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Staying or going? ill this trophy stay another year at Mountain Pointe High School? Or will Desert Vista High claim the Ahwatukee Foothills News’ Tukee Bowl Trophy? Those questions will be answered definitively tomorrow, Sept. 28, at Desert Vista Stadium, 16440 S. 32nd St., as the 21st annual Tukee Bowl begins at 7 p.m. The Thunder and Pride are an even 10-10 in the crosstown rivalry, and both are 4-1 on the season. Tempe Union High School District also has established special parking and student/ drop off areas for the game. For a look at the game, its importance to Ahwatukee and some of the players to watch, turn to p. 47. You’ll find a complete preview of one of the community’s signature annual events.

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omplaints about excessive and unexplainable spikes in water consumption continued to mount in Ahwatukee, and city Councilman Sal DiCiccio is calling for an investigation and a public meeting with city Water Services Department officials. Following an AFN report last week about customers reporting unusual spikes in meter readings – including one that showed a tiny HOA consumed 20,000 times what it normally uses in a month – social media sites lit

he suicides of seven East Valley teens in six weeks this summer has created momentum to mobilize a prevention effort that next will move to Desert Vista High School, as mental health experts say no community is immune from the heartbreaking problem. Aimed at helping educators recognize the warning signs and reduce the risks of teen suicide, the Ahwatukee conference on Nov. 6 follows a successful kickoff earlier this month in Gilbert, where parents, teachers and mental-health advocates addressed the uncomfortable topic head-on in the wake of the deadly cluster. Katey McPherson, executive director of the Gurian Institute, an educational consulting

firm that focuses on brain development and learning, said the unusual suicide cluster included six boys and a girl ranging from 13 to 18 years old. Six victims hanged themselves and one death was by shooting. The deaths started on July 24 and ended on Labor Day weekend. The teens lived within 10-12 miles of each other. They did not know each other, but one boy knew another boy who killed himself in May. The victims were described as highachieving students with plenty of friends See

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Standing by the Liberty Bell during their visit to the National Federation of Republican Women conference in Philadelphia bare Ahwatukee residents Loraine Pellegrino, the Arizona federation president, and Cindy Casaus, president of Ahwatukee Republican Women.

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our Ahwatukee women joined 36 others from Arizona and nearly 900 Republican leaders from across the country recently at the National Federation of Republican Women’s 39th biennial convention in Philadelphia. Loraine Pellegrino, Cynthia Casaus, Mary Baumbach and Judy Krahulec were among the Arizonans who participated in a conference focusing on leadership training and GOP unity to secure victories in the 2018 midterm elections. Pellegrino is president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women and Casaus, the state federation’s second vice president, is president of the Ahwatukee Republican Women’s Club. Baumbach is the third vice president in both organizations. The four-day event centered on the theme “Where It All Began” as delegates and other registrants participated in seminars on campaigns, elections, issue advocacy and membership. Pellegrino, the former Ahwatukee Republican Women’s president, also accepted an award on behalf of the Arizona federation. The national Betty Heitman Award for State Excellence acknowledges excellence and achievement in the development of community relations and outreach, campaign activities, programs and key state functions. “I couldn’t be more honored to accept this prestigious award on behalf of nearly 2,000 Arizona Federation of Republican Women from across the state,” Pellegrino said. “They are making a real difference in our political landscape, and it is a joy to be a part of their efforts.” Philadelphia was the conference site because it “is where the greatness and governance of our nation began,” said national federation President Carrie Almond. Founded in 1938, the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) is the largest and most influential Republican women’s group in the nation. Its goal to increase the effectiveness and relevance of women in government and elect Republican candidates.

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schools begin the 21st annual Tukee Bowl at Desert Vista’s stadium. As an added incentive that had nothing to do with the competition from the Tukee Bowl, Zzeeks Pizza will be providing food and refreshments at the meeting with police. Police will discuss various issues, including any crime trends they’ve seen in the community, and residents will have a chance to ask questions on any topic they desire. There also will be an opportunity for informally meeting with department representatives. The free event is scheduled to last 90 minutes.

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or the second time in seven days, Tempe Union High School District Assistant Superintendent was passed over in her bid to get a school district’s top job. Gilbert Public Schools governing board members picked Shane McCord, assistant superintendent of Mesa Public Schools and a former employee of Gilbert Public Schools, to the head their district. The move came less than a week after the Tempe Union board in a 3-2 vote selected Associate Superintendent Kevin Mendivil to succeed Superintendent Kenneth Baca when he steps down at the end of the school year. Battle was one of four finalists for the Gilbert job, and she appeared with them at a community forum for a questionand-answer session Sept. 19 with staff, students, parents and interested citizens. The district received nearly 30 applications for the position McCord, who has worked at GPS for 19 year – as an elementary teacher, assistant principal of Gilbert High School, principal of Houston Elementary, director of community

education, executive director of human resources and assistant superintendent – left GPS for Mesa Public Schools in 2014. The board unanimously picked him even though he does not yet have his state superintendent’s certification – as Battle, who has 32 years with Tempe Union, does. The position pays an annual salary ranging from $180,000 to 210,000 and a negotiable benefits package. Former Gilbert superintendent Christina Kishimoto took the position of Hawaii’s superintendent of schools. Battle, who had applied for the top position at Tempe Union and wasn’t chosen, said she is “battle tested, so to speak.” “I would say that given the experience, both the positive and the challenges, I have what Gilbert schools can use so that we can serve our kids, we can increase student enrollment,” she said. “We can defeat and be proactive about defeating negative public opinion and that we can accelerate our learning and continue, I say continue, to be one of the best districts in Arizona as well as in the county. “And I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t mean it,” she added.

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mindset.” The debate at a board study session several weeks ago prompted Diane Douglas, state superintendent of public instruction, to complain that what Arizona needs is a more comprehensive “report card” on each school and that the current formula relied too heavily on one test, the AZMerit Test. Results for the 2016-17 AZMerit showed 59 percent of Kyrene students passed their English Language Arts assessments, according to a district analysis. The math results showed 58 percent of all Kyrene students passed with 18 improving their scores over the previous year. The data also showed 12 Kyrene schools improved their ELA results, eight scored in the top 10 percent of all 1,883 elementary and middle charter and public schools in Arizona and two were in the top 25 of all district schools in the state. Results for math were similar. Ahwatukee schools in that top 10 percent were Altadena, Cerritos, Cielo, Lagos, Monte Vista and Sierra. Cielo and Sierra also landed in the top 25 of all district schools in the state. Statewide, only 39 percent of all public and charter students in the state passed the ELA and 40 percent passed the math portion of the test. Those results were mirrored by the percentage of all public school students in Arizona who took the test. When broken out from public schools, charter students showed better results, with just under half of them passing the math and ELA portions of AZMerit. The board said in its release that the grades are based on measurements of student proficiency and growth as well as English Language Learners’ growth and proficiency and “acceleration and readiness measures.” But Kyrene officials told the board that the complex formula gives too much weight to some factors that penalize high-performing schools and students.

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Clayton “CJ” Biehl of Ahjwatukee looks and feels better than he did after he was struck by a hit-run motorist on Sept. 10 while riding his bike. But even though he is home, he is still feeling some pain, his mother said.

Zzeeks, five bakers unite to help young hit-run victim BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

ive local bakeries and a pizzeria are banding together to help pay the medical bills for a 13-year-old Ahwatukee boy who was struck by a hit-run driver while riding his bike. The bakeries are holding a cake sale and auction 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Zzeeks Pizza and Wings on Warner Road and 48th Street to help the family of Clayton “CJ” Biehl. Clayton is back home after spending a few days in the hospital for treatment of injuries he sustained when a hit-run driver struck him around 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the intersection of Ray Road and Mountain Parkway. The driver took off and was seen going up on the sidewalk and striking some shrubs near a Circle K on 32nd Street and Chandler Boulevard a short time after the boy was struck. Phoenix police spokeswoman Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said the vehicle was recovered last week in Goodyear, but no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing. The bakeries that have banded together for the fundraiser also will auction some items, and Zzeeks will donate 15 percent of all sales during the event to Clayton’s family. The participating bakeries are Edible Emotions Bakery, Julia’s Baby Gifts, Julia’s Cookies, Lemme Eat Gluten Free and Purdy Cookies. They are part of Ahwatukee Test Kitchen, an organization of local professional and amateur bakers that describes itself as “a diverse community brought together by the love of local des-

serts.” In addition, K8’s Pet Care is making dog treats. The boy’s mother said Clayton was going to return to Altadena Middle School for half-days this week. “He wants to go back to school,” said Sarah Biehl. “He’s a very lucky boy for the severity of the accident,” she added. “Someone was without a doubt watching out for him that night.” She said she hasn’t even begun to think of cost because Clayton still needs treatment. “I have to find a chiropractor that deals with car accident injuries because the numbness in his leg and his spine is bothering him,” Biehl said, adding that her son has to attend a concussion clinic and is suffering “some headaches in the morning and at night.” Biehl said she was heartened by the outpouring of community support for her son, including Yelena Glass, who quickly put up a funding appeal on gofundme. com to raise money for the family. So far $2,665 of a $5,000 goal has been donated. “His friends and their families have been amazing,” Biehl said, praising and expressing her gratitude to “the witnesses, people there with him before paramedics got there, people at Circle K, Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix Fire and Rescue, Altadena Middle School” as well as the Maricopa County Hospital’s pediatric trauma unit. “The whole Ahwatukee Community has been awesome with all their prayers, and support,” Bielh added. “We are very thankful for everyone.”

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who might not fit the preconceived notion of a teen likely to commit suicide. McPherson said she also knows of four teens from Tempe and surrounding communities who have committed suicide in the past five years. “Nobody is getting to the root’’ (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer) of the suicide problem, McPherson LeAnn Hull, a businesswoman from north Phoenix, said. “There are many prevention formed Andy Hull’s Sunshine Foundation after her son things we can do.’’ shot himself to death in December 2012. Here, she She said mental wellness issues talks as Tempe Union Superintendent Kenneth Baca sits need to be addressed with children beside her during a forum on the teen-suicide cluster in the East Valley. – even if it’s in a very general way – when they are in elementary school, before their identity is already set media closely, getting help immediately for those in crisis and removing “lethal in high school. Jennifer Liewer, a spokeswoman means” of committing suicide, such as for the Tempe Unified High School guns and belts. “We have to get in front of this story. District, said a counselor at Desert Vista attended McPherson’s first mental health We don’t have any choice. We can’t afford conference on Sept. 14 at Campo Verde to lose another child,” said McPherson, High School in Gilbert, along with about who organized the conference at Gilbert’s Campo Verde High School. 350 other parents and teachers. McPherson, a former Gilbert school The counselor came away impressed by the focus on prevention and saw administrator, noted the disturbing trend value in having a similar conference in by networking with school administrators and with friends, colleagues and fellow Ahwatukee, she said. “We’ve got a lot of momentum going,’’ parents on two East Valley social media Liewer said. “I think we are impacting sites. What she found shocked her and persuaded her to launch the conference as kids.’’ But mental health advocates such a call to action. “It is my hope that this is the beginning, as McPherson and Lorie Warnock, a Mountain Pointe High School English that we turn this tragedy into a legacy,” teacher whose son committed suicide, McPherson said. Natalia Chimbo-Andrade, director of said well-meaning gestures are not enough to stem the problem. They want education and community outreach with to see more systemic programming aimed Community Bridges, a major East Valley behavioral services provider, said she has at preventing suicide. McPherson said she has been heard that a dozen teenagers in the region monitoring teen suicides for the past killed themselves during the past year. She said suicide statistics are sometimes year, since Warnock’s son, Mitchell, 18, a Corona del Sol High School student, hazy because of the stigma attached. A killed himself. Another boy committed death might be classified as accidental, for suicide a year earlier on the school’s instance, instead of suicide. CDC data reported by the American grounds. At the first conference, teen suicide – a Foundation for Suicide Prevention ranks problem traditionally cloaked in stigma suicide as the eighth leading cause of and relegated to the shadows – suddenly death in Arizona, with 1,276 people was addressed in detail as a panel of taking their own lives in 2015. Suicide is the leading cause of death experts described the psychological issues that motivate youngsters to take their for people 10-14 years old and the second leading cause of death for those 15-34. own lives. An Arizona Department of Health McPherson read off the cluster victims’ first names at the conference but Services report for 2015 recorded 10 mentioned no other details to protect suicides by children 14 or younger and 60 by those 15 to 19. The vast majority were their privacy. The conference focus was on prevention, white males. Before the meeting, McPherson such as recognizing warning signs, improving communication between arranged a meeting of East Valley school parents and their teens, monitoring social See

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superintendents at the school. Glenn “Max” McGee, superintendent of the Palo Alto (Calif.) School District, briefed them on how he dealt with a suicide cluster and how to prevent such deaths. “I am hoping that school district officials who have the power and money will work as partners with us and mobilize,” McPherson said. “We need pervasive, ongoing programming.” Chimbo-Andrade witnessed a suicide when she was in high school and said she attempted suicide twice while suffering from depression. She recommends confronting people – asking them if they plan to kill themselves – if warning signs are present. Research shows that many suicidal people are ambivalent about wanting to live or die, Chimbo-Andrade said. “You are not going to plant a seed,” she said. “Part of them wants to live and part of them wants to die. Asking them shows genuine concern. Reaching out to someone says ‘I care.’” The Gurian Institute’s work includes

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study and training sessions on how the brains of boys and girls develop differently and how teachers and parents can reach them. McPherson said the female brain is fully developed at 22, the male brain at 30. “Boys are much more likely to execute” suicide, she said. “Boys don’t tell anyone. They turn inward and not outward. Girls are much more likely to attempt but not complete suicide.” Parents are urged to keep a close watch on their teenagers’ cellphones. “I call it the phone check,” Chandler police Officer Kevin Quinn said. “You have to know what your kids are putting into these things. Everything is in the phone.” Experts at the conference said warning signs can be cryptic or not exist at all. LeAnn Hull, a businesswoman from north Phoenix, formed Andy Hull’s Sunshine Foundation after her son, a promising left-handed pitcher on the Sandra Day O’Connor High School baseball team, shot himself to death in December 2012. On a Saturday night, “He said, ‘Mom, if you knew what is going on in my head, it would scare you,’” Hull said.

On the following Tuesday, Andy came home from school at lunchtime, watched a music video and apparently mimicked it by shooting himself with a gun, she said. “You have to respond to the one message. I didn’t hear it,” Hull said. Hull also spoke to the Tempe Unified High School District’s board Sept. 6 about the importance of suicide awareness and has spoken to school boards around the country. “Had there been any education and awareness presented at our schools … I honestly believe my son would be here,” Hull said. She said some schools have resisted addressing a sensitive topic. “I get a lot of pushback from educators and administrators (who say) they don’t need something else to do. ... A lot of districts are not brave enough to talk about this subject.” While that attitude may have persisted in the East Valley at one point, school officials appear to be recognizing that teen suicide is an epidemic that must be addressed. Since 2013, the Chandler Unified School District has been training teachers

to recognize the early warning signs of suicide, said Meg Gianesello, executive director of educational programs. “Students who present suicidal ideations meet immediately with a counselor, school psychologist or social worker,” she wrote in an email. “Parents are always contacted. If the student needs immediate attention, crisis hotlines are called.” Earlier this month, junior high and high school students viewed a suicide prevention video in recognition of National Suicide Prevention Week and were given an opportunity to speak with counselors. Liewer, a Tempe high school district spokeswoman, said teachers are likely to receive online training to recognize the early warning signs of suicide. The district has a contact with the Tempe Services Department that provides parttime counselors at each school. The district is working on a holistic approach to emotional support, including curriculum designed to address suicide, she said. As of this year, all Tempe Union students’ ID cards include the phone number of teen-suicide hotline.

Teen performer a suicide prevention leader at Corona del Sol BY JIM WALSH AFN Staff Writer

atum Lynn Stolworthy seemed out of place at first as she sat with a panel of experts during a question-and-answer session at a recent suicide-prevention conference in Gilbert. The accomplished 17-year-old Tempe performer already had opened the conference with a song. She was less than half the age of the other panelists and didn’t have their academic credentials, but she seemed much older and wiser when she started talking about teen suicide. In the wake of two classmates’ suicides in the last two years at Corona del Sol High School, Tatum started Aztec Strong, a support group with 300 teens who discuss their own issues and how to prevent teen suicide. The Corona senior started the group after a fellow student told her she had no friends, no one to talk to and was thinking of committing suicide. Tatum said she persuaded the student to call Teen Lifeline to get help. Tatum said she and her brother, Ty, “both lost a real special friend to suicide” when Mitchell Warnock, 18, a pole-vaulter, killed himself last year. Sitting before a group of about 350 par-

ents and teachers at Campo Verde High School in Gilbert, Tatum described her encounter with the suicidal teen and dispensed simple, common-sense advice on how to prevent teen suicide. “I told them that I loved them and there are other options,” she said. She joined with the other experts who told parents that they need to establish a deep emotional bond with their children and to not settle for talking in the usual platitudes. “Let them know you are there for them and that you love them no matter what,” Tatum said. Tatum’s support group is one of several ways the Tempe Unified High School District is attempting to cope with the teen suicide problem. The Tempe district has become a hotspot for the issue since the 2015 and 2016 suicides of two Corona athletes – one on the campus grounds. The district put the Teen Lifeline phone number, 800-248-8446, on all its student ID cards earlier this year. Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatukee has a drop-in counseling program, where students can talk to a parttime counselor and social worker about their emotional well-being. Kyrene School District also has had social workers, counselors and other staff trained in a suicide risk assessment proto-

col since 2013, said spokeswoman Nancy Dudenhoefer. Apprende Middle School also has adopted a special prevention program that will be expanded to other middle schools in the near future, she said. Superintendent Kenneth Baca, who participated in the conference, told the crowd, “We have learned from the mistakes we have made in the past. Now, we try to go out and save lives by recognizing the signs.” At a Sept. 6 Tempe Union governing board meeting, Baca noted that September is National Suicide Prevention Month and said, “To the students struggling with the pressures of adolescence, we stand by you.” But parents and teachers attending that meeting, including Mountain Pointe English teacher Lorie Warnock, who is Mitchell’s mother, said more needs to be done. Warnock said Tempe Union and other districts need to make more of a commitment to suicide prevention, realizing that students are under inordinate pressure. She said the pressures can range from achieving good grades to get into top colleges to dealing with bullying. Schools have fallen short on providing students with emotional support, War-

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cations. “It’s a baby step. I appreciate the opening. “We need to have a conversation about suicide prevention, like preventing teen pregnancy and preventing sexually transmitted diseases,” Warnock said. “This is a crisis we are facing.” Mitchell Warnock was a champion pole-vaulter who finished third in state competition, his mother said. He had been accepted at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota. He had connections at Arizona State University through former teammates. But at the same time, Warnock said, her son was under treatment for depression and anxiety and was taking medication. She said Mitchell, who had a 2.7 grade point average, was obsessed with the notion that he wasn’t a top student and that athletics represented his only hope of getting into a four-year college. “Mitch had counseling. We knew he needed additional support,” she said. Warnock and her husband, also an educator, told Mitchell to just do his best. “We weren’t telling him he had to win at all costs.” Warnock said she doesn’t recall her son making overtly suicidal statements to her, but he got suspended at school by participating in a tailgating party. “The drinking was a sign. Now, he’s drinking all of a sudden,” Warnock said. “He made remarks that he wanted to kill himself on campus.”

She took Mitchell to a mental health facility, worried that the alcohol would mix poorly with his medication. He was checked out and released. But Mitchell still took his own life last Oct. 17. “He most definitely had a chance” to attend a four-year college, Warnock said. “This talented person did not think it’s worth going on.” Jennifer Liewer, a district spokeswoman, said the district is taking steps to improve counseling programs and training staff members to recognize the warning signs of teen suicide. She said each school has a prevention counselor through a contract with the Tempe Human Services Department and that she likes the Mountain Pointe program, although it is not available district-wide at this time. She said teachers likely will receive online training about suicide warning signs, and the district is working on developing some specific curriculum about suicide prevention. “In the short term, we are trying to address it from an education and outreach standpoint,” Liewer said. “I know the district and the school can always do better. We are trying to take a holistic approach.” Tatum said Aztec Strong initially met resistance from school administrators, and she understands why. “Because of the suicides, teachers didn’t know how to confront it. They were confused at how to approach it.” Tatum said she is heartened by the increased emphasis on preventing teen suicide.

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up as more homeowners came forward with their own horror stories about mysteriously high readings, mostly for July. That was the same month the city was to complete 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 that officials said would improve accuracy. A Water Services spokeswoman told AFN last week there is nothing amiss with the meter that reported a 1-million-gallon spike in July consumption for the Foothills Gateway HOA, a 224-home community in Ahwatukee near Frye Road and 48th Street. That meter clocks water for a tiny pocket park in the community. But as homeowners began complaining of similarly high readings, DiCiccio said the problem can no longer be ignored because “there’s something very unusual about this whole thing.” “It’s not normal,” DiCiccio said in an interview, adding that Ahwatukee appears to be the only area in Phoenix where a rash of high spikes is being reported. “I agree there’s a problem. I just don’t know what it is,” he added. “I am getting

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more complaints about this that I’ve ever had about the South Mountain Freeway or anything else.” Water Services spokeswoman Stephanie Bracken said her department “has only received a handful of complaints to date from Ahwatukee residents.” She also said that over the last fiscal year, only about 400 customers have complained about higher consumption and that “only one of these complaints ended up being related to an issue on the city’s side.” “Water Services is very thorough in billing customers,” Bracken added. “We perform audits to ensure accuracy and our meters are read electronically, which reduces human eror.” DiCiccio said more complaints are emanating from the southern half of Ahwatukee than the north. Asked about what resident’s suggesting that South Mountain Freeway construction work could be the culprit, however, he replied, “I don’t see how.” “But I am not going to discount anything right now,” he said. “I’ve asked the department for a detailed report, but I don’t know what kind of data they’re capable of producing.” At the same time, he expressed skepticism about the answers he has received so

far from Water Services. “I don’t buy anything they’re telling me,” he said. “You can’t tell me broken sprinklers are causing these kinds of readings.” He also said he is in the process of arranging a community meeting, stating, “I want the water department to come in and explain what is going on, and how this can be such a widespread issue.” Stating Water Services is working with DiCiccio, Bracken said: “The preliminary data for Ahwatukee show that monthly consumptionthis year is pretty much in line with monthly consumption over the past three years. However, we take customers; concerns seriously and are continuing to research our consumption and billing data to ensure there is no broader problem.” The meter issues started as a trickle when Susan Manolis, whose husband Steve is vice president of the Foothills Gateway HOA, complained about the meter reading in July for one of the association’s five common-grounds meters. Foothills Gateway board members are scheduled to meet Water Services officials on Thursday, Sept. 28, to discuss the July reading, which could cost the HOA more than $6,000. While one sprinkler was broken, board vice president Steve Man-

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appear to be a problem. I also checked our pool by using a bucket test to determine if the pool might be leaking. No evidence of that either.” Dawn Lynch reported her normal water bill of about $400 soared to $1,500 for July. “I called the water department and they said well we used it so we had to pay it. Refused to send someone out. Asked if we checked for leaks, I said the only thing we found was a small watering emitter which did not account for this much water,” Lynch said. Holley Riley complained, “Went from around 5k gallons to 48k gallons. Impossible.” Those consumers who contacted Water Services expressed anger and frustration at the responses they received – which did not surprise DiCiccio, who said the employees they deal with aren’t there to resolve problems. “Their job is to bring in more money,” he said. One customer complained that a Water Services employee told them they had two meters. “My husband spoke to them,” she said. “They said we had two meters. He explained no way. And we don’t! We have one. Only one. We went over double our

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ace Hyduchak and Jackson Dupps are good friends who have a lot in common. They’re both first-graders at Kyrene Monte Vista Elementary School, they like baseball, they’re in the same Tiger Cub Scout den – and they both have cancer. Both are in school, doing well while continuing treatment and just being 7-year-old boys. According to statistics from CureSearch.org, the boys are among an estimated 40,000 U.S. children undergoing treatment for some type of cancer. And Kyrene School District, in recognition of September’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, is providing three blood drive locations on Friday, Sept. 29. Last year, blood drives were held at the Kyrene Schools District Office and Kyrene Monte Vista Elementary. This year, Kyrene de la Sierra Elementary is also participating. “The Kyrene School District has been so supportive of the blood drives, and

we’re so excited that Sierra joined us this year. Our hope is to keep growing so that every elementary school in Ahwatukee is hosting one each September,” said Tara Martinez, who organized last year’s blood drive as a tribute to her friendship with Ann Hyduchak, Jace’s mother. She admitted many people don’t equate the need for blood with cancer patients. But in Jace’s case, an immediate transfusion was needed when he was rushed to the hospital by his worried parents, Ann and George Hyduchak, on Nov. 30, 2015. “The first time Jace needed a transfusion was when he was admitted to the hospital. They told us he needed it to save his life,” said Ann, who estimates her son has had 30 transfusions since his diagnosis. “He hasn’t needed a blood transfusion since the summer of 2016,” she added. “The next transfusion will most likely be in a couple months with IVIG which is intravenous immunoglobulin – a blood product that comes from plasma. They monitor his blood for this, and though it’s on the low end, he won’t need it for

one or two months.” Last September, Tara Martinez organized the first blood drives under the “Jace’s Defenders” banner, representing a group of friends and family who rallied around the Hyduchak family. They include siblings Brice, 12, Caden, 10, and Brig, 2. “The Kyrene District Office has partnered with us again this year to help the blood bank replace units used, and to bring awareness that cancer patients need blood products,” said Martinez, adding: “And it’s not just for Jace. It’s to make sure the blood bank has enough blood for evSee

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Treasures 4 Teachers expands with thrift store open to public BY RALPH ZUBIATE AFN Managing Editor

ince 2004, Treasures 4 Teachers has been helping educators fill their classrooms with donated school and office supplies. But some of the donations T4T gets aren’t really for classroom use, like living-room furniture, dishes and clothes. “I would get all this great stuff,” warehouse coordinator Saundra Salotti said. “I asked, why don’t we open a thrift store?” Six months later, the opportunity has arisen. On Oct. 10, the T4T Thrift Shop will open to the public, with Salotti in her new role as manager. The 2,000-squarefoot store is next to Treasures 4 Teachers on South 40th Street in Tempe. “You never know what you’re going to

get here,” she said about the “funky little boutique,” adding: “I wanted the feel of a boutique for the thrift store.” T4T founder and Executive Director Barbara Blalock says Salotti is the right person to make it happen. She said Salotti “has experience and an eye for design and style.” Salotti grew up in the antique business, learning it from her mother and grandparents. She owned antique stores in Palm Desert, California, and Ithaca, New York. She was also in management at Home Depot for 17 years and once managed a thrift store. She joined the T4T staff about a year ago. She offered her expertise to Blalock afSee

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ter noticing the kind of things that companies and individuals were donating. “We were getting everyday donations besides teaching materials,” Salotti said. “We were getting clothes, shoes, housewares and jewelry.” At first, they would donate the non-schoolroom items to other charities, like Hidden Treasures Thrift Store in Chandler and Sunshine Acres Children’s Home in Mesa. Later, they started holding on to some items with the thought of reselling them later. “We had three or four storage units and 15 palettes of stuff,” she said. “We have limited space, so we picked and chose the best of the best.” T4T Thrift Shop will open to the public with no membership fees. Being right next door to a favorite haunt of teachers means the store will have a built-in customer base. Even though the store hasn’t opened yet, they’re already getting donations. “We haven’t even advertised for donations, but look!” Blalock said, motioning to a warehouse full of non-school items. “We’ve had the wheels in motion,” Salotti said. “Donations kept coming in.” A consignment store that went out of business donated a roll-top desk, hutches and other furniture. Ikea gave a large lot of smashed dishes, which a volunteer

sorted through to save unbroken ones. They even put together a few complete settings. Also around the shop are glassware, china, wall hangings and paintings. There’s also a crafting corner with yarn, fabric, scrapbooking materials, rubber stamps and beads. “I have so many scrapbooking materials, I don’t know what to do,” Salotti said. A Scottsdale beading shop that closed donated thousands of dollars’ worth of beads. Toys, games and old vinyl records are available too. Salotti wants to set up an old stereo to play the records, which range from kids’ songs to lounge music to Christmas records and beyond. “I think it would be nice to have Christmas music playing,” she said. After the T4T Thrift Shop settles in, Salotti would like to start exhibiting in craft and antique shows, maybe even art shows, giving more customers the chance to land higher-end pieces. “We have a network of people who can help us, experts that can send things to auction,” she said. “We’ll clean items and price them after doing research on them.” T4T Thrift Shop is at 3025 S. 40th St., Suite 102, Tempe. – Contact Ralph Zubiate at 480-898-6825 or rzubiate@timespublications.com.

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Minder Binder’s memorabilia heading to the auction block BY RALPH ZUBIATE AFN Managing Editor

ocals and visitors alike built memories at Minder Binder, the Tempe landmark bar and restaurant at McClintock and University drives. Now, some of those memories are up for sale as the restaurant’s new owner seeks to make some new ones. EJ’s Auction & Consignment in Glendale will auction off more than 500 pieces of eclectic decorations that hung from the walls, ceilings and doors of the restaurant. Removing them wasn’t an easy job. “I’ve been in the auction business for 10 years, and that was the most difficult (Special to AFN) extrication of items I’ve ever Erik Hoyer, left, and Mike Kenney show off a movie prop that had,” said Erik Hoyer, owner/ hung from the rafters at Minder Binder. This Roman gladiator auctioneer of EJ’s Auction & came from an MGM auction back in the 1970s. Consignment. “To be honest, I don’t know how that ceiling held that upper mezzanine era. We haven’t figured amount of weight that was on it. They out how to get that down.” Hoyer says the craziest piece he saw was had extremely heavy items on cables. an Inuit boat suspended above the bar. “There are some movie props like “It’s called an umiak, an Inuit boat a Roman gladiator, but a lot of the that they would use for whaling,” he items were real items. Real wagons, real said. “It would be wrapped up in seal sleighs. They had several pieces of heavy skin or walrus skin. It’s unbelievable that equipment, like a seeding grinder that you would use that to harpoon a whale. weighed 600 to 800 pounds. It took us a Pretty astonishing. crew of five or six about nine days.” “It has the possibility of selling for EJ’s will auction off items at 10 a.m. thousands, but it’s so large that an Saturday, Sept. 30, at 5880 W. Bell Road, everyday collector may not have a place Suite B, Glendale. A free public preview for it. It’s more of a museum-type piece,” takes place today through Friday from he said. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hoyer says it’s difficult to pick out the Mike Kenney, who is the new owner most valuable piece on the auction block. of the space, marveled at the collection “A lot of it depends on the collectors of things hanging all over the restaurant. that are after some of the items,” he said. “Every square inch had something “They may be more valuable because the hanging from it,” he said. “There was no collector has been in Minder Binder’s, rhyme or reason. The theme was ‘There and the piece will remind them of their is no theme.’ Anything that could have youth.” been nailed or stapled or screwed to the Hoyer has some Minder Binder wall was.” memories of his own. Kenney said he was taken aback by “I was a regular back in the ’80s,” he a taxidermied horse hanging from the said. “I didn’t pay attention to the stuff ceiling. “That was pretty strange,” he on the ceiling. I thought it was pretty said. cool, but I was there for the girls and the “There’s an entire shell of a locomotive up high, just kind of hanging over an See

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hoefer added, noting: “Thankfully, last year appointments at both Monte Vista and the district office filled quickly. By adding a third location at Sierra this year, we are hopeful we can provide more opportunity for our community to give.” Sierra Principal Lisa Connor said altruism and teaching by example were reasons they chose to provide space for another bloodmobile site. “We do not have a student with cancer at our school but wanted to join the efforts and involve our community.” said Connor. “Citizenship and giving back were the reason we decided to jump on board.” Jackson Dupps’ parents, Kelli and Greg, said their son, diagnosed with a Stage 2 Wilms tumor in January 2013, required blood and platelets at various points throughout his treatments. “His five-year mark out of treatment will be December of 2018,” she smiled. “We also have an awesome sibling, Ethan, who is 11 and a sixth-grader at Alta Dena. He and his friends, and their families, were Jack’s biggest cheerleaders, along with both of our parents who live in the area.” His supporters banded under the name

“Action Jackson Justice League.” The Dupps family hopes the blood drives at Kyrene schools during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month will continue to grow. “We’re forever grateful for the support the Kyrene School District is giving our childhood cancer families. It demonstrates their true value for children, and shows our kids the importance of paying it forward,” said Kelli Dupps, a neonatal occupational therapist at Banner University Medical Center. “Hopefully, we’ll be looking forward to this event for years to come.” Martinez agreed that future blood drives at Kyrene schools would be far-reaching. “The need for blood is often not thought of until a loved one is in the hospital and needs a transfusion, and we want to make sure that there is blood available no matter who needs it,” said Martinez, who with her husband, Joey, have three children at Monte Vista: E.J., grade 5, Eli, grade 3, and Natalie, kindergarten. The United Blood Services bloodmobiles will be at Ahwatukee elementary schools Monte Vista and Sierra from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at the Kyrene School District Office in Tempe from 2 to 6 p.m.

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The original Minder Binder was known for food, drinks and a raucous atmosphere, which included a volleyball court out back. “The guys before had ripped the volleyball court out, had redone the exterior but left the interior intact. There was a stark distinction between the outside and inside.” Kenney said. “It was a brand-new show on the outside, but inside was dark and older. It had a dingier feel.” Even after renovations, Kenney said a little of the original Minder Binder ambience will remain. “We’re trying to take the energy that Minder Binder had originally and take it to the next generation,” Kenney said. “We’re going to keep it a fun, casual atmosphere.” That atmosphere will include some of the eclectic decorations. “We’ve kept a small percentage of the items that were kept in good shape that are cool and make sense,” Kenney said. “We’re still trying to figure out how to incorporate some of the pieces that are ‘Minder Binder-y.’” To see some of the items up for auction, and to register to bid online, go to tiny. cc/mbauction.

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beers. I have some great memories of that place.” He’s not the only person looking for memories of time at Minder Binder. “As the word (of the auction) got out over the weekend, a handful of people have called requesting certain items they remember from years ago,” Hoyer said, adding: “In fact, somebody contacted me and said they used to work there and said they hid a time capsule inside a phone there. It would be interesting if we can find it. We’ll keep our eyes open for it.” Minder Binder was originally a kit building constructed on site in 1970-71. It opened as Minder Binder’s Bar and Grill in 1972. In 2000, the business was sold to a new owner and closed in 2005. In 2012, the building was repurchased and reopened after extensive renovations. It was closed again, and just purchased at the beginning of July by Mike Kenney, who will reopen it as The Social Hall. A newcomer to Tempe, Kenney recently served as co-owner of his family’s successful Seattle restaurant, Art Mable 21. The Social Hall will serve American cuisine with a Latin flair beginning in November.

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Sundae school Children at God's Garden Preschool, 1401 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee and their parents recently enjoyed their annual Ice Cream Social, generating $300 for the school and a lifetime of memories with activities like pie-eating contests and building birdhouses out of ice cream cones and peanut butter. Preschool director Michelle Rhodes captured some of the sights. All photos are from left. Top row: Sebastian Baginski, Neil Doehrman; second row: Christopher Bagainski and Rhodes with some students; third row: Jetta Lamoreaux, Carter Dahlin, and Liam Hill; bottom: Samson Tessitore, Mia Quijada and Holland Koester. Rhodes said over half the students at God's Garden attended the event. Parents who want to know more about it or about the school can call her at 480-460-0081.

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Chamber women set Sept. 29 deadline for scholarship entries

In keeping with its mission of supporting the business endeavors of women, The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business group is seeking applicants for scholarships that will be awarded at its annual Palo Verde Awards Dinner in November. But interested women better hurry: The deadline for applications is Friday, Sept. 29. The scholarships are open to women who reside, work or attend school in Ahwatukee and are pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree or a formalized diploma program at a trade or technical school. There is an application process and there are no age restrictions. Interested women can complete an application, and provide summaries of their community activities and business experience, a letter of recommendation and a written essay. Information/application: ahwatukeechamber.com, info@ahwatukeechamber.com or 480-753-7676.

New Ahwatukee playland for kids has open house

An open house will give kids a sneak preview of Whiz Kidz Playland from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. The new business is behind Tukees and LA Fitness on Chandler Boulevard and 48th Street. A $2 admission gives kids a chance to experience the bounce house and other offerings. The business also offers an area for babies.

Mountain Park Community’s new church opens on Sunday

Mountain Park Community Church will hold its first public services Sunday in its new building on 48th Street and Frye Road, Ahwatukee. Services are 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m. and all are welcome. Information: mountainpark.org

Local woman plans fundraiser for neuro wellness center

Longtime Ahwatukee resident Debbie Smith has organized the “Shake, Rattle and Roll for Parkinson’s” event hosted by Knights on Buikes to benefit the Banner Neuro Wellness Center in Gilbert. The event includes a bike ride from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Harley-Davidson of Scottsdale, 15656 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale, as well as live music, silent auction and more than 40 raffle baskets. Silent auction items include a gift certificate for a foursome to play golf at TPC Scottsdale, a $250 salon basket, tailgating kit, dental care packages and others. Information: twogalsevents.com or 602-568-5313.

Festival of Lights group seeks sponsors, volunteers

The Festival of Lights Committee is seeking volunteers and sponsors for its 22nd annual KickOff Party, held the Saturday after Thanksgiving in Ahwatukee. The party helps pay for the million white lights that decorate Chandler Boulevard from Thanksgiving

through Christmas. Volunteers can show up for meetings at 6:30 p.m. at Desert Foothills United Methodist Church, 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. Meeting dates are Oct. 10, Oct. 24 and Nov. 7. The group also is seeking a wide array of sponsors at all price levels. Information: folaz.org and request a sponsorship packet.

College program offered for military personnel, veterans

Military personnel and vets who are either in college or hoping to enroll are invited to U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema’s Boots to Books event 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, at Rio Salado College-Southern, 3320 S. Price Road, Tempe. Information will be provided on financing education, budgeting, internship and career planning and social enrichment. A panel of student-veterans will focus on hwo to make the most of a college experience and the VA will have representatives on site. Information: 602-956-2285.

ABM slates 'Living with Wildlife' workshop for its residents

The Ahwatukee Board of Management is holding a residents-only workshop called “Living with Wildlife” at 6 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Ahwatukee Events Center, 4700 E. Warner Road. Because space is limited, attendees must register and the event is open only to ABM members. Amy Burnett, education program manager for

Arizona Game & Fish, will discuss ways to prevent wildlife, such as javelinas and coyotes, from disturbing someone’s property as well as how to deal with a problem that a wild animal or other critter might cause. To RSVP: crobertson@ahwatukeehoa.com or 480893-3502 ext. 0.

Desert Pointe Garden Club inviting new members

Prospective members are invited to the 9 a.m. Oct. 2 meeting of the Desert Pointe Garden Club, at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive. The program that day will be about herb gardening. The club meets on the first Monday of each month, September through May. It is not necessary to belong to the Recreation Center to join the club. In addition to the meetings, members also sponsor a butterfly garden, renovate the yards of certain group homes for the disabled, maintain the Blue Star Memorial on Warner Road and participate in many other outreach projects. Information: 480-759-4407 or dpgc.org.

Operation Shoebox ramps up for Ahwatukee residents

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a meeting 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St. Volunteer Gil Moreno will discuss his experience delivering shoeboxes to kids in Rwanda. Volunteers filled gift-wrapped shoeboxes with little gifts and necessities, such as toiletries, for distribution to children in impoverished areas. The South Mountain team has a goal of filling 15,500 boxes and is encouraging churches and other groups to begin collecting items now and ordering supplies from samaritanspurse.org. There have been changes in the operation for this year, according to organizer Robin Earle. Candy and toothpaste no longer can be packed because of customs issues and postage has increased to $9 per box. Whoever brings the most guests to the meeting next week will receive 100 free shoeboxces. Information/RSVP: Facebook: OccPhoenix/ Southeast Valley, bottsearle@gmail.com or 480 2133190.

Kyrene parents can register for gifted testing of their kids

Elementary parents and guardians who are interested in having their children tested for Kyrene School District’s Gifted Services can register through Oct. 6. Testing is open for students in grades K through 5. After submitting registration application, parents will receive confirmation and communication specific for their child’s test. Parents can apply at Kyrene.org through the Gifted Testing Application. Parents do not need to register children who are already identified as gifted learners. Information: 480-541-1000.

Ahwatukee GOP Women to hear state chairman speak today

Jonathan Lines, chairman of the state Republican Party, is the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Ahwatukee Republican Women. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. today, Sept. 27, at Mouintain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee.

Desert Vista High students sell 9/11 bowls to help hospital

Desert Vista High School students in the Clay Club are selling bowls memorializing victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks with proceeds going to the World Trade Center Health Hospital. Ceramics teacher Mark Honacker said the club made 400 bowls, one for each of the uniformed lives lost. “These bowls will be scored, while wet, with a small segment of Ground Zero concrete, and then emblazoned, when glazed, with a profile of the fallen towers,” he said.

Y OPAS book sale organizers looking for donations

The Ahwatukee Foothills Family YMCA Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors (Y OPAS) is in need of book donations for its 10th annual fundraising book sale Nov. 4 at the YMCA, 1030 E. Liberty Lane.

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Businesses sought for ABM cornhole competition

The Ahwatukee Swim and Tennis Center and Ahwatukee Board of Management are seeking local businesses to participate in its first cornhole competition 2-6 p.m. Oct. 14 at Ahwatukee Park, 4700 E. Warner Road. Two-member teams pat an entry fee of $100 to compete for free four-hour use of the Ahwatukee Events Center. Trophies also will be awarded. Businesses also can sponsor a cornhole lane for $400 and get a set of custom-made cornhole boards with their logo to take home. The lane sponsorship also provides competition entry for one two-member team, two drink tickets, bean bags and a score tower. Proceeds will benefit the Kiwanis Club of Ahwatukee’s Christmas drive for foster children and the Young Entrepreneurs Academy run by the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber Foundation. Information: lrobinson@ahwatukeehoa.com

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Officers from the Phoenix Police Department’s South Mountain Precinct will meet with Ahwatukee residents at Tukee Talks, a quarterly session that enables people to ask questions about crime trends in the community and other public safety matters. DETAILS>> 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Ahwatukee Event Center, 4700 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee. Free. Refreshments provided.

Read the book and join each month’s lively discussion the first Wednesday of the month. October’s read: “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt. November’s read: “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri. DETAILS>> 7-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

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Project Humanities’ year-round outreach led by an Ahwatukee professor to help the homeless in downtown Phoenix will be held 6:45-8:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. Volunteers are welcome to meet on South 12th Avenue between West Jefferson and West Madison streets to help homeless people pick out clothing, shoes and toiletries. Neal Lester, Foundation Professor of English at Arizona State University and the founder/director of ASU’s Project Humanities, also reminds residents they can donate bottled water at AZ Spine & Disc, 4530 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee during normal business hours. Other items can be donated at Project Humanities’ Tempe headquarters. Information on donating and volunteering: 480-727-7030 or projecthumanities@asu.edu. Had 47 volunteers from ASU and across the Valley, supporting 245 adult individuals experiencing various degrees of homelessness. “With 90 women and 155 men, we’re always in need of men’s clothing items, especially underwear and shoes,” Lester said.

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Local professor’s homeless outreach downtown is Oct. 7

In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and to help students in Kyrene School District who are suffering from cancer, a blood drive will be held at two elementary schools and the district offices. DETAILS>> 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sierra Elementary, 1122 E. Liberty Lane, and Monte Vista Elementary, 15221 S. Ray Road, both Ahwatukee. 2-6 p.m. at Kyrene District Offices, northwest corner of Kyrene and Warner roads, Tempe. Walk-ins are welcome, but donots are urged to make an appointment at BloodHero.com. Sponsor codes depend on where you are giving blood: district office, KSD; Monte Vista, KMVES; and Sierra sponsor, KyreneSierra,

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3

Author Jenn McKinlay visits

New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay shares the lessons she’s learned on her way to creating six successful mystery and romance series. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

Book discussion club

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 LEGO Lab

Children accompanied by an adult can stop by for an hour of 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.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 Fall break fun

Staying in the Valley for Fall break? Stop by Ironwood Library for some seasonal activities! DETAILS>> Thursday October 12, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-12. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 Seed swap

Bring seeds to swap, or take free seeds from the Ahwatukee Community Garden’s seed bank. Master gardeners from the Ahwatukee Community Garden will be available to answer all your gardening questions! DETAILS>> 12:30-1:30pm, Ironwood Library, 4333 E.

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Top Arthritis Painkiller is a Cream Not a Pill

New cream works faster and is more targeted than oral medications. Key ingredients penetrate the skin within seconds to relieve joint arthritis pain. Users report signiﬁcant immediate relief. By Robert Ward Associated Health Press BOSTON – Innovus Pharmaceuticals has introduced a new arthritis pain relief treatment that works in seconds. Sold under the brand name Apeaz™, the new pain relief cream numbs the nerves right below the skin. When applied to an arthritic joint, or a painful area on the body, it delivers immediate relief that lasts for hours and hours. The powerful painkilling effect is created by the creams active ingredient, a special medical compound. Anesthetics are used in hospitals during surgery. They block nerve signals from the brain so that patients don’t feel pain and they work fast. The anesthetic found in Apeaz™ is the strongest available without a prescription. The cream form allows users to directly target their area of pain. It works where it is applied. The company says this is why the product is so effective and fast acting. “Users can expect to feel relief immediately after applying,” explains Dr. Bassam Damaj, President of Innovus Pharmaceuticals. “There will a pleasant warming sensation that is followed by a cool, soothing one. This is how you know that the active ingredients have reached the infected joint and tissue.”

Additional ingredients in the cream help suppress inammation around tissues and joints. Published pre-clinical studies have shown that the ingredients in Apeaz™ can also prevent further bone and cartilage destruction. There are also no negative side effects from the oral medication. Apeaz™ delivers its ingredients through the skin. Oral medications are absorbed in the digestive tract. Overtime, the chemicals in pills can tear the delicate lining of the stomach, causing ulcers and bleeding. When compared to other arthritis medications, Apeaz™ is a fraction of the cost. At less than $2 a day, the cream quickly is becoming a household name. Those with terrible arthritis in their hands and ngers, love how easy Apeaz™ is to open. The jar ts in the palm of the hand, which makes it much easier to use.

Instant Pain Relief Without a Prescription

Many Apeaz™ users report signicant improvements in daily aches and pain. Many more report increased exibility and less stiffness. They are moving pain free for the rst time in years, like Henry Esber, and early user of Apeaz™. “I’ve tried more pills than I can count. I’ve also had a handful of cortisone shots. Nothing is as effective as this product. With Apeaz™, I get relief right away. I rub a little

Apeaz™ is an FDA drug with approved claims for the pain relief of the following conditions: • Arthritis pain • Simple back pain • Strains • Sprains • Athletic injuries • Muscle stiffness and pain • Wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle, foot, muscle or joint pain Works In Seconds For arthritis suffers, Apeaz offers impressive advantages over traditional medications. The most obvious is how quickly it relieves discomfort. The cream contains the maximum approved dose of a top anesthetic, which penetrates the skin in a matter of seconds to numb the area that’s in pain. This relief lasts for several hours.

on my knees and some through my hands. It keeps the pain away. It also prevents the pain from getting really bad. It’s completely changed my life.”

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“Apeaz™ contains the highest, non-prescription dose of a medical compound that ghts pain on contact. When applied to the skin it goes to work within seconds by

Apeaz™: Quick Acting Pain and Arthritis Cream is Now Available Without a Prescription penetrating right to the source of your pain, numbing the nerve endings.” “This is why Apeaz™ is so effective for people with arthritis. It reduces pain while adding an additional layer of joint protection,” explains Damaj.

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Although Dr. Damaj and his team say that their cream is the fastest and most effective way to relieve arthritis pain, they believe there is still a reason to take joint pills. The most effective are those which help to further strengthen and support the joints. That’s why every container of Apeaz™ comes with ArthriVarx™, a breakthrough pill that’s taking on joint support in an entirely new way. ArthriVarx™ works on your joints, making it the perfect companion to Apeaz™. “ArthriVarx™ contains special compounds published to lubricate the joints and connective tissues that surrounds them. With daily use, they improve joint health and can give an extra cushion,” explains Dr. Damaj. “When combined with Apeaz™, it becomes the perfect system to tackle arthritis. While the anesthetic component of Apeaz™ is working on the outside, relieving pain on contact, ArthriVarx™ is working on the inside, adding cushioning to the joints”’

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without any of the negative side effects or interactions associated with oral drugs. By delivering fast, long-lasting, and targeted relief from joint pain and reducing inammation and swelling that causes joint damage, Apeaz™ and ArthriVarx™ is the newest, most effective way to tackle your arthritis pain. You can now enjoy an entirely new level of comfort that’s both safe and affordable. It is also extremely effective, especially if nothing else has worked well for you.

How to Get Apeaz™ in Arizona

This is the ofcial public release of Apeaz™. As such, the company is offering a special discounted supply to any joint-pain arthritissufferer who calls within the next 48 hours. A special hotline number and discounted pricing has been created for all Arizona residents. Discounts will be available starting today at 6:00AM and will automatically be applied to all callers. Your Toll-Free hotline number is 1-800-433-9203 and will only be open for the next 48 hours. Only a limited discounted supply of Apeaz™ is currently available in your region. Consumers who miss out on our current product inventory will have to wait until more becomes available and that could take weeks. Experience the guaranteed Apeaz™ relief already enjoyed by thousands of consumers. The company advises not to wait. Call 1-800-433-9203 today.

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renowned magician Richard Steele takes the stage. DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-12. Free. Tickets are available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

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This final celebration with activities for everyone includes: a farm animal petting zoo, pumpkin volcanos, dry ice “boo bubbles,” folded book art, football and hoop tosses, reading to a therapy dog, trying your luck at winning free Friends of the Library used books. Bring your Ironwood Library anniversary punch card to get and decorate a library book bag. DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-1 p.m, Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. For all ages, Free, no registration required.

Teen council meeting

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

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17

Fused-glass jewelry making

Jewelry artist Beth Maggio will teach participants to design and create their own pendant during the class session. After Beth takes the pendants home for kiln firing, participants can pick up their pieces in the library the following week. Supported by the Friends of Phoenix Public Library Ironwood Chapter. DETAILS>> 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Adults only. Free. Registration is required via the calendar at phxlib.org.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 Magic show

Be astounded by mind reading and other feats of magic as

Trunk or Treat

Ahwatukee Friends is sponsoring a Trunk or Treat night, giving kids a chance to go from car to car and find goodies in their trunks. DETAILS>> 6-8 p.m., Ahwatukee Events Center, 4700 E. Warner Road. Information or to be a vendor: ahwatukeefriends@gmail.com

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 taking to spiders and everything in between. E. Chandler Blvd. Ages birth to crawling. Free. Tickets are Details>> 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler limited and available in the library 30 minutes before Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required. program start time.

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Chamber offers networking

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>> 7-9 a.m. in the northwest corner of the park at 4700 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee. Information : acgarden.org or 480-759-5338.

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Bytes TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 Little Kids can learn the foundations of coding and computer Level Up!

Examine what makes games work and fun to play, and then design and make your own board or card game! Attendees must agree to the requirements of this ASU research partnership to participate. Details are in the calendar at phxlib.org. DETAILS>> 4-6 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 8-12. Free. No registration required.

Science of fear for kids

Explore the biology of fear, types of fear, the value of fear, and strategies to overcome or manage your fears safely. There will also be “Fear Boxes” and a ghost story! DETAILS>> 5-6 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-12. Free. No registration required.

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Science of fear for teens

Teens can explore the biology and types of fear as well as manipulation using fear and strategies to overcome or manage your fears. Those fears can range from test-

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>> Sundays 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-7. Free. No registration required.

Coder Dojo

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. #stem DETAILS>> Sundays 3-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 8-17. Free. No registration required.

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Sign language for crawlers

Accompanied by a favorite adult, little ones enjoy songs, music, rhymes, books, interactive stories, simple sign language words, activities to promote movement, and playtime. #pplstorytime #babytimewithsign DETAILS>> Mondays 10:30-11 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce networking and leads group is open to chamber members. DETAILS>> Noon, Native Grill and Wings, 5030 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Devida Lewis, 480-753-7676.

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.

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Homework help

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

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>> 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

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DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m. first and third Wednesdays, Pecos Community Center, 17010 S. 48th St. 602-636-5390 or HOV.org.

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welcoming environment. New to yoga? Beginners very welcome! DETAILS>> 10:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Adults only. Free. No registration required.

Explore hands-on creative ways to design, experiment, and invent while learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) through tinkering DETAILS>> 4-6 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-12. Free. No registration required.

Writing critique group

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

Chair yoga featured

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

Young readers and listeners can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. Read to Truffles every Wednesday. DETAILS>> 3-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-10. Free. No registration required.

Watercolor classes available

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.

Watercolor classes that teach both bold and beautiful as well as soft and subtle approaches to the art are available twice a week for beginners and intermediate students who are at least 15 years old. Step-by-step instruction and personal help are provided. DETAILS>> 2:30-5 Wednesdays and 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturdays at Hobby Lobby, 46th Street and Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Cost: $25 per class, $80 for four classes. Registration required: jlokits@yahoo.com or 480-471-8505.

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The Ahwatukee Chamber offers Power Partners every Tuesday except the second Tuesday of the month, when attendees are encouraged to attend the Wake Up Ahwatukee Morning Mixer. Unlike our Monday Power Group, this group will be non-category specific, meaning you can have more than one member in each business category. DETAILS>> 7:45-8:45 a.m. Early Baker, 15645 S. 40th St., Ahwatukee. Free Information:. Gina Jenkins, 480-9905444.

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

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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.

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An informal, relaxed social organization of about 90 women living in the Ahwatukee Foothills/Club West area. A way to escape once a month to have fun and meet with other ladies in the area. Guest speaker or entertainment featured. DETAILS>> 7 p.m. second Wednesday of the month, Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive. Contact Shelley Miller, president, at 602-527-6789 or essentiallyshelley@gmail.com

Parents can ‘drop in’

Parents are invited to join a drop-in group to ask questions, share ideas or just listen to what’s going on with today’s teenagers. DETAILS>> 5:30-7 p.m. second Wednesday of each month. Maricopa Cooperative Extension, 4341 E. Broadway Road, Phoenix. Free. RSVP at 602-827-8200, ext. 348, or rcarter@cals.arizona.edu.

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Ironwood Library provides the snacks and fun every Thursday; teens just bring themselves and a friend! First Thursdays: video games; second Thursdays: artmaking; third Thursdays: Upcycling Makerspace. Fourth Thursdays: Library Volunteer Opportunities. DETAILS>> Thursdays 4:00-5:30 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. DETAILS>> 7:30 a.m. Biscuits Restaurant, 4623 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee. Information: mike.maloney2003@gmail. com.

Mothers of Preschoolers gather

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

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Kids can play at Ironwood

Head to ironwood library for some cool indoor play time. kids can participate in a variety of activities including giant dice games, bingo, Code & Go with robot mice, and more. DETAILS>> Saturdays 2-4:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. No registration required; for school-aged children and their families.

Read to therapy dogs

Reading aloud to certified therapy dogs is an excellent way for emerging readers to practice their skills (and lots of fun, too!) Come read to our certified therapy dogs. DETAILS>> 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 1-11. First come first served.

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Legislative District 18 Democrats gather for an informal chat. DETAILS>> Free and open to the public 7:30-9 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month at Denny’s, 7400 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler. RSVP: marie9@q.com or 480592-0052.

The Legislative District 18 Democrats meet the second Monday of the month. DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m. social time, 7-8:30 p.m. meeting time. Because the location may be different from month to month, see ld18democrats.org. Information: ld18demsinfo@gmail.com. Free and open to the public.

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Ahwatukee/Chandler nonprofit breast cancer support group. DETAILS>> 10 a.m. to noon, second Saturday of the month. Morrison Boardroom next to Chandler Regional Medical Center, 1875 W. Frye Road, Chandler. Contact Patti Lynch at 480-893-8900 or tomklynch@msn.com or Cele Ludig at 480-330-4301.

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Head over to Desert Vista stadium for a fun time Thursday BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

hwatukee has some amazing signature events each year that make it an exceptional

community. And, on Thursday, Sept. 28, another of those exceptional annual rituals will explode on the gridiron as Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe high schools clash in the 21st Ahwatukee Bowl. Desert Vista is hosting the classic rivalry at 7 p.m. As you can tell from today’s cover and sports section, the Ahwatukee Foothills News believes the Tukee Bowl is a big deal. Indeed, last year we commissioned the creation of a trophy from Ahwatukee Trophies and Awards to memorialize the winning school. Each year’s winner will be etched alongside the previous years’ champs and the victor gets to display it all year before the next bowl. You don’t have to be a football fan to understand why it should be a big deal for the entire community.

In one place at one time, some of this community’s best athletes will compete in the nation’s most popular sport to the delight of not only thousands of current students, but scores of graduates as well. Beyond the two campuses, however, the Ahwatukee Bowl also gives residents and business owners a chance to come together in a fun way. Togetherness. Fun. We could use a lot more of both in this country and the world, and the coaches and staffs, teachers and administrators, and the students and players all deserve the area’s thanks for bringing Ahwatukee such a strong reminder of what community is all about. As I walked around Mountain Pointe’s football stadium during last year’s Tukee Bowl, I was amazed at the spirit that emanated from the bleachers. Principals Bruce Kipper of Mountain Pointe and Dr. Christine Barela of Desert Vista work hard every day to foster an atmosphere where all students, whether or not they don shoulder pads or hold pompoms, have a chance to take a major step

toward responsible adulthood. Kipper and Barela both consider the Ahwatukee Bowl a community, as well as a school, event. “The Tukee Bowl has a great tradition,” Kipper told me last year. “It reminds me of a small-town event where the local residents take pride in how their school and team will do. I think it is a very positive event, two schools that the community can be proud of playing each other.” Barela last year told me she considers the Ahwatukee Bowl “a wonderful high school rivalry between two amazing high schools” that “builds great spirit within the schools as well as within our community.” Both principals are old hands when it comes to rooting for their team at the Tukee Bowl. Kipper has missed only the three games that occurred while he was assigned to McClintock High, and Barela has a decade’s worth of Tukee Bowls under her belt. And then there is the campus excitement that’s been building all week as the clock ticks down to kickoff.

“The buzz on campus is always a little different for this game,” Kipper said. “We have worked hard to develop high school spirit for all events so efforts are made to stay consistent with that message. But it is the Tukee Bowl, and it does mean a lot to our students and community.” Given that “Desert Vista students are very spirited and support each other in all areas,” Barela said, “the spirit for the week prior to Tukee Bowl is definitely heightened with leadership from our student body in regard to promoting spirit days throughout the week.” The AFN trophy has been a guest at Mountain Pointe for a year now. Will its lease be renewed for another year or will it find a new temporary home at Desert Vista? You can find out Friday on ahwtaukee. com or in next week’s AFN, but I offer this idea: Head down Thursday night to Desert Vista stadium and take in an exciting matchup that also captures the spirit of Ahwatukee. I guarantee you won’t find more fun this week.

Why you should support Kyrene’s override and bond measures BY JOHN KING AFN Guest Writer

have lived in Ahwatukee Foothills since 1986. I was single when I moved to Mountain Park Ranch, but I knew that this would be a good place to raise a family, based on the information I had about the quality of the schools in the area. Since then, my wife and I have raised three boys – now successful men who all attended Kyrene and Tempe Union public schools – and I am happy to have made the right choice. Six years ago, I decided to become more involved in my community, running for the governing board for the Kyrene School District. I am now in the first year of my second term and am the current board president. More often than not, I meet new residents

of the community and, quite naturally, I ask what attracted them to Ahwatukee. The response is always, without fail, that the reputation of Kyrene as one of the highest-performing districts in the state was a major part of their decision. As a matter of fact, Chandler recently was named one of the top 10 most affordable towns in the nation with great elementary schools, and five Kyrene schools were cited. The quality of the school system contributes greatly to the quality and value of the community as a whole. When a community becomes more desirable, home values increase. The school district is an important partner in keeping our community desirable and property values high. This November, there will be three questions on the ballot that support the continued success of the Kyrene school district. A question I’m often asked is why do you

need these budget overrides – is the district not living within it's financial means? The answer is that state funding of public education has decreased. Since 2009, the monies for District Additional Assistance (DAA)/Capital, one of the budget overrides we're requesting, has decreased statewide by $2 billion. Funding for building renewal and repair has decreased $256 million in the same time frame. All the while our buildings continue to age and require regular maintenance. Voters are being asked to continue the budget overrides currently in place and reauthorize the bond. Here are some brief explanations how this money is spent within the district: Maintenance/operations

override.

The largest part of this override goes to pay 210 teachers’ salaries. The rest covers “specials” (music, art, PE), instructional interventions and middle school

exploratories (coding, foreign language, culinary and performing arts and STEM). Capital override. This override supports the technology program, maintaining the devices (laptops, tablets, whiteboards), software licenses, school security systems, parent services (ParentVue, crisis notification, online payment options), school buses and maintenance vehicles. This money is also used to support computer systems as required by the state to conduct AZMerit tests each year. There is, at this time, no option to return to the paper test. Bond reauthorization. Most of our Kyrene school buildings average 25-30 years of age with some approaching 40 years old, and they require an investment in their maintenance and repair to allow us to provide safe learning environments. Bond funds are critical, as we receive See

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no additional funding from the state to maintain our aging district buildings. As part of our strategy to maintain and increase enrollment, we are expanding our preschool program, which currently has a waiting list of over 150 new students due to limited available space. Bond funding will allow us to reach our goal of a preschool at every site, which we view as an investment in our future.

Examples of bond money use include roof resurfacing, adjacent ways repair and resurfacing, chiller replacement, and other building maintenance issues. AZMERIT scores are a measure of our success and improvement year over year. The most recent results demonstrate a positive direction for our students and clearly show Kyrene consistently performs at the top or above other school districts. Perhaps more significantly, and a more difficult benchmark to achieve, is the double-digit growth in performance at

many of our schools. Our teachers and administrators are to be commended for their continued focus on excellence as this latest AZMERIT report suggests. I was elected to the Kyrene School Board twice by the members of this community on the promise I would work hard to ensure their property values would not be negatively affected by a poorly performing school district and that their children would continue to have an excellent school district with excellent teachers and an administration that would focus on the

success of their children's education first and foremost. I believe I have kept those promises thus far. It is not my place to tell anyone how to vote and that has never been my practice. There are many opinions that are not driven by fact that can filter your decision one way or the other. Choose your sources carefully and by all means vote, but please vote informed. -John King is president of the Kyrene School District Governing Board.

The arts mean business in the valley We’re way too sensitive. Does that offend you? Gee, sorry about that BY DR. SUE PEPIN AND RANDY COHEN AFN Guest Writers

hen we talk about arts and culture in the Phoenix metro area, we typically describe how they bring us joy, beautify our downtowns and neighborhoods and make us feel creative. A new research study conducted by Americans for the Arts in partnership with the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, Mesa and seven West Valley communities is expanding that conversation about the arts – from one of “the arts improve quality of life” to one of “arts are an industry.” The Valley communities were among 341 regions across all 50 states that participated in Arts & Economic Prosperity 5, a national study about the economic impact of nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and their audiences. Who are these cultural and business organizations? They range from the Phoenix Symphony and Heard Museum to the East Valley Children’s Theatre and the Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts in Wickenburg. By every measure, the results are impressive. The nonprofit arts industry in Phoenix generated $401.8 million of economic activity in 2015 – $164.6 million in spending by arts and cultural organizations and an additional $237.2 million in event-related expenditures by their audiences. This economic activity supported 12,815 jobs locally. The arts also generated $44.5 million in revenue to local and state government. Yes, the arts are a jobs industry. They not only employ musicians, dancers, and curators, but also accountants, electricians

and web designers. That colorful program you receive at every performance has to be written, designed and printed – more local jobs. The arts are not just food for the soul. They also put food on the table in nearly 13,000 households in Phoenix alone. That is more jobs than the highly valued regional employment at either Intel or Americans Airlines. The economic benefits don’t end there. Unlike most industries, the arts generate millions in audience spending. When we attend an arts event, we may pay for parking, eat dinner at a restaurant, enjoy dessert after the show and return home to pay the babysitter. The study found that the typical Phoenix arts attendee spends $34.80 per person per event beyond the cost of admission – an amount higher than the national average of $31.47. The Phoenix study shows that the arts are a tourism driver. One of every five attendees was from outside Maricopa County. Their event-related spending was more than twice as much ($68.80 per person) than what residents spend. The message is clear: A vibrant arts community not only keeps residents and their discretionary spending close to home, it also attracts visitors who spend money and help local businesses thrive. When we fund our local arts organizations, the public’s dollars provide all of us with both cultural and economic benefits, and help make arts and culture experiences available and accessible to all of our citizens. No longer do community leaders need to feel that a choice must be made between arts funding and economic prosperity. The arts mean business. -Sue Pepin is president and CEO of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. spepin@pipertrust. org or@SPPiperTrust. Randy Cohen is vice president of research and policy at Americans for the Arts.

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ AFN Columnist

nce upon a time, I hosted a talk radio program for a living. It was easy work, because I have been talking virtually nonstop since childhood, and saying stupid things has always come naturally to me. I left behind professional jabbering 10 years ago, which is for the best. Because we as a society have become entirely too sensitive. Anymore, it feels like every time you turn around, someone new is being fired, excoriated on social media or being forced to apologize publicly for offending someone. Back in the day, we lamented the “P.C. Police” enforcing political correctness. Today, it’s more like P.C. Crips and P.C. Bloods, rival gangs with massive memberships looking to throw down over the slightest offense. In Chandler, the local chapter of the Little People of America got exercised over the Rockin’ Taco Street Fest, which offered as entertainment something called “Extreme Midget Wrestling.” The Little People of America condemned the event and its “use of the M-word,” as it is denigrating, dehumanizing and humiliating to little people everywhere.” Except, it appears, to the little people who earn a living wrestling under stage names like Bruce Lee Roy, Eddie Vato and Baby Jesus. In other apology news, the CEO of KB Home, Jeffrey Metzger, issued a public apology for exploding on his neighbor, terminally unfunny comedian Kathy Griffin. Metzger’s homophobic, profane tirade was – unfortunately for him – captured by a security camera. The subsequent leak led to massive headlines

almost instantly. A day later, ESPN host Jemele Hill hit send on her public mea culpa for her Twitter rant calling President Trump “a white supremacist” and “the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime.” Understand, I’m not defending the wisdom of employing little people wrestlers or sputtering inanely in public. Wrestling isn’t my thing, no matter the height of the grapplers. Metzger sounded like a moron. And Hill, while entitled to her opinion, shouldn’t have used her job to broadcast that opinion far and wide. With all that said, we have begun to act as a society like those around us only have the right to earn a living or speak their mind so long as what they do or say comports precisely with own our point of view. We appear to have mistaken freedom of speech with a different freedom entirely – the right to walk through our days without ever once being offended by anything we see, hear or experience. This may come as a shock, but this is a country of 350 million people, many of whom believe things that are silly and offensive. I prefer to know who the idiots are – and the racists, homophobes, white supremacists, anti-Semites and Kathy Griffin fans. Why? Mostly because it makes them easier to avoid or, when I meet them, to make fun of them to their faces. Or their hoods, as the case may be. Unfortunately, that’s become virtually impossible to do in America, circa 2017. Personally, I don’t want your apology. I want you to have the guts to say what you believe to my face. Then we can do what Americans used to do. Talk it out, argue and settle our differences, not politely lie and offer fake “I’m sorrys.” - David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com.

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For Ahwatukee Native Grill owners, wings and community go together BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

o matter who wins on the field at the Tukee Bowl on Thursday, both teams and their fans will be winners afterward. Rod and Kim Ticknor make community their business – just as they have made chicken wings their business in Ahwatukee for 20 years. As owners of the two Native Grill and Wings restaurants in Ahwatukee, the Ticknors host the teams and their supporters after every football game, with the Mountain Pointe High School crowd landing at 5050 E. Ray Road and Desert Vista fans at 1339 E. Chandler Blvd. on the western side of the community. Kim goes one step further on Friday mornings, fixing pre-game meals for both teams that are picked up and delivered by the two schools’ booster clubs. “They eat a lot,” said Rod Ticknor, quickly adding that they don’t eat all that much before the game. “The coaches’ philosophy is ‘we want them hungry.’” They’re not the only ones who eat a lot. Ahwatukee is apparently chicken wing country, with Native serving about 35,000 wings a week – all served in any one of 21 sauces that have become a trademark for the restaurant. The Ticknors got in on the chicken wing craze early and with an expert. They opened the Ray Road restaurant

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20 years ago, joining a small franchise started by a couple who moved here from Buffalo – the virtual birthplace of wings. Rod, an Oregon native, had met Kim, an Arizona native, at a Valley Wendy’s restaurant where they had been worked 10 years earlier. At the time they met 30 years ago, Rod had escaped the cold wet climate of the Northwest. After he and Kim married, Rod worked for Olive Garden, his corporate job landing him in Houston and then Atlanta. (Special to AFN) They decided The Ticknors' two Ahwatukee Native Grill and Wings restaurants sell more to return to than 35,000 wings a week.

Arizona and were looking for a business they could own and run. “While we liked both cities, we thought with all the traveling I was doing, it just wasn’t worth it,” Rod explained. “I wanted to be an active part of my family. Besides, the business climate was better here.” Ticknor said he and his wife “looked at hundreds of businesses” before settling on the fledgling Native franchise, then called Native New Yorker. “It was small then, maybe only four or five franchises,” he recalled. “I figured since I was from the corporate world I could help give it some structure.” Besides, while different from anything he had worked in before – with later hours and far greater sales of beer instead of wine – Ticknor saw similarities between the Olive Garden and Native Grill concepts. “Basically, you treat every customer well,” he said. "The best thing we can do is take care of the guests one at a time with good food and good service. If we make a

mistake, we’ve got to make it right. Even if it’s a matter of perception as to whether something is right or wrong, we just make the customer happy.” Native has become a family affair of sorts for the Ticknors: Their son Chandler manages the Chandler Boulevard outlet. Their other son, Austin, didn’t want to get into the restaurant business, and studied forensic technology. While Kim didn’t work the first year they owned the Ray Road Native, she now does a variety of tasks with Rod. “We go back and forth between the two restaurants, depending on the volume of business. We’re the giant safety net if people are on vacation,” he said. They also experiment occasionally with new menu items, although corporate headquarters makes decisions on what will be added to all the Arizona franchises’ menus. For example, the Ticknors invented the chicken apple walnut salad – now a staple on all Native menus. Hosting the high school teams and their supporters after football games began with Mountain Pointe, he said. The Ray Road location – the busiest in the chain for 18 years – became the goto postgame site after Mountain Pointe football boosters asked for the Ticknors’ support. Desert Vista came on board after the Ticknors opened their second Native about nine years ago. “That’s one less thing the boosters have to worry about,” Ticknor said. “Even though our two sons went to Desert Vista, we look at both schools as twins,” he said. If it sounds like the Ticknors look at Ahwatukee as family, you’d be correct. Native supports a wide variety of charitable organizations and events in the community, and also provides support for PTOs, other school functions and the varsity wrestling program at both Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista. “I wish we had more money to support more,” Ticknor said. “Most of our employees are Ahwatukee residents. We love this community.” Information: nativegrillandwings.com

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Ahwatukee veterinarian opens Sun Lakes Chandler Animal Clinic AFN News Staff

r. Ashley Greenway of Ahwatukee was only 8 years old when she decided what she wanted to be when she grew up. “I always loved animals growing up,” she said. “I got my first cat, Smokie, at the age of 8, and always knew this is what I wanted to do since then.” “This” was becoming a veterinarian. And now, the Nebraska native owns Sun Lakes Animal Clinic, which she bought from the estate of Dr. Randy Walker, the late veterinarian with whom she worked. She has renamed the business Sun Lakes Chandler Animal Clinic. After graduating from Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2009, Greenway moved to Arizona in search of warmer weather and outdoor activities. She practiced in Chandler before she made her way to the Sun Lakes clinic in 2014, working there for the last three years as an associate at the clinic. Greenway, who lives with her husband, Jeff, three dogs and two cats, looked at Sun Lakes as an ideal place for her practice. “I love my clients and people in this area, so I decided I didn’t want to leave the area, so we bought the practice,” she said. “The practice is actually a lot closer to Chandler than people realize. “A lot of our Ocotillo clients comment how close the clinic is to them. So, we

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Ahwatukee resident and veterinarian Dr. Ashley Greenway and husband Jeff Ames are excited about her new animal clinic.

changed the name from Sun Lakes Animal Clinic to Sun Lakes Chandler Animal Clinic to reflect the areas we serve. “ She already has made several improvements, including incorporating new technology into the clinic, such as digital radiography, laser therapy and inhouse lab work. Also, the clinic is working on its Cat Friendly Certification and has already incorporated separate entrances, waiting room areas, exam rooms and treatment areas to minimize stress for cats during

visits. “We provide many aspects of care from puppy/kittenhood through senior pets from wellness exams and vaccines, pets with allergies or other skin conditions, to dentistry, surgery (spay and neuter, mass removals, and many other soft tissue and abdominal surgeries), and laser therapy for management of many painful or inflammatory conditions,” she said. Greenway has received extensive continuing education and training in the field of dentistry and safe anesthesia.

She also had to surmount a learning curve setting up shop, including “the endless paperwork and signing away your life on every document you sign.” “With any change in ownership, it is difficult to make any changes,” she said. “On one hand, you know that what you are doing will benefit your patients and clients, but some people don’t like to see change and refuse to see it for the betterment of their pets.” Her practice is limited solely to dogs and cats and believes her technological improvements and bedside manner will give her an edge in a competitive industry. “It has gotten more so,” she said of the competitive field in which she works. “We just focus on why we are here: because we love what we do, we love our patients and clients and we hope that people can see the passion we have for every pet we see,” she said, adding: “We also focus on what we are best at: dentistry/surgery and anesthetic safety, pain management and treating each pet like it was our own. We do a great job taking care of each pet and hope that people will see that.” When she is not busy treating cats and dogs, Greenway enjoys hiking with her husband and dogs, traveling, swimming and watching football. The clinic is at 9607 E. Riggs Road on the corner of Riggs and Dobson roads in Sun Lakes. Information: 480-895-7633, slcac.com.

Ahwatukee Trophies didn’t disappear; it just moved AFN News Staff

he owners of Ahwatukee Trophies & Corporate Awards want everyone to know they haven’t left town – it just looks that way because of forces beyond their control. Brian McHale and Larry Prine moved from the store’s nearly 20-year location in the 4900 block of East Warner Road next to Phillys Sports Grill back in January. They figured that they had done enough by leaving a sign telling people they could now find Ahwatukee Trophies a few blocks away at 4730 E. Warner Road next to Nello’s Pizza. But then Starbucks came along. The coffee giant tore down the old building – and the redirectional sign along with it. “No sign of our business exists at this location any longer,” McHale said.

“While many customers look up our number and call to see if we are still in business, we’re clearly concerned about the customers that may not.” An 18-year resident of Ahwatukee, McHale teamed up with Prince to buy Ahwatukee Tropies a year ago. “In 2016, this business experienced significant growth,” McHale said early this year. “We want to capitalize on this momentum by adding better technology to support this growth, along with very aggressive and targeted marketing/advertising.” To accomplish that goal, they figured they needed a bigger space, so they found it on the northwest corner of 48th Street and Warner Road. The two men are especially enthusiastic about their added emphasis on awards. “Awards have always been a staple in any organization, it builds healthy com-

pletion among groups and teams,” Prine said. “It allows the organization to grow and reward their employees for doing a great job. The employees are being recognized for their contribution to the overall growth of the organization.” Added McHale: “I’ve utilized trophies and awards in the workplace for years and highly value the impact that they can have on your workforce.” “As an athlete and a senior manager,” McHale (Special to AFN) said, “I’ve received and presented quite a num- Mike Wapniarski, the graphic design specialist at Ahwatukee TroSee

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phies & Corporate Awards examines some artwork in the business' new location in the strip mall on the northwest corner of 48th on page 40 Street and Warner Road.

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Breweries see business in beer made from wastewater

BY NKIRUKA OMERONYE Cronkite News

astewater. We use it to irrigate fields, to flush toilets and to make one of America’s favorite beverages – beer. The inaugural Arizona Pure Water Brew Challenge brought together 26 breweries from across Arizona last week and tasked them with creating the besttasting beer using treated wastewater. “We had no idea how many breweries would compete, but we were shooting for around 32,” said Danielle McPherson from the WaterNow Alliance, which partnered with the challenge. “But we were really excited about the 26 that we did get because a lot of the time, breweries are busy with other commitments, and this takes a lot of time.” The competition wrapped up earlier this month, and she said it went so well, they want to expand it beyond state lines next year. The goal of the competition: Inform Arizonans about the importance of conserving water and how people can use technology to safely reuse it. Organizers supplied the breweries with the water, which they obtained from three Arizona treatment plants, McPherson said. At that point, the water wasn’t potable – or safe to drink. The brew challenge team put the water through a five-step process that started with ultrafiltration and ended with chlorine disinfection. Despite this extensive process and reassurances about the water’s safety, McPherson said people still have negative feelings about consuming it. “Public perception is the biggest hurdle,” she said.

(Graphic courtesy of AZ Pure Water Brew Challenge website)

The water used for the contest was purified through a five-step process.

McPherson said one way to sway people is to change the words we use to describe it. “We generally like to stay away from calling it wastewater,” she said. “We tend to use ‘reclaimed’ or ‘highly purified’ water instead.” Mother Bunch Brewery competed in the AZ Pure Water Brew challenge. Lead bartender Marco Hernandez said customers have liked their creation, Agua Frida, a nod to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. “Once they try it, they’re amazed at how good that beer tastes,” Hernandez said. “It’s actually been selling really, really well.” Phoenix resident Juan Mata said he

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couldn’t tell the difference between the beer crafted with treated water and other beers. “Recycled water to good beer? Sure. Let’s do it,” Mata said. Customer Sammy Evans had not tried the beer but said she supports the mission. “We should be using wastewater more appropriately everywhere, and it shouldn’t affect the taste,” she said. As for the results of the AZ Pure Water Brew Challenge, McPherson said that it was successful overall. “We had people take surveys to say if they would be more likely to consume the water,” she said. “The results have not been analyzed yet, but anecdotally, a

lot of them were much more open to it.” She said she was pleased with the news coverage, which helped spread the word about reclaimed water. In her opinion, the future of the competition is promising. “Our team has talked about having Arizona breweries compete against breweries in California and Nevada,” she said. “We really want to take this state to state.”

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Time to review Medicare coverage, official advises BY CATE KORTZEBORN AFN GUEST WRITER

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alize them in virtually any way that a customer desires,” McHale said, adding: “We have two world class commercial grade laser printers, along with a color printer that is possibly the only one in the Valley of this caliber. We can add logos and color to virtually any flat surface, and even generate a 3-D look and feel to these surfaces.” Prine and McHale also hope to add their personal mark on the business. “We felt these awards were getting a bit ‘stale,’ so we are attempting to add life back into these recognition/motivational tools,” McHale explained. And while they like their home base in Ahwatukee, they’re aiming for a bigger market. As McHale explained, “We will start target-marketing the corporate market throughout the Valley.” Information: 480-785-5292, ahwatukeetrophies.com

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ber of trophies and awards over the years, so I honestly have seen the value on both the giving and receiving end of personal recognition and rewards.” Prine also recalled his experience in corporations to explain his attachment to the trophy and award business. For him, it is always now a case of better to give than receive. “I have received multiple trophies and awards for myself, but frankly, there is nothing like giving an award and watching the face of someone who is receiving it,” Prine said. “The pride they feel at that moment, you can see it, and it’s contagious throughout the team.” Their business includes handmade trophies built entirely in their office. “The crystal and acrylic awards we can buy already manufactured, then person-

-Cate Kortzeborn is Medicare’s acting regional administrator for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific Territories.

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Prayer can help you be content during life’s rough spots BY DIANE MARKINS AFN Guest Writer

y five grandchildren are nearly perfect. They are polite and kind. They listen to me and knock off the arguing when I give them the look. They don’t complain and they pick up after themselves. For me. I often see/hear a different side of them with their parents. They’re still fantastic little monkeys, but the bickering, griping and whining ramp up dramatically on occasion. Being good for Grandma is easy. Layla (they call me Layla – short for abuela) doesn’t demand or expect too much. Layla plans in advance to make things

special and fun. Layla isn’t spread thin, rushing or preoccupied. Because Layla has them only for short bursts of time, of which they are the total center of my universe It wasn’t like that with my own kids. (Forgive me, kids.) I was always on the go, busy and often tired. Parenting them was lumped into all the rest of what was going on in any given day. It wasn’t the sole action item to accomplish. That’s real life. It’s easy to be nice and patient and sweet to people who are bending over backwards to make us happy. But people typically are trying to load 29 hours of crap into a 24-hour day. They don’t pause and smile just because it’s YOU. They don’t quit what they’re doing so they can meet your needs and

make your day a little better. As purposeful people, it’s essential that we plan for delays and expect rudeness to come our way. The bakery will lose the order for your kid’s birthday cake. The hotel won’t have a record of your reservation. Your boss will forget to thank you. A neighbor will get ticked off because your sprinklers are watering their gravel. The question is, are you prepared to respond with kindness and dignity? Or are you only able to be nice when things are going your way? I can cough up a few reasons for why it’s impossible to always be nice. I’ll confess I struggle with this, especially in the business world. When I have to wait 45 minutes for a wedge salad or my cable company doesn’t

seem to give a rip that the service isn’t working, I sometimes forget that grace and kindness should be applied as I respond. The selfish, whiney, arrogant part of me emerges in living color. Yuck. Being a woman that God is pleased with can be really hard when you’re as imperfect as I am. Fortunately, He is much more concerned that I’m aware and care about it when I flop. It’s easy to be good for Grandma, or anyone who makes your life easier and better. It’s a lot tougher to “be good” during the course of another hectic day. But I think a little attention and prayer of preparedness to start the day can make a big difference and help you with contentment in the rough spots. What causes you to lose your cool and not “be nice” to people?

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Taste of Greece Festival brings the Mediterranean alive GETOUT Staff Report

Dance the syrto and the zembekiko with the Eliaktithes. Munch on dolmathes, souvlaki and spanakopita. Shop in the agora. If it all sounds Greek to you, it is. That will be joyously clearer when the annual Taste of Greece Festival returns Sept. 29−Oct. 1 to St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church in Chandler. Combining ancient Greek culture with today’s, the weekend celebration includes foods, pastries, live music, costumed folk dancing, imports, arts and crafts and other merchandise in the “agora” or “marketplace,” a Kids Fun Zone and a $1,000 raffle. The event hours are 5-10 p.m. Sept. 29, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sept. 30, and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 1. (Photos courtesy of Taste of Greece) In its 30th year serving the community, St. Katherine is at 2716 N. Dobson Road, Among the festival planners are, from left in back row, Father Phil Armstrong, Spiro Apergis, Harry just south of Elliott Road. Free parking Kantarze and Gust Bafaloukos. Seated are Elaine Hatupis, left, and Mena Bafaloukos. and a shuttle bus will be at Seton High Archuleta chairs the festival and is a fry booth, Archuleta said. School, 1150 N. Dobson Road, just north of Two later festivals were held at Queen Ray Road. Limited handicapped parking is board member at the church, where she’s been involved since its inception more of Peace Church, also in Mesa, and in 1985, available on the church grounds. “St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church than 30 years ago. Her son, Adam, is a for- the festival moved to the church’s current views its annual ‘Taste of Greece’ as a mer Arizona State University and NFL play- site. “We boast excellent homemade Greek unique opportunity to showcase the cui- er and current CBS Sports analyst. The first St. Katherine Festival was held food and pastries,” she added “For the sine, culture and faith of the Greek people,” said Father Philip Armstrong, who at Evergreen Park in Mesa in the early sports enthusiast, we offer a sports bar to 1980s, with food donated by Spiro Aper- watch their favorite team while enjoying leads a membership of 200 families. “We take immense pride in showcasing gis, a restaurant owner and one of the a menu favorite. All in all, it’s an unforgetour Greek heritage and hospitality,” said church founding fathers who still assists table experience that our guests look forfellow church member Bill Theros in the ward to attending each year.” Vange Archuleta of Chandler.

What’s cooking? Weeks before the event, several dozen church volunteers prepare dishes such as dolmathes (grapevine leaves stuffed with ground beef, seasoned rice and herbs), spanakopita (thin filo dough filled with spinach and cheeses) and pastichio (Greek lasagna, baked macaroni and ground beef covered in béchamel sauce). This year, the festival is re-introducing pork souvlaki, cubed pork marinated in oil, lemon juice and oregano and skewered, grilled and served on pita bread. Among the church members helping out, all in their 70s and 80s, is Elaine Hatupis of Queen Creek, the hot food chairwoman who has worked in the festival kitchen since 1987. “She and her team prepare approximately 5,000 dolmathes for baking during the festival,” Archuleta said. Mena Bafaloukos and husband Gust, of Chandler, have volunteered their time for 25 years. She is the festival pastry chairwoman, and estimates that her team has baked 500,000-plus pastries for the festivals. Gust and his volunteer chefs prepare and cook approximately 800 pounds of chicken each year, she added. And Harry Kantarze of Gilbert, “King of Lamb Shanks,” has been preparing and cooking them for 20 years at the events. See

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Greek dancing is also part of the festival’s offerings as different age groups perform. Four dance groups, ranging from preschool to young adult, will perform throughout the weekend.

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All ages perform vibrant mariachi music, folklorico dance at festival BY COLLEEN SPARKS GETOUT Contributing Writer

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Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar, a premier mariachi ensemble headed by Jimmy “El Pollo” Cuéllar, will perform at the 18th Annual Mariachi and Folklorico Festival presented by the Chandler Center for the Arts.

the Valley,” Ramirez of Chandler said. “Each group has their own style to what they do. Every director has their own style. It definitely is a bit of a challenge, but a fun one to get all these dancers on stage and have them look as if they are one company.” Ramirez is also owner and director of Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli-AZ, a nonprofit organization in Chandler with dancers as

young as 2 years old and as old as 68. For the festival, dancers performing will range from 11 to 23 years old, she said. Usually only the teenage and adult dancers perform at the festival, but this year Ramirez is allowing the younger dancers to participate. “They’ve been working really hard to be up to par with the more advanced dancers,” she said.

The young dancers are excited to be part of the huge performance, and Ramirez is thrilled to work with the other dance troupes at the festival. Primavera Folkorico Dance Company of Phoenix, Institute of Folklorico Mexicano of Queen Creek and Tradiciones Dance See

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exican culture will come to life in a colorful display of dynamic dance and music at a festival that merges budding child performers with professional adult artists. Musicians will strum guitars, blow trumpets and bow violins in passionate melodies while dancers will perform intricate footwork in colorful skirts at the 18th Annual Mariachi and Folklorico Festival, presented by the Chandler Center for the Arts. The lively traditional music and dances of Mexico will come to the stage at 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at the arts center, 250 N. Arizona Ave. Nonprofit organization C.A.L.L.E. de Arizona produces the annual event marking Hispanic Heritage Month. Festival director Vanessa Ramirez hopes the show will draw 1,500 people. Dance is also a big part of the mariachi festival. About 60 child and adult dancers from four folklorico dance groups in Chandler, Queen Creek and other parts of the Valley will perform together accompanied by the mariachi groups. “It’s a unique thing that we’re doing in

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Company of Phoenix will perform with Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli-AZ at the festival. Since July, the four dance groups have been rehearsing four to six hours every weekend. The joint performance has “created just an awesome unity,” Ramirez said. “It’s amazing,” she said. “Every year it’s just growing and growing; the dancers get really excited about coming back to work on this project. With everything going on in the world right now, it’s wonderful to escape all the negativity and come see all the positive activities that our youth are doing, the way they’re all collaborating, communicating. It’s another way to be proud of their culture and share the world.” Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar, a premier mariachi ensemble based in Los Angeles headed by Grammy Award winner Jimmy “El Pollo” Cuéllar, will perform again this year. Also featured at the festival will be Mariachi Sonido de Mexico from Tucson. Youths who participate in the 2017 C.A.L.L.E. de Arizona Mariachi Music Workshops Sept. 27-29 at Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary School in Chandler will also perform. Ticket sales for the festival go toward scholarships for students. C.A.L.L.E. de Arizona said it is committed to promoting the beauty, characteristics and qualities

of the Mexican/Hispanic culture through various art forms. Ramirez described folklorico as a traditional folk dance from all the states of Mexico. Mariachi songs express various themes including love, loss and patriotism. Children, teens and adults in Chandler, Mesa and Tempe through nonprofit organizations, after-school programs and Arizona State University take classes and perform throughout the year. Chris Nguyen, a general music teacher at Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary School, is looking forward to the festival. He runs an after-school mariachi club for children at the Chandler school through the nonprofit Desert Sounds Performing Arts organization in Mesa. “I feel like listening to live professional mariachi is just so beneficial,” Nguyen, of Chandler, said. “I think the more I know as a teacher the better I am as an instructor. Music is a language of the soul. Anyone can just listen to the mariachi music and as long as it’s played well, it will reach out to you. “If a person is appreciative of other cultures and just listening to great, quality music, they’re going to get a lot out of the festival,” he added. To learn more about the 18th Annual Mariachi and Folklorico Festival and to buy tickets, visit chandlercenter.org.

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“It wasn’t until recently we discovered that Harry has been using his wife Tula’s marinate recipe all along,” she said. Homemade pastries include baklava (filo dough filled with nuts and spices), kourabiedes (a rich, shortbread-like cookies covered with powdered sugar) and loukoumathes (pastry puffs sweetened with honey and sprinkled with cinnamon). Kathy Bookas Connell helps prepare the pastries. Her husband, Daryl, is in charge of the tents and setup as well as the shuttle transportation. “Before and during the festival, our members are involved with food and pastry preparations and have even produced a cookbook that is sold at the festival,” said Connell, former president of the Philoptohos, the philanthropic arm of St. Katherine, the largest Christian women’s organization in the country. All cookbook proceeds go to charities. Live music by the Grecian Express will be heard all weekend, and Greek dance groups will entertain and invite participants. Dance workshops also are on tap. Niki Pallas and Carol Bafaloukos, both Chandler, are church members who direct, choreograph and prepare the groups for the festival and other events such as the

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ow about a beautiful steak for dinner tonight? For me, it’s likely to be a rib eye, T-bone (Porterhouse) or New York. If steak is on the menu, and you’re not going to grill, here’s how to pan‑sear the perfect steak. The cut and thickness of your steak will determine the doneness and I have a simple guide for you:

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Directions: Prepare potato by coating lightly with olive oil and sprinkling with salt and pepper. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour. (If baking more than one potato, extend cooking process by 10-15 minutes.) In a skillet, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil or butter and sauté onion on medium high until golden brown and caramelized, about 8 minutes. Set aside to cool. Bring steak to room temperature. Liberally sprinkle salt and pepper on all sides of steak. Heat a 10-inch skillet (or one that accommodates steak) to very hot. Add 2 tablespoons oil. Lay steak in skillet and do not

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Tukee Bowl a classic rivalry with special meaning BY GREG MACAFEE AFN Sports Editor

ivalries often develop between two teams or two individuals, but when two high school teams share the same community, it adds even more meaning to a game. That’s how it has always been in Ahwatukee when Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe high schools take to the field for the annual Tukee Bowl. The stands are full and you can feel the fans’ energy. “It’s a lot of stuff, but it’s a big-game atmosphere, every year,” said Desert Vista head coach Daniel Hinds. “It’s a lot of people and there’s a lot of energy. You can feel it. I think the players, naturally get excited about that game. “There aren’t too many rivalries around the state that are quite like this one and the reason I say that is because you have two high schools that are nestled back here in the Ahwatukee Foothills in a real tightknit community and the kids all know each other, so it makes it really cool.” Phoenix City Councilman and Ahwatukee representative Sal DiCiccio said he has attended most of the contests, including the first, and added that “it’s huge for the community.” Even though the scores present a different story, the last two contests have been close, with Mountain Pointe coming out

on top both times to even the overall bowl record to 10 apiece. The Pride went on to finish with records of 12-1 and 13-1 and appeared in the state semi-finals and the state championship. The Thunder finished the 2014 and 2015 seasons with identical 7-5 records, falling to Chandler High in the state playoffs both years. Hinds has been on the sidelines every year for the matchup between Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe. He remembers when the rivalry started. While the Thunder staff has stayed consistent, Mountain Pointe has gone through a couple of changes over the years. In the beginning, Hinds even had the opportunity to coach against an old friend. “A rivalry is a rivalry, but when it first started for me, the guy I played for in high school, Karl Kiefer, was the head coach at Mountain Pointe,” Hinds said. “So, it made it real special, real neat and pretty fun.” Players on both sides have personal connections with each other as well. Two of the best defensive players in this year’s matchup, Kenny Churchwell of Mountain Pointe, and Desert Vista’s Larry Davis, have been best friends for quite some time. “Seeing them again for the last time on the same field together, that is going to be something special,” Davis said.

Wishing Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe a great season!

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Fans of both the Pride and Thunder will be out in force Thursday for the Tukee Bowl, just as these Mountain Pointe High students showed up for their team’s Friday night game against Pinnacle High.

The competition between the two schools doesn’t just take place on the field, but off it as well. For the past two years, both schools have used the week leading up to the game to fundraise for the Make-a-Wish foundation in a weeklong competition. They call it “Wish Week.” “We know many are excited and looking forward to the game, so our student body started raising money for Make-a-Wish during the week of this game,” Mountain Pointe Principal Bruce Kipper said. “I am proud of our students for wanting to make a difference in the lives of others.” Added Desert Vista Principal Christine Barela: “Everyone enjoys winning, but the overall spirit and positive atmosphere it

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Tukee Bowl teams at the top of their game BY GREG MACAFEE AFN Sports Editor

t’s an annual event that draws close to 10,000 people, pits two of the best high school football teams in Arizona against each other and showcases some of the best talent in the state. It’s the Ahwatukee Bowl. This year’s game may be more difficult to predict than any in the past as both teams will take the field at Desert Vista high school Thursday night with records of 4-1. They both bring strong defenses and an ability to score the football in more ways than one. Mountain Pointe has had a strong start to the season while it battled with crucial injuries early in the season. Gary Bragg and Jakim McKinney have become one of the best running back duos in the state, racking up 963 yards and 13 touchdowns. Junior quarterback Nick Wallerstedt has proved to be just as dangerous running the ball, rushing for 303 yards and three touchdowns. The Pride scored 20-plus points in

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Mountain Pointe’s Marshawn Gibson breaks up a pass intended for Pinnacle’s Jack Jepson with about 3:05 left in the third quarter.

all five of their games and has allowed their defense to shine early this season. A strong secondary consisting of Kenny Churchwell, Delano Salgado, Lacarea Pleasant-Johnson and Marshawn Gibson have been lights out, picking off six passes and deflecting 24 more. The defensive line has been just as strong. Shomari Hayes and Tyre Johnson have combined for 61 tackles and four sacks and junior Kenneth Lofton has also broken into the backfield for five sacks this season. Altogether, the defense has allowed opposing teams to score a total of only 100 points this season, with 70 of those points coming in two games. The Thunder has attacked its opponents in a different way from the Pride, but it has a strong approach on the defensive side of the ball that has kept most of their opponents quiet. The team has only allowed their opponents to score 95 points, with 49 of them coming in their season-opening loss to a strong Perry squad that has since taken the 6A scene by storm. Since that game, Desert Vista has been

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oth the Pride and Thunder are loaded with talent. Here are a few to watch on the field Thursday.

DESERT VISTA Davis is the anchor for the Desert Vista defense. He led the Thunder in tackles as a junior and continued that success this season for a strong DV defense. With the strength of the Pride’s running game, Davis will be a big factor if the Thunder look to come out on top, and he will need to lead the charge at the line of scrimmage.

One of the more intriguing matchups of this year’s Tukee Bowl will be Kline vs. a strong Mountain Pointe secondary. This is where Stagg could play a big role for the Thunder. As a big-bodied tight end, the Naval Academy commit could must go up against a fast and strong secondary for Mountain Pointe.

• Derek Kline, quarterback

• Nick Wallerstedt, quarterback

Kline is a newcomer to the Tukee Bowl, but he could arguably be the big-

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(Left) Pride Quarterback Nick Wallerstedt hurls a touchdown pass during the game with Pinnacle High.

MOUNTAIN POINTE Everyone knows about Mountain Pointe’s running backs. Once the running game gets established, look for the junior QB to affect the game in a big way. He’s already run for 303 yards and three touchdowns this season and he has been effective through the air in 2017 as

well, throwing for 520 yards and three touchdowns.

• Jakim McKinney, running back

Heading into this season, the back to watch in the Mountain Pointe backfield was Gary Bragg, who started off last year as one of the top backs in the state before tearing his ACL. Although he is still one of the top backs in the state, McKinney has put his mark on the Pride backfield. While Bragg has rushed for 445 yards and four touchdowns, McKinney has 518 yards and nine touchdowns, complementing Bragg perfectly.

• Shomari Hayes, defensive lineman

After the injury to Matthew Pola-Mao, fellow defensive lineman Shomari Hayes has emerged as a major weapon for the Pride. He leads the team in tackles and has recorded three sacks in five games this season. If Hayes can wreak havoc in the backfield Thursday, Kline and the Thunder run game could be in for a long night.

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Pride smothers Pinnacle with running game BY EDDIE POE AFN Contributor

ountain Pointe continue on Friday to display why it’s the No. 1 high school football team in the state. Much like it did during their first three wins, the Pride dominated early on the defensive side and an overpowering offensive line created all sorts of running

opportunities for a backfield that tortured Pinnacle High with a 58-34 victory at Karl Kiefer Stadium. “The offensive line and our running backs were the story of the game,” said Mountain Pointe coach Norris Vaughan. Led by quarterback phenom Spencer Rattler, Pinnacle (3-3) climbed its way back into the game after falling behind 44-14 with just over nine minutes left to play in the game.

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After Rattler found Quinton Powell down the middle of the field for a near perfect 66-yard touchdown pass and an onside kick was recovered, the 6-foot-2 commit to the University of Oklahoma found Kaleb Covington in the end zone to suddenly cut Mountain Pointe’s (4-1) lead to 44-34 with 4:15 left to play. “We had some guys who were banged up and tired so we kept having to sub guys in,” Vaughan said. “They just kept coming at us.” It was too little too late for the Pioneers, though, as quarterback Nick Wallerstedt and the Pride kept to the ground game and simply lulled the Pinnacle defense to sleep until time ran out. What easily could have been a game mostly highlighted by Mountain Pointe’s stout defense resulted in a true showing of just how dangerous Gary Bragg and Jakim McKinney can be behind one of the best offensive line’s in the state. “The line was great; they did what they always do,” running back McKinney said. “They got off the ball and when they pulled, they pulled as fast as they could. Every time they created that hole, [we] backs were able to find it and just run.” Finishing the game with four rushing touchdowns, McKinney knew just how to find those holes. On the second play of the fourth quarter, McKinney took a handoff from Wallerstedt, stepped outside a bit, looked back inside and bolted through a hole on the way to a 58-yard touchdown run – his second of the game. He later added a 25-yard touchdown run and another to seal the victory for Mountain Pointe. His partner in the backfield, Bragg, scored the first touchdown of the night. “We’re like a perfect duo,” McKinney said. “When one of us gets tired after a long run, the other one switches in and we just keep grinding until one of us scores. We both ran great tonight.” The constant grind on the ground saw its true effectiveness to begin the second half. Running 18 plays – 17 of them on the ground – Mountain Pointe took eight minutes off the clock as it trudged 80 yards down the field, essentially taking all momentum out of Pinnacle’s sails. From there, the rout was on and Rattler was never able to develop a healthy relationship with his receivers until it was far too late.

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Mountain Pointe’s Tomecko Haralson was sidelined Friday with an apparent leg injury.

Even when the Pioneers put together a handful of positive plays on offense, third down came knocking and they struggled throughout the night to move the chains when they most needed to. To no surprise, Mountain Pointe dominated the line of scrimmage. It’s what it has been best known for over the years and the one thing it stuck to through its first five games. Despite a few first-half mistakes, the Pride tightened up some things at halftime and provided a strong showing on its first home game of the season. “We came out strong for our first home game,” Bragg said. “It feels great.”

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Thunder dominate with impressive 42-0 rout of Dobson BY RYAN CLARKE AFN Contributor

esert Vista High School turned in its most complete performance of the season on Friday, soundly defeating the Dobson Mustangs 42-0 on the road. It was a major confidence boost for Dan Hinds and company as they look ahead to tomorrow night’s Ahwatukee Bowl. The Thunder were relatively errorfree against Dobson and looked sharper on both sides of the ball than they have all season. This win might have come against inferior competition, but Hinds is happy with the way his team is looking. “We’re very pleased right now,” Hinds said. “When you’re able to score 42 points and pitch a shutout like that, our boys did a lot of things right today.” Establishing the run was key for the Thunder early on, allowing them to wear down the Mustang defense as the game progressed. Travon Offutt, who finished with 15 carries for 92 yards and a touchdown, was the feature back for Desert Vista all night.

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Thunder running back Colby Humphrey rumbles downfield for a big gain against Dobson High.

Offutt’s 1-yard touchdown run got the scoring started for the Thunder as they took a 7-0 lead into the second quarter. With its defense holding strong against a Dobson team that relied heavily on the ground game, Desert Vista finally got

its passing game going in the second quarter. Derek Kline was able to find a rhythm with favorite target Jake White, while his running backs were able to find openings on wheel routes and screen passes.

Kline found Tyson Grubbs for a 5-yard score to make it 14-0 Thunder with 5:30 left in the half. After a defensive stop, Desert Vista drove down the field in the final moments of the half and tacked on a 3-yard touchdown run by Jordan Huddleston to enter halftime 21-0. “Fortunately, within our offense, there’s a lot of things we can do,” Hinds said. “We saw this week in film that there were certain things they do that would allow us to run the football.” The second half mirrored the first, with the Thunder scoring two touchdowns in the third quarter and one in the fourth. Kline’s 7-yard scramble made it 28-0 and Colby Humphrey’s 24-yard scamper made it 35-0 through three quarters. Dobson appeared outmatched on both sides of the ball. Its offense stalled and its defense was gassed by the time the fourth quarter rolled around. Desert Vista’s final score of the game, a 35-yard toss from Kline to James Stagg in the middle of the field, encapsulated a rough outing for the Mustangs. Backups and third0stringers saw plenty of action in the final frame for the Thunder, who moved to 4-1.

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it’s perfect,” Schmoll said. The game equals some of the best rivalries in Arizona, like the “Battle for Arizona Avenue” between Chandler High and Hamilton. Hinds added that the rivalry reminded him of the old matchups between McClintock and Tempe high schools. “This is very rare to have a rivalry like this. People think it happens all over but it’s not true,” DiCiccio said. “It’s been in-

teresting to watch the power shift over the years. First, Desert Vista was strong, then Mountain Pointe and now they’re kind of even. That’s the great thing about this game – anything can happen.” Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Desert Vista High School as they look to add another memorable game into the long history of the Ahwatukee Bowl. -Contact Sports Editor Greg Macafee at gmacafee@timespublications.com or 585-6102344. Follow Greg on Twitter @greg_macafee.

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downs on the ground. The Thunder established an ability to adapt to whatever opposing defenses throw at them so far through 2017 and come Thursday its ability to do that will be more important than ever. As both teams have established where their strengths lie, the 2017 Tukee Bowl will come down to a couple of different things. How Kline fares against a strong Mountain Pointe secondary will be huge. If the 6-foot-5 gunslinger, who will experience his first Ahwatukee Bowl experience, can be affective and avoid turnovers, the Thunder could establish an early lead. Look for White and Navy commit James Stagg to play a big role in the passing game. The Thunder may also try to establish a run game with a stable of backs in Grubbs, White, and Travon Offut, who is coming off a 15 carry 92-yard performance against Dobson. With the strong defensive play of the Mountain Pointe lineman, this may prove difficult for the Thunder.

Another key piece will be Mountain Pointe’s ability to establish the run game. It hasn’t had a problem accomplishing that this year, which in turn has opened a lot of possibilities for the rest of the Pride offense. The main benefactor of that has been Wallerstedt, who has taken advantage of defenses keying on Bragg and McKinney with option runs and play action passes. Keying in on the run game and forcing Mountain Pointe to beat them through the air could be a major factor for the Desert Vista defenders. This is where Davis and Humphrey will be crucial for the home team as the Mountain Pointe run game has been devastating teams all season long. Both teams are filled with loads of talent and many different players could emerge to fill a major role in one of the most highly anticipated rivalry games in Arizona. Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe will kick off at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Desert Vista High School. -Do you have a human-interest or feature story idea? Contact Sports Editor Greg Macafee at gmacafee@timespublications.com or 585-6102344. Follow Greg on Twitter @greg_macafee

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Tukee Bowl parking Desert Vista has outlined the student pickup and dropoff area as well as parking lots for the Tukee Bowl. Spectators can parking in the student lot, but once it is filled, the gates will be closed and all overflow parking will be directed to the church lot and the park. Phoenix Police will be closing Frye Road westbound at 32nd Street at the start of the fourth quarter and will direct

exiting traffic to 32nd Street only. All those in the church lot and near the park will have to exit west along Frye Road, or proceed north on 30th Street to E. Mountain Vista Drive. Pickup for students will be in the bus turnaround off Liberty Lane west of 32nd Street. There will be no parking in the bus turnaround. Phoenix Police will have officers at the turnaround to direct traffic.

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CUNNINGHAM, Rose Marilyn Rose Marilyn Cunningham, 75, of Phoenix, AZ, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Monday, September 18, 2017 with her family by her side. She was born July 26, 1942 in Cleveland, OH, to John P. and Mary F. Garbo. She married and is survived by the love of her life of 54 years, Terence P. Cunningham on October 12, 1963. She was the mother to James John (Amy) Cunningham of Naperville, IL, Scott Terence (Nancy) Cunningham of Carmel, IN, and Mark Christopher Cunningham of Phoenix, AZ, Kelli Ann Rider (Allen) of College Grove, TN, and Shannon Lee Beyer (Jonathan) of Phoenix, AZ and preceded in death by her beloved Michael Sean Cunningham; as well as Grandy to eighteen grandchildren, Gregory, Rachel, Christopher, Natalie, Conor, Heather, Samantha, Kyle, Savannah, Dane, Cayla, Cade, Hannah, John, Luke, Chase, Cole, and Joshua; one sister Lois (John) Smith of Cleveland, OH; one brother Joseph Garbo of Cleveland, OH; eight nieces and nephews, several cousins and many friends. Her father, mother and precious son, Michael Sean Cunningham preceded her in death. Rose loved our Lord Jesus and Savior. Her family was her most treasured blessing and making her home a place of love, joy and comfort to share with all who visited. She enjoyed baking, studying God's Word, reading and spending time with her family and friends. A Celebration of Life service was held at 6:30pm on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at Mountain Park Church where family and friends cherished and celebrated her beautiful life. She will be buried next to her beloved son Michael Sean at All Saints Cemetery in Northfield, OH. Sign the Guestbook at: obituaries.Ahwatukee.com

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John's Window Cleaning 1-story $125 / 2-story $145 -inside and out up to 30 panes (add'l panes $2) Screens cleaned $2.50 per pane. Power Washing and Re-Screening available Same day Service (480) 201-6471

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a weight loss organization that is over 60 years old. We meet at Ahwatukee Rec Center on Cheyenne between S. 48th St. and S. 51st St. on Wed. eve's from 67:30 p.m. For more information: Terri at 480-893-6742.

PARENTS OF ADDICTED LOVED ONES Are you affected by someone who is dealing with an addiction? If so, know that you are not alone and that the PAL (Parents of Addicted Loved Ones) group can help. The group is available to provide education and support to anyone 18 years or older who is dealing with a friend or family member with an addiction. See our local meeting list at palgroup.org

Meetings/Events Aegis Hospice Grief/Loss Support Group We meet 6 pm on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Legacy Funeral Home: 1722 N. Banning St. Mesa, Refreshments provided. Contact: Rick Wesley 480-219-4790 rick@ aegishospice.com Overeaters Anonymous Tuesday's at 10:30 AM Esperanza Lutheran Church Ray & Thunderhill GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS & GAMANON for meeting information 602-266-97846

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS SENIOR ASSOCIATION (AFSA) Attention: Seniors 55+ --- become a member of AFSA. Mark your calendars for the first Thursdayof every month and enjoy meeting new friends, have a delicious lunch, and be entertained. This all takes place at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel located at 51st St. and Elliot Rd. in Phoenix. Doors open at 11am and lunch is at Noon. Cost is $15. For further information and details, please call Sue McCann at (480) 469-9388.

Smart Recovery Meeting Wedʼs 7:00 8:30 p.m. 6400 W. Del Rio Chandler Montessori School next to Unitarian Church room 5. All issues drugs, alcohol, gambling, online addictions, & medications. 480-532-2460

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