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Tribal deal helps get Gilbert more water to grow BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Managing Editor
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fter nearly a decade of negotiations, Gilbert has agreed to pay the San Carlos Apache Tribe over $31 million in exchange for a 100-year water lease that will help secure enough water to meet state-mandated requirements for the town’s buildout. Gilbert will lease 5,925 acre feet of Central Arizona Project water from the tribe under the deal to help the town meet its 100-year assured water supply obligations required under the Arizona Groundwater Management Act. “Gilbert is always seeking out ways to achieve that through both conservation and acquisition,” Mayor Jenn Daniels said. “So we
developed a partnership and a relationship with the San Carlos Apache Tribe, and we have been able to see a mutually beneficial outcome.” Daniels said the deal benefits the town by offering water stability and benefits the tribe by providing financial and economic development resources. The allocation accounts for about 7 percent of Gilbert’s projected water supply at buildout, Town Manager Patrick Banger said. Unlike more mature communities, such as Phoenix and Mesa, which have larger water allotments, Gilbert relies on a patchwork of smaller allocations from a variety of sources to meet its water needs. The town’s portfolio includes allocations from Central Arizona Project, Salt River Proj-
ect, Roosevelt Water Conservation District, the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and the White Mountain Apache Tribe. “We’ve had to search a little bit longer and a little bit harder to put our portfolio together, but we are right on the cusp of completing that, thankfully, and the San Carlos Apache agreement was a key piece of that,” Banger said. The deal was eight years in the making. The town originally came to an agreement with the San Carlos Apache Tribe in 2010 to lease a portion of water allocation to the tribe in 1999 through its Water Rights Settlement Agreement. However, a complex web of jurisdictions and legal oversight issues prevented the deal from advancing until recently. Specifically, the see WATER page 9
Christian refugees find Piano prodigy helping hand in Gilbert BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Managing Editor
GETOUT ....................... 24 Firebirds chooses Gilbert for its fourth Valley restaurant.
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t a time when the debate over U.S. refugee resettlement policy rages nationwide, Saba and Nazhoon exemplify what can happen when a community opens its arms to others in need. The couple built a new life for themselves in Gilbert after being driven from their home in Iraq by violence in the early 2000s. Forced to move from home to home in Iraq for years before fleeing to Egypt, they waited nearly a decade to be resettled in America. When they finally arrived in spring 2017, Saba and Nazhoon faced the tall task of adjusting to a new culture and society at the ages of 73 and 66, see REFUGEES page 6 respectively.
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Saadhvi Sri Jayaram of Gilbert is only 7, but she composed a piece she presented at the Yamaha 2018 National Junior Original Concert last month. Organizers select only 13 performers from some 6,000 Yamaha Music Education System students. She and a 15-year-old Gilbert boy participated. For their story, see page 16.
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A collaborative effort by Helen’s Hope Chest and Arizona State University’s Brining Success program starts to remove stubborn financial barriers to higher education faced by young adults in foster care by offering help in purchasing vital college life supplies. The Arizona Community Foundation in 2015 found that Arizona’s foster youth have a high school graduation rate of just 33 percent and a college graduation rate of 3 percent – worse than nearly all other at-risk student groups. To serve the program’s fall 2018 group of 25-30 incoming Sun Devils is raising $15,000 from individuals and businesses by July 31. During Bridging Success’s Early Start program in August, students will receive training on college budgeting strategies, a $500 gift card and a group shopping trip to the Target at Tempe Marketplace. Helen’s Hope Chest is the East Valley’s primary organization to help foster parents and foster kids. Information: bit.ly/hhc-college or John Zielonka at 480-834-2115.
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They had the added challenge that Saba, who was a structural engineer in Iraq, does not speak much English, though his wife speaks the language very well. They were able to meet the challenge with the help of new friends they met along the way at Gilbert’s Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church. Several members of the church stepped in to provide material and emotional support after they were resettled in Gilbert with the help of Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest. One couple in particular, Brad and Randi VenHuizen, took a particular interest in Saba and Nazhoon. The church members have taken their new friends on day trips around Arizona, provided rides for errands around town and even played an instrumental role in making sure the couple’s green card application did not fall through. “When I meet him, I feel that (Brad) is my father, my brother, my friend, my uncle,” Nazhoon said. The two couples since have developed a close friendship, though it was a friendship that almost did not happen. Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest, which operates as a refugee reset-
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Saba and Nazhoon faced a high learning curve when they arrived in America in 2017.
tlement agency, does not typically resettle refugees in Gilbert because there are fewer resources and ethnic community groups located there than in other Valley cities, according to Stephanie Petrilli, director of development communications. However, Saba and Nazhoon had a friend in Gilbert who said she would help the family, so the organization made an exception.
When the couple arrived in Gilbert, they stayed with the friend for three weeks, but the friend had throat cancer and could not provide further support. That is where Spirit of Joy stepped in. Volunteers from the church have helped Saba and Nazhoon become acclimated to their new community by taking them to the library, teaching them to ride the light rail and helping them
make connections to the community. Beyond those everyday tasks, Saba and Nazhoon, who are Christian, are thankful to be part of a church community again; much of the persecution they faced in Iraq resulted from their faith. Nazhoon said they had not been able to attend a church for 20 years. “They make us love this church so much,” Nazhoon said. “Really, all the people – all the people in this church. I love them. I feel they are in my family.” They are so close with their church family that Nazhoon now sends videos of worship services to family in Egypt. Saba and Nazhoon’s journey to joining the Gilbert community took nearly 15 years. Shortly after the beginning of the Iraq War, the family was victimized by violent militias who told them they must leave the country because of their Christianity. Over the next several years, they were forced to move among several different homes in order to remain safe. Still, they were witness to acts of unspeakable violence, including a moment when their son witnessed masked men abduct three of his friends from his university and kill them. Eventually, Nazhoon was able to
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Santan Motorplex deal concludes happily for all sides BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Managing Editor
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he Gilbert Town Council recently approved the final payment related to a development deal signed with Santan Motorplex 15 years ago. In retrospect, town officials look at the deal as an example of the way incentives and appropriate zoning can work together to promote employment growth. The development at Loop 202 and Val Vista Drive is now home to nine active car dealerships and is set to undergo an expansion. The Town signed a development deal with Santan Motorplex in 2003 that included a rebate of up to 50 percent of the sales tax generated by dealerships operating within the development with total rebates not to exceed $60 million. The deal also provided for a cap of $7 million per major dealership and $3 million per non-major dealership. The deal was initially set to end in December 2017 but delays in the completion of town-funded infrastructure improvements early in the project pushed the date back to include all sales made through
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The SanTan Motorplex is a sprawling automotive complex near Loop 202 and Val Vista Drive that is home to nine car dealerships, including San Tan Hyundai.
May 15 of this year. The change in the end date caused a $2 million increase in the reimbursement amount. On June 21, the Town Council approved a transfer from the General Fund to cover that increase so that town staff could make the final payment associated with the agreement. With the final payment scheduled, Gilbert Economic Development Director Dan Henderson said the development agreement worked out well for the town. “I think it has been a great deal,” he said.
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“As we look at the build out of the autoplex, I think the deal as it was intended really helped the town build the necessary infrastructure to attract significant automotive (users) and it has been very successful.” Henderson credits the town’s long-term commitment to the area as an employment corridor and its investment in infrastructure for spurring further growth in the area. “Dating as far back as 1986, the Town looked at land in that area and intended it for commercial and employment uses,” he said. “In this case, the general plan got the area right.”
Henderson added that road improvements along Lindsay Road, including a planned freeway interchange, will promote further commercial growth in the area. He said there are already plans for new hotels in the design review process. Applicants are also seeking to expand the footprint of the Santan Motorplex. Their plans took a step forward in June when the Town Council approved a minor zoning amendment to rezone over 35 acres of land at Spectrum Way and Pecos Road from a business park to general commercial. The site is currently a collection of old agricultural properties. In a memo to the Town Council, town staff wrote that the proposed development has led to increased interest in other vacant properties in the area and the zoning change would open up those properties for more varied commercial uses. “If anything paved the way (for this), it was the infrastructure,” Henderson said. “That is where I think Council got the vision right. They brought infrastructure like Loop 202 to the area. That infrastructure and this development agreement is where the Council got it right.”
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Bureau of Reclamation, as a trustee of the tribe, had objections to the deal. Over the past decade, the town worked with the tribe, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of the Interior to resolve the issues. One issue had to do with how water affected by the deal would be allocated if water levels in Lake Mead and other reservoirs fall into restricted zones and force water allocation restrictions. “We had a very long back-and-forth discussion, and we have finally been able to bring to closure to that,” Banger said. In part, the deal stipulates that in times of shortage, Gilbert’s lease will be subordinate to two other San Carlos Apache leases and the tribe’s use of water on its own land. Gilbert also is prohibited from using water from the lease on golf courses or for mining purposes. A meeting in May 2017 between Daniels and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke provided a breakthrough. Zinke put the town in touch with Vincent DeVito, counselor to the secretary for energy policy, who helped move the process along. “We worked directly with Mr. DeVito to break through the logjam that we were experiencing and get the language clarified in a manner that was acceptable to
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all the parties involved and finally bring this to conclusion,” Banger said. For Daniels, the deal is a relief because the lease agreement negotiations have lasted for nearly all of her tenure as a councilwoman and mayor. “We always think about the long-term implications this has for Gilbert,” she said. “To me, this means that Gilbert long into the future will be a sustainable community, and there is still a lot of work we need to do to ensure that, but to have the water rights that we need in order to be successful, that is the victory.” As it has attempted to add allocations to its water portfolio, Gilbert also has pursued water conservation efforts.
For decades, Banger said, the town has been recharging reclaimed waste water through areas like the Riparian Preserve into underground aquifers. The town now has over 400,000 acre feet of water stored. “Gilbert is zero-discharge (town), meaning all reclaimed water coming through our treatment plant is reused in the community,” he said, noting reclaimed water is used on golf courses and HOA common areas or is recharged. Daniels said the town also will conduct free home water-meter inspections at residents' request and will provide guidance on landscape maintenance to reduce water use.
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Higley, GPS districts adopt budgets for new school year BY GSN NEWS STAFF
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he governing boards for Gilbert Public Schools and Higley Unified School District have set budgets for the upcoming school year that reflect significant teacher pay raises approved in recent months. Gilbert Public School’s maintenance and operations budget is set at $221,515,887 – up 6.8 percent from the previous year. Much of that increase is due to the nine percent raise the district gave to teachers that raised the average salary of all teachers employed by the district from $48,519 to $52,885. That salary hike accounts for just over $12 million of the $14,153,512 jump in payroll costs. Health insurance contributions, the increase to an $11 minimum hourly wage in 2019 for other employees, and state retirement contributions account for the remainder of the budget increase. The district also took mitigation strategies to offset the effects of an anticipated decline in enrollment. That enrollment decline could negate the additional funds provided by the state for inflation. Those mitigation strategies include a reduction of 20 teaching positions that will save the district approximately $1 million. GPS also restructured its special education delivery model in an attempt to save $1.5 million. The district will also no longer provide dental coverage for employees. It also reduced administrative costs and reduced opportunities for stipends and overtime. GPS’ capital outlay increased from $17.3 million last year to $19.8 mil-
lion in the upcoming school year. That fund will provide for the first payment related to a new text book adoption in language arts. The balance of the payments for that rollout is due in the second year of the contract, but the publisher is providing all books to the district upfront. Higley Unified School District’s maintenance and operations budget is set at $74,754,824 for the next school year, an increase of just over $1 million from the previous year. “This is pretty much standard,” HUSD CFO Gary Holland said. “The (new) budget is pretty consistent with our expenditures for last year.” Like GPS, Higley’s budget also includes significant pay increases for teachers. Higley approved an 11 percent raise for teachers; a 10 percent increase for counselors and instructional coaches; a 5 percent raise for classified personnel and psychologists, speech language pathologists and occupational therapists; and a 4 percent increase to administrators. The raises raised the average teacher salary in the district from nearly $48,000 to just over $54,000. The district’s definition of teacher includes all employees that provide instruction to students, including media specialists, counselors and site-based instructional coaches. Higley’s new budget includes a significant increase in special education expenses. The district increased the budget for serving disabled students from $9.2 million last year to $10.4 million in the upcoming year.
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Brad VenHuizen, flanked by Nazoon, left, and Saba, helped the refugees adjust to a new life.
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take her son to Egypt to stay with family members. After returning to Iraq, she eventually fled to Egypt with her daughter in 2006 after receiving another death threat. Saba stayed behind in Iraq with his brother. It would be five years before he was able to travel to Egypt in 2011 and be reunited with his family. Even at that point, their wait had not yet ended. Nazhoon received refugee status and asked to be resettled in 2008, but the couple would not make it to the U.S. until March 2017, helped by the exception for Christians included in an old version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The couple’s adult children still live in Egypt. The resettlement process is an arduous one with an array of background and security checks for applicants. The White House released an infographic in 2015 that detailed the refugee process. According to the graphic, refugees typically apply through global agencies like the U.N. before undergoing interviews and submission of their names, dates of birth and, in some cases, eye scans. Less than 1 percent of the global refu-
gee population moves past that step and is received by a federally funded resettlement support center that collects data and information for background checks. Candidates are then checked by several U.S. government agencies, including the F.B.I., Department of Homeland Security, State Department and National Counterterrorism Center. Candidates also are subject to a Department of Homeland Security interview, fingerprint screenings and medical checks before being referred to a domestic resettlement agency. After a year, people who come as refugees are generally eligible for their green card, which includes further checks. “This is an (additional) screening, because it’s a background check and fingerprints,” said Connie Phillips, president and CEO Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest. “Even if something was missed or if they’ve done something since they’ve been in the United States, then they’d catch it at this point.” This step nearly went awry for Saba and Nazhoon when the couple was unable to read a letter providing important information about an appointment
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for their green card application. Luckily, Brad VenHuizen read the letter and took them to the immigration office in person to have their fingerprints taken. “If he hadn’t read the letter, it would have been a big problem for us,” Nazhoon said. That anecdote illustrates the important role Saba and Nazhoon’s new Gilbert family has played in their resettlement. While he admits that politics surrounding refugees can be fraught with tension, Brad VenHuizen said he is more focused on helping the people like Nazhoon and Saba than focusing on that. “There’s a sentiment that agrees that we need to let less refugees in. That exists,” he said. “And yet, as far as Nazhoon and Saba are concerned, it’s got nothing to do with that. They’re (already) here – now what?” Phillips added, “There are thousands of people who have come as refugees who are here and still need this kind of support, because it takes a long time. If you plopped me in the middle of Iraq not knowing the language, not knowing Arabic, not knowing how to shop, how long would it take on any of us?”
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The increase in the result of an increase in actual expenditures during the last school year – the district outspent that portion of its special education budget by $700,000 last school year. Holland told the Higley board that the district is experiencing enrollment growth among its special-needs population and is experiencing cost increases due to mandated services and the private placement of some students. Higley’s unrestricted capital outlay fund also increased in the new budget from nearly $15.5 million to nearly $21 million. That total includes carryover funds unused from last year’s budget as well as district additional assistance funding provided by the state. The budget includes lease payments on the district’s middle schools that are increasing by $1 million next year, new technology purchases, building and facility improvements and new curriculum adoption. Both Gilbert Public Schools and Higley Unified School Districts expect to see district property tax rates decline slightly in the upcoming budget due to a new state-mandated formula that mandates tax rate reductions as property valuations increase.
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Meet the Gilbert Town Council candidates Editor’s note: The Gilbert Sun News early last month sent questionnaires to all six primary election candidates for Town Council. Their responses to some questions are being published today and the remainder will appear Sunday, July 15. GSN will subsequently be publishing columns that we invited them to write prior
EDDIE COOK Age: 57 Education: BS in Engineering from ASU. Employer/job: NetApp Inc./technical account manager. Immediate family: Wife Jenny, five children. Year moved to Gilbert: 1986 Last book read: “Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace” Why are you seeking another term on Town Council? I ran for Council in 2011 after realizing that I could better serve my community by bringing business ideas to the town’s government. I could not be more excited to continue to work with a team whose hearts are about service for our community. I’m extremely pleased with the progress of the Town during my two terms and am excited to continue our efforts to “Build a
JASON CVANCARA Age: 38 Education: University of Arizona, M.A. International Security; Harvard University, Negotiation Skills: Strategies for Increased Effectiveness. Employer/job: President, Silbar Security of Phoenix; Senior Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force Reserves. Immediate family: Jamie (nurse, Phoenix Children’s Hospital). Three daughters and a son. Year you moved to Gilbert: 2008 Last book read: “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War: Robert M. Gates” Why are you running for or seeking another term on Town Council? I am running for Gilbert Town Council for many reasons but there are three that stand out more than others. One, I want to use my 11+ years of law enforcement experience to help keep Gilbert residents safe. As our community grows, so will the crime and I will do everything
to the Aug. 28 election. Some responses to the questionnaires were edited for reason of space. The entire questionnaire and answers can be found under the Gilbert Sun News tab at eastvalleytribune.com. James Candland filed his responses past deadline and will be included next week.
Legacy for Gilbert” during my next term. Assuring fiscal responsibility and fostering economic development are my top two priorities. As a team the Council has developed the Town of Gilbert Strategic Plan to identify six strategic initiatives to guide our efforts for the next five years. They are focused on the following areas: long range financial planning, long range infrastructure planning, driving economic development, implementing an efficient high-performance government, becoming a technology leader, and community livability (clean, safe and vibrant). I have and will continue to bring corporate best business practices into our local government to provide the highest level possible to minimize the risk to our community. Two, I don’t want to see our taxes or fees raised once cent and will fight every day to ensure they don’t. Three, I want to put family and faith back at the center of or our Town’s priorities. For new candidates: Why should voters consider you? I am the only candidate with a background in public safety which will be important as our community grows. The Gilbert Police Department can’t fight crime by themselves and will need help from everyone. I will use my experience to work with the Gilbert Police Department, community leaders and organizations to find proactive ways to combat crime. One of my goals in the first 100 days is to create a Gilbert Block Watch Advisory Board which will consist of block watch leaders, a Council member and Gilbert Police Officers with the goal of more community involvement in curbing crime.
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of services at the lowest possible cost. For incumbents: Briefly explain your three most significant accomplishments. One of my strengths is that I come from a large business environment. I have now experienced six budget cycles as a Councilmember, working with the Town’s executive management team and staff. My business background and experience allowed me to facilitate the Town adopting the enterprise business practice of “Zero Based/Priority Based Budgeting” so that we fund only those things that should be funded. This process has transformed the Town of Gilbert to become a very efficient and high performance business-like entity. Working with the Town Manager, Town
BARBARA GUY Age: 54 Education: Arizona School of Real Estate & Business, ASU Entrepreneurial Program. Employer/job: The Real Estate Firm/ Realtor. Immediate family: Married to John for 34 years, two adult children Year you moved to Gilbert: 1996 Last book read: “Hillbilly Elegy” Why are you running for Town Council? In my professional and volunteer service, I have dedicated myself to positively contributing to our community by consistently demonstrating creative thinking to solve complex problems. I take serious accountability in handling my fiduciary responsibility as a successful businesswoman, appointed board official of the Parks & Recreation Department and elected HOA member. My work ethic, integrity and ability to listen will add a unique perspective to the Council and grant me the capacity to confidently address the needs of our resi-
Council and Economic Development team, we focused our efforts to create five business corridors with strategic plans to attract businesses to select Gilbert as their new home. My corporate business background in sales and marketing have complimented our team’s overall success for the Town of Gilbert. A couple of years ago as the Town of Gilbert was updating our Park and Recreation Master Plan, I had an idea for the Town to purchase 200+ acres of Maricopa County floodplain property in South Gilbert. My vision was to take the concepts of Indian Bend Wash in Scottsdale and Kiwanis Park in Tempe and combine them into a single regional park in South Gilbert. I was able to convince our County Supervisors of this vision. We then turned it over to our leadership team of Gilbert and Maricopa County to work out the details. Now Gilbert has a perpetual easement agreement with Maricopa County for this property at the cost of $10. dents and our business community. Why should voters consider you? A resident of South Gilbert for the past 22 years, I will provide a different frame of reference and a voice which include those communities south of the Loop 202 underrepresented by the current Council. Emphasis on my term as a councilmember will include open lines of communication with community: • Residents: I will be available directly to residents with a focus on community outreach, particularly in areas that have felt disenfranchised. • Businesses: I will ensure that Town processes, which impact business, run efficiently with an open dialogue regarding policy matters. • Schools: The Town’s largest employer should be included in policy matters that effect its ability to provide top-notch education. • HOAs: Work jointly on improvements to quality of life through increased dialogue between associations and Council members.
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BRIGETTE PETERSON Age: 53 Education: High school graduate. Current employer/job: Immediate family: Husband Mark and one grown married daughter. Year you moved to Gilbert: 1995 Last book read: “Mastering Civility” by Christine Porath Why are you seeking another term on Town Council? To continue being a very active and involved member of the Town Council. I believe one of the things that makes Gilbert special is that the Mayor, Vice Mayor and Town Council members attend events, ribbon cutting, meetings etc. Briefly explain your three most significant accomplishments.
JORDAN RAY Age: 39 Education: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, juris doctorate – law. Current employer/job: Two years ago, I started my own Gilbert based company, CREWLegal – a litigation consulting company. Prior to the creation of CREWLegal, I was part owner of inData Corp. for 17 years. inData was a Gilbert based litigation technology company. Immediate family: My wife of 18 years is Mandy Ray. We have five children. Year you moved to Gilbert: I am fifth generation from the Southeast Valley. We have lived in our current home in Gilbert for 9 years. Last book read: “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” Why are you running for or seeking another term on Town Council? Over the last seven years on the Council, I have worked as part of the Gilbert team to achieve numerous awards and recognitions including: Best Place to Raise a Family in Arizona; Best Place to Live When Trying to Save Money; 2nd Safest City in the U.S.; 7th Happiest City in America; 7th Best City to Be a Homeowner; Top
Merged Design Review Board with the Planning Commission, accomplished September 2016, creating a shorter process for applicants, saving everyone time & money. Bringing in-person interviews for board and commission positions back to the application process, it’s important to meet potential volunteers in person. Over the last 3.5 years, 10,079 jobs were added in Gilbert, another 10,022 jobs announced by Gilberts Office of Economic Development. Including an announcement by Deloitte, first phase of 1500, advance technology jobs. Construction began on Parking Structure 2 in the Heritage District (paying cash), broke ground on the new Gilbert Regional Park & Rittenhouse Basin park. 10 Cleanest Cities in America; 22nd Best Place to Live in the US. Gilbert still has more to do. I will continue to make business growth, public safety, and fiscal discipline my top priorities to build a community we can continue to be proud of. For incumbents: Briefly explain your three most significant accomplishments. Since joining in 2011, I have been proud of all that we as a Town Council have accomplished, including: Gilbert’s upgrade in Bond rating to AAA in 2015 based on Gilbert’s efficiency, financial stability, and Town management – a rating that only 179 out of the thousands of communities in the nation have earned. Gilbert’s ability to attract and retain businesses that provide job opportunities for our citizens and tax dollars for our Town such as Deloitte moving to Gilbert and providing 2,500 high-paying jobs. Gilbert’s redevelopment of the Heritage District which has greatly benefitted local businesses and brought in more tax revenue.
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AIMEE RIGLER Age: 29 Education: Bachelor’s degree in business communications from W.P Carey School of Business; graduate of the Objectivist Academic Center. Employer/job: Arizona Free Enterprise Club/ director of communications and government relations Immediate family: Not married, no kids. My immediate family are my parents Dow and Lisa Rigler, siblings: Amanda (sister) and Todd Patrie (brother in law,) Dustin (brother) and Jessica (sister in law) Rigler, and April Rigler (sister.) Year you moved to Gilbert: 2001 Last book read: “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler” by Italo Calvino
13 Why are you running for Town Council? I am running Gilbert Town Council because I believe my background in policy development as well as community devotion will be a positive asset to the position. I want to help elevate the Town’s culture to better serve taxpayers, residents, and businesses. Why should voters consider you? I bring fresh enthusiasm to Town governance, a thoughtful understanding of public policy, and the experience “in the trenches” of helping taxpayers navigate bureaucracy. I’m passionate about ensuring Gilbert builds trust with residents and businesses by setting policies that are inherently fair, are inclusive of their input, and fiscally sustainable.
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Tempers flare over voter information on voucher, elections questions BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services
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The lawsuit authorized unanimously by the bipartisan commission most immediately will seek to block the Secretary of State’s Office from using the description – adopted less than 24 hours earlier on a party-line vote by the Legislative Council – in the ballot pamphlet mailed out ahead of the November election to all households with registered voters. It would then be up to a court to deter-
emocrat lawmakers last week accused their Republican colleagues of hiding relevant information from voters about upcoming ballot measures. The Democrats complained that key provisions in two measures on the November ballot are not included in the explanations to be provided to voters in official ballot pamphlets. And those provisions, they said, are needed to give voters full information to help them decide whether to approve either proposal. One would expand the current voucher program, making virtually all of the 1.1 million students in public schools eligible to use public funds to attend private or parochial schools. The other seeks to put some new (Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services) restrictions on the ability Beth Lewis, left, and Dawn Penich-Thacker of Save Our Schools Ariof the Citizens Clean Elec- zona suggest to a Republican-controlled committee changes to detions Commission to en- scriptions of a voucher expansion plan that voters will see. act campaign finance rules. The latter almost immediately pro- mine if lawmakers complied with state voked a lawsuit by the commission that law, which requires an “impartial analyincluded Republican legislators suing sis’’ of all ballot measures. If the judge their colleagues. agrees with challengers, he or she then Members of the Citizens Clean Elec- could order council members to recontions Commission voted Friday to sue the vene and recraft the language. Legislative Council over what commisAt the heart of the fight is the decision sioners claim is an effort to mislead vot- by voters in 1998 to set up a voluntary ers about an upcoming ballot measure. system of public financing of statewide Tom Collins, the commission’s execu- and legislative elections. Under the Cititive director, said the council, made up zens Clean Elections Act, candidates who of 10 Republicans and four Democrats, agree not to take private dollars are profailed to include relevant information vided with funds generated from things when it approved a description of chang- like a surcharge on criminal, civil and es the Republican-controlled Legislature traffic fines. wants voters to approve in how the comThat 1998 ballot measure also estabmission operates. And some of what the lished the commission to not only overcouncil did put in the description, he see the financing but also empowered it said, is flat wrong. to educate voters as well as to enforce Collins said that means voters, who campaign finance laws. have to ratify the changes approved by Republicans in the Legislature have lawmakers, are being given an inaccu- voted to repeal many laws requiring that rate picture of what the measure would outside groups that seek to influence do. elections disclose both their spending
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said the panel also is supposed to include background information that would be relevant to voters. “Our goal here should be to provide the most clear and fair explanation to the people of Arizona without any political or partisan spin, one way or the other,’’ he said. But what voters will see, Quezada said, misses some key points, particularly on the voucher measure. One element of the measure would provide additional vouch(Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services) er dollars for students from House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, defends voter information language on voucher and Clean Elections Commis- “low-income’’ families. But the explanation voters will see does sion referendum questions. not explain that lawmakers deas well as the individuals financing those fined that to include everyone up to 250 efforts. But the commission, having been percent of the federal poverty level, a figcreated through that voter-approved ure that is $62,750 for a family of four, constitutional amendment, is exempt $84,350 for a family of six and nearly from – and beyond the reach – of legis- $106,000 for a family of eight. There’s also no mention that the law lative action. And that leaves their camRepublicans want voters to approve alpaign finance rules intact. This ballot measure, Proposition 306, lows for voucher “brokers,’’ third parattacks that by seeking to eliminate the ties who could help families find money ability of the commission to enact its in exchange for keeping a percentage of own rules. Instead, changes would have whatever state dollars they get. And Quezada said what’s also missing to be approved by the Governor’s Reguis the fact that the explanation voters will latory Review Council. But in debating the language Thursday, see speaks not of “vouchers’’ but instead Rep. Ken Clark, D-Tucson, said the de- “Empowerment Scholarship Accounts,’’ scription does not mention the repeal of the legal term for the system that proexisting authority but is makes it sound vides money to parents to use for private like voters are being asked to give new and parochial schools. Leach said that’s because pure vouchrule-making powers to the commission. Potentially more significant, Clark ers, which would give state dollars dinoted it does not tell voters that the rectly to private and parochial schools, Governor’s Regulatory Review Council were declared unconstitutional in Ariis not some nonpartisan body but in fact zona. GOP lawmakers responded by approvis made up of six people hand-picked by Gov. Doug Ducey and a member of his ing what they dubbed the ESAs, giving what amounts to a voucher to the parDepartment of Administration. The Republican-controlled Legisla- ents who can use it to pay for the private tive Council, tasked with coming up with school tuition. That the Arizona Supreme Court conthe explanations, rejected most of the changes suggested by the Democrats on cluded, is legal. And that is the term used for the funding. the voucher-related language. Quezada conceded the legal point. But Rep. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, said if voters want to know more about either he said that ignores the fact that most measure they should, review the history voters have no idea what an “empowerof how each of the GOP-backed propos- ment scholarship’’ is. His proposal would have kept all the refals were approved, including reviewing the various versions of the bills as they erence to the ESA in the explanation, but with a sentence saying these are “comwent through the process. That suggestion did not sit well with monly referred to as school vouchers.’’ “If you talk to anybody out in the genSen. Martin Quezada, D-Glendale, who said Republicans were not complying eral public, this is what they actually refer to these as,’’ Quezada said. with the law. In fact, Senate President Steve YarHe said there’s a mandate for the Legislative Council to provide voters a clear brough, R-Chandler, actually used the and impartial explanation and to avoid “vouchers’’ himself during the discusoverly technical terms. And Quezada sion.
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Gilbert musical prodigies among concert’s rare picks BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Managing Editor
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usical prodigies Saadhvi Sri Jayaram and Luke Hoang put their summer breaks on pause at the end of June to travel to California and perform at a national concert where few are chosen to perform. They appeared last month in the Yamaha 2018 National Junior Original Concert – a prestigious national concert that admitted 13 of the 6,000 young musicians in the Yamaha Music Education System nationwide. The Gilbert residents are both students at the East Valley Yamaha School of Music in Chandler, where they worked with the school’s owner and director Heidi Grimes to create original compositions for the performance. The achievement is all the more impressive for Saadhvi, given her age. At just 7, she was the youngest participant in the event last month. She presented a composition she wrote for piano, flute and percussion titled “Under the Banyan Tree.” “It was kind of hard when my teacher first helped me start to compose, but once I started getting ideas, it was easy,” she said. Playing at the national concert fulfilled a yearlong goal for the young pianist, who was determined to qualify for the event after watching her brother, 11-year-old Ritwik, play there last year. “I think I put in a lot of effort, so that is why I got selected for this year’s nationals,” she said. Watching her brother perform at the event lit a competitive fire in Saadhvi, and after that performance “she went in the car and said I am coming back next year for sure,” said her mother, Sri. The budding pianist showed an aptitude for music as a toddler. While attending her brother’s practices at age 2, Saadhvi already showed an ability to memorize and recite complex scales. “She was just showing a high interest and love and delight in learning the language of music,” Grimes said. Sri said that when she was pregnant with Saadhvi, her daughter would kick
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At age 7, Gilbert’s Saadhvi Sri Jayaram was one of the youngest performers at the Yamaha 2018 National Junior Original Concert.
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Luke Hoang, 15, was one of 13 students accepted to the Yamaha 2018 National Junior Original Concert from a pool of 6,000 students nationwide.
her from the womb anytime her brother played the piano. “I am speechless,” her mother said of her achievement.
Saadhvi was joined at the competition by 15-year-old Luke Hoang, who began composing at age 8 and performed at NJOC in Japan in 2017. He was one of
the 14 musicians chosen to play in Japan from a global pool of over 35,000 applicants from 43 countries. Luke, who said much of the inspiration for his compositions comes from Nintendo video games, presented an original composition titled “Tokyo Suite,” which also was inspired by his previous NJOC experience in Japan. The Japan experience “taught me a lot about preparation,” he said, noting that it also showed him just how many teachers and coaches are involved in preparing a student for a performance of that magnitude. Beyond music, Luke’s opportunities to perform at NJOC have given him a chance to experience new culture. At the event in Japan, he made three friends from Italy with whom he still talks today. Typically, students at Grimes’ school will have a group lesson with their peers in addition to one or two private sessions a week. To prepare for performances, the school will up that to three to four private sessions a week. Older students like Luke can largely direct their own practices while younger students like Jayaram work more closely with teachers. The curriculum at the school includes a focuses on a wide variety of genres and includes lessons in improvisation. “They hear music, learn how to play it by ear, learn to read and understand harmony and then improvise,” Grimes said. “It is all built into the system.” Students also have the opportunity to work with a wide range of teachers and coaches. “Our kids as they grow have more than one teacher,” Grimes said. “We fly coaches in and go to Los Angeles to work with coaches.” Recently, renowned jazz pianist Jeremy Siskind spent the day at East Valley Yamaha School of Music and worked with students. Grimes has known Siskind since he was three years old when the musician attended Yamaha schools in Orange County, California. “That kind of extra experience really works to make kids grow in a significant way,” she said.
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Williams Field High School graduate is applying what he learned in school on the national stage as a member of the Seattle Cascades, a prestigious drum and bugle corps that has been around for over 50 years. The Cascades selected Carl Stovall to perform as a member of its trumpet section. While most members started auditioning for the group last November and attended monthly camps throughout the winter, Stovall got involved a bit later. In late May, he saw information from the Cascades’ media team advertising openings for trumpet players and jumped at the chance to apply. “I got the music that morning and submitted my audition right away,” he said. Stovall was accepted just in time to join the Cascades for the group’s rigorous three-week spring training program last month in Ferndale, Washington. It includes training to build the stamina needed to perform the group’s elaborate marching routines. Getting tossed straight into the thick of it was somewhat intimidating for Stovall.
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Williams Field High School graduate Carl Stovall was selected to join the trumpet section (pictured) of the prestigious Seattle Cascades drum and bugle corps for its 52nd season.
“It was a little daunting because I just graduated, so I hadn’t been marching since December,” he said. “Getting thrown into that was a little crazy.” With camp over, the Cascades kicked off the 2018 season with performances at Drum Corps International’s Seattle Summer Music Games on July 7. Taking part in the performance was the culmination of a longtime dream for Stovall. “I am so excited,” he said. “This is something I have dreamed about doing since I was 12.” The Gilbert trumpet player first discov-
ered a love of the instrument when he was 6 years old, when he discovered an old cornet – a small brass instrument similar to a trumpet – his father had packed away in the attic. Stovall said playing the instrument came easy to him early on and that he “worked on it as much as I could until I hit that point where I wasn’t satisfied with anything and had to keep practicing to get better and better.” That dedication paid off when Stovall was named the trumpet section leader for Williams Field’s marching band dur-
ing his senior year. Over the course of his marching career, Stovall has learned that performing is not all fun and games – it is also a lot of work. Performances include elaborate routines that require performers to physically intensive maneuvers without missing a note. He will need to draw on that experience to keep up with the Cascades hectic schedule. The 154-member corps will travel to 21 competitions and performances in 13 states, culminating on August 9 at the Drum Corps International World Championships in Indianapolis. “It is tough,” he said. “There are stretches where you hit a wall and you don’t want to do it anymore, but there is something about the activity and the competition that makes it better. You get refreshed and thrown back into it. “You hit that wall and are determined to get past it.” When he is done with the Cascades, Stovall will attend Arizona State University to pursue a degree in music education. He said he hopes to become a band director and “spread my love of music around to others.”
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Bar scene thriving in downtown Gilbert BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Managing Editor
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he Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row building in downtown Gilbert sold for $8.1 million in June, providing the latest example of the growth and viability of the town’s once-nonexistent bar scene. The sale comes just over a year after the country-themed bar and restaurant opened its doors in the town’s Heritage District. The brand’s parent company, Riot Hospitality Group, sold the building to Phoenix-based Treg Bradley. Riot Hospitality will continue to own and operate the restaurant under a long-term lease at the location. A post on the restaurant’s official Facebook page read: “In light of the recent news, we want to ensure our fans that Dierks Whiskey Row Gilbert is not going anywhere! “While the real estate itself was sold, Dierks Bentley & Riot Hospitality Group still own and operate the business. Dierks Whiskey Row Gilbert has more than 25 years left on its lease in that building, so Gilbert, Arizona will be home to Dierks Whiskey Row for years to come!” Jay Khor of Conflux Real Estate, who
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While the building housing Whiskey Row recently sold for $8.1 million, the bar-restaurant itself is staying put. The sale is another indication of downtown Gilbert’s vibrancy.
represented the buyer in the transaction, said the buyer “looked at seven different entertainment restaurant hubs, including Scottsdale Quarter, Arcadia, Old Town Scottsdale and the Seventh Street corridor in Phoenix” before settling on the Whiskey Row building.
He said they are considering additional real estate purchases in Gilbert, though he could not comment on specifics at the time. Gilbert’s investments in the Heritage District over the past several years and future plans for infrastructure im-
to expand its operations to 16 states. Founded in 2014, Earthworks Environmental expanded its operations to Florida and added two employees at its Arizona office in late 2016. The office has since grown to 22 employees. “Lots of that infrastructure is so ancient that I think it would be interesting to have work (in New York),” Koester said. “It will be a huge challenge but interesting.” Koester credits her company’s explosive growth to her commitment to customer service and the company’s high standards. “I can’t always teach the smartest person how to have a good conversation with a client,” she said. “A lot of what we do is relationships. We know the rules and compliance part of it, but we also
have to be human and listen to a client’s needs.” She also said that she expects a lot from her employees, but she also treats them well and promotes a four-day workweek. “I have five kids, and I understand that you have to have a life to be a good employee,” she said. Before starting her own business, Koester worked for Maricopa County as an air quality inspector. It was during that time that she developed a reputation as a hard-nosed inspector. “I was a hammer, and I wrote tons of violations,” she said. She moved into dust management
provements made the area an attractive hub for investment for Bradley, Khor said. These days there are not many real estate investments safer than bar and restaurant concepts in the Heritage District. “(Whiskey Row) is a strong operator, and a lot of retail concepts in downtown Gilbert have done very well,” Khor said. Twenty or 30 years ago, that would not have been the case. However, the town’s entertainment offerings have changed drastically over the past decade. State liquor license application numbers show just how drastically the town has changed in recent years. Between 1990 and 2009, the state issued 71 total liquor licenses in Gilbert. In the past eight years alone, that number has more than doubled. Between 2010 and 2018, the state has issued 178 licenses in the town. Much of that boom can be attributed to a change in the public perception of the town spurred on by an increase in entertainment options – liquor-based and otherwise. An East Valley Tribune story from
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Gilbert environmental company experiencing major growth
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ilbert-based Earthworks Environmental, an environmental compliance company specializing in dust and stormwater regulations, will be expanding throughout the country with plans to increase its presence in the Southwest, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. The company, located in the Heritage District at 350 N. Gilbert Road, has experienced explosive growth since relocating to Gilbert in mid-2016. Prior to the move, founder and principal Cherie Koester ran the business out of her home in Queen Creek. Earthworks Environmental now has California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey and Texas with plans
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Cherie Koester, a mother of five, started Gilbertbased Earthworks Environmental.
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2003 noted that at the time Gilbert had few nighttime entertainment options before the alcohol-free Hale Centre Theatre opened that year. While Gilbert still maintains its reputation as a family-oriented community, the development of the Heritage District along with the success of home grown beer-centric businesses like Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. has opened the larger restaurant industry’s eyes to the town’s potential as an entertainment hub. Investments in all corners of the town by Phoenix-based concepts like The Whining Pig wine and beer bar and O.H.S.O Brewery & Distillery highlight that change. “We looked at Gilbert about five years ago, but at the time there was not a building that I felt fit us,” said O.H.S.O owner Jon Lane said. O.H.S.O’s Gilbert location opened in the Heritage District in April. “We think Gilbert is a great community,” he said. “There are strong families and the income is decent. All across the board it strikes everything we look for.” Lane, who lived in Gilbert in the past and has many friends in the town, said Gilbert always had an interesting down-
town area, but early on, the area lacked the newer buildings needed to convince him to open a new location there. Still, he said he remained interested in the area due to the outside investment by Phoenix-based companies Upward Projects – the company behind Postino and Joyride Taco House – and Fox Restaurant Concepts that came in following early investment by the local Johnston family. Since opening, Lane said the Gilbert O.H.S.O location has been busy, with the customer base ranging from families and seniors to men and women in their early 20s. “Because it’s a downtown area, there is always going to be variety,” Lane said, noting that O.H.S.O. is both a brewery and restaurant and is family- and dogfriendly. If recent liquor license activity is any indication, O.H.S.O. and Bradley, the new owner of the Whiskey Row building, soon will be joined by others making investments in Gilbert via the beer, liquor and bar industries. Brass Tap Beer Bar recently opened its doors and there are already plans for several new bars downtown like The White Rabbit, a speakeasy-style bar set to open at 207 N. Gilbert Ave. in October.
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consulting after contacts with Maracay Homes suggested the idea to her. The company was her first client and started her off on nine projects. At the time, she primarily worked in Maricopa County with a few projects in Pima and Pinal Counties. The company’s growth kicked into high gear when it expanded into stormwater consulting. “It’s one of those things no one wants to deal with – like your taxes,” Koester said. “One of our specialties is taking an entity that doesn’t have a sufficient program and help our clients to ‘gently’ create a program that works for them. If we come in too strong there will be push back.” To brace for the growth, Koester promoted Travis Fern to director of compliance and Brendan Haugh to director of training and development. Recently, Earthworks Environmental hired Aaron Gordon as compliance manager in Arizona. “We hire locally and start training in Arizona with the core group,” Koester said. “Then we complete their training in their designated division. It is such an independent job. I have to trust them out there; they are an extension of me.” A proprietary program that Earth-
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rizona Realtors formally launched their bid last week to ask voters to ban state lawmakers from ever taxing services, even if it also would reduce or eliminate taxes on other necessities even if legislators say the revenues are needed. The Arizona Association of Realtors submitted more than 400,000 signatures on petitions to put a measure on the November ballot to constitutionally prohibit a state sales tax on services. That includes everything from their own services to medical care, barbers, lobbying services and weight-loss centers. Holly Mabery, a Prescott real estate agent who chairs the effort, said the desire is to protect senior citizens and the poor from new taxes that a future Legislature might impose. But Mabery acknowledged that the ballot measure, if approved in November, would prevent lawmakers from revamping what is and is not taxed in a way that actually might have more benefit to those on fixed incomes. For example, Arizonans now pay taxes to purchase school supplies, clothing, over-the-counter medications and even adult diapers. Under current law, lawmakers could opt to make those purchases tax exempt, making up any lost revenues by taxing selected services. Or they could expand the list of what’s taxable to include services and reduce the overall state sales tax rate from its current 5.6 percent. But this initiative, if approved in November, would block lawmakers from taxing not just basic services like medical care but also accounting, advertising, public relations, travel arrangements, nail salons, portfolio management and investment advice. House Speaker J.D. Mesnard told Capitol Media Services that from a policy standpoint, he’s never been a fan of sales taxes on services. But the Chandler Republican, whose district includes part of Gilbert, said it’s not that simple. “From a philosophical standpoint on how government should be run, I tend to believe that public officials need the flexibility to govern,’’ Mesnard said. “So putting restrictions on their ability isn’t helpful.’’ But Sen. David Farnsworth, R-Mesa, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, has no such second thoughts. “Taxes go up, up, up and government
services are expanded tremendously,’’ he said. Farnsworth said he believes it is important to restrain the ability of lawmakers to raise any new taxes “since I consider socialism to be the real enemy of our country.’’ Mabery said there are politicians in Arizona who have said they want to produce more revenues by expanding the list of what’s taxable. That includes state Sen. Steve Farley, DTucson, who now is running for governor, who has pushed to expand what’s taxable to generate dollars for education. Fellow Democrat David Garcia, also in the gubernatorial hunt, also has said the state needs to review what is now exempt from sales taxes. Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ken Bennett also has mentioned the idea of taxing services, but in the context of making the state less dependent on income taxes. There already are some constraints on the ability of lawmakers to raise taxes. A 1992 state constitutional amendment requires a politically difficult twothirds vote of both the House and Senate for anything that increases state revenues. That applies to any tax increase, including a new one on services, that does not include a commensurate decrease in other taxes. The measure will be on the ballot if the Secretary of State’s Office determines that at least 225,963 of those signatures are valid. That November ballot could be crowded with issues for voters to decide. Petitions also were due last week for a measure financed by a California billionaire to require Arizona utilities to produce at least half their power from renewable sources by 2030. That is being fought by the state’s utilities who point out that nuclear is not included in that list. Also set for filing were a “right-toknow’’ provision in the state Constitution requiring the disclosure of all sources of funds spent to influence elections; a law egalizing the possession of marijuana; and an income tax surcharge on individuals making more than $250,000 a year to raise money for education. The ballot also will have yes-no questions on expanding the school voucher program, curbing the power of the Clean Elections Commission and cost-of-living adjustments to pensions of prison guards, judges and elected officials.
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Raising awareness for HIV testing in the East Valley BY JONATHAN BRIER AND LISA M. FONTES GSN Guest Writers
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ometimes we meet people on the worst day of their lives. The student who is in her �irst relationship. The man who visits bathhouses each week. The woman who turned to heroin when her brother died. The father who had casual sex with a male stranger several years ago. At face value, they have nothing in common. But they all could have HIV. In 2016, the Arizona Department of Health Services’ Epidemiology Program reported 17,464 people living with HIV in Arizona. Using data from Maricopa County
Department of Health Services, ABC15 mapped out each ZIP code in Maricopa County with the most reported STD and HIV cases. More speci�ically, our team �iltered every ZIP code in Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Tempe and Ahwatukee. Nearly every ZIP code in the East Valley made it to this high-case list, totaling 80 cases of HIV. While this number may seem low compared to the rest of Maricopa County, it doesn’t factor in the additional 1 in 7 people who have the virus but aren’t aware that they’re infected. HIV can happen to anyone. At any time. We are all vulnerable. But learning about your risks and knowing your status – positive or negative – can empower you to take charge of your health, enjoy safer sex, and prevent you from getting or spreading the virus.
Every day, the compassionate and quali�ied team at Southwest Center for HIV/ AIDS works to help people learn their status. We provide resources so that those who test negative stay negative. We link those who test positive to medical care so they can live healthy lives. The center recently implemented Test & Treat, a �irst-of-its-kind program in Arizona, that will empower those who test HIV-positive to take charge of their health and access medications on that same day. Before, many who tested positive had to return home and wait weeks or months before returning to pick up their prescribed treatment. Test & Treat, which was made possible by a generous donation from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation, will be crucial in ending Arizona’s HIV epidemic. June 27th marked National HIV Test-
ing Day, a moment when we raised awareness about HIV and HIV testing. However, awareness should not be limited to one day. It should be every day. The Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS offers free, con�idential, and non-judgmental HIV and STI testing to the community at its downtown location, 1101 N. Central Ave., Suite 200, in Phoenix in the Parsons Center for Health and Wellness. More information is available at swhiv.org or 602-307-5330. It can take as little as 1 minute to learn your HIV status. So, do you have a minute to spare for your health? Together, we can end HIV.
afraid of dying. It’s all the stuff that leads up to dying that I’m afraid of. Like thinking, “Man, this white belt would look terrific with calf-length white socks and a pair of yellow golf shorts.” Or seeing a story in the AARP magazine – there is such a thing – headlined “How Ted Danson Found His Balance” – there was such a story – and saying to myself, “Self, I bet that bejillionaire who played Sam the Bartender on ‘Cheers’ is chock-full of wisdom about graceful aging. Dagnabit, that’s a must read.” For the record, I abandoned getting life advice from Ted Danson at precisely the moment the cliche “attitude of gratitude” appeared. And I was deeply grateful not to read another word. If I sound anti-AARP, that’s untrue – especially after I found out only two decades after the fact the organization has changed its name. Originally, they were the American Association of Retired Persons. In 1998, they changed it to AARP – which rhymes with “carp,” a useful verb in a column like this, since
it means to habitually complain. Frankly, carping about getting old is the only thing I like about getting old. My father, now 72, has gone the other way with aging: He likes growing older, if only for the cost savings. You ever meet those people who use an extra gallon of gas at almost four bucks a pop because deep in their wallet they have lodged a frayed and faded Burger King coupon saving them two bucks on a double cheeseburger meal? That’s my old man. Every time he seems depressed about getting on in years, I remind him the Sunday newspaper will show up next week with all sorts of terrific coupons. Me: “If I was you, dad, I’d try to live to be 100. Think of all the money you’ll save.” My Dad: “You know, I stopped at this Jimmy John’s sandwich place the other day. They make a gigantic roast beef and ham sub, 16 inches, for just $13.99. It was so big, I had to cut the thing in thirds. You cut it in three like that and the unit price ends up being just $4.67 per sandwich.”
Why in the name of all that’s good would I fear aging? Gosh, guys like my father and Ted Danson make it look so darn appealing. Personally, I’m going to stick with ignorance. All AARP membership offers will go immediately into the blue bin. Digital ads will go unclicked. You won’t catch me piloting a golf cart through Sun City any time soon. And the only time I’ll ever wear a white belt? To bind my hands when the medics transport me kicking and screaming to senior living.
Jonathan Brier is Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS chief of staff. Lisa M. Fontes, Ph.D., is Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS director of development. Both are passionate about eradicating HIV and AIDS in the East Valley.
AARP is too much of a reminder of getting old BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ GSN Columnist
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hree years ago, right about the time I turned 50, the membership packet arrived in the mail. I took great joy in chucking it in the recycling, the same as I do junk mail, phone books and those lie-filled mailers the politicians send. At Chez Leibowitz, we are steadfast believers that ignorance is bliss. Thus, I intend to ignore all evidence that I’m aging at least until rigor mortis sets in – if not longer. Which is why accidentally clicking on an AARP ad last week was so deeply horrifying to me. Follow me here: If I clicked on such an ad, that means I was served such an ad. If I was served it, that means some algorithm did a calculation that went like so: “Hey, this putz is old. Show him ads for old people. Like maybe an AARP membership.” Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I’m
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GPS wrestling coach walks in dad’s footsteps BY EDUARDO BARRAZA GSN Guest Writer
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hris Bishop has been a wrestling coach for two decades, but his involvement in the sport goes back to his youth, when he wrestled for his father, also a high school wrestling coach. For Bishop, wrestling head coach at Campo Verde High School for the last nine years, the tough nature of the sport, one that demands extreme physical and mental effort, is its best characteristic. “The best thing about wrestling is that it’s really hard. It changed my life, and I see it changing other young people’s lives as well,” said Bishop. “Anytime that something is really hard in the kids’ lives, you can just see them becoming tougher in various aspects of their lives. When things get hard they are going to step up and actually do it, instead of being afraid.” However, Bishop – who began coaching for Gilbert Public Schools at South Valley Junior High – feels that the most essential and gratifying aspect of high school wrestling goes beyond the wrestling mat. “By far the most important thing, and the most enjoyable, is relationships with kids,” said Bishop. “We always say: ‘This is a lifelong relationship that we’re building,’ and so we stick to that.” Bishop says these relationships continue after his students graduate from high school, with some of them returning to be assistant coaches or some just meeting him for lunch. “We continue to build in their lives. From freshman year on, we start seeing them becoming more mentally tough, more accountable from the sport of wrestling,” said Bishop. In the nine years since Bishop has been head coach, the Campo Verde wrestling team has been among the top eight teams at the state level, with four state players, and more than 30 state medal winners. In June 2018, the team attended the Rocky Mountain Wrestling Camps at Western State Colorado University, in Gunnison, Colorado. Bishop calls this tournament the team’s most successful competition yet. Campo Verde students were among 600 wrestlers from more than 30 high school teams who signed up for the camp.
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Chris Bishop is the Campo Verde High School boys wrestling coach.
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Campo Verde’s wrestling team includes, from left, Tommy Towe, Trevor Kauer and Dylan Kauer.
“We had two kids that went to an AllStar match at the end, and we had a handful of kids with only one or two losses,” said Bishop. “As a team, we had 13 wins and only two losses; our winning percentage was really high as a team.” In the 2017-18 school year, senior E.J. Galvez became Campo Verde’s second state high school wrestling champion. He also was the school’s quarterback and starting first baseman. Galvez is just one example of a multisport athlete, a model Campo Verde encourages students to follow. Bishop said many of his student wrestlers play multiple sports, with football being most
popular. “[Football] Coach Ragsdale allows and promotes kids playing multiple sports. That’s rare,” said Bishop. “He also allows wrestlers to go to wrestling camp in the summer.” High school students who wrestle and play more than one sport, coupled with the support from their parents and great coaching, are three factors Coach Bishop sees as keys to the team’s success. “Parents make a big investment in our kids by letting them go to wrestling camp, which costs several hundred dollars,” said Bishop. “They’re going to start seeing improvements. We [also] have
great wrestling coaches on our campus that are committed to relationships and to constant improvement.” For Bishop, this pledge to constant improvement is based on something more essential than the sport of wrestling itself, something that echoes in his students. “First and foremost, we’re a characterbased program. Our kids are out of this world, are outstanding people. We can always build on that, and always get better in our character so we can also get better in our competitions.” For Campo Verde’s 17-year-old senior Tommy Towe, building character through wrestling has become a personal experience. “Wrestling is fun but is also really hard. It is going to make you want to quit, but by you not quitting, wrestling is going to make you much better in everything you do.” Twin brothers Trevor and Dylan Kauer, 17, also seniors and members of the Campo Verde wrestling team, agree with Towe. The Kauer brothers are the two Campo Verde undefeated heavyweights who made the Colorado wrestling camp All-Star team in June. “I think overall, wrestling really helps you not just in sports but in like in, say, raising a family; that brotherhood you can teach your kids,” said Dylan. “It also gives you opportunities to teach other kids in wrestling that don’t know as much as you do; it gives other kids an example to look for in our campus.” Trevor seemed to sum up what Coach Bishop referred to when he talked about constant improvement and building character through wrestling. “When something goes wrong, it’s easy to say, ‘I did my job but others didn’t do their job; it didn’t go well because it’s their fault’,” said Trevor. “In wrestling, if something goes wrong, it’s all my fault, and I have to look at myself and say, ‘This is what I did wrong, this is what I can do better’. That transfers to not doing homework, and I am not doing it because I am doing other things that I shouldn’t be doing, and I am getting bad grades. Then I look at myself and say, ‘OK, this is my fault,’ and this helps me do better and get myself on track.
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lames shoot into the air as cars cross the finish line in the first heat of the weekend race at Arizona Speedway in San Tan Valley. Up next is Abby Meulebroeck. She climbs into her silver, steel-coated No. 67 car, tucks her long brown hair under her white helmet and hits the gas. As her car rolls onto the damp, muddy track, Meulebroeck, of Gilbert, joins a pack of seven other racers, and the pressure mounts. It’s a lot to ask of a 15-year-old girl — her smooth, calm face makes her look even younger. She doesn’t even have her driver’s license yet. “I get nervous before every race, but it’s just because of the waiting,” Abby said. “That feeling always goes away once the race starts.” She’s no rookie. Meulebroeck has been racing for three years, often against drivers twice her age. On this night, as her car picks up speed, she glances to the left into the visor of a very unique opponent: her father. Travis Meulebroeck owns a flooring company in Chandler, but he’s spent most of his time over the past 13 years racing. “My old man was a racer. I’ve been around it my whole life,” Travis said. Navigating the tricky turns on the inconsistent surfaces of dirt tracks is a family tradition passed down in the Meulebroeck family. Now, it’s Abby’s turn. “She’s going to beat you!” yells Austin Kuehl, a family friend and fellow racer who helped construct both of the Meulebroeck’s cars. The starter waves the green flag and the cars zoom around the 3/8-mile track, accelerating at speeds greater than 70 mph. Clumps of dirt and mud fly and turn each car a nasty dark brown. The Meulebroecks spend most of the race at the back of the pack. Travis is getting a feel for his brand-new car. Abby is competing for only the second time this year after taking a hiatus to focus on school. She just wants to get a feel for the speed she’s been missing. At Arizona Speedway, 47346 N. Ironwood Road in San Tan Valley, Abby has witnessed pileups, flipped cars and injured drivers. She’s been in a few wrecks herself. None of it seems to faze her. For these 10 minutes, she is at her happiest.
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Abby Meulebroeck, 15, of Gilbert, hops into her race car at Arizona Speedway in San Tan Valley.
After the heat, Abby and her dad still have another race. A four-lap, one-on-one “Father’s Day Fallout” showdown. The crowd of several hundred rocks the rickety wooden bleachers as the drivers of the two No. 67 cars now hold nothing back, jostling for position. Travis, a two-time main-event winner at Arizona Speedway, takes a slim lead. Coming around the final turn, a slick patch of mud sends Travis’ car spinning. Abby capitalizes and makes the pass to take the checkered flag. “This was pretty special to us because it’s maybe the only chance we’ll get to do this,” Travis said. “I’m probably going to sell one of these two models, so we won’t be able to compete against each other after this.” The father-daughter duo race in a class called B-Mod, which aren’t as expensive to maintain as other classes. Abby also dabbles in the stock-car division, where she once finished 14th among 24 drivers, her best result in a main event.
The final race
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Abby Meulebroeck of Gilbert (white car) and her father, Travis, faced off against each other in a oneon-one race. Abby won by passing Travis on the final lap at Arizona Speedway in San Tan Valley.
A man’s game
She fell in love with racing, and the rush that comes from driving as fast as possible, from the beginning. Skirting by the competition came naturally, so easy that she doesn’t even seem to understand how much of an anomaly she is. Racing has long been considered a man’s game. But the Valley is home to several famous female racers. Lyn St. James and Danica Patrick, among the nine women ever to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, reside in the Valley. St. James works with the Women’s Sports Foundation, encouraging woman to get into racing. “Racing is an individual sport, but it takes a team to get a car on the track,” St. James said. “We have a culture where women seem to be looking for an invitation to things, which makes it easy for them to get
left out.” St. James says that things are better for women than they used to be, and that lesser-known dirt tracks, like Arizona Speedway, have a reputation for embracing female drivers. But real progress is hard to quantify. “What we need is a good set of data,” St. James said. “All we have right now is anecdotal evidence, so it’s hard to say for sure if there are more or less female drivers than before.” With Patrick’s recent retirement, the future of women in racing is even more unclear, but from what Abby sees, the upward trend has continued at Arizona Speedway. “I’m the youngest driver out here, but I’m not the only girl,” she said. “I think dads without sons just started to let their daughters race, and now more and more are doing the same.”
Abby puts her fire suit back on. She has one more race, a stock-car race featuring seven female drivers, ranging from drivers’ wives to Abby to full-time professional drivers, like Shelby Frye. “Gas it on the straightaways,” Travis tells Abby. “Stay high on those turns to avoid the mud.” Abby, like any teenager, doesn’t seem interested in advice. It’s hard to tell if she’s fearless or oblivious. “I don’t really think too much there. I just try and focus on what I need to do,” Abby said. A low turn – one her father warned her not to make – gets Abby stuck behind a slower car. She doesn’t win. Frye does. Abby watches the long hours that the full-time racers, like Frye, put in every weekend. She doesn’t know if she’s ready to give up trips to the beach and lazy Sundays watching the San Francisco 49ers just yet. “I try to balance racing with other parts of my life,” Abby said. She’s not even a sophomore in high school, so she still has plenty of time to decide if she wants to try to fill the seat that Patrick vacated. “Abby’s probably 80 percent into it right now,” Travis said. “I’m probably holding her back, having to work. If I spent more time out here, she’d be right here with me.”
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Firebirds’ wood-�ired grill is a destination BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GETOUT Editor
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tephen Loftis describes Firebirds Wood Fired Grill as more than a restaurant. It’s a destination. “What sets us apart is the wood-�ired grill itself,” said Loftis, Firebirds’ vice president of marketing. “The food is cooked over an open �lame – hickory, pecan or oak, depending on the region. The �lavor it imparts on the food is incredible. The grill, as well as the smell it emanates, is the center point of it all. “With the open kitchen and the grill, it’s a like dinner and a show.” The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company recently opened a restaurant at 1930 E. Williams Field Road, Gilbert. It’s the fourth Firebirds in Arizona. “We’ve been looking at Gilbert for quite some time,” Loftis said. “We liked it because of its growth and af�luency. It made a lot of sense.” Firebirds was founded 18 years ago and, Loftis said, it �illed a casual niche. “The focus was to provide a middleground experience,” he adds. “We attract folks who would go to Chili’s, Applebee’s or Longhorn Steakhouse and were willing to pay a little more money, have a better experience and better-quality food. “Then, we also bring in folks who go to Ruth’s Chris Steak House or Morton’s every week who want to trade down and have a comparable experience without
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The Durango Burger piles chile spiced, pepper jack cheese, pickles, fried onions, roasted garlic ranch dressing and a burger on a (Photo courtesy Firebirds Wood Fired Grill) brioche bun for $13.95. Firebirds Wood Fired Grill’s bar features the Double Black Diamond Martini ($10.50) with fresh pineapple that was the price tag.” infused for 21 days with New AmsterFirebirds offers a breadth of menu sedam pineapple vodka and garnished lections, including its signature aged with a pineapple slice.
ribeye, �ilet mignon, wood-grilled salmon, Durango burger, grilled shrimp and strawberry salad, lobster spinach queso and crème brulée cheesecake. Firebirds also serves gluten-sensitive menu items, such as grilled tenderloin salad, beef �ilet kabob, wood-grilled salmon and parmesan mashed potatoes. “Until about three years ago, our most popular dish was our signature �ilet mignon,” Loftis said. “Then it shifted to wood-grilled salmon. That’s our most popular dish from our guests at this point in time. I’m not a salmon fan, but the �lavor the grill im-
parts on the dish is outrageous.” The kids’ menu is certi�ied by the National Restaurant Association’s Kids LiveWell program. “We do cater to families,” Loftis said. “We have a tremendous kids’ menu with salmon, steak and traditional chicken �ingers, among other entrees. We have one of the best kids’ menus in this area. We hear that a lot.” In addition, Firebar boasts an extensive selection of wines, including two private Firebirds labels, craft beers and specialty cocktails, such as the Double Black Dia-
the spot for foodies seeking a new culinary adventure. “By the third time, they say you know what you’re doing,” said Joey, whose business group also owns Tomaso’s Italian Restaurant in Phoenix, opened by Joey’s dad in 1977; Tommy V’s Urban Kitchen, Scottsdale; Tomaso’s When in Rome, north Scottsdale; and The Sicilian Butcher, north Phoenix. “We re-imagined breakfast dishes in a casual yet lively atmosphere,” said Joey, who oversees the food and beverage direction for the Hash Kitchens, with Cris-
tina heading operations. “It’s crazy fun, bold, innovative and out of the box.” He will be head chef in Chandler for 60 days, then entrust the back-of-the-house leadership to Lauren Smith. Guests will enjoy innovative pancakes, French toasts, waf�les, eggs Benedict, scramblers and frittatas and, of course, hashes, including the very popular carnitas hash: Coke-braised pork, hash potatoes, cotija, roasted corn, avocado, green chili sauce, crema, fried onions, cilantro and corn tortillas. Popular dishes include the Herb Fried
mond Martini infused with fresh pineapple. The Firebar serves seasonal cocktails, such as the Hemingway daiquiri, ginger basil mango mojito and siesta sangria. Featured nonalcoholic drinks are strawberry basil cooler and wild berry ginger craft soda. As part of the company’s efforts to give back to the community, Firebirds participated in Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s annual fundraiser from June 8 to June 10 to raise money for childhood cancer research. All proceeds from the sale of housemade lemonade at a stand by the restaurant’s front door were donated to the cause. ALSF was founded by Alexandra “Alex” Scott (1996-2004) who issued a challenge for volunteers to help raise $1 million for a childhood cancer cure by selling cups of lemonade. Year-round, Firebirds donates $1.25 per glass of house-made lemonade ordered in the restaurant to ALSF. Nationwide, Firebirds has already raised more than $1 million for ALSF. “We’re pretty proud of our participation in Lemonade Day,” Loftis said. “We recently gave $130,000 to them. We had lemonade stands at each location and sold $3 lemonade. Year-round, we have lemon cake and we ‘Round Up for a Cure.’ That’s our way of giving back to the community.”
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Hash Kitchen picks Chandler for 3rd spot BY DAVID BROWN Contributor
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he Valley’s newest Hash Kitchen, in Chandler, opens for breakfast at 7 a.m. sharp on July 11. The third in the family of restaurants from Joey and Cristina Maggiore is at 2855 W. Ray Road, #4, in a space occupied formerly by Panera Bread. Hash Kitchen will follow this formula: Brunch is a meal for all hours, seven days a week. The new restaurant is designed to be
Chicken Beni (two poached eggs, fried leeks, warm maple reduction and Hollandaise) and the Cannoli Pancakes (buttermilk pancakes layered with cannoli cream and topped with maraschino cherries and crushed cannoli shells). Among the new offerings will be innovative dishes such as Pop-Tarts and Fruity Pebble Pancakes. “This is a creative place, a place to have fun, a family place, with vibe and a lot of personality, where you don’t have to wor-
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ry about anything before your day starts. We’ll have a DJ and lots of music. Perhaps it will bring back childhood memories of food you remember,” he added. “At the same time, you can still have a business meeting here to start the day.” Designed by Third Story, Scottsdale, the 5,000-square-foot restaurant will offer patio dining and seat 330 customers. Approximately 80 people will be employed, mostly locals such as general manager Brett Aiken, a Chandler resident. “It’s our biggest place so far and will be our �lagship Hash Kitchen. The place looks spectacular, and we can’t wait to open and welcome the East Valley,” said Joey, who will add two Hash Kitchens shortly, in Phoenix in November and the West Valley next April. People who like morning cocktails will enjoy a variety of innovative offerings at Hash Kitchen, such as the mimosa �lights, which include a variety of �lavors including grapefruit and traditional
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ian meatballs, Slim Jims, pickled jalapeño, cucumbers, fried ravioli, artisan cheeses and meats, mozzarella sticks, corn dogs, pickled hard-boiled eggs and pepperoni sticks. The name Hash Kitchen? “I wanted to do something memorable and easy to roll off the tongue,” said Joey, who was born in New York, grew up in San Diego and returned in his 20s to help the Maggiores establish the other restaurants. “Hashes really became the staple of the entire restauSpecial to SanTan Sun News rant, and you can make a hash Joey and Cristina Maggiore have made their Hash Kitchen restaurants a big hit in Scottsdale and now they’ve out of pretty much anything; chosen Chandler to open their third eatery, which is known for serving outrageously loaded Bloody Mary that’s what makes it so fun. So drinks with a variety of fruits, veggies and event meats. why not tell it like it is? Hash Kitchen!” who will create shooters and waf�le orange. There are �ive infused vodkas: Summer hours are 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Monshots as well as cereal-milk cocktails. bacon, cucumber, cilantro-lime, jalapeño day through Friday and 7 a.m.-3 p.m SatHash Kitchen Chandler will feature a and smoked salmon or seasonal �lavors urday and Sunday. After hours, the resBuild Your Own Bloody Mary Bar seven such as habanero and tomatillo. taurant hosts private events. days a week. The DIY Bloody Mary bar Coordinating the adult beverages will Information: Hashkitchen.com. has more than 50 toppings, such as Italbe New York mixologist Sheldon Wiley,
Annual Wurst Festival to honor dog days of summer BY MADISON RUTHERFORD GETOUT Staff Writer
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hat do beer, hot dogs and puns have in common? Well, nothing, really, other than they’re all at the Wurst Festival Ever, an annual celebration presented by Short Leash Hotdogs that celebrates National Hot Dog Day with creative cuisine and comedy. The fun, in Short Leash’s parking lot, 110 E. Roosevelt Street in Phoenix, on Saturday, July 21, is a block party-style bash complete with tents and misting systems so visitors can sip brews and sample dogs without breaking a sweat. According to Short Leash co-owner Brad
Moore, eight other restaurants will be cooking up crowd-pleasing concoctions. Visitors can sample hot dogs for $3 a pop and wash them down with a beer for $5. Admission is $10. “That money is to help pay for the event itself but also pay the comics for their time,” Moore said. “And so we can reimburse the restaurants for their time, effort and food.” Valley comedians will serve up laughs while visitors nosh and network. There will be a pun competition, which anyone is welcome to enter at shortleashhotdogs. com. To be selected, contestants must answer a series of questions to prove their pun skills. According to Moore, participants can sign up the day of the event in what is re10 YEARS FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED
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thing from Brussels sprouts and bacon to popcorn and cheese curds. Don’t be discouraged if you have dietary restrictions. There will be meat-free options. “At our restaurant, we always have vegetarian and vegan options,” Moore said. “And then, with the restaurants participating, we ask them to bring a veggie option of their own, too.” Moore said the Wurst Festival has no speci�ic goal other than good old-fashioned fun and making the best out of the worst time of the year. Wurst Festival Ever, Short Leash Hotdogs, 110 E. Roosevelt Street, Phoenix, shortleashhotdogs.com/wurst-festival-ever, 602-7952193, 5-10 p.m., Saturday, July 21, $10.
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ant to know why sheetpan cooking is all the rage? Well, it’s one complete meal cooked on one sheet pan all at one time. It doesn’t get any easier that, and the combinations are endless – steak and potatoes, fish and fresh veggies and sausage and peppers, to name just a few. Sheet-pan cooking is the perfect method for busy families who want a delicious dinner on the table quickly and with very little cleanup. Here I’m sharing the recipe for a flavorful T-bone steak and veggies. For the steak, create a flavor bomb with herbed butter. Then toss the veggies lightly in oil and seasonings. Throw them all together on one sheet pan and you’ve got a main meal in just minutes. Before you begin, here are a couple of my favorite
sheet pan cooking tips: 1) If you really want to make sure that your steak has a nice sear on the outside, you can sear it in a hot skillet before finishing it off in the oven to desired temperatures. 2) If using potatoes, cut them into wedges or smaller pieces, and cook in microwave for two minutes to soften. Then, add them to the other vegetables.
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Ingredients: -Protein of your choice (steak, chicken, fish) -3-4 or more fresh veggies (1-2 cups each) -Olive oil to coat veggies -Salt, pepper and seasonings of your choice to taste
Directions: Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Coat a sheet pan lightly with olive oil. Season your steak with salt and pepper Combine your seasonal veggies in a bowl, add your favorite seasonings (salt, pepper, garlic salt, etc.) drizzle with some olive oil and then toss to combine. When sheet pan is hot, lay proteins on. (The hotter the pan, the better of a sear you’ll get on your steak.) Lay the seasoned veggies right next to the protein. Return pan to oven and cook until proteins and vegetables are cooked to desired doneness.
-1 cube (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter -1 teaspoon fresh garlic minced -2 teaspoons fresh or dried herbs of your choice. (All herbs combined should equal 2 teaspoons ) -1/2 teaspoon salt (or more to taste)
Directions: Soften butter just enough to combine herbs, garlic and salt. Mix together, spoon into container. Or, spoon herbed butter on parchment paper, cover and roll into a log and chill in the freezer for 30 minutes, then slice! Place a pat of the herbed butter over top of steak after cooked. Check out my how-to video here: jandatri.com/ recipes/one-minute-kitchen.
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ce 1999
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Plumbing
Affinity Plumbing LLC 480-487-5541 affinityplumber@gmail.com
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Pool Service / Repair
Disposals
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Any Service
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PUBLIC SALE Monday, July 9, 2018 10:00 a.m. to Noon 3400 N. Alma School Road, #1052, Chandler, AZ 85224 Personal belongings including clothing and some household furnishings
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Roofing
Roofing
PHILLIPS ROOFING LLC
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480-706-1453
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Member of ABM
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GREEN POOL
Notice is hereby given that First National Bank Texas d/b/a First Convenience Bank, 507 North Gray Street, Killeen, Texas, has filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Friday, July 6, 2018 as specified in 12 C.F.R. § 5.30, for permission to establish and operate a full-service branch to be located inside the Walmart store at 1380 W. Elliot Road, Tempe, AZ 85284. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file comments in writing with the Director for District Licensing, Southern District Office, 500 North Akard, Suite 1600, Dallas, Texas 75201, within 30 days of the date of this publication. The public portions of the application are available for inspection during regular business hours at the Southern District Office. First National Bank Texas d/b/a First Convenience Bank Killeen, Texas PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune,July 8, 2018 / 14070
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LLC
CLEAN UPS & REPAIR
SERVICING THE VALLE Y FOR OVER 25 YE ARS
Pay 3 months up front & get 4th FREE
ROC 223367
Valleywide
CR 42 DUAL
623-873-1626
Window Cleaning
All employees verified Free estimates on all roofs 36 Years experience in AZ Licensed contractor since 2006
Unbelievable Prices Insured•Licensed•Locally Owned
PROFESSIONAL WINDOW CLEANING
www.shine-master.com
$95/ Month Weekly Service (chemicals included)
Green Pool Cleanup & Tile Cleaning - $750
Code T06
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Spring Window Cleaning Special up to 32 Panes
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480-269-6133
Remodeling
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