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Legendary Wild Horse raceway closing for good BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

fter four decades of racing thrills, Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park will be closed forever next year as the Gila River Indian Community’s development arm takes a giant step toward creating a 3,300acre entertainment-retail-office complex. The Wild Horse Pass Development Authority announced March 25 the former Firebird International Raceway would hold its final

National Hot Rod Association race (NHRA) next February at the 440-acre complex, which includes a drag strip, road course and 2.4-mile oval motorboat racing lake. “For nearly 40 years, the NHRA, in conjunction with the Wild Horse Pass Development Authority, has wowed Arizona spectators and fans at the fastest quarter-mile in Arizona,” its brief announcement on social media stated. “Wild Horse Pass Development Authority is excited to celebrate the final race of this storied racetrack, February 2023.”

Authority Interim General Manager Elizabeth Antone added, “Arizona has been an incredible supporter of the NHRA and Wild Horse Pass Motorsport Park for the past four decades and we are very grateful for this tremendous fan support. We know this final race will be a celebration that NHRA fans are famous for.” Neither tribal nor authority officials returned phone calls and emails seeking further

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enee Prince has a vague memory of going with her family as a little girl to the Mesa Arizona Temple for its modest Easter morning sunrise service. She has a more distinct recollection of visiting home from college more than 20 years ago and seeing how a humble sunrise service that began in 1938 had been transformed after 1976: It had blossomed into an inspiring reenactment of the life of Jesus Christ with dozens of volunteers dressed in period clothing, their script verbatim passages from the Bible and a moving score accompanying them. Now, the lifelong Mesa resident is the artistic director of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Jesus the Christ Easter Pageant, meticulously conducting the movements of 425 people in the world’s largest annual outdoor production of its kind.

Many of the 425 cast members in the Mesa Arizona Temple’s Easter Pageant gathered last Thursday evening, awaiting their turn to take the stage for a media night rehearsal. (David Minton/Tribune Staff see PAGEANT page 8 Photographer)

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Contested Longbow plan gets tweaked BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer

n the rush to build new housing in the face of high demand, some Mesa residents are anxious about their neighborhoods changing overnight with an influx of hundreds or thousands of new residents with one large project. That struggle is playing out in a battle over a high-density multi-family housing development planned for northeast Mesa. Developer DHI Communities wants to build 339 apartments with retail on a roughly 20-acre, horseshoe-shaped parcel wrapped around the eastern edge of the Longbow Golf Club course, at Recker Road and McDowell, near the Desert Trails Bike Park. The site is sandwiched between commercial and light industrial districts, but it also sits across Recker Road from an established single-family neighborhood. The land is zoned Light Industrial, so DHI needs the city to approve zone changes to allow an apartment complex with more than a dozen three-story buildings. Council is scheduled to vote on the development tomorrow, April 4. At a March 31 discussion session, Mayor John Giles touted the back and forth between the developer, the city and the neighbors as a good example of public outcry making a project better. In February, residents of the existing single-family homes came out in force to a planning and zoning hearing to oppose the project, dubbed Ascend at Longbow Heights, many donning red shirts and voicing opposition. Among their complaints: spillover parking and traffic might invade their streets, apartment renters could hurt the fabric of the community, and the height of the complex would create an eyesore and potentially look into backyards on Recker. Many said they never anticipated that 900 or more new residents would move in across the street when they bought, so it is unfair to foist that on the community now. But despite their protests, the Planning & Zoning Board approved the developer’s

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Mesa Police big bust yields new fake pain pills BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer

new type of counterfeit oxycodone has hit the streets of Mesa. On March 25, Mesa Police seized more than 25,000 blue m-30 pills that can sometimes contain the dangerous narcotic fentanyl. Officers arrested and booked Anthony Vega, 52, and Oscar Arrez, 32, on multiple drug and weapons charges. Police estimate the street value of the pills at more than $62,500. “Dangerous drugs and weapons were removed from the streets, making the community of Mesa safer for our residents and visitors,” police said in a statement. Officials said the pills still must be tested by the crime lab to confirm but the stamps on them resembled other counterfeit oxycodone. Police gathered intelligence that Vega was selling illegal drugs from his residence in the 400 block of East Crescent Avenue in Mesa. Through further investigation, officers obtained a warrant and executed a search. Both men voluntarily exited and cooperated with police on scene, the department said. Vega admitted to having multiple quan-

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request 4-1. Board members in favor said DHI’s proposal followed sound design principles and the project would benefit the community by adding needed diversity to the city’s housing inventory. “I think I have a more favorable view toward apartments than some of the other things that could happen there,” board member Tim Boyle said during the hearing. “A hospital … or kennels or car sales or impound lots or building material lots – those are some of the things that could happen there.” After the hearing, residents of the neighborhood continued lobbying city planners and the developer to alter the proposal. They also met with Councilman David Luna, who represents the area. Development staff said they have been trying to address resident concerns with the developer before Council votes on

Mesa Police seized 25,000 fake pills, other drugs and guns in a big bust March 25. (Mesa Police)

tities of methamphetamine, heroin, and blue m-30 pills inside the residence,” according to a press release. He also admitted to his intent to sell the illegal drugs. Afterwards, officers discovered Arrez was also in possession of large quantities of illegal drugs and weapons at an apartment complex in the 6200 block of West McDowell Road in Phoenix. Police obtained and executed a search warrant on that residence as well. Both searches resulted in the seizure of 2940.4 grams of blue m-30 pills, 43.7 grams of heroin, 37.2 grams of methamphetamine, 4.4 grams of cocaine, 14 firearms, and $9,690 in cash. Police said two of the firearms seized from the residence in Phoenix were reported stolen. Mesa Police Organized Crime Squad the project. “We’ve been able to meet on several occasions with the surrounding neighbors and the developers were included in those conversations and discussions,” Planning Director Nana Appiah said. “There’s been certain changes to the site plan and also conditions of approval being added on from the planning and zoning board meeting.” DHS has reduced the height of two apartment blocks facing Recker from three to two stories, reducing the total units from 359 to 339. The trimmed buildings are those closest to the neighborhood across the street. The change is intended to increase privacy for homeowners and reduce the visual impact of the complex. Lopping off the top floors on the two buildings will also address spillover parking concerns, increasing the ratio of parking spaces to units slightly to 1.95

seized more than 1.2 million fentanyl pills and six kilograms of Fentanyl powder in the fourth quarter of 2021. A criminal history check conducted by police found both men had an extensive arrest and conviction record including multiple charges of dangerous drug and narcotic drug possession and sales. Vega has a long list of prior criminal history including aggravated assault, domestic violence and armed robbery, police said. Arrez has a history of misconduct with weapons during drug offenses, use of electronic communication for drug transactions, burglary, and has had several outstanding warrants. The two arrests came as a result of the summer Violent Crime Reduction Project, a quarterly project involving multiple units for an intelligence-driven/targeted

effort focused on combating violent crime in the City of Mesa. Most of these blue m-30 pills can resemble oxycodone 30mg tablets but can also mimic hydrocodone, Xanax, Adderall, and other medications. These pills can vary in color from white to blue but can vary in color and shape because, according to the DEA, drug traffickers use this to specifically target kids and teens. People often think they are purchasing legitimate prescription medication, though the fake pills often contain lethal amounts of illicit drugs. Authorities warn people to take only medications prescribed by a licensed medical professional and dispensed by a registered pharmacist. According to Mesa Fire & Medical Department, opioid overdoses have continually increased from 296 in 2017 to 2,126 in 2021. Overdose deaths have increased as well with 18 in 2017 to 811 in 2021. According to the CDC, synthetic opioids, such as illicit fentanyl, remain the primary driver of the increase in overdose deaths, accounting for 80 percent of all deaths involving an opioid. To prevent overdose deaths, every Mesa Police Officer carries two 4mg spray doses of Naloxone (Narcan) and has them replaced when they’ve used them. ■

DHI communities is proposing this layout for its development near Longbow Golf Club. (City of Mesa)

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comment. Also not commenting was Sunbelt Holdings, a Scottsdale development company that was charged by the GRIC early last year with leading the creation of a megacomplex that would include additional hotels, wellness and event centers, an outdoor amphitheater for concerts, sports facilities, outdoor recreation and parks, restaurants, retail establishments and an office park. When the tribe and Sunbelt announced the development plan in January 2021, Sunbelt President John Graham said, “The stuff we do is long term in nature. Our first plan is kind of a 10-year plan but I would believe between this land and other tribal land around it that it’s a 30-year build-out.” The Wild Horse Pass Authority has been promoting that development on its website as a federal Opportunity Zone, where companies can secure big tax breaks for developing new properties and upgrading existing ones in areas designated as economically distressed. “Where Interstate 10 Meets Loop 202, Opportunity Meets Its Destination,” the authority states, noting the “3,300-acre master planned commercial development (is) offering sites for: entertainment, retail, office and themed attractions. Available sites range in size to accommodate from 1,000 to 1,000,000 square feet with no real-property tax.” Phoenix Rising, the state’s largest professional soccer team, last year opened a new 6,200-seat stadium on the site. The tribe also had made a pitch to host the 2021 Arizona State Fair as the pandemic threatened its usual Phoenix venue, but fair officials decided the site lacked sufficient infrastructure to accommodate hundreds of thousands of fair visitors and that time was too short to address those major issues there. While the raceway is going away, a longtime school that teaches racing and other sophisticated driving techniques isn’t moving. “The recent announcement regarding the future of the drag racing track at Wildhorse Pass Motorsports Park will not have an impact on our operations or course offerings,” said Mike Kessler, general manager at Radford Racing School. “Our legendary 1.6-mile racetrack is the heart and soul of our school, and we’ll continue to be a world-class driver train-

This vision of Wild Horse Pass Development Authority’s proposed 3,300-acre development was released early last year. (File photo) ing facility and motorsports destination for performance enthusiasts worldwide,” Kessler added. Radford Racing School takes its name from Radford Motors, a storied British car manufacturer with brands like Rolls Royce and Bentley. The school’s four owners bought the property after the 50-year-old Bondurant School of High Performance Driving tanked several years ago in a multimillion-dollar bankruptcy. Following the Wild Horse Pass Development Authority’s announcement, the racing fan website dragzine.com said the Motorsports Park closing was related to a pending overhaul of the Wild Horse Pass Exit on the I-10. “Wild Horse Pass officials shared rather unceremoniously via its social media channels that a new overpass/roadway for the I-10 extension will use the space now occupied by the track, with construction presumably set to begin sometime in 2023,” dragzine said, adding: “Mind you, this highway overpass was not part of the The Wild Horse Pass Development Authority plans shown to the public last January (2021), so this is clearly a recent development, and one that vastly

shortened the time that Arizona locals thought they had left to enjoy the facility.” The only problem is that there are no existing plans to overhaul that interchange in the near future, according to the Maricopa Association of Governments, a leading agency for transportation development in the county. Rather, that interchange reconstruction at this point has yet to even make the drawing board, according to John Bullen, MAG transportation economic and finance program manager. “It’s still in the planning stage, if you will,” Bullen said. “We’ve been working with Gila River Indian Community a lot over the last several years, quite honestly. And, there’s been some discussion – I would say, there’s been interest for a new (interchange) sort of in that vicinity.” Bullen said MAG also has been discussing improvements to State Route 347, which runs along the southeastern edge

of the proposed mega-development site near Maricopa. “So right now, we’re sort of waiting for information from them what their concept is, what those plans are, what that development is, so that we can then take that and feed it into the MAG socio-economic models,” he said. “Because whenever you’re talking about the addition of a new interchange, we have our traffic modeling or sophisticated modeling and it sort of has to warrant a new interchange. And so we’re waiting for that data to feed into the model to see if that warrants an additional interchange.” “Nothing is concrete right now,” he added. “There are no plans. Obviously, we have funding set aside. There’s this acknowledgment, and I think commitment that, ‘hey, we’re going to improve access to the Wild Horse Pass area, but we don’t know what that looks like, because we’re still waiting.” ■

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After a three-year absence necessitated by an exhaustive restoration of the temple and its grounds, the Easter Pageant returns Wednesday, April 6, with a new and bigger stage, some new and top-secret props, upgraded sound and light systems, a revised script based on the King James Version of the Bible, and a score specifically recorded for the show by the London Symphony Orchestra only a few months ago. Astonishingly, it’s free. Church and Mesa Arizona Temple leaders consider the pageant their gift to the community to celebrate what spokeswoman Jennifer Wheeler called “Christ’s powerful message of forgiveness, hope and peace.” And pageant leaders and downtown Mesa are braced for crowds for the pageant, which begins nightly at 8 p.m. April 6-9 and April 12-16 on the Mesa Arizona Temple’s north lawn, 101 S. LeSueur. For those who can’t wait, a dress rehearsal will be held sometime after 7 p.m. Tuesday. But don’t expect to see every sequence in order or a smooth start-tofinish presentation because, after all, it is a final rehearsal. Over 9,500 folding chairs have been set up on the grounds. Details on parking and other important information for attendees – including a prohibition on saving more than a couple of seats – are at mesatemple.org. Prince has been artistic director since 2011 after serving as assistant artistic director the previous six years. She defines her role as “taking care of our cast” and “putting things together on the stage creatively.” Even during a media night on Thursday, she fretted over the minutest of each scene’s details, making tweaks here and there to make in her quest to present as accurate a life-like portrayal of the Gospels as possible. How accurate? The cast includes live sheep and donkeys. Two infants in the cast – one a 3-month-old girl – will alternate for the Nativity scene. A printed plastic overlay on the front of each temple step leading to the stage replicates the stonework that existed in Jesus’ time. A strong core of other pageant leaders have worked with Prince. Steve West as executive director and Matt Riggs as assistant executive director

Composer/conductor/scriptwriter Rob Gardner of Gilbert takes a moment with pageant artistic Director Jenee Prince during a rehearsal last week. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer) filled the roles of producer, overseeing all the complexities of the mammoth production from construction of the stage to installation of tons’ worth of light towers to security and portable bathrooms – basically, Prince said, “all of the elements of how the project comes together.” Helping Prince are assistant directors Dana Rodgers, Tyler Maxson, Dan Good and Steve Abaroa; hair/make up director Jennifer Anderson; and costume director Kay Walker while Steve and Liz Porter oversee all aspects of the stage, sets and props that West and Riggs set in place months ago.

And there are committees working with all those people – part of 400 volunteers who play some off-stage role to ensure a smooth performance every night the cast takes the stage. Prince started her work well before the first rehearsals March 12, overseeing a casting call that began early last fall. Because COVID protocols were still in place, applicants were asked to include a video in which they were asked why they wanted a part. The acting core was selected first and not long after Thanksgiving, the rest of the ensemble was picked. Now they are

Jef Rawls, one of four adults cast as Jesus, rehearses a scene on the Mesa Arizona Temple stairs that lead to the main stage. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer)

grouped in what Prince calls “family casts” that are prepared to move onto the stage whenever they’re called during the 74-minute production. The cast comprises seasoned actors and actress, newbies and many people from families with multiple generations having appeared in previous pageants. “We have a Shakespearean actor, a retired theater teacher and people who have been in the pageant before and people who are very, very new to this experience,” Prince said. “Working together and collaborating operating together has been one of my most favorite parts of all of this because it is amazing to know that five different people can have different ideas about how things can come together – and then they just come together.” “They were notified before the end of the year so that they could plan their lives accordingly,” Prince added, “because we really do ask them to block out their schedules from March 12 until April 13. That’s a big ask for people. But it’s just amazing to see the dedication of these incredible people just wanting to share God’s love with thousands of people every night.” As the casting calls went out last year, celebrated Gilbert writer/composer/conductor Rob Gardner was polishing a revised script and writing a new score. “I’ve never been in it,” Gardner said, “but I remember coming as a kid and sitting and getting our fast food with the family and having a little picnic on the grass. And it was always like kind of a thing to look forward to at Easter – to come down to the grounds and watch the pageant. “So it’s kind of fun this year to be on the other side of things and see how things work,” added Gardner, who began working on the score and script in July. Then he turned to his long-time contacts with the London Symphony Orchestra. Gardner, Prince and her assistant directors went to London in January to have that score recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, which Gardner conducted. “It was powerful,” Prince said of the recording session. “I loved every minute of being in London – it was my first time there – but the highlight of the trip was just to be there and to be with those gifted musicians who worked so hard to just project their art. To be in the same room with those people and to watch Rob par-

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Industrial park rude awakening for Mesa neighborhood BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer

ive. Work. Play. That’s the mantra of mixed-use development – a community that has jobs, homes and entertainment all within a short drive or walk. If live-work-play is possible anywhere, southeast Mesa seems like a good candidate to find it and a particularly fertile testing ground for it is the area where the Elliot Road Tech Corridor meets Eastmark, a booming community that’s home to 16,000. But some Eastmark residents think developers and the city are turning it into a case study for the challenges of implementing mixed-use utopias. They perceive chunks of Eastmark that are supposed to weave green space and “activity areas” among employment centers are being given over wholly to industrial uses, selling out the promised livework-play model. But for backers of a recently proposed industrial development in Eastmark, everything is going according to plan and their new industrial spaces will serve the mixed-use model. A new plan would turn 116 acres of vacant land between Elliot Road and their neighborhood into an industrial warehouse park. DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC, the developer of Eastmark, is asking the city to approve site plans for the IndiCap Industrial Park, which includes 10 warehouses configured with loading docks and parking for tractor trailers. Many of the 64 people who submitted comments to Mesa’s Planning and Zoning Board hearing on the IndiCap project on March 23 expressed shock that they might

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after the board hearing that DHI representatives hold told them the project was “all or nothing,” implying, they believed, that the company was unwilling to reduce the size of the project – though a representative told the Planning & Zoning Board this is not what the company meant. DHI has also agreed to create a parking agreement with the retail portion of Ascend, allowing residents to park in the business parking lot if there is overflow

The proposed IndiCap industrial park is not far away from a residential neighborhood. (City of Mesa)

soon be living next to an industrial park with 2,000 parking spaces. Residents had hoped for a friendlier buffer between their neighborhood and the high-tech hub along Elliot Road, imagining shops, offices or a school in the tract of undeveloped land to the north. Residents on the IndiCap’s edge of the neighborhood – which features science and tech-themed street names like Nano, Asteroid and Plasma – will be 300 feet from warehouses. Had they known this was possible, one resident wrote, they would have selected a different community. Tractor trailer traffic associated with the complex is a major point of concern for parking from the apartments. The developer has also added a “well decorated” 6-foot block and wrought iron perimeter fence between Recker and the complex. As a condition of approval, DHI must also create a good neighbor policy for residents prohibiting satellite dishes and storage on balconies. The developer has also modified the look of the apartments to better match the retail component. Finally, drive-thru businesses facing Recker would require major site plan

residents throughout the neighborhood. Trucks would move between Elliot Road and IndiCap using the northern section of Everton Terrace, which runs through the heart of the neighborhood south of the project. City staff is adamant that trucks would have no reason to venture on the road where it becomes two lanes, but residents have concerns about the volume of industrial traffic so close to them. Monica Miller, an Eastmark resident who created a Change.org petition with 744 signatures opposing IndiCap, said she was disturbed the city didn’t ask the company to include a traffic study – or even a discussion of traffic impacts – with its application.

modification. A spokesperson for a group of residents opposed to the plan say they’re still waiting on answers to some questions they have for the developer. One final sticking point mentioned in the March 31 discussion session was whether drive-throughs would be permitted anywhere in Ascend’s commercial area. Giles said he intends to vote for approving the revised complex at the April 4 council meeting. Giles mentioned proposals in the Leg-

Asked by the board why the applicant didn’t include a traffic study, Assistant Planning Director Rachel Prelog said, “A traffic report is not a standard requirement of the application. If it is determined necessary by the transportation division, they will request one during the review process.” Mesa Transportation Engineer Ryan Hudson told the board the city didn’t request a traffic study because the site is part of Eastmark’s master transportation plan and the site’s intended use was consistent with it. Residents also cited the loss of mountain views, increased noise and light pollution as issues with the plan. Wendy Riddell, a representative for IndiCap, defended the industrial use, arguing that the site is close to Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport and land use planning in the area has historically been influenced by a desire to protect the aviation use. Besides, she added, warehouses are allowed under the current zoning; the city is only considering the plan of the site, not the land use. Riddell also pointed out that designers set the warehouses 60 feet farther back from the property line than required and green space would be “densely landscaped and vegetated.” In a statement to the Tribune last month, Dea McDonald, senior vice president of development for Brookfield Residential, which manages Eastmark, wrote, “This involves no change in contemplated use and is consistent with existing zoning. In other words, it is another example of the continuing implementation of Eastmark’s innovative, outstanding vision.” “We are doing exactly what we said we were going to do,” McDonald continued.

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islature to eliminate zoning in order to smooth the approval of new housing and relieve the housing crisis. “I disagree with that 100%,” he said, “and I think this is a great case study of why zoning is important.” “This project is much improved because of the neighborhood involvement and Mr. Luna’s vigorous representation,” Giles continued. “I look forward to supporting this and I also want to congratulate the neighbors for getting involved and making this a better project.” ■

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nly a few more weeks are left for Mesa residents to be part of the free Culture Of Fit Walking Club. The club meets at 8 a.m. Tuesdays at the CVS Pharmacy, at 6015 E. Brown Road, but will be doing that only through April 15. Two Culture Of Fit Walking coaches

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“The result has been development at its best. Eastmark has come to be known for its excellence and has become a new point of pride for the State of Arizona.” Eastmark residents who spoke at the recent planning and zoning hearing expressed surprise at the proposed scale and industrial focus of IndiCap.

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ticipate and lead that group of people was amazing for me.” Prince said there was nothing wrong with the old soundtrack, calling the new score “an update version of a perfect story – the greatest story ever told.” “We wanted to highlight the life of the Savior in other ways,” she continued. “I love the old soundtrack and it still works, still holds true.” But, she added, the new score “is just different,” adding that one big difference is the digital technology that wasn’t even born when the first sound track was recorded 56 years ago. The upgraded sound system, delivers the score so crisply that veteran pageant attendees will be surprised. “It’s best not to stay too close to the speakers during the earthquake,” Riggs said only half-jokingly. It really does seem like an earthquake.” The score, said Prince, is “very, very different.” “I’m so excited to see and feel and hear all about the life of Jesus Christ in just a

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who are certified fitness instructors lead the group through warm-up stretches, a 30-minute walk and cool-down stretches at the end of each class. The club is open to adults of all fitness levels and walking experience and members do not need to shop at CVS to participate. “The objective of the Culture Of Fit Walking Club is to provide an easy way

Many said they expected – and hoped for – more community-oriented commercial uses, like retail and medical offices, to serve as a buffer between the neighborhood and the industrial development directly on Elliot Road. Miller said resident-serving commercial zones are lacking in the area. “We shouldn’t have to drive to other cities … to get the services that we need,”

for the Mesa community to get out and walk together, which will improve members overall well-being and create a sense of community,” the club said in a release. “Members have been enjoying the guided walks and say it’s a great way to get out and exercise and meet your Mesa neighbors. “We are honored to be working with CVS Pharmacy, a preeminent national

Miller said. “Lawyers, doctors, title companies, hair salons. Most communities of our size have that stuff. (Eastmark is) bigger than Payson. It shouldn’t be that all of the area is industrial.” For Miller, IndiCap is part of a pattern where parts of Eastmark planned to have a vibrant mix of uses are altered – converted to industrial or more residential – without those displaced uses moving elsewhere to

Matt Riggs of Mesa is assistant executive director who, with Executive Director Steve West were virtually the producers of the pageant, supervising the installation of tons of equipment and a new stage.(David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer) different way,” she said. Indeed, Prince said in some ways she felt like she was directing the pageant for the first time because she isn’t working with the same sets – even the same stage – that she had been accustomed to for

nearly 20 years. “It was a well-oiled machine,” she said of her previous stints. “As director for the last 10 years or whatever, it was a pretty easy go…Everything was kind of outlined for us. Now we have new characters in

leader in wellness, on this project. The Walking Club is an amazing opportunity to support people’s health and bring them together to exercise, “ said Serena Puerta, club founder and CEO. Sign up at member.cultureoffit.com/ CVSwalkingclub. Come prepared with proof of vaccine, water, comfortable clothes and footwear. ■

compensate. She thinks DMB is running out of land to put these imagined areas in. The Mesa planning board unanimously passed the motion to approve IndiCap’s site plan. In explaining their votes, two board members agreed with IndiCap that it was not appropriate for them to consider land use. On the merits of the site plan alone, they felt it deserved approval. ■

new costumes with new props on a new stage. “I mean, the biggest challenge was just having a new pageant. We’ve been working hard to putting this together one scene at a time.” But all that newness has been exhilarating for Prince and the rest of the pageant participants. “It doesn’t feel challenging,” she said. “It feels exciting. It feels like we’re just building step by step, piece by piece, scene by scene and then we start making these beautiful pictures to present to our audience and I am really excited about that.” “It’s just been amazing to see this thing come together so quickly and it is just the efforts of so many people and a really dedicated, wonderful and willing cast,” she continued. “All those people are helping us create this for many years to come. “It’s such an incredible blessing. I don’t know another place in the world where that happens, where you have this many people gathering together just to share a story that they believe in to give hope to the world. It’s very, very unique and we get to do it right here in Mesa.” ■

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Mesa native off to a big start in Hollywood BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer

ngel Ruvalcaba learned firsthand there are no small parts in Hollywood, only small actors. The 26-year-old Mesa native worked as a production assistant on the Disney movie “Encanto,” which last weekend won the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film. That means two movies with Mesa connections were honored with Oscars last weekend as Troy Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor for his role in “CODA” and became the first deaf actor to win one of the coveted awards. While Ruvalcaba’s name only appears in the credits, winning an Oscar is “surreal,”

he said. “To me, that Oscar is my family’s sacrifice,” he said. In January 2021, he started with Disney Animation and said working on “Encanto” made him realize “why decisions were made from a storytelling perspective.” The film focuses on the Madrigals, an extraordinary family that live in a place called the Encanto in the mountains of Colombia. The Encanto has blessed every child with a unique gift except Mirabel. When she discovers the community is in danger, she may be the last hope to save her home. Ruvalcaba’s duties included maintaining calendars, following up with artists, and sitting in on meetings and taking notes. But he also got to give some input, considering the movie revolves around a His-

Mesa native Angel Ruvalcaba worked on the Oscar-winning animated Disney film, “Encanto.” (Special to the Tribune)

panic family. “It was a very administrative role,” he said. “But in the same sense I was always involved with the artist.” Ruvalcaba’s family brought him to Ari-

zona when he was 11 from California and he knew he wasn’t in Kansas anymore. “I was confused and shocked by all the

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New Arizona organization celebrates baseball

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aseball is back. The games have returned. Excitement and anticipation fill Cactus League stadiums and Valley watering holes. But baseball never really leaves the Arizona desert. It’s a year-round enterprise woven into our economy, culture and history. While the Cactus League rules March and the Diamondbacks dominate summer, there is a never-ending menu of baseball on local diamonds. Between the Fall League, extended spring training, instructional and rookie leagues, college, high school and Little League, you can find a game on almost every day of the year. A new nonprofit seeks to celebrate that heritage and educate the public about its impact and significance. It’s called Arizona Baseball Legacy and Experience – ABLE, for short.

The Mesa Historical Museum is home to an extensive collection of Cactus League memorabilia. (Special to the Tribune) Arizona’s long been a destination for baseball insiders and fans. The Society for American Baseball Research (the Moneyball people), chose Phoenix as its headquarters a decade ago after a national search. The annual NINE Conference takes place every year in Tempe. It brings together baseball writers, scholars and other aficionados to explore among other things the

history, law, sociology, literature, media and architecture of baseball. The event took place earlier this month despite the Major League lockout. One of NINE’s highlights is presentation of the Seymour Medal Award, which goes to the best baseball book of the year. The 2022 winner is author Steve Treder for “Forty Years a Giant: The Life of Horace Stone-

ham.” Stoneham owned the San Francisco Giants for 40 years, starting in 1936. He and the Indian’s Bill Veeck relocated their clubs from Florida to Arizona in 1947, starting the westward movement of teams that created the Cactus League. Today, half of Major League Baseball trains in the Valley. The six weeks of Cactus League bring an economic windfall of nearly $650 million, roughly the impact of a Super Bowl, every single year. Baseball radiates here, it’s as much a part of our landscape as granite mountain peaks and swimming pools. We are, without doubt, the center of the baseball universe. That’s a title to cherish, cultivate and celebrate. And that’s the mission of ABLE. Our organization seeks to honor and recognize all things Arizona baseball. That’s a huge goal and one that we know will take time to achieve. But we’re taking first

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open space,” he said. Ruvalcaba said he had his fingers crossed that the movie would win an Academy Awards and is also celebrating his recent promotion to production coordinator. “I’m totally content in working in production for the next 10 years,” said Ruvalcaba, who lives in Burbank with his fiancée, an artist in animation and character design. The couple met in 2018 while they worked for an animation company in Arizona and they plan to get married in November. Ruvalcaba said that talented people sometimes get overlooked due to their lack of proximity to Tinseltown. “Unfortunately, sometimes if you’re not in Hollywood, it can be easy to not get the recognition you deserve,” he said. He said the movie reminded him of his strong connection to his family in Mesa and how hard he’s worked to make them proud. “I really resonate with the idea of family comes first,” he said. “And how important it is to love and take care of your family.” The impactful themes shared by the Madrigals in the movie also remind him of his own family’s values and much of his hard work that he’s put into his career derives from making his family proud. “I want my name and their name to mean

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steps. We’re partnering this spring with the Mesa Historical Museum on an exhibit focused on the Cactus League Hall of Fame. Every member of the Hall of Fame has a story, part of a mosaic that speaks to the magic and allure of Arizona baseball. Tour the exhibit and you’ll learn the journey of Yosh Kawano, who as a child in 1935 stowed away on a boat to attend Cubs training games on Catalina Island. His daring adventure launched a sevendecade career as an equipment manager for Major League clubs. Between his Catalina escapade and his Major League career, Kawano was held at a World War II Japanese internment camp near Yuma. That, too, is part of his story and part of the Mesa exhibit. Kawano’s camp would grow to 18,000 residents, making it the third largest “city” in Arizona. Baseball, already deeply ingrained in Japanese American culture, would become the No. 1 pastime at the camps. Baseball, many internees say, helped them cope with the isolation and pain of

something,” he said. He grew up a second-generation American and the oldest of four boys whose grandparents immigrated from Mexico. He said his favorite movies included Disney’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and Pixar’s “Toy Story.” In 2013, he graduated from Skyline High School as the first of his family to do so. Soon after, he attended Mesa Community College. During the fall 2014 semester, he participated in the Disney College Program and that started him on his journey working for both Disney California Adventure Park and Disneyland. He graduated in 2017 with an associates of arts in digital illustration and transferred to Arizona State University, graduating two years later with a bachelor of arts in filmmaking practices – another family-first. He said there was a lot of pressure to make something of himself but credits a lot of success to his mother’s support. “My mother always believed in me,” he said. “She supported me every step of the way.” Ruvalcaba said his ethnicity remains important to his identity and he wants people to unite around our variety. “I don’t want what differences we have to create borders,” he said. “I want it to bring us together.” ■

that dark time. At one camp near Maricopa, there were 32 teams competing in three different leagues. Games drew thousands of spectators. On display in Mesa are stories from that era plus a jersey, baseball, photos and a championship banner. Yosh Kawano’s unlikely voyage and the internment camp leagues are just two of many stories you’ll discover at the Mesa exhibit. Each one is part of our collective heritage and a connection to a game that’s ingrained in our society and geography. Baseball is America’s game and a gem in the crown of our state. Arizona Baseball Legacy ad Experience seeks to celebrate that relationship -- past, present and future. Learn more by visiting us online at ABLEAZ.org and check out the Mesa Historical Museum exhibit. The museum, 2345 N. Horne Road, is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and $4 for youth 6-17. Museum members and children 5 and under are free. Mike Phillips is board president of the nonprofit Arizona Baseball Legacy and Experience. ■-

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Nursing college expands to Arizona just in time BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer

xperts say a shortage of nurses may worsen over the next few years but help has arrived in Mesa. Alverno College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony recently at its new Mesa location at 1201 South Alma School Road, Suite 5450. Mayor John Giles and Councilman Francisco Heredia attended the ceremony, along with college leaders and alums. This moment comes at a crucial time when the area and its medical staff have already experienced trying times, the mayor said. “This is good for the residents of Mesa and for the health industry, leading to more qualified health professionals to fulfill workforce needs in our city and the region,” Giles said. The 13,000-square-foot facility houses

Cutting the ribbon for Alverno College’s new nursing school in Mesa are, from left, Mayor John Giles; Alverno College President Andrea Lee, and Synergis CEO Norm Allgood. (Special to the Tribune)

classrooms, offices and a state-of-the art simulation lab. It sits inside the Financial Plaza building – the tallest building in

Mesa, and in the heart of Heredia’s district. Heredia called the college a “huge addition” to the area. “It will help in the revital-

ization of the Fiesta District and meet the growing demand for nurses throughout the Valley,” he said. Alverno will offer a direct entry master of science in nursing program at its Mesa location. This program originally launched in partnership with Arizona-based Synergis Education on its flagship Milwaukee, Wisconsin, campus in January 2020. The DEMSN will award graduates both a bachelor of science and a master of science in nursing. The 77-credit program is designed to be completed with full-time study in 18 to 20 months. It’s designed for students who already hold a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field and will prepare them to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) exam. Enrollment has already begun with the first classes expected to begin in August

BBQ chef’s East Mesa restaurant a big hit BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer

ore than a year ago, Eric Solheim finally answered his customers’ big question: “When are you going to open up a restaurant?” The Mesa native opened Big Nate’s Family BBQ at 1722 North Banning in Northeast Mesa on Oct. 12, 2020, – National Pulled Pork Day. He and co-owner (and brother-in-law) Ray Dandridge and their wives had been running a food truck – and still do, traveling to six different locations around the area in a given week. The food truck is among some 100 parked at Bell Bank Park in east Mesa for its weekly Food Truck Friday event after a successful run at the the short-lived Power Food Truck Park, which closed early this year in the face of neighbors’ opposition and city officials’ pressure.

Solheim likes the food truck’s new home. “It had a different type of charm to it,” he said. “I think Bell Bank Park will end up being fantastic.” Solheim said the experience on the first day at facility was “dismal” primarily due to the chilly wind and slight drizzle people endured at the event. Regardless, Solheim said it was only one night and he looks forward to being invited back again and again, though he said moving to Bell Bank from the controversial Power Food Truck Park was like relocating from a charming small town to a bustling big city. Solheim said he dreamed of becoming a chef since he was a kid and that dream started to become when he got his first Traeger Grill 10 years ago. He said he started out catering for vari-

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Eric Solheim owns Big Nate’s Family BBQ in East Mesa and also operates a food truck. (Josh Ortega/Tribune Staff)

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wo local “EGG-centric” organizations – Over Easy and Hickman’s Family Farms -- are once again teaming up to help raise funds and eggs for United Food Bank. Last year the promotion raised $11,512 and 5,756 dozen eggs and this year’s goal is $20,000 and 10,000 dozen eggs! Throughout April, customers who dine at one of the 11 Over Easy Arizona restaurant locations will see a prompt when paying their bill asking if they would like to make a donation to United Food Bank. When a patron makes a donation, Over Easy will match it dollar for dollar while Hickman’s will deliver one dozen eggs to United Food Bank. So, for example, if a patron donates a dollar, United Food Bank will receive $2 and a dozen eggs!

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2022. At full capacity, the private, nonprofit college, which was established in 1887, will be able to accommodate more than 200 students annually at its Mesa location. The college said it’s already forging impressive clinical relationships with Banner Health and the Mayo Clinic. As its presence in Mesa develops, the college hopes to bring attention to its other innovative degree programs. Founded in 1887 by the School Sisters of St. Francis, Alverno College is a fouryear, private Catholic liberal arts college. In April 2021, Maricopa County had

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ous events for family and friends, and now anybody can go to the quaint restaurant to experience his slogan, “Welcome to the Family.” “Treating people like family gets you loyal followers,” he said. Patrons at his brick-and-mortar restaurant can expect home cooking in a main dining room that resembles a family living room. But home cooking takes time. He said the chicken takes about two hours, while

East Valley Over Easy locations are at 140 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler; 211 E. Warner Road, Guadalupe and Dobson roads and 6451 E. Southern Ave. in Mesa and Rittenhouse and Ellsworth roads in Queen Creek. United Food Bank has provided hunger relief to people in the East Valley and eastern Arizona since 1983. As a Feeding America member food bank, it distributes food to around 145 partner agencies and programs in five counties. In the past fiscal year, United Food Bank distributed more than 26 million pounds of food (nearly 60,000 meals per day), a 35 percent increase over the previous year. ■

5,685 Registered Nurse vacancies, a 40% increase from the previous year. “We are thrilled to launch this program in a region where there is so much demand for skilled, compassionate health care providers,” Alverno College President Andrea Lee said. With more than 500,000 RNs expected to retire by 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the need for 1.1 million new RNs for expansion and replacement of those retirees, and to avoid a nursing shortage. They project the employment of registered nurses to grow 9% from 2020 to 2030. “Alverno has always sought to meet the needs of the time,” Lee said. ■ the brisket takes more than 24 hours to get that tender, juicy flavor just right. And it must be good: Solheim said it sells out fast. Solheim said he’s had to post a warning on their website because, if he’s not careful, they can easily sell out of food at least once per week. He said while that’s not the goal, it’s one of the realities for the restaurant. The goal he does work on: Making people happy. “Making people excited about barbecue,” he said. “That drives me to do more and better.” ■

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Why “The Slap” is a big nothing-burger BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

y initial response to witnessing Will Smith’s “Slap Heard ‘Round The Planet” at the Academy Awards was embarrassment for Smith. Not for his absurd display of machismo and profane tirade against comedian Chris Rock, but for how woefully ineffective the slap was. All those boxing lessons to play Muhammad Ali and Smith couldn’t even knockout Marty the Zebra from “Madagascar?” Sad, dude. Very sad. As the week trundled on and I listened to pundits and my friends obsess over each new development – Smith’s Monday apology to Rock; the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Wednesday announcement that it was “initiating dis-

ciplinary proceedings” against its Best Actor – I began to fret I wasn’t taking this international incident seriously enough. “White outrage about Will Smith’s slap is rooted in anti-Blackness. It’s inequality in plain sight,” opined London’s Guardian newspaper. The Orlando Sentinel took it the other way: “Will Smith’s slap shamed Black America.” Comedian Kathy Griffin sprung to the defense of comedians, tweeting, “It’s a very bad practice to walk up on stage and physically assault a Comedian. Now we all have to worry about who wants to be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters.” Fox News polled educators and parents clutching their pearls “about the messages sent to children.” And USA Today did no less than five pieces explaining alopecia, the hair loss condition Rock joked about in poor taste, provoking Smith’s openhanded right to the kisser.

As a newspaper columnist for decades, I should have been thrilled by this food fight and immediately ready to take a side: On Team Rock, defending the right to free speech, or advocating for assault charges and Smith’s prosecution. Or, hey, why not join the minority on Team Smith? After all, 21 percent of 1,319 U.S. adults flashpolled by YouGov a day after the Oscars said Smith was right to slap Rock versus 61 percent who said he was wrong. Nearly one in five Americans surveyed said they were unsure. And one – me – reported that science has yet to invent a device capable of measuring how little I cared about the whole thing. Ultimately, that’s my takeaway regarding Smith v. Rock. It’s not a defining moment for manhood or racial perception, nor is it a cautionary tale about inappropriate violence. It’s not a “teachable moment,” as I read in 10 different headlines

concerning 10 different teachings. Nor is it a referendum on Hollywood’s woke hypocrisy, damning Smith on the one hand while giving him a standing ovation 45 minutes later as he accepted his award. This slapfight is merely another media nothing burger, more din and fake debate over a schoolyard moment you could witness any afternoon at your local daycare center, or anywhere else little boys gather in groups of two or more. My questions: Why do we care so much about something so slight? Why do we derive lessons from insignificant moments while ignoring the larger travails around us? Last night in America, a half million homeless people slept in our streets. More than 90,000 people died last year from a

accurately quote her, “Sometimes I want to punch them in the nose.” Talk about foreshadowing! It wasn’t a punch in the nose from Sally Field but a slap across the face of emcee Chris Rock, delivered suddenly, dramatically, and loudly by actor Will Smith that will insure that the 94th Academy Awards Ceremony will rank as the most infamous such gathering in motion picture history. Unless you’ve deliberately gone “off the grid,” you’ve probably seen replays of the scene. Smith, enraged at a joke which included his wife’s name, rushed the stage and assaulted the comedian. Remarkably, Rock maintained his equipoise—though he voiced his surprise in street language: “Wow…Wow! Will Smith just slapped the s**t out of me!” Smith, returning to his seat, responded in obscene outrage, twice shouting: “Keep my wife’s name out yo’ f***ing mouth!” It was shocking – even by Hollywood standards.

But in retrospect, it is not surprising. The entertainment industry has worked overtime to erode basic American values, while its trade association spokesmen and legions of well-compensated public relations experts have insisted that the “artists” for whom they work are, in fact, exemplars of our First Amendment freedoms. But it goes beyond the oft-repeated concern that liberty is being confused with licentiousness. Now it gives license to criminally violent conduct, permitted at a public event, provided that the individual engaged in that conduct is one of the “beautiful people.” Make no mistake: that is what we witnessed at the Oscars…and it was exceedingly ugly. Compounding the ugliness was the subsequent announcement of Will Smith winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. Undoubtedly, Smith was not acting when he apologized to the collective “creative community”—but not Chris Rock personally—for his violent reaction

to the joke. By the next day’s news cycle, social media served as the conduit for remorse and repentance. Smith apologized to Rock, writing in an Instagram post that “I was out of line and I was wrong.” Rock responded by recognizing that his joke “had crossed a line I shouldn’t have.” Meantime, the aforementioned PR experts maintained a familiar line to explain why the Academy and the telecast producers continued the program with no intervention by law enforcement: “The Show Must Go On!” Don’t expect a collective “change in conscience” from Tinseltown. Predictable political pronouncements, praising the left and criticizing the right, remain the currency of the reel-related realm. Not only did they pop up with regularity during the slap-marred Oscars telecast; so too were they supplemented by Sally Field in her

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Infamous Oscar moment should be no surprise BY JD HAYWORTH Tribune Columnist

ou like me…you really like me!” The above utterance, attributed to Sally Field during her acceptance speech for the 1985 Academy Award as Best Actress, ranks as one of the most inane observations ever made by a motion picture star. How bad was it? So bad that Ms. Field, with the help of two major media outlets, mounted a campaign to “correct the record” some 37 years later. Featured on the cover of this year’s Oscar preview edition of “Variety” in late March and on the small screen via NBC’s “Today,” she insisted that she actually said, “I can’t deny the fact that you like me. Right now, you like me!” Lest you think that her clarification offers a distinction without a difference, beware of incurring “The Wrath of Sally.” Said Ms. Field about those who refuse to

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Tourists appreciate Gordo and his care for cats

My husband and I love to visit Mesa as tourists from northern Arizona. We visit the Natural History Museum and shop along Main Street. But what made our visit last weekend so memorable was meeting the caretaker of Gordo and two other homeless cats. We know many people, along with

animals, lack housing and adequate food now and the situation is only getting worse. But this kind person stops off from work every day to see that these animals are cared for at a hotel site where the staff is also compassionate. In uncertain, turbulent and stressful times, a small act of kindness can have deep repercussions. For us, this kindness and compassion for all living things represented the very best of the people of Mesa.

We can’t wait to come back and we hope Gordo is there to say hi along with the people who have opened their hearts with generosity on many lev-

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drug overdose. A week before the Big Slap, an 18-year-old girl was shot to death in a south Phoenix park. Her family’s loss generated hardly a blip. Chris Rock? He was uninjured and sales spiked for his upcoming gigs. The Academy Awards? Suddenly interesting again

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“Variety” cover story. Field returned to a martially-themed message directed at Republican Governors Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas. “If you see them coming toward me, those two governors specifically, lead me out of the way because I cannot be responsible for what I would do,”

els. Be proud, Mesa residents! A small thing, but this kindness made our trip memorable! -Anne Worthington after two decades of irrelevance. Will Smith lost a few fans and maybe his Oscar trophy, nothing an apology tour won’t cure. Meanwhile, the big blue marble spins on, and we gobble controversy like junk food. That slap in the face was quite a slap in the face for anyone who likes their news to mean something. ■

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Former Mesa star takes over wrestling program BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

nthony Robles has overcome many obstacles in his life. Born without his right leg, he became a star on the wrestling mat at Mesa High School under head coach Bobby Williams and assistant coach David DiDomenico. He went on to become an NCAA champion on the mat for Arizona State and is now a motivational speaker. But he’s always wished for an opportunity to lead a wrestling program. On Friday, March 25, he got that opportunity when Mesa Athletic Director Jay Schnittger announced Robles would be taking over as the wrestling program’s new head coach. “I was so nervous about it,” Robles said. “That’s just how I am. When I was wrestling it was the same thing. I almost cried, I got teary eyed. I was just so excited. “This job is special to me. I won’t take it lightly, just like when I was competing. I won’t ever feel like I’ve figured it out.” Robles returned to his alma mater last season under David DiDomenico, who took over the program seven years ago. He aimed to get coaching experience, and DiDomenico gave him an opportunity as the head freshman coach and an assistant on varsity. DiDomenico knew at the time that this would be his final season. He announced well before matches began that he would retire from both coaching and teaching after this school year. While he didn’t play a role in the hiring process, he feels that makes it more organic. He was pulling for Robles all along but knew there were some candidates with long resumes. He believes Robles’ passion for the sport, as well as his status as an alum, helped him land the job. And for him, a coach who thinks of his wrestlers as his own children, he’s happy the way it all played out. “It’s kind of like seeing your son take over your program,” DiDomenico said. “We were there when he first started wrestling.

think the program is in great hands.” Robles quickly rose to fame at Mesa and became a dominant presence on the mat despite having one leg. But he never used that as an excuse. He went 96-0 in matches during his junior and senior seasons, winning two state championships. He went on to star at Arizona State where he was a three-time PAC-12 champion, threetime All-American and a national champion in 2011. That same year, he received the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance during the annual ESPN ESPY Awards. Off the mat, Robles has Former Mesa and Arizona State wrestler Anthony Robles, impressed by becoming a who took the wrestling world by storm after he won state three-time Guinness Book and national titles with one leg, was named the head coach of the Jackrabbit wrestling program Friday, March 25. (Courtesy of World Records holder for pull-ups. Anthony Robles) The 33-year-old is also in Then for him to go and be as successful as the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame and Nahe was and come back and give back as tional Wrestling Hall of Fame. In 2013-16, a freshman coach, I’m pretty honored. I he was a member of the President’s Coun-

Robles was part of the Mesa wrestling teams led by then head coach Bobby Williams, “right,” and assistant coach David DiDomenic, “left.” Robles now takes over for DiDomenico, who announced his retirement after seven years leading the Jackrabbits. (Courtesy Anthony Robles)

cil on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. His accolades on and off the mat led DiDomenico to start a wrestling invitational in honor of Robles. Robles also has The Robles Unstoppable Foundation, which assists underserved youth. “It’s been a blessing, it’s been a dream,” Robles said. “A lot of people wouldn’t have guessed it. But it all goes back to hard work and determination.” Robles hopes to continue motivating athletes both on and off the wrestling mat. He knows that comes with the territory of being head coach. Coaching the freshman team this past season, he began to build relationships with many of the athletes. Even seniors last year thought he should be the one to take over the program when DiDomenico officially stepped away. Robles believes those relationships will help him further build the program, which saw plenty of success this past season finishing ninth overall in Division I. “It’s so special and to top it off, Mesa High is consistently ranked among the top 10 schools in the state,” Robles said. “Just to be a part of that, to be given this opportunity is a dream come true. I’m always asked where I see myself in five, 10 years. My answer is always that I want to coach at Mesa.” Robles said he plans to hit the ground running at Mesa in due time. He wants to begin the offseason program that will prepare them to start off strong next winter. Despite this being his first head coaching gig at the varsity level, he knows he has support around him if he runs into any struggles. DiDomenico and Williams are just phone calls or text messages away, and they are more than willing to assist in any way they can. “I think the key is the support staff. He has head coaches he can call and reach out at any moment to help him,” DiDomenico said. “He’s been his own engine his whole life. But he’s had a support staff around him. I think that was key in helping him go to underdog to champion. “And in this role, underdog to head coach.” ■

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Mesa metal band Outsiders return to the stage BY ALEX GALLAGHER GetOut Staff Writer

t has been a tumultuous ride for the metalcore outfit Outsiders to get back on stage. The band was riding high in early 2020 after playing an opening set for Gilbert’s Scary Kids Scaring Kids and guitarist Besart Sezairi had been plotting a headlining gig when the world shut down. “It was interesting because we had a lot of momentum and that came to a stop,” Sezairi said. Drummer Jacob Coleman was devastated. “When shows began to get canceled, it felt like a part of me had died,” he said. “One of my favorite things to do is play shows.” After using the beginning of the pandemic to do some soul searching and bonding through hours of video games, members of Outsiders could not shake the urge to get their instruments back in their hands. “After a year, we started going crazy and we wondered what we could do,” Sezairi said. “It was the first time where we’ve had to practice patience.” The band faced a conundrum of how to release music while the future of live music remained uncertain. “We then had to ask ourselves if we should put songs out with the risk of them being old by the time we were able to play them live again,” Sezairi said. The band produced a plan to prepare for the reopening of live music. Members also used the time to hone skills outside of music.

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The Outsiders includes, from left, Drummer Jacob Coleman, bassist Don Harris, guitarist Besart Sezairi and vocalist Collin Stilwell make up the metal band Outsiders. They will be playing a free concert on Saturday April 9 at Tempe Marketplace. (Courtesy of Orlando Pelagio)

Bassist Don Harris took up photography, Coleman learned how to edit videos and Sezairi used his production talents that he lends alongside producer Ryan Daminson at the studio the two co-run, StudioGoest in Mesa. “We do everything ourselves,” Sezairi said. “I co-run a studio with our buddy Ryan and we record all of our music. Because of that, we can dabble around and do whatever we want and we will be dropping a song a month.” Sezairi also began to utilize the streaming platform Twitch to create content and gauge whether or not his band would be able to benefit from the platform.

Then came the moment the band had been waiting for: Getting on the bill as direct support for the emo-rock band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. The band then discussed if the show would make for a good time to get back on stage. “It’s not as taboo anymore to go to a show,” Coleman said. “The fear behind that is beginning to relax and we were all aligned in that we would know when it would be the right time to play a show.” With its first show slated to come on April 9, Outsiders are excited to rebuild the momentum it had built in early 2020. The main way the band plans to do so is

by creating songs that display its flexibility with its musical range. “The one thing we talked about with coming back was doing the things we want and making the music we want,” Sezairi said. “Everyone in this band is so versatile.” The setlist pairs the band’s staples, “Escape” and “Griever,” with new and unreleased material in a setlist that Sezairi hopes will leave fans breathless. “There’s not a single moment of downplay in our setlist, it’s 22 minutes of straight killer, no filler,” he said. “I do think that there’s a little bit of everything for everybody in these songs and I just want to show everybody everything we’ve worked on,” Coleman add. The band also feels it is in its sweet spot running direct support for the headline act. “As direct support, you have to get people amped up and get them loose and ready for the headliner,” Sezairi said. “I think people have this negative connotation about opening a show but in my opinion, if you can’t be a good opener, you can never be a good headliner. If you can’t start the show off right, how can you finish it?” Sezairi also is excited to plant his feet back on stage alongside his best friends and play to an audience he considers to be family. “People can expect to see four dudes smiling and having fun,” he said. “We’re very inclusive to people that hang out and watch us and there is a family of people who come to our shows that we grow really close to. I’m excited to start doing that again.” ■

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Public Notices CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Consultant for the following: GREENFIELD WATER RECLAMATION PLANT RELIABILITY AND REDUNDANCY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. CP0625GN03 The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified consulting firm or team to provide complete design services for the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant Reliability and Redundancy Improvements project. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). This project has three parts that will be designed simultaneously to improve different areas at the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant. The first part of the project will require assessing what modifications need to be made to take Headworks Building No. 1 completely offline. This assessment will look at how the process, electrical, instrumentation, and controls (EI&amp;C), ancillary facilities (such as the grit removal system), Primary Odor Control Facilities No. 1 and 2, Primary Clarifiers, etc., are affected when Headworks Building No. 1 is taken offline and powered down. For example, the chemical pumps necessary to operate the Odor Control Facilities are powered out of Headworks Building No. 1. Due to this, a complete shutdown of Headworks Building No. 1 is not possible for any extended period of time. Additionally, there are a number of off-site meters, valves and instruments that are controlled, powered or both controlled and powered from Headworks No. 1 that need to remain functional during a building shutdown. These also will be evaluated in conjunction with the above. As part of the assessment, it is expected for the Firm/Team to generate a list of required improvements to make the Headworks redundant. This list will be developed through evaluating the hydraulic, civil (yard piping), structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control limitations in operating both Headworks Buildings independently. Recommendations and cost estimates for the improvements and modifications necessary to accommodate the requested Headworks redundancy and desired operational options will be presented in a Design Concept Report (DCR). The project shall include detailed design and construction drawings for the recommended and accepted improvements from the DCR.

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The second part of the project will require assessing the generator hardware/electronics, obsolete PLCs (Programmable Logic Controller) and components at the ATS’s (Automatic Transfer Switches) at Power Centers 2, 5A, 5B, and 6, including the conversion of the power centers to open transition configurations. As part of the assessment, it is expected for the Firm/Team to generate a list of required replacements and/or upgrades. This list will be developed through evaluating the electrical, instrumentation, and controls within these power centers. Recommendations and cost estimates for the replacements and/or upgrades will be presented in a Technical Memorandum. The project shall include detailed design and construction drawings for the recommended and accepted replacements and/or upgrades from the Technical Memorandum. The third part of the project will require the installation of a metal canopy structure over the Chlorine Contact Basin to prevent infiltration of sunlight to deter algae growth inside the basin. The Firm/Team is expected to work with a single metal canopy manufacturer to obtain performance specifications and simple layout drawings. The Firm/Team will provide structural drawings showing the modifications required on the basins to support the canopy. The metal canopy manufacturer and supplier will provide all the necessary detailed design, structural drawings, and calculations for the canopy in a deferred submittal during construction. City may include other miscellaneous improvements at the Site, as needed. A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on April 14, 2022, at 9 am through Microsoft Teams. At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. An invitation can be requested from Donna Horn (donna.horn@mesaaz.gov). All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the Pre-Submittal Conference. Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contract decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below. RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City’s website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architecturalengineering-design-opportunities. The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ valuation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide one (1) electronic copy in an unencrypted PDF format to Engineering-RFQ@mesaaz.gov of the Statement of Qualifications by 2 pm on April 28, 2022. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer. Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service). Questions. Questions pertaining to the Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov.

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