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BY CHRIS MCDANIEL

SUN STAFF WRITER

Yuma is home to manyexcellent pizzerias, butone newcomer to thefood scene is banking on

a novel way to take his shareof the proverbial pizza pie: bythe slice.

Longtime Yuma residentDennis Patane, along with hisson Justin and daughter Katie,

recently opened up DennesiosPizzeria at Yuma Palms Region-al Center.

Dennis, who was born inYuma, retired from the Arizona

Department of Transportationin 2008 and then started to pur-sue the dream of owning hisown pizza joint.

At that time I started mak-ing my plans to start a wholenew career. When I decided Iwanted my own little pizzeria,I started doing all my research.When I got real serious, I gotJustin on board since he has 12or 13 years restaurant experi-ence. He knew the management

and food portion of it.Dennis nds pleasure work-ing with his son and daughter.

I have enjoyed it tremen-dously. Its almost like a triple

equal partnership. Justin isthe creative force behind ev-erything and keeps the kitchenrunning. Katie is kind of mymarketing, and I am more orless the ofcial greeter andkeep track of the books.

While the store has a Godfa-ther theme, Dennis laughinglydenied any involvement withany of the big crime families.However, in observance of thetheme, it is now a tradition to

greet every customer with aSicilian mobster-style heeeeyas they walk in the door.

The pizzeria is located in the

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Clockwise from top: Dennesios Pizzeria owner Dennis Patane tells customer Tom Boxley about the pizzasavailable in the display case inside the business Wednesday. Andrea Patane pulls a freshly warmed slice ofpizza out of the oven for a waiting customer. Jesse Espino tosses dough in the process of creating anotherpizza. Hershell Nevels checks on a pizza in the display case.

Dennesios Pizzeria serves up slices with a heeeey

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former Pretzel Time spacebetween Brown Bag Burgerand Burrito Grill in TheVillage area in front of Har-kins Theatres.

Dennesios will also selland deliver 18-inch pies,and offers bread sticks,mini calzones, garden sal-ads and desserts. But thebackbone of the business isthe unassuming slice.

Business has been realgood, Dennis said in be-tween serving customers.

We have been well-re-ceived by the public and weare real pleased with the re-sponse that weve gotten.

Dennesios uses a specialsystem to ensure each sliceis at its peak freshness andcan be delivered over thecounter in just over oneminute.

It takes seven minutesto fully cook a pizza, soDennesios cooks the piesfor six minutes and storesthe mostly cooked pies ina dry case, but neverfor more than a few hoursbefore they discard them,as per the Yuma CountyHealth Department.

With a high demand,the pizzas dont usually siton the shelf for very longthough, Dennis said. Mostof our pizzas are turnedover within an hour.

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DENNESIOS PIZZERIA OWNER DENNIS PATANE (right) calls the restaurant a family business.

A customer can choosehow many slices they wantfrom which type of pizza,each named for a Patanefamily member. The slice orslices are then placed in theoven again for one minute,

just enough to nish thecooking process and ensurea hot pizza.

You still get the cheesebubbling its right out ofthe oven, Dennis said, add-ing the process is very fastand is perfect for people onthe go, especially those ina hurry to catch a movie atthe nearby theater.

They can be in and outof here in ve or 10 min-

utes.The pizza is made froman original recipe handeddown from the Patane fam-ily elders, who are of Si-cilian heritage, and whengrandfather Pepper Patanecritiques the food, the fam-ily listens.

Dont be chintzy. That iswhat he told me about mycalzone, Justin said.

The transition from mak-ing the pizza at home tomaking it in bulk for a busi-ness took some doing, Den-nis said.

Obviously Ive neverdone slices before. We haddone the whole pizzas and

just cooked them in ourregular ovens at home,which took a little bit lon-ger and was a whole dif-ferent process. We wereuncertain about the reheat

process, but the gentle-men we bought our ovensfrom gave us some pointersabout the restaurant busi-ness and gave us recom-mendations as far as thelength of time.

Dennis is counting ohis location to keep busy ithe typically slow summermonths. He is relying heav-ily on the foot trafc gener-ated by Harkins Theatresbut will welcome the boostin business associated witwinter visitors.

For now, his family catake comfort in the factthey will never have to wor-ry about getting enough to

eat.We might go broke, but

well never go hungry, Jus-tin joked.

The store opens at 11 a.m.daily and closes at 8:30 p.m.Sundays through Wednes-days and at 11:30 p.m.Thursdays through Satur-days. It can be reached at919-7116.

A grand opening celebra-tion will be held at the storeon Aug. 13, from 11 a.m. to11:30 p.m. Dennesios willoffer a rafe, free pizzagiveaways and other prizes.All pizza slices will also be$1 each that day.

For more information,log on to www.facebook.com/home.php#!/Den-nesiosPizzeria.

Chris McDaniel can be reached atcmcdaniel@yumasun.com or 539-6849

Raw resources

more precious

as days passT

oday, we live in adifferent, moreconstrained worldin which prices

of raw materials will riseand shortages will becomecommon.

According to a recent ar-icle by Jeremy Grantham,

chairman of the globalinvestment managementrm GMO, accelerateddemand from developingcountries, especially Chi-na, has caused an unprec-edented shift in the pricestructure of resources.After 100 years or more ofdeclines, prices are nowrising. The past eight years

ave undone, remarkably,he effects of the last 100

years.

Grantham referenceshe economic theory of

Thomas Malthus from1798 and discusses how it

still applies today. Malthusrecognized the strong linkin our society betweenpopulation and food supply.These are directly propor-ional and, as such, when

resources are abundanthe population thrives. In

contrast, when resourcesare drained, the populationmust persevere to survive.

A main resource respon-sible for the large growthin population, wealthand scientic progress is

ydrocarbons. In fact, from1800 to present, the averageper capita income in de-veloping countries already

as increased from $400 to$40,000 due to this uniqueresource.

In China alone, thepopulation has doubled

every 10 years to the cur-rent 1.3 billion people. Theprimary cause of changeis not just the acceleratedsize and growth of China,but also its astonishinghigh percentage of capitalspending, which exceeds 50percent of gross domesticproduct (GDP), a levelnever before reached byany economy in historyand by a wide margin.

A recent study showsChinas consumption ofcoal, iron ore and cementexceeds 45 percent of the

worlds economy.A recent article by

Business Insider, titled 15Facts About China ThatWill Blow Your Mind, saysChina already consumestwice as much steel as theU.S., Europe and Japancombined. The articlefurther notes that by 2025, 5million buildings contain-ing 40 billion square me-ters of oor space will beconstructed. Also, Chinascities will have added 350million people by 2030,which is more than todaysentire U.S. population.

One day, if the Chineseuse as much oil per personas Americans, we will needseven more Saudi Arabias

to meet their demand.

Grantham says thatwe are now seeing ashortage of resources, apredominant factor fortodays rising prices. Theother factors include thepotential for peak oil and arapid decline in the qualityof some of our resourcescoupled with the explo-

sion of demand from Chinaand India and the rest ofthe developing world.

The extraordinarygrowth rates had a re-markable effect on globaldemand. In the 102 yearsprior to 2002, every com-modity including metaland agriculture had hitall-time lows. Since 2002,prices have increasedexponentially due to thetremendous increase indemand from developingcountries.

Grantham suggestswe change our ways andeven references advicefrom former PresidentJimmy Carter to developa thoughtful energy policyand give up our carefreeand careless ways withresources.

Grantham believes thequicker we do this, thelower the cost will be. Anyimprovement at all in thelifestyle for our grandchil-dren will take much morethoughtful behavior frompolitical leaders.

And more restraint fromeveryone.

Thomas M. Rush is a wealth adviser

with Yuma Investment Group. He can be

reached at 329-1700.

IndependentInvestor

Thomas M. Rush