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GPS sets busy summer with $14.2 million in projects BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

ew flooring and roofs, restroom renovations and tennis court upgrades are some of the projects totaling $14.2 million taking place over the summer break at Gilbert Public School campuses. Funding for the projects comes from a $100-million bond that voters approved in 2019. “We are very fortunate to live in a community that supports our schools and provides us the ability to do this when there are a lot

of districts that don’t have the opportunities that we have,” Governing Board member Bill Parker said at the May 3 work study. The $13.9 million in structural projects include paint and weatherization work at five campuses such as Islands and Finley Farms elementary schools and Mesquite High School at a cost of $1.3 million; flooring upgrades at three campuses, $2.5 million and restroom renovations at nine campuses, $6.6 million. Roof work at a cost of $2.1 million is in store for thee campuses – Islands Elementary, South Valley Junior High and Gilbert

Classical Academy. “South Valley Junior High, the roof basically from inception wasn’t built up correctly. We’ve had issues pretty much since Day 1,” said Albert Dutchover, operations manager. “We combated them the best as we could and had work done under warranty but we are at the point of complete deterioration. We’re susceptible to penetration from rain and other elements.” Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Bonnie Betz said the campus was

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ulie Mikesell recalled her son Ethan complaining about his leg hurting and he was running a fever as well. “We thought, ‘Oh, it’s growing pains,’” said Mikesell, who nonetheless took him to a doctor. On Sept. 21, the family’s life was changed forever. And now, a Gilbert community is rallying to their aid. “I got the worst phone call,” said Mikesell, who lived in Gilbert for 15 years before moving to Queen Creek. “He was extremely anemic and we needed to get to the hospital right away. It looked like he had cancer.” Mikesell and her husband, Darin, rushed Ethan over to Banner Desert

Medical Center in Mesa. “He couldn’t walk, my husband carried him into the emergency room,” Mikesell said. “The emergency room doctor gave him morphine for the pain.” Ethan’s white blood cell count was off the charts and he was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit for a platelet transfusion to treat the anemia. More blood work was done and X-rays of the 9-year-old’s pelvic and femur were done, confirming three days later that Ethan had B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL. It is the most common type of cancer in children, involving blood and bone marrow, representing about

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Mother’s Day is bittersweet for former longtime Gilbert resident Julie Mikesell, who now lives in Queen Creek, as her 9-year-old son Ethan fights a battle with leukemia. But Ethan has found that his mom, dad Darin Mikesell, four siblings and a lot of their former Gilbert neighbors have his back. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)

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riends for Life, a registered nonprofit, no-kill shelter located in Gilbert has teamed up with Camp Bow Wow to host its annual Microchip-a-Thon 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 14, at its new adoption center, 952 W. Melody Ave. in Gilbert. The community-wide event is offered to pet owners whose cat or dog needs to be microchipped. They will also be offering free DHPP vaccines for any dog who needs one. DGPP is the vaccine for canine distemper, which is highly contagious and causes death in 50% of adult dogs and 80% of puppies. According to Friends for Life, those that do survive often have neurological conditions. “Last year we were able to chip over 100 cats and dogs, in addition to vaccinating those dogs who needed the DHPP

vaccine. This event allows us to give back to the community who has supported us for all these years, and we take great pride in being able to offer these services for free for those who might not be able to otherwise afford it,” said Barb Savoy, board member and spokeswoman for Friends for Life. Shots and microchipping are on a firstcome, first-served basis. Friends for Life Animal Sanctuary is a registered nonprofit no-kill, volunteer-based organization that focuses on rescuing stray animals from off the streets and the rural desert areas of Arizona. It provides medical attention and care for the animals and actively seeks adoptive families. It is an Arizona corporation with 501 (c)(3) status; tax No. 860726443. Information: 480-497-8296 or info@ azfriends.org.

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Park University Gilbert held its first commencement ceremony April 30 at Paloma Community Church in Mesa with 70 students receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Mayor Brigette Peterson gave the keynote address and Park University President Shane Smeed also spoke, alone with Yira Brimage, Gilbert Campus vice president, and Laurie DiPadova-Stocks, Ph.D., professor of public administration. Park University is in the heart of the town’s Heritage District at the University Building, 92 W. Vaughn Ave. Park’s Gilbert Campus is among 41 campuses that serve 13,250 students annually worldwide, including about 500 in Gilbert. (David Minton/GSN

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mom last week asked for help from a newly launched town ad hoc committee focused on addressing social concerns in Gilbert. The 11-member Community Engagement Task Force comprises residents from diverse backgrounds tasked with identifying program gaps and resources for societal issues, including domestic violence, mental health, suicide prevention, homelessness, human and sex trafficking and diversity. “As a parent I’m upset and I’m angry,” Gilbert resident Brenda Sullivan said at the May 2 meeting. Sullivan said there are repeated incidents of racial and sexual harassments at an East Valley school district that administrators have turned a blind eye to. “It’s not OK to use the ‘N-word,’ and the school is not addressing it,” Sullivan claimed. “This is unacceptable. “I’ve tried every avenue in the school, I went to the Arizona Board of Education. It’s a community issue that needs

to be addressed by the school but it’s not addressed. It is a big problem.” Because Sullivan raised an issue not on the agenda, the Task Force is forbidden under state law to respond. But, the group will reach out to Sullivan to see what it can do to help, according to Melanie Dykstra, Volunteer and Community Resources manager and staff liaison to the task force. At its fourth and most recent meeting, the task force reviewed the 2019 Community Needs Assessment, which identified the focus areas for the group’s review. The 2019 report recognized 10 population groups in critical need for immediate human services in the town, with those having mental health and substance abuse issues at the top, followed by survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Although seniors, 62 and older, were ranked No. 8 in terms of their need for resources, the pandemic pushed them up the list, Dykstra said. The study concluded with 12 primary recommendations for the Town, includ-

ing develop a community-wide coordinated program for those in need of mental health treatment and counseling and establish a visible community program to reduce domestic violence, sexual assault and abuse and human trafficking in Gilbert. The 2019 study was an update to the Town-commissioned 2014 report, which notably led to the opening four years later of the Heritage Resource Center, where most services such as medical, dental, counseling and others are free to families in need. Dykstra said the intention is to do the needs assessment every five years “because it’s really important to see if we are moving the needle and things change.” Assistant Town Manager Leah Hubbard-Rhineheimer added that the assessment captures the data behind the story” and shows what is trending in the community. “It’s a really valuable instrument for the town,” she said.

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Lithium battery recycler opens Gilbert plant

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self-proclaimed state-of-the-art facility that recycles lithium-ion batteries has opened for business at Gilbert Gateway Commerce Park. Li-Cycle, a Canadian company, held a grand opening May 3 at the facility near Power Road and Loop 202. Lithium batteries power consumer electronics such as cell phones, laptops and electric vehicles According to the company, the facility is the largest commercial scale lithium-ion battery recycling operation to commence operations in Arizona todate. And that begs the question of how safe is the facility given the recent

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Mayor Brigette Peterson on May 3 cut the ceremonial ribbon to open Canadian firm Li-Cycle’s lithium battery recycling plant in Gilbert Gateway Commerce Park. (David Minton/ GSN Staff Photographer)

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hit pretty hard last fall during monsoon season. Board President Lori Wood asked for the longevity of a new roof, which Dutchover said would be 20 years. The remaining $292,940 will go toward for athletic projects such as tennis court repairs and upgrades and restriping the pickleball courts at Highland and Gilbert high schools. “We have a list of pending projects that we may be presenting to you in the next month for additional work that would need to be completed, probably through the end of the fall in the new fiscal year,” Betz told the board. Those projects, which did not have cost figures yet, include HVAC replacements at Highland High and South Valley Junior, automate irrigation systems and LED lighting at all five high schools, kitchen upgrades at five campuses, stage-rigging upgrades and replacement at all the high schools and Mesquite Junior High and computer lab remodels to classrooms at four campuses. Dutchover said the district has continuing issues with the air-cooling units at both Highland High and South Valley. He added that the expected lead time to get an HVAC unit just for Highland High is 27 weeks out. Also pending is a replacement of the track perimeter at Mesquite Junior High.

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rity system project, both being implemented at all campuses district-wide, Betz said. She said $10 million was committed to the security cameras, with nearly $9 million of it spent so far. “The security operations center has been fully implemented,” Betz said. “The three prototypical schools are done as well as expecting all high schools to have all Roofs and ceilings like this one at South Valley Junior High will be replaced during the summer. (GPS) of their cameras fully operational in time for the start of school. The concrete perimeter has deterio- ply-chain issues. rated over time, creating a safety hazard, But Betz said she anticipated that the We expect the entire project will continDutchover said, adding that with the in- three larger buses, which each seats 84 ue through calendar year 2023.” Betz also noted that completing the creased cost in concrete it will be a larg- students, will arrive by the end of the projects in a shortened summer – six er-priced project. summer. Betz also shared with the board the “They have not given us a delivery weeks – will prove challenging. The Governing Board in February status of bond money spent for other date for the special-needs buses (with projects, which included $1.7 million in 37 seats each) and the (two) 54-seat 2021 approved a new academic calendar for the district, which has students transportation encumbered since Octo- buses,” she said. ber. And, the district was still waiting word returning to class eight days earlier but She said funds from an $82-million on the delivery of six multi-function ac- they get two weeks off for fall, winter bond passed in 2015 has been spent tivity buses, which was ordered in Octo- and spring breaks. First day of school this year is July 26 compared with Aug. on 3,700 Chromebooks for 9th graders ber, according to Betz. 5 last year. that will be delivered by the time school Some of the strategies Dustarts in July but the year-old order for tchover is using because of the eight school buses and six multi-funcshort summer schedule include tion activity buses is pending due to supimproving communication about the projects with each campus and beginning some projects before the end of the school year. For instance, identifying restroom locations that can easily be cordoned off for early demolition and using portaOverhead outside security cameras will first be inble air-conditioned restrooms stalled at high schools, then junior highs. (GPS) during the work. Renovations “That was to help provide additional have already started at the older eleresources where our schools can take on mentary schools – Gilbert and Patterson, the responsibility on transporting ten- according to Dutchover. “If there is anything that we’ve learned nis or golf teams,” she said. “Our athletic directors and coaches could drive those over the last couple of years is deadlines aren’t always exact as we want them to multi-function activity buses.” Additionally, work on two big technol- be,” Superintendent Shane McCord said. ogy-based projects funded by the 2019 “Whether it’s buses or materials, the bond will continue through the 2023 supply chain is upside down and backcalendar year – a classroom audio visual wards and finding people to actually do Upgraded smart boards will be coming to many GPS classrooms. (GPS) project or digital whiteboard and a secu- jobs is extremely hard theses days.”

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25% of cancer cases in U.S. children younger than 15, according to the National Institute of Health. Approximately 3,100 children and adolescents younger than 20 years are diagnosed with ALL each year in the country and since 1975, there has been a gradual increase in the incidence of ALL, the NIH said. Ethan stayed 10 days in the hospital, where doctors put a port in his chest for medication and treatment. They performed a bone marrow aspiration and lumbar puncture, where a dose of chemo was administered, Mikesell said. “During the hospital he was kind of scared,” she said. “The worst night was after his surgery and the port was in. He was in so much pain. I held him so tight, he was hurting and crying. I was like, ‘it’s going to be OK.’ “That was the hardest night. Since then he has been such a trooper so strong with everything he has to go through.” Ethan has been undergoing weekly chemo treatments, including a lumbar puncture every four weeks and blood transfusions. “He lost his hair completely now,” Mikesell said. “The different chemos he is on, he has mouth sores.” Because of his weakened immune system, Ethan could not return to Cambridge Academy Charter in Queen Creek for the rest of the school year until he is stabilized. He’s doing his coursework over Zoom with his teachers. Although the pandemic was horrible, Mikesell said she sees a blessing in that schools put virtual learning in place. Provided there are no major road bumps for Ethan, ALL has one of the highest cure rates of all childhood cancers. And, the family is doing what it can to keep him healthy in the meantime – ordering groceries online, allowing no visitors and rarely leaving home. “We’re pretty much staying home unless we got to go to the hospital,” Mikesell said. “I wash his fruit and vegetables really good. He has no immune system to fight anything. Our whole life has changed.” Sons Austin, 12, Cody, 16, still attend

Ethan Mikesell has been in and out of the hospital during his battle with leukemia since Sept. 21. (Special to GSN)

Ethan Mikesell, flanked by mom Julie and dad Darin Mikesell is bravely fighting leukemia. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)

school and the oldest Austin, 19, goes to work but they keep their distance so “not to contaminate Ethan.” Ethan’s 9th birthday in January was

celebrated just with family. “He’s tired and in constant pain – his legs hurt all the time and his ankles because of chemo,” Mikesell said. “And

whenever he has a lumbar puncture, he’s a 9-year-old walking like an old man because he is just hurting.” Although Ethan was prescribed oxycodone for his pain, he avoids taking it because the pain medication makes him feel “funny,” Mikesell said. And, there are days that Ethan, even with the help of an appetite pill, won’t eat, and Mikesell has to come up with something that would work. But overall, Ethan is a strong kid, she said. “He is like the bravest little kid, she said. He makes comments like, ‘it sucks we can’t go on vacations, go to school or see friends.’ Couple of times he gets moody and breaks down but it’s amazing he is a strong, strong kid.” For the family, it’s like they never left the COVID restrictions behind. “It was a shock at first,” Mikesell said. “The hardest thing was the middle child wanting to have friends spend the night and going to birthday parties, not allowing Austin out to his friends’ houses. It just depends on Ethan’s immune system, if there is none we keep it locked down and safe.” Caring for four boys, the house and seeing to Ethan’s health is a careful balancing act, Mikesell said. “I definitely have my emotional days,” she said. “I’m definitely a people’s person so it’s been very hard not to be able to hang out with friends and do what I use to do.” She said she sometimes feel sad and left out and wonder if her friends are moving on with their lives without her. “I have to say it has its ups and downs, missing people, the simple things like going to lunch, having people come over for lunch, go on vacations that were taken for granted,” she said. “But they still will be here when this is over. I have good friends who support us and will be there for us. It’s a blessing my husband still is working from home, if not it would be worst isolating.” One of Mikesell’s good friends has organized a fundraising event to help the family with medical bills and hopefully raise public awareness about ALL.

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Janine Igliane has known Mikesell “That is hard to watch it happen,” she and her family for about 15 years when said; “to see a little bit of his spirit brothey all lived at the Power Ranch com- ken.” munity in Gilbert. They’ve been in the Despite the ordeal, the family is dohospital room through most of each ing relatively well, said Igliane, who has other’s children’s births and her son nothing but praise for Mikesell as “one Chase, 9, is buddies with Ethan, Igliane of the best moms,” who would do anysaid. thing for her children. “We have little kids together and went “She’s also a fun mom,” she said. “She to church together,” said Igliane, who loves to hang out and have fun and is still lives in Power Ranch. “I feel like we very involved in her kids’ lives. did life together. It’s very special.” “Julie very much puts on a strong Igliane said that Tuesday when Mike- face for everybody but deep inside I sell got the call that Ethan might have know it’s so hard for her,” she said.” cancer, “she reached out to me to pray At times she and I would talk and she for him.” would break down crying, almost like “It felt like it’s happening to some- she’s holding everything in and getting one in my family,” Igliane said. “Ethan it off.” is very special to our family because he Igliane, a local Realtor and her comand my son are such close friends and pany are donating the food for the I have a special connection to Ethan. I Cornhole for a Cause fundraiser and the adore him and my son adores him.” Power Ranch HOA is providing the venIgliane said it’s been tough to watch ue free of charge. Others have stepped Right the click swatch, and the family deal with Ethan’s cancer. COLOR: up to provide raffle prizes and siShe said Ethan was a fun-loving boy lent auction items. who was “always happy and laughing.” As planned, Ethan is scheduled to

finish his treatment program by December 2023. “As long as there are no relapses, he’ll be tested for the rest of his life,” Mikesell said. “And, hopefully he does not have a relapse. As a mother you are always scared, it’s always in the back of your mind.”

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What: Cornhole for a Cause tournament to raise funds for the Mikesell family to help cover medical expenses When: 4-7 p.m., Saturday, May 14 Where: The Barn at Power Ranch, 3685 S. Autumn Drive, Gilbert Information: Event includes dinner, live ban, raffles and silent auction. Tickets are available for $20-$100 and sponsorships are priced at $750-$1,000. To register or make a donation to the Mikesell family, visit linktr. ee/thehomesellingteamaz. All proceeds will find and replace with correct directly benefit Ethan and his family.

Lawmakers increasing penalty for converter thefts BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

tate senators voted last week for new laws they hope will stem the theft of catalytic converters. The 28-0 vote on HB 2652 comes on a proposal by Rep. Diego Espinosa, D-Tolleson, to give police more tools to make arrests when they find someone other than a scrap metal dealer with one of the devices that helps reduce tailpipe pollution from vehicles. A similar version already has cleared the House. At the heart of the problem is that catalytic converters can be worth a lot of money, not so much for what they do as much as what’s in them. That includes quantities of expensive color metals platinum, palladium and rhodium.

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9-day smoldering fire inside an APS battery-storage facility in Chandler. It was that city’s first major lithium-ion battery fire, which Chandler firefighters let smolder for over a week due to their inexperience with handling these types of fires. But Gilbert Fire says it has the expertise needed should a fire break out at Li-Cycle. “Gilbert Fire & Rescue Department is home to one of the premier hazardous material response teams in the region,” fire spokeswoman Jennifer Snyder said in an email. “This HazMat team includes Special Operations Capt. Brent Bandura, who is one of two battery energy storage systems subject matter experts in the Valley.” Snyder said the department has toured both the Li-Cycle recycling building and its storage facility multiple times and has developed a response to emergency situations in these facilities. “With the current building suppression systems in place, the immediate response from GFRD, and the subsequent involvement of our HazMat Team, GFRD is well-prepared to deal with fires involving Battery Energy Storage Systems,” Snyder said. A Li-Cycle spokesperson released a statement stressing that the safety of its employees and the public is the company’s top priority. “Our Spoke facility in Gilbert and warehouse in Mesa comply with local, state and federal safety, environmental, and operational regulations and procedures,” the statement read. “Li-Cycle has also deployed its proprietary safe storage and handling procedures for lithium-ion batteries to minimize risks at our operations.” The company’s Gilbert operation is housed in a 138,970-square-foot building on a 28-acre site zoned for light industrial.

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Joe Kalani checks inside the hopper at the top of the shredder before the grand opening for the new Li-Cycle lithium battery recycling plant. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer) Li-Cycle first announced in April 2021 that it was looking at Gilbert for its third commercial lithium-ion battery recycling facility. Its two other locations are in Rochester, New York and Kingston, Ontario. At the time, it was announced that the $10-million Gilbert facility will create 40-plus jobs ranging from operations to management staff. The company also made a 10-year minimum commitment to stay in Town. Dubbed “Spoke 3,” the facility has the capability of processing up to 10,000 metric tons of spent batteries and battery manufacturing scrap per year, doubling Li-Cycle’s current capacity, according to the company. The Gilbert facility also will directly process full-electric vehicle packs without any dismantling. The discarded batteries and scrap are shredded into what’s known as black mass, a powder substance that contains a variety of metals, including lithium, cobalt and nickel.

The black mass then goes to Li-Cycle’s North American Hub for further processing into materials that are used to make new batteries. According to the company, 50 percent of the battery waste source today comes from consumer electronics, followed by manufacturing scrap at 29 percent, auto original equipment manufacturer at 16 percent and energy storage systems, 5 percent. By 2025, manufacturing scrap is anticipated to make up 68 percent of the source for battery waste, followed by auto OEMs, 25 percent; consumer electronics, 5 percent and energy storage systems, 2 percent. The need to recycle Li-ion batteries has increased especially with more electric vehicles coming on the roads, according to Li-Cycle. According to the company, electric vehicle batteries can either be reused or dismantled, and the lithium-ion in them repurposed for things like solar electric-

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ity generating batteries. Li-Cycle claimed it has reinvented the recycling process by developing and validating a patented technology that enables recoveries of at least 95 percent of all materials found in Li-ion batteries through a zero-waste process, allowing it to fill a growing supply-chain need. The industry norm is less than 50-percent recovery, according to Li-Cycle. Also, Li-Cycle is unlike other recyclers that use lots of heat and wasted energy, but because it’s proprietary, not much can be disclosed about the company’s processing, a company representative has said. The company also said the facility won’t produce odors because it won’t be discharging industrial wastewater, which is typically associated with smells. Li-Cycle said it chose Gilbert because it is strategically located for the western-U.S. battery recycling hub, as well as being at the nexus of where there will be continued growth in the quantity of lithium-ion batteries available for recycling. Li-Cycle was founded in 2016 and has over a dozen spokes located in Europe, China and Asia-Pacific countries. It touts it is currently the largest recycler of lithium-ion batteries in North America. By 2025, the Toronto-based company anticipated a total of 20 operating spokes in North America, processing 100,000 metric tons a year and four total operating hubs. According to Li-Cycle, its end products are “future proofed – providing the building blocks of batteries that are not at risk of technological obsolescence.” And, reusing and recycling Li-ion batteries helps conserve natural resources by reducing the need for virgin materials and reducing the energy and pollution associated with making new products, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Council member eyes zapping Hunt Highway project

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

own staff will begin looking at some of Gilbert’s long-range projects in the Capital Imparovement Plan to see if they still merit consideration – including one along Hunt Highway. The issue of whether such projects should still be on the books and hold up future funding that could go elsewhere came up during the April 26 study session discussion of a proposed $1.7-million budget, which included $625 million in capital improvement projects. Councilwoman Yung Koprowski asked if Council could eliminate a project shown in the CIP budget for a future year that was not currently funded. She was referencing the Hunt Highway Project, a proposal to build a new two-lane roadway on the north half of the Hunt Highway alignment, putting new bridges over the Roosevelt Conservation District canal and the East Maricopa Floodway and constructing a 16inch water line from Val Vista Drive to

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Another recommendation from that 2019 report recommended the Town partner with local nonprofits to create a coordinated and robust volunteer corps for community engagement to address basic needs of residents. Dykstra reviewed a list of Gilbert’s nonprofit partners that provide mental health services, housing and substance abuse treatment and noted that the federal pandemic relief monies enabled Gilbert to develop seven new partnerships. The $2 million that Council approved for nonprofit funding, included allocations to Hushabye Nursery, which deals with addiction, and Jewish Family and Children’s Services, which addresses behavioral health, according to Dykstra. The Town also formed partnerships with two new nonprofits that help keep people in their homes, such as Rebuilding Together Valley of the Sun.“We

164th Street. “We’ve received some messages from our residents in the southern part of the town regarding Hunt Highway, which was presented in the Transportation Master Plan,” Koprowski explained. “And we got information back that that project had been placed in the General Plan and Transportation Master Plan many years ago. But since that time, there’ve been a lot of regional projects such as SR-24. We have the Ocotillo Road project going in with Ocotillo Road Bridge.” Koprowski, a transportation engineer, added that Riggs Road currently is the regional artery that connects east and west. “We can really re-evaluate and put those funds toward some other project with greater need,” she said. But Councilwoman Kathy Tilque wasn’t too keen with the proposal. “When you look at Hunt Highway and the fact that there is a casino being built just there by Gilbert Road, even though that’s not in Gilbert, there may be additional growth on that side of the road,

which isn’t under our control,” Tilque said. “So that’s under the Reservation and my fear is that if we take this project out now, residents will see that as a guarantee for the future that we would never be evaluating that road and future councils are going to have to deal with that putting that back in if there is a need for it,” Tilque continued, adding: “I just have a concern about taking something that is projected 10 or more years forward, just taking it out like it’s not even going to be a point of discussion in the future. Perhaps we’re sending the wrong message to the residents so that’s my only concern with it.” The Gila River Indian Community is currently building a casino south of Chandler near Gilbert Road and Hunt Highway. It’s expected to open for business in late 2023. Councilman Scott Anderson said because the project is 10-plus years out, the town has plenty of time to re-evaluate it and move it out even further. “I hesitate to remove something that is a placeholder and has in fact been in

that spot for so long,” Mayor Brigette Peterson said. “We’re going to have major changes in that area coming up completely out of our control with the development of the casino. I know we’ve been having the discussion for quite some time about Hunt Highway.” Peterson said she agreed with Tilque in that if the project was removed now, it’ll be a shock to residents later if a future council needed to put it back into the CIP. Budget Director Kelly Pfost said there is no funding for the project in the proposed CIP budget but that it was about $70 million to $80 million out in the plus-10 years with unidentified funding. “We would have to have funding identified to be able to move forward,” Pfost said. Peterson noted that the funding could be regional or a combination of things. “We don’t know what that might potentially look like,” she said. “I’d be really hesitant to remove it this year. I’d want to see that casino be open and up

brought them in so we could refer people to them,” she said. Dykstra also reviewed how the town shared information of the available resources with the public, including using social media, print newspapers and enlisting the help of the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce. Task Force member Iya Afro voiced a concern that because so few people of color live in Gilbert, it may skew the assessment’s findings in that their needs may not be represented. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 69.5% of Gilbert’s population identified as white alone. Dykstra said the focus for consultants at Williams Institute for Ethics and Management was to be inclusive and have perspectives from minority groups. And the consultants used methods to protect against that, knowing that one race was predominate in Town, Hub-

bard-Rhineheimer said. The task force members were asked what they thought was the most pressing need in Gilbert with many citing addressing mental health issues and substance abuse. They also cited suicide prevention and homelessness. And, the group thought Gilbert’s largest gap in services occurred in the areas of mental health, housing, diversity and messaging to the public about available resources. Police Chief Mike Soelberg and Assistant Fire Chief Rob Duggan also made presentations about their departments, the services they offer and the training cops and firefighters receive. For instance, officers not only receive diversity training but 80% of the force has been trained on how to spot and interact with a person who has autism and avoid unneeded violent confrontations, according to Soelberg.

Lt. Chris Timmins, who has a child with autism spectrum disorder, said Gilbert Police is one of five agencies in the state with an autism certification. Vice Chair Sean Warren asked Soelberg what he saw would be the biggest challenge for policing in the next five to 10 years. Soelberg responded that making sure there are enough officers to handle calls and that facilities are in place to handle the continuing growth in Gilbert. He mentioned the Family Advocacy Center, which is funded for construction, and said “we’re working on a crime lab to help process evidence.” Councilwoman Kathy Tilque, who is the Council liaison to the Task Force, later noted that the merits of a crime lab haven’t been fully discussed and that no decision has been made yet if the town will move forward on that project.

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Ducey OKs $400M for I-10 widening BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

elief may finally be on the way for Chandler motorists who get snarled in traffic in the corridor between the state’s two largest cities. The state House on May 2 gave final approval to spending $400 million to widen an approximately 25 mile stretch of Interstate 10 between Queen Creek Road on the edge of Chandler to State Route 287 outside of Casa Grande to three lanes in each direction. That matches what already exists on either side of the segment. The Senate already gave its blessing and Gov. Doug Ducey, who asked for the funding in his State of the State speech, signed it May 4. Doug Nick, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, said that $400 million won’t complete the job. But he said that commitment will qualify Arizona to apply for a share of the $ 5 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that is set aside for highway improvement projects. That could add another $300 million. And Nick said the agency already has $260 million set aside to get the work started, bringing the entire project cost to about $1 billion. That start, which could begin as early as 2023, will be on the pair of quarter-mile two-lane bridges over the Gila River. From there, he said, construction will start in 2024 to the north and south until the entire stretch is upgraded to three lanes. Anticipated completion is set for 2026. Nick said that $1 billion figure was crafted to account for inflation. He acknowledged, though, that the current unusually high increase in year-to-year costs for everything could complicate matters if it does not abate. The state has been widening sections of the interstate, which stretches from Santa Monica, California, to Jacksonville, Florida, for years. But the last section has been an issue. Rep. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge, who spon-

ADOT says, “The Gila River is eroding material away from the shallow bridge foundations” beneath a critical stretch of I-10. “While this is not an immediate concern, this could become a serious problem if we do nothing,” the agency says on its website. (ADOT) sored the $400 million appropriation, said some of that had to do with the fact that the stretch runs through the Gila River Indian Community. “Their opposition mainly stemmed from they felt like they didn’t have a seat at the table originally when (the highway) was place through the reservation,’’ he said. “And they hadn’t felt like an equal partner throughout that process.’’ Shope said that has changed with the participation of GRIC Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis. On its website, ADOT said it is working with the Gila River Indian Community to define the recommended bridge layout and estimated costs to replace the I-10 bridges over the Gila River. ADOT states it has allocated $83 million for the bridge replacement project in Fiscal Year 2023, adding, “The funding amount is contingent on market conditions and final design.” “Once an agreement with the Gila River Indian Community is finalized, ADOT is committed to identifying and pursuing all possible funding options, including federal funding options, for improv-

ing the I-10 bridges over the Gila River,” the agency website states, adding that it must complete engineering and environmental-impact studies before it can be eligible for federal aid. The I-10 bridges over the Gila River were constructed in 1964 with a functional lifespan of 50 to 75 years, ADOT states. “Since being constructed, they have been impacted twice by major flood events in the Gila River,” the agency says. “In 1983, flood waters washed over I-10, resulting in the closure of I-10 for several weeks for roadway and bridge repairs. It is estimated that the 1983 event’s river flow was three times greater than the flow for which the bridges were designed,” it explains. “Ten years later, another flood event resulted in flood waters rising within inches of the bridge girders, causing concern that floating debris could damage the bridge structures and force another closure of I-10. In 1994, ADOT made modifications along and within the river near the bridges to help protect them from future flooding events.”

ADOT says that though it “has continuously repaired, reinforced and maintained the bridge structures since they were built, “as a bridge ages, the routine maintenance becomes progressively more expensive. Recent inspections indicate that expensive deck and foundation repairs are necessary in the near future if the existing bridges are to remain in place.” It also said the two recent flooding events, one for which covered the highway, indicate that “the more cost-effective, long-term solution may be to design and construct new bridges utilizing current design standards and methods, enabling the bridges to withstand larger flood events. “This is especially critical, as another major flood event along the Gila River forcing an I-10 closure would significantly impact the region’s mobility and emergency response times, and would have a noticeable, negative impact on the local and state economy,” it says. “Newly designed bridges could also include wider shoulders, which would improve safety for everyone who travels over them. “As the region continues to grow, the reliability, safety and structural integrity of the bridges over the Gila River are increasingly critical to travelers.” Despite the lopsided votes – 27-1 in the Senate and 55-1 in the House – not everyone is convinced it’s a good idea to take money from the same pot that is used to fund the rest of state government. The generally established practice involves ADOT borrowing money for projects, pledging future gasoline tax revenues and vehicle registration fees and leaving the dollars collected from state income, sales and other taxes untouched. Tapping the general fund for $400 million jump starts this specific project without affecting other road construction and repair priorities. Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdal, cast the lone dissenting vote in the Senate. It starts, she said, with the process.

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She said that if the state has a fixed amount of money to spend in the general fund, then all priorities should be considered and compete for those funds at the same time. Ugenti-Rita said there should not be special carve outs. Beyond that, she said there may be better ways of spending that much money. “I want $400 million in tax cuts,’’ Ugenit-Rita said. Shope acknowledged that this plan to use general fund tax collection dollars to put in a third lane in each direction is a departure from the normal process of borrowing money for new construction. But he said this isn’t just any old road project. “The Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce survey did a survey of residents,’’ Shope said. “And, of those who were gainfully employed, around 60% of them traveled to Phoenix for work.’’ That, he, said, is far different than a project like widening I-17 north of Anthem. “That’s a lot of recreational traffic,’’ Shope said. “This is a lot of commerce traffic just trying to do their daily jobs.’’ And he said that I-10 becomes the only east-west highway that is pretty much guaranteed to be open and snow-free all winter, though Shope acknowledged there are stretches in Cochise County that do sometimes get snow. Support was bipartisan. “The I-10 is a vital artery that sup-

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Gases like oxides of nitrogen, a key component of air pollution, interact with those metals to essentially separate the molecules of nitrogen. Other steps also convert carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and oxidize hydrocarbons, another source of pollution, into carbon dioxide and water. Depending on the amount – larger vehicles generally require larger converters – those rare metals can be worth up to $1,500 or more. The result has been an explosion in stolen converters, with thieves often brazenly shimmying under vehicles parked in public places and cutting

Widening the stretch of I-10 between Casa Grande and Ahwatukee has been delayed by a rift between the Gila River Indian Community and state government that only recently has been bridged as a result of GRIC Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis. (ADOT)

them away. That leaves owners with vehicles that still run. But those cars and trucks won’t pass the biennial vehicle emission inspections required for residents of the Tucson and Phoenix area, meaning they won’t get a license renewal. And replacements can run thousands, if they can be found. Current law already makes the sale or purchase of catalytic converters a misdemeanor unless the person is engaged in vehicle repair or selling parts. Only thing is, nothing makes possession a crime. What that means is a police officer can come across someone

with a pickup bed full of the converters and have no legal remedy. And since the devices don’t have unique identification numbers, there is no easy way to trace the vehicle from which the converter was taken. That would change under the measure, with HB 2652 making simple possession of a used catalytic converter by anyone other than a scrap metal dealer a crime. Having just the nonferrous parts of any converter -- meaning those metals other than the steel that houses them -- also would become illegal. And the legislation goes a step farther, making it a crime to even offer up a used

ports our entire state economy,’’ said House Minority Leader Reginald Bolding, D-Laveen. “All kinds of commerce, agriculture, manufacturing, dry goods, even state legislators from Tucson all rely on the I-10 to connect our state’s two largest metropolitan areas,’’ Bolding continued. “But one part of this artery there is a choke point that impacts safety and needs our investment and out attention.’’ He acknowledged there are a lot of priorities and demands for state funds, particular for education. “But we also know infrastructure is where out attention is needed.’’ Ducey press aide C.J. Karamargin said the presence of I-10 and one where traffic flows easily is critical to the state’s economy. “We have businesses, large companies, manufacturing companies that are choosing Arizona because of our proximity to interstate highways,’’ he said. For example, he said Nikola Motor Co. which rolled its first big rig trucks off the line last month, chose Coolidge because of freeway access. Rep. Richard Andrade, D-Glendale, also voted for the plan. But he told colleagues they should keep in mind there are other priorities. “We also have many Arizona roads and highways that need to be improved,’’ he said. And Andrade said he is counting on lawmakers making further investments as the full budget is negotiated. catalytic converter for sale. That is designed to combat online advertising. The measure also contains new reporting and record-keeping requirements for scrap metal dealers who buy and sell these devices. Dealers who are found in violation are subject to an initial $1,000 violation which would go up to $2,000 the second time around. And the penalty for each subsequent violation would go up an additional $2,000. The measure now needs to return to the House to consider several changes adopted by the Senate before going to the governor.

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Ducey says pro-life doesn’t cover state executions

Clarence Dixon could be executed this week for killing an ASU student in 1978. (Special GSN)

Frank Atwood is scheduled to be executed next month for the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old Tucson girl. (Special GSN)

Roe law on the books that outlaw all abortions except to save the life of the mother. Ducey has suggested he believes a ban at 15 weeks he signed earlier this year would take precedence, a view that is contradicted by the plain language of that bill. When pushed for whether he wants an outright ban or the 15-week law to take effect, the governor said the courts will decide. More immediately are the questions of the executions of Dixon and Atwood. Strictly speaking, Ducey can’t do anything on his own to halt either. That is because the Legislature decades ago removed the unilateral power of governors to issues pardons or commute death sentence to life in prison. That can occur only on the recom-

mendation of the Board of Executive Clemency, something that has not happened in either case. Ducey said he is just doing his job. “I took an oath to uphold the constitution and enforce the laws,’’ he said. But what does Ducey, who was raised Catholic, believe in his heart? “I believe in certain situations, the death penalty is justice,’’ he said. And the governor said he has been briefed on both cases by Anni Foster, his legal counsel. “Each of these crimes is egregious beyond the pale,’’ Ducey continued. “This is the law and it will be completed.’’ There is, however, a possible last reprieve for Dixon. His attorneys are arguing that he cannot understand why he is being execut-

ed because of he is mentally incompetent. That was rejected by Pinal County Superior Court Judge Robert Olson. In a ruling released May 4, he said that Dixon is rational, a decision likely to be appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court. Dixon was convicted of the 1978 killing of Deana Bowdin, a student at Arizona State University. She was found murdered in her bed with a macrame belt around her neck and blood on her chest. While police found DNA they were unable to match it to anyone. The break came in 2001 when Tempe police matched it to Dixon who by that time was serving a life sentence in prison for a 1986 rape. Dixon had lived across the street from Bowdin at the time of the murder. Atwood was convicted of the 1984 slaying of 8-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson in Tucson. She disappeared while riding her pink bicycle on her way to mail a letter for her mother. Authorities eventually tracked Atwood to Texas where he was arrested on charges of kidnapping. Murder charges were added after Vicki’s skull and some bone were found in the desert northwest of Tucson the following year. Courts have so far rejected claims by defense attorneys that the state has not proven it has the lethal drugs necessary to conduct both executions in a safe fashion. The last execution was in 2014 when it took 15 does of a two-drug combination over nearly two hours to kill Joseph R. Wood.

serve the region and that the proposed Hunt Highway project doesn’t seem like a viable route. With the watershed off of the mountains, that property is needed for drainage improvements and other capital improvements, she said. Koprowski said perhaps the Council can direct staff to begin looking at the Hunt Highway project and some of those other long-range needs and recommend any additional changes or shifts to the

CIP given the changes occurring in the region. Tilque said it can happen next year so it won’t impact the budget currently proposed. The mayor agreed and asked her peers to submit to staff CIP projects they wanted re-evaluated. Councilman Scott September, who participated via telephone, said residents in that end of town seem to have a lot of concerns with the Hunt Highway

project “about unwanted traffic, noise and crime.” He said he’s looked at different reports and doesn’t see the benefits for the project. That said, he added he would be willing to give staff the opportunity to present pros and cons for the project. “I know it’s in the future but I’d like to see, does it really need to be on our radar at all,” September said.

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ov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday his self-proclaimed “pro-life’’ position covers only abortions and not executions carried out in the name of the state. And he said he believes in the death penalty in “certain rare situations.’’ The statements came as Arizona is set to conduct its first execution this week since 2014. That was before Ducey was elected. That, however, is contingent on whether the Arizona Supreme Court concludes Clarence Dixon is mentally fit to be executed. And a death warrant has been issued for a second man, Frank Atwood, to be put to death on June 8. “When I talk about pro-life, I talk about the innocence of life at birth,’’ the governor told Capitol Media Services. “What you are talking about is justice that is coming 40 years delayed to families that suffered enormous grief at the hands of murderers,’’ he said. “And the state is going to see that justice is done.’’ The governor’s comments on the scope of his pro-life beliefs come on the heels of a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court indicating that a majority of the justices are willing to overturn Roe v. Wade, the historic 1973 ruling which concluded women have a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. That would return the decisions to each state. And Arizona still has its pre-

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and running and see what that leads to in that Hunt Highway area because it’s going to change traffic no matter what happens.” To remove the project that has been on the books for so long, she would need to see some good reasons for it, Peterson said. Koprowski said she made the recommendation, knowing that there are other alternate routes that are going to

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Amid drought, Facebook’s Mesa campus grows bigger BY SCOTT SHUMAKER GSN Staff Writer

ess than a year ago, Mesa City Council approved a development and water agreement for a large data center with a mysterious Delaware-based company called Redale LLC. That company turned out to be Facebook. Under its May 2021 development agreement with Mesa, Facebook would build a 1-million-square-foot facility in a first phase, with the option to build another 2 million square feet in subsequent phases. One of the conditions was Facebook, now Meta, had to get started within five years. Less than a year later, it’s far outstripped that time frame: the first 1 million square feet are well underway, and Meta announced last week that it’s decided to use the rest of its option and build another 1.5 million square feet. In a release, Meta said it plans three more “data halls” at its Elliot Road Tech Corridor campus, in addition to the two already under construction, for a total of 2.5 million square feet. The expansion means the area south of Elliot Road will be a small village of up to 2,000 construction workers on site for the next four years, DPR manager Joe Yeargan said. As big as the expansion is, even when all five planned mega-buildings are completed, Facebook’s data campus will only take up the upper portion of the 390-acre parcel the company owns at Elliot and Ellsworth. Much of the lower part of the site will still be available for expansion, though the company would have to go through Mesa’s development process again for additional phases. Asked what the future might hold for the rest of the parcel, Meta spokeswoman Melanie Roe said more data centers were possible, adding, “all of our expansions are based on business need.” Meta held a May 4 event at the site to announce the expansion, which was attended by officials from Meta, city officials, Salt River Project representatives

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Asked what the future might hold for the rest of the parcel, Meta spokeswoman Melanie Roe said more data centers were possible, adding, “all of our expansions are based on business need.” (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer) and other partners – as well as many workers donning hard hats and vests. Mayor John Giles told the crowd that “Mesa’s an incredible place to set up a shop” and praised Meta for locating in the city. “They’ll create high quality jobs” and “companies will locate here because Meta is here,” he said. The mood under the tent was jovial,

but the issue of water loomed over the proceedings. Just the day before, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced that it would be taking extraordinary measures to protect the water levels in Lake Powell and other Colorado River reservoirs due to extended drought and a disappointing winter of precipitation in the Rockies, which feeds the river.

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tributary of the Verde River that is important for Valley water supplies. Meta reported that three projects it is supporting could conserve 200 million gallons of water per year. This is a lot, but it represents a 50-day supply for the data centers at the maximum allowed flowage. Last year, Vice Mayor Jenn Duff cast the lone vote against the development agreement on the grounds that the risk of adding such a large water user to the system was not outweighed by the number of permanent jobs created by the project. Duff was at the Meta event with Mayor John Giles and three other council members. She told the Tribune before the speeches that she hoped the data centers would figure out a way to cool the centers without water. Another theme of the May 14 event was jobs, both temporary construction jobs and permanent jobs. Facebook says the data centers will create 200 permanent jobs when the project is complete. Visitors had an opportunity to view current construction, and there were plenty of workers attending to various tasks and driving around the huge parcel in side-by-sides. At the site of Building 1, a crew worked below ground level in a labyrinth of concrete and tubing that will eventually house electrical wires and fiber cabling. Yeargan wanted the guests in attendance to appreciate how far down below the surface the crews were putting infrastructure in. Nearby, two lofty cranes lifted metal girders into place to form the skeleton of the first building. Yeargan said DPR was working hard to be a good neighbor while construction is underway and reduce truck traffic on Elliot Road. Vendors have set up essentially temporary hardware stores and equipment rental shops on-site, so workers can access materials without leaving the site. DPR is also preparing all its concrete on location. For Yeargan, one of the benefits of the recently announced expansion is that it means craft workers can stay with a single site for many years. He said the Meta project would be a good place for recent

The labyrinth of tubing will eventually house miles of electrical wires and fiber cables. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)

grads in the trades to start out, because they could get “four years of continuous apprenticeship” at the site. To underscore its investment in local employment, Meta also announced a $50,000 gift to the Mesa College Promise fund, which provides Mesa high school grads with two years of free tuition to Mesa Community College. As he prepared to board the bus again after viewing the Building 1 site, Mesa Councilman Mark Freeman shared his thoughts on the project and expansion. “I’m excited about this,” he said. “One of the guys said it creates a ‘tertiary technology ripple effect.’ I was impressed by that because wherever they’ve built these developments, it has changed a lot of the area for the better. Employment, economic development, housing and their support of education, and the commitment for water conservation is key to me.”

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he Gilbert Kiwanis Club has a long record of supporting schools in the Gilbert School District through various programs and working to help the community thrive. “Community is everything to Kiwanians,” member Nola Gear said. “They ingrain themselves in what is possible to better schools and children’s lives across the country. Locally in Gilbert, they are focused on ensuring students have what they need to be successful.” One example is the Student of the Month, which was renamed the Bob Miles Citizenship Award in recognition of the late Kiwanian Bob Miles, who was passionate about this program and helped expand and grow it in GPS. And on April 29, Patterson Elementary student Bella Anderson benefited from his legacy when the Kiwanis Club

Gilbert Kiwanis Club members Irene miles and Doug Gear presented a new bike to Bella Anderson, who hugs her dad Bryan Anderson after she won the Bob Miles Citizenship award at Patterson Elementary School in Gilbert. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)

awarded her a bike, lock and helmet for winning the Bob Miles Citizenship Award. The award goes to a student who demonstrates the school’s Six Pillars of Character – trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. The student is presented with a bike or a computer tablet during an assembly. The Gilbert Kiwanis Club focuses on GPS Title 1 elementary schools. Patterson Principal Lucas Blackburn praised the club’s generosity, noting how Bob and Irene Miles have supported students’ success through education with events like BUGS (Bring Up Grades), the backpack program, holiday support of families in need and awarding a bike to one lucky student. “The support has led to so many

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Gilbert woman’s stunning discovery leads to quilt BY SRIANTHI PERERA GSN Contributor

few years ago, Priscilla Duffin of Gilbert made a startling genealogical discovery: Her seventh great-grandfather, Reverend Nicholas Noyes, executed Sarah Good during the Salem Witch Trials. Good was one of the first three women to be accused of witchcraft in 1692 Colonial Massachusetts. “I was stunned,” Duffin said. “I’m sure we have studied about it in school because I lived in an old town called Georgetown and The second panel of Priscilla Duffin’s quilt details the witches’ happy hour of socializing. (Courtesy of Priscilla it wasn’t far from Salem.” Duffin) Before moving west, Duffin

lived in Massachusetts for 25 years. That part of Salem now comprises the city of Danvers. Good put a hex on Noyes before she was hanged: that he would drown in his own blood. And he did drown in his own blood later during an illness, Duffin said. Fascinated by the story, Duffin created an elaborate and tasteful quilt depicting witches. “This story fascinated me, so when I saw the quilt pattern, I decided I had to make it,” she said, adding “the project was involved.” The four panels depict the witches quilting, enjoying a

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happy faces and better lives for our community,” Gear said. Blackburn said, “We lost a dear friend in Bob Miles. Bob has been part of Patterson for many years and is a part of our family. The memories Bob, Irene, and the Gilbert Kiwanis Club have afforded so many, throughout Gilbert, will never be forgotten.” Gear said renaming the award in Miles’ honor commemorates a lasting legacy, explaining, “Bob made this world a better place, not by his words, but by his actions. Alongside Irene, we are so thankful for their dedication to our students.” It’s not just Patterson students who have benefited from the Gilbert Kiwanis’ dedication to students and the community. Colin Kelly, principal of Sonoma Ele-

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social hour with goodies, auditioning their quilts and finally displaying them. Duffin purchased a 120-box of Crayola crayons and a special brand of thread called Cosmos that cost about $90 (six of the threads were metallic and cost $6 a piece), among other items. “It was expensive,” Duffin recalled, saying that while she spent about $300 on supplies, the value of the quilt is “priceless.” While Duffin was shopping for the items in her favorite quilt supply store in Gilbert, she overheard a woman talk about an upcoming class she was going to take on a witch quilt. She confirmed it was the same one she was going to do and signed up for the class. During the class, Duffin found that the fourth depiction was for a pillow, but she decided to incorporate it into the quilt as the fourth panel. She spent three hours tracing each panel with a Pigma Micro pen, an indelible sharpie. Utmost care was needed for this because a mistake cannot be erased. “The coloring went faster than anything. Getting a trace took three hours per panel. I was very careful. I’m sure there were some boo boos. I didn’t want to have to repurchase more fabric,” she

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mentary School recalled how she had met the Miles when she became principal in fall 2008. “They explained to me that they wanted to give a bike away to a student each month,” she said. “I thought that was just about the coolest idea ever. That began a tradition that continues today, 15 years and over 100 bikes later. “ Gear said the Gilbert Kiwanis “has had a tremendous impact on the lives of countless students at several Gilbert Public Schools. “Even today, a bike is a big deal for a child. For many of these students, it is their first bike that isn’t a handme-down,” she continued. However, it isn’t really the bike that is the biggest take away. The student recognizes that being a good kid and working hard and

making the right choices is a good thing. “The other students have a visual representation of a positive role model. Someone they can model their behavior after. The families get to see how supportive their school is of their student. It has had a profound and lasting impact at my school. Bob’s legacy carries on in our schools.” “Since his passing, each month we have continued to recognize our student of character by giving away ‘Bob’s Bike,’” Gear said. “The students all refer to it as Bob’s Bike. Bob and Irene, and the Gilbert Kiwanis, have been reinforcing all that we hope our students will become. They’ve done it by giving away a bike, and we are all better off for it.” Each year, the Gilbert Kiwanis Club also packs backpacks with school sup-

Gilbert resident Priscilla Duffin shows off the witch quilt that took her three months of labor to complete. (Courtesy of Priscilla Duffin)

plies for students who need them and delivers them to elementary schools in the Gilbert School District. It also gives gift cards during the Christmas holidays to needy families. The club’s partnership with local businesses provides additional support only further highlights their commitment to service and the betterment of the community. The club also extends an invitation to any resident interested in “helping to improve the world by making lasting differences in the lives of children in the Gilbert area,” Gear said. The club meets at 10 a.m. the first and third Tuesdays of each month from September to May at The Biscuit House, 1235 N. Gilbert Road, Gilbert. Information: GilbertKiwanisClub.org.

said. Working eight to 14 hours daily, she spent about three months on her particular “witch-craft.” “Once I got started, I was hooked. I was up many mornings early, around 4 a.m., and worked as much as I could all day, in between housework and meals. I didn’t know what to do when I finished,” she added. The project combined embroidery, sewing, quilting and coloring. Since embroidery is a hand craft, she was able to take small pieces while traveling and do hand work when she was not near the sewing machine. After she mastered the stitch, she found it beautiful and the finish was gorgeous. Learning to paint in a swirling motion while holding the Crayola flat was essential to the project. She used a battery-operated dremel to blend and shade the color. “The hardest part was trying to find out the color crayon they recommended from 120 in the box, all with different names, Duffin noted. Duffin didn’t like the finish offered in the class as she thought the border

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would be too gaudy and take away from the quilt. She found a woman in San Tan Valley who did McTavishing, a free-motion design that creates a texture of flowing water or blowing wind on fabric. The last step was to seal the quilt with a fabric sealer so that the color won’t run when she washed it. Duffin, who has quilted since 1993, said the whole project was “a total departure from anything I’ve ever encountered.” The labor was intense but the final product was worth it. Her daughter and grand-daughter have expressed

an interest in the quilt, and she hopes it will pass from daughter to daughter down several generations. Because of the history, she wants it to stay within the family. Duffin doesn’t want to enter it into a competition, either. She did exhibit it at the recent quilt show and sale at Trilogy, Gilbert, where she lives. “I’m too nervous about giving it up. I couldn’t replace it. I couldn’t redo another one if it was lost or stolen,” she said. “I enjoyed every minute of it. It was wonderful. It was like I was compelled to get this thing done.”

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Gilbert junk removal firm helps needy families BY ASHLYN ROBINETTE GSN Contributor

unk-Rite, a Gilbert junk-removal and hauling service, is taking the phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” to the next level. Since 2017, the company has gone above and beyond to help East Valley residents: Owner Tanya Wilson and her four-person team sort their hauls for items that can be donated to Mesa nonprofits. “It’s a really cool thing to be able to help the women and children in our community with literally what people thought was junk,” Wilson, 40, said. The Gilbert resident didn’t know much about the junk removal industry when she first started out, as her other business is Priority Pumping, a septic and grease trap pumping service,. But Wilson has always wanted to help people. “Women and children are a very near and dear thing to me being a woman

The Junk Rite team includes, from left, Heidi Hooker, Scott Hooker, Vinny Palka, Jake Wilson and owner Tanya Wilson. (Courtesy of Tanya Wilson) business owner who has two kiddos,” she said. Wilson began searching for charitable organizations to work with after she noticed just how many useful items

were ending up in landfills. “There was so much stuff that we were like ‘this could have new life somewhere,’” she said. Wilson met House of Refuge Chief

Development Officer Annette Sellers at a business mixer. The two began chatting and fostered a collaboration between Junk-Rite and House of Refuge to provide household items to women and children who need to furnish their homes after leaving abusive or unsafe conditions. House of Refuge, which offers transitional housing and supportive services for families experiencing homelessness, has 88 housing units located at the former Williams Air Force Base in southeast Mesa, according to its website. The homes provide safe, stable transitional housing for families facing homelessness. Sellers sends Wilson a list of things that are needed in these housing units, such as small furniture items, home decor, children’s toys, books, and organizational bins, which Junk-Rite team members scavenge for to donate. “It helps make these houses into

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Gilbert’s Fuchsia clients are treated as family BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GSN Staff Writer

ellness is important to Lawrence Holzman, the new owner of the San Tan Village and Ahwatukee Fuchsia spas. He spent 35 years in Chicago working for Culligan Water, which focuses on providing high-quality water to homes and businesses. “Water is so central to health and wellness,” Holzman said. “I was looking for an opportunity where I could continue to help people improve their wellbeing.” When he was mulling retirement from

Culligan Water, he sought an opportunity for which he could continue to help people improve their well-being. “When I retired to Tucson, I knew all along that I wanted to buy a business,” Holzman said. “I was really too young to just Guests love the service they receive at Fuschia Spa, says new owner retire and sit Lawrence Holzman. (Special to GSN) around. I wanted

to provide a service. Something big enough where I could have a manager help me. Most importantly, when I was with Culligan, it was all about wellness, treating water and making people’s lives better. Helping with well-being is a huge thing.” With Fuchsia, he can provide the same great customer service and products. “They have a great model,” Holzman said. “We really offer three main services – esthetician services, massage therapy and wellness.” For wellness, Fuchsia offers infrared

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homes for these families,” Wilson said. If House of Refuge cannot use the items that Junk-Rite collected then these items, which are typically clothing or other soft goods, are delivered to House of Refuge’s community partner, Sunshine Acres. Sunshine Acres is a children’s home with the mission “to provide a loving, wholesome, Christian home for children who are separated from their parents and help them establish long-term relationships with stable parental figures, preparing them for success in adult life,” according to its website. “If they can use it, fantastic,” Wilson said. “If not, then they can actually sell those soft goods and be able to raise money to keep their orphanage open.” Wilson aims to help more nonprofits soon. “Our biggest goal this year was to slash our disposal dumping times and fees in half, which means you’re taking half the stuff there, and we’ve been very successful in being able to do that,”

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Wilson said. “In the six months left of our year, I’d love to be able to cut that again.” Wilson said that Junk-Rite often collects more junk than people can take, so she believes that donating to more charities would not only help families in the community but also cut dumping times. Local nonprofits interested in receiving donations should contact Junk-Rite at 480-228-3368. To receive Junk-Rite services, take photos of your junk, text the photos to 480-228-3368 for a quote, then schedule your pick-up. Junk-Rite is available seven days a week and will show up at your convenience. Though the company is based out of Gilbert, Junk-Rite travels to junk jobs throughout the Phoenix metro area, focusing mainly on everything East Valley. For a complete list of services, visit junk-rite.com “It’s a beautiful thing to be able to help people,” Wilson said.

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Mesquite beach volleyball building family BY ZORA CARRIER GSN Contributor Writer

ulture is everything for the Mesquite beach volleyball team. The cultural success pyramid that head coach Carlos Flys has implemented creates a family rather than just a team. On day one, before even touching the sand, Flys sits down with his team and hands out a success/cultural pyramid. Success, love, competitiveness, responsibility, communication and respect are the six building blocks focused on the pyramid. “It’s based loosely on the pyramid of success by Hall of Fame basketball coach John Wooden,” Flys said. “It is still a living, breathing document and varies slightly year by year based on the feedback I get from players.” It has become something that the girls chose to implement into their lives not only on the court, but also in their everyday life. It is the reason why they were as successful as they were. Every day before practice the team, coaches included, sat down and chose a culture word of the day. It quickly became their own little tradition. Based on the word they decided on together, they focused on that aspect for the entire practice. “It was a great tradition that we still use every day. It allows for great conversation and a way to focus on a different, or same, aspect of the pyramid every day,” assistant coach Annika Wallace said. Assistant coach Daniyah Jehangir found responsibility the most important while she was a player and, in her opinion, it is the foundation for everything that a team and a person individually could need. “I would say that responsibility is the most important component because under that falls accountability, ownership and no excuses. Once you have the no ex-

The Mesquite beach volleyball team is built around six pillars that bring them together as more than just teammates. The girls have embraced the family-like culture, and it has brought with it success. (Dave Minton/GSN Staff)

Mesquite beach head coach Carlos Flys begins every season by making the girls sign a contract with the pillars for the program. It’s their way of accepting the culture before naturally becoming a part of it throughout the season. (GSN Staff) cuses mindset, the rest of the blocks fall into place,” Jehangir said. Now as a coach, Jehangir still finds respect equally as important but has also added another component to that list. Communication is something the Wildcats easily became accustomed to. Day or night the girls would be talking to each

other, coaches would be conversing, they always found a way to talk to one another about volleyball or not. Another key aspect on the pyramid that stuck with the girls was love. This team is a family by choice. They treated each other with the same love and respect a family would.

Senior Hailey Hanna ranked love over all the other components on the pyramid. She claimed that love was the reason the team was as close-knit and successful as they were. “When you love your sport and the team you play with, it brings out a whole new level of passion, which is another word that falls under the love category,” Hanna said. “Everything in that section just comes together when you emphasize each one.” Freshman Bella Reyes put love on the top of her list as well. Since this was her first season with the team, Reyes did not know what to expect. She said that immediately the girls showed her this love that made her feel at home and welcomed. “This team has shown me a lot of love by treating me like family and always trying to be of service to me and others,” Reyes said. “I think that this team has shown me how important that aspect is of the pyramid, with their actions and dedication. Being a part of the team and feeling the love has made it my favorite part of the pyramid.” Though Flys only introduced the pyramid to his teams a few years ago, it is something that was always encouraged and talked about since the beginning. Now he offers a visual representation for the girls to have. All the girls took a liking to the pyramid for various reasons, but in the end, they all saw how useful it was for the team and for them individually in the real world. “My first reaction was just amazed because Carlos had found a way to put all of the important aspects of the game that weren’t physical on one paper,” Wallace said. “And I loved being able to learn about it and what it does for us. I think the pyramid has truly helped me as a person.” Flys knew this pyramid was sticking

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with the girls because he would overhear them talking about it on their own time. Not just when they had to talk about it as a team before practice. “It kind of becomes the glue that binds us together,” Flys said. The culture Mesquite has is strong because each and every individual that makes up the program truly believes in culture being vital for a team. For some, culture is something that is needed to better themselves as a person. Flys has been there to teach these girls culture in a way that they might not have learned from anywhere else. “To me, culture had always been a lesson on how to become a great leader and great person,” Wallace said. “I find myself performing actions on the pyramid even when I’m not at Mesquite and it truly has changed my outlook on everything I encounter.” Players like Hanna and Reyes value culture in a way that others may not. They see it in direct relation to their success with the team and individually. “Culture to me means everything. It is

what our program is based off of. It is our livelihood as players,” Reyes said. As their bond is strong, the girls on the Mesquite beach team, and the coaches as well, are a little family. They do not see each other as just teammates, partners, coaches and players. They are sisters, they are family. Wallace, once a player and now a coach, sees the girls as her little sisters. She is there for them and will do anything for them just as family would. “I see the girls differently. I see them as my second family and people I want to teach and help blossom into great people,” Wallace said. This is what Flys wanted to accomplish. Win or lose, he wanted to create a program that was successful not just because of talent, but because of the love they have for one another. He wanted his girls to not only make themselves better, but the person next to them better. “Players talk about our program as a family because that is exactly what it is,” Flys said.

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was fun,” he said. Though he’s been performing professionally for seven years, he said, “I actually did my very first set in the 7th grade but did not do another set until college.” Camacho and other comedians are still recovering from the pandemic’s impact. “It was very tough during the pandemic, not just financially but mentally because I had done stand-up every single day for six years prior to the lockdown,” Camacho said. “It was almost like I was in rehab. I coped by doing Zoom comedy showswhich were awful, taking trips to states that were more open and able to do comedy shows, and also by building my social media following. “Getting into TikTok, Instagram, and

along the river’s cool waters with views of wildlife. Breault says her company’s mission is to present the public with safe recreational opportunities like these. Each weekend is themed. Upcoming events include The Rocking Salt River tubing offers a refreshing, fun escape from Arizona’s blister- Rodeo Roundup, 42nd Anniversaing summer heat. (Special to GetOut) ry Celebration on our tubes are ready to rock on the Salt Saturday, May 14; Bag It for Bucks: Take River rapids.” Pride in America from Saturday, July Open since April 30, Salt River Tubing 2, to Monday, July 4; and 22nd annual offers a lazy way to spend a weekend Mardi Gras Magic on Saturday, August

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Big Apple comedian who specializes in “very personal and punchy” riffs is coming to the East Valley for a series of shows. James Camacho, who performed stand-up and appeared in TV shows/ movies for over seven years, will be appearing in five shows at JP’s Comedy Club, 860 E. Warner Road, Gilbert, May 12-14. Showtimes are 7 p.m. May 12 and May 13 and 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. May 14. Tickets start at $19. Visit www.JPscomedyclub.com or www.JamesCamacho. com for tickets. Camacho has been featured on Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, the TV shows “FBI” and “Kevin Can Wait” on CBS, the movie “Before I Go” and the Jay-Z music video “I Got the Keys” with DJ Khaled. In a time of political turmoil and so-

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ith summer fast approaching, Salt River Tubing & Recreation has returned to take floaters on adventures throughout the season. Since 1981, the family-owned company has provided tube rental and shuttle bus transportation to Salt River adventurers. “We are celebrating our 42nd anniversary this summer,” says Lynda Breault, vice president of Salt River Tubing. “We’re so excited. We think it’s going to be a phenomenal summer. We have hired almost our maximum number of employees needed so we are very, very blessed. Our buses are ready to roll, and

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all those apps really helped me still be creative and also make some money. I also took up some freelance writing gigs to help stay afloat. I got fired from all of them – I’m unable to write for other people, sadly.” Camacho said that besides rapping about his personal life, “I just find inconsistencies in the world while making sure the crowd is laughing every 10-15

seconds. “I rarely talk politics- if I do it’s silly. I like to do crowd work, too. I don’t make fun of people or roast anyone. I like to have conversations and make subtle jokes throughout. When people come to my show I really want them to feel like they just hung out with a good friend, cracked open a few beers, and talked some smack.”

er Tubing was up and running for the public. Today, the company maintains a fleet of more than 30 buses and thousands of tubes, helping floaters venture out on “floating beach blasts” during Arizona’s hottest months and promoting the protection and conservation of the forest’s natural resources. “We just want our public to come back. There is a recreational paradise out there,” Breault says. “Help us keep it clean and beautiful, have a great time, but do it responsibly.

If you all come out and enjoy us with happy faces, we are certainly going to enhance that joy on the river.”

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SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA MARICOPA COUNTY Case Number JG512290 ORDER and NOTICE OF HEARING In the Matter of Guardianship of: Rhianna Mahan (07/06/2006), Xavier Trammell (12/22/2012), Amarilon Trammel (11/19/2016) The Court has reviewed the PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OF A MINOR. Based upon the Court's review, IT IS ORDERED SETTING A HEARING. NOTIFICATION: You must give a copy of this PETITION AND THIS ORDER to all interested persons. You need to mail or deliver the copies. You do not need to give formal notice by personal service. For information about notice or consent requirements contact Community Services Unit at (602) 506-4308 or seek legal counsel. HEARING DATE AND TIME: May 24, 2022 at 9:15 AM HEARING PLACE: Online via Microsoft Teams at https://tinyurl.com/CommissionerGialketsis (This is the Court's preferred method of participation) Check your email fro a message sent by the Court that includes a direct link to enter our virtual courtroom, otherwise type the above link in the browser of your computer/device to join. You can also dial in using your phon +1 (917) 781-4590 Access Code: 248-804 623# Please Note: Long distance fees may apply if dialing by phone. For privacy purposes, you can block your phone number by dialing *67. HEARING OFFICER: COMMISIONER GIALKETSIS REPSONSE: You can file a written response to the petition. File your original written response with the court, mail a copy of the original response to the petitioner(s), and provide a copy of your response4 to the Judge/Commissioner named above at least 5 business days before the hearing. Or, you can appear in person at the hearing. You must appear at the hearing only if you wish to object to the petition. [X] IT IS ORDERED Appointing a guardan Ad Litem to investigate and report to the Court. Petitioner(s) must either file the following documents with the Clerk of the Court prior to the hearing or present them to the court at the hearing. [X] Petitioner's Unite States or State issued identification (required for all Petitioners) [X] Birth Certification for each child (required for each child listed on the petition) [X] Publication if Father/Mother whereabouts unknown. Signed this 22nd Day of April, 2022 /s/ Commissioner Cynthia Gialketsis. Published: East Valley Tribune, May 8, Foothills Focus, May 11, 18,2022 / 46580

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