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Gilbert eyes 82 new positions in 2020-21

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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hile other Valley municipalities are slashing spending for next fiscal year to reflect the economic fallout from the pandemic, Gilbert has adopted a preliminary budget that includes 82 new employees.

The proposed $993 million spending plan is 5.3 percent lower than the $1 billion budget currently in effect. Most of the drop is for capital improvement projects.

“We know there has been an impact because of COVID-19, an economic decline,” Budget Director Kelly Pfost said in last week’s special council meeting.

“What we don’t know is how will the

recovery be, will it be fast, will it be slow,” she said. “Because we don’t know that makes it difficult for us to project what our budget should be next year in order to balance the revenues and expenses. So, our theme is be ready for anything, everything next year.”

According to Town Manager Patrick Banger, there is a freeze on hiring and non-essential spending through the end of this fiscal year on June 30.

Before delving into her 10-minute presentation, Pfost noted Gilbert was recognized for its best overall ranking of 100 largest cities in the country that recovered from the Great Recession with the lowest signs of economic distress.

She said her hope is that the town would match that record post-COVID-19.

The Economic Innovation Group, a policy and advocacy organization, in 2018 released the study that looked at how the Great Recession and subsequent recovery affected American communities.

Pfost talked in length about the town’s General Fund – which pays for services like police, fire and parks – because it is the most volatile.

The town is on good footing so far with the monies that feed into that fund – such as sales tax and state-shared income tax –because the town under-budgets its anticipated revenue, according to Pfost.

For instance, the lion’s share of the general fund comes from sales tax. The town budgeted

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Virus casts Mother’s Day in a sobering light

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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t work, Carly Ahern is a life-saver to patients who come through the emergency room doors at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa.

At her Gilbert home, she’s mom to Finley, 5, Harper, 2, and Nolan, 11 months.

At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed new challenges on healthcare workers, Mother’s Day puts a special spotlight on women like Ahern.

“I definitely couldn’t do it without the support of my husband,” said the 30-yearold emergency-room nurse, who also works at Banner’s Cardon Children’s Medical Center.

“He watches the kids while I’m at work.

He also works. It’s chaos but we kind

Mother’s Day has taken on a new meaning for Gilbert nurse Carly Ahern. (Special to GSN)

of carefully have to plan our schedules around each other. We have lots of support from family and friends who also help us.”

That support especially from her husband, Jordan, has been a big help for Ahern, who is caring for COVID-19 patients.

“Early on when all of this started, one of my biggest fear and kind of anxiety is that I was going to bring the scary virus to my family,” she said. “My husband is asthmatic so he is susceptible as well.

“I’ve been taking every precaution possible to hopefully prevent me from bringing it home.”

Ahern follows a protocol that has her changing out of her scrubs at the hospital before driving home.

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Once she gets to her garage, she puts her clothes directly into the washing machine, wipe down her entire car with Lysol and immediately jumps into the shower.

Finley knows about the pandemic because her preschool is closed for what she calls “the germs.”

She has had to adapt to her mom’s rigid routine, as well.

“She knows I work with sick patients and when I go home from work and go straight to the shower and don’t give her a hug, it’s one of the more heartbreaking things,” Ahern said.

She said it didn’t take long for her to overcome her initial apprehension treating patients with COVID-19 or suspected of having it.

“I got thrown into the thick of it and got to see all the protective equipment we had to wear and I got comfortable,” Ahern said.

“And, I saw how sick these patients could be and I got used to it. Part of me wanted to work in that section. I wanted to be there, helping to make a difference.

Once I got more comfortable working in that zone, it was not as stressful for me.”

Ahern didn’t discover her passion for the profession until 2011, when she began working in Banner Desert Medical Center as a scribe for the ER doctors.

“That was the turning point for me, I wanted to be an ER nurse,” she said.

“It’s a place I feel the most comfortable and feel that I can make a big impact in patients.

“I love the adrenaline, the controlled chaos, the comrade of the department.”

She’s on her toes even more so with the pandemic, which has no vaccine or cure at the moment.

“We have a whole section of the ER sectioned off that is special for seeing patients with COVID-19 symptoms that we are ruling them out for COVID,” Ahern said.

“It’s been very busy. We’ve seen our fair share of very sick patients, anywhere from very sick to patients tolerating it OK but we definitely see patients in that area all day long.”

Although there is an emotional toll that comes with being an ER nurse, it’s more poignant now given the hospital

Gilbert nurse Carly Ahern and her husband Jordan have three children: Finley, 5; Harper, 2; and Nolan, 11 months.

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isn’t allowing visitors.

“It’s been tough for me to see these patients who are very sick and want their family there for support,” she said.

Instead, nurses and health-care providers have become the patients’ main support during that time.

“I have never experienced this kind of emotional challenge before, the extra weight of taking care of patients and being their only support person who is physically present while they are sick,” Ahern said.

“It’s tough to separate work from home but I’m trying my best to take care of myself on my days off so I am able to go back to work with a clear head and take care of my patients.”

She said her husband has been her biggest supporter and the person she is able to “vent to and get everything off my chest.”

“Emotionally, he has been keeping my

head above water,” she said.

Ahern also tries to go for daily morning walks with her children to get some fresh air.

“Even driving around by myself has been helpful,” she said; “just to get some alone time and listen to music and relax.”

This Mother’s Day holds deeper meaning for Ahern because she’s seen the ravages of COVID-19 up close.

“It’s been challenging and kind of heartbreaking to see how much it’s affected everyone and it made me value my time with my family even more now,” said Ahern, who has the weekend off.

“Seeing lot of really sick patients, it changed my perspective on how important family is. There’s definitely a whole new appreciation of being a mom and being a health-care provider on the front lines.”

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Gilbert slowly awakening from shutdown

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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s Arizona begins lifting restrictions on businesses, retail stores and restaurants are slowly emerging from more than six weeks of curbs on their operation.

The Town of Gilbert also is gradually reopening public facilities, though not everything will be opening immediately.

For some business owners, like Valley restaurateur Lauren Bailey, re-opening restaurants will come in phases for sitdown service after the governor gave the go-ahead for indoor dining to begin tomorrow, May 11.

Bailey is the co-founder and CEO of Upward Projects, which owns five brands, including Postino WineCafe and Joyride Taco House in the Heritage District and other areas of the state. The Phoenix-based group also has its restaurants in Colorado and Texas.

Bailey said the company is working

to follow federal and state health guidelines to ensure a safe environment for employees and customers.

“We haven’t finalized a date,” Bailey said last week when asked if she would open tomorrow. “The earliest would be Thursday, the 14th.”

Meanwhile, Culinary Dropout will open May 12 and Zinburger May 19 with modified dining areas, new “lower contact” technology, new higher-hygiene operations and employees who will have wellness checks and be wearing masks and gloves, said a spokeswoman for owner Fox Restaurant Concepts.

Bailey said several tables will be left empty in the restaurants in order to provide the proper amount of social distancing between customers.

Employees will wear masks and gloves and each day before entering a restaurant they will undergo a wellness check, which includes a temperature check and a wellness survey asking questions such as if they feel well to work, she said.

The company also has hired a full-time employee whose sole job is to ensure the restaurants are properly disinfected and have hand sanitizers.

Customers can access the menu via an app on their phone or they can request a single-use menu that is then discarded, Bailey said. Condiments will be on request and the containers sanitized after each use.

Hosting will be done up front or outside and customers will no longer be allowed to congregate inside the restaurants, while waiting to be seated.

Instead, the company is using Wisely, a technology that lets customers get on a waiting list. “They join a waiting list virtually and can wait in their cars and we send a text message when their table is ready,” Bailey said.

Some restaurateurs wonder if customers will honor safety measures.

“How will customers react if we ask them to wash their hands or sanitize?” asked Fernando Rios, owner of four

Nando’s Mexican Café locations, including one in Gilbert.

“What if some people come in thinking they’re fine but actually have the virus?”

Rios asked. “It’s going to be a challenge, but we are going to do what we can.”

During the restrictions, Postinos and Joyride remained open for delivery and pick-up. Postinos also delivered alcohol with its Wine Wagon.

What income that came into the restaurants during the partial closure wasn’t enough, forcing 700 layoffs throughout its restaurants, said Bailey, who did not have readily available the breakdown for each location.

But, the company was able to obtain funding from the federal Paycheck Protection Program, forgivable loans to small businesses to pay their employees during the pandemic. Bailey said the money brought the salary back up for those still at work and enabled the re-

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GPS, Higley enhance seniors’ virtual graduations

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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s high school seniors walk across the stage at the Mesquite Junior High campus, they will take their diploma covers from a hologram of their principal against a backdrop of their school logo projected on an LED wall.

Welcome to virtual graduation at Gilbert Public Schools, which is taking the milestone ceremony one step further than its peers.

“We just didn’t want to do a slide show with a picture and the name of the student,” Superintendent Shane McCord told the Governing Board last week.

“We were looking for something unique, something that sets us apart from everyone else.”

The district has contracted with VX3, an audio, video and lighting production company in Phoenix to stage and film the graduation ceremonies for its seven high schools of 3,100 seniors at the ju-

This demonstration video shows how GPS high schools will graduate seniors. A hologram of the principal, left, will be at a lectern while the real-life graduate will be walking up to it and accepting a diploma cover. (GPSt)

nior high auditorium – neutral territory for competing high schools.

Filming began last Thursday and was expected to finish May 18. The produc-

tion is expected to be streamed 7 p.m., May 21.

Students were expected to arrive for the filming at scheduled times, lining

up in their vehicles and taking turns to go into the auditorium in their caps and gowns.

Once inside, they can make use of a sanitizing station before proceeding across the stage as their names are read by their principal – who is in separate green room while his image projected onto the stage.

No one other than the student is on the stage as he or she is virtually handed a diploma but the student and principal are able to communicate with each other through monitors, according to McCord.

After taking the diploma cover from the lectern, the student will be directed to another room for photographs with a professional photographer.

The whole process – leaving the car, going through the auditorium and returning to the car – should take about 5 minutes for each student, according to Marcie Taylor, executive director of sec-

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hiring of staff.

“It was really meaningful for us to get that lifeline to continue business,” said Bailey, who noted the low-profit margins for restaurants.

Although Joyride and Postinos and others in the company chain will reopen for full service, they won’t be making the same revenue pre-COVID-19.

With the new spacing requirement in place, Bailey estimated capacity at the restaurants will be cut by 50 percent.

“It’s more important for us to maintain these standards so we can stay opened for the long haul,” Bailey said.

“We’re just keeping an open mind about it and being supportive of our team, who are excited to get the doors opened and serve guests. We’re focusing on that right now.”

While retailers can begin letting customers inside stores, social distancing practices will be the order of the day.

Gyms, pools, massage services remain closed and only mall stores with doors fronting parking lots can allow customers inside pending further state orders.

The town of Gilbert also is slowly re-opening.

Last Friday, the town re-opened all of Cosmo Dog Park, the dog area at Corssroads Park and some park amenities such as the skate park at Freestone, park tennis courts and restrooms, according to a release.

The amenities are re-opened for residents to use at their own risk, stated the release, adding all physical distancing guidelines recommended by CDC will apply in these areas.

While Gilbert Regional Park’s ramadas, paths and restrooms are re-opened, the playground remains closed.

Playgrounds, splashpads, drinking fountains, sand volleyball courts, basketball courts, rentals and pools all remain closed. The governor will decide when pools can open - along with gyms And at Cactus Yards the eight ballfields are now opened but batting cages, concessions, restrooms, drinking fountains, the fieldhouse and playground remain closed.

Crews are doing some maintenance to the fields and when a field is being worked on, it will be closed to users.

Town spokeswoman Jessica Bautista said staff was still finalizing details on the municipal building re-openings.

Town Manager Patrick Banger said last week he’s formed four teams, one that is looking at steps to re-open town facilities and recreation programs while keeping the public safe.

The teams, formed over three weeks ago, also include one that is looking at how to help local businesses recover and another that is tracking all COVID-19-related costs for reimbursement from the federal and state governments.

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After completing the two-year program, Tauscher was named a fellow with the American Society of Newspaper Editors for high school journalism and studied at the University of California/Berkeley before moving home and starting the first online high school newspaper in Washington State.

San Tan Charter School gets a new principal

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randon Tauscher has been named the new principal at San Tan Charter School in Gilbert.

Tauscher “has an impressive ability to take school programs to a higher level of achievement,” said Kristofer Sippel, CEO and superintendent of schools.

Starting as a teacher in the Teach for America program, Tauscher worked to bridge the achievement gap for high school students on the Navajo Reservation

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Gilbert man leading effort to recall Ducey

There already has been some sentiment building against the governor over both his stay-at-home order and his directive that only “essential’’ businesses can remain open.

But feelings may have only become more inflamed when Ducey announced two weeks ago that he would not let the first order expire as scheduled April 30.

The governor may also have further inflamed feelings with his comments aimed at business owners who had threatened to ignore his orders and open their doors anyway.

“He literally declared war on the citizens of Arizona,’’ Trickovic said. “The fact that he came out and said he would jail people for trying to earn a living and feed people, that’s a tyrant.’’

Trickovic acknowledged that if Ducey has acted in an unconstitutional fashion there is another potential remedy: have someone affected by the orders file suit and ask a court to void the executive orders. But he said the issue goes beyond the legal violations.

“He has violated his oath of office,’’ Trickovic said. “He doesn’t deserve to sit where he’s sitting.’’

While recalls are difficult, they are not impossible.

Under the Arizona Constitution, it takes the signatures equivalent to 25 percent of those who voted for all candidates in the last gubernatorial election.

Foes of Gov. Evan Mecham gathered enough signatures to force an election.

But it never got that far as the Legislature impeached him and removed him from office.

In 2011, those seeking the ouster of Senate President Russell Pearce submitted more than 18,300 signatures to force an election; they needed just 7,756 to be valid. Voters in his Mesa legislative district turned him out in favor of fellow Republican Jerry Lewis.

How deep and wide is the resentment of Ducey has yet to be shown.

A survey done for the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry found that even among Republicans, only 12 percent thought Ducey had gone too far with 73 percent calling his approach “about right.’’

Trickovic said the reason there may not be more support at this point for a recall is that people are not getting the facts.

He said many of the more than 60,000 deaths nationally being attributed to COVID-19 involved people with preexisting conditions.

“These are the same people that were at risk of dying of a cold or the flu,’’ Trickovic said. “However, the media and government agencies that have lied to the people have gone out there and made this thing look like Ebola.’’

Trickovic, a real estate agent, said this isn’t partisan, saying he is a Republican precinct committeeman. But he acknowledged that, even if the drive doesn’t succeed in recalling the governor, he would be happy if it damaged Ducey politically.

“If anything, we will expose who Doug Ducey is,’’ Trickovic said. “And, if anything, that’s going to hurt his chances of potentially running for a Senate seat in two years, like he thinks he’s going to do, or possibly for vice president.’’

The lag on shared revenue is two years because it is based on personal income tax collections and with high unemployment this year, some municipalities fear the hangover from the shutdowns will be affecting their budgets for the next several years.

One Gilbert revenue stream that has been hit the hardest, however, is recreation because the town has shut down its programming because of the pandemic, Pfost said.

The town anticipated $5 million in recreation revenue but received 64 percent, or $3.2 million, through March.

Pfost said the town would need to see $600,000 a month for April, May and June

to meet the budget.

Pfost said staff built a base budget that maintains service levels and uses sales tax revenue as triggers for evaluating spending priorities.

“As the path unfolds and we get data over the next several months we will be able to make different changes in our expenditures to match whatever the revenue forecast is looking like and we based this off of sales tax in our general fund because that is the most volatile area and also our largest source for generalfund activities,” Pfost said.

She said the reason why staff did not present a lower spending level based on the worst-case scenario is because

Arizona law requires a spending cap set in a preliminary budget cannot be raised.

“We need that flexibility in case revenues do continue and Gilbert has a strong economy like we did in 2008,” Pfost said. “We need to respond to that and continue to provide services at the level of a growing economy instead of a muchdeclined economy.

“So, this gives us maximum flexibility to be able to respond and meet the needs of citizens next year,” she added.

Councilman Jared Taylor and Councilwoman Aimee Yentes voted against the proposed budget. Last year,

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alling him a “tyrant’’ who has violated his oath of office, a Gilbert resident who has been helping to organize protests at the Capitol against the COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Gov. Doug Ducey is now seeking to oust him from office.

Legal papers filed May with the Secretary of State contend that the governor’s executive orders are unconstitutional and Marko Trickovic wants to force a special election to not only remove him before his term ends after 2022 but also to give voters a chance to select someone else.

The burden is substantial: He and allies need 594,111 signatures by Aug. 29 to force an election. But given the normal disqualification rate on petitions, the more realistic goal could be closer to 750,000.

Trickovic, chair of what he is calling Arizonans for Liberty, acknowledged the hurdle. But he said enough people are angry with the governor for shutting down the state’s economy and for doing it in what he calls illegally.

Trickovic figures that if he can find 200 people each collecting at least 30 signatures a day, he should be able to force an election.

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$97 million for sales tax revenue and has already received 83 percent of that in its bank account, which Pfost called very strong.

She said the town would need $5.6 million a month for April, May and June collections in order to meet the budget.

March’s sales tax receipts came in at $8.6 million.

Because the state collects sales taxes, there is a six-week lag between the end of a month and when municipalities know what they can expect.

Most cities in the Valley are bracing for plummeting sales tax revenue because of business shutdowns that began midMarch.

Gilbert Realtor Marko Trickovic is upset with Gov. Doug Ducey’s business closings to fight the pandemic and wants the governor recalled. (Special to GSN)

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both rejected the budget that is in place now.

“Even though we don’t have the data right now coming into the town of exactly the revenue implications, there is enough economic data out there nationally and locally to now this is serious business and we should respond in a serious way,” Taylor said.

He said the proposed budget increases town operations and maintenance by $9 million – of which $6.6 million comprises salaries for new employees.

“We’re stepping on the gas, heading into a fiscal cliff,” Taylor said.

He noted there were requests for “lots of assistants, receptionists and aides.”

He also questioned why a wellness coordinator was requested in the budget when the position hasn’t been approved by the town’s health trust board that he sits on.

He also balked at the request for 39 hires to staff a town-operated ambulance service.

He said every time he has talked to staff and fire officials, he was told the town was

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not getting into the ambulance business.

He called that expenditure inappropriate because it’s not been vetted.

“The best use of our budget is to return money to our residents and citizens not take more from them it, that’s what this economic climate really, really demands of us,” he said.

Yentes pointed to how other entities are responding to the tightening economy such as the state, which has passed a “skinny budget.”

She said she understands the need for flexibility in having what she called a “ceiling budget” to allow for spending but didn’t think it sends the right message when everyone else is making tremendous sacrifices such as losing their jobs.

“Going forward with a pretty robust FTE (full-time equivalent) request is specifically and particularly a difficult pill to swallow,” said Yentes, adding personnel is a municipality’s largest cost.

She said staff explained the reasons for the proposed hires but right off the bat, she could see that some can be taken off the table right away.

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She ticked off the new positions such as $131,000 for a volunteer community resource manager, $142,000 for a deputy chief employee wellness coach and $109,000 for the wellness coordinator as nice to have in the future but not essential at this particular time when “we are looking at possibly making some deep cuts just like everybody else.”

Final budget and levy adoption are scheduled for June 2.

Yentes also singled out the town’s “digital government,” which includes two new digital journalists. She said that staff has doubled in three years while newspapers around the country are laying off their workers. The budget request is for five more positions for the digital staff.

She asked if some of the proposed positions, like a human resources receptionist, can be part-time.

She also voiced concerns with starting an ambulance service through the fire department.

“I find it problematic considering how in flux that industry is,” she said, adding she wanted to see modeling of how the

town would recoup the cost of operating its own ambulance service. “We have to step up and also look to lead and making those sacrifices as well.”

Taylor and Yentes also voted against setting the town’s secondary property tax levy at $26 million for the new fiscal year that begins July 1.

The levy pays down voter-approved bond debt such as 2018’s $65.3 million bond to build the Public Safety Training Facility.

Pfost said the tax rate would remain at 99 cents per $100 of assessed value of the home.

Taylor, however, called it a tax increase, which Mayor Jenn Daniels disagreed with.

She also countered the points raised

by Taylor and Yentes. The other council members, which includes three recent appointees, did not speak on the budget or levy.

“Gilbert does an amazing job with a lean budget and with a lean staff even with the additional FTEs being requested in the

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ondary education. the virtual production will be She said diplomas and gradone families will enjoy but prouation programs are being viding an opportunity for the mailed to students. students to get together would Each high school’s production offer them some closure. will also include a pre-recorded Board member Sheila Rogers pomp and circumstance, the suUggetti said deciding to go virperintendent’s and principal’s tual was one of her most diffiaddresses, a welcome message cult decision in her 49 years in from the student body presieducation and hoped that the dent, speeches from valedicdistrict was able to make optorians and salutatorians and tional ceremony work. footage of the students acceptAt the town’s other school ing their diplomas, according to district, more details were reTaylor. leased on its virtual graduation.

“VX3 can provide an experiHigley Unified School District ence that no other district that is videotaping seniors walk we know of is doing, having across a stage for their diplothe students participate while mas for a production. adhering to social distancing,” Higley and Williams Field McCord said. “We are doing high schools are scheduling something nobody has ever attimes for students to arrive at tempted before.” the Higley Center for the PerDistrict spokeswoman Dawn Rebecca Arguello, a counselor at Great Hearts Arete Academy in Gilbert, waves to seniors as they held a “car parade” last weekend in place of forming Arts dressed in their Antestenis said the total cost for an in-person year-end festivities. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer) caps and gowns. The arts center filming, editing and live-streamis on the campus of Higley High explored several avenues for gradua- ed it to loosen up. ing the seven graduations is School. tion, including postponing the traditionChandler Unified School District last $80,000.

“We are putting them in groups of 10 “Monies already allocated for the al ceremony until June in hopes the state week was contemplating a separate cer- or less,” said Higley High Principal Alan originally planned full graduation cere- relaxes COVID-19 restrictions on gather- emony for students who want to receive Fields. “They will go into the HCPA take their diploma in-person in addition to a their walk across the stage and receive monies will contribute to this cost,” she ings.

That wasn’t a viable option, however, digital graduation. A number of Gilbert their diploma, exit the building and the said.

“This will be something all students given that students may not be in town youths attend CUSD campuses. next group comes in.”

Board member Jill Humpherys said and parents will enjoy once the finished then, going off on missions, military or Fields said no friends or family memBoard President Charles Santa Cruz said out-of-state universities and because the coronavirus is more contagious and bers will be allowed on the campus more lethal than the flu and that until during the event Monday. Parents can that while nothing can replace a per- the June date was not a guarantee, But he proposed a modified cerethere is a vaccine or immunity, “it might drop their students off in the north son-to-person, large-scale graduation ceremony, there was silver lining in that mony or celebration in June. Although be go out for a little while and then shel- parking lot. the graduates and their families can sit guidelines canceling or postponing ter back in place.”

He anticipated it will take from 8 a.m.gatherings of 10 or more people were She said she understood the frustra- 4 p.m. to tape the 438 seniors. down together to watch it.

McCord explained that administration still in place last week, McCord expect- tion of parents who want a face-to-face Williams Field High Principal Steve graduation but she was not comfortable Tannenbaum did not return a call for with the risks, adding that her daugh- comment. His seniors are scheduled for ter’s college graduation ceremony was a taping on Tuesday at HCPA. slide show.

The high schools’ productions will inBoard member Reed Carr said he sup- clude each student’s biographical inforported an optional ceremony that would mation and a tassel-turning video they Locations In Queen Creek, allow for seniors to get together, provid- send in. Moving a tassel from one side of Chandler and Gilbert ed it can be done. He suggested holding the cap to the other signifies a student • Wellness Visits it in the first half of June in order for it to has graduated.

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Other parents saw the virtual graduation as a positive.

One mom said instead of having to sit for hours in a bleacher to watch her son graduate, she will have a quality video to share with her family on the East Coast.

“My son is fine with this and since he is the graduate, his opinion is the only one that matters to me,” she said.

He then was accepted into a graduate program for sustainability education in Arizona.

Tauscher earned a Teacher of the Year award in Apache County for his work in community engagement while serving as the school’s varsity head football coach and pursuing a master’s degree in educational leadership at Arizona State University.

His most recent job was athletic director at Salt River High School, where his teams won 21 individual and state championships and three coach of the year awards.

The school won a Phoenix Suns Charities Court Renovation Grant in 2018 and

his football team had an NFL Network Thursday Night Football game appearance in 2017.

He said he is looking forward to heading the San Tan Charter School Power Campus, a 7-12 school.

“Everything at the school shows their high standards and the employees go above and beyond in creating a family environment,” said Tauscher.

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opening up restaurants and nail salons, the students should have their graduation ceremonies. Another said the district should have waited until May 15 to make the call on graduation.

“It is sad, the Class of 2020 has gotten a raw deal,” wrote one mom, who said her daughter was devastated when she was told her graduation would be digital.

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Gilbert publicist named to film festival board GSN NEWS STAFF

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ilbert resident Lynette Carrington has been named as an associate board member for the Chandler International Film Festival and chair of its screening and judging committee.

The long-time media professional comes in at a time when preparations already are underway for the fifth annual fest Jan. 21-24.

Carrington has worked as a producer, movie unit and entertainment publicist, casting director and a location scout and has worked with local, national and global media since 2005.

“Lynette Carrington has been a valuable friend to the Chandler International Film Festival since its first year,” said festival founder and President Mitesh Patel. “We are excited to be able to officially bring her onto our

board and continue to grow our festival in meaningful ways with her assistance.”

Carrington said she’s seen first-hand the work Patel has put into an event that “attracts talented filmmakers and industry decision makers from around the globe.”

“The festival’s mission of diversity and inclusion in film is admirable,” she said.

The Chandler International Film Festival began in 2016 with the goal of showcasing films from around the world and is one of the fastest-growing events of its kind Arizona.

“It is dedicated to uniting the community through film - whether someone is a filmmaker or a casual viewer,” Patel said.

Next January it will be showcasing more than 150 films from six continents and 35 countries.

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budget,” Daniels said. “We still have less employees per resident than any other municipality. We continue to operate well within our means.”

She said although the digital government staff has increased over the years so have their duties and she added there is only one web designer who does all the graphic designs for the entire town.

She said town employees wear “many, many hats” and as the town grows so does the need for effective communication with its residents. The town has about 1,400 employees, according to Daniels.

She added Gilbert has a healthy repair and replacement fund that is funded annually and was paying down publicsafety pensions faster than any other municipality with plans to pay off all debt in Gilbert in a short window of time.

She also said the town looks ahead to make sure the community can handle whatever come next. She said an ambulance service was a “fundamental need” in the community. She said she didn’t want the town to ever be in the same position again when it was concerned

if residents would have timely and safe transport to a hospital when needed.

She referenced when Rural Metro, which owns Southwest Ambulance, filed for bankruptcy protection in 2013.

Daniels, who leaves office at the end of the year, noted this was her 13th budget and she appreciated the triggers staff put in place. She said had they been in place in 2009, the town wouldn’t have had to cut $14 million from the budget then.

“One of the things that I’m very sensitive about is the value that our residents receive for their tax dollars,” Daniels said.

“Do our residents receive value for the dollars they spend in our community that are essentially entrusted to the Town Council to be able to make thoughtful, deliberate decisions about where those taxpayer dollars go and the benefits they provide back to our residents?” the mayor asked, adding: “I think without a doubt we can say we get a tremendous value in the Town of Gilbert for every single dollar and I don’t like to compare us to other municipalities because frankly, it’s not fair to them.”

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Gilbert mayoral candidate drops out of race GSN NEWS STAFF

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ilbert mayoral candidate Gary Livacari has dropped out of running, leaving it a three-person race in the August primary.

Livacari posted a lengthy message on his campaign Facebook page last week announcing he and his wife decided to withdraw.

“This is a decision that we make with a

very heavy heart,” he wrote. “I launched my mayoral campaign in January 2020 because I thought we needed a champion for small Town Gilbert in this election – and at the time such a voice was absent from the race.

“My wife and I realize that – for now – the best thing we can do to help repair and reinvigorate our town and our civil society is to focus on the ‘first society’ – which is our family of five children

whose ages range from 9 to 5 months.

If the most basic unit of society falters, nothing else matters.”

Livacari’s platform included fiscal restraint and stopping urbanization in the town and urged voters to reject the town’s General Plan, which goes for ratification in the Aug. 4 primary.

He also urged voters “to call on every Town Council candidate to pledge to replace it with a new vision that

does not artificially accommodate mixed-use, high-rise and higher density land uses.”

Livacari went on to thank his supporters – including Councilman Jared Taylor, who served as his campaign chairman, and former Councilman Victor Petersen, who was his treasurer.

The remaining candidates for mayor are Matthew Nielsen, Brigette Peterson and Lynne King Smith.

the 6 p.m., May 12 event hosted by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.

Vying for the two open seats are State Rep. Travis Grantham, R-Gilbert, Mark Boesen and Jake Hoffman for the GOP nomination. No Democrat filed to run for the district, which covers Gilbert and Queen Creek.

Grantham has declined to participate, said Gina Roberts, the Voter Education

manager for the nonpartisan organization.

As of early last week, Boesen was the only candidate to confirm he will participate.

“If he is the only one, there will be only a 30 minutes Q-and-A session with him,” Roberts said.

Grantham is seeking his third, twoyear term in office. The Gilbert busi-

nessman is a major serving as an aircraft commander and instructor pilot in the Arizona Air National Guard.

His campaign platform jumpstarting the economy devastated and lowering taxes, eliminating the state income tax and cutting excessive regulations and taxes on businesses.

LD 12 debate won’t have all GOP candidates

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debate for Republican candidates running in the Aug. 4 primary for the state House seats in Legislative District 12 is going virtual due to the pandemic.

Gilbert voters will be able to submit their questions to the candidates during

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Some of his bills have included reducing the minimum wage for young, part-time workers – which was killed in the Senate – limiting the number of unmarked cars used by police and banning airport fees on rideshare services.

Hoffman, a Queen Creek councilman and small-businessman, has served on the Higley Unified School District Governing Board.

His issues include fiscal responsibility and less debt, quality education and border security and immigration.

Boesen, a pharmacist and a lawyer, is a political newcomer. The Gilbert resident’s top issues include reducing prescription medication costs, preserving school choice and lessening the state’s regulatory burden.

The debate is being conducted through Zoom, and voters will be able to view the debate at youtube.com/c/AZCCEC/live.

The debate will be live-streamed and recorded for subsequent viewing.

The Clean Elections Commission is creating dedicated channels for voters to

submit questions for the candidates in real time.

Voters also can email their question to Clean Elections at ccec@azcleanelections.gov with the district number and the words “Debate Question” in the subject line. Indicate what district debate the question is for.

Debates in contested races will only occur if there is a participating Clean Elections candidate or upon the request of a traditional candidate.

There are no debates scheduled for the state Senate races in LD 12 and LD 17.

Incumbent Sen. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, has no GOP challengers in the primary for his District 17 Senate seat and Democrat Ajlan Kurdoglu is the sole candidate in his primary.

LD 12 Republican Warren Petersen and Democrat Lynsey Robinson are unchallenged in their respective primary. The seat is open with the retirement of Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert.

Although the House election is contested in District 17, the debate was canceled.

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Higley Arts Center rolls out week of shows GSN NEWS STAFF

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he Higley Center for the Performing Arts has rolled out its schedule of special events that anyone can access for free at higleycenter.org/hctv.htm.

HHB, a Rock and Roll Experience.

Band members play in Higley Unified musical groups. 7 p.m. May 14.

Rhythm of the North. Episode 3, “Gett’n Home Boogie,” is a 7-10-minute program for kids in grades 2-6 with entertainer Johnny B. 8 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. on May 11, May 13 and May 15.

Catapult Magic Shadows. The second of a three-part show by Catapult Magic Shadows looks at the show world of spy movies and TV shows. This piece is followed by a Shadow Play Tutorial, which shows families how to make a shadow animal and demonstrates the skill and

artistry of the Catapult dancers. 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. May 12 and May 14.

One Night in Memphis. This high-energy production takes you back to Dec. 4, 1956, when Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash gathered together for an impromptu jam session at the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. May 9; and 7 p.m., May 13 and May 15.

Moody Blues. Gordy Marshall, the drummer of the iconic band for 25 years, hosts with a band of studio musicians who recreate the legendary band’s songs. 2 p.m. May 10 and 7 p.m. May 11.

Lee Rocker. Stray Cat member Lee Rocker and his all-star band two years were invited by Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates to perform an intimate listening-room show at his home. The full performance was captured on film. 7 p.m.

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mong the thousands of Arizona State University Spring Class of 2020 grads, Robert Nguyen of Gilbert has long had a love of the sciences and a history of giving back.

Nguyen, who majored in applied biological sciences at ASU Polytechnic campus, is the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts Outstanding Graduate.

“In my AP biology class my senior year of high school, it was learning about all the minute details and complex interconnections that support and allow life to exist that pulled me into this path,” said Nguyen, who majored in applied biological sciences at ASU’s Polytechnic campus as preparation for a career medicine.

He earned a 4.0 GPA and beyond his commitments to his studies, devoted a great deal of time in research and volunteering in service to help others.

Nguyen served as a student ambassador, helping with recruiting, orientation and campus visits. He was active in the Pre-Health Club, participating in many community service events, including Devils in Disguise, the Travis Mannion 9/11 Heroes Run, Relay for Life and the campus blood drives.

He was also involved in International Service Devils, contributing more than 250 hours of volunteer service in the Valley and beyond. He and fellow applied biological sciences senior Tanner Carr initiated the Polytechnic campus effort that collected more than 1,200 pairs of gently used shoes for Andre House, a house of hospitality for the homeless.

During spring breaks, Nguyen traveled

C Robert Nguyen abroad with International Service Devils to support community projects and youth health education in remote areas of Guatemala. ”This club opened my eyes to how we can work together to help others in need,” he said.

Over the last two years, Nguyen has been making significant research contributions working in the lab of chemistry professor Wenwei Zheng at the Polytechnic campus.

“When I first came to him, I essentially had zero background in coding or scientific research, just pure determination and an urge to dive into a research project,” Nguyen said. “He was generous enough to give me a chance to join his re-

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ollege life has been busy for Francesca Lascala of Gilbert, but she has never been one to shy away from hard work or a challenge.

She’s president of Advocates for Education, a member of the Next Generation Service Corps and a curriculum designer in the Center for Games and Impact.

“I’ve taken advantage of as much as I could while here at ASU,” said Lascala.

“I’ve been in leadership roles in various clubs since my freshman year while maintaining at least one on-campus job and a full class load. I am also very grateful that ASU made studying abroad my junior year accessible and affordable.”

Her drive and determination have led to her success at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society.

She is earning a bachelor of arts in innovation in society and a minor in media analysis.

She’s in the Accelerated Master’s Degree Program for a master’s degree in science and technology policy degree – part of Barrett, The Honors College.

She’s also received several awards and scholarships, including the Obama Scholarship, the Graduate College Fellowship and the Public Service Academy Commitment Award.

The people at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society drew her to the school — people with unique mindsets, who think about problems differently and are open to new ideas.

“The faculty and students are just so amazing. The professors are doing powerful things. They really care, are easy to

Francesca Lascala talk to and have great insights.”

After she finishes her education, she will join Teach for America, where she can continue to make a difference in the classroom.

“I care a lot about education. I want to spend two years in a classroom to understand what it’s like to be a teacher. After that, I can then find solutions for problems in the classroom through technology.

“At the Center for Games and Impact, I’m doing things with the ThriveCast platform, which provides opportunities to learn in ways that you don’t necessarily get in the classroom. I want to continue doing work like that.”

Her never-give-up mentality also extends outside the classroom. Even with

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Gilbert photographer’s book a tribute to her dog GSN NEWS STAFF

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s a photographer for more than 35 years, Glenda S. Paradee traveled the world, shooting and meeting some of the biggest names in entertainment.

From Dolly Parton to Cher, the Rolling Stones to The Who, the Gilbert woman became widely known chronicler of entertainers, landing her images on the covers of magazines and social media pages as well as her own magazine, “Thanks for the Music,” a 15-year-old publication that remains an online product even though it’s no longer in print.

Now, Paradee has ventured off the music beat a bit to add “children’s book author” to her impressive resume.

But “Tinkerbell, the Long-Haired Chihuahua,” is not just any book. It’s a love story, if you will, about her 16-year relationship with a beloved pet dog that has since passed on. “‘Tinkerbell, the Long-Haired Chihuahua’ is the story of my fur baby, Tinkerbell, who was a beautiful, loving companion who gave unconditional love and comfort to me,” she explained. “Tinkerbell was like a child to me. He gave me total unconditional love and comfort throughout his whole life.”

She said her book “describes and illustrates some of the adventures and highlights of his life with me.”

“His memory was the inspiration for writing this book. It was very therapeutic for me to share memories of my life with Tinkerbell.”

Though she aims the book at children, Paradee said “everyone of every age will enjoy it. It will bring a smile to everyone’s face and heart. The moral of the story is it is OK to be different, you can be happy, and you are loved.”

The California native’s initial foray into photography was as the “family photographer,” shooting events involving her four siblings and parents.

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Gilbert photographer Glenda S. Paradee shows off the book about her beloved pet chihuahua Tinkerbell, who was a bright light for her for 16 years. Paradee has photographer scores of musicians and bands, many in the world of country music. (Special to GSN)

Tinkerbell was a “loving companion.” owner Glenda Paradee recalled. (Special to GSN)

Then, she went to her first concert.

At 16, her parents took her to see Sonny and Cher and she pulled out her camera.

“I sent them some photos and they sent me back a thank you letter and autographed photo,” she recalled. “Then in 1976, before I moved to Arizona, I went and saw Cher at a benefit concert in Los Angeles. I ended up getting backstage and visiting with her. That same weekend, I went to a concert at the Troubadour Club in West Hollywood to see Dolly Parton.”

That also was a fortuitous concert.

“I was sitting up close to the stage and during her concert, she leaned down to me and said ‘I love your jacket. Come and visit me backstage after the show.’ I was wearing a disco colorful sparkling jacket…. She was so kind to me. I was a fan for life after that.”

She also became a concert photographer for life.

Year after year, as Paradee would see the same artists come back to town, she

have been posted by someone who lived only five minutes from her parents – a sign, Paradee said, that “it was meant to be that I found Tinkerbell.”

The book includes, naturally, Paradee’s pictures of the dog and her recollections.

And though she and her husband now have a Cocker Spaniel, she said the book has helped her fill the void left by Tinkerbell.

“I started thinking about all the great times we shared together, how much unconditional love and joy he gave me, every day of his life,” she said. “So, it actually therapeutically helped me with the grieving process to write about our life story together.”

That’s probably why she found writing the book was “no big challenge.”

“It really did just flow out of my heart,” Paradee said. “I did get a few tears in my eyes, happy tears.”

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carried an envelope of photos from the year before, making sure the artist got that envelope.

Suddenly, her pictures ended up in fan club letters and magazines.

In the 1990s, she launched her magazine and secured a staff photographer position on KMLE Country radio and becoming a regular in Nashville as she photographer the legends of country music.

“I went to everything, took photos for everything, Nashville record companies and publicists sent me information to add,” Paradee said. “I then had the boards done in Wickenburg, then took it to Payson to get it printed, then my dad helped me delivering it all over.”

Her monthly magazine remains popular online, drawing thousands of hits a month, she said.

Finding Tinkerbell culminated a search of “many, many months” for a long-haired chihuahua that ended when her father saw a newspaper ad that turned out to

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search group.”

The lab’s research uses computational biology to learn more about the traits, pathology and functions of Intrinsically disordered proteins, which perform important biological functions and are related to a number of neurodegenerative diseases.

“The first few months, I gruelingly learned the basics of coding, programming and the essentials of his research. I hit many roadblocks while learning and practicing,” Nguyen admitted. “He taught me patience and persistence in seemingly impossible situations. While he could have easily given me the answers to my problems, he gifted time and guidance to try countless options to find the solution on my own.

“I’ve learned that any problem that may present itself to me in the future can be worked out with patience and per-

sistence.”

Nguyen is co-author on a manuscript about the research project, which stands to disrupt current thought on these proteins within the biophysics community.

“To some, graduating from college is about the diploma, but to me, it’s more about the knowledge and mindset that I developed. I’ve learned how to be more critical in my thought process. This is a superior way of tackling any problems that come my way,” he said.

“I also appreciate the support system that this school has given me. From day one, the academic advisers set me up for success and kept me on track to graduate. Later on, countless professors and instructors at Poly showed they cared for me as a student and wanted to see me succeed,” Nguygen said. “I graduate knowing that I have a network of brilliant

people who believe in me and my abilities to become successful and who are willing to offer assistance if needed.”

Asked why he chose ASU, he replied, “My father graduated with his bachelor’s from ASU. I still remember seeing a photo of myself, most likely only a few years old at the time, being held in my father’s hands at his graduation. He has always supported and pushed me academically, so I wanted to graduate from ASU, just like he did, and continue a proud ASU heritage.

“I chose to be based at the Polytechnic campus because it was incomparably unique to any other campus, in my eyes.

When I first visited the campus, there were so many things that caught my attention: from the beautiful scenery to the blissfully quiet paths. But the main thing that attracted me and has kept me to this day is the people. With the great

student-to-instructor/staff ratio and the friends that I hold dear, I think that the Polytechnic campus has given me relationships that will last a lifetime.”

What’s the best piece of advice you’d give to those still in school?

“Just take a minute to yourself and breathe! As a student, I almost always felt that I wasn’t doing enough and that I was in a crunch for time. It would feel like I was under a constant weight that wasn’t going anywhere.

“It’s more than okay to rest your mind for a bit when you’re overwhelmed. Distract yourself by spending quality time with friends and family and by remembering what you’re truly working toward.”

her busy schedule, she still finds time to bake and try new recipes.

She considers baking a good stress reliever. And although there’s a macaron recipe she hasn’t quite mastered yet, she keeps trying. It’s just part of the persistence and dedication that drives her to succeed in all things she does.

Question: Why did you choose ASU? Answer: When I was starting to get serious about choosing a school, I noticed ASU had the most options out of anywhere else. I was able to combine my major with my minor, get certificates and be a part of (Barrett).

I think if I went anywhere else, I

wouldn’t have been able to create the path that I’m creating for myself right now. I’m very grateful that I was able to come to ASU and pursue all that together.

Q: What was your “aha” moment, when you realized you wanted to study the field you majored in?

A: I chose my major on a whim. There was a paragraph description about Innovation in Society that said students would match STEM with ethics. That really interested me because I always wanted to do something in STEM, but I had a liberal arts background and was more focused on ethics than actual science. I thought this would be a good chance for me to explore

that more.

Q: What’s something you learned while at ASU — in the classroom or otherwise — that surprised you or changed your perspective?

A: All the classes have definitely changed my perspective. Before this, I didn’t know much about STEM and hadn’t thought about policy before. The FIS 308 class – Politics, Markets and Innovation – introduced me to new and interesting concepts, including economics, policy and innovation in technology.

Being able to see all those things together was fascinating. I had never thought about policy in that way before, espe-

cially involving science, and it had never occurred to me that that was something important.

Q: What’s the best piece of advice you’d give to those still in school?

A: Take advantage of the ASU campus.

Right now, I miss studying there. The campus has always been the best place to get my work done, whether using campus computers or taking advantage of the nice study spaces with pretty views in Hayden Library. I’ve always been more successful when I spend more time on campus.

Ashley Richards is a spokeswoman for ASU’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society.

distancing guidelines.

The virtual ceremony will be on YouTube, where graduates and families can watch. The ceremony will highlight accomplishments of both undergraduate and graduate students.

“Reimagining ASU’s commencement ceremonies does not mean canceling them,’’ said ASU President Michael M. Crow, who will provide opening re-

marks. “Sun Devil Nation is going to celebrate. We will continue in the spirit that drove us earlier in the semester when classes were moved to a distance learning format.’’

More than 12,000 of the 16,000 graduates were in on-campus classes before they shifted to online with more than 4,000 online classes, lectures, workouts, mindfulness sessions, music

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Its approximate 16,400 graduates — be the largest class yet — won’t be convening in person because of social

rehearsals and even athlete training sessions.

A “year in review” video will highlight the year and include student achievements, university awards, campus life and service projects.

Custom Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat filters will allow graduates to dress in a virtual cap and gown, then share the photos.

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Flores said, adding that the Lowes regional manager came by to express his appreciation and donate hats to first responders and SERVPRO employees.

Flores said Curran and Tax also invited area hospitals to have doctors and nurses bring their vehicles for free disinfecting.

“We work closely with organizations

throughout our region to keep a finger on the pulse of our communities we serve,” Flores explained. “Our team works to provide water to police and firefighters through the scorching summer months as a way to say thank you for their invaluable contribution to our communities.”

Flores said the company uses misting equipment to wet down rooms and vehicles with an EPA-approved disinfectant that has been proven effective in killing the corona virus.

Since SERVPRO added sanitizing to its services, she added, a number of businesses and private households have also signed up. As businesses slowly reopen, she said, SERVPRO also can arrange a visit to workplaces and homes on virtually a 24/7 basis.

That round-the-clock availability also reflects the company’s assurance on its website that “our entire team can leave our facility at a moment’s notice to help with disasters of any size.”

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give back in a meaningful way,” said company owner Schnepp. “We feel blessed. We are still working while so many people out here are still affected.”

Schnepp said it dawned on them the “solution to kill this stuff can be sprayed with our OSHA gear.”

“The light bulb went off and it made a lot of sense how to make an immediate impact,” the Gilbert resident added.

The company began reaching out to local nonprofits with the proposal of sanitizing their buildings for free. Gilbert Chamber of Commerce was the first to take Envision Painting on its offer a few weeks back.

Schnepp figured he has spent $1,000 so far on new equipment such as an industrial fogger and supplies.

“We’re trying to get all kinds of equipment to help us do these things in mass quantity,” he said.

While his workers provided their labor for free for the Chamber job, which took three hours, Schnepp told them he didn’t expect them to continue doing so and is paying them when they work a donated job.

He said the disinfection solution is safe to apply in an empty building and needs about an hour or so to air out before people can use the facility.

“I have a list of nonprofits right now,” Schnepp said. “I have two churches that have expressed interest but nothing is set up with them yet. Both are kind of waiting to see when they get the word to open up.”

When the pandemic crisis passes, Schnepp said his company will still offer nonprofits the free service and will likely charge a fee for repeat customers.

“Places like churches and the Boys and Girls Clubs need to have it done on a regular basis; these buildings with lots of people coming in and out,” he said. “We will continue to do donations at a certain amount but we can’t do everything for free.”

He said the company will teach nonprofits how to sanitize their buildings.

“Lots of these places have their own maintenance staff,” he said. “We’re not out to get anybody for re-occurring costs.

We’re trying to go out and do good things.”

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ilbert police officers and firefighters have a little extra layer of protection from COVID-19, thanks to a local cleaning company.

For years, SERVPRO owners Tom Curran and Jim Tax have built their business around general residential and commercial cleaning, Fire and water restoration, mold elimination and similar services.

But in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve also added sanitization to that menu of services and wanted to deploy them to help protect two local agencies that protect the town.

So they first sanitized Gilbert Police and Fire facilities and last week did the same with more than 120 trucks and cars owned by the two departments.

SERVPRO worked out an arrangement with two Lowes stores to use their parking lots for the vehicle disinfecting, company spokeswoman Rosie Flores said.

“The Gilbert police and fire were so thankful and appreciated our services,”

SERVPRO co-owner Jim Tax sprays down a Gilbert Police vehicle with a coronavirus-killing sanitizer as part of his company’s effort to give back to the community. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

Paint company pivots to sanitizing nonprofit offices

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This was no ordinary job for the Gilbert company, which showered walls, doors and furniture with EPA-approved disinfectant that kills the coronavirus.

It was a service the 13-year-old company with six employees offered for free to the nonprofit.

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‘Russian Rocket’: Ilya Uvaydov finds success on gridiron doesn’t want me to stress so I can just focus on school and training.

The support from him has been lya Uvaydov has always had the amazing.” goal of becoming the first in his The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on his father’s business, but immediate family to go to colthe two work tirelessly together to lege. make ends meet. His father’s ability He envisioned his avenue of getto essentially build himself from the ting there coming through academground up when he arrived in the ics. But a new path emerged near U.S. gives Uvaydov motivation to do the end of his sophomore year at the same on the football field. UvayGilbert High School. dov trains with Rausch at least once “I was practicing soccer and the a week. But he tries to find an open football team was having their field nearly every day. spring practices at the time,” Uvay“He’s a kid that goes about his dov. “Coach (Derek Zellner) had his workouts and does exactly what monster offensive line coach at the you ask him to do,” Zellner said. “He time, coach (Jeremy) Bridges, come continually wants to get better and over and he just introduced himself better. He’s just a great kid.” and he told me he thought I would That same work ethic has helped be a great asset to the football team.

Uvaydov improve to the point where “Honestly, I was too afraid to say he now posts videos on Twitter of no.”

Uvaydov joined the football team Gilbert junior kicker Ilya Uvaydov, known as the “Russian Rocket” to his teammates, hopes to use football as a way to become the first himself clearing the uprights from upwards of 50 yards out. Just 9 as a kicker. Despite playing soccer in his immediate family to attend college. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff) months ago, he barely hit his first-evhis whole life, the transition was er field goal for Gilbert, a 32-yarder was named to the second team as a placeUvaydov’s parents were both born in easy. He said he fell in love with the sport right away. He felt support from both kicker. He accounted for 37 total points for Uzbekistan, at the time part of the Soviet that hit off the up-right and went in.

It’s a moment he still cherishes for many the coaches and players. Though there Gilbert, a team that made the playoffs for Union. His father, Mikhail, was first to arrive in New York at 18 years old in 1989. He reasons. Not only does it give him a sense were still some learning curves he had to the second straight season.

His improvement on the field helped him had no money, he had no job and according of how far he’s come in a short amount overcome.

He began working with former Arizona gain popularity among his teammates. Giv- to Uvaydov, didn’t speak English. His moth- of time, but it was a moment he was able State kicker Steve Rausch, who played with en his heritage, they nicknamed him the er, Tatyana, lived in the same town as his to share with his father who was in the Zellner when the two won a state title at “Russian Rocket.” But most importantly, father but didn’t meet him until she also stands. Just like Uvaydov, Mikhail has grown to love the game of football. his accolades helped put him on the ra- arrived in the U.S. in 1995.

Dobson High School.

“Neither of us knew anything about the Uvaydov was born in Phoenix and grew Rausch immediately recognized Uvay- dar of some colleges. He even took it upon himself to research college programs with- up in Ahwatukee until his family moved game at all,” Uvaydov said, “but he likes it dov’s determination to improve. to Gilbert. Aside from tirelessly working more than soccer now. He enjoys seeing “He was raw the first time I saw him, I out a kicker currently on the roster.

He sent his film to several schools, many in the classroom, he found time to train in me contribute and score points. I know could tell nobody had worked with him before,” Rausch said. But he’s confident of which expressed their interest and had soccer as well. But when he isn’t studying he’s proud of me.”

Uvaydov is excited to take his game to and extremely self-driven. You look at him plans to see him kick in person come the or training now for two sports, he can be now compared to what he was before, it’s start of the 2020 season. It puts him one found working at a local pizza shop five another level as a senior and hopes to get on the radar of more schools by the time step closer to potentially securing a schol- nights a week. a night and day difference.”

His father works as a barber. He said he his prep career comes to an end.

Uvaydov’s confidence is one of the key arship to move on to the next level.

“It would mean a lot to both of us if I was “I see my dad to work hard to make ends doesn’t have much of a relationship with characteristics he possesses that has alable to get the opportunity to play somelowed him to go from goalkeeper on the meet. That’s where a lot of my motivation his mother.

“My dad works hours upon hours to where, especially if it’s kind of close by so soccer team to starting kicker earning rec- comes from,” Uvaydov said. “I don’t want to ognition. He was named to the first-team put the burden of having to try and pay for make ends meet,” Uvaydov said. “He puts my dad can come watch me.” Uvaydov said. all of his effort into me and my sisters. He “I know he would love it.” all-region as a punter this past season. He college on him.”

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Obituaries Norman Lyle Knox

Norman Lyle Knox quietly passed away Monday, April 27th, 2020, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

Norman was born to Orval A. and Leota Neely Knox in Chandler AZ in 1933, and was grandson of Arizona Pioneers, T.A.”Alex” and Martha Knox.

He had two younger sisters, Muriel and Barbara.

Norman attended Chandler schools, graduating from Chandler High in 1951. While there, he played in various bands, played baseball, was involved in student government, and sang in the choir. He was an avid Chandler High booster and received recognition for his work and support over the decades.

Norman went to ASU for one year (rooming with Jamie Sossaman) then transferred to UC Davis, to major in Agriculture. While there, he joined Theta Xi fraternity as well as Alpha Zeta and was involved in many campus activities as well as the marching band.

He graduated in 1955, came home and 4 days after arriving home, married Barbara Jean Gaddis. After honeymooning, Norman and Barbara settled into married life and farming. He farmed with Orval and on his own from 1955 to 2005. At the time of his death, he was still involved in the family citrus operation in Tulare Co., CA. Norman farmed cotton, alfalfa, small grains, corn, sugar beets, and several varieties of native plants for seed. Norman and Barbara had 2 sons, Lyle and Alex.

Norman was very active both in and out of the agriculture community. He served on PCA and FLB boards, Chandler Ginning board, CALCOT board, Western Farm Credit Bank and US AGbank boards, RWCD board, Maricopa Co. Pollution Control Board, Chandler Hospital board, AZ Grain board, and AZ Cotton Growers, to name a few. He was particularly proud to be a member of the Otto and Edna Neely Foundation board. As a lifelong member of the Chandler United Methodist Church, he served on many boards, committees and was a youth advisor for many years. He also supported the FFA, YMCA and Scouting.

Norman also loved flying and received his private pilot pilot’s license in 1957. In 1958, he and Barbara joined the Arizona Flying Farmers and both remained members until their deaths. Here, too, Norman served as a Chapter officer on many occasions. He served as a Regional Director on the Flying Farmer international level and he and Barbara were Teen Advisors for the yearly convention. Norman was also selected as a Man of the Year for the Arizona Chapter. During his flying days, Norman achieved both Instrument and Multi-Engine Ratings.

Norman was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara and his younger sister Muriel (Roger) Fry. He is survived by his youngest sister, Barbara (Max) Butcher, two sons, Lyle (Sue) and Alex (Ellen), four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

At this time, services are pending, due to restrictions on gatherings.

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He pursued a second career as a Machinist with Boeing before eventually retiring to Arizona. He was a proud Mason, Moose and Elk. His hobbies were league bowling, RV’ing and dancing with his wife, Earline and many friends throughout the years.

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MORE CLASSIFIED ADS ONLINE! www.EastValleyTribune.com Cleaning Services

602-789-6929 Roc #057163 Lowest Prices * 30 Yrs Exp Serving Entire Valley

YOU’LL LIKE US - THE BEST!

DESERT ROCK

CON CR E T E & M A S ON RY BLOCKWALL CONCRETE RETAINING WALL BLOCK FENCE PLANTER BBQ

FOUNDATION DRIVEWAY SIDEWALK PATIO

PAVER • CONCRETE REMOVAL • HARDSCAPE BONDED & INSURED • ROC#321648 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! FREE ESTIMATES • 16 YEARS EXPERIENCE RESIDENTIAL CALL JOHN: 480.797.2985 COMMERCIAL

Drywall

JOSE DOMINGUEZ DRYWALL & PAINTING House Painting, Drywall, Reliable, Dependable, Honest!

RESIDENTIAL & SMALL BUSINESS CLEANING SPECIALISTS SINCE 2007 Weekly, biweekly, tri-weekly, or monthly; same talented crew each visit Flexible, customized services to meet individual needs of each client GREEN eco-friendly products used to clean and sanitize Move-in/move-out and seasonal deep cleans Small, family-owned company with GUARANTEED high quality services Always dependable, excellent references, bonded, and insured

FreeFree estimates estimatesat at 480-802-1992 480-802-1992 or or dennis@simplygrandcleaningaz.com reed@simplygrandcleaningaz.com

QUICK RESPONSE TO YOUR CALL! 15 Years Experience • Free Estimates

480.266.4589 josedominguez0224@gmail.com Not a licensed contractor.

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Home Improvement

Electrical Services HONESTY • INTEGRITY • QUALITY

- Ahw Resident Since 1987 -

• Panel Changes and Repairs • Installation of Ceiling Fans • Switches/Outlets • Home Remodel

ALL RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL Call Jim Endres 480.282.7932 Over 28 Years Experience • ROC #246019 Bonded/Insured

Handyman

L Your Handyman Needs!

Handyman Needs! oring • Electrical • Electrical ywall • Carpentry Marks the Spot for ALL • Carpentry Tile • More!

Marks the Spot for ALL Your Handyman Needs!

Your Handyman Needs!

More!

Painting • Flooring • Electrical

the Spot for ALL Your Handyman Needs! • Drywall • Carpentry Plumbing Painting • Flooring • Electrical • Plumbing inting • Flooring • ElectricalDecks • Tile • More!

Drywall • Carpentry • Decks • Tile & More! mbing • Drywall • Carpentry Decks • Tile • More!

“No Job Too

“No JobSmall Too Man!” Small Man!”

1999

HOME REMODELING REPAIRS & CUSTOM INTERIOR PAINTING Move a wall; turn a door into a window.

From small jobs and repairs to room additions, I do it all.

Precision interior painting, carpentry, drywall, tile, windows, doors, skylights, electrical, fans, plumbing and more.

All trades done by hands-on General Contractor.

Friendly, artistic, intelligent, honest and affordable.

40 years' experience.

Call Ron Wolfgang Office 480-820-8515 Cell 602-628-9653 Wolfgang Construction Inc. Licensed & Bonded ROC 124934

2012, 2013, 2010, 2011 2014 2012, 2013, Ahwatukee Resident/ References/ Insured/ Not a Licensed Contractor 2014

CLASSIFIEDS and LEGALS Deadline: Thursday at 10am for Sunday

Call Bruce at 602.670.7038

Email Your Ad: class@times publications.com

Free Estimates with Pride & Prompt Service!

ACTION CONTRACTING INC. Bath & Kitchen Remodels • Car-Port to Garage Conversion Drywall & Stucco Repairs • Plumbing • Electrical • Can Lights Windows • Doors • Cabinets • Painting • Block Fences Wrought Iron Gates • Remodeling • Additions • Patios Tenant Improvements

East Valley

LLC

480-833-7353 - Office 480-430-7737 - Cell A+

• Electrical Repair • Plumbing Repair • Dry rot and termite damage repair

GENERAL CONTRACTOR / HANDYMAN SERVICES

520.508.1420

www.husbands2go.com

Licensed, Bonded & Insured • ROC#317949 Ask me about FREE water testing!

azirrigation.com

Call or Text Today for a FREE ESTIMATE

Carlos Medina - 602-677-3200

Cutting Edge LLC • ROC 21671

Landscape/Maintenance

Your Ad can go ONLINE ANY Day! Call to place your ad online!!

Classifieds 480-898-6465

HOME IMPROVEMENT & PAINTING Interior/Exterior Painting 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE Dunn Edwards Quality Paint Small Stucco/Drywall Repairs

480.345.1800 ROC 304267 • Licenced & Bonded

Add a Background Color to Your Ad! Classifieds 480-898-6465 Insured/Bonded Free Estimates

WE DO IT ALL!

*Not a Licensed Contractor

All Estimates are Free • Call:

LICENSED • INSURED OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE

480.654.5600

gilbertsunnews.com

All Remodeling, Additions, Kitchen, Bath, Patio Covers, Garage, Sheds, Windows, Doors, Drywall & Roofing Repairs, Painting, All Plumbing, Electrical, Concrete, Block, Stucco, Stack Stone, All Flooring, Wood, Tile, Carpet, Welding, Gates, Fences, All Repairs.

480-276-6600

SERVING THE ENTIRE VALLEY

NTY

5-YEAR WARRA

Painting

Owner Does All Work, All Honey-Do Lists

- Free Estimates -

• Drywall Repair • Bathroom Remodeling • Home Renovations

COMMERCIAL ➧ RESIDENTIAL ➧

480-898-6465

One Call, We Do It All! 602-339-4766

Ahwatukee Resident/ References/ Insured/ Not a Licensed Contractor

• Painting • Plumbing • Carpentry • Drywall • Roofing • Block

• Sprinkler/Drip Repairs • New Installs Poly/PVC • Same Day Service

Licensed • Bonded • Insured • ROC118198

2010, 2011 2010, 2011 2012, 2013, 2012, 2013, 2014 2014

REASONABLE HANDYMAN

➧ LANDSCAPING ➧ TREE TRIMMING & REMOVAL ➧ IRRIGATION ➧ YARD CLEAN-UP ➧ GRAVEL

General Contacting, Inc.

2010, 2011 2012, 2013, 2014

“No Job Call Bruce at 602.670.7038 7038 Too Small Man!” Work Since 1999 ality nsed Contractor 8 BSMALLMAN@Q.COM ractor

602.670.7038 es/ Insured/ Not a Licensed Contractor

RAMIRO MEDINA LANDSCAPING

Home Improvement

“No Job Too Small Man!”

“No Job Too Work Since 1999 Quality le,Small 2010, 2011 Affordab Man!”

Landscape/Maintenance

Irrigation

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aaaActionContractingInc.com

Honey Do List Too Long?

Check out the Handyman Section!

ALL Pro

T R E E

S E R V I C E

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Prepare for Spring Season!

LANDSCAPING, TREES & MAINTENANCE

Tree Trimming • Tree Removal Stump Grinding Storm Damage • Bushes/Shrubs Yard Clean-up Commercial and Residential PMB 435 • 2733 N. Power Rd. • Suite 102 • Mesa dennis@allprotrees.com

480-354-5802

We Are State Licensed and Reliable!

Free Estimates • Senior Discounts

480-338-4011

ROC#309706

East Valley PAINTERS Voted #1 Paint Interior & Exterior • Drywall Repair Light Carpentry • Power Washing • Textures Matched Popcorn Removal • Pool Deck Coatings Garage Floor Coatings • Color Consulting

10% OFF

We Beat Competitors Prices & Quality Free Estimates!

Home of the 10-Year Warranty!

480-688-4770

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

Now Accepting all major credit cards

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Pest Control

Plumbing

Roofing

Public Notices

Affinity Plumbing LLC 480-487-5541 Our family would be proud to be your pest control solution. ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LYON COUNTY, KANSAS JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF:

affinityplumber@gmail.com

AZ Shield Pest Control

(480) 257-4640 Rodent Control Mosquito Control (480) 255-4949 Scorpion Control azshieldpestcontrol.com Ant Control azshieldpestcontrol@gmail.com • Owner Operated

LIC#15751B

www.affinityplumbingaz.com

Your Ahwatukee Plumber & East Valley Neighbor Anything Plumbing Same Day Service Water Heaters

24/7

Inside & Out Leaks

Bonded

Toilets

Insured

Faucets

Estimates Availabler

CARSON BUCKRIDGE, RESPONDENT CASE NO. 2018-JC-000120 DOB: 2012 A MALE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS

Tiles, shingles, flat, repairs & new work Free Estimates • Ahwatukee Resident Over 30 yrs. Experience

480-706-1453

Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

TO: Dustin Montgomery, Putative Father of Shelby; Unknown Father of Shelby; Unknown Paternal Grandmother of Shelby; Paternal Grandfather of Shelby Wayne Pitts, Paternal Grandfather of Carson; Carl Sumpter, Maternal Grandfather or any Known or Unknown Relative of Carson Buckridge and Shelby Sumpter.

Disposals

$35 off

Any Service Specializing in

Scorpion Hunts & Management CALL FOLSR! SPECIA

ACCREDITED BUSINESS ®

A Motion to Terminate Parental Rights has been filed in this court requesting that the court terminate parental rights.

Not a licensed contractor

You are required to appear before this court on the 4th day of June, 2020, at 09:00 AM, or prior to that time and file your written response to the pleading with the clerk of this court. If, after a child has been adjudged to be a child in need of care, the court finds a parent or parents to be unfit, the court may make an order permanently terminating the parent's or parents' parental rights.

Roofing

Sterling Smith, Owner

480-600-1713 Scorphntr@cox.net

Stuart N Symmonds, an attorney, has been appointed as GAL for the child. Each parent or other legal custodian of the child has the right to appear and be heard personally either with or without an attorney. The court will appoint an attorney for a parent who is financially unable to hire one.

SHARE WITH THE WORLD!

Plumbing

Place a Birth, Anniversary, Wedding Announcement, In Memoriam, Obituary or any life event in this paper today!

Call us for details.

HYDROJETTING

480-477-8842

Meghan Morgan, #23102 Assistant Lyon County Attorney 430 Commercial, Ste 202 Emporia, KS 66801 620 341 3263 Published: East Valley Tribune, May 12, 19, 2020 / 30547

Your leaks stop here!

SEWER CABLE

COMPREHENSIVE DRAIN CLEANING, SEWER SCOPING, AND MINOR PLUMBING REPAIR SERVICE

BOOK ONLINE! STATE48DRAINS.COM 20+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED • BONDED & INSURED NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

SHELBY SUMPTER, MINOR CHILD CASE NO. 2018JC-000121 DOB: 2009 A FEMALE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS Publication - Notice of Hearing NOTICE OF HEARING

New Roofs, Repairs, Coatings, Flat Roof, Hot Mopping & Patching & Total Rubber Roof Systems

FREE ESTIMATES & MONSOON SPECIALS

class@timespublications.com or call 480-898-6465

SAME DAY SERVICE 30 Years Experience References Available

MISSED THE DEADLINE? Call us to place your ad online!

480-898-6465

Roofing The Most Detailed Roofer in the State

Licensed Bonded Insured ROC 286561

Senior & Military Discounts

480-280-0390 Meetings/Events?

Get Free notices in the Classifieds!

Submit to ecota@timespublications.com

TK

®

Tim KLINE Roofing, LLC Roofs Done Right...The FIRST Time!

15-Year Workmanship Warranty on All Complete Roof Systems

www.timklineroofing.com

480-357-2463

FREE Estim at and written e proposal

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

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ARIZONA’S LARGEST GROWER DIRECT NURSERY FOR FOUR GENERATIONS!

s? uestion Plant Q e Whitfill Th Call ow arden Sh Nursery G7-9 am Sat KFYI 550AM m Sun 7-9 a KTAR 1230FM

You’ll See The Difference As Soon As You Arrive!

TREE SALE!

Now’s The Time to Plant & We’ll Do the Diggin’

GIANT HUGE 24” BOX TREES Mesquite • Oak • Pistachio Ash • Elm • Acacia

PLANTED & GUARANTEED

379

$

YOUR CHOICE

• Best Plants In Town • Friendly, Knowledgeable Nurserymen • No Commissioned High-Pressure Sales People • Best Price In Town On Quality Trees!

149

CITRUS TREES $ BIG 5-6 Year Old Many With Fruit!

Includes Dwarf Trees:

36” UPBOX TREES TO 15’ TALL

Lemon • Lime Grapefruit • Oranges

15 GAL.

CASH & CARRY

Mesquite • Thornless Mesquite Palo Verde • Acacia • Palobrea • Ironwood Sissoo • Oak • Ash • Elms & more

599

PLANTED & GUARANTEED

$

FROM

Compare at $1000

UNIQUE TIMES...

• Shop our nurseries and maintain Covid-19 protocol for your protection and ours.

• Order by phone • Contact website

Hours: Monday - Saturday 8AM - 5:30PM • Closed Sunday

Valleywide delivery just $75 MAIN TREE FARM • 602-268-9096

EAST VALLEY • 480-892-2712

2647 E. Southern Ave. (Phx)

Cooper (Stapley) & Guadalupe

• Lemon • Lime • Tangerine • Tangelo • Oranges • Grapefruit and more!

SHADE TREES Monster 48” Box Trees 1000’s to Choose From

1800

$

From

• Ash • Elm • Mesquite • Palo Verde • Pistachio • Pines

UP TO 25’ TALL

Planted & Guaranteed • Compare at $3000+

PALMS

Arizona’s Best Selection Grower-Direct From Our Farms

Dates • Bismarkia California and Mexican Fan • Cycads • Blues And More!

NORTH PHOENIX/ SCOTTSDALE • 602-944-8479 824 E Glendale Ave. (Phx)

All offers limited to stock on hand. • No other discounts apply. • Not valid on previous sales. Multi trunk, jumbo size, and field dug trees slightly higher. LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED • RESIDENTIAL - C-21 - 125878 • COMMERCIAL - A-21 - 125879

SALE ENDS 5/20/20

Price is good with ad only.