The Drew Carey Project Volume 1 - Izzit.org

For reason.tv: Dance Ban
Drew Carey: Hi, I’m Drew Carey. I was in the moving “Robots” with Halle Berry. I’m Craig, the
yellow robot, and Halle’s the cute silver robot. Halle Berry starred in “Bullworth” with Warren beatty
who co-starred with Goldie Hawn in “Shampoo” who was in “First Wives Club” with Sarah Jessica
Parker who was in “Footloose” with, you guessed it, Kevi
Remember “Footloose”? It’s that film from the ’80s about high school kids fighting for the right to
dance. Quaint, right? Well, believe it or not, we found our very own footloose story in the Arizona
desert. Somehow they knew we were coming.
Spencer Bell: Well, my name is Spencer Bell. I’m a junior at ASU. I’m going to the William P. Carey
School of Business for business management.
Dale Bell: Well, my name is Dale Bell and I, along with my son, Spencer, built the San Tan Flat
Steakhouse here in Queen Creek, Arizona.
Spencer Bell: The idea for San Tan Flat kind of came along. My dad and I were driving in a car and my
dad turned to me and said, “You know, Spencer, what do you want to do with your life? What do you
want to do for a job or profession?” And I turned to him and I said, “Well, you know, I want to get into a
business, a small business, where a Wal-Mart, Cosco, another big box store is not going to beat me up out
of it.” He turned to me and said, “Well, the only business that I know of where you can do that is the
restaurant business.”
Dale Bell: When he suggested he’d like to go into small business I thought it’d be the perfect thing for
him to learn a small business and the difficulties involved in that and be part of the American dream. We
have one neighbor that actually lives on the property that joins our property and his name is Paul Younger
and he’s a beekeeper. Paul initially was the only person who showed up in opposition to our rezoning.
Paul Younger: I opposed it because of the lights and the noise and the smells and traffic and everything
else I thought would be detrimental to our lifestyles here.
Dale Bell: When we were approved (our plan was approved by the County Supervisors) we actually
received a standing ovation.
Paul Younger: When the meeting was over and it became obvious that he was going to get approval, I
asked him to please have some consideration for the neighbors here and he assured me that he would.
Spencer Bell: It was exciting - exciting to finally see the doors open.
Paul Younger: I was really pleasantly surprised. The impact was very minimal and it’s been a
convenience to have him close by.
Dale Bell: When people would walk into the courtyard and see those bonfires and this atmosphere, this
ambience, from all these old wagons and buggies and all the antiques that have been collected here, the
word that most often was mentioned was ‘awesome.’ People would say this is awesome.
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