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Morrison apartment plan enrages homeowners BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

he Morrison Family wants to increase the size of a planned two-story apartment complex to 320 units on farmland at the northeast corner of Higley and Warner roads. Residents of Morrison Ranch’s Lakeview Trails neighborhood say no way. They’re preparing to fight the request for a minor amendment to the General Plan and rezone that would see 15 acres set

aside for a shopping center dropped to 10 and the adjoining land for the apartments increased from 15 to 20 acres. “This is the very first of what’s likely a six-month process,” Scott Morrison, a partner in the family business, said at a virtual neighborhood meeting last Monday. “The primary motive for this (request) is we’ve come to the conclusion we probably will never be able to fill 15 acres of retail.” Morrison said he has worked for three years trying to lure in a commercial developer but has been told repeatedly that

demand for brick-and-mortar retail space is dropping as shoppers continue to flock to online, which grew even more last year with the pandemic. The original multifamily zoning is vested since 1998 at 16 units per acres, which the family would keep with the increased acreage, according to Morrison. He added the number of apartments would increase by 80 units. “We’re not adding multi-family next to

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ndurance athlete Evan Stubbart and a friend were cycling along Greenfield Road, south of Discovery Park, on a sunny Saturday, just as he had on countless occasions. Stubbart was in front, pedaling 24 mph when a driver came up besides him and, without warning, made a right turn, hitting him. “The front edge of the car hit me, scooped my bike up,” the Gilbert man recalled. “I went up on the hood and hit the windshield. She slammed on her brakes half way through her turn and it threw me off the windshield

Adam Baugh, left, and Evan Stubbard are putting up signs to remind motorists in Gilbert that the law requires them to watch out for bicyclists (Pablo Robles/ GSN Staff Photographer)

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anyone’s home,” he said, adding they have not lined up a multi-family developer yet. There would be no 8-foot-tall wall around the apartments and the main entrances would be off Higley and Warner, according to Morrison. His brother Howard Morrison, also a land-owning partner, moderated the meeting, which was attended by town planner Ashlee MacDonald. Scott Morrison said the family since 1998 wanted everyone to have the opportunity to live in the 2,000-acre master-planned community and to do that, there has to be a variety of cost in housing. Approximately 300 residents tuned into the meeting, which at times got heated. “I’m on the verge of tears,” said Stacia Ehlen, a Realtor, who is building her third home at Morrison Ranch during her nine years living in the community. “I don’t think any of you care what we say, Ehlen said. “You are making a change not one person wants. You’re not preserving your family’s legacy.” The Morrison Family has deep roots in Gilbert and used to grow cotton, corn and alfalfa on the ranch. In 1998, the family began slowing planning each neighborhood with the goal of creating a community that reminded people of the town’s agricultural heritage. They kept intact the landmark silos as they sold off large parcels to multiple home developers. Ehlen said she started a petition on change.org opposing the Morrison’s plan to add more apartment units and got 1,500 signatures the first day. There were 1,629 signatures by Tuesday. Brandon Ryff said he just built his dream home and willingly commutes an hour a day to his job as a dentist because he loves living at Lakeview Trails. “You’re not increasing acreage but increasing density,” Ryff said, disputing Morrison’s comment that there was no demand for retail by pointing to the booming downtown corridor. “We’re not seeing from you guys a good-faith effort to consider other

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alternatives,” he continued. “This is where we live. This is bad for us. We know it’s going to bring crime, drop property values and increase traffic.” He added he knew the land was zoned for multifamily for 240 units when he bought his house but said the Morrisons were now increasing the apartments’ footprint. He called them “tone deaf” and that “people are going to fight this because you are messing with their livelihood.” “You are being unreasonable if you can’t see what you are doing is wrong,” Ryff said. Brett McDonald said the proposed changes are affecting property values and as a result, there are legal consequences. The attorney suggested there might be litigation if the Morrisons didn’t back off from their plan. Jeff Wagner wanted to know what other potential uses of the land were considered by the Morrisons. As a businessman, Wagner said he knows the family was motivated in their decision

by profit. Howard Morrison responded they will note his comments as wanting the family to consider other alternatives. “You need to listen to what these people want,” said Jesse Goodman. “You don’t live here. None of us want this. Not one person. The only people who want this are the Morrisons. I’m infuriated over this.” Julie Hancock, co-owner and managing director of Camelot Homes, which is building in Lakeview Trails South, said she was disappointed in the proposed zoning change. “I support the homeowners,” she said, adding she wanted the zoning to remain the same as it was when she sold the homeowners their homes. Residents also asked why the Morrisons don’t put in a pool or a community center instead for the neighborhood or put in condos. “People who rent are not the same as homeowners,” said Roxanne Reynoso.

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“We’re the ones who have to clean up the mess.” If the apartments are to be built, she suggested some sort of buy-in like making renters pay the same HOA dues like the homeowners. Scott Morrison said to his recollection there’s not been any condos built in Gilbert for some time and “we don’t see a time in the future where we can add a community center or big pool and not have assessments go crazy.” When asked why so many units were planned, Scott Morrison responded they had to make it economically viable for a developer to build the project. “I don’t think it’s possible to have housing in Morrison Ranch and end up with low-rental rates,” he said. Howard Morrison said the last time he looked Morrison Ranch’s other apartment complex, the 228-unit, two-story Highland Groves, was renting at $1,200 for a one-bedroom and $1,800 for three bedrooms. Several residents also felt the Morrisons didn’t do enough notification to let more people know about their plans but the brothers noted they followed town protocol with signs and mailers. Scott Morrison also rejected a man’s comment asking “is this a done deal bought and paid for?” “We are not buying or paying for this,” Morrison said, noting the town can reject their application, which will be submitted in a few weeks. The brothers explained the town’s “very public process” for considering the application and noted that the documents will be available for them to view.

Above, the area shaded in red was originally dedicated to commercial development on the Morrison property but that has been reduced, as the map on the right shows, to make room for more apartments. Below, the property that will be developed is the green and brown square just north of Warner Road on Higley Road. (Town of Gilbert)

Planner MacDonald said the decision-makers takes note of community concerns and look for mitigations and that staff have not weighed in yet on a recommendation. People submitted some 100 comments during the meeting, writing, “McDonald’s – apartments – what’s next…A Dollar Store,” “They don’t give a crap. It’s all about the money,” and “If you’re so charitable, build apartments next to your homes.” Jimmy Lindblom said he also opposed the change and was concern with crime and traffic but didn’t think the Morrisons were wrong in their assessment of retail on the property. He said he’s seen for a lot of years where builders will build a project and then leave town. But that didn’t happen with the Morrison Family, he said. Lindblom, who sits on the Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Commission, said he didn’t like seeing people disparage the family and asked for civil discourse. Following the 1.5-hour neighborhood discussion, the residents met virtually to come up with a game plan to fight the proposal. They came up with five areas of focus that included pursing litigation, putting pressure on the Council, getting media attention and looking into buying the land. The residents also discussed Howard Morrison’s possible influence on the Council, noting he was co-chair of Mayor Brigette Peterson’s campaign in November and one of her largest donors. He gave $6,000 to Peterson, according to the finance filing.

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Gilbert in Line for $24M in virus-relief funds GILBERT NEWS STAFF

ilbert is in line for another round of federal pandemic-relief funding to the tune of $24.07 million. The town last year received $29.2 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. The new funding is from the $1.9 trillion relief bill passed by Congress earlier this month. “The funds are similar to the CARES funding in that there is a quite a bit of flexibility with what they can be used for,” town spokeswoman Jennifer Harrison said. The only restrictions are that Gilbert can’t use the funds to cut taxes and can’t use it to pay down pension obligations, she added. When asked how the town anticipated spending the funds, Harrison said staff anticipated receiving direction on next steps from Town Council at the March 30 meeting.

Recommendations for the use of those funds would likely come from a council subcommittee created last year for that purpose. Subcommittee members are Vice Mayor Yung Koprowski and Council members Scott September and Aimee Yentes, who chairs it. Council ended up approving the subcommittee’s recommendations on the first allotment by allocating the bulk of the monies – $18 million to help local businesses recover. The breakdown included $11 million for business grants, $5 million for business loans and $2 million to provide experts and programs to businesses so they can improve operations. Council also approved giving $2 million for nonprofits that are helping families affected by the pandemic and $400,000 to the Parks and Recreations Department so it could offer discounted program fees to residents. Additionally, $8 million was set aside

for the much-needed expansion of the Police Department’s dispatch center. According to the town, there was still $800,000 from the first round that hasn’t been dedicated as of Jan. 1. Gilbert’s latest share comes from a total of $2.6 billion in direct coronavirus relief to Arizona cities, towns, counties, and tribal communities, according to U.S. Sen Kyrsten Sinema, who helped secure the funding. Sinema, a member of the Senate’s bipartisan group on COVID-relief, worked to ensure the funds go directly to local leaders, so communities have more flexibility to make local decisions on how best to use it. “Thanks to bipartisan negotiations and close collaboration with Arizona mayors and county leaders, we secured direct coronavirus relief for our cities, towns, counties, and tribal communities to save jobs and prevent cuts to local first responders and essential services,” said Sinema in the release.

Phoenix, the state’s largest municipality, received the lion’s share of funding at $416.16 million. In the East Valley, Mesa was the largest recipient with $101.36 million, followed by Tempe, $45.99 million, Chandler, $35.99 million and Scottsdale, $30.05 million. Gilbert’s school districts also will be getting some money, but state Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman has not announced how her department will be divvying up $600 million in aid for K-12 education.

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and hood and across the road.” What went through Stubbart’s mind as he flew through the air was the death of a cyclist he knew who had been killed weeks earlier by a truck. “I braced for impact,” Stubbart said. “I tucked my hands kind of in a fetal position and ended up hitting both my elbows and forearms.” Luckily, the woman was driving a compact car, said Stubbart, who ended up with a bad case of road rash and extensive damage to his bicycle that cost $2,000 to repair. “Her statement to the police was she did see us but thought we were way back,” Stubbart said. “She didn’t check her blind spot and thought she passed us and proceeded to take a right-hand turn into the bike lane.” Stubbart’s accident serves as a reminder of the importance of bike safety as the town celebrates Bike Gilbert Month in March. While Gilbert has been working on becoming a bike-friendly town, Stubbart and fellow cyclist Adam Baugh want to take it up a notch. They are behind the signs popping up on Gilbert roads reminding drivers of the 2000 state law requiring vehicles give 3 feet spacing to bicyclists at all times. Stubbart and Baugh have been contemplating for some time how to make the roads safer for bike riders in Gilbert but that fateful spring day three years ago spurred them into action. “We came up with the idea of maybe partnering with the Town and create a bit more of an awareness campaign with bike safety,” said Baugh, a triathlete and a Gilbert Chamber of Commerce board member. Although Baugh, who bikes an average of 5,000 miles a year, hasn’t had a run-in with a vehicle he’s had his share of close calls. “I try to ride at 4:30 and 5 p.m. before a lot of cars are on the road,” he said. “That is when I feel most safe.” Baugh met with Town Manager Patrick Banger who signed on to the duo’s proposal. “We were extremely grateful and excited when Evan and Adam reached out to us to initiate a conversation around this

Thanks to the efforts of Stubbart and Baugh, motorists are getting an additional and much-needed warning in Gilbert. (Pablo Robles/GSN Photographer)

unique opportunity,” said Nikki McCarty, an assistant to the town manager. “It is very rare to have private donors take this approach to pursuing a partnership with a governmental entity and we have been honored to work with them to find creative solutions for implementing bike safety solutions in Gilbert,” McCarty added. Months after the accident, Stubbart solicited donations from the Donald C. Brace Foundation, which supports health, education, arts and culture and youth. For 2019 and 2020, the foundation, started by Stubbart’s great-grandfather, gave a total of $35,000 to the town’s nonprofit Parks and Recreation Foundation for the signs and other safety measures. Stubbart anticipated annual donations from the family foundation. To date, 42 signs have gone up on 10.5 miles of town roads since last fall, including near where Stubbart was hit and the two roads with the most accidents – Gilbert and Guadalupe roads. Even though there are bicycle lanes on many of the town’s collector and arterial streets, the signs help grab motorists’ attention. According to a 2019 town study, 21 percent of the 243 bicyclist-involved crashes with a vehicle from 2016- 18 occurred in a dedicated bike lane. “There’ve been times out riding where drivers don’t understand that is the lane we’ve been given,” Stubbart said. “We’ve all had near misses. We’ve had people buzz us, not staying 3 feet from

the bike lane. We’ve had mirrors miss our heads by an inch. Me personally I’ve had a truck on three different occasions run me into the curb. It happens to all of us.” Baugh said the goal is to add more signs each year until every arterial street in town has them. “A second thing we are tying to do with those funds is paint a bike lane,” Baugh said. “In some cities, they paint it green. Painting the bike lane gives visibility to motorists.” The Town last fall began mapping out a green-paint pilot area at the Gilbert and Warner roads intersection. Its digital team also has already produced a couple of public service announcements. As part of that educational component, Baugh wants to bring an overall awareness directed not just at drivers but include what is good bike etiquette as cyclists sometimes share the same canals and sidewalks with pedestrians. The two also plan to look at what other safety measures have been implemented elsewhere and bring it back to Gilbert. “We want to make Gilbert a leading edge in working at the bike-safety problem, which is not just here but across the U.S.,” Stubbart said. According to Gilbert Police, there were 93 accidents involving a bicycle and vehicle in 2019, 76 in 2020 and 19 so far this year. Some town efforts to make it safer for cyclists included an update of its Bike Plan in 2019 with proposed improvements.

Those safety improvements included putting in buffered bike lanes, which are wider than conventional bike lanes, using rectangular rapid-flash beacons to alert motorists to yield to bicycles entering a roadway and putting in shared-use paths, an off-street, two-way path separated from vehicle traffic for bicyclists, pedestrians, wheelchair users and others to share. The town also is addressing the safety at trail crossings, where cyclists often ride. Last fall, a 15-year-old girl was fatally struck by a car while crossing Greenfield Road on a bike near the Western Powerline Trail. It has already funded improvements for two of the 46 crossings studied by a consultant, who provided recommended improvements. Seven additional crossings are in a draft Capital Improvement Plan that are expected to be presented to Council during upcoming budget talks. Additionally, the town Transportation Planning team has been working on developing some bike safety education campaigns to release in the future, McCarty said. Community reactions so far to the signs were mixed on social media. “My husband and I are both cyclist...200 miles a week,” wrote one woman. “We greatly appreciate the signs.” While another woman wrote, “I see no sense in this and it is a state law?” and a man wrote, “I’ve been riding bikes of one form or another my entire life. We don’t need special accommodations. We simply need to follow the rules of the road, same as when driving a car. Whoever goes outside of those rules is the one responsible for the accident.” Stubbart doesn’t know how effective the signs will be in helping bicyclists stay safe but noted it was the first step in an overall education campaign to reduce accidents. After his crash, Stubbart said there was a huge mental barrier and it took him a couple of months before he got back on his bike. “I really enjoy riding but I definitely have some anxiety and stress from what has happened that I am trying to overcome,” he said, adding his accident with the car was his “first time and hopefully the last.”

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Chandler Gilbert Community College recruits for ‘boot camp’ BY TOM SCANLON GSN Staff Writer

ot two weeks to prepare for a good job? A new composites “boot camp” at Chandler-Gilbert Community College will prepare individuals for in-demand careers in the aerospace and other industries. The two-week program starts in April. Is it really possible to prepare for a career with starting salaries north of $20 per hour in just half a month? “I know, it seems too good to be true — but it is true,” said Ángel G. Fuentes, CGCC interim associate dean of workforce programs. He said the boot camp is like a matchmaking service, joining companies in need of qualified workers and people out of work or looking for a quick transition to a new career. “There’s a need for the community of students wanting to reenter the workforce and have a quick return on their investments,” Fuentes said. On the employer end, “Boeing has been a great ally, they have a need for composite technicians.” Composite technicians use a variety of materials, including graphite, carbon fiber, fiberglass, and Kevlar to assemble, fabricate and repair products from composite parts and materials. Industries employing composite technicians include aerospace, automotive, maritime/boats and computing. Classes are offered at the Williams

Campus across from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport – which helps the college make great connections. “We have a lot of strong partnerships with the aviation industry, places like Boeing and Piper Aircraft,” Fuentes said. “Together with industry patterns and other partners, we started similar classes that have been running for a year. We have another two week boot camp about wiring. They’ve been quite successful.” He said wiring and soldering boot camps led many students to solid employment opportunities. Fuentes noted that, similar to aviation maintenance classes, the boot camp will be in person, with pandemic guidelines followed: “We’re limiting it to 15 students in a really big hangar,” he said. The composites boot camps meet 8 -11:50 a.m. Mondays through Fridays. The first classes are offered starting April 5, April 19 and May 3, with summer and fall boot camps to be announced. After two weeks, successful students will be eligible to compete for jobs that pay enough to support families. “On average, the industry aerospace composite worker makes $23-$24 an hour. It’s a quick return on investment. And students get a very exciting career,” Fuentes said. The cost of the program is $255, but even that is potentially reimbursed upon successful completion, Fuentes noted. For more information about the Composites Boot Camp, visit cgc. edu/news/2021/composites-technician-boot-camp. Following successful short-term training classes in employment-geared courses such as wiring, Chandler-Gilbert Community College is offering a new composites “boot camp” at its Williams Field campus in Mesa starting in April. (Chandler-Gilbert

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Second Gilbert movie house struggles in pandemic BY KEVIN REAGAN GSN Staff Writer

he pandemic has created hard times for a second Gilbert movie theater. Slammed by the pandemic like many of its counterparts worldwide, Alamo Drafthouse Gilbert and its sister venues in Chandler and Tempe are in a dogfight in bankruptcy court over an attempt to break from the national theater franchise. While Alamo Gilbert remains open, the Regal Gilbert remains closed with no reopening date on the horizon. Owners of the Alamo Drafthouse venues in the East Valley want to rebrand their properties by severing their ties with Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas and partnering with Blank Ink Development Holdings, a Texas investment firm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas and the Arizona theaters have filed separate requests in federal bankruptcy court to reorganize. Both cited the impact of pandemic-related theater closures and reduced occupancy regulations, among other factors. In a statement following its bankruptcy filing March 10 in a federal courthouse in Texas, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas said, “The transaction will provide the company with much-needed incremental financing to stabilize the business during the pandemic, which has had an unprecedented and outsized impact upon the movie theater and dining industries. “More importantly, it will position Alamo Drafthouse to return to growth and continue executing on its long-term strategic vision.” The Arizona Alamo theaters’ bankruptcy triggered a nasty response from the parent company. The franchise, which has 40 venues across the country, originally signed a deal with Craig Paschich in 2016 to open the Chandler Alamo near Chandler Heights Road and Arizona Avenue. Two more Alamo theaters in Tempe and Gilbert quickly followed. In recent court filings, Paschich said the Alamo brand has “marginal value” in

Regal Gilbert has been cvlosed for nearly six months and there is no indication when, or even if, it will reopen. (Instagram)

Arizona and wants to end his agreement with the franchise. The East Valley theaters also are burdened by “exorbitant” franchise fees paid to the Alamo parent, his attorney said in court. “The debtors believe that rejection of the franchise agreements, and the entry into a partnership with another cinema company, will have a significant and positive net effect on the debtors’ cash flow,” Paschich’s lawyers wrote in court records on March 10. That conflicts with what the 23-yearold parent firm said in federal bankruptcy papers in December. It is challenging Paschich’s agreement with Ernest Cunningham and Black Ink Development Holdings to provide $1.2 million to the Shoppes at Chandler

Heights for rent and unspecified assistance for the Tempe and Gilbert theaters. It said its satisfaction surveys of patrons showed the Arizona theaters had a higher rate of satisfaction than many of its venues in other states. And it alleged Paschich’s plan “fails to present any viable business” after reorganizing, contending he “cannot operate theaters” because he would be violating a non-compete clause he signed initially with Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas. “Continuing to operate as theaters under competing flags or no flag at all does not demonstrate that the plan has a reasonable probability of success when those operations violate the franchise agreement’s non-competition covenants, which ADC intends to enforce,” the parent firm’s attorney stated.

It also accused Paschich of violating a confidentiality agreement and acting in bad faith by “using specialized knowledge gained over the years through their relationships with ADC to operate competing theaters in the same exact locations where the debtor previously operated the ADC branded theaters.” On March 2, the parent entity filed a federal civil suit against Paschich, claiming he owes more than $1 million in franchise fees for his three East Valley theatres. In a letter sent to Alamo’s headquarters in December, Paschich allegedly told executives he intended “to reject the franchise agreement and change the brand to see if (he) can achieve fiscal success in Arizona” as “changing the business is the only way for me to take care of my family and investors,” according to the suit the parent company filed March 2. Both Alamo’s and Regal’s woes date back to the onset of the pandemic onset a year ago in Arizona, when Gov. Doug Ducey temporarily closed all theaters in the state. Even after the closure was lifted, theaters struggled under regulations that reduced capacity. Hollywood studios further crippled them by holding the release of big-budget films with big box office potential or releasing them on pay-per-view TV channels. Similar restrictions worldwide have cost theaters hundreds of millions of dollars. “These regulatory and supply-chain problems, when coupled with the general fear of public places that COVID-19 has created within the movie-going public, made the debtors’ prior business structure infeasible and necessitated these bankruptcy cases,” Paschich’s lawyers wrote in court papers earlier this month. The three Arizona Alamo theaters filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last May. Flix Brewhouse, a dine-in cinema in downtown Chandler, is another East Valley movie house struggling in the pandemic. It closed its doors in November

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recover from the pandemic and have begun to reimagine its distribution models for new content. Disney CEO Bob Chapek has said he did not foresee a return to traditional theatrical releases for feature films once the pandemic has ended. “I’m not sure there’s going back,” Chapek said during a conference earlier this month. “But we certainly don’t want to do anything like cut the legs off a theatrical exhibition run.” In some cities outside Arizona, developers are trying to find new uses for abandoned movie houses – a challenging task given their size and shape, which make reconfiguring the buildings for other uses difficult. Micah Miranda, Chandler’s economic development director, said he still sees a local demand for theatrical releases and believes cinemas will find a way to adapt to a post-pandemic economy. “We’re seeing a lot of strong interest from the community (to) getting back into theaters,” Miranda said. “Movie theaters still have some life in them.”

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2 Gilbert drivers: 750K miles and no accidents GSN NEWS STAFF

hen a couple of guys who collectively have logged more than 750,000 miles on their odometers in 26 years without an accident, they’re special drivers. And that’s what UPS thinks of two of its drivers who live in Gilbert – Michael Quackenbush and Eric Robinette, whom the company dubbed two of its 32 “elite drivers” in Arizona. They are among 1,412 newly inducted worldwide into its Circle of Honor, an honorary organization for UPS drivers who have achieved 25 or more years of accident-free driving. Arizona boasts 147 Circle of Honor drivers with a combined 4,276 years of accident-free driving. Mark Woolston of Glendale is the state’s senior-most safe

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driver, with 45 years of accident-free driving under his belt. There are 2,255 total full-time UPS drivers in Arizona. Robinette delivers for UPS in the Mesa area and joined the company in 1993 as a part-time warehouse employee, working that gig for two years until he became a fulltime driver. “I got to know the UPS driver at my parttime warehouse job where I handled all the shipping and receiving,” he recalled. “He seemed to like his job.” Robinette likes his as well, saying the people he meets comprise the best part of his job. “I’ve built life-long relationships on my route,” he said. But how has he been able to drive all those miles without an accident?

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Gilbert taxi service ramping up again, seeks drivers GSN NEWS STAFF

s the pandemic eases and more kids are back in classrooms, a Gilbert company that provided transportation to East Valley schools is coming back on line after being out of service for a year. And to do that, Gigi’s World Kids Taxi at 1525 S. Higley Road, needs drivers, so owner Gigi Buentipo of Ahwatukee is putting out the call. “We are seeking to hire five to 10 drivers to transport children to school and various places,” she said. The requirements for the job make Gigi selective about whom she hires. Applicants must pass a background check, drug test, have clean motor vehicle record, be CPR and first aid certified, have a valid driver’s license and a fingerprint card – and own a reliable vehicle no older than 10 years. “We need to cover, Chandler, Mesa, Gilbert, Scottsdale, Tempe and Ahwatukee,” said Buentipo. “We offer a flexible schedule, competitive wages, 100 percent of your tips and monthly bonuses. We have a five-star rating so we’re looking for candidates that can be reliable and have experience working with

Gigi Buentipo of Gilbert is looking for a few good men and women to join her taxi service for kids. (Special to GSN)

children ages 5-17.” The pandemic brought school closings and lingering social distancing requirements that Buentipo said made it impossible for her to operate. She still requires drivers to maintain safety protocols, but said she feel more comfortable reigniting her service. “In my world, kids are valued, they have

a right to be heard and be respected,” Buentipo said. Her love for children motivated Buentipo to start the business in April 2019 by opening an office on Chandler Boulevard. Six months later, Buentipo estimates her drivers are providing about 20 rides each day. “We don’t just give rides, we build relationships,” the owner added, emphasizing the fact she’s not worried about the handful of competitors who have come to the Valley since she opened. Buentipo said she wants her clients to feel like family and not just a piece of cargo being shuttled around. Her riders are greeted with water and snacks once they enter a vehicle and drivers are encouraged to ask them questions about their day at school. Parents also are able to track their child through a mobile app and they get notified once the child makes it to their destination. The driver further ensures children safely enter their destination by waiting for the child to wave back at them before departing. “Safety is first to me,” Buentipo said. And Buentipo doesn’t refer to her employees as drivers – she calls them

transportation specialists. With a parent’s permission, these specialists may conduct random acts of kindness by treating kids to some ice cream or a slushee before dropping them off. The company’s rates vary depending on how far kids need to be driven and how many will be riding along. Buentipo had been working at call centers before realizing she needed to find a more fulfilling career. “I just felt like I was empty inside,” she recalled. She had a spiritual vision of families needing help manage their demanding schedules and understood she could offer a service that would benefit the community. She said she never wants a parent to feel like they need to choose between their child and their career. Even though the business sometimes keeps her working until midnight, Buentipo said its worth it because she feels like she’s making a difference. “It’s a passion, it’s not a job,” she said.

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“You have to have patience,” he advises. “Someone is always going to cut you off or pull in front of you – do not take it personal.” He said motorists should “stay focused on what’s in front of you, be in the moment and do one stop at a time.” He has noticed over the years that motorists “are more impatient with others” and an increase in aggressive driving. Small wonder that when he is not in his truck, Robinette has a different attitude toward being behind the wheel. “I hate it,” he said. “My wife is a flight attendant, so we fly if we can. Other times, I ask her to drive.” He also likes to spend time with his three Sphinx cats, who have their own Instagram page, Oswald, Oscar and Oliver. Robinette said his favorite customer is the owner of Show Hardware in Tempe. They’ve had a while to get to know each other: He’s been delivering to them his entire career. Quackenbush, who has delivered packages along routes in Gilbert and San Tan Valley for all 27 years he’s been a full-time driver, has

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hree high school seniors in Gilbert have earned awards from by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation for excelling in their classes and their community. The three teens – Eugenia Trakal, a student at Gilbert Classical Academy; Jordan Herrera, a student at Xavier College Preparatory School in Phoenix; and Chloe López, a student at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale – are recipients of the foundation’s Regional Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards. The 22-year-old program honors Latino high school seniors who excel in various categories, from finance and public service to healthcare and science to others. The awardees will receive grants for their education or to fund an idea or community project to encourage

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“actionable leadership.” Recipients will then be mentored by past award winners as they prepare to attend college and start their careers through the foundation’s Latinos On Fast Track workforce development program.

““There is no shortage of Latino talent across the United States and we are grateful to our dedicated sponsors who understand the importance of investing in the youngest and most dynamic segment of our population,” said foundation President/CEO Antonio Tijerino.

Eugenia, who plans to major in finance and international business with a minor in Spanish, is a first-generation American with Argentine roots. The foundation gave her a gold medal in the business and finance category, hailing “her desire and willingness to explore as many opportunities as she can to expand her vision of the community and world in which she lives.” Last June, she attended Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business Young Women’s Institute, where she took on the role of chief finance officer for her team as they competed by preparing a

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Gilbert teacher’s nonprofit helps families repair BY STACI HAUK GSN Contributor

elvi Peoples is a well-respected and beloved teacher in the Gilbert Public Schools district, where she started her career and is still at today, 15 years later. Although she has transitioned to a less traditional role with the pandemic, she is enjoying teaching through Gilbert Global Academy as she is still able to do what she is so passionate about – help students thrive in her community that she loves. “I have watched my students evolve from kindergartners to college students and even had the privilege to loop with some of my students through their elementary years,” Peoples said. “My heart is in Gilbert and it’s a true pleasure to

Selvi and Richard Peoples Jr. have a blended family with five children. Selvi and Richard formed a nonprofit to help other families recover from traumatic pasts and/or surmount other challenges.

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teach in a community where education is valued by families and educators alike.” Family guided Peoples’ decision to teach; her mother a veteran educator and principal for 27 years. She volunteered in schools from college on and quickly saw it as her path. She has since obtained her masters and doctorate, graduating as an Educational Doctor in May 2020. While Peoples had set goals when it came to her career, her home life has seen struggles that have led her to branch out and not only help families from a classroom setting but on a more personal level as well. “The recession of 2008 hit hard for me and my family,” Peoples said. “Gilbert had

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ast Valley author-artist Laurie Fagen has a fresh lineup of talent for her March segments of her YouTube television show, AZ Creates! Fagen hosts and produces two segments each month that are archived for viewing if you can’t see them right away. In Episode 11, which debuted earlier this month, metal sculptor and 3D printer artist Kevin Caron of Phoenix talks about working with various types of metal for outdoor sculptures. He also will discuss his work with resin for the three 3D printers he owns. “My first love was for machinery,” Caron says on his website. “Its immaculate steel composition and constructed perfection afforded orchestrated movement, couched in the joy of solitude. “My education as an artist is synonymously tied to the roads I have consumed on a motorcycle and behind the wheel of an 80,000-pound semitruck,” he adds. “I spent more than 30 years

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real-world business case project. Her team beat out 29 other 30 teams with a perfect score on financial statements. “Captivated by the thrill of strategizing to solve a problem under time constraints, Eugenia participated in several other summer business projects last summer, including Grand Canyon University’s Business Institute and Arizona State University’s Fleischer Scholars Program,” the foundation said. Eugenia said these experiences “made me realize how finance goes beyond analysis and is truly about teamwork, decision-making, and defending and challenging viewpoints.” Eugenia wants to study international business “to better understand Latin America’s economic complexities.” Her ultimate mission is to work for the United Nations Global Compact, to work against corruption and establish transparency in the global economy. She is the founder and president of her

meditating and molding shapes in my mind, so when an opportunity to sculpt my first piece presented itself, the transition from mental manipulation to the creation of physical structures was seamless and effortless.” The show also features Margaret Ann Spence of Tempe, who talks about her new women’s fiction book, “Joyous Lies.” The book is the Australian and former Boston resident’s second novel. Her first novel, “Lipstick on the Strawberry,” published by The Wild Rose Press in 2017, won the Romantic Elements Category in the First Coast Romance Writers 2015 Beacon Contest. It also was a finalist for the 2019 Eric Hoffer Book Award and in the 2019 Next Generation Indie Awards. In AZ Creates’ Episode 12, which premieres Thursday, March 25, the Creative Connection artist is ceramicist Sandy Ashbaugh of Chandler and director of the Ocotillo Artists Group. Ashbaugh has been working in clay for over 30 years and uses a traditional

hand building method of slab construction and sgraffito to achieve a modern aesthetic. Among her best-known pieces are those from; her uniquely designed and handcrafted, sake set collection, as well as her lidded vessel series. The latter was published in Lark Craft’s “500 Raku”, juried into various shows and purchased by public and private institutions. She says she draws inspiration from architectural and interior design elements, like those from the Bauhaus movement, Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry. She obtained her bachelors of fine arts degree from Florida Atlantic University and has worked in clay ever since. She also describes herself as passionate about art education and has been involved with local schools and communities, teaching art as well as coordinating art programs and shows since 2004. Also on that program is Timothy Moore of Phoenix, whose book “Miran-

dized Nation” tells the inside story form the Phoenix Police Department about the arrest and case that led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that gave criminal defendants their Miranda Rights. In the program’s regular arts events segment, called “Something to Look Forward To,” co-host and graphic designer Cathy Beard of Clemente Ranch will discuss art happenings from around the state on March 25. The featured nonprofit for Episode 11 was the Alliance of Literary Writers, Authors and Yabbering Scribes. On Episode 12, the Ocotillo Artist Group, a collective of Chandler fine artists, will be highlighted. The programs all close with a “Creative Quote of the Day.” AZ Creates! is half-hour web series to highlight artists, writers, dancers, musicians, film, theatre and TV creatives, and other artistic people in Arizona.

school’s Spanish Club.

Most recently, Jordan has been volunteering for Elder Outreach, a CSHS initiative that matches Jordan’s high school’s senior alumni with volunteer pen pals and provides them with technical assistance in an effort to help them maintain communication and not feel isolated during these times. Jordan also serves on the Governor’s Youth Commission, providing advice on identifying and addressing challenges facing Arizona’s youth through innovative community impact projects. “Of particular interest to Jordan is addressing the technological gap in her state, which has become more pronounced due to the pandemic and the shift to virtual learning,” the foundation said. “As much as Jordan dedicates to her community, she is also committed to academic excellence,” it continued, stating that Jordan “follows a rigorous course schedule of AP and honors classes, is a

member of her school’s National Honor Society and the Math Honor Society, and maintains a 3.86 GPA.” She plans to attend the University of Arizona, Harvey Mudd College, or Emory University and is interested in studying neuroscience, behavioral science, and computer science.

Jordan Herrera

Jordan also is a gold award winner in the technology category. As a requirement for graduation at her high school, Jordan had to take a computer programming essentials class. “It is there that I found my love for technology,” said Jordan. After that class in her sophomore year, she has expanded her programming knowledge and is currently enrolled in AP Computer Science A. In 2019, Jordan became a founding member of her school’s Computer Science Honor Society, the first honor society of its kind in Arizona. She said she has enjoyed the opportunity to volunteer at various events and programs set up by the organization. One such event is the Girls Have IT Camp, a summer program designed to engage, empower, and inspire middle school girls to pursue careers in STEM.

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Chloe López

Chloe, who continued at Desert Mountain after her family moved from Scottsdale to Gilbert, received a silver medal in the social justice category. She said she found her calling as a junior in her criminology class, which was about constitutional reforms, the Supreme Court, and the issues and shortcomings of the criminal justice system. “Seeing the challenges, such as lack of helpful services after incarceration and police brutality, has shown me what

see AWARDS page 16

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to let go of many teachers and as a young teacher without much seniority, I was let go as well. I ended up becoming a substitute teacher for the district and taught all over. “This was also the time my marriage became rocky. I had just given birth to a baby girl. A young couple married at only 20, with career challenges, some other challenges, and not much foundation to stand on.” A separation from her first husband – which ultimately ended in divorce – “made me more ambitious than ever – I dove into my career,” she said. She eventually met her now husband, Richard Peoples Jr. Together, they embarked on a journey of healing, moving forward and eventually, getting married and blending their children and lives. “The transition to becoming a blended family was difficult and a lonely one,” she said. “Many of our friends did not understand the struggles and could not relate. Even our own parents on both sides are married for 45 years and though their compassion was real, they lacked understanding. “Past relationships, hurt, heartbreak, co-parenting, exes, boundaries, communication, children, children’s issues, parenting expectations and rules, finances both past and present – having to blend all these together is not a simple task.”

It was around this time that Peoples and her husband realized “there are no tools out there for families like us.” “We decided that this was a gap we wanted to address,” she said. “We wanted to reach families just like us, start conversations, problem solve and walk this blended life together.” For years, the Peoples worked to create a space for families who needed support in this arena. They tapped into live video outlets, YouTube, a Facebook Group, and even enlisted the help and knowledge of Kimberly Adams, a coworker who had been down this path as well. They developed a vision – then needed

an audience. And when the pandemic hit and interest from others in Gilbert grew, they started a nonprofit called Blended Living, an outreach of Peoples International Ministries. “Together, we are healing from previous relationships,” Peoples explained. “Our organization helps all types of families who struggle and lack the tools needed to have the lifestyle and happiness they so desperately want. “We are all well aware of the difficulties that come with blending a family. Whether you are separated, recently divorced, thinking about divorce, a single parent, widowed, re-married, gained bonus children, or even are the child of a blended family, we have built a community for you.” She said the Blended Living community “will welcome and accept you, but mostly understand you.” Blended Family offers books, programs, courses and virtual events, and has partnered with numerous counseling services to help families. Currently, the largest outreach is a curriculum that Peoples and Adams are building for churches. They also are offering resources to utilize for divorced people to help them through the process, and for blended families to help them through the initial blending, as productivity is drastically reduced in the months prior to divorce.

“Our programs, books, courses and events focus on discussing topics like discipline, how to get past your divorce, how to blend finances, how to co-parent in a positive way, how to keep your children happy in the midst of divorce, conflict resolution in marriages and the skill of communication,” Peoples said. “We also discuss boundaries, exes, and parenting bonus/step or non-biological children. Although the topics we discuss are not limited, we have partnered with several counselors that help navigate the struggles of blending a family through cognitive and behavioral modification approaches.” Peoples feels her background as a teacher has helped her help others. “As an educator I have been called to help, to teach, to guide, to inspire and to challenge those in front of me,” she said. “I believe that every student, and family I have ever encountered has learned something from me, just as I have learned from them. “Growth cannot happen without being challenged, and that is what we intend to do through our organization. We want to challenge our community by offering tools and strategies that can help restore, heal and develop what is needed for these families to be successful and stay successful.” Information: Peoplesinternational.org and blendedliving.org.

needs to be done to change not only the government but also the level of equality in our society,” said Chloe. “Chloe is a role model and leader among her peers,” the foundation said, noting her membership in Wolfden, a leadership team that meets regularly with her school’s administration to improve the culture, character and integrity of her school.

“She challenges herself to continue to grow as a leader through opportunities like the Fresh Start Women’s Foundation: Girls Thriving- Leadership Program and the Cesar E. Chavez Leadership Institute Summer Camp,” the foundation added. For the past two years, Chloe has participated in the Maricopa County Teen Court program, which empowers youth in their communities to help change

negative and delinquent behaviors in their peers. “Chloe understands and embraces the restorative justice model and how to balance the interests of the victim, the community and the offender,” the foundation said. “Since the day she joined, she has been a leader in this program, often stepping up to take on a challenging role during court hearings. “

She volunteers at the children’s center of her local library, works with young children through the Boys and Girls Club, and provides support at St. Vincent de Paul, where she hands out meals to those less fortunate. She plans to pursue justice studies at Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University or Grand Canyon University.

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s an Arizona native, I don’t know when Spring officially starts but I do know that I had to manually change the clock on my Alexa, so we must be getting close. Day light savings time has always eluded me but figuring out what time it is now in other places has always been the signal for good weather, baseball and more outdoor events here than anyone could possibly schedule. COVID obviously has left its impact on

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for the last 10 years and population growing. Put simply, we don’t have enough houses for the people who want to buy them. But even as we celebrate the anniversary of the best interest rates in history and the greatest jump in appreciation we’ve ever recorded (north of 20 percent in just 12 months), we’re also experiencing a much different market than we were just six months ago. Last summer, as we started to see interest rates hold steady and resale options

decline in availability, we shuffled all of our ready buyers to new construction. Many of them are actually moving into their houses over the next couple of months – with a ton of equity and gratitude that they masked up and gloved up to look at model homes. Back then, you could still walk into a builder, hand them a check and pick your house. Today you’ll likely be added to a list, given the option of offering highest

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o rent or to buy? That is the question these days in the Valley. And the official website for the nation’s largest Realtors group last week said that Phoenix straddles both sides of the question. “Since the coronavirus pandemic took the shine off expensive (and cramped!) urban living, rents have tanked in some of the nation’s top cities,” Realtor.com reported. “But when it comes to whether it makes more financial sense to buy a home or rent one, it turns out that, in many cases, buying is still your best bet.” In more than 15 of the 50 largest metros, buying a home was as or more affordable than renting in January 2021, according to Realtor.com. That was up from 13 markets before the pandemic. And, on top of that, there are several “borderline” cities where the monthly cost of buying a home is within 5 percent of the cost of the local median rent.

And that’s where Phoenix sits in the report. Of nine metro areas, Phoenix’s $455,000 cost of buying a home – including price and related costs – was ahead of Atlanta, Orlando, Washington, D.C., and Birmingham, Alabama, in affordability, but behind Buffalo, Memphis, Las Vegas and Milwaukee. “Even with the historic growth in home prices over the past year, the monthly cost of buying a home in many cities across the United States hasn’t changed – mostly because of incredibly low interest rates that dropped to 2.88 percent in January,” the report noted. But the Cromford Report, the leading tracker of Valley housing prices and trends, doesn’t see a debate between renting and owning – although it foresees a new trend in the future. “For anybody who thinks homes are getting too expensive to buy, I would ask - what are the alternatives?” it said earlier this month.

“Rents in Greater Phoenix have risen from an average of $1.01 per sq. ft. per month to $1.22 per sq. ft. per month over the last year. That is a 21 percent rise - the highest we have ever recorded. The third option of being homeless is not very attractive. So I think we are going to see a large increase in the number of people taking the fourth option sharing with friends or relatives,” it continued, adding: “This seems to be the only practical solution to keep the cost of shelter down. This will build up latent demand for the longer term, as many of these people will have ambitions to create their own independent household when they can afford to. “For those who are drawing parallels with 2005, I would point out that rents FELL 6 percent between March 2004 and March 2005. This is because there were huge quantities of vacant homes that had been bought by speculators with nobody available to live in them.

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In those days, the pace of home building had exceeded the rate of population increase – the opposite of the situation today.” The economics team at Realtor.com looked at the 50 largest metros, ranked by the number of households, to put together the report. It compared the monthly cost of buying a home with a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at each city’s median listing price, including taxes and insurance, against the monthly rent for two- to four-bedroom apartments and houses in the area. Then the team ranked those numbers to see how they stacked up to local incomes. Metro areas typically include a city and smaller nearby municipalities. Cities in the Midwest and South tend to offer cheaper homes and a lower cost of living than coastal California and other big tech hubs like Austin, Texas, and Se-

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attle. That’s because land is often cheaper and more abundant, construction is less expensive, zoning regulations are often fewer, plus some cities just don’t have as much demand for housing. “Some of these, they’re Rust Belt markets. Each one of these markets has a net population loss, so that, of course, is going to create an abundance of supply and lower demand than a place that has a net population gain,” said James Wise, host of HoltonWiseTV. And yet overall, the number of places where it makes more sense to rent is higher. Looking at the 50 largest metros, the monthly cost to purchase a median home in January 2021 was $1,988, compared with the median monthly rent of $1,727. But notoriously expensive California and other West Coast metros lead the list of the highest-priced cities where, financially, it makes more sense to rent because the monthly cost of a mortgage far exceeds the median rent. These places also tend to have incomparable natural beauty and outdoor access and are

popular vacation destinations. Two had median list prices over $1 million. These more expensive markets tend to have a higher share of well-paying (often tech) jobs occupied by a high concentration of young professionals who have plenty of cash to spend. “Wherever there are high-paying jobs and employers supporting them, you’re beginning to see higher-end rental complexes that can start at $3,500,” said Ramesh Rao, an agent based in Silicon Valley. “When these people start looking at buying a median price home, their total cost toward any kind of roof over their head goes up two times.” But for many of these folks, Rao says, it just feels better to pay $3,500 toward equity than give it to someone else. Throw in the tax savings and potential appreciation, that’s what keeps people buying these pricey places despite the monthly math. So where are the best places to buy a home, or to rent one? The top 10 metros to buy a home were Cleveland, at $198,000; Chica-

go, $338,000; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, $245,000; Riverside, California; $485,000; Miami, $400,000; New Orleans, $320,000; Baltimore, $325,000; Tampa, $302,000; Hartford, Connecticut, $303,000; and Detroit, $265,000. Renting is the better option in San Jose, California, $1.2 million; Austin, $460,000; Sacramento, California, $599,000; Seattle, $665,000; San Francisco, $990,000; Los Angeles, $1.2 million; San Diego, $850,000; Portland, $525,000; Oklahoma City, $278,000; and Richmond, Virginia, $388,000.

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We are making our way through the people with the $50,000 in their pocket to pay over-appraised value, we have some buyer fatigue and we’ve got some very well qualified people who can’t compete. At the same time, we are finally starting to see an uptick in the number of listings. We’re years out from having enough for the people who live or want to live here. But with more listings comes more competition for sellers, with less buyers comes less competition for buyers. And so we start the long road to some semblance

of balance. We’re watching our town’s numbers like a hawk. But as one of the hottest seller’s markets in the Valley with just two weeks of available supply and homes selling on average at least 2 percent over asking with many pushing 8-10 percent over asking, Gilbert will be one of the last to FEEL these tides changing. But they are a changing. While the numbers have only slightly shifted, we’re seeing more active listings

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Nurse-mom takes over Jabz Boxing in Gilbert BY CASEY FLANAGAN GSN Staff Writer

egistered nurse and mother of three Teresa Robinson has stepped into the ring with a new challenge: owning Jabz Boxing in Gilbert. Robinson took ownership of the boxing-inspired fitness center Jan. 26, and “it’s been such a fun ride so far,” she said. Robinson said she has been a member at Jabz for about three years and that the gym hosts “a tight-knit community.” Members enjoy an environment with “everyone just motivating, from the trainers, to the members, even the new people, everyone just motivating each other,” she added. Jabz Boxing offers “a full body circuit style workout, utilizing boxing inspired

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exercising,” and focuses on “developing fitness rather than fighters,” its website said. Robinson explained that Jabz classes

are “personal training without that personal training price tag, because it’s smaller classes and you have a trainer

with you at all the classes, so anything can be modified for you.” She took ownership of the gym in part because “I saw what Jabz did for me, and with my weight loss journey and just getting into that healthier lifestyle, I just wanted that for somebody else.” Since taking ownership, Robinson said she is always taking suggestions for how to improve the gym. She said she has made some physical changes and upgrades, but mostly wants “to grow the business more than the size that it is now.” Jabz member Candice Dogans said she is impressed with Robinson’s ability to “not only work to maintain what members were used to, but also really work to

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round has been broken for the $243 million expansion of the Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert. McCarthy Building Companies is on an accelerated schedule to build the 351,000-square-foot tower and expanded emergency department at the campus, 1900 S. Higley Road. The expansion essentially will double the size of the medical center campus, “addressing growing needs for women’s services and cancer care by bringing an additional patient tower, an expanded diagnostics and treatment area and more parking,” a McCarthy spokeswoman said. It will include a second five-story patient tower with 208,500 square feet to accommodate an initial 109 new patient beds. There also will be the capacity to eventually increase the total patient accommodation to 358 beds.

The expansion of the Banner Gateway Medical Center will add a 315,000-square foot tower and other additions to its campus. (Courtesy of McCarthy Building Companies) The project also includes a threestory, 85,000-square-foot expansion to the diagnostics and treatment building on the west side of campus, including an expansion to the emergency department, as well as a two-story expansion of that building on the east side.

The expansion will provide women and infant care, including labor, delivery, postpartum and a new neonatal intensive care unit for babies who need extra care. It also will provide more space for inpatient cancer care by Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, more space for surgical,

emergency, endoscopy and imaging services, as well as shelled space for future growth. In addition, the Banner Gateway Medical Center is building two new surface parking lots, adding approximately 690 spaces as well as upgrades to the existing Central Utility Plant. Approximately 40,000 square feet of additional renovation work is also planned within the existing medical center during the final phase of the project. “We continue to experience rapid and significant growth in families choosing to deliver babies at Banner Gateway, as well as the growth in demand for our expert care of cancer patients,” said Lamont Yoder, CEO of Banner Gateway Medical Center. “This demand presents the need to increase our Women and Infant Services

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and Oncology departments and other spaces dedicated to supporting these patients while continuing to serve the broad health care needs of our community,” Yoder said. Most of the construction is scheduled to be completed in mid-2023 with remainder the following year. Banner expects to add more than 600 new jobs once the facility is opened. The project is being managed using the Integrated Project Delivery structure with the owner, design team, general contractor and trade partners all using a virtual “big room” allowing for the development of design and construction strategies, the spokeswoman said. This allows “a robust system of collaboration, solution innovations and coordination strategies being brought to the project to ensure operational excellence and end-user efficiency.” “Virtually co-locating our entire project team brings every stakeholder together from very early in the process to collaborate in a solution-oriented environment where benefits to the project go far beyond cost-savings and actually allow us to deliver a better facility to the end-

user,” said Kurt Radke, project director for McCarthy Building Companies. “All of the new buildings at Banner Gateway tie into existing buildings, so the site will be very active and effective planning will be paramount to minimize disruptions to this operational hospital campus, while adhering to the accelerated schedule.” Some of the innovative cost- and timesaving measures on the Banner Gateway project include: prefabrication of the exterior skin; five separate design packages, allowing construction to start prior to completion of the design phase; simultaneous work on all three expansion projects. The architect is SmithGroup with civil engineering led by Dibble Engineering and structural engineering led by PK Associates. Field Verified is serving as an exterior skin consultant. Major trade partners include AmFab Steel, MKB, AROK, Buesing Excavation, Delta Electric, Foothills Fire, KT Fab, Otis Elevators, Stafford Crane, SwissLog, TD Industries and Walters & Wolf. McCarthy Building Companies completed the initial Banner Gateway Medical Center campus in 20 months in 2007.

see what fresh additions she can bring.” Jabz fills “a special niche” in that anyone can train without worrying about “any kind of gender bias or things of that sort, but just really be able to get in and get a workout in and have community,” Dogans said. Robinson said Jabz offers an introductory offer of $10 for 10 consecutive days. She said Jabz also has new member prices – including discounts for military, students, teachers, and healthcare workers – that make the price “range anywhere from $119 to $139” per month. Robinson lives in Queen Creek, Arizona, with her husband Derek, and three children Aiden, Cameron and Mason. She said her kids are “into sports, and they keep me busy and on my toes.” Not one to be knocked down by business ownership and motherhood alone, Robinson said she is also beginning to work as a registered nurse. Robinson earned her registered nurse license through Mesa Community College

and graduated from Ottawa University in December 2020 with a bachelor of science in Nursing. Robinson said she was “a stay at home mom for 14 years,” and put her education on hold to raise her family. She derived an interest in nursing because her sister “was in and out of brain surgeries when she was younger.” Robinson said she was also interested in “what the nurses did for me” when she had her children. When her youngest son started kindergarten, Robinson said she went back to school and “got my credits enough to get into nursing school, got in right away, and it just went from there.” Juggling a nursing job, owning Jabz, and taking care of her children has “all balanced out so far,” Robinson said. She added, “I have a great team of girls at Jabz helping me run things, so I think I’m ready for it all to come together and I think it’s gonna be great.”

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EV golfers take part in Dustin Johnson junior championships BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Sports Editor

pair of East Valley golfers recently had the opportunity to compete on one of the sport’s biggest stages at the junior level. Chandler resident Johnny Walker and Gilbert resident Anawin Pikulthong, who both attend Hamilton High School, were among golfers invited to compete in the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championships over the weekend of March 5-7 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Hosted by the top-ranked golfer in the world, the two Hamilton student-athletes competed against some of the top junior golfers in the country and represented Arizona along the way. “It was definitely a good learning experience,” Walker said. “It was probably one of the strongest fields I’ve ever played in and one of the toughest courses I’ve ever had to play. It was just a good experience to represent Arizona across the country.” The tournament was yet another milestone in Walker’s young career. As a senior this year, he helped lead Hamilton to its second straight Division I golf championship in the fall. As a junior, he captured the individual state title. Walker first picked up a club when he was just 7 years old. At the time, he also competed in both baseball and basketball. But as he grew older and began to take golf more seriously than the rest, he decided to focus solely on golf in his high school career. Walker first played in the championship round for Hamilton as a sophomore, finishing two over par and 15th overall in the field. He helped lead the Huskies to a second-place finish in the tournament in 2018. But he dominated the field as a junior, finishing the championship tournament 10-under to win the individual state title while Hamilton won the team championship.

Anawin Pikulthong, a Gilbert resident and sophomore at Hamilton High School, was one of the top junior golfers invited to compete in the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship on March 5-7 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Courtesy Chris King)

Capping off his high school career by competing in the Dustin Johnson tournament was surreal for Walker, who is currently ranked 107th overall in the country for golfers in his graduating class. And to share the moment with Pikulthong and represent the state and Hamilton together made it more special. “It was definitely a Johnny Walker, a Chandler resident and senior at Hamilton High School, good bonding moment also competed in the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship, for us,” Walker said. “We as he and Pikulthong represented the Huskies and all of Arizona on a usually only play local national stage. (Courtesy Chris King) stuff together. So, to travel He followed up a strong junior perfor- outside of the state to play an individual mance with a seventh-place finish as a se- tournament together was a pretty cool experience.” nior and yet another team title. Pikulthong, just a sophomore, has al“Playing for Hamilton was a fun experience,” said Walker, who signed to contin- ready begun to follow in the footsteps of ue his golf career at the University of Ari- Walker during his Hamilton career. He finished tied for 12th overall as a zona. “We were really competitive within our team and all of us had to fight for a freshman at the state golf championships spot in the starting lineup. I think that in 2020 and followed it up with a third will help me when I move on to college place finish this past fall as a sophomore because not everyone has to compete like behind only Max Lyons of Sandra Day O’Connor and Mahanth Chirravuri, his that in high school.”

teammate and individual champion for the 2021 season. Pikulthong finished 11th overall at the Dustin Johnson event and while he admits it wasn’t his best performance, competing against some of the other top junior golfers has allowed him to see where he can improve ahead of his junior season at Hamilton. “It was an extremely well-run tournament,” Pikulthong said. “I didn’t play as good as I wanted to but I’m going to take the positives from the event and improve and hope to win it next year.” Like Walker, Pikulthong began golfing at an early age. He was just 3 years old when he became captivated by watching his father play the game. He enrolled in his first tournament a few years later at a local East Valley course. His love for the game grew from there as he continued watching and playing with his father. The game came somewhat naturally to Pikulthong, who has won several tournaments and is one of the top golfers in the country and world. He’s currently No. 1 in Arizona for the 2023 class and No. 5 in the world. “I never thought I was really that good,” Pikulthong said. “I always compared myself to something bigger and set goals for something bigger. My dad always told me to shoot for the stars but if I fail, I can land on the moon. “If you set really high goals and don’t accomplish them you can still be successful.” His accolades early on helped him earn a scholarship offer to Arizona State University, where he verbally committed. Both Pikulthong and Walker want to have the same exhilarating welcome Arizona State alums Phil Mickelson, Chez Reavie and Jon Rahm have received in years past at one of the most famous holes on the PGA Tour. “That’s definitely a tournament I want to play in,” Pikulthong said. “It would be the highlight of my life.”

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hen Camille Booker was a child, she said she was shy and terrified of getting in front of

a crowd. Now the Washington native is a bid spotter for Scottsdale-based BarrettJackson, a premier car auction. The Scottsdale 2021 auction is underway this week through Saturday, March 27, at WestWorld of Scottsdale. “The idea of getting up in front a crowd didn’t exactly appeal to me at the time,” Booker said. “It wasn’t until my last year at the University of Washington when I realized this was the profession I wanted to pursue. The interactions with people were what appealed to me, as well as the opportunity to be able to help them through various life situations. Booker has been a key member of the Barrett-Jackson team for the past five years and many members of the car community recognize her from the main auction block where she works as a professional bid spotter. “I serve as the liaison between the lead auctioneer and the bidder,” Booker explains. “The auctioneer is up on the stage but can’t see every person in the crowd that raises their hand, especially with bids coming in from all across the room. “Our team consists of multiple bid spotters that help relay bids to the auctioneer. For some people, this is their first experience buying a car at an auction, so we’re there to provide assistance and help them feel more comfortable during the bidding process.” Booker’s role requires her to read people’s body language, as well as understanding each person’s specific needs and bidding style. “Everyone is different, from firsttimers and car dealers to the guy who

with their auction business and attended auction school when she was 16 but didn’t plan on becoming an auctioneer. She underestimated herself. In 2011, Booker won the woman’s title for top auctioneer at the International Auctioneer Championship, which is sponsored by the National Auctioneers Association and brings together top auctioneers as they compete for the world title. Booker also met and befriended Joseph Mast, who won the men’s title that same year. After he became the lead auctioneer with Barrett-Jackson in 2015, Mast invited Booker to join the team.

is the rapid-fire speech that is used to help sell the items during an auction. Booker has developed her own chant over the years that has contributed to the success of her auctions. “Having good general cadence and pace is important, because when people are listening to an auctioneer all day long, they don’t want to be annoyed by the person’s voice,” Booker points out. “You also don’t want to go too fast because people need to be able to understand you. I adjust my chant depending on the type of event that I’m working at. “At a car auction, we need to maintain a relatively quick speed so that we can get through hundreds of cars in a limited amount of time. But at a Camille Booker enjoys her role with fundraiser where the Barrett-Jackson people are enjoying team. (Special to their drinks, you GetOut) Craig Jackson shows off some of the sweet rides that will be part of this week’s auction. don’t want to whip (Special to GetOut) through the items. Chanting helps has been coming to Barrett-Jackson “I had the privilege of going to a couple escalate the excitement and enthusiasm auctions since the very beginning,” of Barrett-Jackson auctions before I at every auction.” Booker said. “One person may want to went to work for them and it’s definitely Fundraising auctions are among stand on the opposite end away from the one of those bucket list experiences,” Booker’s favorite events in which to bid spotter because they don’t want to Booker said. “It’s the premier auction participate. She always looks forward be seen, while somebody else will want to be a part of. It’s truly amazing to see to the annual charity car auctions that me right next to them the entire time. I how many people show up to enjoy the Barrett-Jackson hosts. also have to be able to recognize when show. Besides the auctions, there is so “Barrett-Jackson does an amazing job someone is done bidding or if they want much else going on for people to see and every year at supporting a wide variety to keep going. It’s about understanding enjoy.” of charities,” she said. “People love those everyone’s personalities and comfort Booker said some people’s decision to moments at the events.” levels.” bid on a car is based on an emotion or Booker has been an auctioneer for memory that holds special meaning for Barrett-Jackson more than 20 years and helps run them. Various times today, March 21, through her family’s auction business, Booker “Whether it’s the same car that their Saturday, March 27 Auction Company, which was established parent had growing up or the car they WestWorld of Scottsdale, in 1980 in her home state of Washington. drove when they were in high school or 16601 N. Pima Road A third-generation auctioneer, always wanted to drive, there is often a Tickets start at $12 for children; $18 for Booker’s grandfather and father were lot of emotion associated with bidding seniors, military and students; and $25 adults both auctioneers, along with several of on a car,” Booker explains. Information, visit barrett-jackson.com her uncles and all three of her siblings. Each auctioneer has his or her own As a kid, she grew up helping her family “chant,” also known as bid calling, which

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TO: Brian James Stebbings 15801 S 48th St., Apt 1127 Phoenix, AZ 85048-0843 The State Medical Board of Ohio 30 E. Broad Street, 3 rd Floor Columbus, OH 43215-6127

The State Medical Board of Ohio 30 E. Broad Street, 3rd Floor Columbus, OH 43215-6127

In the Matter of: Brian James Stebbings Case No. 21-CRF-0018

In the Matter of: Stephens Triplett, DO 20-CRF-092 On January 14, 2021 the State Medical Board of Ohio mailed an Order of Revocation to Stephens Triplett, DO. The order was sent to Dr. Triplett via certified mail, return receipt requested, at his last known address of record, 1034 S. 105th Place, Apt. 1091, Mesa, AZ 85209. The Order was returned to the Board from the postal service marked “Return to Sender, Not Deliverable as Address, Unable to Forward”. Dr. Triplett may be entitled to an appeal. Such an appeal must be commenced by the filing of a Notice of Appeal with the State Medical Board and the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. The Notice of Appeal must set forth the Order appealed from and state that the State Medical Board’s Order is not supported by reliable, probative, and substantive evidence and is not in accordance with law. The Notice of Appeal may, but is not required to, set forth the specific grounds of the appeal. Any such appeal must be filed within fifteen (15) days after the last date of publication in accordance with the requirements of Section 119.12, Ohio Revised Code. Please contact the undersigned to ascertain the last date of publication. Any questions or correspondence should be addressed to:

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS: In the Matter of the ESTATE OF LOUISE MILLER, Deceased ... NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as the Personal Representative of this Estate. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months, after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to undersigned Personal Representative at 1510 South 171 st Street, New Berlin, Wisconsin 53151. Ronald Gadberry, /s/ Ronald Gadberry. DATED this 4th day of March, 2021. Published: East Valley Tribune, Mar. 14, 21, 28, 2021. / 36967

Jackie Moore Case Control Office 30 E. Broad Street, 3rd Floor Columbus, OH 43215-6127 Jackie.moore@med.ohio.gov Published: East Valley Tribune, Mar. 7, 14, 21, 2021 / 36894

On February 21, 2021, the Ohio Medical Board mailed a Notice of Opportunity for Hearing to Brian James Stebbings via certified mail, return receipt requested, at his last known address of record, 15801 S 48th St., Apt 1127, Phoenix, AZ 85048-0843. The Notice was returned to the Board from the postal service marked “return to sender, not deliverable as addressed, unable to forward.” The notice states that the Ohio Medical Board intends to consider denying his application to practice respiratory care in the state of Ohio. Mr. Stebbings is entitled to a hearing in this matter if such hearing is requested within thirty (30) days of the last date of publication of this notice. Mr. Stebbings may appear at such hearing in person, by his attorney, or by such other representative permitted to practice before this agency, or he may present his position, arguments or contentions in writing. At the hearing, Mr. Stebbings may present evidence and examine witnesses appearing for or against him. Please contact the undersigned to ascertain the last date of publication. Any questions or correspondence should be addressed to: Jackie Moore Case Control Office 30 E. Broad Street, 3 rd Floor Columbus, OH 43215-6127 Jackie.Moore@med.ohio.gov Published: East Valley Tribune, Mar. 7, 14, 21, 2021 / 36904

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