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Jobs pouring into East Valley as firms flock to region BY JASON STONE Tribune Staff Writer

rizona’s job numbers are sizzling, but East Valley numbers are on fire. A recent report from the East Valley Partnership said the region’s six communities – Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe, Queen Creek and Apache Junction – added a total of 4,589 jobs from January through June this year. “It’s fun to be mayor when the economy is doing well,” Mesa Mayor John Giles said. Here’s just how fun: The East Valley’s job gains were more than half of all jobs generated in the greater Phoenix area – which is impressive considering the growth that’s also occurring in the West Valley. The investment and manufacturing sectors are seeing the biggest job growth in the region, followed by technology and financial services. Local economic and government leaders agree there’s not just one reason big compa-

nies are either relocating to the East Valley or expanding here. They say it’s a combination of low taxes, low regulations, space to expand, good weather and some forward thinking. “Plus, people who move here actually like it here,” said (Tom Sanfilippo/Inside Out Aerial) Denny Barney, presi- Park Place on the Price Corridor in Chandler is one of the mega-employment centers dent and CEO of the attracting large firms with high-paying jobs. East Valley Partnership and a Maricopa County supervisor. deployed.” “Businesses want to be here,” Barney said. Freedom Financial, State Farm Insurance, “Aside from a stable tax policy, we have afford- ADP, Bank of the West, Pay Pal, GM Financial able housing and a good quality of life.” and Toyota Financial Services are among the “And the single biggest factor is we have See JOBS on page 6 an educated workforce that’s ready to be

Latest FBI crime report offers good news for region BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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roperty crime dropped in East Valley cities during 2017, consistent with a nationwide trend that has been noted in the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime report for the past 15 years. The biggest declines were in Mesa and Chandler, while Gilbert’s already low numbers dropped a little further, according to a Tribune analysis of the numbers released by the FBI for 2016 and 2017. While the FBI also noted a troubling 9.5 percent increase in violent crime in Arizona as a whole from 2016 to 2017, that trend did not extend into the East Valley cities. Only Chandler registering a relatively small

increase in violent crime, primarily in aggravated assaults related to domestic violence. The Arizona spike in violent crimes was apparent in Phoenix, where more than 1,800 more violent crimes were reported last year than in 2016. Arizona’s violent crime numbers for last year were up 7.9 percent over the previous year while violent crime nationally dropped by 0.2 percent in 2017 after two consecutive years of increases. Nationally, property crime dropped 3 percent – the 15th consecutive year it has declined, according to FBI estimates. The FBI’s annual report dates back to the agency’s inception in 1930 and is considered the nation’s most reliable measurement of crime, with 16,655 police agencies participating.

In the East Valley, Mesa’s violent crimes dropped by a mere four incidents, despite a small increase in homicides to 23 in 2017 from 19 in 2016. The most significant change in Mesa was in property crimes, which dropped from 11,214 to 10,692 – a 4.7 percent reduction. That included fewer burglaries and 474 fewer thefts. Dan Butler, the Mesa police’s executive commander, said the department’s crime-fighting model uses more up-to-date statistics to target crime on a daily basis. Butler said Mesa also plays a pivotal role in fighting crime throughout the East Valley through the East Valley Fusion Center, where detectives from throughout the region share See

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Mesa students riveted by mom’s account of her son’s suicide BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

he east Mesa charter students were riveted as LeAnn Hull spoke about the worst day of her life – the day her son, Andy, 16, came home from school and took his life. After she recounted the Dec. 11, 2012 incident and spoke of how she’s devoted her life to preventing others from following in his footsteps though her Andy Hull’s Sunshine Foundation, the students responded to the gut-wrenching presentation with gut-wrenching admissions of their own. One boy told Hull how he had attempted suicide twice. A girl confessed how she feared her own actions may have contributed to another person considering suicide. A third described how an online friend had written about the possibility of committing suicide several times. Hull spoke to all these students privately after her presentation at Arizona Agribusiness and Equine Center’s Red Mountain campus, hoping to refer them to mental health professionals. She readily admits that she is not a psychologist or a social worker, just a grieving mother on a mission to save lives – a mission she finds therapeutic and satisfying at some times, frustrating at others. Hull’s presentation came as a rash of teen suicides continues to plagued the East Valley. Three young people have taken their lives this month – including a Higley freshman who shot himself just hours after Hull had given her presentation. At least 19 East Valley teens have taken their lives since July 2017. While some schools have been open to her presentations, others have not been so welcoming, Hull said.

hyper-sensitivity to it.’’ Her message to her students is that their lives matter – to their parents, their friends and society. “Let’s listen a little better, look a little deeper and connect,’’ she said. The students seemed focused on Hull’s presentation. Ray Gless, the school’s administrator, said they asked for presentations to learn more about bullying and teen suicide, two social issues that concern them. Dustin Smith, 17, said she experienced suicide within her family when she was younger. “I would love to be engaged to deal with it,’’ Smith said. “I think I learned most of all that everyone is vulnerable.’’ “It’s better to be safe (Special to the Tribune) than sorry,’’ Smith said. Surrounded by memos of her 16-year-old son who took his life, “You get so focused, you LeAnn Hull has devoted her life to fighting teen suicide through get tunnel vision in life, presentations to students and educators. it’s mostly about school.’’ Hull described during the presentation Hull said presentations like hers are only one part of a long-term strategy needed how her son, a talented left-handed pitchto discourage teens from completing sui- er for the Sandra Day O’Connor High cide, another being training educators on School baseball team, seemed to have evhow to recognize early warning signs. She erything going for him. She said Andy had been scouted by the views herself as a catalyst who can connect Los Angeles Dodgers, the Kansas City students with professional services. “I can’t bring my son back. The most I Royals, and prestigious college baseball can do is honor his life by saving another teams. She said he got mostly A’s and B’s life,’’ Hull said. “I hear things and I see in his classes in school. “He was just a joy, he really was an awethings that everyone else doesn’t. I have a

Truck jumps curb, kills Mesa man walking dog BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

ana Machado would walk his boxer every day along Baseline Road in east Mesa, but he was tragically killed a week ago when a utility truck suddenly jumped a curb and struck him. “He was genuinely sweet to people and was kind. He was a really devoted father. He did everything for his two boys,’’ said Shannon Snow, his sister-in-law. “Everyone is just shocked.’’ The fatality occurred at 9:30 a.m. on Baseline Road between Power Road and

Superstition Springs Boulevard on Sept. 23. Miraculously, the dog survived the fatal collision. Snow said Machado was not in the road and was walking on the sidewalk when the utility truck hit the curb and a tree before striking him. Detective Nik Rasheta, a Mesa police spokesman, said Richard Cruz was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. He said Cruz potentially could face additional charges, based upon the outcome of toxicology tests being conducted by the Mesa police crime laboratory. Snow said Machado was from Colorado

and moved to Arizona after marrying her sister. She said he loved music, the Denver Broncos and swimming, but that his family was the focus of his life. He had a 3-year-old son and 19-year-old stepson. “There was nothing he loved more than taking care of the kids,’’ Snow said. “Obviously, the gentleman is a danger to society. You can be walking down the street and have your life ended.’’ (Special to the Tribune)

Dana Machado was known as a devoted family man. The 48-year-old Mesa resident was killed Sept. 23 when a truck jumped the curb and struck him while he was walking his dog.

some kid,’’ she said. “He just oozed a love of life. He loved sports in general.’’ But there also were warning signs that were missed. Andy told two of his friends that he was contemplating suicide a week before he took his own life. His friends told no one. She said Andy had broken up with a serious girlfriend and that he had received a bad grade from a language arts teacher, which made him worry that he might not be able to play anymore on the baseball team. Hull said Andy made a troubling, cryptic statement to her, saying if she knew what he was thinking, it would scare her. It was a warning sign, Hull said, and she missed it. “It wasn’t one thing that caused Andy to take his life. It was a multitude of things. There were a multitude of things that could have been done,’’ Hull said. She urged the teens to develop coping skills so that they can find peace during difficult times, whether its music, or reading or exercise. “I am here to tell you about failures and losses and how important they are to establish your emotional resiliency,” Hull said. “Without the clouds, we don’t appreciate the sun.’’ Hull, a mother of four who operated a construction company and ran unsuccessfully for Congress, said her son’s suicide was overwhelming. At one point, she put a gun to her own head. Another time, she sat in her a car at an intersection, trying to work up the nerve to pull out in front of a large truck in an attempt to take her own life. But Hull said she eventually recognized that she needed psychological help to deal with her own loss and needed to ask for it. In her quest to save others, Hull has found a sense of purpose in her own life.

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companies that have generated thousands of jobs for the area. In Mesa, business giants such as Apple and Dexcom are changing the diversity of the city’s business landscape. In Chandler, Rogers Corporation announced a major expansion to add 1,200 new jobs to bring its total workforce to 6,200. In Tempe, Bank of the West plans to hire 250 workers in IT, wealth management and commercial banking this year. And Gilbert scored a big victory earlier this year with financial consulting firm Deloitte’s decision to bring 2,500 jobs to the town this winter. “Part of our jobs as economic developers is keeping companies from leaving for one of the other communities,” said Micah Miranda, Chandler’s economic development director. “Having a steady supply of new, well-educated talent in the marketplace helps attract business and expansion efforts. We have a growing and welleducated talent pool for these employers to pull from.” The job is also getting cities ready for businesses to set up shop. If ever the phrase “if you build it, they will come” was true, the East Valley is experiencing that. For example, Mesa is laying the groundwork for much of its business momentum with improvements to its so-called “technology corridor.” In April, the city voted to spend $10 million for improvements for the area, which stretches along Elliot Road from Ellsworth to Signal Butte. The changes include expanding Elliot from a single-lane road to a three-way stretch in both directions. “Our role is to provide the infrastructure and workforce readiness,” Giles said. “All over Mesa, we’ve made significant investments. Having that infrastructure in place is what these large companies need.” The improvements are both practical

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Denny Barney, a county supervisor and president/CEO of the East Valley Partnership, sees strong job growth in the region.

(street lights) and aesthetic (landscaping) to help lure in those companies to an area that’s already one of the fastest growing residential communities in the Valley. After already attracting a $2 billion Apple command center, those improvements can only make a rich area get richer. The widening project along Elliot Road is expected to be completed by Oct. 8.

Partnership reaching goals

It’s all part of the vision the East Valley Partnership had in mind when it formed in 1982. Charles Wahlheim, the publisher of the old “Mesa Tribune” at the time, was part of the group that formed the coalition with the goal of helping each city in the region grow. The original group also included supermarket and education icon Eddie Basha and other East Valley leaders. At the time, the East Valley region had about 400,000 residents. That number has swelled to 1.4 million people today. Since it started, the Partnership estimates 1.3 million jobs have come to the region. “I’m happy the type of industries we’re attracting with this kind of growth keeps us more insulated from the booms and busts of the construction industry,” Barney said. Maricopa County overall is experiencing a job boom, as evidenced by a new study financial site WalletHub.com conducted. It ranked Chandler No. 1 and Gilbert

fifth in the nation for job hunting. Two of the other top five also were in the Phoenix metro area. The WalletHub study looked at factors such as unemployment rates, median annual income and housing affordability. For the second year in a row, Maricopa County is ranked as the fastest-growing counties for jobs in the U.S. The county’s unemployment rate last month was 4.2 percent, lower than the state’s seasonally adjusted rate of 4.6 percent and mirroring what most cities in the region are reporting. Chandler is doing even better with a 3.3 percent rate at last check in June. “We’re basically at full employment in Chandler,” Miranda said. Barney said the East Valley’s transition from more mom-and-pop businesses to major industries has been years in the making. “In decades past, much of the East Valley was ‘Main Street America,’” Barney said. “Now you’ve got Boeing (expanding) in Mesa and Intel in Chandler, and the overall jobs economy is different. We’re no longer frankly susceptible to the ups and downs of the economy.”

Mesa prepares for growth

One of Mesa’s recent coups was acquiring one of six new data centers from infrastructure consortium EdgeCore. The company is constructing the $150 million facility in Mesa as part of the first phase of a larger development. Here are some other Mesa projects attracting more jobs to the city: The new Residence Inn by Marriott, near U.S. 60 and Crimson Road, is bringing about 100 jobs to the city this month. Eclipse Automation Inc., a supplier of custom automated manufacturing equipment, is expected to hire more than 50 automation engineers and technicians this year as it pumps $1 million into its latest manufacturing facility. CMC Steel’s micro-mill is undergoing

a 63,000-square-foot expansion to manufacture spooled rebar. AQST Space Systems picked Mesa to relocate its headquarters from Puerto Rico after last year’s devastating Hurricane Maria. And don’t forget about Arizona State University’s plan to add a satellite campus in downtown Mesa. Programs using augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence and 3D design will be the focus of the $63.5 million campus, giving Mesa another footprint in the tech world. Development in the Red Mountain 202 area is also booming, with Piper Plastics the latest to set up shop in the city’s Falcon District near Greenfield and McKellips roads. The worldwide provider of high-performance polymer materials and plastic components is investing $10 million into a new 90,000-square-foot facility that’s still under construction in the North American Research and Development Tech Center. The new facility is expected to begin operations in June with 130 employees. The company plans to increase its workforce to 175 over the next three years. Even better, those jobs will carry an average hourly wage of $20 to $25 per hour. “It’s been a great ride for the East Valley and Mesa in particular,” Giles said. In Gilbert, the town scored a big victory earlier this year with financial consulting firm Deloitte’s decision to spend $50 million for a 100,000-square-foot delivery center. That’s going to bring 2,500 jobs alone to Gilbert once it’s completed this winter. Gilbert expects to see a direct and indirect financial impact of more than $9 million over the next decade, according to the development agreement between Deloitte and the town. The other good news is the average annual wages for those jobs is expected to top $95,000 within 10 years. Deloitte is also promising a capital investment of more than $34 million during that time.

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW These really are zombie cons, state AG warns If you want to run with the zombies in Chandler

or Mesa next month, think twice and run with normal people instead. So said state Attorney General Mark Brnovich last week about “false and misleading advertising relating to 5K races known as the Skull Run, Dragons & Skulls Run or Dragon, Zombies, Skulls Run. The so-called “fantasy race events” were organized by the same unnamed individuals who stiffed people on a “crab and festival feast” that was supposed to occur Sept. 2 in Phoenix. “Consumers who bought tickets for that event showed up to find an empty parking lot on the day of the event,” said Brnovich. Now the scammers are trying to con zombie fans out of $30 for these 5K races. “These races are being advertised as ‘fantasy race events,’ but what appears to be a fantasy is the idea that these races will ever occur,” he said. The Attorney General’s Office is working to stop false advertising related to these and other events. Wannabe zombies who think they may have been duped can call the AG’s consumer hotline at 602-542-5763.

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Vet graduates from high school – 50 years after dropping out BY KRISTINE CANNON Tribune Staff Writer

n June 1968, Army Sgt. Arius Paul Trottier received the Army Commendation Medal at a ceremony in Vietnam. Back home in Scottsdale, Trottier’s family was ecstatic to hear the news, which was published in the Scottsdale Daily Progress. “It was exciting for his mother. She went out and bought like 100 copies!” Trottier’s wife, Sandra, said with a laugh. Trottier, who prefers being called Paul and now lives in Mesa, was in the service for eight years, serving a year in Korea before a two-and-a-half-year tour in Vietnam spent in demolitions work and bomb disarmament. His list of accomplishments runs long, but there was one milestone missing from his life that he finally achieved last week. Both Sandra and Paul went to Coronado High School, and while Paul received his GED, he never received his high school diploma. On Sept. 26, Paul and Sandra found themselves back at CHS, in the high school’s auditorium, for the long-awaited moment.

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data to identify serial criminals as well as burglary or armed robbery rings that may be operating across the region rather than in one particular city. “This is one reason we keep our crime low. We work with our partners,’’ Butler said. “We are vigilant about staying on top of all crime. In the end, we want to have a livable city. Every time there is a crime, there is someone who is a victim of crime.’’ Mesa Police Chief Ramon Batista is working to equip every patrol officer with a smart phone, probably within the next six to eight months, Butler said. “It’s a leveraging of technology. They can utilize all the information we have to impact crime-fighting,’’ Butler said. He said Mesa police are proud of the city’s ranking as the ninth safest city with a population over 300,000 in 2018 by safewise.com, a national website that evaluated crime rates from the FBI’s 2016 annual report. Safewise ranked Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the safest city and Detroit as

“It’s a pretty big deal. I never thought it would happen,” Paul said. “I did complete my GED while I was in the service, but I thought, ‘Gee, if I can get a high school diploma – the real thing – that’d be great.’” Many veterans, including Paul, who left high school without graduating, never received their diploma. However, in 2003, the Washington State Legislature passed three bills to issue high school diplomas to veterans of WWII, Korea and Vietnam for residents of its state. Operation Recognition then took off nationally as individual school districts began awarding high school diplomas to qualifying veterans. “I’m glad to see our government finally recognizing these veterans, as they should be doing all along,” Sandra said. When Sandra found out about Operation Recognition, she jumped at the opportunity. “I asked him, ‘How would you like your diploma?’” Sandra said. “He’s very shy, but I jumped at it.” To qualify, veterans must have been honorably discharged, scheduled to graduate from high school but left before gradua-

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Paul Trottier and his wife Sandra of Mesa celebrated his graduation from Coronado High School in Scottsdale, 50 years after he dropped out to serve his country. Interim Principal Amy Palatucci, right, gave him his diploma in a brief ceremony.

tion to serve in the war. Paul met all requirements. So, Sandra and Paul submitted the appropriate paperwork to Coronado High, where a staff member told them he was the only veteran who has applied for Operation Recognition there. “Nobody was aware of it,” Paul said. The school called Sandra about three weeks later. “She said, ‘We can mail you the diploma

if you’d like,’ and I said, ‘Heck no!’” Sandra laughed. Instead, Paul would take the stage at Coronado High School, a moment he credits Sandra for making happen. “I owe it all to my wife,” he said. The diploma coincided with another milestone the couple marked – their 50th wedding anniversary. “It’s kind of a neat surprise for us,” Sandra said.

the most dangerous. Phoenix was ranked ment has made significant progress in 28th and Tucson was ranked 39th. Mesa’s reducing burglaries and other property violent crime rate was listed as 4.29 per crimes, domestic violence remains a major 1,000 residents and property crime was contributor to many other crimes. “In 2017, the listed as 23.45 city of Chanper 1,000 residents. dler experienced an overThe FBI all reduction reported that in Part 1 crime last year, compared to Chandler 2016, making recorded an 2017 one of increase in the safest years. violent crimes This reduction with 647 in was led by a 2017 from nearly 18 per558 in 2016 – – Chandler Police Chief Sean Duggan cent reduction a 15.9 percent in residential jump. Murder, rape and aggravated assault all increased burglaries,’’ Duggan wrote. “However, an increase in aggravated while robbery decreased. But Chandler’s property crime figures assaults contributed to an uptick in overfell considerably, with 343 fewer incidents all crimes against persons compared to the in 2017 than in 2016, a decline of 5.5 prior year. Alarmingly, roughly 30 percent percent. Chandler saw 80 fewer burglar- of aggravated assaults were domestic vioies and 242 fewer thefts, according to the lence related. As an area of concern, we report. are examining root causes leading to this Chandler Police Chief Sean Duggan increase and will continue our outreach, said in a statement that while the depart- public awareness and enforcement efforts

to help alter the trajectory.” Gilbert’s crime statistics were almost identical in 2017 to 2016 in violent crime category, where the town’s already miniscule numbers increased marginally to 207 in 2017 from 200 in 2016. The already low property crime figures slid a little more – from 3,368 in 2016 to 3,355 last year, a drop of 0.39 percent. Burglaries dropped from 564 in 2016 to 466 in 2017. “The encouraging thing is that our crime is relatively flat and consistent with what we have seen in past years,’’ Gilbert Police Chief Mike Soelberg said. He said Gilbert’s own analysis of FBI statistics for municipalities with 100,000 people or more indicates that Gilbert is the second safest city in the nation, behind only Irvine, California. He said one unfortunate trend police have noted so far in 2018 is an uptick in property crimes, with a jump in thefts of items left in plain sight in unlocked cars. “It’s the simple things,’’ Soelberg said. “If people could lock their doors and hide their belongings, that would be a big help.’’

“ In 2017, the city of Chandler experienced an overall reduction in Part 1 crime compared to 2016, making 2017 one of the safest years. ”

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EVIT radio helping make sick children’s rooms brighter The Pulse, a radio station operated by students at East Valley Institute of Technology (FM88.7) on Monday will start a six-week fund drive on behalf of Room for Joy, a 10-year-old nonprofit that renovates the bedrooms of chronically ill children in cooperation with Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The station aims to raise $25,000 for Room for Joy and will have a special hour-long show about it starting at 7 a.m. Monday. Interior designer Tory Smock started the charity because she believes a child’s surroundings can impact the healing process. So, the group either redecorates a child’s bedroom at home or sometimes gives the child’s hospital room a re-do, creating an environment built around their favorite activities.Information: roomforjoy.org

Contest for young people looks at Mesa of yesteryear The Mesa Historic Preservation Board is sponsoring a writing contest for all fourth through sixth graders and a video contest for students in grades 6-12 that’s focused on the city’s history. The contest is open to all public, charter and private school students who live in Mesa and is running through Nov. 15. Contestants can either write fictional story around a historic event in the city or an oral history of someone related to one of the following topics: the public life of Pioneer Park before 1970, the public life of downtown Mesa before 1970 and street life and Mesa’s neon signs until 1970. A student may interview a senior citizen who grew up in Mesa and has personal experiences related to one of those topics or contestants can create a memory around their memories of Mesa prior to 1970. Each essay or video must reflect the student’s own research, original thinking and writing or video skills. Entry forms and essays or videos can be sent to: Mesa Historic Preservation Office, Attn: Rebecca Gorton, P.O. Box 1466, Mesa, AZ 85211-1466. They can also be emailed to rebecca. gorton@mesaaz.gov. There will be cash awards given to the first ($50), second ($30) and third ($20) place winners in each category. The top three essay writers and video creators will be recognized at a City Council meeting. Information: mesaaz.gov/residents/historic-preservation

Citizens of the year sought in Mesa The Mesa Citizens of the Year organization is seeking nominations for the Man and Woman of the Year Award for 2018. Anyone can nominate someone “who has demonstrated significant, long-term community volunteer service,” the committee said in a release. The award started with a man of the year tribute in 1935 and was founded by Charles and Florence Mitten, owners of the then Mesa Tribune. Eventually it was expanded to include both a man and woman. Nominees should have: a significant history in a broad variety of volunteer service within Mesa; provided leadership excellence; and set positive examples and motivation for others. Residency is not required but is considered by the former award winners who make the decisions on the winners. Information/applications: mesacitizenoftheyear.com

Mesa Sister Cities program seeks teens Mesa’s worldwide sister cities are seeking local high school sophomores and juniors who are interested in world travel. The Mesa Sister Cites Youth Ambassador Exchange Program is offering a three-week, homehosted experience next summer in one of five cities: Burnaby, Canada; Caraz, Peru; Guaymas, Mexico; Kaiping, China; and Upper Hut, New Zealand. All Mesa residents are eligible for the program. In return, those Mesa students will host a respective “brother” or “sister” from one of those cities during the same summer. A Parent/Student Orientation session is 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at the Mesa Fire Station at 360 E. 1st St. Information: mesaaSisterCities.org

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Ceremony here honors Vietnam War vets and their families BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

ore than 58,000 Americans were killed and 304,000 injured in the Vietnam War and though it officially ended in 1975, it’s still killing military personnel and hurting their families today. That grim reminder was made clear last Saturday at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, where scores of East Valley veterans and the families of Vietnam combat casualties gathered for a ceremony and luncheon honoring their service. Hosted by Ahwatukee American Legion Post 34 and the Ahwatukee Recreation Center Veterans Association, the event was organized by the Gold Star Wives’ Arizona Chapter and made possible by a grant from the Arizona Department of Veterans Services from the funds it collects through specialty license plates honoring veterans. The luncheon Saturday was the third of five events the department has scheduled throughout Arizona in keeping with Congress’ 2008 declaration establishing a 13-year series of commemorations – from 2012 to 2025 – honoring the more than 2.7 million Americans who served in Vietnam between 1955 and 1975. Far more millions were personally affected by the war, as noted in a keynote speech by retired Army Col. Patricia Little-Upah, now Banner Behavioral Health Hospital-Scottsdale CEO, who had served as an Army nurse in Vietnam in 1968 and in the Middle East during Desert Storm in 1991. “There were many who lost loved ones there, and many who continue to lose loved ones because of Agent Orange,” Little-Upah said, referring to the powerful herbicide the U.S. military used to defoliate jungle hideaways and that left untold thousands of American soldiers suffering lifelong ailments – in many cases eventually fatal. And even more Americans, even today, feel the loss of spouses, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins and friends who never made it home, she stressed. “You, the families, are my personal heroes,” she said. “You’re the ones who endured. You’re the ones who suffered just

for,” saying that the U.S. government’s recognition of those herbicide-caused ailments as a ser vice-related injury “is long overdue for you families.” Various widows and other relatives from the East Valley, Phoenix and Scottsdale could attest to the lingering damage of Agent Orange since their fallen suc(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) cumbed eventuGold Star Wife Mary Williams of Ahwatukee shows off one of more than 60 certificates given out Saturday during a tribute to Vietnam veterans and their ally to the cancers it caused. families as part of a nationwide 13-year-long tribute. The Gold Star Wives’ website states: like the ones there suffered.” “The wives of those that served in VietRecalling how she was unprepared for the physical and psychological injuries she nam have heart-wrenching stories about encountered and the “pain and death you the suffering caused by Agent Orange to would see on a daily basis there,” Little their loved ones… We don’t know yet the Upah also offered comfort to the survivors true effects of that Agent Orange. What we do know is that some of the children of the fallen soldiers: “If you lost a loved one there and they and grandchildren born after exposure prowere in a military hospital, they did not duced things like spina bifida, children who die alone. Someone was there holding were sterile, to name a few. How far down the family tree it will go is still unknown.” their hand.” But not all the decades-long ailments She vowed to “make sure those who are suffering from Agent Orange are cared suffered by the men and women who were

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About 200 families attended a ceremony and luncheon for Vietnam War veterans that was hosted at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center by the center’s veterans group and Ahwatukee American Legion Post 64, organized by the Arizona Chapter of Gold Star Wives and underwritten by a grant from the state Department of Veteran Affairs.

on the ground in Vietnam were caused by Agent Orange – as Mary Williams of Ahwatukee can attest. A Gold Star Wife who was the pointperson in organizing the Ahwatukee event, Williams lost her husband to Hepatitis C. Veterans groups have contended that Hepatitis C was caused by the military’s use of dirty syringes on a “jet gun” to administer mass inoculations to soldiers shipping out to Vietnam. They have been fighting for years with the federal government, seeking recognition of this responsibility to cover treatment. Though the Defense Department reported no evidence of cross-contamination from the jet guns, it stopped using them in 1997 – when the World Health Organization stopped them in global vaccine programs. At a 2005 Food and Drug Administration hearing, it was estimated the Defense Department vaccinated more than 20 million military personnel with jet guns in the 30 years or so they were used. Mike Williams, Mary’s husband of 35-years, was a military advisor in Vietnam from 1965-68. They had been married only six months before he shipped off, missing the birth of their first son and not seeing him till he was a year old. Advisors helped South Vietnamese villagers prepare to defend themselves and aided them in civilian projects aimed at winning their loyalty and staving off the influence of the Viet Cong. It wasn’t until 23 years after his tour ended that he started to get sick, she said. She said she and her husband waged a long battle, and the VA finally awarded him 100 percent disability for his condition. He died in 2000, before he could get a liver transplant. Mary said she had worked for six months putting together the luncheon, not only as a tribute to her late husband but to all who, like Mike, gave so much to their country. And even in her exhaustion from making sure all her arrangements were executed flawlessly, she could appreciate what Sandra Stewart, another Gold Star Wife, told the crowd: “Grieving never gets better. It gets easier as time goes by, but it never gets better.”

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ASU professor’s ‘hackathon’ is an exercise for humanity BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

ention the word “hackathon,” and the people who don’t look puzzled probably think of a group of geeks locked in a room, huddling over computers and working on codes. But Neal Lester, foundation professor of English at Arizona State University, has something a lot different from that going on with his fourth annual Hacks for Humanity scheduled Oct. 6-7. He’s looking for people to gather at the campus to produce things that embody the seven principles of his Humanity 101 initiative – kindness, compassion, integrity, respect, empathy, forgiveness and selfreflection. Those values, Lester’s course teaches, “transcend political, socioeconomic, geographic and cultural boundaries and are key to any personal and professional success.” Humanity 101 seeks solutions to what he calls “humanity’s most pressing challenges” by engaging in “talking, listening and connecting.” You don’t have to be a geek to join the 36-hour session of work, games, catered meals, raffles, collaboration, line dancing – with a little sleep thrown in for those who need it. Lester throws open the university doors to virtually anyone who wants to be part of five-member teams to produce apps, video, websites or whatever else they want to devise. There are also opportunities for people to mentor the teams in two-hour shifts – or to help with logistics. “This is not about coding,” the Ahwatukee resident said emphatically, stressing the Hack for Humanity is all about figuring out ways to use technology to form a community. The hackathon itself becomes a community, since it is open to anyone from teenager to senior citizen, men and women, geeks and non-geeks – “anyone who is passionate about using innovation to address local and global issues.” Teens must be accompanied by an adult chaperone. Last year, of the 150 who participated on a team, the youngest was 13 and the oldest was retired. And out of these sessions, some participants go on to achieve some incredible successes. A 13-year-old girl who participated in Lester’s first hackathon in 2014 developed an encrypted social platform for LGBT teens that won a $50,000 prize and mentorship. She also won numerous awards in

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As a team-building exercise, the teams at last year’s Hack for Humanity were given ballons and told to create usable furniture. Some participants later used their creations to grab some rest or man their laptops in comfort.

other competitions, formed her own company and is bypassing high school graduation to student business management and computer science at the University of Southern California. The 2014 winning team, ARKHumanity, created a system designed to identify specific tweets containing key phrases that are frequently used by people in crisis who risk self-harm. From the ice-breaker that opens the event on Saturday morning through the team presentations to judges and the awards ceremony the following Sunday late afternoon, Lester runs the hackathon with a combination of military precision and a party atmosphere.

There is no requirement for participants to stay up all 36 hours either – though some do – and participants can either bring a sleeping bag and sleep in rooms reserved for sacking out, or they can go home for some shut eye and return. While the work is intense when the teams put their collective brains together to devise and execute a project, there also are catered meals, therapy dogs, yoga, games and even a dance period around midnight. There also are lectures and workshops aimed at encouraging participants to think and act in an innovative and collaborative way to achieve success with their projects. And the raffles offer some handsome hi-

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Hacks for Humanity aims to be inclusive and organizer Neal Lester welcomes all age groups and backgrounds, offering three distinct ways of participating in the 36-hour event.

tech prizes like iPads and Google watches. Lester’s work also has attracted some internationally known sponsors, including Nationwide Insurance Company, Amazon, PayPal and, of course, ASU. His experiment also has drawn interest from other universities. This year, the University of Texas Dallas will be holding a hackathon simultaneously, and the two will be video-conferencing at various times. Next year, two more universities may collaborate as well, furthering Lester’s goal of building the event into a kind of national brainstorming that is “multi-professional and multigenerational.” To focus all that brain power Lester is assembling, the teams will be developing their project around one of three themes: parenting, mobility or social justice. Those themes are deliberately general so that each team has the widest possible parameters for their imagination and talent to run wild. “Those are topics, not problems,” Lester said. “We’re not telling you what the problem is. If we said ‘homelessness, that would be a problem. We want people to come at these topics from many directions. We’re not giving people challenges but parameters.” For example, some people may think of parenting from the viewpoint of being parents of young children, while others might think of taking care of elderly parents. The teams themselves are formed to ensure that each comprises a diverse group, so that there aren’t five engineers on one or five artists on another. “It’s an opportunity for people to step outside their usual sphere of influence,” Lester explained. The mentors who sign up for a couple hours of duty visit with teams, observe and ask questions and make observations, further stimulating the teams’ individual efforts and helping them focus and refine their ideas and projects. “The mentors are as diverse as the rest of the group,” Lester said. “We need people who are humanists, activists, artists, engineers. We need people who will float around and test the group on what they’re doing.” As for the volunteers, Lester said, they provide vital logistical support – from helping out at the check-in table, making sure meals arrive on time or making sure work areas don’t get so cluttered that it’s impossible for teams to think. People who are interested in joining Hacks for Humanity are encouraged to register in advance. Go to hacksforhumanity.io.

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Gilbert ice cream shop opts only for safe liquid nitrogen use BY CECILLA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer

elicia Vandermolen squeezed liquid chocolate from a bottle and scoops chopped Andes mint into a base mix and adds several blasts of liquid nitrogen that billows like smoke. After 45 seconds of stirring the ingredients around in a metal bowl, she’s produced a cup of velvety smooth ice cream. “We got questions from a couple of people, mostly from people we do catering for,” said Vandermolen, founder/CEO of The Nitro Live Icecreamery in Gilbert. The questions are basic to her business: Is liquid nitrogen safe to eat after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned against digesting a popular teen snack using the liquefied gas, which is about 320.44 degrees below zero. Known as “Dragon’s Breath,” or “Heaven’s Breath” or “Nitro Puff,” it took root in Los Angeles and has spread all the way to Florida, sold at places such as malls and state fairs. Colorful cereal balls with a taste akin to Fruit Loops are infused with liquid nitrogen and served in a cup. Once in the mouth, the liquid gas turns into a smokelike vapor that is emitted like a dragon – hence the name. But liquid nitrogen, although non-toxic, can cause severe damage to skin and internal organs if mishandled or ingested, the FDA has warned, because it can stay at the extremely low temperatures for a prolonged amount of time. The problem for Vandermolen is that liquid nitrogen also can be used in some frozen confections that pose no danger because the gas is used before the product is sold. That means those products – such as the ice cream sold at The Nitro Live Icecreamery – are safe. Moreover, Vandermolen noted, once the ice cream is made at her shop, it is transferred to a serving bowl so no liquid nitrogen ever reaches the customer. Banner Poison Control Center reported two calls this year from people who suffered burns consuming Dragon’s Breath, according to spokesman Corey Schubert of Banner Health. “The cases weren’t too serious,” he added.

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Felicia Vandermolen, founder/CEO of The Nitro Live Icecreamery in Gilbert, applies a blast of liquid nitrogen to a melange of ingredients that will become one of the shop’s ice cream confections. Despite publicity about the harmful effects of some establishments that actually serve food products with liquid nitrogen in them, her business only serves its products after the nitrogen has effectively been used up to create the frozen treats.

Ashraful Islam said that for a while earlier this year, he managed three Dragon Breath locations in the Valley – Arrowhead Towne Center in Glendale, Scottsdale Fashion Square and Chandler Fashion Center – that sold the popular yet controversial dessert. For all three outlets combined, he said, “I would sell 30 cups a day, sometimes less, sometimes more” at $5 for a 12-ounce cup. He said the makers and not the product are responsible for any injuries. “I make Dragon’s Breath the same way a chemist makes ice cream” said Islam. “Kids burn themselves because some people don’t know how to make it right,” he said. “They leave some liquid at the bottom and some kids by mistake they touch it and that kind of gives them the burn. When you make it properly, there is no liquid left.” Islam also said he had signs posted at all three locations advising people how to safely eat the frozen cereal by using a skewer instead of touching it with their hands. “Even if you touch it, it won’t kill you; it’s just very cold,” he said. “We never had any complaints from anybody that some-

one got burned. Only one to two people make a mistake and they make it serious.” He compared eating the dessert to drinking hot coffee. “If you pour it in your mouth, it will give you a burn, same thing,” he said. He said the 7-year-old Florida boy who reportedly suffered a severe asthma attack and was hospitalized in July after eating Dragon’s Breath from a mall kiosk shouldn’t have been eating it in the first place because cold air is a trigger for the chronic lung disease. About three weeks ago, Dragon Breath stopped serving the treat because of the negative publicity, he said. Dragon Breath locations now sell items like ice cream and shaved ice snow cream. “These news channels go crazy,” he said. “Everyone stopped (selling).” But, he is still getting requests to sell it again. “Kids are going crazy over this and asking for it,” he said. Vandermolen said she has no plans to start serving Dragon’s Breath despite receiving requests from youths to serve it. “We will never do it for the safety of the customers,” she said. The reason why she even uses liquid ni-

trogen is the benefits it offers. The liquid gas reduces waste and energy, Vandermolen said. Instead of storing tubs of ice cream in freezers, a single stainless-steel tank contains the liquid nitrogen needed at the shop. Although liquid nitrogen costs more, when factored in with the savings from eliminating the amount of waste for unused ice cream or energy needed to run freezers, the cost evens out for the customer, she said. It takes a day to train an employee how to safely make ice cream with liquid nitrogen, said Mary Marez, general manager and product developer. Although employees never come in direct contact with the liquid gas, accidents can happen and so they have to wear clothes that don’t trap any of the liquid, which can burn if it touches skin, she said. For customers, the main benefit is that the technology enables the creation of unlimited kinds of flavors, Vandermolen said. And because the ice cream is not premade, all the ingredients fresh. Using seven different bases, the shop offers original, low-fat, lactose-free, yogurt, custard, no-sugar added and vegan choices in its ice cream and addresses 98 percent of the food allergies, Vandermolen said, adding that the only danger from anyone eating her ice cream is a momentary “brain freeze” from eating it too fast.

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Kavanaugh hearing turned into a tale of 2 Americas BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

istorians will talk about Sept. 27, 2018, for decades hence, the way those who study the narrative of this nation analyze events like the Civil War or the moment in 1991 when Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas testified before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee. Pundits and the political smart set will long chew over the quavering voice of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and the facial expressions and jutting chin of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the theatrics of their senatorial inquisitors and the minutiae of the principal actors’ statements. We will hear for years what a historic moment this showdown was for the highest court in the land, for the #MeToo movement, for Republicans, Democrats and the Trump Administration, for Blasey Ford, for Kavanaugh, for their families.

This is all true. But it all fails to convey the real gravity of the day – at least to my thinking. This was the day America cleaved, truly and perhaps finally, into two vastly different countries. It was obvious every time you switched TV channels, or clicked on your Facebook page or Twitter feed, or got a text from a friend watching at home or at work. Forget 50 states. Forget area codes and zip codes or East and West Coast versus the great Midwest. Now there is Right World, the tribe of Fox, Rush Limbaugh and conservative talk radio. Opposed there is Left World, the tribe of CNN, MSNBC and the New York Times. One of my dearest friends, a Right Worlder, texted me a minute-by-minute critique of Dr. Blasey Ford’s testimony – the lack of corroboration, the lack of supporting evidence, every niggling contradiction. As he put it: “To me, what’s she’s saying is just a scripted pile of ” manure.

The residents of Left World stood diametrically opposed, yet no less certain. In Washington on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, sign-bearing protesters amassed to chant, “We Believe, Christine Ford.” The placards they carried were no less certain: “I Believe Her!” “Believe Survivors!” “He Did It and It Matters! Vote No!” That was the subdued version of Left World. Meanwhile on Twitter, #RapistKavanaugh began its predictable ascent to prominence. Most of it cannot be reprinted. This was tame by comparison: “I am so glad that the Brave Women of America and the World get to witness these Old, White, Republican Men shoot themselves in their Sexist mouths before the World. #RapistKavanaugh.” The day seemed to degenerate from there: more slurs and shouts, more accusations that the other side was ignoring the obvious truth, more evidence that America appears to be of two brains, radically different minds that treat every occurrence

as a Rorschach blot. In our two Americas, facts, truth and credibility are purely in the eye of the beholder. Right World and Left World see what they want when they want, reflexively viewing everything through the lens of their political beliefs. What do I believe? That Sept. 27, 2018, was akin to a car crash recounted through the eyes of the drivers of opposing vehicles – 36 years after the date in question. Each testifier spoke of being victimized. Each person who sat in the witness chair appeared to fully believe in the truth of her or his testimony. Dr. Blasey Ford spoke with emotion and eloquence. Justice Kavanaugh denied her claims with passion and vehemence. It was the ultimate “he said, she said” story. In the end, I believed one thing foremost: that what Right World and Left World held out as truth said more about them – and about the sad state of our two Americas – than it did about the stories being told.

Let’s keep breaking voter turnout records in Arizona BY DIANE E. BROWN AND MICHELE REAGAN Tribune Guest Writers

aricopa County recently broke its record for voter turnout in a primary election. The uptick in voters, coupled with records broken by other counties across the state, contributed to a new voter primary election turnout record not only for Maricopa County but also for our state. While we applaud the increase in

voter turnout, we know Arizona can do better. Here’s how: Increase voter registration. Over one million Arizonans are still eligible to register to vote. To put that in perspective, the combined total population of Mohave, Yavapai, Pinal and Cochise Counties is approximately one million. The good news is registering to vote in Arizona is easy and can be done at your home or on your phone through the website Arizona.vote. While every day provides an opportunity to register to vote, we particularly encourage you to spread the word to family, friends, neighbors, colleagues and people you meet. With the deadline in Arizona for November’s election just two weeks later (Oct. 9), now is the time to make sure eligible Arizonans are registered to vote. Increase voter knowledge. Time and

time again we have each heard from citizens concerned that they don’t have enough information to make an informed decision at the polls. The good news is that the Office of the Arizona Secretary of State developed Arizona. vote – a one-stop election shop – to help Arizona voters navigate elections in an unbiased manner. At that website, you can find information including: key election dates such as the deadline to request to vote by mail; background on legislative, statewide and federal candidates; statewide issues that will appear on the ballot; campaign contributions and expenditures; and your polling location and what you need to bring with you to the polls. Increase voter turnout. Although more Arizonans voted in the recent primary election than in any previous pri-

mary election in our history, only about one in three registered voters actually voted. Our democracy works best when citizens participate. You can choose to let other people make decisions that impact the future, or you can exercise your right to vote and make your voice heard. Voting is an important step in making sure our elected officials take the issues we care about into account. The bottom line: to keep breaking voter turnout records and to have a more engaged electorate, more Arizonans need to register and more Arizonans need to vote. The good news is Arizona.vote provides information on both. -Michele Reagan is Arizona’s Secretary of State. Diane E. Brown is the executive director of the Arizona PIRG Education Fund.

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A ‘Yes’ vote on Question 4 is a vote for Mesa children BY ANTHONY L. LIUZZO Tribune Guest Writer

larm clock rings, coffee, spouse and kids, work, emails, meetings, phone calls, reports, difficult boss, traffic, bills, TV, sleep, alarm clock rings, coffee…..etc. etc. Human beings were not built for this routine. Yet, most of us have either this or a similar lifestyle. We do not take sufficient care of our bodies, our minds, our values or our need for aesthetic fulfillment. And, we frequently forget to instill into the children who are so important to us the need to tend to these requirements.

The solution is obvious. We need greater access to libraries, museums, arts and cultural facilities, parks and open space and recreational facilities. Numerous studies have demonstrated clearly that these amenities provide real and tangible benefits both to the individual and to the community. Firstly, they will benefit you personally. Museums provide you with inspiration and make you smarter. They afford you an opportunity to spend quality time with friends and families. Simply put, they make you feel good. Libraries offer you free educational activities, and parks provide you with a site to stay physically active. Furthermore, it has been shown that green areas are direct-

ly linked to mental health and wellness. Secondly, they will benefit your community. Communities with museums change and develop in very positive ways. Libraries, cornerstones of healthy communities, serve as a resource for underserved populations, preserve history, connect communities and boost their local economies. And parks and other recreational areas increase values of nearby properties, conserve natural areas and serve to reduce crime. If you are a voter in Mesa, there’s a great opportunity for you to help. You can do this by simply remembering one number – “4” – and one word – “yes.” I am referring to Question 4 on this

year’s election ballot, which would allow the City of Mesa to issue and sell general obligation bonds in order to raise dollars which would go directly to libraries, museums, arts and cultural facilities, parks, open space and recreational facilities. Alarm clock does not ring, coffee, spouse and kids, pick up a book at the library, visit a museum with your son or daughter, go to an art gallery, relax in a park…..etc. etc. Sound good? Yes, let’s Go 4 It! -Anthony L. Liuzzo, J.D., MBA, Ph.D., a retired attorney and professor emeritus of business and economics at Wilkes University, is a member of the i.d.e.a. Museum board of directors.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We must stand up for public lands’ survival

When Donald Trump was elected president, sportsmen had high hopes that the president and his cabinet would commit to, in President Trump’s words, “honoring the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.” As our 26th president, Roosevelt worked tirelessly to stop special interests from developing and privatizing our public lands and waters, conserving more than 230 million acres by establishing 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, four national game preserves, five national parks and 18 national monuments. Sportsmen have applauded the administration for some Roosevelt-like actions, such as their proposal to expand hunting and fishing on 10 national wildlife refuges and their calling on Congress to create a permanent solution to the practice of “fire borrowing.” Yet we will continue to hold administration officials accountable for pursuing the rollback of conservation protections on millions of acres of national monuments, scrapping

collaborative habitat management plans for sage grouse, and not fighting administration proposals to cut popular public access programs like the Land and Water Conservation Fund. These actions threaten to undermine Roosevelt’s legacy, and I join Backcountry Hunters & Anglers in urging the Trump administration to do the right thing and stand up for our public lands. -Robert McQueen

Vietnam vet unhappy with Sinema actions

I am a Vietnam Veteran. Those of us who served in the military weren’t treated with any respect upon returning home after the war. It was an unpopular war, but it didn’t warrant being spit upon and vilified as criminals or hateful human beings. While Kyrsten Sinema has every right to protest, the image of her in a tutu protesting the Iraq war is a stark reminder to me of the Vietnam protests. Just like the protests during the Vietnam War, Sinema’s actions

demonstrated disrespect for the men and women serving our country. In my opinion, it was a true representation of her regard for our military rather than the ads she is now broadcasting. It should inform our military men and women what they should expect from Sinema if she is elected to serve as a senator from Arizona. Because our troops do not have her support, Kyrsten Sinema does not have mine. -Bert Moll

Conservation Fund should be protected

The Land and Water Conservation Fund needs to exist for the sake of the American people. At a time when our phones are glued to our hands and the internet consumes most of our time, it is vital that we keep nature within reach. Nature allows us to escape our realities, calm the mind and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us. That is why the Land and Water Conservation Fund is so important to keep intact – it connects us to the outdoors.

The National Wildlife Federation recently outlined how the Land and Water Conservation Fund has continued to support community parks, trails, outdoor recreation, historic parks and access to public lands for hunting and fishing since the 1960s. The LWCF uses fees on oil and gas revenues to keep Americans connected with the great outdoors – never using tax dollars. Arizona has continued to benefit from the LWCF, for example when the highly visited Lost Dutchman State Park needed improvements, LWCF funded over $150,000 in 2006 and completed the job by 2011. And that's just one of thousands of examples. Although the Land and Water Conservation Fund has done phenomenal work throughout the United States, it is at risk of expiring. That would mean no more investments in public open spaces, playgrounds or trails and a huge loss for the American people. Please tell District 5 U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs or your state representative to stand up for Arizona by reauthorizing the LWCF. -Meagan Fitzgerald

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Hatch sisters continue family’s sports tradition BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

ike a run-on sentence, domination of the Arizona prep sports scene seems to go on forever from Mesa High’s Hatch family. Annie Hatch, a senior, and sister Kate, a junior, are regarded as the top two players on the girls’ volleyball team. They are the youngest siblings in a family in which brothers Mark and Drew were key players on the Jackrabbits’ 2016 state-champion basketball team, and oldest brother JT, who played at Mesa, finished his career with UCLA volleyball last season. Amy Strawn, Mesa’s volleyball coach and the sisters’ mother, remembers one of the first times they played together. With both sisters in a grade school practice, still learning the game, a play-turned-wrong made her unsure of her daughters’ future as teammates. “We ran into each other because we both wanted the ball,” Kate said. “And then I yelled at her and made her cry,” Annie added. Their relationship as teammates has grown since. The sisters were voted by

teammates as captains this season. As a setter, Kate leads Arizona in assists while Annie uses quality sets from her sister to lead the state in kills. Though roughly the same size, playing them at different spots on the court was a conscious decision by Strawn. “I wasn’t going to raise them to play the same position because I didn’t want them fighting or being too com(Eric Newman/Tribune Staff) petitive with each Kate Hatch, left, and sister Annie come from a long line of siblings and at Mesa High are co-captains of the Jackrabbits volleyball team. Kate other,” Strawn said, leads the state in assists while Annie uses quality sets from her sister to lead the state in kills. Their mom, Amy Strawn, is Mesa coach. laughing. They still go at it sometimes in practice, each other a lot, and we’re both really matches. Strawn said she and teammates competitive. It just is fun to play together often do not even understand what the though. “I don’t want to get blocked by my little on the team and makes everything enjoy- sisters are saying to each other. sister, and I really don’t want her to score able, but it’s hard sometimes, too.” See SISTERS on page 19 The two communicate well during on me,” Annie said. “Really, we just push

Loss of grandfather, uncle motivate Mesa’s Boyd Mox BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

he road to Mesa High School hasn’t been easy for senior running back Boyd Mox, as it’s been filled with heartbreak over the loss of the two men in his life that fueled his passion for football. “When I was little, I grew up watching football with my uncle and my grandpa,” Mox said. “When I started to get into it, my grandpa passed away. My uncle would still come to my games, but he got cancer and passed away, too. “I’ve just been grinding and trying to work for them.” George Stalnecker, Mox’s grandfather, was just 62 when he passed away in 2008. Eight years later, his son and Mox’s uncle, Steve, lost his battle with cancer.

Mox vowed to play in their honor and succeed on the field. Given his circumstances, he has. At 5-foot-6, 180 pounds, Mox has become a vital part of the Jackrabbit offense, catching 37 passes for 645 yards and five touchdowns as a junior. Mox lined up as a slot receiver last season, but was moved to running back after the departure of former Mesa standout – and now Weber State running back – Kris Jackson. Moving Mox to the backfield was an easy decision for Mesa coach Kap Sikahema, as he was confident in the senior’s See

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Mesa High senior running back Boyd Mox draws some inspiration from his memories of his late grandfather and uncle.

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Strawn said they are also ultra-critical of the other’s shots, always looking to make their connection better to score points. “Annie will say stuff to Kate that she would never say to another teammate, and they just sort of take it in stride,” Strawn said. It’s so much easier to get mad at each other because we’re sisters,” Kate said. “She’ll yell at me if I do something wrong, and I kind of do the same.” Strawn said much of her effort as a coach goes into making the other Mesa players feel like part of the family, too. “They’ve always been good about talking with each other, but when it’s your sister and you’re best friends, sometimes it’s hard to incorporate the other teammates into that. But, I think they’ve been able to do that pretty well, especially this year,” she said. The Jackrabbits appear ready again to take a crack at the state playoffs, which begin Oct. 30, behind the production of the Hatch sisters and a few other contributors from last year’s team. Mesa lost in the first round the past two seasons, so advancing beyond is a major goal for Kate and Annie.

(Eric Newman/Tribune Staff)

Annie and Kate Hatch play volleyball for Mesa High.

Annie is committed to play volleyball at Iowa State after graduation, and Kate likely will sign somewhere else the year after. Thus, the 2018 season may be their last to chase glory together, just like their brothers before them at Mesa. “Before or after big matches, we will look at each other and say that it’s the last time we’ll have that moment, or it’s the last time we’ll play that team, so we want to do as much as we can in our last season together,” Kate said. “We’ve been playing together for so long, and this is the last indoor season because we don’t play club together,” Annie added. “So, we really want to make it count.”

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ability to help the team anywhere on the field. “He’s short, he’s compact and he can take the beating better than anyone out here,” Sikahema said. “It was a no brainer. He’s the kind of kid that will do whatever I ask him to do and not complain.” Through six games this season, Boyd leads the team in rushing with 479 yards and a touchdown. He’s also caught 10 passes for 165 yards and two more scores, utilizing his roots as a receiver out of the backfield. Mox made his debut under Sikahema at the varsity level as a sophomore, playing in the final three games of the season. Since then, he has become a silent leader for the Jackrabbits, letting his work ethic on and off the field do the talking for him on a daily basis. Mox’s ability to lead by example made it easy for both his teammates and coaching staff to make him a captain this season. “He isn’t someone that does anything with words, he does it with action,” Sikahema said. “He’s just a great kid. He doesn’t come from much, but I can see in his eyes that he wants to make a man of himself and go the collegiate way.”

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EV teens celebrate Greek heritage in festive way DAVID M. BROWN Tribune Contributing Writer

ast Valley teenagers Makayla Kantarze and Christopher Bafaloukos are staying in step with ancient Greek traditions. The two will dance during the annual Taste of Greece Festival Oct. 5–7 at St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church in Chandler. Serving the community for 31 years, St. Katherine is led by Father Phillip Armstrong. During the three-day event, the church campus is a mini Greek village with authentic foods, live music, costumed folk dancing, dance workshops, a Kids Fun Zone and an “agora” or marketplace, including arts and crafts, imports, jewelry, CDs, books and icons. On Sunday, a $1,000 raffle winner will be drawn.

Makayla, 15, of Gilbert’s Highland High School, and Chandler resident Christopher, a 16-year-old student at Perry High, will be among a number of parishioners who will showcase dances from Greece. They include the Syrtos, a traditional 12-step dance for celebrations and festivals; the Ikartiotiko, from the island of Ikaria; the Zembekiko, a men’s dance that showcases many tricks; and the Malevisiotiko from Crete. Dancing since she was 3, Makayla practices twice a week from July to February with her high-school-age dance team, Dynamiki, or “Stronger Together,” as they prepare for the Faith, Dance and Fellowship Greek dance competition. “We perform in front of thousands of people doing what we love and, of course, have some fun at the Glendi’s afterwards, which is a huge get-together of all the dancers, directors and families

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Makayla Kantarze of Gilbert and Christopher Bafaloukos of Chandler are among the dancers who will be showing off native dances during the Taste of Greece Festival at St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church in Chandler.

just dancing all night,” she said. Through the church, she helps direct

a toddlers dancing group, preschool to third grade. “They are the cutest. I teach them how to Greek dance and perform at our festival, and they are definitely a crowd pleaser,” added Makayla, who also participates in Greek Orthodox Youth of America and Maids of Athena, a national organization of women for which she is the chapter secretary. Christopher first danced the Greek Festival at age 3. “I love the traditional costumes and dances from all regions of Greece,” he said, noting that he also participates in the FDF each year in California. “This is such an amazing event to be a part of. We enjoy the music and dance competition along with sharing our heritage and faith with thousands of other Greek OrSee

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State Fair offers numerous entertainment bargains GET OUT Staff Report

ake all the fried food imaginable, fruit-carving competitions, sock monkey displays and a guest performance by Pitbull and what happens? The Arizona State Fair. From Friday, Oct. 5, to Oct. 28, the fair will return for the 134th year, featuring food and ride favorites and a new selection of entertainment. Among the performing acts are The Flaming Lips, Gary Allan, Pitbull and the Christian music group Casting Crowns. Assistant Executive Director Jen Yee said the fair offers a great opportunity to save money on events that would

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What: Arizona State Fair Where: 826 W. McDowell Road, Phoenix. When: Oct. 5-28; noon to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; noon to 10 p.m. Fridays; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays; and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $10 general admission Info: 602-252-6771, azstatefair.com.

otherwise cost more. “You can buy an up-close seat for half the price you would at a stadium, or you could see the entertainment for free with your fair admission ticket,” Yee said. There will also be outdoor tribute bands performing every night, honoring artists such as AC/DC, Kiss and Lorde. Music isn’t the only aspect of the fair bringing something new to the table. Attendees can see the “King Tut and the Egyptian Treasures” exhibit, which will feature museum-quality replicas of Egyptian artifacts at a low price. Entry to the exhibit will cost $5 extra, but Yee said it is being shown at other places for prices up to $30. “Every year we try to bring museumtype exhibits to the fair because we want people to be able to go and see them at an affordable price,” she said. Guests can also look forward to seeing what is on display throughout the grounds. “One of the cool things about competitive entries is that it is new every year in respect to new things on display,” said Karen Searle, the director of competitive entries. “It’s never the same

twice.” While the traditional pie-eating and livestock contests will continue to be crowd favorites, others will premiere like a fruit-carving competition and a recycled material competition that challenges contestants to create artwork in the style of the TV show “Chopped.” The fair has tried to include activities and contests for everyone, especially the youth. “Things our grandparents did, most of the kids today aren’t doing,” Searle said. “So, we’ve introduced new things.” Options like yearbook competitions and phone photography contests have maintained the festival goers’ wide age range, making the fair an event everyone can attend and participate in. Searle said the fair is a great way for the community to come together and showcase its individual talents. “It’s a great representation of our state,” Searle said. “It is something fun, interesting and unique to watch.” Yee said that although the list price for entry to the fair is $10, there are ways for guests to save money. Among these deals are “We Care

Wednesdays,” when people can bring five cans of food in exchange for free admission, and “Free Fry’s Fridays,” when Fry’s customers can bring their receipt showing purchases of more than $50 and get two free admission tickets. Foodies can save money on treats with “The Taste of the Fair” package, which allows them to try smaller portions for $2. As usual, animals play a large part in the fair. Searle said just in the first weekend, they are expecting to have more than 600 sheep coming from places as far as Minnesota. Different livestock will be featured every weekend. “If you came to fair every Saturday, you’d see a different animal each time,” Searle said. “There is something for everyone.” However, out of all the excitement, the most important and defining aspect of the fair, Yee said, is the sense of community it brings. “You can come down here and see your neighbor’s photography, or your child’s artwork or somebody’s quilt,” Yee said. “It really brings out the feeling of community.”

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thodox.” Dynamiki did not place at FDF this year, but the event is as much about relationships as it is about dancing. “It’s about my love for Greek dance, and it’s about making friendships and memories that will last forever with others who share your culture, heritage and faith,” Christopher said. Dancing isn’t the only attraction at A Taste of Greece. Attendees will also enjoy great food, such as dolmathes, grapevine leaves stuffed with ground beef, seasoned rice and herbs; spanakopita, thin filo dough filled with spinach and cheeses; pastichio, Greek lasagna, baked macaroni and ground beef covered in béchamel sauce; and pork souvlaki, cubed pork marinated in oil, lemon juice and oregano, skewered, grilled and served on pita bread. Members of St. Katherine begin preparing home-made pastries days before the event. These include popular baklava, filo dough filled with nuts and spices; kourabiedes, rich, shortbread-like cookies covered with powdered sugar; loukoumathes, pastry puffs sweetened with honey and sprinkled with cinnamon; and other traditional Greek foods, all avail-

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(Courtesy of St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church)

Colorful native dancing is just one of the highlights of the Taste of Greece Festival at St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church in Chandler this weekend.

able for take home. Makayla is particularly proud of grandfather Harry Kantarze – known as “King of the Lamb Shanks.” The Gilbert resident was the president of the congregation for nine years. Christopher recently traveled with his grandfather to his native Greek isle of Andros, where he ate traditional foods, danced the traditional island dance, listened to his family’s stories and visited the Acropolis and other ancient ruins as well as churches and monasteries. His parents, Lisa and Nick, are leaders of GOYA, which he has been associated

with since the seventh grade. The group does community service such as Project Mexico and St. Innocent Orphanage, Chandler Christian Community Center, St. Vincent de Paul and Feed my Starving Children. Assisting the Arizona Ladies of Philoptochos Chapters, the family also volunteers with and raises money for Kids ‘n’ Cancer Camp Agape. Christopher is also involved with the Taste of Greece Festival in other ways besides dancing: He volunteers in a food booth, performing with the dance groups, helping with set-up and clean-

IF YOU GO

What: A Taste of Greece Festival Where: St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church, 2716 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. When: Oct. 5, 5–10 p.m.; Oct. 6, 11 a.m.–10 p.m.; and Oct. 7, 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Tickets: $5, children under 12 free. Get a free admission when you buy a ticket at atasteofgreeceaz.com. Info: Parking and a shuttle bus will be available at Seton High School, 1150 N. Dobson Road, just north of Ray Road. Limited handicapped parking is available on the church grounds. Proceeds benefit St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church.

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