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NEWS ............................ 4 United Food Bank in Mesa could use some teens

COMMUNITY ............. 15 ASU program helps people in dire straits.

tarting this week, billboards, social media and television and print media will carry messages urging thousands of motorists, especially in Mesa and the rest of the East Valley, to prepare for three to four years of disruptions in their driving routines. It’s not exactly Armageddon that the Arizona Department of Transportation will be heralding. But it won’t be a walk in the park, especially for car and truck traf�ic on I-10. And even if you don’t use I-10, you can expect signi�icant increases in traf�ic

along all the freeways in the East Valley and even major arterials as motorists try to evade the inevitable tie-ups that will be caused by the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project. “There’s no way to sugarcoat it,” said ADOT spokeswoman Kim Noetzel. “It’s going to be impactful.” Seven years in the planning, the work is ready to begin next weekend as crews

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This chart illustrates the components of the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project, a massive effort to improve safety and efficiency for tens of thousands of Valley motorists. (ADOT)

Mesa man wants to electrify muscle trucks BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor

SPORTS ...................... 23 Continuing a family legacy at Mdesa High. COMMUNITY ............................... 15 BUSINESS ..................................... 18 OPINION .. ..................................... 21 SPORTS ......................................... 23 GETOUT ........................................ 25 PUZZLES ...................................... 27 CLASSIFIED ................................. 28 Zone

hough he insists he’s not trying to be “the next Tesla,” it’s hard not to picture Mark Hanchett as the East Valley’s Elon

Musk. True, when it comes to thinking big, it’s hard to match the guy who launched the world’s biggest electric vehicle company and a space program, to boot. But Hanchett has massive, visionary, “industry disruptive” plans, though is keeping his feet �irmly planted on the ground. More speci�ically, his work boots are racing back

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MPS board OKs $474M budget, dress policy

BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor

ood news: The property tax rate is going down. At its Monday evening meeting, the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board approved a new dress code policy and made a looming budget of�icial, approving a 2021-22 spending plan and setting in place the next levy rate on Mesa homes within the district. The largest district in the state estimates it will have $483 million at its disposal. The great portion of that, $442 million, comes from state and federal funding, with a combination of per-student funding and stimulus/COVID relief. Assistant Superintendent Scott Thompson told the board three months ago the district could receive more than $240 million in combined Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) money. With that buffer, the board felt comfortable raising district spending 3 percent, from $460 million last year to nearly $474 million in the coming school year. While the district also will be taking in more money from homeowners, increased home values and construction enable the district to actually lower the levy. The primary tax rate drops from 3.9086 to 3.7034 and the secondary from 3.5081 to 3.3479. The total of the two falls, from 7.4167 to 7.0153. Thompson stressed what homeowners actually pay depends on the county tax assessment -- as opposed to market values, which typically have been rising dramatically over the last few years. Meanwhile, average MPS teacher salaries continue to increase, from $55,826 last year to $56,943 this fall. The average MPS teacher earned $46,436 in 2018. The fall semester and 2021-22 school year begin with classrooms welcoming students back Aug. 3. Thompson noted the district is in a win-win situation: After a sharp student enrollment reduction during the pandemic, if students return to the district at pre-pandemic levels, state per-student funding will allow the district to replenish its reserves. But if enrollment does not return to

The MPS Governing Board approved a $474 million budget. Though this is a 3 percent increase over last year, due to new construction and higher home values, the district is lowering its tax rates. (Special to the Tribune) pre-pandemic levels, the district will not lay off teachers but simply reduce class sizes, Thompson said. One parent, Lisa Ward, was puzzled by a late addition to the budget of $2.2 million for “adjacent pathways.” According to a “Truth in Taxation” notice, this would raise the tax on a $100,000 home from $25.67 to $31.73. “I didn’t know anything about this … how was the public noti�ied about this?” Ward asked. “This is in addition to what people have voted on. That concerns me.” (A notice was published in the June 30 edition of the Tribune.) The board also unanimously approved a revised “Student Dress and Grooming Standards” policy, changing the last sentence to “Enforcement of these standards should minimize the loss of educational time.” Jenny Richardson, Kiana Sears, Marcie Hutchinson, Lara Ellingson and Joe O’Reilly all voted in favor of the policy, though each raised questions about the speci�ic regulations. Several on the board agreed with Mark Kimball, a parent who challenged the following section of a draft on masks that said “All persons, including, but not limited to, staff, students and visitors, age two (2) or above, vendors, and volunteers, shall wear a cloth face covering when required for safety reasons, as determined by the superintendent.” That applied to anyone “while on any district property, in any district facility, at any district event, whether indoors or outdoors, during school-associated activities, while participating in or observing any school-associated athletic activities and in any district vehicle...” Ellingson said the mask language did

not belong in the dress code and O’Reilly agreed, adding Gov. Doug Ducey recently approved legislation forbidding districts from enforcing mask policies. The measure Ducey signed “prohibits a county, city, town, school district governing board or charter school governing body from requiring students or staff use face coverings during school hours and on school property.” Parents may still require their children to wear a mask in school. One main portion of the draft was debated: “Students must wear clothing including a top and a bottom (such as pants, skirt, shorts or the equivalent), or a one-piece out�it (such as a dress or jumpsuit) and footwear as required by state law. Tops and one-piece out�its must be secured with material at the shoulders or neck.” Sears suggested the draft language about tops being secured might be too restrictive. “There’s a plethora of dresses you can wear that don’t have straps,” Sears said. While it approved the policy, the board did not vote on the more detailed “regulations,” such as the mask requirement. During a primer on new laws passed by the Legislature, the Arizona Association of School Boards Association last week advised districts that a mandatory mask requirement is illegal and cannot be enforced. According to Heidi Hurst, a district spokeswoman, “Regulation JFCA-R, which implements the policy and includes the (dress code) details, is still being �inalized. The board will not vote on the regulation. “They have provided input, which will be considered.” ■

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United Food Bank teams with tweens, teens

BY GRACE BISHARA Tribune Guest Writer

chool’s out and area youth are �inding ways to socialize and help out their communities at the same time. “United Food Bank depends on volunteers and during the summer months, especially, area students become the backbone of our volunteer efforts as many of our older volunteers leave town to escape the heat,” said Dave Richins, United Food Bank president and CEO. “Young people can make a real impact in just a few hours of volunteering to sort and pack food that goes out to our 165 partner agencies, including food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and more,” he added. Volunteer shifts are available for during the day and several evenings throughout the week. Children ages 5 to 15 can volun-

Teens volunteered to help United Food Bank in Mesa make emergency food bags. (Courtesy of United Food Bank)

teer if accompanied by an adult. Ages 16 to 17 can volunteer independently with a signed waiver by a parent or guardian.

“We welcome families who want to volunteer together, as well as youth groups of all kinds,” added Richins.

About 20 members of Mesa’s 5th Ward Youth Group and other local teens volunteered on a recent Wednesday night, building 840 emergency food bags – enough food to provide 9,100 meals for people in the region who need food assistance. “A part of Notre Dame (Preparatory) is that we do student leadership, and you have to have a passing grade in it to move on to the next grade. And also as (part of) my faith, I come here to volunteer to help others,” said Ava Sunkel, 14. “I really like helping people and that’s why I volunteer.” United Food Bank’s Volunteer Center is located at 358 E. Javelina in Mesa. To sign up for a volunteer shift, visit unitedfoodbank.org/volunteer. Grace Bishara is the corporate engagement & volunteerism manager at United Food Bank. ■

More vehicle owners going electric in Arizona

BY BROOKE NEWMAN Cronkite News

or a mostly red state, Arizona has a lot of blue-state company when it comes to states ranked by electric vehicle ownership, according to recent government data. Arizona had 28,770 registered electric vehicles as of June, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center, the seventh-highest number among states. When ownership is measured per 1,000 residents, Arizona inches up a notch to sixth place, with just over four electric vehicles per 1,000 people. That rate put Arizona just behind Oregon and Colorado and just ahead of Nevada and Vermont. California was in the lead by far, with 425,300 registered electric vehicles, or one for every 10.7 residents. Arizona EV enthusiasts welcomed the ranking, which they said they have seen re�lected in steady increases in group membership, but said the state can do better. “Arizona is growing by leaps and bounds in major areas, but still struggling out there in the hinterlands,” said Jerry Asher, vice president of the Tucson Electric Ve-

This chart shows where every state is at in terms of electric motor vehicle registrations. (Special to the Tribune)

hicle Association. He and others said the biggest challenge in Arizona, as in much of the country, is the lack of readily available charging stations for electric vehicles. Currently, there are 385 public fastcharging plugs and 1,448 non-fast-charging plugs in the state, said Diane Brown, executive director with the Arizona Public Interest Research Group Education Fund. And many of those “are not available 24 hours a day, often making EV charging less convenient to the public,” she said. According to the website plugshare.

com, Maricopa County has 1,103 charging stations. Mesa has 45 public charging station ports. Of those, 91 percent level 2 charging ports and 26 percent of the ports offer free charges for electric car. Phoenix recently authorized the purchase of additional dual-port charging stations for public use that will be installed at 11 parks and libraries city-wide. The installations there are possible because of an incentive rebate program Salt River Project made available to cities. The SRP rebate brings city costs down

to less than half of the cost associated with installing the charging stations. “SRP’s EV-related incentives promote improved electric vehicle infrastructure across the Valley which supports our EV drivers and increases EV adoption,” said Kelly Barr, Chief Strategy, Corporate Services and Sustainability executive at SRP. “SRP is thrilled the city of Phoenix recognizes the value associated with adding more EV charging stations and helping remove barriers for residents driving electric. The reward is lower carbon emissions and improved air quality for years to come.” And in order for the state to hit 10 percent EV ownership by 2030, one scenario outlined by Arizona PIRG, the number of charging stations would need to grow signi�icantly. “According to the Arizona PIRG Education Fund, to support a future in which 10 percent of Arizona’s vehicles are EVs – a conservative target for 2030 – Arizona will need more than 1,098 fast-charging plugs and 14,888 Level 2 plugs,” Brown said. This will require local, state and federal policies to make “EV charging accessible, affordable, and easy,” she said. But advocates said there are several

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things working in their favor. Jim Stack, president of the Phoenix Electric Auto Association, said many of the current plugins charging stations are at stores and libraries, places “where you would stop anyway.” “We have a good charging infrastructure and it keeps getting better,” Stack said. One way Asher said Arizona could be more EV-friendly would be to add charging stations at hotels, RV parks and shopping centers. In Tucson, he said, the Culinary Dropout and Jersey Mike’s restaurants have already begun offering free electric vehicle charging to customers, Asher said.

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an established Canadian company that announced plans to build a Mesa facility near the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport that will employ 500 people and build up to 20,000 Solo mini-electric cars. A Solo would just about �it in the trunk of one of Hanchett’s XT pickup trucks. While newspapers and TV stations fawned over ElectraMeccanica’s March groundbreaking, Hanchett was quietly commuting from his home near Eastmark to a modern but utilitarian warehouse on Higley Road. Part engineer, part salesman, he has hustled up enough early funding to grow Atlis to 32 full-time employees. But entering this month, Hanchett dream of “disrupting” in a positive way the electric vehicle industry seemed to be fading, with the company fast burning through money while the launch of the truck was pushed into next year. As of Thursday, Hanchett has 14 million reasons for optimism. This was a make-or-break week for Hanchett and Atlis, with the early result being “make.” At 5 p.m. July 13, the window closed on Hanchett’s attempt to raise desperately needed millions from investors. Atlis lives. Though landing short of a lofty goal of $25 million, Atlis scored more than $14 million from investors hungry for thenext-big-thing. “We’re a little more than halfway, but we still feel pretty good about it,” Hanchett said, as the deadline for a lifeline approached. He insisted he was keeping an even keel

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While they push for more charging infrastructure, advocates said improving technology and lower vehicle expenses are on their side, helping to sway more Arizonans to purchase an electric vehicle in recent years. “The batteries are getting better and lower in cost as well as longer-lasting,” Stack said. He said an EV uses about 50 cents of electricity to cover the same number of miles a gas-burning car gets from a gallon of gas – currently selling for $3.12 a gallon in Arizona, according to AAA. In addition, the state is offering incentives to electric vehicle buyers. “In Arizona we get reduced registration

on electric vehicles,” Stack said. “It’s about $15 a year compared to $300-700 a year for gas and diesel cars.” Electric vehicle owners also “get 24/7 access to HOV lanes, even with one person,” he said. Stack also noted that Arizona is now home to three eclectic vehicle manufacturers: Lucid, which makes cars in Casa Grande, Nikola, which will make trucks in Phoenix and Coolidge, and Electra Meccanica, which plans to build the threewheeled SOLO commuter in Mesa. Phoenix also established an electric vehicle committee that will review existing charging infrastructure and “develop list of recommended locations for additional

For those who ask him why he doesn’t choose to focus on either his fast-charge battery or electric truck prototypes, Mark Hanchett snaps, “That’s the wrong question.” He pledges to scale up production of both, here in Mesa. (Special to the Tribune) during what may turn out to be a historic week for his company. “I don’t typically get nervous or rollercoaster about any of this stuff. It’s something we need to do and get it done,” Hanchett said. “We’ve always met our goals,” he added.

Multiple hats Hanchett gave a rueful chuckle, when asked if he would prefer to stay in the background, inventing things and perfecting production. As a start-up launcher, he has been forced to the foreground, becoming the face of the company and asking investors to write checks every few months. “I’m an engineer by education,” he said, “and 10 years prior to this I was building,

developing and launching (products) in the tech space. “I de�initely had to learn (marketing) -and also build a team of some really great people who do a much better job of that than me.” He started thinking seriously about powerful, fast-charge batteries and massive electric trucks in 2013, then launched his company in 2016. On his Linked In pro�ile, Hanchett describes his philosophy: “I believe that to change the world we need to build it ourselves. We cannot wait for the government to force it, and we cannot wait for big corporations to innovate. To make this world better, we need to develop the products, technologies, and solutions that make the current stan-

charging infrastructure to ensure comprehensive coverage and equitable access,” according to a memo from Mayor Kate Gallego. The committee will “develop strategies to facilitate EV adoption city-wide, with special consideration of affordability, accessibility, and equity.” It also hopes to set goals for the electri�ication of city vehicles and a public charging infrastructure; and examine other issues related to a broader implementation of electric vehicles in both the public and private sectors. The Tribune news staff contributed to this report. ■

dard obsolete. I believe dedication to this is what makes great products and great people.” Prior to “going solo” with Atlis in 2016, he spent 10 years at Scottldale’s Axon, rising from engineer to director. After launching the Taser shock-gun, Axon branched into other technology and weapons for law enforcement and civilians. At Axon, according to Hanchett’s online resume, he “developed industry leading ergonomic accessories for body worn systems” and “successfully championed the launch of four major and two minor products that helped grow business by 400 percent. This includes four body-worn camera products, over 30 accessories, mobile and enterprise software products.” “I spent 12 years developing products that changed the world at Axon,” he said. While at Axon, he and his wife decided to put down roots in southeast Mesa. “My kids drove that decision. Good schools, good opportunities,” he said. The Hanchett children are 11 and 9. By the time they are old enough to drive, electric vehicles may be �illing the streets of Mesa and beyond. According to Automotive World, growing numbers of options “could push EV sales to between six million and 11 million by 2025, rising to between 11 million and 19 million units a year by 2030.” Give me a slice of that pie, Hanchett says. ‘We’re not Ford’ A press release describes the dual-carb approach: “The Atlis innovators are building an electric vehicle technology platform for

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heavy and light duty work trucks used in the agriculture, service, utility, and construction industries. To meet the towing and payload capabilities of legacy dieselpowered vehicles, Atlis is developing proprietary battery technology and a modular system architecture capable of scaling to meet the speci�ic needs of the heavyduty all-electric vehicle.” The electric vehicle markets present – both present and future – are dominated by two powerhouses. Nearly three-quarters of electric vehicles sold over the past three years were Teslas (430,000 of 568,000 total sales), according to Forbes magazine. Ford caused many to slam on the brakes with its announcement of �lipping its popular F-150 pickup truck to electric starting next year.

On its YouTube channel, Atlis provides weekly updates on its progress, including this week’s first test drive on a brawny electric truck. (Special to the Tribune) But if you want to get a derisive look from Hanchett, ask him if he wants to be

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at the business model Atlis is targeting,” Hanchett said. “Ford and Tesla are going after the F-150 buyers. Atlis is going after the more high-end, the F-250 and F-350 (buyers).” The big trucks with muscle, in other words. “Our business model is not interested in being another Ford or Tesla... We’re looking at a much larger ecosystem,” Hanchett said. Hanchett and his Atlis staff want you to imagine a powerful truck that fully charges in the time it takes you to drink a cup of coffee. “The Atlis XT pickup truck will be Atlis Motor Vehicles’ �lagship product, capable of 500 miles of range, 35,000 lbs. �ifth wheel towing capability, and 15-minute charge time from 0-100%,” the company’s website boasts. Next week: The Mesa moon shot. ■

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How detectives shattered Chandler slaying alibi

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s her husband lay dying on the �loor of her Chandler home, Lori Vallow went to a drug store to buy �lip�lops. That chilling account of the July 11, 2019, shooting death of her husband Charles Vallow is part of a heavily redacted probable cause statement by Chandler detectives that prompted a county grand jury last month to accuse Lori Vallow of conspiracy to commit �irst degree murder. The shooter, her brother, Alexander Cox, died mysteriously in his Gilbert home four months later. The grand jury action comes as Lori Vallow faces �irst degree murder charges in Idaho in the deaths of her 7-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter, whose remains were found in 2020 on land owned by Chad Daybell. Daybell, who married Vallow after her husband’s slaying, also is charged with murder in the children's slayings. Vallow is undergoing psychiatric examination after a judge found her mentally incompetent to face murder charges their deaths. Although the Maricopa County grand jury indictment gave few details about Charles Vallow’s slaying, the Chandler Police document details a twisted tale of a woman who considered herself “an exalted goddess” with supernatural powers and schemed with her late brother to kill her estranged husband and collect his Social Security and other bene�its. The shooting initially was considered self-defense after Cox told detectives he shot Charles Vallow when the victim came at him with a baseball bat. But the probable cause statement shows detectives weren’t buying that story from the get-go. “There was concern about a potential bullet strike on the ground near Charles Vallow’s body,” it states. “There was also concern regarding the timeline of events that came to light in the days following the homicide. "None of these concerns would immediately provide probable cause for the arrest of anyone present at the time of the murder and more investigation was necessary.” Ultimately, they concluded: "The evidence shows that Charles’ death was a

Above, Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow face murder charges in Idaho in the deaths of her son Joshua, 7, and daughter Tylee Ryan, 16. Far right, Charles Vallow was slain in July 2019 in his estranged wife Lori Vallow's Chandler home by Alexander Cox immediate right, who died of natural causes in his Gilbert home five months later. (Tribune file photos)

planned event and necessary to prevent Charles and others from confronting Lori about her extreme religious beliefs when he came to town on 07/11/2019. The death of Charles Vallow was also necessary in order for Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow to marry and ful�ill their religious prophecy.” As police dug deeper, they discovered “Charles and Lori Vallow were experiencing turmoil in their marriage” and that he moved Lori, her daughter and their adoptive son to Four Peaks Place in Chandler while he lived in Texas. Detectives also discovered that "Charles was concerned for Lori’s mental health as she had begun to express that she was selected to prepare 144,000 people for the end of the world. “Concerned for her well-being and that of the children, Charles �iled a mental health petition asking for a mental health evaluation. In this petition, Charles talked about how Lori had told him that he was possessed by a dark spirit by the name of Ned Schneider. Lori would even refer to Charles in conversation and documentation by the name of Ned. “This turmoil in the relationship can be substantiated through police reports, court orders, police body camera footage, cell phone records and witness testimony.” Lori also had locked Charles out of the family’s home and had withdrawn $35,000 from their joint bank account. Charles also called Gilbert police, telling of�icers, "She’s lost her mind,” according to the probable cause statement. “She thinks she’s a resurrected being. Her religious stuff has gone way off the deep end.”

Gilbert Police eventually concluded, “There was no information obtained that Lori had committed a crime. There was no information obtained that Charles and Lori's children were in danger.” Following Charles’ slaying, a number of suspicious occurrences strengthened detective’s doubts about Cox's story. No one could contact the two children, and Lori kept giving misleading information on there whereabouts. On Oct. 3, 2019, Cox was mentioned as a possible suspect in the attempted slaying of an individual whose name is redacted in the probable cause statement. Three weeks after that shooting, Chad Daybell’s wife, Tammy, was reported to have died in her sleep. A month later, Lori and Chad were married. And in December 2019, Cox collapsed and died in his Gilbert home of what the Maricopa County Medical Examiner ruled were natural causes. Police used data from Cox’s phone to �ind the location of the children’s bodies a year later. Authorities say text messages exchanged between Lori and Cox showed the siblings planned to murder Charles because he was 'blocking' her spiritual superpowers. Investigators said Lori was trying to forge a relationship with Daybell in the

months leading up to Charles’ death and said that a couple weeks before his death, Charles discovered a letter Lori wrote to Daybell and confronted her about having an extramarital affair. “Charles asked Lori to come clean about her relationship with Chad Daybell by the end of the day or he would contact Tamara Daybell and inform her of the relationship,” court records state. Detectives also said Lori apparently had started plotting her husband’s demise almost a year before he was shot, citing a text message written in November 2018. Three months later, she wrote another text to an unidenti�ied party in which “there is speci�ic conversation to cause harm to Charles Vallow,” according to the probable cause statement. A month before the killing, Lori ramped up her menacing texts, according to police. In one text she said, “We give timing to the Lord but we don’t need to relent. This is war.” Three weeks after that text, she looked up Charles’ Social Security Disability bene�its online and also found out that he had apparently changed the bene�iciary on his life insurance policy. “He changed it in March,” she texted Chad Daybell seven days after he killed Charles. “So it was probably Ned (Charles) before we got rid of him….I still get the $4,000 a month from SS.” Detailing Charles’ killing on the morn-

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start scraping the asphalt along 11 miles of Interstate 10 between the junction of the San Tan and South Mountain freeways and I-17 near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The project also will involve work on about a mile of east- and westbound US 60 between I-10 and Hardy Drive and a mile of north- and southbound State Route 143 between I-10 and the southern end of the SR 143 bridge over the Salt River. Motorists will start feeling the impact this weekend with the �irst of at least eight weekend closures of parts of I-10 of US 60 for a project aimed at preventing virtually round-the-clock rush hour gridlock on I-10 in the heart of Maricopa County. “When the �irst phase of construction begins this summer,” ADOT spokeswoman Alexandra Albert said in a virtual brie�ing earlier this month for Tempe residents, “drivers should prepare for weekend closures on I-10 and US 60.” Sure enough, westbound I-10 will be closed from Friday night, July 23, until Monday morning between the South Mountain/Santan freeways interchange at I-10 to US 60. The following weekend, eastbound I-10 will be closed for the same duration between the same exits. With even more signi�icant disruptions a certainty, ADOT already wants commuters to prepare by studying and then taking different routes – especially if they work in downtown Phoenix. The highway agency is going to unprecedented lengths to help them do that. “We very much want to do everything that we can so that motorists, visitors, businesses can plan in advance to lessen the impacts,” Noetzel said. “We’re doing things with this project that we’ve never done before.” Albert put it another way: “ADOT is doing some really signi�icantly different things than they have in the past and it’s because of the size and the scope and the location of this project.” For the �irst time, ADOT has developed a project-speci�ic mobile app. It has prepared an advertising blitz on TV, radio and in newspapers. It’s ordered up billboards and is even putting warnings and reminders on gas pumps. It has created a home page for the project at i10broadwaycurve. com where people can stay up to date and get the mobile app. ADOT representatives have been brief-

of the project will reduce lane changes and often hairraising weaving between Interstate 10 in the Broadway Curve and on State Route 143 at University Drive. When work is completed, drivers The Broadway Curve looked a lot different in the early 1970s. (ADOT) on westbound ing dozens of chambers of commerce and I-10 will exit I-10 near Baseline Road and other economic development organiza- use the CD roads to access northbound SR tions from Glendale to Gilbert, holding 143 and reach the airport. The entire SR town halls and planning to open a �ield 143 and I-10 interchange will be replaced of�ice for the general public at 3157 E. by ramps that make a direct connection Elwood St., Suite 100, in Phoenix where for drivers from the general and HOV anyone will be able to drop by Monday lanes and eliminates the existing cloverthrough Fridays to chat about the work. leaf ramp that connects southbound SR And it has scheduled a virtual town hall at 143 with eastbound I-10. 6 p.m. Aug. 4. Register at: • Razing and replacing the Broadway i10broadwaycurve.com/meetings-and- Road bridge over I-10; presentations. • Replacing the 48th Street bridges over All this, Noetzel explained, is being done I-10 and widening the I-10 bridges over “to create that awareness and make sure the Salt River; that people know where to get resources.” • Building two bridges for pedestrians Indeed, ADOT has spent two years talk- and bicyclists over I-10 between Baseline ing with people about the project, she and Broadway roads (at Alameda Drive said, because “one of the underlying te- and the Western Canal) and improving nets of our communications approach in the Sun Circle Trail crossing at Guadalupe this is no surprises.” Road; • Building sound and retaining walls A �irst and a signi�icant scope where warranted. The project’s enviADOT calls the Broadway Curve project ronmental assessment shows ADOT an“the �irst major urban freeway reconstruc- ticipates seven sound barriers ranging tion project in Maricopa County.” between 14-18 feet, with two along I-10 Its major components include: from the US 60 to Ray Road and the others • Widening I-10 to six general purpose north of US 60. lanes and two high-occupancy-vehicle, or • Installing a wrong-way driver detecHOV, lanes in each direction between US tion system with thermal cameras, �lash60 and I-17 and adding a fourth general ing signs and other specialized equipment purpose lane in each direction between that ties into ADOT’s intelligent transporRay Road and US 60. tation system. Of the project’s total $776.6 million • Adding collector-distributor roads that parallel I-10 between Baseline Road cost – less than half the cost of the South and 40th Street to separate through-traf- Mountain Freeway – $676.6 million will �ic on I-10 from local traf�ic entering or be spent on construction, with $615.6 exiting the highway. Unlike frontage roads million going to the developer, a joint along portions of the existing freeway sys- venture of Pulice Construction, FNF Contem, these CD roads will not intersect with struction and Flatiron Constructors that goes under the name of Broadway Curve perpendicular roads. • Rebuilding the I-10 interchange with Constructors. The remainder of the project’s total SR 143 to improve traf�ic �low and create direct connections to and from SR 143 for cost covers the intelligent transportation drivers in the I-10 HOV lanes. This part system signal upgrades, right-of-way ac-

quisition and paid advertising aimed at motorists. As a “design-build” project the contractors are “encouraged to use innovation and develop alternative concepts to reduce project time and impacts to the traveling public and community while construction is underway,” ADOT notes.

Better now than later The Broadway Curve project covers roughly a third of the 31-mile I-10-/I-17 corridor that the Maricopa Association of Governments – the Valley’s major highway planning group – and ADOT call “The Spine” because it handles 40 percent of all Valley traf�ic daily. The Spine comprises 37 access points, 40 bridges, 26 pump stations and 25 arterial streets that become snarled as a result of traf�ic jams on I-10 and I-17. Combined daily east and westbound traf�ic already comes close to 300,000 vehicles through the Broadway Curve daily, and that number is expected to increase as the Valley’s population steadily grows. ADOT Director John Halikowski at one point noted, “Interstate 10 is a key commerce corridor that supports Arizona’s efforts to succeed in the global trade market and a vital transportation route for millions of people who live in, work in and visit our state every year. Improving safety and reducing congestion will truly bene�it everyone who relies on our highway system, as well as thousands of businesses along the I-10 corridor.” Though the pandemic signi�icantly reduced traf�ic volume, no one expects that to remain the case. So-called “traf�ic crawls” are creating a phenomenon called “peak spreading,” which basically means rush hours get longer. If nothing is done, one ADOT study warns, by 2040, “congestion will spread to other times of the day, and in some portions of the corridor will extend to more than 12 hours.” The 2018 study estimated it would cost at least $2.5 billion to cover all the improvements it recommends along the entire 31 miles of the Spine Corridor. If nothing was done with the Broadway Curve, ADOT’s environmental impact study notes, it “would result in increased traf�ic congestion in the area as growth and development continue. This could im-

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pede travel to and from destinations and make it dif�icult to attract or retain businesses in and around the study area.” The study predicts: “By year 2040, the traf�ic operations along the I-10 and interchanges in the study area would further degrade with the growth indicators forecasted for the foreseeable future. Without major improvements, the I-10 in the study area (the area covered by the Broadway Curve project) would suffer degraded traf�ic conditions, travel delays, and challenging mobility for moving goods, services, and people through the study area.” By doing something now, the study notes, “improved mobility and access along the corridor could foster economic development by attracting new business development and more attractive housing options and support social connectivity between neighborhoods and areas within the study area. This would represent a minor, positive, permanent secondary impact.”

The gain after pain After the project’s pain comes what ADOT sees as a gain – not just for the 1,200 construction jobs it will create but also for the future of more than 4,600 businesses, including 50 of the region’s largest employers. Noting that I-10 “is part of a key commerce corridor that connects ports in California with markets in Texas and beyond,” ADOT’s environmental study states, “The improvements will make I-10 a more favorable route for commercial truckers whose travels through the region support our local businesses.” ADOT envisions the project will accommodate current and planned system linkages for bus services using I-10, facilitating more ridesharing and rapid transit use. It also promises to make driving safer by reducing lane changes, stating “carpoolers bound for Sky Harbor International Airport will no longer need to cross several lanes of traf�ic to get from the HOV lane into the SR 143 on-ramps.” Then there is the project’s overall impact on traf�ic, which ADOT describes thusly: “With the addition of new travel lanes, HOV lanes and the CD roads, capacity on I-10 will increase by 60 percent.” “Adding capacity to I-10 will reduce con-

This photo of a highway in the vicinity of Toronto, Canada, illustrates how I-10 will look once the two collector-distributor lanes on either side of I-10 are completed. (ADOT) gestion and travel times. Greater ef�iciency means drivers can get to and from the places they need to be in less time. According to an economic evaluation conducted by MAG in 2020, the improvements will save motorists 2.5 million hours annually otherwise spent in traf�ic – totaling $130 million a year in time savings. These savings are due to quicker commutes made possible by the improvements vs. slower travel times without them.” For motorists whose stomach knots in traf�ic, the study puts it another way: “The current average speed on eastbound I-10 between I-17 and US 60 during afternoon rush hour is 32 mph. The average speed is projected to increase to 40 mph by 2025 with the improvements. Without improvements that speed limit is projected to decrease to 29 mph by 2025.” But �irst, the pain The environmental study says that while motorists can expect “temporary delays

and slower speeds,” access to businesses and neighborhoods in the area “would be maintained at all times. “Traf�ic delays and slower speeds would be experienced equally by everyone who lives or passes through the study area; therefore, all population segments, including low-income and minority populations, would be affected to the same degree by construction,” it says “Traf�ic operations would remain challenged, and congestion would become more prominent, particularly in the peak periods,” the environmental study anticipates. During her brie�ing for Tempe residents, Albert said US 60 will be closed on weekends between the I-10 and Hardy Drive but only in one direction at a time as asphalt is scraped. “This project will impact all of us, everyone who lives, works or drives to the project area,” Albert said. “In addition to the numerous freeway and ramp closures,

This chart illustrates daily vehicle trip projections on I-10 in the Broadway Curve project area. (ADOT)

there will also be signi�icant overnight work that could be noisy. There will be temporary impacts on business access. There will be detours that increase driving distance and time. There will be slower traf�ic and will be delays. “Unfortunately, there is no other way to deliver a project like this without having that kind of a construction.” ADOT anticipates the I-10 will be shut down in both directions in the project area at least 50 times over the next four years. Most of these closures will occur on weekends though some also will occur during the work week. Citing the replacement of the entire I-10/SR 143 interchange, ADOT spokesman Tom Hermann said, “That’s going to be for people who work downtown a headache.” Nor will work day commuters be spared entirely. “We try to time our closures and lane restrictions and that kind of stuff to nights and weekends,” Hermann said. “But when you’re taking out a bridge over I-10, then that can’t always be possible.” ADOT is particularly concerned about how those closures and lane restrictions will not only impact other freeways but also arterials and even side streets in communities – particularly Mesa, Tempe and Chandler. Motorists throughout the southern half of the East Valley and even those heading to or from the West Valley will be encouraged to use the SanTan Loop 202/South Mountain freeway corridor. “You’ve got that bypass that is available to you as an alternate route because one of the things we’re working on right now with the cities of Tempe, Chandler and Phoenix and the town of Guadalupe is detour routes that aren’t going to dump interstate traf�ic on the local streets,” Noetzel said in an interview in June. Indeed, when asked whether motorists might logically bail and head for local East Valley streets, Noetzel replied, “They will but we won’t tell them to.” “One of the detours that we’re looking at actually would have them use the 101 and then back onto the 202,” she said. “So, those are times when we want people to know that. If you have to drive this section of the project area, you’re going to have to allow yourself maybe an extra 20 or 30 minutes because you’ve got this detour.”

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Pandemic cut traf�ic congestion in Phoenix area BY BROOKE NEWMAN Cronkite News

hoenix area commuters got 36 hours of their lives back last year. That’s the amount of time Valley residents did not have to spend sitting in traf�ic, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to sharp drops in commuting and subsequent declines in traf�ic congestion, according to a new national report. Cities across Arizona, and across the U.S., saw drops of 50 percent or more in the number of hours and dollars they wasted sitting in traf�ic, as well as a reduction in gasoline burned while idling in a traf�ic jam, said the report last week by the Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University. “Peak or rush hour traf�ic aren’t quite as bad as they were,” said Eric Anderson, executive director at Maricopa Association of Governments. “What that means is we have more people not commuting during rush hour as we did prior to the pandemic which re�lects the fact that a lot of people are still working from home.” But experts say drivers should enjoy it while they can, as numbers have already started to creep back up toward previous levels. While it may not immediately reach the levels of 2019, the report said that 2021 “will see faster congestion growth than any time since 1982.” But in 2020, the time people spent stuck in traf�ic was at the lowest level since 1988, when a typical U.S. commuter spent an extra 26 hours behind the wheel. Last year, the number fell to 27 hours, a

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ing of July 11, 2019, the probable cause statement said phone data and other evidence tore holes in Cox’s account of the shooting. Detectives learned one of the two gunshots �ired into Vallow’s chest came as the victim lay �lat, noting the bullet passed through his body and into the �loor – indicating the victim was already

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But the detours, closures and lane restrictions the project will generate explain why ADOT hopes even occasional users of the freeways and byways impacted by

50 percent drop from the 54 hours stuck commuting in 2019, according to the 2021 Urban Mobility Report. Luke Albert, associate research engineer with the Transportation Institute, attributed the drop to the number of people teleworking, which spread the number of cars and trucks on the highway out over the course of the day. As the report put it, while cities were “focused on ‘�lattening the curve’ to address the pandemic health emergency, they also �lattened the travel-delay curve.” For example, the report said that commuters in the Phoenix-Mesa region who drove to work between 6 and 10 a.m. and drove home between 3 and 7 p.m. spent 36 fewer hours stuck in traf�ic in 2020 than they did in 2019, a 59 percent drop. The numbers were similar in Tucson, where the 21 hours spent stuck in traf�ic last year was down 58 percent from the year before. While smaller cities across the state had shorter commutes, they all saw similar declines in delays from 2019. In AvondaleGoodyear, commuting delays fell from a total of 23 hours to 14 hours last year, while commuters in Flagstaff and Prescott “wasted eight hours sitting in traf�ic in 2020,” according to the report. Every city in the state saw at least a onethird decline in hours spent in traf�ic congestions. It was not just time that was saved. Nationally, the report said commuters burned an extra 3.5 billion gallons of gas in 2019 from traf�ic that was not moving at “free-�low speeds,” but that number fell

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to 1.7 billion gallons last year. Congestioncaused greenhouse gas emissions fell from 36 million tons to 18 million tons. The cost of all that sitting adds up: The report said traf�ic congestion cost Americans $190 billion of extra fuel and lost time in 2019, compared to $101 billion last year. That’s a drop in per-commuter expenses from $1,170 to $605. Anderson said he expects “higher telecommuting” that started during the pandemic to continue into the future, as many employers and employees have found they can work remotely. Encouraging people to take up alternative work schedules by working remotely – partially or fully – would “take vehicles off the system and help our (Arizona’s)

congestion levels,” he said. Additionally, many people commute downtown from the West Valley for work every day. Creating more job opportunities in the West Valley would “reduce longdistance commuting patterns and take pressure off the system,” Anderson said. That is one way the state can prepare for the “return of congestion problems” predicted in the report. But while experts see traf�ic congestion returning, Albert said it is not likely to reach pre-pandemic levels – right away. “We de�initely have noticed and expect increases in 2021,” Albert said. But “we don’t expect it to be all the way back to 2019” because it’s unclear how many people will continue to work remotely, he said. ■

the project will download the mobile app and pay attention to the other channels of communication it is deploying for the duration of the work. That’s especially true for people driving to or from Sky Harbor.

Noetzel said ADOT and its construction partners have been talking with airport of�icials for more than year – and not just about the impending impact of the project itself. “We need to start talking now about ed-

ucational campaigns on getting people to the airport once construction is complete,” she said. But for now, she stressed, “Our �irst goal is to get them to the airport while construction is going on.” ■

�lat on the �loor. Phone records further showed that Cox waited 43 minutes before calling 911 to report the shooting. After the shooting, Lori took her slain husband’s phone and rented vehicle. First, she then went to get fast food from Burger King and after that to Walgreen’s to buy �lip�lops. Detectives also said that when Alex called 911, “he acted as if he was perform-

This chart breaks down the pandemic’s overall impact on Valley traffic. (Transportation In-

ing life-saving measures on Charles. “It was not until emergency personnel began life-saving measures that they saw blood coming from Charles’ body. This would indicate Alex performed no emergency aid.” During the initial hours after the murder, Lori and the two children told investigators Charles had started a physical altercation. The probable cause statement also said

that as they were leaving the home, Lori and her daughter reported having heard a gunshot. The statement notes Lori and Alex gave con�licting answers as to why he had been in the house in the �irst place the morning of Charles’ ill-fated visit. “It has been proven how valuable Alex Cox was to Lori,” detectives wrote. “His mission on earth was to protect his sister.”

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Grassroots group takes on GOP tax break for rich HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

rizonans may get the last word on a nearly $2 billion tax cut plan that mainly bene�its the wealthy. Organizers of the what had been the Invest in Ed initiative that voters approved in November have crafted three separate proposals to take to the ballot in 2022. They want the public to decide whether to ratify the decision by state lawmakers to: create a 2.5 percent �lat tax rate, scrapping the current progressive rates; cap anyone’s taxes at no more than 4.5 percent including the 3.5 percent surcharge in Proposition 208; and create a new tax category for small business owners to allow them to escape having to pay any of that surcharge. Backers need 118,823 valid signatures on petitions by Sept. 28 to force a vote. Given the number of signatures that are normally disquali�ied, a more realistic goal would be closer to 150,000. But the groups involved in the effort have a proven track record of not just getting proposals on the ballot but getting voters to go along with them. Potentially more signi�icant, if they reach that goal, it immediately prevents any of the challenged measures from taking effect until the 2022 election. At that point voters would get to say whether they agree with what the legislature did or not. A spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey, who championed the tax-cut plans, said he would have no comment unless and until the backers got the signatures. Instead, C.J. Karamargin said the justcompleted legislative session was “one of the most successful sessions in recent memory.’’ And he said that includes the three items that foes hope to put on the 2022 ballot. At the heart of the �ight are two questions: whether the state should forego close to $2 billion in revenues – the total that would be collected without the three measures at issue – and who should bene�it if there are tax cuts. David Lujan, one of the organizers of

Gov. Doug Ducey, seen here in an earlier photo, lauded the Legislature's revision of the income tax rate. (Tribune file photo) Invest in Education – now being renamed Invest in Arizona – said he believes there is strong public opposition to what the Republican-controlled legislature enacted. “This is a tax give-away to the rich and it’s giving away Arizona’s future in the form of tax cuts to the rich,’’ he said. A study by legislative budget staffers of the �lat-tax proposal and the 4.5 percent cap shows that 53 percent of the savings would go to those with taxable income of more than $1 million a year. By contrast, those in the $50,000 or less range would see just 1 percent of the savings. More speci�ically, the study shows the average tax annual tax cut for someone in the $25,000 to $30,000 range would be $5. But someone earning more than $500,000 but less than $1 million would see $10,035 in annual relief from what they would otherwise have to pay. That rises to nearly $44,800 for those in the $1 million to $5 million range, and an average tax break of close to $350,000 for those in the $5 million-plus tax category. “Arizona has, we think, a lot of more important priorities like funding our public schools, funding health care for kids, infrastructure, that we should be focusing

on before giving huge tax cuts to the rich,’’ Lujan said. The legislative changes are the result of two separate forces. Many Republicans have long argued for a �lat tax rate. Separately, Ducey and GOP lawmakers said if Proposition 208 is allowed to take effect as crafted it would dampen economic recovery. That’s because the measure imposes a 3.5 percent surcharge on earnings of more than $250,000 a year for individuals and $500,000 for married couples. Couple that with the 4.5 percent top rate and it creates an effective tax rate for the wealthiest of 8 percent, one of the highest in the region. Lawmakers are powerless to rescind the surcharge as it was approved by voters. Instead, they created a new 4.5 percent top rate, effectively reducing the tax rate for other earnings for those affected to just 1 percent. That plan, however, still provides the funds for K-12 education, with what is not paid by the wealthy instead coming out of general tax revenues paid by everyone else. That’s not the case with SB 1783. It creates a new “small business’’ tax category

which, because it did not exist when Proposition 208 was approved, is exempt from the surcharge. And that could reduce the collections for education, which otherwise might reach $940 million, by more than $200 million a year. Lujan said he’s not buying the argument by the governor and Republican supporters of the tax-cut plan that a top tax rate of 8 percent would harm the Arizona economy or make the state less attractive. He pointed out that the new laws have been on the books since it was approved. And Lujan said there has been plenty of publicity about the changes. “Since that time we’ve seen reports that luxury home purchases are surging in the Valley,’’ Lujan said. “We’ve had lots of new businesses here after they know (Proposition) 208’s going to be on the books,’’ he continued. “And this is what the voters of Arizona voted for.’’ There’s also the fact that Arizona has a tiered tax structure. So, for example, a married couple with taxable income of $650,000 would pay that 8 percent rate only on $150,000 – the amount above $500,000 – with everything below that subject to normal state tax rates. The burden to get the signatures within 90 days is not insurmountable. Lujan pointed out that backers of Invest in Ed got more than 220,000 signatures in the same time period in the �irst effort to put the measure on the ballot in 2018. The only reason it didn’t appear at that time is because the Arizona Supreme Court concluded that the wording in the legal description was misleading. The 2020 version did get on the ballot, even with the COVID-19 outbreak and stay-at-home orders. More to the point, Lujan noted that one of the groups involved with the petition drive is Save Our Schools Arizona. That was the same group that turned in enough signatures in the same 90-day period to block the decision by the legislature to expand the number of children eligible for vouchers. “They’ve shown they know how to successfully do referendums,’’ he said. ■

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very other Saturday morning, a group of volunteers, many from Ahwatukee, join Dr. Neal Lester in a special way of helping and connecting with people experiencing homelessness. As founding director of Arizona State University’s Project Humanities, Lester, also an Ahwatukee resident, leads Service Saturdays, as the volunteers gather on the Human Services Campus in downtown Phoenix to distribute clothing, shoes and hygiene products to men and women who have found themselves without a home. The biweekly effort is “Humanity 101 in action,” Lester said, referring to Project Humanities, which is marking its 10th anniversary this year. The award-winning university initiative, Project Humanities, “strives to be a leader in local, national, international conversations about the breadth, depth, and value of humanities study and humanist practice and understanding across disciplines and communities,” according to its website. Part of the mission is to help the university and local communities “in talking, listening, and connecting” – which is what Service Saturdays is all about. Megan Todd and her children, Santi of Mesa and Zora, participate – as does her father LaRay, who drives down form Prescott. When ASU Project Humanities’ homeless outreach began a few years ago, the volunteers headed down to the Human Services Campus from 6:30-8:30 a.m. to support 150-200 adults experiencing homelessness. They came from different parts of the Valley and had stored donations in garages, then used a tarp to lay

the folded items for a pop-up marketplace along the 12th Avenue and Madison sidewalk. We initially called it ‘Spontaneous Day of Service,’ said Lester, “but the idea of supporting unsheltered individuals was so transformative for the volunteers...that we and they wanted to continue.” Now, the group comprises a collection of “intergenerational, multi-professional, and multi-communal individuals, groups, and organizations.” It’s a lot more than distributing items to people in need. Lester said the purpose – in the face of a growing need across the country – is to “extend humanity to individuals most denied that fundamental dignity: respect, kindness, compassion and empathy.” But it also gives the volunteers a chance “for deep self-re�lection and critical re�lection on class, race, gender, age, sexuality, ability, mental health, wellness, suffering, loss, and humanity,” he added. Which is why the outreach isn’t a matter of dumping a bunch of stuff on tables and letting everyone have at it. “We want to be personal shoppers and not just, having people wander around getting stuff,” Lester said. “We want to make personal contact with folks.” And so the donated items are neatly folded and separated into a men’s table, women’s table” and toiletries. “It’s like a marketplace,” Lester said. People can choose the toiletries they need and the clothing is carefully sorted even before the volunteers get downtown so that winter jackets are not out in July and short-sleeved shirts not out in the dead of winter. The outreach was curtailed to a signi�icant extent last year as a re-

sult of the pandemic and only recently ramped up. It continued during those many months of closure largely as the result of an incoming ASU junior and poet named Austin Davis. The Mesa youth would visit with those experiencing homelessness downtown as part of his participation in the Arizona Jews for Justice’s outreach program. Each week Davis would write down what was needed by the people he met and then meet with Project Humanities volunteers at its warehouse where donated items are stored. With his shopping list in hand, Davis collected the requested items and then deliver them to the needy people he had met. There are a variety of ways to help Project Humanities’ outreach program. Its next in-person outreach – which follows COVID-19 protocols – is this Saturday from 8:30-10 a.m. at the Human Services Campus at 204 S. 12th Ave. in downtown Phoenix. So people can be “personal shoppers” for those who need help. They can also help sort donated items on Fridays – again with safety protocols in place. They also can donate requested items either by themselves or through organizing efforts in their workplaces, community groups, churches and the like. And, of course, they can contribute much-needed cash to purchase toiletries and other necessities. Santi Todd of Mesa looks over the items that are available durTo mark its anniversary, Project ing Project Humanities’ Service Saturdays outreach to people Humanities also is designating each experiencing homelessness. (Courtesy of Project Humanities) month of this year for collecting a particular necessity. This month it’s Details on how people bottled water, Gatorade and crystal can help are at light packs. Next month it’s new projecthumanities.asu.edu/service-Saturdays. underwear, toiletries and re�illable travel-sized bottles. ■

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Mesa woman makes foster children a mission BY SYDNEY MACKIE Tribune Staff Writer

ith more than 13,000 children in foster care in Arizona, Mesa resident and licensed nurse Desiree File has dedicated the last eight years to providing a stable and loving home to some of the most vulnerable and medically fragile of them. File �irst began by fostering three young children, ranging in age from 15 months to 6 years. Initially, she believed the kids would only be in her care for a day or two before they would be transferred to relatives in Nebraska, but she became their guardian for nearly four years. That experience led her to open up her home to more infants needing immediate accommodation. “I had no intentions of ever fostering, it wasn’t a goal of mine or anything like that,” File explained. “I was very hesitant at �irst because I was a single mom, I had my biological son but after talking with other foster families and getting support from Arizona Children’s Association we went ahead and opened up a bed for a child two or under.” Soon, File’s 20 years of experience as a nurse and a mother of a special-needs child would become invaluable, as the next infant she took in had developmental delays and breathing issues. “It’s de�initely helped me advocate for the kids in both doctor and surgery appointments as well as training with parents and educating them. I’m doing therapies with them in the home so when they come for a visit, I can teach them the physical therapy and occupational therapy they don’t always get to participate in,” File said. File has fostered over 40 children, each with speci�ic and case-based needs. These can range from cognitive delays caused by substance abuse while in utero to respiratory troubles, cranial issues, cerebral palsy and spina bi�ida or ADHD. “With things along these lines, when biological families just don’t have the support they need to of�icially and fully take care of them, they come into my care while mom and dad get further training for their assistance to take them back home,” she said.

File explained that once the children are reunited with their biological families, her relationship with the child often becomes more complicated. “It just depends on the family. We always try to create a bond and continue to communicate but not everyone is open to that,” she said. “It’s dif�icult for some parents to accept that they needed our help, they don’t like that their kids keep asking for us and we can become competition for them.” Recognizing what makes each foster child and situation unique is important to File, and she believes this mentality is sometimes missing from the state’s overall foster care system. “What may work for one case and one family isn’t going to work for the next. It would be nice to see the children be more identi�ied and acknowledged as individuals, not just as a case that meets all the requirements for reuni�ication, because a lot of the time this sets the parents up for failure and then the kids reenter,” File said. While acknowledging the value of organizations like the AzCA in retaining a foster child’s sense of normalcy through their funding of after-school programs or family activities, Desiree has also noticed many foster parents often face unseen dif�iculties alone. According to research by the National Conference of State Legislatures, 30-50 percent of foster families quit within their �irst year, citing a lack of support and feelings of helplessness. “After a year, when the child is �inally starting to get the structure and stability that they need or is getting close to reuni�ication, the foster family has gone through so much trauma on their own dealing with the state and the system, they no longer want to continue,” File said. Since 2011 the number of children entering care began to rise alarmingly in the wake of a national opioid and substance abuse crisis in the U.S., the 2019 NCSL report states. “I always tell people, it’s the best and the worst thing you could ever do with your life. Just because there are so many parts of it that are so broken, but at the same time, the kids are so worth it,” she said. “Every child is different, they all teach you something about yourself you never knew.” ■

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Barber school owners make cut with restaurant BY MELODY BIRKETT Tribune Contributor

anuel Ramirez always dreamed about opening a restaurant. “Ever since I was very young, I liked cooking,” said Ramirez. “At the family gatherings, I was the one cooking. It’s something I always wanted to try out.” A business owner in Mesa for 16 years, Ramirez said had a barbershop and then he and his wife Blanca opened Mesa Barber School about seven years ago. Three years ago, he and Blanca opened a restaurant, Carne Asada, next door to the barber school near Dobson Road and Main Street. Ramirez said the counter-service restaurant serves up Sonoran-style Mexican food and offers a lot of variety. “The most common things we sell are burritos,” he said. “It’s pretty much buildyour-own with the proteins being more authentic than other places.” Proteins include carne asada, or steak; carnitas, or shredded pork; birria, or shredded beef; and grilled chicken. Toppings include three different types of onions - regular white, grilled and pickled; mozzarella and cojita cheese; tomato; cilantro; cucumber; avocado sauce; several kinds of salsa and sour cream.

Cheetos is even offered as a topping. “The Hot Cheeto burrito comes from California,” said Ramirez. “I saw it over there, put it together here and I liked it and we started to sell it. It’s very popular.” Eventually, Ramirez would like to build a franchise. But he admits, “Since I’m pretty new at this business I want to get a little more experience in training people.” Ramirez does all of the cooking right now, but is training a couple of chefs. “One of the things that makes us different from other restaurants is we have a charcoal grill,” added Ramirez. “Most restaurants just use a �lat grill. We use real charcoal to get that mesquite �lavor.” While all this is going on, Ramirez also is running the barber school, where students are required to complete 1,500 hours. “Once they �inish their program, they take an exam with the state board and they can become a professional, licensed barber,” explained Ramirez. “Right now, we have about 30 students. We are looking to open another spot by August in Mesa.” The school accepts both part-time and full-time students. Tuition is around $9,000. “Depending on the schedule of the students, we do an estimate of how long they’re going to be in school in order for

them to complete the hours they need. We give the payment, based on that, so they don’t have to pay it all up front.” Ramirez is working on a student loan program but currently doesn’t offer one. So, students must pay off their tuition before �inishing the curriculum. The school focuses on “shaving, like the straight razor shaves,” Ramirez said. “The haircuts are mainly the short haircuts like the fades and �lattops, any-

thing a guy would get in a barbershop. We teach everything to be correct from sanitation to the steps of the haircut and how they have to do it.” Haircuts by students are offered on a walk-in basis only for $25.

said in an announcement. It promises an associates degree “in a fast-paced, structured year-round program” in under two years, including �light labs using Robinson helicopters. Students also earn four certi�icates and ratings within their degree program, including private pilot, instrument rating, commercial and CFI. “We’re thrilled to expand our offerings at our campus at Falcon Field. With such a strong foundation in �ixed-wing �light training, we’re excited to now get into the rotorcraft world and help students pursue successful careers as professional helicopter pilots,” said CAU Matthew Johnston, President of CAU.

The program launches at a time when a shortage of �ixed-wing and helicopter pilots has been worrying the aviation industry. Boeing has estimated that by 2038, there will be a shortage of 61,000 helicopter pilots worldwide. Southern Utah University said that number may seem small compared to the projected shortage of 743,000 airplane pilots, but noted “the percentage is actually higher for the helicopter industry than for the airline industry. “This is because there are only about 15,000 current active helicopter pilots in the U.S.,” the university noted. “Nearly four times as many pilots will be needed by

2038 than there are working right now. “ The shortage is driven by four factors: Pilots are retiring; more industries and companies are using helicopters; more jobs are becoming available; and more current chopper pilots are moving to airplanes. Once CAU chopper students get their degree, they quality for tour and charter operators, emergency medical services, agriculture and a variety of other positions. CAU also said it has enough connections in the industry to help grads �ind jobs and it offers a variety of �inancial aid to help students complete any of its programs.

Manuel and Blanca Ramirez opened their restaurant, Carne Asada, right next to their barber school in Mesa. (Special to the Tribune)

Information: Carne Asada, 67 N. Dobson Road, 480- 969-5153, carneasadagrills.com; Mesa Barber School, 480464-3577, mesabarberschool.com. ■

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n aeronautical school at Falcon Field in Mesa is adding a new �lying machine to its curriculum – chop-

pers. Citing the need for more helicopter pilots, California Aeronautical University is now offering a rotorcraft-helicopter emphasis within their aviation degree program at its Falcon Field campus. “As an alternative to CAU’s current �ixedwing emphasis in the Associate of Science in Aviation Studies program, the new rotorcraft emphasis will prepare students for a rewarding career in the aviation industry as professional pilots,” the school

Information: calaero.edu. ■

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Gilbert eatery boasts high-quality matcha BY SYDNEY MACKIE Tribune Staff Writer

ince June 18, the newly opened Matcha Grove has provided Gilbert residents with premium Japanese matcha and a variety of gluten-free menu options. Matcha is �inely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea leaves that is commonly served in east Asia. The green tea plants are grown in the shade for about a month and the stems and veins are removed during processing. Matcha Grove owner Rocio Sheyko decided to open the café – located 81 S. McQueen Road in the Oasis at the Islands strip mall – because of the dif�iculty she faced �inding high-quality matcha and fresh gluten-free baked goods ever since she and her family moved to Gilbert four years ago. “After cutting out coffee and turning to matcha, I was always on the lookout for matcha and those who sold it in town, but I just couldn’t really �ind a good quality type of matcha,” Sheyko explained. The pandemic forced a delay in her opening plans, but �inally acquired the storefront in March, then spent two months preparing it for business. “It was a lot of labor of love,” she said. The quality of the beverages has always been a focal point of the business, said Sheyko. She ensures all her matcha is ceremonial grade, the highest quality available. She also sources it from a provider in Japan, a country widely believed to have perfected the recipe. “I have tried so many different types of matcha just for myself before we started thinking about this business, trying to �ind something that wasn’t so earthy and bitter,” Sheyko explained. “It took me quite a while to �ind the right one that tasted great even without any sweetener.” In Matcha Grove, customers will �ind signs detailing the health bene�its of matcha, such as its properties as a pow-

Rocio Sheyko recently opened Matcha Grove in the Oasis at the Islands in Gilbert, serving high-quality matcha and glutenfree baked goods. (Facebook)

erful antioxidant and the high dosage of the amino acid L-Theanine, which gives the drink its slightly sweet taste. The gluten-free bakery offers a range of products from avocado toast to waf�les and snickerdoodles, all made instore daily. “My family is gluten-free and if we ever needed to get any gluten-free food, we always had to travel to Phoenix or Scottsdale,” Sheyko said. “Gilbert obviously had coffee shops with some gluten-free items but there was no place 100 percent gluten-free.” Sheyko utilizes every tool at her disposal to �ind new and interesting recipes for the store, often tweaking online techniques. She then creates them for her family to get their stamp of approval before serving them to the public. In the future, alongside her dairy and gluten-free choices, Sheyko hopes to expand her menu and cater to other dietary restrictions and lifestyles.

“I really want to be able to serve the community in all aspects, and so I’m trying to incorporate more vegan options,” Sheyko said. “A lot of moms have come in saying their kids can’t have gluten or are allergic to a lot of different things and they’re so excited when they see our options. Being a mom, that’s really important to me to serve other mothers out there.” Sheyko hopes the arrival of Matcha Grove indicates big things for Gilbert. “Gilbert is becoming kind of a bigger city, if you will. I think that is bringing in a lot of trendy shops that are needed in the area, equal to the amount of growth these areas are experiencing,” she said. ■

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Who cares about polls? The Valley has our hearts BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

ith all due respect to the �ine journalists who toil for U.S. News and World Report, their magazine’s annual list of “Best Places to Live” once again ranks as one of the most hilarious acts of journalism committed to print this year. Want to yuk it up? Listen to this Top Five of America’s Best Hometowns: Ranked �ifth, there’s Austin, Texas, “laidback to the point that if you’re dressing up, it must be a life event.” Fourth, Fayetteville, Arkansas, where – and I quote – “people wave and smile at each other in the street, and community events are well-attended.” Third, we have Huntsville, Alabama, which boasts “the most educated population in the state.” The state of Alabama. Need I say more? Number Two goes to Raleigh & Durham, North Carolina, whose selling points include

“gathering over craft beers in one of the region’s many microbreweries” and “strangers ... quick to provide a friendly conversation when standing in line at the supermarket.” I prefer Budweiser and silently bagging my groceries to get the hell out of Basha’s as fast as possible. The big winner for 2021: Boulder, Colorado, named America’s Best Place To Live for the second consecutive year. I’ve been to Boulder. Nice place – if you like John Denver songs, chocolate chip edibles and hemp underwear. As U.S. News puts it, Boulder “has opportunities from forest bathing and free meditation sessions to an abundance of marijuana dispensaries, spas and alternative health care studios. The full spectrum of yoga disciplines is represented here, as well as … ‘Animal Flow’ ground-based movement classes.” Sounds like a pulled hamstring waiting to happen. Plus, the description alone gives you the munchies. And zero desire to �ire

up the moving van. The Phoenix metro area ranked 40th this year, up 13 spots from 2020 and sandwiched between Houston and Knoxville. We scored high for having “a thriving job market, a relatively low cost of living and plenty of ways to enjoy the nice weather.” No mention of chatty strangers in the grocery store, a thriving weed scene or ample chances to do goat yoga. It could be worse. Tucson ranked 81st. Dead last? San Juan, Puerto Rico. My problem with this list is my problem with all such lists: They attempt to scienti�ically rank something that is less science and more emotion. U.S. News – whose brand depends entirely on ranking things like cities and colleges – has created a formula by polling 3,600 internet users, then weighting each area’s job market, housing affordability, quality of life, desirability and how many people move in and out annually. After that, there’s a whole lot of mumbo

jumbo about standard deviation and something called a Z-Score. This seems as good a scienti�ic method as any to rank places, but it still misses what really motivates humans to live where we live: The job that beckons us or the chance to live near those we love. I’m sure my story is typical and illustrative. I moved to the Valley 26 years ago for work, then stayed because I laid down roots. There are people I love here, a business I built, and a million little things that lift my spirit. Like the crunch of my hiking shoes on Piestewa Peak. The sound of Al McCoy’s voice calling a Phoenix Suns basketball game. The breakfast quesadilla at Bit-zee Mama’s in Glendale. And the countless purples and oranges that drip down the sky during each night’s sunset. So what if Boulder scores a 7.6 because it has “Tube to Work Day” and “dirtbag climbers (who) live in a van?” The Valley may only score a 6.8, but the place has our hearts. ■

�irst septuagenarian to serve as president. His press secretary, James C. Hagerty, recalled an anecdote that typi�ied Ike’s approach. When considering a challenging question he might face concerning a controversial topic at a press conference, Eisenhower told his staffer: “Don’t worry, Jim; if that question comes up, I’ll just confuse them.” While Eisenhower exploited imprecision as part of his personal image, other leaders from the other side of the aisle have employed it to achieve policy goals. Lyndon Johnson dramatically expanded the federal role in health care by advocating and signing into law both the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Three decades after those programs were established, historian-turned-House Speaker Newt Gingrich theorized that by sowing deliberate seeds of confusion over Medicare and Medicaid, distinctions between the two would be forgotten and therefore any stigma

about government-run healthcare would be minimized in the public consciousness, thus aiding the left in advocating a complete federal takeover of healthcare. Fast-forward to the here and now. Joe Biden leads a Democratic Party increasingly con�licted about truly democratic elections. Despite the parroting of the “voter suppression” canard by a reliably partisan Washington Press Corps, this is one instance where the American People are relying on their collective commonsense. Understanding that Photo ID is required to cash a check, board a plane, or even enter a federal courthouse, the public does not see why the same stipulation should not apply to voting. Polling shows that eighty percent of the public embraces the idea of Photo ID as a way to safeguard voter integrity. So, Ol’ Joe is taking a page out of the “LBJ Playbook.”

When asked about the Supreme Court’s decision that af�irmed the constitutionality of the new Arizona voter integrity laws, Mr. Biden blew past the particulars of the case to outline his major concern, which he readily admitted was not part of the court’s Arizona decision. “I think it is critical that we make a distinction between voter suppression and suspension.” Voter suspension? Sounds similar to voter suppression. What’s the difference? Joe is making the shift because he wants to get ahead of the mounting evidence of vote fraud – here in Arizona and elsewhere. He’s doing so for his own political survival. To hang on to power, leftists will claim that if any votes are thrown out – “suspended,” in their new vernacular, it will be a denial of the “will of the people.” Conveniently forgotten in this new semantical twist: any evidence that proves the “suspended” votes are fraudulent. ■

Democrats con�licted on democratic elections BY JD HAYWORTH Tribune Columnist

he America of the 1950’s seems quaint by today’s standards. Because our memories of that era match the monochrome images that danced across early television screens from coast to coast, we see Dwight David Eisenhower as a genial grandfather and golf enthusiast instead of the decisive leader and hardened warrior. In his 1982 book “The Hidden-Hand Presidency,” political scientist and historian Fred I. Greenstein revised the thinking about Ike and his two terms in the Oval Of�ice. Rather that foster the perception that he was a bold “man of action,” as so many of his successors would encourage of themselves once ego met ambition at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Eisenhower employed a style that encouraged an incurious or even an indulgent reaction, considering that he was the

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herever he is on the court, Talbot Cummard does not need to look far to �ind his biggest fans. They sit in the middle of the front row, inches away from the hardwood, and hold no signs. Instead, Cummard’s family — especially his uncles — loudly cheer him on or criticize the referees. “It makes you want to go make a big play,” Cummard said. He did just that against Gilbert in a summer league matchup. Cummard threw up a shot at the end of the �irst quarter and beat the buzzer as his shot fell through the net. The rising senior could hear his family screaming from the stands. Cummard’s fanbase may seem similar to many high school basketball players across the country. However, his is unique in that the Cummard family has a longstanding legacy at Mesa High School. Talbot’s father, brother, six uncles and two cousins attended the school, most of whom played for the Jackrabbits. One of these relatives, Lee Cummard, was the 2004 Arizona Player of the Year en route to a collegiate career at Brigham Young University, where he is now an assistant coach for the Cougars’ women’s basketball team. One of Talbot’s cousins, Parker, graduated last season, while Conway is a sophomore at Mesa and will be his teammate on Varsity for a second consecutive season. “It’s just a basketball family,” Mesa head coach Scott Stansberry said. “They love basketball, competitors and there’s been some big names that come from that family. (Talbot) is the next one.” Heading into his senior season, Talbot is poised for a bigger role following the graduation of Mesa’s top three leading scorers from the 2020-21 campaign. He

Mesa senior Talbot Cummard is continuing his long family legacy as a Jackrabbit, as he is become one of the leaders for the basketball program. (Zac BonDurant/Tribune Contributor) averaged 6.4 points and 1.9 rebounds per game during a junior season in which he largely played a defensive role. Now, the situation has changed, leading Talbot — one of Mesa’s leaders — to spend the offseason attacking the basket and shooting the ball in anticipation of increased responsibility on the offensive end. However, some familiarity will remain. A family member, Conway, will still don the purple-and-yellow jersey beside him. At one point, Stansberry had four Cummards on his 2019-20 Varsity roster: Talbot, Parker, Cooper and Tyton — Talbot’s brother. Talbot greatly enjoys being able to walk off the court after practice and see his brother or cousins at home. He feels they can relate to each other really well and have some great conversations.

On the court, he recalls running and conditioning drills with his teammates as a formative experience for family bonding. “When we’re having a tough practice, when Coach is on us, we can just look over and laugh because it’s your cousin right there going through the same thing,” Talbot said. Now the most senior Cummard at Mesa, Talbot tries not to think about the legacy of his uncle Lee and the pressure it may create. However, he does sometimes call on him for advice since “he’s lived it.” In addition to Lee, Talbot’s cousin David parlayed his high school skillset into the college game. He currently plays at Northern Arizona University under coach Shane Burcar, Mesa’s previous head coach. Stansberry worked with him as an assis-

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tant from 2011-2015. Mesa’s current coach said he has received emails and calls from colleges expressing interest in Talbot. Stansberry believes the six-foot-four guard/forward will continue playing at the next level. He �irst saw Talbot play as a second grader at summer basketball camps and quickly recognized his competitiveness and a desire to win in tag and knockout. Arriving at Mesa after coaching at Apache Junction High School, his �irst season with the Jackrabbits coincided with Talbot’s freshman year. “You can see it from… (Talbot) stepping on the court as a freshman,” Stansberry said. preparing to “I knew he was going to be a big-time player for our program. You can pick those kids out and know who’s gonna be special right away. You just know.” Now, it is Talbot’s time to lead the Jackrabbits. Guard Steven Cervantes (16.1 points), forward Tanner Crawford (13.0 points) and guard Jimari Grayson (11.8 points) have graduated. Mesa has a lot of momentum coming off a 16-2 season, especially as Talbot — the reigning Defensive Player of the Year — returns. He is not only ready for the responsibility on both sides of the ball. He is ready to continue the Cummard family legacy. “Every game, you got eyes on you,” Talbot said. “You’re gonna hear about if you play good or play bad after, so it’s a lot of pressure. But it’s really fun to see them after a big play or a big stop when you need some energy or motivation.” ■

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. Pierce sits on the sofa of his Gilbert home donning black pants, a playful Lolo’s Chicken and Waf�les T-shirt he designed and colorful shoes that pop. The cream-colored walls are bare, which is surprising for the proli�ic artist who has sold his Keith Haring-like artwork to likes of rapper Rick Ross and the Arizona Coyotes president and chief executive of�icer Xavier Gutierrez. “Anytime I put up artwork, I always end up selling it,” Pierce said with a shrug. He’s working on T-shirts for Monroe’s Hot Chicken, which is owned by Lolo’s. Pierce is one of Arizona’s best-kept secrets. Besides his work for Ross and Gutierrez, Pierce designed T-shirts for Samuel Jackson, and artwork for former professional baseball player Howie Kendrick, who lives in Phoenix. Pierce’s work, particularly for Jackson, led to mentions on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” “It was cool when Jimmy Kimmel gave me a shout out,” Pierce said with his trademark wide smile. “He said I was an Arizona artist. There are always California artists, New York or Miami artists, Chicago artists. It’s cool to represent Arizona. “It’s been awesome, man. I originally started out doing art walks, like the Chandler Art Walk, and selling my paintings, right, for $20 or $40. Now I’m seeing my artwork sell for hundreds and thousands.” As a child, Pierce split his time between California and Chicago after his parents separated. He attended high school and college in San Jose. In Chicago, he lived in the “hood,” as he calls it, where he learned to hustle and paint T-shirts for gangsters. “I never messed around in that (gang life), but I was always protected,” he said. “They liked me because I skateboarded and lived in the hood in Chicago. “But there would be barbecues every other day with my family. So, I would be in Chicago, going Downtown and being in

me through those times in foster care.” He moved to Anthem at age 18 and worked at Outlet at Anthem stores like Docker’s, Quicksilver and Columbia Sportswear. Besides participating in the Chandler Art Walk, he was part of the jury. “I had a business partner who I was working with in Anthem,” Pierce said. “He was a business partner and investor who was going to help me get my brand and my art to the next level. Nothing really panned out and we parted ways.” He stayed in the Valley, however. He moved to Gilbert in 2008. Pierce has collaboJ. Pierce is one of Arizona’s best-kept secrets. He discovered penrated with a slew of ciling and sketching at age 15, when he was in foster care as his local businesses, resparents were going through “tough times.” (Courtesy of J. Pierce) taurants and organizathe city. Then, living in San Jose, it had the tions. He encourages his clients to share whole Cali vibe.” their art direction and he takes it from He discovered penciling and sketching there. at age 15, when he was in foster care as his “We created a limited edition shirt that parents were going through “tough times,” can be purchased at any of the Lolo’s he said. They went their own ways and Chicken and Waf�les stores,” he said. “It’s Pierce spent two years in foster care. He, in pretty cool because I’ve never collaboturn, basically emancipated soon thereafter. rated with a restaurant. And to see the “In high school, I started painting cus- staff walking around with my shirt and my tom clothing — like painting on shoes, name on it, it was so cool.” shirts and dress shirts,” Pierce said. “I’d When the Arizona Coyotes hosted Hockey wear it to school and all my friends asked Fights Cancer night on April 19, he created where I found the stuff. It led to painting a special sneaker for several players — Capon canvases.” tain Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jakob ChychIn high school, he was inspired to start run, Clayton Keller and Jordan Oesterle — his own brand by LRG owner Jonas Bev- to share how cancer touched their lives. acqua, who died of natural causes in 2011. The shoes were auctioned to raise mon“He was one of the biggest streetwear ey for the Arizona Coyotes Foundation. The brands,” he said. “I’d send him my art collaboration came about after Gutierrez’s and show him. He emailed me and said wife contacted Pierce through Instagram. to keep up the good work, keep doing my “She said they were looking for a paintthing. He sent me free gear. That inspired ing for a wall space,” he said. “They invited

me to their house.” Unfamiliar with Gutierrez, Pierce asked what he did for a living. He told Pierce he was the president and chief executive of�icer. “I thought, ‘Oh dang. That’s awesome,’” he said laughing. “I said I always wanted to do the Kachina logo in my style of art and collaborate with the Coyotes. “He said, ‘That’s why I wanted to talk to you.’ He connected me with the foundation.” Inspired by the late Haring, Dr. Seuss and Picasso, Pierce said Arizona is the lead character. “I started doing Arizona landscapes because you see horses in oil paintings and things like that,” he said. “I wanted to create a new, fun look at Southwestern art. “I’ve done tons of portraits. I do a lot of cartoons based on pop culture and retro cartoons that we grew up watching, like Looney Tunes. Landscapes and skylines are big, too. I’m always trying to think of new stuff to paint, rather than just sticking to one.” Pierce grew up skateboarding and was entrenched in the culture and lifestyle. He attended skateboarding trade shows and hung out with the skateboarding community. He’s always tickled when new collectors discover his art. “There was this one dude who I worked for, he has 80 paintings throughout his house and just found out about my stuff,” he said. “He said, ‘Dude, I want to collect a lot of your stuff.’” Art is Pierce’s full-time job. If he isn’t painting murals, he’s working on product design logos, custom shoes and “anything art related.” “Other than that, I’m always busy painting, ful�illing orders and patterns,” he said. Pierce has plenty to be proud of, between his works for Jackson and Ross, as well as businesses and homes around the Valley. He’s still amazed by the way his art has traveled. He even had a clothing and shoe line in Wuhan, China, four years ago. “It’s huge,” he said of Ross, who pur-

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Ingredients: 4 cups fresh strawberries, sliced in half 4 cups (4-5 large stalks) fresh rhubarb cut into 1-inch pieces 1-1/4 cups granulated sugar, divided 2 teaspoons grated orange zest 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

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Public Notices NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0026 (PETERSON) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20201263829, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address

of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments CECIL CAZIAN 4975 South Swenson St # 19092 Las Vegas, NV 89119, 1/52, 32A, 234, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; SCOTT SHAFFER 51 Keefer Way Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, 1/104, 43E, 137, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; SCOTT SHAFFER 51 Keefer Way Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, 1/52, 8A, 138M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; ELIZABETH LYNN HOWE 110 8th Ave PO Box 213 Roebling, NJ 08554, 1/52, 4A, 226, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; SCOTT SHAFFER 51 Keefer Way Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, 1/52, 2A, 122M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; ERFAN ADWAN 1750 Karen Ave Apt 286 Las Vegas, NV 89169, 1/52, 39A, 124M, Annual, 20182020, $2,601.70; VALHALLA ENTERPRISES, LLC A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION 12920 West 15th Street Davie, FL 33325, 1/104, 52E, 230, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; TIMOTHY DERRICK PO BOX 277 Sparta, MO 65753, 1/104, 35E, 222M, Biennial, 2018-2020, $1,728.99; ELIZABETH SISLER 113 Ferrel Street. Platte City, MO 64079, 1/52, 44A, 132M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; LR RENTALS AND REAL ESTATE, LLC 820 2nd Street #16 Cheney, WA 99004, 1/52, 45A, 125, Annual, 2018- 2020, $3,326.45; THOMAS PALMER JR PO Box 1236 Byron, GA 31008, 1/52, 31A, 138M, Annual, 20182020, $2,601.70; SCOTT SHAFFER 51 Keefer Way. Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, 1/104, 27E, 137, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; VALERIE COPLEN 124 Brook Ct Springtown, TX 76082, 1/52, 38A, 122M, Annual, 20182020, $2,601.70; CHRISTOPHER FRANK HOYT 36563 Longleaf Dr Independence, LA 70443, 1/104, 38E, 137, Biennial, 20182020, $2,210.25; CHAD ADAMS PO BOX 511 Republic, MO 65738, 1/52, 38A, 134M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; THOMAS PALMER JR P.O Box 1236 Byron, GA 31008, 1/52, 51A, 231, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; AMY HENLINE P.O Box 603 Republic, MO 65738, 1/52, 10A, 124M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; LR RENTALS AND REAL ESTATE LLC, A WASHINGTON LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION 820 2nd Street #16 Cheney,

WA 99004, 1/52, 9A, 132P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; RONALD E TEVLIN & MARY JANE TEVLIN 22264 S 203rd St Queen Creek, AZ 85142, 1/52, 30A, 129, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45;

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0027 (BUCKLEY) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20201263830, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained

in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments PAUL ALBERT BUCKLEY & JENNIFER ANNE PECZELT, FKA JENNIFER A. BUCKLEY 4084 S Huachuca Way Chandler, AZ 85249, 1/104, 34O, 128, Biennial, 20182020, $1,116.20; VICTOR M SCHIMMING & SONDRA L SCHIMMING 6211 Peach Tree Lane Wichita, KS 67218, 1/104, 12E, 131, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; LINDA J GARNER 1455 Kettner Blvd Apt 2005 San Diego, CA 92101, 1/104, 31E, 130, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; WILLIAM R GENTHE & LOIS STEINHEIDER GENTHE 1015 Walnut St Syracuse, NE 68446, 1/52, 38A, 138P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; WILLIAM L SLOAN II & CLETIS S SLOAN 3743 N Marion Rd Alburnett, IA 52202, 1/52, 20A, 238, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; RHETT JOHNSON & KRISTIE L NEAL 19320 Wildfire Ln Moss Point, MS 39562, 1/52, 28A, 132P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; WAYNE C PAYTON & ALLIE O PAYTON 3225 Mooringsport Rd Shreveport, LA 71107, 1/52, 31A, 132P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; H.A. GRAHAM & BONNIE J GRAHAM P.O. Box 117 Floydada, TX 79235, 1/52, 51A, 138P, Annual, 20182020, $1,169.08; GERALD R ARMSTRONG & PATRICIA J ARMSTRONG P.O. Box 11 Irbington, IL 62848, 1/52, 43A, 138M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; ROBERT VAUPEL & LINDA VAUPEL 200 Clubhouse Dr NE Stewartville, MN 55976, 1/104, 21E, 135, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; JAMES R MAGGERT & G. JANE MAGGERT 1441 42nd St Des Moines, IA 50311, 1/104, 24E, 135, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; THOMAS J FRITZLEN & VIRGINIA ANNE FRITZLEN 301 Avila Cir Kansas City, MO 64114, 1/52, 35A, 232, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; STANLEY R GRAY & MARGARET E GRAY

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Public Notices 20 Shady Lane Hattiesburg, MS 39402, 1/104, 11E, 135, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25;

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0028 (MOSLEY) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20210044220, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling,

an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments EDNA R MOSLEY 713 Jacoby Dr Loganville, GA 30052, 1/52, 15A, 237P, Annual, 20182020, $1,169.08; JERRY ARCHIE 304 N. Cross Troup, TX 75789, 1/52, 13A, 125, Annual, 20182020, $3,326.45; KAY D MICHAEL & JUNE L MICHAEL PO Box 172 Muncy, PA 17756, 1/52, 21A, 224P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; JORDAN DUKE 236 Aquilla Dr Lakeside, TX 76108, 1/52, 44A, 138M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; SANDRA LUZ MARTINEZ 830 S Dobson Rd #52 Mesa, AZ 85202, 1/52, 10A, 129, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; RICARDO E LEON & VALENTINA LEON 712 S 26th Cir Mesa, AZ 85204, 1/52, 10A, 129, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; EDGAR G ROGERS & BARBARA ROGERS 2436 Coteau Rd Houma, LA 70364, 1/104, 20E, 223, Biennial, 20182020, $2,210.25; GEORGE H FULGHUM & LINDA FULGHUM 6 Overlook Dr Sidney, NY 13838, 1/52, 47A, 124M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; GEORGE W CONNOR & LORETTA J CONNOR 902 2nd Ave Lot 4 Malvern, IA 51551, 1/52, 1A, 224P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; LAWRENCE N WEBSTER & KAREN L WEBSTER 1483 Phoenix Dr San Jose, CA 95130, 1/52, 52A, 124M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; DONALD P FULLER & SHARON A FULLER 6261 N 1700th St Palestine, IL 62451, 1/52, 50A, 125, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; FRANK D SORENSON & MARGERY D SORENSON 120 Kurlene Dr. Macomb, IL 61455, 1/104, 46E, 123M, Biennial, 2018-2020, $1,728.99; EMMETT P DOWLING & GLORIA I DOWLING 325 Whitman Court Edmond, OK 73003, 1/104, 5E, 223, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; DAVID GRAMLING & LYNNE GRAMLING 202 Endfield Cir Waukesha, WI 53186, 1/52, 50A, 224P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; WILLIAM C BALLOU & DENISE W BALLOU 5657 165th Ave Storm Lake, IA 50588, 1/104, 47E, 223, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; ALVIN HARTMAN &

KAREN HARTMAN 2140 38th Rd. Gibbon, NE 68840, 1/104, 34E, 223, Biennial, 20182020, $2,210.25;

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0029 (JOHNSTONE JR) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20201263831, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience

in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments WILLIAM JOHNSTONE JR. & GLENDA F JOHNSTONE 520 Kenilworth Drive Homewood, AL 35209, 1/104, 15E, 135, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; NORMAN C WHITING & SHARON L WHITING, TRUSTEES OF THE NORMAN C. AND SHARON L. WHITING TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 26, 1986 4180 E Marshall Ave Gilbert, AZ 85297, 1/104, 7E, 128, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; C.L. DEAVERS JR. & GERALDINE DEAVERS 8055 County Rd 37 Selma, AL 36701, 1/52, 49A, 237P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; VANCE M BRICKER & DOROTHY R BRICKER 304 Cherokee Rd Lexington, NE 68850, 1/52, 46A, 225, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; AMENDED NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0030 (T MAX MARKETING LLC) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Amended Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20210682220, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN

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Public Notices STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – AMENDED NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments BEE MILLER & JULIA MILLER 4087 Fr 2624 Maud, TX 75567, 1/104, 19E, 126, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; T-MAX MARKETING,

LLC., AN ARIZONA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 4825 Hwy 95 Suite 2-323 Fort Mohave, AZ 86426, 1/52, 6A, 238, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,291.62; LARRY R COEN & MARY L COEN PO Box 1092 Elkhart, KS 67950, 1/52, 31A, 122P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; FREDERICK C FISCHER & MADELEINE B FISCHER 204 N. Oakwood Rd Oshkosh, WI 54904, 1/52, 14A, 125, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0031 (NELLIS) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20201263832, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the

‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments DAVID NELLIS 4502 Placid Pl Austin, TX 78731, 1/52, 25A, 121, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; GREGORY E DOUGLAS 705 Hill St Nixa, MO 65714, 1/52, 38A, 122P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; LLOYD M JACKSON & ALICIA JACKSON A/K/A ALICIA ROBERSTON 5513 Maple Ln Tampa, FL 33610, 1/52, 25A, 138P, Annual, 2018- 2020, $1,169.08; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0032 (SMITH) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20201263833, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED

ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments EDWARD J SMITH & JIMI D SMITH PO Box 6177 Mesa, AZ 85216, 1/52, 44A, 127, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; TIMESHARE SOLUTIONS, LLC., A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 4444 S Valley View Blvd 222 Las Vegas, NV 89103, 1/104, 8E, 223,

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Public Notices Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; TIMESHARE SOLUTIONS, LLC., A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 4444 S Valley View Suite 222 Las Vegas, NV 89103, 1/104, 37E, 223, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; THOMAS R POWERS & FERN A ALT 55340 Autumn Ridge Northville, MI 48167, 1/52, 36A, 132M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; PAUL G MOBLEY & LYNNETTE T MOBLEY 3511 E Baseline Rd Unit 1077 Phoenix, AZ 85042, 1/52, 28A, 229, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0033 (LINSON) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20210044222, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa

County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments DELFIN S LINSON & ANA T LINSON 2809 Royal Scots Way Fort Smith, AR 72908, 1/104, 11O, 131, Biennial, 2018-2020, $764.00; JOHN S BERKEY & DEBORAH A BERKEY 7201 Hampton Ave 2 N Saint Louis, MO 63109, 1/52, 36A, 232, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; HOWARD B THOMPSON & MAXINE S THOMPSON 70 Willowbrook St Hutchinson, KS 67502, 1/52, 42A, 132M, Annual, 20182020, $2,601.70; WILLIAM L HOFFMAN & CAROLYN M HOFFMAN 105 W Oak St Moweaqua, IL 62550, 1/52, 33A, 222P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,000.49; WILLIAM S STARMAN & SHARMAN L STARMAN 54205 236th St Austin, MN 55912, 1/104, 6E, 135, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,111.13; RONALD B WERBA 19613 North Marble Drive Sun City West, AZ 85375, 1/52, 5A, 129, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; ELIZABETH GAYLE BAILEY 13048 Fm 92 Rd S Spurger, TX 77660, 1/104, 52E, 223, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; RUBY NELL CULBERSON 1001 Tutwiler Ct Anniston, AL 36207, 1/104, 20E, 131, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0034 (FERGUSON) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20210044223, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have

breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under

Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments KENNETH N FERGUSON & E. JANE FERGUSON 19290 S.W. Oak Street Beaverton, OR 97078, 1/52, 52A, 225, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; ROBERT E CLINE & CAROL A CLINE 906 Sunset Dr Corning, IA 50841, 2/52, 6A & 6A, 138P & 236, Annual & Annual, 20182020, $4,420.44; KENNETH C ALMQUIST & PEGGY M ALMQUIST 6410 E. Fairfield Mesa, AZ 85205, 1/52, 23A, 127, Annual, 20182020, $3,326.45; JEROME HERNANDEZ & CAROL LONG 4502 S 46th Ave Omaha, NE 68117, 1/52, 44A, 231, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; CHARLES F HUBBARD & LORI A HUBBARD 3559 Lost Meadow Ct Saint Louis, MO 63129, 1/52, 20A, 132M, Annual, 20182020, $2,601.70; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0035 (VETTER) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20210030946, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no.

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Public Notices 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

2018-2020, $1,169.08; ARTHUR J MULLEN & LINDA M MULLEN 1416 Elmwood St Apt 102 Greenville, MI 48838, 1/104, 44E, 223, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; RONALD D JOHNSON & SHALA L JOHNSON W 175 N 8097 Robin Cir Menomonee Falls, WI 53051, 1/104, 17E, 135, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; GEORGE R BAKER & BONNIE M BAKER 9811 Mill Pass Ln Saint Louis, MO 63134, 1/52, 35A, 138P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; JONATHAN SPEARS & KATHY SPEARS 4620 Cleveland Ave Kansas City, KS 66104, 1/52, 2A, 134P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; GARY A RISLING & JUDY E RISLING 10126 E. Wood Ave. Mesa, AZ 85208, 1/104, 8O, 130, Biennial, 2018-2020, $1,116.20; CRAIG THURSTON & KIMBERLY THURSTON 4008 Ave I Kearney, NE 68847, 1/104, 5O, 223, Biennial, 2018-2020, $1,116.20; R. GORDON BRUCE & REBECCA M BRUCE 4240 SW Cambridge Ave Topeka, KS 66610, 1/104, 26O, 126, Biennial, 2018-2020, $1,116.20; TODD B FRAZEE 250 W. Juniper #28 Gilbert, AZ 85233, 1/52, 45A, 129, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; ROBERT D TURNER SR. & CHARLOTTE A TURNER 810 South 15th Street Quincy, IL 62301, 1/52, 26A, 222P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; GERALYN S ENGLER & BRENT J RENNER 2300 Oak St Apt 21 Hastings, MN 55033, 1/104, 21O, 139, Biennial, 20182020, $1,116.20; MARILYN K LANDRETH 9825 Chicago Ave South Minneapolis, MN 55420, 1/104, 44O, 131, Biennial, 2018- 2020, $1,116.20; EDWARD B BREMS & ELLEN C BREMS 31 Holston Hills Road Henderson, NV 89052, 1/52, 15A, 228, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; MARLIN R HOWARD & SANDRA K HOWARD 3410 N Miller Rd Lincoln, NE 68521, 1/52 & 1/52, 42A & 43A, 238 & 238, Annual & Annual, 2018-2020, $6,577.60;

Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0036 (JP PAINTING & DRYWALL SERVICES LLC)

JEFFREY K VETTER & DAWN M VETTER 11 Armitage Drive Saint Peters, MO 63376, 1/104, 44E, 137, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; JOSEPH L BUTTER SR. & MARJORIE A BUTTER 256 Bennys Ln Hessmer, LA 71341, 1/52, 9A, 138P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; TIMOTHY L MITCHELL & DEBRA K MITCHELL Hc01 Box 1A 700 SW Cr 24 Syracuse, KS 67878, 1/104, 13E, 135, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; SALLIE A DINKLER 5532 E Dale Ln Cave Creek, AZ 85331, 1/52, 6A, 127, Annual, 2018- 2020, $3,326.45; ERIC A PETERSON & SHEILA M PETERSON 346 Willamette Park Ln Redmond, OR 97756, 1/52, 7A, 230, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; LESLIE D HAMILTON & CAROL J HAMILTON 514 NW 112 Lane Minneapolis, MN 55448, 1/52, 37A, 232, Annual, 20182020, $3,326.45; MICHAEL D STEIN & THEODORA E STEIN 5918 W. Seldon Lane Glendale, AZ 85302, 1/52, 24A, 123P, Annual,

The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20210030947, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF

THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments JP PAINTING AND DRYWALL SERVICES, LLC P.O. Box 138039 Clermont, FL 34713, 1/52, 49A, 229, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; JERRY ARCHIE 304 N Cross Troup, TX 75789, 1/52, 39A, 117, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45;

CRAIG ARTHUR PATINSKY 406 E Atkins Ct Nixa, MO 65714, 1/52, 15A, 231, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; JAMES R ALDRIDGE & SOLANGE ALDRIDGE 2120 Spurlock Rd Nederland, TX 77627, 1/52, 13A, 224P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; BEVERLY CANOLE 8205 Sandpoint Blvd Orlando, FL 32819, 1/52, 29A, 129, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; JAB PROPERTY INVESTMENTS, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company 454 Henpeck Ln New Johnsonville, TN 37134, 1/52, 10A, 140, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; RICHARD K THOMPSON & CATHIE A THOMPSON 13721 W. 80 Terr Shawnee Mission, KS 66215, 1/52, 18A, 224M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; LUCKY REAL ESTATE VENTURES, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company 7401 Princeton Trace Atlanta, GA 30328, 1/52, 3A, 129, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; PATTY PEYTON 954 W Hillview St Mesa, AZ 85201, 1/52, 43A, 133, Annual, 20182020, $3,326.45; KIPP JOHANNSEN PO Box 7293 Seminole, FL 33775, 1/52, 33A, 134M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; ROBERT W JOHNSON & SUSAN JOHNSON & JANICE TAYLOR 722 W Stanley Ave San Tan Valley, AZ 85140, 1/52, 28A, 133, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; JERRY ARCHIE 304 N. Cross Troup, TX 75789, 1/52, 41A, 136, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; DIRAN OKSEN 2870 Peachree Rd #915-4107 Atlanta, GA 30305, 1/52, 14A, 121, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; LYNETTE TROTTER-LATHER 12170 Woodcrest Dr Claremore, OK 74017, 1/52, 47A, 222P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; JAMIE SISLER 113 Ferrel Street Platte City, MO 64079, 1/52, 6A, 125, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; BRANDY WATKINS 3000 Green Mountain Drive Suite 373 Branson, MO 65616, 1/52, 45A, 139, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; MIKE DILLON 251 Edgehill Dr Ridgedale, MO 65739, 1/52, 32A, 132P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0037 (SCHIECK) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20210030948, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS

THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | JULY 18, 2021

Public Notices DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments DIANE E SCHIECK & EARNEST T SCHIECK P.O. Box 20940 Mesa, AZ 85277, 1/52, 17A, 221, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; THOMAS M KRUMROY 22489 Northwoods Rd

Smithton, MO 65350, 1/52, 38A, 233P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; LINDA C GREENWAY 122 Locker Road Deville, LA 71328, 1/52, 11A, 132P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; ROBERT W RODERICK & SIGRID RODERICK 2303 Hazeltine Dr Michigan City, IN 46360, 1/104, 27E, 135, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; TIMOTHY S RUHD & SANDRA J RUHD 1010 Wiley Blvd. N.W. Cedar Rapids, IA 52405, 1/104, 4E, 139, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; JAMES R HUFFMAN & DANIELLE C HUFFMAN 131 Gregory Place Hot Springs, AR 71913, 1/52, 5A, 237M, Annual, 20182020, $2,601.70; WILLIAM S BULMER & JOAN E BULMER 500 S. Papineau Lake Road Maple Leaf, ON K0L2R0 CANADA, 1/52, 3A, 132, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; WILLIAM LILLIQUIST 1789 35th St. Apt # 6604 Oak Brook, IL 60523, 1/52, 35A, 132P, Annual, 2018- 2020, $1,169.08; JOHN P SCHROEDER & JENNIFER A SCHROEDER 720 W 23rd St Kearney, NE 68845, 1/52, 9A, 234, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45; ROBERT D HART & KATHRYN A HART 3902 275th Street W. Northfield, MN 55057, 1/52 & 1/52, 14A & 17A, 231 & 237M, Annual & Annual, 2018-2020, $5,853.06; MARY BETH LEE 2800 Cityview Dr Apt 201 Kansas City, MO 64116, 1/52, 4A, 132M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,587.70; RAYMOND LANGFORD & JANICE LANGFORD 1113 Harrison St Newton, KS 67114, 1/104, 43E, 222M, Biennial, 2018-2020, $1,728.99; NORMAN O BRUE 3768 S Bay Bluffs Dr Cedar, MI 49621, 1/52, 25A, 132P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; PATRICIA K WARE 2504 Laredo Ct Arlington, TX 76015, 1/52, 9A, 124M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; MARY HELENESE PO Box 190025 Little Rock, AR 72219, 1/52, 48A, 237M, Annual, 2018-2020, $2,601.70; STEVEN R SPATZ & SUSAN S SPATZ 2738 N Rushwood Ct Wichita, KS 67226, 1/104, 26E, 131, Biennial, 2018-2020, $2,210.25; VANCE B ABLES & DERECCA K ABLES PO Box 1297 Harrison, AR 72602, 1/52, 33A, 134P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,165.08; NEIL WARREN RICHARDS & RUTH ELAINE RICHARDS 2121 E Hermosa Vista Dr Mesa, AZ 85213, 1/52, 24A, 227, Annual, 2018-2020, $3,326.45;

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0038 (DI MARIO) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded in docket under Instrument Number 20210030949, records of MARICOPA County, Arizona. The owner (s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and

Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) fee interest in Unit No. (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Interval No(s) (SEE EXHIBIT “A”), Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-9704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the ‘’Declaration’’); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road Mesa, AZ 85215 Tax parcel number: 20-1008093 Name and Address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit A”) SHARON A. URIAS, Trustee, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Phone no. (480) 306-5458 Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law.

EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments MARION C DI MARIO 693 Truk Lagoon Drive Henderson, NV 89002, 1/104, 40O, 233M, Biennial, 2018-2020, $872.71; GARRY R ANDERSON & JOYCE L ANDERSON PO BOX 156 106 3rd St Van Horne, IA 52346, 1/52, 49A, 124P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; DARIUS M BRIMLEY & LYNNETTE BRIMLEY 4012 S. Tamarack Ave Broken Arrow, OK 74011, 1/52, 35A, 124P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; VERNON W FOSTER & CAROL L FOSTER 1536 NE 46th St Topeka, KS 66617, 1/52, 48A, 122P, Annual, 20182020, $1,169.08; DAVID CAPPS AKA DAVID BRYAN CAPPS & ROBIN MICHELLE CAPPS 11573 Cripps Rd Gentry, AR 72734, 1/52, 35A, 237P, Annual, 2018-2020, $816.10; JAMES K MURPHY & ELIZABETH BRAY MURPHY 780 Mohegan Circle Cantonment, FL 32533, 1/52, 45A, 224P, Annual, 20182020, $1,169.08; LUIS F ZALDIVAR & EUNICE ZALDIVAR 2056 Green Meadows Ave. Springdale, AR 72764, 1/52, 36A, 222P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; WILLIAM L HARRIS & CAROLYN K HARRIS 13105 N. 153 E Ave. Collinsville, OK 74021, 1/52, 10A, 122P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; PEGGY P JOHNSON 690 State Route 187 Humboldt, TN 38343, 1/52, 32A, 237P, Annual, 20182020, $1,169.08; STEPHEN D LAWRENCE & TERRI J LAWRENCE 2607 Oakview Terrace Saint Louis, MO 63143, 1/52, 10A, 134P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; ALLISON P SONGE & CONSTANCE H SONGE 1011 In Rear 3rd St Morgan City, LA 70380, 1/52, 37A, 134P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08; ROBERT L ROEBUCK & JOAN M ROEBUCK 2753 Neyland Rd Silsbee, TX 77656, 1/52, 33A, 224P, Annual, 2018-2020, $1,169.08;

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