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he City of Chandler for the first time is asking voters to authorize bonds to improve its facilities. With ballots set to go out this week for the all-mail election, some may wonder: why ask for about $33.5 million to upgrade facilities now? “It happens because, believe it or not, we are now an older city,” said former Mayor Boyd Dunn, who chaired the group of citizen committees that made recommenda-

tions on projects to be funded by selling bonds. “When I moved to Chandler in the 1980s there were 35,000 people,” Dunn said. “A lot of the things that we do have now are 20 years or older. We can always build new, but we want to maintain what exists so we don’t have to go back and rebuilt it.” The money raised from selling bonds for municipal facilities will be used to construct, improve, renovate, replace and remodel buildings across the city. High on the list is the Chandler Center for the Arts, which is still using the same HVAC

system that was installed when the building opened in 1989. Other buildings on the list include recreation centers, libraries and senior centers. Many of the items planned are not sexy, most residents may not see a difference. But any homeowner will tell you they are important; They include HVAC, roofing, plumbing, electrical systems, generators and technology. “All these systems are at the end of their useful life,” said Mike Hollingsworth, the

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ne of the most polarizing issues in Tempe Union, Kyrene and most other school districts likely won’t be going away any time soon after a judge last week ruled the ban on mask mandates and a slew of other measures passed by Republican legislators unconstitutional. In a blistering opinion Sept. 27, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper voided the ban on mask and vaccine mandates along with a number of other measures Republicans had tacked onto the state budget bill with no hearings in the waning days of the session. It is unclear if Cooper’s ruling will prompt a change in the optional mask policy in Chandler Unified, which is in the middle of a twoweek break. A district spokesman did not return a request for com-

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Mason Petersen said Halloween was a genuinely scary time for him when he was a kid. Now, he's returning the favor with a nifty Halloween display. See the story on page 6. (Pablo Robles)

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Unique water plant enabling Intel’s massive expansion BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

ntel’s Sept. 24 groundbreaking ceremony for the $20 billion expansion of the Ocotillo campus in Chandler brought out all the top officials. Chandler’s mayor and most of the city council were there. So were Gov. Doug Ducey and U.S. Rep Greg Stanton’s staff. Intel CEO, Patrick Gelsinger was the star attraction. But it’s unlikely any of them would have been there until Intel overcame one key issue to doing business in the desert: Water. It takes a lot of water to run a manufacturing plant. In addition to the potable water needed for a workforce of several thousands, they also need a lot of water for their cooling towers. “This particular expansion, the additional [water] demand for its size was actually lower than other expansions,” said John Knudson, public works and utilities director for the city. “And the reason for that is because their recycling capability that they’re developing through the W.A.T.R.” W.A.T.R. (Wastewater and Treatment Recovery) is Intel’s water treatment and recycling facility and company officials say it’s truly groundbreaking. Knudson said without it, the expansion and all those thousands of jobs would likely not be coming to Chandler. This is the second such facility Intel has built in the U.S., the first being in Oregon. Intel has had a water treatment and recycling facility on the campus before. What makes W.A.T.R. different? “A typical industry like Intel will treat their water to what they call industrial pre-treatment standards and then they send that water on to the municipality where it has further treat-

ment, and then can be reused,” said Todd Brady, Intel’s director of public affairs and sustainability. “In this case, we’ve actually invested in a water reclaim system where we can treat that water to standards that we can directly reuse that water again at Intel.” So, city facilities are no longer needed to treat a lot of water. “It’s literally millions of gallons of water a day that we can reuse back here at Intel.” Intel’s W.A.T.R. facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, surpassed one billion gallons of water treated less than a year after it became operational. Brady said the Chandler facility became operational earlier this year. The expanded facilities mean Intel can treat nine million gallons of water each day that it can then reuse. “Intel is taking extraordinary steps to return nearly all the water it uses during construction of these plants,” Ducey said during the groundbreaking. “This is essential for Arizona’s water future, and it lays out a blueprint for conservation strategies for future construction projects.” Dominic Greensmith is overseeing construction of the two new fabs for Intel’s expansion. With construction now underway, he said they expect production of semiconductors to start in 2024. “It’s a tight deadline, but we’ve done this a number of times,” Greensmith said. He said he plans to hire between 3,000-5,000 construction workers. Greensmith said they should be able to make the deadline despite a nationwide slowdown in construction because of a lack of supplies and workers. “We planned for that,” he said. Chandler’s Knudson said the

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Building and operating a fab plant is a complicated process and Intel laid out some of the steps involved in this graphic. (Courtesy of Intel)

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Intel employees Steve Rossow, left, and Mara Howell inspect the company’s water recycling facility at its Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro, Oregon. (Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation)

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city and Intel have been talking for years to try and overcome problems as the company’s facility grew, and finding a solution for its water needs was one of the biggest issues they faced. “As opposed to paying us to go out and find more water, which often is unavailable, they chose the correct path, which was to recycle water and return it back to the facility, reducing their overall need.”

Intel’s Brady said it is just one step the company is taking to deal with water. Others include encouraging farmers to switch from flood to drip irrigation, repairing old irrigation systems and urging farmers to switch to plants that require less water. “We’re investing outside the company to help others use less water and put more water back into things like the Colorado River and other watersheds,” Brady said.

city’s facilities and fleet manager. “It’s kind of a common theme throughout the whole city, in that we have aging facilities with building systems at the end of their useful life.” As is the case with the other four city bond proposals, no one wrote a statement for the voter guide opposing bonds for these projects. Backers of the bond authorization say it will not increase property taxes. They can do that because the city has had 14 years to pay off previous bonds so the tax rate will remain the same. In addition to the request for $33.5 million for facilities, the city is asking voters to authorize selling bonds for these four areas: • Nearly $73 million to purchase land for new parks and recreation facilities and improving existing parks and facilities. • More than $25 million to construct, improve and renovate stations and other fire-related facilities. Some money would also go to purchasing fire and other public safety vehicles. • More than $55 million to build the city’s own crime lab, remodel police

stations and purchase large emergency-response vehicles • The biggest request, $85.8 million, would cover improving existing roads and landscaping, adding bike lanes, installing underground utility lines and upgrading traffic signal systems. The city will probably not be picking up the entire bill for improving the Chandler Center for the Arts, which is co-owned by the city and Chandler Unified. Michelle MacLennan, the center’s general manager, considers it kind of remarkable how well the building is holding up, considering the use it gets. “The use of this facility, and all facilities, has just grown exponentially,” she said. “Generally, there’s six or seven events in here a day. The use for the school district has grown, just like the district has grown. It’s always in use.” MacLennan said talks between the city and school district are underway on how to pay for the needed projects. No firm commitments have been made, but she said the district has paid for about half of the costs of past improvements.

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Developer Michael Pollack said the abandoned Fry's market, left, on the northeast corner of Warner and Alma School roads should be leveled for some kind of housing. Across Warner from that site, the GReat Hearts Academy, right, now sits where another grocery store once existed. (Pablo Robles)

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ichael Pollack owns a large number of retail centers in the city, many of which bear his name. He has some ideas on what the city needs to do with the Alma School and Warner roads intersection – specifically,

the former Fry’s grocery store on the northeast corner. “There’s only one answer,” Pollack said last week. “There’s nobody stupid enough to put a grocery store next to Walmart. That part of the center needs to come down.” Fry’s took over that location when

Kroger bought Smith’s in 2004 even though it has a successful location a mile away at Alma School and Elliot roads. At one time the Alma-Warner road intersection had a third supermarket, Smitty’s, across Warner from the Frys and Walmart. “We need more shoppers, not more

shops,” Pollack said. Chandler is moving in that direction, says Micah Miranda, the city’s economic development director. “The 101 dramatically shifted transportation in Chandler,” Miranda said, pointing out retailers want to be on ma-

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Zombies make their way to equestrian center BY MALLORY GLEICH Arizonan Contributor

emember back when the pandemic first hit Arizona, and some were convinced that this catastrophic event could result in, well, zombies? Well, while that hasn’t happened, October is the perfect month to pretend that zombies are real and you can find them at the KOLI Equestrian Center, 6940 W. Broken Ear Road, Chandler. KOLI provides year-round horseback riding for anyone looking to enjoy beautiful views. But on weekends between Oct. 8 and Nov. 7, the scenery takes a turn for the worse as a zombie outbreak occurs at various times Fridays through Sundays. And because the point of finding zombies is to get rid of them, KOLI is holding “The Hunt: Arizona Zombie Assault.” Organizers of the hunt have provided the back story “There was a viral outbreak in 2019. A rare virus spread across the country. This virus has been

Zombies were hired several months in advance of the coming zombie hunt at KOLI Equestrian Center in Chandler. (Special to the Arizonan) reawakening dead people into zombies after their vaccine wore off. “This reaction was unknown to the masses and needs to be stopped. We need you to help us conduct a hunt of these infected zombies before they reinfect the population. Send these zom-

bies back to the grave!” Guests board a military-style vehicle (also known as a zombie assault vehicle) and head to a double-decker trailer. The first station is where they receive ammo, which comes in the form of paintballs. After a mission briefing, guests head out

into the desert in search of the undead. Arizona Zombie Assault was once known as Zombie Warz and was the brainchild of Utah-based Wayne Park. Park had the idea for a zombie hunt back in 2015 and decided that the desert landscape of our state would be better suited than his home. He headed to Wild Horse Pass and eventually Maricopa Wells, where the

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Chandler man transforms a childhood fear of Halloween BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

ason Petersen said Halloween terrified him as a child. It wasn’t just the ghost stories and haunted mansions. Petersen is autistic and the flashing lights and loud noises led to some sensory overload. Now, he’s the one dishing out the scares. Petersen has built a display themed Ghoulish Graveyard and Cursed Catacombs for this Halloween at his West Chandler home. “It’s fun just to share it with the neighbors and the people in the area,” Petersen said. His display, at 6321 W. Post Road, will be set up through the month for Halloween. It’s best seen at night, when he has all the displays are out and the nearly half dozen animatronics are turned on. Petersen is accepting donations from visitors with the money going to Arizona Autism United. He said he’s been setting up a Halloween display every year since his family moved to Chandler in 2009. Their display got a big boost a decade later.

Mason Petersen's display can be seen 6- 9 p.m., Fridays through Sundays through October Where: 6321 W. Post Road, Chandler Cost: Free, donations go to Arizona Autism United. (Pablo Robles)

Petersen said a woman named Kerry was driving past their house in 2019 and saw his display October. “A lady came by, and donated her husband’s stuff that he had before he passed because he was also passionate for Halloween,” Petersen said. “I was pretty shocked by the kind gesture.” The donation quadrupled the size of

his display overnight. Petersen said the key to getting over his fear of Halloween as a child came after some family members took him to a haunted house. “That kind of took away the fear,” Petersen said, adding that what also helped was he started working at Spirit Halloween, working directly with skel-

etons, witches and tombstones. “Working with all the scary stuff took away the fear,” he said. Petersen says it usually takes him twoto-three weeks to set up the display. He said most young children enjoy it and he’s never seen one freak out by it. There are lights and music, but Petersen said he created the display so that it would not be sensory overload for people on the spectrum. “It doesn’t matter if you’re autistic or not, I just think no one really deserves to have to deal with loud noises all the time.” The one thing he would like to see this Halloween is more people visiting his display. He said despite having the biggest display he’s ever done last year, it did not draw a crowd because of the pandemic. “COVID wasn’t even a year old yet, … there was probably some fear around it, like most people weren’t comfortable,” Petersen said. “But like now the comfort is coming back. So we’re hoping to get more foot traffic this year.” Petersen said he’s happy with the display and eager to show it off.

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Mayor Kevin Hartke and Council appointed a large group of 49 citizens to seven different committees to make recommendations for the bond election. Nina Mullins was asked to chair the facilities committee. “They were looking for someone with a little infrastructure experience,” said Mullins, who has that experience as part of her job at Salt River Project. “The staff did a phenomenal job. They hired a consultant and made it very easy for us to see where the needs were.” Boyd said he was part of three bond authorization proposals during his 16 years on Council and he’s never seen so many citizens involved in the process before. “They did a great job,” Boyd said. “We ended up with a master list in five categories, I think some 60-some projects,

and it took seven months to do. From a citizen’s standpoint, I don’t think we could have done a better job from getting input.” Boyd says he expects all five bond proposals to pass because the city has a proven history of managing its finances well. He said the only bond election he has been part of that was close involved the airport. He said the citizens committees this time decided to leave the airport alone to allow time for more industrial projects to be built near it. Chandler voters have never considered authorizing bonds for facilities before. “I think it’s long overdue,” Hollingsworth said. “I know there are other cities in the area that have done ballot facilities for bond here recently, and Chandler is overdue. We’ve got aging facilities, aging infrastructure … it’s the sheer numbers that’s working not for us, but against us.”

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Kyrene, CUSD override ballots hit mailboxes this week BY PAUL MARYNIAK AND KEN SAIN Arizonan News Staff

egistered voters within the Kyrene or Chandler Unified school district boundaries can expect to receive a ballot later this week as both districts’ campaigns for approval of a budget override kick into high gear. And at least in Kyrene, anger by opponents of that district’s mask requirement could become a factor in the outcome of the all-mail election, although one of the co-chairs of the committee advocating passage believes that people will put aside their antagonism toward the mandate and vote for the override because of its benefits to children. “They might not agree with certain school policies, but I don’t believe they want to detrimentally impact their students’ education,” said Triné Thomas Nelson, who is co-chairing the Keep Kyrene Strong Committee with Ivan Alfaro. The mask controversy likely won’t have much impact in Chandler Unified,

During a June Kyrene Governing Board meeting, administration showed this history of override votes in the community. (Kyrene Schools) where masks have been optional since the school year started. Both Chandler Unified and Kyrene are seeking seven-year extensions of their

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their override and can go to voters next year if the measure fails in this Nov. 2 election. But with state, school board, municipal and other offices and propositions on next year’s ballot, neither district wanted the override to get lost in the 2022 elections. District residents who are not registered voters have until tomorrow, Oct. 4, to do so. There will be no places to drop off ballots before or on Nov. 2 and the allmail election is not impacted by any election-related measures passed earlier this year by the Legislature, according to the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office. In the voter pamphlets for both override elections, Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke has written a letter of support. The Chandler Chamber has filed a letter in support of the CUSD override, as have several City Council members. The entire Legislative District 18 delegation is among those who have written to support the Kyrene override, as has U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton. No one wrote to oppose either district’s request.

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The override is worth nearly $14 million in annual revenue to Kyrene – the equivalent of 200 teaching positions. For the average homeowner in the district – with an assessed value of $283,000 – the override costs an additional $160 in property taxes, according to the override pamphlet.

reduced class sizes and reading and math intervention programs. Nelson said her committee will be making a door-to-door pitch for approval within a week or so and that people who want to volunteer to help can reach her on the Kyrene/MPHS/DVHS page on Facebook. In CUSD, Michelle Mowery, a principal

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“When you talk about what these dollars are earmarked for, we talk about support service staff – occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, our counseling program,” Nelson said. “All of which we can all kind of agree during the last 18 months are really important services that our students need.” The override also supports instructional enrichment programs such as art, music, library and physical education;

in the Washington Elementary School District, says the override gives Chandler schools an edge. “Because Chandler has had this override in place for so long, they are able to offer contracts earlier,” she said. In addition to offering earlier, she argued they are able to offer new teachers more money. Mowery leads the political action committee that is supporting the override for the school district. She said there are plenty of reasons to continue authoriz-

ing the override. She and her husband live in Chandler and have two daughters who attend school here. “Because this is a continuation, it’s not going to change taxes in anyway,” she said. “The district can give more money for teacher’s salaries, support positions, keep class sizes smaller, make it more manageable. “I don’t think a lot of people realize we have to have someone manning the gates at every school, checking IDs to make sure it’s only parents coming in. That costs money. The override helps keep salaries competitive.” The override is worth more than $43 million in additional annual revenue to Chandler Unified. Property owners in Chandler currently pay $1.18 per $100 of assessed valuation for the previously authorized override. If this year’s proposal passes, it is expected to remain the same rate. Mowery says the voters passing the override for so long brings a lot of stability to the district. “We have 44 new teachers in my district because of a high turnover,” she said. “That’s not something that Chandler has to worry about.”

The City of Chandler will hold a Special Bond Election on Nov. 2, 2021

La Ciudad de Chandler llevará a cabo una Elección Especial de Bonos el 2 de noviembre de 2021

A bond election is an opportunity for taxpayers to decide what community improvements or enhancements they are willing to pay for through property taxes.

Una elección de bonos es una oportunidad para que los contribuyentes de impuestos decidan qué mejoramientos o realces comunitarios están dispuestos a pagar a través de los impuestos sobre la propiedad.

Will your property tax rates increase? No.

¿Aumentarán sus tasas de impuestos sobre la propiedad? No.

Learn more about what this bond election means for you and our City at the web address below.

Aprenda más sobre lo que esta elección de bonos significa para usted y nuestra Ciudad en el sitio web a continuación.

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jor routes. Before the Price Road Loop 101 opened in Chandler, that meant roads like Arizona Avenue or Chandler Boulevard. “Retailers need eyeballs, and the eyeballs are on the transportation corridors,” Miranda said. Now, retailers are moving next to the Loop 101, forcing the city to figure out what to do with the buildings left behind. Officials have started looking for alternatives to retail. One example of this philosophy was turning that old Smitty’s grocery store into the Great Hearts Academy. Then there is the multi-family housing complex on a lot next to Home Depot on Chandler Boulevard that once housed a Krispy Kreme. Another example is the new Mox Boarding House scheduled to open in January at Alma School and Knox roads. It was previously home to the Iguana Macks and Social Box restaurants. Mox is a Seattle restaurant concept that offers food and drink along with board games for use inside or purchase. Ryan Kaup, a city economic development specialist, said that just south of the new Mox Boarding House, the former Dos Gringos restaurant is being converted into a medical center. “We started looking ahead to the future, what can we do?” Miranda said. “We’re working proactively to take large,

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hunt was open for three years until it shut down in 2018. Zombie Assault General Manager TroyScott Farrar and owner Chuck Pablo said that the concept of the hunt is the same as Zombie Warz, with a few changes to fit the venue. “It’s the perfect time of year for an event like this – and it doesn’t require a lot of physical activity,” Farrar said. “Piggie-backing on the pandemic makes for a great storyline that is intriguing guests to come out and hunt. Who doesn’t want a chance to shoot a zombie?” The creepy monsters are hired by the staff at KOLI a few months in advance. Their primary purpose, other than to avoid getting taken out, is to have fun. “Actors must fill out an application online, but one of the things we look for is

big-box retail off the market and repurpose it. We’ve seen some success.” Miranda said that replacing the former Fry’s store at Alma School and Warner continues to be a priority, but that its location in the same center as a Walmart limits options. That’s why Pollack says the best idea is to turn the space into housing, providing more consumers for the businesses around that intersection, which includes his. “We need more housing, quality density, that’s the key,” he said. “It’s all about reinvention instead of boarded-up buildings.” The city’s vacancy rate for retail businesses remains near historic lows. It’s currently at 6.5 percent. The five-year average rate is 7.4 percent. That’s despite the economic damage caused by the pandemic. “I will give the government credit for helping small businesses,” Pollack said. “I have more than a thousand tenants, and about 70 percent of them are small businesses.” He said the stimulus money the government handed out in loans and grants helped keep many businesses afloat until shoppers felt safe leaving their homes. Miranda said this is a smart direction for the city. “As we approach buildout, we want to ensure every area of the city remains safe, beautiful and economically viable,” he said. “Those are exactly the new uses that we’re really pushing, that make a lot of sense.” a great zombie leg drag or grunt,” Farrar said. “Their looks and movements might be intimidating, but the zombies do not come within 20 feet of the trucks.” The mission lasts around 20 minutes and either individuals or groups can participate. Paintball experience isn’t necessary, but Farrar said shooting the zombies is more complicated than it looks because not only are they moving slowly, so is the zombie assault vehicle. Once the ride is over, guests will have a chance to take photos with zombies for proof that they survived the hunt. One important thing that Farrar and Pablo want guests to know is that they are not allowed to bring anything with them on the hunt. Tickets start at $25 and more information and ticket purchasing are at koliequestrian.com or thehuntaz.com.

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Local dealers miss out on $1.3M in city vehicle purchases BY KEN SAIN Staff Writer

he City of Chandler plans to spend about $1.36 million to replace vehicles, but where it’s spending those tax dollars didn’t sit well with Councilman Matt Orlando. The replacement vehicles will be purchased at two dealerships in Phoenix, one in Peoria and another in Gilbert. “We just can’t seem to get our local Chandler vendors to bid on some of these things when we’d keep those sales tax dollars in Chandler,” Councilmember Matt Orlando said during the Sept. 20 study session. Dawn Lang, assistant city manager and chief financial officer, said the city contacts dealerships in Chandler when it needs to upgrade the city’s fleet, but most local ones don’t have the inventory needed to deal with a large contract. “Unfortunately, especially as of recent, the chip shortage has really limited inventories, especially for our local vendors,” Lang said. “They typically turn us

down. It’s just kind of the nature I think of the specialty vehicles that we purchase that they don’t have that inventory.” The global semiconductor shortage – which, ironically, Intel in Chandler is trying to address with its $20 billion expansion – is squeezing the supply of

General Motors said it would pause production at most of its factories for anywhere from a week to several weeks during the next month or so. “There is very little on dealer lots to actually sell,” Sam Abuelsamid, an analyst at Guidehouse Insights, told Con-

especially as of recent, the chip “Unfortunately, shortage has really limited inventories, especially for our local vendors. ”

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ment. But representatives for both Tempe Union and Kyrene said their districts’ mask mandates will continue, although they are both heading into a one week break. “In light of today’s ruling, Kyrene School District will continue its current mitigation strategies, as outlined in the leveled mitigation plan, which includes a requirement for face coverings indoors, when community transmission is ‘substantial’ or ‘high,’” Kyrene spokeswoman Erin Helm said Sept. 27. “If this case advances through the courts, the District will be following closely. Kyrene remains committed to following all state and federal laws and orders as we navigate the constantly evolving landscape of this global pandemic.” Tempe Union officials were conferring with the district’s lawyer – who also is Kyrene’s counsel. While Tempe Union had no official statement by the AFN’s deadline, it was likely it would adopt a position similar to Kyrene’s The Legislature filed an emergency appeal with the Arizona Supreme Court

but lost a request to stay Cooper’s ruling. Cooper also warned that if lawmakers try to enforce the provisions she declared unconstitutional, she will issue further orders. That means only a stay by an appellate court can stop school districts from keeping mask requirements in place. Ducey press aide C.J. Karamargin called the ruling “clearly an example of judicial overreach’’ and promised an appeal. “It’s the duty and authority of only the legislative branch to organize itself and make laws,’’ he continued. “Unfortunately, today’s decision is the result of a rogue judge interfering with the authority and processes of another branch of government.’’ Kyrene Governing Board met in a 90-minute closed door session the day after Cooper’s ruling to discuss “school safety operations or school safety plans,” which presumably included the mask mandate. And during the public portion of the meeting, dozens of parents in person or through emails spoke in favor and against the mandate.

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Both Kyrene and Tempe Union reinstituted mask bans after a different judge in a different case ruled that the ban could not take effect until Sept. 29. In addition to the mandate ban, Cooper also voided a host of other laws approved by the Legislature that ranged from requirements for anti-fraud measures for ballots and prohibitions against cities and town from requiring face coverings or imposing curfews to banning proof of vaccination to attend universities or community colleges and limits on teaching what lawmakers have incorrectly referred to as “critical race theory.’’ Cooper did not find that any of these provisions by themselves is illegal. What is illegal, she said, was piling them into just four separate so-called “budget reconciliation’’ bills, each with what she said are broad, generic titles that fail to inform voters of the changes they enact. Cooper said there are separate constitutional requirements that legislation deal with only a single subject. “Together these requirements promote transparency and the public’s ac-

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cess to information about legislative action,’’ she wrote. The judge also brushed aside claims by the state that the issue of how legislation is crafted is a “non-justiciable political question’’ beyond the reach of the courts. “The issue here is not what the legislature decided but how it decided what it did,’’ she wrote. “Whether the legislature complied with the requirements of (the Arizona Constitution) and whether a provision is reasonably related to ‘budget reconciliation’ are questions property before the court.’’ Monday’s ruling does more than void the challenged sections of the laws. It also sends a message to lawmakers that they can no longer use the practice of piling apparently unrelated issues into bills in an effort to corral the votes for the entire package. And that could result in difficulty in getting approval of future controversial measures. For more than a month, there has been an ongoing debate between Ducey on one hand and some school districts, in-

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cluding Tempe Union and Kyrene, on the other over whether that ban has been in effect since he signed it into law in June. Today was the date that Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner in August determined was the effective date for the ban. Ducey vowed to withhold $162 million in pandemic relief money for school districts that took advantage of Warner’s ruling and imposed mask mandates at least until today. If Ducey follows through on his threat, it could cost Kyrene $5.2 million and Tempe Union $2.8 million. The Biden administration has promised to fund districts in other states that have been financially penalized for imposing mask mandates but has not made much of Arizona’s ban beyond some initial threats weeks ago. The case before Cooper involved a challenge filed by a coalition of educators, school board members, child welfare advocates to the way the ban on mandates was passed by the Legislature. “Unless the laws challenged in this case are declared unconstitutional and enjoined, a great many children in Arizona will get COVID-19, they will get sick, they will suffer from long COVID, they will be hospitalized, and they may die,’’ Roopali Desai told Cooper. She said that’s backed by evidence that shows not just an increasing number of cases among children – now one out of every four in Maricopa County – but also that schools with mask mandates have a lower rate of infection than those without. Her argument has the support of state Superintendent of Public Schools Kathy Hoffman, who on Friday cited a new Centers for Disease Control study that showed the efficacy of masks in curbing COVID-19 infections in schools. The CDC on Friday said it had studied case data from July and August from school districts in Pima and Maricopa counties and found, “the odds of a school-associated COVID-19 outbreak were 3.5 times higher in schools with no mask requirement than in those with a mask requirement implemented at the time school started.” Hoffman within hours released a statement that said: “New data from Arizona schools shows what public health experts have

been telling our Governor for months: universal masking keeps students learning in person. “It is irresponsible of the state government to stand in the way of local leaders making decisions that protect the health and safety of their students and staff. Until we have suppressed community spread by vaccinating more individuals, including children under 12, universal masking will continue to be a critical tool in limiting the spread of the virus in our schools.” Desai told Cooper that the larger and legally binding reason she should declare the provision banning mask mandates illegal is that it was tucked into a bill simply labeled a “budget reconciliation’’ measure. And that, she said, means it violates a constitutional requirement that the title of a bill must reflect what’s in it. Ditto, Desai said, of provisions she is challenging that were tucked into various measures, like one that bars colleges and universities from imposing vaccine requirements as a condition to attend classes, prohibits the establishment of a “vaccine passport,’’ and bars the teaching of anything in public schools “that presents any form of blame or judgment on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex.’’ “The challenged provisions ... have nothing to do with budget reconciliation,’’ she said, which are supposed to be provisions designed to put into effect the changes made in spending bills. In defending the laws, attorney Patrick Irvine argued that the Legislature has used this procedure for years and that there really is no definition of what is a “reconciliation’’ bill. “It is not strictly applied,’’ he argued. “The Legislature is given a lot of discretion, a lot of wiggle room.’’ While the mask mandate and vaccine bans don’t have specific penalties for government entities that disobey it, state Attorney General Mark Brnovich has told Tucson it could lose out in $120 million in state share revenue if it tries to enforce a vaccine mandate for city employees. What is clear – and Cooper could void – is has been practice of lawmakers to pile various issues into various end-ofsession “reconciliation’’ bills for years. And it’s been done for political reasons. Consider the bill to prohibit what has

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How does Chandler couple’s garden grow? A lot BY KEN SAIN Staff Writer

ardens run by talented gardeners grow. Just ask Cameron and Jeannine McChesney of Chandler, who started a 2’x2’ garden in the backyard of a rental home in 2014. Now, they have their own home with a 4-acre farm and a family hobby that evolved into a career. “It’s been an interesting transition from, say, growing two tomato plants in our backyard, to growing 20 tomato plants in [a friend’s] backyard, to then growing 200 tomato plants,” Cameron said. The McChesneys now own Greenhouse Gardens at 13103 E. Chandler Heights Road in Chandler and are reopening their popular farmer’s market on Saturday, Oct. 2. They and another family sell produce from their farms from 9 a.m. until noon every Saturday through July. “It has actually grown, I hate to say it, organically as we have produced more food we have attracted more customers,” Cameron said.

Cameron and Jeannine McChesney of Chandler no longer are amateur gardeners but full-fledged farmers who are resuming their market next Saturday. (Pablo Robles)

The McChesneys gave up their day jobs in marketing and advertising and bought the Greenhouse Gardens farm at in 2016. They spent most of the first year getting ready to open, clearing the land of some animal stables to create

more space to plant seeds. Now, the farm is so popular it takes two family farms to meet demand. The McChesneys partnered with Lauren and Frank Infurna, who own and operate the 2.5-acre La Campagna Homestead to sell their produce. That relationship began when Lauren asked them if she could sell some extra eggplants from her farm at their market. They agreed. The next week, she had some extra peppers and sold them there. “Over the course of about six months, we started to see that there was a natural partnership that was forming,” Cameron said. “We made it more formal.” Both farms use natural techniques and do not use chemical pesticides or fertilizers. In addition to offering fresh produce, the McChesneys also offer tours of their farm and host farm-to-table dinners in their historic barn, which was built by Lyle Riggs in 1950. Greenhouse Gardens is on the site of the original Riggs Family Homestead that was started in 1948. It has become more than just a market.

“I thought we were just going to grow some vegetables, toss them out at people and things would be great,” Jeannine said. “But there’s a huge amount of community that has started to grow around the market. The people want to come and talk.” That includes the tours, the dinners in the barn and handing out recipes. The McChesneys both had parents who loved gardening, so they thought starting that original 2’x2’ garden was only natural. After they moved to Chandler, they wanted a bigger garden and convinced some friends to let them create a garden in their backyard. That’s when they started selling some of their produce at the Power Ranch Farmer’s Market. It wasn’t until they bought their current farm that they decided to make a living from something they both enjoyed doing. “That’s the best sales tool we have,” Jeannine said. “I say, ‘Would you like to take a tour?’ They say they’d love to take a tour. … By the end, ‘This is amazing, I can’t believe you do this.’” “And then they eat our carrots, and they go, ‘Oh, I’ve never had a carrot like this.’”

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City arts panel OKs police, �ire projects BY MIA ANDREA Arizonan Contributor

he Chandler Arts Commission last week approved the budgets for public art projects at police headquarters and the city’s largest fire station. Approval of the $70,000 for a project at Fire State No. 2 on Alma School Road south of Warner Road and $21,000 for the police headquarters project clears the way for the commission to call for artists’ proposals next month. The fire station project will be a memorial to fallen firefighters, according to Caroline Hudson-Naef, Chandler’s visual arts assistant, and Peter Bugg, the city’s visual arts coordinator.

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incorrectly been called “critical race theory’’ having to do with how teachers can deal with issues of race, sex or ethnicity. It failed to get the necessary votes when it was considered as a separate measure. But then it was inserted into

Bugg had noted that the commission had discussed a rough budget for the projects at a previous meeting but that it was now time to approve a final spending plan for the two projects. “It was a matter of finalizing the budget,” Bugg said. Bugg said his role during commission meetings is to serve as, “the liaison between the city and the arts commission,” which includes preparing minutes and addressing questions from past meetings. One commission member asked Bugg about the possibility of expanding the Fire Department’s memorial in the future. “They hope that they don’t have to memorialize anyone else, but it is possible

a reconciliation bill along with other items on the wish lists of various other legislators to cobble together the necessary Republican votes. What makes all that illegal, Desai argued, is that tucking those changes into “reconciliation’’ bills or bills simply labeled “budget procedures’’ does not meet

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with the dangers of the job,” Bugg said. Members of the public also asked about the next steps of action that will be taken to begin the art projects. “Once we approve the funding, then we’ll approve an open call (for artists) at the next meeting and it will go out,” he said. “Then the arts commission, with approval from police and fire, will choose artists for those projects.” “The budget is inspired by the projects,” said Hudson-Naef. She encouraged Chandler residents to keep updated on the progress of these art projects by attending the commission’s monthly meetings and engaging with the agenda beforehand.

the constitutional requirement that the public be informed of what is included. It’s also illegal, she said, because it forces a legislator “to make a Hobson’s choice between accepting the entire bill, including measures she opposes, or voting ‘no’ on the entire measure, including measures she supports.’’

“We love it when the people of the public can join, and that’s a good opportunity for them to provide feedback,” she said. “I don’t think a lot of residents realize that’s something that’s available to them.” She also recommends that citizens follow the newsletter and social media posts from the Vision Gallery. The Vision Gallery is managed by the Chandler Cultural Foundation and, according to Hudson-Naef, plays a significant role in making sure the arts commission’s public projects are successful. “I’m really happy that Chandler values the arts, and I really enjoy getting to work with artists and finding new ways to beautify the city,” Bugg said.

Data released last week by the county health department shows a continuing high transmission level of COVID-19 within both Kyrene and Tempe Union school districts. Cases per 100,000 people were at 235 and positive new test results remain around 11 percent.

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17 years later, no resolution in boy’s death BY PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan Executive Editor

ust over 17 years ago, paramedics arrived at an Ahwatukee home and found the lifeless body of 5-year-old Joshua Eberle-Martinson in a bunk bed in a spare bedroom. In the master bedroom on that Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004, they found his father, Jeffrey R. Martinson, partially unconscious with a garbage bag over his head, his wrists bearing cuts. Following a four-hour interrogation, Phoenix detectives arrested Martinson, then 43, on homicide in the death of a boy who only five weeks earlier had celebrated his birthday. That arrest started a 17-year legal battle that has cost Maricopa County taxpayers more than $5.3 million just on Martinson’s legal defense. And to this day, Martinson’s guilt or innocence in the death of his son as a result of an overdose of a muscle relaxer has yet to be determined. Martinson was convicted of first degree murder in November 2011 by a jury that a month later could not unanimously agree to a prosecution request for a death sentence. Three months later, Superior Court Judge Sandy Duncan found the jury so tainted by irregularities that she overturned that conviction. Martinson has been behind bars for over half the time since his arrest but today he is free on a $250,000 bond that Superior Court Judge Jay Adleman a year ago cut from $1 million as he awaits a new trial that could be set at a hearing this November. The 17 years of legal wrangling that have marked the State of Arizona vs. Jeffrey R. Martinson unfolds in thousands of pages of attorney pleadings, judicial opinions and transcripts of hours of courtroom hearings. They bear testament to bitter fights between prosecutors and at least five different defense teams that have represented Martinson at various times. There also has been acrimonious battles between some defense lawyers over who was entitled to represent him and collect hourly fees that at times were

Jeffrey Martinson, shown here during his 2011 murder trial, has yet to be retried for the 2004 slaying of his son Joshua Eberle-Martinson, who died of a drug overdose in his father’s home five weeks after turning 5. (Arizonan ﬁle photos) twice what court-appointed lawyers in criminal cases normally were paid. At one point, the case also was snarled in open political warfare between former County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Maricopa County Superior Court until Thomas ultimately resigned in disgrace, only to be disbarred. In the past two years, every scintilla of evidence against Martinson has been challenged by his lawyers as prosecutors try to preserve their theory of the case – that he allegedly killed Joshua because he was upset over impending changes to his visitation schedule and that he had an overall hostile relationship with the boy’s mother, to whom he was not married. Defense lawyers have accused prosecutors of misconduct, partly by trying to change their theories of the case to better fit the evidence and “leaving the defendant with no valid conviction and in custody for more than nine years.” Martinson’s case has been before a special three-judge panel in Maricopa County Superior Court, the Arizona Court of Appeals, the state Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court – primarily on whether double jeopardy rules prevented the County Attorney from retrying him. He lost all those appeals. Rearrested in 2018 in his native Wisconsin and sent back to jail until his release in October 2020, Martinson through his lawyers wages a relentless fight to block some of the witnesses in the 2011 trial from testifying again – or

limiting what they will be allowed to say. One fight zeroed in on literally just two words that Martinson’s latest team of defense lawyers, Robyn Varcoe and Jennifer Willmott, don’t want uttered before jurors in his next trial when it came to custody arrangements. Some of the defense efforts also have drawn legal protests by the Scottsdale-

based Arizona Voice for Crime Victims, a nonprofit formed in 1996 to “preserve and protect victims’ rights to justice and due process.” During Martinson’s bail hearing last year, the nonprofit supported an effort by Joshua’s mother to not only keep him from being near her Chandler home but also prevent him from visiting the cemetery where the boy was laid to rest. The judge limited the times of those visits instead. Lost amid all the arguments, challenges and rulings is the memory of a little boy who liked to fill his backpack with crystals and LEGO creations, draw rainbows and sing in the backseat of his mother’s car.

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ately killed while the defense contends evidence supports Martinson’s trial testimony that he found the boy apparently drowned in the bathtub. During Martinson’s 2011 trial, a nextdoor neighbor testified that she spent many hours with him and Joshua when the youngster visited every Wednesday and every other weekend. She testified that the evening before the boy’s body was found, Martinson had texted her, “We love you and will miss you.” Some time later she said she called Jeffrey and talked to him for over an hour. The next night, the boy’s mother and two officers showed up and told her Martinson had not returned Joshua and was not answering the door. The neighbor found the back door to his home unlocked and found Martinson in his bedroom. While Martinson appeared to be unconscious, a paramedic said he did not believe him to be fully out of it. That testimony is being challenged by defense lawyers, who call it inadmissable. Testimony showed that on the kitchen

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counter were numerous legal papers, including orders of protection the boy’s mother had secured against Martinson. Defense lawyers have been waging a fight over what the toxicologist and the medical examiner who performed the autopsy can be allowed to testify to – or even if they should be allowed on the witness stand at all. Dr. John Hu, who performed the autopsy, ruled the death a homicide and that it was caused by acute carisoprodol toxicity. While a detective said the bathtub was dry, defense lawyers pointed out that photos taken the night of the boy’s discovery show a bathroom rug was sopping wet. But Judge Adleman noted that Hu has said “a conclusion of drowning was not supported by the carisoprodol levels present.” The drug is also known by the brand name Soma, and witnesses testified an empty bottle of Soma with a child-proof cap was on the top shelf of a medicine cabinet. Under cross examination, Hu conceded his findings could be consistent with other causes and that tests were never

conducted to rule out some of them. Defense lawyers also tried to prevent or limit Hu’s testimony about a small abrasion inside the boy’s lip, which he intimated could have been caused by an effort to force the drug into his mouth. Under cross examination at Martinson’s trial, Hu also testified it could have been caused by an attempt to resuscitate him. Adleman rejected efforts to disqualify Hu from testifying at Martinson’s new trial. The judge stated, “Dr. Hu did not give a specific opinion regarding the precise cause of injury” since he had testified that while it likely resulted from blunt force, it could have been caused by CPR attempts. Likewise, he rejected efforts to block all testimony about marks on the boy’s neck, saying they could legitimately be viewed as showing “that the child was ‘manipulated’ by the defendant as opposed to remaining in a stationary position in the bedroom.

‘Long and tortuous litigation’

Throughout the years, the words ‘long and tortuous litigation” have been used several times by lawyers and judges in

Martinson’s case. Some of that litigation has produced stunning revelations along the way. Testimony by jurors prompted Judge Duncan in March 2012 to throw out Martinson’s conviction. That testimony showed that a woman hid facts that could have disqualified her as a juror and that once deliberations began, she bullied her way into being elected the panel’s foreperson. Other jurors testified that during deliberations, she repeatedly bullied them, denigrated the defendant and defense lawyers, and even rewrote a question one juror wanted the judge to answer. One juror testified he felt pressured to find Martinson guilty of the most serious kind of child abuse – which opened the way for a death penalty hearing. Duncan’s action triggered a series of legal maneuvers by the prosecution that ultimately prompted her to throw out the case entirely with prejudice. The County Attorney appealed and won but the fighting continued in several appeals. Last October, Martinson’s lawyers

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Tim Markison, a successful businessman who is a patent attorney and founder of a golf shoe company, started a cross-country bike ride to raise awareness about child abuse. After starting his journey in San Diego last week, he plans to be in Mesa Monday morning, stopping at the Athalonz headquarters. (Special to the Arizonan)

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im Markison is a hyper-paced, quick-minded sort who races through life and normally shoots off replies without hesitation. But, when asked if he considers himself to be lucky, there’s a long pause and a gear shift. It’s complicated. When you’re the victim of child abuse, life stops becoming a simple puzzle and becomes a convoluted, three-dimensional maze – inexplicable and unescapable. Even years later when they become adults in what appear to be “settled” lives, victims of child abuse can experi-

ence severe emotional, mental and even physical problems. According to one study, “Mental health problems associated with past histories of child abuse and neglect include personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorders, depression, anxiety disorders and psychosis... Depression is one of the most commonly occurring consequences of past abuse or neglect.” Check, check, check, check, Markison said, when the above was read to him. “Many of those things you listed, I suffered from,” the 59-year-old Mesa father of two said. “Much, much less today than

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I did in the past. I feel fortunate I was able to get the help I needed.” Though he feels blessed to have resources required to get help and an exceptionally supportive wife, he remains hesitant to call himself lucky. “I also did a lot of hard work to get to the place I’m at. You make your own luck,” Markison said. “Yes, I am fortunate with the abusive childhood I endured and the psychological damage it did to me, I’m very fortunate to have the life I have now. “I’ve been married 41 years, have two kids and a grandbaby...All that happened because of a lot of hard work on my part, and my family and support.” For the likes of Markison, getting to and maintaining mental and emotional stability is a journey down a long, twisting road, filled with blind curves and arduous, uphill stretches. It’s not unlike bike riding across the country – which is what Markison started last week. Though his 3,000-mile journey certainly is metaphorical, Markison intends it as a direct statement: Stop abuse and begin healing. As he puts it, the purpose of the ride is to increase awareness of child abuse prevention and to promote healing for those who were victims. Markison is a patent attorney...and an inventor. He is founder, CEO and primary inventor of Athalonz, which makes “golf shoes that are disrupting the golf industry due to its patented technology.” Monday morning, he’ll be at 2716 N. Ogden #101, near McDowell and

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Greenfield roads in central Mesa, which doesn’t sound like a big deal, as that’s the company headquarters. But it’s how he’s planning to get there: By bike. And not from his home a few miles away in east Mesa. He’s biking from San Diego. “I’m sitting with my team now, mapping out the route for tomorrow,” Markison said from Southern California the night before beginning the epic journey. He will be accompanied by an RV, with Markison and his support team, mixing hotel stays and camping along the way, with an anticipated end date of Nov. 7 in Jacksonville, Florida. Along the way, with support from the Interwoven Circles Foundation, Markison hopes to raise $1 million for nonprofits that focus on child abuse prevention and/or healing the wounds of child abuse. Mayor John Giles, also an avid biker, will greet Markison at the Athalonz headquarters in Mesa at 11 a.m.

Haunting memories

Asked if he thinks the long bike ride will itself be helpful, Markison said, “I think so. Part of talking about what happened to me is therapeutic. The more I can talk to people...and the more people we can get talking about child abuse, the more good it will do. Most abusers were victims of childhood abuse. Markison has been living in Mesa, where he launched Athalonz, since 2011. He grew up in Chicago, where he said he was victimized repeatedly as a child. As he describes his abuse online (interwovencircles.com/tims-story), “I was

raped from age 5 through age 13 by both a family member and a school administrator. I was also beaten. I was choked. I was locked in a freezer. I was consistently berated. I was told I was worthless. And that was on a ‘good day.’ “My defense mechanisms were to disassociate and to forget. While an incident was occurring, I disassociated and, as soon as it ended, I blocked it out. I forgot the incident along with most of my childhood.” Markison told the Tribune he “didn’t even remember what happened to me until my late 20s. Most of my childhood, memories of my childhood are gone... When my oldest daughter turned 5, I started having – it wasn’t quite memories, it was feelings.” While he was in law school, one panic attack after another hit him, with flashbacks and a feeling of utter worthlessness: “I was miserable. I was depressed...I sought counseling and memories started to come back a little bit.” He chokes up a bit, recalling a night 30 years ago when “I woke up from a flashback dream in terror. I could not close my eyes. Every time I closed my eyes I thought I was going to get choked and killed. Literally for four weeks I couldn’t sleep.” Markison checked into a mental health hospital, where “more memories came back, things became clear...It was pretty horrific. It wasn’t just at home or at school. I was raped at home and school. “The two places you’re supposed to be most safe were the two most dangerous places for me.” Asked if he ever confronted his attackers, Markison said, “I did confront my

parents. I was hospitalized three times in my late 20s and early 30s because of how severe the depression came.” During one stay, encouraged by a therapist, he called his parents and told them his horrific memories. “They said, ‘Oh that’s preposterous.’” Shortly after that brief call, his parents called his therapist. “The only question my parents asked my therapist was, am I going to kill them?” Markison said, his disgust apparent. He said his recovery would have been eased “if they would have just taken ownership: ‘Yes, we did that, we were sick.’” Now that he has the courage to publicly speak about his experiences, Markison said he is amazed by how many people are approaching him, saying, “I can’t believe I’m talking about this, but this is what happened to me.” As he writes: “Until a few years ago, I had no intentions of sharing my story. “After 20 years without a flashback, I started having them again. These flashbacks shifted something in me. I had to break the silence. I have to share my story, to be a vocal advocate for child abuse prevention, and to be a vocal advocate for victims to heal their wounds and create a positive self-image.” One of the most important messages he wants to share with his fellow victims is that it’s possible, after years of selfloathing, to come to peace with yourself. “I like the person I see in the mirror,” he writes. “This is a biggie for me because I used to hate looking at myself.” To donate or for more information, visit interwovencircles.com. The Arizona Child Abuse Hotline is 1-888-SOS-CHILD (1888-767-2445)

According to the Mayo Clinic, “Some children overcome the physical and psychological effects of child abuse, particularly those with strong social support and resiliency skills who can adapt and cope with bad experiences. For many others, however, child abuse may result in physical, behavioral, emotional or mental health issues — even years later.” Examples include:

Physical issues • Premature death • Physical disabilities • Learning disabilities • Substance abuse • Health problems, such as heart disease, immune disorders, chronic lung disease and cancer

Behavioral issues • Delinquent or violent behavior • Abuse of others • Withdrawal • Suicide attempts or self-injury • High-risk sexual behaviors or teen pregnancy • Problems in school or not finishing high school • Limited social and relationship skills • Problems with work or staying employed

Emotional issues • Low self-esteem • Difficulty establishing or maintaining relationships • Challenges with intimacy and trust • An unhealthy view of parenthood • Inability to cope with stress and frustrations • An acceptance that violence is a normal part of relationships

Mental health disorders • Eating disorders • Personality disorders • Behavior disorders • Depression • Anxiety disorders • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Sleep disturbances • Attachment disorders

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Alarms raised over Lake Mead, Powell levels BY ULYSSE BEX AND EMMA VANDENEINDE Cronkite News

ew projections show that Lake Mead and Lake Powell could reach “critically low reservoir elevations” sooner than expected, spurring experts to say that “bold actions” will be needed to change course. The Bureau of Reclamation report released Thursday shows an 88 percent chance that Lake Powell could fall below 3,525 feet by next August, a level that would endanger hydropower production, with chances Lake Mead will hit critical levels in the next few years. The five-year projection is grimmer than estimates released just two months ago, and shows that a drought contingency plan triggered earlier this year by low reservoir levels, while it was aggressive, may not be enough, one official said. “We need to take more actions in both Lake Powell and Lake Mead,” said Thomas Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources. “More actions mean finding a way to get people to conserve their water, or more mandatory reductions to stabilize the lake.” That was echoed Thursday by Sarah Porter, director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy as Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute. “We need to take additional bold steps

to keep Lake Mead from declining precipitously,” Porter said. The Bureau of Reclamation report estimates river levels in the lower Colorado River basin over the next five years, particularly the levels needed for the two main reservoirs in the basin to keep functioning – 3,525 feet above sea level in Lake Powell and 1,025 feet in Lake Mead. The latest estimates say there is an 88 percent chance Lake Powell will fall below the critical level by next August, with odds falling to 53 percent in 2023 and falling to 41 percent by 2026. For Lake Mead, the chance of falling below the critical level is 12 percent in 2024, rising to 22 percent in each of the next two years. Both estimates are several percentage points grimmer than a five-year forecast released in June, when analysts included water releases that were expected from upper basin dams would help the downriver reservoirs. Because those releases are still being worked out, they were removed from the latest forecast. That makes sense, said Porter, who said planners could no longer assume water would “magically appear” from upriver, which had low precipitation this year, in a region going through a decades-long drought. “When you’re in a prolonged drought, you have to get real and say let’s get rid of that part of the model … because we shouldn’t

be betting on wet years,” she said. The immediate threat is to Lake Powell and its ability to generate hydropower. Thomas Meixner, the head of the University of Arizona’s Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, said that poses the risd of “dead pool, no power generation and the ability to meet users’ request and demands.” That was echoed by Buschatzke, who said the “critical elevations of Lake Powell are more, at this point at least, about power production,” “We saw higher risks of falling below minimum power pool elevation of 3,490 feet, but also higher risks of falling below elevation 3,525, at which there might be some concern about somewhat of a reduction of power production below the 100 percent threshold,” he said. A two-year projection of water levels by the Bureau of Reclamation shows the “potential for going below the 3,525foot elevation, and in 2023 it’s worse” for Lake Powell, Buschatzke said. “There are several months in 2023 where it falls below the elevation of 3,490 feet.” But in the short term, at least, more water will be coming from upstream. “Between July and December, 181 acre-feet of water is being moved out of the upper basin reservoir above Lake Powell, into Lake Powell,” Buschatzke said. “The reason for that is to protect

the ability to generate power.” But the longer-term solution could require more sacrifice by users in Arizona and other state in the lower basin. Farmers in central Arizona are already slated to give up some of their Colorado River water rights starting next year, under the first phase of the drought contingency plan that was triggered by this year’s low water levels. Porter noted that agriculture is the biggest user of Colorado River water, with municipal users accounting for only 11 percent of consumption. She said cities are already doing a good job at water conservation, despite booming growth in the state, but that cuts could eventually reach them. “We could be seeing cuts to users who have higher priority on the Colorado system,” Porter said. “In the coming years we could get to the point where cities begin to have cutbacks.” Buschatzke said one option would be to use a drought mitigation fund authorized by the state Legislature that he could use an incentive, paying entities to reduce their water use. “What we will be looking at doing is going to stakeholders who have water rights to Colorado River water, and to see if they will voluntarily reduce their use so that water can be kept in the lake,” he said. “Voluntarily could include paying them.”

syringe access programs. The law takes effect Sept. 28. Exchanges provide sterile syringes, dispose of used needles and connect individuals with other resources or medical care, such as testing for HIV and hepatitis C. About 30 states allow such programs, and research shows that they’re safe, effective and helpful in reducing the transmission of viral infections through contaminated needles. For groups like Shot in the Dark in Maricopa County, the law doesn’t bring drastic changes, but it does lay out some specific guidelines. For example, the number of needles

disposed of through an exchange program must be equivalent to the number of needles distributed. Exchanges also will be required to distribute needles for free and provide access to overdose reversal medication as well as educational materials on blood-borne diseases and substance abuse treatment. Brown joined Shot in the Dark last summer as its volunteer coordinator, motivated by the loss of her brother, Marc Kane, who died from a heroin overdose in November 2018 at age 29. The resources Shot in the Dark offers – such as clean needles, safe injection kits and the overdose reversal medication

naloxone – could have been a lifeline for her brother, whose addiction began with opioids prescribed for pain after a car accident, Brown said. “After my brother died, I didn’t care what people thought of us or our family, and I didn’t care about the stigma of it anymore,” she said. “I’m just going to help people how I can, so no one has to ever go through what we went through.” The law comes as drug overdose deaths increased 30 percent across the U.S. last year, and 32 percent in Arizona, in large part because of the pandemic.

Needle exchange program starting in county BY GIANLUCA D’ELIA Cronkite News

or about a year, Jaclyn Brown has been training volunteers for a needle exchange program that works with drug users in Maricopa County. One of the first things she has told her helpers is the work they signed up for could be considered a felony in Arizona. Soon, Brown and other volunteers won’t face any risk of arrest – and neither will those seeking the materials they distribute. Arizona lawmakers in May passed legislation with bipartisan support legalizing

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Left: Jaclyn Brown, volunteer coordinator at Shot in the Dark, said that one of the greatest challenges clean-needle exchanges face is the misconception that they enable drug use. Right: The nonprofit group Shot in the Dark offers safe injection kits at its needle exchange sites. The kits typically include clean needles, alcohol wipes, swabs and tourniquets. (Gianluca D’Elia/Cronkite News)

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partment, was among the first in Arizona to offer this form of harm reduction. The program was founded in 1996 as the nation battled HIV and AIDS. Miguel Soto, HIV program coordinator in Pima County, has been involved in the needle exchange since 1999 and has advised other Arizona organizations that followed in its footsteps. Participation by behavioral health organizations, nonprofits and public health departments can boost support for such programs among the public, law enforcement and politicians, he said. The new law decriminalizing the programs protects employees, volunteers and participants from possession charges. Soto said he hopes the legal recognition will lead to state and federal government funding for needle exchanges. Local, state and tribal health departments have been

permitted to use federal funding to support syringe programs but not to specifically buy needles or syringes. Rita Leal, from Shot in the Dark, said legalization will provide more legitimacy for exchanges and potentially help programs expand services and locations. “We’ve been trying to ask people to use their parking lots – and this is when a business was closed – but they were so scared of the liability of what we were doing,” she said. “So now if it’s like, ‘Hey, it’s legal. Your governor signed this.’ … I think people will be more receptive.” The future work of needle exchanges will likely be about more than just needles. Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl, have spiked across the country. The governor signed legislation this year to remove fentanyl

testing products from the state’s list of illegal drug paraphernalia. Exchange volunteers said they’ll adapt their services as substance use evolves. Leal said people are more likely to turn to pills, sometimes placing them on pieces of foil, lighting them from the bottom and inhaling the smoke with a straw. Shot in the Dark provides items like straws and foil to avoid reuse. Regardless of the drug, Brown said, one of the greatest challenges exchanges face is the misconception that they enable drug use. “Before Shot in the Dark existed, people were doing drugs. People have done drugs. They’re going to do it regardless,” she said. “But if we can be there and help them, and they don’t have to reuse, (they) have naloxone, whatever it may be – why not be there?” ■

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noting the state Court of Appeals vacated Duncan’s dismissal in 2016 and again in January 2019. The Court of Appeals also has ruled in March 2021 and again last August. “The Court of Appeals has repeatedly addressed issues pertaining to the state’s ability to continue its murder prosecution against the defendant,” Adleman wrote. “Indeed, that court has

made it abundantly clear that the state retains the authority to do so.” “This is a hard-fought case, exacerbated by the tragic death of a child and further compounded by a tortuous procedural history,” he also wrote. “In spite of those circumstances, the court does not believe that the current record provides any evidence of prosecutorial misconduct.”

The trial will now be assigned to Judge Justin Beresky as Adleman has been transferred to new Superior Court division as part of a routine, regular rotation of judges. And even before he starts his first hearing later next month, Beresky will have three defense motions that Adleman has not ruled on, saying it was better for the next judge to address them.

“The disruption to daily life due to the COVID-19 pandemic has hit those with substance use disorder hard,” Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a statement imploring Americans “to take care of people suffering from unintended consequences.” Dozens of programs statewide have long been facilitating clean needle exchanges, despite the potential consequences. In Phoenix, Brown said, Shot in the Dark has faced no legal issues aside from occasional trespassing complaints or being asked to leave properties where volunteers set up exchanges. LifePoint, a needle exchange program founded by the Pima County Health De-

again asked Judge Adleman to dismiss the case – again on grounds of double jeopardy, contending “the prosecutors have engaged in pervasive prosecutorial misconduct throughout the life of the case that warrants dismissal with prejudice.” But Adleman rejected the allegations,

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2 Chandler WWII vets get flight of their lives BY KEN SAIN Staff Writer

t took some convincing for Chandler veteran Frank Forte to agree to be part of Operation September Freedom. He is 93, after all. Not so for 95-year-old James Campbell, who was eager for the experience. “That plan was immaculate,” Forte said. “When you got on it, you knew it was safe. It wasn’t just some balsa wood.” The two Atria Chandler Villas residents each took a half-hour flight aboard a restored World War II-era Boeing Stearman biplane on Sept. 15. They each got a turn with a pilot as the only passengers as they flew over southern

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World War II veterans James Campbell, left, and Frank Forte were thrilled to get a flight in a WWII-era biplane two weeks ago, thanks to Dream Flight's Operation September Freedom. (Courtesy of Dream Flight)

Chandler author’s 2nd novel right out of headlines

handler author Howard Gershkowitz’s second novel departs from science fiction and focuses instead on fraud and corporate greed. A couple years ago, Gershkowitz, a Chandler resident for 19 years who has been in the financial services industry for 35 years, published the “The Operator” – a novel set in Prescott that involves time travel, the economy and romance. This time, his new book, “Not on My Watch,” is a thriller inspired by some news stories he read. It involves a nurse who, with her broker/boyfriend, must stop the merger of the only locally owned, independent hospital with a ruthless conglomerate out of Boston intent on turning it into a Medicare mill. “This book was inspired by an article about a hospital back east that was indicted for Medicare fraud to the tune of

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Chandler resident Howard Gershkowitz has published his second novel and has three more underway that he hopes to put in readers hands in the next 18 months. (Courtesy of Howard Gershkowitz)

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Chandler. The trips were part of Dream Flight’s Operation September Freedom, which aimed to give 1,000 World War II vets a special flight during September. “It was fantastic,” Campbell said. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime you’re going to do something like that,” Forte said. “I never thought I’d fly in a biplane.” Campbell served as a 2nd Class Signalman in the U.S. Navy during the war. He was on board the USS Tucson, right next to the USS Missouri, when Japan signed the papers that ended the war. “I didn’t stay … in Tokyo after I saw the signing of the peace treaty,” Campbell said. “More or less they wanted me to sign over for another four years. I said no.” Forte joked that his great idea for dodging the draft back then was to sign up to be a Marine.

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$100 million.” Gershkowitz explained. “I thought that was outrageous, especially because of the business I’m in where corporate greed often takes center stage.” He recalled how he had interviewed a hospital chain administrator while doing research for the novel “and was assured nothing of the kind could happen there because of their checks and balances.” Four weeks later, Gershkowitz read that one of that administrator’s hospitals in the southeast was similarly indicted on Medicare fraud totaling well over $100 million. “They were recommending unnecessary procedures to seniors specifically because they were easy to perform, relatively benign and carried the highest reimbursement rates in the Medicare universe,” said Gershkowitz, calling it “sickening to hear about.” “Watch” was actually written before “The Operator” while Gershkowitz was attending a creative writing class at Scottsdale Community College. “It was initially a short story,” he explained “but it motivated me to continue expanding it till it was a full-length novel.” He recalled writing the bulk of it in longhand as he sipped coffee in the Starbucks inside the Barnes & Noble book store, where the novel begins. After failing to get any nibblers from

“They promised you four years of college for two years of service,” Forte said. “But then they hang you up, before you get out (of high school), to join the inactive reserves. They’ll only call you after they’ve

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When he wasn’t playing a Russian in training drills, he was playing a French horn in the Marine band. The two men say they fell veterans are treated well in this country. And not just

a man,” he said. “They taught me how to “beI became confident in myself. The Marine Corp tears you down and then builds you back, the way they wanted. You find out, it’s the best way to go.

”

– Frank Forte

called the reserves and everything else. We shouldn’t have believed that.” Forte’s service started as the war was ending. He said most of his time was spent helping train others to face the new threat coming from Russia.

in special events like veterans getting a special flight. “You get to go to school, you get to have help on a mortgage, that paid off,” Forte said. “We were treated with hugs and kisses.”

publishers, he put that manuscript aside and started work on “The Operator” – which continues to sell well. Then he turned back to “Not on My Watch” and had a harrowing discovery: “It wasn’t very well written. It was my first attempt and it showed.” Gershkowitz applied the lessons he learned in editing and writing “The Operator” and now believes “Watch” is even better than it. It’s also been thoroughly researched

crime data and studied Medicare fraud. Yet, anyone who might think the pandemic and its shutdowns and workat-home orders comprised a boon to Gershkowitz’s muse would be mistaken. Indeed, he’s found the pandemic a huge distraction. “There was such uncertainty everywhere, even after the vaccines arrived on scene, that it was difficult to concentrate on writing,” he said, admitting it was “ironic that I had more free time

There was such uncertainty everywhere, even “after the vaccines arrived on scene, that it was difficult to concentrate on writing, ”

– Howard Gershkowitz

and Gershkowitz said he made sure that even the streets, buildings and other landmarks in his book exist and were accurately spelled and portrayed. “Coordinating dates, locations, time changes between the two coasts, and making sure there was consistency from page one through the final lines required constantly re-reading and adjusting things,” he said. As for the subject itself, besides reading, he also relied on a retired Arizona State University professor, Sharon Lohr, who has published several books on

during the shut-down, yet the motivation to write seemed to evade me. “Coupled with a divisive election that generated an unfortunate national sense of animosity, it was just a difficult time to focus,” he added. Still, Gershkowitz is busy on his third novel, about assisted suicide, that also was inspired by something he had read. “I have two other manuscripts in the works, ‘License to Steal’ and ‘The Painter,’” he said. “The characters are all different, as are the plotlines and underlying issues.” His hope is to have all three novels

Atria Chandler Villas Engage Life Director Alyssa Ethington says she’s been applying for the program for seven years and this was the first year their veterans were selected. Campbell credits the military with helping his career as a purchasing agent at Arizona State University. He also ran a restaurant with his wife. Forte said he was briefly a firefighter, but ended up working in information systems for most of his career. Both men signed the tail of the plane, joining the names of the other veterans who took the flight. Forte gives the Marines credit for his later success in life. “I became a man,” he said. “They taught me how to be confident in myself. The Marine Corp tears you down and then builds you back, the way they wanted. You find out, it’s the best way to go.” completed in the next 18 months. Though he has been in the financial planning business for three decade, Gershkowitz said, “Writing is what I hope to be my next career.” “I’ve always journaled,” he said. “I’ve always written poetry. I always wanted to be a writer, but I knew I had to earn a living. My son works with me. He’s also my best friend. He and I talk about everything. On my 55th birthday I said, ‘If I don’t start writing soon, I may never get it done.’” He said his son, Robert Gershkowitz, a financial planner, recommended writing classes. The determined Howard has taken classes at community colleges and Arizona State University’s Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, as well as in workshops around the country. “People told me I have a natural talent for it,” he said. “Coming up with ideas for stories and poetry and even novels isn’t a problem. You need to be able to work on characterization and the plot.” Gershkowitz is planning a couple book signings – 6:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Tempe Library, 11 a.m. Nov. 6 at Desert Foothills Library and Nov 13, I will be in Prescott at the Elks Lodge for the PAAHC Thumb Butte Book Festival. “The Operator” has five-star ratings on Amazon.com and on Goodreads.com. Both “Not on My Watch” and “The Operator” are available at Amazon.com.

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Chandler woman makes dolls to ‘heal and soothe’ BY PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan Executive Editor

these dolls “giveBecause a sense of weight

nn Baum’s business didn’t start out as one. Close to 40 years ago, the South Chandler woman made some “comfort dolls” almost as a charitable hobby, but put then put it aside “for a good number of years” as life carried her along in other directions. She picked up making them a few years ago, and now thinks the dolls are even more popular because the anxiety created by the pandemic has made them particularly useful. To understand the impact of the dolls, Baum recalled the first one she made decades ago for a young family friend who had been born with fetal alcohol syndrome. He was a lonely young boy and few people wanted anything to do with him.

and are made with cozy, tactile fabrics, they are a perfect remedy for providing a sense of calm and constant friendship, they provide a sense of ‘presence.’

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Chandler resident Ann Baum makes dolls that young and old often end up treating as long-time friends. (Pablo Robles)

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Cooper’s Hawk makes wine ‘approachable’ BY GERI KOEPPEL Arizonan Contributor

f you’re not sure whether to order merlot, malbec or meritage with your dinner, newly opened Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant is here to help. The growing “lifestyle concept” founded in Orland Park, Illinois, in 2005 includes a Napa-style tasting room where you can sip and sample and a restaurant where each dish includes a suggested wine to take the guesswork out of pairings. Its 47th location and only the second in the West (the other is in Scottsdale) opened Sept. 27 at 3325 W. Chandler Blvd. in front of Chandler Fashion Center. Cooper’s Hawk is a typical restaurant, where its “modern casual dining” includes elevated yet unpretentious dishes such as pan-roasted barramundi or

roasted chicken risotto. However, at all but one of its restaurants, the only wines sold are proprietary – made by the company itself at a facility in Illinois from grapes specially sourced from partners around the country and internationally. If you’re just starting to explore the world of wine, you can get to know several dozen solidly crafted varietals with no uncharacteristic flavors and be confident that you’ll be able to pair your meal with a wine as easily as if it were a set of Garanimals. If you’re an experienced oenophile skeptical of this approach, you’ll be intrigued to know that Master Sommelier Emily Wines – yes, her real, given name

Her duties include educating staff and guests, staging events, creating certain wines and curating “flights” – tastings of multiple wines to appreciate the flavor profiles. “For Cooper’s Hawk, it’s all about making wine approachable and accessible and fun,” Wines said. She focuses on “finding good stories” about wine so it’s not intimidating or geeky. Wines is a rock star in the wine world. She’s one of just two women and 15 professionals who have been awarded the prestigious Remi Krug Cup for passing all three sections – theory, service and blind tasting – of the Master Sommelier Diploma Examination on her first attempt.

– is vice president of wine and beverage experience for the company.

She designed the graphically appealing tasting sheets, which provide a visu-

Cooper’s Hawk Chandler Tasting Room Attendant Thomas Lichter pours samples of the company’s wines at a preview event on Sept. 23. (Geri Koeppel/Arizonan Contributor)

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al guide to the components of each wine. It gives icons for the flavor profiles (for example, the riesling shows lime, green apple, honey and white flowers) along with the proportions of sweetness, tannin, acidity, body and alcohol. “Breaking down the basic flavors of the wine is one thing, but when it comes to structure is where a lot of people find the wines they like or don’t,” Wines said. That way, staff can help recommend similar wines—for instance, those with more body and tannin and less sweetness and acidity. Wines said the tasting sheets are designed to let people try a well-rounded variety of wines. “Ideally, I like to throw in wines side by side that tell a little bit of a story,” she said, such as Cabernet Sauvignon on its own versus in a blend, or a chardonnay

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She mines resumes for A-list job candidates BY PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan Executive Editor

ecord millions of people are leaving their jobs across the country and around the world, some citing burnout and others searching for new opportunities or a change in career. Sarah Johns not only is one of those people – she’s looking for people who are looking to make the leap. And if they’re not looking, part of Johns’ job involves trying to lure them to her client’s workplace – especially if they’ve exhibited the kind of A-list talent any employer would like to have. Johns is a recruiter, who, with her husband Matt, owns the Chandler-Ahwatukee-Tempe franchise of Patrice & Associates, the largest hospitality and retail executive search firm in North America and, at 25 years, one of the oldest. While Matt continues in his job as an engineering manager, Sarah left hers and started their business in August. For 15 previous years, the mother of

Sarah Johns two had been in supply chain management – a job that she agrees hardly prepared her for her new gig.

“It is a bit of a career switch,” said Johns, who underwent extensive training her for the world of recruitment. In many ways, she probably couldn’t have picked a better time – or a more promising career opportunity – judging by recent research on a phenomenon dubbed “The Great Resignation.” The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in June alone, the number of job leavers increased by 164,000 to 942,000 in June. Some are calling this period of the pandemic “The Great Resignation” as more and more workers leave their jobs to either pursue new careers or focus on more personal time. The job site Monster.com surveyed the landscape and found 95 percent of workers are thinking of quitting their jobs. Two-thirds felt there were job opportunities awaiting them and 92 percent were considering switching careers. Johns can sympathize with those respondents. “To be honest,” she explained, “I was looking for an opportunity that better

suited our family as a working mom. I wanted some more flexibility and control of my future and schedule and I was looking to find a career that helped me to help other people. I was feeling ready to make a change.” While it boasts of its record in the hospitality and retail industries, Johns’ company points to a broad array of clients looking for management-level people. Its website lists nationwide and local restaurants, hotels, retail and grocery chains, assisted living facilities, hospitals, airport concourse outlets, spas, catering and wedding venues, casinos, companies that hire sales and customer service representatives – to name a few. “We have a background in hospitality,” Johns said. “We are the largest hospitality recruiter in North America. However, we recruit for any industry. And we recruit management level and above both for hospitality and for other industries, because I see we do.”

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her 5-year-old granddaughter. One lady stood up and danced with it. One man, a dignified former executive with Alzheimer’s, put it in his lap and wouldn’t let it go. He just laid his head into it.” In some ways, Baum continues to be surprised by the reactions of people who come in contact with the dolls. “You wouldn’t think some cloth and some fiberfill would have that affect but it does.” Baum has improved on her design from the first one 40 years ago, but she still makes them without a pattern because “I can’t do patterns.” Between 18 and 24 inches tall, the dolls consist of “soft, tactile fabrics generously stuffed with hypoallergenic fiberfill to give softness and substance,” she explained. Weighing about five pounds, each doll is dressed in baby clothes, a diaper and socks that the owner can put on and take off.

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rewards and more. They also get access to wine club dinners, trips and other events. Wines herself even hosts immersive events, including journeys to wine growing regions – she recently went to Sicily with a group of wine club members. “I believe that seeing the world through the lens of what you drink in each place is a great way to experience it,” she said. That said, you don’t have to be a world traveler to appreciate wine. Cooper’s Hawk brings an array of varietals to its tasting rooms and restaurants by pressing the grapes at or near the site of origin, then transporting the juice and doing the blending, aging and bottling on site, with few exceptions. It works with multiple growers to ensure consistency in its products, which is helpful for learning typical flavor profiles and characteristics. This approach helps keep costs reasonable—most bottles retail for about $17 to $40, with onsite prices around $25 to $48. “Having worked in the luxury world of wine where wines are for the one percent of the population, what I love about Cooper’s Hawk is: wine culture is for everyone,” Wines said. “It’s not a wealthy person’s game alone.” Information: chwinery.com/locations/ arizona/chandler-az

“He and that doll were inseparable,” Baum said. “That was his best friend. He would watch TV with it, go to bed with it wrapped around him.” In recent years, she redesigned the doll and the results have been “more wonderful responses.” “These dolls have gone to memory care facilities and the residents find lots of fun and comforting interactions with them,” she said. “They’ve gone to autistic children, to veterans and children who needed some comfort after a traumatic incident in their life – really, anyone who needs to have a tactile or comforting experience.” Baum took some to a memory care facility in Chandler not long ago, recalling, “I was amazed at the response” from the residents. “One lady said, ‘Oh there’s Addison,’

aged in oak versus stainless steel. The Master’s Flight that she curates includes four wines on a specific theme. The current one, “That’s My Jam,” features fruit-forward jammy wines: a primitivo-zinfandel blend, a soft old vine zinfandel, a cabernet zinfandel blend with more structure, and blueberry acai bubbly sangria. The wine list includes basic varietals, more upscale “Lux” wines, sweet and dessert wines, other fruit-based wines such as rhubarb and passion fruit, and wine-based seltzers. Wines also has a “passion project” for the firm making higher-end wines with a theme of female empowerment. She’s committed to expanding diversity in the wine world for women and BIPOC people, and the Camille series (so called after her middle name) is devoted to strong characters. The current offering, a bordeaux-style blend called Camille Proud with Joan of Arc on the label, ”is about people who have pride in their convictions and fight for them,” she said. The Cooper’s Hawk wine club mimics a typical winery club, where members sign up to purchase one to three bottles each month and get perks such as discounts on more bottles, birthday

No two are alike and they have no faces “so that each individual who interacts with the doll can apply their own interpretation.” However, she said she tries to put a hat or headband on their head. “I look for low tech options to enhance the quality of people’s lives,” Baum said. “Because these dolls give a sense of weight and are made with cozy, tactile fabrics, they are a perfect remedy for providing a sense of calm and constant friendship,” Baum said. “They provide a sense of ‘presence.’ Comfort dolls are always ready to be by one’s side, ready to be loved and to love. A comfort doll is not just a toy. It’s a gift of companionship and unconditional love.” “Honestly, when I’m done sewing one, I usually hug it,” Baum added. She said she has witnessed the dolls’ impact in so many ways – as nurture therapy, a conversation starter and a calming presence that can lull someone

to sleep. Or they create a distraction from a particularly upsetting event or just provide “endless hours of hugs and smiles,” she said. In other words, Baum added, the dolls have become “a non-drug way to calm and soothe.” She can dress the dolls in the recipient’s favorite color. For example, one woman who wanted a doll for her mother, a memory care facility resident, “said her mom likes purple, so I put on a purple dress and she said it was perfect, that her mother took to it right away.” But she added, “I can’t custom-make them because I’m not a master craftsperson.” “By any means, they are not perfect,” she said. “But then, neither are we perfect.” To order a doll or find one that may already have been made, email: heartcomfortdolls@gmail.com.

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In her early months in her new work, Johns’ biggest challenges have been those of both small business owner and career changer. While she said “the biggest challenge so far has been a few things as a firsttime, small business owner – learning to manage the things that come up in a small business,” she concedes she also has had to master “learning the new field” and “learning how to apply my skills that I have to the recruiting work.” Then there was the challenge of “getting familiar with the hospitality industry and getting up to speed with what is going on in the industry, how things are structured – that sort of thing.” But her training and innate abilities have helped her overcome those challenges. “It took some time to feel comfortable but we’re ready to go now,” Johns said. She was not terribly surprised when she discovered “some industries have a crying need for personnel.” “I was maybe a little surprised at how great the need was, but also understood it, given what’s happened in the last year and a half.” The hospitality industry, from restaurants of every size to hotels of every dimension, has been particularly ravaged by the pandemic. Many have found that surviving shutdowns was easy compared to finding talent and dedication in every position, from waiting tables to running the show. Johns said the restaurant industry has rebounded quickly “and we have many clients that are looking for anywhere from entry-level jobs to the management level positions.” “Given what’s happened in the last year and a half, I think that companies are having to pivot again. They’re having to work hard to get people back into the workforce and maybe look at their company culture and make sure that they’re offering a great place to work… They have to be competitive to get good A+ candidates.” Johns also can tap into her company’s database of some 500,000 job seekers and notes that it also has a unique system that, unlike many job websites, pays close attention to clients’ needs. “We use multiple sources to do recruiting, but we really try to understand

what it is they’re looking for first, what their need is and then we derive a plan to come up with the best opportunity to get them candidates quickly.” That includes culling through applications – or sizing up someone who already has a job and figuring out if there’s a way to lure them to a client’s job vacancy. “A lot of times recruiters are just maybe pulling resumes and just turning resumes over to a client. We go beyond that,” she said. “We research resumes. We have our own database. We have a screening process that we go through to make sure that we’re getting the best candidate. We do our own interviewing and reference checking before we present a candidate to a client.” For job seekers, she said, “We also help coach candidates and help them with their resumes and help them pull out their accomplishments so that they are strong in their interviews.” And both employers and job seekers “have a direct, dedicated account manager” so they are getting personalized service. Johns pointed out that her company already has an extensive national network that it can draw on to help find the right person for a client. Many times, it might simply involve finding someone willing and able to relocate to another part of the country. “We utilize the network that we’ve built up over the last few decades,” she said, adding that on her website, there’s a link for restless people to upload their resume and a letter on what they’re looking for. “I’m able to place candidates in jobs across the country,” Johns added. “Most of my client development will be here in Arizona, but we’re able to work with candidates in Arizona and in other places.” As she goes along headhunting and placing, Johns also is already discovering the sense of satisfaction she wanted in a new career – one where she is giving back and growing personally. “It’s really exciting to help people find jobs, help people find a career that helps improve their lives,” Johns said. “You’re also helping an employer in the community meet their needs. And so I feel like it’s a win win.” To reach Johns: sjohns@patriceandassociates.com or patriceandassociates. com/tempe-85044/ n

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I am writing to raise awareness to the problem of plastic pollution, speci�ically plastic grocery bags. In 2021, the estimated number of bags consumed will be over 5 trillion! Less than 1 percent of those are recycled. Those that aren’t recycled will take up to 1,000 years to decompose. The plastics industry must be held accountable for the disposal of post-consumer products. One approach is a tax or fee for each plastic bag. That revenue would be invested into innovation for environmentally safe products or to fund recycling. Unfortunately, the plastic’s lobbying group, The American Chemistry Council, with an annual budget of $122 million dollars, is �ighting this on all fronts. The East Valley Tribune highlighted this problem in the article from March 16, 2016, “Ducey Sacks Tempe Over Plastic Bags Issue,” revealing Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation HB2131, sponsored by Rep. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, making it illegal for local governments to impose any tax, fee or deposit on dis-

the tools they need to survive and grow. That’s why I was proud to vote in favor of Arizona House Bill 2005, which would have provided alternative payment methods on Android and iOS for developers and consumers, introducing competition and lower prices where none exist today. What you probably didn’t know is that every time you buy a digital product or spend money in a video game, Apple and Google are taking a 30 percent transaction tax, sti�ling competition, hurting innovation, and arti�icially raising prices on consumers. Today, this issue has reached the steps of the U.S. Congress. In August, the Open App Markets Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate, and a companion bill was later introduced in the U.S. House. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would promote a fair app ecosystem and

allow developers to innovate while providing choices to consumers. While the legislation overreaches in some areas, the guiding principles of introducing competition, reducing consumer costs, and anticompetitive behavior from Apple and Google are critical. Many developers face harmful restrictions and protocols at the hands of large tech companies, like the 30 percent transaction fee on purchases made through in-app payments as well as unfair self-preferencing methods. These harmful tactics diminish innovators’ ability to bring products to market and reach a broad consumer audience. Furthermore, these behaviors limit choices for consumers in the app marketplace. The Open App Markets Act is a step in the right direction to hold large tech corporations accountable for practices that

sti�le competition for developers in the U.S. and worldwide. We must halt anti-competitive tactics and level the playing �ield by allowing consumers and developers to decide how they pay for their product, ban self-preferencing schemes, and break down the barriers preventing developers from directly communicating with their consumers. As a small business owner and chairman of the Arizona House Commerce Committee, I want to see our state’s tech innovators and developers grow and prosper. I urge the entire Arizona Congressional delegation to support the provisions that encourage competition, marketplace fairness, and innovation, while reducing customer costs. Arizona’s Silicon Desert is counting on you. Rep. Jeff Weninger represents LD17, which includes south Chandler and Sun Lakes.

posable bags. Politicians supporting bills like HB2131 are contributing to the plastic pollution problem. Safeguarding our environment will take a concerted effort on everyone’s part. Corporate leaders, politicians and the public will all need to do their part to decrease the production of plastics that are depleting resources, poisoning the environment and overburdening waste management attempts. Let your government of�icials know that you are concerned for the health of the planet and do your part to reduce your use of single-use plastics. -Lisa Semrau

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the resilience and resourcefulness of my students at Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School have been my guiding star. I can invest in these kids because I invest in myself as a teacher. After a decade in the classroom, I went back to school and earned a master’s degree in education media design and technology from Full Sail University. My experience at Full Sail reignited my passion for teaching and provided me with more instructional tools and resources. I know many of my fellow teachers are equally passionate about ensuring their students get the best education possible. I am con�ident that students in Kyrene – and across Arizona – will return to in-person learning with passionate and competent educators by their side. These are the teachers that will help them to go on to accomplish great things this school year. - Nicholas Poveromo

toughest challenges of their lives. They could be facing threats of death or violence or trying to keep their loved ones safe in the face of extreme danger. That’s what I dealt with every workday for over 25 years as a 911 dispatcher in Maricopa County. It was my job to keep those callers calm while also making sure that the help they needed reached them before it was too late. First responders have a tough job. It’s their sworn duty to put themselves in danger, to run into the �ire, to rescue our neighbors facing the worst crises imaginable. It’s important that elected of�icials have our backs. During the worst months of the pandemic, communities had to make tough decisions about how to keep their residents safe in the face of severe budget shortfalls. Fortunately, Mark Kelly stood up for us. He delivered 7.6 billion in funding to Arizona to prevent layoffs of police of�icers, �ire�ighters and other �irst responders so they can continue keeping Arizonans safe. Thank you, Mark Kelly, for standing up for law enforcement and �irst responders. -Louisa Pedraza

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The content I teach as a middle school technology teacher is always changing and that makes for exciting classes that can also be challenging to instruct. The dynamic nature of technology pushes me to constantly refresh my skills and �ind new ways to connect with my students – which has been especially important during remote learning.

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rizona College Prep’s football stadium, which brings a new level of energy to Gilbert Road in Chandler on Friday nights, now officially has a name. Previously called “Knight Stadium” when it made its debut in late August, the host site for all of Arizona College Prep home football and, eventually, soccer games will now be renamed in honor of Dr. Fred DePrez, who founded ACP as “Hamilton Prep” in 2007. The resolution was brought to the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board Sept. 22 and passed unanimously. “I really want to thank you so much,” DePrez said. “This is really a tremendous recognition, and it was completely unexpected. "In fact, (former CUSD Superintendent) Camille (Casteel) called me about this 6 months ago and I thought, ‘I have been retired 6 years, how could I still be in trouble?’ It just caught me completely off guard.” DePrez was the first principal at Hamilton High School, which quickly grew both in terms of enrollment and in the success of its athletic programs. In 2006, he sought new ways to provide education opportunities for Hamilton students and families outside of the large classroom settings the main high school was providing. So, he created Hamilton Prep, a high school within a high school. It officially opened to seventh and eighth grade students in 2007, using rented space from Chandler Christian Church, (now Compass Church) just down the street from the main Hamilton campus. The demand by families to attend Hamilton Prep grew exponentially. In 2010, Erie Elementary School was repurposed and remodeled to house Hamilton Prep, which then became known as Arizona College Prep – Erie. Students and staffed of-

Above: ACP head football coach Myron Blueford being able to refer to his team’s home stadium by an actual name further solidifies it as their own after using other schools’ fields for years. (Pablo Robles/Arizonan Staff) Right: Hamilton’s first-ever principal Dr. Fred DePrez was honored Sept. 22 by the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board by renaming Arizona College Prep’s football stadium after him. (Courtesy CUSD) ficially moved in two years later in 2012. The name and location change also allowed ACP to open its doors to more students. On top of seventh and eighth graders, high school freshman up to seniors were then able to enroll. The school had 359 students when it opened in 2012. But has since exploded to nearly 1,300 on its new high school campus. “It’s been a tremendous thing for the community,” DePrez said of the school. “My grandson went there for a couple of years, so my own family has benefitted from this.” Arizona College Prep has received numerous academic honors since its inception. It was named an Arizona Educational Foundation A+ School of Excellence, a U.S. News & World Report Best High School, the top public high school in the greater Phoenix area by Niche and was awarded the 2019 National Blue-Ribbon by the U.S. Department of Education. Students have received millions of dol-

lars in academic scholarships. Some have received individual honors and scholarships from Flinn, one of the most prestigious in the United States, as well as National Merit and Coca-Cola. The school’s athletic programs, despite their young age compared to other schools in the district, have also produced high-level talent. Just last year ACP saw more than five Division I football players come out of its program that has only been around since 2018. ACP head coach Myron Blueford said the renaming of the stadium, in some ways, solidifies it as their own. In newsletters sent every week to parents of players on his team, he would often refer to opposing team’s stadiums by their name – most commonly after former coaches or administrators at the school or district. But when highlighting a home game, he could only write “at ACP.” “It will be cool moving forward to be able to refer to our stadium and it actually having a name,” Blueford said. “That

aspect of it is really cool because it sort of solidifies the fact that we now have our own stadium.” DePrez was nearly overcome with emotion at the board meeting when the resolution was read and approved by the governing board. Many of those involved at the district level were just getting their start in education when he was principal at Hamilton. So, to be recognized by those he helped mold, including Arizona College Prep as a whole, was an honor he will forever cherish. “It’s great to be part of this and be recognized this way,” DePrez said. “I thank you very much.”

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ACP swim rebuilding family after COVID season BY KATHRYN FIELD Arizonan Contributing Writer

fter a year of socially distanced high school athletics, many teams look forward to simply returning to normal competition. For the Arizona College Prep swim team, this season is about becoming a family again. Usually a very close group, the ACP swim team lost most of their team building activities during the 2020 season. COVID protocols kept the team socially distanced during travel to meets and limited team building opportunities. “Last year, the culture was there but I feel like we were all kind of distanced with COVID,” said senior Kate Shimkus. After a year with limited team building, swimmers look forward to working back toward the family feeling the team had before the pandemic. Seniors who have experienced the team under normal conditions are leading the charge to make everyone feel welcome. “We obviously had team bonding last year but it was not as close as it was this year, so it’s really cool that as seniors we get to take that on and mentor the freshmen,” said senior Kate White. For this year’s seniors, this season is as much about making current members feel welcome as it is about instilling the values in members to continue to include everyone in the years to come. They hope to leave a legacy of inclusion that will continue long after they graduate. Senior Olivia Ramos wants the underclassmen to know that there is an expectation to include everyone on the team and

pect of the team remains long after they graduate. “The discipline they have to rise to a higher level with integrity and ethics, leading by modeling, even when somebody faster than you is coming along, they still do that,” said Nelson. As a coach, Nelson has watched Ramos, Shimkus and White grow not only as swimmers, but as people as well. She has seen them grow into young women who can understand the decisions she makes as a coach and help the rest of the team to understand those decisions. Nelson was brought to tears at the thought of the 2021 season being their last season on the team. From left: Kate White, Kate Shimkus and Olivia Ramos are three of Arizona College Prep’s swimmer At the end of the day, the who are helping rebuild a family atmosphere on the team after that was interrupted by the pandemic. seniors are less concerned (Courtesy Kristine Nelson) about results and more concerned about making every make them feel welcome. Ramos, Shimkus team members since their freshman team member feel welcome and White remember what it was like to be year. Nelson credits them with always and included. Shimkus wants every team an underclassman on the team and how embodying the core values of the team. member to feel as included and appreciat“They’re the glue that holds the team ed as she has in her four years on the team. much they appreciated the upperclassmen including them, and they want to return together,” said Nelson. “I want to leave a legacy of making it so With the move to a new campus, Nel- the minute you join the team, you know that favor to the current underclassmen. “At the end of the year when we leave son has a very young team. The return- that you’ve joined a family and that evthe team, I want them to know that they ing swimmers are integral to instilling eryone on the team wants the best for can always come and talk to us if they the values of the team in the new swim- you,” she said. mers. Ramos, Shimkus and White have need anything,” said White. Kathryn Field is a sports journalism stuCoach Kristine Nelson has watched taken on the role of mentoring the young dent at Arizona State University covering Ramos, Shimkus and White grow as swimmers in hopes that the family as- Arizona College Preparatory athletics.

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Clint Black is diving full bore into work in Chandler BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO Contributor

lint Black considers himself lazy. It’s a rather absurd statement considering what he did during the pandemic. In addition to performing on a regular livestream and launching Clint Black Cowboy Coffee, which is available on his website. He pitched and was cleared to host “Talking in Circles with Clint Black,” a TV show that is a behind-the-scenes conversation with two entertainers talking shop (Travis Tritt and Brad Paisley have already guested). All this came on top of releasing 2020’s “Out of Sane,” his 13th studio outing. And now with live music venues eager to get back up and running, the Nashville resident is finding the 70 to 90 dates he did between late February and Christmas during a pre-coronavirus year is now packed through Christmas 2021. Black’s

“I’m streaming stuff, getting a coffee company off the ground and getting a TV show done and then bam! We’re back on the road,” Clint Black said as he described his busy schedule. (Special to GetOut)

welcoming his return to the road. “My booking agent – we renamed him rescheduling agent – and he did a great job of keeping things moved up just far enough in front of us so they might happen,” he said. “Now I’m as busy as I like to be. I’m streaming stuff, getting a coffee company off the ground and getting a TV show done and then bam! We’re back on the road. That’s how I dealt with the shutdown and then suddenly, we’ve started back up and I still have a TV show and a coffee company.” Far from complaining, the singer-songwriter is diving full bore into the remainder of a year that will find him initially doing nearly a two-hour show dubbed “An Evening With” that will hit fairs, festi-

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t’s been more than a year, but the popular Pita Jungle Jazz Jam is returning Oct. 14 – but starting on a somewhat somber note. The first installment of the weekly Thursday event 6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Pita Jungle at 1949 W. Ray Road, Chandler, will be a celebration of the life of guitarist Pete Gitlin, who passed away in May. For 20 years, he hosted the jam session at the Chandler Pita Jungle, welcoming to the stage hundreds of musicians who ranged from from high school students making their first live performances to many of the Valley’s most accomplished jazz musicians. Live music by many Valley singers and

musicians will be joining Ken Hales on trumpet, Dave Ihlenfeld on piano, John Willis on bass and Cleve Huff on drums. The event will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Desert Region and donations will be accepted in Pete’s honor at the show. Donations can also be made online at give.lls.org. In addition, Pita Jungle will be donating 10 percent of the dining proceeds from that evening to the local non-profit chapter to help the fight against cancer. The Pita Jungle Jazz Jam, the Valley’s longest-running jam session, began in April 2000. This will be the first show in over a year and a half since the pandemic. Singers and musicians are invited to join on stage. The event is first come, first serve and open to all ages.

The late guitarist Pete Gitlin organized the Pita Jungle Jazz Jam. (Special to GetOut)

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vals and a few casino dates through the end of October. After a quick break, the New Jersey native regroups with wife Lisa Hartman Black for the “Mostly Hits & The Mrs.” string of dates that will take them through the end of February. And while he’s on the road, Black will be filling his free time creating stage videos for Hartman Black on his hard drives on the bus and mapping out lighting schemes. Not surprisingly, this noseto-the-grindstone work ethic meant he spent most of 2019 holed up in his home studio working on “Out of Sane,” squeezing in 18-hour days when he wasn’t on the road playing roughly 70 dates that year.

timental “America (Still In Love With You),” both penned with friend and fellow Nashville veteran Steve Wariner. Elsewhere, Black delivers a solid reading of Fred Neil’s “Everybody’s Talkin’” (“It’s still one of the songs I can listen to when I’m overexposed to it and my ears are still happy.”) And while he’s continued making music and touring, Black has expanded into TV and film roles. Most recently, he and Hartman Black appeared in last year’s season of “The Masked Singer” as “Snow Owls,” competing as the series’ first duet competitors while riding in a mobile egg. As difficult an experience as it was, Black was happy coming out of the other end of it. “It was really challenging in a good

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“I had enough success to sustain me after the major label and also build a studio,” he said. “I was able to learn more about engineering and I can record anything I want without an engineer. I wouldn’t do a session because I want things to move quickly. I know my studio inside and out and there is a joy in that. Some people want to be able to take an old Chevy apart and put it back together. “I can take my studio apart and put it back together and that to me is the joy. That’s why the album is titled ‘Out of Sane.’ It starts out with sanity and a mind at work, and it ends up with a mad scientist out of sane just doing the science work. It seemed like a good title, and it fit well into 2020 well.” The latest collection of songs finds Black sticking with the tried-and-true, working with longtime collaborator Hayden Nichols. After opening with the bluesy slow-burner “Hell Bent,” Black switches gears into the twangy toetapper “My Best Thinkin’” and the sen-

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Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE. Notice is hereby given that PODS Enterprises, LLC will sell the contents of certain containers at auction to the highest bidder to satisfy owner’s lien. Auctions will be held at 555 E Willis Rd, Chandler, AZ, 85286 on October 12, 2021 starting at 10:30am. Contents to be sold may include general household goods, electronics, office & business equipment, furniture, clothing and other miscellaneous property. NOTICE TO CREDITORS CASE PB2021-090901 SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA MARICOPA COUNTY: In the Matter of the Estate of Danny D Montgomery Deceased. Notice is given that Stephen T. Montgomery was appointed personal representative of this estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the personal representative at 20102 E. Silver Creek Ln, Queen Creek AZ, 85142. Dated 9/13/21. Published in the East Valley Tribune September 19, 26 & October 3, 2021 / 41430

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