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he Town Attorney’s budget for outside legal help is increasing by about 61% largely due to fending off a legal challenge to last year’s bond election and investigating multiple claims against the mayor. Council voted 4-0 April 12 to transfer $175,000 from the General Fund to the legal services budget to ensure there’s money for the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends June 30. The budget now goes to $460,000 from $285,000. “This is an item where we are asking for contingency funds to be used in legal mat-
ters with the town,” Councilman Scott Anderson said. “My concern is while I’m one of the strongest proponents of the right of citizens to bring grievances to their elected officials as guaranteed by the Constitution, I think there is also responsibility when you do that to try and work out those grievances without costing either side a lot of money,” Anderson continued. “And it doesn’t seem to be the case here, where we are asking for a budget to be expanded by $285,000 up to almost a half million to cover legal expenses.” Anderson said each year the Town surveys residents for their priorities and for a number of years, the top items include pub-
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lic safety and improvements to the transportation infrastructure. “In this case, where we are being asked to now add to our legal budget by $175,000,” he said, “I just wanted our citizens to understand that it equates to something similar to three police cruiser that we could have bought, one or two positions in the police and fire departments that we could have funded, several intersection improvements that could have been made. “We also have several turn lanes and safety congestion improvements at different intersections that could have been done with this $175,000.”
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alley developer Creation RE and its partner J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives want to build six industrial buildings totaling over 1.4 million square feet on 94 acres at the northeast corner of Lindsay and Germann roads – and neighbors claim that would clog the roadways with semitrucks. In order to build Lindsay 202, Gilbert officials would need to approve a major General Plan amendment and a rezone application to convert the land to light industrial from business park. “Our backyards look into the site,” said Tarah Gramza, a nurse who lives in the Copperleaf neighborhood across Germann Road from the project site. “There’re 350 homes locat-
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Starting pitcher Zach Davies is giving Gilbert baseball fans an extra reason to watch the Arizona Diamondbacks:Though born in Washington State, he was raised in Gilbert and went from Mesquite High into the MLB in 2011. Read about his journey on page 12. (Courtesy Arizona Diamondbacks)
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Company says town blunders cost it thousands BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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property management company is demanding $135,000 from Gilbert, claiming town officials delayed its project, causing a land deal to fall apart. “The Town Attorney’s Office is currently investigating this claim,” spokeswoman Jennifer Harrison said. Cypress West Realty Management was in escrow to purchase a 2.36-acre lot near Val Vista Drive and Melrose Street, south of Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, according to the March 1 claim. After town planners issued a preliminary approval of its project, Cypress signed a long-term lease with a medical tenant in anticipation of plan approval and ultimately development of the building. But before the second design review with planners, Cypress was told there was a problem with the site’s secondary access point to the north because the Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers failed to complete its half of the roadway, approximately 13 feet, said attorney James Valletta for the company. When fully constructed, the roadway was anticipated to be about 25 feet wide, according to planners. “At that same time, the Town expressed that they believed there would be a viable solution that could be presented to not further delay any requisite approvals that Cypress was seeking through the Planning and Zoning Department,” Valletta said. “The Town undoubtedly knew that time was of the essence.” The project, named Melrose Medical, first came before the Planning Commission in an Oct. 13 study session for input on the site plan and design of the proposed 21,000-square-foot, single-story medical office building. The development was to have two access points with the main entry off Melrose Street. The second entry at the northern property line was to provide through access to a common/shared access driveway out to Rome Street, according to a planning staff report. Planners said that the north access
The area outlined in red represents the parcel that Cypress West Realty Management planned to buy until, it says, town officials’ miscues forced it to scuttled the deal.
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drive is part of a town-adopted circulation plan called ID20, which requires each property owner that is adjacent to it to construct their portion when they develop in order to provide access to sites in the immediate area, some of which are landlocked, according to the meeting minutes. Ironwood Cancer for various reasons was not required to build its side of the road when it completed development but was working on submitting permits to do so, planning commissioners were told in October. A few weeks later, the project proposal was left off of the monthly Planning Commission agenda for formal action. Cypress was told its proposal could not be approved as submitted because Gilbert fire officials raised concerns with truck maneuverability, according to the attorney. Staff had indicated that the company “would have to seek a solution for the adjacent private landowner to complete their half of the ID20 roadway,” the claim said. On Nov. 4, Assistant Town Attorney Alena Jorquez advised Cypress “that she was working diligently to get this process fast-tracked and find a resolution,” according to the claim. “In a later call on the matter with Cypress’ representatives, Ms. Jorquez indi-
cated that the Town had made a mistake by failing to ensure Ironwood Cancer completed its half of the roadway and would attempt to correct that mistake in the coming months,” Valletta said, adding: “The Town was well aware from the beginning that Cypress was in escrow to purchase the property and of the associated time restrains for approvals to complete the purchase, hence the Town’s reassurance that a solution could be reached without further delay.” Valletta said Cypress, in stressing the time constraint, offered up multiple alternative design solutions to planners. “One such alternative design solution proposed by Cypress completely addressed the Town’s apparent concern, but … was arbitrarily rejected,” he said. Cypress proposed that it would complete Ironwood Cancer’s portion of the road to allow the Fire Department access. “To be abundantly clear, this alternative design solution completely addressed the sole issue that was articulated to Cypress,” Valletta said. “Nonetheless, this and all other alternative proposals were immediately rejected.” Valletta’s claim named seven town employees he blamed for the delay, including two planners, the traffic engineer and the assistant town attorney.
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GILBERT SUN NEWS | APRIL 17, 2022
Gilbert police ID man killed in stand-off BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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25-year-old armed man killed by Gilbert Police following a threehour standoff at an apartment complex was identified last week as Jonathan Mosqueda. Police arrived to the Flats at SanTan on Santan Village Parkway on the evening of April 8 after a woman called 911 to report her former boyfriend Mosqueda was on his way to her apartment. She had a court order of protection against him, police said. An officer was speaking with the woman when Mosqueda approached the victim’s apartment. As the officer made contact with Mosqueda, he fled with a handgun in his hand, police said The officer lost sight of the subject and a perimeter was established around the apartment complex. After a thorough search of the complex and with the help of the Arizona
Jonathan Mosqueda Department of Public Safety Air Unit, police said they found Mesqueda on the premises with his handgun visible and next to him the entire time. Gilbert Police SWAT team was called in with negotiators in an attempt to get
Mosqueda to surrender. “These negotiations continued utilizing numerous resources to try to bring a peaceful resolution to this incident,” a police news release said. “After three hours of negotiations, at 2:05 a.m. the subject presented a threat to the officers and Gilbert officers shot the individual with less lethal and lethal rounds.” Mosqueda was pronounced deceased at the scene. Mosqueda’s first name also was spelled as Jonatan on some court documents and the Maricopa County medical examiner’s report. Police said Mosqueda had previously been arrested for an incident unrelated to the female victim. Court records showed he was wearing an electronic ankle monitor when he was released from Maricopa County jail on Jan. 4 but Gilbert Police said he had removed it before making his way over to his former girlfriend’s residence. Mosqueda was arrested Jan. 1 by Phoenix Police on sexual assault charges
involving two women and was facing a June trial date. According to the probable cause statement, the two women booked a hotel room in Phoenix on Dec. 31 with plans to celebrate the New Year downtown. The women began drinking in the hotel room before going to a restaurant for more drinks and then to several other bars. At one of the bars, they met Mesqueda and they all had more drinks, records show. The women and Mosqueda then shared an Uber back to the hotel room and the three at one point were in one bed. In the morning after they woke up, the woman asked Mosqueda to leave. After he left, one of the women found two videos on her cell phone of Mosqueda sexually assaulting her and her friend, police said. The women told police they did not give consent and both women appeared
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LINDSAY from page 1
ed in Kensington Estates and Spectrum Estates is next to us, so 1,000 homes will be affected by this – not to mention homes on Lindsay Road to the south and homes north of the freeway as well.” The proposal has Gramza so incensed that she’s spearheading a petition against the rezone that had been signed by over 1,000 people last week. A virtual neighborhood meeting was held April 7 by the developer. If the rezone is allowed, “we will be inviting 150 semi-truck bays hidden behind big glass buildings,” the petition reads. “The glass buildings don’t change what it is, it’s an industrial complex, which is surrounded by thousands of homes and bumps up next to Campo Verde High School and Quartz Hill Elementary School and two blocks away is the busiest fire station in all of Gilbert.” Senior Planner Keith Newman said the proposed project includes 1,732 parking spaces with five entrances off Germann and two off Lindsay. Gramza said the main route out of the complex would move trucks on to east or west Germann or Lindsay Road toward the new Lindsay Road-Loop 202 interchange, causing traffic snarls for the high school and the fire station and excessive damage to roads. The interchange is still under construction. She said Fire Station No. 8 on Germann is the town’s busiest due to a specially trained crew often called upon for their expertise. The large semi-trucks would have difficulty moving out of the way in case of an emergency and could delay response times, she said. Also, the traffic around the high school and elementary school is already congested and adding in the trucks would increase danger to children walking to school, according to the petition. Other issues with the proposal include excessive noise for residents whose homes backup to the site, a drop in home values and a difficulty for people to sell their houses so close to the light-industrial zoning. Gramza said residents have been contacting council members and hope to drum up opposition from the neighborhoods north of the 202. “This is the first project of industri-
Neighbors claim the construction of six industrial buildings totaling 1.4 square feet on the area of this map shaded in yellow would trigger an unending parade of semis. (Special to GSN) al and certainly the largest one that is proposed near homes, schools and so close to a very busy firehouse,” she said. “We are very early in the process and I doubt for a minute we will stop them from their goals of doing what they want and not what is best for the community around the property.” Newman said the Town had a pre-application meeting with the applicant and that no other official applications have been submitted yet. “It is surprising to see a petition against this project when an application has not even been filed yet,” said attorney Adam Baugh, who represents Phoenix-based Creation RE. He also said the 150 semi-truck bays cited in the petition was inaccurate but did not provide the proposed number. Gramza said she counted all the trailer spaces listed on the rendering provided to residents and came up with 149. “The intent of the Lindsay 202 project is to develop a cutting-edge, visually stunning industrial business park with the ability to accommodate a variety of industrial and employment-related user,” Baugh told the Gilbert Sun News in an email. “Our goal is to attract corporate users in the high-tech manufacturing, pharmaceutical, aerospace/
defense, logistics, EV or electric vehicle (and) SemiCon industries.” Baugh said corporate users want to be in the Southeast Valley due to the quality labor force. The buildings would include varying depths able to accommodate multiple tenants –likely small- to medium-sized companies with ancillary offices, showroom-retail users or similar facilities, he said. And considerable landscape buffers and setbacks are proposed along both Lindsay and Germann to create an attractive streetscape and an appropriate transition to adjacent land uses, according to Baugh. Additionally, a retail lot with two commercial pads totaling 9,800 square feet are proposed in the northwest corner of the site – prominently located along Lindsay Road with convenient access to a new traffic signal and the Loop 202 freeway. Baugh said Gilbert’s Economic Development Department has identified this type of building and users as strategic to its long-term employment goals, and it is an underserved segment of its employment base. “The proposal is also consistent with the industrial park developments west
of us along Germann Road,” Baugh said. “The property has been undeveloped agricultural land but always intended for this type of intensity. In fact, the current zoning allows buildings up to 90 feet tall by right. “The future Loop 202 connection at Lindsay Road represents a paradigm shift with respect to appropriate and feasible land uses on the property.” The convenient access to a major transportation corridor provides the opportunity for modern light-industrial development on the property that was not previously feasible or achievable, he said. “Sitting at the intersection of two arterial roadways and a major freeway, the property is ideally suited for appropriately scaled, modern light-industrial uses with a convenient retail component easily accessible from the surrounding street and freeway network,” he said. Last week the developer was refining the application for the new employment park with the intention of formally filing this month, according to Baugh. “The Town will evaluate it this year before presenting it to the Town Council in December,” he said. Creation has a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from industrial and logistics to multi-family, hospitality, retail, and mixed-use – including significant work in Gilbert such as the Heritage Park project, a commercial mixed-use project in the downtown. Creation, real estate investment firm FCP and Crescent Communities are partners in that development, which includes a five-story office building, boutique hotel and apartments. Construction was anticipated to begin in the third quarter of this year with completion in 2024. Creation and J.P. Morgan’s project in Gilbert is reportedly one of seven proposed industrial, warehouse and logistics developments in Arizona and three other states. The two firms plan to pump $1 billion into developing 5 million square feet of new industrial space, according to Commercial Property Executive, a resource for the investment and development community.
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GILBERT SUN NEWS | APRIL 17, 2022
CYPRESS from page 3
“Unfortunately, as you were aware, Cypress could not move forward with its escrow without the design review approval within a reasonable period of time, he said. “Cypress was, therefore, required to cancel that purchase agreement. “As such, the long-term lease with the medical tenant was also terminated, resulting in wasted out-of-pocket costs and expenses and significant lost income to Cypress.” Valletta said the $135,000 would compensate Cypress for its hard costs and expenses already incurred in trying to develop the project “only to be stifled by the mistakes of the Town.” He warned the town that if it failed to reimburse Cypress for its costs, the company intended to pursue it through the courts, which would include claims for lost profits and expectantcy damages related to the loss of the long-term tenant and legal fees. The town has 60 days from receipt of the claim to act on it. If no action is taken, it’s considered denied, allowing the company to proceed with a lawsuit.
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unconscious in the videos. When police questioned Mosqueda, he said he had consensual sex with one of the women and denied touching the other woman but later changed his story and admitted to sexually assaulting her as well. He also told Phoenix Police that he videotaped the encounter for documentation so the women “would later see it.” When Phoenix Police arrested him, Mosqueda was living at the Flats at SanTan. Court documents stated at the time of his arrest he had been working as an emergency medical technician for two years. The last time Gilbert Police fatally shot a suspect was in 2018. Police arrived at a home near Recker and Guadalupe roads to a report of a man acting erratically. The man, a Maricopa County Sheriff’s detention officer, was killed after he retrieved a weapon and began threatening police.
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he massive renovation of I-10 near the Broadway Curve will create special challenges for motorists next weekend as the highway will be closed in both directions. The Arizona Department of Transportation advises motorists to expect delays and allow plenty of extra travel time while Interstate 10 is closed to east and westbound travel between SR 51 and SR 143 from 10 a.m. Friday, April 22, to 4 a.m. Monday, April 25. Salt River Project crews are relocating a large overhead power line that currently stands in the way of widening I-10 in conjunction with the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project. While SRP’s closure is in place, Broadway Curve Constructors will shift the work zone on I-10 and make repairs to the freeway’s pavement.
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“By combining this work with the SRP closure, BCC can eliminate the need for a separate highway closure, as well as further inconvenience for the traveling public,” ADOT said. The eastbound I-10 on-ramps between Third and 40th streets; the southbound I-17 on-ramps at Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street; the westbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) ramp to eastbound I-10; the southbound SR 51 on-ramp at McDowell Road and the ramp from southbound SR 51 to eastbound I-10 will be closed. Westbound I-10 will be closed between SR 143 and I-17. The westbound I-10 on-ramps between Elliot Road and 32nd Street, the westbound US 60 (Superstition Freeway) on-ramp at Mill Avenue and the westbound US 60 ramp to westbound I-10 will be closed.
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GILBERT SUN NEWS | APRIL 17, 2022
2nd woman claims Gilbert’s concrete slide injured her
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second adult has claimed injury on a concrete slide in a children’s play area at the 272-acre Gilbert Regional Park. The woman is demanding $5,000 from the Town after breaking her ankle while going down the slide, according to the January claim. “In the 2 1/2 years since the park opened, we have only had two claims related to the concrete slide,” spokeswoman Jennifer Harrison said. “The second claim is still under investigation.” Harrison noted that over a million people annually visit the park since its debut in fall 2019. Yin Hsuan Woodhall, a Queen Creek Realtor, said she went to the regional park near Queen Creek and Higley roads to have family time with her son last September. “I went to slide and broke my ankle
The concrete slide in Gilbert Regional Park has been the source of two legal claims against the town over injuries allegedly sustained by two women in separate incidents. (GSN file photo)
right away when I landed,” Woodhall said in her claim. “The slide is made of concrete, it’s way too slippery and too fast to slide down.”
Additionally, the sand and rocks at the bottom of the slide don’t provide the cushioning needed to protect a person when landing, she added.
LEGAL from page 1
Anderson again encouraged residents with grievances to try working them out with the Town “without costing us legal fees to try resolving those issues.” “It’s money not well-spent,” said Anderson, who requested the item be pulled from consent agenda and was the only one to speak on it. Town Attorney Chris Payne said his department paid over $26,000 to attorneys to investigate code of ethics complaints against the mayor, over $43,000 to defend against a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the bond election and about $30,000 to an attorney to investigate the claim that of biased hiring practices by the Town and that employees improperly used municipal resources for political purposes. Payne added that the costs for the code of ethics complaints and the bond-election lawsuit will be higher than the amounts presented because legal services are billed in arrears. Five of the ethics complaints against
Woodhall said she couldn’t work for three months showing houses or take care of her 3-year-old when she was injured. Last year, Kaycee Schultz, a grandmother, claimed her leg and ankle were severly injured after going down the same slide and wanted $150,000 from the town. Officials rejected the claim. Gilbert stands by the slide’s safety. “The playground equipment at Gilbert Regional Park was designed, manufactured, and installed in accordance with the standards set forth in the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Handbook for Public Playground Safety,” according to a Town statement. “In addition, playground equipment at all Town parks is maintained according to industry-approved standards,” it continued. “Injuries occur from time to time on playground equipment at Town-owned parks, and when notified of injuries, the
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Mayor Brigette Peterson were filed last year by four people. Claims against Peterson included she fed information from residents concerned with a proposed increase in density for an apartment project to the developer, who also co-chaired her mayoral campaign and was one of her largest donors. Peterson also told the developer the name of the resident that she felt was the “most aggressive.” And she was accused of trying to silence criticism against her at council meetings by trying to pass an amendment that would have allowed a mayor to determine who can speak and for how long. Also, an employee claimed Peterson created a toxic-work environment for the Digital Government team that was behind the Town’s new logo that Peterson had publicly criticized.
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GILBERT SUN NEWS | APRIL 17, 2022
$22K reward offered for return of 11 stolen dogs BY KEN SAIN GSN Staff Writer
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eanine Nesvik says she’s not the type of person who makes enemies. As a speech pathologist who works with children with special needs, the Chandler woman spends most of her other waking hours caring for her six dogs and up to 14 other canines that she fosters. So when someone broke into her home while she was at work and stole 11 dogs, she said it’s hard not to take it personally. “It does seem really targeted, and personal, and out to hurt me,” Nesvik said. According to the police report, someone broke into Nesvik’s North Chandler home on March 23 and released a bunch of dogs from their kennels. Eleven are missing and believed stolen. Witnesses said a white van was seen in the alley behind Nesvik’s home that day. The police report says the intruder or intruders gained entry to the home through an unlocked door that had been broken at the time but has since been fixed. To get inside, Nesvik said, they would have had to scale an 8-foot block fence, then open a gate with a dead bolt that could only be open from the yard. The police report says nothing other than
LEGAL from page 8
An outside attorney eventually cleared Peterson of the violations but noted that she “exercised poor judgment in a few instances.” A sixth claim investigated in March involved a businessman who accused Peterson of violating his right to free speech after she temporarily removed his criticism of her leadership posted to her town Instagram account. The same attorney that cleared Peterson of the previous alleged ethics violations recommended no action against her. Shortly after the November election that approved a $515-million transpor-
Chandler resident Jeanine Nesvik with her dog Bentley, who was the first canine she saw after returning home from work and discovering 11 dogs she either owns or was caring for had been stolen. (Ken Sain/Chandler Arizonan) the dogs appear to have been stolen. Nesvik said the thieves did not open the kennels with three dogs inside, saying she believes those were the most aggressive at the time and opening the kennels could have led to the intruder being attacked. The crates for five dogs were opened, but those dogs were not taken. The intruder, or intruders, also went into the basement to get a mother and some puppies that were receiving medical
treatment. They were not crated, but were behind a closed door. A neighbor donated a couple of security cameras to film the front and back yards. Thanks to donations from friends and family and others, Nesvik is offing a reward of $22,000 to anyone who helps her recover the 11 dogs. She said that’s a lot more than anyone could get trying to sell them because many of those 11 dogs are older or have medical issues.
tation bond, the town was slapped with a lawsuit from business owner and resident Jim Torgeson. The suit claimed officials influenced the election by removing roughly 57 of Torgeson’s anti-bond signs before the start of early voting. After Torgeson’s attorney threatened legal action, the town stopped taking down the signs. The bond passed by 164 votes. Torgeson lost at trial and the appellate court wouldn’t hear his case so he filed for review with the Arizona Supreme Court, which earlier this month declined to hear the case. And, lastly the Town paid an outside
attorney to look into claims from the conservative nonprofit Judicial Watch. The activist watchdog group alleged that Gilbert officials pushed a liberal agenda in hiring first-responders and in disciplining certain employees. Although email exchanges showed the hiring test score for firefighters was lowered to include more diverse applicants, the attorney found no wrongdoing because “qualifications remained the key focus in the Town’s hiring practices.” The group also accused a town employee of promoting a “political Marxist agenda of Black Lives Matters as well as Democrat Party-elected officials” on the
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Nesvik said for the most part she operates quietly. She doesn’t advertise her caring for dogs online. She says she is friendly with her neighbors and goes out of the way to work with them when they have complaints. “I was at a country concert, and they were in an uproar,” Nesvik said. “They wouldn’t stop barking. It happened to be that one of the dogs was having a seizure. So she called me and was like, ‘Can you do something?’ I left the concert to come back home. “I don’t want to be a complete nuisance.” She said many of the children in the neighborhood like to visit her house to pet the puppies in her front yard when she lets them out. Nesvik said despite the large number of dogs she cares for, she develops a connection with each. “Every single one of them, I know their personalities,” she said. “I work with kids with special needs that can’t talk, and I work with the dogs that are kind of broken. I develop this connection. “I don’t understand this.”
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If you have information about the theft of the 11 dogs, contact Chandler Police at 480-7824001. A $22,000 reward is being offered.
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D’Backs pitcher a Gilbert-grown player every year,” Davies said. “I’ve gotten to come home pretty much every year, but extended time and playing with ‘Diamondbacks’ on my chest is special to me. I grew up here so I’m happy to be home and get at least one year here.” He was born in Puyallup, Washington, but moved to Gilbert in elementary school. Davies attended Mesquite High School and was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 26th round of the 2011 MLB Draft. Because he was born in the Seattle area, he grew up a Seattle Mariners fan, but found himself rooting for the Snakes as he grew up. “As time went on and I got to watch Diamondbacks games and go to games here in Phoenix, I started to like the team
and watch them consistently,” Davies said. The contract he signed in the offseason is laden with incentives – meaning he can earn more money, depending upon his play this season. If all goes well, he could earn up to $4.5 million. Coming off a down year in 2021 with the Chicago Cubs, Davies is more concerned with returning to form than he is earning the extra money. “Just coming off of a down year last year, that’s more of what I go out with is something to prove and get back to the old me and just be consistent and start games and give the team a chance to
Chad Towe, 47. who has helped him a great deal on his road to Hollywood, literally. “It’s like a vacation when we’re filming,” Houston said. “I just want to keep acting because it’s very fun.” If anything has gotten easier due pandemic, bothsaid acting is one of them. The pair shared in the misery of six-hour road trips to Los Angeles from the family’s home in Mesa for a two-minute audition only Houston Towe of Mesa plays the younger version of actor to immediately turn around Shawn Hatosy’s criminal character in the TNT network and go back. And during series “Animal Kingdom.” (Special to GSN) filming, they had to pay for their own accomodations. two music videos. Now, with video conferencing, duties Much of this success comes from the such as seeing his acting coach, audisupport of his family – especially his dad tions and even online schooling through
the Arizona Connections Academy, don’t seem like such chores. It’s no bother to either of the Towe males as Chad enjoys helping his son as much as Houston enjoys spending time on set with his dad. Houston started acting just three years ago when he was 7, taking acting classes in Tempe and booking commercial gigs in the Valley. But Chad realized that if his son wants bigger roles, he’s got to make the jump to Tinseltown. “If you want to get anything big, we got to go to a bigger market,” he explained. In a moment he described as “right place, right time, right look,” Houston started with an LA agent and just a couple months and four auditions for the show, he booked his role on Animal Kingdom in January 2020.
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tarting pitcher Zach Davies is entering his eighth season in Major League Baseball. Throughout his career, he has always played with National League clubs, so he regularly got the opportunity to return to the Valley. But this season, Davies plays for the team he learned to support while growing up in Gilbert. On March 24, the Diamondbacks and Davies agreed on a one-year, $1.75 million deal. “I’ve been in the National League for my entire Major League career, so I’ve gotten to play against the Diamondbacks
The Diamondbacks’ new pitcher grew up in Gilbert. (Courtesy Arizona Diamondbacks)
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ouston Towe just wanted a way to make money as a kid and acting seemed like a fun way to do it. And at age 10, the Mesa boy has a steady gig – playing the younger version of a killer Andrew “Pope” Cody, played by actor Shawn Hatosy, in the TNT cable network hit series “Animal Kingdom. Pope’s mother and his three surfer brothers make a lucrative living in a west coast beach town off robbing, bilking, dope-dealing and other assorted crimes. Featured as Pope as a boy in a series of weekly flashbacks in the show’s fifth season, Houston will return in “Animal Kingdom’s” sixth season, which begins in June. The youngster’s star continues to rise in Hollywood as he’s earned more roles, which already include four movies and
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Rachel Lieberman Lieberman 77, of Tempe, a lifelong fountain of love, encouragement, empathy, and tolerance left this world on 3/27/22. Born August 8, 1944 in Los Angeles, Rachel was the 6th of eight children of Samuel and Cecile Barchas. The family moved to southern Arizona in 1957 to begin a life of ranching in Sierra Vista. Rachel left to attend Arizona State University, where she met and married her soulmate Myron Lieberman, who preceded her in death by only three months - after nearly 60 years together. Rachel and Myron were known as “peas in a pod”, who consistently wore matching T-shirts around town and attended and wrote about Arizona acoustic music and chess-related events. Rachel was a tireless advocate for children and served multiple terms as the elected national Secretary for the United States Chess Federation, where she pioneered programs designed to encourage children and especially atrisk youth to take up chess as a positive pastime. A former nursing student, Rachel also spent time as a nursery school teacher and as a caregiver for autistic inpatient residents at the Arizona Training Program. As her mother Cecile aptly put it, Rachel was “the epitome of good”. Rachel loved singing, poetry, and storytelling – whether in an audience or on the stage. She will be dearly missed by family, friends, and the local acoustic music community. Rachel is survived by children Larry and Linda (and their families); and grandchildren Brandon and Adam Lieberman. A musical tribute to Rachel and Myron will be held at the Everett Luther Life Center at Beatitudes Campus at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Donations can be made to: Musical Instrument Museum (mim.org/ or Jam Pak Blues 'N Grass Neigborhood Band (jampak.org) Deadline for obituaries is Wednesday at 5pm for Sunday. All obituaries will be approved by our staff prior to being activated. Be aware there may be early deadlines around holidays. Call 480-898-6465 Mon-Fri 8:30-5 if you have questions. Visit: obituaries.EastValleyTribune.com
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win,” he said. During the winter, Davies stayed ready to play during the offseason lockout. After taking his normal offseason break, he worked hard to get back into baseball shape and show that he would be ready to go the second a club came calling. When the D-backs called, he only had time to make two starts during Spring Training. He didn’t skip a beat because he stayed in shape during the offseason. “Everybody was on short time this spring,” Davies said. “I got a couple of games in and was on the mound prior to (Spring Training). I felt that I was ready to start the season; I was ready to play. Everybody had a short spring so there are no excuses for me. “I was working out and doing my thing until I signed. I prepared myself so when I got into camp, I was ready to throw to hitters and start my progression.” Though baseball is focusing on high spin rate and guys throwing in the upper 90s, Davies is a pitcher who focuses on movement and command. He uses his baseball IQ on the mound to gain an advantage over hitters. He reads hitters’ swings and their approach to figure out how to pitch to them. “I’m more of a command and change of speeds guy,” Davies said. “I’m not a big stuff guy; never have been. I think what has helped me stay in this game for as long as I have is just
the command and the baseball smarts of trying to think as the hitter and know what their approach is. I try to add stuff to the repertoire, but I know what got me here. I know what I’m successful at and those are my adjustments.” Davies plans to visit Mesquite High School every offseason to visit his former coaches who are still there. He throws on the field and works out where it all started. “It’s cool to go back there and workout with my old coaches that are still there,” he said. Entering the 2022 season for the Diamondbacks, Davies knew his role. “I’m here to be consistent and in the rotation every five days and compete to give the team a chance to win,” he said. “Just to bridge that gap between starting the game and closing the game with this bullpen.” For Davies, the walk-off home run on opening day was fun. He said believes this team is going to be competitive this season and he is looking forward to helping the team win games. “This team is young, but there’s a lot of talent on it,” Davies said. “There are a lot of competitive guys here and it just feels like everyone is trying to change the culture here and try and compete for a long time. There’s definitely a drive there and that is what starts winning baseball.
After navigating the filming process and driving to LA during pandemic, he finished filming for Season 5 in December 2020 and the episodes aired last summer. Houston also has taken on other roles including the Paramount+ show “iCarly.” “It’s a small part but it’s a good credit,” Chad said. “You kind of want to build your credits.” Chad said if he can any advice to the parents with children who have Hollywood aspirations, it’s: “Go all in.” He said do your research, because it can be very time consuming, costs a lot and there’s a lot of rejection but he finds it worthwhile to make his son’s dream come true. “I tell him all the time ‘you’re doing
things that a lot of kids will spend years trying and never get to do what you’ve done,’” he said. He said this has given his son some incredible insight to a future in the business. “At this age, he has a lot of terminology about set life that a lot of kids don’t have,” he said. Chad is a retired officer with the Gila River Police Department, so safety remains a priority on set. But to date, they have experienced “zero issues.” “I have eyes on him all the time,” he said. “Being a cop, I watch constantly.” Besides, added Houston, “My dad would allow it if I wanted to quit. I don’t want to quit right now.”
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Humble Bistro & Market opens soon in Gilbert BY DAVID M. BROWN GSN Contributor
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umble Bistro & Market will soon be serving house-crafted pizza and pasta, other classic Italian cuisine and American dishes in Gilbert. By early May at Val Vista Drive and Williams Field Road, corporate chef and co-owner Jorge Gomez expects to welcome guests for daily brunch, lunch, happy hour and dinner. He is now hiring prep and wait staff. The 5,000-square-foot new-built space will include a 1,500-square-foot patio and a marketplace offering food products from local artisans as well as pastas, pizza doughs and chili honey. There also will be a coffee bar, ice cream bar and wine store. Gomez and co-owner Eric Cornwell have five other locations in the Valley: a Humble Pie in Glendale, a Humble Bistro at High Street in north Phoenix
and two locations at Sky Harbor Terminal 4. They are planning two more restaurants for Phoenix. “Humble Bistro is an expanded menu from Humble Pie,” explained Gomez, a native of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. In addition to artisanal pizza and pasta, both made in house daily, and premium cheese and meats from Spain and Italy, the Gilbert venue will feature other items offered at the High Street restaurant. These include the Corporate Jeff Jorge Gomez is co-owner of the Humble Bistro & Market that is slated to open next month at Val Vista Drive Humble Caesar salad, and Williams Field Road in Gilbert. (Special to GSN) with romaine, garlic
breadcrumbs. jalapeño Caesar dressing, crispy Brussels sprout leaves, parmesan and pecorino cheese and a seven-minute egg; shareable antipastos; a short rib pappardelle; and cold water mussels. On an episode of the PBS show “Check, Please!” the Humble Fries received raves, Gomez noted. They are in a gremolata of parmesan, garlic, lemon zest, parsley, chili flakes and served with a dip trio: spicy aioli, jalapeño ranch and fancy sauce. The restaurant also boasts about its drinks, especially the frosé, a blended rosé wine cocktail. “We like to call our taste profile ‘new world flavors,’ which has different cultural influences because we believe that’s how people eat now,” Gomez said. “We have a foundation in Italian cuisine with our pizza and fresh pastas
The two buildings, one built in 1995 and the other two years later, sit on 5.4 acres of land zoned General Commercial and include 250 work stations, two training rooms, four conference rooms. The sale price represented a per-foot price of $156. The next largest transaction involved the sale of a building housing the Red Devil Auto garage on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Warner roads for $4.1 million by Tampa, Florida, -based Amprop Development to Heffernan Holdings Trust. The 3-year-old, 5,000-square-foot freestanding building is leased by Sun Devil through February 2041 with a starting rent of $15,140 a month, or $181,861 annually, according to vizzda.
The leads includes three five-year renewal options and an 8% increase in rent every five years, vizzda data shows. The square-foot price of the sale was put at $814. Meanwhile, NAI Holdings announced that it negotiated the sale of 12.9 acres of commercially zoned land near the southwest corner of 181st Street and Warner Road in Gilbert for $3.1 million. NAI identified the seller as Phoenix Warner LLC, which other records indicate is a San Diego-based company owned by the family that owns and operates Stehly Farms Organic, which grows a variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables. NAI Managing Director Mark
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but we also bring American, Spanish, French, Mexican ingredients and techniques to create that New American cuisine. It’s all based in nostalgic, craveable items.” The interior will be vibrant and welcoming, following the spirit of the other locations, Gomez promises. “We like the feeling of a neighborhood bistro/café that’s been there for years and is your favorite little place with Old World influences, something that you might find in Barcelona, Paris, Tuscany, Chicago and New York.” Gomez has a long-standing love for preparing food. “It was always there. I just didn’t know it, but it took shape on the last year of high school when I really had to think what i was going to do as a career,” he said. He learned many secrets from his maternal grandmother, helping her in the kitchen with tamales, tortillas and chocolates, all scratch made. His first job was at L’Olivier, a French restaurant in Mexico City, and, at 17, he continued
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Wilcke represented the seller. The buyer, it said, is USCIF Hopewell Gateway 202 Phase II Owner LLC, a Delaware corporation that Wilcke said plans to build an industrial project. “This site has excellent accessibility to the Loop 202 freeway,” Wilcke said in a release. “The industrial land market is extremely competitive due to all of the land being purchased for new industrial developments.” Wilcke said he has been “extremely active selling land in the Metro Phoenix and Casa Grande markets over the past year, the latter market becoming a manufacturing hub.” Gilbert Town Council on March 29 approved an agreement with the buyer to install a traffic signal at Swan Drive and Warner Roads, near the sold parcel.
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his passion at the Culinary Institute of Mexico in Puebla. Graduating with honors, he traveled in Mexico and Europe, developing his style of preparing Mexican cuisine. In Spain, he interned as a pastry chef at Hostal de La Gavina. “It was there when I knew that this is what I wanted to do and became a
reality. I love it; cooking fulfills every part of myself. I feel complete when I cook.” Returning to Mexico City, he opened a French restaurant. Just after this, his sister asked him to move to Phoenix to be closer to her. Here, he became executive chef for LGO Hospitality, allowing him to travel
to California where his culinary passion grew. He trained general managers and chefs in food preparation, financial progress and management. And, while operating Postino restaurant, he participated in two Food Network shows, “Guys Grocery Games” and “Summer Cook-Off,” winning, he said, two of three. He next worked for Genuine Concepts, again as executive chef for Valley concepts such as The VIG, The Beverly, The McMillan and The Little Woody. A year later, backed by investors, he started the Humble Pie restaurants, where he is celebrating his New American Cuisine – a synthesis of locally grown ingredients with traditional and contemporary methods of cooking from different cultures. “I want to create food that people crave, feel comfortable with and have positive emotions while eating. And when I’m at home cooking with my children, I’m sharing with them –– in the same way my grandmother did with me years ago.” Information: humblepieusa.com.
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lobbyist Shaun Rieve told lawmakers the cost of having a mechanic check the brakes or tires could deter some people from signing up to become Uber drivers. “The cumbersome TNC (transportation network company) inspection requirements are cumbersome and create bottlenecks for Arizonans who want to earn more money on Uber’s platform,’’ he said, adding Uber has fewer drivers here in comparison to states “without such onerous requirements.’’ Not everyone was convinced that scrapping the annual checks was the best thing for safety. “We have bad ideas, very bad ideas, and Uber-bad ideas,’’ said Rep. Mitzi Epstein, D-Tempe, during floor debate when the House gave the measure final approval earlier this week. “I worry very much about the safety of consumers.’’ Rieve said the app gives customers the option to comment on the ride, including the driver and the vehicle. And Rieve
said if someone reports an unsafe condition, the company will take that vehicle out of rotation for new riders. Rep. Kelli Butler, D-Paradise Valley, scoffed at the idea that was a substitute for inspections by a mechanic. “How many of you walk all the way around the car, check all the tires, make sure there’s enough tread,’’ Butler continued. “You don’t know anything about the brakes till you’re in the car and they’re not stopping.’’ Aaron Flannery said he has driven for Uber for seven years and that annual safety checks are important, given the wear-and-tear on these vehicles. He told lawmakers he averages about 50,000 miles a year driving for Uber, more than three times what a typical motorist will rack up. Rievesaid there appears to be no difference in accident rates between states like Arizona with annual inspection requirements and those without.
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requirement for regular safety inspections of rideshare vehicles could soon be a thing of the past. A measure headed to Gov. Doug Ducey would carve out an exception from existing laws that require anyone driving for a “transportation network company’’ to get their brakes and tires inspected at least once a year. HB 2273 says that would no longer apply to vehicles that are less than 10 years old. It would be replaced by the owner simply attesting once a year that the vehicle meets safety standards. The proposal would affect all companies with online platforms linking vehicle owners and riders, though the measure, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Weninger, R-Chandler, is being pushed solely by Uber. At a hearing in February, company
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The reality of the housing market in Gilbert BY MINDY JONES GSN Columnist
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e’re in that beautiful part of the year where the kids are starting to swim on the weekends and we get the occasional windy day reminding us that the seasons are changing. Transitioning from Spring to Summer means that we’ve got a couple more months before monsoon season takes over the weather reports and people start to move entertainment indoors. For now, festivals are in full swing, patios are packed for brunch and we’re hold-
ing our breath for when it gets just a little too warm for exploring outdoors. Much like the real estate market, we know that change is coming and are taking advantage of every last opportunity before it does. While supply remains top of mind for Valley buyers, we are starting to see a very slight increase in the number of available homes with fewer coming from new construction in the East Valley than our West Valley counterparts. To put the numbers into perspective, Gilbert has 118 single family homes available for sale. While this number is trending up from the number we had available this time last year, it is nowhere near what we need to satisfy current demand.
Keep in mind, the Women and Children’s Pavilion known to many as the Mercy Gilbert Hospital expansion project will support 1,000 new jobs when fully operational – nearly 10 times the current availability of single-family homes in its home town, and that’s only ONE of the major Gilbert employers projecting employment needs in 2022 and beyond. Despite the continued hope by buyers that home prices will fall in the near future, simple supply and demand would indicate that until there are more houses than people who want to buy them, we
will continue to see price increases above and beyond our current average Gilbert home price which has crossed the $600K threshold beating the valley average by just over 5%. While demand has fallen nearly 15% in the last 60 days due to rising interest rates and rapidly increasing home prices, we are still sitt ing at just above normal demand with 76% lower inventory than is normal for this time of year. Doing the math, that
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HOAs may lose control over short-term rentals BEN GOTTLIEB GSN Guest Writer
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ost homeowner associations are governed by what is called the covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs), which govern the rights and obligations of the properties encumbered by it. Most CC&Rs have general-amendment provisions that allow for amendment of the declaration if a sufficient number of votes from the community are garnered – usually a majority, two-thirds, or threefourths vote is required. For the past several years, this procedure has been used by HOAs to pass amendments that prohibit short-term rentals. In doing so, HOAs have been able to – without much difficultly or legal challenge – exploit the law in Arizona that prevents towns and cities from passing
local laws to prohibit short-term rentals. All of that could potentially change going forward. In March 2022, the Arizona Supreme Court issued an opinion, Kalway v. Calabria Ranch HOA, LLC, which decided the validity of a legal amendment to the CC&Rs that encumbered properties within an HOA in Pinal County. The Kalway Court ultimately found several provisions of the amended CC&Rs invalid as a matter of law. Although not a short-term rental case, Kalway is likely to be used as legal precedent supporting future challenges to the validity of amendments by those who oppose short-term rentals. The Kalway Court held that an HOA cannot create new affirmative obligations where the original declaration did not provide notice to the homeowners that they might be subject to such obligations. Kalway reinforced that a court should construe the notice requirement narrowly.
The key takeaway: the opinion lends support to more successful challenges in the future by homeowners who opposed a passed amendment because there was not specific enough notice in the original declaration. And that includes a challenge to a passed amendment prohibiting short-term rentals. But how does one determine if the original declaration provided adequate notice of a future amendment? Kalway provides guidance. While the original declaration need not anticipate or state the precise future amendment, Kalway states that an objective inquiry must be applied to determine whether a restriction gave notice of the amendments at issue. In other words, the original declaration must give notice that a covenant can be amended to refine it, correct an error, fill in a gap, or change it in a particular way. Future amendments cannot be entire new and different. This new legal precedent might leave
real estate investors scratching their heads. Should investors move forward with purchasing rental real estate with the intent to operate it as a short-term rental? Or should investors back out for fear of a future amendment that would render their short-term rental inoperable, denting the extra rental income that justified paying a premium for the home? Before purchasing a rental property in an HOA, a careful reading of the CC&Rs is a must. If the original declaration regulates rentals in the community, including the permitted timeframes of rentals, then it is probable a court will uphold an amendment prohibiting short-term rentals. An objective inquiry would likely show that the original declaration provided notice to the homeowners of a future amendment prohibiting short-term rentals.
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would mean our demand would have to fall well below normal before it could start to have an impact on available supply which in turn would have to increase nearly five times in order to bring our market into balance. For most, the impetus of moving is to leverage the equity in their primary home or to get into a home that better suits their needs and every day after today will put us closer to that balanced market with slower appreciation expected from your purchase. Being the slow-moving train that real estate is, we’ll have to shore up that gap between supply and demand before we’ll start to see the price of homes impacted which means if you want to build up the nest egg that you have in your current home in your next, the sooner you trade up (or down!) the sooner you start building that bank account. Again, looking in the rearview mirror for where we could be headed in the future, Gilbert’s annual $/sf appreciation
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is nearing 33% as compared to just 6.8% two years ago. While we all love what five times the appreciation has done to our equity, it isn’t real until you put it to work for you. Median average days on market is still just a couple of weeks in Gilbert and homes are selling on average 2.67% higher than list price so while we know it can’t stay this way forever, it’s still just the occasional windy day that reminds us change is coming. For a long time, Arizona flew under the radar with home prices reflecting the way that we felt about our scorching summer and lack of beaches rather than our 9 months of perfect weather, massive employment opportunities, exceptional outdoor recreation facilities, and designer clubs and spas for vacationing but we’ve started to catch up. For native Arizonans, this can be a hard pill to swallow but not many thriving towns like ours are seeing declining home values – and that’s not really what we want either, is it? Affordability is and will continue to be
an issue, but plummeting home prices? Probably not.
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To the extent the original declaration does not regulate rentals or has minimal regulations, future homeowners are likely to lodge challenges to the validity of the amendment prohibiting short-term rentals. Of course, Kalway is not limited to just short-term rentals. Ben Gottlieb and Patrick MacQueen are founders and partners of MacQueen & Gottlieb PLC, one of Arizona’s most honored real estate law firms. You can contact Ben Gottlieb at ben@mandglawgroup. com or 602-533-2840 with any questions regarding real estate legal concerns.
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Risky ARMs returning amid mortgage rate hikes GSN NEWS SERVICES
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s home prices rise to new record heights and mortgage rates surge, homebuyers this spring are desperate to get their dream homes before they become even more out of reach. To do so, more are turning to a riskier type of home financing that was one of the causes of the Great Recession. Adjustable-rate mortgages, commonly known as ARMs, entice borrowers with lower initial rates compared with traditional fixed-rate mortgages. At a time when home prices are quickly rising, this can help some buyers become homeowners, which is why they’re becoming more popular with borrowers. But unlike traditional mortgages, which have a fixed interest rate for the life of the loan, ARMs can grow more or less expensive over time. That’s because the rates reset after a previously agreed upon period of time to more closely reflect the current market – and this can result in
much higher or lower housing payments. So are ARMs worth the potential risk? For starters, they’re cheaper. Last week, the average contract interest rate for a five-year ARM was 3.9%, compared with 4.66% for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. (A five-year ARM means that the rate will readjust after five years.) ARMs are just a drop in the bucket of the overall mortgage market. They made up just 1% of all mortgage purchase applications for the month of February, according to MBA data. But out of all the people taking out mortgages last month, the share of people taking out ARMs was up a staggering 70% from a year ago, according to the MBA. “Adjustable-rate mortgages are seeing a surge in popularity because they provide buyers with much-needed flexibility when they need it,” said Tim Schroeder, a Realtor® and owner of Agent Marketing Essentials, a group that helps agents market listings.
“One of the biggest advantages of an ARM is that it’s considerably cheaper for the first three to seven years than its fixed-rate counterpart,” Schroeder said. But buyers beware: Taking out a loan could cost them down the line if rates continue to climb. The rates reset every few months or years depending on the terms based on the most recent rates. That number is capped between 2% and 5% depending on the lender and the terms agreed to. That means the interest rate can never be that many percentage points higher than the initial rate agreed to. “When ARMs first came out, one of the huge advantages of getting one was that your rate could go down,” said Rocke Andrews, a mortgage broker in Tucson. But mortgage rates are largely forecast to keep rising, so that will likely be seen in their monthly payments down the line. The good news is that even though most of these buyers will see rates on their ARMs increase, the uptick in these
loans isn’t expected to trigger another foreclosure crisis. Buyers who want an ARM need to go through the same strict lending standards that are required for traditional loans. There are also limits to how much the interest rate can rise over the lifetime of the loan, and there are no longer prepayment penalties. Lenders have smartened up and are being more cautious about whom they give loans to. That’s a big difference from the 2000s when homebuyers were talked into loans that they couldn’t afford—then defaulted en masse when their initially low mortgage payments ballooned. “Statistically, homeowners refinance or sell every five to seven years, so why not take advantage of a seven-year ARM?” asked Ricky Pok, president of a real estate solutions and investment firm based in Houston, TX, and a former mortgage lender. But, he warns, borrowers should go in with open eyes and a clear plan. Realtor.com provided this report.
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Kelly Jorn Cook’s dentistry Fynes Audiology offers service spans 3 decades help with hearing issues GSN NEWS STAFF
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r. Kelly Jorn Cook, D.D.S., offers a wide range of dentistry services to suit almost any dental need. Located at 3800 W. Ray Road, Chandler, his practice includes the most recent dental technologies to make a patient’s visit safe, convenient, painless and positive. “We offer full-service dentistry, including dental implants, Invisalign, and cosmetic restorations,” Cook said. “The entire team strives to provide the highest quality personalized dental care for patients of all ages in a stress-free, fun environment. Our unique approach to dentistry is in the office atmosphere.” While providing “the highest quality of dentistry,” he said he creates an environment of more fun and less fear. Cook
Dr. Kelly Jorn Cook, D.D.S. balances “being the doc that rocks and with keeping it simple” and is continually upgrading his ability and knowledge through continuing dental education
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eople who are dealing with a hearing loss are sometimes reluctant to get a hearing aid, because they envision the large and uncomfortable devices their grandparents used to wear. As Dr. Cassandra Fynes, owner of the full-service audiology clinic Fynes Audiology noted, hearing aids have come a long way. “Today’s technology is getting smaller all of the time and more discreet,” she said, adding that current hearing devices also include rechargeable batteries, which eliminates the need to buy and fumble with small batteries. Most modern-day hearing aids can also connect to Bluetooth, Fynes said, and many offer streaming from other
devices; this means people can listen to television, music, audiobooks and telephone calls with greater ease. In addition, hearing aids now often come with an app, which allows the wearer to easily make small adjustments to the device. “Hearing aids are definitely not just for old people,” Fynes said. In addition to featuring a number of hearing aid options for their clients, Fynes and audiologist Roger Knighton conduct comprehensive hearing diagnostic tests for hearing loss and tinnitus, and they also offer custom earplugs and earbuds. “We work with our clients to help them decide which options are best for them,” she said.
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While conventional healthcare is important, Ohana Cardiology combine advanced technologies to diagnose, treat and manage all conditions of the heart through a minimally invasive approach. “Our practice views a multidisciplinary model which provides each healthcare provider participating in our patients’ overall care, to achieve their optimal healthcare goals,” he said, adding that Ohana “ promotes an evidence-based approach with sound emphasis on functional outcomes. Our core is fostering a supportive environment, not a competing environment, as leaders in Cardiovascular care, while fostering the tradition of our name, ‘family.’” Information: ohanacardiology.com
Dr. Michael Barry, founder of Aloha Cardiology in Gilbert, is surrounded by his team, which includes Michelle Gentsch, far right, an adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner. Barry is is board certified in cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology and has practiced independently since 1996. (Courtesy Ohana Cardiology)
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gle on its built-in, wide-angle lens. Plus, advanced color night vision technology allows you to see your baby with vivid clarity, even in low-light on its 7-inch, 720p high-definition LCD parent unit display. • Multiple functions: Some of today’s top-of-the-line monitors double function as nightlights, giving you the ability to remotely light the nursery as needed. Hint: to create the ideal sleeping environment and ease fussiness, look for a model with adaptive lighting that automatically adjusts to the brightness of your nursery in day or night. • Greater connectivity: Wi-Fi technology is a good solution for on-the-go parents who want the ability to check in, even when someone else is on caregiving duties. This is why four new LeapFrog baby monitors were just introduced and additional models will be released later this year that offer a 5-inch, 720p high-definition LCD parent unit display to be used at home, as well as the option
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Higley becoming destination school for baseball players BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Sports Editor
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erry Dietz takes pride in what he has been able to accomplish in two short years as the head baseball coach at Higley High School. He’s given the team a new identity with revamped uniforms and logos that include a shield of arms and alternate light blue jerseys that stray away from the school’s normal navy blue and silver color scheme. He’s also added other logos into the mix for some variety, one of which includes a large ‘H’ with the head of a knight on the left side. Beyond that, he’s created a winning culture. One that has the Knights at 20-3 overall and on the verge of becoming a top three seed in the 5A Conference playoffs. Even now with three games remaining, it is the best season in program history. “I love my guys. I love my guys, man. And they love each other,” Dietz said. “These guys go out and want to do this for each other, day in and day out. In the beginning, they saw me as someone who can be tough. But the more we’ve gone through this process together, they understand there’s a difference between that and accountable. “That’s what makes the difference. They’re accountable for each other.” Dietz took over the program ahead of the COVID year, which ultimately cut his first season short after just seven games. He used that extra time away from his players to identify areas of concern, most notably with the condition of the field at the time. Upgrades were needed to the backstop and dugouts. The infield needed a remodel. It took time for all of that to be accomplished. A new wind screen was installed before the current season. Dietz said the infield was excavated 8 inches and new
Higley’s baseball program has quickly become one of the best in the 5A Conference under head coach Terry Dietz, “right.” His players, including senior Joey Trippy, “left,” sophomore Shane Miller, junior Justin Chambers and senior Jake Willerup, have changed the culture of the program and turned it into a destination program for kids entering high school. (Dave Minton/GSN Staff)
sod was installed. Other miscellaneous upgrades, including benches in the dugout that are high enough to overlook the padded walls were installed. But those will soon be uninstalled again as Higley plans to remodel the dugouts after the season. While somewhat minor upgrades, they are appreciated. Not only by Dietz but the players, too. It motivates them knowing the administration is willing to put money into making their sacred place something special. “It’s amazing to see people like (Athletic Director Aaron Dille) always out here,” Miller said. “We have new additions to the field it seems like every day. They’re always willing to give us the extra stuff so we can get all of this stuff for the field.” Miller has been one of the leaders of a youth movement happening within the program. His .386 batting average is
among the best on the team, and he has become a go-to for the four freshmen that occupy the roster. He’s learned how to lead thanks to many of the upperclassmen on the team that have seen the program at a low point and where it is today. Many of those seniors, Jake Willerup and Joey Trippi included, have basked in the triumph the program has experience the last two seasons. They were just freshman when the team played just under .500 baseball. They saw their sophomore seasons taken away by the pandemic. But as juniors and now seniors, they’ve gone 35-7 over their last 42 games. “I think for us it’s about family,” Trippi said. “I’ve played with most of these kids since I was little. It’s personal. It’s great to be out here and see everybody still.” Like Trippi, Willerup highlights the
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Simple and practical, our Air desk/credenza combination offers ample work and storage area in a space saving design. Easy care walnut look laminate with black accents. 71”x63”x 29”h
Whether working from home or if you’re back in the office, at Copenhagen you’ll find a great collection of practical desks and computer furniture, storage solutions as well as comfortable, ergonomic styled task and executive chairs. Come see our broad selection of home and office furniture in a wide array of styles and prices. Let our sales associates assist you in creating the perfect work environment.
Air desk/ credenza
$
The Tulsa executive chair features modern style and quality components. Polished base, leather seat and back in black, bisque or grey.
Tulsa executive chair $
The Lunada series of desks and storage units is a modular system so it’s suitable for nearly any space. Available in espresso, grey or white with metal accents. 63” desk
Shown with the $ Run II task chair.
625
$
625 185 385
$ 32” Return 3 Drawer $ Pedestal
Wing chair from Italy.
$
395
599
Our new Adrian desk looks great and works even better. Finished in warm natural walnut with polished steel legs. 63”x 27”x 29.5” h
$
The Sutton executive desk has a cool rounded top and built-in storage. Finished in a natural looking grey wood laminate for easy care and featuring polished steel and black legs. 79”x 63”x29.5” h Shown with the CEO task chair in black.
1345 $ 575
$
since
contemporary furniture & accessories
819
also available in a light grey wood look
799 OurVili series consists of several different styles of desks, returns and storage units for a customizable solution and is available in a durable grey (shown) or walnut wood look laminates. 63” desk with modesty panel as shown.
445 299 $ Shown with our 4U, commercial quality task chair by Via. 746 $
2 Drawer Pedestal
great prices great design
$
(as shown)
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