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Former POW advocates for U.S. veterans BY TRACY DEMETROPOLIS

ANTHEM — In October 1967, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Kirk was flying over Hanoi, Vietnam, strapped into the cockpit of his F-105 Thunderchief. Kirk, a squadron commander, was leading the largest bombing raid of the war up to that point. He was 38 years old with 17 years of military experience behind him. He was a man at the top of his field. The objective of this mission – his 67th in Vietnam – was to bomb a bridge in the North Vietnamese capital city. This would be his last mission of the war.

Just before dropping his bombs over the bridge, Kirk was hit by Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire. Even though his plane was on fire, he was able to drop the bombs and turn south. He knew that if he could fly 50 miles south, U.S. troops could rescue

(Above): Anthem resident Thomas Kirk, a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, receives the 2020 Storyteller Award from the Veterans Heritage Project on March 7. (Top): Kirk beside his plane in 1957, a few years after the Korean conflict. Photos courtesy of Thomas Kirk

him. Going about 600 miles per hour, Kirk had made it 30 miles when his hydraulic flight controls burned up and his plane went into a nosedive. He had no choice but to eject. He landed, unconscious, in a plowed field and was immediately captured by Vietnamese civilians and handed over to North Vietnamese soldiers. Last Saturday, Kirk, now a 91-year-old Anthem resident, accepted the 2020 Storyteller of the Year award at this year’s Saluting Soldiers Service Gala. The gala was hosted by the Phoenix-based non-profit Veterans Heritage Project, which offers a civics education course where students conduct indepth interviews with veterans about their wartime experiences. These stories are compiled and published in an annual book called “Since You Asked.” Kirk was paired with a student who met with him 10 times, and his stories were published in the 2012 edition. Veterans Heritage Project executive director Michelle DiMuro said the storytelling that happens through the program is a win for everyone. “It’s cathartic for veterans as they share their wisdom, and educational for students as they learn first-hand lessons in history, civics and leadership. Plus, it creates an incredible history of our country through

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(Top) Crews from Daisy Mountain Fire and Medical and the Phoenix Fire Department responded to a semi-truck fire at the Shell gas station in New River on Monday. Although the tractor portion of the truck was completely destroyed (Left), there were no reported injuries. The driver told officials he exited I-17 in order to avoid possibly igniting a wildfire.

Rattlesnakes 101, Part 1

Leave them alone – they’ll leave you alone BY TRACY DEMETROPOLIS

CAVE CREEK — Spring means different things to people in different parts of the country. Spring to a Midwesterner might mean tulips and green grass, while someone in California might associate spring with wild poppies and beach picnics. In many parts of Arizona, spring means baseball, spectacular weather and rattlesnakes. While many people cringe at the mention of the venomous reptiles, rattlesnakes are often misunderstood, according to reptile enthusiast Mark Paulat, who is an Interpretive Ranger at the Cave Creek Regional Park. Paulat caught his first snake

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with a fishing net at the age of seven. He’s been a fan of snakes and other reptiles ever since. Paulat cares for the reptiles and other critters at the park’s Nature Center. He said rattlesnakes are shy creatures who just want to “find food, water and a date.” People who live in “rattlesnake country” don’t get bitten very often, he said, but when they do it’s probably because they did something stupid like poke the snake with a stick. “You live in the Sonoran Desert, but you’re walking in the backyard in the dark, barefoot? You have to use common sense

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Cave Creek Rodeo Days crowns new Queens New River resident named Teen Queen said. “I’m looking forward to the many community events I will attend and the relationships I will be able to form as the 2020 Cave Creek Rodeo Days Queen.” Pettus graduated from Higley High School in Gilbert in 2018 and is currently studying business at Central Arizona

PRCA performances will start at 7:30 p.m. Gates will open at Noon on Sunday, March 29 with the PRCA performance starting at 2 p.m. Rodeo ticket prices range from $27 to $200, with discounts available online through March 20.

“When I was young, the only thing I wanted to do was go fast on my horse. Being the Cave Creek Rodeo Days Teen Queen is a dream come true.” Peyton Sourant

Peyton Sourant of New River (left) and Kiersten Pettus of Gilbert (right) will represent Cave Creek Rodeo Days at events throughout the Southwest during the remainder of 2020 and into early 2021. Photo courtesy of Cave Creek Rodeo Days

Cave Creek Rodeo Days Queen Kiersten Pettus of Gilbert. Photo courtesy of Cave Creek Rodeo Days

CAVE CREEK — On February 15, Cave Creek Rodeo Days organizers crowned the Queen and Teen Queen for the 2020-2021 rodeo season. Kiersten Pettus of Gilbert won the title of Cave Creek Rodeo Days Queen, and New River resident Peyton Sourant was crowned Teen Queen. Contestants were judged on their horsemanship, personality, appearance and understanding of the sport of rodeo. The pair will travel the Turquoise Circuit, representing Cave Creek Rodeo Days at events throughout the Southwest during the remainder of 2020 and into early 2021. “I love showing the thrills of the rodeo world and the western way of life to those with little knowledge of rodeo,” Pettus

College. She plans to pursue bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting after graduating. Her favorite hobbies include barrel racing, riding with the Copper State Renegades Equestrian Drill Team and taking photographs as a freelance photographer. Sourant, a sophomore at Boulder Creek High School in north Phoenix, started riding horses at five-year-old. She enjoys competing in team and breakaway roping and is passionate about preserving western heritage and the cowgirl way of life. Now in its 43rd year, Cave Creek Rodeo Days kicks off on Saturday, March 21 at 9 a.m. with the traditional Cave Creek Rodeo Days parade through town. On Tuesday, March 24, the Cave Creek Rodeo Days Golf Tournament will take place at Rancho Mañana Golf Club in Cave Creek. Rodeo weekend is set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 27, 28 and 29 at Cave Creek Memorial Arena with three Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) performances featuring top-ranking PRCA and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) contestants. Gates will open at 5 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday, March 27 and March 28.

New River resident Peyton Sourant, who was crowned the 2020/2021 Teen Queen, is a sophomore at Boulder Creek High School in Phoenix. Photo courtesy of Cave Creek Rodeo Days

While parking at the rodeo arena is free, taking the free shuttle bus from town is another option. Attendees can save $5 when purchasing tickets on the bus. Check the website for specific locations and departure times. For more details, visit Cavecreekrodeo. com, call (480) 304-5634 or email info@ cavecreekrodeo.com.

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Times Media Group publisher acquires New River newspaper BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

NEW RIVER — Times Media Group, a Valley-based company with community weekly newspapers and websites throughout Arizona and California, has acquired The Foothills Focus, a community news weekly based in New River. In addition to New River, the publication covers several other North Valley communities, including Anthem, Black Canyon City, Cave Creek and Carefree. According to Times Medi officials, the acquisition brings its weekly Valleywide circulation to 285,000 printed copies, information it says is supported by its most recent AMA independent circulation audit. The company also operates several community news websites in the Valley, including EastValley.com, WestValleyView.com, Phoenix.org, Scottsdale.org, Ahwatukee. com, ChandlerNews.com and

others with a cumulative monthly unique visitor count in the Valley of more than 500,000. The company said its online audience numbers are also supported by its most recent independent audit by AMA.

times, and that model relies heavily on highly motivated media professionals, adherence to practical cost structures and a value-based community news engine at its core,” said Steve Strickbine, Times Media

and publisher of The Foothills Focus, said his decision to sell his publication to Times Media wasn’t a difficult one. “I have watched what they’re doing for a long time, and after some consideration,

At a time when many newspaper-centric media companies are curtailing circulation and managing declining operations, Times Media Group has famously continued to expand its reach and footprint, mostly through the acquisition of other similar media groups. At a time when many newspaper-centric media companies are curtailing circulation and managing declining operations, Times Media Group has famously continued to expand its reach and footprint, mostly through the acquisition of other similar media groups. “What we have found is a model for success in difficult

Group’s founder and president. Last year, Times Media Group acquired several high-profile and storied news titles in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas, which included the Downtown Los Angeles News, the Pasadena Weelly, the Argonaut, and the Ventura County Reporter among others. John Alexander, the founder

really believe this to be a great path for us,” he said. “It allows us to grow and allows me more time to meaningfully reconnect with the community and to build even stronger relationships with our advertisers,” Alexander said. Alexander, who founded the paper in 2002, will continue

to act as the Focus’s Associate Publisher, and work out of the publication’s main office in New River as he has for nearly 20 years. Asked where he thought the community news industry is headed in the ever-changing digital age, Strickbine said: “The bottom line is that where there are crises, there also often exist out-of-date ways of thinking, or paradigms. Our approach, our people and our commitment to giving communities the news they need, and that they can increasingly find in few other places, adds up to a pretty simple value proposition, one I believe readers and advertisers understand inherently and that they’ve come to trust. “At TMG we hold the responsibility of being good stewards of that trust at the very center of our mission. “In other words, our future is bright,” he said.

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Sit. Stay. Have a drink PHOENIX — Join Home Fur Good pet rescue for its 2020 “FUNdraiser” where all proceeds go to the Home Fur Good medical fund. The fundraiser is March 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Blue Martini, 5455 E. High Street, Suite 101, in City North. Enjoy food, drinks and lots of raffle options. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. A ticket includes a non-alcoholic drink, numerous appetizers and a very fun night out. Tickets are available online via EventBrite. For more information, go to www. homefurgood.org.

Spring into Peoria’s Second Saturdays PEORIA — The Second Saturdays festival continues through the spring in Old Town Peoria on Saturday, March 14 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. here are only three festivals left until summer. Second Saturdays is free and occurs every second Saturday of the month through May in the heart of Old Town Peoria on 83rd Avenue just West of Grand Avenue. In addition to local businesses, there will be three upscale, popup restaurants at the festival, complete with vintage dishware, linens and centerpieces. For $30, attendees can pick one of three themed dining experiences with a gourmet menu cooked by a professional chef. Along with the pop-up restaurants, there will made-toorder food. For more information and to sign up for dinner at the pop-up restaurants, visit www.peoriaaz.gov/specialevents.

Meet authors on March 14, 18 BLACK CANYON CITY — March is meet-and-greet month at Black Canyon City Community Library. Author Wayne Frederick Treptow of Camp Verde will be on site Saturday, March 14 at 11 a.m. Treptow is the au-

thor of several books, including the historical fiction novel “Hok a Hey” and the “Fam-Damily Cooks Cook Book.” Treptow will be talking about his time travel novel, “Dog Tags”, and leading a discussion about the writing process. He will also be selling signed copies of his book. The second author, Jolene Sladekova, will be discussing and selling her debut novel, “The Mouth, the Heat, and a Busload of Hippies,” on Tuesday March 18 at 4 p.m. Self-described as “eclectically eccentric,” her book of unexpected adventure and surreal mystery will surely entertain, as will her musical interlude. Read more about her at www.jolenesladekova.com. Both events are free to attend, and light refreshments will be available at no additional charge. For more information, call (623) 374-5866 or go to www.yavapailibrary.org/blackcanyon.

New public art to be dedicated March 17 PEORIA — On Tuesday, March 17 at 10 a.m., the Peoria Arts Commission will dedicate a new public art sculpture called “Barrel Cactus” at Deer Village Park, 21217 N. 88th Lane in Peoria. Gordon Huether’s “Barrel Cactus” will be the latest sculpture added to Peoria’s public art collection. After a City of Peoria Arts Commission selection process, Gordon Huether Studios was selected in September 2017 to create a new public art piece. “Barrel Cactus” is a sculpture that is highly engineered, structurally sound, brushed stainless steel armature that has been welded with colorful, dichroic glass fins, resembling the desert’s barrel cacti. The use of dichroic glass brings multi-colored reflective properties to this installation. Light transmitted through the dichroic glass surface of the panels will appear to be one color and light reflected from it will appear as a complementary color. This creates a dynamic, colorful installation that can be viewed from all angles at Deer Village Park. For more information about this public art piece and others

in the City of Peoria, visit www. peoriaaz.gov/arts.

Learn about challenges facing local wildlife SCOTTSDALE - On March 18 from 5 to 7 p.m., learn how and why wildlife is monitored by the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and partners in the more than 30,500 acres of protected Sonoran Desert habitat in Scottsdale. Also find out how the conservancy studies how wildlife is affected by urban stressors and resources with the use of camera trapping and radio telemetry mule deer collars. This informative seminar on wildlife includes a short tour of Southwest Wildlife followed by a one-hour program by McDowell Sonoran Conservancy biologists. Southwest Wildlife is located at 27026 N. 156th St. in Scottsdale. Register at www.southwestwildlife.org under events or call (480) 471-3621.

Surgical robotics open house cancelled

ceeds will help fund a scholarship for a graduating student within the Deer Valley Unified School District who will be pursuing studies in science. Adults are $3, seniors and students are $2. Children 12 and under are free. Find more information at www.dmrmc.com, on Facebook or by calling Ed Winbourne at (978) 460-1528.

Learn how to save a life BLACK CANYON CITY — Daisy Mountain Fire and Medical will host a CPR and AED class March 23 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Black Canyon Fire Station, 35050 S. Old Black Canyon Highway in Black Canyon City. The cost is $25 per person, and certification is good for two years. The class covers adult, child and infant CPR, AED and choking. Register online at https://goo .gl/r79fv1 or call (623) 465-7400, ext. 202.

Desert Foothills GLENDALE — The Abrazo Theater presents Health surgical robotics open “Steel Magnolias” house scheduled for March 21 has been cancelled. For more information, go to AbrazoHealth.com/events.

Gem and mineral show March 21, 22

ANTHEM — The Daisy Mountain Rock & Mineral Club is sponsoring the 2020 Anthem Gem & Mineral Show on Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Anthem School, 41020 N. Freedom Way in Anthem. It is easily accessible from the Anthem Way exit off I-17. Just follow the signs. This year’s event promises to be the largest and most exciting show in North Phoenix with more than 30 vendors displaying hand-crafted jewelry, gems, minerals, beads, lapidary work, geodes, fossils and meteorites. There will also be a specialized kid’s corner providing a fun and educational experience. Pro-

SCOTTSDALE - The Desert Foothills Theater (DFT) announces the opening of the popular “Steel Magnolias” Friday, March 27. The main female characters encounter tragedy and good fortune, growing stronger and closer in the process. Performances will be Fridays and Saturdays, March 27 to 28 and April 3 to 4, at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, March 29 and April 5, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 (dftheater. org) and performances will be held at the Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center, 33606 N. 60th St. in Scottsdale. The award-winning Desert Foothills Theater has been presenting live performances in the north valley since 1975. For tickets and more information about upcoming events, visit www.DFTheater.org or call (480) 488-1981.

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Community Events AZGFD presents outdoor expo PHOENIX — The largest hands-on outdoor expo in Arizona is set for March 28 to 29 at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix. The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s (AZGFD) annual outdoor expo will feature everything from wildlife exhibits and family fishing tanks to kayaking at the 90,000-gallon “Lake Paddlemore” and trying out firearms in a safe, controlled environment on the range. Last year’s expo drew the largest two-day crowd in the event’s 15-year history. More than 52,000 people visited the expo and participated in the myriad activities available. More than 150 exhibitors, including outdoor recreation and conservation groups, government agencies and commercial vendors of outdoor products and services, will be on hand. For more information, visit azgfd.gov/expo.

APRIL ProMusica presents Latin Spice Anthem - The ProMusica Arizona Chorale and Orchestra, joined by the Carolyn Eynon Singers, will present Latin Spice featuring Misa Azteca, a symphonic oratorio in a modern Mariachi-style mass setting for choir and orchestra, ethnic percussion and classical guitar. This multi-cultural music celebration will be sung in Latin, Spanish and Nahuatl (native Aztec) and will include translations and beautiful visuals on large video screens. The performances will be on Saturday, April 4 at 7 p.m. at the Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 39808 N. Gavilan Peak Pkwy. in Anthem and Sunday, April 5 at 3:30 p.m. at American Lutheran Church, 17200 N. Del Webb Blvd. in Sun City. To purchase tickets, go to www.pmaz.org.

Garden event Anthem Days returns includes art March 28, 29 and music ANTHEM — Anthem Community Park will be abuzz with residents and visitors from around the Valley next month for Anthem Days, the business expo and festival, March 28 and 29. This free, family-friendly event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Admission and parking are free. Highlights of the two-day event include: live musical entertainment, food court and Rotary beer garden; kids’ zone with inflatables (fees apply); and a free egg hunt for kids (Sunday) which is hosted by Christ’s Church of the Valley. An egg hunt exclusively for special needs children will precede the public egg hunt, at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, on Softball Field #4. Anthem Community Park is located at 41703 N. Gavilan Peak Parkway in Anthem. For more information visit OnlineAtAnthem.com/anthem-days. For questions, contact a member of our special events staff at (623) 742-6050 or send an email to dpulido@anthemcouncil.com.

CAREFREE — For the third year, Sights and Sounds of the Gardens is returning to Carefree Desert Gardens on Saturdays in April and early May. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 4, 11, 25 and May 2. Come and wander the Desert Gardens and watch artists crafting their art, musicians filling the gardens with their music and a wandering mime that is sure to delight and tickle your fancy. The event is located at 101 Easy St, in Carefree. For more information, visit Carefree.org or call (480) 488-3686.

“The Last Supper” brought to life SCOTTSDALE — Living Water Lutheran Church will celebrate Maundy Thursday with a dramatic portrayal of the Last Supper on Thursday, April 9 at 7 p.m. Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” painting will spring to life as a cast of 18 reenacts the evening that Jesus and his 12 disciples gathered in

the Upper Room. The Living Last Supper drama spotlights the disciples’ reaction when Jesus announces one of them will betray him. One by one, his followers express their innermost thoughts and feelings upon hearing his disquieting words. This special dramatic presentation on Maundy Thursday is the first of a series of Holy Week services. Living Water is located in Scottsdale at 9201 E. Happy Valley Road (on the south side of Happy Valley just east of Pima Road). For more information, call the church office (480) 473-8400 or visit www.lwlcaz.org.

Passover Seder ANTHEM — The North Valley Jewish Community Association will sponsor a traditional Passover Seder on Thursday, April 9 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Ironwood Dining Room at the Anthem Country Club. There will be cocktails and service followed by a buffet dinner. A cash bar will be available. Adults Are $48 per person and children ages 3 to 10 are $24 per person. Children under 3 years old are free. For reservations, please call or email Fran Kesselman at (623) 3220957 or fkesselman@cox.net. Make checks payable to NVJCA and mail to NVJCA, 39506 N. Daisy Mountain Dr., Suite 122-198, Anthem, AZ 85086. Please RSVP by April 6.

Crepes and Cocktails event benefits wildlife PHOENIX — Who doesn’t love champagne, hats, brunch and baby animals? The Wild Ones Crepes & Cocktails Baby Shower on April 19 will feature a variety of crepes and cocktails with other brunch delights. There will also be music by Jeordie Schekeryk, a best-hat competition, vendors, games and much more. This event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Liberty Wildlife, 2600 E. Elwood in Phoenix. The event will help support the upcoming baby and orphan care season, where Liberty Wildlife will help thousands of injured baby wildlife. Liberty Wildlife

is an Arizona local non-profit that specializes in wildlife rehabilitation, natural history education and conservation services to the community. Tickets are $45 per person for early birds and $50 per person after April 5. The event is for adults 21 or older only. To purchase tickets, go to https://tinyurl.com/WildOnes-BabyShower Admission per person includes your entry into the event, two adult beverages, crepes and delicious brunch delights and live entertainment. For more information, contact Melissa Hughes at withatwistmh@ gmail.com or (602) 568-5313.

Acoustic concert supports desert preserves PHOENIX — Jack Williams, described by American singer-songwriter Tom Paxton as “one of my favorite pickers,” will perform on Sunday, April 19 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the North Mountain Visitor Center, 12950 North 7th Street in Phoenix. The concert is a fundraiser for Save Our Mountains Foundation, which is dedicated t facilitating the improvement of the mountains and desert preserves in Phoenix. It provides sanctuary for wildlife in unique, vanishing Sonoran Desert habitat. Williams’ music, rooted in his native South Carolina, was shaped by a 61-year career of playing folk, rock, jazz, R&B, classical and the popular music of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. Williams has 11 CDs of original music on the Wind River (folk era) label. Tickets for the performance are $20 at the North Mountain Visitor Center or $25 online at

www.saveourmountains.org. For more information and a map, go to northmountainvisitorcenter. org or call (602) 343-5125.

Sedona-area artists open their studios SEDONA - Over the weekend of April 24 to 26, 50 working artists in the Verde Valley will open their private studios to the public for the 17th Annual Sedona Spring Open Studios Tour. Presented by the Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition (SVAC), this biannual event offers attendees the opportunity to visit with artists in their studios and purchase unique works of art while enjoying the stunning scenery of Sedona and the Verde Valley. The tour, which is always free to the public, will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. all three days. Artists participating in the tour specialize in a wide variety of mediums, including glass, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, painting, photography, digital painting, weaving, mixed media and more, allowing attendees to learn about the creation of their favorite types of art or explore a new medium. For complete information, including artists’ names and mediums, studio locations and a downloadable map, please visit the SVAC website: https:// sedonaartistscoalition.org/os.html or contact Mike Upp at mjupp10@ gmail.com or (503) 789-4437.

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Larkyn Horse Riding Arena Playground for children Picnic area New River Senior Center Walking Trails Clubhouse available to rent for B-DAY PARTY, etc. Scouts can also use our facilities as they have in the past Consider renting our park for a treasure hunt Please visit our website for more up to date information & map to location.

See Website for details: www.NewRiverKiwanis.org

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Leap year

BY JUDY BLUHM

How was your leap day? We all had the pleasure of having another day added to the calendar, which only happens once every four years. Folklore and superstitions abound around leap day, ever since Julius Caesar introduced it more than 2000 years ago. I have a lady friend named Monica who proposed to her boyfriend on the last leap ay four years ago. Cheekily, he not only said “no” but gifted her with 12 pairs of gloves – an old Irish tradition. It seems if a woman was “turned down” and humiliated, the least the man could do was give her a new pair of gloves for each month of a year

to hide the “shame and embarrassment” of not wearing an engagement or wedding ring. Monica didn’t find the glove gesture very funny. Did you know there is a town in Michigan called Hell? Every leap year on February 29, 29 lucky couples get married (for free) in Hell’s tiny chapel. As the minister likes to say, “When you get married in Hell, there is nowhere to go but up.” Amen. There are some weird leap day traditions around the world. Some countries like Greece claim it is “very bad luck” to enter into any kind of contractual agreement on leap day. Do not sign business contracts. Do not start a new job. Never get married on that day. Oh well, Greece is to “Hell and back from Michigan.” In Scotland, it is considered unlucky to be born on leap day. Well, what do they know? According to the Guinness Book of World Records, there is a leap day world

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record holder family that has produced three consecutive generations born on February 29. I’m not sure how that was arranged, but the family considers it a small miracle and good luck. A woman emailed me to say she just celebrated her 15th birthday. She said she gave birth to her son on her 5th birthday, and although her son is now 40, they have shared 10 birthdays together. That is why leap years are so wild and wonderful. Leap day was added to the calendar as a “corrective measure” since the Earth does not orbit the sun in precisely 365 days. It is more like 365 days, 5 hours and 48 minutes. That was a pretty clever correction to be implemented 2000 years ago. The extra day, every four years, keeps our calendar accurate and synchronized with Earth’s orbit around the sun. Leap year is another way of making up for “lost time.” Consider the extra day a gift from the gods (or Julius Caesar) and the significance of an entire year with 366 days. In one Asian country, during a leap year, people try to take off the entire month of February to reset their internal clocks, enjoy a month with added moments and not take anything to seriously. That sounds like a great idea. Leap year is here. I hope you embraced the extra day. Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local realtor. Have a story or a comment? Email Judy at judy@judybluhm.com.

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Cave Creek announces traffic-control plan for Bike Week CAVE CREEK — Arizona Bike Week is right around the corner. Official Arizona Bike Week events take place from April 1 to 5 at WestWorld in Scottsdale. However, motorcyclists typically begin arriving in Cave Creek at the end of March, with events happening in town from March 27 to April 5, according to a Town of Cave Creek press release. Arizona Bike Week is one of the biggest motorcycle events in the Southwest. The Hideaway and Roadhouse venues in Cave Creek are perhaps two of the most desirable locations during the event. This has made the town a prevalent Bike Week destination, attracting tourists from all over the world. While Arizona Bike Week events hosted by local business owners bring an influx of visitors, activities, commotion and traffic, the Town of Cave Creek is committed to being proactive by cooperating with its merchants to maintain the safety and security of all of its residents, businesses and visitors alike, the press release said. The Roadhouse, Hideaway and other venues have been required to receive special permits from the town. They have paid for and provided a traffic-control plan that includes law enforcement officers on site to help direct vehicular and pedestrian traffic. A traffic-control plan will be in effect during Arizona Bike Week. It includes intermittent lane closures on Cave Creek Road in the town core during peak traffic times.

The following traffic controls will be in place: • The right lanes will be closed on Cave Creek Road on the north and south sides from Schoolhouse Road to west of Scopa Trail. These closures will be in effect Friday to Sunday from March 27 to 29 and Thursday to Sunday from April 2 to 5. • Jack Cartwright Trail will be closed with signs warning of the road closure on Bella Vista Drive. • Business-access signs will be placed at every business entrance along Cave Creek Road in the town core during the lane closures. • A variable message board (VMB), which is a large electronic sign that can display messages, will be placed at Cave Creek Road and Rancho Manana Boulevard and west of Scopa Trail on Cave Creek Road. The VMB will display messages during peak traffic times, which are Thursday through Sunday for both weekends of Arizona Bike Week. • Special event signs will be placed on all side streets in the town core. For more information, please see the traffic-control plan maps at www.cavecreek. org. From the home page, go to “Help Center” and then “Activities.” For questions regarding the plan, please contact Barbara Allen at (480) 488-6612.

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JUDGE GERALD A. WILLIAMS NORTH VALLEY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

Almost everyone is a job loss plus an unexpected bill away from facing an eviction action, so what do you do if one or both of these things happen? There are some options, but the key is to act quickly. Bad news seldom improves with the passage of time. Most rent is due on the first of each month. If you know you won’t be able to pay it, let your landlord know before it is due. Perhaps your landlord will accept a partial payment; however, the initial reaction may be negative. Why? Landlords have been trained not to accept partial payments. They know that accepting less than what is due means that they

cannot start an eviction until the following month. There is an exception. Under Arizona law, if a tenant and a landlord sign a partial payment non-waiver agreement, then the landlord can accept a partial payment without penalty. A.R.S. § 33-1371. Most property management offices have these forms available. If not, a law firm that represents landlords has a form available for free at http://www.h3landlordlaw. com/documents

residential evictions in Arizona move very quickly. Although it is nobody’s first choice, another option is for the tenant to move out and to return the keys during the fiveday notice period. The tenant will still owe whatever amount is due; but the landlord won’t be able to successfully file an eviction case. This can be significant because it keeps the tenant from having an eviction judgment on their record.

Arizona is a “pay and stay” jurisdiction. The tenant can pay all of the rent and any late fees any time before the lawsuit is filed and avoid eviction. If a partial payment agreement won’t work, for whatever reason, the tenant still has some time. Prior to filing an eviction action in court, a landlord must give the tenant a five-day notice. This notice must: (1) state the amount of any unpaid rent and any other amount due; (2) notify the tenant of the landlord’s intent to terminate the lease if the amount due is not received within five days after the notice is given to the tenant and (3)

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eviction for nonpayment of rent will be avoided. The case will be dismissed. However, after a judgment has been entered, reinstatement of the lease is solely in the landlord’s discretion. Both the City of Phoenix and the City of Glendale have offices that can help with emergency rental assistance. The Salvation Army does as well. The key is to apply for help as soon as you know you need it because

Many people cannot pay their rent for reasons that are not their fault. However, the likelihood that the tenant can continue to stay in the residence may be dependent upon how quickly they made the landlord aware of the problem. Judge Gerald Williams is the Justice of the Peace for the North Valley Justice Court. His column appears monthly in The Foothills Focus.

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2020: A vision to a healthy future PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) invites the public to the 27th Annual Arizona Immunization Conference April 22 to 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. each day. The event will be held at Desert Willow Conference Center, 4340 E. Cotton Center Blvd. in Phoenix. Network with fellow vaccination champions and learn about the amazing vaccines available to prevent infectious diseases, the Vaccines for Children Program (VFC) and other vaccination resources available to healthcare providers in Arizona. Registration for each day includes conference attendance, conference materials, breakfast, lunch, two refreshment breaks and continuing-education credit (as applicable). After completion of the online registration process, an email with a unique confirmation number will be sent to you. ADHS recommends saving or printing it for your records. Attendees can change or cancel their registration up until 5 p.m., April 21. Cancellation fees apply. WiFi will be available at the venue. Attendee activity feeds are personalized based on attendees’ app interactions. Personal attendee schedules sync from the online registration to your mobile app. Attendees will have the ability to view sessions, read about speakers, view their presentations, set reminders, have access to two-way contact sharing, navigate the event with interactive floor maps that link to sessions and exhibitors, and much more. General conference evaluations will also be available through the mobile app. If your employer reimburses conference registration fees, you should register early online and use registration receipt for employer reimbursement. This will also ensure you are registered before your preferred breakout sessions are full. Conference center temperatures fluctuate. Please dress accordingly. For more information, go to www.azdhs.gov.

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The AMSAF helmet program helps individuals acquire a quality DOT helmet with financial assistance. Photo courtesy of the Arizona Motorcycle Safety & Awareness Foundation one full-face or modular DOT helmet defined in program. Note: Helmets are optional in Arizona, and AMSAF wants to assist those who choose to wear a helmet to be able to afford one. This program is possible due to grants from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, which wants to help reduce crashes and fatalities in Arizona. The helmet program is open to all Arizona residents 15 years, six months old or older. Funds for this program come from donations, sponsorship and grants. AMSAF’s mission is to promote motorcycle safety and

awareness and help reduce crashes and fatalities in Arizona and offer a one-of-a-kind Arizona motorcycle training financial assistance scholarship program. This program also allows individuals to get into motorcycle training at a reduced cost. For more information, go to www.amsaf.org/scholarships. AMSAF also offers safety tips on its Facebook page and wants to help the motorcycle community in other ways financially. The AMSAF can be reached at www.amsaf.org/helmets or by calling (888) 951.3732.

Western-themed fundraiser to raise money for motorcycle safety PHOENIX — On Saturday, May 2, the Arizona Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Foundation (AMSAF) will kick off the sixth annual “Share the Road/Riding for the Long Haul” event at Rustler’s Rooste in Phoenix from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Rustler’s Rooste is located at 8383 S. 48th Street. The event will feature western characters, guest speakers, live and silent auctions and music.

Dr. Joseph Sucher, M.D., president of Arizona Trauma Association, will serve as one of the guest speakers. Speakers will focus on the critical need to reduce distracted driving and increase motorcycle training. VIP tables are $950 for eight people. A table for six is $650, and individual seats are $100. “This great event should be important to every individual who rides or drives and to Arizona

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the power of individual stories.â&#x20AC;? Kirkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tale of survival is quite powerful, and he shares that story whenever he can, speaking to schools, churches and other local organizations interested in what he has to say. He speaks not only about his survival story, but about every military veteran alive today. When Kirk came to in October 1973, he was in agonizing pain from jamming his knees in the parachute landing. He would not be able to walk for two months and would receive no medical attention from the North Vietnamese. Kirk was now a prisoner of war (POW), and his family would not know that he was alive for three years. Kirk spent the next five and a half years in the Hoa Lo prison camp in Hanoi â&#x20AC;&#x201C; also known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hanoi Hilton.â&#x20AC;? When he was captured, Kirk weighed 180 pounds. By the time he was released in 1973, he weighed just 90 pounds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imagine,â&#x20AC;? Kirk said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My family doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m alive or dead. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how long Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be there or what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go through. I wondered â&#x20AC;&#x201C; can I survive?â&#x20AC;? What he would go through included torture, near starvation and months of solitary confinement. Kirk said he did his best to endure the torture. During that time, he remembered something he had learned in basic training; if a

Thomas Kirk (right), pictured here with a fellow member of the U.S. Air Force, served his country on active duty for 28 years. Kirk, now 91, speaks on behalf of veterans at a variety of events. Photo courtesy of Thomas Kirk soldier had to, he could give his captors a small piece of information to stop the torture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They took me in and tortured me â&#x20AC;&#x201C; tying me up in ropes to make me give military info,â&#x20AC;? Kirk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I endured that for three days and three nights. On the fourth morning, I was so completely gone that I gave in. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a clue what I said to them, but I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand it any longer. I gave them something. They put me back in the cell and left me alone for three or four days. I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen an American yet, and I was very badly injured.â&#x20AC;? At this point in his captivity, Kirk became very depressed,

and he wondered if he would ever make it home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After I gave them a little bit of info, I felt I had failed. I just wanted to die,â&#x20AC;? Kirk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I sat in my cell for a couple of days, in the depths of despair. Then, one morning, I got up and I sort of stomped my foot on the ground and I said to myself, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;By God, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to figure out how to do this.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; When I thought everything was lost, I was able to dig deep and find the courage and strength to go on. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very proud of that.â&#x20AC;? Some of Kirkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories about life as a POW in Vietnam are almost unfathomable, such as how he spent two years

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that the only people he saw were the prison guards who brought him a piece of bread and a bowl of soup twice a day. The only time he was let out of his cell was to listen to propaganda from the North Vietnamese, who were trying to brain wash him. When he made it back to the general population, he listened to more propaganda on the radios in each cell. But the best way to pass the time, Kirk said, was to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;conversationsâ&#x20AC;? with fellow American POWs. These conversations consisted of a series of wall taps some of the men had learned in survival school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a little code like Morse code, but our own code talk,â&#x20AC;? Kirk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The guards didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear the tapping because we were tapping so lightly. By putting our ears up against the walls, we could hear a tap from all the way down the hall.â&#x20AC;?

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Illumination in art BY SHEA STANFIELD

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stitute of Pittsburg and Illinois State University, and he eventually graduated from the Ray Vogue School of Art in Chicago. Soon after graduation, Steege landed a job in the commercial art field as an art director for County Companies Insurance. He also freelanced as an illustrator for McKnight Publishing and State Farm Insurance. Eventually, Steege and his wife, Jenn, decided to move to a warmer climate. The relocation presented the perfect opportunity to open their design/ build company in Tucson in 1976. They soon realized the opportunities for expansion were north of them in the Valley of the Sun, so they moved to Scottsdale. The move proved to be a profitable decision. Over the years, Steege’s firm specialized in luxury hillside design and construction of homes in Paradise Valley, DC Ranch, Silver Leaf, Desert Highlands, Desert Mountain and Carefree. They also completed several homes with Taliesin architects, including the renovation of the last home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Staying true to their love for design, Steege and his wife chose to restore a Mid-Century Modern home in Old Town Scottsdale for their personal residence. They added an art studio with two walls of glass and a large skylight, providing defused natural light for Steege’s designs and paintings. In 2014, Steege embarked on a trip to Israel. While visiting the ancient art, architecture, stone carvings and manuscripts

throughout the Holy Land, he was deeply inspired to develop a visual concept for modern contemporary Biblical Illuminations. His concept was in harmony with the ancient tradition of using gold leaf in large areas of the work. “The gold luminosity appears to give off its own light which symbolizes the presence of holiness,” Steege said. Many of Steege’s meticulously rendered illuminations, each accompanied with an explanation narrative, are on display and available for purchase at St. Barnabas in the Desert Episcopal Church bookstore and gallery. In 2020, Steege’s plans to develop a series of very graphic Arizona landscape paintings. This endeavor will be his effort to balance between the natural world and spiritual world. Steege considers illuminations to be “21st century additions to the centuries old illuminated manuscripts where artist and scribes collaborated to beautify handmade bibles to exalt the word of God. “I consider the art as a form of ministry, more related to meditation than illustration, an extension of my faith through the visual arts,” he said. Ron Steege can be contacted by e-mail steegerond @gmail.com. Contact arts columnist Shea Stanfield on flowingquill @yahoo.com.

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Cows take over at Arizona Fine Art EXPO SCOTTSDALE — For nearly 10 weeks, renowned artists from across the globe have made Arizona Fine Art EXPO their home - working daily under the “festive white tents” on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and Jomax Roads in north Scottsdale. Now, more than 30 of the 100 artists are collaborating on a unique project called ‘Til the Cows Come Home. This unique project, and the show’s closing garden party, will help bring the expo to an end. The closing garden party will be on Saturday, March 21 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The free party takes place the night before th fine art show closes at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 22. ‘Til the Cows Come Home features each artist’s interpretation of a cow that was photographed by EXPO artist, Christine Hauber. The creative project features a mix of contemporary and western

cows created with oil, acrylics, and mixed media. “Christine is a talented photographer who started this project last year with ‘Giddy About the Goat.’ It was such a success, the artists decided to do it again this year, only with cows,” said Judi Combs, CEO/Partner of Arizona Fine Art EXPO. “Each artist has the freedom to create a unique rendition - using Christine’s photograph as the background - combined with their artistic style. The resulting one-of-akind art pieces are as diverse as the artists who participate in our 10-week show.” This year’s participating artists in the ‘Til the Cows Come Home project include: Christine Hauber, Arthur Benjamins, Beth Benowich, Dominic Bourbeau, Roxanne Bryan, Jordan Byrd, Carl Cedegren, Elaine Coffee, Keith Dagley, Marless Fellows, Gene Dieckhoner, Joy Hartl,

Beth Hyatt, Paul Jones, Caroline Kwas, Daniel Long, TS Loomis, JoAnne Meeker, Kris Miller, Dick Mueller, Stacy Neasham, Joe Netherwood, Kathy Parks, Jason Piper, Veronica Sandoval, Kevin Schaeffer-Miles, Julie Simcox, Paul Sirba, Kathy Wilson, TJ & Lori Thompson, Sam Thiewes, Ans Taylor, Lexi Sundell, and Val Warner. The Arizona Fine Art EXPO runs daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Sunday, March 22. It is located at 26540 N. Scottsdale Rd., on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and Jomax Roads, next to MacDonald’s Ranch. Season passes are $10; season passes for seniors and the military are $8; and children under 12 are free. Parking is free. For more details, call (480) 837-7163 or visit www. ArizonaFineArtEXPO.com.

More than 30 artists including Ans Taylor (above) have taken part in a special project as part of Arizona Fine ART EXPO. “Til the Cows Come Home” is a collaboration that features each artists interpretation of a cow that was photographed by Chistine Hauber. These colorful paintings of oil, acrylics and mixed media will be part of the EXPO’s Closing Garden Party on Saturday March 21.

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From spring training to Suns, Arizona sports community bracing for coronavirus impact BY COLE BAILEY CRONKITE NEWS

PHOENIX – As the world continues to deal with the impact of COVID-19, a novel strain of the coronavirus that has killed more than 3,000 people and infected more than 95,000 others across the world, concerns have seeped into the Arizona sports community. The 15 Cactus League teams that play spring training in Arizona received a memo from Major League Baseball recommending players don’t take baseballs and pens from fans to sign autographs. Scouts from the NHL Coyotes have been told to take precautions, and the state’s governing body for high school sports is taking its lead from the national federation. “We have to be aware that it could potentially hit our area, and we want to be mindful and we want to prepare as we move forward,” said David Hines, the

executive director of the Arizona Interscholastic Federation. “We don’t want to panic yet, but we want to pay attention.” On a global scale, many sports organizations have taken aggressive action in order to prevent further spread of the disease. The status of the Summer Olympics, which are scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan, just four months from now, is in question. The IOC remains committed to holding the Games as scheduled, but talks of postponement or cancellation have come about in recent weeks. In Italy, all sporting events – including Serie A soccer, one of the biggest leagues in the entire world – will be played without spectators for at least the next month. In Japan, preseason baseball games have already started to be played without fans in attendance. Switzerland has taken a similar stance, as all public gatherings with more than 1,000 people have

Signing autographs, as Texas Rangers outfielder Miguel Aparicio is doing for a fan in Surprise, has given some players moment of pause as concerns about the Coronavirus escalate. Photo by Reno Del Toro/Cronkite News

been disallowed until March 15 at the earliest. Arizona sports institutions currently in season, which include spring training, professional and college basketball,

and high school athletics, have not taken steps as drastic as these quite yet. Despite this, those directly involved with these sports – like Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell – have started to take notice. “We’re certainly talking about it and formulating how we’re going to have to address it,” Counsell said. “I think it’s a little bit on everyone’s mind. If something’s there, we want to do our best to be prepared.” Major League Baseball does not have any current plans to cancel or postpone spring train-

ing games, but it did send out a memo to baseball officials recommending that players don’t take baseballs and pens from fans to sign autographs. Counsell understands why but regrets that this is the case. In his view, spring training is the ideal situation for young fans to connect with their favorite players. “It’s a shame that that’s what this has gotten to,” Counsell said. “I think spring training is probably the best time for that

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Movie Review FIRST COW Dir: Kelly Reichardt Starring: John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Scott Shephard, Gary Farmer and Lily Gladstone Monte’s Rating 4.00 out of 5.00 Food is emotional. For Native American people, its value is one associated with love, wellbeing and companionship. Food is history - whether from the assortment of ingredients that example the development of societies throughout the world, to the way that good food can spark mighty memories that take the person back in time to feelings and emotions both pleasurable and hurtful. Food is personal. For the creator, food is an artistic expression of their individuality but also their relationship with the emotions that connect them to everyone that eats their offerings. “First Cow,” director Kelly Reichardt’s newest fable set in mid-19th-century Oregon Territory, composes all these unique emotions connected with food and the relationships humans have with it; emotions defining how the food was viewed, consumed and abused by humanity. Amidst all these emotions is a beautiful friendship between two unlikely men who hatch a plan to get beyond their poverty by stealing milk from the lone cow in the area to make “oily cakes” (basically a doughnut) to bring a small taste of joy to the rugged and dire

situation during this time. Kelly Reichardt’s allegory is a mix of sweet friendship challenged by the overwhelming sense of bad omens on the horizon. Cookie (John Magaro) is the cook and chief forager for a group of trappers who are in the final days of their venture into the woods. Their animosity for one another is felt with every move and word uttered. While Cookie is out searching for food, he encounters King-Lu (Orion Lee) hiding completely naked in a nearby bush. KingLu is trying to evade murderous circumstances involving a group of Russians. Cookie helps hide King-Lu with his party but on their voyage back to Fort Tillicum, King-Lu leaves. It doesn’t take long for the two men to find one another again. They bond through circumstance and create a business partnership utilizing

Cookie’s culinary skillset and King-Lu’s salesmanship. Reichardt crafts minimalistic films centered around specific emotional relationships; whether with humans, animals, nature or other unique products of emotional connection, Reichardt has an undeniable ability to make the most simplistic of stories feel overwhelmingly complex. “First Cow” composes this same quality. While focused on the relationship between Cookie and King-Lu, Reichardt charts a relationship founded on desperation which soon moves to the camaraderie and then progresses simply to loving friendship. It’s a beautifully structured composition that

is assisted by two actors, Magaro and Lee, who provide nuanced, relaxed and natural performances. Interesting still is that “First Cow” composes an even more complex relationship with the lone female animal in this film. The cow, new to the region at this time, provides a political, historical and poetic relationship and sensibility to the film. The political economics of supply and demand found with Cookie and King-Lu’s “oily cake” company, the historical memory found with the bountiful bovine living at the home of the Chief Factor (Toby Jones) who composes a picture of wealth from a foreign land but also the powerful memories associated

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us. You just don’t see them most of the time,” Paulat said. According to the Arizona Game and Fish Department, Arizona has 52 species of snakes. Among those snake species, 13 are rattlesnakes. That means Arizona is home to about one third of the world’s rattlesnakes. Arizona also has dozens of other reptiles, including 49 lizard species and six turtle species. Eleven of the reptile species, such as twinspotted rattlesnakes, Mexican garter snakes and ornate box turtles, are protected in the state and are illegal to collect from the wild. “Ninety percent of rattlesnake bites occur on the hand,” Paulat said “What does that tell you? It means somebody stuck their hand in somewhere they should not have – like a hole or a bush – and they got bitten.” While the snakes will usually rattle before they strike, Paulat said you can’t always rely on that sound to alert you to the fact that a rattlesnake is nearby. The

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intimate fan interaction with players and getting autographs, so it’s a shame if it was suggested otherwise.” In a sport such as baseball where players are close together in the clubhouse and are constantly sharing the same ball on the field, the need for good hygiene is paramount. Giants catcher Tyler Heineman recognizes this, and he has received tips from the team as well as his wife, who is in healthcare, about things he should and should not do. “I know it’s a big thing and a scare, but the best thing I can do as a person is try and take care of myself and be healthy, wash my hands and make sure I get enough sleep and nutrition,” Heineman said. “Just try and stay away from being sick. Whatever else happens, that’s out of my control.” Similarly to baseball, the NBA has also sent out a memo to teams discouraging autographs

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snakes can actually lose their rattles; they can be damaged or fall off and the snake won’t make a sound, Paulat said. “Rattlesnakes are harmless if you just leave them alone. We walk by them all the time and don’t even know they’re there. It’s when a snake feels exposed and threatened that they bite,” Paulat said. Russ Johnson, president of the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary (PHS), said everything a rattlesnake does is instinctual. If they sense a large mass, like a human, coming toward them and they are not concealed, they will take a defensive posture and rattle. If the person comes too close, they will defend themselves by biting. But he said they don’t actually want to bite people. “They don’t want to waste venom on a person they know is too big to eat,” Johnson said. “It could take six days for them to produce enough venom to replace what they lost biting you. They may only eat seven or eight meals a year, depending on the year, and if they miss a meal – like a rat – because they bit you, that could put them in jeopardy.”

Johnson is co-founder of PHS, a rescue and rehabilitation center with an onsite reptile clinic and research center located in north Scottsdale. PHS works with state and federal wildlife officials and law enforcement to care for and house unwanted or seized reptiles from across the country. For $75, PHS will remove and relocate an unwanted rattlesnake from someone’s property. The most common rattlesnake in the Valley is Crotalus atrox, the Western diamondback rattlesnake. The Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson describes the diamondback as a heavy bodied snake with a triangularshaped head and diamondshaped patterns along the back. The tail has black and white bands just above the rattle. The snakes also have two dark, diagonal lines on each side of the face, running from the eyes to the jaws. Paulat said those black lines do for rattlesnakes what black lines under the eyes do for football players - they help them see better. Johnson said rattlesnakes, who are cold-blooded, spend the cooler winter months

underground, conserving energy. They may come out occasionally to sun themselves, but they won’t be as active as they are in warmer temperatures. He said the snakes are weatherdirected and often come out in the early morning to bask in the sun, trying to raise their body temperature. According to the University of Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, people can greatly reduce the possibility of a snake bite by taking the following precautions:

and high-fives on the court. It is difficult to monitor these types of things, Suns coach Monty Williams said, but he believes his team has started to take the necessary precautions. “I think everybody is aware and cautious, just because it’s something you have to take seriously,” Williams said. “We had a presentation a couple days ago to give us an idea as to what to look for, how to take care of yourself, and where it is across the country. I think all of our guys are cautious, but that’s about all I can say about it. I’m not watching to see if guys are fist bumping or elbow bumping or anything like that. You just hope everybody is trying to be as safe as they can. “I think if anything were to happen, the team would be on top of it and make decisions based on the safety of our players and the safety of everybody around,” Williams continued. “The league has always been ahead of the curve in situations like this, so I’m sure that they have precautions in place. I’m hopeful that it doesn’t come to that, but we’ll see.”

The AIA, the governing body of over 260 high school athletics programs in the state of Arizona, has already started to be proactive in its efforts to stop the potential spread of the coronavirus at events. The AIA has already started to share information given to it by the National Federation of State High School Associations with its member schools, Hines said. “We’re not the experts, so as an association, we rely on the experts,” Hines said. “We have a sports medicine advisory committee that we meet with made up of doctors and athletic trainers, and so anytime we do anything medical, we’re paying attention to the experts. “With the county health department, the state health department, the governor’s office, and all those entities, they know way more than we do. They know what we need to do, they know how we can be helpful to the people of Arizona and the people that are supporting high school sports.” In Hines’ view, the AIA has been fortunate from a timing

perspective. Sports like basketball and wrestling, which take place in small gymnasiums that are more likely to have parents and fans within close proximity of each other, recently had their respective seasons come to an end. Spring sports such as baseball and track and field that have recently begun their seasons, on the other hand, do not have this issue to the extent that their winter counterparts do. Even so, Hines still recognizes the need to be vigilant in responding to the threat that the coronavirus poses. “Most of the activities that we now have for the spring are outside activities, so we have a little less of an issue with a lot of confinement,” Hines said. “But the big thing is, ‘Let’s pay attention and listen to the CDC and all the information that comes from the public health department,’ because they’re going to let us know where it is for us in Arizona and the issues that we’re having and how we can be supportive.”

Leave wild animals alone. Fifty to 70 percent of reptile bites managed by the Information Center were provoked by the person who was bitten that is, someone was trying to kill, capture or harass the animal.

Be aware of peak movement times. Reptiles in Arizona are most active in the warmer months of April through October. During the hottest months, they will be most active at night. They may be encountered during the day

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in spring and fall or during a warm day in winter.

Watch where you put your hands and feet. Try to keep your hands and feet out of crevices in rocks, wood piles and deep grass. Always carry a flashlight and wear shoes or boots when walking after dark.

Dead snakes can bite. Never handle a venomous reptile, even after it’s dead. Reflex strikes with injected venom can occur for several hours after death.

Install outdoor lighting for yards, porches and sidewalks. (Motionactivated) If you see a venomous reptile in your yard, it is probably just “passing through.” But if you are concerned about a dangerous animal in your yard, seek professional assistance in removing it.

In part two of Rattlesnakes 101, learn how to keep man’s best friend safe, how to make modifications to your yard to help keep snakes off your property and what to do if you are bitten by a rattlesnake.

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