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Gilbert creates united front on teen suicide BY JIM WALSH GSN Staff Writer

program called One Gilbert hopes to unite everyone in town behind an ambitious but much-needed goal: eliminating the teen suicide epidemic. The new effort, launched by education consultant Katey McPherson and Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels, will target teen alienation from adults and attempt to ensure teens have at least one trusted adult who can guide them through everyday life and emotional distress. McPherson – a former assistant junior high school principal, a national and international lecturer and a suicide prevention advocate – will help create a survey that will be administered to all students in grades 6 through

12 who attend Gilbert, Higley or Chandler schools within town boundaries. McPherson, joined by East Valley mothers who have lost children to suicide and a bipartisan group of East Valley legislators, have succeeded in shining a spotlight on the teen suicide problem. Since July 2017, 38 teens in Gilbert, Chandler, Queen Creek and Mesa have taken their lives. Among the most recent was a 17-yearold Gilbert boy who attended Desert Ridge High School and took his life within days after a friend of his at Skyline High in Mesa took her life. The group of suicide-prevention advocates have convinced virtually everyone that the issue has lingered in the shadows too long because of the social stigma surrounding

Council OKs 3 rooftop signs for downtown

suicide. Among their victories has passage of the law that requires training all school personnel who deal with grades 6-12 to recognize the warning signs of suicide and know how to respond. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey also started to address a severe lack of school counselors by putting money in the state budget so school districts can get funding for more counselors and social workers. But One Gilbert is more of a preventative approach that uniquely targets students in one town with a community-wide response uniting school and town officials, residents, Gilbert police and teens themselves to

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Sobering warning

BY JORDAN HOUSTON GSN Staff Writer

ooftop signs are coming to Gilbert. After a heated debate, the Town Council voted 5-2 last week to approve a text amendment to the Land Development Code, allowing for up to three rooftop signs in the Heritage District along Gilbert Road. A maximum of three rooftop signs no larger than 200-square-feet each will be allowed in the historic area – one each in the north, central and south segments. The signs will also be non-commercial. “We have to push growth,” said Mayor Jenn Daniels. “We are a city of the future and we will continue to promote that as we grow.” She added that the Council seeks to celebrate the town’s heritage in “every way that [we] can,” and that the signs will add a distinctive characteristic. The decision is a direct response to resident Brad Smith’s request to build a neon “Gilbert” sign atop his red-brick building, dubbed Bldg. 313. Braelyn Smith, his daughter, said her family’s building hosts a software company, local restaurant, co-working space for women and will soon offer a rooftop restaurant. “I think my dad has had visions for this sign when he first realized they [her

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Arizona State University President Michael Crow spoke at Chandler Gilbert Community College last Thursday, telling business leaders Arizona's economy cannot be sustained if ongoing funding neglect of higher education continues. For more on his adress, turn to page 6. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

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amily and friends paid their respects Saturday to a 16-year-old Gilbert boy who lost his life a week earlier in a car accident. Bohdie Larson, a junior at American Leadership Academy – Gilbert North, was killed after t-boned by an SUV while he was exiting his neighborhood near Higley and Queen Creek roads Oct. 12, around 9 p.m. “We don’t really know what happened whether he was distracted or just wasn’t paying full attention,” said Brandon Larson, Bohdie’s father and the athletic director at Highland High School. “It was a pure accident.” The Oct. 19, memorial service capped off a week-long demonstration of support for the Larson family by high schools across the Valley, including ALA and Highland. “My heart just goes out to Brandon and his family,” said Randy Ricedorff, the athletic director and head football coach at ALA – Gilbert North. “I share the sentiments of all the athletic directors around, Brandon helped and supported all of us, so we all feel for him. “Bohdie had an impact in our school and us growing and doing what we are doing here at ALA.” Bohdie was remembered as an outgoing teen who always had a sly smile on his face. His character came out the more you got to know him, according to his father. That’s when one would realize just how much he truly cared for others. His parents and three siblings got a sense for just how many lives their son touched in his short 16 years, two days after the accident. Students from ALA gathered in the Larsons’ neighborhood to put up ribbons in his honor. The number of Bohdie’s peers who came out staggered his family. The students gathered around and told stories of the innocent antics and mischief Bohdie got into with friends, as well as ones highlighting how his positive impact on so many individual lives.

Family and friends gathered Saturday to celebrate the life of Bohdie Larson, a 16-year-old Gilbert resident who was tragically killed in a car accident last week. (Photo courtesy Larson family)

At Highland, a similar ceremony was held. Members of the Hawks’ football team, which Bohdie’s father helped coach, put up blue ribbons around campus with other members of the student body in his honor. The Highland student section also wore blue on Friday night during the Hawks’ game against Corona del Sol. The show of support overwhelmed Bohdie’s family. “You pray as a father that your son and your family have touched the lives of people,” Brandon said. “You don’t really realize how many lives you’ve been a part of until a tragedy happens like this. You realize how many friends, family and community support you have rallying around you.” A GoFundMe was set up in the Larson’s honor to help with funeral costs for Bohdie. The goal was set at $10,000. In less than 24 hours, the funds raised was more than doubled. As of Thursday, more than $28,000 was raised. “It’s unbelievable and staggering the amount of support we have received both emotionally and financially,” Brandon said. “In some ways, we think the

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good Lord has prepared us and set us up.” Bohdie was a three-sport athlete at ALA, as he played football up until this year, soccer and was part of the track & field team. He was part of a large club soccer team, and would constantly see and interact with several players he also played with at ALA. He was always trying to improve his craft and even worked to help pay for his club fees. He was the type of player all of his teammates gravitated toward. Overall, he was well-liked amongst all of his peers. “He was always smiling and always joking around, he fit in very well,” said Michael Gonzalez, ALA – Gilbert North soccer coach. “It was a shock. What you hear on the news, you never think it will hit so close to home.” Gonzalez said they are working to put a scholarship in place in honor of Bohdie for the club team and will likely be naming a tournament after him in the near future. He said he will look into getting blue ribbons for the ALA team to honor Bohdie throughout the season. “He is going to be really missed,” Gonzalez said. “He meant a lot to the program and for such a small school like ALA, he was a really popular kid.” Though cut too short, Bohdie’s family know he used his 16 years of life not only enjoying it to the fullest but making an impact on the lives of others as well. His death is hard on the family, especially his younger eighth-grade sister. However, his fifth-grade brother remains steadfast for the family, reassuring them Bohdie is still watching over them, just as he always did. “My wife keeps saying he had the biggest heart of everybody she ever met. He loved so deeply, and he cared about so many people,” Brandon said. “We keep telling everybody that God has a new mission for him now and he needs him. We can’t be selfish. “We have to be thankful for the 16 years we had with him and remember the good things about him. I just want him to be remembered for being a good kid.”

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Although the city will not be able to regulate what the future signs say, Smith told the Gilbert Sun News that she has faith in the integrity of community members. “I think the people of Gilbert are not mean-spirited, evil people who want to put something rude or offensive on a building,” she said.

family] were going to build a building,” she said. “He goes out to cities and looks at buildings and has a fascination with them,” she continued. “From day 1, he said, ‘How cool would it be if we had this sign that said Gilbert?’” Although the Smith family claims the sign will represent a homage to their beloved home-town, some residents are not so convinced. A petition with more than 35 signatures opposing rooftop signs was submitted to the Council prior to the Oct. 17 meeting. During the public comment section, resiThis building on Gilbert Road in the heart of the Heritage District llikely will have a big rooftop neon sign that says "Gilbert" now that Town Council has approved the proposal for three signs in the Heritage District.. dent Sandra Reynolds (Special to GSN) expressed concern over the possibility of inappropriate content porbert water tower should be the main town theme. trayed in the future The .3-square-mile Heritage District “icon” of the town, and that future roofsigns. was designated a redevelopment area top signs would be distracting. “It should be a major “The town already has a true icon,” he in 1989, allowing the town access to concern what the signs resources to rejuvenate a deteriorating stated. “It’s the water tower, and I don’t owner Brad Smith thinks a sign atop his building will add are going to say,” she told Building area. want to distract from that icon.” to the town's reputation as a destination municipality. the Council. “Everyone is (Special to GSN) Scott Anderson, one of the two council The majority of council members minimizing the fact that members against the decision, said the argued that the future of Gilbert aligns they can’t base approval amendment could open up “Pandora’s with rooftop signs and that there is no “Especially the business owners,” she Box.” Councilwoman Brigette Peterson use in fighting it. on what the signs say.” “It’s exciting to see that the town is Adding, “They could say ‘Devil Wor- continued. “I trust the people in this also voted against the measure. He cited the fact that certain busi- in favor of not only free speech,” said shippers’ in front of a church or ‘Are You town.” Horny?’ –and those are mild compared Several other residents said they nesses could argue the signs give oth- Smith. “But is also allowing business to what we could see. I ask you to keep want to preserve the town’s historical ers a “competitive advantage” by draw- owners to have that freedom and do what they want with their property.” the heritage district a family-friendly feel and that they believe neon signs ing attention to their companies. He also claimed that the famous Gillocation.” will clash with Gilbert’s overall small-

Town moving to ease downtown congestion GSN NEWS STAFF

ilbert got the ball rolling on a roadway aimed at alleviating traffic in its Heritage District. The town is seeking bids for an architectural or engineering firm for the socalled Vaughn Ventilator project. Bids are due Oct. 24. The project will extend Vaughn Avenue west from its existing dead-end to run parallel with the Union Pacific Railroad track, until it connects to Neely Street, according to the Heritage District Rede-

velopment Plan. The extension is expected to alleviate traffic on Gilbert Road, downtown’s only main entrance and exit. Gilbert Road sees approximately 20,000 vehicle trips a day, which is expected to increase by 30 percent by 2035, to 29,000 trips a day, according to the town. Gilbert intends to complete the predesign study by June 30, 2020 and subsequently the complete design for the Vaughn Ventilator, according to the town. Although the ventilator had an esti-

mated price tag of $1.9 million in the Heritage District Redevelopment Plan, town officials anticipated a preliminary budget cost estimate on the project by Jan. 31. The Vaughn Ventilator is expected to help with retail development in the Heritage District Core to bring more traffic trips. The addition of the Vaughn Ventilator could provide 7,200 trips, town officials say. Gilbert, in, 1989 designated the .3-square-mile Heritage District as a redevelopment area in order to revitalize

the downtown. Today, the downtown is a designation draw with more than 20 restaurants and other amenities. Earlier this year, Town Council approved an agreement with Heritage North Partners to buy a 9-acre site in the district and build offices, a five-story hotel, multi-family housing and two multilevel parking garages. The project was expected to be built in one phase with construction anticipated in late June 2020, and finished by the fourth quarter of 2021.

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Pay too low for some district jobs, GPS told BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

ilbert Public Schools is paying below market for certain jobs such as principals, transportation supervisor and janitors, according to a consultant. The district needs to adopt a professional standard and master-salary schedule to bring wages up to a competitive level, a consultant told the Governing Board at last week’s retreat. The consultant’s compensation survey found the district’s pay for administrative staff was in the 47th percentile while the salary for hourly workers was in the 30th percentile. Hourly wage jobs in the district show a huge discrepancy, indicating there was little change in salaries when job responsibilities increased, according to Vance Jacobson, CEO of JB Reward Systems in Seattle. On the other hand, salaries for professionals such as district registered nurses and therapists were in the 63rd to 65th percentile – which Jacobson lik-

ened to pay in the NFL or NBA. “They’re the only guys in the market that will be consistently competitive,” he said. For the pay schedule, all district jobs were measured and assigned a salary grade, according to Jacobson. No salary ranges for positions were given during the presentation. “Basically, using a job evaluation system creates stability in how you determine pay,” Jacobson said. The system is the same validated measurement used in other industry sectors worldwide, he added. If the schedule is adopted, “each person will receive a pay increase regardless of position,” said Bonnie Betz, assistant superintendent of business services. “No one will receive a decrease.” Teacher pay was not part of the presentation but is expected to return for board discussion in November, according to Superintendent Shane McCord. Jacobson touted other benefits of a master salary schedule, including a built-in career ladder, it eliminates the district need to make ad-hoc adjust-

ments based on another district changes and using the formula, makes it easy to update pay for all positions. Jacobson said a conservative structure was designed to get the district to a median pay scale or slightly below it. The biggest cost to the district will be during the first year of implementation, he said. Board President Reed Carr noted the proposal would cost the district $8 million over the next three years to adjust salaries for administration, hourly and education professional staff. He questioned how much it would cost the district to bring teacher pay up to a competitive level. Shawn McIntosh, executive director of elementary education, said it would depend if the board wanted to push pay to the 44th percentile or 58. Carr explained, if the district were to push teacher salaries to the 60th percentile it would come at the expense of hourly wage employees. Board member Lori Wood suggested the district change the medical benefits package offered to teachers for higher

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pay. Reed said he couldn’t give staff direction until he knew what the trade-offs would be. He said long-time teachers valued their benefits package while he’s heard different from new employees. He said new teachers are young and healthy and don’t appreciate good insurance unlike their older counterparts. Gilbert is one of eight school districts joining together for the compensation survey. Gilbert’s share of the cost was $21,227.39, according to the district. The others have already implemented their master salary schedules, Jacobson said. Higley’s took effect in early October. Wood asked why Gilbert was the last to adopt the proposal. McCord explained there were many factors caming into play, including a projection of 400 fewer students enrolled, the fact the district already set this years' budget and the uncertain outcome of the upcoming bond and override election. “It comes down to affordability,” he said. “What can we afford to do.”

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These three renderings show the different lay-outs being discussed for the campus of the new high school Chandler Unified is building in Gilbert and expects to open in two years. (CUSD)

CUSD designing high school for Gilbert GSN NEWS STAFF

he Chandler Unified School District released its first design plans for a new high school it intends to build near Gilbert and Brooks Farm roads in Gilbert. The three designs display different configurations of a campus intended to be about 272,000-square-feet. All the schematics include a football stadium, performing arts center, gymnasium and athletic fields. The main difference between the three designs involves the location of 1,600 parking spaces. One design has parking lots built on the outer edges of campus, while the other two scatter spaces

across the school. Each design has its respective pros and cons, based on feedback collected by the district. One has most of its parking spaces far away from the athletic fields. Another would require barriers to the staff parking lot. Two designs don’t allow southbound access to the football stadium off of Gilbert Road. Community input helped guide the district in drafting the designs; taking into consideration elements like traffic flow, visitor access and water retention. The designs have been presented to the school board to review, though the district must also submit its plans to the city for approval.

The district aims to start construction in February and have the school open by July 2021. The total cost of construction is estimated to be about $70 million. Several community members expressed concerns about traffic and congestion back in July, when the governing board approved spending $25 million to buy property for the new school. The construction site is surrounded by subdivisions, so some residents worried about having an influx of teenage drivers cutting through their neighborhoods. District officials have said CUSD has limited options for where it could build another school in Chandler and the site selected was one of the few where its owners were willing to sell.

Lana Berry, the district’s chief financial officers, told the school board in July that CUSD was projected to add 3,000 students over the next decade. Therefore, a new high school will be necessary to prevent class sizes from growing. “That has not been our goal,” Berry said back in July. “Our goal has been to keep our teacher ratios low.” While other school districts have considered closing schools, Chandler’s growing populations has prompted CUSD to build several new schools in recent years. The district’s newest high school, Casteel High School, only opened a few years ago and had its first graduating class this year.

But these successes won’t matter much, Crow advised, in a rapidly-changing economy. “We’re doing fantastically well for the past economy and not well for the future economy,” the president said, “because we do not have a workforce which is adaptable enough.” Technological automation will replace low-skill workers, he warned, and these displaced individuals will need access to post-secondary education. Better graduation rates, more investment in education and greater accountability from policymakers were all goals Crow set out before the large crowd of Chandler business leaders. “There’s nobody thinking through what the economy needs to be because they believe the economy solves itself,” Crow said. “Which it does – assuming you have an educated workforce.” Sporting his signature crimsoncolored tie, the 64-year-old president made his appearance in Chandler short-

ly before jumping on a plane to Texas to solicit donations. He’s earned a national reputation as a crafty innovator, someone who shifted the university’s status from party school to research hub. ASU now regularly makes the lists of the most innovative universities in the country. But the university is essentially alone, Crow said, because the rest of Arizona does not yet have the same innovative mindset. In the aftermath of the Great Recession in 2008, state funding for Arizona’s three public universities shrunk and tuition more than doubled. The state now ranks near the bottom for how many residents between 25 and 34 hold a bachelor’s degree. The Arizona Board of Regents predicts the state will soon experience a decline in college graduates, estimating only 17 percent of today’s ninth-graders will earn a bachelor’s degree by 2028.

Terri Kimble, president of the Chandler Chamber of Commerce, said her organization partners with local school districts and strives to attract highly-educated residents to the community. “We do value education,” she said, “We use it as an economic development tool.” But the rest of Arizona may not be like Chandler, President Crow said. Forty-two percent of Chandler residents have a bachelor’s degree – well above the statewide rate of 28 percent. Crow, who called himself a “blueblood capitalist,” said he doesn’t believe throwing more money at the problem will automatically fix it. “It can’t just be ‘we need more money,’” he said. “It has to be ‘we need more money and we will deliver more.’” He doesn’t believe everyone should get a bachelor’s degree. But Crow does think everyone should attain some sort of post-secondary education like community college or certificate programs.

State not planning for future, Crow warns EV leaders BY KEVIN REAGAN GSN Staff Writer

rizona State University President Michael Crow warned Chandler community leaders they need to hold themselves accountable for how unprepared the state’s workforce is for the future. “We have big issues in Arizona,” Crow said at a talk sponsored by the Chandler Chamber of Commerce last Thursday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. “We grow and we think that’s economic growth – that’s not a sustainable economy.” Crow, who has been leading ASU for the last 17 years, ticked off many achievements the university reached during his tenure; more students, more programs, more degrees. The number of undergraduates annually earning engineering degrees has grown by about 15,000 over the last decade.

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teens reportthe wrong ing that they track to hopedo not have a lessness and trusted adult the possibilat school to ity of suicide. confide in. Fol low i ng “I would a similar one never make a used in Queen blanket stateCreek earlier ment that this year, the Queen Creek survey would students are ask teens alienated about issues their that include This will be the logo for the unified campaign to help Gilbert teens from parents and stressors in and prevent suicides.. (Special to GSN) teachers,’’ their lives, substance abuse and their relationships Luthar said. But she said there was a subgroup of with peers and adults – including teachstudents who felt that way. ers and their parents. Luthar’s report recommended a focus “We’re going to survey all of grades 6-12 students about how they say they on attacking the alienation of teens. The report found that almost 75 perare feeling from a mental health standcent of girls and 65 percent of boys said, point,’’ McPherson said. The Queen Creek survey – adminis- “there is at least one trusted adult I can tered by Authentic Connections, a com- turn to.’’ But that also means that 25 percent pany headed by Arizona State University psychology professor Suniya Luthar of girls and 35 percent of boys said they do not have at least one trusted adult in – came to some troubling conclusions. It will likely serve as model for the Gil- which to share their feelings at school. Luthar said the statistic about stubert effort. Chief among them was a sense of iso- dents having no adults to confide in at lation and alienation, with 39 percent of school can be misleading because some

address the root causes of teen suicide. “I think we are in a really good spot. I have the majority of the town saying, ‘I’m behind this,’’’ McPherson said, noting that includes Daniels. McPherson said the town is planning to hire her as a consultant to develop the survey and coordinate the effort. “We’ve been very reactive and we have made tremendous progress,’’ McPherson said. “Imagine what we can do if everyone in the town is focused on prevention.’’ Daniels said the former East Valley Behavioral Health Committee is now the One Gilbert Committee and that several other community groups have joined the effort, realizing that mental health is a human issue and not a political issue. “Our youth has to be intimately involved in this conversation. This is them,’’ Daniels said. “This is a human thing. The rampant anxiety and depression, these are the challenges for this generation of youth.’’ If nothing is done, “we will lose a generation from the anxiety are youth are experiencing. It is debilitating for them,’’ Daniels said, putting them on

students don’t believe that it’s necessary. She said many students have someone else in their lives they can talk to about their feelings outside of school, such as a parent or a brother. More than 10 percent of Queen Creek students were found to be “anxious/ depressed” or “withdrawn/depressed.” Bullying, expectations created by social media and the lack of deep emotional relationships with parents and teachers were all cited as contributing factors. The report recommends that parents develop an emotional connection with children at an early age and watch for signs of emotional withdrawal, among other things. The Queen Creek survey also found a mixture of other interesting, if not reassuring results. It found a lower rate of alcohol use among the 1,686 Queen Creek High School student surveyed; 18.6 percent compared to the 24.4 percent national average. Cigarette smoking also was lower than the national average, at 4 percent compared to 5.9 percent.

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But the magnitude of the vaping epidemic among young people was obvious, with 20 percent saying they vape nicotine compared to the 18.5 percent national average. Another 16.4 percent reported they vape marijuana, compared to the 7.25 percent national average. “There is a huge divide between what parents think they need and what the kids are saying’’ in the Queen Creek survey, McPherson said. She said that every child needs to have a trusted adult to help them through growing up and maturing, whether that person is a parent or a teacher or a coach – and that a sense of alienation can contribute to suicide. “We want to capture them on the runway of distress,’’ she said, before a teen makes a bad decision by deciding to end their own life. “These kids have undeveloped brains and they have very low coping skills.’’ She said one priority for One Gilbert will be helping teens to develop better coping skills to deal with their problems in a rational way. That will address such efforts in helping them realize that a breakup with a boyfriend or a girlfriend isn’t as bad as

Katey McPherson it might seem or that a bad grade might be a temporary obstacle. Other programming will be based upon the survey’s results. An obvious high-priority for parents is to closely monitor social media, which can be a source of bullying and victimization, McPherson said. McPherson’s unofficial count of teen suicides in the East Valley shows that while most who took their lives were boys, the number of girls has been increasing recently. “Every one of these kids goes on twitter and snapchat and tells the world what they are going to do,’’ she said.

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Rising rents straining domestic violence shelters BY KEVIN REAGAN GSN Staff Writer

dvocates working with domestic violence victims say an increasing lack of affordable housing in the East Valley is creating a barrier for clients to get back on their feet. My Sister’s Place, a 30-bed shelter located near Chandler, is often at full capacity and rooms tend not to stay vacant for long, according to Dawn Curtis, the facility’s senior program manager. “If we have a room for open, it’s usually just for maybe 24 hours,” she said. The shelter offers a wide range of services for clients fleeing from abusive relationships. Caseworkers are on standby to help them obtain welfare benefits, file restraining orders and apply for jobs. But finding a place for clients to go after leaving the shelter is a challenge, Curtis said. The average two-bedroom in the Valley can cost more than $1,000 per month to rent. To afford the deposit and first month’s rent, clients are increas-

ingly depending on shelters like My Sister’s Place as a safety net. “They have to stay here longer to save money to get into those places,” Curtis added. The Phoenix area currently has the fastest-growing rents in the country, according to HotPads, with the median rent increasing by nearly 7 percent since 2018. The National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates East Valley residents have to earn at least $20.63 per hour in order to afford a two-bedroom rental. Clients at My Sister’s Place typically can’t find anywhere to live in Chandler or Gilbert, Curtis said and must go to central Phoenix for rentals they can afford. Unaffordable housing is burdening victims of domestic violence all across the state, according to the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. Tasha Menaker, the coalition’s co-chief executive, said this statewide trend is jeopardizing the safety of survivors. “As housing becomes less and less af-

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Lawmakers spending thousands on voucher check BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

tate lawmakers are going to spend at least $125,000 to determine why parents seeking to use state funds for private and parochial schools say they can’t get approved. The Joint Legislative Audit Committee directed Auditor General Lindsey Perry to take a closer look at the processes used by the Department of Education to approve vouchers. That follows complaints by parents of not just delays in getting the go-ahead but even problems getting telephone calls answered. The idea of spending that much money – and putting off other scheduled audits – drew criticism from Rep. John Allen, R-Scottsdale. He argued that lawmakers could get some answers themselves just by asking the right questions. More to the point, Allen said whatever problems there are could be ascertained a lot quicker and at a lower cost. But Sen. Rick Gray, R-Sun City, said he believes a formal audit would be far less

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was passed, the parents could not use the ESA money for their schools.’’ Allen did not dispute that might be the case, but he questioned the need for an expensive audit that won’t provide results until April 10. “There might be something worth gleaning from that that we could get in an hour,’’ he said, by asking Department of Education officials to testify in front of a legislative panel. More to the point, Allen said he could probably get virtually all the questions answered “for about $200.’’ “But to spend $125,000 and wait four months makes no sense to me,’’ he said. “If this is that urgent let’s get on it, let’s just do it.’’ Kern, however, said there are just too many issues to resolve with hearings. “It’s not to cast blame on anybody,’’ he said of having the auditor general take a closer look. “It’s just to improve the processes,’’ Kern continued. “And I think the money is well spent in getting the factual information (from) somebody I trust to go in there and dig it.’’

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Gilbert cat rescue raising funds today BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

reature once lived in the lap of luxury in Scottsdale until his owner died. Clancey was found covered in grease on a back porch. Vera was helicoptered out from the bottom of the Grand Canyon. They and 27 fellow felines call Kitty Kastle, home, which sits on 1.2 acres on a county island on Lindsey Road in Gilbert that also houses 35 horses and a peacock. Wildhorse Ranch Rescue is holding a fundraiser today, Oct. 20, for its rescued cats. The nonprofit operates the Kitty City program. “They come from potentially dangerous and harmful situations,” explained Alesha Drew, a volunteer for Kitty City. This is the first year for the Coffee with Kittie's fundraiser and the second event for the year. The first was in April, where 100 percent of the proceeds go into the cat program. “A multiple of our cats are older so

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I would say it could cost as much as $20,000 (a year) to run it,” said Celeste Johnson, Kitty City director and vice chairwoman. “We don’t get enough each month to pay for that. That’s why fundraising is so important to us.” When the program runs short of largely donated monies, it takes from the nonprofit Ranch Rescue’s general

fund, Johnson said. The annual operating budget for the entire ranch is $360,000, according to Drew. Gilbert resident Kim Meagher started Wildhorse Ranch Rescue in 1995, with the mission “to save animals from abuse, neglect, slaughter and premature death and provide a safe place for them

to live for the remainder of their lives.” Although rescuing horses – wild mustangs, retired U.S. Forest Service equines and the like – was the primary focus, the nonprofit soon began rescuing dogs and cats. Dogs don’t stay on the ranch but are in foster homes until they are adopted.

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Gilbert getting new performing arts school

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

dults and children will soon be able to belt out a tune, act and do high kicks with more elbow room when they move to a much larger performing arts facility in Gilbert. This week Inspire Entertainment breaks ground on a dirt lot near the southeast corner of Baseline and Greenfield roads for a two-story, 14,000-square-foot building, housing seven large dance studio spaces, a preschool, cafe, recording studio and dancewear boutique. The facility expects to open its door next summer or fall. “We have been planning this building for a year now,” said Eric Sackett, company spokesman. “There will be a dedicated room for tumbling space, room for all our classes we currently have and additional classes we can add.” The company offers classes in dance, music and theatre and has two locations in Mesa and Gilbert, which both will soon relocate to the new building.

“We have always believed in the arts,” Inspire’s CEO and founder Michael Sackett said. “We’ve seen it transform individuals and inspire others to make a difference in the world. This new facility will enable us to do that on a bigger stage.” He said the Gilbert location was picked because it’s near some important established businesses and it’s also a convenient location right off the U.S. 60. Michael Sackett, who has a music background, and LaDawn Pettitt, company president and Chandler resident, opened the first studio at the Gilbert location in 2015, followed by Mesa. Michael Sackett, who lives in Mesa, and Eric Sackett, who lives in SanTan Valley, are brothers. Inspire grew from 22 students when it launched to now 750. Sackett said the new building allows the business to grow and accommodate up to 1,200 students. Inspire touts its family-centered lifestyle includes value-based training, modest costumes age-appropriate music and no Sunday training.

The new performing arts facility at Baseline and Greenfield roads in Gilbert will house seven large dance studio space, a preschool, recording studio and dancewear boutique. (Special to GSN)

The company also has a nonprofit arm – Inspire: music.service.hope, where each year a group of students go on an international music service tour to developing countries like Puerto Plata, Columbia and Costa Rica, taking supplies and performing service projects. Sackett said the company has plans to do fundraising in the future. “The sooner the better,” he said. “We’re hoping in the next five years. Hopefully, it won’t take us that long.” Inspire also has a Fit Club, a musicvideo production program and a preschool program that centers around

music, movement and the arts, while educating 3- to 5-year-olds. More programs are added each year. Fit Club is one of Inspire’s most recent offerings. The program’s classes at the Gilbert location include yoga, cardio kickboxing, and tap for adults. “The Fit Club classes for adults are popular,” Sackett said. “Our main goal is to train the youth in the arts but we also want to have offerings for parents. If someone drops their kid off, they can come to a fitness class and simplify their life. Bring the family to one place to do it all.”

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Volunteers sought to cuddle adoptee cats

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n East Valley cat shelter needs volunteers to cuddle and care for cats awaiting adoption. Saving One Life is a foster-based rescue with several of its partnered adoption centers located across the East Valley. The no-kill rescue partners with several PetSmart locations that provide adoption centers for Saving One Life. Although most of the cats are held at foster homes, once they are ready for adoption they go to PetSmart, according to Carrie Neidorf, the director of Saving One Life. In addition, PetSmart sponsors and

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The ranch also has a Water for Horses program, which delivers water two to three times per week to the wild horses on Gray Mountain on the Navajo Nation, according to its website. The HavasuPup program started in

hosts Saving One Life’s quarterly adoption events. However, Saving One Life is currently in need of volunteers at several PetSmart locations to assist in taking care of the cats. The volunteers’ main responsibility will be to let the cats out of their kennels and give them all of the attention and affection they need. Other tasks for the volunteers will include filling the cats’ food and water bowls and cleaning their kennels. Saving One Life wants volunteers to spend plenty of time with the cats so they can learn more about their personalities. Neidorf said this process of vetting the cat’s personality helps to assess what

2007, rescuing unwanted dogs and cats from Havasupai Grand Canyon. That’s where Vera’s story began. The black American shorthair was about 3 when she was airlifted by helicopter out of the Indian village and placed in foster homes before ending up at the cat sanctuary, according to Johnson. Vera is

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now 12. ‘What is amazing about her was you couldn’t touch her at all, she was very angry,” said Johnson. “Now, she is part of the group. She loves the outside. I’m looking in at her right now and she’s sitting out in the sun.” Johnson, a 10-year Mesa volunteer at the rescue, knows each and every back story and personality of the cats in the sanctuary. The woman who found Clancey covered in grease and cleaned him up, couldn’t keep him because her husband was allergic to cats, Johnson said. Clancey came to the sanctuary where he was eventually adopted by a woman who saw him on the ranch’s Facebook page. “It was a wonderful match,” Johnson said. “She had him for a number of years until she moved into a situation where she couldn’t keep him.” The woman contacted the ranch and reluctantly handed back the orange tabby. “He’s tiny for his age,” she said “There are no issues with him, he’s just great. He’s a nut, he loves to play.” Chloe was a stray hanging out in the neighborhood and had a couple of litters. “The neighbors fed her and she became pretty socialized,” Johnson said. “People would pet her but no one would take her in.” Finally, one neighbor had Chloe spayed but couldn’t adopt the cat due to allergy issues, Johnson said. “A friend of hers knew about us and

for a total of four hours. Parents are encouraged to bring their kids with to volunteer which is a great opportunity for a fun family experience. Neidorf also loves having families come in to volunteer because it can help the cats get used to being around kids. Most of the foster families that work with Saving One Life don’t have kids, so this process helps the cats adjust to different family settings, according to Neidorf. Petsmart adoption centers are at: 2860 E. Germann Road and 3939 S. Arizona Ave., both Chandler; 6426 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe; 6632 E. McKellips Road, Mesa; and 4609 Ray Road, Ahwatukee. reached out to us,” she said. “And Chloe ended up here.” The cat likes to grab onto a door with all four paws in an attempt to open it. “We just laugh at her all the time,” Johnson said. “She looks like a marshmallow. She’s white with a drop of caramel and licorice.” Creature, the 14-year-old black cat, was once homeless but “he ended up in a lady’s home,” Johnson said. “He had one of the nicest homes in Scottsdale at one time,” she added. “When the lady died, there was no one to take him so Creature came to the ranch after someone reached out to us.” Creature also is the unofficial greeter. “He’s always been welcoming to any kitties around,” Johnson said. “And he does like to eat. He is one of the first ones at the table."

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EVIT superintendent barred from campus

BY JIM WALSH GSN Staff Writer

ast Valley Institute of Technology Superintendent Chad Wilson may have survived an indictment, but a twist in the law is preventing him from doing his job. Wilson, 49, who was indicted on charges stemming from his tenure at Apache Junction schools superintendent, lost his fingerprint clearance card when he was arraigned in Pinal County on theft and misuse of public monies charges. As a result, he can’t be on EVIT’s campuses. Kevin Koelbel, legal services advisor for EVIT, said the theft charge specifically prompted the state Department of Public Safety to suspend Wilson’s clearance card. “It’s a requirement of his contract that he have one,’’ Koelbel said. “He can’t do his job without it. It’s a condition of his job.’’ The issue forced Wilson to go on vacation until his appeal is heard by the Ari-

Chad Wilson zona Board of Fingerprinting. “We are all operating under the assumption that it will be re-instated,’’ Koelbel said – in part because the EVIT

governing board has removed Wilson from handling the district’s finances, arranging for an administrator from a Tucson vo-tech school to handle that job. Stefan Swiat, spokesman for state Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman, said that Wilson’s card is invalid but that his certification as an educator is intact. Swait said the state Board of Education has the authority to remove Wilson’s certification after conducting a hearing, but he is not aware of any state action against Wilson. “It means to me that he is in a sort of limbo,’’ Swiat said. Wilson's lawyer said the fingerprint board was to consider the appeal last Friday and that the EVIT board recommended the card be reinstated. Attorney Mark Kokanovich added, "We respect the process and we are convinced he is innocent. He has an unblemished record." Wilson was hired as an assistant superintendent during the administration of longtime EVIT Superintendent Sally

Downey, but he ended up replacing her, first as interim superintendent after Downey’s ouster and later as full-time superintendent. The allegations against Wilson center on $133,223 in payments to Apache Junction administrators during a fiveyear period, from 2012 to 2016. Those payments were not authorized by the Apache Junction Governing Board, according to an Arizona Auditor General’s Office report. The $126,000 in “performance payments’’ went to 11 to 15 administrators, while another $3,880 was spent on “professional development instruction,’’ and $2,550 was spent on paying three administrators to attend athletic events on Friday nights. Wilson himself received $480 in unauthorized payments, according to the Auditor General’s report. Despite the indictment and the case pending in Pinal County Superior Court, the EVIT board voted to retain Wilson but put additional financial safeguards in place.

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Gilbert woman helps people around the world BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

n September, Tara Burns lugged a 50-pound backpack loaded with supplies such as gauze and medical instruments and boarded a plane for the 9,500-mile trek to Zambia. It was the Gilbert resident’s 30th humanitarian mission with Surgicorps International, which provides free surgeries to needy people in developing countries. Of the more than 16 million people in the Republic of Zambia, men rarely live past 60 while the life expectancy for women was 64, according to the World Health Organization. The land-locked country is one of the most impoverished countries in the world, particularly in rural areas where 80 percent of the population live in poverty, with 63 percent living on less than $1.25 per day, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development. Burns, a physician assistant at Banner

During a mission to Vietnam, Tara Burns assisted in treating this boy. The Gilbert physician’s assistant has helped countless poverty-stricken people around the world get needed medical attention through her 30 missions.

MD Anderson Cancer Center in Gilbert, joined 19 other team members from six states. The day after landing, they screened

over 200 patients at a children’s hospital and scheduled them for surgery over the next two weeks. Surgicorps mostly fixes cleft lips and

cleft palates but also performs hand surgery, treats burn-scar contractures and treats traumatic injuries and deformities. The nonprofit’s patients are largely children. “We would start at 7 or 8 in the morning and I think the first night we didn’t finish work until 9:30 at night,” Burns recalled. “But we worked 12-hour days.” Burns was basically the doctor’s righthand woman. “I am very much involved in the surgeries, suturing and taking skin grafts from patients with burns,” the 38-year-old said. “I do a lot of sewing on people.” Burns volunteered for her first mission 15 years ago while studying to be a physician assistant at Duquesne University in Pennsylvania. “The head of the department made an announcement in class one day asking who is interested in mission work abroad,” Burns recalled. “Out of 30, I was the only one that said, ‘yes.’”

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Area roller derby team empowers women

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irst rule of Jacqui Ellzey’s roller derby club – no one talks about the club. Anyone wishing to watch her club practice must have prior authorization from Ellzey. No one’s allowed to reveal to outsiders when and where they meet up. “It’s kind of a secret,” Ellzey joked. The secretiveness is not for security reasons, she said. The skaters are actually paying homage to “Fight Club,” the 1999 film about an underground group of brawlers who turn into anarchists. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton keep their club’s violent duels hidden by instructing members to never mention them to the outside world. Ellzey’s league of players has shirts copying the “Fight Club” insignia and one

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Jacqui Ellzey, above, tries a high five as she skates during practice while in the photo on the right, Jocelyn Lee jumps over Bobie Souvannarinh, who tumbled during a spin around the rink. (Pablo Robles/Staff Photographer)

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espite being a part of an outstanding East Valley community, human sex trafficking and other abusive environments is a danger children and young adults in our community must confront. Fortunately, Starbright Foundation is making an impact through education and awareness to prevent these horrific crimes, while also supporting those who have already been victimized. Starbright Foundation is a local nonprofit with a mission to rescue survivors of sexual, cultic, ritual, clergy, sex trafficking, incest, physical and mental abuse. Their goal is to build safe houses - providing safety to endangered children in a family environment. They provide crisis counseling, trauma recovery programs and education for survivors. Starbright Foundation promotes awareness of the crimes against children from human sex trafficking, pornography, exploitation and child abuse, causing human suffering within our communities and nation through our education and

training programs. These programs are offered for free to the community and service groups. Starbright Foundation was the recipient of a $6400 donation from the 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun East Valley group. With the help of 100+ Women Who Care, Starbright will be using the donation to fund the training and education programs they offer. Together, we have the power to protect our children. Starbright urges everyone including our children, parents, schools, teachers, churches and law enforcement to be educated and trained on issues surrounding sex trafficking prevention, dangers of social media, cell phones, video games and chat rooms for children and young adults. To schedule a training please email: mystarbright77@yahoo.com If you or a loved one needs help being rescued or healed from one of these crimes, visit starbrightfoundation.org. There are volunteer opportunities and other ways you can be a part of the solution. 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the

At the Starbright check presentation were, from left, Colleen Kernaghan, a Starbright staffer whose name is withheld, Leann Landberg and Trenna Farrell. (Special to GSN)

Sun is a group of like-minded, passionate women who want to connect to one another and to their communities. The ladies are leveraging their resources so their small quarterly gifts of $100 per member add up to a significant donation to a local charity. Since the chapter’s inception in 2015, 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun has donated over $443,000 to local nonprofits.

The chapter is composed of three sister groups in the East Valley, Ahwatukee and Scottsdale. The next giving circle on Nov. 7 at JC’s Steakhouse, 25 E. Ray Road, Gilbert. Social hour is 5:30-6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.

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of five to 10 volunteers who regularly go on missions. Her first mission took her to Ho Chi “I would say this Minh City in Vietnam, where the team group to me has bescreened about 150 patients and opercome a family that I ated on roughly 80. travel with,” Burns Initially, Burns felt overwhelmed, exsaid. “It’s a bunch of cited and nervous about the mission. like-minded people “But I knew I had the skills to help oththere to do good ers and I knew I was with a good group of things for others.” people,” Burns said. “I felt I could do it.” On the Zambia trip, Since then, Burns has been back to Burns was joined by Vietnam several more times. her Banner colleague “I’ve always had a passion to give back Melissa Shelby, a and help those less fortunate,” she said. “I nurse practitioner, thought it would be a good opportunity who experienced her Tara Burns helped with this boy’s eye surgery during one of her missions to to see the world and help people.” Mexico.. (Courtesy of Tara Burns) first mission. And that she did. Burns is considBurns’ biannual missions have taken ered a veteran team her to counties, including Bhutan, Guatemember and also serves on the board of mala, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Brazil, Ugan- supply it may need. directors for Surgicorps, founded in 1994 da and Myanmar. The number of medical and non-medby Dr. Jack Demos, the organization’s All the missions are self-funded, mean- ical volunteers who go on a mission varmedical director. ing volunteers like Burns pay their own ies. Burns takes vacation time to go on the way plus room and board. “It depends on where we go and how missions. Not only does she take the supSurgicorps undertakes four to six mis- many operating rooms we have,” Burns ply bag shipped to her from Surgicorps’ sions each year. Last year, it sent volun- said. “We had three operating rooms this headquarters in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, teers to five countries, where they either time (for Zambia) and 20 volunteers. but she brings a 50-pound bag filled with worked in a fully equipped mission hos- Sometimes it’s one operating room and toothpaste, toothbrushes, coloring books, pital such as in Guatemala or at a rudi- two operating beds in that room and so crayons and clothing she’s collected from mentary facility that required Surgicorps we take a smaller team.” people to donate to the patients. to bring every piece of equipment and Burns said there is about a core group “I’ve seen poverty, I’ve seen acts of violence where acid is being thrown on people, I’ve seen devastation,” Burns NE WP N O R TH A M ER I CA’S said. “And I’ve seen good things. I’ve seen RO DU the love of the patients’ family members. CT I’ve seen smiles and people being able to walk again or move their arm that was burnt so bad they couldn’t even move their arm or leg.” Featuring our New Exclusive Shower Package Besides cleft lips and cleft palates, Burns has seen many burn cases. Now you can finally have all of the soothing “Some are from acid and some are from benefits of a relaxing warm bath, or enjoy a house fires,” she said. “In a lot of these convenient refreshing shower while seated or countries people heat their homes with standing. Introducing Safe Step Walk-In Tub’s fire and they do a lot of cooking with fire.” exclusive NEW Shower Package! She said sometimes the children tend ✓ First and only walk-in tub available with a to roll into the fire at night or they are customizable shower

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accidentally burnt by a food item such as porridge. “It’s very sad,” she said, “These people are living and trying to survive and that is their normal way of life.” Burns also has handled cases not seen during her 15 years of practice in this country. “On screening days when patients come in you never know what you will see,” she said. “I’ve seen bear mauling in Bhutan, I’ve seen snake-bite contractures in Zambia where they progressed to the point where a patient’s leg had fallen off (and) infection that has eaten a patient’s face away.” The missions at times take a toll on Burns. “So, people that you can’t help due to the severity of their problem or there’s not enough time to do all the people, there are definitely more people than the amount of time we have to do them, those are the people who stick with you, those are the people who think about when you go home, the people you said ‘no’ to,” she said, adding: “The cases you can do, the children who get teased because of a cleft lip and don’t go to school, in 45 minutes we fix it and they can go back to school and drink and eat normally, people who can’t walk because their leg was contractured by a burn.” Yet, after surgery, she said, “they are playing soccer the next year we see them are good times.” Burns said she will continue to go on the medical missions until the day she dies and has already booked her next trip – Bhutan next March. “We are there to work and get as many cases done as safely as we can,” she said. “Occasionally we don’t even eat dinner and go to bed because we are so exhausted. But we are all these for the same purpose, for the children so everyone is OK doing it and when you come back to America, then you sleep.”

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of their teams was called Project Mayhem, the codename for societal destruction used in the movie. But there’s a notable difference with the fight club of David Fincher’s film: it didn’t have any women. Ellzey’s league of all-female skaters is all about sisterhood and giving women a chance to grow as talented athletes. “That was the goal I had set when I started the league – to find something that is empowering to women – women to accept who they are,” she said. The Arizona Skate Club formed a couple years ago and consists of 16 skaters who range in age from 17 to 54. Some have been skating for several years; others are more of a novice to the skating rink. They come from Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe and Queen Creek. Ellzey said her goal is to have the league represent every community in the East Valley; all she needs is someone from Ahwatukee. It’s a goal-oriented league, meaning Ellzey expects players to put in the work to make themselves better competitors. “This is not just a hobby,” Ellzey said. “This is something that can build strong athletes to achieve anything that they put their heart to.” Roller derby dates back to the 1930s and 1940s, when it evolved from a skating race to a physical competition. The sport consists of two teams skating around an oval-shaped rink and blocking one member of the opposing team from passing them. Derby quickly became a spectacle as audiences flocked to see skaters crash, fall and collide into each other. The game earned more legitimacy over the decades as leagues started setting more rules and regulations. Hundreds of roller derby leagues currently compete all over the world. Ellzey said she hadn’t been very athletic growing due to asthma and hadn’t thought of taking up a sport. But around 2006, a friend encouraged her to consider roller derby. At this time in her life, Ellzey said she was suffering from low self-esteem after escaping an abusive marriage. “I didn’t like myself,” she recalled, “I just had no self-respect.” But the regimen of roller derby slowly started to build up her confidence over the years – to the point where she’s taking control with her own league and running the show. And Ellzey’s seen other skaters go through the same transformation. “These women really, really grow into

becoming strong, confident women,” Ellzey said. “It’s extremely therapeutic.” Bethany Wray was suffering from stress-related seizures before she put on a pair of skates and joined Ellzey’s league about a year ago. The 23-year-old Gilbert woman said her husband nearly died in a severe accident and the trauma of it had started to impact Wray’s own health. She was encouraged to find an outlet for her stress and that’s when derby came into her life. The sport was unlike any of the others Wray played growing up – it’s a constant momentum of physical contact with other people. If a skater busts a competitor’s nose, Wray noticed there were no hurt feelings between the players. It wasn’t long before derby made Wray let go of the dread she’d been carrying since her husband’s accident. “I never quite came back from that until I was able to do derby,” Wray said. The East Valley league encourages members to focus on form before speed. During a practice at basketball courts in Mesa, the skaters could be seen sliding and skidding across the concrete. Ellzey said the players must learn how to fall down skillfully, so if they stumble during a match, their body knows how to react. Skaters protect themselves with lots of padding, helmets and mouth guards. But injuries are still known to happen. Amber Staab once tore a ligament in her knee during a match, which benched her from competing in the rink for several months. The 32-year-old flight attendant from Chandler said as soon as the pain was gone, she was itching to get back to derby. “It’s like going to church for me,” Staab said. As someone who works in customer service, Staab enjoys having a place where she can release some aggression and not be punished for it. “It’s the best way you can hit someone and not go to jail,” she joked. The Arizona Skate Club will be holding a match on Oct. 26 at the Barney Family Sports Complex in Queen Creek. Pre-sale tickets cost $10 and the game starts at 6 p.m.

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Gilbert cleaning services help cancer patients BY COTY COLORES MIRANDA GSN Contributor

he national nonprofit organization, Cleaning For A Reason, believes families facing cancer should have access to house cleaning services through trying seasons. It’s found many partners in Chandler, Gilbert and Mesa to achieve this mission. Founded in 2005, the organization has more than 1,000 cleaning companies – some independently owned, others part of a franchise – providing two house cleanings, free of charge, to cancer patients and families throughout the U.S. and Canada. In the East Valley, at least five cleaning services currently partner with Cleaning For A Reason. For Gilbert’s Two Maids & A Mop franchise owners Ryan Myers and Lorena Munoz de Myers, giving back to cancer patients is close to their hearts: Lorena was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, one month before her 45th birthday. By January 2019 – after repeated che-

As it signs up tenants and prepares for a groundbreaking in a few weeks, Johnston & Co. is moving full speed ahead with Epicenter, a retail-residential focal point for the sprawling Agriptopia planned community in Gilbert. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

motherapy, radiation, three surgeries and antibodies sessions, the tenacious cancer warrior received the all clear. “I tell our Cleaning For A Reason clients,

‘Look at me! If I can do it, you can do it,” said Lorena, 47. “They see me now and say, ‘you don’t look like you had cancer’, and I tell them I used natural foods and

I stayed busy. I tell them, ‘Don’t stay in bed!’ They need to stay active.” Her husband said Two Maids & A Mop franchise supports with Cleaning For A Reason’s cause and involvement was one of the reasons the couple chose to go with them. “My wife and I had a cleaning business for more than five years and then we converted to this franchise,” said Myers. “From corporate on down, the more than 80 franchisees believe in giving back where we can.” Myers said his wife’s cancer experience was but one in a long line of family cancer issues, including several relatives who succumbed to a variation of the disease. “And many of customers, too, are affected. It seems one out of five households has someone in their home who’s had cancer, even pets with cancer,” he said. The family-owned and operated Master’s Touch Cleaning Service of Mesa got involved with Cleaning For A Reason in 2015.

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Gilbert doctor thought he’d grow up making guitars BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

s a boy, Dr. David Bennett wanted to open a guitar-making company. Then 14, he even sent a letter to Paul Reed Smith, founder of PRS Guitars in Maryland. “I was in a band with some friends,” said the Gilbert man, who played bass. “I really like using my hands to build stuff.” Bennett attended the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix for a summer and built his first guitar, thinking he was on his way to his chosen career. But his life soon took a different turn. “I was going to build guitars for a career,” said Bennett, 40, “but my mother adopted my brother from Russia when I was 16.” His adopted brother had arthrogrypo-

Though he is busy as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, Dr. David Bennett of Gilbert still finds time to make guitars. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer.)

sis or joint contractures. He needed surgery and it was the early 1990s, there was no one in the Valley equipped to do the procedure, Bennett said. The family, who lived in Mesa, had to fly to the University of Utah Hospital for treatment, which prompted Bennett to question why anyone had to fly from a large metropolitan area to a smaller city in order to “put bones back together.” It was then the teenager decided he would one day bring those services back to the Valley. “I didn’t realize you had to become a doctor” first, he said. Today, Bennett is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon who specializes in scoliosis, fractures, hip and spine. And, he still makes guitars, only now it’s a hobby.

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“It takes three months, a little bit every day, some time before work, some time after work” to build a guitar, said Bennett. “I’m no longer performing but I like to get my mind off work, it’s kind of stressful.” Bennett works at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and will relocate to Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center campus when a women and children services medical tower opens Jan. 13 through a partnership between Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s. Bennett prefers building acoustic guitars because they sound better. And, he also likes using mahogany blocks because the wood gives a better sound. Skilled surgeon that he is, the hardest parts of making a guitar for Bennett are making sure the neck is straight and putting the intricate bracing inside the instrument, which makes the sound resonate and vibrate correctly. Bennett said he believed a lot of his

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The company placed among the nonprofit’s Top 25 Cleaning Partners for 2018. Mesa’s Carnation Home Cleaning Company, founded in 1991, ranked among the Top 100. “Our company provides around 10 hours each month to patients undergoing treatment for cancer to fill in any voids in our schedule. It keeps our employees busy and patients are satisfied with the end result during a difficult time in their lives,” said Master’s Touch owner Kelly Kuter. “At one time the organization asked us to provide four free cleanings over four months, but there were so many patients and so few cleaning companies willing to provide this donated service, the organization cut back to two free cleanings over two months,” she

Gilbert surgeon Dr. David Bennett thought he would be making guitars for a living when he was young, but now he is on staff at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and will be working here when it opens a pediatric care center on the Mercy Gilbert Medical Center campus.(Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

guitar-making skills translated over to his surgical abilities. “I felt it helped me with the feel of things and helped me to pay attention more to detail,” he said. “I felt they were very similar. Once I started to do surgery, the hardest part was the decision-making, deciding who needed (surgery).” So far, Bennett has crafted five guitars, both acoustic and electric and has two others he’s working on during his spare time. He doesn’t plan on selling any of his instruments, instead, they will likely hang in his music room that he is setting up in his two-story home. He moved to Gilbert two months ago from New Mexico with his family, which includes a piano-playing wife and three musically inclined children, ages 4 to 17. Bennett has no regrets about the sharp turn his career took.. “I’m happy,” he said. “I feel happiness with life (decisions), more than if I built guitars only.”

explained. “We generally have three to four patients in our queue at any time.” Family-owned East Valley Cleaning Authority, based in Chandler since 2001, partnered with Cleaning For A Reason seven years ago. Owned by Patrick Orr, Ken Orr and Megan Orr, and their 6-year-old Glendale company, The Northwest Valley Cleaning Authority, remain active with Cleaning For A Reason. “To date, we’ve provided 150 to 200 cleanings for 40 patients in our local community,” said Patrick Orr. “I have no idea how much money we’ve donated to the organization; I’d say our total donation value is in the tens of thousands at this point.” The Orrs’ company, like other cleaning services involved with Cleaning for a Reason, forfeit financial benefits from serving cancer patients but the owners

don’t mind. “At some point, you realize that the bottom line isn’t the only metric that matters,” Patrick explained. “Is it expensive to provide free cleaning? Sure, and even more so when you consider how busy our operation is,” he continued. “Any time you take those resources and commit them to free services, you’re also forgoing the revenues and patronage that would be realized through our normal channels of operation. “Yet a powerful truth to confront is that there’s a much larger picture to consider. For our team, it becomes increasingly rewarding to realize that these efforts help their actual neighbors; they get to both see and feel the impact. It’s incredibly powerful,” he continued, adding: “Certainly, we don’t operate under the illusion that our efforts take aim at any

cure for cancer, but our team loves that we participate in the recovery process for our neighbors within the community.” He said he brings up his involvement with Cleaning for a Reason when he interviews prospective employees “because we want like-minded members on our team.” Today 1,200 maid services have partnered with Cleaning For A Reason offering two free monthly house cleanings to those battling any type of cancer. Cancer patients wishing to receive the service must apply on the nonprofit’s website CleaningForAReason.org. If there’s an opening in their area, they’ll be asked to fax a doctor’s note stating they are undergoing cancer treatments. Tax-deductible ‘In Honor’ or ‘In Memory’ donations to Cleaning For A Reason can be done online.

potential healthcare insurance premium cost savings of between 5-15 percent on average. Some businesses found they saved up to 35 percent, the Chamber said. The workshop – 10-11:30 a.m. Oct. 25 at the Chamber offices, 119 N. Gilbert Road – will have licensed and approved brokers on-site to explain the 16 healthcare plans available and answer individual questions.

“Lifestyles Health Plans provide wellness program incentives that can save employees up to $500 a year in deductible costs, offers no copays for telemedicine, along with options for free RX and lab test options,” said Chamber President/CEO Kathy Tilque. “With open enrollment just around the corner, we are requiring registration for this free workshop as seating is limited,”

she added. The EVCCA’s buying power of its more than 5,000 business membership base allowed for these discounted programs to be offered to members of the Apache Junction, Carefree Cave Creek, Gilbert, Mesa, Queen Creek, Scottsdale and Tempe chambers of commerce. Register at gilbertaz.com.

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Looks explain media infatuation with Jodi Arias BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ GSN Columnist

t last count, Arizona had 4,377 women in its state prisons. You’d be forgiven for thinking there was only one female currently under lock and key. Jodi Arias. The confusion stems from the fact that reporters, editors and producers remain fascinated with all things Arias, now 39nd and serving life in prison for the 2008 killing of her lover, Travis Alexander. This fascination can be explained by two simple facts. One, women rarely commit murder. Two, and far more importantly, hot chicks commit murder about as often as you find a parking place beside the door at In-N-Out – which is to say almost never. My proof? Samantha Allen, Wendi Andriano and Shawna Forde.

They are the only three women on Death Row in Arizona and, with all due apologies, they are not hot. Thus, you’ve never heard of these three female killers. But Jodi Arias? We hear about her with regularity, most recently when the Arizona Court of Appeals held oral arguments to determine whether allegations of misconduct against Juan Martinez, lead prosecutor on the Arias’ case, might warrant granting her a new trial. I’m rooting against that proposition, though surely I’m outnumbered by TV producers, true crime trolls and a legion of Jodi fans – a titillated throng everready to consume more Arias minutiae. It takes little imagination to conjure them hanging on every sick detail: Did you know she stabbed Travis at least 27 times? Do you like her better as a blonde or a brunette? Have you seen her nudes on the Internet? Can you believe a hung jury spared her the death penalty? Central to the obsession with Arias is a question I’ve heard time and again

during 25 years in journalism. Over and over, we wonder how it can be that attractive people – Arias, Casey Anthony, Amanda Knox – commit heinous crimes. How can people endowed with the gift of physical beauty also possess such darkness and savagery? I wish the answer was sexier, so I could cash in with a couple of crappy Arias books to fund a villa in the south of France. Alas, my hypothesis is only a few sentences long: Physical looks and sociopathic tendencies are not mutually exclusive. Profound mental illness also has no respect for a pretty face. Let’s not confuse what causes people to commit murder with a set of pouty lips and deep brown, almond-shaped eyes. Jodi Arias’ looks – which seem to be the crux of so many people’s obsession – are beside the point when it comes to what matters here: That she took a handgun and a knife to a 30-year-old human being, stabbing Travis Alexander repeatedly and slashing his jugular vein,

carotid artery and trachea. The question of what makes goodlooking people kill mistakenly imputes rational thought to irrational, sick people like Arias. It’s the same mistake people made wondering how Susan Smith, that “nice mom from South Carolina,” could drown her two sons in the trunk of her car. Or how handsome Ted Bundy, soon to be the subject of still another documentary TV series, could have been so charming, so smart and so deadly? The sad reality? Travis Alexander was a handsome young man. Bundy’s victims were virtually all beautiful young women in the prime of their lives. But because they didn’t commit murder, they’ve been lost to time. In a better world, Jodi Arias wouldn’t be a household name. She’d be graveyard remains, rotting in the ground or in hell. The next story I intend to read about this psycho won’t be on the front page of a newspaper. It will be in the obituaries.

Unfortunately, some policymakers outside of our state are considering proposals that would derail this progress. In an effort to lower drug prices, they want to institute government price controls in the part of Medicare that covers physician-administered drugs that offer advanced cancer treatments. Like all price controls, such a shift would put innovative treatments out of reach for patients in Arizona and across the country. At this time, physicians are paid for these drugs based on the “average sales price” of each drug and a small fee to cover storage and administrative costs. This policy has allowed physicians to administer these medicines in a way that is both safe and efficient. Some of our legislators in Washington want to scrap this model and move toward a system based on the price controls that certain foreign countries impose on prescription medicines. The plan has been dubbed the “in-

ternational pricing index” model, and it would essentially give government officials the power to set drug prices. This proposal would save the Treasury Department some money but to the detriment of cancer patients and other patients dealing with serious and/or chronic diseases. Proponents of price controls are so focused on drug prices, they fail to realize the tradeoffs these policies entail. In order to save money, foreign countries often severely limit access to newer, more effective treatments. This makes it harder for patients to benefit from groundbreaking medical innovation. Because our government doesn’t meddle with drug prices, firms introduce their medicines in the United States before anywhere else in the world. This allows Americans to enjoy unparalleled access to the latest, most effective treatments. Thanks in part to this increased access, the United States has lower cancer

mortality rates than other developed countries. Price controls would impede access to more than just cancer drugs. In the United States, patients enjoy access to 88 percent of all new medicines right away. Patients in 16 countries that control drug prices had immediate access to just 48 percent of new drugs, on average. If U.S. lawmakers deploy similar costcutting strategies, it will be at the expense of patient health and well-being. That would not bode well for our state. Close to 40,000 Arizonans will be diagnosed with cancer this year. These patients can’t afford a reduction in treatment options. Let’s hope Arizona’s representatives in Washington continue to lead the charge in prioritizing patient care over short-term government savings.

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Tierra Brandt ends youth Muay Tai career with gold BY SYDNEY FITE GSN Contributing Writer

f you pull up to Dan’s Gym on an early Saturday morning you can spot Tierra Brandt through the windows before you even make it through the door, but you must be quick because she won’t be there long. Brandt and other fighters are chattering underneath the row of Champion belts nailed to the wall, while they wait for their coach, who is Brandt’s father, Dan Brandt. Tierra Brandt, a senior at Williams Field High School, is a competitive soccer player, a multi-event track runner, a boxer who is climbing the national ranks, and more predominantly one of the best youth Muay Tai fighters in the world. Brandt has just returned from the Youth Muay Tai World Championships

Williams Field senior Tierra Brandt competes in multiple sports, including Muay Tai, where she just recently won gold at the Youth Muay Tai World Championships in Turkey. (Photo courtesy Tierra Brandt)

in Turkey with her second gold medal. This was her fourth time competing at the championships and this time, she served as the US team captain alongside thirty other athletes. The 2019 World Championships wrapped up her youth Muay Tai career. Muay Tai is known as “the art of eight

limbs.” It refers to the eight points of contact used in the sport. Athletes use their fists, elbows, knees, and shins in the ring with a combination of stand-up striking and clinching techniques. In preparation for the Championships, Brandt trained at least twice a day working around her school sched-

ule. She increased conditioning and her coaches worked on some of her technical fighting because the scoring systems are different at tournaments outside of the US. Her mother said that she’s always training. “I used to get nervous with her, but not so much now. I’m pretty confident in her skill sets. I know she’s good.” Brandt grew up in a gym training alongside her parents, Dan and Desiree. Fighting was in her blood, her mother said. She started kicking and punching when she started walking and had her first fight in 2013, when she was nine years old. It is no secret that Brandt has potential to break some glass ceilings in her sport. Even though she captured gold last week at the Youth World Championships, she’s looking toward the future.

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Change in culture helped Desert Ridge swim & dive BY JACK JOHNSON GSN Contributing Writer

ach weekday morning, before the first light has painted the Arizona horizon, Desert Ridge High School head swim coach Brock Harr gets out of bed, jumps in his car, and makes the 25-mile drive from his home in Mesa to his full-time job as a senior computer analyst at the Salt River Project. A few hours after Harr has departed the household, his daughter, Karina, arises and drives herself to Desert Ridge High School. She typically arrives before 8:30 in the morning to begin her school day. Once it’s over, she drives herself and her brother to swim practice. It’s there

Desert Ridge swim coach Brock Harr has changed the culture of the program while managing life as a leader on the swim deck and father at home to his two kids, who also swim on the team. (Zach Alvira/GSN Staff)

that she sees her dad for the first time all day. But he isn’t known as “dad” while there, he’s known as “coach.” “It was a little weird and hard to get used to,” Karina said. “Since it’s his third year coaching, I definitely have gotten used to it, and I see him on the deck as my coach, not my dad.” Harr stands on the pool deck, coaching his daughter and the rest of the Desert Ridge swim & dive team at the Skyline Aquatic

Center. The team is one of the best in the state and is coming off of a seventhplace finish at last year’s state championships. But, as Harr mentions, where this team was when he took over as coach in 2017 is what makes his recent success with the team incredible. When Harr’s daughter began swimming at the high school level during her freshman year in 2016, Harr was just another parent in the stands. He remembers watching Desert Ridge at a particular meet in Queen Creek, where several swimmers were disqualified because they were not wearing teamcoordinated caps or suits. Coming from a background of swim-

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igley Unified School District is looking to change the culture on its campuses to create a more inclusive environment. Through its Unified Sports program, members of the general student body are able to bond with special needs students over athletics. Those bonds get carried over outside of the class, and it helps to create a more welcoming and friendly environment on campus. For Ryan Clark, being an athlete on the Unified Sports team at Higley High School is about more than just physical activities. As a special needs student, it provides him the opportunity to bond with other students on campus through the inclusive environment created by the program and a chance to be involved in school activities that he otherwise might not be able to participate in. “It’s just so much fun,” Ryan said. “We get to face other schools that are super good.” If it weren’t for the Unified Sports team, Ryan’s high school experience would likely be different. Ryan’s mother, Renee Clark, knows how special this program is to not just her son, but to a number of special needs students on campus. “This gives him that sports outlet where he is able to have the team comradery, and to him, it’s a very social thing,” Renee said. “He loves to be with other friends and other people, and just have the team atmosphere, more than necessarily playing the sport.” Unified Sports at Higley is more than just a club. The school has taken it to the next step and has made Unified Sports a physical education class on campus. Students with and without special needs can sign up for the class. It’s seen rapid growth in its eight-year history to the point that the district started offering an additional class period for students who were interested. However, even after expanding the number of positions they have open, school officials say they still have to turn away a number of students who look to participate in the class. Those interested in taking the class have to apply. Those who they feel would

have the most significant impact are selected. Despite having to turn some students down, the Unified Sports team is the second-largest on campus, behind only the football program with 70 members. Unified Sports coach Jeffery Carranza says it’s unfortunate that they have to deny some students, but they’re happy to see how many want to help make the school a better place. Carranza says it has created a good campus environment. “The relationships that the general ed students and the special needs students get to build, and that bonding factor through sports, it’s the best,” Carranza said. “Just to watch the smiles and the friendships that they gain that are going to last past high school.” One of the students enrolled in the class is Tanner Day, the student body president at Higley. Day didn’t sign up for the class until this school year, but he said it’s com-

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“If it was up to my dad, I would be training all day long,” Brandt said, then laughed and added, “but I’m already training all day long anyway. He sometimes forgets and then is grateful when we remind him that I have to go to all these school events.” Dan Brandt realizes how good his daughter is now, but when she first started training, he was not as easily persuaded. “I waited as long as I could to let her compete,” Dan said. “I wanted to make sure she was ready.” Her first fight in 2013 ended quickly. Brandt laughed and said she wrecked the girl. Her dad had waited long enough to let her start fighting. After graduation, Brandt said she plans to stay close to home and attend a community college so she still can train at her dad’s gym. It’s her goal to turn pro in the next couple years while she also manages school. “She’s a special circumstance,” her mother said. “She has so many options between soccer, track, and Muay Thai. Whatever she wants to do we will support her. There are too many kids who end up doing something they don’t like because they weren’t supported. We love that she’s passionate about it and this has been our lives for as long as I can remember.”

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sports. It’s something that other schools in the East Valley are starting to also adopt on campus. Williams Field is just one of the other nearby schools with a similar Unified Sports program for students to participate in. Brody Lelo, a member of Williams Field’s Unified Sports program, says it’s helped enrich his high school experience and has made the campus a better place. “I love it,” Lelo said. “I think it’s a great idea. It helps communities come together and support each other.” District officials say that because of the demand to get involved with the special needs community, they’ve seen their best buddies club take off. It’s now the largest club on campus. It is their hope that other districts will implement Unified Sports as a class instead of offering it as a club.

Her mother is the manager of the gym and the National Youth team and mentioned their desire for her appearance in the Olympics. Brandt can’t compete with the American boxing team until she is 19 but will attend the USA Boxing Nationals Championships in December against many Olympic athletes. Muay Tai is still on provisional status with the Olympic committee, but she would have the opportunity to compete as a Muay tai fighter in the World Games in 2021. Desiree said that she will probably be an athlete her whole life, but she likes to have options. Even though her family in and outside of the gym realize her potential, Brandt and her mother expressed how important it was to them that she participated in “normal high school things” and balanced high school and Muay Tai. She led the student section at the homecoming football game and planned to attend the homecoming dance the day before she hopped on the plane to Turkey. Desiree said she made sure that all her daughters had every opportunity to participate in high school because she never did. Many times, Brandt talked about balance and working everything into her life, managing training around high school.

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pletely changed his high school experience. “I get to meet all the different types of kids,” Day said. “Our special needs program is pretty big here at Higley and we do have a lot of special needs students and I think that’s great and wonderful. “It gives me a different perspective that allows me to help the student body even more.” With unified sports, the participants are all invited to compete against other schools in a number of sports. It begins with flag football in the fall, then offers soccer in the first part of winter, track in the second part and basketball in the spring. At the end of the year, there is a banquet to celebrate the team. All athletes can letter in it, just as they would for other varsity

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ming since he was five years old in New Hampshire, Harr was appalled at the lack of structure he saw throughout high school swimming in Arizona. He wanted to make sure his daughter had the same sense of stability within her high school team that he had in his own high school days. So when Desert Ridge’s previous coach stepped down in 2017, Harr was one of the first to express interest in the vacant position to athletic director Jim Lavin. “I reached out to Jim Lavin and told him, ‘hey, I can do this,’” Harr said. “I told Jim flat out, the way to change the team is to change the culture.” Not long after, he was hired. Harr adopted his style of coaching

from the influence of his high school coach, Bill Lederhouse, who was an intense, detailed, no-nonsense type of coach. Harr emphasized just how important details are to him as a coach, and his authoritarian style is something he accredits to the success of his team. “I’m the disciplinarian, I’m the football coach as the swim coach,” Harr said. Luke Walker, one of Harr’s swimmers, had a reputation around club swim as a talented swimmer who did not put forth a lot of effort into developing his abilities, according to Harr. Under Harr’s guidance, however, Walker has become one of the best backstrokers in the state, finishing top-3 in the 100yard backstroke at last year’s state championship.

“Brock is a very encouraging coach,” Walker said. “He always praises me after good swims and practices. He expects a lot from you but will praise you if you do well.” As a coach, one of Harr’s first orders of business was to consolidate his team into one unit. Many times, in high school swimming, the best swimmers view high school as their second priority to their club teams. Harr instituted a rule that no person would swim on the team if they didn’t show up to practice. Harr’s assistant coach, Dixie Dixon, also has a daughter and a son on the team. She said Harr’s passion is one of the key reasons the team has found such success recently. “Brock pours his heart into every practice and works these kids hard and has very high expectations for them,”

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ometimes, when history is too terrible to be true, we create a fairy tale allowing us to dream and to hope. The musical coming through ASU Gammage later this month starts in the story of a revolution – and the family who were massacred, igniting its start. But it then creates the fairy tale from the rumors and dreams and con artists that followed. “Anastasia” is the Broadway musical of the Russian Revolution and the execution of the Romanovs. The show was a dream come true for Linda Cho, the Tony-winning costumer of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” who created the more than 125 stunning gowns, uniforms, and period costumes from Moscow and Paris for “Anastasia.” “I like the scale and scope,” Cho said. “What we aspire to do as costume designers is to tell these magnificent stories. What’s great about ‘Anastasia’ or an epic opera is not only the scale of the show and the costumes but the sweeping arc of the story. That’s what is exciting about these big projects.” Cho made her Broadway debut in 2013, designing the Edwardian costumes for “Gentleman’s Guide” that were impressive. Before that, Cho had a long career creating costumes for theater, dance and opera. Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia,

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Elaborate costumes made by Tony-winning designer Linda Cho will be part of the thrill of watching “Anastasia” at ASU Gammage Oct. 29-Nov. 3. (Special to GSN)

was somewhat of an amateur photographer and many of photos he took of his family are preserved in museums Cho visited. It was educational for Cho. “What I found so delightful was the intimacy of this family who in their day would have been like gods,” Cho said. “But in their everyday life, he was a very shy man as was his wife. They preferred the company of their immediate family. They functioned like a small, tight-knit family” Cho said there was an embarrassment of riches when it came to researching this show’s costumes because there is so much information about the late 1910s and the 1920s. “You have to choose and commit at

the end of the day when there is such a great volume,” Cho said. “I got to pick my favorites—the greatest hits of the research. I chose whatever jumps out and helps me tell the story, what would read to the audience as either feeling very Russian or very Parisian or very wealthy or very rustic.” Cho likes to work in layers and her creations are always textured to create a beautiful stage picture. One of her dresses weighs nearly 50 pounds. In the Broadway production, it had to be lifted by crane to the actor’s dressing room. More than 45 different types of jewels are sewn into it. She said the tsari-

na’s actual dress would have been covered in diamonds and pearls and cost close to $10 million. Her favorite costume was the black gown the dowager empress wears to the ballet in Paris. “It was a cross between a royal, imperial gown—the long train and the dust ruffle was reminiscent of the tsarina—and the style of an older woman,” Cho said. After the research, Cho starts her design process with a black and white sketch on pencil and paper that she shares with the director. After getting notes, she goes back to color it. The

the Apache, Yavapai, Navajo and other tribes. To view some of the finest examples of basketry dating from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, as well as some contemporary pieces, head to the Zelma Basha Salmeri Gallery in south Chandler. The Eddie Basha Collection of Western American and American Indian Art

encompasses more than 3,000 masterwork art pieces, of which approximately 500 are baskets. The gallery displays approximately 300 baskets at any given time while other baskets and collection artworks are loaned and exhibited at various museums and cultural institutions across the country. While the Eddie Basha collection is

perhaps the largest privately-owned basket collection in Arizona, locally both the Huhugam Heritage Center and the Heard Museum have major basket collections. Substantial collections also can be found at the Amerind Museum in Dragoon, the Arizona State Museum in Tuc-

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ore than a century ago, there weren’t any retailers for Pima Indian tribal members to obtain containers for daily use or for ceremonial purposes. So, using plant materials, they wove their own elaborate baskets, as did

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The Yazzie gallery wall at the Zelma Basha Salmeri Gallery in South Chandler is home to a breathtaking array of sculptures.(Zelma

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son, the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff and the White Mountain Apache Cultural Center in Fort Apache. The late Chandler entrepreneur Eddie Basha, Jr., whose family owns several grocery stores in Arizona, began collecting art as a hobby during the 1970s under the guidance of his Aunt Zelma. The hobby became a lifetime’s passion. Basha, who passed away in 2013, had a discerning eye for art. He built the collection with purchases from artists directly, exhibitions, other collectors, dealers and galleries. The baskets, however, were most often purchased from dealers and other collectors and not directly from tribal members. Basha created a suitable environment to house, display and share the collection with the general public. The gallery, located within the Bashas’ Corporate Office, was renovated and extended a few times to yield its best use. There are three defined areas within the gallery. The first, adjacent to the lobby, houses the basket collection. The second area is devoted to the Western American genre and it houses a vast composite of oil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, pastel and charcoal drawings, pen and inks, bronze, wood and natural stone sculptures. The majority of those pieces were completed by members of the Cowboy Artists of America. The last area is devoted to American Indian masterworks including paint-

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dress is finished within a few days to a few years, depending on the project. She said she typically has a few years lead time with an opera and only a month for regional theater.å When the show was in previews, the director came to her and said that he thought they needed something else other than what was currently on stage. “So, I basically had 20 minutes to design it on paper,” Cho said. “We built it in three days. We had six people working on it, building it and we got it up in three days.” When designing the original costumes, changes were made to make the outfits more utilitarian and to assist in telling the story. For example, in the 1920s, the ideal figure was that of a

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ings, mixed media, pastels, pottery, fetishes, jewelry, sculptures and katsina. A selection of instrumental music plays throughout the entire gallery space, creating a fitting atmosphere to view the collection. “This is a beautiful collection of baskets and a truly remarkable one,” said Tammy Fontaine, director of the gallery. “Eddie and his wife, Nadine, had learned during the 1980s that many of the baskets were being sold on the international market. “Jointly and from a preservation perspective, they embarked on acquiring baskets that were in great condition, had intricate patterns and design, and were primarily from tribal nations of the southwest, in particular, those from Arizona. Additionally, they were drawn to the organic nature of the materials

teenage boy—slim hips and no breasts. But not all women are built that way. “Costume designers employ tricks when we look at period research,” Cho said. “I take the liberty of having the general feeling of that period, still retaining the drop waist, but having a more curvaceous silhouette and a fuller skirt.” Whenever an outfit is built, the costumer works with the actor to make sure it fits correctly. “The quality of the work—I have to give credit to the dressmakers and stitchers and tailors,” Cho said. “That speaks to their skill and care and love for the art.” - “Anastasia,” ASU Gammage, 1200 S. Forest Avenue, Tempe, asugammage. com, various times Oct. 29-Nov. 3, see website for ticket pricing.

used.” There are a few examples of the “Man in the Maze,” which symbolicallydepictthe journey and the choices that confront us through “the maze” of life. Apache and Yavapai baskets depict human figures as well as wildlife seen in the deserts and mountains – such as deer, mountain sheep, elk, coyote tracks and snakes. Many of the Pima baskets have geometric designs. Some basket forms are like trays, while others are in the shape of ollas, or pots. Ethnographic science studies art for insight into civilizations and cultures. Fontaine shared another perspective

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Your entree may take a back seat to this side dish

’m always looking for ways to cook zucchini and summer squash. For this recipe, they both come together, getting enrobed in a rich, creamy cheesy smoked gouda sauce and baked to a golden brown for a perfect accompaniment to any dish. You’ll want to start with a cast-iron skillet or any heavy pan that will go from the cooktop to the oven. Then, it’s just a matter of slicing up the squash and tossing them into a flavorful cream sauce. I like adding a handful of crisp chopped bacon to the recipe. It just gives it a pop of great flavor. You can use any sharp cheese of your choice, but the smoked gouda really sends the flavor over the top. Although the peak time for summer squash is early to late summer, it’s pretty much available all year round. The green

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Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Melt butter in cast iron or oven proof skillet.

zucchini and the bright yellow summer squash give this side a variety of colors and textures, which makes it really pretty on the plate. This squash au gratin is nice spooned on a plate or served in a ramekin or small side casserole dish. Make sure the top is a bubbly golden brown and serve right out of the oven. I may be going out on a limb here, but I’m pretty sure if you make this dish as a side, the main entrée may take a back seat! Yes, it’s that delicious. Add onion slices and cook until soft and translucent. Add garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes or until softened. Add cream and ricotta to the onions, stir and simmer until bubbly and starting to thicken. Slowly stir in parmesan. Add zucchini and yellow squash, gently stirring to combine. Cook for just a few minutes then sprinkle with bacon. Spread the shredded smoked Gouda over the bacon, spreading evenly over the top. Top with salt and pepper. Bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes or until cheese is a deep golden brown on top and squash is tender. (If squash needs more cooking time, cover the pan with foil so the top crust doesn’t get too burned.) Serve immediately with entrée of choice like baked chicken or steak.

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ously, they would use their teeth to split the raw materials often having the effect of having one’s teeth grounded down and enduring split tongues, lips and fingers,” Fontaine said. A photo of one of the weavers is displayed - portraying her with a few of the baskets contained in the collection. The director, who is one of two Bashas’ members that care for the collection, optimally displayed the baskets in rooms without direct sunlight, a preservation effort. They are displayed artistically as well. On two walls, they are dramatically displayed in diagonal lines, symbolic of thunderbolts. On others, exhibited straight across, reminiscent of mesas. Another area shows a circle-of-life arrangement. The value of the basket collection lies in its historical and cultural significance. At one time, basket weaving of this variety, intricacy and quality, almost became non-existent. Younger generations weren’t attracted to the painstaking efforts of gathering and weaving the rough materials.

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However, through recent Huhugam Heritage Center programming efforts on the Gila River Indian Reservation, a resurgence of interest in continuing the traditions of basket weaving that is promising though not without its challenges. Center staff and weavers alike must cultivate and propagate the materials that once grew naturally. Education and curatorial staff continue their work in identifying and attributing baskets to specific early weavers as well as studying their patterns, techniques and cultural relevance. While being stewards of the baskets and making them available for others to appreciate for as long as possible, the Basha family has another plan in the future. “When the time is right, the family will contribute some of the baskets back to their own tribes,” Fontaine said. - The Eddie Basha Collection of Western American and American Indian Art is at the Zelma Basha Salmeri Gallery, Bashas’ Corporate Office, 22402 S. Basha Road, Chandler. Entrance is free. Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. Details: 480-895-5230 or eddiebashacollection.com

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Public Notices Notice of Initiation of the Section 106 Process: Public Participation Mobilitie, LLC proposes the replacement of two telecommunications light poles in public right-ofway at W Elliot Rd & S Priest Dr and W Grove Pkwy & Groves 2nd Apartment, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ. Projects will include ground disturbance. Members of the public interested in submitting comments on the possible effects on historic properties included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places may send their comments to Andrew Smith, RESCOM Environmental Corp., PO Box 361 Petoskey, MI 49770 or call 260-385-6999. PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Initiation of the Section 106 ProcessPublic Participation in accordance with the FCC’s Nationwide Programmatic Agreement. Union Pacific Railroad intends to construct a communications facility approximately .11 miles North of intersection of S. 6th Avenue & E. Lincoln Street, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Latitude: 33.442906 and Longitude: 112.080727). The facility will include a self-support lattice telecommunications tower with an approximate overall height of 150 ft. and associated equipment. Union Pacific Railroad is publishing this notice in accordance with Federal Communications Commission regulations (47 CFR § 1.1307) for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We respectfully request that parties interested in commenting on this Federal undertaking relative to potential effects on cultural or historic properties or with questions on the proposed facility should contact GSS, Inc., 3311 109 th Street, Urbandale, IA 50322; Ph. (515) 3312103 within 30 days of the posting of this notice. (GSS #W19406) Published: East Valley Tribune, Oct. 20, 2019 / 24975

CIVIL COMPLAINT AND SUMMONS CASE NUMBER CC2019101273RC Maricopa County Justice Courts, Arizona San Tan Justice Court, 201 E. Chicago St. #102, Chandler, AZ 85225. 602-372-3400 BURNETTA L COTTO PO BOX 7206 MESA, AZ 85216 (480)416-1956 Plaintiff(s) Dianna Lindenfelser 9739 E Empress Ave. Mesa, AZ 85208. 480-984-9414 Defendant(s) NOTICE AND SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): You are directed to answer this complaint within TWENTY (20) DAYS by filing a written ANSWER in the court named above. If you do not answer or defend, you run the risk of having a judgment entered against you for the amount of plaintiff's claim, plus court costs. A filing fee must be paid at the time your answer is filed. If you cannot afford to pay the required fee, you may request that the Court either waive or defer the fee. Date: 5/20/19 Clerk: JB (SEAL) PLAINTIFF'S CLAIM This Justice Court has venue because -The debt, or cause of action, or the incident that resulted in this claim, occurred in this precinct at the following location: n/a $3500 is the total amount owed me by defendant because: Defendant(s) Dianna Lindenfelser neglected to return my deposit within the 14 days per landlord/tenant Act Article 2 33-1321 (item D & E or 33-1341.) Nor has she given me a written explanation on why she didn't do so. Security deposit of $1050.00 I gave Dianna a written notice to vacate premises at 7932 E. Milagro on June 3, 2016. The written noice was given to her with the rent the 3rd of May 2016. I requested her to send the deposit refund to my P.O. Box 7206 Mesa, AZ 85216. I even thanks her for giving me the opportunity to reside in their home for the last 1 1/2 years. (see further items on file) Date: May 20, 2019 /s/ Burnetta L Cotto, Plaintiff Published: East Valley Tribune, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019 / 24440

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Gilbert creates united front on teen suicide BY JIM WALSH GSN Staff Writer

Council OKs 3 rooftop signs for downtown

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