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August 16 – September 5, 2014 www.SanTanSun.com
Longtime resident named City’s
communications director
BY JOAN WESTLAKE
Matt Burdick, formerly the
communications director for the Arizona
Department of Transportation, is
Chandler’s new communications and public
affairs director, replacing Nachie Marquez,
who was promoted to assistant city
manager in March.
In the new position since Aug. 11,
Burdick oversees the Mayor and City
Council Office; Public Information; Video
Production and Print; Mail and Graphics
divisions; as well as Web coordination;
publications; and the responsibility of
enhancing Chandler’s image locally,
regionally and nationally.
Raising his family in Chandler for nearly
two decades, Burdick brings a wealth
of knowledge about the community, its
people and amenities. While at ADOT,
he worked closely with Chandler for the
development, construction and operation
of the Price and Santan freeways and its
related projects. He has experience in all
facets of communication, including public
involvement, public affairs, media relations,
marketing and crisis communications.
Burdick earned a bachelor’s degree in
marketing and master’s degree in mass
communications from Arizona State
University.
“We chose Chandler to raise our family
because of the quality of life, education,
jobs, recreation and people,” Burdick says.
“The quality of the schools and teachers
in the Chandler Unified School District,
along with the safe neighborhoods and
BY SCOTT SHUMAKER
Crews are raising solar arrays over
140 parking spaces at Chandler’s
Downtown Library this summer, and
residents will only have to wait until
Aug. 30—or sooner—to enjoy the
shade.
The City of Chandler approved at
an April council meeting a $461,183
deal to install the panels with
SolarCity, a San Mateo, Californiabased residential and commercial
solar developer. The City approved
a similar $239,095 deal to place solar
The City of Chandler is looking
for proposals to create a dynamic,
mixed-use statement at the northern
entrance to downtown. The City’s
Request for Proposals is for the
4.6-acre property located on the
southwest corner of Chandler
Boulevard and Arizona Avenue,
designated as Site 1-2-3.
Acting as a gateway to Chandler’s
downtown, it holds potential to
expand the commercial and retail
offerings as well as residential and all
the amenities that are desired by those
living and working in the area.
Downtown Redevelopment
COMMUNICATIONS FAMILY: Longtime
resident and new Chandler Communications
Director Matt Burdick and his wife, Laura, relax
at a Chandler park with daughter, Olivia, son,
Quinn, and a furry buddy. Submitted photo
variety of youth activities were big factors.
Several members of my wife’s family live
in Chandler, so that is how we were first
exposed to the city. My wife is a registered
nurse and worked for several years at
Chandler Regional Hospital.”
Burdick points out there are countless
ways community members might know
him and his family. Athletics and running
are longstanding parts of their lives. He
and his wife have played coed softball for
more than a decade at Snedigar and Folley
parks. He coached a traveling softball
SEE COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTOR PAGE 6
Manager Kim Moyers explains that
during the past decade, the area has
become such a thriving destination
that now an extremely low-vacancy
rate is preventing new businesses from
locating here. The Chandler downtown
office vacancy rate of 4.4 percent,
and retail and restaurant vacancies at
about 2 percent are in stark contrast
with Metro Phoenix’s office vacancy of
20 percent and retail of 10.
The RFP is asking for approximately
40,000 square feet of restaurant, retail
and entertainment; 50,000 square feet
of office and office services; and the
rest of the area as a combination of
GOOD DAY SUNSHINE: Patrons of the Downtown Library are leaving the facility a little cooler,
thanks to a new parking lot solar project. STSN photo by Ron Lang
ROLLING AT SKATELAND
POSSESSED TO SKATE: Madisyn Dickson and Zoie Zimpleman let the “walkers” do the
work so they can chat with each other STSN photo by Tim Sealy
For more photos of Skateland see page 50
SEE PROPOSALS PAGE 4
SUMMER SPECIAL
ROC: 280175, Southwest Holding Group Co.
arrays at the Police Property and
Evidence Building.
The money paid by the City
purchases 12 million kilowatts of
electricity from SolarCity at a fixed
rate of 3 1/2 cents per kilowatt—less
than the government pays for power
from APS, according to Marian Norris,
assistant to the Chandler city manager.
SolarCity, chaired by business
mogul and Tesla Motor CEO Elon
Musk, will install, own and operate the
library’s panels for the duration of the
20-year deal. The company is one of
SEE SOLAR PAGE 4
Officials request development
proposals for downtown gateway
BY JOAN WESTLAKE
Solar-power deal adds covered
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Drive with caution by ongoing road work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .COMMUNITY . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5
California Closets specializes in custom storage systems . . .BUSINESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15
Parks and Rec offers variety of new classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .YOUTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 24
Child-abuse coalition achieves nonprofit status. . . . . . . . . . . .NEIGHBORS . . . . . . . . . . . Page 41
Acoustic artist yearns for that interaction with audiences. .ARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 51
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Community . . . . . . 1-14
Business . . . . . . . . 15-22
Youth. . . . . . . . . . .23-34
Opinion. . . . . . . . 39-40
Neighbors. . . . . . .41-50
Arts . . . . . . . . . . . .51-60
Spirituality . . . . . .61-63
Directory . . . . . . 64-65
Classifieds. . . . . . 66-67
Where to eat . . . 68-70
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Installation of the Downtown Library panels began July 7
and is scheduled to wrap up at the end of the month. Rosanna
Johnson, the library’s marketing assistant, says work began
on the two farthest rows of the parking lot. She says solar
panel-covered parking will be available as soon as each row is
finished, even before the entire project is completed.
“(SolarCity) has been really good in determining how we
can do this project in the least invasive way,” she says. “It’s
been a busy summer for us.”
She is referring to the summer-reading programs and the
addition of 3M’s e-book lending system to the Chandler Public
Library.
Johnson says so far the feedback she has received from
people around the community and via the library’s Facebook
and Twitter pages has been positive. One response to the
covered parking she’s heard: “It’s about time.”
Scott Shumaker is a freelancer for the SanTan Sun News. He
can be reached at [email protected].
multi-family housing, added office space, entertainment
or a hotel. If the RFP parameters seem broad, Moyers
points out that is not by chance.
“We want to see developers come in with their
creativity and design a site that would complement
Chandler downtown,” she says.
“It is important to note we have quite a bit of
multifamily that will be developed in the next few
years. That brings new needs...so it is important that
developers understand their market from the residents,
who need grocery and other amenities, as well the office
standpoint.”
Site 1-2-3 is vacant and owned by the City of Chandler
so the process does not require the time sometimes
needed for site assemblage. The RFP is open through
Friday, Oct. 24, and is available at www.chandleraz.
gov/downtown. Following the 90-day RFP submission
opportunity, a City of Chandler committee will review
the RFPs and will announce its selection.
Joan Westlake is a freelance writer for the STSN. She
can be reached at [email protected]
MAPPING A NEW ENTRANCE: RFPs are being
requested for Site 1-2-3 to create a dramatic
new northern gateway into Chandler
Downtown. Submitted photo
Public invited to comment about Chandler police
As part of the on-site assessment by the Commission on
Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA),
agency employees and community members are being
asked to comment at a public information session at 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the Chandler Police Department’s main
station community room, 250 E. Chicago St.
Also, anyone wishing to submit written comments about
the Chandler Police Department’s ability to comply with the
standards for accreditation may send them to: Commission
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Heathcote Blvd., Suite 320, Gainesville, VA 20155.
On Aug. 18, a team of assessors from CALEA arrives to
examine the Chandler Police Department’s policies and
procedures; management; operations; and support services
as part of the voluntary process police agencies undergo to
become accredited by CALEA.
The Chandler Police Department achieved accreditation
for the first time in November 1996 and was reaccredited in
1999, 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2011. Police officials say the 2014
assessment for reaccreditation is conducted to show the
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Drive with caution by ongoing roadwork
As road work on Gilbert Road to
Chandler Heights Road wraps up, final
thermo-striping takes place the month of
August. Scheduled for September is work
on the next phase of the Gilbert Road
Improvements Project, from just south of
Chandler Heights Road to Hunt Highway.
Expanding Gilbert Road to four lanes, the
project includes sidewalks, bike lanes, curbs,
gutters, street lights, storm drainage, traffic
signals and landscaping.
November Projects
Early in the month, work on McQueen
Road between Ocotillo and Riggs roads is
expected to begin. The project includes
widening the street to four lanes and
includes bike lanes, sidewalks, curbs
and gutters, street lighting, turn lanes,
traffic signals, storm drainage, medians,
landscaping and utility relocation.
Late November, the widening to two
lanes in each direction of Ocotillo Road
between Arizona Avenue and McQueen
Road begins with center-turn bays, bicycle
lanes, curb, gutter, sidewalks, storm
drainage and landscaping.
A new pedestrian signal is being installed
where the Paseo Trail (located alongside the
Consolidated Canal) crosses Ocotillo Road,
and the railroad crossing is being improved.
Late in the month, improvements are
planned for Queen Creek Road, west of
Price Road, including a new traffic signal at
Queen Creek and Old Price roads, new turn
bays and work associated with Wells Fargo’s
expansion near this location.
First Mark-Taylor-built rental community
in Gilbert opens
Mark-Taylor opens the 296-unit
San Privada in the Gilbert Spectrum
neighborhood at Val Vista Drive and Pecos
Road. Rent ranges from $960 to $1,800
for one-, two- and three-bedroom units.
San Privada residents can stroll the town’s
sidewalks and landscaped paths that are
within blocks of the SanTan Village and area
retail including Costco, Best Buy, Harkins
Theater and Dick’s Sporting Goods.
“Gilbert is home to a large number of
young, educated employees with aspirations
to move up the corporate ladder,” said
Mark-Taylor Vice President Chris Brozina.
“San Privada provides residents a high
quality place to reside at a time where they
might be more focused on their ascending
career and not necessarily ready for the
commitment that comes with home
ownership.”
The community is an example of “The
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such as granite-kitchen islands, custom wood
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San Privada has a fitness facility that
is nearly 4,000 square feet in size and
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The Community Emergency
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three-day FEMA Chandler CERT Basic
Class taught by specially certified
Chandler firefighters. Learn about the
options and the skills necessary, in
an emergency or disaster, to secure
home, family and neighbors until first
responders can arrive. Held at no
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completing the course, attendees
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The course takes place 8 a.m. to 5
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COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FROM PAGE 1
team in Chandler for five years as well as
youth soccer and baseball teams when
his children were younger. Burdick also
coached in the Chandler Girls Softball
League at Folley Park for three years and is
coaching a team of girls age 10 and younger
this fall.
Along with two of his brothers-inlaw, he has been a member of the Mesa
Hohokams since 2003, helping to host the
Chicago Cubs spring training games and
raising money to support youth athletic
programs in the East Valley.
A Parishioner at St. Andrew Catholic
Faith Community, his children attend
Seton Catholic Preparatory High School.
They previously went to Andersen
Elementary and Junior High schools as
well as Santan Junior High. Burdick and his
wife are active in their children’s schools,
attending and helping out at music
concerts, parade entries, library fairs
and carnivals. Burdick has taught Junior
Achievement classes.
Regarding his new position, Burdick
says, “I have the utmost respect for the
policy decisions made by the mayor and
council and the way the City is run by the
city manager and department directors.
“I look forward to bringing my skills
and experiences to the City of Chandler
to keep residents, businesses and
stakeholders informed through timely
communication and useful information
that helps foster community pride.”
Joan Westlake is a freelance writer for
the STSN. She can be reached at news@
santansun.com
Community
Fall HOA Academy shares
powerful management know-how
Chandler’s free Homeowners Association
Academy is a way to network and learn
from experts knowledgeable in HOA
management.
The academy is comprised of four classes
scheduled for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays Sept.
16 through Oct. 7. The City is partnering with
Mulcahy Law Firm PC, Shaw and Lines LLC,
Torrent Resources and Chandler’s Storm
Water Management Program to present
the academy, which will be held in Training
Rooms A and B on the second floor of
Chandler City Hall, 175 S. Arizona Ave.
Contact the Neighborhood Programs
Office at (480) 782-4354 to register.
Applications can be downloaded at www.
chandleraz.gov/neighborhoods. Class topics
will include:
• Sept. 16: Legislative Update and How
to Effectively Deal with Rental Properties.
Participants will receive an in-depth review
of the community association bills passed
in the 2014 legislative session and engage
in discussions related to rentals and the
applicable new laws.
• Sept. 23: Save the Association Money
by Maintaining Dry Wells and the Reserve
Study. This class will provide an overview on
association drywells and discuss common
systems, inspection and maintenance and
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applicable City requirements. Participants
will also discuss Reserve Studies and their
importance as the community ages.
• Sept. 30: CC&R Enforcement and
Collections Simplified. Participants will learn
about proactive approaches and the five
secrets to collecting assessments and using
the association’s available legal remedies to
collect delinquencies.
• Oct. 7: Properly Choose Vendors and
Protect the Association Concerning Vendor
Transactions. Learn the proper steps an HOA
should take when looking to hire vendors
such as management companies, landscapers
and attorneys.
Enrollment priority for the Chandler HOA
Academy will be given to Chandler residents.
Those who complete all four classes will
receive a Certificate of Completion and
will be recognized at a future Chandler City
Council meeting.
Radiant Research conducting clinical trial for
Hepatitis B vaccine
Radiant Research in Chandler is taking
part in a vaccine study that could have
an impact on the health of Americans for
years to come. The clinic is conducting a
Phase III clinical trial for an investigational
adult hepatitis B vaccine. Hepatitis B is
a virus that can cause liver failure, liver
cancer, cirrhosis and even death. It is
often called the “silent killer” because its
preliminary symptoms can go unnoticed,
even by doctors.
While there is no cure for hepatitis
B, disease prevention through effective
vaccines is crucial. However, the adult
hepatitis B vaccines that are available
have several limitations, including a slow
onset of protection and poor compliance
(current vaccines need to be given in
three doses, and in some settings, only
30 percent of people receive all three
doses).
Hepatitis B vaccine is being
recommended by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention for adults with
diabetes.
The investigational vaccine being
tested at Radiant Research is a twodose vaccine that addresses the above
limitations. The study is enrolling adult
patients under the direct supervision
of Dr. Randall Severance. Interested
individuals can call (888) 92-STUDY or
(480) 775-1115.
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CDBG program celebrates 40 years
Chandler celebrates the 40th
anniversary of the Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG)
program highlighting how instrumental it
has been to funding services that improve
the health and safety of our community.
Through widespread community
involvement, strong local leadership and
a thoughtful and concerted planning
process, CDBG has become an important
catalyst for Chandler’s economic growth
and sustainability.
On Aug. 22, 1974, President Gerald
R. Ford signed a law creating the CDBG
program, which merged seven individual
federal grant programs into a block
grant that is distributed to state and
local governments according to their
population, poverty rate, housing stock
and other variables.
The grants are used to address critical
and unmet community needs including
those for housing rehabilitation, public
facilities, infrastructure, economic
development and public services.
Chandler receives more than $1 million a
year in CDBG funds, which the City uses
to remove blight, address community
development needs and pay for a variety
of programs and services that benefit
lower-income people and neighborhoods.
The Housing and Human Services
Commission, appointed by the mayor,
helps assess community needs and makes
recommendations to the mayor and
council on the use of CDBG grant funds.
While Chandler’s household income is
relatively high, 9 percent of Chandler
families lived in poverty in 2010. Many
of the programs funded by CDBG help
address the needs of these vulnerable
families and individuals.
The City’s Public Housing Youth
Program is one example. CDBG helps
fund the program, which last fiscal year
provided educational, skill building and
summer recreation programs to 459 low
income youth residing in public housing
sites.
The 10,000-square-foot expansion
of the Chandler Christian Community
Center providing more food storage,
office and public spaces is another
example of CDBG funds at work. The
center provides services to more than
19,000 Chandler residents annually,
including supportive and crisis-based
services, a food bank, senior meals and a
Family Resources Center.
As the City of Chandler reaches buildout, neighborhood stabilization and
revitalization have become increasingly
important, especially in areas with a large
volume of older and substandard housing
stock and concentrations of low-income
households. City CDBG funds are being
used for a Blight Elimination Program that
resulted in the inspection of hundreds of
properties in low- to moderate-income
areas and the opening of 200 codeenforcement cases last fiscal year to
address blighting conditions. In addition,
seven structures have been demolished
under the CDBG-funded Voluntary
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Demolition Program.
The Emergency Home Repair Program,
operated by Habitat for Humanity,
uses CDBG funds to provide urgent
home repairs to low- and moderateincome families, and Chandler’s Exterior
Improvement Program provides exterior
home improvements such as painting,
landscaping and other exterior elements
that visibly impact the home and
neighborhood. Approximately 90 homes
benefitted from these programs last fiscal
year.
A number of activities related to
mobility and connectivity improvements
for disabled persons living in lowincome residential neighborhoods are
funded with CDBG dollars, including the
installation the past fiscal year of 38 curb
ramps, 25 residential driveways, three
commercial drives, 10 alley entrances and
2,300 linear feet of new sidewalk. CDBG
funds also paid for the installation of 698
new or improved street lights in low- and
moderate-income neighborhoods.
CDBG funds provide a number of
individuals and families with emergency
shelter and case-management services, as
well as job training to victims of domestic
violence and sexual assault. Many lowincome Chandler residents also receive
help through Community Legal Services.
Over the past several years, Chandler
has prioritized programs for the homeless
and used CDBG funds to significantly
expand outreach and service levels.
For example, Community Bridges
Inc. provides a Tenant Based Rental
Assistance Program for 15 chronically
homeless households. CDBG dollars fund
a homeless navigator who establishes
relationships with the homeless for their
voluntary acceptance of housing and
provides support and advocacy to help
them stay housed.
Chandler’s downtown library includes
a coffee and sandwich shop managed
by a nonprofit agency, the National
Advocacy and Training Network, which
operates four women’s shelters in Mesa
and Chandler, and receives CDBG funds
to address health, safety and economic
issues related to domestic violence,
sexual assault and substance abuse.
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Program supervisor uses experience to help Chandler communities
As the CDBG program supervisor,
Barbara Bellamy manages the annual
allocations’ process and provides
technical support to the applicants
seeking CDBG funding. Her work history
speaks volumes about her passion for
helping neighborhoods.
After working for the City of Phoenix
for 31 years, she retired and came to
assist Chandler communities in 2012.
With 16 years managing CDBG-funded
programs and projects in the Phoenix
Neighborhood Services Department, she
was a perfect fit for the Chandler job. Her
work history also includes managing the
relocation of homeowners and tenants
who occupied housing in the pathway
of federally funded public improvement
projects, such as the Piestewa Parkway,
the Phoenix Convention Center expansion
and Phoenix Sky Harbor’s West Airport
Land Acquisition.
She asserts that neighborhoods are the
backbone of a healthy city.
“Working with families so closely to
create a suitable relocation plan meant
helping them select a replacement
neighborhood and home that the family
would move to after the city purchased
their home for a public purpose. I became
knowledgeable about neighborhood
characteristics...the social characteristics,
demographics, housing type, age of
housing stock, schools and crime
statistics, etc.”
Bellamy adds, “Everyone wants to
DEDICATED EMPLOYEE: Barbara Bellamy
brings CDBG assistance to help Chandler
neighborhoods thrive. Submitted photo
live in a thriving, healthy neighborhood
and with the help of federal funds,
cities are able to create programs
that revitalize low and moderate
neighborhoods through housing
rehabilitation, emergency home repair,
code enforcement and the demolition of
unsafe structures.”
The most rewarding aspect of her
job, she says, is to see how CDBG funds
are used to support the most needed
programs and services for Chandler
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residents. Bellamy adds that it is very
rewarding to see unsafe and unhealthy
housing being renewed through
Chandler’s Housing Rehabilitation
Program.
Bellamy certainly makes a strong
commitment to Chandler. A Glendale
resident, she makes an 80-mile, roundtrip
commute each day to her job. When
she is not at work, her favorite hobby is
creating stained glass mosaic stepping
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Kids see a bigger future in
Public Housing Youth Program
It’s a small office with a desk and two
chairs. A collection of items ranging
from school supplies to kick balls
occupy makeshift shelves and a good
part of the floor. A bulletin board above
the desk displays certificates, cards and
photographs of smiling children and
families. Adjacent to the office is a large
activity room, quiet now, but soon to fill
with children participating in Chandler’s
Public Housing Youth Program.
This is Deborah Burkett’s office, the
recreation coordinator who oversees the
Public Housing Youth Program and writes
the applications for the CDBG funds that
help support it. Burkett and her small
team of recreation leaders provide afterschool and daily recreation programs
for the children residing at four public
housing areas within the city. Two of
the program’s five recreation leaders are
funded by CDBG. The program offers
children a place to connect with friends
and on-site neighbors, where children
ages 6 to 18 receive help with their
homework and participate in structured
activities that include fun and games,
but with a purpose.
“The children are receiving
some mentoring and tutoring and
being exposed to experiences and
opportunities they might not receive
otherwise,” says Burkett, who on Aug. 5
celebrated 12 years with the program.
“Each afternoon, we spend the first
hour-and-a-half doing homework or
having the children read or spend quiet
time doing word puzzles or activities
involving maps or learning about the
states.”
Burkett explains that participation in
the program is voluntary, but estimates
that three out of every four children
residing in public housing participate
in the program. She attributes much of
the program’s success to its proximity to
those it serves.
“I can’t stress enough how valuable it
is that we are here where the kids live.
We are part of their everyday life, part
of their community. They don’t have to
get on a bus and travel somewhere or
need mom to drop them off and pick
them up,” she says. “And, the parents
know where their kids are and that they
are being supervised.”
Group activities are a large part
of the program, which during the
school year is called ASPIRE, meaning
After School Program—Imagination,
Recreation, and Education. Depending
on the time of year, children gather
indoors for group activities or go
outside to play basketball or field games.
Homework All Stars and Site Bucks
incentive programs allow the children
to earn school supplies, books, toys,
holiday gifts, snacks and more. The
Chandler Boys and Girls Club provides
free memberships to more than 100
RETURN OF SUCCESSFUL YOUTH: Deborah
Burkett points to a brochure from Maricopa
Community Colleges that features the photo
of a former Public Housing Youth Program
participant who brought it by her office.
Submitted photo
public housing youth as well as low-cost
participation in their flag football and
basketball leagues.
During the school intersession,
Burkett and her team take the children
on field trips to places like Big Surf,
Butterfly Wonderland, Golfland and
Extreme Air. For many, it’s a rare treat
and an escape from the sameness of
their surroundings.
“We let them know that there’s more
than Chandler and more than just their
part of Chandler,” Burkett says. “When
we take them to the top of South
Mountain or on top of Papago Buttes in
Tempe, they get a view of a bigger area, a
bigger world.”
YOUTH FIELD TRIP: Children on a field
trip see a future in a bigger world and learn
they can climb the mountains to achieve it.
Submitted photo
Providing the youth in public housing
with a bigger view of what is possible
and providing a safe and structured
environment in which to learn and play
is what makes the youth program a
success. That, and people like Deborah
Burkett.
“I had one young girl join us on a field
trip where we walked to the top of Hole
In The Rock at Papago Buttes,” Burkett
recalls with a smile. “Afterward, she told
me, ‘Now, I know I can climb a mountain.’
That’s what I hope our contribution
has been to these children…to let them
know that they can climb mountains.”
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Looking back:
Chandler’s sheep farmers
BY TRACY HOUSE
Though it’s hard to imagine, as recently as the 1990s several large sheep herds
called Chandler home. Sheep ranching was a lucrative business in the early 1900s and,
by 1934, more than 42,000 head were being raised in Chandler, producing more than 2
million pounds of wool. The Andersens, Auzas, Etchamendys, Eramuzpes and Thudes
all had huge herds in West Chandler. The sheep spent the winter months in Chandler
and every spring were driven up the Heber-Reno Sheep Trail to the White Mountains.
They crossed the Salt River at Bluepoint and continued on forest service trails, grazing
as they walked. The trip took six weeks. The sheep would spend the hot summer
months in the mountains before returning in the fall, taking the same six-week trip
back to the Valley. Over the years, development pushed the sheep farms out of
Chandler. The last sheep herd left Chandler in 2012. Photos courtesy of Chandler Museum
PACKED : Dobson sheep herd near Elliot Road and Arizona Avenue during roundup (early 1960s).
WORKING DUDES: Joe Auza (right) and herder Miguel Gatiez herd sheep in mountain
summer pasture lands (no date).
OLD SCHOOL: The Dobson sheep herd crosses the Salt River at Bluepoint over the old
sheep bridge (no date). Earl, Dwayne and Roy Dobson stand at right with others who are
unidentified.
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About Care looking for art donations
for Veterans Day event
About Care seeks volunteers and
donations of original art or signed
prints for its annual Veterans Day
wine tasting and art auction 5:30
p.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 8, at the Vision
Gallery, 10 E. Chicago St., Chandler.
Admission is $25 including
beverages and appetizers.
The nonprofit organization
serves homebound elderly and the
disabled in Chandler and Gilbert;
the majority are former military or
their family members.
About Care was created in 2005
to assist residents with services
that enable them to remain in
their home, live with self-respect
and dignity while encouraging
independence. Helping to postpone
the expense of long-term care,
the group’s free services include
transport to medical appointments
and weekly errands as well as
reassurance phone calls, computer
assistance and minor home repairs.
To volunteer or donate art, go to
www.aboutcare.org or call (480)
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Councilwoman Donovan chairs
Valley transit organization
The Valley Metro Regional
Public Transportation Authority
(RPTA) elected Councilwoman
Trinity Donovan as chairwoman
of its board of directors for fiscal
year 2014-2015. Valley Metro is
the regional public transportation
authority providing public transit
and rideshare services in the greater
Phoenix area.
Donovan has been Chandler’s
representative on the RPTA
since 2007 and most recently
served as vice chairwoman of the
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board. During her tenure with
the board, she also served as a
member of the RPTA Budget and
Finance subcommittee. She also
represents the City as a member
of the Maricopa Association of
Governments Human Services
Coordinating and through her
involvement in the National
League of Cities’ Council on Youth,
Education and Families. Donovan
is the CEO of Chandler Christian
Community Center.
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California Closets specializes in custom-storage systems
BY ALISON STANTON
Organized pantry shelves with
plenty of room for food and beverages.
Elegant bedroom closets with customsized shelving for clothing and
shoes. Entertainment centers built
to perfectly fit the television, DVD
players, game systems and more.
These are just a few of the customstorage systems that the design experts
at California Closets in Chandler offer
their customers.
Robin Gulley, showroom manager
and designer at the California Closets
Chandler Showroom Design Center,
says the company specializes in
designing and building “perfect
customstorage systems” for the
home.
Since the company was founded
in 1978, Gulley says California Closets
has installed more than one million
systems worldwide. The Chandler
location has been open since August
2005.
From closets and laundry rooms
to offices, garages and more, Gulley
says California Closets takes pride
in providing cutting-edge products
combined with exceptional designs
from its highly trained designers.
“We utilize only the finest materials
and suppliers available, many of which
are exclusive to us,” Gulley says.
“In addition to our premium finishes,
accessories, hardware solutions, drawer
fronts and door faces, we give a wide
range of options to make your system
truly one of a kind.”
Thanks to the company’s innovative
3-D computer program, Gulley says
customers can visualize their new
space along with the specific design
and materials that they chose.
“Our expert installers will then
install your new system quickly and
efficiently,” she says.
One product line that is extremely
popular with customers is the new
NEAT AND ORGANIZED: California Closets
specializes in creating custom-made
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that are as beautiful as they are functional.
Submitted photo
BEAUTY MEETS FUNCTION: The designers
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can help create neat and organized laundry
rooms. Submitted photo
Italian-imported Tesoro Collection.
Gulley describes the collection as
bringing the “perfect balance between
aesthetics and functionality.”
“It offers melamine that looks and
feels like real wood veneer with rich
wood textures, which gives not only a
beautiful eye-catching finish, but also
an amazing feeling at the touch.”
In addition to taking pride in
providing cutting-edge products with
exceptional designs from highly trained
designers, Gulley says California
Closets’ flexible systems allow the
company to meet any budget and need.
Another factor that helps set
California Closets apart from the
competition, Gulley notes, is that it
offers soft close hinges and drawer
slides, as well as birch dove-tailed
jointed drawers as standard features.
“We are honored to have the
opportunity to work with you to create
the most beautiful and functional
solution available for your home and
the way you live.”
California Closets Chandler
Showroom Design Center is located at
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Alison Stanton is a freelance writer
who lives in the East Valley. She can be
reached at [email protected]
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Salon Orozco owner following childhood dream
Chandler
Republican
Women
announce
event
BY ALISON STANTON
Jason Orozco has always known
that he wanted to cut hair.
Initially unsure about pursuing his
dream, he studied graphic design at
Denver Business College of Graphic
Design. About 15 years ago, he took
the plunge and opened his own
studio, Salon Orozco.
“When I finally jumped into it, it
actually felt really good to open my
own studio,” he says.
For the past 10 years, Salon
Orozco has been in the Chandler
area. In March, Orozco relocated to
a new studio at 2735 S. Alma School
Rd., Suite 124, in Chandler. For more
information, call (480) 612-5532.
“Now that I’m solo and have
my own salon, I’m doing men’s and
women’s haircuts as well as color,”
Orozco says.
He uses Goldwell USA color on
his clients’ hair.
“It’s a brand that’s really good, and
the color lasts a long time.”
Orozco says his background in
art helps him in his current career,
as does his commitment to truly
communicating with his clients. He
listens carefully when they describe
what they are looking for in a cut or
style.
“I’ve been an artist all my life, so
it really helps me to visualize things
a lot more when someone is telling
Chandler Republican
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Attendees are welcome
to eat, socialize, chat about
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visit some of Arizona’s best
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Obstructive
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me what they want,” he says.
While other hair stylists might
“jump into it to make money,”
Orozco says being successful in his
line of business means much more.
“Experience is definitely
important and, after spending 15
years in the business, I really do
know a lot. But communication is
really the No. 1 thing—to understand
people and to get into their heads a
bit to really see what they want.”
Orozco says it’s hard to pinpoint
any one style or trend that’s
especially popular right now.
“I have all kinds of clientele, and
I work with all ages and styles from
kids to seniors,” he says.
He has the knowledge and
education to do all types of haircuts
and styles. And, whether he’s cutting
someone’s hair or helping a client
get a new hair color and look, one
thing is definitely true: Orozco truly
enjoys his work.
“The No. 1 thing for me is that I
love what I do. It feels good for me
to wake up every day and come to
work.”
Alison Stanton is a freelance
writer who lives in the East Valley.
She can be reached at alison@
santansun.com
COMMUNICATION IS KEY: Jason Orozco, owner of
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understanding what they are looking for in a cut or style is one
of the keys to his success. Submitted photo
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treatment. The gold standard in treating
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Patients who have been diagnosed with
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The Chandler Chamber of
Commerce offers group meetings,
sponsored events and, this month,
honors recipients of the Sloan Award.
Events are held at the chamber office,
25 S. Arizona Pl., Suite 201, Chandler,
unless otherwise noted.
To register, call (480) 963-4571, visit
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email [email protected]. No
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The Chandler Chamber of
Commerce Leads Groups have been
created to help business members’
network and grow their business. The
Success Dynamics Leads Group will
be held from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 4, and Monday, Aug. 11,
at Brunchies, 17 E. Boston St., Chandler.
A leads group is a business referral
network that helps businesses interact
and network. As a member of one of
the leads groups, individuals will have
the opportunity to develop sources
and contacts that can help generate
their business.
Chandler Business Connection
Leads Group
The Chandler Business Connection
Leads Group will meet from 7:30 a.m.
to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, Aug. 26,
and Sept. 2, at BLD, 1920 W. Germann
Rd., Chandler. Attendees are allowed
two free visits.
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The Sun Lakes Networking Group
will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, Aug. 27, and
Sept. 3, at LaCasa Blanca, 24605 S.
McQueen Rd., Chandler. The group
meets Wednesdays to focus on building
business relationships in the Sun Lakes
area with the support of the Chandler
Chamber of Commerce. Its mission is
to develop trustworthy relationships
in the Sun Lakes community while
promoting ethical business and
returning to the basics of doing
business on a handshake.
Go-Getters Leads Group
From 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., the
Go-Getters Leads Group will meet
Thursdays Aug. 21, Aug. 28, and Sept.
4, at Rudy’s West Country Store and
Bar-B-Q, 7300 W. Chandler Blvd. The
group meets every Thursday, with
the exception of the fourth Thursday
of the month, at which time the
group attends the Member Welcome
Breakfast. Attendees are allowed two
free visits.
Member Welcome Breakfast
The Member Welcome Breakfast
will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Thursday, Aug. 28. Are you a new
member? Or thinking about becoming
a member? Have a new employee
you’d like to introduce, or maybe you’d
simply like to meet more members?
This event is for you. Learn more about
the chamber and feel free to bring
business cards and brochures to share.
Friday Cafe Leads Group
The Friday Cafe Leads Group will
meet from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Fridays Aug. 22, Aug. 29, and Sept. 5,
at Chompie’s Delicatessen Restaurant,
3481 W. Frye Rd., Chandler. Attendees
are allowed two free visits.
Chandler Chamber Lunch Club
From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday,
Aug. 18, the Chandler Chamber Lunch
Club will meet at Fired Pie, 2855 W. Ray
Rd., Suite 105, Chandler. The Chandler
Chamber Lunch Club is for anyone who
would like to attend and help support
member businesses. The goal of the
club is to network and promote each
business while having a great meal at
one of the hometown restaurants. The
club will meet at a different Chandler
Chamber restaurant and promote each
other’s businesses while networking
and getting to know new friends.
Exchange business cards and brochures.
Bring a door prize. Bring a guest. Bring
an appetite.
Women in Business
From 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Women
in Business will meet Tuesday, Aug.
19, at SoHo63, 63 E. Boston, Chandler.
A different program is featured each
month. Relationship-building, plus
networking, plus business showcase
opportunities equals success. An
added-value workshop is offered
at 10:30 a.m. Women in Business
workshops are opportunities for
individuals to gain a powerful edge
on their competition. Technology,
marketing, sales, accounting and legal
issues are just a few of the topics to be
covered at the sessions.
Start Up Lab
The Start Up Lab will be held
from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug.
19. The chamber provides the tools
and resources to help serious future
business owners launch, or relaunch, a
small business in Arizona. The chamber
helps individuals address the challenges
that Arizona entrepreneurs face and
have a real expert available to answer
burning questions.
Business Golf
Business Golf, which is held
for networking, building business
relationships and meeting new friends,
will be held from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Foothills Golf
Club, 2291 E. Clubhouse Dr., Phoenix.
Each outing is held at a chamber
member golf course on a rotating basis.
The September Business Golf
will be held from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 3, at Whirlwind Golf
Club located on West North Loop Road
in Chandler.
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BY KELLIE COPPOLA
Exercise is one of the main ingredients
of healthy living, but equally as important
as physical strength is a proper balance
of mind, body and soul. One of the
surest ways to achieve inner harmony is
by helping others and giving back to the
world around you.
That’s why Orangetheory Fitness
Regional Developers and East Valley
Franchisees Becky and Travis Renner
teamed up with the nonprofit
ReturnHope International to build a fresh
water well in Bugiri, Uganda. ReturnHope
International is a Christian-based
initiative with the mission to return hope
to the world, one town at a time.
With a personal connection to the
nonprofit (Travis’ brother is the founder)
the Renners took the call to serve to
heart and launched a fundraising initiative
within the Dana Park Orangetheory
Fitness studio in Mesa. The studio quickly
raised the $7,000 required to build a fresh
water well. The Renners then made the
trek with ReturnHope to a remote area
of the poverty-stricken nation to build
the well and meet the Ugandan people
directly impacted by its creation.
More than 3.5 million people die every
year from preventable diseases caused
by drinking contaminated water. This
single well will save hundreds of lives and
prevent women and children from having
to walk two or more miles each day to
fetch disease-ridden water from a natural
SHARING: Travis and Becky Renner shared some Orangetheory Fitness gear with the Ugandan
children. Submitted photo
water source.
“It was an amazing experience to
meet and connect with the families who
will benefit from this well,” says Becky
Renner, who co-owns with her husband
the Orangetheory Fitness locations in
Chandler, among others.
“Something as simple as fresh water
can be life-changing for an entire village.
It was also incredible to see the team
at the Dana Park Orangetheory Fitness
studio come together to support this
mission. It just goes to show the huge
impact a small group of people can have
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Sun Valley Imports will pay the
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The Orangetheory Fitness workout
helps build strength, increase energy
and surpass workout plateaus, but the
philosophy of the fitness franchise goes
beyond just a physically fit lifestyle. The
altruistic nature is a cornerstone of the
franchise and its fitness trainers.
With education and support
from groups like ReturnHope and
Orangetheory Fitness, people across the
world can find hope and safety.
To learn more about ReturnHope
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FRESH WATER: Travis and Becky Renner spent
two weeks in Uganda helping build a fresh
water well with funds raised by the Dana Park
Orangetheory Fitness studio. Submitted photo
com/. To learn more about Orangetheory
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Kellie Coppola is a freelancer for the
SanTan Sun News. She can be reached at
[email protected].
Scramble scheduled at Ocotillo
Ocotillo Golf Resort, 3751 S.
Clubhouse Dr., Chandler, will host
Ocotillo Scramble Wednesday, Aug. 20.
The 7 a.m., 18-hole shotgun start is for
the four-person scramble.
Ocotillo Golf Resort welcomes the
public to take part in a fun-filled day
of golf, lunch and prizes. Entry fee is
$49 plus tax, which includes a sleeve
of Nike RZN Platinum golf balls. Each
player will receive one drink ticket for
the beverage cart, as well as one raffle
ticket for a chance to win great prizes.
More raffle tickets are available for
purchase.
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SCRAMBLE: The Ocotillo Scramble, a fourperson scramble, will take place at 7 a.m.
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financial topics will get their chance during
the Investing Basics for Women workshop
from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23,
at the Downtown Library in Chandler.
The event will provide an overview
of the risks and rewards connected to
different types of investments.
Jodi Ford, director of marketing and
speaker coordinator for the Society for
Financial Awareness (SOFA), says the event
is open to “women of all ages, young and
old.” The free course will also cover topics
like saving, planning and managing financial
concerns. Women from all walks of life and
marital statuses are welcome, Ford notes.
Ford says it’s important for all women
to learn about investing and other related
topics.
“Budgeting and debt management,
types of investments, risk and returns,
retirement and expectations are all
important topics,” she says.
The educational seminar is a great
way for women to learn the basics about
investing, as well as when to start, and “the
benefits of persistence,” she added.
According to Ford, the Valleywide
chapter of SOFA is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit
and educational speaker’s bureau with one
mission: to provide financial education
across America, one community at a time.
“We are comprised of various financial
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From 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. the
Chandler Business Alliance hosts a
breakfast Thursdays at BLD, 1920 W.
Germann Rd., Chandler. Those interested
in networking with a cause are invited
to attend the meeting. All member
and guests’ businesses will be allowed
to present themselves to other local
businesses who care about Chandler.
Information will be shared about local
Chandler events and causes, such as
Maricopa Loves Melonhead fourth
annual pancake breakfast on Sunday,
Aug. 17.
The Chandler Business Alliance
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“An added benefit is provided to
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workshop for those that wish to have their
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Ted Liebler, adult programming librarian
at the Downtown Library, says his facility
decided to offer financial workshops
during the recent recession.
“The spark came when the economy
was at the forefront of our conversations;
these workshops really seemed to engage
the community.”
Although the economy has improved,
Liebler says it’s important to “keep this
conversation going.” The library partnered
with SOFA, he says, to present an unbiased
perspective and information.
“We have never offered a workshop
HELPING WOMEN: Jodi Ford, from Society
for Financial Awareness, says it’s important
for women of all ages and means to learn
about investing. Submitted photo
that focuses just on women,” Liebler says.
“For both genders, this can be a scary
financial world. But with this workshop,
more knowledge can help break the fear.”
Investing Basics for Women will be held
at the Downtown Library, 22 S. Delaware
St., in Chandler. For more information, call
Liebler at (480) 782-2797 or visit www.
chandlerlibrary.org
Alison Stanton is a freelance writer who
lives in the East Valley. She can be reached
at [email protected]
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The Youth Executive Series—Yes
The Youth Executive Series—Yes,
will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Iguana Mack’s,
1371 N. Alma School Rd., Chandler.
Come establish valuable business and
professional connections while learning
new and innovative techniques to
improve your business.
Business After Business to be
held at Four Point by Sheraton
South
Ambassadors Committee
meeting Sept. 2
Business After Business will be held
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21,
at Four Point by Sheraton South, 10831
S. 51st St., Phoenix. Join the chamber for
its monthly mixer, while meeting new
members, making business contacts and
having a chance to win the “Chamber
Cash Pot.”
An Ambassadors Committee meeting
will be held from 11:55 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 2. The ambassadors serve
as hosts for the chamber events. This
select group of individuals is the liaison
between the chamber and the business
community. If you have been a member
of the chamber for more than three
months and are interested in joining,
contact the chamber at (480) 963-4571.
Public Policy Committee
Meeting
Public Policy Committee Meeting:
Issues, Influence, Impact, will be held
from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22.
Public Policy Meeting is open to all
members. The Chandler Chamber
of Commerce is the representative
on local, regional and state issues.
Discussions on issues that are important
to the success of businesses are
discussed.
Sloan Awards
Join the Chandler Chamber of
Commerce for the 2014 Sloan Awards
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Thursday,
Aug. 28, at Wild Horse Pass Resort
and Conference Center, 5594 W. Wild
Horse Pass Rd., Chandler. The Sloan
Awards honor the best employers in
the country focused on innovation,
flexibility and effective work.
Recipients of this honor have been
featured in major news media for their
programs, invited to speak at national
conferences and events about their best
practices, and even invited as a guest of
the first lady to the State of the Union.
Education Forum Breakfast to
be held Sept. 4
The Education Forum Breakfast
will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 4, at Crowne Plaza San
Marcos Golf Resort, One N. San Marcos
Pl., Chandler. The forum will bring in
top-level education officials from
around the state, including Arizona
State University President Michael
Crow, University of Arizona President
Ann Weaver Hart, Northern Arizona
University President Rita Cheng and
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Technology Steering Committee
to meet Sept. 4
The Technology Steering Committee
meeting will take place from 12 p.m. to
1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, at Coach and
Willie’s, One E. Boston St., Chandler.
Planning and organizing the Technology
Lunch Series and other Chandler
Chamber Technology programs and
events for 2014 will be discussed.
American Family Insurance
ribbon cutting
A ribbon cutting will be held for
American Family Insurance, 100 W.
Boston St., Suite, 1, Chandler, from 4:30
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4.
Small Business Counseling
offered Mondays, Tuesdays and
Fridays
Experienced business counselors
provide advice, knowledge and insight
to help individuals start or grow
their business during Small Business
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Monday, Tuesday and Friday. It is free
and open to all in the community.
Appointment times vary. Small Business
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network. Contact the chamber to make
an appointment.
Expo facilitates economic
growth, community
development
The East Valley Business Expo, the
largest of its kind in the area, is 2
p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at
the Mesa Convention Center, 201 N.
Center St., Mesa. This year the event is
spearheaded by the Chandler Chamber
of Commerce in conjunction with the
Gilbert, Mesa, and Tempe Chambers of
Commerce.
More than 1,200 guests gather to
visit 140 exhibitors and businesses
in a convention setting. Open to the
public, it provides a unique opportunity
for business-to-consumer contacts,
networking and business-to-business
connections. Attendees and exhibitors
can enjoy door prizes, complimentary
food from on-site restaurants, games
and activities.
For businesses seeking to expand
their sales and outreach by connecting
directly with the community and one
another, booths are available on a firstcome, first-serve basis.
For attendees, admission is free with
a business card.
For complete information, or to
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Chandler Parks and Rec offers variety of new classes
BY MEGHAN MCCOY
From vegetarian cooking to Halloween
arts and crafts, the Chandler Parks and
Recreation Department is offering a slew
of new activities this fall.
The September through November
programs are outlined in the new Break
Time brochure, which was released last
month.
Brooke Peterson, marketing and
communications coordinator for Chandler
Parks and Recreation, says there are
thousands of classes listed for literally
every age group.
Some of the new hands-on classes for
preschool-aged children, ages 2 to 4, are
theater, and lantern-, piñata- and puppetmaking courses, as well as a new science
fun class and Play-Doh Play.
The new youth classes, ages 6 to 12,
also include many hands-on opportunities.
Peterson says such classes as sewing for
beginners, Teddy bear workshop and
T-shirt design have been added.
In October, teens, ages 12 to 17, can
create their own “Monster Pillows,” just in
time for Halloween.
“They will design and hand-sew their
very own monster pillow,” Peterson
explains.
Other additions for teens include a
canvas paint workshop, which begins
in December, a recycled art course that
begins in November, and a cake-making
workshop in October.
“There are a lot of new art classes in the
READY, SET, GO: Chandler Parks and Recreation is offering a slew of new classes this fall.
Submitted photo
junior area,” she explains.
In addition to the classes, there are also
many one-day activity events or trips. In
October, kids can run through an obstacle
course and roll and unroll Chandler
Fire Department hoses during the Teen
Challenge that coincides with the City’s
annual Day of Play.
Leaders in Training will be offered in
the fall, for the first time, from Sept. 29
through Oct. 10. Typically only offered in
the summer, Leaders in Training pairs teens
with professionals to provide real-world
work experience.
“It’s a great way for kids to get involved
and figure out what they want to do when
they grow up and get some volunteer
hours,” she says.
The adults will also have the
opportunity to participate in some new
activities this fall.
Two new adult sports leagues, co-rec
soccer on Fridays and men’s soccer on
Sundays, have been added.
Another new sporting event, Slow Pitch
Softball Homerun Derby, has been added
at Snedigar Sportsplex at 9 a.m. Oct. 11.
The derby is open to men and women.
More information can be found at www.
chandleraz.gov/snedigar.
There is also now the opportunity for
adults to play softball on Friday nights,
instead of just Mondays.
But the new programs do not stop
there.
Adults can take Introduction to
Vegetarian Cooking. Peterson says with a
lot of folks moving in that direction, the
class is important.
A special Grandparents Day event
will be held on Sept. 6 at the Senior
Center. Snacks will be offered, and
grandchildren will have the opportunity to
create arts and crafts projects with their
grandparents.
Peterson says new classes are added
after the City of Chandler recreation
programmers and coordinators look into
trends.
The City of Chandler offers Good Will
Scholarships to those who fall within a
certain income level to help pay for the
costs of the classes.
“Chandler is a great place to participate
because it’s affordable, and we work with
our residents,” she explains.
The brochure can be picked up at any
recreation center, several city facilities
including city hall and the library, and
online at www.chandleraz.gov/breaktime.
Meghan McCoy is the Neighbors and
Business section editor for the SanTan Sun
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Brain Fair headed to Gangplank
BY MEGHAN MCCOY
An Arizona State University graduate
student, who is furthering her professor’s
vision of exciting students about science
and college, is bringing a hands-on fair to
Chandler later this month to teach youth
about the brain.
The Mind-Power Thrills and Science
Exploration: Brain Fair 2014 will be held
for the first time in Chandler from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Gangplank
Chandler, 260 S. Arizona Ave. The event
is free.
“We decided to reach out to Chandler
to get another part of the Valley
interested,” says Stephanie Koebele, ASU
Memory and Aging Library manager,
who was inspired by Professor Heather
Dimonte-Nelson.
“Our main goal is to reach out to the
community and get students excited
about science and going to college and
learning about the brain. That is our main
goal, and I am really excited about it.”
The event, Koebele says, will feature
at least six scientists who will work with
the kids. The event is geared toward
elementary- to high school-aged children
who are interested in science.
Brain Fair will feature arts and craft
projects. Koebele says kids will mold
brains out of Play-doh, so the children
will have a better understanding of
the different lobes. Brain cells will be
made out of pipe cleaners to teach the
youngsters about the different types of
communication in the brain.
BRAINS: Emma Baier, an ASU Polytechnic High
School student, learns about the functions of
a brain with Stephanie Koebele, ASU Memory
and Aging Laboratory manager, during a MindPower Thrills and Science Exploration: Brain
Fair. Submitted photo
A real sheep’s brain will also be
featured at the event.
“That seems to be the favorite station
that we have,” she explains with a laugh.
“Koebele says that, occasionally, a
scientist will dissect the sheep’s brain as
he/she explains the similarities between
human and sheep brains.
“We give the students an opportunity
to hold the brain and feel what the tissue
is like and how much it weighs,” Koebele
NEURONS: ASU graduate student Amber LaCrosse teaches students about brain neurons at a
previous Mind-Power Thrills and Science Exploration: Brain Fair. Submitted photo
says. “Most people are very eager to hold
a real brain.”
A panel of scientists will talk with kids
about the benefits of attending college
and heading into the science field.
Dimonte-Nelson started the brain fair
several years ago to inspire elementaryaged students. When Dimonte-Nelson
became an ASU faculty member, she
started thinking about how she could get
underprivileged kids to consider college
and science.
“The brains were a bridge between
their minds and college,” she says. “We
want these kids to think about college.”
Dimonte-Nelson says Koebele has
been very proactive with the brain fair.
“She has really taken this work to
heart,” Dimonte-Nelson says. “I am so
proud of Stephanie. This woman is not
only smart, she is so creative. She has
come up with so many new ways to
access all different grade levels. She is
forming her own contacts and coming
up with her own ideas to get all different
levels excited about college and science.
It’s been rewarding as a mentor to watch
her dedication to these younger minds.”
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Paving the way to mathematical success from
preschool through sixth grade
BY JULIE DEVINE, MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT,
NVCE
“Math is like a ladder. If you miss a
step, sometimes you can’t go on.”—John
Mighton.
Parents of children from preschool
to sixth grade often ask how they
can foster their child’s mathematical
success in school. Rather than give a
one-two-three formula for success,
it is far more useful for parents
to understand the incremental
introduction of mathematical principles
and how children learn them beginning
at an early age. Armed with such
understanding, parents will be key
partners in their children’s mastery of
math enabling them to be prepared for
algebra and beyond.
As indicated by the above quote,
success in math hinges on sequential
learning, one step building upon the
next, upon the next. Mastery at every
level is key, and practice is the key to
mastery. Math is all about precision.
There are no ambiguous statements
or hidden functions. Definitions are
precise, reasoning exact, logic essential.
Logical reasoning is the skill that holds
everything together while problemsolving is what mathematics allows us
to do in real life. So what are the basic
building blocks of mathematics that will
lead to precision? Is precision built on
terms, operations and symbols without
understanding? Or are they built on
more basic building blocks? Skills
without understanding has little value
and, likewise for understanding with no
skills. Each is essential.
Five building blocks to mastery
of math
Numbers
Students who struggle in math
usually have difficulty remembering
math facts, handling word problems
and doing multistep arithmetic.
Certainly, memorization of math facts
is a worthy goal, but it can only be
achieved when certain foundations
are laid for understanding these math
facts. Counting by threes matters
little if the child does not understand
such basics as: number recognition,
number meaning, numbers and their
relation to quantity, sequencing
and the performance of operations.
Understanding numbers and their
relationships makes learning math facts
a logical exercise.
Place Value System
Understanding place value is the
basis of our entire number system. A
place-value system is one in which
the position of a digit in a number
determines its value. In the standard
system, called base 10, each place
represents 10 times the value of the
place to its right. It is the organizing and
unifying principle for our five essential
building blocks and is foundational
to arithmetic and algebra. Without
it, keeping track of greater numbers
rapidly becomes cumbersome. Can you
imagine writing 999 with all ones?
Whole Number Operations
Addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division of whole numbers
represents the basic operations of
mathematics. Much of mathematics is
a generalization of these operations
and rests on an understanding of these
procedures. They must be learned with
fluency using standard algorithms.
The standard algorithms learned in
elementary school lend structure
to operations and demystify whole
number arithmetic. Whole number
operations give students power over
numbers and, by learning them, give
students and teachers a common
language. More complicated algorithms
are built on these basics to later
include fractions, decimals and ratios.
This incremental transition prepares
the foundation for higher-level math
concepts.
Fractions and Decimals
All of the whole number operations
can now be applied to fractions and
decimals. Fractions are everywhere
in mathematics and in day-to-day life
so the ability to manipulate them
with fluency is essential. If students
can successfully operate numerical
fractions with accuracy and fluency
and understand their definitions, they
can then make a smooth transition into
algebra and other higher levels of math.
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Pencils, Parents, Precepts and
Practicalities
This is the seventh installment
in an eight-part series about
helping your child succeed in
school.
Problem Solving
Problem-solving is the “doing” part
of mathematics and paves the way to
increased levels of critical thinking.
Problem-solving belongs at every
level of a student’s mathematical
education. Each new concept and
skill learned should be incorporated
within a series of increasingly more
complex problems—from single-step
word problems to multistep word
problems. It is here that parents and
teachers alike must require the student
to demonstrate how they arrived at
the proper solution to the problem.
The mechanics of the calculation
is essential. How did the student
translate a word story into concrete
mathematics? This is called abstracting
the process to a standard algorithm.
All five of these mathematical
building blocks provide the incremental
transitions from arithmetic to algebra.
Students must learn the precise use
of the terms, operations and symbols
of mathematics. Precision is not
only a requirement but a strength of
mathematics.
Julie Devine is in her 12th year
teaching mathematics at New Vistas
Center for Education, a preschool and
elementary school specializing in gifted
and advanced education. This article
was excerpted from her presentation
at the Parent Partnership Institute, a
division of EAJ Institute, in 2014.
Basha club ‘making a difference one kid at a time’
BY TRACY HOUSE
Get a bunch of teenagers together with
a common goal, and amazing things can
happen. Members of Basha High School’s
Kids Helping Kids club are putting their
energy and compassion for kids to work by
collecting donations for underprivileged
youth.
Founder Dustyn Phillips started Dustyn’s
Kids Helping Kids 10 years ago. Dustyn
explains he’s been involved in community
work around the country, beginning in
Tennessee and then other places he’s lived,
such as California, Florida and New York.
In 2013 he brought his organization to
Basha, and the club took off. The 16-yearold junior, along with the rest of the club
members, is making an impact on the
community and helping children.
Recently, Dustyn brought collected
clothing to Brazil while he was there to
watch the World Cup.
“I wanted to turn it into a chance to
help others, so I started collecting soccer
uniforms and cleats and balls through one
of our sponsors,” he says.
Through a contact with an organization
in Brazil, Dustyn says they wanted to get
the donations to kids who really needed
them.
Basha’s Kids Helping Kids is sponsoring a
back-to-school drive, collecting backpacks
and other school supplies for a school in
need. “We pretty much give it to whoever
needs it.”
Logan Milton, 16, a junior, says the club
is looking for donations as it continues
to build its supplies. New members are
welcome to join the club, which meets the
first and third Wednesday of the month.
The group welcomes students who
would like to earn volunteer or community
service hours toward scholarships.
“More people, comes with more
connections,” says Bechet Proto, 16, a junior.
“So, more stuff for us to do.”
The club is expecting to add events
through the school year.
“We learned that stuff needs to be
planned way in advance,” Logan says.
The group is creating a float for the
Chandler Parade of Lights event.
The club delivered Christmas gifts to
Chandler Christian Community Center
and was involved with Operation Santa,
something they plan on doing again this
year. “It’s nice because we get to directly
hand them to the kids,” Dustyn says. “It’s
nice to be able to see how much they
appreciate it.”
Dustyn explains they’ve arranged for
Kona Ice to come to campus during lunch
and the group will receive half of the
profits as an ongoing fundraiser.
Logan says the group will be helping
with a field day at Pueblo Middle School
in the Kyrene School District as another
outreach program.
BASHA’S KIDS HELPING KIDS: Back row from left: Logan Milton (secretary, cofounder), Nick
Duhart, DaVaughn Dunbar (public relations), Auche King (public relations). Front row from left:
Bechet Proto (treasurer, historian), Dustyn Phillips (president, founder and founder of Dustyn’s
Kids Helping Kids), Gabyy Sanchez (vice president). Photo courtesy of Donna Phillips
Dustyn sees the club expanding to miniclubs within the middle schools to get
younger students involved. “We wanted
to focus on getting this really going before
trying to branch out. But that’s definitely
coming in the future.”
A true passion for Dustyn, he says,
“It gives me joy to be able to see the
appreciation that the kids have, and to be
able to give them joy and see how they
react to it.”
Bechet adds that the parents are
appreciative as well.
The club’s motto is “Making a difference
one kid at a time.” Bechet explains,
“Overall, it’s empowering to us just to see
their expressions. It’s help for the kids, and
gives the parents a little relief...and it helps
us with our scholarships, our hours, and we
can link it to our senior project. Our goal is
to do more activities with kids and donate.”
To donate, volunteer or find out more
about Basha’s Kids Helping Kids, go to its
Facebook pages at www.facebook.com/
DustynsKidsHelpingKids or www.facebook.
com/bashaskidshelpingkids.
Tracy House is the news editor for the
[email protected].
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Teens spend summer abroad helping those in need
BY TRACY HOUSE
While some teens were working on
their tans, shopping at the mall or catching
the latest summer blockbusters, two Perry
High School students were helping the less
fortunate.
For more than two weeks, Amanda
Lee and Cassandra Neal volunteered their
time to work with the poor in Third-World
countries through Humanitarian Experience
for Youth (HEFY)
HEFY is a nonprofit service organization
that offers humanitarian expeditions
to youth ages 16 to 19. Amanda’s service
project brought her to Tonga, and
Cassandra spent her time working in
Peru. Both teens say it was an amazing
experience.
STICKS AND BRICKS: This is the first level of the school building in Peru. The second level is
held up with sticks and bricks. Cassandra Neal says it was completely stable, and the volunteers
were able to stand and work on the top without it collapsing. Submitted photo
SERVING WITH PURPOSE: Amanda Lee,
third from left, poses with the Siale family.
Amanda traveled to Tonga to help build the
Siales’ house through her experience with
Humanitarian Experience for Youth. Submitted
photo
and mortar, laid cinderblocks, sifted sand
for the cement, built the frame of the
house and put on the roof.
“From start to finish, we built the entire
thing.”
Her group consisted of four adult
leaders and 20 youth volunteers.
“I think everybody needs to experience
something like this,” Amanda says. “After
you travel out of country or overseas, I
think it totally changes you as a person. I’m
sure a lot of it was just the experience of
serving.”
Amanda enjoyed learning about the
culture and visiting with the locals in Tonga.
“The people were my favorite part
of it. Tonga is called the ‘Friendly Island
was for an elementary school, the ages start
at 6 or 7.”
The school is three stories; Cassandra’s
group worked on the second story of the
eight-classroom building for boys and girls
in the area.
In addition, she helped teach the local
students English. She worked in a poor
section of Lima.
“Where the school was, it was on a
mountain. The houses didn’t have running
water. They had to bring water up every day.
They were just very, very poor.”
Cassandra was joined by four adults and
19 other youth. The group stayed in three
different hostels on the trip. It wasn’t all
work, though. Before heading to the area
Time in Tonga
Traveling to Tonga was an experience
of a lifetime for Amanda. The 17-year-old
senior chose to cross the international
dateline to Tonga to build a house for a
family of seven for her 17-day experience.
She spent a few days in Fiji, on the way to
Tonga, staying at a resort, hiking, snorkeling
and visiting other tourist attractions.
In Tonga, the days started at 7 a.m. with
breakfast and then she would work from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Part of her $3,000 cost for the
trip included the building materials used for
the house.
“There were five skilled builders that
directed us,” she explains.
Water was brought to the site in
wheelbarrows, she says. They mixed cement
Kingdom,’ and it’s so true because everyone
there is insanely friendly. I was not used to
people warming up to me so quickly.”
She says serving was her main purpose
of the trip, but it was a growing experience
as well.
“I did a lot of reflecting while I was
there. I think when you focus on what you
already have, or what other people are
lacking, you can be grateful for what you
have and help others.”
Serving in Peru
For 17-year-old Cassandra, serving in
Lima, Peru, for 18 days was a memory she
will have for the rest of her life.
“We helped build a school,” she says. “It
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Wrestling club bred for success
BY TIM J. RANDALL
“Born Winners...Trained to be
Champions.”
That is the slogan that adorns
Thorobred Wrestling T-shirts worn by
students of the 10-year-old Chandler
club.
Thorobred’s four principals—
brothers Mike and David Douglas, along
with Eric Larkin and Jack Cardinal—say
they are looking forward to the club’s
future.
That was solidified as the City of
Chandler Planning Division made a
unanimous recommendation on July 10
to amend zoning on 5,000 square feet
of building space in the Paloma Kyrene
Business Community for the club.
The zoning approval was a necessary
step for the four partners, under their
AZBRED LLC, to purchase the condo
unit, known as Unit 14 in Building M of
the 14-building mixed-use development
at the northwest corner of Kyrene Road
and Gila Springs Place.
“This is a big step for the four of us
and our club,” Cardinal says. “We are
very excited that the process is moving
forward.”
Thorobred was founded in 2004 by
the Douglas brothers, both of whom
were accomplished Arizona State
wrestlers. Larkin, also a decorated ASU
wrestler, joined the group several years
later, followed by Cardinal, also an
acclaimed grappler. Larkin and Cardinal
also coach wrestling at Seton Catholic
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where the school was located, she hiked
Machu Picchu. One night, the group visited
a water fountain park with a water show.
“We would work all day, and then at
night time we would hang with the natives
or go do something touristy.”
Working with local construction
workers, Cassandra and the HEFY group
tied rebar, shoveled sand and rocks, mixed
and hauled cement and laid bricks for the
school.
She says the water wasn’t safe to drink
so she had to brush her teeth with bottled
water. “You work with what you have.” She
says it isn’t fair to compare her experience
to hotels in the United States.
“When you look at it from what there
was from the areas we were working, it was
really nice,” she says.
The natives’ homes were the size of her
bedroom.
“They would have nothing,” she says.
“(But) we were treated so nicely. The
natives all knew what was happening. They
knew the Americans were here to help
build the school. They thought we were
just these saints, and everybody just went
crazy because they were so nice and so
loving.”
Cassandra is starting to save up for
next year. “I really want to do it again next
summer.” She shares her experience any
time she can. “It makes you so happy you
want to keep talking about it.”
For more information about
Humanitarian Experience for Youth, visit
www.hefy.org.
Preparatory.
The quartet’s mission is to train its
students, ages 4 to 14, in wrestling,
but with a focus on “turning young
boys into young men, teaching them
life skills,” says Mike Douglas. All four
coaches take pride in passing on their
experience and dedication to the sport.
“Our students are working to better
their skills 10 months of the year, and
the four of us work year-round to make
them winners,” Larkin says.
There is no shortage of talent
on the coaching end with a Pac-10
championship and wins, an NCAA
champion and NCAA All-America
awards. These accomplishments have
flowed to Thorobred students, who
have learned and gone on “to win
multiple state championships and AllAmerica awards, and most recently a
student—Jason Holmes—making the
World Wrestling Team,” David Douglas
says.
Thorobred, which practices at
Chandler High School, anticipates
an Oct. 15 grand opening of its new
facility. Once up and running, the club
hopes to have 50 students to train.
“We want to ensure that the kids get
our full attention and have dedicated
coaching,” says Mike Douglas. “Our
job is to give them a solid foundation
to eventually become successful high
school wrestlers.”
The club participates in tournaments
nationwide to give its students the
opportunity to showcase their talents.
With the new facility, the opportunities
will expand to substantively impact its
students “on and off the mat,” notes
Mike Douglas.
“We are building student-athletes at
Thorobred,” Cardinal adds.
For more information about the club,
visit www.thorobredwc.com.
Tim J. Randall is a freelance writer
for the STSN. He can be reached at
[email protected]
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Chandler taekwondo
students win awards
Teens sought for service
on center’s advisory council
Eight local students from Arizona Taekwondo School in Chandler
earned high honors recently at the 2014 National Championship held by
USA Taekwondo. More than 7,000 competitors from all over the country
attended.
The school returned home with two bronze medals in Poomse
competition and one bronze medal from sparring.
Students participating from Arizona Taekwondo School included Derrin
McDevitt, Sue Kim, Yeojung Yoo, Geoffrey Kim, Juneau Kim, John Yoo,
Jessee Cruz Salcido and Aidan Salcido. Masters Hyun Christopher Kim and
Byungsoo Frank Kim and GM Jong Lee were among the national referees;
Masters Wonmi McDevitt and Derrin McDevitt supported the athletes as
Association Coaches, and Master Hyun Christopher Kim assisted as the
Level I coach.
Arizona Taekwondo School is at 2100 S. Gilbert Rd., Suite 17, Chandler. To
learn more, call (480) 442-3150 or email [email protected].
Applications are being accepted for Chandler
Center for the Arts’ fourth annual Youth
Advisory Council (YAC).
Teens on the YAC focus on arts appreciation,
community service and development of
leadership skills to become advocates for the
arts and well-rounded community leaders.
Applicants must be between 13 and 18 years
old and currently attending a public, private,
parochial, charter or home school; deadline for
applications is Friday, Sept. 12. A maximum of
15 teens will be selected for a six-month term
that begins Wednesday, Sept. 24, and concludes
at the end of March. Each council member will
receive a certificate of completion at the end
of the program year, and the class list will be
prominently displayed in the Chandler Center for
the Arts lobby.
The YAC is a component of the larger
Connecting Kidz initiative, through which
Chandler Center for the Arts provides youth
with opportunities to experience performance
and visual arts. The YAC is made possible with
the support of Nordstrom, Wells Fargo, Kinder
Morgan, Law Office of Shannon S. Bradley and
Lorah Neville.
To download the 2014-15 YAC application,
visit www.chandlercenter.org/connecting/
youth-main.html. To learn more about the
Youth Advisory Council and the Connecting
Kidz program, visit www.chandlercenter.org/
connecting.html.
‘Sip, Soak and Splash’ through end of summer
The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort and
Spa is offering SanTan Sun-area families one
last summer escape with its “Sip, Soak and
Splash” package, available the weekend of
Aug. 30.
Offered at $129 per night, the package
includes accommodations in a luxurious
guest room, complimentary upgrade
to a deluxe-view room if available, four
complimentary snow cone vouchers and a
total of four wristbands granting entrance
for two children and two adults into the
resort’s Soak and Splash water lawn.
The Sip, Soak and Splash party will be
held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30
and Sunday, Aug. 31, on Hemapik Lawn, and
includes the Blue Crush 22-foot dual slip
and slide, multiple sizes of inflatable water
slides for kids of all ages, a water tag station,
the Down Pour Derby, family-friendly food
trucks and more. The Sip, Soak and Splash
first family tournament kicks off at 4 p.m.
Saturday at the resort’s pool area, where
family members in age-ranked brackets can
compete in tournament-style bocce ball,
corn hole and watermelon-eating contests
and a water balloon toss, with live poolside
music.
Additional surrounding nights are
available for $99 per night. Guests not
on the Sip, Soak and Splash package can
purchase individual entrance wristbands for
$20 per person, based on availability.
The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort
and Spa is at 5594 W. Wild Horse Pass Blvd.,
in Chandler. For more information or to
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Aspire athletes achieve success at championships
Aspire athletes brought home a
bronze medal and other accolades
from the Trampoline and Tumbling U.S.
Championships held recently in Louisville,
Kentucky.
Steven Harris of Chandler was awarded
the bronze medal for trampoline. In
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Aspire welcomes team from
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A group of 15 Mexican gymnasts were
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“This is an amazing chance for our
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“The Aspire coaching staff will be working
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home award
Hannah Tsay, a student at Chandler’s
New Vistas Center for Education, was
recently awarded third place out of 97
entries in the Junior Individual Websites
category at the 2014 National History Day
Contest, held in College Park, Maryland.
Hannah’s project, “David Brubeck: Jazz
for Human Rights,” was also awarded
the Star Spangled Award, sponsored by
the Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial
Commission and its affiliate nonprofit,
Star-Spangled 200 Inc. The prize is
awarded to an outstanding entry in
any category and from either division
that incorporates one or more of the
commission’s four themes of courage,
unity in diversity, inspiration or
preparedness.
National History Day is a yearlong
academic organization for middle and
high school students focused on the
teaching and learning of history.
For more information about National
History Day in Arizona, visit www.
arizonahistoricalsociety.com/education/
azhd. For more information about New
Vistas Center for Education, visit www.
newvistasaz.com.
We want to see you smile!
Providing personalized general dentistry services,
including aesthetic and restorative procedures
in a modern, caring and professional
environment overlooking relaxing views
of Historic San Marcos Golf Course.
Hilarry A. Douglas, D.D.S., P.C.
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Nominate family for free
swim lessons
SanTan Sun-area families in need
are eligible to win one free session of
children’s swim lessons from Desert Swim
School, to draw attention to Drowning
Awareness Month in August.
Families with a child or children
between 1 and 8 years old can
be nominated by emailing info@
desertswimschools.com. Nominators
are invited to briefly share the family’s
situation, along with contact information
for both nominator and nominee. One
free session of eight swim lessons will
be awarded to a deserving family, to
be held at one of Desert Swim School’s
indoor locations in Chandler or Gilbert.
The giveaway will also include goggles, a
towel and a gift card for a swimsuit.
To learn more, visit www.
DesertSwimSchool.com or call (480) 4613888.
www.SanTanSun.com
Publisher goes ‘Gator’
Chandler-based Five Stars Publications
Inc. has launched a crowdfunding
campaign to give every second grader in
Arizona a free copy of its upcoming title,
“Gator, Gator, Second Grader (Classroom
Pet...or Not?)” by award-winning author
Conrad J. Storad.
Published by Little Five Star, a division
of Five Star Publications Inc., “Gator,
Gator, Second Grader” compares and
contrasts a variety of potential classroom
critters, using kid-friendly dialogue and
rhyme to help students identify which
animals make great classroom pets and
which do not. Following the story, a
researched curriculum guide takes an in-
depth look at American alligators.
“Every dollar pledged will go toward
purchasing a copy of the book for a
second grader reading and studying in a
classroom,” says Storad. “We are starting
with getting a book to every second
grader in Arizona for the new school
year. From there, the bigger goal is to put
a copy of the book into the hands of as
many second graders in North America as
possible.”
For more information, or to become
a sponsor, visit www.gofundme.com/
gatorgatorsecondgrader. To learn more
about Five Star Publications, visit www.
FiveStarPublications.com.
Chandler shoppers find
deals at Kid to Kid
Seton hosts 19th annual
basketball tourney
SanTan Sun-area families looking for
back-to-school deals on clothes, shoes
and accessories, or toys and baby gear for
younger children, are invited to visit Kid
to Kid, 2815 S. Alma School Rd., Suite 12,
Chandler.
Kid to Kid Chandler is part of a
national children’s resale franchise that
specializes in stylish, gently used clothing
and accessories for kids up to size 14.
Parents can also earn cash or store credit
Seton Catholic Prepatory will be hosting
a 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday,
Sept. 6. Age divisions include third/fourth
grades, fifth/sixth grades, seventh/eighth
grades, JV, varsity, adult and masters (38
years and older) for both male and female
athletes. Registrations will be accepted
through 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3. Game
information will be posted online Friday
evening, Sept. 5, with games being played
on Saturday. The cost is $80 per team with
by selling outgrown kids’ clothes, toys
and baby gear.
Store hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. To
learn more, visit www.kidtokid.com.
no more than four players to a team. Each
participant receives a tournament T-shirt,
and the winning team receives team apparel.
Teams are guaranteed a minimum of three
games, all of which will be played indoors
with referees on all courts. Registration
forms are available in the Seton Catholic
Prepatory main office or online at www.
setoncatholic.org. Contact Karen Self for
further information at kself@setoncatholic.
org or (480) 545-4309.
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Aquatic facilities change
swim hours
New hours are in effect for the
six aquatic facilities in Chandler:
Arrowhead Pool, 1475 W. Erie St.;
Desert Oasis Aquatic Center, 1400 W.
Summit Pl.; Folley Pool, 600 E. Fairview
Dr.; Hamilton Aquatic Center, 3838 S.
Arizona Ave.; Mesquite Groves Aquatic
Center, 5901 S. Hillcrest Dr.; and
Nozomi Aquatic Center, 250 S. Kyrene
Rd.
Arrowhead Pool, Desert Oasis
Aquatic Center and Hamilton Aquatic
Center are open from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays through Labor
Day. Nozomi Aquatic Center is open 12
p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
through Sept. 21.
Rodney James of Chandler and Jordan
Lamoreaux of Queen Creek are July
graduates of Western Governors
University in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rodney earned his Bachelor of Science
in business management, and Jordan
sun, without breaking the bank. The
$1 Family Swim continues at Mesquite
Groves only during the postseason
from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays.
Swim lesson class descriptions
offered
Hamilton and Mesquite offer
lap swimming hours
The ages listed on the course
descriptions are basic guidelines to
help place a child, except Seahorse,
Otters and Surfer classes. A child
may be more or less advanced than
the suggested ages. A general rule
of thumb is that children will remain
in the same level for at least two
sessions. The descriptions on the class
list are available to assist in educating
customers on the variety of classes
that the Aquatic Department has the
capability of offering. Some classes
may not be offered during each session
or at each location.
Individuals may visit a pool during
public swim hours for a free swim
lesson evaluation from one of the
qualified personnel.
Lap swimming continues year round
from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Monday
through Thursday at Hamilton Aquatic
Center and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
Mesquite Groves Aquatic Center.
Admission is $2, regardless of age.
Each facility offers $1 Family Swim
time. It’s a great opportunity to get the
family together for some fun in the
Catherine Coffman of Chandler
earned a master’s degree in project
management from University of
Wisconsin—Platteville in Platteville,
Wisconsin.
Kyra James of Chandler is on the
Spring 2014 Dean’s List at University
of Houston in Houston, Texas. Kyra
is majoring in retailing and consumer
sciences.
The City of Chandler offers several
different class types designed around
swimmers’ needs. Whether they are
learning how to swim or looking to
improve their stroke technique and
endurance, it’s never too late to learn
to swim or become a better swimmer.
For course listings, consult the
Breaktime magazine.
August is Drowning Impact
Awareness Month
August is Drowning Impact
Awareness Month, which recognizes the
impact of child drownings all month
long, and encourages families to take
steps to prevent them. The campaign
involves purple ribbons, proclamations,
events, messaging and a moving kickoff
event at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
The City of Chandler will be turning
the city purple to bring awareness to
these preventable tragedies. Keep an
eye out when traveling down Arizona
Avenue in downtown Chandler for
water safety banners; pick up a purple
ribbon at various city locations.
KIDS EAT FREE
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meal purchased for $4.79
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Cannot be combined with any other offer.
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Heather Crothers of Chandler recently
completed a semester-long wilderness
expedition traveling in New Zealand
with the National Outdoor Leadership
School.
Adult Swim courses designed
for individual needs
$1 Family Swim at Mesquite
earned his Master of Science in
information security assurance.
Theresa Siver of Chandler is on the
Spring 2014 Dean’s List at St. Mary’s
College in Notre Dame, Indiana. To
qualify, students must achieve a grade
point average of at least 3.6 on a 4.0
scale, have at least 12 graded credit
hours, no incompletes and no grades
lower than a C.
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
(CGCC) is the recipient of $400,000
from the state of Arizona’s Fiscal
Year 2015 budget, part of $1.4 million
allotted to Maricopa Community
Colleges’ educational efforts in
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math and Workforce areas. CGCC’s
funds will be used for the updating of
labs and equipment for its Aviation and
Composite Manufacturing programs.
BASIS schools again
make top marks
Students at BASIS schools again
tested well above average on the OECD
Test for Schools. Four BASIS schools
were eligible to participate in the OECD
assessment, including BASIS Chandler.
The OECD Test for Schools, based
on PISA, is a student-assessment
tool geared for use by schools and
school networks to support research,
benchmarking and school-improvement
efforts. On average, BASIS students,
at the four schools tested, outscored
such other high-scoring countries
as Singapore, Korea, Finland and
Switzerland. All of the eligible BASIS
schools earned scores that put them
in the top 5 percent of all schools in
the world in reading, math and science.
According to the results, the average
BASIS student is two and a half to three
years ahead of the average American
student in reading, math and science.
BASIS schools are open-enrollment,
tuition-free public charter schools with
a STEM-focused curriculum, operating
now across the country. To learn
more about BASIS schools, visit www.
basisschools.org.
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CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT
Aug. 19: Junior high early release:
ACP, Payne, Willis, Hill
Aug. 21: Junior high early release:
Andersen, Bogle, Santan
Aug. 27-28: Elementary early release
Sept. 1: Labor Day holiday; no school
CTA-Independence Hawks
Smile now – Fall pictures will be taken
Wednesday, Aug. 20. Watch for a flier
with more information coming home
soon.
Save the date – The first PTO general
meeting of the school year will be held
at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, in Room
Orange 23. Babysitting for students
and siblings will be available across the
hall. Parents will have the opportunity
to meet the new PTO board and hear
about what is happening at the school.
Tax credit – Donations for 2014 can
still be made. Donate up to $400 to
CTA-Independence and receive credit
for the full amount. Forms are available
in the front office. Thanks to those
families who have already donated.
Calendar
Aug. 20: Fall pictures
Aug. 26: PTO general meeting
Aug. 25-29: Book Fair, Library
Aug. 27-27: Early release at 11:40 a.m.,
parent-teacher conferences
—Wendi Olson
Haley Tigers
Great start – Haley Tigers are off to
a great start for the 2014-15 school
year. The first PTO Family Fun Night
will be held Wednesday, Aug. 20, at
Chick-fil-a on Gilbert and Germann
roads, with a portion of proceeds
benefiting Haley. The year’s first
round of parent-teacher conferences
will be held Wednesday, Aug. 27, and
Thursday, Aug. 28.
—Stephanie Palomarez
Hancock Heat
Decades Dance – The fifth grade will
host its annual Decades Dance from
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22. Those
who want to rock out to a variety of
music won’t want to miss this exciting
event.
Tax credit – Hancock families
are invited to consider donating
to Hancock through the Arizona
extracurricular tax credit program.
Married couples can donate any
amount up to $400; singles can
donate any amount up to $200. Tax
credit donations can be made in
increments or charged on a credit
card.
—Andrea Dickson
Tarwater Toros
Calendar
Aug. 26: Fall Picture Day
Aug. 27-28: Early release for parentteacher conferences
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Sept. 9: Tarwater Restaurant Night, 4
p.m. to 8 p.m., Peter Piper Pizza
—JoAnne Cawley
Basha High Bears
Lifelong learner – Basha High Theater
Director Shira Schwartz recently
attended a three-week workshop
in London, England. The workshop,
“Teaching Shakespearet through
Performance,” taught practical
and active strategies for educating
students about Shakespeare,
immersing participants in the life of a
working theater, from costume design
to crafting. Schwartz plans to share
what she learned with Basha High’s
English Department and AMS. The
program is run through the English
Speaking Union, Phoenix branch and
the Globe Theatre.
—Carol Skocypec
available for adults. Exact change is
appreciated; adults cannot use their
child’s account.
Good grade – CTA-Goodman
continues to earn an A rating from
the state of Arizona. Thanks to all
the parents for the many ways they
support their student’s education and
the CTA program.
Calendar
Aug. 22: Donuts with Dad, 7:15 a.m. to
8 a.m., Multipurpose Room
Aug. 26: PTO Cookie Dough sales
begin
Aug. 27-28: Early dismissal at 11:10
a.m.; conferences
—Kathie Butters
CTA-Goodman Gators
Save the date – Students may
invite any special men in their lives
to school to share breakfast with
them at “Donuts with Dad.” Fathers,
grandfathers, uncles and neighbors
are all welcome to the breakfast
event, held from 7:15 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 22, in the Multipurpose
Room. Cost is $1 for students or $1.75
for adults, and includes a donut,
muffin, cinnamon roll, breakfast bar
or breakfast bun, fruit and a drink,
either milk or juice. Coffee will be
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Letter to the Editor
Maricopa County takes
mosquitoes seriously
BY DENNY BARNEY
People
who now call
Arizona home
often come
from places
that are much
more humid
than here. So
they are both
surprised and
annoyed when
their morning
Denny Barney.
breakfast on
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the patio or
their nighttime barbecues get raided by pesky
mosquitoes. After all, Chandler isn’t
Minnesota, where the mosquito is
described as the “unofficial state bird.”
Mosquitoes can breed anywhere
there are standing pools of water:
Lakes; golf courses; culverts; or
irrigation. They breed in water and
then feast in the air.
Last month, Arizonans received a
sad reminder of why Maricopa County
takes mosquitoes and West Nile Virus
so seriously. An East Valley man in his
60s was confirmed as the state’s first
West Nile Virus related death this year.
Mosquitoes are not just a pesky
nuisance. They are the world’s most
efficient bloodsucking machines and
carriers of disease. Around the world,
they are responsible for epidemics of
malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever.
They are considered the deadliest
insects on earth. And, in Arizona, one
common breed, the Culex mosquito,
carries West Nile virus, a rare disease
causing flu-like symptoms which the
majority of those infected will not
even be aware of.
That’s why at Maricopa County,
Daly is best candidate for council
we urge folks to avoid outside
activity from dusk to dawn and wear
lightweight clothing that covers their
arms and legs. The county also has a
proactive, comprehensive program
of surveillance, monitoring, control,
community outreach and, as a last
resort in areas heavily infested with
mosquitoes, fogging, all under the
Vector Control Division of the
county Department of Environmental
Services.
Here’s a rundown of the process
the county uses to track and control
mosquitoes:
• Based on breeding history,
department staffers will place about
600 traps throughout the county,
mostly in trees. These containers
are filled with dry ice and as the ice
melts, carbon dioxide is produced,
and that attracts mosquitoes to the
trap. (Side note: We all know carbon
dioxide is also in our breath when we
exhale, which, of course, is why the
mosquitoes are attracted to humans.)
• If more than 30 Culex mosquitoes
or 300 floodwater mosquitoes are
caught in a single trap, or any of the
samples test positive for West Nile
virus, then the county will send out
fogging trucks and spray a chemical
approved by the national Centers for
Disease Control. The spraying is done
by truck and only between midnight
and 5 a.m. so as not to disturb most
residents.
• Fogging and swatting are not
the only ways to cut down on the
mosquito population, however. Ever
heard of the Gambusia fish? This is
a mosquito-eating machine and the
county can actually distribute them to
residents with man-made fishponds or
pools within their own property—not
To the editor,
Chelle Daly is currently a candidate
for the Chandler City Council. In my
opinion, Ms. Daly is the best choice to
lead the City of Chandler today and in
the future.
I met Chelle
several years
ago and have
experienced her
calm demeanor
and willingness
to serve the city
she is proud
to call home.
With degrees in
computer science
and mathematics,
and engineering
Chelle Daly.
experience at
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Intel, Chelle
has the ability
to analyze important issues and make
decisions that put the citizens of
Chandler first.
Her many years of community service
attest to her unwavering dedication
to make Chandler the best East Valley
city in which to live and raise a family.
Chelle is currently a commissioner for
the Chandler Municipal Airport and has
served two terms as chairwoman. She
was a key contributor in calling for the
2010 airport-noise study, an important
issue that affects many Chandler
homeowners. As a citizen volunteer, she
worked with the Chandler City Council
on several important projects including
the expansion of classrooms at Snedigar
Recreation Center and the Paseo Vista
design project.
I support strong women in government
and dislike seeing incumbents return to
office year after year. Please join me in
supporting Chelle Daly as a fresh voice
on the Chandler City Council.
Sincerely,
Patricia Tudong
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into natural habitat.
Of course, prevention is the better
course. Water left standing just a few
days from a single monsoon storm
can produce hundreds of thousands
of mosquitoes outside your own back
door. Ponding from bird baths, empty
containers or even low spots in the yard
can create problems.
Maricopa County will continue to do
its part to keep the mosquito population
under control and combat the outbreak
of disease, but it’s really a job for all of
us.
For more information about the
mosquito work occurring at Maricopa
County, or to register complaints about
mosquito activity, call the West Nile
virus hotline at (602) 506-0700 or visit
www.maricopa.gov/wnv.
Denny Barney is Gilbert resident
and chairman of the Maricopa County
Board of Supervisors from District 1,
which includes Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe,
Queen Creek and Ahwatukee.
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Child-abuse coalition
achieves nonprofit status
BY TRACY HOUSE
The Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Coalition is striving to
educate the public about the importance of reporting child abuse. Now
it can get a little help.
Founded shortly after the Aug. 31, 2009, murder of 3-year-old Schala
Vera, the organization has achieved nonprofit status allowing it to
receive donations.
“We’ll be able to grow the organization,” explains Kendra Davis, the
coalition’s public relations/social media officer.
“It’s going to allow us to grow, continue to advertise, create
pamphlets, and sometimes videos, that we pass on to the public so they
know how to report. They know the signs that they need to look for
when reporting.”
Davis is a school counselor at Chandler Unified School District’s
Navarrete Elementary School. Initially, she was a coalition counselor,
but now she sits on its board. Other members of the coalition include
representatives from the Chandler Police Department, Chandler Fire
Health and Medical and the FBI.
“Basically, we try to educate the community,” Davis says.
“We speak at events about the importance of reporting—anything
suspicious at all. We’re trying to raise awareness, not just of our
mandatory reporters in the schools and the medical profession
reporting, but also the public.”
The coalition was founded by the Chandler Police Department, but
Davis says, the organization has grown to include agencies Valleywide.
By attending events such as Phoenix Suns games, the coalition is
publicly trying to raise the importance of reporting child abuse.
“It’s hard to measure exactly what our impact has been, but we do
know that reports are up a lot higher than they were in 2009,” she adds.
Child Protective Services is taking reporting more seriously than in
recent years, Davis stresses.
“They’re also trying to increase services that can be given to the
families.”
The more than 30 member organizations work together in reporting.
The coalition reaches across Maricopa County and rural communities,
with professionals from the fields of health care, school districts, law
enforcement, social services, emergency services, domestic violence
advocates, media, county and U.S. attorneys, community members,
nonprofit groups, faith-based groups, victim services and child advocacy
groups.
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Rockin’ Taco Street
Fest returns to
Chandler
BY MEGHAN MCCOY
Beach sand and an array of family-friendly
activities will become part of the desert next
month during the Rockin’ Taco Street Fest, a
special Mexican Independence Day event, at El
Palacio Restaurant and Cantina of Chandler.
“It’s always been very family friendly,” says
Jen Pruett of HDE Agency, the event’s producer.
Pruett adds that celebrating Mexican
Independence Day is important to El Palacio’s
owner, Anthony Serrano. The celebration is set
for 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at the
restaurant, 2950 E. Germann Rd.
“We have added several new fun
components and changed things up a bit from
FEST: The local dance group Ballet Folklorico
Quetzalli-AZ will teach attendees about the
Mexican culture through dance during the third
annual Rockin’ Taco Street Fest on Saturday, Sept. 13.
Submitted photo
previous years,” she explains.
Last year the event attracted about 1,000
SEE ROCKIN’ TACO PAGE 42
Foundation
recruiting golfers
for tourney
BY MEGHAN MCCOY
Golfers are being sought for the Chandler
Education Foundation’s annual tournament,
which benefits students and teachers of the
Chandler Unified School District.
Steve Hewitt, the CUSD’s director of
community education and a Chandler Education
Foundation executive board member, says the
foundation wanted to host a fundraiser for the
district, so it decided on a golf tournament.
The money raised from the event supports
student scholarships and grants for teachers,
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SEE GOLF PAGE 42
TOURNAMENT: The Arizona Diamondbacks’
mascot Baxter and Chandler Unified School District
Superintendent Dr. Camille Casteel made an
appearance at last year’s annual golf tournament.
Submitted photo
Photographer heads to Peru to work with children
BY MEGHAN MCCOY
VOLUNTEER: Photographer Rachel Tabron will travel
to Peru in August to volunteer at an orphanage.
Submitted photo
Traveling abroad for the first time
can be a little daunting—especially if
family is being left behind. But Rachel
Tabron is passionate about her trip and
volunteering.
The Chandler photographer
is traveling to Cusco, Peru, with a
friend on Aug. 22, to volunteer at an
orphanage helping youngsters with
their daily activities and keeping them
entertained.
“We will start in the morning around
7 and it goes to about 4 p.m., and then
we will have the evening to kind of
explore and hang out in the volunteer
house,” she explains. “I’m sure I will be
able to see a little bit of the area and
take a million pictures.”
Tabron says she is looking forward to
seeing a different culture and showing
her three small children what it is like
to be a child in a different area in the
world.
“I think this is the one that will get
me hooked,” she explains. “They have
so many different areas in the world
to choose from. I have my second and
third one already picked out.”
Tabron got the bug to volunteer
abroad after researching programs
online and stumbling upon
International Volunteer HQ. She and
her friend decided to sign up in the
spring.
“I feel really good about the
program,” she says. “I am super
impressed with how they have it all set
up.”
Although there are many different
locations from which to choose, Tabron
says South America stuck out for the
both of them.
“You look at it and read about
it. You just know,” she says of the
destination.
International Volunteer HQ Program
Coordinator Chelsea Green says they
place volunteers in 25 countries.
“We have volunteer placement in
Argentina, Bali, Brazil, Cambodia, China,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana,
Guatemala, India, Kenya, Madagascar,
Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, South
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The cost is $1,200 for a four-person team,
and $125 for individual golfers. Team registration
includes the sponsorship of the tournament,
recognition at the event, tee box signs, continental
breakfast, golf, lunch, silent auction and prizes from
the tournament.
The tournament also includes a raffle for a
variety of items, including Ping golf clubs. There are
also contests for the longest drive, longest putt and
closest to the hole, as well as team prizes.
“It’s a good day of golf,” Hewitt says.
Those interested in registering, should visit the
Chandler Education Foundation’s website at wwww.
chandleredfoundation.org, or by calling Lea Anne
Thomas at (480) 224-3030. Registration is requested
by Friday, Aug. 29.
ROCKIN’ TACO FROM PAGE 41
GOLF FROM PAGE 41
people. This year’s theme is “Find Your Beach.”
“We’re going to create a beach-like paradise right here in the
desert complete with sand, sun and surf,” says Serrano in a press
release. He was unavailable for comment.
“We want everyone to come on out and enjoy a day at
the beach—chill out under the cabanas, play games, sip on
margaritas and relax.”
One of the new features for the event is a salsa competition
where attendees will vote for their favorite flavor. Pruett says
entrants must prepare enough salsa to distribute 250 1-ounce
samples. Booth space and tasting cups will be provided.
Those interested in the competition must preregister by
calling the HDE Agency at (602) 276-2499.
“There is no cost; they just need to contact HDE Agency,” she
says.
The first-place winner will receive a $50 gift card; the secondplace prize is a $25 gift card; and the third-place winner will
receive a $10 gift card to El Palacio.
The festival will have inflatable water slides, a taco-eating
contest, mustache competition and live entertainment.
The local dance group Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli-AZ will
teach attendees about the Mexican culture through folkloric
dance. The nonprofit organization will receive a portion of the
proceeds.
“They will have some of the girls go out and perform a
dance,” Pruett says.
The street-taco station will be bigger this year as well,
offering more choices of meat and toppings. She says it will be
buffet style, where individuals will make their own tacos.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.rockintacoaz.com
or by visiting El Palacio. Admission is $5; free for children 12 and
younger.
Pruett says those who purchase tickets will be entered into a
contest to win a trip to Ensenada. Additional raffle tickets can be
purchased for $5, or two for $8.
allows further education for teachers and backs the
Chandler Care Center. The latter provides dental
and medical care to underinsured and underserved
children.
Last year the foundation provided more than
$100,000 in scholarships, more than $50,000 for inclassroom scholarships and approximately $10,000
for teachers furthering their education.
This year, the 13th annual golf tournament will
be on Friday, Sept. 5, at Whirlwind Golf Club at Wild
Horse Pass, 5692 W. North Loop Rd., Chandler. The
scramble has a shotgun start of 7:30 a.m.
“We usually fill the tournament up,” explains
Hewitt, who adds that 292 players have participated
for the last three years.
The 28-year-old Chandler Education Foundation
will use The Devils Claw and The Cattail courses at
the event, allowing almost 300 players to register.
Meghan McCoy is the Neighbors and Business section editor
for the SanTan Sun News. She can be reached at meghan@
santansun.com.
GOLFERS: Chandler High School Assistant Principal Jim Culver, CHS’ Dean of Students JJ Chandler, CHS teacher
and coach Mark Nold and CHS Principal Larry Rother participated in last year’s golf tournament for the Chandler
Education Foundation. Submitted photo
Meghan McCoy is the Neighbors and Business
section editor for the SanTan Sun News. She can be
reached at [email protected].
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CHILD-ABUSE COALITION FROM PAGE 41
PHOTOGRAPHER FROM PAGE 41
The Child Abuse Prevention and
Awareness Coalition will be hosting its
annual memorial for Shala at 11 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 29, in the chapel at Mercy
Gilbert Hospital, 3533 S. Val Vista Dr.,
Gilbert.
“The first responders see a lot,” Davis
says. “These people still show up for her
memorial because they were so affected
by what happened and the serious
condition she was in. People were so
impacted by this. These are people who
deal with it every day, but this was very
extreme.”
As a result of this tragedy, Davis says,
“We realized there was a need—that
we needed to stop the child homicides
that were occurring.” “We needed to
do more, because in most of the cases,
neighbors did know something was going
on but nobody ever called.”
Davis adds that the “sky’s the limit
now” for the nonprofit’s tasks.
“We didn’t have very much funding
before,” she says. “We’ve hired an
attorney and now we’re going to be able
to do more than we have in the past.”
Contact the Child Abuse Prevention and
Awareness Coalition at www.facebook.
com/AzCAPAC/info for more information
or to donate. To report abuse, call the local
police or 9-1-1.
Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand,
Uganda, Zimbabwe, Vietnam and Zambia,”
she explains.
While Tabron volunteers in Cusco, she
will stay with other volunteers in a home
or with a local family.
“The volunteer house can
accommodate 20 to 22 volunteers, while
the home stays can range in size, although
they typically accommodate between two
to four volunteers,” Green explains.
“The local host families, who have been
vetted by our local staff, are given money
from volunteer program fees for providing
support, food and board. It is exciting
for volunteers to stay with a family. It
allows them the opportunity to learn the
Peruvian way of life, meet local people, eat
local food, speak the local language and
engage in local customs and traditions.”
Tabron is a newbie to traveling abroad,
but not volunteering. She has clocked
many hours in Iowa for the Humane
Society and in Chandler for a homelesschildren program.
“Being a photographer, I can offer a
service that they really can use,” says
Tabron.
Follow Tabron’s journey on her
Facebook page, www.facebook.com/
ArayaPhotographyAZ. For those interested
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com/cuscoperu.
[email protected].
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Pitta Souvli hosts Arizona
reds wine tasting
Pitta Souvli is hosting a wine
tasting from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,
Aug. 16, to taste Arizona reds. The
owners are going to make some
changes to their wine list and invite
individuals to sample a few of the
choices.
Also, Pitta Souvli is offering a
Sunny Spinach Pie for $13. It is a
buttered-and-baked, phyllo stuffed
pie with spinach, garlic, sun dried
tomatoes, Greek dressing and three
cheeses—halloumi, kefalogravieria
and parmesan. This dish is perfect to
share with three or more people as
an appetizer or split as an entree and
have a side salad or a couple of lamb
skewers.
Pitta Souvli is located at 1940 S.
Alma School Rd., Suite 5, Chandler.
Fundraiser to benefit ChandlerTullamore Sister Cities
Murphy’s Law Irish Pub and Ale
House, in Downtown Chandler, is
hosting a fundraiser for ChandlerTullamore Sister Cities from 5 p.m.
to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9. The $50
price includes dinner for two, and $20
from every ticket goes to the Student
Ambassador Program.
There is a choice of appetizer,
spinach and artichoke dip or Murphy’s
cheese dip; choice of a main entree,
grilled chicken sandwich, fish and
chips, chicken veggie mac and cheese
or pepperoni pizza; plus a choice of
two beverages, a three-beer paddle,
glass of red sangria, chardonnay or
unlimited Coca-Cola products.
Live entertainment will be provided.
Tickets can be purchased at
Murphy’s Law Irish Pub on the night of
the event, but registration is requested
on the website www.chandlerirish.org,
so Chandler-Tullamore Sister Cities can
confirm attendance.
Murphy’s Law Irish Pub is located at
58 S. San Marcos Pl.
For more information, contact
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Center for Living Well offers teacher training next month
The Center for Living Well, a 501(c)
(3) nonprofit wellness ministry providing
Christ-centered wellness education and
training, has announced that teacher
training will begin in September.
The Center for Living Well’s Yoga
Ministry Leadership Training Program is
designed for individuals who want to
strengthen their yoga knowledge and
practice, deepen their understanding of
the Bible, teach Christ-centered yoga
classes or lead a yoga ministry.
The training consists of a modular
approach, where each module can be
done independently or in succession.
There are five 38-hour modules in total,
each focusing on different elements of
Christ-centered yoga ministry leadership
development as follows: Module 1,
Foundations of Faith and Yoga 5 p.m. to
7 p.m., Tuesdays, Sept. 9 through Sept.
30, online; Module 2, Pose Construction
and Anatomy, a four-day camp from
Oct. 15 through Oct. 19; Module 3, Class
Design and Sequencing from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m., Tuesdays Oct. 28 through Nov. 18,
online; Module 4, Business, Marketing
and Ministry Leadership, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.,
Tuesdays, Nov. 25 through Dec. 16 online;
and Module 5, Teacher Practicum, a fourday camp from Jan. 28 through Feb. 1.
Each module includes 38 hours
of instruction, personal practice and
mandatory homework. The format of
the program alternates between three
modules of online instruction, and
two in-person yoga camps held in the
Phoenix area. New instructors who
successfully complete all five modules
earn a designation as a Christ-centered
yoga leader. The program is also open to
existing instructors wishing to receive
continuing education credits or pursue a
(CCYL).
The cost for Module 1 is $500 and
is required for those pursuing a CCYL
designation. Instruction is provided in
the following areas: introduction to the
Bible; assimilating the word; yoga history;
philosophy and theory; and breath work,
mediation and prayer.
“Our program is unique in its approach
to training in that we place equal
emphasis on the fundamentals of yoga,
Bible teaching and leadership,” says Dawn
Rutledge, the executive director for the
Center for Living Well.
“All of our instructors receive
extensive education and must
demonstrate proficiency in yoga theory,
yoga pose construction and anatomy,
class design and sequencing, teacher
ethics and responsibilities and student
safety and enjoyment. In addition, our
teachers receive teaching in Bible history,
foundations of faith and applied Bible
study that fully equips them to read,
understand, study and teach Scripture.
Further, our teachers also receive training
in business, marketing, ministry, servant
leadership and discipleship to equip them
for leadership. When they graduate, they
are fully equipped to teach classes, lead
a Christ-centered yoga ministry in their
church or community or even open a
yoga studio.”
Weekly mentoring is provided to
improve learning and retention, maintain
accountability and provide ongoing
support and education. Those interested
in participating can apply online at www.
centerforlivingwell.org/what-we-do/
training or request information via email
at [email protected].
“My teacher training experience has
been life changing,” says Paula Hudson,
recent graduate of the CCYL program.
“After six years of searching for
the right training program, God led
me to the Center for Living Well. The
course material helped me deepen
my understanding of yoga and my
relationship with God. The amount
of love and support that I received
throughout training is helping me become
all I was created to be. The modules
offered are devoted to deepening your
relationship with God’s love to others
through Christ-centered yoga. The
information I received has laid a solid
foundation on how to fully integrate my
faith with yoga and to teach confidently.
Looking back I can see why there was
a six-year delay. We serve a God that
operates in excellence, and he wanted me
in a program that would fully honor and
glorify him.”
The Center for Living Well is a wellness
ministry that helps individuals, couples
and families find healing, wellness and
wholeness through Christ-centered
wellness programs, retreats and training.
The Center for Living Well is dedicated
to providing tools which help people
become a healthy and integrated self,
dependent on God, in community with
others. Program offerings include yoga
teacher training, yoga and wellness
retreats, yoga classes, yoga therapy,
Thai yoga massage therapy, Reiki, Am
I Hungry? mindful-eating classes and
coaching, marriage and parenting classes,
private counseling, prayer therapy and
Bible study.
The Center for Living Well’s
headquarters is located at 1655 W.
Chandler Blvd., Suite 5, Chandler.
centerforlivingwell.org, info@
centerforlivingwell.org or (480) 505-3825.
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Free landscaping and irrigation classes offered
Free classes on how to transform a yard
into a beautiful landscape utilizing attractive
water-wise plants, as well as how to install
and maintain irrigation systems, is being
offered by the City of Chandler.
Chandler “Smart” Home—Tracking Down
Sneaky Leaks, is among one of the new
classes offered this fall for landscaping and
irrigation classes.
“Leaks can account for thousands of
gallons of water wasted in the home every
year,” says Cathy Rymer, Chandler’s water
conservation coordinator. “Fixing easily
corrected leaks is not only a smart way to
save water for the future, but homeowner’s
can save money on their water bills.”
Although classes are free to Chandler
utility customers, participants must register
online at www.chandler.gov/water or by
calling (480) 782-3580.
From 6:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 26, Basic Yard Makeovers will be held
at Chandler City Hall, 175 S. Arizona Ave.
The class will discuss how to prepare beds,
choose plants and care for vegetables, herbs,
fruits and citrus for a bountiful harvest.
The Environmental Education Center
at Veterans Oasis Park, 4050 E. Chandler
Heights Rd., will host Create Your Own
Oasis from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
13, and Saturday, Sept. 20. Participants will
learn the basics of landscaping in the desert
during this two-part series. Such concepts
as design, how to plan for small spaces, the
desert plant palette, plant selection and
plant combinations will be discussed.
The Chandler City Hall, 175 S. Arizona
Ave., will be the location for Yard Watering
and Timer Instruction from 6 p.m. to 8:45
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18. The class will touch
upon how long, how much and when to
water a landscape. Participants will learn
how to program an irrigation timer using
actual controllers (timers).
From 6 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
25, Irrigation Maintenance and Repair will
be held at Chandler City Hall. Fall is a great
time to tune up an irrigation system to
improve efficiency and modify it for new
plantings. This class will also touch upon
troubleshooting and repairing a system that
is causing a problem.
The Chandler City Hall will hold “Smart”
Irrigation Controllers from 6 p.m. to 8:45
p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, for those interested in
using hands-off watering for their landscape.
The class will discuss controllers that use
local weather conditions to apply water,
which can help save up to 30 percent on
landscape watering. Rebates of up to $250
are available.
From 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
2, Chandler “Smart” Home—Tracking Down
Sneaky Leaks will be held at Chandler City
Hall. Learn how to save water, energy and
money with simple changes or repairs, water
-saving devices and by optimizing rebates. A
raffle drawing will also be held.
The final class, Pruning and Maintaining
Your Landscape, will be held at Chandler
City Hall, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 21, to discuss the most living
elements of landscape, trees and shrubs.
A certified arborist will teach proper plant
selection, planting, staking and pruning
techniques for the low desert.
New college fitness center
offers inexpensive options
Celebrate National Sandwich
Month with Chompie’s
The Chandler-Gilbert Community
College Pecos Campus is now boasting
a 4,000-square-foot fitness experience,
dubbed the Coyote Center.
The center offers a full line of
cardiovascular equipment, resistancetraining machines, a complete freeweight section with Olympic lifting
platforms and an outdoor turf field.
There is also a 1,800-square-foot group
fitness room.
Community members can enroll in a
noncredit class for $80 and have 15 weeks
of access to the fitness center. If they
sign up for the two-credit class, they’ll
have access to the fitness center as well
as be able to drop into any open group
fitness class including yoga, Pilates, bootcamp fitness, stretch and relaxation,
meditative yoga, tai chi and Zumba.
Members will have access to the
staff who have advanced degrees in
exercise science and personal training, or
strength-and-conditioning certifications
through accredited organizations, such
as the American College of Sports
Medicine, National Strength and
Conditioning Association or National
Academy of Sports Medicine.
August is National Sandwich Month,
and Chompie’s, Arizona’s New York Deli
since 1979, is ready to celebrate with its
huge selection of award-winning New
York deli-style sandwiches made using
the finest ingredients and authentic
family recipes handed down through
the generations.
Some of Chompie’s most popular
sandwiches include: Mile High Hot
Pastrami, its famous NY pastrami, baked
with a secret blend of spices, then
steamed to mouth-watering perfection;
Classic Grandpa Ruby’s Reuben, choice
of corned beef or pastrami, grilled
sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and 1000
Island dressing on grilled rye; Stevie G’s
5-town Special, oven roasted turkey,
bacon, avocado, jack cheese, lettuce,
tomato and mayo on fresh baked
multigrain bread; Mark’s Monte Cristo,
oven roasted turkey, Boar’s Head ham,
bacon, Swiss cheese, dipped in batter,
fried crisp and served with strawberry
jam; Wendy’s Favorite, oven-roasted
turkey breast, Havarti cheese, fresh
leaf lettuce and cranberry mayo served
on cracked whole wheat bread; Jewish
Sliders, Chompie’s mini challah rolls
CARDIO AREA: The Chandler-Gilbert
Community College Pecos Campus is opening
a fitness center on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Submitted
photo
Other free services available to
anyone who enrolls include exercise
program design, blood pressure
checks, body composition assessment,
body circumference measurements,
cardiovascular fitness assessment
and muscular strength, endurance
assessments.
The fitness center opens on Tuesday,
Sept. 2. Hours will be from 8 a.m. to 8
p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a. m.
to 5 p.m. Friday, and closed on Saturdays
and Sundays.
For more information, call the fitness
center at (480) 732-7200.
Arizona police officers open luxury barbershop
Two honorably retired Arizona police
officers have hung up their gun belts
in exchange for barber shears. Carlos
Gastelum and Javier Cota are the new
founders of Vintage American Barbershops,
a new breed of luxury barbershops. After
a combined 47 years in public service, the
duo is excited to take on a new role in the
community.
“We are a unique business who still
strive to give to the community by
sponsoring local high school sports
and families,” says Gastelum, also the
company’s operations manager.
“Vintage American believes in strong
family values, which is why we offer a twofor-one price on all our haircut and shaving
services for any father-and-son duo that
comes in to our shop,” says Administrative
Manager Cota. “This provides for father
and son bonding, a crucial element in
strengthening families.”
Vintage American Barbershop is very
unique in that it is located inside Seville
Golf and Country Club in Gilbert. It is
in fact, the only true full-service luxury
barbershop located inside a country club
in the East Valley.
Upscale barbershops have been on
the rise since 2007, when men’s attitudes
toward barbershops took a positive turn.
Most men decided they no longer wanted
manicures, but instead preferred straight
razor shaves like grandpa used to get at the
corner barbershop. So, Vintage American
was created to meet the growing need.
To recapture that bygone era, Vintage
America completely restored antique
1940s barber chairs.
“We use chairs that were manufactured
in May 1942, while America was embroiled
in the midst of World War II,” says
Gastelum.
“It is amazing the resilience of these
chairs and how they have stood the test of
time working perfectly fine after 70 years,”
he adds.
Retired officer Gastelum was a
school resource officer for the Mesa
Police Department and worked with
at-risk youths for four to five years. He
also served as a burglary and auto theft
detective. Prior to that, Gastelum worked
as a community action team officer,
solving neighborhood problems, repeated
crimes and calls for service. He worked
various stations in patrol. During his
career, Gastelum was awarded numerous
accommodations, medals and accolades
for his work, including several lifesaving
awards and teamwork awards. Gastelum
retired honorably after 20 years of service
to the public.
Retired Officer Cota worked for
several Arizona police agencies, including
the Mesa Police Department, the Pima
filled with moist lean brisket, minipotato pancakes and jack cheese; and
Cajun Chicken Ecstasy, Cajun-spiced
chicken breast, green chiles, jalapeno
jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, chipotle
ranch dressing, topped with crispy
onion strings on a sesame brioche bun.
Chompie’s makes its own sandwiches
fresh with its baked-from-scratch
breads, including double-baked
Jewish rye, sourdough, multigrain and
more. Chompie’s gluten-free friendly
rolls, GFF bagels and low carb/high
protein breads are also available for
sandwiches. Sandwich prices vary. For
more information, or to see the menu,
visit www.Chompies.com.
County Sheriff’s Office in Ajo and Tucson,
and the Pima College Campus Police in
Tucson, with three main campuses and
six satellite campuses. Cota worked
numerous assignments, including
detective, supervisor, school resource
officer, explorer adviser, public relations,
robbery and assaults, bait cars, pawn
detail, burglary, recovered property, patrol,
uniform committee, weapons committee,
command staff committees and employee
relations. He has attended numerous
classes related to executive police
leadership at both Harvard University
and Michigan State University. Cota has
received numerous awards, accolades
and medals, including Commendation,
lifesaving, leadership, detective of the
month and teamwork awards. Cota
retired after 27 honorable years in law
enforcement.
Vintage American Barbershop is located
at Seville Golf and Country Club, 6683 S.
Clubhouse Dr., Bldg. 6659, Gilbert. For more
information visit www.vabarbers.com.
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ASU faculty member headed to
Bulgaria in spring 2015
Dan Fellner, a faculty associate in
the Interdisciplinary Humanities and
Communication unit in the School of
Letters and Science at Arizona State
University’s Polytechnic Campus, has
received a five-month Fulbright Scholar
grant to teach in Bulgaria.
The Chandler resident will
instruct courses in journalism and
communications at the American
University in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria,
during the spring semester of 2015.
This is Fellner’s third Fulbright
Scholar grant to teach in Eastern
Europe; his prior grants offered
opportunities in Latvia and Moldova.
Additionally, he has received two
Fulbright Senior Specialist grants to
teach at universities in Lithuania and
Latvia, and has taught a one-week
intensive course in communications
four times at the Fulbright International
Summer Institute in Bulgaria, including
this month.
“I’ve been traveling to Eastern
Europe since 1991 and have enjoyed
witnessing firsthand such a dramatic
transformation in the region since
the fall of communism,” Fellner says.
“Through the Fulbright program, I feel
that I have learned so much about a
fascinating and often misunderstood
part of the world and have been able to
share this expertise with my students
at ASU.”
Fellner joined ASU as a faculty
associate in 1998 and teaches courses
in communications and English. Fellner
also is a faculty affiliate with ASU’s
Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian
and Eastern European Studies and
teaches courses in Eastern Europe and
travel writing for ASU’s Osher Lifelong
Learning Institute. In 2011, he was
named to the Road Scholars Speakers
Bureau of the Arizona Humanities
FIRE DEPARTMENT
VOLUNTEERS FOR BACK-TOSCHOOL CLOTHING DRIVE
GRANT RECIPIENT: Dan Fellner, a faculty
associate in the Interdisciplinary Humanities
and Communication unit in the School of
Letters and Science at ASU’s Polytechnic
Campus, has received a five-month Fulbright
Scholar grant to teach in Bulgaria. Submitted
photo
Council and gives presentations
about Eastern Europe to audiences
throughout Arizona.
Prior to joining ASU, Fellner worked
in television news in four different
cities and spent 10 years in corporate
public relations as the spokesman
for the Dow Chemical Co. He also
works as a freelance travel writer and
photographer and has had more than
60 travel articles published in various
newspapers and magazines.
The prestigious Fulbright Scholar
Program provides approximately 800
teaching and/or research grants to U.S.
faculty and experienced professionals
in a wide variety of academic and
professional fields in more than 125
countries worldwide. It is funded by
the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs. For
more information, visit www.cies.org.
VOLUNTEERED: The Sun Lakes Fire Department’s union Local 3560 recently volunteered
its time at the back-to-school clothing drive with the Stitches of Love organization
in northern Phoenix. The clothing drive brought disadvantaged school children from
around Arizona to Alhambra High School, where they received various clothing and
school supplies to start the school year right. Pictured are Sun Lakes Fire Department
members, Ari Barr, union President Ron Puchta, Nate Stringfellow with his son, Blake,
and Brandon Johnson with his son, Ryder. Submitted photo
MORE THAN A FABRIC STORE!
‘Celebrate 31’ with Baskin-Robbins
The “Celebrate 31” offer of $1.31 for regular 4 oz. scoops is available at participating
Baskin-Robbins shops in the Valley from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31, Friday,
Oct. 31, and Wednesday, Dec. 31. The offer is valid on all of Baskin-Robbins’ ice cream
flavors, including summer seasonal varieties as State Fair Fried Dough, Peanut Butter
and Jelly, Tropical Vacation Frozen Yogurt and S’More the Merrier.
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Color/Highlight .......$25
Perms ..........................$25
Haircut and Style.....$10
Shampoo/Style........$10
DERMALOGICA FACIALS:
European “Spa” Facial..................$20
(75 min.) Includes Steam & More!
Express “Lunch” Facial (45 min.)...$16
Age Smart Skin Resurfacing
Exfoliator (anti-aging) ..................$25
Medibac Clearing Facial (acne) ...$25
Hot Stone Facial/Back Facial.....$25
Microdermabrasion Packages
(Please call for pricing)
Must present ad at time of service.
All services provided by students and supervised by licensed educators.
480-857-1138
610 N. Alma School Rd., #38 • Chandler
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greater metro Phoenix area for over 20 years.
By The Yard is open seven days a week with
home decorating fabrics in stock and a large
library of Fabric and Trims. Our experienced
designers custom create your window
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our in-house workroom. By The Yard provides
quality craftsmanship and product innovation.
Your interiors can be custom!
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NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORKS
Call ahead to confirm information, as details occasionally change
after print. If you have a recurring monthly meeting you would like
listed in Neighborhood Networks, email complete details to News@
SanTanSun.com. Note: The SanTan Sun News now has a Spiritual
Connections column in the Spirituality section for ongoing religiousrelated events.
About Care
Monthly volunteer training, by
individual appointment.
A nonprofit serving homebound
Chandler and Gilbert residents;
provides transportation, shopping
and errands, friendly visits,
reassurance phone calls, minor
home repairs.
Info: (480) 802-2331, www.
aboutcare.org
Absolute Business Builders:
Business Networking
International
8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Wednesdays
Chompie’s
3841 W. Frye Rd., Chandler
Info: Nikki Janulewicz, (480) 5701835, [email protected]
Action Networkers: Business
Networking International
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays
Chompies
Info: Marty Recht, (602) 315-2056,
[email protected]
Arizona Business Connection
Networking Group
7 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Wednesdays
Networking / referral group
holds weekly breakfast meetings
with member presentations and
marketing training sessions. Guests
are free. Call in advance.
Dobson Ranch Golf Course
Restaurant
2155 S. Dobson Rd., Mesa
Info: Danny, (602) 363-0147, Danny.
[email protected]
Arizona Special Education
Network, Chandler area
Provides disability-related
education, advocacy and resources
to help parents navigate the
complex special education system.
Info: (602) 531-0230
Business Referral Exchange
Worldwide (BREW)
12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. first and third
Thursday of the month
Industry-specific referral and
networking group
Dobson Ranch Inn
1666 S. Country Club Dr., Mesa
Info: Jeremy McClymonds, (480)
444-2228, www.BREWus.com
Neighbors
Christian Business Networking,
East Valley Chapter
7:30 a.m. Wednesdays
Offers members the opportunity
to share ideas, contacts and
Chandler Lions Club
6:30 p.m. first and third Tuesdays of business referrals.
Mission Church Seminar Room
the month
Area residents are invited to come 4450 E. Elliot Rd., Gilbert
Info: Maia, (480) 425-0624, www.
join like-minded volunteers and
christianbusinessnetworking.com
make new friends.
Atria Chandler Villas, Community
Countryman Chapter of the
Room
Korean War Veterans Association
101 S. Yucca St., Chandler
Info: RuthJon Wick, (480) 895-3569, 10 a.m. fourth Tuesday of the
month
[email protected]
Sun Lakes Country Club, Friendship
Room
Chandler Rotary Club
25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes
12 p.m. Tuesdays
Info: Commander Joe Schneider,
Dynamic, service-oriented group
(480) 883-0122
meeting for fellowship, lunch and
informative programs on topics of
East Valley Job Club
global and local importance.
6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. last Monday of the
Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf
month
Resort
Free group supporting the success
One N. San Marcos Pl., Chandler
of its members by talking candidly
Info: Kevin Dempsey, (480) 216about job searching and career
2849, www.chandler-rotary.org
advancement. Open to the public.
Epiphany Lutheran Church, Room
Chandler Young Professionals:
325, South Campus
Kiwanis
800 W. Ray Rd., Chandler
6 p.m.-8 p.m. second and fourth
Info: Jim, (480) 244-4953,
Thursdays of the month
[email protected]
For busy professionals who
Preregistration required online.
Golf venue varies.
Info: www.chandlerchamber.com
volunteer to primarily help the
children of the world.
Iguana Mack’s
1371 N. Alma School Rd., Chandler
Info: Jeremy McClymonds, (480)
241-7256, Jeremy@formprosperity.
com, facebook.com/KiwanisCYP
www.SanTanSun.com
Mom Club of Chandler San Tan
For stay-at-home moms who live
between McQueen and Greenfield
roads and between Ocotillo Road
and Hunt Highway.
Weekly get-togethers, outings for
moms and kids, moms’ night out
and more.
Info: www.
momsclubchandlersantan.webs.
com, momsclubchandlersantan@
gmail.com
Mom Club of Chandler-Ocotillo
North
Open to stay-at-home moms
who live between Dobson and
McQueen roads and between
Queen Creek and Ocotillo roads.
Age-appropriate playgroups,
fun weekly activities, monthly
Recipe Club and moms’ night out,
plus community support events
throughout the year.
Info: www.
momsclubchandlerocotillonorth.
com, [email protected]
Mom-e Club Chandler
9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. second Wednesday
of the month
Monthly networking group
designed for local mom
entrepreneurs to build business
relationships and learn from others
in similar situations.
Floridino’s Pizza
Info: www.mom-eclub.com
East Valley Marines
7 p.m. second Tuesday of the
month
Marine Corps League Detachment
1296; all Marines and FMF
Corpsmen are welcome to help
Alzheimer’s Association Desert
other Marines through social and
Southwest Chapter, Chandler
charitable projects.
5:30 p.m. second Thursday of the
Childfree Friends
9240 S. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes
month
First Thursday and third Saturday of Info: Chuck, (480) 250-0984, www. Mom-e Club SE Gilbert Evening
Build Your Own Business:
Support group for caregivers of
6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. third Wednesday
the month
eastvalleymarines.org
Chandler
people with dementia. Free; no
of the month
Times and locations vary
8 a.m. first and third Thursdays of
preregistration required.
Fun social club giving couples
Gilbert Art Walk
the month
Chandler Regional Hospital,
and singles without children an
10
a.m.-2
p.m.
Saturdays
East Valley networking and referral
Morrison Building, Learning
opportunity to meet one another Local art in variety of mediums for entrepreneurs to build business
organization, meets in Ahwatukee
Resource Room
and participate in a variety of
sale. All ages. Free.
at a private location; address will be
activities.
45 W. Page Ave., Gilbert
Info: Mindy, (602) 528-0545, ext. 201 provided upon contact.
Info: www.childfree.meetup.
Total Wine, SanTan Village
Info:
www.gilbertartwalk.com
Info: Lisa, [email protected],
com/274
2224 E. Williams Field Rd., Gilbert
facebook.com/BYOBAZ
Alzheimer’s Association Desert
Memory
Care
Support
Group
Southwest Chapter, Gilbert
Support for those caring for a
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. first and third Friday Chandler Airport Commission
Tri-City Chapter: Chandler,
loved one with a memory loss
Mom-e Club SE Gilbert Morning
7 p.m. second Wednesday of the
of the month
Tempe, Mesa
disease such as Alzheimer’s or
9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. first Thursday of
month
Support group for caregivers of
7:15 a.m. Tuesdays
dementia.
Hosted
by
Copper
Creek
the month
The Commission makes
people with dementia. Free; no
Inn Memory Care of Chandler.
recommendations to Chandler
preregistration required.
10 a.m. second Tuesday every
City Council regarding airport
First United Methodist Church of
business referrals.
month
operations, physical growth,
Gilbert
entrepreneurs to build business
Crackers and Co. Café
Copper Creek Inn Community
economic development and
331 S. Cooper Rd., Gilbert
535 W. Iron Ave., Mesa
2200 W. Fairview St., Chandler
Info: Mindy, (602) 528-0545, ext. 201 proposed land use.
Info: Maia, 480-425-0624,
10 a.m. fourth Friday every month
Chandler Municipal Airport
Designer Cakes by April
Chandler Senior Center
terminal
American Legion James O.
2743 S. Market St., Suite 104, Gilbert
202
E.
Boston
St.,
Chandler
2380 S. Stinson Way, Chandler
Schroeder Post 55
Info: (480) 634-4191
7 p.m. third Tuesday of the month Info: (480) 782-3540
Chandler Bi-Monthly Chapter
Sun Lakes Country Club, Navajo
National Charity League, Inc., San
Moms Club of Chandler East
7:30 a.m. second and fourth
Chandler Business Alliance
Room
For stay-at-home moms who live
Tan Chapter
Tuesdays of the month
25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Thursdays
between McQueen and Gilbert
NCL fosters mother-daughter
Professional business coalition
Info: Commander Byron Weston,
roads and between Chandler and
relationships in a philanthropic
dedicated to the economic and
(480) 802-6623
Ocotillo roads; see blog for full
business referrals.
organization committed to
social development of its members
boundaries.
Chandler Christian Church, Room
community service, leadership
and the Chandler community as a
American Society of Women
Playgroups, park days, special
B202
development and cultural
whole.
Accountants, Mesa East Valley
1825 S. Alma School Rd., Chandler outings for kids, a monthly moms’ experiences. Daughters must
BLD
Chapter
night out and more.
Info: Maia, (480) 425-0624, www.
currently be in sixth through ninth
1920 W. Germann Rd., Chandler
5:30 p.m. fourth Tuesday of the
Info: www.momsclubchandlereast. grades.
Info: [email protected],
month
blogspot.com,
Info: Suzanne, suzannepetty19@
www.chandleralliance.com
Nonprofit organization holds
[email protected]
monthly networking and
educational sessions for women in Chandler Chamber Business Golf
7 a.m. tee time, first and third
accounting.
For a complete list of SanTan Sun area clubs, associations
Wednesdays of the month
Landmark Restaurant
and networking groups, visit www.SanTanSun.com and
Includes nine holes of golf,
809 W. Main St., Mesa
click on “Neighbors” to read Neighborhood Networks.
Info: Shelby, (602) 430-8834, www. continental breakfast and
networking opportunities.
aswa-mev.org
WebXtra:
Neighbors
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Ak-Chin
16000 Maricopa Rd., Maricopa
(520) 233-2426
www.ultrastarakchin.com
Here’s the deal: Sunday Brunch 6
and younger eat free with paid adult.
On Tuesdays, all kids 12 and younger
eat free with purchase of adult
entree.
Apple Dumpling Café
3076 E. Chandler Heights Rd. Suite
101, Gilbert
(480) 279-3879
www.appledumplingcafe.com
Here’s the deal: Mondays are Family
Value night, where kids eat free with
each adult meal and two drinks
purchased. On Family Fun night, kids
receive free ice cream with a meal.
After-school coolness is from 2:30
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday, where kids buy one ice cream
and get one free
Chompie’s
(480) 398-3008
www.chompies.com
Here’s the deal: All day Tuesday,
children 10 and younger receive one
free item from the kids’ meal menu
with adult meal purchase of $8 or
more. Dine in only.
Connect5 Family Centers Corp.
222 E. Warner Rd., Chandler
(480) 699-2122
1495 S. Higley Rd., Gilbert
WHERE KIDS EAT FREE
(480) 361-8410
Here’s the deal: Mondays and
Fridays, free kids’ meals with an
adult purchase for Munchie Monday
Free Lunch and Freebie Friday Free
Dinner.
Copper Still - Moonshine Grill
2531 S. Gilbert Rd., Suite 101, Gilbert
(480) 242-1258
www.CopperStillMoonshineGrill.
com
Here’s the deal: Every Tuesday, kids
ages 10 and younger eat for free with
the purchase of an adult meal.
Dilly’s Deli
2895 S. Alma School Rd., Suite 5,
Chandler
(480) 722-0644
www.dillysdeli.com
Here’s the deal: On weekends, get
one free kids’ meal for each adult
meal purchased for $4.79 or more.
El Palacio Restaurant and Cantina
2950 E. Germann Rd., Chandler
(480) 802-5770
www.epchandler.com
Here’s the deal: Wednesday, kids 12
and younger eat free with paid adult.
Fat Willy’s
4850 S. Gilbert Rd., Chandler
(480) 883-1356
www.fatwillysaz.com/Chandler
Here’s the deal: From 2 p.m. to 9
p.m. Tuesday, dine in and get a free
kids’ meal with every adult entrée
purchased. Little Leaguers menu
only, 12 and younger.
Nabers Music Bar and Eats
825 N. 54th St., Chandler
(480) 705-0288
www.nabersaz.com
Here’s the deal: Kids eat free every
Monday and Tuesday, with the
purchase of an adult meal and two
beverages.
NYPD Pizza
2580 W. Chandler Blvd, Chandler
(480) 722-0898
www.aznypdpizza.com
Here’s the deal: Kids eat for free on
Wednesday and Sunday after 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh Willy’s
1509 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler
(480) 857-2860
www.pittsburghwillys.com
Here’s the deal: Every day except
Sunday breakfast, kids younger than
10 eat free with each paying adult.
Additional kids eat for 50 percent
off; Wee Willy menu only.
Planet Sub
(480) 245-6503
www.planetsub.com
Here’s the deal: Monday, kids eat
free with paid adult.
Sidelines Grill
2980 S. Alma School Rd., Chandler
(480) 792-6965
www.sidelinesaz.com
Here’s the deal: Kids eat free from
Volunteers sought for
East Valley Food Day
East Valley Food Day is a free event
to celebrate healthy, affordable and
sustainable food as part of Gangplank’s
Health and Local Initiatives.
Individuals looking for a worthy
opportunity to use their talent and skills
while collaborating to build community
and awareness through celebration are
invited. Help create an event of real food,
live entertainment, learning, art and
people celebrating one of the most basic
needs as human beings.
A meeting will be held from 6:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, for
those who would like to volunteer
at Gangplank, 260 N. Arizona Ave.,
Chandler. The event is scheduled for Oct.
24,
For more information, contact Trudi at
[email protected].
kids’ menu after 4 p.m. Thursdays
with adult entree. Dine-in only.
Cannot be combined with any other
offers or specials.
Someburros!
2597 S. Market St., Gilbert
1335 E. Baseline Rd., Gilbert
www.someburros.com
Here’s the deal: Every Tuesday night
from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., kids 12 and
younger eat free with purchase of
combo or specialty meal. Dine-in
only.
The Cove Grill
5070 S. Gilbert Rd., Suite 400,
Chandler
(480) 802-9070
www.thecovegrill.com
Here’s the deal: Tuesday, kids
younger than 12 receive one free
meal per adult entrée purchased.
The Sushi Room
2475 W. Queen Creek Rd., Chandler
(480) 821-9000
www.sushiroomaz.com
Here’s the deal: Sunday Funday
means kids 12 and younger eat free,
two kids per paying adult.
Uncle Bear’s Grill and Bar
(480) 722-1555
www.unclebearsgrillandbar.com
Here’s the deal: Wednesday, kids
eat free with each full-price entrée
purchased.
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Whiskey Rose Bar and Grill
135 W. Ocotillo Rd. Chandler
(480) 895-ROSE (7673)
www.whiskeyrosesaloon.com
Here’s the deal: Kids eat free every
Tuesday and Sunday with purchase
of an adult entree.
WHERE KIDS
EAT FREE
The SanTan Sun News now
has a regular “Where kids eat
free” section.
Restaurant owners, please
email us details such as days
of the week kids can eat
free at your establishment,
and what conditions apply,
such as purchase of an adult
meal, certain hours, etc.,
Include your restaurant name,
address, phone and website
and a contact name for
verification.
Readers, if you know of
a location that has a kidseat-free program, email us
with the restaurant name,
a phone and / or email for
confirmation and details.
Email information to
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WHAT’S IT WORTH?
The summer is
upon us and, with
temperatures in
the 100s, I am
sure you would
like the opportunity
to get away for a
long weekend to
a “cool” vacation spot. You can
generate that extra cash to enjoy
this break by using an asset you
already own.
Is there something in your safety
deposit box, garage, a drawer or
maybe on a wall in your home that
has value and can be converted to
cash? Take some time and look for
this asset that no longer is bringing
you pleasure or is not appreciating
and find out “What’s it worth.”
There are experts who have the
capability to evaluate collectables,
jewelry, art, etc. through research
and market knowledge who will
provide the estimated value of your
item. There are consignment stores
on every corner that will take the
item and attempt to find buyers.
There is also the Internet, which is
becoming a mall and shopping
center. The valuables that before
were not readily saleable now can
be sold 24 hours a day. But first
you need to have the experts
determine a value. From this point,
the marketplace will determine the
true selling price. Also ask the
experts if they are possible buyers
of the assets. It will expedite the
conversion of the item to cash.
Please take the time on one of
these hot days to search for
valuables that can be converted
to funds for a break from the heat.
Remember there are experts and
buyers who want to assist!
— David Goldstein
Owner, Biltmore Loan and Jewelry
“BILTMORE BUYS OR LOANS ON
ANYTHING YOU OWN”
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Glide into fun at Skateland
Offering a cool respite from the Arizona heat, Skateland in Chandler is a family fun
destination that offers entertainment. Lace up a pair of skates, enjoy the music, get a
little exercise and glide around the rink for summer enjoyment. STSN photos by Tim
Sealy
FUN TIMES: The colorful exterior of Skateland in Chandler is a vibrant invitation for the
fun inside.
LOCALS : Natalie Chappa and Aleina Stanek are regulars at Skateland, spending hours perfecting
their moves.
TALENTED: Karsen Cochran glides along
effortlessly on the Skateland rink.
FRIENDLY FACES: Didn’t bring your own skates? Bryan Helton and Spencer Knippers can
get you outfitted with a pair and get you on your way to the fun.
FRIENDS: Raz Castillo (back) shares a day of fun with his daughters and their visiting friends (left
to right), Janae Castillo, Summer Hennessey, Monique Castillo and Isabella Campbell.
MOTHER’S LITTLE HELPER: Amelia Petersen,
daughter of Skateland’s Event Coordinator,
Donna, sometimes takes a break from the fun
on the rink to help out in the office. It’s just
as much fun, from the look on her face.
SKATE STYLE: Haley Pehrson and Lexi Johnson show off fashions
of all sorts while on the rink.
CHILLING OUT: Jacee Kuzmich, Ashley Connell
and Ben Kuzmich stop in for a few hours
of cool fun on a hot, steamy Arizona summer
day.
LEARNING TO FLY: With a little something to hold on to, Zachary Rick puts on a
little speed.
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Acoustic artist yearns for that
interaction with audiences
BY MEGHAN MCCOY
For acoustic guitarist Peter Biedermann,
performing is the ideal way of interacting
with the public.
“It’s all about connecting with people,”
says Biedermann, a 58-year-old Green
Valley resident.
The finger-style acoustic guitarist will
perform at the Downtown Chandler Library,
22 S. Delaware St., from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 23. For more information,
visit www.peterbiedermann.com.
Biedermann, who began his musical
career close to 40 years ago, has been
writing original material for more than 25
years. In a way, he feels like a newbie.
“I just feel like I am getting started,” he
says. “Every time I pick up my instrument
something new comes out.”
He has relied on the British school of
guitarists to influence him over the last
few years. Among his favorites are Davey
Graham and Pentangle, the latter of which
featured Burt Jansch and John Renbourn.
“I sort of, over the years, have crossed
both the British and American schools of
playing,” he explains.
He uses that as the foundation for his
shows, which are primarily at libraries.
While living in New Jersey, Biedermann
discovered the library system. He has
performed in nearly 175 libraries throughout
New Jersey, New York and New England.
“When I moved here (to Arizona) last
year, I started making contacts with library
systems,” he explains.
Biedermann engages the audience with
an interactive program as he showcases his
six-string and 12-string guitars while playing
original material.
“I don’t plan my music before my shows
because I want to read my audience,” he
explains.
Biedermann has more than four hours
of material from which to choose. An
independent artist, Biedermann has
produced more than a dozen CDs.
“If you are going to make it in any kind
of market, you have to take the bull by
the horns and make your own music,” he
explains.
In addition to exposing the finger style
of guitar playing to library audiences,
Biedermann says he wants his program to
inspire people to explore their own artistic
muse. He says he hopes a younger crowd
will attend his performance because he
finds he can really reach that age group.
“With younger people, they are just
starting out, and they are at the beginning
of their journeys,” Biedermann says.
His program, he explains, also touches
the older generation as he inspires them to
start playing guitar again.
Ted Liebler, the Downtown Chandler
Public Library’s reference and adult
programming librarian, says Biedermann’s
performances at the library strengthens
the goal of the facility of bringing arts and
culture to the public for free.
GUITARIST: Peter Biedermann will perform at the Downtown Chandler Public Library from 2
p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23. Submitted photo
“We have a tradition of bringing in
different types of music,” he says.
The Downtown Library schedules at
least three or four musicians a year.
“I get excited about music events
because it unifies the community,” Liebler
explains.
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Chandler photographer
displays work
Youth bands play to mark
CCA’s 25th anniversary
The photography of Sue Cullumber,
whose work has appeared in several
local and national publications, is
featured at the Chandler Center for
the Arts Gallery, 250 N. Arizona Ave.,
Chandler. The exhibit, called “Journeys
of a Photographer: The Photography of
Sue Cullumber,” is on display through
Saturday, Oct. 25.
Cullumber is a Chandler resident
with a long history of advocating and
supporting the arts in the community.
As a special-education teacher, she
spends her spare time photographing
subjects that inspire her, such as the
environment.
“At school, I teach science and
outdoor education,” Cullumber says.
“Through educator fellowships I have
had the opportunity to travel to
several areas abroad. This has allowed
for many inspirations in my teaching
and as a photographer; often using my
photographs to help educate others
about conservation, cultures and the
environment.”
She also runs her own photography
company, A Unique View Photography,
specializing in fine-art photography of
nature.
“I think of photography as a way of
exploring things I encounter, a method
that enables me to share in an original
way with others,” Cullumber says. “The
Nine Valley youth bands will perform
at the Chandler Center for the Arts
beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22,
as part of the venue’s 25th anniversary
celebration.
The “Plugged In” concert is part of
the weekend celebrating the center’s
milestone. The musicians come from
Gilbert’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School,
which partnered with the Chandler
Center for the Arts Youth Advisory
Council Alumni for the concert.
Seventeen bands were chosen to
audition at Hard Rock Café and Alice
Cooperstown. A panel of local music
professionals chose nine bands to
perform.
“Partnering with Rock ‘n’ Roll High
School is a great way to inspire and
motivate these young aspiring musicians
while also serving as an educational
opportunity,” says Michelle Mac Lennan,
Chandler Center for the Arts’ general
manager.
The nine bands selected to perform
are:
• Fallback (metal)
• Headstrum (alternative rock)
• Injury Reserve (rap)
• Vintage Wednesday (classic/indie)
• Cast In Ashes (folk/reggae/rap)
• Central Divide (pop punk)
• Hamartia (indie)
• Stone Heart Cowboys (hard rock)
natural world provides an endless
supply of inspiration and new ideas.”
Cullumber’s photographs have been
published in books and magazines
including National Geographic,
Parade Magazine and the Galapagos
Conservancy. She participates regularly
in local art walks, teaches classes at the
community level and has won many
awards.
To learn more about Cullumber’s
work and A Unique View Photography,
visit www.sue-cullumber.artistwebsites.
com. For more information about the
exhibit and the Chandler Center for the
Arts Gallery, visit www.chandlercenter.
org or call (480) 782-2695.
• Wrath (metal)
The bands, which will perform
20-minute sets, will have the
opportunity to receive professional
coaching on public relations and
marketing, complete with a press kit
with a professional photo of their
band and a DVD of their concert
performance. They will also meet with
local music agents.
The center will hold a free
Community Day event Saturday, Aug.
23. Three stages will host multiple
performances between 10 a.m. and
3 p.m., and several activities will be
offered in the foyer, including face
painting, a balloon artist and art
projects for the kids.
“The Music of Motown” will be
presented 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23,
featuring vocalist Joe Bourne performing
music from Michael Jackson, Marvin
Gaye, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder,
Lionel Richie, The Supremes, Smokey
Robinson and other artists.
The festivities wrap up Sunday with
“FlaMexico!,” a performance combining
music from Spain’s flamenco and
Mexico’s mariachi styles.
For more information on the
Chandler Center for the Arts
and upcoming events, visit www.
chandlercenter.org.
Symphony readies for first
concert, seeks volunteers
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Musicians with the Chandler
Symphony Orchestra are back in
rehearsal, preparing for their free pops
concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at the
Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N.
Arizona Ave., Chandler. Conductor Jack
Herriman and Associate Conductor
Alex Zheng continue the orchestra’s
tradition of bringing quality symphonic
and orchestral music to the public for
free. Seating is on a first-come, firstserved basis.
The orchestra is also seeking
volunteers for a range of duties.
chandlersymphony.net/Volunteer.html.
The Chandler Symphony Orchestra’s
music is performed by professionally
trained musician volunteers. For more
information, call (480) 899-3447, email
[email protected] or visit
www.chandlersymphony.net.
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Tony Bennett performs live
Shade sculpture coming
Tony Bennett, a 17-time Grammy
Award-winning musician, will perform at
the Mesa Arts Center’s Ikeda Theater for
one night, Saturday, Aug. 23.
Bennett’s career spans 60 years and
includes worldwide record sales in the
millions and dozens of platinum and gold
albums. He’s best known for his legendary
vocals and impressive stage presence,
along with this signature tunes like
“Steppin’ Out with My Baby” and “I Left
My Heart in San Francisco.” His Grammy
Awards include the prestigious lifetime
A new shade sculpture at the Mesa
Arts Center, One E. Main St., Mesa, will
be designed by internationally acclaimed
and award-winning artist Cecil Balmond.
“The Cloud” will provide permanent
shade over a community gathering place
and connect the campus with Main
Street in Downtown Mesa.
“The gathering place and the
pedestrian activity will support growth
of public activity on the adjacent blocks
and extended visits to downtown Mesa
by thousands of MAC patrons,” says
Cindy Ornstein, executive director of
Mesa Arts Center and director of arts
and culture for the City of Mesa.
The suspended cloud-like art
structure, designed to align with the
existing MAC architecture and landscape,
will have three components: tensile
fabric, which matches the existing iconic
shade sails; columns with trapeziums,
angled to create an inhabitable field; and
glass oculi covered with dichroic film, the
shadows of which change color with the
movement of the sun. Nighttime lighting
will make the piece a beacon welcoming
visitors to the center after dark. It
will provide shade for a new outdoor
seating area just north of MAC’s Theaters
Building.
“The aim of the sculpture is to
surprise and inspire, in addition to
providing a cool place to take cover and
for visitors to meet and collaborate,”
says Balmond of his design. “I wanted to
create an environment that changes your
achievement prize.
His daughter, Antonia Bennett, has
been touring with him and will open the
performance with a collection of jazz and
pop standards. Antonia is a graduate of
the renowned Berklee College of Music.
Tickets range from $60 to $155, and
can be purchased through the Mesa Arts
Center box office, www.mesaartscenter.
com, or at (480) 644-6500.
For more information about Tony
Bennett, visit www.tonybennett.com or
www.exploringthearts.org.
TONY BENNETT: The renowned singer and his daughter, Antonia Bennett, stop at the
Mesa Arts Center Aug. 23. Submitted photo
String band makes local stop
Old Crow Medicine Show, a renowned
Americana string band, will perform at
the Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center,
One E. Main St., Mesa, at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 14.
The group got its start performing
on street corners in New York State and
Canada, gaining a following for their
roots music with a rock ‘n’ roll vibe.
The band caught the attention of
folk icon Doc Watson in Boone, North
Carolina. He asked Old Crow Medicine
Show to perform at MerleFest, and the
festival helped launch its career. The
band soon relocated to Nashville, taking
up a residency at the Grand Ole Opry
and entertaining the crowd between
shows.
A decade and a half later, the band
has toured the world, selling more than
800,000 albums and performing at
festivals including Coachella, Telluride
Bluegrass Festival, Bonnaroo, New
Orleans Jazz Festival and the Hardly
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MADE FOR THE SHADE: “The Cloud,” a new
aesthetic and functional sculpture conceived
by artist Cecil Balmond, was selected for
development for the Mesa Arts Center.
Submitted photo
perception of space and is completely
capable of being used for different
purposes, in alignment with Mesa Arts
Center’s needs.”
Balmond will collaborate with the
center’s original design architect to
ensure the design is compatible.
Mesa Arts Center’s 21st Century Café
Society project, supported in part by
a competitive ArtPlace America Grant,
was chosen from more than 1,200
applications.
Balmond is known for his work as
an artist, designer, architect, engineer,
theoretician and writer, and heads
Balmond Studio, with offices in London,
Hong Kong, and Colombo, Sri Lanka.
To learn more about the Mesa Arts
Center, visit www.mesaartscenter.com or
call (480) 644-6500.
ROOTS AND ROCK: The members of Old
Crow Medicine Show, at their best in front of
live crowds, bring their music and energetic
spirit to the stage Sept. 14 at Mesa Arts
Center. Submitted photo
Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Its single
“Wagon Wheel” was certified gold in 2011
for selling more than 500,000 copies.
For more information about the band,
visit www.crowmedicine.com.
Tickets are available through the
Mesa Arts Center box office at www.
MesaArtsCenter.com or by calling (480)
644-6500.
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American heritage
celebrated this fall
New community theater group offers ‘Bee’
at Tempe arts center
Big Deal Theater, a new community
theater group in Chandler, will debut
with “The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee” next month at the
Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio
Salado Pkwy., Tempe.
The play will run at 7 p.m. Sept. 12
and 13 and again Sept. 19 and Sept. 20.
The musical follows six kids as
they enter the titular spelling bee, as
well as the supervising adults, who
barely managed to escape childhood
themselves. Through the trials of the
spelling bee and songs like “My Friend,
The Dictionary,” “Woe is Me,” and
“I’m Not That Smart,” the kids learn
that winning isn’t everything, and the
audience learns more about the cast
of lovable misfits, nerds and neurotics.
The cast of “The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee” includes
KG O’Neall (Marcy Park), Noah
Gallego (Chip Tolentino), Erin Ross
(Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre),
Catie Carson (Olive Ostrovsky),
Christian Blue (Mitch Mahoney), Kayla
McClendon (Vice Principal Panch),
Josh Pulsifer (William Barfee) and
Erin Akers (Rona Lisa Perretti). The
ensemble includes Lauren McCaulou
and Hunter Hamblin.
Audience volunteers are also
chosen to join the bee during each
performance, making every show
SURE TO ‘BEE’ FUN: “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” follows several kids
as they compete in a spelling bee and get to know themselves and one another. The play
also involves audience members in each performance as “contestants.”. Submitted photo
unique.
“Though it’s been a long time
since middle school for many of us,
‘Spelling Bee’s’ message is relevant and
important for everyone,” says director
Heather Ross, who is also the owner
of Big Deal Theater.
General admission tickets are
available at the Tempe Center for
the Arts box office or online at www.
tempe.gov/TCA. Due to some mature
content, the show is recommended
for ages 13 and older.
FREE INSTALLATION
Schnepf Farms, 24810 S. Rittenhouse Rd., Queen
Creek, will host the 12th annual American Heritage
Festival Saturday, Nov. 22, and Sunday, Nov. 23. The
gathering is one of the largest and most diverse
educational living-history events in the Southwest.
The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, with
a festival open only to school groups by advance
arrangement on Friday, Nov. 21.
The event combines education with play in
interactive displays and activities representing and
celebrating American history and heritage from
the colonial era through the 20th century; with the
American Revolution, mountain men, pioneers,
the Civil War, westward expansion and more
presented.
Famous historical figures like George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln will be portrayed
by actors, while craftsmen and musicians will
entertain guests. There will be living-history
demonstrations, a historical-era fashion show,
shopping and more to bring America’s iconic eras
to life. Battle re-enactments of the Revolutionary
and Civil wars and a parade will also take place. A
church service will be open on Sunday.
Admission for public days will be $15 at the
event. Ages 3 and younger are admitted free and
do not need a pass. Special advance rates are
available through Friday, Oct. 31. For information on
advance passes visit www.americanheritagefestival.
com/2014AHF/PublicInfo.htm.
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Young Valley actors
bring ‘Seussical Jr.’
to life
Actor’s Youth Theatre will showcase
young local talent on stage at the Tuscany
Theatre, 861 N. Higley Rd., Suite 105, Gilbert,
in the family-friendly musical “Seussical Jr.,”
opening Wednesday, Sept. 10.
The musical, which features actors
ages 8 through 13, runs Saturday, Sept. 10,
through Saturday, Sept. 20, with showtimes
on Wednesday through Saturday at 7 p.m.
Matinees at 3 p.m. are available on Saturdays
Sept. 13 and 20.
The Cat in the Hat, the Whos, Horton
the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz and many
more beloved characters bring their stories
to the stage with original musical numbers
in this whimsical musical adventure written
by Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen
Flaherty and directed by Tracie Jones.
In its 11th season in the Valley, Gilbertbased Actor’s Youth Theatre is a nonprofit
performing arts organization that brings
theater education and performance to
young people and their families. It covers all
facets of medium from classical theater to
Broadway musicals.
actorsyouththeatre.com, email aytinfo@
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Great White contends it’s the real deal
BY ALAN SCULLEY
Since February 2012, Great White has
found itself in the unusual position of
having to compete with itself, in a sense,
on tour.
The reason was the departure of longtime singer Jack Russell, who went on to
start his own version of the band called
Great White featuring Jack Russell.
Obviously, the remaining band
members—including longtime core
members Mark Kendall (guitar), Michael
Lardie (guitar/keyboards) and Audie
Desbrow (drums)—were not pleased.
Lawsuits were filed to claim ownership
of the Great White name and prevent the
losing party from using the Great White
name in the future. In the end, the two
sides agreed to live with the status quo.
That means two editions of Great
White continue to tour, and this has to
create some level of confusion for fans.
Lardie, who along with Kendall, Desbrow,
singer Terry Ilous and bassist Scott
Snyder make up the current line-up,
wasn’t going to try to gauge what amount
of confusion exists over the two versions
of Great White. But, he says, he thinks his
edition of the band is still being seen as
the “real” Great White.
“All I know is we’re playing casinos.
We’re playing festivals. We’re playing
Monsters of Rock cruise,” Lardie says in
recent phone interview. “We’re playing
those kinds of venues, whereas Jack is
playing clubs and bars and grills. So that
kind of hopefully answers that question.”
COMING TO WILD HORSE PASS: Great White has soldiered on despite a temporary breakup
in 2001 and, in 2003, a fire at a Great White show at Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode
Island. Submitted photo
Lardie also thinks the facts support
the notion that his band should be seen
as the legitimate Great White because
it has more of a connection, personnelwise to the group’s heyday.
“Inherently, everybody talks about
(Russell as) ‘He’s the voice’ and blah,
blah, blah. OK, that’s fine and that’s great.
And that’s part of our history,” Lardie
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Ten in One: A Cirque-ish Event
Mesa Arts Center’s season kickoff festival
Mesa Arts Center’s (MAC) free
season-kickoff festival, titled Ten in
One: A Cirque-ish Event, will celebrate
the enchanting art of circus from 6
p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. MAC’s
campus will be filled with circus-inspired
vignettes, including aerial hoop and
tight wire performances, a mythical
mermaid performer, contortionists, hand
balancing, stilt walkers, jugglers and fire
eaters. Other features of the festival
include five new Mesa Contemporary
Arts Museum (MCAM) exhibitions,
entertainment across campus, delicious
fair foods, art studio demonstrations and
hands-on experiences for people of all
ages.
Coinciding with the festival will be
the opening reception of circus-themed
exhibitions in the MCAM. Exhibitions
will be celebrated from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
in the museum’s courtyard, with musical
entertainment by Trio Rio, a cash bar and
an opportunity to meet the artists.
The featured works in the circusthemed exhibitions in the MCAM are as
follows:
exhibition features 10 acts (10 artists)
in one show: Carrie Battista, Lisa Brawn,
Tyson Grumm, Shawn Ray Harris, Jan
Huling, Martin Janecky, Sergei Isupov,
Jessica Joslin, Liz McGrath and Mike
Stilkey.
Still Moving: Imagining the Circus candy and if he eats us instead, I’m sure
that will be dandy. Let’s all go, go to the
in a New Way
The contemporary circus builds
on the old traditions of the circus
while fusing it with theater and dance
practice. In his photographs, Swedish
artist Bertil Nilsson captures the beauty
of human form as well as fortitude of
these modern-day performers. His work
provides a glimpse of a mysterious world,
where dedication and extensive training
are all part of the profession.
Sideshow!”
Circus Today
Pencil Drawings by Mark McDowell
A painter, printmaking and fine art
book publisher, Arizona artist Mark
McDowell has become known for his
distinctively graphic focused drawings
in colored pencil on birch wood panels.
Circus Today features McDowell’s latest
body of work, which showcases the
classic imagery often associated with
circuses: acrobatic performers, animal
acts, sideshow curiosities, and of course,
the iconic big top tent.
The Ringmaster
Jenny and Sara Haglund, 2011. Photograph by
Bertil Nilsson
Sideshow
Ten-in-One
Contemporary Art Goes Circus
Ten-in-One, which is a reference
to sideshow attractions, focuses on
artists whose works embody the circus
aesthetic with a contemporary twist. The
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The Great Omi by Lisa Brawn. Photo
submitted
by Luster Kaboom
“Around the corner and tucked out
in the night there’s a wagon with a
cage that’s filled with fright. A big ugly
monster from God knows where, one
look into his eyes and you’ll surely be
scared. But really is he all that bad?
Maybe he’s lonely, maybe he’s sad. We
should go see him and feed him some
Philip C. Curtis’ Circus Art
Arizona icon Philip C. Curtis continues
to captivate and inspire with his surrealist
art. Dubbed the “Magritte of the Old
West,” Curtis became known for his
metaphoric imagery and elongated
Victorian figures in barren desert
landscapes. His caged animals, band
wagons and parade processions, which
are the focus of this exhibition, provide
a glimpse into the bygone era of the
traveling circus.
Mesa Arts Center is located at One
E. Main St., in downtown Mesa. There is
no charge to attend the Season Kickoff
Festival or the Mesa Contemporary Arts
Museum’s opening reception. Parking
is also free. More information can be
found at www.MesaArtsCenter.com or by
calling (480) 644-6500.
Art in the Olive Grove
Artists of the
Superstitions invites the
public to enjoy a day of
fine art, entertainment
and wine-tasting in the
park-like setting of the
Queen Creek Olive Mill
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 19. The Olive
Mill is located at 25062
S. Meridian Rd., in Queen
Creek (off Combs Road). Visitors will have
the opportunity to view and purchase
fine art from more than 25 members of
the Artists of the Superstitions displaying
their painting, photography, jewelry,
woodworking and gourd creations.
The Artists of the Superstitions is a
juried art group of awardwinning artists from
Apache Junction and Gold
Canyon and was formed
in 2007. AOTS sponsors
five fine art shows every
year, including the
popular Studio Art Tour in
November.
The Queen Creek
Olive Mill has local finely
crafted olive oil for sale in its gift shop
plus, coffee, pizza and sandwiches. Take a
tour of the Olive Mill for a fee.
Admission to the show is free to
the public. For more information: email
[email protected] or visit
www.artistsofthesuperstitions.com.
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GREAT WHITE FROM PAGE 55
says. “But you can’t discount that Audie’s
drumming is a staple of Great White, or
Mark’s guitar playing. And we are the guys
that were on every record that wrote
those parts and made that sound and
made that imprint.
“The thing we always (go back to) is you
have the original two guitarists (Kendall
and Lardie). You have the original utility
guy in myself (pitching in on keyboards
and harmonica). You have the original
drummer,” Lardie said. “So the basic sound
of the band, with those components, it’s
going to sound like Great White.”
The Great White sound began
taking shape after the group formed
in Los Angeles in 1977. But it took a
decade before the group broke through
commercially with the release in 1987
of “Once Bitten...” That album became
a million-selling success behind the
top 10 rock hits, “Save Your Love” and
“Rock Me”). Two years later, Great White
released its follow-up album, “…Twice
Shy,” and saw it go double platinum
behind the group’s cover of the Ian Hunter
gem, “Once Bitten, Twice Shy.” The 1991
album, “Hooked” (which had a top 5 rock
hit, “Call It Rock ‘n’ Roll”), became the
last hit for the group, which continued
recording and touring until the band broke
up in 2001. Five years later, the group got
back together, before issues with Russell
led to the split with the longtime vocalist.
Whatever perceptions there are about
the authenticity of either Great White,
it appears that a parting of ways with
Russell was unavoidable.
Lardie didn’t speak in any detail about
the situation, but a statement posted on
the band’s website shortly after Russell’s
departure in December 2011 revealed
a good deal about the problems the
group claims it had experienced with its
longtime singer leading up to and after his
forced hiatus from the group.
In the statement, the group said
in 2010, Russell’s physical condition
deteriorated to the point where he
“routinely fell on and off stage, forgot
lyrics” and forced the band to cancel
some shows. Russell’s drug abuse had
done so much damage, he needed
colostomy surgery for a perforated bowel.
Three additional surgeries followed while
Russell was on leave from the band, which
had set five conditions to meet before he
could return to the group, including being
off of all drugs and alcohol, agreeing to
weekly drug tests and attending weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Those
conditions were not met, according to the
band’s statement.
Over the past two years, Great White
has been busy taking steps to establish the
continued viability of the band with Ilous
(who was one of several singers who filled
in for shows during Russell’s hiatus) taking
over the vocalist slot.
In May 2012, the band released a
new studio album, “Elation,” and that
release was followed in February 2013 by
a concert album, “30 Years—Live at the
Sunset Strip.”
“What was important about doing
the live record was to get that out in the
open, the classic tunes with Terry singing
them, showing that he’s paying homage to
what the songs are to a degree, but he’s
Arizona Long Form Improv Festival
scheduled
Dan Bakkedahl (“Legit,” “Veep,” “30 Rock,”
“Community,” “The Office,” “The Heat,”
“This is 40,” “Observe and Report”) and
Second City alumni Rob Janas will perform
at the Outliars Comedy Clubs in Mesa and
Chandler.
Shows are scheduled for 7 p.m. and 9
p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at Outliars Comedy Club
Mesa, 1666 S. Dobson Rd. in the Dobson
Ranch Inn; 8 p.m. Friday Sept. 5, and Saturday,
Sept. 6, at Outliars Comedy Club Chandler
Radisson, 7475 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler.
The show costs $10.
The performance fee for long-form
improv troupes that would like to perform
in the Arizona Long Form Improv Festival is
$100. To book a spot, call (480) 784-7258.
Workshops are scheduled with Dave
Thurston for those interested in learning
more about improv. Take Intro to Improv,
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at the
Outliars Comedy Club Mesa, 1666 S. Dobson
Rd., or Long Form Performance from 5 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m. Sunday Sept. 7, at the Outliars
Comedy Club Chandler, at Iguana Mack’s,
1371 N. Alma School Rd. Workshops are $35
and come with a $50 voucher for improv
classes at the Outliars Comedy Clubs and
two free tickets to any Outliars Comedy
Club, including Janas and Bakkedahl’s
performance.
also putting his own (stamp) on it,” Lardie
said.
Meanwhile, with “Elation,” Great
White proved there is still plenty of
creative juice in this edition of the group.
The album stays well within the bluesedged mainstream-rock sound the group
established in the 1980s, with energetic
rockers like “(I’ve Got) Something For You,”
“Feelin’ So Much Better” and “Shotgun
Willie’s” The band varies things with tunes
like the slow burning rocker “LoveTrain”
and the acoustic-laced ballad “Hard To Say
Goodbye.”
The band made a solid album despite
having a tight timeline for the project.
Great White finished “Elation” in 37 days,
even though it arrived at the studio
without a couple of finished songs.
“I mean, we had ideas for things, but
not completed songs,” Lardie said. “So
many times what we’d do is we’d be home
at night playing our guitars or whatever
and come in the next morning and we’d all
get in a circle and we’d look at each other
and go, ‘OK, what have you got today?’
Mark would play a riff and I’d go, ‘Oh, I got
this part that would go great with that.’
And that’s how fast a lot of the writing
was. It was so fresh, and Terry did a great
job of bringing in musical and lyrical ideas.
So it really felt like such a collaborative
effort.
“We’re very happy with the way that
turned out,” he said. “I think it was very
fresh to us. It was a lot of fun to be on that
kind of schedule and just be everybody
there all day long.”
The band will mix in a few songs from
“Elation” during its current shows.
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“We continue to be blessed to be
able to keep making new records,” Lardie
said. “So we want to give fans a little bit
of taste of that and not go out and be
trying to play ‘This is everything from our
brand new record and ‘Once Bitten, Twice
Shy.’ No, it’s not like that. We’re trying to
do a balance...The set is full of stuff like
‘Rock Me,’ ‘House Of Broken Love,’ ‘Save
Your Love,’ ‘Lady Red Light.’ So we’ve got
hopefully the best of our catalog.”
Great White indeed has soldiered on
despite a temporary breakup in 2001 and,
in 2003, a fire at a Great White show at
Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode
Island. The blaze, which was started by
the band’s pyrotechnics, killed 100 people
and caused many to expect Great White’s
career was over. Lardie said while the
tragedy tarnished the band’s legacy, it has
gained support among those affected by
the fire.
“I’m just grateful to be friends with all
of the survivors of the victims,” Lardie
said. “It was obviously a horrible thing that
happened, and we’re working all the time
with them—not monetarily—but we’re
involved in a fellowship with all of these
people.”
Great White and Slaughter perform 8
p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, Wild Horse Pass, 5040
Wild Horse Pass Blvd., Chandler. Tickets are
$23 to $58. For more information, call (800)
946-4452 or visit www.wingilariver.com.
Alan Sculley is a freelancer for the
SanTan Sun News. He can be reached at
[email protected].
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ON STAGE
Bad Cactus Brass Band, Sat., Aug. 16,
TN. Bad Cactus Brass Band, formed in
Phoenix in 2009 and prominent locally
and throughout the Southwest, blasts
through funky, joyful street beats and
soulful grooves while holding onto their
roots in New Orleans jazz, gospel and
second-line style.
Danny Long Trio, Sun., Aug. 17, TN.
Long headlined in Chicago, toured
nationally, released an album on Capitol
Records and played in Las Vegas before
moving to Phoenix in 1980. He draws
his repertoire primarily from the Great
American Songbook, interpreting
tunes by masters including Cole Porter,
George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin,
Duke Ellington and Rodgers and Hart.
Jam Sessions: Sun., Aug. 17; Sun., Aug.
24; Sun., Aug. 31, TN. Yañez heads this
weekly jam session where student jazz
musicians are welcome. House band,
grand piano, guitar and bass amp, drum
set and sound are all provided. Singers
welcome. Event is open to all ages to
participate or listen to three hours of
jazz.
“Doug Benson: The Doug Dynasty
Tour,” Wed., Aug. 20, TI. The comic
known for “Best Week Ever,” “Last Comic
Standing,” his popular weekly podcast
“Doug Loves Movies” and more stops by
for one night only.
COMFORTABLY FUN: Watch pigs fly when Australian Pink Floyd plays at MAC on Thursday, Sept. 25. Submitted photo.
Lahna Turner, Thurs., Aug. 21, SUL.
Lahna Turner, featured on NBC, Comedy
Central, VH1 and more, combines her
stand-up routine with original comedy
songs in this special one-night-only
performance.
Carmela y Más, Thurs., Aug. 21, TN.
Experience a kaleidoscope of Latin
musical flavors. Latin jazz and salsa
rhythms drive this electric band of
award-winning musicians, bringing out
the sounds of merengue, salsa, cha cha
and rumba as well as Latin jazz.
Colin Kane, Thurs., Aug. 21, through Sun.,
Aug. 24, TI. The winner of Howard Stern’s
“Kill or Be Killed” and a serial guest on
“Opie and Anthony,” Kane entertains
with his acerbic and brilliant wit.
Nash Summer Jazz Faculty Concert,
Fri., Aug. 22, TN. The culmination of the
summer workshop program at The Nash,
this special concert features standards
and popular songs from the Great
American Songbook.
Bobby Slayton, Fri., Aug. 22, through
Sat., Aug. 23, TI. A true “comic’s comic,”
Bobby Slayton, often referred to as
“The Pit Bull of Comedy,” brings his own
intense style of stand-up comedy honed
over 20 years on stage.
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Tom Cotter, Fri., Aug. 22, through
Sun., Aug. 24, SUL. Tom Cotter was a
runner-up on NBC’s “America’s Got
Talent,” the highest-finishing comedian
on the show. He has also appeared
on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
and “Comedy Central Presents.” He
presents his versatile comedy act.
“Love, Sex and No Man’s Land,” Sat.,
Aug. 23, S55. A new twist on Space 55’s
(in)famous variety series. 7-Minute
veterans and new performers join
to bring you an evening of original
comedy, tragedy, ridiculousness and
cool music.
Larry Redhouse Trio, Sat., Aug.
23, TN. Redhouse, who has played
at prominent venues worldwide,
will perform many of his original
compositions.
Lila Downs, Sun., Aug. 24, WHP.
Lila Downs brings her impressive
vocal range and talents, as well as
inspiration from various cultural
and musical influences, to her
performance.
“West Side Story,” through Sun.,
Aug. 24, HTC. In this classic Broadway
musical, “Romeo and Juliet” is retold
on the streets of 1950s New York City.
Vince Kaufmann, Fri., Aug. 29, TN. A
longtime performer in the Phoenix
area, Kaufmann will play the selected
works of legendary saxophonist Joe
Henderson.
Lost ‘80s Live, Sat., Aug. 30, WHP.
Presented by 94.5 KOOL FM, Lost
‘80s Live takes fans on a trip back
to the ‘80s with a fun collection of
performances by Flock of Seagulls,
Animotion, Dramarama, Men Without
Hats, Bow Wow Wow, Naked Eyes and
The Flirts.
Mary Lynn Rajskub, Sat., Aug. 30, SUL.
The actor, writer and performer best
known for her role in “24” brings her
strange and quirky humor to the stage
in a one-night-only performance.
Vicki McDermitt and Friends, Sat.,
Aug. 30, TN. A lifelong vocalist
who has toured nationally and
internationally, McDermitt performs
with Russ Schmidt on piano, Dwight
Kilian on bass and Rob Moore on
drums.
Diane Lee CD Release Party:
“Mentor,” Sun., Aug. 31, TN. Lee,
whose comes from a musical
family, celebrates the release of
“Mentor.” The vocalist has performed
and toured with superstars and
collaborated with Donnie Dean to
record several rock and soul albums
and recordings.
Paul Mecurio, Thurs., Sept. 4, through
Sun., Sept. 7, SUL. Mecurio, an Emmy
Award-winning writer from “The Daily
Show with Jon Stewart,” brings his
cutting observational humor to the
stage.
April Macie, Thurs., Sept. 4, through
Sun., Sept. 7, TI. The hilarious redhaired beauty from “Snoop Dogg
Presents: The Bad Girls of Comedy”
and “Comedy Underground with Dave
Attell” regales with her unique blend
of funny, crazy and sexy humor.
“Captain Jack’s Space Attack,” Sat.,
Sept. 6, S55. The late-night program
by Charlie Steak and Ron Foligno
returns with more of the adventures
of Captain Jack and his band, Space
Attack as they explore the galaxy
searching for a new home after the
destruction of Earth in the year 3013.
“Charlotte’s Web,” Sun., Sept. 7,
through Sun., Oct 12, TCA. Back by
popular demand, one of Childsplay’s
most beloved productions brings the
endearing piglet, Wilbur, the winsome
spider, Charlotte, and their friends to
the stage with a brilliant version of
E.B. White’s American classic.
Anthony Jeselnik, Thurs., Sept. 11,
through Sat., Sept. 13, SUL. The cutting
comic from Comedy Central and
more brings his unique and sometimes
-dark comedy style and use of the
unexpected.
Steve-O, Thurs., Sept. 11, through Sun.,
Sept. 14, TI. Steve-O brings his wild
antics to the stage.
P.H.I.L. Talks, Fri., Sept. 12, S55. The
premiere of a new series in the spirit
of TEDx Talks but with more of a focus
on local thinkers and solutions, P.H.I.L.
Talks bring together some of Phoenix’s
brightest minds for an informative,
insightful and entertaining evening.
“Into the Woods,” Fri., Sept. 12,
through Sun., Sept 21, ST. Greasepaint
Youtheatre presents an epic fairy tale
about wishes, family and the choices
we make in this adaptation by James
Lapine and Stephen Sondheim that
intertwines classic Brothers Grimm
tales.
Castaway Karaoke Fund Raiser, Sat.,
Sept. 13, S55. Space 55 celebrates
the beginning of cooler temps with
a castaway-themed karaoke party,
Tom Hanks-style. Included in the
festivities are a message-in-a-bottle
haiku contest, build-your-own-Wilson
stations, an exchange of desert-island
mix tapes, a raffle and more. Free
food; adult beverages available for
purchase.
Eddie Ifft, Thurs., Sept. 18, SUL. The
internationally known comedian from
FX’s “Legit,” Comedy Central and much
more stops by for one night only.
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Fri.,
Sept. 19, WHP. Jett—the leader of the
hard-rocking Blackhearts and holder
of eight platinum and gold albums
and nine Top 40 singles including the
classics “Bad Reputation,” “I Love Rock
‘N’ Roll,” “I Hate Myself For Loving
You” and “Crimson and Clover”—
performs.
Lavell Crawford, Fri., Sept. 19, through
Sun., Sept. 21, SUL. The award-winning
actor known for playing Huell in
“Breaking Bad” brings a whole new
humor and energy to his stand-up
routine.
Australian Pink Floyd, Thurs., Sept. 25,
MAC. Taking its tour title from “Set
the Controls for the Heart of the Sun”
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ON STAGE VENUE INDEX
CCA—Chandler Center for the Arts
250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler
Tickets: (480) 782-2680,
www.chandlercenter.org
ST—Stagebrush Theatre
7020 E. Second St., Scottsdale
Tickets: (480) 330-5918, www.greasepaint.
org
HTC—Herberger Theater Center
222 E. Monroe St., Phoenix
Tickets: (602) 252-8497,
www.herbergertheater.ticketforce.com
SUL—Stand Up Live
50 W. Jefferson St., Suite 200, Phoenix
Tickets: (480) 719-6100,
www.standuplive.com
MAC—Mesa Arts Center
One E. Main St., Mesa
Tickets: (480) 644-6500,
www.mesaartscenter.com
TCA—Tempe Center for the Arts
700 W. Rio Salado Pkwy., Tempe
Tickets: (480) 350-2822,
www.tca.ticketforce.com
MN—MusicaNova
Central United Methodist Church, 1875 N.
Central Ave., Phoenix
Tickets: (480) 585-4485,
www.musicanovaaz.com
TI—Tempe Improv
930 E. University Dr., Tempe
Tickets: (480) 921-9877,
www.tempeimprov.com
S55—Space 55
636 E. Pierce St., Phoenix
Tickets: (602) 663-4032, www.space55.org
SDC—Sonoran Desert Chorale
First United Methodist Church, 15 E. First
Ave., Mesa, and Valley Presbyterian Church,
6947 E. McDonald Dr., Paradise Valley
Tickets: (480) 305-4538,
www.sonorandesertchorale.org
from the album “A Saucerful of Secrets,”
this show presents Pink Floyd classics
including “Another Brick in the Wall,”
“Comfortably Numb” and “Wish You Were
Here,” as well as a few surprise tracks.
Damon Wayans, Fri., Sept. 26, through
Sun., Sept. 28, TI. Known for his no-holdsbarred comedic genius, as well as the fiveseason run of his hit ABC series “My Wife
and Kids” and probably best remembered
for his work on “In Living Color,” Wayans
returns to Tempe to entertain.
“Chelsea Lately’s” Sarah Colonna and
Chris Franjola, Fri., Sept. 26, through Sun.,
Sept. 28, SUL. Two headliners from the
popular late-night show hit the stage.
DSB - Tribute to Journey, Fri., Sept. 26,
WHP. One of America’s top Journey
tribute acts rocks the audience with the
legendary band’s hits.
John Caparulo, Thurs., Oct. 2, through
Sun., Oct. 5, TI. Perhaps best known as
the under-dressed everyman on the E! hit
show, “Chelsea Lately,” Caparulo hits the
stage with fresh stand-up comedy.
Latin Legends - Live, Fri., Oct., 3, WHP. A
collection of some of the hottest Latin
groups on tour—Malo, Tierra and Thee
Midniters—each providing a unique sound
derived from the music of a diverse
culture.
“Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,” Fri.,
Oct. 3 through Sat., Oct. 25, S55. In this
American dark-comedy play, post-nuclear
meltdown, there’s no electricity, no TV,
and the survivors are living in small groups
when a few people around a campfire
start to piece together their memories
of an episode of “The Simpsons.” This
imaginative story explores how the pop
culture of one era might evolve into the
mythology of another.
TN—The Nash
110 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix
Tickets: (602) 795-0464, www.thenash.org
WHP—Wild Horse Pass Ovations
Showroom
5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd., Chandler
Tickets: (520) 796-7777, www.wingilariver.
com/wild-horse-pass
VYT—Valley Youth Theatre
525 N. First St., Phoenix
Tickets: (602) 253-8188, www.vyt.com
“Captain Jack’s Space Attack,” Sat., Oct.
4, S55. Captain Jack and company return
to the stage.
Music for Sacred Spaces, Sat., Oct. 4,
through Sun., Oct. 5, SDC. The Sonoran
Desert Chorale sings choral music of the
masters of the past including selections by
Sweelinck, Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Mozart,
Mendelssohn and Haydn.
“From Russia...with Melody,” Oct. 5,
CCA. The Chandler Symphony Orchestra
performs.
Experience Hendrix Tour, Thurs., Oct. 7,
MAC. The wildly successful tour stops
in Mesa to pay homage to the musical
genius of Jimi Hendrix. It brings together
extraordinary guitarists including Buddy
Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
and Black Label Society’s Zakk Wylde.
Ralphie May, Thurs., Oct. 9, through Sun.,
Oct. 12, TI. Voted one of Variety’s “10
Comics to Watch,” May hits the stage
with a routine that doesn’t shy away from
touchy topics.
“Cruzar la Cara de la Luna,” Fri., Oct. 10
to Sun., Oct. 12, SH. Arizona Opera brings
the world’s first mariachi opera to the
stage, blending the passion and artistry of
mariachi with the emotionally touching
story of a Mexican immigrant family.
“Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe,” Fri., Oct. 10, through Sun.,
Oct. 26, VYT. A musical production based
on the first story in C.S. Lewis’ “The
Chronicles of Narnia.”
Bruce Bruce, Fri., Oct. 17, through Sun.,
Oct. 19, SUL. Featured in the Showtime
Special “Losin’ It” as well as hosting BET’s
“Comic View” and much more, Bruce’s
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spontaneous, witty style of comedy
has been showcased across the country,
and he has been entertaining audiences
from all backgrounds for years.
“Viola Concerto,” Sun., Oct. 26, MN.
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt performs
for the MusicaNova program. She is a
multiple international award-winning
soloist and a member of the Dover
Quartet.
Ramon Ayala, Fri., Oct. 17, WHP. The
standout Latin musician, now in his
sixth decade as undisputed “King of the
Accordion,” brings the theater to life
with his unique tunes.
Ziggy Marley, Fri., Oct. 31, WHP. A sixtime Grammy winner, Emmy winner,
humanitarian, singer, songwriter and
producer, Ziggy Marley performs his
signature reggae tunes.
Larry the Cable Guy, Sat. Oct. 18, CCA.
Daniel Lawrence “Larry” Whitney, best
known as Larry the Cable Guy, brings
his unique brand of humor to the stage.
Merle Haggard, Fri., Nov. 7, WHP. The
Okie from Muskogee brings classic
Americana to the stage with hits like
“Workin’ Man Blues,” “Sing Me Back
Home” and “Mamma Tried.”
ON STAGE FROM AGE 59
“The Miraculous Journey of Edward
Tulane,” Mon., Oct. 19, through Mon.,
Nov. 16, TCA. Childsplay brings back last
year’s breakout hit, based on Newberywinner Kate DiCamillo’s beloved
book. Centered on an exceptional
toy that becomes lost, the play tells a
fantastical story of finding friendship,
finding yourself and eventually finding
your way home.
“Seussical the Musical,” Fri., Oct.
24, through Sun., Nov. 2, ST. See your
favorite Dr. Seuss characters on stage,
including Horton the Elephant, the
Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz,
lazy Mayzie and Jojo. The characters
transport the audience from the Jungle
of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the
invisible world of the Whos.
“He Said - She Said,” Fri., Nov. 14 and
Sat., Nov. 15, S55. An evening of solo
performances by 10 Valley artists,
responding to contemporary and
timeless prompts to create 10 totally
new and different responses.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Sat., Nov. 29,
WHP. Celebrating its 21st anniversary,
the nine-piece ensemble swings and
parties on stage with its irresistible
tunes and infectious energy.
“Rejoice and Sing!,” Sat., Dec. 6 and
Sun., Dec. 7, SDC. Be a part of this
annual tradition as the audience is
invited to join the chorale in singing
carols to celebrate the joys of the
holiday season.
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Chorale and orchestra announce
season, welcome members
The East Valley-based San Tan Chorale
will kick off its ninth season, featuring
the nonaudition community choir’s 50th
concert, with performances this fall in
Gilbert and Chandler.
The concerts will be at 7 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 1, at Christ’s Greenfield Lutheran
Church, 425 N. Greenfield Rd., Gilbert,
and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at Epiphany
Lutheran Church, 880 W. Ray Rd.,
Chandler. The performances, under the
direction of Matthew Frable, will present
“Timely Tunes,” a medley focusing on
the concept of time to coincide with the
group’s 50th show.
“We have a great year planned as
we start a new season,” Frable says.
“Performances will include a variety of
exciting and inspiring music from Haydn
to Rodgers, Japan to England, Native
American to Tolkien and meditative
through celebratory. There will be
something for everyone to enjoy. We
encourage folks to make plans now to
either sing with us or attend our concerts.”
The chorale welcomes new singers ages
18 and older. For registration information,
visit www.stcpa.org and click “Join Us.”
Rehearsals will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 19, at Christ’s Greenfield Lutheran
Church, and will be held each Tuesday
evening thereafter.
The chorale, part of San Tan
Community Performing Arts, has
scheduled winter concerts with its sister
organization, the San Tan Orchestra. “Lord
Nelson Mass in Dm,” by Franz Joseph
Haydn, will be performed on Saturday,
Feb. 14, and Sunday, Feb. 15, at First United
Methodist Church, 15 E. First Ave., Mesa.
Chorale rehearsals will begin on Tuesday,
Nov. 11, at Christ’s Greenfield, with
orchestra rehearsals set to start Monday,
Jan. 5, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church,
142 N. Date St., Mesa.
The chorale’s third and final program
of the season will be “Literarily Lyrical,”
featuring world literature set to song.
The concerts are scheduled for Saturday,
May 16 and Sunday, May 17, in Gilbert and
Mesa. Rehearsals will begin Tuesday, Feb.
24.
Now in its fifth year, the orchestra
welcomes new members ages 15 and older.
Membership and other information about
the orchestra is available at www.stcpa.
org. On Friday, Nov. 21, the orchestra will
perform “Latin Flair,” featuring flamenco
guitar, dancer and marimba with works by
Georges Bizet, Chris Burton Jácome and
Henry Flurry, at Desert Foothills United
Methodist Church 2156 E. Liberty Ln.,
Phoenix.
Tickets for all concerts are $15 for
adults, $12 for advance group sales (10 or
more) and $5 for children and students,
and are available at www.stcpa.org or at
the door. For more information call (480)
297-7552.
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Literacy program begins at EVJCC Temple Havurat Emet
announces holiday schedule
Parents and their children ages 5
and younger are invited to participate
in “Raising a Reader,” a free eight-week
series of classes held from 3:15 p.m. to
5:15 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Sept. 2
at the East Valley Jewish Community
Center, 908 N. Alma School Rd.,
Chandler.
Presented by Southwest Human
Development, the fun, interactive
workshop is part of a national program
that educates parents about the
importance of early literacy skills. The
workshop features singing, dancing,
arts and crafts, books, book bags and
certificates of completion.
To learn more, contact East Valley
JCC ECE Director Pam Morris at (480)
897-0588 or [email protected].
YoLove to donate part of
proceeds
YoLove will donate 20 percent of all
sales Wednesday, Aug. 27, to East Valley
Jewish Community Center’s preschool
program.
Families are welcome to come meet
preschool director Pam Morris from 4
p.m. to 5 p.m. that afternoon and learn
more about the school, its play group,
the Raising a Reader program and more.
Mention the JCC, while paying, to have
sales credited. YoLove is at 1900 W.
Germann Rd., Suite 8, in Chandler.
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author and not that of the SanTan Sun News.
SUNDAY WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Sunday Mornings
Traditional Worship
7:30 & 11:30 A.M.
Contemporary Worship 8:50 & 10:10 A.M.
Sunday School
Sunday Evenings
CORE (6th - 8th Grade)
6:00 P.M.
High School Youth Group 6:00 P.M.
8:50 & 10:10 A.M.
Adult Forum Bible Study 8:50 A.M.
RISEN SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL
23914 S. Alma School Road, Chandler, AZ 85248
SW CORNER OF ALMA SCHOOL & CHANDLER HEIGHTS ROADS
Phone: 480-895-6782 • Email: [email protected] • Website: www.RSLCS.org
Temple Havurat Emet has announced
its schedule for the celebration of the
upcoming Jewish High Holy Days.
Rosh Hashana services will be held
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, and 10
a.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, with a luncheon
held at Chompie’s, 3481 W. Frye Rd.,
Chandler.
Yom Kippur services will be held
at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, and 10 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 4, with an afternoon
service beginning at 3 p.m. Yizkur
and concluding service times will be
announced during the morning services.
Hebrew reading
crash course
offered
Learn to read Hebrew and explore
the kabalistic meaning behind the
shapes and names of the letters in the
Hebrew alphabet. Come and enjoy this
lively five-week crash course in Hebrew.
Classes are Monday evenings from 7:30
p.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 18 through Sept. 15,
at the Chabad of the East Valley, 875
N. McClintock Dr., Chandler. For more
information contact (480) 855-4333 or
email [email protected].
Break-the-fast will be served at a Sun
Lakes residence following the conclusion
of services. For information and pricing
of meals, call Linda at (480) 588-1827 or
Charlotte at (520) 836-0867.
Extended family members of
congregants are $50 per person; other
nonmember tickets are $75. Uniformed
active military are free, as are children
accompanied by one paying adult.
For more information, call Barbara
at (480) 388-0190 or visit www.
templehavuratemet.org.
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Chabad center,
preschool host
barbecue
Parents and children are invited
to attend the community barbecue
in celebration of the Pollack
Chabad Center for Jewish Life’s first
anniversary.
The event takes place from 5 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the
Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life,
875 N. McClintock Dr., Chandler.
The community barbecue/open
house will provide a forum for
parents to ask questions about the
various programs at the Chabad
center’s Chandler Jewish Preschool,
to meet the warm and dedicated
teachers and experience the unique
educational environment.
There will be inflatable fun for
all ages, including free popcorn
and cotton candy, and other great
activities. Admission is free; food will
be on sale.
For more information or to RSVP
call (480) 855-4333 or visit www.
chabadcenter.com
Spirituality
SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS
Call ahead to confirm information, as details occasionally change after print. If
you have a recurring monthly support group or meeting you would like listed in
Spiritual Connections, email complete details to [email protected].
Bible study
Meets twice a month
Members of the Women’s Life group
study the Bible and discuss how the
lessons can relate to their lives.
Sun Lakes United Church Of Christ,
Chandler
Info: Jan Olson at (480) 802-7457 or Joy
King (480) 588-1882
Career Connectors
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesdays
Nonprofit organization connecting
professionals to high-quality resources
and hiring companies; each event
includes professional career speakers
with presentations on relevant job
search topics, three to four hiring
companies, networking, resume help,
career coaches, LinkedIn coaches and
business portraits.
Central Christian Church, Gilbert
Campus/Student Center, 965 E.
Germann Rd., Gilbert
Info: www.careerconnectors.org
Christian Business Networking, TriCity Chapter – Chandler, Tempe, Mesa
7:15 a.m. Tuesdays
Offers members the opportunity to
share ideas, contacts and business
referrals.
Crackers and Co. Café
535 W. Iron Ave., Mesa
Info: Maia, (480) 425-0624, www.
Chandler Bi-Monthly Chapter
7:30 a.m. second and fourth Tuesdays of
the month
referrals.
Chandler Christian Church, Room C100
Info: Maia, (480) 425-0624, www.
Christian Business Networking, East
Valley Chapter
7:30 a.m. Wednesdays
referrals.
Mission Church Seminar Room
4450 E. Elliot Rd., Gilbert
Info: Maia, (480) 425-0624, www.
East Valley JCC Parent and Child
Playgroup
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Fridays
Playgroup for parents with children ages
12 months to 2 1/2 years old.
East Valley JCC
www.SanTanSun.com
Info: Emily Malin, (480) 897-0588,
[email protected]
East Valley Jewish Couples Club
Offers once-a-month social activities
such as dining, movies and plays for
Jewish couples in the 45- to 65-year-old
age range.
Info: Melissa, (480) 785-0744,
[email protected]
Forever Marriage Ministries Marriage
Restoration Support Group for Wives
7 p.m.-9 p.m. Mondays
Support group for wives committed
to their marriages. Offering hope,
encouragement, biblical truths,
fellowship and prayers to stand
together for the restoration of marriage.
Sozo Coffee House, private room
Info: Lisa (602) 377-8847, Marriage@
lisacmyers.com, www.lisacmyers.com,
www.facebook.com/forevermarriages.
Grief Care
6:30 p.m. Wednesdays
A place to come share your feelings
or just listen to others as we try to
navigate through our grief. You don’t
have to do it alone.
Epiphany Lutheran Church, south
campus old church building
800 W. Ray Rd., Room 325, Chandler, on
the north side of Ray Road near Alma
School Road.Info: www.griefcareaz@
gmail.com
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Grief Share
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays
A combination seminar-and-support
group that meets weekly with people
who understand because they have
“been there” themselves. Fee for
materials is $15, but scholarships are
available.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
739 W. Erie St., Chandler
Info: (480) 963-4127, www.htlutheran.
com
H.O.P.E. – Help Overcoming Painful
Experiences
7 p.m. Tuesdays
Free weekly small-group sessions
helping people overcome emotional
pain caused by divorce, grief, addictions
and more; free child care for children
ages 10 and younger.
Desert Springs Church, Room 106
19620 S. McQueen Rd., Chandler
Info: [email protected], www.
helpovercomingpainfulexperiences.org
Jewish Women International, Avodah
Chapter 1581
Monthly luncheon
Iguana Mack’s
RSVP: (480) 802-9304, (480) 655-8812
JumpStart
11:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturdays
JumpStart is a sidewalk Sunday school
community outreach program serving
“some of the poorest neighborhoods”
in Chandler, offering snacks, games and
Spirituality
teachings about Jesus to area children.
Participants meet at Faith Family Church
11530 E. Queen Creek Rd., Chandler
Info: Joanne Sweeney, (480) 539-8933
Kids’ Sunday School
10 a.m.-11 a.m. Sundays
Unity of Chandler
325 N. Austin Dr., Suite 4, Chandler
Info: (480) 792-1800, www.
unityofchandler.org
Lift Your Spirit
10 a.m. Sundays
Hear inspirational messages and music.
Unity of Chandler
325 N. Austin Dr., Suite 4, Chandler
Info: (480) 792-1800, www.
unityofchandler.org
Moms in Prayer International
A group of mothers who meet one
hour each week to intercede for their
children and schools through prayer.
Info: Liane Wright, (480) 699-7887, www.
momsinprayer.org
Monthly Women’s Fellowship
6:30 p.m. fourth Tuesday of each month
The monthly fellowship Bible study of
the East Valley Chapter of Christian
Women’s Devotional Alliance “ministers
to women’s spiritual, emotional and
physical needs.”
Best Western-Mezona
250 W. Main St., Mesa
Info: (480) 232-3773
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
(NAMI) – Chandler Chapter
10 a.m.-12 p.m. first and third Wednesday
of each month
Faith-based “Caring Connection” for
those who have loved ones with a
mental illness, i.e., schizophrenia,
depression, bipolar or anxiety disorder.
Find support and share experiences with
others.
Risen Savior Lutheran Church
Info: Joan, (480) 883-8871
Re|Engage marriage program
6:30 p.m. Wednesdays
Whether you’d rate your marriage a
two or a 10, this class will help you
reconnect.
Chandler Christian Church
Info and registration: www.chandlercc.
org/reengage
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to publication date. Submission does not
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Rosary Prayer
3 p.m. second Friday of each month
St. Steven’s Catholic Church
24827 S. Dobson Rd., Sun Lakes
Info: (480) 895-9266
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and click on “Spirituality.”
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Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday
Hamilton High School Auditorium
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Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.
Chandler United Methodist Church
Celebrating more than 100 Years in Chandler. Making and Deploying Disciples Who Put God First, Since 1913.
SUNDAY WORSHIP Traditional Worship .............8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
SUNDAY SCHOOL For Children ........................8:40 a.m. and 10:10 a.m.
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WEDNESDAY: Bible Study 12 Noon & 7 p.m.
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POOL SERVICES
Any service over $75
50 Gallon Electric Water
Heater Installed $612.22
• Tile Cleaning / Acid Wash
HOME
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• Filter Clean
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• Salt Systems
• Sand Change Repairs when you
mention this ad
• Green Pool Fix
New customers only.
• Insured
$40 OFF
LOCALLY OWNED • FEMALE OPERATED COMPANY
480-734-1745
LICENSED & INSURED • ROC #257806
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MERCHANDISE
FOR SALE
Dining Room table/6 chairs “Very good”
Maple Wood condition Will seat 6 to 8.
$150.00 480-883-7967
ALTERATIONS
ALTERATIONS:
Women’s and Men’s Attire, from mending
to Bride’s Maid dress to Suits.
20+ years of experience, located on
Chandler/Gilbert border. Rush service
available. Call Denise 480-794-0400
for appointment
EMPLOYMENT
HELP WANTED
Maintenance Laborer Large Master
Planned Community Association’s
Facilities Maintenance team in Chandler
seeking a responsible, motivated, reliable
person for maintenance and labor details.
Daily activities include lake cleaning,
pump station maintenance, debris
removal, facility maintenance, other
miscellaneous duties. Must be licensed
driver with good driving record. Facility
maintenance experience helpful. Mon-Fri
with occasional weekends. Hourly wage
with Medical and Dental benefits.
Contact Brandon at 480-802-7669
SALON RECEPTIONIST POSITION
Verde Salon is looking for a part-time
receptionist to join our team. We are a
unique salon offering only organic
and non-toxic products to our clients.
Send resume to:
organic [email protected]
480-786-1111
HENNESSY POOLS LLC
Tile Cleaning/Acid Wash. Vacation
Service. Weekly Service & Repair. Filter
Clean (All Types). Salt Systems. Sand
Change. Green Pool Fix. FREE Estimates.
Insured. $40 OFF Service, Repair or Filter
Clean with Mention of this Ad.
[email protected],
www.hennessypools.com
480-577-2719
Member of Home Advisor.
PLUMBING
PLUMBING MEDIC
LOCAL PLUMBING COMPANY.
100% Satisfaction Guarantee.
Call a Plumber who cares. No Job Too
Big Or Too Small. Free Estimates
available in Gilbert & Chandler area.
Mention SanTan Sun News for an
Additional Discount at Time of Service,
Guaranteed! 480-734-1745.
Licensed Contractor, ROC257806.
MIKES POOL SERVICE
PEST CONTROL
Weekly pool service starting at
$79/month INCLUDES chemicals.
Cleaning, Repair, Maintenance. Friendly,
Professional and Responsible service
with a smile. Blue Water GUARANTEED!
Call Mike @ 602-688-1733
VARSITY TERMITE & PEST
CONTROL
MOTOR RESCUE
Termite and Pest Control.
Home Sealing. Residential and
Commercial. Over 22 years of
experience. AZ License #8918
Tony 602-757-8252.
[email protected]
www.varsitytermiteandpestcontrol.com
Is your POOL PUMP motor making noise
or failing? Instead of spending for a new
pump, if it only needs bearings, I replace
them for just $89.95, including all labor.
Call: Motor Rescue 602-448-8334.
Email: [email protected].
Not a licensed contractor
HOME REPAIRS
DRYWALL
FOX HOME MAINTENANCE-REPAIR
ALL-STAR DRYWALL & PAINTING
Licensed, Bonded, Insured. ROC 243297
- General Handyman Repair
- Doggie Door Installation
(doors and walls)
- Electrical (Minor)
- Plumbing (Minor)
- Irrigation Repairs
- Drywall Repairs
- Stucco Repairs
- Door & Trim - and more!
Specializing in “The Small Job”
Gerald Fox, owner, 480-278-5529.
[email protected] Please see website:
www.foxhomemaintenance.com
Hang, tape, match all textures, popcorn
removal water damage repairs, interior,
exterior painting and much more.
30 years experience. ROC # 262737
Free estimates. Call 602-743-6209.
Residential since 1974. Interior/Exterior,
Kitchen & Bath, Room Additions.
Dedicated to the beauty of your home.
Licensed-Bonded-Insured.
ROC#088929. 480-839-4452.
CHANDLER/GILBERT *$50.00 OFF
with this ad* *NO SERVICE CHARGE*
110% Guarantee*/OWNER OPERATED
Small & Large REPAIRS 24/7 Slab leak,
water main, hot water heaters, & sewer
repair specialist. Water softening specialist, water filters, and reverse osmosis.
100 year warranty on parts & labor.*
BBB A+ Rating. BBB Ethics Award
Winner. Chandler Chamber of Commerce
Employer of Choice Award.
*Call for details. 480-726-1600
MIGHTY MEN MAINTENANCE
APPLIANCE REPAIR
ELECTRICAL
TIP | TOP APPLIANCE REPAIR
OHERREN ELECTRIC
Providing quality service and repair on
all major brands of Washers, Driers,
Refrigerators, Ovens, Microwaves
and Dishwashers. We provide a full 1
year warranty on all repairs.
Certified, Licensed, Insured.
Visit us at www.gototiptop.com.
For service call: 480-907-4080.
Our Work is Our Advertising!
Electrical Contracting. Service, Repair,
Troubleshooting. Certified Apprenticeship
Trained. BBB Accredited Business.
A+BBB Rating. MasterCard, Visa.
ROC K-11160755. 480-855-1403.
ATHENA NETWORK SOLUTIONS LLC
Athena Network Solutions LLC (short for
ATHENETS) provides comprehensive network security solutions and cloud computing based virtual education
environments. Interested customers
please visit http://www.athenets.com.
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Classifieds
Painting Interior/Exterior, Drywall &
Stucco Repair, General Home Repair,
All Carpentry/Trim, Remodel,
Electric/Plumbing (Minimal), Small
Welding Jobs. Licensed/Insured. 40 Years
Experience. Call Dan 480-371-5531
POOL SERVICES
BEYOND POOL CLEANING IX LLC
Husband /Wife Team - Owner Operator.
Pool/Spa Service, Cleaning and Repair,
Equipment Installation, Certified Pool
Operator, Member IPSSA.
East Valley Specialists. 480-369-4540
www. BeyondPoolCleaning.com
Many references Available.
Licensed/Bonded/Insured ROC#283791
DM POOL SERVICE
AND ESTATE MAINTENANCE.
Owner Operator. Weekly Pool Service.
Equipment Repair. Filter Clean (all types).
Household Repairs. Landscape Lighting.
Many Other Services. $25 towards 1st
Service or Repair. 480-295-2617.
MyGoToPoolGuy.com
HOME REMODELING
CAFARELLI CONSTRUCTION
ASAP PLUMBING SERVICES
Family Owned and Operated.
Servicing Chandler/Gilbert for 15 years.
We provide quality work at DISCOUNT
PRICES! FREE ON-SITE ESTIMATE AND
LEAK DETECTION.
Water Heater Installs - $197
Faucets - $69
Toilets - $69
Garbage Disposals - $69
Water Softeners - $125
Kitchen Sinks - $139
WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN
BATH TUB REMODELS.
Limited Time Offer - 50 Gallon Gas Water
Heater with Installation - $619.
Call us today @ 480-570-7769!
All installs include a 5 year warranty on
parts and labor Guaranteed!
No job too big or too small!
ABC PLUMBING & ROOTER
C E ELECTRICAL INC.
ROOFING
THE ROOF MEDICS
Residential/Commercial. Repairs and
Reroofing. Tile, Shingles, Flat, WalkDecks. Licensed, Bonded, Insured.
ROC #256001, K-42. 480-284-7338.
www.theroofmedics.com
MOVERS
IN OR OUT MOVERS
Professional, hard working, excellent
service. No hidden fees. Whether you are
moving in or moving out LEAVE THE
LIFTING TO US! Serving the East Valley.
www.inoroutmoversphoenixmetro.com
or www.moverschandleraz.com
Call Terry at 602-653-5367.
All aspects of electrical wiring and repair.
• New Homes • Remodels • Lighting
design • Panel Upgrades • Surge protection • Ceiling Fans • New Circuits • Hot
tubs. No job too big or small. All work
guaranteed. 20 years experience.
Visa/MasterCard. Lic #289217 R11.
Bond/Ins. Call or text 480-939-1938.
CHILDCARE
IN HOME PRESCHOOL
Current openings for 3-4 year olds.
Tues/Wed/Thur 8:45 - 11:45am.
Caring Mom w/Teaching Degree.
Separate Preschool Classroom.
Small Class Size. ABC’s, Music,
Arts/Crafts, Group Time, Worksheets,
Peer Interaction & More!
Call Angela, 480-899-0553,
Alma School & Germann area
www.missangelaspreschool.vpweb.com
and read the great review
HOME SERVICES
GLASS, MIRRORS, SHOWER DOORS
Family Owned with 33 years
EXPERIENCE. Shower and tub
enclosures. Install new one or repair
what you have, insulated units, window
glass, mirrors, patio door glass, table
tops to protect table. QUALITY SERVICE
at Competitive Prices. FREE Estimates.
WESLEY’S GLASS & MIRROR
Call 480-306-5113, wesleysglass.com.
DRAPERIES & MORE
Specializing in custom window
treatments: Draperies, valances, cornices, bedding, pillows and sew much
more. From fabrics to drapery hardware
to installation, let this be your one stop
shop. For a free consultation call:
Tracy Marquez 480-895-2094
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!
**I accept VISA, MC **
A2Z GARAGE DOOR
SERVICES, LLC
Honest, Reliable and Simply the Best!
Family Owned and Operated.
7 days a week/24 Hour Emergency
Service. Licensed, Bonded, Insured.
ROC243721. AFFORDABLE - Price Match
Any Licensed Competitor. ANY make or
model of Door/Opener. Spring
Replacement. FREE Safety Inspection. $50
OFF ANY REPAIR. CALL 480-361-9700.
E. Z. ELECTRIC SERVICE
RETIRED ELECTRICIAN. SMALL JOBS
WANTED. ALL WORK TO CODE.
I SHOW UP! 480-406-3610
HOUSE CLEANING
SIMPLY GRAND
CLEANING SERVICES
House cleaning specialists offering
weekly, biweekly, monthly, or one time
cleanings. Also providing move in/out
cleaning service, windows and patios.
We only use GREEN environmentally
friendly products. High quality services
at a great price. Very dependable,
insured and with excellent references.
$10 off first service with mention of this
ad. Call for free estimate.
Gary or Sheri, 480-802-1992.
www.simplygrandcleaningaz.com
TINYTOES CHILDCARE SERVICE
(3m East/101 fwy 3m N/202 S Fwy)
We welcome little ones to our home to
Snuggle, Explore & Learn through Play!
Homemade meals ‘n snacks. Preschool
activities. M-F, 7:30 am up to 5:30 pm
Currently openings Pt/Ft for children
6 weeks thru 24 months.
480-242-7505
[email protected]
CLEAN CASA CLEANING
Reliable house cleaning done right the
1st time!! One-time, weekly, bi-weekly,
monthly, move-in/move-out, etc.
Same 2 person crew every time at your
house! We bring all our own supplies and
equipment. Will customize. References.
Take $10 off your first cleaning.
Call today!! Amy 602-284-3579.
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HOUSE CLEANING
“MOM WAS RIGHT”
APPEARANCE COUNTS!
“FINISHING TOUCH”
PROFESSIONAL WINDOW CLEANING
Detailed service and tidy inside
your home!
1 story-$85
2 story-$125 - up to 35 panes.
Price includes inside and out.
Screens cleaned $2 each.
Pressure washing and fixture
cleaning also available.
15 years of accumulated references!
CALL RON at 480-584-1643.
INDEPENDENT OWNER Mother/Daughter
TEAM expanding 18 year business in
Chandler & Gilbert. METICULOUS
W/AN EYE 4 DETAIL, we provide an
Unsurpassed, Consistant, Quality
SERVICE with EVERY cleaning! Weekly,
bi-weekly, monthly. We provide our own
supplies and LOVE PETS! Long-term
Client References avail. Please Call or
text Rita 480-250-9744
AFFORDABLE AND ECO FRIENDLY
FALL SPECIAL! $25 OFF 1st Service.
House Cleaning Services. Residential and
Commercial Cleaning. Move-In/Out.
Window and Carpet Cleaning.
Organization: closets, cabinets, garages
and more! 20 years of experiene.
Impeccable references. Business owned
and operated. Same Day Services available. Member of BBB. Licensed. Bonded.
Insured. Alert Cleaning Services, Inc.
Ecoquality Cleaning Every Time!
www.alertcleaning.com
[email protected]
480-786-3838.
HOUSE CLEANING SERVICE
Residential and window cleaning.
Scrub bathrooms, dust furniture, kitchen,
vacuum, mop, dust blinds, doors, ceiling
fans and baseboards. We provide cleaning supplies. Periodically, one time, move
in move out. Locally owned and operated. Small crew. Over 16 years of
experience. Call Edna Rodriguez for a
free in home estimate. 602-615-4933
FISH WINDOW CLEANING
Dirty Windows, Filthy Screens.
Call FISH WINDOW CLEANING
480-962-4688 WINDOWS interior and
exterior. SCREENS sunscreens and
regular. TRACKS. CEILING FANS.
LIGHT FIXTURES. POWER WASHING
driveways, sidewalks and patios.
Accredited Member BBB.
PAINTING SERVICES
SAGEBRUSH PAINT CO.
We are your Sun Lakes premium painters
with competitive pricing for all of your
Interior and Exterior painting needs.
We were established in 1989 and love
what we do. We are an Accredited BBB
member We also do Venetian Plaster
finishes, Power washing, epoxy floors,
and wood staining. Licensed Bonded
and Insured. ROC 146231
www. Sagebrushpaintco.com
Please call Doug for your free Estimate
We accept credit cards 602-373-6306
VILLAGE PAINTING
CARPET CLEANING
MUSTANG CARPET
& TILE CLEANING
Carpet, Tile & Grout, and Upholstery
Cleaning. Family owned, truck-mounted
steam cleaning. We offer 1/2 hour appt
time frame, so no waiting around.
We include pre-spraying, mild deodorizer
and degreasers for high traffic areas at
no charge. Member BBB with A rating!
“We clean like it’s our own!”
480-688-3003.
BIG JOHN’S CARPET CLEANING
Our truck-mounted steam cleaning
system will deep clean your carpets,
ridding them of unwanted dirt, bacteria,
fungus and chemical residues.
Upholstery cleaning also available.
Tile and grout cleaning. For a clean
and healthy carpet, call 480-786-6610
or 602-989-8311. John Downs,
Owner/Operator, Ocotillo Resident.
Call for monthly specials.
WINDOW CLEANING
JOHN’S WINDOW CLEANING
1-story=$115; 2-story=$135.
Price includes removing all screens,
cleaning windows, inside and out, with
screens replaced. Screens cleaned
$2.50 each. Sunscreens and
rescreening. Same day service.
Call 480-201-6471
- Interior/exterior painting
- Drywall patches and texture matched
- Faux finishes. Small jobs welcome.
Call for a free estimate. 35 years in the
Valley! ROC# 069679 - 480-814-1588.
www.villagepaintingaz.com
A CUT ABOVE PAINTING, LLC
Your quality repaint specialist.
Interior/Exterior. Epoxy Floors.
Roof Coatings. Stained Concrete.
New Construction. FREE ESTIMATES!
References available. Owner will be on
job. Commercial/Residential. 30 years
experience. Licensed-Bonded-InsuredROC 257167. MENTION this ad to
receive 5% OFF! 480-244-9119
EAST VALLEY PAINTERS
Voted #1 Repaint Specialists! Clean,
Friendly Crews. Interior/Exterior.
Drywall Repairs. Textures. Concrete
Staining. Pool Deck Coatings. Garage
Floors. Free Estimates. All Credit Cards
Accepted. ROC 153131. 480-688-4770
LANDSCAPING
ANY AREA-UNLIMITED
Tree Trimming and Total Yard Clean-up
Specialists. We specialize in all tree trimming, pruning, topping, thinning, shaping.
Weed removal, mow, edge. Removal and
hauling of anything and everything.
You name it, we do it! Reasonable,
Reliable, and Prompt.
Call Vuna Now 480.600.7357.
KUTTINGEDGE LANDSCAPE
A Professional and Reliable Maintenance
company. Contact us for weekly and
biweekly service, one time clean ups,
weed control, tree work and more.
Call Rick for a free estimate
480-250-6608 or email
[email protected]
and Visit
www.kuttingedgelandscape.com.
SPRINKLER & DRIP REPAIRS
Aqua Masters. System Check-Ups,
Troubleshooting, Repairs, Maintenance,
Leak Detection, Low Pressure, Valves,
Timers, Heads, System-Add-ons.
Call 480-478-0073.
30 YRS EXPERIENCE.
AquaMastersAz.com
HOMES FOR SALE
4 BED + DEN 1 ACRE BY OWNER
Mnt View, Pool, Automatic RV Gate,
Built-in BBQ & Bar, horse privileges,
No HOA, 480-209-8444
www.forsalebyowner.com/listing/4-bedSingle-Family-home-for-sale-by-owner2878-E-WATFORD-CT-85142/23994338
VEHICLES FOR SALE
VEHICLE FOR SALE
99’ MERCEDES. B. CL 500 COUPE;
2 Door, 91,000 Miles, Sunroof & Chrome
17” Wheels, heated seats, Burwood trim,
“Mint” Beautiful car in Chandler area,
garaged, N/S a must see! $13,500
972-898-5117
COMPLETE YARD CARE
Lawn & Landscape Maintenance
(weekly, biweekly & monthly).
We Actually Show up! English speaking
crews. Servicing your area since 2001.
(480) 753-4703
[email protected]
INGALLINA LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE LLC
Father and Son Landscape Maintenance.
local residents, 15 yrs experience.
English speaking, fast response, professional service. *WEEKLY, BI WEEKLY,
MONTHLY SERVICE, *ONE TIME
CLEANUPS, *STORM DAMAGE SERVICE,
*HAULING SERVICES, *BBQ CLEANING
AND REPAIRS. *PET WASTE REMOVAL.
Rates start at $25/week.
Call Gerard 480-510-1391 for a free
and courteous estimate.
email [email protected]
TREE WORK SPECIALS
All types of tree work performed.
Thinning, pruning, removals, palms.
You name it we do it. Arborist on staff.
Best prices in town! Free estimates.
Mention this ad to receive 10% off.
Call Tom at 480-436-2337.
Licensed, bonded and Insured.
AZ HOME & LAWN SERVICES
Complete lawn maintenance including
yard clean ups and hauling, sprinkler
repair, dethatching, tree trimming, installation. English speaking, reliable and free
estimate. Valley wide. We accept most
major credit cards. 480-200-9598
WE DO
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REAL ESTATE
WWW. AZ55.COMSEARCH
For Active Adult (55+) homes for sale
in the greater Phoenix area by city and
community name. View addresses,
photos, tours & amenities.
Updated daily in real time.
Call Dave Richter,
CRS, Realtor at 602-432-5253
for a personal tour.
HomeSmart Real Estate,
Gilbert, AZ 85295
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STEAK • SEAFOOD • CHOPS • WINE • COCKTAILS
Happy Hour
Every Day 3-7
Serving Midwestern CAB beef in
Wisconsin for over 28 years.
Now serving it in Chandler
for almost 4 years.
Open 7 Nights
A Week!
FRIDAY FISH FRY
Serving Walleye or Perch
Prime Rib Saturdays
ASK ABOUT OUR NEW 18 FOR $6
HAPPY HOUR MENU
98 S. San Marcos • Chandler • 480-899-4400 • www.dc-steakhouse.com
$3 and $5 Appetizers & Drinks
3751 S Clubhouse Drive
Chandler, AZ 85248
480.917.6660
www.OcotilloGolf.com
One coupon per visit.
Expires 9-30-2014
One coupon per visit.
Expires 9-30-2014
—and —
Breakfast Sandwich
Breakfast sandwich is of equal
or lesser value. Must present ad.
Offer expires 9-19-2014
480-821-7020
2556 S. Val Vista Dr. #101 • Gilbert • hgroastery.com
Expires
8-31-14
Expires
8-31-14
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Where to Eat
New Gastro Pub & Brewery
WE ARE BREWING NOW
Come try our own exclusive
craft beers at Arizona’s most
unique pub and brewery.
Live Music Every Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday!
Wine Down Wednesday
Every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m.
Featuring wines selected by
our guest wine sommelier.
COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLE SERVICE
After 5:30 p.m. For details please email:
[email protected]
Happy Hour
Mon. - Fri. 2 - 6 p.m.
$5 House Wine
$5 Absolut Flavors
$1 Off Craft Beer
$6 Signature Drinks
$5 Nosh: Mini Poutine,
Special 2-item 8-inch Pizza
Arizona
Ave.
Wall St.
Fry Rd.
Oregon
Rooftop Bar Summer Hours
Thurs. - Sat. 5 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Restaurant Hours
Sun-Wed. 11 AM - 11 p.m.,
Thurs. - Sat. 11 a.m. - 1 a.m.
232 S. Wall St. | Chandler | 480.773.7688 | PerchPubBrewery.com
OPEN FOR LUNCH AND DINNER DAILY
NEW!
Happy
Hour
FEATURING
STEAM KETTLE
COOKING
Drink Specials and
1/2 Off Select Appetizers
Reverse Happy Hour
Friday & Saturday Nights 9p.m. to Midnight
—Daily Happy Hour from 3-7p.m.—
Lunch
Got Oysters? Special
We do!
15%
Bloody Mary Bar
—Saturday and Sunday—
www.HighTideSeafoodBar.com
OFF
Entire meal, 7 days-a-week
11am-3pm. MUST PRESENT
COUPON. Expires 8-31-14.
2540 S. Val Vista Dr. #101 • Gilbert • 480-821-9950
SW corner of Val Vista & Williams Field—Just East of Kohl's
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