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Despite big settlement, Kyrene, TU press vaping suit

this month Mexico and the seven states that share that water were told by the U.S. government it’s time to get serious about conserving what’s left.

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author Edward Abbey wrote “Desert Solitaire” as a tribute to the Colorado River and the excellent canyons it carved in Southern Utah before Glen Canyon was flooded by a new dam near Page in the 1960s, creating Lake Powell.

Turns out Abbey only needed to wait a

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The settlement tentatively agreed to by JUUL Labs, Inc., with nearly three dozen states last week was characterized by the New York Times as a “fight for survival” by the company “over marketing and sales practices that they contend set off the nation’s teenage vaping crisis.”

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Chandler sees no threat of water supply

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$428.5 million tentative settlement by one of the leading manufacturers of vaping products does not impact a similar lawsuit filed by Tempe Union and Kyrene school districts.

The water levels of both Lake Powell and Lake Mead are at record lows since the dams were constructed to supply energy and drinking water for most of the Southwest.Earlier

Simone Kjolsrud, Chandler’s water resource advisor, said the city is in good shape as far as its water supply is concerned and despite new cuts in Arizona’s share of Colorado River water.

Four months after he tried to take his life, Hamilton junior Caden Clark has found hope. He’ll be playing this week in the 2022 PURE Insurance Championship, a PGA Tour event taking place at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course and airing live on the Golf Channel. His comeback from his mental health struggle is detailed on page 50. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)

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The districts are not spending any money to prosecute the case and

few decades: The drought did what his fictional band of eco-terrorists could not.

Kyrene and Tempe Union in 2020 joined a separate class action lawsuit with 80 other school districts and individuals over similar issues that could go to trial in a federal court in San Francisco this November, spokespersons for both districts said last week.

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His novel, “Monkey Wrench Gang,” plotted blowing up that dam, freeing the canyons hidden underneath that water.

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for parents and having the parental rights and the transparency that they can pick the best education for their child…ESAs are incredibly important for parents to be able to do that and healthy competition in a free market system. It breeds innovation.”

“I’m not sure whether they completely understood the entire issue because some of the marketing that happened with that initiative,” Chaston said, adding parents told him “they didn’t understand what that bill really was” and that the recently enacted measure was different from the one rejected by voters anyway. Roe tore into initiatives generally, saying: “I do not like voter initiatives …People will sign anything if you’re compelling and you go out and say, ‘Hey, would you sign this?’ and they’ll give you your signature and address and then you gather the signatures, ends up on the ballot. It’s somewhat of a murky issue at times, many times, and that gets passed. Then there’s nothing that can be done with it. It can’t be altered ….then locks in fi-

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Travers took to the offensive as the three Republicans candidates expressed support for the Legislature’s expansion of the school vouchers, or Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA), to include all parents even though voters four years ago overwhelmingly rejected a similar measure in a referendum.

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Epstein demanded a chance to rebut Richardson’s opening slam but after moderator/Arizona Agenda co-founder Hank Stevenson declined, she offered counter arguments to her opponent’s jabs.

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As all six candidates vied on Aug. 1 for likes in a district dominated by voters who are not registered with either of their parties, Richardson and Travers were particularly outspoken. The debate can be viewed in its entirety at: youtu. be/sBn6hwyog_oStartingwithhis opening remarks, Richardson kept hammering at Epstein’s record during six years in the House, stating, “she has not passed a single bill” in her six years in the House.

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“Innovation and competition are really going to give our kids the best chance for education,” Roe said, adding: “I didn’t get the vote for this, but I would vote for it. It is for our kids K through 12. I’m all for it.”

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Added Chaston: “You don’t have to sacrifice public education for ESA. There’s room for both. But it’s very important

Arizona Agenda co-founder Hank Stevenson, bottom, moderated the Citizens Clean Elections Commission debate among the LD 12 candidates on Sept. 1. They included, all three Democratic candidates (top row) and the three Republicans (middle row) in the race. They are, top from left, Senate candidate and current Rep. Mitzi Epstein and House hopefuls Patty Contreras and Stacey Travers; middle: Senate candidate David Richardson and House hopefuls Jim Chaston and Terry Roe. The debate can be found at youtu.be/sBn6hwyog_o (YouTube)

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While the Democrats said the expansion drained state funding for public schools in favor of private schools and homeschooling with far less oversight than school districts, the Republican hopefuls touted the program’s benefits for parents and children.

Looking to hold seats for a district that covers Ahwatukee as well as northern and west Chandler and parts of Tempe, Senate Republican hopeful David Richardson and House Democratic candidate Stacey Travers stood out to a degree with stinging attacks on their opponents.

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Republican hopefuls and Chandler residents Jim Chaston and Terry Roe, Democratic Senate contender Rep. Mitzi Epstein of Tempe and House Democratic candidate Patty Contreras of Ahwatukee also weighed in on issues that included education funding, future water needs, local control over short-term rentals and abortion.

The candidates will meet again in a forum at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the recently opened Lights Camera Discover studio, 4825 E Warner Road, Suite 13, Ahwatukee. The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring that it and the public is invited. People are encouraged to register for the free forum at ahwatukeechamber.org.

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Chaston also favored asking voters to repeal the limit, but went further by arguing for a total revamping of the school

Richardson said opponents were too pessimistic, stating, “I am excited about innovation that I know we’ll have to use.”

Travers got personal in arguing that instead of widening ESA eligibility, the Legislature should have increased their worth for the students who were covered under the old system – kids in foster care or those with disabilities, children of active military and in schools classified as “D” and “F” schools.

nance.”

“So I went ahead and pulled her out and I got my ESA money. You know how much I got? I got $3,000,” she said, underscoring that it was less than half the $7,000 per student the new voucher system provides.

She also ripped the argument against voter initiatives, stating Republicans

The Legislature at the last minute lifted the cap, but did not address the permanent elimination of the measure, which was passed in 1980. It also did not address raising the spending cap or funding measures that would effectively have neutralized it.

WATER

While all the candidates agreed that ensuring a sufficient supply of water in Arizona is an important issue awaiting more action by the Legislature, they differed on what should be done.

Adding “there’s actually a lot of water in Arizona” but that a lot of it is brackish. Richardson likened the cost of making it potable to the cost of sequencing the human genome: It was once extremely high and now can be done for $100.

“Private industry did that, not government regulations. Regulation has a place (but) government is not going to innovate…There are a lot of ways we can

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Richardson said, “I am part of a group of incoming potential lawmakers who are already ready to take meaningful steps for improving our education system.”

The transparency remark appeared to refer to the fact that only fewer than half of all K-12 teachers in Arizona saw their pay increase by 20% as Gov. Doug Ducey promised in 2018.

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“If I’m an underserved community with my $7,000 and tuition is $20,000,” she asked, “where am I going to come up with that other $13,000?”

were contending, “on the one hand, we’re too stupid enough to know what we’re signing. But on the other hand, we’re smart enough to be able to make educational choices for our children. We can’t have it both ways.”

Contreras said Republicans in the Legislature last spring used the cap as a bargaining chip in budget negotiations and said, “We need to override it right away and refer it back to the voters.”

Travers concurred, noting “it’s not an easy question to answer.”

“I am running because I’m very worried about our water,” he said. “I’m also excited about innovation that I know we’ll have to use. As a state we use less water now than we did in the 50s.

He said the plan would include a $10,000 pay raise for teachers – “of course, tied to others requiring financial transparency and some other things.”

Epstein retorted, “I couldn’t have been more supportive for education funding. I am there on the floor, speaking up for our children nearly every day about the legislative session.”

He said he favored a mechanism that paid teachers well but that would also “stimulate innovation.”

system.“Theentire school-funding system is almost 50 years old,” Chaston said. “We need to revamp the way our education funding is created.”

“Who’s actually applied and had an ESA voucher for their children?” she asked.

Stating “it will take a lot of work and a lot of cooperation,” Contreras, like Epstein, questioned the cost of building a desalination plant in the Sea of Cortez and pumping the water to the Valley.

Epstein said “funding is my bailiwick” and that the main reason teachers didn’t see the full pay raise is “because year after year, my Republican colleagues have given dollars to K- 12 with one hand and taken it away with two other hands.”

EDUCATION SPENDING

Only her hand went up. Travers then explained how her daughter, who has a developmental disability, was not doing well with online instruction during the campus shutdown caused by the pandemic.

Richardson retorted, “Her legacy has been to say and do nothing for six years regarding education funding. And in this

“We really can’t take anything off the table at this point – whether it’s desalinization plants, whether it’s piping water, certainly conservation efforts…We can’t necessarily pick one of those out easily across the board and equally distribute across the board,” Chaston said. “We all need to take responsibility in our water’s future.”

Roe said, “We’ve got smart people working on it and we need to keep our eyes open and pay attention, see what comes next.”

last session... about $960 million or so is going towards education. That is not going to be completely funneled away. They’re not butchering the budgets for schools.”“WhatI’m saying respectfully,” he continued “is that our district needs leadership that will take steps in the right direction.”

Another education-related issue the candidates addressed was the state constitution’s Aggregate Spending Limit on school spending, which last school year could have provoked massive teacher and staff layoffs even though school districts had the money in the bank to pay them.

“How do we sustain our housing unless we start trying to find these guidelines and guardrails that allow residents who are here already to be able to live sustainably

In response to Richardson’s assertion she had done nothing about water, Epstein said she and her fellow Democrats in the last session “worked very hard on making sure (the $1 billion water bill) was a far more transparent and accountable proposal than what the governor first brought.”

But Richardson shot back, “But every thing that has passed, respectfully, does not have your name on it.” Stating other Democratic leaders do have their name on bills, he added, “One of the reasons I am running is I would like to see real bold leadership for our district, representing it the way it deserves to be represented.”

She also said she was deeply involved in what became bipartisan measures and referred to a quote that says, “You can get an awful lot done if you don’t care about whose name is on it.”

The Democratic candidates all favored giving regulation of short-term rentals back to municipalities, and Republicans stressed the need to balance the right

Travers and her party colleagues also stressed that the short-term rental issue inevitably tied back to the issue of home affordability.“We’vegot what I feel is the product of predatory wholesale buying…Some times they’re not doing it as a singlefamily residence. Obviously they’re do ing it so that they can make money with short-term rentals,” she said, adding:

that “we just need to make sure that we can keep abortion safe for everyone.”

“I think that we need to work with a League of Cities and Towns and have a long discussion about this,” Roe said while Chaston said, “We need to be careful about how much government gets involved in regulating different industries and caus ing problems for the free market.”

incentivize innovation without over-reg ulating and killing industries.”

of neighborhoods to be free of so-called “nuisance houses” and homeowners property rights.

in housing and then be able to accommo date the people that do want to live here and don’t just want to make a quick buck?”

“That is a question that would defi nitely come from a man because quite honestly, abortion is healthcare,” she re marked, joining Epstein and Contreras in the same argument that abortion is among a woman’s healthcare options and that government should not intrude on it.

Chaston said he agreed with Contre ras on not allowing government inter ference but said, “There’s another life involved and I want to stand up and represent – and the government should represent – that other life and that’s why I’m pro-life.”

Epstein assailed Richardson’s lan guage, saying, “These are political terms. These are not medical terms” and that he was not representing what most medical professionals are saying about a difference between a D&C operation and anAddingabortion.that

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Republicans did not directly disagree with the healthcare argument, and in stead focused on the fetus’ life as some thing missing in the Democrats’ equation.

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Roe said, “If I had to hold my nose and vote for 12 weeks, then I could support that.” That was a reference to outlaw ing abortions after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.Contreras contended that the U.S. Su preme Court had upended what was “settled law for the last 50 years” and

Roe v. Wade “was working for all of us,” she said, “We need to think about clarifying that.”

ABORTION

Contreras said, “The power to regu late this should go back to the cities” and noted how Sedona virtually has no affordable housing for the legion of ser vice workers there because owners are using their homes for vacation rentals.

With Democrats asked what limits, if any, they would find acceptable on abor tion and Republicans asked under what circumstances they would allow abor tions, Travers turned her focus initially on the moderator.

Travers shot back, “What about the life of the mother?”

Richardson said he would favor a ban after 12 or 13 weeks but he also said “there’s been a lot of false information spread” that confuses abortions and “miscarriage management” and that “while making an exception for the life of the mother is absolutely important, it’s probably legally irrelevant because that’s also not considered abortion.”

ment have been expecting this for years, we’ve been preparing for it for decades.”

City officials say Chandler’s water consumption has decreased significantly. (City of Chandler)

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wish to continue new developments have to show they have secured enough water rights for the next 100 years to serve both the existing population and whatever new development they hope to pursue.

“So for 2023, they declared a Tier 2 shortage on the Colorado River. And that is a 592,000-acre foot reduction to Arizona, all of which falls on the Central Arizona Project because that’s within Arizona — that’s a lower priority compared to other Arizona users.”

There are a number of reasons why Chandler’s water supply is in good shape, she said.

However, it’s the reason many users in southern Chandler do not have access to

When asked why, Kjolsrud said she’s no hydrologist, but is told climate change is not impacting the central part of Arizona as severely as it is the Colorado River region.

If that sounds like a lot of water, it is. It converts to about 193 billion gallons. That’s how much the Arizona is supposed to cut in the coming year, but it won’t impact Chandler too much, Kjolsrud

“Forsaid.Chandler, it represents a 3% reduction in our Colorado River supplies, which is less than a 1% reduction in our total supplies for the year. So it’s a small reduction for us in 2023,” he explained.

They usually have to update this plan every 10 to 15 years. The authorization for the city’s current 100-year plan does not expire until Dec. 31, 2023, but

That act means they will always have rights to the water, even after those farms are long gone and housing developments have taken their place.

SRP serves most of the northern half of the city. Nearly a century ago, Chandler farmers agreed to use the mortgage on their homes to secure the loans needed to build the dams on the Salt and Verde rivers, Kjolsrud said.

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First, more than half the city gets its water from the Salt River Project, which relies on water from the Salt and Verde rivers. Those are in much better shape than the Colorado River.

they’re ready to submit their new plan now.“Yes, there’s a lot happening on the Colorado River,” Kjolsrud said. “And there’s a lot in the media and some of those headlines can be a little bit scary.

“On Aug. 16, the Bureau of Reclamation did release the August 2022-24 study, which is the tool that sets the operating tier for the upcoming year,” said Simone Kjolsrud, Chandler’s water resource advisor.

“The thing to remember is that just because there is shortage on the Colorado River doesn’t mean there is a shortage at the tap. This is not a surprise. People who work in the field of water manage-

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Kjolsrud said one of the best programs the city runs to conserve the precious resource is Water Wise, where city officials will come to your home, inspect it, and look for ways to save water.

drink. The rest goes into recharge stations to keep the city’s aquifer high.

The water is treated at one of three reclamation facilities the city operates. Some of that water is then used by commercial customers and not intended to

“Every drop that goes down a shower or toilet or a sink or a laundry, all of that water goes to our water. We recycle all of that water and we reuse all of it.”

DROUGHT

Still, Chandler has secured enough water rights and filled up its own aquifer so it can pump water to overcome any shortages coming from the Colorado River, Kjolsrud said.

“It’s something that we all need to be aware of and pay attention to and do everything we can to use water as efficiently as possible,” she said. “But we don’t need to lose sleep that there might not be water coming out of the tap.”

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“Chandler reuses 100% of every single drop of water that goes down the drain,” Kjolsrud said. “So that is one of the reasons why we really want, when we’re asking our community to focus on conservation and be very mindful about water use, we always want to focus on outdoor water use.

SRP watee and must rely the Colorado River. The farmers on their land, if there were any back then, did not agree to put their farms up as collateral so they have no rights to any of the SRP supply.

She said the conservation staff visits about 1,000 homes a year. Many times, Kjolsrud said, it could be a simple thing that saves a lot of water. For example, teaching a resident how to schedule their lawn sprinklers to go off in the middle of the night, instead of mid-afternoon when it’s hottest.

She said those conservation efforts have paid off, with the city having conserved about 20% of its per capita water use. And she said that’s all residents, not just savings from switching from a primarily agricultural community to a residential one.

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“We’ve invested billions of dollars in urban and agricultural water conservation across Southern California through programs that reach virtually every Colorado River water user in the state,” Lien-Mager said in an emailed statement.

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The Bureau of Reclamation in August declared that lake levels have fallen far enough to trigger the second tier of the Drought Contingency Plan developed in 2019 by Arizona, California and Nevada. That plan calls for Arizona to get 592,000 acre-feet less water from the river starting next year, compared to 25,000 acre-feet for Nevada and no reductions for California.

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But Campbell said California is key to any hope for the basin.

“The cuts necessary cannot possibly be borne by one or two states alone,” Stanton said. “It’s time for all states, including California, to do their part.”

He pointed to testimony by Bureau of

But rather than making cuts to each state’s water allotment, it focuses on conservation and releasing more dammed water into the river.

326,000 gallons of water – the amount it would take to cover one acre to a depth of one foot. Specifically, they say, California needs to step up. Under the current plan, California would not have to give up any of its allocation until lake levels fall far enough to trigger Tier 2B, when the state would lose 200,000 acre-feet, or 4.5% of its annual 4.4 million acre-feet allotment.

He added that California rejected an earlier proposal from Arizona and Nevada that would have conserved 2 million acre-feet.

“You’ve got the accelerator fully down and you’re heading to the cliff, Thelma and Louise style, and there’s no plan,” Campbell said .

Lien-Mager said California has “stepped up in some innovative ways to conserve water, resulting in over 1.5 million acrefeet of water conserved in Lake Mead over the past 15 years.”

In addition to the 2019 Drought Contingency Plan for the lower basin states, those in the upper basin – Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming – have their own multistate plan to respond to falling reservoirs.

for the Central Arizona Project, said that all states receiving water from the Colorado need to step up.

Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Phoenix, wrote California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week, asking him to help keep Lake Mead from drying up, adding that he is “concerned that California is failing to do its part to avert that catastrophe.”

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Without any strong commitment, Campbell said the situation is dire.

“There are certainly calls within our state and around the basin that California do more to protect the system than they have done to date,” Dent said. “But not just California, I think everyone needs to be a part of the next challenge.”

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“You could cut Colorado River water from every major city in the west from Phoenix to Denver and it wouldn’t be enough without California,” Campbell said. “It’s just math.”

But California “ignored this urgent call and failed to offer any significant contributions to protect the system to date,” Stanton’s letter said.

Stanton’s letter echoes Dent, that the Colorado can’t be saved without full participation.

Tier 2 reduction is 21% of the state’s regular annual allotment of 2.8 million acre-feet of water. An acre-foot is

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That breakdown has its roots in a series of water agreements and court decisions in the early 20th century that gave California priority rights over Arizona and Nevada during droughts, and specifically over the Central Arizona Project, the state’s largest water provider.

Despite that history, local officials say Arizona is bearing too much of the burden and needs help if the basin is to avoid a worse Arizona’sshortage.proposed

Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton in June, when she called on Southwestern states to work together to find a way to conserve up to 4 million acre-feet on top of current conservation efforts.

“Those conserved water supplies added critical elevation to Lake Mead and helped forestall a formal ‘shortage condition’ from as early as 2015 that would have required cuts from states such as Arizona,” her statement said.

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The $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastruc ture Investment and Jobs Act, approved last fall, includes $50.9 million for leadpipe replacement in Arizona, as well as $13.6 million to address PFAS contami nation in the state and $32.3 million for

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Those projects represent “an order of magnitude higher than the currently available IIJA funding … and the needs are growing,” Caroline Oppleman, an Arizona Department of Environmental Quality spokesperson, said in an email.

other projects. That’s on top of a $12 million base grant to the state from the Environmental Protection Agency.

But even at that level some critics say Arizona is getting more than its fair share of its portion of the funds for leadpipe replacement over other states with thousands more pipes to replace.

This chart shows how states differ in terms of the estimated cost improvements to water service infrastructure but those estimates are likely far below the actual cost because they are made in 2015 dollars. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

will get $109.5 million from the federal infrastructure bill this year to improve water systems in the state – a fraction of the $1.4 billion list of needs state officials say they have.

State officials welcomed the money, which they said is badly needed: They point to the Water Infrastructure Fi nance Authority (WIFA) of Arizona, which has received 34 applications from local governments around the state re questing more than $1.4 billion in water projects in the current fiscal year.

general water infrastructure projects, such as building new water pump stations in Prescott, new wells in Bullhead City, connecting water systems in Twin Peaks and more. The estimated cost of the 27 proposals is $1.3 billion – for which the state expects to receive $44.9 million under the infrastructure bill.

The remaining seven requests include three proposals to clean up perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination – PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals” that the EPA last month proposed designating as hazardous substances. The chemical has been detected in wells around Luke and Davis-Monthan Air Force bases.

The bulk of the state’s money is targeted to the remaining four projects, to inventory lead service lines in drinking water systems for possible replacement later in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tucson and Payson. Those will cost an estimated $31.9 million total, far less than the $50.9 million the state is set to receive.

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But that’s just the first year. Lindsey Jones, senior program administrator at WIFA, said in an email that the agency expects to use the entire $50.9 million in federal funding for lead-pipe projects as more communities submit proposals for the remainder of this fiscal year.

Arizona has an estimated 12,000 lead pipes currently in service. But critics of the EPA funding formula note that Arizona’s need is low when compared to states like Illinois, which has an estimated 679,292 lead service lines, and Ohio, which has about 650,000.

NRDC senior policy advocate Cyndi Roper blamed the disparity on the use of a 2015 survey by the EPA that determined what each state needed to improve its water infrastructure. The survey is supposed to be updated every four years, but that update was delayed in 2019 and again in 2020 by the pandemic.Roper said the next round of distribution could be made more equitable if the EPA were to update the survey to better reflect the needs of each state.

report by the Natural Resources Defense Council. But the NRDC notes that Illinois is scheduled to get $106.6 million for lead service line projects, a little more twice the allotment to Arizona, despite having 50 times as many problem pipes.

“We want them to move as quickly as possible because we don’t want to have any chance that they might miss the deadline for getting the formula right for the next allocation,” Roper said. That next round of funding would be for fiscal 2024, starting next July.

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ADEQ agrees that using the EPA survey to “distribute funds to the states in the defined categories misses the mark.” She suggested that funding be made more flexible for states to use as they need rather than directly linking it to specific projects, like leadpipeShereplacement.highlightedthe fact that the $13.6 million designated for PFAS cleanup projects is nowhere near the $80.5 million requested. Oppleman said PFAS is “a far larger-scale concern in terms of a resource need for Arizona.”

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signage showcasing the company’s culture, and furniture pieces were integrated into

Behavioral Health, a network of mental health treatment programs for youths and their families, recently moved its support office to a 24,000-square-foot office space inTheChandler.company hired interior architecture firm PHX Design One “to implement the vision it had for the office: a colorful space that mimics the warm welcome that Embark’s dozens of treatment programs provide families across the country,” according to an announcement.

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Patti Serrano said the district needs to recognize the stress COVID placed on its students.

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“I don’t know if we’re being asked to do more than we can really do as a dis trict,” Rohrs said. “Typically these issues have been cared for by the county, which does an awful lot.

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“Given the current pandemic and tur bulence of the last few years, our students returned to school with a high priority put on catching up academically. But we have now been witnessing the failure of recognizing the need our students have had in catching up emotionally.”

community, particularly the faith-based community, as well. I think we need to utilize those resources instead of trying to reinvent the wheel to these kids.”

Kurt Rohrs, said the mental health cri sis cannot be solved by the district alone.

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“We have a lot of current programs that are fantastic and working,” Golla said. “So especially those in partnership with the CARE Center, I would want to look to cre ate more regional programming for the southern part of our district as well. So ideally, we could look to work with other nonprofit agencies, like ICANN communi ty bridges, Not My Kid or Teen Lifeline to partner and offer a satellite center similar to the CARE Center.”

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Charlotte Golla said the district needs to expand what it’s already doing to include more parts of the city, such as its schoolbased family resource CARE Center.

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One question dealt with one of the hottest topics facing the district today: improving the mental health of students andThestaff.Chandler Education Association, which represents teachers in the Dis trict, and Valley Interfaith Project hosted the event, where the candidates were given the questions in advance and did not interact with one another.

“Our kids and families are suffering,” she said. “Prioritizing and pushing aca demics alone is clearly not the answer. One of my main issues as your candi date for CUSD is supporting the imple mentation of whole child learning, this

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“Over the past five years CUSD has committed to improving mental health support to train professionals, as evi denced by the commitment of $5 million set aside for student health services. These funds employ 92 counselors and 21 social workers.”

Rohrs said he wants to understand why employees are leaving the district so he would know how to solve the prob lem. He said he doesn’t think it’s always about money, but it may have something to do with conditions in the classroom.

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Lara Bruner, who is seeking her sec ond term on the governing board, called

“We need to expand our student clubs. They just started in the last couple of years and we need to make sure junior high kids have opportunities with that asThewell.”first question of the night was what to do about the teacher and staff shortage.Gollasuggested changing the pay structure to recognize that teachers are often doing more than they were in pre

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And they all promised that if they are elected, they would commit to meeting within a month of election day with CEA leadership to discuss the issues in the district.

more access to high-quality services.

But Rohrs said says it was a taxpayer protection initiative and he would han dle it differently. Instead of pushing for a repeal, he would push to change the funding formulas, which he called very complicated.

“I’ve been trying to push for the district to have an evidence-based, communitybased program that’s comprehensive that includes community supports and ties to nonprofits and to our faith-based organizations that also have counseling supports,” she said.

Marilou Estes says she’s seen progress in what the district has done to tackle the crisis.

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the topic important to her.

Bruner said the district has to look at compensation first, but added teachers need the proper level of support in the classroom to do their jobs.

Four of the five candidates said they would advocate for an end to the aggre

gate expenditure limit that would put a severe cap on spending by the state’s school districts unless the Legislature overrides it.

“I believe CUSD is on a path to im proved support for mental health for the many needs of CUSD students, but it is a long and winding road and CUSD has yet to complete the journey,” Estes said.

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“The color palette used throughout, including in the vibrant accents, match es Embark’s company logo, and the oak wood tones add warmth to the space.

Serrano said they must have an open dialogue with current teachers to ensure there is a strong work environment and all employees feel valued and respected.

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Number of children: 2

The Board puts students first with all de cisions. I’m especially proud of the Board’s actions to (1) prioritize mental health and fund counselors at every school, (2) adopt an equity and inclusion policy supporting all students, and (3) invest meaningfully in teacher and staff compensation while keeping dollars in the classroom.

What policy change do you most want to address in your first year on the board? In May, the board adopted policy ACB, outlining Kyrene’s commitment to students and staff learning, and working, in an environment that is fair and equi table. I would work with other members of the board, along with district adminis tration, to unpack that policy and what it looks like in action.

Prior public office, if any: NA Community involvement: Last year,

Kyrene involvement: Kyrene is at the heart of our family. I have served with the PTO as a board trustee for many years, and I’m a regular Art Masterpiece volun teer in the classroom. I’m also active in the Kyrene Business Alliance and frequently help with donations to the Kyrene Family Resource Center.

Why are you running for the board? To foster continuous improvement in a variety of areas like student achievement, educator support, and sound administra tive practices. I will serve the community

Occupation: Business attor ney and educa tion non-profit chairman

Number of children in Kyrene Schools: 2 Number of children who “graduated” from Kyrene schools: 0

KEVIN WALSH

Number of children in Kyrene Schools: 1

meeting.

The pandemic and remote-learning disrupted our classrooms and Kyrene’s work supporting students. Focusing on

I want to be an honest voice for Kyrene kids and truly listen to all parents, teach ers, and community members. I am proud to bring a current teacher and parent’s perspective to the Kyrene Board.

Number of children: 2

Kyrene involvement: I’ve served in a variety of roles within the district. I’ve vol unteered in classrooms, as a PTO commit tee chair, and as a PTO board member of my local elementary and middle schools. I’ve also been a member of the Kyrene Superintendent Community Council for three years.

Education: ME.d in Learn ing Design and Technology from Arizona State University

Occupation: Assistant Direc tor of DesignCurriculum

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Other than state funding, what has been your biggest disappointment as a board member?

Community involvement: Chairman of JAG Arizona, a non-profit that has pro vided resources to engage disconnected students and facilitate academic improve ments in Arizona for over 40 years. Board

I served as the co-chair for the Mainte nance and Operation override continuous election.

KRISTI OHMAN

Prior public office, if any: N/A Community involvement: I have been

Number of children in Kyrene Schools: 2. My children are second-generation Kyrene

The candidates were advised that answers to individual questions that significantly went beyond 50 words would be edited in print for space but would run in their entirety at chandlernews.com. Turn to the Opinion page or chandlernews.com to read the candidates' take on school issues.

kids, and their grandma is in her 24th year teaching in Kyrene.

Number of Kyrene Governing Board meetings you’ve attended in person or online in the 12 months prior to Aug. 15: I’ve been attending/watching board meetings regularly since 2018. In the past year, I’ve attended or watched every board

Number of children who “graduated” from Kyrene schools: 1

Occupation: Public Educator Education: Bachelor’s De gree in Elemen tary Education and Master’s Degree in Art of Teaching

Kyrene involvement: I have been teaching within the Kyrene School District for nine years. Through that time, I have been able to participate on multiple com mittees, lead an after-school STEM Camp, coach, and tutor some amazing Kyrene Kids!

member of Phoenix One Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing stu dents with technology, sports, and arts programs. Active member of Kiwanis. Vol unteer classroom instructor for students in Junior Achievement.

Number of children: 2 (with a 3rd ar riving in December!)

Number of children who “gradu ated” from Kyrene schools: Both of my children are currently in Kyrene, as a 3rd grader and a 5th grader.

an involved educator and parent. I am proud to have given my time to coach ing, tutoring, and attending community events with my family.

I disagree with the choices made re garding bus routes and the distance a child is expected to walk. These changes have put parents and children that live in the community in a tough situation.

board? I am looking forward to speak ing about the dress code, especially on middle school campuses. I would like to see consistent expectations and account ability in that area. There are already too many distractions and dress that is not respectful should not be added to that list. Why are you running for the board?

The pandemic aside, of the major ac tions taken by the board in the last 12 months, which one do you most agree with and which do you most disagree with? Why? In July, the board approved the allocation of new funds to invest in Kyrene employees. 4% for all teachers and administration and a $2.00 an hour in crease for support staff and other critical employees, in addition to the increases, approved earlier this spring. Kyrene has proven repeatedly that it values employ ees by making compensation a top pri ority, which is important when dealing with the staffing problems facing schools across Arizona.

months, which one do you most agree with, and which do you most disagree with? Why? In the past 5 years, Kyrene along with board approval has prioritized technology needs within the classroom along with assessment plat-forms to bet ter gauge how students are functioning academically. Utilizing the ESSER funding to compensate teachers was also a major win for the district.

What policy change do you most want to address in your first year on the

TRINÉ NELSON

I want Kyrene to be every parent’s first choice for their child. Kyrene is an amaz

What three actions as a board mem ber are you proudest of?

Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A.), UniversityVillanovaSchool

Meet the candidates for Kyrene Governing Board

Prior public office, if any: I currently serve on the Kyrene School Board, having been elected for a 4-year term in 2018. I’ve been president of the board for the last 2 years.

Number of Kyrene Governing Board meetings you’ve attended in person or online in the 12 months prior to Aug. 15: 9 meetings

The Ahwatukee Foothills News invited all three candidates for the two seats on the Kyrene School District Governing Board in the Nov. 8 election to respond to a question naire it prepared.

The pandemic aside, of the major actions taken by the board in the last 12

Diversity, equity, and inclusion; behav ior intervention; and discipline.

Communications of EPIC Disability Advo cacy whose mission is to educate, advo cate, and create connections to empower the disability community. I am currently on the Executive Committee as the Secre tary of the YES Support Our Schools Politi cal Action Committee.

Union started at my son’s campus, Moun tain Pointe. I helped with the formation of the Mountain Pointe Special Education Parent Pride Council, the district brought in Raising Special Kids to help us form the council committee. I was invited to con versations while they developed Success University and continue to provide my support when asked to collaborate.

This past fall confusion on how the dis trict intended to remove SRO officers off campus without an effective, data backed, and a community-supported plan in place proved to be detrimental and controver sial. I am grateful for the community’s em phasis on collaborative communication and thoughtful planning prior to making any move that can have repercussions when not properly planned, organized, and implemented.

Number of children who graduated from TU schools: 1

Tempe Union involvement: I am a product of Tempe Union, attending Tempe High School in the 90’s.

Community involvement: I am a speech therapist serving several families within the district and surrounding com munities. I am a co-founder and currently serve as the President and Director of

Define your vision of a governing board member’s job? A governing board member’s job is to be a voice that repre sents students, their communities, fami lies, and community members. A board member has the opportunity to work with the school superintendent to ensure school policy and budget priorities reflect the input given by students, families, their communities, and community members.

Occupation: Speech Therapist (SLPA) & Direc tor of DisabilitycationsCommuniforEPICAdvocacy

Number of Tempe Union Governing Board meetings you’ve attended in per son or online in the 12 months prior to Aug. 15: Since October 2021 I have at tended almost all of the board meetings either in person or online.

What three personal qualities and or experiences qualify you for office? I’ve been an educator for more than a decade, working with middle or high school stu dents. I believe equitable decisions are made after discussions with people who agree and disagree with me. I’m a good listener and use a strength-based ap proach to reach across the aisle to work

I am not satisfied with the overall aca demic performance scores, but the gap is now harder to measure. COVID has nega tively impacted students’ social skills and mental health. As for academics, I would focus on improving the structure and de velopment of relevant curriculum, not just using student or teacher performance.

I am a 2019 graduate of AZ Partners in Leadership, our class successfully advo cated for #DignifiedChanges. My son and I host a monthly social group for teens and young adults in the community (since 2015) on the last Sunday of the month.

Education: B.S. Speech SciencesLanguageand

students, teachers, administration, staff, families, community members (including SRO’s), and the executive team. I want to make sure all perspectives are represent ed in the discussion before writing policy.

AMANDA STEELE

Are you satisfied with overall academic performance scores of Tempe Union students? What gaps concern you and how should they be addressed?

The pandemic aside, of the major ac tions taken by the board in the last 12 months, which one do you most agree with and which do you most disagree with? Why?

Meet the candidates for Tempe Union’s Governing Board

see STEELE page 24 see KINGSLEY page 25

Number of Tempe Union Governing Board meetings you’ve attended in person or online in the 12 months pri or to Aug. 15: I have attended less than 5 in person meetings in the last 12 months. However, I do watch them online. (January through May 2022, I was in a class every Wednesday evening and unable to attend any in-person meetings.)

with everyone.

STEPHAN KINGSLEY

What policy change do you most want to address in your first year on the board?

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The social emotional wellness policy was completed just over a year ago. I was proud to serve and share my perspective

My family is involved with the Special Olympics and the Law Enforcement Torch Run, having volunteered at numerous events and have participated in state and national level Olympic games with my son as an athlete and my husband as a coach. I previously served on the leadership coun cil with Girl Scouts and have received na tional recognition for my volunteer work.

The pandemic aside, of the major actions taken by the board in the last 12 months, which one do you most agree with and which do you most disagree with? Why? I agree with the board prioritizing student safety and mental health. The resolution passed to protect LGBTQ students was historic. I’m glad the resolution for equitable disci pline was re-written because it needed more time and input before a vote. Both resolutions have actionable steps for the next board to execute.

What policy change do you most want to address in your first year on the board? I want to focus on the data collec tion for the new discipline resolution. All policies should be a result of listening to

Why are you running for the board? As a former teacher for the district I offer multiple perspectives to amplify voices for students, teachers, and community members. I’m especially passionate about ensuring vulnerable and minority student voices are represented. I’ve helped fight for teachers, and I’ve developed good re lationships with families and community members.Everyperspective matters.

Number of children in Tempe Union schools: 0

Prior public office, if any: N/A

Technology

The Ahwatukee Foothills News invited the three candidates for two seats on the Tempe Union High School District Governing Board to answer a questionnaire. They were advised that answers longer than 50 words could be edited for space in print but would be published in their entirety at Ahwatukee.com. Incumbent board member Andres Barraza did not respond and if his is submitted at a later date, it will appear at chandlernews.com.

Number of children: 0

Prior public office, if any: 0 Community/ Tempe Union involve ment: Tempe Secondary Education Asso ciation representative for Corona del Sol; After school tutoring for English Language learners; Worked with parents and com munity members on different school im provement committees; Served on multiple District committees with different commu nity stakeholders; Some involvement with Corona del Sol student clubs on campus,

Occupation: Current PhD stu dent.

E ducation: BA ershipEducationalUniversity;ArizonaEducationElementaryfromStateMSLeadfromAr kansas State University; Current candidate for PhD from Grand Canyon University.

and worked student sporting events.

My involvement as an adult with Tempe

and contributions to the development of policy J-L and resolution JL-R with an em phasis on all students... Seeing the founda tional work this past year and the effort the committee built into the language in the documents that support inclusive op portunities when considering the mental health needs of all students.

Number of children: 1 (I fostered 7 youth, 5 of which attended Tempe Union schools at varying campuses and pro grams in previous years).

What 3 specific actions should the district take to compete with charter and private schools? First, continue to promote various choice programs throughout the community. Second, build greater opportunities for the community to provide feedback on district initiatives. Finally, continue to prioritize attracting highly qualified teachers and support staff.

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Do you support the time limits on cit izens who address the board? Yes- Many districts have time limits attached to the number of speakers who wish to address the board. This allows those who want to address the board the opportunity to ex press their views while still being able to address the business of the district in a timely manner.

Are you satisfied with security mea sures now in place at Kyrene schools? Why or why not? Yes. Kyrene has a robust emergency response plan that is reviewed annually with local law enforcement as

acting partners. Kyrene has been proac tive in making sure all campuses have secure front lobbies, badge-controlled access for exterior doors, mental health support strategies, and more. In addition, the Kyrene Support and Response Team, a group of community volunteers, provided a variety of security and safety services for the district as needed.

Give a letter grade to Superinten dent Laura Toenjes’ performance and explain your answer. A solid A-. Super intendent Toenjes has done great work during the past two years, with only a few missteps. She has a great vision for the district and I look forward to seeing her continued growth in this role in the com ing year!

by collaborating with parents, educators, administrators, and others to find solu tions that meet the needs of our children hile working with other board members to build on the success Kyrene has expe rienced.

Are you satisfied with overall aca demic performance scores of Kyrene students? What gaps concern you and how should they be addressed? As a dis trict, Kyrene students perform at a higher level than the state average. One area that concerns me is the success of our students with IEPs and 504s. In order to address these gaps, we need to make focus on hir ing additional special education staff.

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What three personal qualities and or experiences qualify you for office? I take a balanced approach to decisionmaking. I look at all of the information to determine an appropriate solution. I am collaborative and goal-oriented. Through out my career, I’ve been able to iden tify priorities and successfully work with ge groups who have diverse viewpoints to build consensus and achieve goals.

What more should Kyrene be doing to address students’ mental health? The district has made a significant invest ment in mental health resources for stu dents. One addition I would advocate for would be having a full-time counselor at every elementary site in the district. Cur rently, several sites share this resource.

How should the district address declining enrollment? Declining enroll ment is a problem facing many of our peer school districts. Working to evaluate the needs of the community and creating programs that meet those needs will con tinue to bolster enrollment within Kyrene. Examples of this include the expansion of Kyrene Traditional Academy and our dual language academies.

Define your vision of a governing board member’s job? The governing board works as a body to set the tone and priorities for the district. As an individual member, it’s important to participate in activities throughout the district to under stand the needs of different school sites. Board members should also take the op portunity to communicate with concerned community members.

What is the biggest problem facing Kyrene currently and how would you address it? The decreasing pipeline of educators and support staff. Attracting and retaining teachers and support staff is, unfortunately, a common issue around the state. There are a few things govern ing boards can do to combat this. The first is continuing to prioritize directing ad ditional funds for educators and support staff when possible. The second is to cre ate a working environment where educa tors feel valued and supported as profes sionals

Do you favor uniformed school resources officers on campuses? Kyrene’s existing emergency response plan has done an excellent job at addressing the safety of our students for a myriad of is sues, which included uniformed officers. I will continue to support this plan as it shifts and adjusts to keep all of our stu dents safe.

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Do you support the time limits on citizens who address the board?

ing district and can reach its highest potential by focusing on education fundamentals, transparency, and accountability for all. The pandemic has left us in a severe academic slump and regression of social skills, work ethic, and behavior. We need to prioritize our Kyrene students and classrooms. The strength of our community relies on our public schools.

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I am a proud educator; however, I am a parent first. I am ready to fight for our Kyrene kids in both capacities. I want Kyrene to be every parent’s and educator’s first choice because they know that there is transparency, high expectations, accountability, and decisions that affect their students are not being decided behind their back.

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The American school counselor association recommends school counselors have a ratio of 1:250. The nation’s average is 1:477. Arizona ranks worst in the country. I know that many counselor’s ratios in Kyrene can be as high as 1:900. It would be great if Kyrene could bring that ratio down so students who truly need mental health resources can receive them.

Yes or no:

What three personal qualities and or experiences qualify you for office?

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Do you favor uniformed school resource officers on campuses? Yes.

What is the biggest problem facing Kyrene currently and how would you address it? The top three issues facing the district today in my opinion are behaviors and distractions in the classroom, accountability, and retention of students and teachers.

Give a letter grade to Superintendent Laura Toenjes’ performance and explain your answer. Honestly, instead of grading one person on their performance, I would want to work and communicate with everyone involved in making decisions for kids. It is not fair to put everything on one person and grade them on it. It is a group effort and I would want to stand alongside the superintendent and fight for what is right for our kids openly and honestly.

After a reflective pause, she added: “Sure I invested some money to get these hearing aids... but it doesn’t compare with what it cost before I got them.”

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This takes the ability to listen and lead with grace and truth. I take pride in having these qualities.

How should the district address declining enrollment? To address declining enrollment Kyrene needs to bring back trust within the community. Many parents and community members feel like their parental rights have been taken away and children are not learning the fundamentals in the classroom.

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Define your vision of a governing board member’s job? I believe a governing board member should learn how to interpret the budget and bring fiscal accountability to the district. A member of the board should be prepared to participate in meaningful conversations and work cooperatively with the superintendent and other board members at all costs.The focus should be on serving the students and community.

Are you satisfied with the overall academic performance scores of Kyrene students? What gaps concern you and how should they be addressed? The pandemic and choices made during that time have left Kyrene in an academic slump. These gaps need to be addressed with higher expectations and accountability.

“Well,” said the new hearing aid user as she drew a deep breath.” my hearing loss cost me three friendships that I know of, a strained relationship with my husband, two grandchildren who think I don’t understand them, boredom at church, and lost interest in attending get-togethers.”

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Are you satisfied with the security measures now in place at Kyrene schools? Why or why not? I think Kyrene has taken steps to address security on campuses, however, it can always be improved upon.

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What 3 specific actions should the district take to compete with charter and private schools? We need to focus on the fundamentals, address behaviors,

What more should Kyrene be doing to address students’ mental health?

This is not due to poor teaching, Kyrene has amazing educators. There are too many distractions, a lack of transparency, and a lack of accountability. While in the classroom, students should be focused on one thing and that is their learning within core subjects. Parents need to trust that this is happening and that everyone is held to the highest standards.

Yes, however, we should look at extending that time.

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I am running for the students, for the teachers, and for the community. Eight years ago, I was a mom on a mission to support my son. I built collaborative re lationships and initiated conversations which led me to participate on commit tees at the school and district level. I saw the needle moving in the right direction, but realized there was much more work to do, so here I am.

What 3 specific actions should the district take to compete with charter and private schools? (1) Continue pro viding the best education in our commu nity by always doing what’s best for all stu

music, and arts. Kyrene can also expand preschool programs to ensure buildings are fully utilized.

Today more students are showing de lays and/or falling further behind in their academics, social emotional well-being and overall development.

Do you support the time limits on citi zens who address the board?

What is the biggest problem facing

I’m grateful for Kyrene prioritizing the health and safety of students and staff, and we have now renewed our focus on normal operations, instead of crisis management. Why are you running for the board? I’m running because it’s so important to keep strong public schools in our Kyrene community. My children are thriving in Kyrene, and I want to help ensure that ev ery child in Kyrene receives a quality edu cation. I’m proud of the great work accom plished during my term on the Board, and there is always more we can do to support students.

Are you satisfied with security mea sures now in place at Tempe Union schools? Why or why not? No, not all students feel safe.

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WALSH from page 20 STEELE from page 21 see STEELE page 25

The district would benefit from the acces sibility lens I bring as a mother to a child with autism and an intellectual disability, a neurodiverse woman herself, and an ad vocate wanting to listen to your voice. I’m a passionate community leader here to in spire impactful change; igniting conversa tions that shift mindsets to include all.

What is the biggest problem facing Kyrene currently and how would you address it? Arizona is seeing a mass ex odus of teachers leaving the profession, and Kyrene is feeling the impact. Arizona has lowered teaching standards, but that solution isn’t best for students. We need to keep our experienced teachers in the classroom. Competitive salaries are key, and we must respect and value educators as professionals.

Are you satisfied with security measures now in place at Kyrene schools? Why or why not? Kyrene must continu ally assess and optimize its security mea sures, which are among the most advanced in Arizona. They include controlled cam pus access, video monitoring, and partner ships with law enforcement.

Teachers are struggling mentally and emotionally from the trauma consumed over the last several years.

Define your vision of a governing board member’s job? I am running to strengthen collaboration amongst each individual site, further develop commu nity partnerships, better prepare students for after high school be it employment, workforce training or higher education. I believe the job of a board member is to review existing policy, question what is not working, and strengthen policy to im prove outcomes.

Why are you running for the board?

What more should Kyrene be doing to address students’ mental health? I commend Kyrene’s ongoing commitment to mental health. While I’ve served on the board, we’ve funded counselors at every school. They provide amazing support to students, but their caseloads are full. I sup port hiring more counselors to ensure that our children are thriving mentally, emo tionally, and academically.

How should the district address de clining enrollment? Kyrene’s declining enrollment is attributable to our aging demographics, as residents remain long after their children “graduate” from Kyrene. Kyrene should set itself apart by continuing to offer the best neighbor hood schools with robust academics,

What three personal qualities and or experiences qualify you for office?

Yes. Public comment is essential, and the Board must be accountable and accessible to our community. Keeping the existing 3-minute time limit in place, as well as the opportunity to submit comments online, ensures that all community members have an opportunity to be heard.

I have children in Kyrene, and their mom is a police officer and former SRO, so I see how SROs can create positive interactions with law enforcement. Providing SROs with training in de-escalation and preven tion is crucial. 

What three personal qualities and/ or experiences qualify you for office?

students’ immediate needs correctly took precedence over many initiatives.

dents and their growth. (2) Offer learning environments and programs that meet the diverse needs of our families. (3) Retain the best and brightest teachers.

Efforts to eliminate bullying, support student mental health, and identify early warning signs should continue. Safety must be a top priority.

Yes or no:

Do you favor uniformed school resources officers on campuses? Yes.

What 3 specific actions should the district take to compete with charter and private schools? Meet the diverse needs of their learners, take ESA pay ments (from previously eligible students) at a per class fee to regain the students placement full time, a stringent focus on restorative practice and principles that guide how discipline is handled.

Give a letter grade to Superintendent Laura Tonejes’ performance and explain your answer:

Focusing on early literacy for our young est learners is key. Assessments help teachers identify gaps, but student success must be defined by more than test scores.

(1) I am balanced and pragmatic; I lis ten to all sides and work to find the best solutions for our students. (2) As an exist ing board member, I have the experience and proven leadership. (3) I regularly visit each of Kyrene’s 26 schools and meet with educators, families, and students, which gives me valuable insight into their needs.

Are you satisfied with overall academic performance scores of Kyrene students? What gaps concern you and how should they be addressed? I’ll never be satisfied until all students are reaching their full potential. Many students saw less growth during the pandemic, so we need targeted resources in the classroom that provide individualized academic support.

you and how should they be addressed? No, our students are disportionately be ing served. It is time to address the equity concerns ensuring the resources are avail able and the teachers are supported to meet the diverse needs of all learners.

A+. Superintendent Toenjes assumed her role in challenging times during the pandemic. Under her leadership, Kyrene kept schools open for safe in-person learn ing all last year. As a lifelong educator, she always does what she believes is best for students. She listens to our community and leads with integrity.

I support keeping SROs on our middle school campuses, where they work closely with our counselors and social workers.

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Are you satisfied with the overall academic performance scores of Tempe Union students? What gaps concern

Define your vision of a governing board member’s job? Board members

must work together to oversee the superin tendent, policies, and budget of the district. We have a duty to ensure that Kyrene’s resources are being properly spent to pro duce the best outcomes for our students. It’s essential to serve without ego and lis ten to all voices in the community.

Do you support the time limits on citizens who address the board?

Do you favor uniformed school resources officers on campuses? This is a complicated topic and needs more than a yes or no response. 

worked at Corona, so I can’t comment on all of Tempe Union. However, the heightened awareness of gun violence and reality of suicide demands conversation and action to ensure student safety.

Every security measure should be evaluated: door locks, security staff, SRO’s, evacuation and lockdown procedures, etc.

riculum, while increasing salaries for teachers, stipends to recruit and retain, and reducing class sizes.

Give a letter grade to Superintendent Dr. Kevin Mendivil’s performance

What is the biggest problem facing Tempe Union currently and how would you address it? The biggest problem is the mental health and wellbeing of students and teachers. Teachers and students are drained and burned out. We need policies supporting mental health, incorporating student social skills and positive behavior with cur-

Are you satisfied with security measures now in place at Tempe Union schools? Why or why not? I’ve only

How should the district address declining enrollment? Improve the wellbeing of students and teachers by addressing the climate and culture of each leadership team and campus. Improve communication between the district office to administrators and school sites, and administrators to teachers, staff, and students.Offerexceptional school programs that intentionally attract students. All of these increase enrollment.

Yes or no:

What 3 specific actions should the district take to compete with charter and private schools?

Yes.

and explain your answer: Based on the question wording I would give a “U” for undecided. As a board member I’d have to use an evaluation rubric to determine Dr. Mendivil’s effectiveness and see the bigger picture. However, Spiderman reminds us that “With great power comes great responsibility” which definitely applies to school superintendents.

Do you support the time limits on citizens who address the board? Yes.

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Tempe Union currently and how would you address it? Equity, involving stakeholders set to improve outcomes, provide innovative solutions and ensure excellence in learning for all students. How should the district address declining enrollment? Improve outcomes and provide innovative opportunities.

Yes or no:

Yes.

Do you favor uniformed school resources officers on campuses?

Tempe Union needs to be presented as a school district that people want to send their students to. Offering programs that are boasted not by those selling it, by those receiving the opportunity. By their family members seeing the outcomes of success. We need to think better, do better, be better, and have the community share that we are better.

Give a letter grade to Superintendent Dr. Kevin Mendivil’s performance and explain your answer: Coming from a trauma trained perspective, letter grades are harmful and demeaning. … If elected, I look forward to working alongside him as we focus on the future and the innovative opportunities that will support all students. I do also look forward to possibly sitting on

First, each school should implement a clear process for establishing values and behavior expectations for students. Second, we need more school programs that excel in career and technical education. When schools have specialized programs, it attracts students. Third, help more students through the process of applying for college and scholarships.

the board that hires the new Superintendent when Dr. Mendivil’s contract expires.

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In turn, the suit alleges, that has forced Kyrene, Tempe Union and other districts to spend “significant resources to combat defendants’ deceptive marketing scheme, to educate its students on the true dangers of defendants’ e-cigarette products and to prevent the possession and use of defendants’ e-cigarette products on” school property.

It contended that the FDA ban “was substantively and procedurally flawed and should be rescinded.

The multifaceted litigation against JUUL and other vaping product manufacturers has had a long, complicated history over the last two years.

His January 2020 lawsuit targeted the company “for engaging in deceptive and unfair acts and practices” by marketing “highly-addictive nicotine products to appeal to and target young people while

Earlier this summer, the federal Food & Drug Administration ordered JUUL to stop selling and distributing its products.

In the aftermath of last week’s settlement, JUUL cited that review, stating “We remain focused on the future as we work to fulfill our mission to transition adult smokers away from cigarettes – the number one cause of preventable death – while combating underage use.”

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But the day after that June 23 order, the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., stayed that order and on July 5, the FDA said it would not seek to overturn it pending further review.

“The agency has determined that there are scientific issues unique to the JUUL application” for permission to market and sell its products “that warrant additional review,” the FDA said, adding its review won’t likely be concluded before January.

misleading them on the risks associated with those products” and that it “misled all consumers regarding its products’ true nicotine concentration.”

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That suit charges that JUUL Labs, Phillip Morris USA, NuMark and Altria Group – as well as other manufacturers and retail giants like Walgreens, Chevron and Walmart – adopted a “marketing strategy, advertising and product design” to push products that have “dramatically increased the use of ecigarettes” among teens and even pre-teens.

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“We believe that once the FDA does a complete review of all of the science and evidence presented, as required by law, and without political interference, we should receive marketing authorization. As we go through the FDA’s administrative appeals process, we continue to offer our products

Last Nov. 23, state Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a $14.5 million settlement on behalf of Arizona against JUUL that he said would “make significant changes to its corporate practices - ensuring JUUL products are not marketed or sold to youth in Arizona.”

lawyers for the plaintiff would collect at least 25% of whatever money – if any – is awarded to the plaintiffs in the suit.

Tempe Union in 2020 displayed some of the vaping products that teachers and administrators confiscated from students on various campuses. (Arizonan ﬁle photo)

The suit says “rampant JUUL use has effectively added another category to teachers’ and school administrators’ job descriptions; many now receive special training to respond to the various prob lems that JUUL use presents, both in and out of the classroom.”

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“In order to try to identify the vaping problems in the restrooms,” she said, “we did install some vaping detectors. Our staff did significant work on those vaping detec tors – probably hundreds of hours of work between IT and our school administrators.”

The increase also has occurred at the mid dle school level, the suit alleges, with a 48 per cent increase in vaping between 2017-18.

Part of the school districts’ claims for dam ages includes an allegation that they were forced to spend “significant resources to com bat defendants’ deceptive marketing scheme, to educate its students on the true dangers of defendants’ e-cigarette products and to pre vent the possession and use of defendants’ ecigarette products on” school property.

“JUUL use has completely changed school bathrooms – now known as ‘the JUUL room’…The ubiquity of JUUL use in high school bathrooms has generated numer ous online spoofs about ‘the JUUL room.’

JUUL controls 70 percent of the e-cigarette market after entering it just five years ago.

The district got its money back for the detectors themselves but Kyrene wants to recoup some of the money it spent install ing and trying to get them to work.

“With this investment,” the suit states, “Altria now owns both the number one youth initiation cigarette in the United States (the Marlboro cigarette) and the number one youth initiation e-cigarette in the United States, JUUL.”

“By design, a cornerstone of the product’s commercial success is its addictive nature,” the suit states. “JUUL is, in many ways, the

The suit by Kyrene, Tempe Union and the other plaintiffs has had a no less compli cated history, federal court records show.

It also notes that JUUL even targeted summer camps with kids as young as 8 in an effort to push its vaping products. 

The company in three months reached a valuation of $10 billion, according to the suit, which cited statements Monsees has given in interviews that said internal docu ments he obtained from lawsuits against tobacco product manufacturers helped the company design equally addictive products.

Its aggressive marketing campaign us ing Disney movies was so outrageous that even tobacco manufacturers called it “ir responsible.”Altriaalsobenefited from a distribution network of 60,000 stores that gave it near ly half the e-cigarette market in Arizona in

just seven weeks, the suit states, adding that it “marketed its e-cigarettes in flavors that would appeal to youth: Strawberry Brulee, Apple Cider, Hazelnut Cream, Spiced Fruit, Piña Colada, Glacier Mint, and Mardi Gras (apparently a mixed berry flavor).”

“Counselors at the school district are now facing the reality of spending time discuss ing JUUL use with students and trying to help students who have become addicted,” the suit states. “Students are now beginning to tell counselors that they are concerned about their peers using JUUL and are afraid because the students do not know what they are putting in their bodies.”

That investment started paying off the following year as JUUL reaped $3.4 billion in sales in 2019.

“It is not an overstatement to say that JUUL has changed the educational experience of students across the nation,” the suit states.

“Schools have also paid thousands of dollars to install special monitors to de tect vaping, which they say is a small price to pay compared to the plumbing repairs otherwise spent as a result of students flushing vaping paraphernalia down toi lets. Other school districts have sought state grant money to create new positions for tobacco prevention supervisors, who get phone alerts when vape smoke is de tected in bathrooms.”

The lawsuit also outlines how company founders Adam Bowen and James Mon sees set out on a path to “refresh the magic and luxury of the tobacco category” and reach “consumers who aren’t perfectly aligned with traditional tobacco products” in order to recreate the lost “ritual and el egance that smoking once exemplified.”

The lawsuit details the districts’ experi ence with vaping, citing an “impact upon curriculum and development; class time; in creased time spent addressing discipline and supervision issues; and increased counselor time spent with addicted students and peers who are concerned about this epidemic.”

of JUUL use on adolescents’ bodies and minds; the development of refusal and other skills within the students; and, ad diction treatment options.”

Another defendant, Altria, and related companies bearing the same name en tered the Arizona market with a brand called MarkTen in 2013.

to adult smokers throughout the U.S.”

It includes lengthy decision by U.S. Dis trict Judge William H. Orrick in San Francis co that dismissed racketeering allegations made by the plaintiffs but also ruled that regardless of what the FDA ultimately does, “it will not determine whether (JUUL) and the other defendants’ past conduct (much of which has now allegedly ceased) – the al legations of intentional or negligent youth and tribal marketing, the misleading mar keting, and the failure to disclose nicotine uptake of existing and prior product ver sions that are at the center of this (case) –was illegal and caused plaintiffs’ injury.”

Board member Michelle Fahy noted that “in addition to the out-of-pocket costs, there’s of course the health and safety of the students. So, I think that’s first and foremost why the district is really focused on taking this action.”

“District employees have been forced to spend more time physically supervising stu dents to ensure that they are not using JUUL products,” it said, adding that staffers “are also spending significantly more time addressing discipline problems related to JUUL use.”

Then-Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely detailed that diversion of resources at a June 23, 2020, meeting of the Governing Board, which voted unanimously to file the suit.

The lawsuit cites various federal health officials who have described vaping among teenagers as being at epidemic levels.

Though Altria in early 2018 agreed to tone down its advertising and vowed to federal of ficials it would “reverse the current use trend among youth,” it later the same year made a $12.8 billion investment in JUUL.

The suit also said that while JUUL “claims its mission is to ‘improve the lives of the world’s one billion adult smokers by eliminating cigarettes,’” a company engi neer conceded, “We don’t think a lot about addiction here because we’re not trying to design a cessation product at all … any thing about health is not on our mind.”

After youth smoking rates plummeted from 28 percent in 2000 to 7.6 percent in 2017, “this incredible progress to wards eliminating youth tobacco and nicotine use has now largely been re versed due to e-cigarettes and vaping,” the lawsuit states.

As for why school districts are suing the companies, the suit notes the impact of JUUL on student culture.

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“Between 2011 and 2015, e-cigarette use among high school and middle school students increased 900 percent,” it contin ues. “Between 2017 and 2018, e- cigarette use increased 78 percent among high school students, from 11.7 percent of high school students in 2017 to 20.8 percent of high schoolers in 2018.”

But she said the detectors turned out to be unreliable, giving too many false positive readings and wasting “all of that manpower and all of that time related to the installation of that equipment” that amounted to “hundreds of hours.”

paradigmatic start-up. It has all the mark ings of Silicon Valley success: staggering profit margins, meteoric growth and status as a cultural phenomenon.”

Its sales over that time have skyrocketed, generating $224 million in sales in 2017 –a one-year increase of 621 percent – and $942.6 million in 2018 – a 783 percent in crease over what it sold two years earlier.

It said JUUL and the other defendants are responsible for forcing Kyrene to adopt “a comprehensive approach, one that in cludes addiction counselors in schools; prevention education that includes infor mation about the health consequences

– Hannah deGraft Johnson

Santan Junior High student Hannah deGraft-Johnson has taken on her school dress code, calling it sexist. (David Minton/ Staff Photographer) “I believe that the dress code includes exclusion and enforces unjust standards and emphasis on a specific gender.”

“Statistics from many reliable sources show the same average, 83%, of dress code violations are [given to] girls.”

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Junior High student Hannah deGraft-Johnson says the school’s dress code is sexist.

She said the district should instead provide awareness training on sexual harassment instead of blaming girls for how they Stephaniedress.Ingersoll, district executive director for marketing and communications, said Santan is following policy.

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middle schoolers, we had uncontrollable hormones. So, the dress code was made to prevent things from happening.”

the mid-section, is the way it is presented. She said they were told that dressing in such a way could provoke sexual harassment.“Wehad a discipline presentation at my school, where ... a question was asked about the dress code by students,” Hannah said. “The response did not sit right with me. We were told that as

“I believe that the dress code includes exclusion and enforces unjust standards and emphasis on a specific gender,” said Hannah, a student in the gifted program.

Santan

Hannah brought the issue to the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board Aug. 24 and said she has been happy with how officials have responded.She met with Ken James, executive director for junior high schools, and said he told her he would meet with all the junior high principals to discuss the issue.Hannah said her main problem with the dress code, which prohibits tank tops or half shirts that show too much of

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

“All CUSD schools follow a governing board-approved dress code policy, which applies to all students,” she said. Hannah, 13, said the big issue for her is not necessarily the dress code, but a culture that blames girls for sexual harassment.“NowIfeel like I want more awareness about sexual assault, and rape, because I think that is not talked about enough and that people go through stuff, but they’re either too scared to speak out, or they don’t really know what’s going on,” Hannah said.

Clothing shall be modest, clean and appropriate for school wear.

planned to speak about mental health.

Students shall not wear: tank tops,

are main dress code violations listed on the Santan Junior High website:

halter tops, garments with spaghetti straps, strapless garments. Garments that are see-through, cut low, or expose one’s midriff are not acceptable.

Chains, hanging belts, and spiked bracelets/necklaces/earrings are not allowed on campus.

Student dress code

weird thing to say.”

For student safety, no house slippers should be worn to school.

“She’s a little bit of a different kid,” Joseph deGraft-Johnson said. “She’s very strong willed. And so when she has her mind made up, she goes for it.”

No sleeveless garments which expose undergarments. Clothing must cover the entire buttocks and extend to a reasonable length to ensure modesty.

and other hair coverings on campus.

This activism is not a surprise to Hannah’s father.

She’s not confident her speaking up will change anything, even after a positive meeting with Ken James.

Clothing or hairstyles that are detrimental to one’s health and safety or the health and safety of others are not permitted.

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“The whole tank tops thing, because it’s Arizona, and it’s hot,” Hannah said. “So I always thought that was not a good thing to put on the dress code. But then when … my vice principal said during the meeting that the dress code is because we’re teenagers, and we have increased hormones... So he said that it is just to protect us. And I was like, that’s really the wrong and like,

Hannah said she decided to bring this issue up when talking to some friends who

Sunglasses and earpods must be removed before coming into the classroom and buildings.

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“I heard a lot of times that they don’t like talking about it,” Hannah said. “So, I think that because they don’t like talking about it and they’re uncomfortable about it, they don’t want to change it. Because that creates talk.”

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Cactus Wren meets once a month from September through May in downtown Chandler. Women 18 and older who can prove direct lineal descent from a Revolutionary War Patriot is eligible to join DAR.

New officers of the Cactus Wren Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution include, from Regent Kristin Sowers, Vice Regent Joanne Tuccillo, Chaplain Jane Albin, Recording Secretary Carolyn Austill, Corresponding Secretary Yvonne Membrila, Treasurer Mia Soosai and Registrar Suzie Medley. (Special to the Arizonan)

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is a women’s service organization whose members can trace their lineage to an individual who contributed to securing American independence during the Revolutionary War. It was founded in 1890 “to preserve the

DAR members passionately carry out the timeless mission of promoting historic preservation, education and patriotism. To learn more about the work of today’s DAR: dar.org.

They are Regent Kristin Sowers, Vice Regent Joanne Tuccillo, Chaplain Jane Albin, Recording Secretary Carolyn Austill, Corresponding Secretary Yvonne Membrila, Treasurer Mia Soosai and Registrar Suzie Medley.

The

The nonprofit, nonpolitical women’s service organization has more than 185,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide. Members annually provide millions of hours of volunteer service to their local communities across the country and world.

The new officers spent the summer planning the upcoming year and reviewing each month’s meeting schedule. They also will be attending Arizona State Society’s annual fall workshop in Tucson.

To learn about the Cactus Wren Chapter: cactuswren.arizonadar.org or email registrar@cwasdar.org.

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Through the DAR Genealogical Research System (dar.org/GRS), the public can access a free database of information amassed by the DAR about these patriots.

“For more than 130 years, the DAR has strived to bring awareness to the honorable sacrifices and enduring legacy of all patriots who fought for America’s freedom,” a spokeswoman said.

Area DAR chapter installs officers, plans programs

memory and spirit of those who contributed to securing American independence.”

Cactus Wren National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter has installed new officers for 2022-2024.

NASA awards major contract to Chandler company

Sonoran Sunset Series brings music to Veterans Oasis Park

More than 40 vendors will be selling fresh produce, gourmet foods and unique artisan creations. Some of the returning favorites include Amadio Farms, Bad Dog Salsa, Black Orchard Farm, Copper Crescent Botanicals, Doctor Hummus, Little Mallow Farm, Original Elderberry, Red Dirt Flowers, Noble Bread and Ava’s Kettle Corn.

Live music will fill the Veterans Oasis Park’s amphitheater for the annual Sonoran Sunset Series on the third Thursday of the month beginning Oct. 20 and running through March.

Talented musicians and entertainers will perform an array of acts at the free open-air concerts. Jazz, country, feel-good rock, and even the sounds of multiple eras take to the park’s main stage 6-7:30 p.m.

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Additionally, Yoga at the Market is at 10 a.m. with a 45-minute, donationbased class by Yoga’s Arc for beginners and experienced people alike. Participants must bring their own mat. Kids Day at the Market begins Oçt.

The Downtown Chandler Farmers Market will start its weekly Saturday presence Oct. 1 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park West, 3 S. Arizona Ave.

Performances include: Oct. 20, Hooked on a Feeling; Nov. 17, Rose and the Thorns; Dec. 15, Curt n Rod; Jan. 19, Outside the Line; Feb. 16, Star Alliance; and March 16, Traveler.

NASA said in a news release it needs the higher performance for its future missions, from the moon to Mars.

Microchip will design, build and deliver the HPSC processor over three years so it can be used in future lunar and planetary exploration missions. It has to be more efficient by enabling computing power to be scalable, based on mission needs. It also must be more reliable and have a higher fault tolerance.

Thrift Style exhibit opens at Chandler Museum

“We are pleased that NASA selected Microchip as its partner to develop the next-generation space-qualified compute processor platform,” said Babak Samimi, corporate vice president for Microchip’s Communications business unit. “We are making a joint investment with NASA on a new trusted and transformative compute platform. It will deliver comprehensive Ethernet networking, advanced artificial intelligence/machine learning processing and connectivity support while offering unprecedented performance gain, faulttolerance, and security architecture at low power consumption.”

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The Downtown Chandler Farmers Market is sponsored by First Credit Union.

During the Great Depression people had to get creative to survive. The new exhibit at the Chandler Museum pays tribute to that ingenuity. “Thrift Style” is scheduled to run through Nov. 27 at 300 S. Chandler Village Drive.

“Residents can make a night of it by walking around the lake or visiting one of the many park trails and then enjoying music under the stars in this beautiful neighborhood.”

1 and runs the first Saturday of every month at 9 a.m. with story time followed by fun activities.

People reused feed sacks to make clothes because other fabrics were not available. Manufacturers helped this ef-

Parkgoers are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs. Seating is available on a first come, first-serve basis and it is not necessary to register for this event. Food and small coolers are also welcome; alcohol is not permitted.

Chandler Farmers Market to begin soon

NASA is awarding $50 million contract to Chandler-based Microchip Technology, Inc. to develop a high-performance spaceflight computing (HPSC) processor that will provide at least 100 times the computational capacity of current spaceflight computers.

“Fall in Chandler has always been a time to get outside and socialize, something that’s easy to do thanks to Sonoran Sunset Series’ bountiful outdoor concert lineup,” said Theo Anglin, recreation coordinator and event organizer.

In December 2018, that prompted Han sen to step in and payoff their $1 million mortgage. Hansen said it’s a gift only his wife predicted would happen.

as to doing the right thing.”

Hansen said he visited one Saturday

“She knew from day one that we were

The Hansens have been involved in real es tate investing since 1992 and wanted to help a charity that embodied “true volunteerism.”

Then, the calendar turned to 2020 and a pandemic slowed the world down.

In 2020, ASA Now also established Shade Tree Academy and a small class of students at Jacob’s Mission Community Center lo cated at 7830 East University Drive in Mesa.

(David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)

That moment Hansen realized that these women are angels among us.

“I feel like each one of us was tasked in this lifetime with doing pretty big things,” Robinson said. “And knowing that God commanded us to help others, and to leave this world better than when we came in.”

Jacob, now 22, still lives in a develop mentally delayed group home and re quires round-the-clock care due to severe physical abuse from his biological parents that deteriorated his mental health.

“What they really need is someone that can help them work through their trau ma,” Robinson said.

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“Lo and behold, I don’t remember how many people showed up but it turned out to be a really fun day,” Hansen said. “I was so impressed by that.”

“It’s easy to donate money, it’s easy to donate things,” Randy Hansen said. “But do nating your life, that to me is the true gift.”

afternoon when the ladies were in the middle of renovating the dilapidated old church with overgrown landscaping.

going to do it,” Hansen said. “That left them on this free and clear so they could put all of their money into finishing the building and serving customers.”

Robinson said she called crying that Hansen made a mistake when she discov ered the check was for $50,000.

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After a year-and-a-half of working with volunteers, in December 2019 they fin ished renovations on the building.

“We were only really serving our coun ty,” Anika said. “The pandemic made it to where we have to serve statewide.”

“They were bringing it back to life through pure sweat and volunteers,” Hansen said.

After getting to know the ladies even more, Hansen said he invited them to a Feed My Starving Children event at the convention center.

Hansen first read in a newspaper article about the work the ladies did passing Ja cob’s law, but the paper had become lost in the “Theyrecycling.weren’t sponsored by some con sultant or pocket money people,” Hansen said. “They wanted a law for a specific rea son, these were people that just care a lot

Since passing Jacob’s Law in 2016, ASA Now has helped thousands of foster kids throughout the State of Arizona.

n old Greek proverb says that a soci ety grows when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit in. That perfectly sums up the work real estate investors Randy and Dell Loy Hansen are doing for Advocacy, Support & Assis tance Now Founders Anika Robinson, Susan Mulhearn and Angela Teachout. The ladies fought back tears, as Randy shared the story.

There families can connect to support, advocacy, and assistance with immediate needs 24/7, life skill programs and activities for children and foster and adoptive families.

Mesa women, benefactor help foster kids thrive

After two days of googling every possi bility of “foster kid” and whatever else he could think of, he finally stumbled upon the ASA Now website.

“We became a 24/7 distribution center,” Robinson said. “It looked like a second hand store on steroids for over a year.”

“I was crying so hard right there in the middle of Wells Fargo,” Robinson said.

The ladies have all provided homes for dozens of foster kids over the years. Anika the longest, for the last 15 years.

Suddenly it became a mad rush to find volunteers to drive boxes of diapers, clothes, food, etc. around the state.

In 2018, ASA Now opened Jacob’s Mis sion Community Center located at 7830 East University Drive in Mesa.

2021

Shade Tree Academy looks to curb the effects foster kids feel from trauma they’ve endured and create the therapeutic com ponent for kids and helping them gain the tools to cope with their trauma.

Randy Hansen came to the aid of, from left, Angela Teachout, Anika Robinson, and Susan Mulheran as they seek to expand their nonprofit, Advocacy, Support & Assistance Now. The women are planning a gala on Sept. 23 at Falcon Field to further that effort.

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Hansen said he was so impressed by that simple effort, he made a check out for to buy paint for the building.

Classes officially opened in August 2021 and is now in their second academic year with its trauma-informed education for

Though he doubted they would show up given their busy schedules, Hansen said all three ladies showed up with the dozens of kids in tow.

Are these Silver Walking Liberties worth more than other half dollars:

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It’s impossible to say, but some of these U.S Gov’t issued Walking Liberty Half Dollars date back to the early 1900’s and there are 15 in each Bank Roll so you better hurry if you want to get your hands on them. Collector values always fluctuate and there are never any guarantees. But we do know Walking Liberties are collectible so anyone lucky enough to get their hands on these Silver Bank Rolls should hold onto them because there’s no telling how much they could be worth in collector value someday.

But you better hurry because these Arizona State Bank Rolls themselves have been marked State Restricted by price which means the state minimum set by National Mint and Treasury is restricted to Arizona residents and non-state residents must pay full price if any remain.

National Mint and Treasury,” Lynne explained.“Nowthat the State of Arizona Sealed Bank Rolls are being offered up we won’t be surprised if thousands of Arizona residents claim the maximum limit allowed of 4 Bank Rolls per resident while they still can,” said Lynne.

ARIZONA - “Arizona residents get first dibs. That’s why Hotline Operators are bracing for the flood of calls,” said Laura Lynne, U.S. Coin and Currency Director for the National Mint andBeginningTreasury. at precisely 7:30 am this morning State of Arizona Sealed Bank Rolls loaded with rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollars are actually being handed over to Arizona residents who call the State Toll-Free Hotlines listed in today’s newspaper publication.“National Mint and Treasury recently spoke with its Chief Professional Numismatist who said ‘Very few people have ever actually saw one of these rarely seen Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollars issued by the U.S. Gov’t back in the early 1900’s. But to actually find them sealed away in State Bank Rolls is like finding buried treasure. So anyone lucky enough to get their hands on these Bank Rolls had better hold on to them,’” Lynne said.“But here’s the good news. The Bank Rolls themselves have been marked State Restricted by price which means the state minimum set by National Mint and Treasury is restricted to Arizona residents only and non-state residents must pay full price if any Bank Rolls remain,” LynneThisconfirmedisimportant to note. “These are the only Arizona State Silver Walking Liberty Bank Rolls known to exist. You can’t get them at banks or credit unions or the Government since they do not produce State Silver Walking Liberty Bank Rolls. In fact, you can only get them bearing the exclusive State Restricted Design and rolled this way directly from

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“The phones will be ringing off the hook. That’s because everyone will be trying to get them while they still can,” according to officials at the National Mint and Treasury who say they can barely keep up with all the orders.Infact, they had to impose a strict limit of

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The Chandler CARE Center is registering families now who could use a little help around Thanksgiving or the DecemberRegisterholidays.inperson 8 a.m.-3 p.m. before 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.

seven students because that’s all it can provide for now.

Over the last 30 years, his family has built a foundation and helped set the standard for building child crisis family support centers in that area. Now, he wanted to help a group in Mesa.

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Early bird tickets are available now for $15. Tickets at the door will be $20. Visit either breweries’ website to purchase tickets: pedalhausbrewery.com or santanbrewing.com.

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

said.Robinson said the Hansens have gifted their school with opportunities they will never see come to fruition.

As of September 7, the nonprofit has only raised $153,000, and that’s where the Flight Night Gala on September 23 comesTicketsin. for the festivities start at $100 perMarriedperson.couples can get a dollar-fordollar tax credit up to $1,000.

event is scheduled for 9 to 11 a.m., Sept. 20 at the Chandler Downtown Library. RSVP by calling 480-782-4363.

Next Golden Neighbors event scheduled for Sept. 20

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fort by giving away patterns for garments. The exhibit is meant to teach sustainability lessons, and how current generations can reuse resources today.

Pedal Haus Brewery and SanTan Brewing Company will feature German beer and food. There will also be live music from Hit Rewind and The Dirt.

In total, the Hansen brother’s have agreed to donate $4 million to build the 18,000-square-foot school, as well as a swimming pool that will provide aquatic therapy for the kids.

“That is something that we will never know the impact that it will have for the rest of their lives,” Robinson said. “But the Hansen family has done that, not only have they touched our lives, they will touch the lives of thousands upon thousands.”

The nonprofit hopes to grow the amount of kids they can serve up to 100 students.

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Hansen has known charity his entire life, considering his mother was a high school English teacher that developed a reading program for underprivileged kids in Northern Utah.

“There will be people over the next 10 years, brought into this network to learn how to do a better job to support the needs of your foster family,” Hansen said.

“Once we get the school built, then I want to start at the heart of that,” Hansen

“It feels impossible,” Robinson said.

Golden Neighbors is intended to help struggling seniors get some of the basic hygiene supplies they need for no cost.

Much like during the pandemic, the plan is to make Shade Tree the permanent epicenter for distributing training to volunteers throughout the entire state.

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

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.

Thanksgiving meals will be distributed on Nov. 19, and toys distributed on Dec. 17.

difference,” Hansen said.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Shade Tree Academy became the epicenter for getting help to the 14,000 kids in the foster care system in the State of Arizona.

The Flight Night Gala will be held at the Mesa Hanger at Falcon Field located at 4517 East Mallory Circle in Mesa on Friday, September 23rd at 5:30 p.m.

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Bring a photo ID, proof of address, proof of school enrollment, and a birth certificate for all children not in school.

For more information, go to www. asanow.org and click on “Attend Our Upcoming Gala.”

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 ladies of ASA Now will have to raise $1 million to break ground for the facility.

You can fill out the survey at the city’s website, chandleraz.gov.

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“There was some misrepresentation on what was said and how that context was taken as well,” said Superintendent Frank Narducci. “There is no intention that suicide should not be talked about in our district, and that we should look at every remedy we possibly can to help students at their point of need at the point of discovery.”

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One student who has become a regular speaker complimented the District for one step it has taken, but said more needs to be

There are other programs as well.

CUSD trained more than 800 staff in mental health first aid last year, and 700 support staff were trained in safe talk this year. More than 150 mental health professionals were also trained in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training.

“The term ‘evidence-based’ is used like an educational news-speak weapon against students and community members wishing to speak with district administrators. Here is an evidence-based fact: Med students are now trained to listen to their patients’ stories. They have learned that listening to stories saves lives.”

“CUSD is dedicated to keeping everyone well,” the district said in a statement.

“The film screening is not a District partnership, but we invited them and I’m glad they are promoting it,” said Riana Alexander, one of the co-founders of AZ Students for Mental Health and a senior at Chandler High School. “I don’t

CUSD urged to do more to address student mental health

Warnock did credit CUSD for doing more training in mental health awareness than the state requires.

District officials took exception to news stories in the SanTan Sun News and criticized the newspaper for misrepresenting their position.

us that. Do our adults have permission and the ability to say, ‘I want to take a minute because I can see you and I want to talk to you. And I want to see if you’re OK,’ because somewhere there’s a disconnect between in this room, and in this building, and all of our other buildings.”

“We all learned the big ships can be turned,” Blanchard said. “COVID showed

Her son, Mitch, was a senior at Corona del Sol High School when he died in 2016.

The district gives prevention lessons from kindergarten through sixth grade, and specialized lessons in the seventh, eighth, 10th and 11th grades. The ASU mental health toolkit is available for all high school students.

The film is “My Ascension” and details a young woman’s suicide attempt and the events that led to it. McPherson will lead a panel discussion after the film.

“We are urging a more preventative and proactive approach to suicide and mental health,” said Wendy DeTata, a member of the Chandler Youth Wellbeing Coalition. “We don’t expect the board and the district to do this alone. We are hoping for more transparency and commitment to mark partnerships.”

When: 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 21

“It is said that a district of this size is a big ship to turn around,” Warnock said. “However, our group and other moms were here in 2018, laying out the same issues related to suicide prevention.

Where: Majestic Neighborhood Cinema Grill, 4955 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler

Warnock was one of four speakers to address the mental health crisis during the public comments portion of the Sept. 14 board meeting.

The district has 117 employees who in one way or another focus on the mental well-being of students, the spokeswoman said. That includes 92 counselors, 21 social workers and four administrators.

he mother of a Tempe Union High School student who took his life was among those who urged the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board to do more to address the mental health crisis that has led to four students’ suicides since May.

A CUSD spokesperson was asked for a list of the events the district has planned or scheduled that put a focus on teen suicide and mental health.

Both women said the district needs to listen to the students who have been coming to their meetings since June.

“He knows his vantage point of the water is different from theirs inside the water,” Warnock said of Tempe Union Superintendent Dr. Kevin Mendivil. “For that reason, he makes time to listen to his students and their experience of the ocean in real time. Why won’t the head lifeguards who manage the pools in this district come down from their chairs to meet their kids in the water?”

“These kids are coming to you, they’re coming to the top, and they’re begging the top to help change the culture,” said Karianna Blanchard, a founding member of Parents for Suicide Prevention.

Narducci and Board Member Lara Bruner both spoke about a special film being presented at an event this Wednesday, Sept. 21. It is put on by teen mental health advocate Katey McPherson of Chandler and being co-sponsored by the Chandler Education Foundation.

“Programsdone.have been implemented for eighth and 10th graders, which is wonderful, and I’m very grateful for that,” said Kailani Higgins, a sophomore at Arizona College Prep High School. “But unfortunately, thoughts like these don’t end after sophomore year. When we end this conversation, we increase the likelihood that more kids will end their lives.”

CUSD has added Lifeline hotline numbers to the back of student IDs and put hotline numbers on school buses. It has increased the number of mental health clubs and added wellness/mindfulness rooms. It also plans a “parent university” to help parents understand the issues.

“Parents/guardians/stakeholders, you are our eyes and ears. This needs to be a community focus. This will take all of us as a collective group because we are stronger together. In closing, CUSD takes this topic very seriously and we are actively seeking ways to grow and improve our partnerships, resources, and efforts when it comes to raising awareness for youth mental health.

see many signs that they are putting the focus they need to on mental health. The only person we have been working with is Natasha Davis (CUSD’s prevention coordinator).”

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“The superintendent of Tempe Union High School District meets with student reps from each of his schools to see what he is not seeing from this metaphorical lifeguard chair,” said Lorie Warnock.

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“Fortunately, with the three MCCCD colleges offering multiple courses monthly at each location, the educational demand will continue to fit the need,” the spokeswoman said.

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Gov. Doug Ducey capitalized on that sentiment with a five-day trip last month to the Republic of Korea and Taiwan for relationship building within the international technology industry.

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“It’s our belief that at EVIT, we change lives,” Wilson said. “That we change lives by loving our students and serving our communities.”Stateofficials reported that in the 2021-22 fiscal year, 841 teens aged out of the state foster care system.

While participating in career and technical education programs on EVIT’s campus, resident foster youth would rely on the Paul Revere Academy, an offshoot of Heritage Academy, for traditional high school classes on the same campus. The charter high will give preferential place ment to foster youth.

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Whilesaid.the state allocation will fund construction, EVIT will have to pay for the residency’s operation.

Wilson, EVIT superintendent for the past four years, said his inspiration for the residency hall came from visiting a similar facility in Orange, California.

tive,” he said.

“It’s our belief that by having those individuals in a safe living space… we begin leaning into being able to truly change their life,” he said in an interview.

“What we’re wanting to be mindful of is that we’re funded by our taxpayers,” Wilson

EVIT currently works with some foster care organizations, including Foster360 and Hope & A Future, but the school hasn’t begun to seek out partnerships for the residence hall yet.

Some other ideas Wilson said they will look at include utilizing the current training and facility space to create ame nities such as a grass field or basketball courts for extracurricular activities.

Thanks for a $10 million item in the current state budget, the East Val ley Institute of Technology hopes to open a residence hall for foster teens on its downtown Mesa campus by the 2023-24 school year.

Wilson said this will enable students to acquire high school diploma, a trade certification and/or dual-enrollment credits for community college.

EVIT’s program will help provide fos ter youth with more stability, consisten cy and opportunities as they transition into adulthood, Wilson said.

In addition to enrolling in EVIT’s adult

Wilson touted the work of the EVIT Governing Board in looking for innova tive pathways to support the community. Also, Wilson thanked the work of state Reps. Steve Kaiser, Michelle Udall, and Rusty Bowers in helping to allocate the funds.“That anchor has allowed us to lean into space that is good for students, is good for our communities and is good for the state,” Wilson said.

“This is a space that we want these in dividuals to be able to live in and to grow and thrive in – and exit from with a bet ter footing underneath them to go out into our communities and be produc

EVIT plans residence hall for foster youth

EVIT Superintendent Dr. Chad Wilson said this is just the first step in changing the lives of foster youth by giving them not only a place to live but also a place where they can learn a trade and earn certification in it by the time the age out of the system.

career training programs, the students will receive social, emotional and men tal health support services and learn life skills such as financial planning and nu trition.In2021, EVIT started a foster care pro gram that allows youth who are getting ready to transition out of foster care to take an EVIT program while they finish theirWilsonGED.said some foster students are not in high school equivalency programs but rather attend a traditional East Valley high school while also attending EVIT.

Wilson said the school is still working on construction plans, but the residence would hold 64 beds and possibly eight shared-living areas similar to most mod ern university dormitories.

“I was kind of expecting to get some backlash on it,” Hilary Samples said. “It was very, very well received from every body who attended.”

‘Living funerals’ pose new tradition in Mesa

Friends of Ryan were invited to share their prepared eulogies as he sat next to the casket drinking a beer.

years ago, Wynn Scott’s motherin-law passed away and she learned too late that she had once been a model.Thatgave her an idea.

Samples said Wynn’s idea has inspired at least one other family to do the same al beit in a different tone, adding that simple acts like a grandmother sharing a family recipe with her adult granddaughter can make the ceremony special.

“It’s been almost a year and people still talk about it being the most incredible event they’ve been to,” Wynn said.

keting Director Hilary Samples said.

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who loaded the beer-filled casket into a hearse and led a procession of nearly 100 vehicles and an escort of 10 police cars to Lucky Lou’s Bar and Grill in Mesa.

“It’s so sad that we always wait until someone passes away to tell them how wonderful they were,” said Wynn, who spent 45 days planning the event for her husband of 30 years because she wanted to celebrate his life while he was still on earth.

Now, Mountain View Funeral Home and Cemetery in Mesa is taking her idea to start a new tradition.

“That was probably the most surprising part was just how organized and how intense the whole thing was – but in a good way.”

“As you get older, you've got to kind of take life with a grain of salt and be a little bit lighthearted about it,” Ryan

The two-and-a-half-hour event even in cluded Hawaiian hula dancers in honor of Ryan’s favorite vacation spot and ended with dance company’s flash mob performing to the music of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to keep in line with a Halloween theme.

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Ryan said the level of effort put into the event is what really knocked him dead.

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Approximately 80 guests attended the event at Mountain View last October and dressed as one typically would for a funeral.Thefuneral

“We often don’t say the things we want to say until it’s too late,” Samples said. “This gives families and friends the opportunity to speak their mind before the person is gone.”

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After three funeral homes rejected her idea, Mountain View Funeral Home & Cemetery in Mesa, said yes.

home rented her a casket for free that sat front-and-center. But instead of a body, it was filled with an assortment of beer – including Bud Light, Ryan’s favorite.

Wynn said she wanted to maintain the respect for those buried at the cemetery –including some of her friends’ relatives – but also have fun with Ryan’s ceremony.

“Many wonder what will be said at their funeral and a living funeral is the opportu nity to do so,” Samples said.

Ryan – very much alive and kicking – described the whole event as “a little surreal, out-of-body-type experience” but found it a respectful and fun way to poke fun at him for crossing the halfcentury line.

Samples said Mountain View has seen a 15% increase in the number of crema tions during the pandemic and that many families that chose that option postponed memorial services until in-person gather ings were allowed.

Guests were greeted in traditional fu neral fashion with remembrance posters and a singer playing somber music.

When it was all said and done, Wynn said she spent nearly $10,000 on the entire event.

Ryan’s friends served as pallbearers,

Like anything today, Wynn said there

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Hilary Samples of Mountain View Funeral Home and Cemetery said, “We love to do things for the community, so we absolutely said yes” to Wynn Scott’s idea for a “living funeral” for her husband. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)

In November 2021, Wynn surprised her husband Ryan with a loving and fun way to celebrate his 50th birthday in November 2021.

Wynn is no stranger to planning funer als as she briefly studied mortuary science at Mesa Community College but dropped the course after losing interest.

“We love to do things for the community, so we absolutely said yes to her and helped with all the planning,” Mountain View Mar

After a celebratory shot with some friends at Ryan’s favorite watering hole, the procession proceeded to the Scott’s home for a masquerade party with more than 100 people in attendance.

“It was special to me because of how much was put into it and how many people are in volved in and how it all turned out,” he said.

Wynn’s idea has inspired Mountain View to offer living funerals as “the future of cremation services.”

Much like the event itself, Samples said the costs of a living funeral will vary.

Withsaid.families wanting to create new tra ditions, Samples said living funerals are more about sharing in the celebration of life than mourning over death.

was some backlash in her Yelp review of the funeral home, but everyone enjoyed the celebration of life.

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“It is never a good sign when the shortterm average is lower than the long term average,” the Cromford report said, noting that the highest gap wasn’t all that long ago.

All in all, the Cromford Report has been a slightly more optimistic in its assessment of how sellers are faring in the Valley market than it had been at the beginning of September.

“We do have excessive inventory of empty homes in the hands of iBuyers,” it said. “They continued to buy homes in large numbers during the second quarter and have ended up with far too many homes in their possession during the third

times have hit the Valley's residential market these days, judging by some of the latest data posted by The Cromford Report, the leading analyst of the Phoenix Metro housing market.Itreported last week that the average sale price of $549,861 for a house between Aug. 10 and Sept. 9 was $840 less than the average closed home price of $550,701 recorded between Sept. 10, 2021 and this past Sept. 9.

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It said that such a steep drop has occurred during other “periods of weak buyer con�idence” for a few weeks in the early stages of the pandemic in 2020 and in 2014 and 2015.

“This discounting also has the unpleasant side-effect of lowering the intrinsic value of the remaining unsold inventory.”Andthat means, it said, “It certainly is bad news for people who depend on healthy sales volume for their income. This includes title company staff, real estate agents and mortgage lenders.”

It noted that Opendoor is slashing prices to reduce that inventory, but that’s resulted in impacting the overall market – and the pocketbooks of sales agents.“With lots of bargain homes on offer below market value, this is partially succeeding in moving homes from active to pending, but it also has the effect of a lowering average prices for the market as a whole,” it said, calling Opendoor “large enough to be a signi�icant competitor for other sellers.”

“A negative $840 number is not terrible but far from good,” it said. “The high-

On the other hand, the report said sale prices had dropped below �inal list prices, prompting it to warn this “con�irms that sellers’ negotiation power is far weaker than it has been in many years.”

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The Cromford Report didn’t re�lect any panic about the narrow difference between the latest short-term and longterm average sale price.

While that increase was only from $285 per square foot to $289, the Cromford Report said, “This is not consistent with the idea that the market is crashing.”

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It also noted the four-week trend last month showed square-foot prices for listings under contract had steadily fallen.The Cromford Report also noted that the trend in successful sales rates declined to 70.4% in August – “the lowest we have seen for late August since the year

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companies like Opendoor.

“Thesequarter.homes are empty and racking up expenses,” it continued, adding their inventory “has to be driven lower.”

“Mind2010.”you, in 2010 the reading was a dismal 58.1%, thanks to all the short sales and pre-foreclosures crowding the market at the time,” it said, but added: “Any new sellers need to be realistic: 30% of listings fail to sell these days. At the end of March, the percentage was less than 8%. Listing agents now need to focus on marketing instead of worrying about how to handle the deluge of offers in the �irst few days.”

It also saw a decline in the number of “coming soon” listings, prompting it to note, “It is no longer a matter of great excitement that your home is shortly to be listed for sale.”

One aspect of the market the Cromford Report singled out last week was the number of houses owned by iBuyer

What’s astonishing is that as recently as this past June the year-over-year average sale price of a house in the Valley was“The$66,000.gaphas dropped dramatically in less than three months,” the Cromford Report noted.

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Earlier this month, it said the average price per square foot for homes sold increased over August.

“It will be a more important sign if the short-term average stays below the long-term average for an extended time,” it said, adding:

“A week or 3 is nothing to worry about, but several months means a long-term down-trend has started. This happened between September 2007 and October 2009. It would not be good to relive those years and at this stage it looks unlikely that we will.”

est we have ever measured was a positive $79,365 in May 2021, which we can look back on as following a peak in buyer optimism. The worst we have seen was negative $62,429 in March 2009.”

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Tickets are still available for the special evening, that includes a plated dinner and dessert, cash bar, live music by Gilbert musician Guillaume Alvin Jefferson, vari ous keynote speakers – including Kyrene School District Superintendent Laura Toenjes – the Silent Auction and Live Ask (online bidding), a fund-a-need feature and a $25 wine pull.

Residents in the area can now look for ward to a re-opening of a 30-year neighborhood staple by the end of the year.

New this year is the Live Ask, an op portunity for those unable to attend the fundraiser to bid on items during the live onlineSponsors,auction.silent auction donors, wine pull donors (minimum value of $25 and up), and reserved table reservations are still accepted.

A mental wellness speaker & podcast host of ‘Learn from People who Lived It’ said giving back to the community is what keeps him returning to aid the nonprofit Kyrene Foundation.

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“And, continuing to give back to the com munity is my mission to inspire and love oneFormeranother.”morning

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Bethel SonRise to re flect a partnership with Bethel Chan dler Church in southern Chandler, the 30-year-old church.

point,” said Jenny Browne, project man ager.Steve Browning, an assistant associ ate pastor of SonRise Faith, is looking forward to seeing a long-awaited vision for the people and property realized through the renovation project. He said the project is an opportunity “to maximize the impact on the commu nity” and that “the renovation, to me, is more of a revival – one that’s been brew ing all Withalong.”themerger, the congregation is now led by the new building owners and executive pastors, Mike and Julie Gowans of Bethel Chandler.

When the church campus reopens, it

Chandler churches’ merger includes campus re-do

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Kyrene Foundation sets signature fundraiser

The emcee for the Kyrene Foundation’s Night for Kyrene is Mathew Blades of Ah watukee, a mental-wellness speaker and podcast host of “Learn from People who Lived It.” (Special to the Arizonan)

“I support the kids, families and teach ers because I know the true concept of legacy, survival and education,” the 31year old musician and composer said.

Guillaume Alvin Jefferson, a Gilbert na tive and former model, plays jazz, blues and rock and roll throughout the Valley andHeCalifornia.saidheis honored to be a lead-off musician for the 2022 Night for Kyrene entertainment line-up.

Among the musical entertainers is Guil laume Alvin Jefferson who will perform during the 6-7 p.m. reception hour.

radio host and longtime Ahwatukee resident Mathew Blades will emcee the evening as he did in the last Night for Kyrene, held in 2019.

Foundation hosts its Night for Kyrene to raise funds to help the school district’s stu dents and their families, local schools andFormerlyeducators.called The Taste of Kyrene, this 10th annual signature fundraiser is slated to be held at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa Sept. 24.

SonRise Faith’s leadership formed the partnership with Bethel Chandler last year to support the retirement of their pastoral staff and to fulfill an urgent need for building repairs and upgrades. Due to the pandemic, SonRise’s cam pus remained virtually unoccupied for two“Thereyears.was a lot of work that needed to be done from a maintenance stand

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Faith Community, a wellestablished church in Chandler’s Galveston neighborhood, has ad opted a new name as it undergoes a ma jorNowoverhaul.called

The Gowans delegated the responsi bility of project oversight to former IT professional and Ahwatukee resident Jenny“ThisBrowne.project has been a huge under taking,” Browne said.

SonRise Faith Community at Galveston and Jay streets is now called Bethel SonRise after the two Chandler congregations merged. The Galveston campus is now being renovated. The top photo shows what it looked like before the renovation project began and the bottom shows how it looks like now. (Special to the Arizonan)

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“My youngest attends Altadeña Middle School and the oldest is at Desert Vista. They’ve been in the Kyrene district their whole learning life which is pretty cool,” said Blades now the new Desert Vista hockey program head coach.

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cause I want to see people succeed, and I love to offer a hand and some hope to fam ilies who feel like life is hard.”

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The signature fundraiser will be held from 6-10 p.m. at the Arizona Grand Re sort & Spa located off 8000 Arizona Grand

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munity while helping raise funds for a meaningful organization,” she said. “The Kyrene Foundation really does make a dif ference in the lives of students, their fami lies and educators throughout the district.”

A three-year Kyrene Foundation board member, Rinker is no stranger to foun dations or fundraising as she is also vice president of enterprise development at the ASU Foundation.

She said among the speakers will be recipients of the teacher mini-grants, just one of the programs that aid Kyrene School District educators.

“The Kyrene Foundation exists due to the wonderful support of the Kyrene commu nity,” said Kyrene Foundation Board Presi dent Shirley Coomer. “We partner with local businesses, non-profit organizations, and community supporters to provide essential assistance to our students and families.”

Kyrene Foundation, in partnership with the Kyrene School District, also offers prin cipal grants, student scholarships for af ter-school enrichment and athletics, back packs and other items for students in need.

Tickets for the event are $95 and ta bles are $1,250, and there are sponsor ships available.

The Kyrene Family Resource Center, locat ed next to Kyrene de los Niños, is also a re cipient of The Kyrene Foundation’s largesse.

Parkway.Formore information on the event or sponsorship opportunities, or to purchase tickets for the 2022 Night For Kyrene see KyreneFoundation.org.Forthoseunabletoattend the Sept. 24 gala, donations to the foundation and their programs can also be made on the website.

Kyrene Foundation Board member Su zanne Rinker once again serves as Night for Kyrene chair. She chaired the 2019 fundraiser that raised more than $54,000.

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The remodel of the sanctuary is now underway with a target completion date of Sept. 25.

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He lived a full and happy life. He had a love for aviation that began at a young age a nd continued throughout his life. H e j oined the Army Air Corp at the tende r age of 17 and served five years until be ing honorably discharged in 1946 just be f ore WWII ended. He joined the USAF , a pplied as an aviation cadet and was ac cepted into their training program in 1950 He completed flight school and became a j et- fighter pilot, serving missions i n K orea and Vietnam. He completed 2 6 missions in Korea, over 100 in North Vi e tnam, and 33 more in South Vietnam

And congregants hope for a surge of new interest and excitement for the reopening by inviting local families to the forthcoming kid-friendly Harvest Fest on Oct. 29.

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Alma survived a forced crash landing due to mechanical error over Lind, Washing ton. He was able to continue his flight ca reer after recovering from a broken back and served in the USAF for 23 years. He retired as a Lt. Colonel serving his coun try over a span of 28 years.

Though the official groundbreaking began in March, the campus remodel has been divided into three phases, which are anticipated to be completed before 2023.

Phoenix’sremodel.Interior Concepts Inc. do nated $40,000 worth of flooring prod ucts and offered free installation. Since rus Technology provided thousands of dollars’ worth of labor and sold project

The first phase involves an upgrade of the multi-purpose room and was com pleted earlier this summer.

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More programs are slated for the fu ture, but “we plan to start small and grow through further outreach,” said Denise Flores, executive assistant for Bethel Church.

In the short time the remodel has been underway, “we’ve had many mira cles,” Browne said, adding that the first was the overwhelming support of the unified congregation.

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A restroom upgrade comprises the third phase and will accommodate the needs of a growing church community and those of groups that rent the mul tipurpose room for special events and the crowds those events bring.

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He said that besides meeting the practical needs of the community, they plan to host general counseling ser vices and trauma-informed “soul care” programs to address mental and emo tional health issues.

residents and church vol unteers have also put in over 400 hours of physical labor towards the renova tions, which has reduced overhead costs.Browne said that volunteers’ contri butions of time and energy comes with the expected limitations of qualified skills and general availability.

The room will also be rentable for community events, parties, conferenc es and programs that need an afford able meeting space.

will offer weekend and mid-week ser vices and specialized small group gath erings. The ministry staff plans to of fer regular after-school events geared towards teens, onsite career planning services, and re-opening of the food pantry for those in need.

The remodeled 1,800-square-foot space allowed for the immediate occu pation of the Bricks4Kidz elementary STEM summer program.

Browne said that because of the lim ited labor force, sometimes it feels more like “we are hoping for a Christmas mir acle.” The sanctuary remodel will fea ture a technology upgrade that includes a sound and lighting system to make services (both live and online) more at tractive to the modern audience.

“We are still looking for donors and volunteers,” she said, hoping to invite more to help with this legacy project.

We have articles that will help guide you through the process.

Alma married his first love Lorna, who w as his wife of 57 years. During his ca reer, they raised a large family of 9 chil d ren. Alma and Lorna ran a Stretch & Sew fabric store in Peoria, Arizona for 7 years. After Lorna passed, he married hi s second love Phyllis, his wife of 12 years He loved all his family. He taught his chil dren to love one another and to love their m other, our Heavenly Father and Jesu s Christ (whom he considered his hero). As a father, his teachings of unconditiona l love were one of his greatest gifts. Alma’s many descendants remember him as a lov ing father, grandfather, an ardent patriot , and a man of deep faith and love.

Alma passed away in the company o f his family, in Mesa, Arizona on Septem b er 8, 2022, at the age of 96. Alma wa s born a US Citizen in Colonia Dublan, Chi huahua, Mexico. His parents, Angus and Gertrude Skousen, farmed in Mexico un t il they moved as a family to the United S tates when Alma was 15 years old.

This work is expected to be complet edBrownemid-November.stillhopes to form new rela tionships with more general contrac tors and subcontractors to assist with project completion.

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In addition to the church-specific uses, Bethel SonRise’s tenant, Head Start Preschool, will tackle a portion of the upgrades to the classrooms and children’s restrooms it uses during the week with the help of a recent grant.

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Paul Neerings of Gilbert’s Victory Electric offered discounted labor and oversight.Browne said the companies that have been so generous “see the bigger pic ture.”

To date, Associated Architects in Mesa donated $22,000 towards the project, and their architects and engi neers committed 185 pro-bono hours to design and draft the master plan and restroom

He is survived by his wife Phyllis, hi s c hildren, 43 grandchildren, 69 grea t grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchil dren. We love you Dad, God speed. Ser vices were held on September 17, 2022

materials to Bethel “at cost.”

“With two churches merging, we’re celebrating the combination of eth nically and generationally diverse groups.”Since last November, combined church members raised over $250,000 towards the campaign for the renova tion.Galveston

Browning said there will eventually be enough programming available to meet the needs of the whole-person.

Beyond the volunteer workforce, she said recent contributions from corpora tions have surprised the organization.

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Bryan said company officials wanted to move out of two buildings they were using for their corporate headquarters in Tempe into one building. They chose Chandler for a variety of

Dogtopia also offers boarding and a

Michael and Susan Perlman recently opened Dogtopia of South Chandler. (David Minton/ Staff Photographer)

Then, just after they were sure their employee did not have COVID, they had to shut down for a second time by or

The business is thriving now, but did not start out that way. The Perlmans opened just before Labor Day 2019.

Tech giant Insight settling into new Chandler digs Dogtopia of South Chandler marks 3rd birthday

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“We bought the building in 2019, we struck a deal to sell our existing build ings in Tempe and live there for a year, but before we were going to move CO VID intervened and kind of threw every thing into the air,” Bryan said.

he tail on each dog that walked into Dogtopia of South Chandler was wagging. Owners Michael and Susan Perlman greeted each animal by name – which can’t be easy since they care for about 100 different dogs in a given“Weweek.really do want to be an extension of the family,” Susan said.

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The Perlmans plan to celebrate their third anniversary since opening their business at the corner of Arizona Av enue and Chandler Heights on Sept. 17. They will be giving tours and giving away movie tickets and other prizes.

“We were not quite catching a head of steam in February,” Susan said. And then March 2020 arrived and the world changed because of the COVID-19 pan demic.ThePerlmans had to shut down for 10 days in early March because one of their employees may have been exposed to the coronavirus. There was little testing being done at the time and little infor mation on how to contain the spread.

“We were going to have very dense of fice cubes. However, we made a decision that we’re going to go back and we’re go ing to actually do six feet of separation because you never know when another pandemic will hit.”

spa, though Michael said they are first and foremost a day care business, which takes up about 80% of their time.

lynis Bryan, the chief financial of ficer for tech giant Insight, was not a fan of working from home before the“I’mpandemic.goingto tell you another secret,” Bryan said. “I wanted all my teammates in the office before the pandemic hit. In sight had a flexible work policy that says whatever your managers determine is what you can exercise in terms of flex ibility in working in the office or work ing“Andremotely.Itold my teammates that this manager chooses to have you in the of ficeAndpre-pandemic.”thenthepandemic happened in 2020 and changed everything, includ ing the plans for Insight’s new world headquarters off Gilbert Road, between

The main lobby atrium of Insight’s new headquarters in Chandler offers visitors a sparkling introduction to the company. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

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Because of limited space, guests are asked to RSVP by calling the day care at 4901 S. Arizona Ave. at 480-447-0655.

Germann and Queen Creek in Chandler. The company completed its move from Tempe this summer.

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A marketing brochure for the property showed six lots ranging in size from 35,381 square feet to 98,160 square feet with the potential for buildings ranging in height between 28 feet and 30 feet.

Units come with amenities such as prewired internet and TV access, plumbing, insulated walls and ceilings, RV outlets, electric garage doors, community restrooms and access to clubhouses.

The father-and-son team behind Toy Barn, Paul and Jason Wesley, have expanded its business since opening its first location in 2010 at Cave Creek and Peak View roads. Originally from Ohio, the two were residential land subdividers before they became involved in the luxury garage business in 2008.

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It’s a community for vehicle enthusiasts, Jason Wesley said in an interview

Jason said there were luxury garages in the East Valley when they started their business, but nothing in North Scottsdale.“Wewere really trying to accommodate people who lived in the North Scottsdale communities who didn’t have any additional storage options. It’s realestate ownership, so it’s an investment

Scottsdale developer of luxury storage units for pricey vehicles, small planes and other big toys has bought two large lots in the Chandler Industrial Business Park for $2.75 million.Wesley Development Company paid $13.37 a square foot for approximately 4.7 acres on the southwest corner of Germann and Gilbert roads, according to Valley real estate tracker vizzda.com. The land, zoned Industrial, is home to the buyer’s Toy Barn Chandler Luxury Garage Ownership facility in an area that’s adjacent to Chandler Airport that is scheduled to open next year, according to the company’s website.

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Jason and Paul have five locations, in cluding the Chandler Airport site.

versus just paying rent on a storage fa cility,” he said.

The Toy Barns offer a luxury garage experience for those who are downsiz ing or needing space for their vehicles, family heirlooms or automobilia such as neon signs or vintage gas pumps. They are gated with 24-hour access.

The new Chandler headquarters has most of the features that tech employ ees have come to expect, including its own cafeteria, coffee bar, fitness center, private rooms for new moms to breast feed their children and a health clinic. Each work area has a common space where workers can collaborate with one another.Bryan said Insight has earned a reputa tion for being a great company to work for.

Insight changed that, making it a two-story building because it wanted to bring as many people together as it could instead of keeping them apart.

vet much easier. I’m blown away every day what we hear from our pet parents about how their dogs are easier to train after coming here.”

“Some of the retired guys who don’t golf, that’s where they spend all their time. That’s what they do. They tinker in the garage,” Jason said.

handle the workload.

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She also said Chandler has the edu cated workforce her company needs to fill its jobs.

“A lot of them have been around 10 years. They have double-lot equity. They get the tax benefits that come with realestateBecauseownership.”businesses like this were few, they had to figure it out on their own.

The two men have their own “toys” that they enjoy in their spare time. Paul owns vintage Indian motorcycles, and Jason is an aviation enthusiast with a CirrusJasonplane.said he’s also interested in Porsches, and his father enjoys ’60s-era Corvettes.Oneofthe biggest perks of owning a luxury garage business is occasionally clients allow the team to try out vehicles.

Susan said a recent study found dogs in day care averaged about 30,000 steps a day. Dogs that stay home alone get around“We’ve4,000.gotdogs that have been with us for all three years, and we are so deeply grateful,” Susan said. “So we’re doing raf fle prizes all week. So were just trying to do stuff to say thank you to the custom ers that we do have.”

reasons, including ease for their workers to get here and because many tech companies they work with have offices in Chandler.

“We are on a journey to become a lead ing solutions integrator, not systems in tegrator, but solutions integrator,” Bryan said. “When we talk about being a lead ing solutions integrator that is marrying the product base, that we have hardware and software products, across the spec trum of all hardware and all software, with services that we wrap around to actually create solutions for our clients.”

Not deterred, he decided to go ahead with that business and in the first eight years he earned $1 billion. Insight has changed its business model a few times from those early days.

Dogtopia was the first they looked at, but they continued looking. Finally, they decided they liked the support Dogtopia gives to its franchise owners and decid ed to make the switch.

He said building a garage can be ex pensive, and many communities have CC&R regulations prohibiting additions.

The Perlmans had others jobs, but de cided they wanted to work together and were looking for a franchise opportunity.

Now, they said they are preparing to open a second location in Northwest Gil bert next year.

der of Gov. Doug Ducey. They reopened a few months later, but shut down for a third time after a new wave of COVID in fections spread around the country that summer.Some of the changes the Perlmans made because of the pandemic have stuck.They added a drive line, where cus tomers drop off their dogs right in front of the store and an employee walks them inside. They also do more cleaning. One other change was to streamline the spa experience, offering it only on Mondays and Thursdays. An additional employee is brought in on those days to

Jason said there has been little turn over in units, and some owners have spaces in different facilities.

“Dogs need, crave and have to have socialization, they need that exercise, and they need the consistency,” Michael said. “So it is all about the dogs to us and the dog experience, which ultimately impacts mom, dad, because the dogs gain more confidence, they can go to the

Most of Insight’s customers are For tune 500 companies. The company op erates in 20 countries around the world and employs about 12,000 people glob

Susan said every dog receives a health check before they can enter one of three play areas. An employee checks the ears, the gums and the body looking for any problems.“We’ve noticed things on dogs the owners didn’t realize were there,” Susan said. “One little poodle that comes to play, she had something in between her toes. Mom took her [to a vet] and it was a malignant cyst. She was fine, it was caught early.”

ery country in which we exist. It’s really a tribute to the culture that we’ve cre ated here at Insight, through the values that we have, our purpose statement and the fact that we live those values ev eryBryanday.” said the company wants to be come part of Chandler. Officials plan on hosting community events, suggesting the Chamber of Commerce might be in terested in hosting something in its 300seat Crown Room.

Brothers Eric and Tim Crown started Insight in their Tempe garage in 1988. Eric had written a business plan for an assignment at Arizona State University’s business school. He received a C-.

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ally. In Arizona, they employ 1,600. The Chandler office is home base for 1,100 of those employees.

“We’re going to maybe open up the fa cility to some Chandler-type functions,” Bryan said. “We just want to everything’s not quite perfect yet.”

Adjacent clubhouses come with ame nities such as high-end finishes, plush seating, flat-screen TVs, full kitchens and bathrooms.Jasonsaid he and his father wanted to create not just storage facilities but close-knit communities.

“One of the things that we’re really proud of is the fact that at Insight, we have won a series of awards for the culture that we have here,” Bryan said. “We’re best places to work in almost ev

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The cost of day care ranges from $48 for a single day pass to $140 for unlim ited play during the week. There are also discounted rates for two- and three-play sessions a week.

“It’s extremely niche,” Jason said. “There was no roadmap for getting into the ga rage/condominium business when we did.”Their time in the luxury garage busi ness has been a learning process. They have continued to adapt, especially with delays in new constructions during the pandemic.“Wehave learned quite a bit about the

“It’s really a big thank you that we’ve had the most loyal, phenomenal custom ers,” Michael said. “And we want to thank them and recognize this achievement.”

“It’s always nice when they say, ‘Just take the Porsche for the day,’” Jason said.

construction process, the challenges as sociated with it, how to manage those challenges, managing schedules and people’s expectations, what works and doesn’t work,” Jason said. “We try to in corporate the lessons learned from ev ery community into the new one.”

“I think what separates us from a regu lar storage facility or an industrial park is the fact that we are trying to cultivate a community of like-minded individuals. The facility functions more like a private club than it does a warehouse,” Jason said.Unit owners can customize the units with touches such as Epoxy flooring and half baths. They are expected to adhere to CC&R guidelines, such as not operat ing businesses out of their units. Many of the unit owners spend time at the fa cilities, working on their own vehicles or getting time to themselves.

The building the company moved into was originally designed to be three stories.

But that will have to wait until they fin ish upgrading the building.

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Note that the Energy Policy Act of 2005

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allows one to take excess solar tax benefits generated in 2022 back one year and forward 20 years. The IRA seems to increase the carryback to 3 years and the carryforward to 22 years.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 introduced the 30% solar tax credit for residential or business solar installations. In 2020, 2021, and 2022, this dropped to a

The first is allowing Medicare to negotiate prices with drugmakers and limit out-of-pocket expenses to seniors on Medicare to $2,000 per year.

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The credit will expire after 2034. For any solar projects done in 2022, even if started before the IRA was signed into law on Aug. 16, the solar tax credit is 30%.

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Nelson: Kyrene fosters school choice, meets needs

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When my husband and I relocated to Ar izona, we quickly learned that Arizona had many options for education; our zoned public school, a different school within the same district, schools outside the district, charter schools, and private schools.

in our Kyrene community. My children are thriving in Kyrene, and I want to help ensure that every child in Kyrene receives a quality education.

able and would spend many hours research ing schools in order to make the best choice.

Walsh: I promise to address Kyrene’s challenges

the past several years, there has been a lot of talk about school choice. This term has become a light ning rod and a main point of contention among public school advocates and indi viduals who enroll their children in pri vate schools.

Kyrene has delivered excellent educa tion outcomes for generations of stu dents. Truly, Kyrene has earned the right to call itself strong.

Five years later, our youngest child was ready to enter school – and it was a much different story.

see NELSON page 49 see WALSH page 49

We were overwhelmed by the options avail

It was then that I did a deeper dive into the Individuals with Disabilities Educa tion Act (IDEA) and connected with Rais ing Special Kids to learn more about navi gating the education system when you have a child with an identified disability. What I learned was that our experience

Strong” is a motto often re peated in our com munity. Kyrene is not strong simply because we say it is. Our strength comes from the involvement of our community, the commitment of our teachers and staff, and the leadership of ourI’mBoard.running for re-election to the Kyrene Governing Board because it’s so important to keep strong public schools

It’s essential that we retain the best

We were happy with the small Kyrene school in our new neighborhood but we also toured charter and private schools and were surprised when most of them outright discouraged us from applying be cause of our child’s additional needs.

2 Kyrene Board candidates write about the issues

BY TRINÉ NELSON Guest Writer

While serving as President, I was thrilled to join my fellow Board mem bers in increasing staff pay by $10.5 mil lion in recent months. Kyrene spends its money wisely, and the Arizona Auditor General has consistently recognized Kyrene for being among the best at keeping dollars in the classroom.

and brightest teachers in the classroom. Competitive salaries are key.

Kyrene faces daunting challenges. The disruption caused by the pandemic still lingers. We know academic growth stalled for many students last year, and we need targeted resources in the class room that provide individualized aca demicArizonasupport.isalso seeing a mass exodus of teachers leaving the profession due to inadequate pay and antagonism from our legislature. Kyrene is feeling the impact. Arizona has tried to address the teacher exodus by lowering teaching standards, but that solution isn’t best for students.

As a public-school advocate, and as someone running for Kyrene School Board, I am frequently asked if I support

This is the first of the columns by the other two hopefuls.

BY KEVIN WALSH Guest

But, that right is not guaranteed with out effective leadership. As an exist ing Board member who has served as President for the last two years, I have the experience and proven leadership to ensure that Kyrene continues to deliver excellence.

The election is Nov. 8 and the last day to register to vote is Oct. 11. The last day to request an early ballot is Oct. 28. For information on register ing or requesting an early ballot: lotReady.corder.maricopa.gov/Elections/BeBalre

We fell in love with our school commu nity and watched him thrive. This would not have been possible without the edu cational climate that Arizona fosters.

All three candidates vying for two seats on the Kyrene School District Governing Board were invited to write two columns on a topic of their choice during the cam paign. One candidate elected not to submit one.

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The education marketplace in Arizona continues to be one of the most competi tive in the nation, and school districts

The short answer is yes; but, like many things, it’s a little more nuanced than that.

When our oldest began pre-school, we chose to send him to the neighborhood school. For kindergarten, we chose to enroll him in the Kyrene District despite living outside of the boundaries.

They also will be available, along with the candidates’ responses to our questionnaire, at ahwatukee.com.

Growing up in Utah, everyone attend ed the public school zoned for their ad dress. It was rare that boundary excep tions were requested and even rarer that they were granted.

school choice.

The stakes are high, and the Kyrene Strong motto continues to be tested. Now more than ever, capable and experienced leadership is needed on the Board.

As a counselor who specializes in teen mental health issues like anxiety and depression, I encourage parents to keep tabs on their child’s phone and social media accounts.

I support parents in choosing the best

worry about predators, online games trying to get them to upgrade and unintentionally spend money and also pornography websites doing everything they can to bait children into seeing things their brains aren’t ready to process.

throughout Arizona have learned the hard way that families dissatisfied with the education that their children receive in their neighborhood schools will go elsewhere.

I’m an involved parent and an active community member with strong ties to our schools, and you can count on me to keep serving Kyrene with integrity and respect.

Michael Klinkner is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy and neurolinguistic programming and is part of Evolve Counseling and Behavioral Health Services in Central Phoenix and Gilbert. Information: evolvecounselingaz.com/ or info@evolvecounselingAZ.com.

Here are four practical things you can do to better monitor your child’s social media:Friend your kids. One of the biggest things to do when your child creates a new social media account is to “friend” them. You won’t be able to see any private messages, but you will be able to see what they are posting and what their friends are sending to them.

Kyrene is entrusted with teaching our next generation, and it’s a duty that I take very seriously. I will be unwavering in supporting our Kyrene schools, and I’ll always put students first with every decision.

across the country struggle with whether or not they should monitor their child’s social media accounts.

For many of us with neurodivergent kids, it’s the only choice we have.

having hard conversations, if needed.

BY MICHAEL KLINKNER Guest

education model for their children but believe that, in the majority of cases, public dollars need to stay with public schools to support them in their legal mandate to support and educate the over 90% of Arizona children who attend public school.

If re-elected to the Board, I promise to al-

ways address the challenges facing Kyrene by collaboratively implementing the most effective solutions that best serve students.

PWriterarents

I have a record of getting work done to meet goals efficiently. As a proven

Parents can monitor their teens’ social media

formed strategies that promote equitable practices for all students. Every student should have the opportunity to succeed.

Ultimately, we chose the same small Kyrene school that his sibling was attending. As parents, we made a choice that our children would attend Kyrene schools and have found both of their dif-

wasn’t unusual. Many families discover that if their child is neurodivergent, the school choice options suddenly shrink.

er and each of their social media accounts.Itdoesn’t have to be a nightly check, unless your child has done things on the internet that are dangerous, but make a habit of checking where they have been on the world wide web. Monitoring your child’s social media use is a daunting task at first, but the peace of mind you will gain is worth the effort. Being an involved parent is not an easy task so give yourself grace and trust your gut.

Kyrene must always prioritize students. If re-elected, I will work with Kyrene leadership to develop data-in-

“Should I say something about what they post?” “How often do I need to check my child’s social media?”

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Kyrene School District fosters school choice while serving all children. Kyrene offers several specialty programs from dual language at Norte to The Spark program at Manitas, all while fulfilling their legal mandate to provide services for all students.

leader, I am balanced and pragmatic. As a current Board member, I know that It’s essential to serve without ego and listen to all voices in the community.

When you friend your child, it gives you a brief look into the lives they live while they are away from you.

Questions I often hear from parents are things like: “Is it fair to read through my child’s private accounts?”

lines of communication open. Monitoring your child’s social media is not just about what they posted online, but who is contacting them and what they are saying to – and about - your kid.

Monitor your child’s history. Take time to look at your child’s web brows-

Our children are easily influenced. I

Link their accounts to yours. Linking accounts means you will have access to the same information as your child. It also provides an easy way to start

tified for 504 services and IEPs increasing, the need for proper funding becomes critical to fulfilling their mandate.

While I understand there are some privacy issues, for me the positives greatly outweigh the negatives.

There are a lot of free apps that can track things like key-strokes and the minutes your child spends on specific apps, too. They can even shut the phone down if needed. Do a little research and determine what works best for your family.Keep

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Your child, their friends and even strangers are going to post questionable things online. In these circumstances, don’t brush it under the rug. Have your child tell you what they thought about the post. Ask what they would do differently. Talk about the worst things they have seen online.

fering needs met.

Public schools, however, are mandated to provide education for children in the community and to accommodate their various needs. With the number of students iden-

He was one of 78 players selected and one of four from Arizona – Millen nium senior Isabelle Junio, Dream City Christian senior golfer Jack Layman and Xavier junior Lena Durette were also se lected.Asspecial of an opportunity it is, Dave wants his son to not look ahead. He wants him to enjoy the moment, enjoy the spotlight. Scores won’t matter to him or the rest of his family.

Hamilton

“Now, I feel more comfortable in my own skin.”

wanted both Caden and his older broth er, Mac, to be involved.

He’s open about his mental health struggles, that’s one of the reasons he chooses not to wear long sleeves to cov er his arms. The team has been there as a support system when needed. When Caden was at his lowest point, he con fided in First Tee coaches and Kanner.

He did. Even if it was at a critical time.

BY ZACH ALVIRA Arizonan Sports Editor

“I’m proud of him.”

Caden quickly became one of the top golfers in the state. And now, he has something to truly show for it with a state championship with the Huskies and playing on national television along side a professional. There’s a long list of names Caden hopes to play with, includ ing Kirk Triplett, Freddie Couples and Miguel Angel Jimenez.

“I’m excited for Caden,” Dave said. “I would just like to see him enjoy the ex perience, not let the pressure get to him and enjoy it.

“I was feeling very alone and dissatis fied with my life and with golf,” Caden said. “After it happened, I thought there was a missing link in the chain some where. There’s some sort of problem. It almost felt like I had to talk about it.

When Caden returns in a week, he will dive right back into the high school sea son with the Huskies, who once again figure to be the favorite to win a team title in Division I this season.

He’ll find out who he is paired with on Tuesday night, just before the start of the“Kirkevent.Triplett’s son went to Brophy, Freddie Couples … his golf swing is iconic when you think of vintage golf swings,” Caden said. “Miguel is just, like, he’s a personality like me. I think we would have a good time.”

Caden is the next in a long line of Ham ilton players to excel on the golf course. The team as a whole has won several state titles under coach Steve Kanner, and many have gone on to play in college and beyond. Kanner referred to Caden as one of the team’s many “stars.”

“It really means a lot,” Caden said. “Within the past few months, I went through a lot of struggles. So, it really means a lot to me to say that I will have at least done this. I had fallen out of love

Now, as he is just days away from beginning the event on Sept. 20, he is proud of how far he has come.

It gave him purpose. It gave him drive. He began spending three to four days at a time at Lone Tree Golf Club in Chan dler, where he now works and practices with the Hamilton golf team. It helped him fight through the emotions he was feeling just months prior when he was at his lowest point.

Caden’s teammates don’t walk circles around him and what he went through at the start of the summer. He doesn’t want them to.

He drove to a secluded area in the East Valley and tried to cut the two main ar teries in either leg. He then phoned his best friend, John, for help, who told him to notify his parents. Sometime later, Caden was in the hospital and officially began a road to recovery.

Caden’s selection to the event was based off of his personal golf resume, which included history with the game, his community service hours and his own personal growth and development. He described it as “selling himself” to the selection committee.

For now, Caden is living in the moment of all he has accomplished as a 16-yearold high school student. And he hopes to set an example for others battling men tal health issues that it’s ok to seek help.

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About a year after joining, Caden be gan to take golf seriously. He went from practicing at a leisurely pace to several days a week to better prepare himself for competition. It paid off.

As long as Caden is having a good time, that’s all that matters to them.

Whether Caden continues with golf af ter high school still remains to be seen, according to Dave. But that doesn’t mat ter to them.

It was still a struggle. But he finally began to see a future in July when his father, Dave, notified him one morning that he was selected to play this week in the 2022 PURE Insurance Champion ship, a PGA Tour event taking place at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course and airing live on the Golf Channel.

“I’m proud of Caden and I think a lot of it is due to the support from his fam ily and his internal desire,” Kanner said. “I’m glad to see he has come a long way. I was surprised and saddened he was ex periencing that. I’m glad he was able to get the help he needed and to me, that takes courage.”

Caden was selected for the event through the First Tee program, a life skills development program that teaches kids character through the game of golf. He started with the program when he was 8 years old. Dave recognized some of the building blocks and character pillars involved with the program and

“I didn’t want to be just another statis tic,” Caden said. “Being able to say that I’ve been in that place and that I can use my story as sort of a platform to say things can get better, it’s something that feels like a blessing.”

with golf for a long time because of the state I was in. This reinvigorated me.”

Caden Clark used golf as outlet for mental health struggle

junior Caden Clark was at his lowest point on May 9.

Hamilton junior Caden Clark’s battle with mental health led him down a dark path that involved a suicide attempt on May 9. He sought help and has since thrived using golf as an outlet. It has led to the opportunity of a lifetime, as he will be playing alongside a professional partner at the 2022 PURE Life Insurance Championship beginning Sept. 20. (Dave Minton/Arizonan Staff)

To see how far he has come is special.

For some time, he had selfharmed. The marks are still visible on his arms. But on that day, he hit an alltime low.

Some of them are tempting.

for us, it was very important for the Hispanic market to be the ones that we would target.

Providing the soundtrack are Ozomatli and Everclear, with other featured en tertainment to include luche libre wres tling, hot chili pepper and taco-eating competitions, mariachi, a mechanical taco ride, margarita and michelada mas ter tent and little amigos play area.

The concept is basically to become the In-n-Out Burger of tacos.

So they keep the menu simple. There are only four choices of meat for tacos: Al pastor (pork); carne asada (beef); birria (beef) and pollo (chicken). Fernando, the operations manager, said the top seller on the menu is the quesabirrias.

Tacos, wrestling and music return to Chandler park

“I think that competition makes business es better,” Gabe said. “In my opinion, I would like to be, hopefully, some sort of motivation for other restaurants to maybe step up their game, if they’re not there already.

“We’re fired up,” says Mike O’Donnell, director of partnerships for Forty8 Live!, the event’s producer.

Rockin’ Taco Street Fest

tened to our fans, and they wanted more shade. It’s still an end-of-summer-be fore-fall event. We have massive shade structures being built in front of the stage and all the way back just to make sure everybody is comfortable and cool.”

“First and foremost, because for us, if we could satisfy the Hispanic market, which is really the most difficult one to satisfy, then we knew that everybody else would more likely enjoy what we offer.”

The restaurants are very much a fam ily affair.

“I don’t want to be the one that comes in and closes other restaurants. That’s not my intent. I would love to be the one that comes in and other restaurants in the area maybe use a little bit of what we’ve done here, which we believe it’s very special.”

He said if the Taqueria Factory model is a success, they might open more locations in the future. It’s not an easy accomplishment in a major city where there’s a Mexican food restaurant on nearly every corner.

Chandler’s Taqueria Factory focuses on tacos

“They’ll show the different variations of making your own micheladas and the many ways of making regular margaritas to Cadillac margaritas and everything in

Garfio, who owns eight Fruitlandia stores in the Valley, is branching out and starting a new taco restaurant, Taqueria Factory, at the corner of Arizona Avenue and Ray Road.

The Taqueria Factory in Chandler is owned and operated by the Garfio Family, includ ing, from left, - Fernando, Gabriel, Maria and Gamaliel “Gabe” Garfio. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

Gabe said the family’s Fruitlandia business is doing well after opening in 2006. In addition to the eight current lo cations, there are two more scheduled to open soon. And they are talking to peo ple interested in purchasing a franchise both in and outside of Arizona.

Despite the temptation, he turned down the purveyors.

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“We always work on different things to expand the events,” O’Donnell says.

BY KEN SAIN Managing Editor

amaliel (Gabe) Garfio said that when opening a new restaurant, owners must make some big deci sions that will decide what kind of busi ness they want to be.

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son Fernando is the operations manager. Their daughter, Briana, is in charge of marketing and social media.

“People would ask, do you guys sell ta cos, burritos and different Mexican food options? And obviously, we don’t. And we decided, now that we acquired this build ing, and we had the space, we had been thinking about coming up with a concept that would take care of those requests.”

“You got these cheesy quesadilla which you stuff with some marinated shred ded beef and dip it in its own broth,” said Gabriel, the chef. “That’s just the money

between. They’ll learn how to take those recipes and enjoy it by the pool listening to Everclear and Ozomatli afterward.”

“It’s not fresh,” he said. “And one of our goals was to satisfy the masses, right. But

They decided to open Taqueria Fac tory because customers to Fruitlandia, which is a Mexican dessert shop, kept asking for Mexican food. They saw an opportunity. The Chandler location for both restaurants are right next to each other, so customers could order lunch at Taqueria Factory and then pick up des sert at Fruitlandia.

Taco Street Fest’s organiz ers are pumped about the Down town Chandler event’s 11th itera tion on Sept. 24.

The tag line for Taqueira Factory is Tacos and Miches. That would be micheladas, which is an alcoholic drink made with beer, lime, juice and assorted sauces and spices.

drinks include fresh fruit fresca, cerveza, handcrafted margaritas and micheladas.

The margarita and michelada seminar tent will keep guests cool as well. There, celebrity bartenders will share the se crets behind their success.

A food, music and cultural celebration, Rockin’ Taco Street Fest will feature cre ative tacos from more than 20 local res taurants and food trucks. Accompanying

“When you open up a restaurant, you have choices, of how you’re going to go to market,” he said. “And believe me when I tell you, it’s very tempting when the purveyors … show you these buckets of salsa, and there’s buckets of avocado, and here’s meats that have already been sea soned and all you have to do just throw them on the grill, right? I’m not going to lie to you, it’s very tempting, because it saves you a lot of money and labor.”

Taqueria Factory

Where: Dr. A.J. Chandler Park, 178 E. Commonwealth Ave., Chandler Cost: Event admission is $25 plus fees; does not include food and drink Info: forty8live.com/rockintacoaz

With a quarter century of experience in the restaurant industry, Garfio decid ed he wanted his new venture to make its food from scratch.

“We wanted to keep some of the sta ples like lucha libre wrestling. The wres tling is always a hit with families. We lis

When: Noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24

maker right now.”

Rockin’

Gabe co-owns both Fruitlandia and Taqueria Factory with his wife, Maria. His son Gabriel is the chef and his other

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“They only sell one thing, right?” Gabe said.

More than two months in and Garfio said his new venture appears to be a success, with a number of repeat cus tomers in the Hispanic community.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 3rd day of May, 2022, an order was granted by the Superior Court of Ari z ona in Maricopa County, bearing case numbe r CV2022091867000, seeking to change the name of minor child from Sutton Marie Kimball to Sutton Marie Trembly The Court has fixed Friday, October 7, 2022 at 2:50 p.m., via Microsoft Teams meeting (Dial In: +1 917-781-4590, ac cess code: 674991104) as the date for hearing of the Peti tion. All persons interested in the proposed change of name may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the pray er of the Petitioner should not be granted. Published: Eas t Valley Tribune, Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 2022 / 49071

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL In the Matter of the Estate of: GARY ALAN MATYAS, An Adult, Deceased.1. Allison Diane Schafer was appointed Personal Representative of this Estate on August 8, 2022. 2. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the ﬁrst publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. 3. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Rep-resentative, c/o Dawn M. Trott-Keller, Indigo Law PLLC, 23219 151st Pl SE, Monroe, WA 98272.

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Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Items sold “as is”, CASH ONLY, and Buyer must pay a security deposit and broom sweep/clean the unit. Go to www.storagetreasures.com to bid on unit(s).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the Arizona Self-Service Storage Act, Arizona Statutes 33-1704, Section H, Enforcement of Lien. The Undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on or after September 23, 2022 at 9:00am using an online auctio n at www.storagetreasures.com, said property has been stored and located at US60 Self Storage, 1661 S Alma School Rd, Ste 105, Mesa, AZ 85210. Property to be sold as follows: Misc. household goods, personal items, furniture, clothing, toys and/or business fixtures and items belonging to the Tenantfollowing:NameUnit #

Chris Guadnola 646 Mathew Powlowsky 649 Heber Lozano 302 Dantreel Pate 140

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Published: East Valley Tribune, Sept 11, 18, 2022 / 48779

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA Case No.: PB2022-003842

4. A copy of the Notice of Appointment is at-tached to the copies of this document mailed to all known cred-itors. DATED this 13th day of September 2022. __________ Dawn M. Trott-Keller, #037505 Attorney for Petitioner. Pub-lished: East Valley Tribune/Gilbert Sun News Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 2022 / 49159

It SecondsTakesOnly to Drown. Always watch your child around water.

A Dramatic New Gated Community Vintage Collection From the high $600’s • 480-641-1800

B PALMA BRISA– In Ahwatukee Foothills NOW SELLING

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Luxury estate homes and timeless architecture • From the low $1,000,000’s • 480-895-6300

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56 THE CHANDLER ARIZONAN | WWW.CHANDLERNEWS.COM | SEPTEMBER 18, 2022CLASSIFIEDS H E G F B GERMANN BELL RD. ST.56TH C A D Arizona’s Resort-Style Home Builder MASTER PLANNED CELEBRATED COMMUNITIES BY BLANDFORD HOMES Award-winning Arizona builder for over 40 years. BlandfordHomes.com Not all photos shown are representative of all communities. Terms and conditions subject to change without notice.

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G ESTATES AT MANDARIN GROVE – In the Citrus Groves of NE Mesa CLOSEOUT

E RESERVE AT RED ROCK – New Upscale Resort Community in the Foothills of Northeast Mesa COMING IN 2022 Stunning views of Red Mountain • From the $600’s

H ESTATES AT HERMOSA RANCH – In the Citrus Groves of NE Mesa CLOSEOUT 12 single-level homes on extra large homesites with 5- to 6-car garages plus optional RV garages and carriage houses • From the mid $1,000,000’s • 480-750-3000

11 luxury single-level estate homes with 3- to 6-car garages plus optional RV garages and carriage houses • From the mid $1,000,000’s • 480-750-3000

D MONTELUNA – Brand New Gated Community in the Foothills of Northeast Mesa NOW SELLING McKellips Rd just east of the Red Mountain 202 Fwy • From the low $700’s

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A STRATFORD NOW SELLING

C BELMONT AT SOMERSET – Prime Gilbert Location CLOSEOUT

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