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Trevor Hancock and Dave Manning still enjoy Big Surf. Hancock and Manning have been surfing at the water park since the 1970s. [David Jolkovski/Tribune]
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lready months behind schedule and nearly half a million dollars over budget, the sneak peek of the new Big Surf in Tempe seemed to go picture-perfect as press photographers captured images of the attractive young co-eds in bikinis and swim trunks, surfing in the middle of the Sonoran Desert. Against the backdrop of a towering “lava rock” wall overflowing with thundering waterfalls, the college kids from nearby Arizona State University were joined by world surfing champion Fred Hemmings Jr., who was photographed grinning from earto-ear while effortlessly balancing a 20-yearold brunette on his surfboard. The palm trees were planted and the trucks had filled the beach with 23,000 tons
Memories of Big Surf in the ’70s
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of sandy gravel. Surely it was only a matter of days before the world’s first inland ocean opened to the general public. Or at least it would be, if Phil Dexter and his team of engineers could figure out how to prevent the force of the waves from ripping up the floor of Big Surf ’s signature attraction. Summer was almost over, and Dexter’s dream of the world’s first “surfable” wave pool was, yet again, going down the drain, all 2.5 million gallons of it.
One constant in 47 years Fast forward nearly one-half century. Now
preparing to open for its 47th season on May 7, Big Surf has changed a lot since the late 1960s, but one thing remains constant. “Our signature attraction is still Waikiki Beach, which remains the third largest wave pool in America,” says Big Surf event coordinator, Joe Shannon. “It takes about a week and a half to fill that attraction alone. Then, at the end of the season, the water is filtered and sent back to the city of Tempe for treatment and to be recycled back into the city’s water supply.” Speaking of recycling, “We still use Phil Dexter’s original equipment every day,” says maintenance supervisor Rhett Peña of Mesa. “The wave equipment is pretty much all original. The same Caterpillar motors still run the water pumps, and the original hydraulics operate the underwater gates. Of course, it was all custom built, so when we See BIG SURF on page 4
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Intel to cut 12,000 jobs; Chandler impact uncertain TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT
Intel announced it will cut 12,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its employees, globally. The immediate impact on Intel’s Chandler operations was unclear. The move, rumored for weeks, was undertaken due primarily to the lagging PC market. The announcement was made during release of the company’s first quarter earnings. Employees will be notified of their job status in the next 60 days. It is unclear how many jobs would be affected in Chandler, home to about 11,000 Intel workers.
Chandler BASIS.ed school among tops in nation TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT
A BASIS.ed school in Chandler is among six nationwide named “top-performing” in two nationwide lists. The Washington Post ranked three BASIS.ed schools among the “Public Elites,” and three were #1, #2 and #4 nationally among high schools. BASIS Chandler, BASIS Peoria and BASIS Scottsdale were among those named Top Performing U.S. Schools with Elite Students. Among the Most Challenging High Schools, BASIS Oro Valley was #1, BASIS Flagstaff #2 and BASIS Tucson North #4. BASIS.ed manages twenty public charter schools, including 17 in Arizona, two in Texas and one in Washington, D.C.
Mesa Leadership Program seeks applicants for 2017 JAMIE LELAND TRIBUNE
The Mesa Chamber of Commerce’s Mesa Leadership Program is now accepting applications for 2017. The program focuses on preparing potential Mesa leaders by educating them on relevant community topics such as Mesa history, land and community development, business advocacy, criminal justice and more through seminars, field trips and tours. Classes are held on the first Friday of each month starting in August and ending in April.
The deadline for applications is May 16, 2016. Qualified applicants must be 21 years old by June 1, 2016, and must live or work in Mesa. For application forms and more information about the Mesa Leadership Program, visit mesaleadership.org. Completed applications can be submitted by mail or in person to the Mesa Chamber of Commerce at 40 N. Center Street, Suite 104, Mesa, AZ 85201.
Tempe Union names 2 new principals RALPH ZUBIATE TRIBUNE
Corona del Sol and McClintock high schools will have new principals next year, the Tempe Union High School District Governing Board has announced. Nathan Kleve will be the new principal for Corona del Sol High School. Kleve has worked in the Glendale Union High School District for the past 10 years, where he has served as principal at Moon Valley High School. Mayra Arroyo will be McClintock High School’s next principal. Arroyo brings several years of experience in education, including 16 years as an administrator, seven of which she served as principal at J. Sterling Morton High School’s Freshman Center in Chicago.
Chandler installs new parking signs downtown DANIEL OCHOA TRIBUNE
New directional signage is being added in multiple locations to Chandler’s downtown area to help visitors locate free parking garages. The three parking garages are located at: • Chandler City Hall, between Frye Road and Chicago Street • Ports America (formerly the Boyer building), near Washington and Buffalo Streets • First Credit Union, near Washington and Boston Streets. Free parking is available 24 hours a day in the Chandler City Hall parking garage, with the exception of the reserved parking spots. At the Ports America and First Credit Union, free parking is available after 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, and all day on the weekends. For additional information, visit chandleraz.gov/downtown.
Winners of Neighborhood Excellence announced JAMIE LELAND TRIBUNE
Four winners were recognized with Neighborhood Excellence Awards on April 14 during Mayor Jay Tibshraeny’s Listening Tour at Knox Gifted Academy. David Wolff of Dobson Estates III was awarded Neighborhood Leader of the Year for organizing a number of community activities from weed pulling to Block Watch parties. Wolff also obtained new street topper signs and Block Watch signs for his neighborhood. Southwest Shawnee Park was awarded Best Neighborhood Event for its Getting Arizona Involved in Neighborhoods (G.A.I.N.) event last year, which saw a record turnout. Pepperwood Neighborhood was awarded Best Revitalization Story for responding to a lack of community involvement by starting a community newsletter, setting up a profile on nextdoor.com, using the PublicStuff app to report issues to the City and reestablishing its Block Watch. The Springs HOA was awarded Most Active/Engaged neighborhood of the year for its frequent community improvements and its newsletter. Chandler’s Neighborhood Excellence Awards celebrates the efforts of neighborhoods and their residents to improve and maintain community involvement.
Greenfield Road closed to repair broken pipeline DANIEL OCHOA TRIBUNE
Greenfield Road, between Queen Creek and Germann roads, remains closed as repairs to several buried structures and pipelines are continued. Gilbert officials anticipate the road will reopen in June. For additional information, visit gilbertaz.gov. —Check us out and like the East Valley Tribune on Facebook and follow EVTNow on Twitter.
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Bob Pena, his son Rhett and Michael O’Dwyer replace the head on one of the pumps on the wave pool at Big Surf. [David Jolkovski/Tribune]
BIG SURF from page 1
do have to replace something, we have a metal shop in town that custom fabricates it for us.” Rhett says he’s so nostalgic about the equipment he works on because he grew up with it, literally. His father, Bob Peña, now the general manger, started at Big Surf 30 years ago, turning wrenches on the same equipment that Rhett maintains now. “Big Surf is like a big family, so it does make me proud to have my son working there now,” Bob Peña says. The Peñas and their long tenure have nothing on Dave Manning, though, who’s known as the godfather of the iconic park’s surfing scene. “I remember surfing in my wetsuit that first season, it was so cold by the time we finally opened,” says Manning, 62, of Tempe. “At least it was cold for us Arizonans with our thin desert blood.” Six weeks after those pictures of suntanned ASU students surfing in the desert were splashed across newspapers nationwide, the lagoon had been drained—twice—and the flooring was redone in concrete. And on October 24, 1969, Big Surf finally opened to the public. “I don’t think anyone even knew they were open that first season, except Dave,” jokes Trevor Hancock, 60, a Tempe resident who’s been surfing at the water park since 1970 and remains lifelong friends with Manning. “I think Clairol just wanted to capture that spirit of the ’60s, man. Even if it was just for a few weeks.”
Hair-care company’s surprising involvement
So why would a famed hair-coloring company based in New York City be
interested in building a surf park in the middle of the Arizona desert? “Clairol wanted to reach the water park’s unique demographic, from kids and teens to young adults and families,” Joe Shannon says. Plus, Clairol was already catering to the sun-bleached surfer look with a series of popular ad campaigns featuring a fresh-faced Cheryl Tiegs playing in the surf and promoting its “California Girl” line. Men were even encouraged to get in on the surfing mania and instantly “look like you spent a month in the sun” with countless ads featuring tanned, bleached-blond youths on surfboards. Phil Dexter approached Clairol founders, Joan and Lawrence Gelb, because Clairol was already known for its wacky marketing stunts, including sponsoring the “first of its kind” Clairol Color Carousel at the 1964 New York World’s Fair featuring one-way mirrors that allowed women to “try on” different hair colors, according the company’s corporate website. “Lawrence Gelb was never afraid to take a chance,” a company spokesman says.
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In plain English, Dexter’s artificial ocean works by pumping water into a massive 160-foot-wide, four-story-high storage tank overlooking the lagoon. Formerly hidden behind a faux-rock wall and waterfall, it’s now painted with a massive mural. Like clockwork, the water is released by lifting 15 underwater gates, and gravity takes over, sending it whooshing down and out to create a tidal wave in the lagoon below. Most important, by adding a small ridge, or baffle, to the bottom of the lagoon, Dexter could create perfect barrel roll waves time after time. At least he could inside a plywood model built in his backyard. Raising money from friends, Dexter rented out a bankrupt billiards bar on East Van Buren Street in Phoenix, where he sweated out the summer of 1967 perfecting a 40-foot version, replete with a scalemodel Polynesian village. After securing his patent, Dexter’s wife, Valerie, told a reporter in 1969, “We wrote every big deal operator we could think of, Howard Hughes even. Then finally Clairol called back and said, ‘We’re crazy, too. Come to New York on Thursday.’”
New sponsors, new focus The partnership didn’t last. Phil Dexter and his original investors bailed in early 1971, and Clairol sold Big Surf at the end of its second season to a family out of El Paso that still owns the property to this day. By the 1980s, Big Surf responded to new competition in the form of Mesa’s Golfland-Sunsplash and Phoenix’s Water Safari Waterpark (now Wet ‘n’ Wild Phoenix) by adding even more water slides and other family-friendly options, and removing the scalding hot sand.
“What they discovered right away was they couldn’t just survive off surfers, they needed families and the general public and people eating and drinking,” Manning says. “Surfing was Phil’s original focus, but over time it morphed into a surfing and water amusement park, and then just a water park for few decades when they banned surfing altogether.” The water park even went through a stretch in ’70s and ’80s when it hosted concerts from national touring acts, such as Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon Tour in 1972, not to mention the Beach Boys, Elton John and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. “Back then, there weren’t that many large-scale concert venues around,” Big Surf ’s Joe Shannon says. “So when the national headliners came to town, it made sense to host them here with our large grounds and experience with big crowds.” Like the surfing, the concerts faded away in the 1990s and 2000s, when the company behind Golfland-Sunsplash operated Big Surf on behalf of the owners. “When Big Surf ’s ownership took back the day-to-day operations in 2010, they decided to restore both concerts and dedicated surfing hours,” Shannon says. Phil Dexter’s somehow-still-working machinery was recognized as a historic landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2013, joining modern marvels such as the Disneyland Monorail and Henry Ford’s Model T.
Spawning a desert surfing culture Another thing that has stood the test of time at Big Surf is its impact on the Valley’s surfing culture. Especially as new generations continue to discover the joy of surfing in the desert. See BIG SURF on page 5
The secret to the water park How did Tempe end up being home to the world’s first surf center and inland ocean, a shimmering 2.5-acre lagoon powered by a magical mystery machine that stamped out perfect fivefoot rip curls every couple of minutes? It’s all thanks to the aforementioned Phil Dexter who, after a visit to the California coast in 1965, was inspired to build “a piston-free hydraulic wave-generation system” that produces, “a real translatory spilling ‘breaker-type wave.”
“If you didn’t live within 100 miles of waves, you didn’t even know about surfing,” says Trevor Hancock. [David Jolkovski/Tribune]
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BIG SURF from page 4
“I hadn’t been surfing in decades when I heard Big Surf was bringing it back five years ago,” says now-surfing regular Don Bowen of Scottsdale. He grew up surfing as a U.S. Navy brat, but had to learn all over again now that he’s middle aged. “We always say, it’s nothing like surfing in the ocean, but it’s as close as you’re gonna get in the desert. It’s the methadone compared to the ocean’s heroin, which may not be the healthiest analogy, but it really does hook you. It’s the monkey you’re happy to have on your back,” Bowen says. “Plus, it’s great to see people bringing their kids now. It’s generational.” That same unscratched itch also reunited Manning and Hancock back at Big Surf, decades after their 1970s heyday as daily desert surfers. “Surfing is not a sport, it’s a sickness,” Manning says. So naturally he was also lured back to Big Surf to check out the new surfing scene. “I’m standing there with my friend and he says, ‘Do you know this old guy with the surfboard staring at you?’ And it was Trev! I didn’t even recognize him even though he’d been at my wedding. I told him, ‘You sneak, you should have called me.’ But that’s the surfer’s way.
Growing a regional sport
General Manager Bob Pena joins Trevor Hancock and Dave Manning at Big Surf. [David Jolkovski/Tribune]
The less people the better.” Today Manning and Hancock are once again surfing staples at their old stomping grounds, riding together, or alongside their now-adult children. They reminisce about being teenagers, fighting fiercely over the best waves one minute, and the next defending each other like brothers whenever outsiders, or worse, California kids tried to muscle
in on “their” surf. “After all those years of having to trek to Southern California, getting in fights or getting our car tires flattened just because we had Arizona plates,” Manning says, “when California surfers came out here with their attitude, we’d give them a bit of their own medicine. There were definitely a few scrapes on the water or out in the parking lot.”
“Back in the 1970s, surfing was a regional sport,” Hancock says. “If you didn’t live within 100 miles of waves, you didn’t even know about surfing. Now it’s permeated the culture with its own styles, fashion, vocabulary. But there’s still no substitute for a homegrown surf scene. And that’s what Phil created with Big Surf.” “Big Surf will always have a special place in our hearts because it transformed our culture,” Manning says. “Surfing is so big now that kids in Ohio wear Hang 10 shirts. But here in Arizona, thanks to Phil, we got to live and breathe a real surf culture. I tell you, the waves were artificial, but the scene was real.” Today, these 60-somethings are content to surf as much as possible, even teaching lessons on weekends to the next generation of East Valley surfers. “It’s still a great place to learn to surf,” Manning says. “After Phil died [in 2014], Big Surf had his surviving family fly out, and while they were here I got to teach his granddaughter how to surf. She picked it up in an hour, and it was such an honor to teach her to surf at the place Phil built.”
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THE WEEK IN REVIEW Chandler students win state science championship
Helios Education Foundation unveils college readiness program
The PSA Panthers, Paragon Science Academy of Chandler’s team of middle school students, took first at the Arizona Science Olympiad Division B competition on April 9, bringing home Paragon Science Academy’s fourth state championship in four years. The team, which includes students grades 6 through 9, will now move on to compete in the 2016 Science Olympiad National Tournament, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics competition that requires students to use interdisciplinary knowledge and teamwork to overcome various challenges. The competition will take place between May 18 and May 21 at the University of WisconsinStout. —JAMIE LELAND, TRIBUNE
On April 13, Helios Education Foundation unveiled a statewide college readiness program called College Knowing and Going. The $5.1 million, five-year initiative seeks to increase the number of Arizona adults who hold postsecondary degrees by providing assistance to students in 18 high school districts, including Chandler Unified District and Higley Unified School District. In partnership with College Success Arizona, AzCAN and ACT, College Knowing and Going will assist students in the college application process and in the completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. They will also cover ACT costs, allowing students to take the test for free. Helios President and CEO Paul Luna made the announcement. The program begins this school year and will continue through the 2019-2020 school year. —JAMIE LELAND, TRIBUNE
Gilbert police get $100,000 in grants for traffic and safety
Ex-Chandler mayor Dunn running for Corporation Commission
The Gilbert Police Department was awarded two grants to conduct traffic enforcement and purchase safety equipment during 2016. The DUI Enforcement Grant was $80,000, and the DUI Van Refurbishment Grant was $26,033. Gilbert police will use this funding for overtime and employee-related expenses to staff drug and alcohol enforcement, for periodic DUI warrant arrest details and to conduct Know Your Limit Details. Know Your Limit details inform pedestrians at or near bars of their bloodalcohol level and how this will impair their driving ability. Gilbert police also will deploy and staff its DUI Van at least two weekends per month with DUI officers and support staff. The van will also be deployed and staffed for three nights every major holiday weekend. Know Your Limits details will be conducted quarterly. —TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT
Retired Superior Court Judge and former Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn announced he is running for Arizona Corporation Commission. Dunn served as an assistant attorney general and was mayor of Chandler, the fourth largest city in Arizona. During his time in private practice, Dunn was a partner at Yarbrough, Moll and Dunn. “The role of a commissioner is very similar to that of a judge, to be the impartial decision-maker based on the facts presented to you on each individual case, regardless of personal feelings or outside influences,” Dunn asid. “That is how I ran my court, and that is how I will serve as a Corporation Commissioner.” —TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT
MCC student named Newman Civic Fellow
Mesa Community College student Kaycee Campbell has been named a 2016 Newman Civic Fellow. The Newman Civic Fellows Award honors inspiring college student leaders who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. Over the past two years, Campbell volunteered more than 2,000 hours, most of them while she was a full-time student and while working part-time. In her first year as a student leader, Campbell served as the College Project Officer of Phi Theta Kappa, where she led a team of students and staff to conceptualize the college’s first financial literacy program. She was Phi Theta Kappa’s Honors in Action Officer, leading another team to address water accessibility issues in the United States and around the world. Campbell got representative from the United Nations to present a keynote address on the subject at MCC. —TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT
View transit of Mercury at Gilbert observatory
Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory will track the transit of Mercury from dawn until noon on May 19. The passing of Mercury between the sun and earth will only be visible with the aid of a filtered telescope, provided by the observatory, beginning at 5:31 a.m. and ending at 11:42 a.m. The planet will appear as a small, black dot crossing the Sun. Mercury’s last transit occurred in 2006 and, after May 9, the transit will not occur again until 2019. Viewing is free and open to the public. For more information, visit evaconline.org. —JAMIE LELAND, TRIBUNE
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THE WEEK AHEAD Mesa Library accepts food for fines In honor of National Library week, the Mesa Public Library Branch will be launching its food for fines exchange. Patrons are invited to bring nonperishable food items to the library to be donated to the United Food Bank in exchange for the waiving of their overdue book fees. Each item earns a $1 credit toward a library bill. The program began April 11 and will run until April 30. Food will be accepted at any branch: 64 E. First St., 2425 S. Dobson Rd., 635 N. Power Rd. and 2055 S. Power Rd., Suite 1031. —TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT
MythBuster to appear at Microchip conference Grant Imahara, former “MythBusters” and “BattleBots” star, will speak at Microchip’s 20th annual Worldwide MASTERs conference in August. Registration has already opened. The annual MASTERs Conference, hosted by Chandler-based Microchip, is the premier technical training event for embedded control engineers. Imahara is Mouser Electronics’ spokesperson for its Empowering Innovation Together program. Besides “MythBusters” and “BattleBots,” Imahara has worked on many famous robotic characters, including R2-D2 in the Star Wars prequels and the Energizer Bunny. He will speak August 18 at the conference at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix. Register for the MASTERs Conference at www.microchip.com/usmasters. —TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT
Chandler Children’s Choir seeking new members Young singers are invited to try out for the Chandler Children’s Choir. Auditions will be held May 14 from 10 a.m.–noon at the Arizona Music Academy, 1700 E. Elliot Road in Tempe. Auditions are open to girls and boys ages 7 to 15. No experience is necessary. The nonprofit community choir, in its eighth season, serves more than 100 youth in the East Valley. The program includes three choirs, a full performance schedule each season, and a progressive touring program. The choir season runs August through May, with weekly rehearsals in Tempe. Chandler Children’s Choir’s repertoire focuses on classical, folk and art song styles. Singers learn note reading skills, choral blend and vocal technique through invigorating instruction and creative programming. For more information, go to www.chandlerchildrenschoir.org or call 480-699-9846. —TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT
Free crime prevention seminars offered in Chandler Crime prevention seminars covering personal safety, home security and identity theft will be offered at the 2016 Citizen Safety Forum, presented by the Maricopa County Attorney’s office. The forum will be held on May 4 at the Chandler Community Center. Registration opens at 8 a.m. and presentations run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A complimentary lunch will be provided and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery will be available for a Q&A session. Visit maricopacountyattorney.org/CSF or call (602) 506-7621 to register. —JAMIE LELAND, TRIBUNE
Mesa Arts Center preps for openings A reception for the five summer exhibitions at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum at the Mesa Arts Center is set for Friday, May 13. The reception runs from 7 to 10 p.m. in the courtyard at the museum. The new exhibits include “Hat Tip: A Tribute to Arts Philanthropy.” The exhibit features donated pieces from the museum’s vault. It’s already open and stays on display until July 31. “Threads: Gathering My Thoughts,” is also open. It closes Aug. 7. Work by artist Susan Lenz in yarn represents the complexity of the human mind. Kristin Beeler’s work is on display in “Archive of Rag and Bone.” The exhibit runs from April 29 until Aug. 7. Beeler’s work features portraits and objects that document specific moments in time. “El Mac: Aerosol Exalted,” opens May 13 and closes Aug. 7. Artist El Mac, who grew up in Phoenix, creates large-scale murals across the globe. He recently painted a mural at the Mesa Arts Center. Also open from May 13 through Aug. 7 is “Journey and Memory: past the rock, the sun’s gates and the land of dreams.” Painters Christopher Jagmin and sculptor Patricia Sannit worked together on the project. Exhibits at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum are free. —SHELLEY RIDENOUR, TRIBUNE
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Big Surf job in the ’70s created lasting memories
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BY ROBERTA J. PETERSON TRIBUNE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
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anel Willert believed she was lucky to land a summer job at Big Surf in the spring of 1973. “It was considered THE cool kid job in the Valley because it was such a unique idea in the 1970s,” she remembers. “There were a lot of concerts at the park back then, including Chicago, Elton John (before he was super famous) and Kris Kristofferson. Parking lots were full every day and lines were long for everything. “Parents would drop off whole carloads of kids for the day unattended, but then times were kinder and gentler,” says Willert, who hasn’t moved far from the park. She now lives near the border of Scottsdale and Tempe. “The major thing I recall is the huge number of security guards we had to keep things in line. They were just kids,
A Big Surf employee from the early years, local resident Janel Willert is pictured in 1976 and 2016. [Special to Tribune]
too, and dressed in blue shorts and yellow shirts, carrying walkie-talkies everywhere. We called them sand pigs,” she says. For all the good memories, she has one bad one: “A little boy reached out of the water and stabbed me in the ankle while I was standing on some big rocks—and he did it with a fork of all things,” she says. Willert also remembers the concessions, owned by a Mesa family, and that
A lifeguard chair awaits swimmers at Big Surf. [David Jolkovski/Tribune]
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lanning a trip to a water park this summer? Here’s how the East Valley’s two major water parks measure up.
Big Surf 1500 N. McClintock Dr., Tempe, AZ 480-994-2297, www.bigsurf.com
Big Surf ’s 47th season kicks off on Saturday, May 7, following the annual Wet Electric kickoff concert on Saturday, April 30. Highlights: Learn to boogie board or surf at the Waikiki Beach wave pool (the world’s third largest at 2.5-million gallons); ride more than 3,000 feet of
Surfers try their luck at Big Surf during the water park’s early days. [Special to the Tribune]
“the head lifeguard was a gorgeous guy. Unfortunately, I lost touch with all of my co-workers as soon as graduation day rolled around.” She worked at Big Surf for four summer seasons, 1973 through 1976. One thing that hasn’t changed much in the 40 ensuing years, she says, is her hairstyle. “There is something I’m asked when-
ever that high school job comes up, and that’s whether I learned to surf there. But I actually learned initially at Windansea Beach in La Jolla, (California),” she recalls. “My instructor was my lifelong friend, Patrick Hudnall, who surfed competitively. I improved with practice at Big Surf. That was one of the job’s best perks.”
waterslides; or soar above it all on the new Mauna Kea Zip Line. Founded: 1969. Claim to fame: As America’s original wave pool and artificial surf center, Big Surf has been honored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers alongside modern marvels such as Henry Ford’s Model T. Most radical 1980s cameo: The 1980s cross-dressing comedy “Just One of the Guys” shot its prom scene here. Did you know? Not only does Big Surf offer annual surf memberships, but it also offers free lessons to American servicemen injured in the line of duty through the Wounded Warrior Project. Parent hideaway: Tahiti Phil’s is a fullservice bar overlooking Waikiki Beach.
Founded: 1986 (Golfland family fun center opened in 1983 and Sunsplash water park was added three years later). Claim to fame: Starting in Mesa in 1953, Golfland Entertainment Centers,“helped pioneer the modern family entertainment industry as well as the waterpark industry,” and now owns seven locations across Arizona and California. Most radical 1980s cameo: Another 1980s cult classic, “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” starring a young Keanu Reeves, featured a time-travelling Napoleon Bonaparte coming here to conquer the fictional “Waterloo” waterslide. Did you know: Sunsplash is only open during the summer, but Golfland (mini golf, laser tag, bumper boats and race cars) is open 365 days a year. Parent hideaway: Calm your heart rate on the slow, meandering Lazy River.
Golfland-Sunsplash 155 W. Hampton Ave., Mesa, Arizona 480-834-8319, www.golfland.com/mesa Golfland-Sunsplash kicked off its 30th official season earlier this month. It’s open weekends only through May 15. Highlights: Home to the 450,000-gallon Thunder Bay wave pool and 29 more rides and attractions (across both parks), dare the Double Dare, a six-story-high slide that drops riders through a trapdoor in the floor.
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This artist’s rendering shows what the planned ArtSpace Mesa development could look like. [Drawing by Architectural Resource Team]
Downtown Mesa artist community closer to reality BY SHELLEY RIDENOUR TRIBUNE
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our years of planning, developing and building support for an artist community in downtown Mesa is nearing fruition. The planned ArtSpace Mesa, on vacant land on Hibbert Street between First and Second streets, is intended to bring local artists together to live and create in a talented community. ArtSpace Mesa is to include 50 apartments complete with artist studios. One-, two- and three-bedroom apartments are planned and rent will range from $385 to $830 a month, Mesa Housing and Community Development Director Liz Morales said. If all goes as expected, ground will be
broken late this year with the project finished sometime next year. Morales says she’s excited about the project. “It will have a lot of synergy with the Mesa Arts Center” and the growing art community in downtown Mesa, she said. “Art has such a great effect on the community,” Morales said. “An emphasis on art provides so much richness and brings people together.” Mesa City Councilman Chris Glover, whose district includes downtown Mesa, shares that excitement. He said ArtSpace “will be a wonderful asset to downtown Mesa.” Glover is optimistic that artists living and working in the heart of downtown will “inject
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new vibrancy into downtown.” He has a brother who works as an artist and Glover said when he explained the time frame for ArtSpace, his brother asked if the process could be sped up. “He wants them to do it even sooner than plans call for,” the councilman said. ArtSpace Mesa comes about after five community meetings and a six-month survey of about 660 artists in Mesa and the Valley. As tenants for the live-work spaces are determined, preference will be given to working artists and artists who are military veterans. Tenants must have incomes of between 40 and 60 percent of the median area income, Morales said. In February, the Mesa City Council allocated $500,000 from the federal HOME Investment Partnership Program to ArtSpace and entered a development and purchase agreement with ArtSpace Projects. ArtSpace Projects is a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis. It operates 30 similar developments across the country. The Mesa project is competing for low-income tax credits administered by the state. The city should learn this summer if the tax credits are approved. Besides the residences, the ground floor of the development will feature 1,450 square feet of commercial space for arts organizations and retail businesses. It also includes 2,900 square feet of community space for events, exhibitions and educational programs. It will be a three-story building. The project has a total estimated
price tag of $14 million. Architectural Resource Team of Phoenix has been selected as the project architect. ArtSpace is to be built about a block from the Mesa Arts Center, and the center’s director expects it to have a profound effect on the center and downtown Mesa. Cindy Ornstein, executive director of the Mesa Arts Center, said ArtSpace will help “create a mass of creative thinkers” into the downtown community. That can only mean positive things for downtown, she said, especially because those artists will live and work downtown and feel ownership of the area. Infusing the energy that those “very engaged, activated citizens” will bring to the community will be “amazing,” Ornstein said. She anticipates ArtSpace becoming a “resource for creative thinking and issues. It can help the Mesa Arts Center with its goal of having people engage in the arts in Mesa. The nearby artists could end up teaching classes or workshops at the Mesa Arts Center, offer ideas for events and festivals at the center and generally bring new ideas to Ornstein’s staff, she said. That will end up creating a synergy with the arts center and other cultural entities, Ornstein said. — Contact Shelley Ridenour at 480-898-6533 or sridenour@evtrib.com. — Check us out and like the East Valley Tribune on Facebook and follow EVTNow on Twitter.
Measure would block utilities from slowing growth of solar power BY HOWARD FISCHER CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES
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aying electric companies appear to be trying to kill solar, a former state utility regulator is proposing a constitutional amendment to stop them from doing that. The initiative measure filed Friday by Kris Mayes would block regulated utilities like Arizona Public Service, Tucson Electric Power, UniSource Energy Services and a host of cooperatives from imposing “demand charges” on customers who generate their own power. It also would stop efforts to let utilities reduce the amount they credit customers who generate more energy than they use. Instead, companies would effectively “pay” customers the same charge per kilowatt hour as they would bill the customers.
Utility officials have insisted the changes are necessary to prevent customers without solar from effectively underwriting the cost of the network on which solar customers still depend. But Mayes said studies have show “that’s a bunch of hooey.” And she said what utilities are trying to do is make solar, which effectively competes with utilKris Mayes ity-owned power plants, unaffordable. “The policies that they are promoting would have the effect of seriously undermining the ability of Arizonans to go solar,” she said.
Her measure, if approved by voters in November, also is designed to prevent what Mayes said has been utilities “dragging their feet” in approving connections between customer-owned solar and the network. It requires companies to act within 45 days of a request or be prepared to justify to the Arizona Corporation Commission why it cannot comply. Mayes knows about this: As a member of the commission a decade ago, she introduced the concept of “distributed generation” to the state. The idea was to encourage residents and businesses to produce their own power as an alternative to the electricity now largely generated through nuclear, coal and natural gas. She also was the driving force behind the requirement for utilities to produce at least 15 percent of their energy from
alternative sources by 2025, including solar and, in particular, distributed generation. Since that time, the solar industry has flourished in Arizona—and not to the joy of the utilities. Joseph Barrios, spokesman for UNS, the parent company of both TEP and UniSource, said his company has not had the chance to study the initiative. But he made it clear UNS does not want its bid before the commission to change the rate structure for solar shortcircuited by the measure. “There’s been a great deal of participation by several parties and members of the public throughout the proceedings before the commission and we’re in favor of allowing those issues to be addressed in current proceedings,” he said. There was no immediate response from APS.
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he biggest share of jobs Arizona will create in the next two years will be in positions that don’t require even a high school diploma. New figures from the state Department of Administration show an increase of more than 6.6 percent in that sector of the economy. And the second biggest boost in Arizona employment will be in jobs for which only a high school diploma is required. By contrast, the jobs for which a bachelor’s or master’s degree will be required will grow by less than 5.2 percent. And those who went back for a doctoral degree will find just a 4.2 percent increase in available jobs. But Daniel Scarpinato, press aide to Gov. Doug Ducey, said the numbers are not necessarily bad news. “What the numbers show is all those numbers are growing faster than they were, all levels are growing faster than they were,” he said. “And that’s a good thing.” But the numbers also show a trend: The part of the Arizona economy which needs workers with only a high school diploma or less is growing faster than the sector of the economy which needs college graduates. Right now, for example, 27.4 percent of all jobs in the state require no formal education credentials. In just two years, that will grow to 27.7 percent. That’s the largest growth rate of any sector of the economy; the share of some sectors will shrink. Scarpinato said his boss is focused on landing better jobs.
“When you look at some of the specific job recruitments that the governor has been involved in, they are in fact ones that are very good-paying jobs and that are high-skilled jobs,” he said. But Scarpinato said it takes more than that to make an economy. “The governor has been very clear that all jobs matter, all jobs have value, and all citizens, no matter their educational background, deserve a shot at the American dream,” he said. “And so we’re going to be working on things that grow jobs across all sectors for all individuals in our state, not just the wealthy and not just people with a college education.” Doug Walls, research administrator at the Department of Administration, said there may be another reason that the rate of job growth is highest among employers who need workers with just a minimal education. “The base employment levels could have fallen much farther during the recession,” he said. “We could have lost a lot more jobs within those minimum education-requirement groups and they could now just be seeing recovery.” Walls had no specific numbers to back that contention. But he did point out that it was the
state’s construction industry that took the biggest hit during the recession. It plummeted from a seasonally adjusted peak of 244,200 in June 2006 to 109,300 just three months later. The most recent report has construction at 133,700, meaning it has regained some of the jobs it shed. But economist Lee McPheters, of the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, said there’s another big factor at work that is making the Arizona economy less dependent on jobs where a higher education is required: Money, or, more specifically, the lack of it. He said someone who graduates with a degree in engineering probably can find a job in Arizona. But McPheters said companies elsewhere offer more. And McPheters said he’s not just talking places like San Francisco where the cost of living is so much higher. He said entry-level programming jobs pay more in Austin, Denver and Salt Lake City. That, in turn, leads to the situation where Arizona employers claim they can’t find enough qualified help. “Probably, they need to finish that statement by saying there’s a shortage of qualified skilled labor at the prevailing wage rates here,” he said.
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Arizona officials focus on bringing tourism to East Valley BY DANIEL OCHOA TRIBUNE
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he town of Gilbert focused on bringing more tourism to the area at its Mayor’s Ambassador Forum. According to Arizona officials, tourism is the largest business sector in Arizona, with $20.9 billion attributed to visitor spending in 2014. Stephanie Dowling, deputy director of tourism at the Arizona Office, believes there’s a correlation between tourism trends and life stage. “It’s more about the life stage than the specific age of the traveler … their travel habits change significantly depending on what life stage they are in,” she said. Gilbert’s tourism intake increased to $215 million. Specific locations in Gilbert that have experienced tourism spikes include Top Golf, Gilbert’s Downtown Heritage District and the Gilbert Historic Museum. Max Suzenaar, founder, CEO & chief
Downtown Gilbert has a growing adding an arts, culture, and entertainment district. [Special to Tribune]
strategy officer of Minding Your Business, said there has been an increase of tourists seeking local-leisure opportunities. “It’s a phenomenon that we hadn’t experienced before,” he said. “Tourists want to experience all aspects of tourism, but they also want to experience something that’s unique, local and under the radar. It really translates to that type of intimate, one-of-a-kind experience.” Competition for tourism has become more competitive throughout the years due to the increase of information that’s provided to tourist, Dowling said. “A lot of destinations have been savvier
on ways they promote themselves, so we are constantly trying to fight for that market share,” she said. “We have to be a lot more aggressive and smart in the ways of how we are targeting the tourists with our marketing message. We need to know exactly who we intend to market to, and be very micro-focused on them.” During the forum, members of Gilbert’s Economic Development team discussed the town’s five-year forecast and where it’s at to date. The five-year forecast was implemented in Gilbert back in 2011 and covered economic development initiatives such
as employment opportunities, capital investment, and commercial real-estate expansion. Currently, there have been 7,600 new and retained jobs, more than $830 million attributed to capital investment, 4.1 million square feet of expanded commercial real estate, and 973 new business developments in Gilbert. In addition, there has been more than $413.9 million of private investment spread throughout Gilbert. The Gilbert Economic Development team will work closely with town officials to devise a new five-year strategic plan. The new plan will be announced in July. For additional information, visit gilbert.gov. —Contact Daniel Ochoa at 480-898-4903 or dochoa@evtrib.com. —Check us out and like the East Valley Tribune on Facebook and follow EVTNow on Twitter.
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Lou Houle with his therapy dog Zuri visits with Linda Weinert in the progressive care unit at Banner Baywood Medical Center. [David Jolkovski/Tribune]
East Valley man, dog share calming gift through volunteer work BY ERIC SMITH TRIBUNE
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ou Houle sits in a chair in the lobby of Mesa’s Banner Baywood Medical Center with a companion he pushes around in a stroller. His companion, therapy dog Zuri, a Lhasa apso and poodle mix, rests calmly at his side and only gets excited when treats are offered. It’s been a long journey for Houle, who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and anxiety, but Zuri, who has been with Houle since 2014, has made things far easier. Houle met Zuri at a Mesa PetSmart, but once they had a chance to visit, Houle knew he had found the dog for him. “The moment they opened the cage, (Zuri) just came real close to me,” Houle says. “Didn’t say a word, didn’t bark, just very, very quiet … that’s how we met.”
Zuri “ is so good with people,” Houle says. [David Jolkovski/Tribune]
Shortly after, Houle got Zuri trained and certified as a service dog for himself, allowing him to take Zuri anywhere for his own comfort. He also wanted Zuri to be a therapy dog so that he could share her calming gift. The training came easily to the mildmannered Zuri, with only a few bumps in the road.
“The only problem we had training (at the facility) was that it was a pretty big place,” Houle says. “It was a good training facility, it’s just that most of the other digs were much bigger than she was, so they trained us in a separate pen to start with.” Soon after obtaining Zuri’s certifications, Houle started to volunteer at multiple East Valley hospitals but worked the majority of his time at Banner Baywood’s heart center. Zuri’s nature made Houle want to share her gifts with others. “She’s so good with people,” Houle says. “And so good at this job that it makes me continue to want to help people. Sometimes we get into some tough situations, but she has responded really well to them. “I guess that’s what encourages me to do this job. It’s not necessarily easy all the time, but it’s rewarding and it helps
me out.” Not only the patients in the hospital benefit from Zuri and Houle visiting. The hospital’s staff members also enjoy seeing them. “We came at Christmas time to the hospital, and there weren’t many patients around,” Houle says. “But the nursing staff really liked her. It helped them more than anybody.” Houle says the job isn’t always easy. Seeing patients in difficult medical states can be tough. But it’s nonetheless rewarding for the duo. “Some of the tough ones have been the most rewarding,” Houle says. “That’s really what it’s all about.” —Contact Eric Smith at 480-898-6549 or esmith@evtrib.com. —Check us out and like the East Valley Tribune on Facebook and follow EVTNow on Twitter.
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stands at 115 students. In the early years, enrollment was a bit stagnant, but over the years popularity grew and the school has had a waiting list for the past seven years. The school’s curriculum encompasses the traditional Montessori materials in ways that encourages reasoning and critical thinking, McClung said. “We have had fantastic results with our learning model with our kindergarten students reading well above a first-grade level,” she said. “They’re also working on fractions and multiplication throughout their day at the school … they’re having Sameera A., Srihan Y., and Leana A., play at Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori. [David Jolkovski/Tribune] a great time doing it.” In addition, teachers at the school ensure that the learning experience for for the past 10 to 15 years,” she said. each child is individualized and at a cusBY DANIEL OCHOA TRIBUNE “With the new location, we thought we tomizedpace. “We have lesson plans in hwatukee Foothills Montessori, could make it more convenient for the our classrooms for each student rather which has provided preschool families in Chandler who were commut- than having a lesson plan for the entire through kindergarten classes ing to Ahwatukee, and open enrollment class,” McClung said. “We meet each for the past 20 years, is expanding to opportunities for families who might student where they are academically Chandler. Owner Meaghan McClung not have gotten them in Ahwatukee. We rather than expecting them to reach a said Chandler is a perfect location for the are hoping that the new location will level across the board of all students.” McClung said the family environment school’s second campus because many of solve both of those issues.” that resonates throughout the school’s The school has made a name for itself the families who attend the Ahwatukee campus is what sets the school apart over the past two decades through word site live in Chandler. from other Montessori schools in the “We found that our client demo- of mouth from parents and by being the area. graphic was shifting to Chandler, and oldest Montessori school in the area. Currently, the school’s enrollmentT:10” “I’m most proud of the family that area has been a growing community
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COMMUNITY 15 atmosphere that we have built here at Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori,” she said. “We have a core staff that has been working with us since the school opened. We have students come back all the time to visit and volunteer here … they do that because of the feeling they got when they were here. They still have a soft spot for our school, and that tells me that their experience here was something special.” Lynn Monaghan has experienced the family atmosphere at the school, with her children graduating from the school and being an instructor at the school for the past four years. “The students are able to expand upon their social and emotional skills during their time here at AFM, which is extremely important,” she said. “Every school is a community, but not every school feels like it’s a family, and AFM feels like a family.” Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori’s Chandler location, 5570 W. Chandler Blvd., is in its development stage, and will be open to the public on July 25. For additional information about the school, call 480-759-3810. —Contact Daniel Ochoa at 480-898-4903 or dochoa@evtrib.com. —Check us out and like the East Valley Tribune on Facebook and follow EVTNow on Twitter.
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Mesa United Way makes it easier to stay connected and give back BY BOB SCHUSTER GUEST COLUMNIST
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hen I retired six years ago after 40 years in the newspaper business, I was determined to volunteer where I could help improve our community. I hope I’ve succeeded even a little bit, but my most striking discovery has been the enormous number of other people who are also making a positive difference, and the many others who are looking for opportunities to serve and give. There are literally thousands of unsung heroes in our midst, people who give freely of their time and skills to make the lives of others—especially the vulnerable and less fortunate—better. And another striking discovery: They are succeeding. I make that point because it’s so easy these days to become cynical. Wrapped up in our daily routines of family and
work, we’re showered with grim news about crime, warfare, terrorism and scams. Closer to home, we constantly hear about domestic violence, drug addiction, hunger and homelessness. Amid all the grim news, it’s easy to start feeling helpless and hopeless—that regardless of what we do, the problems persist, and even get worse. We live in an imperfect world, but I’ve learned over the past few years that right under the boiling surface of bad news, there’s an ocean of good news. Countless people making a positive difference, one life at a time. Soon after I retired, I got a call from Carol McCormack, who at that time was president and CEO of Mesa United Way. She invited me to help out with publicizing the organization’s activities, and I readily accepted. I’d thought I knew all about Mesa United Way. After all, I’d been reporting on its activities for some 25 years. I quickly learned that I
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didn’t know diddly. Mesa United Way is headquartered in a little building on University Avenue and Pasadena, but even the ballroom at the Hilton Phoenix/Mesa, where our campaign finale luncheon will be celebrated on May 4, doesn’t come close to accommodating all the people who make up this amazing organization. As the only city-centered United Way in the Valley, Mesa United Way’s 95-year history is marked by deep partnerships with the business, civic, educational, religious and charitable communities. It’s a vast network that helps mobilize volunteers and fundraising efforts. All of these partner organizations have their own communications networks, which over the years have added websites and email, and more recently Facebook and Twitter. We recently upgraded www. mesaunitedway.org to a mobile-friendly platform that includes our Facebook and Twitter feeds on the homepage. Another homepage feature we added is “The Hope Post,” a blog that includes everything from inspirational stories about people helping people, to news about projects you might want to get involved with or contribute to. It’s a place you can go to when you need a good-news lift, or some ideas on where
you can invest your dollars or free time to improve lives and strengthen our community. Every Hope Post entry includes an invitation for your feedback. So like us on Facebook, sign up for our monthly email newsletter and check in regularly with The Hope Post. I guarantee you’ll never again complain there’s no good news out there. Your biggest challenge will be deciding where and how to give back. —Bob Schuster is a retired Arizona journalist and volunteer public information specialist for Mesa United Way. Reach him at bob.schuster@ mesaunitedway.org.
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Prop. 123, despite its high-level supporters, is just a bad idea BY TOM PATTERSON GUEST COLUMNIST
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rop 123 is a bad idea. Yes, I know it’s supported by Gov. Ducey and many conservative legislators, all of whom I respect. Interest groups ranging from the Chamber of Commerce to the teachers’ unions are on board. Ballotpedia reports that it “did not find media editorials opposing the measure” anywhere. Worst of all, there is almost no funded opposition—see, you know what that means. It’s almost certainly going to pass. But at heart, Prop. 123 is just another economic punt by government. It can’t deliver on the promises being made. It makes suckers of all those in the past who have played by the rules, and it breaks faith with future generations. Here’s the deal. When Arizona became a state in 1912, it was granted 12 million acres of land by the federal government. The land was to be managed for income, with the revenues devoted mostly to
public education, in perpetuity. Each year, 2.5 percent of the principal has gone to support education funding, leaving the corpus intact. But in 2014, the state lost a lawsuit brought by the school districts, who alleged the state had failed to provide inflation funding in the years following 2008, as it is required to do by a voterpassed initiative. Prop. 123 solves the problem of the lawsuit by simply raiding the land trust. The plan is to boost the payouts to 6.9 percent yearly from 2016 to 2025. We’ll then pretend the investment results will rise to levels previously unattainable over time. They won’t, of course. Prop. 123’s main selling point is that it will increase education spending without raising taxes. But wait, haven’t we heard that pitch before? When politicians claim they’ve discovered a way to boost funding without tax increases, there’s always a catch to it. After all, the size of the trust land hasn’t grown nor is there any reason to believe it will throw off more income in the future.
What they really mean is that Prop. 123 won’t raise taxes—at this time. Down the road, that’s different. Invading the principal of the trust fund would have enormous implications on future funds available. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the nonpartisan fiscal research staff for the legislature, estimates that Prop. 123 would decrease the size of the trust by 3.7 percent per year. State treasurer Jeff DeWit estimates that this erosion of the principal would decrease revenues from the trust by $8 billion over 40 years. That’s money that would have to be backfilled from some other source, and you know what that is: the taxpayers of the future. The other main selling point of Prop. 123 is that it would provide more funding for teachers, but that’s not exactly true either. The ballot measure sends the money not to a teachers’ fund, but to the school districts general funds, which are notorious for slighting teachers. Arizona’s classroom spending averages just 54 percent of the total, compared
to the national average of 61 percent, and is at its lowest level in 15 years. Still, teachers serve as the poster children of the campaign. When federal politicians gave themselves permission to “borrow” from the Social Security Trust, it was soon decimated, leaving only IOUs. Seniors ever since have been dependent on government, rather than the fruits of their own savings, for their retirement income. James Madison once wrote that “each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on at the expense of future generations.” Americans through the years have been very solicitous of “posterity” and took care to ensure that each generation was better off than the ones before. Prop. 123 unfortunately is of the new mindset that prioritizes today’s wants and needs over tomorrow’s. It solves the problem of the lawsuit by forcing our children and grandchildren to pay for it. Nice. —East Valley resident Tom Patterson is a retired physician and former state senator. He can be reached at pattersontomc@cox.net.
‘No ethical justification’ to close Gilbert school to favor another BY EMILY GUDERIAN GUEST COMMENTARY
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am adamantly opposed to the possibility of a school closing in Gilbert, a proposal that is currently being considered by Gilbert Public Schools. There is no ethical justification to close Gilbert Junior High or Mesquite Junior High to allow Gilbert Classical Academy, a specialty school, to take over a campus. Yes, GCA is a nationally-ranked school, and that’s a great thing. But, GCA is a school that boots out students who don’t perform. GCA is a school where nearly half of the student body is in the two junior high grades. GCA is a school that graduates only 50 students in their largest graduating class, while claiming to have a long waiting list on the front end.
And yet, the district’s superintendent and her hand-selected, pro-GCA committee has created a scenario where GCA empowers governing board members to pick which junior high to evict. This is very, very wrong. On so many levels, for so many reasons. Both Mesquite Junior and Gilbert Junior have traditions, history and a community that very much loves and supports the schools, its teachers and the opportunities to be found there. Would board members honestly vote to take that away from an entire community? There are traffic issues that have not been addressed. The promise by superintendent Dr. Kishimoto to look into that after a selection is made is wrong. Due diligence has not been done, and a vote to close a school indicates that the board members are OK with that. There is growth coming. The district’s
own study points to that eventuality and yet it’s possible the data will be dismissed as “out of date” or “erroneous” because it doesn’t support the GCA position. Board members cannot, in good conscience, vote to close a school knowing this. There are only six junior highs in the district to begin with. Finally, the district is targeting two schools with larger populations of minorities, larger percentages of reduced lunches, and lower median household incomes. Whether or not this was intended is irrelevant. Is the district aware of how this appears to the public? Is it aware that it looks as though GPS is picking off the weak and underserved and giving to the elite? And GCA is elite; when you have proponents of a school who tout their national ranking in the same sentence
they demand a school to takeover, that sounds elite to me. Board members were elected to the board by voters other than GCA parents. This monumental decision will sweep the knees of hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands, while profiting only a tiny percentage of the total student population in Gilbert. And if GPS presses forward, it will continue to divide this district, long after a decision is made. It’s time for Gilbert Public Schools to go back to the drawing board. We need to arrive at an option that does not have GCA looking over the spoils of the district and saying, “I’ll take that school.” The best decision here is no decision. This community is already divided and we are watching closely. Do the right thing. No school should close. — Emily Guderian is a Gilbert Public Schools parent of three.
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We lost Prince too soon, but we never really had him BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ TRIBUNE COLUMNIST
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he emailed news alert reached me in the car Thursday morning, while I was idling at a long red light. “Pop star Prince has died at his estate at Paisley Park in Minnesota, his publicist confirms to the Associated Press.” Later in the day, I was home and turned the television to CNN and saw the predictable wall-to-wall coverage of another celebrity death. It took but a minute to hear the cliché that doubtless will be repeated ad infinitum over the next few days about the 57-year-old musical genius perpetually cloaked in purple. “We lost him too soon ….” Yes, we did lose Prince too soon. But also, to be perfectly honest, we did not. Because it is impossible to lose something or someone you never actually had to lose in the first place. That’s the point of this piece, one I
hope will cause you no deep offense, because I mean no disrespect to Prince, whose music and talent I admired greatly. I wish he would’ve lived to be 105 years old, electric guitar wailing all the while, dancing in those chunky heels to “Purple Rain” or “Cream” or “Let’s Go Crazy” till he could not manage one more step, one more breath. This same unfulfilled wish for longevity applies to the magnificent David Bowie, dead a few weeks ago at age 69. And the actor Alan Rickman and the actress Patty Duke, also both deceased recently at 69, and the comedian Garry Shandling, dead last month at 66, and more famous names than I can list here in the allotted space. All gone, all too soon. And none of them ours, not really. In the 21st century, we live in a world of false ownership when it comes to those we make famous enough to matter beyond their own households. We never meet them, never have a single conversation, never share a meal, never understand a single true detail beyond what a
publicist shapes for media consumption or a few snaps on Instagram. And yet we want to eat what they eat, wear what they wear, vote for whom they vote. The coverage drones on in the background as I type. Fans have gathered in the street outside Prince’s house. They hug and weep. They offer soul-crushed interviews to the assembled media vultures. The overwhelming sense conveyed is of a gaping void, the kind we experience when a much-loved friend goes away. And yet no friend has gone away— not literally. Because all we ever have of celebrities is a few bars of music, a few scenes on a screen, a concert, a Jimmy Kimmel interview, some paragraphs on a page. This is not meant to diminish the value of art, or to slander Prince or Bowie, et al. My point instead? Hug closer the ones you love, those human beings you can touch in the flesh. Try harder to know those with whom you have a tangible, breathing human connection. Worship
at the altar of what’s real, what’s skin and bones, tears and blood, not what’s ginned up in Hollywood or on Madison Avenue. The urge to mourn those we do not know strikes me as yet one more symptom of the urge to genuflect before all things celebrity. It is one of the sad sicknesses of our age, an ailment that sacrifices time we could spend on relationships that matter for a connection as thin as a Facebook friendship with a digital pal who is no pal at all. Miss the music? Absolutely. Miss the talent? Of course. But save the grieving, please, for the princes and princesses who populate your real life. —David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Reach him at david@leibowitzsolo. com. —Check us out and like The East Valley Tribune on Facebook and EVTNow on Twitter
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Nate Reis, CEO of Railway Technologies, said he believes he has unlocked the secret to helping local businesses get customers through the door. [Zac Pacleb/Cronkite News]
Tempe company launches app to connect consumers with ‘need-it now’ products BY ZAC PACLEB CRONKITE NEWS
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he creator of a Tempe-based company believes he has unlocked the secret to helping local businesses get customers through the door. In January, Railway Technologies launched Railway Search (soon to be Railway Loop), an app that allows customers to search for products and shows them where they can find them. It also provides digital coupons customers can
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redeem at physical stores. “We realized that consumers care about products,” Railway CEO and Founder Nate Reis said. “They don’t really care where you get them. We’re not—as much as we hate to say it—loyal to businesses. We’re loyal to the products.” Railway began to map out businesses in Tempe in January 2015. It digitized more than 350,000 products in more than 350 businesses. Stores use the Railway Station app to geotag their products for users
who search for a particular product. Reis came up with the idea for Railway on a business trip in New York. After catching a red-eye flight, Reis said he “needed four Red Bulls.” Unable to find the energy drink, he ended up snoozing through his meeting. Later, as he prepared for a gala, he realized he forgot cuff links. “I had these ‘I need’ moments,” he said. “I was plagued at that point because I knew I was about one of the only people with the expertise to be able to pull it off.” Reis became an entrepreneur in 2007 and founded two companies that dealt with payment solutions. One company, MobiSquad, processed the first Apple Pay acceptance in the United States in 2010, Reis said. In September 2015, he sold both companies. Reis created Railway to take advantage of those “need” moments. Businesses can use Railway Station to track demographic information, traffic frequency, coupon redemptions and the items customers buy in the store. He compares Railway to the railways that connected the east to the rest of America in the early 1900s, saying the railways didn’t own the locomotives or the products, but it connected businesses to customers. “(Businesses) don’t want gimmicks,” said Cody Oborn, the company’s vice president of business solutions. “They don’t want another solution to just sit on the counter. They just wanted a customer.”
protect yourself. You can go the Federal Trade Commission website, www.ftc.gov, or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau site, www.consumerfinance.gov, to get much more information.
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f you have a credit card, you’ve likely disputed a charge. And you’ve probably called the number on the back of your card to report it. But did you know making that call is not enough? That is, if you want to be protected by government rules. Yes, this is one area where you ARE protected by a list of regulations. So get ready, I’m going to throw a lot of information at you. Rules say you have 60 days to dispute billing errors from the time the charge is on the statement. And you must dispute the charge in writing to the
Oborn works with sales organizations to help connect with businesses and get their products online. He said the biggest challenge is making sure everything works smoothly once he gives sales organizations the green light to connect with local stores. “We have to have our ducks in order so that once we hand (businesses) these tools, it works well enough that we don’t run into problems,” he said. One of the stores that took part in the beta phase was Thirsty Dog 2 Go in Tempe. Its owner, Brandon Manus, said he has seen the benefits of Railway already. “There’s a lot of potential behind it,” he said. “You can use it not just for local businesses, but for any businesses really to help build clientele. … (There is) potential to do a lot more business, to make it easier for the customer to not only find your business but to know what other products you carry in your business is extremely streamlined as far as I see.” Reis said he plans to have 10,000 businesses connected in the Phoenix metro area by the end of the year, and he wants the app to run smoothly before the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31. After that, Reis plans to tackle Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City. “We’ve unlocked the secret of connecting with mobile target audiences,” Reis said. “We have created a solution that actually gets people to start shopping locally again.”
—Joe Ducey is helping people like you everyday on ABC15 News at 6 p.m. If you’ve got a consumer issue you can’t solve, “Let Joe Know.” Contact him at joe@abc15.com or 855-323-1515.
credit card provider. Send that dispute to the inquiry address, not the billing address. The bank has 90 days to investigate. And you don’t have to pay the charge during that time. Also, the creditor can’t sue you over the amount during the investigation. They can’t threaten your credit rating either. If they decide you still owe the money,
they need to tell you that in writing. After getting the response, you have 10 days to tell them you refuse to pay the amount in question. And they can go after you to try and get that money. But if it goes to a credit reporting agency, you get a chance to give your side and why you don’t think it’s owed. OK, I’m done. But you shouldn’t be if you have this problem and want to
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Road camera company opens new Mesa HQ American Traffic Solutions (ATS) has opened new corporate headquarters at 1150 N. Alma School Road in Mesa. The company has relocated 464 employees to Mesa and will completely occupy one building, totaling 108,956 square feet, at the new Waypoint development
at Mesa Riverview. In addition to its corporate offices, ATS will have employees in several departments including information technology, accounting/finance, human resources, sales and marketing and customer service. ATS specializes in road safety camera installations in North America. ATS’ red-light, speed and school bus stop arm safety cameras serve more than 30 million people.
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Firehouse Subs opens new store Firehouse Subs opened a new location at 7700 S. Priest Drive on March 21. Similar to its other locations, the restaurant is decorated with firefighter memorabilia and honors decades of fire and police services. Firehouse offers hot specialty subs, an “under 500 calorie” menu, and an array of hot sauces to spice up a sub to custom liking. The company also created the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, which helps fund various initiatives for first-responders and public safety organizations. This location will be the second for owners Michael Trifari and
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Amazing Lash Studio celebrates new location A new shop, Amazing Lash Studio’s fifth in Arizona, is at The Boulevard Shops at Chandler Fashion Square, directly in front of Chandler Fashion Center. From April 20 to 28, Amazing Lash will offer a free set of eyelash extensions, a value of $250, for a requested donation of just $15, with all of the proceeds going the Red Cross.
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Phase 2 of Liv Northgate in Gilbert Investment Property Association (IPA) and the Rockefeller Group announce the commencement of “Phase 2” in the construction of the Liv Northgate Complex in Gilbert. The second phase carries new floor plans for one to three bedroom apartments, and extra amenities including a new splash pad, sport court and playground, 455 S. Recker Road. For more information, visit www.livnorthgate.com.
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Basha players celebrate their win after the baseball game between Basha and Perry at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. [David Jolkovski/Tribune]
Basha baseball making push for No. 1 seed BY JASON P. SKODA TRIBUNE
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im Schilling and the Basha coaching staff has only been in place for six seasons. The seniors were a year away from kindergarten the first time anyone stepped on a diamond wearing the green and gold in Southern Chandler. And yet in some way, this baseball season is 14 years in the making for the Bears. “Being part of Team 14 means everything,” senior Jack Schneider said. “We can do something no other team in Basha has ever done. We make some history with guys I will never forget.” The 2016 certainly is shaping up that way with the postseason getting underway on April 30. The Bears were the No. 1 team in
Division I through Tuesday’s action with a 20-4 overall record and a decent cushion—2.3 points in the power rating— over Hamilton in the power rankings. Both teams have one loss. With only two games remaining in the regular season, the Bears are in position to earn first-round bye and possibly the top seed. “There have been some rough times here, but we won 18 games last year and I knew we had the right kids coming back this year,” said Schilling, who came over from Williams Field. “I was used to winning 20 games a year and that wasn’t the case here. We’ve had to build up to this. It’s been a long road, but we’ve done it our way.” And Team 14, coined by second baseman Tyler Riddle, is playing a good brand of baseball and hopes of going
deeper into the tournament than other Basha team. The 2007-08 team was the third seed, but lost its first two games of the postseason to finish 19-11. The following year, the team went 22-11 and made the final six (consolation semifinals) before being eliminated. There are a lot more expectations on the Bears after putting together the best regular season in school history. “The seniors have been playing together since we were in the seventh grade,” senior catcher Michael Goodrich said. “We know each other well. We were never a team that really liked to lose.” Combine the competitiveness with a pitching staff that throws strikes, and a defense that averages less than an error a game, and all it takes is some timely hitting to rise up to Division I’s top spot.
The team features seniors like Corey Stuart, Skylar Dorn, Ryan Tierney, Schneider, Riddle and Goodrich. “We are doing a lot of the little things right,” said Schneider, a left-handed starter. “We’re playing good defense and the pitching has been good, but we are doing whatever it takes to help our teammates. We don’t want to let them down and that goes a long way in winning games.” The Bears, who average 6.2 runs a game, have gone 6-2 in games decided by two runs or less. Since March 29, Basha beat Hamilton, Mesquite, Corona del Sol, Campo Verde and rival Perry, showing that the good start to the season wasn’t a fluke. “You try to build a culture and it’s been a work in progress,” Schilling said. “It is finally where it needs to be and where it is going to stay. It is all because of these kids right here. This is a special group and unlike any team we’ve had here.” Each season is unique and Team 14 is ready to leave a lasting impression. “It means a lot,” Goodrich said of the Team 14 tag. “I will never forget it the rest of my life. Hopefully we can finish it off so we get some rings out of it.” The roster isn’t filled with top recruits, although sophomore Gage Workman is considered a top Arizona prospect for 2018, like most of the top programs, but as of right now there is no better team. “We aren’t the most talented team compared to Corona, Hamilton or some other programs,” Schilling said. “We are a team, though, and if you are going to beat us you are going to have to beat all of us.” —Contact Jason Skoda at 480-898-7915 or jskoda@ evtrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @JasonPSkoda.
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Momentum shifts, parity define boys volleyball postseason BY JASON P. SKODA TRIBUNE
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The Basha softball team showed support for classmate Johnny Morrell, who pitched and won on the day his mother died, April 9. [David Jolkovski/Tribune]
Basha’s Morrell responds in difficult time BY JASON P. SKODA TRIBUNE
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t has long been said that sports provide a great escape for players and fans alike. There are times, however, when there is no respite. Basha pitcher Johnny Morrell, who transferred from California, probably felt like that April 9 when he took the mound for the Bears. Earlier in the day Morrell, who is committed to Grand Canyon, said he was playing the game for his mom. “Her future isn’t looking good, as she battles against cancer. Prayers go out to her.” He pitched and helped lead Basha to a 14-2 win over Chandler. Later that night, his mother died. “God gained another angel tonight, he wanted you by his side. Rest in paradise mom I love you so much” was the tweet he has pinned to his Twitter page. As is the case these days once an individual opens up on social media about a tough situation, the wave of support it creates seems to be never-ending. Hashtags like #BashaStrong or simply a “sorry for your loss” abounded. The team wore green arm bands in honor of Morrell, and the girls softball team wore green ribbons in their shoelaces. “He came into our lives this year,” senior catcher Michael Goodrich said. “We wanted to rally around him. We are doing this for him and staying strong for him.” —Contact Jason Skoda at 480-898-7915 or jskoda@ evtrib.com. —Check us out and like the East Valley Tribune on Facebook and follow VarsityXtra on Twitter.
he boys volleyball season is winding down and the favorites have separated from the rest of the field. Boulder Creek, Desert Vista, Desert Ridge and Perry together have the makings of a great Final Four in Division I. Seton Catholic and Cienega seem destined to meet up in the title game with a couple of outliers like Horizon Honors and Marana Mountain View possibly being in the mix in Division II. Then, matches like the one between Corona del Sol and Mountain View on Monday take place and will shows how much momentum truly impacts volleyball. It didn’t matter that Corona was in the mix for a top five seed while Mountain View was in place to be a double-digit seed after making last year’s semifinals. “It’s a real strong year for the East Valley,” Toros coach Kevin Powell said. “Everybody plays hard. It’s going to take a lot of poise. Once you get on the bigger stage of the playoffs, a bad stretch for the better team can turn into a loss quickly. “There are some top teams but we are pretty evenly matched overall.” The Aztecs ended up prevailing in five sets against the Toros, who won the first and fourth sets, to keep the possibility of a first-round home match alive. “There is so much parity it is going to be a lot of fun this year,” Corona coach Geoff Horewitch said. “Once you are in the tournament, everything gets magnified and you can turn around a match with one big point.” The regular season winds down through the first week of May before the first round on May 7 with Division I and II finals on May 14 at Mesquite. Seton Catholic, which was 25-3 through Tuesday, has taken advantage of the second division being added this year. The Sentinels won their first-round playoff match as the 17th seed last year but were swept away by No. 1 Hamilton in the second round when there was only one division. Now they are the top team behind a strong senior class as Seton Catholic attempts to finish the final week as the No. 1 seed. “From the first day this has been our goal,” second-year coach Nick Price said. “We struggled with the top 10 teams
(last year), but we knew in this division we could do some damage. I told them we are going to win state and it is ours to lose.” The Sentinels haven’t done much of that this year even when they played in the Chandler Howl tournament as they won the Silver Division against some of the top Division I teams. “Winning the Chandler Howl (in early March) really opened our eyes,” senior captain Noah Williams said. “We knew we could be good. It just really showed us that we had a chance to be great.” The Sentinels have four captains in Andrew Betlach, John Engelbert, Tommy Randolph and Williams who are really driving the program to the next level. “I couldn’t have asked for a better group,” Price said. “The previous coach was really focused on fundamentals, but I brought in a different approach. It made them think about things—we need to pass here instead of there—and they were opened to it. This second year has it all coming together.” How far Seton Catholic, or any other
Horizon Honors’ Aaron Tam (1) sets the ball during the volleyball game between Dobson and Horizon Honors at Dobson High School. [David Jolkovski/Tribune]
state qualifying team, goes will come down to game-changing moments. “We’ve done all we could to get to this point,” Price said. “I trust my guys, just as they have all season long, will come through in the big moments. We have a target on our backs, but so do a lot of teams. “I know my guys will be fine in the moment and hopefully we get enough of those moments to go our way.” —Contact Jason Skoda at 480-898-7915 or jskoda@ evtrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @JasonPSkoda. —Check us out and like the East Valley Tribune on Facebook and follow VarsityXtra on Twitter.
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AIntersection fashionable narrative of fashion and art exhibit brings history to life BY ALYSSA TUFTS GETOUT/TRIBUNE
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istory is getting a fashionable twist with the “Defining Moments: 50 Years of Fashion” exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum. Through Aug. 7, fashion lovers and visitors alike can see the stylishly laid-out exhibition showcasing 50 years of history through clothing and accessories. The exhibit features iconic pieces from brands such as Chanel, Yves St. Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Givenchy. In addition to the clothing items, there are
also rare accessories dating back to the 1650s with intricate detailing and shoes. The Arizona Costume Institute, the support organization for the fashion design department at Phoenix Art Museum, helped make the exhibition a reality through their financial contributions. This was accomplished through purchasing acquisitions for the permanent fashion design collection, said Arizona Costume Institute President Judy Steers. Fashion Design curator at Phoenix Art Museum, Dennita Sewell, has spent the last 16 years using her previous experience
and expertise to elevate the Fashion Design Department through her many innovative and intricate exhibitions. “It’s a continuous search by Dennita and ACI through her leadership to find pieces for the collection that fill the need for specific reasons that are determined by Dennita and her expertise,” Steers said. Sewell curated the popular “Hollywood Costume” exhibit in 2014 and the “White Shirt According to Me. Gianfranco Ferre” prior to “Defining Moments: 50 Years of Fashion.” “Just to put it in perspective, we’re really only one of a handful of archives
like this in an art museum nationally. It’s very exciting that it has grown here in Phoenix to become a nationally recognized effort and program,” Sewell said. Part of that growth is credit to not only the exhibition’s visual and historical impact, but the educational aspects as well. “We are very interested in the involvement of students, we appreciate students and their relationship with the museum and the use of this collection as a place of study,” Sewell said. “I think they serve as an important historical aspect for study and research, as well as just stimulating conversation about the history of each piece,” Steers said. “I think it’s so important to provide the opportunity for others. Whether they’re in education or design, they can come and study these pieces and glean knowledge and inspiration.” Inspiration is in abundance at the “50 Years of Fashion” exhibit given the aesthetically pleasing layout and design of the historical clothing, accessories, cards, magazines and newspapers. It is smartly displayed in the Ellman Fashion Design Gallery and Orme Lewis Gallery, accompanied by New York artist Ruben Toledo’s “Time Travel Series” pen and ink drawings. The drawings were produced into black life-sized vinyl illustrations that decorate the exhibit’s walls through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. “The job here was to be inspired by the different eras from 18th century to now, so I tried to create a graphic time machine, wind tunnel of time rushing through it,” Toledo said. The collection dates from 18th century to present, including men’s, women’s and children’s dress and accessories. “We tried to pull out something from every decade, something from every era, that would show the breadth of this collection and how important it is to our city,” Sewell said. The curator of fashion design said she thought of what things would be entertaining for people to see at a fashion collection. Enter the many rare and intricate See FASHION on page 25
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Mingle and sip at liquor fest’s new Ocotillo location BY TIM J. RANDALL GETOUT
With aerial bartenders, craft liquors to sample and demonstrations, the 3-yearold Chandler Craft Spirits Festival is moving to Ocotillo to enhance the experience. “In previous years, we were in downtown Chandler and now we have moved the event to downtown Ocotillo and will feature an indoor/outdoor venue with a VIP area overlooking the lake,” said Tiffany Shultz, event producer. The event, set for 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 30, celebrates enthusiasts’ enjoyment of craft liquors, including bourbon, vodka and tequila while providing a fine mix of wine, beer and assorted cocktails. Activities range from demonstrations and seminars to aerial bartenders. “We have also invited top bartenders in the state to participate in a variety of demos,” said Shultz. There will be numerous entertainment opportunities and a designated VIP area offering guests access to perks. Patrons will also be treated to a delicious assortment of food options. “Attendees can expect a variety of food from small plates to full menus. We have food trucks and local restaurants,” she said. “In addition, we have partnered with San Marcos hotel to offer a full experience. The San Marcos food will be featured in our VIP area.” Of course the craft liquors are at the forefront of the festival and this year’s edition offers an even greater roster of FASHION from page 24
accessories. In addition to the many clothing items on display, there is also a shoe wall detailing the brief history of the shoe along with rare handbags, jewelry, gloves and others. The oldest piece in the collection is a pair of European leather gloves from 1650, a gift of the Arizona Costume Institute. The accessories case also includes Largnette tortoise shell glasses from 1876, an 18-karat gold Chatelaine watch from 1840, early 20th century Lemaire opera glasses and a rare Shell Minaudiere from Judith Leiber made out of sea urchin shell with a gold-plated lid from 1976. “What I’ve learned from these amazing designers, is how they make things. It’s all about the anatomy, patterns, draping on the body, but also, there’s a whole other art going on, a whole poetry. It’s a poetry you can’t put your finger on, and fashion
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alcohol artisans. “We are so excited that we have many new local distilleries that will be involved in the event this year including: Caskworks, Hamilton, Arizona Distilling and O.H.S.O. but we have also invited boutique distilleries from across the region,” Shultz said. “We will have a judging panel of industry people come out from 3:30 to 4 p.m. to select a winner in several categories.” Jon Lane, owner of O.H.S.O. Eatery + Brewery + Distillery, said he is excited about participating. “We are just getting started in Arizona, most (distilleries) are under 5 years old and making high quality products already,” he said. “Arizona has already done well in national competitions and soon you will see us grow dramatically in state and national. We are just beginning.” Aerial bartenders are just one of the attractions at the Chandler Craft Spirits Festival on Saturday, April 30, in Attendance for the event is expected downtown Ocotillo. [Special to Tribune] to be robust with about 3,000 visitors attending, according to Shultz. Patrons of early childhood development and raise come together to support Arizona kids funding for these and their families.” will be contributcritical programs Shultz sees exciting future for the ing to a great cause IF YOU GO and services in festival. as they imbibe— What: Chandler Craft Spirits Festival our community,” “We see the event growing and supSouthwest Human When: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., April 30 said Jake Adams, porting more and more local distilleries Development, a Where: Downtown Ocotillo, 2475 W. Queen Creek Rd, Chandler chief develop- as they open up,” she said. “We love to nonprofit dedi- Cost: $40 to $60 ment officer for support local distilleries, breweries and cated to early Information: chandlercraftspiritsfestival.com Southwest Human our local wineries.” childhood development serving 135,000 children and Development. Contact the editor at 480-898-5612 or “This year’s festival is going to feature -christina@timespublications.com. their families. “We’re excited to be teaming up with so many great tastings, demonstrations, the Chandler Craft Spirits Festival to help food, music and more, and we can’t think - Check us out and like GetOutA on Facebook create greater awareness of the importance of a more fun way for the community to and follow GetOutAZ on Twitter more than any other art form is the flavor Institute has helped to acquire and preof the time,” Toledo said. serve garments and accessories of historiSome notable pieces include a 1928 cal and aesthetic significance. metal sequins on silk tulle Chanel dress, “Arizona Costume Institute and the an 1885 Charles Frederick Worth silk Fashion Design department have been brocade and silk satin evening dress, a on a upward trajectory for the past few 1965 Cristóbal Balenciaga cotton lace years and we haven’t nearly peaked. and silk chiffon dress and cape and a U.S. Neither the Arizona Costume Institute Army Doughboy uniform from 1918. in its support nor the fashion design “Each garment reveals its own story department,” Steers said. and background The president IF YOU GO about the textile said she hopes industry, about to not only conWhat: “Defining Moments: 50 Years of Fashion” Exhibit the culture of the tinue the progWhen: Through August 7 time, about the ress they’ve made, Where: Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave. people who left but outreach that Cost: $6-$15 their DNA on is international, Information: phxart.org, 602-257-1880 these garments,” national and Steers said. local. Steers said many of the items on dis“I would like to expand the opportuplay in the exhibit were purchased by nities we’re already creating and being the Arizona Costume Institute through inclusive of the many facets of the design meticulous searching. Since joining industry and continue to move the orgatogether in 1966, the Arizona Costume nization [Arizona Costume Institute]
toward excellence in its objectives and goals in every way,” Steers said. The “Defining Moments: 50 Years of Fashion at Phoenix Art Museum” Exhibit will be on display until Aug. 7 in the Ellman Fashion Design Gallery and Orme Lewis Gallery at the Phoenix Art Museum. The exhibit is included in museum general admission. It is free for museum members and children ages 5 and under and discounts are available for seniors ages 65 and older and students with ID. “It’s so important that fashion and art students understand that history is alive, and here’s where you see it…it brings things to life and makes it so relevant,” Toledo said. “You can’t have art and you can’t create the future without this past.” - Contact Alyssa Tufts at 480-898-6581 or atufts@evtrib.com. - Check us out and like GetOutAZ on Facebook and follow GetOutAZ on Twitter.
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got my hair cut the other day, as I have countless times. It was no big deal for the barber—just another head in the chair, No. 2 on sides and back, finger length on top. But it was significant for me. I hadn’t cut my hair since before my stepmother’s funeral. During the 30 days of mourning that followed, known as shloshim, I observed the Jewish tradition not to cut my hair. With each passing day, I saw my hair grow longer and grayer. It didn’t bother me at first. But then I grew uncomfortable with my appearance, of looking like a man who didn’t care. My external appearance came to reflect the sense of disorder within me. Each time I looked in the mirror, I was reminded that things were not as they were supposed to be: not just my hair, of course, but in my father’s life especially. His beloved companion, with whom he was supposed to travel the remainder of his days, had left him behind. We were lost and uncertain just what to do next, out at sea without a compass. I was beginning to look like a bedraggled sailor. As I sat in the barber’s chair, I thought of all the experiences this month of mourning had brought me. I had talked about grief with our older Religious School students, and remembered their thoughtful consideration of the feelings of loss: “relief, orphaned, empty, regret, thankful, helpless, numb, unfinished, lonely, overwhelmed, heavy, closed off, confused.” I had felt all of those. I recalled officiating at another funeral, and staring at a coffin just like my stepmother’s, reeling as I contemplated the unbounded loss that the sealed box represents. I thought about the drawn-out bureaucracy of getting my name added to a safe-deposit box, and the bags of clothes we’ve hauled away.
And, most poignant of all, as the clippers cut away a month’s growth, I felt myself standing once again with my father at his wife’s fresh grave, exactly 30 days after she was laid to rest. In that place, boundary of grass patch still visible, I tried to intuit what my father was feeling. I pondered the depths of darkness in the soil below, and wondered what was happening to the memories of all we had shared, my stepmother and me. And I felt the enormousness of the truth that all roads lead here. In Biblical and Prophetic times, the Nazarite was a person who voluntarily dedicated himself or herself to God. For an amount of time they themselves determined, Nazarites would refrain from consuming grapes or wine, and from cutting their hair. I now understand better what a constant reminder their growing locks were to them. With every turn of the head, they’d remember the promise they’d made. Like the mourner, they were set apart from all others, all those who think that today is like any other day, and who live under the mistaken notion that this day is like tomorrow will be. Both the Nazarite and the mourner know that nothing lasts forever. My hair is back to normal. Our life, however, is not. - Rabbi Dean Shapiro is the spiritual leader of Temple Emanuel of Tempe. Contact him at rshapiro@emanueloftempe.org and visit his “Rabbi Dean Shapiro” page on Facebook.
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Four rows of large, straight carrots, bunches of broccoli and other produce harvested, cleaned and delivered to the Tempe Community Action Agency, Paz de Cristo and iHelp were partly why the Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation (VUU) won a Spirited Activists Greening the Earth (SAGE) award from Arizona Interfaith Power and Light (AZIPL). AZIPL mobilizes people of faith in Arizona to “reduce the causes of global climate change through education, advocacy, action and prayer” and is part of the national IPL organization. IPL founder the Rev. Sally Bingham was on hand during the recent Tempe award and AZIPL anniversary ceremony. Co-Chair of the VUU Green Sanctuary Committee and congregation member Laurel Hardin accepted a Faith Community Award on behalf of the Green Sanctuary group and its members, who help create a sustainable lifestyle for members and the congregation by maintaining a community garden, performing highway cleanup and other “commitments to the earth.” For information, visit www.azipl.org and www. interfaithpowerandlight.org.
Saturday, April 30 BETWEEN OCEANS SONGS OF THE AMERICAS
Haunting melodies, exciting rhythms, and rich musical traditions, reflecting the diversity of our cultures and the harmony of our spirits, infuse the Americas from the frigid fjords of Nunavut, Canada, to the tip of Tierra del Fuego. The Sonoran Desert Chorale closes its season with music from North and South America, the lands between the oceans. DETAILS>> 7:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 15 E. First Ave., Mesa.
CHABAD OF THE EAST VALLEY MAKES MYSTICS MEAL (SEUDAS MOSHIACH)
Chabad of the East Valley invites Jewish residents in the East Valley area for its annual Mystics Meal. The Mystic meal (Seudas Moshiach) will occur at the Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive in Chandler. DETAILS>> April 30, 6:30 p.m. Call 480-855-4333 for more information.
HEBREW SCHOOL REGISTRATION OPEN
Registration for Chabad Hebrew School is open. Hebrew School takes place at the Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life. Classes take place Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to noon for children ages 5-13. DETAILS>> To schedule an appointment to visit Chabad Hebrew School to tour the facility, call 480-855-4333 or email info@chabadcenter.com. For more information, log onto www.chabadcenter.com.
CAMP GAN ISRAEL IS BACK
Every week, Gan Israel day trips feature excursions to children’s favorite locations. Camp Gan Israel is proud of its swimming program where activities are supervised by certified Red Cross lifeguards. In addition, an array of sports and crafts are offered, supervised by experienced instructors, promoting individual progress, sportsmanship and creative expression. DETAILS>> Camp Gan Israel will be in session once again this summer. Boys and girls, ages 5-12, enjoy a full day at Gan Israel Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., June 14July 22. Offering Mini Gan Izzy program for children ages 12 months-4 years June 14-Aug. 5. Extended care hours are available upon request. For more information on extended care, email info@chabadcenter.com or visit www.
Registration is now open. As preschool programs across the country are experiencing cuts in funding, Chandler Jewish Preschool is gaining popularity in the East Valley. The Reggio-inspired program is dedicated to offering little ones a safe, nurturing environment, where they can develop socially, physically, emotionally and intellectually, in a Jewish setting. CJP is committed to a small teacher-student ratio. The competitive tuition rates make it an appealing option. The school is open to children ages 1 to 5. The program is flexible, enabling part-time and half-day options. They are also DES certified and have before- and after-care hours available. DETAILS>> For more information and to schedule a personal tour, contact Shternie at info@chabadcenter.com or call 480-855-4333.
INFANT ROOM OPENS AT SYNDI SCHECK YAD B’YAD PRESCHOOL
Registration is open for the new infant room at Syndi Scheck Yad B’Yad Preschool. The full-time infant room is for children ages 6 weeks to 12 months. DETAILS>> Temple Emanuel of Tempe, 5801 S. Rural Road. For more information, call Rachel Wallach, 480-8381414, or email Rachel at rachel@emanueloftempe.org.
CHAI JUDAICA & GIFTS GRAND OPENING
Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life announced that Chai Judaica and Gifts is open. It’s the perfect place to find the gifts for all of your special occasions. We carry everything from Mezuzot to books, religious items, jewelry and everything in between. DETAILS>> Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. Gift shop hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Wednesdays by appointment, and Sundays 9:30-10 a.m. and 12-12:30 p.m. For more information, visit info@chabadcenter. com or call us at 480-855-4333.
Sundays FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION EVERY SUNDAY East Mesa Baptist Church, 752 S. Ellsworth Road. DETAILS>> 4:45 p.m. every Sunday. For more information, call 480-986-9827 and ask for Pastor Hughes.
WORSHIP SERVICES
DETAILS>> 10:30 a.m. Restoration Covenant Fellowship, 8811 E. Main St., Mesa.
SUNDAY SERVICE AT UNITY OF CHANDLER
Come to a Sunday Celebration Service DETAILS>> 10 a.m. or one of our many activities, classes, and events and get a feel for who we are at 325 N. Austin Drive, Suite 4, Chandler. 480-792-1800.
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A positive path for spiritual living. Experience transformational lessons, empowering music and various spiritual practices with an open-minded and welcoming community. DETAILS>> Sunday services at 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. at Unity of Mesa, 2700 E. Southern Ave. Nursery available for infants through kindergarten at 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Youth ministry classes are open in the Education Annex at 10:45 a.m. All are welcome. For more information, call 480-892-2700 or visit www. unityofmesa.org.
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Evening schedule, Arati worship 5 p.m., prayers, 5:35 p.m. Spiritual Bhagavatam class/kids’ Sunday school, 5:40 p.m. Prasadam, 6:45 p.m. blessed vegetarian food served at no charge. There will be chanting, singing and dancing for attendees to enjoy at the yoga session. DETAILS>> The event is at the Hare Krishna Spiritual Center, Unity Chandler, 325 E. Austin Drive, Suite 4. For more information, call 480-940-8775 or email contact@ azgoshala.org. GRIEF SHARE IN TEMPE A support group designed to assist people through the grieving process. One time book fee $15 DETAILS>> Arizona Community Church, 9325 S. Rural Road, Room G3, Tempe, on Sundays from 2-4 p.m. Call 480491-2210 for information.
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FREE CLOTHES AFTER PRAISE AND WORSHIP SERVICES. DETAILS>> 11 a.m. Mondays-Fridays. Noon Saturday. Restoration Covenant Fellowship, 8811 E. Main St., Mesa, For more information, call 480-553-1960.
YOGA FOR ALL
Kathy McAvoy, a certified yoga instructor with 10 years of experience, will be offering yoga classes at St. James for all levels. Suggested donation of $5. Open to the community. DETAILS>> 7:15-8:30 p.m. St. James Episcopal Church, 975 E. Warner Road, Tempe. 480-345-2686 or office@ stjamestempe.org.
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SUNDAYS WITH THE RAMBAM
Ongoing Sunday morning study of two classics of rabbinic literature by the great medieval philosopher Moses Maimonides (the “Rambam”). At 10 a.m., Professor Norbert Samuelson, Grossman chair of Jewish philosophy at ASU and TBS member, teaches “Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed: What Jews Ought to Believe.” This is followed at 11:15 a.m. by TBS member Isaac Levy teaching “Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah: How Jews Ought to Behave.” No previous experience necessary; readings in both Hebrew and English. DETAILS>> Beginning Jan. 10, in the Community Room of the Administration Building. Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. 480-8973636.
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JARVIS, Rosie (Rose) Brimhall Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-greatgrandmother, aunt, and friend died peacefully at home in Mesa, Arizona on April 12, 2016, after a long fight with cancer. She was born August 28, 1925 in Taylor, Arizona to Rosetta Palmer and George H Brimhall, children of Arizona pioneers. When 10 days old, she was brought to Mesa where she grew up, attending Lincoln, Irving, Franklin schools, and graduating from Mesa Union High School in May 1943. That same year she married Ivan Reid Nielson in the Mesa Arizona Temple, joining the ranks of servicemenʼs wives. A daughter, Sandra, was born to them in June 1945. After the dropping of the atomic bomb in August 1945, her dream of the war ending and their lives going forward with loyalty to God, country and family seemed to be closer. But the war changed many attitudes and lives, and her husband left her alone to raise her little girl. In 1949 Rosie married Reed W. Hall and moved to Eagar, Arizona where she spent 40 years serving in church and community, learning the intricacies of being a rancherʼs wife, helping to run a retail store (Hall Building Supply), raising three children (son Dale, and daughter Janece, added to their family), serving in the L.D.S. church on ward and stake levels, and contributing to the community in many capacities. Although she was mostly a stay-at-home mom and homemaker, she added to the family funds by working at times for the Becker Mercantile Company, selling Tupperware and Beauty Counselor cosmetics, and working as a lifeguard and water instructor at the Eagar indoor community pool. She taught dancing lessons for 10 years, and piano and organ lessons for 35 years, and created the choreography for school programs for 15 years. One of her most exciting opportunities was directing a choir of LDS Singing Mothers in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City for the Relief Society Conference in the fall of 1965. Rosie was an integral part of the Round Valley 1976 Bicentennial Committee, helping with monthly patriotic programs. She was a charter member of the Round Valley Fine Arts Association, a member of the Business & Professional Womenʼs Organization, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Rosie and her friends were funeral ʻregularsʼ for years, singing familiesʼ favorites in duets and trios. She enjoyed homemaking activities, was a good cook and seamstress, making most of her girlsʼ clothes and prom and wedding dresses. She made hundreds of baby blankets and quilts for friends and family which are treasured keepsakes. She enjoyed studying, and took college classes when they were offered at a college extension in Round Valley. She traveled at every opportunity, visiting all but two of the 50 United States, and many foreign countries, including Israel, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, Belgium, Canada and Mexico. Even before family history was as user-friendly as it is today, she gathered many histories of her ancestors. She shared her musical talents and hard work through the years by directing choirs large and small, playing for school graduation ceremonies, and playing the organ at the Mesa Arizona Temple for 28 years. Her last music position, at age 90, was ward organist for the LDS Preston Ward near her home. She is survived, and will be greatly missed, by her loving husband, Kenneth Arthur Jarvis who she married in 1995; daughter Sandra (Nielson) Rush of Rexburg, Idaho; son Dale Hall of Springerville, Arizona; daughter Janece (Hall) Ray of Chandler, Arizona; 10 grandchildren, 24 greatgrandchildren, 1 great-great granddaughter; and myriad friends and extended family members. A memorial service, and celebration of her life of love and service, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the Preston Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6655 E. Preston Street in Mesa. Rosieʼs husband and family will meet well-wishers the hour before the service; or messages can be left on the guestbook at meldrummortuary.com. In lieu of flowers, Rosie and Kenneth request any contributions go to Hospice at Home, 7254 E. Southern Ave., Suite 111, Mesa, Arizona 85209; or the Preston Ward Missionary Fund, 3015 N. Ravine, Mesa, AZ 85215. Sign the Guest Book st eastvalleytribune.com
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Emp loyment Employment General 3-G CONSTRUCTION Is looking for rough framing carpenters and laborers in the East Valley (Baseline/Higley Rd). The hourly pay is based on experience, $12 starting pay for laborers. Benefits include health insurance, 401k, training and bonus program. There is a mandatory pre-employment drug test and E-verify. Apply at our main office located at 1820 E Deer Valley Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85024, Mon-Fri from 8 am to 3 pm. Please bring 2 forms of ID (Drivers License and Social). RUBEN: 602-639-0254 Sr. Software Developer: Using software tools and languages, such as .NET Framework, ASP.NET, CSS, and Javascript, develop, create, and modify computer applications software for a supplier of health, wellness, prevention, and chronic care programs. Location: Chandler, AZ. Company: American Healthways Services, LLC. Mail resume (no phone calls or e-mails) to Melissa Harlan, 701 Cool Springs Blvd., Franklin, TN 37067
Employment General Chef, Korean Food, ft, req. 2 yrs experience. Apply at Tai Jin Inc/Hodori Korean Restaurant 1116 S. Dobson Rd #111, Mesa, AZ 85202 Chef, Chinese Food, ft, req. 2 yrs experience. Apply at Kawaii Japanese & Asian Cuisine Inc. 6530 W. Happy Valley Rd #112, Glendale, AZ 85310 Chef, Chinese Food, ft, req. 2 yrs experience Apply at Jeff & Xuan Inc/Hong Kong Kitchen 3076 E. Chandler Hights #104, Gilbert, AZ 85298
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Are you a CAREGiver with a big heart? No experience needed, we provide training. Hourly shifts up to $11/hr. Apply in person or call for more info. HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE 3850 E. Baseline Rd. #128, Mesa, AZ 85206 (480) 827-4343
Paul Johnson Drywall Inc 1620 Willow Creek Rd Prescott AZ 86301 seeks 80 “temporary full-time” Drywall Installer to work&reside in PHX Metropolitan area to apply plasterboard &wallboard to ceilling/interior walls. Bend, lift&hold up 50Lb 3mo exp in Res constr, work in ext weather, on-the-job train avail, no edu reqd, travel in Metropolitan area M-F 7am-3pm at $17.64/hr No OT from 4/25- 12/30/16 US&H2B workers offered same wages& working conditions to include paid post-hired drug test Sgle wrkwk computes wages Weekly pmt “Transportation (including meals & to the extent necessary lodging) to place of employment or its cost to workers reimbursed, if the worker completes half the employment period. Return transportation provided if the worker completes employment period or is dismissed early by employer” H-2B Wrkr to be paid U.S. Consulate, border, lodging fees on 1st workwk on a company check “Tools provided at no charge to worker” “The employer guarantees to offer work hours equal to at least 3/4 of the workdays in each 12weeks of total employment period” Apply in person at nearest SWA, call 520.374.3028, fax res 520.374.3025 Attn: Desirae Diaz or fax emplr 602.254.1321 RE: 2028190 Apodaca Wall Systems Inc 5740 W Buckeye Rd Phx, AZ 85043 seeks 10 "temporary full-time" Construction helpers to work&reside in PHX Metropolitan area to help Prod workers to stock drywall, use, supply& hold hand/electr tools &materials, clean wk area. Bend, lift&hold up 50Lb 3mo exp in Res constr, work in ext weather, on-thejob train avail, no edu reqd, travel in Metropolitan area M-F 7am-3pm at $15.41/hr No OT from 5/24- 12/15/16 US&H2B workers offered same wages& working conditions to include paid post-hired drug test Sgle wrkwk computes wages Weekly pmt "Transportation (including meals & to the extent necessary lodging) to place of employment or its cost to workers reimbursed, if the worker completes half the employment period. Return transportation provided if the worker completes employment period or is dismissed early by employer " H-2B Wrkr to be paid U.S. Consulate, border, lodging fees on 1st workwk on a company check “Tools provided at no charge to worker" "The employer guarantees to offer work hours equal to at least 3/4 of the workdays in each 12weeks of total employment period " Apply in person at nearest SWA, call 520.374.3028, fax res 520.374.3025 Attn: Desirae Diaz or fax emplr 602269-7755 RE: 2089870
Erickson Framing AZ LLC 250 N Beck Ave Chandler, AZ 85226 seeks 60 "temporary full-time" Helper of Carpenter to work&reside in PHX Metropolitan area to help Carpenter to use, supply& hold hand/electr tools &materials, clean wk area. Bend, lift&hold up 50Lb 3mo exp in Res constr, work in ext weather, onthe-job train avail, no edu reqd, travel in Metropolitan area M-F 7am-3pm at $14.39/hr No OT from 5/210/31/16 US&H2B workers offered same wages& working conditions to include paid post-hired drug test Sgle wrkwk computes wages Weekly pmt "Transportation (including meals & to the extent necessary lodging) to place of employment or its cost to workers reimbursed, if the worker completes half the employment period. Return transportation provided if the worker completes employment period or is dismissed early by employer" H-2B Wrkr to be paid U.S. Consulate, border, lodging fees on 1st workwk on a company check "Tools provided at no charge to worker" "The employer guarantees to offer work hours equal to at least 3/4 of the workdays in each 12weeks of total employment period " Apply in person at nearest SWA, call 520.374.3028, fax res 520.374.3025 Attn: Desirae Diaz or fax emplr 480.627.1152 RE: 2042157
Marathon Equipment in Phoenix Has excellent career opportunities for: · Electrical and Hydraulic Assemblers. General mechanical skills related to electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical systems assembly and the ability to read production drawings. · Maintenance Technician. Prior maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment · Fabricators. Previous experience in either automated sawing, general machining, shear, and/or press brake and the ability to read production drawings. All positions require a high school diploma or GED, criminal background check, and hair follicle drug testing. To become part of an exciting company. Please apply online at doveresg.com/careers. Environmental Solutions Group (ESG) and its related companies provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. ESG is a drug-free and tobacco-free workplace.
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Employment General JOIN OUR CARE TEAM! Open Caregiver Positions: Companions & Personal Care Attendants Great Candidates: Have LIFE Experience Caring for a Loved-One and/or Currently PROFESSIONAL Caregiver Are Carting & Compassionate Training is FREE! Call To learn more 480-999-5491 www.ResCare.com
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THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | APRIL 24, 2016
Public Notices
CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Design Consultant for the following: SOUTHERN AVENUE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS SOUTHERN AVENUE FROM GREENFIELD ROAD THROUGH HIGLEY ROAD PROJECT NO. CP0700 The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Design Consultant to provide Design Services for the Southern Avenue Roadway Improvements, Greenfield Road through Higley Road Project. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The following is a summary of the project. The required tasks will be reviewed with the selected Design Consultant and defined to meet the needs of the project as part of the Design improvements at the intersection of Southern Avenue and Higley Road and roadway reconstruction along Southern Avenue from Greenfield Road through Higley Road. Improvements may include pedestrian ramp upgrades, street light relocations, traffic signal relocations, gas line replacement, and pavement reconstruction work. A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on May 4, 2016 at 8:00 am at the City Plaza Building Room 170, 20 E. Main St., Mesa, Arizona 85201. At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the PreSubmittal Conference. Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm's employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, assure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below. RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City's website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architectural-engineering-design-opportunities. The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide seven (7) hard copies and one (1) digital copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by 2:00 pm on May 19, 2016. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualification. The City is an equal opportunity employer. Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title. Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service). Questions. Questions pertaining to the Design Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov.
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BETH HUNING City Engineer
CITY OF MESA PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING #4 Citizens of the City of Mesa are urged to attend a public hearing conducted by the City of Mesa Housing and Community Development Division to discuss proposed projects and activities for its Program Year 2016-17 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), HOME Investment Partnership program (HOME), and Human Services programs. At this public hearing staff will obtain views from citizens, non-profit agencies, neighborhood associations, residents of assisted housing and other interested parties on housing, homeless, community development and economic development needs to be undertaken with federal funds. The public hearing process allows residents to actively participate in the priority setting process by providing feedback regarding the City of Mesa’s proposed projects for its Program Year 2016-17 Annual Action Plan. The Draft Plan can be found at http://mesaaz.gov/residents/housing-community-development/annual-action-plan. All interested City of Mesa residents are encouraged to attend. Public Hearing #4 will be held on: Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 6:00 P.M. Lower Level Council Chambers 57 E. First Street Mesa, AZ 85201 The City of Mesa endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities. If you are a person with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in programs and services offered by the City of Mesa Housing and Community Development Department, please contact Patricia Pearson at 480644-3660. Hearing impaired individuals should call 711 (Arizona TDD Relay). To the extent possible, accommodations will be made within the time constraint of the request, and you may be required to provide information to support your reasonable request. Liz Morales April 17, 2016 East Valley Tribune
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CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA
BROWN ROAD WATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT 7750 E. BROWN ROAD
FALCON FIELD WASH RACKS 4905 E. FALCON DRIVE
PROJECT NO. CP0034
PROJECT NO. C07039 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration. This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: Installation of 20,000 gallon hydropneumatic surge tank with appurtenances for the Desert Sage Pressure Zone, installation of an 80,000 gallon “feed tank” with appurtenances for the Desert Wells Pressure Zone, installation of non-reverse ratchets and replacement motor starters for Desert Well and Desert Sage Pumps, and other miscellaneous improvements. The Engineer’s Estimate range is $ 2,650,000 to 2,850,000.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration. This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: Improvements to the existing wash rack facilities including a new pre-engineered steel wash rack canopy structure with fire sprinkler system, restroom building remodel, new power washing system and equipment building, landscaping, paving, and appurtenant work, all as indicated on the Approved Plans and Specifications. The Engineer’s Estimate range is $575,000 to $625,000.
For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Donna Horn at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov. Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc. dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $ 88.00 , which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing. A pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled. Please refer to Project Specific Provision Section #3 titled “PreBid Review of Site” for additional information. Work shall be completed within 315 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed. Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier’s check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service). The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORD® Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements. The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa.
ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
BETH HUNING City Engineer
For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Maggie Martinez at Maggie.Martinez@ mesaaz.gov. Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc. dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $86.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing. A pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled. Please refer to Project Specific Provision Section #3 titled “PreBid Review of Site” for additional information. Work shall be completed within 195 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed. Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier’s check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service). The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORD® Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements. The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa.
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BETH HUNING City Engineer
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The amount programmed for this contract is $384,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows: The proposed Bridge Deck Repair work is located in Maricopa County within the City of Phoenix on Interstate 10 (I-10) at the University Drive Traffic Interchange Underpass at MP 151.49. The work consists of replacing deck expansion joint assemblies, applying penetrating crack seal to bridge deck, cleaning and patching concrete roadway, pedestrian fence repair, installing new sidewalk ramps, and other miscellaneous work. Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712- 7221. The cost is $18. Publish: DNS-April 23, 30, 2016; EVT-April 24 and May 1, 2016 / 17423145
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CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Emerald Acres Drainage Improvements Project CP0555 The City of Mesa (City) proposes to construct drainage improvements in the Emerald Park area. The improvements include installation of a new spillway from Emerald Park (located at 1530 S. Harris Dr.) to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) drainage channel. The project also includes increasing the capacity of the Hilton basin (located at 1251 E. Hilton) and installation of a new basin outlet to the ADOT drainage channel. You are invited to attend a Public Meeting where City staff will be available to answer your questions. No formal presentation will be given. Date:
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
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5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Keller Elementary School - Multi-Purpose Room 1445 E. Hilton Ave. Mesa, AZ 85204 If you have any questions or concerns regarding this project, please contact Rene Powell, Jaime Otter, or Michele Doberstein with the City of Mesa Engineering Public Relations at (480) 644-3800. Publish: DNS-April 23, 30, 2016; EVT-April 24, May 1, 2016 / 17423603
STATE OF MICHIGAN 29TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CLINTON COUNTY 100 E. State Street, St. Johns, Michigan 48879 Court telephone no. (989) 224-5257 Plaintiff, CHRISTOPHER P. TIPPS 10831 East Third Street P.O. Box 88 Fowler, MI 48835 Plaintiff's attorney, JACKSON, JACKSON & HAYES, P.C. Edward W. Jackson (P56973) 120 East Walker Street, P.O. Box 246 St. Johns, MI 48879 (989) 224-6734 v Defendant, NATALIE M. SCHWARZ 418 S. Port Drive Gilbert, AZ 85233 TAKE NOTICE: On December 16, 2015, Plaintiff, Christopher P. Tipps, filed a Summons, Complaint for Divorce against Defendant, Natalie M. Schwarz, along with a Record of Divorce. On March 1, 2016, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Second Summons and an Order granting the Motion and a Second Summons were entered on March 11, 2016. On March 23, 2016, a Motion for Alternate Service was filed by Plaintiff and an Order Regarding Alternate Service was entered on March 30, 2016. PLEASE BE ADVISED that Defendant must file an answer to the Plaintiff's Complaint within 28 days of the last day of this publication. Defendant's answer should be submitted to the Court listed above and to Plaintiff's attorney listed above. Defendant's failure to answer within 28 days will result in a default Judgment of Divorce, entered in the above matter against the Defendant for the relief claimed in Plaintiff's Complaint. ORDER REGARDING ALTERNATE SERVICE: THE COURT FINDS: X 1. Service of process upon Defendant, Natalie M. Schwarz, cannot reasonably be made and service of process may be made in a manner which is reasonably calculated to give defendant actual notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard. IT IS ORDERED: X 2. Service of the Second Summons and Complaint, Motion for Second Summons and Order; Summons and Complaint, Verified Complaint for Divorce; and Record of Divorce or Annulment and a copy of this order shall be made by the following method(s): X a. & b. First-class mail and tacking or firmly affixing to the door at 418 S. Port Drive, Gilbert, Arizona 85233; and X d. Other: Publishing 2 times in the East Valley Tribune, 1620 W. Fountainhead Parkway, Suite 219, Tempe, Arizona 85282. Dated: March 30, 2016 s/ Randy L. Tahvonen, P23411 Publish: DNS-April 9, 16, 23, 2016 and EVT4/10, 17, 24, 2016 / 17419489
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THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | APRIL 24, 2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: J2 RACING AND RESTORATION, LLC L-2075664-4 II The address of the registered office is: 2923 S CHERRY CIRCLE MESA AZ 85210 The name and address of the Statutory Agent is: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 17470 N Pacesetter Way Scottsdale, AZ 85255 III A. (x) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manger or managers. The name and addresses of each person who is a manger AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: JASON COOLE 2923 S CHERRY CIRCLE MESA AZ 85210 Manager/Member
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Tempe School District #3
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Public Notice May 3, 2016
BID OPENING: FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)
Bustoz Professional Learning Center
008 YU 056 H8707 01C IM-NHPP-008-A(224)T YUMA - CASA GRANDE HIGHWAY (I-8) MOHAWK REST AREA
The amount programmed for this contract is $4,700,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows: The proposed project is located in Yuma County along I-8 at milepost 56, approximately 11 miles west of Dateland. The work includes upgrading equipment in the rest rooms, caretaker residence, ramadas, and vendor kiosks. A new pump house, new reservoir, new water transmission line, and well equipment for a new water campus are also included in the work. Additional work includes lining sewer pipes, replacing septic tanks, rehabilitating waste disposal pits, rehabilitating existing water and wastewater systems, milling and replacing asphaltic concrete, replacing pavement marking, and other miscellaneous work. Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712- 7221. The cost is $76.00. Publish: DNS-April 23, 30, 2016; EVT-April 24 and May 1, 2016 / 17422933
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
JEANIE COOLE 2923 S CHERRY CIRCLE MESA AZ 85210 Manager/Member
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID OPENING: FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016 AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)
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LEGAL AD REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) The Arizona Department of Economic Security, Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS), hereby solicits competitive sealed proposals from Offerors to deliver Housing Support Services for all Counties except Maricopa and Pima. The service is to provide both Temporary Emergency Shelter and Rapid Rehousing for homeless individuals and families that are experiencing homelessness in Arizona's rural communities while permanent housing is located. Services include Temporary Emergency Shelter and Rapid Rehousing assistance. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be conducted on the date, time and location indicated in the RFP. To view a copy of the official RFP's, including all particulars, interested parties should go to https://procure.az.gov/ and select "Open Bids" then select Bid Numbers: ADES16-00006202. In order to submit a proposal you must be registered in https://procure.az.gov/ instructions for registering are on this website. To respond to the RFP, Offerors must be registered in ProcureAZ for the following NIGP code: NIGP Code 952-30 - Human Services/Housing Support Services: H030-00 Bids must be entered/completed/ submitted in https://procure.az.gov/ no later than the date indicated in the Request for Proposal at 3:00 p.m. (Arizona Time). The Department reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to make award(s) in the best interest of the State. NOTE: Information within this Notice may change after publication of the solicitation. Vendors are advised to consult the bid in https://procure.az.gov/ for the most current information concerning this procurement. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the Solicitation contact person. Requests shall be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. Publish: DNS-April 23, 2016; EVT-April 24, 2016 / 17423151
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017 YV 232 H879301C NHPP-017-A(241)T PHOENIX-CORDES JUNCTION HWY (I-17) NEW RIVER RD. - COLDWATER RD.
The amount programmed for this contract is $21,500,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows: The proposed work is located in Yavapai County on Interstate 17 between mileposts 232.01 and 245.00. The work consists of removing the existing asphaltic concrete (AC) by milling and replacing it with new AC and Asphalt-Rubber Asphaltic Concrete Friction Course. Additional work includes replacing existing bridge rails with concrete bridge barrier; upgrading existing guardrail systems; replacing pavement markings, and other miscellaneous work. Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712- 7221. The cost is $89.00. Publish: DNS-April 23, 30, 2016, EVT-April 24, 2016 and May 1, 2016 / 17422201 ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2020 E. Carson Dr. Tempe, AZ 85282 6:00 p.m. at A public hearing will be held at this time to discuss the FY 2016-17 Title VII Indian Education Act, Grant application for supplemental academic services for identified Title VII Native American students in the Tempe Elementary School District #3. Please call 480730-7221 for more information. Publish: EVT-April 24, 2016; DNS-April 26, 27, 28, 2016 / 17422521
SERVICE OR RETAIL SERVICES IN MEMORIAL UNION ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Arizona State University is requesting sealed proposals from qualified experienced firms or individuals, for RFP # 261605, Service or Retail Services in the Memorial Union. Proposals will be accepted in the Office of Purchasing and Business Services, University Services Building, Arizona State University, PO Box 875212, 1551 S. Rural Road, Tempe, Arizona 85287-5212 until 3:00 PM, MST, 5/11/16. Proposal package is available at: www.asu.edu/purchasing/bids A pre-proposal conference will be held at 9:00 A.M., MST, 4/26/16 in space #79, currently Serenity Salon, located in the lower level of the Memorial Union, physically located at 301 E. Orange Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281. Publish: DNS-April 22, 2016; EVT-April 24, 2016 / 17423302 LEGAL AD The Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES), Division of Employment and Rehabilitation Services (DERS), is soliciting competitive sealed proposals for the following requirement, Jobs Program Employment Services, for the purpose of providing case management and employment services of the Jobs Program. A Pre-Offer Conference will be held on Monday, May 2nd 10:00 am, located at Arizona Department of Transportation, Auditorium, 206 South 17th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85007 as indicated in the Request for Proposal (RFP). Due to changes in the submission requirements for Vendors, attendance is strongly encouraged. You may obtain a copy of solicitation ADES16-00006302 (RFP) at https://www.procureaz.gov. Proposal are due electronically through ProcureAZ on or before May 24th, 2016 at 3:00 pm MST. Please submit all questions pertaining to this solicitation through ProcureAZ via the Q&A tab. Publish: DNS-April 23, 2016; EVT-April 24, 2016 / 17423520
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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BID OPENING: FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.)
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TRACS NO 264 AP 441 H824601C PROJ NO HSIP-STP- 264-A(211)T TERMINI TUBA CITY - WINDOW ROCK HIGHWAY (SR 264) LOCATION BURNSIDE - FISH WASH The amount programmed for this contract is $22,000,000.00. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:
BID OPENING: FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016, AT 11:00 A.M. (M.S.T.) TRACS NO PROJ NO TERMINI LOCATION
040 MO 010 H863401C BR-040-A(218)T TOPOCK-KINGMAN HIGHWAY (I-40) STR. # 1587, 1589, 1590, 1591 & 1310 BOULDER WASH TO ILLAVAR WASH EB BRIDGES
The amount programmed for this contract is $6,000,000. The location and description of the proposed work are as follows:
The proposed pavement rehabilitation, widening and bridge replacement work is located in Apache County on SR 264 within Navajo Nation in Ganado area. The project begins at MP 441.19 and ends at MP 450.02. The work includes overlaying the existing pavement with asphaltic concrete, shoulder widening with asphaltic concrete over aggregate base, placing AR-ACFC and construction of new Fish Wash Bridge to replace the existing bridge. The work also includes construction of guardrail, installation of new pipes, extension of the existing pipes, installation of barbed wire fence and cattle guards, pavement markings, and other related work.
The proposed work is located in Mohave County on Interstate 40. The project begins at milepost 10.68 and extends to milepost 19.03. The work consists of bridge deck and bridge barrier rehabilitation, roadway pavement reconstruction, median detour crossover construction, installation of storm drain pipe and other related work.
Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712- 7221. The cost is $160.
Project plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets, as electronic files, are available free of charge from the Contracts and Specifications website, or they may be purchased in paper format at 1651 W. Jackson, Room 121F, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3217, (602) 712- 7221. The cost is $64.
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