Images Arizona: Grayhawk February 2014 Issue

Grayhawk

DC Ranch

Scottsdale

February 2014

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Amanda Christmann Larson :: editor/contributing Stephanie Maher Palenque :: contributing Donna Kublin :: contributing Tom Scanlon :: contributing Lynsi Freitag :: contributing Jenn Korducki Krenn :: contributing Jim McAllister :: contributing Bryan Black of Blackswan Photographers Loralei Photography Karen Sophia Photography Jamie Pogue Photography Jerri Parness Photography

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Table of Contents 08

Meet the Johnson Family

12

Community

20

Run for Ryan House

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Pinnacle Girls’ Soccer

30

The Thunderbirds

34

Arizona Musicfest 2014

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Handbags for Hope

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Strada

54

Crisis Nursery

60

Marketplace

62

Local Index

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welcome

Publisher’s Message

With Valentine’s Day on the calendar this month, I found myself thinking about love. It’s funny how it evolves through the years as we get a little older. What we once thought of as a romantic notion becomes a much deeper connection to each other, our families and even to our community. As life leaves its mark on us, often the notion of “I” and “us” evolves into a larger sense of “we.” We begin to realize that each of us is part of a continuing story, and the legacy we leave behind for generations to come will be a framework for the next chapter in history.

This month’s ImagesAZ focuses on young people – on who they are becoming, what challenges they are facing, and what we are doing for them. The month of love seems an appropriate time to recognize the accomplishments of our youth, as well as those coaches, mentors, and leaders who are devoting their time and resources to ensure a legacy of hope and success. We celebrate their achievements, and hope their often selfless devotion inspires each of us to embrace our community – however large we define it to be – and make a difference.

Because, after all, isn’t that what love is all about?

Cheers!

Shelly Spence Publisher, ImagesAZ Magazine shelly@imagesaz.com 623-341-8221

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family

Meet the Johnson Family Writer Lynsi Freitag Photographer Loralei Photography

If you know a family you would like to nominate, please email shelly@imagesaz.com.

“We love to travel and we love music.

They are just things

O

utside the Johnson’s Scottsdale home, you will probably find a couple of kids’ bikes, parked along with Rob and Raegen’s cars that sport ‘his and her’ license

plates showing their competing ASU and CAL allegiances. Once inside, the fever of activity feels like a tranquil whirlwind, if that is at all possible.

that we enjoy so much as a couple and as a family.”

Rob jovially introduces himself and Raegen’s bright smile and infectious laughter beams from the kitchen where she is cooking dinner for their family of five. Six-year-old daughter Maddie is dancing from room-to-room while two-year-old son RJ is more like a ping-pong ball bouncing up and down with a smile from ear-to-ear. Five-month-old Patrick observes his parents, siblings and their frenzy of activity with ease in his bouncy seat where he coos and giggles. The dynamic five wouldn’t be complete without their golden retriever, Fisher, who lies lovingly at the back door.

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Life’s natural chaos doesn’t seem to impact the Johnsons, who are positive and energetic and talk excitedly about their work, family, travels and passions.

Their home is both busy and joyful and isn’t about to slow down.

Work and Play Both Rob and Raegen own their companies and work out of the house. This offers both flexibility as well as blurred lines between work and other commitments.

Through a lot of communication, it all seems to work out.

“We

balance

everything

by

being

relatively flexible,” says Rob, owner of CT Beat, an apparel company. “We’ll sit down at night and figure out the next day. We’ll ask, ‘Okay who do I have to pick up tomorrow?’”

“We also have a good support system with our families and nanny,” adds Raegen,

who

works

at

Crestmark

Realty Group as a realtor, conducting business at all hours and all over the Scottsdale,

north

Phoenix,

Fountain

Hills and Paradise Valley areas. “Both of our families live here, which is both really fun and also a lot of help.”

The

Johnsons

California: California

are

Raegen while

Rob

originally from is

from

northern from

the

southern part of the state. They met through Rob’s sister who was in Junior League of San Francisco with Raegen.

Both Rob and Raegen are lovers of the beach and chose to tie the knot in romantic Cabo San Lucas.

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“The beach is very important to us,” says Raegen with a halfjoking, half-factual laugh. The Johnsons try to get back to California a few times a year to visit the beach. Rob enjoys bodysurfing and Raegen and the kids enjoy the sand and soaking in the sounds of the ocean waves.

When not vacationing at the beach, the family might be found at their second home in Pinetop where they try to get away at least once a month. Rob likes skiing in the winter while Raegen likes hiking in the summer. The kids and Fisher seem to like it all.

“Our biggest passion as a couple is music,” says Raegen. Rob and Raegen attend the Coachella Music Festival with friends every year and take weekend getaways to Los Angeles or Las Vegas for a concert.

“We love to travel and we love music,” adds Rob. “They are just things that we enjoy so much as a couple and as a family.”

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Life in Scottsdale For as much as the Johnson family likes to travel, they also love Scottsdale and the time they spend at home.

Maddie is in kindergarten, plays soccer three times a week and takes tennis lessons. When asked what she wants to be when she grows up, Maddie responds excitedly, “A horseback rider!”

Rob has coached Maddie’s soccer team and is looking forward to coaching RJ’s team. They hike together as a family and have over a dozen cousins, aunts and uncles in town who fill nearly every weekend with family birthday parties, sleepovers or dance parties.

“We are so lucky to have all of our family here,” says Raegen. “It is incredibly special for all the kids to grow up with their cousins.”

The Johnsons’ life is a busy life, yet their relaxed approach and positive outlook make it appear more calm than chaotic.

“People think we’re crazy,” says Raegen about how active they are as a family. “But I think what helps is that Rob and I are very relaxed and chilled out people, about our kids and our life. We don’t get upset. We own our own businesses and that creates this sense of flexibility and adaptability that our kids have naturally adopted. Our kids are pretty easygoing and I think that is because our attitudes have extended to them.”

Rob agrees adding, “We just have so much fun with each other, whether it’s traveling or going to a concert or coaching a sport. We just haven’t slowed down because we’re having so much fun.”

Rob and Raegen smile at one another like newlyweds. Their love fills the room while the water in the cooking pot boils over, Maddie steals something from RJ’s hands creating cries and tantrums, and little baby Patrick giggles and rolls into piles of folded laundry. For the Johnson family, life’s happiness is in these everyday chaotic moments.

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community

If you are interested in submitting community events, please email to shelly@imagesaz.com by the 10th of the month prior to publication.

Kids Win through TOPS for Kids Donations Scores of families in need at Scottsdale Christian Academy have benefited from scholarship awards made

by Arizona Business Bank to TOPS for Kids. Arizona Business Bank participated in the corporate Tuition Tax Credit program by redirecting a portion of their Arizona state tax liability to TOPS for kids, a non-profit organization that awards scholarships to help reduce tuition burden for families who meet income guidelines. A total of $25,000 was given specifically to SCA but many more schools benefited as well.

Arizona businesses designated as “C” corporations can redirect a portion of their AZ state tax liability to approved non-profit organizations and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit on their state taxes.

Arizona Fine Art Expo The Arizona Fine Art Expo welcomes returning and new artists along with our great American Veteran Heroes for another 74 straight days of art adventure. The expo is an art destination with 44,000 square feet of working studios, giving patrons a personal behind-the-scenes experience with the artists. It is fun and educational, and gives patrons greater understanding into an artist’s mind.

This is the place to be to watch sculptors chipping, etching and polishing stone, skillfully placing and smoothing clay on unfinished figures or welding metals behind their masks. They are busy weaving fine strands of delicate wire, soldering and designing jewelry, weaving and firing glass, carving and etching gourds and pottery, designing and placing mosaic pieces of tile and more. Attendees enjoy watching brushes flow across the canvas or watercolor paper, sketching in pastels and charcoals or studying the fine wire touches of the rapidograph pen cross-hatch building layers upon layers.

The expo features local and state artists, as well as others from throughout the country and all over the world. The lineup includes too many names to mention, and the work is diverse and breathtaking. It is rare to find this much talent in one venue, and a thrill to watch them at work.

The Arizona Fine Art Expo transpires once a year and runs 10 weeks, Jan. 16 to March 30, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 26540 N. Scottsdale Rd. in Scottsdale.

The event is open to the public and is wheelchair-friendly. A one-time season pass is $10, $8 for seniors and military. Purchase passes at the gate or call ahead.

480-837-7163 www.arizonafineartexpo.com

February 6 Desert Foothills Scenic Drive: Past, Present, Future In 2013, the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive celebrated its 50th birthday.

Both a landmark and a preservation effort, the scenic drive’s story is as interesting as the roadside vegetation it showcases.

Les Conklin, founder of Friends of the Scenic Drive and editor of A Peek at the Peak magazine will discuss the drive’s past, present and future at the Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Rd. in Cave Creek Feb. 6 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. A question and answer session will follow.

Seating is limited. Please register at the library or by phone.

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480-488-2286 www.dfla.org

February 8 Experience Carnival at the MIM The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), located at 4725 E. Mayo Blvd. in Phoenix, invites the community to embrace the merriment of the Carnival spirit Feb. 8 and 9 through music, dance, costumes and cuisine that highlight the cultures of Trinidad and Tobago, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean countries.

The weekend event, which is supported by the Caribbean American Phoenix Carnival Cultural Association of Arizona, will feature performances in MIM’s main courtyard throughout the day, including dynamic Caribbean dance and musical presentations. Costumes, masks, stilt walkers and face painting throughout the first floor of the museum will contribute to the Carnival atmosphere, and live demonstrations will be presented for children and adults. Café Allegro will offer a variety of delicious Caribbean foods for purchase.

“Experience Carnival” performances and activities are included with paid museum admission. General admission is $18; admission for teens ages 13-19 is $14; admission for children ages 4-12 is $10; children 3 and under: Free.

480-478-6000 www.mim.org

February 9 Devour Phoenix Start your shakers and let the pouring

commence!

It’s

time

for

the Fifth Annual Devour Phoenix Bartending Competition, sponsored by

Crescent

Ballroom,

Brand

X

T-Shirts, Local First Arizona and Arizona

Distilling

Company.

To

celebrate Phoenix’s cocktail culture, seven

“Startenders”

go

head-to-

head to compete for the title of “Devour Phoenix Best Cocktail of the Valley 2014,” using locally-distilled Arizona Distilling Company Copper City bourbon and gin. Proceeds benefit the Devour Phoenix Restaurant Coalition.

Tickets are $20 and, in addition to admission, include one sample of each beverage crafted – seven samples in total. The event will feature three live acoustic music sets, and two energy-infused rounds of highstakes mixology, emceed by Arizona Republic’s Megan Finnerty.

Fans had selected seven bartenders from some of Phoenix’s finest cocktail establishments, including Manny Pena of Windsor, Evan Gibbs of Maizie’s Cafe, Matt Tobey of District American Kitchen and Wine Bar, Zachariah Gillespie of Phoenix Public Market Cafe, Joshua James of The Clever Koi, Michael Allmandinger of Parlor Pizzeria, and Ryan Richardson of Kazimierz World Wine Bar. All seven are ready to get up on stage and shake their finest creations. www.crescentphx.com/event/442567

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community

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February 13 DF Woman’s Club Presents Aloha Luau February 13, the Desert Foothills Woman’s Club invites you to don your mumus and flowered shirts for a festive afternoon of authentic Hawaiian entertainment at Grayhawk Golf Club’s Fairway House, 8620 Thompson Peak Pkwy. in Scottsdale.

Hula dancers and other lively performances in the Big Kahuna Show, performed by Kilali’s Polynesian Revue, follow a memorable lunch catered by renowned Grayhawk chefs. Get into the

aloha spirit with a flower

in your hair or Hawaiian fashion, or dress in your favorite Haole outfit.

Whatever your garb, don’t miss the fun of Aloha Luau!

A silent auction and lots of raffle prizes add to the afternoon’s excitement. Proceeds benefit student scholarships and area non-profits such as Cave Creek Museum, Desert Foothills Library, Desert Foothills Land Trust, Foothills Caring Corps, Foothills Food Bank, and Horses Help.

This year’s fundraising event is being graciously sponsored by Bankers Trust and Sagewood.

Tickets are $55. Please call for information.

480-773-3753

February 13–16 Carefree Festival of Fine Chocolate and Fine Art Carefree will celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend with the Third Annual Carefree Festival of Fine Chocolate and Fine Art Feb. 13-16, beginning Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. and continuing Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival takes place at 101 Easy St. at Carefree Desert Gardens and Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion.

This free event is fun for the whole family, or the perfect stop before a romantic getaway. Stock up on confectionary treats for your sweetheart and reserve a truffle or two for later. With up to 100 exhibitors of fine art, chocolate and other confections, the Carefree Fine Chocolate and Fine Art Festival will satisfy every sweet tooth.

Over 10,000 visitors are expected to attend, and live entertainment continues throughout the weekend, including world champion hoop dancer, Brian Hammill. Make this Valentine’s Day an unforgettable weekend in beautiful Carefree, where the romance and beauty of the desert is on display, along with the finest confections! www.magicbirdfestivals.com

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February 14–22 Celia Grace Bridal Trunk Show The wedding dress is one of the most important aspects of your wedding day, but it is also symbolic. What do you want it to represent?

What if your wedding dress could improve the lives of everyone who touched it? That is the goal of Fair Trade for Celia Grace, a dresses that help rural women keep their daughters in school and enables seamstresses to work in safety and with dignity. Through Fair Trade, Celia Grace supports these women to invest in themselves, the families, and their communities to alleviate poverty and move us toward the kind of world we want to live in.

Visit Quintessential Bride at DC Ranch Crossing, 18291 N. Pima Rd., Suite A125 in Scottsdale for a Celia Grace Trunk Show Feb. 14 through Feb. 22 to see how beautiful Fair Trade can be. Appointments are required.

Celia Grace’s mission is to provide brides with gorgeous wedding dresses

that

match

their

values

of

human

rights,

environmental

sustainability, and empowering women. Celia Grace wedding dresses are hand-made by women’s cooperatives, Fair Trade producers, and refugees rebuilding their lives in the United States.

480-419-7755 www.qbrideandformals.com/bridal

February 14–16 Wigwam Fine Art & Wine Festival Hosted by the legendary Wigwam Resort, the Wigwam Fine Art and Wine Festival is an extraordinary three-day celebration that features nationally recognized artists and Native American dancers, storytellers and musicians.

February 14 through 16, discover the Southwest’s most accomplished fine artists and craftsmen in a stunning outdoor gallery setting at the Wigwam Resort, 300 E. Wigwam Blvd. in Litchfield Park. You will discover the Southwest’s most accomplished Artisans in a stunning outdoor gallery where an eclectic gathering of American Art awaits you. Featuring works in canvas, copper, bronze and stone, paper art, artistic mixed media, and exquisite hand-crafted jewelry.

This event draws nationally recognized artists from throughout the Southwest and around the country, including members of such prestigious organizations as Western Artists of America, Cowboy Artists of America, and Southwest Premier Artists. Visitors will also enjoy the enchanting sounds of such renowned Native American musicians as Arvel Bird, Tony Duncan and Estun-Bah, as well as al fresco dining, a superb collection of fine wines, cocktails, resort tours, and stirring musical and dance performances. www.vermillionproductions.com

February 14–16 Third Annual Waterfront Fine Art & Wine Festival Thunderbird Artists will line the banks of the Scottsdale Waterfront for a weekend of sensory overload Feb. 14 through 16 at the Third Annual Waterfront Fine Art and Wine Festival. Notable artwork, wine and more will make this event a must-see for those who enjoy exploring all Scottsdale has to offer.

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community

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The featured artist is cartoonist Robert Marble, whose pieces depict everyday situations, with a hint of humor, and has found that good, clean, old-fashioned comedy is something everyone can enjoy; it never goes out of style.

The event is located just south of Nordstrom’s on the south bridge pedestrian walk and is handicap-accessible. Parking is free. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $3 for adults. www.thunderbirdartists.com/waterfront

February 15 American Idol Crystal Bowersox Live at the MIM With her relaxed, folksy vibe, singer/songwriter Crystal Bowersox was a favorite on Fox television’s ninth season of Americal Idol. Join Bowersox for a fun and soulful evening of music at the Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 E. Mayo Blvd. in Phoenix Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $22.50–$32.50 and available online. www.mim.org

February 15 Age Less Anti-Aging Wellness Symposium at DC Ranch Age Less: An Anti-Aging Wellness Symposium is all about age rejuvenation and age reversal practices. It will be held Feb. 15 at the DC Ranch Homestead Community Center in north Scottsdale.

This anti-aging event features expert physicians and presenters, local vendors, yoga and meditation for a full day of education and entertainment. Food, music, samples, raffle prizes worth over $500 and fun are in store for attendees.

The Age Less event is focused exclusively on teaching attendees how to hold back the hands of time and even reverse the aging process. They will learn a series of health and wellness routines, practices and products.

Key professionals include Dr. Tricia Pingel, who will speak about overcoming adrenal fatigue and the latest in bio-identical hormone replacement therapy; Dr. Phranq (Frank) Tamburri, NMD who will speak on men’s health practices and prostate cancer cures and prevention; Dr. Patricia Henthorn, D.C., of Balance & Motion Chiropractic, who will share the importance of aligning the spine to eliminate many ailments that take years off your life; and Dr. Bryan Glick, who will present “Inflammation, the Silent Killer.”

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Mind/body/beauty

speakers

include

Howard

Falco (pictured on opposite page), who will speak on the topic of his book “I am: the Power of Discovering Who You Really Are”; Lisa Williams, beauty expert and nurse practitioner, who will share the latest news in non-surgical skin enhancements to regain youthful looks; yoga therapist Harumi Maejima, who will teach attendees how integrating deep stretch and breathing can take years off the body; and Anne Vetter, who will provide a meditation session.

A percentage of proceeds will benefit the Justa Center, an elder homeless day resource center in Phoenix.

Advance purchase tickets purchased before Feb. 1 are $79 for the full day; half days are $49. After Feb. 1, admission is $97. Discounted pricing for DC Ranch residents is available on the DC Ranch website.

Seating is limited. Tickets can be purchased online through the Cloud Nine Health site below.

480-419-1799 www.cloudninehealth.com www.dcranch.com

February 22 Diamonds are Forever Gala for Crisis Nursery The annual Diamonds are Forever gala will be held February 22 at the beautiful Montelucia Resort and Spa, 4949 E. Lincoln Dr. in Paradise Valley.

A casino reception begins at 6 p.m., and dinner, entertaining and dancing begin at 8 p.m.

This popular event is one of the largest fundraisers for the Crisis Nursery, an organization dedicated to education, foster care training, emergency crisis intervention and daycare services for at-risk infants and young children in Phoenix. Proceeds go to the Crisis Nursery operating budget.

Tickets are $275 per person, or $550 per couple.

602-273-7363 www.crisisnurseryphx.org

February 26 Sixth Annual Handbags for Hope Luncheon for St. Jude Hundreds

of

the

Valley’s

most

stylish

and

giving women will attend Stars of Hope’s Sixth Annual Handbags for Hope luncheon February 26 in Scottsdale. Dozens of trendy designer handbags will be available for auction. Proceeds will benefit the world-renowned St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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community

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The event will take place at The Country Club at DC Ranch, 9290 E. Thompson Peak Parkway in Scottsdale Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Individual tickets are $125 and tables of 10 are $1,250. Tickets are available online.

602-385-0480 www.stjude.org/scottsdale

March 1 Run for Ryan House Registration is now open for the March 1 2014 Run for Ryan House at DC Ranch. The run is celebrating 10 years of helping Valley children through Ryan House. A half marathon, 10K, 5K, 1-mile family fun run and team fundraising will support children with life-threatening conditions.

One hundred percent of the sponsorships and fundraising dollars go directly to support Ryan House.

For those who aren’t running in the race, there are runners’ and family expos to enjoy. Held on Market Street, spectators can expect family fun activities, entertainment, and more.

Volunteers are also needed to help make this year’s event a success.

If you or your organization would like to help out, please contact Ryan House. www.runforryanhouse.org 602-200-0767

March 1 Archaeology Expo at Spur Cross March is Archaeology Month and the community is invited to attend the annual Archaeology Expo at Spur Cross March 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Spur Cross Conservation Area, 44000 N. Spur Cross Rd. in Cave Creek.

The event includes hikes to archaeological sites, booths, crafts, lectures, pottery and flint-knapping demonstrations and many hands-on children’s activities. Hikes require water, a hat, sunscreen and appropriate hiking shoes.

480-488-6623 kevinsmith@mail.maricopa.gov

March 9 Hearts and Hands Gala Mark your calendar! The Third Annual Hearts and Hands Gala will be held March 9 and will feature performances by some of the best Valley entertainment around. This event is a fundraiser for the Foothills Community Foundation (FCF), and it includes a reception, formal dinner, wine, dessert, a live auction, raffles and entertainment.

This year’s committee will be bringing out the red carpet to make this a memorable and festive evening to support needed services for the community, including the Desert Foothills Theater, Partners in Education program, CCUSD Teacher Vision grants, Desert Awareness program, Caring Communities program, Foothills Food Bank and Holland Community Center.

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Location and time are to be determined, but now is the time to save the date!

480-488-1090 www.azfcf.org

March 15 “Inspirations” Fashion Event for Children’s Cancer Network Registration is now open for “Inspirations,” an annual fashion event

and

fundraiser

for

the

Children’s Cancer Network at the Arizona Biltmore resort to be held March 15, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Inspirations

is

an

uplifting

afternoon of fun and fashion for all who attend. Participate in silent and live auctions, engaging raffles and more while enjoying a delicious luncheon prepared especially for Children’s Cancer Network guests by the chef at the Arizona Biltmore Resort. Dillard’s fashions will be featured, Network’s

and

Children’s

guest

emcee

Cancer will

be

Channel 12’s Lin Sue Cooney.

The

event

will

be

held

in

the Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.

Registration is $70 per person.

Tables of 10 guests are $700.

Prime runway tables for 10 guests are

$1,500,

which

includes

an

$800 tax-deductible model table sponsorship.

Our models are children and teens who are childhood cancer survivors and their brothers and sisters.

Please

support

these

courageous families for this very special day. Tax-deductible model sponsorships

are

available

for

$70 per model; $140 per model and parent; or $700 per table of models and family members.

Recognition of model sponsorships are in printed programs as well as though the audiovisuals on day of the event. www.childrenscancernetwork.org

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Run for Ryan House 10th Year at DC Ranch Writer Lynsi Freitag

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Kids for Ryan House

Ryan House has an emotionally

Ranch area, including challenging

heavy mission: providing resources,

rolling hills for those athletes looking

support and respite care for children

to work their legs. Ryan House

with life-threatening illnesses. For

anticipates

those families who need it, Ryan

to attend either as a participant,

program where kids

House also provide end-of-life care.

spectator or volunteer.

up to 18 years of age

Though their mission is steeped in

“The DC Ranch Community Council

difficult and serious circumstances,

is

Ryan House has an uplifting spirit

Bank. “They put their energy and

help children with life-

of warmth, kindness and joy. It is

resources into producing the race.

threatening conditions.

a special place where kids can find

We

palliative

can

their efforts. And DC Ranch is just

get the much-needed respite time

beautiful. This run is like no other

to recharge. The focus is on the

run. It is extremely scenic and very

an opportunity for kids

families for this non-profit, which

rewarding.”

to be involved and do

care

and

parents

an

about

amazing

really

6,000

people

partner,”

appreciate

them

says

community engagement

can make a difference through projects that

and

is 100 percent privately funded by donations.

Kids for Ryan House is a

As a fundraising event, 100 percent

of the sponsorships and fundraising

“Kids for Ryan House is

charitable things,” says Bank. “By participating in the run – as a walker,

Funding is critical to Ryan House’s

dollars go directly to support Ryan

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It’s

Carefree/North Scottsdale History:

The Parrette Well Writer Jim McAllister Well photos by Barb McAllister Bottom photo by Bryan Black

doubtful

many

remember

the

Parrette Well, but from the 1930s into the 1950s, it was an important water source for the area south of its location at the southwest corner of Stagecoach Pass and Pima Road.

Although the well is called the Parrette Well, it was there long before Mr. Parrette moved onto the land around 1970.

It originally was dug in that location because of its proximity to a large water source. Parrette may have improved the well because it was a good source of water and was excellent for his own home use. Its early importance was not to provide water for people, but rather for cattle, which were a primary source of livelihood for many of Phoenix’s early 20th century residents.

During the 1930s, the area was an open range, so water was important for the cattle that grazed there. Because of the well’s location, a two-inch diameter pipeline was eventually built southward, ending at MacDonald’s Ranch at Jomax and Scottsdale Roads. Along the way, other ranches tapped into the pipe for water to be stored in tanks for their cattle. The original reservoir south of the well was about seven feet deep and still exists with a date of 1935 scratched in the original concrete, probably to designate the year it was built.

The pipe and well were most likely established

by

a

consortium

of

cattlemen who didn’t have big ranches, but who wanted to improve the general

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area for their stock. It was a good deal for them; open range pasture meant food was available for cattle. By having intermittent water tanks along the pipe route, the cattle were easier to round up since they tended to dwell near water.

There are indications of campfires along the route near the water tanks where cowboys would camp at night to manage the herd. Regulation of water piped down the line was handled at the reservoir.

In a 1998 column from A Peek at the Peak by Don Shoenau, Mrs. Leola Richardson, a resident of MacDonald’s Ranch in the 1950s, related that the ranch had no plumbing as their water was pumped from a well that the Richardsons dug there. Later they sold the well and bought water from the Carefree Water Company, which ran a nine-mile pipeline to the ranch. Mrs. Richardson remembered frequent rides to check the pipeline with her husband.

That pipeline sounds curiously like the line that ran from the well at Stagecoach Pass and Pima. At that time, Scottsdale was still a bit primitive. Mrs. Richardson described Scottsdale Road as only a “dirt trail that ended at Pinnacle Peak Road.” I’m sure that K. T. Palmer, one of the founders of Carefree, would have agreed.

Mr. Parrette died about 20 years ago and his home was razed by a developer. However, some remains of his namesake well and the pipeline that quenched the thirst of cattle for many years still exist.

“1935” is etched into the wall of the reservoir just south of the well most likely indicating the construction date.

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sports

Pinnacle Girls’ Soccer Writer Tom Scanlon Photography by Jamie Pogue

“It was a crazy goal, out of the blue. I remember thinking, ‘What just happened?!’”

You don’t need to be Miley Cyrus to say Jorian Baucom came in like a wrecking ball.

It was instant dominance when Baucom stepped on the field at Pinnacle High School. An intimidating presence, she wrecked her way through opposing defenses, helping the Pinnacle High rumble to an undefeated, state-championship season in her freshman year.

Far from an intimidated freshman, she scored once, twice – three times in the state final. To truly appreciate her third goal, you have to see it (and you can, it’s on YouTube). Baucom’s blast is a bend-it-like-Beckham left-footed laser from just inside the right sideline. “It was a crazy goal, out of the blue,” Baucom recalled of the moment. “I remember thinking, ‘What just happened?!’”

The amazing goal clinched a 4-2 win for Pinnacle, and was the icing on the cake of a 21-0 season.

Baucom quickly became one of the most sought-after girls’ soccer player in the country. She pretty much could have picked up the phone, called any college she wanted and received a scholarship.

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So the rest of her high school career must have been a cakewalk, right?

Oh no, far from it. It’s been more like a gauntlet walk.

After losing in the semi-finals in her sophomore season, Pinnacle went 18-3-1 in Baucom’s junior year, but ended the season with another disappointing loss in the semi-finals to Xavier (the eventual champions). The wrecking ball really swung the other way last year – a truly painful and slightly chaotic season.

“The past year has been a little challenging,” Baucom said, with an ironic chuckle. Illness knocked several team members out for a few games, and in mid-season coach Kasey Bingham resigned, replaced by assistant Adam Chrestman.

To top it off, Baucom suffered a broken nose the week before the playoffs, but kept playing. Try holding your nose while running on the treadmill, if you want to know what that was like.

The off-season was even more painful, as the superstar blew out her knee while playing with her club team.

“I didn’t have to have surgery, but I have to wear a knee brace for another six months,” said Baucom, who decided last year to accept a scholarship to Louisiana State University.

With intense conditioning, Baucom was able to get back on the field for her senior season. Though she wore a bulky knee brace and was limping as the season began, she still scored 17 goals in the first 18 matches of the season.

“Jorian coming off injury has rebounded very quickly.

She’s just eager to get out there,” her coach said.

Another setback came in that battle with Boulder Creek, when Baucom was spiked and suffered a sprained ankle; again, she returned to play.

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Pinnacle Girls’ Soccer

“She is just a phenomenal player,” coach Kirchner says. “She has a strong desire to win, is very competitive and knows the game very well. She plays in a very competitive club team.

A toned 5-foot-9 with powerful legs, Baucom is an imposing figure in the middle.

“She’s all muscle and has great height,” said Kirchner. “And such quick ball skills and

“I think we have a really good chance at a state championship.

After winning it my freshman year, it would be great to end my career winning it again.”

movement, off the ball – even with knee brace she’s very quick to do her moves and get her shot off. When she’s 100 percent which I’ve watched over the last three years she’s unbelievable.” As one rival said of the Pinnacle star: “She’s just crazy good.”

Yet this is far from a one-woman show, with Gabriela Stoian neck-and-neck with the superstar for scoring lead; Stoian had 18 goals, mid-way into the season. Though she is a senior, this is the first year Stoian has played for her high school team.

She played with Baucom on a top-class club team, but resisted previous lobbying efforts of her friends to join the Pinnacle team. Finally, Stoian decided to give high school sports a try, and instantly took the pressure off Baucom. “I like to call us the dynamic duo,” Baucom said. “I’m so happy she decided to play her senior year.

Gabby’s a really skillful player.”

The dynamic duo was in full effect in a tough December match at Boulder Creek, which had defeated Pinnacle earlier in the season. Stoian broke a scoreless tie with a penalty kick in the second half. The home team later tied the match, sending it into overtime; Boulder Creek is quite a talented team, with several players from Baucom’s club team. It looked like the battle between the two close teams would end in a tie, until Amanda Dodd sent a quick pass over to Baucom, who spun and blasted a left-footer past goalkeeper Meghan Strang (one of Baucom’s club teammates). Chalk up another game-winner for Jorian.

If you’re wondering about her first name, she says her parents wanted to give her a unique name, and chose “Jorian” after hearing “Dorian” and deciding to change the

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first letter. She says substitute teachers often mistakenly call her “Jordan” – which actually might be fitting, as she can make jaw-dropping plays in soccer the way Michael Jordan used to dazzle in basketball.

For all the brilliance of Baucom, it is Stoian who could be the second-punch that pushes Pinnacle to another title. A talent who earned great respect at the club level, Gabriela has accepted a scholarship to play at the University of Arizona. Mary Claire Danilevics (Rice University), Maddie Kmetko (Arizona State University) and Maddie Marotta (TCU) are among the list of other college-bound

players

on

this

talented,

disciplined

Pinnacle team. And don’t forget Jalen Tompkins, a junior goalkeeper who has played at all-star level this season and is headed for the University of Colorado-Boulder.

“It’s a great group,” said Coach Kirchner, who became a teacher and coach at Pinnacle in 2007. After a state runner-up season in 2009, Kirchner stepped away from coaching to have a son and work on a master’s degree. “During that time, my husband and I and our son would come out and support the girls’ soccer team at many home games and their state appearances,” said Kirchner, who lives in Anthem. “When Coach Kasey left for her college coaching opportunity, I jumped at the chance to be fortunate enough to inherit such a talented group of players. I brought back the same coaching staff, junior varsity coach Eric Goldstone and assistant varsity coach Aaron Heffernan to make another run for the state title.”

Baucom is all-in on that idea. “I think we have a really good chance at a state championship,” she said. “After winning it my freshman year, it would be great to end my career winning it again.”

Boulder Creek, Xavier and other top teams will try to stop Jorian Baucom by lining up walls of defense. With the clock ticking down on her amazing Pinnacle career, cue the hit song, as Jorian might just go wrecking-ball, again.

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personality

Five Minutes with...

Q A

Nicole Zangara Writer Amanda Christmann Larson

Surviving Female Friendships This one is for the Tribe.

offers constructive insight about how to build strong

You know who you are.

relationships with other women.

You’re

fierce.

You’re

loyal. And you know the

Nicole adds her own experiences and observations to

difference between brick

those of other women who have found both success

red and tomato red. By

and failure navigating the often turbulent waters female

birthright,

friendships in today’s climate of social media and

you

own

a

minimum of exactly 90

technology-driven communication.

percent of the bathroom and the closet, no matter how big they

In addition to her book, available at major retail outlets

are or who you share them with, and you

and as an eBook, Zangara also maintains a blog called

understand fully that “Because it was on

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sale” is a perfectly valid excuse for any

and reader feedback. It’s a fun read for women going

purchase, period. You know what Spanx are,

through a multitude of different situations, from gift-giving

and you embrace everything they stand for.

conundrums to awkward hugging situations.

You are Woman, and Sister, we hear you roar.

We were lucky enough to spend some time with this insightful author and learn more about her.

The problem is that relationships between women can also close relationships with other women, and for those who

ImagesAZ: What inspired you to write this book?

Nicole Zangara: While living in Houston, I had been

do, arguments and break-ups can be nearly as painful (or

going through some challenging friendship experiences

perhaps even more so) than boyfriend problems or divorce.

and knew it wasn’t just me. I wanted to give a voice to

As women, we can also be our own biggest critics, and

women who may be going through similar experiences. It

everyone else’s too. Judgmental attitudes and gossip form

is important to me that I validate women’s experiences, as

a big rift in female relationships, and they can keep some

no woman should feel embarrassed, silly or ashamed when

women from even wanting to associate with each other.

discussing her friendship struggles.

Local author Nicole Zangara has written the book on

IAZ: Female

women and friendship – quite literally. Her new book,

think women have such a hard time getting along?

“Surviving Female Friendships: The Good, The Bad, and

NZ:

The Ugly” takes a funny, and often poignant look at

when there’s conflict or tension, some women have a

relationships between women in today’s society, and

hard time confronting their friends and speaking up for

be somewhat … complicated. Many women don’t ever develop

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relationships are complicated. Why do you

Hormones! Estrogen! Oy vey! In all seriousness,

fear that the friend won’t understand or will reject them. It’s difficult learning how to resolve conflict with friends, especially when there is investment and fear of the friendship breaking or changing. Women tend to put a lot of time and effort into their friendships, so when there’s turmoil, it can be painful.

IAZ: How has technology changed the way we relate to each other?

NZ: Technology has been a good and bad addition to friendships: Good

in

that it connects us and allows for us to stay in touch with friends; bad in that it can create a false feeling of being connected through social media, such as Facebook and/or Twitter. When we start using Facebook to share news about engagements and are not sharing that with our closest friends, that can be a problem. Same goes for people who post about events they are going to without realizing that a friend may not have been invited. Technology can create unnecessary drama in friendships.

IAZ: So

many of us have the idea that our spouse is supposed to be our

be-all and do-all, and are disappointed when they aren’t. That’s where our girlfriends come in. What do we get from other women that we often can’t get from the men in our lives?

NZ: Since

women are emotion-driven, we can spend hours upon hours talking

with our friends and/or spending a day together. Women connect through sharing personal things and getting to know one another, whereas men are action-driven and tend to connect through activities. Women are able to create bonds with each other that go deeper than with their male relationships. There’s a deep emotional connection in female friendships and a greater investment in these relationships.

IAZ: If

you had to pick one thing that inhibits our ability as women to develop

friendships with each other, what would it be?

NZ:

Fear. It can prevent many women from putting themselves in potential

situations to meet and/or develop friendships due to past painful friendship experiences. Many women who have been hurt in the past tend to bring that emotional baggage into their current friendships.

IAZ: What is the most beautiful thing about friendship and women?

NZ: The fact that female friendships can provide strength and love. When you see friends of all ages with each other, you can sense that genuine affection and bond.

IAZ: Who is your best friend, and how did you meet?

NZ: I met my best friend in graduate school in St. Louis;

we still remain very

close even though we live in different states. I constantly tell her she is wise beyond her years because she always has the best advice and is an amazing person. I am incredibly grateful for her friendship. www.survivingfemalefriendships.blogspot.com F ebruary 2014

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The Thunderbirds A Legacy b e y ond t he O pen Writer Amanda Christmann Larson

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The

“Greatest

Show

on

Grass,”

the

Waste

agencies of the Valley of the Sun United Way.

Management Phoenix Open is in full-swing this week, and there is no doubt that, behind the

Since 2003, when the tournament first brought

competition and revelry, it will be tournament hosts

on a title sponsor, the Thunderbirds have raised

the Thunderbirds who have hit the sweet spot once

more than $60.3 million for charities. Even before

again. In their 79th year of unrivaled success, this

significant sponsorship, though, the Thunderbirds

exclusive club of “Who’s Who” in the Valley has

were making a big impact. Since their beginnings

raised and contributed tens of millions of dollars

in 1932, the Phoenix Open has raised more than

to Arizona charities.

$86.1 million for charities in Arizona.

More than 530,000 fans are expected to make their

The Thunderbirds began in 1937, when the Phoenix

way to the beautiful TPC Scottsdale for one of the

Chamber of Commerce formed a special events

finest, and fifth oldest, PGA Tour events, bringing

committee to attract tourism to the Sonoran Desert.

over $220 million in revenue to the Valley. An

Five young executives were selected to lead the

impressive 4,000 volunteers make the tournament

group, and each hand-picked 10 additional members

successful each year. In recent years, extra steps

to form a committee of 55.

have been taken so that not a single piece of trash from the large crowd goes in a land fill;

Bob Goldwater, Barry’s brother, often dubbed the

all waste products are recycled, decreasing the

“Father of the Phoenix Open,” was one of the first

environmental impact on our city.

Thunderbirds inductees. An avid golfer, Goldwater thought it would be a great idea to sponsor a golf

While most fans recognize the Birds Nest and our

tournament. That first year, Goldwater sold tickets,

most winningest former Sun Devil, Phil Mickelson,

recruited volunteers and set up the golf course,

few know the total impact the tournament makes

then at the Phoenix Country Club. Popularity of the

on

Phoenix Open grew, and in the nearly 80 years

local

businesses

and

its

other

less-noted

beneficiaries.

since, has developed into one of the leading stops on the PGA Tour. It has also become the single

Although the Waste Management Phoenix Open

largest fundraiser for the Thunderbirds.

attracts some of the largest sporting crowds in the world, it’s the small, seldom-named contingency now

The Open isn’t the only way the Thunderbirds

synonymous with the open that creates perhaps the

are using golf to further their mission. The group

most powerful impact on lives. Last year alone, $6

also hosts the Thunderbirds Junior and Senior

million in proceeds from the Thunderbirds raised

Golf Classics each summer, and the Thunderbird

through the Waste Management Phoenix Open

Collegiate Invitational. In 1999, the Thunderbirds

went to Thunderbirds Charities to benefit 230 local

joined the American Junior Golf Association, Phil

youth non-profit organizations, including Special

Mickelson and Grayhawk Golf Club to hold the

Olympics, Boys and Girls Clubs and the affiliated

inaugural

Thunderbird

International

Junior

at

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Grayhawk Golf Club. This first event of its kind in

has been in operation for more than three years,

junior golf brought together a world-class field of

and none can discriminate on the basis of race,

Polo Golf All-Americans and U.S. and international

color,

champions of junior golf from all over the world.

age, disability or veteran status. They don’t fund

The now-annual event gives future golf champions

individuals or individual schools; nor do they fund

the opportunity to showcase their talent.

political, religious, labor or fraternal organizations,

gender,

national

origin,

marital

status,

and they don’t fund advocacy or lobbying activities To become a Thunderbird, nominees must receive

for issue-related topics. In addition, they do not

referrals from at least two active Thunderbirds.

fund research; nor do they fund endowments,

Nominated persons are then voted upon by the 55

fellowships or college scholarships. All of the

active members. At any given time, there remain only

programs they fund must also either be located

55 active members in the group; when an active

in Maricopa County, or primarily benefit Maricopa

member reaches the age of 45, they are considered

County residents.

“life members,” and often remain involved in the Waste Management Phoenix Open and in charity

What they do, however, is make a difference for

events year-round. Currently, there are over 300

many, many children and families in the Phoenix

members in the Thunderbirds organization.

metro area. From veterans to special needs athletes, and

from

families

dealing

with

homelessness,

The Thunderbirds have elected Tom Altieri as

substance abuse, peer pressure, or exploitation,

Big Chief (president) of their organization for the

thousands of lives have been touched – and forever

2013-2014 fiscal year and John Bridger is the

changed – by the generosity and hard work of the

Thunderbirds’ executive director. Tom King and

Thunderbirds.

Danny Calihan are this year’s tournament chairman and assistant chair, respectively. Other than those

Like the mythical bird that rose from ashes, the

names, the Thunderbird roster is not public, but its

Thunderbirds are a form of royalty of sorts in the

membership has included the likes of Bob Hope,

Valley, and have emerged from blazing desert heat

Jerry Colangelo, Del Webb and other well-known

to spread their wings. Unlike the legend, though,

community and business leaders.

their work is not for their own glory; instead it is others who are now able to fly.

Thunderbirds Charities holds strict guidelines on who they will fund. Each non-profit they choose

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Arizona

Musicfest

2014

Writer Donna Kublin

Fourteen extraordinary concerts of musical favorites accented with new sounds and international selections performed over six weeks by some of the finest musicians and singers in the country including jazz, folk, pop, chamber, and orchestral, with each concert a story in itself: this is Arizona Musicfest 2014.

Diversity, excitement, energy and a few “out-of-the-box” performances are hallmarks of the Festival. “Our approach to music is based upon three strong pillars: classical and chamber; popular music; and jazz,” said Robert Moody, Arizona Musicfest artistic director. “Out-of-the-box performances such as ukulele phenom and YouTube sensation Jake Shimabukuro, one of the greatest ukulele players on the planet, performing with the Festival Orchestra, has the Arizona Republic selecting it as ‘Best Bet’ in concerts to attend this season.”

Starting off this premier winter music festival is a tribute to one of the greatest bands of all time; one that took the world by storm in the 1970s riding the wave of disco, and whose music is still going strong in the musical and movie, “Mama Mia.” ARRIVAL From Sweden will perform the “Music of ABBA” as the Festival Opener Thursday, January 30.

Legendary singer and songwriter Judy Collins will perform “Live!” Throughout her acclaimed career, Collins has garnered top-10 hits, Gold and Platinum recordings, and prestigious Grammy Award recognition. A New York Times article recently stated “Her voice, songwriting and prose all belong to the same stream whose distinctive quality is a diamond-like clarity.” One of the industry’s alltime greatest artists performs here February 3.

Two amazing jazz performances will take place during the festival. “A Celebration of Dave Brubeck with the Brubeck Brothers Quartet” takes place February 7. The Brubeck brothers, Chris (trombone, bass), Dan (drums) and “honorary brothers” Mike DeMicco (guitar) and Chuck Lamb (piano), celebrate their father with an exciting performance of all the great Brubeck hits, as well as musical memories, family stories, archival videos and personal insights into Dave’s most famous works.

An intimate jazz club vibe with a performance by The Jeff Hamilton Trio: “Paragon of Groove” takes place February 13. The trio has forged a deep connection performing and recording creative F ebruary 2014

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arrangements of standards and original compositions yielding “ensemble artistry that seems to deepen over time and age like fine wine” (allaboutjazz.com) Named “Best Jazz Drummer” (Modern Drummer magazine), Jeff Hamilton, “a paragon of class and groove,” has recorded with everyone from Diana Krall to Rosemary Clooney. Renowned bassist Christoph Luty and an Arizona Musicfest favorite who wowed audiences at the 2012 festival, pianist Tamir Hendelman, join Hamilton on-stage.

Chamber music is well represented by the vibrant young Bryant Park Quartet; piano virtuoso Jonathan Biss, who will perform the concert he recently did at Carnegie Hall; an organ concert

by Spoleto Festival favorite James Jones; and 2012 National Competition for Organ Improvisation “Audience Favorite” Patrick Scott. In a combination of chamber and popular music, Bob Moody & Friends perform a cabaret-style showcase of the many musical talents of Artistic Director Moody, his musician friends and guest artists.

At the heart of the festival is the Arizona Musicfest Orchestra conducted by Moody. The orchestra is made up of musicians from the finest orchestras across the country including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony and others.

There is something truly special about an acoustically excellent venue that seats only 750 people, with a full orchestra performing at such a high level of excellence, filling the hall with magnificent music elicited by the firm direction of a spirited conductor capturing the essence of the composition

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with all its nuance and emotion. The effect is thrilling, memorable, and satisfying.

This year, programming for Festival Orchestra Week features some of the greatest repertory of the orchestral world. Interestingly, as the programming evolved, a grand European tour theme seemed to emerge. Composers from the British Isles are featured February 18, Russia February 20, and Germany with Brahms’ “A German Requiem” February 23.

Highlights of these breath-taking works include “An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise” by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies; “The Lark Ascending” by Vaughan Williams with featured violin soloist Steven Moeckel, concertmaster of the Phoenix Symphony; “The Planets” by Holst; “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Mussorgsky; “Symphony No. 1/Classical Symphony” by Prokofiev; “Piano Concerto No. 2” by Rachmaninoff, with charismatic piano soloist Conrad Tao; “A German Requiem” by Brahms, a monumental choral masterwork featuring the 100-voice Arizona Musicfest Chorus and guest soloists,

the

highly

acclaimed

Twyla

Robinson

(soprano) and Troy Cook (baritone). For centuries, this inspiring work has brought individuals and communities together, celebrating inner strength and courage. The Arizona Republic recently recognized Arizona Musicfest as the “Best Classical Music Festival” and regularly features its concerts in top10 lists.

Continuing the orchestra’s successful collaborations with renowned artists, globe-touring ukulele virtuoso Jake

Shimabukuro

joins

the

Arizona

Musicfest

Orchestra with an electrifying crossover concert February 21. Shimabukuro, who was subject of the new PBS documentary “Life on Four Strings,” effortlessly mixes jazz, rock, classical, traditional Hawaiian music and folk, creating a sound that is technically masterful, emotionally powerful and utterly unique.

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After Orchestra Week, John Denver’s music comes alive with Broadway star Mike Eldred, who performed Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables,” recreating the songs cherished by a nation in “The Very Best of John Denver.” Denver’s music serves as an anthem for our country and its wide-open spaces and Eldred’s amazing voice and performance does great homage to these beloved songs.

The festival finale is “50s Dance Party” with the rock ‘n’ roll hits of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper in an authentic recreation of their final concert tour, complete with a dance floor.

The show stars John Mueller as Buddy Holly, Jay P. Richardson, Jr. as his dad, The Big Bopper, and Las Vegas “Legends” star Ray Anthony as Ritchie Valens.

“I think that great music making is at its core about friendship, human beings interacting with one another in a manner that can only be accomplished through music,” said Moody. For over 20 years, Arizona Musicfest has been making friends, and in 2014 they will definitely make more.

Check the Arizona Musicfest website for concert details including video clips, times, and ticket options. Special pricing for students is available. Concert venues are in north Scottsdale, Carefree and Phoenix.

Arizona Musicfest www.azmusicfest.org Ticket Box Office: 480-840-0457

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2014

January 30

The Music of ABBA

with ARRIVAL From Sweden

February 3

Judy Collins – The Legend – LIVE!

February 7

A Celebration of Dave Brubeck

with the Brubeck Brothers Quartet

February 9

Bryant Park Quartet: Beethoven,

Mozart & de Lassus

February 11

Pianist Jonathan Biss in concert:

Beethoven, Chopin & Brahms

February 13

The Jeff Hamilton Trio:

Paragon of Groove

February 15

Bob Moody & Friends

February 16

Organ Masterworks & More

February 18

A British Orchestral Odyssey

featuring Holst’s “The Planets”

February 20

Symphonic Russian Sketches

featuring Mussorgsky’s “Pictures

at an Exhibition”

February 21

Ukulele Phenom Jake Shimabukuro

with the Arizona Musicfest Orchestra

February 23

“A German Requiem”: Brahms’

Monumental Choral Masterpiece

February 27

The Very Best of John Denver

starring Mike Eldred

March 1

50s Dance Party: A Tribute to

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens

and The Big Bopper

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Notre Dame Prep girls’ soccer Writer Tom Scanlon

If you think girls’ high school sporting events are low-key affairs where everybody giggles and has a good time, you probably have not witnessed the Notre Dame Prep girls’ soccer team in action. These young ladies are so fired up that they don’t whisper a pre-match prayer, they scream it out. That is just one example of these girls’ passion, a drive they hope will take them all the way in the state playoffs.

“I think we can win a state championship,” said senior Rachel Jones. “We’ve got the skills and aggressiveness.” Rachel herself is on the small side, and if she weighs over 100 pounds the pizza at lunch must have been really, really good; yet, in typical Notre Dame fashion, she charges after loose balls and into pileups with fearless abandon. This team might be called the Saints, but they are not afraid to ruffle their wings.

And they have even more attitude than normal this year, as the term “unfinished business” has been floating around their north Scottsdale practice field for months. Last year, Notre Dame girls kicked up a storm before a heartbreaking loss in the semi-finals. “A couple of the things talked about from the beginning of this season is they feel last year was unfinished business,” says firstyear head coach Tom White, an assistant last season. “They weren’t able to put that high note on the end of last season.”

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Just making the playoffs isn’t good enough for this team, which wants to push forward the tradition of N.D. girls soccer.

“It’s a great school and program that’s

been built,” White pondered. “I have to hold the girls up to the expectations that have been created.” Indeed, the girls soccer program is one of the most consistently strong around Arizona, with regular playoff appearances and a state runner-up finish in 2011.

Rachel Jones, a four-year starter for Notre Dame, was a freshman in 2011. She’ll never forget the championship match. “We lost in the last 10 minutes on a penalty kick,” she said, with a pained grin. Who was the foul called on? “It was my fault – I will admit that,” Jones said. She was carded for pushing an opponent in the back, though she says she barely touched the girl. But that’s all in the distant past, she insists: “I think I’ve overcome that.”

Three years later, she’s still one of the smaller players on the field, but Rachel Jones is no longer the quiet freshman. “I’ve learned a lot of leadership,” she said, preparing for a home match against Gilbert’s Campo Verde High School.

White, who was an assistant last season, instantly bonded with the team: “We all loved him. He knows so much about soccer,” Jones said. “He’s strict, but he lets us have fun.” On a personal level, the senior said her coach has urged her to be a vocal leader on the field.

During the match against Campo Verde, White himself was an encouraging force on the sidelines. Even though a good passing play didn’t lead to a Notre Dame goal, the coach still exclaimed: “I love it!” On other occasions, he calmed the girls, calling out “Relax,” or, “Take your time and regroup.”

After a scoreless first half dominated by the Notre Dame attackers, Rachel Jones scored a second-half goal that proved to be the game winner in a 1-0 win.

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an 8-0 romp over Bradshaw Mountain. Jones and freshman Culver each had nine goals in the first 14 games of the season, with Jeanne Mongan close behind with 5 goals. The balanced attacked helped the Saints to an impressive 12-1-1 record.

The back-to-back shutouts gave goalkeeper Meredith Reinhardt seven goose eggs in 10 matches. She had only allowed a measly two goals all season.

Notre Dame Prep’s only loss in the first part of the season was 1-0 to a very strong Boulder Creek, played in the Horizon Tournament of Champions. The Saints later beat Boulder Creek in the championship match in the same tournament via penalty kicks.

“The girls are playing extremely well,” said White, in his typically understated manner.

White plans to coach at Notre Dame for quite a while, and who could blame him? While senior Jones was one of the leading scorers, this is a program bursting with young talent that could be powerful for years. Freshman Culver and sophomore Jeanne Mongan lead the youthful attack, and top-notch goalkeeper Reinhardt is also a 10th grader.

Team captains are Jones, Allison Heredia, Catherine Groves and Madison Shapiro.

“We have four captains,” White noted, “but

every returning girl from last year takes it upon herself to be a leader on some level.”

They seem to be thriving under their youthful, energetic coach.

At 34, White has been teaching and coaching for a dozen years.

“I love history and was able to coach soccer right away,” he said, explaining his early start. “I’m extremely blessed with the opportunities I’ve been given.”

White is an Iowan who played soccer at Dubuque’s Loras College.

He moved here last year to follow his then-fiancée, now-wife, Jenna, who came to Arizona to study physical therapy. White got his feet wet in Scottsdale as a Notre Dame assistant coach last season. This season, soccer coach Gary Gregory decided to focus on football, and after ringing up a glittering 63-22-1 record

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in five seasons as the girls’ soccer coach passed the reins on to the capable White.

He takes over some tough young ladies, many with considerable experience in fierce club competition.

“Last year was mostly getting a feel for the girls and how Gary ran the program. The girls are going to play hard, they’re going to play aggressive. A lot of that comes from their club experience – they don’t like to lose. I just treat them as the great athletes they are, and the expectations are high. The girls put that out there, to win state. I do whatever I can to support it.

“Gary Gregory and Scott Bemis created the program and set a high standard. I am merely attempting to follow in their footsteps and continue to hold it to that high standard.”

This is also a smart team, White says, led in the brains department by senior Heredia, a National Merit semi-finalist. The Notre Dame girls combine knowledge of the game with an almost furious passion, and a will to win. “The best way to describe this team is a group of girls that are very athletic and skilled at soccer, they just don’t like to lose,” the coach says, with a touch of marvel in his voice. “They take great pride in playing possession-style soccer -- they don’t like the other team to have the ball. They like to play physical aggressive soccer. I’m always amazed about this team: It doesn’t matter who is on the field, not one single girl wants to be the reason they lose a ball or game or anything.”

The fierceness and skills with which these girls play is earning the pride of the school. “Students and teachers know we’re moving up,” Rachel Jones said. “I think they expect us to win.

“It’s a lot of pressure, but I’ll take it.”

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Handbags for Hope Writer Amanda Christmann Larson Photography by Captured Moments by Rita & Company

Cancer. It’s one of those words that goes in the ear and situates itself heavily in the chest, like an unexploded grenade or a molten lump of lead. Each of us hopes to never hear the word “cancer” in reference to ourselves or someone we love, yet we would be hard-pressed to find someone whose life has not been inexorably altered by one form of the disease or another. When those affected are children, there is a special sense of duty and of hope; no child should be lost at the dawn of life.

Cancer remains the number one disease-related cause of death among children. Last year, the American Cancer Society estimates about 11,630 children under 15 years old were diagnosed primarily with leukemia or cancers of the brain and nervous system, but also malignant tumors and other less common cancers, a rate that has risen over the last two decades.

The good news is that, because of major advances in treatment, more than 80 percent of children with cancer survive five years or more, resulting effectively in a cure. The prognosis is significantly brighter than in 1962, when less than 20 percent of children diagnosed with cancer survived.

For the remaining 20 percent of children who don’t make it today, and for those who love them, the numbers are still hard to swallow. Parents like Lisa Mailliard, whose 13-year-old son Nicky became part of that statistic when he lost his battle with brain cancer in February 2005, know that each child who doesn’t make it – no matter how many do – is a light that is forever lost.

That’s why, with the help of friends and family, Mailliard started Stars of Hope, which will host the 6th Annual Handbags for Hope luncheon February 26 at the Country Club at DC Ranch. Every high-end handbag auctioned and every raffle item won will raise money for research and treatment for children with childhood cancers through St. Jude Research Hospital. With each dollar, the possibility that the lives of children like Nicky can be saved increases.

When then 11-year-old Nicky was diagnosed with a brain tumor in December 2001, the Mailliards turned to St. Jude for help. Aggressive treatment at St. Jude’s put Nicky’s cancer in remission, but it came back with a vengeance in September 2004. He died less than six months later, but his legacy lives on.

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Photo left: Alyssa Laffler with her family at last year’s Handbags for Hope event.

Among his benefactors is four-year-old Alyssa Laffler, whose own struggle with cancer has so far been successful, thanks to the doctors and researchers at St. Jude and people like Lisa Mailliard, who make sure the $1.8 million per day operating budget at St. Jude, nearly all of which is paid for through private donations and foundations, is covered.

Alyssa was on hand with her family at last year’s Handbags for Hope event, which drew more than 300 caring participants and raised more than $145,000 for St. Jude’s research and treatment. Bidding for more than 100 designer handbags, including such designers as Louis Vuitton, Diane Von Furstenberg, Chanel, Kate Spade and Tory Burch, raised over $44,000 with top bids garnered by a Chanel bag that raised $2,900 and a Louis Vuitton that collected $1,700.

Creating a Future

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, located in Memphis,

Tennessee,

pioneered

the

successful

combination of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery that is now used to treat childhood cancers across the globe. The hospital treats an average of 7,800 children – all free of cost to them – each year.

The campus has a startling 2.5 million square feet dedicated to research alone, and its accomplished staff are published in more academic journals than any other pediatric cancer research center or private pediatric oncology institution in the United States. It was the first institution to develop a cure for sickle cell disease with a bone marrow transplant, and has one of the largest pediatric sickle cell programs in the country. St. Jude researchers and doctors are treating children with pediatric AIDS, as well as pioneering new drugs and therapies.

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St. Jude Research Hospital benefits not only its own patients, but children around the world who are now receiving life-saving treatments that were developed and shared by St. Jude’s doctors and scientists. For example, in 1962, the

survival

rate

for

acute

lymphoblastic

leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer, was four percent. Today, the survival rate for this once deadly disease is 94 percent, thanks to research and treatment protocols developed at St. Jude.

Paying it Forward

Nearly as impressive as the massive impact St. Jude has made on childhood cancer is the fact that it sprung from the desire of one man to pay back a pledge and make a difference.

Famed actor Danny Thomas, whose image is still seen on St. Jude commercials long after his 1991 death, is the founder of the institution. More than 70 years ago, Thomas, whose parents were Lebanese immigrants, was a struggling actor in Detroit. According to lore, with daughter Marlo on the way, Thomas visited a Detroit church and was so moved by the sermon that he contributed his last $7 to the church collection box. He was almost immediately struck by the gravity of what he’d done; with a pregnant wife, Rose, to care for and no work, every dollar he had mattered.

He prayed for a way to pay his rent and the inevitable hospital bills that were soon to come. The next day, his prayers were partially answered when he got an acting job that paid 10 times the amount he’d donated at mass.

To Thomas, it was a sign, and the importance of giving was reinforced in Thomas’ already generous spirit.

The rest is well-documented history. In the years that followed, Danny’s career took off.

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In 1953, at the age of 41 years old, Thomas began a 13-year run in the TV show “Make Room for Daddy.”

The role would launch him into international stardom, and pave the way for a career that included acting and producing shows like “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “The Andy Griffith Show,” and “The Mod Squad.”

Handbags for Hope

Thomas’ legacy continues with help large and small coming from events like Handbags for Hope. These events give people an opportunity to show that they care, but also to contribute in a very real and meaningful way. This year’s handbags, vintage purses and hard-tofind bags feature the work of designers Isabella Fiore, J.J. Winters, Glenda Gies, Be & D, Louis Vuitton, and handbags signed by celebrities such as Emma Stone.

The luncheon will take place February 26 at the Country Club at DC Ranch, 9290 E. Thompson Peak Parkway, #1 in Scottsdale. Eminess Technologies, Nicky Mailliard Fund, Galicia Fine Jewelry, Barclay Group, HPN Global, and CBRE are sponsors of the luncheon.

Registration and the silent auction begin at 10 a.m., followed by a program and live auction at 11:30 a.m.

Individual tickets are $125, and tables of 10 – a great opportunity for business and corporate involvement – are $1,250 to reserve.

All proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In the past five years, 81 cents of every dollar received by St. Jude has supported the research and treatment at St. Jude.

Join Handbags for Hope and help give a child the chance to grow up and make a difference. After all, as Danny Thomas is still proving, the power of one is very real.

602-385-0480 www.waystohelp.stjude.org/sjrma/events.htm Choose “St. Jude Handbags for Hope Luncheon” F ebruary 2014

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Strada

The state championship team pursuit champions in action with 15-year-old Aaron Apel leading the tight formation. Aaron holds national swim records and regularly wins triathlons against competitors up to 19 years old.

There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who cycle, and those who don’t.

Writer Amanda Christmann Larson Photography by Lisa Kolin

For those who most enjoy sitting behind a wheel instead of on top of one, cyclists are often thought of as an inconvenience or distraction, much like speed bumps or school zones or Columbus Day. They appear smug and unreasonably confident;

There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who cycle, and those who don’t.

grown adults in tight, padded pants with slightly emasculating brand names like “Canari” and “Pearl Izumi” plastered in reflective fonts in places embarrassing to be caught staring at. In their sleek, streamlined helmets and fancy 80s throwback sunglasses, they’re arrogant and brash, seemingly unaware that their shoes are clipped in to machines outweighed and outwinged by other road traffic.

Those who like to meddle with the pedal have a much different perspective from atop their saddles. Most cyclists are converts. Many were once auto connoisseurs with eyes wide in disbelief at the audacity of two-wheeled roadsters, but like beauty pageant contestants at an all-you-can-eat buffet, they’ve been tempted by the Sirens of speed and freedom. They are lured by the rush of endorphins that comes from a race so personal and disciplined that the high risk and the heavy cost are

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outweighed by the thrill of pedaling into one’s own wind

his coaching philosophy. He has been cycling for five

current and of conquering milestones carved in the

decades and won four state championships in Michigan

stone of one’s own mind.

before his career began at Ford Motor Company. As his career aspirations and achievements grew, his bike

The chasm of context between those who cycle and those

began to collect dust in his garage until he cleaned

who don’t is difficult to traverse, but people like Mike and

and lubed his chain again in 1978. He wrote three

Lisa Kolin are working hard to bridge the gap. Through

popular cycling books over the next five years and

Strada Racing, a road, mountain and track cycling club

became a contributing editor for Bicycling magazine in

they stepped into the helm of in 2005, the powerhouse

the early 1980s. He also coached the Rainbow Cycling

couple is not only turning novices into number ones, but

Club, whose members brought home some 180 state

they are also paving the way for the multi-faceted sport

championship medals and 12 world champ titles.

of cycling to earn dignity and recognition from soccer moms and football dads. In addition, they are cultivating

In 2001, with the freedom of retirement shining brightly

habits and attitudes in racers young and old alike that

upon him, Mike and his wife packed their belongings and

turn them into conscientious, goal-oriented people who

moved to sunny Scottsdale. He and Lisa became close

command as much respect in their everyday lives as

friends with Malvestuto, and their involvement with his

they show in the bike lane.

unique cycling vision began to evolve.

The Strada Racing torch was passed to the Kolins by

Lisa was no stranger to the world of carbon, steel and

Domenic Malvestuto, a professional racer, Canadian

rubber either. A life-long athlete, she took up the sport of

National Team member and winner of too many races

cycling in 1981 and pushed herself to win the Washington

to list. Malvestuto started the Phoenix club in 1979

state time trial competition the following year. She also

with the goal of helping young cyclists develop the

won the state championship points race on the Marymoor

skills they needed to become cycling greats. The Kolins

Velodrome that same year – notable and nearly unheard

have continued that legacy, cultivating over 400 state

of accomplishments for novice riders.

championship titles, 65 Arizona state records and 19 national championship medals in recent years.

Her true test came a short time later when she faced Schwinn and Raleigh women’s pro teams at the Devil’s

The medals are impressive, but what is more unique

Cup criterium race, one of the largest cycling events on

about this club is that it isn’t driven by perks and

the West Coast. A strong perfectionist with impressive

sponsorships; it’s driven by passion for the sport of

tenacity, she won the race.

cycling.

She, too, put her bike away for a few years to challenge “When you get that rhythm going, it’s like you’re dancing

herself to other sports, but when she and Mike moved to

along on your pedals,” explains Mike.

Scottsdale, she took advantage of the warm weather to hop back into the sport she loved. In recent years, she

“There’s an amazing peace with it as well; just a clarity,”

has won 16 Arizona state cycling championships and

Lisa adds.

numerous other achievements. Still, she counts inspiring others to join the sport and exceed their own personal

This Scottsdale couple knows from whence they speak.

goals – and not just their cycling goals – among her

Mike began cycling at the age of 15, and it was his

greatest accomplishments.

first coach, Mike Walden of the Wolverines cycling club who inspired him to establish strong goals and shaped

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people are recreating who they are and what they are capable of accomplishing. Cycling provides that foundation. If you have discipline and respect for others when you are riding, it carries out into other parts of your life, and you establish habits that serve you throughout your life.”

One of the things most unique about Strada, other than the fact that the coaching and support are free, is that none of their athletes are recruited from other teams. In fact, most are simply cyclists they passed on the road who simply enjoyed the sport. Like any other discipline, with a little guidance on nutrition, heart rate monitoring, and technique training, many soon learn they can excel.

Alex Hankins, at just eight years old, is Strada’s youngest state champion. He is wise far beyond his years and is known for always having a pithy comment at the most perfect of times … like when he witnessed a fellow member who had made experienced a technical problem on his bike: “There is another life lesson,” he told the older rider.

The Kolins enjoy the challenge and satisfaction of polishing riders into champion cyclists, and of watching as they not only set goals they may have once viewed as impossibly high, but also shatter those goals through training and preparation.

Behind Strada success is their strict code of conduct. Club riders always ride in their bright Strada Racing kit, and as such, always represent the club. They follow all rules of the road, including stop signs and traffic signals, and they always use hand signals and ride only in the direction of traffic on the right-hand side of the road.

They ride in a tight pace line and maintain their own gear, and they use modesty when changing clothes at cycling events.

They

also maintain mindfulness so that no behaviors or speech can be misconstrued as offensive or inappropriate.

Mike and Lisa met Amy Cox on the road while riding at Legend Trails. Amy was just 15 years old and wanted to race mountain bikes with the best in the country. She went on to win the national championships and was ultimately selected to represent the US at the World Mountain Bike Championships in Scotland.

The rules may sound strict, but the Kolins believe strongly in personal and team integrity. “If you don’t follow the rules of the road, you’re going to make mistakes,” Lisa explains. “It’s a philosophy and a way of life. What you do on the road, you do in life outside of cycling as well.”

The serious pre-race look of 12-year-old Michael Hemmerlin, who has already amassed many individual race wins, 26 state championship titles and a fifth place in the national championships.

Due to his academic achievements, intelligence and drive, Michael was the only public school student in Arizona to be awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Brophy Preparatory High School.

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Young riders are not only required and expected to get good grades, but they learn to require that of themselves as well. Riders of all ages learn to set goals, and also learn to recognize that the biggest mistake most people make is not in setting unreasonable expectations, but in not expecting enough of themselves.

Another unique approach is that the Kolins believe in meeting riders at their own level, and not making them feel uncomfortable about their need for growth. Many cycling clubs ride as a single large group, and slower or newer riders get left behind in the dust of

Cave Creek resident Stephen Bobko-Hillenaar moves into an aerodynamic tuck on the velodrome.

Stephen shares his time and airplane in his work with Angel Flight to help transport those with medical needs to specialty care sites across the country.

A typically energetic group of Strada riders enjoy a stop for water in Carefree after almost four hours in the saddle. Riders here range from 11 to 68 years of age.

Drew Albert, a Strada junior prodigy who showing his form as he drops his adult competition at the Sun Devil Classic. While Drew was still a junior, he reached the top level of the sport in Arizona, then went to ASU with top honors on his way to medical school.

Father and son Tanner (12) and Ty Bohlender, share the joy of Tanner’s first state championship win and a new Arizona state record at the Encino Velodrome in Los Angeles.

faster pedalers. Strada riders are matched by ability,

in 28 fast, flat, action-filled circuit races throughout the

regardless of age or the time they’ve spent riding so

day. For racing enthusiasts, or for those who just want

that no one is left behind and personal growth is always

to see the best the sport has to offer, this is the place

celebrated.

to be. Information and registration can be found online.

Not everyone wants to be a world-class cyclist, and that

Strada Racing is a truly unique program, and it provides

is fine with Strada. “We just ask that everybody always

all the tools needed for riders who are ready and willing

work to improve their skills,” Mike explains. “It doesn’t

to put in the work to succeed. What’s more, the group

matter if people want to ride recreationally or if they

offers a shared camaraderie that is rare along Valley

want to be world champions. There is so much group

streets and bike lanes.

support. It’s a family. It sounds kind of corny I know, but it’s the way it is.”

“To get on a bike is connecting nature to your inner self,” says Lisa. “It’s the zen of the pedal.”

Each year, the club promotes a charity ride to raise money for a cause important to the group. Over the

No matter which side of the bike lane divider you prefer

years, they have given to Angel Flight, Susan B. Komen

to traverse, Strada Racing is making an impact. They’re

and Madison Street Veterans Association.

working to promote understanding and excellence, and to bridge the gap between those who pedal and those

They also promote the Sun Devil Classic, which will take

who push the pedal. It’s really not so hard; it’s just like

place February 15 at ASU Research Park in Tempe. This

riding a bike.

elite-level criterium race showcases top riders from all over, and more than $15,000 in prizes will be distributed

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A Hand Up Writer Amanda Christmann Larson Photographer Bryan Black

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they’re almost invisible...

Nearly 30,000 men, women and children struggle

childcare resources, damaged self-worth, and lack

to survive in tiny concrete houses surrounded by

of education, increase the chances that a child

spiked iron fences and bouquets of weeds sprouting

will be neglected or abused. Crisis Nursery took in

along broken sidewalks. Few outsiders have reason

children who needed it most – and they still do.

to venture into this mid-city neighborhood; those who do lock their car doors as they speed by to

Now, 36 years later, its primary mission of

safer nearby routes of I-10 and SR51.

helping children remains intact, although services have expanded in an impressive and impactful

Yet behind the doors of many of these homes,

way. Last year, 910 children were provided with

something wonderful is happening. Preschoolers

emergency shelter, early learning and preschool.

are singing songs and learning to write their

In addition, over 800 families received foster care

names; parents are able to work without leaving

training or family support coordination. Since its

little ones home alone; and families who may, at

early beginnings, Crisis Nursery has served more

one time, been too pushed down by life to handle

than 21,000 at-risk children and their families

the responsibilities of caring for each other are

and is now the Valley’s longest-running children’s

finding ways to staying together.

shelter dedicated to stopping the cycle of child abuse and neglect.

Behind the glow of hope for so many is a small army of people who have done something truly remarkable:

The organization that started on a shoestring

They’ve looked beyond the labels and the stigma of

budget now makes the most out of an over

poverty and seen human beings in need, and they’re

$6 million budget collected primarily from kind

holding out their hands to help. These inspirational

corporate and individual donors who have walked

people – many of whom would never cross paths

through the doors and discovered something

otherwise – are a corps of compassion for abused,

beautiful happening inside.

neglected or homeless children.

Crisis Nursery grant writer David Wells is among They are Crisis Nursery. They are the glue that

the program’s biggest supporters. Like everyone

helps keep families strong, and they are the net

who spends their working day at the administration

for little ones when things fall apart.

office and daycare facility site, he loves his job.

As he speaks about it, he pauses more than once

In

1977,

Crisis

Nursery

started

in

two

tiny

to stop the tears that flood his eyes. A long-time

bungalows on Fillmore Street in this blighted

television art director and graphics producer, he

neighborhood. At that time, there were few services

has found more meaning and purpose in less

available to protect children who were abused or

than a year at Crisis Nursery than he did in over

neglected. Recent studies have confirmed what

17 years of broadcasting.

people in the area knew all along: risk factors associated with poverty, including stress, lack of

“I am honored to work here,” he says.

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And he should be. This is one organization packing a powerful punch when it comes to making a difference. On any given work day, the halls and playgrounds are teeming with energy, and little lives are changing.

The Crisis Nursery’s Families and Children Experiencing Success (FACES) program provides early learning services for local toddlers.

This year-round, full-day center looks more like something found in north Scottsdale than in central Phoenix. Here, children receive top-notch learning opportunities, as well as nutritious foods and physical, social and emotional development support. FACES family support specialists work with parents and children in their own homes to integrate learning and health in a holistic approach.

FACES Foster Care Support is a critical program provided by Crisis Nursery in partnership with Child Protective Services. Here, foster parents are certified and receive ongoing training to deal with the unique physical and psychological needs of some of the state’s 15,000 children currently in foster care. The program also facilitates partnerships between birth families and foster families for successful reunification when possible, or adoption or guardianship when it’s not safe for children to return to birth families.

The Crisis Nursery Children’s Shelter is a safe haven and temporary home for children threatened by abuse, neglect or homelessness.

It also provides a day respite program for emergencies that don’t require an overnight stay. Children receive health and developmental assessments while family crises are resolved, and parents can receive crisis counseling or be connected with services they need to make their families more stable.

Last but not least, the Crisis Nursery Family Support Coordination program is a multi-agency effort to pair families with the resources they need. “So often, people don’t know where they can turn for help,” explains Wells. “They don’t know what services are there for them to help them through the things they’re going through. Through the Family Support Coordination program, they find out that there are resources, and there are people who want to help them.”

The time, effort and financial contributions that go into these programs are not for naught. From an economic standpoint, Head Start and early childhood programs for vulnerable families

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are among the best social investments money can buy.

According to the National Head Start Association, for every dollar spent, America receives an investment return of $7 to $9 savings in long-term education, health, economic and social impacts. That adds up to a better economy and improved federal, state and local government finances.

What’s

more,

according

to

studies

from

Vanderbilt

University and others published in the American Economic Review and Economic Inquiry, children who participate in these programs are less likely to be obese, more likely to receive immunizations, and 19 to 25 percent less likely to smoke cigarettes as adults. Health care savings generated from healthy habits save everyone health care

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Notre Dame National Merit Semi-finalists

Writer Tom Scanlon

Oh, the temptations of life, especially for the young. A

every day there, you might as well learn how to enjoy it!” Her

high schooler can spend all his or her free time hanging

favorite subjects are math (“I like that a-ha moment.”) and

out with friends, watching trashy TV and goofy YouTube,

history (“I love the stories.”).

Facebooking and Instagram-ing, playing addictive video games, texting every 15 seconds …

While she is a powerhouse in class, her high school experience is hardly limited to books and tests. In addition

Yet there are those who fend off these tech-tations;

to playing midfield in soccer and competing in track

indeed, some around here have the fortitude to block out

and field, she is active in student government and the

those bouncing distractions and focus with tunnel-vision

Ambassadors Club and Diversity Club. The latter is fitting,

clarity on schoolwork and positive activities.

as she likes to stay active in a diverse number of ways.

“If I’m not really busy, I get bored.”

Allison Heredia and Grant Zaro are two examples of just how much you can do with discipline and time management.

Her typical school day: Up at 6:30 a.m., in school from

The two Notre Dame Prep seniors are National Merit Semi-

7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., then off to soccer practice or

Finalists; their PSAT and SAT scores ranked them in the

a club meeting after school. She’s usually back at her

top 16,000 nationally out of more than a million applicants.

family’s Paradise Valley home around 5 p.m., in time to shower, have dinner and hit the books for a few hours

The National Merit Scholarship Program named six other

before bedtime.

Notre Dame Prep seniors as 2013-2014 Commended Students, students in the top 5 percent of more than

“Sometimes, if I have homework done early I can sit on

1.5 million students taking the 2012 PSAT/National Merit

the couch with my family and watch TV shows we like –

Scholarship

but that’s not too often.”

Qualifying

Test:

Rachel

Blackbourn,

Erin

Bradford, Bridget Maguire, Evelyn Medai, Maya Patel and McKayla Tully.

Grant Zaro is another stranger to TV and wasting time. The north Scottsdale resident, also 17, is another straight-A

Heredia was also one of two Notre Dame students (Alexia

student who, like Heredia, crams as much productive work

Boden was the other) to earn a National Hispanic Recognition

into a day as he possibly can.

Program Scholar Award for academic excellence. She has never received a grade lower than an A.

A four-year varsity lacrosse player and two-year captain, he also swims and is a cross country runner. Zaro is

Early on, she came up with a strategy for school: “You spend

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president of the National Honor Society and a group

called the Bring It On Club, an all-male group: “It’s about us being the men God created us to be.” Once a week he is at the Scottsdale Airport for meetings of the Civil Air Patrol.

He is quite competitive, both athletically and scholastically, and says he has enjoyed the mix of academics, sports, activities and “religious aspect” of life at Notre Dame Prep.

He finished in the top 10 of a state-wide math competition the last two years and, in addition to sports, plays piano and saxophone in the school orchestra and jazz band.

Unlike some kids who get obsessed with pre-college tests, he didn’t take any of the various PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test) or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) prep classes. “But I did the SAT question-of-the-day online for several months in preparation for the PSAT -- and later SAT.” Though he wants to be a fighter pilot, he has little time or interest in the cool virtual reality versions of flying. “I don’t play video games. I don’t really have much time with my schedule to play video games,” he says.

During swimming season, he was usually up at 5 a.m. for practice, but now can sleep in until 6:30. After school, practice keeps him occupied until dinnertime. Afterward, the routine is study, study and more study. “Occasionally, I’ll watch sports on TV – if the Coyotes or Diamondbacks are playing.”

What’s his plan, after graduation? “I’m interested in the military, so I’ve applied to the Naval and Air Force academies and West Point. I hope to serve my country.”

Grant Zaro and Allison Heredia, who plans to study engineering in college and has several schools to choose from, are two students that may be used as shining examples, long after they have left the Scottsdale campus.

“You’re too tired for school?” teachers may be saying, a few years from now. “Why, I remember a student who used to do every activity you can imagine – and still got straight A’s and had one of the top test scores in the country!”

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Bridal and Formal Wear The Quintessential Bride and Formal Wear 18291 N. Pima Rd. A125 480-419-7755 www.qbrideandformals.com Buy and Sell Gold American Federal 480-553-5282 www.americanfederal.com College Paradise Valley Community College 602-493-2600 my.maricopa.edu COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE Animal Control 602-506-7387

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Desert Foothills Community Education 480-575-2440 Desert Foothills Land Trust 480-488-6131 Desert Foothills Theater 480-488-1981 Foothills Community Foundation 480-488-1090 McDowell Sonoran Conservancy 480-998-7971 www.mcdowellsonoran.org

Community Loan Closet 480-488-8400

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Rotary Club 480-585-9157

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Sonoran Arts League 480-575-6624

Foothills Food Bank 480-488-1145

Soroptimist International 480-522-6692

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YMCA 480-596-9622

Salvation Army 480-488-3590 St. Vincent de Paul Society 602-254-3338 COMMUNITY organizations American Legion Post No. 34 & Auxiliary 480-488-2669 Arizona Archaeological Society 480-595-9255 Arizona Musicfest 480-488-0806 Cave Creek Museum 480-488-2764 Desert Awareness Committee 480-488-1090

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Desert Foothills Community Association 480-488-4043

Florist Arizona Silk Flower 480-991-0285 23425 N. Scottsdale Rd. Ste A-107 Financial Planning Investments Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Pope Scanlon Team Glee Pope - 480-502-6072 Owen Scanlon - 480-922-7909 Summit Wealth Management 7202 E. Carefree Drive, Building 3, Suite 1 480-596-9222 www.summit-arizona.com Flooring Carefree Floors 480-515-9999 www.carefreefloors.com

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PEst control Paradise Pest Control 602-677-9780 www.paradisepest.com

Insurance Allstate Insurance Frank M. Schubert 480-515-6259

PET Supplies Pinnacle Horse & Pet 480-575-1242 6015 E. Cave Creek Road www.pinnaclehorseandpet.com

State Farm Kyle Vanlandingham 480-515-4400 Landscape Design and Maintenance A Couple of Green Thumbs 6061 E. Cave Creek Road 480-488-2155 www.acoupleofgreenthumbs.com Azul-Verde Design Group, Inc. 480-595-0611 www.azulverde.com Library Appaloosa Library 480-312-7323

Mayo Clinic 480-515-6296

Desert Broom Library 602-262-4636

Mayo Hospital 480-585-6296

Desert Foothills Library 480-488-2286

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Outdoor Furniture Carefree Outdoor Living 480-575-3091 www.carefreeoutdoor.com

Pool Design/construction Azul-Verde Design Group, Inc. 480-595-0611 www.azulverde.com

Outdoor Lighting Let There be Light, LLC 480-575-3204 www.lettherebelightllc.com

Post office Scottsdale Post Office 7339 E. Williams Dr. 480-513-2935

Parks Cave Creek Regional Park 623-465-0431

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Retirement Community The Heritage at Carefree 480-488-1622 www.heritagecarefree.com

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SCHOOL Annunciation Catholic School 480-361-8234

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McDowell Mtn Ranch KinderCare 480-538-0411 www.kindercare.com Notre Dame Preparatory 480-634-8200 www.notredamepreparatory.org Our Lady of Joy Preschool 480-595-6409 Paradise Valley Community College at Black Mountain 602-493-2600 Pinnacle High School 602-449-4000 Pinnacle Peak Elementary School 480-538-7120 www.pvschools.net Pope John XXIII Catholic School Community 480-905-0939 www.popejohnxxiii.org Quality Interactive Montessori School 480-575-5269 www.qimontessori.com Scottsdale Christian Academy 602-992-5100 www.scarizona.org Scottsdale Preparatory Academy 480-776-1970 www.scottsdaleprep.org

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Worship Black Mountain Baptist Church 480-488-1975 www.bmbcaz.com Black Mountain United Church of Christ 480-575-1801 www.bmucc.com Canyon Church of Christ 623-889-3388 www.canyonchurch.org Carefree Highway Community Church 480-488-5565 www.carefreechurch.us Cave Creek Adventist Fellowship 602-663-1268 www.cavecreekchurch.com Christ Anglican Episcopal Church 480-488-0525 www.christchurchaz.org Christ the Lord Lutheran 480-488-2081 www.ctlcarefree.org Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 480-488-3035 www.lds.org Congregation Or Chadash 480-342-8858 www.congregationorchadash.org Coolwater Christian Church 480-585-5554 www.coolwaterchurch.org Covenant Community Church 480-419-0844 www.covcom.us Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church 623-465-9461 Desert Foothills Lutheran Church 480-585-8007 www.dflc.org Desert Hills Presbyterian Church 480-488-3384 www.deserthills.org

Desert Mission United Methodist Church 480-595-1814 www.desertmissionumc.org Desert Valley Baptist Church 623-465-9461 Episcopal Church-The Nativity 480-307-9216 www.nativityscottsdale.org First Baptist Church of Cave Creek 480-488-2958

North Valley Church of Christ 480-473-7611 www.nvcoc.net Our Lady of Joy Catholic Church 480-488-2229 www.oloj.org Pinnacle Presbyterian Church 480-585-9448 www.pinnaclepres.org Redeemer Lutheran Church 480-585-7002 redeemer.vze.com

First Church of Christ Scientist 480-488-2665 www.csarizona.com

Sanctuary Church 480-656-0081 www.sanctuaryforscottsdale.com

Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church 480-488-3283 www.goodshepherdaz.org

Son Rise Community Church 480-502-2834 www.sonrisescottsdale.org

Highlands Church 480-348-9191 www.highlandschurch.org Light of the Desert Lutheran Church 480-563-5500 www.lightofthedesert.org Living Water Lutheran Church 480-473-8400 www.lwlcaz.org Lone Mountain Fellowship Church 480-818-5653 www.lonemountainfellowship.org Mountain Valley Church 602-531-5432 www.mountainvalleychurch.com New Covenant Lutheran Church 480-860-0169 www.newcovenantaz.org

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Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center 480-488-5218 www.spiritinthedesert.org St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church 480-661-9843 www.stbernardscottsdale.org St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church 480-595-0883 www.stgacc.org St. Patrick’s Catholic Community Church 480-998-3843 www.stpatrickscottsdale.org Via de Cristo United Methodist Fellowship 480-515-4490 www.viadecristo.com

North Scottsdale Christian 480-367-8182 www.northscottsdalechristian.com North Ridge Community Church 480-515-4673 www.northridge.org

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recipe

Tom Ford Cocktail

Writer Stephanie Maher Palenque // Recipe courtesy of Ryan Richardson (pictured) of Kazimierz World Wine Bar

Shaken or stirred, neat or on the rocks, the Fifth Annual Devour Phoenix Bartending Competition promises to be tasty and refreshing. Two of this year’s competing “startenders” agreed to share their recipes with us – a sneak sip, if you will.

If it turns out that a sip isn’t enough, plan on attending the competition February 9 at Crescent Ballroom.

Tickets are $20 each and may be purchased by visiting www.crescentphx.com/event442567. With seven samples in total, accompanied by live acoustic music sets and two-energy-infused rounds of high-stakes mixology, it may be the best $20 you’ve ever spent!

Ryan Richardson of Kazimierz World Wine Bar developed this smooth cocktail specifically for the Devour Bartending Competition. He said, “I wanted something bourbon-centric, but approachable and unforgettable! I’m super proud of this cocktail. The awesome AZ Distilling Company Bourbon is the backbone with a touch of Absolut Apeach, my own prickly-pear-infused orange blossom honey syrup, fresh lemon and quinine on ice. My owner is aghast at how much AZ Distilling Bourbon and Absolut Apeach he’s had to order recently!”

Ingredients: 2 oz Arizona Distilling Co. Copper City Bourbon ¾

Shake over ice. Strain into double old-fashioned glass with new ice

1 oz Absolut Apeach

and top with 1.5 to 2 ounces of tonic water. (If you opened the

oz fresh squeezed lemon juice, strained

bottle of tonic in the last hour, open a new one.) Garnish with a

½ oz prickly pear-infused raw honey syrup (50/50)

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ridiculously ornate lemon twist.

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