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Classroom spending up in most EV districts BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services AND PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

lassroom spending per pupil in most East Valley school districts last school year exceeded both the averages for districts their size and the state as a whole, according to the Arizona Auditor General. The AG’s latest annual report also shows that most East Valley districts’ per-pupil spending in administration costs last year was well below the same averages. But there were exceptions in the region, according to the AG’s report: When it came to per-pupil spending, Higley’s $3,865 was below both the aver-

age $4,035 spent by districts its size and the statewide average of $4,377. Per-pupil administrative costs in both Tempe Elementary and Tempe Union High School districts were higher than the averages for districts their size and all school districts combined. On the other hand, the average per-pupil spending on instruction by both Tempe Elementary and Tempe Union exceeded the averages for districts their size as well as the state. Tempe Elementary’s per-pupil cost of administration was $901 – topping both the $844 state average and the $763 average spent by similarly sized districts. Tempe Elementary’s per-pupil expenditure for instruction was the highest among all East Valley districts at $4,700.

Legislators question private projects built at ASU BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

wo developments on Arizona State University property have drawn the ire of some legislators after the university initially failed to report the projects to them. The projects – the 266-unit Mirabella senior living facility and an Omni hotel and convention center – are planned to be built on ASU property at the corner of Mill Avenue and University Drive in Tempe. ASU presented the projects to the Joint Committee on Capital Review at a meeting on Dec. 17, 2017, though some legislators questioned why the presentation had not occurred sooner. Under a law passed in 2006, certain privately funded projects on university land must be brought before the committee for review, according to a report prepared for the JCCR. ASU previously had argued that Mira-

bella did not qualify for review under this statute because a 2007 law revised the rules to stipulate that projects not serving a university population are not subject to review. However, A.R.S. § 15-1682.02 states, in part, that for projects serving a non-university population, the uniSee

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The Mirabella facility will consist of a 20-story north tower and a 13-story south tower and feature a lecture hall and 10,000-squarefoot multipurpose room.

It also topped all districts in the region for the total cost of educating one student – $11,299. That includes all expenditures, from transportation to maintenance. Tempe Union’s administrative costs per pupil of $898 were higher than the average $796 spent by districts its size and above the statewide average. But its perpupil spending on instruction per pupil of $4,338 beat the average $4,035 spent by districts its size and the statewide average. Asked about the district’s per-pupil administrative costs, Tempe Union spokeswoman Jennifer Liewer said: “There are many factors that go into calculating administrative averages. TUHSD actually has less administrators per student See

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Gilbert Rep. Travis Grantham says traffic cameras pose constitutional problems and serve solely as a revenue generator.

Gilbert legislator seeks ban of enforcement cameras BY NICOLE GUTIERREZ Cronkite News

Gilbert lawmaker wants to ban photo-enforcement cameras across the state, saying they generate money for the company that makes them and cities that use them but do little to keep the streets safe. “It’s actually been shown in many areas to cause more accidents than it prevents,” Rep. Travis Grantham said. “It’s turned into a massive revenue-generating tool … which is why towns like Paradise Valley are so interested in keeping photo radar.” The Republican legislator first proposed House Bill 2208 in 2016 because he said photo-enforcement cameras not only make traffic less safe, they pose constitutional problems and serve solely as a revenue generator. “They’re not only affecting the citizens of their town, they’re affecting everyone that has to go through their town to go from Point A to Point B,” Grantham said. At least one Valley police department, however, considers the cameras a means of increasing police presence on the streets. “Photo enforcement can take the place of several officers,” said Lt. Michael P. Cole, a Paradise Valley Police Depart-

ment spokesman. “And it’s a very costeffective tool to reduce speeds and increase traffic safety while not having to add more officers. That can be more expensive to taxpayers and the residents.” The cameras help slow drivers and prevent accidents, he said. “With the population increase, the distraction increases in town,” Cole said. “We had 208 accidents compared to 400 (accidents) 30 years ago. After we put those speed signs up, our traffic citations went down 40 to 60 percent in those locations. For us, that’s a win. For us, it’s all about behavior modification. Slowing drivers down.” Similar bills to ban cameras in Arizona cities have been unsuccessful. But Grantham said these cameras don’t serve their purpose. “Any time you privatize law enforcement, you’re really sensitizing bad behavior,” he said. “What you basically have right now is having private industry profiting off of their ability of issuing more and more tickets.” The bill has passed some House committees but has not made it to the Senate. “This legislation comes up every year,” Cole said, “so it’s not a new thing for us. What we really want to get across is, for us this is about traffic safety, it’s not about revenue.”

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Cubs’ PA announcer is voice of Cactus League BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

undreds of thousands of baseball fans have heard Tim Sheridan’s smooth but commanding voice during Chicago Cubs home games at Hohokam Stadium and Sloan Park in Mesa, but very few people would recognize him if he walked past them. Even fans who may have engaged in a casual conversation with Sheridan at the Mesa Historical Museum, or the Cactus League Experience exhibit in Scottsdale, might not recognize his voice. That’s because Sheridan, 56, of Mesa, reserves his “PA voice,” or public-address voice, for games and does not use it otherwise. It’s a style Sheridan has honed during his 35 years as the Cubs’ public-address announcer, making him a Cactus League staple as much as beer vendors and the grass berms beyond the outfield walls where fans lounge in the sun. “I am so entrenched in spring training here,” Sheridan said. “It’s probably better than I would have imagined. Being in this niche of the Cubs world has been fascinating and fun.” One of Sheridan’s biggest thrills was when he was the first to make a historic introduction at the Cubs’ first Cactus League home game last year. “I got to announce, ‘the World Champion Chicago Cubs.’ I wasn’t sure I’d ever get to say that,” he said, noting how the Cubs had ended their 108-year championship drought by capturing the 2016 World Series in a breathtaking victory over the Cleveland Indians. Sheridan’s impact on the Cactus League goes well beyond his PA duties. He serves as executive director of the Mesa Historical Museum, filling in after the departure of Lisa Anderson. The museum’s most high-profile exhibit for the past 10 years has been the Arizona Spring Training Experience and Hall of Fame. Someday, Sheridan hopes the exhibit spins off into a museum of his own, as originally conceived by the late Robert Brinton, a former Cactus League president. Sheridan envisions a mobile museum that would travel throughout the state, telling the baseball story of various Cactus League cities, including those no longer in the league, such as Tucson, Yuma and Casa Grande. A smaller exhibit is currently on display at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library. Like most public-address announcers, Sheridan knows the players are the center

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ABOVE: Tim Sheridan has been the Cubs’ spring training public-address announcer for 35 years. LEFT: Tim Sheridan used to hand legendary Cubs TV announcer Harry Caray his PA microphone to sing his signature rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

of attention, not him. His goal is to give the fans the information they need, such as announcing the lineups, the names of each batter as he steps to the plate, the names of relief pitchers and the names of the base coaches. It’s the advice the Mesa Hohokams imparted to Sheridan when he and other students raised their hands when the civic organization, which sponsors the Cubs every year, asked for volunteers to serve as a PA announcer in 1984. “Just blend in, give them the information, don’t go crazy,” Sheridan said. “When I first started here, I never dreamed I would be here 35 years later.” He uses a clear, unobtrusive style, an intentionally slower cadence to allow for applause, repeating the player’s name twice so that fans keeping score can write it down. He even tries to engender respect for the umpires, a hard job in baseball, by referring to them with a title such as Mr. Jeff Nelson, the home plate umpire in a recent game against the Oakland Athletics. “I have had people tell me, ‘When I hear your voice, I know it’s spring training.’ It’s the familiarity thing that people like,” Sheridan said. Maybe that’s why public-address announcers tend to have long careers in the major leagues. These men seem to become the voice of a stadium, such as the late New York Yankees public-address an-

nouncer Bob Sheppard, who announced at Yankee Stadium from 1951-2007 with a formal voice using perfect diction. Sheppard was called “The Voice of God” by Hall of Fame outfielder Reggie Jackson, known for slugging homers for the Yankees and Oakland Athletics. Boston Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski also respected Sheppard, saying, “You’re not in the big leagues until Bob Sheppard announces your name.” Sheridan said he uses a monotone voice when announcing the names of the Cubs opponents. “Obviously, we give a little more juice for the Cubs. They’re the home team,” Sheridan said. “Certain names, you give a little more emphasis because you know the fans are excited.” Alliteration also helps, Sheridan said. He quickly pronounces one of his favorites, former Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa, emphasizing it with two long versions of the letter S. Although Sheridan’s purpose at the ballpark remains the same, the trappings could not be more different. He went from Hohokam Park, where the press sat side by side in one long row, to the more modern Hohokam Stadium in 1997 to the ultra-modern Sloan Park in 2014. At the original Hohokam, he would sit between two legendary announcers with See

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than our peer districts and the state average. We do have very seasoned administrators in our district and not a lot of turnover. Each of our schools has a principal and three assistant principals, and these staff are critical to the safety and learning of our students.” Higley Superintendent Mark Thomason said, "All districts are not funded the same" and that Higley "is above both its peers and the state average in putting dollars into instruction." Christine Medrano, manager of the AG’s school audit division said her office’s report is based on “district-reported accounting data.” “To help ensure that information used in the report was complete and reasonable, we performed certain quality control procedures, such as year-to-year comparisons of district-reported data and interviews with school district officials about anomalies and variances,” she said. A large infusion of new cash resulted in the first increase in years in the percentage of dollars that schools are putting into the classroom. The AG reported that 53.8 cents of every dollar spent this past school year went to instruction statewide. That largely includes salaries and benefits for teachers and aides as well as instructional supplies. That compares with 53.5 cents for the prior year. It is also the first increase in 13 years. But Auditor General Debra Davenport said the instructional share is still 4.8 percent below the high point in 2004. And even after adjusting for inflation, total per-pupil spending is $146 less now than it was in 2004. The infusion of some additional dollars is reflected in average per-pupil instructional spending across the East Valley. The difference in instructional spending per pupil between the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years was particularly dramatic in Higley, where it increased by nearly $700, and Kyrene, where it rose by almost $500. Mesa Public Schools had the lowest year-over-year increase – $10. In terms of all spending, the per-pupil cost of public education in the East Valley in the last school year ranged from $8,363 in Gilbert Public Schools to $11,299 in far smaller Tempe Elementary. What’s fueling this year’s bump is an additional nearly $341.8 million put into public schools, largely because of

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Per-pupil education costs in the East Valley This table for the 2016-17 school year includes per-pupil figures from the state Auditor General’s annual report on school spending in Arizona. The statewide average per-pupil administrative cost was $844 and the average per-pupil spending for instruction statewide was $4,377. The average per-pupil cost of all district spending statewide was $9,653 in the last school year.

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Chandler $597 $4,402 $9,978 Gilbert $628 $4,465 $8,363 Higley $664 $3,865 $8,654 Kyrene $586 $4,944 $9,373 Mesa $682 $4,535 $9,199 Queen Creek $744 $4,054 $9,450 Tempe Elementary $901 $4,700 $11,299 Tempe Union $898 $4,338 $9,132 10.4 percent into the category that includes superHere is the change in per-pupil classroom spending beintendents, tween the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years in East Valprincipals, busiley districts, according to the state Auditor General. ness managers, clerical staff, DISTRICT w a re h o u s ing, Chandler $36 printing and Gilbert $330 human resourc Higley $669 es. That com Kyrene $435 pares with 11.2 Mesa $10 percent nation Queen Creek $786 ally. Tempe Elementary $123 Overall, the Tempe Union $250 study finds that Arizona spends far less on its students than the national voter approval in 2016 of Prop 123. Most of that cash came from the state average – $8,141 in operational costs land trust, proceeds from the sale and versus $11,454. That correlates with contentions by lease of state lands that already were being held in reserve for schools. Of that school officials that at least part of the total, Davenport reported, more than reason they spend less on instruction is that there are other fixed costs over $200 million went into instruction. Still, Arizona remains below the na- which they have little control. It also plugs in to the argument that tional average of 60.7 cents of every dollar going into instruction. But Dav- schools are having to divert the limited enport said there are some reasons for state dollars they get to capital needs, including computers, books and buses – that. On one hand, she said the additional money that could otherwise be used in dollars allowed school district aver- the classroom. That is at the heart of a lawsuit pendage pay to increase by 4.3 percent, to $48,372. But even with that increase, ing in Maricopa County Superior Court Davenport said, salaries here are about accusing the governor and lawmakers of failing to live up to their constitutional 17 percent below the national average. The report also says the state spends obligation to provide dollars for those less than average on instruction simply costs. Plaintiffs in that lawsuit, includby putting more students into class- ing some school districts and education rooms. The average class size in Arizona groups, contend the shortfall is in the neighborhood of $300 million a year. is 18.6; the figure is 16 nationally. In January, Gov. Doug Ducey anBut Davenport said the lower-thanaverage percentage of each dollar spent nounced a plan to eventually restore full in the classroom cannot be blamed on funding for the “district additional assistance” account – the one that funds administrative costs. Arizona schools put an average of textbooks, computers, school buses and

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some capital needs – to bring it back to the $371 million it should be, according to state law. But to date, the Legislature has not acted on that proposal and the judge just last month refused to dismiss the case. Medrano said the fact that Arizona spends about $3,300 per pupil less than the national average on public education can be considered one factor why the percentage spent in the classroom lags other states. But she said it’s not that simple. Take the cost of utilities. “I do agree that they may not have a say in what rate they’re going to be charged,” Medrano said. “But they can do things ... for example, with energy conservation, to control the amount of energy that they use.” And Medrano noted that the report contains numerous examples of efficient districts, with some of them having classroom spending percentage close to or even exceeding the national average. What is clear is that there are wide variations between efficient and inefficient school districts. And the report says there are some common threads among both categories. “For example, more efficient districts monitored performance measures, used staffing formulas, had energy conservation plans, maximized the use of free federal food commodities, limited waste by closely monitoring meal production, and adjusted bus routes to ensure that buses were filled to at least 75 percent capacity,” the report says. “In contrast, less-efficient districts had costly benefit packages and higher noninstructional staffing levels, operated schools far below designed capacity, did not monitor energy consumption, had poorly written vendor contracts and paid bus drivers for time spent not working,” it added.

NEWS 7 lion and is a joint venture between Pacific Retirement Services and University Realty LLC, a subsidiary of the nonprofit ASU Enterprise Partners. In December, the Tempe City Council approved a measure to allow the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Tempe to issue revenue bonds in an amount not to exceed $260 million and loan the proceeds to Mirabella to finance the development. The city is not obligated to make bond payments, according to Tempe City Council documents. An agreement between ASU and Mirabella calls for the parties to agree to a 99-year ground lease with Mira(Special to the Tribune) bella, paying an upfront Mirabella at ASU will be at University Drive and Mill Avenue. There are approximately 100 similar university-based re- rent payment of $7 miltirement communities throughout the U.S., including communities at Duke, Stanford, Dartmouth, Penn State and the lion to ASU. University of Texas at Austin. The Omni hotel and conference center will be adjacent fully occupied. them. “I’ve got serious reservations about our Farley also noted that commercial devel- to Mirabella and feature 330 rooms and universities getting into the commercial opment is one of the tools the universities a 30,000-square-foot conference center. real estate business, particularly when it have to generate revenue to offset state Omni Hotels will fund the construction of the $110 million hotel portion of the comes at the expense of taxpayers who are funding cuts. forced to make up the revenue for K-12 “All of us have a certain amount of dis- development. ASU will pay $19.5 million education that these businesses would be comfort with this type of a system, but for the construction of the conference paying if they weren’t operating on public until we further fund the university sys- center. The agreement between ASU and Omni land,” Rep. Vince Leach, R-SaddleBrooke, tem, we cannot deny them every tool at said via email. their disposable to try to survive,” Farley calls for a 60-year ground lease as part of the deal, and Omni will pay the univerAt the meeting, Leach suggested that said. legislators who support these types of He added, “I would prefer to fund (uni- sity an upfront ground lease payment of projects should put a bill before the Leg- versities) through traditional means, but $5.9 million. Omni also is responsible for all operatislature expressly allowing universities to until we provide them with that fundpursue them. ing ,we can’t deny them oxygen and then ing and capital maintenance costs and will be entitled to all revenue generated from However, Sen. Steve Farley, D-Tucson, deny them an oxygen mask. defended ASU’s ability to participate in The Mirabella facility will consist of the development. The agreement also these types of commercial developments, a 20-story north tower and a 13-story gives ASU the right to use the conference noting that the very statute that gives the south tower and feature a lecture hall and center. JCCR its power to review these projects 10,000-square-foot multipurpose room. – Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or also gives universities the power to pursue The project is expected to cost $270 mil- wschutsky@timespublications.com.

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versity must still prepare a report on the projects for JCCR at least two months before the anticipated execution of an agreement. “Reporting requirement under the statute does essentially say, as legislative council has said, that this does require a report,” Joint Legislative Budget Committee senior fiscal analyst Matt Beienburg said at the meeting. “This is not something that ASU proactively reached out to us about at the time.” Both projects were initially approved by the Arizona Board of Regents in 2016, and the Mirabella project broke ground in February. Pacific Retirement Services, the company behind Mirabella, has already secured $1,000 deposits on 230 of the property’s 266 units. About 170 of those individuals also have made 10 percent down payments, Olson said at the meeting. “I would caution (other members of the committee) that just because they’ve already started doesn’t mean that we can’t ask questions or possibly provide an unfavorable review,” Rep. Mark Cardenas, DPhoenix, said at the meeting. Ultimately, the committee did not provide any negative recommendations for the project, though it did stipulate that this review did not amount to a review of a parking garage that ASU plans to build adjacent to the other developments. The university will be required to submit to a separate review for that project, which the university plans to fund through $30 million in system revenue bonds. During the meeting, legislators also raised questions about whether ASU should be permitted to build the projects at all, and several were concerned about the effect that the property tax exemption would have on local schools. Because they are built on university property, neither project will be subject to property tax. Omni will pay ASU $1.1 million annually in lieu of property taxes. Mirabella will make a similar payment that could be valued at up to $600,000 annually when the facility is

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Harry Caray on one side and Ron Santo, the Hall of Fame Cubs third baseman, on the other. He would be entertained by endless wisecracks off the air and fans handing Caray beers over the rail. He would hand the magnetic Caray his PA microphone to sing his signature rendi-

tion of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Sheridan bought a cassette deck and would play music over the PA, a far cry from Sloan’s modern sound system “I miss the camaraderie of being next to the WGN guys,” Sheridan said. “I would introduce (Caray) and he would sing over the PA microphone.” He said he respected Caray’s relationship with the fans and his love of the

game. “He would stay after the game and sign until everyone got an autograph.” Today, Sheridan sits in a glassed-in booth with a far better sound system. He no longer hears the baseball play-by-play announcers, who sit in their own booth. Sloan’s facilities are all state of the art. Still, something is missing from the old days when the wind or rain would

sweep through the press box at the old Hohokam or the scoreboard would suddenly go blank. “I think we’ve lost a little bit of the intimacy,” Sheridan said. “It’s nowhere near as intimate as it used to be.” – Reach Jim Walsh at 480-898-5639 or at jwalsh@timespublications.com.

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Mesa gives ASU new deal for school in downtown BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

ver a year after voters rejected a sales tax increase to bring ASU to downtown Mesa, the city council has approved a new plan to do just that – albeit with a smaller footprint and no new taxes. Phase one of the new plan will see the city of Mesa fund the design and construction of a 100,000- to 125,000-squarefoot building for ASU near City Hall on Centennial Way between Main and First Streets. The city is also responsible for infrastructure improvements and other accommodations for students, including a public park space. “We can’t just do a building and a parking lot. We have to make it an attractive place for college students,” Mesa Mayor John Giles said. ASU will sign a 99-year lease for the building and pay Mesa $100,000 per year in rent, a figure that drew measured criticism from downtown’s existing higher education tenant Benedictine University. Benedictine was initially slated to pay the city $533,333 in rent this year, though that number dropped to $283,333 after the city council approved an amendment last year that provided a $250,000 annual rent abatement over the next six years. “Benedictine University supports the growth of higher education in Mesa, but if in fact ASU is afforded a discounted lease, we humbly request renegotiating our lease for parity with what ASU might enjoy with the city,” said Paula Norby, dean at Benedictine University’s Mesa campus. The City Council approved the agreement by a vote of 5-2 at its meeting on Feb. 26. Councilmen Kevin Thompson and Jeremy Whittaker cast the two dissenting votes. The meeting drew over 20 public comments, with over half in support of the project. Several local business owners, including Craig Lohman of Lohman Company and Sean Huntington of Mezona Market, spoke in favor of the project. “I believe this opportunity we have to bring ASU downtown will be a huge win for Mesa,” said Huntington, adding that one of his biggest challenges is finding local talent. State Sen. Bob Worsley and Phoenix developer Tim Sprague also spoke on in favor of bringing ASU to Mesa. Both men are involved in groups that have made sig-

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Mesa City Council hopes its plans with ASU will breathe more life into downtown, The university will be investing millions in the hopes of attracting students from around the world.

nificant investments in buildings in land in downtown Mesa over the past year. Worsley, who said his group has invested over $20 million downtown, said, “We are putting our money where our mouth is. We are ready for what is happening in downtown.” At the meeting, both Thompson and Whittaker echoed the sentiments of several members of the public who were against the ASU project in emphasizing that Mesa voters voted down the chance to bring ASU to downtown Mesa in 2016. “If this is something we truly want, then it should go back out to the voters for their approval,” Thompson said. Thompson added that the money could be better spent bringing a fire station to the Eastmark neighborhood or a library to his district in southeast Mesa, a point first brought up at the council meeting by Mesa resident Patrick Key. Giles emphasized that this proposal differs from the 2016 one in that it will not feature a tax increase and will be funded using utility revenues set aside in the budget for business attraction. Mesa is the largest city in the country with no primary property tax, and it relies on revenues from utilities – which the city owns – to pay for municipal services. “Every year, we set aside a few million dollars to attract businesses and attract growth to the city so we can continue to grow our utility revenues,” Giles said. The city currently commits $5 million to $6 million to the fund per year. At the Mesa City Council meeting, Giles said he would not be interested in the project if it required a utility rate increase.

It is the same revenue source the city drew from for development of the Benedictine University facility, Giles said. Giles added, “I can’t think of a better target than ASU to attract to our downtown that is going to spin off more businesses, attract more businesses, and be the tipping point that is going to bring people and utility customers to downtown.” Mesa’s total cost burden for ASU’s building is still unclear, though Whittaker referenced an unofficial figure of $75 million at the city council meeting on Feb. 26. The city and university will collaborate on the budget and master plan. The previous plans for an ASU campus in downtown Mesa from 2016 carried a price tag of $102 million, but the new facility is roughly half the size of the old project. Despite the fate of the plan nixed by voters in 2016 and the criticism at the council meeting, Giles is confident that he has the community’s support for the project. Mesa is hoping to replicate the success Phoenix had when it invested in ASU’s downtown campus. That campus is considered a major contributor to the increased private investment the city’s downtown has seen over the past decade. “What we saw in downtown Phoenix was transformative,” said Sprague, who developed the Portland on the Park apartment complex in downtown Phoenix. The new facility is slated to house a new program from ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts that would focus on designing experiences by merging film disciplines with other media like video games and virtual reality in order to attract more students from the U.S. and around

the world. “We are trying to fuse a number of different technologies and disciplines within our film and television program and take it to the next level,” said Rick Naimark, associate vice president for program development planning at ASU. For its part, ASU will be responsible for the operations and maintenance costs associated with the facilities, estimated at $1.3 million annually. The university will also pay approximately $10 million to provide the furniture, fixtures and other equipment needed to outfit the building, according to the intergovernmental agreement between the city and ASU. The agreement also requires the university to bring 40 faculty and 750 students to the campus within five years. ASU will also provide security for the building. “The biggest cost is actual delivery of the program with faculty and staff,” Naimark said. The city approached ASU with the idea for the campus and was motivated by the potential economic impact the university’s presence could have on the area. The downtown segment of the light rail opened shortly after Giles came into office and he felt pressure to make the city’s investment in public transit pay off. “I remember thinking I have to go out and tell people that this was worth it,” he said. Giles acknowledged that downtown has made some strides in recent years following the recession, but his ultimate plan to revitalize downtown centers on the development of an Innovation District – a term coined by Washington, D.C. think tank the Brookings Institution – with a highereducation anchor that would promote further private investment. The city does not have current economic impact estimates for the new project, but Giles points to a study from 2016 as a barometer for what ASU could bring to Mesa. At the time, an economist hired by the city estimated that the economic impact of the ASU campus would have been $5 billion over 10 years, Giles said. Because the footprint of this campus is roughly half that of the 2016 project, Giles said that he “errors on the side of being conservative” and estimated the impact at $1 billion. In addition to economic impact, Mesa is actively seeking to bring more highereducation opportunities to its residents. – Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or wschutsky@timespublications.com.

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THE WEEK AHEAD City of Mesa to start charging fee on credit/debit cards Beginning Monday, March 12, the city of Mesa will start charging a service fee of 2.37 percent for customers paying with a credit card or debit card for certain city services, including utility bills. The city does not receive any part of the service fee. Customers who use a credit card or debit card can avoid the charge by switching to a checking or savings account. Go to secure.mesaaz.gov/custserv/surepay.aspx. The city accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover from customers who choose to continue using a credit card or debit card. The city no longer will accept American Express. – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Senior Expo will help connect residents toChandler services, recreation is hosting the 27th Annual Senior Expo from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, March 14, at the Chandler Community Center, 125 E. Commonwealth Ave. The event will help connect residents with information about health care, municipal services, recreation, technology and entertainment. The event will feature giveaways and free health screenings, including blood pressure checks, cholesterol and glucose tests. They are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The Senior Expo is open to the public and admission is free. Information: 480-782-2720, chandleraz.gov/seniorexpo. – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Gilbert to host public hearing about Annual Action Plan The Town of Gilbert will host a public hearing 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, for Gilbert’s 2018 fourth-year Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan. The hearing is at the Gilbert Civic Center, 50 E. Civic Center Drive. The plan provides an assessment of the community needs, goals and priorities on affordable housing, human services, community development and other programs designed to improve the quality of life for low- and moderate-income Gilbert residents. Public hearings are available to allow public comment and feedback of the proposed CDBG goals, projects and activities. The 30-day public comment period ends March 30, 2018. To review a draft of the plan, go to gilbertaz.gov/ housing. – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Spring Dance Camp offered atKaleidoscope Mesa’sDance Kaleidoscope Dance in Mesa will offer a Spring Dance Camp for boys and girls, ages 7 to 12, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, March 13-15 at 2848 S. Carriage Lane. Children will be taught hip-hop, Latin dancing, jazz, swing, line dances, party dances and more. Classes are taught by certified dance instructors and are designed for the beginner level with challenges added for the more experienced dancers. Cost is $35 per child, per day; $95 for all three days. Healthy snacks will be provided. Advanced registration is required. Information and registration: 480-692-0332, kaleidoscope-dance.com – TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

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Parents, advocates rally after Queen Creek High suicides

on school grounds, but some were outside to show their support. They planned to take signs from the demonstration to hang in the school halls. “We’re a family. It’s a good school and we come together in times of need,” senior Autumn Bourque said. “And everyone is bonding together: the administration, the teachers, the students. It’s all one united force.” She had advice for fellow teens who may be going through a hard time. “You’re loved and you matter. We want you here. If you ever need help, me, myself and a couple other people who are out here, are more than willing to talk and support you,” Bourque pledged. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.

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suicide prevention group rallied recently in front of Queen Creek High School to show support for students, who have lost five classmates to suicide since May. The fifth death was reported the first week of March. The event was hosted by Project Connect Four, created by mothers in the Valley concerned about rising suicide rates at high schools. “We came out here … to show these kids that there are people out here who care about them and what’s happening,” said Christina Nguyen, president of Project Connect Four. Suicides among teens and young adults have risen by about 3 percent since 2000, according to the American Society for Suicide Prevention. More than 2,000 teenagers ages 15 to 19 committed suicide in 2015, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Before dawn Friday, about 100 people gathered in front of Queen Creek High, holding signs with positive messages. Their goal, Nguyen said, was to show stu-

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A member of Project Connect Four waves a sign toward oncoming drivers outside Queen Creek High School.

dents that even if they don’t think they matter, they do. The group stood along the street to make sure all the students would see the signs as they arrived to class. Elisa Bertram, the grandmother of a

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Queen Creek student, said it was important for adults to show their support. “If we all stay together,” she said, “maybe we can make this never happen again.” Students weren’t allowed to demonstrate

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Ritzy trailers bring ‘glamping’ to Queen Creek BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

nown primarily for peaches, hayrides and fresh produce, Queen Creek’s Schnepf Farms is now branching out with the town’s first overnight accommodations. The new offering is called The Cozy Peach – a reference to the farm’s status as the largest peach grower in Arizona – and features eight vintage trailers guests can rent from Wednesday through Sunday beginning on March 15. As the first overnight accommodations in Queen Creek, The Cozy Peach will be the first business to contribute lodging tax, also called bed tax, to the town. Queen Creek first adopted a bed tax during farm owner Mark Schnepf ’s tenure as mayor. “Back in the 1990s when I was mayor, we knew there would be a day when hotels and accommodations would come to Queen Creek, though we thought it would be sooner,” he said. He added, “I am happy to pay the bed tax, and I am hopeful that the town will take that (money) and future bed tax collections to promote tourism in Queen Creek.” Schnepf said the farm receives over 250,000 visitors a year, most of whom come from out of town.

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Falcon Field invites residents to Open House planning meeting

Planning for Falcon Fields 2018 Open House has begun, and the airport is inviting tenants and Mesa residents to a meeting 1:302:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15, at the Civil Air Patrol Building at the airport, 4730 E. Falcon Drive. Event plans and logistics, event improvements and more issues will be discussed. The open house is scheduled 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 24.

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The Cozy Peach at Schnepf Farms features eight vintage Airstream trailers that have been renovated over the last year and a half.

“We were working on a concept for a hotel on the farm for several years but couldn’t put it together,” Schnepf said. He said that his wife, Carrie, came up with the idea to go in the direction of “glamping,” a relatively new branch of hospitality that combines camping with resort-style amenities. The trailers include Airstreams, Spartans and Silver Streaks from the 1940s through 1970s on the 300-acre Schnepf Farm site. The couple bought the first trailer over a year ago and has spent the intervening months renovating them with a licensed contractor they have on staff. “Some of them were pretty rough (when we bought them),” Mark Schnepf said. Though no one will confuse The Cozy Peach for a Hilton or Marriott, the

Schnepfs spent considerable time and money turning the vintage trailers into high-end accommodations. They feature flat-screen televisions and plush bedding and also include private bonfires and barbecues. Each trailer cost

Cox Communications and Valley Metro to provide 70 free computers and Cox internet service to families. Families at Holmes and Lincoln elementary schools were the beneficiaries. In total, families in the Mesa Public Schools have received over 140 computers and Cox internet services through the partnership.

state-of-the-art sewing machines and a photo/ video studio that includes a green screen, a Canon digital camera and an iMac with video and audio editing software installed. THINKspot will offer free online and hands-on training for all the equipment, which will be available for anyone 12 years and older to use. For a listing of trainings and programs offered, visit mesalibrary.org/ THINKspot.

Mesa Library THINKspot opens as home for projects, sharing

THINKspot, a high-tech makerspace, is now open at the Mesa Main Library, 64 E. 1st St., in Mesa’s emerging Downtown Innovation District. THINKspot offers residents, entrepreneurs, educators and students tools to work on individual projects or collaboratively share their ideas. The new space includes two 3-D printers, a wood carving machine, a vinyl cutter, two

between $5,000 and $10,000 and a substantial investment was made to renovate them. The farm will offer “trailer service,” similar to a hotel’s room service, and have breakfast or lunch delivered right to their trailers. Guests will have the opportunity explore the farm on rentable Schwinn bicycles and pick fresh vegetables at the UPICK Organic Garden or order a picnic basket from the farm bakery. “It’s the perfect fit here on the farm,” Mark Schnepf said. – Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or wschutsky@timespublications.com.

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Each trailer at the Cozy Peach has its own private fenced front yard and patio, flat-screen televisions, microwave, plush bedding, robes, private bonfires and barbecue grills to share.

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Workshop will show participants how to harvest useful weeds

A workshop at Tempe Public Library will help gardeners identify edible and medicinal weeds that can be harvested. Peggy Sue Sorensen will lead a free discussion from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at the Library Meeting Room A, Tempe Pub-

lic Library, 3500 S. Rural Road. Sorensen is an herbalist, forager and gardener. She blogs about edible and medicinal plants of the Desert Southwest at thedesertkitchen.blogspot.com. Information: 480-350-5500.

Tempe Union High looking for bus drivers, trainees

Tempe Union High School District is hiring bus drivers, trainees and bus aides for full and part-time positions for morning routes, afternoon routes and field trips. Applicants must be at least 21 and have a clean driving record. Applications: tempeunion.org, click the “Work at TUHSD” link. Information: 480345-3781. See

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Have a thick accent? The Accent Expert can help BY SRIANTHI PERERA Tribune Staff Writer

arbara Taft has an unusual occupation. The Accent Expert, as she calls her Mesa-based business, helps people speak American English and lose an accent, which can block someone from achieving a promotion at work or cultivating friends. “Americans listen for certain things, and if you’re not doing those things, you don’t sound like an American and they have difficulty understanding,” Taft said. “That’s my job when I work on accent improvement.” Taft travels to people’s homes in the East Valley for individual or group lessons. She says she can help people lose heavy accents with about 12 hours of coaching. She said that Americans love accents as long as they can understand the speaker. “The minute they can’t, they get very upset,” she said. “Part of it is they feel guilty that they can’t understand you, and part of it is because they want to accuse you because you haven’t learned to speak the way they do.” Her task may sound daunting to some-

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Barbara Taft’s accent improvement classes are as much cultural assimilation as learning to speak like an American.

one unfamiliar with it. But there are proven methods to change the way someone speaks, as long as they practice it. It helps that Taft is well-traveled – in 59 countries to be exact – speaks eight languages and is familiar with the cultural heritage and linguistic roots of most continents. “I think a lot of other teachers aren’t

patient with them when they are foreignborn. They feel comfortable with me,” Taft said, “I know something about their countries and their cultures.” Taft’s teaching is personalized: after all, the Roman Catholic priest from Nigeria, Intel employees from Korea and China, the exchange student from Taiwan and the high school student from Bangladesh, all of whom are her current students, don’t speak the same way or have the same pronunciation issues. She teaches intonation, the five vowels that are pronounced in 15 different ways and students make lists of words which stretch each of the vowels and have difficult consonants. She differentiates the two “th” sounds, the r’s and the l’s, the “ch” and the “sh,” the p and the f and the v and the w. After word lists, they make sentences and paragraphs and then it proceeds to grammar. “It’s cultural assimilation as well as language. Probably one of the main reasons I love to do this is because I have friends from all over the world because I’ve traveled so much,” Taft said. “I was treated very well everywhere that I was. People wanted me to understand their world and

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Gilbert students learn about conservation at water festival BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

early 1,700 fourth-graders from Gilbert Public Schools flooded the grounds of the Gilbert Civic Center on March 7 and 8 to splash, pour and learn all about one of Arizona’s most important resources at the Gilbert Water Festival. The festival, in its seventh year, was designed by Arizona Project WET, a unit of the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, and groups of students traveled to different tents for different water conservation-themed lessons that aligned with the content they are learning in school. The four interactive stations were water conservation, watershed, groundwater and the water cycle, all of which Gilbert water conservation specialist Annikki Chamberlain said were extremely important lessons for the kids to learn at a young age. “Living in Arizona, already in an arid climate, our water resources come from a long way away, and these kids are going to be the future residents of Arizona, so

content, was foundational knowledge that may lead to further interest in science and technology, fields in which water is paramount. “They can actually see the way water works, and the volunteers are so passionate about the subject, so you can see how interested it makes the kids in turn, it makes (Eric Newman/Tribune Staff) a big difference in the Gilbert Public Schools learn about erosion at the Gilbert Water learning and absorption Festival on the grounds of the Gilbert Civic Center. of material,” she said. it’s really trying to ingrain that conservaMany of the volunteers were local extion culture as they grow up,” she said. perts, working in earth science and water Volunteers guided the kids through wa- conservation, and could effectively teach ter relay races, bracelet-making stations the students important lessons they could and model mountains to further under- not learn from just a textbook. stand the principles of erosion, among GPS Superintendent Shane McCord other exercises, in an active setting that said he hopes the festival’s style of interorganizers called crucial to creating a active learning is just the start of a trend group of kids that will grow up and be that sees more hands-on lessons, especonscious about water conservation. cially for younger students who are eager Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels said the to get out of the classroom whenever posfestival, along with the school-taught sible.

“Water conservation in our state is always something we’re concerned about. And having our students come out here, with a curriculum that aligns with the Arizona state standards and have a set of lessons that are hands-on and actually talk to individuals who have experience in that field,” he said. “It’s about the best type of education our students can get.” And, from all accounts, the teachers appreciate the lessons, too, as the children come back to the classroom reinvigorated and excited to continue learning lessons for days after the festival. “I think the teachers have a limited time and a lot of stuff that the kids need to learn,” Chamberlain said. “By doing it hands-on, during a short but intense field trip, it maximizes the limited time with the kids. And, since it’s fun, the kids will remember it, too.” If the hundreds of fourth-graders walk away with just one lesson, volunteer Kara Holyoak, a Gilbert resident, said she hopes the kids understand just how fortunate they are to have readily available water, despite such a dry climate, and how much effort it takes to make that possible.

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65 miles of Chandler streets to be repaved over summer

The rehabilitation of 65 lane miles of Chandler streets will occur over the next several months as part of an annual street repaving program. The repairs will occur along various sections of residential streets. The repaving project will begin in parts of north Chandler and will continue through early summer and involve removing the top 1.5 inches of old asphalt and replacing it with new pavement. A map showing specific locations can be found by clicking on the Road Construction & Street Closures link on the Transportation page of the city’s website, chandleraz.gov/ transportation. Information: 480-782-3500.

$11,000 literacy grant given to Chandler Public Library

The Chandler Public Library has received an $11,000 American Dream Literacy Initiative grant from the American Library Association and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.

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Mesquite High business teacher receives $85,000 classroom grant

Police department to recruit at Gilbert Farmers Market

The Gilbert Police Department will be at the Gilbert Farmers Market from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 17, to recruit for various job openings. Residents are encouraged to talk to representatives about jobs from officer to professional staff. The Gilbert Farmers Market is at 222 N. Ash St. Information: bit.ly/2sjkwRN.

Community feedback sought on new pedestrian bridge

Gilbert is planning to build a pedestrian bridge near north Neely Street and the Western Canal Trail. It will serve as one of the gateways to the Heritage District for residents who live west of the Union Pacific Railroad and a safe crossing over the railroad tracks for those biking, walking and riding the Western

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Canal Trail. The city is in the design phase for this project and is looking for community feedback regarding the three design concepts. Learn more and provide feedback about the bridge concepts at bit.ly/BridgePR113. Information: toby.crooks@gilbertaz.gov

Melody Fraser, a Gilbert Public Schools business teacher at Mesquite High, has received the first 21st Century Classroom Redesign Grant in the District, worth $85,000. The grant will be used to pay for the design and installation of a cutting-edge customized learning space including design, furniture, millwork, paint, flooring, LED lighting and new innovative classroom technology. The Gilbert Education Foundation offered the grant.

4 Highland High students picked to go overseas in program

Gilbert Sisters Cities has selected four Highland High School juniors to serve as 2018 Youth Ambassadors. They will be sent overseas as part of the program. This summer, Mackenzie Taylor and Emma Webster will spend two weeks in Leshan, Chi-

na, while Trey Lines and Nicole Schuermann will spend three weeks in Antrim-Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. Gilbert Sister Cities will begin accepting applications for 2019 in the fall; any junior living in Gilbert or attending a Gilbert or Higley school is welcome to apply. Information: gilbertsistercities.com.

Exchange Zones to provide safe space for transactions

Gilbert Leadership, a program of the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce Foundation, is constructing two Exchange Zones in Gilbert that will create an area for residents to exchange goods purchased online and for parents to conduct child custody exchanges in a well-lit environment and under the watchful eye of digital surveillance. The Exchange Zones are at the Town of Gilbert Police & Fire Headquarters at 75 E. Civic Center Drive and at the Gilbert Police San Tan Station at 4760 S. Greenfield Road. Both locations will be open to the public on April 8.

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EV eateries get exposure at Devour Culinary Classic the trip to Mesa to try Worth’s sandwiches at the restaurant in the future. everal East Valley restaurants and A few longtime Defood purveyors gained exposure to a vour participants also wider statewide audience when they hail from the East Valplied their wares at the Devour Culinary ley. The Dhaba, an Classic, the annual Arizona-centric food Indian restaurant in and drink gathering put on by the Local Tempe that serves auFirst Arizona non-profit group. thentic Punjab cuisine, The event, which took place on March has worked the event 3 and 4 at the Desert Botanical Garden for several years now in Phoenix, featured over 200 restaurants, and drew a long line breweries, wineries and other vendors of patrons shortly after dishing up small dishes and drinks from (Jennifer Lind Schutsky/Special to the Tribune) opening the booth. booths set up throughout the desert plant The Handlebar Diner from Eastmark dished up buttermilk-brined “It’s good, tasty and sanctuary. chicken wing with Alabama barbecue sauce and a sweet corn. flavorful,” Phoenix resiAttendees had the chance to enjoy the dent Nicole LaSlavic said of The Dhaba’s those potential new customers a butterscenery and temperatures that ranged chicken tikka masala. She added that after milk-brined chicken wing with Alabama from the mid-60s to mid-70s while tasttrying the restaurant at Devour, she would barbecue sauce and a sweet corn and green ing the best that the Arizona food scene consider making the drive to the restauchile fried ice cream. has to offer. He also used the opportunity to tout an- rant from her home in Central Phoenix. Handlebar Diner, the first major res“We’ve been participating because this is other food business coming to Eastmark, taurant to come to the Eastmark mastera signature event, and we are very active Steadfast Farms. The farm, which operates planned community in East Mesa, parin Local First Arizona,” The Dhaba owner out of Queen Creek, is opening an urban ticipated in the event for the first time this Raveen Arora said. farm location next door to Handlebar year. The restaurant opened in April 2017 Fellow Tempe restaurant Cafe Lalibela Diner and provided the pickled vegetables and operates out of a vintage 10-seat dinis another longtime Devour participant. served alongside the chicken wings. er that developer DMB purchased from The restaurant serves traditional Ethiopian The west side of Mesa was also repreLoveland, Colorado, through a Craigslist cuisine and offered guests a spicy beef stew sented at Devour by Worth Takeaway, a post. called key sega wat and a red lentil stew sandwich shop located downtown. The Attracting diners outside Eastmark can called misir wat. The dish also featured restaurant, which dishes out high-end be difficult because “it’s a 45-minute drive the restaurant’s popular injera bread, light sandwiches made with locally sourced in(from Phoenix)” and Devour gave the resbrown crepe-like bread made from a nagredients, served up a Cuban sandwich, taurant the chance to reach more people tive Ethiopian grain. banana pudding and a pineapple-jalapeño in the greater Phoenix market, Chef Adam “Many people can come to (Devour) soda. Allison said. and try your food for the first time,” genThe event was a way to reach customers Allison, whose booth was set up right eral manager Anibal Abayneh said. outside Mesa, co-owner Jim Bob said. near the VIP entrance to the event, served The restaurant has gained a large follow“We try to be really strategic about how ing throughout the Valley and it recently we put our name out struck a deal with Whole Foods to have there,” Bob said, not- the grocery chain carry its food in the hot ing that they don’t have bars at local locations. Beyond the traditional restaurants, Dea sign up outside their vour also included other food businesses storefront. The approach seemed from the East Valley. Doc’s Artisan Ice Cream, which has to be working. “This is my first time participated in the event for the past five (trying Worth Take- years, sells its desserts from its storefront away) and it’s fantas- in Tempe at Priest Drive and Warner Road tic,” Chandler resident and has gained a large following over the Becky Herbst said. She years. “Lots of our business comes from doing said she would defi(Jennifer Lind Schutsky/Special to the Tribune) events like this,” owner Doc Brown said. nitely consider making Toasted Mallow from Gilbert offered up desserts at Devour. BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

“Lots of people come looking for us every year and I remind them to come to the shop.” Doc’s served an array of its handcrafted popsicles in flavors like raspberry chambord sorbet, coconut lemongrass lime sorbet and bananutella gelato. Toasted Mallow, the Gilbert dessert shop formerly known as Fluff It Marshmallow, served up two of its signature gourmet marshmallows with fillings like cookie dough and cherry cordial. The Gilbert retailer’s popularity has boomed recently thanks to a recent Buzzfeed video with over 1.7 million views on Facebook and a new recipe book “Marshmallow Heaven” authored by coowner Tricia Arce with photographer Joanie Simon. Toasted Mallow also was gaining fans outside Gilbert at the Devour event. “So far (the response) has been great,” co-owner Hazel Arce said. “No one knows you can make marshmallows from scratch.” Just a few feet from the Toasted Mallow table another from-scratch food producer called Proof Artisan Bread was handing out a variety of baked goods. The bakery doesn’t have a storefront and operates out of owner Jon Przybyl’s home in Mesa. “We’re the only commercial bakery using (Tempe-based) Hayden Flour Mills’ ancient grains in all of our breads,” Przybyl said. The company also used locally sourced Mesa lemons for the lemon curd on one of its pastry offerings for the event. Proof sells its goods in Gilbert at The Farm at Agritopia and Gilbert Farmers Market. Its products are also available in Mesa at Mezona Market and Tempe at Tempe Farmers Market. Przybyl, who bought Proof from founder Jared Allen last June, said he was invited to attend the Devour event and “you can’t pass this up.” The timing was especially perfect considering the company just began selling its bread in Phoenix. “The Phoenix market is new to us,” Przybyl said. “We just entered Phoenix with the Phoenix Public Market in September and the Uptown Farmers Market in February.” – Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or wschutsky@timespublications.com.

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Chandler program offering program for startups

Chandler Innovations, the city’s business incubation and entrepreneurial development program, is offering its biannual Pitch Power program March 29 to teach startups how to attract investment dollars. The eight-week program is led by Tom Fulcher, the entrepreneur-in-residence at Chandler Innovations. Deadline to apply for the free program is Friday, March 16. Clients of Innovations and Chandler-based startups are given priority status, but all Arizona-based startups are eligible to apply. Information: innovationsincubator.com.

and how dentists can help save lives through oral cancer screening. She is also actively involved in dental science research. For more information on the 10 Under 10 award recipients, visit ada.org/10under10.

Ducey announces new rules, licensing for self-driving cars

Gov. Doug Ducey has announced a detailed system of rules and a type of licensing system for self-driving vehicles. Ducey’s new executive order is called as an “update” of his 2015 order that resulted in a fleet of hundreds of semi-autonomous cars on state roads. Waymo and Uber cars have become a common sight in Tempe and Chandler. Under the new order, companies must reg7100 E. Cave Creek Rdister • Cave Creek, AZthe state if they intend their vehicles with Mesa dentist spotlighted to put driverless cars on the road and do it as among best in nation within 60 days if they’ve already begun such The American Dental Association has an- testing. nounced Mai-Ly Duong as a recipient of its If the companies comply, they’ll be considinaugural 10 Under 10 awards, which recog- ered “licensed to operate the vehicle” under nize 10 new dentists who demonstrate excel- state transportation law, the order says. lence in their work, community and inspiring others. Tempe company to build The ADA New Dentist Committee selected dentists making an impact fewer than 10 large solar plant in Georgia A Tempe company is announcing plans to years after graduating from dental school. build one of the South’s largest solar plants. Duong, of Mesa, organized an annual oral First Solar intends to build a 2,000-acre socancer walk to bring awareness to the disease 7100 E. Cave Creek Rd • Cave Creek, AZ lar facility just south of Macon, Georgia. The

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plant could generate 300 to 400 construction jobs, according to First Solar. Once the plant is up and running, it’s expected to generate 450 gigawatt hours a year. Construction is expected to begin in November 2018, with its anticipated completion in late 2019, the company said.

Mesa Chamber announces leadership Awards Dinner

The Mesa Chamber of Commerce will have its annual Leadership Awards Dinner 5-9:30 p.m. April 19 at The Falls Event Center, 4635 E. Baseline Road, Gilbert. The event honors business excellence and leadership. To register, go to mesachamberaz.chambermaster.com/eventregistration/register/12278.

Chandler is 13th best in nation for women in tech, study says

Chandler recently ranked the 13th best city in the country for women in technology in 2018, according to SmartAsset’s fourth annual study. Women make up 29 percent of tech jobs in Chandler, the ninth highest rate in the study. That translates to about 4,600 tech jobs, and women account for 1,900 of those jobs. Chandler was the only local city ranked in the top 15 for women in tech. Mesa was No. 27, and Gilbert was No. 58.

Washington; Kansas City, Missouri; Baltimore; Philadelphia and Albuquerque were the top five cities this year.

Gilbert Chamber of Commerce hosts annual Golf Tournament

The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce’s Ninth Annual Golf Tournament is Thursday, April 5, at the Seville Golf & Country Club, 6683 S. Clubhouse Drive, Gilbert. The tournament is $165 per player, $660 for foursome. For after-party only, the cost is $35. Register at business.gilbertaz.com/events/ details/ninth-annual-golf-tournament-3968.

Bill would ease restrictions on home-based businesses

The Arizona House of Representatives has approved HB2333, which would give homeowners the right to do business from their homes without worrying about local government restricting their ability to do so. It would also prohibit city governments from requiring business owners to obtain a license for their business or to rezone their property for commercial use. The bill does require the business to be a secondary use of the residence, which means it must be used as a residence. Rep. Jeff Weninger, R- Chandler, sponsored the bill.

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The things you think of when Arizona is your home BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

e were standing on the 14th hole of the Arizona Biltmore golf course when The Guy From Grand Rapids, maybe four beers and 80 strokes in, began to expound about his lack of desire. Not that kind of desire (for which I thank heavens). His lack of desire to see the Grand Canyon. “Came here in 2008, so it’s been 10 years,” said Mr. Michigan. “I don’t see the point. It’s a long drive.” Me: “It’s not any longer than this round of golf. And it’s one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It’s 2 billion years old. Billion. With a b-” Grand Rapids Guy: “Right. But when you think about it, it’s just a hole in the ground. I don’t need to drive four hours to see some big old hole in the ground.” That was when I let it go, because I’ve

learned there are three kinds of people in the world: Dumbasses, people who are proud to be dumbasses and the rest of us. I don’t argue with the first two. Even so, this encounter kept gnawing at me, because of what this ignorant Michigander has failed to grasp: The essence of calling Arizona home. See, I’d like to think that home isn’t simply a matter of geography. Home is a place where we all share certain things, common experiences that knit us closer together and maybe even induce a certain collective pride. If this was a social media post rather than a newspaper column, it would come with a hashtag, like #ThatsSoArizona or #YouKnowAZIsHomeWhen. Having your breath snatched away while standing on the Grand Canyon’s rim is one such experience, a bucket-list moment some Chamber of Commerce copywriter might tout as “uniquely Arizona.” There are others, of course, though not all of them are as worth bragging

about as the Canyon. What else feels “so Arizona?” How about: Sitting on the outfield grass at Scottsdale Stadium and watching a Cactus League game. Learning the correct pronunciations of Prescott, Casa Grande and saguaro. Driving up to Rock Springs Cafe to get some pecan pie. Or watching a drunken sorority girl wobble down the fairway at the Phoenix Open in a miniskirt and four-inch spike heels. You see where I’m going here. When you call a place home, you come to appreciate its nuances. Like how whenever you see Lin Sue Cooney on TV, she never seems to age. And how you always meet a Valley old-timer whose granddad had a chance “to buy a hundred acres over by (insert name of big mountain) for $22 an acre,” but didn’t. And how no airport in America boasts worse signage or slower luggage unloading than Sky Harbor. And how there’s always an hour wait at Pizzeria Bianco. And how people who call

it “Squaw Peak” as opposed to “Piestewa Peak,” always seem a little proud of their political incorrectness. Then there’s Arizona’s annual rites of passage, afflictions that occur as inevitably as another 112-degree day in August. Like one more losing Phoenix Suns season where the sports talk goofs proclaim, “the future is right around the corner.” Or seeing Arizona public education “jump up a notch to number 49” when it comes to funding schools and paying teachers. Or our state Legislature pulling up in January like a 90-seat clown car and spending five months playing grab-ass and debating whether to arm school crossing guards and PTA moms. Some people say home is where the heart is. Me, I say home is where we skip Daylight Savings Time Sunday and spend all year trying to figure out what time it is at Dad’s house back east. – David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com.

Tax cut having a major impact on Mesa residents, businesses BY SALLY HARRISON Tribune Guest Writer

he enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is making a significant difference in the pockets of Mesa residents and businesses alike. More than 350 companies have announced wage increases, 401(k) increases, bonuses or other benefits to employees. Some of those companies giving back are right here in Mesa.

Arizona is home to leading aerospace and defense companies that altogether employ more than 50,000 Arizonans and contribute nearly $4.2 billion to the state’s economy. One of those companies, Boeing, is one of Mesa’s largest employers. Boeing dubbed the tax cuts the “single most important thing we can do to drive innovation, high-quality jobs and accelerate capital investment in our company.” The company announced it would spend an additional $300 million on employee and

charitable investments. Aerospace is not the only industry benefitting from tax relief. About 10,000 Arizonans who work for American Airlines will get bonuses. FedEx, which employs 2,600 Arizonans, committed more than $3.2 billion in wage increases, bonuses, and pension funding. JetBlue, Humana, Capitol One, Starbucks, Apple, Verizon … the list of Arizonan employers goes on. Tens of thousands of Arizonans have more money in their pocket because of our tax cuts.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury estimates that 90 percent of Americans will see a pay increase as more companies adopt the new tax withholding tables. With companies like Boeing leading the way, it is clear that those in Congress who voted for the tax cuts, such as Reps. Biggs, Gosar, McSally and Schweikert, made the right decision.

– Sally Harrison is president and CEO of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce.

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Thanks to Leibowitz

Thanks, David, for the nice surprise today when I read the East Valley Tribune. There was your smiling photo and a GREAT profile article you wrote about our friend, retired Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Benny Ashley (“100-year-old retired firefighter knows how to live,” March 4). As usual, you got it right, said it eloquently and spoke positively about the United Phoenix Fire Fighters Association and all Arizona public safety officers. I have had the privilege for the past two years of traveling with Benny to the IAFF National Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where

he assists the UPFFA/PFD Honor Guard in carrying out our mission to Honor, Remember and Celebrate the sacrifices of those served the public well. However, of all the great service Benny has given to his family and the community by far his best gift has been to connect us to our shared history and teach us how to live the good life! David Leibowitz, thank you for keeping it real and being a positive journalist influence in our community.

– Captain Ray Wilson (Ret.) – Phoenix Fire Department

Pass ADA amendment

I urge Sens. Flake and McCain to carefully consider HR 620, which amends the Americans with Disabilities Act. I understand allowing a grace period for businesses to remedy a violation of the ADA for accessibility. I do not agree with what is being proposed. The grace period is too long, and even the 30-day notice is too long. These complaints often need the threat of legal action to have businesses follow up and it should already be the businesses responsibility to align with the ADA guidelines given just as any other health and safety guideline is expected to be adhered to.

More of an effort should be made to make sure the material is readily available in all languages to business owners, but these protections should not be weakened and a grace period would be harmful to those who are encountering the barriers. If I did not give you a way to get into your office or stairs to your office/home/ favorite store, you would not like it if you had to wait 120 days for action to be taken without consequence let alone 30 days. You would certainly be hurt if you lost out on your ability to do your work or access needed services or even casual activities for 30 days. Please help to make sure this legislation does not See

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With all that is going on in our country, and the world, it’s time to stop the blame game and look at ourselves (the church). I’m paraphrasing, “When knights surrender their swords, the beasts will devour the maidens.” Think about that for a minute.

The church (knights) have willingly surrendered their swords or have grown rusty. We have given them up to things like tolerance, love and apathy. If it doesn’t concern our immediate area, we are unconcerned. Fake love, faithless and dishonorable lives and fear have consumed the lives of God’s knights (Christians). Knights are supposed to be selfless, not self-absorbed. May I encourage all my fellow knights. Take back your swords! Shake off unbelief and the cares of this world. Speak the Word of God to please God, not people. Stand in the gap, stand between the beasts (humanistic values and world views) and defend the maidens (humanity) They are being devoured! Ripped apart by deceit, one by one we lose them. Pick up your sword and join the fight to reclaim them! “... and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Ephesians 6:17 NLT.

– Doug Sargent – Chandler

Tempe recommendations

Early ballots have arrived for the March 13 Tempe City Council elections: Six candidates are vying for three seats. I worked for the city of Tempe for 30 years and lived here for 50 years. Having experienced many councilmembers, I am proud to recommend current Councilmembers Lauren Kuby and Robin Arredondo-Savage for reelection. Lauren brings passion, expertise, and an unparalleled work ethic to the Council. And Robin, a businesswoman running for a third-term, has dedicated her life to Tempe. I admire the way they put politics aside to better the lives of their constituents. These two women get stuff done! Of the four remaining candidates, Genevieve Vega stands above the rest. She is a proven community leader, with a head for business and a heart for human services. As a longtime resident of South Tempe, I feel positive that Lauren, Robin and Genevieve will champion projects, programs, and services for ALL our residents. I’m impressed with the depth of their commitment, knowledge, and vision for an equitable city. Please vote to keep Lauren Kuby and Robin Arredondo-Savage and elect Genevieve Vega. Tempe will be well served with these three women at the helm.

– Ron Pies – Tempe

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Near-miss last year motivates Chandler boys volleyball BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

he Chandler boys volleyball team was one win away from the team’s first state championship in May

2017. Many of the returning starters and contributors hold the Wolves’ four-set loss in the team’s first-ever state title game appearance as inspiration to get back and win it all this season. “There’s nothing more motivating than having a runner-up banner on the wall,” junior Braxton Bradbeer said. Having lost just two of six starters to graduation, and returning 10 players from the 2017 squad, the Wolves come into 2018 with one of the best rosters in the state, which coach Bobby Robson labeled as the most talented he has coached in his four years with Chandler. However, talent does not always equal dominant success, and Robson said his players know teams have won championships in the past based on grit and toughness rather than mere skill. “I told them, ‘You are surrounded by a really talented team, and that’s not something that a lot of people get to experience,’ and even a lot of them are coming

back next year. Every year’s so different, though, that we can’t just expect we’ll do as well as last year,” he said. As one of Arizona’s title favorites, the players know they have metaphorical targets on their backs and likely will face teams in each game that are ultra-motivated to knock them down in the rankings. The remedy is to be as tough on each other on practice days as possible, holding one another accountable in all situations. “Practice needs to be just as intense as games, and so the games get easier,” senior Mason Mullins said. “Coach told us that even if we get on each other, it’s fine because in games we’re sometimes going to be playing against people we don’t like.” However, that does not mean the team has to be stressed and not enjoy the season. Many of the Wolves’ top performers play club volleyball throughout the year and simply love the game and playing together. Though Robson said everybody knows the stakes, the players must focus first on conquering each day’s challenges before even thinking about the playoffs and eventually making a run at the championship. “At our first practice, everyone was so

tight because they thought they had to do more than they were doing,” he said, “but I told them that state isn’t until May 12, so relax a bit. It was Feb. 15, we have a lot of work to do before then.” And players like senior Jonny Bowles know that looking ahead in the season is dangerous. So are expectations that 2018 will be just like any other year, Chandler’s runner-up season included. “It would have been great to win last year, but every loss and every game is a lesson,” he said, “and if we had that mentality of looking too far forward, we wouldn’t have had success in the first place.” With a plethora of talent and depth in Chandler’s roster, Robson said it is incredibly challenging to divide playing time for boys who start on high-level club teams or who might have excelled on junior varsity in the last season, but that if the players put the team first, wins will follow. As top-performing high school teams often face, many of the players have been, or will be, recruited to play for colleges. But for the Wolves’ seniors, college volleyball is not a distraction, and this high school season trumps all. “Honestly, a state championship is much more important than playing at the

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Senior Jonny Bowles sets a ball at Chandler High School volleyball practice.

next level right now,” Mullins said. “We’re all in.” – Reach Eric Newman at 480-898-7915 or at enewman@timespublications.com.

ASU wrestling delivering future MMA stars, wins BY ROBERT GUNDRAN Cronkite News

rizona State wrestling has emerged as one of the leaders in the college landscape when it comes to producing mixed martial arts talent. It has delivered UFC veterans and contenders John Moraga and Aaron Simpson. Current and former champions Ryan Bader and Cain Velasquez spent years on the mats in Tempe. “We have a special state for MMA, and I think Arizona fans recognize that,” Simpson said. “Arizona is still a hotbed for mixed martial arts.”

Recently, the No. 8 ASU wrestling team honored several current and former stars for its third annual MMA Night at Wells Fargo Arena, as the Sun Devils opened their Pac-12 schedule. Coach Zeke Jones said he doesn’t shy away from talking to recruits about mixed martial arts. He believes that it’s a strength of the program, and it is something ASU does that not many other colleges do. “When we talk to recruits, we tell them they have two paths: You can go down the path to an Olympic gold medal, or if you have the ability to fight, you can be an MMA star. You can become a UFC or Bellator champion,” Jones said.

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Former UFC welterweight and Arizona State wrestler Aaron Simpson “flashes the fork” to fans at ASU’s third annual MMA Night.

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200. Former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey earned $3 million in her loss against Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. Conor McGregor, one of the biggest names in the UFC and in combat sports as a whole, has used his personality and skill inside the cage to cash out paychecks of $590,000, $1 million, $3 million and $3.5 million in the past three years. Even fighters who don’t reach the top can still reap the rewards of their hard work. Former lightweight champ and current welterweight contender Rafael Dos Anjos has made six figures in eight of his last nine fights. Bader, who never fought for a UFC title, consistently scored six-figure paydays before he departed to Bellator. Both Arizona State and Arizona have been home to a culture that breeds fighters and fierce competitors. A bevy of boxing, jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai gyms across the Valley give martial artists in Arizona plenty of places to hone their crafts in the hope of competing under bright lights in the UFC Octagon or Bellator cage. The 2018 edition of MMA Night featured the No. 9-ranked UFC flyweight Moraga, former UFC welterweight Simp-

son and 143-fight veteran and Coolidge native Shannon “The Cannon” Ritch. Mixed martial arts and wrestling have gone hand-in-hand since the Ultimate Fighting Championship debuted in 1993. Wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu were how smaller men took down and defeated much larger opponents. Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock were prime examples that technique trumped size. Moraga, a former Sun Devil, noted that his time wrestling at ASU provided him with knowledge of how to be successful in mixed martial arts. “I learned how to focus and train smart,” Moraga said. “I think wrestlers are great at adapting because they’re always used to being in competition. Moraga said he never thought about fighting until he and Velasquez talked about it while both were with ASU Wrestling. The UFC flyweight is a 24-fight veteran, with 12 fights in the UFC. Some of the biggest legends in MMA have ASU roots. Dan Severn fought in and won some of the earliest UFC tournaments, but before that he was a three-time AllAmerican at ASU. Don Frye showed the world that wrestlers could use their skills to keep the fight standing if they wanted to, and force their opponents to box with them. Dan Henderson won the

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Members of the 1988 ASU wrestling team and mixed martial artists with ties to ASU wrestling pose for a photo at ASU’s recent match with the Stanford Cardinal.

PRIDE middleweight and welterweight championships, and was the first man to simultaneously hold two belts in a major MMA promotion. Despite the world-class MMA fighters that have come out of Arizona State, only 10 wrestlers have won an individual championship as a Sun Devil. ASU hasn’t seen a wrestling national championship since 2011, when Anthony Robles and Bubba Jenkins won in the 125- and

157-pound weight classes. Jones, a member of the 1988 ASU wrestling team, the only Arizona State squad to win an NCAA championship, said he almost stepped foot in the cage around the time he won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics, but it never materialized. “A wrestling base is the foundation of success in mixed martial arts, and I think any of our guys could do it,” Jones said.

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Be in Jesus Christ, and you’ll be F.I.N.E. every day hen someone asks, “How are you?” what do you normally say? The word “fine” often pops out of our mouths like an automatic response. We’re so used to preserving our dignity in public that we don’t easily drop our defenses or let our masks slip. Those who know us well can sense that there’s more, but we’re likely to make them work a little harder than the initial inquiry before we’re ready to go deeper. In the movie “The Italian Job,” there’s a neat scene about “being fine.” Unexpectedly, the characters start to laugh as they recite what’s clearly an old joke forged from a deeper relationship: F.I.N.E. is “Freaked Out, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional.” We might make our own acronyms to fit our personal circumstances. How about “Fearful, Injured, Neglected and Embarrassed”? Or maybe we’re feeling “Felicitous, Invincible, Newsworthy and Empowered.” Sometimes it can be hard to hold onto the peace that passes all understanding,

given the turmoil that bubbles and boils beneath our polished exteriors. There are no secrets from God.The best we can do is find a genuinely loving and judgment-free community to help us heal and grow stronger in body, mind and spirit. We often come to worship seeking God’s promise of reconciliation and renewal, healing and well-being, as well as forgiveness. We often come seeking answers to questions like why would anyone set out to deliberately murder schoolchildren? But how many of us leave worship uninspired, just as anxious and dis-eased as we were when we entered, still burdened by the demons of guilt and shame and filled with questions? Anxious thoughts nibble away at our peace of mind one bite at a time; the words, deeds and decisions of our week weigh us down; and our fears prey on us. As we’re still discovering, there’s too much violence in the world, too many who want to abuse or oppress others. These people diminish our humanity or block us from experiencing the fullness of our freedom in Christ. And these are just a few of our demons, hidden behind our glib casual responses and our “fine” protective masks.

The season of Lent is a gift of time to consider our own role in diminishing worship to rote recitation and empty rituals rather than eagerly anticipating God’s dynamic, life-giving Word to show up and shake us out of our smug complacency or self-satisfaction. If the demons are not fleeing from us, then maybe – and no doubt, unintentionally – we’re feeding them or refusing to let them go. If our worship is stuck in the superficial and skin deep instead of what’s transformational and heartfelt, then perhaps without even realizing it we’ve become distracted, disengaged and distanced from God’s healing power, and from God’s desire to bless us with life-giving and life-changing faith in action. Now is the time to remember that God can help us turn our lives around. Jesus speaks boldly and dynamically. His words transform and heal. When our ears and eyes, hearts and minds are open in faith, the Word has the power to demolish all our demons. In this and many other stories, Jesus heals, saves and restores the possessed and diseased to right relationship with God and renews community. We can truly be F.I.N.E. when F means

free from fear and all that oppresses us, and interferes with the fullness of authentic life and relationship with God. As well as faithful, forgiven and forgiving followers of Jesus, filled to overflowing with God’s love. I is for innervated. Literally, with our life and dignity restored, invigorated once again for action with integrity and intentionality, as inspired by the power of the Holy Spirit. N is for nourished. It’s when we truly “taste and see that the Lord is good” (Psalm 34:8), and when we become nonjudgmental and nonviolent as we grow into our new life in Christ. E is for evangelist, which is nothing more and nothing less than sharing the good news of how Jesus has healed us, empowered us, and changed our lives. We’re engaged with the world, working for justice, equality and peace. We live the reality that all God’s children are equal and equally beloved by God. Be in Christ, and be F.I.N.E. every day.

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will facilitate the intergenerational program. DETAILS>> 7:15 p.m., Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. Cost is $45 for adults and $25 for children. Family plans are available, and prices rise after March 25. Information and reservations: 480-855-4333, info@chabadcenter.com, chabadcenter.com.

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THURS-FRI, MARCH 15-16 SATURDAY, MARCH 17 EVANGELISM TRAINING

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The Lawrence Memorial AMEZ Church is hosting its 2nd Annual Spring Revival. Rev. Arthur Lee Gilliam III, pastor of the Greater Salem A.M.E. Zion Church of Panola, Alabama, will lead. DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 931 E. Southern Ave., Suite 108, Mesa.

The Lawrence Memorial AMEZ Church is offering evangelism training, taught by Rev. Arthur Lee Gilliam III, pastor of the Greater Salem A.M.E. Zion Church of Panola, Alabama. DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 931 E. Southern Ave., Suite

FRIDAY, MARCH 30 COMMUNITY PASSOVER SEDER

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Chabad of Mesa is inviting the public to a “Traditional Passover Seder” experience. A full four-course dinner, including salmon and roast chicken, will be served, as will wine and handmade matzo. The Seder is in English. DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., 941 S. Maple, Mesa. Cost is $30 for adults, $10 for students and $5 for children under 12. RSVP: chabadmesa@gmail.com. Information: 480-6597001 or chabadmesa.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 GOLDEN RULE AWARDS

Arizona Interfaith Movement’s Golden Rule Award will be given at a banquet at the Mesa Convention Center. Honorees are Pastor Magdalena Schwartz, Marilyn Murray, Playworks, Rose Mapendo and Muhammad Ali posthumously. Also featured is a Faith Fair where guests can learn about 25 different faith traditions

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and how the Golden Rule theme of “treating others as you want to be treated” is woven through all of them. A silent auction will support the organization’s Golden Rule educational programs for youth. Early bird tickets are $85. DETAILS>> 5:30 p.m., 201 N. Center St., Mesa. Information: azifm.org.

SUNDAYS

SUNDAY SERVICES

The Rev. Albert Bolden leads the Lawrence Memorial A.M.E.Z. Church in Mesa. DETAILS>> Sunday school at 9 a.m., worship at 10 a.m. Children’s church is every second Sunday, and children officiate the morning worship service every fifth Sunday. 931 E. Southern Ave., Suite 108. Information: 480393-3001, tlmchurch.info@gmail.com.

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SPIRITUAL CENTER

The Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center offers New Thought, ACIM, Ancient Wisdom and Interfaith teachings, with uplifting music and positive messages. Ongoing classes include Qigong, A Course in Miracles, Pranic Healing, Kirtan, Drum Circle and many others. DETAILS>> 10:30-11:45 a.m., 952 E. Baseline Road, Suite 102. Information, 480- 593-8798 or interfaith-community.org.

HEBREW SCHOOL

Registration has opened for Chabad Hebrew School at the Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life. Classes will teach children ages 5-13 about Jewish heritage, culture and holidays. DETAILS>> Classes will be held 9:30 a.m.-noon at 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. To tour the facility or register, call 480-855-4333 or e-mail info@chabadcenter.com.

VALOR CHRISTIAN OUTLINES MISSION

Valor Christian Center in Gilbert offers “great praise and worship and great messages for today’s living,” according to Associate Pastor Thor Strandholt. “Our mission is to evangelize, heal and disciple through the word of God.”

Inspirational messages and music to lift your spirit. A welcoming community committed to living from the heart. Many classes and events offered. We welcome you! DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Sundays at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480-7921800, unityoftempe.com.

KIDS CAN LEARN JEWISH LIFE

Children can learn and experience Jewish life. Chabad Hebrew School focuses on Jewish heritage, culture and holidays. DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m. to noon, for children ages 5-13 at Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. 480-855-4333, info@chabadcenter.com, or chabadcenter.com.

MONDAYS

EXPLORING NINE PHASES OF QIGONG

Exploring the 3 Treasures – Jing, Qi, Shen – which are the theoretical foundation of traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy and the amazing practices of Qigong and Tai Chi. Drop-in sessions for $15. Appropriate for beginners and Qigong practitioners. DETAILS>> 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline, Suite 102, Mesa. Informa-

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Internationally known speaker and author Maureen G. Mulvaney brings back her Prosperity Recipes class series to Unity of Tempe on Monday evenings. Cost: $10 per session DETAILS>> 6:15-8:15 p.m., Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480-792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

CHURCH PRAYER CALL

The Lawrence Memorial A.M.E.Z. Church in Mesa has a prayer call every Monday. DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 1-712-775-7085. PIN 162106#.

TUESDAYS

‘LIVING A COURSE IN MIRACLES’

Join Rev. Julianne and Mike Hay to share Jon Mundy’s, “Living a Course in Miracles” (An Essential Guide to the Classic Text). Suggested love offering $10. DETAILS>> 7-8 p.m., Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline, Suite 102, Mesa. Information, 480- 593-8798 or interfaith-community.org.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

Celebrate Recovery is a biblical program that helps us overcome our hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Through teaching, worship, and sharing in small groups, you will find genuine people devoted to help discover the power of Christ through the recovery process. DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., Central Christian Church, 933 N. Lindsay Road, Mesa. Information: Eric at 480-924-4946.

GRIEFSHARE

Mountain Park Community Church is offering an ongoing GriefShare programs to help people deal with the pain of losing a loved one. DETAILS>> 6:30-8 p.m., 2408 E. Pecos Road, Ahwatukee. To register: mountainpark.org and click on Launch.

HOPE, an acronym for “Help Overcome Painful Experiences,” offers support for men and women who seek God’s grace and healing. DETAILS>> 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. mountainpark.org.

UNITY YOGA AT UNITY OF TEMPE

Center in Mind, Body & Spirit at our weekly Unity Yoga classes with Mary Jo “MJ” Kuzmick. Bring your own mat (two blankets and blocks, if you have them). Suggested love offering: $8 a class. DETAILS>> 10 a.m., Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480-792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

WEDNESDAYS

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Join a study and discussion group with Rev. Julianne Lewis. Suggested love offering $10. DETAILS>> Interfaith CommUNITY Spiritual Center, 952 E. Baseline, Suite 102, Mesa. Information, 480- 593-8798 or interfaith-community.org.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY MEETS

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Award-winning Simply A Cappella is ‘small but mighty’ BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GetOut Editor

erri Ramey vividly remembers her first public performance. She was 3 years old and it was at a mother-daughter banquet at a Chicago church. “I did four songs and they made a wax record,” said Ramey, a Mesa resident. “I got $1 with a red ribbon wrapped around it. I still have it. I made a collage and it’s in that collage.” Ramey hasn’t stopped singing since. Now she performs with Simply A Cappella, a chapter of the Sweet Adelines. The group will compete during Gateway to Harmony, Region 21 Golden West, Convention and Competition, April 19 to April 22 at the Orpheum. “We’re a competitive chorus and we’re doing extremely well. Simply A Cappella has about 25 members,” she said. “We’re not a big chorus; we’re small but mighty.

Ramey is multitalented. She plays piano, an instrument she took up at age 8. Her mother taught her to play the instrument and inspired her. “Music is a big part of my life and fun, fun,” she said. “I find it extremely rewarding. People just love music, no (Celisse Jones/Tribune Contributor) matter what kind. Jerri Ramey plays an organ in her Mesa home. “Music is a big part of my I think they like to life and fun, fun,” she said. be entertained. It’s “We won medals a couple yeas ago. We’re stuck with me and that’s what I had done.” excited about the competition. For five Ramey was introduced to barbershop muyears it’s been at the Orpheum in Phoenix. sic through a former classmate during a 1980 We stay at one of the hotels down there. class reunion. The quartets are on Friday and the choruses “At one of my high school class reunions, I are on Saturday.” was singing a couple songs from school and

one of these gals said, ‘Are you still singing anywhere? You were always in choirs.’” The next week, Ramey went to rehearsal and the rest is history. “The harmonies are just so beautiful, no matter what song you sing,” she said. “The harmony, you can’t really explain it. It’s so pretty. I started with that and just continued.” Upon moving to the East Valley, Ramey joined Simply A Cappella, which is now led by conductor Topher Keene. The group performs a variety of tunes, including “Orange Colored Sky,” “Mood Indigo” and an armed forces tribute. Choreography is included in performances. The group rehearses from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays at First United Methodist Church in downtown Mesa, 15 E. First Avenue. For more information, call Ramey at 480-807-0031. “We tell the story of the song with our face,” she said. “The performances are a lot of fun and people really enjoy it a lot.”

The Nile rebrands theater and cafe, undergoes renovations BY CONNOR DZIAWURA Get Out Staff

he historic Nile Theater has had a storied 94-year history in the Valley. Founded as a movie theater and eventually converted to a music venue, The Nile Theater has been a staple of Mesa’s Main Street for decades. After closing in 2002, the venue reopened in 2010 under new ownership. Recently, however, the entity was rebranded and renovated, with its previously separate music venue and cafe at 105 W. Main St. modified to now operate under one name: The Nile. Beyond the new brand image, however, The Nile underwent a variety of experience-improving renovations. The changes, owner Michelle Donovan said, serve as a launch into the city of Mesa’s planned façade improvements, including removal of colonnades in front of many businesses, along Main Street. With those renovations still to come, The Nile’s interior has been renovated to go along with the exterior’s future facelift. “We’ve been slowly doing it over the past year,” Donovan said. “We redid that lobby

ing church pews for seating; and an Egyptian Scarab beetle mural as a focal point. “Just updating sound (and) updating the look in there so that there’s a cohesion between the coffee shop and the theater,” Donovan (Special to the Tribune) said. The new Nile Cafe featues coffees and small meals, with an emphasis on The goal, she vegan options. said, is to make paand the bathrooms, kind of updated things trons feel as if they are in a common space. – new paint, new everything. We repainted This is apparent, with guests now permitted entry through the café rather than the alley. the inside of the theater.” Sound and aesthetic changes extend The sound also has been upgraded, she partly to the theater’s hardcore-centric said, with additional soundproofing. “We have all-digital sound,” Donovan said. basement venue, The Underground. Con“We were running a lot of old-school NL4 cert tickets will still, however, specify which cable type of stuff. Now, we’re on a Cat5 area of the theater a show is in, Donovan system with a digital board and some more said. As for the cafe, the previously dubbed powered elements to the sound system.” Other notable changes include new stage Volstead Public House is simply The Nile curtains; renovations to the bar area, includ- Cafe. Despite the new brand image for The

Nile, the cafe’s choices will remain almost entirely dedicated to the vegan lifestyle, Donovan said. Options include sandwiches, salads and pastries, among other items. While all its food is vegan, dairy products are available for coffee drinkers. “We do carry half and half and regular milk for the coffees because we’re not quite there yet in downtown Mesa,” Donovan said. “The promising thing is, when we started, we carried dairy cheese as well. We came to a point where people just weren’t ordering it, so we were able to phase it out. “I’m vegan myself, so I was excited for that to be acceptable down here,” she continues. “We’re slowly getting there.” The cafe’s menu will continue to expand throughout the year. “One of the things that we are doing this year is we’re adding a lot more vegetables into the menu,” she said. “We’re going to try to bring in a lot more fresh and organic, hopefully, local produce to the menu.” The Nile Cafe also now serves a $6 graband-go lunch option, which consists of a tea and a different salad each day. Information: 480-559-5859, niletheater. com.

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Got Sushi offers traditional Korean barbecue experience BY LAURA STODDARD Get Out Contributor

oing out to eat generally means just that. You arrive at a restaurant, order food and eat it. But at Got Sushi, a sushi and Korean barbecue restaurant, going out to eat is so much more. Owners Ki and Suki Lee provide a fun, engaging and delicious dining experience. The Lees have been in the restaurant business for several decades, both as owners and chefs. Prior to the opening of Got Sushi, they ran a Japanese restaurant in Chandler with their in-laws, establishing a dedicated following of satisfied customers – which is proving beneficial to them in this new business venture. Suki Lee says some of their customers have been loyal to them for close to 25 years and already are supporting them with their new venture. “We have so many of the customers follow us all the way here (Northeast Mesa), because they love our food so much.” But those regulars have been in for a bit of a surprise, as Got Sushi no longer serves teppanyaki, a technique it was known for in the previous incarnation. Instead, Suki is realizing her dream of serving traditional Korean

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The sashimi plate is one of the popular dishes at Got Sushi.

barbecue, presented and prepared the same way in her native Korea. “Now we have all these regular people,” she said. “They all come in for the teppanyaki, but I explain to them, it’s the same thing. We are still cooking right in front of you. The only different thing is that chef’s not coming

to the table, but servers instead. They assist you from beginning to end.” That beginning to end starts with the presentation of a vast and stunning array of seafood and side dishes, all expertly prepared See

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as Sendas residents Jeff and Alec-Lauren Golzio are big on Italian tradition and culture. Alec-Lauren’s great-grandfather escaped the clutches of Mussolini after serving as his accountant. Growing up, she and her husband watched their families cook the classic dishes of Northern Italy. Now, the couple is sharing their experiences via Osteria, which opened Feb. 5, on McKellips Road, between Higley and Recker roads. She said Osteria will fill a void in the area, by offering a seasonally driven, rustic menu with hand-crafted pastas, woodfired meats and pizza, using local, organic ingredients. “Our menu is truly more of a Northern Italian menu,” said Golzio, who grew up in Northeast Mesa. “That’s where both of our families are from. It’s a very simple menu, but it’s a lot of meats and veggies. Our dough, everything, is local organic. If we can’t find it locally, then we go regional. We stay as close to us as we possibly can, and then we go out from there.

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Chef Tony Snyder checks on a steak in the wood-fired oven at Osteria, which opened Feb. 5.

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Breakfast and brunch will be two staples of Osteria, which will feature a full espresso bar, along with pastries and breakfast sandwiches during the week. The weekend will see DJs spinning music as patrons dine on brunch. “I want it to be fun, really great happy hours,” she said. “We’ll have a lot of drink specials and have all kinds of great things. We want to be the local spot where you can bring a date or your family. It’s relaxing. That’s what Osteria is, a public gathering place, but with an elevated menu.” Lunches – salads, soups and sandwiches – will average between $10 and $15. “We are creating quick dishes because we have a lot of professionals out here who need to get in and out,” she said. “For dinner, the pastas will average at about $18 all the way for meats. We’re using grass-fed, organic meats and the fish is spear caught, like a swordfish that will be coming straight out of San Diego.” It’s important for guests to hear the origins of the fish dishes. “It’s so fresh,” she said. “It’s to us within 24 hours. We’re really excited. People don’t See

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and beautifully garnished. First is a heaping sashimi plate, comprised of delicate selections such as ahi tuna, yellowtail and octopus. Next come nearly a dozen side dishes, including things like sweet potato noodles, jalapenos, eggplant and kimchi. While noshing on all this, your dedicated server/cook starts the table grill heating and places slices of onion, zucchini and mushrooms atop it, creating an enticing aroma and sizzle. A light salad and various sushi rolls come next. The last dish served, before the meat finally hits the grill, is a small tin of creamy, flavorful corn cheese – a recipe that Lee smilingly says will never be shared. After polishing off the aforementioned fare – and good luck with that, as the portions are huge – it’s time for the star of the show: the Korean barbecue. Lee explains exactly what that means.

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think of Arizona as a seafood place. It’s literally and environmentally smart when you’re getting it straight from the ocean. “They’re not netting or anything like that. They’re killing one fish. Tony is buying the whole fish – not just a fillet. They’re getting it to us ASAP. The boat comes in from fishing and they get it straight to us.” Equally as important is the comfortable feeling in the restaurant. The scent of the wood-fired oven is reminiscent of bonfires on a cool Midwestern evening. The patio is lined with lavender and olive trees the Golzios planted. “My great aunt, she’s a hummingbird

“Mainly, Korean barbecue is short ribs marinated with a sweet paste and then grilled. Here we do beef brisket, boneless short ribs, a very good, thick-cut pork belly, prime rib eye, pork and chicken bulgogi, which is thinly sliced, lean meat marinated in sweet paste, shrimp and baby octopus.” Got Sushi also offers a regular kitchen menu and individual entrees, if you don’t have the time or appetite for the engrossing barbecue experience. Even though they only changed their menu a short time ago, Lee said they’ve been well-received in the area and are already attracting “new regulars.” And it’s not just the food that has people coming back. It’s the warm reception and treatment you receive while there. Lee said she loves the restaurant business because of the people, and truly wants them to feel welcome and loved. “You treat your customers like your friends,” she said. “Your family.”

freak,” she said. Osteria’s logo has a hummingbird above the I. “The olive trees and lavender are an homage to her. There are hummingbirds out here every single day.” She hopes neighbors will stop by frequently. “I’m really stoked about being a part of our neighborhood,” said Golzio, who co-owned the Handlebar Pub and Grill in Apache Junction before Osteria. “We’re literally becoming a part of our community. It’s not just about opening a restaurant and making money. It’s about the food. It’s nurturing. It’s all of those good things.” Osteria is at 5609 E. McKellips Road, Suite A111, Mesa. For more information, visit facebook.com/OsteriaUSA.

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The grass-fed steak is among the menu items at Osteria, which is on McKellips Road between Recker and Higley roads.

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