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doorbell never made as many friends and enemies, but then again, The Ring is far from the ordinary lighted button with chimes. Ring videotapes people walking up to your front door – some of whom might be up to no good. And at a time when Christmas online shoppers are expecting packages, Ring has become a new crime-fighting tool for Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert police. In police Commander Ed Upshaw’s south Chandler district, Ring has helped police nab a stalker, porch pirates swiping Ama-

zon packages – even a couple of Amazon delivery workers caught stealing packages they supposedly delivered or a previously delivered. Chandler police also used the Ring to bust another sort of ring – a carload of teens from Phoenix who jumped out of a car early in the morning and opened the doors of unlocked, park cars to steal whatever valuables they could find. “We have used it in multiple cases. It is a valuable tool our agency uses,’’ Upshaw said. “It’s 2019. It’s not the same world you lived in in 1970. The world has changed. You are under constant surveillance.’’ But some civil libertarians consider Ring a technological manifestation of Big Broth-

er and a dangerous intrusion on privacy rights, with innocent people suddenly accused of suspicious behavior without reason and cops obtaining evidence quickly, with no oversight, through a network of nosey doorbells. Upshaw and other East Valley police officials say their concerns are overblown. They consider Ring the equivalent of a digital block watch, an update on an aspect of community policing departments have promoted for decades. Instead of holding a Block Watch meeting or calling each other, neighbors are sharing videos and issuing potential crime alerts of

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econd-grader Calvin Rogers was at his station, following a check list – write teacher name on label, put label on coffee cup, get the matching K-cup from the bin and then pass the order form and cup to the next person. It was Wednesday morning at Sonoma Ranch Elementary’s Sugar and Spice Coffee Shop, where Calvin and 10 fellow students with autism were brewing and delivering coffee, decaf coffee, tea and hot chocolate to the school’s teachers and staff. “We have 40 students that play a role in the coffee shop,” said Tasha Cerimeli, the school’s speech language pathologist, who came up with the concept three years ago. “The whole purpose of the program is to help them

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Logan Brandon, left, and Jayden Rucker add milk to some of their coffee orders at Sonoma Ranch Elementtary's Sugar and Spice Coffee Shop. [Chris Mortenson/GSN Staff Photographer)

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with executive functioning skills. We work a lot on social skills and to follow direction independently.” The coffee shop derived its name from Gilbert Public Schools district’s S.P.I.C.E. program - Social, Pragmatics, Independence, Communication, and Emotional Regulation – for students with autism spectrum and related disorders. Sonoma Ranch has seven lowand high-functioning autism classrooms, the most of any campus in the district. There are 75 students with autism while most other district schools have about 30, according to Cerimeli. “Our principal here fought to have autism on campus,” she explained. “He used to be a special-education teacher.” Calvin has been with Sugar and Spice since kindergarten and has got to the point where he can pretty much man each work station independently. He’s on the high-functioning end of the autism scale with some social deficits in that he doesn’t look people in the eye and doesn’t know how to mange a conversation topic, Cerimeli said. “He only talks about what he wants to talk about, which is Star-Wars related,” she added. Although Calvin’s task that morning was to label the cups, the 8-year-old said he likes the job of putting in the sugar and cream into the coffee better. For most of the participants like Calvin,

the coffee shop is the highlight of their school day. “I like learning stuff,” he said. “And I get awards.” At the end of the hour-long “shift,” two students are awarded with an Employee of the Week certificates. While Calvin is an old hand at the shop, it was Carter Ott’s first year. “I love it,” the second-grader said as he jumped up and down with excitement. His job for the day was to put the cream and sugar into the coffee, stir it and then put a cap on the cup. A paraprofessional has to guide him through the process. The school’s band room is converted every Wednesday morning into the cof-

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Clockwise from upper left: Hayden Daniels prepares the next batch of coffee; Maxwell Pew adds water for tea and then pauses a moment for some tips; Carter Ott has a little bit of fun. (Chris Mortenson/GSN Staff Photographer)

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fee shop with each student assigned to a station. That morning 11 boys worked in a production line, filling 22 orders from teachers and staff. Most of the participants are boys given they are four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls. Besides the paraprofessionals or teacher aides, a group of general education students also participate in the coffee shop, helping their autistic peers stay on track. The autistic students are rotated each week so everyone has the chance to participate and their jobs are switched every three to four weeks so they are learning something new. Cerimeli arrives early each Wednesday to pull out the tables and put out the Keurigs, bottles of coffee syrup, check lists that include pictures, bins of color-coded K-cups and labels at each station with the student’s name. The students set up the rest, getting the coffee cups, lids and stirrers from a cabinet. “All the stations are visual so students can be independent,” Cerimeli explained. “Everything is visually labeled.” Each year of the program, Cerimeli tries something different. This year’s focus is to be more visual. She explained

when she was sick last school year, the students couldn’t perform their duties. Cerimeli’s goal for the students is that they eventually set up the shop by themselves. Cerimeli, who’s in her eighth year at the school, carefully documents the students’ progress, how well they do at each goal. “I’ve seen how independence has blossomed,” she said. Calvin is a prime example. “At first he couldn’t write a teacher’s name or get a K-cup,” Cerimeli said. “He needed assistance to remind him what cup to get and break down each step. “Now, he’s independent, he sets up his station, write a teacher’s name independently and chat with the boys.” She said her goal for Calvin is that one day he will be able to navigate the halls and deliver a cart of beverages by himself without paraprofessional support. “I have a couple of students headed

there next year,” she said. Teachers and staff at the school get an order form in their mailbox each Thursday, which they check what beverage they want and the accompanying condiments. The students go the classrooms each Friday morning to collect the forms. The teachers make it a point to engage with the students and a lot don’t drink coffee but order it for the sake of knowing it benefits the kids, Cerimeli said. The beverages cost $1 each and most of the supplies like the K-cups are donated by parents. Proceeds go back into shop and some are used for an end-ofthe-year event like a pizza party. After the beverages are made, Calvin and Hayden Daniels, who turns 8 this Monday, are chosen to make the deliveries, escorted by paraprofessionals and a couple of general-education students. First stop is the front office, where

Calvin delivers to Lori Schuermann, an administrative assistant, and asks if she has her punch card. Each recipient has the opportunity to earn a free beverage after purchasing four. Schuermann said she has seen students make strives such as one student who went from standing silently next to another student during the deliveries to saying “please” and “thank you.” As for Calvin, he’s become more “interpersonal,” she said. “He’s looking us in the eyes and asking us questions and waiting for the answers,” she said. Cerimeli said two to three other district schools are trying to pilot the concept. “We wanted to bring about this awareness and bring students with autism spectrum disorders out of their self-contained classrooms,” she said. “Hopefully, this will take off at other campuses.”

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hen it comes to overall personal and financial safety, Gilbert came in at No. 4 in the nation for 2019, according to WalletHub. The town was one of two Arizona communities to make it to the top 10 among 182 cities ranked by the personal finance website. Chandler ranked No. 9. “I am proud Gilbert has been ranked the 4th Safest City in America by WalletHub,” said Mayor Jenn Daniels in a released statement. “Safety is our top priority and it’s truly a community-wide effort that takes everyone from our dedicated police and fire departments to our proactive residents and businesses. The community’s commitment to safety makes Gilbert a place for all to enjoy.” WalletHub compared the cities across three key dimensions – home and community safety, natural-disaster risk and financial safety. Those dimensions were then evaluated using 41 relevant metrics including assaults per capita to unemployment rate to road quality for the 2019 Safest Cities in America report. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the highest level of safety. Gilbert scored a total of 83.44 points. It ranked No. 7 for home and community safety; No. 14 for natural disaster risk and No. 61 for financial safety. The town was No. 4 for fewest assaults per capita, according to the report. Gilbert’s only low ranking was for financial safety but it was still better than nearly 80 percent of its peer comparisons. Financial safety included metrics such as debt-to-income ratio, median credit score and share of uninsured drivers. WalletHub expert Randy Kearns gave a few tips for residents to increase their financial literacy given financial decisions increase a person’s financial safety. “I would suggest starting with a personal diary of daily expenditures and a personal budget of what you intend to spend,” said Kerns, an assistant professor in the College of Business Admin-

istration at the University of New Orleans. “This includes daily online monitoring of every account, credit, savings and checking. Compare your actual expenses to your forecasted expenses.” Kerns said the first goal is for people to understand every dollar is important. “As an example, if you like coffee, a $5 cup of coffee is so easy to overlook but three cups a week equals $780 of your after-tax income and closer to $1,000 of your pretax income,” he said. “It’s easy to dismiss expenses as a dollar here or there but it all matters.” Gilbert’s overall ranking in 2018 was No. 6 and No. 5 in 2017, according to WalletHub. Other Arizona cities on the list included Scottsdale, No. 12; Peoria, No. 15; Mesa, No. 34; Tempe, No. 45; Glendale, No. 55; Phoenix, No. 118 and Tucson at No. 161. Phoenix also earned the distinction as one of six cities in the country with the most hate crime per capita. The company used data from agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, FBI, TransUnion, Parents for Megan’s Law and Insurance Research Council. Gilbert also ranked high for safety among other reports, including from HomeSnacks.net, which looks at a number of data sources and come up with “bite-sized” studies. The North Carolina company placed the town at No. 6 for its The 10 Safest Cities In America For 2019 report.

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their own. “They are giving it to us for free and it works with every camera system,’’ Upshaw said, referring to Ring’s Neighbors App. “We’ve been trying to create something like this for years. No one has ever done it.’’ Gilbert police spokesman Sgt. Mark Marino, another Ring fan, said town residents have shown no hesitation about sharing Ring videos. “The Valley as a whole works well with law enforcement,’’ Marino said. “As long as people are willing to share their videos, it will help us.’’ In a world where customers always are under surveillance at supermarkets, big box stores and other public places, it shouldn’t be shocking the same concept would be extended by technology into neighborhoods, he said. “We don’t have the ability to pull video from anyplace. This is a voluntary submission. We don’t have access unless you provide it to us,’’ Marino said. Police have been asking major companies for access to surveillance videos for decades while investigating a wide range of crimes, from armed robberies to even hit-and-run accidents, he said. “No one ever had privacy rights in public. Privacy and public are contradictory terms,’’ Marino said. “I think there is a misconception about what privacy is.’’ A Ring doorbell also recorded two thieves going through the owner’s car in a Mesa driveway while the unsuspecting owner was asleep inside his home. Mesa police eventually arrested the suspects. None of these incidents qualify as crimes of the century. Instead, they are what police often describe as crimes of opportunity – incidents upset victims to no end but often do not lead to an arrest. But to Chandler, Mesa and Gilbert police – which all have relationships with Ring along with about 600 agencies nationally – the popular device represents another crime-solving tool. Residents can go to police web sites and enter a code to sign up for Ring’s Neighbors App, where videos are shared. “We’re not seeing it wipe out the burglary problem, but it gives residents a little bit of power,’’ said Mesa police Commander Ed Wessing. Residents download videos taken by the Ring, with a smartphone and other devices to Ring’s Neighbors App, alert-

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tonishingly fast. It makes it so much easier.’’ With Ring becoming so popular, it’s hard to escape from surveillance, she said. “It’s not just stores, it’s literally everywhere,’’ Greer said. Greer’s fears were amplified when BuzzFeed.com reported a former Chandler police assistant chief had spoken about the capability of matching Ring videos with facial recognition technology at a seminar in April before the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Police acknowledge they have access to facial recognition technology through the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center, but Upshaw said the level of effort would be reserved for solving major crimes, not property crimes. Chandler Police Commander Ed Upshaw displays the Ring kit. He credits the device with being a valuable tool in their war on “It’s there, but it’s for kidnapproperty crimes as well as other crimes. (Special to GSN) pers, bank robbers, active killers,’’ Upshaw said. “We’re not going to use it for simple buring each other about suspicious activity. vass a neighborhood than 15 years glars and shoplifters.’’ Police can view such videos through ago,’’ Wessing said. Greer accuses Amazon, the owner of Ring’s law enforcement portal, using The traditional police procedure is for geofencing to monitor up to a five-mile officers to comb through a neighbor- Ring, of turning police into glorified area. hood, knocking on doors, looking for Ring salesmen. Police reject such a characterization. Cops can also put out an alert re- witnesses or others with information. Upshaw said Ring gave Chandler police questing videos in response to a particA civil libertarian, however, argues 25 doorbells when police entered into ular crime or crime trends, such as the that’s part of the problem with Ring. the agreement, and one new doorbell vehicle burglaries. Depending upon how the settings are for every 20 people who sign up for the Police also say civil liberties are not set by the owner, Ring can also record Neighbors App through the Chandler violated because they have no direct ac- innocent people doing nothing wrong cess to anyone’s Ring system and do not in a neighborhood – such as a delivery police web site. The relationship paid dividends in monitor specific doorbells on a daily person simply leaving a package near crime prevention when Chandler pobasis. a front door, someone soliciting contrilice gave a free doorbell to a woman in “They are empowering each other butions for charity or someone walking south Chandler who was being stalked through the Neighbors App, sharing the their dog along a familiar route. by her ex-boyfriend after she threw him activity involved,’’ Wessing said. “Just Evan Greer, deputy director of Fight out of her house. like your neighborhood can view it, we for the Future, a digital civil rights adUpshaw said the ex-boyfriend is accan view it.’’ vocacy organization, fears Ring could “It’s community-driven. These are create a nationwide neighborhood sur- cused of terrorizing the woman for two videos they are giving us,’’ Wessing veillance network, with police involved months, slashing her tires, entering her added. in cozy relationships with Ring and evi- house through a window and texting After a string of vehicle burglaries in dence obtained by police without ob- text messages he was watching her. The woman placed the Ring in an the Dobson Ranch neighborhood, for taining a warrant. unconventional spot, not as a doorinstance, when thieves can commit 15She said there are no oversight or bell, and the video captured the ex20 burglaries in short period of time, safeguards, creating a permissive atboyfriend trespassing on her property “it was overwhelming sought after and mosphere where residents with no law supported by the community,’’ he said. enforcement training have engaged in shutting off her power. Police arrested These agencies report no major racial profiling, automatically assuming the ex-boyfriend at a hotel. Despite the privacy concerns, Wesscrimes, such as homicides or sexual as- someone innocently walking through a ing said, “At the end of the day, we are saults, being solved by Ring. neighborhood is acting suspicious betrying to prevent future victims.” But they say the doorbell might just cause they are not white. Sign up download.ring.com/Gilbert. capture a fleeing suspect’s car driving “Speed matters. It changes the impact Get the phone app: text GILBERTPD to by or license plate number that could on society,’’ Greer said. “I think that’s 555888. Information: shop.ring.com be used to track down a suspect. what is so concerning. They don’t need “It’s a much faster way for us to can-

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Mystery deepens as Mesa schools chief resigns BY JORDAN HOUSTON GSN Staff Writer

he longer Mesa Public Schools refuses to provide answers to the public surrounding the sudden resignation of former superintendent Ember Conley, the more havoc it wreaks on its employees. That was former school board president Ben’s Smith’s assessment in the wake of Conley’s resignation last week – and the cloud of mystery surrounding her departure. The mystery deepened as the board accepted Conley’s resignation – only about 18 months after hiring her – and refused to disclose whether it will be buying out her contract. Smith, who played a major role in hiring Conley in 2018, told the East Valley Tribune several teachers reached out to him, expressing concern and exasperation over the current turmoil in the top tier of the district. “It’s impacting morale in a major way,” Smith said. “I’ve had teachers and staff members reach out to me just asking for

Former Mesa Public Schools Superintendent was put on paid leave by the school board early last month and last week she submitted her resignation, leaving many questions surrounding the entire move a mystery. (GSN file photo)

reassurance the district is OK.” The mystery has been compounded by Smith’s own criminal complaint to the state Attorney General’s office about the ex-superintendent and Conley’s initial suspension by the board for reasons it

won’t disclose. “There is a huge unknown,” he continued. “I read someone wrote a comment on a social media post about how MPS is like a boat with no captain.” The governing board abruptly placed

Conley on paid non-disciplinary administrative leave Nov. 18, giving no reason for the action or any indication of how long it would last. “The board appreciates the community’s strong interests in the superintendent status and the district’s leadership, but the district does not, however, comment on pending personnel matters for a variety of reasons,” said attorney Robert Haws during a Nov. 26 meeting. “And it’s based on my advice,” he continued. “But please know the board is diligently working on these issues and additional information will be shared with you when appropriate to do so.” A week later, Smith filed a criminal complaint with the AG accusing Conley of theft and embezzlement for giving out administrative raises and promotion salaries he claims exceeded the amounts approved by the board. The three-page complaint cites a June 6 memo with approved $5,000 raises awarded to four members of Conley’s executive team: Assistant Superinten-

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GPS, Higley schools get extra $2M in state funds

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

tudents at Gilbert schools who performed well in the latest AZMerit tests earned their districts over $2 million in state bonuses. Gilbert Public Schools, the town’s largest district, will receive $1.7 million. The money will be shared among the 12 top-performing campuses based on the standardized math and English language arts test results in spring 2018. “The funds may be distributed in a number of different ways, however, GPS has decided to distribute the funds in the same way as the previous two school years,” spokeswoman Dawn Antestinis said in an email. “A stipend will be given to current qualifying staff in those buildings.” The stipends make up 90 percent of the total amount and the remaining 10 percent will go for professional development and other eligible expenses,

Antestinis said. The 11 elementary campuses expecting to see bonuses are Ashland Ranch, Canyon Rim, Carol Rae Ranch, Greenfield, Harris, Highland Park, Neely Traditional Academy, Pioneer, Playa del Rey, Quartz Hill and Towne Meadows. Gilbert Classical Academy - Junior High and High School also earned a bonus. The awards can be used in a number of ways, including increase salaries for teachers, school leaders and other classroom staff and to close the achievement gap in high-poverty schools. Higley Unified School District is expected to receive $761,447 but school officials have not finalized plans for the money, according to spokeswoman Michelle Reese. The district’s topperforming schools in the tests were Bridges, Cortina, Power Ranch, San Tan and Higley Traditional Academy. In 2018, the district received $630,000 for its students’ performances on the 2016 AZ Merit tests. The Governing Board at the time approved al-

locations ranging from $250 to $1,000 to all current district employees who were employed at the time of the testing. The size of the bonuses depended on the employee’s job classification. Arizona Department of Education will dole out the money in two payments, one in December and another in May. The state Legislature rolled out these incentive awards or results-based revenue in 2017 to school districts and charter schools with higher test scores. In Gilbert, charter schools also receiving the funding include Benjamin Franklin Charter, $111,585 and Legacy Traditional Charter, $239,401. In the previous two fiscal years about $39 million a year has gone to nearly 300 public schools, according to Arizona Education News, a service of the nonpartisan Arizona School Boards Association. In Fiscal Year 2020, the funding was increased by $30 million for a total of $68.6 million.

Arizona Education News analyzed the allocations for Fiscal Year 2019 and found 70 percent of the award money went to schools with less than 60 percent of its student population on the federal free- and reduced-lunch program. Top-performing schools had 60 percent of their student population on the free- and reduced-lunch program got more money than those below the threshold. The news service also discovered schools serving a high percentage of white students had more awards as did schools with fewer disabled students and English-language learners. The Children’s Action Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy organization has been opposed to this funding formula, which it claimed has numerous inequities, including the “test-based funding reaches only one in four of Arizona’s public school students” and nearly half of the funding went to higher-income schools.

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hree young Gilbert actresses have major roles in this month’s Valley Youth Theatre production of “Winnie the Pooh Christmas Tail.” MaddieSue Miller, Abbey Bernard and Emily Jacoby are taking the stage for the theater company’s 24th annual presentation of the Christmas classic, which opened last Friday and will be performed at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Dec. 7-8, 14-15 and 22. It also will be performed at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Dec. 21 and at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Dec. 23. The theatre is at 525 N. First Street, in Downtown Phoenix, and tickets can be purchased at vyt.com. “This show truly has become a holiday tradition in Phoenix,” said VYT producing artistic director Bobb Cooper. “The young people cast in this production are now a part of a very special group of performers who have honed their skills with this show.” Over time, 300 young people have been a part of past productions of the Pooh classic, Cooper said, adding: “Many of our former cast members

now bring their children - and even their grandchildren - to see what they were a part of as a child.” “This is a timeless story about caring, sharing and the Emily Jacoby Abbey Bernard importance of friends,” Theatre and several productions by the he added. “It has a message patrons of Actor’s Youth Theatre. all ages can appreciate.” Outside of school, she’s involved in Sponsored by Dan and Ann Nahom competitive dance, plays piano and the musical focuses on a search for guitar and is involved in the HomeEeyore’s lost tail as the theater is trans- school Co-Op. Her goal is to one day be formed into a winter wonderland and a Broadway actress. the audience encouraged to sing along As for her role in “Pooh” as Bebe the with the cast. Badger, MaddieSue said, “I like the fun MaddieSue, 10, has appeared in sev- character and the makeup and coseral other Valley Youth Theatre produc- tumes.” tions, including this season’s opener, Abbey, a 12-year-old seventh-grader “Matilda.” She also has appeared in the at Chandler Online Academy, is playing Mesa Community College’s production Owl in her second Valley Youth Theof “Shrek,” “Annie” at the Hale Centre atre production after playing Big Kid in

MaddieSue Miller “Matilda.” Abbey also is no stranger to the stage, having performed in several Queen Creek Performing Arts Centre productions as a member of the Queen Creek Performance Group. She also is eyeing an acting career potentially taking her to Broadway. As for her role in “Pooh,” she said, “I like how Owl is smart and wise and gets to live in a cool treehouse.” At 17, Emily, a senior at Perry High, is performing in her third VYT produc-

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days up to 240 days at 55 percent of her daily rate and unused vacation days up to 60 days at her full daily rate. Although the board is still not disclosing the details surrounding the suspension and resignation, members indicated they will make the terms of the departure agreement with Conley available soon. How soon is unknown.

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dent of Business & Support Services Scott Thompson, Chief Financial Officer Daniel O’Brien, Chief Technology Officer David Sanders and Dobson/Westwood Area Assistant Superintendent Arlinda Mann. Smith said his own research – which he claims was confirmed by an “anonymous source” – indicates the increases were “drastically higher” than what the board approved. He also alleged several Mesa employees may have received salaries higher than what was set in contracts approved by the board. The Attorney General’s office confirmed it was conducting an investigation, but the district declined comment and Conley could not be reached. “If you look at the complaint, I didn’t include any of my findings – that way the agents can do their investigation and they’re not jumping into this looking for a specific number,” Smith said. “I want them to go into this taking an unbiased approach.”

Conley steps down

On Dec. 2, Conley officially resigned.

Following a three-hour executive session discussing her employment, the school board voted 4-1 during a special meeting to approve the resignation. “The district is looking forward to getting accurate information out,” said board President Elaine Miner. “We look forward to moving forward.” “We care about this district and we believe we are doing what is right,” she continued. Board member Kiana Sears cast the lone vote against, saying only she disagreed with the “financial provision” of Conley’s departure agreement. A resignation provision in Conley’s original contract states she could receive only her base salary prorated to the date of termination and forfeit all rights to compensation and benefits after her actual date of termination -- but it is unclear what Sears was referring to. Conley’s base salary was set as $225,000 in 2018. If Conley had been fired, MPS would have had to pay the remainder of her three-year contract, which ends in mid2021. She would have also been eligible to receive payouts for any unused sick

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The board appointed former Mesa Associate Superintendent Peter Lesar as the interim superintendent for the time being. Lesar, who worked in the district for 32 years and retired this past summer, said he is looking forward to stepping up to the plate. “I’m inspired by the dedication and commitment of our leaders, teachers and support staff and look forward to working side-by-side with all of you,” said Lesar. “I am hopeful my experience, established relationships and familiarity with the district will add stability during this transitional time,” he added. While Lesar did not respond to the Tribune for a follow-up interview, Smith

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Chandler woman revving up Bondurant race school

BY PAUL MARYNIAK GSN Executive Editor

ranki Buckman has taken charge of one of the nation’s foremost performance driving schools with the energy of the 717-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcats in her stable of racing machines. Only two months in her new job as CEO and general manager of the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, the Chandler mother of three is breathing new life into a 52-year-old internationally renowned institution that nearly crashed and burned in federal bankruptcy court just a year ago, grappling with over $3.5 million in debts. Hired last month into a position occupied since May by one of the school’s three new owners who bought it in a court auction, Buckman revved into high gear with a series of changes at the Bondurant School. And she’s not nearly at full throttle. “One of the things that I noticed right away when I first came in is the school almost froze for seven or eight years,” Buckman said of the school next to Wildhorse Pass Motorsports Park. “It was a

of the school. She is overhauling the h e a d q u a r te r s building to make room for an expanded student lounge and hired two auto industry veterans to handle marketing, sponsorships and other matters aimed at re-growing the school and aggressively courting students who range from Franki Buckman of Chandler is adding new life to the Bob Bondurant School of High beginner teen Performance Driving in Chandler. (Special to GSN) drivers to military and law enforcement personnel. little worn down and frozen in time.” She’s adding more high-tech features In less than two months, Buckman helped integrate drag-racing into the to classrooms to enhance instruction, school’s curriculum, laid plans for the ramping up the school’s teen defensive return of go-kart racing for corporate driving program; planning to equip the events; and renovated the garage so din- vehicles with features to enable studentners and receptions can be held in parts drivers to see their performance behind

the wheel and building the school’s relationship with nonprofit and other community organizations. She also is eyeing new partnerships with car manufacturers. “This is a great facility for testing and for ride-and-drives because of the track and the different configurations you can run with it,” Buckman said. “Manufacturers are always looking for that wideopen space, unobstructed contact with concrete. And that’s what we have out there.” Buckman’s vision is rooted in more than three decades of associations with the racing industry that began with an unlikely job – washing cars. Growing up with six brothers in Scottsdale, she said, “I had never been to a race in my life until I started working in it – which was in college and then I never left.” Working for Pro Formance Driving Events and Motorsports between 1990 and 1995, a national ride-and-drive company, “They had 60 cars to wash every day,” Buckman recalled. She became an event coordinator for

CanAm snapped at 150 mph. Before relocating to the East Valley in 1990, his students included the late actors and racing enthusiasts Jim Garner and Paul Newman – drawn partly by Bondurant’s own successful racing career. With numerous awards and prizes for his racing prowess, Bondurant relocated the school to Chandler. Patricia and Bob Bondurant celebrated the racing school’s 50th He secured contracts worth anniversary a few years ago, before it ran into debt that forced them to seek federal bankrupcy protection. (File photo) millions from military and law enforcement agencies around mismanagement involving her, credi- the world to teach chase and evasion tors, Stig Investments and the Scotts- techniques. dale company appointed by the court Hundreds of thousands of students to handle the resolution of the school’s – from military and law enforcement $3.5 million in debts. personnel to racing aficionados to beFor the early part of the past year, it ginner drivers – took courses at the appeared that a sorry end awaited the school while corporations flocked to the school that had been founded by Robert school for team-building exercises and L. Bondurant, a world champion racer, networking events built around Bonduin 1968 in Orange County, California, af- rant’s stable of high-performance cars ter he almost lost his life in a race when and go-karts. the steering arm of his McLaren MARK II The Bondurant School accumulated

lucrative partnerships and sponsors with companies like Dodge and Goodyear. But it began losing its financial bearings after it lost the military contracts – a big source of its income. Atop that, sponsorship payments from Dodge and Fiat became sporadic, court papers said, as those two companies wrestled with their own financial woes. In September 2018, the school hit a brick wall. It had fallen behind by nearly $300,000 in rent owed Valley Marine Development, the economic development arm of the Gila River Indian Community that owned the school’s site. Valley Marine threatened to lock the school out of its premises and the Bondurants failed to secure a deal with an unnamed investor for an infusion of cash. The bankruptcy case appeared to be heading to a resolution after Stig bought the school for $1.67 million – except

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Bondurant bankruptcy fueled by charges, countercharges BY PAUL MARYNIAK GSN Executive Editor

he state of the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Drive school – which had been generating as much as $6 million a year in revenue only a few years ago – today stands in sharp contrast to what it was in the fall of 2018. Its plunge into a sea of red ink is documented in thousands of pages of documents in federal bankruptcy court since previous owners Bob and Patricia Bondurant filed for creditor protection in September 2018. That bankruptcy took a bitter turn after a trio of investors who had formed a company called Stig Investments bought the school for $1.67 million at an auction before U.S. Judge Brenda K. Martin, documents show. With her husband in an assisted living facility, Patricia Bondurant filed a twopronged legal attack that spilled into state Superior Court with accusations and counter-accusations of theft and

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the company, traveling to as many as 25 different cities as she assisted in national “ride and drive” tours for Chrysler, Nissan and Ford to raise consumer interest in new models. During her time with Pro Formance, Buckman was first exposed to the world of car racing after her employer created Arizona’s only “Indy Car” team to compete in open-wheel races. The team was led by racing legend Scott Pruett, who in 10 seasons of racing in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s never finished less than second place in a championship race. In 1995, Buckman signed up as the vice president of sales and marketing and executive general manger of Firebird Raceway – a position she didn’t leave until six years ago. “I just honestly I wanted to take time off,” she explained, noting her two youngest of three sons were in high school. She left Firebird, but not the world of cars and car races, founding her own marketing and advertising firm that promoted motorsports and a variety of other events, most of them tied in one way or another to cars. “I did work for Ford, for Harley Davidson, for Lucas Oil and live events, some stuff with Monster Jam – same thing, just different way of doing it,” she said. “So, next thing I knew it was five years later and that’s what I was doing.” In early 2018, Buckman said she decided “my business is either going to get bigger or I was going to get smaller because I was working all the time.” Instead of getting bigger, she joined a new media consulting agency and handled accounts, including Chevrolet, in Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho and Montana. “I learned a lot on that job that because I was just doing one thing, helping with the advertising, managing the actual ad agency,” she said. “That was a lot of travel and I pretty much had done what I thought I could do there.” Out of the blue, during the summer, she got a call from Bruce Belser, one of the three new owners. “Once he called, I said ‘this could be interesting,” Buckman said. Five days after a breakfast meeting, she was asked to fly up to Seattle to meet the school’s board of directors and “I got an offer the next week.” As the head of the school, she said her responsibilities involve “everything, from construction projects to putting

the new staff in place to putting together our budgets and our three-, five- and seven- and 10-year plans.” “I brought in some top-tier talent, some new blood but very experienced in the market,” Buckman said, adding: “The board of directors and the owners of this facility want to honor the legend, but they want to take the school to where it could never have gone with without that kind of ownership.” Her plans include building on the new dragster component to leverage “the resurgence in the interest in muscle cars.” “You see a lot of that going on in the manufacturers bringing back the older, more popular brands from the 50s in the 60s,” Buckman said. “Of all the manufacturers I’ve worked with, I’ve never worked with Chrysler Dodge. So, this has been the biggest learning curve for me – getting my arms around the vehicles and what their performance capabilities were and how we can better utilize that to market our products.” She is set on reviving corporate interest in the school site for team-building and other events, expanding the facility’s availability for events like bachelor parties and growing again the school’s relationships with law enforcement and military agencies. Buckman’s husband is a former racer himself and a second-generation Indy car crew chief and mechanic. Two of her sons were involved in motorsports industry and raced at an early age and her eldest is still an active race car driver. And while she admits that she is not all that familiar with the technical side of automobiles and race cars, she said, “The automotive industry, high performance-driving events and motorsports in general are really more a part of who I am now. “It’s in my blood,” she said. “I look forward to being further immersed in the industry as part of a team representing a brand that I am not only familiar with, but truly believe in.” And having known Bob Bondurant personally for many years, Buckman said she wants the school to be his lasting legacy. “I know that he wanted this school to survive past him,” Buckman said. “And it will now.”

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for a claim filed by Patricia Bondurant. She asserted that the sale did not include the Bondurant name or a museum on the site that housed thousands of dollars’ worth of vehicles that included seven motorcycles – one dating to 1940 – several dirt bikes, nine high-performance and other cars as well as memorabilia from Bob Bondurant’s days as an international racing star. With the loss of the lucrative Bondurant name hanging in the balance, Stig Investments fought back. Judge Martin ruled the issue was not a matter for bankruptcy court and that fight moved into Superior Court, where it has not been resolved. While the new owners of the school insist the Bondurant name went with the school’s sale, a lawyer for Patricia Bondurant denied that contention. In an Oct. 30 filing, attorney Richard Oney wrote te new oners never received permission to use the Bondurant name and filed a motion for damages from the proceeds the school has earned as the result of its use. “The name ‘Bondurant’ is a household name in the world of motor car racing and sports” and has been since 1956, Olney wrote. Stig “intentionally, willfully and maliciously misappropriated the commercial value” of the name, Oney alleged, contending the school owners’ “false

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The process, according to Smith, could potentially be costly to the district as well as time-consuming. “The process is pretty long and very detailed,” said Smith. “If they decide to go the same route we went through last

statements on a world-wide basis” hurt Bondurant’s name in order to “lure the public into thinking its business is Bob Bondurant’s business, which it is not.” Meanwhile, more surprises occurred in the bankruptcy case itself as Patricia Bondurant filed a new claim that triggered an avalanche of charges and countercharges in bankruptcy court throughout the summer and early fall. She claimed the school owed her and her husband $975,000 million and that that debt might even escalate to $1.7 million in unpaid loans and back wages. She also alleged that Stig had severely damaged two dozen high-performance cars, mostly Mazda Formula race cars. Ramon Soberanes, the school’s garage supervisor, filed a sworn statement that said, “This is false.” “For years, I and others in the shop were instructed to bandage or ‘cannibalize’ the Mazdas to keep them operating, which meant we would strip parts off of some of the Mazdas and install them on other Mazdas so we could keep as many of them running as possible,” Sobranes’ affidavit states. “This was no secret at the school and the Bondurants were aware of it.” But Patricia Bondurant’s allegations went well beyond the condition of the vehicles. A new attorney representing the Bondurants in the bankruptcy proceedings alleged that her son by a previous marriage and several top officers in the

school “all engaged in a scheme to force a liquidation of the company.” “They orchestrated a dissipation of the cash resourced of the company by giving large bonuses to the various key personnel of the company, draining the school funds down to the point of telling (the Bondurants) … that they either had to pay the payroll or the rent but there was not enough money to pay both.” The complaint also portrayed the Bondurants as left in the dark at key junctures in the bankruptcy case. They demanded that the court replace Timother Shaffer, the Scottsdale chief restructuring officer appointed to resolve the creditors’ claims. Her attorney accused Shaffer of being disrespectful and rude and depriving her of the ability to investigate the creditors’ claims and “the opportunity to determine if what they are owed, or better said, what they are claiming, is properly owed by the company.” Shaffer fired back, stating, “The only time the Bondurants have shown up in the case has been to further their own interests to the detriment of the estate.” He said the Bondurants – principally Patricia since her husband was virtually incapacitated – had objected to the school’s sale and that the creditors had no faith in her ability to respect their claims. “She is not capable of distinguishing between her own desires and the needs of the estate,” Shaffer told the court.

He urged the judge to reject her attorney’s request for a new restructuring officer and instead appoint a U.S. trustee. “The Bondurants are hopelessly conflicted between protecting the interests of creditors of the debtor’s estate and protecting their own personal interests and vendettas,” his petition said. “The only solution to resolve the conflict is to appoint an independent third party to safeguard creditor rights.” On Oct. 22, Martin rejected the Bondurants’ request that Shaffer be replaced and dismissed a motion for sanctions against him. A few days later, she appointed attorney Terry Dake as a trustee and set a hearing for Nov. 20 on Dake’s request to put the case into Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which would effectively end the Bondurants’ fleeting efforts to have any further say about repaying the debtors. Shaffer also has indicated that the Bondurants and their son could be held liable for any debts not covered by the remaining money left from the time they owned the school. “All that remains is (a) determining and paying the administrative claims, (b) determining and paying the priority and unsecured claims, and (c) determining what litigation claims, if any, need to be commenced and prosecuted by the estate,” Dake’s petition states. “There is nothing to be ‘reorganized.’”

time, it’s about a four-month process.” If MPS chooses a national search, it could face several obstacles relating to competitive salaries. Superintendent pay is linked to state per-pupil funding, and Arizona ranks poorly in this area compared to other destinations.

A 2016 survey of school districts in suburban Phoenix found superintendent compensation averaged $233,177, assuming they received 100 percent of performance pay. When hiring Conley, MPS went through the Arizona School Boards Association. It spent about $45,000 – which Smith categorized as “more fiscally conservative” in comparison to other groups. In total, the former board president

estimates the total amount spent on the hiring process cost around $100,000 when taking into account the additional staff it needed to pay over-time. Looking forward though, Smith said he does feel optimistic the board will have a permanent superintendent by the beginning of the next school year. “I don’t picture a scenario where they are still running an interim at the start of the 2020-21 school year,” he said.

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CUSD’s new Gilbert school will cost a bundle BY KEVIN REAGAN GSN Staff Writer

he cost of Chandler Unified’s newest elementary school will be about 35 percent higher than what the district paid five years earlier to construct its last school. The district Governing Board approved a $23-million contract last week to build a 93,000-square-foot campus in Gilbert will open next year. The project’s price tag is significantly higher than the $17-million contract CUSD approved to build Auxier Elementary in 2014. Associate Superintendent Frank Fletcher said upswings in the market are to blame for the higher construction costs. “We are seeing escalating prices throughout the state of Arizona, especially in Maricopa County right now,” he said. CUSD will pay about $1.34 million for the structural steel of its new school – about $578,000 more than what it paid for a school it built in 2011. Construction costs in the Phoenix area have increased by about 5 percent over the last year, according to Rider Levett

to be used on various construction and maintenance projects in CUSD. It is common practice in Arizona for contractors to bankroll campaigns supporting school bonds and overrides. McCarthy was one of four contractors to submit bids for building the new elementary school and was selected through a ranking process done by the district. Blueprints of the new school depict a campus with basketball courts, playgrounds, and a large landscape area. The district is not expecting any changes to the school’s design since it is on a strict timeline to get the project done by July. Weinberg Elementary, located off Val Vista Drive, will relocate to the new school site once it’s finished and Weinberg’s old campus will transform into an academy for gifted students. CUSD is also in the midst of building a new high school on the northeast corner of Gilbert and Brooks Farm roads, partly to serve Gilbert students. The two new schools are expected to help CUSD accommodate the 3,000 extra students it’s projected to get over the next decade. Chandler Unified built Casteel High School only a few years

ago, yet administrators claim another campus is already needed due to accelerated student growth. CUSD has drafted designs for its new high school and will submit them to the city of Chandler for approval sometime this month. The high school’s design and location has already raised the alarm of nearby residents who fear the facility will generate a large amount of unwanted traffic. Residents of the Brooks Ranch neighborhood, located south of the school site, have advised the Governing Board their concerns of parents using Brooks Ranch roads as alternative drop-off sites. Administrators have tried appeasing these worries by communicating with the surrounding neighborhoods. “I know there is some distress and concern but we’ve committed to partnering with the communities,” said Superintendent Camille Casteel. Fletcher said he expects the costs for building the high school will be comparable to the new elementary school. Boundaries determining which CUSD students will attend the high school are expected to be drawn in January.

could be mouth-watering pictures of the product. “The ‘burger’ is not the meat,’’ he explained. “ ‘Burger’ is just what you grind up,’’ Cook continued. “It can be soy, it can be whatever.’’ It’s the word “meat’’ Cook is trying to protect against future incursions. “This is what’s being done in laboratories and stuff where meat does not come from a carcass,’’ he said. “You can call it a ‘burger,’ ‘’ he said. “You cannot call it ‘meat.’‘’ Similarly prohibited by HB 2044 would be any other words suggesting what is beState Rep. David Cook, R-Globe, wants anything sold as meat to ing offered for sale or conArizonans to have come from a two- or four-legged creature, not a sumption has some relation plant. (Capitol Media Services) with something at one time was alive. commercial Impossible Burger would “They can’t call it ‘ground beef,’ ‘’ Cook remain legal to sell, complete with what said. Similarly, companies would still be

able to sell “nuggets’’ to patrons -- as long as they are not labeled as chicken. “When you walk up to a meat counter, you know what you’re buying,’’ he said. “You know what you are putting in your body. You know what you’re consuming and what you are paying for.’’ Cook attempted similar legislation last year, but with a twist: It also would have prohibited the use of the word “milk’’ on any product not coming from a lactating animal, effectively saying products could not be called “soy milk’’ or “almond milk.’’ It proved too much as the House voted 36-22 to kill the plan. This time, Cook said, the dairy farmers are on their own. But he questioned whether such a measure could get legislative approval. “They’re 15, 20 years too late,’’ Cook said, with the plethora of non-dairy “milk’’ products already on store shelves. “We want to make sure we’re out in front of this thing before it even becomes an issue.’’

Bucknail, an international consulting firm. It’s a trend seen in most metropolitan areas as labor shortages and pricey materials continue to inflate construction costs. When the economy is booming, Fletcher said school districts often get the byproduct of more expensive projects. “It is what it is right now,” he added. Prices for building elementary schools in the East Valley have been rising over the last decade. CUSD paid $154 per square-foot for building Carlson Elementary in 2011. Three years later, the rate rose to $186 for building Auxier. The district had expected to pay about $225 per square-foot for building the new school near Ocotillo Road and 148th Street. The contract ended up costing $247 per square-foot. CUSD awarded the contract to McCarthy Building, which has built out several projects throughout the district. McCarthy notably contributed to a political committee advocating for passage of Chandler Unified’s bond election last month. The company contributed $9,900 to the committee - pushing for voters to approve a $291-million bond

Lawmaker says names make a meaty matter

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

n Arizona cattle rancher wants to ensure anything sold to Arizonans as “meat’’ came from something with at least two legs, if not more. But Rep. David Cook, R-Globe, insists it won’t prevent people from calling things a “burger’’ – or even a “steak’’– as long as there’s no claim it’s beef, chicken, pork or anything other than a living, breathing animal. Cook’s legislation seeks to make it illegal to “misrepresent’’ any product not derived from a harvested livestock or poultry animal as meat. More to the point, HB 2044 would define the act as the use of “any untrue, misleading or deceptive oral or written statement, advertisement, label, display, picture, illustration or sample.’’ “It’s about truth in labeling,’’ he said. Cook told Capitol Media Services he’s not trying to put a dent in the market for things like soy burgers. And even the

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Young inventors (CHRIS MORTENSON/GSN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) The Gilbert Grizzlies, cromprising some young inventors who belong to the Gilbert Boys & Girls Club, recently participated in the FIRST LEGO League Tournament on the Intel campus in Chandler. Their robot was aimed at addressing air pollution and the young inventors included, all from left, 1) Kathleen Bram and Rujal Davi; 2) Front row: Rujal Davi, Kathleen Bram, John Curel and Pablo Noriego and Back Row: Sheetal Dalvi, Habacur Ortiz, Anthony Pichardo, Rutam Dalvi and Edwin Merceodo. In the bottom two photos, Kathleen and Rujal tinker with their display.

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GPS class brings dance to special-needs students BY JENNA HILLMAN GSN Contributor

esert Ridge High School started its first unified dance program to include special-needs students. Dance teacher Kristen Grippo created the program to introduce dance to “as many people, from as many populations and backgrounds as possible.” Grippo said the class aims to form “peer relationships and partners that is building community, not only through dance but also finding support systems within the high school setting as well. “We have Best Buddies on campus, which is fantastic too, but it’s more than that,” she added. The program pairs special-needs students with general education students, who work with each other for an hour

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a day. The curriculum is mainly focused on the creative process and allows each student to explore their own dance movements and the creative thoughts they bring to them. Special needs students work with other students and professional choreographers to create their own dance pieces and perform in front of a live audience at the school’s dance concerts at the end of each semester. “The unified dance program is by far my favorite class I’ve ever taken at Desert Ridge High School,” said student Ashley Jones, who assists Grippo. “I have never taken a class that has a better sense of community and genuine friendship,” Ashley said. “Grippo makes everyone feel perfectly equal and wanted. Nothing makes me happier

than to see the smiles she brings to the students’ faces every day as she teaches them the art of dance and performance.” There are a variety of classes available around the community for all ages to encourage special-needs participants to become a part of the dance community. Other schools in Gilbert provide similar unified dance programs for their general and special needs students. Expanding dance to those with special needs is an interactive and effective way of bringing all people together through movement, experts say. Dance Movement Therapy, also known as DMT, allows individuals to enhance their social, cognitive, emotional, and physical skills. Adding dance to the special-needs

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community not only benefits participants’ physical well-being but also their mental and emotional health while allowing them to be involved in a larger community with people from all walks of life, experts note. Dance therapy allows individuals

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with special needs to express emotions they otherwise may not be able to easily share verbally but instead by using their movement to express how they feel rather than using expressive words, providing a healthy and beneficial way to relieve stress. By creating a positive and supportive environment, dance can also lead to an

increase in self-esteem and confidence. Dancing gives people the opportunity to be active while also stimulating an individual’s creativity. Dancing is not only about learning the steps but also being able to create them which allows a creative outlet. Jordan Pruneau is an adult with Down syndrome and according to his younger

sister, Taylor Pruneau. Jordan has been dancing and entertaining those around him since he could walk. His love for dancing not only brings a smile to his face, but also to those who get the opportunity to watch him. Jordan said dancing “makes me happy, and I love it. I like music.”

Gilbert food bank seeks gala sponsors GSN NEWS STAFF

idwest Food Bank in Gilbert is seeking sponsors for its first Be the Blessing Gala. The gala will be held March 7 at the Mesa Country Club, 660 W. Fairway Drive, Mesa. The dinner and silent auction will benefit the food bank, which warehouses and transports food and dry goods donations to over 250 Arizona pantries who then serve thousands of families in need. A top-rated charity, Midwest Food Bank was created by Illinois farmers in 2003 and quickly spread to many other states. The Christian faith-based organiza-

Midwest Food Bank in Gilbert is a Christian-based operation that was established here in 2016. (Special to GSN)

tion does not discriminate, the Arizona branch opened in Gilbert in 2016. Guests will hear local and national speakers share their true stories of overcoming poverty and hardship, along with the humor of celebrity radio personality W. Steven Martin, who will emcee the event. Three sponsorship levels are available in a limited number at midwestfoodbank.org. General admission tickets of $60 are also on sale. Seating is limited to 250 and is expected to sell out. Businesses, organizations and individuals interested in more information can also contact MFB Executive Director Ted Purdy at 480-892-0134 or jcionci@midwestfoodbank.org.

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Topgolf looks at adding esports venues BY WARREN YOUNGER Cronkite News

opgolf got its start as an innovator in the tradition-laden sport of golf. Now the company is innovating again by providing an alternative to traditional sports. Topgolf recently announced a partnership with TCL, the Chinese television and consumer electronics manufacturer, to roll out esports lounges at select Topgolf locations in an effort to expand Topgolf’s reach. “Esports presents a new and unique audience and we recognized natural parallels between our existing audience and esports fans,” said Morgan Schaaf, Topgolf’s communications manager. “We create moments that matter for everyone and we figured we want to do the same thing for esports enthusiasts.” The Scottsdale location’s esports lounge is still in development, but it’s not slowing Topgolf’s esports movement down one bit in Arizona.

Esports players huddling around a TV and game console may become a common sight at some Topgolf facilities, though it’s unclear if its Gilbert operation will be among them. (Cronkite News)

SAK Gaming, an esports tournament organization located in Tempe, recently collaborated with Topgolf’s Gilbert location to run an Ascension tournament series there. Schaaf said the tournaments are a massive success. “SAK Gaming introduced Topgolf to the huge audience of gamers and esports enthusiasts residing in Arizona,” Schaaf

stated. “Their events have gone so well other states have begun reaching out to their local Topgolf to inquire about holding events.” The Ascension tournament series is a monthly event featuring the best talent in the Southwest in the esports titles of Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

It is the only monthly tournament series in the world to serve as a qualifier for the official Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Power Rankings the esports organization, Panda Global, tracks. The series started using the SAK Gaming lounge, a 2,000-square-foot venue in Tempe, but as popularity grew, SAK Gaming had to find a bigger venue. After using the Education Lecture Hall building at ASU and the community center at Chandler-Gilbert Community College over the summer, the 300-plus entry tournament series has finally found a home at Topgolf. Stephen Shackelford, the owner of SAK Gaming, said it was Paul Ogdee, Topgolf’s head of esports strategy, who reached out to him. With the Ascension series looking for a new home, Shackelford said the timing couldn’t have been better. “I was like, ‘Well, I have this 250-plus person event I need a home for. Would

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entral Pop!, a one-stop-shop for over 55 flavors of popcorn, has landed in the East Valley. Located at Ray and Cooper roads in Chandler, the craft popcorn shop hopes to soon offer up to 75 unique flavors like cheddar pretzel ale and churro. It already offers flavors such as peanut butter amd bacon and cheese. “We’re unique in the sense we’re really the only ones doing the full-blown—four, five or six dozen flavors,” said Christopher Schlabaugh who owns the shop with his wife, Lisa. After moving to Chicago for three years, Schlabaugh said he was inspired by the popularity and variety of Windy City craft-popcorn shops, he never saw before. After moving back to Arizona, he and

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Lisa decided to open their shop and bring a taste of Chicago to the valley. With their minds set on starting their first business, the two opened their shop after about a year of planning. Since then, Schlabaugh said their busi-

ness steadily allowed them to test out different techniques and try out new recipes. “I’ve been cooking for years, so for me, I like getting in the kitchen and trying new things,” Schlabaugh said. Their inspiration usually comes from

looking at a food or a treat and thinking about how to replicate the flavor into popcorn. This is how they’ve created flavors like cherry blossom, Cincinnati chili and more. Central Pop! also offers flavored marshmallows and crispy rice treats which are made fresh in the shop. Schlabaugh said the shop created a social media presence, and in the future, plans on working with local businesses and communities to offer their product. “My husband and I are addicted to the popcorn,” said Carie Kahn in a Google review. “The rice crispy treats are amazing and the marshmallows are so fresh and soft. Everyone needs to try this place. I love it. Plus, the owner is super nice and personable.” Due to the vast variety of different fla-

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He fled Soviet Union, now gives Chandler ‘bees-ness’

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swarm of buzzing bees sounds almost like soothing music to Stan Moukhtarov. The political refugee has had a turbulent journey over the last 24 years – fleeing the crumbling Soviet Union and adjusting to a capitalistic lifestyle in the United States. He’s had days filled with feelings of anxiety and depression. But Moukhtarov found a remedy for staving off those bad feelings: He puts on his gear and tends to his bees. “It heals me, it calms me down,” Moukhtarov said. “Once you’re among the bees, you’re kind of underneath a halo.” He’s found a way to make a business out of his beekeeping by selling jars of honey on the curbs of Chandler Heights Road. Over the last couple of years, Moukhtarov’s developed a base of loyal customers and sells a fair amount of honey each month. “Enough to pay my bills,” he said. He regularly gets calls from Chandler residents needing beehives removed from their yards. Moukhtarov is willing to help them out since he can relocate the bees to a safe location and collect their honey. “I don’t kill the bees,” he emphasized. “I recover them and put them back to work,” Moukhtarov relocates bees for free, but the equipment and time it takes to do the job prompted him to start asking for small donations. It can be dangerous work, he said, but it’s worth saving an insect responsible for pollinating a huge swath of the world’s food supply. Honey bees help to produce billions of dollars in American crops each year, but experts recently noted a sudden decline in the insect’s population. People in Chandler don’t want to exterminate bees, Moukhtarov said, so he sees himself as providing an important service for protecting the local bee population. Selling honey in sunny Arizona is quite different from Moukhtarov’s former life as a professional pianist in Uzbekistan. He grew up during a time when his country was still under the control of the Soviet Union.

was completely different,” Moukhtarov said. “There were lots of restrictions back in Russia.” He moved around a bit, working a number of odd jobs before settling down in Chandler. Although he trained in music, Moukhtarov found himself drawn to beekeeping and started selling the fruits of his labor on the roadside. His honey jars can cost up to $20, a bit pricy compared to what’s available at the supermarket. But Moukhtarov said he doesn’t treat his bees with any chemicals or feed them sugar, giving his honey a more natural taste. “I value my customer. I Stan Moukhtarov is a Russian immigrant who has made a living in Chandler beekeeping and selling jars of honey on the curbs along Chandler Heights Road. (Chris Mortenson/Staff Photographer) don’t want to lose trust in my customers,” he said. “I would rather sell it a little more expensive than to give them cheap, bad honey.” Moukhtarov lives in a residential neighborhood governed by a homeowner’s association. This prohibits him from keeping his bees at home, so he depends on generous owners of larger properties to house his hives. He has dozens of beehives located on parcels in Chandler, San Tan Valley, and Queen Creek. As for the future, Moukhtarov would like to introduce the calming effects of beekeeping to others seekHoney and honeycombs can be purchased at Stan Moukhtarov’s roadside stand. ing a stress-reliever. He’s par(Chris Mortenson/Staff Photographer) ticularly interested in helping military veterans suffering Life under the communist block had would consider him guilty by association, from post-traumatic stress its pros and cons, Moukhtarov recalled. as it regularly did, and come after him disorder. He earned a master’s degree in music for next. When it comes to his honey, “They would prosecute you the same, free, yet he wasn’t free to express himself he’ll continue selling it on the roadput you into gulag,” Moukhtarov said, side; hoping more motorists will considwithout fear of repercussion. As the Soviet Union began to collapse in referencing the notorious Soviet labor er stopping to try a sample. the early 1990s, Moukhtarov found out he camps housing political prisoners. “That Word-of-mouth can be critical for a might be vulnerable to government per- part was scary.” small operation like his so Moukhtarov He applied for asylum in the courts and takes customer satisfaction quite serisecution. Some of his relatives were active in politics, he said, so the government was granted refugee status in 1995, which ously. allowed him to come to the United States. went after them. “One bad jar can destroy your whole “When I came to the United States, it business,” he joked. Moukhtarov thought the government

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vors Central Pop! offers, customers can be overwhelmed when walking through the door. Schlabaugh said. So the couple is more than happy to walk each customer through the different kinds of popcorn and offer free samples. “We really wanted to focus on the customer experience,” said Schlabaugh.

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you be interested?’” Shackelford said. “And they said, ‘sure.’” Topgolf Gilbert had the space SAK Gaming was looking for, a 3000 square feet “Signature Room” complete with HDTV’s used for live streaming and even a private bar. Topgolf might not be bringing an esports lounge to the Gilbert location, but what the location had already was more than enough to prove to Shackelford that hosting Ascension at Topgolf Gilbert was going to be a huge success. “We have seen an increase in attendance because of Topgolf, but also there has been all of this excitement around it,” Shackelford said. “It’s so cool to be part-

“We hope to be a successful local business,” Schlabaugh said. “(We want) to service local communities and use products that are high quality and have customers that are happy with what we are offering.” In the future, they plan on opening up more locations across the valley, as well as offer catering at corporate events. Information: 480-726-1887, centralpopalicious.com

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nered with such a legitimate brand.” The benefits are mutual, Schaaf said. “Topgolf provides SAK Gaming with a unique, safe, and hospitable venue to host their tournaments,” Schaaf said. “SAK Gaming brings in an audience that otherwise might not have been to Topgolf and introduces the venue to that audience.” The hospitality Topgolf puts on for the attendees of the Ascension series includes a free lifetime membership to Topgolf, unlimited golf from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., a $10 Topgolf coupon and access to a fully stocked bar and restaurant, which are all included with the Ascension tournament fee. Caleb Smith, a tournament organizer for the Smash scene in Tucson, has at-

tended every Ascension tournament. He said Topgolf is an ideal fit. “I think this is the best venue now we have more standing room, more breathing room,” Smith said. “You can get away from the tournament if you need to take a breather and there are more things to do here than just play in the tournament. “It makes the overall experience much more of a spectacle than just a tournament.” Given the success of the Ascension series at Topgolf, the golf company is eager for its next esports step in Arizona. “Our TCL Esports Lounge at the Scottsdale venue will be opening up soon and we encourage esports fans and enthusiasts to check out the space when it’s finished in a few months,” Schaaf said.

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Arizona’s 3rd Alamo Drafthouse opens in Gilbert BY JULIAN HERNANDEZ GSN Contributor

ational movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse opened its third Arizona location in Gilbert recently, just in time for the busy holiday movie season. Founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas, Alamo Drafthouse is known for its seat-side dining service, full bars featuring beers from local breweries and “comprehensive etiquette policies” requiring moviegoers to adhere to its strict no talking or texting rule. With 41 locations across 10 states, including 21 in its home state of Texas, Alamo Drafthouse is one of the largest theater chains in the country outside of the top three – AMC Theatres, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark. Located on Power Road just south of the SanTan Freeway, the new theater houses eight screens with 4K laser projectors and its more than 950 recliner chairs spread across the eight auditoriums operating under its 100% reserved seating system. Derek Dodd has been working with Al-

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amo Drafthouse for over 12 years and is the operating partner and part of the investment team behind the Alamo Drafthouse locations across the East Valley. “The East Valley is such a massively growing area,” Dodd said. According to the Gilbert Office of Economic Development, between June 2013 and July 2018, they provided assistance with 176 projects across the town resulting in $1.15 billion in capital investment to the area. The Chandler location, Arizona’s first Alamo Drafthouse, opened in 2016 with its second location opening two years later in Tempe. Phoenix and Denver are the only two metropolitan areas outside of Texas with three or more locations. “For economies of scale, it makes it easier to group them as close a possible,” Dodd said. By locating the theaters closely, Dodd said practices such as inventory sharing is simplified and can help with future expansions across the Valley. Expanding the chain’s presence in the East Valley is not only a logistical choice but an affirmation of the brand’s strong community values. Dodd said the partners are committed

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to providing families with a space where they can come together aligned perfectly with the neighborhood’s values. “One of our core values is to be a neighborhood theater,” Dodd said. In its opening weekend, the Gilbert location partnered with local nonprofit organizations and donated a portion of all ticket sales. Those partnerships included the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona, the Gilbert Education Foundation and One Gilbert, a local initiative spearheaded by Mayor Jenn Daniels to combat teen suicide. “We always try to find local organizations we can shake hands with and see it going back into the community,” Dodd said. With Alamo Drafthouse’s expansion into Gilbert, Dodd said the company is continuing its commitment to providing families with those spaces. According to the Gilbert Economic Development Office, nearly a quarter of Gilbert residents are under 15, a higher percentage than both neighboring Mesa and Chandler. A large part of their family-friendly approach includes hosting family nights throughout the month called “Family

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Integrated care is critical to overall health BY DR. LORRIE HENDERSON GSN Guest Writer

hen you go to the doctor, you’re putting your trust and care in the capable hands of highly educated professionals that specialize in making people better. However, many illnesses and healthcare issues can’t be detected with blood work and X-rays. While we want to get better and know why we’re suffering, many people overlook the role mental health plays in our overall physical condition. According to the World Health Organization, people who suffer from mental health issues die earlier than the average person. They die from untreated and often preventable illnesses like obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes – which are often accompanied by

poor habits such as lack of exercise and poor diet. These days, primary care centers have become the gateway to the behavioral health system and primary care providers need support and resources to screen and treat individuals with behavioral and general healthcare needs. The answer? An integrated care healthcare model. The Jewish Family & Children’s Service Michael R. Zent and Glendale Healthcare Centers have offered primary and mental health care under one roof for the last two years. By Integrating mental health, substance abuse, and primary care services, JFCS produces the best outcomes and offers the most effective approach to caring for people with multiple healthcare needs. For individuals that are a part of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, integrated care means that the disabled, young, elderly, poor or preg-

nant have the same access to quality care as individuals on the most comprehensive health care plans. Financial access to care, transportation and gaps in knowledge about how to properly care for themselves are no longer a barrier to quality care. Combining primary and behavioral care means a well-rounded approach to treating the whole person and in an efficient manner, regardless of social or economic circumstances. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, as many as 40 percent of all patients seen in primary care settings have a mental illness; 27 percent of Americans will suffer from a substance use disorder during their lifetime; 80 percent of patients with behavioral health concerns present in ED or primary care clinics; approximately 67 percent of patients with behavioral health disorders do not receive the care they need.

These statistics make a great case for why integrating primary and behavioral health care is critical to creating and supporting healthy communities. In addition to positive health outcomes, it’s also cost-effective care. Many people may not have access to mental health care or may prefer to visit their primary health care provider. Although most primary care providers can treat mental disorders, particularly through medication, that may not be enough for some patients. Historically, it has been difficult for a primary care provider to offer effective, high-quality mental health care when working alone. Combining mental health services/expertise with primary care can increase patient satisfaction, reduce costs, increase the quality of care and ultimately save lives.

terrific public spaces within our shopping centers, allowing customers to sip, stroll, and shop much like they would at a festival, sporting event, or European village. Rather than create barriers to shopping and strolling, we always strive to give people new reasons to come to our properties and stay longer. This program wouldn’t have been possible without the help of Arizona lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey, who value innovation to keep Arizona’s economy thriving. Shopping centers generate a huge amount of state sales tax revenue that helps fund the quality of life we deserve and expect in Arizona. This reform also happened thanks to careful and conscientious considerations from municipal leaders who appreciate the role Arizona shopping centers play.

The state Department of Liquor Licensing and Control plays a critical role in the program. It helped improve the state legislation and must approve all plans such as ours before one can become operational. Of course, they, along with local law enforcement, can and will enforce any abuses of the new liberty. Thankfully, it’s clear many elected leaders understand the value of shopping centers such as Desert Ridge Marketplace and Tempe Marketplace. In many cases, they are the heartbeats of neighborhoods and cities. The new legislation allows shopping centers like them, and others of 400,000 square feet or more with distinct pedestrian areas, to try this idea out for several years. Unlike many online retailers, these centers pay local property taxes and school taxes. Its shops and stores con-

tribute sales tax revenues that pay for city services and public safety. And now these local communities are better able to enjoy the signature community spaces at our shopping centers, making them more than just a place to shop. The goal is to make them places to gather with friends and family, to recreate and relax. Arizona is now one of the few states where this is permitted. Other states will follow our lead because it’s good for business and great for tax revenues. For retailers, innovation isn’t just a catchphrase; it’s essential to survival. And this is perhaps one of the boldest innovations to come along in some time. Retailers, customers, and local governments will all benefit as we strive to keep retail centers healthy and whole.

- Dr. Lorrie Henderson is president and CEO of Jewish Family & Children’s Service.

Redefining the Arizona and American shopping center BY DAVID LARCHER GSN Guest Writer

hopping centers can and will thrive in the “Age of Amazon” as long as they continue to innovate. That word has been our guidepost since our Phoenix-based company started developing retail centers over 30 years ago. Now, we are innovating again. We have initiated a pilot program we believe will help enhance the American shopping center. Thanks to a recent change in state law, Desert Ridge Marketplace, and soon Tempe Marketplace, will allow shoppers 21 and older to purchase beer, wine or cocktails from a designated bar and stroll throughout the centers with the beverage in hand. The idea is to make the most of the

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You’ll be happier living your gifts, not your dreams BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ GSN Columnist

ost times when you go to a concert, it’s the music you remember. With that said, it’s been a month since I saw Post Malone play Glendale and still find myself pondering his parting message to his fans. I’ll have to paraphrase a bit, since the hip-hop pop-rapper favors saltier language than my editors will allow. The gist: “Do what you want! Don’t let anybody tell you you can’t do $#*ing something or tell you what you can $#*ing be. Live your $#*ing dreams.” Given that “Posty,” born Austin Richard Post, owns the top-ranked album of 2019 with “Hollywood’s Bleeding” and that his music has been streamed more than 6.5 billion times this year on Spotify, this philosophy appears to have worked out pretty well for him – at least to the ripe

old age of 24. But is it good advice? That’s what I’ve wondered for weeks. Have to say, I don’t think so – though the concept of living your dreams has launched a million self-help books and, more recently, a few zillion social media posts and hashtags. All around us all the time you bump into people who describe their new job, new business or their kid’s next JV basketball game as the pursuit of destiny, a desire burning in them like a cauldron. They’re “on their grind,” #hustling, forever busy “living the dream.” So busy that they never appear to notice something else essential to success: Having talent and skill also play a role in achieving your dreams, alongside passion and desire. Maybe that sounds like a killjoy way of looking at things, but with all due respect to Post Malone, I don’t think telling a kid who can’t sing that he can be a rock star is

doing him or her any favors. Then again, people love Bob Dylan’s voice, so I suppose there’s always a chance, however infinitesimal it may be. When I was a kid, my dream was to play NBA basketball like my idol, Julius “Doctor J” Erving. I’d clear snow off the playground to shoot jump shots in winter and dribble and work on moves to the hoop for hours. Somewhere around age 15, I realized that at a shade over 5-foot-10, my NBA prospects were limited. A few years later, my parents, teachers and professors helped me understand that my gifts involved words and stories. In this way, a journalist and communications consultant was born. Point being, I was never going to fly to the rim like Julius or become a point guard like Steve Nash. Would pushing me to try regardless have been doing me a favor? I think not. Instead of living your dreams, I’d like to

advocate for living your gifts. Maybe your child has a unique ability to connect with people emotionally and empathize with their troubles. Encourage them to become a doctor, a nurse, a therapist. Maybe you hate your retail job today, but you have a passion for tinkering and the ability to see how pieces and parts fit together. Great. Start that side business as a handyman or assembling Amazon orders. Maybe you dream of seeing far off places. Learn to save money and then by all means go. Of course, this sounds like much less fun than your average Post Malone lyric. Like this chorus from “I’m Gonna Be”: “So I’m gonna be what I want, what I want, what I want, yeah/I’m gonna do what I want, when I want, when I want, yeah.” The dude brought 15,000 screaming fans to Glendale. Meanwhile, no one came out to see Post Leibo. So maybe my practical vision is all wrong. But I think not.

ments. Not surprisingly, they often walk on eggshells or turn a blind eye to bad behavior to avoid a fight. Unfortunately, this can rob them of the joys of parenthood and instead consumed them with feelings of failure and guilt. How can parents – including those with moody and oppositional kids – course-correct to help their children grow into healthy, happy adults? These evidence-based parenting strategies can take the edge off challenging behaviors and restore happiness at home. Start small: Parents often try to tackle big issues all at once. This won’t work. Instead, I advise parents to take baby steps and address one issue at a time. If a child is frequently disrespectful, parents may set a simple, clearly defined goal for their child to use only kind and quiet words from 4-6 p.m. Rewards: Of course, a child or teenager won’t get on board if there’s no perceived prize. The reward should be attractive enough to compel an improvement in your child’s behavior, whether it

be a night out with friends, a new toy or game or a fun evening with Mom or Dad. Praise: Parents will find success by focusing on positive behaviors and ignoring negative behaviors, within reason. Many children act out because they want attention – even negative attention. Parents can meet these needs for attention by heaping praise on them when they make good choices. As the saying goes, “catch them being good.” Consequences: Parents should expect their child’s behavior to get worse before it gets better. Kids have learned that if they fight hard enough or cry loudly enough, their mom or dad will give in. Parents should anticipate such occurrences and discuss with their children appropriate consequences, like the loss of a privilege or the addition of an extra chore. Though easier said than done, parents who respond consistently will see improvements over time. Time in: Instead of a timeout for bad behavior, parents can increase connection through regular time-ins with

their children. This time-in – like a visit to the bowling alley or a movie night at home – must not be contingent on good behavior. Time-ins are separate from other behavioral goals and are intended to strengthen the parent-child relationship. The majority of these parenting strategies were first put forth by Alan Kazdin, PhD, a noted professor and researcher of child behavior. All of the interventions have proven effective in my own work with families. Parents who are concerned their child’s behavior goes beyond willfulness or teenage angst should seek advice from their pediatrician. The doctor may suggest cognitive behavioral therapy with a psychologist or counselor. Most importantly, moms and dads should expect to stumble. It’s about setting manageable goals, aiming for small improvements and cutting themselves some slack when things go wrong.

How to handle common parenting challenges BY DR. ARIE ZAKARYAN GSN Guest Writer

he situations are all-too familiar. The teenager who refuses to get out of bed. The middleschool daughter who rages when it’s time to shut off her phone. The 6-yearold who screams when she’s refused a new toy, and the pre-teen who punches the wall when his parents won’t allow video games until his homework is done. These kids are holding their parents hostage. Today’s moms and dads face a constant onslaught of demands, from home and work responsibilities to school projects and extracurricular schedules. Many simply don’t have the energy to battle their children. They give in to their kids’ demands – and make few demands of their own – in favor of momentary peace. This is especially true for parents of children who have difficult tempera-

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Fall wrap: Gilbert schools claim hardware BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Sports Editor

he end of the fall sports season has officially arrived, as athletes from all Gilbert schools have already jumped into winter sports seasons. The beginning of yet another round of prep sports allows the time to reflect on what was a successful season for several teams. Here’s a look at how each school fared in the fall sports season.

Highland

For the second straight year, Highland High Schools fall sports teams ended their respective seasons with success. The cross country program led the way with senior Leo Daschbach winning the boys Division I individual championship, which helped the Highland team capture the team title. The girls finished second to join their counterparts on the podium. The Highland football program capped off another solid outing with a trip to the quarter-

finals, while the girls volleyball team made a run to the semifinals as the No. 4 seed in the tournament. The Highland girls golf team finished fourth overall in state after finishing with a score of 625 through the three-day event. Ashley Catchpole elevated the Highland girls swim team to an eighth-place finThe Highland High boys cross-country program again captured the title. (File photo) ish at state after she placed second in the girls 100-yard butof the best in the state after impresterfly and fifth in the 100-yard back- sive performances across the board at stroke. Highland’s badminton team the championship meet. Luke Walker also moved on to postseason play but placed first in the 200-yard individufell in the first round of the Division I al medley and came in second in the tournament. 500-yard freestyle. Camron Pazand improved Desert Ridge’s team score with Desert Ridge a third-place finish in the 50-yard freeDesert Ridge’s swim program dove style, while Essias Smith captured gold headfirst into the conversations as one in the 100-yard butterfly. Karina Harr,

the daughter of Desert Ridge coach Brock Harr, finished fourth in the girls 100-yard butterfly. Desert Ridge’s girls finished ninth overall in the state while the boys placed third. While the swim team handled business in the pool, the Desert Ridge football program did the same on the field. The Jaguars rattled off four wins in a row to win the region title before losing in the quarterfinals of the 6A playoffs. The volleyball team, meanwhile, also made the postseason as the 13seed while Halle Swinney represented the Jaguars in the singles badminton tournament.

He spent several years coaching a variety of programs in California and Nevada before settling in Arizona. But after that 2015 season, Scott felt it was time to step away from the sideline as a coach and take on the job in Mesquite’s administration. “I thought three years ago it was time for me to grow up a bit and make a little more money for my family,” Scott said. “I think it was my wife that pushed me to coach again. The AD (athletic director) job was just that, a job, I didn’t really have the same type of passion I did for coaching. “The fact she pushed so hard for me to do this makes it special for our family as a whole.” After former Mesquite coach Chad DeGrenier announced he would be taking over the Mesa football program, Scott, and more importantly his wife, saw an opportunity for him to return to coach-

manageable to make this living arrangement work. Now, however, Cory lives in San Diego - near the beach - with his two daughters California, 2, and Florence, 6 months, which makes the previous arrangement a bit more challenging. “My wife is from Europe and I promised her we would live by the beach in San Diego and we do,” Cory said. “I just explained to her it was about my family and helping them out. She understood. It really is about being a tight-knit family and wanting to help my brother out.” Cory and his family subleased their apartment in San Diego and lived in a distant relative’s home in Gold Canyon until Nov. 1. They then moved in with Steve and his wife, who sold their house in Reno, Nev. and moved to Arizona. Meanwhile, Scott, who was coaching

Perry

Perry’s badminton team has long been one of the most dominating teams in Division I, and they proved that yet again this season. The team captured their third straight badminton title, while Nikhita Jayaraj and Ashley Rodarte beat teammates Sophie Jex and

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t didn’t take much convincing by Mesquite head coach Scott Hare to talk his brother, Cory, and father, Steve, to join him as assistant coaches this season. In fact, it was one of the easier maneuvers of this transition. “It’s really special,” Scott said. “We’ve been talking about this since we were teenagers, coaching together. We all played but we knew we would get into coaching (together).” Scott spent the last three years as the athletic director at Mesquite while obtaining two master’s degrees in coaching and education leadership. Previously, Hare led Mesa High’s football program for two seasons, which included a trip to the 6A quarterfinals in 2015 — the last time the Jackrabbits made it to the postseason.

ing. As it turns out, they weren’t the only ones who missed being on a sideline. “I said it was incredible and if he needed help to let me know,” Steve, Scott’s father and Mesquite’s quarterbacks coach, said. “He told me Cory (his younger brother) was coming and they talked about me coming and that was good enough for me.” Steve was, in essence, the last piece of the puzzle in reuniting the Hares this season. The logistics of getting Cory, who works and lives in San Diego, to Arizona just for the football season was the most difficult part of the entire plan. Cory, Mesquite’s defensive coordinator, previously coached with his older brother on several other occasions, including at Mesa. But most of their time together was when he was still single and able to live with Scott. But, when Cory married Shaz, it grew tougher but

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Megan Dye to claim the doubles championship. The volleyball team continued the Pumas’ success on the court with a second-place finish in the 6A Conference tournament, losing to Basha in five sets. Kalli Fama finished second in both the girls 100-yard freestyle and backstroke to help the Pumas place sixth overall in Division I. The football program, which appeared in the last two 6A Conference championships, fell short in the quarterfinals after a shootout with Desert Vista. The boys cross country program finished eighth while the girls placed fifth in state.

Gilbert

For the second year in a row, the Gilbert football program made the 5A Conference playoffs. Alexandra and Taylor Bevell also made the postseason, representing Gilbert in the badminton doubles tournament. The Tiger swim program saw success in the pool thanks to Landon Driggers’ secondplace finish in the boys 200-yard individual medley and fourth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke. Rachel Lythe, meanwhile, placed third in the girls 100 butterfly and Madison Caserio third in the 500 freestyle. The top-five finishers helped the girls finish 12th overall and the boys 11th at the state swim meet. The volleyball program also made the postseason but fell in the first round as the ninthranked team.

Mesquite

Mesquite High’s badminton team captured the Division II championship on their home court this fall. Alyssa Dong and Sabrina Farias led the way by capturing the doubles state title. Meanwhile, the football program played for a state title for the first time in school history Friday against Desert Edge. The Mesquite volleyball program made the postseason while Andrew Pocock represented the Wildcat swim program on the podium after placing fourth

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Mesquite through spring ball - with only one other coach, finally had his entire staff in place in early July. The three Hares, along with Don Murray, Nami Tuituu and Kent Anderson, began game-planning for this current season as a staff right away.

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in the boys 500- and 200yard freestyle.

Higley

The Higley golf program captured its first state title in program history this season, paving the way for further success in the school’s athletics programs. Jackson Keaton Jones, a freshman Olympic The Higley golf program captured the Division II boys golf title after holding off Trial qualifier at Higley, a late push by runner-up Cactus Shadows. (Photo courtesy Higley athletics) wowed spectators with a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle both at the state meet and the Meet of Champions. Jones also finished second in the 100-yard backstroke at state and third at the Meet of Champions. His top finishes helped the boy place seventh overall in the state this season. The girls cross country team came through The Mesquite badminton program capped off a dominating season with a with a top-10 finish at Division II championship win on their home court this season. (Courtesy Mesquite the state meet, finishing Athletics Department) ninth overall. The boys football program, at one point in the the 50-yard freestyle and third in the conversation as one of the top eight 100 at the Meet of Champions. The football program lost three teams in the state, couldn’t hold off a straight to end the regular season but rally by Campo Verde in the quarterfihas since gone undefeated through nals. But the football program received the playoffs. The Coyotes, nicknamed plenty of honors, as Knights coach “Team 9,” played region foe Williams Eddy Zubey was selected to coach in Field for the 5A championship on Satthe Under Armour All-America Game urday at Sun Devil Stadium. in January. Senior defensive end Jason Harris will play in the game.

Campo Verde

Senior Kenny Edwards captured gold in the Division II cross country race at the state meet to help the boys finish fifth overall. In the pool, the boys swim team finished first overall at the Meet of Champions in the 200-yard medley relay, capping off an impressive performance by several Coyote swimmers at the state meet. Paige Treptow represented the girls by finishing second in

The coaching staff inherited a team filled with plentiful talent and led by four-star junior quarterback Ty Thompson. They all knew what the team was capable of, the only question left was how it would all come together in just one season with the team. Clearly, something seemed to click right away. Nearly 6 months later, Mes-

Williams Field

The Williams Field football program aimed to capture its second title in four years Saturday against Campo Verde after finishing as the No. 1 team in the 5A Conference. The Black Hawks started the regular season with two straight losses but have won 11 straight games since. Rylan Johnson helped the Williams Field boys golf program finish seventh overall in the state championships

quite was one of just 12 teams still practicing the week of Thanksgiving in preparation for a title. On Friday, the Hares coached the Wildcats in their first championship game in the history of the program against Desert Edge in the 4A title game. Coaching together as a family in a championship game is something the

after he placed fourth in Division II. His teammates, Carl Milton and Noah Plaza, were close behind in eighth and ninth, respectively.

Casteel

Led by Dayton Carlson’s seventhplace finish, the Casteel boys cross country program managed to place second overall in Division II at the state meet. The girls, led by Cassidy Cann’s eighth-place finish, placed fifth overall. Rio Newcombe placed third in boys Division II golf followed by his teammate, Wyatt Chapman in fourth. The two helped lead Casteel to a fifth-place finish overall in the division. The volleyball program made the postseason tournament but fell in the first round. The football program, led by second-year coach Bobby Newcombe, advanced to the 5A semifinals before falling to top-ranked Williams Field.

ALA - Gilbert North

American Leadership Academy – Gilbert North’s football program made the 3A quarterfinals and nearly knocked off top-ranked Benjamin Franklin to advance to the semis. The volleyball program also made it to postseason play as the No. 12 ranked team in 3A but fell in the first round.

Gilbert Christian

Nathan Kempiak impressed in the Division III swim state championships, finishing third in the 50-yard freestyle and first in the 100-yard backstroke. He helped the Knights place 11th overall.

Arete Prep

The Arete Prep football team made it to the 1A Conference playoffs for the second straight year before falling to eventual champion Williams in the quarterfinals. The Charger girls’ swim program impressed in Division III, placing eighth overall. Adam Whitehead represented Arete Prep with a second-place finish in the Division IV cross country race. three have only ever dreamt of. And now - it’s a reality. “We are always optimistic, we dreamt about winning,” Scott said. “I always feel like we believe we are going to do it, but to be here now, it’s really cool to be here with my brother and my dad doing what we love with a great group of players.”

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ets, Christmas and exercise are the order of the day next Saturday as the 11th annual Fulton Homes 12K’s of Christmas takes place. A 12K run and runs/walks of 6 and 1.2 kilometers are a central feature of the event beginning at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 14 and runs through 12:30 p.m. at Freestone District Park, 1045 E. Juniper Road, Gilbert. What started a decade ago by Fieldworks Events & Marketing, Inc. of Scottsdale, is now rated as one of the 10 best family runs in the country by Runners World magazine. The magazine also rated the 12k’s as one of the nation’s top “bucket-list races for you and your dog.” It includes one of the season’s largest pet-adoption events as well as a Santa’s Pet Village with 20 pet rescue groups on hand offering information as well as animal-oriented gifts. Among those groups are the Akita Ad-

Sean Geasley and Aleta Ewing were dressed in the spirit of the 12K’s of Christmas last year. (File photo)

wagons strollers or similar vehicles along with their pets – preferably dressed in holiday attire. Christmas carolers and performers will be stationed along the run/walk route and gifts will be given for the “most Christmas spirit and the best Christmas-themed running outfits on people and their pets,” organizers said. Dozens of scout troops, school chorale and instrumental groups, performing outfits and families sing carols, play handbells and provide other holiday entertainment. All 6K and 12K participants will receive a pair of high-quality running socks. People can pre-register for the run/ walk at 12krun.com or sign up the day of. A portion of the proceeds supports participating animal rescues. Over the past 10 years, the 12k’s of Christmas has raised over $100,000 to help the animals and has helped almost 2,200 pets find forever homes.

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lice Cooper has been embedded into the Valley since he moved here in the late 1960s, but it doesn’t mean his heart isn’t in his home state of Michigan. “Go Lions!” he exclaims as he hangs up the phone. This forthcoming album is a love letter to Detroit. He used Detroit musicians like drummer Johnny “Bee” Badanjek; guitarists Mark Farner and Wayne Kramer; along with Motown session musicians. “It’s a tip of the hat to Detroit,” says Cooper, calling from Huntsville, Alabama. “For some reason, with Detroit musicians, there’s a certain amount of R&B in guitar playing, in the drums, in the bass. They can’t get away from it. It’s built-in—even with the hard rock stuff.” He’ll spend 2020 promoting his new album, but this holiday season, his efforts are in Phoenix where he’ll host the Christ-

Jam sessions with Alice Cooper at his Christmas Pudding Fundraiser always bring out some of the best musicians for a memorable experience. (File Photo)

mas Pudding Fundraiser at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Celebrity Theatre. Cooper’s signature event will bring together Michael Bruce, Neal Smith and Dennis Dunaway from the original Alice Cooper Band. Other guests include Ju-

das Priest frontman Rob Halford of Paradise Valley; guitarist extraordinaire Joe Bonamassa; Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme; musician/comedian Gary Mule Deer; Cooper’s guitarist Nita Strauss; Mark Slaughter of Slaughter; and

comedian Jim Breuer. “Every year, I try to get an entirely different lineup,” Cooper says. “I thought, ‘Who haven’t we had on the show?’ Bonamassa is going to be great. He’s one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Rob Halford, the guys from Extreme, the original Alice Cooper Band, Jim Breuer, Gary Mule Deer, Mark Slaughter, and we invited Nita Strauss and her boyfriend, who plays the drums. They have an album out. She was just voted one of the best female guitarists in the world. She’s going to come up and do a couple songs. “We make it very loose. Everybody can sit in with everybody. I’ve invited Johnny Depp. He’s been to the Pudding five or six times. If he wants to drop in, he can.” Depp and Alice Cooper, along with Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, perform as the Hollywood Vampires, who return to the road in the spring. “The Hollywood Vampires is entirely dif-

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hy do more than 400 people attend an event many can’t even pronounce? Because the visitors to “Weihnachtsgottesdienst in Deutscher Sprache” –or the German Language Christmas Service – share a love of the country’s language and Christmas traditions. The 10th annual service – which draws hundreds of Germans from across the Valley – will be held at 4:10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th Street, Ahwatukee. It includes 20 minutes of caroling, followed by a service and then a social with German Christmas cookies. The sermon is delivered by Pastor Wolf W. Kaufmann, a Germany native who earned degrees in English and evangelical theology, was ordained as a pastor in 1990 and parish priest in the Waldeck Upland, Germany. His wife Stella worked at the University of Marburg, so he became a parish pastor in a small rural community near the university town.

Children sing and re-enact the Nativity during the German Language Christmas Service. (Special to GetOut)

In 1997, the German Protestant parish of Yorkville in New York City elected him pastor of their small immigrant community. The work with emigrants justified his interest in a second career along with his ministry: He became a lawyer with a specialty in immigration law. In his two offices in Palm Desert, California, and in Scottsdale, he advises

immigrants who are looking for a new home in the United States. He also has served as a German honorary consul for Arizona. The Christmas service also will include the music of a recorder ensemble, the brass choir and the children’s and adult choirs. Several children will narrate the Christmas story and read an Ad-

vent prayer. “Christians of all denominations and everybody who wants to experience a traditional German Christmas Service are welcome,” said Ingeborg Mack, one of the initiators of the service and is responsible for managing it, especially in terms of its musical design, recruitment of staff and “the festive preparation of the parish hall.” Other key players in putting the service together are Hella B. Kinney, who says she enjoys “arranging the cookies and cake donations for the cozy get-together; Bettina Munn, a former teacher in Germany; Petra Schmid-Riggins, who works with the Germanic Language Culture Club students and designs thankyou cards; Peter Wrschka, a physicist who reads the Christmas story; Daniela Yuenyongsgool, a German and yoga teacher who works with the children’s choir; and Birgit Zimmermann, a German teacher at Mountain Point High School who helps with a variety of tasks. Information about the service: ingeborg07@hotmail.com, 480-961-4649 or weihnachtsgottesdienst.org

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ferent than my show,” Cooper says. “We’re one of the last hard rock bands out there. It’s fun. The Alice Cooper show is much more produced like a storyline. I call the Vampires ‘the world’s most expensive bar band.’ “The Alice Cooper band never talks to the audience until the end of the show. I don’t want Alice to be human. I want him to be a character. In the Vampires shows, I tell stories about Jim Morrison, The Who and John Lennon. That’s the nature of the show.” Proceeds benefit the free music, dance, arts and vocational programs for teens ages 12 to 20 at Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Center. “You’re never going to run out of teenagers who have the potential to go left or right,” Cooper says. “They’re going to go in a really good direction or a damning sorts of direction where they’re going to get shot or go to

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100 children a day and Cooper sees them work. “I’ll see kids who transform from negative to being positive kids,” he says. “I just love seeing the progression. I’ll see a kid pick up a guitar and three years later, he’s a lead guitarist in a band. “He’s more addicted to that and he has a career in front Alice Cooper reenacted Scrooge as a promo for one of his recent Christmas of him, rather than Pudding fundraisers. (YouTube) saying, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’ll just sell drugs.’ jail. I try to give those same kids the opI’m not saying every teen is like that. Some portunity to come in and try to learn art and dance, but mostly they come in to are born into it. I like the idea of the kids learn guitar, bass and drums. Everything coming in from the worst parts of town and the rich parts of town and the comis free.” The Solid Rock Teen Center sees about mon denominator is music. They say, ‘Why

don’t we put a band together?’” Solid Rock Teen Center is a Christian nonprofit, but Cooper says, he and his staff don’t press guests about religion. “We’re not sitting around beating you over the head with a Bible,” he says. “We’re not judging anybody. This is open for you. Come on in.”

‘n’ Roll” with Brian Johnson of AC/DC. Breuer is a frequent guest on SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show.” He hosts a podcast called “The Jim Breuer Podcast,” which is available on iTunes and jimbreuer.com. Breuer has appeared with Kevin James on “Kevin Can Wait” on CBS as well as popular films “Zookeeper,” “Dick,” “Titan A.E.” and “Beer League;” hosting MTV’s popular “Beach House” and VH1’s “Web Junk 20;” and being featured on a collection of late-night TV shows. “I’ve never had a better time than now,” Breuer said. “Everything I’ve done is really driven by passion and inspiration. I tell my fans I want to leave them with something. I do meet and greets and people say, ‘I really needed this’ or ‘We’re going through a lot. This meant a lot. This is inspiring.’ “That stuff is more powerful for me than, ‘You are really funny,’ although that’s important, too.” Breuer always knew he wanted to be an entertainer. “It was neck and neck with the lead

the kids in on Tuesdays. I would emcee and imitate Ozzy and AC/DC. That is the world I’m most comfortable around. I’m not good with Hollywood. I’m extremely comfortable around the rock environment.” These days, his musical tastes are the same. His “merlot,” depending on his mood, is Metallica, Judas Priest and “old Van Halen.” Earlier in the day, though, he was cranking some Frank Sinatra. “The last big rock band that I really invested my emotions into was System of a Down,” he said. “I love AC/DC. They’re mindless and fun. I like Metallica for the aggression and the lyrics. I really relate to so many songs in so many different ways. System of a Down, for me, was really along my thought process. I loved what they were talking about.” Breuer believes it comes from his nerdiness as a child. In high school, he ticked off his English teacher Mr. Turner, because he said he knew about George Orwell’s book “1984” from Judas Priest’s “Electric Eye.” “I know that sounds silly, but that stuff really made me think,” Breuer said. “Iron Maiden’s ‘Run to the Hills’ made a lot of sense. It made me think about what they were saying. Music has always been my teaching—my encyclopedia, my college.”

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omedian Jim Breuer is just an average guy. He loves baseball and heavy metal. He takes care of his family and he feels all of this makes him extremely relatable. “I come from a blue-collar family,” Breuer said. “I’m a do-the-right-thing type of guy.” That’s how he describes his show, which will be a part of this year’s Christmas Pudding at the Celebrity Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 14. “I have my set material, but it often goes off the rails,” Breuer said with a frequent laugh. “I go everywhere from my father passing away to teenagers to how I see the afterlife to colonoscopies. “I go anywhere and everywhere. I do everything I can, though, to stay away from politics.” Instead, he’s fixated on baseball—especially the New York Mets—and music. Since 2015, his baseball video recaps have made their way to the MLB Network and ESPN “Sportscenter.” A die-hard metalhead, Breuer made his music debut, “Songs from the Garage” in 2016. Produced by Rob Caggiano (Anthrax, Volbeat), the album features tracks such as “Raising Teenage Girls,” the throwback anthem “Old School” and “Mr. Rock

singer of a hard rock/heavy metal band and a comedian,” he said. “In high school, I would draw the stage and I would be opening for myself. I loved Eddie Murphy. I wanted to be as big as Eddie Murphy, but have a band that was huge. I thought that would be the coolest concert ever, where someone could pull off a sold-out arena stand-up show and then a concert—the same fricking person.” The comedy came quicker and easier for Breuer, but he could get into rock clubs younger. “In 1985, I couldn’t really get into comedy clubs,” he said. “The rock club would let

Comedian Jim Breuer will have a side-splitting show during next Saturday’s Christmas Pudding event. (Photo by Phil Provencio)

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Jonas Brothers return to Valley with vibrant show BY MEGAN MARPLES GET OUT Contributor

he Jonas Brothers threw an electrifying pop party at Talking Stick Resort Arena in October as they transported their fans from a retro carnival to the year 3000. And the fun continues Tuesday, Dece. 10, at Talking Stick Resort Arena. Before brothers Kevin, Joe and Nick took the stage for their Happiness Begins Tour in Phoenix, an intro video played on curved, three-panel screens across the back of the stage. Each brother walked through a doorway to travel back in time and transform into his childhood self. As the three children wandered through an abandoned carnival, the three brothers floated down onto the stage with a burst of fireworks going off behind them. Keeping with the carnival theme, the Jonas Brothers began the show performing “Rollercoaster” off their latest album “Happiness Beings.” Each brother looked sharp in a monochromatic suit. The deafening sound of screaming fans set the en-

ergetic tone for the rest of the night. The brothers slid effortlessly into their first throwback song of the night, “S.O.S.” from “The Jonas Brothers.” The crowd didn’t miss a beat and continued to belt out the decades-old lyrics. For the next song “Cool,” which was their second single off their latest album, Nick joined Kevin on guitar and jammed out on a sleek, forest green instrument. After belting out hits including “Only Human” and “Strangers” off their latest album, Nick and Joe, followed by Kevin on guitar, ran down a path through the middle of the arena to perform on a stage in the back. Joe slowed the pace down and sang “Hesitate” from “Happiness Begins,” which is a song he wrote for his wife Sophie Turner. The circular stage spun and rose in the air as the brothers performed the gentle ballad. Back on the main stage, Nick grabbed the spotlight where he sang “Jealous” off his solo album “Nick Jonas.” He showed off his vocal range during the steamy pop song when he hit every high note in the chorus.

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Joe didn’t let his younger brother steal the spotlight for too long. He quickly jumped onto the stage and yelled, “I know you came to party, I was born in Arizona.” Joe was referring to Casa Grande, which is where he was born. Cylindrical inflatables popped up around the stadium along with a flurry of confetti as Joe belted out “Cake by the Ocean” from his DNCE days. As the show progressed, so did the brothers’ relationships with their younger selves on the big screen. Three videos played throughout the concert, with each brother reuniting with their childhood self. Kevin finished off the mini-series when he met his younger self in a forest. Fans screamed when they saw he was with his two daughters, Valentina and Alena Jonas, in the video. At the end of the concert, fans saw the brothers coming together with their childhood selves in tow at the abandoned theme park. The video shows each brother having a blast riding a rollercoaster with their younger self. For the encore, the Jonas Brothers turned up the heat—literally. While they

sang “Burnin’ Up” from “A Little Bit Longer,” giant flames shot up from the stage, warming up the already sweaty attendees. Fans jumped along with the brothers as they ran around the stage to wave to as many fans as possible. The Jonas Brothers threw a vibrant party filled with snappy visuals and sparkling special effects. The setlist let their new songs shine without leaving any of their old classics like “Lovebug” from “A Little Bit Longer” and “Year 3000” from “It’s About Time” in the dust. The concert solidified their successful comeback and left fans excited to see what’s next for the pop trio.

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Gretchen Aleta Van Sant Heyer, age 79, died November 30, 2019, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, in her home at Saddle Brook Memory Care Community in Frisco, TX. Gretchen was born March 30, 1940, in Santa Fe, NM to Joel Nicholas and Mary Foy Van Sant IV. She married Lamont "Monty" D. Heyer on June 14, 1959. He preceded her in death April 23, 2017. Gretchen is survived by her son, Scott (Stephanie) Heyer; 3 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, with another on the way. Also preceded in death by her parents and brother, Joel Mathis Van Sant V. Graveside services and interment will be held Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Panguitch Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield Salina and Manti. Full obituary at www.maglebymortuary.com

Obituaries MSgt Elmer Curry MSgt Elmer (Tom) Curry, age 93, slipped peacefully from this life on Friday, November 29th, at his home in Phoenix surrounded by his loving family. Although his body succumbed to Alzheimers, he never failed to recognize family and friends. He is survived by his wife Dolores; son Charles, daughters Brenda Gray, Kim Boganey (Stan), and Karen Stewart (Warren), 7 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at First Institutional Church located at 1141 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, AZ on Tuesday, November 10 at 11 am, viewing 10 am. Burial at Veterans National Cemetery Phoenix. Sign the Guestbook at: obituaries.EastValleyTribune.com

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Employment General IT Professionals: Ent. Lvl to Sen. Lvl. Sftwr. Engnrs. Data Stage Dvlprs. are needed for our Scottsdale, AZ Office. May req. traveling. Send resume, Cvr Ltr., & Sal. Req. to VMC Soft Technologies Inc. 16420 N 92nd Street, Suite E 218, Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Mental Health Counselor (Chandler, AZ) sought to meet w/ patients to assess mental health disorders & offer treatment options. Reqmts: Master's deg in Counseling or rel. Resumes: Lifeline Professional Counseling Services, Inc., 335 N Alma School Rd, Ste E, Chandler, AZ 85224.

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Prayer Announcements O Holy St Jude! Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor for all who invoke you, special patron in time of need; to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart, and humbly beg you, to whom God has given such great power, to come to my assistance; help me now in my urgent need and grant my earnest petition. I will never forget thy graces and favors you obtain for me and I will do my utmost to spread devotion to you. Amen. St. Jude, pray for us and all who honor thee and invoke thy aid. (Say 3 Our Father's, 3 Hail Mary’s, and 3 Glory Be’s after this.)

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NOTICE TO READERS: Most service advertisers have an ROC# or "Not a licensed contractor" in their ad, this is in accordance to the AZ state law.

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CITY OF MESA PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY Date of Publication: December 8, 2019 The City of Mesa is issuing this notice pertaining to the revised amount available for the Human Services Program, as shown below for PY 2020-21. Human Services: $670,000 Funding for the Human Services programs comes from the City’s general fund and the ABC program consisting of donations from the public made through their utility bill payments. These funds support programs and services that directly impact community safety services and encourage independence and self-sufficiency so that residents can fully realize economic and social opportunities. The annual application process, other than LIHTC, will open on Monday, December 9, 2019 and close on Monday, January 6, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. (December 8, 2019, East Valley Tribune/26577)

Advertisement of Sale

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the Arizona Self-Service Storage Act, Arizona Statutes 33-1704, Section H, Enforcement of Lien. The Undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on or after December. 20, 2019 at 9:00am using an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com, said property has been stored and located at US 60 Self Storage, 1661 S. Alma School Rd., Suite 102, Mesa, AZ 85210. Property to be sold as follows: Misc. household goods, personal items, furniture, clothing, toys and/or business fixtures and items belonging to the following: Tenant Name Unit # Mark Simmons 225 Sidney Wilson 226 Mathew Figueroa 237 Nia Lopez 245 Andriana Price 313 Rob McCarthy 330 Rob McCarthy 333 Matthew Kassing 707 Shelby Biggs 736 Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Items sold “as is”, CASH ONLY, and Buyer must pay a security deposit and broom sweep/clean the unit. Go to www.storagetreasures.com to bid on unit(s). Published: East Valley Tribune Dec. 8, 15, 2019 / 26568

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