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Gilbert Council sets meeting rules, citizens balk

BY CECILIA CHAN

GSN Managing Editor

Sandwichboards listing the dos and don’ts at a public meeting greeted res idents Oct. 18 as they headed into the Gilbert Town Council Chambers.

At the meeting, council members agreed to appoint a subcommittee to look for ways to promote civil discourse during public discussion of agenda items – weeks after the mayor ordered police to remove three residents at the back of the room for silently

holding signs.

But it wasn’t enough for one resident, who announced at last week’s meeting that he was suing the council for violating his free dom of speech. He was one of the residents ejected from the Sept. 20 council meeting. (See related story on page 6)

“I saw the sandwich board and I have a few issues with it,” said dentist Dr. Brandon Ryff. “One, it’s unconstitutional and two, it’s unenforceable under Arizona law.”

The sign’s rules of decorum included: no signs, banners, handouts or anything sim

Controversial Ranch project wins planning panel’s OK

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

The Gilbert Planning Commission on a split vote dealt Morrison Ranch residents a blow Oct. 20 after voting to recommend that Town Council approve a major General Plan amendment and rezone clearing the way for a massive light-industrial project near their homes.

Town Council is scheduled Nov. 15 to make the final decision on The Ranch at the northwest corner of Power and Warner roads. Planning staff also recommended the project’s approval.

“I realize the economic benefits but is the town really served long term by this proposal at this location?” asked Commissioner Antho ny Bianchi. “The proposal tonight is too industrial in focus.”

Bianchi was joined by Commissioner Lesley Davis and Chairman

ilar can be brought into council chambers; clapping is allowed only during award pre sentations and proclamations; the audience is prohibited from disruptive behavior such as yelling, clapping, stamping of feet, whis tles and boos.

Ryff and his neighbors have been vocal at meetings in their opposition to a 300-acre light industrial project proposed adjacent to their Morrison Ranch homes.

He was standing against a wall at the back

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Default threatens owners’ hold on Bell Bank Park

BY SCOTT SHUMAKER GSN Staff Writer

Theorganization that built the $280 million, 320-acre youth and amateur sports complex known as Bell Bank Park in southeast Mesa is in default of its loan that covered the project.

A formal notice issued Oct. 18 by bond trustee OMB Bank to investors states that Legacy has missed month ly payments on interest and principal, failed to submit audits and financial statements, and has unpaid construc tion company liens on the property.

Over the summer, at least 10 subcon tractors that worked on the project filed liens totaling millions of dollars against the property owner for non-payment for services, according to the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office.

Legacy Cares doesn’t own the land, but leases it from Pacific Proving LLC, a joint venture between William Levine and Arturo Moreno, owner of the Los Angeles Angels MLB baseball team.

Levine and Moreno were partners in the billboard company Outdoor Sys tems, which they sold to Infinity Broad casting for $8.7 billion in 1999. Pacific Proving purchased 1,800 acres of the General Motors testing facility, which has provided land for Mesa’s tremen dous expansion in the southeast.

Liens make the 320-acre property difficult to sell or mortgage, and one of the terms of Legacy’s lease with Pacific Proving is that no liens be allowed on the property for more than 20 days – a time frame that has long passed.

Executives for Legacy Cares told the Tribune on Sept. 14 there was no dan

GILBERT BEHIND the Scenes

Bill Spence isn’t new to the Gilbert Town Council. I actually paid for his advertisement in this very paper before I realized he’s the same Bill who in 2020, rubber-stamped for our current Mayor who loves apartments, big developers, and had 9 ethics complaints filed against her and at least one open meeting law violation and now I hear somebody is processing a civil rights action against her.

Bill isn’t new.... He’s the same guy just a few years later.

Jim Torguson, Chuck Bongiovanni and I will be supporting Bobbi Buchli and I hope you will do the same!!

Today is my mom’s and my birthday! She was always first to call me with birthday wishes… but the calls no longer come. Today is our 10th birthday since she passed. She died suddenly just two weeks after the Town of Gilbert honored me for my military service. Our last memories were of us looking at all the pictures and newspaper articles from the ceremony. She was so proud and grateful that my town did something special for our family. I will forever be indebted to the Town of Gilbert for showing our family what community and #GilbertKindness mean. This is just one of many reasons I love our great town and choose to serve with all my heart. I am committed to preserving the values and sense of community that are so uniquely Gilbert. Vote Bill Spence and help me protect what matters most in Gilbert; Our Residents, Our Values, and Our Love for OUR TOWN!

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Higley CTE program sees growing success

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

AtWilliams Field High School, a classroom is set up to look like a courtroom replete with jury box, a judge’s bench and a witness stand as students take on the roles of defense attorney, prosecutor, judge, jury and vic tim advocate.

It’s not playacting, however, as they determine the fate of juveniles convicted of a misdemeanor by Maricopa County Juvenile Courts.

“They work with the assailant and de termine the consequence that that per son will have to work out to continue being a good citizen and not have that charge being on their record,” said Craig Pearson, assistant director of Career Technical Education.

“Our students get to sentence them and so the students get training through the Maricopa juvenile court system.”

Pearson said the once-a-month teen court is a juvenile diversion program in partnership with the county.

Welcome to Higley Unified School District’s Career and Technical Educa tion (CTE) Program, which provides ca reer-skills training that helps students become ready for college or work such as a lab assistant or an Adobe illustrator.

The program, which also offers du al-enrollment classes, has grown in pop ularity at Williams Field and Higley high schools with student enrollment shot up by 48% over the past five years to 2,572 for the current academic year.

“This is continuing to show a growth pattern in our district,” Pearson said in his update of the program to the Gov erning Board on Oct. 12. “As we contin ue to add programs and those programs continue to grow and be successful, we continue to attract students to these programs so we are excited about that.

“One of the things that I am very excit ed about is the fact that we currently are now offering and paying for certifica tions in every single one of our CTE pro grams and in many of these programs

we are paying for multiple certifications for our students.”

Certifications offered included bio technician assistant, crime-scene man agement, security guard and personal trainer.

The district’s CTE currently has 20 programs such as criminal justice, graphic design, film and TV and sports medicine – 11 at Williams Field and nine at Higley. Students are transported to the other high school if their campus

doesn’t offer a program they want. New this year is technical theater.

The largest CTE program in the dis trict is criminal justice, according to Pearson.

“It is a program we started four years ago,” he said. “It had 30 students at Higley High School and 25 at Williams Field…and now the district has over 500 students. One in every five CTE students is in criminal justice.

“This program has exploded. There

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Estefania Sandez, left, and and Lily Valencia told the Higley Governing Board about how valuable their CTE experience has been. Estefania is the Arizona reporter and Lily the national secondary secretary for SkillsUSA, a national CTE student organization with more than 300,000 members. (YouTube)

Jan Simon. But they were outvoted by Commissioners William Fay, Brian Ander sen, Lisa Gage and Vice Chairman Noah Mundt.

Gage, an alternative, took her oath of of fice before the meeting and was seated at the dais after Commissioner David Blaser recused himself from the project.

After much push back from the resi dents who say the project with its truck traffic, noise, pollution and warehouses over 50 feet tall was not a right fit for their neighborhood, developer IndiCap made last-minute adjustments that were presented at the meeting.

IndiCap is now adding zoning for a 16.5-acre business park on the western edge of the property that faces the Elliot Grove neighborhood. Building heights for this land use are capped at 35 feet. The developer also is adding a landscape buf fer between the homes and the project site and moving two industrial buildings farther away from the neighborhood.

Staff recommended the project be ap proved subject to conditions.

Those conditions include no signs on the west side of any industrial-zoned building, a minimum 212 feet industrial building setback from the western prop erty line adjacent to homes and no indi vidual building in the business park zone can exceed 50,000 square feet.

Despite the inclusion of a business park, it wasn’t enough for Davis, who said she wanted to see more business park zoning and smaller buildings.

Davis said she agreed with the devel oper’s attorney that the land as current ly zoned – 57 acres industrial, 145 acres general office and 101 acres of general commercial – was not viable in today’s market but that its proximity to homes was “problematic.”

Simon said he’s wrestled with the proj ect over the last three weeks and won dered “does it fit?”

“I can see it both ways,” said Simon, adding he visited the site to visualize the project from the homeowners’ perspec tive and empathized with them complete ly. But he also could see the Town’s per spective of needing to find development that can sustain Gilbert.

Simon said he appreciated the develop

er’s quick response after the Oct. 5 meet ing to re-tweak the project and address residents’ concerns but he felt that more work could be done.

Fay said residents who commented that The Ranch goes against the 2020 voter-ratified General Plan don’t realize that the plan changes every month. He said he’s talked to three dozen Morrison Ranch residents who wanted to see cer tain businesses on the site instead but he noted nothing has happened on the land for 13 years.

He also said that he lives 300-400 feet from a light-industrial development and comments at the meeting such as possi ble cancer-causing agents from industrial tenants on the proposed site were “over the top.”

Mundt said the crux of the issue was “compatibility.” He said he emphasized with the residents but disputed their claims such as the project’s impact on people’s health and the drought.

“Much of what’s been said is hyperbo le,” he said, adding that if the council de nies the project, a developer can come in and under the existing zoning can build even taller buildings as general commer cial allows for up to 75 feet.

IndiCap’s proposed building heights range from 42 to 55 feet with 65 feet for accessory structures such as satellites or material silos.

Other adjustments included modifying the general commercial zoning previously proposed for the southeast and northeast corners of the site. General commercial is now proposed along the entire length of the property’s frontage on Elliot Road.

Over 100 residents submitted com ment cards of opposition and 19, includ ing Brian Mosley spoke at the meeting.

“This is the most intense thing in town,” said Mosley, who told commissioners that he’s submitted a 28-page rebuttal to the project.

He said in order to amend the Gener al Plan for a project, the change must be an improvement or consistent with sur rounding uses.

He disputed the developer’s claim that The Ranch would bring jobs to Gilbert, saying more jobs would be created under the current zoning.

“Saying nothing else can happen here is silly,” he said. “How did we decide it was OK to put this next to a residential neighborhood? Much better things can go in there.”

He said the developer’s proposal was not just about intensity of the light-in dustrial uses but the loss of amenities for the neighborhood such as a doctor’s office.

Mosley said he planned to meet with some of the council members ahead of their vote next month.

Ryan Handelsman two days earlier warned council members of the conse quences if The Ranch project is approved.

He said all the data and facts presented by residents of the project’s negative im pact is alarming but what concerns him more “is the high probability that these facts will be ignored by the planning board and most likely all of you and the amendment will be passed.”

“You are going to hear dozens if not hundreds of justifiable reasons as to why this project should not be approved,” he

said.

“I’m going to take a slightly different angle and hopefully it resonates…there’s not a single thing many of you can do to get my vote ever again but by voting ‘yes’ on The Ranch I can almost guarantee it will seal your fate in Gilbert politics.”

He said for every single political sign the council members post in the future, they can expect at least 20 opposing them, “calling out all the things that you did wrong for this community, including The Ranch.”

“There won’t be enough lemonade stands or photo ops to break through the PR nightmare that you will likely faced,” he said. “But there is a chance here. You have a chance if you are not going to shut the project down because it’s the right decision for Gilbert not to go through with it, then shut it down to salvage whatever votes you have left.

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“Either way vote ‘no’ on The Ranch as a long-term benefit for both Gilbert and your political careers.”

of the chamber quietly holding a sign that said “Stop lying” when he was es corted out of last month’s meeting.

Last week, residents came prepared, instead of the now-banned signs, they wore their message on T-shirts that showed a house next to a giant indus trial building and the words, “Not in my backyard or Referendum.”

“It is true that the council can impose time, place and manner restrictions,” Ryff said. “But with some boundaries.”

Those restrictions must be narrowly tailored against actual disruptions, he added.

“There are several cases that have been established, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of the United States,” he said. “Essential ly disruption means to truly impede or prevent the council from actually ac complishing its business in a reasonably efficient manner.

So, holding a sign has not been proven to meet that threshold.”

He added that the imposed restric tions must be “unbiased with respect to content.”

“So, the mayor ejected myself and oth ers with these signs that opposed her,”

Ryff said. “She says that she couldn’t read the signs at 70 feet.”

Ryff said he used the same sign and placed it 170 feet away from him and took off his glasses and was still able to read it.

“So, either the mayor was being untruthful or she’s legally blind and shouldn’t be driving home tonight,” he said.

Under the Town Code, it’s unlawful to disrupt a council meeting and the courts have been clear what constituted a dis ruption, according to Ryff. He added that the revised state statute allows a council to mete out punishment only for disor derly conduct, not a disruption.

He said the residents with signs were a distraction “that the mayor chose to turn into a disruption by stopping the meeting.”

“If you look at the statute it says essen tially that you have to commit disorderly conduct in order to be removed from the meeting,” he maintained. “So you essen tially have to give someone a wet willy and smack them upside the head to get kicked out of a meeting legally.”

citizens filed claim against town over meeting ouster

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

Three Gilbert residents filed a no tice of claim last week against Town Council over their remov al from a public meeting for silently holding signs that read “Stop lLying” and “Don’t Mesa My Gilbert.”

The claim filed by Dr. Brandon Ryff, Ryan Handelsman and Joanne Terry singled out Mayor Brigette Peterson as “vindictive” for violating their First Amendment rights to free speech. Pe terson ordered police officers at the Sept. 20 meeting to remove the trio from chambers.

To make the claim go away, Ryff said he is willing to take $1, provided the mayor and the Town of Gilbert issue

an official apology and that Peterson agrees to take remedial First Amend ment training classes.

Peterson did not comment but the claim is being investigated by Risk Management to determine if the Town committed a negligent act that result ed in harm, spokeswoman Jennifer Harrison said.

“If the investigation reveals that the Town may be at fault, the Town may contact the claimant to attempt to set tle the claim,” Harrison said.

If the Town denies the claim or takes no action in 60 days from the claim’s Oct. 20 receipt, the plaintiffs can sue.

“In a limited public forum, the gov ernment may moderately limit ex pressive activity through time, place and manner restrictions, so long as

restrictions are both viewpoint neu tral, equally and consistently enforced, as well narrowly tailored to meet the needs of the governing body to con duct its business, free of actually dis ruptions,” said attorney Tim LaSota in the claim.

“Gilbert unlawfully restricted the plaintiffs’ political signs, not with rea sonable, consistently and equally ap plied, content-neutral limitations, but in an unreasonable, inconsistent and unequal manner, clearly motivated by content-based bias.

“Furthermore, we assert that Gil bert’s mayor abused her position and power as a public official to retaliate against known political foes Dr. Ryff and Mr. Handelsman.”

LaSota has had a number of legal

encounters with the Town. He’s rep resented Councilman Laurin Hendrix who was able to take his seat early after election and he’s represented resident Jim Torgeson, now council man-elect, over the town’s removal of political signs.

Ryff and Handelsman each filed separate ethics violation complaints against Peterson in 2021, accusing her of sharing information from residents to a developer who was proposing a higher-density apartment complex in their Morrison Ranch community.

A town-hired outside attorney even tually cleared Peterson of the allega tions but faulted her “poor judgment.”

LaSota pointed out that the Town was the loser in Reed v. Town of Gil

During its Oct. 18 meeting, Gilbert Council posted its rules for audience members to follow in order to maintain decorum at its meetings. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)

Because Ryff spoke during public comments on an issue that was not on the agenda, the council was prohibited under state law from responding.

Later in the meeting, Mayor Brigette Peterson introduced the proposal to form a Council Communications Sub committee “to explore policies, best practices and other resources to help promote civil discourse in public meet ings that balance the Town of Gilbert’s ability to conduct effective meetings while also ensuring the public’s right to participate and desire to be heard.”

“I apologize to the community for the frustration that you’ve had about the decorum rules for town council busi ness meetings since we were operating on long-standing precedence instead of clearly communicating in writing the expectations to you,” Peterson said. “Your feedback was received and you were heard. We’ve been updating our postings for the past several meetings to make things more clear.

“As you may have noticed the deco

rum expectations are now written out and they mirror those found at the Ar izona State Legislature for both the Ari zona House and Arizona Senate. They’re posted in the lobby, on the town website and behind the council (on a screen).”

Peterson said she and Councilwom an Kathy Tilque have been working on the proposal, which will include Tilque as chair and Councilwoman Yung Ko prowski and two town employees.

The subcommittee will do outreach for public feedback and bring identified goals to the council for discussion in the December retreat.

Peterson said she anticipated the group will conclude its work by the end of January.

The day following the meeting, Dep uty Town Clerk said she’s received no information yet on how often the sub committee will meet or the date for its first meeting.

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“The September council session and the removal of people and signs by po lice at the mayor’s instruction based upon ‘decorum’ prompted Judicial Watch to make a public records re quest,” said Mark Spencer, the South west Projects coordinator in Phoenix for Judicial Watch.

And it prompted his attendance at the council meeting last week, he said.

“The restriction of free speech, based upon new signs at Town Hall and Pow erPoint slides behind the Council, and the ability to hold elected officials ac countable is problematic with the First Amendment, open meeting law and runs contrary to conservative princi ples,” Spencer said. “The decisions and direction of the Gilbert Town Council are under review by Judicial Watch.”

The sole dissenter in the 6-1 vote to form the subcommittee was Council man Lauren Hendrix.

“Well, they took the two most liberal members of the council and they didn’t add any citizens to the committee at all, at least at this point,” Hendrix said. “It’s a hand-picked committee at this point to support the mayor’s agenda.”

He said most of the town’s commit tees have members of the public but that he was confident that Tilque will reach out to citizens for input.

“The committee was created to kind of cover up another faux pas of the may or,” he added.

He said he is not opposed to a com mittee looking into the issue of deco

rum at council meetings but found it peculiar that the mayor would consider a person holding up a sign silently and not blocking any audience member to be “disruptive to a meeting or a break in decorum” and have that person re moved.

“I don’t get it,” he said. “But I’m not an attorney.”

Hendrix said he’s never seen a heavyhand approach such as Peterson’s at a public meeting and he’s held elective office most of his life, starting as a stu dent body leader in college.

“I can’t recall anybody being removed from any meeting I’ve been in even back to Senate Bill 1070 in the Legis lature when it passed and that was pretty contentious,” said Hendrix, who was a House representative when the controversial anti-immigration law SB 1070 passed in 2010. “I’ve been around pretty contentious stuff and I have nev er seen a chairman behave the way the mayor behaved. Not once.”

He also questioned the large police presence at the meetings. At one recent council meeting there were at least seven uniformed officers in the room.

Hendrix said it creates an environ ment where the audience feels intimat ed.

“I don’t feel it’s appropriate,” he said. “I’m not aware of any threats, not seen anyone make threats or be disruptive. I‘ve not seen anything that makes me feel remotely concerned about my safety.”

Angry Morrison Ranch residents wore specially made T-shirts to protest a proposed industrial development in their neighborhood. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)

bert and was “doing the exact same thing once again.” In that 2015 case, the court ruled the town could not regulate signs based on content alone.

The attorney pointed to the Aug. 23 meeting where Ryff spoke critically of the mayor during public comments, saying “lots of people know the mayor struggles with the truth.”

At the Sept. 20 meeting, 50 “Stop Lying” signs “show up with essentially the same message,” LaSota said.

He also disputed the mayor’s claim that she couldn’t read the signs or see who was holding them when she had the individuals escorted out of the room, saying “the signs were readable by anyone on the dais.”

“We contend that the mayor at tributed Dr. Ryff to be responsible for the message and mass production of the signs and then abused her position as Mayor to violate Dr. Ryff’s rights in retaliation,” La Sota said.

He added that Peterson also retali

ated against Handelsman, who at the September meeting questioned if the town had authority to ban audience members from quietly holding signs in the chamber.

LaSota claimed that Ryff’s rights were violated “by a vindictive Mayor who seized the opportunity to retal iate against him for years of political opposition and for having filed ethics complaints against her in the past.”

The attorney pointed out that at the September meeting, other audience members also had signs propped up on the table before them and they were not asked to leave.

LaSota argued that there was no ac tual disruption by Ryff and Handels man.

“In fact, until the Mayor decided to stop the meeting and cause a mass spectacle by having Dr. Ryff and Mr. Handelsman removed by the police, audience members were completely unaware, and nothing was impeding

the ability of the meeting to proceed,” he said.

“It was the mayor who created an actual disruption by allowing her tem per and ego to take over, overreacting to something she could have simply ig nored and was prohibited by the Con stitution from squelching.”

LaSota added that at the Aug. 3 meet ing the mayor and other council mem bers noted that the public body does not follow the town’s rules of decorum or Robert’s Rules of Order but after ordering the three residents removed from the September meeting, Peterson stated, “we’re going back to the rules of decorum in this meeting.”

“To summarize, the mayor claims that the council does not follow the rules and that she wants to follow them,” LaSota said. “The reality is that she is to apply her own rules, and of course the rules depend on the situation. The reality is also that the Town of Gilbert Council has not, does not, and never

has followed real rules of procedure.”

He said it’s inappropriate to remove a person “because of any type of expres sion that does not interrupt or halt the meeting itself.”

LaSota also called into question the Town’s “Rules of Decorum and Order” displayed at the Oct. 19 council meet ing.

“These new rules are hopelessly broad, for a variety of reasons,” LaSota said. “But perhaps the most instruc tive illustration is how the rules bar any and all ‘handouts’ anywhere ‘in side the council chambers.’

“This was a hasty attempt to ratify the mayor’s conduct, and it shows.”

LaSota was asked if his clients in tend to sue if the claim is denied but he was hopeful that won’t be the case.

“I think we just have to evaluate that when it happens,” he said. But “we gave them a very good offer for $1 and remedial Constitutional training for the mayor.”

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BY CECILIA CHAN

GSN Managing Editor

The winner of the Nov. 8 faceoff will most likely depend on which two council candidates got the most money to get their mes sage across to voters.

Bobbi Buchli, a real estate broker, has so far raised $31,462 in her cam paign war chest, according to her third quarter finance filings for the period covering July 17 to Sept. 30.

U.S. Navy veteran Bill Spence did not file his latest campaign finance report – due Oct. 19 – but in his pre-primary report in early August, Spence said he had raised $21,755 up to then..

Deputy Town Clerk Judy Martinez said there are penalties for filing late and pointed to state statute, which stipulates a $10-a-day fine for the first 15 days after deadline and $25 for each subsequent day. Penalties accrue

until the late report is filed.

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sulting and advertising.

For the most recent reporting pe riod, Buchli received $7,713 in dona tions.

Donors included retiree George Dottl, who gave $2,000. Dottl also gave Spence $2,000 during the Primary but has since switched allegiance.

Andrew Adams, chairman of the LD 14 Republican Committee, gave $50; Councilwoman Aimee Yentes, $100, and Brandon Ryff, $1,000.

Ryff, a dentist, filed an ethics com plaint against the mayor last year and he is a vocal opponent against a mas sive light-industrial project proposed near his neighborhood in the mas ter-planned Morrison Ranch.

And Barbara Lucas, another Morri son Ranch resident, gave $100. Buchli also loaned her campaign $2,688.

Buchil’s spending for the third quar ter totaled $10,973, which included expenses for printing, campaign con

What can also help persuade voters sitting on the fence are endorsements and both candidates tout some hefty ones.

Spence says he’s got the backing from police and fire and from West & SouthEast Realtors of the Valley. He’s also earned an “A” grade from Gilbert Chamber of Commerce.

Although Buchli received a “C” from the chamber, she’s secured a spot on the state Republican Party’s Golden Ticket, a GOP voter guide. The council election is nonpartisan.

She’s also picked up a number of ap provals from Arizona Free Enterprise Club, a conservative lobbying group, and from Gilbert Watch, an internet conservative publication operated by former Gilbert Councilman Jared Tay lor, the Arizona Women of Action, for mer Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman and Gilbert Councilman Laurin Hendrix.

Buchli’s campaign platform includes helping small businesses in Gilbert thrive, opposing more high-density apartments, supporting first respond ers and getting fiscal spending under control.

She also advocates “new leadership top to bottom” at town hall.

Spence, who was appointed in 2020 by council and served eight months until he lost his election to keep his seat against Laurin Hendrix, says he’s a strong supporter of police and fire.

He’s also committed to “aggressive ly challenging requests to build more high-density apartments” and would oppose any attempt to implement a primary property tax and any increas es to the secondary property tax rate.

Spence and Buchli came in at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, in the August Primary that saw incumbent Yung Ko prowski and newcomers Jim Torgeson and Chuck Bongiovanni elected.

ger of the facility defaulting on its loans, saying, “We’re right on track in the fall and winter heading into a position where we don’t anticipate having any shortfalls whatsoever.”

On Oct. 4, though, the trustee in formed Legacy that conditions exist for a “default,” including the failure to make its monthly loan payments. After managers for the sports complex failed to resolve the conditions, the trustee is sued the notification and called a meet ing of bondholders for Oct. 25.

Stephen Griffin, a whistleblower in Rhode Island who is a former executive and investor in a failed youth sports company in Boston, has been predicting trouble for Bell Bank Park since Sep tember.

Griffin, an accountant for major firms before becoming an investor, doesn’t think the Mesa project is capable of gen erating the revenue needed to cover its current obligations.

He said the revenue potential and

economic benefits of destination sports facilities like Bell Bank Park have been over-hyped to communities across the country.

That’s also been true in the East Val ley, where Mesa and Queen Creek offi cials have been especially enthusiastic about the park and its future potential as a magnet for visitors to their munici palities. Although some Gilbert officials were concerned about the park’s impact on the town’s Cactus Park sports venue, they too took a broader favorable view of its tourist potential.

Griffin pointed out that a similar sports complex in Indiana, the 400-acre Grand Park, was recently appraised for just $85 million.

Griffin said in his experience the youth sports market is “a mom and pop industry” that’s “impossible to do at scale.”

“The destination youth sports com plex concept is a bubble,” he said.

He said when he heard about the proj

Hopes were high among investors and some East Valley officials when ground was broken for Bell Bank Park, now the focus of a widening financial and legal mess. (Tribune file photo)

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

The state health department found deficiencies during its in spection of a Mesa memory care facility within Gilbert Police’s jurisdic tion where an elderly female resident wandered away and was later found dead.

Maricopa County Medical Examiner ruled 88-year-old Ina Jenkins’ Aug. 8 death an accident and listed the cause as environmental heat exposure. Be sides dementia, Jenkins also suffered from hypertensive cardiovascular dis ease, and hypothyroidism, according to the medical examiner.

Parent company Koelsche Senior Communities in Olympia, Washington, did not respond to a request for com ment.

After Jenkins’ death, Arizona Depart ment of Health Services, which licenses these facilities, conducted an investiga tion in September and faulted Silver Creek Inn Memory Care Community near Baseline and Recker roads, for not adhering to state protocols.

According to the state, Silver Creek did not have policies and procedures in place that ensure the safety of a res ident who may wander and that the facility’s manager should not accept or retain a resident if the individual requires continuous behavioral health services.

The facility also failed to have in place controls or alerts notifying em ployees if a resident leaves the facility unsupervised.

Health Services spokesman Tom Herrmann, citing a state statute, said the department was unable to disclose how Jenkins left the facility undetected.

He said in an email that Silver Creek’s inspection “has been referred to the enforcement team for review.”

“Licensing does not request a writ ten plan of correction until the enforce ment action has been determined,” he said. “However, licensing nevertheless

urges the facility to immediately cor rect the deficiencies cited in the inter im.”

Jenkins was clad in a short-sleeve shirt and red plaid pajama pants and at the time it was believed she walked away at 2 p.m., according to Gilbert Po lice, which issued a Silver Alert.

The facility is near Baseline and Recker roads and has a Mesa address but is in Gilbert’s jurisdiction.

Less than an hour after her report ed disappearance, Jenkins was found dead in a dry canal in Mesa, police there said.

Jenkins had moved into the Mesa fa cility in August 2021.

This isn’t the first time for violations at a Koelsch facility.

Reportedly, a memory care facility in Arlington, Texas was fined for near ly $2,000 for not keeping records of deaths, injuries and illnesses during the pandemic.

A company spokesman at the time explained it was a “clerical oversight” and that the delayed information to a federal agency led to the citations.

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was no way to foresee this would be the popular program for our students but they are getting a lot of great informa tion and they are loving this program.”

Person said part of the reason why students may be attracted to the pro gram is because it’s “edgy.”

“It’s kind of like going to an amuse ment park but they are getting a great education,” he said, adding:

“Even though we only have about 35 to 40% of our students complete this program, I tell our teachers all the time is that we’re going to have a tremendous group of students that are educated citi zens about the way law enforcement and the criminal justice system works and to me that is probably the most important thing that we can do.”

Pearson also reviewed the CTE pro gram’s performance data.

“Higley students that complete two years of a program has a graduation rate of 96.7%,” he said. “A student in CTE finishes and graduates high school at a

higher rate than the state average, at a higher rate then the general population as well. We are 4% above the state aver age of students who complete CTE pro grams.”

The district also tracked students six months after their graduation and the most recent data showed that 79.6% of Higley students placed either in a career field that they got training for in their CTE program, in a college program that is related to their CTE program or was serving in the community is some other way, according to Pearson.

“The state’s average is 76.5%, so we are above that,” he added.

CTE also has programs that train stu dents to work in “non-traditional” fields.

“For example, such as having males in a (nursing) profession or having females in a welding or industrial-type program” Pearson explained.

“We are at 36.5% for our programs that have non-traditional classification, 36.5% of our students are non-tradi

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tional. We are one of very few districts in the state that meet this requirement.

“Many districts have struggled with this one mightily and the state average is 33.5% but I’ve seen those numbers as low as 10, 15 % for school districts.

“We are very fortunate to have pro grams that attract students and are not based on their genders and teachers that make students feel welcomed.”

For the state’s technical skills test ad ministered at the end of the year, the dis trict CTE’s passing rate was 75.3%, com pared with the state average of 70.5%.

“It shows our teachers are very strong in what they are teaching, they’re very connected to their curriculum and they have delivery and practices that allows our students to understand and grasp the concepts,” Pearson said.

And, when it comes to industry-recog nized credentials, 82.8% of seniors last year who completed a program earned an industry certification. The state’s av erage was 33%.

“To me that’s the No. 1 thing that I em phasize to our teachers is important to our program,” Pearson said.

“If we want to have quality programs and we want to show our programs are meeting industry needs, having the stu dents graduate with that certification in hand is the measurement we are mea sured by.”

The program’s budget for the fiscal year was about $2.5 million, funded by sources, including EVIT money, state and federal grants. The biggest chunk, $1.4 million went toward teacher sala ries and benefits.

Pearson said possible future opportu nities included adding a new program such as medical assisting or physical therapy technician at Higley High to at tract and retain students and adding a welding program at Williams Field.

“We have a unique opportunity at Wil liams Field High School,” he said. “We have a business industry partner come

This chart, showing the academic and technical performance of CTE students overall during the 2021-22 school year, shows that participants met or exceeded state achievement standards. (HUSD)

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in and want to financially support a program, academically support the pro gram and help support a teacher and build that program out.

“It is the Arizona Pipe Trades union. They’re currently looking for about 450 pipe welders and the pipeline is dry.”

Pearson said when students complete the welding program and graduate high school they would automatically be ac cepted into an apprenticeship program into the Arizona Pipe Trades union.

“That’s a pretty big deal,” he said. “That is a career starter for kids and that’s a career starter with zero debt and for our Gen Z kids that is one of their top priori ties is to be debt-averse.”

According to John Lebsock, Higley High graphic design teacher, plans are in the works to integrate the CTE program at Sossaman Middle School.

The Governing Board also heard from two students who touted the experience they’ve received in the CTE program.

“CTE and Skills USA really is having an impact on our development as individ uals and our ability to be career -ready like even out of high school,” said Lily Valencia.

Valencia is a graphic design student at Higley High and a national officer with Skills USA, a nonprofit association of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce.

She said she was a bit undecided about her future plans but that she’s been accepted to Arizona State Univer sity, Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona and was consid

ering applying to University of Oregon, University of Chicago and Stanford Uni versity.

“I’m thinking of going into something medical,” she said. “I know it’s not relat ed to graphic design but I really do ad mire the skills that I’ve gained.”

Board member Jill Wilson said both of her children benefited from the dis trict’s CTE program.

“My son did two or three different classes not knowing quite what he want ed to do and my daughter’s currently

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doing one,” Wilson said. “She really en joyed it or is enjoying it. It makes her excited to go to school, which is always something in high school that you’re not quite sure about but it’s very exciting to see that.”

Board member Michelle Anderson also extolled the program’s benefits.

“Whenever we talk CTE, I think it’s life-changing for students,” said Ander son, a teacher. “Sitting in high schools, I see it all the time where there’s students (who) just don’t know what they want to

do.”

But the CTE program is giving mean ing to the schools and to students, ac cording to Anderson.

“To some of these students they’ve had to show up since kindergarten and it was fun for a while and then it hits junior high and high school and they’re like ‘why are we here’ and even teachers are like why are you here but this gives a meaning.

“It’s not a dumping ground for kids that aren’t going to college.”

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ect and looked into it, he was surprised Bell Bank Park was financed with mu nicipal bonds, and he thought the 7.5% interest rates offered were “really high for bonds.”

It all seemed too good to be true.

Having read the loan documents “five times,” Griffin believes there are omis sions and distortions in Legacy Cares’ sales pitch “meant to excite bondhold ers.”

Griffin said he is providing informa tion to the Securities and Exchange Commission about Legacy Cares. He shared an email exchange with the Tri bune showing communication with Re becca Olsen, deputy chief of the SEC’s Public Finance Abuse Unit.

A spokesman for the SEC said the agency “does not comment on the exis tence or nonexistence of a possible in vestigation.”

Griffin said the notice of default and bondholder meeting could likely be the start of “a very complicated, messy, liti gious situation for the next 12 months.”

He said that a possible next step in the default process is bondholders could hire an outside consultant to manage the facility.

If the principals of Legacy Cares and Legacy Sports, the for-profit group that manages the facility, resisted giving up control, it could unleash a “hornets’ nest of lawyers and litigation.”

Legacy Cares did not respond to a re quest for comment before press time, but the organization may be seeking a way out by refunding the bonds, or find ing new investors who will put up the capital to cover the current bonds and loan to Legacy under new terms.

On Oct. 5, Legacy notified bondhold ers of a potential “refunding and defea sance of all or a portion of the Bonds by defeasance, redemption, open market purchase and/or exchange.”

Griffin said it might be difficult to find new investors, saying that in addition to possible concerns about revenue poten tial of the project, the investors would be on the hook for paying the interest

through at least 2027, increasing the cost of taking over the debt.

There are also millions in contractors’ liens on the property that have to be taken care of before proceeding.

Most of the contractors that filed liens with the county this summer are based in Phoenix or other Valley cities, and most of the lien amounts are in the high six figures, several over $1 million.

For example, Kearney Electric in Phoenix filed a lien for $1 million on July 21 and Siteworks Landscape Devel opment filed a lien for $826,000 on the same day.

As its troubles have mounted, Legacy Cares has also gotten pushback from athletes and their families.

Under pressure from its bondholders to maximize revenue, the facility has started collecting parking fees Friday through Sunday. It also enforces prohi bitions on outside food and beverages, except water.

Some visitors to Bell Bank Park have complained in online reviews about

having to pay for parking and admission to see their children play in addition to tournament fees, as well as paying for food and beverage in the venue.

One sentiment is that visitors are be ing “nickeled and dimed” and not get ting a return on value for the fees.

Bell Bank Park has a two-star rating out of five on review website Yelp. The rating is 3.4 on Google, but several re cent viewers have savaged the facility for the fees.

“They charge $5 per vehicle per day to park in their dirt lot,” one poster wrote. “This place is at the ends of the earth in Mesa, why is there a charge to park?”

Whatever the outcome of Legacy Cares’ default and upcoming bondhold ers’ meeting, a statement Griffin posted in early September to kick off his whis tleblowing campaign is resonating to day.

“Whoever said municipal bonds are boring has never been to Mesa, Arizona. Stay tuned – this story is incredible,” he wrote.

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Food help for needy students unveiled at Gilbert school

BY GSN NEWS STAFF

At Harris Elementary School near Baseline Road and Stapley Drive in Gilbert, 76% of the 400 students qualify for free and reduced meals.

According to experts, hungry children score lower on standardized tests, are more likely to repeat a grade, get suspend ed from school and come to school late or not at all.

But since Harris, a PK-6 Gilbert Public Schools campus, introduced its ‘Breakfast in the Hallway’ program in 2015, adminis trators have seen vast improvements. Har ris was one of the first schools in Arizona to have the program.

Just in the first six months of offering meals to students on their way to class, tar diness decreased by 50%, school nurse vis its for stomach pains declined by 34% and school behavior referrals dropped by 25%, according to Gilbert Public Schools.

The number of students eating school breakfast jumped to 71% from the 12% before the start of the program.

Now, thanks to the Mission 57: End Stu dent Hunger, more campuses in the district will be feeding students with food insecu rity. The community initiative is providing 11 campuses with a Grab and Go school meal equipment package.

Each package includes 10 kiosks/meal carts from ColdSell, two 4-crate milk cool ers from ColdSell, one round milk cooler from ColdSell.

The announcement of the equipment came last week at an event staged at Har ris, also a recipient.

“The existing Breakfast in the Hallway program at Harris was using old carts,” dis trict spokeswoman Dawn Antestenis said. “The new donated carts include additional features and a separate cart for milk etc. So Harris will receive a meal equipment pack age.”

GENYOUth representatives were joined by former Cardinals wide receiver Frank Sanders, Gilbert Mayor Bridgette Peterson and district Superintendent Dr. Shane Mc Cord.

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Former Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Frank Sanders was in Gilbert Oct. 19 to help with the unveiling of new Grab and Go breakfast carts at Harris Elementary School, part of Mission 57: End Student Hunger, a Super Bowl LVII community initiative that is providing meal packages to schools with a high number of low-income students. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)

Dairy Council of Arizona and a number of corporate sponsors such as Fry’s Food Stores and The Quaker Oats Co. are help ing support the mission to increase ac cess to over 8.5 million school meals for over 31,000 student each school year at 57 high-need campuses in the state.

Approximately 26% of all GPS students are eligible for free and reduced meals, ac cording to Antestenis.

The district has nine campuses currently enrolled in the Title 1 program, which re ceives extra federal help due to having over 40% of students qualifying for free and re duced meals.

Mission 57’s goal is to deliver 11 equip ment packages per month for a total of 57 for Super Bowl 57, which will be held in February in Glendale.

According to GENYOUth, one in eight children in the nation is food insecure – in cluding one in five Hispanic, Black and In digenous children.

Schools are a lifeline for student feed ing yet Arizona ranks in the bottom half –29th out of 51 states – in school breakfast participation.

The Grab and Go School Meal equipment have proven to be a game-changer in help ing schools grow school breakfast partici pation.

Since introducing the meal equipment program to schools in 2017, GENYOUth has seen growth in average daily school break fast participation by as much as 27%.

24th annual Barktoberfest promises fun in Gilbert

BY GSN NEWS STAFF

One of Gilbert’s longest running annual festivals will be held next week end, combining a celebration of dogs and Halloween.

Barktoberfest, which will fea ture shopping, trick-or-treating and a parade among other ac tivities, will be held 8:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Friends for Life Animal Rescue, 952 W. Melody Ave., Gilbert.

Barktoberfest is a big fund raiser for Friends for Life, a registered nonprofit, no-kill shelter that has sponsored the event the last 23 years.

It will include food trucks, booths with wares from local vendors as well as sponsors and suppliers, a dog wash, lure course, agility obstacle course, dog adoptions, a raffle and con tests for best trick and best cos

tume.

It also will have a DogVinci booth where pups step in safe paints and walk onto a canvas, creating a canine masterpiece.

Also featured is an alumni parade for those who have ad opted dogs from Friends for Life.

Sponsors and vendors will be passing out candy for kids so dogs aren’t the only ones get ting treats

Admission to the event is free but some activities might re quire a donation to participate.

All funds raised from this event aid in helping Friends for Life save the lives of homeless dogs and cats in its community.

The presenting sponsor is Dogs 24/7 of Chandler, Glen dale, Mesa, Phoenix and Tempe.

Sponsors, merchants and raf fle items are still needed and interested people can email

bark@azfriends.org. For fur ther information on Barktober fest, visit Friends for Life Face book page at: facebook.com/ AZfriendsforLife and click on the Events tab, or call 480-4978296.

The volunteer-based orga nization focuses on rescuing stray animals from off the streets and the rural desert ar eas of Arizona communities.

Friends for Life pro vides medical attention and care for the animals in its 12,000-square-foot shelter and actively seeks adoptive families.

No appointment is needed to check out animals that need a home. Just come by during hours of operation. At Friends for Life, animals are altered, vaccinated, microchipped, and dewormed. Cats are also tested for FELV/FIV.

Barktoberfest helps Friends for Life Animal Rescue save and find new homes for abandoned cats and dogs like Bunco, a 3-year-old kitty that can live a long a healthy life despite a diagnosis of FIV. The Friends for Life adoption consultants can elaborate on what this diagnosis means. His adoption fee is $150. . (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)

Evictions, judgments continue rising in Maricopa County Big developer pays $5.1M for site of new Gilbert complex

BY AFN NEWS STAFF

Rent in the Valley isn’t the only thing that’s seeing a steady increase.

The number of eviction cases in Maricopa County Justice Courts also has been climbing.

“Eviction filings continue to rise,” Mar icopa County Justice Courts spokesman Scott Davis reported last week.

September marked the third consecutive month “where filings are higher than they have been since October 2008,” he said.

In October 2008, justice courts in Mar icopa County took in 6,975 eviction cas es. Last month, 6,685 eviction cases were filed.

But the big difference between then and now is the size of judgments filed against tenants who are evicted.

“So far in 2022 the average judgment against tenants just rose to $3,337.50. In 2008 it was $1,750.58,” Davis said. “As I usually point out, not only was the popu lation different then, but so was the econ omy.”

But the difference in the size of judg ments is not just a matter of a difference between 14 years.

“In 2019, the first full year before the pandemic, the average judgment was $1,976.81,” Davis said.

“Judges who hear eviction cases say a small portion of the increase is due to land lords catching up from the pandemic on past amounts due, but mostly it relates to the higher lease amounts that tenants pay.”

Rents have risen dramatically across the country and tenants in the Valley are among the hardest hit.

Rents in the Phoenix area are 45% high er than they were last year, and increased on average by over $700 in the past year, according to some reports.

Other reports say that between 2016 and 2021, average rent in the Valley soared by 80%.

That partly explains not only why many existing multifamily complexes across the region have been sold for twice what the seller paid for them within a matter of two to four years, but it also explains a signif

After the pandemic-related ban on evictions, court cases against tenants, generally related to nonpayment of rent have. been steadily increasing in Maricopa County, especially over the last three months. (Maricopa County Justice Courts)

icant increase in the number of building permits that have been issued in the past year for new apartment projects.

Last week, Mayor Kate Gallego noted at the end of the City Council meeting that on Oct. 12 alone, Council approved zoning changes for projects with a total 2,187 new apartments.

A third trend in eviction cases involves a relatively new state law that requires jus tice courts to seal the details of an eviction case under certain circumstances.

Davis said that as of Oct. 6, sealed cases stood at 248 after the law went into effect only two weeks earlier.

“That is unprecedented and due directly to HB2485,” he said.

The new law requires that an eviction case be sealed when any of the following conditions are met:

• A filed case is dismissed before the judge rules, as when, for example, a tenant pays the rent or the landlord’s paperwork is found to be deficient;

• A tenant wins a favorable ruling;

• After a judgment, the parties file a written agreement to set aside and seal the case.

Advocates who pushed for the law said unsealed cases that ended well for tenants can still come back to unfairly haunt them. They can hurt their future prospects for finding a new home and even harm their job prospects in an extensive background check.

There is no statute of limitations in the law, so even very old cases can be sealed if they meet the criteria set out in the law.

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One of the biggest apartment com plex developers-managers in the nation this month paid $5.1 mil lion for 8.4 acres of vacant land at Higley Road and the US 60 in Gilbert for a pro posed 261-unit multifamily project.

The purchase by Las Vegas-based Fore Property Co. of the 364,535-square-foot parcel on the southeast corner of Higley and US 60 equaled a per-acre price of $610,569, according to Valley real estate tracker vizzda.com.

Dubbed Higley Apartments, the project already has the town’s blessing and will comprise three four-story buildings with carriage-style garages on the first floor, three separate detached garage buildings, a fitness center, clubhouse, dog park and pool.

Town Council on Feb. 8 rezoned the property from Regional Commercial to

high-density multifamily with a planned area development overlay. Restaurants and shops are slated for development along the site’s western and southern boundaries, town records show.

The developer also has agreed to make improvements on the complex’s Higley Road frontage to accommodate addition al traffic anticipated at the intersection of Higley Road and Banner Gateway Drive, according to town staff records.

Vizzda reported the complex will have 60 studio apartments, 110 two-bedroom units, 87 two-bedroom apartments and four units with three bedrooms.

The 28-year-old Fore Property Co. is considered one of the top 20 multifamily developers in the nation with more than 25,000 units across 32 properties in 11 states. That includes a complex in Tempe, tow in Glendale and three in Phoenix. In all, it boasts various residential develop ments in 57 cities across 17 states.”

This month evokes memories of a survivor

BY RACHEL ALLEN GSN Guest Writer

Toa lot of people, this month means the rusty, earthy hues of autumn but there’s another October color

– a bold purple meant to bring aware ness to domestic violence and the many resources available.

To me, October always brings me back to the time I met a now beloved survivor. Through her story, I came to realize that domestic violence can be any mix of abuse: physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, social, spiritual and financial.

A phone call came in about the needs of a woman over 1,200 miles away. The woman’s safety plan included moving to Arizona and she needed Winged Hope’s help.

This woman and her teen fled their home with only two backpacks crammed with a couple changes of clothes.

They stayed in emergency lodging while we gathered donations and pre pared an apartment. Because their move-in was late at night, we took over beds in my truck and left the other

things for the next trip. While my hus band and I stood outside of her door, a woman with a contagious smile and a small load of groceries stepped out of an Uber.

Looking back over her scattered gro cery bags, I asked what she had put back or reluctantly walked past in the store. Her list included simple things such as hand soap, plates, silverware and towels.

I took to social media, desperately enlisting help from my friends and family. Using every penny received, we extended her wish list so much that the shopping cart became hard to see over and difficult to maneuver.

I saw a lift in the mom as some bur dens fell off her shoulders when she saw the bags. I eagerly presented this mother with a new, soft comforter in her favorite color… purple and saw that spark of hope she carried with her fully ignite.

She hugged me and then the blanket before hurrying down the hall to make her bed. I didn’t know it then but this

Gilbert deli joins Bell Bank Park in autism project

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restaurant has teamed up with Legacy Cares Inc., the non profit that owns Bell Bank Park in Mesa, and two other entities to create a program called Not Your Typical Work force, a workplace development program aimed to address the employment gap for young adults with autism and other developmental disabilities.

“The program, which will launch this winter, provides a safe, friendly, exciting, and challenging environment for these individuals to succeed in a typical work

force environment,” Legacy said of its partnership with Not Your Typical Deli in downtown Gilbert, the Autism Academy and Lexington Services.

Young adults involved in the program will be scheduled over the course of 10 weeks to serve in various capacities at Bell Bank Park.

They will learn basic communication and life skills with staff, procedures and responsibilities for positions in the tick eting, operations, guest services, and food and beverage departments, as well as participate in team building activities hosted by the Legacy Cares team.

When Not Your Typical Deli owners Chef W and Chuck Depalma learned how much people with developmental disabil ities struggled in the workforce, they felt something should be done.

So, they focused much of their hiring on developmentally disabled teens grad uating from high school and struggling to enter the workforce.

In 2016, they opened Not Your Typical Deli in Gilbert Town Square and now that they’ve moved to downtown Gilbert, they still serve up the same family-friendly fare and have kept their mission alive in a scaled-down version of their old digs.

“Douglas Moss, president of Legacy Cares said, “We plan to shatter the stigma of Americans with autism through leading by example and showing com panies what Americans with autism and developmental disabilities are capable of achieving in the workforce and beyond.”

“I’ve worked with Not Your Typical Deli for over 3 years. As a young adult with autism, I was hesitant about working with the public. I am very grateful to Chuck, Pam, Chef W, Vanessa and the entire team at NYTD for giving me the opportunity

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Gathering beneath the Gilbert Water Tower as its lights change to mark October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month are, from left, Winged Hope board President Joyce McLaren, Emily Caron, Gilbert Family Violence Unit victim advocate; and Winged Hope founder Jessica Nicely. (Courtesy of Winged Hope Family Advocacy Foundation)

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J a m e s ( J i m ) M c Cann 83, of Chandler, Az entered into etern a l p e a c e o n F r i d a y O c t o b e r 7 , 2 0 2 2 w i t h h i s c h i l d r e n b y h i s s i d e H e w a s t h e s o n o f t h e l a t e R o b e r t & Leah McCann His final days were spent su r r o u n d ed b y the f amily and f rien ds he lo v ed so mu ch

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bed would change her life and mine, too.

We continued emptying my garage and hauling in loads over the next few days – newly painted bedroom furniture for the boy and a black headboard for the mom. I bought her a tool set as a gift, unaware of the inspirational moment that purchase would bring.

The mom became eager to build her bed, with an interesting mix of restless ness and giddy behavior. She asked how we were going to put it all together and I ceremoniously presented her with her own toolbox.

Her response has stayed with me for years now and I never want to forget her enthusiasm. Just after the tools were put into her hands, she raised them over head saying, “I have the POWER!”

I was taken back. With the authority in her voice, I knew she believed what she said.

After many days and loads of physical goods, I finally asked this woman her

full name. We talked and among other details I learned her favorite author was Maya Angelou and her favorite holiday was Halloween.

She then told me about the day she fully committed to safety. She had her son, her backpack, and an ability to pur chase two one-way tickets.

She looked at her flight options and chose Arizona for its sun. She’d lived in the Pacific Northwest where the rain felt inescapable and the dark clouds always hung over her.

A few minutes later she shared why she was so driven to set up her bed. She’d lived with her abuser for over 10 years and endured all sorts of physical and emotional pain in that relationship but in all that time he never allowed her to sleep on a real bed.

He said she needed to “live humbly” in order to arrive at a good life and then forced her to sleep on a thin mattress on the floor. The situation didn’t change

even when she’d saved money from her own job for a bed.

He didn’t work, yet he had control of all the finances. He took her earnings and dignity.

This donated bed made her feel loved and respected.

After years of suffering, she had her needs met by strangers and that love was symbolized by a black headboard and purple comforter.

Her abuser attempted to control her by withholding a bed, which the Winged Hope Family Advocacy Foundation delivered upon meeting her.

He threatened her enough that sleep felt impossible but our team provided her with a comfortable night’s rest before even knowing her last name.

Our advocates created safety in her environment and poured love back into her for no reason other than that is what she deserved!

Through her I was able to see how

empowering compassionate care is and witness the transforming power of com munity.

She had a new life trajectory and the hope came through in her words, “I’m so happy I am safe now. I am free! I can be any emotion I want to and it’s OK. I won’t get in trouble for it. I can be myself and I haven’t been that in a very long time.”

If you are struggling, know that you don’t have to do it alone. Please reach out to us at www.wingedhope.org or speak to someone at the National Domestic Violence Hotline by calling 1-800-7997233.

If you want to join us in our efforts, please consider a financial donation through our website. Winged Hope relies on donor support to continue pro viding services to families statewide.

Rachel Allen is a volunteer at the non profit Winged Hope Foundation in Gil bert. Information about the foundation: wingedhope.org or 480-757-7030.

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PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY AND CHRONIC PAIN TREATMENTS NOT WORKING!!

Mesa AZ – When it comes to chronic pain and/ or neuropathy, the most common doctor-prescribed treatment is drugs like Gabapentin, Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Neurontin. The problem with antidepressants or anti-seizure medications like these is that they offer purely symptomatic relief, as opposed to targeting and treating the root of the problem. Worse, these drugs often trigger an onset of uncomfortable, painful, and sometimes harmful side effects.

The only way to effectively treat chronic pain and/or peripheral neuropathy is by targeting the source, which is the result of nerve damage owing to inadequate blood flow to the nerves in the hands and feet. This often causes weakness, numbness, balance problems. A lack of nutrients causes the nerves degenerate – an insidious

cannot survive, and thus, slowly die. This leads to those painful and frustrating consequences we were talking about earlier, like weakness, numbness, tingling, balance issues, and perhaps even a burning sensation.

The drugs your doctor might prescribe will temporarily conceal the problems, putting a “Band-Aid” over a situation that will only continue to deteriorate without further action.

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Aspen Medical in Mesa AZ uses a state-of-the-art electric cell signaling systems worth $100,000.00.

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Autism Academy for Education and Development is a K-12+ program for stu dents on the autism spectrum.

It provides individualized education for students and have been increasing its work-based learning program over the past several years.

Autism Academy Founder Laura New comb said, “Roughly 60-80 percent of adults with Autism in Arizona are unem ployed, and it has long been Autism Acad emy’s mission to change that number. Our partnership with Legacy Cares is a very exciting step towards decreasing the unemployment rate in adults with Autism and building a more inclusive

“In the past, our school has attempted to partner with different companies to offer our students internships at dif ferent stores and restaurants and this is an incredible opportunity to expand on a mission that we share with Legacy Cares,” she added. “We are thrilled to be partners on this project that gives our students exposure to different jobs and give them an opportunity to leave high school with confidence, feeling ready to enter the workforce.”

Lexington provides academic pro grams and therapies for all students with autism spectrum disorders, offering in-center and in-home services for chil dren and adults.

“By offering employment opportuni ties at Bell Bank Park, the NYTW pro gram will become the national example for how strategic community collabo ration, innovative thinking, and under standing of individuals with ASD can lead to successful employees in any industry,” Lexington said in a release.

Chef W makes a muffuleta sandwich at Not Your Typical Food and Beverage. (David Minton/ GSN Staff Photographer)

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Gilbert environmental consultants create 2nd company

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Thesuccess of a proprietary pro gram employed by environmen tal compliance consulting firm

Earthworks Environmental in Gilbert has led to the formation of a new com pany, ERX Industries.

For the past eight years, Earthworks Environmental has employed the envi ronmental reporting software program, which puts all aspects of environmental compliance into one program and in cludes permits, inspections, and maps.

“ERX is the software program we created to house all of our inspections for our clients; it takes what used to be done on carbon copy paper and creates a more manageable electronic format,” said Cherie Koester, CEO of Earthworks Environmental and sole owner and CEO of ERX Industries.

She said both Earthworks’ compli

ance managers, or inspec tors, and clients that include developers, superinten dents, trades, regulators and others, have provided “astounding” feedback.

Koester said one of the largest national homebuild ers in the U.S. purchased a license for its own use throughout all of its nation al locations.

“We will be assisting them to get our program into their in-house system and continue to help manage and update the program as well,” she added.

ERX was developed for largescale national builders based on their feedback of what they wanted and need ed, Koester said.

It is user friendly for consultants, builders, and regulators. It is custom izable to specific projects, builders, and states. It was created by builders and storm water experts.

Earthworks Environmental currently has approximately 2,400 active users nationally in ERX. It is available as a subscription base or license purchased, Koester said.

“ERX is a great tool for a variety of reasons. It provides the ability for pro posal requests, corrective actions are labeled and numbered,” Koester said.

“It features a regulator button which allows everyone associated with that site to get notifications. It is customiz able according to region and city reg ulatory requirements, and inspection forms take less time to fill out for in spectors.”

Chandler business recreates TV game show experiences

BY KEN SAIN GSN Staff Writer

It’snot unusual for someone to come up to the staff at Game Show Battle Rooms after com peting against their friends and ask the same question.

“People come in all the time and they say, ‘When is it going to air? I can’t wait to be on [TV],’” said Jennifer Jewett, who runs the Chandler location.

Sorry, you won’t be on TV.

But it’s easy to see why some patrons might believe that. Game Show Battle Rooms tries to rec reate the TV game show experi ence, with sound, lights, profes sional emcees and hosts.

The company started sev en years ago in Minnesota. It opened its first Arizona loca tion in West Chandler on Oct. 14.

Here’s how it works:

Groups of 18 or fewer can book a time in one of the two battle rooms. It costs about $35 for the 90-minute show. After a brief introduction they enter one of the battle rooms and are split into two teams where they will compete in three games. Points are given for winning each round. At the end of the three games, one team gets to pose with the championship trophy.

The company has other loca

tions in Minneapolis, Milwau kee, Kansas City, Dallas, Indi anapolis and Columbus, Ohio. They also offer a virtual game room for people who live out side those cities.

The games are different depending which room you book. You probably have not heard of the games, but if you’ve seen TV game shows they should be recognizable as distant cousins. Because of licensing rules, no one at Game Show Battle Rooms will say the names of the more fa mous games.

Survey Battles sure looks a

Cherie Koester is CEO of Earthworks Environmental in Gilbert and owner/CEO of ERX Industries. (Special to GSN)

Connor Wareing is one of the hosts at Chandler’s new Game Show Battle Rooms, which lets patrons compete against each other. (Ken Sain/GSN Staff)

Republic Bank opening Gilbert branch

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Republic Bank of Arizona (RBAZ) plans to open its first East Valley branch in Gilbert next month.

The new branch, Republic’s third location in Arizona, will open at 1417 W. Elliot Road.

“We are excited to expand our local brand of banking to Gil bert and the East Valley,” said President/CEO Brian Ruising er. “Republic Bank of Arizona is one of nine locally owned banks in all of Arizona, and we believe businesses and resi dents throughout the state de serve the opportunity to keep their money in the community in which they live and work.”

The full-service, stand-alone office will provide an ATM and drive-thru at the location, for merly occupied by Parkway

Bank and Trust. It will be open weekdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

“We look forward to getting integrated into the East Valley community through our East Valley Advisory Board, which is chaired by longtime East Val ley resident and former banker Neil Barna,” said Ruisinger.

“Neil’s familiarity and knowl edge of the East Valley busi ness market and community is a great benefit to RBAZ, and we’re excited to have him part of this effort.”

Ruisinger called Gilbert busi nesses “our sweet spot in terms of their size, industry, and other factors.”

“We’ve had the Gilbert area on our radar for expansion for about two years. When the right location became available, we felt we had to take advantage of such a great opportunity.”

Republic opened in 2007 and provides deposit and loan products as well as on-line and mobile banking to individuals, businesses and professionals.

Its community outreach com mittee, known as The Culture Club, is headed by Executive Vice President Amy Lou Blunt, the bank’s chief credit officer.

The overall goal of the Cul ture Club “is to promote a fun, productive and cohesive work place culture, and enthusiasm for philanthropy, which extends throughout the communities it serves.

Of the 53 banks operating in Arizona, Republic is one of only nine locally-owned banks in the state

It maintains a 5-Star superior rating by Bauer Financial and counts $250 million in local as sets.

ERX also provides a digital rain log that each morning sends inspectors an email telling them where rain inspec tions are required.

It replaces an actual rain gauge on-site. Digital maps and editing allow for a project to be viewed remotely via a live map.

Other features include customizable templates for in spection reports, the ability to track and manage action items noted during an inspection, and an alert and notifi cation system for overdue items.

“With ERX, you can add as many users as needed with ability to manage user access and roles. All documents and data are accessible online from any device. ERX provides secure and reliable records retention, which meet regula tory requirements,” Koester said.

Earthworks Environmental boasts 61 employees na tionwide with work performed in 24 markets. It consults on more than 1,500 permits nationally.

Services provided include storm water pollution pre vention, dust control, and construction safety complianc es. The firm primarily serves land developers, vertical developers, commercial construction, and land-holding companies.

Information: earthworksenv.com.

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lot like Family Feud. That’s the one game that is played in both rooms. The other games are What’s the Cost? (think Price is Right), Spin & Solve (Wheel of For tune), Match Up and Time Rush.

Match Up is a word play game where you fill in the blank of a sentence and hope your teammates come up with the same word. Time Rush challenges the teams in a series of skill competitions, such as stacking three cups after pulling away two cards that separated them in less than a minute.

While the games are fun, Jewett said the key to the experience is the interac tion between contestants and hosts. She should know, she’s been on three actual TV game shows.

“The interaction between the host and the contestant is so important be cause you create a connection that has a lifetime memory with laughs, and a relationship that people love,” she said. “So that’s what we do here is we create a bond between the host and our cus

tomers, our guests.”

Jewett said they hired some stand-up comedians and actors to play the role of hosts and emcees. Liz Frisius is one of them.

“We’ll talk with the audience, we get their take, their feel, bring the energy up and realize that life’s not about tragedy,” Frisius said. “Life is about connecting and enjoying yourself and finding the beauty in the moment and finding the hilarity in the moment.”

Jewett said the most popular of their games is Survey Battles. To get the an swers for their questions they ask online and ask groups as they compete.

In addition to being a recreation ac tivity for friends and/or family, Jewett said they also do team-building events for companies. She said they can handle large groups of up to 32 per room if they book in advance.

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Reader calls Hendrix wrong rep for Gilbert

As a 29-year resident of Gilbert, and a retired educator who has closely followed politics in the town of Gil bert, I want to express my concern about having Laurin Hendrix represent our town in the Legislature.

Since he first ran for public office in 2008, Mr. Hendrix has shown that he does not possess the appropriate temperament to be a representative.

• In 2008, Hendrix was elected to the Ari zona Legislature. However, after one and a half years, incumbent Hendrix was so out of favor four Republicans ran against him in the primary to unseat him.

The four opponents had 15,385 votes

to Hendix’s 9322 votes. During his short term, he was involved in a scandal involv ing the acceptance of tickets and other gifts for the Fiesta Bowl that were not re ported, as required by Arizona law.

• In 2016, Hendrix was elected to the Mar icopa County Community College District Board. After being named board president in 2018, he dismantled the popular and ef fective “Meet and Confer” practice, which had, for 40 years, facilitated collaboration between faculty and the board.

This change was not supported by other board members and faculty vehemently opposed this change. In 2017, Hendrix canceled the football program for all Mar

icopa County community colleges, anoth er extremely controversial and unpopular decision.

• In 2018, the voters elected two new board members to the MCC District Board. Hendrix resigned his position the morn ing he realized the board was going to vote him out of his position as president of the Board.

• In 2020, Hendrix was elected to the Gil bert Town Council, replacing an appointed member. Instead of waiting until the new term started to take his seat on the coun cil, Hendrix sued the Town of Gilbert to take his seat immediately. This action cost the town over $74,000.00 in legal fees.

During his latest term on the Gilbert Town Council, he has been outspokenly divisive and unable to collaborate with other Town Council members on import ant decisions.

So now Hendrix again wants to repre sent Gilbert in the Legislature.

For the past 14 years, it is apparent that he has neither the judgment nor the temperament to represent us. Gilbert de serves and requires better representation at this critical time. As a Gilbert resident, I encourage you to take this information into account when making your selection on the ballot!

- Laurie Bingenheimer

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Gilbert volleyball adapting well in 6A Conference

BY AARON DECKER GSN Contributing Writer

For three straight seasons, the Gil bert High School varsity girls’ vol leyball team finished first in their region and a high-ranking team in the 5A Conference. In 2021, their talented roster pushed through to the semi-fi nals in the state championship, falling just short of a finals appearance.

Either way, the last few seasons had been a success. After three straight seasons at the top of their region, a semi-final appearance, and consecu tive seasons as a highly ranked team, it was time to move on to stiffer competi tion.

In 2022, the Tigers progressed from the 5A Conference, where they called home for the last four seasons, to the more competitive 6A Conference. Gil bert joined successful teams like the 2021 and 2022 6A state champion, the Hamilton Huskies. The Tigers became a part of the 6A Central region, brack eted by former championship caliber teams such as the Corona Del Sol Az tecs.

“The teams are better top to bot tom,” Tigers head coach Joe Hesse said. “There’s no easy games so every game is a challenge.”

Hesse’s squad spent four seasons in the 5A Conference, racking up a 51-14 Conference record. The Tigers will de part for a new Conference with tougher teams to face. Looking at win-loss re cords from 2021, the median win per centage in 5A was 0.471 while 6A com petition had a higher median at .529.

The Tigers hold eight seniors on their varsity roster. For the majority of their high school career, players like Alex Johnson and Sydney Mahon have faced

5A level competition. In their final year the team is adapting to the new level of talent they face.

“Initially we were pretty scared to move from 5A to 6A just because there are so many better teams in 6A, but we learned we can actually compete with these teams and we aren’t very far off from most of these teams,” Mahon said.

“It’s been really good for us to have higher competition.”

In their inaugural season, the Tigers haven’t stumbled out of the gate but have fit right in with the other schools.

The black and gold opened the season with a 3-0 win over their 6A foe, the Marana Tigers.

Through six games against confer ence opponents, the Tigers dropped just two sets.

Each game against a 6A opponent has been a proving ground for the 6A rook

ies. In a match against the Sunnyslope, the Tigers dropped the first set before rallying to take the next three.

“It means a lot because, for us to be able to play a high-level team, high level volleyball, it just means we can play up to anybody’s level so I think that was really big for us in how we prove our selves,” Mckenzie Schoenhardt said fol lowing the win at Sunnyslope.

The first real sign of a challenge came against Corona Del Sol, who won in three consecutive sets and gave the Ti gers their first loss in their region. The Tigers now rest at 2-1 in their region and 7-1 in the conference, just behind the Aztecs. Both teams will face off again on Oct. 20.

“I can definitely see a difference,” Alex Johnson said. “It’s way more high-level competition and definitely more ener gy.”

Individually the Ti ger athletes haven’t showcased any less talent then their 6A opponents, in fact many Tigers are top three players in the conference.

Schoenhardt leads the conference in digs (445) while Johnson is second in assists with 531.

Middle blocker Syd ney Mahon is third in hitting percentage and second in aces.

Sophomore Raegan Richardson trails just two players for the top spot in kills.

The current results are far better than the Tiger previous foray into the 6A Conference. The team spent two sea sons in 6A before returning to 5A com petition. In 2016, the Tigers first season in 6A went well, going 5-5 in their re gion and 10-7 in the conference.

In 2017, the wheel fell off losing all ten regional games and all 17 confer ence games.

Hesse coached the team that went 10-24 in two seasons in the 6A Confer ence. Whether it is lessons learned or a new outlook, Hesse feels the change in conference is a moot point, after all his players are playing the same game that they did in 5A.

“It’s the same. We still have three hits, we still have six players, we still have the same substitutes,” Hesse said. “Nothing changes, you’re playing against some body, so our game is playing against the other side.”

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From left: Alex Johnson, Sydney Mahon, Mckenzie Schoenhardt and head coach Joe Hesse have helped lead the Gilbert volleyball team from the 5A Conference to the 6A and haven’t skipped a beat. The Tigers continue to dominate and are currently in the top three of the rankings with playoffs just weeks away. (Dave Minton/GSN Staff)

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SanTan Gardens patio hosting al fresco events

BY GERI KOEPPEL GSN Contributor

Ever since it opened its brewpub in downtown Chandler in Sep tember 2007, SanTan Brewing Company has continued to grow.

Its latest addition is a 2,000-square foot patio that joins its retail shop, tast ing room and production facility on Warner Road just east of Arizona Ave nue, where it hosts live music and oth er public and private events.

The idea for the al fresco area at San Tan Gardens was sparked by the earli er days of the pandemic when people were concerned about keeping six feet apart, said SanTan Brewing Company founder/brewer Anthony Canecchia of Gilbert.

“It evolved from “a place for people to socially distance to a genuine events center that can hold upwards of 250 people,” he said.

Originally, the outdoor area was only around 10 by 10 feet, but they removed a door and windows to open up the space. Then they got the idea to add a stage for live music.

“It kept snowballing,” Canecchia said. “The catering department came over and asked, ‘When are we going to be able to use this for events?’”

SanTan Gardens began testing the waters over the summer with gather ings such as psychedelic jam sessions on Saturdays and “Whiskey Wednes days” featuring live music and specials on whiskey cocktails and bottles.

Events ramped up in September with “Beer, Bourbon, BBQ + Band,” featuring a pig roast; a roster of live music and other happenings is ongoing.

Canecchia said SanTan Brewing Com pany built some large events in down town Chandler over the years, but they became overwhelming.

“The last one we did was Oktoberfest 2019, and we looked at each other and said, ‘It was successful, it was great, I think we’re done.’ It takes so much en ergy and months and months of plan ning.

“When we said, ‘Let’s start doing

events at Warner,’ it was, ‘Yes, they’re intimate, they’re manageable,’” he re marked.

SanTan Gardens events are “mellow er; there’s not a lot of pomp and cir cumstance,” Canecchia noted, and they don’t run past 10 p.m.

Upcoming activities include A Grate ful Dead Halloween and a comedy se ries with headliners such as Harland Williams, Jamie Kennedy and Jay Mohr.

SanTan Brewing Company’s tasting room and SanTan Gardens is generally

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SanTan Gardens’ patio is open daily except for private parties, and often hosts live bands and special public events. (Geri Koeppel/Contributor)

open 3-8 p.m. Monday through Thurs day and noon to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday for retail sales, tastings and tours, and all special events are listed on the website.

There’s no kitchen, but food trucks are present at some special events.

The patio and tasting room also are available to rent for private parties such as weddings, reunions and more.

In the tasting room, barrels stacked eight high against the 25-foot ceilings make for a fun backdrop, and the patio can be dressed up with centerpieces, flowers and other decor.

The website lists blackout dates when it’s closed to the public.

SanTan Brewing Company has ex panded exponentially since its start as a small brewpub on historic San Mar cos Square, which was one of the early brewpubs in the Valley.

Canecchia originally was a home brewer and worked at Four Peaks Brewing Company in Tempe as its first employee starting in 1996.

After the brewpub launched, it helped revitalize a then-sleepy down town Chandler. Its craft beer made onsite along with a menu of comfort food favorites with a Southwestern twist — including meats smoked on hickory and oak out back — drew lines of peo ple waiting for tables.

However, the Great Recession soon hit, and the brewery “scrambled and started distributing our beers,” to oth er restaurants and retailers, Canecchia said.

A year later, they signed to a major distributor, and before long, they out grew their production capacity at the brewpub and opened the bigger facility on Warner Road in 2010.

The company also got its Series 1 li cense in 2015, which “allows us to pro duce any type of alcohol you can think of,” Canecchia said.

Back then, few breweries were mak ing other alcohol, but now, “it’s becom ing very popular for people diversify into beyond beer,” he noted.

The brewery makes a variety of styles, including IPAs, lagers, stouts, wheat beers and more, and SanTan Sprits distills vodka, gin, whiskey, bit ters, canned cocktails and other occa sional special releases, such as coffee liqueur or brandy.

A wall in the tasting room displays the copious number of awards it has received.

In addition to its retail/tasting room and live entertainment, a major focus at SanTan Gardens is education. Tours at the production facility started in 2019; they cost $15 and can be booked online.

The tours, which last an hour or more, discuss the company’s history and the nuts and bolts of making beer and spirits, with explanations about the ingredients, the distilling, the can ning and more.

The Warner location produces 98 percent of the company’s beer in its 50-barrel brewing system and all of its spirits in a specially designed artesian

pot still.

SanTan Brewing Company is now the state’s largest independent brewer and distiller. It brews about 50,000 barrels of beer — roughly 16.5 million cans — and more than 10,000 cases of whisky.

Yanina Santos of Mesa, who took a tour on Sept. 24, said “I think I have a new appreciation for beer and what goes into it than I had before.”

Her husband, Isaac Santos, said, “It was pretty cool learning the history of it and learning that the main owner designed the still and all that.” He add ed, “They make a great caramel whisky, which is the big takeaway.”

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Contact: 480-534-7041; santanbrewing. com/santan-gardens

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Planning a party? Think paella and plenty of sangria

Itwas on this day, decades ago, that my momma and I celebrated my birthday in Madrid, Spain.

She took me on a magnificent trip to six European countries on our way to her home town of Treviso, Italy. It was in Madrid where we both fell in love….with paella. The place was Restaurante Botin, the oldest restaurant in the world, according the Guinness Book of World Records – and to this day, one of the most charming establishments I’ve ever visited.

We bought our paella pan there and have loved making this authentic Spanish dish ever since.

If you’re in the mood to party, a paella par ty (with plenty of sangria to wash it down!) can be a very tasteful get-together!

Ingredients

Seafood Paella

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 large sweet yellow onion, chopped fine

1 red bell pepper, diced

1/3 cup olive oil

1 ½ tsp salt, divided

1 lb. calamari, cut into rings

½ cup tomato sauce

1 teaspoon black pepper

12 raw jumbo shrimp, peeled & deveined

lb Spanish chorizo, cut into small pieces

12 fresh mussels, cleaned

½ teaspoon smoked paprika

3 cups fish broth (Can be made with Better Than Bouillon Seafood Paste)

1 teaspoon saffron threads or powder

1 cup uncooked Carnaroli or Arborio rice

1 cup finely chopped parsley

1 large lemon, sliced into wedges

Directions:

1. Mince 3 cloves of garlic. Chop onion fine. Dice red bell pepper.

2. Slice calamari into thin rings.

3. Heat a paella pan with a medium-high heat and add in 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil. After 1 minute season the olive oil with 1

teaspoon of sea salt.

4. Add the calamari and cook for 2 minutes then remove from the pan and set aside.

5. Add the garlic and onions to the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Add the red bell pepper and continue to sauté until the vegetables are soft and tender, about 4 minutes.

6. Add the tomato sauce, smoked paprika ½ tsp salt and pepper. Stir to incorporate and then cook for 2 minutes or until the tomato sauce has thickened. Add the calamari back into the pan and stir.

7. Add the fish broth and bring to a boil.

8. Add Carnaroli or Arborio rice, mix well and cook for 20 minutes.

9. Add the shrimp and mussels, and cook for another 10 minutes.

10. Lower the heat to medium low, and sim mer until the broth has been absorbed by the rice and the rice is tender.

11. Return the heat to medium high, stir the mixture once and then leave it undisturbed to achieve the socarrat. (Socorrat in paella is the thin layer of toasted rice that sticks to the bottom of the pan. The rice should smell toasted, make a crackling sound.)

12. After 5 minutes, garnish the paella with lemon wedges and finely chopped parsley. Serves 6

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Certifications demonstrate to employers that you have certain skills and knowledge. Often a certification requires a minimum amount of on-thejob experience in addition to passing an exam.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines a certification as something that is awarded by a professional organization or other nongovernmental body, is not legally required to work in an occupation (unlike a license) and demonstrates competency in how to do a job, often through an exam process.

They say the occupations that most often want a certification include architecture and engineering, health care, community and social services, maintenance and computer jobs. However, professional organizations from hospitality to food service to technical jobs to administrative and finance jobs offer certifications, sometimes in highly specialized areas.

Note that there is a difference between certificates and certifications. Certificates can help you gain the knowledge you need to achieve a certification.

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While there are many places that will take your money in exchange for a certification, it will only do you good if you choose one that has credibility in

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The National Center for Educational Statistics says the most common source for certifications and certificates are private for-profit schools and community colleges. Make sure any college you apply to is accredited by the Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

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Sometimes the best way to find a certification is to talk to your colleagues

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According to Gallup’s “Great Jobs” report, people who have a high school diploma and a professional certification — but no other college education — are the most likely group to have a “good” job, at 49%. Only those with postgraduate degrees come close with 47%.

People with certifications are also more likely to be employed. According to a study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2020, 81% of people with certifications are employed compared to 68% of those without. They also found that people with certifications felt more confident they would be promoted in the future than

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Add them to your LinkedIn profile and your personal website if you have one. On LinkedIn, go to your profile, click on “Add profile section” and find the “Licenses & Certifications” option. Click on that and add your information.

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NOTICE OF COURT HEARING Case No 21CH010281 1 Petitioner (Employer) a Name: CITY OF SAN JOSE Law yer for Petitioner Name: YUE HAN CHOW State Bar No : 268266 Firm Name: OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY OF SAN JOSE b Address: 200 EAST SANTA CLARA STREET, 16TH FLOOR City: SAN JOSE State: CA Zip: 95113 Telephone: (408) 535 1900 Fax: (408) 998 3131 E Mail Address: cao main@san joseca gov 2 Employee in Need of Protec tion Full Name: AMBER ZENK 3 Respondent (Person From Whom Protection Is Sought) Full Name: WILLIAM GARB ETT 4 Notice of Hearing A court hearing is scheduled on the request for restraining orders against the respondent Hearing Date 11/30/2021 Time: 9:00AM Dept : 4 5 Temporary Restraining Orders a Temporary Restraining Orders for personal con duct and stay away orders as requested in Form WV 100, Request for Workplace Violence Restraining Orders, are: (1) All GRANTED until the court hearing 6 Service of Documents by the Petitioner At least five days before the hearing, someone age 18 or older not you or anyone to be protected must personally give (serve) a court file stamped copy of this Form WV 109, Notice of Court Hearing, to the respondent along with a copy of all the forms indicated below: a WV 100, Petition for Workplace Violence Restraining Orders (filestamped) b WV 110, Temporary Restraining Order (file stamped) IF GRAN TED c WV 120, Response to Petition for Workplace Violence Restraining Orders (blank form) d WV 120 INFO, How Can I Respond to a Petition for Workplace Violence Restraining Orders? e WV 250, Proof of Service of Response by Mail (bl ank form) Date: 09/20/2021 /S ERIK S JOHNSON To the Petitioner The court cannot make the restraining orders after the court hearing unless the respondent has been personally given (served) a copy of your request and any temporary orders To show that the respondent has been served, the person who served the forms must fill out a proof of service form Form WV 200, Proof of Personal Service, may be used For information about service, read Form WV 200 NFO, What Is "Proof of Person al Service"? If you are unable to serve the respondent in time, you may ask for more time to serve the documents Use Form WV 115, Request to Continue Court Hearing and to Reissue Temporary Restraining Order To the Respondent If you want to respond to the request for orders in writing, file Form WV 120, Respo nse to Request for Workplace Violence Restraining Orders, and have someone age 18 or older not you or anyone to be protect mail it to the petitioner The person who mailed the form must fill out a proof of service form FormWV 250, Proof of Service of Response by Mail, may be used File the completed form with the court before the hearing and bring a copy with you to the court hearing Whether or not you re spond in writing, go to the hearing if you want the judge to hear from you before making an order You may tell the judge why you agree or disagree with the orders requested You may bring witnesses or other evidence At the hearing, the judge may make restraining orders against you that could last up to three years and may order you to sell or turn in any firearms that you own or possess Request for Accommodations Assistive listening systems, computer assisted real time captioning, or sign lan g u ag e in ter p r eter s er v ices ar e av ailab le if y o u as k at leas t f iv e d ay s b ef o r e th e h ear in g Co n tact th e cler k ' s o f f ice o r g o to www courts ca gov/formsfor Request for Accommodations by Persons with Disabilities and Response (Form MC 410) (Civ Code, § 54 8) ORDER ON REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING Case Number: 21CH010281 Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA 191 N FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA 95113, DOWNTOWN SUPERIOR COURT 1 Peti tioner (Employer) CITY OF SAN JOSE 2 Respondent WILLIAM GARBETT 3 Next Court Date b The request to resched ule the court date is granted Your court date is rescheduled for the day and time listed below See 4 8 for more information New Court Date 12/06/2022 Time: 9AM 4 Temporary Restraining Order b A Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) is still in full force and effect (1) The court extends the TRO previously granted on 09/20/2021 It now expires on (at the end of the court date listed in 3b) Warning and Notice to the Respondent If 4b is checked, a temporary restraining order has been issued against you You must follow the orders un til they expire 5 Reason Court Date is Rescheduled c The court reschedules the court date on its own motion 6 Serving (Giving) Order to the Other Party The request to reschedule was made by the: a Peti tioner (Employer) (3) You must serve the respondent with a copy of this order This can be done by mail You must serve by: 10/01/2022 7 No Fee to Serve (Notify) Respondent NOT ORDERED Date: 0 9/06/2022 /S/ Sunil R Kulkarni, Judicial Of ficer Clerk's Certificate I certify that this Order on Request to Continue Hearing (Temporary Restraining Order) (CLETS TWH)(form WV 116) is a true and correct copy of the original on file in the court Date: 09/06/2022 M SORUM, Clerk of t h e C o u r t O R D E R F O R S E R V I C E B Y P U B L I C A T I O N S U P E R I O R C O U R T O F C A L I F O R N I A C O U N T Y O F S A

CLARA Case No 21CH010281 CI TY OF SAN JOSE, a charter city, Petitioner v WILLIAM GARBETT, an individual, Re spondent Date: September 6, 2022 Time: 9 00 a m Dep t: 4 Exempt from Filing Fees (Govt Code § 6103) After reviewing the Application for Order for Service by Publication of Petitioner City of San José, and it satisfactorily appearing therefrom that Petitioner has made reasonably diligent efforts to personally serve Respondent, WILLIAM GARBETT, and that Respond ent is a necessary party to this action and is both aware of this action and the contents of the Petition; and IT FURTHER AP PEARING that a Notice of Court Hearing (WV 109) (the "Notice") has been filed in the above entitled Court action, said Re spondent cannot, with reasonable diligence, be served in any other manner specified by sections 415 10 throug h 415 40 of the Code of Civil Procedure IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that service of the Notice be made on Respondent WILLIAM GARB ETT by publication thereof in the Mesa Tribune a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Maricopa, Ari zona, as well as in the San Jose Post Record, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Santa Clara, Cali fornia, hereby designated as the newspapers most likely to give said Respondent actual notice in this action, and that publica

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1. ZON22 00677 (District 1) Within the 3900 block of East Oasis Circle (south side) and with in the 2800 to 2900 blocks of North Norwalk (west side) Located north of McDowell Road and west of Greenfield Road (0.34± acres). Site Plan Modification and amending a condition of ap proval on zoning case no Z05 002 This request will allow for an industrial development Greg Hitchens, applicant; ViewPoint Resort, LLC, owner

2 ZON21 00080 (District 5) Within the 3600 to 3800 blocks of North Higley Road (east side) and the 5200 to 5500 blocks of East Thomas Road (south s ide). Located east of Higley Road on the south side of Thomas Road (11± acres) Rezone from Single Residence 90 (RS 90) to Light Industrial with a Planned Area Development Overlay and Council Use Permit (LI PAD CUP), and Site Plan Review This request will allow for a boat and recreational vehicle storage facil ity Russell Skuse, Horrocks Engineers, applicant; R&S Development Group LLC, owner

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7. ANX22 01047 (District 5) De annexing public right of way to Maricopa County, consisting of +0 7 acres located within the 200 block of North Signal Butte Road, within the 10800 block of East Mercury Drive, and within the 10800 block of East Boston Street, subject to approval by t h e M

lowed pursuant to A R S § 9 471 03 In 2018, 6+ acres of land were annexed into the City, in cluding the land that is the subject of this proposed de annexation ordinance. Since 2018, Mari copa County has determined that it needs an additional 25 feet of right of way in the area, s pe cifically for Signal Butte Road, Mercury Drive, and Boston Street. This de annexation is to ac commodate Maricopa County’s right of way requirements Dated at Mesa, Arizona, this 23rd day of October 2022 Holly Moseley, City Clerk

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