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One offi cer’s war on blight

Glendale Officer Chuck Buffington has made it his mission to target the eyesores dragging down the Granada Estates area.

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Glendale Police Officer Chuck Buffington stands in front of a vacant home in Granada Estates. The property is plagued by vagrants and drug abusers. NICK OZA/THE REPUBLIC

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How one police offi cer is battling eyesores Jen Fifield

Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

A fence meant to keep out trespassers is wide open when Glendale Police Offi cer Chuck Buffi ngton pulls up to the vacant mobile home.

He walks around the back to check it out.

The white mobile home, near 67th Avenue and Mary Jane Lane, is in bad shape. The windows and doors are boarded up, the roof has collapsed and the back half is charred by a recent fi re.

Drug users and vagrants have taken refuge in the empty trailer for years.

This time, Buffi ngton suspects the gate is open for a less dubious reason.

He walks back out and confi rms the good news: City-hired workers are inside testing for lead-based paint and asbestos, in preparation for demolition.

The building is coming down soon after repeated failures to keep trespassers out.

This small initiative is a big deal for this neighborhood. For years, residents in Granada Estates, an ungated community of hundreds of mobile homes just south of Arrowhead (where the wealthiest Glendale residents live), have seen their neighborhood go downhill.

Weeds grew, junk piled up, streets crumbled, buildings collapsed and vacant and rental properties created an inviting place for drug users and sellers.

Half of all current property code violations in north Glendale are in this neighborhood, and an analysis by The Arizona Republic found, in at least part of the neighborhood, it takes a few weeks longer than the city’s average to get the code violations corrected.

Buffi ngton, who has been in his role on the Police Department’s Community Action Team since June, is trying to clean it up.

His eff orts may benefi t the rest of Glendale, too. He has shined a light on citywide problems, such as the lack of proactive enforcement of property code rules, outdated and vague rules that allow eyesores to linger, and inequities in how quickly code violations are fi xed around the city.

Changes afoot Glendale City Council members al-

A property owned by Linda and Robert Hiner on Mary Jane Lane in Glendale may soon be demolished. NICK OZA/THE REPUBLIC

ready knew there were issues.

The most common code violations — eyesores that frustrate residents — are overgrown weeds, vehicles in front yards and other improper parking, inoperable vehicles just sitting there, vacant homes and construction without permits.

Vice Mayor Joyce Clark said she hasn’t “been able to take pride” in her community in recent years because of it.

Couple the council’s interest with Buffi ngton’s pot stirring, and changes are on the way. These things happened in just the past few months: ❚ Councilman Ray Malnar, whose district includes Granada Estates, created a code review committee that will recommend tweaks to the rules to correct nuisances more effi ciently. ❚ The city began searching for a consultant to update zoning rules, which includes the nuisance code. ❚ The city hired a new development services director after the former director resigned in what Malnar said was a “mutual resignation.” ❚ The city hired a consultant to recommend ways the city can better manage property issues. ❚ The city purchased software to better analyze problem areas.

Glendale offi cials also are considering tougher enforcement that would give the city the right to clean up occupied properties at the property owner’s expense and to foreclose on troublesome vacant properties.

Malnar said he has advocated for changes to how the city cleans up eyesores since soon after he was elected in

2015.

But it wasn’t until this fall, when he received information from Buffi ngton and when complaints from residents escalated, that he began pushing harder.

City not as clean as it once was Glendale isn’t as clean as it was before the Great Recession, Tim Boling, the city’s code compliance offi cial, acknowledged.

Back then, with a full staff and fewer issues, the city conducted proactive sweeps to keep properties looking nice, he said.

When the recession hit a decade ago, he said, the city cut staffi ng, including slashing its code compliance agency in half. At the same time, across metro Phoenix, the housing crisis pushed many residents from their homes, leaving more vacant properties.

“Everything kind of deteriorated a little bit during the recession,” Boling said.

“That’s kind of when code compliance wasn’t nearly as proactive in keeping the neighborhoods clean.”

The city has hired more code inspectors since then, and the department is almost where it used to be, according to Boling and Stephen Dudley, the city’s building safety offi cial.

“Things are moving in the right direction,” Dudley said.

Still, there was a time when 72 percent of cases were opened proactively by code offi cials who spotted problems in neighborhoods. That represents 51 percent of cases now. More residents must call to complain to get something

done.

Boling said his goal is to get it back to 72 percent.

On average, from the time of the fi rst inspection, it takes the city 38 days to get owners to correct violations, according to The Republic’s analysis of city data, which included cases opened after January 2016.

In some areas, fi xes take longer. It takes the longest, or 57 days, in 85382 — a ZIP code that includes Granada Estates west of 67th Avenue.

The problem underlying all of this is a sense of accountability among neighbors, Vice Mayor Clark has said.

Longtime Granada Estates residents reminisce about the days when their community was cleaner and more family-friendly.

In the past decade or so, they say, investors have bought and rented out properties. Some have turned into drug houses, according to Buffi ngton.

“Before, the neighborhood was mainly older, retired folks,” resident David Giles said. “A younger generation moved in.”

The burned-out mobile home on Mary Jane Lane, visible from busy 67th Avenue, is among the fi rst impressions for many entering Granada Estates.

Scottsdale residents Linda and Robert Hiner bought it back in 2006, not planning to live there but perhaps for family or as a retirement home later.

Linda Hiner said they have tried to keep the place boarded up and secure, but it is a target for vagrants. They haven’t been able to keep up.

“It’s really hard when you feel like you’re targeted,” Hiner said of vagrants.

City offi cials started boarding it up in August 2017, according to case history obtained through an Arizona public records request.

Offi cials went back the next month and boarded it up again. And then the next month.

The issues continued from there.

Police question processes Buffi ngton, who has served as a police offi cer in Glendale for 22 years, said he spent enough years working undercover in narcotics to know that to create change, you must solve the root cause of See EYESORES, Page 4

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the problem, not just write tickets and make arrests.

He believes in the “broken windows” policing theory.

“If people walk by a building and see a broken window, they say, ‘OK, I’m going to break the next window,’ ” he said.

“It’s just domino eff ects. And that’s exactly what’s happening in Granada Estates.”

In the neighborhood, he patrols slowly, with his windows down, and gets out to talk to people who are outside.

“I’ve gone through probably about 500 (business) cards now,” he said.

Giles and other residents say they like knowing there is someone they can call if they see a concern.

Still, many residents fear their own neighbors, so they don’t report what they see, according to Buffi ngton and some residents. They don’t want to be labeled a snitch.

“I still think they are scared of the people who are using the drugs,” Buffi ngton said. “They don’t think we are going to do anything for them.”

Buffi ngton said his fi rst attempts to get block watches going failed partly because of that.

After meeting people and listening to their concerns, he began to ask ques-

tions about how the city enforced code and building-safety issues.

For example, in Granada Estates, it’s often unclear where the street ends and property begins, because there are no curbs. People park all over their property, in areas they consider driveways.

Police are supposed to enforce street parking and Code Compliance is supposed to enforce parking on properties, but it wasn’t clear to Buffi ngton where these cars were parked.

He eventually met with Code Compliance staff to work through who would do what.

Assistant Police Chief Rich LeVander, who is a member of Malnar’s code review committee, said police offi cers like Buffi ngton want to better understand how Code Compliance works, including how the department prioritizes issues and keeps records.

“Is it effi cient and eff ective?” he asked.

The city’s Code Compliance Department doesn’t monitor trends to track progress or fi nd problem spots. And while district-level analysis can be done using the city’s current system, Malnar said Boling told him it wasn’t possible.

The City Council voted April 9 to buy a new case management system that Boling says will allow city staff and the public to more accurately and quickly track cases and trends, and share reSee EYESORES, Page 5

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The department also doesn’t track the total that property owners owe Glendale for the city’s work cleaning their property. The spreadsheet it keeps doesn’t allow for analysis.

Some residents have said that city management is the issue, not city policies or software.

In January, shortly after the Code Compliance Department really came under fi re by council members, the city’s development services director, Sam McAllen, resigned.

Just prior to that, Councilman Malnar, faced with ongoing complaints from a resident, responded by saying, “I know Code has not been doing their job.”

Malnar later told The Republic that he wanted to backtrack on that statement after learning more about the department’s limitations.

The city’s zoning code hasn’t been updated since the 1990s.

Property catches fi re Some cases just seem to linger.

Buffi ngton keeps his eye on those places in Granada Estates and notifi es the city when he sees something in need of a fi x.

In August, Buffi ngton asked building services to inspect the property at Mary Jane Lane because of what he thought were unsafe conditions. The inspectors agreed and sent a note to the Hiners asking them to demolish or repair the mobile home.

When November came and the vacant home remained in the same condition, the city posted a notice of public hearing for demolition of the property.

All the while, neighbors watched vagrants and drug users come and go from the property.

The situation escalated on Jan. 12, when the white mobile home caught fi re.

It was the third vacant building to catch fi re in Granada Estates in the past year, Buffi ngton said.

Across Glendale, vacant properties like this are more troublesome for city offi cials.

It takes the city about 70 days to clear code violations on vacant properties, according to The Republic’s analysis.

Buffi ngton, Boling and Malnar said they want to borrow two ideas from Phoenix that would toughen up their policies.

One would aff ect occupied homes, the other would be for vacant homes.

If a property owner of an occupied home didn’t comply after repeated warnings, citations and violations, Glendale would consider asking the court for permission to clean the property and place a lien on it.

This would let city offi cials fi x an issue, rather than just collect money from fi nes.

Glendale only does this for vacant properties right now and doesn’t always recoup the money spent.

Residents owe the city at least $150,000 for cleanup work on vacant properties, according to liens dating back to 2005.

Glendale is considering taking enforcement for troublesome vacant properties a step further — by taking the property away from the owner.

Phoenix already does this. After about a year of warnings and attempts to collect on past-due liens, the city sends a notice to the property owner expressing its intent to foreclose on the property, said Betsy Cable, Phoenix’s code compliance manager.

Just sending the notice almost always solves the problem. Nearly 95 percent of the time, after the city sends the letter, the property owner pays the lien in full or starts payments, Cable said.

Making homeowners accountable Glendale for years has used the forced demolition process to solve the most egregious vacant property cases.

That’s what’s happening with the mobile home on Mary Jane Lane.

At a February abatement hearing, a building safety offi cial asked the Hiners to demolish their property or allow the city to demolish it within 30 days.

The Hiners are working with the city’s neighborhood revitalization offi ce for fi nancial assistance and to obtain a demolition contractor.

It usually takes about 90 days before demolition can begin.

Buffi ngton is watching.

Data reporters Justin Price and Pamela Ren Larson contributed to this story.

Reach the reporter at jen.fi fi eld@azcentral.com or at 602444-8763. Follow her on Twitter @JenAFifi eld.

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Peoria couple’s death likely murder-suicide BrieAnna J. Frank Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

Offi cials on Wednesday said a shooting in Peoria over last weekend that left a husband and wife dead was being investigated as a murder-suicide.

The couple were identifi ed as 39year-old Carin Donnelly and 39-yearold James Donnelly, the Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Offi ce said.

Offi cials received a report of a possible domestic dispute and shooting near Happy Valley Road and Vistancia Boulevard at around 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Deputies found Carin Donnelly dead and her

A Tucson man died while diving at Lake Pleasant. LAURA GÓMEZ/THE REPUBLIC

Body of diver who went missing at Lake Pleasant on May 4 is recovered Grace Oldham

Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

A team of divers on Tuesday recovered the body of a man, identifi ed as Joshua Rosen of Tucson, who was reported missing at Lake Pleasant over last weekend.

Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Offi ce Lake Patrol divers and Commercial Divers International of Goodyear found his body in approximately 200 feet of water, offi cials said.

The team of specialized scuba divers began the search last Saturday.

Rosen was diving with two others on the Old Waddell Dam when he

failed to resurface, the MCSO said.

“Great job to everyone involved, as this required specialized, technical scuba divers,” Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez said in a tweet Tuesday.

A dive team was dispatched to the lake for an “overdue diver that was doing recreational diving with two other individuals,” Sgt. Calbert Gillett said.

The investigation into Rosen’s death is ongoing, but there are no indications of suspicious circumstances, offi cials said.

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husband seriously injured, MCSO spokesman Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez said.

He said that offi cials determined Donnelly shot and killed his wife and then attempted to kill himself.

Donnelly was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died of his injuries, Enriquez said.

The couple had been married for three years.

There were no outstanding suspects in the case, Enriquez said.

An investigation was ongoing.

Reach the reporter at bfrank@arizonarepublic.com or follow her on Twitter @brieannafrank.

Have you seen this truck that hit a Glendale boy?

Dani Coble

Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

Glendale police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the driver in a hit-and-run that sent a 12-year-old boy to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The boy was riding his skateboard near 63rd Avenue and Camelback Road around 8:45 p.m. Monday when a truck traveling south struck him in the road-

way and fl ed the scene, police said.

The boy was hospitalized with lifethreatening injuries, police said.

The dark box truck has a white rear cargo door with a logo resembling the number 1 and an American fl ag.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Glendale Police Department at 623-930-3000. To make an anonymous tip, call Silent Witness at 480WITNESS (480-948-6377), or for Spanish 480-TESTIGO (480-837-8446).

Glendale police believe this box truck struck a 12-year-old boy, then fled the scene. GLENDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT

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This AZ meadery just won national award Lauren Saria

Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Jennifer and Jeff Herbert of Arizona’s Superstition Meadery the 2019 Small Business Persons of the Year. The couple were chosen from a pool of 50 business owners, each representing their home state.

According to a statement from acting SBA Administrator Chris Pilkerton, the Herberts were selected in part because of how successfully they used SBA fi nancial and counseling assistance to grow their business, which also has been awarded for being one of the best breweries in the world.

“I am pleased to see how the SBA assisted Jennifer and Jeff to expand on their idea and grow their business in a unique market,” Pilkerton said.

What’s Superstition Meadery?

The Herberts founded Superstition Meadery in 2012 and are based in Prescott. Jeff began making mead after Jennifer gave him a brewery kit as a gift in 2007. He is the company’s CEO. Jennifer serves as CSO. In their fi rst year of business, the couple produced 300 gallons of cider and mead, a fermented beverage made from honey. They opened a tasting room in downtown Prescott in 2014 but quickly outgrew the space and expanded to an off -site production facility also in Prescott.

Earlier in 2019, the couple announced plans to open a second tasting room in downtown Phoenix.

The Phoenix tasting room and restaurant will establish a physical foothold for the business in the Valley. It will be located in a historic building on the northeast corner of 11th and Washington streets.

Jeff and Jen Herbert own and operate Superstition Meadery in Prescott. SUPERSTITION MEADERY

Other award wins RateBeer, a widely respected beer review site, also recognized the couple for their achievements this year.

The website announces its annual RateBeer Best awards every January. It includes lists of the best new brewers,

best new beers, best places for beers, best beers and best brewers. The 2018 awards, announced in early 2019, named Superstition Meadery as the 35th best brewer in the world. The meadery was the only Arizona company to make the list of 100 top brewers.

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Cru Berry was also named best mead.

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Everyone honors their mom in diff erent ways. If I can help pass along my Momma’s treasured family recipes and share them with you, then I know I’m absolutely honoring her.

You’ve heard it a million times, but in just about any Italian family, food is love. So to honor Momma this Mother’s Day, I’m reaching into to the cookbook that she and I created together, “Momma & Me You,” to share one of the best recipes and stories we could have included.

Momma’s Golden Chicken is a mouth-watering way to serve poultry.

It’s so moist, in fact, that you can literally cut it with a fork. I’ve heard from countless readers that Momma’s Golden Chicken is a regular dinnertime favorite. The recipe also comes with a family secret as juicy as the breaded cutlets!

In fact, this dish ignited a downright rivalry between my mom and her mom.

Years ago, the kitchen of my family’s gourmet Italian restaurant at Lake Tahoe was Momma’s undisputed domain.

She had built her reputation on her original recipes and made-to-order dishes.

In this cuisine, she reigned supreme.

That is, until she broke her leg skiing and let her mom take over the kitchen.

Well, in short order, my Nonna went rogue, disregarding Momma’s menu and methods and happily feeding guests the way she wanted to! It all ended well, though, and Momma even got a great recipe out of the ordeal — this Golden Chicken.

Would you be surprised if I told you that through the years, Momma has changed it up a bit making it her own?

Maybe going rogue runs in the family!

I hope you can make a beautiful plate of Golden Chicken with your mom soon.

Momma’s Golden Chicken

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

Marinate chicken for an hour before cooking. JAN D'ATRI/SPECIAL TO THE REPUBLIC

3 eggs ⁄ 4 cup half and half 1 ⁄ 4 cup Romano cheese, grated 3 cloves garlic, minced fi ne 1 ⁄ 4 cup Sherry wine 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped fi ne 1 ⁄ 2 teaspoon salt 1 ⁄ 2 teaspoon pepper 1 cup fl our 11⁄ 2 cups Italian-style breadcrumbs 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 ⁄ 2 cup chicken broth 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Wash, pat dry and cut each chicken breast into 3-4 slices lengthwise. Place chicken pieces in a zipper-seal bag and gently pound each piece to 1⁄ 4-inch thick.

In a bowl, beat the eggs, half and half, cheese, garlic, wine, parsley, salt and pepper. Divide mixture into two bowls.

Place the chicken in one of the bowls, cover and marinate for one hour.

Prepare three shallow dishes or pie pans. Place fl our in the fi rst, the remaining egg mixture in the second and the breadcrumbs in the third. Dredge chicken pieces in fl our, then dip into egg mixture and then coat with breadcrumbs.

In a large frying pan on medium-high heat, fry chicken in olive oil until golden brown on both sides, about 3-4 minutes.

Pour broth over chicken and dot with pieces of butter. Cook for 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

Serves 4.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Riding my bike to work Although the daytime temperatures are getting warmer, it’s still a good time to get out and enjoy the days, especially by walking or running or, my favorite way, by bicycling.

Living here near Old Town Scottsdale, and with a work commute that is only about 2-1/2 miles each way, I bikecommute year-round.

I fi nd that my rides around here are both invigorating and calming. By obeying traffi c laws, riding with the fl ow of traffi c on the streets, wearing a helmet and a fl agger’s vest, using my headlight and taillight, and watching the traffi c coming up behind me in my mirror, I fi nd that the vast majority of drivers here are courteous and careful.

Also, I almost always use my hand signals, which alerts drivers and others about what I am going to do. Because of all of this, I almost never have anything even vaguely resembling a dangerous situation come up, and I love being able to ride around here safely.

To all of the drivers I interact with, I say, “Thank you for being so courteous!”

I hope to keep riding for many more years!

Stuart Handley, Scottsdale

In defense of Glendale mayor The idea expressed in a recent news story that it was an extravagant waste of money for the mayor of Glendale to visit a Norwegian Sister City needs to be challenged.

Having served on the board and also as president of the Phoenix Sister Cities Commission, I have seen the enormous benefi ts of Sister Cities’ business and cultural exchanges.

Our beautiful three-acre Japanese Garden in central Phoenix is a direct result of the Sister Cities program, as is the international Through Each Others Eyes photo exchange, and as are summer youth exchanges in which Valley high school students stay with families abroad and experience how people live in a foreign country.

Most Sister Cities programs are selffunded, but a visit by the mayor and/or council members is often essential to their success here and abroad.

Would people consider it a waste of money if their mayor attended a threeday conference in New York City or Seattle at city expense?

As we have found throughout the Valley, Sister Cities programs enrich lives and provide cultural and economic benefi ts. We need more trips of this nature, not fewer.

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Riding Dad’s coattails I have diffi culty with the off spring of famous politicians having any right to lecture us about right and wrong and the American way. Meghan McCain and Patti Davis Reagan come to mind.

Their last names do not give them the deserved or warranted right to lecture anyone about Republicans or anything else. One of them chooses a mindnumbing TV show and the other chooses a left-wing publication to air their views.

I may respect their elders, but most certainly do not respect them, or give any credence to their views.

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Utilities must cut carbon As a Tempe resident and retired sociologist who cares deeply about climate change, I am counting on Salt River Project to adopt a stronger carbon-reduction goal that is more in line with climate science.

SRP is currently in the planning stages of setting its long-term sustainability goals. Collectively, we must limit climate change to 1-2 degrees Celsius.

Climate change is already having dire impacts on Arizona and the global community: heat, drought, forest fi res, land and sea animal extinctions, and mass immigration from countries suff ering the most from these conditions.

We need a cap on total carbon emissions, and that means establishing a “mass-based goal” that limits emissions to 7 to 9 million tons. It’s the scientifi c approach to building a sustainable future.

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That’s the play on words behind the unoffi cial “Star Wars Day” observed May 4 and referencing the classic “Star Wars” line, “May the Force be with you.”

Downtown Glendale celebrated the day this year when May 4 coincided with Free Comic Book Day, an annual national promotion dating to 2002 and set for the fi rst Saturday of May. Drawn to Comics teamed up with the Velma Teague Library for what shop owner Ken Brown called “our most exciting Free Comic Book Day event to date” to celebrate comics and pop culture.

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Mother’s Day challenge: 420,000+ foster-care kids remain in need of a mom Your Turn Dan Shufelt Guest columnist

May brings the start of the summer season — new growth and life is all around, kids are fi nishing up the school year and everyone is looking forward to a summer fi lled with fun.

Mother’s Day, quite appropriately, is in May, reminding all of us how important the love and support of our moms are in our lives. My mom, who did an unbelievable job of raising eight children, has been gone for over seven years. I still think of her every day, and I am so grateful to her for dedicating her heart and soul to her family, and to me.

May is also National Foster Care Month, established by President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Its original focus was to give foster parents the recognition they deserve for opening their hearts and

homes. I think it’s so appropriate that May is a time to celebrate both Mother’s Day and Foster Care Month.

At Arizona Helping Hands, we meet amazing moms (and dads) who go the extra mile to change their lives for fragile boys and girls who don’t have the love and support of moms like mine. The life of a child who has been traumatized by abuse and neglect can truly be enriched by that one caring adult, that special individual who steps up to say, “You are special, you are loved!”

Moms are the emotional backbones of a family. They provide the structure, the love, the encouragement to help their children succeed. I think of moms like Victoria, who has fostered 39 children. The children in her home have been blessed by having her as their mom. She has been a saving grace for damaged and hurting boys and girls who, without her, may not be with us today.

Her role as a foster mom has provided stability and love to children who were

crying out for help.

I have so many stories to share of the love that foster moms provide to kids in need. I think of the young woman who recently came to us for support when she received her third foster placement.

She gives all of her love and support to the babies who are placed in her care, fully knowing that they could be with her for just days, maybe for weeks, or possibly for a lifetime.

She doesn’t hesitate to invest every fi ber of her being to support each and every child who comes into her care. She never holds back, knowing that a baby she has grown to love with every piece of her heart could be gone tomorrow.

Rather, she takes the risk, she invests herself fully and she provides love and support to make one child’s life just a little bit better.

This is the challenge for every foster parent. You have to take the risk, to make the commitment, knowing that if it is a moment, or a lifetime, you have helped a child. You have loved, cared,

and changed the life of a boy or girl in need.

I send wishes to every mom for a happy Mother’s Day. Your compassion and love will stay with your child for their entire lives. A very special happy Mother’s Day to every foster mom. Latest statistics show that there are 420,000+ kids in foster care in the United States.

So many kids who are in need of a mom like Victoria to love them.

Please know that the risk that you take is worth it. No matter the duration, you will be remembered, appreciated and treasured. Like my amazing mother, the love and commitment you make to the child in your care will never be forgotten.

Thank you foster moms, adoptive moms and all moms.

Dan Shufelt is president and CEO of Arizona Helping Hands, the largest provider of basic needs to Arizona’s children in foster care. Learn more about the organization and how you can help at www.azhelpinghands.org.

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What summer reading will prepare your child to be a ‘Jeopardy!’ champ?

Best Reads for Kids Anita N. Voelker Guest columnist

If I were a gambler, I would bet on who will be the “James Holzhauer” of the next generation. Before I tell you who it is, I should probably share a bit about Holzhauer, just in case you haven’t been watching television in the evenings.

The 34-year-old professional sports gambler is best known for his recent long-running championship of the American game show “Jeopardy!” Not long ago, Holzhauer revealed his source as he prepared for his appearances on “Jeopardy!”: non-fi ction children’s

books.

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Unlike adults, children do not see non-fi ction as merely functional. Children want three qualities in informational books: interesting reading, accuracy and, most importantly, books that let them become experts. This is also why Holzhauer made a good choice in his reading material as he prepared to compete on “Jeopardy!”

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But there are many other excellent non-fi ction books by other publishers.

Here are a few you might want to check out! ❚ Preschool-Grade 1: “Insects and Crawley Creatures” by Angela Royston, illustrated by Jane Cradock-Weston and Dave Hopkins. ❚ Grades 2- 5: “The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins” by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Brian Selznick. ❚ Grades 6 and up: “Bomb: The Race to Build — and Steal — the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon” by Steve Sheinkin (any book by this author is worth reading!) ❚ Family read-aloud for all ages: Any book by Steve Jenkins.

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It was the fi rst offi cial library class of the year, but Ian told me he had already checked out two books that he called “non-fi ction” from the library during recess earlier in the week.

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