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inancial woes are mounting for the beleaguered owner of the Club West Golf Course as the clubhouse restaurant closed by health inspectors and more than five dozen golfers are demanding the return of thousands of dollars in membership fees. Those problems come atop an investor’s efforts to determine how $350,000 of his money was spent by course owner Richard Breuninger, who bought the course in December after signing a $1.3 million note held by previous owner Wilson Gee. And they are in addition to more than $200,000 that Breuning and his company, Club West Golf Management, owe the Phoenix Water Services Department for delinquent water bills. Meanwhile, a lawyer for Club West Golf

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Almost all the green was gone last weekend on the Club West Golf Course as it neared a month since the city shut off service for delinquent bills amounting to several hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Planning committee to vote on sober living restrictions BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

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ighter zoning controls to prevent the proliferation of unregulated “sober living homes” in Phoenix will come before the Ahwatukee Foothills Village Planning Committee Monday as it inches its way toward a final vote by City Council next month. Although a recommendation by the committee for the controls’ approval is not required for their adoption, the panel last month gave indications the new rules will easily get an OK when it meets at 6 p.m. March 26 at Pecos Community Center. City Councilman Sal DiCiccio pressed for the stricter regulations after Arcadia residents raised alarms about numerous sober living homes popping up in residential neighborhoods. These homes are not like licensed clinics and often provide no services or medical staff to their residents, he found. In addition to zoning regulations aimed at keeping these homes from infesting a neigh-

borhood, the Council also will be considering tough licensing requirements that would make it more difficult for these operations to simply provide a bed and collect thousands of dollars from government agencies and private insurers for so-called treatment of addictions. The new rules were fashioned in part with the help of nonprofits, such as the Salvation Army, that run legitimate treatment programs for addicts, DiCiccio said. The full extent of the problems that sober living homes are creating for homeowners was laid out at last month’s planning committee by Linda Colino, an Arcadia resident who helped organize residents to push for more city controls because the State Legislature only now is taking some small steps toward regulating the facilities. “We’re not trying to stop sober living homes from going their good work, but there are some bad operators,” said Colino, part of an organization called Take Action Phoenix. She found 13 houses within a quarter-mile of her neighborhood – and only four were

licensed by the state. Colino is no stranger to the sober living home scene. She said her son is a recovering addict and she spent $26,000 to have him treated in a sober living home, only to see him discharged “with no exit plan.” “All they wanted was more money,” she said. Spurred by lucrative federal government subsidies and medical insurance plans that do not require rigid treatment programs, the sober living homes have become a major problem in many parts of the state and nation. People have complained that the addicts and alcoholics who sleep there wander around their neighborhood and loiter outside all day and night because the group homes provide them with no programs and sometimes not even meals. Exacerbating the threat to quiet residential neighborhoods are sex offenders who also end up in the recovery homes. They are not See

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Instead of deciding what to do on their first night at sea, Lindstrom had to decide whether to get an operation stateside or in Honduras. The insurance company made the decision for him. “They said no way would they allow me to be operated on in Honduras.” That meant evacuating the ship – “but the only problem was that we were in the middle of the Caribbean,” he recalled. So rather than bring in a helicopter, the ship’s captain decided to turn around and head back to Florida. With nearly 4,000 passengers aboard, the ship turned back and anchored about 10 miles from the Florida Keys, where a Coast Guard speedboat met it. With the two ships side by side, eight crew members had to carefully – and awkwardly – hoist Lindstrom on a stretcher over the side of the ship and into the speed boat below. The board was so small that he lay in a basket half in and half out of the cabin. It was also made for speed, not a smooth ride. “It was horrible,” Lindstrom said. “When it’s going so fast, it’s rougher than hell.” After a jarring ride over rugged waves, Lindstrom finally made land and was whisked by ambulance to the Lower Keys Regional Medical Center, the only hospital in the area. He spent nine days there. At one point, he had “a heart event.” Seven of those days were spent in intensive care. When he got out, he couldn’t sit up because of the abdominal surgery. And his problems had only just begun. Though he had a travel insurance policy that provided for emergency transport back home, the company wouldn’t provide it because a doctor on the operating team – not his surgeon – had discharged

him instead of noting in the paperwork that he was still under the hospital’s care. “The ambulance they would pay for could only be allowed to go between hospitals,” Renee said. So, there was no longer a free ride home. Worse, they were in a hotel and couldn’t get a flight out. Compounding the problem was the fact that “I couldn’t sit in a plane,” Lindstrom said, So, he called a friend who had recently retired as a senior pilot for American Airlines who used his connections to have them secure a row of three seats so he could partially lie down on the trip back to Phoenix. They had to rent a Chevy Suburban to get from Miami to Orlando, where they could catch a direct flight back home. As he recuperates, Lindstrom still is shaking his head over the expenses that mounted during his ordeal. To turn around and head back to the states, the cruise line charged $9,000 to his American Express card. It would have cost twice that amount had he not taken out a different insurance policy that covered such an occurrence. Between his wife’s stay in a hotel while he was in the hospital and their stay together while they found a way back home, lodging cost another $4,000. Had he not had a supplemental insurance policy to cover expenses Medicare doesn’t cover, his medical care would have cost thousands more. While the Lindstroms believe most of their expenses will eventually be reimbursed by various travel insurance policies they routinely take out, they also got to thinking about the financial disaster that would have accompanied his physical disaster had they not been so careful. The bottom line, he said, is always have a plan B when you travel. Here are some of the lessons he learned See

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ity Councilman Sal DiCiccio is hopeful he can get four of his colleagues to join him in taking the first step toward cancelling light rail expansion in Phoenix and transferring as much as $1 billion from the $32 billion project to fix city streets. DiCiccio is working on language that would get four other council members to agree to put the proposal on the agenda so that city staff could be directed to identify all the money currently allotted for the expansion of four light rail lines that could be put into street work. Since light rail construction is funded by a variety of city, county and federal funds, staff would have to identify each pot of money and its source and then determine what funds could be transferred easily. Staff would also be asked to see if restrictions on at least some of the other money could be diverted to various major streets projects.

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ith a new mobile app, Arizonans can now help monitor and preserve the state’s lakes, streams and rivers. The Water Watch App allows users to input observations about wildlife, pollution and water flow, snap a few photos and share the information with the Arizona Department of Water Quality. The data adds to the department’s understanding of the status of some of the state’s most precious natural resources. “We compile data from all rivers, streams and lakes in Arizona, and then it rolls up into something called an assessment,” said Meghan Smart, citizen scientist coordinator and scientist at the water quality department.

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“We basically try and look at as many sites as we can per year to make sure (they are) healthy and environmentally sound and then try and identify pollution sources to fix,” she added. Monitoring the state’s bodies of waters is time-consuming, and enlisting the help of residents who already are out enjoying nature makes sense, she said. “We have so many dedicated people in the state that are passionate. They care so much,” Smart said. “So, if we can give them the tools to help protect and collect water quality data, it really helps our mission and does more good for the state.” The app is available for phone or tablet and has a geolocation feature. It was developed as part of Arizona Water Watch, a program that aims to educate the public about water quality. That program also trains residents to be “citizen scientists” and sends them out to collect physical water samples. Nicholas Balik volunteers as a citizen scientist for one of 20 groups across the state. The groups have between two and 20 people, and the participants range in age from 9 to almost 90. ADEQ scientists have trained them to test bodies of water for pH and temperature. On a recent afternoon, Balik balanced on a rock in the middle of a river just west of Saguaro Lake in the East Valley. He demonstrated how to use the pH and temperature testing equipment by dipping a cylindrical device into the flowing water. The device connects to a mobile phone, and it relays the information it picks up back to the scientist. Balik said becoming a citizen scientist was “just another excuse to get out here.” Collecting water samples is a way to make the most of his time and serve his community while also enjoying nature. “A lot of us love to hike, backpack, mountain bike,” he said. “When you’re out

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Lawmakers may give seniors big property tax break BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

ome Arizona seniors could be in line for a big property tax break – including some that a few lawmakers question whether they deserve it. The House Ways and Means Committee voted to grant Class 6 status to the homes of seniors who meet certain income requirements. Class 6 properties are assessed for tax purposes at 5 percent of their assessed valuation. So, a home worth $200,000 would get an assessed valuation of $10,000. And if the combined property tax rate is $12 per $100 of assessed valuation, that would put their total property taxes at $1,200. By contrast, residential property normally is Class 3, assessed at 10 percent of value. For the same home in the same taxing district, the $20,000 assessed value translates to a $2,400 tax bill. The dividing line between the two categories is based on age. The home-

owner must be 65 and total income would be based on federal supplemental security income payments. For the current year, that is $35,184 for individuals and $43,980 for couples. “These are low-income seniors that oftentimes are trying to decide whether they buy medication or they pay their taxes or their mortgage,’’ said former Senate President Russell Pearce. He said those who don’t want the change “would rather have little old folks thrown out of their home because they can’t afford a tax.’’ But Kevin McCarthy, executive director of the Arizona Tax Research Association, said it’s not as simple as that. As a threshold issue, McCarthy noted that property taxes for many jurisdictions are permitted to raise a certain amount of money. What that means is that if some property owners pay less, the difference is passed along to the owners of all the other properties. That’s of particular concern to McCarthy, whose organization represents many major taxpayers. He also pointed out that the propos-

al has no restriction on the value of the property. He said he found one home valued at $1.67 million that is owned by a person who would qualify for the tax break. McCarthy also told lawmakers he found “scores of property worth more than the home you’re probably living in.’’ Then there’s the question of equity. “Somebody making $36,000 a year with the identical home doesn’t qualify for the break while the neighbor making $34,000 a year does,’’ McCarthy said. He said the lack of a cap on the value of eligible homes could mean a senior making $34,000 would end up paying less in property taxes than someone who makes $36,000 who owns a more modest house. And in all cases, the homeowners would be getting the same services. McCarthy said his research shows there are more than 13,000 homeowners who qualify in Maricopa County alone. He had no figures for the state’s 14 other counties. What’s in SB 1268 would be on top

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Learning safety becoming a family exercise for gun clubs BY FAITH MILLER Cronkite News

arents and their children sat in a classroom at the Scottsdale Gun Club, just past rows of rifles, ammo and novelty T-shirts, including one with a picture of a T. rex and the caption “Small Arms Dealer.” Elementary school-age children fidgeted in their seats next to mothers and fathers listening to the instructor. In a country where studies show an average of 19 children are killed or injured by guns every day, these firearm-owning parents are intent on keeping family members safe. Instructor Ryan Arnold provides tips and advice on how to introduce their children to shooting when they’re ready. “A large percentage of the American family, American homes, do have firearms in them,” Arnold said, adding: “Respecting the firearm, treating it safely, just like you do anything else in your house that could potentially be dangerous, that’s very important.” Firearm deaths of Arizona children increased by 29 percent from 2015 to 2016,

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Management invited all creditors to a meeting March 20, although the precise reasons for it were not known. Inspectors for the Maricopa County Environmental Health Services Division shut down Biscuits Restaurant in the clubhouse last week for violating health code requirements that require eateries to obtain water from an approved source and forbid “hauled or transported water for continuity of the supply” except in an emergency declared by the department. “Maricopa County policy requires suspension of the operating permit of businesses with serious conditions constituting an imminent public health threat,” a report given Biscuits owner Lloyd Melton stated. “Your permit is hereby suspended.” “When violations are corrected, call this office for a reinspection to reinstate your operating permit. If violations are not corrected or if a hearing is not requested within 25 days, your operating permit will be revoked,” it also said. Although a man identifying himself as the clubhouse eatery manager posted on Facebook March 14 that the restaurant would be open by March 16, it remained

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closed as of Tuesday. Melton did not return calls from AFN. Water to the course, including the clubhouse, was shut off Feb. 22 and up until health inspectors issued the order March 13, Biscuits was relying on a portable tank that had been brought on site. Meanwhile, 62 residents are wondering what happened to the fees they paid Breuninger and Club West Golf Management to belong to a semi-private club formed shortly after he assumed ownership of the course. The fees – averaging around $3,600 for one person and $4,800 per couple – entitled members to preferred tee times and the use of a lounge and cigar and wine bars that were to be installed in the clubhouse. Neither the lounge nor the bars have been completed despite assurances from Breuninger that they would be opened early this year. Members of the semi-private club also were told they’d have reciprocal benefits at 110 golf courses owned by 63 Native American tribes across the country that are part of the Inter Tribal Golf Association set up by Breuninger in 2012. Even before Breuninger closed the deal to buy the course, he was seeking additional capital. Jim Lindstrom, a Club West resident

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weren’t enough. Several golfers told AFN that players would congregate near the last hole, waiting for others to finish using their carts. In a lawsuit filed last month against Breuninger, William Day said he not only invested $250,000 in return for a 40 percent share of Club West Golf Management but he also gave him another $100,000 to cover the cost of reseeding. But the lush landscape produced by that seeding is virtually gone after a month without irrigation. The Water Services Department confirmed it was approached by someone other than Breuninger for a permit to use a nearby fire hydrant. The hydrant would then supply water to a portable tanker that in turn would be used to carry it to the small lake that is the course’s central irrigation source. Water Services spokeswoman Stephanie Bracken said the request was turned down “because it did not meet the requirements of the permit.” She declined to identify where the request came from. A judge postponed a hearing on Day’s request that Breuninger give him access to the company’s financial records after the two sides in the case decided to try and resolve that issue at a meeting.

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tate lawmakers are moving to force people getting unemployment insurance checks back to work by changing the law about what jobs they have to take or forego the payments. Under current law, someone collecting benefits must accept “suitable’’ work. But the Department of Economic Security is required to consider various factors, including the “risk involved to the individual’s health, safety and morals.’’ Other considerations include physical fitness for the work, experience, prior earnings and how long the person has been unemployed. And DES also has to figure in the prospects of the person being able to secure local work in the individual’s customary occupation as well as the distance to the new job. Under SB 1398, however, all that would become legally irrelevant after someone has been collecting benefits for four weeks. At that point, the person would have to take any job in which an employer offers to pay someone at least 20 percent more than they are collecting

in benefits. And that’s not much. Under Arizona law, individuals who are laid off or fired through no fault of their own are entitled to collect for up to 26 weeks payments equal to one-half of what they were earning. The money comes out of a special funds financed by premiums paid by employers. But Arizona law limits benefits to $240 a week, no matter how much the person was earning. Only Mississippi has a lower cap. And that means someone would have to take any work that pays at least $288 a week. Sen. Steve Smith, R-Maricopa, the sponsor of the legislation, acknowledged that translates out to $7.20 an hour – less than the current minimum wage of $10.50. And he said no one is expected to work for less than the minimum. But it still leaves open the possibility someone could be forced to take parttime work of 28 hours a week or more at the minimum wage – no matter how much they were earning before they were let go – or end up with no benefits at all. Smith’s bill does have a carrot.

It would require DES to set up a returnto-work program in which those collecting unemployment insurance could become an apprentice or intern at certain companies for up to six weeks. The sweetener: They could continue to collect their weekly checks. And Smith companies would benefit, too. “They can effectively recruit new people to come in and work,’’ he said, with the money for paying the workers coming from from the Federal Workforce Opportunity Act. But it was the back-to-work-or-loseyour-benefits language that caused the most heartburn among foes. Rep. Mitzi Epstein, a Tempe Democrat whose district includes Ahwatukee, said it forces those getting benefits into a difficult situation by making factors like risks to safety and health irrelevant. “Will I be in endangered if I go on this job?’’ she said. “Am I not physically fit enough for this job?’’ Epstein continued. “Will this job go completely against my moral fiber about what I think is right or wrong?’’ All that, she said, are relevant questions,

which is why the law is worded the way it is now. “I think the state should not be forcing people off the crutch (of jobless benefits) and into a much worse situation,’’ Epstein said. Smith said there’s a simple solution to avoid being offered unsuitable work: Don’t apply for such jobs in the first place. If there’s no offer on the table, he said, someone collecting benefits can’t be accused of refusing to take it. But it’s not that simple. DES lobbyist Kathy Ber pointed out existing Arizona law that requires those on unemployment insurance to engage in “a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work during at least four days of the week.’’ That same law mandates the person make at least one job contact per day on each of those four days. Smith was unsympathetic to the possibility that someone who has been collecting benefits for at least four weeks could be forced to take a job that, until now, DES has considered unsuitable. “You’re supposed to go out and look for See

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“This is our cornerstone. We’ve got to have this.” All Phoenix village planning committees are being asked to make a recommendation on the regulations before the city Planning Commission meets early next month. The measures then go before City Council on April 18. If approved, the measures would be among the strictest – and possibly the strictest – in the nation. And they would go in effect two years before the state regulations. “Anyone who passes our licensing requirements would be expedited for the state license,” said Sam Stone, DiCiccio’s chief of staff. One of the requirements is directly related to Colino’s experience with her son. An exit plan would be required for any patient who was being discharged. “They can’t just put a patient out on the street when the money runs out,” Stone said. “We’re really breaking new ground here because we worked with the people who are good operators.” Stone said city officials interviewed neighbors who live next to reputable addiction treatment centers in Phoenix and that those homeowners lauded their operations.

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from the ordeal: Before you travel, assemble and always bring documentation for medications, medical history, allergies, home contacts and insurance contacts. Purchase an emergency transportation insurance plan to arrange and cover hotel and other expenses for your companion, transportation costs for the injured to another hospital or home. They had a plan available through multiple agencies, including AAA and the airlines. The price is $129 for an individual, $149 for member and family annually. Additionally, they had signed up for the Emergency Assistance Plus Global Response Center, part of a network that offers customized medical, security, and travel assistance to more than 10 million travelers round the clock. If other travel insurance is available from the cruise line or tour company to cover the air, hotel, cruise, tours, local transportation, etc., purchase it. Don’t be penny wise and pound foolish. Review your healthcare and travel insurance policies and know your rights BEFORE you travel. Anticipate and be prepared to immediately pay local bills related to a medical

ployees. “I’ve paid a ton of money into this,’’ he said, blasting “this notion that the government or employers or everybody has to take care of someone cradle to the grave.’’ If SB 1398 becomes law, it would have no immediate impact on how much employers pay. But DES officials said if fewer people overall are collecting, that leaves more money in the special account that finances the benefits, opening the door for future rate decreases. That account was depleted during the recession, when the state’s jobless rate topped 11 percent, with DES having to borrow money from the federal government. The current unemployment rate is now 4.8 percent. And DES reports that the fund hit nearly $571.6 million this past June 30, up from $332.7 million a year earlier. emergency. When out of the country, personal or company sponsored insurance plans may not be recognized or cover local emergency transportation and medical procedures that must be paid immediately. If you are sent to a hospital, work with the hospital case manager. The doctor had not conferred with Lindstrom or, apparently, the surgeon who operated on him before signing the discharge without seeing if the patient had a plan for getting home. Lindstrom also suggests that travelers have a plan to make sure a medical expert can see them promptly and a plan for a safe and quick evacuation if hospitalization is necessary. Be sure, he added, that you have cash to cover medical payments to keep your care going, that you have a prescription replacement assistance plan in case medications are lost and a 24-hour locator service for attorneys, doctors and other professionals whose help you might need in an emergency. Lindstrom said a travel agent can walk people through the types of insurance they might want to consider, but added, “They need to ask. Remember, the travel agent is selling fun, not a disaster insurance policy.”

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n 1995, Lori Cairns’ 2-year-old son, James, was diagnosed with autism. Their second child, she and her then-husband Jim had noticed, seemed quieter than his older sister, was distracted and avoided eye contact. Because he showed low signs of development and the speech level of a 9-month old, doctors predicted he would be institutionalized by his late teens. At the time, few resources were available to children who were said to be on the newly renamed autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The couple was advised to make their son comfortable in his room because that is where he’d stay for the coming years. They didn’t agree with the physician’s assessment. Realizing they wanted their son to

have access to more services and developmental assistance, Cairns decided to do something. She left her decade-long career in ophthalmic technology and founded Hope Group Arizona. Today, Hope Group Arizona offers hundreds of families throughout the state support in many different ways, including evaluations, respite care, navigation through the complex maze of autism treatment providers and tapping into state and local assistance. Since 1997, Hope Group has grown to serve the state from two offices, one in Ahwatukee, where Cairns resides, and the other in Tucson. From five employees, Cairn’s staff now numbers nearly 500, offering behavioral health services to those diagnosed with developmental and neurological disorders including those affected by autism spectrum disorder. The company, of which Cairns is both

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than 400 families annually. “I was just a mom who wanted to help my son,” said Cairns, recalling how she became increasingly involved in learning more about her son’s diagnosis. “When James was diagnosed, one in 10,000 children were said to be autistic,” said Cairns. “Now it’s one in 68,” a statistic verified by the Center for Disease Control, 2014. As various reports worldwide indicate, the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder manifestations like Asperger’s continues to rise. The Autism Society webpage paints a grim picture: More than 3.5 million Americans live with an autism spectrum disorder, with the prevalence of autism in U.S. children increasing by 119 percent from 2000 to 2010. “Autism is the fastest-growing developmental disability,” the site See

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More honors for local author’s book on Nazis camp survivor AFN News Staff

he accolades and awards are streaming in for Ahwatukee author Katrina Shawver’s biography of a Polish athlete and Nazis concentration camp survivor who made his way to Ahwatukee and befriended her in the last years of his life. Katrina Shawver’s book, “Henry: A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America” (Köehler Books, November 2017) has won or is a finalist in four literary award contests, besting hundreds of entries. “Henry” cleaned up in the 2017-18 the Reader Views Literary Awards, winning first place in both the Biography/ Memoir and West/Mountain region categories and the grand prizes as best book in those categories. She also is a finalist for a Wishing Shelf Book Award for adult non-fiction. Shawver earlier this year received a

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Ahwatukee author Katrina Shawver, left, befriended Nancy and Henry Zguda when the couple, now deceased, lived in Ahwatukee Lakes.

silver award in the historical category of the 2018 Feathered Quill Book Awards And the book is a finalist in the 30th annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards

program for biography, which will be held April 6 in Austin, Texas. The awards come at a time when the Polish government has created an inter-

national controversy by making it illegal for anyone to associate the country with Nazi concentration camps. Poland was the site of the Nazis’ most brutal phase of its attempt to eradicate Jewish people. Six million Poles were killed during the nearly six years the country endured World War II. Three million were Jewish and another 3 million were Christian. In Auschwitz alone, 150,000 Poles were executed or died from starvation, disease and mistreatment. The book’s namesake, Henry Zguda, was Catholic and survived imprisonment in two camps, eventually making his way to this country and becoming a well-known figure in Ahwatukee Lakes until his death in 2003. Shawver met Zguda when he was 85 and spent untold hours with him, and became so fascinated with his story that she traveled abroad to research the fate See

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rownie Troop 3835 has earned its “Brownie Quest Journey” badge by completing a Take Action Project. The Monte Vista Elementary second-graders voted to make a difference in their community by building and donating a “buddy bench” to their school playground. “They identified a problem in their community (bullying at recess) and brainstormed a solution,” said Heather Sapp, an attorney with the local law firm LegalForce RAPC and the mother of Brownie Amber Chen. “One of the girls had read a book about a buddy bench, which is where kids can go if they’re sad on the playground and need a friend,” Sapp explained. “They figured out a plan to get it accomplished, pitch the idea to their principal and when she said yes, they would have a dad do most of the carpentry, although they helped sand, hammer, and paint and executed this project from start to finish.” The work was so well done it took

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Practicing their presentation are, from left, Amber Chen, Londyn Medders and Kennedy DeBeau.

Principal Suzanne Ramundo off guard. “She asked them if they were sure they were really just second-graders, because their presentation in which they pitched the idea was so polished she could have mistaken them for fifth-graders,” Sapp said. The girls are donating the book that

talks about the bench, titled “The Mystery at Palace Street School,” to the school library. The bench will be on display in the Monte Vista library all this week, and the librarians will be reading the book to the classes during library period to introduce them to the concept. The Brownies will also be on the morning announcements all week about the bench and the same reason behind it. The bench is scheduled to be placed on the playground next week. The troop consists of Finley Bowen, Gloria Chair, Amber Chen, Ellie Cicchillo, Claire Cino, Kennedy DeBeau, Mia Gonzalez, Brooklynn Griffin, Mia Magdziarz, Londyn Medders, Rylie Pacheco and Kendyl Taylor. Jopining Sapp as their leader are Amber Cicchillo, an aide at Monte Vista; Brandy Cino; and Kari Taylor, a staff member at Playworks, a local anti-bullying organization focusing on school playgrounds. Lisa Kobus, another Brownie mom, helped spearhead the effort until she and her family moved to Southern California earlier this month.

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The Brownie Troop 3835 "buddy bench" will be installed in the Monte Vista Elementary courtyard.

The project took several months from start to finish. The girls began the brainstorming and preparing the presentation in November. The building took place in January and February, with the painting in February and March. “The girls executed the project with help from their leaders, but it was truly ‘girl-led,’ Sapp said.

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Tickets are now on sale for the Festival of Lights Committee’s 23rd annual Wine & Beer Tasting Festival, one of Ahwatukee’s biggest social events of the year. It will be held 6:3010:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at Rawhide Western Town, 5700 W. North Loop Road, Chandler. Over 50 fine wines, food pairings and local breweries will be available, along with music by Tripwire, line dancing with Carrie McNiesh, a silent auction and other activities. Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door and can be purchased at any Safeway in Ahwatukee or at folaz.org. This is one of two major fundraisers the committee holds annual to keep the million lights along Chandler Boulevard glowing through the Christmas season. The Festival of Lights Committee also is looking for new volunteers and interested people can drop by at 6:30 p.m. at Desert Foothills United Methodist Church, 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee, on the following dates: March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10. Information: admin@folaz.org.

Odelay Bagel to sell bikes and help disabled

Odelay Bagel Co., 12020 S. Warner-Elliot Loop, Ahwatukee, will be selling reconditioned bicycles 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, April 22, to help STARS/Handlebar Helpers. STARS provides on-the-job training for people with developmental disabilities. It teaches them bike operation and maintenance. Many of the bicycles for sale have been worked on by these individuals, and the funds received from sales go back into the program to support this programming.

Desert Vista High School seniors to hold ‘e-waste’ recycling drive

Desert Vista High School students Audrey Sears, Brendan Hicks and Ryan Hartman are holding an Electronic Waste Drive covering all used electronics 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 7, and Ahwatukee Foothills Family YMCA, 1030 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. “When electronics are not recycled they often end up in landfills, further polluting the earth,” Ryan said. “These discarded electronics often contain raw materials that can be used in other electronics. Also, some electronics contain toxic materials, such as mercury and lead, and it is imperative that these electronics are disposed of properly.” The students, who lead a group called Erase E-Waste are partnering with R3Ewaste to organize drive. ZAs part of an AP environmental science class at Desert Vista, they have a year-long project focusing on discarded electronics. The items they collect will be recycled by R3Ewaste. The students will accept all electronics, but there is a fee for some items. Prices: $5 for desktop printers, CRT TVs less than 33 inches, $50, and more than 33 inches, $60; monitors less than 18 inches, $20, and more than 18 inches: $30; TVs 20-50 inches, $60, and more than 50 inches, $80. No household appliances will be accepted. Everything else – including cell phones, ink cartridges and other items – can be recycled for free. Some products recycled by R3Ewaste benefit Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Information: eraseewaste.weebly.com.

Line dancing classes slated at Pecos Center

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and intermediate/advanced line dancing classes at Pecos Community Center in Ahwatukee beginning the week of April 1. No partner or experience necessary. Evening classes are on Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. for beginners and an hour later for intermediate and advanced dancers. Daytime classes are Thursdays 11:15 a.m. for beginners and 12:15 p.m. for intermediate and advanced. Register in person or at phoenix.gov/ PARKS. Information: 480) 221-9090, cmcneish@ cox.net or dancemeetsfitness.net.

Carrie McNeish offers Muscle Mania classes at Pecos Center

Interested in strengthening and toning up your muscles and core? Small group personal training in a comfortable environment is what Carrie’s Muscle Mania class is all about. They will be offered Mondays and Wednesdays for six weeks starting the first week of April. A “drop-in” class option is available! Register in person or on line @ http://phoenix.gov/PARKS. Information: 480-221-9090, cmcneish@cox.net, or dancemeetsfitness.net.

Ironwood Library to host CodePHX classes for kids

Since its launch in the summer of 2017, approximately 1,700 children have attended CodePHX classes. With the winter session wrapped up. It’s time to get ready for next round of class-

es beginning later this month. Children ages of 4-17 can attend the free coding classes, which are broken into two age groups: 4-7 and 8-17. The CodePHX program was created to provide kids the opportunity to gain knowledge and hands-on computer coding experience and STEM skills outside of school. City Councilman Daniel Valenzuela said the classes help close “a gap between our education system and the demands of the future workforce.” Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahjwatukee, will host classes for kids 4-7 years opld at 2 p.m. Sundays from March 25 through May 13, and from 3-4 p.m. the same days and dates for the older group. CodePHX classes are free, but registration is required. Information: phoenix.gov/codePHX.

and are available at brownpapertickets.com/ event/3231678. Event sponsors also are needed. Contact: Jenny Kast at 602-574-6612 or jkast@tchprojet.org.

Children’s Home Project plans annual fundraiser-dinner

Next Tukee Talks session is at the Ahwatukee Rec Center

The fifth annual Fiesta Under the Stars dinner and silent auction benefiting the Children’s Home Project will be 6:30-9:30 p.m. April 14 at the Valley Garden Center, 1809 N. 15th Ave., Phoenix. The Ahwatukee-based Children’s Home Project brings nutrition, safety and love to children living in Honduran children’s homes. Dinner will be provided by Nando’s Mexican Cafe and the silent auction will feature donations from businesses and individuals throughout the Valley. Tickets are $40 online, $45 at the door

Another blood drive has been scheduled to help 2-year-old Adelyn Troutman of Ahwatukee, who suffers from a rare blood disorder that requires her to get a blood transfusion every month. The drive will be 8 a.m.-1 p.m. April 21 at Desert Foothills United Methodist Church, 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. You can schedule an appointment by calling her mom, Kami Troutman at 480-246-6332, emailing troutman.kami@gmail.com or going to bloodhero.com and clicking sponsor code Adelyn.

The quarterly Tukeee Talks session will be at 6 p.m. March 29 at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive, giving Ahwatukee residents a chance to talk to representatives of the Phoenix Police precinct that patrols the community. Besides presentations, there also are opportunities for one-on-one conversations with officers and a question-and-answer period. Organizer Tracey Church is seeking volunteers to help with microphone passing, greetings and other tasks. To volunteer: pdtukeetalks@gmail.com. Peo-

Republican Women seek seniors to apply for scholarship

Ahwatukee Republican Women is seeking applications from graduating high school seniors for the Marjorie Miner Scholarship. The $500 scholarship is open to an Ahwatukee resident who is a registered Republican and the deadline to apply is April 1. The ARW executive committee decides the winner in May. Applicants submit essays addressing their personal involvement volunteer service, extracurricular activities, organizations or clubs, their history of employment and future educational goals. They also fill out a form available at ahwatukeerepublicanwomen.com The award is named after Marjorie Miner, who was a precinct committee member for 22 years, president of the Tempe Republican Women’s Club and a member of Ahwatukee Republican Women. Information: 602-300-4185, arwomen@aol.com.

Republican Women to hold Corp Com candidate forum

The Ahwatukee Republican Women will hold a forum featuring candidates for the state Corporation Commission during their monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 28 at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee. Information: 602-300-4185, arwomen@aol.com. See

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Kiwanis Club seeks entries for Ahwatukee Easter Parade

The 42nd annual Kiwanis Ahwatukee Easter Parade and Spring Fling is slated for March 31 and entries are now being sought. Kiwanis Club President Mike Schmitt will again perform services as the Parade Boss for the 26th year. Beginning at 10 a.m., the parade forms at 48th Street and Warner Road and progresses north about one mile along 48th Street to Cheyenne Drive. Spectators are welcome to bring lawn chairs or spread blankets and enjoy the parade. After the parade, families and individuals can drop by the Spring Fling at Ahwatukee Community Center Park, 48th Street and Warner Road. The parade and the Spring Fling are organized by the 27-member Kiwanis Club of Ahwatukee with proceeds earmarked for community and Kiwanis charities. Local Key Clubs from Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe High Schools assist. For more parade information, call, 480-7590007 or e-mail msch0007@aol.com. Spring Fling information can be obtained by calling 602-4026267 or e-mailing andi@wttaz.com. Forms are available at ahwatukeekiwanis.org.

The Ahwatukee Children’s Theater will hold its annual talent show-fundraiser 1-5 p.m. March 25 at the Because Event Center, 3419 E. University Drive, Phoenix. Tickets are $25 and on sale at azact.seatyourself.biz, which also covers light refreshments. The theater company also seeks donations for a raffle. Information: MicheleACT@yahoo.com.

Dream Dinners food-packing event at GCU seeks sponsors

Dream Dinners of Ahwatukee is seeking sponsors to support the purchase of food and other expenses in advance of a food-packing event at Grand Canyon University on March 25. Sponsors who contribute between $500 and $10,000 will get various levels of recognition at the packing event, which aims to feed thousands of needy families in the United States and abroad. The event is being organized by the Dream Dinners Foundation and another nonprofit called Friends & Family Community Connection, which together have organized similar events across the country that have supplied 16 million meals.Information: Penny Bowers at 602-8102922 or penny.bowers@dreamdinners.com.

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Networking visitors day

Ahwatukee, Chandler and Tempe professionals in the ACT Networking Group are holding a visitors night event. DETAILS>> 7:45-8:45 a.m. Tukes Kafe 15815 S. 50th St., Ahwatukee. Information: 602-4183645.

TUESDAY, MARCH 27

Creative 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! The fourth Tuesday of each month we’ll get those creative gears turning, get organized together, and help you reach those goals! Introductory bullet journal and all other supplies provided by the Friend of the Phoenix Public Library. #planningjournaling #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 4-6 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28

Gain control of workday

Improve your productivity by gaining control of your workday. Eliminate roadblocks to your success and identify the distractions that hold you back. Learn how to gain peak performance in your work and business. Part of the hive@

central Productivity Series presented by Margo Brown, Productivity Coach & Founder of Wave Productivity. #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 6-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. Registration required via the online calendar at phxlib.org.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3

Local poet to speak

“From Dreams to Paper” is the title of Ahwatukee Poet David Chorlton’s topic at the Parchment and Prose Writers discussion group meeting. The group looks at all aspects of the writing process from conception to publication. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333. E Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4

Book discussion club

Read the book and join each month’s lively discussion. April’s read: “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond. May’s read: “The Whole Town’s Talking” by Fannie Flagg. DETAILS>> 7-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

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LEGO Lab

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

SATURDAY, APRIL 14

Library teen council

This group meets to plan teen events at the library. Teens can 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.

TUESDAY APRIL 17

Writers critique group

People can bring f double-spaced pages of writing to get feedback from fellow writers. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18

Author top discuss her book

Ahwatukee author Katrina Shawver will discusse her book “Henry: A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America.” She will take questions and sign books. The award-winning biography is about

champion swimmer and coach Henry Zguda and his imprisonment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a Polish Catholic political prisoner during WWII. DETAILS>> 6-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, APRIL 21

Shred-A-Thon on tap

A Shred-A-Thon to help the Support Our Troops program will be held by members of the Ahwatukee Recreation Center. DETAILS>> 8-11 a.m. or until the truck is filled. ARC parking lot, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive, Ahwatukee. Cost is $2 per box, sized 15x12x10 inches.

TUESDAY APRIL 24 Learn 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. DETAILS>> 4-6 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

SUNDAYS

Learn gardening from pros

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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 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.

Chess players, knitters clubs

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 Sun Cup Café, 1241 E Chandler Blvd. 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. April 8 and 29. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-7. Free. No registration required.

Big Bytes

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., April 8 and 29. 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. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages birth to crawling. Free. Tickets are limited and available in the library 30 minutes before program begins.

Power Partners meet

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce’s Power Partners meets. It’s a category-specific networking and leads group. Non-Chamber members can attend one event to “check it out.” DETAILS>> noon-1 p.m.at Native Grill and Wings 5030 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Contact: 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. See

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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.

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: 480-460-1025 and office@desertfoothills.org

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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.

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

Chair yoga featured

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. Jason’s Deli, 7230 W. Ray Road, Chandler. Free. Information:. Gina Jenkins, 480-990-5444.

WEDNESDAYS

Fun with watercolors

People can get step-by-step instruction in water-coloring whether they are beginners and intermediates. DETAILS>> 2:30-5 p.m. Hobby Lobby, 4710 Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Four classes for $80. To register: Judy Lokits 480-471-8505, or judylokits. com.

Celebrate 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, 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. 480-893-2579, mvlutheran.org.

Sit, Stay, Read!

Young readers & listeners can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & 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: 480-7593810

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. 602-636-5390 or HOV.org.

Foothills Women meet

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, Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive. Contact Shelley Miller, president, at 602527-6789 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 602-827See

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March 8, Jill Sears, Y Opas; March 15, Phoenix mayoral candidate Moses Sanchez. DETAILS>> 7:30 a.m. Biscuits Restaurant, 4623 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee. Information: mike. maloney2003@gmail.com.

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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Explore hands-on creative ways to design, experiment, and invent while learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) through tinkering. DETAILS>> 2-4 p.m. April 7 and 21, Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

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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

Networking group meets

ACT Networking Group, standing for Ahwatukee, Chandler and Tempe, meets weekly. DETAILS>> 7:45-8:45 p.m., Tukes Kafe, 15815 S. 50th St., Ahwatukee. Information: 602-418-3645.

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 480-759-2118, 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: 480-3302015 or donna@innervisionyoga.com.

FRIDAYS

Toastmasters meet

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.

Kiwanis meets weekly

The Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club meets weekly and welcomes newcomers. Upcoming speakers are:

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce has a weekly Toastmasters meeting. DETAILS>> 8-9 a.m., First American Title conference room, 4435 E. Chandler Blvd. #100, Ahwatukee. Information: Tessy Bryan 480-3306528 or vppr-1811442@toastmastersclubs.org

SATURDAYS

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Fun with watercolors

People can get step-by-step instruction in water-coloring whether they are beginners and intermediates. DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Hobby Lobby, 4710 Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Four classes for $80. To register: Judy Lokits 480-471-8505, or judylokits.com.

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Alzheimer’s support group meets

Caregivers for Alzheimer’s patients can find support monthly. DETAILS>> 10-11:30 a.m. Ahwatukee Alzheimer’s Support Group meets the first Saturday of the month at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St.

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12th annual Ahwatukee Family Dog Show offers prizes, demos AFN News Staff

t’s time for local dogs to make a trip to the groomer and brush up on their best tricks. The 12th annual Ahwatukee Family Dog Show is 9 a.m.-noon Sunday, March 25, at Ahwatukee Park, 4700 E. Warner Road. Dogs of all breeds can enter the show under nine different categories: best dressed, most talkative, best kisser/licker, best tail wag, cutest dog, cutest senior, cutest rescue dog, best high five and most unusual. The event is sponsored by the Ahwatkee Community Swim & Tennis Center and Desert Dog Obedience Ahwatukee. The family-friendly event – which is free for spectators – brings out the best

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Dogs will be put through their paces at the show.

in man and beast. The nine categories fit most any dog and it’s fun to participate. The event will also include demonstra-

tions in flyball, carting and obedience. “I love dogs so that’s why I go,” said one pet owner who has attended the show for several years and has participated with her dogs in cart pulling. “You can see all kinds of different breeds and mixed breeds and people interacting with their dogs, which is always fun.” Several breed clubs will be on hand to educate guests about their breed and rescue efforts. There are some basic rules if a dog is escorting you to the show. All dogs must be at least four months old and have current shots in order to compete. They must be on a leash no longer than 6 feet and owners are naturally asked to clean up any messes. Proceeds from dog-entry fees will benefit Leave No Paws Behind, an all-breed,

foster rescue specializing in the care of seniors, terminal and end-of-life animals, as well as pets with special needs. Part of its mission is: “When possible we step up, most times in the ‘11th’ hour when all hope is gone, to help save the lives of those that are in most danger of being left behind to die on a cold shelter floor.” The group provides hospice care and a safe haven for the terminally ill. The group vets all its rescues. Entries into the show cost $7 for the first category and $3 for each category after that with early registration. But that’s if you register by Friday, March 23. Day-of-show entry fees rise $1. All dogs are welcomed. Information: ahwatukeehoa.com or 480-893-3431.

Desert Vista High School debaters win 14th state title in 15 years AFN News Staff

or the 14th time in 15 years, the Desert Vista High School Speech and Debate Team won the AIA 6A Speech and Debate state championship. “The Thunder used a strong performance in the final round to defeat the Phoenix Country Day School Eagles 303 points to 241 points,” said team sponsor and teacher Victor Silva. Desert Vista had an early lead on March 16, but by Saturday night was in second place with only one round left in the competition. “Heading into the final round our backs were against the wall,” Silva said, adding it looked as if “we were going to lose.” But character held the day. “Lesser teams would have folded, but our team was ready for that moment and rose to the occasion,” Silva said. “The Thunder showed strong grit, character, and dedication to one another as they dominated the final round winning eight individual state championships on their way to a convincing 63-point victory.” Silva beamed over the team's skill. “What I am most proud of about this team is that when we needed our best performance our team was tough enough to let nothing stand in our way,” Silva said. “Before the final round, our kids dedicated their performance to one another. Without a strong belief in each other and a commitment to competing

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The Thunder Speech and Debate Team, was all smiles last weekend as they celebrated winning another state championship.

for the team, I don’t think we would have been champions.” Team captains Margaret Braun, Elise Lange, Monica Essig Aberg and Kaitlyn Laibe “provided key leadership and kept the Thunder focused and poised throughout the tournament,” he added. Margaret Braun and fellow junior Taylor Gilliam each won two events. Desert Vista will now turn its attention to attempting to qualify for the National Speech and Debate Association National Championship Tournament. Here are how Desert Vista’s debaters fared in individual categories: Policy debate: Charley Hoang and Zaid Usmani, quarterfinalists; Kaede Aoki and Animesh Gupta, state

champions. Public forum debate: Ethan Xie and Jackson Wakefield, top 16; Monica Essig Aberg and Margaret Braun, and Eden Gustin and Sana Gill, quarterfinalists. Congressional debate: Monica Essig Aberg, fifth place; Ethan Xie, fourth place; Jackson Wakefield, third place; Elyssa Goswick, second place and state runner-up; and Margaret Braun, state champion. Dramatic interpretation: James Rooney, Elise Lange and Rylee Sepiol, semifinalists; and Bronwyn Doebbeling, second place. Humorous interpretation: Daniel Nelson, Elise Lange, Hailey Dawson and Lindsey Brannen, top 14; and Alex Parra, third place. Prose

interpretation: Alex Parra and Regina Guisto, top 14; Lance Watkins, fifth place; Emma Lee, third place; and Taylor Gilliam, state champion. Poetry interpretation: Sana Sabuwala, sixth place; Nicolas Garnand, fourth place; Zach Hills, second place and Natalie Sanchez, state champion. Programmed oral interpretation: Erika Leckwart, Haley Ketcham and Kaitlyn Laibe, semifinalists; Joey Deignan, fifth place; and Taylor Gilliam, state champion. Duo interpretation: Chloe Zaenglein and Daanish Daudi, fifth place; Hailey Dawson and Kaitlyn Laibe, fourth place; and Emma Lee and Joey Deignan, second plaace. Duet acting: Haley Ketcham and Devon Kozicki and IIlana Cruywagen and Lance Watkins, top 14; Regina Guisto and Zach Hills, fifth place; and Rhea Rungta and Natalie Sanchez, second place. Extemporaneous speaking: Eden Gustin and Monica Essig Aberg, semifinalists; and Margaret Braun, state champion. Impromptu speaking: Shawn Yousefelahi, semifinalist; Monica Essig Aberg, fourth place and Margaret Braun, state champion. Original oratory: Anika Porwal and Ashley Tse, semifinalists and Sarah Jalaghi, state champion. Informative speaking: Claire van Doren, Emma Horn and Morgann Kelly, semifinalists; Sarah Jalaghi, fourth place; and Lindsey Brannen, state champion.

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he hefty new tariffs on imported steel announced recently by President Trump – on top of a tariff on Canadian lumber imposed late last year – could make the housing crunch even worse and drive up home prices, real estate experts fear. The planned tariffs would tack on 25 percent to the cost of steel, used in home foundations, floors, and highrise construction and 10 percent for aluminum from foreign suppliers. The controversial tariffs would make good on Trump’s campaign promise to give American producers a boost.

“Tariffs could measurably raise the cost of building materials and hinder home construction of affordable homes,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. The administration is already levying tariffs of more than 20 percent against Canadian soft lumber producers. About a third of the softwood lumber used in new-home construction comes from Canada. And after devastating hurricanes in Houston and Florida and deadly wildfires in California, there is a big need for that lumber. Steel is used in the concrete flooring See

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This 3,400-square-foot, single-level home in the 14400 block of S. Canyon Drive in Ahwatukee recently sold for $849,000. Built in 1993, the four-bedroom, threebath home sits on a nearly two-acre lot and sports a master bedroom with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out on South Mountain Preserve and a private patio. Other features include a resort-style backyard, gourmet kitchen and a master bathroom with a massive walk-in closet with built-in shelves and drawers.

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and foundations of most single-family homes. More of it is used in high-rise condo and apartment buildings, plus

any dwellings over five floors. It’s also used in elevator shafts, parking garages and many stairwells. There are alternative materials that builders can use if there is a steel shortage or if prices rise. But those newer materials

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Kern said. “Anything that’s built that uses steel as a component is going to have a price increase,” he said. But he doesn’t expect it to be a substantial increase and expects it will fade as builders find cheaper, new materials. Builder trade groups have criticized the new tariffs. “Given that home builders are already grappling with 20 percent tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber and that the price of lumber and other key building materials are near record highs, this announcement by the president could not have come at a worse time,” Randy Noel, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders. Several modular home builders have complained to the Modular Building Institute, a trade group, about their costs going up as a result of the tariffs as well, Realtor.com said. “This will affect our prices,” said Tom Hardiman, executive director of the institute. The association has yet to do a detailed analysis on just how much pricier modular homes may be. Not knowing how much steel and lumber will cost makes it difficult for builders to price homes, or for buyers to know just how much they’ll be shelling out on their new abodes. “It hurts home buyers,” said Rick Schumacher, editor and publisher of the LBM Journal, which covers the lumber and building materials industry. “It creates uncertainty ... and any uncertainty is bad.”

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85044 $109,000 $180,000 $180,000 $189,000 $245,000 $270,000 $273,000 $300,000 $307,000 $309,000 $309,000 $315,000 $323,000 $342,000 $342,000 $345,000 $355,000 $390,000 $500,000

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430 W. MOUNTAIN SAGE DRIVE 1735 W. WILDWOOD DRIVE 16202 S. 17TH DRIVE 15426 S. 7TH DRIVE 16604 S. 11TH AVE.

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It quotes one broker who often tells sellers that to repaint in neutral shades and nix all family photos. “All personal touches need to go bye-bye,” she said. Hiring a home inspector also is a good idea because he or she “will usually find problems with your home that you didn’t even know existed.” By being proactive and starting the inevitable inspection process before capturing the interest of a potential buyer, sellers often can save some money since buyers may sometime ask for a purchase price reduction that’s greater than the estimated cost of repairs. It’s also a good idea to get the services of a professional stager who can prepare a report for a few hundred dollars that will “provide professional feedback on how your home currently presents itself and what suggestions would make it more marketable.” Realtor.com also advises sellers to visit open houses nearby. “Sellers don’t learn,” one broker told the site. “They sit inside their homes with an idea of its value and don’t understand what the buyer pool is actually seeing.” Once armed with information about

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hey met as colleagues on the reservations desk for Southwest Airlines in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Now, as they head toward their 20th wedding anniversary in June, Mary Jo and Mike Santistevan have become a power couple in residential real estate. The Ahwatukee couple, parents to two grown sons, Jordan and Jakob, were ranked No. 1 in 2017 among nearly 1,000 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona Properties Brokerage agents for a combination of gross commission income, units and volume. They also were ranked 59th among 43,000 agents and teams in Berkshire Hathaway’s national network at the company’s convention earlier this month. As a team, they sold 167 homes and ran up over $54 million in gross sales across Maricopa County, with a primary focus on Ahwatukee and the Southeast Valley. Their single biggest closing was $1.5 million. Mary Jo, licensed since 2007, and her husband, who got his license a year later, work in tandem. “We work together on all of our transactions,” she said. Their work has drawn raves from clients. “Being first-time home buyers, and also having to start the search from across the country, we were a little worried and nervous about what lie ahead of us,” one client said. “But the stress of the whole process was significantly reduced because Mary Jo and Mike were there with us every step of the way...answering any questions at any time of the day, offering guidance during the bid and inspection process, and

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giving us names of contractors/inspectors/ roofers during and after the purchase of our home. “Honestly, these two are exceptional,” she added. “They were professional, diligent and honest, and we never felt that their guidance was anything but in our best interest. Not only do they work hard and are very professional, but they are fun, friendly and just enjoyable people to be around.” Another relocating couple echoed that praise, stating, “They researched potential areas to look and took time out of their busy day to show us around for a week.” Mike Santistevan makes no secret behind what earned that praise: “In this very competitive business of real estate, quality service makes the difference,” he states on his website. Information: msantistevan. arizonapropertiesrealestate.com or 480510-3150.

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Let’s talk about the true value of teachers BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

ou know those “n a t i o n a l conversations” we have all the time, about the big issues: guns, sexual harassment of women and the latest episode of “The Bachelor”? It’s time for Arizona to have a “state conversation.” The subject? What is a teacher worth? That question rarely gets asked, though lately we’ve heard a lot about teacher’s paltry salaries and the #RedForEd movement. To my mind, the question of what a professional is worth and what a job pays are actually two different questions. In Arizona, for example, the average elementary school teacher is paid about $42,800 a year, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. But the worth of that teacher, the value to our community created by an excellent,

committed professional who successfully educates 25 students for 180 days a year? While I couldn’t put an exact number on it, I’d say $42,800 is too little by at least half. Especially when I think about the best elementary school teacher I had back in the day, and about those teachers’ impact on the rest of my life. The same goes for high school teachers. Returning to the BLS stats for a moment, the average Arizona high school teacher earns $48,020 a year. In the 90th percentile, our best-paid high school teachers pull down about $67,600 annually. But what are they worth? When I think about the best high school teachers I spent years with – Mr. Hundley, who taught biology and physiology, and Mr. Capezza, who taught the history of America and Europe – again, I’d be tempted to say they should’ve earned double. Maybe triple. But certainly more. Much more. Especially when I read about how we use state tax dollars to pay some other

employees. Like the two highest-paid employees in Arizona last year, Todd Graham, who drew $3.1 million to coach Arizona State’s football team. And got fired. And Rich Rodriguez, who earned $2,375,000 to coach the University of Arizona football team. And got fired. You may be tempted to say, “Well, you’re comparing apples to oranges, Leibowitz, that’s what the market will bear for a football coach,” blah, blah, blah. Save that for our state conversation, because that’s exactly the right place for such points. And for me to say in return, “I was scrolling through state salary data this week – yeah, I do need more hobbies – and I saw a bunch of nursing professors earning $200,000 a year. I’m not saying that’s some scandal, but it did make me want to compare the relative value of producing emergency room nurses versus producing, say, well-adjusted, on-theright-path-in-life teenagers.” If we had more of the latter, I’d argue, we’d need fewer of the former.

My fear for the #RedForEd movement isn’t that it will peter out or fail, but that it won’t succeed enough. To me, if we’re talking about giving teachers a salary bump of three percent versus five percent, we’ve already conceded that teachers are worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $50,000 a year on average. Maybe that’s simply the wrong neighborhood, illkempt streets of rundown apartments and beater cars, sketchy blocks where police sirens screech all night and no sane person who could afford better would ever choose to live. Maybe as a state we should discuss putting our money where our hearts and values are. Maybe when you hand your children over to a professional to fill their brains with knowledge and shape their future, you should treat that teacher with the respect they deserve. Maybe for once – no, definitely for once – we should talk about that. – David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com.

Family event kicks off Child Abuse Prevention Month BY DONNA SCHOTT AFN Guest Writer

he East Maricopa and Southeast Maricopa regions of First Things First are partnering with the Arizona Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness Coalition (CAPAC) to raise awareness that everyone can do their part to help prevent child abuse. The 4th annual Family Fun Day is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, March 24 at Pomeroy Elementary School, 1507 W. Shawnee Drive, Chandler. The event is designed to kick off April’s National Child Abuse Prevention Month. “We want to come together to highlight the importance of child abuse prevention because we have a shared responsibility to ensure the safety and well-being of children,” said Al Moore, coalition chair and director of school safety and security for Mesa Public Schools. “We hope that this event will help to celebrate the small

actions we can take to build stronger families and prevent abuse.” The public is invited to the free, familyfriendly event that will include booths and information for kids and families, displays of fire trucks, ambulances and a mobile command unit. There will also be food trucks, bounce houses, crafts and other fun activities for the children. The coalition was started in response to the death of 3-year-old Schala Vera of Chandler, who was beaten to death by her mother’s boyfriend in 2009. Young children under the age of 3 are more likely than any other age group to be abused or neglected. They are more likely to be removed from their birth parents, and typically stay in foster care longer. Research show that the more childhood trauma a child has, the more likely this will lead to health and social problems, risk-taking behaviors and a shortened lifespan. Because 90 percent of a child’s brain

critical brain development happens by age 5, these negative experiences can have lasting impacts to a child’s physical and emotional health, their performance in school and their participation in risky behaviors. But safe, stable and nurturing homes and communities can break the cycle of abuse and maltreatment for young children and give them the tools and support they need to succeed in school and in life. First Things First is doing its part to strengthen families and keep challenging situations from becoming worse, including: Providing scholarships that help children from low-income families have a safe, nurturing place to learn while their parents work. Home-based mentoring to help families create more stable, supportive environments for their children. Other programs – from kits for new

parents, to community-based parent education on topics like safety, dealing with challenging behaviors and early learning. As East Valley communities highlight Child Abuse Prevention Month, here are some anyone can help prevent abuse or neglect and to help the youngest victims: Become a foster or adoptive parent. by calling 1-877-543-7633; Volunteer at or donate to communitybased organizations that support children and families. Join a child abuse prevention council in your area. Be a child’s voice in court by becoming a Court-Appointed Special Advocate (azcourts.gov/casa). -Donna Shott is a spokeswoman for First Things First, a voter-created, statewide organization that funds early education and health programs to help kids be successful once they enter kindergarten. Information:firstthingsfirst.org. Facebook @ AZCAPAC

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Helping aging parents combat loneliness and social isolation BY DAVID INNS AFN Guest Writer

n a recent study examining risks to seniors’ well-being, AARP found that nearly half of adults age 62-91 experience occasional or relatively frequent loneliness. For seniors who are unable to spend time with their families due to health limitations or geographic distance, the risk of depression and cognitive decline can increase as a result of these loneliness triggers. Additionally, researchers believe that social isolation may be linked to higher risks of stroke, heart disease, dementia, hospital readmission and falls. It’s important to regularly check in with aging seniors to monitor for signs of social isolation and depression and intervene early. If older adults are retired, they may experience fewer daily interactions with others. Additionally, friends may move away to be near their grandchildren,

dodge chilly weather, live in a senior community or have a new adventure. Older adults also may experience different types of challenges, including mobility, hearing loss or cognitive decline. Loneliness is also heightened if spouses become physically sick or no longer have a soulmate. Housing and living arrangements can play a role. One out of three older adults enter old age widowed, divorced or never married. As you monitor for warning signs of depression, try to determine if your parents are experiencing loneliness. If they are, the good news is that loneliness does not have to be permanent. Do your part to help them make social activities a priority. If you detect your parents are suffering from these depressors, encourage the following: Make plans, create opportunities. Does your parent’s community have special programs or offer ways to stay connect-

ed? Front Porch, for instance, uses technology in its senior communities called It’s Never 2 Late, so older adults can receive support, including engagement and learning online. Participate in intergenerational activities, whether it’s improving kids’ reading skills, being part of a multi-age chorus or sharing a personal story. The national organization Generations United has a directory of intergenerational programs that can leave seniors having a sense of purpose, sharing their knowledge, providing love, support and attention and receiving it in return. Rethink housing. Can a friend move in to split the bills and share a meal? Besides shared housing, many older adults find co-housing appealing. They have their own place but also share common space where they can enjoy meals and activities together, and have daily informal interaction. Communities can be all older adults or multigenerational. Other alternatives include living in a

naturally occurring retirement community, where there are enough seniors to offer services (medical help, transportation) and social programs. Use technology to stay connected. Virtual senior centers allow homebound elders to participate in classes, events and activities with others even if they can’t be there in person. Free online classes teach new subjects and can be stimulating for older adults. Additionally, Facetime, Skype, email and photo sharing can keep your parent connected to family and old friends. And, that old favorite – the phone. Be sure to take advantage of time spent with your older parents to scan for warning signs of social isolation and depression. If you feel they could be experiencing the symptoms discussed, you’ll be prepared to help them find solutions. -David Inns is CEO of GreatCall, which has developed products and services that enable independent aging.

High court could curb power of public employee unions BY THOMAS PATTERSON AFN Guest Writer

ark Janus, a state government employee in Illinois, is getting his day in court, the U.S. Supreme Court. His case affects us all. Janus’ issue is that a government employee union, AFSCME, is allowed to extract fees from his paycheck without his permission. Janus believes his union has more than a little to do with plunging Illinois into fearsome debt, including $521 billion in unfunded pension liability. Janus v. AFSCME is a good illustration of the problem with “stare decisis” – the judicial principle that court rulings, once made, shouldn’t generally be overturned by subsequent courts. “Stare decisis” is necessary to prevent the body of case law from becoming an incoherent jumble that confounds rather than enlightens. But the unavoidable consequence is that a badly decided case causes a lot of trouble. That bad case for Janus was the 1977 Abood decision that upheld the legality of forcing government workers to pay union fees. Yet, even the Abood majority wrote

that “because public employee unions attempt to influence public policy making, their activities…may be properly termed political” and that “the ultimate objective of a union in the public sector, like that of a political party, is to influence public decision-making.” Subsequent court opinions have also spelled trouble for Abood. A 1983 decision held that “speech on public issues occupies the highest rung in the hierarchy of First Amendment values.” Other opinions have driven home the point that the Constitution clearly prohibits compelled subsidization of political speech. Unions have argued that nonmembers are being charged only for costs of collective-bargaining, not lobbying or politics. But all of a government union’s activities are inherently political. What’s the difference between a union lobbyist advocating for a bill versus engaging in collective bargaining? In each case, he’s using the union’s influence to persuade a public official to benefit the union in the deployment of public resources. Nothing exactly wrong with that, but Janus shouldn’t be compelled to join in if he believes the unions are driving the state into bankruptcy just to protect his pension benefits, which he may never get

anyway. The legal case for Janus seems pretty solid. We’ll see. Whether Janus prevails or not, we need somehow to curb the power of public unions to push state and local governments into reckless fiscal behavior. President Franklin Roosevelt saw the problem clearly. “All public employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into public service,” he wrote. “It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.” FDR was saying that unionized collective bargaining pits the servants of the people against the people in a format inherently unfair to the public interest. Private sector unions negotiate with management teams in a process meant to resolve real differences in economic goals. Government unions, by contrast, negotiate with political entities they helped to elect and whose political interests are served by making the union members happy. Taxpayers have no representation. Negotiators on both sides of the table are unopposed in seeking to extract the most funding possible from taxpayers. The consequences of decades of these one-sided negotiations have been pre-

dictable. Government workers receive benefit packages, including lavish defined benefit retirement plans, that far exceeded those available to the taxpayers who support them. In Phoenix, for example, public safety workers average $63,900 in pension payments. Phoenix also currently supports 30 retirees with pensions over $130,000 annually, most of whom retired in their 50s and received substantial cash payouts. That’s great for the lucky few, of course, but governments everywhere are choking on the costs. In Arizona, public pensions are about 70 percent funded, but even maintaining that dropping level is proving a strain for pension plans burdened with excessive costs. Phoenix today pays $207 million for police and fire pensions compared to $56 million in 2007. The town of Bisbee is paying 134 percent of each officer’s salary in pension costs. Will a favorable ruling in Janus help solve the pension crisis? It’s more likely to only avoid further damage. But it will help the Constitution to be interpreted more faithfully and that’s a good thing too. -Thomas Patterson is a former East Valley legislator.

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My Tiny Mobile Studio a little step with big intentions in art AFN News Staff

or three years, Ahwatukee artist Sandra Marshall has combined art and business in her studio. Now she’s adding a mobile dimension, partly with an eye toward giving back to the community. Marshall, owner of Be…An Artist Studio, 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee, now has an 8-by-10-foot mobile studio that she will be transporting to people who hire it for parties. But she also has another purpose in mind. “We are going to raise funds for schools, churches, charitable organizations and to anyone who wishes to have a creative event,” she said. Her colorfully decorated My Tiny Mobile Studio – which she’ll be displaying at the Tempe Arts Festival this weekend and entering in the Ahwatukee Easter Parade on March 31 – is part of an evolution of a business inspiring kids and

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adults to develop their creative instincts. “I’ve always liked small things, and

have always dreamed big,” she explained. “For our three-year anniversary of our art studio Be…An Artist in Ahwatukee, we have decided to expand in small, yet big ways.” “It’s available depending on what’s going on at our studio in the Trader Joe’s shopping plaza,” she added. “We will be teaming up with local restaurants so parents can go inside and eat while their kids paint, eat, and have a party in the tiny mobile studio, and we will be doing huge event.” Even before she put the final touches on it, Marshall wheeled the mobile studio over to Transportation Day at God’s Garden Preschool and Child Development Center in Ahwatukee last month – achieving the reaction she was hoping for. “It was amazing,” she said. “Everyone loved it.” Marshall years ago operated a business she called Porta-a-Porta that took aspiring artists to places throughout the

U.S. and Europe, primarily Italy. She aimed to teach people to look at the world through the eyes of an artist, combining photography, painting and drawing. In Italy, they would have a home base in Tuscany, and travel to cities such as Rome, Florence, Sienna and smaller cities. Guests of Porta-a-Porta carried sketch books and captured the essence of different scenic places. “It was like a dream, sitting on the hillsides filled with poppies and cyprus trees, teaching people to paint,” she said. “People who lived in corporate America, letting go, trying something new. What a great way to get rid of stress. We had dentists, business owners, HR directors, retired veterans, teachers and more. It was such a wonderful mix.” Though the mobile studio won’t go quite that far, it was built with a similar purpose. “This tiny home is kind of like our See

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Salon-space franchisee secures space at busy Ahwatukee power center AFN News Staff

henix Salon has signed a 10year lease on nearly 7,000 square feet of space in the power center at 48th Street and Ray Road, signaling an arrival in Ahwatukee of a concept that enables independent beauticians and other salon professionals to set up a business without the hassle of building maintenance. “Phenix Salon Suites will bring hundreds of customers every day to this location,” said Judi Butterworth, senior vice president of Orion, facilitated the lease. “They have been seeking a location in the affluent Ahwatukee trade area for a few years.” Scheduled to open in Ahwatukee late this year, Phenix Salon boasts

“luxury spacious salon suites for the independent salon professional and others.” “Our suites offer salon and business professionals the opportunity to own and operate their own salon type of business without the hassle and expense of facility management and maintenance,” says its website, promising “a high-end salon and spa setting with an upscale ‘spa’ feel.” The goal is to “provide the framework and structure to help you launch your business while you concentrate on growing your client base, network, skills and income all in an upscale, professional setting,” it tells independent beauty and salon professionals.

Phenix Salon is a franchisee that already has two locations in the Valley and two others under development. Founded by a family of salon professionals, it rents working space to beauticians and hair stylists and includes a variety of support services to its clients. The rents are month-to-month and include amenities like Wi-Fi, credit card machines and even onsite laundry facilities. Headquartered in the San Diego area, it began expanding in 2012 and opened 26 locations nationwide that year alone. It was founded by company president Gina Rivera, who still styles hair for what she calls “an (Special to AFN) Phenix Salon Suites boasts a luxury look and numerous amenities for the A-list clientele.” independent professionals who lease space with it.

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mascot and it fits only 8-10 children at one time, but to me it symbolizes the big things that will come,” Marshall said. “Yes, we will have small parties inside, but our main goal if for this tiny mobile studio to do big things. “We want to bring what we do at the studio here in Ahwatukee, and take it to a new level,” she said. “We are looking to bring joy and happiness through arts to masses of people in all places.” She thinks the precedent she set with her stationery studio will serve her well with the mobile studio. “We have had thousands of people coming together in our studio here in Ahwatukee for our shows, our paint sessions, our classes and for many other creative programs, and we are ready to share this all over now,” said Marshall, whose studio also hosts comedy nights. “We have people who come in for the first time to do a painting session. It ends up turning into such a big part of their lives. They see they can be creative when they thought they were not the ‘creative type.’ We have seen the conversation between two strangers creating together, and it turns into a relationship. The

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My Tiny Mobile Studio can go anywhere to meet artists and owner Sandra Marshall looks at it partly as a “mascot” for big art events around the Valley.

parties, and the events are such a positive for us over here. They create lasting memories and they go home with a work of art they are proud of.” Although she is just creating a website for the mobile studio, “people are booking us already,” she said. “It’s available depending on what’s going on at our studio in the Trader Joe’s shopping plaza.” Marshall has other ambitions for the business, and the mobile studio is all part of her plan to keep growing her business

while growing people’s imaginations and artistic skills. “At our studio we believe that it is the tiny things that make the biggest difference,” she said. “These little things are what come together to make the bigger things happen. Big things often have small beginnings. This tiny mobile studio is one of them….It should be a fun ride.” Information: BeAnArtistAZ.com, 602-369-4555

Whining Pig eyes May debut in Ahwatukee AFN News Staff

new bar is coming to Ahwatukee. The Whining Pig, which bills itself as a neighborhood bar with a big beer and wine list and a relatively short menu, is planning to open in May near Ray Road and I-10. The company was founded in 2013 in downtown Phoenix and has two other locations in Gilbert and Arcadia. It will be moving into a space between Honey Baked Ham and Native Grill & Wings. The bar offers more than two dozen beers on tap and a menu limited to five grilled cheese sandwiches, a meat and cheese plate that changes with the seasons as well as brownies. “Our stock is constantly rotating and continues to surprise even our most loyal patrons,” says the company's website. It also boasts “knowledgeable bartenders” and “plenty of ‘hoptions’” and holds various events, such as cigar nights, during the month that vary among its other locations.

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Have a thick accent? The Accent Expert can help BY SRIANTHI PERERA AFN Staff Writer

arbara Taft has an unusual occupation. The Accent Expert, as she calls her Mesa-based business, helps people speak American English and lose an accent, which can block someone from achieving a promotion at work or cultivating friends. “Americans listen for certain things, and if you’re not doing those things, you don’t sound like an American and they have difficulty understanding,” Taft said. “That’s my job when I work on accent improvement.” Taft travels to people’s homes in the East Valley for individual or group lessons. She says she can help people lose heavy accents with about 12 hours of coaching. She said that Americans love accents as long as they can understand the speaker. “The minute they can’t, they get very upset,” she said. “Part of it is they feel guilty that they can’t understand you, and part of it is because they want to accuse you because you haven’t learned to speak the way they do.” Her task may sound daunting to some-

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one unfamiliar with it. But there are proven methods to change the way someone speaks, as long as they practice it. It helps that Taft is well-traveled – in 59 countries to be exact – speaks eight languages and is familiar with the cultural heritage and linguistic roots of most continents. “I think a lot of other teachers aren’t

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patient with them when they are foreign-born. They feel comfortable with me,” Taft said, “I know something about their countries and their cultures.” Taft’s teaching is personalized: after all, the Roman Catholic priest from Nigeria, Intel employees from Korea and China, the exchange student from Taiwan and the high school student from Bangladesh, all of whom are her current students, don’t speak the same way or have the same pronunciation issues. She teaches intonation, the five vowels that are pronounced in 15 different ways and students make lists of words which stretch each of the vowels and have difficult consonants. She differentiates the two “th” sounds, the r’s and the l’s, the “ch” and the “sh,” the p and the f and the v and the w. After word lists, they make sentences and paragraphs and then it proceeds to grammar. “It’s cultural assimilation as well as language. Probably one of the main reasons I love to do this is because I have friends from all over the world because I’ve traveled so much,” Taft said. “I was treated very well everywhere that I was. People wanted me to understand their world and

so when people are here in my world, I want them to be able to feel comfortable to understand what’s going on around them.” Taft began accent improvement in 1985, when she worked for someone who had a business in the Silicon Valley. The woman later sold the business to Taft and moved on, so Taft, who also had ESL and adult education experience, spent several years growing the business. In 2002, she moved to the Valley with the idea of retiring, but missed the work so much that she resumed it. She doesn’t advertise, and students learn of her via word of mouth. Taft was always good at picking up languages. She knows four alphabets and has varying degrees of proficiency in Spanish, English, French, Italian, Greek, Russian, Arabic and Farsi. Her mother was born in Greece, so she heard Greek at home. Her father was a Ukrainian Jew and his family also spoke Ukrainian, Hebrew and Russian. Taft conducts individual or group classes on accent improvement and charges $25 per hour. Information: theaccentexpert.com, beejayssite@yahoo.com.

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Gangplank opens new space for stranded TechShop users BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY AFN Staff Writer

ver four months have passed since TechShop Chandler abruptly closed amid reports of a pending bankruptcy by its parent company, stranding East Valley hobbyists and small-business owners who relied on the shop to manufacture their wares. A lot has happened since the closure, including an attempted revival of the brand by Kansas businessman Dan Rasure that ultimately fell apart before TechShop Inc. finally filed bankruptcy on Feb. 26. Rasure eventually opened a new makerspace called TheShop.Build at the site of the old TechShop location in San Francisco. In the meantime, East Valley makers have banded together to form their own fledgling workshop with the help of Gangplank Chandler, the city-supported co-working space located less than a mile from the old TechShop site in downtown Chandler. In January, the Chandler City Council approved a resolution to continue funding Gangplank. The resolution provided Gangplank with $170,000 in funding for

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the year and gives the city the option to execute two additional one-year extensions. “Gangplank provides an opportunity for Chandler residents to explore entrepreneurship in a unique co-working community,” said Kim Moyers, Chandler downtown redevelopment manager. Under the contract, Gangplank must host weekly educational opportunities, host a conference and help the city promote Chandler as a hub for technology companies. Gangplank welcomed the former TechShop members with open arms following the closure, reserving room and workspace in the 12,000-square-foot facility specifically for a makerspace. While the new shop, called Gangplank Labs, does not come close to replacing the tools or resources that were offered at

as much as $150 per month. “Right now there is no cost,” said Mike Kovarik, the CEO of Attribytes who volunteers at Gangplank under the title chief operating pirate. “It is all based on social capital as you come in to utilize the space, give back as a mentor or do something to improve the space.” The new agreement with Chandler does state that Gangplank LLC, which houses 31 member companies, will work to develop a “tiered monetary model” in which members will contribute financially to Gangplank in order to make the space more self-sufficient and offset the city’s investments in the future. Kovarik said he made the decision to take over Gangplank in order to “pay it forward” because the space helped him launch his technology company Attribytes. (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Writer)

Tyler Larson makes cake toppers for Cake Wordswith a 75-watt laser cutter on loan from Epilog Laser. He was using Tech Shop before it closed and came to Gangplank afterward.

TechShop, it has been a welcome lifeline for makers. It also has the added benefit of being completely free. Rates at the old TechShop location varied and could cost

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The shop also has a 75-watt laser on loan from Epilog Laser in Golden, Colorado. Epilog initially loaned the laser to Gangplank for free for three months and recently extended that term for another three to six months, Dave Kern said. Kern is a former TechShop member who spearheaded the effort to open Gangplank Labs. The laser is the heart of the makerspace. Members employ it for engraving, etching, metal cutting and similar uses. “That (laser) has brought the most attention and support,” Kovarik said. “People are using it almost 24/7. That is driving the most traffic into the back of Gangplank.” Anyone can use the laser after signing a liability waiver, reviewing training materials and passing a test administered by certified members, including some former TechShop employees and contractors. Gangplank Labs has already certified nearly 60 people to use the laser, Kern said. Members like Hunt Jessup, an adjunct faculty at Mesa Community College who

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teaches welding courses, regularly volunteer their time to show new community members how to use the laser. Former TechShop member and investor Kiet Kuru recently used the machine to make personalized medals for a local youth hockey team. Kuru, an East Valley resident who is executive director of business development for Channel Master by day, sells custom-engraved and -cut items like coasters and key chains through her side business UniqKool. When TechShop shut down, she had to drive over 20 miles each way to Arizona Science Center to fulfill her orders at the CREATE Makerspace. Kern is in the process of setting up the American Makerspace Association nonprofit group to explore ways that he and other members can raise funds to purchase additional equipment. Gangplank itself will also be receiving a facelift thanks to funds provided by anchor members of the co-working space. The remodel will begin in late March or early April and include a new break room, phone booths and webinar rooms, Kovarik said. “We are focusing on creating a more

inviting space while still trying to keep more of that industrial modern theme,” he said. While the East Valley makers work to build a space for themselves, TheShop. Build’s Rasure has not abandoned his plans to open up a facility in Chandler. “Right now we are focused on establishing a sustainable model in San Francisco while the legal side of the former TechShop assets is sorted out,” Rasure said. He added, “We have consistently received significant and positive support from the former TechShop Chandler members.” Rasure initially attended a meeting between TechShop members and Arizona State University at the ASU Innovation Center that housed TechShop Chandler – and still houses the now-defunct company’s equipment. At that meeting Rasure expressed interest in acquiring TechShop and reopening some properties, including the Chandler location. Those plans initially appeared to progress, albeit slowly, as Rasure negotiated with TechShop Inc. on a range of topics, including the company’s outstanding debt and back pay owed to former TechShop employees and contractors. However, those negotiations appeared

to stall at some point in February, according to posts on the TechShop 2.0 Facebook page (now renamed TheShop. Build). TechShop Inc. ultimately ended up filing an ongoing trademark lawsuit against Rasure for initially naming his new entity “TechShop 2.0.” TechShop’s decision to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in February ensured that all questions related to the defunct company’s assets will be tied up in court for the foreseeable future. The bankruptcy filing exposed some rather alarming numbers, including that the company had over $38 million in liabilities versus just over $6 million in property. The entity had over 10,000 creditors, many of whom were TechShop members who invested in the company.

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Tell me why we are going camping again?” my husband asked the day before we were supposed to leave on a three-day trip. Tents, sleeping bags and warm clothing towered in stacks in the living room. “I know it’s going to be cold, but everyone has the time off,” I said as I searched for functioning batteries and wondered for the hundredth time why flashlights seemed to disappear into a black hole at our house. “Twenty-nine degrees is just a number to our kids,” my husband said – so emphatically that I stopped trying to figure out the difference between AA and AAA. “They grew up in the desert. They have no idea how cold that is.” As former canoe guides in northern Minnesota, we both had experienced the numbing chill from the surrounding air, in addition to the deep cold that seeped up from the ground at night. The thought of trying to gather enough

cold-weather gear for 12 people – including three small children – did not sound like a relaxing vacation. We decided to camp in the backyard at our oldest son’s house, where people could sleep inside if they chose. At the fire pit the following night, I skewered a marshmallow as my 6-year-old grandson checked out a constellation app on my phone. “There’s a little animal, Grandma,” he said, the phone held high above his head. “I think it’s a fox.” “A little bear,” I said, turning my marshmallow to brown another side. “Ursa Minor.” “It has a long tail.”

“It’s also called the Little Dipper.” I pointed to the faint stars to show him the shape, but he had already moved to another quadrant in the sky. “There’s a lion.” “Leo.” I added a chocolate square to the graham cracker. “Whoa! A scorpion!” Several people jumped. “Where’s a scorpion?” My grandson laughed and pointed at the screen. He was no longer aiming the phone at the heavens, but at the ground. Scorpio hung out in the sky on the other side of the Earth – at the antipodal point – the place on Earth that was diametrically opposite of Arizona. With the phone pointed down, my grandson

and I checked out other constellations and planets. Saturn. Mars. Capricorn. Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. Henry Thoreau had made the comment, not while staring at the galaxies, but at Walden Pond in the winter, after he had dug through a foot of snow and ice to get water to drink. In that open window, that quiet parlor of the fishes, he marveled at the heavens above and the heaven below as he lived out daily life. I gazed at my family – three generations – dressed in layers of long-sleeved flannel and fleece under a clear, moonlit Arizona sky. My grandson positioned the phone to stare at the sun beneath our feet. I squashed my perfectly browned marshmallow until the melted goodness oozed out between the chocolate and graham crackers and knew at that moment that heaven was beautiful. - Lynne Hartke is the author of Under a Desert Sky and the wife of pastor and Chandler Councilman Kevin Hartke. She blogs at lynnehartke.com.

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DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. 480-963-4127.

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High school and middle school students meet to worship and do life together. DETAILS>> 5 p.m. at Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane. 480-460-1480 or email joel@horizonchurch.com.

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The Terrific Tuesdays program is free and includes bagels and coffee and a different speaker or theme each week. Registration not needed. DETAILS>> 10-11:30 a.m., Barness Family East Valley Jewish Community Center, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. evjcc.org or 480-897-0588.

Ugly Quilts has made more than 15,500 sleeping bags for the area homeless, and continues to do so at First United Methodist Church every Thursday. Quilters stitch donated fabric, comforters, sheets and blankets into sleeping bags. Those are then distributed to the Salvation Army, churches and veterans’ organizations. DETAILS>> 8 a.m.-2 p.m., 15 E. 1st Ave., Mesa. Information: 480-969-5577.

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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.

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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: 480792-1800, unityoftempe.com.

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Living Word Ahwatukee women’s Bible study and fellowship that offers “a short, low-key time of praise and worship in music and message.” It’s also an opportunity to meet other Christian women in Ahwatukee. DETAILS>> 10-11:30 a.m., Living Word Ahwatukee,

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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, loss, anger, or stress, you can find the freedom you’re looking for today. DETAILS>> 6:20 p.m. Mountain View Lutheran Church. 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee. 480-893-2579. www. mvlutheran.org.

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Support group for children ages 6 to 12 coping with a separation or divorce in the family. One-time $10 fee includes snacks and workbook. DETAILS>> 6:30-8:30 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C202, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-9633997, ext. 141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or chandlercc.org.

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f you’ve never attended the mega Easter Pageant at the LDS Mesa Arizona Temple, this is the year you might want to go. You won’t see it for at least two years. That’s because the temple grounds will be undergoing an extensive remodeling, and there won’t be any place to put the cast of 500 people, hundreds of animals and 10,000 seats. Titled “Jesus The Christ,” this is no smallscale pageant or sunrise service dramatic reading. What started as a small sunrise service on a cotton wagon in 1928 is now considered one of the world’s largest – if not the largest – annual outdoor Easter pageants. The 65-minute production covers the entire story of Jesus Christ’s life, from birth through resurrection. It includes music and singing, choreographed dance, an elaborate set, period costumes and even special effects.

Nearly 500 people comprise the cast of the Easter Pageant at the LDS Mesa Arizona Temple and you’ll have to wait at least two years to see if if you miss it this year.

Indeed, a costume staff spends the entire year researching, designing and creating period costumes to reflect the first century A.D. setting. The text for the pageant comes from the King James Bible, and, according to the

website, “is written and presented for all faiths, cultures, religions and ages.” And, people from all faiths, cultures, religions and ages from around the world show up. Attendance at this popular event ranges from 5,000 to 13,000 people per

showing. The Church of Latter-day Saints bills the pageants as “an Easter celebration and a gift to the community,” so admission is free. But organizers suggest that attendees arrive an hour ahead of time if they want a shot at a seat the first week of performances – and two hours ahead of show time during the second week. They also suggest going to a performance prior to Easter weekend if you don’t like crowds. The visitor’s center will be open and hosting free guided tours during that time. You can also bring snack-type food to eat. The seats are metal and potentially cold at night, so the organizers recommend bringing blankets or cushions. If the seats are full, you can also bring a blanket or lawn chair. All performances start at 8 p.m. and will be held Wednesday, March 21, to Friday, March 23, and then March 27-31. A performance in Spanish will be March 24. ASL will be provided March 21-24. The temple is at 525 E. Main St., Mesa.

Barbecue and beer take center stage at Chandler festival BY SHERRY JACKSON GetOut Contributor

ce-cold beer, smoked meat and great music will dominate downtown Chandler on Saturday, March 24, during the ninth annual Great American Barbecue and Beer Festival. More than 40 barbecue pitmasters from around the United States, along with barbecue competition teams, will serve the estimated 30,000-plus attendees their slow-smoked delicious meats and sides. The event will be held at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park from noon until 10 p.m. “This is Arizona’s biggest barbecue event,” said Jen Pruett, a spokeswoman. “It’s one of the only places where you can experience all different styles of barbecue including Southern-style, Texas-style and more.” Attendees can indulge in classics such as brisket, ribs, pulled pork and chicken. But those more adventurous will also have options. “We’ve got some vendors that put their own spin on barbecue,” Pruett said. “We’ll have a taco and Korean barbecue vendor.

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Plenty of barbecue and evening entertainment are on tap later this month when downtown Chandler hosts the ninth annual Great American Barbecue. The March 24 celebration will now feature four stages for bands at Dr. A.J. Chandler Park from noon to 10 p.m. while innovative vendors cook up a slew of meats and even alligator and frog legs.

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vegan and gluten-free options. Beer options also will be plentiful, with SanTan Brewing Company serving its craft beverages. To meet growing demand, Pabst

Blue Ribbon will be available along with wine and spirit selections including vodka, whiskey, and bourbon. The event is expanding its musical entertainment from two to four stages. Superstar Rodney Atkins will headline the event and take the stage around 8 p.m. Atkins has six No. 1 hits, released four studio LPs and sold more than 10 million units. Headlining the second stage will be Tennessee-raised Russell Dickerson. In January, his hit song “Yours” landed at No. 1 on the Country Airplay Billboard charts and continues to gain momentum dominating across streaming and social media channels. The entertainment lineup also includes Jerrod Niemann, Jordan Davis, Georgia Chrome, Laura Walsh, Ryan Sims, Honey Girl, Pick & Holler and Jim Bachmann & the Day Drinkers. Other entertainment will include live cooking demos, art installations, themed bars with interactive games, See

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ever told her this – did an event at a Turlock, California, poultry and dairy fair. “We’ve been around a long time, and have seen how the genre has grown and changed. I feel like she still does amazing work. Maurice (Bernard, Sonny) works a lot more than I do. I’m very impressed with his craft. He delivers every day. He’s never lazy. I’m a big admirer of him and he’s a good buddy, too. He’s not intense in real life at all. He’s really laid back.” He loves to share stories about his craft with fans and journalists. Kurth compares working on daytime television to film, in that there isn’t a live audience and there are very few takes. “You really do feel like you’re acting in a vacuum,” said Kurth about filming the two shows. “It’s almost like scene work in an acting class. There isn’t an audience. I’ve done acting on stage, I started out on stage. It was like you’re telling a story to people in front of a live audience. When you don’t have that, it becomes more of a skill and craft, and the thrill of the performance isn’t quite there.” The 59-year-old has starred on TV since about 1987 and has witnessed changes in the industry. “I feel for these younger actors who work on the show because the pace is so much

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anadian country singer Lindsay Ell doesn’t go off on a philosophical tangent after hearing she’s only one of three female-led acts playing this year’s Country Thunder. Instead, she hoots and hollers, and declares: “We’re holding down the fort!” Ell is joining 2011 “American Idol” runner up Lauren Alaina and their friends in Runaway June as the small percentage of women on the early-April festival headlined by Jason Aldean, Toby Keith and Luke Bryan. Ell and Alaina, it turns out, are best friends and equally thrilled about hitting the stage together. “It’s hard to make friends in the industry,” said Ell, who sang the Canadian national anthem at the NHL All-Star Game in January. “Lauren and I have become super close. I love her to death.” Alaina lets out a long “oooooooh” with an increasing squeal when told Ell is playing Country Thunder with her. “Lindsay Ell, let me see… she’s the most kind-hearted, sweet-spirited soul I have

ever met. I love her. “There are so few women on the radio that it’s really scary for all of us. A lot of us are working toward success, but few of us have been able to achieve that. It can be competitive. It can be scary. It can make you insecure. “Lindsay has never made me feel like she’s being competitive with me. She’s just kind and loving and supportive and wants everyone to win. I never doubted her—ever. I love that girl to death. And she can play that guitar. She’s not playing around.”

Lauren Alaina The ride from “American Idol” to Country Thunder has been a “crazy” one, she said. Releasing her first album shortly after Idol, she really made her mark with 2017’s “Road Less Traveled.” The title track was her first No. 1 song. “The day I went No. 1 was one of my favorite moments,” Alaina said. “I had been working for years and years to get a song on the radio. Then, finally, I got the call that my song I wrote with such a personal message was the No. 1 song in the country. I don’t know how anything will top that moment,

other than me getting married and having kids.” Written in 2013 by Alaina, Jesse Frasure and Meghan Trainor, the song “Road Less Traveled” describes the singer’s emotions surrounding her parents’ divorce, her bulimia and her father heading to rehab for alcoholism. “It was definitely a good lesson because it was scary to write personal songs like that,” she said. “There’s a lack of female presence on the radio, but also men have insecurities. They’re different from ours. I was honored to be able to say something like that on the radio.” Alaina chalks up her success to her honest songwriting. “Country music, at the end of the day, is about honesty,” she said. “I wrote about hard topics that I never expected to write about—divorce, dad’s alcoholism, my eating disorder, my journey overall, my boyfriend. “I wasn’t in the studio trying to write hit songs. I was trying to write my truth. It just so happened that they were hit songs.”

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uring her college playing career at Stanford, Nicole Powell was considered one of the top women’s basketball players in the nation. A two-time All-American, the Mountain Pointe High School grad was a three-time First Team All Pac-10 selection, and was twice named the conference MVP. She left the program as the all-time leader in rebounding and is listed in 11 different categories in the school’s record books. Before giving up her amateur status, she collected three medals while representing the United States: a bronze medal at the FIBA Junior World Championships, a silver at the Pan American Games and a gold at the Women’s Junior World Championship qualifying tournament in Argentina. Then Powell spent 11 years playing professionally, both in this country and

internationally, after being selected third overall in the 2004 WNBA draft by the Charlotte Sting. Today, she is still a high-profile figure in the game as the head coach for the Grand Canyon University women’s basketball program, taking the reins last year as the Phoenix school began its first year of fully accredited Division I play. But, after all that, her accomplishments in high school haven’t been overlooked – or forgotten. Powell is being honored now by her induction into the National High School Hall of Fame, which was established in 1982. The national organization announced that Powell will be part of the 12-member Class of 2018, a group that includes well-known names like Tom Osborne and Dick Fosbury. Osborne is one of the most recognizable names in college football, leading the University of Nebraska to elite status. He spent 25 years on the sidelines and led the Cornhuskers to three na-

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gorilla with a laser gun draws a bead on a cybernetic archer with metal limbs. A black-clad assassin aims her sniper rifle at the Grim Reaper, who’s armed with two shotguns. Surrounded by fans and cosplayers, with thousands watching on their phones, laptops and desktops, four teams of esports competitors battled in February for video game supremacy from their screens on an Arizona State University stage. Rome had its gladiators, the NFL has its quarterbacks and the video game industry has esports players. This is sports in the tech universe, with a Fiesta Bowl Overwatch championship drawing more than 600 screaming fans on campus and an estimated 4,000 people watching online. And that’s just college-level esports. One professional championship last year

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Lee and his wife, Linda, left college in the spring of 1964 to live with James Lee, who was 20 years senior to Bruce and a well-known Chinese martial artist in the area. Together, they founded the second Jun Fan martial art studio in Oakland. James Lee introduced Bruce Lee to Ed Parker, organizer of the Long Beach International Championships – at which Bruce Lee was later “discovered” by Hollywood. At the 1964 championship, he performed two-finger push-ups using the fingers of one hand, and his famous “oneinch unstoppable punch.” Lee’s film career began in Hong Kong, but it was in Hollywood that it really took off. He appeared in “The Green Hornet,” “Marlow,” “Longstreet,” “Ironside” and “Bat Man” and starred in five feature films – “The Big Boss,” “Fist of Fury,” “Way of

ruce Lee was a Hong Kong American, martial artist, action film actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, filmmaker – and the founder of Jeet Kune Do. Raised in Kowloon with his family until his late teens, he was introduced to the film industry by his father. Lee moved to the United States at age 18 and enrolled at the University of Washington in Seattle. The greatest influence on Lee’s martial arts development was his study of Wing Chun. He began training at age 16 under renowned Wing Chun teacher Yip Man. A year into his training, most of Yip Man’s other students refused to train with Lee after they learned of his mixed ancestry. The Chinese in those times were generally against teaching their techniques to non-Asians. Lee’s sparring partner, Hawkins Cheung, states, “Probably fewer than six people in the whole Wing Chun clan were personally taught, or even partly, (Special to AFN) taught by Yip Man.” Bruce Lee influenced martial arts to a significant degree. Lee showed a keen interest in Wing Chun and continued to train privately with Yip Man and the Dragon,” “Enter the Dragon” and with Wong Shun Lueng. “Game of Death.” In April 1959, Lee was sent to the UnitThe direction and tone of his films ed States to stay with older sister, Agnes changed and influenced martial arts and Lee, who lived with family friends in San films worldwide. Francisco. Lee combined his many influences into He began teaching martial arts that his martial arts and philosophy, which he same year. He called what he taught Jun dubbed Jeet Kune Do, or “The Way of the Fan Gung – literally “Bruce Lee’s Kung Intercepting Fist.” Fu.” He emphasized that his style was getLee taught friends from Seattle, starting ting rid of formalized traditional styles, with Judo practitioner Jesse Glover and including Jun Fan Gung Fu. Patrick Strong, who continued to teach Lee passed away under mysterious in some of Lee’s early techniques. circumstances in Hong Kong in 1973. Taky Kimura became Lee’s first assisThe martial arts world mourned the tant instructor and continued to teach his passing of one if its favorite sons whose art and philosophy after Lee’s death. Lee life and plans were sadly cut short just as opened his martial art school, named the they were unfolding. Lee Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute, in Seattle.

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was among the top multi-sport high school athletes in the nation. She competed in basketball, tennis, badminton and track – and did them all well. She set school records in basketball, finished her prep career with 2,478 points and 1,760 rebounds and remains today the state’s all-time leading high school rebounder and second on the all-

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people call it a sport doesn’t matter. It’s popular and gaining attention. “People are always going to make a big deal of the semantics,” he said. The esports competition on the ASU campus shared the vibe of a WNBA game or a tennis match, seasoned with costumed fans and presented with the production design of “The Voice.” Two six-person teams hunkered behind a metallic array of outward-facing thrones, their bodies and screens obscured as they played Overwatch, a gunner video game, on a stage raised a few feet above the crowd.

time scoring list. The Pride finished up in her senior season with a 30-2 record, thanks in large part to her 21-point and 15.5-rebound average for the season. Powell played in three state championship games at Mountain Pointe, but was unable to add a state title to her list of accomplishments. In her junior year, Powell was named Arizona Girls Basketball Player of the Year and Arizona Female Student Ath-

lete of the Year. Less-publicized were her accomplishments in the other sports. Powell was an All-Region selection in both tennis and track, where she won the state discus title in her senior year and also ran on the 800-meter relay team. On the tennis court, she was a state runner-up in doubles competition in her sophomore year. And she won three state badminton singles championships. That outstanding high school career

turned out to be just the first stop on a long journey that wound through college in California and a professional career that included five WNBA teams. She has come home now to start on a new path as a head coach. But it’s nice to see her get some recognition for all the work she put into building that athletic foundation during the early years.

The game’s logo was emblazoned in the center of a sleek, metallic gray background. Seated at their computers, players furrowed their brows and clicked furiously while the action played out on two screens flanking the stage. Commentators discussed the action as it played out on Twitch, a live streaming website. Clothing and character figurines were for sale, and fans made signs to support their teams at vending booths. Dozens of cosplayers, dressed as their favorite characters from Overwatch, drew attention and adulation as they walked through a corridor. Esports is growing in economic clout,

with video game companies sponsoring tournaments with winnings that can reach $20 million. The competition helps fuel the $30 billion video-game industry in the U.S. Customers can also buy T-shirts, hoodies and action figures online and in retail stores like Hot Topic. Players wear custom jerseys and branded accessories sponsored by other businesses and game developers. Analyst group Newzoo says esports’ sliver of the gaming industry of competitions, games and merchandise was worth nearly $700 million last year, and will grow to $1.5 billion by 2020. Owners of traditional sports teams are gravitating toward esports ownership.

Mark Cuban, who owns the NBA Dallas Mavericks, owns an esports team, as does former NBA player Rick Fox. Players receive a minimum $50,000 annual salary and get health benefits and housing support. Top players share multimillion-dollar winnings. College games can be fun, intense and even lucrative, some players say, but the professional level requires a commitment that’s too extreme for many. By the time the Fiesta Bowl Overwatch Collegiate National Championship ended, the six players from the University of California-Berkeley snagged the $120,000 in scholarships prizes, beating three other universities from California and Canada.

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