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ust months after the controversial City Gate apartment development fell apart in Gilbert due to resident backlash, the Town Council will consider approving another contested apartment project. This time around, however, the residents opposed to the project live in neighboring Chandler. The 356-unit complex, called Liv at Gilbert Crossroads, is planned for 19.6 acres of a 47-acre site at Germann Road and Mustang Drive in northeast Gilbert. An associated 300,000-square-foot light industrial development featuring four buildings is planned for the remainder of the land
to the north of the apartment complex facing Germann road. The land owner, global developer Rockefeller Group, is seeking to rezone the land to accommodate the industrial and apartment uses. The parcel is currently zoned business park, which typically allows for of�ice campuses featuring high technology, research and development, of�ice, service and light industrial uses, according to town documents. Both Gilbert Town Planning staff and the Planning Commission issued recommendations for approval of the rezoning applications. The developer’s rezoning applications will go before the Town Council at its next regular meeting on Aug. 2. Liv at Gilbert Crossroads differs from the
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failed City Gate project because the landowner is seeking to rezone the area for apartment or multifamily use. In the Crossroads case, the developer sought a conditional use permit in a commercial district. The cases also differ because the residents opposed to the Liv project live outside Gilbert. Gilbert Senior Planner Nathan Williams said that town staff considers all complaints equally regardless of a person’s city or town of residence. “If they were Gilbert residents, we would have made the same recommendation,” he said. At the Gilbert Planning Commission’s June
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he arrest two weeks ago of an Ahwatukee club baseball coach on charges he molested young players about nine years ago has raised questions about the scrutiny that club sports organizations give adults involved in their activities. And it has prompted police and experts (Chandler Police) on sexual predators to remind parents Richard Gallegos that they must take an active role in protecting their children. “Organizations that sponsor any kind of youth activity have a responsibility to protect children,’’ said Becky Ruffner, executive ��� MOLEST ���� 4
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director of Prevent Child Abuse of Arizona. “They must have two adults present at all times. Predators thrive on secrecy and deniability.’’ Richard Allen Gallegos, 53, of the 1700 block West Wildwood Drive, Ahwatukee, was arrested July 11 by Chandler police on suspicion of a long list of sex charges stemming from incidents involving two victims, according to Sgt. Dan Mejia, a police spokesman. The charges include five counts of sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of child molestation. Detectives wrote that the abuse occurred while Gallegos was a coach for a club baseball team that practiced in Ahwatukee, Chandler and Tempe. In court documents, police said Gallegos was alone with one of two male victims, who were between 11 and 14 years old when the alleged molestation occurred. He is accused by police of committing a sex act on a boy inside a bathroom at Sun Ray Park in Ahwatukee. Police alleged that he committed a similar act with a victim in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in Phoenix, and while driving a boy to a teammate’s birthday party in his car. Another incident involving such a sex act occurred inside the defendant’s car while they were parked in a church parking lot in Lake Havasu City. Police also accused Gallegos of forcing a boy into a sexual act while he was supposedly consoling the victim after his team lost a baseball game. The court document said the case against Gallegos crystallized when a male victim, who is now 21, told police that Gallegos had molested him when he played on the team when he was 11 to 14 years old. The second victim, who also was 11 to 14 years old at the time, was interviewed by detectives and recounted sexually abusive incidents to police, Mejia said. Mejia said police had dropped a previous investigation in 2009 because the boys declined to reveal abuses. “During this time, Gallegos helped coach a club baseball team in Ahwatukee and volunteered as a baseball coach at Seton Catholic Preparatory High School in Chandler. Detectives at the time did not have enough evidence to charge Gallegos with a crime,’’ according to a Chandler police press release. Seton sent an email to parents after the arrest, saying that while no incident have been discovered during his involvement with the school, “We are cooperat-
ing with the police investigation and we seek to learn more about the situation.” Gallegos admitted he was close to one of the victims, but he denied sexually abusing him, the court document said. Police and child advocates say the Gallegos case also shows how difficult it is for victims of any gender – but especially males – to come forward and report such hurtful experiences. They are hoping that victims who have buried the psychological trauma caused by abuse many years are inspired by the courage of the 21-year-old victims, who were 14 when they were molested, to finally report molestation.
Predators gradually take steps to gain the trust of victims, grooming them with gifts such as video games. Eventually, they seek to isolate the child so that they are alone together, making the abuse possible.
–CHANDLER POLICE DETECTIVE ASHLEY NOLAN
Chandler police Detective Ashley Nolan, who has investigated sex crimes for 6½ years, echoed Ruffner’s reminder to parents and adults involved in club sports. “There should be very minimal situations where a child is alone with an adult,’’ she said. Nolan said predators usually follow a somewhat predictable pattern of abuse. They start by targeting vulnerable children, who sometimes are estranged from their parents or are not getting enough attention for other reasons. Predators gradually take steps to gain the trust of victims, grooming them with gifts such as video games, she said. Eventually, they seek to isolate the child so that they are alone together, making the abuse possible. After the sex crimes start occurring, there are threats designed to manipulate a child into not reporting it. She said studies have determined that boys are less likely to report sexual abuse than girls because of embarrassment and the stigma associated with it. Detectives have to combine empathy with their investigative skills to successfully put a case together that can lead to
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a conviction. Nolan said police must console as well as cajole a victim. “This is a horrible thing that happened to you, it’s terrible you have had to live with that for so long, but we can bring justice to light,’’ she explained, repeating her advice to victims. “People will say, this happened a long time ago, but I don’t want it to happen to anyone else.’’ She said she always hopes that media reports of such cases will inspire other victims to come forward. Police know there are many victims who have never revealed they have been abused and studies have found that children are very unlikely to report abuse to their parents. The case also spotlights the level of background checks and supervision given coaches and the adults involved in club sports. Club teams, often referred to as travel teams, generally attract serious players who are hoping to advance into college or even professional sports after they graduate from high school. The teams typically travel to tournaments in Arizona and other states. Rick Kelsey, chief executive officer of the Arizona Soccer Association, said he knows it is impossible to catch every potential predator, but it his obligation to protect children in every way possible. “We do background checks on all of our coaches,’’ he said, with two or three applicants rejected every year for a variety of reasons. “Anytime you are involved in youth sports, safety is paramount.’’ Kelsey said youth organizations are under increasing pressure to assure the safety of children in every way possible, especially in the aftermath of sexual abuse cases involving Olympic athletes, including the U.S women’s gymnastics team. Congress established the U.S. Center for SafeSport to investigate allegations of sexual abuse within the U.S. Olympic and Paralympics, focusing on the 49 governing bodies involved with Olympic
sports. SafeSport also conducts training sessions on how to prevent sexual abuse aimed at any sport. The federal mandatory reporting law resulted in 1,037 reports of potential abuse during the organization’s 15 months in existence, with 289 sanctions imposed and 149 individuals ruled permanently ineligible. More than 400,000 people have completed an online training session. For decades, Arizona has had a mandatory law for reporting sexual abuse, although there have been instances of it not being followed properly. “Irrespective of legal obligations, there are moral obligations,’’ Kelsey said. One unintended consequence is that some people who would otherwise be interested in helping children decide to avoid coaching, Kelsey said. “We lose these people because they are afraid of this perception,’’ he said. Still, Kelsey said, parents need to ask what organization is sanctioning a team, whether it’s part of a league or a club team that travels to tournaments, and whether the coaches have been vetted properly through background checks. “The complication of it is these club teams,’’ he said. “I am convinced we are doing everything we can. We have all the right intentions to do all the right things.’’ Although background checks are important, Ruffner said, it’s important for parents not to think of them as a panacea for weeding out would-be abusers. “Background checks are fine and well if that person has a record,’’ Ruffner said. A background check on Gallegos found no arrest history in Arizona, a fact police confirmed. Experts also said it’s critical that parents establish a deep relationship with their children through strong communication. They also should watch how their children interact to coaches, ministers or any other adults associated with youth programs, Nolan said. “We need to believe children. They don’t make this stuff up because it’s fun,’’ Ruffner said.
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Park University prepares to establish Gilbert campus BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Managing Editor
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ilbert is one step closer to bringing a four-year institution back to town now that Missouri-based Park University received the accreditations needed to open its campus in the town. The university received approval from the Higher Learning Commission and the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education to open its campus, which will occupy 11,000 square feet of space on the first floor of the four-story University Building, vacated by St. Xavier University more than a year ago. Park University plans to begin offering classes in time for its Fall II semester, which starts Oct. 15. Jeff Ehrlich, Gilbert campus executive director for Park University, said the university chose Gilbert for a variety of reasons, including the forecasted population growth in the town and surrounding areas. He also said Gilbert’s values aligned well with Park University’s. “We have enjoyed collaborating with Park University to provide academic degree programs that support Gilbert’s
educational goals,” Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels said. “The university has great plans to immerse themselves in the community, and we look forward to supporting those efforts.” On a more practical note, Ehrlich said, the availability of the town’s University Building also played a role in Park’s decision. “This building was available and it is state of the art,” he said. Taxpayers funded the construction of the $34 million building and Gilbert was relying on rent payments from St. Xavier to offset the debt it incurred. However, those payments disappeared when St. Xavier abandoned the building only nine months after opening because of financial concerns at its main campus in Illinois. St. Xavier came to an agreement with the town to pay a $4 million penalty for backing out of its 15-year lease. That should cover debt service through January 2019. Gilbert’s most recent budget shows the town spent an estimated $279,050 maintaining the building in the last fiscal year. It budgeted $251,500 for maintain the building for the upcoming year. Park University will pay $799,128 in rent
over the course of its three-year lease. The agreement with Gilbert also includes twoand three-year lease extension options. While Park University’s presence will not completely make up for loss of St. Xavier’s rent, the university has entertained the possibility of eventually expanding its presence in the building. “We do have every intention to hopefully fill this building up,” Ehrlich said. “We would love to keep expanding upwards.” When it opens, the university will offer accelerated eight-week terms with night classes aimed at adult students. By the end of its third year, the university plans to expand the schedule to include traditional 16-week terms. According to a university statement, it will offer undergraduate degrees in business administration and management, communications, criminal justice administration and fitness and wellness. It also will offer graduate programs, including a master of business administration, master of education in education technology, master of education in educational leadership with principal certification, master of healthcare administration and master of public administration.
Park University estimated it will have 300 students by the end of its initial threeyear lease, and it has plans to continue growing in the town. Ehrlich said the university would like to grow the Gilbert Campus to 600 to 800 students. He said that growth will help the school field a competitive sports program that will include 12 athletic teams. “We want to give them the opportunity to be students first and athletes second,” Ehrlich said. However, he added that “we want to come here and be competitive.” Rather than build its own sports facilities, it will utilize facilities in the area. While he would not confirm which facilities it was looking to utilize, Ehrlich said the university was in contact with the Town of Gilbert and local high schools and community colleges. He said, “We see this as a partnership not a rental,” and that the university intends to be invested in whatever facilities it uses. “We want it to be our home as much as it is their home,” Ehrlich said. “We want to be a good steward of the relationship and make sure we do our fair share to make sure those fields are the best they can be.”
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meeting, several Chandler residents showed up to voice their opposition to the development. The project borders a residential community that is within Chandler city limits. While one resident opposed the industrial portion of the project, the vast majority of the complaints centered on the apartment complex. Neil Taneja said he was worried about the impact a densely populated apartment complex would have on traffic in the area. He said the neighborhood is already restricted by Chandler Airport to the west and a canal to the east. “It is unbelievably packed,” he told the Planning Commission. “I can’t believe you would add something so dense blocks away from a super-busy intersection.” Gilbert’s most recent Capital Improvement Plan does include nearly $21 million for improvements along Germann Road from Gilbert Road to Val Vista Drive. Chandler resident Ginger Rowley, who lives in the housing community south of the proposed development, complained that it would “change the dynamic” of the neighborhood. “In the presentation, it seems like they are more concerned about the apartment complex and the light industrial (project) than the people that are actually (living) there,” she said. Pat Ziembowicz, also of Chandler, echoed Rowley’s sentiments. She said she and her husband purchased their home in Chandler for retirement over three years ago and looked at zoning on vacant properties nearby before making a decision on where to move. “Everything was zoned (business park), which we were fine with,” she said. “Had it been zoned for multifamily, we would have never bought our retirement home here.” Attorney Ed Bull of Burch & Cracchiolo, who represented Rockefeller Group, told the commission that the land was simply not viable for a business park. He said the landowner has tried to develop the property as a business park for 10 years with no success. He said land sales fell through in 2015 and 2016 as well. Bull argued that the site was too large to develop as single-use and that multifamily use complemented the light industrial use. He said it also provided a buffer between the industrial property and the adjacent residential neighborhood. He said the portion of the property that would receive light industrial zoning is already in escrow to be sold to EastGroup, a national industrial prop-
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program aimed at helping clean the air in Maricopa County is off to a good start in the East Valley a month after its launch. The Mowing Down Pollution Program gives residents who turn in a gas-powered lawn mower a $150 voucher to buy an electric one in an effort to reduce ozone pollution – an odorless and colorless gas that can inflame and damage airways, aggravate asthma and hamper the immune system’s ability to fight off respiratory infections. Children and the elderly are the most susceptible to ozone exposure. “It’s going well,” said Bob Huhn, spokesman for the Maricopa County Air Quality Department. “Our goal is to distribute 2,500 vouchers. If that happens we will reduce air pollution by 21 tons per year. That is what we are looking for right now.” But don’t expect to see municipalities such as Gilbert and Mesa turn from gaspowered garden equipment anytime soon. Gilbert Interim Parks and Recreation Director Robert Carmona said his department currently uses larger diesel mowers
for the town’s fields. “The open-space turf is contracted out and they currently use gas-powered mowers,” he said. “Due to the size of the areas the department maintains, the electric push-mowers are not able to handle the workload and they would not be efficient for the scope of our parks.” That said, Carmona added, the technology is catching up with a few smaller, riding-electric mowers now available, but they are not at the level to be able to handle larger commercial properties. “The department always tries to be environmentally conscious in approaching items such as this,” he said. “And we always continue to revisit the topic as technology evolves.” Mesa Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities Marc Heirshberg said most mowing in the city’s parks is handled via landscape maintenance contracts. The city’s contracts don’t dictate what equipment the contractors use to mow the parks and the limited inventory of mowers used by city staff are gas-powered, he said. “But we do require that contractors and city staff follow appropriate maintenance
practices, such as no use of blowers on pollution-advisory days,” Heirshberg said, adding he was not aware of any state, county or city government programs to convert mowing operations on a commercial scale from gas to electric. Program partner Arizona Department of Environmental Quality allocated $375,000 for the vouchers, which can be redeemed at eight authorized Home Depot locations, including 1740 S. Country Club Drive in Mesa and 2530 E. Ger(Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer) mann Road in Chandler. This display at a Home Depot in Mesa draws shoppers to the county's So far, 908 people have deal for people who switch to electric mowers. signed up for the program and 483 vouchers have been nual report card on air quality earlier sent, Huhn said. this year handed Maricopa County an “F” Gas-powered mowers belch out roughly grade for ozone pollution. But the “State 6 percent of the air pollution in the coun- of the Air 2018” report did point out the ty, he said. Tailpipe emissions from auto- Valley improved from the year before mobile traffic are the main contributors to with fewer high-ozone days. ozone pollution. The American Lung Association’s an�ee MOWER page 10
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Summer Smiles Cobblestone Auto Spa donates $24K to Treasures 4 Teachers Cobblestone Auto Spa, with facilities across the East Valley, is donating nearly $24,000 to Treasures 4 Teachers, which provides classroom support to Arizona’s educators. The donation caps a six-week fundraiser organized by Cobblestone at all of its shops, in which it earmarked a portion of proceeds from every sale of its “Buy Four, Get Two” car-wash booklet. “We knew that our clients support education, and we knew they would feel good about giving back to the state’s teachers. And, they didn’t disappoint,” said Tuck Bettin, Cobblestone general manager. “We are hopeful that this donation will alleviate a portion of the financial burden teachers too often face in the classroom.” Cobblestone’s donations will go toward Treasures 4 Teachers’ scholarship fund, which covers the $35 annual membership fee to educators to access supplies. Educators may peruse supplies for special projects or for everyday classroom needs without the financial burden that comes with purchasing them at a retailer. The donation is particularly critical now because many educators struggle to afford the membership fee.
Grab a Potbelly sandwich, help a Children’s Hospital patient
Potbelly Sandwich Shop will donate 25 percent of its proceeds on Thursday, July 26, to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, which has a pediatric unit at Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. Potbelly has a shop in San Tan Village in Gilbert, at 3131 S. Market Street, open 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Other East Valley shops are at Chandler Mall, 3605 W. Chandler Blvd., and Rural-Broadway, at 1717 S. Rural Road in Tempe. Twenty-five percent of pre-tax Potbelly Sandwich Shop sales, from shop opening until closing, will benefit health, hope and healing at the hospital. Potbelly is a neighborhood sandwich concept that features warm, toasty sandwiches, signature salads, hand-dipped shakes and other fresh menu items, customized the way customers want them. Potbelly promises fresh, fast and friendly service in an environment that reflects the local neighborhood. For more information: phoenixchildrens.org and potbelly.com.
Hula fun on the Salt River
Aloha, fun seekers. Grab your ukulele, coconuts, grass skirt and set sail on the Salt River during Salt River Tubing’s Mega Hawaiian Hula party on Saturday, July 28, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Hawaiian-tiki barges will transport guests to the Lower Salt River for fun on the river rapids. Tube rental is $17, which includes shuttle-bus service and parking. Free Hawaiian leis will be given to the first 1,000 fun-seekers. Salt River Tubing is in northeast Mesa on north Power Road/Bush Highway in the Tonto National Forest, 7 minutes from Loop 202 Exit 23A. More information: saltrivertubing.com.
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Groundbreaking held for Gilbert’s first cemetery BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Managing Editor
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ith over 72,000 households in Gilbert, there is no shortage of places for residents to live. Pretty soon, there also will be plenty of space reserved for them when they die. Gilbert marked the groundbreaking of Gilbert Memorial Park on Friday, July 20, kicking off construction on the first phase of the town’s first cemetery. With nearly 250,000 residents, Gilbert is one of the largest municipalities in the country without one. “Breaking ground on Gilbert Memorial Park is a historic milestone for the community,” Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels said. “We are thrilled that Gilbert will soon have a permanent place to honor the lives of our residents.” The project, located on just 20 acres of town-owned land at Queen Creek Road and 156th Street, will be run by Mesabased Bunker Family Funeral Homes. The first phase will feature about 10 acres of both indoor and outdoor cremation and memorialization gardens and space for lawn burial plots and family estates, said Bryce Bunker, president of Bunker Family Funerals & Cremation. The Mesa-based business won a contract from the town to develop and operate Gilbert Memorial Park, which will also include a Bunker Family funeral home and tribute center.
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In Arizona, ground-level ozone is concentrated in Maricopa County, where most urban centers are located, according to the state environmental department. It’s a particular problem during the summer, when emissions such as those from vehicles, react with the heat and sunlight, forming the bad ozone. State environmental officials in 2017 issued for Maricopa County, 46 highpollution advisories - when air pollution levels are expected to exceed the federal health standard – and 25 health-watch alerts – when air pollution levels are expected to approach the federal health standard, according to Huhn. Since January, the state has issued 22 high-pollution advisories and 10 healthwatch alerts, he said. Huhn noted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2015 strengthened the standards for ground-level ozone, which bumped up the number of days the coun-
Under the terms of the development agreement between Gilbert and the company, Bunker is responsible for all construction, operations and maintenance costs for the development. Bunker said the company considered expanding to Gilbert, where most of his family lives, prior to getting involved in the cemetery project. “We have served a lot of the families from Gilbert for the past several decades, and we appreciate the trust people have placed in us,” he said. “This is natural extension of our services with the growth there in Gilbert.” The company expects to open the facility next spring. The operator will pay a variable rent rate over the course of the 99-year lease on the cemetery portion of the property. The rent will be calculated by multiplying the current market value of the land of $182,081 per acre by the number of acres and a varying capitalization rate of between 0 and 2.5 percent. The agreement states that from years 11-20, when the capitalization rate is 2 percent, the annual rent will be approximately $72,832. Bunker Family Funeral Homes also will pay Gilbert a share of revenues earned at the cemetery, paying the town three percent of revenue up to $1.5 million and 5 percent of revenue over $5 million. The company also will pay rent on land used for the funeral home and share revenue from the operation of that facility. ty exceeded federal health standards. Huhn said plans are to later expand the program to landscapers and to include other gardening tools such as gas-powered leaf blowers. The new program is the county’s third air-pollution-reduction program. In 2016, it instituted the Fireplace Retrofit Program, which gives homeowners a $2,000 voucher to convert their woodburning fireplaces to gas burning and if their homes were not plumbed for natural gas, they would receive a device that reduces 75 percent of emission in chimneys, Huhn said. That program has served 384 people so far, mostly in the Phoenix and Glendale areas, where air monitors show the highest levels of pollution. And, in 2017, the county launched the Propane Fire Pit Program, which gives residents a $75 voucher to replace their wood-burning fire pits with propane fire pits. To date, 991 people have signed up for that program, according to Huhn.
The town anticipates it will generate between $100,000 and $200,000 annually in rent and revenue sharing over the course of the lease, according to town documents. The company will receive a rent abatement, meaning it will pay no rent, for two years following the opening of the park. That abatement does not apply to the revenue sharing stipulations. Revenue sharing will cease for the cemetery premises and base rent will be reduced by 50 percent after 50 years and the sale of 90 percent of full-body burial plots, according to the development agreement. According to Gilbert Town documents, the town paid $105,000 per acre for the site in 1999 and will receive over $600,000 per acre in total over the life of the lease. The long road leading to the development dates back to 2015, when the town commissioned a study to determine the feasibility of building a cemetery in the town. The study found that at the time Gilbert residents traveled more than 20 minutes to obtain funeral services and visit burial plots in other Valley cities like Phoenix, Mesa and Chandler, according to a Gilbert Sun News article from 2016. The study also found that Gilbert’s mortality rate of 1,317.8 per 100,000 residents would result in the need for over 4,000 funerals per year by 2035, when the town’s population is expected to reach 325,000. “As we go throughout the process of our
lives and raise our families and work in our community, there becomes a sense of pride and ownership and that is where want to be able to memorialize our lives and the lives of our loved ones,” Bunker said. In early 2016, the town issued a request for proposals for the land at Queen Creek Road and 156th Street, which the town bought in 1999 and had been reserved for parks purposes. Ultimately, the town awarded the RFP to Bunker Family Funeral Homes for development of the cemetery. Internal town documents showed that Gilbert town staff justified the project by stating it will meet a community need and will also turn a profit for the town. According to staff estimates, the project will generate over $13 million in revenue for the town over the course of the 99-year lease, which is well above the $2.3 million the town paid for the land in 1999. Bunker said there is also a convenience factor. “It can be a little somber or sad if a family has to travel a distance to spend time at a place where their loved one is laid,” he said. Resident reaction to the project was split, according to comments submitted during the community feedback process, with several respondents stating that the location is a poor choice for a cemetery because of its proximity to Perry High School and established housing developments.
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The British Swim School in Gilbert recently held gthe World's Largest Swim Lesson by coordinating its efforts with other British Swim Schools in the country. The event aims to build awareness for the need to know how to swim.
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Some House candidates attended Clean Elections debate BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Managing Editor
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here was more agreement than argument at the recent Citizens Clean Elections Commission debate for candidates in Legislative District 12, though only one Republican candidate and no incumbents attended the event. Democrats Lynsey Robinson, Joe Bisaccia and D.J. Rothans and Republican Blake Sacha – all House candidates – attended the LD12 event. Incumbent Republican Rep. Travis Grantham and Sen. Warren Petersen – who is running for a House seat after being termed out of the Senate – did not attend. Republican candidate Nick Myers also did not attend. No Senate candidates participated either, including current Republican Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, Republican Jimmy Lindblom or Democrat Elizabeth Brown. Candidates that accept Clean Elections funding are required to attend the panel's debates. Brown, who has received $16,995 in clean elections funds, was not invited because she uncontested for the Democratic nomination. The commission cancelled the debate for Legislative District 17, which also includes parts of Gilbert, as no candidates in the district receive Clean Elections money. Traditional candidates do not have to attend but have participated anyway. For instance, all candidates for state legislative positions showed up last week for the Clean Elections LD 18 debate, including traditional candidates like incumbents Sen. Sean Bowie (D), Rep. Mitzi Epstein (D) and Rep. Jill Norgaard (R)
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When asked what they would do to make sure charter schools are held accountable for the ways they spend public monies, the candidates were mostly on the same page. “I have been talking to Democrats, Republicans and independents alike, and one thing I hear from all of them is they want to see transparency, not just in our traditional public schools but in our charter schools,” Robinson said. She suggested that all charter schools be required to post their budget on the school’s website and said that legislators need to hold charter school operators accountable if they violate the law.
“When fraud is found to have occurred, they need to be held accountable in a court of law,” she said. Rothans and Bisaccia both said they hoped to put an end to no-bid contracts by charter schools. “I think it should be mandated by law that charter schools have to offer their contracts to the lowest bidder,” Bisaccia said. The men also agreed more rules are needed to address potential conflicts of interest at the legislature on the charter school topic. “You have the fox watching the henhouse,” Rothans said, referencing legislators – like Senate candidate Farnsworth – who have financial interests in charter schools. Bisaccia said, “We need strict conflict of interest laws on the books.” He added that charter schools should not receive more per pupil funding than traditional public schools. A report from the Arizona Legislature showed that in 2017 school districts received $5,389 per-pupil from the state while charter schools received $6,748 per pupil. Sacha, though not as critical of the charter school system, said he hoped to see a simplification in the funding formula that equalized per-pupil funding provided by the state to traditional public schools and charter schools. Sacha also referred to Arizona’s foray into charter schools as an experiment and said the state needs to look back at the last 20 years to figure out what works and fix what doesn’t. “I’m immensely frustrated by the fact that we are hesitant to learn from that experiment,” he said. The candidates were also asked for their opinions on Governor Doug Ducey’s 20x2020 education funding plan, which relies heavily on forecasted economic growth in order to increase education funding without raising taxes. Bisaccia, a middle school STEM teacher in the Higley Unified School District, said he believes the math behind Ducey’s plan is flawed and the state must raise new revenues to support increased education funding. “Unfortunately, I don’t think that (Ducey) would be able to pass math at Cooley Middle School,” he said. Robinson, Rothans and Bisaccia said they support getting rid of corporate and sales tax exemptions that a Center for Investigating Reporting report found cost the state over $13 billion in 2016.
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Candidates who debate were, from left, Blake Sacha, D.J. Rothans and Lynsey Robinson.
“These are tax breaks that aren’t helping,” Rothans said. Robinson said, “We’ve basically been giving giveaways to corporations and begging them to come out to Arizona to run their business. At the end, we don’t really get much for it.” Sacha, a former Gilbert School Board member, proposed a different plan that involved removing restrictions on how school boards spend public monies. He said the current system allots money in various “buckets” allocated for specific needs like computers or textbooks and that boards need more discretion in spending. In addition to education, the candidates responded to questions on a range of topics, from border security to climate change.
Border security
In response to a question about what role Arizona should play in securing the country’s border, Robinson said the state can enforce immigration laws without violating human rights. “I believe that our state has a tremendous moral obligation to lead the way because we are a border state,” she said. Robinson, an attorney and former teacher who identified herself as a former “Dreamer,” said she believed that sending the military to the border was “a waste of resources.” “I think that we can look to respect immigration laws, enforce immigration laws, but do it in a manner that is humane and respects the lives of all people, because that is what being an American is supposed to be about.”
Immigration
On a similar note, Rothans was asked what effect Arizona’s immigration policy has had on the state’s ability to attract businesses and tourism dollars. He said that the state’s past and present policies have negatively affected its ability to attract business. “I think (SB 1070) set a bad tone and it’s gone downhill from there,” he said. He said current policies do not present Arizona to the business community as a place that has equal protections for all.
Local autonomy
After being asked about his position on Arizona’s law that prohibits municipalities in Arizona from banning the use of plastic bags and similar items, Sacha used the question to express his support for local autonomy. The law forced Bisbee to rewrite a 2012 ordinance that banned plastic bags in order to make it voluntary for retailers. Bisbee risked losing state funding if it did not rescind or rewrite the ordinance. Sacha said he believes in strong local government and that “if the Town of Bisbee wants to ban plastic bags, then the Town of Bisbee should be allowed to ban plastic bags.” “The Legislature should not be interfering in those limited and local decisions.” Sacha said that if residents oppose those types of measures, they can vote in new representation on city or town councils.
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Finley Farms teachers make kids’ restrooms inspirational Zollner got the idea from a Facebook post in February and approached thirdgrade teacher Roy with the proposal. hen students return “She thought it was a great idea from summer break, and we ran with it,” Zollner said. the restrooms at Fin“It was an additional chance to ley Farms Elementary School remind the kids they have value won’t be just a place to use the and that words matter and their toilet but a place to find inspiraactions matter.” tion. Zollner and Roy scoured the Teachers Tamey Zollner and Kathy Roy internet, pulling quotes from Kathy Roy spearheaded a projRalph Waldo Emerson to Dr. Seect that transformed each of the uss. four boys’ and four girls’ rest“We chose some of the quotes, rooms at the neighborhood K-6 reminding them to be kind to campus with artwork and uplifteach other, reminding them ing quotes. they are powerful and valued,” “We are an ‘A-rated’ school and Zollner said. “We teach about we have great kids,” said Zollner, growth mindset and the ability who will start her eighth year in Tamey Zollner to grow your intelligence over August teaching fifth-graders. time, and some of the quotes “But there’s problems everypush that.” where, and you can have what Principal Keegan Bassett, who looks like an awesome school is new to the school this year, with a great set of kids, but you embraced the concept. can have a kid who is hurting in“One of the biggest things for side, and you don’t know what is staff and teachers is, while they going on in the home. understand they do great things, “Using the restroom is a little they know there is room to grow escape for kids. And if they need Keegan Bassett every day,” he said. “There’s to escape and walk in there and see words reminding them they are loved, no reason to be complacent. Everybody needs inspiration.” then that is exactly who it was meant for.”
Many of the messages painted in the restroom stalls are what teachers try to impart to their students throughout the school year, he noted, adding, “It’s nice to have reminders.” Bassett gave his stamp of approval to the two teachers after seeing their mock-up of the bathrooms, each with its own theme. He then sent out an email blast soliciting
help from the rest of the school’s staff. “Some donated time, other people had summer plans and were ready to take off and donated paint or paint brushes, and we had parents from the PTO drop off some lunch. The building maintenance crew cleaned up everything, so it was
him for a lifetime.” The nonprofit is the brainchild of Blair and Cindy Packard, who visited Mozambique in 2000 after flooding there killed at least 700 people and devastated the land. The Gilbert couple saw empowering people was the most effective way in tackling the country’s problems. The nonprofit educates villagers how to be self-sufficient in eight key areas – health and hygiene, education, psychosocial well-being, sanitation, food security and nutrition, income generation, home improvement and community participation. Care for Life first researches a village and then meets with that village’s leaders to see if they want help.
“Sometimes they are skeptical because a lot of organizations have worked in Mozambique, and some are great and some are not so great,” Galatan said. Once invited, Care for Life sends in a team of 10 to 15 employees and volunteers, who are from Mozambique, to work with the villagers for two and a half to three years – long enough for a cycle of self-reliance to start. “One of the many things we are doing is reducing the infant and maternal mortality rates, and the biggest thing we do is education,” Galatan said. “So we teach prenatal care. We educate the mother on what to expect, how to be hygienic and sterile.” The efforts are working. Maternal deaths have been reduced
by 78 percent and infant deaths cut by 58 percent in villages where Care for Life has gone in, according to an independent five-year research study, presented earlier this month at the Social Work, Education and Social Development Conference held in Dublin. According to Dr. Patrick Panos, director of global education and outreach at the University of Utah and the study’s author, Care for Life’s presence in a village more than doubled the chances of survival for Mozambique babies. “In fact, according to UNICEF, in 2015 Mozambique had 489 maternal deaths per 100,000 births,” he said. “In Care for
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Gilbert couple’s nonprofit turns around impoverished African villages BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Staff Writer
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n Mozambique, one quarter of the adults have HIV, 75 percent are unemployed, one in seven children dies before the age of 5 and the expected life span is 48. In this southeast African county, a little-known Mesa-based nonprofit started by a Gilbert couple is working to turn the tide, one village at a time. “We don’t give them money, not giving food,” said Glen Galatan, spokesman for Care for Life on Baseline Road near Val Vista Drive. “We are providers of education. We teach them to become self-reliant. Teach a man to fish and you feed
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Mormon church group photographs ancestors’ headstones BY ALYSON JOHNSON GSN Contributor
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found one!” was heard repeatedly at the Valley of the Sun Mortuary and Cemetery in Chandler on the evening of July 11 as youth and adults from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints looked for grave markers and headstones for specific people buried on the premises. The purpose of the activity was to help relatives of the deceased connect to their ancestors by providing a photo of their headstone or marker online, through the website FindAGrave.com. “Being able to view actual photographs of the headstones of your ancestors may seem like a strange concept, but it is actually a really impactful experience,” said youth leader Becky Fillerup. “As I have looked through the photos on the Find A Grave site and utilized other genealogical sites such as FamilySearch and Ancestry, my ancestors have become more than just names on a page, they have become real to me,” she added. FindAGrave.com is the world’s largest gravesite collection, boasting over 170 million online memorials in 481,021
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Life villages, we see that number go down to an amazing 90 per 100,000.” Since its inception in 2000, Care for Life has helped between 20 and 25 villages, Galatan said. The nonprofit currently is entrenched in four villages. The nonprofit focuses on villages located outside Beira, the second largest city in Mozambique, with a population of 530,604. Each village typically has between 200 and 250 inhabitants. “Most of these places there is no electricity, no running water – not in all but in most,” Galatan said. “Often times they have to walk miles and miles and hours and hours to get to a source of water that may not be clean.” Life for Care teaches villagers how to dig for wells and how to use pellets to sanitize the water. The group does provide the low-cost pellets. “Another big problem is there are no latrines,” Galatan said. “A lot of times, they go out to the streets to defecate. We teach them how to build latrines. We don’t do the work but show them how to do the work.” Countries that lack access to clean water and where open defecation is most wide-
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cemeteries all over the world. Anyone can go on and create a memorial for their loved ones and add photos and other information to the memorial. With so many memorials already online, a quick check to see if the memorial has already been created is a good idea. However, many memorials don’t have a photo of the headstone, and that’s where this community service project fills a need. “By doing Find A Grave we can give the opportunity to others to know more about their ancestors,” said Basha High School Senior Sydney Fuller. “As people learn more about their ancestors they can connect with them emotionally.” There are 7,658 online memorials created for the deceased at Valley of the Sun, with over 900 of those needing marker photos. “The picture makes it real because anyone can type ‘1905’ into Find A Grave,” said Fuller, “but not everyone can go to the places loved ones are buried and take pictures in person and be connected to them.” Seeing the headstone in a photo is the next best thing to visiting in person. It’s a bonus when there is additional infor-
mation, like an obituary, in the online memorial. Thirty members of the Grove 3rd Ward scoured one section of the cemetery looking for those people whose memorials were missing a headstone photo. If they found one, they used the Find A Grave app to take and upload the photo directly to the already existing online memorial. That evening photos were added to the memorials for 33 people. The group plans to go back as many times as it takes to walk the whole cemetery and photograph the headstones for all the memorials that need them. Members of the congregation are also going as families to help complete the project. “Family History is really a community effort of people helping each other,” said Fillerup. “Our efforts to photograph headstones and markers was one way that we could help someone else. It’s (Ilene Hunt/Special to GSN) all about connecting families toJaclyn Lane, kneeling, and Traci Layton try to read the name gether and helping others do the on a marker. same.”
spread have the highest number of deaths of children under 5 years old, according to the World Health Organization. Care for Life also sets up Children’s Clubs to educate children and help form village associations where villagers can borrow money to start a business. The group also helps villagers to set goals and rewards them for meeting them. “For certain goals, we may reward them with simple things like seeds, a hoe, things of that nature,” Galatan said. He acknowledged there are other similar organizations but what sets Care for Life apart is it tracks each and every single villager a few years after it has left to ensure they remained self-reliant. So far, it’s a 100 percent successful, Galatan said. Care for Life is funded by private donations but is looking for local and national corporations to partner with. Galatan is Care for Life’s first full-time employee hired in the United States in January to help in this endeavor. “One of our long-term plan is to help millions of people,” Galatan said. “And we have to get funding so we can take this model and use it in other parts of Mozambique and other places in the world.” Information: careforlife.org.
and be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” There’s also a sports-themed restroom and a rock star-themed restroom with a giant guitar, musical notes and the quote, “Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.” “We geared the quotes based on reading ability and the ability to comprehend the deeper meaning behind them,” Zollner said. “A lot of the quotes are things that we have used with our kids.” A handful of schools around the country have embarked on similar makeovers, including at a North Caroline middle school where a local artist painted motivational murals in the girls’ bathrooms and in Arlington, Texas, where parents painted messages of joy at an elementary school’s bathrooms. Although students won’t see the new bathrooms officially until Aug. 2, they and their parents can get a sneak peak at Meet the Teacher Night on July 31. “I really think with all the things in the news lately and we’ve had tragedies at some of our schools, it was just one of those things that would bring a great positive message to our kids,” Zollner said. “We did this completely for the kids. This was for them.”
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definitely a community effort.” All expenses by the teachers were reimbursed by the Finley Farms Elementary Parent Teacher Organization. DunnEdwards Paints also donated paint and Home Depot gave the teachers discounts on supplies, according to Zollner. At the end of the school year in May, a core group of about six teachers worked on the project, first by sanding the graffiti-resistant plastic partitions in the stalls so the latex paint would adhere. “Not including that prep work, we each spent probably over 60 hours a piece in those bathrooms,” Zollner said. “It was a lot of work. Our hope is it will last a while. After we painted it, we sealed it with a spray sealant, which set off the fire alarm.” Quotes at Finley Farms Elementary include “The only way to have a friend is to be one” by essayist and poet Emerson, “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way,” by self-help author Napoleon Hill and “You will move mountains” by Dr. Seuss. “So one of the bathrooms has a great, big rainbow and sun on it,” Zollner said. “We chose quotes like ‘Scatter sunshine
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Downtown brewery includes a novel concept BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Managing Editor
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hen Gilbert welcomed OHSO Brewery to the downtown Heritage District earlier this year, the town actually got a two-for-one special. The owners behind the beer-centric restaurant decided to open a second, more intimate spot within the same building. Named The Novelist, the second restaurant is nestled in a cozy bar near the back of OHSO’s restaurant at 335 N. Gilbert Road. Its sleek Midcentury Modern style stands in contract to the more industrial look in OHSO, which features the Phoenix-based brewery chain’s main brewing operation in the center of the restaurant. The Novelist just opened its doors in the past few weeks following OHSO’s official Gilbert grand opening in April. The concept was inspired by female novelists and is an homage of sorts to one of the owners’ daughters who loves to read. The space is decorated with graffitistyle portraits of famous female writers painted on the walls and across a full bookcase that lines the back of the restaurant. The restaurant currently features paintings of J.K. Rowling, Zadie Smith, Charlotte Brontë, Stephenie Meyer and Mary Shelley. A book case in the back features works by those writers. The novel-centric spot also incorporates the concept through other aspects of the restaurant. When guests receive their check, it comes inside an actual book rather than the traditional black check folder handed out at most restaurants. Guests receive CliffsNotes, the popular study tool used by high school and college students that provides summaries of famous works. “My thought is when someone wants to sit at the bar, they want something a little bit quicker,” said Adam Davis, general manager at The Novelist. “It’s also a cheater’s way into the restaurant rather than waiting or making a reservation, so those guests that sit at the bar get CliffsNotes.”
While the two restaurants share a building and a few menu items, they are distinct entities. OHSO has a more casual atmosphere with comfort foods while The Novelist features a higherend menu. “’Elevated’ is always a word that I use, because it’s not five-star dining by any means, but when you look at it from an OHSO comparison, it is elevated,” said Davis said. The new restaurant’s menu features items like seared crab cakes, a 36-hour brined roasted half chicken and seasonal sea bass alongside a selection of burgers, sandwiches and appetizers. “OHSO is definitely more comfortable and casual, and The Novelist is more of a gastropub or speakeasy,” OHSO Corporate Executive Chef Anthony Garcia said. Garcia also outfitted the new restaurant with a unique happy hour menu that features a range of small plates for $7 from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The happy hour menu includes chorizo cheese dip, garlic shrimp, poke bites and happy hour ceviche. “It’s not fine dining, but it is a finer experience,” Davis said. The Novelist’s drink menu also sets it apart from its host restaurant. While it carries OHSO beers and other local brews, the restaurant also features an “You can come in (to elevated – there’s that The Novelist) and have word again – wine list a nice dinner with your including a selection companion or with your of wines that are only cohort, then you can go available by the bottle. into OHSO’s patio and The restaurant also pet dogs and drink some has several bookbeer and just be in that themed cocktails, in(Special to GSN) cluding the Gone Girl, Bold designs make The Novelist a destination inside OHSO Brewery, another destination atmosphere or you can sit in the brew room and the Goblet of Fire, and eatery in downtown Gilbert. watch the brewers work Moby Dick – featuring their magic,” he said. OHSO Distillery’s own peach-flavored ket and Oreganos. So why did its owners decide to create Davis added, “It just gives us more flexD.I.C.K. Whiskey. OHSO entered a competitive restaurant even more competition within their own ibility. We’re not pigeonholing ourselves into one (concept).” market when it opened in the Heritage restaurant? To Davis, OHSO and The Novelist comDavis did concede that the unique setDistrict, which already features dozens of local haunts and popular Valley chains plement – rather than compete with – like Postino, Whiskey Row, Liberty Mar- one another. see NOVELIST page 15
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Parent of The Falls Event Center files for bankruptcy BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Managing Editor
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he parent company behind Gilbert’s The Falls Event Center has filed for bankruptcy and recently settled with the SEC over allegations that its former CEO defrauded investors. The Falls Event Center LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah. The Utah-based company operates eight event centers in five states and plans to continue operations while it restructures the organization, according to a statement released by the company. It is unclear how the bankruptcy will affect The Falls Event Center in Gilbert. The facility, located at 4635 E. Baseline Road, along the Mesa-Gilbert border, hosts corporate and personal events. The parent company, which court documents revealed had planned at one point to expand to 200 locations by 2022, will reposition undeveloped properties and assets “that do not currently contribute enterprise value,” according to the statement. There is no mention of which assets that refers to. The bankruptcy filing revealed that several of the company’s unsecured investors are Arizona residents, including
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up does have its challenges, though, especially when it comes to introducing the new concept to OHSO’s diehard patrons. OHSO, which now has four locations, has built a large fan base throughout the Valley over the past decade since it opened its first location in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood in 2011. In order to attract new customers, The Novelist is running several specials – including a $10 beer and appetizer pairing on Mondays and Tuesdays from 4 to 10 p.m. During that time, customers can also get a pitcher of beer, mimosa or sangria for $10 with the purchase of an entrée. The same promotion gives wine drinkers the opportunity to purchase any bottle of wine – which can cost as much as $56 on the menu – for $20 with the purchase of an entrée. The Novelist is also offering a $15 bottomless champagne promotion during brunch. The promotions appear to be working.
seven that live in Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa and Tempe. One of the company’s top 20 largest unsecured creditors, a Tempe resident, has a claim over $2 million. The bankruptcy comes on the heels of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into The Falls and former CEO Steven Down for allegedly misleading investors about the profitability of the company’s event centers. The company brought in Brooks Pickering in June to assess the company’s situation and he recently took over as CEO. The day before The Falls filed for bankruptcy, the company and Down settled with the SEC without admitting or denying the allegations. The settlement prohibits the company from violating the Securities Act of 1933 by using false or misleading information to sell securities. Down must also pay a civil penalty of $150,000. According to the SEC, “Since 2011, The Falls and Down raised approximately $120 million from more than 300 investors from the offer and sale of, among other things, convertible secured promissory notes.” The SEC complaint alleges that Down solicited investments from attendees at education seminars for dentists that he According to Davis, the restaurant has doubled its brunch crowd every weekend for the past month. He also said the restaurant is attracting a diverse clientele from the community, including young women and men, older customers and a lot of “foodies.” “Obviously, when there is a new restaurant in town, people want to check it out,” he said. The Novelist accepts reservations through its website and on Yelp. The kitchen at The Novelist is open 4 to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. The restaurant serves brunch on Saturday and Sunday and is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. On weekends, brunch service ends at 2 p.m. and dinner service starts at 4 p.m. In the intervening two hours, The Novelist offers happy hour items. And while the kitchen closes at 10 p.m. daily, the bar closes “late, late meaning if there is someone in the bar we will keep it open ... If for some reason we don’t have guests after 10 p.m. we will close up shop,” Davis said.
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The Falls Event Center in Gilbert remains open despite a bankruptcy filing by its parent company, which also just settled an SEC action.
sponsored. At the events, Down told potential investors that most or all of The Falls event center locations were profitable. However, the SEC contended this was a false claim. The SEC alleged that Down used internal modified profit-and-loss statements based on bookings in his presentations rather than industry-standard statements generated by the company’s QuickBooks accounting software. “The Falls’ own accounting records indicate that, from inception through September 2017, the event centers have never been profitable on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”),” reads the complaint. According to the SEC, Down told investors that each center would bring in $1 million in gross earnings annually and produce 35 percent profit.
The bankruptcy filing also sheds some light on the parent company’s precarious financial situation. In addition to being told by the company’s CFO to stop telling potential investors that event centers were making a profit, Down was also warned by his executive team that The Falls business model was unsustainable due to large mortgage debts incurred by the company, according to the complaint. The complaint further states that the company financed the purchase and construction of its centers through hard money loans from private investors with interest rates between 10 and 14 percent “because it was not able to obtain traditional bank financing at lower interest rates.” The principal amount of the loans was $33.5 million as of September 2017, according to the SEC.
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Navigating the road of political correctness can be challenging BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ GSN Columnist
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ne of the great privileges of having a newspaper column is the opportunity to share your hard-earned wisdom with readers of this fine publication. Having learned a life lesson this week – from a restaurant server with 14 tattoos, magenta hair and what appeared to be a smallish car key ring in her nose – it’s my honor to pass it along. Apparently, we’re phasing out plastic straws here in western civilization. Or, as Ms. Magenta explained when I noted the absence of the straw that used to accompany my iced tea: “Yeah, plastic straws are bad for the planet, so we don’t give those anymore. But I can give you one if you really want.” She then did an uncanny impression of the stink eye my mom used to give me
back in childhood when I would request things like a raise in my allowance or Lucky Charms for dinner. Thus, I crossed plastic straws off my mental checklist of “Things Good People Are Supposed to Do Nowadays.” It’s a long list in these difficult times because virtually everything we do is either a planet-killer or a potential “microaggression” someone else may find deeply offensive. Plastic bags? Out. Gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles? Out. Plastic water bottles? Out. Long showers? Out. Opening the door for a woman under the age of 97? Out. Wishing people a “Merry Christmas.” Out. Asking people, “So where are you from?” Out. Making jokes, sharing opinions, and talking about anything besides the weather and what time it is? All out. My new plan when I’m around other people is to sit silently and slowly sip room-temperature tap water from a re-
usable cup. However, I recently read – and I am not making this up – that lack of sufficient eye contact can be deemed a microaggression by folks who feel disrespected by one’s tendency to look away. So in between worrying that my shirt may be made from non-organic cotton and whether anyone will notice my leather shoes, now I also have to worry about keeping my eye contact level somewhere between “polite interest” and “why is that guy staring at me like Ted Bundy?” Truth be told, all of this seems like a tremendous amount of work just to be thought of as a good person. And a lot of it flies in the face of the Golden Rule my parents trotted out all the time when I was growing up: “Treat everyone the way you want everyone to treat you.” Call me thick-skinned, but I’m not offended when people leave an empty seat next to me in a movie theater or a meeting, or when folks who know my last
name wish me a “Happy Hanukkah” despite the fact that I’ve never been to temple and that I celebrate Christmas. Some of you no doubt are thinking, sure, Leibowitz, the fact you’re not offended is because you’re a privileged white male. Your whole column is just one long “mansplaining” rant, you feeling sorry for yourself because other people actually want to be treated with the same respect you get simply because of your skin color and the fact that you were born with a penis. Let me offer another theory: Perhaps some people use plastic drinking straws, tell “So a golfer dies and goes to Heaven” jokes and open car doors for women because they didn’t get the latest environmental do-gooder memo, think the jokes are funny enough to share, and believe they are making a respectful gesture. My thought: Let’s cut each other a bit more slack. Every single action in 2018 isn’t the, uh, straw that broke the camel’s back.
It’s state and federal legislators who take campaign money from mining interests, as if that were okay. Phoenix 4th District Congressman Paul Gosar (R), received at least $23,750 from them in 2016 alone. Sen. Jeff Flake (R) got at least $10,300, and Sen. John McCain (R) got $41,800. Paradise Valley’s Sixth District Congressman David Schweikert: $8,500. Huge new mines threaten wildlife, scenery and water resources on our national forests and other public lands: in the Santa Ritas near Tucson, in the beautiful Patagonia mountains south of there, on Oak Flat near the town of Superior, around Grand Canyon and in many other locales. Their corporate proprietors are often based in Australia, Canada, China or Britain. And they pay no royalties to the landowners – you and me – when they pull billions of dollars in ore out of our federal public lands. Is your congressional delegation fighting to change that absurd law, passed during the Ulysses S. Grant administration? Ask. Because this isn’t old-timey days, though many Arizona legislators, both state and federal, pretend so. They hide behind the industry’s “jobs
jobs jobs” mantra, as if sane regulations aren’t compatible with profitable mines and high employment. We expect food vendors to meet health standards. We require contractors to design safe buildings and not leave poisoned piles of construction waste behind. We don’t say “jobs jobs jobs,” and let them get away with it. When it comes to getting financial guarantees from the mining industry to assure responsible behavior, “Arizona’s at the bottom of the list,” consulting engineer James Kuipers, who has worked in this field for more than 30 years, told us recently. “Whatever the mining companies want the state Legislature to do, they’ll do,” Roger Featherstone of the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition has concluded. “Arizona’s the bottom of the barrel.” One dated study – the last time anyone looked – found that Arizona’s cleanup estimates may be billions of dollars short of realistic. And if a mining corporation bankrupts, it can leave a colossal mess behind for taxpayers to pay for or suffer with. Other states with strong mining industries have made responsibility rather than
complacency a priority. California requires that if you dig a big mine hole you have to put up the money to guarantee that you will backfill it when you’re done. Or you don’t mine. Montana requires enough money – beforehand, not after the fact – to ensure that minelands are fully reclaimed. Local tax burdens that a new mine can create are paid for by the mining company . New Mexico requires that mine sites be restored so that they provide “a self-sustaining ecosystem appropriate for the life zone of the surrounding areas” and “without perpetual care.” The anti-government Fraser Institute’s annual survey of mining executives reliably names Arizona among the world’s “top 10 most attractive jurisdictions for mining investment.” Guess who’s getting shafted? Right you are! -Melanie Lippert and Stephen Nash are independent journalists; Nash is the author of “Grand Canyon for Sale – Public Lands and Private Interests in the Era of Climate Change,” published by the University of California Press.
Unregulated mining threatens state’s beauty, wildlife BY MELANIE LIPERT AND STEPHEN NASH GSN Guest Writers
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ep, let’s agree that we need minerals, and that mining employment is good for Arizona – a $1.25 billion payroll across the state each year. And, we reckon, there’s no denying mining’s picturesque historic appeal – burros, pickaxes, ghost towns. The real legacy is another thing entirely, though: It’s at least 120 square miles of wrecked landscapes across the state. Yawning pits, ominous mountains of tailings. It’s a hundred thousand abandoned mines, with an unknown number leaking acid drainage. State officials say there could be as many as 5,000 of those, but who’s checking? It’s 170.4 million pounds of waste rock with potential toxic drainage, generated in just the most recent two years tallied in the EPA’s national inventory.
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Perry suddenly a recruiting pipeline to Iowa State BY JOEL VISS Cronkite News
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ften when high school sports stars go to college, they don’t know anyone. They travel miles for a scholarship, then they must build new relationships with players and coaches. That might not be the case for Gilbert Perry High’s Brock Purdy, D’shayne James and Brayden Rohme. The three have received football scholarship offers at Iowa State. Purdy, who led Perry to the 6A championship game last season, has accepted and already is enrolled. James is verbally committed. Rohme is considering Iowa State among a multitude of offers. In December 2017, James, a senior, became the first player to commit to the Cyclones, even before 2018 graduate Purdy, who committed in February after a late push by several schools, including Alabama and Texas A&M. “D’shayne said some cool things when I was offered, before I committed,” Purdy said. “Things about the coaching staff, the college town and everything. Once I stepped on campus at Iowa State I felt at home. When I went home and I talked about the other colleges, I knew that it obviously had the advantage over all the other ones.” James told reporters in December, “I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else but home, and I feel they were invested in me, so now it’s my job to produce.” Purdy was Gatorade Arizona High School Football Player of the Year after a senior season passing for 4,405 yards and 57 touchdowns. He also ran for 1,017 yards and 10 touchdowns. Purdy imagines himself redshirting his freshman season, according to the Des Moines Register. In front of him at quarterback is sixth-year senior starter Kyle Kempt and backup redshirt freshman Zeb Noland. “I’m just trying to take in as much experience as I can and be ready to play at any moment,” Purdy said. “I’m just excited to play in the Big 12 with a bunch of great athletes, great team, great coaching staff. I’m excited to take it all in.” At Perry, James is battling Purdy’s
quarterback, James caught 45 passes for 1,086 yards and 15 touchdowns. “That would be awesome,” Purdy said of possibly playing again with James. “Hopefully we can get Brayden Rohme, too. That’d be pretty sweet to have those kids that I played with for a couple years on the varsity level. (Photo courtesy of Preston Jones) “I can’t wait to see Perry High quarterback Brock Purdy is among three Perry players offered football scholarships by Iowa State. At the top, D’shayne James. what Brayden does for his decision.” brother, Chubba, for the starting quarRohme has 18 offers, terback position. James, however, knows including Pac-12 schools and even one he will be playing wide receiver at Iowa Ivy League school. Rohme’s official visit State next season. to Iowa State was June 14-17. “They see me as a power wide receiver “I got to like the coaches,” Rohme said. and I definitely feel comfortable with “Good academics, just the place feels like them in a way that it makes me feel at home and it’s a good culture there.” home,” James said. Purdy has been in Rohme’s ear, makLast season, when Purdy was Perry’s ing sure he knows that Iowa State has all
the things he is looking for. “The coaching staff is awesome,” Purdy said. “They’re new and they’re on the rise with everything and I like how they run stuff. I always talk nice things to (Rohme) and basically just tell him the truth about the place. If he decides to come, that’s awesome. If not, that’s fine. Everyone has their own decisions.” “(Purdy and James) aren’t really forcing me, but they said how much they love the place because it feels like home,” Rohme said. Among the three, Rohme has had the highest interest from colleges and it has not made his decision process any easier. “It’s definitely a blessing, but at the same time, it’s super-hard to choose,” Rohme said. “Every school you go to, you’re like, ‘Ahh, I love this place,’ and then the next school you go to you’re like, ‘Ahh, I love this place, too.’ “It’s definitely super-hard to choose. They all have great people there and awesome coaches. It’s definitely going to be a hard decision for me down the road.”
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Wildlife managers rely on EV public to stop poaching Because of negative effects that poaching can have on wildlife management – and fficer Laura Orscheln sets up her the multimillion-dollar ecobinoculars and tripod and stands on nomic impact hunting has on a ridge overlooking the quiet desert the state – the department has a few miles south of Chandler. placed an emphasis on catching The Arizona Game & Fish Department poachers. It offers rewards for wildlife manager spots something moving information leading to arrests, about a mile away. manages the Operation Game It’s just trash, so she sweeps her binocu- Thief website and toll-free holars elsewhere. She’s “glassing,” a scan- tline (800-352-0700) and even ning technique that hunters use to identify uses robotic mule-deer decoys game from a distance. to catch thieves. But Orscheln isn’t just looking for aniTyler VanVleet, the departmals, she’s also looking for hunters. She ment’s law-enforcement prokeeps her eyes peeled and listens for gun- gram manager, said help from shots. East Valley hunters on the hotOn this day, a javelina hunt, licensed and line is essential. organized by Game & Fish, is under way, “We can’t be out there 24/7. (Meagan Boudreau/Cronkite News) among many throughout the year. As a We get a lot of information Arizona Game & Fish Department Officer Laura Orscheln spends much of her time trying to stop poaching. wildlife manager, it’s part of Orscheln’s job from neighbors and people the animal within its specified season. For ers, or those unlawfully taking, wounding to monitor what’s happening in this ex- who are out in the field and see panse of desert. something,” he said. “We rely on people to example, squirrels are in season from Oc- or killing wildlife, according to the department’s website. Nearly 100 wildlife managers travel police themselves and do what’s right by tober to December. To hunt big game, such as deer, javelina It’s one of the main ways the wildlife across the state to monitor hunts, check the law.” and bears, hunters must apply for a permit managers find poachers. tags and licenses and study animal popuLast year, the hotline received more than through Arizona Game & Fish. The departExperts said the hotline is popular belations. They focus on protecting wildlife 1,000 calls from people reporting possible ment issues permits through a draw syscause most hunters understand the imand stopping poaching, a duty they say is poaching. tem, which allows only a limited number, portance of keeping wildlife populations “There’s a difference depending on the species’ population, healthy. between a hunter and a “It is absolutely important to go about sportsman,” Orscheln said. Orscheln said. For example, permitted hunters can take everything the right way, as far as get“A sportsman is somebody two javelinas a year, but only one bighorn ting your tag the proper way, putting in who goes out and abides sheep during a lifetime. Obtaining a perthrough the lottery system,” said Danby all the laws to the best mit isn’t easy. The state auctions or raffles iel Gradillas. “Once they give you a tag, of their ability. They’re out limited tags each year, bringing in about they’re able to record data and know there with the intention of $400,000. how many animals were taken out of a doing it the right way. It’s Even if a hunter has a license, failing certain area.” not just runnin’ and gunGame & Fish officials must weigh popunin’, trying to kill some- to tag the animal can result in a citation. Orscheln said it’s critical to tag correctly to lations carefully. If there are too many anthing.” prevent “buddy hunting,” essentially using imals, diseases could spread. If there are Hunting near Chandler someone else’s tag for an animal. too few, hunting could seriously deplete During Orscheln’s patrol “Or people will – and this is the sneaky the population. a few miles south of Chan“If somebody illegally takes an animal,” dler, she stops at a camp- criminal stuff – kill a deer and not put a tag on it. They make it all the way home. They Orscheln said, “they have essentially site after noticing a javenever get checked. robbed someone else of the opportunity lina hanging by its hind (Meagan Boudreau/Cronkite News) legs from a tree. The hunt“Nobody ever knows. They come back to legally take that animal, or they’ve Arizona Game & Fish Department Officer Laura Orscheln uses a robbed the population of a breeding aniers had gutted the animal out, and they hunt again on the same tag.” technique know as “glassing” to look for animals and hunters. On this hunt, the hunter who killed the mal that would contribute to sustaining and hung it to preserve the javelina was in his late teens and said it the population.” meat. was his first big-game kill. Orscheln let him Hunting in Arizona injects about critical to maintaining healthy populations When Orscheln arrived, the hunters off with a warning, but she advised him $592 million into the state’s economy, and ensuring the survival of species across showed their licenses. They had the propthat he must tag his animal as soon as he supports more than 5,700 jobs and genArizona. er paperwork, but they had failed to tag gets it. erates $42.4 million annually in taxes, acPoaching is a widespread problem. Ex- the animal. Tags are required for certain Orscheln said one form of poaching is cording to a 2011 study done by U.S. Fish perts estimate that fewer than 5 percent animals. wasting game meat. and Wildlife Service. of poachers in the U.S. are caught, the HuIn Arizona, there are small-game and “People can’t just hunt and kill things. “Poaching itself, it’s stealing. It’s one of mane Society Wildlife Land Trust reports. big-game hunts. They are organized acYou have to take it home for consumption. the most selfish acts that someone can In 2017, Arizona Game & Fish issued 76 cording to weapon, species and geographcommit. People can go a lifetime going the citations for the illegal taking of big game, ic location. For small game, such as doves, Or donate it.” proper channels trying to get a tag, say, for fishing violations and the unlawful killing pigeons and squirrels, hunters need a genThe department established the hotline a bighorn sheep,” Orschein said. of raptors. It collected $74,500 in fines. eral hunting license, and they must hunt in 1979 to bring civil action against poachBY MEAGAN BOUDREAU Cronkite News
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Can’t get to Paris? Visit La Madeleine BY SRIANTHI PERERA GSN Contributor
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ny French cafe worth its salt bakes fresh baguettes and pastries on-site each morning. La Madeleine French Bakery & Café in SanTan Village is no exception. Early-morning patrons may be rewarded with the heavenly smell of fresh baking bread or the caramelizing sugar for a creme brulee. They may buy the long loaf, with its characteristically crispy crust, a sweet palmier, croissant or a fresh fruit tart at Gilbert’s latest restaurant with cozy French flair. Or they may opt for a savory breakfast with Spicy Eggs Basque, Quiche Florentine or Potato Galette. Whether they are here for a quick bite and espresso before rushing off to work or for a lingering meal ending with a sweet dessert, they can be sure that the fare was made just hours earlier. (Some pastries may be the exception because of their two-day shelf life.) “Most of the pastries we make six, seven, eight times a day. It’s always fresh,” said Sam Salehin, director of operations, adding that the restaurant doesn’t have a microwave. “We also have hot food. As a customer, you can
taste the difference.” Established in Dallas in 1983, the brand was brought to the Valley by franchisees Paul L. Foster and his wife, Alejandro De La Vega, of El Paso, Texas, who are known for their philanthropy. Foster is the chairman of Western Refinery and De La Vega owns several Domino’s Pizzas and more than 200 Del Rio convenience store locations in Juarez, Mexico. In the Valley, the couple also owns a La Madeleine in Chandler, while another just opened in Phoenix and more are (Srianthi Perera/GSN Contributor) being planned. La Madeleine’s pastries are delightfully fresh and ample for a satisfying treat. La Madeleine serves breakfast at Chandler Mall. Basque presents two fried eggs over a all day, lunch and The 10 main roasted bell pepper, garlic, white wine (Srianthi Perera/GSN Contributor) dinner. The Gil- La Madeleine’s warm interior captures the look and breakfast of- and tomato sauce and comes with a bert location, east feel of a French cafe in the countryside. ferings include toasted baguette ($6.49). of Dick’s Sporting Lighter morning fare, such as crepes, Parisien Eggs, Goods and opposite Cantina Laredo which consists of two fried eggs oatmeal and parfait, also is available. Mexican restaurant in SanTan Mall, served on a freshly baked butter croisLunch and dinner entrees include used to be a Panera Bread store. sant with ham, bacon and Hollandaise the more predictable seasonal salads, The Chandler outlet is in the vicinity sauce ($9.29). The aforementioned ��� CAFE ���� 20 of Chandler Fashion Center, at The Met and reportedly popular Spicy Eggs
Kris Allen, ‘Idol’ top 7 coming to Mesa BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GETOUT Editor
“American Idol” Season 8 winner Kris Allen is appearing as the special guest on this summer’s American Idol: Live! Tour, which comes to Mesa Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 24. He’ll join the top seven contestants from this season’s show. Allen said he would have loved to have had a former contestant on his tour to guide him through the hectic jaunt. He
hesitates when asked who. “I think Kelly Clarkson would have been a lot of fun, as someone who’s been through it,” Allen said. “Someone I’ve gotten to know a little the past nine years is David Cook. He’s been doing his thing since the show. That would have been really good. I would have enjoyed his wisdom.” American Idol: Live! features Gabby Barrett, Cade Foehner, Jurnee, Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Maddie Poppe, Michael J.
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Woodard and Catie Turner. Poppe, this season’s winner, hadn’t gigged outside Iowa before her stint on the show. “Getting to play outside Iowa has been really cool,” Poppe said. “It’s fun to see the faces behind the TV show, the people who voted. It’s such a good feeling, but it’s hard to wrap my head around it.” Poppe acknowledged that it’s tough to be away from her family, but she befriended competitors Turner and while on the show. Things turned romantic between Poppe and Hutchinson. “I think having them there made it a little bit easier,” she said. “Now that I’ve won the show and most of the contestants have gone home, it’s a bit harder.” She’s looking forward to touring with her castmates and Allen.
“I know he’s a singer-songwriter like me,” Poppe said. “I’m really excited to meet him and see what he’s like.” Allen said that he was a little concerned about joining this tour. “I didn’t think I was older than them, but then I watched the show,” he said with a laugh. “I’m going to be the oldest, which is incredibly weird. I’ll be the older guy and mentoring these younger kids who are just starting out in the business. “I know I’ll be inspired by them, their �ire and newness. I’m excited about that.” American Idol: Live! 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 24 Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main Street, Mesa 480-644-6500, mesaartscenter.com
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the kitchen is visible. The warm interior, with its rustic beams, �ireplace, brick enhancements, wood �loor and casual seating, attempts to capture the simplicity of a French country cafe. One wall carries vintage photos of Madeleine’s venerable founder, Patrick Esquerré, who 35 years ago established a casual French bakery in Dallas because he felt that women in that city needed “good bread” and he himself was missing the �iner things from his home country. Although Esquerré left the company and it was subsequently sold to current owner Louis Le Duff, he returned in 2008 as an ambassador to it. Today, La Madeleine’s has about 80 outlets dishing out the French culinary delights. If a trip to France is not in the works anytime soon to visit a boulangerie, maybe a trip to La Madeleine’s could suf�ice? “It’s pretty good,” said Salehin.
La Madeleine French Bakery & Café, 2156 E. Williams Field Road, Suite 101, Gilbert; 480-485-8490 and 3605 W. Chandler Blvd, Suite 7, Chandler; 480-999-2095. Details: lamadeleine.com.
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Philly Fruit Cloud is heaven on a dessert plate BY JAN D’ATRI GETOUT Contributor
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t’s cloudy with a chance of sunshine. I’m not talking about monsoon weather. I’m talking about dessert clouds on your plate. I’m going to forecast a perfect finish to your meal with this four-ingredient frosty, luscious, sweet and tangy dessert called the Philly Fruit Cloud. I stumbled upon this easy recipe while working my way through my vintage Philadelphia Cream Cheese Cookbook. Believe me, it’s heaven on a dessert plate. Four simple ingredients blend together and then are shaped into individual “shells” or “clouds,” which get frozen and then filled with your favorite fruits of the season. I read through 41 variations of cheesecake recipes
in this cookbook before I settled on the Philly Fruit Cloud to try. Bingo! It was an instant hit. It’s a great recipe to whip together in minutes or make ahead and then keep in your freezer until you’re ready to add fresh fruit and serve. I’ve also included another simple recipe from the book “A No Bake Philadelphia Creamy Chilled Cheesecake.” But that Philly Fruit Cloud? It’s a summer breeze.
Philly Fruit Clouds Ingredients: 1 8-oz. pkg. Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel 1 cup whipping cream, whipped Assorted fresh fruit Fresh mint for garnish Directions: Combine cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and peel, mixing until well blended. Fold in whipped cream. With back of spoon, shape on wax or parchment paper lined cookie sheet to form shells or nests. Freeze until hardened, at least 2 hours or overnight. When ready to serve, fill with fruit and garnish with fresh mint. Makes 4-5 large or 10 small shells. No Bake Philadelphia Creamy Chilled Cheesecake Ingredients: 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided 1/4 cup butter, melted
1 package unflavored gelatin 1/4 cup cold water 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened ¾ cup milk ¼ cup lemon juice 1 cup heavy cream, whipped 1/4 cup fresh strawberries, sliced Directions: Combine graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and melted butter. Press into a 9-inch spring form pan. Soften unflavored gelatin in cold water and stir over low heat until dissolved. Combine softened cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar, mixing at medium speed with an electric mixer until well blended. Gradually add in gelatin mixture, milk and lemon juice, mixing until well blended. Chill until slightly thickened. Whip cream until soft peaks form. Fold into chilled cream cheese mixture. Pour over the crust and chill until firm. Top with sliced strawberries. Makes 8 servings. Watch my how-to video: jandatri.com/recipe/ philly-fruit-clouds.
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RITCHEY, Lois I.
It is with great sadness that the family of Lois Ritchey, announce her passing away peacefully on Friday, June 22, 2018, at the age of 89.
She was born in Pueblo, Colorado, and resided in Mesa, Arizona for the last 27 years. She is preceded by husband Herbert and grandson Bryan. Lois is survived by her children Thomas and Judith, Daughter-in-law Deborah and her granddaughter Rhiannon, grandson Nicholas and dog Sandy. At Lois' wishes no services will be held.
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7 Temp FT Helpers--Production Workers Positions. Wrk site(s): Provided daily transport to & from wrksite; begin in Guadalupe, Maricopa County, AZ 85283 @ $12.31/hr. Continue into county(ies) of Maricopa, Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA. 10/2/186/30/19. Poss duties: Start log splitter to begin production, prepare new logs for processing, load & unload log onto splitter, place log in log splitter to further processing into firewood, operate log splitter to create firewood, remove firewood from log splitter once it has been split, place split firewood in pile, Lift firewood & stack in a neat pile, count pieces of firewood to ensure order is complete, load firewood on conveyors to load trucks, clean & lubricate log splitter & cleaning work areas & equipment & other related Helpers--Production Workers activities per SOC/OES 51-9198 (onetonline.org). Must be 18 due to equipment use. Must show proof of legal authority to wrk in U.S. Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco free wrk zone. Perform physical activities such as: lift, balance, walk, stoop, handle, position, move, manipulate materials use static strength to exert max muscle force to lift, push, pull, carry objects up to 60lbs (poss 2-person). No min. edu. reqmt. OJT. All applicants must be willing, qualified, to perform wrk described & avail for entire period specified. Based on Emplyr's discretion/cost: Wrkr may have random drug/alcohol testing during emplymnt: positive test/ refusal to abide = dismissal. Poss background check post hire @ emplyr's expense. $12.31/hr up to poss $20.00/hr OT $18.47/hr up to poss $30.00/hr, Wage may vary. DOE. Poss daily/wkly hrs: 7A-4P. 40+ (plus) to include lunch break M-F. Poss wknd/holiday wrk. (OT poss, not required/guaranteed. If OT is wrkd, wage paid @ rate of time & a half per hr wrkd beyond 40 hrs/week.) Outdoors, exposed to weather; must be capable of doing physically strenuous labor for long hrs, occasionally in extreme heat or cold. Variable weather conditions apply; hrs may fluctuate (+/-), poss downtime &/or OT. OT avail, not reqd. Emplyr will comply w/all applicable fed, state & local laws pertaining to OT hrs. H&W benefits may apply. Transport: Will provide/pay cost of wrkr return transport, subsistence from wrksite to place from which wrkr departed to wrk for emplyr if wrkr completes period of emplymnt or dismissed from emplymnt before end of wrk period above. Transport & subsistence will be reimbursed by check in 1st wrk wk for cost from place from which wrkr has come to wrk for emplyr, whether in U.S. or abroad, to place of emplymnt. Guaranteed offered wrk hrs @ least 3/4s of wrkdays ea 12/wk period of total emplymnt period. Use/maintain of emplyr provided tools/equip./supplies @ no cost/deposit. Cash advance may apply @ emplyr discretion. Paul Bunyan's Firewood, Inc. Email: firewoodaz@cox.net or Phone: 602-571-3395 To apply: send resume/app w/contact info to nearest AZ SWA: 735 North Gilbert Road Suite134 Gilbert, AZ 85234 Phone: 602-3729700 Fax: 602-372-9794. Job Order #: 3118537
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Public Notices REQUEST FOR ARGUMENTS "FOR" OR "AGAINST" THE SPECIAL BOND ELECTION MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4 Mesa Unified School District No. 4 of Maricopa County, Arizona (the "District"), will hold a special bond election on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. The District seeks authorization to issue bonds in the principal amount not to exceed $300,000,000. The estimated average annual tax rate for the proposed bond authorization is $0.88 per $100 of net assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes. The Maricopa County School Superintendent will be preparing an informational pamphlet that will be mailed to households containing one or more registered electors within the District. Any persons wishing to submit an argument "for" or "against" the bond question (not to exceed 200 words) may do so by mail or hand delivery of the argument to the Maricopa County School Superintendent's office, 4041 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1100, Phoenix, AZ 85012; telephone: (602) 506-3866. To be included in the informational pamphlet, such argument must be received in the office of the Maricopa County School Superintendent on or before 5:00 p.m., August 10, 2018. Such argument must be signed and should include the name of the school district, the author's name, address and telephone number. The last day to register to vote in order to be eligible to vote in this election is Monday, October 8, 2018. For more information concerning the election, please contact Mesa Unified School District, 63 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201, telephone: (480) 472-0000. SOLICITUD PARA ARGUMENTOS "A FAVOR" O "EN CONTRA" DE LA ELECCIÓN ESPECIAL CONCERNIENTE A LOS BONOS FINANCIEROS DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNIFICADO NÚMERO 4 DE MESA El Distrito Escolar Unificado Número 4 de Mesa del Condado de Maricopa, Arizona (el "Distrito"), celebrará una elección especial concerniente a los bonos financieros el martes, el 6 de noviembre de 2018. El Distrito busca autorización para emitir bonos financieros en la cantidad principal que no exceda $300,000,000. Se estima que el promedio de la tasa de impuestos anual para la propuesta autorización de los bonos financieros es $0.88 por $100 de valor tasado neto usado para los propósitos de los impuestos secundarios sobre la propiedad. El Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Maricopa estará preparando un folleto informativo que será enviado a los domicilios que contienen un elector o más inscritos para votar dentro del Distrito. Cualquier persona que desee entregar un argumento "a favor" o "en contra" de la cuestión de los bonos financieros (no debe exceder 200 palabras) puede hacerlo por correo o por entregar el argumento personalmente a la oficina de Maricopa County School Superintendent, 4041 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1100, Phoenix, AZ 85012; teléfono: (602) 506-3866. Para ser incluido en el folleto informativo, tal argumento debe estar en la oficina del Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Maricopa a las 5:00 de la tarde o antes, el 10 de agosto de 2018. Se tiene que firmar tal argumento y se debe incluir el nombre del distrito escolar, el nombre del autor, dirección y número de teléfono. El último día para inscribirse a votar para poder votar en esta elección es el lunes, el 8 de octubre de 2018. Para más información sobre la elección, favor de comunicarse con Mesa Unified School District, 63 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201, teléfono: (480) 472-0000. PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune, July 22, 29, 2018 / 14234
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Public Notices Notice of Nondiscrimination Mesa Public Schools – by its policies, practices, and decisions – prohibits discrimination in any program (including Career and Technical Education programs) or activity of the district on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy), or disability, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The lack of English language skills shall NOT be a barrier to admission or participation in the district’s activities and programs. In addition, the right of a student to participate fully in classroom instruction shall not be abridged or impaired because of any other reason not related to the student's individual capabilities. No student shall be precluded from enrolling in any fee course because of inability to pay. Financial assistance information may be obtained from the school principal or student adviser. Mesa Public Schools Career and Technical Education department does not discriminate in enrollment or access to any of the programs available. Mesa Public Schools offers the following ADE Career and Technical Educational programs: Career Exploration, Agricultural Science, Automotive Technologies, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Computer Technologies, Construction Technologies, Culinary Arts, Design and Merchandising, Digital Publications, Digital Photography, Drafting and Design, Education Professions, Engineering, Financial Services, Manufacturing Technologies, Sales and Marketing, Sports Medicine, Theater Design and Management, Video Production, Welding. Note: not all CTE programs are offered at each of Mesa Public Schools high schools, however all CTE courses are open to any student regardless of location of residence. Mesa Public Schools also does not discriminate in hiring or employment practices. This notice is required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Questions, complaints, or requests for additional information may be directed to the Title IX and Title VI Coordinator, Dr. Pete Lesar, 63 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ 85201, phone 480-472-0205. Concerns about discrimination on the basis of disability may be directed to the Section 504 Compliance Officer, Theresa Baca, 1025 N. Country Club Dr. Mesa, AZ 85201, phone 480-472-0702. Aviso de no discriminación Las Escuelas Públicas de Mesa – por sus políticas, prácticas y decisiones – prohíben la discriminación en cualquier programa (incluyendo los programas de Educación Técnica y Profesiones) o actividad del distrito en base de raza, color, origen nacional, religión, sexo (incluyendo identidad de género, orientación sexual, estado civil, o embarazo), o discapacidad y proporciona el acceso igualitario a los Boys Scouts y otros grupos juveniles designados. La carencia del conocimiento del idioma inglés no debe ser una barrera para la admisión o participación en actividades y programas del distrito. Adicionalmente, el derecho de un estudiante a participar plenamente en la instrucción del salón de clase no debe ser limitado o visto afectado debido a cualquier otra razón no relacionada con las capacidades individuales del estudiante. Ningún estudiante debe ser excluido de matricularse en cualquier curso de cuota debido a la inhabilidad de pagar. Información sobre ayuda financiera puede ser obtenida con el director de la escuela o consejero estudiantil. El departamento de Educación Técnica y Profesiones de las Escuelas Públicas de Mesa no discriminan en la inscripción o acceso a cualquier de los programas disponibles. Las Escuelas Públicas de Mesa ofrecen los siguientes programas ADE de Educación Técnica y Profesiones, Exploración de Profesiones, Ciencia Agraria, Tecnología Automotriz, Ciencias Biomédicas, Biotecnología, Tecnología Informática, Tecnología de la Construcción, Artes Culinarias, Diseño y Comercialización, Publicación Digital, Fotografía Digital, Dibujo y Diseño, Profesiones en Educación, Ingeniería, Servicios Financieros, Tecnología de Manufactura, Ventas y Mercadeo, Medicina del Deporte, Diseño y Gestión de Teatro, Producción de Videos, Soldadura. 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