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Employers flocking fast to Gateway Airport area BY JASON STONE Tribune Staff Writer

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he East Valley’s hot jobs economy is allowing developers in Mesa’s Gateway Airport area to build them as fast as they can fill them. Low vacancy rates across the Valley – coupled with streamlined government approvals – are changing the landscape in the airport area. It’s truly proving the old adage if you build it, they will come – and apparently businesses want to be near the growing airport that’s sitting in an untapped desert area on the south-

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east edge of the city. “There’s a lot of demand right now,” said Mesa Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak. “We’re excited to see that with today’s low vacancy rate in industrial industries.” The latest addition to the fold is The Landing at PMG, a six-building industrial subdivision, just south of Loop 202 at the southeast corner of Ray and Sossaman roads. Marwest Enterprises is developing the 281,000-square-foot Class A industrial product that will include six buildings that range in size from 11,945 to 112,748 square feet with

20- to 30-foot ceiling heights. It’s just north of the airport. At the time of the PMG’s announcement, Mesa Mayor John Giles praised the area as “an active zone with easy freeway and airport access and one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in Arizona.” There was more news last week as the city and developer VIVO Partners unveiled plans to begin building next year Gallery Park, a mammoth office-residential-retail complex near Power Road and the Loop 202 Freeway. See

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GETOUT .................. 20 Tempe Arts Festival marks a half century next weekend

FOOD ......................... 22 These pork chops are heavenly.

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he Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving – a half-century-old East Valley landmark – has skidded into federal bankruptcy court with $3.5 million in debts. The school petitioned the judge in the case two weeks ago for permission to hire an expert in restructuring distressed companies to rescue it from a sea of red ink – which it blamed partly on the loss of a lucrative military training contract, sporadic payments from two struggling auto manufacturers and the loss of a line of popular racing cars. Located at Wild Horse Pass near Chandler, the school has been both a fun mecca for nearly 500,000 students who range from

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Downtown Chandler Debra Miller of Mesa helps prepare stockings for infants as part of the Arizona Needy Newborns’ annual holiday campaign to bring a little joy to the region’s babies born in poverty. a look at ANN’sStreet effort, 141For West Boston see page 11.

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State ponders ways to curb vaping among young people BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

larmed by the sharp increase of youth “vaping,’’ state health officials are preparing a campaign they hope will scare teens from starting or, if it’s too late for that, get them to quit. But what will work on them is still up for debate. Wayne Tormala, chief of the agency’s Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Disease, said two weeks ago there has been a steady decline in teen smoking. The most recent data says 7 percent of those younger than 18 have had a cigarette in the past 30 days. But electronic cigarettes and similar devices have been used by close to 89,000 in the same age group, more than 16 percent. Hundreds of kids in districts across the East Valley have been caught vaping. “There has been a noticeable increase of vaping occurring with our students this year, both on campus and off campus,” Gilbert Public Schools warned parents in March. “This is not exclusive to GPS; it is occurring on campuses everywhere in our area, state and nationwide.” At a forum sponsored by the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce in June, two area superintendents – Kevin Mendivil of Tempe Union and Jan Vesely of Kyrene – both said vaping had become an enormous problem. While Mesa and Chandler, like all districts, forbid all forms of tobacco use, there is no indication they have taken any special measures to curb vaping among their students. But Kyrene and Tempe Union are trying to fight the dangerous trend.

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Kyrene is leading the state by becoming the first district in Arizona to test a new kind of monitor. District officials are installing the monitors in the bathrooms of Chandler’s Kyrene Aprende Middle School that detect vaping fumes and alert school officials via an email or text. Arizona’s move comes as the federal Food and Drug Administration announced new restrictions this month on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products. Under the new rules, they could be sold only in stores that allow only those of legal smoking age in the door or only from areas where minors are barred entirely. FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb called the increase in teen use “astonishing.’’ “These increases must stop,’’ he said in a prepared statement. “The bottom line is this: I will not allow a generation of children to become addicted to nicotine through e-cigarettes.’’ Most immediate affected will be convenience stores and gas stations, meaning those who want flavored products will have to go to shops that specialize in tobacco and vaping products. But it could take some time for retailers

to comply. In the meantime, Arizona already has a name for its own new ad campaign: Facts Over Flavor. That’s based on the idea that the companies that are manufacturing these items have infused them with tastes that health officials say are not designed to help adults quit tobacco but instead entice new users. “When one of your most prolific sales of vape products goes to flavors called ‘Fruity Pebbles,’ that’s hardly marketing to people my age,’’ said Tormala, who is 71. But the problem that remains, he said, is finding a message that works. It starts with recognizing that the main thing that influences teens is what other teens are saying and doing, said Tormala. “Who do kids listen to, who are their trusted messengers?’’ he asked. “They’re each other,’’ Tormala said. “And when you get youth talking to each other about issues, you tend to get a better response.’’ Most significant, he said, is having teens involved in the planning that’s taking place. “If I’ve learned anything in the past decade or so of marketing around these products, it’s just that usually what I think is a good idea isn’t a good idea because I’m not the target audience,’’’ Tormala explained. Still, he believes that at least part of the focus has to be on convincing teens that the whole idea of flavored vaping is aimed at getting them to try it – and get hooked. And Tormala said he believes some facts will help drive that home. “When we confiscate products from youth and send it over to the state lab here, See

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All ballots finally counted, early Mesa vote trends unchanged BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

he votes have all been counted and the trends that appeared early after Election Day are now one step away from becoming official. The two people leading the two council district elections won – as did the two leaders in the four-way race for the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board. The city and school district bond issues squeaked by, but funding for a soccer complex and the school district’s budget override measure bit the dust. Mesa voters broke the all-male dominance on the City Council when Jen Duff won a narrow victory in District 4, becom-

ing the first woman elected since 1982. Duff, a businesswoman who has been involved in arts and historic preservation issues in the past, beat Brown by a margin of 417 votes, collecting 5,256 to Brown’s 4,839, unofficial but complete results show. Mesa Public Schools also scored a major victory, after trailing in early voting results, when a $300 million bond package also was approved in another cliffhanger by a 756-vote margin, with 70,724 voting yes and 69,968 voting no. A move to increase the budget override from 10 percent to 15 percent trailed throughout the election and was soundly defeated by a 2,779-vote margin, leaving district officials to wonder how they will

pay a mandatory increase in the minimum wage for school bus drivers, cafeteria workers and other support personnel. Duff, a Mesa native, does not think of herself as a trailblazer for breaking the allmale club on City Council – and for good reason. At least 10 women have served on the council over the years, with Peggy Rubach serving as mayor from 1988 to 1992. But Duff’s campaign focused on the need for diversity on the council, adding a woman’s prospective. She ran ahead of Brown as the election results gradually were reported, attracting 52 percent of the vote. See

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Two Chandler women put a blue dent in Red East Valley BY PAUL MARYNIAK AND JASON STONE Tribune Staff

wo Chandler women – one a native Mesan and the other a seven-year transplant from the San Francisco Bay Area – this month accomplished what had been the unthinkable even a year ago. They added a strong streak of blue to the East Valley. One cracked a solidly Republican legislative district and the other completed the flip of another one into the Democrats’ column. For both Jennifer Pawlik and Jennifer Jermaine, the reality of their election victories has only begun to take hold. Pawlik’s win in Legislative District 17 – which covers a good bit of Chandler and a piece of Gilbert – and that of Jermaine in LD 18 – which covers Ahwatukee and parts of Tempe, Mesa and the rest of Chandler – pose significant consequences for Gov. Doug Ducey and the next two sessions of the state Legislature. Their victories leave House Republicans a narrow two-vote majority – which newly elected House Speaker Rusty Bowers of Mesa already has admitted “makes leadership more sensitive to each member’s needs and wants.’’ “And those we’ll just have to work through,” he added. Both Pawlik and Jermaine are coming to the Legislature with a determination to more adequately fund public education as a top priority – the same motivation which prompted their respective runs in the first place. Pawlik, a former longtime teacher, and Jermaine, a management consultant for nonprofit organizations, both campaigned on the assertion that quality public education was vital to the state’s long-term economic security. With only a smattering of votes still left to count as of mid-week, Pawlik was the top vote-getter in the three-way race for two LD 17 House seats. She not only bested Republican Nora Ellen, a former Chandler City Councilmember, but out-polled longtime legislator and former Chandler Councilman Jeff Weninger by 354 votes. Jermaine toppled two-term Ahwatukee Republican Jill Norgaard. With victories by incumbent Tempe Rep. Mitzi Epstein and Ahwatukee incumbent Sen. Bowie, Jermaine’s win turned LD 18 blue despite a slim Republican registration lead in that district. In LD 17, Republicans hold a com-

dreamed of getting into while growing up. Pawlik was raised in Mesa as Jennifer Beckelman, the oldest of three girls. All of her schooling from kindergarten through graduate school was in Arizona. She graduated near the top of her class at Dobson High in 1990 before moving to Flagstaff for her undergraduate and graduate studies. She earned two degrees from Northern Arizona University – a bachelor’s (Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) in elementary education Jennifer Jermaine of Chandler, pictured with husband Michael in 1996 and an education and their 2-and1/2-year-old daughter, made Legislative District 18 all blue with her victory and that of two incumbent Democrats. master’s in curriculum and instruction in 2010. manding registered lead of 10,000 over “All I’ve ever wanted to be was a school Democrats. teacher,” she said. Both districts, however, also hold a sigFor the last 17 years, including the last nificant number of independents, with nine in Chandler, she taught elementary over 40,000 in each. school students across the Valley, includPawlik not only is the first Democrat to ing her most recent stint as a sixth-grade win in the area in decades – maybe ever language arts teacher at CTA Liberty. – but also is the first woman to be elected She didn’t get the idea to run for office, in LD 17. however, until a chance encounter in Since the last redistricting in 2012, the 2014 on a trip to the Capitol for an Ariarea that covers parts of Chandler, Gilbert zona Education Association event. and Sun Lakes has gone to Republicans She was already unhappy about school every two years. In recent decades before funding and low teacher pay, years before that, most of the same area was in District the “Red for Ed” movement swept the 21, which Republicans controlled elec- state. tion after election. “My colleagues were leaving teaching Notable House members from the area because they couldn’t afford to do it,” who have served over the years are current Pawlik said. Senate President Steven B. Yarbrough With some encouragement from famand outgoing Chandler Mayor Jay Tib- ily, friends and colleagues, Pawlik decided shraeny. The retiring Yarbrough will be to run for the Legislature. replaced by former House Speaker J.D. However, there was only one problem. Mesnard, an Ocotillo resident and Ellen’s I thought, ‘I know how to teach, but son who beat Democrat Steve Weichert. I don’t know how to run for office,’” she Politics were never something Pawlik said. In 2015, Pawlik completed a six-month program that trains Democratic women how to hold public office, called Emerge Arizona. A year later, she received more seasoning with the Leading for Change program. She became more politically involved with the Democratic Party as her interest in fighting for students increased. She has served as secretary of (Special to the Tribune) the Legislative District 17 Jennifer Pawlik and her husband Jason have twin 21-year-old Democrats, a precinct comdaughters, Kalie and Katie. mitteeman in the Germann

precinct and a state committee member. In her first run for the House in 2016, Pawlik said the fact she didn’t get any pushback from her opponents helped her do better than expected. “We were absolutely dismissed,” she said. “They didn’t see us as a threat.” That changed this time around with Pawlik – the target of some negative mailers and ads for the first time. “Initially, I was shocked,” she said about the early numbers. “After that, I tried not to be distracted.” Ultimately, Pawlik said the overall “Red for Ed” education momentum, the controversial tuition voucher proposition and other factors helped lead to her breakthrough victory. Pawlik joked that her husband of 23 years, Jason, and their 21-year-old twin daughters, Kalie and Katie, are “thrilled” to have the election over. After all, they haven’t had much personal time together over the last three years, especially with Kalie attending the University of Arizona and Katie attending Arizona State University at its downtown campus. But it’s also led to a grueling schedule, which resulted in 12-hour days as the campaign got into the final weeks. Pawlik estimates some weekends she only had about six hours of free time between campaigning and teaching a pair of education classes for Northern Arizona University’s College of Education program on Chandler Gilbert Community College campus. Besides winning, Jermaine had one other primary goal each day on the campaign trail. “Home for bedtime, making sure I was there to put my daughter to sleep,” said Jermaine, 38, the Chandler management consultant to nonprofits and mother of a 2 ½-year-old daughter who last week captured second place in the four-way race for two State House seats in Legislative District 18. A transplant from the Bay Area who moved to Arizona with her husband Michael in 2011, Jermaine said she got interested in running for office last year after a coalition of activists launched their successful petition drive to put the Legislature’s expanded voucher program on the ballot. “When we were moving, we looked carefully at school districts because we wanted our daughter to have a good education,” she said. “I could see what was happening to public education and I See

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go-kart and amateur racing enthusiasts to teens just beginning to learn how to drive to military and law enforcement personnel. The school employs 31 fulltime and two part-time people. “Both national and international students attend the Bondurant School on a regular basis and learn competition driving, police pursuit driving, evasive driving, and stunt driving, among other types of high-performance driving and racing,” the school said in bankruptcy filings, noting it also taught “recreational high-performance driving to individuals and corporate groups.” Robert L. Bondurant, a world champion racer, founded the school in 1968 in Orange County, California, after a near-death accident at Watkins Glen, New York, when a steering arm on his McLaren MARK II CanAm snapped at 150 mph. Before relocating to the East Valley in 1990, his students included the late actors and racing enthusiasts Jim Garner and Paul Newman – drawn partly by Bondurant’s own successful racing career. He was named in 1959 Corvette Driver of the Year. In 1964, he and friend Dan Gurney won the GT Class at Le Mans in France and a year later won seven of his 10 races in Shelby Cobras and Daytonas to deliver to Ford and Shelby American the World Manufacturer’s Championship for Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the international governing body of motorsport. He and Gurney comprise the only American team to win that title. Billing itself as the “largest purposebuilt driving school in the world,” the school sports two training tracks – a 15-turn, 1.6-mile road course and a nine-turn, 1.2-mile road course – as well as an eight-acre asphalt skills pad. The school’s bankruptcy petition claims an inventory “primarily consists of Dodge Challengers, Chargers, Fiat 124, Fiat 500 and Open-Wheel Formula Mazda race cars,” and its list of assets shows 18 Formula Mazdas – mostly dating back to the 1990s and early 2000s – a 1965 Shelby Cobra and a half-dozen go-karts. In its Chapter 11 filing, the school lists $2.69 million in secured debts and $766,000 in unsecured debts against $619,000 in assets. Among those assets are $263,000 in shop equipment, $375,000 in cash, $87,000 in receivables and $137,000 in parts.

with Sun Valley and the Gila Community and that they are “supportive of the Bondurant.” Bondurant also lost “a substantial contract with the U.S. Government to train military personnel how to drive quickly and safely in emergency situations,” bankruptcy filings state, causing “a decrease of substantial and once-consistent revenue.” While the school doesn’t put a value on that contract, other financial records filed with the court show that Bondurant’s annual revenue of $6.9 million in each of the last two years appears likely to drop this year. It reported that revenue for the first nine months of 2018 amount to $4.72 million. More detailed records filed with the court showed that between the second week of October and the first week of November, the school reported total revenue ranging between $72,000 and (Special to the Tribune) $108,000. But when its weekly expenses Patricia and Bob Bondurant own the racing school near Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino after they moved it here in 1990 from Orange County, California, where Bondurant established it in 1968. were included, it was running a weekly deficit ranging between $5,958 and $52,845. The school leases the track and fix- years,” it added. Adding to the school’s financial woes tures, which are valued at $2.7 million, Over the years, the school’s reputation were Dodge and Fiat as well, according according to the filings. has attracted sponsorships and partnerto court papers. The school on Oct. 3 announced on its ships from some of the biggest names in “As car manufacturers have struggled website that it had filed for bankruptcy the automotive industry, including Fiat, over the recent years, regular payments protection, vowing to “continue operat- Dodge SRT, Goodyear, Shell and Pennfrom the Bondurant School’s two priing and serving our students and corpo- zoil. mary sponsors, Dodge and Fiat, became rate groups as usual while we develop In detailing the four factors that forced inconsistent and disrupted Bondurant new business relationships to ensure the the bankruptcy action, Bondurant’s wife School’s ability to remain current with vitality of the company in the future. Patricia signed an affidavit stating that its own vendors,” lawyers told the court. “For over 50 years, Bob Bondurant the “first and primary” reason was the To make matters worse, Dodge took School of High Performance Driv- school’s inability to pay its September back all its Vipers “for safety and regulaing has been a fixture in Arizona and rent. tory reasons,” costing Bondurant a “subrenowned nationally and internation“The Bondurant School was conset of the customer base” that liked drivally in the world of racing, thanks to our cerned that its landlord, Sun Valley ing its “halo” racing car. The school is loyal students, dedicated employees and Marina Development Corporation, negotiating with Fiat Chrysler of Amerthe Gila River Indian Community,” it a tribal corporation chartered by the ica for a new “halo” car – a reference to continued, adding that its Chapter 11 Gila River Indian Community, potenthe titanium structure above the cockpit filing would give it “sufficient time to tially could have exercised its lease rights reorganize and position the company and locked the Bondurant School out, that protects drivers from flying debris. Bondurant also told the court it is which would have disrupted its ongoing for sustained success.” in secret negotiations with a potential “Our plan is to emerge from this pro- operations,” attorneys told the court. investor who was being “frustrated” by cess as a stronger company and continue However, they added that since the filunnamed issues. to drive this company into the next 50 ing, Bondurant has been in discussions The school said it needed bankruptcy protection “to court additional suitors/investors and to operate without interruption while the investor works out certain issues currently frustrating the transaction.” Despite all this, Bondurant also told the court it will “continue to build upon its current and new business relationships in an effort to continue educating its students on how to safely drive high performance (Pablo Robles/ Tribune Photographer) The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Racing shut down for a few days but has since reopened as vehicles.” owners try to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

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wanted to do something about it.” As she knocked on an estimated 10,000 doors during the campaign, Jermaine discovered that her concerns reflected those of most of the people she met. “I’d say 85 percent were concerned about education,” she said. Jermaine said from the start, she worked with Epstein and incumbent LD 18 Sen. Bowie. “We worked closely as a team all the way,” she said. Jermaine brings to her new job extensive experience in nonprofit and advocacy efforts. A former chamber of commerce membership director, she touted her “wide breadth of knowledge about how government, nonprofits and industry interact on local, national and international levels” and her understanding of “how all the sectors are inter-connected and dependent on each other.” With a bachelor’s degree in international business with a focus on trade policy and a master’s in public administration, she has been most vocal about the need for a moratorium on any more cuts in corporate taxes “until we figure how to

restore the funding to our public education system, universities and community colleges.” That restoration, she has said, “is a longterm investment in our future workforce and economic growth.” She also said she found her main support in her husband, who “was on board from the start because he saw how frustrated I was with” the Legislature’s attitude toward public education. On leave from her job since Aug. 1, she hasn’t decided yet when – or even if – she’ll resume or whether she’ll devote all her time at least initially to her new role as a legislator. “It’s been a financial sacrifice for our family,” Jermaine admitted, adding that she’s excited about the upcoming session, for which she’ll start preparing by participating in a boot camp for new legislators that will be held next month. And she also has her first legislative goal in mind. “I want to work on special education funding so that the funding follows the student wherever the student goes,” she said. As for Pawlik, “People ask me now, ‘Am I going to run for Congress next?’ No. No. No. The whole goal is to fund our schools. This isn’t about me.”

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97 percent of the products contain high concentrations of nicotine,’’ he said. While purchase of tobacco and similar products is legal statewide at 18, two Arizona communities, Douglas and Cottonwood, have raised the age to buy and use these to 21. About a dozen other cities and towns, including Tucson, are weighing similar ordinances. The state health department has taken no official position on the issue, deferring to the Legislature which would have to make the call. But Tormala said he personally supports it. “If you can make something illegal, you’re going to have less use,’’ he said. One complicating factor is that e-cigarettes and other vaping devices are being promoted to adults as a method of quit-

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It will include approximately 400,000 square feet of Class A office space, two hotels and 420 luxury apartment units and condos situated above restaurant/ retail space and a movie theater, or other entertainment uses. “At full build-out, it is expected to be home to more than 3,000 employees and residents,” VIVO said in a release. There’s no doubt the growth is speeding up after a sluggish start. The city forked over millions to extend Ray Road, north of the Airport, a decade ago as part of the Mesa Gateway Strategic Development Plan. But the recession put the brakes on development all across the nation. That’s not the story now. “We did that at the bottom of the recession is paying off now,” Jabjiniak said. “We finally have pent up demand.” The addition of PMG – which stands for Phoenix Mesa Gateway – is the latest example that existing infrastructure and move-in ready buildings are what’s helping attract growing businesses who are looking for quicker and cheaper move-ins. Jabjiniak said available infrastructure and the speed of getting through the entitlement process are now paramount in a

competitive job market. PMG’s addition will be felt by nearby neighbors soon. Construction already began in late September and work is expected to finish in the first part of 2019. It won’t be long before motorists on the Loop 202 will be able to see the new project. When it’s done, it will have freeway access from the Power and Hawes exits. The designation of a so-called “opportunity zone” is helping speed things up. The federal government is in charge in picking the development areas that will be designated. The designation helps investors streamline the process for pushing their developments through, which helps them defer and possibly reduce their capital gains taxes. Developer David Martens of Marwest said the project was designed to quickly provide the city with the needed space to attract high-quality tenants. “As a long-term owner in Mesa, we have witnessed the pro-growth/pro-job mentality of the city and look forward to capitalizing on that momentum,” Martens said in a statement. The airport development, coupled with Mesa’s Elliot Road Technology Corridor, is changing the look of all sides of the airport. The Elliot Road zone, which stretches Elliot between Signal Butte and

Hawes roads, has already caught a big fish in Apple for its global operations command center. Jabjiniak said Apple’s presence has been the best advertising possible to other companies that space is available and access is easy. “It’s starting to tell the story across the country and across the world,” Jabjiniak said. “I say the world because when Apple sneezes in Mesa, the world knows about it.” Niagara Bottling was another large company who recently moved into the area, which was officially designated in 2014. Business travelers now have four hotels within a 15-minute drive from the airport, including a Courtyard by Marriott right by it. The four-story, 99-room hotel at 6907 E. Ray Road is also close to Big League Dreams Park and the Polytechnic Campus of Arizona State University. “It’s allowing us to compete at a very high level,” Jabjiniak said. “The city invested in a lot of infrastructure when we built that roadway on the northside of the airport.” The area is most suited for advanced manufacturing and industry tech. The airport’s unique SkyBridge program is also helping drive development near the airport. SkyBridge is the nation’s first carbo hub to house Mexico and U.S.

customs. It has brought more than 10,000 jobs to the area. “It’s bringing interest in additional investment in the southwest corner of the airport,” Jabjiniak said. “We’re really seeing a lot of interest and activity all around there. Two private hangars next to the airport are part of that growth. Aviation Performance Solutions LLC and Wetta Ventures LLC have leased land owned by the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority to bring the first private hangars to the area in a decade. The length of the lease deals are between 25 and 30 years. Mesa is hoping to keep the good times rolling by developing what could best be described as a spin-off from its 2008 Gateway strategic plan. City officials are now calling for public input for the Southeast Mesa Land Use and Transportation Plan. Mesa is designing the stand-alone document to guide the area’s future transportation needs to meet demand. The city held its first public meeting on the plan recently at the Eastmark Visitor and Community Center. Another meeting will be held in early 2019 but won’t be announced until December. A final report is expected to be finished by next May or June.

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This map shows the location of the 40-acre Gallery Park in southeast Mesa, which, as the rendering partly shows, will include retail and entertainment along with high-end office space, luxury apartments and condos and two hotels. Construction is slated to begin next year.

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developer has announced plans for a 40-acre community in Southeast Mesa that it says could generate thousands of new jobs – and residents – once it’s completed. VIVO Partners said its Gallery Park,

located southeast of the Loop 202 Freeway and Power Road, will offer people an opportunity to “dine, shop, work and reside at this morning-to-night destination while strolling through ever-evolving art installations. Gallery Park will include approximately 400,000 square feet of Class A office,

two hotels, 420 luxury apartment units and condos situated above restaurant/ retail space and a movie theater, or other entertainment uses. At full build-out, it is expected to be home to more than 3,000 employees and residents. At buildout it will spread across a million square feet, the developer said.

“I have friends, family and two business partners who all live in the Southeast Valley and are tired of driving 30 to 60 minutes to find culinary-inspired places to eat next to great, energetic gathering spaces.” said Jose Pombo, development partner at See

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“I think I went against the odds. It was a great year to be a woman on the ballot,’’ Duff said, alluding to a wave of victories by female candidates across the country and in Arizona. But Duff said her gender did not get her elected. “I walked and I walked and I walked,’’ Duff said, canvassing neighborhoods despite the heat, joined at times by her fiancé, Ivan Martinez, who served as her Spanish translator in heavily Hispanic central Mesa neighborhoods. Although it was exhausting, “that was the part I loved most,’’ Duff said. “I think it was very insightful to hear directly from the people about their frustrations and their concerns. It was an education for me.’’ She said that in many low-income areas, “a lot of these people had never engaged with a city official at all.’’ Duff said she plans to serve as a voice for many of these people on the council. She wants to establish a Women’s Commission advisory board that would study certain issues. It would mirror similar commissions in Phoenix and Tucson, with Duff saying she wants Mesa to act like the third largest city in the state and to make

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VIVO. “Gallery Park will be a first-of-its-kind social destination that weaves art within a curated mix of tenants to create a genuinely cool vibe that Southeast Valley residents have been craving.” The developer promises a unique mixeduse development that will showcase “an eclectic art-walk experience” that includes

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progress on improving education and attracting good jobs. She also wants to establish a neighborhood leadership program, which would help educate residents about the services offered by various city departments. Brown, a deputy Maricopa County Attorney who specializes in prosecuting white collar crime, was endorsed by outgoing District Four Councilmember Chris Glover, by Councilmember Mark Freeman and the Mesa Chamber of Commerce. Brown conceded the election to Duff graciously in a Facebook post. “I know we have been waiting for final results, but it looks like the chances that we pull this out are gone. Congrats to Jen Duff for her win, and I (wish) her all the success in the world on city council. Ultimately, most of us want the same things in the neighborhoods and city where we live, and I hope that we can work together on the issues where we agree. I am grateful for all the help and support during this city council race, and you can be sure that I will stay involved to try and make Mesa as safe and strong as possible,’’ he wrote. In West Mesa’s District Three, Francisco Heredia, the son of a migrant worker who immigrated from Mexico, won his first election against Mark Yarbrough by 511 votes. Heredia had been appointed by the

council a year ago to replace Ryan Winkle. Heredia said he personally knocked on more than 5,000 doors, and volunteers who assisted in his campaign knocked on another 10,000. He said that beyond education, neighborhood issues resonated. “It’s a general perception that people want to be safe and that we have the personnel and equipment available,’’ Heredia said. He said west Mesa residents also are concerned about repairs to roads, parks and libraries in an aging part of the city, and want to see Fiesta Mall redeveloped. A proposal to upgrade the decaying Fiesta Village shopping center into a large apartment complex and mixed-use development is pending before the city. “It’s making sure we get our fair share on the west side of the city,’’ Heredia said, citing a technology program that is being added at the Dobson Ranch Library as an example. “We need to make sure our parks and libraries are up to date.’’ He said he is proud of his heritage and that he believes that having a Hispanic council member, who speaks Spanish, is an asset to the city. But Heredia said his goal is to represent everyone, doing what is best for the city with little fanfare. “I’d rather get things done than to pro-

mote myself,’’ Heredia said. In the MPS election, board president Ben Smith finished third and was replaced by Marcie Hutchinson on the board. Hutchinson, a retired veteran educator, joins Jenny Richardson on the board. Richardson was the top vote-getter. Helen Hollands, a district spokeswoman, said the bond issue will help modernize Mesa’s schools, adding additional security measures, completing maintenance projects on aging schools, buying new buses with air conditioning and buying new computers to help students learn through technology. “Many of the security measures we are putting into place are required by today’s society,’’ Hollands said, alluding to campus shootings that have occurred in other states. Front offices are being renovated to create barriers, making it necessary for people to be admitted onto campuses rather than just walking onto campuses. After the close vote on the bonds and the defeat of the override, officials realize that they have to work to keep the public’s support, Hollands said. “We will always work to tell the story about the wonderful things happening in Mesa,’’ Hollands said. “Obviously, there is some self-reflection already occurring.’’

“wall murals, exterior fixed and interactive art installations, and revolving art displays featuring emerging local artists creating their new pieces live on site.” Office buildings will be required – and the hotels encouraged – to display art within their lobbies while restaurants “will also be strongly encouraged” to display art that’s compatible with their brands, the developer said. Mesa Mayor Giles hailed the project, noting “Southeast Mesa is still growing

fast and bringing an entire 40-acre community with jobs, homes, entertainment and art that focuses on placemaking is a great fit.” City officials said Gallery Park is within a five-mile radius of more than 223,000 consumers with a household income of more than $101,000 and within a 10-mile radius of more than 920,000 people. “This is a major addition to the Gateway Area and will not only bring office space and luxury housing, but also entertain-

ment, restaurants and shopping options to the region for all to enjoy,” District 6 Councilmember Kevin Thompson said. He said the development “continues the upward trend of District 6 being a destination location, which is great for our citizens and regional partners.” To encourage the public to keep abreast of the project’s development, VIVO is offering a $200 package of meals, movie tickets and gift cards if they enter a raffle at gallerypark.com.

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rizona Needy Newborns, with chapters in Ahwatukee and Mesa, brought the holiday season in early as members and community guests joined together for the annual Christmas Stocking Stuffer last weekend. They prepared more than scores of holiday stockings for distribution to various hospitals, clinics and homeless shelters throughout Maricopa County and the state. Each stocking was lovingly prepared by the volunteers, who selected the contents from the tables of washcloths, soaps, blankets, nightgowns, hats and booties, bibs and toys, flannel positioning tools and other items that will be delivered by Dec. 15. The event was both fun and successful for the volunteers of Arizona Needy Newborns, a year-round operation whose constant care many hospitals and agencies depend on to help newborns and premature

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Putting together Christmas stockings for needy infants are Mesa residents, from left, Karen Fleming, Debra Miller and Lori March. They are all volunteers with Arizona Needy Newborns and got together Nov. 17 to prepare blankets and stockings as well as some bereavement kits.

infants – and prepare bereavement burial kits for the little ones who don’t make it. Arizona Needy Newborns was organized

approximately 20 years ago as a chapter of the national organization, Newborns in Need.

In 2017, in order to help enable their work to be more Arizona-centric, the chapter dissolved and was reborn as Arizona Needy Newborns. The group comprises mainly women, many of whom have been a part of the organization for up to 20 years. They are a dedicated lot, putting their hands to the task of knitting, sewing or collecting items that can be assembled in Newborn Care Kits. In October alone, more than 2,136 items were placed in kits and delivered to Maricopa Medical Center, Maricopa Compassionate Care, Summit Healthcare in Show Low, Chandler Dignity Healthcare, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, Chandler Pregnancy Care Center, Choices Pregnancy Center, Mount Vista Medical Center and North Carolina flood victims. Even in the heat of summer, the organization collected and dispersed 3,809 items included in the deliveries. Arizona Needy Newborns President See

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hanksgiving came early again this year for about 300 foster children in group homes with the help of some Mesa and Ahwatukee women. For the sixth consecutive year, women from the First United Methodist Church of Mesa teamed up with the Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club and the women of Desert Foothills United Methodist Church to host the children last Monday, Nov. 19, to a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings – and a lot more. Led by Kiwanis Club member Andi Pettyjohn, Desert Foothills congregant Carolyn Blaney Arndt and Katie Mozurkewich, Pamela Ripley of First United Methodist, more than 100 volunteers cooked 176 pounds of turkey breast and huge amounts of side dishes for the nondenominational event. There are over 18,000 children in foster care in Arizona through no fault of their own, said Arndt, who also is a Court Appointed Special Advocate, or CASA,

ers of the dinner and bring along their mascot Big Red as well as cheerleaders and Fiesta Bowl Ambassadors. The players sign autographs and the kids win prizes in raffles – the most popular being a football signed by the team. (Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) Arndt underServing nearly 300 foster teens from group homes were women from Desert Foothills United Methodist Church in Ahwatukee scored the plight and First United Methodist Church of Mesa, where the dinner was held last Monday. In the photo on the left, Pat Shaw serves of some of the some sides, while on the right, Tami Johnson, left, and Jasmine Arreola handle the mashed potatoes. kids, telling volfor Maricopa Foster Children. Another going into group home care, and many, unteers: “Remember that sad or angry CASA, Mary Davis also is involved in or- even little ones, remain in foster shelters. children who aren’t eating and don’t want ganizing the dinner. There are not enough traditional-style to speak to you might have just came in “Sometimes we need reminding that the foster homes, and those big group homes to foster care a few hours earlier and had children have done nothing wrong – it is won’t be making any type of Thanksgiv- to come along with their group home, no their family situation that isn’t safe. More ing dinner,” Arndt added. See FOSTER KIDS on page 11 The Arizona Cardinals are big supportthan half of all foster children are now

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WWII hero Kenneth ‘Mudhole’ Merrill passes into history BY JASON STONE Tribune Staff Writer

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udhole” isn’t a nickname many people would choose for themselves. But when the son of one of the most famous U.S. presidents gives it to you, you wear it proudly. Kenneth Henry Merrill, formerly of Mesa, did that for most of his life – answering to “Mudhole” because of a joke that James Roosevelt, the eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, made while the two served in World War II. More than 70 years later, family and friends are saying goodbye to the Arizona native and one of the last living original Marine Raiders. Mr. Merrill died Nov. 12 of natural causes at 94. “He was a fabulous storyteller,” said Kristin Folsom, Mr. Merrill’s stepdaughter. “We would go to these reunions and these new generation of raiders would flock to him. They would stand in line to talk to him because he’s a legend to them.” So legendary, in fact, that military officials once informed him that he would

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be eligible to be buried at Arlington Cemetery outside Washington, D.C. “But he refused because he wanted to be buried with his family,” said Mr. Merrill’s youngest sister, Nelda Adair, 87. Make that a notable Arizona family. In the late 1800s, his grandfather, Philemon C. Mr. Merrill, founded the unincorporated area of St. David in the southeast corner of the state. Mr. Merrill was born the fifth of eight children on Sept. 12, 1924 in Hayden. His father, Roy, moved the family there during the copper boom. The Merrills then headed north to the farmlands of Gilbert when Ken was an infant before settling on Mesa. At 7, typhoid fever killed his mother and oldest sister. Mr. Merrill moved to Globe to live with an older brother and his wife eight years See

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Kenneth “Mudhole” Merrill, left, visits with Bill EuDaly of the U.S. Marine Raider Association. Mr. Merrill was one of the last living original Marine Raiders until his death Nov. 12 at age 94.

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Marilyn Freeman is one of the longesttenured members. A member for more than 12 years, she has held the helm for the past nine years after serving as vice president and holding several other offices previously. “I feel a child is a gift,” she said. “I saw a need, and I believe we have so much, and I think we can share our blessings with others.” Freeman, who has struggled with multiple sclerosis for 32 years, is extraordinarily active despite her dependency now on a walker. She often hosts mid-month gatherings at her home where other organizations like Boy Scout troops come to help assemble or donate items. One local Boy Scout, Ethan Nicholas, recently donated 384 diapers and 40 quilts as part of his Eagle Scout project. After the stuffing event, Freeman’s living room was arrayed with the various stockings and other items that were being organized, counted and labeled for the midDecember deliveries. “I usually have everything done by the 15th of December, and then I decorate for Christmas after the deliveries are made,” she laughed, remarking she had out-of-

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Arizona Needy Newborns President Marilyn Freeman was busy last weekend preparing stockings for babies.

town visitors expected. “That’s my motivation.” She said vice president Marlene Omerza and member Carol Coleson of Florence come to help her every Friday. “I mostly sit there and direct, and they act as my legs,” she said. “We couldn’t do this without everybody’s help.” Omerza has been with ANN for 12 years and is a major quilt provider, often sewing 10 a month.

“We’re committed to helping babies,” said Doris Dorwart of Ahwatukee, who leads her local chapter and is ANN secretary. “It’s all volunteer and all out-ofpocket.” Dorwart has been active in Arizona Needy Newborns – and before that Newborns in Need – for 12 years. “We collect and give away nearly 3,000 items each month, placing them in 150 Newborn kits delivered to 25 hospitals and homeless shelters. All are for preemies or newborns,” she said. “Our monthly meetings are also fun events with a great group of women.” Kathy Gemma of Ahwatukee joined the organization eight years ago and agrees the meetings are a joyful time. “We have so many different women who come to our group, and everybody has their specialty,” she said. “Mine is making positioning snakes for premature babies.” Premature infants especially require careful positioning, and her positioning snakes are 47 inches of flannel, sewn so that the tail tucks into the elasticized neck to make an “o” shape. “They position the preemies inside the hole,” she said. Other positioning aids are smaller to place on the side of the infant. Both are filled with poly pellets and securely sewn.

Some members fashion burial outfits for boys and girls. “Thankfully, we have fewer and fewer of these every year, but they’re still special for the parents to receive,” she said. “The ladies who make these use material from wedding dresses. I donated mine.” She and her husband John, both retired, are passionate community volunteers. Besides ANN tasks, she also heads her church’s prayer shawls program, while he is active with Habitat for Humanity and Court Appointed Special Advocates of Arizona. Even as the festive holiday stockings with their red caps and booties and redribboned diaper packages are heading out the door, there are always needs. Donations of items and money to purchase those needed are always appreciated, said Freeman. Items in the newborn kits and other infant baskets are purchased by the members or received as donations. Always needed are infant washcloths made of cotton yarn and bars of Ivory soap – one of each go into each newborn kit. Quilts are always in demand; the most common size requested is 36 by 45 inches, though a recent request from Mercy Gilbert Medical Center asked for 48 by 52 See

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matter how sad they are feeling.” Arndt also told new volunteers, “The best part of the whole night is watching so many smiles as kids recognize friends from previous homes.” Catered by Ed made the pies, side dishes came from Charleston’s Mesa and Texas Roadhouses in Mesa, Tempe and Gilbert. Pettyjohn and Arndt met by chance in 2013 and after hearing that there were foster children who wouldn’t be having any type of Thanksgiving meal, “we thought ‘we could gather together volunteers and at least do a turkey dinner,’”

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inches. “But we’ll be happy with all sizes,” said Dorwart. ANN treasurer Barbara Johnson of Mesa said size-1 disposable diapers are always requested by hospitals, as are small afghans and tote bags. Tiny white booties for “Memory Boxes” – presented to grieving parents of lost babies – are running low, as are nightgowns and sleepers. In the summer, “onesies” are included in newborn kits, but when win-

Arndt said. “We had no idea of the needs in the foster care system.” Arndt was so moved by their plight that she trained to be a CASA, helping to watch out for children’s welfare in the foster care system and provide mentoring to them. “These are lost kids in the system,” she explained. “We know 25 percent of them could be in jail in the next year. They don’t have to be. If the public steps up, you can mentor them or volunteer and just connect with them.” Besides the Thanksgiving dinner, Pettyjohn also helps organize an annual baby shower for pregnant foster girls and helps get Christmas gifts for foster boys

and girls from group homes as well. The Christmas gift drive will be beginning soon. Desert Foothills United Methodist doesn’t stop with a Thanksgiving dinner for the foster children, either. Congregants have continued to do outreach to those in need, preparing a Christmas turkey dinner for a large group home for teenage boys and having an Angel Tree where members of the congregation match donated new gifts, clothes and footwear for the youth. Arndt said she hopes the dinner acts to raise awareness about the plight of older youth in the foster system, many of whom have trouble being adopted and re-

main stuck in the system until they come of age. But she also hopes the dinner provides a happy experience they can look back on fondly. People can still help as well. Information on how to help foster kids: AZHelpingHands.org or voicesforcasachildren.org. To help fund its annual Thanksgiving dinner for hundreds of foster kids, people can send a donation to the Ahwatukee Kiwanis, PO Box 50596, Phoenix, AZ 85076. Specify Thanksgiving or foster youth on the check To learn how to help with the Christmas gift distribution, contact info@ahwatukeekiwanis.org or 602-402-6267.

ter arrives, nightgowns or full sleepers are packed in their stead. Hospitals are known to phone ANN for special needs like a certain size quilt to cover incubators or small booties – approximately one to one and half inches from toe to heel. At the monthly meetings in Ahwatukee and Mesa, women work together on various projects destined for the newborn kits. Their knitting, crocheting and sewing is done at home and brought to the monthly meetings, where members show and discuss how they were made or where materials or special items were purchased.

Donations of yarn, even leftover skeins, are put to good use by members, said Dorwart. A faithful member from Ahwatukee, Vivian Giumette recently passed away, and her family asked memorial donations be made to ANN. Last Christmas, Giumette embroidered more than 200 bibs in a snowman pattern. She also sewed tote bags for layette kits. Dawn Loeffler, another faithful member who also crafted many items for newborns and premature infants, died last June and, like Guimette, asked that memorial donations be earmarked for ANN.

The Mesa ANN chapter meets at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1415 E. Southern Ave. the first Friday of each month, and the Ahwatukee chapter gathers at Esperanza Lutheran Church, 2601 E. Thunderhill Place on the third Friday (no December meeting). “We meet at churches, but we aren’t a church group,” Freeman explained. Both meetings start at 10 a.m. and conclude by noon. For more information on ANN or either of their two chapters, email DDDorwart@hotmail.com and put ANN on the subject line.

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later. Two years after that, World War II changed the course of his life. The underage Mr. Merrill, who was only a junior at Globe High School at the time, convinced his brother Chick into signing an approval for him to enlist in the U.S. Marines. Mr. Merrill promised he would return to high school once he was out of the service. As luck would have it, Mr. Merrill was picked to become the youngest member to join the Second Raider Battalion, one of America’s first special operations forces. The Marine Raider Battalions were activated in February 1942, a few months after the U.S. entered the war. Then-Lt. Col. Evans Carlson, who coined the famous rallying cry “Gung Ho!” was Mr. Merrill’s commander. In fact, the exploits of “Carlson’s Raiders” were the focus of the hit 1943 war movie “Gung Ho!” starring Randolph Scott. “He would have been one of the first Americans to hear that term or use it,” said Bill EuDaly, the public affairs officer for the U.S. Marine Raider Association. It was during this time that Mr. Merrill got his nickname from James Roosevelt, who was second in command for the Second Raider Battalion. Often, the group staged long walks through the tropics carrying gear, ammo and guns. But a thirsty Mr. Merrill on one journey would stop to drink water pockets in mudholes out of desperation. Roosevelt noticed Mr. Merrill take a sip at one of the holes and yelled over to him. “Mr. Merrill, what are you doing drinking out of the mudhole?” Roosevelt apparently yelled. “We’re going to have to call you ‘Mudhole’ now.” Just like that, the name stuck. “He loved it,” EuDaly said. “That’s the way we all knew him.” Nearly every major Pacific campaign from mid-1942 to the beginning of 1944 featured the Raiders. During that time, the group earned seven Congressional Medals of Honor, 141 Navy Crosses and 330 Silver Star Medals for combat operations. In early January 1944, the Marine Corps reorganized the Raiders, but it gave

birth to today’s special forces. “Even the Navy SEALS and others look at the Raiders as the fathers of special forces,” EuDaly said. “A lot of these modern warfare operations look to those men and see them as their spiritual fathers.” An infection in his leg from shrapnel caused Mr. Merrill to spend eight months in a hospital before he was honorably discharged. Doctors also treated him for malaria, plus he developed stomach problems and had numerous sores on his arms and feet. He told the Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune in 2008 that living for weeks on rations of rice – which he cooked in his helmet – tea, raisins and salt pork caused him to lose more than 50 pounds. After he was discharged from the hospital, Mr. Merrill had trouble assimilating back into society in the initial postwar years. First, when he tried to return to Globe to fulfill the promise to his brother and father that he would finish school after the war, he wasn’t allowed back. “They wouldn’t let him come back to that school because they were trained killers,” Adair said. Mr. Merrill ultimately finished school in 1944, but he said it took a good 20 years for him to get over the trauma of the war. While trying to normalize, Mr. Merrill began speaking and writing about his war experiences and the trouble with his high school education. That brought him some low-level fame across the country in the post-war years. Mr. Merrill turned out to be a stellar recruiting tool for the Marines. EuDaly said Mr. Merrill would be sent out on recruiting tours at factories and schools to find the next crop of cadets. In his final years, he gained fame among the raiders that came after him. He was married four times but was widowed each time. His first wife, Elaine, drowned, while the other three died of cancer. He had three children with Elaine, and one of them, Clara Lynn Linn, is still living in Reno, Nevada. “He was a lot of fun to be around,” Adair said. “Definitely a lot of fun. He was always teasing. I was always his baby sister.”

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Baby daughter’s death put woman on path to her business BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

ou don’t expect someone who wins a business award to talk about death at the luncheon when they make their acceptance speech. But Terri Waibel not only did that but told the throng at the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce’s ATHENA Awards luncheon last month that she had left an empty chair at her table in memory of any loved one whose death the guests were mourning – along with a box for them to drop a card with that loved one’s name so she could light a candle in their memory that night and say their names aloud. Waibel’s Chandler business is “listening to grieving hearts.” The ASU graduate is a psychotherapist and grief counselor whose Center for Compassion in Chandler offers counseling for a wide range of people with problems – but specializes in helping those whose grief is seemingly insurmountable, particularly in the wake of sudden, traumatic death. A licensed clinical social worker by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners, she also is certified as a grief

tion to the community. Waibel hadn’t set out on that career path when she got her bachelor’s degree in sociology and master’s in social work from ASU. In 12 years of social work, she has had a diverse array of jobs counseling a diverse array of populations and also is a field supervisor for ASU students pursuing a master’s degree in social work. But traumatic death nudged her into developing the specialty she and her business focus on. The unexpected death of her brother in 2006 be(Special to the Tribune) gan what she calls “my own As she addressed the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce ATHENA grief journey,” but it was the awards luncheon, Terri Waibel of Ahwatukee talked of her 2012 death of her second of mission to help heal hearts broken by the sudden, traumatic three children at birth that death of a loved one. propelled her into what she counselor by the MISS Foundation, the mainly does now. Center for Loss and Trauma and the Elis“Terri Waibel harnessed her personal abeth Kubler-Ross Family Trust. grief to create a space for others to feel Her ATHENA Young Professional and honor their grief by founding the Award was the Phoenix Chamber’s recog- Center for Compassion,” the Phoenix nition of “exemplary achievement,’ lead- Chamber said in announcing her award. ership within her profession and dedicaWaibel recalled that as she grieved the

death of her daughter, “it was difficult to find well-trained providers who could help me in my grief, good therapists who were trained to work with grieving people.” So, she immersed herself in study that eventually positioned her to be that person she couldn’t find and in 2014, she became a certified grief counselor. “It was really important to me that I honor my daughter to do that work,” she said. Citing her work of providing “therapeutic support to individuals, children and families enduring the death of a beloved family member,” the Chamber said, “Every day, Waibel illustrates how to have a mindful relationship with grief while living a life of meaning.” Indeed, the luncheon itself illustrated the depth and breadth of the need she aims to address: At the end of the event, 50 people had dropped names of loved ones into the box. “Many people approached the table after my acceptance speech to share the names of their beloveds that have died,” she said. “It was simultaneously heartbreaking and beautiful.” She said that while pastors or hospice See

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Arizona joblessness remains above national rate BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

he state’s jobless rate ticked up a tenth of a point last month – sort of. New figures from the Office of Economic Opportunity put the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October at 4.7 percent. The report issued last month for September also posted a 4.7 percent jobless rate. But Doug Walls, the agency’s research administrator, said that figure was revised downward based on updated data and now, officially, the September rate was 4.6 percent. In any event, the percent of Arizonans unemployed and looking for

work is identical to what it was a year ago. And it remains a full percentage point above the national average. Walls said the state continues to add jobs. But the rate remains stubbornly stuck where it is as more people say they are available and looking for work. Some of that, he said, involves people moving to Arizona from elsewhere. But Walls said those who are defined as “marginally attached’’ to the labor force – meaning they looked for jobs in the past but not recently – is decreasing. “We can insinuate there that they’re more optimistic about their opportunity for finding jobs,’’ he said. One particularly bright spot is the increase in the state’s manufacturing employment, driven largely by companies

that make computer and electronic parts. In fact, the number of people working in this sector is 10.9 percent higher than a year ago, the best yearover-year bump since 1990. What makes these numbers even more impressive is that one out of every seven new jobs in this sector added nationally in the past year was in Arizona. Construction employment remains strong with a demand for new housing even with millennials often less interested in home ownership as they are getting married and having children later. “It’s not that they’re not doing it,’’ Walls said. “They are eventually buying homes,

they are eventually getting married, having kids,’’ he continued. “It might just be taking them a little bit longer.’’ The weak spot in the economy remains the retail sector where employment has grown just two-tenths of a percent in the past year. And there are no signs that’s going to get better. Walls cited national data which show that online retail sales, which constituted just 4 percent of the market at the beginning of 2009, now is approaching 10 percent. “‘Brick and mortar’ retail in Arizona is having to compete more and more with online retailers,’’ he said. “We’re going to continue to see retail employment with slower growth than we’ve seen in the past.’’

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counselors provide valuable support to people mourning the loss of a loved one, traumatic death often inflicts a deeper, more stubborn kind of pain that can paralyze people with grief. “Our culture is not good at handling sudden death,” she said. Moreover, such death often triggers other long-standing trauma and issues that a person had put on a shelf or thought they had been managing. “I come to this work with a broken open heart and a willingness to explore unanswerable questions,” she tells people on her website. “My approach to therapy is ‘eclectic’ in that I call upon many ideas and theories to be present with the unfolding path of others. “I carry a deep reverence for being present with those who are suffering as a result of grief, trauma, and loss. I have been profoundly honored to work with individuals, groups, children, and families coping with traumatic grief following

the sudden death of a loved one, including the loss of a child, sibling, partner, or parent.” Along the way, she makes personal discoveries as well, and talks of how “my heart has also been touched by the many stories of trauma that have been fully entrusted to me by some of the bravest humans I’ve known. Bearing witness to broken hearts is truly the most meaningful work.” Her practice is relatively small, but Waibel said she hopes to grow it so that she can build a staff and eventually provide free or low-cost counseling to the many people she feels need it. It’s not about making money or success as most people understand that term. When the Phoenix Chamber asked her the key to continued success, Waibel replied: “My deepest wish is that when I die, because I will, that people will remember me for a legacy of love and compassion always.” Information: 333 N. Dobson Road, Chandler; thecenterforcompassion.com, 480-420-7999.

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After all is said and done, I was wrong about Riggs BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

t was one of those stupid social media fights that remind you afterward of two boys scrapping on a schoolyard for the entertainment of a few grade-schoolers. The whole thing encompassed maybe an hour, a few snarky sentences. It would have been unremarkable, except the guy I was brawling with happened to be Frank Riggs, the Republican who on Election Day lost the race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Thus, we made the news on Veterans Day, beneath headlines referencing Riggs’ Twitter “meltdown.” It could have been worse: At least Riggs, 68, didn’t challenge me to a fistfight at the corner of Central Avenue and Van Buren. Grumpy as I was, I probably would’ve

driven over, pronto. There’s something about being called a “gutless punk” and having a politician attack you for “physical and moral cowardice” that brings out the worst in a guy. Of course, to be completely honest, I didn’t need to tweet my opinion about Riggs’ multiple campaign failures, labeling him another “narcissistic partisan who mistake(s) self-serving campaigns for public service. That’s why you lose when you run – voters sense your self-importance and need to self-aggrandize. And thank goodness they do.” Rereading that, I’m disappointed in my behavior. I’ve watched Frank Riggs run and lose and run and lose these past four years. Still, that shouldn’t have provoked me to have fun at his expense. It’s exactly what I despise about social media – the namecalling and vitriol – yet still I typed furiously without a second thought about the thing we all miss online:

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There’s a human being on the other end of the Internet, someone who represents more than a keyboard and a few cheap insults. I was reminded of that the next morning, when an email arrived from a man named Mitch Mulanix. Three decades ago, Mulanix managed Riggs’ successful campaign for a California Congressional seat. He later worked in Riggs’ legislative offices. Although Mullanix told me he hasn’t spoken to Riggs for probably 10 years, “I spent nearly every day with him for many years so I know his background, and more importantly what drives him.” The Riggs described in Mulanix’s email, “didn’t come from money. He was a regular guy who worked his ass off to get where he is. He is extremely idealistic. He has a clear mindset about right and wrong and he feels a moral obligation to personally get involved and make things right.” In other words, someone motivated not

by self-service, but by public service. Or, as Mullanix explained it, “I suspect what set Frank off was your allegation that he runs for office based on his own self-aggrandizing motives.” He went on: “For most politicians you would be right. … But I can tell you with certainty that Frank isn’t that type of politician.” The moral to the story? Maybe I was wrong about Frank Riggs. Maybe what I interpreted as ego or a bad impersonation of Clint Eastwood feels to Riggs like leadership. Maybe we both owe each other a sincere apology. Maybe social media arguments become no one, not the combatants or the witnesses. Here’s what I know for certain, postfight: Frank Riggs got in the ring. He put himself out there – and took another whipping for his trouble. He served his country. For that he has my respect. And the deepest apology I can put to paper.

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Chandler trusts its offense in 6A title game but it will need its defense, too BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

he trust that the Chandler High coaching staff has in its offense never was more evident than in the 6A football semifinal. Coach Shaun Aguayo went for two points in overtime and got the successful conversion that put the Wolves into the 6A state-championship game again. Now, the Wolves must have the same belief in their defense as they prepare for a title-game rematch with Perry. Chandler beat the Pumas for the state championship a year ago, their second straight crown. They go for the trifecta at 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 1 at Arizona State’s Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. While Chandler won both the 6A championship game as well as a September regular-season game with Perry, Pumas quarterback Chubba Purdy is playing much better now. In his past two games, he led sixth-seeded Perry to deci-

ry goes for a trifecta of its own against No. 1. To avert that, it might come down to a defensive stop by the Wolves this time. “We are going to have to stop Chubba Purdy. He’s doing a heck of a job now,” Aguano said. “We just have to go to the drawing board, watch film and make sure we come out (Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff) and play mistakeChandler High’s DeCarlos Brooks, making a cut en route to 214 rushing yards and three touchdowns in a 6A semifinal win over Highland, could be a menace to Perry free football.” when they meet for the state championship on Dec. 1 in a rematch of the 2017 title Chandler escaped game. In Week 6 this season, Brooks rushed for 246 yards againt the Pumas. with a 36-35 overtime victory over sive upsets of third-seeded Desert Vista fifth-seeded Highland in the semifinal. It took the gutsy two-point call by Aguano: and second-seeded Pinnacle. So after conquering No. 3 and No. 2, Per- Wolves senior quarterback Jacob Conover

rolled right and found tight end Brayden Liebrock wide open in the end zone for the victory. Aguano said that he was going to win or lose with the ball in the hands of Conover and Liebrock, his two senior captains. Conover got the ball away as Highland linebacker Robert Kingsford was bearing down on him. It was a clutch throw and catch by players who are accustomed to playing with targets on their backs. “It’s that trust we built,” Conover said. “We know that if we trust in what (Aguano) says, it will be OK. And he instills in us that if we do the right things all the time, good things are going to happen. We prepare every Thursday with what plays we will run to win the game. “We have the mentality that we are going to win every single time. We are a tough team that can handle adversity.” Conover and Liebrock have been menSee

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It’s Highland! Oh, no, wait: It’s Chandler again and Perry wants vindication BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

his just in: It’s Chandler, not Highland, in the 6A high school football state-championship game Saturday at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. This is of particular interest to Perry, because the Pumas are the opposition. Perry knocked off second-ranked Pinnacle, 45-14, in one 6A semifinal last Friday, avenging a 59-33 loss to the Pioneers in the season-opener in August. When the Pumas began celebrating their victory, they were under the impression they were playing Perry coach Preston Jones former team, Highland, for the championship. Instead, the other 6A semifinal went into overtime, where Chandler prevailed with a successful two-point conversion. So now the storyline becomes the rematch. Chandler beat Perry in the 6A championship game last season, and then beat the Pumas again during this regular season. “It feels great,” Perry quarterback Chubba Purdy said of the Chandler rematch.

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Receiver Colby Dickie stiff-arms his way to additional yardage after a catch in Perry’s 6A semifinal rout of Pinnacle. The Pumas advance to the 6A championship game, a rematch with rival Chandler for the title, at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at Arizona State’s Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe.

“Last year we lost by seven. We’ve been thinking about this the entire year. It’s great to be able to go back again.” The memory of that loss to Chandler has haunted the Perry players. They wanted a chance at redemption against their school-district rival. And now they’ve got

it. This time, the Pumas believe that they are poised to hoist the gold ball and put an end to Chandler’s two-year reign at the top. “I’m just so happy for these kids,” Jones said. “So many people wrote us off last year as the Brock Purdy show. Brock is

an unbelievable kid and an unbelievable athlete. He did a lot for us but we have a really special team. “I feel like we have a really good program and an unbelievable school.” On Sept. 28, Chandler cruised to a 4534 victory over the Pumas. Over the past two months, Perry has gotten better. The Pumas defense held Basha to 21 points in a first-round playoff victory a week after a 54-41 shootout between the two that Perry won. Perry posted another dominating performance in its upset of third-seeded Desert Vista, 49-20, in the second round. Its most impressive showing came in the rout of second-seeded Pinnacle. “We are just so proud of these boys because there are a lot of nonbelievers outside of our locker room,” Jones said. “Our defense takes a lot of heat but they are really good. They’ve played lights out these last three or four weeks. “The scoreboard may not always show it but they really are.” See

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aces to opposing secondaries all season. They have connected 59 times for 680 yards and 10 touchdowns. “We just played with our hearts,” Liebrock said. “Coach Aguano is like a father figure to me. Everything he says I trust him. I just go out there and play my hardest.” Chandler has weapons all over the field, notably run(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff) ning back DeCarlos Brooks. Jacob Conover, attempting a pass in a 6A semifinal win over Highland, Brooks has rushed for lifted the two-time defending state-champion Wolves into their 1,893 yards and 28 touch- third straight championship game when he completed a two-point downs. He also caught 23 conversion pass in overtime. passes for 350 yards and backer Zach Bowers, who made 69 tackles. three more scores. Perry players say they’ve been waiting The senior back had a fumble early in the semifinal, which resulted in points for another chance against Chandler. for Highland. He bounced back with 214 That the Wolves struggled to escape yards and three touchdowns against the Highland lends credence to Perry’s belief that perhaps it has a chance this time. physical Hawks defense. “It’s a blessing for us to get out of that Brooks rushed for 246 yards when the Wolves beat the Pumas, 45-34, at Perry game,” Aguano said of the semifinal. “It’s in Week 6 while Liebrock had 104 receiv- hard to stay at the top. ing yards and a touchdown. “We’ve been working diligently the past Yet it might be Chandler’s defense that couple of years so hopefully it will pay off controls its fate, a unit anchored by line- again for us.”

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While its defense has turned the corner at the right time, Perry’s offense continues to evolve. Led by Purdy’s 3,236 passing yards and 35 touchdowns, Perry averages more than 48 points a game. It’s not just the Chubba Purdy show. Receiver Colby Dick(Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff) ie and running back Perry High receiver Conner Boyd, making a spectacular catch in a 6A semifinal Jalen Young are prime- rout of second-seeded Pinnacle, will be a key player for the Pumas in their Dec. 1 6A championship-game rematch against Chandler. The Pumas fell to the time players, too. Wolves in last year’s title game. Dickie, a 5-foot-9, 185-pound senior, and a three-year start- yards and nine touchdowns. er, has 72 catches for 1,034 yards and 16 Perry has taken out the No. 3 and No. 2 touchdowns. seeds in the playoffs. They all are seeking “Colby has to be one of the best receiv- redemption against Chandler to add No. ers in the state,” Jones said. “I know he is 1 to their conquests. not big enough or fast enough for these “To get back there again feels really college programs but he is an unbelievable good,” Young said. “We are going to prachigh school football player. Every Saturday tice hard but we are going to do the same you see players like Colby on the field that thing we have always been doing, and weren’t recruited but are making plays. that’s playing Perry ball.” “Hopefully he is able to do the same.” Like Dickie, Young has been a workTribune contributing writer Joel Viss conhorse. The senior has rushed for 1,253 tributed to this report.

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Fierce district rivals Chandler, Perry meet again for 6A football state title When Chandler and Perry meet on the football field, as they will again Dec. 1 in the 6A high school state-championship game, the battles are fierce, close and high scoring. The Wolves won the title game last year by seven points and then beat the Pumas, 45-34, on Sept. 28 this season. 1 -- Wolves quarterback Jacob Conover, known for his arm, is a threat to run, too. 2 -- Chandler’s Jaheim Brown-Taylor has breakaway speed. 3 -- This tussle for the ball reflects the competitiveness between the district rivals. 4 -- When Conover unloads the ball, it’s usually a big play for the Wolves. 5 -- Brown-Taylor averages 8.5 yards a carry. 6 -- DeCarlos Brooks of Chandler averages 146 rushing yards and 48 receiving yards a game. 7 -- Perry’s Jalen Young tackles Brooks in their September game. Young also is a big-play man of offense, rushing for 1,253 yards (9.4 a carry). 8 -- Perry’s Andrei Mayberry (left)and Young move in for a tackle. 9 -- Perry’s Zavier James looks downfield for more yardage against the Wolves. 10 -- If Conover gets the last chance, it could be trouble again for Perry.

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At 50 years, the Tempe Fall Festival of the Arts is golden

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t began in 1968 when a small group known as the Mill Avenue Merchants Association created a sidewalk-sale event. A half-century later, it has grown into a world-class, award-winning staple in the arts scene, drawing nearly a quarter million visitors every fall to downtown Tempe. The Fall Tempe Festival of the Arts celebrates its golden anniversary Nov. 30 through Dec. 2, with some special changes to mark the historic milestone. The festival goes on, rain or shine, 10 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. daily. “The admirable history of the Tempe Festival of the Arts has to do just as much with the city’s respect for the artist community as it does the world-class artists and attendees from all walks of life themselves,” said Kate Borders, executive director of the Downtown Tempe Authority. “Nearly a quarter of a million people from around the globe make Tempe their destination each fall for art buying, collecting and incomparable holiday gift shopping, and that commitment to the art world sets our festival apart and puts Arizona on the map.” Originally organized by Mill Avenue Merchants Association executive director Frank Maguire, it was known as Hayden’s Ferry Art Festival in Old Town Tempe. This year, the award-winning and nationally-acclaimed three-day festival anticipates as many as 375 booths lining Mill Avenue and surrounding streets, presenting unique

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Unusual art is not all that unusual from the artists at the Tempe Fall Festival of the Arts, which began in 1968 when a small group known as the Mill Avenue Merchants Association created a sidewalksale event. More than 350 booths are expected at the three-day festival that opens Nov. 30.

and hand-made artwork that offers visitors a fantastic urban-art experience. Visitors encounter an array of art in the open-air market from more than 350 juried vendors in ceramics, digital art, drawing, fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, metalwork, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, upcycled and creative reuse and wood. The open-air festival boasts a vibrant, carnival-like atmosphere with artists’ booths and tents punctuated by strolling street performers, musicians and food-and-drink ven-

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The Tempe Fall Festival of the Arts will feature work from more than 350 juried vendors in ceramics, digital art, drawing, fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, metalwork, mixed media, painting, photography and sculpture for its 50th anniversary celebration Nov. 30-Dec. 2.

dors. New for this year are amped and revamped favorites and new programs: • Expanded food and drink offerings. • Beer and wine gardens stocked with locally-produced and purveyed beer, wine and distilled spirits. • A new Young Collectors program, encouraging children’s passion for the arts. • Holiday gift shopping with one-ofa-kind, handmade art, jewelry and home goods. • Tempe’s fashion incubator F.A.B.R.I.C. hosting a runway fashion show, featuring Arizona talent. Two performance stages, Centerpoint Stage and Hayden Station Stage (formerly Amphitheatre Stage), showcase a range of musical talent, including award-winning Tempe musician Walt Richardson, Valley performers Hyperbella, Sugahbeat and The Hourglass Cats, as well as urban acts lAZ School of Hip Hop Phx, Hi Dreams, Stoneypie and a HOT 97.5 Stage Take Over. The Unplugged Lounge offers shaded seating with acoustic recording artists Korbe Canida, Chad Gregory, Whitney Jones and El Klezmer. Dozens of performers roam the street, including dance troupes, a unicyclist, balloon art, break dancing with PWR Dance Team and a Bluegrass Camp with Jam Pak. The public is invited to join Valley artist Kylan Maney to create a commemorative art piece for the festival’s 50th anniversary. Tempe Festival of the Arts serves up numerous options for drinking, snacking or

taking home handmade goodies. There are two beer and wine gardens featuring Valleybrewed beers as well as selections from Arizona-based wineries and distilleries. While the festival has appeal for all ages, families are particularly drawn to its free admission and lively atmosphere. Kids Block is a hands-on interactive for young artists and a youth exhibition featuring 300-plus student works from around the Valley on display and for sale. Also featured is an array of K-12 art in the Young Artist Exhibition and Competition. New this year is the Young Collectors program, where a child can begin an art collecting journey by purchasing a piece handcrafted by professional artists for $5. Another family favorite is Chalk-A-Lot Street, with a curated section where professional chalk muralists compete for awards and festival goers experiment with street chalk. While general parking and ADA-accessible parking are available at select garages, street meters and paid lots around Tempe, the most convenient ways in and out of the festival are by bike, foot or public transportation, including Valley Metro light rail, which has nearby stops at Third Street and Mill Avenue and at Tempe Transportation Center at Veterans Way and College Avenue. More information about the 50th Fall Tempe Festival of the Arts is available on the newly relaunched and reloaded festival website, tempefestivalofthearts.com.ture for its 50th anniversary celebration Nov. 30-Dec.2.

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Looking for an unusual gift? It’s likely somewhere at the Tempe Fall Festival of the Arts golden anniversary celebration in downtown Tempe. The festival takes place rain or shine 10 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. daily, Nov. 30-Dec.2.

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ABOVE: A gig this fall in Scottsdale Musical Theater Company’s “42nd Street” opposite Debby Boone and Eloise Kropp opened Charles Shaughnessy’s eyes to Arizona. He stuck around to play Scrooge in SMTC’s “A Christmas Carol,” Dec. 3 through Dec. 23, at Tempe Center for the Arts.

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V, film and Broadway star Charles Shaughnessy likes to have a little variety in his career. So instead of returning to the snowy East Coast to play Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol” this holiday season, he is traveling to the desert to star in the Scottsdale Musical Theater Company’s rendition. The star of “Days of Our Lives” and “The Nanny” recently played Julian Marsh in SMTC’s “42nd Street” opposite Debby Boone and Eloise Kropp. “A Christmas Carol’ runs Monday, Dec. 3, to Sunday, Dec. 23, at Tempe Center for the Arts. “When I signed up to play Julian Marsh in ‘42nd Street’ at SMTC, I thought it would be a chance to add another role to my repertoire, for a short time commitment in a new place and, maybe, have a bit of fun in the process,” Shaughnessy said. “Who knew it would be so much more? I found myself having a blast, working with a bunch of talented, charming people, in one of the most stunning theaters I have worked in and making some great, new friends.” This musical version of “A Christmas Carol” features music by Alan Menken (“Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast”) and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens (“Ragtime,’ ‘Seussical”). SMTC’s production will be directed and staged by David Hock, with dance choreography by Hock and Hillary Conrad. Musical direction will be by Joni Van Rossum with live accompaniment by a 20-piece orchestra conducted by Kevin Hayward. “I really like David,” Shaughnessy said. “David’s great. The kids are great. The people who work for him are terrific. It was fun doing ‘42nd Street.’ We talked about Scrooge and ‘A

Christmas Carol.’ I told him there was always the chance I may be doing it elsewhere. “But, I felt it was a long way to go and I had already done it there last time and it may not be best to repeat.” Plus, Shaughnessy, who visited Sedona with his wife on his last visit, needed the challenge of a new Scrooge. “Scrooge is an interesting character to play,” Shaughnessy said. “There’s a lot of watching. He spends a lot of time watching the action. You can’t switch it off. You have to be actively involved as Scrooge watching what’s going on. “It’s obviously relevant for him. He has stakes in the game. It’s interesting to be on stage, reacting like an audience to what’s going on on stage and adding his bits. He makes a 180-degree change from a miserable curmudgeon to the happiest man on Earth.” While Shaughnessy is in Arizona, he will appear in the big screen in the holiday musical film “Buttons” with Dick Van Dyke, Jane Seymour and Katie McGrath. (Visit fathomevents.com for more information.) Shaughnessy loves film and TV, but he’s a big proponent of theater. “Theater is terribly important to a society moving forward and understanding itself,” said Shaughnessy, who has appeared in SYFY’s The Magicians. “More people should be willing to see new plays with tough ideas and things that are a little controversial or uncomfortable. “It’s important for us, as a society, to constantly question ourselves and our values. That’s what Shakespeare’s writing about. You can see a classic and it’s dealing with the same stuff. It should be available on a community level. I encourage audiences to take a chance and experience live theater.”

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Apple maple-glazed pork chops a plateful of comfort

ove pork chops and looking for a new way to serve them? I have just the dish. It’s a plateful of fall comfort. Fresh sliced apples soaked in a beautiful rich maple sauce spooned over pan-

Maple-glaze pork chops

Ingredients: 4 center cut pork chops, at least 1-inch thick (boneless or bone-in) 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar ½ cup chicken broth ½ cup pure maple syrup 2 teaspoons coarse ground mustard 1 tablespoon of cornstarch or flour dissolved in 2 tablespoons of warm water 2 crisp apples, peeled and sliced thin 1 tablespoon butter 3 tablespoons olive oil Parsley for garnish Directions: Pat pork chops dry with paper towels. In a bowl, mix together the salt, pepper, chili powder, garlic

grilled pork chops. It’s not just a “be back” dish. It’s an “I’m never leaving” dish. These chops are the perfect idea for a delicious weeknight meal or tasty Sunday supper.

powder and onion powder. Press seasoning evenly over both sides of the pork chops. Set aside. In a saucepan, add the apple cider vinegar, chicken broth, maple syrup, mustard and dissolved cornstarch, whisking to combine. Bring to a boil and add apples, stirring to combine. Continue cooking on a low boiling until mixture thickens, stirring often, about 5 minutes. (For thicker glaze, mix one more tablespoon of cornstarch or flour with warm water. Add to apple mixture while on a low boil.) When apples have softened and glaze has thickened, add butter, stir well and then turn off heat. Cover pan to keep warm. In a large skillet, on medium high, heat the olive oil until oil glistens. Place the pork chops in the pan without crowding (this allows pork chops to sear all the way around.) Cook until browned, about 2-3 minutes on each side. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until pork chops are done or reach internal temperature of 160. Do not overcook. Transfer pork chops to a serving platter and spoon apple maple glaze over top. Garnish with parsley.

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Employment General Amusement and Recreation Attendants. 36 temp, f/t positions 1/15/19-11/15/19. Midway West Amusements, Inc, Sun City, AZ. Duties: perform variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides. Able to lift 50 lbs. Postemployment drug testing may occur based upon reasonable suspicion of drug use. Mon and Tues 9:00am-5:00pm, Thurs and Fri 5:00pm-10:00pm, Sat and Sun 3:00pm-10:00pm, 40 hrs/wk. Wage is a range of $11.00/hr to $14.31/hr depending on the location, OT may be available at $16.50/hr to $21.47/hr, OT hrs vary. No edu or exp req’d. Optional housing provided at no cost to the worker. Emplyr prov transp to/from worksites in the following counties: Maricopa (AZ), Yavapai (AZ), Mohave (AZ), La Paz (AZ), Salt Lake (UT), Davis (UT), Weber (UT), Duchesne (UT), and Utah (UT). OTJT prov. Transp (incl meals and, to the extent necessary, lodging) to place of emplymnt will be prov, or its cost to workers reimbursed, if worker completes half the emplymnt period. Return transp will be prov if worker completes the emplymnt period or is dismissed early by emplyr. Emplyr will prov w/o charge all tools, supplies, and equipt reqd to perform job & guarantees to offer work hrs equal to at least 3&frasl;4 of the workdays in each 12 wk period of total employment period. Apply at nearest State Workforce agency at 735 N. Gilbert Rd, Ste 134, Gilbert, Maricopa County, AZ 85234 PH: 602-3729700 or at the office nearest you, or email resumes to mjmidwaywest@gmail.com. JOB ORDER #3252638

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QUICK RESPONSE TO• Decks YOUR CALL! Plumbing Drywall • Carpentry • Tile • More! Decks • Tile • More! 15 Years Experience • Free Estimates Marks the Spot for ALL Your Handyman Needs! • Drywall • Carpentry Plumbing

josedominguez0224@gmail.com

Jose Martinez • 602.515.2767

T R E E

Marks the Spot for ALL Marks the Spot for ALL Your Handyman Needs! Your Handyman Needs! Painting • Flooring • Electrical

480.266.4589

25 Years exp (480) 720-3840

Trim Trees All Types Gravel - Pavers Sprinkler Systems

www.husbands2go.com

480-626-4497 www.lifetimegaragedoorsaz.com

JOSE DOMINGUEZ DRYWALL & PAINTING

TREE

TRIMMING

High Quality Results

All Estimates are Free • Call: 520.508.1420

Unbeatable Customer Service & Lowest Prices Guaranteed!

25 years experience - Licensed & Bonded

25 years exp. Call Now (480) 720-3840

Bathroom Remodeling

GARAGE DOORS

High Quality - Affordable Prices!

Not a licensed contractor

ROC# 317949

Garage/Doors

Cleaning Special

Juan Hernandez

SPRINKLER

Drip/Install/Repair LLC

YOU’LL LIKE US - THE BEST!

Cleaning Services

Juan Hernandez

Garbage Disposals Door Installs & Repairs Toilets / Sinks Kitchen & Bath Faucets Most Drywall Repairs

Fencing/Gates

GRADING,

Landscape Maintenance

30 Years Exp - Refs Avail Not a licensed contractor

BLOCK, STUCCO SPRINKLER

Garage/Doors

Landscape Design/Installation

www.irsaz.com

ROC# 256752

480-688-4770

www.eastvalleypainters.com Family Owned & Operated Bonded/Insured • ROC#153131

Now Accepting all major credit cards

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Painting

Pool Service / Repair

Plumbing

Window Cleaning

Professional service since 1995

Window Cleaning $100 - One Story $140 - Two Story

Not a licensed contractor

Includes in & out up to 30 Panes Sun Screens Cleaned $3 each

HIC PRO PAINTING

Attention to detail and tidy in your home.

QUALITY PAINT #1 IN SERVICE

(480) 584-1643

Affinity Plumbing LLC 480-487-5541

480-454-3959

affinityplumber@gmail.com

FREE ESTIMATES

www.affinityplumbingaz.com

ROC #301084

Your Ahwatukee Plumber & East Valley Neighbor

We’ll Beat Any Price!

Anything Plumbing Same Day Service

Interior/Exterior Painting RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL

• Free Estimates • Light Repairs, Drywall • Senior discounts

Water Heaters

24/7

Inside & Out Leaks

Bonded

Toilets

Insured

Faucets

Estimates Availabler

$35 off

Call Jason:

Any Service

Not a licensed contractor

Roofing

Kitchen Kitchen & & Bath Bath Kitchen & Bath Repair & Resurfacing Repair & Resurfacing Kitchen & Bath

●Tubs ●Sinks ●Chips Repair ●Sinks & Resurfacing ●Tubs ●Chips ●Showers ●Countertops ●Cracks ●Tubs ●Sinks ●Chips ●Showers ●Countertops ●Cracks Repair & Resurfacing Making Your Home Beautiful Since 2002 ●Showers ●Countertops ●Cracks ●Tubs ●SinksBeautiful Since ●Chips Making Your Home 2002

PHILLIPS ROOFING LLC Member of ABM

Licensed • Bonded • Insured

480-900-8440 480-900-8440 480-900-8440 choiceresurfacing.com info@choiceresurfacing.com

Making Your Home Beautiful Since 2002 ●Showers ●Countertops ●Cracks ROC# 318249

ROC 223367

ROC# 318249 Making Your Home Beautiful Since 2002 choiceresurfacing.com info@choiceresurfacing.com

choiceresurfacing.com choiceresurfacing.com

ROC# 318249 info@choiceresurfacing.com

info@choiceresurfacing.com

CR 42 DUAL

All employees verified Free estimates on all roofs 36 Years experience in AZ Licensed contractor since 2006

ACCREDITED BUSINESS ®

Not a licensed contractor

Valleywide

623-873-1626

480-900-8440 CHOICE RESURFACING CHOICE RESURFACING CHOICE CHOICE RESURFACING RESURFACING ROC# 318249

Disposals

References Available

Remodeling

Bonded & Insured

LLC

Int / Ext Home Painting 4-Less!

COUNTS

APPEARANCE

Jose Dominguez Painting & Drywall SEE OUR AD IN DRYWALL! Quick Response to your Call! 15 Years Exp 480-266-4589

Roofing

Pool Service / Repair

Juan Hernandez

Pavers • Concrete • Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

HOME IMPROVEMENT & PAINTING

POOL REPAIR

Pebble cracking, Plaster peeling, Rebar showing, Pool Light out?

Tiles, shingles, flat, repairs & new work Free Estimates • Ahwatukee Resident

25 Years Experience • Dependable & Reliable

480-706-1453

Interior/Exterior Painting 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

I CAN HELP!

Dunn Edwards Quality Paint Small Stucco/Drywall Repairs

We Are State Licensed and Reliable!

Free Estimates • Senior Discounts

480-338-4011

ROC#309706

Call Juan at

Over 30 yrs. Experience

Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

480-720-3840 Not a licensed contractor.

Medical Services/Equipment

phillipsroofing.org phillipsroofing@msn.com

Roofing The Most Detailed Roofer in the State

Tim KLINE Roofing, LLC Arizona Mobility Scooters 9420 W. Bell Rd., #103 Sun City, AZ 85351

Mobility Scooter Center 3929 E. Main St., #33 Mesa, AZ 85205

480-250-3378

480-621-8170

www.arizonamobilityscooters.com

Roofs Done Right...The FIRST Time! 15-Year Workmanship Warranty on All Complete Roof Systems

www.timklineroofing.com

480-357-2463

FREE Estim a and written te proposal

R.O.C. #156979 K-42 • Licensed, Bonded and Insured

28 THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | NOVEMBER 25, 2018

The Sounds and Voices of the Holidays?

This Year, You Can Enjoy Them All! At Fynes Audiology, we advocate family time as our #1 priority. That is why we want to help our family and friends enjoy their holiday season with a memorable experience. Hearing loss can make family moments difficult to enjoy - a loud atmosphere may make it hard to stay engaged in conversations causing confusion and frustration. We are happy to say that there is finally a hearing device that lets you hear what you want to hear, even in the most complex listening environment.

You Are Cordially invited... ... to have your hearing screened by Dr. Cassandra Fynes, Au.D., CCC-A, Doctor of Audiology or Roger Knighton, M.N.S, CCC-A. This service is offered in the privacy of our office using state-of-the-art electronic testing equipment.

Ask us about the new hearing aid Phonak Marvel

During the following week, this screening and consultation will be...

Absolutely Free of Charge!

When: December 3rd – 7th Where: Fynes Audiology, LLC SW Corner of Dobson & Baseline 2058 S. Dobson Rd, Ste 9, Mesa, AZ 85202

BEST AUDIOLOGIST There’s no reason to “suffer in silence” this holiday season. NOTHING compares to the lifestyle change from hearing clearly again!

Phone:

(480) 374-1884

Cost:

$7500 Free of Charge!