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Chandler Council OKs utility rate hikes BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer
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handler’s City Council is moving ahead with raising utility rates starting July 1. That decision is not sitting well with the city’s business community – or one council member. Chamber of Commerce Chairman Rick Heumann spoke during an April 28 public hearing to ask Council to postpone the effective date of the rate increases until Jan. 1. “People’s budgets are done – they’ve been done for many months,” said Heumann,
who is a former member of Council and currently chairs the city Planning and Zoning Commission. “Possibly 45 days from now you’re going to have a major rate increase for our businesses and HOAs.” Heumann said since businesses and homeowner associations make their annual budgets for the calendar year, delaying until Jan. 1 made sense to give them time to plan ahead – especially as most of them are already dealing with higher prices because of in�lation. Councilmember Rene Lopez said he was sympathetic, but that delaying the start of
the rate increase six months means that residents would continue to pay more than their fair share of utility rates. “I can truly appreciate businesses out there that are struggling with what’s going on with in�lation but so are the households,” Lopez said. “And we’re asking if we do delay this … we're further putting the burden onto our residents to subsidize the water that our businesses use.” As part of the research for this rate hike, the city commissioned a cost of use analysis
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uring the end of 2021, Chandler Uni�ied School District had a substitute teacher problem. With graduations coming at the end of the month, it is no longer an issue. The CUSD Governing Board authorized spending an additional $3 million May 11 to address that problem. The board approved increasing the contract with Educational Services, Inc. (ESI) from $5.5 million to $8.5 million. Lana Berry, the district’s chief �inancial of�icer, said that amount covers all the increased costs incurred during this school year. “This year, with COVID, we had a number of absences due to illness, and so we used more subs,” Berry said. “We also increased the rate during that period of time to try and attract more subs to come to our school
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Esmeralda Feliciano fills muffin batter into baking cups at the Chandler Unified School District Food and Nutrition Central Kitchen, which will be getting a $4.4 million remodeling approved by the CUSD Governing Board on Wednesday. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)
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Chickens, NDO rule the roost at Chandler candidate debate BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer
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ome clear campaign issues developed during the first debate that separated the candidates for mayor and city council in August’s Primary Election. First was the push for a non-discrimination ordinance for LGBTQ+ people. The second got laughs, allowing some chickens in backyards of traditional neighborhoods. The Chandler Chamber of Commerce held the forum on May 3 inside the city’s Council Chambers with former mayor and Justice Court Judge Jay Tibshraeny as moderator. Incumbent Mayor Kevin Hartke is facing a challenge by Ruth Jones in the Aug. 2 primary, while running for three seats are five candidates: incumbent Matt Orlando, Angel Encinas, Darla Gonzalez, Jane Poston and Farhana Shifa. Jones did not hesitate with a yes when asked if she is in favor of an ordinance that protects members of the LGBTQ+ community. Hartke read a statement that showed his past support for a discrimination-free society and the nonbinding proclamation that he issued but said he is against an NDO. Tempe, Scottsdale and Mesa joined Phoenix and Tucson last year in passing NDOs. “I am not currently supporting an NDO because I believe that it’s not the city’s role to determining or discerning micro-aggressions, as opposed to other actions as well as the process that would condone or condemn people’s actions,” Hartke said. “So I believe we’ve not experienced this to a point where that is necessary. And my advocacy is far better than an NDO.” Hartke said he would use his leadership to stand up for anyone who is experiencing discrimination. Jones responded: “I think that until you experience discrimination, you cannot say whether or not it’s happened. So while I appreciate a proclamation, I feel that our city needs to have something that protects all of our citizens. “If our businesses want this, we need to be listening to them,” Jones continued. “And we need to listen to our residents.
Chandler City Council candidates discussed a nondiscrimination ordinance, allowing chickens in residential backyards and other issues during a debate last week sponsored by the Chandler Chamber of Commerce. (David Minton/Staff Photographer) I’ve spoken with many members of our LBGTQ community and I know that they wish they felt that safe, and they wish they did not feel marginalized.” The Chamber of Commerce has endorsed passing an NDO, saying businesses want it because many of their workers are concerned about living in a community that does not protect its LGBTQ+ members. Chandler is the largest city in Arizona that has not passed an NDO for that community. The other issue the two candidates disagreed on was allowing chickens in the backyards of residential neighborhoods. City staff is currently drafting an ordinance that the Council is expected to consider this summer. It would allow up to five hens on residential properties. Because most homeowner associations ban barnyard animals, the measure would likely only impact traditional neighborhoods. Hartke said he is in favor of allowing chickens. “Chandler is one of two cities that does not allow chickens in the entire county,” he said. “I think in today’s world, there is a tremendous desire for people to grow their own food [in] the kind of urban gardening motion movement, as well as raise chickens as a protein source. So I think that that’s it’s something that I believe we should have done a while ago.” Jones said she would wait at least a year before considering allowing chickens. She said before Council takes that step, it should address code enforce-
ment, which would be tasked with addressing any complaints. “Currently, we have a problem with code enforcement in our traditional neighborhoods,” she said. “As I’ve driven through them, I’ve seen cars in front yards, I’ve seen weeds that were overgrown. So if you’re going to be adding in a farm animal, livestock, to that environment, you’re putting something that’s going to be more difficult on those residents.” The two candidates addressed other issues that they mostly agreed on, including addressing the police staffing issue, working with the business community, transportation, improving education options for the workforce and the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The debate was mostly civil. Hartke did thank Jones for agreeing with his policies at one point. And when she had gone past the time limit on a rebuttal once, he interrupted her to let her know that. Hartke also exceeded the time limit answering the question. As the incumbent, Hartke appeared to have a firmer grasp on the issues. Jones struggled at times to provide specifics, especially when asked what the city could have done better during the pandemic. Her answer was “masking.” The city never implemented a mandatory masking policy, so it was unclear what she meant. The same two issues also divided the candidates for Council.
Orlando, Encinas and Poston all said they support passing an NDO to protect LGBTQ+ citizens. Encinas introduced himself as a member of both the Latino and LGBTQ+ communities. Shifa said she did not support passing an NDO. Gonzalez said she has not taken a position. “I’ve been talking to people who are for it, and have been talking to people who are against it,” Gonzalez said, “And I haven’t really seen it or read it to even form my own yes or no, I’m trying to find out and do my due diligence before I come to a conclusion on whether I would vote yes or no on this.” Orlando said when the federal and state governments refuse to protect a class of people, it is right for the city to step in. Poston said an NDO for Chandler should provide only civil penalties, not criminal. Orlando agreed with that. Encinas said there is proof that NDOs work, stating, “You know we have over 20 years of precedent nationally that NDOs work and that they are not vehicles to exploit businesses financially or vindictively.” Shifa was asked specifically if she was for an NDO or against it after giving her answer. “We cannot legislate people’s heart [with] legislation, if that doesn’t have any enforcement, that’s not going to change the habit of the people,” Shifa said. “So for me, the way the NDO is crafted, that’s not sufficient enough because our U.S. Constitution First Amendment already protects all Americans.” There seemed to be more agreement on backyard chickens. Poston, Orlando and Encinas said they would vote against it. “Overwhelmingly, people are telling me that they prefer not to have more chickens in their backyard,” Poston said. “I do you agree with the position that this disproportionately affects our traditional neighborhoods.” “You know, we can talk about the permit process, we can talk about, we can speak about getting your neighbor signatures,” Orlando said. “If you start doing that, you start putting neighbors against neighbors.”
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to 4.33% for water and 6.88% for waste water. Businesses must hire private collectors for garbage. Officials had planned for the rate hike to begin on Jan. 1, 2022, but that was delayed by the cost-of-service study and other pandemic-related reasons. Chandler will have the lowest utility rates even with this hike of eight Valley cities after Gilbert raised its rates significantly this year. The city did look at what delaying the rate hike to the start of 2023 would mean, and determined it would lose about $2.2 million in revenue. A delay would also mean a larger rate hike when the city again addresses the issue in 2024 to make up for that lost revenue, officials said.
The increase for homeowners prompted Councilman Matt Orlando to cast the lone vote against the rate changes. “Residents should be held harmless in all this stuff, because they’ve been paying for the last 10 years,” Orlando said. “That’s why we did this rate study. I just feel it isn’t appropriate at this time (to raise their rates) when they’ve been paying all these years.” There are some other changes coming starting July 1. First, Council members said they heard loud and clear that Chandler residents like their alley trash pickup and want to keep it. It will cost them an additional $1.61 per month to do so. That’s what the city estimates is the extra cost
to do alley pickup instead of from the front of houses. Also, residents will get two free bulk collections from their home per year. After that, it will cost $30. Residents can also haul truckloads of up to 400 pounds to the Recycling Solid Waste Collection Center twice a year without paying. Any additional visits will cost $10. The city says 95 percent or more of its residents will not have to pay extra for those services. The fees are intended to the repeat users. The rate hikes are being phased in, so the city will make adjustments every two years. City utilities need to pay for themselves. The city said sometimes those adjustments include cutting rates.
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the rules would be up to an overworked code enforcement team and he couldn’t support that, saying the potential problems are more than they are worth. Shifa said if people can have dogs and raise children, she didn’t see a problem with raising chickens.
“So my vote would be yes, because I don’t want to take away the right from those people who have the right, ability, understanding to raise chicken and also I do not want to make others feel that they’re under threat,” Shifa said. Gonzalez said she could see both sides
of the issue and was conflicted. She said she had not yet settled on a final position. When prompted to say how she would vote today, she said: “I would probably vote no, just because there’s so few people that really want chickens, but that could change.”
study. It tried to determine how much each type of customer used the different utility services and the rate they were paying for them. It found residents have been paying more than their fair share for water for years while businesses have been paying less for what they use. Chandler will not be raising rates the same on every type of customer. The water bill will increase 1.27% for residents, but 5.88% for landscaping. That’s to start getting them aligned with the costfor-service study. The increases for businesses are significantly higher, ranging from 3.79%
Encinas says he lives in a traditional neighborhood and is pretty sure one of his neighbors once had chickens illegally. He said he had no problem living next to them. However, he said enforcing
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CUSD board member calls $500K for marketing too low BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer
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erry Locke, the Chandler Unified School District’s director of community relations, had just concluded his presentation to the Governing Board on marketing efforts at its April 27 meeting. The board’s response was not what most people hear after a presentation before the body that controls the finances. “My question to you is, if you had more money, what would you do with it?” board member Joel Wirth asked. “$500,000 seems incredibly, ridiculously low.” The stakes are high for the school district. The state bases its funding to districts on enrollment and CUSD is entering a period where officials expect overall enrollment to plateau and then fall. There are fewer younger families that can afford to live in and near the district. The birth rate is declining and soaring home prices make it unlikely that young families just starting out in life will be able to move into Chandler Unified. The exact same trend has already hit nearby Tempe Union and Kyrene school districts, where demographers say a 10-year decline in births, coupled with a reluctance by older homeowners to give up their houses, has caused a major enrollment decline. And the competition from charter and
private schools is increasing. Wirth said he checked with his wife, who worked in marketing. She told him that generally, the district should be spending about 2% of its budget on marketing. That would be about $6 million, Wirth said. So he was disappointed the board has only approved $500,000 at this point. Locke and Digital Marketing Coordinator Sam Incorvaia briefed the Governing Board on past efforts and the plan going forward. It relies heavily on digital ads, mostly on Facebook and Instagram. They prefer that medium because it gives them the ability to target their audience, families with young children who live close to the district. To date, they’ve been using the phrase, “Your premier district of choice,” as their advertising slogan. Board member Lindsay Love asked if that was wise, pointing out “choice” is a political buzzword that might upset some people. Republicans have used “choice” in their efforts to promote charter and private schools – which Democrats say siphons money form public education. “We have some people who get really excited about school choice, but then we have people who get turned off by it because it kind of signals privatization language,” Love said Jason Olive said the district needs to
do a better job differentiating itself from its competition, saying he had one friend who didn’t know his kids were attending a charter school. Board President Barb Mozdzen echoed Olive’s concerns, saying she has met quite a few people who think Arizona College Prep is a charter school. It is a district school. Locke said that other districts are spending more than CUSD, but that they are hiring contractors to do all the work. He said CUSD is saving money by having staff do a lot of the work, leaving them to do more marketing for the money. Wirth asked Locke to think about it and then tell him what he would do with another $500,000 and then get back to him. Wirth said he ran for his seat with marketing being his top issue. He said the CUSD was doing no marketing when he started and that he still believes while he was impressed with the presentation, he said the marketing effort is woefully inadequate. “All school districts are so far behind in telling our story,” Wirth said. “For me, now is not the time to cheat, we need to throw some money at this, because students we bring in are incredibly important to paying teachers, equity program, you name it. “We start declining, with the exception of teachers, everything else is going to get slashed and burned and cut.”
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lying drones can be a fun recreational activity. It can also be a job. That’s one reason Chandler Unified School District is adding a drone pilot course to its Career and Technical Education (CTE) program. The District’s Governing Board recently was briefed on the curriculum at its April 27 meeting. Its drone operation course is scheduled to be offered at Chandler High School in the fall. “It was one that students are really interested in,” said Lindsay Duran, the district’s director of CTE. “As you know, drones are just about in every area, whether it’s agriculture or real estate, film or TV. It’s just
another opportunity for our students to have a career path they can take.” The three-year program provides students who complete a Federal Aviation Administration license. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association High School Aviation STEM curriculum is on display at the Melinda Romero Instructional Resource Center for review. State law requires the public to be able to look over all school curriculum for at least 60 days. The curriculum is being offered online free to the District. Anyone who wants to review it will need a log in, which will be provided when they arrive at the Instructional Resource Center, which is at 500 W. Galveston. Once the review period is over, the Governing Board will be able to vote for
its approval. The drone program would be the 20th CTE program the district offers. Also starting next year is a game design and 3D animation class, which will also be available to Chandler High students. Duran said CUSD is turning the former Arizona College Prep Oakland campus into its new C-TEC, Chandler Technical Education Center. The cybersecurity program has just been at Basha High School. Next year, it will expand to Chandler High as well. Others range from cabinet making to sports medicine. Duran said grants will pay for the drones the District is buying. As part of the curriculum, students will learn how
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district.” In January, the Governing Board increased substitute teacher pay from $115 to $145 a day, relying on ESI to do the recruiting. Those steps worked and helped the district get through a period of high absences. “We were pretty high January through March, but since then our numbers have been back to normal,” said Dr. Wendy Nance, assistant superintendent in charge of human resources. At one point during the winter, 600 teachers and staff called out sick. Still, Nance said ESI was able to recruit enough substitute teachers that they were able to weather the storm. “We blasted out to all of our current substitutes and the people they knew who were interested, or the people in their front offices that had the certification but may be in a different type of job, and we helped them access their substitute certificates and seemed to get them on board pretty quick.” In other business, the Governing Board approved spending more than $4.4 million to rebuild the district’s main kitchen facility. The building was constructed in the early 1990s and was meant to serve about a third of the estimated 40,000 meals they make each day now. The kitchen equipment has reached its end of life estimate. CUSD plans to begin demolition later this month once schools let out and get the building ready for major equipment upgrades. The entire cost for construction and new equipment is estimated to be about $7 million. Construction will extend into the new school year. The kitchen staff will have
Amber Rogers, production manager at the Chandler Unified School District Food and Nutrition Central Kitchen loads boxes of frozen items onto a cart in the massive frozen food storage room. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer) limited access to the building, mostly to its large storage freezer. Most of the cooking for district schools will be done at a number of different schools instead of in the centralized location. Tom Dunn, the district’s director of construction, said he hopes the kitchen staff can return to their main kitchen in late December or early January. He said the project would probably not be completed until next summer when they expect the arrival of a natural gas generator. The board also approved spending about $3.7 million to improve the kitchen and lunch room seating at Hamilton High School. Currently, there is room for only 320 students to eat in the lunch room. About 1,280 students eat lunch at the same time. After the changes, the lunch room should seat about 936. The district plans to enclose the outdoor seating area and remove some raised seating area to create the additional space. It also plans to improve security access to the high school.
The second phase of the renovation, which has not been funded yet, would include upgrading kitchen equipment and improving efficiency. The board also approved the final phase of upgrading playground equipment, agreeing to spend $4.7 million to improve it at schools that opened in 2005 or later. All the schools that opened before 2005 have already had their equipment upgraded. The schools getting the upgrade this time are Carlson Elementary, CTA Freedom, CTA Independence, Fulton, Haley, Hancock Navarrete, Patterson, Riggs, Ryan and San Marco elementary schools. The Chandler Unified School District is doing a lot of extra baking this spring as it prepares for a seven-month closing of its central kitchen starting in June. “This facility was built in 1992 and it really hasn’t been updated since then in any shape or form,” said Jenny Bracamonte, the school district’s director of food and nutrition. “Much of our equip-
ment is at end of life.” The CUSD Governing Board recently approved spending about $82,000 to purchase a new industrial meat slicer and a unifiller – a device that allows them to package large quantities of product (dressing, salsa, etc.) in whatever containers they need. Bracamonte said they will begin removing the older equipment and taking out the flooring in June. She said the plan is for upgrades to the building and the new equipment to be installed by December. She expects the total cost to replace the kitchen equipment to come to $1.7 million. “We are updating this facility to where the district is now,” Bracamonte said. “When this facility was built, we had like 12 schools. And now we have 47. Our meals per day, I can’t give you accurate figures from back then, but I would say probably between 7,000-to-10,000 meals a day, and now we do 40,000 meals a day.” They started baking early for the next school year, beginning mainly with muffins in March. “We want to continue to deliver to our kids the experience that they’re used to,” Bracamonte said. “A part of that is scratch-baking, and homemade sauces, so we’re trying to get ahead of that production a little bit.” She said they are making 15,000 muffins a day, hoping to build a surplus of at least 200,000. But it’s not just muffins that they are making now for next fall. Bracamonte said they’re also making smoothie mix, marinara sauce, and taco meat. “Things that we normally make in our kettle or bakery will totally be fine if they’re frozen for six months,” she said.
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ed there. That’s where most of the muffins they’re making now will be stored. “Chandler is blessed to have this facility, because many districts don’t have the storage that we do,” Bracamonte said. Some of the new equipment should improve efficiency. Instead of a worker filling in cupcake batter one at a time, a machine will do multiple muffins at the same time. Instead of a worker spreading sauce on the 1,500 pizzas they make every week, they’ll have a machine that does that. Bracamonte said the automation won’t lead to any job loss, it will just allow them to repurpose employees to other roles. “It’s a whole new day in food service,” Bracamonte said.
to build their own. Students will start out with small hand-held drones that can fly around a classroom. Once they earn their license, they’ll be able to fly larger devices. They will also discuss some of the issues surrounding drones, from privacy
She said staff and students will have to adjust because of the central kitchen closure. For example, now Bracamonte’s department makes their own ranch dressing. Next fall they will likely use ranch dressing purchased from a vendor. Bracamonte said none of the current central kitchen employees will lose time at work because of the improvements. Instead of coming to the central kitchen, most will work out of the kitchens at individual schools. That’s where a lot of the work preparing food for school children will shift while the new equipment is installed. The central kitchen facility will still be available because the large freezer is locat-
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he water main break at McClintock Road and U.S. 60 that caused a shutdown on the freeway this past week was not the first. The City of Chandler is still dealing with one at Price Road and the Loop 202 and Loop 101 freeways more than four years later. This week City Council authorized spending another $800,000 on the project to replace 30-inch and 36-inch pipes in that area, bringing the total cost the city has authorized to more than $7.4 million. The state has agreed to reimburse the city up to $8 million for the project. “When I see an $8 million price tag show up on the agenda, I usually want to know a little about it,” said Councilmember Mark Stewart. “We worked closely with the state because it was a state project. We’re basically putting the money up front, and then we’ll get that money back from the state.” The water main break took place in February 2018 and forced the closure of the Price Road on and off ramps to the Loop 101 freeway. It did not shut down
either freeway at the time. The city hired a consultant to investigate what went wrong and how best to fix it in the following months. The assessment determined the pipeline was in poor condition and needed to be replaced. Chandler officials hired Achen-Gardner Construction, LLC to complete the work last July. Crews are replacing the existing 30-inch potable waterline that crosses the Santan Freeway and an existing 36-inch potable waterline that crosses Price Road. Council needed to authorize spending more money because of unforeseen conditions to the existing waterline casings under both freeways; the cost of additional waterline materials; and additional work required to provide reliable and robust water service to customers. They are also extending the time it takes to complete the project by 35 days. That gives them 301 calendar days to complete the project since getting the notice to proceed, which was on March 28 of this year. The city entered into a joint project agreement with the state in January and that is where the state agreed to reimburse the city up to the $8 million limit in grant funds.
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Ahwatukee, Kansas families seek $20M over chopper crash BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer
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he families of the two victims of a fatal helicopter crash at Chandler Municipal Airport last fall – one from Ahwatukee – have filed legal claims against the City of Chandler, asking for a combined $20 million because of their wrongful deaths. One of the claims suggests trouble with the radio signal that morning might have played a role in the collision. Trainee Michael Papendick, 34, of Ahwatukee and instructor Jessica Brandal, 27, of Kansas were killed when their helicopter collided with a single-engine airplane at 7:40 a.m. last Oct. 1. Both aircraft were being used for training and the plane also had a student and instructor on board. According to the National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report, the collision took place at an altitude of about 1,400 feet. The plane’s occupants did not know they struck a helicopter. In the NTSB report, they reported to the tower they
heard a bang and thought they might have hit a large bird. Neither were injured and the plane suffered only minor damage. The airplane’s pilot asked the tower if he had all three landing gear down. They confirmed he did before the plane landed. The helicopter fell and became a fireball when it hit land. The NTSB report says the airplane had been cleared for landing and the helicopter had been cleared for the option. That gives the helicopter pilot many options for landing, including touch-andgo, missed approach, low approach, stop and go, or a full stop landing. Brandal’s parents, Michael and Jennifer, filed the claim on behalf of all her beneficiaries asking for a settlement of $5 million. She was an Air Force veteran who had completed her training in Chandler earlier in 2021. Then, she was hired to be a flight instructor at the same school she trained at. It was in the Air Force that she met her boyfriend of six years, Shane Berger. She had lived in a number of places, in-
Michael Papendick of Ahwatukee was one of two people killed when a helicopter collided with an airplane at Chandler Airport last October. He left behind an 11-month-old daughter and his widow, Rebecca. (Arizonan file photo) cluding Idaho, Las Vegas, and San Antonio. Papendick’s wife, Rebecca, filed the claim on behalf of her husband and his beneficiaries. The couple had an
11-month old daughter at the time of the crash. He was also a veteran, having served seven years in the U.S. Navy. The claim says they will settle for $15 million. The Papendick claim says at the time of the accident the air traffic control operators were having trouble communicating with aircraft. At 6 a.m., an hour and 40 minutes before the crash, operators reported one frequency, 133.1, kept dropping and auto-selecting to other frequencies. At 6:59 a.m. the air traffic control operator told the pilot of the airplane to switch to 133.1 frequency. At 7:31 a.m., nine minutes before the crash, he warned the airplane’s pilots that there were two helicopters in the area to keep an eye out for. The claim says despite the warning, the airplane shorted its final approach pattern to overlap with the helicopters’ taxiway pattern. The claim says that since the pilot assumed he had hit a large bird and never mentioned a helicopter, it is possible given the previous trouble with 133.1 frequency that the pilot never got the message to keep a watch for two helicopters in the taxiway. A statement from the City of Chandler said officials have no comment in ongoing legal disputes.
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Ducey signs off on $400M for I-10 widening BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services
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elief may finally be on the way for Chandler motorists who get snarled in traffic in the corridor between the state’s two largest cities. The state House on May 2 gave final approval to spending $400 million to widen an approximately 25 mile stretch of Interstate 10 between Queen Creek Road on the edge of Chandler to State Route 287 outside of Casa Grande to three lanes in each direction. That matches what already exists on either side of the segment. The Senate already had given its blessing and Gov. Doug Ducey, who asked for the funding in his State of the State speech, signed it on May 4. Doug Nick, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, said that $400 million won’t complete the job. But he said that commitment will qualify Arizona to apply for a share of the $5 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that is set aside for highway improvement projects. That could add another $300 million. And Nick said the agency already has $260 million set aside to get the work started, bringing the entire project cost to about $1 billion. That start, which could begin as early as 2023, will be on the pair of quarter-mile two-lane bridges over the Gila River. From there, he said, construction will start in 2024 to the north and south until the entire stretch is upgraded to three lanes. Anticipated completion is set for 2026. Nick said that $1 billion figure was crafted to account for inflation. He acknowledged, though, that the current unusually high increase in year-to-year costs for everything could complicate matters if it does not abate. The state has been widening sections of the interstate, which stretches from Santa Monica, California, to Jacksonville, Florida, for years. But the last section has been an issue. Rep. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge, who sponsored the $400 million appropriation, said some of that had to do with the fact that the stretch runs through the Gila River Indian Community. “Their opposition mainly stemmed from they felt like they didn’t have a seat at the
federal aid. The I-10 bridges over the Gila River were constructed in 1964 with a functional lifespan of 50 to 75 years, ADOT states. “Since being constructed, they have been impacted twice by major flood events in the Gila River,” the agency states. “In 1983, flood waters washed over I-10, resulting in the closure of I-10 for several weeks for roadway and bridge repairs. It is estimated that the 1983 event’s river flow was three times greater than the flow for which the bridges were designed,” it explains. Widening the stretch of I-10 between Casa Grande and Ahwatu“Ten years later, ankee has been delayed by a rift between the Gila River Indian Com- other flood event remunity and state government that only recently has been bridged sulted in flood waters as a result of GRIC Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis. (ADOT) rising within inches of the bridge girders, table originally when (the highway) was causing concern that placed through the reservation,” he said. floating debris could damage the bridge “And they hadn’t felt like an equal partner structures and force another closure of throughout that process.” I-10. In 1994, ADOT made modifications Shope said that has changed with the par- along and within the river near the bridgticipation of GRIC Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis. es to help protect them from future floodOn its website, ADOT said it is working ing events.” with the Gila River Indian Community to ADOT says that though it “has continudefine the recommended bridge layout ously repaired, reinforced and maintained and estimated costs to replace the I-10 the bridge structures since they were bridges over the Gila River. ADOT states built, as a bridge ages, the routine mainit has allocated $83 million for the bridge tenance becomes progressively more exreplacement project in Fiscal Year 2023, pensive. Recent inspections indicate that adding, “The funding amount is contingent expensive deck and foundation repairs on market conditions and final design.” are necessary in the near future if the ex“Once an agreement with the Gila River isting bridges are to remain in place.” Indian Community is finalized, ADOT is It also said the two recent flooding committed to identifying and pursuing events, one for which covered the highall possible funding options, including way, indicate that “the more cost-effective, federal funding options, for improving long-term solution may be to design and the I-10 bridges over the Gila River,” the construct new bridges utilizing current deagency website states, adding that it must sign standards and methods, enabling the complete engineering and environmental- bridges to withstand larger flood events. impact studies before it can be eligible for “This is especially critical, as another
major flood event along the Gila River forcing an I-10 closure would significantly impact the region’s mobility and emergency response times, and would have a noticeable, negative impact on the local and state economy,” it says. “Newly designed bridges could also include wider shoulders, which would improve safety for everyone who travels over them. “As the region continues to grow, the reliability, safety and structural integrity of the bridges over the Gila River are increasingly critical to travelers.” Despite the lopsided votes – 27-1 in the Senate and 55-1 in the House – not everyone is convinced it’s a good idea to take money from the same pot that is used to fund the rest of state government. The generally established practice involves ADOT borrowing money for projects, pledging future gasoline tax revenues and vehicle registration fees and leaving the dollars collected from state income, sales and other taxes untouched.
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Chandler honors the fallen in 1st post-COVID gathering BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer
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t has been three years since the Chandler police community could gather to remember their fallen officers and in the time the pandemic prevented an in-person ceremony from being held, the city added three more names to the list – including three just last year. “Today we remember, and honor those that remind us these accolades come with a price,” Mayor Kevin Hartke said at the revived public ceremony, pointing out how Chandler is one of the most livable cities in the country because of how safe it is. “Today we’re here to honor the memory of nine Chandler police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice over the years. This year, we lost three more.” The Fallen Officer Memorial Ceremony was held May 2 at the Public Safety Memorial Plaza in downtown Chandler and the three men added to the list are Officers Tyler Britt, Christopher Farrar and Jeremy Wilkins. The 50-year-old Farrar died on April
Chandler paid tribute to its fallen officers in a somber ceremony May 2 at the Public Safety Memorial Plaza downtown. (David Minton/Staff Photographer) 30. 2021, after being struck by a stolen vehicle during a police chase. Suspect Jonathon Altland had led Pinal County deputies on a chase that began near Eloy and ended at a car dealership at Loop
202 and Val Vista. Altland allegedly stole a car at the dealership and then tried to flee, striking two officers before he was shot and wounded by other officers.
Farrar died later at a hospital, the other officer, Gilbert Officer Rico Aranda, was seriously injured. Altland faces 32 charges for the incident, including firstdegree murder and prosecutors will seek the death penalty if he is convicted. Farrar had been with the department for 18 years. He was not scheduled to work that day but was filling in because of absences. He is survived by his children and grandchildren. Britt, 48, was a 20-year-veteran of the Chandler Police Department and died Jan. 11, 2021, after catching COVID-19 while performing his duties. He died after a protracted battle from complications of the virus, leaving his widow and son. In December, it happened again when Wilkins, 46, died after his battle with COVID-19. He had been with the department for 23 years and is survived by his widow and five children. He had been exposed to the virus while serving an arrest warrant. The three Chandler officers are among
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the 13 law enforcement agents in Arizona whose watch came to an end last year. “This is the first service we’ve held in person since 2019, and unfortunately
our department, our community suffered three additional losses since we last met,” said Chandler Police Chief Sean Duggan. “All tragic and poignant reminders of the dangers inherit in being a police officer today.”
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Officer Richard Felix 9/09/1995
Detective Carlos Ledesma 7/28/2010
Officer Robert Nielsen 6/12/2002
Officer David Payne 10/31/2014
Officer James Snedigar 4/16/1999
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Officer Bryant Holmes 10/28/2014
Tapping the general fund for $400 million jump starts this specific project without affecting other road construction and repair priorities. Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, cast the lone dissenting vote in the Senate. It starts, she said, with the process. She said that if the state has a fixed amount of money to spend in the general fund, then all priorities should be considered and compete for those funds at the same time. Ugenti-Rita said there should not be special carve outs. Beyond that, she said there may be better ways of spending that much money. “I want $400 million in tax cuts,” UgentiRita said. Shope acknowledged that this plan to use general fund tax collection dollars to put in a third lane in each direction is a departure from the normal process of borrowing money for new construction. But he said this isn’t just any old road project. “The Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce survey did a survey of residents,’’ Shope said. “And, of those who were gainfully employed, around 60% of them traveled to Phoenix for work.” That, he, said, is far different than a project like widening I-17 north of Anthem. “That’s a lot of recreational traffic,” Shope said. “This is a lot of commerce traffic just trying to do their daily jobs.” And he said that I-10 becomes the only east-west highway that is pretty much guaranteed to be open and snow-free all
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winter, though Shope acknowledged there are stretches in Cochise County that do sometimes get snow. Support was bipartisan. “The I-10 is a vital artery that supports our entire state economy,” said House Minority Leader Reginald Bolding, D-Laveen. “All kinds of commerce, agriculture, manufacturing, dry goods, even state legislators from Tucson all rely on the I-10 to connect our state’s two largest metropolitan areas,” Bolding continued. “But one part of this artery there is a choke point that impacts safety and needs our investment and out attention.” He acknowledged there are a lot of priorities and demands for state funds, particular for education. “But we also know infrastructure is where out attention is needed.” Ducey press aide C.J. Karamargin said the presence of I-10 and one where traffic flows easily is critical to the state’s economy. “We have businesses, large companies, manufacturing companies that are choosing Arizona because of our proximity to interstate highways," he said. For example, he said Nikola Motor Co. which rolled its first big rig trucks off the line last month, chose Coolidge because of freeway access. Rep. Richard Andrade, D-Glendale, also voted for the plan. But he told colleagues they should keep in mind there are other priorities. “We also have many Arizona roads and highways that need to be improved," he said. And Andrade said he is counting on lawmakers making further investments as the full budget is negotiated. ■
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outhside Village residents want the city to designate their community a “South Chandler Historic Neighborhood.” Such a designation, they say, will “preserve the significant contributions that this neighborhood gave to Chandler during its initial development and into today.” The neighborhood is roughly bordered by Frye and Pecos roads, the railroad tracks near Delaware Street and Arizona Avenue. Last month Mayor Kevin Hartke joined more than 100 residents at the Southside Village Reunion Festival at N.J. Harris Park to celebrate the neighborhood, said a spokeswoman for the movement, Peggy Schlesinger. The Southside Village Reunion Festival was sponsored by Chandler4Change and South Chandler Self Help. These organizations collaborated with the Salvation Army, which supplied the food and
Residents of Southside Village celebrated their south Chandler neighborhood with a festival last month. “Many of the people are neighbors or associated with the neighborhood, such as Angel Encinas’ mother who was friends with LaVon Woods, who lives just north of the target neighborhood,” explained Peggy Schlesinger, one of the neighbors who is helping to persuade the city to give the community a historic-neighborhood designation. (Courtesy of Peggy Schlesinger)
drinks, and the City of Chandler Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Department.
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Chandler PD addressing gunshots in Galveston BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer
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handler Police Chief Sean Duggan told City Council that there have been times when a gunshot goes off in the city’s Galveston neighborhood and some residents either don’t call it at all, or wait nearly an hour to do so. The city is hoping a pilot program might help address that problem. Chandler Police have installed a gunshot detection device at Gazelle Meadows Park that will immediately notify a dispatcher whenever it hears a gunshot or other loud bang. “We want our community to call us when they hear gunshots or believe it’s a gunshot or see gunshots,” said department spokesman Sgt. Jason McClimans. “But we understand that’s not practical. A lot of people don’t want to get involved. Some people might think it’s a firework or a vehicle backfires and are not calling. Or perhaps it’s delayed report, and
Chandler Police Chief Sean Duggan told City Council about the department’s efforts to track down the sources of gunfire on the Galveston neighborhood. (YouTube) by the time we get there, the people who are doing this are gone.”
McClimans said the public should know that the device is on public land in the park. Also, it cannot record conversations or shoot any video. Its one job is to notify police when there’s a loud bang and give them a general idea of the direction and distance the sound came from. He said it is not perfect. For example, when they first installed them last fall they had a lot of trouble because of football games at Chandler High School. It also gave some false flag alerts caused by fireworks around New Year’s Eve. So far, the pilot program has not cost the city any money. Companies are allowing Chandler PD to try out their equipment free during the pilot program in the hopes they’ll be able to get a contract later. “We’re trying to … see which one works for us,” McClimans said. “And those are some of the things we’re going through is which one are false alarms, ... instead of a gunshot. So we’re testing out see which one’s going to work for us and
see if it’s something that is practical for us to purchase in the future.” McClimans said they will test a couple of different devices through the end of this summer before deciding if it’s something they want to pursue. There are other cities in the Valley who are currently using gunshot detection devices. “And obviously, we want to make sure that we’re on the same playing field and keeping our community safe as the other cities do, so it’s something we’re trying out.” McClimans said they chose Gazelle Meadows Park for a reason. “So we did, in the last few years, have an influx of what we’re referring to as shots fired calls,” he said. “Now, that could be somebody was shot, a vehicle shot, a building was shot, or somebody was shot, or just random fire into the air. So we have noticed that it is focused around the downtown area and this is the reason why we put this pilot program
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n Ahwatukee Foothills man who already helped two relatives flee their war-torn homeland is raising money to bring more Ukrainians to the United States. It’s unclear exactly how many have been displaced, but sources say the total may exceed seven million out of a population of 44 million, with many missing and more leaving daily. Dima Tretyak, who moved here from Ukraine in 2011, set up a GoFundMe with friend Holly Whiteside under the title “Help me save more Ukrainian lives.” It provides an extensive background about him and his family, which includes his successful effort to bring his sister’s daughter-in-law and her son to Phoenix. Now, he’s asking for donations to help a childhood friend and her 2-year-old son as well as another friend with two children under 12. “I can’t ignore them, because what if something happens to them?” Tretyak asked.
Dima Tretyak of Ahwatukee started a GoFundMe to help other Ukrainians obtain safe passage to the United States. Front row, left to right: Darian Tretyak and Dima Bukharov; back row, left to right: Katya Bukharova, Tanya Bukharova, Ivan Bukharov, Katya Tretyak, Demi Tretyak and Dima Tretyak. (Geri Koeppel/Arizonan Contributor) “The rest of my life I’m thinking I could’ve done something.”
Dima Tretyak, his wife, Katya, their son, Darian, and their daughter, Demi, were al-
ready sharing their home with Tretyak’s sister, Tanya Bukharova, and her husband, Ivan Bukharov, who came over in September 2021. “They got lucky a year ago,” he said. “They won [the] green card lottery.” Then, when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the Bukharovs’ son, Volodymor Bukharov, his wife, Katya Bukharova, and their son, Dima Bukharov, age 6, immediately left their hometown of Melitopol. Russian troops occupied the city the following day. “You don’t know where is a safe place to go because they start[ed] attacking the entire country,” Tretyak said. Volodymor Bukharov wasn’t allowed to leave Ukraine because he’s of military age, but he dropped off his wife and son at the Polish border on Feb. 27. Katya Bukharova said via translation that she didn’t even have time to think. They grabbed important documents, stuffed a few things in plastic bags and got in the car. It’s difficult and stressful, she said, and she misses her house. The Tretyaks began laying plans to bring
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hood for the non-white residents of Chandler,” she explained. “However, it was not originally considered an official part of the City of Chandler. The neighborhood has been known by many names including Winn Addition, Southside, Mexican Town, The Barrio, South Chandler, and Historic South Chandler Neighborhood.” “Many residents rose above segregation to contribute in significant ways to Chandler society. Some of the ways
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local residents contributed to the early growth of Chandler, which continues today, were as lawyers, authors, politicians, entrepreneurs, and doctors. The first documented African American to arrive was N.J. Harris who was hired to be Dr. Chandler’s chauffeur. “Like many other productive inhabitants, Mr. Harris found creative ways to better his life and the life of his family. After retirement, he opened a barbecue restaurant that his daughter, Alberta Harris Jacko, continued to run. The restaurant became the longest operating The Southside Village celebration also gave guests a chance to look at its history since 1910, when Dr. A.J. Chandler set aside 100 lots for African-American and Latino laborers. (Courtesy of Peggy Schlesinger)
African American woman-owned business in Chandler.” Schlesinger noted that several wellknown political figures lived in Southside Village – including former mayors Raul Navarrete and Coy Payne. Past Chandler city councilmembers Philip Duenas and Philip Westbrooks also lived in the neighborhood. “Many community advocates from this neighborhood worked tirelessly to improve the lives of the local residents,” Schlesinger said. She cited Pluarco Garcia, who helped get clean water and sanitation to the neighborhood; Carlanthe Turner, who worked to end school segregation in Chandler; Emma Arbuckle, who worked to curtail racial unrest during the Civil Rights Era; and Zora Folley, a professional boxer who fought Muhammad Ali. Schlesinger noted that the Winn School was built in the neighborhood in 1929. It is now used as the home of the Salvation Army. This and other buildings in the community highlight the historically significant architecture in the neighborhood, she said. Some properties date back to 1912. Seventy-three residential properties are at least 50 years old.
At the gathering last month, many who attended were neighbors or associated with neighborhood, such as Angel Encinas’ mother. Peggy Schlesinger said Rodney Love used to live in the neighborhood and is still deeply involved with South Chandler Self Help and Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church. South Chandler Self Help was started by Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church at 473 S. Colorado St. “They are a group of people from the neighborhood to help the neighborhood,” Schlesinger said. “They have offered tutoring programs, family counseling, and community service work. They are also one of the cosponsors of the historic conservation district effort. They are looking to have their neighborhood remembered and appreciated for all their contributions to Chandler.” She added: “The Southside Village team will continue to work with the City of Chandler Historic Preservation office to recognize this historically, architecturally, and culturally significant neighborhood as a historic conservation district to preserve and celebrate the rich cultural history of Chandler.”
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State unprepared for Alzheimer’s surge, experts say BY ALEXIA STANBRIDGE Cronkite News
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rizona is in the midst of a surge in Alzheimer’s patients that is rising at the fastest rate in the nation, a crisis that advocates fear the state is not prepared to cope with. The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that cases in Arizona will increase from 150,000 in 2020 to 200,000 by 2025, a 33% increase that would be the fastest in the nation over that five-year period. But advocates say there are not enough resources to handle the cases the state has now, much less the extra 50,000 that could be coming. “We have a caregiver shortage, we have a nurses shortage, we have a doctor shortage, and we have a 33% increase in Alzheimer’s diagnosis,” said Pam Ostrowski, the founder of Alzheimer’s Family Consulting. “We have a crisis coming.” That was echoed by Kinsey McManus, program director for the Desert Southwest Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, who said the state needs to prepare now for a “public health crisis” that will only become more pressing. “We are certainly not in a good place with the amount of growth that we expect, and therefore need to prepare for and accommodate,” McManus said. Arizona is just the leading edge of a national surge, with all but three states expected to see double-digit percentage increases in their Alzheimer’s cases from 2020 to 2025, according to the association’s report. The increase comes even though advances in treatment of risk factors, like hypertension, have led to reductions in the number of Alzheimer’s cases per 100,000 people in recent decades. That’s for the simple reason that the number of people reaching prime Alzheimer’s age is booming. “Throughout the U.S., people are aging, the baby boomer generation is turning 75, and so the age-related changes or increase in Alzheimer’s disease are reflected in that,” said Dr. Pallavi Joshi, a geriatric psychiatrist at the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. The “silver tsunami” of baby boomers is a particular problem in Arizona,
Statistics paint a stark picture of the future of Alzheimer’s disease in Arizona, according to data compiled by the Alzheimer’s Association as part of its Alzheimer’s Impact Movement. (Alzheimer’s Association)
where the population includes many retirees. “We are really transitioning to become a retirement state in the same way that California and Florida are,” McManus said. Joshi said the state needs to “face the fact that we may not have enough physicians and nurses and providers to meet that demand.” Arizona only had 92 geriatricians – doctors who deal with issues of aging – in 2021, which experts said is not enough to handle the current caseload. And McManus said many of these specialists live in urban areas, which creates issues for rural communities. “Joshi said there are not currently enough caregivers in the pipeline to meet the growing need in Arizona. The
Alzheimer’s Association report calls for a 27% increase in personal care or home health aides to keep pace with the growing need in Arizona. And it said that even if the number of geriatricians could be increased more than tenfold by 2050, to 1,089 doctors, that would only be enough to care for 30% of the people over age 65. Along with increased demand comes increased costs. The report said Medicaid payments for those 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia in Arizona is likely to rise from $414 million in 2020 to $545 million in 2025, part of a national increase over the same period from $51.2 billion to $61.6 billion. That does not account for the burden on family members caring for an Al-
zheimer’s patient. The report estimated that 257,000 Arizonans devoted 501 million hours to caring for a family member in 2021, unpaid care worth more than $9.5 billion. In Arizona, 15.4% of caregivers reported suffering from depression. Ostrowski said the disease can be “tricky” for family members, caregivers and patients to comprehend. “The saddest part for family members is really, that they are losing the memories, the common memories with this individual,” she said. Alzheimer’s is a fatal form of dementia that typically affects older people, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. It causes memory loss, mood swings and can get to the point where a person can no longer perform daily tasks. There are few treatments but Joshi said she thinks one of the most important things to do “is to educate families and providers to recognize these early signs, know that they are not normal and seek early diagnosis.” McManus agrees that the best thing for families to do is to be prepared. “A big piece of why early detection and early diagnosis is so critically important is, it’s not just about what can we be doing now, but how do we plan for what is to be expected?” McManus said. Ostrowski agreed and said that planning for both caregiving and for finances is crucial. “Their first question should be, how do I plan for this? How do I prepare for what’s about to happen?” she said. “Because ultimately, everything that happens after that… if you have a way to reference a document that actually says, ‘Oh, when mom can’t speak anymore, it’s time for us to do this.’” And Ostrowski said that while it can be a lonely time for everyone involved, it’s important for people to remember “you’re not alone.” “There’s people out here to help and reach out,” she said. -If you are looking for help for yourself or a family member who may have Alzheimer’s, you can reach out to the Alzheimer’s Association at 1-800-2723900 or to Alzheimer’s Family Consulting’s website at alzheimersfamilyconsulting.com.
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Arizona ranks 2nd for syphilis births BY CAMILA PEDROSA Cronkite News
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ASHINGTON – Congenital syphilis cases in Arizona rose more than sevenfold from 2016 to 2020, pushing the state from the sixth- to second-worst in the nation in that time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And while the increase in Arizona leveled off slightly between 2019 and 2020, experts are not sure if that was because there were fewer cases or just fewer detected cases as COVID-19 made testing less accessible. “There has been a change in access to care, whether that’s your primary care doctor is only … doing telemedicine or you can’t get into an urgent care because there’s a lot of COVID,” said Matthew Christenberry, with the Pima County Health Department. Christenberry, project manager for the county’s Epidemiology Intelligence Unit,
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in at the city park in the downtown area to help us respond to those types of calls.” So far, the device has detected actual gunshots but also has given off some false flags. McClimans said it has not led to any arrests at this point. Robert Lopez lives in the Galveston neighborhood and said that he consid-
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Katya Bukharova and Dima Bukharov to the U.S. They initially applied for a tourist visa for her, but federal emergency programs that began April 11 now give them temporary protected status. Once Katya Bukharova and her son made it safely to Ahwatukee, Tretyak felt he needed to help others. However, the logistics and costs are daunting. First, just getting out of Ukraine is expensive and highly dangerous. One friend who recently left, Tretyak said, told him an 80mile trip that used to cost $10 by bus now takes 10 hours and costs $200 to $600 per person. They have to go through several checkpoints, and people have to claim they’re going to visit relatives or get medicine. After
said it is currently looking through the county’s 2020 data on congenital syphilis to see if there were lower amounts of testing done or if the positivity rate decreased that year. The CDC report showed that congenital syphilis – a sexually transmitted disease that an infected pregnant woman passes on to her fetus – rose from 20.1 cases per 100,000 live births in 2016 to 151.2 cases in 2020. That trailed only New Mexico, which had a rate of 182.9 cases per 100,000 live births in 2020. Arizona’s rise far outstripped the rise in congenital syphilis cases nationally, which increased about 3.5 times from 16.1 cases per 100,000 live births in 2016 to 57.3 in 2020. That was true for STDs generally. While both Arizona and the U.S. saw increases in syphilis and gonorrhea cases, Arizona’s rates for both diseases rose faster and higher. Only chlamydia fell between 2019 and 2020. Although Arizona fell
ers it a safe place, pointing out he took his niece to the park to play. When asked why people might not be reporting gunshots right away when they hear him, he said they might be scared. However, he said he’s never heard anything like that. Carmen Garcia says she lives just west of the Galveston neighborhood and also said she considers it safe.
that, they generally have to stay in Poland for some length of time, and need money for food and necessities. But there’s no guarantee they’ll even make it to their destination. “It can be a one-way trip,” Tretyak said. “You go through actual battlefields. They’re driving under active artillery fire.” Also, COVID restrictions make it difficult. Ivan Bukharov, who had only been on a plane once in his life, had to fly to Poland and sign an attestation that his daughter-in-law would get vaccinated upon arrival in the U.S. And the biggest hurdle: The airfare for the three of them added up to thousands of dollars. Tretyak estimates it costs about $5,000 to bring one person from Ukraine to the U.S. “They don’t have financial support to do this,” Tretyak said. “I’m not reaching out to people who have places to go to, like [stay-
slightly faster than the U.S., its chlamydia rate of 512.3 cases per 100,000 residents was well over the national rate of 481.3. In raw numbers, congenital syphilis had the fewest infections, measuring in the dozens in Arizona compared to the thousands of cases for gonorrhea and tens of thousands for chlamydia. But when compared with other states, congenital syphilis is a much greater concern in Arizona. The state ranked 15th in rates of both gonorrhea and chlamydia in 2020, and sixth for rates of primary and secondary syphilis, which refers to the two earliest stages of the disease. Christenberry said part of the problem could be the lack of access to prenatal care in the early days of the pandemic. “What we think we’re seeing is some missed opportunities,” he said. “We just have to better understand how to get those individuals into prenatal care so that we can get testing completed and if somebody is positive during pregnancy, then we can
“Wedon’t live that far from here,” she said. “But we don’t hear anything like that (gunshots). … It’s not like a bad neighborhood around here.” McClimans said the police have reached out to community groups in the area to improve communication and trust. He said there could be many reasons why some people are slow to report hearing gunshots. “They could be leaving the neighbor-
ing with] relatives or friends. It’s those few I know of who don’t have anywhere to go.” Add to that, the Tretyaks purchased a condo for the Bukharovs in anticipation of having potentially five more people coming to stay. A plea on social media helped them furnish the home, but now, with more people coming, they need more support. Tretyak and his wife are a working middle-class family, and the typical Ukrainian earns less than $200 a month, he explained. “It’s a joke what they pay there,” he noted. Still, he’s optimistic his friends will make it. The friend with two children left on April 24 and made it to Poland. He and his wife are busy getting paperwork ready for their arrival. “We need to go through [a] background check; prove we have enough money to support them,” he said. They’ll have to get health screenings and prove they have
get them adequately treated.” But health experts like Christenberry noted that vulnerable communities have especially been at risk, even before the pandemic. Dr. Leandro Mena, director of the CDC’s division of STD prevention, said pregnant women who struggle with substance abuse and poverty are less likely to be able to get tested, due to issues such as lack of health insurance and a stigma regarding STDs in their community. Christenberry echoed Mena and added homelessness and incarceration during pregnancy as other prominent risk factors for not having access to testing and treatment for STDs, especially syphilis. Arizona requires tests for congenital syphilis at three points during a pregnancy, but Christenberry said the requirement can only be met if pregnant women can access providers. During the pandemic, people may have been “afraid to access that care” they needed, he said.
hood, you know, and they’re in a rush to get out and they hear it and don’t want to call,” he said. “Or they think it’s fireworks because there are a lot of fireworks in downtown .... So if we get this and that notifies us within seconds, and we’re there within 30 seconds, that’s positive for us, we can help somebody we can save somebody’s life, we can protect the neighborhood.”
several vaccinations, and eventually they’ll need a car and jobs where they don’t need to speak English. The other friend with a two-year-old daughter is moving from place to place and keeping a low profile because her ex-husband was in the military, and the Russian troops are looking for anyone with ties to the military, Tretyak explained. They even look through people’s homes and strip-search them at checkpoints looking for tattoos or scars, he said. “If you have any relation past or present to military, that’s about as far as you can go,” he stated. “There’s a good reason to run,” Tretyak added. “Civilians are not being spared.” To donate, go to GoFundMe.com and search for Dima Tretyak or call him at 602 434-3460. ■
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Perry High names top graduates Perry High School named Joshua Jeong and Connor Olson as the top seniors in the Class of 2022.
Joshua Jeong
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Parents: Chelsea and Kwangmin Jeong.
Parents: David Olson and Brenda Olson
On the way to: Arizona State University
On the way to: Arizona State University’s Barrett,The Honors College
GPA: 4.88
GPA: 4.95
To study: Software engineering
To study: Hopes to pursue a career in astronautical or chemical engineering.
Extracurriculars on campus: Leo Club, UNICEF, Varsity Swim
Extracurriculars on campus: Leo Club and Math Club
Extracurriculars off campus: Volunteering, teaching computer science, language learning.
Extracurriculars off campus: FIRST Technology Challenge robotics
Basha High’s top of the Class of ‘22 The following Basha High seniors are graduating summa cum laude. Alyssa Yee
Isabel Madrid
Aleksander Mekhanik Riley Mayes
Ethan Tang
Parents: Andrew Yee and Dorothy Schena.
Parents: Gonzalo and Nancy Madrid
Parents: Yuri and Patricia Mekhanik
Parents: Jimmy Tang and Hsin-Yi Liu
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ix Chandler high school seniors have received $2,500 National Merit Scholarships. The six seniors are among 2,500 Merit Scholars chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2022 scholarship program. National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors. These honored seniors were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors, who ap-
praised a substantial amount of information submitted by both the finalists and their high schools: the academic record, including difficulty level of subjects studied and grades earned; scores from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay; and a recommendation written by a high school official. About 1,000 recipients of corporatesponsored Merit Scholarship awards were named, and some 4,000 collegesponsored Merit Scholarship winners won’t be announced until June. By the conclusion of this year’s competition, about 7,500 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth approximately $28 million. This year’s National Merit Scholarship Program began in October 2020,
when high school juniors took the PSAT/ NMSQT, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. Last fall, the highest-scoring participants in each state, representing less than one percent of the nation’s high school seniors, were named semifinalists on a state-representational basis. More than 16,000 semifinalists had an opportunity to continue in the competition. “From the Semi-finalist group, over 15,000 students met the very high academic standards and other requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition,” a spokeswoman for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation said. The nonprofit corporation operates without government assistance and was founded in 1955 specifically to conduct the scholarship program. The majority of scholarships offered each year are
underwritten by approximately 400 independent corporate and college sponsors that share NMSC’s goals of honoring scholastically talented youth and encouraging academic excellence at all levels of education. The Chandler scholars are: • Blake C. Enwiller from Arizona College Prep, who plans to study law; • Nihanth Pinnaka of BASIS Ahwatukee, who wants to major in biological engineering; • Shruti Ramkumar of Hamilton High, who plans to study finance; • Neha R. Soman of BASIS Chandler, who plans on a career in environmental policy; • Breanna Y. Tang , also of BASIS Chandler, who wants to enter the field of sociology. • Ella Y. Wang, also BASIS Chandler, who wants to study computer science.
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Chandler ASU grad takes on fashion industry career BY MORGAN HARRISON Arizonan Guest Writer
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er study abroad session may have been cut short due to the pandemic, but Macey Sierka of Chandler will never forget the four weeks she spent in Paris and how it further fueled her passion to start her own clothing business upon graduation. Sierka graduated with a degree in supply chain management from the W. P. Carey School of Business with a minor in fashion from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. During her study abroad, she took a course called “Business and Fashion in France” where she learned about the business aspect of the fashion industry from the perspective of luxury fashion brands. She gained several perspectives about fashion from her professors who were knowledgeable in areas including design, marketing and forecasting. “I spent countless hours window shopping and visiting fashion museums in Paris to try and absorb as much knowl-
Macey Sierka just earned a degree in supply chain management from Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business. (ASU) edge and inspiration as possible," she said. “What I loved about ASU was that I could experience all of the opportunities that came with attending a large public research university, but still have a smaller community to call home with Barrett,
The Honors College,” said Sierka. ISierka started at W. P. Carey as a business entrepreneurship major envisioning that would give her holistic business knowledge. However, after her first course, she found it wasn’t exactly what she was expecting. In January 2020, she changed her major to supply chain management as it is a highly ranked program. Sierka acknowledges that she has been fortunate to have many amazing professors throughout her time at ASU, but one course she will not forget was her first supply chain course taught by Professor Craig Carter. “Prior to his course, I admittedly thought of sustainability to be the antithesis of capitalism,” Sierka said. “I always believed efforts to protect people and the planet to be at the sake of profit. His expertise in sustainability and the concept of the triple bottom line completely changed my perspective, and made me realize that firms can actually improve their profitability by acting ethically.” The inspiration for her thesis stemmed from Carter’s lesson on sustainabil-
ity. She plans to make the concept of the triple bottom line a focus in building her sustainable business. As she begins taking this next step to launching her brand, she looks back at her time at ASU and believes she would not be prepared for this next venture if it weren’t for her experiences learning about business and fashion and the people she met. “Starting a business can be scary, but all of the professors I have worked with on my business plan, particularly professors Katy Keane and Cindie Blackmer, have encouraged me to follow my dream,” said Sierka. “I feel so proud to be graduating from a university which values entrepreneurship and has encouraged me to pursue my passion, despite my postgraduate plans being somewhat unique.” In her time at ASU, Sierka received the New American University Scholar – President’s Award, Steve Brabec Scholarship, William Feldhorn Family Scholarship and the Study Abroad Office Scholarship.
She realized her biggest obstacle was herself. Now, as a student graduating with a master’s degree in journalism and mass communication, Abid’s goal is to see more people like her anchoring the news. What was your “aha” moment when you realized you wanted to study the field you majored in? ‘Aha moments,’ unfortunately, didn’t come until very recently. It was not until this semester when I was named an anchor for Cronkite News. During the auditions, I was standing in front of the camera and I thought I would be really nervous because there’s a lot of people watching and it’s a lot of pressure. I was reading the teleprompter, and it felt like everything else faded away. I was like, OK, like I was meant to do this. It took away all that uncertainty and doubt. And that was very rewarding. It came really late, but I’m glad that it did come eventually. What’s something you learned while at Arizona State University that surprised you or changed your perspective? In my JMC 201 class, one of my profes-
sors was helping us learn how to write stories. He gave us the example of a woman, like a zookeeper, who died at a zoo from an animal. The details were given, and we were supposed to write a story from that. He said something along the lines of “Don’t write ‘Tragic death at the zoo.’ Tragic implies subjectivity.” And I just remember being floored, thinking, so this is what journalists do. We don’t put our own feelings into work. We try to take the news and share it as truthfully as possible. And I think that was just a moment where I was like, OK, this is what it means to be objective. That’s something that stuck with me. What’s the best piece of advice you’d give to those still in school? When you’re in school, it feels like it’s never-ending. And no matter how much people tell you these are the best years of your life and it’s going to fly by, when you’re in it, you’re really in it. My advice is that if you push through, the finish line is so worth every struggle and uncertainty you have.
News anchor is this Chandler ASU grad’s long-term goal
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atma Abid of Chandler never thought she’d study journalism, let alone be honored as an Outstanding Graduate Student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s spring 2022 convocation ceremony. “When people see someone like me reading the news, when they see someone in a headscarf, they’re kind of forced to confront their own conceptions about people like me. And while it’s not comfortable, I think that’s a really important thing,” said Cronkite School Outstanding Graduate Student Fatma Abid. Growing up, Abid excelled at math and science. Being from Bangladesh, Abid said many first-generation South Asian immigrants encourage their children to pursue medical or engineering careers. When she chose to attend Cronkite, however, Abid was met with overwhelming support, especially from her parents. “I was really surprised and happy to
Fatma Abid of Chandler just graduated from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication as an Outstanding Graduate Student. (ASU) hear that people in my community were so encouraging of someone like me to represent our community,” Abid said.
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Chandler home prices rose 51% in two years BY PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan Executive Editor
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he average sale price of a singlefamily house in Chandler has increased 51% in two years and while home prices likely will continue to rise, mortgage rates and an apparent cooling in demand may spell trouble ahead for sellers, a leading Valley housing analyst said last week. Chandler was not alone in seeing such a staggering increase in average sale prices among 17 Valley cities that the Cromford Report routinely monitors: 12 of the 17 cities saw the average sale price jump by at least 60% between the 17th week of 2020 and the 17th week of 2022. The average sale price of a Chandler home rose from $518,720 to $633,076 in that time, it said. Valley-wide, the Cromford Report reported that over the past six weeks, “active listing counts are rising very strongly” – up more than 32% in a month – and called it “one of the most dramatic shifts in direction we have ever seen.” “If this trend continues for several months the market dynamics will change significantly,” it said. Cromford Report also called out me-
This home on West Beechcraft Place on the Chandler Airport property recently sold for $3.5 million. The 4,513-square-foot, single-story home, built in 2020 has three bedrooms and 4 ½ baths, an airplane hangar, batting cage and basketball court. (Special to the Arizonan) to attract tenants. Over the last few weeks, the Cromford Report has been identifying data that prompted it to state on April 22: “Almost
At the moment the number of homes for sale “ remains very far below normal, but we have seen before how it can increase sharply if more sellers emerge just as demand is declining.
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dia reports of a continuing surge in rent, saying the most recent data from the Phoenix metro housing market shows rents are starting to fall slightly, available rental units are increasing and nervous landlords are starting to offer deals
everybody is saying rents are going up. Not in Phoenix, they’re not. With rents going down and mortgage rates and home purchase prices going up, the argument for buying over renting is starting to look significantly weaker.”
It’s more than just inventory of singlefamily homes, townhouses and apartments that is prompting that statement. The Cromford Report noted that inventory of for-sale homes also is rising while the number of closings is trending downward. “April is supposed to be one of the best months for the market, but new contract signings are significantly lower than last year. This means active listings are staying active longer and inventory is starting to build in most (but not all) segments,” it stated. “At the moment the number of homes for sale remains very far below normal, but we have seen before how it can increase sharply if more sellers emerge just as demand is declining.” Stating that the sellers market is slow-
ly deteriorating in 17 major Valley municipalities, the Cromford Report said that between mid-March and mid-April, Cromford Report noted, “We have seen a 34% increase in the number of new rental listings added to ARMLS (Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service) compared with the same four weeks in 2021. It added there has also been a 20% increase in the number of rental homes available in Phoenix on the Progress Residential web site over the past four weeks. And on May 1, it reported, “Supply has been arriving in greater quantities over the past few weeks, This applies to both rental and for-sale listings. The most dramatic rises are in rentals. There were 2,550 new rental listings
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created in the last four weeks, which is up 45% from the same four weeks of 2021. For 2022 year-to-date we have seen 26% more new listings (10,072 versus 7,995).” The for-sale active listing count (excluding UCB and CCBS) across all areas and types has jumped 27% in just 4 weeks. This is even faster than we experienced in April 2005. That’s a scary percentage, even though the absolute numbers remain small. If this growth rate persists through May and June, the market will be very different by July. Cromford Report is not saying rents are heading back to pre-pandemic levels – a scenario no housing expert anywhere is saying is on the horizon. But what it means, it said, is “renters of single-family detached homes are seeing far more choice than they did last year and we are starting to see homes advertised with ‘the first month’s rent is free.’ Rental supply is particularly strong in Gilbert. “This appears to be a significant turnaround in the rental market and it does
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This chart by the Cromford Report compares home sale price averages in 17 Valley municipalities between week 17 of 2020 and that of 2022. (Cromford Report) not seem to have been recognized by the media outlets, who are mostly still refer-
ring to rising rents. That is so 2021.” Meanwhile, for those trying to buy or sell a house, the data is mixed but leaving no one much to necessarily cheer about, according to the data supplied by the Cromford Report and various other sources. The Cromford Report has developed an index for 17 Valley cities that measures how far each is tilted toward either sellers or buyers, with 100 indicating a balanced market. While indices in all 17 submarkets were pointed downward last week, the lowest threshold was 210 in Buckeye whole the highest was 537 in Avondale. Phoenix was just under 422. That means all the markets are still weighted heavily toward sellers. But Cromford also stated, “Red flag warning. The housing market is changing more rapidly with rising supply and falling demand. While it remains far above normal for now, the (index) is dropping fast.” It also noted that its Cromford Market Index not only “is accelerating downward,” while it is still “a very hot market, the downward trend is so powerful it
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appears possible that it will drop below 300 in a matter of weeks rather than months. …We do not know when this decline will bottom out.” But buyers shouldn’t take much comfort in all this. For one thing, Cromford noted, while overall market conditions are rapidly changing, “prices will continue to rise for many months since they are trailing indicators of market conditions.” In a report April 30, it looks at monthly average sale prices in the 17 Valley submarkets it monitors for 17th week of 220 and compared it to that of this year. The average percentage different between the old average price and the current one was at least 50% in all but three of the 17 communities: Tempe, 48%; Sun City, 46% and Fountain Hills, 34%. But don’t feel sorry for Fountain Hills: it posted the fourth highest average sales price in the Valley with $922,843 – behind only the three communities with seven-figure average home sale prices: Paradise Valley, $4.35 million; Scottsdale, $1.46 million; and Cave Creek, $1.15 million.
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Chandler Girl Scout’s opioid project earns Gold Award BY JUSTIN LIGGIN Contributor
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fter seeing the impact of the opioid crisis firsthand upon losing her cousin to addiction, Chandler Girl Scout Megan Burke used her experience with this issue to fuel change in her community, earning a Gold Award for her tremendous efforts. “Even though the opioid crisis is a major issue in many neighborhoods and communities, speaking about it is often shamed away. However, the truth is that drug addiction is a complex disease that affects the brain, therefore it needs to be spoken about,” said Megan. When looking for ways to combat this issue and truly make a change with her Gold Award project, Megan discovered Hushabye Nursery, a center providing support groups, inpatient nursery services, and outpatient therapies to infants and mothers affected by opioids.
Chandler Girl Scout Megan Burke earned the prestigious Gold Award with a project that benefited a nonprofit that helps infants and moms impacted by opioid addiction.
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“Women who become pregnant while using opioids are typically prescribed opiates throughout their pregnancies due to the risk of prenatal withdrawal and miscarriage,” said Megan. “This causes their babies to be born into an opiate-dependent state known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome which requires a detoxification process in the days following birth.” Through her collaboration with Hushabye Nursery, Megan was able to hold donation drives across the community in addition to building and organizing donation closets, where moms are able to shop. Megan also worked to help Hushabye Nursery become one of the National Charity League’s official philanthropies to hold yearly donation drives to. Megan’s involvement with Hushabye Nursery has already seen results that
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Scholarship memorializes late Basha High student
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f you give any American teen one wish, you've got to think they would be pretty selfish with it. And, if that teen was facing a life-threatening illness, most people would say they have every right to be. But Basha High School’s Jaxon Landfair was not a typical teen. The students at Basha High spent a week in April trying to keep his one wish alive to celebrate his memory. Jaxon died from leukemia complications in September 2019. He had been diagnosed less than a year before that. When Make-A-Wish showed up to offer him his one wish, Jaxon’s father said his son still thought he would overcome his struggle with cancer. “We never, ever considered that he may not make it through it,” Jay Landfair
Jaxon Landfair died of leukemia in 2019 but he wanted his death to leave a legacy. (Special to SanTan Sun News)
said. “They told us, ‘you know, leukemia, it’s not a death sentence anymore,’” said Jessica Landfair, his mother. Jaxon thought about his one wish for a while. “He thought about it for, I mean, pretty much his entire journey with leukemia,” Jay said. “He had that in the back of his mind, because Make-A-Wish approached him pretty early. And the whole time he was like, ‘Man, I just can’t think … and it just didn’t seem good enough.’” Finally, Jaxon settled on his wish. He told his dad he wanted something that would last. He asked Make-A-Wish to start a scholarship that would help students interested in law enforcement to get their college degrees. Jay and his wife, Jessica, started the Jaxon Foundation to do just that. And each year the students at Basha set out to raise $6,000 to fund that scholarship.
Volunteer students dress up in purple shirts and classrooms compete against one another to see which can raise the most money. The foundation also hosts an annual golf tournament, scheduled for this weekend, to help raise funds. So far it has awarded three scholarships. Why law enforcement? “That was kind of a surprise to me, actually,” Jay said. “You know, I remember talking to him, and he was in like middle school or something like that. You know, about what he wanted to do with life and everything. At that time talking about going into the military, Marines.” He later found out his son and an officer at the hospital talked, and Jaxon expressed an interest in doing investigations in law enforcement. Before Jaxon died, his father said he
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South Chandler pub owner marries BY KEN SAIN Staff Writer
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ackson Armstrong said he wanted no part of being on the Food Network’s “Restaurant Impossible” in 2020, but agreed because his managers thought it would bring more diners to their South Chandler restaurant. Armstrong, the co-owner of Ginger Monkey GastroPub at Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo Road, gave the TV show one of its signature moments: He proposed marriage to longtime girlfriend Monique Hughes at the end of that broadcast. Fast forward nearly two years later: They were finally able to exchange their vows. They got married April 29 in San Diego and show host Robert Irvin married them. The wedding was delayed, in part, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They wanted to wait until it was safe to bring family and friends together for the cer-
Jackson Armstrong, owner of the Ginger Monkey Gastropub in south Çhandler, married his longtime girlfriend, Monique Hughes, after proposing to her two years ago on the TV show “Restaurant Impossible.” (David Minton/Staff Photographer)
emony. “It’s a party,” Monique said before the wedding took place. “We’re actually having the wedding and reception at the same location, and the venue is beautiful. We’re kind of making it more of a festive wedding, and not the traditional ceremony.” She said a lot of people from Chandler were planning to attend because the restaurant has always done a lot for the community. In fact, that is one of the reasons Restaurant Impossible chose them for a show: they continued to give back even when they were struggling. “I didn’t want to do it,” Armstrong said about being asked to be part of the show. “At first I said no. They gave us another 24 hours to try and figure it out, and they said we have a billion viewers so you really need to do this. “I was worried because this is television, and television is manipulation to
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guaranteed positive change for years to come, but also gave her essential life skills to help her find further success in the future. “I have learned how important leadership skills are while working with members of the community. I also learned how to clearly communicate through emails and phone calls to keep my volunteers organized and engaged on projects like the diaper drive that I started,” said Megan. A Girl Scout of 11 years, Megan credits Girl Scouts with providing her with lead-
ership experience and necessary skills to work with others. “The time I have spent with Girl Scouts has taught me how to work with my community. Through encampments, events, and collaborations I have been able to connect with others, make a difference, and even earn some badges!” As a Gold Award recipient, Megan joins other fellow Girl Scouts as a true changemaker in society. Awarded to girls who discover sustainable solutions in their community, the Gold Award is a national symbol of leadership and can
stand out in college admissions, scholarships applications, and much more. A current student at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Megan would one day love to have a career in politics; a field that she feels prepared for after working in the community to become a Girl Scout Gold Awardee. “After this experience, I can complete any job or challenge thrown at me with my strong teamwork skills. I am truly thankful for Girl Scouts and the opportunities and experiences I’ve been given,” said Megan.
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pop from when you do it,” Armstrong said. “People come in … they know that something happened, and they want to see the changes … even before the show airs, because the show takes four months to air. “They want to see the transformation, and we were closed for three months.” Once the show did air, he said they did see an increase in business. However, it was summer and they rely on snowbirds. And the pandemic was still underway. “We did get a little bit of a pop, but people were still scared to go out,” he
said. “It took another six months before that actually filtered out a little bit.” Restaurant Impossible returned for a revisit to Ginger Monkey in an episode that aired last month. Armstrong said he and Irvin have become friends. “We definitely talk a lot,” Armstrong said. “A few times a week.” He said they’ve asked them to appear on other shows in San Diego and Colorado, and they happily agreed. “We were more than happy to pay it forward, because what they did for us
was amazing, so we just wanted to be a part of that.” Still, the wedding proposal remains one of the top moments in the show’s history. Armstrong said it wasn’t planned, adding Irvin didn’t know it was about to happen. “That was not their idea at all,” he said. “Just the executive producer knew about it, and he found out about it about five minutes before I did that.” Information: https://www.gingermonkeyaz.com/
are sure to be sustained long beyond the completion of her Gold Award project. “Hushabye Nursery will now constantly receive volunteers, new donations, and information because there was a unanimous vote to pass Hushabye Nursery as a new philanthropy charity,” said Megan. “The donation closet also inspired more mothers to sign up for classes at the nursery.” Megan’s project not only made an immense impact on the community and
the way they want to show things.” He said the reality of the show is just what you see in that broadcast that aired in June 2020. Unfortunately for Armstrong and his restaurant, the timing of the show did not give them the boost they were hoping for. It was filmed in late February, just before the pandemic was declared and the world stopped going out to eat. “It kind of hurt us because you get a big
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made a commitment to him to start the foundation that would keep his one wish alive. That means raising $6,000 every year for another scholarship. That’s something that Basha students say they are happy to help with. This year they raised more than $7,900 for the Foundation. That was impressive considering only this year’s senior class attended school the same time that Jaxon did. “We asked the Landfairs to make a video that kind of explained who Jaxon was, his story and everything,” said Ava Gilbert, one of the student organizers of the fund drive. “And it was shown in every single fourth hour. So, by the time we went in there to get the donations ... they
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already knew who he was, they knew his story. Everyone’s really touched by it.” Students from all over the East Valley can apply for the scholarship. Jay said they work with the police youth programs to find students who are serious about pursuing a career in law enforcement. Jaxon’s parents say in the end, they were not surprised that Jaxon would use his one wish to benefit others. “That literally is just who Jaxon always was,” Jessica said. “He was always, even throughout his battle with leukemia, anytime anyone came into the room, he was always more concerned about their well being or if everyone was comfortable. It was innate, he is just a giver, and very good example, to all of us, including his parents.”
Participating in a fundraiser for Jaxon were, from left, Ava Gilbert, Jay Landfair, Jessica Landfair, Paige Campbell, Teah Watersmith, and School Resource Officer William Walker. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)
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Larry B Pomeroy, 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Gilbert, AZ. He was preceded in returning to his Heavenly home by his parents: Leslie T. and Norma Walton Pomeroy; siblings: Norman Pomeroy, Claudia and Neil Astle, Karen Pomeroy, and Dennis Barney; and dear friends: Freddie Munoz, Bill Skousen, Marvin Sorenson, Sonny Lee, and Ed Caroley. Larry was born on December 22, 1942, in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a teenager, he moved with his family to Mesa, AZ. Larry started his career working on automobiles in his brother, Mick’s garage. After graduating from Mesa High School, Larry joined the Air Force serving in Yackima, Washington as an Air Defense Command. Afterwards, Larry returned to Mesa where he started his first business in 1964, LP’s Body and Paint Center, which is still in operation today. He also had successful business ventures in Concrete and Real Estate. Larry knew many in Mesa and was devoted to a core group of friends still in place today. Together, he had many adventures with them including winning the Puerto Penasco 100 Baja race in 1977, yearly trips to fish in Alaska and staying in his cabin in Montana, weekly poker tournaments, golfing, and
boating on the Arizona reservoirs. One of Larry’s great missions in life was wanting to help support and care for his family. For example, just a kid himself, Larry made homemade ice skates for his sister to ice skate at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City. Another time, Larry helped his siblings cut down a “larger than necessary” Christmas tree, because it’s the one everyone wanted even though it was quite the chore. Also, almost every family member (siblings, son, nephews, nieces) benefited from Larry helping them fix up their vehicles. When it came to helping family, Larry always approached it with a “Get ’Er Done” attitude. Larry married Debbie Blesh in 1978 and together they had one son, Larry Pomeroy, Jr. Once single again, Larry still found ways to support his son regularly from coaching his little league team to memorializing when his son first outdrove him in golf. Also, Larry always seemed to have a saying for all situations trying to lighten the mood for everyone. Most of his family and friends have at least one “this one time with Larry” story. Larry leaves behind many who will miss him including his son/daughter-in-law: Larry and Jolene Pomeroy Jr; his grandchildren: Shjon Oelke, Bridgette Pomeroy; his siblings/sibling-in-laws: Mae (Norman) Pomeroy, Mick (Karen) Pomeroy, Ann (Dennis) Barney, Edwin and Linda Lamoreaux; and his remaining cherished friends. Larry also has many nieces and nephews and their children who he cared for greatly.
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Bowden of Mesa, Arizona passed away peacefully on May 1, 2022. Geraldine, often called Jerri, was born on February 12, 1934 in Tucson, Arizona. She is the oldest of five children born to Ike and Florin Young. Jerri grew up happily in Tucson and moved to El Paso in her late teens, graduating high school there. After some college and work, she met and then married Bob Bowden on August 17, 1957 in the Mesa Arizona Temple. Bob and Jerri raised their four children - Rob who was born in 1958, Jim (1960), Amy (1963), and Brent (1971) – in Mesa. Jerri was always a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving tirelessly throughout her life in any position she was called into. Her faithful service and testimony of Christ were hallmarks of her life. In addition to her callings she enjoyed serving in the temple and served a local mission at the Bishop’s Storehouse. Jerri is survived by her children, Rob Bowden (Joanne), Jim Bowden (Debra), Amy Ellsworth (Cory), and Brent Bowden (Susette), siblings Judy Sanigan, Jim Young (Joan), Jeanne Lambson (Steve), and Julie Davies. She was the proud grandmother of 21 and great-grandmother of 19. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Kent Bowden, Sr., as well as three grandsons . Deadline for obituaries is Wednesday at 5pm for Sunday. All obituaries will be approved by our staff prior to being activated. Be aware there may be early deadlines around holidays. Call 480-898-6465 Mon-Fri 8:30-5 if you have questions. Visit: obituaries.EastValleyTribune.com
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Hotel remodel brings a bit of Hawaii to Arizona Avenue BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer
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he Aloha boutique motel on Arizona Avenue in Chandler transformed many times on its way to a grand reopening with a Hawaiian motif last weekend. When owners Bill Simmonds and John Hylton first looked at the aging motel that first opened in 1950, they were thinking of converting it into apartments. “We kind of had planned to do more like, long-term, apartment living,” Simmonds said. “That was the original plan.” “We bought it in late ’19, and it appeared it would go toward apartments, because that’s what Bill and I do,” Hylton said. The pandemic changed those plans. “We thought the Airbnb might be our move,” Simmonds said.
Owners John Hylton and Bill Simmonds transformed the Aloha Motel, a 1950’s boutique motel on Arizona Avenue in Chandler, after a number of revisions in their plans. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)
The Aloha is now a 26-room boutique motel that has been upgraded to modern standards. Each room has its own kitchen area and modern design in keeping with the Aloha theme. Simmonds and Hylton said since they began reopening it, they sell out most nights. On May 7, they fully reopened the final wing of rooms and staged an event that brought out Mayor Kevin Hartke and the Chandler Chamber of Commerce. Politics played a role in the decision to switch from apartments to a motel, something the two pilots had never done before. Simmonds said the government issued a moratorium on evictions during the early days of the pandemic. He said
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Chandler teen’s cookies a hit at local farmers markets
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ustomers strolling Saturday’s downtown Chandler farmers market, or Sunday morning’s farmers market in Ahwatukee have found a sweet spot at the Madisyn “Maddie” Newell’s bakery booth. The Chandler High School sophomore has been a cookie vendor at the Chandler market for two years and branched out to Ahwatukee’s farmers market six months ago, where she has been a welcomed addition. Her first cookie baking experience was working next to her paternal grandfather, who remains an avid baker of cookies. “Baking cookies has kinda been my whole life,” the vivacious Madisyn said, taking advantage of a lull at Sunday’s Ahwatukee Farmers Market. “I first baked when I was 4 or 5.” She said her maternal grandmother, now deceased, was another baking mentor.
“We baked together. My grandparents on both sides were really into baking, and I loved helping them even when I was really young.” Little did anyone suspect that the youngster, who turned 16 April 7, would parlay the knowledge gleaned from those hours in her grandparents’ kitchens into her own business – and one that has garnered fans at both weekend markets, where small samples of her various offerings are offered to those walking by. At 16, Madisyn Newell has become a popular vendor at two farmers The young entremarkets with her homemade cookies. (Special to the Arizonan)
preneur handles a busy schedule with baking and studying for finals. Sporting her No. 15 jersey, Madisyn is also a point guard with Chandler High’s junior varsity girls basketball team and plays this summer with its club team. “I love playing basketball; I started playing when I was in seventh grade at Willis Junior High,” she said. Unfortunately for cookie monsters of all ages, Madisyn is shuttering both stands after June 4 so she can attend summer school, play club basketball and avoid the heat. “I definitely will return this fall,” she said. “I just have things I want to do this summer and there’s just not enough time.” “I will be helping out at a local brick and mortar, too.” An air conditioned one, she added, smiling. She said baking cookies is a passion she inherited from her paternal grandfather. “My grandfather on my father’s side,
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some tenants just refused to pay their rents during the moratorium. That left them with little appetite for adding more apartments to their portfolio. But to get the Aloha into good enough shape to be a desirable bed-andbreakfast would take a lot of work. “It would have been easier to tear it down, I’m sure, and rebuild, but you couldn’t build something like this again,” Hylton said. “So we wanted to keep what it was. But it was everything from underground, through the walls, it’s all new. It wasn’t easy.” Simmonds and Hylton got into buying apartments as a way to invest for the long-term as pilots in the Seattle area. Simmonds, who is older, is now retired from flying and has been a mentor for Hylton for the past 10 years. “I’ve always had a passion for real estate,” Simmonds said. “My dad was a
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John Madisyn of Mesa, has always baked cookies and he gives them to his neighbors and members of his church,” she said. “Granddad is still baking; he does trial cookies with me.” Trial cookies are often seasonal and holiday-centric like her popular fall pumpkin cookies. Her booth at both farmers markets is arrayed with a tempting display of cookies that include chocolate chip, crinkle cookies, oatmeal chocolate chip, peanut butter, glu-
realtor … I remember going to look at a house with him one time, I can still smell the … wood. The idea of owning a house was intriguing.” When Hylton and his family moved to the Valley in 2018, they decided to begin looking for properties in this area. In addition to the Aloha, they also bought Casa Blanca, which is a similar motel a few blocks north of Aloha on Arizona Avenue. It is also in need of refreshing. However, Simmonds says they want to see how the Aloha performs over a year before they decide what to do with Casa Blanca. So far, the Aloha is off to a great start. If it sustains it, then they could do a similar makeover for that motel. “Our reviews have been stellar,” Hylton said. “The people driving by are grateful to see it come back to life. We ran into several snags along the way, but we just kind of got through it, and we’re thrilled with it now.” ■
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The Aloha is now a 26-room boutique motel that has been upgraded to modern standards. Each room has it’s own kitchen area and modern design in keeping with the Hawaiian theme. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)
ten-free keto selections, and several more. She has garnered many regular customers, many of whom she knows by name. “I come every Sunday morning and I never forget to buy myself one of her snickerdoodles,” said Ahwatukee Farmers Market regular Andrea Barry as she stood in the short line this May morning, eyeing the wares. “I eat just a couple bites while I walk around and it’s nice that she sells bottled water for only a dollar,” she said. “I always buy a snickerdoodle, and I know I should
try some of the others, they look so good. It’s just I really love her snickerdoodles, but I only buy myself two for the week so I don’t overdo it,” she laughed. Barry admitted she’s been known to buy many more. “Last February I bought a dozen mixed cookies from Maddie and took them for the teachers and staff at my son’s school. It was such a hit, and I think she got a few more customers!” According to Madisyn, word of mouth has been a boon to business at both sites. “Word of mouth and repeat business,”
she said smiling as she handed Barry her paper-wrapped snickerdoodle, “has really helped us grow. Of course the cookies are all delicious and that keeps them coming back.” Summer hours have kicked in at both farmers markets. The Downtown Chandler Farmers Market, located in Dr. A.J. Chandler Park West at 3 South Arizona Avenue is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., as is the Ahwatukee Farmers Market, located at 4700 E. Warner Avenue in the parking lot. Summer hours for both run June 1 through Sept. 30 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. ■
tal 26,404 square feet of retail space. The sale price broke down to $657 per square foot, vizzda said. Named after a steel operation that existed at the site before it was sold, former owner Capital Asset Management looked at the development has meeting a long-term need for more retail and restaurant venues in the area. Jason Hersker, executive vice president of Capital Asset Management, last year told the Chandler Arizonan that the immediate area had over 700 singlefamily lots in various stages of development and sell offs.
“These homeowners need their amenities and this was a retail trade area that was significantly underserved with retail options,” he said. Illoulian on Faring’s website discusses his development philosophy, explaining he “believes in engaging with the community at the outset of a project.” “We work to understand the local context, the pain points for neighbors and determine how our projects can help address those issues,” he said. “We have shown how working hand-inhand with our neighbors from the start adds real value to our projects,” he said.
“We know good design takes time. Partners like working with Faring because we’re patiently focused on a high-quality outcome and invest in the materials, specialists and time to achieve our goal.” Since The Steelyard is so new and was expected to be fully leased last year, Iloulian probably won’t have all that much to worry about in terms of redevelopment. With such a broad architectural portfolio, Faring “is defined by our commitment to detail and quality,” Illoulian said. “We are investing in neighborhoods and creating buildings which are still going to be relevant in 50 years.”
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Hollywood real estate developer has bought The Steelyard commercial center in southeast Chandler for $17.4 million. Jason Illoulian, who owns Norman Cienega Property Group LLC and Faring, both in West Hollywood, purchased the 4 acre site at Gilbert and Chandler Heights Road, Chandler, last month from Simon Commercial Real Estate, according to the Valley real estate tracker vizzda.com. Built in 2020, The Steelyard comprises three single-story buildings with a to-
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ob Martínez was a trailblazer for Baseball in Chandler. He helped establish Chandler Youth Baseball. He played his high school ball for the Wolves and went to two state title games during his career. His name is forever engraved into the Chandler Sports Hall of Fame as one of the first-ever inductees. So, when he passed away at 84 years old in February, it hit the community hard and his son, David Martínez, even harder. Like his father, Martinez played high school baseball at Chandler. He loved being a part of the Wolves and returned to the school nine years ago to become an assistant coach for the program he once called home. He joined forces with Ralph Baldenegro, whose father Eduardo played alongside Martínez’s at Chandler. The bloodlines – which include Martinez’s nephew Tim Barraza – that date back to the 1950s have fueled the Wolves run this season. And it started when every player attended Bob’s funeral to pay respects to a man who helped build the program they love. “Winning is great, but the family atmosphere we have, you can’t beat that,” Martínez said with tears in his eyes. “For them to be there for that, that’s way more important than winning ball games to me. There isn’t a second that goes by that I’m not thinking about my dad.” Hiring Chandler alumni was the plan all along for head coach Dave Lopez when he was brought in nine years ago. He wanted individuals who knew the school, the community and the rich tradition it offered. More importantly, he wanted to set a foundation that players could build upon year after year that alumni would be proud of. That foundation has quickly become one centered around a familial aspect. Just like Martínez and Baldenegro experienced when they were legacy players in the program, every current player is shown they belong.
the program in year’s prior. He believes they helped fuel this run that has included postseason wins over powerhouse Mountain Ridge, Perry and Brophy. The Wolves entered Friday’s game in a good position with Perry having to beat them twice to advance. All Chandler needed was one win to reach just its eighth championship game in program history and first since 1972. “We’ve talked about that Left: From left: Chandler baseball assistant coach David Martinez, head coach Dave Lopez and assistant Ralph since we were freshmen. I Baldenegro have all bonded over the death of their fathers and with that, have created a family-like atmosphere remember five years ago that has fueled the Wolves’ run in the postseason. (Dave Minton/Arizona Staff) Center: Bob Martinez, who passed Balde would talk about this away at 84 in February, was the father of assistant coach David Martinez. A trailblazer for baseball in Chandler, he with my older brother,” said played for the Wolves alongside Baldenegro’s father, Eduardo, and eventually went on to start Chandler Youth senior outfielder Tate Scott, Baseball and was inducted into the Chandler Sports Hall of Fame, among several other accolades. (Courtesy Tim who set the single-season Barraza) Right: The Chandler team carries Martinez’s No. 25 jersey with them at every game. When he passed, the team showed up to the funeral to support their assistant coach, who to this day says he believes his father home run record at Chandler against Mountain Ridge. is in the dugout with him giving him tips throughout the game. (Dave Minton/Arizona Staff) Even if Chandler doesn’t make it to Diablo on Tuesday, That’s created chemistry between the know their fathers are there with them Scott said his career has been group and a bond that hasn’t been bro- all the time and would be proud of what one he will always cherish. ken yet. Even when facing adversity on they’ve accomplished this season. “This is the best thing I’ve ever done,” and off the field. “This has probably been one of the Scott said. “I’ve made memories that “Our gritty kids have bought in, and most special things in my entire life,” I’ll always have and friends that will go they love each other,” Lopez said. “They Baldenegro said. “It would mean the off to college but when they come back, don’t lead by their words but by their ac- world to me to be there (in the champi- we’ll start where we left off.” tions. They are all close enough where onship). If it doesn’t, we will learn and Lopez’s father, Rigoberto, made a name they can tell each other when they’re grow from it. We are going to learn and for himself on the field in Globe as a coach. slacking and to be better. These kids, this teach with whatever happens.” When he passed away five years ago, Lopez senior class, it’s been fun to be around.” Chandler entered the 6A Conference went to the mound and said a prayer for him. Attending Bob’s funeral was some- playoffs as the No. 6 seed. It’s the highest He told both Martínez and Baldenegro thing every player volunteered to do ranking for the Wolves since 2019 when that his goal was to make it to Tempe back in February. To this day, the thought they were No. 5 and fell in the first round Diablo Stadium Tuesday and have them of it brings tears to the eyes of Martínez. to Desert Vista. join him in a prayer for their fathers. The team has also carried with them At 25-6, this is the most wins in a sea- Should it happen, it would be an emohis No. 25 jersey throughout the sea- son for the program since the Wolves tional moment for the three coaches. son, hanging it in the dugout of every won 27 in 2007. They still could have hit “My dad was a big baseball guy and at ballpark they’ve played at this spring, that mark as they faced Perry Friday in the end of the year he would always pray big and small. Martínez still talks to his the semifinal with a trip to the title game with our clubs,” Lopez said. “I was lucky dad in the dugout, often asking him what on the line slated for Tuesday night at enough to go home in '09 and win one pitch to call. Baldenegro does the same Tempe Diablo Stadium. and we did that. talking to his late father. Lopez, too. Making a run to the championship has “It’s kind of my way showing my faith The three coaches have bonded to- been a goal all along for Lopez, his staff to these guys without pushing it and a gether over the same heart-shattering and this group of players. Lopez also way to honor my dad and the impact he loss they’ve all gone through. But each credits the players who came through had as a baseball guy and on me.”
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NOTICE To all persons interested in the estate of F. Thomas Satalowich: The undersigned, Thomas and/or Todd Satalowich, the Co-Trustees under a trust the terms of which provide that the debts of the decedent may be paid by the Trustee upon receipt of proper proof thereof. Please send all claims to PO Box 577, Columbia, MO 65205-9903 All creditors of the decedent are noticed to present their claims to the undersigned within four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice or be forever barred. Central Trust Company, on behalf of the Co-Trustees. Published: East Valley Tribune May 15, 22, 29, Jun 5, 2022 / 46442
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN RE: The Adoption of: Wyatt Melvin Maney, DOB: 7/17/2015 JAMES MELVIN MANEY (Father) and wife JESSICA PAJGE KIMSEY. Joint Petitioners.VS. KATELYN CA THERINE LAWSON. Respondent. DOCKET NO: V-21-586 JUDGE: Sharp. ORDER OF PUBLICATIONS Notice is hereby given that JAMES MELVIN MANEY and JESSICA PAIGE KIMSEY seeks to terminate the parental rights of KATELYN CATHERINE LAWSON a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption By a Step-Parent was filed on November 4, 2021 with the Circuit Court of Bradley County, TN, Docket No. V-21-586. Notice is hereby given pursuant to law, to any interested or affected party to appear in said Court on July 25, 2022 at 9:00AM and to file objections to such Petition. Objections must be filed with the said Court within thirty (30) days of this notice. This Order shall run in the Gilbert Sun Newspaper for no less than 4 consecutive weeks and 30 days prior to the hearing in this matter on July 25, 2022. So Ordered this 3rd day of May, 2022. /s/ Judge, J. Michael Sharp Approve for entry by: LOGANTHOMPSON, P.C. BY: /s/ PHILIP M. JACOBS (BPR#024996) 30 Second Street, PO Box 191, Cleveland TN 37364-0191 (423) 476-2251 pjacobs@loganthompsonlaw.com Published: Gilbert Sun News/East Valley Tribune, May 15, 22, 29 Jun 5, 2022 / 46594
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Public Notices Advertisement of Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the Arizona Self-Service Storage Act, Arizona Statutes 33-1704, Section H, Enforcement of Lien. The Undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on or after June 24, 2022 at 9:00am using an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com, said property has been stored and located at US60 Self Storage, 1661 S Alma School Rd, Ste 105, Mesa, AZ 85210. Property to be sold as follows: Misc. household goods, personal items, furniture, clothing, toys and/or business fixtures and items belonging to the following: Tenant Name Unit # Robert Kessenich 322 Stacy Koury 417 Giovanni Benitez 806 Mark Larry 614 Giovanni Carusone 206 Marta Colon 505 Monica Granados 523 Nicole Stewart 209 Kierra Debarros 231 Carissa Vigil 536 Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Items sold “as is”, CASH ONLY, and Buyer must pay a security deposit and broom sweep/clean the unit. Go to www.storagetreasures.com to bid on unit(s). Published in the east Valley Tribune on 5/15 & 5/22
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