Compadre High School Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program.

Last year’s inaugural baby shower revealed a community willing to help others in need of assistance, according to Andi Pettyjohn, current Ahwatukee Kiwanis treasurer and a member for more than 20 years.

“We had tremendous support from the community,” she said. “So many people are willing to help if they’re made aware of what’s needed. We live in a very caring community.”

The girls’ identities are kept in such secrecy because of concerns for their safety that the Kiwanis Club is not disclosing the local restaurant that is treating 10 girls to a special luncheon.

Simona W. of the Monterosa House group home recalled that when she walked into last year’s baby shower, she was overwhelmed.

“I loved it; everyone was so nice, talking to us and treating us special,” said Simona, now 17 and mother of a 9-month-old son. “They even had our names on the gift baskets.”

Monterosa house mother Debra Lopez said the other four pregnant girls she accompanied to the shower last year were equally moved by the experience.

“We walked in not sure what to expect, but then we saw all the blue and pink decorations and personalized baskets with the girl’s names on them. It was so special.

It was obvious to us it wasn’t something they just threw together.”

Baby shower volunteer Stacy Rasmussen said that was exactly the reaction they’d wanted.

“We put in a lot of long hours but we learned a lot that will make this year’s baby shower even better,” said Rasmussen, Pettyjohn’s daughter. She drives from Queen Creek to help sort and pack and then assists at the shower itself.

“The day we gathered the donations in the gymnasium of a church, it was absolutely overwhelming to see it all, and phenomenal to know how generous the community was,” she said. “These girls aren’t asking for anything, and knowing that some of them wouldn’t have anything for their babies if not for this shower is both heart-breaking and heart-warming.”

Besides gift baskets presented at the baby shower, others were later delivered to Compadre’s Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program.

Additional items are donated to other non-profit agencies such as Maggie’s Place

and Sofia’s House.

Through Pettyjohn’s contacts, group foster homes who have expectant mothers or those newly-delivered provide names of the mothers and the age and gender of the new baby or expected arrival.

Those lists help the volunteers personalize the baskets that hold new items only.

Festooned with colorful tissue papers, the white round plastic laundry baskets themselves are a practical gift.

In addition, at the shower there are tables of gently-used donations the girls can peruse after games and refreshments.

Popular donations last year included umbrella strollers and baby carriers.

Gift suggestions can be viewed at Target by entering Ahwatukee Kiwanis in the gift registry. The Kiwanis Club is also suggesting donations of diapers, formula, clothes for babies and toddlers, and any other infant essentials.

As for the young mother Simona and her friends at Monterosa House, the unexpected generosity of baby shower experience prompted a “pay it forward project.”

“We knit scarves to donate to the homeless,” she said. “I want to do what I

can do to help other people, too.”

Aug. 5 is the deadline for donations.

For information about the baby shower or Ahwatukee Kiwanis, contact info@ ahwatukeekiwanis.org or Andi Pettyjohn at 602-402-6267.

How to help Donations for the Ahwatukee Kiwanis’ second annual baby shower can be dropped off at these locations: Ahwatukee Swim Center, 4700 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee.

Mountain Park Senior Living, 4475 E. Knox Road, Ahwatukee.

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Remembering when the Olympics were about athletes, not superstars

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ TRIBUNE COLUMNIST

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he names feel like forgotten family heirlooms, dusty from decades in deep storage.

Olga Korbut with her pixie pigtails and grim Communist smile. Mark Spitz knifing through the pool in Munich, setting seven world records en route to seven gold medals. Nadia Comaneci, she of the perfect 10s in 1976. The Russian strongman Vasily Alekseyev, all gut and strut, who looked like he could press my dad’s VW overhead. Edwin Moses, the impossibly graceful hurdler. And those marvelous American boxers: “Sugar” Ray Leonard, Howard Davis and the Spinks brothers, Michael and Leon.

They are the names of Summer Olympics past, from the Seventies, simpler times for so many things, but especially for what was once a premier sports moment

now afflicted with two dreaded -isms— professionalism and commercialism.

As you have no doubt heard—and heard and heard—the Summer Olympics from Rio begin this week and I have a feeling you could barely care less. Which is a shame, really. Back in the day, the Olympics created for America an every-four-years timeout from the garbage that so often distracts us—a stumbling economy, social turmoil, gutter politics. For a few weeks, we forgot all that in favor of rooting like hell for Dave Wottle, an Ohio kid in a goofy baseball cap who spent his teenage years training to run the 800 meters back when America hated the metric system. Running didn’t make Wottle wealthy—not even after he won a gold medal by surging from last place to beat Soviet Yevgeny Arzhanov. But it did make Wottle the focal point of a nation’s pride, an inspiring reminder that Americans far from the bright lights of fame were striving harder and dreaming bigger than seemed

possible. Back then, Olympic athletes were amateurs, competing not to become stars, but to reach out past them. And today?

Today we too often send professionals to do those jobs, human hype machines in Nike gear. Really, we’re supposed to care if Carmelo Anthony wins gold for USA Basketball? Or if Serena Williams takes gold in tennis? Because such a victory will make or break their careers? Not hardly.

These are pros after all, and they will sleep soundly on giant piles of cash regardless of their place on the medal stand.

Of course, many of the U.S. athletes are not millionaire professionals, as viewers will be reminded endlessly by NBC during literally 6,755 hours of live coverage over 19 days. We know the formula by heart now. Introduce the athlete as they step to the starting line. Cue the maudlin feature story detailing how (insert childhood tragedy here) “inspired” (insert athlete’s name here) “to achieve greater heights as an Olympian.” Cut to mom: “We remember

those early mornings driving her to swim practice.” Cut to the childhood coach: “He always had this competitive fire the other kids didn’t.” Throw up some stills of the athlete at age 11 with a bad haircut and braces. The soundtrack rises to a crescendo. Done.

We will watch these Rio Olympics?

Absolutely. The Games now are like narcissistic Facebook friends, always in your face with some new grab for attention.

There is no avoiding them. But the bigger question is, can the Olympics ever again provide that patriotic focal point this country so desperately needs?

I hope so, the same way I once hoped that Dave Wottle, an American in a goofy baseball cap, would nip the hated Russian at the finish line.

Wottle’s gold medal felt like every American’s achievement. Today, they just seem like blingy necklaces.

– David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Reach him at david@leibowitzsolo.com.

Students prepare for the next great century of American manufacturing

BY MICHAEL B. COWAN SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE

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oday’s students are the citizens who will keep America at the forefront of innovation and technological excellence for generations to come.

And school-industry partnerships are critical to preparing our youth for the future.

Boeing is a foundational pillar of Mesa’s reputation and success. The company’s roots in our community run deeper than just employment rates and economic impact. Boeing’s partnership with our schools and its commitment to youth stand out in the discussion of how we can secure the future of our state’s economy.

In July, Boeing celebrated its 100th anniversary. For a century, the aerospace company’s engineers, technicians and mechanics have designed and built the aircraft that keep our nation safe and power our

civilian economy. From the B-17 Flying Fortress to the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s history is an inspiring reminder of what Americans can achieve through ingenuity, innovation and elbow grease.

For more than 25 years, Boeing has partnered with Mesa Public Schools to support programs that increase students’ interest and performance in the “STEM” subjects—science, technology, engineering and math. With Boeing’s support, the district has launched a pioneering “Engineering is Elementary” initiative that helps students from pre-K to 6th grade develop the foundational knowledge and problem-solving skills they’ll need to excel in math and science in later grades. To date, the program has touched more than 19,000 students across 54 schools—and testing results show a significant increase in students’ understanding of engineering concepts after participating in the program.

District teachers benefit from Boeingfunded professional development that

highlights the maker movement and emphasizes the design process, teaching strategies, instructional best practices, the maker pedagogy and curriculum connections. This highly popular class raises STEM awareness and emphasizes the value of making, creating and problem-solving collaboratively.

Boeing’s commitment to STEM education in Mesa Public Schools is deeper than just an investment of money.

Boeing’s team members—including many of the more than 7,000 retirees who call Arizona home—are personally invested in this partnership, donating their time to work with students. Perhaps the best example is the Flight Center program, launched in 1998, which to date has taught more than 68,000 fifthgraders the basics of flight through a combination of classroom learning and hands-on experience in simulators built specifically for the district by Boeing and its “Desert Sages” retirees.

The success of the partnership between

Boeing and Mesa Public Schools has broad lessons for business and government leaders. In an increasingly globalized world, our economic future hinges on our ability to inspire and educate the next generation of worldclass scientists, engineers, designers and visionaries. Today’s industry leaders are uniquely positioned to support, invest in, and guide this effort to build tomorrow’s manufacturing workforce, as Boeing is doing in Mesa.

Boeing’s 100th anniversary is an opportunity to reflect on a century of remarkable innovations and achievements—a welcome reminder that we still build great things in America.

This milestone should also inspire all of us to look forward. By being truly committed to teaching and inspiring a new generation, we can ensure the next century of American manufacturing will be even more impressive than the last.

– Michael B. Cowan, Ed.D., is superintendent of schools for Mesa Public Schools.

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f you live in Gilbert, you rarely have a choice when it comes to who represents you in the legislature.

The town is so red it’s crimson.

And for the last several years, we’ve had the pleasure of Andy Biggs and Eddie Farnsworth serving us at the Capitol.

In the last couple of years, Warren Petersen’s been added to the mix.

This year, though, Biggs has decided to run for Congress, replacing the retiring Matt Salmon.

It’s a win for us: Getting Biggs out of the Legislature, where he had real power, and sending him to D.C., where he’ll just be another anonymous radical reactionary holding up progress in the House.

So a replacement’s been picked for Biggs: Travis Grantham.

Another reliable radical reactionary.

And an unsuccessful candidate for Congress.

They call themselves “The East Valley Republican Dream Team” on Facebook.

Closer to nightmare.

Farnsworth and Petersen—and presumably Grantham—have consistently voted for corporate tax cuts even as they also voted for budgets that harmed education.

They claim to be for local control and small government, but in this last session, they voted to expand government by adding two more justices to the State Supreme Court, additions that the Court itself argued were unnecessary.

Of course, they grew government for only political reasons, giving Gov. Ducey two more appointments to the Court, swinging it further to the right.

And for local control? Well, they voted to tell cities that they couldn’t ban plastic bags (!). And they also voted to tell cities that they couldn’t raise their minimum wage above the state’s.

Oh, and apparently Farnsworth and Petersen don’t understand that Arizona’s been in a prolonged drought. Because they voted for a bill that would’ve endangered the flow of the San Pedro River and even could’ve threatened the existence of Fort Huachuca. All to give an out-of-state developer the chance to build 7,000 homes in Southern Arizona, despite not having the water to sustain

that.

Now, normally we who live in Gilbert would be stuck with these three, since rarely are the incumbents challenged.

This year is different.

Two people, both conservative, are challenging for spots in the House and Senate.

We actually have a choice!

The House challenger, Jimmy Lindbloom, is a newcomer. He will run against Farnsworth, a man who regularly rails against government but has been in the Legislature since 2001. A career politician, in other words. Lindbloom, on the other hand, has run a construction company. Like Farnsworth, Lindbloom is for low taxes and smaller government.

Unlike Farnsworth, though, Lindbloom believes the legislature has to “prioritize education funding.”

Challenging Petersen and Grantham in the House race is another rookie, LaCinda Lewis. The last name might be familiar to voters, since her husband is Gilbert Mayor John Lewis. An instructor at MCC, Lewis shares the same values as her running mate Lindbloom.

Mrs. Lewis has been involved in our community for decades, mostly behind the scenes. The shocking state of foster care in Arizona has spurred her to run for office.

Look, both Mrs. Lewis and Lindbloom are reliable conservatives. In fact, if you look at who is endorsing them, it’s a Who’s Who of East Valley conservatives.

And they’re clearly more conservative than a liberal like me would prefer.

But they appear thoughtful and not knee-jerk in their positions.

So we who live in Gilbert—and parts of Queen Creek—have a choice in the August primary this year.

And if we are indeed fed up with the status quo, LaCinda Lewis and Jimmy Lindbloom are clearly a change.

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Bill might prompt drafting of women I am gravely concerned that Sen. McCain added text to the NDAA legislation which mandates that women sign up for selective service.

Drafting women is a bad idea for several reasons. Chief of these is the fact that women suffer disproportionately higher casualties in combat than do men. As a February 19 Daily Signal article by Jude Eden puts it, women “do not have an equal opportunity to survive.”

The NDAA is currently in conference committee, and I urge everyone to review the related studies conducted, and contact their senators and representatives to remove any language about drafting women from the bill.

– Olga McLean – Buckeye

Are you complicit in crime?

If you are not working diligently toward solving the gun problem, then you are complicit in the deaths of innocent children and adults. If you are not diligently working toward improving the plight of the mentally disturbed who inhabit our streets, jails and prisons, then you are complicit in this retrogressive human debacle. If you are not working diligently toward eliminating de facto segregation of Blacks and other minorities into ghettos, then you are complicit in facilitating the continuation of the deplorable situation that leads to the confrontation, as opposed to reconciliation, of angry Blacks and fearful Whites.

If you are not making the solution of these problems a priority

in your life, then you are morally and ethically derelict, if not outright corrupt.

If you are afraid to act according to your conscience because you fear losing your job or position in the government because some lobby group or corporation might launch a campaign against you, then you are complicit in bringing about the decline and eventual fall of our cherished democracy, and you deserve the severest condemnation and should be utterly ashamed and mortified! For those of you who claim to be religious, may your souls be saved, somehow!

– George Johnson – Chandler

Why should we believe Bill’s stories?

CNN and MSNBC were gushing over “Strayin’” Bill Clinton’s speech about what a wonderful wife Hillary is? Are you kidding me?

Bill, if Hillary is so wonderful, then why did you have so many affairs with other women throughout all the years of your marriage (Monica Lewinsky, Gennifer Flowers, Maria Turtwangler, Belinda Stronach, Naomi Robson, Markie Post, Patricia Duff, Elizabeth Gracen, Sally Perdue, Dolly Browning, etc., and these are just the ones that have admitted having affairs with you)? Then there was the harassment case that Paula Jones brought against you when you were governor of Arkansas. Bill, you settled out of court to the tune of $850,000.

Bill, that’s not “chump change.”

Bill, why should not only Democrats but any American believe you when you describe your wife’s attributes when you have been found by two different courts to have “made

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So Bill, forgive us “doubting Thomases” for not believing your “loving” depiction of your wife’s qualities and presidential qualifications.

Many of us can still remember you telling the American people over and over again on national television that “I did not have sex with this person” in the Monica Lewinsky matter. So why should Americans believe you now, Bill, in the choice for the presidency of the United States?

– Leon Ceniceros – Mesa

We start doing that by retiring John McCain. He’s had 34 years to help vets, immigration, Social Security—nothing.

We need a person who believes in the Constitution, our military and immigration. I’m a strong vote for Kelli Ward. She’s fresh, will limit herself to two terms and will be there for the people.

– Steve Pass – Chandler

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Gilbert Deli gives the public good food and autistic workers a job

BY MIKE BUTLER TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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Robert and Terri Anasagasti prepare to order from Skylar Callahan and Cordell Sherwood at “Not Your Typical Cafe” in Gilbert.

NYT Deli’s cheery dining room.

Pam DePalma said her family moved from Chicago to Arizona after Daniel was diagnosed with autism because of the Valley’s excellent schools and support services for autism spectrum disorders.

Despite that, she added, it’s still very difficult for kids transitioning out of school to find jobs. The unemployment rate is nearly 90 percent, she said.

Renata Irving said she asked one

restaurant’s owners about 10 years ago if they could give Sam a tryout doing something basic, such as filling salt and pepper shakers.

“I just wanted to see if he could follow through with a task, but they said no,” Irving said.

Sam Irving, now 27, is NYT Deli’s host/dining room ambassador.

Cordell Sherwood, 19, never heard a peep from 10 restaurants he applied (Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer)

irst-time customers of the new Not Your Typical Deli in Gilbert usually stop by because they want to support the cafe’s mission of employing young people with autism or developmental disabilities.

They come back because they can’t resist the delectable NYT Meatball and other sandwiches, plus all the chopped salads.

“I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a long time,” said Chef W, who owns NYT Deli with his wife, Chef Vanessa Luna, and Pam and Chuck DePalma, who take care of the business side. The DePalmas’ son, Daniel, 16, has autism and works at the restaurant.

Chef W said he roasts all the restaurant’s turkey and roast beef and cures the pastrami. The all-beef hot dogs and other specialty ingredients are provided by top local vendors.

The seeds for NYT Deli were sown four years ago when Chef W met Renata Irving and her autistic son Sam at the Gilbert Farmer’s Market. Chef W was teaching traditional cooking classes at Arizona Commercial KItchens, a rentable co-working space he developed with his mother, Kathy Rieth, to help budding food truck entrepreneurs, caterers and others get their businesses off the ground.

He wondered if Sam and others would be interested in taking cooking classes.

Yes, definitely.

Soon, Chef W found himself teaching cooking skills at the Gilbert campus of Pieceful Solutions Schools, the K-12 school founded in 2008 for children with autism spectrum disorders. The school also has campuses in Mesa and Chandler.

At Pieceful Solutions, Chef W met Daniel and his parents. And in yet another twist of fate, the school was where he first met Vanessa, who owned a catering company at the time and regularly brought meals to the school.

More recently, Chef W and his partners seized an opportunity to obtain a retail suite adjacent to Arizona Commercial Kitchens, which was transformed into

Sam Irving, 27, is the greeter at “Not Your Typical Cafe” in Gilbert. Sam also sells some paintings in the cafe. Sam greets Terri Anasagasti and her daughter Emily.

to earlier this year. When Chef W and Vanessa called him to set up an interview, he posted an emotional video on YouTube thanking them just for the opportunity.

He is a cashier, and his friends have a new nickname for him: Cor-deli.

DePalma said she wants the restaurant to eventually offer three, 12-week training programs to prepare students for jobs in the culinary industry, not just NYT Deli. For that, she said, the team will seek grants and private donations at gofundme.com/ky3mwwvc.

“We don’t focus on the diagnosis here,” said Chef W. “We focus on the person. I’ve never had a better opening team than I’ve had with these guys. To see the look of pride on their faces is pretty cool.”

NYT Deli, at 3821 E Baseline Rd., J-140, is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Saturday.

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The heat is on air conditioning repair companies this time of year

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t doesn’t get any hotter this time of year than it does for air conditioning repair companies in Arizona.

Just ask Tom Savage and Tim Riley, who each own a business.

“With the extreme heat we have been experiencing, we have been very busy,” said Savage, owner of Tempe-based Savage Air Conditioning.

Founded in 1988, his family-owned company provides residential service, repair and system replacement. In the summer, a technician is on call evenings and weekends, and an after-hours answering service is in place year round.

Brewer’s Air Conditioning & Heating, which Riley owns, also feels the heat from homeowners who hit the panic button when the thermostat starts creeping upward.

“Either the A/C is not working well or has totally stopped working,” said Riley, whose Tempe-based business was started

by Jerry Brewer in 1982.

Riley moved to the Valley with his wife and two daughters from Newton, Iowa, where he had worked in the HVAC and

plumbing business since 1978.

He became a sales consultant for Brewer’s, and 10 years ago, went in with a partner to purchase the business. His company primarily services, repairs and installs residential HVAC systems.

Record-breaking Valley heat is making for record-breaking business, they said.

The average daily temperature last month in the Phoenix area was 94.8 degrees, tying with June 2013 as the warmest June ever, said Dave Samuel, senior meteorologist for AccuWeather.

The highest monthly temperature was 118 on June 19, and six daily record high temperatures were set last month, he added.

“In our business, we run across a variety of air-conditioning issues. Every day brings something different,” said Savage, who worked for General Electric, Trane and APS before starting his company.

It’s not just worn-out parts of electrical malfunctions that cause air-conditioner meltdowns.

In Ahwatukee, Riley’s company has dealt with rodents that chew the wiring on the condensing units.

His team has also contended with rattlesnakes, rats and dogs urinating on

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Local automotive expert Barrio Brewing Company to serve on committee Frank Leutz, president of the to open at Mesa airport Automotive Service Association’s Barrio Brewing Company has signed a lease to open a location in the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

The airport authority’s board of directors approved a 10-year lease with Kind Hospitality, Inc. Barrio Brewing Company is expected to open in the General Aviation Center at 5803 S. Sossaman Road this fall.

The existing restaurant space within the center will be expanded to 3,900 square feet and be renovated to accommodate Barrio Brewing Company.

Steak house to open new location in Mesa Bobby-Q Great Steaks & Real BBQ will open its second Valley location in Mesa this September.

The restaurant will be at 1610 S. Stapley Drive across from the AMC Mesa Grand movie theater. The original Bobby-Q’s has been in West Phoenix for 11 years.

Phoenix Chapter, has been elected to serve on the ASA’s Mechanical Division Operations Committee.

The ASA advances professionalism in the automotive repair industry through education, representation and member services in the U.S. For more information, visit asashop.org.

Chandler dry cleaner collecting old clothing Lapels Dry Cleaner, 1085 W. Queen Creek Road, Chandler, is collecting used clothing for the Big Brother and Big Sister Clubs’ thrift stores.

“The continued generosity of our customers for this annual clothing drive to benefit Big Brother and Sister shows that concern is also there for people in the community,” said owner Jeff Kline, who is part of a six-state drive to benefit the Boys and Girls Club.

“Our goal when we opened up four years ago was to become the

outdoor units and deteriorating the outdoor coil.

“We’ve also seen children playing near outdoor units throwing items at them, causing severe damage,” he said.

The calls for help that Riley and Savage are replicated at other area airconditioning repair companies.

“We’re getting about 150−200 calls per week,” said Andrew John, Magic Touch Mechanical technicians work on an air conditioning unit. general manager of Mesa-based John’s Refrigeration, a family-owned business Mechanical in Mesa, said he’s never seen it this busy. since 1970.

“The volume of calls this year is “The symptom is always the same— no cooling—but many problems cause unprecedented. In almost 20 years the same result,” he explained, noting serving the Valley of the Sun, 2016 is that emergency breakdowns can often be without question the busiest year we have ever had,” said Morgan, whose company avoided with proper maintenance.

Rich Morgan, president of Magic Touch was founded in 1997.

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neighborhood dry cleaner in the area,» Kline added. «Part of being a good neighbor is having your neighbor’s back.»

Clothing can be dropped off at Lapels.

Last year, the nationwide drive collected more than 13,000 pounds of clothing.

Valley Young Professionals adds three to board

The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce has named three Valley leaders to its Valley Young Professional (VYP) Board of Directors.

“The newest additions to the board are a remarkable group,” said Erin Mettille, VYP Board of Directors chair and business development executive for Slalom Consulting. “They’re bringing a diverse set of skills and perspectives that will keep VYP moving forward.”

The three new 2016-2017 board members are: Julie Sorensen (Operations Administrator, CIGNA), Bethany Bennick (Youth & Education Program Coordinator, Phoenix Sister Cities, City of Phoenix) and Ashley LaRae Sampson (Director of Community Relations, The Art Institute of Phoenix).

Fulton Homes earns Indoor airPLUS Leader Award For the second consecutive year, Fulton Homes has received the Indoor airPLUS Leader Award through the EPA’s Indoor airPLUS Program.

The Indoor airPLUS program helps new home builders improve the quality of indoor air by requiring construction practices and product specifications that minimize exposure to airborne pollutants and contaminants.

The EPA created Indoor airPLUS to help builders construct homes with improved indoor air quality.

Library begins registration for TEDx event for youths Chandler Public Library’s third TEDx event takes place Aug. 13, and registration has begun.

This TEDx talk will be aimed at young people ages 9 to 19. The speakers will talk on the theme “Breaking Stereotypes.”

The event will be the Downtown Library at 22 S. Delaware St. from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Time to let loose

Breakout candidates are hard to pinpoint

East Valley Olympians ready to take on Rio is over.

So what does that leave for six area athletes to do?

How about representing the home country on Friday in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games?

Earning the opportunity to represent their home country and finally fulfill a lifelong dream can be a bit overwhelming, but something that will never be forgotten.

“I was speechless when I sat down and started to realize what I really accomplished,” Marcos de Niza graduate Sam Dorman said before leaving for Rio. “I remember watching the Olympics as a kid, and writing in my senior yearbook that I wanted to be an Olympian.

“Now it is a reality. I don’t know what expect at the Opening Ceremonies, but I can’t wait to take part in it.”

Dorman will be one of at least six East Valley athletes heading to Rio for this year’s Olympics. The Mountain Pointe duo of Reid Priddy (men’s volleyball) and Will Claye (track) make return trips to the Games, while three others are headed their for first time.

“That first time will always be something I’ll have in the back of my mind,” said Claye, who is making his second appearance after winning the silver in the triple jump and bronze in the long jump in London in 2012.

“Even if I come home with gold, as amazing as it would be, that first time experiencing everything that comes with being part of the Olympics is a memory that will always stick with me.”

It will be a first-time experience for Gilbert’s MyKayla Skinner (gymnastics alternate), Pau Tonnesen (decathlon

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he send-off parties, handshakes with mayors and being treated like a celebrity in their hometown

for Spain), and Dorman, while Queen Creek’s Alex Naddour will take it all in for the first time as a competitor.

He was in London in 2012 as an alternate for men’s gymnastics but watched from the stands.

Marcos de Niza graduate and USA Olympic Synchonize Diving “This one will participant, Sam Dorman receives a proclamation from the Tempe certainly be Mayor, Mark Mitchell at the ASU Mona Plummer Swim Center. different,” said Naddour, a Highland graduate. “Last time was bittersweet. I felt I was good enough to be out there, but I just watched the whole time. That also means I know what to expect this time so I will be comfortable and not trying to figure everything out while trying to compete.”

Skinner, a Higley graduate, will have to hope she takes a similar route in 2020 if she doesn’t have the alternate status removed this year. She finished fourth in the overall standings at the Trials, but wasn’t selected for the five-person competitive team.

Gabby Douglas, who won the gold medal in the all-around event in 2012, was selected despite finishing seventh overall.

It leaves Skinner, 19, on the sidelines unless there is a lineup change in Rio. It looked as if Priddy, 38, would also be Mike and Alex Naddour listen to speeches at on the sidelines after tearing his ACL two the Alex Naddour send off to Rio Olympics at the USA Gymnastics Center in years ago, but he found a way to rebound party Gilbert to become just the second American to “It is going to an amazing experience,” compete in his fourth Olympics for the said Tonnesen, who finished 18th at the United States men’s volleyball team.

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t happens every season.

An unheralded player becomes a Friday night regular on his way to becoming a mainstay. Sometimes, these players become bona fide stars.

Whether it was Queen Creek running back Chim Nga converting to running back from linebacker in 2010 to rush for more than 1,800 yards and 25 touchdowns or Mason Crossland’s rise to a record-breaking quarterback for Higley after getting a chance because of an injury in 2014, stars can come from anywhere.

Even last year players like Desert Ridge’s Jalen Harris (50 catches, 17 sacks) and Chandler’s T.J. Green (1,148 rushing yards) took advantage of a starting role or more playing time than expected because of injury, while Mountain Pointe’s Matthew Pola-Mao, a 300-pound nose tackle, made an impact as a freshman.

These type of breakout players are not always easy to sniff out, but here is the Tribune’s idea of a few possibilities.

James Stagg, Desert Vista, defensive end This converted hockey player is a bigbodied athlete just finding his way in football.

The 6-foot-4, 220-pound junior played in nine games last year and held his own, but might become a big-time force once the game becomes as second nature as a slapshot.

“James is raw, but showed a lot of skill last year,” Thunder coach Dan Hinds said. “We think he can develop into a big-time player.”

He finished 2015 with 4.5 sacks, four quarterback hurries and two tackles for a loss.

Stagg should be a perfect compliment to the other end, Myles Wilson, as the Thunder defense looks to harass the opposition’s offensive rhythm.

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Overuse injuries a growing problem in Arizona youth baseball, coaches say

Yavapai pitching coach Jerry Dawson doesn’t think it’s a good idea for baseball players to play the game year-round.

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ear-round baseball is one thing that’s killing our sport,” Horizon High School head coach Eric Kibler says.

“It’s a big fatigue factor,” says Kibler, who has led the Huskies’ program since 1981.

“When you get fatigued, you get injured.”

In Arizona, where the weather is almost always great, baseball is a year-round sport.

However, there is growing evidence that year-round baseball is causing both physical and mental strain on young players.

Yavapai College pitching coach Jerry Dawson, who began his coaching career in 1972 at Chaparral High School, says that players who decide to play the game all year could be taking a big risk.

“You can go 12 months a year if you chose to do it,” Dawson says. “I don’t think it’s wise. I don’t think it’s smart. I think overuse is becoming a major red flag in our sport.”

Both coaches say pitchers are most at risk.

Kibler even mentioned that major league teams may factor this constant play into their draft evaluations.

“When they look at pitchers, sometimes they look at a kid that rests,” Kibler says.

The American Sports Medicine Institute found that pitchers were five times as likely to suffer an injury requiring surgery if they competed for more than eight months per year. One of the surgeries that has seen a rise in performance on youth players is Tommy John surgery.

Tommy John surgery is a procedure used to treat a tear to the ulnar collateral

ligament in the elbow. It is caused by repetitive use, in this case the continual throwing of a baseball. The surgery replaces the torn ligament with a tendon from somewhere else in the person’s body.

Tommy John surgery was first performed in 1974 by Dr. Frank Jobe on Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tommy John. John went into the surgery with 124 wins and one All-Star selection. After surgery, he played 14 seasons with 164 wins and three All-Star selections.

Dawson didn’t think Tommy John surgery would ever be something performed on pitchers who had not yet received their high school diploma.

“I never heard of a Tommy John surgery for a high school kid when I was starting out in the 1970s,” Dawson says.

But now at Yavapai, Dawson runs into this problem more each year.

According to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, more than half of the Tommy John surgeries in the U.S. between 2007 and 2011 were performed on patients between the ages of 15 and 19.

Sometimes, the surgery is used not to repair damage already done but to give amateur players a competitive edge.

“There is a growing perception that Tommy John surgery will improve a pitcher’s performance,” says Dr. Matthew Hansen, medical director of the Sports Medicine Program at Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center.

“But unless the pitcher has an injured ligament, that perception just isn’t true.”

– Cronkite News reporters Trisha Garcia and Lindsey Wisniewski contributed to this report.

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Satchel Escalante, Hamilton, safety Escalante got a taste of varsity last year with one interception, but there were so many outstanding contributors he didn’t stand out as much as he probably should have.

That won’t be the case this year.

He is expected to be one of the defensive leaders for the Huskies as they look to make a push to return to the state title game.

Jason Harris, Desert Ridge, wide receiver/defensive end The son of former NFL linebacker Sean Harris and the younger brother of Jalen, Jason is going to make an impact for the Jaguars.

Jaguars coach Jeremy Hathcock is on record as saying he wasn’t sure when that will be, and maybe not even this season.

But we are going to expect the 6-foot6, 225-pound freshman to see the field this year as Desert Ridge attempts to make a return trip to the big-school championship game.

Noah Grover, Mountain Pointe, quarterback Grover would be nowhere near this list if Arizona State didn’t fire its baseball coach.

The Pride’s 2014 season came to an end in the semifinals with quarterback Jack Smith in street clothes. Smith moved to Arizona soon after his father, Tracy, was hired to take over the Sun Devil program.

If that decision in Tempe never happened and Smith never enrolled at Mountain Pointe, Pride coach Norris Vaughan would have inserted Grover under center last year instead.

“He was our guy,” Vaughan said in the spring. “Jack was special. We think Grover can play at high level, too.”

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It should translate into a very productive senior year with Mountain Pointe as the 6-foot-2, 190-pound dual threat has plenty of talent around him to help with the expectations.

Centennial quarterback Isaac Steele (7) is tackled by Hamilton free safety Satchel Escalante (24) during the football game between Hamilton and Centennial at Hamilton High School

Avery Carrington, Hamilton, wide receiver He is a bigger version of his brother, Devon, who ended up signing with Stanford as a defensive back.

Hamilton has never been shy when it comes to playing underclassmen early in their careers if the talent calls for it.

Carrington is a sophomore.

If the Huskies’ downfield passing scheme from last year returns in 2016, expect Carrington to play a big part in the game plan.

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Vans Warped Tour returns to Phoenix on its 22nd go-round

The Heirs will perform on the Poseidon Stage of the Warped Tour. Their debut four-track EP “Ecliptic” is out now.

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he Vans Warped Tour has brought extreme sports and a variety of music to the United

States and beyond for more than two decades. Founder Kevin Lyman has given acts like Katy Perry, My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy their big breaks by crossing genres from punk to hip-hop to pop and electronic.

This year’s Vans Warped Tour, which hits the Phoenix Event Complex on Thursday, will maintain its traditional feel while making small improvements.

“We’ve scaled back a number of stages a little bit. We got a little bit more focused and, if you look at the lineup, we went back to our roots,” Lyman said. “It’s a very well-balanced lineup. It’s still going to feel like the Warped Tour. There’s still going to be a lot going on. It just might not be so manic.”

Some of those returning to the Phoenix stage are Sum 41, New Found Glory, Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish.

“NOFX and Bad Religion used to come every couple years. It’s a great way to connect with new fans,” Lyman said.

“Then you have bands like Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish, because ska never ages. Those bands could be around forever and they never get old.”

However, it is the newer acts that Lyman is especially looking forward to.

“I’m excited for some of the bands, because I know they’re going to grow this summer,” explains Lyman, specifically citing Against the Current. “By now, they’re pretty well known within this genre of music, but when I booked them in October, a lot of people were like, ‘Oh man, I don’t think I’ve heard that band.’ And

then two bands that are completely new— The Heirs and Sykes from the U.K.—are going to surprise a lot of people.”

There is a reason that the Vans Warped Tour is the longest-running traveling music tour. By bringing together new acts with veteran Warped Tour bands, the event allows fans to come together and discover new music in one place.

Lyman said he believes that Warped Tour is still as familiar as it was two decades ago.

“The sense of discovery is still there and I think the value is still there,” Lyman said. “If you compare it to other festivals, we’re still the most reasonably priced music festival, I feel, with this amount of lineup that we’re bringing.”

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arvin Gaye inspired plenty of musicians, but BJ the Chicago Kid takes that influence and twists it into an art form that’s his.

“He’s is a huge inspiration to me,” the singer said. “The music he graced us with gave the world a little more beauty, and a lot more soul.”

Recently, he performed as part of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’

Spring Gala, “How Sweet It Is: A Tribute to Marvin Gaye.” Andra Day, Ledisi and Jussie Smollett of “Empire” also performed.

“I was honored to be a part of that,” he said. “It wasn’t intimidating at all. I love singing and there isn’t anything challenging about that. I’m doing what I love.”

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Line dancers find a welcoming home at Cactus Jack’s Bar

Val (left) and Maks Chmerkovskiy will tell a personal tale through dance at the Comerica Theatre on Tuesday.

‘Dancing’ brothers live for moment while chasing their dreams Maks adds in the third person, “They’ll be surprised that Maks is actually nicer than Val. It’s all a façade. While we’re ancing with the Stars” having this wonderful conversation, he’s professionals Maks and Val texting me mean messages.”

Val and Maks have been inspired Chmerkovskiy are living for the moment. Since moving to the U.S. during their time on “Dancing,” from Ukraine in 1994, the brothers have which returns Monday, Sept. 12. It’s uncertain whether Maks will return, found success on the dance floor.

They will share their pre-fame journey but Val slipped.

“I’m not going to say who, but I was by way of the stage show “Maks & Val Live On Tour: Our Way.” They spoke talking with my ‘Dancing with the Stars’ about the show in a heartfelt and comical partner yesterday,” Val said. “We started the new season. hour-long teleconference call.

“I told my partner that as magical “As they say, ‘Carpe Diem,’” Maks said. as (‘Dancing’) “We’re carpe-ing has been to me, the hell out of IF YOU GO it doesn’t define the diem now.”

What: “Maks and Val Live on Tour: Our Story” who I am. It This year, When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9 doesn’t define that has meant Where: Comerica Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., my journey or expanding their Phoenix my story or my horizons with Cost: $38-$68 ambition or what this tour and Information: 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com I ultimately want beyond. On a to do with personal note, Maks is engaged to fellow dancer Peta this platform. “It isn’t my dream to go Murgatroyd, who is expecting their to Hollywood and become the next child in January. The ABC-TV show has Fred Astaire.”

Instead, Maks and Val wanted to make been good to kindhearted Val and the tempestuous Maks, but “Our Way” is a their parents proud.

“They gave us the tools to capitalize check off of the men’s bucket lists.

“There’s nothing like doing something on all the beautiful opportunities that with your brother, with your family, we have. So I think there are a lot of telling a story that’s so personal to you,” surprises in the (‘Our Way’) show.”

Maks adds, “But most importantly, Val said.

“I’m excited to do so with my brother, we just want the audience to be entertained and spend two hours with for whom I have so much love.” us, laughing, maybe not crying, but if And he means that.

“Maks is not (a jerk),” Val said with a laugh about his brother’s reputation.

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f you think that line dancing is just for people who wear cowboy hats and boots, Gina Lombardi and Carrie McNeish urge you to drop by for happy hour Wednesdays at Cactus Jack’s in Ahwatukee.

From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the nightclubrestaurant at 4747 E. Elliot Road, you’ll see some moves as sophisticated as those on “Dancing with the Stars,” McNeish said.

A certified fitness instructor as well as a line-dancing teacher at Pecos Community Center for years, McNeish had started the impromptu gathering of friends and neighbors in 2013 at a Tempe bar. It closed two years later, sending her distraught group in search of a new venue.

Enter Lombardi, manager of Cactus Jacks, who gave the group a chance after reading about their plight.

She hasn’t regretted the move.

“It’s been great for us,” Lombardi said.

“The energy is wonderful. Our oldest

dancer is 91 years old and she’s a hoot.”

Though an average of 40 to 50 dancers normally show up, some line-dancing happy hours draw as many as 70 participants.

Don’t worry if you don’t care for countrywestern music, because the group just doesn’t shuffle and turn to songs with a twang.

“About half is country and the other half includes oldies, Latin music, some pop,” said McNeish, who took to line dancing in 2001. “I make a point of mixing it up because some people don’t like country music. Besides, you can line dance to anything.”

“Line dancing is very involved,” she added. “It’s a lot more technical than many people think. There’s different kinds of turns involved, syncopation, speed, the length of the dance. The more you come, the more dances you know and the more dances you do.”

If you’ve never line danced, you don’t have to worry either, both women advise.

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For one thing, McNeish incorporates lessons into the happy-hour festivities, sprinkling beginner and intermediate lessons among more sophisticated dances for more accomplished participants.

“Typically, the music is mostly beginner stuff, but I have music for the more experienced dancers in between,” she said. “The last half hour I call ‘Wild Card’ and I play requests.”

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“If you’re easily intimidated by nature, then there’s a chance you’ll be intimidated at first, but the regulars are very welcoming,” McNeish said. “That doesn’t mean if you’re a beginner that it will be super easy. It’s a little scary because you’re out of your comfort zone.”

“This is the friendliest group of line dancers I’ve ever been with,” she added.

“Sometimes people can be mean, but that is not this crowd. They’re very welcoming.”

Lombardi concurs.

“It’s a really good community of

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people,” she said. “If you don’t know them at first, after a few Wednesdays you will. It’s a good meeting place for businesswomen.”

But women in search of a man, beware.

“It’s mostly women,” Lombardi said.

However, if you’re a people watcher, the line dancing happy hour is hard to beat.

“It’s great for people watching,” Lombardi said. “They’re fun to watch and the music is good. Even people who don’t care about line dancing come and have a drink or something to eat and watch them dance. It’s free and it’s fun,

ingle-ticket sales begin Monday for the first two offerings of the ASU Gammage 2016-2017 Broadway Season.

Among the most iconic musicals of American theater, “Cabaret” opens the season at the Tempe venue Sept. 13-18, on national tour direct from its Tony Award-winning Broadway run.

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and people just love Carrie.”

McNeish said Cactus Jack’s personnel are also “very appreciative of us.”

Sometimes Lombardi will bring out a cake to celebrate someone’s birthday.

Other times she lets them know she’ll include line dancing in their weekend repertoire.

When the dancing ends at about 7:30 p.m., Lombardi opens some tables to poker games and lessons.

“So if you come early and stay late, you’ll learn line dancing and poker,” she said.

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BJ the Chicago Kid is bringing his music to Pub Rock in Scottsdale at 8:30 p.m.

Saturday.

“It’s going to be amazing,” he said.

“We set it up to be amazing for you guys.” He plans on bringing a little Motown to his gig.

“Motown always inspired me, from the moves they made to the connection they had with the people to the music they made. It’s always inspiring,” he said.

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they are, they’re tears of joy.”

Maks calls it a “humbling opportunity.”

“We’re telling our story. We’re passionate about our story. We love where we come from. We love what we had to overcome to be here.”

Maks explains that his family was touched by the overture.

“Our family didn’t expect it and so this came as a big surprise,” he said.

“The next thing you know, our mom was calling us saying, ‘Hey, there are no more tickets in Red Bank, New Jersey.

How do I see the show?’”

What did Maks tell his mom? She should have been a little quicker.

“I’m kidding,” he said. “The point is we just didn’t expect to even be here.

Our success is a testament to our upbringing, the way our parents raised their family, all the things they instilled into us. We just want to do our best not to let them down.”

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Find your spiritual practice and be sure to practice it s a former teacher and librarian in the Tempe Union High School District, and with a husband nearing 30 years in the Kyrene District, August has long represented the reluctant acknowledgement that summer is over.

It means that those around-the-house projects will remain unfinished until next summer, that the alarm clock must be set for much earlier than my eyes wish to open, and that another school year will soon begin.

If I made time in July to plan lessons, to shop for new school clothes, to restock my briefcase with shiny new pens and notebooks, then there is a happy anticipation in the air. I am ready for the new year. If I was lazy and lived in denial, there would be only dread in

my heart.

And, so it is with our spiritual lives.

If we make time to gather our spiritual tools, to prepare for prayer, to arm ourselves with meaningful text, rituals and community, then we can face the Augusts of our lives with the knowledge that we can get through anything that comes our way.

Of course, that is not so easy. Our lives are busy. Our days are filled with logistics and stressors and worry. Jobs and family dynamics compel us to prioritize in ways that ultimately do not serve us emotionally and spiritually.

Just as often happens with our good intentions regarding exercise and diet, we find reasons to postpone opportunities for spiritual growth.

“Oh, I’ll go to services next week,” we justify. Or, “I don’t have time to read a religious text for 10 minutes every day because I have to binge watch my

favorite HBO series,” or “Life is going well so why bother shoring up my spiritual insides when I don’t need them right now.”

I understand because I have rationalized with all of these excuses myself, more times than I wish to admit.

However, something inside and around me will not let me off the hook.

I continue to yearn for a real connection with a God who will nurture, protect, comfort and support me. There are too many signs and messages that propel me back into what I know I must do to live a meaningful life.

A really meaningful life. Yes, it takes conscious effort and determination for each of us to create a spiritual core.

Such a commitment involves a lot of slipping and sliding throughout our lives in order to fashion a solid and dependable sacred space within the heart and soul. But, I just cannot deny the fact

that such a life is worth the struggle, worth the effort, worth the preparation and practice.

For me, ritual symbols, a comfortable chair, an inspiring bit of sacred text or interpretation and a like-minded community of seekers all fit nicely in my spiritual briefcase. I add social action and teaching and religious music into the mix and I can barely latch the flap.

Visiting a person in need or offering condolences to someone who has lost a loved one and I gladly hoist a backpack onto the other shoulder.

Find your spiritual practice and make it just that: a practice. Get your lesson plans done, adorn yourself and your world with the tools you need, and then open that spiral notebook and rejoice in an August that welcomes you.

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SATURDAY AUG. 20 GAMES AND ICE CREAM ON TAP

Pilgrim Lutheran Church and School is holding a “Minute to Win It” game and ice cream social. Players are given 60 seconds to complete each simple game, such as blowing up a balloon and knocking cups off the table; tossing toilet paper rolls into a hoop; knocking soda cans down with rubber bands; and building a pyramid with 36 plastic cups. Simple games will also be provided for preschoolers.

DETAILS>> 4-5:30 p.m. at the school, 3257 E. University Drive, Mesa. Information: 480-830-1724, pilgrimmesa. com, office@pilgrimmesa.com.

SUNDAY AUG. 21 CHABAD CENTER MARKS 3 YEARS

The Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life and the Chandler Jewish Preschool will celebrate their third anniversary with a barbecue. Parents and children can learn about programs and meet the staff. It will feature balloons, inflatables, and caricaturist and other activities.

DETAILS>> 5-6:30 p.m., 875 N. McClintock Dr., Chandler. Free admission and food will be on sale. RSVP required: 480-855-4333 or www.chabadcenter.com.

SUNDAYS HORIZON SEEKS YOUNG PEOPLE

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

DETAILS>> 5 p.m. at Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane. 480-460-1480 or email joel@ horizonchurch.com.

A support group designed to assist people through the grieving process. One-time book fee $15.

DETAILS>> 2-4 p.m. at Arizona Community Church, 9325 S. Rural Road, Room G3, Tempe. 480-491-2210.

UNITY OFFERS INSPIRATION

Inspirational messages and music are offered, along with classes and special events.

DETAILS>> 10 a.m. at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103. 480-792-1800 or unityoftempe.com.

KIDS CAN LEARN JEWISH LIFE

Children can learn and experience Jewish life. Chabad Hebrew School focuses on Jewish heritage, culture and holidays.

DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m. to noon, for children ages 5-13 at Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. 480-855-4333, info@chabadcenter.com, or chabadcenter.com.

RABBINIC LIT COURSE OFFERED

Ongoing morning study of two classics of rabbinic literature by medieval philosopher Moses Maimonides (the “Rambam”). At 10 a.m., Prof. Norbert Samuelson, Grossman chair of Jewish Philosophy at ASU and TBS member, teaches “Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed: What Jews Ought to Believe.” At 11:15 a.m., TBS member Isaac Levy teaches “Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah: How Jews Ought to Behave.” Readings in both Hebrew and English.

DETAILS>> Community Room of the administration building at Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. 480-897-3636.

UNITY OFFERS A PATH

Unity of Mesa says its Sunday service offers “a positive path for spiritual living” through “transformational

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JOIN CHRIST-CENTERED YOGA

This Flow 1-2 class (intermediate) is free and open to the community.

DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m., Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. Greg Battle at 480-759-6200 or gbattle@moutainpark.org.

CLASS TARGETS THE GRIEVING

Classes for those grieving over death or divorce.

DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. 480-963-4127.

STRUGGLING FIND SUPPORT

For those struggling with how to deal with a loss in life.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C201, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-963-3997, ext.

141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or chandlercc.org.

TUESDAYS FINDING HEALING FOR PAIN

HOPE, an acronym for “Help Overcome Painful Experiences,” offers support for men and women who seek God’s grace and healing.

DETAILS>> 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. mountainpark.org.

– Rabbi Susan Schanerman is the spiritual leader of Ahwatukee Congregation NefeshSoul. Contact her at rabbi@nefeshsoul.org or visit www.nefeshsoul.org.

The program is free and includes bagels and coffee and a different speaker or theme each week. Registration not needed.

DETAILS>> 10:30 a.m. to noon, Barness Family East Valley Jewish Community Center, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. evjcc.org or 480-897-0588.

HOLY TRINITY HAS GRIEFSHARE

DETAILS>> 2 and 6:30 p.m., 739 W. Erie St., Chandler.

480-963-4127.

READ BIBLE FOR PLEASURE

Bring a Bible, or Bibles are available at these free sessions.

DETAILS>> 7 to 8 p.m., Chandler Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1188 W. Galveston St. Lori, 480-917-3593.

WEDNESDAYS CELEBRATE RECOVERY MEETS

Celebrate Recovery says it “brings your relationship with the Lord closer to your heart as it heals your hurts, habits and hang-ups.” Participants can discuss issues ranging from feeling left out to addictions. “Nothing is too small or too large.”

DETAILS>> 5:30 p.m. at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee. mvlutheran.org/ celebraterecovery or email cr@alphamvlc.com.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY OFFERED

Living Word Ahwatukee women’s Bible study and fellowship that offers “a short, low-key time of praise and worship in music and message.” It’s also an

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DETAILS>> 10 to 11:30 a.m., Living Word Ahwatukee, 14647 W. 50th St., Suite 165, Ahwatukee. Free child care.

TAKE A COFFEE BREAK

Corpus Christi offers a coffee break with scripture study, prayer and fellowship.

DETAILS>> 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 3550 E. Knox Road, Ahwatukee. Loraine 480893-1160 or CoffeebreakMin@aol.com.

GET A ‘SPIRITUAL SHOWER’

A release calls this “a 15-minute energetic tune up each week” and says the Twin Hearts Meditation “is like taking a spiritual shower: when your aura is clean, you experience a higher level of awareness. You see through things more clearly and good luck increases.”

DETAILS>> 7-9 p.m. at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. 480-792-1800 or unityoftempe.com.

DIVORCED CAN FIND COMFORT

People suffering through a separation or divorce can find understanding and caring support to face these challenges and move forward.

DETAILS>> 6:30-8:15 p.m. Arizona Community Church, 9325 S. Rural Road, Room G5, Tempe. One-time book fee of $15. 480-491-2210. DivorceCare 4 Kids (DC4K) will also be offered in Room G7.

CHABAD HAS TORAH FOR TEENS

The Teens and Torah program offered by Chabad of the East Valley is for teens ages 13 to 17, and combines education and social interaction with videos followed by discussion, trips, games, community service projects and thought-provoking discussions.

DETAILS>> 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 3855 W. Ray Road, Suite 6, Chandler. Shternie, 480753-5366 or chabadcenter.com.

includes snacks and workbook.

DETAILS>> 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C202, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-963-3997, ext. 141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or chandlercc.org.

ULPAN INSTRUCTION AVAILABLE

Class is based on Israel’s successful Ulpan instruction.

Taught by Ilan Berko, born in Israel, schooled in the U.S. DETAILS>> 7 p.m. Chabad of the East Valley, 3875 W. Ray Road, Suite 6, Chandler. chabadcenter.com or 480855-4333.

LEARN ABOUT MIRACLES

Experience a spiritual transformation with Michelle Lee, who will teach like-minded people and spark lively discussions as participants explore daily applications of miracles.

DETAILS>> T7 p.m. at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103. 480-792-1800 or unityoftempe.com.

FRIDAYS NEFESHSOUL HOLDS SERVICES

Congregation NefeshSoul holds Shabbat services the second Friday of every month on the campus of the Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

DETAILS>> 6:15 p.m., 6400 W. Del Rio St., Chandler.

Information: www.nefeshsoul.org.

TODDLERS CAN MARK SHABBAT

Celebrate Shabbat with a service, music, and a craft project designed for children up to 5 years old and their parents or other adult.

DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m., Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

TOTS TAUGHT TORAH

Hosted by Chabad of the East Valley for children ages 2 to 5. Features hands-on activities about the Shabbat, songs, stories and crafts. Children will make and braid their own challah.

DETAILS>> 10:15 to 11 a.m., members’ homes.

480-785-5831.

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THURSDAYS MAN CHURCH HELD IN CHANDLER

“Man Church offers coffee, donuts and straight talk for men in a language they understand in just 15 minutes.

No women, no singing, no organ and no long sermons,” a release states.

DETAILS>> Doors open 6 a.m., message at 6:30 a.m.

1595 S. Alma School Road, Chandler. Bob, 480-726-8000 or cschandler.com/manchurch.

KIDS CAN FIND SUPPORT

Support group for children ages 6 to 12 coping with a separation or divorce in the family. One-time $10 fee

“Nosh” and then enjoy the Shir Shabbat service led by the Shabba-Tones, the Shabbat musical group.

DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m. first Friday of the month, Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

YOUNG FAMILIES HOLD SHABBAT

DETAILS>> Regular services at 6 p.m. except on the third Friday of each month, when a 6 p.m. Young Family Shabbat Service is held for children and adults of all ages. Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. Shabbat Morning and Torah Service weekly at 9 a.m. 480-897-3636 or tbsev.org. or info@tbsev.org.

SERVICE INCLUDES KIDS

Designed for children up to 5 years old and their parents or other adult. Following the service is an Oneg Shabbat, a time for a snack and to meet other families with young children.

DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m. second Fridays, Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

EITZ CHAIM INVITES NEWCOMERS

Congregation Eitz Chaim is traditional and egalitarian.

Newcomers welcome.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m., services at 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. eitzchaimphoenix.org.

TEMPLE EMMANUAL LISTS SERVICES

Traditional service followed by an Oneg Shabbat.

DETAILS>> 7:30 p.m. second and fourth Fridays, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

SATURDAYS STUDY THE PRAYER BOOK

These special study sessions at the beginning of Shabbat morning services teach the structure of Shabbat services and how to follow in the Siddur (prayer book). Taught by Rabbi Leitner. Introduction to Judaism, Introductory Hebrew Reading for Adults, and Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation are cumulative, so no new students can be accepted mid-year.

DETAILS>> 9-9:30 a.m. fourth Saturday each month, Pre-register for fall by contacting Amy Shevitz at vped@tbsev.org.

WEEKLY SERVICES SCHEDULED

International, nondenominational church offers weekly Sabbath services. Congregational meeting in the morning and Bible study in the afternoon.

DETAILS>> 10:30 a.m.-noon; 1:30-2:45 p.m. at True Jesus Church, 2640 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. 480-899-1488 or tjcphoenix@tjc.org.

JEWISH KIDS PROGRAM AVAILABLE

Shabbat Yeladim is a free Shabbat program for Jewish children ages 3-7 sponsored by Ahwatukee’s NefeshSoul Jewish Community. Shabbat Yeladim is on the second Saturday of the month. Songs, stories and art project each month.

DETAILS>> 10-11 a.m. on the Valley Unitarian Universalist Campus, 6400 W. Del Rio, Chandler.

Contact Rabbi Susan Schanerman at rabbi@nefeshsoul. org or nefeshsoul.org.

STUDY AND WORSHIP IN TEMPE

DETAILS>> Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. Optional study session at 8:20 a.m., Shabbat morning service at 9:30 a.m., followed by a kiddush.

480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

ONGOING JEWISH CENTER SELLS GIFTS

The Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life Chai Judaica and Gifts offers a wide variety of gifts, from Mezuzot to books, religious items and jewelry.

DETAILS>> Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. Gift shop hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday by appointment only and Sundays 9:30-10 a.m. and noon-12:30 p.m. info@chabadcenter.com or 480-855-4333.

TEMPLE PROVIDES KIDS ROOM

The full-time infant room for children ages 6 weeks to 12 months.

DETAILS>> Temple Emanuel of Tempe, 5 801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. Rachel Wallach, 480-838-1414, or rachel@emanueloftempe.org.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AT CHABAD

Reggio-Inspired program where children can develop socially, physically, emotionally and intellectually in a Jewish setting. For preschoolers 12 months to 5 years old, with part-time and half-day options. Before- and after-care hours available.

DETAILS>> Shternie at info@chabadcenter.com or call 480-855-4333.

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DINNER FOLLOWS SERVICE

The service is followed by a congregational dinner (by reservation only). Optional Israeli dancing after dinner.

DETAILS>> 6 p.m. on third Friday of the month, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

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DERCACH, Nicholas

The family of Victoria Ann Serna is saddened to announce her journey to Heaven. She stayed with us until July 22nd, 2016. She was loved by so many people and she returned that love and affection to everyone who was fortunate enough to be blessed by her presence.

Vicki (Kiki) was born on March 3rd, 1962 in the small mining community of Morenci, AZ. She attended Morenci schools and graduated from Morenci High School in 1980. She participated in many school activities such as marching and concert band. She was a member of the tennis team. She received most of her sacraments from Holy Cross Catholic Church in Morenci. After graduation, she moved to Mesa to continue her education at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University.

She was employed in local print medias, including the PennySaver, East Valley Tribune, Clipper Marketplace and at Tucson Local Media until the time of her death. Vicki was loved by hundreds of co-workers.

Vicki loved her faith, her family and friends and her dog, Theo. She was an excellent cook. We loved her prepared dishes at family gatherings and football Sundays. She loved movies, but just the funny ones that made her laugh. Forget the tear-jerkers. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band was her favorite rock group, though she loved all types of music. She never missed the Boss when he played in town. She attended his most recent concert in March of this year with some dear friends. She loved to play card games with anyone willing to compete against her, mostly her little nephews and nieces. She has funny and witty and always ready to exchange jokes and riddles.

Vicki was part of a "bigger than life" family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Reyes and Julieta Serna. She is survived by her brother, Larry Serna and her sisters, Patricia Hernandez and Christine (Bud) Corn. She was loved by numerous nieces and nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles and their families. Her friends numbered in the hundreds. We will miss her so much but we will be better people in this life because she so lovingly touched ours.

Her life will be celebrated with a funeral mass at 9:30 am, Friday, August 5th, 2016 at St. Timothy Catholic Church, 1730 W Guadalupe Rd., Mesa. Burial will follow on Saturday, August 6th at 10:00 am at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Morenci/Clifton. Arrangements entrusted to Bunker Family of Mesa.

Her family encourages donations in her name to the National Stroke Association, 9707 Easter Lane, Suite B, Centennial, Co 80112.

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Nicholas Dercach, age 72 of Mesa, Arizona, formerly of Elkhart passed away Sunday, July 24, 2016. Nicholas was born October 18, 1943 in Kiev, Ukraine to the late Ivan and Maria (Ivanchuk) Dercach.

Surviving are his children Kathy Dercach of Goshen and Andrey (Vikki) Dercach of Osceola, as well as his fiancée Patricia Hutchinson of Scottsdale, Arizona. Also surviving are his grandchildren Jessica, Ashley & Kaylan, along with five great grandchildren. Nicholas is survived as well by his siblings Valentina Sukow of Elkhart, Alex Dercach of Arizona, and Vacillo Dercach of Elkhart. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Tony Dercach.

There will be no visitation or services. Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home is entrusted with his care. Cremation will take place, and interment will follow in Oakridge Cemetery in Goshen.

Nicholas spent more than thirty years as a self-employed truck driver. He was known to his family and fri ends as a hard worker, and in his spare time, he enjoyed hiking old mines in Arizona, building projects around his home, and restoring old cars, especially his 1965 Pontiac GTX. Nicholas also attended the Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.

In his memory, donations may be given to the American Cancer Society.

Online condolences may be sent to the Dercach family at www.wmzfh.com.

DYBALL, Ora May Ora May Dyball, 74, of Mesa died June 26, 2016.

She is survived by son Henry J Garney III (Enid OK), sister Judy Feldman (Sairhope AL) and brother Russell Carlton and many nieces and nephews.

May was a loving Wife, Mother, Sister and Aunt.

She loved her pets and all animals.She also had a wealth of concern for the homeless, disabled and mentally ill in her area.

In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to your local SPCA and or homeless shelter. May's soul is at rest in peace, within the house of God. Sign the Guestbook at www.EastValleyTribune.com

WIECHMAN, Ardith Beloved wife, mother, sister, and friend, Ardith Wiechman, passed away in Mesa, Arizona, on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. She was born in Clay Center, Kansas, on June 09, 1945.

She married Loren Wiechman, in Granada Hills, California on December 26, 1964. Ardith and Loren had two sons, Craig, and Cory, and spent the majority of their married life living in both California and Arizona. By trade, Ardith was a bookkeeper.

She is survived by her husband, Loren, son Craig and daughter-in- law Kelly Wiechman, son Cory Wiechman, sister, Alice Wesche, and brothers Dale and Alan Rothlisberger.

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Public Notices On-Site Document Destruction Arizona Board of Regents Request for Proposal

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Improvements Arizona Board of Regents Request for Proposal

ASU Sun Devil Athletics Primary Ticket Provider Request for Proposal

Arizona State University is requesting sealed proposals from qualified experienced firms or individuals, for RFP #331702, On-Site Document Destruction. The selected firm will conduct a market analysis and develop a proposal for all campuses. Proposals will be accepted in the Office of Purchasing and Business Services, University Services Building, Arizona State University, PO Box 875212, 1551 S. Rural Road, Tempe, Arizona 85287-5212 until 3:00 PM, MST, 08/25/16. Proposal package is available at: www.asu.edu/purchasing/bids

Arizona State University is requesting proposals from qualified experienced firms or individuals, for RFP # 261701, Aeolian-Skinner Organ Improvements at ASU Gammage. Proposals will be accepted in the Office of purchasing and Business Services, University Services Building, Arizona State university, PO Box 875212, 1551 S Rural Road, Tempe, Arizona 85287 - 5212 until 3:00 PM, MST, 08/26/16. Proposal package is available at: www. asu. edu/purchasing/bids

Arizona State University is requesting sealed proposals from experienced firms or individuals for RFP #331701, ASU Sun Devils Athletics Primary Ticket Provider. Proposals will be accepted in the Office of purchasing and Business Services, University Services Building, Arizona State University, PO Box 875212, 1551 S. Rural Road, Tempe, Arizona 852875212 until 3.00 PM, MST, 08/19/16. Proposal package is available at: https://cfo.asu.edu/bidboards

Pre-proposal Conference will be held.

Publish: DNS- July 27, 2016 ; EVT- July 31, 2016/ Ad#128665 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT Project No. CMAR 11323 HAYDEN LIBRARY REINVENTION Project Description Arizona State University will hire a CMAR team for the preconstruction Programming Phase of Hayden Tower. Cost estimates and project schedules are required for both the programming and swing space as needed during the renovation.

Formal sealed qualifications are due on or before 3:00 PM, MST, 8/12/16.

Pre-Submittal Conference A RECOMMENDED Pre-Submittal Conference is scheduled for 10:30 AM, MST, 08/01/16 in Room MU 228 (Cochise Room) at the Memorial Union of Arizona State University Tempe Campus. It is recommended that you park in the Fulton Center Parking, located at College Avenue and University Drive. Cross University Drive and walk south to the Memorial Union. Reference the ASU Parking Map at http://www.asu.edu/map. Attendance is strongly recommended for those who desire to submit a Proposal. The ASU Project Manager will be available to discuss the Project. Make sure to bring your business card for streamlined sign-in.

Obtain a Copy of RFQ The Request for Qualifications instructions, a description of requested services, information on the Project and a description of the proposal and selection process is available at the Arizona State University Bid Board at http://asu.edu/purchasing/bids/construction_bids.html. Click on Construction/Facilities Bid Board on right side under Related Links. Requests may be made in writing via fax (480) 965-2234 or email to Sr. Office Specialist ann.provencio@asu.edu and Purchasing will email or mail you the RFQ. You may also pick up a copy at the University Services Building, 1551 S. Rural Rd., Tempe, AZ, 85281. Please ask for the Office Specialist at the lobby desk.

ASU reserves the right to cancel this Request for Qualifications, to reject any or all Proposals, and to waive or decline to waive any irregularities in any submitted Proposals, or to withhold the award for any reason ASU may determine to be in ASU’s best interest. ASU also reserves the right to hold open any or all Proposals for a period of ninety (90) days after the date of opening thereof and the right to accept a Proposal not withdrawn before the scheduled opening date.

All correspondence relating to this Project should be addressed to: Purchasing and Business Services Attention: Gail Horney Title: Sr. Buyer Arizona State University PO Box 875212 Tempe, Arizona 85287-5212 Phone: (480) 727-2439 Email address: gail.horney@asu.edu

ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS

By Jay Heiler Chair

By Ram Krishna Secretary

Publication Date: East Valley Tribune 7/31/16, and Daily News Sun on 7/27/16

An onsite inspection will be held by appointment through 8/5/16 at ASU Gammage physically located at 1200 South Forest Avenue in Tempe AZ 85281. To set up an appointment, please contact Terry Cranmer at t.cranmer@asu.edu or 480-678-5076. You are required to pay for your parking. Park in any numbered spot, and pay at any one of the several pay kiosks.

Publish: DNS July 27, 2016; EVT July 31, 2016/128464

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS#: 16-16864 Order#: 02-16033175 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 3/10/2009 and recorded on 3/13/2009 as Instrument # 2009- 0226917, Book Page in the office of the County Recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona, NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5;00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder at At the Main Entrance to the Superior Court Building. Maricopa County Courthouse, 201 W. Jefferson Street, Phoenix. AZ 85003. on 9/20/2016 at 10:00 AM of said day:LOT 166, COUNTRY MEADOWS UNIT 10, ACCORDING TO BOOK 420 OF MAPS, PAGE 10 AND CORRECTED IN BOOK 438 OF MAPS, PAGE 46 AND AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED JANUARY 09, 1997 IN DOCUMENT NO.: 97-015055 AND AFFIDAVIT OF CORRECTION RECORDED MARCH 10, 1997 IN DOCUMENT NO.: 97-149715, BOTH OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA. The successor trustee appointed herein qualifies as trustee of the Trust Deed in the trustee's capacity as a licensed insurance producer as required by ARS Section 33-803, Subsection A. Name of Trustee's Regulator: Arizona Department of Insurance. ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF TRUST OR UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE BENEFICIARY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO A.R.S. SECTION 33-808(C):Street address or identifiable location: 7733 NORTH 110TH LANE GLENDALE, AZ 85307 A.P.N.: 142-75- 512 1 Original Principal Balance: $84,442.00 Name and address of original trustor: (as shown on the Deed of Trust) CARRIE L WILLIAMS, A MARRIED WOMAN 7733 NORTH 110TH LANE GLENDALE, AZ 85307 Name and address of beneficiary: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC c/o Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC 1600 Douglass Road, Suite 200 A Anaheim, CA 92806 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have not further recourse.The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designations, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid principal balance of she note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee. Conveyance of the property shall be without warranty, express or implied, and subject to all liens, claims or interest having a priority senior to the Deed of Trust. The Trustee shall not express an opinion as to the condition of title. NAME, ADDRESS and TELEPHONE NUMBER OF TRUSTEE: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) Carrington Foreclosure Services, LLC P.O. Box 3309 Anaheim, California 92803 (888) 313-1960 Dated: 6/14/2016 Carrington Foreclosure Services, LLC Tai Alailima, Director, Foreclosure Services Sale information can be obtained online at www.auction.com or use the automated sales information at (800) 280-2832. A-4583957 07/26/2016, 08/02/2016, 08/09/2016, 08/16/2016 Publish: July 27, August 3, 10, 17, 2016 / 128681

No Pre-Proposal Conference will be held.

Publish: DNS-July 26, 2016; EVT- July 31, 2016 /128304

NOTICE TO READERS: 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.

What it does require under A.R.S. §32-1121A14(c) http://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01165.htm, is that the advertising party, if not properly licensed as a contractor, disclose that fact on any form of advertising to the public by including the words "not a licensed contractor" in the advertisement.

Again, this requirement is intended to make sure that the consumer is made aware of the unlicensed status of the individual or company.

Contractors who advertise and do not disclose their unlicensed status are not eligible for the handyman's exception.

Reference: http://www.azroc.gov/invest/licensed_by _law.html As a consumer, being aware of the law is for your protection. You can check a businesses ROC status at: http://www.azroc.gov/

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Public Notices PUBLISH July 24 th & 31st

CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Design Consultant for the following: CONSULTANT ON-CALL LIST FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS The City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants to provide Design Services and/or construction administration services on an on-call basis in the following area/category: Transportation Projects.

All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will establish a list of on-call consultants for Transportation Projects.

This category is further defined below: Transportation projects may include such transportation-related projects as roadway im provement projects, transportation alternative projects (i.e. bike, pedestrian, transportation enhancement, and safe routes to school projects) and commuter park-and- ride projects. Design components associated with these projects might include, but will not necessarily be limited to, grading, drainage, demolition, pavement, concrete, driveways, sidewalk, ramps, traffic signals, intelligent traffic systems (ITS), signage, striping, storm drain, street lights, landscaping, landscape irrigation, aesthetic elements, pedestrian improvements/amenities, bus shelters, surveying, horizontal control, bridges, block walls, environmental, and utility undergrounding. These projects also often include utility (including water and astewater) upgrades, installation and/or rehabilitation in the same project areas as the transportation-related improvements. Other tasks that a design consultant might be asked to perform include such things as alignment studies, design concept reports, environmental studies, environmental clearances, cost estimating, legal descriptions and exhibits, geotechnical reports, drainage reports, utility coordination, and public outreach. Transportation projects differ from the other projects in that transportation need(s) drive the project and are the emphasis.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will not be held.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, assure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City’s website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architectural-engineering-design- opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide six (6) hard copies and one (1) CD of the Statement of Qualifications by 2:00pm on August 10, 2016. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualification. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-selfservice).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Design Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Heather Sneddon of the Engineering Department at heather.sneddon@mesaaz.gov.

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Version date: June 6, 2016 PUBLISH TWO (2) CONSECUTIVE SUNDAY’S

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