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eading a public school system at any time is a challenge but for Mesa Public Schools’ new superintendent, the challenge is unprecedented The COVID-19 pandemic plunged the state’s largest district into a crisis, with campuses closed through the end of this school year, teachers losing contact with hundreds of students from low-income, unstable homes and hundreds of seniors thrown into a disappointing end to their high school careers. And while she says, “we’re very worried’’ – especially for the students the district has lost track of – Dr. Andi Fourlis seeks a silver lining of sorts in the dark cloud that the pandemic has cast over schools. Fourlis believes it could shake schools across the city and the country out of complacency and force them to address the needs of students in new, more meaningful ways. “I think we will come out stronger and more resilient than ever before,’’ Fourlis said, explaining that administrators are being forced

Dr. Andi Fourlis is becoming the new superintendent of Mesa Public Schools at a time when the pandemic's social and financial impact poses tough challenges for a district already facing some big problems to solve. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff

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to “rethink school’’ and how schools will function in a post-pandemic world. “Re-thinking the true needs of our community and our students is long overdue,’’ she said. Fourlis was selected earlier this month by

the MPS Governing Board as the new superintendent. The board still must approve her contract after picking her from a lineup of

earlier this month, qualifies properties in the district for tax incentives designed to spur redevelopment. Despite the new cloud created by the pandemic-fueled recession, City Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak believes the three projects will get completed – when the economy recovers. “The uncertainty is probably the biggest issue. That causes people to hit pause,’’ he

said. “All indications are that the economy hit ‘pause’ and there will be a slow, steady comeback.’’ The Central Business District started with the Mesa Town Center in 1999 and gradually was expanded to the west, east and southwest in 2016 and 2017. It includes Main Street from the Tempe border to Gilbert Road, the length

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Pandemic slows Mesa’s central district rebirth

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espite a setback from the COVID-19 recession, Mesa will continue its war on blight in the Central Business District one parcel at a time after renewing the sixsquare-mile area’s blighted designation for another 10 years. The designation, approved by City Council

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Mesa expanding food distribution effort for residents

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esa last week unveiled a program to fight hunger that will start with an expanded number of food box distribution sites, but may also include a “Mesa Cares Card’’ for picking up meal packs at some restaurants. The Feeding Mesa program emerged at a City Council briefing as the first piece of a plan to spend some of $90.4 million in federal funds by the end of December through the Coronavirus Relief Fund. Mesa City Manager Chris Brady said he plans to brief Council on a plan to help small businesses next week and he is hoping the funds can eventually be used to help residents with their utilities. The millions of dollars in federal funds come with restrictions, Brady said. Programs aimed at fighting hunger and helping small businesses are clearly allowed, but the utility assistance is less straightforward. Access to food was the highest priority mentioned by residents during a city survey that is being used as a guide in distributing the federal funds. “Those were my two objectives: to help the hungry and to help the local restaurants,’’ Brady said. While all council members supported expanding the distribution of food, the reviews were mixed on the Mesa Cares Card, a concept that is still being vetted. Council members Jen Duff, David Luna and Francisco Heredia all embraced the card concept, while council members Kevin Thompson and Mark Freeman expressed reservations. “I’m not sure it’s a great idea for us to provide meal cards and pick restaurants,’’ Thompson. “I would rather we fund food programs than cards. I can see there would be misuse of these cards. I’m concerned there would be no real oversight with these cards.’’ Luna said he applauds the city’s efforts to support and expand United Food Bank’s Help Yourself program on Fridays, which has gone from serving about 500 families per week to serving about 2,300 a week. “Not everyone can go to the event on Fridays,’’ Luna said. “This would give them an opportunity to feed their families. We have a lot of restaurants that are hurting right now.’’

The Mesa Convention Center, the major food distribution site in the city, will also warehouse food for needy people over the summer. (Tribune file photo)

Duff said residents would not be ordering off a menu but would be picking up food packs designed to feed a family of four. “You are not getting lobster. You are getting a pasta dinner,’’ she said. Whittaker called going out to a restaurant “a creature comfort,’’ saying the money can probably be better spent expanding the number of food boxes. “With the unemployment numbers where they are right now, I think it’s imperative that something like food is not an issue,’’ he said. Marc Heirshberg, normally Mesa’s Parks and Community Facilities director, is deploying many of his employees to the expanded food program. He said the Mesa Convention Center would be used for food storage and distribution throughout the summer and would be leased to the United Food Bank through the end of August. Heirshberg is enlisting the help of community organizations such as United Food Bank, the Midwest Food Bank, House of Refuge and Arizona Brain Food in distributing additional food boxes. “The biggest need of both food banks is for cold storage,’’ Heirshberg said. He said city employees could supplement the volunteers who normally pack food boxes but may not be available because they are following the state’s stayat-home order. “We want to make sure we are represented throughout the city, to make sure there is easy access to food, regardless of location,’’ Heirshberg said. He said the federal and state guidelines

to receive the food are simple: “Are you hungry? If the answer is yes, food will be given to you.’’ In some cases, the city would use the federal funds to buy non-perishable foods that the Midwest Food Bank cannot find because of problems in the food supply chain, he said. With the shelves at some supermarkets getting picked clean, fewer of these food items are available to the food banks as donations, Heirshberg said. The expanded food security program will start this week, he said, but the kitchen buy-out and food card programs are still under development. In the kitchen buy-out program, restaurants would be hired to make meals to supplement the Meals on Wheels program for low-income seniors. The meals also could be delivered to assisted living centers and to healthcare facilities. The Mesa Cares Card would involve restaurants in need of assistance that can make food packs. That network would be set up with the help of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce and the city Economic Development Department. Mesa Mayor John Giles said it’s possible the card program could be abused, but he wants to see the concept explored further because it has a great potential for assisting residents and restaurants alike. “I think we are attacking a lot of birds with one stone here,’’ Giles said. “It helps us with the food insecurity issues, it allows us to direct funds to restaurants, and to prevent homelessness.’’ 

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Three projects in Mesa's Central Business District that have yet to get underway include (1) the old Bailey Brakes site, (2) the longstanding eyesore that Fiesta Village has been at the corner of Alma Schoo Road and Southern Avenue and (3) the Mesa Royale Mobile Home Park. (Special to the Tribune)

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of the Metro Light Rail in Mesa. The redevelopment area also includes Fiesta Mall, a once thriving shopping mall that is now closed. A change in state law forced cities to reexamine redevelopment districts and decide if they wanted to continue them. In a study commissioned by the city, Matrix Consulting examined the 8,260 parcels in the area and found at least one indication of blight in 4,567 of them, or 55 percent. In addition, the area with some form of blight covered 68.7 percent of the acreage in an area with an estimated population of 109,673. In this instance, finding some evidence of deterioration was considered a plus because it was critical in justifying the “blighted” designation. Numerous conditions qualified as blight under the study, including the deterioration of structures in need of more maintenance; unsanitary and unsafe conditions, which include trash and the storage of junk; a crime rate higher than other parts of Mesa; and small, oddly shaped parcels with no access to roads. “We did, in our investigation, determine there was a predominance of blighted conditions in the Central Mesa Business District,’’ consultant Martin Scribner said. Council member Kevin Thompson, who represents southeast Mesa, noted the district has existed for 21 years and questioned whether the city was making much progress. “What exactly are we doing to move the needle and eliminate blight?’’ Thomp-

son said. City Manager Chris Brady said the area looks better than it did 20 years ago but acknowledged that the effort is far from complete. “While it still might be considered blighted, I think there has been significant improvement,’’ Brady said. “Millions of dollars have been invested downtown. I think you can look at the glass as being half full or half empty.’’ Jabjiniak said his department needs to have tools available to encourage redevelopment. “You need the tools to work with the private sector to invest in an area that has not seen a lot of activity in the past,’’ he said. While large industrial projects probably will continue in other parts of Mesa, the Central Business District depends more on small businesses that have been heavily impacted from COVID-19, he said. Small businesses are still in shock by the economy’s shutdown caused by the pandemic, Jabjiniak said. He added said that small businesses need the area to return to a normal work cycle to create a market for restaurants and shops. He believes the momentum that was created downtown prior to the pandemic can eventually be revived, because of factors such as Arizona State University’s expansion downtown and the availability of Metro Light Rail. “I think the ASU project is something like a kick-start overall,’’ Jabjiniak said. On three previous occasions, the city granted incentives to developers to address three major eyesores in the district. But nothing so far has occurred at

the sites. They include: • Fiesta Village at Southern Avenue and Alma School Road, a 17-acre site owned by the WM Grace Development Co. whose deteriorated state over the 10 years prompted legal action by the city that was dropped as part of the redevelopment agreement; • Bailey’s Brakes at Main Street and Country Club, which at one time was the subject of a long-running court case that ended up in the U.S. Supreme Court; • The dilapidated Mesa Royale mobile home park at West Main Street and Date. After years of legal wrangling, the city and Grace reached an agreement last August for construction of The Landing at Fiesta Village, a retail-apartment complex. The Nuevas Vistas project at Mesa Royale and Bailey’s Brakes redevelopment effort were approved in October 2018. Although delays are likely on the Fiesta Village project, the tax incentives offered by the city were vital in encouraging the property owner to eventually remove blight and build a new apartment complex, Jabjiniak said. “That was one of the most blighted corners, not only in Mesa, but in the entire Valley,’’ Jabjiniak said. Mesa City Councilman Francisco Heredia said he would like to see Fiesta Village advance as quickly as possible, but conceded delays caused by the recession seem inevitable. “I think we have to cautiously work with people to make sure things get done,’’ He-

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redia said. “Given the circumstances, we have to be flexible.’’ Brady cited the city’s development agreements for Fiesta Village and with Chicanos por la Causa as hopeful signs. “We have agreements in place and we’re working with them on a variety of financing and funding,’’ Brady said. “We know we have two sites on Main where we have some agreements and we are hoping to see some changes there.’’ Chicanos por la Causa reiterated its commitment to both projects in a statement released to the Tribune by spokeswoman Maria Jesus Cervantes. But she acknowledged that the recession might cause additional delays. She said Chicanos por la Causa has expanded its investment in the redevelopment area by purchasing The Knights Inn motel next to Mesa Royale. “This was a blighted area of the community with longstanding issues that will not be solved overnight, but we are not going away,’’ the statement said. “CPLC is strongly committed to ensuring that we provide a solution that best encompasses the needs of the local community, the city and park residents.’’ Chicanos por la Causa still plans to redevelop Bailey’s Brakes into a mixed-use development that combines multi-family housing units with commercial space, but the timing is under reconsideration because of the recession. “We have a firm commitment on funding sources,’’ the statement said. “However, due to the recent and untimely economic challenges brought upon by the COVID crisis, we are intently reassessing this project’’ to maximize the odds of success. 

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Mesa lawmakers join protest against stay-at-home BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

wo Mesa Republican lawmakers were prominent among the hundreds of protesters who gathered at the Capitol last week – virtually none wearing masks – to object to orders by Gov. Doug Ducey requiring people to stay at home and closing what he says are nonessential businesses. Both Sen. David Farnsworth, who is running in the Aug. 4 Primary Election for a shot at a Arizona Corporation Commission, and Rep. Kelly Townsend, who has a clear path to becoming the new state senator in East Mesa, cheered the people who attended the April 20 rally with signs and complaints about everything from gun rights to whether boys should be circumcised. Dozens also promoted the reelection of President Trump. The common thread was a belief that the fears of COVID-19 are overblown, the governor’s orders are damaging the economy – and that all this is part of a liberal and media-fed agenda. “I love our country and I love our Constitution and I love our flag, and I love freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,’’ said Jamie Jacobs of Scottsdale, dressed in red, white and blue and carrying an American flag. “And I feel that’s being tread on right now. There’s a bigger agenda going on.’’ “We hope that Gov. Ducey will open Arizona now,’’ said Farnsworth, “But I agree, if we have to come back we’ll come back with 10 times as many people.’’ John Suprock, dressed in his own American flag shirt, said, “I think the media has overblown the true virus issue.’’ Suprock, carrying a sign saying “Cure is

As protestors gathered at the State Capitol last week to demand lifting stay-at-home orders, they heard speeches from Mesa Republican Rep. Kelly Townsend and, behind her, Mesa Republican Sen. David Farnsworth.(Capi-

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worse than the virus,’’ said original estimates were that 2.4 million people would die in this country. Now, he said, the figure is likely to be fewer than 60,000, “which is less than the flu in a typical year.’’ And he brushed aside the claim by Ducey that his orders have kept the number of deaths from getting higher. “There’s no way for either side to prove that because there’s no control group,’’ Suprock said. “So if I was a politician I would probably say the same thing.’’ In a prepared statement, gubernatorial press aid Patrick Ptak said those in the Ducey administration “appreciate the passion expressed by Arizonans today, and we share their desire to get back to normal as quickly as possible.’’ But Ptak made it clear that his boss

wasn’t going to be blamed for taking his actions in a vacuum. He said the governor, in making his decisions about closures and stay-at-home orders, has been working with others – including those that some of the protesters clearly like. “Gov. Ducey is working closely with President Trump, Vice President Pence,’’ Ptak said. along with Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, both advisers to the president. He also said that Ducey is work-

bate, Hawes Crossing was approved 6-1 by City Council, with southeast Mesa Councilman Kevin Thompson warning against residential encroachment at nearby Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport until the very end. “We’re all excited. We’re glad to see it done,’’ said Jim Boyle, one of the dairy owners with a major stake in Hawes Crossing. “With the economy where it’s at,

it’s a bit anti-climactic.’’ Boyle said the dairymen are working with a land broker, who is attempting to market the property in chunks. “There’s not any builders out there who are going to buy 800 acres,’’ said Boyle, who has moved virtually all his dairy operation to his property in Casa Grande. Attorney Jordan Rose said a delay in development is likely from the COVID-19

ing with state Health Director Cara Christ “and state, local and federal health experts to implement the latest guidance from the CDC and the White House.’’ And Ptak said that Ducey has “a commitment to re-energizing our economy when it is responsible to do so.’’ But Daniel McCarthy, a Republican hoping to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, said he’s not accepting the governor’s contention that his orders are necessary to reduce the number of people contracting the virus. “When did we start trading a virus for our civil liberties,’’ he said, saying there are “almost 200 pandemics on average a year.’’ And McCarthy said that cancer kills 600,000 people a year. “And it doesn’t shut down our economy,’’ he said. Nor was he dissuaded by the fact that cancer, unlike the virus, is not contagious. “Cancer is something that’s hereditary, right?’’ McCarthy said. “So should we stop procreation because of the fact we could have cancer deaths?’’ Ducey is likely to face continued protests, with organizers saying they intend to come back every week until he lifts his orders. One of those who spoke to the crowd was Dan Mazon. He is the owner of a Winslow jewelry store who was cited for failing to close as a non-essential business. Mazon contends he was operating as a department store because he also had other items, including some paper towels, and he had ordered some hay to sell. “You don’t have to be afraid when somebody coughs,’’ he told the crowd. “It’s normal.’’ “I don’t care if I die of corona,” Mazon added. “Give me my freedom.’’ 

Hawes Crossing finally passes Mesa City Council BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

ne of Mesa’s last remnants of agriculture will turn into Hawes Crossing as cows grazing on dairy farms will be replaced by a sprawling master planned community designed to lure jobs and sell houses. After months of sometimes heated de-

pandemic’s recession, but she expects Hawes Crossing to remain a hot property and eventually develop as planned. “The virus chaos puts a delay in good decision-making, but it does not put a halt to good decision-making,’’ Rose said. “Everything is a bit delayed, but that doesn’t change the fact that this is a very well-

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situated master planned community that will be in high demand.’’ She said the Great Recession of 2008 was far more unpredictable than the current recession. “There is absolutely going to be an end to this chaos. There’s going to be a vaccine,’’ Rose said. The massive 1,200-acre zoning case ended with a compromise that devoted 56 percent of its land to job development and 44 percent residences after the initial plan called for 83 percent devoted to homes four years ago. Mayor John Giles said Hawes Crossing would generate an estimated 55,000 new jobs and reserve certain strategic areas for housing. “The emphasis is on protecting the industrial and commercial assets of this area and creating jobs,’’ Giles said. “Locating a certain amount of housing to support these jobs makes sense.’’ He said Hawes Crossing has been strategically planned to create job growth while reserving residential development in areas that will not encroach on the airport. The housing is compatible with the air-

port’s master plan and was not opposed by aviation officials, who nonetheless warned that new homeowners should anticipate a heightened level of noise from flights. The zoning requires noise attenuation during construction and notifications to would-be homebuyers that they are likely to hear and see planes. Giles said he has consistently voted to protect the airport but that it probably was not realistic to think that such a large amount of land would develop without some housing. Current site ownership is roughly split between dairy farmers, who want to escape the path of growth, and the Arizona State Land Department. The dairy properties are immediately to the north of the airport while the state land is located mostly to east and along the Loop 202. It is planned for major development on the scale of Tempe Town Lake, with condominiums, office buildings and hotels. Much of the land is being annexed into Mesa from Maricopa County, creating potential income for the city. Thompson and the Mayor’s Economic Development Advisory Board opposed Hawes Crossing, arguing that residential

growth about two miles from the airport would eventually lead to additional noise complaints and hinder Gateway’s development and operations. Thompson warned that would prevent Gateway from reaching its full potential as a major suburban airport someday, with an expanded number of carriers providing passenger service. He said the additional housing in Hawes Crossing also could negatively impact Skybridge, a major international cargo development designed to benefit from a customs arrangement with Mexico. He said cargo operations often operate at night and could draw complaints from new homeowners. “Let’s unite against encroachment on southeast Mesa’s major economic driver,’’ Thompson said. Natascha Ovando-Karadsheh, chair of the Economic Development Council, urged the city to reject Hawes Crossing and to hold out for a Fortune 500 company that would compliment Apple, which operates a massive data center, and Google, which is planning one, in the Elliot Road Technology Corridor located east of Loop 202. “No one will tell you how much Hawes Crossing will impact Mesa in future op-

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portunity costs,’’ she said. The pandemic-fueled recession triggered demonstrates that “a proliferation of housing, without a property tax, is not a path to financial stability for our city,’’ she added. Residents of Boulder Creek, a housing development north of the airport, were split on Hawes Crossing. Many supported it in hopes of eliminating the nuisance of manure and flies. But some other Boulder Creek residents spoke out against it, saying the density of housing planned for near Elliot Road was too high, would damage property values and that additional traffic would endanger the lives of children attending Boulder Creek Elementary School. Some Boulder Creek residents said Hawes Crossing represents a bonanza for the farmers, who will be gone by the time the additional traffic damages their quality of life. But Boyle said it is important for him to leave behind a nice community, after his family spent 100 years operating dairies in the Phoenix area. “They have been there for generations,’’ Rose said about the dairy farmers. “The land means everything to them.’’ 

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Chinese American group donated 7K masks to Mesa BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

group of Chinese Americans aiming to curb racial tensions due to the coronavirus outbreak helped to ensure the safety of Mesa’s first responders. The Chinese American COVID-19 Relief AZ group donated 5,000 surgical masks to Mesa police officers and an additional 2,000 to firefighters during a special ceremony held Tuesday at police headquarters. The volunteer group raised funds to order the masks, hoping to ease animosity toward Chinese Americans fueled by anger over the pandemic. “We are a minority in this country,” said Dr. Qun Lu. “Because the virus started in China, you can see in the news a lot of racism and discrimination against Asian Americans.” Lu, a pathologist at Mayo Clinic, said her group is better positioned to help with shortages of protective gear because of members’ connections to suppliers in mainland China. “On one hand we want to fight against the discrimination and on the other hand, we feel we can help more than the average American,” Lu said. “We saw how se-

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three finalists for the position. She comes into the job with a long history as a teacher and district-level administrator, with much of her 28-year career in education spent in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Even before the pandemic attacked the nation, MPS faced significant challenges that ranged from implementing a capital improvement program that would improve conditions at many of its facilities to increasing overall student performance to upping the percentage of graduates who continue post-secondary education to improving the district’s competitive edge with private and charter schools. Now, the pandemic’s social and economic impact has added more challenges. Among them is: when will classes resume in schools and how will they be conducted? Because the virus is still not under control, Fourlis said it is impossible to know with any certainty that schools will re-

masks. She said that process can take weeks from the time they identify a prospective company to when they receive the masks. Shipping delays also slow down the process. “The most difficult part becomes the transportation,” Lu said. “We have to track the package from when it leaves the From left: Chinese American COVID-19 Relief AZ volunteer Angel Wang, Mesa Police Commander Jeff Cutler, volunteer Susan Liu and volunteer Sam Wang gathered on factory to when it Tuesday as the group made a donation of 5,000 masks to police officers and 2,000 to arrives in a volunfirefighters. (Melody Birkett/Mesa Police) teer’s home. It’s a vere this virus is in China way ahead of huge spreadsheet the volunteers have creany other American. We decided to use ated to track each shipment.” The donation to Mesa’s first responders our professional knowledge and our fluency in Chinese and English to buy masks came to fruition after the group gained publicity for its work with local hospitals. in China.” Using their bilingual skills and personal After an inquiry about protective equiprelationships, the group contacted a vari- ment for Mesa police officers and firefighters, the group quickly obliged and began ety of suppliers for the surgical masks. Lu used her own knowledge in the med- sourcing the masks. Lu said they had already donated masks ical field to find companies with a long track record of producing high-quality to seven hospitals in the Phoenix area and open in August, although she is hopeful that will be the case. “That’s something that keeps me awake at night,’’ she said, noting the district has formed a task force to examine how other states are approaching the issue of reopening schools. Looming ahead of MPS and all other school districts is a potentially major financial crisis as well. Cities, including Mesa, are already grappling with this as officials prepare their budgets for the fiscal year starting July 1. And while school boards also face the same task, they have even less information than cities on what they can expect from the state in the coming year – and possibly for the next several years. Though they are still in need of additional sales and income tax revenue data, state budget analysts already say that Arizona could take as much as a $1.6 billion hit, erasing a $1 billion surplus that it enjoyed before the pandemic struck. Districts already have taken a hit in the

“skinny budget” the Legislature adopted for 2020-21 before postponing the session – with the possibility it might end the session as early as this week. Lawmakers cut in half the total capital budget funding available for schools, slicing millions from what schools had expected for everything from new books and technology to facility repairs. School closures also have forced teachers into a new role – and opened eyes. Teachers are virtually entering the homes of children through Cisco Webex, a digital teleconferencing platform, rather than having children come to school to attend classes, Fourlis noted. The virtual communication has revealed the inequities that have plagued education for years, showing that low-income students are living in difficult circumstances, with some in near squalor, she said. Teachers even have witnessed illegal acts, such as drug use, in the background as students try to learn. “You see the living conditions,’’ Four-

two more in Tucson. The publicity helped them raise more funds to buy masks for first responders. They estimated how many masks they would need for the police and firefighters, at the same time adding on extra for a local VA hospital in desperate need. All three received the masks this past week. “All the donations we’ve done started in March,” said Yueli Liu, another volunteer. “We received good feedback and impressive donations. We were able to donate to a lot of different places.” Yueli Liu said the group raised nearly $80,000, which they used to purchase a total of 160,000 masks. Most have already been donated. But Liu said the group expects 39,000 more masks in the next week. And Liu said the volunteers still aren’t done. With every donation they receive, more masks are being purchased. They hope to provide enough masks for all hospitals, first responders and even nursing homes, which have also been hit hard by the virus. “This isn’t a one-person issue or a one country issue, it’s a whole world issue,” Liu said. “I feel like it was my job to work with these people to make contributions to our community. If everyone can help each other, I think we can get through this.”  lis said, revealing the struggles that many children face in their daily lives through no fault of their own. “No wonder this child is not responding to me.’’ Around 56 percent of MPS’ nearly 60,000 students come from households whose total income qualifies them for free or reduced-price meals. The district has been giving out more than 19,000 breakfastlunch packs a day since campuses closed. Fourlis said the insights gained by teachers through the virtual instruction will hopefully make them more empathetic in the future and more dedicated in making a meaningful difference in children’s lives. “The inequity of children having access to a loving, caring adult who cares about education, varies widely throughout our district,’’ she said. “So many of our homeless kids are in unstable living environment.’’ She said the online education experience “is a real eye-opener’’ for many teachers and that it will change the focus

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he Food Pantry at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Mesa is still open twice a month for distribution but has changed some protocols to enforce social distancing. Clients entering the church campus at 322 North Street at the south entrance via 3rd St. remain in their cars and must fill out a short information sheet which asks for their name, birthday, address and number of family members. From that information, Food Pantry volunteers load each family’s vehicle

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and structure of schools in the future. Under state guidelines, teachers are trying to help their students learn virtually but cannot lower their grades based on their performance – a policy most school districts in Arizona have adopted. “Otherwise, we are grading on privilege,’’ Fourlis said, noting that some students and even some teachers lack reliable internet service. High school and junior high school students are equipped with laptops provided by MPS. All that students can do is to use the virtual instruction to improve their grades from the third quarter by demonstrating an improved understanding of materials. Although there are no studies yet on the coronavirus’ impact on learning, the pandemic is highlighting the imbalance in education, according to Jonathan Supovitz, University of Pennsylvania professor of Leadership and Policy at the Graduate School of Education and chair of the Education Policy Division. “I think that there’s an exacerbating inequality,” he said. “Obviously, more wealthy parents and kids from more wealthy homes have more readily access to both technology and internet access. I don’t think schools were obviously prepared to send out electronic equipment with kids.” Although most schools in general turned to remote learning as a solution, Supovitz said it has its stumbling blocks. “Kids who are really young aren’t mature enough to be online,” he said. “And

with a variety of canned and boxed foods, frozen meat, dairy products, fresh fruit, and bread. Signs and volunteers guide clients through this process. Families are encouraged to wear masks and stay in their vehicle and provide easily accessible space in their car for the food. The pantry is open to all Mesa residents 8-11 a.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. The next open date is this Tuesday. The pantry has operated since 2008, when it helped more than 22,500 people. 

there’s issues with special education, too. “Parents can’t treat their kids like college kids, as independent learners. They have to do a lot of monitoring.” He said a child’s attention span and parental involvement play a role in the success of online lesson plans. In an attempt to compensate for the lack of internet service, the district is sending packets of educational materials to the homes of some students and hoping they take the initiative to complete their assignments. But Fourlis said she realizes that despite the district’s best efforts, there is going to be a “learning loss,’’ with the COVID-19 shutdown functioning like an extended summer vacation in some instances. She said decades of research show a decline in reading skills after summer vacations – a condition that can only be worsened by the closure of Mesa’s libraries and the lack of access to books in many homes. MPS believes it has lost touch with students who lack internet access, have unstable housing or live in group foster homes. Of course, Fourlis wishes the pandemic never happened and that an end was more clearly in sight. But she hopes it will improve the effectiveness of Mesa schools in reaching students. “I think it is going to have a strong impact on us, not only on how we meet the educational needs, but also the socialemotional needs,” Fourlis said. “I think as we re-open schools, we will be more empathetic. There is not one delivery system,’’ she said. 

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answer your question,’’ Ducey said in response to a query from Capitol Media Services. “We’re going to follow the facts and the data.’’ And the modeling? “These are speculations that are educated speculations,’’ the governor said. On what health director Cara Christ

called the “rosiest’’ side is the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which predicted the peak in daily deaths could occur this weekend. Longer term, it shows a declining death rate, probably hitting zero or close to that by June 13. But it still figures that 583 Arizonans eventually will die. On a more practical level, the IHME model figures that Arizona’s use of hospital facilities won’t grow at all from this point forward. By contrast, Christ said federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shared with her models for Arizona based on projection formulas developed by John Hopkins University. Christ did not share any death data from that model, saying that she has not received permission to provide how they got to the numbers. But she said that model predicts that hospital beds and medical equipment use will not peak until around June 11. “This model appears to be the most realistic and the predictions are reassuring,’’ the director said. What makes that particularly relevant is that Christ said that it is built on the

presumption that the various gubernatorial orders will self-destruct as scheduled April 30. That finding could prove particularly relevant to any decision Ducey makes in the next week, as it suggests that extending “mitigation strategies’’ beyond this month might result in an earlier peak – and potentially fewer virus cases and fewer deaths. Others have their own proposals. Christ said one was developed by her agency partnering with the University of Arizona and Arizona State University that has a mid-range prediction of about 88,466 case and predicts the peak will not occur until mid-May. COVIDActNow.org has a model created by volunteers who partnered with epidemiologists and data scientists to look at not just the raw numbers but the effects of intervention. Based on current trends, that model predicts that 4 percent of Arizonans eventually will contract the virus, with a total of 2,000 deaths. The model also has a warning of sorts. It says if restrictions are lifted, up to 70 percent of Arizonans could be infected in the next three months, with 65,000 people eventually dying. 

with some remaining hot-button and potentially controversial measures. These range from changes in water laws and re-regulating vacation rentals to ending social promotion, higher gasoline taxes and whether transgender females can legally participate in high school and college athletics. The virus shows no clear sign of abating, with single-day deaths hitting a peak of 21 on Tuesday, bringing the tally to more than 500. And with non-essential businesses shuttered and a stay-at-home order by Gov. Doug Ducey, the state’s revenue picture remains no clearer than it was when lawmakers went home. Absent some need for a special session, Fann said lawmakers would be gone until a new session in January unless there is some need for a special session before

then. “The budget is pretty well secure right now,’’ Fann said, with lawmakers having adopted what amounts to an $11.8 billion “baseline’’ spending plan. That assumes continuation of all agencies with adjustments for growth in population and inflation. Lawmakers added $105 million before packing up last month both in direct funds for the Department of Health Services to deal with the virus as well as for aid to renters, the homeless and small business. Meanwhile, legislative budget staffers said they cannot predict how badly state revenues will be impacted from the shutdown of local businesses and the sharp drop in tourism. The most recent estimate put the shortfall at $1.1 billion for the upcoming fiscal year. But Richard Stavneak, staff director

of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, said that figure could be as little as $600 million or as much as $1.6 billion. Nor can they accurately determine how much more the state will have to spend as the recession being created is making more people eligible for governmentfunded programs like Medicaid. “There’s no way we’re really going to have a good handle on any new numbers until we really know where we’re going to go with this,’’ Fann said. “Are we going to be able to start opening things up little by little over the next couple of weeks?’’ she asked. “Or is it going to take longer.’’ Anyway, Fann said, the state is in line to get about $2.8 billion in federal aid due to the pandemic, something she said can

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o how close is Arizona to finally hitting a peak in COVID-19 cases? It depends on whose numbers – and whose models – you believe. The reports by several different organizations paint different pictures. But the question now goes to whether Gov. Doug Ducey will conclude that the worst has passed and the risk sufficiently reduced so that he can begin slowly unwinding the restrictions he has imposed on everyday life in Arizona. The governor has to make some decisions soon: His stay-at-home order dissolves automatically this Thursday, April 30, unless renewed in whole or in part. Ducey said he takes comfort in one common thread in all the predictions: None currently show the state running out of hospital and ICU beds or ventilators. “Regardless of which one of these models happens to be right, we’re prepared,’’ he said. The governor is not saying what he intends to do about the April 30 date. “We don’t know if we’re past the peak or before the peak,’’ he said. “I’m not going to morph into a fortune teller and

Gov. Doug Ducey has three options as the deadline for his stay-at-home order faces an expiration on Thursday. (Special to the Tribune)

Lawmakers may call it quits for 2020 BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

egislative leaders may pull the plug on the 2020 session with the intent of not coming back to the Capitol to deal with outstanding financial and policy issues until next January. Senate President Karen Fann told Capitol Media Services Tuesday that lawmakers will vote on May 1 to shut down the session that began on Jan. 13. They have been in recess since March 23, hoping to return once the COVID-19 pandemic had passed. While Fann favors ending the session, House Speaker Rusty Bowers has told her that Republican lawmakers in the House oppose the move. Lawmakers originally planned to return not only to put the final touches on a budget for the new fiscal year but also to deal

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Salvation Army helps Mesa senior community BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Staff Writer

senior community in Mesa has banded together with The Salvation Army to deliver hot meals to residents unable to venture out of selfquarantine. Superstition Buttes Mobile Home Park residents have struggled since a stay-athome order was put into place as parttime residents headed home – mostly in Canada. “Everybody had to leave, especially the Canadians,” said Karen Matta, a sevenyear resident at the park who works as a security guard at the main gate. “I posted on our community page that if anybody had any extra food, to leave it behind.” Matta began passing out the extra food to residents in need, but ran out in a week. “I was worried about them, I didn’t know what to do,” Matta said. “I thought about it and called my nephew up to see if The Salvation Army would be interested in helping out the seniors. Sure enough, they said yes.” Matta’s nephew, Daryl Howard, is a cook for The Salvation Army Mesa Corps Community Center. He reached out to Major Scott Ramsey about helping his aunt and Superstition Buttes. Ramsey, Howard and others at The Salvation Army quickly sprang into action.

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be used to plug a lot of holes until next January. The state also is expected to end this budget year on June 30 with close to $1 billion in surplus, with a nearly identical amount in its “rainy-day’’ fund. Not everyone is on board with the plan. “This is the most God-awful, embarrassing thing we’ve ever done,’’ said Rep. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa. “What kind of policy is not going to happen this year because we decided we were afraid?’’ she asked. Townsend said there’s no reason that lawmakers cannot meet online to finish the session. She pointed out the House already has set up a process that allowed several lawmakers to vote without being on the floor. “We managed to do it for the budget,’’

in need is not new to Ramsey even though he’s lived in Arizona less than a year. He’s been involved with The Salvation Army for nearly 30 years and has helped in Members of The Salvation Army Mesa Corps Community Center, with help from residents similar ways of the Superstition Buttes Mobile Home Park in East Mesa, help deliver as many as 60 meals during other daily. (Courtesy The Salvation Army Metro Phoenix) disasters “I think the first time we went out there across the nation, including after major we only had about 30 meals,” Ramsey said. wildfires and hurricanes. He knows what it takes to help out a “There was a need.” The Salvation Army now delivers as community in need. And when members many as 60 meals a day. Each meal comes of that community rally around help out, around noon and when they arrive, com- it makes everything he is doing even more munity members help Matta distribute impactful. “You see the true sense of community in them to different homes. June Rodriguez and her husband, Bob, these mobile home parks,” Ramsey said. who moved to the park three years ago “Where we who live outside of them may from Minnesota, use their golf cart to de- not know our neighbors, they do. That’s liver them. what happens during these emergency “We have a golf cart and we are able to disasters. People want to get involved. It’s do it, so why not?” Rodriguez said. “They been neat to see.” Rodriguez said the pandemic has are all so grateful and appreciative to have brought Superstition Buttes residents a hot meal come to their home.” The initiative to help out a community even closer together than they already

Townsend said. “But we can’t manage to do it for the rest of the people’s business?’’ Townsend said that lawmakers can be creative, just as have other businesses. “Walmart managed,’’ she said. “Why? Because Walmart is considered essential. But the people’s business is not essential enough?’’ “Literally, there were hundreds of bills hanging out there,’’ Fann acknowledged. Also dead would be various proposals to cut taxes, including a plan by Ducey to eliminate income taxes on the pensions of retired military. Fann, however, said that the fate of these bills left in the process is no different than it would have been had lawmakers gone through a full session and left issues unresolved. “They’re dead for this year, just as they would be in any year’’ when the session ends without action. “And next year we’ll

take them up again.’’ Fann acknowledged that many of the issues had been thoroughly debated and probably had merit. “But good bills die every year,’’ she said. And there was a practical matter: Who decides in what would be the short time remaining before the end of the fiscal year on June 30 which bills should get attention. “Everybody thought their bills were important and critical,’’ Fann said. “It was just decided there was no way we could feasibly do it and be fair with everybody and actually get things accomplished.’’ And then there is the reality of working against a deadline on issues that could prove controversial. “The longer we get in to session, the worse the politics are getting,’’ Fann said. That goes beyond the normal partisan bickering. This is an election year, with

were before the pandemic struck. Neighbors on other streets she never met have now become some of her best friends. She’s even had the ability to help with other needs, such as facemasks for those who had trouble obtaining one in order to venture to the grocery store or other public areas. “It’s neat to be in a place where if you need help, people will help,” Rodriguez said. “People seem to come out of the woodwork to help others. Some of these people are really in need of meals and I’m so glad we are able to do that.” The ability for them to come together during a crisis is what makes Matta cherish her community. Not only has she been overcome with emotion at being able to help those in need, but residents have expressed gratitude for the helping hand. But Matta admits none of that would have been possible if it weren’t for The Salvation Army. Along with Howard and Ramsey, she applauded the work of Youth Division Director Amanda Mayberry and Assistant Youth Division Director Laura Quintero, who have also spent countless amounts of time helping the community stay healthy during the pandemic. “They have been with us since day one,” Matta said. “They helped bring this community together.” 

even some intramural spats anticipated among Republicans vying for the same seats. “So, are we really going to get anything accomplished?’’ Fann asked. She said the prime goal is to “get the state back up and running. “Then we can work on the stuff next year,’’ Fann said. Townsend, however, has another theory about why legislative leaders want to end the session. She pointed out that Arizona law prohibits legislators from raising money from lobbyists during the legislative session. This is an election year. That prohibition would go away on May 1 if the session is over, providing time for seeking donations before the Aug. 3 primary. “We should go hang our heads in shame,’’ Townsend said. 

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ast Valley artists are finding a somewhat brighter side of sheltering in place. With long, uninterrupted hours to be creative, many area artists are using the unexpected free time to appeal to their muses. Therosia Reynolds, a professional artist who resides at Mesa Artspace Lofts, an affordable housing complex in downtown Mesa, created a drive-by art show in the art gallery within the complex. The gallery is closed, but Reynolds has positioned the artwork high above the floor, making it possible to drive by and view her work without leaving a vehicle. Her nine inspirational pieces featuring bold, universal colors are visible from the large windows that face South Hibbert Street. Each piece has a deeper meaning that falls in line with the current situation. A 4’x3’ painting features “Our Deepest Fear,”

faith mode…we are bigger than the current circumstance.” Paul Soderquist, a Navy veteran and retired Presbyterian minister in Mesa who paints for leisure, painted his vision of the virus, inspired by the media’s depiction of it, rather than painting his usual landscapes and nature scenes. He obtained an easel, brushes and canvas and set out to paint in his Mesa artist Paul Soderquist painted this work, which he titled “Corona Chaos.” quiet backyard. (Courtesy of Paul Soderquist) “Something just a powerful poem by Marianne Williamson. stirred within me,” he said. “I sensed a “It’s an inspirational drive-by, that’s need to express outwardly something of what I want it to be,” she said. “I’ve the stress and anxiety I was feeling inwatched people fighting in grocery stores wardly. Painting relaxes me. Maybe paintover toilet paper. That’s a little bit of a loss ing for me is a kind of prayer. The spiritual of humanity. That’s a fear mode, it’s not a masters write about spiritual practices of

solitude and silence. I think it’s that.” Soderquist’s painting depicts the virus as seen through a microscopic slide, surrounded by a number of smaller satellites. He named the acrylic painting “Corona Chaos.” “I think it probably represents my own anxiety regarding the corona virus and what it’s doing to everyone around the world,” he said. Chandler artist Shachi Kale, whose art show in Scottsdale scheduled for April was postponed, is among them. “A lot of my current art is centering around home, oddly, a subject that was part of my show too,” she said. “So I do have art that deals with home and shelter that would have been in my show.” Kale’s watercolor on paper, “Shelter in Place,” depicts a bird’s eye view of a Valley neighborhood, a cluster of cookie cutter houses with backyards and swimming pools, where all seems calm and orderly.

do to make some memories,” Renee said. “Then it popped into my head that if they can’t go to prom, why can’t we bring prom to him? Alexia’s mom loved the idea and we went from there.” The plan was set in motion in March. Alexia and Blake had Skyline senior Blake Roebuck was surprised by his mother, Renee, girlfriend, Alexia Alexia, and her parents with a backyard prom in the midst of school closures. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff) routinely taken pictures at local parks or other locations attire to, at the very least, capture the two during the closure, so she asked him if he of them together. He agreed. would be willing to still dress up in prom Alexia and her parents then began clean-

ing up their backyard, hanging lights and setting up a table and speaker for them to eat and dance by the pool. Alexia’s father agreed to grill steak and salmon for them. On April 11, Renee and Blake went to Alexia’s house. When she presented him with a corsage, he came to a realization of what they had planned for him. “I had pure joy,” Blake said. “I thought we were just going to dress up and maybe have a little dinner. But as soon as I got there and I saw the lights, the huge dinner set up, it was pure joy. It was a lot more than I expected.” The two took pictures with the setting sun as their backdrop, then danced until it was time to eat. Along with the steak and salmon, they had a pazookie dessert, Blake’s favorite. The two returned to the dance floor before ending the night with

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Skyline High senior surprised with backyard prom BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

kyline senior Blake Roebuck had started to accept the fact he and the rest of his peers would miss out on prom and other events due to the coronavirus pandemic. He had planned to attend Skyline’s senior prom with his girlfriend, Alexia Fowler, who graduated from Red Mountain in 2019 and is now a freshman at the University of Arizona. Blake wanted to rent a Mustang for the two of them but plans changed after school campuses were closed for the remainder of the school year. But instead of harping on a situation they are unable to control, Blake’s mother Renee Roebuck, Alexia and her parents sprang into action to bring prom to him. “I was trying to think about what I could

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“But as all of us try and shelter in place, home takes on a whole new significance,” she said. “Is it a place where you feel safe? Or a place you feel stuck? So many of us having very individual experiences and responses to this crisis, but all of us sheltering in place till this dark cloud passes over and we can finally be free to soar.” In another painting titled “Aware,” she depicts from above a young woman lying on the bed with her hand on the stomach. “I find myself becoming hyper-aware of my hands, my face, my breath, my thoughts, my existence,” she said. “Yet, strangely, it has also made me hyperaware of my blessings, my home, my family, food, friends, art, nature and how critical they all are to keep the anxiety of these times in check.” Members of Gilbert Visual Art League have also taken up brush and pencil to portray their emotions. Sharon Hess’s watercolor of a theater mask draped with a string of Mardi Gras beads, titled “Let’s Party,” speaks to how we associated the object in the past – more with a festive or entertainment element rather than with a security or lifesaving component. After Covid-19, our memories of masks will change forever. “The mask I wish I could wear,” Hess said. “Let’s party when this is over.” For some, the pandemic and the new normal life of seclusion led to detachment and sorrow. “Visual artists tend to work alone creating artworks. However, our ideas don’t form in a vacuum. They are influenced by the world around us,” said Donna Finter, who found it difficult to paint until a fellow artist invited her to a challenge. Now, she’s back in the groove. “Bright Moment” is a trio of red flowers giving a cheerful nod to the world at large. “I’m trying lots of subjects and painting methods. Creating gives me feelings of peace and accomplishment. I hope my artwork gives others a little lift,” Finter said. Barbara Tibbits has embarked on a series of watercolor abstract paintings. “Salmon Run” illustrates in blues, greens and goldreds salmon swimming upstream. “What meant the most for me was a calming body of work that helped rest my mind and lower my stress level, plus, surrender to the fact that our plans for a month-long visit to Washington State was cancelled,” she said.

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Therosia Reynolds had to close her Mesa gallery but found other ways to display her work. (Special to the Tribune)

Everyone seems to have made up their minds to make the most of the precious commodity of time. Said Soderquist, “I am going to count my blessings, which are many. I am going to take time to slow down, to breathe deeply, to appreciate, to hug my family, to pray. And I’m going to keep painting.” 

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a movie. The backyard prom meant the world to Blake and Alexia, who wanted to make sure he was able to have some sort of experience like she did last year. “I think every senior should be able to experience all of their last (events) and they had that taken away from them,” Alexia said. “I wanted to give him somewhat one of his lasts so we can go forward and be able to look back at this special moment and know he got somewhat of a special senior activity.” Prom won’t be the only activity Blake and other seniors will miss out on. There will be no last assembly, or senior ditch day. There will be no celebration when the class finished their last final exam and walks out with one another. While schools haven’t officially ruled out the possibility of an in-person graduation in May, all universities and community colleges in Arizona have already moved commencement ceremonies online. High schools will likely follow. What is widely regarded as the best time of a student’s life was cut short for the 2020 class. So, to be able to have even

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a makeshift prom for just the two of them still meant the world to Blake. “It showed me how much I meant to her,” Blake said. “She didn’t just sit back and say, ‘sorry this happened’ and didn’t try to fix it. Her and her parents and my mom made it special for me. It showed me how much they care about me.” The backyard prom was met with positive feedback from many of Blake’s friends, most of whom are now looking into possibly doing something similar. At the very least, he hopes they are able to get together for another makeshift prom when social distancing measures are able to lighten up. Though, there is no telling when that may be. For now, Blake will continue to make the most of a situation that is out of his control. And Renee plans to still make his senior year memorable in a positive way. “Everything has been taken away,” Renee said. “But I wanted this to be something other parents of seniors and even seniors in college see as something they can do to think outside the box. “There’s nothing we can do about what is going on, but we can make the best out of what we have and create memories.” 

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Schnepf Farms’ peach season adapts to pandemic BY PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor

he COVID-19 pandemic has made life anything but peachy for Carrie and Mark Schnepf, but the Queen Creek farmers aren’t about to let it destroy one of their favorite times of the year. In a week or so, Schnepf Farms will be letting the public into its peach orchard – Arizona’s largest with 5,000 trees – but with some new rules appropriate to this age of social distancing. Until last year, the Schnepfs held a Peach Festival every May to celebrate the advent of the ripened fruit. But even before “social distancing” became part of everyday vocabulary, the Schnepfs saw a need for crowd control, so “we quit the Peach Festival last year because it was just getting too big for us to do anymore and we couldn’t make sure we had peaches on the trees every time,” said Carrie. “So, now we’re doing peach season come on every weekend,” she said. Through most of last May, Mark estimates, between 40,000 and 50,000 people flocked to Schnepf Farms at 24810 E. Rittenhouse Road, to wander through the orchard and pick as many peaches as they wanted. Before the change, Mark said, “We had too many people coming on one weekend. And so we stopped doing it to help spread out the crowd over four or five weekends and it worked brilliantly. We loved it. We still did everything in terms of all the baking and that kind of stuff, but it just worked out a lot better because we didn’t have 10,000 people all in one day.” This year, with social distancing still a necessity, the Schnepfs are giving people two ways to get a hold of their succulent fruit. From Tuesday through Sunday, they can sign up at schnepffarms.com for a one-hour chance to pick their own starting at 6 a.m. “There’s going to be a reservation system for a date and a time where people can come and pick,” Mark explained, “So, for instance, where before we might have

on the spur of the moment and buy a bunch of boxes of peaches.” The Schnepfs aren’t sure exactly when the peaches will be ready for picking or picking up and said people should start checking their website daily for updates. “We want everyone to have that experience of picking their own peaches off our peach trees, but we literally can get a couple thousand at one time, so we have to be careful this year,” Mark added. But he didn’t simply Longtime Queen Creek farmers Mark and Carrie Schnepf say people can share go to a drive-through in their harvest of succulent peaches by either ordering them online already system like he’s been picked or registering online to drop by and pick them. (Special to the Tribune) using the past several 1,000 people showing up at the same weeks for the other vegetables he grows time, we’re now going to have a reserva- and the breads, cinnamon rolls, pies and tion system …we will allow 10 cars and other baked goods that Carrie and her 10 cars only to drive out to the orchard to team make each day and sell from their pick peaches and when they’re gone, there on-site country store. will be a new group that is allowed in. For more than a month now, Carrie That way, we can completely control the each morning posts on the website what’s number of people that are in the orchard available, so people can order and prepay at any one time.” and just drive through to pick up their orPeople also will be able to go online at der Thursday through Sunday from 9 a.m. schnepffarms.com to place an order for To 4 p.m. Some people are still allowed to pre-picked peaches. wander onto the farm and pick available “We’ll be picking the peaches ourselves with our crew and boxing them in our regular peach boxes and, like we do now with our vegetables, people will be able to preorder and prepay online and then literally drive through and pick up the box or boxes. That will be kind of a time situation too, so depending on what time of day they place their order will depend on when they can actually come and pick them up. “We’ll pick peaches in the morning on one day. And if we have, say, 300 boxes of peaches, then that’s what we’ll put online the next morning as available so we don’t oversell. The Schnepfs keep their peaches on the tree so they become much sweeter than early-picked fruit found People won’t be able to just drive to the farm in supermarkets, Mark said. (Special to the Tribune)

vegetables themselves, Mark said, but social distancing rules still apply. Peach season holds a special fondness for Mark, who with his wife over the years has turned the farm into the state’s biggest grower of the fruit – an accomplishment in which he takes great pride. “When I was a kid. There were fruit orchards all over the place and they’re just all gone,” he said. Asked what’s so special about peaches, he replied, “Because they’re beautiful, first of all. I mean, the orchards are beautiful. They’re shady, they’re quiet, the fruit is so nice to look at. “But then it just tastes so doggone good. We don’t pick until it’s ripe. I mean it just has amazing flavor. You know, I’m not bashing any grocery store but grocery stores have to pick the fruit green in order to give it a two-week shelf life. We don’t do that at the farm. We let it tree-ripen so it has more sugar, more flavor.” The pandemic has put the season and the farm under the same cloud most businesses have been under since social-distancing guidelines were imposed. One of the biggest impacts has been on the farm’s wedding business. “We had 48 weddings postponed,” Carrie said. “That was the tough. We already had the food purchased. I had a freezer full of meat.” “Our event business has come to a screeching halt. The Good Life Festival has been postponed for a year.” For the first time since they started their Easter “Egg-Citement event on their 300acre farm 23 years ago, the Schnepfs had to cancel. The couple is thinking of inaugurating some special activities if social distancing goes on much longer – including drive-in movies and even drive-through graduations. “What is doing well is our UPICK Garden,” said Carrie, who said at least people can pick up fresh vegetables and baked goods and then “stay at home, enjoy themselves, slow down.” Information: schnepffarms.com. 

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t’s dangerous to contemplate history when an historical moment remains ongoing, but when your days stretch to infinity under quarantine, what else do you have to do? Lately, I’ve taken to pondering this: Once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, how will we argue about it for the next century or so? Because let’s be real: Argument has replaced baseball and football as our national pastime. As I write this, the U.S. has more than 840,000 coronavirus positives and nearly 47,000 dead. Arizona has reported about 5,500 cases and 231 dead. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s national projection for the Fourth of July – which they warn has a high degree of uncertainty – is for about 68,000

dead across the country. The worst-case national scenario for Independence Day? More than 123,000 dead. The IMHE’s model for Arizona predicts the number of daily deaths in the state falling throughout May and reaching zero in mid-June. The model for Arizona predicts close to 600 deaths by July 4, with a worst-case scenario of 1,700 lives lost. While it feels gruesome to me to talk purely in mathematics about dead human beings, it surely will be essential to our future arguments – which will likely break down, as does everything in America these days, into three camps: “What a tremendous waste of time!” These folks are already out protesting the lockdown outside the state Capitol. They’ll point back to the CDC’s initial worst-case estimates of 1.7 million American deaths and argue that they were deprived of their freedom for nothing. Signature quote, offered by a guy in a

MAGA cap waving a Don’t Tread On Me flag: “For the same number of dead as a really bad flu season, we let liberal wussies crash the whole freaking economy!” “Social distancing worked!” These optimistic arguers will point to America and Arizona having fallen short of the CDC’s dire death estimates and congratulate themselves for having sheltered in place while using massive stashes of Charmin’ as impromptu end tables. For them, spending two months at home watching Netflix and washing their hands raw ranks as a sacrifice alongside the Greatest Generation sending 16 million soldiers to fight World War II. Signature quote: “I’m going to celebrate with a spa day and some red, white and blue acrylic nails during the best mani-pedi ever!” “Imagine if!” The imagine-ifers will start every argument with that phrase, to detail why all of us have blood on hands. For them, our response to the pandem-

ic, from the White House to the Copper Dome, has been a series of screw-ups that can only be measured by lives lost. “Imagine if people had taken social distancing seriously?” Or: “Imagine if Trump hadn’t been out there lying about testing?” Or: “Imagine if Doug Ducey had closed every business in the state back in February?” Their signature quote: “One life lost is one life too many.” So where do I stand? It’s early yet, but I believe I will end up in all three camps simultaneously. Our response to COVID-19 has been erratic and marked by some worthless gestures – and many intelligent, noble actions. Social distancing has saved lives, though not as many lives as might have been saved by a more comprehensive, less screwed-up response. I imagine I’ll make the only point that matters: Arguing about COVID-19 is a luxury, because the alternative is not being alive to argue. 

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kyline junior Zeke Branham has always been motivated to succeed by those around him. Whether it’s his older sister, Marlena, who is now at the University of Michigan, or his parents, Branham has pushed himself in the classroom to obtain an opportunity to better his future by attending a good college. His football skills just happened to come along with it. “My sister graduated from Desert Ridge with a 4.5 (GPA) and I’ve always been competitive my whole life with her so I’m trying to do what I can to beat her,” Branham said. “It builds good habits. I don’t have a lot of free time to play Call of Duty or anything but that’s fine with me. “It’s helping me get my college paid for, which I’m extremely happy about.” Branham currently has a 4.03 GPA at Skyline. That, along with his athletic ability, has resulted in calls from some of the top academic institutions in the country to continue his football career and receive a top-notch education. He took an official visit to the University of Pennsylvania on Feb. 1, about a month before the NCAA shut down inperson recruitment due to the spread of COVID-19. The down time has allowed for college coaches to evaluate more film rather than traveling from state to state. That has helped Branham stand out despite Skyline’s difficult season. The Coyotes, in their first year under new head coach George Hawthorne, finished 2-8 in 2019. The program was depleted by seniors graduating and players transferring to other schools after former coach Angelo Paffumi was fired in 2018. Branham was one of the few left with varsity experience. And it showed. Primarily a defensive back, the 6-foot2, 200-pounder was third on the team with 51 total tackles, three of which for

Columbia. He plans to set up official visits with some of the schools that have already offered him once campuses open back up. For now, though, he spends his days doing schoolwork online and training any way he can. “Most people would say they feel happy or excited about (the offers),” Branham said. “But for me, After a difficult season in 2019, Skyline junior Zeke Branham (green, 19) aims to change it makes me feel the culture of the football program and help restore the success they had in the past. more motivated. (Photo courtesy Zeke Branham) I want to achieve a loss. He also accounted for a sack and even more goals. I want to become the two interceptions. He also had 238 rush- best. I want to work hard and achieve ing yards and three touchdowns on of- more accolades. It makes me feel confident that what I am doing works.” fense. Branham said being away from his “Reckless abandonment,” Branham said when describing his style of play. “I don’t have anything to lose, in my mind. Even if I do have something to lose, I play like I don’t. I don’t hold back.” That mindset has quickly put him on the radar for college football programs. Since his visit to Penn, he’s picked up offers from UNLV, NAU, Montana State, Army, Air Force, Fresno State, Abilene Christian and UC Davis. He’s also had other Ivy Since February, Zeke Branham has received scholarship offers from several college League schools call, football programs across the country, including Ivy League schools due to his 4.03 GPA. (Photo courtesy Zeke Branham) including Yale and

teammates and coaches has been difficult and hopes to be able to compete in some 7-on-7 games by the time summer rolls around. He’s kept in contact with most of them as they also prepare for what they hope to be a turnaround season for the Skyline program. Before schools closed, he was routinely in the weight room with Hawthorne, who played football at the University of Iowa before participating in training camp with the Cleveland Browns and joining the Arizona Rattlers. At the end of his football career, he moved his way up to become captain for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office while spending time as an assistant coach at Chandler. Hawthorne brought a new mentality about the weight room at Skyline. As someone who works out frequently, he helped players such as Branham quickly make good progress. It’s that new mindset, along with the desire to quickly turn around the program, that has Branham determined to do everything in his power his senior year to change the Coyotes’ culture. “We are trying to change the name of Skyline,” Branham said. “I want people to know that when they come off the field after playing us, nothing was handed to them. I don’t want to hold anything back.” Win or lose, Branham wants to make a statement. Whether it be physical play or unwillingness to quit, he hopes teams no longer look at Skyline as the doormat of the East Valley. For him, helping lead the program in the right direction as a senior would be ideal for his legacy at Skyline. In the process, he aims to continue making strides as a student athlete. And for as long as he is seen as a leader in the Coyote football program, he will push his teammates to work just as hard off the field as they do on. “Coming off of last season, we don’t have a single thing to lose,” Branham said. “We are going to come with a lot more confidence. This program is going to have a way better mentality.” 

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FY2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan FY 2020/2021 Annual Action Plan Public Comment Period (April 27, 2020 – May 26, 2020) Public Hearing May 21, 2020 Date of Publication: April 26, 2020 FY 2020/2021 Annual Action Plan, FY2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice Proposed Use of Funds for anticipated awards from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG); HOME Investments Partnership Program (HOME); and Emergency Solutions Grant Program (HESG). In accordance with the federal regulations at 24 CFR, Part 91, the City of Mesa, AZ (City) is required to prepare and submit an Annual Action Plan for its Housing and Community Development Entitlement Programs funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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The 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan outlines the City's housing and non-housing community development needs and priorities over five years. The Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 outlines how the City intends to spend approximately $4,066,246 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and approximately $1,510,846 in federal HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program entitlement funds, and $327,701 in Emergency Solutions Grant funds. The 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan proposes uses of CDBG, HOME and HESG funds for funding activities that are consistent with the City’s Five-Year Consolidated Plan. As a condition of the receipt of federal funds, the City is required to hold a minimum of two public hearings to inform the general public of additions or changes, including the cancellation of proposed activities or amendments to the City of Mesa Citizen Participation Plan. Notice of Public Comment Period

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A public comment period regarding the FY 2020/2021 proposed activities in the Annual Action Plan, the FY2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan, and the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice will begin on Monday, April 27, 2020 and end on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. All written comments received no later than May 26, 2020 will be considered. Written comments may be sent to: Michelle Albanese, City of Mesa, P.O. Box 1466, Mesa, AZ 852111466. You may also contact her at (480) 644-4546, or via e-mail at CommunityRevitalization@mesaaz.gov for further information. Public Hearing Public Hearing #2: Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the safety of our citizens, the City will hold the second public hearing on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. via Zoom. The meeting will be live streamed on YouTube. Information on how to view and provide comments or questions on the plans will be posted on Community Development’s website at the following link: https://www.mesaaz.gov/residents/community-development. In the event the “Stay at Home” order is lifted by the Governor, an in-person public hearing will be conducted on the same date and time. The location of the meeting will be published at a later date in this newspaper and on Community Development’s website at the link provided above. The City of Mesa is committed to making its public meetings accessible. For accommodations, translation, or additional information, please contact the City of Mesa Community Services at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting at (480) 644-4521; or e-mail: CommunityRevitalization@mesaaz.gov; or AZRelay 71-1 for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Si necesita asistencia o traducción en español, favor de llamar al menos 48 horas antes de la reunión al 480644-2767. Michelle Albanese, Housing & Community Development Director (April 22, 2020, East Valley Tribune/30164) Equal Housing Opportunity

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Public Notices CITY OF MESA MESA, ARIZONA SOUTHERN AVENUE AND STAPLEY DRIVE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. CP0800 FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. HSIP-MES-0(224)D ADOT TRACS NO. 0000 MA MES SH544 0IC ALCP NO. ACI-SOU-01-03-B DAVIS BACON WAGES APPLY ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, May 28, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration. This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: In accordance with the approved plans and specifications, this project shall include all roadway construction required to widen the intersection at Southern Avenue and Stapley Drive to accommodate new medians in each direction, required tapers, and a third southbound lane from the intersection of Southern Avenue and Stapley Drive to Harmony Avenue. The project shall also include pavement reconstruction along Southern Road, from South Horne to South Harris Drive and along Stapley Drive from East Harmony Avenue to 8th Avenue. Roadway construction shall include, but not necessarily be limited to the following: New asphalt construction, new traffic signals, street lights, curb, gutter, and sidewalk, ADA improvements, utility relocations and coordination. The Engineer’s Estimate range is $12,000,000 to $13,000,000. For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Donna Horn at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov. Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contract decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified above. Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from ARC Document Solutions, LLC, at https://order.e-arc.com/arcEOC/PWell_Main.asp?mem=152. Click on “Go” for the Public Planroom to access plans. NOTE: In order to be placed on the Plan Holders List and to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, an order must be placed. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $170, which is non-refundable regardless of whether the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the website at the address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.e-arc.com. One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing. In order for the City to consider alternate products in the bidding process, please follow Arizona Revised Statutes §34.104c. If a pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled, details can be referenced in Project Specific Provision Section #3, titled “Pre-Bid Review of Site.” Work shall be completed within 550 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed. Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier's check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The following forms are to be submitted with the Bid Proposal for Federal-Aid Projects. 1. Surety (Bid) Bond 2. Non-Collusion Bidding Certification (Exhibit C.32) 3. Certificate with Regard to the Performance of Previous Contracts (Exhibit C.33) 4. Affidavit of Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goal Assurances with a DBE goal of 11.26% (Exhibit C.34A) The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service). The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORD® Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements. The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa. The City of Mesa, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 (Public Law 100.259). 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WILLIAMS FIELD ROAD BOX CULVERT IMPROVEMENTS WILLIAMS FIELD ROAD AND CRISMON ROAD, MESA, AZ PROJECT NO. CA210 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until May 14, 2020 at 1:00p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration. A Non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference via Telephone will be held on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 1:00p.m. The Conference Bridge call in is 1-866-429-7190, conference ID 1746445 in order to join the call. There will not be a pre-bid review of the site. This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: Box culvert, wing walls and handrail for Williams Field Road at the intersection of Crismon Road and Williams Field Road as outlined by the Improvement Plans for Williams Field Road Infrastructure. Excludes rough grading (by others). The Engineer’s Estimate range is $700,000 – $800,000. For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Stephanie Gishey at stephanie.Gishey@mesaaz.gov. Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contract decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified above. Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from ARC Document Solutions, LLC, at https://order.e-arc.com/arcEOC/PWELL_Main.asp?mem=29. Click on “Go” for the Public Planroom to access plans. NOTE: In order to be placed on the Plan Holders List and to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, an order must be placed. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $7.00, which is non-refundable. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the website at the address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.e-arc.com. Work shall be completed within sixty (60) consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed. Bids must be submitted on the Proposal and Schedule Form provided and be accompanied by a Bid Bond, certified check, or cashier’s check (PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL BID BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE) for ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the Bid, payable to Otago Development, Inc., as a guarantee that the contractor will enter into a contract to perform the proposal in accordance with the plans and specifications. The successful bidder will be required to execute the Otago Development, Inc. Contract and respective Addenda fo r construction within ten (10) days after formal Notice of Contact Award. Failure by bidder to properly execute the Contract and provide the required certification as specified shall be considered a breach of Contract by bidder. Otago Development, Inc. shall be free to terminate the Contract or, at option, release the successful bidder. Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for this Work. The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, shall be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. The s uccessful bidder shall name Otago Development, Inc. as obligee on both the Payment and Performance Bonds and name the City of Mesa as an additional obligee on the Performance Bond using a Dual Obligee Rider form. An approved Dual Obligee Rider Form is included in Chapter 2. The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with Otago Development, Inc., the City of Mesa or Cadence Community Facilities District. BETH HUNING District Engineer ATTEST: Dee Ann Mickelsen District Clerk

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1. ZON19-00687 (District 5) Within the 1800 block of North Val Vista Drive (east side). Located south of McKellips Road on the east side of Val Vista Drive (3.47 ± acres). Rezoning from RS-35 to RS-35 BIZ. This request will allow for the development of a single-residence subdivision. Welker Development Resources, applicant; Sikora Holdings LLC, owner. 2. ZON19-00706 (District 5) Within the 2400 to 2500 blocks of North Val Vista Drive (east side). Located south of McDowell Road on the east side of Val Vista Drive (5 ± acres). Rezoning from RS-35 to RS-35 PAD. This request will allow for the development of a single-residence subdivision. Eric DeRoche, applicant; NuSash Investments, owner. 3. ZON19-00960 (District 6) Within the 7100 to 7300 blocks of East Baseline Road (south side). Located east of Power Road on the south side of Baseline Road (1.7 ± acres). Modification of an approved PAD; and Site Plan Modification. This request will allow for the development of a medical office building and a future pad site. Woods Associates Architects LLC, applicant; Sarsar Khamis George, owner. DATED at Mesa, Arizona, this 26th day of April 2020. DEE ANN MICKELSEN, City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Apr 26, 2020 / 30157

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Karen Jean (Casperson) Prelog, 75, from Gold Canyon, Arizona went to be with our Lord and Savior on April 7, 2020. Karen was born November 14, 1944 in Menominee, Michigan, daughter of Roy and Hazel (Dionne) Casperson, where she grew up and graduated from Menominee High School in 1962. On August 1,1964 Karen was married to Kenneth Prelog in Marinette, Wisconsin. They resided in Cudahay, then Waterford, Wisconsin where together they built their first home and started a family. Years later they moved to Chandler, Arizona where they raised their four sons. Karen soon became a Registered Nurse specializing in caring for burn patients. After her sons went off to college, she became a traveling nurse working all over the country until her retirement nearly a decade ago. Karen was preceded in death by her parents, her former husband Kenneth, her brother Clifford, and her closest Aunt Mildred (Lawrence) Hultman. She is survived by her sons Eric (Carol) Prelog, Joel (Diana) Prelog, Andrew (Rachel) Prelog, Samuel (Kären) Stevens, and 17 amazing grandchildren. Survivors also include three brothers and two half-sisters Gordon (Vi), Robert (Elaine), and Kenneth (Lynn) Casperson, Carol (Jamie) Sanchez, Cheryl (Terrance) O’Donnell and sister in-law Alys Casperson. In addition to countless nieces, nephews, and other relatives, Karen has endless friendships throughout the country as a result of her work and travels. She will be remembered by all as someone who gave every part of herself to anyone who needed it. She found joy in giving and making other people happy was her greatest love. One of her many gifts from God, was her ability to create amazing meals. She baked and cooked for others, and showed her love to them by making them something she knew would fulfill them. From pies to Family Supper, and jellyroll to Christmas Eve dinner, her love of sharing her meals was beyond compare. She cared for people unconditionally and lived without regrets. The spirit of the Lord moved through her to be a blessing, and a shining light to all who met her. Her kindness and neverending love will be missed by all. Cremation will take place in Arizona with an AZ memorial service in the fall of 2020, and MI/WI memorial service in the Summer of 2021. Details will follow at a later date.

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Mary Jane Leason Mary Jane Leason, born July 22, 1934, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2020. She is survived by 2 sons, Leslie “Mike” Leason of Phoenix and Timothy (Virginia) Leason of Chandler. 5 grandchildren: Derick, Mac, Joseph, Ryan, Adam, and 7 great- grandchildren: Blake, Bella, Emma, Ethan, Autumn, Adaline, and Skylar. Mary is also survived by her sisters-in-law Barbara Thelander, and Carol Silliman, as well as many nieces and nephews. Mary moved to Arizona in 1949 from Winterset, Iowa. She worked for Pleko Southwest as a bookkeeper and Allied Concrete Company. Mary was a member of Epsilon Sigma Alpha and with a various number of projects also did volunteer work with Mesa ARC. In her retirement, she volunteered for Arizona CASA and for the City of Tempe Police Department. Mary loved playing cards and family gathering along with meeting with Echo Polio Group on a monthly basis. She enjoyed knitting blankets for family, friends, and hospital projects for preemie babies. She is preceded in death by her parents, James and Mildred “Tokie” Silliman, former husband Leslie R. Leason, brother John Silliman, sister Margaret “Anne” Silliman, and son Richard Leason. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, donations, in memory of Mary, be directed to Hospice of the Valley at www.hov.org/donate/. Bunker Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements and the family will announce, at a future date, the date and location for the memorial service.

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DATE SIGNED: April 20, 2020 Electronically signed by Gregory Huber Circuit Court Judge STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, MARATHON COUNTY Notice and Order of Hearing (For Publication) Case No. 20TP7 IN THE INTEREST OF Joley Morgan Born to: _______ TO: Brian Morgan 8142 East 5th Avenue Mesa, AZ 85208 Physical Description of alleged parent: and any unknown parent at unknown address. Additional identifying information: Date of birth: 8/23/2010 IT IS ORDERED: Notice and Order of Hearing (For Publication) Case No. 20TP7 Physical Description of alleged parent: This Notice be published advising you that a Petition for Termination of your parental rights to the named-above child be heard at the Marathon County Courthouse, Wausau Wisconsin, Rm./Br. address Branch 2 Courtroom 500 Forest Street Wausau WI 54403 on [Date] May 12, 2020 , at [Time] 3:15 PM IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, the court may hear testimony in support of the allegations in the Petition and grant the request of the petitioner to terminate your parental rights. You have the right to have an attorney present. If you desire to contest the matter and cannot afford an attorney, the state public defender may appoint an attorney to represent you. If you fail to appear and the court terminates your parental rights, a notice of intent to pursue relief from the judgment must be signed and filed in the trial court within 30 days after the judgment is entered, in order to preserve the right to pursue such relief. If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 715-261-1300 prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation. Published: East Valley Tribune Apr 26, 2020 / 30130

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