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COMMUNITY ....... 14 New Mesa children’s choir slates debut.
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n east Mesa city councilman last week criticized a consultant’s report on the future of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, arguing it “would be a recipe for disaster’’ to allow housing in the �light path along Elliot Road. Councilman Kevin Thompson’s comments came after a consultant outlined the city’s Inner Loop Master Plan, which covers the 3,100 acres closest to the airport. Overall, the Inner Loop District Study divides sprawling southeast Mesa into four districts: airport/campus, Inner Loop District to the northwest, mixed-use to the northeast and logistics/commerce to the southeast. It stretches from Power Road east, along a utility corridor to the north of Elliot, to the
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Enough junky buildings, Mesa of�icials decide BY GARY NELSON Tribune Contributor
GET OUT ..................24 Tempe band plans light-show wonder.
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Falcon Field in Mesa was the scene of an unusual 100th birthday party for Martin Ramirez, who got to fly in a vintage WWII aircraft. For details, see page 3. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer)
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ack in the day when Mesa �irst appointed a citizens advisory panel to evaluate the appearance of new buildings in the city, they named it the Design Review Advisory Board. The acronym – DRAB – may have been unfortunate, but city of�icials admit it could describe a lot of the architecture passing muster at City Hall over the years. DRAB is now just the Design Review Board, but body and the city’s professional planning staff still don’t believe they have the tools they need to begin giving the city a facelift. But it’s about to change. The City Council has informally signed off on a series of guidelines and ordinance changes will put the city among Valley leaders in requiring high-quality development. It’s not as if Mesa is entirely new to the concept. In 2007, for example, the city adopted design guidelines for the Fiesta District re-
sulting in modern, close-to-the-street commercial and apartment buildings. Other parts of the city, such as the light-rail corridor and the Eastmark/Cadence areas to the southeast, also are covered by more stringent design rules. But vast swaths of the city lie outside those special areas, and it’s what council members and city staffers were worried about. The new proposals emerged from a yearlong series of workshops and forums involving more than 500 developers, builders and private citizens. The process actually began long before today, said Councilman Kevin Thompson, whose southeast Mesa district includes some of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in the city. It’s about time, Thompson said, Mesa got pickier about its building design. “I’m tired of taking the things all the other cities are throwing away just because it’s easier to build it in Mesa,” Thompson said. “The other cities should take the stuff we throw
away.” Nana Appiah, Mesa’s planning director, said voters in 2014 approved a general plan calling for “a recognizable city with a strong sense of place.” But, he said, “The existing tools have been insuf�icient in producing the level of quality we want to see.” Other cities, meanwhile, have codi�ied numerous requirements aimed at improving the appearance of their neighborhoods and streetscapes. Queen Creek, for example, has 26 such speci�ications. Phoenix has 25, and Gilbert has 17. Mesa has seven. But by the time the changes are enacted, Mesa’s total of 21 codi�ied requirements will exceed even Scottsdale, which has 20. The new regulations will cover every type of building in the city. For residential properties, it no longer will be allowed to build a house with a “snout ga-
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Falcon Field flight a perfect 100th birthday gift BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer
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artin Ramirez took a giant step back in time last Sunday aboard a Fairchild PT-26, the primary trainer used during the Second World War. The World War II veteran and Gilbert resident went on the surprise flight for his 100th birthday at Falcon Field Airport in Mesa. “This is a surprise to me,” Ramirez said upon arriving at a hangar. “First time in all my 100 years. I don’t know whether I deserve it or not.” Ramirez was born into a family of 15 siblings in Gleeson in southeast Arizona on Nov. 13, 1919. Woodrow Wilson was president at the time, gas was 25 cents a gallon and the pop-up toaster had just been invented. Ramirez left Douglas High School when he was a junior to follow his older brother, Richie, into the service. He served in the 158th Infantry, 45th Division, “C” Company, nickname Bushmasters, near the tailend of the war. He was on a truck headed for a ship to Panama and eventually to Germany when a sergeant pulled four soldiers off for guard duty, according to Ramirez’s son. “He was one of the four,” Louis Ramirez said. Ramirez survived the war and married his high school sweetheart Anita. The couple went on to have 10 children and 83 grandchildren, great-grand children and great-great-grandchildren. He and his wife just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. The children kept the flight secret from their father for about three months up until his arrival at the airport. That Sunday morning, the family took Ramirez to church for blessings for his birthday. “We had a bite to eat and told him we were going for a ride,” Louis Ramirez recounted. His dad suspected something was up when he spotted family members at the
a taped recording of “God Bless the U.S.A.,” before Anger said a prayer before take-off. It took five men to help Ramirez into the cockpit of the vintage aircraft made out of fabric and wood. Anger then taxied the plane dubbed “Amazing Grace” onto the runway Martin Ramirez, his wife of 75 years Anita by his side, got a big birthday treat at and off the two flew Falcon Field for turning 100 . overhead for 20 (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer) minutes. airport’s gates. After the aircraft returned to earth to Although in need of a walking stick and the sound of cheers and claps, Ramirez hard of hearing, Ramirez was still sharp beamed and announced, “muy bonito” – and asked, “Am I going on a plane?” “very beautiful.” “He wasn’t hesitant,” said Louis Ramirez, “I feel good,” he added. “I enjoyed the a Gilbert resident. “He’s always game with view.” anything.” This was Ramirez’s third or fourth time Ramirez’s flight was provided by in an airplane, his daughter Mary Lou Grounded No More, a Christian nonprofit Marin of Mesa said. in Queen Creek. She added her father often said to her Since its inception three years ago, the the key to longevity was “exercise and organization has provided free demo stretching.” flights to 320 veterans from privates up to Ramirez, who worked in the Phelps the rank of general as a thank you for their Dodge open pit mine as a crane operator service, according to founder and Presi- until he retired in 1984 after 34 years, told dent Tony Anger. the crowd he jogged for 36 years and exer“Martin will be the oldest,” said Anger, a cise daily at a gym. commercial airline captain. “Up to now 98 “Amazing Grace” is one of two aircraft, was the oldest. The youngest was 18. Anger owns. The other, named “Abigail,” “It’s just something we do and it’s a fun is a Mooney M20C Ranger Anger uses to day for our veterans.” transport veterans for free to states such Helping to greet Ramirez at the Falcon as California, New Mexico and Texas for Field were the POW MIA KIA Honor Guard emergency medical service. and the Arizona Patriot Guard Riders, who Anger said the group of volunteers, formed a flag line. About 60 people, includ- which recently became a registered noning Ramirez’s family, attended the event. profit, has plans to expand its operation. After greetings of happy birthday from The goal is to purchase a hangar and well-wishers, David Carrasco, Honor two more WWII aircraft to provide rides Guard commander gave Ramirez a card to veterans, according to the group’s Goand a commemorative plate featuring a FundMe site. bald eagle. Patriot riders and attendees then Information: groundednomoreveterjoined hands in a circle singing along to anflightlift.com
Mystery surrounds Mesa Schools chief’s leave BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer
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hile mystery surrounds the sudden removal of Mesa Public Schools Superintendent Ember Conley from active duty, the district will continue to run “business as usual,” according to the official who will be taking
her place – at least temporarily. At a special meeting early Nov. 18, the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board appointed Deputy Superintendent Andi Fourlis to oversee the district after placing Conley on indefinite, paid administrative leave. After meeting in executive session with its atto9rney, the board gave no reason
for its action, leaving the public and even district employees alike in the dark. The board said its action was non-disciplinary but gave no indication how long the leave will last. “The Governing Board appreciates the service of Dr. Conley during her 18-month
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term as superintendent and wishes her well in future endeavors,” said district spokesperson Heidi Hurst in a statement. Board President Elaine Miner would only say the board is “working diligently to try and do the right thing.” Board member Marcie Hutchinson told the East Valley Tribune the board was advised by the district’s legal counsel to refrain from commenting until further notice. Despite the chaos, Fourlis is now filling in for Conley’s role as superintendent and said the community can expect to see MPS carry on as normal. “The district is going to continue to move forward,” she said. “Including all of the programs to support our social-emotional learning students and our strategic and master planning work.” “Some other initiatives include inclusive preschools and developing strong partnerships with our community – both nonprofit and higher education,” she said. Before coming to Mesa Public Schools, Fourlis was an assistant superintendent at Scottsdale Unified and the chief learning officer for the Arizona Science Center.
ment and elementary school principal in Maricopa and spent five years as superintendent of the Park City School District. Prior to being placed on leave, Conley had been criticized by some parents of special-needs students for consolidating severely intellectually disabled programs on two campuses. The superintendent said she moved the programs to Lowell and Franklin East elementary schools to provide more stability by allowing students to stay in one place for longer periods of time. But complaints have since surfaced online about parents and kids having longer commuting times and other problems. Despite the criticism, Executive Director of Special Education Theresa Baca confirmed Conley’s leave had nothing to do with changes in the special education programs. “What I can say in talking to our legal counsel is I’ve been assured the recent changes have nothing to do with special education,” she said. “These were issues that existed in the spring and are long resolved.” If the board does choose to let Conley go, it could cost the district hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars.
According to her original contract, MPS would have to pay the superintendent for the remainder of her three-year contract, which ends in mid-2021. Her base salary was set as $225,000 in 2018. Conley would also be eligible to receive payouts for any unused sick days up to 240 days at 55 percent of her daily rate and unused vacation days up to 60 days at her full daily rate. The sudden departure comes at a time when MPS is still celebrating its recent victory in securing a 15 percent budget override earlier this month Mesa voters approved a $54 million budget override, which is funded by local property taxes, in order to help out with teacher salaries and classroom costs, among other things. Mesa Education Association President Joshua Buckley, who helped campaign for the budget override, said he was stunned by Conley’s temporary removal and hopes the public gets some answers soon. “We don’t know exactly what it is,” he said. “I just want what’s best for the people I work with and the students we teach.’’ He added, “The MPS board does not make rash decisions.”
a community.” For almost 20 years, IBCCES has been spearheading autism training for licensed healthcare professionals and educators around the globe. In order for an entire city to become certified, it must first at least certify 60 businesses, as well as schools and other city departments. For a company or organization to become certified, 80 percent or more of its guest-facing staff must undergo position-specific training. “It’s the entire community that got us this certification,” said the mayor. “But there are some important components within the community, like the hospitality industry is very connected to this.” Mesa Mayor John Giles, left, and Visit Mesa CEO Marc Garcia The nearly year-long effort behind celebrate Mesa, Ariz. being named the first-ever Autism Certified City in the U.S., raising the profile of the city to millions of the autism certification was launched individuals with autism. (Rick D’Elia/Special to the Tribune) by the city’s destination marketing organization Visit Mesa, which encouraged Garcia. “This was a dream of ours to be businesses to participate in the training in more inclusive and to make Mesa more accommodating to people living with ASD.” order to meet the needs of ASD travelers. “It really speaks to Mesa as a communiVisit Mesa championed the idea of servicing those living with autism as well ty,” he continued. “Mesa has always been as their families from the very beginning known as a family-friendly city with complanning stages of a vacation, to when passion and a heart – that’s why I think it happened so quickly.” they arrive and throughout their stay. Garcia told the East Valley Tribune he “It is amazing to me how quickly it all came together,” said Visit Mesa CEO Marc was inspired to ignite the effort after his
6-year-old son was diagnosed with autism. In April, IBCCES named Visit Mesa the country’s first-ever destination marketing organization designated as a Certified Autism Center. The effort was immediately embraced by other city factions including the Mesa Chamber of Commerce and numerous non-profit organizations. “I knew there would be a role for the business community and I knew the Chamber would step up,” said Mesa Chamber of Commerce President Sally Harrison. Almost 60 businesses and organizations in Mesa and the surrounding area completed autism certification training – including Jake’s Unlimited, AZ Goat Yoga, i.d.e.a. Museum, Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa Arts Center, Main Street Bar and Grill and Escape Rooms Mesa. Visit Mesa has big plans to promote local hospitality opportunities, Garcia said. Participating businesses will be featured in a variety of planned Visit Mesa marketing opportunities, including an Autism Travel Guide, a national awareness campaign highlighting new advertising themes promote ASD travel and a dedicated online presence. Now, the CEO is looking to turn his attention toward boosting employment opportunities for autistic people.
Mesa Public Schools Governing Board is mum about why it placed Superintendent Ember Conley on paid administrative leave last week. (Tribune file photo)
Conley, 47, was appointed superintendent early last year, replacing Dr. Michael Cowan, who retired after nine years to accept a call to do missionary work for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The first person in her family to graduate from college, Conley launched her teaching career in Cortez, Colorado, where she taught children from the Navajo and the Ute Mountain Ute reservations. She eventually worked as a deputy superintendent and as a director of assess-
Mesa is nation’s first autism certified city BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer
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esa is officially the first Autism Certified City in the country with close to 4,000 stakeholders in healthcare, education, hospitality and government trained to better serve people with the sensory disorder. The city was recently certified by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards and is now able to tap into a new source of visitor dollars to the region. More than 32 million individuals with autism and their families travel each year, according to IBCCES data, while close to $262 billion is spent on autism-related services in the U.S. each year. Mayor John Giles said the recognition not only raises the city’s profile for millions of autistic individuals but also speaks to the city’s character. “Everyone is excited to see the progress we’ve made,” he said. “People from all over the country will now be coming to Mesa for their family vacations because they know they’re going to have an understanding host.” “This is part of who we are – it’s no secret this is a very passionate community,” he said. “It helps us define our mission as
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Loop 202 on the east and to Germann Road on the south. The Inner Loop District, east of Power and south of Elliot, is mostly vacant while the northeast area is encompassed by a massive proposed mixed-use development called Hawes Crossing. The southeast is the SkyBridge project linked to trade with Mexico. “There’s a lot of job potential here, probably up to 230,000 to 240,000 jobs in the entire Gateway area,’’ consultant Rick Merritt, of Elliott Pollack and Co., said. Leslie Dornfeld, a consultant with Plan*et Communities, said some sections of the study area fell into the higher noise category and were reserved for job creation. A map showed the areas she described as being north of the runway and also to the southwest. The area to the northeast, in the lower noise area, included some residential housing. Thompson’s concerns appeared focused on Hawes Crossing, which covers 1,100 acres about a mile to the northeast of the airport. A group of longtime dairy farmers and the state Land Department is proposing zoning changes to allow construction of a master-planned development allowing for 56 percent nonresidential and 44 percent residential. As City Council prepares at some point to vote on zoning changes related to Hawes Crossing, a debate has emerged between economic development advocates such as Thompson and proponents of a proposal to annex 900 acres into Mesa and control its development in a cohesive, appealing manner. The dairy farmers find themselves at a crossroads with aging dairies sitting squarely in the path of development. They face a choice between investing
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rage” juts in front of the rest of the building. And new developments must offer architectural variety, with houses of the same design not being allowed next to each other. Small-lot developments, in particular, will be held to higher standards, possibly with enhanced requirements for openspace areas and amenities. Commercial buildings now must “engage the street,” with parking hidden from passing traffic, and offer pedestrian-friendly environments. Drivethroughs no longer will be allowed to parallel busy arterial streets – they must be at the back or side of the building.
He said the high-density housing proposed by the consultant should be set back from the road and landscaping might form a buffer between the new housing and the existing Boulder Creek Elementary School and subdivision. Jordan Rose, a zoning attorney representing the dairyman, said she has no problems with Giles’ suggestion and an Mesa officials have sketched out four main areas of activity for the sprawling easement already in southeastern part of the city. the plan would allow (City of Mesa) other businesses to millions in their facilities or selling their tap into the power lines and use it at anproperty and moving to more rural loca- other location. An economic development advisory tions better suited to agriculture. Thompson, who represents District board had criticized the city for squan6 in East Mesa and hears planes flying dering the power lines, which could creover his own home in the Superstition ate jobs, on residential development. “I think this is a good night for us,’’ Rose Springs area, emerged as the airport’s said after the meeting. most ardent defender. Comments by city officials and other “We have one shot to make this right. If we screw it up, we run the risk of damag- council members showed support for ing a major asset in the city,’’ Thompson Hawes Crossing, despite Thompson’s opsaid. “I have concerns about us allowing position. “I thought this was a great reaction and housing to be placed in a flight path. This council has always taken upon itself to a positive impression of our plan,’’ Rose protect against residential encroach- said. “Our plan is exactly the same’’ as the Inner Loop Study. ment.’’ She said the plan comprised more than But Mayor John Giles vowed not to do anything to damage the airport’s opera- 80 percent residential in its first iteration tions and appeared to seek a compromise and has gradually morphed through 28 versions to a majority of non-residential on smaller issues. Giles suggested no housing be allowed purposes intended to grow jobs. All of Hawes Crossing would be in Airalong Elliot Road in Hawes Crossing, saying he wants to preserve its commercial port Overflight Area III, a unique categoappeal and access to high-voltage power- ry in Mesa requires sound attenuation in lines coveted by data centers and other construction methods and disclosure to homebuyers stating noise from planes is businesses. Even large industrial buildings are covered, with provisions that, again, limit the amount of parking visible from nearby streets and requirements for a variety of building materials to create a pleasing palette. Planners said the development community is on board with the proposals as long as the city is willing to consider a variety of design options and maintain consistency in design review while still offering a measure of flexibility. Thompson said the regulations actually should work to builders’ advantage. “We are allowing the developers and builders to have some confidence they can come into Mesa and they can try something that’s working maybe on the
East Coast or somewhere outside of Arizona,” he said. And, he said, the new regulations will help Mesa distinguish itself from its neighbors. “Forever we have been doing things the same,” Thompson said. If you started driving westward from the Pinal County line all the way to the West Valley, he said, “You can’t tell what city you’re entering and which city you’re leaving because every house is stucco and tile.” Councilwoman Jen Duff said she wished the design guidelines went farther in eliminating confusing street patterns sometimes force people to drive when, with a different layout, they could walk to visit a neighbor or store. She
likely. But Rose argues nearly all of southeast Mesa is in Aircraft Overflight Area III, including Eastmark and Cadence, two other master-planned communities. She said some residential is required to accomplish the city’s “live, work, play’’ approach for southeast Mesa. “We were trying to take an extra step to mitigate against’’ future noise complaints, Brady said. While Thompson urged a focus on flight paths rather than on the overflight areas, Brady said the overflight areas cannot be discounted. He said most of southeast Mesa and bordering sections of Gilbert fall within Aircraft Overflight Area III. “It’s hard to get away from the Airport Overflight Area discussion. That’s what the FAA holds us to as far as noise,’’ Brady said. “There’s no doubt they are creating noise.’’ J. Brian O’Neill, the airport’s director and CEO, told the Planning and Zoning Board there is no regulation or study to justify airport opposition to Hawes Crossing. But O’Neill did not exactly endorse it, either. Instead, he issued a warning to expect noise complaints are likely after the original homeowners in the area sell and the property turns over to new residents who do not understand what it’s like to live near an airport. A letter written by an airport official said noise considered by many as annoying would be likely in Airport Overflight Area III. Airport officials also have been speaking to council members about their views on Hawes Crossing. “This is the best you are going to get from an airport, saying they are not in opposition,’’ Mesa Planning Director Nana Appiah said. “That’s as close as you are going to get that they are basically in support.’’ also pushed for more stringent shade requirements and said planners should encourage more density, both to provide affordable housing and to curb sprawl. Density, Duff said, is not a bad word. “We have to think about density as a chosen way to live. It doesn’t necessarily mean lower quality,” she said. The council is expected to approve the new design guidelines on Dec. 2, and the associated ordinance changes on Dec. 9. Normally a new ordinance takes effect in 30 days, but developers asked for an extra month to gear up and the city agreed to have the new rules take effect on Feb. 10. Building plans submitted before then can still adhere to current guidelines.
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Chandler ends its sex-ed for fifth and sixth-grade pupils BY KEVIN REAGAN Tribune Staff Writer
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he Chandler Unified School District is asking parents to take on the responsibility of teaching sex education to their children who are in fifth- andsixth-grades. In an email sent out last week, the district advised parents of videos and online materials they could use to teach their pre-pubescent children about their changing bodies. The materials would no longer be taught in a classroom setting, the district advised. Terry Locke, a district spokesman, said CUSD had been considering alternative forms of sex education for the last couple of years to free up time in the classroom. “We responded to concerns and challenges of fifth and sixth-grade teachers and principals when it came to addressing the topic and loss of instructional time,” Locke said. The changes only impact fifth and sixth-graders, he added, and don’t affect the abstinence-based curriculum taught to eighth- and-10th-graders. But some parents feel blindsided by the
sudden change, as there was no public discussion or hearing about it before the district’s Governing Board. April Arteaga, a parent to two CUSD students, said she was “shocked” when she got the email announcing the curriculum changes. She was expecting her fifth-grader to get the same type of sex education Arteaga got – in the classroom. “I think it’s a bummer because I think it’s creating a stigma. It should be talked about, it should be open,” she said. The district’s email included links to videos on reproduction, menstruation and sexually-transmitted diseases. The free videos were produced by Proctor and Gamble, a national corporation that produces several hygiene products. “It has been a trusted resource for over 25 years and has been taught to millions of students nationwide,” CUSD wrote in its email to parents. It feels like the district is taking a step backward, Arteaga added, because there’s a benefit to learning about these topics alongside one’s peers. She’ll review the videos and consider discussing them with her kids, but Arteaga worries they won’t be as engaged
since the information is coming from their mother. Arizona law does not obligate school districts to provide any sex education. But if they do, the law encourages the curriculum to promote abstinence and parents have the right to not have their child participate. This allows districts across the East Valley to vary in what types of sex-ed curriculum it wants. In 2009, the Kyrene School District expanded its curriculum by teaching middle school students about condoms. Other districts have decided to remain focused on an abstinence-only message or not provide any curriculum at all. The Tempe Union High School District was marred in controversy in 2014 when it considered introducing new sex-ed materials that had ties to Planned Parenthood. Communities outside of Arizona have also had to contend with parents who oppose the curriculum they feel sexualizes young children. One school district in Washington State succumbed to the protests of parents last month by eliminating sex education alto-
gether. Religious groups in Texas have been pushing against one district for trying to make its sex-ed curriculum more inclusive to LGBTQ students. Despite some public backlash against comprehensive sex education, surveys show most parents approve of having this material taught in schools. In 2011, 93 percent of parents polled by the University of Texas supported a school-based sex education. Seventy percent of Arizona households surveyed in 2013 favored having “medically accurate” sex education in secondary schools. But researchers have been noticing a decline in the number of students receiving sex education. The Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization, found that the proportion of teenage girls who received education about birth control dropped from 70 to 60 percent between 2006 and 2013. Access to this information is vital for helping youth to build healthy relationships, the institute argues.
$5,000. But Farnsworth said that really doesn’t paint a true picture for borrowers. “The (annual) rate can be over 300 percent,’’ he said. SB 1005 would change the law on title loans to have it spell out an annual rate, rather than a monthly one, and put the cap at 36 percent. And an even more aggressive proposal in SB 1004 would apply the 36 percent cap to the first $3,000 borrowed, with anything above that pretty much limited to 24 percent a year. “I know a lot of Republicans feel like, ‘free market, free market, everything’s good as long as it’s free market,’ ‘’ he said. But Farnsworth said it’s not that simple. “I say we have to be responsible and consider the effects of what we do,’’ he said. “A lot of people are being hurt,’’ Farnsworth continued. “I think we need to be responsible for everything that goes on in our state to the extent we can.’’ Farnsworth said he believes his views on interest caps are in line with the sentiments of most Arizonans. He pointed to the 2008 election when voters decided to kill off payday loans
despite lenders spending more than $17 million on the campaign to keep them legal. These short-term loans allowed people to borrow up to $500 for two-week periods -- at interest rates computing out at more than 400 percent a year. But Farnsworth said it’s clear lenders haven’t given up. “Now they’re coming back and calling them ‘registration loans,’’ he said, high-interest loans made by title-loan companies but to people who do not actually own their vehicles outright. He said it is effectively the same thing as a payday loan. “They found a loophole.’’ It is the “loophole’’ Farnsworth said his SB 1003 would close by requiring “a clear title to the motor vehicle the borrower uses to secure the loan.’’ There was no immediate response from the title lending industry. But an initiative drive with similar language imposing a 36 percent annual interest cap drew opposition from Stuart Goodman, who lobbies for the Arizona Title Loan Association. “Our customers are individuals whocan’t get those rates,’’ he said, saying they are “high-risk individuals with bad cred-
it’’ who have an immediate need for quick cash on a short-term basis. That ballot measure would effectively outlaw title loans by capping the interest rates lenders can charge to no more than 36 percent. Backers need 237,645 valid signatures by July 2 to put the issue on the 2020 ballot. But there may be another measure on the ballot next year that would trump both of those. The National Credit Alliance is gathering signatures on a proposal to give banks, finance companies and other lenders free rein to charge whatever interest rates they want to their Arizona customers. That is crafted as a constitutional amendment, meaning, if approved, it would take precedence over any state laws, whether enacted by the Legislature or voters. Sean Noble, campaign manager of this proposal, said how much interest lenders should be able to charge should be “a market decision.’’ “If you can find somebody to give you a lower interest rate than somebody else, then should be a competitive marketplace,’’ he said.
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Mesa GOP lawmaker is proposing what he concedes is a very un-Republican thing. Sen. David Farnsworth introduced two bills to cap the interest rate charged by title lenders at 36 percent. That compares with rates running as high as 17 percent a month. Farnsworth also wants to close what he says is a loophole in the law allowing people to borrow without actually having a title to their vehicle, which he says hearkens back to the now-banned practice of payday loans. “There’s a limit to everything,’’ Farnsworth said of his desire to clamp down money borrowed with the title to the vehicle used as collateral. “The question is, are they being honest?’’ He noted current law has a tiered interest structure for title loans, with lenders allowed to charge 17 percent a month on loans of $500 or less. That rate declines the more money that is borrowed, goes down in steps, with allowable interest of 10 percent a month on loans of more than
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Lawmaker wants schools to stop dating abuse cautions BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services
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he vice-chairman of the House Education Committee wants schools to teach students less about dating -- but tighten up laws requring them to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. And he also wants to end “social promotion.’’ Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction, is proposing to repeal a state law now allows – but does not require – schools to provide “age-appropriate’’ instruction into dating abuse, with HB 2005 replacing it with an outright ban. “I just don’t believe, based upon conversations I’ve had, the schools should necessarily be dealing with high school dating amongst the students when they should be dealing more with the reading, writing and arithmetic,’’ he told Capitol Media Services. Arizona is one of several states with laws aimed at “dating abuse,’’ defined as a pattern of behavior in which one person threatens to use physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control a person’s dating partner. The law categorizes “dating partner’’ to include everything from casual to serious and long-term relationships. The U.S. Department of Education reports one in three U.S. teens between 14 and 20 have been the victims of dating violence. About the same number, the agency reports, have committed relationship violence themselves.
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“A large body of research has found no evidence that providing young people with sexual and reproductive health information and education results in increased sexual risk-taking,” the Guttmacher Institute wrote in a report. Starting in the mid-2000s, Chandler Unified began updating some of its sex-ed materials by replacing outdated videos from the 1970s and 1980s. Sixth-grade teachers were given DVDs and PowerPoint presentations that they’d administer only three days out of the school year. When the district made these changes, it put together an advisory committee of parents and staff to review the revisions being made to the curriculum. Chandler Unified didn’t do any formal survey when it recently decided to stop classroom curriculum, Locke added.
Apache Junction Rep. John Fillmore also thinks schools should stop giving kids advice on preventing dating abuse. (Special to the Tribune)
More specifically, nationwide one out of every eight girls in grades nine through 12 have been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to. And 42 percent of female rape victims were first raped before the age of 18. Another study cited by the U.S. Department of Education from 2009, found a quarter of sixth-graders thought it was acceptable for boys to hit their girlfriends. What makes the issue critical, according to the federal agency, is there is a link between this kind of violence and academic performance. The research cited also said teen victims of dating violence are more likely than non-abused peers to smoke, use drugs, engage in risky sexual behaviors or attempt or consider suicide. “I don’t know what other states have done,’’ Fillmore said. “I don’t really care.’’
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He said he sees efforts like this as “social engineering’’ at the expense of academics. The result, he said, is “the kids are not going to be able to fend for themselves in society.’’ That plugs in to Fillmore’s decision to sponsor HB 2013. Current law allows local school boards to authorize teachers to make the final decision whether to promote or retain a pupil in grade schools or to pass or fail a student in high school. Fillmore proposes to repeal it, replacing it with a requirement for teachers to retain pupils in grade schools and to fail high school students if they do not meet the academic standards adopted by the state Board of Education. He said there are schools in which only a small percentage of students are testing as proficient in reading, math and science. “But the same school has an 85 and 87 percent graduation rate, I’m thinking to myself those kids are not prepared to go out into society and fend for themselves,’’ Fillmore said. And then there’s the question of student activities at the beginning of each day. Under current law, school districts must set aside a specific time each day for “students who wish’’ to recite the pledge. Fillmore’s HB 2107 removes the language, saying pupils “shall recite the Pledge of Allegiance’’ during this time. The only way out if for a parent to make a request to excuse his or her child. “Patriotism is a good thing in America,’’ he said. “The love of our country and our
free enterprise system I think is something the kids should understand and respect.’’ But HB 2017 has something more. It would add a requirement for schools set aside a specific time each day “for pupils to engage in quiet reflection and moral reasoning for at least one minute.’’ Here, too, there is a mandate for students to participate unless a parent seeks an exemption. “A moment of private reflection is good for everybody,’’ Fillmore said. “I know I’ve been told in my life I need more of that.’’ Fillmore also has crafted a variety of other education-related bills for the new legislative session begins in January, including: • Requiring school boards to develop procedures allowing a teacher to refuse to readmit a pupil who was removed from the classroom for disciplinary reasons: • Giving teachers legal immunity for disciplining any student if it was done “in accordance with the law:’’ • Imposing a fine of up to $10 a day on parents whose children are “habitually truant:’’ • Removing a requirement stating schools will provide environmental education program include a discussion of “economic and social implications:’’ • Mandating the state Board of Education to require schools to offer a course in personal finance, something that is now only an option.
Merry Main Street also includes the Mesa Christmas Market, a European style market on the north side of Main Street at Macdonald featuring traditional and nontraditional foods, hand-crafted items and live performances Fridays 5-9 p.m. and Saturdays 3-9 p.m. through Dec. 21. Santa’s sELFie Village offers a chance to make a special holiday card photo at the holiday tree or one of the other Santa sELFie stations along Main Street while Jack Frost’s Food Truck Fores will be stationed at Pioneer Park, 526 E. Main St. 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. A special Light Rail car for songs, cookies and Santa will run 6-10 p.m. Dec. 6-7 and 13-14. Meanwhile, the East Valley Children’s Theatre will present the holiday favorite “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” Dec. 5-15 at 7 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays,
4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays at Mesa Arts Center’s Nesbitt Elliott Playhouse. Tickets are $15. Written by EVCT’s artistic director Karen Rolston, with music and lyrics by local composer Kathie McMahon, two compelling stories come together in a play inspired by the famous editorial by Francis P. Church. On Christmas Eve 1897 in New York City, 8-year-old Virginia is left pondering whether or not Santa really exists as a young newspaper editor also struggles against tough holiday times as he is faced with losing his job if he can’t find his writer’s voice by morning. The spirit of Christmas brings them together. The cast features 32 young people ages 8-18, including Mesa thespians Aidan Perkins as Frances, Moranda Smith as Virginia and Jay Barber as Mr. Mitchell. Information: evct.org
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esa is getting the Christmas season underway later this week as its sponsors its fifth annual Merry Main Street starting Friday through Jan. 4. It will kick off with an ice show at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Winter Wonderland Ice Rink, 20 E. Main St. with music at 5 p.m. by the Mesa City Band at the Mesa Christmas Tree, Main Street and Macdonald. That will be followed at 5:45 p.m. by a tree lighting ceremony and the arrival of Santa Claus, followed by an evening of music, food and fun downtown until 10 p.m. Winter Wonderland Ice Rink, a 5,000-square-foot rink, will be open daily for for skating and tickets can be purchased at the gate. Free visits with Santa are Fridays and Saturdays and times and locations are at merrymainst.com.
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Chandler Unified settles suit for Hamilton hazing BY KEVIN REAGAN Tribune Staff Writer
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amilton High School students have settled a federal lawsuit against Chandler Unified School District for a hazing incident involving the school’s football team. Five unnamed students filed the litigation last year against the district and several administrators after a criminal investigation uncovered a possible web of secrecy used to cover-up the hazing incidents. A district spokesman said the settlement’s terms are confidential and cannot be disclosed. Lawyers involved in the case did not respond to requests for comment. In 2017, Chandler Police opened an investigation into allegations of sexual assault. The case involved six freshman players who were allegedly pinned down in a locker room and sexually violated as part of a hazing ritual. The assaults allegedly took place over two school years, from 2015 to 2017. One player alleged he was were assaulted at the beginning of their sophomore year at Hamilton. “I had heard of previous hazing activity before I was assaulted but didn’t know the severity of it until it happened to me,” the player stated in a court affidavit. “The hazing was common knowledge among those associated with the football team.” The investigation ended with charges against three students – one charged as an adult – and the resignation of Steve Belles, the team’s head coach. Hamilton’s former principal Ken James and Athletic Director Shawn Rusted were reassigned to new positions within the district. Chandler Police recommended criminal charges for Belles, James and Rustad for failing to report sex crimes. But the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute them due to a lack of admissible evidence. Belles, James, and Rusted were listed as defendants along with CUSD in the civil suit, which accused them all of negligence. “None of them can dispute the sexual assaults occurred as there was a concession the locker room was not properly supervised, and there was not constant
supervision,’’ the plaintiff’s lawyer wrote in court filings earlier this year. Multiple players told investigators Belles repeatedly warn the team to stop their hazing activities long before the police got involved, court records show. Belles told investigators no one had ever told him about the hazing until Chandler Police opened its investigation. Attorneys representing Belles and the other defendants argued none of Hamilton’s staff knew of the hazing allegations until early 2017; and after they found out, the defendants responded with appropriate action. “Without waiting for the results of any investigation, the Hamilton administration arranged to have a security guard in the varsity locker room whenever players were present and imposed strict limits on the amount of time players could be in the locker room,” defense counsel wrote in court documents. One parent insisted Hamilton’s coaches knew of the hazing culture for months and blamed them for not stopping it. “They chose not to investigate themselves,” the parent told Chandler Police. “They’ve chosen not to punish or discipline kids.” Students and parents described incidents of players throwing bottles of urine at each other and grabbing the genitals of younger players. The assailants allegedly called themselves the “The Tune Squad” and would sometimes document their hazing through Snapchat videos, police reports show. Nathaniel Thomas, the only player to be criminally charged as an adult, allegedly recorded videos on his phone of physical fights taking place in the locker room, police reports show. Thomas is scheduled to go to trial in January for charges of child molestation and sexual assault. Two other players, who were charged as juveniles, have had their cases adjudicated after admitting to the crimes. Parents of the five players who filed the lawsuit claimed their child’s personalities have dramatically changed since the assaults. “My son used to participate in school dances and events,” one parent stated in an affidavit. “I have been robbed of the experience, of the joy, of even a single picture of my oldest son attending a prom.”
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Mesa teen is being nationally recognized for his wit as well as his science fair project dedicated to improving aircraft safety. Red Mountain High School freshman Rylan Gardner recently placed first in engineering at the Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars) competition – a Society for Science & the Public program aims to inspire middle school students to follow their passions in STEM. Rylan secured a $3,500 stipend to attend a STEM summer camp of his choice after demonstrating strong critical thinking, communication, creativity and collaboration skills during a variety of STEM-related challenges. Not only did Rylan secure his $3,500 STEM summer camp stipend, but he also received his very own planet. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory named a planet the Rylangardner in honor of the teen genius. “He was very good,” said Maya Ajmera,
Red Mountain High School freshman Rylan Gardner impressed judges at a STEM competition with his exhibit. (Special to the Tribune)
ect, “Stall/Spin Recovery Via Increased Lift and Upwards Pitching Moment Using the Magnus Effect.” He completed with his twin brother, Ian, for their school science fair at Franklin Junior High in August 2018. The project seeks to help pilots regain control of aircraft spinning or stalling. The winners were chosen from a total of 30 finalists –18 girls and 12 boys – were selected from 2,348 applicants in 47 states. A panel of scientists, engineers and educators honored the students during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 29, with more than $100,000 given in total. “I was excited,” said Rylan. “It was fun to work with other people who also like science.” The brothers, who want to pursue careers in aerospace, were inspired after reading a copy of “The Illustrated Guide to Aerodynamics” by Hubert Smith from their school’s library – they eventually asked for their own copies for Christmas. “We both like aerodynamics and wanted to do something about it as a project,”
Society for Science & the Public President and CEO. “He was a leader and worked in a team well.” “He was great at communicating and
then quiet when he needed to be – some people get anxious,” she added, “but he had calmness and really shined.” Rylan is also being awarded for his proj-
of children” and “share the joy and unity choral singing fosters.” Fry said children “experience the camaraderie of singing together in a choir.” It’s this camaraderie motivating singing groups to strengthen their communities not only through music but also through service, they said. They learn to work together for the benefit of each other, their audiences and other community members. “The children in Sing School want to make a difference for other children in the area,” Gardiner said. “After the concert, the young choir members anxiously await their visit to the Children’s Home to present their collected gift card donations.” The gift cards are used often by the Sunshine Acres Children’s Home to provide meals for the children in their care. Sunshine Acres’ mission is to “provide
Aubrey Fry, left, and Miss Gardiner launched their Sing Song School Children’s Choir earlier this year and the group will make its performing debut Dec. 6. (Tribune file photo)
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esa’s new Sing School Children’s Choir will its first concert this holiday season. “Joy to the World” will be performed at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Love of Christ Lutheran Church, 1525 North Power Road, Mesa. While admission is free, the choir will be collecting donations of fast food gift cards from $5-$15 to donate to the Sunshine Acres Children’s Home in Mesa. Conducted by Missy Gardiner, Aubree Fry, and Jamie Law, Sing School is a choral and vocal arts education program for children ages 5-18 who love to sing. There are four choirs of different age groups and they all promote “healthy vocal technique, sound musicianship, and performance skills, all in a fun, uplifting atmosphere,” Gardiner said. She said she and the other two directors are on a mission to “enrich the lives
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said Ian. Although the teens knew they wanted to find a creative way to alter the “aerodynamics of airplanes during flight to aid recovery,” they weren’t quite sure how they wanted to approach it. “When it first started, we had zero knowledge – but we were supposed to have a plan of exactly how we were going to do it,” Rylan explained. “Our teacher was nice enough to let us have an exception to where we didn’t have to have an exact plan,” he continued. “Because we were figuring it out as we went.” The siblings were then granted permission to use Red Mountain’s engineering lab to test their products. Tjeu eventually agreed on a safety design using a backward spinning cylinder
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a loving, wholesome, Christian home for children who are separated from their parents and help them establish longterm relationships with stable parental figures, preparing them for success in adult life.” A member of both the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the American Choral Directors Association, Gardiner has a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in music education. Fry has a bachelor’s degree in choral music education and has taught general music and choir classes at elementary and junior high schools. Law holds a bachelor’s degree in music education with an emphasis in choral education and substitute teaches in the arts
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on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing. The spinning cylinder is intended to make the plane rotate downwards, increase its lift and reduce its drag, Rylan said. “Potentially, the system could reduce crashes and improve the safety of modern air travel,” he noted. They made a radio-controlled prototype from a Sky Raider glider and ran tests at the high school’s wind tunnel. The design harnesses the characteristics of the Magnus effect, explained Ian, which addresses why curveballs curve when baseball pitchers throw them. “It applies to spheres and cylinders – anything circular,” he said. “When you’re in a stall, you don’t have a lot of controls.” “When you’re low enough, you’re just going to hit the ground,” he added. “Our system made it pitch up.” After countless sleepless nights, Rylan
departments at Heritage Academy in Mesa. All three women have taught piano and voice lessons for several years, and have also participated in many elite choirs themselves. The women ramped up a children’s choir and singing school for the simple reason they believe the East Valley could use some more young, trained voices. “We feel strongly about providing an uplifting, musical experience for children in the Mesa area,” said Gardiner, the mother of nine. “There are so many wonderful benefits from being a part of a choir, and we truly want to share our love of music with these children. It is something about which we are very passionate.” Added Fry: “We hope to develop a strong reputation for a quality music education program, not only producing successful choirs, but strengthens our individual mu-
sicians as well.” The two women provide choral and vocal arts instruction to children 5 to 18 who love to sing. “Our choirs focus on healthy vocal technique, musicianship and performance skills in a fun and uplifting atmosphere,” Gardiner said, stating their pupils will “gain confidence, develop friendships and learn musicianship skills to help them thrive.” They also want to provide “a quality choir program to the children of Mesa” because they think the area needs one, Gardiner explained, adding: “We have taken it upon ourselves to found and grow a quality program right here in Mesa to ensure our children have access to the wonderful benefits that come from choral singing.” “We want the children to experience a
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and Ian were ready to compete in their school’s science fair in February 2019. They received the first-ever “perfect score” at the school competition, before moving on to secure first place at the district level and tying for first at state. In May, they were nominated to apply for Broadcom. Each year, the top 10 percent of sixth-, seventh- and-eighth-grade participants are nominated to enter this competition, according to the Broadcom website. Though both brothers attempted to apply, only Rylan met the deadline. “I barely finished my application right before the deadline,” said Rylan. “I had like 60 seconds to spare.” Rylan and his family flew to Washington, D.C. on Oct. 25, to enter the three-day competition. He competed in a team of five students, where they were judged on their abilities
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Some nerve? Amazon goes brick and mortar BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer
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mazon, long the most dominant retailer in the online world opened a new brick-and-mortar bookstore in Scottsdale – its 20th in a nationwide move in recent years. The new Amazon bookstore at Scottsdale Quarter is the first of its kind in Arizona. Upon first glance, the store looks a lot the previously shuddered booksellers, all of whom closed in recent years, en masse – due in large part to competition from Amazon. The Scottsdale store is a clean, open space filled with tables covered by popular titles and walls lined with shelves separated into categories. However, a closer look reveals Amazon’s fingerprints integrated throughout. The stores are “a natural extension of Amazon.com,” said Drew Sheriff, director of Amazon Physical Stores.
titles are popular on Amazon.com, what is selling well to Kindle users and what books received high ratings on Goodreads. com, Sheriff said. The Amazon bookstore also features non book-related products such as electronics and even kitchenware. For instance, a section features top-selling cooking related items right next to popular cookbooks. The new bookstores represent something of a full-circle turn for Amazon, which launched in the 1990s as an online bookseller. “Books are in our DNA,” Sheriff said. There is some irony in Amazon’s brickand-mortar expansion, because it’s largely credited as the primary culprit in recent closures of retail stores. The Department of Commerce’s retail sales report for February showed for the first time, online sales made up a greater proportion, according to a CNBC report. Book store chains were hit especially
hard by the decline in retail sales. When Amazon announced it would open its first of 13 physical locations in 2017, it immediately became the fifth-largest bookseller by number of locations in the country, according to Publisher’s Weekly. Amazon jumped to fourth on the list following the closure of Midwest store chain Book World. Unlike the large chains, independent bookstores thrived in recent years despite an initial drop in numbers. National Public Radio reporter Paddy Hirsch reported in 2018, the recent success of independents is due in part to decreased competition from major brickand-mortar chains, like Book World and Borders, both went out business due to increased online competition. According to the American Booksellers Association, its membership has grown for nine straight years and there are over 2,400 impendent bookstores in the U.S. as of 2018.
That occurred despite the hike in the state’s minimum wage from $10.50 an hour last year to $11. In fact, employment in this traditionally low-wage sector continued to grow steadily since the 2016 initiative. The final boost comes in January Pop-up Halloween costumes stores may have driven a small decline in Arizona’s when the minimum unemployment rate last month, a state official theorizes. (AFN file photo) goes to $12. Employers can pay workers who earn And Arizonans likely are still buying clothing and accessories at brick-and- tips $3 an hour less, with the proviso that mortar stores, as evidenced by the fact their tips have to bring them up to the they hired 400 new employees. But that minimum. Overall, wages throughout the Arizona wasn’t enough to overcome the loss of economy are up 4.1 percent since the last 1,400 jobs in the past year. There was strong growth in the furni- year compared with 3.0 percent nationally. But that involves more than just a higher ture and home furnishings industry. Restaurants and bars continue to hire, minimum wage, a factor that likely pushes adding another 4,300 workers in October. up the salaries of those who were earning
more. Walls said it’s reflective of the state’s improving economy, with jobs being created as fast as people enter the workforce. “Overall, when you’re seeing employment growth wages tend to follow that if the workforce availability is scarcer,’’ he said. One note of interest is that the economy in Cochise County is showing signs of life, with the lowest number of people unemployed -- meaning looking for work -- since April 2018. Walls said there was a big jump in employment in professional and business services, everything from administrative jobs to those working for employment services companies, which added 200 people last month. While that doesn’t seem like much, it makes a big difference in a small county where the total number of people working in that sector is only 4,000. Employment in construction and mining also is up 11.8 percent in the past year, with a 9.8 percent annual boost in the number of people working for state and local government.
The store’s distinctly Amazon touches include digital price tags featuring a book’s star-rating and price for both Amazon Prime members and non-members. Prices update automatically. And the tables with popular titles - actually hold selections of “highly rated” books selected from books with high reviews from Amazon online buyers. Even how the books are arranged draws from Amazon’s consumer information. One shelf includes tags showing consumers recommendations for lesser-known works they may enjoy. Those recommendations are based on the reactions from Amazon’s users. Every item in the store was curated by a team of professionals who draw from information gathered from the company’s properties. “We have a team of curators that studies all of that information and selects every product,” Sheriff said. For instance, the team will look at what
Halloween sales powered job increase in state BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services
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he state’s jobless rate dropped a tenth of a point last month. And you can credit at least some of that to the fact that Arizonans apparently like to dress up for Halloween. The latest figures from the Office of Economic Opportunity show the state added 30,100 jobs between September and October. Doug Walls, the agency’s labor market information director, said a big chunk of these were in rental and leasing – and that there’s actual evidence that a bunch of those were at shops that rent out costumes. Still, it took more than that to have the seasonally adjusted employment rate to decline to 4.8 percent. All sectors of the Arizona economy showed month-over-month. Even department stores managed to add another 600 workers in October, though employment levels still remain about 400 less than the same time last year.
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Apples – and sons – don’t fall far from the trees BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist
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he criminal case against County Assessor Paul Petersen, accused of 32 felonies in Arizona for leading an adoption fraud scheme, brings me back in time more than 20 years and reminds me of a saying that rings especially true these days. The apple does not fall far from the tree. Assessor Petersen’s father, you see, was an Arizona legislator who later became state Treasurer before resigning in criminal disgrace in 2006. Almost a decade before David Petersen, Paul’s dad, faced his own legal proceedings, I had a run-in with the man that Paul’s case brought back to mind. The year was 1997. Back then I was a columnist for the Arizona Republic. On the afternoon of Dec. 17, I went to the state Capitol for a hearing on a bill.
Wait, scratch that. I went down to the Copper Dome for a hearing on what remains the dumbest legislative bill I have seen in more than a half century on this green earth. It was called, as I labeled it in multiple columns back in the day, the “Rapist Protection Act.” The sponsor? Mesa state Senator David Petersen. The bill, as Petersen drafted it, would have given sex offenders, including child molesters and rapists, more control over their own treatment. Petersen even had the gall to hold hearings where sex offenders testified about how they didn’t like their court-mandated treatment. His bill included a line that positively boggles the mind: “A patient may refuse to participate in a counseling program if the procedures, policies or practices … denigrate the religious beliefs of the patient.” Petersen attacked me at length from the dais, always referring to me as “LIE-bowitz.” After the hearing, I tried to inter-
view the Senator about his bill. The man was absolutely not happy. “You’ve impugned my character,” he thundered. “I don’t have to be harassed in this Senate building. Don’t harass me.” Petersen summoned Capitol police to escort me out of the building. Naturally, I went back in. Petersen blathered about having me arrested, but ultimately stopped short of that. Contacted by reporters after the hearing, Petersen explained, “I was mad, I wanted him out of my face. He wouldn’t leave. He was a jerk.” Talk about compliments. The Pedophile Protection Act bill never saw the light of day after that brouhaha. A decade later, in what can only be described as the Petersen Principle, David somehow rode his own incompetence all the way to the state Treasurer’s office. As treasurer, Petersen ended up being criminally investigated for trying to force the state to do with business with an
Oklahoma-based non-profit to which he had financial ties. The name of the company? The Character Training Institute. You can’t make this stuff up. Twenty years later, we are confronted with news detailing that son Paul is far, far slimier than his old man. The charges include selling off babies like merchandise and bilking the state’s Medicaid program out of more than $800,000. Petersen has been suspended without pay from his assessor duties, which makes sense given that he faces criminal charges in three states. He’s so far fought to keep his $77,00-a-year job, which also makes sense, given that he’s David Petersen’s son and likely believes he should be allowed to craft his own punishment. What do I believe? Well, call me a jerk, but I believe character matters. And in the matter of these two characters, it seems the old saying, “like father, like son,” has never been more accurate.
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ach year the day after the state championships take place, the top 10 swimmers from each event from the top three divisions are invited to compete in the Meet of Champions. While Brophy and Chaparral won most of the events, several swimmers from East Valley schools still proved they deserved to be among the state’s best. Led by sophomore Emma Becker, the Mountain View Toros took third at the Division 1 state championships. Becker finished second in both the 100-yard breast and the 200-yard individual medley at the Meet of Champions. Mountain View head coach Glen Coy said he is proud of everyone on the team for all the hard work they put in this season and not just the girls who scored at state. He also acknowledged the luxury of having a swimmer as good as Becker
leading the team. “Emma is a very talented athlete who has a very unique ability to put it all together when it counts in a big race,” Coy said in an email. “She hates to lose and loves to race. To be able to accomplish what she did and overcome the injuries she had early in the season was a great accomplishment. “We are really looking forward to the next two seasons.” After surprising everyone, including themselves, and finishing third at the Division 1 state meet on Friday, Desert Ridge found itself competing in nine different events at the Meet of Champions. Junior Essias Smith was the only Desert Ridge swimmer to place in the top three in any event as he finished first in the 100-yard fly with a 49.35 time. Even though Smith was the only swimmer representing Desert Ridge in the top
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Swimmers from Mountain View and Desert Ridge all had strong showings in the Meet of Champions on Saturday, Nov. 8. (Chris Fahrendorf/Tribune Contributor)
Synchronized skating team a first for Arizona BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor
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t’s a sport rarely seen in Arizona and one that has never had a team representing the Grand Canyon State. That is, until now. The Ice Denettes, a synchronized skating team made up of both boys and girls ranging from ages 5 to 18, has been practicing out of the Chandler and Scottsdale Ice Den locations for the past three years at the recreational level. They are the first team of this kind in Arizona. “There’s a need for this,” said Danette Trett, one of the founders of the Ice Denettes. “There’s a lot of kids that are loving skating but want to participate in a team sport. It’s very popular on the east coast but not so popular in the west. “California has a few teams, so it is starting to move this way. It’s kind of cool.” Named after the venue in which they practice, the Ice Denettes was established three years ago by Trett and Jaime Kalnicki, who both have extensive backgrounds in synchronized ice skating.
Team Synergy, the Ice Denettes oldest and most competitive group, took fourth in their first competition in Irvine, Calif. on Saturday, Nov. 9. The other three Ice Denettes groups placed in the top two of their respective divisions. (Chris Mortenson/Tribune Staff)
Trett competed in show skating events dating back to when she was a kid. At the time, the sport was called precision skating. Kalnicki also competed. The two senior coaches recently enlisted the help of Felicity Lothrop and Jacqueline Benson. Lothrop, who moved the Valley
last November, competed in synchronized skating in her home state of New York. She also competed on the national team. Benson, meanwhile, is currently a student at Arizona State University, dedicating her time to help kids learn and compete in the sport she also competes in and loves.
All of the coaches together have created a family environment for the skaters, which is an aspect they realized quickly kids need and want to help lead them toward success. “Ice skating isn’t like this traditionally, it’s very individual and you usually don’t have a community,” Kalnicki said. “We’ve all figured out recently the kids want and need it. We’ve started creating a atmosphere through parties and other activities. “We are doing things to build the team which these kids don’t have.” The entire coaching staff has seen exponential growth in the program since last year. The Ice Denettes previously had just two teams, made up of skaters from Ahwatukee, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Scottsdale and elsewhere in the Valley. Now, however, there are four different teams competing. With the influx of skaters brought along the opportunity to make the jump to a competitive skating league. It also meant the coaches had to
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Tempe man in commercial with Rodgers, Mahomes BY JACOB ROSENFARB Cronkite News
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atrick Minnis knows his commercials air on television a lot. He understands the popularity of his co-stars, two of the NFL’s best-known quarterbacks, is the reason the ads appear so often it seems as if they’re on a loop. He feels your pain. Still, Minnis admits he feels a tinge of pride when he hears those familiar four notes of the State Farm Insurance jingle, signaling his spot in the company’s nationwide campaign as the insurance agent of Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is coming on. He still enjoys listening to dialogue and feeling the rapport he developed with Rodgers, built up through hours of off-camera conversation. He still cranks up the volume for his favorite spots in the series. His kids? Not so much. “At first, my kids were excited,” said Minnis, who lives in Tempe and operates his own State Farm agency there. “Now, they hear it and don’t even turn their heads to look at it.” Minnis’s path to fame began in June of 2018 with a seemingly inconspicuous
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hold auditions for specific teams in order to enter them in as a group into a category matched their skill level. Team Rising Stars was created for the intermediate skill level, where some of the youngest skaters participate. The Ice Denettes also have Team Unity, which is the next level up from the Rising Stars, Team Harmony and Team Synergy, which competes in the Open Juvenile Division, the most competitive of the four. On Saturday, Nov. 9, the Ice Denettes took part in the Synchronized Fall Classic in Irvine, Calif. It was their first-ever competition at the competitive level. But it didn’t stop them from impressing on a national stage. Team Synergy place fourth out of 13 teams, while Team Harmony and Unity both placed second. Team Rising Stars, the youngest group, placed first overall. “This is a project we put together for four different teams, which we were told we probably wouldn’t be able to do, but we did it,” Kalnicki said. “Nobody does this is Arizona, so there really isn’t someone we can model after. We are the first and the only team.
Tempe insurance agent Patrick Minnis (right) stars with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (left) and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in a new State Farm ad. (Photo courtesy of State Farm)
audition, done over FaceTime, for a role Minnis didn’t even know existed yet. Despite reading for the part of what he would later learn is the insurance agent for Rodgers, it didn’t click for Minnis he would potentially be featured alongside the NFL star until he received a call the following day alerting him he had won the job. Only 48 hours later, Minnis was on a
flight to Los Angeles, California to begin shooting. He was just the latest real State Farm agent to appear in a stretch of iconic commercials for the company, which uses real employees in its advertising campaigns. Minnis spent seven days in Hollywood filming multiple ads aired throughout the 2018 NFL season and beyond. “To be honest I have no idea why they
The Ice Denettes, Arizona’s only synchronized skating team, has skaters ages 5-18 competing in four different groups at national competitions. (Chris Mortenson/Tribune Staff)
“We are kind of figuring things out as we go.” The Ice Denettes plan to compete in another competition in San Diego, Calif. in March. Before then, however, the coaching staff is planning to put together an exhibition here in the Valley in the next couple of months. Their main goal is to continue to grow the team to add groups for competition. Auditions will be held in March, so they go
into the summer months with the different groups already established for competitions in the fall. “We want to set up the program when the summer hits so when we go into the competitive season, we are ready instead of still trying to choreograph and find music,” Trett said. The Ice Denettes welcome all skaters to join the team, however, some skating experience is required. Each skater is respon-
picked me, it’s total luck,” Minnis said. “I’m glad they did, but I didn’t do anything special.” The success of the commercials prompted the continuation of the series for the 2019 season, this time with the addition of Mahomes. For Minnis, this meant he would continue in his role for a second year, a rare feat for agents lucky enough to appear even once on camera. It also meant Minnis would now be rubbing shoulders with not one but two of the NFL’s brightest stars, an intimidating task for even a seasoned vet like Minnis. Both Rodgers and Mahomes are among the league’s premier talents, both taking home NFL Most Valuable Player trophies in the last five years while appearing in their fair share of other commercials. And yet, according to Minnis the shoots could not have gone better, with both quarterbacks making the State Farm agent feel comfortable on the set. “Aaron Rodgers couldn’t have been nicer. Patrick Mahomes, this year he joined the crew, and he couldn’t have been nicer either,” Minnis said. “It was great because I’m just a State Farm agent, this guy’s an actor (David Haydn-Jones who plays Gabe, Rodgers other agent), this guy’s probably
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sible for paying for their own equipment, but the coaches set up fundraisers and do what they can to keep the cost down. The team generally practices once a week for 45 minutes. Before competitions, they may add another practice or two, but the goal is to allow the skaters to compete in other club or school sports as well. “We are working diligently to keep the cost down and not have it be so demanding,” Trett said. “So, the kids are in the elite schools and other activities can still participate in this particular sport.” The coaches tend to put in several hours of work outside the 45 minutes per week at practice, but it’s something they do out of pure joy and love for the sport. From finding costumes to music and creating the choreography, it’s a job that is necessary to help the team succeed in national competitions. They believe the work they put in behind the scenes has been a part of the reason for the growth and overall improvement of the team since its first year. “We pushed it,” Lothrop said. “The choreography isn’t always easy, but I think it has drawn a lot of interest because it is something new, something different.”
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three, head coach Brock Harr was still extremely impressed by the team’s finish in the state meet. “There’s no way to describe it. They’ve swum exceptionally well. All the boys were crazy over the third-place finish for state. It was totally unexpected but expected in the same sense cause we were shooting for fifth,” Harr said. “We went in there with eight boys swimmers and we came out with a third place. “I cannot express how much pride I have in an exhibition like that. It was an amazing showing of force.” After the boys took first and the girls took second in the Division 2 state championships on Friday, Nov. 8, the Campo Verde swimmers knew they had a chance
Desert Ridge junior Essias Smith represented the Jaguars on the podium after he finished first in the 100yard fly with a 49.35 time at the Meet of Champions. (Photo courtesy Desert Ridge athletics)
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the best quarterback ever (Rodgers) and this other guy probably will be the best quarterback ever (Mahomes). For them all to be nice is hitting the jackpot.” The success of the series has allowed the commercials producers to get especially creative with their ideas. One of Minnis’s personal favorites was a commercial dubbed “Gabe’s Worst Nightmare,” which places the foursome in a sort of dystopian football dream. “The production company did a great job with that one,” Minnis said. “We actually shot it at the football stadium where the Chargers play now. We shot the at midnight. They had the fog and all. It was
to make their mark. The boys took home first in the 200yard medley relay with a 1:35.74 time at the Meet of Champions, beating Division 1 runner-up Chaparral by less than a second. The boys also took second in the 400-yard free relay. Senior Luke Miller finished first in the 100-yard free with a 45.95 time, while junior Christian Osterndorf came in fourth not far behind with a 46.43. Osterndorf also finished third in the 50-yard free posting a 21.16. “It feels pretty good,” Ostendorf said. “I’ve been working pretty hard this year and I’m glad to see it pay off.” Even after an impressive two days of competition, Osterndorf is confident he will be able to take first in the 50 free next year if he tunes up a couple of things. “Honestly, right now I’m a little bit slow going off the blocks, first 25,” Osterndorf said. “I can bring it home I just need to get out there better.” As for the girls, it was sophomore Paige Treptow who showed out for Campo Verde. Treptow came in second in the 50yard free and third in the 100-yard free. Much like Osterndorf, Treptow is already looking forward to the team’s future. “It was kind of just like a relief. I didn’t know how to feel I was just happy I did good,” Treptow said. “It’s exciting to know what’s ahead of me and to see how the rest of these years can go. Hopefully, the girls can become state champs too.” Campo Verde head coach David Peters credited his team’s performance over the course of the three-day schedule to the work ethic each swimmer had throughout the duration of the season. “People have good days and bad days, but the boys were still on today, they
pretty cool how they did it, and the way it came out was awesome.” Through the entire process, Minnis acknowledges his favorite bi-product of the commercials has been the friends and family reaching out after seeing his familiar face on their television. He can be hard to catch if you’re not looking for him, but when people do, Minnis reports they are typically some combination of shocked and excited to now be friends with a bonafide celebrity. “That was the best part of it –last year more so – was people I haven’t talked to for 20 years reached out, especially on Facebook, because they saw me and were like ‘what are you doing,’ ” Minnis said. “That was cool because I’m from Louisi-
Mountain View sophomore Emma Becker helped lead the Toros to a third-place finish in the Division 1 state championships by finishing second in both the 100-yard breast and the 200-yard individual medley at the Meet of Champions. (Photo courtesy Glen Coy)
were on yesterday. I’m very proud of them,” Peters said. “I always felt they could compete with the big boys obviously in certain events.” Higley freshman Jackson Keaton Jones showed why he was invited to the meet as he placed third in the 100-yard back and first in the 500-yard free by a wide margin. Jones posted a 4:31.46 time in the 500-yard free an astounding seven seconds faster than the second-place finisher Devin Esser. “I knew everyone was going to be tired and I went out really fast and I knew if I got the lead, I thought everyone would just kind of give up, and it’s pretty much what happened,” Jones said. “I just had to hold on.” Jones’ high school career, while in its early stages, has already been filled with
ana, and I also worked in North Carolina, so all those people, people I haven’t talked to in so long, reached out. So it was a lot of fun.” One of those people to reach out was Arte Richard, an old friend of Minnis’ from his days in Lafayette, Louisiana, where Minnis also got some experience in front of cameras. The two were coworkers at KATC, Lafayette’s ABC affiliate, where Minnis was a sportscaster and Richard the creative services director. The duo worked in tandem to produce a string of commercial spots for the stations, Minnis’s first exposure to a world he never imagined he would reenter. “First of all, he’s like the nicest guy you
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numerous accolades. Competing at the October Long Course Challenge, Jones posted a time of 2:00.28 in the 200-meter backstroke. His time broke the national record of 2:00.97 for boys ages 13-14. The record was previously held for over 20 years by Aaron Piersol, a five-time Olympic gold medalist and the current world-record holder in the 200 backstroke. Jones’ record time allowed him to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Trials. “The Olympic Trial cut was the ultimate goal for the season,” Jones said in October. “However, after getting so close, I knew I had to try for the NAG record before I aged up, so I’d never wonder ‘what if?’ “It is the icing and cherry on top and to be in the history books with the likes of Aaron Piersol, it’s pretty incredible.”
could ever hope to meet,” Richard said. “It’s really cool this has happened to him because it couldn’t have happened to a better guy.” Minnis spent 10 years at KATC, eventually moving on to pharmaceutical sales before settling in Arizona with State Farm. He remembers his early days as a sportscaster fondly but is happy to now have a job allowing him to never miss one of his kid’s sporting events or dance recitals. Even if they won’t watch his commercials. “It’s funny because I was a sportscaster for so long, and my goal was to make it to national TV,” Minnis said. “Show you how funny life is, I became a State Farm agent and I made it to national TV.”
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The Maine goes high-tech for its new tour BY BRANDIE BOSWORTH GetOut Contributor
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empe rockers The Maine have long been known for their live shows, festivals and relentlessly catchy songs. But this fall, they are breaking out of their comfort zones for “The Mirror Tour.” “If people have been to any of our concerts, this one will be unlike the other ones we’ve done or will probably do,” says Pat Kirch, The Maine’s drummer.
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What: The Maine w/This Wild Life and Twin XL Where: The Van Buren, 401 W. Van Buren Street, Phoenix. When: 7 p.m. Nov. 30. Cost: $26-$30 Info: thevanburenphx.com.
The Maine hails from Tempe and has added an audio-visual dimension to their upcoming concert. (Special to the Tribune)
The shows – including Saturday, Nov. 30, at The Van Buren – will feature new visuals, audio components and fan expe-
riences. The Maine posts info about each show on Facebook pages with meetups for fans
and the band at local bars. Bassist Garrett Nickelsen says the meetups serve as alternatives for fans who don’t want to risk their health or well-being in long lines waiting for doors to open at clubs. Nickelsen says fans won’t have to fret about losing their spot in line, as wristbands disseminated at the meetups will hold their place in line. Keep in mind: The shows on this tour have a “gold” theme. The tour’s website recommends fans wear mustard-colored clothing and bring fake yellow �lowers to the venues. Kirch describes “The Mirror Tour” has a more “cohesive show” with top-notch production. The audio-visual elements tie into the entire set, a result of the musicians spending hours researching those effects. New equipment will provide a 360-degree sound experience to the crowd. Kirch en-
David Archuleta to perform in Queen Creek BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GetOut Editor
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pending the holiday season in the East Valley has become a tradition for “American Idol” veteran David Archuleta. He’s played the Mesa Arts Center, but this year he’s headed to the Queen Creek Performing Arts Center on Black Friday with his Christmas show in tow. It supports the deluxe version of his album “Winter in the Air” it released digitally on Nov. 14. The album features such hits as “Christmas Every Day,” which went Top 10 on the Billboard Holiday chart. “Christmas tours are my favorite tours
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to do,” Archuleta said. “It doesn’t get old. This year, I’m adding a few extra little songs here and there. Now, having two Christmas albums, I’m having a hard time choosing what to do.” Christmas is one of Archuleta’s favorite times of the year. He recalled his favorite holiday memory when the family stopped giving presents to each other. They decided to gift the community instead. “We would go to the hospital during Christmas and dress up like the Jackson 5,” he said with a laugh. “My mom made wigs and we would go and perform. “Christmas always makes people happy. But some people, like the elderly, sometimes feel cooped up at home. It’s nice to give them some liveliness with Jackson 5 Christmas songs.” Archuleta, who lives in Nashville, wraps up his tour just before Christmas and will return to his home state of Utah and go caroling with his family. “When we were little, my mom taught us Christmas carols in three-part harmonies,” Archuleta said. “We still remember them.” Archuleta moved to Nashville about
David Archuleta lost to David Cook on “American Idol” in 2008. (Photo by Cyrus Panganiban)
four and a half years ago and said it’s been inspirational. He can chat with others who are pursuing careers in music as
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well. “It’s a music town,” he said. “I was out getting amino acids after working out and I started chatting with the girl at the register. She knew who I was. She was a musician, too. “Everybody here is working on music. I run into people who are artists or producers. It’s kind of fun. Sometimes people ask me what I do and I tell them I’m a musician. Their response is, ‘Aren’t you going to study? What’s going to be your career?’ Music is my career. I don’t just show up on radio and TV for the heck of it.” Archuleta works hard for all of that to happen. He’ll release more music in the �irst quarter of 2020 and he’s now lining up producers for the songs. His latest pop single is “Paralyzed” and his �irst new music since 2017’s “Postcards in the Sky.” “Paralyzed was a bit of a venting
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joys the DIY approach to the show. “We have a speci�ic way that we want things done,” Kirch says. “We can hire somebody else to do it, but it’s going to take probably longer to explain it and go back and forth to get it right than to just do it ourselves.” To continue that DIY vibe, The Maine is building its own merchandise display and is “super involved” in photo booths for the tour, Nickelsen says. The Maine—which also includes singer/rhythm guitarist John O’Callaghan; guitarist Jared Monaco and lead guitarist Kennedy Brock—is proud to be from the Valley. “Our fans here, they have a sense of pride in us being from here,” Kirch says. That adds a little pressure to The Maine when they play hometown gigs. The shows interrupt pre-show routines and meet-and-greet lists. O’Callaghan is a big baseball fan. In August, The Maine traded the stage for the Arizona Diamondbacks �ield to participate in throwing the �irst pitch.
“For us, every day we are on tour and reminded how cool this is,” Kirch says. “For our parents, it is a cool thing for them.” Baseball goes way back for The Maine. When Nickelsen met O’Callaghan in San Diego, the bassist referred to his future singer as “The baseball guy.” “This is John? The baseball guy?” Nickelsen said. The band formed in 2007 and took off from there. Their seventh studio album, “You Are OK,” debuted in March. On “The Mirror Tour,” fans can expect songs from each era of “The Maine.” “This time I really feel like every era gets its due in the set,” Kirch says. “There’s at least a song from every album.” As is the trend, The Maine will break it down for an acoustic set during this tour. Kirch wouldn’t reveal which songs would be featured. Nickelsen and Kirch agree “Slip The Noose” is their current favorite song to play live. When fans respond accordingly, The Maine’s musicians feel the love. “I remember being like, ‘How do we make every song feel like this?” Nickelsen says.
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song,” Archuleta said. “I get frustrated watching myself hesitate so much, and not let go of things from the past that I know I should. A lot of those past things are fears, anger, resentment, and I see how they all form excuses in my mind of why I can’t move forward. I watch as missed opportunities �ly by and I just do nothing because I freeze. It gets me so frustrated. This song is the battle with those paralyzing thoughts, and I intend to be the victor.” One thing he’s nervous about is collaborating with others, but he knows he has to overcome that fear. “I do still have a hard time putting myself out there,” he said. “It’s that fear of rejection. It’s like asking someone out. What if they say no? I’ve reached out to people. Sometimes they do say yes. Being rejected is not that fun to deal with. I start withdrawing like I’m not good enough. “But I still try to keep going anyway. More people say yes than no. It’s all about �inding the right thing and to keep trying.”
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These side dishes will make a big hit on Turkey Day
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ave you decided on your side dishes for Thanksgiving yet? Here are three very simple and delicious ideas for last-minute sides! The yam-and-apple bake, bacon-wrapped asparagus
bundles and the cranberry cream cheese pockets are colorful, flavorful and easy as 1,2,3! Enjoy your feast and Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Yam-apple bake (serves 8-10) Ingredients: 4 large yams or sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes 4 large crisp apples, cored, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes
4 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup pecans, chopped
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 x 13-inch casserole dish. Spread the yams or sweet potatoes and apples in the casserole dish. In a small saucepan, melt the
butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt, cooking and stirring until sugar has dissolved. Pour over yams and apples. Sprinkle pecans over top. Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour. When yams are soft, uncover and cook for another 10 minutes
Bacon-wrapped asparagus bundles (Serves 4) Ingredients: 16 large or 24 small asparagus 8 pieces of bacon Olive oil for drizzling Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pre-cook the bacon until it is halfway done. Drain and set aside. Bend the asparagus until they snap. Discard the stem portion of the asparagus. With a potato peeler, trim the bottom part of the asparagus. Rap two pieces of bacon around four large or 6 small asparagus. Place all four bundles in
1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 3 hard-boiled eggs French’s fried onions a baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over asparagus and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for 15 minutes or until bacon is crisp and asparagus are tender. Remove from oven and place on a serving platter. Chop hard-boiled eggs. Sprinkle over asparagus bundles. Finish off with a sprinkling of French’s fried onions.
Cranberry cream cheese pockets
Ingredients: 2 containers Pillsbury Crescent Rolls 1 cup cranberry sauce (with berries) Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a mini muffin tin. Roll out a container of cinnamon rolls on a floured surface. Gently pinch together the seams to create one large sheet. Cut into approximately 2-inch squares or large enough to fit a mini muffin
1 package cream cheese 1/2 cup chopped pecans tin. Press the squares into the tins. Place a 1 inch square of cream cheese into the crescent pockets. Top with 1 heaping teaspoon of the cranberry sauce. Sprinkle pecans into each pocket. Bake for 15 minutes or until pockets are golden brown. Serve immediately.
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e Resident/ References/ Insured/ Not a Licensed Contractor LLC
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Pool Service / Repair
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PHILLIPS ROOFING LLC Member of ABM
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Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099
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Includes in & out up to 30 Panes
CR 42 DUAL
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Public Notices Telecommunications Facility Eco-Site, Inc. has submitted a request to the FCC to register an existing approx. 75’ tall mono-elm telecommunications tower with no marking or lighting system located at 733 N Longmore in Mesa, AZ 85201; coordinates of 33-25-43.33 N, 111-51-48.02 W. Interested parties may review the application by going to the FCC’s Antennae Structure Registration (ASR) website and entering the ASR application #A1147823. Members of the public may raise environmental concerns about the structure by filing a Request for Environmental Review with the FCC. The FCC strongly encourages interested parties to file such requests online and instructions to do so can be found on the FCC’s Environmental Request page (http://www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest) or send to: Ramon Williams, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. Requests should also be sent to: FDH Infrastructure Services, ATTN: Richard Brainerd, 6521 Meridien Drive, Raleigh, NC 27616. In order for your comments to receive full and timely consideration, they should be received at the addresses above within 30 days of the date of this notice and reference FCC ASR file #A1147823. Published: East Valley Tribune, Nov 24, 2019 / 25957
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Plumbing
Bonded & Insured
LLC
602-505-8066 Cell
480-720-3840
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