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s Gilbert prepares for its July 4 celebration, town fire officials are on the look out for illegal fireworks. Arizona allows for the purchase of certain consumer fireworks from May 20 to July 6 and their use from June 24 to July 6. Permissible fireworks include ground spinners, flitter sparklers and ground sparkling devices. Anything that can become airborne is banned, such as firecrackers, bottle rockets and aerial spinners.
Police are on the lookout for illegal fireworks sales, so Gilbert residents are advised to patronize only those legitimate operations, like this one, and know the laws governing their use. (Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer)
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Besides chain stores such as Costco and Fry’s markets selling fireworks, a handful of independent dealers like TNT Fireworks and Desert Sky Fireworks have set up temporarily in Gilbert for the upcoming holiday. “We do monitor all the local fireworks stands for the legal versus illegal fireworks,” said Josh Friedman, Gilbert interim fire marshal. “Their shipping manifests are checked when they open and then spot checks,
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Gilbert woman wants to spread compassion and help in the Southeast Valley — especially since her town has the official nickname Kindness USA. Sharon Kotsonas this week is launching Weekly Collective, a community liaison program that will direct people in need to local resources and connect people who want to help with agencies and organizations. She says her program is different from what currently exists and is open to those not just in Gilbert but in Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Queen Creek and Santan. “I’m surrounded by people who want to help but don’t know how or want to give
but don’t know where to give,” said the Realtor. “They don’t want to fall prey to a scam and want a trustworthy source they can trust and engage with. I am transforming the community by inspiring volunteerism.” How Kotsonas sees that growing is by having volunteers recruit people they know and the “recruits” would in turn convert their acquaintances. “The second part of it, we have people here in this community that need help and don’t know where to get it or are embarrassed to go and ask for help,” Kotsonas said. “Sometimes people fall on hard times and some need a helping hand or two or three. If we are able to help, it’s our social responsibility to help.” She said those in need may be intimidat-
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ilbert’s 85298 ZIP code took the No. 3 spot in the state among ZIPs with the biggest increase in baby boomers over five years, according to RENTCafé.com. Nationally, the town ranked No. 13 for popularity with boomers in the latest study that looked at the ZIP codes of the 250 largest cities in the country. “The close proximity to downtown Gilbert and nearby Chandler is possibly an important factor in their decision to move to the area as they are just minutes away from shopping centers and popular restaurants,” said Florentina Sarac with the online listing service. “Since we might keep seeing a high number of seniors relocating here, developers should take into consideration the particular needs of this generation when planning to build new housing,” Sarac added. The company defined the generation as those born between 1948 and 1962 but the U.S. Census considers baby boomers as those born between 1946 and 1964. RENTCafe looked at three main areas total baby-boomer population, increase in number of baby boomers between 2012-17 and increase in share of baby boomers. During the five-year period Gilbert’s 85298 has seen a 40 percent spike, translating to over 3,900 new residents, according to the study. The area is largely residential and has seen a lot of residential growth the last
This assisted living center at the corner of Val Vista Drive and Queen Creek Road has helped propel Gilbert ZIP code 85298 to the third biggest increase in baby boomers in the state. (GNS file photo)
few years, according to town spokeswoman Jennifer Harrison. Subdivisions like Adora Trails, The Bridges, Calliandra Estates, Marathon Ranch, Reserve at Val Vista, Marbella Vineyards and Freeman Farms added a number of homes in that area over the last few years, Harrison said. In addition, there is an assisted-living development at the southeast corner of Val Vista and Queen Creek that recently opened, she added. Sarac said the Southwest started to gain popularity among seniors, with four zip codes in Arizona posting some of the highest increases in the number of baby boomers — Mesa’s 85212 ZIP was No. 3 in the state followed by Phoenix’s 85212 and 85012 at No. 11 and No. 14, respectively.
Study highlights include: ZIPs with the largest baby boomer population. Glendale’s 85308 ranks 16 out of 20 nationally, with over 14,000 senior inhabitants. Considering New York absolutely dominates this ranking, Arizona entering the top 20 is a surprising feat, according to RENTCafe. ZIPs with the largest share of baby bomers. Scottsdale’s ZIP code 85266 boasts the highest share of baby boomers nationally, at 35 percent. But it is Tucson that truly shines in this category, with no fewer than four ZIP codes with a high share of seniors in the top 20. To look at the full study, go to rentcafe. com/blog/apartmentliving/lifestyleapartmentliving/baby-boomer-zipcodes.
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evelopers will no longer be allowed to build multi-family projects on land in Gilbert zoned for regional commercial. Council recently amended the town’s Land Development Code, which previously allowed a developer to apply for a conditional use permit to build apartments or condos on land meant for retail commercial uses. However, loft unit development where there are apartments above and retail below will remain in place to encourage mixed-use devel-
opments. The last time a developer sought a conditional use permit to build a multi-family development on regional commercial-zoned land was in late 2017, according to Kyle Mieras, development services director. There are four multi-family developments built on regional commercial districts in Gilbert — Santan Village Apartments, Crossroads at Santan Village, Broadstone Civic Center and the Flats at Santan. The total acreage of those four developments is approximately 53.5 acres with about 1,324 total units, ac-
cording to Mieras. Regional commercial zones are on land 30 acres or larger located near freeways and allows for development such as large-scale regional retail, commercial, office, recreation and entertainment, and cultural uses. The Council first discussed the issue of removing the conditional use permit for multi-family from the regional commercial districts last fall. Council at the time expressed concerns that the development projects that have been submitted to the town have not lived up to the expectation of integrated mixed use.
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both in uniform and out of uniform, are conducted. “In addition, we scan sites such as OfferUp and Craigslist for violators within the town. Currently for this season we do not have any known persons selling illegal fireworks, but we are just gearing up for the sales.” People can only use fireworks on private property with the owner’s permission in Gilbert. Fireworks are prohibited on public property, including public parks. People intent on using fireworks should keep in mind their danger. According to the National Fire Protection Association, fireworks cause an average of 18,500 fires per year, including 1,300 structure fires, 300 vehicle fires, and 16,900 outside and other fires. And, these fires caused an average of three deaths, 40 injuries, and an average of $43 million in direct property damage, the association reported. In 2017, U.S. hospital emergency rooms treated an estimated 12,900 people for fireworks-related injuries with one-third of those being children younger than 15, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. In early June three teenagers were accused of playing with fireworks that set off a brush fire in north Phoenix. For those who opt for a professionally staged firework show, the town’s free celebration of American Independence Day is Thursday at Higley High School, 4068 E. Pecos Road. “We expect around 5,000 people to attend,” said town spokeswoman Jennifer Harrison. The event is costing the town nearly $30,000-$14,500 for the fireworks,
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$11,000 for staffing such as police, fire and recreation and about $2,500 for traffic control and rental equipment, according to Harrison. Gilbert incidentally ranked No. 65 among the 100 largest U.S. cities for best place to celebrate Independence Day, according to WalletHub. Scottsdale was No. 12, Phoenix, No. 42, Tucson, No. 44, Chandler, No. 49 and Mesa, No. 62. “The Fourth of July is a time to celebrate here in Gilbert and across the U.S. and whether you choose to have a poolside barbecue or join us for our July 4th Celebration at Higley High School to watch fireworks, there’s something to do for everyone,” Harrison said. The personal-finance website compared the cities based on how well they balanced holiday cost and fun, using five key dimensions — Fourth of July celebrations, affordability, attractions and activities, safety and accessibility and weather forecast for the holiday. Gilbert ranked No. 55 for its Fourth of July celebrations, No. 19 for affordability, No. 98 for attractions and activities, No. 25 for safety and accessibility and No. 39 for weather. For the July 4 celebrations, WalletHub considered the number of festivals and performances in the municipality for that day, the duration of fireworks show and Google search interest for the event. In determining the affordability rank, the average cost of hamburger, average beer and wine prices and lowest price of a three-star hotel were considered. For attractions and activities, recreation friendliness was studied while for safety and accessibility, walkability, traffic congestion and DUI-related deaths per capita were some of the fac-
tors that came into play. Surrounding celebrations on the holiday include: Mesa: The Arizona Celebration of Freedom is free and takes place at the Mesa Amphitheatre and Convention Center complex, University Drive and Center Street, from 6 to 10 p.m. Fireworks are slated at 9:30 p.m. Chandler: The city’s Fireworks Spectacular runs 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Tumbleweed Park, 2250 S. McQueen Road. Admission is free but parking is $5. Tempe: Gates at the Tempe Beach Park will open at 5 p.m. with $10 admission fees upon entry. Children 12 and under, or anyone with an active military ID are free. The Big Zephyr will play country music and a blend of old and new rock. Fireworks choreographed to music will be launched from the Mill Avenue Bridge at 9:15 a.m. Early start: For those who can’t wait for a fireworks show, McDowell Casino will hold a free concert July 3 featuring Eagles tribute band One of These Nights 7:30-9 p.m., followed by fireworks at 9 p.m. 10424 N. Fort McDowell Road, Fountain Hills. fortmcdowelldestination.com What: Gilbert July 4 celebration. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, chairs and lawn games to the free event, which features food trucks and fireworks. Glass containers, alcohol, smoking and outside fireworks are not permitted at the main venue or viewing sites. When: 6-9 p.m., Thursday, July 4. Gates open at 6 p.m. with fireworks show scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Where: Higley High School, 4068 E. Pecos Road
• Never allow young children to handle fireworks. • Keep pets inside. • Older children should use them only under close adult supervision. • Never use fireworks while impaired by drugs or alcohol. • Anyone using fireworks or standing nearby should wear protective eyewear. • Never hold lighted fireworks in hands. • Never light them indoors. • Only use them away from people, houses and flammable material. • Never point or throw fireworks at another person. • Only light one device at a time and maintain a safe distance after lighting. • Never ignite devices in a container. • Do not try to re-light or handle malfunctioning fireworks. • Soak both spent and unused fireworks in water for a few hours before discarding. • Keep a bucket of water nearby to fully extinguish fireworks that don’t go off or in case of fire. • Never use illegal fireworks.
Army 1st Sgt. Max Connolly and some of his buddies snuck into a liberated concentration camp — and stole a bell that symbolized Nazi atrocities. Every Independence Day since the end of the war, veterans and patriots at American Legion Post No. 2 in Tempe take turns ringing the “freedom bell.” Connolly in June 1945 had snuck into the Mauthausen concentration camp along the Danube River — the third largest Austrian concentration camp. Connolly came up with the plan to take the bell while assigned to Horshing Air Base in Germany. While helping care for POWs and former prisoners, he heard about how the bell was used to
summon prisoners at the Mauthausen camp. “The bell was sole communicator between the masters and their captives,” one veteran told the Tribune years ago “The bell told prisoners, who were not allowed to speak, when to get up, work, eat, exercise and retire.” “They hated that bell,” the veteran said. Over seven years, an estimated 190,000 men and women from across Europe were sent to that camp. Nearly half of them were killed or died from abuse, malnutrition and disease. Connolly, who died nearly 20 years ago, detailed his exploit for his fellow
Legionnaires. “One day we drove over to the camp, and during the afternoon light we fooled the guards, while one of the former inmates scaled the building,” he said. “High on the side of a quarry he hacked down the 4-by-4 support pole, then lowered by rope the unit composed of pole, bell and tin hood.” Connolly was able to mail it home to the editor of his family-run business, the Tempe Daily News, to serve as a symbol of freedom and independence. Connolly donated the bell to Post 2, and asked that they ceremoniously ring it every July 4 — and only then — as a symbol of liberty and freedom.
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Road restrictions will be in place from 8:15-9:30 p.m. along Pecos Road from Ranch House Parkway to Recker Road as well as Recker Road between Pecos and Williams Field roads. Fireworks also can be viewed at Centennial Elementary School, Legacy Traditional Academy, Higley Unified School District’s administration building and at other locations along Recker and Pecos roads. Signs will be in place to direct drivers.
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mong the hallowed Independence Day traditions in the East Valley, members of the William Bloys American Legion Post 2 in Tempe conduct one of the more storied tributes. They ring a bell. But it’s not just any bell they will be ringing at 10:30 a.m. Thursday after a brief program that starts at 10 a.m. at the Post headquarters, 2125 S. Industrial Park Ave. Legionnaires will then host the public to a lunch of burgers and brats starting around 11:30 a.m. Near the end of World War II, U.S.
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octors saved the life of Rose Bennett’s son, Ethan, their efforts finally paying off after several failed attempts to resuscitate him. But while the doctors were able to restore Ethan’s heartbeat, the happy 6-year-old boy she knew was gone forever that day, 10 years ago. It was “the worst- case scenario’’ when it comes to non-fatal drownings, the severe cases where a patient no longer has a heartbeat and is brought back to life. He was left with spastic quadriplegia in need of care around the clock, his brain damaged from being cut off from oxygen for too long. Non-fatal drownings such as Ethan’s are not tracked as carefully as fatal drownings — which demonstrate the need for public safety campaigns and constant, uninterrupted vigilance by parents and others when children are around water. With families across the region planning holiday gatherings around the backyard pool and others heading for vacation spots near water, these nonfatal drownings carry a message no one should ignore: Lives compromised by long-term, neurologic damage are another important consequence in water-related incidents, leaving lasting damage from preventable incidents. Dr. Blake Sherman, an emergency department doctor at Banner Desert Medical Center, estimates that as many as two-thirds of victims who have lost a pulse — but have been revived and brought back to life — end up with some form of neurologic damage. A state Department of Health Services report last year by Dr. Timothy Flood, bureau chief for health statistics, provides a snapshot of Arizona’s drowning problem during 2016, the latest available year for data. Flood reported that 174 children were admitted at Maricopa County hospitals for water-related incidents, with 14 children younger than 5 dying from their injuries. He estimated that four victims were left “impaired’’ neurologically, based upon them spending seven days or more in the hospital and being discharged to a rehabilitation center rather than home. Flood noted that there is not adequate funding to do a long-term study on the
Dr. Blake Sherman, an ER doctor at Banner Cardon Children's Hospital, is taking no chances with his 7-monthold son Jaxson, making sure he takles swimming lessons. He has seen the tragic consequences that can result from non-fatal drownings by children left unattended by swimming pools.. (Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer)
neurological consequences of non-fatal drownings. Phoenix had the largest number of victims admitted, 86, with 53 of them children less than five years old. Mesa had 31 water-related victims, with 20 of them children; Chandler had 23 victims, with 17 children; and Gilbert had 19 victims, 17 of them children. Mesa’s Banner Desert Medical Center treated the most victims, 63, with 52 of them small children. Phoenix Children’s Hospital had similar numbers, with 48 of the 58 children admitted 4 or younger. Sherman, an emergency room physician at Banner Desert Medical Center and Banner Cardon Children’s Hospital, said he typically treats two or three childhood drowning victims a year and he would be thrilled to never encounter another one. So far this year, the East Valley cities of Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert and Tempe recorded 17 water related incidents, with nine involving children 5 or under. Five drowning victims have died, but all of them have been adults, according to the Children’s Safety Zone website. Last summer, Sherman said he attempted to save two sisters, 11 months and 3 years old, who drowned in a parcularly tragic case, but without success. He said there is a dramatic difference in the outcome of children involved in near-drownings and non-fatal drownings, such as Ethan’s case. “Lots of times, when they still have a
pulse, and they do CRR, the kids usually do OK,’’ he said. One key question that Sherman asks paramedics when they bring victims to the hospital is whether the drowning was witnessed and when the last time the child was seen outside the pool. The answers help him understand how long a child might have been underwater. “The point is to get them back alive and be able to walk out of there,’’ Sherman said. But in the non-fatal drowning — when there is no pulse detected after the victim is pulled from water — the odds of death or survival with neurological damage go way up, based largely upon how long the brain is deprived of oxygen, Sherman said. The brain is one of the first organs to die without oxygen, usually in about six minutes, so restoring the flow of oxygen quickly is of critical importance, he said. “Essentially, they are dead,’’ Sherman said. “The longer you are without adequate oxygen and without adequate circulation, there is neurologic damage.’’ He said it’s difficult to predict the degree of neurologic damage that a patient will suffer in a non-fatal drowning, but he estimated that less than a third will leave the hospital without neurologic damage. Patients might emerge with a varying degree of neurologic damage, mostly less severe than Ethan’s, such as a limp or damaged cognitive ability, Sherman
said. Bennett cares for Ethan non-stop, waking up every two hours to turn her son over so that he doesn’t get bed sores. She feeds him through a feeding tube. It is an endless, continuous cycle. But in the end, Bennett would rather have Ethan, even in a highly compromised state, rather than not at all. “As bad as your life is, you have to say, what is the positive?’’ Bennett said. “If I ever get more than two hours sleep, I dread that day, because that’s the day my son is no longer on earth.’’ Ethan has limited, uncontrolled movements of his arms and legs. He can’t hold a pencil. He still attends high school as a student with special needs. He sits and listens in class and can answer some yes or no questions, but not verbally. “I will cry every day of my life for the things he can’t do. He lost to ignorance,’’ Bennett said, adding that her son’s brain damage was entirely preventable. Ethan spent 7 and a half months in hospitals and rehabilitation centers in Tucson and in Phoenix, where the boy was treated at Barrow Neurological Institute and at Hacienda Healthcare. She said her son was not adequately supervised, with no one noticing he had slipped under the water. The lack of CPR exacerbated his injuries. The matter was settled in a lawsuit, but no amount of money can restore Ethan’s previous life. Lori Schmidt, a spokeswoman for the Scottsdale Fire Department and past president of the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona, said Bennett has devoted her life to Ethan and her care has helped improve his condition. “She has taken the care of Ethan upon herself and he has thrived because of her,’’ Schmidt said. She said families of non-fatal drowning victims typically suffer two tragic losses. “They grieve the death of the child the day he died. They grieve a day 10 years later when his body gives out,’’ Schmidt said. After experiencing the anguish and heartbreak of treating drowning victims, Sherman is doing everything he can to protect his son, Jaxson, 7 months, from suffering a similar fate. He has installed a fence around his pool at his Scottsdale home and is participating in swim classes with his son. “We went this morning,’’ he said. “It was incredible.’’
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Kotsonas said volunteers will wear something that identifies them as a Weekly Collective member such as a Tshirt or a pin and they will attend community events and visit schools. “What sets us apart is we are the community, we are visible,” she said. “We want to be out in the community so we can hear what the need is. We don’t want to do redundant work. We want to do exactly what the community needs. I have a loving, giving and generous church but lot of times we miss the mark.” Kotsonas said the program will grow in three phases. The first phase is the launch of the website, which will have an event calendar with weekly volunteer activities and charity drive. “Every week there will be different programs and agencies we will support,” Kotsonas said. The 11-year town resident said she is coordinating everything from her home office and using her own funds to get the program up and running. She said she has an advisory board comprised of people such as those from the commercial real estate industry, clergy and
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health care. Phase 2, which would come online in two years, calls for community volunteers to be trained to go into deeper service, Kotsonas said. “They will get fingerprint clearance and (a) background check and we will pair them up with people who need mentors, advocates, someone who is not necessarily a caseworker but someone who will support them by accompanying them to a court date or accompanying them to psychological
evaluation or to an intake interview,” she said. Kotsonas envisions going through the process herself — such as for CASA of Arizona, where court-appointed volunteers act as special advocates for abused and neglected foster children. “I want to simplify things for people,” she said. “If I were to say to you, I want you to help with this or that and go to CASA and read everything and get back to me, you’ll never read it.” She plans to go through the process herself to get certified so she can better explain and guide a person who may be interested in doing volunteer work at CASA, she said. “Once I’ve done it and know the process and know what is required and know what type of expectations the program has I can dilute that in layman’s terms,” she said. “I’m the point of contact.” Phase 3, which would occur in four years, is to secure a building to allow
for more community resources to be offered — such as help with job placement, nonperishable food distribution and activities in the summer for children and at-risk youth, she said. The 49-year-old Kotsonas’ reason for the program is simple: “I know what it’s like to live in a shelter, not to have enough food and stand in a long line for a WIC (Women, Infants and Children) box and be pregnant for the first time and not have private health care,” she said. She’s also been laid off and not have enough money to afford transportation. And, she’s had heartache in her life — her 23-year-old son was homeless when he died of a heroin overdose and her other son is in rehab. “I’ve fallen on hard times so many times,” she said. “I’m (now) fortunate to have a good job and a husband that provides well. Now it’s my turn to help just like the people who’ve helped me.”
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Google moving in next door to Gilbert BY JIM WALSH GSN Staff Writer
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echnology giant Google is about to become Gilbert’s neighbor after Mesa lured it with a tax incentive agreement to build a massive data center in the emerging Elliot Road Technology Corridor. In a major coup for the city, Google will join fellow tech heavyweight Apple, which already operates a large data center in the same area of southeast Mesa. The Mesa City Council is primed to approve the Google development agreement at its meeting on Monday night. “In terms of a financial deal, this is home run. This is a great day,’’ Mayor John Giles said, after the council discussed the deal Thursday morning during an hour-long executive session. Giles said there are still elements of the project that need to be worked out — such as Google buying the property, 186 acres located at Elliot and Sossaman roads in southeast Mesa. Giles said Google’s decision to build the data center in Mesa means that the
Elliot Road Tech Corridor will be anchored at each end by one of the world’s largest tech companies, Apple and Google. “There’s no city that would be envious of that,’’ Giles said. He said the project has been known to insiders by a code name, “Project Red Hawk,’’ for more than a year because Mesa signed a confidentiality agreement with Google. Vice Mayor Mark Freeman said that Google would be buying the property from the Morrison family, long time East Valley farmers who have been selling off parts of their holdings for different types of developments, including the Morrison Farms subdivision in southeast Gilbert. Bill Jabjiniak, Mesa’s economic development director, played a major role in the negotiations. In a slideshow after the executive session, estimated the Google project will produce $156,567,507 in revenues for the city. The slideshow said the property would produce $3,604 in property tax in 2019 as an agricultural use and $162,007 dur-
ing a 25-year period if the use remains unchanged. If the tax incentive plan takes effect, the projected revenue to the city in excise taxes is estimated at nearly $33 million during the same 25-year period, as opposed to nearly $49 million if Google were to build the data center without the tax incentive. The city anticipates generating at least another $28.1 million in revenues from a combination of construction sales tax, electricity sales tax and property taxes, Jabiniak said. “It’s an economic development tool approved by the Legislature. We have been very judicious about using this over the years,’’ Jabiniak said. He said the incentive plan, called a “GPLET,’’ or government property lease excise tax, would be in effect for 25 years if it is approved by the council. A GBLET is calculated based upon the gross square footage of a building and is a viewed as an incentive that reduces a project’s operating costs, according to the Arizona Commerce Authority. The financing tool, approved by
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Jabiniak said during his presentation that the data center would cover a staggering 750,000 square feet. “Data centers are the engines of the internet,’’ Jabiniak said. “We are talking about a $1 billion corporate investment.’’ He said Google would join Apple, AT&T, and Boeing as top Fortune 500 corporations with operations in Mesa. Jabiniak said data centers use the water for evaporative cooling. He said the availability of electricity from Salt River Project also was vital in Mesa’s efforts to recruit Google. Google has up to five years to begin construction on data center and up to 10 years to finish building it, under the terms of the agreement, Jabiniak said. “That could be as much as five years or it could be sooner,’’ Jabiniak said. “We were trying to give them some flexibility.’’
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High court ruling may give GOP tighter state control BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services
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decision by Arizona voters in 2000 could immunize this state from the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday on partisan gerrymandering. But a key Democrat state senator told Capitol Media Services he worries that taking federal courts out of the review process, coupled with the recent actions of Gov. Doug Ducey and the Republican-controlled Senate to stack a panel that plays a key role in drawing lines, could effectively give license to the governor and his allies to craft maps that cement GOP control of the Legislature and give the GOP an edge in electing members of Congress. On paper, redistricting in Arizona is not a partisan exercise. The initiative approved by voters nearly two decades ago wrested control of the process from state lawmakers who had made a practice of drawing legislative and congressional lines in ways to benefit the majority party, replacing it with an Independent Redistricting Commission. And the constitutional amendment that created the commission details what factors the panel is required to
consider in drawing lines, ranging from protecting communities of interest to creating as many competitive districts as possible. But Democrat and Republican legislative leaders who get to name four of the five commission members can choose only from a list created by the separate Commission on Appellate Court Appointments. There is a prohibition against all 15 members coming from the same party. But in his more than five years in office, Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who names people to that panel, has replaced all the Democrats. So that means that the choices Democrat lawmakers get to make for the IRC are going to be limited to those nominated by Republicans and independents — which technically meets the legal requirements. All this is crucial because the history of the commission has shown that, despite its official independent status, a few tweaks in the lines here or there can tilt the scales for one party or the other. In fact, that’s something that Republicans accused the commission formed after the 2010 census of doing. But now, with Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, any bid to give a partisan edge is no longer a concern of — or can
be reviewed by — federal courts. This takes on added significance with the high court’s other ruling that rebuffed a bid by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question to the decennial census. With a high percentage of Hispanics in the rapidly growing state, both citizens and otherwise, that increases the chance that more people will fill out the form. And that, in turn, boosts the chance that Arizona will be allocated a 10th seat in the U.S. House after 2020, another set of lines that the Independent Redistricting Commission has to draw. It’s the question of who draws all those lines that has sharp political implications. Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Glendale, said that’s why he sought earlier this year to block the Senate from confirming Ducey’s four latest appointments to the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments, a move that left no Democrats on the panel. Ducey press aide Patrick Ptak pointed out that two of the four picked by the governor are political independents. But Sen. Juan Mendez, D-Tempe, said that Kathryn Townsend, one of the “independent’’ nominees, had been a
Republican precinct committeewoman who made “sizable’’ political donations to GOP candidates. He called her “a Republican passing off as having no party preference or leanings.’’ And Matthew Contorelli, the other independent, is married to the daughter of state Rep. Steve Pierce, R-Prescott. Ptak had no immediate answer to the question of when Ducey will fill the two slots — or even whether the governor is considering any Democrats at all. What’s wrong with that, said Quezada, is it ignores a constitutional requirement that “the governor...shall endeavor to see that the commission reflects the diversity of Arizona’s population.’’ And out of nearly 3.8 million registered voters, nearly 1.2 million are Democrats. Ptak said Ducey still has two more appointments he can make. But Quezada said Thursday he is not optimistic, particularly now that the Supreme Court has put federal judges out of the redistricting business. “I don’t think that gives us any hope that Ducey will put any Democrats on the commission,’’ Quezada said. And he said with the new high court ruling “that certainly doesn’t motivate him to address that issue.’’
practices and procedures. The department cites requirements in the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act requiring “reasonable notice’’ before dispensaries can be inspected unless there is an allegation that a facility is not in compliance. “Marijuana kitchens are linked to the dispensary in which they are located and the same restrictions apply,’’ said agency spokesman Chris Minnick. But Marc Owen, a manager of the audit staff, said that argument does not hold up. Owen told Capitol Media Services that the health department already had the power to conduct inspections of food preparation facilities long before there was a medical marijuana law. And he said the fact that there are now kitchens preparing edible forms of marijuana does not change that. Christ said her department does not intend to comply with the audit recommendation and start inspecting the 36
kitchens it licenses. Minnick acknowledged that the food kitchens hold a separate license. But that, he said, does not give inspectors drop-in rights. “Surveyors must enter through the dispensary,’’ Minnick said. “And the product being used is regulated by the AMMA.’’ He also said that efforts to get the Legislature to alter the law to allow unannounced inspections of dispensaries “have not been successful.’’ Anyway, he said the health department is unaware of any cases or outbreaks of food-borne illness associated with products containing medical marijuana extracts. Minnick said that health inspectors would inspect the kitchens during the pre-announced inspections. But that, he said, would require the kitchens to actually be operating at the time to review the equipment, health and sanitation practices.
“To date, our surveyors have not been able to observe an operational food kitchen during an inspection of a dispensary,’’ Minnick said. That is backed up by the report which says facilities typically close their infusion kitchens days inspectors show up. But Owen said that does not leave the health department powerless. He said even if Christ is correct about unannounced inspections — a point that the auditors are not conceding — there are other things that the health officials could do to help protect the wellness of medical marijuana patients. Owen said that could include inspectors at least reviewing the practices of staffers and check out the coolers, food preparation sinks and the temperature of any food or ingredients in the kitchen. “There is a risk that qualifying patients, which include vulnerable populations, are purchasing and consuming food products without adequate oversight,’’ the auditors said.
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tate health officials are failing to protect more than 200,000 medical marijuana users in Arizona from contamination and disease that can be spread when edible products are produced at state-licensed kitchens, the Auditor General’s Office reports. In a new study released last week, the auditors say the Department of Health Services does inspect kitchens when a new operation to prepare edibles is set up. But that’s the end of it. State Health Director Cara Christ, in a formal response, does not dispute the findings. She contends, however, that the 2010 voter approved law allowing patients with certain medical conditions to obtain 2.5 ounces of marijuana every two weeks does not allow her staff to conduct the kind of unannounced inspections that would turn up hazardous
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Gilbert conductor retires his baton BY DELORES MIRANDA GSN Contributor
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hen the 70 musicians in the Ahwatukee Foothills Concert Band closed out their 201819 season with a free concert last week, they also bid farewell to the man who has directed them for five years. Conductor Marty Province retired from the group of talented musicians — who come from Gilbert and other parts of the East Valley to perform in the nonprofit, community-based and adult band that has entertained Arizona for more than 20 years. Musicians rehearse weekly, August through May, at Kyrene Middle School. The band was formed in 1990 by Crawford McClue, a long-time Ahwatukee resident who died in 2011 at age 100. Province said the Ahwatukee Foothills portion of the name is kept in his honor even though the group membership has expanded beyond the Phoenix community. Province, who holds a Ph.D. in music and a Master of Music in instrumental conducting, also retired last month as director of music at Gilbert Methodist Church, but is retaining his role as conductor/ music director with the Gilbert Sympho-
ny Orchestra. Even as he steps away from the conductor’s podium, he said h e hopes t o be a p a r t of the A h -
watukee Foothills Concert Band’s annual Veteran’s Day Concert in November. Music has been a part of his life for decades. “I’ve been conducting for over 45 years. Most of my career was spent in colleges and universities with a much different repertoire than the Ahwatukee group,” he said. “I hadn’t conducted a
community band since the mid-90s, and it was fun for me to get back to working with marches and other popular patriotic music like that of the upcoming concert,” Marty Province of Gilbert hug up his baton last week after conducting the lasthe added. concert by the Ahwatukee Foothills Concert Band, which he has directed for five Province, who plays years. (Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer) guitar, banjo and au-
toharp, is also a member of the tribute group Peter, Paul and Mary Remembered — a trio that with fellow musicians Dave Dumas and Sharron Owen, entertain throughout the Valley and U.S. He also recently began singing with country band Desert Dust. “I’ve played and or sung in a number of groups from classical to rock and roll, country, and folk. As a listener or a performer, I can’t imagine a life that did not include all of these genres,” said Province. This weekend, for example, he was slated to perform at the June 29 Flagstaff Folk Festival, then play the banjo at his church in Gilbert the next day. Current band president Scott Plummer, a veterinary neurosurgeon and 27year Ahwatukee resident, is a clarinetist with the band and joined it 22 years ago after seeing a notice in the Ahwatukee Foothill News. He said he enjoys the camaraderie of playing with a group of like-minded musicians. “I joined because it’s a great hobby
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wo Gilbert teens are among five students Valleywide who have been have been selected as Student Leaders by Bank of America to build their workforce and leadership skills through a paid summer internship at a local nonprofit. Emily Allen and Melanie Furman will be working at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley. Emily, a senior at Campo Verde High School, “decided in junior high she wanted to put herself out there, get involved and be a leader,” a Bank of America spokeswoman said. At Campo Verde, she started the environmental club on campus to increase
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recycling efforts, reduce waste and clean the community. “She has led the group in conducting recycling drives and awareness campaigns, plant drives and park cleaning projects,” the spokeswoman said. Emily also is the marketing director for Campo Verde’s student council. She said she’s inspired by her father, who earned his college degree in his late 20s, with a wife, two children and a full-time job and said he worked “hard to improve his career and creating opportunities for himself and his family.” Melanie, who just graduated from Corona del Sol High School, too, also was
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tions are also very special,” said Erwin who is the band’s music librarian. And he will miss his retiring conductor. “It’s been a great honor to play under his baton,” he said. “He’s made every rehearsal and performance something to look forward to. His rapport with the audience and music preparation is outstanding. Marty always gave back more than we were able to give him. The band is better for his contributions and I will miss him.” Donna Normington, immediate past president of the band, is a 16-year band
to connect people to the training and jobs needed for success, ultimately strengthening our community.” The partnership between the bank and the Boys & Girls Clubs is in its 15th year. Marcia Mintz, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix, said the teens get a “hands-on education in what it takes to run a large nonprofit. “We also look forward to learning from the Student Leaders, who bring such enthusiasm and fresh perspective to our clubs each summer,” she added. Bank of America also hosts the Student Leaders at a national conference in Washingon, D.C., in July, where they furmember who plays clarinet. “I started clarinet in sixth grade and played all through high school and college. After college, I did alumni band once a year, but since moving away from my college, I’d stopped even doing that,” said Normington, who moved to Mesa from northern Virginia in 2003. Band members say they are especially proud of providing the annual scholarships that are used to help pay for better instruments, band camps, outside school music activities and, occasionally, private lessons.
ther develop their leadership skills and have a chance to develop a nationwide network with people like them. In addition to discussing civil rights and the value of cross-sector partnerships, they will also meet with members of Congress and participate in a service learning project at the American Red Cross. A bank spokeswoman said the entire program is part of its effort to form “strong partnerships with nonprofits and advocacy groups, such as community, consumer and environmental organizations, to bring together our collective networks and expertise to achieve greater impact.”
“For me, this is a special thing we’re able to do,” Erwin said. “Schools now aren’t able to provide the same music opportunities that I enjoyed. Resources are too thin and other demands too great. “Many families may not be able to afford good instruments, lessons and the support aspiring young people need to become proficient and really enjoy making music.” Erwin added such support means that “society as a whole will benefit from this investment in the arts.” Information: AFCBand.org
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and a good way to relax and unwind after a day of work, although many band members are retired. And it’s a great group of people to interact with,” said Plummer. “In fact, our band is having a potluck party after our last concert. Trombonist Craig Erwin of Chandler is another 22-year member. “At Christmas time in 1996 I heard a small group playing holiday music at the Target Store in Ahwatukee,” Erwin recalled, adding: “I asked the leader about the group and learned they were from the Ahwatukee Foothills Concert Band. My first practice with the group was in January 1997. What I found was a wonderful director, Mr. Dan Neville, and a warm and friendly group of musicians,” he said, referencing the band’s former conductor. Like others, Erwin said he retired his trombone after college after playing “in every imaginable type of group from string orchestra to jazz combos” because he wanted to focus on career and family. “Then two things happened,” Erwin said. “My daughter reached the age where learning to play an instrument was a practical option, and the company I worked for decided to form an in-house dance band. So, my daughter learned to play the cello and I got my trombone out of storage and started to play again.” As a member of other music groups like the Sonoran Swing Big Band, Erwin said since his retirement as a manufacturing engineer, the community band means even more. “Playing in the band is something I look forward to every week. I like the mental and physical challenge, the feeling of being part of something greater than just your individual contribution. The friendship and interpersonal rela-
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ractions and long division didn’t come easy for 9-year-old Emily Hernandez. It came to a point when Diana Hernandez realized that the help she was giving her 5th-grade daughter wasn’t enough. So, she turned to Tutor Doctor East Valley. “She’s showing progress on math at home when she practices,” the Gilbert mom said. “She is enjoying math, which makes me happy.” Emily has been meeting with her tutor twice a week for nearly a month. What’s different about Tutor Doctor is the instructor will come to a person’s home and a key point is the tutor is matched to the learner based on learning style and personality. “I think the single most important element is the match,” said franchise owner Kimberly Selchan, a Gilbert resident. “Whether it’s a college student being matched with the subject or a tutor to a kid who’s lost motivation or confidence and a tutor comes in and believes in them and starts to get results. It’s amazing.” Selchan opened her franchise in January and currently employs over 40 tu-
tors, who are mostly teachers or college students who are subject-specific such as calculus. The tutors’ backgrounds and academics are vetted thoroughly. Tutor Doctor started 15 years ago and has locations serving more than 200,000 families in 15 countries across the world, according to the company’s website. Selchan’s franchise has 38 students from Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa and Ahwatukee in all age ranges, from a 4-yearold to a 53-year-old Mesa mom who decided to go back to college and earn her degree in biochemistry. Tutor Doctor customizes a learning plan based on a comprehensive assessment of the student’s strengths and weaknesses. Besides learning a particular subject matter, students also are taught skills such as working memory, sustained attention and performance moniDiana Hernandez
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toring to become better learners that serves them well after school. For instance, Selchan said, if students are missing deadlines to turn in assignments, they are taught time-management skills. “We’re not just tutoring in math without giving
them the approach to tackle it,” she said. Selchan regularly meets with her tutor and so she knows them, which is important in pairing them with a student. In turn, she would ask students during the assessment qualities of a teacher they’ve enjoyed and other information to get clues of the person they would respond to the best.
ed in China getting more of its pork from places like Brazil and Canada. Theoretically, that should leave more bacon for domestic consumption. But Murphree said the fact remains that this is still a global market. And with China importing more because of the swine flu in that country, that has increased worldwide demand — to say nothing about Americans wanting bacon on just about everything. “It’s kind of like the tide that lift all boats,’’ Murphree said. Prices follow suit. The latest price check by the Farm Bureau also found a sharp spike in the price of ground chuck over both the
last quarter and a year ago. But shoppers interested in sirloin tip roast, by contrast, will find relative bargains. A pound of that meat was selling a year ago for $7.39 a pound. Farm Bureau shoppers were able to find it a $5.05 a pound this past quarter. Murphree said the prices reflect local demand. And what the latest numbers show, she said, is a stronger demand for ground beef. She said it could be a summer thing. “When you think about family barbecues around the Fourth of July, we’re
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reakfast is getting more expensive — a lot more expensive. And if you’re looking for reason, think bacon — as in bacon donuts, maple bacon ice cream and, of course, the popular Sonoran hot dog. All that is leading to more demand, with the result being higher prices. In the last year, the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation reports that the average price being charged at grocery stores for bacon has shot up $2.34 a pound. And most of that has been in the last quarter.
The “why’’ behind that is a bit more confusing. On one hand, the trade wars with China have resulted that country canceling orders of U.S.-produced pork products, according to the Farm Bureau’s Julie Murphree. That has result-
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For Hernandez, she’s having the tutor meet with Emily at a library because there’s too much disruption at the home with two younger siblings. Tutor Doctor’s subject offerings include math, science, language arts and test preparation. Selchan said if she gets requests for a subject currently not offered she would consider adding it such as when she received a couple of requests for help with thermodynamics. She ended up recruiting a polytech student as a tutor. The business also provides tutors for students with special-needs and for online tutoring. Math, with calculus at the collegelevel, is the most requested by students for tutors, according to Selchan. Another
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ometimes the news and life intersect in strange ways. Last weekend, I bore witness to an epic screaming match on the golf course, a skirmish between two fat old guys over pace of play that would have surely turned into an aggravated assault with nine irons had their playing partners not separated the profane combatants. A few days later, what should appear in my news feed but the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health poll headlined, “Americans Say We’re Angrier Than a Generation Ago.” Some 84 percent of the poll’s 3,004 respondents said they think Americans are angrier than we were a generation ago.
I’ll second that motion. By furiously smashing my fist on the kitchen table. The rage that seems to have taken hold across this land of ours is an interesting phenomenon — in large part because we appear to have few legitimate reasons to be so ticked. Take, for example, the violent crime rate in America compared to a generation ago. In the mid-1990s, for every 100,000 Americans, 713 of them experienced criminal violence, according to FBI stats. Today? Violent crime is down about 46 percent. A generation ago, the U.S. suffered nine murders per 100,000 of us. Today, the homicide rate stands at about 5.3 murders per 100,000 Americans. Poverty is down, from 14.5 percent of Americans living in squalor in 1994 to 12.3 percent today. By virtually every measure, we are safer and wealthier than a generation ago. Why
so angry then? You may think it’s our politics and the divisiveness you’ve read so much about, including in this space. That could be, but I’ll remind you that in July 1994, President Bill Clinton was mired in the Whitewater scandal and a young woman named Monica Lewinsky had just joined the White House staff. Politics was ugly then as now, though with less news coverage around the clock. Deeper in the anger poll lies a few statistics I found telling: 31 percent of respondents copped to sometimes getting angry when they check social media. Another 12 percent “often” get torqued by posts on social media . And 91 percent believed people are more likely to express their anger on social media than face to face. I’ve written — angrily — about social media in the past. It has become the hideous wallpaper of modern life. For many,
it’s always there, surrounding us, influencing our environment, our mental and emotional state, our days and nights. I have noticed a direct correlation between avoiding social media — and the news — and an improvement in my mood. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the poll: The younger the respondent, the angrier their answers. Emailers often tell me the opinions expressed in this column stem from a raging case of “old guy disease,” defined as 50-something crankiness and wanting everyone to get the hell off your lawn. The poll says the opposite is true; the older you get, the more peaceful you become. Meanwhile, millennials appear to be the angriest generation in history. Though I guess I’d be angry too if I grew up taking a selfie an hour and listening to that tripe they call music.
including grandmas, grandpas, aunts and uncles don’t have the financial resources to acquire needed items in an instant. That’s where Arizona Helping Hands steps in. Our programs provide health, safety and permanency to fill the void. We make lives safer and more comfortable for boys and girls in need. Confusion over recent tax law changes resulted in a reduction in contributions for most charitable organizations. Giving USA reports that individual giving declined last year by 3.4% in inflation-adjusted dollars. For our rapidly growing charity, we felt the pain. It’s hard work to raise funds for charity. We focus on sharing our mission — how we work incredibly hard to make a difference for children. We tell stories of remarkable people like the 25-year-old aunt who overnight became the 24/7 parent to her five nieces and nephews. We provided beds, cribs, clothing, diapers, birthday gifts and home safety items to help this young lady take on huge responsibilities. We manage our donor dollars as effectively as possible, utilizing volunteers, stretching our people as far as is reasonable, all in an effort to keep our overhead low. We reported on our last federal tax re-
turn that 93 cents of every dollar donated to us went to provide services to children in foster care. I am incredibly proud of the work we do, and the way we manage our operations effectively. That’s why recent news of a charity operating with much different objectives drives me up the wall. Paying “fundraising reps” to sit at tables and collect donations to “help kids in foster care” is not the method we choose to solicit support for our work. According to the federal tax return filed by Foster Hope Foundation, less than 20 cents of each dollar raised went to program services. The balance was paid to those table sitters and the company executives. All of those dollars could have gone to buy cribs for infants being released from the neonatal intensive care units, or to give birthday gifts to teenagers who have never celebrated their own special day. The lesson to be learned — know the charity you are supporting. Unless you are familiar with the results of a charitable organization and their impact in our community, NEVER donate cash. Do your research on the organization. You should be able to access financial reports right on the charity’s website. If you are moved to donate on the spot, ask the
person seeking your donation if they are a volunteer or a paid solicitor. Our donors are loyal to Arizona Helping Hands because they see the impact we have on kids in foster care throughout the State of Arizona. Thousands of children are sleeping safely tonight, going back to school this summer with new backpacks filled with school supplies, celebrating their birthday — as every youngster should — and feeling just a little better because of our work and because of community supporters who recognize its value. Please take the time to learn where your charitable dollars are going — they are the lifeblood of all of us who are working so hard to make a difference in our community. Thank you to all who choose to give your hard-earned dollars to Arizona Helping Hands. I encourage everyone to research us, as you should any charity. I am confident that you will learn that dollars donated to support our work will be responsibly used to Bring Hope to Arizona’s children in foster care.
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here are so many challenges to running Arizona Helping Hands. We are a growing nonprofit organization — the largest provider of basic needs to the 14,000 children in our state’s foster care system. Moving into our new building last fall, installing a new technology system to track the vast quantity of merchandise that flows through our facility to meet ever increasing needs of kids — the issues sometimes seem insurmountable. Then factor in all of the financial challenges. We need to raise enough funding to provide beds and cribs to 3,500 children in 2019. These are kids who have been victims of abuse and neglect, and their foster families come to Arizona Helping Hands seeking assistance. The men and women who step up to help these children don’t have nine months to prepare for the placement of an infant, or to get ready for the sibling group they will take in tonight. There is no way to be properly prepared for the unexpected, and frequently foster parents,
-Dan Shufelt is President & CEO of Arizona Helping Hands, the largest provider of basic needs to Arizona’s children in foster care. Information: azhelpinghands.org or dshufelt@ azhelpinghands.org.
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or homeless people, the unrelenting heat of the Arizona summer means a grueling slog to the next shady spot or cooling station. Summer for the state’s homeless often means full shelters, heat exhaustion, blistering sunburns and, too often, death or injury from exposure. Events that lead to homelessness are myriad and complex. Still, it can’t be coincidence that over half of all homeless men in a 2014 study conducted by Neuroscience Research Program for St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada were found to have sustained a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. The implications of the study’s findings are huge and indicate the danger of being homeless with a brain injury are two-fold. Brain injury can lead to cognitive defects that include diminished executive function, the ability to actually do something the brain injury survivor may know intellectually they need to do, such as seek shade or water.
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This can add to the litany of reasons life on the street and in the elements is dangerous for anyone. Secondly, once shelter has been secured homeless men and women can lack the ability to maintain themselves in a housing program the way their counterparts without brain injury can. The inability to keep track of important paperwork, attend appointments or follow directions in sequential order due to brain injury and can lead to being disqualified or ejected from life-changing programs which seek to address chronic or temporary homelessness. It’s also important to note the study’s findings that the majority of homeless men who were also brain injury survivors sustained their injuries prior to becoming homeless, meaning before the brain injury they were able to maintain housing. Brain injury may very well be a risk factor for homelessness. The causes of the brain injury that lead to homelessness are varied. A 2011 Wisconsin study found that out of 3,000 homeless people at least half had sustained their injuries as children and teenagers as a result of domestic or family violence. But many other homeless brain injury
survivors sustain their injuries through nonviolent means, such as car accidents, falls, brain tumors or sports-related injuries, sometimes decades before they experience actual homelessness. The road leading from a head injury to homeless is a bit nebulous and hard to quantify because so often information about the injury is not gathered. But common sense offers a guide of sort. The abilities that allow one to avoid homelessness — executive function which tells one to pay bills on time, emotional regulation that helps avoid conflict or strife with loved ones, the absence of neuro-fatigue or memory issues that allow for productivity at work — can be severely impacted by head injury. Fortunately, the solutions are far clearer. Those who work with the homeless population should integrate brain injury assessment and screening into their initial intake procedures. Once identified as a brain injury survivor, the person needs access to specialized services that help to mitigate cognitive and emotional defects so that they can meet the requirements of the shelter program and have a real shot at safety and success.
This requires consistency and time and, it should come as no surprise, both can only be offered alongside that most basic of needs — shelter. It is not enough to simply be informed that those we may be serving have sustained trauma, we must help those who have been through trauma succeed on their terms and timeline. -Carrie Collins-Fadell is the executive director of the Brain Injury Alliance of Arizona. You can talk to her about all things neuro at Carrie@biaaz.org.
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esquite High School’s Ty Thompson burst onto the Arizona prep football scene last season as a sophomore, quickly becoming one of the top quarterbacks in the 2021 class. Thompson took over the starting quarterback position at Mesquite after two-year starter Wade Sapergia graduated. Thompson, who is 6-foot4 and 210 pounds, completed over 70 percent of his passes for 2,361 yards and 21 touchdowns in his first season as a starter at the varsity level. “Ty right now just brings a level of stability to a position for a lot of coaches is unstable,” said Scott Hare, who will enter his first season as the head coach at Mesquite in 2019. “When you have stability at the quarterback position it’s a great benefit. “He’s not just a good football player, he’s a stabilizing force from the moment he steps on the field to the moment we leave practice.” Hare, who spent the last three years as Mesquite’s athletic director, made his way back to the sidelines after former Wildcats’ coach Chad DeGrenier was hired for the same position at Mesa High. But Hare’s familiarity with each player from his time as an administrator has made the transition between coaching staffs smooth.
“I like how Coach Hare is running things,” Thompson said. “I love his system and him as a coach. It’s been going really well and I think it’s going to go really well.” Hare has begun installing an offense using Thompson’s skillset as a foundation. The junior gunslinger will have freedom in the offense to make adjustments on the fly. But Hare doesn’t plan to rely solely on his quarterback. He plans to establish a strong rungame and utilize several of the Mesquite’s playmakers. Hare expects Jacob Walker, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound two-year starter at wideout, to be a leader on offense alongside Thompson. Along with Walker, senior receivers Mike Sterling and Eric Kelton, along with sophomore wideout Andrew Morris are all expected to step up in support of Thompson to get Mesquite’s offense going. “It would be a shame on me if I just put Ty back there and told him to go find guys,” Hare said. “We’ve got multiple guys right now we feel we can develop into guys that Ty can trust in crunch time during tough games. “But Ty is definitely the foundation we are building around.” Thompson has taken Hare’s expectations in stride, and made it a goal for himself to become a leader for the Wildcats both on and off the field. He has seen himself grow both physically and mentally since the
Wildcats began spring and summer workouts, and has also started to wreak the benefits of strong showing last season. Thompson picked up his first division I offer from Northern Arizona University on April 15. On May 1, his received his second offer, this time from the University of Maryland. Since then, Thompson has received four more offers from The University of Arizona, Arizona State, Iowa State and Boston College. On June 13, he visited Texas A&M. “It’s been my dream to do nothing but play football in college,” Thompson said. “I just love to compete at a high level. It’s my goal, it’s something I’ve always envisioned myself doing.” Hare, along with many others, expect Thompson’s offer list to continue to grow at a steady pace when the 2019 season kicks off in August. “Everybody will want him,” Hare said. “At this point, some just want to see him play his junior year, which is fair. Others need to see his grades while some need to look at their depth chart. “I would be surprised if at the end of everything he isn’t a 30- or 40-offer guy.” Thompson plans to wait until near the end of his senior season to make a college decision. For now, he plans to focus on improving his craft while helping lead Mesquite back to the playoffs for the first time since 2016 in style. “We want to be successful,” Thompson
Thompson, who is rated as a four-star pro-style quarterback by 247Sports, received six division I offers between April and June. (Zach Alvira/GSN Staff)
said. “ We want to get to the playoffs and win games. “Expect a show, it’ll definitely be fun.”
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or the first time since 2015, Gilbert Softball Little League will be represented in the majors division of the state tournament. The Gilbert all-stars advanced to the tournament after a two-game sweep of Queen Creek’s Little League All-Star softball team. Play begins on July 5 in Cottonwood, Ariz. “This is such a great group of girls and families,” Gilbert coach Bret Armstrong
said. “I’ve been coaching all-star baseball and softball for 10 years and this is by far one of the better groups that I have coached.” The team came together after a tryout period which began on June 1. Comprised of girls ages 10-12, they were nominated by teammates and coaches based on regular-season play. They began practicing nearly three weeks ago, but have already established chemistry as a group. “Each one of the girls listens and wants to improve,” Armstrong said. “I’ve never
made it this far as a player or coach. I’m probably having as much fun as the girls are.” Armstrong said he finds joy in helping lead young athletes to reach their full potential in baseball and softball. After moving to Mesa in 1983, Armstrong began playing in the Mesa Southern Little League before attending Mesa High School. He shared his passion for baseball and softball with his two kids. His son, Cole, 13, played on several all-star teams for Gilbert National Little League. His
daughter, Addyson, 10, is among the 13 players on the majors all-star softball team heading to state. “I wanted to coach and be around them as much as I could when they started to play,” Armstrong said. “So this is a lot of fun for me to share this experience with them.” It’s been a banner year for Gilbert Softball Little League in its 10-year anniversary. Along with the majors
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Aidan Lee embracing hard-work mentality of Desert Ridge program BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Sports Editor
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eremy Hathcock has built the Desert Ridge High School football team into a blue-collar program since he too over as head coach in 2006. The team revolves around hard work and dedication both on and off the field, two aspects that Hathcock admits is tough for some to get used to. But once bought in to the program’s foundation, it often leads to success. “We are a tough program,” Hathcock said. “We like to get after it and that can be tough for some kids.” Wide receiver Aidan Lee learned about Hathcock’s blue-collar mentality early on in his high school career. Lee began practicing with Desert Ridge heading into his freshman season, but chose to attend nearby Highland High School before the year began. After his freshman season, however, former Hawks’ coach Pete Wahlheim was relieved of his head coaching duties. As a result, Lee asked Hathcock if he could return to Desert Ridge. Lee sat out the first half of his sophomore season due to the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s transfer rule. He
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team, the 8 to 10 year olds also advanced to the tournament after beating Queen Creek. The seniors (12-16) and 9 to 11-year-old majors earned automatic bids into the tournament. It’s the second time in three years the 9-11 All-Stars have qualified for the tournament. This year, they head to Sierra Vista with confidence after a strong showing in scrimmages against the older teams. “We had a really good year with a good group of girls and coaches,” said Angie Davidson, president of the Gilbert Softball Little League. “That’s been huge because these are all volunteers. We can’t do it without them.” Davidson, who coaches the 8 to 10-yearold team, has spent the past two seasons as president of the league. The success of all age groups has been welcoming, but Davidson said the work is far from over. Only the majors and seniors team are able to advance to the western regionals in California should they win the state tournament. Should they win in California, they would advance to the Little League Softball World Series in Oregon.
played in just four games, catching 10 passes for 122 yards. Wanting to become a breakout player for Desert Ridge, Lee’s love for the game immediately grew to new heights. With that came a new mentality toward offseason work. “I really started to take it serious in high school,” Lee said. “I went out on the field and ran routes, I got faster and stronger.” Each formation gave Lee a chance to prove he was one of the most talented athletes in the state. “We tried to get him the ball any way possible,” Hathcock said. Lee had 472 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns. “I have high standards for myself,” Lee said. “This year will be different. I know to do that I have to keep grinding and getting on que with Austin (Kolb).” Lee has shined in spring and summer passing tournaments, often overpowering opposing defenders. Lee said he’s put on nearly 20 pounds of muscle since the end of the 2018 season. But despite the added weight, his speed has improved and he has taken his game to a new level. Colleges have taken notice.
Desert Ridge senior wideout Aidan Lee has embraced the bluecollar mentality of the Desert Ridge High School football program. His dedication to the game and hard work during the offseason has resulted in several division I scholarship offers. (Zach Alvira/GSN Staff)
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The Gilbert Softball Little League Majors All-Star Team advanced to the state tournament for the first time since 2015 after beating Queen Creek in a two-game series. (Courtesy Gilbert Softball Little League)
“It’s an overall great experience for the girls,” Davidson said. “Whether we win or lose, it’s about creating that experience for these girls and the love of softball.” The Gilbert Softball Little League has started fundraising to support travel costs for all of its teams to take part in the state tournament. Any business willing to sponsor Gilbert Softball Little
Lee was offered a scholarship to Northern Arizona University in February, his first division I offer. His second offer came less than a week later on April 2 from Army. Since then, Lee has received offers from New Mexico State, San Jose State, Abilene Christian and Montana State. Lee is expecting Desert Ridge to have a strong season, and he plans to contribute in a big way. He’s aiming to have at least 40 receptions this season for 1,000 yards and 15 touchdowns. He believes that if he can do that, it will set up the rest of his teammates for success. Hathcock expects Lee to play both offense and defense this season, as he is confident in his ability to lockdown opposing wideouts at defensive back. Lee has embraced the expectations, and has continued to put in more work to further improve. He’s become one of the lead examples in the Desert Ridge program for what hard work can help a player accomplish.
League is asked to email Angie Davidson president@azgsll.org. PayPal accounts have also been set up to help fundraise for Gilbert’s teams. Donations for the 9-11 team can be made at paypal.me/pools/c/8fVU5ONwUo, while those for the other teams can be made at paypal.me/azgsll?locale.x=en_ US.
Minors (8-10): Manager: Ross Scott. Assistant coaches: Angie Davidson and Meredith Napoli. Players: Ava Moynihan, Blake Hess, Brooke Curtis, Ellie Childress, Hayley Joiner, Jasmine Abeyta, KG Leija, Layla Napoli, Lilea Kuntz, Lucy Fuller, McKayla Harrell, Morgan Allred, Ruby Frausto, Sariah Chacon; 9-11: Manager: Matthew Hess. Assistant coaches: Jason Skoda and Justin Jones. Players: Cambria Chacon, Vivian Cox, Veronica Entley, Abigail Harrell, Ana Hernandez, Collin Hess, Aidyn Jouas, Gianna Kilmer, Karsyn Norton, Kaitlyn Robison, Jyllian Skoda, Kyra Tucker, Jayla Welch; Majors (10-12): Manager: Bret Armstrong. Assistant coaches: Angie Davidson and Gary Childress. Players: Addyson Armstrong, Alyson Barr, D’Aneleah Franco, Destinee White-Ochoa, Emma Childress, Emma King, Jasmyn Pacheco, Kaitlyn Davidson, Kamryn Christiansen, Kaylie Burgess, Michelle Pacheco, Nileah Bruce, Tatum Barnett; Seniors (12-16): Manager: Charlie Estrella. Assistant coaches: Art Arellano and Lucy Hernandez. Player: Aleah Bakken, Desirae Arellano, Eliza Paul, Hailey Brisbon, Hailey Estrella, Heather Echternacht, Isabella DePrimo, Kourtney Long, Liliana Ontiveros, Madeline Cox, Mayra Frausto, Naomi Johnson, Nicole Matejko.
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Wildlife World Zoo tops Reader’s Digest list BY ANDREA ESTRADA GET OUT Contributor
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ickey Ollson, owner and director of Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park, remembers collecting jokes out of Reader’s Digest and telling them aloud in a public speaking class he took in college in the early ’60s. At the time, he never imagined he would open his own zoo in 1984 — let alone that it would be recognized by that same widely distributed magazine. Reader’s Digest recently issued a list called “The Best Zoo in Every State in America,” and Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park was named the best zoo in Arizona.
Rhinos are a big attraction at the Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park in the West Valley, deemed the best zoo in the state by Readers Digest. (Special to GSN)
Ollson said such recognition speaks to his staff’s hard work and dedication. “It’s easy to have a vision and to want to do something. But if you’re really going to be successful, you have to have good people that help you,” he said. “I’ve had people that have put down their roots here, and they’ve really taken it upon themselves to make the zoo very best it can be.” Thirty-five years ago, the zoo sat on 30 acres, displayed less than 100 species, was operated by a staff of six and had a picnic table with a sheet over it for furniture. Today, the zoo spans 150 acres, exhibits more than 600 different species and 6,000 animals
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Museum offers a good i.d.e.a. for family fun
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ith summer around the corner and road trips beckoning families, the i.d.e.a. Museum in Mesa has just opened an exhibition to spur those plans. “Roadside USA,” running through Sept. 6, aims to stimulate young imaginations with artwork, information, fun activities and games featuring 10 states. The exhibit is based on the American tradition of the summer road trip. Before starting on the real journey, however, there’s the exhibition to indulge. A few minutes into opening day, groups of little boys and girls descended on the museum and settled themselves happily at the various stations with the confidence that comes from practice. “Who wants to come to my store?” piped a little girl looking around at a makeshift trading post colored a lovely lilac. The Sebold siblings, Calvin, 6, and Logan, 4, were already engrossed in a craft station. “We like to come here; it’s just much
Artist Deborah McMillion points to her rendition of the Diving Lady. (Srianthi Perera/GSN Contributor)
more relaxed, and they love it,” said their mom, Megan Sebold. “We stop at every art station, we do the map every time, they really do engage in it every time we’re here.” The art is open-ended. Parents are encouraged to help, but not instruct the children in any way. “We want kids to use their imagination and really create from their heart versus follow instructions,” said museum spokes-
Kaylee Edwards, 3, is fascinated by a computer display at the museum. (Srianthi Perera/GSN Staff Photographer)
woman Yvette Armendariz. “It’s supposed to help with problem solving, if you can think out of the box and not be told what to do.” The Sebolds have been museum members practically all their lives and visit each new exhibition about four times. Although it’s a temptation to escape — quite literally — to a cool place, they also come for other reasons. The children’s museum is attractive because of its manageability, Sebold said. It’s easier for little feet to get around and less overwhelming than at the larger establishments. “They can actually interact with exhibits and
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“In this business, nobody gets rich. You’re not working because it’s a good paycheck or a nice salary. You’re working because you love animals, and it’s what you’ve always wanted to do,” he said. While being recognized by a national publication like Reader’s Digest is an absolute honor, Ollson said he values the compliments he receives from guests just as much. “The compliments from people like us; those are just as important,” he said. “It verifies what my staff has been doing here and what we’ve done here for the last 35 years is appreciated, and that we’re doing some things right.”
and employs 115 people in the spring. It houses an Adventure Land with rides, boasts an interactive sea lion exhibit and features five restaurants and cafés: Dillon’s Restaurant, Skyride Cafe, Safari Grill, Congo Cooker and Zooberto’s. The growth of the zoo, which has never received or used taxpayer funding, is attributed to its entrepreneurism, Ollson said. “We’ve been very strong about investing back into the zoo. The profits from the zoo are put back into it to better things for the visitors; to better things for the animals; to better things for our employees; to enlarge the zoo; to build new exhibits and to increase the animal collection,” he said. And that entrepreneurism made way for activities that are unique to the zoo — including the Giraffe Feeding Station and Lory Parrot Feeding, which Ollson said Wildlife World opened before any other zoo — and exhibits like the Baby Animal Nursery and Dragon World, which Reader’s Digest highlighted as must-see attractions. Ollson said baby animals end up in the nursery because sometimes the mother does not take care of them, for a number of reasons, or simply because they’re better off being hand raised.
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see things and stop and take their time, versus you go somewhere huge and you’re just everywhere and I’m stressed trying to keep them,” Sebold added. The atmosphere at the i.d.e.a. Museum also lends to parents and children spending constructive, educational time together. A gallery guide, a.k.a. a “travel guide” in this exhibition, is given to each child to stamp at the stations pertaining to the states on the map. During their trip, they also learn about places of interest, such as the Space Needle in Seattle, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and the Kennedy Space Center in central Florida. “There’s information on each stop and when they go through, they’re learning something, not just seeing art or just playing,” Armendariz said. “Hopefully, it provides that quality time with the parent and child.” This exhibition features 59 artworks from 21 artists from around the United States, including Arizona. They include paintings, digital art, ceramics, quilts, photographs, video and a mixed-media collage.
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“We are really pleased with the fact that we’ve been able to raise multiple generations of some very rare animals by hand in our animal nursery,” he said. And the zoo’s rare, endangered animals — like Arabian oryx from North Africa, and the albino alligators, which were down to 13 in the ’60s and less than 100, respectively — are bred on site through a species survival program made up of a consortium
Phoenix artist Deborah McMillion-Nering has been presenting work at the museum for many years. Her current contribution consists of two digital collages using an iPad technique and a collection of historical postcards. “Mermaid Motel” and “The Diving Lady” harkens to mid-last century’s motel swimming pools in the West. “Since my parents drove around the country and we painted in the backseat, this is definitely my atmosphere, staying in these kinds of hotels,” she said. Besides the changing exhibitions, the perennial kids’ favorite, Artville, is a permanent exhibition and activity area for children from birth to four years. Set up as a small-town environment, features include a lending library, café, lemonade stand, veterinary clinic, art studio, performing art stage and train. The i.d.e.a. Museum, first called the Center for Fine Arts and then the Arizona Museum for Youth, was founded in 1978 by John O Whiteman, who passed recently. It’s owned by the City of Mesa and supported by the i.d.e.a. Museum Foundation. The names changed over the years, but the concept stayed the same: exhibit, teach and interact with the fine arts from a young age. The “i.d.e.a.” in the name
of zoos that control the animal gene pool. “We’ve become very good at breeding animals. We’re no longer taking animals out of the wild. We are now producers of animals,” Ollson said. Ollson, who has not only watched his zoo grow throughout the years but has witnessed cutting-edge advancements in the industry, said the genuine love for animals is the drive for all of it.
stands for imagination, design, experience and art. According to Sunnee D. O’Rork, executive director, the museum receives visitors from around the Valley and tracks about 90,000 annual attendance and a running membership of 1,500 family households. This compares favorably with the 65,000 annual attendance a few years ago. “It’s really grown,” she said. During the 2018 general election, a proposed bond of $5 million passed. Now, the museum is gearing for a capitol campaign in the future. “We plan on really just building out the museum, renovating it, not totally building a new building,” she said. O’Rork said stakeholder meetings have been held and that a site master plan has been completed with the idea of reutilizing the space better. Plans call for tripling the size of Artville, creating a larger birthday party space, a café so that visitors may linger and more interactives. Other plans include raising the ceiling and placing an overhead bridge, renovating the atrium to include a climber, constructing a stage and an area in the grounds for school buses.
What: Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park Where: 16501 W. Northern Ave., Litchfield Park Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Last zoo admission is at 4:30 p.m. aquarium open until 7 p.m. The zoo is open 365 days a year. Admission: $39.99 +tax for 13 and older; $20+tax for children 3-12; kids 2 and under free. Information: 623-232-8741, wildlifeworld.com
MUSEUM HOSTS SOME SPECIAL EVENTS
The i.d.e.a. Museum, at 150 W. Pepper Place in downtown Mesa, is holding the following special events this month: July 8-12 Summer Wonder Camp. Kids ages 6-12 can participate in an adventure and hone their problem-solving skills and nurture their creativity. Project-based interactives, inspired by the Roadside USA exhibition, include sculpting Mount Rushmore, designing a landmark and experimenting with maglev transportation.
July 27 Family Day. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. entertainment and activities related to the Roadside USA exhibition will be open to anyone with museum admission. Details: 480-644-2468 or ideamuseum.org
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Filed: 5/14/2019 2:29 PM Knox Superior Court 1 Knox County Indiana STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF KNOX IN THE KNOX SUPERIOR COURT 1 CAUSE NUMBER 42D01-1905-JT000023 SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING. IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP: RW - DOB 9/26/2016 AND NICOLE WHITE (BIOLOGICAL MOTHER) AND ANY UNKNOWN ALLEGED FATHERS. TO: Nicole White and Any Unknown Alleged Father Whereabouts unknown NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the above noted parent whose whereabouts are unknown, as well as Any Unknown Alleged Fathers, whose whereabouts are also unknown, that the Indiana Department of Child Services has filed a Petition for Involuntary Termination of your Parental Rights, and that an adjudication hearing has been scheduled with the Court. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear before the Judge of the Knox Superior Court 1, 111 North Seventh Street, 2nd Floor, Vincennes, IN 47591 - 812-885-2517 for a(n) InitiaL Fact Finding Hearing on 8/5/2019 at 9:45AM and to answer the Petition for Termination of your Parental Rights of said child. You are further notified that if the allegations in said petition are true, and/or if you fail to appear at the hearing, the Juvenile Court may terminate your parent-child relationship; and if the Court terminates your parent-child relationship you will lose all parental rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations including any rights to custody, contro visitation, or support in said child; and if the Court terminates your parent-child relationship, it will be permanently terminated, and thereafter you may not contest an adoption or other placement of said child. You are entitled to representation by an attorney, provided by the State if applicable, throughout these proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship. YOU MUST RESPOND by appearing in person or by an attorney within thirty (30) days after the last publication of this notice, and in the event you fail to do so, adjudication on said petition and termination of your parental rights may be entered against you, in your absence, without further notice. /s/ David Shelton Clerk Anastasia M. Weidner, 32192-64 Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Services 1050 Washington Ave Vincennes, IN 47591 Office: 812-882-3920 Published: East Valley Tribune, Jun 16, 23, 30, 2019 / 21393
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