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Gilbert builders could face $82 million in road costs BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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ilbert is looking to raise fees on builders to help pay for the cost of providing public services to their developments. One proposed fee in particular has drawn major pushback from developers: a $3,722-per-house fee for road improvements. “We have been building homes in Gilbert for decades,” said Miles Pinter, land acquisition specialist for Maracay Homes, at a recent council meeting. “Most of the homes built in Gilbert were built by Maracay.” The company in 2017 spent $56 million on two projects in Gilbert, he added. Pinter pointed out one road project in particular – the Ocotillo Road wash crossing from Greenfield Road to Higley

Road, which is estimated to cost $62 million. Of that, 96 percent, or $60 million, would be borne by the developer, according to a draft Land Use Assumptions and Infrastructure Improvement Plan by the consultant group Raftelis. In all, $165 million in road and intersection projects are included in the report with $82 million of it proposed to be covered by new development. Town Council is expected to adopt the final version of the plan on Jan. 22. A public hearing on the proposed fees is scheduled on March 7 with adoption tentatively set for April 18. Pinter questioned the burden on developers, saying roughly 85 percent of Gilbert is already built-out. This new fee would impact the company’s bottom line as well as other developers by several million dollars, said Pinter, who noted that some municipalities such as Chandler were lowering its

Gilbert sees no reason to leave League of Cities

fees. Mayor Jenn Daniels asked Pinter to work with town staff on the numbers, stating Gilbert is not at 85-percent build out as he contended. Raftelis’ roads fee calculation includes costs associated with arterial and collector improvements as well as intersection expansions. Gilbert staff has identified 13 projects that include intersection improvements and lane widening projects for arterials and collectors that are primarily driven by the growth, according to the report. Jackson Moll, municipal affairs vice president for the Homebuilders Association of Central Arizona, said he’s worked with town staff to address some of the lobbying group’s concerns and for now opposed the fees.

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ilbert is seeing value in staying in the League of Arizona Cities and Towns even though Phoenix severed ties with the lobbying association. Phoenix City Council in November overwhelmingly voted to leave after interim Mayor Thelda Williams called the voluntary association “ineffective.” Losing its largest member, the now 90-member group includes the remaining Valley municipalities and those as far north as Page and as far south as Bisbee. “We have no plans to leave the League at this time,” said Rene Guillen, the town’s intergovernmental relations director. “The town benefits from membership in the league in a number of ways.” He added the town continually evaluates the value of its membership in the league, which a group of mayors formed in 1937 in the hope that by banding together, they could preserve local decision-making over local matters. Gilbert has been a dues-paying member of the league likely since then. The annual dues for fiscal year 2019 is $97,000, according to Guillen. In return for its taxpayer-funded dues, Gilbert receives the league’s help in understanding the impact of passed and proposed legislation and help in a coordinated strategy on issues, he said. “Professionally, we work with the league when it comes to compliance with state law

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Ryan Davies of Gilbert is partially blind, but his impairment isn't stopping him from training for this year's Boston Marathon in April. Nor has the tragic death of his 3-year-old son from a genetic disorder. The headband he holds honors that youngster. For a look at Davies, see page 17.

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on elections, finances, human resources, pension, public safety and other areas,” Guillen said, adding: “They help coordinate statewide conversations among cities to develop best practices and model ordinances. Legislatively, they provide added voices to Gilbert’s on issues impacting the town.” The League of Cities engages with 90 legislators, the governor and state agencies on a level that could not be accomplished with current town staffing, Guillen said. In just recent history, he added, the league’s collective lobbying efforts helped defeat legislation that would have prevented municipalities from collecting residential rental, construction sales and digital sales taxes. It also helped get legislation passed that reduced unfunded liabilities in public safety pensions and provided additional transportation dollars through the Highway User Revenue Fund. “Combined, that equates to millions of dollars in revenue preserved and protected for Gilbert resident,” he said. Additionally, Town Council and the mayor hold valuable positions in the group. Mayor Jenn Daniels is a member of its executive committee Vice Mayor Brigette Peterson belongs to its transportation, infrastructure and public works policy committee Councilman Scott Anderson is a member of its panel on neighborhoods, sustainability and quality of life Councilman Eddie Cook is on the budget, finance and economic development policy committee. “The deep involvement of our elected officials in the League helps make sure Gilbert’s interests are part of the discussion and impact the direction the League takes on a myriad of issues,” Guillen said. The league is not Gilbert’s only paid lobbying group. The town has a contract with Pivotal Policy Consulting for $36,000 for fiscal year 2019. Gilbert also is a dues-paying member of: the Maricopa Association of Governments, $47,295 Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, $100,117 and Arizona Municipal Power Users Association, $3,400. League Executive Director en Strobeck said that although there have been grumblings from a couple of the Phoenix City Council members, its withdrawal was a surprise.

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“It was unexpected because they have been an ongoing member since the founding of the League more than 80 years ago,” Strobeck said. “We’ve worked very closely with Phoenix’s intergovernmental staff and a lot of their officials. I would say it was unexpected.” Although Phoenix was the largest paying member at $145,300, the league has no intention of raising dues for other members to compensate for the loss. “We will, of course, miss their dues payment as part of the overall dues,” Strobeck said. “There will be no hikes as a result of their decision. We have reserves and we always try to come in under budget.” Strobeck said he was taken aback by Phoenix officials’ comments. “I read comments that we were ineffective and they were unhappy with our activities,” he said. “Rather, there are a number of bills that saved an enormous amount of taxpayer money for the city of Phoenix.” “All of that resulted in significant savings for the city,” Strobeck said. He added that the league solicited a great deal of input from Phoenix staff on what they wanted to see in bills at the Legislature. Strobeck said he is hopeful Phoenix officials will reconsider re-joining the league, but at this time officials there have given no indication of returning. Strobeck said the league will not make any changes in how it does its work with the largest member gone. An annual survey of members show they are satisfied with the league, according to Strobeck. “Over 90 percent say, yes, you are doing a great job and things are going well,’” he said. “For a majority of cities and towns, they are pleased with what we do.” He said most municipalities don’t have lobbyists but rather employ intergovernmental staffers who coordinate with the league. “The reason we have a league is so we can leverage our effectiveness by not having every city hire their own lobbyist,” Strobeck said. Asked if any other municipality ever withdrew from the league, Strobeck responded none in his 13-year tenure. “We are still the only organization that has the interest of city and town governments as our highest priority,” he said. “We work to protect the taxpayers and we will continue to do that.”

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He said he will continue to work with staff on the remaining issues and was optimistic they will reach a mutually beneficial compromise. Other proposed development fee changes include those for fire, police, traffic signals, parks and recreation, water, wastewater and general government. The fees apply to residential, office, commercial and industrial developments. While home builders could be asked to pay higher fees for fire and parks and recreation, decreases are proposed for police and general government fees. For example, the current fee for police per housing unit is $1,720, which is proposed to drop down to $435, according to the report. The police fee for non-residential developers, however, would see an increase. Councilman Victor Petersen asked staff how Gilbert’s fees compared with other Valley communities. “My biggest concern with this overall increase is that we are at the top of the market in terms of cost,” he said. elly Pfost, management and budget

director, said other municipalities also were updating their fees as well. She said staff can look at the fees of other communities before the proposed changes for a comparison. But, the comparison dollar to dollar is hard because the other cities are built out and have fewer infrastructure needs, she said. Daniels agreed. “Look at the lifecycle of the city and where we are,” Daniels said. “The numbers are high right now.” She added that the town needs to keep an eye on the cost of homes as development impact fees are passed onto homebuyers. Under Arizona law, cities can assess development fees to offset infrastructure costs, but the fees must be based on an infrastructure improvements plan and land use assumptions. The fee represents future development’s proportionate share of infrastructure costs. The fees may be used for infrastructure improvements and or debt service for growth-related infrastructure and can’t be used for operations, maintenance, replacement or correcting existing deficiencies.

Town staff prepared this detailed breakdown of the residential development fee increases it has asked Gilbert Town Council to adopt.

Table 1: Comparison of Current and Proposed SDFs Non-Utility

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Local group’s $18M offer to save Chinese center fails

the center after CJ Design Construction Gilbert-driven East Valley group’s Corp. filed a quit $18-million cash offer to buy and claim deed for save the Chinese Cultural Center in its share of the property to 668 Phoenix has been rejected. The 30-day time period for CEO David North on Dec. 4. “The property Tedesco of True North Cos. to respond to the overture passed without even an is not for sale as acknowledgement of the offer, the group’s it relates to this particular group,” leader said. “I don’t know what they are thinking,” said Jason Rose, said Felicia Vandermolen, a Gilbert business spokesman for (Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer) owner and chairwoman of the East Valley True North. Gilbert businessowner Felicia Rose said Cultural Awareness Coalition. “We’ll see if Vandermolen, who runs the Nitro Live there is a way to salvage any of the art there.” the group sent Icecreamery, led a group of people who Vandermolen said the group has emails to the CEO tried unsuccessfully to buy the Chinese Special to GSN) requested to tour the gated-off cultural of True North Cultural Center to prevent its conversion No one is sure what will happen to the pond at the Chinese Cultural Center. into a corporate headquarters. center with an engineer to see what pieces accusing him of misrepresenting can be moved. The center owner, 668 North LLC, a his company’s support for a local nonprofit this charity,” Rose said. “So, it goes without “There’s no need to comment further on it subsidiary of True North, purchased 95 autism group by casting doubt on True saying, this group cannot be taken seriously because of that and when a potential buyer percent of the landmark in June 2017 North’s announcement of a $70,000 and it’s not the kind of group we want to be actually accuses you of such things, they in business with in any event.” for $10.5 million with the intention of donation. disqualify themselves from consideration,” When asked if the group will be allowed he said. “They had to be rebuked by the autism removing the Chinese cultural elements and converting it into its headquarters and a group who pointed out how insidious such a to come onto the site and perhaps relocate He added settlements with parties to Do you suffer from? comment was and the owner of the property some of the cultural pieces, Rose again technology campus. Pain see CENTER page 6 The company Shoulder now owns 100 percent of had indeed contributed over $70,000 to responded, “The property is not for sale.” Knee Pain Neck Pain Elbow Pain Hip Pain Back Pain Wrist Pain Hand Pain "I can't believe how much different my hip feels! With one treatment I went from daily pain and I wasn't even Foot Pain able to ride my horse. Now, after treatment and rehab with Dr. Traum, I'm able to walk with no pain and I'm back on my horse enjoying the trails and desert sunsets. Thanks to 3D Integrated Medical I have my life back." Ankle Pain -Debbie S.

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lawsuits over the center have been resolved. Vandermolen, who has a family member with autism, said she sent a note to Tedesco after she called the nonprofit and could not get a confirmation that True North was a donor. She apologized to Tedesco after a member from the nonprofit group later confirmed the company’s support. “Technically if they don’t want to sell, we can’t do anything,” said ongfu Li, a member of the East Valley Group. “It’s their private property, they can do anything they want.” Li said if the two sides could meet, they can exchange ideas for a win-win situation. Li is principal with LJ Phoenician Holdings, which purchased the Arizona Butterfly House in September for $3.3 million in Fountain Hills. But given True North and its representatives have not responded to the group, Li said proponents of saving the cultural center will continue with boycotting the company and its subsidiaries. “We will continue to fight them on social media,” he said. The East Valley Cultural Awareness Coalition got involved after it was approached by people who have been trying to save the center. The Cultural Center, a 26-acre commercial condominium complex built in the 1990s,

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includes a medical building and town homes. What center supporters aimed to save were the handmade tiles on the commercial buildings’ rooftops and a prayer garden, crafted by Chinese artisans using skills that for the most part no longer exist. For more than two decades, the center with its imperial-style roof tiles, prayer garden and woodwork crafted by master Chinese artisans using materials in China stood as a representation of the country’s 5,000-year cultural history. She said the Valley has ties to China with five communities – Gilbert, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe and Phoenix building cultural, educational and business relationships with their sister cities over there. Representatives from the Chinese sister cities to the Valley were brought for visits to the Cultural Center, according to Vandermolen. She likened True North’s proposal to remove all the Chinese cultural and religious elements to knocking down The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Temple. The owner last year offered a number of solutions such as giving $100,000 toward relocating the Chinese Cultural Center elsewhere, but Rose said the proposals take two parties willing to engage in preservation and that nothing ever happened.

New state law reduces surprise in hospital billing practices BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

rizonans finally have some protection from “surprise’’ hospital bills. Last Tuesday, a new state law took effect that is designed to help people who think their hospital visit is covered but later find themselves facing a bill from some health care provider who says he or she doesn’t accept their insurance. The new law won’t erase the bill entirely. And some kinds of health care bills remain outside the scope of the statute. But Stephen Briggs, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Insurance, said if patients follow the process, they could end up sharply cutting their liability with no obligation to pay the balance. It used to be that a patient would simply ask his or her insurer which hospitals were considered “in-network’’ where their procedure would be covered. That pretty much guaranteed that the costs would be picked up, leaving the patient only the normal copay or deductible. Now, however, hospitals often contract

with outside doctors who are not their employees. That can lead to surprises. More to the point, it’s a bill the insurer won’t cover that could run into the tens of thousands of dollars. Under the new law, a patient can submit a request through the Department of Insurance for dispute resolution. While the state agency itself does not get involved in resolving who is correct, it can screen the complaint to determine if the invoice qualifies as a surprise out-of-network bill which can be disputed. If the invoice qualifies, the department will help set up an informal telephonic settlement conference involving the insurer, the medical provider and the patient. If the dispute is unresolved, it goes to arbitration. No matter what is decided there, the patient’s maximum liability is what he or she would have otherwise paid had the procedure been covered. That means simply any copay, deductible and any other cost-sharing requirements under the patient’s insurance policy. Hospitalizations from emergencies are exempt from the new law.

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Move afoot to spare all AZ seniors from property taxes BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

he way Lynne Weaver sees it, anyone who makes it to age 65 should not have to pay property taxes on their homes. Now she is working with Randy Pullen, the former chairman of the state Republican Party, to put that exemption into the Arizona Constitution. And it would not matter how wealthy the homeowners are and how much the property is worth. The initiative would expand on a program approved by voters in 2000 which freezes the valuation of the property of eligible seniors. That, in turn, should keep their taxes more or less even despite any increase in value – assuming the property tax rates set by cities, counties, school districts, community colleges and special districts does not vary. But eligibility for that is linked to income, a figure that for 2019 will be $37,008 for single homeowners and $46,260 for couples who own property jointly. Weaver said that involves a lot of paperwork. And a new application needs to be submitted every three years.

“We have too many people losing their home, unable to pay property taxes,’’ she said. “Why should just low-income people be able to stay in their home after they retire and they’re on a fixed income ’’ That, however, still leaves the question of why the simple fact of turning 65 should exempt a property owner, who may even have a very expensive home, from paying his or her share of the costs of running government. Weaver, who acknowledged she is older than 65, said financial well-being can be transitory. “ ou may be well-off today,’’ she said. “But you may be diagnosed for something tomorrow that’s going to take everything you’ve got to keep up with it. our life changes quickly.’’ But there’s something deeper to Weaver’s philosophy. “Just because you have money doesn’t mean the government has a right to it,’’ she said. This isn’t Weaver’s first attack on property taxes. She began her efforts a decade ago with what would have been Arizona’s version of California Proposition 13. That California

law rolled back property values and capped year-over-year increases. Four efforts to collect enough signatures to qualify a similar approach for the ballot in Arizona all fell short. Weaver now figures she’ll have better luck with this targeted plan, affecting only seniors, even though she needs to gather 356,467 valid signatures by July 2, 2020 to make the ballot that year. That means no tax break for those younger than 65. Still, she said, she hopes to get support not just from seniors but also “people that hope someday to be 65 and want to stay in the family home.’’ What is not obvious on its face, though, is that Weaver’s proposal, if approved, would mean higher taxes for everyone else. In essence, property taxes in Arizona are a zero-sum gain. Local governments figure out how much they need to raise. They then divide that into the assessed value of the affected area and come up with a tax rate. If there are fewer properties to be taxed, that means a lower overall assessed valuation. And that means the tax rate being imposed on all the properties that remain subject to the levy has to be higher to raise

the same amount of money. Weaver is unapologetic about that. “The people over 65, most are not working,’’ she said. “They can’t go back and get a second job or a better job,’’ Weaver said. “They have what they have.’’ She also said that there’s another reason to give seniors a break. “It’s the people under 65 that have children in school,’’ she said, even though property taxes also support other government functions. Anyway, she also pointed out that Arizona lawmakers have created special property tax breaks to lure businesses to the state. And there are various tax breaks that allow companies to give their buildings to a city – or even a university – making the property tax exempt. “We have that rampant now where the politicians excuse people of their choosing, companies of their choosing, from paying property taxes,’’ Weaver said. “So, if we can do that for cronies and corporations, we can certainly help out people over 65.’’ The proposal would not require that

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Mesquite High numbered among Math Day competitors BY KRISTINE CANNON GSN Staff Writer

eturning for its 23rd year is Scottsdale Community College’s Math Science Field Day, when 250 to 300 students from schools Valley-wide will participate in a variety of competitions for the opportunity to win scholarships and a host of other prizes. Seventeen schools will participate in this year’s Math Science Field Day on Friday Jan. 10, including Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Corona del Sol High School in Tempe and Mesquite High School in Gilbert. And 21 scholarships totaling over $2,600 will be awarded to competition winners throughout the nearly six-hour event. “We love how the Valley has embraced this event and the same schools come over and over and over every year,” said Patricia Dueck, professor of mathematics at SCC for over 18 years and organizer of Math Science Field Day for about 15 years. “The students seem to really enjoy it. One of my favorite things to put together every year.” SCC’s Math Science Field Day consists of a math and science carnival, a math exam, a project competition and more.

of $5,000 provided by SCC, but with increasing costs, most of the money is spent on food and supplies alone. But three years ago, SRP started donating to the event, giving the school an extra $2,500 with which to work. And this year, SCC has a new donor: the Scottsdale Charros. The Charros also donate $2,500 each year to the event. “We have been a supporter and advocate for SCC for decades,” (Scottsdale Community College/Special to GSN) said Scottsdale Charros Executive Saguaro High School students attended SCC’s Math Science Field Day event last year, and will attend this year, too. Director Dennis E. Robbins. Robbins said the Charros have been interested in STEM This year’s project competition is called “slow balloon rise,” and students must build programs for the last 10 years and are a weight that will allow a set of 12 balloons fully supportive of programs that further to rise as slowly as possible to a height of 17 educational opportunities in Scottsdale. “This program fit with our desire to feet. “We learned pretty quickly what the support SCC, increase awareness of STEM schools expect and how to deal with so programs and to promote additional educational opportunities at SCC,” Robbins many energetic teenagers,” Dueck said. SCC’s Math Science Field Day is a free said. “It seemed like a perfect fit for what we event, and in order to keep it free, Dueck has are promoting in Scottsdale.” Dueck said its these relationships, both found ways to increase the event budget. Dueck used to rely solely on a budget with the community and, more importantly,

with the teachers from attending schools, that has given the event lasting power. “What we do, what we have done is built some really good relationships with the teachers. The same teachers come every year,” Dueck said. “They’ve seen the event as something unique in all the variety of events that they have choices of going to.” The goal of SCC’s Math Science Field Day is twofold: to recruit students to attend the school and to show students, Valleywide, other people their age who are also interested in STEM. “Sometimes they think that they feel that are so few of them that they’re embarrassed to do it, especially women,” Dueck said. “I think it’s great that these schools are finally finding the time and money and effort to put into pulling the students into STEM because I’m telling you, there’s a lot of solid jobs that will last their lifetime in these fields because it’s just so important and necessary in the way our world is moving,” he added. For more information about SCC’s Math Science Field Day and or to make a taxdeductible donation to help support the annual event: showcase.scottsdalecc.edu msfd.

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veteran lawmaker says the time has finally come to tell Arizonans they can’t legally use cyanide as a cancer treatment. Sen. John avanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said it was a mistake for lawmakers in the 1970s to decide it’s O to sell laetrile in Arizona despite the fact that it is illegal under federal law. More to the point, avanagh said repeal would send a message that Arizona’s drug laws are based on science and not on politics. At issue in HB 2028 is laetrile, also known as amygdalin and vitamin B17. Arizona law makes it illegal to manufacture, sell or even give away a drug unless it has been approved by the federal government. In the 1970s, however, lawmakers approved an exception for laetrile, calling it a “nutritional supplement.’’ The argument at the time was the drug, processed from apricot pits, was an effective treatment for cancer, one the federal government refused to recognize. The American Cancer Society says it

contains a substance the body converts to cyanide and there have been reports of poisoning. But the state law permitting its manufacture and sale remains. And avanagh said it’s time to undo all that. “Laetrile was exempted during a time when it was thought about in some nonmedical circles to be a cancer cure, which was proven to be tragically false,’’ he said. avanagh cited actor Steve Mc ueen who, suffering from lung cancer, was undergoing laetrile and other treatments when he died in Mexico in 1980. “It was put on for non-medical purposes and consequently should be removed,’’ the lawmaker said of the statute. “The legality of drugs should be decided by science, not politics.’’ It was that philosophy that drew avanagh to the issue in the first place. The senator said he was totally unaware that laetrile was legal in Arizona until 2013 when he was pushing a measure to ask voters to repeal the 2010 ballot measure that legalized marijuana for medical use. His argument at the time was that Arizona should not be allowing its residents to use drugs that had not been approved by the

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Gilbert legislator vows to fight Ducey income tax plan BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

ov. Doug Ducey wants to boost the taxes paid by Arizonans by $180 million or more when they file their tax returns this spring. But he insists it’s not a tax hike – an assertion that Rep. J.D. Mesnard, whose district includes part of Gilbert, disputes. The governor plans to conform Arizona’s tax code to changes enacted in federal law. Those changes took effect last year and are reflected in the new federal income tax forms that people across the country will be filling out between now and April 15. Conforming to those changes – including what’s deductible – makes it easier for Arizonans to prepare their own taxes so they don’t have to make additional calculations. And that extra cash Ducey proposes to add it to the state’s “rainy day fund,’’ a special savings account for emergencies and for lawmakers to tap when there is a sudden unexpected drop in revenues. That account now stands at about $460 million, less than 5 percent of the state general fund budget. “It’s an elegant solution,’’ gubernatorial

press aide Patrick Ptak said of funneling the new tax revenues into the state’s bank account. Mesnard blasted the move, saying, It’s a tax increase and the largest one in modern history.’’ Mesnard pointed out that Ducey’s plan would increase the taxes Arizonans owe, as they no longer could take those tax deductions they have been using for years. And fewer deductions, quite simply, means a more expensive bottom line for many. That, said Mesnard, is an unfair “windfall’’ for the state at the expense of its residents. While Mesnard won’t be speaker this coming session, he will still have an important voice in whether the governor gets his way. He will be chairing the Senate Finance Committee, through which all tax bills are supposed to pass. What’s behind all this is that, under current Arizona law, taxpayers use the federal definition of “income’’ as the starting point for state tax forms. That’s the figure on line 37 of the federal Form 1040. In most cases, the deductions allowed under state law mirror those permitted under federal law. But the measure approved by Congress earlier this year allows fewer

deductions and subtractions. For example, the new federal law modifies mortgage interest and home equity deductions, a maneuver that, if Arizona follows suit, means $50 million more paid by state taxpayers. Congress did something that is not in Ducey’s plan: offset the reduced deductions. First, the federal law reduced tax rates overall. Second, it increased the standard deduction for individuals from $6,350 to $12,000, and double that for couples filing jointly. That makes the loss of federal deductions less painful as more taxpayers will find it unnecessary to itemize. But Ducey would leave Arizona income tax rates where they are now, ranging from 2.59 to 4.54 percent depending on income. And the governor has no plans to increase the state standard deduction for individuals, leaving it at about $5,200. So Arizona taxpayers end up with the worst of both worlds: Fewer deductions they can itemize and no chance to make up the difference with an increased state standard deduction. The bottom line is that Ducey’s conformity plan would cost taxpayers anywhere from $180 million to $200 million.

“The feds did not pass this as a windfall to state governments,’’ Mesnard said. “They passed this to be a windfall for taxpayers and we’re undermining that.’’ Mesnard said Arizona lawmakers should consider doing what the feds did to keep taxes from going up here, including decreasing tax rates, adjusting the tax brackets and increasing the state standard deduction. He also charged that Ducey purposely waited until the last minute – right before state tax forms are set to be printed and mailed out – to corral lawmakers into approving his plan. A Ducey spokesman said his boss is willing to consider eliminating the tax hike – eventually. But any change would affect only the 2019 income taxes due in early 2020. Mesnard said he’s not convinced that once the state starts taking more dollars from its residents that it will ever give them up. “If the end result of his administration is that everybody in Arizona is paying more in taxes than they were before he came in, I don’t want that to be my legacy,’’ he said of Ducey. “That’s why I’m going to fight against it.’’

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any homebound residents in Chandler, Gilbert and Queen Creek are starting this New Year on a brighter note after Intel employees, a Girl Scout troop, a motorcycling group and other volunteers delivered gifts to them. Intel’s employees provided more than 200 wrapped gifts to homebound neighbors last month for the Christmas season. Girl Scout Troop 1661, About Care Board of Directors members and About Care volunteers played the roles of elves and brought the gifts to the residents. A group from the Christian Motorcyclists Association also helped deliver presents. The Girl Scout troop provided more than 30 gifts to residents who are clients of About Care that live in Page Commons, a senior citizens housing facility

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t’s been tough lately for Ryan Davies, who buried his 3-year-old son Grayson last year. But dealing with life’s adversities is what the 44-year-old Gilbert man does best by throwing on a pair of running shoes. “Running is just like life,” said Davies, who was born with aniridia – an absence of the iris in both eyes that rendered him partially blind. “When you start running and like life you encounter some challenges that can wear you out, but you keep on focusing on the positives and goals and just keep running. In life, you keep moving forward even if things are tough.” On Jan. 20, Davies will be running the 2019 Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon. He’s doing the event’s half marathon race as a training run for the full 26.2-mile Boston Marathon in April. He qualified for the prestigious Boston race’s Visually Impaired Division by run-

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Ryan Davies stretches as he prepares to run, continuing his training for the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon in April. The Gilbert man, who is partially blind, also is running in the Jan. 20 Humana Rock ‘n; Roll Marathon on Jan. 20.

ning the Buckeye Marathon in 2017 with a time of 4:33:12. Visually impaired runners need a qualifying time of five hours or less on a certified marathon course for this division. A total 53 visually impaired runners have registered so far for the 2019 Boston Marathon and 55 are anticipated, according to Chris Lotsbom, spokesman for the Boston Athletic Association, which manages the event. “Runners with vision impairments will be provided an optional seeding accommodation among the waves of runners, but will not start early,” he said. Davies took up running as a youth in Blue Springs, Missouri, with the encouragement of an uncle. “There’s lot of up-and-down hills, lot of hilly country and basically running with him, if you can take those hills and hang with those hills, you could pretty much run anything,” said Davies, who’s run nearly 10 marathons and races of all distances.

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Gilbert charter schools celebrate student excellence

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merican Leadership Academy’s Gilbert charter schools recently celebrated their effort to incorporate excellence in all their activities for students. ALA spokeswoman Caitlin Bohrer said students “worked on being excellent listeners, line walkers and excellent learners, trying their best, working hard, staying on task, helping those around them.” “ALA teachers focus on how putting in the effort, staying on tasks and doing their best yields good results. Classrooms have also focused on how to prevent bullying and create a safe learning environment for all students,” Bohrer added. Noting the schools’ “A” rating from the state Department of Education, Bohrer said teachers incorporate into their classroom activities an initiative called RAISE, which represents the values of respect, accountability, integrity, service and excellence. “Each month focuses on a different value and December was all about excellence,” Bohrer said. “From weekly lessons where these values are taught to

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ers and staffers, who hand them a card acknowledging their behavior. At the end of each day at ALA Gilbert South Academy, the “Leaders of the Day” are announced on the intercom and the cards get placed on a board. Staff pulls one card from each grade level to have a special leadership lunch with administration once a month. “There is a contagious spirit to help one another, provide, service and be excellent students and citizens,” Bohrer said of the students. “You can see students cheering on one another during recess or PE, praising each other for achieving a goal or getting a good grade on an assignment, or even as simple as asking how they can help without being prompted.” Sheila Frame, ALA Gilbert South Elementary director recalled how three students asked their music teacher if they could be part of the stage crew at their winter concert. “They were amazing, putting in countless hours setting up/cleaning up, encouraging nervous performers, gathering students to go on stage, etc.,” Frame said. “It was a true example of leadership and excellence.”

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Running helps relieve stress and helped him cope with being bullied in high school and college, he said. “You’re running and looking at the beautiful environment and working off the negativity of bullying and the vision loss,” said Davies, whose 7-year-old daughter, Makenzie, also was born with the same vision loss. “I can see a bit, enough to walk around a room and do some things,” Davies said. “In a room I can see you, but I can’t tell who you are. I can’t drive, (but) could I drive in an emergency? I could, but I can’t read the signs of where to go.” His limited vision doesn’t prevent him from running five to six days a week on his own and without a guide in races. But he’s had to deal with some hurdles – such as running the wrong way in a 5K race because the course signs were too low to the ground. And, there’s been times, he’s tripped over the lip of a sidewalk or got his head scratched by low-hanging branches. “So, I’ve had my share of tripping,” said Davies, who’s learned to pick his feet up higher as he crosses a street and get back onto a sidewalk. Although his wife, Kayla, doesn’t run, she is a big supporter. The couple moved

(Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer) Ryan Davies’ headband commemorates his son, who died at age 3 last year from a rare genetic disorder.

to Arizona two years ago for Kayla’s job and to seek better care for their son. Grayson was born with a rare genetic disorder called myotubular myopathy, which affects the skeletal muscle tissue. For a while, doctors in Missouri didn’t know what was wrong with his child, Davies said. His son, who loved all things Mickey Mouse and superheroes, died on Jan. 24, 2018. This will be the second year for Davies

to run the Humana Rock ’n’ Roll’s half marathon. In 2018, he ran it in 2:07:44. This year’s race he is more motivated to run it for his son because he is not able to, Davies said. “He was so strong despite his condition and it being so uncomfortable for him at times. He showed absolute resilience, and I want to keep on running for him,” he said. “I want to look up at the heavens and know he is with me as I run.”

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A dozen rescued animals looking for homes in Gilbert

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ight rescued dogs and four saved cats – seven now living in a Gilbert shelter – are hoping they can soon begin the new year with local families. Jannelle Cosgriff of the Friends for Life shelter at 952 W. Meldoy Ave., Gilbert, said the animals she has would make fine additions to most Gilbert households. On the cat side, Tootie is an 18-monthold tabby “who had found herself at Friends for Life’s adoption center expecting kittens at any moment,” Cosgriff said. “She immediately went to a foster home to ensure she was in a safe place with focused care so she could have her kittens in a quiet environment. “Her four beautiful kittens are grown now and it is time for Tootie to find her forever home,” Cosgriff added, noting Tootie “is a very easygoing cat that loves her people. She loves to be picked up and cuddled.” Another cat, Sargento, “is a handsome boy having all the girls swooning over him. He is a very easy and adaptable kitty” with a “gorgeous coat” looking for “the good life” in a home where he can

be kept inside, Cosgriff said. Friends for Life also has been sheltering Tucker, a 4-month old “real cutie” who “offers lots of cuddles and laughs as he plays and acts silly along with his kitten siblings,” she said. Cosgriff also waxed TOOTIE enthusiastically about Duke, a 7-year-old male that became homeless after his owner died. “Duke is a bit timid at first but once he knows he is safe and loved, he starts to come out of his shell,” she said, adding the playful cat’s “ideal home would be one in which his new family has experience with shy cats and understands it takes some time before he gets comfortable. Also, a quiet home that has a regular routine should help him adjust to new surroundings.” There’s no shortage of dogs at Friends for Life that need permanent homes, Cosgriff said, like Juan Pablo, a chihuahua-dachshund sometimes called a “chiweenie” because of its genetic back-

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he Phoenix girl was in her early teens when her mother sold her to sex traffickers. Three or four years down the road, law enforcement agents busted a sextraffic ring and arrested the girl, who was charged alongside her perpetrators. “We were hired by the federal government to review her case and prepare for trial with her defense attorney,” recalled Justin entes, a Gilbert private investigator. “We spent a lot of time traveling around the country, talking to other people involved in this ring who were victimized and also accused of being co-conspirators. We were able to determine this individual that we were hired to defend had been victimized and forced into the ring.” entes is the newly married husband of Gilbert’s newest Town Council member, Aimee Rigler. His work as a PI has presented him with a wide variety of cases – including work on the defense team for the

notorious convicted killer Jodi Arias. In the case of the Phoenix woman who was charged with sex trafficking, entes presented his findings to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which dropped the charges. Today, a decade later, that case still resonates with the 39-year-old entes, who moved to Gilbert in 2002. “It was an innocent in my view, a child that was victimized by her own family and some very violent criminals,” entes said. “She wasn’t initially believed. She also was a victim, but she was believed to be a perpetrator and we were able to show she was a victim. She was able to start her life over.” entes hadn’t been a gumshoe for long when he took on that case. He founded Arizona Investigative Associates in 2007, leaving behind a desk job as an accountant routing out fraud for a private finance company. “Lots of investigative agencies seek out folks with a finance background because we tend to be pretty meticulous in our ability to pay attention to detail,” said entes, who noted his first business

partner was a former Phoenix police sergeant. “There’s a wide array of folks in the private investigative field.” For examples, he pointed to former Valley journalists Paul Rubin and Rich Robertson, both private investigators with R3 Investigations in Tempe, and a former store manager at Fashion Square Mall who is now a PI. “They come from all walks of life,” said entes. But they all tend to have similar traits that help them succeed as a PI. “ ou have to be creative and curious and you have to work tirelessly and be a good people-person,” entes said. “I’ve never worn a disguise, but we don’t go up and say, I’m a PI and want to know this.’” Gaining someone’s trust is immeasurable, especially when the investigator is representing a government agency, according to entes. “ ou’re going to show up at someone’s door to try to get information from them to help with your case,” he SEE

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he Gilbert Chamber Foundation’s 10th annual Adopt-A-Senior program this holiday season benefited low-income senior citizens, including those who are homebound seniors and disabled. Working in partnership with the Gilbert Senior Center, the foundation raised more than $3,000 at a celebration organized by Newman Realty. This year, the foundation adopted more than 105 homebound residents who participate in the Meals on Wheels delivery program as well as the seniors living at Page Commons, an affordable housing community managed by Mercy Housing. Enough funds were raised by Newman Realty to host two Christmas parties at Page Commons that included breakfast. Each resident received a goody bag, WalMart gift cards, and handmade Christmas cards created by second grade students

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said. “That trust has to come within the first five to 10 seconds of meeting someone at the front door.” At times, he’s even paid for information, including the time he bought a sub sandwich for a woman in order for her to reveal the location of a man he was looking for. “We’ve worked on some cases that are emotionally trying,” entes said. “We’ve done some missing person cases that turned up with the person being deceased and those are always traumatic. Cases where kids are put at risk, those are always hard.” Arizona Investigative Associates, currently with three investigators, handles all sorts of cases, including asset search, surveillance, finding missing people such as heirs and loved ones, organized criminal syndicates and criminal defense litigation support. But the office primarily focuses on deathpenalty cases. The firm is on contract with Maricopa County to support attorneys who defend people charged with a capital crime. entes also does work for Jennifer Willmott, attorney known for defending Arias, who was convicted in the brutal slaying of an ex-boyfriend in Mesa after a trial that was nationally televised. entes said he can’t comment on what work he did on the Arias case.

His office has a number of cases going at any given time and a majority of them are multi-year cases. “The cases we are handling right now have been in trial for several years,” he said. “Both of them range from three to six years.” He’s also worked on a triple-homicide case from 2002 that went on for close to five years. “We work our own analysis if there is sufficient evidence to find someone guilty of homicide for example,” he said. That analysis includes examining the crime scene, interviewing witnesses and hiring experts to review cell phone tower records, DNA evidence and ballistics, etc., according to entes. “After that, we look at the aggravating or mitigating factors such as poverty, child abuse, mental disorder – those items are brought up during the penalty phase of the trial where the jury can hear if someone is deserving of death,” he said. The goal of his investigation is to get the court to show leniency and reduce a death sentence to life behind bars instead. ”We’ve had several cases where the death penalty initially was sought and was not given at the end,” said entes, who would not disclose the cases. “They were all well-covered.” Like most PIs, entes has his share of harrowing stories.

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a year earlier. But employers have been unable to create jobs faster than there are people looking for them. And that, in turn, can have a ripple effect in wages: More people looking for work can mean employers don’t have to pay as much to attract talent. The average hourly wage in Arizona is currently $25.77 versus $27.28 for the rest of the country. And Arizona wages are up just 0.7 percent in the past year, versus a 3.1 percent boost nationally. There is no question but that Arizona’s population growth is being driven by people moving here versus natural growth, meaning births minus deaths. Almost 80 percent of the year-over-year increase is from migration, primarily from other states though with some international growth. More residents means more people looking for work. “If we are getting people willing to move into the area from outside that are willing to take a lower wage because of what they perceive to be advantages such as climate, that’s been a persistent issue here,’’ said Tom Rex, associate director at the Center for

Competitiveness and Prosperity Research at Arizona State University. But Rex said the questions of average pay and the statewide unemployment rate are more complex. And some of that, he said, relates to the difference between the major urban areas and the rest of the state. “The job availability really isn’t that good in many of the rural areas,’’ he said. That, said Rex, is complicated by the fact that the education level of many rural residents is less than the rest of the state. “A lot of the people that live up there are not very educated,’’ he said. “They’re really not qualified to fill a lot of the jobs.’’ Rex said to the extent that jobs are created, the residents there are “outcompeted’’ by people moving there from Phoenix, Tucson – or out of state – who are attracted by the rural lifestyle and willing to accept the wages offered. “So you do have a persistent employment problem in those parts,’’ he said. Thursday’s new state employment report does have some bright signs. The number of people working in the manufacture of computers and electronic parts is up 11.2 percent since the same time a year ago. Still, that’s only a tiny sector of the

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t has been many years since you’ve been back to El Moro Avenue in Mesa, the scene of this Valley’s most enduring and saddest mystery. Late on the afternoon of Jan. 2, 1999, precisely 20 years ago, someone snatched 11-year-old Mikelle Biggs off the quiet side street she called home. Mikelle’s little sister, Kimber, then 9, was separated from Mikelle for perhaps 90 seconds, according to police. That was just time enough for evil to transpire. Kimber walked down El Moro shouting for Mikelle, who had been riding her sister’s pink-and-white bicycle and awaiting the arrival of the ice cream man. Kimber found her bike lying in the middle of the road, one wheel still spin-

ning. Twenty years later, the case continues to spin in your mind and the minds of everyone who knew and loved Mikelle. “We don’t have answers,” Kimber Biggs, now 29, said last week. “We don’t know who took her for sure. We don’t know where her body is. We don’t know for sure that she is alive or if she’s passed. We have no answers and that’s almost the hardest part about it.” You return to the intersection of El Moro and Toltec Street 20 years to the day of the crime. The scene feels as inscrutable 20 years later as it did when Mikelle’s disappearance was fresh. The details return in a rush: Mikelle’s slender face and gap-toothed smile staring out from “missing” posters in car windows everywhere. The fragile dignity of her parents, Darien and Tracy, as they did countless interviews answering

the same questions countless times. You remember standing in Mikelle’s bedroom, reading her list of chores, seeing her beloved stuffed bear and the picture of Jesus on her bulletin board. Over the years, you have studied ageprogressed photos of Mikelle supplied by well-meaning investigators, meant to spur tips and leads. The pictures feel fictional, hollowed out, fake. You simply cannot get beyond the reality of Mikelle perpetually frozen at age 11, never there for another birthday, another Christmas, another school graduation. This thought steals your breath like a fist to the solar plexus, because – to be painfully honest – you have never stopped holding out some small shred of hope for this child and her family. Miracles do happen, after all. Cold cases get solved Abducted children find their way home thousands of days later.

Sometimes people question you about stories you wish you had covered. They seem to expect some grand event you never had the opportunity to witness up close – a presidential inauguration or a sit-down exclusive with a celebrity. Instead, you share a dream that seems increasingly unlikely with each passing year: That one day you might cover Mikelle Biggs returning home. The Biggs family is long gone from El Moro Avenue, but wouldn’t it be something to see this once young girl, now 31 years old, stride up the street she once called home and put a happy punctuation mark on one of the most tragic tales this Valley has ever witnessed? In the absence of definitive answers, this remote hope feels like the best you can and do pray standing on El Moro Avenue 20 years after the fact.

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Grown men will slug it out in the Cactus Football League, which begins play in February. Although this practice session is without pads, games are adult tackle football in full pads.

Dwight Gilabert (left) and Deyon Erves practice for the inaugural season of the Runnin’ Rebels in the new Cactus Football League, an amateur adult tackle-football league.

Cactus Football League hopes to boost adult tackle football in EV BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Sports Editor

ome guys just can’t give it up. Even into adulthood, when some are beyond college age, playing tackle football still gives them a thrill. That there are leagues for this is a wellkept secret, a function of many league owners being oblivious to the benefits of marketing. That there are enough people interested to warrant forming entire leagues, much less a team or two, is an equally well-kept secret. But there is demand, and the hundreds of men across the East Valley who are involved in adult amateur tackle football take it pretty seriously. With the recent cancellation of juniorcollege football programs across Arizona, the demand soon could grow still more. Matt Archer recognized a business opportunity when he saw one, and he strives for the new league that he has created to be an upgrade from others that essentially are adult Pop Warner football. The emphasis of his Cactus Football League is on player development and on creating rules that allow participants to

retain eligibility to play college football as a next step if given the chance. For others, who might be older and for whatever reason have no hope of playing at a higher level, it’s the place to go to continue to knock the crap out of the guy across the line. The idea came to Archer two years ago, shortly after he and the Arizona Spartans – an adult tackle-football program in the East Valley – lost in the semifinals of the Gridiron Football League. Archer had joined the ownership of the Spartans a month before the season. Short on offensive lineman, he played to help his team. He was 35 years old at the time. “I had tears in my eyes and I told the guys that I would fix everything that we didn’t have go well that season,” said Archer. It wasn’t his play that disappointed him. As Owner of M.A. Designs in the East Valley, Archer always emphasized marketing his business. He made that clear with the Spartans, especially for the few players who were looking to use the organization as a steppingstone to the next level. “I didn’t even get from the stadium to my house and I was already thinking of

MATT ARCHER ways to fix our team,” Archer said. “But everything we wanted to fix stopped at the league. From a business standpoint, it was tough to see.” The Gridiron Football League was among three amateur adult football leagues in Arizona at the time. First, there was the Arizona Football League, which began more than 20 years ago and still is in business.

The AZFL once was the most competitive in the state but the balance of power shifted to the GFL. Then, Archer’s vision, along with that of his business partner, Rafiel Ashante Lee, came to reality. “Myself and Raf started putting our heads together and we came to the conclusion that we had to run a league in order to get things fixed to make it better,” Archer said. “We initially wanted to run the operations side of the GFL, but that didn’t end up working.” So the Cactus Football League was born. Archer, Lee and the rest of the CFL front office announced their plans last May after the GFL season ended. During their announcement they emphasized player development for those hoping to move on to the next level. Before August, more than 10 teams had agreed to join the inaugural season that opens in February. Now, 16 teams are locked in. “The whole mission is to help the players,” Archer said. “A lot of players get missed because there aren’t resources within leagues to market them, with stats being huge. That’s what schools

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never was the type of player who was going to be recruited and further my football career after high school. I knew that at a young age. Instead, I would pursue a career in sports media, hoping to stay close not only to football but also other sports I’d grown up playing. A year after I graduated from Highland High, I still felt that itch. I had no desire to play at the collegiate level. I had already invested too much in my education. But after coming across a photo of an adult tackle-football league here in Arizona, I knew that was my chance to continue playing a sport I love at a recreational level. I joined the Arizona Football League, where I played for five seasons until this past year, when I made the jump to the new Cactus Football League. I quickly realized that it wasn’t just a group of “weekend warriors” as many of the men – and I mean grown men – often called themselves. Some were fresh out of college, looking for a place to gather more film before figuring out their next move. Others, surprisingly, were ex-professionals, looking to fulfill that itch at a less competitive level. Even though it was essentially adult Pop Warner football, it was extremely competitive.

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look for. I owed it to the players to fix everything they didn’t get before and try to give that the opportunity to get to the next level.” CFL teams are located across the Valley. The Spartans, Scottsdale Crusaders, East Valley Vipers and Ravens, Tempe Owls and Chandler Jaguars encompass the East Valley. Eight other teams are near central Phoenix and the West Valley, and two are in Tucson. The league is home to players who have landed there for various reasons, whether to keep playing a game they love or for those who are fresh out of high school or college and looking for a steppingstone to the next level. Seniors in high school who have finished their football seasons are allowed to play in the CFL. Because players are

Cactus Football League. When I lined up against someone for the first time who had played at an elite level, I admit I was intimidated, especially given that I had been out of the sport for more than a year. I had grown bigger, faster and stronger since high school, so I could hold my own as one of the youngest in the league. I was 19 in my first year, and some of these guys were in their 30s. The first time I was on the receiving end of a big hit, it was one that I felt the next day. (Arizona Spine and Joint) But one aspect of these Sports editor Zach Alvira underwent two surgeries and the insertion adult tackle-football of nine screws – one was removed during the second surgery – to leagues that differs from repair an injury suffered while playing in an adult recreational tacklefootball league. He recovered and came back for more. high school is that we are all in the same boat in one way or the other. Well, for the most part. When I first At the end of the day, we all have to go saw it, it was like “The Longest Yard.” back to work on Monday. So even after a It’s not strict. Some players don’t pracbig hit that would generate a loud crowd tice because of work schedules. Some and sideline reaction, everyone was just show up for the games. It’s not un- there to pick you up. common to see someone go for a smoke In five years in the A FL, I started before they play. And some arrived with in every game, on two teams. My first less than their game face on after a night team, which went 0-10 the year before on the town. I joined, reached the playoffs in four That’s the kind of stuff that owner Matt consecutive seasons. That includes two Archer is trying to clean up in his new straight state-championship appear-

not subsidized and must pay their own fees to the league and to the team they join, they maintain NCAA eligibility. In the future, Archer plans to regulate this even more but he said that coaches are aware that even giving a player a helmet can jeopardize his future eligibility. “Our focus is to at least give the kids an opportunity to play,” Archer said. “We are giving them the tools, whether it be Hudl for film and updated stats or just giving them a chance.” Archer plans to promote the league to high schools this spring and will even look into junior-college players whose careers may have hit a wall with the recent cancellation of all juco football programs in Arizona. Part of that promotion comes with a top-notch website, something into which the CFL has invested thousands of dollars. It gives each player his own page for statistics, to be updated weekly. Archer’s upgrades of amateur devel-

opmental football in Arizona do not stop there. Every Game of the Week will be live streamed on Facebook and other online platforms, providing an opportunity for family members in other parts of the country to tune in. “That was one of my big things, to give those family members the ability to watch these guys play,” Archer said. The league will play in high school stadiums during its inaugural season. Archer brainstormed building his own facility. After about a month, he received a phone call to meet with developers who potentially could bring his plan to light. “Come to find out it’s a $250 million project,” Archer said. “I was skeptical at first but it turns out another group is) already building it and they want people to jump in on the project. What we are working on now is to lease the three high school fields and to control

ances, though a broken leg held me out of the first. That was the only major injury I had ever suffered in football. I never had an injury worse than a broken finger. Here I was, 22, playing in a recreational league and I break my leg. Two surgeries, nine screws inserted (eight of them still there) and eight months of rehab later, I was ready for the next season. It still bothers me from time to time, especially when it gets cold. I have the plate and eight screws still attached to my fibula to blame. But I just couldn’t walk – or limp – away from the game. During my time in adult amateur tackle football, I have seen the landscape change, from the growth of new leagues to the demise of others. I’ve played with guys younger than me who went on to play at the collegiate level, and even some who have been signed to play professionally. Every league has attempted to transition from an amateur status to become a developmental league. Even for those like me who aren’t looking for anything more than a chance to put on the pads and hit a few people it’s a great outlet. There is one thing that I have enjoyed most about my time in amateur football: the camaraderie of playing with a bunch of guys who share my passion for the sport. For that reason, I will continue to play until my body tells me otherwise. Just like everyone else.

the recreational stuff that happens in the future.” Because negotiations are ongoing, Archer declined to comment on the location and name of the complex. But if all goes well, the CFL will have its own dedicated field in the Valley with marketing and a synthetic playing surface showcasing the league’s logo. Archer is hoping for all of these plans to become reality in 2020 for the CFL’s second season. The league has seen exceptional growth in its short life. With everything appearing to be falling into place, the CFL could attain Archer’s goal of improving the landscape of amateur adult developmental football across not only the state but perhaps even the nation. “Until I really use our platform to go somewhere that is when it will hit me” Archer said. “I’m excited. I’m ready to go.”

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li Goldwater remembers flying in a plane over the Grand Canyon with William F. Buckley, Jr. and her grandfather, Barry Goldwater, when she was about five years old. “We flew up there, and he would always have a camera,” she recalls. “He usually had a couple cameras with him, because he’d be shooting black and white and color. So at an early age, I remember just traveling around the state with him, and we usually flew in an airplane or a helicopter. I couldn’t vote, but I worked for him. I got to travel with him around the state when he gave speeches and whatnot.” Though he’s known internationally as the late five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona and Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 1964 election, Barry Goldwater was also an archivist of Arizona history. To a large extent, he is Arizona history. Little Barry Goldwater was the ring-bearer at the first wedding held after Arizona’s statehood in 1912 – an event he recounted in 1978 for the Arizona History Project: “I remember I was only about four years old, standing outside waiting for the telegraph boy to bring a message saying that President Taft had signed us into statehood. It was Joe Meltzer’s determination to be the first man married in the State of Arizona. Sure enough, I can still see that dust coming up old unpaved First Avenue with the messenger with the telegram.” In adulthood, Goldwater would have captured that dust being kicked up into the air on camera. Over the course of his life, he took more than 15,000 photographs, and the vast majority of them capture snapshots of a lost Arizona: vistas of untamed wilderness detailed close-ups of desert flora action shots of wild horses candid photos of Native American children. An extensive selection of Goldwater’s photographs will be on display in the exhibit Photographs by Barry Goldwater: The Arizona Highways Collection, opening on Jan. 6 at Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West SMoW .

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This photo, “Portrait of the Artist as a Married Man,” shows Barry Goldwater using a movie camera at Coal Mine Canyon around 1936.

The exhibition was done in coordination with presenting sponsor SRP and Arizona Highways magazine, which published a now sold-out December 2018 edition dedicated to Goldwater’s images.

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Goldwater titled this 1959 shot“Hopi Child.”

Ali Goldwater has been working for years to preserve and digitize her grandfather’s photos for the Barry Peggy Goldwater Foundation, which she founded in 2018. “This has been a dream of mine for many years,” says Goldwater, who gathered negatives and photos from fellow family members as well as institutions throughout the U.S. that housed part of her grandfather’s body of work. “Initially, a few years ago, I started visiting the directors of these institutions and talking to them about the collection and what I wanted to do, and they were all on board, but they also kind of looked at me and said, Wow, you’re really going to do that Because there’s 15,000 photos .’” Photographs by Barry Goldwater: The Arizona Highways Collection is the first all-photo solo exhibition at SMoW. “The community of Scottsdale couldn’t be prouder than to feature as its first oneperson photography show the work of a highly distinguished native Arizonan, Paradise Valley resident and a U.S. Sena-

tor of Arizona,” says Dr. Tricia Loscher, assistant museum director of collections, exhibitions and research at Western Spirit. “Barry Goldwater was a multi-faceted and complex person,” Loscher continues. “His abilities as a businessman were evident as head of a family-owned department store an avid outdoorsman, he was one of the first people known to shoot the rapids of the Colorado River a five-term U.S. Senator, his eminence as a political figure looms large as he helped lead the country to preserve and be caretakers of all the best in our nation’s history.” In addition to capturing lost eras in Arizona, Goldwater also had access to places in the state that most people couldn’t casually visit, including Native American reservations, where Goldwater was a frequent visitor and a friend. “I remember one time going up to the Navajo Nation and being in the auditorium,” Ali recalls. “And I was watching my grandfather there and him speaking, and he had a great turnout. It was just really interesting to see how receptive they were, and the reception that he got from the Navajo people.” “Not many people were able to capture the different tribes of Arizona like my grandfather,” she adds. “Because he did have their respect and he respected them tremendously. He spent a lot of time on the different reservations.” Goldwater’s photos from the reservations and other rural parts of the state capture the essence of the American West, which made them a perfect fit for SMoW, Loscher says, adding that working with Ali Goldwater has been “a rewarding experience for the staff at SMoW.” “Her insight into her grandfather and the Goldwaters – an early Arizona pioneer family – help keep alive our mission and our vision to boldly immerse our guests in the unique story of the Greater Western Region, illuminating the past to shape our future.” In addition to Goldwater’s photos, the exhibition will include some of his personal items, including one of his camera

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cases, which he wrote “Goldwater” on with a Sharpie. Also as part of the exhibition, which runs through June 23, the museum will host the event “Growing Up Goldwater” on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Ali Goldwater and several other members of the Goldwater family will be in attendance to share stories and celebrate the life and art of their famed patriarch. “For this special program, members of the Goldwater family will reminisce in a conversational style, sharing memorable photos that have never been seen before and revealing the stories that only they can tell,” Loscher says. Though digitizing all the images continues to be a work in progress for Ali she says they can digitize 10 to 20 images an hour , she thinks her grandfather would be delighted to see how modern technology is preserving a legacy – both his own, and his beloved home state’s. “I think my grandfather would be extremely proud of us doing this kind of technology. He was very, very techie,” she says. “He loved motorcycles, and he was just one of those guys that could do things and build things. At the end of his life, he was putting together model air-

planes, and, as you know, putting together a model airplane is difficult. He had all these itty bitty pieces that he would work with. He turned his dark room into a model airplane room.” Goldwater’s taken her grandfather’s photos on touring exhibitions over the past several months before landing at SMoW. She says things keep happening that she takes as signs that she’s doing exactly what her grandfather would want her to do. For example, while using a restroom recently at a truck stop in Odessa, Texas, she says she started chatting with another woman, who asked why she was on the road. When Ali explained she was exhibiting photos by her grandfather, Barry Goldwater, the woman excitedly recounted how close her family had been to the Goldwaters decades ago. Turns out, the two women’s grandfathers knew each other well. “I mean, what are the odds ” Goldwater asks. “Totally random. I was in a bathroom in Odessa, Texas, and I just happen to run into a woman whose family knew my grandfather.” Ali says she feels her grandfather’s hand in the preservation and exhibition of his photos. “I just know that he is right there every step of the way. And that’s a good feeling,” she says. “That’s

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(Photo courtesy the Barry & Peggy Goldwater Foundation) “Navajo Pony,” shot in 1938 by Goldwater, shows his keen sense of Arizona’s natural beauty.

what makes me go forward, because I know it’s important. It’s important to me, but I know how important it was to him and my grandmother as well. I know what he wanted, and I just really want to fulfill his and my grandmother’s dreams in bringing to life these amazing images that he spent so much time on and had so much passion for.” Photographs by Barry Goldwater: The

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Arizona Highways Collection runs Jan. 6 through June 23 at Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, 3830 N. Marshall Way in Scottsdale. Museum admission costs $15 per adult, $13 for seniors and military, $8 for students and children ages 6 to 17, and is free for children younger than 6. For more information, call 480-686-9539 or visit scottsdalemuseumwest.org.

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