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“The two incumbents don’t always overlap; you have one or the other,” he said. “They tend to work around each other.”The other six companies often lease the lines Cox and Century Link have put down. Those companies are Alluvian, Crown Castle, MCI (Verizon’s company), TCA (AT&T’s company), and Zayo. Salt River Project is the eighth. They installed some lines for their own use, but sometimes lease it to others, Aust said.

Falling enrollment triggers study of 8 CUSD schools

A copy of the survey is on the company’s website, wyyerd.com. Rogers said residents can also call, or email Wyyerd. Wyyerd Fiber is joining a crowded fi eld offering fi ber optic service to Chandler residents. Cox Communications and Century Link Communications are the major players, Aust said.

Rogers said Wyyerd was started in Colorado in 2017 and bought out a West

“We don’t have any hangar of any sizable size, in terms of hosting of hangering medium-sized jets or turboprops,” said Thomas Mathew, president and CEO of GateOne, which acquired Chandler Air Services. Mathew says they do have a large hangar, about 50,000 square feet, at the airport, but that it’s not tall enough to host some of the larger planes. They need a taller facility for those. Reeves pointed outside to the threatening weather when asked why Airport seeing building boom as hangar needs remain

“We know that our district’s en-

Rocked by a probation decree for a recruitment violation, the Hamilton High School football program might escape punishment after the Chandler Unified administration relieved the assistant coach in the incident of all his team duties. The Arizona Interscholastic Association may decide the program's fate this week. For the latest, see page 38 (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

BY KEN SAIN STSN Managing Editor

Chandler City Council took action on Aug. 18 to improve the fi ber optic options for residents, approving an agreement with Wyyerd Fiber to install 40 miles of fi ber optic lines in the city. Where they will put those lines is still being decided.

It was mid-afternoon on a Friday and the skies above Chandler Municipal Airport were turning ominous. A storm wasAirportcoming.Manager Ryan Reeves said he sent one of his employees out to make sure all the aircraft were tied down properly – you know, so they didn’t become unmanned flying aircraft. A lack of hangar space at Chandler Airport requires that planes be tied down if they’re outside so they won’t be damaged by high winds. But the city is moving forward with a plan to address that need. With about 100 acres of open space to develop inside the airport fence, a building boom is likely coming. The city issued a request for proposals, offering some of that land for development.

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The governing board heard what the district is doing to prepare for that future at its Aug. 10 meeting. About an hour was dedicated to a space utilization study, where district offi cials are bringing together a committee to focus on what to do with eight elementary schools when enrollment begins to drop. The eight schools are Bologna, Hull, Frye, Galveston, Navarrete, San Marcos, Sanborn and Shumway Leadership Academy. All eight schools are significantly below capacity. Only Shumway, Sanborn, and Frye are at more than 50% capacity. The other five are at half capacity or below, with Galveston having the most space at 42% Districtscapacity.usethe 100-day mark because enrollment fluctuates throughout the year, so it’s a way to compare what is consistent.Shumway is at 67% capacity, the most of any of the eight schools. The board was told last spring that its demographics were changing. Homes are more expensive and younger families cannot afford to live here. The city’s population is getting older and there are fewer children who will need to attendChandlerschool.is not the only district facing that problem, as both Kyrene and Tempe Union school districts last year were told basically the same thing by a demographer.Thedecline in CUSD has already started at the earliest grades.

BY KEN SAIN STSN Managing Editor Chandler Unifi ed School District’s intense growth spurt is ending and it faces a future of declining enrollment.

First, about 90% of the city’s residents live in an area that is wired for fi ber optic service. Then, he said that only about 20% are eligible for that service.“The 90% is fi ber-to-node,” Aust said. “Only 15-to-20% have fi ber-to-home.” That means the eight companies offering fi ber optic internet service to Chandler residents have spent a lot of money to build the infrastructure to put fi ber optic boxes in most neighborhoods. It will take a lot more money to get a line to every home in those neighborhoods.Fiberopticsis an alternative to cable, DSL or satellite for internet service. It tends to be more reliable, offers faster speeds and costs more.

“We want to do deep-dive research, fi nd out where is there no fi ber now,” said Jennifer Rogers, the director of expansion for Wyyerd. “We’ll look at the areas that have the biggest broadband constraints. We start there. But, one of the most important steps is we ask residents. We have a survey that goes out that helps us pinpoint where we should build.”

Hull Elementary had 721 students at the 100th day of the 2016-2017 school year. Last year, at the 100-day mark it had 538. District offi cials project the number will be 448 for the 2030-2031 school“Overyear.the last two years, our population of students under … five years of age has steadily declined from 8.7% in 2000, all the way down to 6.5% in 2020,” said Leo Schlueter, CUSD executive director of elementary education.

An existing fixed base operator, Chandler Air Services, was one of three companies to bid on the 1.6-acre site just north of the airport terminal that used to be house Venture Aviation. Their bid was accepted.

BY KEN SAIN STSN Managing Editor Dennis Aust, Chandler’s telecommunications and public utility service manager, said two things that seemed to contradict one another.

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A period represents the end of a sentence, a paragraph or perhaps a book. A semicolon, however, means there is more to come. It has become a symbol for suicide awareness.

A lot of what the Semicolon Society is doing is parental education, helping moms and dads know the signs of suicidal thoughts. McCall said in her ideal world, children are growing up learning about suicides, LGBTQ+, sex and other issues that are uncomfortable for some parents.

Dr. Paula McCall started the Semico lon Society in June to address the grow ing teen mental health crisis the nation is facing. It became an official nonprofit in early August. The Arizona Department of Health reported that 219 people24 and younger took their lives in 2019, the most recent data posted. Teen suicide has become a top issue in the city and region after three Chandler Unified School District students ended their lives in a 12-day span last May. An other CUSD student took her life about two weeks into this school year. The Department of Health said there were 1,540 suicides in Arizona in 2019, and nearly 46,000 Americans killed them selves in 2020 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“I think there’s still a fear there… that if we talk about it too much it spreads too much,” she said. “And we have to keep it contained on this campus. But the thing is that our kids talk. When I talked to my own son, he’s 15. I asked him about … ‘what do you think about this idea that if I talk to you about suicide, you know, that you’re gonna think about attempting suicide?’ He’s like, ‘I already know about suicide, like it’s out there. You’re talking about it, don’t give yourself that much credit.’”

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“I started working in the school districts on things like suicide, risk assessments and prevention,” said McCall, a licensed psychologist. “And then I shifted that as I moved into my private practice, I started shifting into wanting to reach out to the community. I live in Chandler, my practice is in Chandler, my kids go to school in Chandler, so Chandler is my home.” McCall said the rise in teen suicides began in 2007, but the reasons behind it are not easy to pinpoint. Certainly the rise of social media plays a role, but she points out most young people have lived with social media all their lives, and they don’t know a world without it.

Chandler psychologist Dr. Paula McCall is the founder of The Semicolon Society, a nonprofit to help offer mental health education and suicide prevention, (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

“So a lot of experience of parents and kids being around each other more and not in a rushed way. It was ‘we’re home, we can’t really can’t go anywhere. We’re here.’”

Younger Americans are getting semicolon tattoos if they know someone who has considered suicide and for whatever reason is moving forward. They have not reached their end yet.

“The thing is, as parents, we don’t have to go into these conversations and give a narrative and give a research paper and give you all the answers to all the world,” McCall said. “We can say, ‘Hey, I realized that someone died by suicide in your school this week, and I wanted to talk to you about that. And, I want to know if you’ve ever had thoughts about suicide, and I want to know your feelings about what’s going on.’ We need to listen to our kids.” McCall wants CUSD and other school districts to work more with local non profits, saying they cannot address the problem alone. She said some of the non profits have expertise that can help, say in addressing suicides by LGBTQ+ students, or African American males, which are both higher than other segments. The one thing she said parents and school districts need to do is to talk about suicides.

“That’s an interesting thing to consider because there’s lots of pieces there,” she said. “There wasn’t the stress of in-person school, but there was the stress of online school and trying to figure that out. If you think about it from a family system perspective, you had families that were in general, not across the board, but there were many families that ended up much closer, proximity wise with each other, being around each other, just connecting in a physical sense more often.

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She noted data indicating a consider able drop in suicides was recorded in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Psychologist’s nonprofit addresses teen suicide

Rogers said the lines Wyyerd will be putting down in Chandler are better than the existing ones. “Even though the fi ber is in, it’s an older technology,” she said. “What we’re bringing in is the latest and greatest. We’ll be able to offer up to 2 gigs of up and down speed.” That’s 2 gigabytes of both download and upload speed. That’s a huge improvement over the marketplace standard of 100 megabytes for download and 20 megabytes for uploads. Rogers said that’s just a start. She said the lines they plan to build in Chandler should be able to handle up to 10 gigabytes up and down without needing to be replaced, when the technology reaches that point.

“Most people don’t need that kind of speed now, but we’re looking to the future and people are only going to rely on the internet more,” she said. Wyyerd’s plan to join the Chandler market has already had a positive impact for “We’reconsumers.seeingthat already,” Aust said. “Cox just upgraded their speeds to up to 150 megs, free of charge.”

This chart shows the average life expectancy at birth based on 2020 data, the latest available. (CDC)

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Dr. Joe K. Gerald, an associate professor of public health at the University of Arizona, blamed the steep drop on two things: What he called the state’s lax COVID-19 rules combined with health disparities in the state.

“I think it’s the combination of our poor policy response and some unique vulnerabilities that exist in Arizona,” Gerald said. “So poverty, inequality, high proportions of disadvantaged groups.”Gerald pointed specifi cally to Native American and Latino populations, two groups that he said have been heavily affected by the pandemic, in Arizona and across the country.

This chart shows the differences in speed among the most common types of internet service providers in Chandler. (Ken Sain/Staff Writer)

“It just is extraordinary to see that kind of drop in life expectancy,” said Will Humble, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association.

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WASHINGTON – Arizona life expectancy fell by 2.5 years in 2020, posting one of the steepest drops in a nation that saw the sharpest declines in lifespans since World War II, according to a newThereport.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report said life expectancy in Arizona fell from 78.8 years in 2019 to 76.3 in 2020. U.S. life expectancy in the same period fell by 1.8 years, from 78.8 years to 77, putting Arizona lifespans below the national average for the fi rst time since 2006.

Arizona’s drop was fi fth-highest in the nation, according to the report, trailing only New York, the District, Louisiana and New Jersey. Even though it fell below the national average in 2020, Arizona’s life expectancy was still good enough to rank 32nd among states, tied with Wyoming and Nevada. Overall, the U.S. decrease of 1.8 years was the “biggest drop in life expectancy since World War II,” said Bob Anderson, chief of mortality statistics at the CDC. Anderson stressed that while COVID-19 played a large role, it was not the sole cause of the drop. But he also said that COVID-19 may have prevented many Americans from getting treatment for illnesses like cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and opioid overdoses, among others.

In Arizona, COVID-19 has been one of the leading causes of death, along with heart disease and cancer, according to CDC data. The Arizona Public Health Association said coronavirus was the leading cause of death in the state between March 2020 and March 2022.

Arizona life expectancy fell in 2020, CDC reports

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A CDC offi cial said COVID-19 played a large role in the national drop of 1.8 years, but that heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and overdoses also played a part. All 50 states and the District of Columbia saw some decrease in life expectancy in 2020, ranging from New York’s drop of 3 years to Hawaii, which saw a decrease of 0.2 years.

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While he recognized the gravity in the numbers, Humble said he was not surprised by the CDC’s fi ndings. He said that while other factors like opioid overdoses, diabetes and traffi c deaths were all up in 2020, they were not the driving force for the decline in life expectancy.“Thatisnot the reason for this,” Humble said. “It’s flat out COVID-19.”

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“They were heavily exposed because they were often frontline workers and so they bore the brunt of the infections and oftentimes lacked access to medical care,” Gerald said. According to the CDC, three states along the U.S.-Mexico border – Arizona, New Mexico and Texas – had the largest

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rollment is projected to decrease by approximately 270 students per year without strongest enrollment declines happening between ’24-’25 and ’27-’28,” he Schluetersaid. said this is not the first time the district has confronted declining enrollment at specific schools and found different ways to utilize that space.Goodman Elementary had 424 students in 2007 and has 663 this year. The key to turning it around, was rebranding the school – which opened in 1988– as Chandler Traditional Academy-Good man in There2006.have been other transitions. Erie became Arizona College Prep Erie. Knox became Knox Gifted Academy. CTA-Liberty added a dual language immersion program for Spanish. Humphrey became CTA-Humphrey and Hartford Sylvia Encinas added TOP (Talent+Opportunity=Promise) pro gramming.Andersen is in the process of becom ing the district’s first elementary school to be International Baccalaureate certified.IBisarigorous program that results in personal and academic development and can lead to a globally recognized diploma.Ineach of those cases, schools with declining enrollment began to increase again.“We wouldn’t have the support of kids that qualify,” Superintendent Frank Narducci said of the possibility of making all eight schools gifted academies, explaining that the district has about 1,500 qualified gifted students. Narducci said they could probably find enough students who are cur rently outside of the District to support another gifted academy. He also suggested a possible performing arts academy, which he said has scored high in previous community surveys. The district could ALSO expand the number of dual language immersion programs. Currently, the CUSD offers Spanish and Chinese Mandarin. It will be the committee’s job to decide what to do with those eight schools, how best to utilize the space. The committee will comprise five people from each of the eight schools, including the principal, two teachers or staff and two parents.Theplan is to have them meet two or three times before November. Then they would present their recommendations to the governing board at its first meeting in betatives,totheeducation,directorCUSD’smographicshelike,represent.likeofmakingsaybestofwhethercommittee,”goingclasses.thanrepurposeddecidesibleNarducciNovember.saiditispos-thecommitteemayaschoolcouldbeforotherusesstudentsattending“Thatmaybebutthat’stocomefromthehesaid.“Sothat’sthebestusethatbuildingorwhat’sforthatcommunity?”BoardmemberLindLoveaskediftheyaresurethemembersthecommitteelookthecommunitythey“Arewecognizantofwho’sshowingup?”said.“Andwhatthede-dataisthere?"HeatherAnguiano,otherexecutiveofelementaryreplied:“Whenwe’veworkedwithprincipalsandaskedthemidentifytheirsiterepresenwehadaskedhimtocognizantofthatandpickrepresentativesthatreally were going to represent their community and represent both sides.”

Chandler Unified School District is in a unique position at this point. It is still growing, but knows those days are coming to an end and is moving ahead with plans to figure out how to prepare for fewer Arizonastudents.CollegePrep

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Board member Jason Olive said that a portable building could cost as much as a regular building and after 20 years, it would be falling apart. He said by spending a little more to invest in a brick-and-mortar structure means in 20 years, the distric still have a good building that can be used. The contract for constructing the new addition was awarded to Concord General Contracting for a guaranteed maximum price of $3,776,700. It passed unanimously.Dunnsaid when you include the cost of moving a portable building, and getting it wired with all the lines it needs and include bathrooms, a portable building can cost hundreds of thou sands of dollars. The growth at ACP Middle contrasts with CUSD’s future. Its enrollment is expected to drop in the coming years because fewer young families can afford to live in the District’s boundaries. Earlier this month the Governing Board heard details of a space utilization committee, which will begin to look at how best to use the space at eight elementary schools when the enrollment begins to drop. Middle School expansion

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Tom Dunn, CUSD executive director of support services, said it’s important to actually listen to the people who are going to be impacted and make sure they are getting what they need. In this case, Principal Manjula Reddy said they needed improved space for their arts and engineering programs that current classrooms cannot accommodate.Soone of the proposed new classrooms was sacrificed to build three larg er rooms. Two of the new classrooms will be dedicated to engineering and a third to art, with some storage space in between.ACPMiddle has students in 6th through 8th grades and has been using three portable buildings for additional space. The location was the site of Erie Elementary School until that closed in 2013 and then became the temporary home for Arizona College Prep High School.Thehigh school specializes in added rigor for advanced students and has consistently been ranked among the best in Arizona and the nation since it opened in 2007. Last year a new building opened for the high school students, leaving the location at Erie and Alma School available for just the middle school students. District officials said during the Aug. 24 meeting they never considered just adding more portable buildings, saying they aren’t that much cheaper.

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Enrollment is trending downward at eight Chandler Unified School District elementary schools. (CUSD)

Middle School is one of its campuses that is still growing and the Governing Board approved spending nearly $3.8 million on Aug. 24 to build seven new classrooms for ACP Middle School. That school has 747 students enrolled this year and a waiting list of more who want to attend. District officials project its enrollment could reach over 900 next year. The original plan was for eight new classrooms, but Chandler Unified officials said they spoke to school leaders and made changes.

This map illustrates the locations of the eight elementary schools where declining enrollment is forcing Chandler Unified to study other uses for the campuses. (CUSD)

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Reeves said he knows some Chandler pilots are storing their aircraft at other airports, including Casa Grande, because of the lack of space at Valley airports. He said that’s why he believes there will be a lot more building of hangars at his airport.

“We think there’s enough demand to continue with RFPs,” Reeves said. “Now, the next release hasn’t been determined. But I’m told that we will be relatively aggressive.”

Above: This old hangar will be razed for a bigger facility that can house more planes at Chandler Airport. Right: Thomas Mathew of Chandler Air Services plans to redevelop a site at Chandler Municipal Airport just north of the control tower and build a new 14,000-square-foot hangar. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

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According to the lease agreement, which Council approved on Aug. 18, Chandler Air Services would tear down the old Venture Aviation hangar and replace it with a new 14,400 square foot hangar with very tall doors. Mathew said they should be able to host up to six medium-sized planes at a time. In addition to the hangar, Mathew plans to build about 3,000 square feet of offi ce space. Construction has to be completed within two years of the lease going into effect. The monthly rent will be $3,642 once the new building is occupied. The lease calls for the developer to pay only 15% of that, or $253.50 per month, during the demolition and construction phases. The term of the lease is 20 years, with two 10-year options to renew. “If the demand is there, I’m not opposed to building more hangars,” MathewReevessaid.said he is confi dent the demand is there. All Valley airports have seen an increase in planes looking for a place to park when they’re not in use. “No, that demand hasn’t slipped off at all,” Reeves said. “There’s something of a building boom going on right now at the airports in the Valley that have the space to develop.”

The new hangar Chandler Air Services ends a drought of many years for new development at the airport. Reeves said they were unable to build because they were going through a master plan adoption. “When the [Federal Aviation Administration] gives you a big pile of money to do that, it’s really bad to say, ‘Hey, in the middle of this, we’re going to completely change this up and write it and invalidate a lot of this study,’ they tend to get upset about that. And given we depend upon them, as do all public airports, for a lot of capital investment.” So any new building at the airport was shelved until the master plan was completed. It was completed in March 2021. The RFP for the fi rst building project when out in August of that year.

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“It was overwhelmingly positive responses,” Brett said. “The majority of the neighbors that we talked to are very eager about just having a place. Many of them admitted to already using our campus, and so for us to kind of expand it to make it more readily available, was actually a really exciting idea for the majority of the folks that we talked to.”

Brett said that led to them to decide against expanding facilities, so they won’t need that additional parking. The church plans to install three playing fi elds of natural grass and a decomposed granite walking trail in its fi rst phase. The second phase includes plans for playground equipment, lights and seating for the sports fi elds. “We have a 4-acre lot that hasn’t been used for anything in the last 20 years,” Brett said. “And we just kept imagining what it would look like to see our neighbors use that space too. “So we’re leaning into developing that, so our neighbors can come out and have a good time. We’ll have a walking track, multi-sport fi elds, and we’ll running some youth and children’s rec league, soccer, flag football, those kinds of things on that property.”

They wanted to encourage that and Chandler City Council obliged at its Aug. 18 meeting by approving a project to turn about 4 acres of vacant land into a multi-use sports fi eld. The church, at the corner of Price and Ray roads, had originally intended to use that land for parking. However, it has seen declining attendance since the pandemic began and started offering services online.

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The Smiths said they have met with many of the church’s neighbors.

Two of the neighbors filed letters of concern about the project. One said Crossroads has been a good neighbor so far, but he still has concerns about this project.

“Some of our fi rst observations were that our neighbors in the community were using our church campus like it was a park,” said Brett Smith, who with hiss wife Tara Smith took over as lead pastors in July of 2020. “And this just made us really happy to see them using our green space for cricket, for just soccer, sports, all kinds of stuff bringing their kids on our playground.”

David Ott wrote he’s worried about people parking on Mission Park, how quickly the church’s youth leagues might grow, and how will the no noise after 8 p.m. and no lights after 9 p.m. be enforced. However, he said the phase two plans concerned him more. “Yikes, so there could be event microphones and music close to where we live? I’m very concerned about this!” Ott wrote. “Volume, duration, event frequency, who enforces, and so on.”

Brett said his congregation has raised a $500,000 to build this project.

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About 4 acres of vacant land on Crossroads Nazarene’s campus in Chandler will be turned into ballfields after City Council approved the church’s application. (City of Chandler)

Renata Lewandowski wrote: “Since construction will spread harmful dust, noises, pollution and possible scorpion infestation and it will be extreme disturbance after all is fi nished. This stadium will bring more people, noises and cars. We urge the City of Chandler [Council] to stop this and do not approve any development of sports fi elds next to our house.”

One of the fi rst things the new colead pastors at Crossroads Nazarene in Chandler said they noticed about their new church put a smile on their faces.

Crossroads church’s ballfield plan gets council OK

“Our neighborhood needs green space, and we want relationships and friendships with our neighbors,” Brett said. “So it’s a bridge … for friendships is what we’re doing.”

BY KEN SAIN STSN Managing Editor

Chickens stir debate on city code enforcers

Above: Old toilets sit in the grass next to a home on N. Exeter St. near downtown Chandler, Saturday, August 6, 2022, in Chandler, Arizona. Right: A shopping cart, couch cushions and several old toilets sit in the grass next to a home on N. Exeter St. near downtown Chandler, Saturday, August 6, 2022, in Chandler, Arizona. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)

Some of the violations pointed out were furniture abandoned in front yards, broken windows, fences that were leaning significantly, trash in yards, toilets left on sidewalks and in one case

The reporter then toured the same areas with city staff, asking them about those issues and their challenges.

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Two critics of current code enforcement and opponents of allowing chickens in residential backyards took the Arizonan on a tour of some Chandler neighborhoods, pointing out numerous problems that already exist. The residents did not want to be named.

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The City of Chandler is moving forward on a plan to allow up to five chicken hens in residential backyards. Council indicated it would support such a move in the spring and asked city staff to begin researching what an ordinance would look like. But there was one point Council was pretty firm on: It does not want the police to handle any neighborhood complaints because of chickens. Those complaints would have to go through codeAndenforcement.criticssaycode enforcement is struggling to do its job now and that chicken complaints would overwhelm them.Not so, says city staff. “I think we actually have an extremely successful code program,” said Riann Balch, the city’s community resources manager. “We have really high-quality staff and a really tight system with great documentation and great data.” Balch said the work on a chicken ordinance has been ongoing. “Council wanted to be really thoughtful about this,” Balch said. “So between us and planning and zoning, there’s been a lot of research, we’ve researched exactly what every other city is doing in the Valley, compared and then spoken to every city about their challenges and what level of staff resources it takes. “We will be having another discussion coming up with council about where they want to go on this.”

The debris sat untouched for months after the blast. Dedona said that was because they had to wait until the investigation was complete, and then the insurance company did its own investigation.“It’s about 10,100 square feet of space available,” Dedona said. “The gas line has been completely replaced. It was shut off for months after the blast.”

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“TheNovember.otherside has admitted that it was the natural gas that caused the explosion,” he said. “I remain hopeful that we can come to an accommodation and get this done.”

The fourth victim was Glenn Jordan, who worked in an eyeglass repair shop near the printers. A message to the sponsor of his GoFundMe page asking how he was doing was not returned.

Code Enforcement To file a complaint, visit chandleraz. gov and search for code enforcement. In addition to filing complaints, you can look up your address and find out who your inspector is. There’s also an app, Chandler PublicStuff. You can call or text 480-782-4320.

The lawyer said that his clients have to be careful of the sun because they are now much more susceptible to skin cancers. As burn victims, their skin has less elasticity, making it harder to move around.“Allthings considered, they’re doing the best that they can with the limitations that they have,” Thomas said. “They are blessed to have their spouses to help them get through this.”

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Jaques said his team expects it will mostly get noise and smell complaints if the Council ends up approving a limited number of hens in residential backyards.Hesaid that kind of complaint is hard to measure and will make it difficult to enforce.

Andrew and Dillon, who owned the shop, can never work as printers again, he “It’ssaid.a very physically demanding industry,” said Thomas, pointing out printers need to move heavy loads of paper to load them on the press. “This has really changed their lives.”

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“The good news is they’re out of the burn trauma unit,” Ryan said of his three clients, brothers Andrew and Dillon Ryan and their friend Parker Milldebrandt.The lawyer said they spent between 10 days and a month in that unit. “They’re all still receiving various degrees of therapy,” Ryan said. “They will never be able to reconstruct the Platinum Printing business again.”

And code enforcers work a typical business schedule, meaning there’s no one to address any issues on weekends. “Code violations are not usually an emergency, right?” Balch said. “So we don’t treat it like an emergency. We’ll start dealing with it on Monday morning.”

Top: The explosion destroyed a print shop and damaged other buildings, including part of Chandler’s Sunset Library. (File photo) Bottom: Crews are rebuilding the portion of a west Chandler strip mall that was severely damaged in a gas explosion a little more than a year ago. (David Minton/Statt Photographer)

“There are volunteers that can assist them. There’s a tool-lending program we have. There’s other potential avenues of help we can provide them.”

A year after a gas explosion shook west Chandler, there are signs that life is moving on. But for some, the blast at the Platinum Printing shop in Sunset Plaza was a life-altering event. “When you look at pictures of the blast, it’s amazing that anyone walked away from that,” said Thomas Ryan, a lawyer representing three of the four victims of the Aug. 26, 202, explosion.

“We’re complaint-driven, primarily, but we do have an expectation that a minimum of 50% of our code inspectors’ case loads are proactive,” said Guy Jaques, the neighborhood services supervisor.Manyof the problem areas seen on the tours were in lower-income neighborhoods.“Oneof the issues is those types of neighborhoods, lower-income neigh borhoods, is that people don’t tend to complain,” Jaques said. Balch said money is not always the issue to correcting problems. The city is often able to work with a resident to find a way to address any problems. But in some cases, the homeowner is elderly and physically unable to do whatever work may be required.

An investigation found a leak from a Driscopipe 8000 was to blame for the explosion. That pipe has had other problems, and has been scheduled to be replaced. However, Southwest Gas officials reported an accounting error kept it from being replaced in this case because it was misidentified.Thomas Ryan said he’s hopeful they’ll be able to reach a settlement with the 13 companies they are suing when they meet in

Recovery still underway from Chandler strip mall explosion

Jaques said the usual process for code enforcers is when there is a violation, the homeowner will be notified by mail. They are given about two weeks to fix the problem. He said 80% of the time the problem is addressed after only one citation. There will be a second inspection and if it is not fixed, then a second citation will go Defendantsout. then have a week to fix the problem. If it is ignored, the case is referred to the courts for possible legal action.Jaques said his team usually refers only a few cases to the courts each year.“We want to work cooperatively together and find out what the real issue is,” Jaques said. “And if they need assistance, we have neighborhood programs that can provide volunteers, particularly if they’re elderly or they are a veteran.

The three men and their families filed a lawsuit on April 14 against more than a dozen companies because of the explosion and the impact it has had on their lives. Thomas Ryan said the two sides are scheduled to meet in November in hopes of reaching a settlement.

Nick Dedona, a senior associ ation with Phoenix Commercial Associates, said they began clear ing debris at the site in February. He works for the company that is leasing space at Sunset Plaza. Construction is currently un derway while Dedona looks for newHetenants.saidthey are creating vanilla shells, as opposed to gray shells. In construction, that means instead of a complete blank slate that a new tenant can do whatever they want with, it will have some basic functions, such as bathrooms, built in. That should lower the start-up cost for a new business.

a truck missing a wheel held up by a jack – a possible safety hazard.

Balch expressed confidence the current code enforcement staff and procedures can handle any chicken complaints in addition to their current work“Everyload.city is always going to have challenges, especially in lower-income areas where people have less means and time and effort to be able to keep up their homes,” Balch said.

“But, on the whole, I really believe Chandler is in great shape. And we have a system to really respond to these areas. If they just let us know what they are, what their challenges and concerns are, we will absolutely address it.”

The city has six neighborhood code enforcement positions. One is vacant after a new person started Aug. 8. There are also two commercial code enforcers. A separate unit handles alleys, so the neighborhood enforcers don’t deal with those issues.

The Sunset Library reopened after being shut down for months to repair damage to its western wall and ceiling. Sunset Plaza’s owner has demolished the wreckage and started rebuilding that wing of the shopping center. And the four victims are still dealing with the injuries they suffered that day.

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As part of the resolution that Council passed, staff will look into ways to allow city workers to celebrate other cultural or religious days of signifi cance. The addition of the holiday is not expected to impact this year’s budget.

• Council officially certified the results of the Aug. 2 primary election. Councilmembers-elect Angel Encinas and Jane Poston were both in attendance and recognized by Mayor Kevin Hartke. They will be sworn in and take their seats in January.

“I don’t know how many times sta , or employees, have asked, ‘Is that our day o ?’ Well, we can honestly say ... that is your day o .” – Councilman OD Harris.

Chandler makes Juneteenth an official city holiday

In other action:

“I don’t know how many times staff, or employees, have asked, ‘Is that our day off ?’ Well, we can honestly say ... that is your day off,” said Councilman OD Harris. Chandler gives its employees 12 holidays each year. Juneteenth marks the offi cial end of sanctioned slavery in the United States, when the last group of slaves in Galveston, Texas were informed they were free by Union soldiers on June 19, 1865. President Biden made it a federal holiday a year ago. Arizona has not recognized it as a state holiday. Harris said many city services will still be available to residents, such as keeping the pools open. All administrative offi ces will be closed. City Manager Joshua Wright will decide which other departments remain open. For city workers who have to work on the holiday, they will be able to choose another day to take off during the tax year. It will not roll over if the employee does not use it during the tax year.

• Council also gave the go-ahead to McKinley Glenn, which is a plan to put 22 single-family homes on nine acres at Chandler Heights, a little east of Cooper Road. The homes would all be single story. Cachet Homes is the builder.

• Council also agreed to spend more than $3.4 million to replace vehicles that have reached their end of useful life. They will be replacing 62 vehicles. More than 80% of the vehicles are for public safety. Another 18% are for utility or special purpose. Only 1% is for the city’s motor pool.

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BY KEN SAIN STSN Managing Editor Chandler city workers are getting an additional holiday after the Council offi cially decided to recognize Juneteenth at its Aug. 18 meeting.

• The Council also approved expanding the patio for SanTan Brewing Company on East Warner Road. The brewery plans to use the extra space for a stage and shade structures. They will be installing speakers so they can provide live entertainment.

• Hartke and Councilmember Matt Orlando won reelection. It will be Hartke’s second term as Mayor and Orlando’s sixth as a member of Council.

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“I would also like to thank my peers up here for saying yes to this,” Councilmember Christine Ellis said. “It was ... us sitting down again and looking at each other, bringing our own past experience in our own great cultures, having discussion about it, to make sure that we came up with something that was going to benefit everybody.”

The other official city holidays are New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King Jr. Day; President’s Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Veteran’s Day; Thanksgiving Day; Day after Thanksgiving; Christmas and a personal holiday.

• As part of the approval, SanTan can only offer live entertainment until 9 p.m. on Sundays-through-Thursdays, and 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

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3) Plan, prep and invite your neighborhood. It’s time to plan. Choose a theme and activities, and don’t forget to spread the word to your neighbors about how and when to attend. Organize food and refreshments and coordinate the proper setup and take down. Some examples of themes chosen by neighborhoods in the past include Fall Ball, Celebrate Halloween, Movie in the Park and a carnival, just to name a few. If you need to order barricades for your block party, you can set them up with the City of Chandler Traffi c Engineering Division by calling 480-782-3346.

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G.A.I.N. brings Chandler police offi cers and other City programs and resources to your parties, which helps strengthen your neighborhood’s sense of community with the City.

5) Nominate your neighborhood for the Mayor’s Neighborhood Excellence awards. Holding a 2022 G.A.I.N. event makes your neighborhood eligible for nomination for next year’s Neighborhood ExcellenceRememberAwards.those photos you saved? In 2023, it will be time to get them out and nominate your neighborhood to participate.Twoneighborhoods will be chosen (one by the Mayor and one by residents) to receive awards for their commitments to community and excellence. We’ll send you a reminder email when it’s time to submit your nomination next year, so be prepared. Good luck, and have fun!

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Caption: Guests at a 2021 G.A.I.N. event were treated to a Chandler Police Department K-9 demonstration. (City of Chandler)

Five steps to hosting your own event Ready to host your own G.A.I.N. event with the Chandler Police Department? Follow these five steps:

2) Register your neighborhood at the mandatory G.A.I.N. registration and kick-off event on Sept. 17. G.A.I.N. registration and kick-off will be held at the Chandler Police Department Main Station from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. The Main Station is located at 250 E. Chicago St. During our registration, the Chandler Police Department will assign you a number and conduct a drawing. Once your number is picked, you will have the opportunity to pick two police resources that you would like to stop by your party. These resources may include: K-9 officers; McGruff the Crime Fighting Dog; mobile command centers; special assignment unit (SWAT) TK-4 vehicles; robot trucks; forensic vans; DUI trucks or bike officers. In order to have offi cers attend your neighborhood block party, at least one person representing your neighborhood must attend the kick-off event.

4) Host the event. The planning is done and the crime-fighting dogs are on their way, which means you can sit back and enjoy the fun. Don’t forget to take lots of photos and save them someplace safe. Share photos on your social media accounts using the hashtag #ChandlerGAIN so we can share them on ours, too.

Chandler’s mayor and council members will also travel to many of the parties to meet the neighborhoods and join the fun.

It’s that time again to sign up to host a G.A.I.N. event in your Chandler neighborhood.G.A.I.N.(Getting Arizona Involved in Neighborhoods), is a statewide annual event supported by the Chandler Police and Neighborhood Resources departments that encourages people to become engaged with their local communities through safety and celebration.

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G.A.I.N events help: Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships Show support for people involved in neighborhood watch groups Increase awareness about crime and drug prevention Generate support for (and participation in) local anti-crime programs Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and paying attention

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G.A.I.N is designed to encourage neighborhood watch programs and bring together communities throughout Chandler for a common goal — to let criminals know that citizens of Chandler are united in the fight against criminal activity.

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1) Rally your neighbors or HOA and form a planning committee. Chandler G.A.I.N. events are set to take place on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. All events should be planned to last at least two hours and fall somewhere between 3-8 p.m. The event’s theme, food, entertainment and activities are up to you, so the sooner you start planning, the better.

Neighborhoods encouraged to host G.A.I.N. events

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The long criminal case against Martinson began on Sunday, Aug. 29. 2004, when he had missed an appointment to return the youngster to his mother under terms of a custody arrangement. Police arrived at his home to retrieve the boy and instead found Joshua’s lifeless body in one bedroom and a semi-conscious Martinson in another with a garbage bag over his head and cuts on his wrist. After a four-hour grilling by Phoenix detectives, he was charged with intentionally killing the youngster, who had just turned 5 five weeks earlier.

The battle largely involved the cause of Joshua’s death and what Martinson toldDefensepolice. lawyers have been waging a fight over what the toxicologist and the medical examiner could be allowed to testify to – or even if they should be allowed on the witness stand at all. Martinson had claimed he found him in the bathtub, though he never said the boy had drowned. Dr. John Hu, who performed the autopsy, ruled the death a homicide and that it was caused by acute carisoprodolWhiletoxicity.adetective said the bathtub

Jeffrey R. Martinson is shown during his 2011 trial on charges he killed his son Joshua Eberle-Martinson, by giving him an overdose of a muscle relaxer in Martinson’s Ahwatukee home in 2004. Joshua’s photo was taken a day or two before he died. (ﬁle photo)

On the morning of Aug. 16, Jeffrey R. Martinson became a free man. His ankle bracelet was removed and he could legally turn his back forever on the 2004 death of his 5-year-old son, Joshua Eberle Martinson, in a bunkbed n his Martinson’s Ahwatukee home. The boy normally lived with his mom in Chandler.Convicted of fi rst-degree murder in 2011, freed two years later when Maricopa County Judge Sandy Duncan tossed out the case, then arrested again in 2016 when the Arizona Court of Appeals overturned Duncan’s ruling, Martinson was convicted by a jury June 29 of the two least serious charges after a trial that lasted more than three months. His 18-year court battle cost taxpayers at least $5.4 million in fees to court-appointed lawyers. For his conviction on two felony counts of negligent homicide and child abuse, he was ordered to pay $44 in various fees, including $9 to the Victim Rights/Compensation Fund, and serve two-and-a-half years in prison. Credited against that prison term were the 4,207 days – about 11-and-ahalf years – he stayed behind bars until he was granted bail in October 2020. For four years he was free while former County Attorney Bill Montgomery, now an Arizona Supreme Court justice, fought to have Duncan’s action overturned on appeal.

Joshua had been the focus of a bitter custody battle between Martinson and his ex-wife that was so bitter that she went to court with the help of Scottsdale-based Arizona Voice for Crime Victims to bar him from visiting the youngster’s grave. A judge instead limited the times he could go to the cemetery.Thousands of pages of court records bear witness to a vigorous fight by Martinson’s various lawyers to limit or exclude the testimony of numerous investigators and medical professionals who have been involved in the case at one time or another, mostly around the time of his arrest.

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“Dad’s conferences had a different feel. He was quite concerned about the lies he was sure Josh and mom might be saying about him. He would justify Josh’s behavior, blame mom and often talked down to me about my job.”

The drug is also known by the brand name Soma, and witnesses testifi ed an empty bottle of Soma with a childproof cap was on the top shelf of a medicine cabinet.

One recalled in detail the little boy who“Joshdied.was the sweetest little boy a person could ever meet…His smiled was infectious and his laughter contagious. He also had a love for Jesus that was instilled in him through his mom,” one woman wrote, recalling how her then7-year-old daughter was devastated by the death of a boy she frequently played“Whywith.”should he be allowed to walk free and not fully punished when (his ex-wife), my daughter and I, plus all family and friends of Josh have suffered for years for this heinous crime.”

“Josh’s murder impacted me more than I have ever shared before, both then, as a child, and now, as an adult 18 years later. The lingering question is ‘why?’ It is a question that remains without an answer. The defendant made a choice that night that hurt so many people. It took away my friend, a boy who had a future.”

Throughout the years, the words ‘long and tortuous litigation” were used several times by lawyers and judges in Martinson’s case. Some of that litigation produced stunning revelations along the way. Duncan threw out Martinson’s origi-

In a post-trial memo to the court, Deputy County Attorney Joseph Hinrichsen said Martinson “should have done everything possible to ensure the victim grew up, got an education, was successful in moving forward past school to the working world and lived a fulfi lling life.

18 NEWS THE SUNDAY SANTAN SUN NEWS | AUGUST 28, 2022 was dry, defense lawyers pointed out that photos taken the night of the boy’s discovery showed the bathroom rug was sopping wet. The judge noted that Hu had said “a conclusion of drowning was not supported by the carisoprodol levels present.”

Prior to his sentencing, six friends of Joshua’s mother wrote the court, urging a harsh sentence that the judge by law could not impose because the time Martinson had been behind bars already exceeded the maximum penalty carried by the charges he was convicted on.

is. But that was certainly not what this case has showed, despite the defense’s many attempts to paint the defendant as the most loving parent the victim could ever have. The defendant through his actions caused the death of the victim. Even negligently, that is not the action of a loving parent.”

In one of their fi nal acts on behalf of their client, Martinson’s lawyers asked that all those letters and a lengthy pre-sentence report be sealed, claiming they contained “precluded, unproven and libelous allegations against Mr. Martinson that are not appropriate for public disclosure.”

Testimony introduced in his trial this spring showed that Martinson during his interrogation was asked about the Sunday of Joshua’s death and he replied, “I don’t remember Sunday at all.”

While a grief counselor-psychologist called by the defense said that during his interrogation, Martinson “could have been experiencing disassociation,” the prosecution successfully fought to limit her testimony and prevent her from telling the jury he was grieving.

“He should have been through the moments of happiness and joy and comforted him when times were tough. That’s part and parcel of what a father

Still another woman wrote how Joshua’s mother holds a birthday celebration for Joshua at a Diamondbacks game and annually wishes the youngster Happy Easter and Merry Christmas on social media.

“She still remembers everything about Josh, though years have passed,” she wrote. “She remembers what he liked, his favorite colors and unfortunately everything about the last time she saw him. It is so unfair that she lives with those memories.”

“The contrast between what the parents were interested in regarding Josh were quite alarming,” she wrote. “Mom’s interests were developmental, gains, relationships, behavior and support and what she could do at home to support Josh’s learning experience.

An 18-year-old woman wrote how Joshua was her friend when she was growing up with him and how the Martinson case “has shaped my view on our criminal justice system and the corruption that exists in the world today.”

The judge denied the request.

Under cross examination, Hu conceded his findings could be consistent with other causes and that tests were never conducted to rule out some of them. Defense lawyers also tried to prevent or limit Hu’s testimony about a small abrasion inside the boy’s lip, which he intimated could have been caused by an effort to force the drug into his mouth. Under cross examination at Martinson’s trial, Hu also testifi ed it could have been caused by an attempt to resuscitateThehim.judge also rejected efforts to block all testimony about marks on the boy’s neck, saying they could legitimately be viewed as showing “that the child was ‘manipulated’ by the defendant as opposed to remaining in a stationary position in the bedroom.”

Joshua’s teacher wrote about the difference she saw between his father and mother during separate consultations.

nal conviction after it was shown that a juror hid facts that could have disqualifi ed her. She then bullied her way into being elected the panel’s foreperson. Other jurors testified that during deliberations, the same juror repeatedly bullied them, denigrated the defendant and defense lawyers, and even rewrote a question one juror wanted the judge to answer. Another juror testifi ed he felt pressured to fi nd Martinson guilty of the most serious kind of child abuse – which would have led to a death penalty hearing. Two years after Duncan’s ruling was reversed on appeal in 2016, the defense swung into high gear to prevent the case from coming to trial a second time.

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“I think that we have to look at all forms of life being equal, and being deserving of medical treatment,” Thorne said.In March, Gov. Doug Ducey signed House Bill 2659 into law that bans providers from discriminating against people with disabilities in organ transplantGinadecisions.Johnson knows all too well the ad versity the developmentally disabled have faced during the pandemic given that her son David, 38, has Down Syndrome.

Along with having two children diagnosed with autism, Thorne said her background as a geneticist also drew her to this review about those with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

On July 17, the CDC released a study that looked at hospitalization rates among Medicare recipients from Jan. 1, 2021, to Nov. 20, 2021. The data showed a higher rate of COVID occurrence and hospitalization in those who were eligible for aid because of a disability over those who wereTheage-eligible.studysaid this further highlights the need for greater levels of vaccination and COVID-19 prevention among the disabled community.

“I’ve seen a lot of strides for and I’m so grateful,” Johnson said. “But I know we’re not all the way there yet on serving people with disabilities.”

“This is nothing against the med ical people,” Johnson said. “They’re doing their level best and they were slammed.”Johnson said she knows that the increased morbidity in this community comes down to the fact that diseases such as COVID-19 overwhelm their immune system and not being overlooked for“Icare.dofeel it goes against our kids because our kids are already compromised,” she said. While great strides have been made such as with the passing of HB 2659, Johnson said people like her son still face struggles in receiving necessary care.

Thorne said she wants to help people understand the mRNA vaccine and reduce vaccine hesitancy because it remains the best way to protect this vulnerable community.

“The pandemic brought out a lot of different inequities that exist within our system, not only who gets priority to life saving vaccines, but also who gets priority to care,” Thorne worked as a geneticist at Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), a non-profit genomics research facility, until she opted to care for her Despitechildren.theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention’s changes in guidelines this month, Thorne said the disabled community still faces an increased threat from COVID-19.

Johnson is the founder and executive director of Sharing Down Syndrome Arizona, a nonprofit in Mesa that advocates for people with Down Syndrome and supports families in their journey after diagnosis.

Study underscores impact of COVID-19 on the disabled community

The review highlighted a 2021 U.S. study of more than 64 million people across 547 healthcare organizations that showed a link between intellectual or developmental disabilities and COVID-19.“Having an intellectual disability was the strongest risk factor for presenting with a COVID-19 diagnosis and the strongest independent risk factor other than age for COVID-19 mortality,” the studyAhwatukeefound.

“We still have families who are going into the hospital because their kids are getting COVID,” Thorne said. “And because of their comorbidities are having a harder time fighting it off.”

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resident Michelle Thorne is the founder and executive director for Care 4 The Caregivers, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides emotional, physical and educational support to those raising a child with a disability. “This population was very overlooked when it came to the vaccine rollout,” Thorne said. “I think that had a detrimen tal effect to the population in whole.”

“It’s just a different way of creating an immune response,” Thorne said. “But it allows researchers to be a little bit more targeted and specific with what the vaccine is going to target.”

Johnson said if a healthy person presented to an emergency room with COVID-19 symptoms at the same time as a person with Down Syndrome, the healthy would be treated first.

“Now that sounds so awful,” Johnson said. “And it is, but I know parents that have dealt with that.”

Johnson said she holds nothing against healthcare providers because she understands the difficult decisions they faced in the thick of the pandemic.

The pandemic revealed many vulner abilities in healthcare, especially among the most vulnerable. This month, the Arizona Develop mental Disabilities Planning Council released its findings in “COVID-19 Impact on the Disability Community.”

The urgency of Lesser’s efforts was inadvertently underscored by the fact that Chabad had originally planned to have a different Holocaust survivor. “As we all know, our current diminishing population of holocaust survivors are of a most fragile and delicate nature which unfortunately sometimes limits or prohibits them from active participation,” said Chabad spokesman Glenn Vichengrad. “We are most honored and fortunate to announce that another Holocaust survivor named Ben Lesser will be speaking at this event.

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“Ben’s story is nothing short of miraculous and heroic and tells his real-life unforgettable story of courage, determination and achievement,” he added, promising an “engaging, inspiring, and educational Holocaust survivor memoir.”

” decrease in life expectancy by region. New Mexico had the seventh-highest and Texas the ninth-highest drops amongAndersonstates.said it was unclear what exactly was behind the regional trend and suggested that it would require further study specifi cally into the conditions in those states to fi nd a clear answer.National life expectancy estimates from 2021 are not expected to be released until early next year, but Anderson warned that there will likely be another large decrease, although it may not be as big as the 2019-2020 drop.

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“Ben serves not only as a teacher, but also bears witness to the past, teaching students and adults of all ages the important values of tolerance, democracy, respect for human dignity, and decency,” said “DespiteVichengrad.sorrowand tragedy, his determination to achieve his dreams is a harrowing biography of his life that will inspire all to achieve your own dreams.”

Ben Lesser has devoted his life to making sure the world doesn’t incur amnesia about one of human history’s most horrifying events – the Holocaust. And Chabad of the East Valley is helping him. A Holocaust survivor, Lesser is the keynote speaker in the next installment of Chabad of East Valley’s ongoing Holocaust Education Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler. Tickets range from $12 for students to $18 before the lecture ad $25 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at chabadcenter.com under “upcoming events.”

Lesser was a teenager in Krakow, Poland, and endured imprisonment in four concentrations camps — including Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Dachau — as well as two death marches and two death trains. He and a sister are the only members of his immediate family who survived theLiberatedNazis. in Dachau, Lesser came to the United States in 1947 – penniless, uneducated, and unable to speak English. He settled in Los Angeles, where he married, raised a family and became a successful Realtor. Since 1995, after retiring to Las Vegas, Lesser has been devoting his time as a volunteer, speaking in schools and colleges on the Holocaust.

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Humble said he also expects 2021 numbers to be grim for Arizona. The state experienced multiple waves of COVID-19 caused by the delta and omicron variants in 2021 and saw some of the highest case counts and death rates in theEvencountry.though the 2021 drop could be smaller, Anderson said it should not be taken lightly. “It won’t be trivial,” he said. Paul Maryniak at

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But Brutinel pointed out that the Secretary of State’s Offi ce provided no procedure for those already registered to circulate other petitions to submit new registrations. He said that made it physically impossible for circulators to comply with the law. More to the point, Brutinel said knocking the petition drives off the ballot for a problem that circulators and organizers did not create not could fix “would unreasonably hinder or restrict’’ the constitutional right of the people to propose their own laws. A contrary ruling would have left both measures short of the number of valid signatures needed to appear on the Nov. 8 ballot.

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Man shot by Chandler cops was once a hero

Bodycam footage shows Tyson Cobb sitting on a porch roof as Chandler Police officers try to convince him to surrender during a July 17 confrontation. (Chandler Police Department)

“It makes me happy to know that I can serve my community and people appreciate it, cause oftentimes we don’t know how the community feels aboutTheit.”Arizona Department of Corrections says Cobb served about two-anda-half years in prison for an aggravated DUI conviction in 2003. He had previously been found guilty of endangerment in 2001, but was not sentenced in that case.

A man shot and killed by Chandler Police last month was identifi ed as a former Tucson fi refighter who was once honored as a hero. Tyson Cobb worked for the Tucson Fire Department from 2010-2019. He was recognized after pulling a person out of a burning car in 2012, saving their life.KOLD-TV in Tucson reports that Cobb resigned in 2019, and did not give a reason for his departure. Three residents of an apartment complex at the 2200 block of Frye Road called Chandler Police around 3 a.m. JulyOne17. of the callers claimed a man had tried to take a young woman inside her apartment for the purpose of sexually assaulting her. She briefly escaped, shouting for help, and that’s when the neighbors called police. When police offi cers arrived, they could not immediately locate the suspect. However, they learned more about him, including that he was a resident of the apartment complex. They surrounded his apartment. Police say he barricaded himself in and threatened to commit suicide. Later, while offi cers were waiting for a S.W.A.T. team to arrive, he tossed a homemade fi re bomb out of his apartment toward the staircase of the building. It did not ignite and there was no Thedamage.suspect left his apartment and climbed to a third-floor unit, breaking in. As offi cers were trying to negotiate his surrender, he broke a window and climbed out on to a roof. Offi cers say he then tried to break the window of another unit to gain entry. That did not work and the suspect ran, eventually dropping down to a porch roof on second-story. Offi cers confronted him, ordering him to drop the knife. He did not comply. S.W.A.T. team offi cers used eight rounds of less lethal rounds to force compliance.Ithadlittle effect, as the suspect sat down on the roof, but did not drop the knife.After six minutes of negotiations, the suspect dropped down from the roof, still carrying the knife, and began to run at an offi cer. Two offi cers fi red at the suspect.Thesuspect was identifi ed as 44-year-old Cobb. He was pronounced dead at the Followinghospital.standard procedures, the use of force is being reviewed internally and by the Maricopa County Attorney’s offi ce. It will also be reviewed by a citizen’s use-of-force panel. Cobb told KOLD-TV about the incident that earned him being called a hero.He was on his way home after working the overnight shift.

Still undecided is the fate of a third initiative which would reverse some of the changes in election laws approved by the Republican-controlled legislature. Its fate hangs on whether the courts decide on the validity of thousands of petition signatures, unrelated to the registration requirement. Wednesday’s rulings are setbacks for business interests who oppose both greater fi nancial disclosure of who is putting money into political campaigns and those who believe it is a bad idea to provide individuals more protection from creditors. In seeking to keep them off the ballot, attorneys Thomas Basile and Kory Langhofer, who represented the foes of both measures, pointed out state law requires anyone who is a paid circulator to fi rst register before gathering signatures. The same requirement exists for out-of-state residents. And that requirement, they argued, exists for each petition they want to circulate and for each election. Brutinel said the lawyers are legally correct. But the justices refused to void the“Anysignatures.circulators’ lack of compliance with (the law) does not invalidate the signatures gathered by these circulators on the record or circumstances before us,’’ he wrote.

The Rotary Club of Sun Lakes is engaged in several projects that people can participate in. ? Sneakers are being collected for families impacted by domestic violence, plastic bottle caps are being collected and recycled into building materials that are sold to benefit children with cancer and plastic grocery bags are being collected and weaved into sleeping mats for homeless. Got furniture and/or household goods in almost new shape? Donated like-new furniture, household supplies and appliances will be collected and delivered to Welcome to America Project refugee family homes within the Valley. Participants have their own incidental funds & medical insurance. To learn more: cipusa.org or contact Stacy Moreno at 480-427-6204. If you can help or for more infor mation about the other projects, go to sunlakesrotary.com or contact club President Stephen Phair at 480-593-5377.

The Sun Lakes Republican Club will feature “Election Year Issues and Insights” with GOP Legislative District 13 candidates at its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in the Navajo Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 S. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes8. The public is invited.Speakers include state Sen. J.D. Mesnard, state House candidates Liz Harris and Julie Willoughby and Chandler Unified Governing Board candidate Charlotte Golla. In addition, a spokesperson for the Kari Lake gubernatorial campaign will also answer questions. Information: slgop.org or Mike Ten nant, 262-880-4620. Frutilandia opens new eatery in Chandler as it expands chain Frutilandia, a fast-casual restaurant franchise offering Latin and Mexican treats, is opening new locations in Chandler and Mesa. The Phoenix-based restaurant chain debuted drive-thru service Ray Road and Arizona Avenue in Chandler and its third Mesa location on Baseline Road and Alma School Road.

Kids in pre-K through third grade were invited to write and illustrate a story about having healthy teeth, gums and a great smile. Amber Ramirez was the first-place winner for the 3rd grade, and was awarded a PBS KIDS PlayPad Tablet and a Delta Dental gift basket with dental careSylviaitems.Fletcher was the second-place winner for the 2nd grade and received a gift basket of dental care items as well as children’s books and a PBS KIDS stuffed animal, is of Chandler. The third-place winner for the 3rd grade was Emily Acedo, who was awarded an Arizona PBS KIDS and Delta Dental gift basket of dental care items and children’s books.

Information: deltadentalaz.com. Sun Lakes Republican Club hosting LD13 GOP hopefuls

Gamaliel and Maria Garfio, along with their three children Briana, Gabriel and Fernando Garfio, are involved with restaurant operations, the food and beverage experience, business develop ment and maintaining a family-oriented restaurant culture. Their daughter Briana is a franchise owner and both Gabriel and Fernando are classically-trained chefs who have leveraged their knowledge to advance the concept’s food and beverage program.“Frutilandia has become a staple in the Phoenix community, and we couldn’t be more excited to share our American dream and expand even further with our franchise opportunities,” Gamaliel

Bhat offered the name of “Skyreacher” for an immense 75-story crane that’s being used to help Intel expand its Ocotillo campus. The microchip giant hosted an ice cream party at the Around Chandler See AROUND on page 25 Brutinel pointed out the online portal set up by the Secretary of State to register circulators does not allow any individual to submit more than one affidavit.“Byalso refusing to accept manual submission of a hard copy affidavit, the secretary of state rendered it impossible for circulators to successfully submit a registration application as required ... if they had already registered to circulate other petitions,’’ he wrote. And that would make it unfair and improper to keep a measure off the bal lot for failing to comply with a law that could not be complied with, he said.

Garfio said. “It’s an honor to share a little bit of our home, Hispanic roots and our family recipes with others by bringing the flavors of Mexico to Arizona.”

New BBQ restaurant opens in Chandler, plans celebration Pork on a Fork has opened in Chan dler, its second location in the Valley. The BBQ restaurant opened this month at the corner of Alma School and WarnerItroads.plans to celebrate with a grand opening on Sept. 7. The first 50 people to attend will get a free swag bag filled with Pork on a Fork merchandise. The restaurant’s hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday. It’s open from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The Valley’s first Pork on a Fork is located in Deer Valley.

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23NEWSTHE SUNDAY SANTAN SUN NEWS | AUGUST 28, 2022 Attention All Voters: MEET THE CANDIDATES Candidates for Federal, State, Legislative, School Board, and Others SeptemberSunday, 11, 2022 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Meet and CandidatesGreet Sun CountryLakesClub 25601 S. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes, AZ Sun DemocraticLakesClub Scan for more info on LD13 and the Sun Lakes Democratic Club Paid for by the Sun Lakes Democratic Club. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.

Sun Lakes Rotary seeks public’s help for various projects

The Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation and Arizona PBS named three Chandler children winners of their writ ing contest that is part of a “Healthy Smiles” campaign to promote good oral health to children across the state.

3 Chandler kids win PBS, Delta Dental essay writing contest

The Garfio Family opened the first location in Mesa in 2006, focusing on family recipes with drinks that echo the taste of Mexico and Latin America.

CTA-Independence fourth grader wins a laptop Chandler Traditional Academy Independence fourth grader Lavin Bhat is the winner of a new laptop after submitting the top entry in Intel’s Name the Crane contest.

Going forward, Brutinel said, he and his colleagues have “every expectation’’ the Secretary of State to fix the problem.What’s dubbed the Voters’ Right to Know Act is designed to eliminate ex emptions in state campaign finance laws. Those statutes require public disclosure of who is spending money to influence candidate elections and ballot measures. But state lawmakers crafted an exception for “social welfare’’ organi zations who are free to run commercials seeking to influence the outcome but can hide the names of their donors. The initiative seeks to deal with that by requiring the disclosure of true source of donations of more than $5,000 on political campaigns.

And former Attorney General Terry Goddard, who is leading the effort, said those dollars would have to be traced back to the original source and cannot be “laundered’’ through a series of groups. Foes include the business-oriented Free Enterprise Club. Its president Scot Mussi, called it “an unconstitutional measure designed to silence and harass private citizens, and non-profit groups from exercising their First Amendment rights.’’The measure on debt, if approved by voters, would increase the amount of equity someone could have in a home to keep it from being seized in bankruptcy to $400,000, up from $250,000. And it would mandate annual cost-ofliving increases in that figure rather than having to wait for state lawmakers to marshal the votes for future changes. Current law also allows individuals to keep up to $6,000 in household furniture, appliances and consumer electronics. That would increase to $15,000, also with inflation adjustments. And the protected equity in a motor vehicle would go from $6,000 to $15,000 for most individuals, with the figure going from $12,000 to $25,000 for any debtor or family member with a physicalSeparately,disability.the measure would cap the amount of someone’s wages that could be attached. And another pro vision specifically limits the amount of annual interest that could be charged on medical debt to no more than 3%.

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Two local breweries are partnering to bring Oktoberfest to A.J. Chandler Park. It’s scheduled for 3-11 p.m. on Oct. 1.

Mayor to host HOA Roundtable Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke plans to host an HOA roundtable at 5 p.m., Sept. 13, at Tumbleweed Recreation Center.Thediscussion will focus on the challenges HOA residents face in their community. You can register online to attend.

Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door ministry Jehovah’s Witnesses will resume their door-to-door ministry beginning Sept. 1 as they launch a global campaign featuring an interactive program for Bible study. All pre-pandemic in-person activities have now been restored for the nearly 1.3 million Jehovah’s Witnesses in the 12,000 congregations in the United States. Houses of worship (called Kingdom Halls) were reopened on April 1, witnessing in public places resumed on May 31 and in-person conventions are again being planned for 2023.

Next Golden Neighbors event scheduled for Sept. 20

Call today to make an school to celebrate. There are only six models of the Liebherr Model LR 13000 crane in the world. can lift up to 3,000 tons nearly 800 feet up in the sky. Register for Thanksgiving and toy distribution help The Chandler CARE Center is registering families now who could use a little help around Thanksgiving or the December holidays. Register in person from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. between Aug. 29 and Sept. 30 at one of the CARE Centers. You must be either a resident of Chandler or have students attending a Chandler Unified School District school. Bring a photo ID, proof of address, proof of school enrollment, and a birth certificate for all children not in school. Thanksgiving meals will be distributed on Nov. 19, and toys distributed on Dec. 17.

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City asks for storm water management feedback Chandler is asking residents to participate in a survey to help it manage storm water runoff better. The survey is open through Sept. 30.

Arizona attorneys offering free legal clinic for family law

The State Bar of Arizona is holding a free legal clinic 4-7 p.m. Aug. 30. Volunteer attorneys will provide free legal consultations. People can sign up to speak with a lawyer in person or make a Zoom appointment. Spanish speaking lawyers will be available. People must pre-register by emailing FindALawyer@ staff.azbar.org.

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The City’s next Golden Neighbors event is scheduled for 9 to 11 a.m., Sept. 20 at the Chandler Downtown Library. RSVP by calling 480-782-4363. Golden Neighbors is intended to help struggling seniors get some of the basic hygiene supplies they need for no cost.

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The city and the Flood Control District of Maricopa County entered into a partnership last year to evaluate and identify problem areas where flooding takes place in the city. The master plan they are working on is updated often and they want residents to help them know about areas where water pools after a storm. You can fill out the survey at the city’s website, chandleraz.gov.

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To form the structure of a house, Strata uses a system it calls SABS, which utilizes an expanded polystyrene foam similar to Styrofoam. The foam is shaped, the shapes are bonded together into walls, ceilings and floors, then coated inside and out with a layer of the company’s special concrete mix, called Sabscrete. It holds everything together, protects the foam from impact, weather and fi re, and allows the surface to be painted and textured. No lumber or steel is “Theseused.houses are built to last 300, 400, 500 years,” said Amir Saebi, executive operations manager at Strata, adding that the foam acts as insulation – meaning less energy is required to cool or heat homes. That benefits both homeowners and the environment.

3D printed houses are more energy effi cient than traditional houses because concrete and the solidly packed insulation sustain internal temperatures.“We’ve heard from the family (who lives in the home) that the AC doesn’t really come on much,” said Dusty Parsons, the chief marketing offi cer for Habitat for Humanity. “When it does, it’s only on for a few minutes, the house … stays very, very cool because it’s a solid double wall of concrete with foam insulation.”Theprinter, made by the German company Peri and donated by them for use in this project, is supported by metal pillars and moved around the site on sliders controlled by computer.

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Foam-and-concrete homes aim for sustainability

“We should anticipate fewer homes being built over the next 12 months,” says Ali Wolf, chief economist of Zonda, a real estate consultancy. “The newhome market is struggling right now. Demand has cooled more than you would imagine this time of year.”

Habitat for Humanity estimates 70% to 80% of the 1,738-square-foot, three bedroom house was printed. It’s the fi rst 3D printed home the nonprofit has built – and the fi rst in Arizona – and the idea came from two ASU graduates in sustainability. Habitat offi cials say they can’t calculate an exact cost for the project because most materials were donated, but they hope to use this technology to build more at lower costs.

“It was going to cost me somewhere between $35,000 to $40,000 more … because of the lumber prices,” Skinner said. “So that’s right when I got introduced (to) Strata, and so I saved that money.”Butit’s not entirely eco-friendly, as Saebi acknowledged. Expanded polystyrene foam is made from petroleum waste products, he said, but that impact is offset because the homes are expected to last centuries – far longer than contemporary homes made of wood.Habitat for Humanity took another approach to affordable, sustainable homes: a giant 3D printer. The equipment applies thin layers of concrete, one over the other, until a full wall or frame is erected, then workers pack insulation in the space between the wall layers. Once the exterior and interior walls are complete, the floors, ceilings and installations are completed using traditional building techniques.

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Homebuilders backing off as sales plummet

Builders are responding by throwing out incentives, like spaghetti against a wall, to see which ones attract buyers. Some have begun cutting prices, and the majority are slowing down the pace of construction— despite the nation’s dire housing shortage that’s hit crisis proportions.

“You raise rates to this level, and This home on W. Coconino Place in Sun Lakes recently sold for $1.8 million. The 4,168-square-foot homes has ﬁve bedrooms and four baths and boasted a number of amenities. (Special to SanTan Sun News)

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Contractor Kenneth Skinner, who’s using SABS to build his personal home in north Phoenix, expects the solar panels he’s installing on the roof to meet all his energy needs because of the insulating foam. Because SABS doesn’t use lumber, it’s a big cost savings at a time of supply chain issues and inflation.

Kenneth Skinner’s house sits on a hillside in north Phoenix on July 1, 2022. The home is constructed with expanded polystyrene foam and Sabscrete, a concrete mix developed by Strata International Group. (Troy Hill/Cronkite News)

Strata International Group, headquartered in Phoenix, has made a name by building homes out of foam and concrete, and Habitat for Humanity of Central Arizona has successfully 3D printed a home for a Tempe family –the fi rst structure printed in Arizona. These energy effi cient and affordable materials and techniques arrive at an opportune time. A 2018 study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition reported a shortage of more than 7.2 million rental homes for low-income renters, and a 2019 report by the International Energy Agency and the U.N. Environment Programme found that the construction industry accounts for 39% of energy-related carbon emissions.

Cronkite News Amid global climate change and a chronic shortage of affordable housing, local construction companies and nonprofits are taking innovative steps to make homes more energy effi cient and environmentally sustainable.

Many buyers were already reeling from record-high home prices. Add in higher mortgage rates, and suddenly many were unable to afford the monthly payments on a new home, which are often more expensive than older properties. Some would-be buyers have decided to sit tight for now to see if they can get a better deal down the line.

Just a few months ago, builders couldn’t put homes up fast enough to appease the hordes of eager buyers. They boasted about lengthy waitlists, even holding lotteries to choose those lucky enough to purchase their newly constructed homes. Those days are now over as the housing market corrects after two years of runaway prices. Buyers are now canceling orders and extracting themselves from waitlists as higher mortgage rates have pushed their dreams of owning new construction beyond their financial reach. Sales are down. Among the slowing-down markets is Phoenix, Realtor.com reported.

you’re going to have folks who can’t qualify” for mortgages, said Devyn Bachman, senior vice president of research at John Burns Real Estate Consulting.“There is a very large group of buyers who could buy but are choosing not to because they’re worried about a recession, inflation, and the national economy. People are afraid they’re going to buy a home and a year from now it will be worth less than it is today.”

In exchange, and before moving in, the resident must provide proof that they are free of tuberculosis and a document indicating the level of care that the resident will need along with a signed statement by a medical provider approving the level of care. From there, the facility should create a written service plan for the resident’s stay.

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How to choose an elder care facility

“We are seeing increased cancellations, which is an early sign of distress in the new-home market,” said Bachman.

In June, there was a roughly 31% de cline in sales in new-home developments compared with the same time a year ago, according to data from John Burns. The number of sales fell even further in July, according to preliminary data. That’s given builders pause. They don’t want to put up the money to construct homes if they’re not confi dent they can sell them.

PulteGroup, the third-biggest home builder, reported cancellations were up to 15% in the second quarter of the year—compared with 7% a year earlier. Orders for new homes dropped 23% from a year ago.

Third, the manager of the facility must sign and date the agreement and, before move-in, provide the resident with a copy of the resident’s bill of rights and information on how the facility handles healthcare directives.

Consumers can also check this via ADHS’Second,database.theagreement should con tain certain information that is required by law. Legally, Arizona Administrative Code Section R9-10-807 dictates the basic requirements for a residency agreement for an assisted living facility.

The facility should be able to tell you the levels of care it is licensed to provide and this information should be included in the residency agreement.

New home construction could dip the most in some of the housing markets that got the most overheated during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are the kinds of places that are already correcting, with home sellers in many of them being forced to cut prices to woo buyers. This report was provided by Realtor.com.

Fourth, many agreements also detail how the facility will charge the resident. Legally, facilities may only raise prices once per year and with notice to residents, so consumers should be aware of this. Consumers should also ask questions about how the facility will interface with Medicare, Medicaid and/or insurance plans. Consumers should also know that a resident’s tenancy can be terminated for for non-payment or failure to abide by the residency agreement with 14 days’ notice or immediately if the resident poses a threat to health and safety. In the alternative, residency may be terminated for any reason upon 30 days’ notice. The termination letter must include a copy of the resident’s current service plan and information on the refund policy. Unlike most leases, though, a residency agreement may be terminated if the resident requires a higher level of care than the facility may be able to provide.Finally, consumers should under stand resident rights. Per the Arizona Administrative Code, residents should be treated with dignity and respect. The complaint process should be clearly delineated so that residents can raise concerns. Consumers should make sure that the facility that they choose has policies and procedures in place to report abuse and neglect and to ensure that residents’ rights are protected.Consumers who are armed with this information, and know what to look for in a residency agreement, will be able to make an informed choice.

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“There is a very large group of buyers who could buy but are choosing not to because they’re worried about a recession, inflation, and the national economy. People are afraid they’re going to buy a home and a year from now it will be worth less than it is today.

Heather Macre is an attorney with Fennemore where she is the Healthcare Practice Group leader.

“Without a doubt, the first half of 2022 qualifies as a housing recession,” said Rob ert Dietz, chief economist of the National Association of Home Builders. What’s worrisome is that in May, builders began noticeably pulling back on the number of permits they applied for to put up new homes, according to U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development data. Housing starts, which are homes builders have begun construction on but haven’t yet completed, also fell in May. “Building had a big drop-off,” said Realtor.com® Chief Economist Danielle Hale. “Unfortunately, with this pullback in building, that shortage is unlikely to be solved anytime soon.”

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The largest homebuilder in the na tion, D.R. Horton, reported that about 24% of orders for new homes were canceled from April through June, according to its most recent earnings report. Orders for new homes fell 7%. (Last year during the same period, about 17% of all orders were canceled.)

In a sharp shift from earlier this year, homebuilders are now wooing prospec tive buyers with a slate of incentives. These perks vary by builder, but they can include companies offering to buy down mortgage rates so that their customers have lower rates, shoulder ing some of the closing costs buyers are traditionally responsible for, offering fancier finishes and amenities, and ending the premiums they charge for corner lots and other locations with views.About 20% have cut prices, which many builders view as a last resort. In some cases, they’ll go back to the drawing board and see if they can rework projects to put up more affordably priced homes. That could be erecting smaller homes, scrapping single-family devel opments in favor of more condos and townhomes, or using less expensive finishes in an effort to get costs down. Smaller homes often cost less in materials, labor, and time to produce.

When choosing an elder care facility, the options can be overwhelming. Then, once you have made a choice, you have to review a contract that is similar to a lease but has a medical component as well. The first step in evaluating a residency agreement is to determine if the facility can provide the appropriate level of care. Assisted living facilities are licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS). As part of the licensure and survey process, ADHS ensures that the facility can offer certain levels of care. There are three major levels of care – supervisory, personal andSupervisorydirected. care is the least stringent; it means that caregivers can help with daily activities, meal preparation and chores, but no hands-on assistance is needed.Personal care is a higher level. Those in need of personal care require handson assistance with daily activities, meal preparation, support for basic hygiene, medication management, and assistance with mobility and transferring. Finally, directed care is the most stringent; it generally consists of full assistance with activities of daily living, meal preparation, hygiene, medication management, and assistance with mobility and transferring. Memory care is typically included with directed care.

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Roughly 87% of builders are now planning to slow down their pace of construction, according to Zonda. “Builders are saying, ‘We’re going to wait and see how the market progresses,’” said BachmanWolf.expects builders to take out 5% to 10% fewer permits to put up new homes next year.

Contact Paul Maryniak at 480-898-5647 or pmaryniak@TimesLocalMedia.com

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SAIN Managing Editor With the City of Chandler nearing buildout, meaning the amount of open space to develop on is dwindling, southwest corner Avenue Road stands It comprises nearly 50 acres of open space close to the heart of downtown and sitting just off the Loop 202 freeway, making it perhaps the most desirable open space left to develop in Chandler. And for years it has been empty land. That could be changing soon. An application has been submitted to the city Development Services Department for multi-use development that will include a hotel, office and retail space and multi-family housing. Called Downtown District, the project “is designed as a high-quality mixed-use development that will create vital employment, retail and housing opportunities at the gateway Downtown Chandler,” wrote Brennan Ray of Burch & Cracchiolo on behalf of developer Meridian West. This only an application. It has to go through staff review, neighborhood meetings, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and nally City Council before it can become reality. It is likely the plan will change goes through that process. So why did the property sit undeveloped for so long with the city at 93% of buildout?“Myunderstanding is that there were several property owners who were interested corner,” said city Planning Manager David de la Torre. “It wasn’t just one property owner, it was several property owners. “My understanding is that they couldn’t agree on which way to go, and there was one … of those partners, [who] bought out the other ones, [it took] long time to do that. So now that particular property owner is ready to move forward, he submitted plans.” The rst two required neighborhood meetings on the property was scheduled for July 28 after this newspaper’s deadline – the Crown Plaza Mega development planned for Pecos-Arizona corner

SAIN Managing Editor Ruth Jones’ bid to upset incumbent Mayor Kevin Hartke in Tuesday’s election true underdog affair while the race to fill three other seats on City Council pits an incumbent against four challengers. Hartke, after serving two terms on Council and one term as mayor, has name recognition. He also has huge advantage in campaign nance funds. And he’s the incumbent. Those three advantages usually lead to victories. However, not always. There have been a handful of cases where scrappy underdog has been able to pull off the upset, said his challenger. “Don’t count me out,” Jones said after second quarter campaign finance reports were filed through July 16th. Hartke raised only $17,226 in the second quarter this year, but entered that period with nearly $229,000 in the bank, according to his most recent financial statement. He spent about $28,600 from April through July 16, giving him more than $216,000 going into the nal weeks of the primary campaign. Jones raised the amount of any of the seven candidates on the ballot who are running for spot on the Council. She reported raising about $8,900 and headed into the final days of the campaign with balance of $216. “It’s not about the money, it’s never been about Jones said. “The reason why I’m going to win is I’ve gone out and talked to the people who live here. I’ve listened, and because done that, they know care.” In the other council races, incumbent Matt Orlando seeking a second term while members Rene Lopez and Terry Roe are termed out. Lopez is one of six Republicans seeking nomination in Congressional District to run against incumbent Greg Stanton. Roe is one of the two Republican candidates for the state House in LD12, which City Council races head to the ﬁnish line

SAIN Managing Editor For some refugees coming to the United States for a life, Chandler church is one of the fi steps on thatThejourney.Grove, 2777 S. Gilbert Road, one of ve East Valley churches that host welcome center for refugees seeking asylum. their first stop after turning themselves at the Southern border and spending time in detention centers.“Wegive them welcome, because they don’t know where they’re going, and they’re scared,” said Magdalena Schwartz, pastor of Vineyard Church in The refugees are not in this country illegally. Because they have asked asylum, they are free to move about in America pending the outcome of hearing on their request.

Chandler church extends helping hand to refugees Asylum seekers border crossings Tucson and Yuma arrived July 20 at The Grove Church in Chandler, where volunteers help get them food, showers, fresh clothing and help with next steps in getting to their sponsors around the country. (David Minton/Staff Photographer) PECOS on page 10 See REFUGEES 14 Making history Elaine Woods of Chandler beaming with sense of pride and accomplishment after the city designated neighborhood of Southside Village the rst historic conservation district. Read what she did page 4. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

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“I want to own all of Arizona because with this business, you have to scale,” Ness said. “In order to be successful, you can’t just have like one or two vans…I don’t see why one day I won’t have 20 vans, maybe even more than that.”

Ness moved to Chandler three years ago. She didn’t plan on buying there and had just told a real estate agent she was in a hurry to buy a home and the house she liked happened to be in Chandler.Now,she said she can’t imagine leaving the city, saying she likes the mix of rural and suburbia. Furry Land is operating only one van as of now in Arizona, one of the reasons

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There were times when she was attending college that Chandler resident Jennifer Ness was swamped. She said she’d look at students who came from well-off families and felt a little envious.

Chandler dog groomer slammed ‘in a good way’

“We had a really great response for

Julia Thorn, director of marketing for Thirsty Lion Gastropub. Thirsty Lion, has partnered with local schools to raise money for their parent teacher organizations with the return of their Dine-to-Give fundraising program. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

Rebounding from the pandemic, Thirsty Lion helping PTOs

“I just remember I resented it a lot for a while because I was like, ‘Gosh, I’m working my butt off. I’m working 40 hours a week, I’m taking day and night classes and I just can’t get ahead,’” Ness recalled.Shedidn’t let that stop her, and today she is running two businesses. She just opened a Furry Land Mobile Dog Grooming business in the Valley said that so far, it’s going well. “I am booked right now until mid-September,” she said. “I’m slammed, but I will say but in a very goodNess’sway.”other company is a construction consulting business that accepts contracts around the nation. With the work ethic she learned during those tough days in college, she decided to add her second business, Furry Land and secured the franchise rights for all of Arizona.

Chandler’s Thirsty Lion Gastropub had just opened and was excited about its fu ture at Frye Road and the Loop 101 freeway. And then the world shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Chandler had been open two weeks,” said Julia Thorn, the marketing director for Concept Entertainment, Thirsty Lion’s parent company. “So that was a pretty big hit, you know, to open and then have to close down.” Life isn’t quite back to normal, Thorn said, but it’s getting there. They recent ly opened two new Gastropubs in Texas and plan to open another at Westgate in Glendale in the fall of 2023. During September Thirsty Lion, will donate a portion of its sales to local parent/teacher associations (PTA) at area schools who register by the first week of the month. The promotion is running at all four Valley locations, including Tem pe, Gilbert and North Phoenix. To participate, local PTAs need to be one of the first 10 to register with the Gastropub near them. Anyone who visits a Thirsty Lion during September needs to tell their server they want to donate to that PTA. Asked if business is back to normal, Thorn said, “We’re hoping that fourth quarter that we’ll be back. It’s a new business normal.” Thorn said that some things from the pandemic will continue even when COVID-19 becomes a bad memory. For one, Thirsty Lion did not offer take-out or delivery service before the pandemic. She said they’ve had such success with it that it will continue.

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Furry Land Mobile Dog Grooming Phone: Website:877-726-3345furryland.us/phoenix our managers and staff that wanted to come back,” Thorn said. “Of course, there were those that, you know, chose to go a different path during all of that. We struggle like everyone else with getting staffed back up.”

“My intention is I really do it for the animals, which some people are like, ‘Oh, it sounds a little cheesy,’ but it’s really not,” Ness said. “If you’re not doing it for the animals, then you have no purpose at all.”

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Thorn said the company is switching to a new two-story model for its Thirsty Lion locations. The Westgate facility opening next year will be the first of those in the Valley.

A PTO needs to raise at least $100 during September to get a check. Thorn said if they fall short of that mark, the company usually gives them a gift card that they can raffle off. Thorn said she noticed an uptick in business at the end of 2020, about eight months after the pandemic began.

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“We want to be able to support as many of the schools in the area as we can,” Thorn said. Information: thirstyliongastropub.com page 31 Items in Thirsty Lion’s menu include the Gastropub Burger, grapefruit and basil martini and Cast Iron Skillet Mixed Berry Crumble. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

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TRUST THE IN SURGERY they are so booked. Ness said she’s been promised three vans by mid-September and seven by the end of this year. She said many of their bookings come after a van does a grooming in a neighborhood. Not only do they see the van, but they talk to the neighbors who use the service. The reviews have beenMobilepositive.grooming is convenient, and Furry Land charges from $80 to $160, depending on the size of the pet. Ness said convenience is only one reason to consider using a mobile dog groomer. She said the industry began to grow rapidly during the pandemic when people were social distancing. “Let’s say your dog is … nervous, or a little bit hyper or has a little aggression issues,” Ness said. “It’s a lot better for theSheanimal.”saidthe dog is more comfortable because they are near their home, and they don’t get put in cages while waiting for a groomer to work on them. They also don’t have a lot of other dogs around or people working. Ness claims it’s a calmer environment. She said she also makes sure her groomers treat every dog with care.

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Thorn said Thirsty Lion does about a half dozen charity events each year. “Schools, I feel, are part of the community,” Thorn said. “And we like serving not only our customers inside the four walls, but outside the four walls. That’s a very important part of the community, schools. So giving back to the schools has always been part of our corporate philosophy.”

“You know, people were just kind of like over it, and ready to get back into the going out to the restaurants,” Thorn said. “And they came back strong.” Thirsty Lion is known for being a relaxing, family-friendly place. While it has sports playing on the large TVs, it’s not a sports bar. The food is made from scratch.

Does Ness still resent those richer kids in college who didn’t have to work as hard as she did while running two companies? No, she’s moved on. She said a light bulb went off for her after she earned a scholarship while she was studying for a master’s degree. She was going to work hard and own her own“I’mbusiness.justasbusy now, but it’s much dif ferent, busy,” said Ness, who owns three rescue dogs. “[It was the] best decision I ever made, I was able to not only impact my life, but impact other lives and that gave me a lot of gratification.”

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“The water pressure is set to 2700 PSI and at a temperature of 230 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to kill these microorganisms,” he said. “Then we spray a deodorizer and disinfectant in the trash can to complete the process. We collect all the nasty water in our catch basin and then at the end of the day, we dump it in a permitted dump station so no dirty water is left on the street or goes down the gutter.”

Jennings’ service casts a wide net, as he visits homes in Gilbert, Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Chandler, Mesa, Tempe, and Ahwatukee. New customers also get $10 off their first cleaning to boot.

Happy Cans ﬁnds a little known household niche

Between word of mouth, social media and other marketing efforts, Jennings said, “My trash can cleaning business continues to grow every month” – so much so he’s not thinking about going back to medical devices.

Ted Jennings of Gilbert and his Happy Cans business deploy high-pressured hot water to clean garbage cans. (Special to STSN)

“My son had the idea for our logo and most things I have done with the business have been through a little research and a lot of trial and error,” he explained.Jennings cleans cans “with very high pressure at a high temperature.”

Ted Jennings provides one of those services you don’t necessarily think people want, but the Gilbert man says you’d be Jenningssurprised.cleansgarbage cans. And his business, Happy Cans, is thriving, according to the father of five. “I have found that people care more than you would think,” he said. “Those who are reluctant to try us – but then eventually do try us out – can’t believe what a difference it makes. In our hot summers trash cans really smell awful, which makes throwing out the garbage or taking the cans to the street for trash pick-up a very unpleasant experience, to say the least.”

Meanwhile, in May 2020, Jennings began encouraging one of his sons to clean trash cans in the neighborhood during the summer to make a little money. And while helping him get his little business off the ground, Jennings was trying to figure out a way to make some extra money since opportunities for pitching his medical devices to hospitals had become more limited. As the pandemic-restrictions dragged on, Jennings decided he could clean garbage cans, too. “I started cleaning trash cans separately from my son but with the small pressure washer I had bought for him to get him started. As I started talking to customers, I realized that this was a service that people wanted but didn’t know how to get. “I started researching the trash can cleaning business and found that there were a few people providing this service in the U.S. but that it was in the growth phase,” he continued. “So I found some inexpensive, used trash can cleaning equipment and with the help of my neighbor, modifi ed it so that it would clean better. I have since upgraded to the most modern equipment available for trash can cleaning.”

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Happy Cans arose from the disruptions that the pandemic created in its early months for Jennings’ normal job – selling medical devices for 14 of the 19 years the Southern California native has lived in Gilbert. He had been an Independent sales rep selling customized surgical instrument trays to help protect expensive and delicate surgical instruments from being damaged during the sterilization process.When COVID fi rst made the scene in March 2020, hospitals restricted access to visitors – including sales people who sold all but the most essential kinds of equipment.“Sincemy product was not of an urgent nature,” Jennings said, “I was not able to go into hospitals to work with my contacts in the Sterile Processing Department to customize instrument trays for the instrument sets they wanted protected. As a result, my sales pipeline decreased quickly over a few months.”Thenthe other longer lasting impact of the pandemic hit hospitals – and Jennings pocketbook. As hospitals lost more money from canceling elective surgeries, “they didn’t have the money in their budgets to invest in our products and therefore my sales opportunities diminished,” he said.

That’s where Happy Cans comes to the“Afterrescue.we have cleaned them and sprayed the deodorizer in them, people don’t have to worry about the odor.”

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Moreover, he noted, “Trash can cleaning also reduces pests such as ﬂies, maggots, cockroaches, mice, and rats around the house. So, it’s part of total pest control management for a homeowner. Our cleaning process even kills bacteria and viruses.”

Jennings developed his business out of whole cloth; it is no franchise.

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“More than 50 percent of maternal deaths happen after a baby is born,” she added.Created on the theme that “it takes a village to raise a child,” 4th Trimester Arizona offers monthly villages, or meetings, specialized for each area of the Valley and in Tucson. The East Valley Village meets from 10-11:30 a.m. the third Thursday of the month on Zoom and Facebook Live; the topic for September is “Postpartum Hacks: Infant Feeding Challenges.”

Chandler mom’s nonprofit helps new mothers

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The Chandler Drum Circle is marking its 10th anniversary this year, but not a lot of people have probably noticed. For a drum circle, they’ve been pretty quiet.Now as they are coming out of the pandemic, that might be changing. “Last Sunday (Aug. 2) it was amazing,” said Bart Salzman, one of the co-founders of the group. “I’d say oh, we had 38 people here, that’s a record.” Salzman said he got the idea to start a Chandler drum circle after attending a First Friday event in Phoenix. He, Julia Norton of Sun Lakes and Lori Wollery of Chandler formed a drum circle that made its debut in 2012. Those first few events were held downtown during the farmer’s market. However, it wasn’t long before vendors trying to sell their food complained they couldn’t hear their customers because of the drumming. So, the Chandler Drum Circle moved to the SoZo Coffeehouse patio. However, during the summer it started to get hot and there was not enough room for a drum circle inside. So the drums stopped beating for nearly seven years. Then came a surprising request: The Chandler Library was interested in hosting the drum circle. “I said, ‘My drum circle at the library? You got to be kidding?’ So I responded to her, and I said, ‘Well, if you give us a room for free, yeah, I’d love to do it.’ We get an air- conditioned room once a month. She put us down and we started in 2018. “Then the pandemic hit.”

Seamans attended a fourth trimester conference that provided her with a lifeline.“The conference completely changed the way I feel about motherhood. Of course, it didn’t fix all of my new-mom struggles, but it helped me to realize that I wasn’t the only one who found the fourth-trimester stage extremely difficult,” she said. “Not only did I learn what the fourth trimester even was, but I also learned that there were resources out there to help during this time,” she added. She vowed to do better with her next baby, and she did. “I found myself a little angry and passionate about the way Americans view the fourth trimester period. When I found myself pregnant with my second baby, I referenced the resources

Library helps drum circle no longer miss a beat

BY SRIANTHI PERERA Contributor Soon after the birth of her first son, Chandler mom Jennie Bever found her self struggling in the day-to-day. She suffered from mastitis, a painful infection of the breast tissue, her employer expected her to work while she took six weeks of short-term disability and she became sleep-deprived. “My body changed, my focus changed, all my relationships changed overnight after having a baby, and there really was no system set up to support me beyond my partner and my mom,” said Bever. N ow the mother of three sons, ages 16, 10 and 7, she runs 4th Trimester Arizona, a nonprofit organization created to bring awareness to this phase of life, to create community for new mothers and to change the culture of new parenthood.Beverholds a doctorate in biology from the University of California at San Diego and is also a lactation specialist. She owns the Arizona Breastfeeding Center in Tempe, which she established in 2010.Thefourth trimester comprises the first three months after a baby is born. “ During this time, infants require 24/7 care, including feeding every few hours, and near constant holding,” Bever said. “This first three months is also the time that the new parent is healing from pregnancy and birth, learning how to be a 24/7 caregiver, how to feed baby, and dealing with the financial and relationship implications of now being a parent.”Formost parents, the fourth trimes ter lasts much longer than three months, Bever said, and at 4th Trimester Arizona, the focus is on the parent’s mental, emotional and physical health in the first five years after a baby is born.

Bever found first hand that very little is focused on postpartum care for new mothers.Sodid Gilbert mom Jillian Seamans, who felt like she was sent off home from the hospital with nothing but some paperwork, Vicodin and a baby. “As a new mom, I was surprised at how little support and guidance I received from my doctors and at the hospital after having a baby,” she said. “I had an emergency c-section, so not only was I recovering from the most intense and invasive surgery of my life, but I was also trying to figure out breastfeeding and how to take care of a baby.”Traditionally, OBGYN is focused on physical healing, Bever said. “ However, there are many more problems new mothers face, including postpartum mood and anxiety disor ders, that are not adequately addressed in the postpartum period.

Jennie Bever runs 4th Trimester AZ, a non profit that helps mothers cope after birth ing a baby. (Courtesy of Jennie Bever)

The organization also offers annual conferences. A free online summit called the 4th Trimester Ecosystem Summit for those who support parents is planned for Sept. 27-28.

Left: The Chandler Drum Circle is marking its 10th anniversary this year, though various occurrences stopped it from convening for seven years. Now it has found a home in the Chandler Library. (Special to STSN) Right: Bart Salzman leads a drum circle rehearsal at the Downtown Library in Chandler. (David Minton/STSN Staff Photographer)

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Conferences are attended by 200 to 400 people each year, and the villages serve about 60 new parents each month, while hundreds watch the videos that are posted on social media.

The drums began thumping again in January and attendance has been growing. Anyone can join and no musical talent or experience is needed. They have a limited number of drums available for anyone who wanders in. One person who was attracted to the sounds and is now a regular part of the group is Niti Garg of Chandler. She said she was in the library and heard the drums, and felt compelled to see what was happening.

The Central Village meets 10-11:30 a.m. in person on the second Wednesday of the month at the i.d.e.a. Museum, 150 W. Pepper Place, Mesa.

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Two local teens were among the 67 students from around the world who participated in this year’s Four Star Leadership program in Oklahoma.

Four Star Leadership is a week-long program for the top high school students from around the world to learn leadership techniques and skills from frontrunners and influential leaders in various fields. Program curriculum is designed around the four core principles that led Gen. Tommy Franks (Ret.) through his 38-year military career: character, common vision, communication and caring.

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Amanda Wolford

SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF Sun Lakes United Methodist Church is starting two programs next month –Grief Recovery and Support facilitated by Pastor Judy Wismar Claycomb and Tuesday Nights Together. The church, 9248 E. Riggs Road, is offering the 8-week Grief Recovery and Support program starting Sept. 14 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 4 of the Education Building. The program is designed to offer help and encouragement after the death of a loved one and serves as a support group to help rebuild one’s life after a loved one dies. The Fall 2022 series begins with a two-hour seminar specifi cally geared to loss of a spouse. Subsequent weeks will be 90-minute gatherings with a video presentation featuring testimonies from people’s recent experiences of the death of a loved one, integrated with teaching by experts in the fi eld of griefForrecovery.moreinformation or to make a reservation and pick up the workbook, which is $15, call the church offi ce at 480-895-8766.TuesdayNights Together (TNT) is a series of free programs every month. Topics vary from light and entertaining to serious and informing. A light meal will be offered for a free-will offering at 5:30 p.m. and the presentation starts at 6 p.m. On Sept. 13 the topic is “Bites and Stings: How can you stay safe in our desertParticipantsenvironment.”canlearn about the U.S. Poison Control System with its state connections and Banner’s poison control resources and fi nd out what to do if someone is bitten or stung. Guests also can learn how to identify and precautions you can take when it comes to poisonous vegetation in the desert. R.S.V.P at 480-895-8766.

Since 2008, Four Star Leadership has welcomed more than 841 U.S. high school students from 46 different states and 57 international students.

The opportunity is valued at more than $4,000 per student and is offered at no cost to selected students, including expenses, travel and programming.

“We are honored to assist the world’s brightest high school students with leadership capabilities and confidence as they make important steps toward their collegiate careers,” said Franks. “We are confident that these awards are just the first step in a long journey of future triumphs for these leaders of tomorrow.”

Amanda Wolford, a Chandler resident and Hamilton High School senior, and Abigail Cramer, a Queen Creek resident who is a senior at Higley High, each earned a $2,000 scholarship during the program as a member of the fi rst place team in the ethics competition.

Information: FourStarLeader.com or 580-726-5900.

Chandler, QC teens earn leadership scholarships

Abigail Cramer

Church to start grief support, Tuesday gathering programs

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The East Valley Marine Corps League’s Sun Lakes Detachment 1296 Birthday Ball includes ceremonies honoring those who served. (Special to SanTan Sun News)

“The homeopathic path was, in reality, the only path,” he said. “So many well-meaning professionals crushing my hopes with well-intended phrases: ‘Your son will never talk; Your son’s calf muscles will need Botox; he will never’ ... fill in the blank. I am sure the idea was to get me to face facts and gain perspective about a new family path. So I chose one, I chose a new family path.

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Without insurance, family braves cerebral palsy alone

“The public is invited to enjoy the formal event and show support for all our veterans,” a spokesman said. “Proceeds from the ball tickets go to our Marines Helping Veterans fund.”

Information: Mike Bishop, 480-213-2779.

Left: Andrew and Kellie Burkhart rely on God and homeopathic medicine to help their son, Andrew Jr., who has cerebral palsy. Right: Andrew Burkhart Jr. is the sweetest soul,” his mother said. “Even before he could speak, he was always making friends.” (Courtesy of the Burkhart Family)

Andrew Sr. (Drew) teaches math at Hamilton High School and part-time daily at Bogle Junior High School; he formerly taught at Kyrene Akimel A-al in Ahwatukee.Allcostsfor treatments have been out-of-pocket since Andrew, who will soon turn 16, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy a month before his 4th birthday.TheBurkharts had grown frustrated with traditional medical care after repeated diagnoses brought few answers. And so they opted to try homeopathic medicine.Itmeant they were on their own as only 11% of major healthcare insurers cover homeopathy treatments; most homeopathic physicians do not accept insurance.Alongwith Drew Burkhart’s salary, the couple’s ability to pay for Andrew Jr.’s care depends on tax-deductible donations through two area nonprofits. It was on their first visit that the homeopathic doctor diagnosed cerebral palsy.The diagnosis shocked the couple, especially Kellie Burkhart who had worked as a former mental health therapist and social worker. After pondering the out-of-pocket cost, they decided to commit to Homeopathic treatments. Within months, they saw visible progress in their son’s ability to walk and speak. They knew the path would be costly but felt it was the only, and best, alternative. Drew Burkhart said.

The East Valley Marines Det. #1296 of the Marine Corps League, is a nonprofit comprising honorably discharged Unit ed States Marines, FMF Corpsmen, FMF Chaplains, and veterans of all services that band together to promote the ideals of our great country and of the United States Marine Corps. Its mission is to assist local veterans, as well as their spouses, children, parents, and caregivers; work with the community in keeping with military traditions; and provide social activities for members to bond and support one another. Tickets are$80 and can be ordered at You eastvalleymarines.org. The event can sell out quickly and sales end in October, so people are encouraged to get their tickets early.

Sun Lakes Marines chapter slates Birthday Ball

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The formal event starts at 5:30 pm with a cocktail hour, followed by dinner, special ceremonial events, a guest speaker and dancing. This year’s speaker is Susan Kee, a Korean American writer and war historian. She is an advocate for Korean War Veterans and Gold Star families.

BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA Contributor For the past 12 years, Andrew and Kellie Burkhart have paid all medical expenses for their son, Andrew, Jr., as he battles cerebral palsy. The couple estimate monthly expenses run more than $1,000, and out-of-state treatments – suspended for now due to budgetary constraints –easily hit $20,000 annually.

“She is devoted to thanking and honor ing all who have served and sacrificed their lives in not just the Korean War, but all our conflicts since,” the spokesman said.

“I believe the most powerful manmade remedy was the adult stem cells as Andrew’s life changed dramatically after the first four stem cell treatments,” said Drew Burkhart. Kellie Burkhart recalled a 2012 ‘60 Minutes’ program that outed online-sales of ‘bogus’ stem cell treatments. The child who was to be treated with four procedures at $5,000 a piece, had cerebral palsy. She took to her blog to tell her read-

“In reality my wife deserves the credit for our direction,” Burkhart continued. “We had a friend with stage 4 cancer that was already years past his quoted life expectancy and going strong. His doctor became our doctor and a world of hope opened – a very expensive world of hope. “So we jumped in head first. To tell the truth, I do not know which of the natural remedies helped but I did know something was working.” Many times, the Burkharts were unsure how everything could be paid. Time after time, as documented since December, 2010 in Kellie’s blog, PrayforAndrew.Wordpress.com, she recounts how medical needs were often “miraculously” covered due to the donations of friends, strangers and even local “Andrewbusinesses.hastaught us to live far beyond our comfort zone,” she said. “It is a financially suffocating path, but our child has improved. Yes, our bills are extensive and expensive, yet when people ask how we do it, I answer ‘by the grace of God.’”“When we get to the end of our rope, we just call out to God. I used to be scared, but the miracles have happened time and time again,” she said. “Financially it’s still a mountain but we are rich in so many ways,” said her husband. “We have faith that our path is the right one.” Kellie has been fundraising to help pay for her son’s healing. She started by contacting businesses and was not deterred when only two out of 200 responded.Nowshe encourages businesses to donate to help Andrew using the charities who provide tax-deductible avenues.Several years ago they were made aware of the Cerebral Palsy Hope Foundation, which accepts donations specifically for Andrew’s medical needs, making the donations tax deductible. Andrew became one of the newest ‘Armer Kids’ at the Ahwatukee-based nonprofit The Armer Foundation. His story can be found, along with the other children the foundation helps support, at ArmerFoundation.org. Among the more costly of Andrew’s procedures in the past years were a series of stem cell and hyperbaric oxygen treatments that the parents say allowed their son to experience “significant improvements” within days.

Veterans Day and the birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps are approaching in November and in keeping with tradition, the East Valley Marine Corps League’s Sun Lakes Detachment 1296 is hosting its annual Birthday Ball to celebrate. The ball will be held on Nov. 12 at the Oakwood Country Club Ballroom.

Bever runs The Arizona Breastfeeding Center, a clinical lactation practice of International Board Certified Lactation Consultants that serve families for infant feeding support as well as train future lactation consultants.

BY MARK MORAN Staff Writer

Completely funded by what they collect in the offering plate on Sunday morning, Third Place Cup/Amadeo church feels like an old-fashioned “coop meets modern day gathering spot.” And that was by design, Cloud says. Based on research by urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg, Cloud set out to create a place where people of all backgrounds could come together and be comfortable.Inhisresearch, Oldenburg describes third places as “the public places on neutral ground where people can gath er and interact. “In contrast to first places (home) and second places (work), third places allow people to put aside their concerns and simply enjoy the company and conversa tion around them,“ he writes. That’s where Cloud came up with the name for Third Place Cup. Cloud preaches two sermons on Sundays at Amadeo in Queen Creek then heads to Pinetop, where he has opened an 860-square-foot community center/church. Cloud envisions planting 40 churches in 40 years. One down, 39 to go.

“I come to the library with my kids all the time,” Garg said. “And one time I heard something going on. I was very shy, like what’s going on and they’re like, come, come. They’re very welcoming. I’m not a musician, I don’t play anything. And my kids enjoy it. So that is my number one thing.”

“We are trying to find metaphorical ways to wash peoples’ feet. No one wants their feet washed, but everyone will take a cup of coffee,” he said. “Really, what they want is conversation. They want community. We are trying to create spaces and show the love of God.”

H er goal was to utilize any and all resources to help ease the weight of the fourth trimester so she could heal, rest, bond and focus on her baby.

D etails: 4thtrimesteraz.org ers that while she lauded 60 Minutes for exposing the charlatans, her child had benefited from the umbilical cord stem cell treatments he’d received. “He has maintained all areas of progress with no negative side effects. I can only tell others with great certainty that it did help our child.”

4th Trimester Arizona operates with five staffers and a host of volunteers, especially during events. It’s funded by grants, sponsorships and individual donations. A tech-support person and a full-time coordinator are on its wish-list.

Ben Cloud not only runs a coffee shop across Mountain View Funeral Home but also is pastor of Amadeo Church in Queen Creek. (Mark Moran/STSN)

To help: ArmerFoundation.org.

“We do story times here in the morn ing, and I will tell you right now, when you hear what 30, 40 kids jumping up and down and you know, it’s not a quiet place,” said Librarian David Mackay. Mackay says when the drum circle is going, you can feel it throughout the building.“Iremember the first time that we had this, you know, back before the pandemic, I remember being like, what is going on? You could feel it. Like it was all over.”Afacilitator leads the circle. Salzman said he feels very fortunate to get a professional, Frank Thompson, to vol unteer to lead Chandler’s. “What is amazing about him, is he doesn’t say anything, but you know when it’s time to stop,” Cassie Bentley said. “And everybody stops. And he changes the rhythm, he didn’t say anything. He just changed his rhythm in the beat and you just follow along.” Wollery, one of the co-founders, explains why she enjoys being part of the“It’scircle.amazing how we become cohesive,” she said. “When everybody comes in, and it’s like, ‘Well I don’t play drums, I can’t do this!’ And then it kind of becomes a heartbeat. For a non-professional bunch of amateurs, it’s an amazing thing to be part of.”

“We have experienced a lot of growth in the past two years, and our biggest challenge is having the funding and resources to meet the needs of parents and those who support them,” Bever said.

“Community activist, futurist, farmer, bookstore and coffee shop operator, philanthropist, do-gooder, non-profit leader,” is how Cloud describes himself. He is part of what’s known as a “church planting movement,” where the idea of the church itself is not front and center.

“I connected with the lactation specialists who again noticed that my second baby had a tongue tie as well. I hired a postpartum doula, had postpartum cranial sacral therapy for myself and my baby, a postpartum massage, and nourished myself with the foods and drinks that I learned help a postpartum body,” she said. Her second son was a preemie. “I also utilized services that I learned about to help me track his milestones. I met with someone on a monthly basis who moni tored my son’s growth,” she added.

“I just always sort of had this idea – how do we serve the community in practical ways because that’s what Christ calls us to do is to love people, serve people, create safe places, family friendly places,” he continued. “If Jesus washed feet, we serve coffee. If Jesus washed feet, we give free produce away.” After growing weary of his low paying teaching jobs, Cloud wound up developing warfare software for General Dynamics – and working with the Coast Guard and the Army – so he could start a family and afford to live.

“All this time I’m involved in my church,” he said. “So, I’m helping build the kingdom, so to speak, the Heavenly kingdom. So, we came out here and planted a community center that a church meets in.” Cloud held his warfare software job until he knew whether or not his church in Queen Creek would work. When it did, he quit his job, took a pay cut and went to work full time as a pastor.

A drum circle at the library kind of destroys the stereotype of a librarian shushing everyone to be quiet.

Self-described QC ‘weirdo’ plants churches

Like the coffee shop/church build ing, which are open for public use as long as the public benefits from it, “if you want to use the farm for good, like if you want to grow healthy stuff, we’ll let you use the spot,” Cloud said.

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By his own admission, 51-year Ben Cloud is more than a little bit odd. “I am absolutely a crackpot weirdo,” he Cloud,said. with his salt and pepper goatee, t-shirt and ball cap, runs a place called The Third Cup coffee shop in Queen Creek across the blacktop parking lot from Mountain View Funeral Home and AlthoughCemetery.youwould never know it because the word does not appear on the marquee or storefront anywhere outside, nor anywhere inside the place, The Third-Place Cup coffee shop is actually a front for Amadeo Church, where Cloud is the pastor. But this isn’t your typical church, and as pastor, Cloud wears a lot of hats.

“The families I work with at the Arizona Breastfeeding Center were and continue to be my inspiration and motivation as we work towards changing the culture of parenting so no one has to do it alone, and all families are embraced by their communities in their transition to parenting,” Bever said.

“Andrew is the sweetest soul. Even before he could speak, he was always making friends,” she said. “He loves people.”Forthe Burkhart family, faith is a key to keeping on. “My friend stopped me in the parking lot at work about a month into our new journey,” Drew Burkhart shared in an “Iemail.bet you pray for healing,” the friend wrote. “I told him, ‘Every night.’” The friend replied, “You do not want that. You want the path that builds faith. You want the struggle. You want the blessing that can only be appreciated at the end of years of growth andDrewperspective.”said,“I’ve thought of that conversation often. In truth, I may not be completely on board with the years of struggle; it’s hard. I am getting there. I do think God placed us on a road we were meant to walk. We need to be faithful to our purpose. My life is much richer because of this life and the blessing that is my son.” To learn more about Andrew and his family’s journey see the FacebookPrayforAndrew.wordpress.comblog,andunderAndrewsAngels123.

“Some churches create a building and then they want to do community center stuff in it,” Cloud said. “Amadeo Church wanted to create a community center that they meet in and I am the pastor.”Inaddition to having been a crisis pregnancy center, homeschool gath ering spot, food pantry and a source of help with social services, Amadeo Church also operates King and Queen Creek organic farm just west of Ellsworth Road on Germann Road. Members of the congregation donate time, expertise, even live animals to the effort.

Chandler Drum Circle When: 2 p.m., first Sunday of every month Where: Downtown Chandler Public Library, 22 S. Delaware Website: chandlerdrumcircle.word press.com Who can drum? Anyone

37NEIGHBORSTHE SUNDAY SANTAN SUN NEWS | AUGUST 28, 2022 and connected with the community that I was introduced to at the 4th Trimester conference,” she said.

“I feel like when we all found out it was like something being taken away from each and every one of us out of nowhere,” Hamilton senior defensive end Chandler Davis said. “I mean, to be honest, it still doesn’t feel real. It makes you feel like all this work that we have done as a family is worthless.”Onsocial media, many supported the action, with many claiming it was “about time” a program of Hamilton’s caliber be reprimanded. According to the AIA, Hamilton has no prior violations.Others aimed their criticism at the AIA board, saying it punished players more than Dougherty.

BY ZACH ALVIRA Arizonan Sports Editor

“What’s really challenging for the board at the AIA is these adult people are employees of the schools or school district, and the AIA does not have jurisdiction over personnel issues,” Hines said. “People ask all the time, ‘Why don’t you just punish the coach?’ Legally, we can’t.

“The adult, coaches, are part of that program and they are to uphold

Hamilton defensive coordinator Tim Dougherty was placed on paid administrative leave and will not coach the 2022 football season for the Huskies, according to an email from his attorney, Marcus “Rocky” Finefrock. The action came in the wake of the Aug. 5 decision by the Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board to put the football program on a one-year probation for recuitment violations, costing the team a chance to participate in playoffs this year. That decision could be reversed as a result of the district administration’s decision to relieve Dougherty of his coaching duties.“There will be no postseason suspension,” Finefrock wrote in the email.

Assistant Hamilton coach put on leave Hamilton defensive coordinator Tim Dougherty’s messages to a Cesar Chavez player were ruled a violation of the recruiting bylaw by the Arizona Interscholastic Association. Ham ilton plans to file an appeal. (Dave Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)

“Due to public sentiment, CUSD, in their infinite wisdom, will be offering the AIA a sacrificial lamb - arguably the #1 defensive coordinator in Arizona in turn for a shot at the playoffs.”

It’s been two years since East Valley high school football teams have had the opportunity to travel outside of the state for Chandlercompetition.broughtin Cherry Creek from Colorado last year. Hamilton had one of the most memorable games in its come-from-behind win over Nevada power Bishop Gorman. But the pandemic put a wrench in the plans of programs to step outside of state lines and prove Arizona football is just as strong on the road as it is at home. That is, until this season. Chandler and Basha are preparing for trips to California to play two of the best the state has to offer. The Wolves will play Cathedral Catholic from San Diego in The Honor Bowl. The Bears will face Los Alamitos from the Los Angeles area.“There’s nothing like traveling with a high school football team, the bonding and team comradery,” Chandler coach Rick Garretson said. “Playing a Chandler, Basha football prepare for California foes

Finefrock clarified Dougherty was placed on administrative leave but will remain on campus as a teacher. A letter to Hamilton football families Wednesday announced defensive line coach Parker Barrett would take over duties normally performed by a defen sive coordinator. A copy of the letter was sent to the SanTan Suyn News. “The purpose of this message is to make you aware that beginning today, August 24, Mr. Parker Barrett will be assuming the duties typically performed by a defensive coordinator,” it said. “The football community is familiar with Coach Barrett as he has 12 years of varsity football experience, 4 of those serving as defensive line coach at Hamilton where he also teaches. Thank you for your continued support of Hamil ton High School and Chandler Unified SchoolDoughertyDistrict.”was at the forefront of a recruiting violation stemming from direct messages he sent to a Cesar Chavez player this summer after a 7-on7 and big man competition. Led by a motion from board member Toni Corona, the board acted on an alleged recruitment violation, citing direct messages sent from Dougherty.

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BY ZACH ALVIRA Arizonan Sports Editor

Basha, led by junior quarterback Demond Williams, will have a test to open the season as they will face five-star quarterback Malachi Nelson and Los Alamitos from the Los Angeles area. (Dave Minton/Staff)

AIA Executive Director David Hines made it clear that the association does not have the power to punish employees of the schools or programs.

The AIA believed the messages were sent with an intent to recruit the player. It left Hamilton parents and players searching for answers.

On Wednesday, Aug. 17, Hamilton Principal Mike De La Torre thanked the families for their support and patience: “Again, our focus is to make every effort possible for students not to bear the brunt of consequences resulting from the reported violations. As always HHS appreciates your support as we navigate this difficult situation.” Individuals close to the Hamilton program who wished to remain anonymous said the fallout from the decision had started to divide the community, as many have lobbied for Dougherty’s removal from the program in hopes it will salvage the Huskies’ playoff chances. Players, like Davis, hope they get a chance.“This is absurd. Punishing us kids is not right,” Hamilton senior kicker Matthew Krneta wrote on social media. “Many of us have been working years to have one last shot at a state championship our SENIOR YEAR and we don’t get to play in the postseason.”

Junior quarterback Demond Williams Jr. is entering his third season as the starter for Basha, and he has several athletes at his disposal, including running back Deshaun Buchanan and receivers Bryson Dedmond, Darron Dodd-Stringfellow and Dorae Scott. Basha’s defense is led by defensive backs Cole Martin, Miles Lockhart and Tommy Prassas. Wyatt Milkovich and Jackson Browning lead the linebackers while Tyson Simmons and Jack Bleier anchor the defensive line. But Williams is the leader. He’s the guy people are keying on for this matchup with Nelson. And he’s ready for the challenge.

“We’ve had a lot of programs lead the state and take on the best in other states,” McDonald said. “Chandler and Hamilton have sort of laid the foundation for that. Saguaro, too. I think it definitely helps our program.

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“I’m pretty excited but at the end of the day I don’t feel like no moment is too big for me,” Williams said. “I feel like if I go out there and do what I do nothing else matters.” Williams’ calm, cool and collected demeanor is something he constant ly shows whether it be in practice or games. Basha quarterbacks coach Dave Calderon said he always tries to keep Williams humble. But Calderon knows Williams’ talent level and he feels no moment is too big for him. “He has to be the leader by being calm, by being humble,” Calderon said. “He’s hopped every hurdle we’ve given him, starting him as a freshman. Now, we’re going to a national level. Let’s hop thatQueenhurdle.”Creek, Williams Field and Campo Verde will also travel to California for the first week of the season, as they will all take part in the Moorepark Classic in Moorepark, Calif. Mountain View is hitting the road to face Helix in California. Fellow CUSD program Perry is traveling to Las Vegas to face Spring Valley. Saguaro in Scottsdale is hosting New Jersey power Bergen Catholic to open the season. Both Garretson and McDonald agree facing out-of-state opponents is good for the high school football landscape in the state. Arizona is already underrated as a whole, but that is quickly changing year by year.

“STOP CONTACTING/RECRUITING CHAVEZ FOOTBALL PLAYERS,” he wrote. “There is absolutely no reason for a coach, player, parent, trainer or anyone else to reach out to one of our athletes online or in person. Dougherty commented on the player’s ability at the defensive line position after watching him during a 7-on-7 and big man competition held by Arizona Varsity’s Just Chilly in Dougherty,June.inthe messages, compared the athlete to former Hamilton defensive lineman Deuce Davis, who is now at the University of Arizona. Dougherty went on to explain that Hamilton’s defense has been one of the top units in the state the last three years, and that they “always plan on playing 14 games at Hamilton,” eluding to the Huskies desire to compete for championships.“Soonly1/3of the season against best competition in the state,” Dougherty added. “Iron Sharpens Iron.”

Shane Johnson, the father of junior linebacker Naji Sherrod, said he heard about the AIA’s decision from his son through text message. Shane Johnson hopes that resolution involves Hamilton becoming eligible for playoffs after its appeal. “I feel bad for the kids. I hope they get a postseason,” he said. “Me, having football experience knowing how things run, I want to see how things play out, see where it goes. It didn’t really work me up, but I was sur prised by the whole thing,” he said. great program like Cathedral Catholic puts our necks on the line, so to speak. They’re looking forward to it, this team has been working hard going against each other for six weeks. It’s going to be a great Chandler’strip.”game against Cathedral Catholic is part of a weekend showcase that includes two other Arizona high school programs. Red Mountain plays Mater Dei Catholic at 4 p.m. Friday. Desert Vista will face Madison on Saturday at 4Thep.m.Wolves are one of the featured teams of the showcase, as they enter the contest as the No. 8 ranked team in the country led by junior quarterback Dylan Raiola, the top-ranked player in the 2024 class. Raiola doesn’t feel pressure with his first outing as a member of the Chandler football team coming on a national stage. He’s embracing the opportunity and is excited for the moment he is able to put on Chandler’s colors. “I’ve been waiting. We’ve done photo shoots in these uniforms but it’s not the same,” Raiola said. “Just being able to put that on and represent Arizona, represent this awesome school, I’m blessed.”Along with Raiola, Chandler’s roster also features senior running back Ca’lil Valentine, as well as wideouts Justice Spann and Junior Nsubuga, who both made considerable contributions last season. On defense, defensive tackle A’mauri Washington leads the way along with linebacker Dominic Hanger and safety Kennedy Urlacher. The Wolves are poised for yet another run toward the championship. But it starts with Raiola leading the way against a Cathedral Catholic team that is coming off a 12-2 campaign that was capped off by a Division 1-AA state championship win.

Hamilton self-reported corrective action for the incident to the AIA. It included a three-game suspension that included all team activities, including film, practice and other team events.

39THE SUNDAY SANTAN SUN NEWS | AUGUST 28, 2022 the bylaws at all times. If things aren’t followed, you’re putting the program in jeopardy, which then affects kids.” Dougherty’s messages to the Cesar Chavez player, according to the board, were violated Article 15.12, which pertains directly to the recruitment of players. Those messages were shared on social media by Cesar Chavez Athletic Director Lenny Doerfler in June. Doerfler took to Twitter to first express his displeasure with the messages. He then went on to share screenshots.

Chad Carpenter, Chandler’s QB coach and passing game coordinator, believes Raiola is ready for the test.

Los Al is led by five-star quarterback and USC commit Malachi Nelson and athlete Makai Lemon, a four-star recruit also committed to USC. Los Al also features several other top recruits, but Basha is no stranger to talent itself.

Chandler, led by junior quarterback Dylan Raiola, is preparing to head to San Diego to face Cathedral Catholic in The Honor Bowl to open the 2022 football season. (Dave Minton/Staff)

“The first game is always a question mark for a coach,” Carpenter said. “We’re changing things, we’ve got some new guys on offense, we want to put everyone in a good spot. The good thing about Dylan is he puts in the work. He’s young and talented but has plenty to learn. He wants to learn which is huge.”Twenty-four hours after Chandler kicks off against Cathedral Catholic, Basha will face a Los Alamitos team littered with top-end talent. Much like the Wolves, Basha had to set aside plans to travel the last two seasons due to the pandemic. The Bears’ Sept. 3 matchup against Los Al will be the first time since 2013 they kick off the season against an out-of-state team.“It’s exciting,” McDonald said. “It feels good to be in the position we’re in right now and, I guess, to be one of the ones other people are picking to be one of the better teams in the state. And to have the opportunity to reach out to a school like Los Alamitos which is one of the top public schools in California, it’s fun.”

Ezekiel 36:26 NLT promises, “And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.” “Soften my heart,” I breathed, “as I move in my spheres of influence.”

BY LYNNE HARTKE Guest Writer “Flash flood warnings in Flagstaff,” I said to my husband Kevin as a text message pinged on my phone. “Where?” Kevin asked, as he positioned a chair on the back deck of our cabin in northern Arizona. I enlarged the tiny map on my phone. “Past burn areas.” Since we became cabin owners in northern Arizona, we regularly received updates from Coconino National Forest regarding excessive winds, wildfires, or flash flooding. I always assumed that fire-damaged areas of wilderness were susceptible to flooding because the vegetation was destroyed, leaving behind a clear path for monsoon waters to surge. That was partially true. There is another reason. A deeper reason. The soil itself is damaged. While healthy soil contains multiple air pockets that fill with water during a rainstorm—like a sponge—unhealthy soil does not always respond that way. During a fire, the debris burning on the forest floor releases a gas that is forced down into the soil. The longer and hotter the fire burns, the deeper the gas travels. When the fire ends, the gas cools into a wax-like material that plugs the air holes, making it difficult for water to penetrate the soil. The soil then acts more like a roof, than a sponge, a condition known as hydrophobicity.InJuly,Itraveled west of Flagstaff to spend a morning hiking at Red Mountain. On the way back, I stopped along Highway 180 at the remains of the Slate Fire which burned 11,434 acres in the summer of 2021. As I stared at the charred trees and scorched ground, I knew soil was not the only thing damaged during long seasons of destruction. Words could burn too. Words spoken in anger. In polarity. In mistrust. In backlash. In hard lines drawn deep. I had been burned by the words. So. Many. Words. My heart was in danger of becoming a roof, rather than a sponge, where the cleansing summer rains could notWaspenetrate.healing possible?

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BY REV. ARNPRIESTERMARVIN Guest Writer Barbara Brown Taylor wrote the following which continues to haunt and nag at me. I trust it will do the same for you... “The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the neighbor as the self to encounter another human being, not as someone you can use, change, fix, help, save, enroll, convince or control, but simply as someone who can spring you from the prison of yourself, if you will allow it.”

BY RABBI IRWIN WIENER Guest Writer You shall stand before those who are old and show respect for those who are Leviticusold.

Starting the car, I noticed a splash of purple from the corner of my eye. Next to a pile of toppled and blackened trees, a single lupine bloomed. The violet spike waved in the breeze like a banner of hope – the first evidence of soil recovery.

19:32 One of the most daunting prospects in the human experience involves growing older and the feeling of abandonment. A large segment of the senior population gravitates to retirement communities that offer the comfort of sameness. There is a feeling of togetherness and the ability to commiserate with stories of ailments and reminisces of days long gone. There is the joy of visits from children and grandchildren. However, when the dust settles and the car has left the driveway, there is a feeling of loneliness accompanied by a feeling of despair. We open the door, enter our home, and find room after room filled with pictures of yesterday. Where has the time gone? Where there used to be laughter and tumult there are echoes of silence. Then we suddenly cannot remember a name or an event and fright sets in. In a lucid moment, we realize that we are forgetting more than we remember. Our life flashes before us and with it the dreams of yesterday and perhaps the reality of today. The most discouraging feeling gives us pause because we, for that short moment are feeling discarded. Some of us relocate to different environments that are more hospitable to our new disabilities.Ourfriends who once joined us in all kinds of activities are no longer within reach. We sit lonely and quiet in thoughts of what was and will no longer be. We should not forget our neighbors, our friends, our families, and our history. We repeat the stories because to understand the present and look forward to the future, we need to remember how we got here. We need to remember who brought us to this moment in time. even in sorrow, we acknowledge with gratitude the One who gave us the ability to survive regardless of the suffering we experience.Anessay I read, I believe, speaks to this most eloquently. The author is unknown.TheRainItwasabusy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly man in his 80’s arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb.Isaw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The man told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife He told me that she had been there for a while, and she was a victim of Alzheimer’s disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. I was surprised, and asked him, “And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled as he patted my hand and said, “She doesn’t know me. But I still know who she is.” I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought, “That is the kind of love I want in my life.” If we have had friends that were part of us, then continue to keep them in our lives through visits and calls and letters and cards. Each of us is a member of our extended family. We still need each other, and others surely need us.

I believe the only way I can do this is remembering Jesus told us to love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength. Then we are to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. That means in some way to accept them fully as they are, not as we wish them to be, or change them in some way to meet our desires. Loving our neighbor means letting go of our expectations for them and embracing them as they are, a child of God as we are children of God. It is so hard to accept others exactly as they are, especially when I don’t happen to agree with them and want my perspective to prevail. It is hard to live and let live so the truth can emerge, not as I define it, but as it really is. Living in a diverse world, with all the factors challenging us today is easy. It calls for a sensitive spirit, caring heart, and listening attitude to make sure I am loving others as I, myself, am loved and accepted by God. May God continue to work the mystery of grace and love in my life and yours.

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D., is spiritual leader of the Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation.

Lynne Hartke is the wife of pastor and Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke. She is the author of “Under and Desert Sky” and writes at lynnehartke.com. Info on hydro phobicity was adapted from a Facebook post on June 26, 2022 by the U.S. Forest Service – Coconino National Forest.

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Chandler church extends helping hand to refugees Asylum seekers from border crossings near Tucson and Yuma arrived July 20 at The Grove Church in Chandler, where volunteers help get them food, showers, fresh clothing and help with the next steps in getting to their sponsors around the country. (David Minton/Staff Photographer) Elaine Woods of Chandler is beaming with a sense of pride and accomplishment after the city designated the neighborhood of Southside Village the city’s first historic conservation district. Read what she did on page 4. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

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Andy Ramirez, an Emmy Award-winning journalist with ABC15, was reported to have spent two weeks in a medically-induced coma as he fought for his life. A claim is a precursor to a lawsuit and often leads to one the defendant does not settle. The City of Chandler has policy of not talking about currentThelitigation.claimalso contends that Ramirezes’ two daughters, Liana and Mia, witnessed the accident as they were driving behind their parents and that they are receiving ongoing medical care and treatment for the emotional injuries they sustained watching the RV t-bone their parents’ car. The Ramirez family says it will agree Family seeks $19M from city over police chase crash

The fleeing RV collided with six vehicles after running second of two signals on July 24, injuring six people. (Courtesy of ABC15) Cancer survivor Julia Mitchell was surprised with new Volkswagen Beetle for her 16th birthday during a birthday parade in her honor in front of her Chandler home Jan. 20. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

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Four members of a local television news reporter’s family last July were on their way to get some ice cream when a man in an RV fleeing police ran red light and crashed into one of their cars. That family has now filed a claim for $19 million against the City of Chandler, claiming gross negligence by police officers.Theclaim alleges that Andy Ramirez Jr. and his wife Norma Ramirez suffered major injuries to multiple parts of his body, including muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones and spinal joints.

BY Staff Writer Chandler High School students were excited to be handed a new laptop computer last Wednesday as the school district was joined by Intel Corp. and Dell in beginning another step toward bridging its digital divide. “We finally get better access to the Internet because the other computers are slow,” said sophomore Ryland Douglas. All Chandler High students are getting laptop courtesy of a pilot program by Chandler Unified School District, Intel and Dell. The school district bought the laptops while the tech giants are contributing $1.6 million in WRECK SeeCANCER on page Chandler cancer victim, 16, gets a big surprise

SAIN Staff Writer Julia Mitchell, a then 15-year-old south Chandler resident, looks into the camera without and hair on her head. She seems fearless, looking into the camera. However, right before her big announcement her eyes look away. “I have a bone cancer, which is called Ewing sarcoma,” she says in her first YouTube video documenting her journey in fighting cancer. “I have a tumor, a 6-inch tumor, in my right hip.” Her first video has been watched more than 20,000 times. And some of those viewers were likely among those who came out on Call (602) 625-9498 Jill Waldrop NMLS ID: 213327 JMWaldrop@aag.com American Advisors Group (AAG), America’s No. 1 reverse mortgage lender, offers home equity solutions: NMLS# 9392 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org). American Advisors headquartered Karman Ave., conducts business (BK_0911141). AAG housing lender. materials are not from and were approved by HUD government agency. disclosure, please www.americanadvisorsgroup.com/disclosure

SeeLAPTOP Laptops start going to grateful Chandler High students Chandler Unified School District education technology coach Sophany Tibke hands Chandler High sophomore Abigail Hernandez her laptop while Ryland Douglas. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

KEN SAIN Managing Editor For some refugees coming to the United States for a better life, a Chandler church is one of the first steps on thatThejourney.Grove, 2777 S. Gilbert Road, is one of five East Valley churches that host a welcome center for refugees seeking asylum. It is their first stop after turning themselves in at the Southern border and spending time in detention centers.“Wegive them welcome, because they don’t know where they’re going, and they’re scared,” said Magdalena Schwartz, pastor of Vineyard Church in Gilbert.Therefugees are not in this country illegally. Because they have asked for asylum, they are free to move about in America pending the outcome of a hearing on their request.

ELECTION on page 16 SeePECOS on page 10 See REFUGEES on page 14 Making history

BY KEN Managing Editor Ruth Jones’ bid to upset incumbent Mayor Kevin Hartke in Tuesday’s election is a true underdog affair while the race to fill three other seats on City Council pits an incumbent against four challengers. Hartke, after serving two terms on Council and one term as mayor, has name recognition. He also has a huge advantage in campaign finance funds. And he’s the incumbent. Those three advantages usually lead to victories. However, not always. There have been a handful of cases where a scrappy underdog has been able to pull off the upset, said his challenger. “Don’t count me out,” Jones said after second quarter campaign finance reports were filed through July 16th. Hartke raised only $17,226 in the second quarter of this year, but entered that period with nearly $229,000 in the bank, according to his most recent financial statement. He spent about $28,600 from April through July 16, giving him more than $216,000 going into the final weeks of the primary campaign. Jones raised the least amount of any of the seven candidates on the ballot who are running for a spot on the Council. She reported raising about $8,900 and headed into the final days of the campaign with balance of $216. “It’s not about the money, it’s never been about that,” Jones said. “The reason why I’m going to win is I’ve gone out and talked to the people who live here. I’ve listened, and because I’ve done that, they know care.” In the other council races, incumbent Matt Orlando is seeking second term while members Rene Lopez and Terry Roe are termed out. Lopez is one of six Republicans seeking the nomination in Congressional District 4 to run against incumbent Greg Stanton. Roe is one of the two Republican candidates for the state House in LD12, which covCity Council races head to the ﬁnish line BY KEN Managing Editor With the City of Chandler nearing buildout, meaning the amount of open space left to develop on is dwindling, the southwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Pecos Road stands out. It comprises nearly 50 acres of open space close to the heart of downtown and sitting just off the Loop 202 freeway, making it perhaps the most desirable open space left to develop in Chandler. And for years it has been empty land. That could be changing soon. An application has been submitted to the city Development Services Department for a multi-use development that will include a hotel, office and retail space and multi-family housing. Called the Downtown District, the project “is designed as high-quality mixed-use development that will create vital employment, retail and housing opportunities at the gateway to Downtown Chandler,” wrote Brennan Ray of Burch & Cracchiolo on behalf of developer Meridian West. This is only an application. It has to go through staff review, neighborhood meetings, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and finally City Council before it can become reality. It is likely the plan will change as it goes through that process. So why did the property sit undeveloped for so long with the city at 93% of buildout?“Myunderstanding is that there were several property owners who were interested in a corner,” said city Planning Manager David de la Torre. “It wasn’t just one property owner, it was several property owners. “My understanding is that they couldn’t agree on which way to go, and so there was one … of those partners, [who] bought out the other ones, [it took] a long time to do that. So now that particular property owner is ready to move forward, he submitted plans.” The first of two required neighborhood meetings on the property was scheduled for July 28 – after this newspaper’s deadline – at the Crown Plaza Mega development planned for Pecos-Arizona corner

DustEXHIBITSBowlMigrants in Chandler (Through Aug. 13, 2023) In the late 1930s Chandler had an influx of Dust Bowl migrants who fled their homes in search of a better life. Government photographers Dorothea Lange and Russell Lee documented unique stories showing these migrants and their dwellings, which were often temporary.Thisexhibition is a history of Dust Bowl Chandler through unique black and white photographs. It examines what home looked like and makes connections between 1930s Chandler and Chandler today. It includes themes of housing, migration, agriculture, technol ogy, self-sufficiency, and empathy.

Chandler Museum Book Club (noon-1 p.m. Sept. 20) The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah will be discussed at the inaugural meeting of the Chandler Museum Book Club. Staff at Chandler Museum and Chandler Public Library have come together to choose a mix of fiction and non-fiction that expand on topics from the exhibition, Picturing Home: Dust Bowl Migrants in Chandler. People can connect with other readers during in-person discussions led by museum staffer Kristine Clark and librarian Anbolyn Potter. Future books

Ex-minister joins Sun Lakes ImproVables’ laugh riots

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GETOUT STAFF Chandler Museum, 300 S. Chandler Village Drive, Chandler is offering a variety of free programs next month as well as a new exhibit. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. It is closed Mondays. Information: 480-782-2717 or chandlermuseum. org.Exhibits.Mostofthe programming events offer a chance to reserve a seat and unless otherwise noted, are free. Go to eventbrite.com/d/az and search by “Chandler Museum.”

Thrift Style (Sept. 6-Nov. 27) Thrift Style provides a nostalgic view into American ingenuity, sensibility and optimism during the period of the Great Depression and World War II. The exhibition explores the reuse of feed, flour, and sugar sacks to make clothing and other household objects. This “upcycling” was a cost-saving and resource-saving approach employed by homemakers to meet their families’ needs. With forty-one works from patterns to garments, it serves as an example of past ingenuity that can inform today’s efforts towards sustainability.

HistoryPROGRAMMINGBites(noon-12:30 p.m. Sept. 6): Photography Technology Series: Conversations with History. Arizona artist David Emitt Adams will talk about historic photographic processes through his focus on the environment. By using the 19th-century process wet-plate collodion, Adams produces images on surfaces that humans have left behind--discarded cans, tins, and metals. Gain a deeper understanding of the intersection between people and the landscape through historic artifacts that hold images of the desert landscape.

Left: Lew Crawford Right:The Sun Lakes ImproVables are getting ready for another big dinner-show next month. (Special to SanTan Sun News)

You probably remember seeing Lew Crawford in one of his recent roles as Croc Chaser in Murder Mystery Dinner Theater’s “Dealt a Deadly Hand” or Uncle Aubrey in “The Last Round-up of the Guacamole Queens.” Or maybe you caught him clowning around as one of the ImproVables in one of their sold-out shows. If you did see Lew, you spent a good deal of the time laughing – and that suits this 84-year-old just fine. “I’ll continue to act with SLCT as long as my memory holds out and I can make people laugh,” said Lew when asked if he’ll continue to audition for shows.Lew was born in Chicago but raised in a northwest suburb until he left for Purdue University. He began his academic career with an eye on engineering but changed his majors to history and philosophy when he began feeling the call to ministry – and also found he really didn’t like calculus. After college, he attended North Park Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1964. He spent 40 years total in the ministry, relocating from Ohio to the Phoenix area in 1989. There, he met his wife of 24 years while serving as a hospice chaplain. Sharron was there for a close friend and neighbor, who passed away the day after Lew met Sharron. They became friends and wed six months later. In February 2020, the couple moved to Sun Lakes. Of course, everything was shuttered due to COVID. But in 2021, they attended “Old Fashion Radio Hour” and Lew’s love for performing was rekindled.

BY KATE KING TURNER Guest Writer

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah will be discussed at the inaugural meeting of the Chandler Museum Book Club next month. (Chandler Museum,)

Chandler Museum exhibit looks at thrift and the Depression

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Arrival Stories (Opening Sept. 20) Visit the Price Gallery to explore first-hand accounts about people past and present coming to our community. Then, share your story. This interactive exhibit will evolve with visitors’ participation, so make sure to add your arrival story to Chandler’s rich history.

Information: kristine.clark@chandleraz.gov YOUTH PROGRAMS Play Day, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 10. Yo-Yo Mania Swing by and engage with our special guests from the Chandler Yoyo Club. Learn how to do some basic yo-yo tricks and play with other toys that will test your skills. Registration suggested. C-Town Suitcase Club, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Sept. 7 and Sept. 21. Pack your bags and travel back in time where everyday objects look completely different. These 45-minute programs are led by our friendly educators who compare everyday items, then andWithnow.new themes each month, kids begin together with a central topic and then break off into family groups in several activity stations. Geared toward ages 3-5. Have a little one who loves to “help’ with the laundry? Come for the suds and stay for the fun with laundry day themed activities. Registration required. Art Tots. 10:30-11:15 a.m. Sept,. 14 and Sept. 28, “Portraits.” This 45-minute program led by educators is an age-appropriate introduction to different art styles and concepts. With new themes each month, kids begin together with a central topic and then break off into family groups. Geared toward ages 3-5. Come face to face with portrait making. See some famous portraits, explore the features that make up a face, and have fun making silly faces. Registration required. In the Exhibits. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 24. This program immerses kids in interactive activities throughout the museum’sDuringexhibits.WWII fabric for clothing was scarce. Explore how homemakers used fabric from feed sacs and changed the industry. View the Thrift Style exhibition and make upcycled clothes from a household item.

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