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he investigation into unusual spikes in Ahwatukee water customers’ usage last summer has ended with the city Water Services Department exonerated and scores of residents out hundreds of dollars in payments they called abnormally high. But city Councilman Sal DiCiccio’s chief of staff remains convinced that some kind of malfunction in the city’s metering system was at fault in at least some of the unusually high bills. He just can’t prove it – and, apparently, no one will. “This is the single most frustrating issue I’ve dealt with,” said Sam Stone. “It still bothers me. “But I don’t know how you get at this,” he

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These Desert Vista High School seniors, no doubt like their counterparts at Mountain Pointe High, are kicking up their heels and jumping for joy as they anticipate both schools’ graduation ceremonies tomorrow, May 24. Getting a jump on graduation are, from left, Palmira Federico, Audrey Williams, Eliana Burns and Charlie Cruz.

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Ahwatukee Post 64 Color Guard to honor the fallen BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

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hile many people across the country may spend next Monday morning getting ready for picnics or barbecues, a group of Ahwatukee veterans will be in Cave Creek demonstrating what Memorial Day is all about. Members of the American Legion Post 64 Color Guard in Ahwatukee, they will join more than two dozen other color guards from across the Valley at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 N. Cave Creek Road, to pay solemn tribute to the military men and women who served the country, many paying the ultimate price for the freedom Americans enjoy today. “It’s quite a ceremony, very solemn and

moving,” said John Boyer, a member of the Post 64 Color Guard. The ceremony, which begins at 8 a.m. Monday, May 28, begins with a biplane flyover and ends with a release of doves and includes a laying of wreaths, presentations honoring the fallen heroes and patriotic music. “It epitomizes the honor and remembrance of fallen veterans,” Boyer said, calling the ceremony “highly recommended.” In addition, the Memorial Day Flowers Foundation will be ready after sunrise to hand out two roses to each visitor at the ceremony – one to place on a veteran’s grave and the other to take home. The Memorial Day Flowers Foundation began in 2011 after U.S. citizens working in the floral industry wanted to do something to express their patriotism and appreciation for the

sacrifices made by America’s military men and women. Last year at the Cave Creek cemetery, volunteers handed out 18,000 roses. Several hundred motorcyclists will be on hand as well, as part of RidersUSA’s “Flags for the Fallen” program. They will place flags atop 10-foot poles on 500 graves. This is the 12th consecutive year that the men and women of The Riders USA organization will sponsor “Flags for the Fallen.” Each flag will have a special ribbon with the individual name of the honored warrior. In addition, an honor guard of approximately 200 motorcycles and hot rods will be positioned next to the flags. The riders and drivers will greet and offer respects to the families and friends who visit their interred loved See

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he Class of 2018 at Horizon Honors Secondary will march off to the next stage of life when 88 seniors graduate Tuesday, May 29. Tickets are required for the graduation at Mountain Park Community Church. Horizon spokeswoman Melissa Hartley said seniors earned $3.5 million in scholarships, and 97 percent of the class have college plans. The remaining 3 percent are either heading into military service or joining the workforce, she said. Dave Nikhil is the class valedictorian and Seth Freymuth was designated salutatorian. Hartley said 17 of the grads have been with Horizon Honors since kindergarten. Earlier this month, four seniors presented college-level research at the inaugural Horizon Honors Capstone Honors Symposium. The college-level interactive presentations represented a school-year’s worth of independent study and research, under the guide of a content advisor.

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The Mountain Pointe High School grad chose the UA College of MedicinePhoenix because she was impressed with the curriculum and could stay near family during her medical school education. “They incorporate clinical experience into the early years of medical school,” she said. “In addition, they encourage research and volunteering, both of which I am passionate about. I also wanted to stay close to family and friends. At the time that I started medical school, my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and I wanted to stay near family to spend as much time with her as possible.” While in medical school, Picone’s mother was hospitalized – an experience she said will be with her her entire career. “I will remember how important communication with the staff affected my understanding of her condition and how much more reassured my mother was by the effective communication with the doctors,” Picone said. “This experience has helped me realize the importance of open communication not only with a patient but also with their families. I will continue to remain transparent with patients and families and continue to update them while their loved ones are in the hospital.” Picone has had the support of her father, a mechanical engineer, and mother, a physical therapist who encouraged her to pursue a career with an advanced degree. “I have always been curious about the world,” Dr. Picone said. “As a physician, I will continue my education by staying up to date on the newest research to ensure patients are receiving the best care possible.” Her family volunteered at St. Vincent de Paul in Tempe, where they delivered food to families, and volunteered at grade schools in the summer. This work continued in medical school as she helped at events educating the public about the importance of exercise and healthy eating, and she tutored children in mathematics and reading. “Through this volunteer work, I discovered how much I enjoyed helping others,” she said. “I will continue to strive to help not only patients that I see in the clinic, but also the community.”

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Ahwatukee resident Nicole Hicks, a 2014 Desert Vista High School alumna, graduated summa cum laude recently from Texas Christian University.

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icole Hicks of Ahwatukee, a 2014 graduate of Desert Vista High School, recently graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors in kinesiology from Texas Christian University. Hicks also majored in Spanish and minored in health professions in the Harris School of Nursing and Health Sciences. She was named a senior scholar of the University for the Department of Kinesiology and the Harris College outstanding academic achievement for achieving the deans honor list and was designated a Texas Christian University Scholar for earning a 4.0 grade point average all four years. Hicks also won the Faculty Choice Award for Excellence in Spanish for overall best performance. She also is a TCU Chancellors Scholar Award recipient for her leadership and academic and service accomplishments. Hicks is an eight-time letter winner in cross country and track and field at TCU and earned first-team All-Big 12 academic honors all four years in both sports. She also is a recipient of the Dr. Gerald Lage Athletic-Academic Award, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor. She plans to attend medical school, focusing on global health initiatives.

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hwatukee state Sen. Sean Bowie praised his colleagues on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Doug Ducey for the enactment of a bill ensuring that emergency communication methods are accessible to all Arizonans. His Senate Bill 1296 requires state and local governments to ensure communications with persons with disabilities are equal to those without disabilities, including online and emergency communications. The law requires those governments have a protocol in place to have licensed American Sign Language interpreters available to translate emergency communications to the public in emergency situations. “Having access to critical information in an emergency is vitally important, and having a standard in place for professional interpretation and cap-

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ones. The service is open to the public. Boyer advises visitors to plan on getting there early because “it draws quite a crowd.” “We are veterans serving veterans and never forget those who served and those who have passed,” added Boyer, a member of Post 64 since 2005. The Cave Creek cemetery is one of two national cemeteries in Arizona – the other is in Payson, where a ceremony is sched-

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tate Rep. Jill Norgaard of Ahwatukee praised Kyrene School District’s creation of a pilot program to identify and help preschool children who are dyslexic. Norgaard and state Superintendent of Schools Diane Douglas last week toured Kyrene de la Mariposa in Tempe, where they observed teachers interacting with and teaching the students. “Watching the engagement of the student with the teachers was very uplifting and amazing,” said Norgaard, adding that she hopes such a program will eventually be in place at all elementary schools in the state. Dyslexia is a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters and other symbols but that do not affect general intelligence. Norgaard has taken an active interest in the development of programs aimed at identifying dyslexic children early so they can get help that will enable them to overcome the challenges of dyslexia. She succeeded last year in getting the state

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to adopt a handbook on dyslexia that is now available on the state Department of Education’s website, azed.gov/dyslexia. “I am appreciative of Representative Norgaard’s leadership on this issue to bring together parents and education organizations from around the state to collaborate with ADE and develop this

important new resource,” Douglas said of the handbook. Norgaard said a comprehensive approach to identifying and helping children with dyslexia is long overdue – especially since the disorder can be diagnosed in children as young as 3. “While visiting our schools, and look-

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“We also reached out to ASU and are working with their Department of Speech and Hearing Science,” she said. “Their graduate students are working with our team and getting hands-on experience while the preschool students are getting the most innovation learning techniques from the university.” The Mariposa Elementary program “is not only they first of its kind in Arizona, but the first of its kind in the USA,” Norgaard said, adding she and the rest of the team “will be objectively measuring the results of this pilot program at Kyrene, and will develop a template to duplicate this program in ours and other districts.” “I hope we can get the word out to parents, teachers and students to help diagnose these exceptional students so that their achievements can be fulfilled,” she said. “We are asking for testimonials from the parents of the students that have been in the program this year,” she added. “A few parents who were there at the observation commented that ‘My child did not see this until third grade’ or ‘wish we had this when my child was here.’”

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them on a trip to the nation’s capital. And the idea got a push when lobbyists from Estonia-based Starship Technologies sought permission to deploy them in Arizona. Only thing is, current law prohibits

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and pedestrian-control signals. “It has to obey the laws and it can’t be mowing people down, obviously,’’ Townsend explained earlier in the session. “I want them to have to abide by our laws so that they’re not just running amok.’’ But Townsend put another qualifier into the measure: The permission of these devices to use Arizona sidewalks will selfdestruct Sept. 1, 2020, unless lawmakers renew that authority. Other bills signed by Ducey include: • Requiring schools to have “reasonable and appropriate policies’’ to notify a student’s parent if anyone engages in threatening, harassing or intimidating conduct against that student; • Creating a category of “dental therapist’’ and describing what kinds of things they can do and where they can practice; • Making it a crime to knowingly flee from an unmarked police vehicle; • Imposing stiffer criminal penalties on those who kill someone in an auto accident if they are violating other laws like running a stop sign or failing to yield See

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on’t be surprised if sometime next year you see acres and acres of what appears to be marijuana growing, unfenced, in the desert. But don’t bother stopping to pick some to smoke. Gov. Doug Ducey last week signed legislation that finally authorizes Arizona farmers to grow of hemp. Proponents contend that the plant, which can produce things like fibers for clothing and oils for soaps, would give Arizona farmers some new options to make money off something that likely would grow well in the desert environment. “This bill opens Arizona to the possibility of a new agricultural product,’’ the governor said in a prepared statement, saying the measure “could have a positive economic impact for the state.’’ And it’s only taken nearly two decades to get here. The issue isn’t so much industrial hemp. Instead it’s the fact that it really is a form of marijuana.

Prior legislation was sidelined amid questions of how law enforcement could differentiate between crops. The law that takes effect next summer seeks to resolve that two ways. First, it contains a clear chemical definition of what is not being made legal. That includes anything with a concentration of tetrahydrocannibinol, the psychoactive element of marijuana, of more than 0.3 percent. “Expecting to get high on hemp is like expected to get drunk on a case of O’Doul’s,’’ quipped Sen. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, during debate on his legislation, referring to the nonalcoholic beer. “It’s a waste of time.’’ Second, the only people who will be able to grow the crop are those who have permission of the state Department of Agriculture. The agency will not only be able to inspect the facilities but also prohibit the use of hemp seeds it has not specifically authorized. And the agency is going to get $500,000 a year to hire inspectors and police the industry. This change is a long time in coming. The House and Senate actually voted

in 2001 to allow the state’s universities to research industrial hemp as a cash crop, only to have the measure vetoed by thenGov. Jane Hull who said she didn’t want to spend public money on a project that “may detract from the goals I support.’’ Anyway, Hull pointed out that federal law prohibited the possession and growing of all forms of cannabis plants. Legislation in 2002 to have research funded by commercial interests faltered even with sponsors having a press conference in front of an American flag made with hemp fibers. Part of what changed is the 2014 federal Farm Bill which specifically allows universities and state to cultivate industrial hemp for research if allowed by state law and the grow sites are certified and registered by the state. And a 2015 federal law removed hemp from the list of controlled substances as long as its THC content did not exceed 0.3 percent. The National Conference of State Legislatures reports at least 35 states have now passed law related to industrial See

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hemp. Borrelli said hemp farming makes sense in a place like Arizona, where farmers could probably get four cuttings of the plant a year. “It’s very economical,’’ he said, saying hemp uses 90 percent less water than cotton. Even with all that, this year’s measure still raised questions. Sen. Gail Griffin, R-Hereford, wanted to know how law enforcement will know whether a crop is legit or not. Borrelli said the key is a grower or processor having proper credentials. If not? “Then they’re going to go to jail,’’ he said. Borrelli also said that context is important. He said most of the marijuana being cultivated for medical use is grown in climate-controlled greenhouses. But hemp, Borrelli said, is likely to be found in an open field. And Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, a former police officer, said law enforcement has access to field test kits that can quickly determine whether a plant is legal or otherwise.

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State schools chief targeting use of ‘evolution’ in schools BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

he state’s top school official is trying to downplay – and in some cases remove entirely – references to evolution in the standards of what students are supposed to be taught in Arizona high schools. Superintendent of Public Instruction is proposing to eliminate requirements that students be able to evaluate how inherited traits in a population can lead to evolution. Replacing that last word would be “biological diversity.’’ Elsewhere, Douglas seeks to repeal language that student develop the understanding of how “adaptations contribute to the process of biological evolution.’’ Instead that verbiage would read “how traits within populations change over time.’’ And a reference to the “mechanism of biological evolution’’ would be supplanted with “change in genetic composition of a population over successive generations.’’ The word “evolution’’ would remain in some other places, though it would specifically be referred to as a theory. But It isn’t just the idea of evolution

(Melissa Fossum/AFN Contributor)

State Superintendent of Schools Diane Douglas is quietly changing the way and extent that evolution is taught in public schools.

that’s on Douglas’ hit list. The standards crafted by the committee had said students should be able to analyze and interpret “supporting evidence for the Big Bang theory and the scale of the universe.’’ That verbiage is gone, replace with the more generic “theories related to the scale and expansion of the universe.’’ But Douglas told Capitol Media Services this isn’t her attempt to replace the teaching of evolution with “intelligent design.’’ That essentially is a theory that life is too complex to have evolved at random and must be the product of some specific design, presumably by a higher power.

“We have absolutely nothing in these standards in reference to intelligent design,’’ she said. The changes have drawn particular concern after a local TV station unearthed an audio recording of Douglas from last November where she was speaking at an event for Republican candidates. “Should the theory of intelligent design be taught along with the theory of evolution? Absolutely,’’ she said. Douglas said Monday she was simply giving her personal beliefs on the issue. And she called reports that she is trying to put intelligent design into the curriculum “fake news.’’ But in those November comments, the school superintendent did not separate out her own beliefs from those of what she thinks should be taught in public schools. “I had a discussion with my staff because we’re currently working on science standards, to make sure this issue was addressed in the standards we’re working on,’’ Douglas said at the time. Douglas stressed earlier this week that the word “evolution’’ does remain in the standards, at least in several places. “But we need to look at it from all sides,’’ she added.

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Democrats press Ducey for school safety session BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

emocrat lawmakers are using Friday’s school shooting in Texas in a bid to get Gov. Doug Ducey to call lawmakers into special session to adopt new gun laws. In separate letters to the governor, House and Senate minority leaders said they are willing to provide the needed votes for a package. All it would take, they said, is for Ducey to add some of the things they want to the package, things like mandatory background checks when weapons are sold at gun shows. But Ducey appeared uninterested, saying Friday that he offered up what he called “common-sense reforms’’ that never made it into law. And press aide Daniel Scarpinato said his boss wants members of both parties “to put politics aside and join in support.’’ Meanwhile, an Ahwatukee man who has been waging a one-person campaign for greater security in Kyrene

middle schools renewed his call for Superintendent Jan Vesely to reschedule the town hall she had planned on school safety earlier this month. Vesely cancelled it because the teacher walkout was still in progress. It was not just Democrats who refused to vote for the governor’s package. Ducey lacked sufficient support from his own Republican majority for what the governor portrayed as the keystone of his package: Severe Threat Orders of Protection, allowing family members, school administrators and even roommates to ask courts to have people evaluated to see if they should be force to surrender their weapons. State Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, told Capitol Media Services on Friday he’s not sure that the STOP orders Ducey wants can ever be enacted in a way that he and fellow Republicans believe sufficiently See

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protects individual rights. What all that means is that, new school shooting or not, the chances for legislative action here in the near future are virtually nil unless one side or the other makes significant concessions. The back-and-forth came just hours after nine students and a teacher were killed at a high school south of Houston. A 17-year-old was taken into custody. “Praying for the community at Santa Fe High School,’’ the governor tweeted out shortly after the attack. “Governor, prayers are not enough,’’ responded House Democrat leaders in their letter to him. And Rep. Randall Friese, D-Tucson, the assistant minority leader, told Capitol Media Services there’s a deal to be had – along with the Democrat votes that come with it. “We put on the table what it would take to get us closer to joining him with his watered-down, NRA vetted and approved piece of legislation that was,

in fact, possible counterproductive,’’ he said. That starts with some attempt to close what he called the “loopholes’’ of allowing weapons to be sold by individuals at gun shows without the same check federal firearms dealers must do to find out if a buyer is legally entitled to own a gun. Friese said this works hand-in-hand with Ducey’s proposal for STOP orders. Anyone whom a judge finds is a danger to self or others not only would have to forfeit weapons but would be placed into a database that dealers check to see if someone is what the law calls a “prohibited possessor.’’ “The first step in that is creating a system of comprehensive background checks and making sure these people, if there’s some reason that they fall out, they’re identified,’’ Friese said, and precluded from completing a purchase at a gun show. “That’s not a loophole,’’ Farnsworth said. “These are private sales,’’ he continued. “So the question is, should private sales

be required to do background checks and take ID, and is it their burden to make sure a prohibited possessor doesn’t have a gun?’’ Ducey in an earlier interview dismissed the Democrats’ contention that expanding background checks would secure their votes for the package. “They had an issue with school resource officers,’’ he said, with objections to having more people with access to weapons on campus, even police officers. “I’m someone who just believes someone who is trained in law enforcement inside a school is a good thing.’’ Farnsworth, who operates a charter school, would even go a step beyond armed officers. “We are foolish if we think that by putting background checks or closing the so-called loophole in gun shows that people are not going to still get on campuses and shoot children, because we’ve made them gun-free zones,’’ he said. “You can’t stop it,’’ Farnsworth said. “What you can do is you can meet

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force with force,’’ he said, with properly trained civilians. That still leaves the question of those STOP orders. Friese and Democrats contend that the plan offered by Ducey requires those seeking such orders to jump through too many hoops. They prefer what the Giffords gun-control group has proposed. That organization faulted Ducey’s plan for requiring require a court to have a minimum of two hearings and make three separate findings before suspending someone’s access to guns. And the organization said it does not appear to give courts the ability to temporarily disarm someone who has made credible threats of violence motivated by hate or bigotry. But Republicans contend that what Ducey proposed was actually overly broad. “What we can’t do is turn it into a witch hunt,’’ Farnsworth said. “And we can’t take away constitutionally protected rights.’’

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added. “I think you would have to sue the meter companies and that would cost thousands of dollars.” The meter issues started as a trickle in August, when Susan Manolis, whose husband, Steve, is vice president of the Foothills Gateway HOA, complained about the July meter reading for one of the association’s five common-grounds meters. The bill showed a 1-million-gallon spike for the 224-home HOA near Frye Road and 48th Street for a meter that monitors water for a tiny pocket park. The reading brought an unexpected tab of more than $6,000. Though one sprinkler was broken, Steve Manolis said, the amount of water that the meter reported would have created a pool 23 feet deep. By the end of August, dozens of homeowners jumped on social media to give their horror stories about surprising bills that cost them hundreds – and sometimes thousands – in charges they never expected. Most of the readings involved usage in July and August. In July, the city completed an eight-year project involving the replacement of 425,000 water meters within a 540-square-mile service area with so-called automatic meter reading equipment, which officials said would improve accuracy. The new system was aimed at preventing a controversy now raging in San Diego, where a former employee had misread 343 meters, resulting in an average overcharge of $300 for customers there. But the Ahwatukee complaints also echoed problems in other cities across the country that had automatic meter reading systems and where hundreds of water customers complained of spikes. Those problems have occurred in small towns as well as cities as large as Atlanta, and they too apparently have never been explained. The complaints in Ahwatukee – the only part of Phoenix where city Water Services Department officials said they were hearing of problems – prompted DiCiccio to hold a town meeting in late October. About 100 angry and frustrated residents showed up to hear Water Services Manager Kathryn Sorensen and DiCiccio promise to continue investigating the reasons for the erratic bills. At the same time, Sorensen asserted that her department’s investigation showed no problems with city equipment after it conducted a random survey of 400 of the approximately 26,000 me-

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ters in Ahwatukee. By the end of the town hall, five residents – all professionals in highly technical fields, including engineering and software – volunteered to serve on an impromptu task force under DiCiccio and Stone. They obtained data and other information – except for water bills themselves because they are protected by privacy laws – in an effort to determine an explanation for the high bills. What was particularly puzzling – and still hasn’t been answered – is why readings spiked in only one, or occasionally two, months and then returned to normal. “It’s not normal,” DiCiccio said at the time. Though the Water Services Department urged the unhappy customers to check for leaks, many of those reporting high bills said they had done that – and no leaks were discovered. Water Services spokeswoman Stephanie Bracken said that after the town hall, 95 customers initially signed up for follow-up visits by her department, though nearly half ultimately declined or did not respond to the city’s offer to investigate their meters. Of the remaining 49 customers that received a field visit from Phoenix Water Services staff, Bracken said all meters, registers transmitters worked fine, all electronic reads matched the physical read on the meters and field tests indicated the meters were reading consumption accurately. “There were no leaks on the ‘city’ side of the meter that would have impacted the customer’s bill,” she added. Bracken also said that most of the 95 customers who had originally signed up for further inspections “experienced monthly consumption levels in their two-year billing history that were higher than their July 2017 consumption levels. “Once explained, this resolved many customer concerns,” she added, adding that “the high consumption months varied for the accounts that were analyzed.” “Since completing all field visits,” Bracken said, “Water Services has not received any further complaints.” Despite its work, the task force also failed to come up with an explanation for the readings, Stone said. He said he called other areas in the country where problems with automated meters had occurred, but no one seems to have come up with any explanation. “Out of our 90 or so cases, most had leaks,” he said, “but it’s that unexplained number that bothers me.” He said the task force could not go to

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Phoenix Water Services customers in Ahwatukee complained of sudden spikes in their monthly water bills during a town hall on the problem last October.

the company that makes the meters because it would have been seeking proprietary information that the companies could easily keep secret unless they were forced to divulge the details by a court order. And that would require a lawsuit that could cost a considerable amount of money – and still yield no explanation. “Unless the city got onboard and went to these companies, the only alternative

would be for someone to sue,” he said. Meanwhile, with summer just around the corner, Bracken suggested the Ahwatukee customers study their past water usage, advising: “We encourage customers to understand their consumption patterns and particularly the typical increase in consumption during the hot summer months so that customers can better conserve our most precious resource.”

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Ahwatukee dance instructor Kimberly Lewis is putting the final touches on her spring musical-ballet, “Once Upon a Time,” which will be presented at Desert Vista High School’s Fine Arts Theater at noon and 6:30 p.m. June 2. Tickets are all for assigned seating and range from $15 to $35. They are available at tututix.com/dancestudio111. During rehearsals last weekend, 1) Chase Scheffel practiced proposing; 2) Kendall Birnbaum perfected her poise; 3) Seth Sterling and Natalie Sterling rehearsed a chorus number; 4) Gianna Roberts followed the director; 5) Zora Griffin Todd, left, Caprie Anders, center, took directions from Carrie Anders, artistic director for Lewis’ Dance Studio 111; 6) little Leni Grace Arena watched fellow performers; 7) Zora and Santiago Griffin Todd grew expansive and 8) Avery Katharine worked on her movements.

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Ahwatukee optometrist’s book looks at saving kids' eye health BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

r. Mark Page has written and edited a book helping parents to help their children do better in school, play and life. “Freedom! The Smart Parents Guide: How to Help Your Child See a Better Life” was compiled in book form by Page, who has owned Arizona’s Vision in Ahwatukee since 1994. His office at 15215 S. 48th St. is his second Ahwatukee location since its founding. His book includes seven other optometrist contributors from throughout the U.S. who offer parents common-sense solutions that can help improve their child’s eyesight. Some suggestions as simple as encouraging a child to spend more time outside rather than exclusively in front of a computer or television screen. And there are solid eye-health reasons for following their tips because they can help reduce a child’s need for glasses or, if they are already wearing them, help slow eye issues that could worsen with age. “There’s almost an epidemic of people

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Ahwatukee optometrist Dr. Mark Page's book helps parents preserve their kids' vision.

becoming nearsighted. In the last 40 years, the number of kids alone going nearsighted as gone up 60 percent,” said Page. “When we spend too much time in-

doors, which happens a lot when kids are glued to their smartphones or on video games, the peripheral vision can’t focus on distant objects. This can also happen in congested urban areas. The image in the center of the eye might be in focus, but the images on the sides of the eyeball are blurry.” Page noted the usual medical solution for solving nearsightedness in children, or adults, has been the prescribing of glasses. But, he said, with stronger and stronger eyeglass prescriptions needed, many patients’ eyes continued to worsen rather than improve. “When people came in to see me, we’d give them a prescription for glasses, and it was amazing – they could see more clearly. But usually with kids, within a year or sometimes even less, they’d come back in and couldn’t see, so we had to make their prescriptions stronger. We kept making them stronger, but that further increased the risk of their eyes being damaged later in life.” And this quandary is where epiphany struck. “Seeing this, I started wondering if there

was some way to make the eye stronger instead of the glasses stronger,” he said. Page’s interest in finding another way to help those with eye problems, and indeed his inspiration to become a doctor, had its origin in watching his grandmother succumb to blindness. In later years, it was his father and brother who spurred him on after both required eye surgery. “My grandmother had to ask, ‘Which one are you?’ when we went to visit,” he recalled. “My dad had a very high astigmatism, and my brother very high nearsightedness. I am not exactly sure what caused my grandma to lose her vision. My dad and my brother both had problems with their retina. My dad had major surgery on his right eye, but without much success. “My brother was treated the same day he noticed the changes to his vision and is still doing very well,” said Page. “If the technology had been available when they were young, I believe it would have reduced their risk of their eye problems.” Page also had eye problems. As a senior in high school, he said, he could no longer See

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Dr. Richard and Judy Lovins celebrate 60 years of wedded bliss BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

nyone who has watched in wonder as six older married couples in the 1989 movie “When Harry Met Sally” sat side by side speaking of how they met would love sitting down with Richard and Judy Lovins of Ahwatukee. The couple celebrated 60 years of marriage Sunday, May 20, with approximately 50 friends and family at the Double Tree Inn in Tempe. That’s just about how many they had at their wedding in 1958 in Hartford, Connecticut. Speaking with Dr. Richard Lovins and Judy, author of the memoir “The Redhead in the Mirror,” is like conversing with newlyweds. They’re courteous to each other, often finishing each other’s sentences. They laugh in unison and both evince a fine sense of humor. When asked what advice they’d give to those wishing to attain anywhere close to six decades of a successful marriage, she answers first.

“And we still don’t forget to say ‘I’m sorry’ when it’s due. It’s absolutely necessary,” Judy added. The couple, who have a son and daughter and four grandchildren, met after the death in Connecticut of Judy’s first husband, Seymour Fenster, at age 29, after a prolonged illness. He too was an optometrist. It was there the fates brought Dr. Lovins to meet the new widow, who was only 25. Dr. Lovins, a doctor of optometry, also holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, “The very day my husband passed away, Richard was in his practice in another part of (Andrea Pasquale/Sun Sounds of Arizona) Dr. Richard Lovins and his wife Judy of Ahwatukee celebrated the state and said, ‘I’m going to their 60th wedding anniversary on Sunday. see if there is another practice I can buy.’ So, he came to New “One word. Respect,” she said. Britain because he thought it “Mutual respect,” he nodded. sounded romantic. It wasn’t romantic at She said, “We still use our please and all; it was the home of Stanley Tools. He thank-yous. It doesn’t spoil the romance at saw an optometrist office and stopped and all.” asked…,” she paused and turned to her

husband, asking, “Honey, would you rather tell this?” Her spouse took up the telling. “He said he didn’t know of any in New Britain, but told me, ‘There’s an optometrist who just died, and showed me the obituary.’” He located the address and drove to see the office. “And to make a long story short, we met in a business setting,” said Judy. “We negotiated the sale and he bought the practice. I lived in Hartford, but I owned the land, so I’d slip in and see him when he wasn’t busy because he was my tenant.” That’s how it began. They became friends and then started dating. “My husband knew he was going and made me promise I would not spend a long time grieving. I was young,” she recalled. “He said, ‘You get up and live your life and be open to another love.’ I made him a promise, and I consider a promise to be sacred.” Judy and Richard discovered they had See

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Ahwatukee Women’s Club at ARC awards 3 charities

Check for a Lump and Andrea Pasquale with Sun Sounds of Arizona. Check for a Lump tries to motivate other women to perform breast self-exams in the hopes of detecting breast cancer in the early stages. Shortly after it was founded, it began a second program to provide free wigs to women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer treatment in Arizona. It has assisted over 950 women with a custom wig. Sun Sounds bridges the information gap between current print media and people who cannot use it because of a disability by providing audio access to information to people who cannot read print because they have a disability. The Child Abuse Prevention Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer) & Awareness Coalition educates On hand for the Ahwatukee Women’s Club’s presentation of checks were club member(Kimberly Babs Lester, Holly Rose of citizens about child abuse. Don’t Be a Chump, Donna Shott of the Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Coalition, women's club president Ann

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he Ahwatukee Women’s Club at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center recently gave checks for $500 to three charities from the money it raises through a variety of fundraisers. The club was organized to promote a friendly social environment where members can become aware of community needs. This year the charities that were selected are: the Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness Coalition’s Be a Hero to a Child program, Sun Sounds of Arizona, and Don’t Be a Chump Check for a Lump. Accepting the checks on their behalf were Donna Shott of the Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness Coalition, Holly Rose with Don’t Be a Chump

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see the chalkboard. “I became nearsighted and needed to wear glasses,” said Page, who at 54 still wears glasses on occasion. After extensive research and continuing education, Page designed Invisalens – a process by which patients wear custom-designed overnight cornea-molding correction lenses designed to manage and arrest the development of myopia, especially among children. “We’re trying to slow down or stop the eye from getting worse. As you get older, the eyeball gets longer and the more it stretches, the more brittle it becomes. Ideally that will stop the eye from getting longer. If we can create some effect, there should also be less chance of the retina detaching,” he explained. “Research shows the higher the prescription the greater the risk of retinal detachment, also glaucoma and myopic maculopathy – a condition where the stretching of the eye can cause cracks or even bleeding in the back of the eye.” The non-surgical treatment has proved to be very helpful to children who must be 18 years of age before having the alterna-

tive, Lasik eye surgery. “By reshaping the eye surface with the Invisalens retainers, we can restore the focus on the sides of the eyeball and stabilize the vision,” said Page. Fannie Tam of Chandler said her daughter, Monet, a Hamilton HIgh School senior, has used Invisalens for the past six years, and she feels it has been beneficial to her daughter’s success as a competitor in Chinese dance competitions. She goes to nationals next month. “Monet is a beautiful Chinese dancer and has been performing solo dances at various events in town and is proud to be a first-place winner in CRU Dance. Monet started wearing glasses in elementary school. She started to fall in love with Chinese dance and found wearing glasses was very inconvenient. A couple of my friends’ children were wearing this nighttime-wear contact lenses and recommended Dr. Page,” said Tam. Chandler’s Anna Han, a renowned pianist preparing to attend the 11th Annual Dublin International Piano Competition in Ireland, is also a patient of Page’s – and a fan of Invisalens. “I’ve been using Invisalens for about 10 years. Since then, my prescription has not changed, and I’ve been able to go about my

days without worrying about vision problems, locating my glasses or eye discomfort,” said Han, who has performed with symphonies around the world. “Whether I’m traveling, going to school, performing or doing physical activity, Invisalens has provided an important convenience in my life, and I cannot imagine going back to glasses or daytime contact lenses.” Page’s book, “Freedom! The Smart Parents Guide: How to Help Your Child See a Better Life!,” covers different procedures and technologies for controlling myopia or slowing it, is available on Amazon. Information: Invisalens.com

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much in common, including their religion and how they practiced it. They’d both gone to the University of Connecticut, but he left the semester before she arrived. Other serendipitous connections emerged: Their parents were married on the same day in the same year. Judy’s sister was born the same month and year as Richard. Other mutual coincidences in their lives kept popping up. “We say it was meant to be,” said Judy. “With the beginning we had, and all the dates coinciding and maybe all the stars aligning. We think it’s a miracle.” “It was an unbelievable coincidence of events,” he agreed. The pair married three months after his serendipitous drive through Connecticut in search of a new optometry practice. “The wedding was very happy, with 50 people,” Judy recalled. Six decades has brought a lot of changes: first their children: son Michael Lovins and daughter Susan Eick. And now, they have grandchildren: Michael’s grown children, Amanda and Alex, and Susan’s college-age daughters, Annie and Leah.

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“We’ve weathered a complete change in geography, moving from Connecticut to Arizona, and in midlife, I went back to school and changed my whole profession,” said Dr. Lovins, adding: “I returned to school at 39 and received my Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Connecticut shortly after my 43rd birthday. I practiced clinical psychology longer than I did optometry.” The family moved to north central Phoenix in 1971 and moved to Ahwatukee 15 years ago. At that time, Judy was a volunteer with Channel 8, Arizona PBS. She served as a Channel 8 volunteer for 25 years, and the Burton Barr Public Library. Under the name Judy Horowitz Fenster Lovins, she published “The Redhead in the Mirror” in 2014. Amazon describes it as a story “of the battle between a complex, volatile mother’s desire to sculpt her daughter according to her own vision, and the girl’s determination to find and become her true self…A true coming-of-age story spanning the Great Depression through war and into modern times.” “I always knew I wanted to be a writer,” said Judy, who after graduating from Boston University’s School of Public Relations and Communications, and prior to her first

marriage, worked as an advertising copywriter. “I was first published when I was 6 years old when a poem I wrote about wearing glasses was published in the local paper.” She continued her professional years in dual careers as a writer and administrator. Volunteerism is still important to the pair. He has been with Tempe-based Sun Sounds of Arizona for 16 years and was feted by his fellow volunteers and staff last month to celebrate his 90th birthday. Dr. Lovins currently has three Sun Sounds programs for which he’s responsible, reading to his audience who cannot read or hold print material because of a disability. As a volunteer, he reads the Wall Street Journal; he is the voice for The Historian, which covers various history topics; and he’s initiated his own program that shares his knowledge of eye problems and cutting-edge optometry breakthroughs entitled “See for Yourself.” Sun Sounds director Andrea Pasquale greatly admires the couple. “Dick inspires me because he is like the Energizer Bunny. He reads three programs and is always looking for more,” said Pasquale. “Dick and Judy are a great couple. They’re so much fun and up for anything. I think their sense of humor is a key part to

their relationship and youth.” Among other volunteer duties, for the past 15 years Judy, has been the coordinator of a book cub called Reader’s Roundtable, held at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center. “It’s an amazing group of 16 women, all approximately the same education, intellect and sense of humor. People probably walk by and hear all the laughter and think we’re a comedy club,” she laughed. The two were involved for years with Arizona Masterworks Chorale, and Dr. Lovins performed with the group at Carnegie Hall. Michael Lovins, of Mesa, was at the anniversary party and remarked at his admiration for, and of, his parents. “My sister and I are both very proud of our parents, not only for their physical longevity, but the longevity and stability of their relationship which has certainly affected our lives in many positive ways,” he said. He added he now follows in their footsteps, volunteering in the East Valley, especially with animal shelters. “When I was going to ASU in my early 20s and majoring in broadcasting, I volunteered at Sun Sounds as a reader and later as an audio engineer,” Michael said. “Little did I know that when my dad retired, he would carry on the family tradition to such lofty heights.”

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hwatukee recorded another sevenfigure home sale recently as its luxury-home market appears to keep chugging along after a slow start this year. A six-bedroom, 5,500-square-foot single-level home at 3531 E. Modoc Court, in Equestrian Estates, sold for $1.1 million. The house’s stunning contemporary design is complemented by an equally stunning interior. The recently remodeled 34-year-old home sold for a price that was about twice the price it sold for just five years ago, according to Zillow.com

High-end finishes and distinctive designs grace the house at every corner, from handcrafted mahogany cabinets surrounding diamond-white quartz countertops and high-end appliances in the kitchen to the massive master bedroom with a luxurious bathroom. Three fireplaces, one on the spacious patio, also adorn the home. The home’s double-split plan features secondary bedrooms on two separate wings along with the master bedroom as well as a large loft that can serve as an office with spectacular views of South Mountain. See Million photos on page RE7

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Understanding closing costs will spare you surprises BY STACEY LYKINS AFN Guest Writer

losing costs are a large part of the mortgage process. Being an informed consumer is important in asking for discounts and making sure rates and fees are competitive. You will be given a list of costs associated with the mortgage and title and escrow fees. These fees and amounts are beyond your down payment. Usually, closing costs

are paid by the buyer, but with some mortgages – VA, for example – the seller can pay closing costs. Buyers can also ask for the seller to assist with some closing costs are part of the offer process. As an informed mortgage customer, you should go over all the fees and costs with your mortgage banker with a full explanation of who receives the fees and why. Here’s a breakdown of the most common closing costs and fees with a rough estimate of average cost. These costs and fees can vary by state, county and service provider.

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home in case of damage or theft. Normally, six to 12 months of the premium is paid at closing. Read your policy to determine what is covered and what is not since companies and policies can vary wildly. Escrow deposit for property taxes and mortgage insurance varies but normally two months’ worth is due at closing. Recording fees also vary with the municipality, They are charged by your local government recording office, usually city or county, for recording your ownership in the property. Processing fee, which can cost up to $1,000, goes to your lender and reimburses the cost to process the information on your loan application. Underwriting fee of up to $795 also goes to your lender to cover the cost of determining if you are a good credit risk. Loan discount points, which are often zero to 2 percent of the loan amount, are prepaid interest and calculated as a percentage of your loan amount. It is a lumpsum payment up front that lowers your monthly payment for the life of your loan. Pre-paid interest, which varies depending on loan amount, interest rate and time of month you close on your loan, is money that gets the interest paid up through the first of the month. Property taxes, usually six months worth, are collected at close of escrow and paid to the mortgage company, which in turn pays the taxes when due. Termite inspection is required by the lender, and generally runs up to $125. Termites can be expensive to have treated. Occasionally the seller has a termite warranty that can be transfered to the buyer. HOA fees should be paid by the seller prior to the close of escrow if there are outstanding payments. The buyer will get a form showing what the dues are, a copy of the association financial statements, minutes and notices. The buyer should determine if the HOA has enough reserves and if there are special assessments, legal actions or any other items that might be of concern. Suggested but not required is a home inspection and the amount varies depending upon the size of the property, generally $250 to $650. Make sure to understand how much closing fees are; you can always negotiate or ask for a discount. The mortgage and title companies are required to provide you an estimate and go over every line item. -To learn more: contact Ahwatukee resident and Associate Broker Stacey Lykins, West USA, at 602-616-9971, at S.Lykins@LykinsProperties. com or LykinsProperties.com.

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ith home prices zooming ever higher and mortgage rates ticking up, some people may no longer be required to get formal property appraisals - a change that could save them hundreds of dollars and speed up the closing process. A little-known change in requirements last year from mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has made these waivers for traditional, in-person appraisals available. The government-sponsored enterprises have started to use proprietary analytics and property data to value homes. That’s instead of having professional appraisers come out to physically inspect the homes, they look at recent sales data in the area and perform their own analyses to come up with the valuation. A traditional in-person appraisal costs an average of $500, according to Fannie. That cost is footed by the loan seeker, whether it’s a buyer getting a mortgage or a homeowner trying to refinance. Not everyone is eligible for these appraisal-free loans, which typically require a down payment of at least 20 percent, according to the Washington Post. Borrowers can’t request these faster-track valuations; Fannie and Freddie identify properties that they deem appropriate, favoring those that have had other appraisals in the past few years. “If [Fannie and Freddie] have a good basic inventory of information about the house, its value, and what it sold for, you’re more apt to get a property inspection waiver,”

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said one mortgage originator. “The longer it hasn’t been appraised, the more apt you are not going to get a property inspection waiver.” That means if a property hasn’t been appraised in the past decade, there’s a good chance it’s not eligible for a waiver. Of Fannie’s roughly 1.2 million home mortgages, only about 5 percent, or 60,000, were no-appraisal mortgages in 2017, according to data given to the Post. Freddie hadn’t tallied its number of no-appraisal mortgages but estimates they will eventually account for between 10 to 15 percent of its new loans. But just because folks are offered the option of skipping a traditional appraisal, it doesn’t mean they can’t get one. The question is whether they should opt to save a few bucks or hire a flesh-and-blood appraiser anyway. “It can save buyers money, but it can potentially lead to them overpaying if they don’t have that second opinion in the appraisal,” said chief economist Danielle Hale of realtor.com. That’s because if the appraisal comes in lower than the price of a home, buyers could have some room to negotiate. “But many markets are so hot right now that buyers may not be able to negotiate the price anyway even if an appraisal came back too low.” In March, 42 percent of buyers had contingencies in their purchase contracts allowing them to back out if the appraisal came back too low, according to the National Association of Realtors.

It’s less risky for borrowers forgoing a formal appraisal when they refinance a home loan. “If you’re refinancing solely to get a lower rate and nothing else has really changed about the property itself, it just makes sense,” Hale said. “It can save money.” Loosening the requirements around appraisals could also help offset the looming appraiser shortage. The number of appraisers nationally has been declining about 1 to 2 percent annually for the past few years, according to the Appraisal Institute, an industry trade group based in Chicago. And with nearly two-thirds of current appraisers at least 51 years old as of last year, home appraisals could become more expensive and take longer to complete in coming years. Not everyone is a fan of doing away with in-person appraisals. Sacramento-based appraiser Ryan Lundquist told the Post that Fannie and Freddie’s computer programs “cannot smell 20 cats living at the property.” They also can’t identify problems with the home that can lower the value of a property. “Appraisals are the gold standard for real estate evaluation,” said Ken Chitester, spokesman for the Appraisal Institute. “As a homeowner, it means you could be selling for less than what you should be getting. As a home buyer, you could be overpaying.” -Realtor.com provided this report.

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non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the community. The course is taught in the community by a team of trained first responders and community members who have completed training at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Emergency Management Institute in Maryland and includes disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression, basic disaster medical operations, light search and rescue operations and terrorism awareness. “After a disaster, first responders and other government service providers are overwhelmed,” the city said. “Public services cannot be delivered everywhere that help is needed. Experience has shown that in a disaster setting, ordinary citizens make over 80 percent of successful rescues as they respond to the emergency in their See

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Desert Garden Montessori kids competed in Seed Spot contest

Desert Garden Montessori fielded two teams of eighth-graders as finalists in the recent 2018 Seed Spot High School Demo. Middle and high school students from different parts of the U.S. presented business ideas and inventions to compete for cash prizes to either fund their projects or future college education. One team presented Seed Pop, an environmentally friendly lollipop that contains non-invasive seeds in its stick that can help repopulate trees. The other team presented TRAK, or Transport Active Kids, an Uber-like ride sharing system to transport children ages 5 to 18.

Alzheimer’s Foundation plans conference on care next month

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Educating America National Tour, featuring a free Concepts in Care educational conference, free memory screenings and other services, comes to Tempe June 22. The program is open to families affected by Alzheimer’s disease, caregivers and anyone interested in learning more about Alzheimer’s. Attendees will learn from renowned Alzheimer’s and caregiving experts about disrupting dementia, setting a standard of care for those living with dementia, tips and strategies for caregivers and activity programming. The conference runs 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Tempe Marriott at the Buttes, 2000 W. Westcourt Way. Information/registration: alzfdn.org/event/afa-educating-america-tour-tempe or call 866-232-8484.

Pecos Pool ready to open for the holiday weekend, summer swims

Pecos Pool will be open this weekend and then open for the summer June 2 through July 29. Swim hours are noon-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 1-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. It is closed Fridays.

DiCiccio stays local, endorses Moses Sanchez for mayor

Stating he is not running, City Councilman Sal DiCiccio endorsed local businessman and Navy veteran Moses Sanchez in the race to replace outgoing Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton. “We need Mayor Moses Sanchez,” DiCiccio said, “Moses’ life is a mirror of our story here in Phoenix. He’s an immigrant who came here as a child and embraced a new life, and man who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, reinventing himself at every stop along the way." “Anyone who’s waiting for me needs to stop wasting time and get behind Moses for mayor,” he added, stating Sanchez has demonstrated his leadership through 21 years in the Navy and nearly four years the Tempe Union school board.

Norgaard thanks Ducey for signing video licensing bill

State Rep. Jill Norgaard, R-18, applauded the enactment of SB 1140, which includes a strike-everything amendment that she sponsored. It establishes a uniform video service license agreement across all municipalities. Prior to the en-

actment of this law, video service providers had to apply for licenses with each of the 91 cities and towns across the state, which can take up to two years to negotiate a license. “I’m happy to see this bill signed into law that eliminated the requirement of video service providers to go through a burdensome regulatory process to provide video service to a city,” said Norgaard. “This law will reduce costs for taxpayers and subscribers and bring greater opportunities for enhanced broadband providers to enter the state.” Municipalities will still maintain the ability to manage and permit for use of rights-of-way.

Duffers might want to help the Kyrene Foundation, which serves needy families in the Kyrene School District, by signing up for its golf tournament. The Kyrene Foundation Golf Classic will be held 7 a.m.-noon June 1 at the Whirlwind Golf Club at Wild Horse Pass, 5692 W. North Loop Road, Chandler. It includes hole-in-one contests for $10,000, a $500 Visa gift card, a 4K HDTV as well as other prizes. Information: Contact Jeff Peters at: jpeters54@ icloud.com or kyrenefoundation.org/event/golf.

Hot tub raffle raising money for Ahwatukee lung transplant

Friends are raffling a hot tub to help Ahwatukee resident Ed Kriesel pay the $1 million cost of a double lung transplant. Krisel, 57, who has never smoked, was diagnosed 10 years ago with a rare genetic disease that has re-

duced his lung capacity by more than half. The raffle tickets are $50 each or three for $100 and only 300 in all will be sold. A drawing will be held at Phoenix Hot Tubs and Swim Spas in Tempe June 2. Information: 612-554-6257.

Y OPAS sets fundraiser, issues call for volunteer drivers

The local YMCA's Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors needs your help in two ways. First it needs your castaways for a fundraiser being sponsored by Realtor Linda Fellows and Goodwill, who are holding a Summer Cleaning Donation Day 8-10 a.m. June 2 at the corner of South 1st Street and East Nighthawk Way, Ahwatukee. For every pound of discarded furniture, clothing and other items, it collects, Goodwill will give Y OPAS 10 cents. Y OPAS also needs part-time volunteers to drive seniors to medical appointments and errands. Information: 602-212-6076 or jill.sears@vosymca.org.

Local author planning workshop on writing biographies

Award-winning Ahwatukee author Katrina Shawver, who just published a book on a Holocaust survivor who lived in Ahwatukee, is holding a writing workshop titled "Bringing Someone Else's Story to Life" 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 14 at Chanding Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe. Cost is $25 and registration is at 480-730-0205. Shawver will address three key challenges she has faced in writing narrative nonfiction and offer tips and resources to writers who want to achieve credibility in their writing.

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New Orleans jazz featured

A New Orleans jazz and klezmer concert will be hosted by Congregation NefeshSoul. It will feature fun music with The Hot Beignets – a traditional New Orleans jazz and klezmer band – and guest vocalist Susan Colin. While cash donations are welcome, a contribution of a jar of smooth peanut butter or fruit-only jelly will serve as the admission and help the Chandler CARE Center provide lunch to children during summer. DETAILS>> 4 p.m., Valley Unitarian Universalist Campus, 6400 W. Del Rio St., Chandler. Information: Kerry Vesper at kerry@kerryvesper.com or 480-4290954.

Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6

This hands-on science lab will engage you and your child in learning together about water on the earth system and sustainability through fun science and arts activities that involve the whole family. This program was provided by the Phoenix Water Services Department. Tickets are required and available in the library 30 minutes before start time on the day of the program. DETAILS>> 2-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 3-12. Free.

It will be “a spoonful of sugar” at the library this summer when Mary Poppins drops in for a magical storytime event. Mary Poppins, in costume, from the Broadway Musical Mary Poppins (appearing this summer at the Arizona Broadway Theatre and the Herberger Theater Center), will read stories, sing songs and pose for pictures. Tickets are limited & available in the library 30 minutes before program start time. DETAILS>> noon-1 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 2-6. Free.

Magic of Richard Steele

Be amazed by mind reading and other feats of magic as renowned magician Richard Steele takes the stage. This program was made possible with support from the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library. Although it is free, tickets are required and available in the library 30 minutes before start time on the day of the program. DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 3-12.

Monthly book discussion

Microsoft and writer

“Word Processing for Writers: Leaving the Long Shadow of Microsoft Word” with Darren Todd is the subject of this month’s Parchment and Prose Writers’ discussion group, which deals with all aspects of the writing process, from conception to publication. There will be no Parchment and Prose in July due to the July 4 holiday. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

Summer STEM Fun:

Drop-in at the library for this fun, hands-on STEM based program. Kids ages 6-11 will create a different project each session. DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E.

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Family H2O STEM Lab

Read the book and join each lively discussion. June’s read: “House of Names” by Colm Tóibín. There will be no discussion in July due to the July 4 holiday. DETAILS>> 7-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAY, JUNE 12 LEGO Lab is fun

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

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

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Drop-in at the library for this fun, hands-on STEM based program. Kids ages 6-11 will create a different project each session. DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20

Juggler James Reid

Juggler James Reid astounds by juggling balls, hoops, and sports equipment…even bowling pins and bowling balls. This program was made possible with generous support from the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library. Tickets are required and available in the library 30 minutes before start time on the day of the program. DETAILS>> Wednesday, June 20, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 3-12. Free.

TUESDAY, JUNE 26

Planning and 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. DETAILS>> 4-6 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 Reptile Fun

Snakes and lizards in the library? Oh my! Meet some of Rich Ihle’s extraordinary reptile friends including a 15-foot boa constrictor. This program was made possible with generous support from the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library. DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 3-12. Free. Tickets are required and available in the library 30 minutes before start time on the day of the program.

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SUNDAYS

Learn gardening from pros

Learn desert gardening by getting your hands dirty with the Ahwatukee Community Gardening Project. Share in the knowledge, the produce, and the smiles. All ages welcome Bring sun protection and water, tools optional. DETAILS>> 8-9:15 a.m. in the northwest corner of 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, 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 480-246-1912 for more information.

TinkerTime

Explore hands-on creative ways to design, experiment, and invent while learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) through tinkering. #stem #tinkertime #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> Sundays, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. 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.

Sign language for walkers

Babies walking to 23 months (accompanied by a favorite adult) enjoy songs, activities to promote movement, rhymes, books and playtime in each lively session DETAILS>> 9:30-10 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages walking to 23 months. Free. Tickets are limited & available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

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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 480-9905444

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>> 3-4 p.m. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-7. Free. No registration

LD 18 Dems meet monthly

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

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>> 4-5 p.m. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 8-17. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAYS

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.

Estrangement support

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

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.,

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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.

DETAILS>> 10:30-11:15 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 3-5. Free. Tickets are limited & available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

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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 noncategory 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, 480990-5444.

Toddlers 24-47 months-old, accompanied by a favorite adult, enjoy interactive activities that encourage emerging language skills such as stories, songs, games, and playtime. Children and caregivers also practice Baby Sign Language, a great way to help young children develop communication skills, in this an active session. Using sign language will speed your toddler’s language development by six-12 months. Tickets are limited & available in the library 30 minutes before program start time. DETAILS>> 10:30-11:00 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 24-47 months. Free.

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Three to five-year-olds (accompanied by a favorite adult) enjoy stories, games and activities designed to nourish the skills that lead to success in school – persistence, flexibility and problem-solving. What is your child learning? Your preschooler is learning about the world and how to master emotions and desires. By teaching her how to focus, take turns, and think creatively, you will get her ready for school. This program includes basic concept knowledge (colors, numbers, letters) as well as structured activities. Free tickets are limited and available 30 minutes before all program start times on the day of the program.

Young readers & listeners can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. Read to Truffles. DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-10. Free. No registration required.

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a “just right” combination of freedom and positive discipline during this free 3-session workshop. The program is designed for attendance at all three sessions. This series covers: your child’s development and growing brain, preventing tantrums and other problems, using mindfulness to keep calm, six ways to prepare your child for school success. Babies up to 6 months-old may accompany their parents/ caregivers. Presenters request that for children over 6 months-old other childcare arrangements be made, to enable a focused learning environment for attendees. All class materials are included, plus gifts for attending. Presented by Arizona’s Children Association and supported by First Things First DETAILS>> June 13, 20 and 27, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages birth to five. Free. Registration is required via the online calendar at phxlib.org.

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. 480893-2579, mvlutheran.org.

Montessori holds open house

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

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 602-527-6789 or essentiallyshelley@gmail.com

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Second Saturday: Read with JoJo. DETAILS>> 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-10. Free. No registration required.

‘Dems and Donuts’ set

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.

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.

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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.

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: May 24, Brandon Schmoll, constable and Tempe Union school board member. DETAILS>> 7:30 a.m. Biscuits Restaurant, 4623 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee. Information: mike.maloney2003@ gmail.com.

Preschoolers’ moms gather

Free child care for ages 0 to 5. DETAILS>> 9 a.m. second and fourth Thursday, Foothills Baptist Church, 15450 S. 21st St. Call Kim at 480-759-2118, ext. 218.

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

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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 480-330-6528 or vppr1811442@toastmastersclubs.org

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Alzheimer’s support group

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. — Email calendar items to pmaryniak@ahwatukees.com

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community. However, many untrained volunteer rescuers actually may cause harm or become injured in the process.” Training covers hazards most likely to affect your home and community, disaster preparation, basic fire suppression techniques, triage, head-totoe assessments, techniques for opening airways, controlling bleeding and treating shock and conducting triage, debris removal and victim extrication and how to search a structure. “People should consider signing up if they have a desire to help their neighbors and the community as a whole, especially in times of need,” said volunteer Danielle Strojnik, who said the city currently has about 180 volunteers. “We are looking for upstanding, dedicated citizens who would like to be able to help in situations before first responders arrive.” “Ahwatukee residents would be called to help in emergencies both in the city and as well as where they live. The focus of the CERT training is to be able to first help yourself, then your family, then neighbors, then the larger community,” Strojnik added. Not all CERT volunteer work involves emergencies. It can also involve handing out information in neighborhoods about safety awareness or providing water during special ceremonies in hot weather that involve first responders. The next 20-hour training session begins June 2. To apply: phoenix.gov/fire/directory/ cert. Information: 602-534-9206

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Breeded ‘teacup’ dog tees off this golfer on the links BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

oday’s “Sign of Impending Apocalypse” comes to us courtesy of Mr. Fairway Dog Walker of Phoenix, who enjoys strolls along a golf course where I am a regular player. While I have yet to successfully brain this gent with an iron shot, I have spoken to him frequently about his dog. He’s very proud of the animal, which currently weighs 25 ounces and resembles a ball of dryer lint after you do a load of beige towels. “Her name is Khaleesi, after the queen from Game of Thrones,” he told me while the dog barked at my golf ball, positioned in rough that came up to the dog’s tiny snout. “She’s a Teacup Morkie.” As it so happens, a Morkie is not named after the spaceman character Mork from Robin Williams’ late 1970s sitcom “Mork and Mindy.” Instead, a Morkie is a tiny designer puppy created by breeding a pure-

bred Yorkshire terrier and a purebred Maltese. According to Khaleesi’s owner, this creates an animal that is “super-smart and just incredibly playful. She has so much energy.” This the puppy demonstrated by emitting a high-pitched yipping noise timed perfectly with my backswing. The ball went dead left into a sand trap. Mr. Dog Walker and Khaleesi accompanied me onward, which led to me asking what such a genetic canine masterpiece costs. Here’s a life hint for you: Whenever someone says, “Oh, I’d be embarrassed to tell you what I paid” for something, they will tell you the exact price, to the penny, within 30 seconds. Which is how I know that Khaleesi the Morkie cost $4,000, “when you count in plane tickets to Wisconsin to pick her up her from the breeder.” Is it any wonder that I skulled the ball out of the bunker and across the green? “You hit that a little thin,” said Mr. Dog Walker.

To which I replied, “You know, at its present weight, your dog costs 160 bucks an ounce. That’s probably more expensive than cocaine.” Khaleesi’s owner seemed unamused. Khaleesi seemed to be sizing up my downhill chip shot like a tiny caddie. I ran it four feet past the hole. This drew more yipping – from both of us. Me: “You know the Humane Society will give you a perfectly good dog for like a couple hundred bucks, right?” Morkie Man seemed unimpressed. He explained that Morkies have been a tradition in his family since the late 1990s. “We had one when the kids were growing up,” he explained. “My son and daughter have male Morkies. And now we have Khaleesi.” Who was emitting a peanut-size pellet of something while her owner spoke. “She does seem smart,” I observed. “At least she didn’t go in the line of my putt.” “It’s a coveted cross,” Mr. Dog Walker explained. “Some folks pay far more than we did. People even finance them, or lease-

to-own. Though we just buy.” Later, I did some online research. People do in fact lease dogs, though not in California or Nevada, which have outlawed dog leasing. Financing a Morkie through a pet loan remains legal, however. I’m unclear on how the repossession laws work, though. Nor was I clear about the speed of my putt, which I tried to time in between Morkie yips. My ball came up approximately two Khaleesis short. “That’s unfortunate,” said the man with the $4,000 dog the size of a cantaloupe. “Double bogey, right?” I nodded. “How long do Morkies live?” I wondered “Our first one lived 12 years,” he explained. “That’s about average for Morkies, I’d guess.” Not if I see Khaleesi again it won’t be. – David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com.

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State legislators ignore misconduct training

While most people were busy watching the events of the #Red4Ed movement unfold at our Legislature a few weeks ago, we missed something else that showed us a great deal about who we are as a state. Arizona’s only two African-American legislators, Reps. Reginald Bolding and Gerae Peten, were told to be quiet and sit down. They were silenced because they objected to the use of the N-word used by their colleague, Rep. Maria Syms, in a column she wrote that was published in the Arizona Republic. However, instead of choosing to censure their colleague, majority Republicans voted to formally rebuke Bolding as well as the only other black member of the Legislature, Democratic Rep. Geraldine Peten, when she began speaking on the same subject. This is just plain wrong. In the midst of 50,000-plus angry educators marching on the Capitol, our legislative leadership chose to reprimand Bolding and Peten. Rep. Bolding said the language Syms used

offended him. “Let me be crystal clear: It’s not acceptable to use a racial slur even if that slur is used as a quote.” This is not the first time our legislative leadership has failed to listen to its minority members. In January, Republican Rep. Todd Clodfelter displayed a Confederate battle flag on his personal computer at the Legislature, and Rep. Peten voiced her concerns, which were ignored. Our Legislature clearly did not learn from their “mandatory” harassment training prompted by the sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Don Shooter that led to his ouster. What exactly did our legislators learn in that training? It appears not much. -Laurie Nerat

We will survive and succeed – as humans, not animals

If you are Mexican in America, you become inured to being considered a criminal, even a rapist. The president believes it. For a decade, Arizona legislative leadership reveled

in describing Latinos as criminals, miscreants surviving on the public teat – here for the “free stuff,” the president of the state Senate said. Of the human family perhaps, but of an inferior species of being. These are “not people who would assimilate easily into the United States into our modern society…fourth-, fifth-, sixth-grade educations are kind of the norm,” Trump’s chief of staff explains. One unfortunately becomes accustomed to being described as intellectually incapable. Being an animal is different. My family and millions of Americ.ans he would consider animals. And the children? Presumably the offspring of animals are not of the human family either. In being declared an animal, we join an historic group of peoples who have been oppressed, abused and murdered. Being declared an animal is not good. The Jew became a rat before the rats were to be extinguished. Der Ewige Jude, “The Eternal Jew,” a multimedia virulently anti-Semitic art and cultural event attracted 412,300 visitors, more than 5,000 per day, during its run at the Deutsches Museum in Munich from Novem-

ber 1937 to January 1938. Importantly, it depicted the Jew as a rat, not a human, but vermin to be destroyed. It foretold what was to come. Before launching the Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi people, the Rwandan government’s propaganda machine declared the Tutsis to be “inyenzi,” or cockroaches. Killing cockroaches is easier than killing humans. It is estimated that 1 million Tutsis were murdered. Being other than human is not good. During the slave era in this country and during the era of Jim Crow, African Americans were dehumanized. They were termed apes, gorillas and monkeys (and in the era of Trump, they occasionally still are). Apes are morally less troubling to enslave, lynch, abuse and discriminate. To be less than human is to be less. I will not leave the human family. Hate will not overtake us. We will resist, we will survive and we will succeed. As humans. -Alfredo Gutierrez The author is a former State Senate president.

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Ahwatukee business riding bigger digital wave BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

he way Michael Vanderslice sees it, the only way to get ahead is to stay ahead of the digital curve. And right now, it’s like riding a tsunami. For five years, the 14-year Ahwatukee resident was vice president of operations for a computer-repair company in Virginia called Geeks on Call and helped grow it to 325 franchise locations nationwide. But people just don’t need help with broken computers any more. So last year, he started TechFly, which can best be described as a company full of digital docs who make house calls. And he’s going one step further, recruiting part-time professional techs who work basically like Uber or Lyft drivers. His concept so impressed Kevin Harrington – one of the original sharks on the hit show “Shark Tank” – that he signed on as one of the investors who have bought into Vanderslice’s dream of testing his concept in Ahwatukee and growing it across the country. “Kevin Harrington was introduced to the concept through our attorney and

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TechFly founder Michael Vanderslice of Ahwatukee, flanked by two fulltime techies Scott LeComte, left, and Jeff McKie, looks at his company as the next generation of business that help people with their digital devices at their home or business.

he just loved the concept and wanted to join the team,” Vanderslice said. “It’s been great having him on the team since he has so much business experience and passion about the brand.” Vanderslice said TechFly is meeting a growing need that didn’t exist when he was running a company that only made house calls to repair computers or set up a wi-fi home network.

Things have “changed dramatically,” he said. “There is a lot more technology,” he explained. “It used to be just computers, then cell phones, then tablets. Now it’s Amazon Echo, home systems that include streaming media devices, Ring doorbells, Google Home, security systems, smart home technology and also car technology that connects to our de-

vices. “Online privacy and data security has become huge, too, as everyone is online ,including criminals. And it used to be just the kids and businesses that had the technology. Now everyone now has it – and most of us have multiple devices.” TechFly’s goal is simple: make sure everything digital works in unison as well as individually because “it’s way beyond repair now,” he said, noting:. “That means all the connected devices in a home, including doorbells, smart TV’s, Bluetooth devices, home audio and video, streaming devices as well as computers and tablets. We even help customers when they get a new car and need to connect their smartphone to their car entertainment system via Bluetooth.” The Penn State University graduate and Pennsylvania native has had a love affair with tech ever since he was in high school. When he started his first business, a retail volleyball store, Vanderslice at an early age saw the benefits of technology, using it to track inventory in his three outlets. “My focus has always been how to use See

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Ducey acts on jobless, liability insurance bills BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

rizonans who don’t take pretty much any job after being out of work for at least four weeks will lose their unemployment benefits, and vehicle owners won’t have to get higher liability insurance minimums as a result of actions last week on two bills by Gov. Doug Ducey. Ducey signed into law a bill that requires an unemployed person collecting unemployment insurance for four weeks to take any job where the employer is offering to pay someone at least 20 percent more than they are collecting in benefits.

And that’s not much, since individuals who are laid off or fired through no fault of their own are entitled to collect payments equal to one-half of what they were earning for up to 26 weeks. The money comes out of a special funds financed by premiums paid by employers. Arizona law limits benefits to $240 a week, no matter how much the person was earning. Only Mississippi has a lower cap. That means someone would have to take any work that pays at least $288 a week – the equivalent of about $15,000 a year – no matter how much she or he was earning before. Meanwhile, motorists are going to be able to operate their cars and trucks on

Arizona roads with the same level of liability insurance they had to purchase in 1972 after Ducey vetoed legislation which would have nearly doubled the amount of coverage necessary. Ducey also expressed concern that increasing those limits beyond what they were when he was 8 years old – he’s 54 now – would make insurance less affordable for those at the bottom of the income scale. And that, he said, could result in some motorists choosing to drop coverage altogether, even though it’s required under state law and carries a $500 minimum penalty. The veto is a major defeat for Sen. Kate Brophy McGee, R-Phoenix, who has

waged a multi-year effort to bring the minimum coverage more into line with how costs of everything from medical care to car repairs have changed. Current law requires motorists to purchase so-called 15/30/10 coverage: $15,000 for injuries to any one person, $30,000 for all injuries from the same mishap, and $10,000 in property damage, usually the other motorist’s vehicle. Ducey provided no explanation for his decision to sign the change in unemployment insurance requirements measure which was approved by the Republicans in the Legislature without a single See

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Democrat vote. Sen. Steve Smith, R-Maricopa, who championed the measure, said he is not concerned that people will be forced to accept unsuitable work. The solution, he said, is simple: 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. During legislative debate on the measure, DES lobbyist Kathy Ber pointed out existing Arizona law 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. “We shouldn’t say, ‘Pretty please, here’s a job, would you please take it?’ ‘’ Smith said. “If you’re offered a job that pays you more than your benefit, you should take it.’’ That also is the attitude of Rep. Jeff Weninger, R-Chandler, part of owner a firm that runs Dilly’s Deli which has several sandwich shops as well as Floridino’s Pizza and Pasta.

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Like all employers, Weninger pays into the account that funds unemployment benefits. Premiums range from less than 1 percent of the worker’s first $7,000 of wages to nearly 13 percent, with the actual rate dependent on how often a company lays off or fires a worker without cause. Weninger said he has close to 100 employees. “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.’’ The measure does have a carrot of sorts. It requires DES to set up a return-to-work program where those collecting unemployment insurance could become an apprentice or intern at certain (Capitol Media Services) companies for up to six State Rep. Jeff Weninger, R-Chandler, seen here talking to a #RedforEd supporter during the marches on the Capitol weeks. The sweetener is last month, is a businessman who supports tighter requirements on recipients of unemployent compensation when they can continue to col- it comes to accepting a job offer. lect their weekly checks.

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technology to manage my business or in my personal life to make things easier,” he said. But he also knows managing that technology can be a headache in a business or someone’s personal life. And that’s why he saw TechFly as a logical evolution from the company he used to run. “At Geeks on Call, we focused solely on home and business computer support. At TechFly, we not only provide computer support, but we also provide support for all kinds of other technology as well. That includes cell phones of all types, tablets and the connected home – which is getting bigger and bigger and more challenging every day,” he said. In addition, “we are also unique in that we can come to your home at your convenience so we help on your schedule – not ours,” he said. He has built in some other sweeteners as well. “The fact that every one of our techs is background-checked is a huge differentiator, too,” he added. “Our pricing is as much as 50 percent lower than major competitors like Geek Squad due to our

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TechFly founder Michael Vanderslice of Ahwatukee envisions using part-time tech workers just as Uber and Lyft use part-time drivers.

large variable workforce. We also have a great website where customers can book online day or night and quickly schedule a tech to help them.” Though TechFly currently consists of five people, Vanderslice plans to add part-time as well as full-time staff.

He envisions finding a big demand for jobs by people who “meet our stringent requirements and are available to work during the popular hours. “We hope to become a great part-time job for individuals who are passionate about technology and customer service –

kind of like the Uber or Lyft driver, but this job is tech-related,” he said. And he believes by starting now, TechFly is becoming perfectly positioned for a time not too far in the future when a typical household will have as many as 50 gadgets connected to the internet, instead of the average eight to 10 they have now. Vanderslice said about half his calls don’t even involve a broken gadget, but rather a gadget that people just don’t know how to operate. “About 50 percent of our calls involve some sort of tech training where we answer questions about a device or service and answer the customers questions or show them how to do things,” he said. “This can be as easy as showing someone how to post on Facebook or social media or backing up and syncing photos across all of their devices.” “We do a lot of initial setup of technology to ensure that things work the way a customer wants and then explaining and showing the customer how it works so they can use it after we leave,” he said. “We really focus on helping customers enjoy their technology more and not just on fixing something that’s broken.” Information: michael@TechFly.com or TechFly.com

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Take a cue from a rabbit in the desert and listen BY LYNNE HARTKE Guest Writer

everal weeks ago, my sister and I took advantage of the cooler morning temps and went hiking on South Mountain at the Pima Canyon trailhead. We hiked in the brown of a dry winter that produced a spring with few wildflowers. We passed an ocotillo without one single green leaflet on its stalks, as the plant had cast off all its leaves in hopes of surviving, yet orange flower flames shot from the tip of each withered stick. We took the service road back with its ambling up-and-down gravel surface, where the most dangerous things we encountered were mountain bikers racing back to their cars. I kept a tight grip on

the leash of Mollie, my terrier-retriever who would much rather have been bounding after ground squirrels in the underbrush. About 100 yards from the parking lot, I saw it: the first saguaro bloom on the top of a 10-foot giant with three arms raised to the morning. The three-inch creamy blossom tilted toward the east, and I knew it had bloomed during the night, the beginning of its 24-hour life in the desert where it would attract bats, whitewinged doves, and other pollinators. “I want to get a photo,” I said to my sister and handed her Mollie’s leash. My eye caught something else off to my right. A cottontail rabbit sat motionless in a sunbeam, the veins of his extended ears alight in the sun. The rabbit did not move as I stepped closer, which surprised me because their natural defense mechanism is to

bolt at the first hint of danger. His nose twitched. He was hidden in plain sight, which was a good thing, because Mollie still had not noticed him. I figured he must have been an older rabbit – not a skittish two-week-old youngster away from the nest for the first time, but maybe an ancient two-year-old – a grandparent of a rabbit. I snapped several photos of the saguaro and then the cottontail, motionless in its environment of creosote, hedgehog and staghorn cacti. Ears straight up, grandparent bunny sat gathering data – the changing sounds at daybreak. The mourning dove greeted the dawn, along with the call of the Gambel’s quail and the scolding cactus wren. The snakes would slither out soon to warm their cold-blooded bodies and I knew the rabbit was alert for coyotes seeking a bunny breakfast.

To all this – and the sounds of hikers and bikers – the rabbit listened and sought clarity. What sounds could he ignore? What sounds needed his attention? When was he in danger? As we headed to the car, I peered over my shoulder for one final glimpse of the motionless cottontail. Still listening. For a rabbit – near the bottom of the food chain – listening is the difference between life and death. Are you seeking clarity in your own noisy world? God reminds us: “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known” (Jeremiah 33:3 ESV). Ears up! Take time to listen. Lynne Hartke is the author of Under a Desert Sky and the wife of pastor and Chandler City Councilmember Kevin Hartke. She blogs at www.lynnehartke.com.

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Commemorative Air Force Museum keeps legacy alive BY JESSE STAWNYCZY Cronkite News

who were shot down over Nazi-occupied Serbia while on a B-17 bombing mission. “The stories are fascinating.” Moore said, “That’s why I admire Jeff and the crew here for interviewing these guys and getting the oral history.” Moore said he brought his father to the museum when he was 85. The two of them flew in the B-17, and his father thoroughly enjoyed sitting in the nose of the bomber. He was also given the opportunity to sign his name on the bomber’s bay doors – an honor afforded any veteran who served on a B-17. His father died last year. Jeff Cook said he never tires of seeing the Flying Fortress take off. “Do you think anyone could?”

s the bomber known as Sentimental Journey thunders to life on the runway, Jeff Cook runs to warn visitors to avoid the danger zone. The roar of the propellers drowns out his voice and the wind nearly blows his hat off. It’s a typical day at the Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, where people like Cook keep history alive through storytelling and by maintaining the airworthiness of the museum’s vintage warplanes. Passengers can tour the museum and planes or take flight on one of several of their World War II aircraft, including a twin-engine B-25 Mitchell, a Stearman trainer biplane, and Sentimental Journey, one of only a few operational B-17G Flying Fortresses in the world. “That’s really our mission, to preserve one of every type of aircraft from World War II,” said Cook, who served in the Army for 27 years and now dedicates much of his time to preserving these planes and the stories of the people who flew them. He said he has recorded video interviews with 27 World War II veterans. He sends free DVD copies to the veterans and to the Library of Congress for its Veterans Oral History Program. Cook said it’s important to preserve the

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Jeff Cook keeps history alive by helping preserve World War II aircraft at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, where he is seen here standing beneath a B-25 bomber.

testimony of aging veterans, whose numbers are rapidly dwindling. About 558,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II were alive in 2017, and 362 die each day, according to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, citing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Paul Moore, another Commemorative Air Force Museum guide, said veterans who

visit often tell their war stories, including some they’ve never shared with loved ones. Some veterans have trouble sharing war stories with their children because the younger people can’t relate to the experience, Moore said. Cook interviewed Moore’s father about his experience in World War II as part of the “Forgotten 500,” a group of Air Force men on

IF YOU GO What: Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum When: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. daily Where: 2017 N. Greenfield Road, Mesa Cost: Adults, $15; seniors, $12; Kids (512), $5. All veterans and active military are free. Info: azcaf.org or 480-568-3957

Alamo Drafthouse opens dine-in movie theater in Tempe BY ERIC NEWMAN AFN Staff Writer

lamo Drafthouse Cinema will open the doors of a luxury dine-in movie theater in Tempe on May 24. The-state-of-the-art theater, located at 1140 E. Baseline Road, at Rural Road, is the chain’s second in the East Valley. The 750-seat theater features seven individual screen rooms and will offer full-service in-theater dining and a full bar with over 30 different craft beers on tap. Franchise partner Craig Paschich, who moved to Arizona to build the original theater in Chandler, said people have flocked to all 33 Alamo locations around the United States because they’re excited about the opportunity for a full food and drink menu

with ultra-comfortable chairs while enjoying a film. “After the success and popularity of our Chandler location, we are thrilled to continue our expansion in the East Valley,” he said. “We will be the first dine-in theater in Tempe and the first theater to offer different seating options for our guests – whether it be oversized luxury rockers or luxury recliners – at no additional cost.” Paschich and partner Derek Dodd said they hope to keep expanding, with a goal of 10 See

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Alamo Drafthouse franchise owners Derek Dodd and Craig Paschich envision setting up 10 of their full-service cinemas in Arizona over the next 10 years.

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The Monkees’ Mike and Micky stop in Chandler BY LYNETTE CARRINGTON AFN Contributor

he Monkees’ Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz will touch on all aspects of the legendary band’s 50-year career when they kick off their tour Friday, June 1, at Chandler Center for the Arts. “This is the first time Mike and I have done a show together – just the two of us,” Dolenz said. Over the years, Nesmith has sporadically joined original members of The Monkees on tours as he keeps busy with his business, Videoranch. Previously, Dolenz toured with Davy Jones, who died in 2012. “A few years ago, Peter (Tork) and I went on the road, just the two of us, because Nes couldn’t make it that year,” Dolenz explained. “Somebody brought up the topic of Nes and I touring together, and we met and chatted about it a couple of times and we thought, ‘Why not?’” Nesmith and Dolenz, along with a backing band, will celebrate The Monkees’ career, from their 1966 debut hit “Last Train to Clarksville” to their 2016 album, “Good Times.” The Mike and Micky Show will incorporate classic songs such as “I’m a Believer,” “Daydream Believer,” “Pleasant Valley Sun-

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theaters in Arizona in the next 10 years. They added that Tempe was a perfect fit for their second location. “The Chandler theater is very suburban, and I love that because I live in Chandler, but Tempe has a demographic difference. It’s close to downtown, close to ASU, and it’s just a larger market, and we’re so excited about that,” Dodd said. Alamo will host themed movie nights, such as an “Airplane” night, when viewers get

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ans of renowned magician David Blaine may think he would look up to Harry Houdini or Doug Henning, but he looked elsewhere. “My mother was my No. 1 inspiration,” Blaine said sweetly of Patricia White. “She taught me to read really good books, and to go to the library and read and research. Incredible writers – those were my inspiration, too. She was a teacher. She did a lot for people. When she passed away, everybody was devastated. She was amazing.” Blaine is promoting his forthcoming tour, which includes a Sunday, May 27, stop at Mesa Arts Center. In late April, he appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” He performed a card trick after sewing his mouth shut in front of the host, members of The Roots and actress Priyanka Chopra. “What you saw on Fallon is just a small dose of the show,” Blaine said. “The real stuff I do has to be seen live.” He melds feats of endurance with straight magic. Blaine has been working out four hours a day, and barely eating, to prepare for his tour. He can’t have any food in his stomach when he does a Hadji Ali-inspired trick with kerosene, a gallon of water and a lighter. A vaudeville magician known for his controlled regurgitation, Ali died after a bout of pneumonitis. He doesn’t want the same thing to happen to him. “I’m getting fit and preparing for the tour,” he said. Described by Howard Stern as the greatest, Blaine redefined magic after producing and direction his TV special “Street Magic,” when he was 23.

Blaine’s primetime specials have shown him being buried alive in New York City for a week, encased inside a 6-ton block of ice for three days, surviving standing atop a 100-foot-tall pillar in Bryant Park for 36 hours without a safety net, enduring 44 days inside a transparent box in London on nothing but water, and living within 1 million volts discharged at him continuously for 72 hours from seven Tesla coils. The magic behind his career? Blaine’s mom. Blaine was intrigued by the magicians he saw on street corners or on Coney Island in New York. White encouraged a 4-yearold Blaine to pursue his desired career. “I was lucky in the sense she let me pursue my passions,” he said. Blaine describes his success simply. He does the opposite of other magicians. “I am a performer of the street. I’m the complete opposite of ‘The World’s Greatest Magic,’” he said of the TV show. “I love watching people’s reaction. That only happens with a certain kind of magic. There’s that suspension of disbelief.” There’s no disbelief on Blaine’s side, however. He has nerves of steel. “I don’t just jump into things,” he said. “I practice. I rehearse. I meet with different people. If I just jumped in and created, I would have that nervous feeling, I’m sure. “Step by step, I get all the failures out of the way before I start to approach the concept. When I see something, I do something. I don’t get nervous. It’s more of the excitement of trying to achieve it. For me, it’s not about the actual results. It’s the work that goes into it. That’s the driving force.” David Blaine will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 27, at Mesa Arts Center’s Ikeda Theater, 1 E. Main St., Mesa. Tickets: 480644-6500, mesaartscenter.com.

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Apple caramel drizzle cake makes a stunning dessert for spring BY JAN D’ATRI AFN Contributor

hen Ina Garten told us to add a teaspoon of instant espresso coffee granules to our chocolate recipes like cakes and brownies, it changed everything for me. It makes chocolate much

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In a mixing bowl, add yellow cake mix, package of white chocolate pudding, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. Stir to combine. Add eggs, oil, milk, sour cream or yogurt and applesauce. Blend until well combined. Set aside and prepare cream cheese filling.

Cream Cheese Filling: Ingredients: 1 package cream cheese 4 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 large egg 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon vanilla Pinch of salt

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richer, more chocolaty. I too have a secret to share! I add one package of white chocolate pudding and sour cream to my cakes. It makes the cake much more moist and flavorful. Give it a try when you make this splendid stunner. Pinch of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup powdered sugar

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Place your cake on serving or cake plate. In a medium dry skillet, toast pecans over medium high heat for just a few minutes. Do not burn. When cool enough to touch, rough chop and set aside. In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, milk and salt. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute, stirring often. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and powdered sugar, whisking vigorously until lumps are gone. Immediately spoon over cake and quickly Sprinkle pecans over top of cake. (The praline sauce will harden quickly.)

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Grease a standard size (12 cup) Bundt cake pan. Pour two thirds of the batter into the pan. Spoon cream cheese filling over batter leaving a 1 inch border around outside edge of pan. Add remaining batter and with a skewer, chop stick or knife, gently swirl batter and cream cheese filling. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until toothpick comes up clean. When done, let cool for 10 minutes and then cover tightly with plastic wrap or aluminum foil. (That creates steam which helps the cake separate from pan.) While cake is cooling, make topping.

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Thunder boys volleyball team wins state title BY BRIAN BENESCH AFN Sports Editor

heir season was played under the dark clouds of team manager and senior Alex Depriest’s tragic death from diabetes and the looming teachers strike, but through it all, the Desert Vista High School boys volleyball team kept winning. The team saved its best performance for last on May 11. Playing in Alex’s honor, the Thunder took all three sets from Sandra Day O’Connor High School to claim the state championship. “The season was brutal, it seemed,” head coach Clay Webb said. “But it wasn’t as bad as I thought when looking back on it. The kids made it great; every time I came to practice, they had smiles on their faces. They made my job a little easier every day.” The Desert Vista boys had their heads held high as they gathered on the floor at Gilbert Mesquite High, celebrating a title and keeping Alex’s spirit alive. Choosing Alex’s favorite color, team captain Benjamin Baldwin wore a pink shirt during the match. It was the same color that filled Desert Vista’s gymnasium a little over a month ago as the team honored her with a touching pregame ceremony.

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The Desert Vista High School boys volleyball team dedicated their championship season to student manager Alex DePriest, a senior who died from diabetes last month.

“That was an emotional roller coaster for us as a team,” Webb said of the April 5 game. “A lot of my seniors were really affected by it. In high school, kids aren’t supposed to lose their friends. That’s not something that is supposed to happen. A lot of the guys were pretty decimated.” The game that followed the ceremony accurately reflected just how much of a toll the circumstances had taken on the team. The boys, winners of its previous seven games, lost convincingly to Highland. Webb thought his team beat itself that

night. “I was nervous for that game, to be honest with you,” the coach confessed. “The boys were super-emotional before the match. We let our emotions get the best of us.” After watching his team rely too much on adrenaline and lose control in the two matches immediately following Alex’s passing, the coach had to remind them of her advice. As team manager, Alex would constantly tell the boys just how talented they were

but that they needed to stay disciplined for an entire match. If they stayed disciplined, there was no team that could beat them, she would tell them. Webb agreed with the sentiment because his roster is filled with talent. And the coach believed his team had the players capable of making a championship run. And when Webb reminded them of what their 17-year-old manager used to say, the Thunder went on a tear. The boys responded by not losing another game outside of the two-day tournament held at Brophy, nailing a remarkable 12 wins in a row. Desert Vista was still feeding off emotion, but the boys were playing with their heads instead of their hearts. Webb’s group took all three sets from Highland three weeks later and lost a total of only two sets throughout the postseason. The top-ranked Thunder rode that energy all the way to the state championship game. Sandra Day O’Connor had beaten them twice earlier in a season-opening tournament. But the second-year head coach remained confident in his squad. “We talked about it at the beginning See

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Jordan Wright inspires community through athletics BY BRIAN BENESCH AFN Sports Editor

ordan Wright’s athletic journey started seven years ago. It was a journey that almost never began at all. Sitting outside the entrance of his first competition, Jordan refused to participate. According to his mother, Amanda Steele, a 45-minute meltdown ensued. It was a nightmare situation, but a little persuading and “bribery” helped turn it into a fairy tale. Daily routines, let alone athletic events, can be a struggle for 18-year-old Jordan. The Chandler native and Mountain Pointe High senior has autism. But his developmental disorder has nev-

er stopped him from believing in himself. All he had to do was get out of the car that day, and once he did, he opened up a door to the rest of his life. Jordan eventually found an outlet in sports, and more importantly, his mother found a remedy for his many needs. “I don’t think we realized we had a natural athlete on our hands,” Steele said. “He is a movement-seeker. Once we realized that movement was his solace, it helped regulate his obvious needs. Now, he moves constantly.” Amanda has seen the immense benefits the last several years of activities have brought for Jordan. She says the constant movement has helped him develop social skills, which certainly shine today. “He used to be overweight and chunky.

He and I lost a lot of weight together when we started exercising and seeing the benefits of what the movement was creating for him. He was happier and more focused. Six days a week, we spend 45 minutes exercising before he starts his day,” she said. It’s safe to say the busy schedule has paid off for Jordan. Recently, he participated in more events than any athlete at the Special Olympics Games, taking home three gold medals. The victories were fitting for Jordan, as he says his favorite part about competing is winning medals. The next competition on his docket is the prestigious USA Games in Seattle, starting on July 1. While at the event, JorSee

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Amanda Steele said sports changed son Jordan Wright’s life. The Mountain Pointe senior won three gold medals at the Special Olympics.

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of the year – our goal is to hopefully get to the championship game,” Webb said. “I told them to practice every day like it is the championship match. The guys bought in on it and worked their tails off every single day.” “The level of focus the week of the playoffs was off the charts,” Webb added.

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dan will be staying with his team, in a separate hotel from his mother. It’s a big step for him, but if his past has demonstrated anything, it’s that he’ll overcome any obstacles in his way, just as he does on the track. After all, perseverance is the theme of this extraordinary young man’s life. “At 18 months old, I knew something was different about Jordan, I just didn’t know what it was,” Steele recalled. “I had a friend who had a kid at the daycare and she said, ‘He has autism.’ I said, ‘What is that?’ She said his brain functions differently, so I went home and researched it and realized that’s what Jordan has.” Steele, who works as a speech therapist, then went into detail about the odd be-

The emergence of Dapre Rogers and leadership of Baldwin helped Desert Vista get over the hump during the title game. “He’s one of those players you want to be your captain,” Webb said. “He was somebody you could point to and show someone how they should play on the court and how they should act.” Fueled by Baldwin’s relentlessness and Alex’s memory, the Thunder – an already tight-knit group – was brought even clos-

er. “It was something that gave the guys another spark to push themselves even harder in practice,” the coach said of Alex’s sudden death. “The guys were wearing pink. We just kind of dedicated the season to her. It was neat to see them elevate themselves to a higher level.” Just as Alex had told the boys, there was no team in the state that could defeat them when they were playing their A-game.

That statement was true in the final match against the Eagles. “Everyone in the volleyball community came up and gave us a congratulations and a big hug,” Webb said. “That was a really neat experience, something I’ll never forget.”

havior Jordan exhibited as a child. She said he was obsessive about light switches. He needed to flip the lights on and off at all times. “The roughest parts were those beginning years and understanding a child with no language,” she says. “He was non-verbal until about age 12. We had to understand how to meet needs that he couldn’t explain to you.” A typical week now consists of nonstop sporting events. On Saturdays alone, Jordan bounces from track practice to power-lifting class to volleyball within hours of each other. His excellence stretches far beyond the athletic fields, though. Jordan regularly volunteers his time to give back to others. On any given day, he can be found raising funds for the Special Olympics and East Kyrene Girl Scouts or helping in the

kitchen of his favorite restaurant, Zzeeks Pizza. Jordan has many interests, saying, “I like rock climbing, zumba, watching movies, cooking and karaoke.” And somehow, he seems to fit all those interests into his busy schedule. “The most rewarding part of the journey is watching him persevere,” Steele said. “Kids with autism are typically pretty antisocial, so for him to want to be part of the community is humungous. He’s found his community.” While Jordan has become a pillar in the community, Steele and her husband are doing their part as well. The couple currently fosters special-needs children in their home. Jordan has had five foster siblings so far. And unsurprisingly, he has embraced his role as a mentor for those children. It’s

simply another day in the life for Jordan. He is excited to start the work bridge program after this semester at Mountain Pointe. It will be yet another challenge in his long line of hurdles, on and off the track. The young man who once refused to participate in any event is now a proactive superstar of the community. “We used to have to bribe and, today, he’s looking forward to doing something new,” Steele said. “It was hard, but it’s been just several years of watching him soar.” As Jordan gets ready to soar at the 2018 USA Games in Seattle, feel free to follow along with his triumphs at facebook.com/ Jordan-Wrights-Journey.

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Handyman

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Not a licensed contractor

Juan Hernandez

CDS LANDSCAPING Lighting and Irrigation

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SOLID ROCK STRUCTURES, INC.

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Landscape Maintenance

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Painting

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Pool Service / Repair

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LLC

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Roofing

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Roofing Family Owned/ Operated

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Window Cleaning

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Dining For Women (DFW) diningforwomen.org inspires, educates and engages people to invest in programs that make a meaningful difference for women and girls living in extreme poverty. DFW helps women find dignity and strength, develop skills and opportunities, value and support their children's education. We have a local chapter in Ahwatukee which meets the 3rd Thursday every month from 6:30 p.m.-8:30p.m. If you'd like to know more on how you can transform lives and reduce poverty contact Mary Hake at marysullivanhake @gmail.com

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480-460-7602 or 602-710-2263

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS SENIOR ASSOCIATION (AFSA)

RANDY HALFHILL

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602-910-1485

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