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Cactus Yards makes Gilbert debut Saturday BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

fter millions of taxpayer dollars spent on repairs, a town-owned sports facility re-opens this weekend with a new name and a new operator. Gilbert Parks and Recreation is now managing the facility renamed Cactus Yards. The town in 2017 severed all ties with former operator Big League Dreams on the grounds it failed to maintain the park leading to more needed repairs. The two sides were still embroiled in a lawsuit. The town is preparing a big celebration next Saturday to mark the reopening of the venue. “We anticipate 3,000 to 5,000 people over the course of the opening-day ceremonies,” said Robert Carmona, Parks and Recreation director. The $40-million taxpayer-funded facility features scaled-down replicas of eight pro-baseball fields such as Fenway Park in Boston and ankee

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Gilbert is putting the finishing touches on Cactus Yards in anticipation of its grand opening at the end of the week.

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Gilbert begins tackling cyclist safety on its roads BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

SPORTS ........................... 31 Elite soccer now a woman's game too.

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avid Thomas is a serious roadie, pedaling 100 to 120 miles a week. His bike ride radius from Gilbert takes him to places like South Mountain in Phoenix, Mummy Mountain in Paradise Valley and Brenner Pass in Queen Creek. For the most part, the 41-year-old Gilbert resident rides in a group, and if he bikes alone, he sticks to the canals and neighborhood roads. “The primary reason is there are a lot of distracted drivers out there,” Thomas said. “The hands-free law here leaves a lot to be desired. You can have someone on the road having a

conference call. It’s pretty chaotic out there for sure. I like to ride in a group, you get a wider berth from cars. There’s safety in numbers.” Safety is paramount in the minds of Gilbert officials as they work on a plan for a more bike-friendly town. Council is expected to discuss the 2019 Bike Gilbert Plan at its meeting Thursday. The plan comes at a time when Gilbert still has the opportunity to incorporate new and innovative bike safety standards and roadway design elements as it reaches expected buildout in 2030. The bicycle-planning process kicked off in December 2017 with the goal of drafting a

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stakeholders via avenues that included an on-line survey and a workshop last year and used their input to draft the plan’s goals and priority action items. According to the survey, 61 percent of 747 respondents said bad driver behavior was a factor in how often they biked in Gilbert, while 49 percent cited unsafe intersections and 42 percent cited not enough bike lanes. verall, all but six of the 4 residents who answered the question relating to their perception of bike safety – and only 56 percent felt safe riding a bicycle in Gilbert. In ranking improvements that would encourage more bike riding, 80 percent of the respondents favored more separation from vehicle traffic, followed by 1 percent who would like to see more bike lanes and 54 percent who gave thumbs up for better intersections, according to the survey. Staff assembled a so-called tool-box to help guide the town’s decision-making as it moves forward with bike-safety improvements. For instance, putting buffered bike lanes, which are wider than conventional bike lanes, on streets with high-travel speeds and high-traffic volumes, and putting shared-use paths, an off-street, twoway path separated from vehicle traffic for bicyclists, pedestrians, wheelchair users and others to share. They would be placed in areas with heavy volume of pedestrians and bicyclists such as near designations and recreational areas like Gilbert Regional Park, according to the report. ther safety measures include the use of rectangular rapid-flash beacons to

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alert motorists to yield to bicycles entering a roadway and bike boxes, which is a dedicated space between the back of a crosswalk and a vehicle stop bar at an intersection with a traffic light. This would help prevent “right-hook” conflicts with turning vehicles at the start of a green-light transition and gives bicyclists more visibility. Some of the priority safety-action items staff listed as urgent and should begin immediately included: a bike-safety education campaign to reach all Gilbert road users; a study of all canal crossings to identify infrastructure deficiencies and rank necessary life-safety improvements; and small enhancements to the existing road network to improve cycling and driving behavior. High-priority items include implementing new strategies for police in the field to help educate drivers and bicyclists

and identify and prioritize completion of bike-network gaps, including the implementation of bike-safety corridors. Thomas said he liked the idea of separating bike lanes from vehicle traffic and educating the public on bike safety. But the biggest help for bicyclists, he said, would be to pass a hands-free law like they have in California, where he is from. Although a few Valley communities have recently passed bans against handheld devices while driving, Gilbert has no plans to follow suit.

ing enewal Grant Fund for things such as air conditioner replacements and mostly for roof repairs. The fund helps school districts cover the cost of renovations, repairs, upgrades and infrastructure. Awards included the following campuses since 2015: Chaparral, $2,524; Coronado, $298,310; Cortina, $28,232; Gateway Pointe, $1.5 million; Higley High, $1.4 million; Higley Traditional Academy, $40,000; Power Elementary, $7,977; San Tan Elementary, $391,181; and Williams Field High, 2.6 million. Most of the work on those campuses has already been completed, according to the district. Additionally, Coronado received $1.8

million for weatherization and San Tan received $2.2 million for weatherization from the Building Renewal Grant funds, according to Ben Bucholz, district maintenance director. He said the state board is running out of money, down to $1.5 million but that there were funds for the Coronado and San Tan projects beginning in July. “We got four more schools we are working on for the future,” he added. The two projects are currently in the design stage with the School Facilities Board and then will go out to bid and must be approved by the board for con-

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igley nified School District has received $6.7 million in state grants to date for renovations and upgrades at nine of its 15 campuses. The district board heard an update last week of the state School Facilities Board money. The board, comprised of nine members appointed by the governor, studies the capital needs of K-12 schools in Arizona and allocates money for districts to address existing deficiencies, and to provide funds for building rehab and new school construction. Higley received money from the Build-

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Stadium in New York, a 20,000-squarefoot indoor soccer pavilion and batting cages. Construction defects that have plagued the facility since its January 2008 opening including plywood outfield walls improperly installed and poor drainage – led the town to abruptly close the park in July 2017 for safety repairs. During the shut-down, crews repaired structural deficiencies in the grandstand and brought stairways and handrails up to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to Carmona. The town approved a $12.8-million budget for that work as well as a $2.5-million maintenance-and-repair budget to address deficiencies and meet the needs of the operating plan, Carmona said. Council in ctober approved spending 259,000 to buy and install artificial turf for the park’s soccer pavilion field and the six spin areas between the ballfields. ther items include repairs and maintenance to the two clubhouse restaurants, administration building, fieldhouse, batting cages, ballfields, grandstand graphics, common areas, dugout drainage and parking lot, Carmona said. “The actual expenses will come in about $500,000 under the budgeted amount,” Carmona said. The town is using a $13.5-million settlement from M. A. Mortenson Co., the facility’s builder, to help cover the costs. Repairs are not the only expense for

PARTY ON: What: Cactus Yards Opening Day Where: 4536 Elliot Road On the card: The free event includes live music, a movie on the ballfield, games, inflatables, skills challenges, cornhole and food options from Primetime Grill, a 75-foot barbeque trailer, and Sliders, the on-site restaurant run by Craft Culinary Concepts. Representatives from the Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Coyotes, Phoenix Rising, and Park University will also be on-site for the festivities. When: 4-8:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9. Opening ceremony is 6 p.m. on Cactus Yards’ D-backs Field where the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation will unveil the newly renovated scoreboard showing homage to the hometown team. A fireworks show is scheduled to follow.

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Gilbert when it comes to the park. nder the town’s business plan, it will cost Gilbert $2.3 million a year to operate the facility – 1.3 million for staffing and $950,000 for maintenance and programming. Cactus Yards is anticipated to generate $1.2 million in annual revenue – $769,000 from programs, $280,000 from tournament and field rental fees for the baseball softball fields, $65,000 from restaurant and concession contracts and $36,000 from the batting cages. That leaves an annual (Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer budget shortfall of $1.1 Crews also are sprucing up the main gateway to Cactus Yards in anticipation of its opening, nearly 18 months after the venue, then known million that the town as Big League Dreams, was closed because of town officials' concerns about safety hazards they said the former operator left unattended. will need to plug. Cactus Yards is part of the town’s roster of parks and as with ual usage without needing to reserve,” with the first season focused on activities, other municipalities public parks – is Carmona said. “The coin-operated batting including softball, baseball, soccer and considered to be generally subsidized by cages and playground also be available.” and kickball, Carmona said. taxpayers. “ ther activities will be planned as rganized practices or games will need The town has been trying to fill play to make reservations and pay the appro- trends emerge and community demand time at the sports facility. priate rental fees, Carmona said. Access changes,” he said. “The town will also Currently, about 90 percent of the avail- to the on-site restaurant, Sliders Sports look to rent the space out for other speable weekends at Cactus Yards in 2019 Grill, also will be available. cial events as interests arise.” are booked for tournaments, according to Carmona said the department will allso, during the week the town won’t be Carmona. charging a gate fee to enter the facility, he ways be looking for ways to optimize op“Registration for the various soccer, said. Previously, users 13 and older paid erations of the facility. softball, and kickball league play is on- a $5 gate fee. “The department will also always regoing and numbers are growing as the For private, promoter-operated tourna- view opportunities to increase revenue opening date nears,” he said. “There are ments on weekends, which may include and decrease operational costs through leagues and activities planned through- select Fridays or Mondays, a gate fee will efficiency and proper maintenance,” he out each day of the week.” said. be charged, according to Carmona. He added weekends will consist of eiCactus Yards will be used year-round ther private, promoter-operated tournaments or town-sponsored tournaments. Gilbert is heavily marketing the facility to potential users through means like social media Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Nextdoor, Carmona said. Gilbert also has had discussions with several nationwide tournament promoters to bring local, regional and national tournaments to Cactus Yards, he said. Promoters include SSS Baseball, SSS Softball Fastpitch, SSS Softball Slowpitch, S Softball, thletx Sports Group, Baseball Showcase, Triple Crown Sports, 3v3 Live Soccer and American Cornhole Association, he said. Access for residents – who are paying the facility’s bond debt and operation costs – will be based on availability. “During daytime weekday hours, resi(Town of Gilbert) dents will have access to the facility, The eight ballfields at Cactus Yard are replicas of some of the great Major League Baseball venues in the country. based on availability, for drop-in individ-

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Human connection a key to Gilbert’s future, mayor says BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

ilbert is among the top 10 communities in the country when it comes to safety, jobs and overall livability, but it can’t rest on its accolades, Mayor Jenn Daniels said in her annual state-of-the-town event last week. “Gilbert turns 100 years old next year,” she said, noting Gilbert’s centennial celebration events kick off in 2020. “ hundred years that we get to build upon for the future of Gilbert.” Speaking at the Harkins Theatres in San Tan Village, Daniels emphasized a point first raised by Town Manager Patrick Banger last fall. He had noted that all American cities go through a lifecycle of growth and eventual decline and for Gilbert to avoid that pitfall, it must address the issue now. Gilbert is still growing and is expected to reach build-out in 2030. “ s we approach our 100-year mark, it’s really important for us to reflect back on what got us here,” Daniels said. “ lso, it’s very important for us to think about how we can continue thriving as a community long into the future. The time to prepare for the future is not when it gets here. It’s now.” According to the Golden Circle concept, the continued success of companies – or, in this case, Gilbert – is not

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ow that they have said their goodbyes to their Gilbert colleague, the remaining four members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors have begun digging into the applications from 13 East Valley Republicans eager to finish the remaining two years of Denny Barney’s term. During his final official meeting as a supervisor, Barney thanked everyone from his staff to his family and friends who attended his final board meeting. “Life is about dreams and one of mine was to serve in elected office,” said Barney. “I arrived at Maricopa County thinking I knew how it should work. But I had a lot to learn, and I love being a part of a team working to improve people’s lives.” Barney stepped down last Friday to focus on his position as president C of the East Valley Partnership, a consortium of government, business and community leaders who advocate for economic development, education and other major issues in the region. Last Friday also was the last day for public comment on the 13 applicants – who include eight primary or general election candidates who lost their races last year. The four remaining supervisors and the Clerk of the Board will be voting on a replacement by mid-February. That replacement by law must be a Republican and registered voter in District 1, which includes Ahwatukee, Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler, Mesa, Gilbert, Sun Lakes and Queen Creek. Supervisors will review the applications and interview whom they want independent of each other, said county spokesman Fields Mosely. As for when the board might actually vote on Barney’s replacement, Mosely said, “All dates are determined by Chairman Bill Gates’ office. He wants to make sure his colleagues have a chance to speak with applicants.” f the 13 hopefuls to fill the slot, only four have never held elective office Angela Creedon, associate vice president of community relations for Arizona State niversity who held a similar position for

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PS prior to oining S President Michael Crow’s staff Gilbert construction office manager Rusdon Ray; Tempe commercial airlines pilot Frank Schmuck, who lost the Senate race in Legislative District 18; and Gilbert businessman Jimmy Lindblum, who lost in a three-way Republican primary for State House in Legislative District 12. Creedon – the only hopeful who picked up an endorsement, from Mesa Mayor John Giles – is also one of only two women who have applied for the vacancy. The other is Jill Norgaard of Ahwatukee, who lost her bid for a third term in the Legislative District 18 House seat last fall. The other candidates who have submitted applications are: orgaard’s running mate, Tempe lawyer Greg Patterson, who served two terms in the State House in the mid-1990s; Former state ep. arde ichols, owner of an Ahwatukee pool cleaning service; • Brandon Schmoll, a former member of the Tempe nion High School governing board who lost his bid for a second term as constable; • Chandler Councilman Mark Stewart, who won his first term in 2016 • Steven Yarbrough, who retired as State Senate President last year, ending a 16-year career in the State Legislature; • Jack Sellers, a two-term Chandler City Council member whom Gov. Doug

Ducey reappointed to a term on the State Transportation Board; • David Richins, a former Mesa City Council member and president C of nited Food Bank Mark Forese, who lost a three-way contest for a second term on the state Corporation Commission. During Barney’s final meeting, supervisors played a video tribute expressing their gratitutde for his six years of service. Whoever replaces Barney must run in 2020, when his second term would have expired. “He always answers questions directly and ust calls it like he sees it. That’s so refreshing in government,” said Gates. “The issues that come to the board are not the easy ones. The ones that come to us are challenging, and that’s where he always rises to the occasion. We are going to miss him.” Vice Chairman Clint Hickman called Barney “kind and inclusive" and said, “He really helped make this board click.” Supervisor Steve Chucri, of District 2, added, “He’s going to say what he believes from the heart, not for political showmanship or any other reason, but just for the very fact that he’s principled. “He is definitely going to be missed here at Maricopa County,” said Supervisor Steve Gallardo. “He was one guy you turned to when you had discussions on land issues or the budget. He was a hawk.”

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2 GPS high schools to discuss high-end academic program GSN NEWS STAFF

wo Gilbert Public Schools high schools are now among 1,800 worldwide to offer the AP Capstone Diploma program which district officials said allows students “to develop the skills that matter most for college success, such as research, collaboration and communication." While Highland High has offered the program since 2017, Campo Verde last fall began offering AP seminar, one of two parts of the program. The other is called AP research. Parents and students will have a chance to learn more at upcoming open houses. Highland will host a presentation on AP Capstone -9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, while Campo erde has one 6- :30 p.m. Feb. 12. Students who score a 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research and on four additional AP exams of their choosing earn special diplomas that signify outstanding academic achievement and attainment of college-level academic and research skills. Students who score a 3 or higher in both AP Seminar and AP Research but not on four additional P exams earn a certificate. “AP Capstone is a great opportunity for our schools to build on the AP classes already being offered. Through the addition of AP Seminar and AP Research, students gain the opportunity to further their critical thinking and writing skills, key skill development that will support our students to thrive in college,” said GPS Superintendent Shane McCord. Taking AP courses demonstrates to college admission officers that students have sought the most rigorous curriculum

available to them, and research indicates that students who score a 3 or higher on an AP exam typically experience greater academic success in college and are more likely to earn a college degree than non-AP students. In P Seminar, typically taken in 10th or 11th grade, students choose and evaluate complex topics through multiple lenses; identify credibility and bias in sources; and develop arguments in support of a recommendation. AP Seminar is a project-based learning course. fficial P Seminar assessments include research reports, written arguments and presentations completed during the academic year. In the subsequent P esearch course, students design, execute, present and defend a yearlong research-based investigation on a topic of individual interest. They build on skills developed in AP Seminar by learning how to understand research methodology; employ ethical research practices; and collect, analyze and synthesize information to contribute to academic research. Like AP Seminar, AP Research is a pro ect-based course. ach student’s official P esearch score is based on their academic paper, presentation and oral defense. Trevor Packer, senior vice president for AP and instruction at the College Board, said, “This provides terrific opportunities for students to develop the ability to write and present their work effectively, individually and in groups – the very skills college professors want their students to possess.”

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The Gilbert ducation Foundation is helping Mesquite High School increase its effort to reduce student stress. Mesquite, which has the first mindfulness center in an Arizona high school, received a 5,000 Campus Innovation Grant to train additional teachers and staff members in mindfulness education. Prevention coach and social worker nna Luna applied for the G F grant so that additional staff members can be trained through Mindful Schools, a nonprofit that has trained over 25,000 educators, parents and mental health professionals who have reached over 2 million children in more than 100 countries worldwide. Teachers will then be able to utilize mindfulness with the students they work with. Assistant principals, science, math, sport’s medicine and nglish teachers as well as special education and campus pre-K program teachers have elected to take the training so that kids as young as 3 can be helped, according to Amy Leiferman, a social worker intern from rizona State niversity doing her field work at the high school. “The benefits of mindfulness training include a reduction in stress and anxiety,

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Pre- and post-data collected at Mesquite High School and other programs across the country are showing an increased need for such programs in schools as teen drug use, suicide and toxic stress are at an all-time high, she added. Since its opening in ctober 201 ,

thousands of students have received mindfulness lessons in Mesquite High School’s dedicated mindfulness education and practice center. Dozens of administrators and staff from other local schools and districts have visited the center as well, in hopes of adopting similar programs in their own schools. Mindfulness education is also available to anyone in the community on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at Mesquite High through May 2019. “Studies show a correlation between stress and addiction,” said Anna Luna, Mesquite prevention coach. “We teach students better concentration and focus (and) develop strong coping mechanisms. When they are stronger, they are less likely to engage in alcohol and drugs.” Luna said 80 percent of people who engage in substance abuse for the first time do so because of emotional reasons. “ ur hope with this program is that they will take the skills they learn from us and bring them home to their families,” Luna said. “Parent Mindfulness will be available to any adult in the county to receive mindfulness training.”

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Junior Sofia ernik, 16, said the program helped her last school year by teaching her to think about her actions, take deep breaths and calm down. She takes honor classes and participates in competitive dancing, which makes for an abundance of stress. “I used to be angry and take it out on people,” she said. “ ow I am calm and look for other outlets.” She said she likely will be coming to the Mindfulness Room as the school year progresses to “detoxify my stress.” The school’s mental health and well-being program was made possible by a $100,000 a year, three-year competitive grant awarded by the Governor’s ffice of outh, Faith and Family. Gilbert High School also received a grant. Luna said the high school sought the grant based on 2016 Arizona Youth Survey results, which showed there was a higher level of prescription drug use among 10thand 12th-graders. A total of 31 high schools across six counties received the funding through the High School Health and Wellness Program, which enables schools to engage in proactive measures to combat drug and alcohol abuse

and increase student well-being. Mesquite used its money to hire Luna and buy materials for the program. The school converted a second-floor computer room into a Mindfulness Room, painted in a calming, teal color and outfitted with comfy chairs that were either donated or commandeered from the teachers’ lounge. A 20-minute program is offered several times daily and includes a five-minute educational video, curriculum work and 10 minutes of guided mediation, where students focus on their breathing and become in tune with their bodies and their surroundings. Each day features a new lesson for a total of 20 lessons. By learning how to relax the next time students encounter a stressful situation at school or home, they are better able to deal with it, according to school psychologist Frances Cruz. “Many of the students experience a change in one session,” she said. “But they need to keep going for practice.” Life-skills training includes teaching students how to improve family communication, develop healthy relationships, take healthy risks and understand media influences.

Social media plays a big role in teen suicide, according to Leiferman. “This area has higher suicides than Phoenix,” she said. “It’s more affluent here and people try to compete with each other. Even parents try to outdo each other, and everything is documented on social media.” The sociocultural pressure of academic achievement to material possession posted for all to see make students feel worse about themselves, Leiferman said. Students can participate in the program during their lunch hour or after school, and ninth-graders are required to take it as part of their physical education class. The room is filled to capacity for each session, Leiferman said. More boys than girls are participating in the program, she said. The program also is helping students with their studies and their relationships, she added. Cruz said mindfulness meditation is used by the military and first-responders to combat stress, and now it is in the schools. She added that 25 school districts have come to the campus to view the program with the intention of replicating it.

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rizona motorists who purchase just the bare minimum liability insurance could be forced to spend more despite the objections of a Gilbert legislator. A measure approved last week by the Senate Committee on Transportation and Public Safety would mandate that vehicle owners purchase policies which provide for at least $25,000 worth of coverage for injuries caused Eddie Farnsworth to any one person. The current minimum is ust 15,000, a figure that was put in place in 1972. SB 1087 boosts total coverage for all injuries in any one mishap from $30,000 to $50,000. And the property coverage – essentially damage to someone else’s vehicle – would go from $10,000 to $15,000. How much more that would cost, however, remains a bit unclear. Lobbyist Rob Dalager, who represents groups backing the higher limits, told lawmakers he has heard figures of anywhere from $3 to $8 a month. He said the only people affected are those who buy the bare minimum. The bills for those who already purchase more extensive coverage would remain unchanged. Similar bills have failed in the past amid complaints from insurance industry lobbyists that the higher bills would result in some motorists choosing to ignore the law and purchase no coverage at all. Sen. Kate Brophy McGee, R-Phoenix, scaled back this year’s version with slightly lower minimums in hopes of blunting opposition. That apparently helped, with only Sen. ddie Farnsworth, -Gilbert, voting against the measure. He told Capitol Media Services after the hearing that his objections are philosophical. “I’m not a big fan of mandatory insurance,’’ he said. “Nobody mandates you have insurance in business,’’ Farnsworth said. “ nd you can do a lot of damage that way.’’ The bill now goes to the full Senate. But securing legislative approval may be the

smallest part of the problem. Brophy McGee managed to get approval for her plan last year, only to have it quashed by the governor. “I am open to the idea of revising our minimum liability limits,’’ Ducey said in his veto message. But he also expressed concern that increasing those limits beyond what they were when he was 8 years old he’s 54 now – would make insurance less affordable for those at the bottom of the income scale. And that, he said, could result in some motorists choosing to drop coverage altogether, even though it’s required under state law and even though a first-time violation results in a $500 minimum penalty. Gubernatorial press aide Patrick Ptak declined to comment Wednesday about whether his boss would be willing to sign this year’s version. Attorney Geoff Trachtenberg, who for years lobbied for even higher liability limits, said Wednesday he can live with the compromise. He said it reflects the average of what’s required elsewhere. “ e’re catching up to the national average,’’ Trachtenberg said. “So it will be ust as safe to drive here as it is in any other state.’’ Sen. Lupe Contreras, D-Avondale, acknowledged the increased financial burden on some of his constituents. But he said he sees this as providing protection for those who get into accidents. Contreras said that many of the vehicles on the road cannot be replaced for the 10,000 maximum that an errant motorist’s insurance company would have to pay out. Any additional costs would be borne by the at-fault driver, assuming that person actually has the finances to make up the difference. “I would want to protect them in a sense of them paying $3 to $8 more a month to make sure that they’re getting what they need out of their vehicles,’’ he said. But Contreras said he is under no illusion that higher coverage for personal injury is going to make a significant dent in the kind of medical costs after a major accident. And that, he said, comes from personal experience. “The limits were nothing close to my million-dollar bills from the hospital from being revived twice,’’ he said. That same 1990 accident also claimed the life of his 18-yearold sister. “These liability limits, it doesn’t bring a person back, doesn’t do anything,’’ Contreras said

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Mesa Historical Museum returns to roots BY GARY NELSON GSN Contributor

long, strange trip for the Mesa Historical Museum is ending right where it began: at home. Home for the museum is a 1913 schoolhouse that a few years ago was forsaken as too decrepit, too out-of-the-way and too stodgy for the sort of future that its leaders envisioned. But that future never came to pass. The city balked at the proposed multimilliondollar price tag for a new museum in the historic downtown Federal Building, and in the meantime a small downtown storefront was the museum’s only public face. Enter Leon Natker, a former opera singer who became the historical museum’s executive director this past fall. The downtown storefront is now closed, and the museum is gearing up for the grand reopening of its original campus at 2345 N. Horne St. The first exhibit under atker’s auspices will be a look at the human ingenuity that propelled Mesa from the frontier to the space age. It’s called “Gizmos, Gadgets and Greatness – Technologies that Built Mesa 1877-1957.” That’s ust the kind of thing you’d expect from a historical museum, and, in a way, it speaks to the roots of the museum – which was born in the 1980s out of a desire by

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The reopened Mesa Historical Museum includes a number of artifacts from the city's storied past, including this movie projector.

the descendants of Mormon pioneers to preserve their families’ legacies. Natker sees the museum – and Mesa – in much broader terms. And his ambitions for the museum’s physical presence are not confined to Lehi. “The history here is really, really complex,” Natker said. “All the way from the Hohokam to the modern day. So, you have a really

complex history, you’ve got a very complex set of artifacts and many, many stories from a very diverse community.” ver time, he said, the museum will roll out exhibits documenting the numerous ethnic groups that formed the fabric of Mesa, including Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps during orld ar II.

That diverted him into the field of museums and historic preservation. With fresh degrees in archaeology from Eastern ew Mexico niversity and in museum studies from the niversity of ew Mexico, he has participated in archaeological digs around the world. Natker also has aided historic preservation efforts at ancient sites in the merican Southwest, including rizona’s Montezuma Castle. After joining the Mesa Historical Museum in September, Natker took steps to ensure the museum staff have similar professional credentials. He told the City Council in November that his three full-time and one part-time employees all have graduate degrees in either museum studies or museum administration.

Former opera singer Leon Natker is now the executive director of the Mesa Historical Museum, which will reopen this week. He's been an actor, singer, archeologist and now is relishing his role as the curator of the city's past.

Historical Museum chief is a man of all seasons BY GARY NELSON GSN Contributor

hey coined the term Renaissance Man to describe people like Leon Natker. It conveys the idea of someone whose talents – like those of, say, a Leonardo da Vinci – bridge the gaps between widely disparate fields of human endeavor. In the case of atker, the new director of the Mesa Historical Museum, those talents range from opera to science to history to hands-on business administration. His work as a singer and actor, beginning at age 12, led him to the famed Juilliard Academy in New York and then to an opera career in the nited States and urope. s executive director of Lyric pera San Diego, he led an $8 million capital campaign to restore a 1928 theater as the opera company’s new home.

atker said he’s amazed by the artifacts accumulated by the museum over the years. “We have two antique surreys. We have a stagecoach. We have two trucks from 1911 that are operable. They work, but we don’t have a space where we can exhibit them. We have tons of stuff. We need more space,” he said. Additional space, wherever it can be found, would supplement, but not replace, the Lehi campus. Natker values the present site not only because of the old school that serves as museum headquarters, but because its history stretches to the early pioneer era. “This was the site of Fort tah,” he said, referring to an 1877 adobe fortress built by LDS settlers. “This little piece of property was where it all began.” The school building is essentially sound, atker said, even after a 2006 flood that soaked many of the artifacts in the basement. The next-door auditorium needs a lot of work, and Natker plans a capital drive to raise the $3 million to $5 million he thinks is required to restore it. atker believes the museum’s previous administration made a huge mistake by shutting the Lehi campus. That action came amid assurances that the city-owned downtown federal building

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New concept for moms thrives in Gilbert BY KRISTINE CANNON GSN Staff Writer

his year’s aste Management Phoenix pen attendees have been spotting a pop-up lounge unlike anything they’ve ever seen before inside the xpo Tent – the Happy Mom Lounge for moms and their babies. The Happy Mom Lounge is the brainchild of Stephanie Nguyen, a registered nurse, women’s health nurse practitioner, international board-certified lactation consultant and owner of Modern Milk, a community wellness center dedicated to educating and empowering today’s moms. Modern Milk’s flagship store opened in Scottsdale four years ago, and Nguyen last year opened a second in Gilbert. Also conceived a year ago was the idea for the Happy Mom Lounge at the Phoenix pen, named after Modern Milk’s Happy Mom School – an eight-week course where moms learn from expert speakers and bond with other mothers. “I got a lot of feedback from moms attending Happy Mom School who said,

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ou guys should be out at the pen. There’s nowhere to go if you have a baby or to nurse or anything,’” guyen said. Reactions to the lounge have been overwhelmingly positive, so far, on Modern Milk’s Facebook page, which has over 5,000 followers. Happy Mom School is one of Modern

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Milk’s most popular classes. “ ver those eight weeks, moms become so close and they have a support system,” Nguyen said. “So not only are they having a place to go every week, which, when you have a newborn, you’re kind of stuck at home, but they also have something to do.” At Modern Milk, Nguyen and the

staff foster a community of unity via its “namomste” movement. “In our mind, it represents a connection between moms. e’re all different moms, but we all are going through the same struggles and the same thing,” Nguyen said. ffered at the Gilbert locations are a variety of fitness classes, including yoga classes, to help women stay in shape both before and after the baby comes. But at the core of Modern Milk is undoubtedly education. The various courses offered at both locations educate mothers on everything from pregnancy and birth to pumping and breastfeeding. Classes change frequently and new ones are added based on feedback from moms who frequent Modern Milk. Nguyen recently added a class called “Pumping and Storage,” where moms will learn everything they need to know about pumping, returning to work, storing breast milk and more. This is a class Nguyen said moms should attend after Modern Milk’s Breastfeeding 101 course.

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“I like that class because it’s really an open forum,” guyen said. “It’s very casual and moms usually come with a list of questions, so we go around and answer everybody’s questions.” To celebrate Modern Milk’s one-year anniversary in Gilbert, Nguyen has events lined up for February. In addition to an anniversary party, Modern Milk will offer Prenatal Yoga: alentine’s Partner Class on Feb. 11. The 75-minute prenatal yoga class is for moms and dads to-be and costs $20 per couple. Sometime in February, guyen also plans to sell a lactation cookie at the Gilbert store. Nguyen partnered with Megan McNamee of Feeding Littles to create this cookie, which helps boost milk supply. Though the Gilbert store opened just one year ago, Nguyen is already making plans to expand Modern Milk out of state. “ e definitely have a few conversations in the works with different people, just trying to find the right fit and scoping some stuff out at the moment,” Nguyen said. “But we definitely would love to bring Modern Milk to other locations.” Information: modernmilk.com

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at 26 N. Macdonald would become the museum’s new home. But after spending more than $630,000 on design and demolition, Mesa aborted the process about two years ago. The former post office, built in 1937, remains empty. City officials were worried that the museum might not be able to cover expenses in the new facility, shifting the burden to taxpayers. That, essentially, left the museum with no public space other than a storefront at 51 E. Main St., which Natker said never was adequate and never generated much foot traffic. That building, sandwiched between the Mesa Arts Center and Benedictine niversity, has been targeted by Mesa for years as a potential redevelopment site. The problem, Natker said, never was with the Lehi facility itself. It was marketing or the lack thereof. “If you don’t tell people you’re there, how are they going to know ” he said. “It’s Business 101.” The Lehi campus did, in fact, draw people to successful exhibits before it was abandoned, atker said. ne featured the iconic allace and Ladmo TV show that aired in the Valley

for decades. Another explored the roots of Cactus League baseball. The baseball exhibit, called “Play Ball,” was such a hit that Mesa at one point actually considered asking voters for bond money to build a stand-alone baseball museum. But that idea never made it to the ballot because the City Council didn’t think the numbers penciled out for the taxpayers. Natker thinks that was a good call. Apart from the cost of a baseball museum, atker said the Play Ball collection isn’t extensive enough to warrant a stand-alone facility. “ e’ve got some really great stuff, but it’s not on the Cooperstown level,” he said. “I see it as a piece of the museum. It’s not a museum unto itself.” For now, pieces of the Play Ball exhibits will appear during spring training at Sloan Park and Hohokam Stadium, where the Chicago Cubs and akland thletics play in March. That still leaves the question of where, besides the Lehi campus, the historical museum could display its stuff. “To exhibit this collection the way it should be, yes, we must have another building,” Natker said. “Maybe it is the federal building, who knows? They still haven’t done anything with it.”

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Gilbert church’s recovery program marks 12 years BY CECILLA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

li Goldstein wasn’t old enough to shave when he began smoking cigarettes – leading to a lifetime of addiction to substances, including marijuana, cocaine and alcohol. “I ended up drinking every day from the time I woke up to the time I went to sleep,” the 42-year-old Mesa resident said. “I drank so much you could smell it come out of pores when I sweat. I was saturated in alcohol.” Goldstein had tried Alcoholics Anonymous and an addictions counselor without success. On March 9, 2017, he took his last drink, thanks to Celebrate Recovery, a 12-step program at Sun Valley Church in Gilbert. The church on Thursday, Feb. 7, is celebrating the 12th anniversary of the program’s launch at its Gilbert campus. Celebrate Recovery was founded in 1991 by John Baker, who was not only

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Though still recovering, some members of Celebrate Recovery at Sun Valley Church in Gilbert have leadership roles. Standing with staffer Cheri Teeter (second from left) are, from left, Kat Gills, Amelia Wellman, Mary Fox and Eli Goldstein.

the pastor of ministry for Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, but a self-described functional alcoholic. The first meeting for Baker’s program

was attended by 43 people. Today, Celebrate Recovery is found in 35,000 churches worldwide with over 5 million people completing the program,

according to the nonprofit’s website. The program is not just growing in churches, but in recovery houses, rescue missions, universities and prisons around the world. Its main difference from AA and other 12-step programs is a biblical-ministry program centered on Jesus Christ as the true higher power. Also, Celebrate Recovery is for anyone struggling with hurt, pain or addiction of any kind such as co-dependence, food, sexual and relationship. Only one in three people who participate in the church’s Celebrate Recovery program are there for addiction, according to Cheri Teeter, the program care/recovery director. The other participants include those who attend for codependency, anger and bitterness issues, she said. “This is not just for the addict,” she said.

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Gilbert Sweets Fest promises sugary delights BY SRIANTHI PERERA GSN Contributor

t may come two days after Valentine’s Day, but a sugar festival in Gilbert may just steal your heart. That’s when Levitate Agency presents the Sweets Festival 2019 from 1-6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, at Civic Center Park near the municipal buildings in Gilbert. To please the eye and titillate the taste buds, festival founder and Gilbert resident Tiffany Shultz promises “to bring Candyland to life.” “We produce several festivals across the Valley, and we thought it will be nice to showcase a sweets event and Gilbert seemed like the perfect location for all things sweets,” she said. The “Candyland” will feature a variety of chocolates, donuts, cupcakes, fruit shakes, smores and cotton candy. Sugarfree treats are not on the cards, so stay away if you’re terribly health-conscious, but gluten-free items will be available.

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Funnelcakes and berries, above, are just one item on the menu at the Sweets Festival 2019 at Civic Center Park in Gilbert on Feb. 16.

Plus, there will be a donuts and drafts (beer and donuts) area and a candy bar, a spot serving sweet alcoholic concoctions for those over 21. A few food trucks selling savory fare will also be parked in

the premises. The School of Rock in Gilbert will present “Family Rocks Entertainment” on the main stage, and there’ll be rides and games for children, such as

bounce houses and sugardecorating classes. “Anything you can imagine, as far as sweets go, we’ll have it,” said Shultz, who graduated from Mesa High School and Arizona State University. Vendors, numbering around 25, include Nothing Bundt Cakes, Papa’s Peanut Brittle and Famous Fudge, Churro GoNUTZ, Sweeteez, The Ultimate Caramel Shoppe, I Scream Sandwich Co., Mobile Sugar Shack and San Francisco Chocolate Factory. Brandi Airey, who, along with Angi Cicillini, runs Dough Licious Desserts, participated in the first Sweets Festival held in Queen Creek last year. “It was very, very busy, probably one of

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“We all struggle with life, whether it’s teenagers, marriage, family, childhood issues. Those things build up and add up and we may respond in a way we normally don’t want to and it’s nice to know you can go to a place where genuine people can help you navigate and overcome those hurts.” A typical Thursday night meeting includes a large-group meeting, an openshare small group and a Newcomers 101 for first-time attendees. After attending Celebrate Recovery for a while, participants join a small group for the 12-step study, which delves deeper into their past and the choices they have made. “Our 12-step is more geared toward the root of the hurt, rather than the destructive behavior,” said Goldstein, an assimilation coach for the church’s Celebrate Recovery program. “We all grow up with some kind of dysfunction and some kind of hurt that carries over to adulthood. We revisit the hurt and bring it to the surface and let go of them so we can lead healthy lives and not have it become a generational problem.” For Goldstein, the hurt took root early in his childhood in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, a borough of New York City. He was 3 when his dad moved out, leaving behind Goldstein and his 3-month-old brother.

Not only was his mother hard on him, but kids in the neighborhood and his peers at school bullied him relentlessly. He grew up Jewish in a kosher household, living in a predominantly Italian neighborhood. Later, his mother’s much-older boyfriend moved in. “He had a very bad temper and used to taunt me,” Goldstein said. “He would flex his muscles and say, ‘you don’t want a piece of this.’ “He used to beat me with a closed fist and weapons, his weapon of choice was a racquetball paddle. If I looked at him the wrong way, he would go to the closet, get the paddle, sit on my back and strike me unmercifully.” His mother would tell her boyfriend to stop but did nothing to intervene. “At this point I was being beaten up daily at school and at home,” Goldstein said. “I just wanted to die.” His mother began taking him to see a therapist to see what was wrong with him, but she never disclosed the regular beatings. At 13, he went through his bar mitzvah and was done with Hebrew school and done with God, who he felt turned his back on him. Goldstein fell in with an older crowd that introduced him to marijuana. He began drinking when he was 20 after dating an older woman who could

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drink him under the table and from 21 to 25, he abused cocaine, he said. At 25, he met Susan and the two married June 28, 2005 and two months later, she suffered a stroke that left her permanently in a wheelchair. “She can’t walk, shower or dress herself,” he said. The couple had a variety of caregivers that proved unreliable, forcing Goldstein to quit his job and become a full-time caregiver for his wife in 2007. He continued to drink and in 2014 decided to start his own business in window-tinting, believing it would stop his drinking because he wouldn’t be so isolated. He was wrong. His drinking got worse. He was now drinking a pint or more of vodka daily until he blacked out and also smoking marijuana. His liver was enlarged and his doctor told him if he

continued with his destructive behavior, he would be dead in 10 years. Two months after his initial call to a counselor, he called her again. She agreed to see him, but his drinking continued. She finally gave him an ultimatum: go to a program or she would stop counseling him. He ended up at Celebrate Recovery and from there began a journey to recovery. “I had a lot of anger and alcoholism was the symptom of the underlying problem for me,” Goldstein said. “Deep down I was broken and hurting inside. I felt not worthy, and that is where the program comes in and you start building healthy relationships with other people who are struggling and you realize I’m not alone.” His wife later joined the program to deal with her anger issues over her stroke and other childhood hurts, Goldstein said. Teeter said it was hard to say how

many people have completed the 12step program at the church, which takes place on a separate night from the Thursday meeting, which attracts on average 230 to 250 people. “We typically have four to six stepstudies running and typically there are 15 to 25 in a group,” she said. “And those are happening for approximately nine months. We try to always have one happening.” The church counts its success with the program when a participant advances to the next step, she said. A component of Celebrate Recovery is giving back and serving others and that is shown by the number of leaders and volunteers at the church that are not staff members and are from the program, she added. “Looking at that factor, it shows a huge success,” she said. After completing the 12-step program,

it’s easy to slip and that is where part two, The Journey Continues, steps in, according to Teeter. “That is another step study where it goes to the next level and helps continue the work of accountability and volunteering process, which helps someone be successful in their recovery,” she said. Although the program is Christfocused, a high ratio of the participants come in as non-believers, but by the time the nine months is done, they identify as a believer such as Goldstein, Teeter said. Celebrate Recovery is another choice for people to try after they’ve exhausted their options, according to Goldstein. “I’m a huge advocate for the program because I know what it has brought to my life,” he said. “It’s about bringing people out of the dark and saying, ‘hey, you are not too broke to get the help you need.’”

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Chandler Recreation Department and presents slide shows at local camera clubs and Audubon chapters. Monthly speakers are offered 7-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month through April at the Southeast Regional Library, southeast corner of Greenfield and Guadalupe in Gilbert. Admission is free. Desert Rivers’ mobile bookstore, offering the latest birding guides and other nature books, opens at 6:30 p.m. The Desert Rivers Audubon Society provides environmental education and conservation opportunities to valley residents, and advocates for our environment. Information: desertriversaudubon.org

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Soroptimists of the San Tans boost women, girls BY COLLEEN SPARKS GSN Staff Writer

n organization striving to empower girls and women will give two mothers who have beat obstacles a boost in pursuing their higher education. Soroptimist International of the San Tans will provide scholarships to firstplace winner Melissa Leffler and runnerup Lilia Nava for the “Live Your Dream Awards” on Feb. 7 at Stone and Vine at 1035 W. Queen Creek Road in Chandler. Leffler, of west Phoenix and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, is a single parent working two jobs, attending Arizona State University full-time and raising her three-year-old daughter, Isabelle. She will receive the $3,000 scholarship from the organization. Nava, a divorced mother of two who is pursuing a degree in nursing and concurrently attending Phoenix College and ASU, will get a $1,500 scholarship. The recipients may use the money in whatever way they choose to help them-

selves, said Karen Drake, board member of Soroptimist International of the San Tans and chairwoman of its community services committee. That could include paying for childcare, rent, vehicle repairs or tuition. “It’s for women who are heads of their households,” Drake said. “These are women who are returning or pursuing further education. It can cover the kinds of things that traditional scholarships don’t cover.” A panel of judges selects the two women who will receive the “Live Your Dream Awards.” This year it was Roz Mala, a retired teacher, of Gilbert; Margaret “Peg” Boettger, of Fountain Hills, a retired Aetna Insurance employee and Connie Griffith, of Mesa, a former Soroptimist International club member. This year, 21 women applied for the scholarships and the judges reviewed them. “They look for women that have demonstrated a lot of resilience already in terms of coming back from obstacles and barriers, wanting more for them-

selves and especially for their families,” Drake said. Applicants can live anywhere, though the Soroptimist International of the San Tans meets in Chandler. It has members in Chandler, Gilbert and Mesa. The club’s mission is “basically to help women, to encourage women and girls to strive to achieve educational goals to be able to fulfill their lives,” Drake said. More than 80,000 women are in Soroptimist clubs in 120 countries. Every year, Soroptimist International (SI) provides over $1.5 million to programs for women and children. Besides the “Live Your Dream Awards,” another big way the Soroptimist International of the San Tans helps women is through the “Dream It, Be It” program. The club offers workshops and mentoring to girls ages 12 to 18 years old, partnering with local nonprofit organization ICAN. The Soroptimist members try to help the girls “visualize” their future and “think about goal setting” and the types

of careers they would be interested in pursuing, Drake said. A retired library manager for Chandler Public Library, Drake lives in Gilbert and also taught at University of Arizona and did consulting work. The Soroptimist International of the San Tans also holds food drives and cell phone collections to benefit Chandler Police Department’s Victim Services Unit. The local club members also volunteer, packing food for Feed My Starving Children, a nonprofit organization that provides food to children in need around the world. Soroptimist International of the San Tans also focuses the first Saturday of March on volunteering with a local nonprofit organization, among other outreach. “All our work is basically accomplished through community fundraising,” Drake said. Information: sist.clubexpress. com/content.aspx?page_id=0&club_ id=538790

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our personal best days,” Airey recalled. “It was kids-friendly and a good family event.” Based in Queen Creek, Dough Licious Desserts serves safe-to-eat and edible cookie dough treats that are scooped like ice cream or made into creative desserts. “It was cool because you could walk around and try all the different vendors in the same day. Because of the sample size, you can try more items,” she said. If more vendors are interested in joining the upcoming event, the emphasis is on variety rather than on quantity. “If somebody has something unique, we’ll allow them in; if not, we’re pretty much at capacity. I think we’ve nailed that so far,” Shultz said. Gorging is not part of the plan. With such a large variety of sweets available, sampling may help avoid over-eating. “Our vendors are coming up with fun and unique concoctions for people to taste and sample. It will be a sampling event where we’ll have small bites of each of the sweets so people can taste different items throughout without getting too full,” Shultz said, adding that at least one item from each vendor will be priced at $2 each. A boutique public relations, marketing and event firm established in 2003 and

based in Gilbert, Levitate organizes festivals across the Valley. Arizona Craft Sprits and Cocktail Festival is slated for Saturday, April 27 at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park in Chandler and Vintage and Vino Spring Market 2019 is slated for Friday, May 10 at Horse Shoe Park and Equestrian Center, Queen Creek. Shultz has her pulse on the upcoming sugary festival, when she organized the first Sweets Festival in Queen Creek’s Founders Park last year, when about 2,000 people sampled her wares. She selected Gilbert in the second year because, she said, there is ample parking in the selected site and because her business and the vendors would find it a more central location. In this day and age of ailments such as diabetes, which is as prevalent as the common cold, is it wise to push a sugarhigh on the masses? “Everything is good in moderation. We don’t suggest you eat sweets all day, every day, but there are many sweet treats that are good, on occasion,” Shultz said. “We want you to be able to sample at our festival and enjoy a sweet treat a couple of days out of the year, but not every day.” Besides, the festival caters to all ages, with activities for 2-year-olds up to 99 and above. “Who doesn’t love sweets?” Shultz asked.

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DAR chapter helps nonprofit for babies of addicts Sundem told the DAR, “I can’t believe your generosity. These items will help our babies so very much.” The Charles Trumbull Hayden Chapter logged 5,849 hours of community service that included volunteering at the Veterans Stand Down in Phoenix and donating plastic yarn sleeping mats to homeless vets. Members also make and donate “fidget quilts” to veterans and elderly people who suffer from PTSD, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, participate in the Soldier Angel Project that gets

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he Charles Trumbull Hayden Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution recently honored Gilbert-based Hushabye Nursery, which provides therapeutic and pharmacologic care to infants suffering from prenatal drug exposure. DAR Regent Karen Greene Lohrengel presented Hushabye Nursery Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Tara Sundem with diapers, baby wipes, onesies and blankets to help the nonprofit in its mission of helping babies diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome. The DAR also gave Hushabye two Mama Roo baby swings, a special type of swing that soothes the babies as they suffer withdrawal from the drugs their mothers have ingested. “Babies that are withdrawing from opioids have a very difficult time,” Lohrengel said. “The care of these babies can be very demanding. Hushabye Nursery staff has been trained to care for these sweet infants and possess a compassion that is necessary to care for the helpless victims.”

letters and sends packages to overseas military personnel, and collaborate with GiveaBookGetaSmile.com to give free books to needy people of all ages. We volunteer in other projects that support our mission: historic preservation, education and patriotism,” Lohrengel said. The Charles Trumbull Hayden Chapter was founded in 1927 in Tempe. The non-political organization welcomes new members. Information: cthregent@ gmail.com or charlestrumbullhayden. arizonadar.org.

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Two smart cookies open Gilbert bakery BY CECILLA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

he idea that Jason McGowan and Sawyer Hemsley had to deliver cookies hot out of the oven to people’s doorsteps wasn’t half-baked after all. fter the first Crumbl Cookies store launched in 2017 at Logan, Utah, 18 more locations followed – with the latest opening in Gilbert, the company’s first venture into Arizona. “We are a very data-driven company,” said CEO McGowan, whose background is in the software industry. “And out of the requests where people wanted us to open a Crumbl, first was in Gilbert. The demand was there in Gilbert.” Located at San Tan Village, Crumbl baked its first batch of cookies last Wednesday. The phone at the store was ringing off the hook before its soft opening, according to Kirby Fausnaught, Gilbert resident and store owner.

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“Just about everybody loves cookies and everybody loves having them delivered to their house fresh late at night,” he said. “We’re really excited to bring this experience to Gilbert.”

Inside every Crumbl store, customers can watch the employees mix, bake and prepare the cookies in an open kitchen. “We want to make sure people know it’s fresh,” McGowan said. “And it’s an

Getting some batches of cookies ready at Crumbl are, above, Kristin Bevill, and, left, Linda Valente. Crumbl prides itself not only on having a window on the kitchen so people can watch how the cookies are made but also on the fresh ingredients used to make them.

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or anyone who doubted that Gilbert had long ago shed reputation as the “Hay Capital of the orld,” the official opening of Deloitte’s 102,000-squarefoot U.S. Delivery Center on Jan. 25 made it crystal clear. The two-story facility develops and implements emerging technology solutions ranging from cloud-computing software like Salesforce to artificial intelligence, blockchain and cognitive automation. It serves public-sector clients and commercial clients in industries ranging from financial services to health care. “We’ve got more jobs available in the state of Arizona than we have people to fill them, and Gilbert is helping to lead the way and help drive Arizona’s success in the right direction,” Gov. Doug Ducey said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “Today this city and our entire state will

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Cutting the ribbon at Deloitte’s new U.S. Delivery Center in Gilbert were, from left, Deloitte Arizona Managing Principal Jonas McCormick; Deloitte Principal Josh Nisbet, Gov. Doug Ducey, Gilbert Vice Mayor Eddie Cooke and Deloitte Principal Bonnie Barnes.

now have 2,500 more reasons to celebrate because with the opening of this new

Deloitte facility, 2,500 new jobs are on their way to Arizona,” Ducey added.

Deloitte announced last year it was opening the center in Gilbert, which is expected to generate 2,500 high-paying jobs for the region. Town Council offered the company an incentive package of up to $3 million to locate at The Commons at Rivulon, a 250acre mixed-used development at Gilbert Road and Loop 202. Deloitte also agreed to invest at least $34 million in capital improvements. Ducey, expanding on his economic message from his state-of-the-state address in January, noted that Maricopa County was the fastest growing county in the country and that Arizona was the fourth fastest growing state in the nation with the third fastest growing paycheck. He said 100,000 new residents are expected to move to Arizona this year and there will be a job available for every one of them. “We are proud every time an innovator SEE

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awesome experience for kids and people to watch.” Unlike other bake shops where cookies are pre-made and sit until purchase, Crumbl serves up its cookies warm to customers who come to the store.

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everybody loves having them delivered to their house fresh late at night. We’re really excited to bring this experience to Gilbert.

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– Kirby Fausnaught, “They are served hot and fresh like you baked it at home,” McGowan said. “What happens is we bake them every 20 minutes in the oven so a cookie may be three minutes old.”

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Crumbl co-founders Jason McGowan, right, and Sawyer Hemsley, have teamed up with Gilbert resident Kirby Fausnaught, left, to open their first Arizona bakery in Gilbert.

People also can order their cookies online that are delivered in Crumbl’s signature pink box. A box of four 6-ounce cookies is $10, not including tax or delivery charge. A 16-ounce bottle of milk is $2. The Gilbert store is expected to offer ice cream soon. “A big portion of our business is delivery,” McGowan said. “Our primary customers we found have been moms with kids and college students.” When McGowan and Hemsley opened their first store, they expected mostly college students wanting a late-night treat

but were surprised to see a lot of moms, too. “Every mom’s life is super busy,” McGowan explained. “They don’t want a mess in the kitchen. Moms and cookies go hand in hand.” Crumbl features four specialty cookies each week, along with the standard favorites, warm chocolate chip and chilled sugar cookie. Chocolate chip is Crumbl’s No. 1 seller, according to McGowan. Crumbl has over 25 specialty cookies, including Muddy Buddy, Biscoff Lava, Funfetti, Snickerdoodle, Coconut Lime, Chocolate Caramel, Cranberry Vanilla,

Nutella Sea Salt, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, Rocky Road, S’Mores and Orange Creamsicle. While most people bake cookies using their grandmothers’ recipes, McGowan said all of Crumbl’s recipes are created in-house. Hemsley, the company’s COO, oversees cookie quality and comes up with the recipes. Crumbl perfects its recipes by using a software technique – A/B testing, which compares two versions of an item against each other to determine which is better. SEE

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of any size chooses Arizona as their place of business or operations,” Ducey said. “But there is simply no greater testament to Arizona’s economic attractiveness than when an industry-leading giant like Deloitte chooses to invest and grow in our state so significantly.” Choosing Gilbert to site its third state-ofthe-art facility was easy for Deloitte. The other two delivery centers are in Orlando, Florida and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. “One of the many important factors that went into the decision to locate the center here in Arizona, one of the most prominent

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among them was community,” Jonas McCormick, Deloitte managing principal, told the crowd. “This location offers all of our employees a great place to both work and live as it offers as great quality of living, access to amenities in a thriving and growing city and state,” he continued. “Our strategic decision to locate this center here in Arizona allows us to further contribute to, invest in and take advantage of a bright, vibrant and flourishing economy here in rizona. s well as a strong-business community and a growing ecosystem around innovation, it also allows us the opportunity to tap

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into a very qualified labor force and highly skilled talent pool.” Deloitte Managing Director Matt Even after the ceremony said employees began occupying the first floor of the building Dec. 10. The entire building was completed on Jan. 7. Several hundred employees were currently on staff in the building, which can accommodate 1,000, he said. He said Deloitte was on pace to begin its next phase of expanding the facility next year. Vice Mayor Eddie Cook spoke on behalf of the town. “I’d like to borrow a line from our former Mayor (John) Lewis, he would say, ‘Today is another great day in Gilbert,’” Cook

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Polar vortex reminds us how good life is here BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ GSN Columnist

ou’re never too old to learn new tricks, and I’m proud to report having picked up a new hobby even as I slide into middle age. For more than 50 years, I’ve studiously ignored the weather in other places. Then the news started blabbing about a “polar vortex” last week and suddenly I had a new pastime: Checking the low temperatures in places like Grand Forks, North Dakota, where it dropped to -27 degrees Thursday before dawn, or 100 degrees colder than the high of 73 degrees predicted for the Valley that afternoon. And that’s not even counting the wind chill, which cooled down Grand Forks to an arctic 48 below. As a guy who moved to Arizona from New Jersey in 1995 and kept his wind-

shield ice scraper on his desk for a decade as a grim reminder of life before Phoenix, I can’t help but wonder aloud about the sanity of people who subject themselves to such conditions. I mean, the deepest chill I’ve experienced since moving here was two Novembers back, when I saw Hillary Clinton speak in person. Fortunately, personality-induced hypothermia is a temporary condition that recedes the minute you leave the room. Not so with actual life-threatening cold, which claimed lives across the Midwest last week, prevented the U.S. Postal Service from delivering mail in parts of 10 states and reduced the Grand Forks Herald to running a story headlined, “Sure It’s Cold … But It Could Be Worse.” The highlight Conservation officer Stu Bensen recalling a call he ran in the mid1980s to retrieve the body of a fisherman who froze to death near Lake of the Woods. It was a 30-mile trip by snowmobile, Bensen recalled, then 30 miles back

towing the frozen corpse on a sled – in a strong wind and temperatures of -25. “By the time I got back – we probably found the fisherman midday that evening the pain started,” Bensen explained. One of his top teeth had frozen, the Herald reported. This necessitated a root canal and a crown. “It was quite a process,” Bensen told reporter Brad Dokken. “People are fortunate if they don’t have to go out in these elements. They’re smart not to go out in these elements. No matter what amount of clothing you put on, you feel it come through every seam.” I suppose that’s one moral to the story. The other is never go fishing when it’s 25 below zero – or live in a place where 25 below is even a remote possibility. Some snowbird types will likely point out that it rarely reaches temperatures of 115 degrees in the Midwest, whereas that happens with some frequency during Arizona summers.

My response: I’ve been here 23 years and I’ve never had to install “heat tires” to drive on the 202 in August. We don’t have “heat plows” and we don’t have to “steer into the skid” on scalding surface streets during mid-summer. Nor do we have our beer deliveries disrupted by frozen product, the way they did in Minnesota last week. “Most of the folks up north are not delivering,” Mike Madigan, president of Minnesota Beer Wholesalers Association, told CNN. “Most distributors are not delivering in the Twin Cities, down south and out west.” Meanwhile here in the Valley, a million people in T-shirts and shorts consumed 10 million frosty drinks at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The Cactus League starts in a few weeks and we haven’t had a frozen fisherman in Phoenix since, oh, ever. This checking the weather elsewhere is a real eye opener about how good we have it here. The occasional Hillary Clinton speech is a small price to pay for life in paradise.

Help foster kids through your tax credit donations BY DAN SHUFELT GSN Guest Writer

s a new year begins, we all reflect on the blessings we’ve been given in life. It’s our wish that everyone has the love of a family, the security of a home and the warmth of friends. Unfortunately, 15,000 children in Arizona today struggle with each of these issues. Think about little Johnny, who woke up this morning in the only living environment he’s known, one in which the smell of meth cooking on the stove is etched into his nostrils. This 8-year-old plays the parent role to his two younger siblings, scrounging in meager supplies for a few scraps of food to eat, reusing the baby’s soiled diapers, making sure the kids stay out of the way of mom so she can carry on her business. When the Department of Child Safety shows up in the middle of the day, Johnny doesn’t see them as his savior, he sees them as the enemy, removing him from the only life he has ever known.

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Moving to a new home, one with real walls, with furniture, with a new mom and dad, is not a relief at first, it’s a dungeon. Johnny’s grandmother, who agreed to take in him and his siblings, is not prepared to have three more mouths to feed. Living on social security, she doesn’t have the ability to make her

home comfortable for the group. Where can she go for help? What resources are out there to give her a hand to let these kids know they will be safe and comfortable? When DCS drops the children off on the doorstep, with the clothing on their backs and a few meager belongings, they give Grandma some important resources to contact, oftentimes the first of which is Arizona Helping Hands. Arizona Helping Hands is the largest provider of basic needs to help Johnny and his brother and sister. Grandma can receive from us a Safe Place to Sleep – a complete bed set for Johnny and his brother, a crib for the baby, clothing, diapers and more to ease their struggles in this very difficult transition. This is the task we take on at Arizona Helping Hands. In 2018, we provided 3,338 children with their own little sanctuary – a bed to sleep on. We also assisted with clothing, diapers, personal care items, even birthday gifts and bicycles. All to put a smile on the faces of children who don’t smile enough, to

bring a little bit of joy and hope to their lives. Arizona taxpayers, we need your help to keep up this important work. You can help Johnny and his siblings at NO COST to you through the Arizona Foster Care tax credit program. Married couples can donate $1,000 to Arizona Helping Hands and receive every dollar back when you file your rizona state tax return. The limit is $500 for single taxpayers. Donate $1,000, get it all back, and know that you have provided children with the simple comforts that they deserve. Visit azfostertaxcredit.org today to put your tax dollars to work for kids in foster care. You can make a difference for Johnny, his siblings and thousands of other boys and girls. -Dan Shufelt is president/CEO of Arizona Helping Hands, the largest provider of basic needs to Arizona’s children in foster care. Reach him at dshufelt@azhelpinghands.org.

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Young Perry High girls hoops team enjoying sweet success BY ERIC NEWMAN GSN Staff Writer

he stakes couldn’t have been higher: Perry High girls’ basketball coach Mike Curtis set down a box of king-size Reese’s chocolate bars on the practice floor. inner take all. Game on. Two teams of four played a series of short games. The first to win three would be crowned the champion with a sugar high as the trophy. The team in blue practice erseys defeated the white squad. Curtis made the white team watch as the blues en oyed the spoils of victory. He wanted to simulate the pressure, oy and pain of the upcoming 6 playoffs, where perhaps the stakes are a bit higher. “If you share even one with the losing team, you’re sitting all next game,” he told the girls with a smile. Curtis became Perry’s coach two seasons ago, taking over a team with nine

seniors that was synonymous with mediocrity for nearly a decade. ith a 16-8 record and one game remaining this season, the Pumas are assured of their first winning mark

despite them being younger than most teams they play. “It’s not easy to be in Perry’s basketball program anymore,” Curtis said. Perry’s top six scorers are sophomores. The varsity roster has ust one senior and one unior. Most of the class of 2021, including guard Madison Conner, contributed heav(Eric Newman/GSN Staff) ily to the varsity Gabrielle Schwartz (left) is guarded by Simone Simmons during a Perry High girls basketball practice, in which the winning team received a box of candy squad as freshmen bars – and was not allowed to share with the losers. last season when the Pumas fell (Eric Newman/GSN Staff) since 2009-10, and they beat many of short to rival Chandler in a 6 tournaShayla O’Neil, among a half-dozen sophorizona’s top teams to get there. The ment play-in game. mores on the Perry High girls basketball improvement reflects the heightened team, said foes make excuses when they lose see PERRY page 32 demand that Curtis put on the players, to the Pumas, now No. 3 in Arizona.

East Valley gets FC Arizona Women’s pro soccer team BY ERIC NEWMAN GSN Staff Writer

lite ast alley women’s soccer players have a new opportunity to play professionally as FC rizona, a regional soccer club, created a women’s professional team, set to begin play this year. The FC rizona omen will compete in the omen’s Premiere Soccer League and play its home games at Mesa Community College’s John D. iggs Stadium in Mesa. FC rizona president Scott Taylor said the men’s team has grown in popularity during its three years, but he has noticed a lack of mothers and daughters in the stands. He hopes a competitive women’s team will remedy that. “I’m all about the diamond in the rough that nobody knows of, but primarily it will end up being a lot of recentlygraduated Division 1 and other college women’s players who are still in great

shape and want to play in the highest level possible in rizona,” Taylor said. “Hopefully that means more women and girls who love the game will come out, as well.” FC rizona omen plans an open tryout in pril, the date to be announced. Taylor hopes that women of all ages try out to fill out a quality roster before league play begins in May. Taylor’s next challenge after filling the roster is attracting fans. FC rizona Men and omen will host several double-headers at Riggs Stadium. The goal is to draw fans of the men’s team to stay and watch the women’s squad. That would embellish the supporters Taylor believes that otherwise will come out for the women’s games.

“ very daughter, every parent of the daughter that we talk to about this thinks it’s pretty cool,” Taylor said. “That’s why we’re doing it, because I want more women in and girls to get involved and come out to our games and grow soccer.” FC rizona omen Lind hired Brett Meskill and Lindsey Johnson as co-associate coaches. Johnson is former varsity soccer coach at Chandler High and current director of player development at the rizona Soccer Club in Gilbert. “My coaching style is really about a holistic player,” Johnson said. “I’m really dedicated to creating the four pillars of a player: technical, tactical, physical and psychological. My teams really love to

get after it. They’re hard working and they’re all very knowledgeable about the game.” Meskill has coached East Valley youth clubs for years and was women’s coach at Chandler-Gilbert Community College the past seven seasons. “Team is a big thing for me,” Meskill said. “I really believe that the chemistry is important and everyone has got to work for each other. It’s important to have that team camaraderie. “I’m not all about, Hey, let’s get it to one player.’ I want to have as many threats as we can on the field and make sure defensively we’re all working hard together.” Sean Jones, president of the PSL, said he was impressed with the growth of FC rizona’s men’s team during its formative years. He said it is an honor to have the club interested. FC rizona omen is cost-effective

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for the league and surrounding teams, Jones added. The two PSL teams already in rizona FC Tucson omen and Phoenix Del Sol, which plays in the orth alley previously had to go to San Diego for road games. Those travel and lodging expenses add up, he said. FC rizona omen oin the two other rizona teams and two in Las egas to create a five-team Pac South Conference. “It’s more affordable for the clubs because that money that would have been spent on travel can be spent on investing in their clubs, getting the best people, and getting more people to come out to their games in the community,” Jones said. He hopes that FC rizona omen, who will play nearly 40 minutes away from Phoenix Del Sol, will be far enough away to not encroach on talent yet close enough to begin a friendly rivalry. “The initial reaction is always, h no,’ and then they start thinking it would be good to not have to travel as far for the young ladies to be able to stay local,” Jones said. “It ends up being good for both teams and they can support each other while still competing.”

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Conner is the leading scorer for the Pumas for the second time, averaging 1 .2 points. “ e watch our film from last year and it was a lot worse than it is this year,” Conner said. “So that’s kind of cool to see us all getting better and hopefully we’ll keep doing that.” The o. 3 Pumas lost by close margins to section rivals Hamilton and avier Prep, the only teams ranked ahead of them, giving them reason to believe that a state championship is an attainable goal. Sophomore Shayla ’ eil said opposing teams walk away from a loss having a hard time believing that a former “nobody” led by so many underclassmen beat them. Foes often make excuses, she said. “ fter we beat some teams we hear that we shouldn’t have won or it was the refs or bad luck or something like that because they don’t like losing to a young team,” ’ eil said. The youth movement creates the promise of great years to come, but the girls want to compete for a championship now, a nod to the upperclassmen who suffered through years of poor bas-

Mike Curtis, in his third season as girls basketball coach at Perry, has increased the demands and accountability of his young players.

ketball. Curtis said Perry still must clean up its turnovers, a result of inconsistent tempo and execution. He believes that the solution is to simulate every tough situation the girls could face. “ e try to play quick, not out of control, but also not slow and stagnant. Now we know what level we need to be at. It’s ust finding that consistency with a young group and staying there so that we’re not turning the ball over or mak-

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agerly searching for his next customer in a crowd of tunicwearing patrons munching on turkey legs, Shamus the Insulter parades through the Renaissance Festival grounds announcing, “Insults! Insults! Step right up to get your insults.” Maidens and monsieurs alike approach Shamus to insult them or their loved ones, “from the ages of 4 to 98.” For the right price, Shamus will give a beautifully articulated insult, or compliment, rated “family-friendly G all the way through adult NC 17.” Shamus, along with several other characters, can be found at the Renaissance Festival from Saturday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, March 31, in Gold Canyon. The Renaissance Festival launches people into the 16th century to enjoy a time of jousters, kings and queens, said Marketing and Sales Director Sanja Malinovic. “This is an incredibly interactive event with a variety of amusements,” Malinovic said. “There are over 2,000 costumed characters in authentic and elaborate period gaments roaming the festival village.” The 30-acre grounds house 14 stages with performances including “tall tales, acrobatics, song, dance and tomfoolery,” Ma-

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ver the past decade, few acts in music have been any more prolific than the Oak Ridge Boys. In addition to performing 150-plus shows each year, the vocal quartet has released eight albums. Every album, naturally, was important to the group, but a couple of years ago, the Oak Ridge Boys decided to set their sights on really making a statement with their next studio release. “We were inducted (in 2015) into the Country Music Hall of Fame,” Oak Ridge Boys bass vocalist Richard Sterban explained. “After that we felt like we wanted to do something special, something different, something kind of monumental to commemorate being members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.” As Sterban, lead vocalist Duane Allen, tenor vocalist Joe Bonsall and baritone vocalist William Lee Golden pon-

dered what kind of album project could achieve that lofty goal, one idea kept coming up. The group could work with producer Dave Cobb. The ak idge Boys first met and worked with Cobb on 2009’s The Boys Are Back, and that experience in the studio had remained etched in the four singers’ memories. “We were so excited about that project, because he took us down some roads musically we had never traveled before, like doing a cover of the White Stripes’ ‘Seven Nation Army,’ and ‘Boom Boom’ (the John Lee Hooker blues classic) – songs we would not have done on our own,” Sterban said. “But Dave kind of just took us in that direction.” Since that album, Cobb has become arguably the hottest producer in country/ Americana music, thanks to his work with the likes of Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson and the Zac Brown Band. So, getting back in the studio with Cobb – who these days can pretty much

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Oak Ridge Boys fans can expect to hear hits like “Elvira” and “Y’all Come Back Saloon” when the legendary country act plays the Higley Center for the Performing Arts Feb. 13.

take his pick of what acts to produce – would be a coup. As it turned out, Cobb must have enjoyed his work with the Oak Ridge Boys, which during the late 1970s and 1980s

became one of country music’s most popular acts, reeling off 17 No. 1 country singles and at one point 10 straight top

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10 albums, including three that topped the country album chart, but had been unable to maintain that momentum since then. Sterban reported that when the Oak Ridge Boys’ manager contacted Cobb about producing the group’s next album, Cobb was all in. “He says ‘Sure, we’re family now, man. I’d be glad to work again with you guys,’” Sterban relates. When the group met with Cobb to discuss the project, the producer already had a clear idea for the kind of album he wanted to make with the Oak Ridge Boys. “(He says) ‘What I want you guys to do is I want you guys to think about Elvis (Presley), think about Ray Charles, think about Jerry Lee Lewis, think about the old blues guys,’” Sterban recalled, adding: “What was it that turned them on?’ And the common thing they had between all of them was the fact that they grew up to church. They went to church and their first singing was done in church. “He says I want to go back and revisit that. And even further back, I want to dig into maybe some old black gospel as well. And he says I want to capture

that feeling and that attitude. The project does not have to be all gospel. A lot of it will be, but he says the most important thing is I want to capture that feel of that, that old-time revival meeting. And that’s what we did on this project.” The gospel emphasis for 17th Avenue Revival was a natural enough direction for the group. The original Oak Ridge Boys began in the 1940s as a gospel group. By the time Golden and Allen joined in 1964 and 1966 respectively, the Oaks were one of the leading gospel acts going. In 1972, Sterban became the next of the current members to join, leaving a gig in which, as a member of the gospel group J.D. Sumner and the Stamps, he was singing backup for Elvis Presley during a period in which “The King” enjoyed some of his biggest popularity. Bonsall followed Sterban into the Oaks a year later. While the shift to country in the late 1970s brought the Oak Ridge Boys their huge success, the group’s gospel roots have remained present. Gospel is certainly the primary ingredient on 17th Avenue Revival, and the Oak Ridge Boys give old-time tunes like “I’d Rather Have Jesus” and “Where He

Leads Me I Will Follow” a suitably reverent treatment that highlights their four-part harmonies. But elsewhere, the brand of gospel on the album is something a bit different for the group. The early rock ‘n’ roll elements infused into gospel tunes like “Brand New Star,” “God’s Got It” and “Let It Shine on Me” give these songs a shot of rootsy energy. But 17th Avenue Revival is not a musical one-trick pony. There’s some rich soul flowing through “There ill Be Light,” while “Pray To Jesus” is a rollicking country tune with a Jerry Lee Lewis feel and clever lyrics about believing praying to Jesus and playing the lottery are the two ways to change one’s lot in life. “We had a great time doing it,” Sterban says of the recording sessions, which were done at Cobb’s facility, the legendary RCA Studio A, where a who’s who of country royalty cut some of their most famous songs. “He (Cobb) made sure he got the voices first. The voices come out front, and then he added some music later on, not a lot. There’s not a lot, nothing that will cover up the voices. That’s the way the thing was recorded,” Sterban said, noting: “There was very little (vocal) tuning on

this project. Of course, we did some tuning. We’re not going to put an off-pitch note out there. But we kept the tuning to a minimum and we tried to capture that raw, earthy feeling.” The new album will be nicely represented in the live shows the Oak Ridge Boys play this winter, including Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the Higley Center for Performing Arts. But Sterban says fans can expect a well-rounded show that’s suitable for all ages. “We realize that people want to hear the hit songs. So, you can count on the fact that when we come to town, you’re going to hear ‘Elvira.’ That is the law. That is our signature song,” he said. “You’re going to hear ‘Thank God for Kids.’ William Lee Golden does such a great job on that. It’s just a special song. ou’re going to hear our first hit record ever, ‘Y’all Come Back Saloon,’ ‘Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight,’ I can list all of our hits and you’re going to hear most of those hits. We always change it around. We never do the same show twice. But we always include, there are several songs we have to do on every show, like ‘Elvira’ and ‘Y’all Come Back Saloon.’” Tickets: higleycenter.org

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avid Bowie’s death was a blow to guitarist Charlie Sexton and keyboardist Mike Garson. He was an occasional opening act on Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour, and appears on that jaunt’s home video playing on The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and the Velvet Underground’s “White Light/White Heat.” But Sexton, best known for his ’80s hit “Beat’s So Lonely,” questioned if he wanted to join Bowie tribute acts after the Thin White Duke died. “When David went away, I avoided 99 percent of every request,” Sexton said via telephone from Austin. “There were a lot of tribute things and whatnot. I did one benefit thing for a health organization here in town with a kids’ choir.” Garson founded “Celebrating Bowie,” which kicks

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linovic said. Born Tony Miller, Shamus the Insulter describes his job as a “street act” who interacts with the crowds all day. “It is what I like to call intimate theater,” he said, “Part of the draw of coming to the Renaissance Festival is to have interactions with the characters.” Along with performances and character interactions, Malinovic suggests people go shopping and see the works of over 200 artisans with crafts like glassblowing, leatherwork, weaving, wood crafting, blacksmithing and pottery making. Another major piece to the Renaissance Festival is the culinary experience,

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Malivonic said. Visitors can try foods such as turkey legs, steak-on-a-stake, sausageon-a-stick, skewered chicken, ears of corn, Scotch eggs, baked potatoes with toppings, and filled fresh bread bowls. In its 31st season, the festival has grown, Malinovic said. What started off as nine acres and 43,000 visitors has now (Arizona Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace) become 30 acres and over a Jousting is a popular attraction at the annual Arizona Renaisquarter of a million guests. sance Festival in Gold Canyon. In its 31st season, the festival Malinovic said as soon as the started with 9 acres and 43,000 visitors and steadily grew to festival ends in March, plan- 30 acres and more than a quarter-million guests. Right: More ning and maintenance begin in than 2,000 costumed characters in authentic and elaborate period garments, from royalty to mere peasants like this, April. roam the festival village at the Renaissance Festival in Gold Malinovic highlighted three Canyon. new performances this year. The first is C IC, a Celtic band featuring like the knighting ceremony, the three “roguish vocals, rhythmic violin, intense daily jousts, the petting zoo, the Mermaid percussion and blaring bagpipes.” Grotto, contests and glass-blowing demThe second is Rick the Hypnotist, who onstrations. Food and vendors require picks volunteers “to take them on a cash. ATMs are on-site. journey they’ll never forget.” Read more Malinovic suggests wearing sunscreen, about Rick at rickthehypnotist.com. Fi- comfortable shoes, getting to the festival nally, there’s Rick and Jan Stratton, who early and staying all day. juggle and move with Snorkel the Danc“There’s nothing like it in the entire ing Pig. state,” Malinovic said. “It is an event that While there may be an additional cost brings the state of Arizona together in for some activities, Malinovic points out celebration of a period of enlightenment, several free activities and performances bringing smiles and shenanigans to at-

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oger’s Tom Jones knows how to put on a show. To raise funds for the American Cancer Society, the band is bringing along The Motown Blossoms, Amber Dirks and Nisha Kataria, for a gig at the Mesa Arts Center’s Piper Repertory Theater on Sunday, Feb. 10. “We’ve been doing the Tom Jones tribute for a couple of decades,” said the lead who goes professionally only by Roger. “We had the good fortune of doing performances in Asia, Europe and America. We had a little thing at the Luxor in Las Vegas not too long ago. “This time, we’ve teamed with the Motown Blossoms. They are three ladies bringing all those Motown hits, which people like. It’s a nice combination, if you say.” The Motown Blossoms perform a string of classic Detroit hits by The Marvelettes, The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, The Shirelles, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas.

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A national and international recording artist, Amber Dirks has performed solo and occasionally with Sister Sledge. “I’ve been able to travel the world because still to this day Sister Sledge is a well-respected group,” Dirks said. “We have sold out many audiences and big events since 1994.” Dirks was born in Holland and raised in New York before her family moved to Phoenix, where she attended Washington High School.

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She speaks fluent Dutch. At the Piper Repertory Theatre, Dirks will sing solo hits like “Dominate My Love” and “This is My Life,” along with covers of Gladys Knight songs. “These rehearsals (with Roger’s Tom Jones) have been so much fun,” Dirks said. “They’ve been phenomenal. I wish I could be in the audience and just watch. There’s tremendous talent here.”

Nisha Kataria

Nisha Kataria is pop’s unsung hero. The Phoenician has been singing since she could walk, she says, but in her teens, she learned how to moonwalk. When she was 17, she visited the Arizona State Fair with her family. As Kataria walked through the parking lot, she sang a short tune, which was heard by a Michael Jackson acquaintance. Her father gave him a live demo and subsequently handed it to Jackson’s manager. After singing “I Will Always Love You” for Jackson’s manager, she was

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went in for the case and was acquitted and then his untimely passing.” After Jackson’s death, Kataria performed in Germany and in the United Kingdom with Westlife. “I was launched overseas and I was growing a nice following,” she said. She gave it up to return to Phoenix and open a dog-grooming boutique called Doggie in the Mirror, a play on Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror,” in Uptown Phoenix. “Dogs are my favorite creatures on the planet and music is my first love,” said Kataria, who was born in Canada but attended Shadow Mountain High in Phoenix. “Music and doggies go so well together. We have a music video screen, a golden gate that says, ‘Doggieland,’ instead of ‘Neverland.’ “Michael has blessed me in so many ways. Even to this day I’m still paying homage to him, not only his legacy but our legacy. His legacy is staying alive through my doggie boutique.” Kataria, 32, is slowly returning to music after pausing to open Doggie in the Mirror. “It was something to cherish for the rest of my life” Kataria said. “I don’t say that lightly.”

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and enthusiasm. What was missing was David and his presence, humor and singing.” Sexton, who now serves as Bob Dylan’s guitarist, met Bowie through a mutual friend and said he could “charm the pants off anyone. He was really, really sweet. I had brief experiences and honestly, I really hoped to do more work with him.” Garson was always a Bowie fan, but heard his voice get “richer” in the 1990s and 2000s. Other things changed as well throughout the years. “I was with him on the Nine Inch Nails tour,” he said. “I love Trent Reznor. We’re good friends. On that tour, they sang each other’s songs. It was mostly Trent’s fans at that time, though. We had to compete with a much-younger audience, and Nine Inch Nails was a much louder band. “We had to add sub bass to our music to match their volume or it would have sounded like we were really outdated. I don’t know if that was a mistake or not.” The concert’s setlist changes nightly and it’s something that thrills Garson, who serves as bandleader. One thing remains, however – the overwhelming emotions. “It’s been bittersweet,” he said. “I think I cry every night. Sometimes the audience sees it; sometimes they feel it. It’s a group grief because he left us too soon. I was saying to one of the audiences that my biggest regret was taking certain things for granted. I just tell myself, ‘Oh, I screwed up that one.’”

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