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Mesa hospital compounded grief, parents say BY ALEX GALLAGHER Tribune Staff Writer

s Wilfredo and Grace Gumaru prayed for a miracle that would save their 26-year-old daughter’s life two weeks ago, the Scottsdale couple also encountered an unlikely battle with the hospital to keep her alive. On Easter morning, Micah Gumaru, 26, a medical student at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences and a 2018 Arizona State University undergraduate, passed away – the victim of a severe

asthma attack nine days earlier that had left her without oxygen for 15 minutes. As she lay in a coma, her parents waged what they called a frustrating – and at times insulting – fight with BannerHeath over a doctor’s decision to remove her from life support. That battle caught the attention of state Sen. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, who joined protestors outside Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa on April 15 and the Gumarus’ anguished pleas to hospital officials. Services were scheduled to be held yesterday, April 23, for Micah, who had graduated with a degree in global health and a minor

Mesa lawmaker to get ‘Profiles in Courage’ award BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

ouse Speaker Rusty Bowers will be one of five individuals honored with a John F. Kennedy "Profiles in Courage" award. Bowers, who drew national attention for refusing to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential race, is one of five people the organization is recognizing under this year’s theme of "Defending Democracy." ‘Others range from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Sen. Liz Cheney to Wan-

da Moss, an election worker in Fulton County, Ga. who received death threats after being accused of processing fake ballots for Joe Biden. Bowers said he’s honored to be in such company, stressing that all he did was honor the will of voters. But the Republican lawmaker from Mesa also told Capitol Media Services that the honor actually comes with political baggage as he attempts to move to the Senate, where he faces a GOP primary battle with former state Sen. David Farnsworth.

in anthropology and was studying to be a physician. And while her parents cope with their heartbreak, they also are coping with their anger over their treatment by some Banner staff, including a doctor who allegedly mocked their Christian faith by telling them if the plug was pulled on Micah’s respirator, she might rise from the dead on Easter Sunday.

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Familiar names start strong in election fundraising BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer

he two Mesa City Council candidates with previous council experience will have plenty of cash available as they look to fend off newcomers competing with them for two open seats in the Aug. 2 Primary Election. That’s the story so far in the financial disclosure forms candidates submitted to the City Clerk for the previous two quarters. Reports of donations and expenditures for the last quarter were due April 15. Candidate Alicia Goforth is uncontested for the third open council seat in District 5. Scott Somers, who previously served two terms on the council and is running for his old seat, reported the most campaign cash on hand, with $30,459, including $11,028 carried over from previous periods. A robust first quarter of 2022 contributed greatly to that total, with Somers’ campaign netting $19,703 in donations for the period. Darla Trendler, the only other candidate for the District 6 seat, has not reported any contributions so far. Trendler said she’s received funds during the current quarter, which will be reported by the next filing deadline in July. The money race is slightly less asymmetric in District 4, though the familiar candidate still enjoys a large advantage. Incumbent Jenn Duff’s organization started off its fundraising strong during the fourth quarter of 2021, reporting $19,685, giving her campaign fund a balance of $20,981 as of March 31. Arizona State University student Nathaniel Ross has so far reported only loaning his campaign for $283. Trista Guzman Glover, a former director in the office of Gov. Doug Ducey, started to close the money gap with Duff in the first quarter of 2022. Her campaign reported

$2,947 on hand at the end of the period, most of which was received last quarter. Public safety employee political action committees are big donors to the campaigns so far. Mesa Firefighter PAC, the political action committee for the local chapter of the Arizona Fire Fighters Association, is the largest donor so far for two candidates, doling out $3,500 each to the campaigns of Duff and Somers at the end of 2021. Mesa Firefighter’s $2,000 contribution to Goforth in the first quarter of 2022 is tied for her largest donation. PACs without “Mega-PAC” status in Arizona are limited to giving $6,550 to local candidates per election cycle. PACs cannot use union dues for political spending. Scott Figgins, president of the Mesa chapter of the International Association of Fire Fighters, explained the PACs giving to local candidates. “For us it doesn’t matter if you’re an incumbent, … what we’re looking for truly is the health, safety and welfare of the community and our firefighters. That’s it.” He said the group bases its support on voting record and general positions on “creating that balance of fiscal responsibility and ensuring the highest level of service to the internal and external customer.” He noted that campaign donations are not the same as formal endorsements, and the group will sometimes give to both the incumbent and challenger in a race. “Rarely do we give more than $4,000” in an election cycle, Figgins said. Somers, a former firefighter/paramedic, has also received large contributions from public safety organizations beyond Mesa, including $2,500 each from the International Association of Firefighters and the Arizona Police Association, and $2,000 from the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association PAC.

Individuals connected with the development industry are also large contributors to the campaigns of Somers, Duff and Goforth. John Graham, CEO of Sunbelt Holdings, gave $1,000 to Duff’s organization and $1,500 to Somers’. Three executives for CORE Construction each gave $500 individually to Somers’ campaign. Robert Schramm, president of Kitchell Development Company, contributed $1,000 to Somers. Sandy Schmid, vice president of acquisitions and development for Starpoint Properties, gave $1,500 to Duff. Below is a list of each candidate’s fundraising total for this election cycle and their largest donors. DISTRICT 4 Nathaniel Ross Total raised: $283 (loan from candidate)

Jenn Duff Total raised: $23,485 Largest donations: Salt River Project Political Involvement Committee, $1,400; Mesa Fire PAC, $3,500; Randy McGrane, Ensemble Investment (owns PhoenixMesa Marriott), $1,000; Simon Key, Versaterm Public Safety (producer of Mesa’s new crime record-keeping software) $1,000; John Graham, Sunbelt Holdings, $1,000; John Kobierowski, ABI Multifamily and Neighborhood Ventures, $1,000; Sandy Schmid, Starpoint Properties, $1,500; Robert Crist, Robert Crist and Co RV, $1,000; and S. Colleen Byron, NAU, $1,000. Trista Guzman Glover Total raised: $2,947 Largest donations: Loan from self, $1,000; Stan Barnes, Copper State Consulting, $500; Jim Hayden, Board Devel-

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Mega deals see 3 Mesa complexes, mall change hands BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

s investors nationwide pour record billions into rental properties, three Mesa apartment complexes over the past three weeks have changed hands in eight-figure deals while a dead strip mall is giving way to a 373-unit complex. Cushman & Wakefield said it is advising Dallas-based Stillwater Capital Investments in the $11.1 million acquisition of a 16-acre strip mall bordered by Power Road and E. Hampton and S. Clearview avenues. “Stillwater plans to construct a brand new 373-unit Class A apartment community on the site,” Cushman & Wakefield said in a release. “The property currently houses vacant retail structures that Stillwater will demolish to pave way for its new stateof-the-art apartment development.” The project appears to be Stillwater’s first venture outside the Lone Star State, where it has 19 current and 15 past apartment projects. The private real estate company boasts of managing and building “unique property types such as infill multifamily communities, mixed-use properties, build-to-suit properties and high-end single-family homes.” The property is being sold by Lamar Companies and Utah-based GFI Mesa Investments. Cushman said the new complex “is ideally located near an abundance of walkable retail, shopping, dining and entertainment amenities surrounding the property, including the Superstition Springs Center.” Meanwhile, the 264-unit San Fernando Apartments at Main Street and Greenfield Road was sold earlier this month for $62.5 million to Miami-based Starwood Capital Group by ReNUE Properties of Scottsdale

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DISTRICT 5 Alicia Goforth Total raised: $9,350 Largest donations: United Mesa Fire-

The San Fernando Apartments at 4150 E. Main St. in Mesa recently sold for $62.5 million – well above the $42.2 million it sold for in January 2021. (Special to the Tribune) – which bought the complex in January 2021 for $42.4 million, according to Valley real estate tracker vizzda.com. Vizzda said the San Fernando sale was part of a five-property deal totaling $256.7 million. One of those other properties is the 276-unit Village at Sun Valley Apartments at 7530 E. Billings St., near Sossaman Road and University Drive, which Starwood picked up from ReNUE for

$66.2 million – more than twice the $24.5 million it paid for the 21-year-old complex three years ago. Built in 2004, the San Fernando Apartments includes 22 three-story buildings that sit on just over 15 acres and is slated to become converted into condos after March 2026, according to vizzda.com, under terms of a contact with the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department. Its sale price represented a per-unit cost

This dead strip mall will be replaced by a 373-unit apartment complex at 1445. S. Power Road, Mesa. (Google Maps) fighters PAC, $2,000; John and Cassie Sterling, Leeward Renewable Energy, $500; Thomas and Jennifer Casey, $500; John and Kathryn Dougherty, $2,000; Bonnie Crist, $1,000. DISTRICT 6 Scott Somers

Total raised: $24,903 Largest donations: United Mesa Firefighters PAC, $3,500; International Association of Firefighters, $2,500; UPFF Tempe, $1,000; PLEA PAC, Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, $2,000; Arizona Police Association, $2,500; Rich Crandall, CN Resource, $1,000; John Graham, Sunbelt

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of just under $237,000. The third apartment complex deal involved the Sonoma Village Apartments at 1318 S. Vineyard Ave. near Country Club Drive and Southern Avenue sold for $26 million – more than three times the 2017 sale price that seller Ken. R. Schnerch paid for it in June 2017, according to vizzda. com. Buyer Rise Invest, a Chicago investment real estate company started by a 19-yearold financier 30 years ago, paid a per-unit price of $270,833 for the seven one- and two-story buildings housing 96 units on about 3 ½ acres that were built in 1988, vizzda reported. As rents soar and the housing market begins slowing down somewhat because of rising prices and mortgage rates, more investors are turning to rental properties, according to numerous local and national experts. Investors poured a record $335.3 billion into the nation’s apartment market, according to brokerage CBRE and analytics firm Real Capital Analytics. Virginia-based apartment management firm KRS Holdings reported last month that more than two million units have been built around the country in the last decade, with 370,942 more completed in 2020 – a 50 percent increase over 2019. “The tremendous increase in the popularity of renting is fueling this construction growth: The number of renters in cities across the United States has increased by 31% on average since 2000,” KRS said. “The housing market has been severely impacted by the pandemic,” it added. “Property prices are higher than they have ever been, and most markets currently have a scarcity of inventory, making it difficult to find a single or multi family home at any price.” ■ Holdings, $1,500; William Cox, Core Construction, $500; Natalie Orne, Core Construction, $500; Nichole Kotsur, Core Construction, $500; Stephen Schmid, $2,000; Robert Schramm, Kitchell, $1,000. Darla Trendler Total raised: 0 ■

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Mesa looks to natural gas to fuel growth BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer

he CMC Steel Arizona plant in southeast Mesa is planning a $300 million expansion, adding a new “microsteel” mill to the company’s campus at Pecos and Meridian Roads. After its expected 2023 opening, the new mill will melt down scrap metal and churn out new steel products like t-posts and rebar, which is used to reinforce concrete structures. Using scrap metal instead of ore enhances the mill’s sustainability factor, and the company has innovative plans to build onsite solar that can connect to the mill’s electric arc furnace. But CMC will also need natural gas to pump out its estimated 500,000 tons of steel product annually, and the company has requested a new natural gas line from Mesa’s gas utility to supply large volumes of the fossil fuel to the facility. City Manager Chris Brady told City Council at April 14 that CMC’s request for more natural gas is part of a broader trend: companies setting up shop in Mesa are requesting new natural gas hook ups from the city, including some very large users. Brady’s discussion of the CMC project highlighted the city’s interest in using natural gas to fuel its economic growth, prompting reflections by Brady, Mayor John Giles and Councilman Kevin Thompson on how that policy fits in with Mesa’s climate goals. “A lot of the developers coming in now are finding much more economical or efficient ways to reduce their water consumption, but on the gas side, it’s becoming a huge demand for us,” Brady said. Brady told Council he is excited about the new demand for natural gas. For one, he said, selling higher volumes of gas is good for the financial health of the city’s gas utility. But Brady appeared even more enthusiastic about natural gas as a tool to help the city lure business to Mesa. The need for large volumes of natural gas and electricity in some industries is “driving a tremendous amount of opportunity for us to bring enterprise and industry to Mesa,” Brady said. CMC’s new micro mill is an example of

A gas line extension project financed by the city of Mesa will deliver a high volume of natural gas to CMC Steel to power a new steel mill at the company’s southeast Mesa property. (City of Mesa) how the city can use utilities to entice companies to come to Mesa: the city agreed to finance construction of the $16 million gas line extension to encourage the company to expand in Mesa. The city is providing all the upfront costs, but CMC will reimburse Mesa over five to seven years once the mill starts up. During the discussion, Brady and Giles acknowledged that throwing open the spigot on natural gas might appear, at first glance, to be at odds with the vision to wind down the city’s carbon footprint contained in the Mesa Climate Action Plan, passed by council last year. Included in the No. 1 “aspirational goal” of the plan is “Strive to reduce the carbon footprint of City Operations by 50% by 2030” and be carbon neutral by 2050. But at the same time the city is trying to reduce its carbon footprint, it will also be increasing its distribution of natural gas, which releases CO2 when burned. Mesa Electric & Gas Utility Director Frank McRae told the Mesa Tribune he expects natural gas deliveries from the utility to grow 10% to 20% in the next two to five years. Is that ironic or logical? Depends who is answering. Natural gas is often described as a “clean” fossil fuel by advocates, seen as a cleaner way to power the economy while renewable energy sources scale up.

One justification for the clean label is that natural gas releases less carbon into the atmosphere per Btu of energy than other fossil fuels like coal and oil. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a million Btus of natural gas produces 117 pounds of CO2, compared to 200 pounds for coal and 160 pounds for oil distillates like diesel fuel. But in terms of adding CO2 to the atmosphere, natural gas still has a “dirty” side, and its carbon impacts add up. Natural gas was Arizona’s top energy source in 2019, and according to EIA data, Arizona released 25.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from natural gas into the atmosphere in 2019. That much CO2 is equivalent to emissions from five million cars driven for one year. If the carbon footprint of Mesa’s cityowned utilities is factored into Mesa’s overall carbon footprint, a substantial increase in natural gas delivery could counteract carbon reductions from climate action plan initiatives like fleet electrification and additions of solar to its electrical grid. But Giles said ramping up gas delivery now is still in line with the city’s climate vision. “As an advocate for the climate action plan, I don’t see a disconnect with the natural gas expansion at all,” Giles said.

“Natural gas is a great interim use as technology over the next few decades will advance. Maybe a few decades from now natural gas will not be a big deal, but for the foreseeable future it will be.” Thompson also defended the growth of natural gas. Thompson, the current chair of Mesa’s Sustainability and Transportation Committee, worked for Southwest Gas, a regional natural gas supplier, for 16 years, including four years in corporate-government affairs for the company, before he was elected to Mesa City Council. He is one of three Republican candidates for two primary nominations for the Arizona Corporation Commission. “I think natural gas as a whole is under attack right now, across the nation, across the world,” he said, referring to moves by some U.S. cities in recent years to ban new natural gas hook ups in homes. “It’s still to me, coming from that industry, it’s still one of the cleanest uses that we have.” Thompson said during the Sustainability and Transportation committee meeting this month that he supports developing renewable energy in Mesa, but he has also positioned himself as a defender of natural gas in recent committee and council discussions. The discussion about CMC steel and Mesa’s increased demand for natural gas came just a few days before the city’s sustainability department gave its annual budget presentation to council, which included an update on city climate plan progress. Last year, Mesa’s electricity came from 2% renewable sources. Mesa’s Director of Environmental Management and Sustainability Scott Bouchie presented a plan to ramp up the city’s percentage of renewables to 25% by 2025 and 50% by 2030. In an interview after the presentation, Bouchie took a pragmatic approach to the city’s growing use of natural gas. “It’s better than coal, but it’s not the beall, end-all solution,” Bouchie said. “But it’s a necessity. The way we live our lives and what we have for our energy demands, natural gas is a necessity right now.” “It is a (carbon) reduction today, that’s available to scale today,” he continued. Natural gas mined from the earth is non-

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Legislature hits impasse on budget with $5B surplus BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

fforts to adopt at least a basic budget for the coming fiscal year ran aground last week as two Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee refused to go along, leaving it short of votes. Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, sided with the Democrats on the committee in concluding there was no reason for the state, with what could be a $5-plus billion surplus, to leave all that money sitting around while priorities are not being funded. “This is not paying attention to the revenues, not paying attention to what the needs of this state are,’’ she said. “There are a lot of things missing from this budget that are vital to our state in the coming year: water, border security and immigration, some education matters,’’ Udall said. Also left out, she said, are smaller priorities like an operating shortfall at the Arizona State Hospital. Udall’s defection by itself would not have killed the plan. That still left seven Republicans on the 15-member panel. But Rep. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, also refused to go along, albeit for vastly different reasons. He derided the claim that the $13 billion plan to simply continue existing state programs is somehow a "skinny budget." "We have a $5.3 billion surplus," Hoffman said. "That doesn’t mean we’re doing a great job," he continued. "That means that we’re overtaxing the people that we represent." And Hoffman said he was afraid that the $13 billion plan would not be the last word. "I don’t want a ‘shadow budget’ where we pretend like we’re passing a ‘skinny budget,’ doing our constitutional obligation, then we come through (later) and we pass a bunch of garbage spending bills," he said, inflating that skinny budget to something much larger. And without a commitment not to do that, Hoffman said he was unwilling to ap-

Mesa Republican Michelle Udall sided with Senate Democrats to vote against a proposed “basic budget” for the state for next fiscal year. (Special to the Tribune) prove even this baseline. But Hoffman, by holding out his vote and preventing the measure from advancing to the full House, may have effectively dealt himself out of future negotiations. "We offered an opportunity for the cheapest budget we can get," House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, told Capitol Media Services after the April 20 vote. "And so, we’ll just have to go by ear now and see what we can come up with." Rep. Regina Cobb, R-Kingman, who chairs the Appropriations Committee, said doing nothing is not an option. She pointed out that the Arizona Constitution gives the legislature just one mandatory duty: adopt a spending plan for the next fiscal year. More to the point, this isn’t like Congress where a voice vote can approve a "continuing resolution" to keep government operating. If there is not a final budget approved by the House and Senate and signed by Gov. Doug Ducey by July 1, state agencies shut down. Cobb said the April 20 vote gave her some “insight’’ into what has to hap-

pen next. What that means, she told Capitol Media Services, is starting again with what was in that baseline budget "and put in what we need to put in." There are only 31 Republicans in the 60-member House. So without Hoffman -- and potentially other Republicans -- her only choice is to seek Democratic support to come up with a majority. And Democrats on the panel made it clear they have things they need added to the spending plan to get their votes. “I would call it a woefully inadequate budget,’’ said Rep. Kelli Butler, D-Paradise Valley. And with some $5 billion in excess funds, she said keeping spending at current levels is "austerity being continued absolutely needlessly." She cited for example, funding needs for the developmentally disabled, those needing long-term care. And Butler said it adds no money to the Department of Environmental Quality despite a finding last year by the state Auditor General’s Office that the agency has failed to perform many re-

quired tasks in monitoring groundwater for pollution -- in some cases, for 29 years. It’s not just the Democrats and some Republican lawmakers who want more spending. The governor himself made it clear Wednesday he was not interested in signing a spending plan in his last year in office that simply keeps things the way they are. "Nobody’s talked to me about a skinny budget," he told Capitol Media Services. "We have a $5.2 billion surplus," Ducey said. "And we have real needs right now, including our border, wildfires that are happening across the state, and the Arizona state water commission." The creation of what would be called the Arizona Water Authority has been a top priority of the governor as the state, in the middle of a historic drought, looks for ways to supplement its water supply and not be forced to curtail growth. It would have the unique right to obtain and even own water, with the possibility of desalinating water from the Gulf of California. It also would need $1 billion to get off the ground – money that was not in the proposed skinny budget. And that, he said, made it veto bait. "I presented the budget that I wanted the week after the State of the State," he said. "And I still want that budget." Hoffman for his part, defended torpedoing the skinny budget plan. He told Capitol Media Services that Wednesday’s vote was "little more than a ruse to strip transparency out of the budget process," saying it appears it was always the intent to later add "billions in wasteful spending." "Leadership and Cobb have known for weeks that unless they committed to not doing a ‘shadow budget,’ many Republican members would not be on board," Hoffman said. "Unfortunately, they refused to make that commitment." Cobb said the goal now likely becomes finding that middle ground that adds enough to the spending plan to pull in the necessary votes from Democrats without losing more Republicans. ■

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State Legislature passes parental rights bill BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

tate senators voted April 18 to allow parents to sue teachers and other government officials if they “usurp’’ their “fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, health care and mental health of their children.’’ The 16-12 vote came over the objections of several Democrats who worried what kind of legal troubles could result. “The language is not clear at all,’’ said Sen. Christine Marsh, D-Phoenix, who also is a teacher, quoting from HB 2161. “That entire quotation is so incredibly vague that anything could potentially qualify for it, meaning that we might have a whole bunch of teachers going to court over this,’’ she said. Marsh pointed out that this new restriction comes even as the state faces a teacher shortage, with about 2,000 classrooms across the state headed by someone who is not a certified educator. No one spoke in favor of the measure, which was crafted by Rep. Steve Kaiser, RPhoenix and approved by the House. But Kaiser, to get that prior House approval, had removed one provision that had given some lawmakers heartburn. It would have required teachers to share with parents a student’s purported gender identity or requested transition’’ if the child identifies in a way that is “incongruous with the student’s biological sex.’’

GAS from page 6

renewable, but methane can be captured from biological processes like foodwaste decomposition and wastewater treatment, and refined to a level where it can be added to natural gas pipelines. Methane produced this way is called renewable natural gas, or biogas. Mesa is investing $5.5 million in a program next year to develop the capacity to refine captured methane from its wastewater treatment plants to a utility-grade product usable in its fleet of compressed natural gas garbage trucks. The amount of methane the city’s wastewater plant produces could provide up to 40% of the fuel used for its garbage collection fleet, Bouchie said. While significant, that represents only

Kaiser, in proposing the measure, told members of the House Education Committee that what is in HB 2161 simply underlines and gives teeth to existing requirements that ensure that parents have access to various records, grades and test scores. The bigger problem, he said, is when students are given various assessments and surveys. The legislation spells out that these would first need to be sent to parents at least seven days ahead. Kaiser said some get into personal areas, like whether there are firearms at home and whether their parents get along. By that same 16-12 party-line vote, the Republican-controlled Senate also approved HB 2439. It spells out that beginning in 2023 that school boards must adopt procedures for parents to access the school’s library collection of available books and materials. And the same measure spells out that parents are entitled to get a list of all books and materials that their child borrows from the library. Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Glendale, said there’s a simpler way to deal with this other than passing another law that could penalize school staff. "The best way to find out what your kid is reading in school or what they’re checking out from the library is just to talk to them," he said. "If you can’t establish that relationship with your own child and they don’t want

to tell you what they’re reading, then that’s emblematic of a bigger problem, not the fact that the school isn’t telling you," Quezada said. "That’s a problem between you and your child." Sen. Raquel Teran, D-Phoenix, said the measure is overkill and will just create additional work. She pointed out that there already are various laws protecting the rights of parents to access information about their children. That same concern resulted in the defeat of a related measure April 18 in the House. SB 1211 sought to mandate that each school district and charter school post on its website a list of learning materials and activities used for student instruction. Several Democrats spoke against the measure, including Rep. Jennifer Pawlik, D-Chandler, who spoke about the burden. "You need to understand that this bill will require the teachers to post every single item that they use in every single lesson every single day," said Pawlik, a teacher. But what resulted in its defeat was the decision of Rep. Joel John, R-Arlington, to part way with all other House Republicans who voted in support. "I’ve got a laundry list of statutes on the rights that parents already have," he said, ranging from the ability to publicly review courses of studies and textbooks to public access to school policies and curriculum. "I think this bill frankly goes too far and

NW Digesters: Digesters at Mesa’s North West Water Reclamation Facility capture methane and other gasses released during the water treatment process. (City of Mesa) a small fraction of the city’s total natural gas use.

To meet its climate aspirations, the city is banking on being able to access larger

puts too many extra burdens" on teachers, said John who has been a teacher. "Teaching already is a low-paying, thankless job, lots of work, lots of worry. How do I know? I’ve been there." Other Republicans, however, didn’t see it that way. "It does take extra work," conceded Rep. Michelle Udall, D-Mesa, who also is a teacher. And she suggested that lawmakers might want to consider an additional stipend for educators to do the posting. But Udall said she does not consider the measure "overly burdensome." Rep. Teresa Martinez, R-Casa Grande, argued that the disclosure is necessary. She said students are presented with lesson plans and questions about whether they believe they are "normal" if they have sexual fantasies or even whether they masturbate. "I do not require these schools in the state of Arizona to teach sexuality to my child," Martinez said. "I need them to teach reading, writing, science and history," she continued. "Children belong to their parents and their parents are responsible for the morality that they choose for their child." After the measure fell one vote short of the majority – that of John – another lawmaker made a procedural motion to allow it to be reconsidered at a future date. But that would require John to change his mind unless one of the House Democrats agrees to go along. ■ volumes of renewable natural gas in the future. A graph presented by Bouchie shows Mesa’s use of biogas climbing to 23% by 2025 and 50% by 2030. The plan suggests that Mesa is planning for a gas-powered future, but whether RNG will be available to the city in significant volumes is unclear. McRae said that large volumes of RNG are not widely available on the market currently, and the availability of RNG is usually tied to a specific project, like a water treatment plant. One possibility McRae cited for greening its natural gas utility is purchasing RNG credits from projects outside Mesa. “There’s a way of getting natural gas credits. We’ve also considered that over time as well,” he said. ■

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BY KATHLEEN STINSON Tribune Staff Writer

he will now be worried about drinking the Queen Creek water. Diane McCollum of San Tan Valley said she spoke at the zoning meeting for the site and alleged, “It was not explained this would be heavy industrial.” McCollum said she has farm animals and she has to decide if she will have to move. Jared McGowan of San Tan Valley said: “Why won’t the town answer questions about this?” She said LG would not have spent $84 million on the land if they “weren’t guaranteed they could build on there.” Katrina Pint said 140,000 of LG’s batteries have been recalled by GM because they can catch on fire, stating, “No one is going to want to live in a contaminated area.” Queen Creek resident Heather Mohart said she is concerned about a fire hazard and if she can get to safety should that occur. “Is this what I bought into for my kids? This should not be,” Mohart said. Queen Creek resident Alex Taylor said he practiced pediatrics for years and lived in another state where a battery plant had to be closed down. “I don’t know if anyone has considered the potential down the road,” he said, adding that like a book, “you might not like the ending.” A few people asked if the Queen Creek Fire Department had the equipment to put out such a fire. Another asked for better setbacks and a buffer from the plant to the residential area. Tiffany Nandrow, a resident of San Tan Valley, asked: “If this was such a great idea, why isn’t it in your backyard?” At the April 6 council meeting, several women spoke against locating a lithium battery plant in the town. They said they wondered why the town did not give them a chance to provide input on the plant during the planning process. “Put this back on the agenda,” said San Tan Valley resident Lisa Horne. “The plant will reek of chemicals.” Queen Creek resident Ellen Gross said some council members have disappointed her by not living up to the vision of the town to provide a high quality of life to

Officials hail, residents condemn QC land deal

he day after a South Korean energy company cast the sole bid of $84.44 million for 650.5 acres of state land in Queen Creek for a lithium battery manufacturing plant, nearly a dozen angry citizens confronted Town Council to oppose the $1.4 billion project. LG Energy Solution Ltd won the State Land Department auction, prompting local and state officials to hail the deal – which they said would bring thousands of jobs to the northeast corner of Ironwood and Germann roads near Zimmerman Dairy Farm and CMC Steel Arizona, southeast of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Town Council last Dec. 1 approved the site’s rezoning to urban employment after residents in the area nearby were given the opportunity to provide comment, town spokeswoman Constance HalonenWilson told The Tribune last week. But residents who spoke at the April 20 council meeting – echoing complaints made by others at another council session two weeks earlier – accused officials of ignoring their questions about the deal and giving their blessing to an operation that posed environmental and health dangers to the community. Because the comments were made on a matter not on the agenda, council members were forbidden by law from responding to their complaints. The town as of April 19 has not received or approved any site plans for a lithium battery plant, Halonen-Wilson said. “The site has been in the Town’s planning area since 2008, originally identified as an employment use and then designated as a special district in the 2018 General Plan Update,” Halonen-Wilson said. “The area includes the extension of the State Route 24 and is envisioned to be a hub for employment, with the Town’s Economic Development Strategic Plan specifically highlighting the target sector of advanced manufacturing. The area had an initial zoning of residential and urban,” she added, explaining: “Due to market demands, the State Land Department requested a rezone of some portions to urban employment, including this site. A neighborhood meeting was

The barren 650.5 are site at Ironwood and Germann roads sold last week at a state Land Department auction for $84.4 million to a South Korean energy company that cast the sole bid for the property. (Arizona Land Department) held prior to the rezoning going to the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Town Council – residents within nearly a quarter mile of the site were notified of the neighborhood meeting.” Several people who spoke in opposition of the plant said they only just heard about the plant, though it was unclear whether they lived within the notification radius. Hours before the council meeting, the Arizona Commerce Authority issued a release that said construction of North America’s first ever cylindrical-type battery facility will start this summer with production commencing in 2024. “Global technology leaders like LG are choosing Arizona because of our worldclass business environment, advanced workforce, unbeatable quality of life, and culture of innovation – one that’s delivering unparalleled opportunity for current and future generations,” Gov. Doug Ducey said. In welcoming LG to Queen Creek, Mayor Gail Barney in the release said, “The announcement of LG Energy Solution is the culmination of years of strategic planning. It will bring thousands of local jobs to our highly skilled workforce – enhancing the quality of life our residents experience, additional infrastructure and major capital investment. “This isn’t just a win for Queen Creek, it will positively impact our region. Ad-

vanced manufacturing is a targeted sector and will be located adjacent to State Route 24. The area is planned for mixed use and will further the employment opportunities for Queen Creek, Pinal County, the greater East Valley and the state.” Chris Camacho, president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, said the plant “solidifies the market’s position as a hub for battery technology and energy storage and is significant for Greater Phoenix as it continues to attract global leaders in emerging industries.” LG Energy Solution did not respond to the Tribune’s request for comment. Queen Creek resident Thomas Utka said at the April 20 meeting that he couldn’t believe a battery factory was going to be built across the street from two schools and vowed to vote against any incumbent seeking re-election. He said he will vote against the council members in the next election. San Tan Valley resident Shanda Newsom said these types of battery factories can catch fire and the fumes are poisonous. Lauri Butka said she lives within a mile of the proposed plant and said it should be located around other industrial buildings and not in her neighborhood, where residents are living a rural lifestyle. “This is unsafe and has the potential of hurting many people,” Butka said. Queen Creek resident Daniel Taylor said

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LITHIUM from page 12

residents. Another Queen Creek resident, Linda Manning, said she did not read anything about the plant “prior to this. How did this plant get here?” “Nobody had a chance to make any decisions as far as the residents...not been told a thing about this,” Manning said. Linda Doty of Queen Creek said, “Nobody here has seen the environmental impact statement…This is a dire situation…Where was all the input from the

citizens?” The environmental site assessment provided to the state Land Department states that Ninyo & Moore was retained to perform an environmental site assessment of the parcel. “Based on the information compiled during the preparation of this report, this assessment has revealed no evidence of RECs, historical RECs (HRECs) or controlled RECs (CRECs) in connection with the site,” the report states. REC is an acronym for “recognized environmental concern.” ■

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MICAH from page 1

Micah was hosting a bridal shower for a school friend in Mesa and suffered a severe asthma attack. She had forgotten her inhaler and spent 15 minutes without air before paramedics arrived on the scene and transported her to Banner Desert Medical. Micah had spent three nights in the hospital when an MRI April 11 detected no brain activity. Another test the following day determined that there was no blood flowing to her brain, prompting doctors to declare her brain dead. Wilfredo Gumaru’s main concern was how much time he had left with his daughter, which staff informed him was a matter of days. During that time, the family began praying for a miracle but eventually came to terms with the grim reality confronting them. On the morning of April 14, Banner Desert Medical’s critical care master informed the family at 1:30 p.m. that day, their daughter would be removed from life support. “I stood there and asked ‘Why?’”Wilfredo recalled. “We had been informed the day before that we still had time.” Wilfredo claims that the next words out of the critical care master’s mouth were: “I have the authority and I am the only one who can make that decision. There is nothing you can do about it.”

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“We believed that since her heart was still beating, that she was still alive and we were going to keep praying for a miracle,” Wilfredo said. It was then, he said, that hospital staff began to mock him and his family behind closed doors. The family said they heard doctors mocking their plea to extend their daughter’s life support, saying things to the effect of “just bury her and see if your God will resurrect her,” and “If you believe miracles, then what is the difference between her being dead now and letting Jesus do the miracle of raising her from the grave?” Wilfredo claims that from the night of April 13, the care being provided to his daughter had diminished. The family sought to move their daughter into a hospice or to their home so that

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“I’ve been dealing with hos- against Banner Desert Medical in Superior pitals and some of their abuses Court on April 14 to move Micah’s power since early in my career,” Mozell of attorney to her parents because she said. “Since the pandemic, there’s was incapacitated. a whole new round and type of “Since most people, like her, didn’t abuse going around,” have those things in place. That forced However, when he heard about us to move to surrogacy laws," he said. Micah’s case, he was stunned. The law basically says if someone is “I wanted to help the family be- incapacitated to where they can’t make cause the situation is so awful and those decisions, he added "there is a pritoo often when families are going ority list going from someone on your through something as shocking advanced directive, adult children and and horrifying as their daugh- parents.” ter, who has her whole life ahead Hospitals are far down that list, he said.. of her and is enrolled in medical “A hospital is only there after they have school has a brain injury and her done a search for a potential surrogate life is over, you want the hospi- and can’t find one,” Mozell said. tals and health care to have some “In that case, a panel of doctors gets to compassion for those things,” decide the end-of-life things. However, we Mozell said. were a long way from that because she “When I heard the level of abuse, had parents there to make the decision.” the case piqued my interest.” Mozell also claims that a doctor became Mozell was most upset by the irate when the family requested the extendoctors’ apparent ignorance of sion of their daughter’s life support. state law regarding declarations “Another doctor was frustrated and conthat someone is legally dead. veyed they were going to get a lawyer to “The case came down to who stop this and the doctor said, ‘if we had has the authority to make medical to keep every brain-dead patient in here decisions in certain situations,” alive for a week, we’d go bankrupt,’” he Mozell said. “The doctors took said. “These are people who have just the position that they got to make been told that their daughter is going to Micah Gumaru, 26, passed away on April 17 after spending days on life support with her family praying those decisions, which is not what die. This is one of the worst stories that I for a miracle and fighting a hospital’s decision to take the law says in any way, shape or have ever heard.” form.” her off life support. (Special to the Tribune) “In Arizona being brain dead A senator rallies around them she could pass away in a more comfort- does not mean someone is legally dead,” The story caught the attention of able environment, where the Gumarus felt he added, pointing to a 2007 statute. Townsend, who personally went to the everyone would have been at peace. Arizona has not codified recognition of hospital with a group of nearly a dozen This was met with more anguish from brain death or any particular standard for supporters to pray for the Gumaru family hospital staff. the determination of death. see MICAH page 15 “They tried to make us believe that beCurrent law states the determination of cause she was brain dead that no one death must be made “folwould take care of her,” Wilfredo charged. lowing accepted medical BannerHealth declined comment, citing standards.” Unlike other patient privacy laws. states, it does not define death as the cessation Legal battle ensues of any specific functions, When the Gumarus realized they had according to the National only a matter of hours to act to keep their Library of Medicine. daughter alive, they hoped for yet another “We have prescribed miracle. statutes when it comes “We were fighting for justice and how to who gets to make a we got it was a miracle,” Wilfredo said. decision and when and Joshua Mozell, an attorney who has hospitals are very low specialized in cases against hospitals and on that list and only abusive doctors for over eight years at when certain conditions Frazer, Ryan, Goldberg and Arnold LLP, are present, which they came highly recommended to the Gumaru weren’t present here,” Micah Gumaru was at Arizona Snowbowl in January and joked she was “behind the scenes at the Bejing Winter Olympics” on family and became their advocate during Mozell added. their darkest time. He filed an injunction her Instagram account. (Instagram)

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Mesa flights to Mexico in the offing for next year BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer

llegiant, the largest commercial airline at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, might start offering flights from Mesa to Mexico starting next January. Michael Graci, Allegiant’s manager of airport affairs, told Gateway Airport’s board of directors that the company had formed a partnership with Mexican airline Viva Aerobus. Graci described Aerobus as “kind of the Allegiant of Mexico. They’re a leisure travel company that flies leisure travel-

MICAH from page 14

and voice frustration at their treatment during the difficult time. “My focus is primarily on that this is yet another story of maltreatment by the staff to a family in a time of grief and it’s uncalled for,” Townsend said. “At what point are we going to say it’s time to resurrect your humanity?” Townsend asked. Townsend also claims that this is not the first time she has heard complaints about Desert Banner. “We’ve had a long parade of people coming to our committee talking about doctors at this facility,” Townsend said. Mozell said the Gumarus’ experience highlights an ongoing trend across the nation in healthcare. “Hospitals are commonly completely wrong about the law and the doctor who was the most involved had no idea what the law said – in addition to being cruel to a family who had just gone through one of the worst stories I had ever heard,” he said. Fortunately, with Mozell's help, the Gumaru family had their daughter’s life extended and began working with the chief medical officer at Banner Desert Medical. “The chief neurologist apologized and explained that she was given another 24

ers rather than business travelers,” similar to Allegiant’s model. He said Allegiant is waiting for approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation before announcing more details of the deal, but he said the two airlines would combine their networks of destinations. “In January of 2023, the actual aircraft will begin service,” Graci said, “so we will look at seeing Viva Aerobus flying into different destinations into the U.S. and then we will start seeing Allegiant aircraft flying south of the border.” Allegiant currently has 12 planes based at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Air-

port. Graci said that number is likely to grow in the coming years as the company had signed a deal to purchase 50 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, which will begin delivery next year. While Allegiant is waiting for DOT approval to disclose which of its hubs will connect with Mexico, he and PhoenixMesa Executive Director J. Brian O’Neill hinted that Mesa was a likely candidate. “We have had preliminary discussions with Allegiant since their investment in Viva Aerobus, working with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to see if the possibility exists for some sort of a hybrid operation here where we can have

State Sen. KellyTownsend of Mesa and some supporters protested outside Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa on April 15 over doctors' decision to take Micah Gumartu off life support, a week after she suffered a severe asthma attack. (Alex Gallagher/Tribune) hours,” Wilfredo said. “I said ‘I understand when you told us that she was brain dead and I don’t question that because you are the experts.' The only problem we had was that they told us she was legally dead and wanted to pull her off prematurely.’” “I’m going to stand by and make sure that Banner Health provides good care but I’m not sure how it’s going to turn out

medically,” Mozell said.

In loving memory

Wilfredo described his daughter as having a big heart for all living beings, recalling stories of how she rescued tadpoles and wilting flowers from the backyard until they were healthy enough to return to nature.

a proof of concept and meet the needs of our largest airline,” O’Neill told the board. Allegiant currently flies to over 130 cities, Graci said, but has no international flights. The Viva deal would bring the company back into the international market. Graci said another benefit of working with Viva Aerobus is the two airlines’ busy seasons complement each other, with Viva seeing high demand in September when Allegiant’s business slows down with the end of summer. “A lot of people are anxiously working on this,” Graci said of the deal. ■

"She was very loyal, loved her family, sweet-spirited and always smiling,” Wilfredo said. According to an ASU profile of Micah written when she graduated, she had started a nonprofit called SoleFull to collect shoes for children in developing countries. Asked for her advice to other students, Micah said: “As long as you keep trying and put your heart and soul into what you want, then you can succeed in whatever dream career you have. I feel like sometimes we’re so stuck on our set plans that if they change, we think the whole world is going to end.” And when she was asked in that interview what she would do if she had $40 million to solve one problem in the world, she replied: “I’d put it toward global medical campaigns. Right now it’s really expensive for poorer countries to access medication or cures because it’s so monopolized. "So I would probably donate that money to helping others with medical needs.” Micah passed away peacefully on Easter morning, surrounded by family, close friends and her church family. A memorial service was held at the Church of the Nations. Micah is survived by her parents, Wilfredo and Grace, siblings Angeli and Kris and family friend Dave McLurg. ■

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BOWERS from page 1

That’s because the decennial redistricting has stripped away part of what was the district from which he has repeatedly been reelected, replaced by much what used to be the one represented by Republicans Sen. Kelly Townsend and Rep. John Fillmore. Both have advanced – and continue to advance – election conspiracy theories. Bowers said, though, he remains convinced that his decisions he made in the wake of the 2020 election, including shutting down a proposed House investigation into the results, was the correct one. The honors which have been bestowed since 1990, are named for a 1957 book that Kennedy, then a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, wrote about eight senators who he felt had exhibited great courage despite pressure from their political parties and constituents. Last year was the first that those in a committee chosen by the Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, including Kennedy family members, made awards based on a theme, that being to honor those involved in fighting the COVID epidemic. That continued this year with the theme of defending democracy. Bowers was tapped for his decision to buck pressure from his own party to decertify the election results that showed Democrat Joe Biden outpolling Republican incumbent Donald Trump by 10,457 votes and instead have the Republicancontrolled legislature certify its own slate of Republicans to cast the state’s 11 electoral votes for Trump. The pressure even included calls from both Trump as well as some of the president’s associates like attorney Boris Epshteyn who claimed a series of irregularities in the voting. And Bowers, who found protesters at his house calling him a pedophile, even rebuffed a call on Jan. 6 by U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs who was trying to convince the speaker to recall the state’s 11 electors who were pledged to vote for Biden. He also refused to allow Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Oro Valley, to convene a hear-

House Speaker Rusty Bowers listened patiently to Apache Junction Rep John Fillmore before shutting down his election-conspiracy-driven legislation. (Capitol Media Services) ing of his Federal Relations Committee in other forms of early voting, requiring inthe days after the 2020 election to hear stead that all ballots be cast only on Elec"evidence" of election fraud from Trump tion Day. And it would have scrapped the current system of attorneys Rudy Gihaving ballots tabuliani and Jenna ulated by machine, Ellis. So Finchem replacing that with and fellow elecSome took the easy road a hand count of all tion deniers inof fault-finding and votes cast, a figure stead convened that exceeded 3.4 what they called a reactionary visions of public hearing at a changing elections in order million in 2020. But the providowntown Phoenix to establish a winner that sion that alarmed hotel. clearly was incorrect. Bowers and some More recently, others would have Bowers has used required the Legishis power as speaklature to call itself er to quash legisinto special session after every election lation he said does not advance election to review the ballot tabulating process. security but only serves to throw more More to the point, it would permit lawhurdles in the path of those who want to makers to “accept or reject the election cast a ballot. One of those belonged to Fillmore returns,’’ with the latter option paving who proposed repealing laws that allow the way for anyone to file suit to seek a anyone to get an early ballot and bar all new election.

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Bowers said while he voted for Trump, that was unacceptable. And he said the audit of Maricopa County’s 2020 election returns ordered by Senate President Karen Fann has not produced any evidence that, as some have alleged, the election was stolen from Trump. "When we gave a fundamental right to the people, I don’t care if I win or lose, that right was theirs,’’ he said at the time. “And I’m not going to go back and kick them in the teeth." On Thursday, Bowers told Capitol Media Services there is a consistent basis for the choices he has made. "Some took the easy road of fault-finding and reactionary visions of changing elections in order to establish a winner that clearly was incorrect," he explained. But Bowers said he was not going to "throw away respect for our own constitutional obligations as well as the distortion of the national Constitution to legitimize us throwing out the electors or abolishing the vote of 3-point-what million Arizonans because somebody thinks there was fraud." And Bowers dismissed much of what has been brought forward as "evidence." He said much of it falls in the category of "a relative of a relative who saw this or wasn’t allowed to see that." "There’s never been proof," Bowers said. "It’s always ‘statistically, it’s impossible.’" Bowers said hostility toward him from elements of his own party started even before the election when he agreed to shut down the legislative session during the early days of the COVID outbreak in 2020 and would not entertain calls to override the declaration of emergency called by Gov. Doug Ducey. "From that time on, it was open warfare on me and has not stopped," he said. Bowers also expressed some amazement that he is sharing the honors with Zelenskyy, saying the issues he faces and even the protesters outside his house are nowhere in the same category. "I’m not having to hold a country together like President Zelenskyy," Bowers said. "I’ve just got my little thing right here." ■

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Sonoran Desert Chorale celebrates companionship BY SRIANTHI PERERA GetOut Contributor

hile weathering a seemingly endless pandemic, many people became more appreciative of the value of companionship. The Sonoran Desert Chorale takes it a step further with a concert on the themes of companionship and journeys. “You Come, Too,” is the title of the Mesa-based chorale’s next performances on Saturday, April 30, at First United Methodist Church in Mesa and on Sunday, May 1 at La Casa De Cristo Lutheran Church in Scottsdale. “I just feel like I wanted to celebrate this notion of valuing companionship, of valuing that journey, of valuing important people and ideas that sojourn with us,” said Dr. Carric Smolnik, artistic director. The chorus will sing three pieces by Andrew Maxfield, a Utah-based contemporary composer; Whatever Is Foreseen in Joy, The Door, and A Gracious Sabbath

Sonoran Desert Chorale of Mesa is back in full swing post-pandemic and have concerts planned. (Courtesy of Sonoran Desert Chorale) Stood Here. The composer, who will be in attendance, will comment on the songs and share his musical vision on them.

Other songs include O Whistle and I’ll Come To Ye, I’ll Ay Call In By Yon Town, and My Love’s in Germany – a trio of Scot-

tish folk songs; Shaun Kirchner’s I’ll Be On My Way; Felix Mendelssohn’s For God Commanded Angels to Watch Over You; a traditional American folk hymn – The Promised Land; Aaron Copeland’s Zion’s Walls, and songs of finding the way home in Stephen Paulus’ The Road Home and Marta Keen’s Homeward Bound. The concert’s title, You Come, Too, is from a poem called The Pasture by Robert Frost, and the choral will sing its arrangement by American composer Z. Randall Stroope. Smolnik said he also loves the poem’s 1959 version by Randall Thompson, which he studied earlier. “It illustrates how I feel about the people that are closest to me, that even if it’s a short activity, if it’s something trivial, I still both want and value their company,” he said. “I feel that often we talk about these greater causes, about doing things outside ourselves, but the reality of the matter is we, as individuals, have the power to af-

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Mesa team achieves dream amid tragedy BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer

att Shott died of cancer in December, but his dream lived on for the Arizona Kachinas, a Mesa-based girls hockey team. The team recently walked away with silver medals from the USA Hockey Youth Girls Tier II National Championships in Pennsylvania for their 14-and-under, 16-and-under, and 19-and-under programs. Program President Lyndsey Fry said the past season has been a “roller coaster” but one that’s sending their girls in the right direction: up the competitive ranks of youth hockey. “Everybody’s in the mindset of honoring Matt,” she said. “We have to keep growing it and building it in the direction

All the Arizona Kachinas programs carried on despite the death of their coach, Matt Shott. (Special to the Tribune) he dreamed it could be.”

The 19-and-under team finished the

tournament losing to Steele City Selects (Pennsylvania) in the championship 1-0 and had the team lead the tournament with a total of 13 points. The 16-and-under team lost to Premier Prep Purple (Minnesota) 3-2 in the championship and lead the tournament with 12 points. The 14-and-under team lost to North Shore Vipers (Massachusetts) 2-1 in the championship and tied for points scored with 12 points. Fry said when she received her silver medal during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, she flashed back to all the people that helped her make it to that point. “That’s what I want to do for someone else,” she said. Now that’s looking to come to fruition

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2 churches combine efforts to help the needy BY ROBIN FINLINSON Tribune Guest Writer

n event titled “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself” recently brought together members of two churches – Sun Valley Community Church and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – as well as several members of a high school football team to serve people with various needs. The gymnasium of Legacy Traditional School in southeast Chandler provided ample room for projects benefitting numerous local nonprofits and senior centers. For five hours, the volunteers were welcome to spend as much time as they wanted on projects they chose. Donations for each project were previously collected.

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Many volunteers prepared long strands of grocery bags. They were then used by other volunteers to create “plarn” mats for people experiencing homelessness. Instead of yarn, plastic bags were woven together. Approximately 450 bags are required to create a single mat. The nonprofit 2Fish & 5Loaves received the finished products. Inspirational cards were created for AZCEND and are now being given to seniors living alone to brighten their day. Some volunteers flattened another assortment of grocery bags to be used in AZCEND’s food bank. Three separate projects supported Cultivate Goodness. Port pillows were sewn for the comfort of chemotherapy patients. An array of pre-packaged edibles were

fect those around us.” Chorale member and Phoenix resident Brooke Stephens, assistant headmaster and music teacher at Chandler Preparatory Academy, finds the concert’s theme particularly poignant, when reflecting on the paucity of social interaction during the past two years. “Choir is a community and we are doing it just as much for each other as to the audience. We love singing together and inviting each other to sing,” she said. “It’s partly that reminder that we get to journey together not only with other choir members, but we are inviting our audience, too.” The Sonoran Desert Chorale was founded in 1994 by Jeff Harris, who directed the group for 25 years. It is a sophisticated choral organization that presents musical compositions from cultures around the globe as well as pieces from the European and American music traditions. Concerts frequently include guest performances and collaborations with artists and organizations in the community. Stephens, a music teacher and the assistant principle at a Chandler school, be-

assembled into snack bags to be given to homeless individuals. Greeting cards were made and became part of goodie bags later delivered to the Mesa Police Department, Meals on Wheels, and cancer patients at Mayo Clinic and MD Anderson. Scraps of soap, donated by a local soap company, were cut and placed into plastic bags. Many were immediately included in hygiene kits for Dsquared Homes for the Homeless; well over 1,500 additional cut scraps are now ready to be inserted into future kits as needed. Donated clothing was sorted to help with its distribution to foster children through Helen’s Volunteers prepare plastic bags to be woven into sleeping mats for Hope Chest. homeless individuals. Dr. Lessina Cline is in the front on the right.

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Brooke Stephens, the assistant headmaster and music teacher at Chandler Preparatory Academy, has been singing with the Sonoran Desert Chorale for 16 years and revels in the camaraderie. (Alan Pfohl) lieves that anyone can sing in a choir. To become part of the Sonoran Desert Chorale, the ability to read sheet music is a necessity, but having a solo voice is not. “Making music with others is such a fulfilling community activity,” she noted. A chorale member for 16 years, Stephens finds it difficult sometimes to attend Thursday’s practice nights because of a busy schedule. But it’s always invigorating.

“Every time we get to Thursday, I am always wondering if I have enough energy to make it to choir,” she said. “But every time, I would find myself leaving choir with more energy than when I came in.” Smolnik, who came on board toward the end of 2019, just when COVID-19 was about to spread, had to keep the members engaged without the possibility of meeting and singing together. It was a difficult and unusual challenge. The regular rehearsal hours were maintained, but conducted online. The musical selections and instructions were uploaded in advance and breakout groups worked with leaders to sing them. Later, the singers had to practice and record audio and video on their own. During rehearsals, just one person could sing because of the lag in time. Sometimes, experts presented online workshops. “So, there was still that community because we could see each other on Zoom,” Stephens said. “Even though we couldn’t sing together in the same way, through those workshops and through the teaching of the pieces that we were to record and submit to the virtual choir, I really did feel that that was my

only social outlet during the entire year.” “It’s been great to see the emotional journey of coming back to singing. I had tears streaming down my face for the entire first rehearsal. I could not believe how beautiful the music sounded together in the same room again,” Stephens said. Smolnik said he felt “ecstatic and excited” at the first in-person rehearsal, but the mask concealed the emotions. “The next rehearsal I basically started crying under my mask because it was such an emotional experience to be back with people that you view as your musical family and sharing your connection to the words and to the musical settings,” he said. The chorale was able to present concerts last October (about nature’s beauty), December (celebratory classical Christmas songs) and February (the many facets of love). “The director has tried to program the things that we can never take for granted again,” Stephens said. “Singing is one of those things We’ll always remember how lucky we are to get to sing side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder.” Details: sonorandesertchorale.org ■

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as the Kachinas continue to grow. In the program’s inaugural 2019-20 season, the Kachinas had about 80 girls. This season they finished with more than 230 across all their programs. Fry said growing the organization and allowing girls hockey to expand at such a rapid rate in the state continues to remain the cornerstone of the program. “Not only to get it off the ground, but to get it to excel very quickly,” she said. Part of that comes from having so many levels for opportunity for every girl to compete at their own level. “It’s the fact that there’s an ability to find a fit for every girl in the organization,” she said. “That’s the coolest part.

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Fidget quilts were sewn for people suffering from Alzheimer’s, then distributed to senior centers. The event was organized by Lori Neff, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She also represents justserve.org, a website created and maintained by the Church to connect people who would like to volunteer in some way with multiple opportunities. Ecclesiastical leaders of the two churches, Pastor Brett Humphrey of Sun Valley and Stake President Troy Hansen of the Church of Jesus Christ, were among approximately 200 volunteers. The results included: 801 complete snack bags, 470 hygiene kits, 226 inspirational cards, 154 port pillows, 20 fidget quilts, eight plarn mats and a truckload of sorted children’s clothing. Volunteers enjoyed the opportunity to

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This year’s tournament had the Kachinas playing teams from across the country including Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, and Minnesota. All this comes after the program also received Tier I status—the highest level of youth competition—from USA Hockey in January to begin next season. While Fry said she doesn’t expect the girls to win a lot of games next year, that’s expected due to the increased level of competition. She said the next two to three years will be “build years” with the hopes of sending a player to a NCAA Division I program. “We’re constantly thinking about the future and feeding that pipeline of girls,” she said. ■

serve. A father had told his two teenagers that he expected them to help for a little while. But once they got started, they didn’t want to leave, and they stayed the whole time. Several participants expressed the hope that this will become an annual event, including Dr. Lessina Cline of Sun Valley. Originally from The Republic of The Gambia in northwest Africa, she said, “If we all forget about our backgrounds and come together, the church of God would be stronger, and we would be able to do much more.” Most of the above-mentioned nonprofits (and myriad more) have projects posted at justserve.org. Everyone interested in finding volunteer opportunities—either local or remote—is welcome to visit that website. Robin Finlinson is a Chandler Area JustServe specialist. ■

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Obituaries 480-898-6465 • obits@timespublications.com Deadline: Wednesday by 5pm for Sunday Margaret Mary Arbuthnot Margaret Mary (Peggy) Arbuthnot (nee Devaney) peacefully left this earth to be with God in her sleep in the early morning of March 23, 2022. She was 90 years old. Peggy was a first generation American, born September 27, 1931 in New York City to immigrant parents, Martin John Devaney and Kathleen Josephine Devaney (nee Monahan) of Galway, Ireland. Peggy was a proud graduate of St. Rose of Lima Parish School in Washington Heights and Cathedral High School, an all-girls high school affiliated with St Patrick’s Cathedral. Peggy was humbled by the generosity of an anonymous donor who paid her tuition at St Rose of Lima. She went on to graduate from Cathedral High School, on a scholarship, graduating at the age of 16. Peggy went on to nursing school earning a scholarship from the church to St. John’s Hospital in Long Island City, Queens, N.Y. There she worked and studied while living in the Nurse Student Housing at the time located around the block from the hospital. She went on to have a rewarding and varied career in nursing including Community Health, Home Health, Surgical Nurse, Cardiac Intensive Care, Inservice Director at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital, among others. Peggy continued to work full time while earning her bachelor’s degree and then her master’s degree in Public Health Administration – Health Services Manage-

ment from Golden Gate University in 1984, where she graduated with distinction. Peggy retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center Phoenix, AZ as the Director of Quality Assurance. She served on the medical ethics committee at the VA Medical center and was elected to the office of recording secretary for the Arizona State Nurses Association, District 18. She loved her many friends at Post 44 over the years and really enjoyed the Auxiliary programs helping Vets and their families. She also loved their bridge games, bingo nights and many celebrations. Peggy is survived by son Robert Joseph and daughter in law Victoria Arbuthnot of Strawberry AZ, and daughters Kathleen Marie Arbuthnot of Phoenix AZ and Peggy Lynn Arbuthnot of Aurora CO. Grandchildren, Rachel Lynn and Eric Alexander, Katrina Louise Arbuthnot, Jennifer Lee Moder, and 11 great grandchildren. Her brother Thomas and sister in law Mary Lou Devaney, Martin Joseph and sister in law Deidra Devaney, and her many nieces and nephews whom she loved. She was preceded in death by sons Thomas Brian, Douglas Scott and Dennis Wayne and husband Robert J Arbuthnot, sister Catherine Boble and brother in law John Boble. Her funeral mass will be Saturday, May 7 at 11am at St. Patrick’s Church, 10815 N 84th St., Scottsdale. In lieu of flowers, it was her desire that money be sent to the scholarship fund at Cathedral High School, 350 E 56th St, New York, NY 10022 (https:// www.cathedralhs.org/)

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Norman Lyle Knox quietly passed away Monday, April 27th , 2020, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Norman was born to Orval A. and Leota Neely Knox in Chandler AZ in 1933, and was grandson of Arizona Pioneers, T.A.”Alex” and Martha Knox. He had two younger sisters, Muriel and Barbara. Norman attended Chandler schools, graduating from Chandler High in 1951. While there, he played in various bands, played baseball, was involved in student government, and sang in the choir. He was an avid Chandler High booster and received recognition for his work and support over the decades. Norman went to ASU for one year (rooming with Jamie Sossaman) then transferred to UC Davis, to major in Agriculture. While there, he joined Theta Xi fraternity as well as Alpha Zeta and was involved in many campus activities as well as the marching band. He graduated in 1955, came home and 4 days after arriving home, married Barbara Jean Gaddis. After honeymooning, Norman and Barbara settled into married life and farming. He farmed with Orval and on his own from 1955 to 2005. At the time of his death, he was still involved in the family citrus operation in Tulare Co., CA. Norman farmed cotton, alfalfa, small grains, corn, sugar beets, and several varieties of native plants for seed. Norman and Barbara had two sons, Lyle and Alex. Norman was very active both in and out of the agriculture community. He served on the Production Credit Association and Federal Land Bank boards, Chandler Ginning Co. board, CALCOT board, Western Farm Credit Bank and US AGbank boards, Roosevelt Water Conservation District board, Maricopa County Pollution Control Board, Chandler Hospital board, Arizona

Grain board, and Arizona Cotton Growers, to name a few. He was particularly proud to be a member of the Otto and Edna Neely Foundation board. As a lifelong member of the Chandler United Methodist Church, he served on many boards, committees and was a youth advisor for many years. He also supported the Future Farmers of America, YMCA and Scouting. Norman also loved flying and received his private pilot pilot’s license in 1959. In 1958, he and Barbara joined the Arizona Flying Farmers and both remained members until their deaths. Here, too, Norman served as a Chapter officer on many occasions. He served as a Regional Director on the Flying Farmer international level and he and Barbara were Teen Advisors for the yearly convention. Norman was also selected as a Man of the Year for the Arizona Chapter. During his flying days, Norman achieved both Instrument and Multi-Engine Ratings. Norman was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara and his younger sister Muriel (Roger) Fry. He is survived by his youngest sister, Barbara (Max) Butcher, two sons, Lyle (Sue) and Alex (Ellen), four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held May 7th at 10 AM at the Chandler Center for the Arts, in the Bogle Theatre. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to any of the following groups: Salvation Army, YMCA of Chandler, Chandler Education Foundation, Chandler Service Club, Theta Xi Fraternity – Beta Epsilon Chapter at UC Davis, Chandler United Methodist Church or the FFA.

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William Lee (“Bill”) Flowers, longtime Gilbert resident leaves behind his wife of 31 years, Cindy, two sons, Buddy and Denny, brother, Lynn, the daughter and two sons of Cindy, 19 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren plus hundreds of friends. Bill was preceded in death by his daughter, Laurie and his brother, Jerry. After joining Cindy in the real estate business in 1994 Bill quickly became a trusted Realtor and friend to many of their clients. Prior to his real estate career, Bill had his own paint and decorating business in Dallas, Texas, where he spent the first 36 years of his life. When Bill arrived in Arizona in 1976, he resumed his earlier career and had his own warehouse and cotton gin machinery supply business in Chandler. Bill was a founding member, Deacon and Elder in Gilbert Presbyterian Church. He also was the Jr. & Sr. High Youth Group Leader for several years where Cindy’s three children were members of his youth group. He and Cindy served together on church committees and sang in the choir together prior to their marriage in 1990. Cindy says her "Billy" is the love of her life! A Celebration of Life will be held on April 28, 2022 at the Val Vista Lakes Clubhouse, 1600 E. Lakeshore Dr. in Gilbert at 5:30 pm.

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Adrienne Anne Jones passed away peacefully in the early morning on March 23rd, 2022 at the age of 74 after a long battle with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. She was preceded in death by her husband Roger, her brother Nick and her cat Zoey. She is survived by two siblings - Rusty and Tammy, her three daughters - Monica, Angie and Maddie, and her seven grandchildren - Trevor, Collin, Justin, Anabella, Maxton, Tegan, and Benji. She was born on February 10th, 1948 in Madison, Wisconsin to parents Adrian and Dora Gammill. After graduating with an associates degree from East Tennessee State University, she lived and worked in Virginia, Maryland, Alabama and then finally settled in Arizona to retire. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, April 30th, 2022 for family and friends at Fellowship Square Historic Mesa's Grand Dining Hall/Community Center, 35 W. Brown Rd, Mesa AZ 85201, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in her honor to www.thebarnhouseaz.com who spay and neuter feral cats in the greater Phoenix area.

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2 firms brighten baseball practice at MCC BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer

f you build it, they will come…to practice. Thanks to a partnership of Rosendin, an electrical contracting company, and Graystar, an electrical distribution company, the Mesa Community College baseball team can now take hacks in their batting cage after dark. The companies installed free lighting components in the previously unlit batting cages. Rosendin completed their work donating their time and services to install the components donated by Graybar. “It’s just really a nice thing to have to give the kids an opportunity to get better,” Head Baseball Coach Tony Cirelli said. Cirelli has served as the head coach for 27 years at the college and said the support he receives from his alumni players remains one of the biggest drivers of the team’s success.

Chase Reno played for Cirelli from 199798 and returned to start a foundation for scholarship for the program. He said one day Reno noticed the batting cage had no lights. “He just thought we needed lights on there so he went out and found the company and hustled it,” Cirelli said. “Next thing you know they’re out here.” Now, a roof for the chain link batting cage may soon come to the facility because another alumnus offered to make a check out for whatever the cost came out to. “This guy told me ‘tell me how much it is, and I’ll write a check,’” said Cirelli. This reciprocity sounds fair considering Thunderbirds Baseball has helped 20 athletes play Major League Baseball and has taught them even more about life. It’s never easy, considering players start preparing for the spring season in August, when the average daily temperatures in Mesa hit 103 degrees. Cirelli said it can reach upwards of 115 degrees for 2 p.m. practices and this has

already started talk of pushing practices back to later in the evening when it’s much cooler. “We don’t have summer workouts but when we get here in August we will and that that’ll be a nice thing we have,” Cirelli said. Reno contacted Rosendin to get an estimate for the project’s cost and the company decided to install it for free. The project took approximately two months to complete, according to the company’s website. “Rosendin is proud The lights project at MCC was a collaboration involving, from to build this lighting left, Rosendin estimator Paul Flacco and project Executive John Burton, Mesa Community College alumnus Chase Reno, and colsee LIGHTS page 23 lege Athletics Director John Mulhern. (Courtesy of Rosendin)

Mesa restaurant owners excited about Mezcal bar BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer

e opened at the height of the pandemic and will finally complete his restaurant’s renovations next month. Kurt Riske opened Los Sombreros Mexican restaurant located at 1976 West Southern Avenue in October 2020. Now, he can say the work is complete just in time for Cinco de Mayo – his busiest day of the year. The 43-year-old Scottsdale native has worked for the company on and off since 2002 when he was still trying to make it in Major League Baseball. Now, he serves as the chief of brands for Los Sombreros at a time when restaurants still struggle on several fronts in the economy. “You just got to be creative and try to

Kurt Riske, chief of brands for Los Sombreros, shows off the recently renovated upstairs dining area at the Los Sombreros location on Southern Avenue and Dobson Road in Mesa (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer)

trust your instinct on what you think might be different that not everyone else

is doing,” he said. Since October 2020, the restaurant has

done its best to stay afloat and now has unveiled its newest feature: a mezcaleria, where patrons can find more than 30 different mezcals that all originate from Oaxaca, Mexico. Riske and his business partners took a trip there because they wanted to bring that southern Mexico flair to Mesa in the most authentic way. Climbing the stairs to the Mezcaleria helps you to really see, touch and feel Oaxaca without crossing the border, he said. He said there’s not really a mezcal lounge in the Valley and it was “a great opportunity” to redesign that room to celebrate Oaxaca and the Mezcal around it. “We snapped a lot of pictures and really wanted to make it feel like you know when you’re stepping in the building, you can

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project that supports Mesa Community College and gives future baseball stars more time to practice at the facility,” Rosendin project executive John Burton said. The company headquartered in San Jose, California, has projects all over Arizona, including an $800 million data center in Mesa, semiconductor manufacturing facility in Chandler, according to a press release. Graybar donated the wiring, conduit, light switch and lights in the collaborative effort. “Graybar is grateful for the opportunity to work with Rosendin and the community to bring lighting equipment to

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to take off more, though Riske they’re still trying to get the word out while sticking to what they know to entice people. “You got to start with making sure you got really, really good food,” he said. “And then surround yourself with the right people and come up with the right theme and design.” Riske said he feels the restaurant could do well with the location in a city that most businesses forget. “I feel Mesa is probably the last city unfortunately to get any love around the greater Phoenix Valley,” he said. But, he noted, it sits directly across from Mesa Community College in the Fiesta District, surrounded by a variety of different chain restaurants. “We felt that we could do well here,” he said. Information: lossombreros.com/ ■

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see yourself and Mexico,” he said. Experts define Mezcal as any liquor made from approximately 30 different types of agave plant that Riske ensures are aged for eight to 10 years. It’s similar to how scotch and bourbon are types of whiskey. If you’re confused just remember: all tequilas are mezcals but not all mezcals are tequilas. Even if you don’t like Mezcal, Los Sombreros has variety of authentic Mexican food including shrimp cocktail, ceviche and elote entrée comprised of ingredients from traditional Mexican corn on the cob. Riske said the upstairs lounge is complete and has entertained parties up to 100 for a while, though there’s still some minor details to finish to get it exactly how they want it to look. But regardless, he said it should be finished in time for their biggest holiday: Cinco de Mayo. Much of the work that’s gone into the Mezcaleria came from Riske trying to stay “cost-effective” while battling supply chain issues and difficulties of hiring and retaining employees. “It’s been exhausting because it’s something that we’ve never experienced in this industry,” he said. Although the restaurant struggled with staying afloat during the pandemic, Riske said they did by trying different concepts for takeout. Eventually, they decided to start the remodel after some of the ideas didn’t quite succeed and the restaurant opened up for in-person dining in December 2020. Since then, business has slowly started

Mesa Community College,” said Jim Carrol, a representative for Graybar. Dawson Baracani, 21-year-old shortstop from Sammamish, Washington, said it’s a “huge deal” for the team’s ability to put in the work off the field. “We can stay here after it gets dark and still get our work in,” he said. “Or we can come late at night after we go home and come back if we feel like we want more swings.” Baracani said all this stems from the dedicated work ethic that Cirelli fosters which felt like a “culture shock” to him coming from out-of-state. “If we want to be a great baseball player, we got to put the work in,” he said. “And we do that here.” ■

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I’m feeling the buzz with my trendy scalp BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

et the record show that in mid-April 2022, I became incredibly hip according to the style gods at the New York Times. My secret? The shaved head I have been sporting since I lost a bet in 1999. In a story headlined, “Shaved Heads Have People Buzzing,” Times fashion and beauty scribe Kristen Bateman declared, “There’s plenty of evidence that the shaved head is the first trendy cut of 2022.” It’s about damn time you people – of all conceivable pronouns – finally caught up with yours truly. The Times story focuses mostly on women who have opted for the clippers set to stubble, including my fellow style icon, 29-year-old Rita Melssen, who “shaved her head on a whim and now changes the color from icy white to light

pink as it grows out.” Me, I prefer a natural salt-and-pepper hue, kept baby soft with some Head and Shoulders. “I walk through the world very differently with a shaved head as opposed to a head of long curly hair like I had before,” says Melssen. “I feel more powerful and graceful. There is a purity and a fierceness to it. It’s like I am peeling back a layer so that you can see a deeper part of me.” Exactly! I, too, am like an onion, constantly peeling and evolving, revealing new and previously hidden depths. Also, the guys at the Russian barbershop over on Camelback Road can knock out my haircut in 12 minutes, leaving extra time for me to work on my power and grace. I’m not kidding about having lost a bet and paying with my hair. I was hosting a radio show on KTAR in January 1999 when my alma mater, Florida State, came to town to play in the Fiesta Bowl for the college football national

championship. I felt so confident the Seminoles would beat Tennessee, I bet a caller “if FSU loses, I’ll get my head shaved right here on the air.” Yes, it was a jinx. Yes, Tennessee won 2316. Yes, I paid up. Back then, Mesa was home to a seminotorious hair stylist, Kat Gallant, who cut hair in lingerie and ran for governor unsuccessfully in 1998. Kat shaved my head on air. I’ve never grown it out, maybe because I agree with recent crewcut convert Joseph Charles Viola, who told the Times, “Life was weighing me down, and I thought my hair could take some of that weight off for a bit.” You said it, Joseph Charles. I feel positively spritely every couple of weeks after a trip to the barber. Even more so after he kneads my shoulders for 30 seconds with that electric sander/jackhammer thingy. The Times story reports that a shaved noggin “has history, with roots in mourn-

ing, religion, rebellion and even ostracism. That history is also what makes the cut empowering and provoking all at once.” As an added bonus, my ex-girlfriend told me, “I think that short hair makes your nose look smaller.” All male cis-gender kidding aside, a shaved head is worlds easier to manage than my old daily ritual involving a blow dryer and a dab of styling gel. My hair used to take five minutes a day. That’s 30 hours a year and when I was done, I still looked like a schlub with a side part. Nowadays, my hair takes 11 seconds to style with a towel – and I’m a trendsetter. Getting a buzzcut may not have meant as much to me as it did to Camille Rogers, but I cannot disagree. “Every time I shave my head, I feel like a weight has been lifted,” reports Rogers. “A new wave of confidence washes over me because I feel like a badass when I’m bald.” ■

Waste Day on April 27. Here are some simple ways Waste Not suggests that every household can use to cut back on food waste: • Plan your meals and buy groceries accordingly! Don’t buy perishable things you don’t have scheduled to eat that week – even if they’re on sale. Stick to your shopping list. Take a quick inventory of your pantry and fridge before you head to the store so you don’t make the mistake of duplicating items you already have. • Use clear food storage containers in your fridge so that you can actually see what leftovers are waiting to be eaten. Try to put the things that need to be eaten first at eye level. Factor using dinner leftovers for lunches into your meal plan.

• Control your portions. Take a smaller portion to start with and go back for seconds if you’re still hungry. Extras then become left-overs instead you can store or freeze instead of waste that’s scraped off plates into the trash. If you have extras you don’t plan to eat soon, freeze them in a reusable container and label with a description and date so you remember to use it for a future meal. • Choose one dinner each week as a “use-it-up” meal. Check your fridge and cupboards for leftover ingredients that can be turned into tasty meals. There are even free apps that can help you come up with ideas based on your list of ingredients. • Understand food product dates. Con-

fusion over them account for about 20 % of consumer food waste. “Best if Used By” is a standard phrase manufacturers use to indicate when a product will be at its best flavor and quality – but the product is still safe to consume after that date. “Use Buy” is generally reserved for things that are highly perishable or have food safety concerns over time. Hilary Bryant is executive director of Waste Not, a nonprofit that for 35 years, has been matching nutritious prepared and perishable foods from local food business like caterers, resorts and event foodservice that would otherwise go to landfills with nonprofits that feed people in need of food. Last year, Waste Not rescued nearly 3.5 million meals. ■

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ood takes up more space in U.S. landfills than anything else. Waste Not’s primary mission is to reduce food waste from local businesses and use this rescued food to feed people in need. But we also care about the impact of home food waste on our environment and household food budgets. The average American family of four throws out $1,600 each year in produce alone and 43% of annual food waste happens right at home. As we celebrate Earth Day and strive to be better stewards of our resources, let’s all pledge to participate in Stop Food

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Disney’s world is looking more like Goofy BY J.D.HAYWORTH Tribune Columnist

ickey Mouse has turned Leftist Louse…due to circumstances beyond his control, and the long love affair that Disney has enjoyed with almost every American family appears headed for the rocks. The company has chosen to go “woke,” and that decision could conceivably leave the entertainment giant broke. Television helped make the biggest Disney dream a reality. Walt worked out a deal with ABC to finance his Orange County, California, theme park in exchange for a Disney-produced program. Television made Walt Disney himself a “star.” For 12 years, first on ABC, then on NBC— as the Disney anthology series made the move in 1961 to become “The Wonderful World of Color”—Walt was a weekly presence in American homes. Baby Boom kids came to regard him as a virtual “member of the family.” The Disney brand, “post-Walt,” was in some ways initially even “more Walt.” His

older brother Roy O. Disney, co-founder of the company, worked to maintain a “Main Street” perspective, demonstrating his own allegiance to family values by insisting that the new theme park in Florida, carry the name of his late brother. Company leadership remained in the family, but inevitably there was a “family feud.” Walt’s son-in-law, xx-Southern Cal and LA Rams football player Ron Miller, was initially part of a “management trio,” then became Disney president and CEO in 1980. Disagreements with Roy’s son, Roy E. Disney, prompted Smith’s ouster in 1984 in favor of yet another management trio, but this troika consisted of non-Disney Executives, and the firstamong-equals who eventually emerged was Michael Eisner. Eisner led Disney for 21 years. Most notable during his tenure was Disney’s merger with ABC. Bob Iger succeeded Eisner, and enjoyed 15 years at Disney’s helm. Iger led Disney’s acquisition of most of the studio film operations and assets of 21st Century Fox in 2019.

In late February 2020, Disney announced that Iger would be succeeded as CEO by Bob Chapek. Chapek now runs things – and seems intent on running the studio right into the ground. With each executive transition, Disney itself has transitioned. The “House of Mouse,” primarily offering family entertainment for much of its history and has finally “gone Hollywood,” both politically and culturally. What began under Eisner and grew under Iger has now blossomed under Chapek. Disney is in the process of discovering that it has a bumper crop of “stinkweed” American families will avoid. Journalist Christopher Rufo obtained several clips of Disney’s “Reimagine Tomorrow” video conference in late March, which was convened as “all-hands meeting” for the company concerning the Florida parental rights bill. Not only did Disney Execs falsely characterize the legislation as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, many spoke in favor of propagating the LGBTQ+ agenda, expressing the goal that future Disney productions

should strive to insure that at least half the characters are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, or something other than heterosexual. Our nation’s founders rallied around the cry “no taxation without representation.” Today, American families are calling for “no sexualization without maturation!” Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the parental rights Bill into law and substantial majorities of both Florida Republicans and Democrats support it. They do not want children from kindergarten through third grade introduced to sexual subject matter in their schools. Moreover, a Trafalgar Group national poll, conducted the first week of April, found that nearly 70 percent of likely voters are less likely to do business with Disney upon hearing of its focus “on creating content to expose young children to sexual ideas.” Memo to the new Disney CEO: if you continue down this wayward woke path, at least change your company logo. Spare our memories of Mickey. Replace him with Goofy. ■

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ed Mountain’s goal for the 2022 baseball season was to test itself in non-region play. It’s safe to say the Mountain Lions did just that. They took part in several mid-season tournaments, at one time traveling out of state to California where they saw a new level of talent with Division I players scattered across the field on every team. They were tired at times from the gauntlet of a schedule. There were times where they didn’t play like themselves. But head coach Rob Gorrell knew that would be the case and to this point, he’s proud of the way his players responded to the adversity. “We didn’t get off to the greatest start, but we were able to see some really good competition and we figured it would get us rolling a little bit in the end,” Gorrell said. “It was frustrating at the start, but I think it’s paid off.” Red Mountain has quickly become a power in the East Valley. Similar to conference foe Hamilton, one of the top-ranked teams in the state and country on a yearly basis, the Mountain Lions’ roster boasts a slew of next-level players. There are currently six Division I recruits in Red Mountain’s baseball program. A handful more plan to go the junior college route. Many of them have watched each other grow up, playing alongside them on the same club team for many years. The familiarity among the players, especially those in this year’s senior class, allowed them to come together mid-season when the team was struggling at the plate. TJ Adams, a senior outfielder and University of Arizona signee, said that was the turning point for the program. They flipped a metaphorical switch and since then have been raking at the plate. “We had a meeting a couple weeks ago and we were figuring out what we needed to do better,” Adams said. “Our mantra is 1-0 on the day. Once we realized what

Red Mountain baseball coach Rob Gorrell said his team’s early stretch of games, which included top teams in Arizona and from out of state, helped prepare his program for the rest of the season as they near the playoffs as one of the top four teams in 6A. (Dave Minton/Tribune Staff) we needed to work on, we worked on it. We told ourselves to go 1-0 every day and that helped.” The Mountain Lions opened the season with a win over Shadow Ridge before going eight innings against Hamilton in a one-run loss. They followed it up with a

win over Brophy before going to California for an invitational. It was there Red Mountain saw perhaps some of the best arms all season. The Mountain Lions played and lost to the likes of California power Mater Dei, Santa Margarita and Temecula Valley. They capped off the tournament with a win over Poudre, a team out of Fort Collins, Colorado. When Red Mountain returned to Arizona, it immediately began to play in the Boras Classic, which featured Hamilton and national powers Bishop Gorman and Reno, the latter of which won the tournament. The Mountain Lions struggled to find power at the plate in their two opening losses to Tucson and MounRed Mountain senior outfielder TJ Adams, a University of Arizona tain Ridge. But finally, signee, said the team had a meeting and realized they needed to re- against Arcadia, they focus on their mantra of going 1-0 every day. Since then, the Mounbegan to play up to tain Lions have been dominant. (Dave Minton/Tribune Staff) their own standards

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Golf event honoring Hall of Famer gearing up in Mesa BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

arilynn Smith was a pioneer for women’s golf. She was one of the 13 founding members of the LPGA and consistently welcomed new women, both young and old, to the game by taking them under her wing and becoming a mentor. For a decade she held a Pro-Am in Arizona with the goal to raise money for a scholarship she created to benefit high school golfers looking to compete at the next level. Her passing in 2019 was a loss for the entire golf community. But Debbie Waitkus and the rest of the Marilynn Smith & Founders’ Legacy Foundation, along with the Arizona Golf Foundation, are making sure her memory lives on through the event that is making its return for the first time since 2018 and a new event that will further grow women’s golf. “Bringing her Pro-Am back was key to our community,” Waitkus said. “She was the lifeblood of the LPGA for so long. We got permission from Marilynn’s family to use her name for the Marilynn Smith Arizona Women’s Open and Senior Championship. “Just having a week of these activities, those traditions are something we can build on.” A Sunday Tea will be held Monday, May 1 at Papago Golf Club in Phoenix to kick off the festivities. Arizona Golf Hall of Famer Bill Huffman will interview players at the tea, including World Golf Hall of Famers Kathy Whitworth and Susie Berning and Texas State Golf Hall of Famer Sandra Palmer. Before the event, Waitkus was part of a team that put together a memorabilia display at Papago for the Sunday Tea. A similar display will be placed at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, where the celebrity Pro-Am will take place Monday, May 2 followed by the Inaugural Arizona Women’s Open

Golfers apply for the scholarship in the fall. Essays, letters of recommendation and a questionnaire are required to be considered for the scholarship. To date, more than $1 million has been awarded to over 200 young women. This year, Waitkus said the foundation hopes to award 15 scholarships for $5,000. “Marilynn’s vision was not necessarily that someone was going to go to college and play golf,” Waitkus said. “That happens. But the idea was to get an education. Let (the scholarship) take you to a school you wouldn’t ordinarily go to. What’s your dream? Leverage the golf. “It isn’t to become a Tour player but to go to school and let golf open doors for you.” The event as a whole helps further open doors for young female golfers not only across the state but the country. Due to a scheduling conflict with the US Open qualifying week, the inA Sunday Tea and Pro-Am honoring Marilynn Smith, one of the 13 founders of the LPGA, will be held augural Arizona Women’s Open May 1-2 at Papago Golf Club and Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, followed by the Arizona Women’s Open Championship – Senior Division on May 3-4. A display with memorabilia is currently set up at Papago and Championship is limited to the senior division this year. will be at Longbow for the event. (Courtesy Debbie Waitkus) However, Waitkus said the – Senior Division tournament on May 3-4. after year to participate in Marilynn’s tournament will kick off next year and Whitworth and Berning, who is this Pro-Am,” Waitkus said. “For this year, be- carry on the vision of Smith and the rest year’s Participating Honoree, will be at ing the first one without Marilynn, we of the founding members of the LPGA the Pro-Am to mingle with guests and reached out to prior participating honor- Tour. It will also open the door as another opportunity for women golfers to complayers. Fellow World Golf Hall of Famer ees and asked them if they would come.” There are currently still spots available pete for the Founders Cup. Pat Bradley will take part in the event by “We’re considering this our soft openfor teams in the Pro-Am. Waitkus said joining one of the teams. ing,” Waitkus said. “We are in a commuIn addition, 2011 Team USA Captain men are welcomed to participate. Proceeds for the event will go toward nity where we have a lot of Tour players Rosie Jones, 2021 Team USA Captain Pat Hurst, 2015 Team USA Assistant Cap- the Marilynn Smith Scholarship Fund, living. This will be during a time where tain Wendy Ward and former Solheim which are awarded annually through The there aren’t any Tour commitments so we Cup players Danielle Ammaccapane and LPGA Foundation. Established in 1999, can leverage having some of those players Brandie Burton will also take part in the the fund aims to award scholarships to fe- in addition to the seniors. “I think this is going to continue to get male high school golfers who aim to take Pro-Am. bigger and bigger.” ■ “We’ve had these Hall of Famers year their talents to the next level.

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veryone has their own way of showing their emotions, but for artists, that expression turns into a visual representation that viewers can feel as well. Longtime Mesa artist Susan Paige sponsored, curated and installed the “Emotions in Art” show to highlight the depth of feeling that art can bring. The show is on display through April 30 at the Downtown Mesa gallery, 101 W. Main St. “As human beings, we have tons of emotions flowing through us, but as artists, we have the opportunity to express those emotions in our art,” Paige said. “I also find that art is really in the eye of the beholder because, say a viewer looks at a piece of artwork, I’m always amazed how they react to it. They often have an emotional response to what they’re looking at, and sometimes it’s not even what I intended as an artist, it just affects them in a personal way. The viewer gets something out of it emotionally and the artist gets to express themselves emotionally.” “Emotions in Art” is one of the largest shows Paige has done, with 12 local artists bringing a wide range of pieces in different mediums, subject matters, styles and sizes. Artists in the show include Agustin Vargas, Matt Smith, Joy Bezanis, Ludmila Demich, Susan Paige, Dorata Lagida-Ostling, Barry Rosenblatt, Elvie Becker, Joni Anderson, Aveen Toma, Diane Black and Chris Brewer. Among those are two veterans (one of which is Paige’s husband), a recent graduate from the art department at Benedictine University in Chicago, the lead sculptor teacher at the Mesa Art Center, a teacher at the Xico Latin and Indigenous Artists culture center and more. “These are all accomplished artists, and these are people who have been doing art for many, many years,” Paige said. “It’s a real gamut of artists. I tried to select people from all walks of life because they all

One of Susan Paige’s paintings that will be in environment. (Photo courtesy of Susan Paige) have emotional experiences through life and express things differently in the art. So, it’s going to be very eclectic, kind of an all-encompassing show.” In fact, Paige’s husband, retired Lt. Col. Barry Rosenblatt, is also in the show. He, along with the other veteran artist in “Emotions in Art” started painting seven years ago with the Mesa Art League under the Arizona Art Alliance free classes for veterans program. Paige said the Art Alliance found that translating their emotions into art helps veterans on an emotional and psychological levels. She said her husband paints landscapes with bright colors that are uplifting to the viewer. “Through my 20-year military career and my 35-year career in the medical field, I know that by keeping positive, one can scale through anything,” Rosenblatt said about relating his emotions to art. With the theme of emotion, Paige said she chose artists who are clear in their intentions and the feelings they express through their work. They are all artists she has followed over the years and that

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Public Notices We are seeking anyone who has had problems within the last 2-3 years with Pinetop Country Club. Problems such as lack of disclosure when seeking memberships, fraudulent transfer charges, inaccurate data presented to the members on votes that caused an excessive assessment, and any other specific problems caused by inaccurate information from the Board of Directors, specifically Andy Munter, President, previous or present members of the Board of Directors, or Country Club management. If you are interested in joining a Class Action or similar suit for any monies either lost or taken immorally or illegally, please send an e-mail to ptcclegal@outlook.com with your circumstances and contact information. This information will also be passed on to the Arizona Corporation Commission at their request. Published: East Valley Tribune, Apr. 24, 2022/ 46094 NOTICE OF SALE OF MOBILE HOME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following item of personal property will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder, to satisfy a landlord's lien: Mobile Home Make: DON A BELL Body Style: 12 X 50 Model Year: 1960 VIN: 5083560 / AZ341420 Date and Time of Sale: 06/02/22 AT 9:30 A.M. Location of Sale: Space No. 464 HOLIDAY VILLAGE 701 S DOBSON ROAD MESA, AZ 85202 Name of landlord: HOLIDAY MHC, LP DBA HOLIDAY VILLAGE Amount of Claimed Lien: $4,285.21 as of February 1, 2022 The Landlord reserves the right to bid at said sale and if its bid is the highest, to purchase said mobile home. The Landlord claims a lien against this property in the amount shown above as of the date shown above, for rents and other charges which have accrued through that date under a rental agreement covering the space occupied by the mobile home. The rental agreement giving rise to this lien was entered into by the Landlord and the following parties, owners of the mobile home, as tenants: Date of Rental Agreement: 08/05/2020 Name(s) of Tenant(s): Michael Andrew Thomas Owner of Record: Michael Andrew Thomas Said mobile home is located at the address shown above as the location of sale. The above described property shall be offered for sale pursuant to A.R.S. 33- 1023. The proceeds from the sale will be applied to the cost of sale and to the lien, and any money that remains will be disposed of as provided in A.R.S. 33-1023. COVID-19 Guidelines to be followed with limited number of attendees as stated in state guidelines. HOLIDAY MHC, LP DBA HOLIDAY VILLAGE By: Cecilia A. Prendergast Title Administrator Dated: April 15, 2022 April 20, 2022 & April 27, 2022 Published: West Valley View/Business, Apr 24, May 1, 2022 / 46061

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Public Notices CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants for the following: ON-CALL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR AIRPORT PROJECTS

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The City of Mesa is seeking qualified consultants to provide professional engineering services on an oncall basis for Falcon Field Airport Projects. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services to the City of Mesa are invited to submit their Statement of Qualifications (SOQ). All SOQs must comply with the requirements specified in this Request for Qualifications (RFQ). From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will establish a list of on-call consultants for Falcon Field Airport On-Call Consulting Services. This category is further defined below: This solicitation is for on-call consulting services for the design, preparation of bidding and construction documents, and construction administration/inspection of various airport capital improvement projects proposed to be funded through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Grants, Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Grants, and/or the City of Mesa Falcon Field Airport Capital Program during the next one to three (1 – 3) years. Consulting services may include design and/or construction phase support activities for General Aviation (GA) airport capital improvements such as paving, grading and drainage, geotechnical investigations, pavement markings, airfield lighting, development of construction safety and phasing plans, obstruction evaluation submittals to the FAA, Airport Layout Plan (ALP) and Airport Master Guide Sign Plan updates, and similar services as outlined in the RFQ. A Pre-Submittal Conference will not be held. 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/architectural- engineering-design-opportunities. The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation 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 10 point. Please submit one (1) electronic copy in an unencrypted PDF format with a maximum file size limit of 20MB to Engineering-RFQ@mesaaz.gov by 2 pm on May 12, 2022. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. In the subject line and on the submittal package, please display: Firm name and On-Call Category. 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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Published: East Valley Tribune, April 10, 17, 24, 2022 / 45905

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Public Notices EASTMARK COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 1 AND EASTMARK COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2 MESA, ARIZONA PHASE XX ROADWAY, TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS (DU1) PROJECT NOS: S905 AND S906 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, May 19, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received electronically at EngineeringBids@mesaaz. gov. Bids must be submitted as an unencrypted PDF attachment with a maximum size limit of 20MB. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration. No bid shall be altered, amended, or withdrawn after the specified bid due date and time. A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held Monday, May 2, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Eastmark Visitor/Welcome Center Classroom 10100 E. Ray Road, Mesa AZ 85212. Please call into Microsoft Teams Meeting at 1-213279-1007 with Phone Conference ID: 591 266 688#. Bidders may also attend in person, the Pre-Bid Conference at the Eastmark Visitor and Community Center located at 10100 E. Ray Road, Mesa (Classroom). A pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled for Monday, May 2, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. The site visit is recommended but not mandatory. This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation, and services for the construction and/or installation of all improvements shown on the Plans, including, but not limited to the following: PHASE XX ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS (DU1): 1. Offsite Improvements Eastmark Parkway (S905) - The Project consists of approximately 3,400 linear feet of roadway improvements of Eastmark Parkway from the end of the existing improvements of Eastmark Parkway to Elliot Road. Improvements consist of catch basins, storm drain, curb and gutter, sidewalk, asphalt pavement, landscape, streetlights, traffic signal and dry utility extensions. Portions of the existing median on Elliott Road will need to be modified to accommodate for the for the turning movement for the intersection of Eastmark Parkway and Elliot Road. Approximately 3,300 linear feet of 20 inch water line with cathodic protection will connect to the existing 20 inch stubs at the north and south ends of the project limits. The Project also includes installation of traffic signal at Eastmark Parkway and Elliot Road.

2. Offsite Improvements Signal Butte Waterline (S906) – The Project consists of approximately 3,200 linear feet of waterline with cathodic protection within Signal Butte Road. Improvements consist of 30 inch, 24 inch, and 16 inch watermains and appurtenances, asphalt removal and repair. For information contact: Stephanie Gishey, City of Mesa, Stephanie.Gishey@MesaAZ.gov. Engineer’s Estimate Range is $6,900,000 to $8,000,000 All project questions must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2022. See Section 11 of the Project Special Provisions for more information. 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 above. Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from ARC Document Solutions, LLC, at https://order.e- arc.com/arcEOC/ PWELL_Main.asp?mem=29. Click on “Go” for the Public Planroom to access plans. NOTE: In order to be placed on the Plan Holders List and to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, an order must be placed. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $49.00, which is non-refundable. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents online (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the website at the address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.e- arc.com. One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call (480) 644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing.

Public Notices TY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The successful bidder will be required to execute the DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC Contract and respective Addenda for construction within five (5) days after formal Notice of Contact Award. Failure by bidder to properly execute the Contract and provide the required certification as specified shall be considered a breach of Contract by bidder. DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC shall be free to terminate the Contract or, at option, release the successful bidder. Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for this Work. The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, shall be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. Successful Bidder shall name DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC as obligee on both the Payment and Performance Bonds and name the City of Mesa as an additional obligee on the Performance Bond using a Dual Obligee Rider form. An approved Dual Obligee Rider Form is included herein as Exhibit E in the Contract Documents. The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the DMB Mesa Proving Grounds LLC; City of Mesa or Eastmark Community Facilities Districts No. 1 and District No. 2. BETH HUNING District Engineer ATTEST: Holly Moseley District Clerk

CITY OF MESA PUBLIC NOTICE The Mesa City Council will hold a public hearing concerning the following ordinances at the May 2, 2022, City Council meeting beginning at 5:45 p.m. in the Mesa City Council Chambers, 57 East First Street. 1. ZON21-00921 (District 5) Within the 10000 block of East Southern Avenue (north side) and within the 1000 to 1200 blocks of South Crismon Road (east side). Located north of Southern Avenue and east of Crismon Road (8.5± acres). Rezone from Limited Commercial with a Planned Area Development overlay (LC-PAD) to Multiple Residence 3 with a Planned Area Development overlay (RM-3-PAD), and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for a multiple residence development. Ralph Pew, Pew and Lake, PLC, applicant; PROS INVESTMENTS LLC, owner. 2. ZON21-01024 (District 6) Within the 7200 to 7400 blocks of the South Hawes Road alignment (east side). Located south of Pecos Road on the east side of the Hawes Road alignment (13± acres). Rezone from Light Industrial with a Bonus Intensity Zone overlay and Office Commercial with a Bonus Intensity Zone overlay (LI-BIZ and OCBIZ) to Light Industrial and Office Commercial with a Planned Area Development overlay (LIPAD and OC-PAD), and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for an industrial development. Katie Rounds,The Kaidence Group, applicant; HAWES COMMERCE PARK LLC, owner. 3. ZON21-00435 (District 2) Within the 4400 block of East Baseline Road (north side). Located east of Greenfield Road on the north side of Baseline Road (1.2± acres). Site Plan Modification. This request will allow for a multi-tenant retail building with a drive-thru. Zach Collins, applicant; BASELINE 9 LLC, owner. Dated at Mesa, Arizona, this 24th day of April 2022. Holly Moseley, City Clerk Published in the East Valley Tribune Apr 24, 2022 / 46117

Published: East Valley Tribune, April 24, May 1, 2022 46136

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Work shall be completed within 320 (three hundred and twenty) consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed. Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to DMB MESA PROVING GROUNDS LLC, or a certified or cashier&#39;s check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURE-

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