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Big-dollar photo radar renewed for 5 years BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

esa drivers might be criticizing the city’s photo safety program for at least the next five years, but it might also end up saving some of their lives by using fear of tickets to reduce speeding and red-light running. Fearful of ending or curtailing a program credited with reducing collisions and fatalities, the Mesa City Council last week voted 5-2 to continue photo radar for five years through a contract with American Traffic Solutions at a cost of $1.87 million per year. But after all costs are deducted, Mesa makes about $1 million a year in profits – a fact that Mayor John Giles fears might feed into the false impression that the program is merely a cash machine for the city. Instead of merely being plowed back into the general fund, as in the past, Giles demanded more accountability on where the profits are

spent and asked that the money is used for additional traffic safety measures. “We need to sell this, that this is where the money is going. This is not a milking operation,’’ Giles said. While many council members appeared to agree with this concept, they expressed reser(Special to the Tribune) vations about Giles’ Photo radar in Mesa has resulted in thousands of tickets annually that bring in proposal to restrict about $3 million a year for Mesa – and, officials say, saves hundreds of people from the hours of photo death or injury on city streets. enforcement to they’re off. school hours in school zones. “I would not want to change what we have in Those photo cameras currently enforce a 35-mph limit during school hours when lights See CAMERAS on page 4 are flashing and allow a 45-mph speed when

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EV coalition forms to address teen suicides BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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A searing look at a tragedy

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Tracie Jones, left, of Mesa went blind a year ago but that doesn’t stop her from directing performances by an East Valley acting troupe based in Gilbert. For her story, See Page 6.

group of social workers, counselors and teachers are moving to form an East Valley suicide prevention coalition in response to the growing number of teen suicides in the region. Ted Huntington, community programs manager for the Chandler Coalition on Youth Substance Abuse, said the coalition hopes to develop an action plan at its next meeting, scheduled for Jan. 10. “If nothing else comes out of this, there is a collaborative effort to remove the silos in our different agencies,’’ he said. “They are

working to come together as a community and they are willing to take some action.” And they now have help from the state, which has filled the position of suicide prevention coordinator that the State Legislature created earlier this year. Kelli Donley Williams, the new suicide prevention coordinator, told the group that she is looking forward to working with grassroots organizations and is planning a series of community meetings across the state. “Suicide touches me both personally and professionally,’’ Donley-Williams said. “I feel like our state plan is more academic than See

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Chandler canvassing early for complete Census count BY JASON STONE Tribune Staff Writer

handler residents already do their banking and shopping online. Now you can add the decennial census count to the list. For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau will be conducting its 2020 count online, putting pressure on local cities, states and regional governments to educate the public on the new procedures even a year and a half before the actual count begins. Chandler has already started its efforts to get the word out with its 2020 Census Complete Count Committee. The group has already met twice with hopes of raising public awareness about the Constitutionally mandated decennial count. “The idea is this is our opportunity to figure out who we need to target the message of the Census to,” said Leah Powell, Chandler’s neighborhood resources director. “Certainly, it is for everybody in the community, so we want to make sure we identify places we normally don’t reach as much.” Leaders across the East Valley said an accurate count is crucial for state and federal funding. It affects things such as state shared revenue, community development block grants, Department of Housing and Urban Development funding, infrastructure improvements, homelessness programs, education and parks funding and more. Mesa is looking to join a big milestone during the next count. The city is poised to officially become the third Arizona city with half a million people. “We may already be over that mark, but we’re expecting to cross half a million in 2019 or 2020,” said Jeff Robbins, Mesa’s 2020 Census administrator. “We just haven’t counted all people.” Mesa’s last population estimate in 2017 was at 496,395. Chandler was the second most populous East Valley municipality at 253,448, according to the most recent

Census estimates. Rounding out the top populations in the East Valley are Gilbert (242,362), Tempe (185,025), San Tan Valley (92,851), Apache Jct. (37,775) and Queen Creek (30,849). The 2020 Census will be different for two reasons: the online responses and the addition of a citizenship question for all respondents. “We do expect there to be a lot of phishing attempts,” Robbins said. “There are a lot of things we need to educate people on.” The good news is the U.S. Census Bureau has already been conducting online tallies for years with its other ongoing surveys. The American Community Survey, for instance, goes to around 3.5 million Americans each year with dozens of East Valley residents surveyed each month. As for the citizenship question, it’ll be asked to all respondents for the first time in 70 years. Starting in 1950, Census takers only asked citizenship questions to respondents who were selected to fill out the “long form” of the survey. Most respondents were selected to answer the “short form,” which is now the regular decennial Census everybody takes. The former “long form” survey is now part of the American Community Survey that 1 out of 10 people are selected to take. The ACS has been asking a citizenship question for more than a decade. Putting the question on the regular Census survey has been controversial since U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced in March that the question would be added to the 2020 survey, based on a U.S. Justice Department request. Officials say the question is important to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, but opponents say they don’t trust the government to keep that information confidential. That’s leading some to believe many non-citizens will decline to answer the survey. “It’s something we’re very aware of,” Robbins said. “If you look at historical overcount/undercounts, Latino children

are one of the most undercounted populations. We will need to outreach a trusted voice who speaks the language. That’ll be up to task force.” Powell said Chandler is already trying to reach out to heavy Spanish speaking neighborhoods. “We’re trying to identify partners who help serve those populations,” Powell said. “We want to be cognizant of any language barriers.” Chandler plans to mail postcards and promote through advertising as part of the community outreach. The members of the city’s Census committee include two City Councilmembers (Mark Stewart and Sam Huang), members of the Chandler Unified School District, the Chandler Chamber of Commerce, local churches and other community organizations. Mesa City Councilmember Francisco Heredia was picked to chair the city’s Census committee. The group is composed of 24 individuals representing 23 organizations from nonprofit, business, healthcare, faith-based, education and other critical segments of the community. It includes representatives from Mesa Public Schools, Benedictine University, Mesa Community College, the Asian American Association and more. The plan is for the task force to meet quarterly between November until the summer of 2020. “The 2020 Census is an important event not only for Mesa, but for the entire country,” Heredia said. “My fellow Task Force members (have) the very important task of making sure each and every person is counted.” The Maricopa County Association of Governments is planning another media campaign next year to help get the word out countywide. East Valley cities are planning to piggyback on those ads. If respondents don’t answer the Census online, numerators will go to the doors of those who didn’t respond. “Having numerators go door to door will be the absolute last step,” Powell said.

EV all but shut out of new school bus program BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

ore than four dozen Arizona school districts are getting new school buses at no cost to taxpayers, but the East Valley has been just about shut out. The tab for the 142 new buses is coming from the state’s $59 million share of

a nationwide settlement with Volkswagen over the sale of its so-called “clean-diesel’’ vehicles. Gov. Doug Ducey had ultimate authority on how to divide the cash, within certain court-approved guidelines. Tempe Elementary School District is the only public school system in the East Valley to benefit from the windfall. It’s getting See

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Tempe Elementary is the only school district benefitting from the state’s new bus program.

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place,’’ said Vice Mayor Dave Luna, noting his 40-year career in education. “We don’t want anybody to die.’’ In the East Valley, only Mesa and Chandler have the cameras. Mesa’s photo radar program covers 20 intersections and generated nearly 43,000 citations through October of this year. Chandler’s covers 12 intersections. Bowing to residents’ requests, Mesa on Jan. 7 will add new photo cameras at Guadalupe and Carriage Lane and Ellsworth and Pecos Road in southeast Mesa, according to Pombier’s presentation. Mesa’s system issued 49,044 citations during a full year in 2017 and 40,759 in 2016, with 56 percent of violators nonMesa residents and 44 percent Mesa residents. By contrast over the 12 years Chandler has had the program, a total 153,443 citations have been issued through June 30, 2018, city spokesman Matt Burdick said. The Mesa and Chandler programs are similar in that they use the same contractor and both have “speed on green’’– a concept where the camera flags not only red-light runners, but drivers speeding through green lights. In the Mesa program, a red-light ticket is pursued and the speeding citation is dropped if both violations occur simultaneously. In Chandler, Burdick said, “The goal is not to generate revenue. The goal is to deter behavior such as red-light running. Any moneys generated go back into the program.’’ But Chandler’s revenues are much lower than Mesa’s. Chandler’s program generated more than $1 million in fines during the 2017-18 fiscal year but cost more than $900,000 to operate, leaving a profit of

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nine buses. Although Mesa Public Schools had to ask voters to approve a $300 million bond issue partly to buy new buses, it and the rest of the school districts in the region won’t be getting any – at least for now. More districts may benefit in the future. The governor’s office said it is still reviewing the applications from another 63 districts to see if they qualify. What’s getting the state all this cash is a decision by Volkswagen in 2016 to settle a lawsuit about the marketing of vehicles under the VW, Audi and Porsche labels as having lower pollution. It turned out that really wasn’t the case.

$107,979. The program actually operated at a loss of $131,352 the year before when Chandler changed contractors and re-allocated equipment to different intersections, Burdick said. Chandler also has a five-year contract with American Traffic Solutions that calls for the company to receive $20 for every citation issued, Burdick said. Burdick said that during the transition to the new contractor, Chandler issued 8,581 citations between June 2016 and July 2017. The changes made Chandler’s program more effective, with 19,349 citations issued between July 2017 and June 2018. Because of problems with photo quality and identifying drivers, the Mesa system issues citations in about 60 to 65 percent of activations – or when a camera flashes and takes a photo, Mesa Assistant City

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crashes as a whole rose 16 percent in cities that turned off the cameras. Mesa’s average number of crashes dropped from 10,885 during the five years preceding photo enforcement to 7,034 between 2007 and 2016, 35.5 percent decline, according to the presentation. It concluded that a serious injury collision is three times more likely at an intersection without photo safety than at an intersection with cameras. Pombier noted that Mesa has more than 400 intersections and only 20 have cameras. Other locations with cameras include seven school zones. Intersections are selected by Mesa police based upon the incidence of collisions and traffic volumes. “What we’re trying to tell people is, if you are in this safety zone, you need to slow down,’’ Pombier said. He said the speed-on-green function

Manager John Pombier said. All cases that might not lead to a conviction in court are tossed out. But he said probably the ultimate measurement of the program’s effectiveness is that 94 percent of those cited are never cited again, which shows they have changed their driving behavior. “It has a lasting effect on the people who get citations,’’ Pombier said during a council study session, where the issue was debated before a formal vote at a formal council meeting later that evening. “When you take these cameras away, you see an increase in accidents.’’ Pombier’s presentation to the council cited an Institute for Highway Safety study that found that incidents of fatal red-light running crashes rose 30 percent and fatal

was added a few years ago to compensate for attempts by drivers to evade the redlight running ticket. “We saw a lot of people gunning it to get through the intersection,’’ Pombier said. Pombier said it’s important to remember that most traffic enforcement in Mesa is done by police officers, but he said it is too cost prohibitive to think that the city can possibly have enough officers to eliminate photo enforcement. He said the real issue is whether the city enforces speeding laws, not whether it is done by a human or a camera system. “I have never heard a valid argument against photo enforcement,’’ Pombier said. “They think it’s a violation of privacy. You have no privacy rights when you are violating the law.’’

But Giles was skeptical about Pombier’s claim that 85 percent of residents support the photo safety system, saying that he has personally received complaints. Councilmember Mark Freeman, who supports photo safety after a career as a Mesa Fire Department paramedic, said about half the 50 people he asked supported the program. He said drivers should take responsibility for speeding, rather than blaming the cameras. “They created a traffic violation that was not caught by a human being. It was caught by an automatic system,’’ Freeman said. Councilmember Jeremy Whittaker, who joined with Councilmember Chris Glover in voting against the program, said that 90 percent of the 300 people he polled unscientifically opposed photo safety. Marc Lavender, an unsuccessful council candidate in west Mesa, proposed curtailing the program and said he opposes it because of unequal enforcement. He said people who live in gated communities or in rural areas avoid getting served. In Mesa, speeding tickets carry a fine between $283.50 and $363.50, depending upon how much a driver exceeds the speed limit. Red light running carries a $283 fine, according to Paul Thomas, Mesa Municipal Court administrator. Thomas said most drivers often choose to attend driving school rather than pay the fine. Tickets are routinely dismissed once the class is completed, either online or in a classroom. “I have never been a big fan of photo enforcement,’’ said Councilman Kevin Thompson, who voted for the contract. He said that he has seen people speed through school zones, convincing him the program is necessary. “The fact is, if you obey the laws, we have no need for photo safety,’’ Thompson said.

Instead, VW engineers had installed a “defeat device,’’ programmed to go into a low-emission mode during testing but then spew out pollutants at much higher – and illegal – levels when actually on the road to improve performance. VW eventually pleaded guilty to three felonies, including defrauding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The company agreed to $4.3 billion in penalties and another $4.9 billion to address pollution from the supposedly low-emission diesel vehicles. Arizona’s $57 million share was not unrestricted. Instead, it had to be spent on projects to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen, the very pollutants the VW vehicles were spitting out above permissible levels.

That’s where the plan for new school buses comes in. State officials figure that for each aging school bus replaced, those with at least 100,000 miles, emissions of nitrogen oxides will be reduced by nearly 1.4 tons over that vehicle’s anticipated 12-year life. Dawn Wallace, the governor’s education adviser, said 80 percent of the money awarded is going to school districts in areas which already are in danger of violating clean-air standards. The decision of how to spend the money is not without controversy. Last year Chispa Arizona, an arm of the League of Conservation Voters, submitted petitions with more than 16,000 names to Ducey requesting that he use the money to replace the aging diesel buses with zero-

emission vehicles. They argued that is the only way to ensure that school children are not exposed to dirty air and cancer-causing pollutants from tailpipe emissions. But Ducey’s office opted not to replace the diesel buses with electric vehicles. Aides to the governor said the decision starts with the fact that fewer than 50 electric school buses could be purchased for the same price as more than 150 conventionally fueled vehicles. And, by extension, they said that replacing that many dieselpowered buses with new ones results in about 36 percent less overall pollution than buying fewer zero-emission buses. The settlement requires that vehicles being replaced be made inoperable through a hole in the engine block and a cut in the frame.

The fact is, if you obey the laws, “ we have no need for photo safety.”

– Councilman Kevin Thompson

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The show goes on for blind theater director from Mesa BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer

eated mid-row inside Gilbert’s Tuscany Theatre, artistic director Tracie Jones shouts out directions to her cast of young actors, relying mostly on touch and sounds to guide them. Jones, 38, of Mesa, is legally blind, able to see only shadows. She relies on her other heightened senses – touch and hearing, and her memory has sharpened to where she can retrace her steps in new surroundings effortlessly. But the show must go on and Jones’ blindness hasn’t stopped her. It is week seven of rehearsals for the Actor’s Youth Theatre, which is staging the Broadway musical “Annie” – the popular musical about the adventures of a little red-haired orphan, her dog, Sandy, and her wealthy benefactor, Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks – the next two weekends. “Here we go Annie, you are coming down the stairs,” Jones calls out. “Take a minute, look up at the other side, look back at your room and think about all the stuff you’ve done in the house. Walk over to the red chair.” Jones wasn’t always handicapped. “I started having really bad headaches last New Year’s,” she said. “I had pneumonia so I thought I was sick.” The severe headaches continued for two weeks until she went to her eye doctor, who sent her to the emergency room. Within days she went completely blind in her left eye, and the right eye followed soon afterward. She was diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri, a condition where the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord build up pressure inside the skull

(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune staff photographer)

The cast of the Tuscany Theater in Gilbert will be presenting “Annie” over the next two weekends, directed by a Mesa woman who is blind.

and damages the optic nerves. A lumbar puncture was done and a shunt was placed in Jones’ brain to drain the fluid to her stomach. She hopes one day to be able to remove the device. “At first I was really super scared,” she said upon returning to the Gilbert theater, where she has worked with the young thespians the last four years. Jones has 30 years of music and performance experience that include working as an accompanist and musical director for various theaters, schools and organizations in the Valley. “My biggest fear was not teaching,” she said, recalling she cried after a neurosurgeon questioned her ability to direct theater production as a blind person. “These kids are my life.” Although her vision improved a tad, she can no longer drive or read things such as a script, which means preparation takes her much longer.

Someone must read the script for her or she uses her cell phone to highlight a passage that is then read out loud. An accomplished pianist, Jones also can’t read sheet music and learns new pieces by ear. She also is an accomplished singer and songwriter. Initially, Jones relied on colleagues and friends to act as co-directors. She would call out a stage direction and then turn to the co-director to ask if it was done. Today, she is in total control. If she needs to see something on stage, she would point her camera phone and zoom in to the scene. She has to place the phone within inches of her eyes to see. Her hearing also plays a big part in helping her direct the young actors. “I can hear what they are doing,” she explained. “I can tell if their faces are happy because I hear the emotion in their voices. I’m always listening. My ears are

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Elise Stofffer. Music co-director; Bailey Gorman, stage manager; Pamela Oborn, costume design. Others: Cynthia and Darren Ben ham, Tanja Baurele, Marie South,

always on.” During a recent rehearsal, simply by using her hearing she could tell the actor pushing “Franklin Roosevelt” in a wheelchair to scoot him back because he was taking up too much of center stage and blocking Daddy Warbucks. “The frame was off,” she said. “The person behind was covered.” She said she also learned to trust her innate sense where she can tell if an actor was doing something correctly or not. But her biggest help is her assistant Bailey Gorman, whom she first met and mentored when he was a 12-year-old acting student. He took over driving her around after her mom had assumed the duty. Jones is due to take over as CEO of the company and is showing Gorman the ropes and teaching him how to be a stage manager. “He is my left arm,” she said of the 20-year-old. “I can’t do it without him and he can’t do it without me.” Jones said she was told that many people with pseudotumor cerebri become shutins because they are always in the dark. “I think positive and just keeping swimming,” she said. Noah Delgado, 19, who plays Warbucks in the musical and has been with the Actor’s Youth Theatre for four and a half years, said Jones’ blindness has not affected her ability to teach. “It’s a very subtle difference,” said the Gilbert teen, who is studying journalism at Arizona State University. “She’s still able to play the piano like nobody’s business. She’s an amazing director and she’s able to do things that I’m amazed at given her vision.” Miranda Bellows, Camryn Swanson, Tamara Benham, Mikayla Deely, Buffie Meeker, Hailey Boiarsky and Melissa and Bill Brassow.

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Orphans Annie Williams (Annie), Audra South, Lindsay French, Saniya Sapakie, Camryn Taylor, Katie Mullen, Marguerite Durma, Zoe Bauerle, Lyla Merrill, Katie Stone, Tatum Meeker, Elise Johns, Ashlynn Taylor, Madison Brassow, Nadia Gilbert, Garrett Lindsey, Bonnie Wanstreet, Noah Delgado, Carter Neef, Laine Bombard, Max Meeker, Jakob Garcia, Eric O’Dell, Katie Wright, Katrina Sapakie, Justine Wattay, Sarah Brassow, Remington Rathbun, Ellie Nordquist, Kendall Morgan, Ryan Hooks, Devorah “DJ” Coon, Emma Benham, Isabella Bombard and Adele Johns.

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it is practical.’’ She added that she suspects there are more suicides not turning up in state reports, noting that it can take months for medical examiners to complete studies and that distinguishing a one-car fatal accident from a suicide can be difficult. “Our data is not up to date,’’ DonleyWilliams said. “It’s very difficult for me to know what is going on in this community or in this school.’’ Donley-Williams pledged to assist in the East Valley efforts and said she is planning a series of community meetings around the state that would contribute toward rewriting the state’s suicide prevention plan. She spoke at the Chandler meeting, which was attended by more than 50 representatives of non-profit organizations and health-related agencies. They included Azcent, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Aurora Behavioral Health, Chandler Unified School District, Chandler police and fire departments, Mercy Care, the Salvation Army, notMYkid, La Frontera Empact and Chandler Regional Medical Center. Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels also is playing a pivotal role on another front, making teen suicide prevention a topic for her panel of officials from public, charter and private schools, as well as universities and the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce. Daniels also partnered with Katey McPherson, an East Valley education consultant and former Gilbert school administrator who has been mobilizing the community to fight teen suicide. “I really want to understand what the schools are already doing and where are the gaps,’’ Daniels said. “Every youth matters, every child matters. I feel very strongly that youth are the key to the solution.’’ Daniels said she agrees with McPherson’s philosophy that children need to develop coping skills and emotional resiliency, learning from small setbacks, even in grades K through 6 so that they can deal with greater challenges in junior high school and high school. “There is a lack of human connection in our society,’’ Daniels said, with too many people fixated on cell phones and other electronic devices. McPherson said promoting emotional wellness in young children is just as important as the suicide prevention efforts. She said children are struggling with anxiety as early as third and fourth grade. “By the time a kid is 12-14 years old, undoing their patterns of behavior is a little harder,’’ she said, making early intervention critical.

“I think it’s definitely moving in the right direction,’’ she said about the suicide prevention efforts. “We need to put an equal amount of time and resources into the wellness component.’’ The hiring of Williams, the new suicide prevention coordinator, coincides with the release of the annual Child Fatality Review report by the state Department of Health Services. The report documented an increase in teen suicides in Arizona from 38 in 2016 to 50 in 2017. Nikki Kontz, clinical director of Teen Lifeline, said half of the suicides documented by the report occurred in Maricopa County. “Every number is a life lost,’’ she said. “We can’t say, ‘it’s predominantly males, so we don’t have to worry about females..’’’ Kontz and other experts say research shows girls are more likely to attempt suicide, sometimes as a cry for help, while boys are more likely to complete it. McPherson has tracked reports of 31 suspected suicides in 18 months in the East Valley since July 2017. Kontz said she suspects McPherson’s numbers might be a tad inflated, but added, “we know that historically suicide is under-reported. We know in some communities, there is a stigma attached to it.’’ Natalia Chimbo-Andrade, education and outreach coordinator for Community Bridges, said the results of a Youth Risk Survey also are troubling, with 12 percent of youths surveyed in Arizona saying they had attempted suicide, compared with 7.4 percent nationally. She said 19.2 percent of Arizona youth reported seriously considering a suicide attempt and 14.6 percent said they had planned a suicide attempt. McPherson said she has had contact with most of the parents whose children have committed suicide. She said she agrees with Kontz and others in the suicide prevention field that much progress has been made. But she cautioned that teens are still taking their own lives at an alarming rate – often over-reacting to stressful events in their lives, such as breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend or getting a bad grade on a test. McPherson said the pattern of teen suicides that she has noticed involves mostly white boys in grades 7 through 12 from middle and upper-middle-class backgrounds are in emotional pain they find unbearable. “Some of these children have never experienced a failure or any sort of mistake. When they make a mistake, they don’t know how to cope,’’ McPherson said. “The under-developed brain can’t see a way out.’’

Mesa Arts Center slates special program for veterans Mesa Arts Center will host an open house 10 a.m.noon Saturday, Dec. 15, for veterans and active-duty military interested in joining its Arts in Service, a program offering free art classes that is supported by the Boeing Company. Participants can register at the event in advance of online registration beginning Dec. 17. The program offers an opportunity to use studio arts in finding a supportive community, stress relief, working toward overall health and wellness or pursuing career interests in art making. More than 100 veterans and active military have participated in past programs. Military personnel teach all the classes, which focus on a wide range of media. Air Force veteran Caryn Walsh said, “I feel comfortable to learn what I can, at my own speed.” The program is offering sessions January-March 2019 and March to May. Every class option will repeat to serve many more participants this year. Those planning to attend are encouraged to RSVP by emailing engagement@mesaartscenter.com or by calling 480-644-6564.

3 Mesa museums offering free admission this Friday Three downtown Mesa museums will offer free admission 6-10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, for Merry Museums, a Museum Discovery Day event. Participating museums are Arizona Museum of Natural History, the i.d.e.a. Museum and Mesa Contemporary Art Museum. The free days and evening events are aimed at making science, art and hands-on activities accessible to families of all economic backgrounds. The museums may implement timed tickets at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. No advanced tickets will be distributed. Should there be wait time for entry, visitors can check out holiday-themed activities taking place at Merry Main Street – another City of Mesa family-friendly event – and 2nd Friday Night Out in Downtown Mesa. Those attractions include food trucks, a Christmas market and an ice rink. The Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N. Macdonald, has dinosaurs, gold panning and a Hohokam village. The i.d.e.a. Museum offers various creative experiences and a solar system exhibition. Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum – featuring 4 special exhibitions – is always free. It will be open late during Merry Museums. Visitors are encouraged to check out the jazz-themed exhibitions.

Free Christmas specials abound in East Valley If you enjoy snow, head down today to Generation Church, 1010 S. Ellsworth Road, where you can frolic for free in nine tons of the white stuff, then enjoy free donuts and coffee, pictures with Santa and other activities. Then, for one night only 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 807 N. Stapley Drive, Mesa, children and adults can enjoy free hands-on activities, music and refreshments along with a living nativity. “With all the glitter and hype of the Christmas season, this evening offers a needed change of pace and focus. We want the people and families in our community to have fun together, while experiencing the sights and sounds of that first Christmas in Bethlehem,” said Pastor Luke Hennings. And Arizona’s only German-language Christmas service will be repeated for the seventh consecutive year at 4:10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at Mountain View Lutheran Church on 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee. It will include caroling, a sermon in German and refreshments after the service.

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East Valley group offers $18M cash to save Chinese center BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer

n informal group calling itself the East Valley Cultural Coalition has come up with an $18 million cash offer in private money to buy the Chinese Cultural Center in Phoenix – the focus of a long-standing controversy involving a Scottsdale company. For the past year the center’s fate has been tied up in court after 668 North LLC – a private equity subsidiary of multinational Truth North Cos. in Scottsdale – purchased 95 percent of the site in June 2017 for $10.5 million with the intention of removing the rare Chinese artifacts and converting the site into its company headquarters and a technology campus. Protests by the Chinese-American community and multiple lawsuits ensued. But now members of the coalition are offering True North a cash payment of $18 million to end the litigation and rescue the center. “It’s an 80 percent profit margin for what he’s paid for it a year ago,” said Felicia Vandermolen, founder/CEO of Nitro Live Ice Creamery in Gilbert and group chairwoman. “If he sells, all the lawsuits go away without prejudice.” Greeting visitors to the complex on 44th Street is a pair of pi xiu granite statues – mythical creatures of good luck and fortune made of hand-carved stone shipped to Phoenix from the same quarry that was used to build the Forbidden City in Beijing during the Ming dynasty. For more than two decades, the center’s imperial-style roof tiles, prayer garden and woodwork crafted by master Chinese

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For Sister Cities programs in the East Valley, the Chinese Cultural Center in Phoenix is a popular destination when they are entertaining guests visiting from China. But that site may be leveled unless an East Valley coalition can persuade the new owner to accept an $18-million cash offer to but it.

artisans stood as a representation of the country’s 5,000-year cultural history. But that could soon come to an end if the East Valley coalition can’t make a deal. The proposal was sent to David Tedesco, True North company founder. He has until Dec. 30 to accept the offer. Company spokesman Jason Rose said last Thursday he had not seen the offer. “We appreciate and respect the thoughts and good intentions of everybody in the community,” Rose said. “But this is something we’ve heard before and it turned out not to be the case. The property is not for sale. “The owner has tried to work with numerous parties over more than a year and was willing at one point in time consider credible offers, but none were presented,” he added. “Any offers to buy it

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Crews are dismantling the cultural center’s roof, made of tiles in China that cannot be replicated.

are just over a year too late.” Rose said the owner last year laid out criteria for offers to be evaluated seriously, such as putting down earnest money and showing proof of funds. “To date no one has been able to provide a credible offer,” he said. “And so, that time has come and gone.” According to the East Valley group’s proposal, $8.9 million is in an account at First American Title Co. and the balance is held in two banks in cash and certificates of deposit. The funds can be wired immediately into escrow upon execution of the purchase agreement, she said. Felicia Vandermolen said the group is willing to buy the center as is. The owner had 14,000 square feet of the tile roof removed to fix leaks from a torrential downpour on Oct. 13. An injunction was filed to stop the work but was lifted by a judge in December. Rose said repairs are continuing on the roof . Felicia Vandermolen said the coalition includes a number of prominent people such as former Diamondbacks player Junior Spivey and that they come from Gilbert, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Fountain Hills, Anthem, Chandler and Santan. The group’s active members number 20. “We are not doing it for notoriety,” said Rich Vandermolen, co-owner and president of Nitro Live as well as Felicia Vandermolen’s husband. “We are trying to help make a difference.” He said with tension such as trade issues with China going on, the group wanted to save the center to bring about more cultural awareness. “The Phoenix Cultural Center is a gift

to us from China,” Felicia Vandermolen added. She said China has ties with Gilbert, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe and Phoenix, building cultural, educational and business relationships through the Sister Cities program. Gilbert’s sister city in China is Leshan, which the Vandermolens have visited. Representatives from the Chinese sister cities to the Valley are brought to the Cultural Center for visits, according to Felicia Vandermolen. The center also has served as field trips for school children and Chinese cultural events. She likened True North’s proposal to remove all the Chinese cultural and religious elements to that of knocking down the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Mesa Arizona Temple. The owner last year offered a number of solutions – such as giving $100,000 toward relocating the Chinese Cultural Center elsewhere, preserving and relocating some of the sculptures and signs, and preserving the garden and making it available to the public during business hours. Rose said the proposals take two parties willing to engage in preservation talks and that has not happened. None of the options, though, are viable as far as Elizabeth Mann is concerned because the artisans and the materials are for the most part gone. Mann and her company BNU Corp. developed the Cultural Center, a 26-acre commercial-condominium complex, from 1990-96. It also includes a mediSee

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cal center and town homes. Her money partner was COFCO, a Chinese-holding company, she said. She later sold her interest and COFCO took over ownership and management of the property in 2008, which eventually ended up in True North’s hands, according to Mann. The center, which opened in 1997, was a project of the Phoenix Public Art program and Mann wanted it as authentic as possible. “As a developer, I built it as a gift to the city because I am grateful,” said Mann, who emigrated from China. “I came here with $10 in my pocket.” Mann hired Ye Juhua, the chief Chinese architect, who helped create a Mingdynasty courtyard at the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York. She also hired craftsmen, whose ancestors built the Forbidden City, to install the Center’s tile roof and build the prayer garden, featuring replicas from five Chinese cities. Mann traveled to China a number of times to go over plans and inspect the quality of materials to be used at the Center. She and a Phoenix city official later

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The garden at the Chinese Culutral Center is one of many features that supporters fear they’ll lose.

went to China to secure special visas to bring back 30 master craftsmen from four different trades. Every craftsman had to be vegetarian, pray and go through a ritual every day, according to Mann. Work for them began at 4 a.m. due to the hot Phoenix sun. The artisans painstakingly drilled holes and hand-tied the tiles with wire onto the roof of the Center’s buildings. The tiles were made out of a special purple clay, the same used for China’s renowned purple clay tea pots. More than 4 million clay tiles were

made in China in factories that no longer exist, but only 1 million were handpicked and glazed with melted-down turquoise, giving it a rich yellow color, and shipped to Phoenix. Yellow is a symbol of royalty and no buildings outside those of the Forbidden City – the imperial palace for 24 emperors – were allowed to have yellow-tiled roofs. The craftsmen also assembled all the hand-carved wood pieces in the garden, using a thousand-year-old technique to interlock them without one single nail. “Everything was handmade,” said

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EV woman’s book offers a raw look at suicide BY SRIANTHI PERERA Tribune Contributor

n the aftermath of her husband’s suicide, Chandler helicopter flight instructor Missy Palrang felt alone even when surrounded by friends. Her grief therapist, Jill McMahon, would come to her house and tell those friends during those early dark days, “You guys need to be Missy’s bubble wrap while she heals.” Three-and-a-half years later, Palrang has written a book she hopes will help other survivors of suicide victims – and their “bubble wrap.” “I would hope that the bubble wraps in these people’s lives could read this book and understand the experience and know how to better assist the survivor so that they could heal,” Palrang said. “I learned later that a lot of people didn’t have friends to help. They were doing it on their own. It was really hard for me and I had so much support.”

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Chandler helicopter flight instructor Missy Palrang’s life was shattered by her husband’s suicide and she has co-written a book on her painful attempt to recover.

The book, titled “Frantic Unleashed: Navigating Life After Suicide – A Survivor’s Journal,” is the first of her three-part

Frantic Series and highlights the first three months after the suicide. The other two books, featuring the months four to six

and seven to 12, are to be published soon. Based on the journals after her husband of 24 years, Scott McComb, took his life, Palrang’s book may be a self-help book – but it is hardly a detached, pragmatic account. Her voice is direct and raw. Of the first day she wrote: “I was eating a hamburger and tater tots with my boss at Sonic Burger Drive when my husband ended his life. I have not been back to Sonic since. When we got back to work, a man and a woman approached me in the parking lot as we got out of my car. … They were detectives. I remember someone saying, “very bad news” and the woman told me Scott had died. I think she told me it was a suicide without me asking, or maybe I did. It’s all a haze. I remember calmly walking to her car and sitting there emotionless for the three-mile drive to my house. …In hindsight, I just don’t think I understood what had happened. The dogs were barkSee

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MCC student wins national poetry contest Tribune News Staff

Mesa Community College student has won first place in a national literary competition sponsored by the League of Innovation, a consortium of community colleges across the nation. Jacobo Perez received the honor for “How to Cross the Border Illegally or How to Make Tamales de Rajas” and won $500 and the opportunity to be published in the League’s Student Literary Competition publication. “What makes me most proud is knowing my family and teachers and friends know and talk about my accomplishment,” Perez said. “Their recognition means a lot to me.” He was also happy that he won praise from national poet laureate Tracy K. Smith. “This recognition by MCC and the League of Innovation for the Community Colleges will encourage me to search for the poetry circles in my community and

to continue reading, learning and dedicating time to poetry,” said Perez, who plans to graduate from MCC next spring. “My career goal is to be a Spanish teacher and to seek out advice and help from my favorite teachers at MCC who teach English and creative writing, Bob Baron and Josh Rathkamp.” Perez said the poem was inspired by real-life personal stories about undocumented people that needed to be shared and by the Mexican-American writer Miguel Mendez. “I wanted to write a poem that switched from something logical to something false and made up, but with intentions of becoming a simple and ignorant truth,” Perez said, adding: “I also wanted to recreate the actual nervousness of what I felt hearing the stories blended with a soothing comfort of safety. What also inspired my poem was the humility, intelligence and courage of the Mexican people I grew up knowing and our family’s Mexican culture.”

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Jacobo Perez, a student at Mesa Community College, won first place in a national literary competition for his poem reflecting on his Mexican heritage.

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Mesa teacher named ‘Ambassador for Excellence’ BY JESSICA SURIANO Tribune Contributing Writer

rmed with degrees in neurobiology and history of art from Cornell University, Maria Barker thought becoming a developmental pediatrician was the ideal career. She quickly learned otherwise. The Mesa woman was juggling medical-school study sessions and application deadlines when she realized that teaching was her true calling. While prepping for the possibility of medical school, she started working part-time at a behavioral school for children with autism as an instructional assistant. “Little by little, I started developing

a passion for education rather than the medical side,” she said. “As I started to work with families more and actually go to a lot of those doctors’ appointments, I did not feel that same connection that I wanted to have with the kids.” She promptly switched gears and received her master’s degree in education from Arizona State and has never looked back. Her path led to Red Mountain Center for Early Education in Mesa, where she works as a special-education teacher for preschoolers. Now, she has been recognized by the Arizona Educational Foundation among five Ambassadors for Excellence. Her teaching strategy combines opportunities for movement, music and

creativity for the students throughout the day. For her students, she said, learning functional communication skills is what gives them power in their day-today lives. “I don’t want anyone to leave my classroom not being able to express something – one of their own personal thoughts – or in some way be able to communicate with another person,” she said. Barker said she did not believe that she would be chosen as an Ambassador for Excellence this year. To her school’s principal, Allen Quie, the recognition made perfect sense. “She’s very passionate,” Quie said. “She’s a leader on the campus. She’s a leader for our program.”

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Maria Barker is among five selected by the Arizona Educational Foundation as Ambassadors for Excellence. Barker says that her students’ functional communication skills give them power in their day-to-day lives.

Mesa author finds passion for storytelling BY LAUREN SERRATO Tribune Contributor

oy Paul Shields developed a passion for writing later in life, after careers as a professional dancer, trumpeter, construction worker and father. Now armed with a computer keyboard, the Mesa man is working on becoming a storyteller and has written a dozen books, six published by Dorrance Publishing Co. Inc. Some of his most successful novels were part of a series: “Depths of Terror, Out of Darkness,” “Peace has a Price” and “Finders Keepers.” The books are military thrillers, filled with action, romance and drama. Shields said the series includes political themes that are meant to reflect on society. “‘Depths of Terror’ is about what is currently going on in the country and all the immigration and dirty politics,” Shields said. “‘Out of Darkness’ is about the country straightening out. Of course, all the books also have romance and ad-

venture in them, too. People who read them feel like they’re part of it.” Of all the books Shields has written, he admits to having a favorite. “‘Love Me Tender’ has to be my favorite. I was living in Northern California at the time in a beautiful home, and I was doing a lot of construction. One day when I was working with lumber, the idea of Elvis Presley came into my mind and I went back to the house and taped my ideas,” Shields said. The novel focuses on Elvis Presley trying to make amends with his love, Priscilla, but the major twist is he returns to earth as a man named Andy Parker. Shields foresees the book being made into a movie. Shields is working on the follow-up to his popular novel “Bad Luck Good Luck.” The first book is about 6-year-old Scott Christian being stranded on a deserted island after his family is conquered by a massive storm. “Everyone loves this book,” Shields said. “It’s a great story with an exciting adventure. I am going to write a second book to this. It’s going to be pretty awe-

some. I am going to fast forward to when the characters are older on the island. However, after a storm hits, the characters are young again. I’m excited to get started on that very soon.” Shields always believed he was meant to find his passion at this point in his life. “Writing was something I found later in my life, and I have found it to be the greatest therapy in the world to me,” Shields said. Shields’ books can be found on Amazon and Barnes and Noble’s websites or the Dorrance Publishing online library at bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com. (Special to the Tribune)

Mesa author Roy Paul Shields has written a dozen books after finding a passion for writing later in life.

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ing when we got to my house. It’s not where he killed himself. Maybe I crawled through the doggie door to get in. The detectives wanted to know if we kept a gun. I checked the closet where it should have been. It was gone. The magazine had been unloaded. I guess he figured he only needed one bullet.” “He was my everything, my other half. We were one of those couples who did everything together. Maybe he just wasn’t as happy with our life as I was. Maybe this was the only way he had the courage to escape it. Why didn’t he just ask for a divorce if that was the case? Why didn’t he reach out to me? To anyone. Or maybe he did, and I didn’t recognize it.” To the beginning of each chapter, Palrang added things that she wishes people had told her at the time. McMahon, who owns Scottsdale-based Spring Returns Counseling, offers her perspective at each chapter’s end, drawing from 16 years of working with people who lose a loved one to suicide to share the common reactions, feelings and behaviors as they go through the healing process. “Most people don’t know how to approach suicide,” McMahon said. “The

question of ‘why’ will never be answered, and that sticks with the loved ones and the family members forever.” Most often, there’s shame and guilt. “If somebody dies of heart attack or cancer, there isn’t this feeling of ‘I could’ve done something differently,’” McMahon said. “There’s shame and guilt with this traumatic loss that’s not associated with any other loss.” And then there’s stigma and misunderstanding. “People want to create a story in their head about what has happened. They make all these assumptions. He must’ve been an alcoholic, she must have had an affair. More times than not, there’s no story behind it,” she said. Scott McComb, 49, was a successful veterinarian and had sold his veterinary clinic in Gilbert a year before his death and was still working there. Palrang and McComb met when they were both studying at Oregon State University. Shortly after graduation from her master’s degree in counseling, Palrang began working as a parole officer in Oregon. They later moved to Arizona, where Palrang learned helicopter piloting and began a new career. Now, she works as the chief flight instructor at a helicopter pilot school based in the Chandler Municipal

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Airport. Three days after the death, Palrang began to write her feelings. She had never journaled before. “Early on in our therapeutic relationship, she would have so much energy and angst and sadness that she didn’t know where to put it. I would only see her once a week. In between those times she would feel like she was going to explode,” McMahon said. “She needed somewhere to leave all of her angst. She would write in the journal every day and she would give it to me. I was reading the journal every single week.” Journaling in the middle of the night was therapeutic. Subsequently, when she wanted to turn it into a book, it also became a project, a goal to finish and something other than the day-to-day dealing with the loss. “What we’re going to do in between now and whenever it takes, makes a big difference how we come out on the end,” Palrang said. “You’d see how I struggled a lot and I’m extremely angry throughout the book.” Three days after the suicide, she wrote: “Mostly right now I’m angry. Angry he, without my consent, turned my life into something I don’t recognize or want. I liked my life, it was good, it was our life. Happy, purposeful, full of future. Now it’s

just empty. I don’t know if I feel more loss for what I had, or loss for the future we planned.” Palrang’s other aim is to help those who lose a loved one to suicide learn “a little bit earlier than I learned” that there is hope. “For me, it was the darkest place I’ve ever been by far,” she said. “I want to tell someone else that you can get past it… I do want people to know that there is hope at the end of it.” “You will feel joy again. You will love again. You will play again,” she writes in the book. When asked where she is in the grieving process, Palrang said she didn’t know. “I feel like I’ve come a long way. I certainly, back then, would have never anticipated my life would have gotten to this point,” she said. “I just anticipated this horrible future for myself.” McMahon thinks her client’s writing has been transformative. “I think that she needed it to grieve…I think, now threeand-half years later, she’s gotten herself to the place where, in her grief process, she wants to turn her story around to help others.” “Frantic Unleashed: Navigating Life After Suicide – A Survivor’s Journal” is available on amazon.com; reach Palrang via Facebook at franticbooks.

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Piper Plastics job hopefuls eye June opening in Mesa BY JASON STONE Tribune Staff Writer

ob seekers will soon be able to apply for high-paying jobs with a global provider of high-performance polymer materials and precision molded and machined plastic components and assemblies. Piper Plastics is on schedule for a June opening in Mesa’s Falcon District after breaking ground last month on a new 90,000-square-foot, North American Research and Development Tech Center near North Greenfield and East McKellips roads. The international company – which also has facilities in Chandler, Illinois and Thailand – is investing $10 million to build the facility at 1705 N. 48th St. Operations will start with 130 employees, but that should increase to more than 175 over the next three years. The best part for employees is the average hourly wage will be between $20 and $25 per hour. “It’s a company that’s very creative and

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An artist rendering of the new Piper Plastics North American Research and Development Tech Center near North Greenfield and East McKellips roads. Ground was broken on the new facility last month with work expected to be completed by June.

very well thought of,” Mesa Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak said. In a statement, Mesa mayor John Giles called Piper Plastics “an excellent addition to Mesa,” adding, it’s “a great endorsement

of our business-friendly environment.” Piper Plastics, a subsidiary of Quadrant Plastics and Mitsubishi Chemical, manufactures products for the medical, aerospace, defense, energy, semiconduc-

tor, electronics, food packaging and other advanced technology industries. The company makes high performance plastic parts and assemblies like critical medical manifolds on equipment for early detection of cancer and state-of-the-art carbon composite parts to replace metal in the aerospace and automotive industries. “The Falcon District really is a great fit for this new Quadrant Innovation and Technology Center,” Piper Plastics President Randy White said. “We look forward to using chemistry and science to provide products, technologies and services that are comfortable for people, society, and the Earth.” Mesa leaders approved plans for the facility last summer. “I am so pleased to welcome Piper Plastics to District 5,” said David Luna, Mesa’s vice mayor and councilmember for District 5. “They have made a major investment in the area and will play a big role in the continued growth and maturation of the Falcon District.”

Discount Tire forges partnerships with East Valley high schools BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tribune Staff Writer (Photo courtesy of Discount Tire)

iscount Tire is encouraging high school students to start their working careers at its stores while they’re still in school. Tom Stanage, the Scottsdale-based company’s training manager, said that after kids attend its academies, they can take advantage of flexible schedules and college reimbursement. Discount Tire sent announcements to area high schools, including Red Mountain High. “High school students can learn on the job,” said Stanage, who has worked for Discount Tire for nearly 30 years. “You make a lot of good friends. It’s hard work, but once you figure everything out it’s a lot of fun. They’ll have career opportunities as soon as they get out of school. “We have the flexibility to work around school. Plus, if they work down here during high school and they go to Flagstaff for college, they can transfer up there.” This fall, 166 people were hired for

Scottsdale-based Discount Tire operates its East Valley job-training academy at Country Club Drive and Baseline Road in Mesa. Classes are two weeks long. The company has reached out to students at area high schools to apply for positions.

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Arizona’s 76 stores. About a dozen Red Mountain High students applied for Discount Tire jobs.

“All you need is a great work ethic,” Stanage said. “As far as how to change a tire, how to balance tires and fix tires, we

(teach) that all in-house. You don’t need prior knowledge. If you have a can-do attitude, we’ll take it from there.” The Valley’s East Valley training academy is at Country Club Drive and Baseline Road in Mesa. Classes are two weeks long. “Kids from Red Mountain who are hired are referring their friends,” Stanage said. “We have a great referral program. There’s no better person who can tell you about a job than a friend.” To apply, visit: careers.discounttire.com.

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Boycotting Prescott now seems like a good idea BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

ome ideas get better the more you consider them. A perfect example: The East Valley NAACP’s Dec. 5th call for a boycott of the City of Prescott over a years-long string of racist remarks and vile musings spewed by the area’s state House representative, David Stringer. I’ve written about Stringer, a 70-something coot who clearly despises anyone a shade darker than himself, several times before. The representative made headlines again last week when a recording surfaced of a conversation he had with several Arizona State University students. Among the gems contained in this go-round: Stringer’s denunciation of recent immigrants to America on the grounds that they simply aren’t white enough for his taste. As he put it, “That’s not the case with African-Americans and other racial groups

because they don’t melt in. They don’t blend in. They always look different.” Just so we’re clear, I personally appreciate people who don’t resemble Stringer. A wave of immigrants in horrible toupees should have been made illegal by our Founding Fathers back in 1776. Stringer’s tonsorial poor judgement aside, his prejudicial views have never been a secret, not during his first campaign in 2016, nor during his re-election primary and general election campaigns this year. Even so, Stringer easily coasted to victory in 2018. In the August primary, Stringer earned 25,476 votes, beating his conservative Republican challenger, Jodi Rooney, by more than 10,000 votes. Rooney certainly was qualified to join the state House, having served on the Prescott Valley Council. She’s a fierce Second Amendment supporter and a self-described Daughter of the American Revolution whose campaign raised and spent nearly $40,000. Still, she was swamped by Stringer, who

loaned his own campaign $140,000 this election cycle. That’s right: The man spent $140,000 to win a job that pays $24,000 a year. Buying a seat in the State House paid off handsomely on Election Day. Stringer received more than 67,000 votes, easily beating his Democrat challenger, Jan Manolis, who got less than half Stringer’s tally. In a letter to Rusty Bowers, the incoming House speaker, East Valley NAACP President Roy Tatem Jr. wrote, “A strong example must be made to Arizona, that, in no way, shape, form or fashion will racism, bigotry or intolerance be accepted in our political spaces and from our elected officials. … Until Rep. Stringer is removed from office, the NAACP will recommend a travel advisory on the City of Prescott advising our members, supporters and allies to discontinue any shopping, travel, and lodging in hotels in Prescott, AZ effective immediately.” My first thought was, gosh, why pun-

ish the whole city for the actions of one man – especially after the Prescott City Council on Wednesday called for Stringer to step down. Then I thought about it some more. If David Stringer didn’t have 67,000 voters on his side, he wouldn’t be in the State Legislature. These are Prescott residents and business people who in Rooney had an equally conservative alternative to Stringer but absolutely rejected it. Then they voted for him again in November knowing full well they would be sending a racist to represent them beneath the Copper Dome. Prescott is a beautiful little city, one I’ve visited many times. I’ve had drinks on Whiskey Row, spent the night at the Hotel St. Michael and the Hassayampa Inn, and enjoyed many a meal in the restaurants across from the Courthouse. That stops now. Why, you ask? Oh, I can think of 67,000 good reasons why none of us should spend a thin dime in Prescott so long as Rep. David Stringer serves in the Arizona Legislature.

This is the season when loss can hit hardest BY LIN SUE COONEY Tribune Guest Writer

recently shared a bittersweet experience with hundreds of strangers in a city park. We didn’t know each other. It didn’t matter. We were all there for the same heartfelt reason – to honor someone we love, who isn’t here anymore. For 20-plus years now, Hospice of the Valley has welcomed families to a huge community remembrance event. More than 1,500 people came to the recent Light Up My Life gathering at Steele Indian School Park just after sunset. They watched a beautiful photographic tribute of their loved ones set to music and projected against the night sky on giant screens. They nibbled cookies and

sipped hot cocoa. They laughed. They cried. They remembered. It’s the remembering part that’s so hard. Especially if the loss was recent. This article is for you – because ready or not, the holiday season is here. Those happy memories brushing up against you may come with piercing moments of heartache. It may be the first time that someone besides dad carves the turkey. It may be the first time that mom isn’t there to add an extra dollop of butter that’s not in the recipe. It may be the first time someone’s stocking is missing from the mantle. It may also be the first time you’re too overwhelmed to put up a tree, prepare a big dinner, or brave shopping malls blaring happy music and bustling with people. So, don’t.

Grief experts say it’s perfectly normal to scale back when you’re grieving. Just because you lay aside cherished traditions this time, doesn’t mean they’re gone forever. You can choose to celebrate the holidays on a smaller scale this year. And maybe even create a new family tradition. “A lovely way to honor someone,” says Hospice of the Valley bereavement counselor Joyce Vidal Thornburg, “is to come up with a way to celebrate who they were.” One idea is to ask each family member to write a note to, from or about your loved one – then put them in a place where everyone can take time to read them. “And be kind to yourself,” Joyce advises. “You’d be gentle with a friend who was grieving – why wouldn’t you give

yourself the same compassion?” If you’re really struggling, consider attending one of Hospice of the Valley’s community grief support groups offered Valleywide at no charge. Times and locations can be found at hov.org/our-care/ grief-support/grief-support-groups. Most of all, remember that people who love you will understand your sadness – and that many of them are good listeners who would be honored to support you as long as it takes. Give them this joy! “Let yourself experience the pain and tears and have faith that you will get through this,” says Hospice of the Valley bereavement manager Mara Goebel, “Do whatever you can, and let it be enough.” - Lin Sue Cooney is director of community engagement for Hospice of the Valley. 602 530-6900.

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Brooks carries Wolves across finish line of long journey BY MICHAEL CARPENTER Tribune Contributing Writer

ith two state championship rings already, DeCarlos Brooks entered the 6A statechampionship football game with a new role for the third straight year. Contributing mostly on defense during his sophomore year in 2016, Brooks got his first taste of a state championship. In his second, last year, he was the backup running back on another title team. On Dec. 1 at Sun Devil Stadium, the stage was all his this time as Chandler High’s featured back, and he made the most of it. Brooks rushed for 334 yards and six touchdowns as the Wolves rolled to a 65-28 thrashing of cross-town rival Perry for another state crown. Brooks stole the show but he tried to deflect attention afterward to be just another guy. “These guys aren’t just my teammates, they are my family, my ‘ohana’ as we call each other,” Brooks said. “So, going into

tonight’s game we knew that we had each other’s back and if we preformed the way that we expected we would get the win. “This may be my third state championship, but this one is definitely the sweetest to be able to end my career with it.” Also playing his last game for the Wolves was senior quarterback Jacob Conover, who, like Brooks, won his third straight state crown. Conover became first quarterback in modern state history to accomplish the feat in the highest classification. He, too, has been among the key players behind Chandler’s rise to success. He was 12-0 as a starter in the playoffs. “Being able to have the same core of lineman over the past three seasons has been big,” he said. “They have been a major part of our success. If they aren’t protecting me, they are opening up holes for DeCarlos. It’s great to have that sense of security with them. “Coach (Shaun) Aguano has had a major role in my success. The way he teaches and brings us together as a squad is ener-

gizing. You get the feeling he would do anything for us, so that helps us give it our all out there on the field for him.” Aguano said having players like Brooks and Conover help make a coach look good. “We gave DeCarlos the ball and we let him do what he has been doing all year,” Aguano said. “And having Jacob leading your offense you can count on him making very few, if any, mistakes.” Aguano said the game plan was to start with a balanced run-pass mix to feel out the Pumas defense. “We practice a balanced offense each week to be safe, but after seeing our defensive and offensive fronts dominating we decided to just stick with DeCarlos and it worked out just fine,” Aguano said. Chandler (13-1) says good-bye to the senior class that was the heart of a dynasty. “It’s bittersweet,” Aguano said. “Losing all of them after this year will hurt, but for now I’m focused on celebrating with this team and our championship.”

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Chandler High back DeCarlos Brooks stole the show with 334 rushing yards and six touchdowns as the Wolves won their third straight 6A state football championship in a 65-28 rout of Perry at Sun Devil Stadium.

Although Perry fell short, it established itself among elite 6A programs BY JOEL VISS Tribune Contributing Writer

t started with a quarterback battle in the scorching heat of July and quickly took an unexpected turn when an injury put one of its most explosive playmakers, D’Shayne James, on the sideline for the season. Yet there was Perry High at Sun Devil Stadium, back in the 6A state-championship football game, after the sixth-seeded Pumas matured and grew during the season. It knocked off No. 3 Desert Vista and No. 2 Pinnacle in the playoffs to earn a return match for the crown against its nemesis, cross-town rival Chandler. Perry overcame a lot of adversity during the season, but on Dec. 1, it once again could not overcome Chandler, which smothered the Pumas, 65-28. “It’s a team effort,” said senior wide receiver Colby Dickie. “One player goes down, it’s not the end of the world. We’re going to be there with him, we’re going to help him recover, but we still have football to play.

football player of the year, Brock Purdy, who’s now building new fans as quarterback at Iowa State. It helps when his replacement is of the same blood. Purdy’s young brother, Chubba Purdy, a junior, emerged as the quarterback. Chubba passed for 3,425 yards and 36 and (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff) touchdowns Perry High running back Jalen Young uses blocks by Justin Clatterbuck added another 1,152 (left) and Joshua Amerine to break free in their 6A football state- rushing yards in his championship loss to Chandler at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. first year as the starter. “We came together as a team, even af- He will be among the state’s top quarterter losing a couple of players, and we just backs next season. worked our butts off all season long to Along with Purdy coming back, Perry get back to where we needed to be and coach Preston Jones looks forward to sevthat was here.” eral other returning players who are exAfter losing to Chandler (13-1) in last pected to have an impact in 2019. season’s title game, 49-42, the Pumas (11“Our center, (Hezekiah) Lockhart, he’s 3) were an unlikely candidate to make it back,” Jones said. “We’ve got another ofback. It lost Arizona’s 2017 high school fensive lineman back. We’ve got a couple

of tight ends coming back. We’ve got two good linebackers. We’ve got corners. We’re really excited about our future.” It wasn’t an easy journey. As the sixth seed, Perry went into games as the lower seed in three of its four playoff games. Yet the Pumas went into the title game with the chance to complete a sweep of the top three seeds in 6A. “I know those sophomores and juniors that were playing, they’re going to want it again,” Dickie said. “I know they’re going to work their butts off to get back here next season.” Jones was especially proud of the senior class. “(I told them to) hold their heads up,” he said. “You did a great job. Had a great run. Had a great season. This senior class has done a lot. Since they were sophomores they’ve done a great, great job. Nothing to be ashamed of. “Of course, we want to win. We want the score to be flipped, but you can’t control that. They have a lot to be proud of and show our gratitude and appreciation to everyone that supported us.”

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New coach gets Mesa hoops running BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

he numbers of those who were involved in Mesa High’s 2016 boys’ basketball 6A championship team continue to dwindle. The Jackrabbits have made the playoffs in the two seasons since, but exited in the first round both times. With a new coach, Scott Stansberry, the seniors – freshman during that championship run – have one more chance to carry on the legacy. Senior Tony Adame was on the Jackrabbits’ freshmen team in 2015-16 and remembers sitting after practice studying the varsity’s best players. “Every day we just watched, and I really look up to them looking back on it now, seeing the effort and what they did every day, all the small things. It makes me want to get back there,” Adame said. Stansberry, former coach at Apache Junction, was a long-time assistant at Mesa High and is familiar with the roster. He coached many of them as middle-schoolers in summer camps. His Jackrabbits opened with six wins in their first seven games going into a Dec. 6 contest with Perry. He calls former coach Shane Burcar one of his mentors yet when he took the job in May, Stansberry implemented his own style, a faster-paced offense. Stansberry said it was difficult because Mesa had played a slower game for so long. However, even if the coaching techniques and style of play are different, he knows the players and community expect winning. “I think it was just them hearing a new voice that was difficult. Even though I’d been here, it’s been a few years since I left so I haven’t coached a lot of these guys in high school,” Stansberry said. “But, I know the culture here and the expectations, and those haven’t changed. I knew what I was walking into.” Zach Hobbs, a senior and second-year captain, moved up to the varsity and was part of the championship run. He acknowledges that his biggest challenge is becoming a vocal leader. He called the transition into the new system “a little awkward.” Success in summer leagues as well as hours spent in the off season cementing details now have the team confident they can make another run. “We’re all pretty skilled, pretty wellrounded, with a lot of guys that can shoot and we like to get out in transi-

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Popular Zoppé Italian Family Circus returning to East Valley BY COLLEEN SPARKS GET OUT Staff Writer

The couple every show and people are screaming and moved to laughing.” Italy, settling He said the circus is not only a fun show in the Ven- for children and families but also “a great n unusual Old-World Italian circus ice area, and event to take a date to.” known for generating laughs and creperformed Giovanni loves performing in Chandler, ating fun family memories is returning on the street where he and his fellow cast members have to the Chandler Center for the Arts for its before form- made friends. 10th season. ing their own “We love performing there because our The Zoppé Italian Family Circus will delivcircus. audience there is so welcoming,” he said. er its dramatic and humorous displays of tal“In 1842 the “We feel like we’re back home when we’re ent in a 500-seat tent Dec. 26-30 and Jan. 2-6 circus was there. We have so many friends. A lot of loon the arts center site at 250 N. Arizona Ave. much differ- cal people come for our Christmas dinner. Michelle Mac Lennan, executive direcent,” Giovanni We have a really great following there.” tor of the Chandler Center for the Arts, is Residents have brought bread, cakes and thrilled this particular circus is returning af(Special to AFN) said. “It was more of com- other gifts to Giovanni and the other Zoppé ter she came up with the idea of bringing the Giovanni Zoppé orchestrates the circus and plays Nino the Clown. He is in the munity per- members. colorful performance group to the center seventh generation of his family to perform in the circus. formance, Giovanni said the Chandler Center for the for the first time in the 2009-10 season. Mac Lennan said she loves joining the cir- because the towns of Europe and entertain- Arts is “just an amazing arts center,” and he The center was undergoing renovations likes how it gives children in need tickets for at that time and she thought it would be a cus performers, volunteers and staff mem- ment in general was much different.” Today, Giovanni’s daughter, Chiara Zoppé, the circus shows. great opportunity to showcase the circus in bers for a Christmas Eve dinner at the performance site. 16, of Illinois, performs as a circular trapeze “It really opens the door to all audiences,” a tent. “They have a big Christmas Eve celebration artist, and his son Giovanni Julien, 9, also of he said. Last year, at least 75 percent of the seats Zoppé offers Zoppé Circus Camp for were sold at each show and some perfor- and all of the families in the show make a Illinois, plays Giovanni’s “mini-me” clown, special dish,” she said. “It really is our family Giovanni said. youths. mances were sold out, Mac Lennan said. Giovanni’s sister, Tosca Zoppé-Walther, is Children ages 7 to 13 will learn juggling, “It’s a good trend,” she said. “It definitely is tradition. We do have fun and our volunteers an equestrian ballerina and his sister, Carla low-wire performance, balancing and on an upward tick. I love the story because love it.” The show involves performers’ own pets Heinen, along with Carla’s husband, Rudolph, clowning around at the camp from 9 a.m. to it’s not like the Ringling Brothers and some 3:30 p.m. Jan. 2 to 4 under the circus tent on big circus. This is seventh-generation per- and is enjoyable for people of all ages, Mac work with the dogs in the circus. Lennan said. “We go the true tradition of what the cirthe west lawn at the arts center. formers. It’s this intimate, one-ring Europe“It’s in their local community so that’s cus truly was 100 years ago,” Giovanni said. The professional Zoppé circus performers an-style. “The circus was the first presented art form nice, but ultimately it’s good, clean fun for “We try to reach all of your emotions. We will teach youths, who will perform for their in the United States. People are just kind of the whole family,” she said. “You can bring want you to be happy, to be sad, to cry. It’s parents on Jan. 4. “It teaches them math, it teaches them mesmerized with seeing these sometimes Grandma and she’s gonna laugh. You can more of a theatrical performance, more draculture, it teaches them humanity, it teaches death-defying acts in front of your face. No have your baby on your lap for free. It’s not matic. It’s like a play.” over anyone’s head. It’s really easy to underHe said his character, Nino, is the “bum- them respect,” Giovanni said. “Culturally, one’s farther than 30 feet from the ring.” Mac Lennan said her youngest son, Marius, stand. It is just good, old-fashioned laughter.” bling idiot” but he always wins and the audi- they’re in a camp for a week and they go Giovanni Zoppé, who orchestrates the cir- ence roots for him, while the other clown through probably four or five languages.” now 11, was 3 when he first saw the Zoppé For tickets and information: chandlercentItalian Family Circus. Her oldest son Bran- cus and plays Nino the clown in the shows, character in the shows believes he’s the boss er.org. don, now 28, first enjoyed the circus at age is in the seventh generation of his family to and “thinks he knows everything.” perform in the Zoppé circus. “I’ve played many parts,” Giovanni said. “As 18 and likes to come back every year. He said the a child you family story goes become the back to 1842 after clown, like his great-great- my son is great grandpar- now. Then ents met. His you learn all great-great-great the different grandfather, a skills. young French “I was a street clown b a r e b a c k named Napo- rider for line Zoppé, most of my saw Hungarian life. I was equestrian bal- the handlerina, Ermene- some guy on gilda, Giovanni’s a horse with (Special to AFN) great-great-great long hair. I Under the big tent, the Zoppé Italian Family Circus casts a magical spell (Special to AFN) grandmother, in loved it. We on spectators with high-flying acrobatics and humor. The popular circus is The Zoppé Italian Family Circus sets up on the grounds of the Chandler Center for 1842 and the two get standreturning to the Chandler Center for the Arts for its 10th consecutive year. the Arts. fell in love. ing ovations

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Look for unexpected guests and a lesson in ‘Peppa Pig’s Surprise!’ live (Mesa Arts Center photo)

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In “Peppa Pig’s Surprise!” on Dec. 11 at the Mesa Arts Center Ikeda Theater the lovable, cheeky little piggy Peppa, who lives with her little brother George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig, enjoys playing games, dressing up, days out and jumping in mud puddles.

he beloved animated British TV show “Peppa Pig” is stepping out of the television and onto the Mesa Arts Center stage for “Peppa Pig’s Surprise!” on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Peppa is a lovable, cheeky little piggy who lives with her little brother George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig. Peppa enjoys playing games, dressing up, days out and jumping in mud puddles. “The show brings their favorite characters to life,” said Daniel Hersh, who plays Daddy Pig. “It’s insane to see these packed houses full of kids. Every kid is so excited to see their favorite character onstage. It’s become a real thing for them.” As an actor, Hersh loves seeing the kids sing along and participate in call-and-response action with the audience, he said. Ticket holders will see sea creatures that go to the beach. “Creatures swim across the stage and it really looks like they’re floating,” he said. “It just looks so cool.” The surprise in the show is twofold. Pep-

(Mesa Arts Center photo)

Daniel Hersh (right), in character as Daddy Pig in “Peppa Pig’s Surprise!”, loves the role because even though his character comes across as a lovable bumbling idiot he also is “always just trying to be the best parent that he can be.” The show is Dec. 11 at Mesa Arts Center.

pa goes on an adventure (we won’t spoil it here) and a TV character makes a surprise appearance at the end of the show. Hersh wouldn’t even hint as to who that may be. Hersh wasn’t reserved talking about Daddy Pig, a character he loves playing. “I saw him as a bumbling idiot who was very lovable,” he said. “My doctor, though,

gave me the perfect note: Daddy Pig is always trying his best to parent his kids.” “I think that’s so brilliant because it shows that he’s never trying to show off. He’s always just trying to be the best parent that he can be,” Hersh said. If there’s anything to be learned here, it’s about happiness.

“Peppa has a great time and she teaches the audience that you can find joy and happiness anywhere,” he said.

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What: ‘Peppa Pig Live!’ Where: Mesa Arts Center Ikeda Theater, 1 E. Main Street, Mesa. When: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11. Cost: $45, VIP packages available. Info: 480-644-6500, mesaartscenter.com.

Dave Koz brings his charitable personality back to Mesa BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GET OUT Editor

hen saxophonist Dave Koz comes to the Valley to play a Christmas show, he’s doing more than showing off his talents. He’s helping critically injured kids at Maricopa Medical Center’s Burn Center through the Starlight Children’s Foundation, to which he’ll donate a Nintendo Fun Center and playful hospital gowns. “The Nintendo Fun Center connects the kids with the outside world,” said Koz, who has raised $1 million for the Starlight Foundation. “It allows kids to be kids for a while. “Hospital gowns are so drab and depressing. Starlight created this new line of children’s hospital gowns. I helped design the one we’re donating right now. One hundred of those beautiful Starlight children’s hos-

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What: Dave Koz and Friends Christmas 2018. Where: Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St., Mesa. When: 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15. Cost: $60.50-$90.50; VIP tickets available. Info: 480-644-6500, mesaartscenter.com.

who also appeared on Koz’s album “Summer Horns II From A To Z,” join Koz, a Grammynominated saxophonist. “Last year was the 20th anniversary and the original cast came back,” Koz said. “This year, half of the cast has never done the tour. It’s a jolt of new energy. “One returnee is my partner in crime Jonathan Butler. We have the best time. He’s (Antonio Dixon/Special to GET OUT) Dave Koz and Friends, who appear in a holiday concert at the Mesa Arts almost the coCenter on Saturday, Dec. 15, are assisting injured kids at Maricopa Medical host of the show. Center’s Burn Center through the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Returning for the third time is Keiko pital gowns will be going to the Arizona Matsui, who adds a tremendous elegance Burn Center. I’m very honored to make to the show. Mindi Abair has been a friend those donations to the hospital.” for many years. She brings a certain blues On the music side, Koz is bringing his swagger that works perfectly with ChristDave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2018 mastime. to the Mesa Arts Center on Saturday, Dec. “Then, we’re introducing Sheléa, who was 15. Mindi Abair, pop/blues saxophonist/ discovered by Quincy Jones and has been singer; South African guitarist/singer, Jona- on the road with Stevie Wonder, David Fosthan Butler; Japanese keyboardist Keiko ter and Take 6. She’s an unbelievable vocal Matsui; and up and coming vocalist Sheléa, talent. She’s as close to a Whitney Houston

as I’ve seen since Whitney’s passing.” The tour has received nationwide critical acclaim since its 1997 inception. Koz’s 2018 Christmas Tour brings fresh renditions of Christmas classics and hits from his catalog. Koz has logged nine No. 1 albums on Billboard’s current contemporary jazz album chart, including 2015’s “Collaborations: 25th Anniversary Collection” and received nine Grammy nominations. His five holiday albums include 2017’s “Dave Koz and Friends 20th Anniversary Christmas” and 2014’s “The 25th of December.” “I’m a real collaborative spirit,” Koz said. “I love to work with other artists and see what they can bring to the party. That’s my October, meeting with artists and finding out what they want to do, how we can collaborate and how best to achieve their vision.” Koz, who is Jewish, enjoys his tour and plans to continue as long as fans keep coming. “Last year we had a sold-out show in Mesa and this year it’s on track to do the same,” he said. “I love Christmas music. I’m Jewish, so it’s kind of funny. I was raised on Christmas music. I love these people and the songs. “Christmas songs have so much meat on their bones. We do them every year in a new way. They’re so good. Most of us crave that familiarity at Christmastime. These songs have been around forever and carry such weight for us. They’re emotional pieces of music that remind us of very emotional experiences. We’re happy to oblige.”

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—Siegfried & Roy, Masters of the Impossible

(Photo courtesy Chandler Center for the Arts)

Sons of Serendip met as graduate students at Boston University. They perform at the Chandler Center for the Arts on Friday, Dec. 14.

Sons of Serendip give a nod to fate for group’s success

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S “Absolutely THE

NO. 1 SHOW in the world.”

—Kenn Wells, former lead dancer of English National Ballet

“I’ve reviewed about 4,000 shows. None can compare to what I saw tonight.” —Richard Connema, Broadway critic

“Demonstrating the

highest realm in arts.”

—Chi Cao, principal dancer of Birmingham Royal Ballet

“This is

the highest and the best of what humans can produce.” —Olevia Brown-Klahn, singer and musician

ons of Serendip singer Micah Christian feels a connection with the audience when the band performs. That keeps the quartet energized and positive about its future. “Every night we have great experiences with the audience,” Christian said. “Instead of just performing songs, we connect with people. Whenever we have those moments, we know we succeeded in what we hoped to do.” Christian—along with cellist Kendall Ramseur, harpist Mason Morton and pianist Cordaro Rodriguez—will perform at the Chandler Center for the Arts on Friday, Dec. 14. Finalists on “America’s Got Talent” Season 9, Sons of Serendip was called “the most musically talented act on the show” by the judges for its heart-warming arrangements of classic tunes. The four men came together in 2014 as graduate students at Boston University. The gig at the Chandler Center for the Arts will be a holiday performance with songs like “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” “The First Noel” and “This Christmas” and others from their album “Christmas:

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Beyond the Lights.” Last year’s concert sold out. “We’re going to be doing a number of classic Christmas songs, but done in a creative way so people feel like they’re hearing the song for the first time,” Christian said. “That’s the goal whenever we work on arrangements.” Sometimes those arrangements can be challenging, Christian said. Choosing which songs to translate to its style is a task. The goal is to find music with good lyrics and melodies, with room for Sons of Serendip to experiment. “We’ve done a number of Stevie Wonder songs in the past,” said Christian, who was studying theology when the group came calling. “He’s a musical genius and his songs are the hardest to switch. “With Christmas songs, those are a lot of fun. I think it’s always a challenge just getting started and deciding what direction we want to take on with the song. There’s a flow that happens. We’re excited about taking on any challenge.” Christian predicted 2019 to be remarkable. Sons of Serendip was chosen to participate in “America’s Got Talent: The Champions,” which premieres Monday, Jan. 7, on NBC (Channel 12). Favorite contestants from other international “Got Talent” franchises, spanning 184 countries, also join. Sons of Serendip will also release an EP of original material next year. “We’re super excited about all that,” Christian said. “Little by little we’re plugging away at building a career. When we started with ‘America’s Got Talent,’ we had no idea what was in store. We had never performed together in front of a large audience. Things just took off and completely changed our lives.”

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CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CADENCE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT MESA, ARIZONA

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

CADENCE PARKWAY LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS – PHASE C

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified firm or team to act as the Construction Manager at Risk for the following:

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EASTMARK DISC GOLF COURSE - EASTMARK COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 1

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The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Construction Manager at Risk (CM@Risk) to provide Pre-Construction Services assistance and complete Construction Services as the CM@Risk for the Eastmark Disc Golf Course Project. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The following is a summary of the project. The required tasks will be reviewed with the selected CM@Risk and defined to meet the needs of the project as part of the contract scoping. DMB Mesa Providing Grounds, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Owner” and “Master Developer”) is the owner/master developer of approximately 3,200 acres located south of Elliot Road, north of Williams Field Road, east of Ellsworth Road and west of Signal Butte Road (the “Property” or “Eastmark”). The Property is also commonly referred to as Eastmark (formerly the Mesa Proving Grounds). The Eastmark Disc Golf Course (“Project”) is a linear park that will be located approximately one-mile south of Elliot Road and will extend approximately 1 ½ miles between Signal Butte Road to Eastmark Parkway. The width of the Project is approximately 150 feet and was originally conceived to provide a buffer between the planned single family residential uses in this development phase (DU5/6 south) and the planned employment and data center uses north of the residential. This buffer area was intended to provide an appropriate separation between the uses but also contribute to the overall outdoor recreational connectivity and experience in Eastmark. The Project is planned to provide both active and passive recreation uses with primary use being for an 18-hole disc golf use together with a linear multi-use pathway that can be used for hiking, jogging and biking. This pathway will provide an east-west route for pedestrians and bikers and will connect to pathways along Signal Butte and Eastmark Parkway ultimately connecting to the Eastmark Great Park and other paths in the community. Exercise stations will also be located throughout the route. Additionally, some areas will also be utilized for drainage purposes. Access to the Eastmark Disc Golf Course will be via Eastmark Parkway, Everton Terrace and Parc Joule with a small parking area at Everton Terrace. Parc Joule will also have some parking within a turn around area that leads directly to the linear park. Additionally, pedestrian access points will be provided via pathways that lead directly to the residential area allowing for easy access for residents. The Eastmark Disc Golf Course, while not a park of the Eastmark Great Park, will ultimately be connected to it via a series of trails, and together they will form a significant system of outdoor active and passive spaces that will benefit the Eastmark Community. The Disc Golf Course will be owned and maintained by the Eastmark Community Alliance and will be available for use by Eastmark residents and their guests. The estimated construction cost is $3,150,000.00. The total estimated is $3,200,000.00. A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 10:00AMat the City of Mesa Plaza Building Conference Room 170, 20 East Main Street, Mesa, Arizona..At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staffandDeveloper will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the Pre-Submittal Conference. Contact with City and Developer Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, assure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below. RFQ Lists. The RFQ is available on the City’s website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/construction-manager-atrisk-and-job-order-contracting-opportunities. The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-pag e cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide eight (8) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 2:00 PM. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer. Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title. Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service). Questions. Questions pertaining to the Construction Manager at Risk selection process or contract issues should be directed to Stephanie Gishey of the Engineering Department at stephanie.gishey@mesaaz.gov. BETH HUNING District Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen District Clerk Published East Valley Tribune, Dec 2, 9, 2018 / 17010

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until December 19, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona. Please mark the outside of the bid envelope with the name of this bid document. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration, except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. No bid shall be altered, amended or withdrawn after the specified bid due date and time. A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Monday, December 10, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the upper level Council Chambers at 57 E. First Street, Mesa, Arizona. There will not be a pre-bid review of the site. Cadence Parkway Landscape Improvements – Phase C This contract shall consist of furnishing all labor, materials and equipment required to construct the facilities and features called for by the plans and specifications for the following work: Landscape Improvements along Cadence Parkway consisting of trees, shrubs, irrigation, headers, electrical, and all other means and methods outlined by the Improvement Plans for Cadence Parkway Road. This bid is for Phase C only. A Phasing Map has been provided on Page 89 of the manual. The ENGINEER’S ESTIMATED RANGE IS $750,000 – $1,250,000. For information contact: Stephanie Stephanie.Gishey@mesaaz.gov.

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Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from Thomas Reprographics, Inc., dba Thomas Printworks, http://public.constructionvaults.com. Click on “Register Today” and follow the prompts to create your account. Please be sure to click finish at the end. NOTE: In order to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE IS REQUIRED. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.thomasprintworks.com, and click on Phoenix. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $145.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether or not the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the Thomas Reprographics website at the “Public Construction Vaults” address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa's Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call (480) 6442251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing. Work shall be completed within ninety (90) consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed. Bids must be submitted on the Proposal and Schedule Form provided and be accompanied by a Bid Bond, certified check, or cashier’s check (PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL BID BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE) for ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the Bid, payable to Otago Development, Inc., as a guarantee that the contractor will enter into a contract to perform the proposal in accordance with the plans and specifications. The successful bidder will be required to execute the Otago Development, Inc. Contract and respective Addenda for construction within ten (10) days after formal Notice of Contact Award. Failure by bidder to properly execute the Contract and provide the required certification as specified shall be considered a breach of Contract by bidder. Otago Development, Inc. shall be free to terminate the Contract or, at option, release the successful bidder. Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for this Work. The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, shall be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. The successful bidder shall name Otago Development, Inc. as obligee on both the Payment and Performance Bonds and name the City of Mesa as an additional obligee on the Performance Bond using a Dual Obligee Rider form. An approved Dual Obligee Rider Form is included in Chapter 2. The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with Otago Development, Inc., the City of Mesa or Cadence Community Facilities District. BETH HUNING District Engineer ATTEST: Dee Ann Mickelsen District Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Dec. 2, 9, 2018 / 16982

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Obituaries DELISLE, Allen Paul

Allen Paul DeLisle, 74, passed away from lung cancer on November 25, 2018 in Mesa, AZ with his loving wife by his side. Al, as his friends and family called him, was born to the late Harriet and Milton DeLisle on July 7, 1944 in Oak Park, IL. Al attended Ascension Catholic School from K-8, graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School in 1962 and attended NIU in DeKalb, IL. He was an avid car enthusiast and passionate photographer who loved trains and anything to do with the “wild west”. Al is survived by his wife of 52 years, Susan and three sons: Richard, of Los Angeles, CA; Timothy (Lisa) of Oak Park, IL; and Daniel (Kathy) of Gilbert, AZ. He is also survived by 7 wonderful grandchildren: Willoughby, Jackson, Michael, Kobe, Baylie, Chloë and Oliver as well as his two sisters Patricia of Dekalb, IL and Rosemary of Surprise, AZ. A memorial service will be held in Oak Park, IL in March of 2019. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to Hospice of the Valley of Arizona (https://www.hov.org/donate/)

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WALKER, Muriel Rae Muriel, 81, of Gilbert, and Artas, South Dakota, passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2018 after a battle with cancer. Muriel was born in Everett, Washington and lived in the states of Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona and South Dakota. She enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid hiker in her youth and a gardener in most recent years. Her career included working as a homemaker, and employment at Rogers Corporation, Dillard's, and Arizona Motor Vehicle Division. She graduated from Gilbert High School class of '55, married Donald Walker, and was the mother of five children. She is survived by two sons Daniel Walker and Patrick Walker, and grandchildren Matthew Schilling, Vanessa Enos, Brandi Enos, Timothy Walker, and Megan Walker. She is preceded in death by ex-husband Donald Walker, her three daughters Denise, Dawn, Alison (Diane), and her parents Bernice and Henry Hanson. Sign the Guestbook at: obituaries.EastValleyTribune.com

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Assurances: Transportation (including meals and, to the extent necessary, lodging) to the place of employment will be provided, or its cost to workers reimbursed, if the worker completes half the employment period. Return transportation will be provided if the worker completes the employment period or is dismissed early by the employer. Employer will provide workers at no charge all tools, equipment and supplies required to perform the job. Job location: Chandler, AZ - Maricopa and Pinal counties. Applicants may send or contact the AZDES Office, 4635 S Central Ave, Phoenix AZ, 85040. 602-7710630 Please reference AZDES Job Order #: 3262982. Employer: CDC Pools, Inc. 2364 S Airport Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85286. Contact: Peter Nielsen, fax (480) 539-7701.

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O Holy St Jude! Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor for all who invoke you, special patron in time of need; to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart, and humbly beg you, to whom God has given such great power, to come to my assistance; help me now in my urgent need and grant my earnest petition. I will never forget thy graces and favors you obtain for me and I will do my utmost to spread devotion to you. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us and all who honor thee and invoke thy aid. (Say 3 Our Father's, 3 Hail Maryʼs, and 3 Glory Be’s after this.)

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