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new court battle has emerged over the South Mountain Freeway that could threaten the state’s plan to complete the $1.7 billion project by late next year. Foothills Reserve homeowner Dietmar Hanke has asked state Superior Court to allow him to challenge condemnation proceedings for an 11-acre parcel of common grounds owned by his homeowners association. Hanke filed the request to intervene on Jan.

28 and two days later, the condemnation proceedings involving the 590-home Foothills Reserve HOA and the Arizona Department of Transportation were transferred to the court’s complex litigation division. Both ADOT and the HOA tried to stop that transfer. And while he notes that both the HOA and ADOT last month told the court that “time is of the essence” to complete condemnation proceedings, Hanke maintains “this urgency is at best premature or nonexistent.”

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Foothills Reserve resident Dietmar Hanke is challenging ADOT’s eminent domain action.

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orey Quinn admits he likes to take risks. But it’s not in the lab at Mountain Pointe High School, where he teaches biology, but on stage, where he has been the student theater company sponsor the entire 19 years he’s been there. This weekend, the student thespians will be presenting perhaps his riskiest production – the late playwright August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1987 drama “Fences.” What makes it such a daring work for a high school production, Quinn admits, is Wilson’s raw look at the mounting rage of inner-city blacks in the mid-1950s as a bitter ex-Negro League baseball player blocks (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer) his son’s budding athletic career. Set entirely in the backyard of a Pitts- Mountain Pointe students in the “Fences” cast are, from left, Janae Jesse, Nehemiah “Nemo” Wright, Grant (with hat), Kentrell Henderson (sitting) and Noah Butler. Director Corey Quinn is on the right. burgh home, the play was turned into a Cunningham Not pictured: Kendrick Horton. movie two years ago that garnered Denzel Washington an Oscar nomination for his the production, running it past his chain of Black Student Union and even Wilson’s performance as Troy Maxson, who could command, beginning with Assistant Prin- family, since he needed their OK to change not break into the major leagues because cipal/Activities Joe Dominguez all the way some of the play’s coarser language – particof his color and now barely scrapes by as a to the Tempe Union High School District ularly omitting the n-word from the script. headquarters. trash collector. He also conferred with Mountain Pointe’s See PLAY on page 12 Quinn went to great lengths to mount

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Realty firm aids breast cancer victims’ comforters BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

ince 2014, when she helped start a charity called HopeFull Hands in Ahwatukee with Debbie Sheppard and Joann Ridge, Brenda Keller has opened her home to sewing sessions. They’ve made aprons stuffed with three small pillows and put each set into a handmade bag, dubbing them “Breast Comfort Kits” for women who had undergone mastectomies. The aprons hold drainage tubes and bags while two heart-shaped pillows are positioned under the arms and the third can be placed between the surgery site and a seatbelt. Last August, Mrs. Keller succumbed to breast cancer. And last week, her husband, Roy, and her daughter’s employer, Rachael Richards Realty, honored her with donations to HopeFull Hands so their work could carry on. Richards said her team kicks in $25 from each transaction and gives the money they pool to a charity of a team member’s choice every six months. It was Kristi Escarcega’s turn to pick a charity and she naturally picked Hopefull Hands, the charity her late mother had helped found. Escarcega said her mother designed the bags that held the apron and pillows, and showed volunteers how to sew them. To match Rachael Richards Realty’s $3,325 contribution, Roy Keller kicked in another $2,500 – adding to the commemoration he extends quarterly by honoring his late wife’s wish that their Lakewood home remain open for HopeFull Hands volunteers to use every quarter. Since its inception, HopeFull Hands has made 500 kits and garnered about 25 volunteers – much to the gratitude of the Mayo Clinic’s Arizona campus. Mayo Clinic three years ago gave Sheppard, a critical See

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care nurse who herself underwent a mastectomy, its Mae Berry Award for Service – a recognition given employees “who have acted selflessly to meet the needs of patients with no thought of reward.” In a thank-you letter to Richards, Sheppard noted that HopeFull Hands still meets each quarter at the Keller home. “The sewing machines, irons, and scissors start frantically working at 8 a.m. and continue throughout the day,” she wrote, telling Richards: “Even though we lost Brenda (the true brains behind the operation) this past August, it is with her and her husband Roy’s blessing that we continue to meet and do the work in their home. The gesture of Kristi bringing HopeFull Hands forward as a recipient of your company’s philanthropy is yet another example of the Keller family’s generosity. “My hope is that one day these kits will not be needed; however, as long as they are, HopeFull Hands will provide them.” In a story about HopeFull Hands, Mayo Clinic’s newsletter quoted Shep-

“soft, cozy flannel” in a variety of “happy, lively prints.” While Sheppard and her friends had initially funded the project themselves, the Hematology/Oncology Department recently began providing support, which Sheppard says was “wonderful and completely unexpected,’” Mayo Clinic said. Sheppard told Mayo that helpful Hands “is really rewarding to all of us,” and that she hopes “the women who get these know that someone has thought (Mayo Clinic) The late Brenda Keller of Ahwatukee, right, posed with Joann Ridge, left, and Debbie Sheppard to show off the Breast Comfort of them in advance.” Kits that HopeFull Hands makes for women who have undergone mastectomies. The clinic said Sheppard’s thoughtfulness is pard as saying, “I hadn’t thought of need- Sheppard also was quoted. “It takes a not at all surprising, stating that her suing something like that, and I’m a nurse. group to get this done. We have five sew- pervisor described her as “a good person If I hadn’t had the apron, I would have ing machines going, and we have jobs for who knows how to care for people.” been pinning drains to my clothes.” non-sewers too.” Information: info@hopefullhands.org, “This is not an individual project,” The pillows and apron are made from info@raechelrichards.org

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The state attorney general told the court, “Time is of the essence, as ADOT may be subject to significant delay damages if possession of the property is not obtained immediately.” Not so fast, says Hanke. He has charged, among other things, that ADOT cannot even launch eminent domain proceedings because it has not proved the freeway meets a public need – a requirement for the government to take land and compensate the owner for it. “In spite of ADOT’s repeated statements that the freeway is needed to relieve traffic,” Hanke told the court, “such need has never been empirically derived or demonstrated. “There is no public need now, nor a public need foreseen, until it is built. ‘Build it and they will come’ seems to be the enabling sentiment,” he added. Hanke also has asserted that Proposition 207 – approved in 2006 by voters by a nearly 69 percent margin – may prevent ADOT from invoking eminent domain in the first place because it is acting on behalf of a private company, Connect202Partners, which is designing and building the most expensive highway project in Arizona history.

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from the freeway, some that will literally face its sound walls. The parcel is one of seven along the Pecos corridor that ADOT is still trying to acquire to complete that portion of the 22-mile freeway, which connects 59th Avenue in West Phoenix with the Chandler I-10 interchange and would give motorists a de(Tom Sanfilippo/Inside Out Aerial) The Arizona Department of Transportation wants a piece of the Foothills Reserve HOA’s common grounds for the Pecos segment of the tour around the South Mountain Freeway, and a resident’s request to intervene threatens to throw a monkeywrench in ADOT’s tight schedule to open the heavily congest22-mile, eight-lane thoroughfare by late next year. ed interstate along downtown The proposition, also called Private intervene, ADOT and the HOA were Phoenix. Property Rights Protection Act forbids involved in somewhat typical wrangling ADOT spokesman Dustin Krugel destate and local governments from taking over the price of the common property clined comment on the Foothills Reserve land for private companies. Connect- since last July. case or Hanke’s request, stating the agency 202Partners is a consortium of builders ADOT had offered $2 million for the “is unable to comment on pending litigahired by ADOT to design and build the parcel, but the HOA wants more. And it tion.” freeway. wants the state to compensate homeownSee FREEWAY on page 7 Until Hanke had filed his request to ers whose houses are nearly a stone’s throw

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Asked why ADOT needed the Foothills Reserve land, he said, “This right-of-way is needed to complete the connection of the 22-mile freeway.” HOA board President Galen Schliem said “we don’t have a position” on Hanke’s request to intervene. As for the overall eminent domain proceeding, Schliem explained, “Many residents have always said the land is worth much more than the offer.” He said money would be used “to bring the community up” through capital investments that are “obligations that go beyond the normal assessments for our members.” While ADOT has agreed to make some improvements needed in the wake of freeway construction, there are others that the HOA must make to address various issues, including drainage problems created by the freeway, Schliem said. Stating “it is never really in the best interest of the party being sued to accept an offer,” Schliem indicated that the HOA feels more comfortable having the court decide the worth of the parcel. By taking the land, ADOT in effect would be severing a U-shaped walking path that many residents use to hike, bike and walk. “The whole community is based along the walking path,” he said. “Taking the bottom of the ‘U’ would be separating it and damaging our ability to use it.” Hanke said that even though the HOA depicts its involvement in the condemnation case as a class action, its lawyers have neither informed Foothills Reserve homeowners of the action nor sought a vote on a class-action filing. Schliem said houses closest to the dis-

puted parcel should be reimbursed for the value their homes will lose as a result of being “severed from their common land,” especially because some were initially targeted by ADOT for acquisition and demolition. “We have a document dating back to 2000 that shows a cutline going through the community, and they didn’t take all the homes in that cutline,” Schliem said. Hanke says the HOA should have detailed the impact on those homes in greater detail, complaining it “overlooks and/ or grossly simplifies the actual diversity of facts” involving the homeowners affected by ADOT’s action. For example, he says, it does not indicate which homes were purchased by their owners before ADOT announced in 2005 that it would be going forward with the freeway – a project that had been talked about by highway planners for nearly two decades. His request for intervention notes that the HOA does not identify which affected homeowners purchased their houses with a builder’s option for a pool, landscaping and other backyard amenities. Homeowners whose houses were in the original freeway footprint and are now no longer needed have been significantly affected, Hanke contends. “Those homeowners who bought and took title to their homes prior to any notice by ADOT, whose homes stood in the way of the planned freeway and who had not had the opportunity to build their backyard, were suddenly left waiting for an offer that never came,” Hanke argues. “As the years crept by, they were stuck financially,” he continues. “They couldn’t sell their house to falling values and they couldn’t invest in a backyard except by See

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compounding an untenable financial risk. “Those homeowners began to rely more and more on the concrete trails running through the association’s common lands … just to see greenery and plant life.” ADOT acquired 21 Foothills Reserve houses and tore them down several years ago. Those that were spared when the freeway path was changed, Schliem said, will instead be stepping out their front doors and seeing a sound wall looming as high as 20 feet. While Schliem said “people at the south end are going to go through some harsh times” because of dust and noise as the freeway is built near Foothills Reserve, Hanke’s petition suggests there are additional causes for concern. Contending eminent domain “does violence” to his property rights, he said

attorneys for both the HOA and ADOT “are overlooking and sweeping under the carpet the fact that ADOT has unclean hands in its prior dealings with the association.” “ADOT should not be afforded any accommodation by the court or any defendant,” Hanke states. “ADOT invaded and took possession of the lands of the association more than two years ago. “Such unauthorized invasion and possession included the destruction of a commonly owned perimeter wall, the destruction and removal of a commonly owned mailbox kiosk, the demolition of 21 association houses and the establishment and operation of a commercial business concern within the association lands,” he continued, calling the actions violations of city zoning laws as well as the HOA’s conditions, covenants and regulations. “They are clear evidence of ADOT’s arrogance and pattern of conduct that completely disregards private property,” he says.

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he Arizona Department of Transportation said it’s ramping up construction activity along the entire 22-mile stretch of the South Mountain Freeway this year, and plans to blast a path through South Mountain sometime this summer. “Construction will expand as the Arizona Department of Transportation moves toward opening the freeway by late 2019,” ADOT said in a release last week. Noting that the stretch along Pecos Road is about a third finished, the agency and builder Connect202Partners “have installed eight miles of drainage pipe, moved 3.6 million cubic yards of dirt and used 2,900 tons of rebar manufactured from recycled steel” across the entire path, the release said. The freeway – Arizona’s most expensive highway project in history at a total cost of $1.7 billion – will connect I-10 interchanges at Chandler and West 59th Street, giving motorists a detour around the Horseshoe Curve and the heavily congested segment of the highway around downtown Phoenix. ADOT said “the emerging I-10 in-

terchange has changed the West Valley skyline,” noting that interchange will have six ramps. Stating it will be “detouring traffic on Desert Foothills Parkway for bridge construction,” ADOT said it will be completing bridges at 17th Avenue and 40th Street and continuing bridge work at 24th and 32nd streets. It also said it hopes to complete by mid-year the controlled blasting along Pecos Road between controlled rock blasting along Pecos Road between Desert Foothills Parkway and 24th Street to break large rock into smaller, more manageable pieces. But around the same time that blasting is ending, ADOT likely will begin blasting along two ridges on the southwestern edge of Sount Mountain park. The agency said crews will soon be in that area “conducting pre-construction work, including plant salvage and geotechnical investigations.” The agency also is continuing work on some 40 bridges that will be part of the freeway or cross over it. This year, the agency said, crews hope to complete a bridge over Roosevelt Street, an Elliot Road bridge over the freeway, a bridge at Baseline Road and 51st Avenue and two half-milelong bridges over the Salt River.

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Ahwatukee woman announces candidacy for Kyrene J.P. AFN News Staff

he primary election is a long way off, but an Ahwatukee woman said she needs that time as she begins her campaign for justice of the peace in the district that covers Ahwatukee and parts of Tempe and Chandler west of Rural Road. Wisconsin native Sharron Sauls, an eight-year Ahwatukee resident and mother of two, said that even though she’s not a lawyer, her background and “high achievements in education and her profession” qualify her for the job. Former Ahwatukee legislator John McComish currently holds the JP post, but he’s expected to retire at the end of the year. “I am not interested in power for power’s sake. I am interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good,” Sauls said in a release announcing her campaign. Saul said she holds a master’s degree in legal studies from the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law as well as a B.S. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin at Lacrosse.

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Ahwatukee resident Sharron Sauls is the first candidate to announce for the Kyrene Justice of the Peace election.

After completing her education, Sauls signed on with the City of Phoenix, working on landlord-tenant rights and housing issues.

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ty, which reaffirms her commitment to servant leadership and fighting for the rights of vulnerable and oppressed groups,” her campaign announcement declared. She also said she has worked for several charitable and community organizations, including the Girl Scouts, Cornerstone Church in Chandler, the Save Our Schools initiative and Keep Kyrene Strong campaign. Describing herself as “a committed working mother with strong family values,” Sauls has chaired the City of Phoenix Community Service Fund Drive Chair, is on the Ahwatukee Foothills Community Chamber Board, co-vice president of Akimel A-al Middle School PTO and chairs that school’s multicultural festival. She also chairs the city’s Cultural Conenctions Committee and is a member of its domestic violence committee and the Chandler Housing and Human Services Commission. She also has received the Phoenix employee excellence and community service hero awards. Information: SaulsforJustice.com.

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It wasn’t because he is a white director of the first all-black cast in Mountain Pointe Theatre Company history. “I wanted to get everybody’s input on it,” Quinn said. “All the people have been very supportive. You want to makes sure you do it right. The last thing you want to do is mess it up.” Though he said “we always reach out” to school officials to get their approval of the plays he selects, Quinn said buyin was especially important with “Fences.” “These are young kids and you’re picking a play that’s a little more adult,” he explained. “Fences” will be presented at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, and 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the school, 4201 E. Knox Road, Ahwatukee. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for students. A special showing will be presented

tomorrow, Feb. 8, for Mountain Pointe students who want to stay after school. Representatives of the Black Student Union will briefly discuss AfricanAmerican culture and history after all four productions. Quinn explains on the Mountain Pointe Theatre Company’s website that he picks plays with stories that “I feel I can connect with on some level. “‘Fences’ is an amazing story focusing on one particular family’s relationships,” he wrote, adding that while the characters’ story “isn’t exactly mine,” there are elements “that hit close to home” and it contains “a message that seeks to be found under all the layers that sit on the page of our scripts.” Ahwatukee resident Neal Lester, the Foundation Professor of English at Arizona State University who has extensively studied and teaches African-American literature, said that while “Fences” “is about the perpetuation of segregation,” “I hope people don’t label

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Kentrell Henderson, left, plays Lyons, one of the central character’s three sons in “Fences,” seen here talking with Bono, played by Grant Cunningham. Bono is a friend of Troy Maxson, the character around him the play revolves.

this as a black play.” “The story is for everybody,” he said. “It’s about forgiveness, family, masculinity and it’s also about race. There’s not much humans do that’s not about race.” He said that “because the director is not of color,” Mountain Pointe’s production “adds a whole lot of interest in it.” “A black play in the hands of a white teacher can create suspicions,” Lester said, adding that he also had talked with Quinn about the show. “I think it’s good and a little bit risky,” he added “It’s about who we are and where we are politically and socially.” In the canon of African-American literature, Lester said, “I think August Wilson’s contribution was a way of looking at what’s happening in (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer) the world. He does call racism out in ways that Janae Jessie is the only woman in the seven-member cast of “Fences.” A little girl has a small part toward the end of the play, are pretty aggressive.” to be presented this weekend at Mountain Pointe High School. Quinn said in an interview that his seven-member cast and the crew seem es- slightly longer-than-normal time because the cast is small “and there are pecially excited about the production. “They’re super excited,” said Quinn, a lot more lines to memorize,” Quinn who on his website praised the students said. Besides, he added, “the play itself is for their “amazing job of dissecting this different” in that “it’s something the script and bringing this show to life.” The cast includes six Mountain Pointe kids evolve into” and he wanted the cast students and one child, Jazmine Tarp- to have enough time to get comfortable ley, the daughter of a friend of Quinn in their roles. There is only one woman in the cast who makes an appearance near the end – played in Mountain Pointe’s proof the play. The student cast members have been See PLAY on page 15 rehearsing since finals in December, a

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Pecos Park’s dusty fields anger rugby players’ parents AFN News Staff

arents of boys in the Ahwatukee Rugby Club are up in arms over conditions at the ballfields at Pecos

Park. They turned to Facebook over the weekend to vent over the dusty conditions at the field, wondering why the city Parks and Recreation Department isn’t tamping down the rain-deprived fields. “The City of Phoenix needs some dust control at Pecos Park or free inhalers and breathing treatments for the players,” Jill Scharosch Ostendorp wrote, noting her son had to do two breathing treatments in one night and that he “is still in bad shape.” Angela Keefe Andersen added, “We are down there four nights a week for practices and games and it’s so bad. I hate my kids playing in that. I was wondering tonight when I was there: Is the grass ever green there? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it.” One mother said her kids play football and lacrosse year-round at Pecos and that “it’s awful” all the time. “I hate it,” she said.

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Angry and concerned parents posted pictures of the dusty conditions that existed at Pecos Park Friday night when the Ahwatukee and Scottsdale rugby clubs were playing. City officials are promising to water down the fields to control the dust.

Robyn Diamond added, “I was there last night watching my kid, spent the entire night coughing and sneezing after. Hoping I don’t get valley fever. Ridiculous.” She’s not alone, as Andersen said her son came home from practice “with a terrible sore throat and now he’s all sick and sneezing. I too worry about that

valley fever.” Others said they can’t help envying parents whose kids play in Scottsdale or Maricopa because “they have beautiful green fields.” Ostendorp said she’s perplexed that the city doesn’t overseed its ballfields, noting, “My husband said he would be fined at work for unsafe conditions if his

construction sites were ever close to this.” Parks department spokesman Greg Bach said, “This is an issue staff works through seasonally when grass is dormant and fields are being heavily used.” He said Pecos Park staff told him they are aware of the dust and “have been watering the fields in recent weeks.” “They will continue to monitor and address the situation. These fields are heavily used six days a week this time of year,” Bach added. The angry parents said they understand that the lack of rain has made conditions even worse, but they noted that school districts keep their fields irrigated yearround to keep down the dust. “I would love to know if there is something we could do. It is so bad. Kids breathing that in numerous nights a week cannot be good,” remarked Holly Hewitt Ophardt. Tara Bryant Appelt added, “I agree, hard to watch the game when you can’t see or breathe.” And Bill Brandenburger said, “No offense to pickleball players. The city can See

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sufficient signatures to force a public vote “did not successfully make the ballot and many of the things they did were in serious violation of the law.” But unless her ruling is overturned, Mahoney’s order means voters will get to decide if there will be a big expansion in who is eligible for state funds to attend private and parochial schools. That, in turn, will lead to an expensive and extensive campaign by voucher supporters, including Gov. Doug Ducey, who signed the measure into law and who is likely to call on out-of-state friends to finance the effort. Recently, the governor attended an event in California hosted by the right wing Koch brothers – big supporters of vouchers. The Washington Post said Ducey told those in attendance that what was enacted in Arizona is far more extensive than anything tried elsewhere. He also warned that if the measure goes to the ballot and voters reject the expansion, that could constitutionally preclude lawmakers from addressing the issue again. “This is a very real fight in my state,” the Post quoted Ducey as saying. Arizona lawmakers first approved vouchers in 2011 to aid students with disabilities whose parents said they cold not get their needs met in public schools. About 3,500 children get them. Last year, Sen. Debbie Lesko, R-Peoria, pushed through legislation to remove all the restrictions. She may have attracted an influential ally. City Councilman Sal DiCiccio saw the string of angry comments and posted on Monday, Jan. 5: “I’ve spoken with the team at Pecos and they are going to water the fields today. They should have just completed the first round of watering, and they will do a full cycle again tonight. Tomorrow, park maintenance will be reevaluating the fields to see how effective the watering today was and adjust their regular irrigation schedule based on their findings.” Still, parents are not happy that parks employees didn’t do that earlier. “My son had a soccer game last night and could barely breath the whole time,” Abbie Clark Woolstenhulme wrote on Saturday. “Battling it still today!”

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Bill would have state fund students’ SAT and ACT test preparation BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

hwatukee high schoolers may get a little bit of extra state help getting into the colleges of their choice. Without dissent, the House Education Committee agreed last week to spend up to $800,000 to set up an online system to prepare students across the state to take the SAT or ACT tests. But the measure faces an uncertain future because of the price tag. HB 2133, proposed by Rep. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek, is one half of her ultimate goal: having all 11th-grade students taking one of those tests – at state expense – rather than Arizona’s own standardized assessment now used to help determine a school’s grade. That measure, HB 2037, has yet to get a hearing. Even without mandated and state-funded SAT or ACT for all, Carter told colleagues the funding to prepare them for that makes sense. She said many high schoolers already take one or both of the standardized tests routinely used by colleges as part of the admissions process. Some, she said, go to the regular scheduled Saturday sessions, picking up the cost themselves. Some school districts manage to get funds from private groups and foundations allowing them to offer the test

during the regular school day to all their students. The last group, Carter said, is composed of students in districts participating in a state-funded pilot program approved last year to offer the tests. Carter said all of those programs provide what could be a path for students who want to go on to college to get admitted. She said, though, that ultimately can depend on whether they do well on the standardized admission tests. This appropriation, she said, will help. “It will now provide an online resource that both teachers and students can use to prepare for this test,’’ Carter said. And she said it would be set up so it could be used in the classroom by teachers as well as be made available to students to use from their own homes. The idea of spending state money drew questions from Ahwatukee state Rep. Jill Norgaard, noting various free programs available to help students prepare for the tests. But Carter said having the program provided through the state would provide school districts with better tracking information that ultimately will help the students. “We want to ...track the results so we know what is actually improving students’ performance on these tests,’’ she said.

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child was hospitalized in stable but serious condition Jan. 30 after she fell about 25 feet from a zipline ride at the newly opened Urban Air Adventure Park in Ahwatukee. The 7-year-old girl apparently fell from a harness on the entertainment center’s Sky Rider, which tracks along the ceiling overlooking the trampolines and other amusements at Urban Air. The accident occurred just four days after the park opened at 48th Street and Ray Road. Urban Air’s management team said it had closed the ride pending further investigation. There were unconfirmed reports the girl’s safety belt somehow unfastened. Park management declined additional

comment, saying in a prepared statement, “Our thoughts and prayers are with the guest and her family during this time. Safety is at the heart of everything we do and we will evaluate all policies and procedures as we move forward.” Although some people posted on various Ahwatukee social media sites about the girl’s condition, there was no official confirmation on the extent of her injuries. Phoenix Fire Department spokesman Capt. Jake Van Hook said the youngster was transported to an unidentified trauma facility and that she was in stable but serious condition. “We cannot confirm the height, but that was the distance reported to us,” Van Hook added, stating he had no additional information.

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he Christmas lights along Chandler Boulevard have been packed away, but plans are already in the making for one of the two big fundraising events that will help bring them back this November. And the Festival of the Lights Committee is looking for new blood to help make it all happen. Committee Chair Janyce Hazlett said that with the annual Wine and Beer Tasting Festival at Rawhide Western Town tentatively scheduled for April 14, she and other panel members are looking for new volunteers to not only plan what some call “Ahwatukee’s funnest night out,” but to help make plans for the post-Thanksgiving Festival of Lights Kick-Off Party as well. “The Festival of Lights has concluded a successful and bright 22nd year and looks forward to many exciting changes for 2018,” Hazlett said. “We welcome a new group of volunteers to join our veterans and bring innovative ideas to make our annual events even better.” She said some committee members were children when the group first formed in 1996 and “have wonderful memories

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Festival of Lights Chair Janyce Hazlett says the committee needs new members to contribute new ideas and hopes people will attend next Tuesday's meeting.

of the fundraiser events.” An organizational meeting is scheduled at 6:30 next Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Desert Foothills United Methodist Church, 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. The committee also is seeking grant requests from nonprofit organizations, not necessarily located in Ahwatukee, to be recipients of some of its fundraising proceeds this year. The committee raised enough money last year to award three organizations grants.

Partner charities selected by the committee for 2017 were the Ahwatukee YMCA Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors, the Starbright Foundation and the Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club. Y OPAS and the Starbright Foundation each received $3,000 whole the Kiwanis Club got $2,000. The size of the awards is based on the amount of support the committee gets from the group for its fundraisers, Hazlett said. Applications, which are due by Feb. 28, can be found at FOLAZ.org. Final selections will be made March 23, Hazlett said. Hazlett said new volunteers are needed because they help stimulate creative approaches to the committee’s events.

“We always strive to make interesting and fun changes and welcome anyone who would like to lend their ideas for consideration,” she said, adding that the general meeting next Tuesday “is very fun and exciting.” The beer-wine party, which was moved three years ago to Rawhide from the Foothills Country Club, provides attendees with a selection of more than 50 varieties of wines and beers, food samples from a dozen or more area restaurants and live music. The event’s silent auction is well-known for the quality of their items including jewelry and trips, and for the quantity. Traditionally, over 100 items are up for bid.

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Garage sales bring neighborhoods and neighbors together BY KELLY ATHENA AFN Contributor

arage sales have been sparse for a couple of months, but they have started sprouting up all over Ahwatukee in the last two weeks. Most are held on Saturday mornings, but some extend to Fridays, and even Thursdays and Sundays. I check Craigslist on Thursdays, typing in “Ahwatukee” as my search word and arrowing forward to each day of the weekend to get an idea about that week’s sales. Erika and Micah Uram of Club West had a garage sale to purge their home of

possessions they didn’t need anymore. Erika thought she’d invite the whole neighborhood to participate, so she went door-to-door to 60 homes handing out flyers. The flyer went like this: “House looking a bit full after the holidays? Clean out the clutter and join us for a neighborhood garage sale. We will advertise on Nextdoor, Craigslist and several Facebook groups to get the word out. We will place signs out to direct traffic to the various houses holding sales. All you have to do is clean out the clutter!” See

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Manny Castillo and his daughter, Veronica, bought two carved wooden tropical fruit sculptures from Dennis Born, right, at his garage sale in Old Ahwatukee. Dennis lugged them back from the island of Martinique in 1999.

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Ahwatukee state Rep. Jill Norgaard last week met at the State Capitol with St. John Bosco School in Ahwatukeee as part of the National Catholic Education Association's celebration of Catholic Schools Week. It calls attention to Catholic education in the United States. Schools typically observe the week with Masses, open houses and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members. "Through these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to church, local communities and the nation," the association said. This year’s theme was "Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed."

pecial needs teens and adults will get the star treatment and have a chance to dance the night away at a novel event in Chandler this week. Compass Christian Church will hold Night to Shine, a prom-type experience for anyone with special needs ages 14 and older, on Feb. 9. The Tim Tebow Foundation sponsors these dances in all 50 states and 16 countries around the world. Participants will walk a red carpet as teen paparazzi applaud and greet them. They can also ride in a limousine and party bus, receive complimentary hair and makeup services, eat a catered dinner, dance, sing karaoke and receive prom crowns and tiaras, among other pampering treatments. Compass teamed up with Discovery Community Church in Gilbert to hold Night to Shine last year at Discovery. This year, Compass will host the big night on its own, said Marie Jobe, event

co-chairwoman and wife of Compass Senior Pastor Brian Jobe. Lori Marsh is the other co-chair. Night to Shine at Discovery was a big hit last year, Marie said. “It went great,” she said. “It was just one of those adrenaline-rushing events. You’re trying to hold back the tears. As soon as they step up onto the curb they’re just beaming, they’re so excited to be there. “They’re just honored and cherished. Our society has come a long way. Just to have something specifically for them where they’re cherished the whole evening, it’s such a blessing.” The teens and adults who take part varied special needs, including Down syndrome, autism and visual impairments, Marie said. Compass has a Caring Hearts Ministry to help people who have disabilities and their families. More than 600 volunteers are expected to aid in a Night to Shine and 300 special needs guests plan to attend, Marie said.

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Several families decided to join in on the community garage sale last Saturday. Tasha Cho held a sale in her driveway a couple blocks away. I bought a small glass plate from her made by an artist in Maui. Across the street, Desert Vista senior Nick Thatcher talked to a group of customers looking through bowls and vases he made in a pottery class. Karen Smith and Kim Payne – two of the regular dog walkers in the neighborhood – walked to the sales with their dogs, Captain Jack Sparrow and Daisy Mae. Patty, Ahwatukee’s favorite garage sale dog, showed up at Micah and Erika’s sale sporting a pink lei and sunglasses. Children began petting her. Micah and Erika gave her a hug and posed for a picture with her. Patty and her “mother,” May Beth Williamson, have been entertaining garage sale goers for 13 years and I cross paths with them and other “regulars” nearly every week. Dennis and Jean Born lived in Lakewood for 16 years before deciding to

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Micah and Erika Uram embrace Ahwatukee's favorite garage sale dog, Patty, at their sale in Club West.

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Events” page under “NEW! Art in the Garden.” Click the part that says, “Click here” to access the link. The submission link can also be accessed in the description of the garden’s Facebook page for the event titled “Art in the Garden.” The format for the show will be similar to last year’s. Visitors can wander through the garden and look and judge the artwork. Free snack food will be provided by garden members. “We have changed some things,” Parkins said. “This year, we are asking for only five submissions of art for each artist. We will not take late submissions.” The garden also is taking 10 percent from the proceeds of any art that is sold. Artists who have more than five pieces for sale or display can rent a table outside the garden for $5. “Garden of Eatin’ is holding the art show to show off our Ahwatukee/Valley artists, show off our garden and bring the community closer together, Parkins said. “Garden of Eatin’ is held at the church but it is first and foremost an Ahwatukee community garden. We have gardeners from all over Ahwatukee, not just church-goers,” she added. Parkins, 24, has been a member of the church since birth sand she likes the fact that the garden brings out the best in Ahwatukee – “Good food, good art, good conversations and good people who want to care for the Earth.”

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Chandler family is a staple of annual VNSA book sale

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This family is a familiar sight at the VNSA Book Sale. From left, Ray Cox, Quinn Lathrop, Theresa Lathrop, Ann Cox and Mark Lathrop have volunteered for years. BY RALPH ZUBIATE AFN Managing Editor

or more than 60 years, thousands of book lovers have descended on the Arizona State Fairgrounds in February for the VNSA Used Book Sale. For 35 of those years, one family from Chandler has helped make the sale happen. Mark Lathrop, his wife Theresa, their son Quinn, and Mark’s mom and stepdad, Ann and Ray Cox, have rolled up their sleeves and prepared the half-million books for sale. This year, the event’s 62nd, is 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, when most books are halfprice. “I’ve been doing this 35 years as a volunteer,” Mark said, starting as a teenager. “The mom of one of Mark’s friends needed some kids to load books,” Ann said. “Mark says, ‘Mom, did you know about his? It’s awesome.’

“Picture a football field filled with books,” she said. Next thing they know, Ann and Mark were getting involved in the sale, volunteering and eventually joining the VNSA as members – Ann in 1990 and Mark just last year. “I just married into it,” Theresa said. “Mark always sets up. I just help on the day of the sale. And I do a half-day on Saturday.” She’s been helping for about eight years. Quinn, 16, has been involved for about 10 years. Ann remembered overseeing Quinn as a toddler when a VNSA sale was being set up, saying she kept him on a “tether” as the rest of the family sorted books. Quinn eventually got involved. “I didn’t want to at first,” Quinn confessed. “The past seven years, I’ve started to help.” See

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“We don’t put anything on eBay ourselves,” Mark said. “We know some books are valuable, but we discount them to sell for charity. If I’ve got a $50 book or above, that’s going to our Rare and Unusual category.” Rare and Unusual is only one of 27 categories at the sale, along with sports, fiction, (VNSA) Book lovers gather outside the doors of the Arizona State Fair history, biography and Exhibition Hall waiting for their chance to snap up books. The first others. Many categories VNSA book sale was held in 1957. have subcategories, carefully sorted. a hospital corporation, but the sale contin“It’s not just a jumble on a table,” Ann ued to raise money for nonprofit agencies in the Valley as VNSA became the Volunteer promised. The VNSA sale has grown from books, Nonprofit Service Association. At the two-day VNSA book sale, some too, featuring children’s games, jigsaw bargain-hunters show up with specialized puzzles, vinyl and digital music, maps and scanners, looking for valuable books they more. Once, about 20 years ago, a very special might turn around and sell online. Mark says they know those books are in the mix. item made its way to the sale. “It was a ledger, with names and dates and “One year, we found an 1890 printing of ‘Ben-Hur: The Tale of the Christ,’ which more,” Ann said. Nobody at VNSA was sure the movie was based on. It was over 100 what they had, nor could they read it. “We took it to a foreign languages proyears old.” “He found a first-edition Stephen King,” fessor at ASU,” she said. “We found out it Ann added. was Polish.”

Ann was told that it was a 150-page list of people who went through a Nazi concentration camp. A priest at the camp indicated in the ledger that he wanted to keep a record to help people find out what happened to their relatives, some time in the future. “Pretty incredible,” Ann said. The VNSA called the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Ann said the ledger was hand-delivered to Washington, D.C., and is on display there now. Working with all those books for the entire year, one would think the family would have their fill. “It doesn’t ruin books for us at all,” Mark said. “I need to get rid of books to take more in, actually. I’m almost at max level.” “We’re beyond max level!” Theresa corrected. “But it doesn’t ruin books for me as much as increase my appreciation.” Mark said. The goal of the sale is to raise money for charity. Ann says VNSA has donated $8 million since the event began. “I love it,” Ann said. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t keep doing it.” The sale is at the Arizona State Fairgrounds Exhibit Building, 1826 W. McDowell Road in Phoenix. Information: vnsabooksale.org, facebook. com/vnsausedbooksale. – Contact Ralph Zubiate at 480-898-6825 or rzubiate@timespublications.com.

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Chocolate and politics are on the agenda of the next meeting of the Ahwatukee Republican Women as they host the GOP candidates for state superintendent of public instruction and enjoy a chocolate

Bowie lauded by economic development group

Ahwatukee state Sen. Sean Bowie is the recipient of the Arizona Association for Economic Development’s 2017 Economic Development Champion Award. Bowie was honored for his support of economic development issues, including voting for three different bills that benefited economic development efforts throughout Arizona, said the group. Founded in 1974, the association’s stated mission is “to serve as Arizona’s unified voice advocating for responsible economic development through an effective program of professional education, public policy and collaboration.”

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Mountain Park Church, 16461 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee, will present a panel discussion on family decisions and aging during its next Senior Focus session 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. The panel will include Marie Burns, a certified financial advisor; Gregg Powell of Grace at Home; Scott Fischer, Options for Senior Living; and David Johnson, a licensed master social worker. The panel will address such questions and issues as: Making decisions on behalf of elderly parents can strain family relationships. Where do they live? What does it cost? Are Mom and Dad safe? Home care or assisted living? Should we take away the car keys? Program is free.

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Camera buffs in Ahwatukee have one week left to enter the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce’s photo contest for the cover image for its Ahwatukee Business Directory and Resource Guide. Entries must be submitted in a digital format and depict scenery around Ahwatukee, including pictures of big community events such as the Festival of Lights. The deadline for submissions isn’t easy to forget: It’s Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. The winning shot will be announced at the Chamber’s February mixer on Feb. 21. Only one submission per contestant is allowed and the photograph must be validated as an original photograph by submitting it through ahwatukeeguide. com All submissions must include a release to be published as a finalist photo if selected as well as for photo use if selected as the contest winner. The location depicted in the photo must be given at the time of submission. And submissions must be high resolution and at least 300dpi at 6” wide x 9” tall resolution. Some submissions that don’t get picked for the cover will be used on inside pages and the photographers will be credited by name inside the guide.

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hwatukee’s first seven-figure home sale of the year was registered in January. A 5,553-square-foot house in the 13400 block of S. 33rd Court sold for $1,075,000. The 17-year-old house sits on nearly two acres of preserve property on a cul de sac in Ahwatukee Custom Estates and has six bedrooms and 5.5 baths with an option for two additional bedrooms, one of which is now used as an office and the other a craft room. Judging by the Multilist description,

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end appliances, wine refrigerator and breakfast bar. It also sports a large walkin pantry as well as a six-burner Viking Professional range. There’s even a built-in china cabinet and a butler area right off the kitchen. The kitchen flows into a large family room with 14-foot ceilings, crown molding, a Cantera stone hearth and mantel and a built-in entertainment center. The formal living room is no less spectacular, with floor-to-ceiling windows giving visitors a breathtaking view of the mountains. The second floor is equally impressive. The master suite is billed as “a retreat you won’t want to leave” – largely because of a gas fireplace, built-in bar with refrigerator and large balcony with panoramic views of South Mountain Pre-

serve. Equally elegant is the master bathroom, which sports a steam shower with bench and dual shower-heads, Jacuzzi tub and double sinks with marble vanity tops. The secondary bedroom wing has a lounge-study-craft area with builtin desks, cabinets, and large closet with shelving Head out to the backyard and you’ll find a built-in barbecue, a fireplace with stone surrounds, drinking fountain, extensive covered patio area and a pebble tec pool with spa and waterfall. The rare four-car garage is connected to a shop room with built-in cabinets, 220-volt receptacles and a “fastidiously cared-for epoxy floor.” The house also has a large garden shed for tools and pool chemicals. The house was originally listed at $1.15 million and the sold price equaled $193.59 per square foot.

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If you’re selling your home this year, here are some tips to keep in mind. Staging changes seasonally. The concept of staging was once a secret. You want to use shorter furniture during summer months. It makes the room feel bigger, longer, and in the potential buyer’s mind, a better fit. Another staging secret is to play soft background music during showings to make a home seem cozier. People love a healthy lawn. Assuming you do not have desert landscaping, make sure your lawn looks very lush. It is very important to the curb appeal. Pricing-strategy bands important. Setting the right price so your home will sell is not a secret, but consider “band pricing.” Buyers who want to spend $340,000 on a property may look between $325,000 and $350,000. If that’s the seller’s target market, then pricing a home at $351,000 will result in a lot of potential buyers missing the listing altogether. So you should price at $350,000. If you price it at $351,000, you’ll get

people looking at the band between $350,000 and $375,000. Those buyers probably want something fancier or nicer than a $351,000 house. Black holes exist. If your listing falls into a real estate black hole, no one will see it either. Most cities have listing black holes – times when listings get lost to weekends of family vacations and holidays. If you list right before people go out of town, such as before Memorial Day or the Fourth of July, your listing may get buried before potential buyers see it. Exaggerations disappoint. Take what you do have and describe the best features of it. Otherwise, buyers may be turned off and disappointed. A listing can’t sit too long. In a hot market, “too long” for a house to sit unsold is three to four weeks, max. It just means the home is overpriced. If you don’t want to appear desperate by dropping the value, price the home realistically from the start. It’s much better to be in a position where the seller has multiple offers than to get greedy trying to obtain an unrealistic price, only to reduce it later. -Ahwatukee resident and Associate Broker Stacey Lykins, West USA, 602-616-9971 or at Stacey@ LykinsProperties.com or visit her website at LykinsProperties.com.

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$260,000 3013 W. REDWOOD LANE $306,000 1710 W. LACEWOOD PLACE $336,000 1305 W. WINDSONG DRIVE $427,000 1755 W. THUNDERHILL DRIVE $469,000 159 W. NIGHTHAWK WAY 85048 $197,000 16013 S. DESERT FOOTHILLS PKWY. $253,000 4118 E. WOODLAND DRIVE $277,000 16205 S. 42nd ST. $282,000 3542 E. LONG LAKE ROAD $285,000 3221 E. BRIARWOOD TERRACE $288,000 16642 S. 29th ST. $299,900 3008 E. SOUTH FORK DRIVE $302,000 1520 E. WINDSONG DRIVE $310,000 14820 S. 25th ST. $310,000 16632 S. 37th WAY $315,000 15428 S. 23rd PLACE $321,000 4609 E. MOUNTAIN VISTA DRIVE $332,250 3547 E. WINDMERE DRIVE $347,500 1306 E. GLENHAVEN DRIVE $350,000 17009 S. 34th PLACE $360,000 16404 S. 29th ST.

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ast year will go down as one of the best-ever years for home sales in metro Phoenix. Early figures show that 93,500 homes were sold last year Valley-wide – a 6 percent increase over the number sold in 2016. The only years with higher home sales were 2004, 2005 and 2011 – all when the housing market was not normal. The years 2004 and 2005 brought the housing boom fueled by subprime mortgages. In 2011, the housing market hit rock bottom and investors came into our market to purchase a record number of bargain foreclosure homes. Compared to those three years, 2017 can in some ways be seen as Phoenix’s strongest year ever for housing market. It was a strong year for housing appreciation throughout the Valley, although the median price for homes has not reached the peak numbers we had back in 2006. Generally, making annual predictions for the housing market can be tricky. No one wants to be wrong about their predictions, especially with buying and selling a home. That said, by December, home prices increased 5.9 percent and sales went up to 7.2 percent in the

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Phoenix area during 2017. The forecast ended up being a bit off for both. According to Realtor.com, Phoenix would have the best housing market in the country for 2017, although that has yet to be confirmed. Looking ahead to 2018, Mark Sharp, executive director of the Master of Real Estate Development program at Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business, said: “Phoenix’s housing market will continue to perform in 2018 much as it did in 2017.” Yet, he also said unaffordability, inflation, interest rate increases and the new tax laws could potentially affect the 2018 market negatively.

If pricing continues to rise at the current rate, homes will inevitably become less affordable. If the rising prices start to slow to make homes more affordable, then we can anticipate appreciation to go down this year. With this scenario, we can predict the market will continue to climb, but not at the same rates that 2016 and 2017 did. This year, the median price needs to climb another 6 percent for the Phoenix market to finally recover from the crash. Now let’s get a little closer to home and take a look at the Ahwatukee housing market. In December 2016, we had 456 active homes listed for sale, 110 under contract and 123 homes sold. In December 2017, we had 406 active homes listed for sale, 106 under contract and 104 homes sold. As you can see, we have had a drop in all three categories in the past year, although the prices are going up. The average list price for homes for sale in December 2016 was $432,680 and in December 2017, it was $479,502. The average price for homes under contract in December 2016 was $298,853 and in December 2017 it was $342,927. The average price for homes sold in December 2016 was $305,948 and in December 2017, it was $347,593. A healthy increase in price makes for a lower inventory of homes. If 2018 continues on this path, we will see prices continue to rise and inventory continue to decline.

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1361 E. Desert Flower Lane Richmond Heights Fabulous 5 bedroom home on large lot in the highly sought community of Richmond Heights at The Foothills. Panoramic mountain views!! Beautiful front entry opens to spacious formal living room ad formal dining room. Large family room with fire place. Gorgeous kitchen with 42 inch cabinetry, granite counters, kitchen island, breakfast bar and breakfast room. Elegant Master bedroom suite with seating area and private patio access. Remodeled master bathroom with custom dual vanities, granite counters, custom stone back splash, custom cabinetry, custom tub with mountain views, custom walk-in shower and large walk-in closet. Enormous Resort Style backyard with large covered patio, huge play pool, extra large grass area, multiple outdoor dining areas, built-in BBQ all surrounded by luscious mature landscape and panoramic mountain views! Spacious guest bedrooms including 2nd master suite with private bath and walk-in bathroom. Inside laundry room with cabinetry. Large 3-car garage with epoxy coated floor. New roof 2013! Newer A/C units 2015! This home has it all! Right across the street from Award Winning Kyrene Schools and South Mountain biking/ hiking trail. Great Ahwatukee Location!

Single level custom split plan with open space lake bordering the back of this spacious gated-community lot. Gourmet kitchen boasts granite countertops, custom raised-panel cabinetry, island, breakfast bar and walk-in pantry. Designer touches throughout include 12’ coffered ceilings, roman columns, travertine flooring, Plantation shutters, 8’ solid core doors plus upgraded lighting fixtures and ceiling fans. Elegant master suite features sitting room, two-way fireplace, large closet with separate cedar room and custom electric privacy window shades. Three secondary bedrooms with in-suite baths. Convenient full bath leading into the home from the pool area. Extended covered patio with slate flooring, Pebble Tec pool with waterfall and great mountain views from this home in The Sanctuary.

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Home sellers should be wary of buyers’ personal pitches AFN News Services

n a competitive housing market where demand far outstrips supply, more buyers are submitting personal offer letters in hopes of setting themselves apart from others making bids. But real estate experts warn that sellers need to be careful in weighing those pitches because they might be packed with misleading claims, Realtor.com says. “A letter from a potential buyer should not be taken lightly,” said agent Tyler Whitman. “Homes are personal, and it should feel good knowing your house is passing to a great new owner who actually loves it.” But what if that personal letter isn’t exactly sincere? “A competitive real estate market can be motivation for a little – or a lot of – fibbing from buyers,” the website warned. “If you have a creeping fear that a heartfelt personal letter isn’t actually coming from the heart, you might just be right.” To weed out dishonest claims, experts advise to examine letters for details, especially because “small, specific details are simply harder to fake and can help you decide if a personal letter is genuine,” Realtor.com said. More honest letters may contain details such as family member names and ages, names of schools in the neighborhood, or other neighborhood facilities of which they are aware. Although personal letters don’t have to include detailed biographies, “a letter noticeably absent of details raises a big, flapping red flag,” the sirte said. An overly vague letter might not necessarily be a flat-out lie, but it could mean the seller is simply spamming several sellers with a heartfelt story in hopes of winning in a tight market, it warned. More vague letters may represent less honesty and more hustle, experts told the site. “It may just be a nonspecific form letter they keep submitting over and over again,” one agent said.

Spotting a form letter is tricky, but doable: Check for the absence of details about your home. “For example, ‘I love your home’ could have easily started as ‘I love [fill in neighborhood here],’” Realtor. com said, adding: “In the end, a good letter will have enough details about someone’s life to explain why they think the home is right for them, and enough details about the home to show why it stood out for the buyer.” Another red flag is drama. Although many buyers have legitimate hardships to overcome before buying a home, experts agree that too much drama can be a sign of lying. Letters that lean toward an endless cycle of heartache – death in the family, trauma, and one loss after another – could just be an invention to woo a seller. “If it feels more like a Lifetime movie than a normal life, it may be suspicious,” Realtor.com said. Look instead for letters that make an effort to connect with you as the seller on a personal level and not just be a tale of woe. Sellers who receive a well thought-out letter along with a fair offer that doesn’t ring any other alarm bells probably can breathe easy. On the other hand, Realtor.com said, “If the offer is a lowball and is accompanied by a suspicious personal letter, it could be they’re looking to get a bargain out of their sad story.” However, one agent told Realtor.com, “If you really can’t tell, don’t lose sleep over it. We all get swindled from time to time. At the end of the day ... a good liar may be able to craft a ‘sad’ letter better than a person who is actually authentically living a story worth sharing.” As with any negotiation, sellers should do their best to separate emotions from the deal and choose the offer that’s best suited for them. “That way you’ll be in good position to seal the deal and move on to the next place you’ll call home,” the site said.

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Exceptional Santa Barbara-style estate in exclusive gated community. 5 br, 7 ba with 9,668 sq. ft. Gourmet kitchen boasts granite countertops, Viking appliances, double refrigerators, 6-burner gas range, island with prep sink and spacious pantry. Exquisite custom appointments throughout including rich alder woods, discerning stone accents and beautiful stone flooring. The finest in extended outdoor living with inviting patios, lush landscaping, built-in BBQ, fire pit, negative edge pool and spa on oversized lot with breathtaking lake and golf views.

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Great single level home on cul-de-sac lot. 2 br, 2 ba with 1,480 sq. ft. Large kitchen with breakfast bar. Oversized master bedroom with spacious walk-in shower. Newer dual pane windows. 2015 A/C unit. 2017 hot water heater. Permitted bonus and hobby room. Private backyard with lush mature landscaping including grass and citrus trees.

Listed for $228,900

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The Sanctuary

Mountain Park Ranch

Single level custom home with open space lake bordering the back of this spacious gated-community lot. 5 br, 5 ba with 4,114 sq. ft. Designer touches include 12’ coffered ceilings, Roman columns, travertine flooring and Plantation shutters. Spacious gourmet kitchen. Elegant master suite boasts twoway fireplace. Three secondary bedrooms with in-suite baths. Convenient full bath leading into the house from the pool area.

Enjoy mountain preserve view from front balcony deck. 3 br, 2.5 ba with 1,611 sq. ft. Open kitchen features granite tile countertops. 17” travertine flooring plus hardwood in great room. Remodeled master suite boasts marble flooring in bath with spacious stone walk-in shower. Gorgeous mature landscaping, extended covered patio and fountain in backyard.

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Enjoy the serenity of waterfront living in Ahwatukee from this gorgeous home. 5 br, 3 ba with 3,650 sq. ft. Spacious eat-in kitchen features refinished white cabinetry with custom rubbed bronze hardware, island and Sub-Zero refrigerator. Upstairs master suite boasts French doors to view balcony, updated bathroom plus large walk-in closet. Resort-style backyard with pool, BBQ, lush landscaping, custom dock fence and boat that conveys.

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Read the book and join each month’s lively discussion the first Wednesday of the month. February’s read: “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance. March’s read: “The Aviator’s Wife” by Melanie Benjamin. DETAILS>> 7-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

Explore hands-on creative ways to design, experiment, and invent while learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) through tinkering. #stem DETAILS>> 2-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

SUNDAY, FEB. 25

Monthly book discussion

ACF, which is largest private provider of scholarship funding in Arizona, provides access to more than 100 scholarship awards with a single online application. Completing one general application automatically matches applicants with every scholarship opportunity within the system for which they qualify. High school seniors, current college students and graduate-level students attending schools can apply. Application deadlines for scholarships vary, ranging from early spring to the end of May. Students are encouraged to apply early to maximize their opportunities for the scholarship awards. Some scholarships are given based on merit or financial need, while others are awarded to students in a particular geographic region or with specific demographic characteristics. Visit azfoundation.org/ scholarships.

SATURDAY, FEB. 10

Sorting through Medicare

Learn how the Medicare plan you choose can be a life-changing decision as long-time Ahwatukee agents Bill and Carole Phelan present options and answer your questions. DETAILS>> 11:30 a.m., Ironwood library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. RSVP 480-283-9161

Library Teen Council Meeting

This group meets to plan teen events at the library. Join us to earn community service hours, make friends, have fun! DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required.

Senior Olympics registration is now open for 2018 games

Registration is underway for Ahwatukee residents 50 and older who want to participate in the 2018 Arizona Senior Olympics. The games will be held Feb. 17-March 11 at various venues across the state. There is a wide variety of games, from bocce ball to tennis, running to swimming. The purpose is to encourage health, fitness and safety in a fin and competitive atmosphere. The games, sponsored by the Arizona Lifelong Fitness Foundation, are in their 37th year. Information: seniorgames.org or 602-274-7742.

TUESDAY, FEB. 13 LEGO Lab

Children accompanied by an adult can stop by for fun LEGO building time the second Tuesday of each month. DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

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Weight loss program set

Join The Body Firm in the annual six-week Partner Weight Loss Challenge with a $1,000 prize for the biggest losers. DETAILS>> An informational meeting is at 12:30 p.m. at 3636 E. Ray Road, Ste 2, Ahwatukee. The challenge begins Feb. 19. Information: 480-705-9801 or thebodyfirmaz.com.

TUESDAY, FEB. 20

Ironwood Writers Group

The third Tuesday of every month bring 5 double-spaced pages of writing to get feedback from your fellow writers. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, FEB. 24

Food packing for Africa

Corpus Christi Catholic Church is sponsoring a food-packing event to help send 14,000 meals with CRS Helping Hands to Burkina Faso in West Africa. DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-noon, 3550 E. Knox Road, Ahwatukee. To donate/register: helpinghands.crs.org/

Tune into Aesop’s Fables!

All ages will enjoy a musical performance by the Mill Avenue Chamber Players inspired by Aesop’s classic tales at 2 p.m. Children’s crafts will follow at 3 p.m. DETAILS>> Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. All ages. Free. No registration required.

MONDAY, FEB. 26

Friends and neighbors to meet

The next Ahwatukee Foothills Friends and Neighbors meeting will take place with Kathleen Winn of Project 25 discussing, "Reestablishing Boundaries: Ending Sexual Exploitation by 2025." DETAILS>> Shalimar Country Club in Tempe. The payment deadline for the buffet luncheon is Feb. 19, 2018. Contact affanwomensgroup@gmail.com to find out how to become a member.

TUESDAY, FEB. 27

Creative Planning, Journaling

Do you have a New Year’s resolution to get organized but don’t know where to start? Bring your planner, bullet journal, or notebook and learn some tips on laying out your tasks and goals while exercising your creativity. Introductory bullet journal and all other supplies provided by the Friend of the Phoenix Public Library. See

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the park at 4700 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee, behind the guitar player at the Ahwatukee Farmers Market, which is open 9a.m.-1 p.m. Information: acgarden.org or 480-759-5338.

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Holi: Celebration of Color

Come learn about, and experience, the colorful spring Indian celebration of Holi! Crafting fun with a spring theme will happen 4-5 p.m. Snacks and the throwing of gulal-colored powder will occur 5-5:30 p.m. Bring family and friends, wear clothes you don't mind getting permanently stained, and join us for this wild, messy celebration! DETAILS>> Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. All ages. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

Seuss-tastical Family Festival

Enjoy Dr. Seuss-themed literacy and STEAM activities for the whole family to enjoy together in honor of Read Across America Day. DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 3-12. Free. No registration required.

Two new clubs meet in Ahwatukee every Sunday the chess club for players at all skill levels and Knitters Anonymous for all levels of knitters and people who crochet. DETAILS>> The Chess Club meets at 11 a.m. at Einstein’s at 48th Street and Ray Road. Knitters Anonymous meets at 2 p.m. at Pomegranate’s Café, 40th and Chandler Boulevard. For either club, call 480246-1912 for more information.

Little Bytes

Kids can learn the foundations of coding and computer commands before they can write or spell! Fun activities, apps and games will teach the fundamentals of simple logic, sequencing and coding language. #stem DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m. Feb. 4, 11 and 18, Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-7. Free. No registration required.

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SUNDAYS

Learn gardening from pros

Learn desert gardening by getting your hands dirty with the Ahwatukee Community Gardening Project. Share in the knowledge, the produce, and the smiles. All ages welcome Bring sun protection and water, tools optional. DETAILS>> 8-9:15 a.m. in the northwest corner of

What do video games, robots and self-driving cars have in common? Code! You can become a coding master by learning Code.org, Kodable, Scratch, Tynker, HTML and more. Beginners welcome. DETAILS>> 3-4 p.m., Feb. 4, 11 and 18. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 8-17. Free. No registration required.

MONDAYS

Sign language for crawlers

Accompanied by a favorite adult, babies birth to crawling enjoy songs, music, rhymes, books, interactive stories, simple sign language words, activities to promote movement, and playtime. DETAILS>> 10:30-11 a.m., Feb. 5, 12 and 26. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages birth to crawling. Free. Tickets are limited and available in the library 30 minutes before program begins.

Chamber offers networking

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce networking and leads group is open to chamber members. DETAILS>> Noon, Native Grill and Wings, 5030 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Gina Jenkins, 480-990-5444.

LD 18 Dems meet monthly

Legislative District 18 Democrats gather monthly, usually the second Monday, to share news, opportunities, food and laughter. Meetings include guest speakers, legislative updates, how-to sessions and Q&A. Volunteer or just enjoy an evening with like-minded folks. DETAILS>> For times and places: ld18democrats.org/ calendar.

TUESDAYS

Color to Calm: Coloring for Grown-ups!

Adult coloring promotes mindfulness, reduces stress, and improves cognitive motor skills. We'll provide the markers, crayons, colored pencils, and coloring sheets; you just bring yourself and your friends!

DETAILS>> Tuesdays 1:30-3:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

Homework Help

Volunteer Eric will help with homework each Tuesday afternoon. DETAILS>> 5:10-6:15 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-18. Free. No registration required.

Estrangement support

Although rarely discussed, family estrangement is far more common than most people realize. The estranged suffer from loneliness, lack of self-esteem, guilt, anger and depression. Desert Foothills United Methodist Church provides a support group that meets the first Tuesday of every month. The public is invited to the “Living Loss” sessions. No questions asked, and anonymity will be respected. DETAILS>> 7 p.m., first Tuesday of every month; 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. Free. Information: 480460-1025 and office@desertfoothills.org

Homework help

Volunteer Eric will help with homework. DETAILS>> 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-18. Free. No registration required.

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loss, anger, or stress, you can find the freedom you're looking for. DETAILS>> 6:20 PM, Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 South 48th Street, Ahwatukee. 480893-2579, mvlutheran.org.

Chair yoga featured

Sit, Stay, Read!

Inner Vision Yoga Studio offers chair yoga to help seniors and people recovering from injuries to stay fit. DETAILS>> 1:30-2:30 p.m., 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. $5 per class. Information:

Toastmasters sharpen skills

Improve your speaking skills and meet interesting people at Ahwatukee Toastmasters meetings DETAILS>> 6:45-8 a.m at the Dignity Health Community Room, 4545 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee.

Power Partners available

The Ahwatukee Chamber offers Power Partners every Tuesday except the second Tuesday of the month, when attendees are encouraged to attend the Wake Up Ahwatukee Morning Mixer. Unlike our Monday Power Group, this group will be non-category specific, meaning you can have more than one member in each business category. DETAILS>> 7:45-8:45 a.m. Early Baker, 15645 S. 40th St., Ahwatukee. Free Information:. Gina Jenkins, 480990-5444.

WEDNESDAYS

Celelbrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery is a Biblical 12-step program that helps you find hope and healing from all of life's hurts, habits, and hang-ups. Whether it's addiction,

Young readers and listeners can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal and human team. Read to Truffles on Wednesdays. DETAILS>> Wednesdays, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-10. Free. No registration required.

Montessori holds open house

Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori holds an open house weekly. It includes a short talk about Montessori education, followed by a tour of its campus. DETAILS>> 4 p.m. Wednesdays, 3221 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. Information: 480-759-3810

Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive. Contact Shelley Miller, president, at 602-527-6789 or essentiallyshelley@gmail.com

Parents can ‘drop in’

Parents are invited to join a drop-in group to ask questions, share ideas or just listen to what’s going on with today’s teenagers. DETAILS>> 5:30-7 p.m. second Wednesday of each month. Maricopa Cooperative Extension, 4341 E. Broadway Road, Phoenix. Free. RSVP at 602-8278200, ext. 348, or rcarter@cals.arizona.edu.

‘Dems and Donuts’ set

Legislative District 18 Democrats gather for an informal chat.

DETAILS>> Free and open to the public 7:30-9 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month at Denny's, 7400 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler. RSVP: marie9@q.com or 480-592-0052.

THURSDAYS

Teen Thursdays

Ironwood Library provides the snacks and fun every Thursday; teens just bring themselves and a friend! First Thursdays: video games; second Thursdays: art-making; third Thursdays: Upcycling Makerspace. Fourth Thursdays: Library Volunteer Opportunities. DETAILS>> 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required. See on page 32

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Grief support is free

Hospice of the Valley offers a free ongoing grief support group for adults and is open to any adult who has experienced a loss through death. No registration required. DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m. first and third Wednesdays, Pecos Community Center, 17010 S. 48th St. 602-6365390 or HOV.org.

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An informal, relaxed social organization of about 90 women living in the Ahwatukee Foothills/Club West area. A way to escape once a month to have fun and meet with other ladies in the area. Guest speaker or entertainment featured. DETAILS>> 7 p.m. second Wednesday of the month,

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Kiwanis meets weekly

The Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club meets weekly and welcomes newcomers. Upcoming speakers are: Feb. 8, Congressional candidate Steve Ferrara; Feb. 15, Mayor Greg Stanton; and Feb. 22, Lenora Barrientos of NAMI Arizona. DETAILS>> 7:30 a.m. Biscuits Restaurant, 4623 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee. Information: mike.maloney2003@gmail.com.

Mothers of Preschoolers gather

Free child care for ages 0 to 5. DETAILS>> 9 a.m. second and fourth Thursday, Foothills Baptist Church, 15450 S. 21st St. Call Kim at 480759-2118, ext. 218.

‘Gentle yoga’ offered

Inner Vision Yoga Studio offers “gentle floor yoga” for core strengthening and healthy backs. DETAILS>> 1:30-2:30 p.m. 4025 E. Chandler, Ahwatukee. $5 per class. Information: 480-330-2015 or donna@innervisionyoga.com.

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Sit, Stay, Read!

Young readers and listeners can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal and human team. First & Third Saturdays: Read with Raven and Cassie. Second Saturday: Read with JoJo. DETAILS>> Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-10. Free. No registration required.

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Author to shine light on immigrant experience BY COLLEEN SPARKS AFN Staff

aria Isabel Alvarez was born in Guatemala and many of her relatives still live there, but time and distance keep her from truly connecting to the country close to her heart. That’s why the 29-year-old Chandler writer, who works at Arizona State University, is so excited. She has received one of the Artist Research and Development Grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Alvarez, who has a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from ASU, will use grant money to travel to Guatemala to research topics and immerse herself in the culture in order to write a book. “I feel that I have not been able to have a direct connection with my home country,” Alvarez said. “This is my way of reconnecting with a place and time I’ve been close to. “I’m really hoping it will illuminate on a subject matter that isn’t often talked

about. I want to call more attention to the indigenous people of Guatemala. I want it to allow readers to gain empathy and compassion for immigrants.” She described the book, “The Quiet Yellowing of Birds” – which she has been working on for almost two years – as a “magical realist, feminist novel.” It focuses on a woman who can “experience memories and dreams and darkest thoughts of other people.” Alvarez said the fictional book will show the woman’s experience as an immigrant and how she loses her “ability to connect with memories of other people” once she moves to Arizona. “It’s a book that captures the fragmentation of the immigrant experience,” she said. “I wanted to capture the before of migration and juxtapose that into the after. “Especially during these very difficult political times, I feel like these stories really need to be told. I hope in some it helps to illuminate readers to a very complex topic. At the core, immigrants are humans that are looking for oppor-

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Maria Isabel Alvarez of Chandler recently received one of the Artist Research and Development Grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. She will use grant money to travel to Guatemala to research topics and immerse herself in the culture in order to write a novel.

tunities for their families.” Alvarez said she believes immigrants often “come from tragedy, brokenness” and she wants to reveal in her book “what an immigrant experiences before she decides to emigrate.” The last time Alvarez visited Guatemala was when she was 15 years old, though her father’s side of the family still lives there. Alvarez plans to spend about two weeks in Guatemala, and she will visit a town called Antigua, where she said she will “engage with the community” by going to cultural events related to Semana Santa, which is Holy Week. She also is going to visit art galleries, attend film screenings and talk to vendors and business owners when it is appropriate in a way she said is “respectful of the people who live there.” Alvarez also will do archival research at The Center for Mesoamerican Research. In awarding her, the state arts commission said: “The independent review panel who recommended Ms. Alvarez for funding felt strongly that her application reflected superior artistic vision, originality, and craft, and that the proposed work had great potential for impact not only on the artist’s own work, but within her community more broadly.” To learn more about Alvarez, visit maria-isabel-alvarez.com. For more information on grants provided by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, visit azarts. gov/grants.

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DiCiccio budget initiative is worth every Phoenix resident’s consideration BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

ack around 1989, I was working Philadelphia City Hall when I found myself in a situation that was among the most surreal of my career. I was sitting in a windowless room with about 10 top city officials surrounded by boxes of bills as they went through a number of them and decided which ones they could pay that month. The city was on the precipice of becoming the largest municipality in America to go bankrupt. Years of profligate spending – like $2 million it had given boarding houses to shelter the homeless in conditions that its own inspectors had condemned while others were owned by convicted Medicare fraud artists and other cons – had taken its toll and had pushed the city to the brink. A new mayor was elected that year and his administration in 1990 hammered out a deal with the State Legislature that bailed out the city and put its spending under a specially formed watchdog that had the authority to nix contracts it deemed fiscally irresponsible. That was when Philadelphia had an unquestioned hold on the title of the nation’s fifth largest city. Now, Phoenix holds that title. And

while its top finance guys aren’t meeting in a room filled with boxes of bills, it doesn’t seem to be on a solid financial footing either. That’s because there’s the ticking timebomb in Phoenix City Hall that comprises more than $4.3 billion in unfunded pension and retiree benefits. Put another way, the city has promised to pay that money – half of which are retirement benefits and pensions for police and firefighters and the rest for other retired city employees. And all servants of the public who presumably did their job with the expectation of that promise being kept. If you read AFN two weeks ago, you would have seen our story on a report by Truth in Accounting, a nonpartisan group of accountants and other financial experts, that said Phoenix’s pension debt is part of a whopping $340-billion in pension debt that threatens to swamp all but 11 of the nation’s 75 most populous cities. I felt it necessary to note that the Center for Media and Democracy describes Truth in Accounting as a right-wing entity with ties to the Koch Brothers and the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council – even though it made no policy recommendations to any city, except to urge more accurate and clearer reporting of municipal finances. And even though, ultimately, the math involved is nonpartisan.

City Councilman Sal DiCiccio has been warning about this debt for at least five years – even as he sees it grow year after year with not much substantive action being taken by his peers or the city administration to do a whole heck of a lot about it. Oh, except for the fact that a few months ago, the city administration told council that a reduction in services or some kind of tax increase – or increases – might be necessary to deal with that financial behemoth. Now he has joined forces with a former Utah congressman to launch an initiative that would require Phoenix officials to curb spending and new programs and put more money toward its staggering pension debt. He has donated $25,000 from his campaign coffers to gather 20,000 signatures to get the initiative on either the August or November ballot this year. The initiative would limit new spending to population and inflation increases and devote more money to paying down pension debt. First responders’ pensions would get priority for more funding under the proposal. DiCiccio admits his initiative won’t solve the problem, but that it would be the first solid step the city would be taking to get its arms around this budgetary nightmare. Worrying about government debt can seem a little too abstract for most of us. We worry about paying our own bills.

But then I know many Ahwatukee residents also fret and complain about the condition of their roads, the adequacy of police patrols, the maintenance of parks and other city-owned things like light poles. What would you think if all of that got worse down the road? And how would you feel if conditions worsened and your tax bill was going up? It might be worth your time to look at the website for DiCiccio’s Responsible Budget initiative, responsiblebudgets. com, and even contribute your John Hancock to the 20,000 signatures needed to get it on either the August or November ballot. You’ll have plenty of time between now and then to study the pros and cons before you cast your vote. Doing nothing merely apes what Phoenix City Hall seems to be doing. Which is how I ended up in that room at Philadelphia City Hall as that city teetered on the edge of fiscal oblivion. Oh, and things haven’t changed much. Truth in Accounting noted, “Philadelphia remains one of the most financially troubled cities in the country.” Partly, that’s because it has nearly three times the unfunded pension liability that is looming over Phoenix. But there’s one alarming similarity between both cities: That debt isn’t going away. In fact, it will just get higher if nothing is done about it.

LETTERS

HOA boards should be responsible to homeowners Esteemed directors, friends, neighbors and homeowners under the Ahwatukee Board of Management (ABM):

Last fall, the Arizona Republic ran an article about HOAs in the Phoenix area foreclosing on people’s houses for as little as $1,200 in late or unpaid fees. According to Arizona law, “HOAs can foreclose if a homeowner misses a year (ABM charges only once a year) or $1,200 in monthly maintenance payments, whichever comes first.” As the previous treasurer for the Ahwatukee Board of Management and continuing to serve on the finance committee, I am

happy to say, to my knowledge, ABM has never forced a homeowner into foreclosure and uses only legal liens as a last resort. For that, the ABM board and staff deserve our thanks. I am also the homeowner who recently successfully sued the board – an action that caused anxiety and heartache to all those affected and that should not have been necessary. I am aware of three public meetings (I attended two) where attorneys for Carpenter Hazelwood, attorneys for ABM, told attendees that boards are responsible to “the corporation” and not to “homeowners.” It appears to me that has fostered an attitude of “us” against “them,” causing silent resentment and disgust among homeowners. That has manifested itself in a tendency

to expect the worst, disengage and avoid becoming involved, which a board would appreciate because it allows them to do what they want without oversight or the fear of being challenged. Homeowners buy “stock” or “interest” in an HOA corporation when they buy property within the HOAs boundaries. They have financial interest as they continue to pay dues. They have the right to attend HOA meetings and vote for their board of directors without fear of interference. They are responsible for following HOA rules as written in CC&Rs. Finally, they profit when their HOA is run well, property values rise and amenities increase, and suffer when the HOA is run poorly, property values and the availability of amenities fall. By all definitions, homeowners are not

customers, clients or the general public with respect to their board. They are “stockholders” in an HOA corporation, and their boards are responsible to them. I want to make all homeowners feel welcome by their HOA. I want every homeowner to be confident he or she will be treated professionally and fairly. That does not mean each one of us will always get exactly what we want, but I want us all to be satisfied that we will be heard, and, hopefully, understood. In the name of transparency and open communication, I am running for the board. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to call Karin Gray at 480226-6868. Thank you for caring and please vote.

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Area shops offer unusual gifts for Valentine’s Day BY COLLEEN SPARKS AFN Staff Writer

hwatukee lovers looking for unusual ways to spoil their sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can spice up the occasion with cooking classes or even bringing home a furry friend for some snuggle time. Many area businesses and organizations are offering out-of-the-box gifts instead of candy and flowers found at retail chains. Several provide experiences to help couples create memories while others sell handmade or locally manufactured artwork, jewelry and apparel and still others offer a chance to help people or animals. The Arizona Animal Welfare League Adoption Center in the Chandler Fashion Center has scheduled a Valentine’s Day Slumber Party. People can pick out a dog at the no-kill shelter any time after 10 a.m., keep them for the night and return them the next morning. It gives people a chance to see if they want to give the dog a “fur-ever” home. “Animals really show off in a home,” said Michael Morefield, welfare league spokesman. “That’s when you really get to see their true personality.” The dog Slumber Party is free and Arizona Animal Welfare League & SPCA will provide food, a leash and a collar, along with any medicine if the animal needs it. More than 70 percent of people who take an animal home for a Slumber Party end up adopting it, Morefield said. On the more human side, couples can bond and learn new culinary skills at RA Sushi Bar restaurants in Ahwatukee, Tempe and Mesa. The restaurant’s “Roll of Attraction” is an aphrodisiac sushi rolling class for couples at 8 p.m. today, Feb. 7. RA Sushi said salmon and other oily fish have omega-3 fatty acids known to increase circulation while the iodine in seaweed in sushi rolls, has vitamin E, which elevate hormones and one’s passion. Another way to feed one’s significant other in a healthy way is with a special

boudoir/portrait photos through Feb. 14. “I interview all of my couples and figure out what they want,” Bacon said. “I try to focus on candids and posing my couples to where they feel comfortable. I really encourage my couples to make it a full date… That’s what makes it (Photo courtesy of V’s Barbershop) unique.” Barber Jesus Limon provides a hot towel treatment to a customer at Those who want to V’s Barbershop in Phoenix. V’s Barbershop also has two locations in give their partner a Chandler and one in Queen Creek. sultry surprise could dinner at 24 Carrots, 1701 East Guadalupe pose for the boudoir/portrait photos. Road in Tempe, where several gluten-free Often women will choose to pose in lingerie and pretty robes for the boudoir and vegan dishes are on the menu. The entrée is a choice of either gluten- photos, and Bacon said she takes steps to free marinated and grilled cauliflower make them feel comfortable. “I think it’s very important to stay on the steak or seared house-made seitan steak served with classic steakhouse sides. The classy side of things,” she said. “I just want Valentine’s Day dinner is $24.95 per to create something that their sweetheart’s going to love and I want them to love it, person. “This year, we are showcasing how many too Women can get their man pampered delicious vegan options are available for Valentine’s Day with this very special at Wet Shaving Products in Chandler, menu,” 24 Carrots owner Sadhana Raj which makes and sells shaving products, said. “We love providing options for lotions, small batch soap, balms and other vegans or folks who follow a gluten-free grooming products for men. “Our favorite gifts for guys this diet on very special occasions.” Auric Photography, owned by Katherine Valentine’s Day include a great-smelling Bacon of Ahwatukee, is offering Valentine’s cologne,” Wet Shaving Products founder Day specials on sweetheart sessions and and owner Lee Tyau said. “Beard oil gift packs are perfect for the bearded guys. Solid colognes are hip, new and great for the guy who likes to travel.” Lovers whose significant others are globally conscious can find handmade jewelry, kitchenware and other goods by artisans around the world at the Feed My Starving Children’s MarketPlace in its (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Phoptographer) Irene Duguay organizes some of the unique international gifts sold at Mesa location at 1345 the Mesa food-packing site for the charity Save My Starving Children. S. Alma School Road. The Christian

nonprofit organization provides nutritionally strong meals formulated for malnourished children in other countries. Some popular items for Valentine’s Day gifts include mugs and artificial daises made by artists in Haiti and heart keychains by artisans in Swaziland. There also are heart-shaped ornaments and chocolate, friendship bracelets, T-shirts, banana leaf cards with the message “I Love You,” coffee and necklaces with a metal heart-shaped pendant, said Meghan Borner, a sales associate for Feed My Starving Children. “It’s a gift that gives back,” Borner said. “You end up getting a unique gift, you’re supporting artisans around the world and you’re also supporting the feeding program.” Shoppers also can discover rare jewelry, clothes, furniture and even lawn mowers at Blue Leaf Estate Auctions, which holds weekend auctions in people’s homes around the Valley. Diamond earrings and rings, along with Rolex watches and sterling silver bracelets and necklaces with turquoise and other jewels popular in the Southwest, are often found at the auctions, said Blue Leaf Estate Auctions co-owner Stephanie Garcia. “You’ll definitely find something unique, unusual, just not your run-of-themill that you’re going to buy in the store,” Garcia said. “There’s many different ways to say ‘I love you.’” State Forty Eight in Chandler offers lots of T-shirts, hoodies, onesies, hats and other casual clothes with the State Forty Eight logo on it in honor of Arizona, which became the 48th state on Feb.14, 1912. “The cool thing about Valentine’s is (it’s) the same day as Arizona’s birthday,” said State Forty Eight co-owner and founder Mike Spangenberg. “If anyone likes T-shirts or hats and they love Arizona, we have the perfect gift for them.” Shoppers feeling the love for Arizona and the Southwest can also find lots of unusual gifts at Sibley’s West in downtown Chandler, which sells gift items from only Arizona suppliers. See

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Some possible Valentine’s Day include Arizona Cowboy Cactus Salsa, allnatural lotion in a solid bar, prickly pear cactus taffy, Cerreta Candy Company’s fine chocolates in Western shapes and a stoneware heart-shaped bowl. To relieve your significant other’s stress, The Crypt on East Ray Road, Ahwatukee, offers a Rage Room, a place where people can blow off steam by throwing vases, glasses and other items in a safe environment with protective gear. The “Let’s Be Friends” package for $30 allows people to smash 10 small items, while the “Cheaper Than Counseling” package for couples gives them 12 small items, four medium things and two electronics to break for $48. “Committed” allows lovebirds to vent their frustrations by destroying 10 small items and four medium items for $36. Those prices are offered on a regular basis for two people to visit the Smash Room at a time. “Relationships are not always roses and chocolates,” said John Keating, owner of The Crypt. “Sometimes there are frustrations and our rage room offers a fun way to blow off some of that steam.”

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LivGenerations Ahwatukee wins awards for design, care AFN News Staff

ivGenerations Ahwatukee, one of Arizona’s newest senior living communities, has won 2017 Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards in three separate categories. Then independent/assisted living complex earned a gold award for architectural design in the “Best 55+ Assisted Living” category and silver medals for expertise in memory care and for “continuing care retirement community” or CCRC. From the more than 80 organizations that entered their communities in this year’s competition, only nine projects were selected as 2017 SHN Architecture & Design Awards Winners for their unique approaches to senior living design. The competition evaluates communities through a scoring system that looks at various categories, including design elements specific to each project type, community integration, amenities and lifestyle features. “The team at LivGenerations is very honored and thankful to receive recognition for the hard work that was put into the design and décor. The greater award has been watching our residents using the

ing communities continue to evolve and grow to meet the needs of seniors both today and for tomorrow,” said Kwalu CEO Michael Zusman, adding: “It’s exciting to see current trends and styles in communities that show innovation in design and community integration.” LivGenerations (LivGenerations Ahwatukee) The upscale design of LivGenerations Ahwatukee, which provides both bills its self as “a independent and assisted living quarters for seniors, won accolades. unique age-in-place model for indepenspaces. The experiences, the laughter, and dent living, assisted living and memory all of the new friendships being created care” where residents have wide array of brings so much validation and joy to us at amenities and services, including extenLiv,” said Scott McCutcheon, LivGener- sive social activities, lifelong learning and wellness opportunities. ations CEO. The developer includes fitness centers, The competition was sponsored by Kwalu, a provider of senior living furni- pools, movie theaters, tea rooms, wine ture solutions to communities across the cellars and multiple award-winning dining venues. United States. Information: livcommunities.com. “Architecture and design for senior-liv-

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Keeping Christ in your thoughts takes discipline BY WILLIAM F. HOLLAND AFN Guest Writer

eeping Christ at the center of our thoughts takes a great deal of discipline and determination, but so does everything else we really care about. As Christians, the best way we can demonstrate our love and devotion is by trying to live for Him. Whatever we become involved with, He simply wants to be our highest priority. At the beginning of the year, we made

resolutions – a perfect time to start developing spiritual lifestyle changes. You notice I used the word “developing” because drawing closer to God is a process much like losing weight, exercising or any other type goal in which we are striving toward a goal. We need to remember that personal transformation is a lifestyle that will require concentration and perseverance. It’s great to have long-term goals, and we should release our faith into becoming all that He has called us to be, but an important key is to focus on our mission one day at a time. It would be much better

to go slow with permanent results than to rush and become overwhelmed with frustration and disappointment. Another meaningful resolution would be to dedicate a few minutes each day to prayer. Daily Bible reading is another excellent place to focus our attention because the words of God are spiritual nourishment to our soul and will help fill our mind and heart with strength and confidence. This journey will require fierce tenacity, which we commonly avoid because we hate to be uncomfortable. As many of you already know, drawing near to Christ is a

serious challenge because of the added resistance from the dark side. I recently recorded an 80-minute CD on which I narrate over 100 encouraging Bible passages. It also includes several original songs filled with hope, joy and faith. This is a resource for those who want to fill their mind with God’s promises. Contact me and I would be honored to send you a free copy.

Dr. William Holland is a Christian author, outreach minister and community chaplain. Information: billyhollandministries.com

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SUNDAYS

HORIZON SEEKS YOUNG PEOPLE

Lane. 480-460-1480 or email joel@horizonchurch.com.

High school and middle school students meet to worship and do life together. DETAILS>> 5 p.m. at Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty

KIDS CAN LEARN JEWISH LIFE

Children can learn and experience Jewish life. Chabad Hebrew School focuses on Jewish heritage, culture and holidays. DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m. to noon, for children ages 5-13 at Pollack

Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. 480-855-4333, info@chabadcenter.com, or chabadcenter.com.

SUNDAY CELEBRATION SERVICE

Inspirational messages and music to lift your spirit. A welcoming community committed to living from the heart. Many classes and

events offered. We welcome you! DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Sundays at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480-792-1800, unityoftempe.com. Submit your releases to pmaryniak@ahwatukee.com

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Chandler school’s students to showcase Chinese culture BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA GetOut Contributor

he beauty of traditional Chinese wushu/kung fu, dance and song meld in the fourth annual presentation of “Mulan” by 80 students at the Chandler-based Phoenix Wushu Academy. The production at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix on Saturday, Feb. 10 has grown each year and features a cast whose youngest perform, Jasmine Mei, is 5 and the oldest, Shirley Lee, is 60. Students have been practicing every day after school and at least six hours each weekend to meet the high bar set for the performance. “We’ve definitely raised our production to another level with visual effects, costumes and choreography,” said Bonnie Fu, the academy’s director who has directed the production since its inception. “We manage to have a full house for every performance.” Fu and husband Andrew Ho – known as “Master Ho” to students – founded the Wushu Academy in 2010 after moving from China in 1996. She has been an actress since age 16, appearing in many Chinese language and U.S. films; he is a six-time U.S. National Champ in wushu/kung fu, an ancient form of martial art that challenges and trains physical limits as well as inner strength. Hua Mulan is a legendary woman warrior from the northern and southern dynasties period of Chinese history who became the central figure of the Ballad of Mulan. In the

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Elaborate, handmade costumes that include representations of mythological creatures are also part of the Phoenix Wushu Academy’s presentation of “Mulan.”

ballad, Hua Mulan takes her aged father’s place in the army, fighting for 12 years before she retired and shunning any reward for her service. It was the basis of a 1998 Disney animated feature. Andrew Ho plays Mulan’s father in the production, and also is choreographing the fight scenes and wushu performances. The couple, who met on a movie set, say their goal is to “promote and bring awareness to the Chinese culture and arts.” Kelley Chan, an Ahwatukee BASIS eighthgrader who started at the academy five years

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Jane Ho, rehearsing a number from “Mulan,” is the daughter of Phoenix Mushu Academy founders Bonnie and Andrew Ho.

ago, is one of the majority of cast members who are returning this year to the Orpheum stage. But her involvement at the academy focuses more on regular martial arts training like long fist, staff and straight sword. “I started as the Little Mulan in the show, and now I’m promoted to Teen Mulan, and will be performing Chinese dances in different scenes,” she said. “The show is about a brave girl who has to train herself to be a warrior to fight on behalf of her father. I love this show and it gives me many things to try.” Ethan Dancho, of Chandler, 14, finds “Mulan” a challenge in many areas. “Although performing in ‘Mulan’ uses wushu skills, it also requires other skills such as a lot more synchronization, choreographed sparring, acting as our character and tai chi,” Dancho explained. “When I do wushu, it’s just me on the floor and I no longer have to worry about synchronizing or acting as my character or timing everything right. So I’ve learned a lot by doing ‘Mulan,’” said Dancho, a member of the USA Traditional Wushu team who earned a bronze medal at the 2017 World Kungfu Championships last November in China. “‘Mulan’ is a lot of fun, and it’s something I enjoy doing every year,” added the BASIS Chandler eighth-grader. “Performing in front of a live audience has taught me to overcome my shyness.”

Hamilton High School junior Ryan Huang is reprising some roles he’s done in the past three productions, but is also gaining a new one. He will play the Mongolian – a part he’d watched older boys playing during his years in the cast. “My involvement in ‘Mulan’ has allowed me to explore skills in closely-related arts such as sparring, tai chi, and traditional forms of wushu and even acting,” Huang said. “Sparring, in particular, has forced me to change my perspective on group forms as there are multiple constituents that go into creating a powerful, realistic experience for the audience.” “Through this play, I’ve been able to employ a wide range of my Wushu abilities, anywhere from the basics to more complicated moves, such as tornado kicks,” he added. “All in all, ‘Mulan’ has taught me how to be a team player. Lots of effort, detail, and coordination go into a production such as ‘Mulan,’ and although stressful, is a blessing to be a part of my Wushu family, peers who I’ve literally grown up with and can call my brothers and sisters.” Elise Yeung, who recently turned 10, plays Little Mulan, as well as other roles. Multiple roles are common for a number of cast members. “I learned that it takes many people and teamwork to help you change (costumes), do make-up and hair for you to be able to do your part,” said the Archway Classical Academy fourth-grader, who performs wushu and tai chi skills onstage along with brothers Noah, 12 and Caleb, 13. “I’ve learned a lot of new skills like how to act scared, happy or annoyed, and in dancing, I learned to always be synchronized with other people,” she added. Her parents, Betty and Bruce Yeung are active in the academy and the production as well – as are many academy moms and dads. “Being a part of the wushu school and the production, Elise has enjoyed not only sport and wonderful wushu training, but also opportunities in the arts, theater, international competition, culture and community,” said Netty Yeung. Jane Ho, the 20-year-old daughter of the academy founders, portrays the older Mulan. Like others, she performs other roles, See

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too, and is active elsewhere in the production, serving as a visual effects director, animator, editor and one of the producers. “I’m extremely honored to be in this production and have the chance to perform at the Orpheum Theatre,” she said. “One of the main reasons I’m in the production. and why the Phoenix Wushu Academy produces this show annually, is to create the opportunity to spread and promote Chinese culture and arts to the public.” Jane Ho, a film and video production student at Mesa Community College, also is a concert pianist who admires the production and its potential influence on the audience. “We believe that arts connect us all, regardless of age, ethnicity or background, and it’s our duty to preserve our culture and share its beauty with the rest of the world,” she said. “‘Mulan’ is a timeless story filled with good morals that will hopefully inspire our audiences and encourage our younger generations to do the same.” Even after four years performing and watching the production, Jane said she’s still moved to tears at certain scenes. “If I had to choose one, it would be when Mulan’s father gets drafted to war and he has to say goodbye to his family. It’s amazing

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Above, Elise Yeung plays Little Mulan as she learns martial arts while 5-year-old Jasmine Mei, right, is the cast’s youngest member.

to feel the emotional changes in this scene. One moment I’m crying my head off because the farewell between Mulan and her father is heart wrenching, but the next moment my heart is racing because of the epic special effects of the fight scene in which our actor who plays Mulan’s father fights against shadows projected onto the screen, and it’s really intense.” This year’s production boasts costumes from different regions of China, thanks to the efforts of costume manager Chloe Cheng.

Fu said most wigs and some costumes come from a manufacturer who supplies film studios, including Disney. Locally, tailor Alice Xiao creates dance costumes unavailable elsewhere, and Win Ou, owner of Chandler’s Win Salon, is responsible for cast’s exotic hairstyles. Information: PhoenixWushu.com

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ou won’t find any in Ahwatukee, but plenty of restaurants in the Valley for the fifth consecutive year are reimagining one of the flavors of Girl Scout cookies – Do-Si-Dos, Samoas, Tagalongs, Thin Mints, Trefoils, S’mores and Savannah Smiles – into a custom dessert menu item. Each restaurant has agreed to feature its dessert on its menu throughout February, donating a portion of the proceeds from each dessert sold to the Girl Scouts. “While I was clearly never an actual Girl Scout, we jumped into the Dessert Challenge in year one headfirst to support the girls and women in this community,” said Michael Rusconi. Rusconi’s American Kitchen, along with Olive + Ivy, The Thumb, Lumberyard Brewery in Flagstaff, will be inducted into the Girl Scouts’ “Five Timers Club” this year, commemorating their participation in the challenge each year since its inception in 2014. All the chefs also hope to not only raise critical funds to support local scouting in the area, but to inspire home cooks across Arizona to buy an extra box or two this Girl Scout cookie season to create their own desserts, too. The participating restaurants, and their creative desserts, include:

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JW Marriott Camelback Inn Dessert: Samoa Trifle Cost: $10 Info: 5402 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale,

Fair Trade Café Dessert: Pura Vida Cheesecake Cost: $4.25 Info: 1020 N. First Ave., Phoenix. Fuego Grill Dessert: Jessie’s Delight Cost: $4.69 Info: 9118 W. Van Buren St., Tolleson. Grape Wine Bistro Dessert: Thin Mint Crazy Milkshake Food Coma Ride Cost: $9 Info: 23335 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. Market Street Kitchen Dessert: Claire’s Badge Cost: $7 Info: 20825 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale. Ocean Prime Dessert: Savannah Smiles Vanilla and Lemon Raspberry Tart Cost: $12 Info: 5455 E. High Street, Phoenix. Olive + Ivy Dessert: Tagalong Gelato Cost: $3.25 for one scoop; $4.25 for two scoops; $6 for three scoops Info: 7135 E. Camelback Road, Scottsdale. (Special to AFN)

Rusconi’s American Kitchen Dessert: Banana Cream Pie in a Jar with Tagalong Crust Cost: $8 Info: 10637 N. Tatum Blvd., Phoenix. Super Chunk Sweets & Treats Dessert: Pineapple Samoas Cheesecake Cost: $4.99 Info: 7120 E. Sixth Ave., Scottsdale. The Covenant Dessert: Crème de Menthe Cost: $7 Info: 4740 E. Shea Blvd., Phoenix.

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Arizona Renaissance Festival marks 30 years of magic BY LAURA STODDARD

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he rumble of horses’ hooves and the clashing of swords. The enticing aroma of sweet treats and savory meats. A sky colored by bright ribbons and banners. A flamboyant cast of characters, including acrobats, artisans, comedians, pirates, musicians, craftsmen and royalty. Jaw-dropping performances and sweet honey mead in ornate goblets. And, possibly, more fun than you can handle in one day. This is the Arizona Renaissance Festival, arguably one of Phoenix’s most anticipated and beloved annual events. Opening Feb. 10 for its 30th year, this massive and spirited event aims to transport visitors away from the worries of today to an age of magic and merriment. This is a space where anything goes, and all kinds are welcome (included the costumed), so dust off those faerie ears, polish that armor and get ready to embark upon an rousing adventure, whilst calling out a hearty “Huzzah.” The festival’s 30 acres, referred to as the Village, are jam-packed with fascinating

catch your favorites, be it the jousting tournament, the falconry demonstration or the ever-popular wooing contest. Some of the most popular characters to see (and sometimes interact with) include Daniel the Fox, who challenges anyone to engage in a battle of both wits and steel; Adam Crack, (Special to AFN) Guinness World Records Jousting is one of the Renaissance Festival’s most popular events winning Whip Master, and and rounds are scheduled throughout each day. Shamus the Insulter, who sights and sounds. Children and adults will does just what his name suggests, with great discover an abundance of shops, shows and aplomb. rides. Shamus (real name: Tony Miller) has been On opening weekend, the Royal Court ap- with the festival for 23 years, delivering his pears in all its finery atop the castle’s front witty barbs in such a manner that visitors enbalustrade, and the king (with much pomp joy being his target. and circumstance) declares the festival offi“My insults, while sometimes outrageous, cially open. always allow the people I’m insulting to enWith 13 stages and more than 200 things joy (themselves),” Miller said. “I am a huge to see and do, it’s tough to see it all in one believer in insulting anyone, including childay. dren, the elderly, teenagers – everyone. I Be sure to consult the Village map and think all people deserve the chance to laugh schedule of events distributed at the draw- and have a good time.” bridge entrance so that you can plan to Miller said he is inspired by simply observ-

ing people. “I keep my ears open for lines between people in the real world, and I also do a lot of writing. I’m constantly working on lines, and ways to do insults (in a non-hurtful way).” Over the years, Miller has expanded his repertoire to include compliments, apologies and even marriage proposals. “I guarantee a ‘yes’ on marriage proposals or your money back,” he jokes. “But not longevity, that’s out of my purview.” Whether it’s fighting off raucous pirates, riding in da Vinci’s flying machine or filling your belly at the Dancing Pig Pub, the Arizona Renaissance Festival promises a fun-filled day in an enchanted time and place.

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Arizona Game Fair returning for scores of fans BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA

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hen Andrew Long decided to host the inaugural Arizona Game Fair in January 2017, he knew it could easily be a bust. “I decided I was going to do this, and if it was good, I’d do it again. Iif no one shows up, my friends and I will have a good weekend playing games – very expensive games,” he laughed. But nearly 400 people showed up, partaking in board games, card games, role playing games (RPGs) such as Dungeons & Dragons, and socializing around tables with people they’d perhaps never met before. This year, Long, who owns Spielpro.com and sells game parts and accessories with a warehouse in Tempe, is expecting a much larger audience for the second annual Arizona Game Fair, Feb. 9-11 at Mesa Convention Center. “We’re starting to be a regional convention this year,” said Long, an Arizona State alumnus and former journalist. “We’re drawing a lot of gamers from western states and throughout Arizona.”

ventions on the East Coast, but we didn’t have any large gaming conventions here in the West. Our goal was to fill it, and it looks like we are,” he said. The games renaissance has a lot to do with German games like Catan. Now (Special to AFN) there are a lot of Board games have had a big resurgence in the past few years. More than American game 5,000 new board games were introduced in the U.S. last year, the gaming site designers, too,” Euromonitor International said. said Long, 47. He came to the prospect of hosting his “There are an insane number of games out own tabletop gaming convention after there now.” realizing that the West Coast lack gamAhwatukee game designer and publisher ing convention sites in a boom period for Charlie Bink is a first-time special guest this board games. year. Among his original games are PUPS The gaming site Euromonitor Interna- and Trekking the National Parks – the lattional noted sales increased 15 percent ter garnering a 2015 Mensa Select Award. in 2016 and more than 5,000 new board “In my earlier days, I was originally drawn games were introduced in the U.S. last year to art and animation,” said Bink, a 2004 alone. grad of the Art Institute of Phoenix. “My “There are a lot of big (gaming) con- passion for gaming started in my early 20s,

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and around that time I started designing and creating art for my own games. This will be my first Arizona Game Fair, and I’m excited to be a guest.” Bink’s favorite games, other than his own, are Splendor, Onitama and For Sale because “they’re all easy to learn but have a ‘wow’ factor that draws in new players and keeps old ones – like me, coming back for more.” Long said gamers are as varied a group as games themselves. Yes, the traditional backgammon, cribbage, chess, checkers and Monopoly fans remain, but with the increase in best sellers such as Catan (formerly Settlers of Catan), Pandemic and Codenames, there’s a passel of new enthusiasts. This year’s Arizona Game Fair is an official host of the Catan U.S. Nationals qualifying tournament with the winner scoring an expense-paid trip to the national competition at the Origin Game Fair in Ohio. The winner in Ohio advances to the finals in Germany. The Origin Game Fair, begun in 1975, is now run by the Game Manufacturers AsSee

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sociation. To enter the Catan competition – which begins Friday at the Mesa Convention Center with preliminary contests and concludes with Sunday’s finals – contestants must pay a $10 entry fee in addition to the $45 all-access, three-day entry badge for the convention. Day game passes are available for $25, with Sidekick badges for children 12 and under, $5. This year, the purchase of a $75 Library Patron Badge will help provide funds toward increasing the games library. Prices at the door are higher, and pre-registration can be done at ArizonaGameFair. com Overseeing the role-playing games at the Arizona Game Fair is Mesa resident Darrell Lynn, who is well-known among gamers for “Podcast: The Wreckening.” That is an outgrowth of his membership in The Wrecking Crew, a demonstration team for White Wolf games that travels throughout the U.S. “running adventures” in games they publish. “My job is to gather people to run role-playing games for the convention, schedule those games, and then help get players seated in

Things.” “My mom bought the original Dungeons & Dragons boxed set for my sister’s 16th birthday and ran a game for her and her friends. I was around 6 at the time and was fascinated with the fantasy artwork and dice,” Lynn recalled. Lynn said after abandoning gaming as a (Catan.com) young adult, he was ap“The Settlers of Catan,” one of the most popular board games now played, originated in Germany in 1995. The Arizona Game Fair is proached by a friend a hosting a "Catan" competition. few years ago to play a game of Dark Heresy. them,” Lynn said. “It’s part project manag“It was a punishing system, and I was iner, part marketing and part carnival roustcredibly frustrated, but it made me curious about,” said Lynn, an analyst in the aeroto see what else was out there,” he said. “I space and defense industry, adding: found that while classic games focused on “In addition to my convention activities, statistics and exact rules, a new variety of I also run a monthly game meet-up in the game has emerged that focuses more on East Valley, providing epic game nights storytelling and narration, which really apboth in my home and at game stores pealed to me. around the Valley. One of the focuses of “In short time I was running games at lomy gaming group, ‘The Guild of Gamers’ is cal conventions, and collecting a treasure to teach the next generation of gamers, trove of gaming books, bags of dice, and and we sometimes hold games specifically many excellent friends.” for kids and teenagers.” His current favorites include Chronicles Lynn, 34, started his RPGs with Dungeon of Darkness and Hunter: The Vigil. & Dragons, a game of choice for the 80s, “I’m always happy to be able to sit as illustrated in the Netflix series “Stranger around the table with my family, with

friends, or with strangers and share in fantastic adventures,” said Lynn. If the titles of some newer games don’t ring a bell, there’s help for that. As a break from traditional gaming conventions, Arizona Game Fair offers a game library in the Convention Center’s A building, where attendees can, with presentation of their badge, literally check out games to try. “We have this big room with over 50 tables and we bring along a library of games for anyone to try,” Long said. “Last year we had more than 600 different games. Other conventions offer scheduled gaming, which we also offer, but we think this library of games appeals to families as well as gamers who want to try out new games.” And there are other events on tap at the Arizona Game Fair, including Saturday’s 6 p.m. “Happy Time Dungeon Hour,” when gamers Brendan Carrion of Tempe, Adam Sink of Gilbert, and Mesa’s Holly McGinty and Jim Miller bring an audience member onstage to illustrate live-action role playing. This is included in the event pass, with seating first come, first served said Long. A games flea market is scheduled for 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb.10 Doors open at 8 a.m. Friday through Sunday, with closing at 11 p.m. the first two days, and 5 p.m. Sunday.

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Thunder boys soccer continues playoff run, but girls bow out BY GREG MACAFEE AFN Sports Editor

esert Vista High School’s varsity boys and girls soccer teams punched their tickets to the quarterfinals last week after first-round victories, but only one is moving to the semifinals this week. The teams’ victories against Gilbert and Hamilton high schools gave them one more shot to defend their home turf on Saturday, but the girls came up short and their season ended. The No. 2-seeded Thunder (15-4-2) will take on No. 3 Chandler (19-0-5) at Campo Verde High School at 7 p.m. today, Feb. 7. The girls got the ball rolling on Saturday after having lost only three games all season, allowing 14 goals and pitching 10 shutouts along the way. But Hamilton’s defense had been just as good, allowing only nine goals. Both teams showed their defensive prowess Saturday. Desert Vista goalkeeper Amanda Green

made numerous saves, coming out of the goal mouth to stop Huskie attacks before they could capitalize. Throughout the first half, the game remained scoreless as both teams created opportunities but couldn’t break through. “Coming into the game, that was the plan, both teams kind of equalized each other, understanding that it might be a 1-0 game,” Desert Vista coach Marvin Hypolite said after his team’s loss. In the second half, both teams created more opportunities and almost found the back of the net several times. With several free kicks on both sides, both goalkeepers and their defenses came up huge. On one instance, Hamilton countered after a Desert Vista free kick, only to be drawn offsides with a nifty offsides trap. Just under two minutes later, the Thunder drew a penalty at the top of the 18yard box to earn a free kick within striking distance but Hamilton blocked the shot. Then Hamilton almost struck again, but defender Camille Bych was ready and See

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The Thunder’s Isabella Glavin settles the ball while Kalia Brown tries to get into the play during Desert Vista girls soccer playoff competition on Saturday, Feb. 3. The girls team lost, but the boys team is going on to a semifinal match today, Feb. 7.

Pola-Mao leaving Pride, aims to play for Chandler High BY GREG MACAFEE AFN Sports Editor

tar defensive lineman Matthew Pola-Mao is leaving Mountain Pointe High School and transferring to twotime defending state champion Chandler High. The move comes on the heels of a season that saw Pola-Mao sidelined most of it after tallying 102 tackles contributing to three-and-a-half sacks in his freshman and sophomore years. His move also follows the departure of longtime Mountain Pointe head coach Norris Vaughan, who moved back to Georgia. Mountain Pointe recently hired Rich Wellbrock to replace him after a one year stint at Basha. Wellbrock also coached at Desert Edge for several years, capturing a state championship in 2015. The Arizona Interscholastic Associa-

“I moved houses. It’s as simple as that. That’s the reason why,” Pola-Mao said. According to Chandler’s schedule, if Pola-Mao misses the first five games of this coming season, he would be eligible to return for Premier Region games. But he would miss matchups against Centennial, California, as well as Queen Creek, Mesa and a (Special to AFN) matc-up in Vegas. Mountain Pointe’s varsity football team likely will lose If a player transfers a second defensive star Matthew Pola-Mao to Chandler. time, that athlete must miss tion’s rules on transferring athletes rean entire season. quires Pola-Mao to prove a hardship in Transferring has become a recent pheorder to play for Chandler. nomenon in high school athletics, with If he cannot do that, the No. 9-ranked players moving schools in order to gain defensive tackle in the 2019 class, ac- more exposure in their college recruiting. cording to 247sports.com, will have to Chaparral sophomore quarterback Jack miss the first five games of the 2018 sea- Miller is one player who recently went son. through this. After losing a family friend

to a car accident outside the stadium at Scottsdale Christian Academy, the star quarterback transferred to Chaparral. After receiving a five-game suspension, Miller appealed the decision and won his case, allowing him to play after missing the first two games of the season But every case is different and depends on each individual situation. The AIA will have to go through the official process of the hardship appeal, but Pola-Mao said that he simply just moved houses. As one of the top recruits in the country, Pola-Mao announced his top college choices earlier in January. Posting a picture on his Twitter profile with the schools – Oregon, Michigan, Washington, Tennessee, Utah and USC. His older brother, Isaiah, plays safety at USC and picked off 10 passes and deflected 18 more while 100 tackles in his senior year at Mountain Pointe.

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entennial Middle School varsity softball coach Geoffrey Redmond’s kindness to a physically and mentally challenged teen has earned him an award from an international organization that advocates for people with severe disabilities. TASH, a 40-year-old organization that fights for inclusion of severely disabled people, recently honored Redmond for giving an Ahwatukee couple’s 14-year-old foster daughter, Andrea Tacker, a chance on his team. “Having never played sports of any kind, there wasn’t a chance of her making the team,” said Carol Ann Marusiak. “However, her coach, Geoffrey Redmond, made her the team manager,” “Not only was it a great benefit for our daughter, but for the other girls on the team,” she added. “Our daughter saw what hard work it was to perform at this competitive level. Coach worked her hard and treated her like one of the team.” Andrea has multiple disabilities and Marusiak didn’t think she’d make the team.

in nominating him for the award and praising him for his “truly life-changing” act. “She has just blossomed,” Marusiak said. “She now has 15 friends to hang out with at school, eat lunch with, go to the movies, and so on. Her confidence and self-esteem improved. Her team mates got to know a girl they may not have had the opportunity to hang out with. They got to see that she is just a ‘regular’ kid who wants to have (Special to AFN) friends.” “This is the first time Centennial Middle School football coach Geoffrey Redmond, center, holds the award he received from TASH, an organization advocating for inclusion of severely disabled adults and children. Flanking him are, from left, Andrea O’Brien in her life (she is) able to of TASH, George Chase, Andrea Tacker and Carol Ann Marusiak. Marusiak and her husband, Chase, are caring for the do things with friends,” severely disabled foster girl whom Redmond made team manager. Marusiak wrote. “She But Redmond “was very encouraging wear the team uniform to school, wear is walking on cloud nine. This is also a to her,” she said, noting “he treats her just the practice t-shirts, be in the team pho- teaching opportunity for the girls. Coach has told them, ‘You don’t know what a like the other girls and works her hard: tos.” Redmond’s efforts worked miracles for running, pushups, stretching, loading and unloading equipment. She gets to the teen, as Marusiak explained to TASH See COACH on page 46

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waiting in the goal mouth to thwart another scoring opportunity by the Huskies. Hamilton’s Dalinda Uselton ripped a shot just over the crossbar and Hamilton defender Jordyn Schulte made a last-second effort to carry the ball upfield and ripping a shot as time expired. The horn blew with 0-0 on the scoreboard and the Thunder entered their second overtime match of the postseason. But, it didn’t take long for the Huskies to break into the scoring column. The Huskies were awarded a free kick on the left side of the field about 30 yards from the net. Junior defenseman Maddy Reuter stepped up to the ball and delivered a lobbing pass that landed around the goal mouth and was tapped in by Callie Darst. Hamilton took the 1-0 lead and never looked back, capturing their second straight postseason victory and setting up a matchup with No. 1 Xavier Prep. Despite the loss, Hypolite was happy with his team’s season. “Moving into the postseason, after having almost one loss in the regular season, not conceding that many goals and outscoring our opponents by a considerable amount, I think we had a very successful season” Hypolite said. “This postseason is a different ballgame altogether, and it does sting a little bit right now, but we had a

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very good season.” While the girls missed out on a second straight semifinals appearance, the boys captured their semifinals appearance with a 7-2 victory over the No. 10 San Luis Sidewinders. Leading scorer Max Wennes, who finished with a hat trick Saturday afternoon, followed up a Jonathan Munoz shot in front of the net just five minutes into the

game. Throughout the game, the Thunder placed pressure on the Sidewinders with their setpiece execution. They also utilized their speed to make long runs to the corners and sent crosses into the middle of the box. But while the Thunder created several opportunities, the Sidewinders seemed to control a majority of the possession in the first half. “That’s how we anticipated they were gonna play,” Elliot said. “We anticipated they were going to play to possession and move the ball around, and they actually played it over the top a little more than we expected, so we had to adjust a little there.” At the 14-minute mark, the Thunder added their second goal of the half. Senior midfielder Brendan Hicks, a Butler commit, ripped a shot into the back of the net from the top of the 18-yard box, giving the Thunder a 2-0 lead. The Sidewinders attempted to keep it close as the first half expired, ripping a volley into the back of the net. “I think the first half, we were rushing ourselves and we were in our own head,” Desert Vista coach Trent Elliot said. “So, that was just my big piece of advice at halftime, was just to relax and play how were capable of playing and we’ll get the goals.” That’s exactly what happened. Within five minutes of the start of the second half, the Thunder scored three goals to expand

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bad day is.’ and the girls realize that our daughter’s struggles will be lifelong.” Marusiak added, “More coaches should reach out to this community and encourage the kids to be team managers. We think it will help stop bullying and create understanding of special needs kids.” TASH gave Redmond its annual June

(Greg Macafee/ AFN Sports Editor)

Ty Iannonia helped drive the Desert Vista High School boys soccer team into a semifinal match tonight, Feb. 7.

their lead to 5-1. First, Munoz beat the San Luis keeper to a ball in the box and tapped in a header from about 10 yards out. Next, Wennes added his second of the day, making a steal on the right sideline, dribbling up the side and lofted a shot over the goal keepers head and into the back of the net. Senior defenseman Jordan Hall added the third goal, scoring on a throw-in that the goalkeeper brushed his fingers against as it dropped into the net. Wennes added his third goal of the night, with 16 minutes left in the game, capping off his hat trick and securing their quarter final victory. The senior striker attributed his success to having the opportunity to use his speed. “I noticed that they were playing a really high back line,” Wennes said. “So that allowed me to use my speed up top and our midfielders were playing really good diagonal balls where I could run onto them and I was just able to put it over the keeper.” With the victory, the boys finished undefeated at home in the 2017-2018 season – a goal since the start of the new year. “That was a goal after Christmas break because we didn’t play any home games before Christmas break,” Elliot said. “So, for the seniors they wanted to be undefeated at home, and host playoff games. So, for us to get two playoff wins at home is huge for them and our confidence as we move forward.”

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Garage/Doors

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Home Improvement

Landscape Maintenance

REMODELING - Kitchens & Bathrooms

Kitchen & Bath

Remodeling

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Painting

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Plumbing

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Roofing

Window Cleaning

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DRYER

• 7.0 Cu. Ft. Capacity • Wrinkle Shield™ Option • 12 Dry Cycles • 5 Temperature Settings WED4915EW CLOSEOUT

229

ALL 4

MONTHLY PAYMENT**

ALL 4

WFE320M0AS CLOSEOUT

REFRIGERATOR

• 15 CU. FT. • 2 HUMIDITY CONTROLLED CRISPERS • 2 SHELVES FFTR1513LW CLOSEOUT

399

$ 1999

1.6 CU. FT. OVER-THE RANGE MICROWAVE • 950 Watts of Power • 10 Levels of Power • Sunken Glass Turntable WMH1162XVQ CLOSEOUT

• 4.8 Cu. Ft. • 4 Radiant Elements • Custom Broil • Storage Drawer

299

199 $989

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