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he True Life Companies last week told a state Superior Court judge that the company will build a small golf course – if it is allowed to build homes on the 101-acre site of the defunct Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course. And it also warned that if he orders the company to restore the old course, the land will remain barren indefinitely. The bombshell disclosures are contained in a brief filed by attorney Chris Baniszewski with state Superior Court Judge John R. Hannah Jr., who began on Tuesday, Oct. 24, hearing evidence in a three-day trial on two residents’ demand that True Life be ordered
to restore the course. Conspicuous by its absence is any mention of the company’s Ahwatukee Farms plan, which would have turned the site into an “agrihood.” The brief gives no details on how many homes and what kind of course the company would build if Hannah grants its request to modify the covenants, conditions and restrictions that first governed the site in 1986 and then renewed indefinitely in 1992. All it states is: “The modification will allow additional homes to be built on the property that will generate the necessary funding to construct and operate a golf course.” Attorney Thomas Barnes, who represents Lakes residents seeking the restoration of the 18-hole executive golf course, states
in his brief that True Life wants to build a nine-hole “fun course.” Baniszewski also warns that if True Life can’t build homes, “no golf course will be operated on the property and it will remain in fallow condition.” True Life Executive Vice President Aiden Barry declined comment when asked about the brief by AFN last weekend. Barnes asserts that True Life knew what the CC&Rs required when it paid $9 million to buy the site in 2015. But he charges that True Life “was looking at the profitability of the sale of residences, not the operation of a golf course” when it bought the site and cannot now seek a mod-
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Mountain Pointe High School sophomore Spencer Reed is bringing his mad scientist role to the student theater company’s annual presentation of a Halloween haunted house. It’s also one of two productions the young thespians have on the playbill over the next two weeks. For details, see page 44. Other Halloween stories: page 3 and page 40.
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Ahwatukee resident Sabrina Ramirez stacks donated costumes for needy children in her living room pending their distribution. She has been handling costume drives for a dozen years.
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Nearly 2 acre preserve property situated in a cul de sac with majestic mountain views! 5,553 sf, 6 bedrooms plus office, 5.5 bathrooms; separate guest quarters. The gourmet kitchen boasts rich dark wood cabinetry with crown molding, granite counter tops, large center island with prep sink, breakfast bar, enormous walk-in pantry, Viking Professional range with 6 burners plus griddle, double ovens, two dishwashers, Sub Zero refrigerator and freezer and two warming drawers. Open kitchen family room concept; large family room with 14 ft ceilings, crown molding, impressive fireplace with Cantera stone hearth and mantel, and built-in entertainment center. The backyard is an entertainer’s dream with built-in BBQ, fireplace with stone surrounds, extensive covered patio area and sparkling pebble tec pool and spa. The master suite is a retreat you won’t want to leave with cozy gas fireplace, built-in bar with refrigerator with ice maker and large balcony with wrought iron railing and panoramic views of South Mountain Preserve. Master bathroom has steam shower with bench and dual showerheads, Jacuzzi tub, double sinks with marble vanity tops. The attention to detail will exceed your expectations.
Twelve Oaks Listed for
$260,000
1,378 sf, 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. Highly upgraded home situated in a cul de sac! Kitchen, remodeled in 2016, boasts refinished cabinetry with trendy hardware, granite slab counter tops, stainless steel appliances, breakfast bar, pantry and large eat-in dining area. Enormous great room with soaring vaulted ceilings and fireplace. Updated light fixtures and ceiling fans throughout. Large master suite with his & hers closets and dual sinks in master bathroom. Good size secondary bedrooms. Bathrooms remodeled in 2016. Authentic wood blinds installed on windows throughout in 2017. 800 sf of pavers installed in back yard in 2017. 2017 Nest thermostat. Pool-size, private backyard! 4 car slab parking and 2 car garage.
Foothills Listed for
$525,000
Rare-find 1/3rd acre lot with mountain views! 3,111 sf, 4 bedrooms plus huge bonus room and 2.5 bathrooms. Cul de sac location, sparkling fenced pool, above ground spa, huge sport court, gazebo, built-in BBQ and large grass area. Perfect for families and entertaining! 2015 roof! 2017 interior/exterior paint. 2015 variable speed pool pump. 2016 water heater. HVAC compressors replaced 2012 and 2014. Open kitchen-family room floor plan. Kitchen boasts Corian counter tops, island, eat-in kitchen nook, and cabinet pantry. Open kitchen-family room floor plan. Master suite is downstairs. Master bathroom completely remodeled in 2016; walk-in shower with travertine tile surrounds and custom glass door enclosure, Roman tub with travertine tile surrounds. New cabinetry, quartz vanity top, upgraded faucets and trendy hardware. Upstairs secondary bathroom has skylight, double sinks and was remodeled in 2013 with tile flooring and tile surrounds in shower/tub. RV gate. Extended length and over height garage.
Mirada Canyon Listed for
$620,000
3,886 sf, 4 bedroom plus bonus room and 3.5 bathrooms. Bonus room is enormous with a walk-in closet and its own bathroom and could easily be used as a fifth bedroom! ¼ acre preserve lot with majestic mountain views! Kitchen has custom, pecan-finish cabinetry with pull-out shelving, granite slab counter tops, island, pantry, stainless steel appliances (2015 refrigerator,) breakfast bar, and eat-in dining nook. Enormous family room with soaring ceilings, hardwood flooring (2015) & cozy gas fireplace. Master suite is downstairs. Master bathroom has dual sinks, granite slab vanity top, upgraded pecan-finish cabinetry, travertine surrounds in the shower and at Roman tub. Huge walk-in master closet with Classy Closet shelving. Secondary bedrooms are oversized; one with large walk-in closet. Jack & Jill bathroom between secondary bedrooms. Bonus room has French door entry, custom glass door exit to balcony, and breathtaking mountain views! Sparkling pebble tec pool with water feature and spectrum color lighting. Built-in BBQ and artificial turf in back. 2015 ROOF!
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awyers for South Mountain Freeway opponents appeared to receive a tepid response to their arguments from a three-judge federal appellate court panel at a hearing last week. Attorneys for Ahwatukee-based Protect Arizona’s Resources and Children and the Gila River Indian Community made their case in just over 25 minutes on Oct. 19 at a hearing in San Francisco before the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But their arguments appeared to draw little sympathy from one of the jurists, Judge Richard C. Tallman, who at one point suggested they were asking the court to substitute its judgment for that of highway planners. “You want the court to substitute its judgment for that of the agencies,” he told lawyers for the opponents. And at another point, Judge William A. Fletcher, who appeared to be somewhat interested in one of the anti-freeway arguments, jokingly complained of the “excruciatingly small print” in some exhibits. Attorneys Howard Shanker, representing PARC, and Gila Community attorney David B. Rosenbaum appeared at the long-awaited hearing in hopes of persuading the panel to overturn U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa’s July 2016 ruling that gave the green light to begin the freeway’s construction. At a cost of $1.7 billion, the 22-mile, eight-lane connector between 59th Avenue in West Phoenix and the Chandler interchange on I-10 is the state’s most expensive highway project in history and is scheduled to open in late 2018. The lawyers’ arguments focused mainly on four key arguments contained in more than 70,000 pages of briefs and exhibits filed with the panel. They asserted that the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration violated federal environmental law by failing to consider alternative routes. They also said the agencies ignored federal law protecting sacred Native American sites such as South Mountain, and that they conducted inadequate environmental-impact studies. They also said the agencies never budged from the route identified more than 30
years earlier, when the freeway was first on the drawing board. Tallman aggressively questioned the lawyers’ assertion that the agencies should have given more consideration to another location, about 54 miles south of its current path. “Isn’t that too far south?” Tallman asked, noting that the Gila Community twice refused to have the freeway go through reservation land and spare South Mountain Preserve park from any incursion. “The problem is that the tribe voted twice not to give up any of its land to try and resolve the impact on the park,” Tallman said. When Rosenbaum argued, “There were many other alternatives that were never studied,” the judge replied: “I thought they studied more than a dozen.” Fletcher queried the lawyers on the specific impact the freeway would have on South Mountain. The freeway will cut a 200-foot-wide gash through three peaks when construction on that phase begins in mid-2018. However, Fletcher dropped that line of questioning when no one could specifically say how much of those peaks would be affected. “It doesn’t tell me much about the visual or ecological impact of that freeway,” the judge said. Rosenbaum asserted, “They did not analyze nonfreeway options – which remarkably showed a greater reduction in traffic congestion than the freeway.” But Tallman retorted, “I thought I read the current freeway system is meeting only 84 percent of the demand.” Tallman also asked, “If we were to enter an injunction, what kind of costs would the public incur? I want to know the practical impact.” Government lawyers replied any construction delay would cost taxpayers $200,000 a day. Shanker told the panel the agencies did not adequately analyze the freeway’s impact on Ahwatukee’s air quality, but Tallman said the kinds of tests the agencies used “are not our judgment call to make.” “Don’t we have to defer to the metropolitan traffic planning agency?” he continued. “How do you localize the impact locally?” See
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When Shanker began to detail the tests that the agencies did not conduct, Tallman said, “You’re starting to lose me with all the science. “Don’t we have to give the agency the greatest deference in determining which standards and what scientific equipment and studies are necessary things to do?” the judge continued. The panel will now decide the case, although it is under no deadline for making a decision. The judges have three times rejected requests to halt construction while they deliberate. “Our case has been made,” PARC President Pat Lawlis said. “I just hope we get a timely decision.” She said freeway developer Conect202Partners “is destroying our environment faster every day.” Lawlis also remained upbeat about PARC’s prospects, stating in a Facebook post: “One thing I learned from the hearing in Phoenix is not to make too much of how things seem to go in court. We thought that hearing went well, and the judge ruled against us. So, I’m not going to make any assumptions about these judges.”
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he potential fate of the South Mountain Freeway will be decided by two judges appointed by President Clinton and one named by President Reagan. Reagan-appointee Kenneth M Hoyt became the second African American on the federal bench in Texas when Reagan named him a district judge in 1988. Although he is not a member of the judiciary of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Hoyt’s status as a senior judge since 2013 means he can be assigned to any appellate case if needed. The late mother of one of the two
Clinton appointees, William A. Fletcher was a fiery liberal appellate court judge in Washington State who inspired conservatives in the U.S. Senate to block his appointment to the Ninth Circuit for four years before it finally confirmed him in 1998 in a 56-41 vote. Some of his rulings may echo his mother’s liberal stance, such as when he ruled against FedEx’s attempts to avoid fringe benefits for drivers by calling them independent contractors. Fletcher also blocked the state of California in 2009 from reducing by 10 percent payments to doctors who provided services for Medicaid patients. He and another judge on the threejudge panel ruled that California’s bud-
get crisis did not justify the pay cut, forcing the state to pay $55.8 million in retroactive reimbursements at a time when the state was facing a $1-billion deficit. At age 64, Judge Richard C. Tallman is the youngest of the three judges on the freeway panel. He was confirmed about six months after Clinton nominated him. In 2014, Tallman took on an additional job. Chief Justice John Roberts appointed him to the three-judge panel of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, a top-secret judiciary that holds secret hearing son matters involving national security.
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Grant to help preschoolers in Kyrene District with dyslexia BY COLLEEN SPARKS AFN Staff Writer
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n unusual grant will give preschoolers in the Kyrene School District help overcoming a common learning disability that plagues many adults and children across the country. The in-school intervention for preschoolers with dyslexia is a novel public/private collaborative project with $100,000 in a three-year grant from the Burton Family Foundation. The grant will let the district intervene with preschoolers identified with dyslexia, regardless of whether they qualify as students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The dyslexia intervention program will kick off at Kyrene de los Niños Elementary School in January. Kyrene de la Mariposa Elementary School will be the next school to get the support. Both schools are in Tempe. Kyrene has preschools at 17 of its schools, with campuses in Chandler, Tempe and Ahwatukee. Kyrene district officials say they believe theirs is the first in Arizona to carry out a grant-funded program to screen students and to intervene with students showing early signs of dyslexia. Dyslexia is a neurological-based, hereditary language-processing disorder that makes it difficult to read, write and spell. It’s believed possibly 15 to 20 percent of the population has some symptoms of dyslexia, according to the International Dyslexia Association. “We know that early intervention is essential for kids, so kids are not feeling that failure throughout their school career,” said Sandra Laine, director of exceptional student services for the Kyrene district. “We’re also excited for our teachers … to have this knowledge. I’m overjoyed. This is amazing.” Laine, as well as Kyrene School District Superintendent Jan Vesely, several school administrators, state elected lawmakers, Christine Burton with the Burton Family Foundation board and Dawn Wallace with Gov. Doug Ducey’s office, attended a grant celebration on Oct. 17 at Kyrene de los Niños Elementary in Tempe. “This has been a labor of love,” Vesely said. “I also have a daughter who has dyslexia and a grandson who has dyslexia.” Kyrene Governing Board member and parent Bernadette Coggins, along with state Rep. Jill Norgaard, Courtney Gilstrap LeVinus, vice president of the In-
the present. Affecting upwards of 17 percent of the population, it’s imperative that schools begin to take action early to detect dyslexia, and I’m proud that the Kyrene School District is leading the way.” Some warning signs of dyslexia that may show up during preschool are delays in learning to talk; trouble with rhyming patterns like cat, bat and sat; difficulty pronouncing words and poor auditory memory for chants and nursery rhymes, according to the state dyslexia handbook. Research shows the quick growth of the brain and its responsiveness to instruction during the pri(Lauren Clark/Kyrene School District) From left, Kyrene School District Superintendent Jan Vesely, Christine Burton of the Burton Family Foundation, Kyrene mary years mean the time Governing Board member Bernadette Coggins and state Rep. Jill Norgaard celebrate the school district receiving a period from birth to age 8 grant to help preschoolers with dyslexia. is a crucial time for literacy development, the handternational Dyslexia Association-Arizona school children that have not developed book stated. School administrators and others at the Chapter, and many other people pushed language at the same rate as their peers,” Oct. 17 event stressed the importance of for the dyslexia project. Laine said. Coggins said she knows from experi“Parents of children with dyslexia often children learning to read and write as earence the importance of detecting dyslexia express frustration and concern over their ly as possible, saying doing so not only early because of her son, whom she no- child’s struggle to learn to read,” she said. helps them academically but prepares ticed struggling in third grade. Norgaard, who sponsored legislation them for future careers. Dyslexia is included in the U.S. De“Our kids unfortunately have to work a that led to the development of The Dyslittle harder,” she said. “We want to pro- lexia Handbook for the state, said she has partment of Education’s definition of a vide a model that is sustainable that can heard from many parents who said their specific learning disability. Though dyslexia itself is not an eligibility category under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, if a child has dyslexia, it We know that early intervention is essential might lead to that child being considfor kids, so kids are not feeling that failure ered eligible for special education and related services, according to the dyslexthroughout their school career ia handbook. About 13 to 14 percent of the school – Sandra Laine, population around the United States has director of exceptional student services, Kyrene district dyslexia, according to the Arizona Department of Education. “It’s a lot more common than we ever be used across Arizona. If we can have the children “missed so many opportunities” training, which we’re starting to do, the because their dyslexia was not diagnosed realized,” Niños Principal Tonja Yalung said. “This is something all of our stusky’s the limit.” earlier. Staff members from the Wellington-AlThe handbook provides parents and dents will benefit from.” State Rep. Reginald Bolding, who atexander Center in Phoenix will provide teachers with signs that a child might interventions to help preschoolers in have dyslexia, as well as a definition of tended the Kyrene grant celebration, the district with dyslexia, and then train it. Arizona is the 15th state to adopt a knows it’s critical to help students with Kyrene’s teachers so they can learn to dyslexia handbook. Lawmakers studied dyslexia because he used to be a special identify and aid those children, Laine what other states, including Alabama and education teacher. “It’s important for our kids to recognize said. Ohio, did when crafting theirs, Norgaard we all have differences,” Bolding said. Certified teachers and speech lan- said. guage pathologists will deliver lessons to “We’ve put together a very systemat- “With early intervention, we can ensure preschoolers. The focus will be on “the ic model,” she said. “We thought, we’ve our students have the support they need development of language for those pre- waited too long and there’s no time like to be successful.”
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Free conference on aging issues offered to Ahwatukee seniors AFN News Staff
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ombatting isolation and loneliness is the theme of the Senior Advocacy Group of Ahwatukee’s 2017 Senior & Family Conference this Saturday, Oct. 28. The free public conference, 8 a.m.12:30 p.m. at the Pecos Community Center, 17010 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee, will offer educational sessions with experts on aging, information on local resources, over 30 vendor exhibits, flu and pneumonia shot clinic, breakfast, snacks and raffle prizes. “Often older adults and their families don’t know how and where to find information or services when they need them. SAGA gives the growing 65+ population a place to go for help,” said Gregg Powell, a SAGA founder. The conference will offer presentations by local experts on topics related to aging and interactive round table session to allow attendees to ask questions. SAGA is a nonprofit comprising area businesses and individuals organized to bring needed resources, education and advocacy to seniors and their adult children and caregivers. Keynote speaker will be Carol O. Long, CEO of Capstone Healthcare, who will discuss “The Secret Sauce for Successful Aging: What Are the Ingredients?” Long will examine healthy aging and how to “rejuvenate and nurture the body, mind and soul. “ Long has presented end-of-life and palliative care training both nationally and in the Middle East, South America, Australia and Asia. She is a fellow in the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and a fellow in the prestigious American Academy of Nursing. Special guest presenter will be Amanda Sokan, director of the MS Program in Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Deptartment. Sokan will discuss the important differences between isolation and loneliness for older adults and caregivers and where to find help. Attendees will also have the opportunity to speak directly to area experts.
Roundtable presenters include Rev. Dr. Kristin Longenecker Hansen, pastor of Desert Foothills United Methodist Church in Ahwatukee, who will host a session called “Hopeful Living: Navigating Aging and Change.” “We spend so much of our lives creating a certain lifestyle and environment, but as we grow older, things can change; we may become ill and our bodies aren’t as resilient. I’ll be discussing how to positively manage these changes, our hopes and expectations – and still thrive.” Hansen said. Donna Lewen, who has worked with aging adults and persons with disabilities for more than 25 years, will be facilitating “Ageless Spirit” demonstrating ways to combine safe and effective meditation, breathing and other techniques to foster psychological, physical and spiritual vitality. Tina Pyykkonen of the YMCA will discuss innovative programs available for active seniors, including the LiveStrong program, which helps adult cancer survivors reclaim their health and well-being following a diagnosis. Dr. Vanessa McCarthy will discuss how to combat isolation and loneliness as the result of vision loss. “Loss of vision often leads to lost independence. Many lose the ability to drive or feel they can no longer participate in meaningful activities. I’ll be showing how low-vision therapies can help restore engagement driving, reading, seeing faces, and even navigating unfamiliar environments,” McCarthy said. Walgreens will also be on hand to provide flu and pneumonia shots with proof of insurance. Conference attendees will also receive MedStats packets, which were developed by SAGA for Ahwatukee residents to help save critical time by providing first responders with health and contact information in the event of a medical emergency. The conference is part of an ongoing educational series by the nonprofit. Space is limited. Register: sagaseniors.org. Information: 480-270.8276 or admin@sagaseniors.org
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View aging as a positive experience, live longer BY CAROL O. LONG AFN Guest Writer
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pproximately 10,000 people turn age 65 every day, and that number is anticipated to continue for the next 20 years due to the rapid influx of the Baby Boomer generation. Current life expectancy is age 78 for men and 80 for women – and those numbers are expected to increase over time. With these numbers in mind, and half of people retiring at age 65, older adults may wonder what factors may help to live those years “in the gap” successfully. What we do know is that there is not a lot of good information readily available for older adults to execute an action plan that fosters successful
aging. Coupled with pervasive ageism and perhaps an inner belief by some older adults that they are a burden to society or just “too old,” the paradigm needs to be flipped. After all, age is just a number! Living older and better is within the realm of possibility if our recipe uses the right ingredients. Research and anecdotal evidence points to numerous ways to promote physical, mental and spiritual health, however getting the right proportions are necessary to make the “secret sauce.” Regular exercise and good nutrition contribute to a healthy lifestyle. However, in 2016 there were 974 deaths attributable to unintentional falls, another 14,000 older adults were hospitalized, and 42,000 trips were made to the emergency room. Many situations like these can be prevented with educational programming and community support.
For mental health, lifelong learning stimulates the mind and social connections and strengthening family relationships help to fight loneliness and isolation in older adults. Prevention becomes key and proactive approaches can only elevate! Finally, fighting ageism is necessary today. It’s not a “silver tsunami” (tsunamis are massive waves that kill people); adults become older, not elderly, older adults are not in their “declining years,” and their continued value to society is underestimated. In fact, research has found that those who viewed aging as a positive experience lived an average of 7.5 years longer. Can more be done? Yes, and the time is now. -Carol O. Long, CEO of Capstone Healthcare, is the featured speaker at the Senior Advocacy Group of Ahwatukee 2017 Senior & Family Conference Saturday, Oct. 28, at Pecos Community Center.
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ification of the CC&Rs. Besides, he notes, the same set of CC&Rs govern both the Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course and the Ahwatukee Country Club. That means True Life can’t have the CC&Rs modified because it doesn’t own Ahwatukee Country Club. The brief seems to signal an end to the “agrihood” that True Life unveiled in August 2016. That plan called for 270 single-family and duplex houses, a five-acre farm, a private school, café and other amenities on the site. The company waged an aggressive campaign to persuade 51 percent of the approximate 5,400 Lakes homeowners to agree to a change in the CC&Rs that would pave the way for the agrihood. That campaign stalled, reportedly at around 2,000 signatures, and True Life eventually asked the judge to rule that a “material change” in the course warranted a modification of the CC&Rs. Lakes residents Linda Swain and Eileen Breslin want Hannah to order True Life to restore the 18-hole course. In July of last year, Hannah ruled that the CC&Rs required a course, but left
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Protests like this by Ahwatukee Lakes residents who opposed True Life’s agrihood concept occasionally sprouted up near the defunct golf course last year.
for trial the issue of whether True Life could be ordered to do that. But True Life earlier this year released a consultant’s study that estimated it would cost $14 million to restore the course – and that figure did not include operating expenses. In his brief, Baniszewski states, “The
relative hardships in this case weigh heavily in favor of TTLC.” “The cost of reconstructing and operating a stand-alone golf course on the property prevents TTLC from operating a golf course even if the court were to grant an injunction,” he states, adding that True Life “cannot attract investors
or obtain a loan” for such a venture. He also says the residents want an “aesthetically pleasing view, but that does not justify a requirement that TTLC expend millions of dollars to reconstruct and operate a golf course that lost money the last four years it was in operation and will likely not make a profit in the future.” Baniszewski said it would take True Life 29 years just to recover its initial investment if it was forced to recreate a course. “Consequently, the only realistic funding mechanism for a new golf course on the property is for a new golf course to be built in conjunction with a new home development.,” he adds. True Life is proposing that the judge allow housing and that those new houses would comprise a new homeowners association that would operate the course. Barnes counters, “The lack of profitability in operating a golf course on the property is a function of the $9 million price TTLC agreed to pay to purchase the Lakes Golf Course.” While Barnes told the judge that residents are entitled to an injunction ordering the restoration of the course, BanizeSee
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he man who will decide the latest legal chapter in the tortured history of the Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course has been a judge since 2005. State Superior Court Judge John R. Hannah, who is trying the two-anda-half-day trial in a North Phoenix courtroom because attorneys on both sides live closer than they do to the Mesa courthouse where he usually presides, graduated in 1984 from the University of Arizona College of Law. A 1980 graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California, Hannah opened a Phoenix law firm in 1985 after spending a year as a law clerk to a judge on the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 1989, Hannah became staff attorney for the Arizona Capital Repre-
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On tap: Wastewater may be coming to area faucets BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY AFN Staff Writer
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The rules will only allow facilities producing Class A+ or B+ reclaimed water to pursue direct potable reuse. The rules will also require additional treatments in order for water to reach federal drinking water quality standards. Any facility that pursues direct potable reuse of reclaimed water will also have to conduct a pilot project that proves it can meet appropriate standards, said Baggiore. Phoenix currently operates three wastewater treatment plants. The reclaimed water from the facilities is used to cool the Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station and to irrigate farmland, turf and the Tres Rios wetlands. Phoenix co-owns the 91st Avenue Water Reclamation Plant along with Mesa and Tempe and four other municipalities. That facility is operated by Phoenix and provides reclaimed water for a variety of uses, including 65,000 acre feet per year to Palo Verde. Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert each operate wastewater treatment plants that produce Class A+ effluent, the highest class of reclaimed water in Arizona.
This is not the first time reclaimed drinking water has made headlines in Arizona. Over the summer, the AZ Pure Water Brew Challenge pitted brewers across the state against each other to see who could brew the best beer from purified recycled wastewater. The goal of the campaign was to inform Arizonans about water use issues and the technologies that exist to purify wastewater. Gilbert’s Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company came in second place in the competition with its Pure Water Double IPA. Regionally, San Diego is leading the way in the direct potable reuse of reclaimed water. Through the city’s Pure Water San Diego Program, it plans to use treated recycled effluent to supply one-third of the city’s drinking water by 2035. San Diego chose this route over expanding its use of treated ocean water from the nearby Claude Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, because treating reclaimed water proved more cost effective. Direct potable reuse also had a lesser
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accomplishes a 99.9 percent meter-read accuracy, compared to a 97 percent average-read accuracy when the city used manual reads,” Bracken said. But numerous Ahwatukee customers have been furious about unusual spikes in their bills for one month that are followed by a return the next month to readings more in line with what they’ve seen for years. Some customers have complained of several months of high readings before their bills showing a return to levels they had been accustomed to seeing. While most of the spikes appear to have occurred during the summer of this year. The Ahwatukee Board of Management is fighting a $2,400 bill for a December 2016 reading that ABM General Manager Robert (Cronkite News) Blakesley said was Kathryn Sorensen, Phoenix Water Service director, is expected at Thurs10 times higher day’s town hall on water meter issues in Ahwatukee. than normal.
He said ABM has refused to pay that bill – and Water Services responded by turning off water in June. The meter monitors water that feeds “a few shrubs and desert foliage,” Blakesley said. “It’s ridiculous,” he said. “They keep saying we have a leak and we’ve checked. There is none.” But the deluge of complaints began over a month ago when the Foothills Gateway HOA complained about its August bill for a meter clocking water usage to a tiny park it owns near 48th Street and Frye Road. While the normal monthly reading is for 50 gallons, the July usage was recorded at 1 million gallons of water – 20,000 times the normal. The reading for August dropped back to near normal. Although the HOA’s landscaper found a broken sprinkler head, the association disputed that problem would result in the leak of enough water to fill 100 tanker trucks. Since that disclosure, dozens of other homeowners have come forth with complaints about meter readings that were anywhere from three to six times their normal monthly levels. And in those cases where they complained to Water Services, they said, the results were the same: They were told they have a leak. Stone expressed dismay that the department refuses to consider whether interference from other digital devices may be causing the wildly erratic readings. “We want information on these meters’ reliability,” he said, suggesting an independent third party is needed to study the meters in more detail. Bracken said the smart meters the city uses have a failure rate of less than a half-percent. But Stone said that given the number of complaints, the department can’t continue to hold the meters blameless. And on Thursday, he said, it will be good that the department can see the pain and anger the readings are causing for so many Ahwatukee residents.
the Chandler to reserve more of its potable water for drinking. Gilbert also uses 100 percent of the town’s effluent for non-potable uses. Gilbert does not currently have plans to divert reclaimed water resources from those current uses towards direct potable reuse, though that could change in the future as public perception shifts. “There is a possibility in the future that as the policy changes and the public perception of potable reuse changes we could pursues it, but there are no plans right now,” Gilbert Water Resources Manager
Currently, reclaimed water accounts for only three percent of the state’s overall use. The flexibility that increased usage provides could be necessary as communities around the state grapple with water use issues. The Colorado River provides 40 percent of the state’s water supply, and Lake Mead — the reservoir that holds Colorado River water for Arizona, Nevada and California — is only 34 percent full after being 94 percent full in 2000, according to the report.
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to see face to face the level of problems in Ahwatukee,” said Sam Stone, DiCiccio’s chief of staff. A Water Services spokeswoman said Sorensen hoped to attend, if her schedule allowed. Whether Sorensen and her aides will offer any new explanation for those problems is not known. So far, based on interviews and reactions from unhappy customers posted on social media, the department’s answer has been consistent: Employees have said the meters are working properly and that the spikes were caused by leaks. Three weeks ago, Water Services spokeswoman Stephanie Bracken told AFN: “Understanding that this is an issue of concern in the community, Phoenix Water Services is pulling a random sample of customers in Ahwatukee. We will check their consumption for any unusual variances that might indicate a leak or other type of problem. “We will also then go out and do a field check to make sure that the manual meter read matches the electronic read. Last, we will double-check the amount billed against the meter reads for this random sample. Using this technique, we should be able to spot any meter- or billing-related problems if they exist… We will share the results at the community meeting.” Although most of the complaints about erratic meter readings have occurred in Ahwatukee, Stone said complaints are beginning to erupt in other parts of Phoenix. However, Ahwatukee appears to be the epicenter in Phoenix of a problem that has erupted in other large and small communities across the country in the last six years. Those complaints have a common thread: All involved communities where so-called “smart meters” have been installed. Those meters digitally relay usage data to hand-held scanners that enable employees to get readings by simply drivfrom page 20
association landscaping and other green spaces. Chandler, which has meticulously forecast its water use for decades, is unlikely to take advantage of reclaimed water for potable uses. That is because the city already has planned out where its water will come from through its eventual buildout. The city already uses 100 percent of its effluent for non-potable, which allows
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Kathryn Sorensen, Phoenix Water Service director, is expected at Thursday’s town hall on water meter issues in Ahwatukee.
ing down the street. The city this summer completed an eight-year project to replace all 530,000 analog water meters with the devices at a cost of just under $29 million. Bracken said the move provided for more accurate readings and saved payroll costs, whittling the total number of fulltime meter readers from a 2004 total of 65 to a current total of nine employees. The so-called automated meter reading system devices “ensure Water Services
Eric Braun said. “We still need to catch up from a public perception standpoint.” Whether or not communities choose to move forward with direct potable reuse of reclaimed water, the increased flexibility will ultimately benefit all communities across the state as they navigate the complex water issues that go hand in hand with living in the desert. “(This rule) benefits every community, because it gives them one more water-management tool,” Porter said. “Whether they use it or not, they benefit from it.”
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f she is not the first, Ahwatukee journalist Katrina Shawver certainly is one of very few to accomplish what she has with her new book, “Henry – A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America.” Not only is it a rare book about an Ahwatukee resident by a virtual neighbor, but it also is a rare painstakingly documented historical look at the Nazis’ political persecution of Polish people simply because they were Polish. Before his death on Thanksgiving Day 2003, Henry Zguda was a well-known figure around the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, but also an accomplished athlete through virtually his whole life. “At one point he worked at the reception desk and knew everyone,” Shawver said. “He was in the bocce league. He swam near daily and played a lot of tennis….He was also very active in Arizona Senior Olympics – I believe in swimming – and also in seniors tennis. His office contained a whole bookshelf of tennis trophies and medals earned over the years, all while in Arizona.” In his youth, he was a champion swimmer – but that was interrupted by his internment in two Nazis concentration camps, Auschwitz and Buchenwald, as a Polish political prisoner. He and a friend defected from Communist Poland in 1956 at the height of the Cold War with the help of friends he met in Buchenwald,” Shawver said. He and his wife, Nancy, who died in 2013, moved to Ahwatukee in 1980, and lived in the same house near 48th Street and Warner Road until their deaths. Shawver and then-85-year-old Zguda met in 2002, a year before his death, in the course of her work as a columnist for the Arizona Republic. She became so enthralled with his story that she set out to write a book – a labor of love that took her to the two concentration camps where he had been held prisoner. Besides, his “lack of children, siblings
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and extended family played a huge part in my impulsive offer” to write his story. “Truly, there was no one else to care about or capture what instinct told me was an incredible story,” Although family issues prolonged Shawver’s project into a 15-year effort, she eventually returned to it, determined to finish it. “I knew in my heart of hearts I could not live with myself until I finished and held the book in my hands,” she said, adding that she even hired translators for German and Polish documents she had unearthed both among Zguda’s possessions and in her trips to Germany. “So many stories and details came into focus and even greater historical significance than I first understood in 2002,” she said. “Finishing this book is an incredible life accomplishment for me. I have followed my instincts the entire time, and I truly believe a higher power has helped propel the project to where it is today, and continues to open amazing doors. “I outlived Henry, but now his story will outlive me.” “Henry” is available for purchase in hardcover, paperback and eBook formats on most online book sites worldwide.
It also it available at both Changing Hands bookstores, one of which will host one of her two appearances next month. She will be signing books 2-5 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Barnes & Noble in Chandler Fashion Mall and at 7 p.m. Nov. 28 at Changing Hands in Tempe, 6428 S. McClintock Drive at Guadalupe Road. AFN recently asked her about her research and the book: Question: As an interview subject, how was he? Answer: Henry was easy to talk with, had always been a good storyteller with a sense of humor and was very likable. He was very sharp and had an excellent memory. English was his fifth language so he spoke in heavily accented Polish and often mixed up verb tenses. I always understood him. Sometimes he only remembered objects and names in German or Polish, as he knew them then. He always patiently spelled out the complicated Polish spellings, and joked that “Polish is easy; it’s English that’s hard.” He used to tell me, “You should learn Polish, then we could really talk.” Q: Did you have to do other research in conjunction with this book? A: Absolutely. When I began, I had
never interviewed a concentration camp survivor, nor was I Polish, Jewish or Catholic. I knew very little about Poland. I needed to comprehend the social fabric and cultural biases of a pre-war Poland, and a country at war. The research component began with reading similar memoirs and biographies of the time as well as the history of Poland and the Holocaust. I have amassed a small library on the topics. It then grew to visiting the university library, combing websites for credible museums and institutions, and locating ever more resources. While in Auschwitz and Buchenwald I met with the lead archivists to verify facts and stories, and walk the steps Henry did. There I learned things I could only have learned by being there. There is no substitute for visiting a concentration camp in person. None. An unexpected find came in 2014, when I discovered 130 documents with Henry’s name on file with the International Tracing Service. I think many people use the service to locate deceased relatives. For me, I found verification of stories told to me personally by someone who was there. It was a WOW moment to locate those documents” Q: What makes this story different from most other accounts of the time? A: It offers a different viewpoint of the camps, that of a Polish political prisoner. This view of the Holocaust through Polish eyes is a perspective not commonly known or written about outside the Polish community, for multiple reasons. I hope people have their ‘aha’ moments in reading it. Second, this story is related in Henry’s voice and told on a very personal level, akin to the interview format of “Tuesdays with Morrie” ... The story continues after WWII to reveal a life lived without regret. Third, this book contains more than 80 original documents and photos, most not printed elsewhere. There are Henry’s personal letters written on Auschwitz See
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nthony Ameen’s story is a battlefield tale that resounds with heroism. But the Ahwatukee man and Afghanistan war veteran, who served as a U.S. Navy Hospital corpsman from 2002 to 2010, doesn’t care much for the word “hero” – unless it refers to other wounded warriors. And on Veterans Day, the Desert Vista High School Class of 2000 alumnus, still known as “Doc” Ameen, will hold his second annual gala aimed not only at honoring those warriors but helping them as well. “Past giveaways have included an all-expenses-paid trip for a veteran and his caregiver,” Ameen said. “This year, we are looking to provide customized prosthetics to some of our veterans. We believe that these wounded veterans have fought for us, and now it’s time we fought for them.” His seven-year-old nonprofit, Wings for Warriors, will hold its gala 6-10 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Radisson Hotel Phoenix Airport, 427 N. 44th St., Phoenix. Tickets for the black-tie-optional event are $125 per person and $225 per couple with all proceeds helping wounded vets of the nation’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tickets and information are at wingsforwarriors.org. A Purple Heart recipient, Ameen remembers all too well how financial and healthcare benefits were often hard to obtain while he battled back through more than 30 surgeries required after losing limb and sustaining other injuries in Afghanistan. His organization stemmed from a project called “Wings for Anthony,” which Ahwatukee neighbors and friends undertook to help his parents, Rusty and Jan, get to their youngest son’s side as he recovered from horrendous combat wounds. On July 21, 2008, during a Taliban counterattack in Nowzad, Afghanistan, Ameen, operating with the 2nd Battalion/7th Marine First Division was radioed by his platoon staff sergeant to assist a wounded Marine. “I started running to help him and stepped on an IED,” Ameen recalled. “The amount of pain I felt that morning was so intense, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I’m very fortunate to have lived through that.” Only four months into his Afghanistan deployment, the then-27-year-old said he
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10,000-square-foot facility at 1244 E. Chandler Blvd. The nonprofit school has a staff of 13, many of whom were students there. “They are a staff that is kind, compassionate and dedicated to the students, the parents and each other,” Hyatt said. “They strive to provide a nurturing, inviting environment that will instill the love of learning in every child that enters their doors. They provide an excellent opportunity for every child to learn at their own pace.” Hyatt is proud of the school’s achievements – it has been voted one of Ahwatukee’s best preschools several years running and many of its graduates have attended or are attending notable universities and colleges. The school’s website boasts that because children remain with the same directress in the same environment for three years and also mingle with kids of different ages, “the maturation that occurs during these years is phenomenal and sometimes immeasurable.” Information: 480283-8885, Montessori-educare.com.
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Car show slated at Ahwatukee Swim and Tennis Center
The Ahwatukee Swim and Tennis Center, 4700 E. Warner Road, will hold its 14th annual car show 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 11. Registration gegins at 8 a.m. and the car registration fee will benefit the Wounded Warriors Project. Registration and a pancake breakfast is free for all active and retired military personnel. Trophies will be awarded in various classes. Information: Lisa Robinson at 480-893-3431 or lrobinson@ahwatukeehoa.com.
Club when it holds a program about Monarch Butterflies. The club meets on the first Monday of each month from September through May at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive. It is not necessary to belong to the Recreation Center to join the club. In addition to the meetings, members 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 outreach projects. Information: 480-759-4407 or dpgc.org.
classes of the year at Pecos Community Center soon. Her beginning and intermediate/advanced line-dancing classes, which require no partner, will begin Nov. 2 with evening classes Tuesdays and daytime classes Thursday. People can register in person or at phoenix. gov/parks. McBNeish also teaches classes focused on strengthening muscles on Mondays and Wednesdays, and registration also is at the same online address. For details and informationL: 480-221-9090, cmcneish@cox.net or dancemeetsfitness.net.
Free Halloween party is slated Desert Pointe Garden Club looks at Last line dancing, muscle classes for 2017 setat Pecos Center tonight at Cactus Jacks butterflies, invites new members Ahwatukee dance and fitness instructor Carrie McA free Halloween party is slated at 4 p.m. today, Oct. Prospective members are welcome to attend the 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6, meeting of Desert Pointe Garden
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Mountain Park Senior Living holds fifth annual Holiday Market
Mountain Park Senior Living, 4475 E. Knox Road, Ahwatukee, will host its fifth annual Holiday Market 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, with free hotdogs, sodam chips and Halloween candy and more than two dozen vendors. Vendors include: Barb's Little Treasures, Damsel in Defense, Forever Guarenteed Fashion Jewelry, Crafts & Holiday Earrings, Jamberry Nail Wraps, LipSense,
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Dance clinic open to Ahwatukee young dancers at Corona High
Corona del Sol High School is inviting Ahwatukee children who like dancing to its fourth annual dance clinic 1-4 p.m. Nov. 18 at the school, 1001 E. Knox Road, Tempe. Open to boys and girls ages pre-K to 8th grade, the clinic is themed around the “Nutcracker.” Dancers will learn choreography that they can perform at the dance clinic and in the Corona Dance Show Dec. 1 and Dec. 2. The $50 price includes snack, t-shirt, craft, commemorative photo and two tickets to the dance show. Register: tuhsdonlinereg.com (camps/clinics-Corona del Sol dance clinic). Information: Elizabeth Pease at edobyns@tuhsd.k12.az.us.
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Horizon Honors Schools in Ahwatukee are now accepting lottery forms for the 2018-2019 school year. Forms must be submitted online at horizonclc.org by Jan. 19. An information session for families will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 in the Horizon Honors’ multi-purpose room, 48th Street and Frye Road, Ahwatukee. Families will meet administrators and faculty, hear a brief history of the schools, enjoy displays and demonstrations of student projects, and get questions answered. Reservations are required: horizonclc.org. Horizon Community Learning Center is an organization of tuition-free, public, charter K-12 schools.
Tempe Union slates two sessions for seniors, parents
College-bound juniors and seniors at Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista high schools can attend with their parents two sessions related to higher education. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today, Oct. 25, representatives of various California universities and colleges will be on hand at Corona del Sol High, 1001 East Knox Road, Tempe. At 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, Oct. 26, at Compadre Academy, 500 W. Guadalupe Road, Tempe, counselors and financial aid experts will be on hand to discuss scholarships and other help for students at both two-year and four-year institutions.
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Ahwatukee residents are being sought to help with the Arizona Science Center’s big Pompeii exhibition which runs Nov. 18-May 28. Requirements and commitments include: 100 volunteer hours in one shift power week lasting four or eight hours, a background check, be able to stand for a fourhour shift, be at least 15 years old, attend training and complete a scavenger hunt prior to training. Volunteer opportunities include line monitor and ticket takers, information desk help, elevator escort and audio guide distributor. Information: azscience.org and select The Pompeii Exhibition. Interested persons can contact Katie Hamati at 602716-2037 or hamatik@azscience.org.
Wanted: Military veterans to sign up to attend a free gala
Attorneys Mark and Alexis Breyer of Ahwatukee, who brand themselves “The Husband and Wife Law Team,” are looking for military veterans to honor with a free catered dinner, entertainment and raffles 5-8 p.m. Nov. 9 at Harley-Davidson of Scottsdale, 15656. N Hayden Road. The event will include a performance by the Harley-Davidson of Scottsdale Drill Team. Veterans may bring one guest to the free event by RSVPing to husbandandwifelawteam.com/veterans.
Ahwatukee families can get some free legal help for special cases
Lawyers, government agencies and social service organizations will gather from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, 111 E. Taylor St., Phoenix, to help families navigate the legal system and social service network. The free one-day event is open to all families supporting a loved one dealing with mental health issues, developmental disabilities, autism, depression, homelessness, veteran’s service-related issues, suspected substance abuse, or elder care. Lawyers and court staff will be available to provide guidance and consultations on a variety of issues that families encounter within the legal system, including how to put legal directives in place to care for aging or mentally ill loved ones, understanding specialty courts and juvenile and adult criminal court proceedings and guardianships. Information: info@azkeystone.org or Gary Kula at gary.kula@phoenix.gov
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. Books can be dropped off at the YMCA or the following Ahwatukee locations: Pecos Senior Center, 48th Street and Pecos Road; Odelay Bagel Company, Equestrian Trail and Warner/Elliot Loop; Cups N’ Crepes, 42nd Street and Chandler Boulevard; Ahwatukee Board of Management Swim/Tennis Center, 48th Street and Warner Road; Mountain View Lutheran Church at 48th Street and Cheyenne Drive; Webster Chiropractic, 16515 S. 40th St. Ste 103; and Desert Foothills United Methodist Church, 2156 E. Liberty Lane. Books may be dropped off beginning Monday, Sept 4. Information: Jill at 602-212-6088.
Phoenix Sisters Cities seeks exchange students
Phoenix Sister Cities is looking for high school sophomores and juniors for the Youth Ambassador Exchange Program. They would spend three weeks abroad with a host family in one of Phoenix’s Sister Cities and welcome their international host brother or sister for a visit to Phoenix. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Jan. 12. The Phoenix Sister Cities Youth Ambassador Exchange Program is open to Phoenix resident high school students entering their sophomore or junior year. Participants are selected based on their communication skills, maturity, flexibility, leadership and desire for cultural inclusion Applications are available at phoenixsistercities.org. Interested applicants can learn more about the program See
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and meet past ambassadors at the Youth Ambassador Exchange Program Preview Night 6-7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 in City Council Chambers, 200 W. Jefferson St. For more information or to RSVP for the Preview Night: Bethany. Bennick@phoenix.gov or 602-534-3751.
Nonprofit Tukee Talks needs help getting public gathering place
Public gathering place sought for Tukee Talks Organizers of Tukee Talks, the quarterly meeting between police from South Mountain Precinct and Ahwatukee residents are looking for a free gather place for their next session in January. They need a place that can accommodate at least 100 people for the free public gathering. Contact: ahwatukeephxcrimewatch@gmail.com.
‘Ahwatukee Nutcracker’ tickets have gone on sale
Tickets are now on sale for the 18th annual “Ahwatukee Nutcracker,” which will be presented at 2 p.m. Dec. 16 and 17 and at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 at Desert Vista High School’s theater auditorium. Both afternoon performances feature a visit from Santa and a chance to get autographs from the cast and have photos taken with members. This is the only Nutcracker ballet in the country by that is performed solely by dances ages 3-19. Tickets are on sale at Dance Studio 111, 4910 E. Chandler
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The Festival of Lights Committee is seeking volunteers and sponsors for its 22nd annual Kick-Off Party, held the Saturday after Thanksgiving in Ahwatukee. Volunteers can show up for meetings at 6:30 p.m. at Desert Foothills United Methodist Church, 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. A meeting will be held Nov. 7. The group also is seeking a wide array of sponsors at all price levels. Information: folaz.org and request a sponsorship packet.
Desert Vista High students selling 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 goping 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. The bowls are $30 each. Information: jamiezack01@gmail.com, 480-678-7227; claire.kretschmar@gmail.com, 480-695-2074; or kdaly1996@gmail.com, 480-307-2401.
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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.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 Body Firm has yoga
Kelley at Body Firm will hold a gentle yoga class. DETAILS>> 11 a.m.-noon, 3636 East Ray Road, #2 (next to Fry’s). Information: 480-705-9801, thebodyfirmaz@ gmail.com, thebodyfirmaz.com
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.
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Read the book and join each month’s lively discussion the first Wednesday of the month. November’s read: “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri. December’s read: “One Summer: America 1927” by Bill Bryson. DETAILS>> Wednesday November 1, 7:00-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4 Gentle yoga offered
Join Kelley for a gentle yoga at The Body Firm. DETAILS>> 11 a.m.-noon, $15 (first class free), 3636 East Ray Road, #2 (next to Fry’s); information: 480-705-9801, thebodyfirmaz@gmail.com, thebodyfirmaz.com
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7
‘Filler words’ examined
“Filler Words: What They Are & What They Do” will be discussed by author Anissa Stringer at the Parchment and Prose Writers’ discussion group, which meets the first Tuesday of every month for workshops, presentations, and discussions about all aspects of the writing process from conception to publication. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.
Science of fear for teens
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 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 testtaking to spiders and everything in between. DETAILS>> 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Book discussion club
Teen council to meet
This group meets to plan teen events at the library. Teens can earn community service hours, make friends, have fun. DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required. See
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 LEGO Lab planned
Children accompanied by an adult can stop by for fun LEGO building time the second Tuesday of each month. DETAILS>>4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Coffee with a cop
Join police from the South Mountain Precinct, which covers Ahwatukee, for casual conversation. There is no agenda and people can ask questions and express concerns related to public safety,. DETAILS>> 10-11 a.m., Fry’s, Lakeside Plaza, 3949 E, Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. Free and open to the public.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Writers critique
Writers can gather for critiquing each other’s work. Participants should bring five double-spaced pages of writing to get feedback. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Level Up! SET
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calendar at phxlib.org. DETAILS>> 4-6 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 8-12. Free. No registration required.
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Learn gardening from pros
Learn desert gardening by getting your hands dirty with the Ahwatukee Community Gardening Project. Share in the knowledge, the produce, and the smiles. All ages welcome Bring sun protection and water, tools optional. DETAILS>> 7-9 a.m. in the northwest corner of the park at 4700 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee. Information : acgarden.org or 480-759-5338.
Little Bytes
Kids can learn the foundations of coding and computer commands before they can write or spell. Fun activities, apps and games will teach the fundamentals of simple logic, sequencing and coding language. #stem DETAILS>> Sundays (Nov. 5, 12 and 19) 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-7. Free. No registration required.
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 (Nov. 6, 13 and 20)10:30-11 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages birth to crawling. Free. Tickets are limited and available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.
Chamber offers networking
The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce networking and leads group is open to chamber members. DETAILS>>Noon, Native Grill and Wings, 5030 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Devida Lewis, 480-753-7676.
LD 18 Dems meet monthly
you just bring yourself and your friends! DETAILS>> 1:30-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.
Writing critique group
The third Tuesday of every month bring five doublespaced 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. Information:
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.
Toastmasters sharpen skills
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 (Nov. 5, 12 and 19) 3-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 8-17. Free. No registration required.
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Adult coloring promotes mindfulness, reduces stress, and improves cognitive motor skills. We’ll provide the markers, crayons, colored pencils, and coloring sheets;
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.
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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
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.
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Ironwood, other area libraries make coloring a social activity BY RALPH ZUBIATE AFN Managing Editor
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t’s a trend that’s been hot for a couple of years now, and doesn’t seem to be going away. And now, libraries are joining in on the festivities. Adults are gathering – colored pencils in hand – ready to attack books, sheets and bookmarks. And libraries around the East Valley are offering the artists a home. Coloring is an activity that can be quiet and solitary, or raucous and collaborative, enthusiasts say. Chris Koeth, a library assistant at Chandler Public Library, coordinates one of the latter groups, a friendly collective called the Outside the Lines Adult Coloring Group. “You’ll hear that the noise because we’re not a meditative coloring group,” she said. The group, which started meeting in February 2016, gathers together on the first and third Wednesdays of every month. “At first, it was once a month for one and a half hours,” Koeth said. “Pretty soon, participants said it wasn’t long enough, not often enough. Now, we’re
twice a month for two hours.” Coloring for calmness – or for community – has its benefits, according to clinical psychologist Scott M. Bea. At health.clevelandclinic.org, Bea said, “Adult coloring requires modest attention focused outside of self-awareness. It is a simple activity that takes us outside ourselves. In the same way, cutting the lawn, knitting or taking a Sunday drive can all be relaxing.” There’s a reason that adults have been taking up coloring. “We have a very stress-inducing culture, and I think individuals are always seeking new ways to reduce tension, restore feelings of well-being and reduce the toll that our stressful lives take on our health,” Bea said. Some of the participants at the Chandler Library have been there awhile, and some are new. Nicole Bateman has been with the group from the start. “I love talking and having fun. We’re a laughing group for two hours,” Bateman said. She said coloring comes naturally to her. “I’ve always colored, ever since I was a
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kid,” she said. Al and Vicky Varga joined the group two days after Al retired from retail management. His last job was with Safeway. “We wanted something to do together,” Al said. “Vicky found it in the paper. I thought it was something to do, so I thought I’d give it a try.”
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and Buchenwald stationery, transport lists, registration paperwork, Henry’s personal photos, and others from museums. They add a visual to the substantial research that is included.” Q: What makes this story a significant contribution to WWII history? A: This account is far more than one man’s story. It honors the millions of Poles who were arrested, and so many who were frankly executed. Six million Poles were killed during the nearly six years the country endured World War II. Three million were Jewish, 3 million were Christian. In Auschwitz alone, 150,000 Poles were executed or died from starvation, disease, and mistreatment. Two Catholic saints were martyred in Auschwitz. Additionally, no country suffered more, endured more, or lost more than Poland during World War II. The country was invaded by two genocidal leaders: Hitler and Stalin, both of whom were determined to destroy all things Polish. Even worse, Poland fell under the rule of Russian Communism until 1989. For three generations of Poles, it was forbidden to teach Polish history or hon-
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or Polish heroism. Subsequently, there are far fewer accounts from the Polish viewpoint, especially in English. I have gained a huge and lasting respect for Poles. Few of Henry’s accounts can be found in history books, yet they are verified.” Q: What makes this account so relevant today? A: Henry witnessed perhaps the most extreme example of anti-Semitism: the calculated, strategic murder of millions of Jews. Today, there is a rise in anti-Semitism, hate crimes and swastikas… This book also serves as a historical reminder that no group of people was safe from being targeted. There is danger if no one is allowed to disagree with their government without fear of retribution… Today, it is hard to discern real news from hidden agendas, and I wonder how many people truly question their information sources. Even social platforms like Facebook use algorithms to determine who sees what. History is taught less and less to younger generations, or distorted or “softened.” I hope this book causes readers to pause, think, and consider the lessons of history. Q: Who will this book appeal to? A: I consider Henry an intelligent read for discerning adults, especially those in-
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“It’s all very community oriented,” Vicky said, finishing a conversation with a coloring buddy. “It’s important to do new and different things as we age. We needed to de-stress, to meet new people.” This morning, Cheryl Young was one of the first-timers. She brought her friends Becky Maez and Lorie Thackery. Young carried an artist’s selection of colored pencils and other supplies. She confessed that she had them for around six months before finally using them at the Chandler Library. “I thought it looked like fun,” she said.
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“It gets you out of the house.” Maez’s motivation wasn’t just fun; it was therapeutic. “I’m going through some things,” she shared. “This is an outlet to a lot of grief in my life.”
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terested in European history, World War II and the Holocaust. A reader’s discussion guide is included for book groups. It is also ideal for college-level courses on WWII or the Holocaust. I have received a lot of support from the Polish community, and definitely anyone of Polish heritage or connections will appreciate it. Q: What will you remember most about him, not his story? A: Henry’s attitude about life. He had witnessed and lived through the absolute worst of mankind, and preferred to look ahead rather than behind. He was one of the most positive and wise people I (Special to AFN) have ever known. For Ahwatukee journalist Katrina Shawver's book tells the dramatic story Henry, each day was a of late Ahwatukee resident Henry Zguda as well as the terrifying histoblessing, a gift denied ry of the Nazis' persecution of Poles. to so many others.” She spoke of losing her 18-year-old son in a car crash in 2006. He was riding in a car whose driver had been drinking. She’s still grieving. “This is helping me tremendously,” Maez said. “I never imagined I’d be in the Chandler Library coloring. But here I am.” Another coloring artist fighting back from a low point was Maggie Kluck – “‘Luck’ with a ‘K,’” she said. “I had Stage 4 colon cancer, and I was given two months to live on chemotherapy.” After being given the news, she lifted hands to God and prayed that he’d take over.
Soon thereafter, she visited a second doctor. The cancer had disappeared. “That was 17 years ago. And here I am!” Kluck, who just turned 90, used to paint with watercolors. Now, she takes her coloring with her everywhere. “It’s brought out a lot of artistic ability,” she said. “It brought my mind to a different level. I’m never bored. Coloring changes your life. It’s so relaxing. “I’ve met a lot of nice people here. I thoroughly enjoy it. Just delightful.” Vicky Varga summed it up: “Coloring is not just for kids anymore.” – Contact Ralph Zubiate at 480-898-6825 or rzubiate@timespublications.com.
These regional libraries offer coloring groups and opportunities for interested adults Ahwatukee:
Ironwood Library provides the markers, crayons, colored pencils, and coloring sheets. 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays, Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.
Chandler:
“Outside the Lines Adult Coloring
Group,” the first and third Wednesdays of the month at Chandler Public Library, 22 S. Delaware St. 480-7822800, chandlerlibrary.org. The next meeting is Oct. 18.
Tempe:
“Coloring for Grownups,” every second Sunday of the month at Tempe Public Library, 3500 S. Rural Road.
480-350-5500, tempe.gov/city-hall/ community-services/tempe-publiclibrary. The next meeting is Nov. 12.
Gilbert:
“Color Me Relaxed,” once a month on Tuesday evenings at Southeast Regional Library, 775 N. Greenfield Road. 602-652-3000, mcldaz.org/ custom/branches/southeast. The next
meeting is Oct. 24.
Mesa:
“Adult Coloring Club,” twice a month at Red Mountain and Dobson Branch libraries. 480-644-3100, mesalibrary.org. The next meeting is Oct. 25 at Dobson Branch, 2425 S. Dobson Road.
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WEDNESDAYS
Tour Foothills Montessori
Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori offers a free tour every week for interested parents. DETAILS>> 4 p.m. 3221 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. Information: 480-759-3810 or ahwatukeefoothillsmontessori.com.
TinkerTime
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., (not on Nov. 29) Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-12. Free. No registration required. 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., (not on Nov. 29) Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-10. Free. No registration required.
Watercolor classes available
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,
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Broadway Road, Phoenix. Free. RSVP at 602-827-8200, ext. 348, or rcarter@cals.arizona.edu.
Montessori holds open house
Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori holds an open house weekly. It includes a short talk about Montessori education, followed by a tour of its campus. DETAILS>> 4 p.m. Wednesdays, 3221 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. Information: 480-759-3810
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.
Mothers of Preschoolers gather
Grief support is free
LD 18 Dems meet in Tempe
Inner Vision Yoga Studio offers “gentle floor yoga” for core strengthening and healthy backs. DETAILS>>> 1:30-2:30 p.m. 4025 E. Chandler, Ahwatukee. $5 per class. Information: 480-330-2015 or donna@ innervisionyoga.com.
Hospice of the Valley offers a free ongoing grief support group for adults and is open to any adult who has experienced a loss through death. No registration required. DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m. first and third Wednesdays, Pecos Community Center, 17010 S. 48th St. 602-636-5390.
Foothills Women meet
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Ahwatukee. Cost: $25 per class, $80 for four classes. Registration required: jlokits@yahoo.com or 480-4718505.
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.
DETAILS>>7:30 a.m. Biscuits Restaurant, 4623 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee. Information: mike.maloney2003@ gmail.com.
‘Dems and Donuts’ set
Free child care for ages 0 to 5. DETAILS>> 9 a.m. second and fourth Thursday, Foothills Baptist Church, 15450 S. 21st St. Call Kim at 480-759-2118, ext. 218.
‘Gentle yoga’ offered
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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Alzheimer’s support group meets
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Caregivers for Alzheimer’s patients can find support monthly. DETAILS>>10-11:30 a.m. Ahwatukee Alzheimer’s Support Group meets the first Saturday of the month at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St.
Teen Thursdays @ the Library
Ironwood Library provides the snacks and fun every Thursday; teens just bring themselves and a friend! First Thursdays: video games; second Thursdays: art-making; third Thursdays: Upcycling Makerspace. Fourth Thursdays: Library Volunteer Opportunities. DETAILS>> Thursdays (Nov. 2, 9 and 16) 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required.
Sit, Stay, Read!
Young readers & listeners can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. First and third Saturdays: read with Raven and Cassie. second and fourth Saturdays: Read with JoJo. DETAILS>> Saturdays (Nov. 4, 11 and 18) 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-10. Free. No registration required.
Kiwanis meets weekly
The Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club meets weekly and welcomes newcomers. Upcoming speakers are Oct. 26, Sandra Aguilera of Star Concepts; Nov. 9, Charles Bradley of the East Valley Boys & Girls Clubs.
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City Hall response to Ahwatukee water meter woes is all wet BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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fter people protested the way Phoenix Police handled rowdy demonstrators during President Trump’s last visit, the city administration within a matter of days started trying – ultimately unsuccessfully – to have an independent out-ofstate organization study the incident. And when Trump announced he was ending the DACA program for the children of undocumented residents, Mayor Greg Stanton must have tripped over himself running to his p.r. machine to generate a news release condemning the move. So where has Stanton or his city manager been after more than five weeks of mounting complaints in Ahwatukee about puzzling – and exorbitant – spikes in water meter readings? Beats me. Were it not for Councilman Sal DiCiccio’s proactive response in the early stages of the furor, scores of Ahwatukee water customers would just be howling in the wind of a bureaucracy that seems stuck on repeating a mantra that in effect says “No problem on our end.” Indeed, were it not for DiCiccio, the first people to raise the issue – board members of the Foothills Gateway HOA board who were socked with a bill 20,000 times their normal bill – would have gotten nothing more out of City Hall than
the shrug of a bureaucrat’s shoulders. Now, the top brass of the city Water Services Department will visit Ahwatukee for a town hall on the issue at 6 p.m. tomorrow, Oct. 26, at Pecos Community Center. I hope the air-conditioning is working because I don’t expect much more than a lot of hot air. That’s because there doesn’t seem to be even the slightest inclination to examine some of the possible explanations for a problem that has surfaced in other communities and cities from coast to coast for at least six years. In every one of those communities, the problems started developing when the water utilites, most of them publicly owned, switched from analog to so-called “smart” meters that use wireless transmitters to send usage data to handheld devices so employees won’t have to walk from meter to meter. Phoenix spent $28.8 million and eight years to go digital with all its approximate 430,000 meters in an effort – like all the other utilities – to cut jobs. Or, as the bureaucrats and politicians prefer to say, improve efficiencies and save money so they can, oh, do things like enter public-private partnerships that throw millions of tax dollars into building a hotel no one stays in. Now, I don’t know about you, but if I got a utility bill that was three or four times higher than what I usually pay, I’d probably need smelling salts to get up
from the floor. You don’t have to mine social media too deeply to see the anger, frustration and pain that so many Ahwatukee water customers are feeling as the result of these bedeviling readings. All they keep getting told is that they must have a leak. Maybe some of them do. But many say they’ve gone painstakingly through their irrigation systems and interior plumbing and have come up dry, so to speak. No leaks. Nada. The city’s response to these complaints has actually been no different from the response of other local governments in the country where similar problems have occurred. The silence has been deafening from the smart-meter industry and the American Water Works Association – which bills itself as the largest “international, nonprofit, scientific and educational society dedicated to providing total water solutions assuring the effective management of water.” I realize that the complaints about these spikes in Phoenix seem largely limited to Ahwatukee. I also realize that some complainers may indeed have a leak they don’t know about. And I don’t even think the city is necessarily to blame for the spikes. But something is wrong. Not everyone socked by these high water bills is lying. Not everyone has been victimized by a leak they don’t know about – especially a “leak” that seems to appear one month
and then disappear the next. But city officials seem beyond uninterested in figuring out what’s wrong. They clearly have no inclination to think outside the box in trying to find the culprit behind these spikes. For example, why has no one looked into the possibility that the meters may be affected by errant signals from other digital devices? As one of the communities in Phoenix whose affluence translates into a larger contribution of tax dollars into city coffers than many other neighborhoods, Ahwatukee deserves a little more attention for this puzzling problem than it is getting right now. For starters, it would be nice to see the mayor and his city manager acknowledging that a problem exists, then directing their minions to really start examining it in a genuine effort to find an explanation and correct it. But I’m not expecting much more of a response than the town hall, where officials will put up with an hour or two of yelling and begging, then go back to their lairs in Central Phoenix. When he announced early this month that he was running for Congress, Stanton bloviated, “There are many miles between Phoenix and Washington, D.C., but what separates us most is how we work to solve problems.” I guess the distance between City Hall and Ahwatukee must be even greater in his mind.
Consistent reassurance helps children disclose abuse BY CHRIS SCHOPEN AFN Guest Writer
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e have all heard about child abuse cases in the news where the abuser is someone known to the child: a teacher, a coach, a parent, etc. For some of us, this may seem unfathomable, but most of us are beginning to understand that “stranger danger” is not prevalent in abuse cases. Particularly in
sexual abuse cases, the abuser most often has built a foundation of trust, not just with the child, but with the family and those closest to the child. You may think to yourself, “Well, that would never happen to me or my family. I am my child’s best friend. At the very least, my child tells me everything. And I talk to my child routinely about good touches and bad touches.” While all of those things are good to hear, please don’t let that lull you into a sense of false security.
Unfortunately, abusers don’t wear signs telling you who they are and what they’ve done. Unlike physical abuse, you can’t see when someone has been sexually abused. This does not mean you can never trust anyone around your children; however, it does mean keeping an open mind (even to the unfathomable) and an open line of communication with your children. Often, parents believe if abuse happens to their child, they will be the first ones the child will choose to tell. While this happens occasionally, it’s actually quite
common for a child to disclose to someone other than her/his parent. This is not a reflection of parenting skills or the closeness of the parent-child relationship. On the contrary, it is more likely a sign of how much love and respect the child has for her/his parent. Children do not want to upset parents and they certainly do not want to disappoint them. Think about a time you did something See
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Tips to keep Halloween fun for the whole family BY MARY CANNON AFN Guest Writer
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alloween can be a fun holiday for kids, but for others, it can be truly scary. Toddlers and preschoolers often have difficulty distinguishing between their own imagination and reality. They do not always understand that monster decorations are not really monsters and that costumes are hiding real people that they know and love. All of these traditional Halloween elements, plus trick-or-treating down a street full of kids in the dark, can add up to an overwhelming and overstimulating experience.
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“wrong” or “bad.” Did you want to tell your parents immediately? Did you fear your parents’ reactions? Was that because they were awful parents or was it more likely that you did not want to be in trouble and did not want your parents to think poorly of you? Now imagine you are a child who has been sexually abused by someone who is
There are other options to celebrate Halloween with small children other than trick-or-treating. Having an afternoon party is one great idea. Children can come at a time when they are feeling well rested and ready to play. Parties can provide an alternative fun option for Halloween instead of trick or treating. Here are some fun Halloween-themed ways to make a party a success for younger kids. Crafts and games: Kids can play “pin the nose on the Jack-o-Lantern”; parents can create a beanbag toss with pumpkinor ghost-shaped beanbags; kids go digging for spider rings in a tub of dirt with small
shovels or hands; set up a decoration station where kids can put stickers on small pumpkins or color on them with markers; kids can also get creative with some Halloween coloring pages and stickers. Food: Serve Halloween themed snacks instead of candy can help curb sugar crashes and meltdowns; make edible pumpkins by peeling oranges and sticking celery stems on the top; edible ghosts can be made from banana halves with chocolate chips for eyes; Halloween-shaped fruit snacks and pretzels. Regardless of how you choose to celebrate, children and their families can prepare for Halloween season through read-
loved and respected, not just by you, the child, but by your family and possibly your community. Overcoming hurdles such as fear, shame or embarrassment is tough enough when disclosing abuse, but add to this having to worry about what happens next, being judged or, worse, disbelieved and you’ve got quite a dilemma. While the child’s parent may be the most supportive, loving parent possible, that does not take away the belief the child may have about having done some-
thing bad or wrong. Children often worry about what will happen after they tell. Will they get in trouble? Will they get someone beloved in trouble? Sometimes the abuser tells the child that the child (or the abuser) will get in trouble, people will get mad and the child will be blamed if the abuse is revealed. Imagine what happens for a child should any or all of those things come true. Even if none of that happens, children
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ing age appropriate books for toddlers: “Go Away, Big Green Monster!” by Ed Emberley; “Five Little Pumpkins” by Dan Yaccarino; “Llama Llama Trick or Treat” by Anna Dewdney. For preschoolers: “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” by Linda Williams; “Room on the Broom” by Julia Donaldson; and “Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden” by George Levenson and Shmuel Thaler -Mary Cannon is a program manager for the Catholic Charities’ program, Parents as Teachers, with the Arizona Partnership for Children. Information: catholicchairities.org.
still have to overcome the challenge of what they imagine will happen once they tell. Consistently reassuring children that they can tell you anything and you will listen with an open mind and open heart will go a long way in helping them to overcome these challenges. -Ahwatukee resident Chris Schopen has worked for the Child and Family Advocacy Centers as a counselor, forensic interviewer or director for nearly 20 years.
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he Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce will honor three women for their business acumen
Business Woman of the Year nominees
Dee Gordon
Sundance Spa & Salon Dee Gordon, who started her business 30 years ago, has a passion for cosmetology that “translates to over 100 repeat monthly customers which, in this day of social media ratings, is a true mark of success for a service business,” the Chamber said. With a philosophy of providing her clients “with an environment of total relaxation and comfort,” Gordon also has been active in the Chamber, serving as an Ambassador “and helping Chamber members benefit from the many programs and services by volunteering her time on committees including Women in Business, and the annual Business Expo to name a few. Dee is very active in the community as demonstrated by her 20-year involvement with an Ahwatukee seniors group as president.
Heather Beninato
InMotion Health and Wellness Heather Beninato “brings to the Ahwatukee community over 16 years of experience in the healthcare industry” as a licensed massage therapist certified “dedicated to introducing the latest technology and therapy methods,” the Chamber said, adding: “In just six years, Heather has realized her vision of a thriving business helping
and contributions to the community next week at its 13th annual Palo Verde Awards Dinner. Eleven women have been nominated for the awards, which will be handed out during
the dinner, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Four Points by Sheraton. Tickets are still available for the “Lights, Camera, Inspire!” themed event at ahwatukeechamber.com. Additionally, the Chamber’s Women in
Business group will award scholarships to women who are continuing their education. Here is a look at the nominees for each of the awards.
athletes, be it our very own Arizona Cardinals or professional athletes from Europe and Australia, perform at their best.” She also supports many local events, including the Tour de Scottsdale and several children’s charities. As a mentor, Heather provides internships for college students and “facilitates introductions for other businesswomen to help them make connections in the community.”
Chamber said. Kindra teaches continuing legal education programs a regular volunteer mentor at ASU. She also works with the Tempe Community Action Agency and the Autism Speaks Walk and consults with underprivileged people.
estate and has served for six years on the city’s Fire Advisory Board. Miller is president of the Foothills Women’s Club and recently was named American Legion Auxiliary Member of the Year. She is a member of the Chamber board and past co-chair of its Women in Business group.
Heidi Vail
Heidi’s Events & Catering Heidi Vail grew her Tempe catering business from a small operation working out of a kitchen to an 11,000-squarefoot facility from which she caters over 1,000 events a year. A board member of the International Caterers Association, she is involved in numerous charitable fundraisers. “Heidi’s mantra is to ‘work until she’s finished’ helping her earn a spot in the top five caterers in Arizona,” the Chamber said.
Kindra Deneau
The Deneau Law Firm From her kitchen table to over ,000 square feet of corporate office, Kindra Deneau has built a thriving law practice in Tempe over eight years. “Her leadership contribution and dedication were recognized in 2016 when she was identified as being among the top 10 percent of lawyers in her field in the country,” the
Sandra Aguilera
S.T.A.R. Concepts With 30 years of law enforcement and private security training and even more years working with children, Sandra Aguilera provides safety training programs on bully prevention, stranger awareness, distracted driving and self-defense to Scouts and church groups as well as companies and military families. “Sandra has been an avid volunteer in the community with schools and groups like the Kiwanis Club of Ahwatukee and various women’s groups. A highlight of such community work was to be honored with an “Award of Appreciation from the American Legion for organizing and managing a program designed for teens interested in law enforcement,” the Chamber said.
Shelley Miller
Walter Rapacz DDS For the last 10 years, Shelley Miller has been the office manager, principal and a member of the board of directors for the office of Dr. Walter Rapacz DDS. Besides helping the state Board of Dental Examiners with the licensing exam process, she also has a successful career in real
Social Enterprise Award nominees Daradee Olson
LoveIAM Daradee Olson’s son died nine years ago as the result of a congenital heart defect. To honor her son, she undertook extensive fundraising for the Nick & Kelly Children’s Heart Fund. This is all-volunteer Arizona organization runs annual summer camps for children with this disease. “Daradee’s fundraising efforts have enabled her to send over 375 children to summer camp, and this year’s efforts were the most successful to date, reaching camp capacity of 130 children,” the Chamber said.
Joelle Green
Kyrene School District “Education and community collaboration are the hallmarks of Joelle Green’s commitment to the Kyrene School District,” the See
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Chamber said. As a parent, PTA member and a district employee, “Joelle has dedicated herself to raising awareness of some of the issues surrounding school programs and funding.” Coordinator of business and community development, Green initiated a new program called “Rise UP,” which helps Kyrene Middle School children reach their fullest potential mentally, physically and socio-emotionally. She also is involved with many school fundraising activities, from selling cookies to raising scholarship funds for kids who cannot otherwise afford to go to Grad Night. She also is on the board of the Ahwatukee Chamber Community Foundation.
Sandra Franks
Valley of Sun YMCA As executive director of the Ahwatukee Foothills Family YMCA, Sandra Franks “champions many programs and services to help all age groups, from our youngest members of the community to our seniors.” “Each year at the Y, Sandra enjoys guiding a group of 40 young adults to learn the value of service, volunteering and workforce readiness,” the Chamber said. She is on the board of YOPAS, a unique outreach program for Ahwatukee Seniors and a member of 100+ Women Who Care. She also is involved with Singleton Moms, a charity helping single parents battling cancer.
Corporate Award nominees April Culbertson
Arizona Oasis Pool Service & Repair April Culbertson ran the St. James Church Vacation Bible school for seven years, successfully quadrupling attendance while still doing the bookkeeping for the family business. When she decided to return full-time to the business she co-owns with her husband, she helped grow its customer based 120 percent in three years. “April believes that passion, hard work, dedication and team work are the keys to success,” the Chamber said.
Beth Amoroso
Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino Resort Beth Amoroso, director of human resources at Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino Resort, is responsible for employee engagement and guest satisfaction. “Under Beth’s guidance, the resort’s guest and employee satisfaction scores and its financial achievements have earned Harrah’s Ak-Chin some of the top scores within the Caesars enterprise in the country, the Chamber said. Besides being involved in numerous charitable endeavors, she developed an employee mentoring program at Harrah’s
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Ak-Chin and personally mentored three women through this program.
Enery Lopez
Amtrust Bank Enery Lopez “promotes team involvement in local fundraising initiatives” and has been a committee member of the Junior Achievement of Arizona. “Her passion for giving back to the community she serves is both empowering and satisfying,” the Chamber said. “With Enery’s leadership, Amtrust became the first sponsor of the Ambassador program of the Chamber,” it added, noting she is secretary of the Ahwatukee Chamber Community Foundation Board.
Judy Chasse
Bell Mortgage Judy Chasse is Bell Mortgage’s Arizona business development manager. Her 30plus years in the real estate com-
munity have earned her numerous positions on the board of the Southeast Valley Regional Association of Realtors and its affiliate committees. She participates in charities like the PayIt-Forward project and the Boys & Girls Club. She also chairs the 9-11 Healing Field committee at Tempe Town Lake.
Linda Highland
Wells Fargo Linda is a branch manager for Wells Fargo with 31 years of experience working in the financial services industry. “From supporting activities such as Women’s Network and United Way to volunteering at the Children’s Hospital, Linda immerses herself in volunteer projects,” the Chamber said. One of her main passions is to present financial literacy education in high schools and attending college nights in the community. Treasurer of the Chamber board, she also has served as a volunteer teaching students of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy about setting up their banking services for their new businesses.
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Ahwatukee medical practice pairs beauty and good health
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an a more beautiful you lead to a healthier you? Dr. Kevin Chan thinks so. That is why he has expanded his practice – Pineapple Health-Rejenesis, 12010 S. Warner-Elliot Loop, Ahwatukee – to include aesthetics, convinced that beauty can help lead patients to develop healthier habits and improve their health. “We have an integrative holistic approach to aesthetic medicine via hormone optimization, nutrition supplementation and stress management,” explained Chan. “We’ve learned that we can use aesthetic medicine as a leverage to encourage our patients to engage in healthier behavior and improve their overall health, thus achieving the true integration of health and beauty.” Chan said that after a patient has Botox treatments, body sculpting or any of the other aesthetic services he offers, the lightbulb will go on if it hasn’t already. “They see themselves as more beautiful and think, ‘Maybe now I should work on my lifestyle and be healthier,” he explained, noting his other beauty-related services include fillers, women’s sexual rejuvenation and other anti-aging treatments. Chan took over Foothills Family Medicine, Ahwatukee’s oldest medical practice, in 2008, two years after he joined it after moving from New York City. He renamed the practice in an effort to put patients more at ease and help them avoid what he calls “white coat syndrome.” Besides, he reasoned, if a computer company can name itself after an apple, there was no reason not to name his clinic “after an even healthier fruit.” “Healthcare has become so corporate and so rigid, so insurance-driven, that I think we have lost the human touch. We
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Ahwatukee physician Dr. Kevin Chan believes that adding aesthetics to his practice will encourage patients to ultimately not just think of their looks but also about adapting a healthy lifestyle.
need to be friendlier and more personal. So many patients get scared about going to a doctor’s office. By making it friendlier and more animated, it takes away some of the anxiety of visiting a doctor,” he said. Chan graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1999 and completed his fellowship with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is a certified Meta-Medicine Health Coach and Diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians, American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine and American Board of Anti-Aging Regenerative Medicine His practice integrates ancient Chinese treatments with both traditional and modern medicine. And while he tries to cure patients’ ills like any other doctor, he is mainly concerned with preventing sickness – and esmaking sure they don’t become prone to heart attacks and control their stress levels.
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Chan calls himself a “preventionist” when it comes to dealing with conditions that can lead to a heart attack. He also specializes in lipidology, a fairly new medical subspecialty. “When you are preventing heart disease, you look at cholesterol and other factors – behavior can drive cholesterol. Stress can increase cholesterol. Most people focus only on cholesterol. The primary problem for heart disease is inflammation. If the high cholesterol is in a very inflamed environment – that contributes to heart disease,” he explained, adding: “Most people think it’s a plumbing problem, but it is a volcanic eruption issue. You may have a clot in your arteries, but if that part of your body is inflamed, that plaque can rupture like a volcano. That actually causes heart attacks in younger people.” Nearly one-third of Americans over the age of 20 has high cholesterol, he said. That’s where lipidology and Chan’s other efforts to control hormones and stress come into play. As people get older, they become less resilient to stress and their hormone level decreases. So, Chan focuses on optimizing
hormones, calling it “one way to alleviate the propensity for being anxious as you get older.” He uses a neuro-feedback machine, which he said is “a very popular device that will help patients rewire their brain and reorganize their brain function to handle stress better. And it’s covered by most major insurance companies.” He also performs advanced blood tests and uses special ultrasound devices to look for plaque in the arteries. Lipids, which include cholesterol, are essential parts of human cells. Studying and treating them involves a “complex multidisciplinary branch of medicine,” Chan said. Besides stress and diminishing hormone levels, poor diet and lack of exercise also contribute to the inflammation that can trigger heart attacks, Chan said. “As we all grow older, we begin to be more effective in many areas of our lives,” Chan added. “But our health is going in the opposite direction. I want to realign patients’ health direction with the rest of their life.” Information: 480-961-2366, pineapplehealth.org.
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Costumes can’t mask Halloween’s economic impact BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY AFN Staff Writer
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very year toward the end of summer, Halloween stores pop up around the Phoenix metro area and have a significant, though temporary, effect on the commercial real estate market. For the past decade, retailers like Spirit Halloween and Halloween City consistently have emerged in late summer to peddle costumes, decorations and accessories to consumers, occupying vacant retail space in the process. “I think they have become expected,” said Mark Stapp, Fred E. Taylor professor of real estate at W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. “When they first started to pop up (people saw them as) weird, but now they’ve established themselves in consumers’ minds, and we expect to see them,” Stapp added. The stores are tapping into a massive market, as 179 million Americans are expected to participate in Halloween this year, spending roughly $9.1 billion on items related to the holiday, according to a report from the National Retail Feder-
ation. The vast majority of that spending – $3.4 billion nationwide – will go toward purchasing costumes. Candy and decorations are each expected to account for $2.7 billion in Halloween spending, according to the NRF report. Temporary Halloween stores fill a unique niche in the local real estate market in that they occupy vacant retail space for a limited period of time. They tend to favor junior big box spaces that have a footprint of 40,000 square feet or less, Stapp said. Neither Spirit nor Halloween City, the major corporate players in the pop up Halloween store industry, have locations in Ahwatukee – likely due to the community’s low retail vacancy rate. The Ahwatukee/Tempe submarket has a retail vacancy rate of just 6.96 percent. That is lower than the Valley’s overall vacancy rate of 8.5 percent, according to CBRE’s most recent market report on the sector. Spirit – owned by gag-gift retailer Spencer’s – has dozens of locations in the area, including one in Chandler at Ray Road and 54th Street in Chandler Pavilions.
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The retailer also has two locations in Tempe. Nationwide, Spirit has hired over 30,000 people to run its 1,300 stores, according to information provided by the chain. Despite being a temporary occupant, these stores have a tangible impact on the real estate market and local economy. “I think there (are) vacancies across the market and when you’ve got places like Spirit that come in and fill vacant space, even on a limited time frame, the reality is it is beneficial to all the parties,” CBRE Retail Services First Vice President Todd Folger said. Folger added, “It generates sales for the
operator, rent for the landlord and sales tax for the city.” Stapp compared the stores to the pumpkin stands and Christmas tree lots that appear for weeks at a time around the holidays and generate income on otherwise unoccupied property. Those temporary stores are not the only seasonal aberration that affects the local economy, though. Haunted houses also have a significant affect on the private and nonprofit sectors. Ticket sales to themed haunted sites account for about $1 billion nationwide, according to Hauntworld.com, an industry website and haunted house directory. These haunted houses, hayrides and other events can range from produced events with Hollywood-style theatrics to smaller scale community gatherings. In Ahwatukee, the Ahwatukee Board of Management is hosting its 16th Annual Haunted House and Hayride to benefit local youth programs. The event, to be held Friday-Sunday, Oct. 27-29, at the Ahwatukee Community Swim & Tennis Center, 4700 E. Warner Road, costs $9 for adults and $6 for kids.
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What type of business services do you provide? At The Specific we help individuals who suffer from chronic health conditions who are looking for lasting resolution instead of temporary pain relief. By focusing strictly on the health and function of the nervous system and proper biomechanics of the upper cervical spine, we are able to help people with lasting health challenges who may have been told “You just have to live with it.” Individuals with chronic migraines, conditions such as fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, vertigo, Lyme disease, Lupus, and valley fever as well as those with the typical neck and back pain you think of when it comes to chiropractic respond great to our unique form of care. What are some exciting things happening in your business? We recently celebrated our one-year anniversary and had a fantastic block party with the community. We also do a lot of work with individuals with autism and other special needs. We were recently asked to give a presentation at an upcoming conference hosted by the Arizona Autism Coalition on Nov. 4. We are excited to offer resources for such an important group of people, parents, and providers. What is your background and how did you come to be in this business? I got a job in college working as a chiropractic assistant and fell in love with the idea of natural healing and alternative forms of health care. There is so much out there that can help in different ways that we don’t even know about. Upper cervical chiropractic is one of those ways. If someone has been to a chiropractor and didn’t feel it helped or gave them lasting results, consider getting your nervous system checked. We are one of 20 Specific Chiropractic Centers across the country, and one of less than 2,000 upper cervical specific practitioners on the planet. What other organizations/committees are you involved in? I serve as president of the ambassador committee for the Chamber. I am very involved in my church. Recently I have worked with the Boy Scouts of America, accompanied the choir on the piano, the congregation on the organ, and taught Sunday School.
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Many free resources help businesses start, grow BY GINA JENKINS AFN Guest Writer
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re you thinking about starting a business or expanding a current business? If either of these situations apply, you are probably in need of a variety of business resources. Listed below are some the free resources available to you in Arizona as you begin to take that first step or next step in your entrepreneur journey.
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• Free counseling, advice and information on starting or growing a business through the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Phoenix Chapter #105. Call 602-745-7200 to get the numbers of the local chapters for a counseling appointment. • Financial assistance for new or existing businesses through guaranteed loans made by area bank and non-bank lenders. Call 602745-7200 to make an appointment for a free on-on-one counseling session. • The Arizona District has a women’s
business ownership representative on site that can advise women business owners of programs and services that are targeted towards women entrepreneurs. For more information call the women’s business ownership representative at 602-745-7207. • Special loan programs are available for businesses involved in international trade, pollution control, exporting, and contracting.
Small Business Development Center
• Small Business Development Centers provide assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs throughout the United States and its territories.The centers help entrepreneurs realize the dream of business ownership and help existing businesses remain competitive in a complex, ever-changing global marketplace. • Advisors provide variety of free business consulting and low-cost training services including: business plan development, manufacturing assistance, financial packaging and lending assistance, exporting and importing support, disaster recovery assistance, procurement and contracting aid, market research help, 8(a) program support, and healthcare guidance.
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• Women’s Business Centers represent a national network of over 100 educational centers throughout the United States. • SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership oversees the network, which provides entrepreneurs (especially women who are economically or socially disadvantaged) comprehensive training and counseling on a variety of topics. AZ Women’s Education & Employment, Inc. 602-601-7200
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• The Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) program is a one-stop-shop for transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses looking to start, purchase, or grow a business. • The centers provide transition assistance programs, including Boots to Business and Boots to Business Reboot, as well as business development assistance such as training, counseling and mentoring, and resource referrals. Cochise College-Sierra Vista Campus 520-335-2924
Procurement Technical Assistance Center • Doing business with the government is a big step to growing your business. Procurement Technical Assistance Centers provide local, in-person counseling and training services for you, the small business owner. • They are designed to provide technical assistance to businesses that want to sell products and services to federal, state, and/ or local governments. Services are available either free of charge, or at a nominal cost. PTACs are part of the program, which is administered by the Defense Logistics Agency. 623-845-4700
Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce events are a great place for entrepreneurs to network and receive collaborative feedback on new business ideas or expansion plans from members who are already invested in the business community. Download our mobile app today and put these events at your fingertips. -Gina Jenkins is membership director for the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce.
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Let us enjoy the calm before the ‘new normal’of intense stress sets in BY RABBI DEAN SHAPIRO AFN Guest Writer
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heshvan is the only month in the Hebrew calendar without any holidays. That’s why it’s called “mar” – bitter. Following the flurry that is Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah (and those are just the major ones!), and anticipating the lights of Hanukkah that follow, there’s nothing special about Cheshvan. It feels empty and unloved. Ask any rabbi, however, and we’ll tell you: We appreciate Cheshvan. As much as we love the heightened experiences of Elul, Tishrei, and Kislev – the holiday-laden months that surround Cheshvan – we’re happy not to have any-
thing special to prepare. We need some respite. It’s OK to take a break from time to time, to return to normalcy. Sometimes, the most powerful experiences are the regular ones. I regularly hear from people battling major illness: On their best days, they get out for a coffee with someone important to them. They chat about nothing much, or sit quietly. They no longer take for granted the simple moments of life, seeing now, perhaps for the first time, that these moments are the most precious of all. All human beings need down time. We need to step away from the rat race, to regroup and replenish. We need the simple moments that make life worth living. Many of us burn the candle at both ends; that’s neither healthy nor sustainable.
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That’s why we need weekends – in Hebrew, “Shabbat,” the mandated day of rest, of simplicity, of basic human interaction. We need calm. The last several months have been full of holidays and other events, too: wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes and mass shootings. Even for those of us outside the danger zones, it’s been scary, heartbreaking. When roofs collapse and systems break down, we remember the fragility of our lives. When lives are snuffed out, we are all diminished. When other human beings suffer, we all suffer. This year, I imagine, Cheshvan is hoping to be normal – no disasters, whether natural or human-made. We could all use a bit of normal right about now, couldn’t we? But as carbon levels continue to rise, as seas continue to acidify, as coral reefs die
off, forests burn out and ice shelves melt, disasters will continue apace. Suffering and mayhem will increase. People will migrate as resources – especially fresh water – grow scarce, and the systems we depend on will collapse under the pressure. Intense stress will become the new normal. We’ll long for days of normalcy, when we could sit with friends and sip a coffee, chatting about nothing much rather than the latest crisis. I fear we’re just starting to see our new normal. So this month, let’s all enjoy whatever peace may come our way. Let’s rest, so that we can return with renewed vigor to ongoing the struggle of protecting each other and the earth. Let’s take a deep breath, and another, and thank God that we’ve lived to see another day.
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Mountain Pointe students to present a complex comedy BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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y his own admission, drama tugs at the heart of Corey Quinn, the Mountain Pointe biology teacher and alumnus who directs some Mountain Point Theatre Company productions. “I’m pretty famous for picking dramatic shows that are darker or tell a more historical story,” he said. “Comedies have always been a challenge.” Quinn has accepted the challenge with the next production, “Almost Maine.” The highly acclaimed play will be presented at 6 p.m. Nov. 3 and at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Nov. 4 at Mountain Pointe, 4201 E. Knox Road, Ahwatukee. Though it is billed as a “romantic comedy,” the play can be viewed as more complex than typical comedic fare. When it debuted in 2013, the New York Times called it “a series of nine amiably absurdist vignettes about love, with a touch of good-natured magic realism. “This is a beautifully structured play, with nifty surprise endings (most, but not all of them, happy) …it is just as much about pain,” the review said. Quinn appreciates the irony of his choice. “Whenever I mention that I am doing a
show about love, I usually get a strange woman who carries the 19 pieces of look,” he said. “I completely understand her broken heart in a bag or the man how strange it seem that I chose a show who shrinks to half his size after loslabeled as a ‘romantic comedy.’ But, I think ing hope of love. that this show is a more complete view of the idea of love. “It approaches the idea of love from multiple view points and angles. It takes the good and the bad, and places in front of an audience that is fun, odd and in some ways appealing.” Quinn said he finds the (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Photographer) concept of love “quite Rhianon Malloy, playing “Ginette,” and Ethan Bryant as “Pete” rehearse a scene from “Almost Maine.” mysterious, humorous and sometimes even rude.” “As a director, I chose a that time they once felt excitement when (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN PHotographer) show that will make every- Savannah Groll plays “Marci” and Will Patti plays “Phil” in they loved, or the pain when they realized one on and off the stage one of the love stories in “Almost Maine,” being presented love was lost,” Quinn said. by the Mountain Pointe Theatre Company. stop and think,” he said. “There are stories of regret, loneliness, “It should be the kind of awkwardness and even love on levels that “I think it is a neat idea to tell multiple some of us never knew existed. Love is a show that you still want to think about on the ride home from the theater because it strange and funny tales that make us really fickle creature, and we can embrace it for captured your imagination. And most im- evaluate what being in love is,” Quinn said. what it is – confusing.” He said the audience should expect to reportantly, it should leave you wanting to The production itself involves about 60 late in personal ways to some of the tales, students between the cast and the crew. come back for more.” The play approaches love from nine dif- even those reflecting ideas of love that “are And because it involves nine tales that pushed to the edge of ridiculousness.” ferent angles. See on page 45 Some are surrealistic in a way, as with the “They still should remind the audience of
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hwatukee residents looking for scares this coming weekend won’t have to travel far for their Halloween kicks. Both the Ahwatukee Board of Management and the Mountain Pointe Theatre Company are putting on time-tested productions aimed at helping adults get their Halloween on. From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-28, scores of Mountain Pointe High School students, with the help of a number of teachers, will be bringing back their interactive haunted show. The show is throughout the school, 4201 E. Knox Road, and tickets are $7 for students and $10 for adults. The parent booster club says the show has such realistic effects that it compares
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Mountain Pointe High sophomore Mikaela Romo, left, and junior Bella Alati are ready to scare patrons of the student theater group’s annual Halloween haunted house at the school this weekend.
favorably with far more expensive haunted-themed attractions in the region. Figure on spending at least 20 minutes if you go at any point during the three hours the auditorium is open on show nights, said Corey Quinn, a biology teacher and Class of ’95 Mountain Pointe alumnus who is a faculty sponsor for the show, along with fellow teacher Kim Bonagofski. The school has had at least a decade-long tradition of staging some kind of scary offering this time of year. “We have drawn as many as 500 people in a night,” said Quinn. “This is absolutely one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the Theatre Company. We make by far more money on this show than all the other shows we put on in the school year combined.” The production comes together in a reSee
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occur during a single cold night in Maine, it imposes considerable demands. But Quinn said his acting troupe and stage crew will come through with flying colors. “The kids worked very hard, and I am very proud of them,” he said. Student cast members are Ethan Bryant, Rhianon Malloy, Jamon Pritchett, Lindsey Hudak, Jarod Adams, Allie Konczak, Nicole Swatton, Jaylah Alston, Mehta Siddhat, Alayjah Marcelin, Cory Drozkowski, Jeff Maples, Grant Cunningham, Will Patti, Savannah Groll, Chloe Kuznia, Ruben Ayala, Cassie Presume and Kendrick Horton. The crew includes technical director Nemo Wright as well as Quinn Rupp, Tyler Ayala, Stephanie Boudrie, Phoenix Evans, Jasly Gonzalez, Suzzette Olivia, Taryn Collins, Noah Butler, Dennis Clayton, Shaun Johnson, Jacob Lemos, Spencer Reed, Michael Richards, Jack Rupp, Lexi Powers; Also, Teresa Chavez, Mikaela Romo, Alex Suda, Janae Jessie, Lexi Artusa-Sirota, Darla Norby, Addie Harvey, Mackenzie Spencer, Ali Adelis, Mia Lupercio, A’Shayla Anderson, Julianne Porter, Lexi Rodriguez, Taylor Simmons, Jaiden Wester-Stiltz, Savannah Mendez, Savanna Camp, Claire Cunningham and Erin Greenfield.
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markably much shorter period of time than typical shows put on by the company. The students wear costumes that come from an assortment of sources. Zombies bring appropriate clothing from home, some costumes are made by company members and others are purchased if they are too elaborate. Then, each room in and around the company area is decorated with a different horror theme. “There are very few places we don’t take people to in the company area,” Quinn said. The orchestra pit and the catwalk are part of the show. When people are taken up to the catwalk, they learn the story of Eldridge, the ghost that purportedly haunts the auditorium. Said to be the spirit of a construction worker who died when Mountain Pointe High was being built, the ghost has become such an urban legend that seat E-13 is taped off during any production. When she was a reporter for the Arizona Republic, Ahwatukee resident Cathy Creno looked into the Eldridge legend and wrote, “As long as anyone can remember, Eldridge has reportedly been haunting the theater with mysterious footsteps, flickering lights
through the park and encounters with, well, various creatures of the night,” she added. If you think she’s exaggerating, consider this: “My staff and I have on many occasions taken families behind the scenes to prove to their kids that this is not real and the ‘zombies’ or other creatures are just very nice high school students or adults.” Visitors who don’t find the scary sights stomach-turning will have a variety of treats to buy from a bake sale, caramel apples, hot chocolate and apple cider and other goodies. Hyden added that haunted house visitors also will get a free candy treat. Admission is $9 for adults and $6 for kids 8 years old and younger. Information: 480-893-3431. Finally, for free family-friendly Halloween entertainment pilot Steve Powers will display his entertaining and family-friendly haunted yard at 2537 E. Amberwood Drive, a little west of Desert Vista High School, for a final weekend 7-9 p.m. Oct. 27-28. Powers has made practically everything by hand for the giant Halloween show. Since moving to Ahwatukee 12 years ago, the commercial airline pilot had grown his Halloween display from a few scattered tombstones into an elaborate musical horror show, which is free.
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and other unexplained occurrences.” Nevertheless, Creno added, there is no record of any construction death at the school. You can include a hay ride at the annual haunted house at the Ahwatukee Community Swim and Tennis Center, 4700 E. Warner Road, which is hosting its 16th annual Halloween extravaganza hayride 6-9 p.m. Oct. 27-29. If you’re going to be scared, plan on going from 7:30 p.m. on. The first 90 minutes is the “less scary” time for families with young children. This year, several high school clubs are taking a great role in the event, said Susan Hyden, the center’s director. “We always have high school students show up to help, but some want to take a greater role,” she said, adding that those groups include the Horizon Honors Key Club, Cactus Aquatics Swim Team and the Ahwatukee High School Tennis Club. Between 80 and 100 teenagers show up to volunteer over the three-day event to work as guides, hay ride helpers and in other capacities. Hyden promises “eerie, heart-thumping, eye-closing, scream-curdling” thrills that people will experience with a hayride and a visit to the haunted house. “Visitors will enjoy a haunted hayride
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Mexrrissey reimagines Smiths and Morrissey songs in Spanish BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GetOut Editor
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hen Ceci Bastida saw her childhood idol Morrissey recently for the first time, she heard his songs differently. After all, she knows Morrissey and The Smith songs intimately. Bastida is the keyboardist for Mexrrissey, a band that reworks the two acts’ songs in Spanish. “A lot of the times, as a musician, you enjoy the songs and figure out what they’re doing,” she said. “We’re recreating these songs and dissecting them. I realize how some of them are simple, yet so powerful. That’s the genius of it. When these songs come to life, it’s a magical thing to experience.” Mexrrissey, who plays the Mesa Arts Center on Friday, Oct. 27, released its debut album in 2016, “No Manchester.” It was recorded in Mexico and Tucson. It features only Morrissey songs, like “Everyday Is Like Sunday,” “Last of the International Playboys” and “Suedehead.” However, shows includes tracks from Morrissey and The Smiths. “Camilo (Lara, founder) and I are huge fans of The Smiths and Morrissey since we were
really, really young,” she said. “He had it in his head that we wanted to try this. I trust him very much because I was truly a fan. “Having the opportunity to dig into these songs, take them apart and put them back together was super interesting to me.” The shows to Bastida are just as special. “It’s a really fun show,” she said. “It’s super-energetic. It’s the album plus other songs we didn’t record. It’s kind of a party in a way, which is a strange thing to say about Morrissey songs.”
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Mexrrissey has translated Morrissey’s most venerated songs into Spanish and laced them with Latin beats.
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Adelitas Way finds success with ‘Notorious’ single BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GetOut Editor
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zona as well. Adelitas Way played Tempe Marketplace previously, and sold out Pub Rock in Scottsdale numerous times. “We have a great time in Arizona – Phoenix, Tempe,” he said. “We think we’re going to crush it. We’re looking forward to coming back. “When we play a full headlining set of our songs, it’s a night when people will leave and go, ‘Man, that was fun,’ or we’ll blow people away who may not know that much about us.” DeJesus is calling from Las Vegas, a city he loves. He was deeply affected by the mass shootings Oct. 1. “It was rough. It was rough,” he said. “I love this city. It’s a beautiful city. It’s just shows you that evil is all around.”
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delitas Way vocalist Rick DeJesus feels he and his Las Vegas-based band are at the top of their game. “I would say I’m writing the best songs of my career,” DeJesus said. “When you’re a young artist, you’re trying to show the world that you’re different and you have the capability of being a rock ‘n’ roll star. After 10 years, enough people have seen the performances and heard the songs and watched me sing. “I’m not afraid to sing. I’ll sing a cappella. I’m confident in my voice. I’m confident in my songwriting and I’m confident on stage.” Adelitas Way, which plays Tempe Marketplace with special guests from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, recently released the single “Notorious,” one of the band’s most successful songs. “It’s doing a lot of good things for us,” he said. “The last three releases we’ve done have changed the game and they made a statement for a lot of other artists as well for what’s possible.” DeJesus is referring to Adelitas Way’s departure from Virgin Records after three albums. Usually, when a band leaves a ma-
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jor-label fold, they see a “pretty steady decline,” he said. “It’s very rare that a band leaves a major label and continues to grow at a rapid pace. “The growth of our band has continued to go up. We’re a band that’s taken a really
hard-nosed, grassroots approach. We play a lot of shows. We’re not defined by one song. The No. 1 thing that’s changed is we’re bigger now than we were on Virgin and that’s rare.” DeJesus said he’s found success in Ari-
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Bob Eubanks keeps the ‘greatest games’ alive BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GetOut Editor
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ob Eubanks has been involved with rodeos, producing concerts and motivational speaking. But what he loves most is bringing the 90-minute “Hollywood’s Greatest Game Shows” to fans. The interactive fun comes to Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino’s Ovations Live Showroom on Saturday, Oct. 28. “I have so much fun,” said Eubanks, the longtime host of “The Newlywed Game.” “It’s myself and two ladies on stage. It’s a very high-tech show. We use videos, and the scoring for ‘The Not-So-Newlywed Game’ is up on a screen. “It’s not just thrown together. There’s lots of music and lots of fun. I have more fun than anybody, I think.” “Hollywood’s Greatest Game Shows” brings more than 40 audience members to the stage to play games similar to “Let’s Make a Deal,” “Card Sharks,” “Minute to Win It,” “Name that Tune” and “Family Feud.” Fans will have a shot to win $1 million. “The show features nine different games,” he said. “It’s 90 minutes of hilarity. We use 42 contestants on stage. Nobody is chosen
ahead of time, so everybody has an equal chance to be up there. “At the end, someone will have the chance to win $1 million. We pray to God that they win it. We would love to have someone win it. I’ve had so many people tell me, ‘I didn’t make it on the stage, but I’ve had more fun than I’ve had in a long time.’” Eubanks is synonymous with game shows. He said he isn’t the one who makes the programs successful. “To me, a successful game show host is somebody who takes yourself out of the equation,” he said. “When I started ‘The Newlywed Game,’ I would sit in the dressing room with four couples ready to bare their soul for a toaster. “I would say, ‘OK you guys, we’re going to go out there and have fun. I had nothing. I would sit with those couples before the show and ask them questions about their lives and their marriage. I was just a conduit between the audience and the couples.” He adds that many hosts, and especially comedians, have a rough time when constants are funnier than them. Eubanks can make people talk, and that defines a successful game show host. Born in Flint, Michigan, and raised in Cali-
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fornia, Eubanks is a bit of a renaissance man. He participated in rodeos, where he met a good friend, Valley automobile dealership mogul Tex Earnhardt. “Tex Earnhardt is a very good friend of mine,” he said. “That’s no bull.” During most of the 1960s, he produced concerts, including Merle Haggard at the Arizona State Fair and Glen Campbell when “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” was No. 1. He worked with the 1960s shows by The Beatles in Los Angeles. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four’s North American tour, he tours with “Bob Eubanks Presents The Beatles,” through which he shares memorabilia and memories. Besides bringing “Hollywood’s Greatest Game Shows” to fans, he works as a motivational speaker. Eubanks focuses on enhancing people skills, team building, relationships, ethnic diversity and the use of humor as a communication skill. “I do a speech called ‘It’s All About People,’” Eubanks said. “It’s a very funny onehour talk. I play outtakes of ‘The Newlywed Game’ to make my point.” He said he feels that “Hollywood’s Greatest Game Shows” is one of his greatest accomplishments.
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Try these on Tacos Tuesday or any day BY JAN D’ATRI AFN Contributor
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ho knew Taco Tuesday would be such a big deal? If you’re stumped for what to make for the next one, here are two of my favorite taco recipes – one for chicken and one for beef. Que Rico!
Tacos (chicken and beef) Ingredients:
For chicken taco filling: 2-3 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 large sweet yellow onion, chopped fine 3-4 cloves fresh garlic minced 1/2 green pepper, chopped fine 1/2 red pepper, chopped fine 1 small jalapeno, optional, chopped fine (larger jalapeno for more heat) 1 (28 oz.) can diced tomatoes (fire-roasted, spicy or plain) Optional, 1 small can tomato sauce (if creamier sauce is desired) 3-4 cups rotisserie chicken, shredded 1 heaping teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon cumin powder 1 teaspoon salt 12 corn tortillas 1/2 cup vegetable for frying Shredded lettuce, tomatoes or pico de gallo Shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 green pepper, chopped fine 1/2 red pepper, chopped fine 1 small jalapeno, optional, chopped fine (larger jalapeno for more heat) 1 (28 oz.) can diced tomatoes (fire-roasted, spicy or plain) Optional, 1 small can tomato sauce (if creamier sauce is desired) 1 heaping teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon cumin powder 1 teaspoon salt 12 corn tortillas 1/2 cup vegetable for frying Shredded lettuce, tomatoes or pico de gallo Shredded cheddar cheese
Directions:
In a large skillet, sauté onion and garlic for 3-4 minutes or until soft. Add ground beef, breaking up into small pieces. When beef is cooked, add green pepper, red pepper, jalapeno, chili and cumin powder and mix well. Add diced tomatoes and optional can of tomato sauce, stirring to combine. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add salt, stir and set aside.
To make tacos
In a large skillet, heat vegetable oil. Have a tray or plate with paper towels ready for tortillas to drain. Test oil by putting a small piece of tortilla in the oil. If bubbles, it’s ready to fry. Place corn tortillas, one at a time, into the oil. Fry on each side for about 10 seconds. Remove to paper towel and fold tortilla in half. Repeat process with the remaining tortillas. Fill Directions: In a large skillet, sauté onion, garlic, green pepper, each tortilla with 2 heaping tablespoons of chicken red pepper and jalapeno until softened, about 5 or beef filling. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons of cheese. Seal tacos minutes. Add diced tomatoes and optional can of with toothpick and return tacos to the skillet that tomato sauce, stirring to combine. Add shredded you fried the tortillas, cooking in batches if necessary. chicken, chili and cumin powder and mix well. You may have to add more oil to the pan (3-4 Simmer for 10 minutes. Add salt and stir to tablespoons total) so the tacos don’t stick to the pan. combine. Set aside. On medium high heat, cook tacos until slightly crisp For beef taco filling: of both sides, turning once during cooking process. 2-3 tablespoons olive oil When done, place tacos on platter, added shredded 1/2 large sweet yellow onion, chopped fine lettuce, more cheese if desired, chopped tomatoes 3-4 cloves fresh garlic minced or pico de gallo. 1 lb. fresh ground beef Watch my how-to video: jandatri.com/recipes/one-minute-kitchen.
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No. 3 Mountain Pointe returns to winning ways BY EDDIE POE AFN Contributor
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ountain Pointe quarterback Nick Wallerstedt found the end zone three times through the air and once on the ground. Jakim McKinney and Gary Bragg each ran for two touchdowns. Kenny Churchwell and Delano Salgado manned the secondary with ease. No. 3-ranked Mountain Pointe returned to its brand of football on Friday, Oct. 20, and finished the regular season unbeaten on the road, defeating the Corona del Sol Aztecs at Hascall Henshaw Stadium 56-6. A week after suffering its first loss at home since 2011 to then No. 5 Desert Ridge, Mountain Pointe (7-2) controlled both sides of the ball from the opening kickoff and cruised to an easy win over Corona (1-8). “I’m really proud with how these guys rebounded,” head coach Norris
Vaughan said. “It was a great team victory. We needed this.” After being held to just 181 yards on the ground against Desert Ridge, the Mountain Pointe rushing attack proved relentless on Friday – as it has most of the season – with McKinney and Bragg leading the way. Coming into its final road game of the season averaging 258.8 yards per game — leading all 6A Central teams — the Pride offensive attack stood tall behind its offensive line as the running game returned to its former self and Wallerstedt aired it out. On its opening drive, Mountain Pointe recorded two quick first downs and on a broken coverage down the field, Wallerstedt found Lacarea Pleasant-Johnson for a wide open touchdown to give the Pride an early 7-0 lead. It was the first of three passing touchdowns for the junior quarterback and his best game of the See
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Mountain Pointe running back Jakim McKinney Pride defender Marshawn Gibson grabs an interception hustles downfield. from Corona’s Kobee Marion.
Injury-plagued Desert Vista drops third game in a row this.” The second-ranked Desert Ridge Jaguars, who are coming off an upset victory over now-No. 3 Mountain Pointe, is one of those teams that are rolling with a bunch of young kids. With 12 sophomores, head coach Jeremey Hathcock has led the Jaguars to a record of 8-1. Junior Cooper Schmidt and sophomore Matthew Purnell have been splitting duties under center, and they were two major keys to the Desert Ridge offense Friday. On the second play from the line of scrimmage, Schmidt took an option run, something that fooled even the strong Mountain Pointe defense, 72 yards for the first touchdown of the game. Although they allowed a quick touchdown, the Desert Vista defense responded in the first quarter, battling
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ith a slew of injuries to several starters, including three of their top four receivers, No. 10 Desert Vista Thunder fell to No. 2 Desert Ridge Friday night at Desert Ridge High School 35-7. Even with what he said is the hardest he’s been hit with injuries in his 16 years of coaching, Desert Vista’s Daniel Hinds made no excuses for his team’s third straight loss of the season. “We’re going with a bunch of young guys, but that’s no excuse. There are a bunch of teams in the state that are going with young kids,” he said. “So, I thought in the beginning, we did hang in there with them, but unfortunately because of our injuries, we have a bunch of guys going both ways. But there are no excuses; all teams have
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Community college freshman representing U.S. in gymnastics
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Chandler-Gilbert Community College freshman has qualified to represent the United States in the Trampoline & Tumbling World Championships in Bulgaria, starting the week of Nov. 9. “They announced who made the team and that whole experience, is super nerve-racking but also exciting at the same time,” Matthew Hawkins said. “Just waiting for them to call your name.” Hawkins recently traveled to Texas to compete in the T & T World Team Selection Competition, where he was ultimately chosen to compete in the double-mini event. The double-mini gymnastics event is a mix of the vault and the trampoline. “(He) runs full speed at a stationary object and then he has to hit that, do three flips, land on his feet and then do three more and land in a little tiny box on the mat,” said Chelsea Rainer, Hawkins’ gymnastics coach said. This isn’t the first time Hawkins has
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Recent Mountain Pointe grad Matthew Hawkins, now a student at Chandler-Gilbert Community College, is prepping for a tournament in Bulgaria.
had the opportunity to represent his country. In 2015, he traveled with Team USA to Denmark and competed on the junior level. This year, he will be competing at the senior level. Rainer said during competitions, gymnasts must complete four passes and can’t have any of the same skills more than once – meaning they must use eight different skills throughout the competition. If Hawkins does well enough in the preliminaries, he will have a chance to compete for a medal as a part of the double-mini team, which chooses three of the four competitors. This is something he has always trained for both physically and mentally by completing pressure passes during training to develop consistency for the big competition. “For example, you have to make three of your competition passes in a row and for every pass you miss, you add another,” Rainer said. “Those passes take 100 percent of their effort, they take so much effort mentally See
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Pride, Thunder look to wrap up season with wins BY GREG MACAFEE AFN Sports Editor
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ith one week remaining in the regular season, Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista come into their final week’s matchup at opposite ends of the spectrum. The Pride bounced backed from a loss to Desert Ridge with a blowout victory of Corona del Sol, and the Thunder fell to that same Desert Ridge squad last week for its third straight loss. Both teams remain optimistic as the state playoff tournament approaches.
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In its final regular season (Cheryl Haselhorst/AFN Contributor) matchup of the season, the Pride (7-2) will take on Purdue commit Pride defenders Jacob Olsen, left, and Donte Lindsey pull down Corona’s Brandon Gavel. Jack Plummer and the Gilbert Tigers (4-5). but mobile signal callers have given the Rattler and the Pinnacle offense got to a Mountain Pointe has faced off with team fits this season. talented Pride defense for 34 points. talented quarterbacks all season long, Although the result was a win, Spencer Derek Kline and Desert Vista scored
16 in a hard-fought battle. Desert Ridge tormented the Pride with an option run game. Plummer has pummeled defenses all season long, throwing for 2,550 yards, 31 touchdowns and only seven interceptions on just under 300 attempts. Although Plummer looks like a pocket passer with a 6-foot-5 stature, he has a deceptive ability to run the ball as well, tallying 370 rushing yards and eight touchdowns this season. If the talented Pride defensive line can keep Plummer contained in the pocket, it should be able to pick up some easy stops in the backfield. Look for Mountain Pointe’s secondary to take advantage of Plummer’s quick decisions as it has given opposing quarterbacks fits all season long, picking off 16 passes in the process. The biggest threat through See
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season through the air. He credits his improvements throughout the season to both his faith and his coaches on the sideline. “The coaches have really been believing in me,” Wallerstedt said. “I’ve just been believing in my arm, and the rest has figured itself out.”
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for field position with the Jaguars. Punter Kyle Ostendorp pinned the Jaguars inside their own five-yard line twice in the first half. The defense responded by forcing the Jaguars to punt on two straight drives, with a third ending in a forced fumble and a scoop-and-score touchdown from five yards out by Tyler Roberts – the only touchdown the Thunder could muster all night. “The defense held them for a long time, but when the offense isn’t that productive, the defense can only hold them for so long,” Hinds said. After the Desert Vista defensive touchdown, the floodgates opened
coming into the game, it showed why it’s a force to be reckon with. “We did everything we wanted to do tonight,” Vaughan said. “The defense stepped up and really forced [them] into some mistakes.” Heading into its final regular season game, the game plan for Mountain Pointe is to keep things simple: Don’t try to do too much but also place an importance on making the plays that
need to be made. “We just need to focus on consistency,” Vaughan said. “Penalties continue to hurt us and we really need to work on that.” Mountain Pointe will look to carry momentum into its final regular season game next week and look to make a statement as it heads into the playoffs. The Pride will take on the No. 15-ranked Gilbert Tigers on senior night.
for Desert ridge offensively. First, Matthew Purnell found junior running back Lucas Wright for a nifty 25-yard screen pass at the six-minute mark of the second. Then, after Cooper Schmidt broke off three straight runs of 15-plus yards out of that nifty option run, he acted as a decoy, handing the ball off to Lucas Wright for a 19-yard touchdown run to make it 21-7 heading into the half. The Desert Ridge offense stepped up the pressure even more in the second half. A 26-yard touchdown run by Lucas Wright made it 28-7, and another Purnell touchdown pass extended the lead to a final score of 35-7. With one week left in the season, a matchup with Corona del Sol, which
hasn’t won a game since Aug. 25, the Thunder are looking to bounce back to end the season on the right foot. “We’re going to need a couple of these other guys to step up a little bit more and we’re gonna need to finish out the regular season strong against Corona and then see how things unfold after,”
Hinds said. With the return of leading receiver Jake Smith, Navy commit and starting tight end James Stagg and starting running back Keishaud White, anything could happen for the Desert Vista Thunder as the state tournament approaches.
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and physically to complete those passes, they are the hardest things they can physically do. So, when they get to that third one it’s like that do-or-die situation and you don’t want to do another. So, it’s like that competition environment where you have one chance to hit it.” Hawkins has been involved with gymnastics for about 11 years, having started when he was just 7 years old. He said his mom signed him up for a class at a local recreation center with her friend’s son. His talents soon developed and he moved to the artistic team, before eventually making the jump to trampoline and tumbling. “I switched over to the trampoline and tumbling because I was better at the flipping aspect than the technical,” Hawkins said. His talents have shined in the last few years. Since the double-mini isn’t an Olympic sanctioned event, the world championships are the highest level that he can compete at in the event. But, just making the USA team in general was a big accomplishment for the Mountain Pointe High School alumni.
“For Team USA, who are arguably one of the best teams in double-mini,” Rainer said. “Making that team is a huge part of the battle, just getting there is almost as hard as what you have to do once you’re there.” In Denmark, Team USA took third in the double-mini at the senior level and Austin White took first in the individual double-mini. And in 2013, when the world championships were held in Bulgaria, both the women’s and men’s double mini teams took first. Hawkins hopes to add to that storied legacy over the next couple of years, saying he’d like to walk away with a medal over the next few years. To accomplish those goals, Hawkins has made numerous sacrifices over the years, including 20 or so hours of training every week along with an hour drive to and from the gym in North Phoenix. Along with the training and all the traveling associated with competing, Hawkins is studying engineering. But, Hawkins says, it’s worth it in the end. “It’s wonderful. It’s pretty much turned me into who I am today,” Hawkins said. “It’s been a big part of my life.”
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he karate dojo for so many people is a place of sanctuary. It is a place where you can leave behind the events going on in and around your life and just train. Filled with stories, the karate dojo is a place where your classmates become friends and, in some cases, your family. Your sensei is your trusted confidant, someone who offers advice, listens to you and helps you reach your goals. Having grown up and spent the past 53 years of my life training in the dojo, I have learned so much about people. I often say my father was first sensei. He always pushed me to do my best. Quitting was not an option. The karate dojo can be the best type of university on life. Many people come and go from a dojo. However, every person who comes into the dojo leaves an imprint there.
Lessons taught at the dojo include how to fight, defending yourself, becoming a champion, conditioning, developing self-confidence and building a strong and genuine character. After a while, the faces that come in and out of the dojo impact your life. The names and faces change, but a person’s character remains forever. They teach you strong life lessons about compassion, gratitude, respect and humility. Over the years, we witness and experience babies being born, people dying, people falling in love, marriage, divorce, many graduations, injuries and lots of trials and tribulations.
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the air for the Tigers has been senior Dawson Tanner. The 5-foot-10 receiver has caught a team-high 48 passes for 795 yards and 12 touchdowns, and has been Plummer’s favorite target all season long. Along with Tanner, Plummer has also spread the ball around to Domonick Amendolara and Drew Hudson, who both have over 300 yards receiving and have combined for six touchdowns. Kenny Churchwell, Marshawn Gibson, Delano Salgado and company will present a formidable opposition for this trio of receivers, though. Offensively, the game plan hasn’t really changed all season long for the Pride. Although the lead back has changed from game to game, Jakim McKinney, Gary Bragg and Delano Salgado have almost been unstoppable this year, averaging close to 260 yards per game. When the rushing game has been stymied, quarterback Nick Wallerstedt has been more than comfortable using his legs in passing situations. He is also coming into his own as a passer, throwing for a season-high three touchdowns against Corona del Sol on Friday, his first game this season with more than one passing touchdown.
The Mountain Pointe offense will be met by tough defense, however. It is led by Tyler Laganke, Corvan Otanez and Kawai Lucio. Laganke has been the leader for the Tigers defense, leading the team in both tackles with 107 and sacks with six. Otanez is second on the team in tackles with 91 but leads the team in interceptions. These two alone should provide plenty of resistance, especially with a berth in the state playoffs on the line for Gilbert. The Pride play at home on Friday; the two teams kick off at 7 p.m.
Desert Vista vs Corona del Sol
This game is an absolute must-win for the Thunder as a loss to Corona del Sol, a team with only one win, could push Desert Vista out of the playoff picture. After providing some resistance for part of the night against No. 2-ranked Desert Ridge, the Thunder head into Friday night with some confidence and a hope that some of their injured starters can make a return for the season finale. Coach Daniel Hinds said he has been hit with injuries this year more than any other in his 16 years of coaching. Without the presence of Jake Smith, Keishaud White and Navy commit James Stagg, who are three of the Thunder’s top
four receivers, the Desert Vista offense has been somewhat stagnant. The defense has stepped up in situations, but after a 35-7 loss to Desert Ridge, Hinds admitted they can only do that for so long. Although their record doesn’t reflect it, the Thunder will be met by a highpowered offense from Corona del Sol led by junior quarterback Ryan Helt and junior wide receiver Ricky Pearsall. Just recently, Pearsall set a new singlegame record for receiving yards when he caught 14 passes for 342 yards and five touchdowns. In the same game, Helt threw for 510 yards total. If the defense can hold Helt and Pearsall to a minimum, look for the Desert Vista offense to have a breakout game one week before state as the Aztecs defense has allowed 341 points this season and are currently on a seven-game losing streak. Quarterback Derek Kline should be able to take on this struggling Corona del Sol defense and lead his Thunder into the state tournament. If the Thunder can creep in, don’t be surprised if they surprise a few teams in the playoffs when they return to full health, as they showed earlier this season. Desert Vista hosts with kickoff at 7 p.m. Friday.
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Success stories on how karate changed their lives. You see children right before your eyes become amazing adults. Teaching generations is always really neat. Over the years, many child-parentgrandparent families have come through the dojo. People come and people go, but no matter what, they all leave a footprint in your heart. The dojo itself is like a big cycle of life onto its own. A giant ecosystem. I have been fortunate to own a dojo for the past 38 years and I cherish it. I nurture and respect it for what it has given me. I know that everyone who comes into the dojo will always have a story and the interaction with that individual is always important. They are much as my teacher as I am of theirs. To become a better teacher, one must become a greater listener. We learn so many valuable lessons from being part of such a unique place. -Rick Savagian is the founder and owner of Mountainside Martial Arts Center in Ahwatukee. Information: 480-759-4540 or mountainsidemartialarts.com.
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Landscape Maintenance
Irrigation Repair Services Inc. Licensed • Bonded • Insured Technician
Specializing in Controllers, Valves, Sprinklers, Landscape Lighting, P.V.C. & Poly Drip Systems
Call Lance White
480.721.4146 www.irsaz.com
ROC# 256752
Landscape Maintenance
ROC 304267 • Licenced & Bonded
Meetings/Events In-Ahwatukee Toastmasters Club meets from 6:45-8am every Tuesday at Dignity Health Urgent Care Ahwatukee - Community Room (1st floor), 4545 E. Chandler Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85048. Guests welcome anytime! http://4873.toast mastersclubs.org/
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Painting PROFESSIONAL PAINTING Interior, Exterior House Painting. Stucco Patching. Gate/Front Door Refinishing. Quality work/Materials Free Estimate Ignacio 480-961-5093 602-571-9015 ROC #189850 Bond/Ins'd
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East Valley Tribune is proud to announce our new Job Board! The best and brightest professionals visit our site everyday. Access this targeted and qualified pool of talent by advertising your jobs on our Job Board!
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Plumbing
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10% OFF any total work performed minutemanhomeservices.com ROC 242804, 257474, 290005
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AMERICAN LEGION AHWATUKEE Post #64 We Meet Every 3rd Wed at 3pm at the Ahwatukee Retirement Center At 5001 E Cheyenne Dr, Phoenix, Az. 85044. Contact ED MANGAN Cmdr 602-501-0128 AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS SENIOR ASSOCIATION (AFSA)
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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.
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See our Before’s and After’s on Facebook Licensed, Bonded & Insured ROC# 272001
Meetings/Events Crops of Luv
"My dream is that one day we will be able to give every "wish" child a scrapbook to remind them that dreams do come true." Jody, co-founder, Ahwatukee based nonprofit
Come Join us: Help make embellishments, organize or assist with events, scrapbook, donate your time, money or space. Come be apart of something Awesome! Cropsofluv.com
480.634.7763
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Cats and Kittens are looking for you to play with them at the PetSmart located at 4609 E Ray Rd. R.A.I.N (Rescuing Animals In Need) needs volunteers* over the age of 13 to help care for the cats and kittens in our neighborhood PetSmart. Flexible days and hours. Fill out an application today at azrain.org/ volunteer-application *Volunteers ages 13 -17 may volunteer with a parent/guardian.
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Window Cleaning
Roofing
John's Window Cleaning 1-story $135 / 2-story $155 -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
Meetings/Events Overeaters Anonymous Tuesday's at 10:30 AM Esperanza Lutheran Church Ray & Thunderhill
The Most Detailed Roofer in the State
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R.O.C. #156979 K-42 Licensed, Bonded and Insured
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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
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Honest Free Estimates References
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Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099
480-460-7602 or 602-710-2263
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Meetings/Events GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS & GAMANON for meeting information 602-266-97846 Beta Sigma Phi, a woman's cultural and social organization, is looking to reconnect with non-active members in the East Valley. New members are also welcome. Beta Sigma Phi is a non-college sorority, which offers "sisterhood" and "friendship" to women of all ages. You can never underestimate the importance of other women in your life. Contact: Gail Sacco at gailsacco@q.com
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INVENTORY REDUCTION
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40" SMART TV
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