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wo homeowners suing over the future of the defunct Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course had the last word in the case as their lawyer contended its owner has no recourse but to return the site to its former state.

Directly confronting The True Life Companies’ assertion that a judge has no authority to dictate restoration details for the course, attorney Timothy Barnes said the company’s “open-ended breadth of scope” of its argu-

ment “is contrary to Arizona law.”

Barnes’ reply brings to an end legal argument in the 4-year-old case, leaving Superior Court Judge John Hannah the task of issuing an order that likely will be appealed.

Because Hannah ruled two years ago that the covenants, conditions, and restrictions governing the 101-acre site require the owner to keep it a golf course, his next step could be issuing an injunction enforcing that ruling.

True Life lost its bid to have Hannah declare the CC&Rs were no longer enforceable because a course was no longer viable because of extenuating circumstances – primarily its

deterioration, which Barnes said is partly the firm’s fault.

It also failed to persuade the judge to modify the CC&Rs in a way that would allow it to build homes if it agreed to construct an undefined “fun golf course.”

The legal battle began coming to a head over the last six months after the company lost its campaign to get approval by 51 percent of the approximate 5,400 homeowners to agree to changing the CC&Rs so it could build Ahwatukee Farms.

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Thousands of kids descended on God’s Garden Preschool in Ahwatukee last Saturday for its 14th annual Transportation Day and they had a blast. In the first row from left: Sebasian Avila, 4, measured up against a giant shovel while Karson Makar, 7, tried working a fire engine hose and a woman who would only identify herself as Elsa painted Kyler Trillo’s face. In the second row, from left, members of the Ahwatukee YMCA’s dance group, Shake It Up, hammed for the camera. They are, from left, Morgan Clouser, Taylor Carey and Vittoria Valentini. Meanwhile, 3-year-old Alexander Villalobos tried out the cab of a truck. In the bottom row from left, Winston Reid, 3, tried out an older mode of transportation while Graham Boothe, 6, became mesmerized by slime at the STEM booth and 3-year-old Leland Jones learned to paint, courtesy of Be A Artist.

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Mark Pomilio Jr. of Ahwatukee is preparing to fly to Paraguay next week to start a two-year stint with the Peace Corps.

Local U of A graduate heading to Paraguay as a Peace Corps worker

BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

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ark Pomilio Jr. of Ahwatukee is about to walk in the steps of an organization that President Kennedy started 57 years ago.

He has joined the Peace Corps and, in less than a week, will be heading off to Paraguay for at least two years – possibly longer if he decides to stay on with the nation’s preeminent global service organization.

The Chandler Preparatory Academy grad, who also went to Altadena Middle School, plans to put the economy and industry degree he earned last December from the University of Arizona to good use by helping people start up or improve their businesses as an economic development consultant.

Joining the Peace Corps has been an ambition for some time.

“I had a professor who had been in the Peace Corps in Brazil,” he said, noting that he has wanted to explore South America for some time, especially since he minored in Spanish at U of A. Thanks to a Peace Corps recruiter’s office on campus as well as a Corp job fair of sorts, he had the chance to learn more about the organization – and liked what he saw.

But the Corps doesn’t take just anyone. Once he set his sights on joining, the real work began.

“It’s very competitive,” said the 22-year-old son of Mark and Carole Pomilio, noting the application process took more than six months and included things like legal background checks and medical exams to ensure he was capable and qualified to do the job.

“It was great having a Peace Corps office on campus,” he added, saying the representative there helped him focus his essays, partly to prove his qualifications for going to one of the two countries to which he wanted See

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to go – Paraguay or the Dominican Republic.

Finally, he got the word. He was accepted last September.

Since graduation, Pomilio has been spending most of the last two months getting ready for Paraguay, boning up on his Spanish as well as a language spoken in some villages there.

Next week, he will take off for Paraguay for an 11-week training course at a location outside the Paraguayan capital, learning more about the country’s culture – “which is great” - as well as the more technical aspects of his job.

He’s prepared to some extent as the result of the six-week internship he spent in Honduras last summer, working to set up a public or private waste management program.

“Working there was kind of a test run,” Pomilio said He also worked on a proposal for a project of his own that would show recent high school grads there the difference between “being an entrepreneur and being an employee.”

His supervisors liked his proposal and his demonstration of a protype presentation on the subject, so he began giving it in villages around the country.

“I was a very positive experience and was very helpful for the students and for me,” he said. “It was a great learning experience and I think the students got a lot out of it too.”

In some ways, he’ll be teaching in Paraguay too, but on a different level.

He’ll be assigned a host family and one of his responsibilities will be teaching them how to start a business or, if they have one, how to improve it.

His education in what he called “an over-arching business degree” has grounded him not only in economic development strategies but in business basics as well.

But whether it is with his host family or villagers, his first task will be developing their trust.

“Being an outsider it will be difficult to build trust, but once I go, I can grow relationships and and then use my skills,” he said.

He said he knows Paraguay has a different social-business culture than America but his time at Chandler Prep has prepared him for that.

“It’s more formal. They believe your appearance reflects your demeanor and character and so people are more dressed up there,” he explained. “But in high school I had to wear a uniform and always be dressed nice. I’ll have no problem in a country that puts a big emphasis on how you carry yourself.”

Though he anticipates he’ll be homesick a bit, he is comforted by the fact that his venture has the full support of his parents as well as his younger brother and older sister.

“They are very accepting of it, especially my older sister,” he said. She’s been telling all her friends and coworkers how happy she is for me.”

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f the music of “She’s a Lady” starts echoing down the corridors at Mountain Pointe High School this spring, there’ll be a reason for it.

A Phoenix nonprofit is conducting an after-school program called “Thrive Like a Lady” for sophomore and junior girls there, although so far only six students are participating, district spokeswoman Jan Liewer said.

Thrive Community Services is spending an hour a week for 10 weeks teaching a class on “critical life skills,” according to a release.

The classes will cover self-confidence, social etiquette, personal branding, financial literacy, communications skills, safety awareness and volunteerism.

“As girls develop, we often teach them about becoming a woman, but transcending into a lady has been lost in translation,” said Keisha McKinnor, CEO of Thrive Community Services, Inc. “Our answer is a weekly program that equips girls with the necessary tools, skills and information to transform them into confident, capable young ladies and future leaders,” she added.

The release quoted Mountain Pointe Assistant Principal Tomika Banks as stating: “Part of our vision for our students is to provide high-performing learning communities and connect the students with the larger professional community.

‘Thrive Like a Lady’ helps us achieve that vision by bringing in successful, professional women from the community to teach and model critical personal and professional life skills.”

The organization also has a brochure touting the “Pride Thrive” program at Mountain Pointe that states “We will coach the girls on the importance of respect for self and others, how to react

and respond to various situations and what it means to be a leader.”

Thrive Community Services was created in 2014 by McKinnor, a 15-year veteran Realtor and commercial property manager who teaches the lady course with the help of professional women who rotate as guest lecturers over the nine weeks of the program.

The Phoenix nonprofit intends “to transform communities by improving the lives of those we serve,” according to its website.

The “Thrive Like a Lady” program is one of two touted by the group, which also has one that teaches girls etiquette.

McKinnor create the “Thrive Like a Lady” program last year after noticing “a critical gap in the confidence-building life skills taught to young women, especially those in economically-challenged neighborhoods,” according to the group’s website.

“The program targets girls ages 12-16 and connects them with leaders in the community through a nine-week program focused on transforming the girls into capable young women,” it said in the release.

The group also will be conducting a “lady” course at a nonprofit charter Step Up School in Mesa to girls in the sixth through eighth grades.

Diane Fernichio, dean of students at Step Up Schools, was quoted in the release as saying the lady program “complements our commitment to providing holistic education to our students by teaching young ladies critical life skills required for them to optimize their education and turn dreams into reality.”

At Mountain Pointe, meanwhile, far more young women are gearing up for Women’s Mentor Day that will take place Thursday at the school.

Around 150 female students will participate in the all-day event to kick off Women’s History Month, Liewer said.

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Bill raises bar on retaliation claims over wage denials

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tate lawmakers are moving to make it harder for workers to claim retaliation if they are fired in the wake of claiming they were denied wages or legally entitled time off.

On a 35-25 party-line vote, the Republican-controlled House last week decided to ask voters to eliminate a provision in the the voter-approved law which spells out that if an employer takes action against a worker within 90 days of a complaint, it is presumed that the action is illegal retaliation.

That can be overcome only if a company provides “clear and convincing evidence’’ that the action against the worker “was taken for other permissible reasons.’’

HCR 2026 is being pushed by House Speaker J.D. Mesnard.

The Chandler Republican opposed Proposition 206, approved in 2016, which will boost the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020. That same

measure also guarantees that workers get at least three days of paid leave.

It was approved by a margin of 58-42 percent.

Mesnard said he’s not trying to repeal the protections for workers in the initiative. He pointed out that his change retains the provision that bars discrimination or retaliation against any worker for asserting a claim that they are being denied the wages or time off to which the law entitles them.

But Mesnard said that the law, as worded, means that the employer goes into a hearing “with guilt presumed that they must overcome’’ by presenting evidence to the contrary.

“I don’t consider that fair at all,’’ Mesnard said. “That’s giving everything to the employee and very little to the employer because ‘clear and convincing’ is a relatively high standard.’’

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he Chandler Compadres are hoping to raise $1 million for disadvantaged children this year, even though they have not had a Cactus League ballpark as a source of revenue for more than 20 years.

While Compadre Stadium, with its distinctive blue roof and large outfield berm, has vanished and become a pleasant Cactus League memory, the Compadres have flour(Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Photographer) ished and stayed true to their community service mission. Sun Lakes resident Frank Pezzorello, its former general manager, with memories for a lifetime.

With the 2018 Cactus League season in full swing, the Maryvale Baseball Park in 1998. the resourceful Compadres will again Without baseball as an obvious focal continue to make a more lasting impres- point, they turned to a series of other sion even if they have a much lower-pro- fundraisers – a golf tournament, a rock file than during their baseball heyday. concert, a sports car giveaway, a state tax Milwaukee Brewers Hall of Famers write off – and turned what once looked Robin Yount and Paul Molitor once like a serious loss into a grand slam for played at Compadre Stadium. So did disadvantaged children.

New York Yankees Hall of Famer Der“When they lost the ballpark, they ek Jeter, who was once a teammate of made a transition,’’ said Ryan Foster, basketball great Michael Jordan on the acting president of the Compadres and Chandler Diamondbacks, an Arizona a member since 2008, referring to the Fall League team. organization’s 60 life members, many of Baseball legends Willie Mays, Willie whom volunteered their time at the staMcCovey, Tony Oliva and Harmon Kil- dium. lebrew all participated in fantasy camps Now, he added, “We have really grown at Compadre. the charity and increased revenues each Hall of Famers Jim Palmer and Ken year” even though none of its 40 active Griffey Jr. filmed commercials there. members date back to the baseball era.

Frank Pezzorello, the ballpark’s former The life members include farmer general manager, said he even had Yan- Dwayne Dobson, realtor Bill Ryan and kees legend Mickey Mantle scheduled for Pezzorello, the former stadium operaa fantasy camp at one point, but Mantle tions general manager and a past presibecame ill and had to cancel. dent of the Compadres.

Not a trace remains of Compadre Sta“It took away a big revenue source,’’ dium, which had been located at Alma Foster said, when Compadre Stadium School and Ocotillo roads. The 65-acre stopped functioning as a Cactus League site of the ballpark that once entertained facility after the 1997 season. “These thousands is now home to a sea of red tile guys could have easily wrapped things up roofs in the upscale Echelon at Ocotillo and said, ‘We have no source of revenue.’ master-planned community.

But they didn’t do that.’’

The only reminder of that 11-year era The big winners are such children’s is the nearby Snedigar Sports Complex, charities as the Boys and Girls Clubs of built in 1990 as practice fields for the the East Valley, Chandler ICAN, Azcend Brewers. It remains a major south Chan- and the Chandler Education Foundation. dler sports facility, with baseball, softball A graphic prepared by the organization and soccer fields, along with a skate park lists donations rising from $520,000 in and a dog park.

2014 to $660,000 in 2015 to $707,000 The Compadres did not settle for getSee COMPADRE on page 10 ting shut out when the Brewers moved to

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in 2016 and $807,000 in 2017.

In contrast, the organization raised about $50,000 in 1997, the last year that the Brewers played at Compadre, Pezzorello said.

The next major fundraiser is the annual Compadres Golf Classic at Talking Stick Golf Resort near Scottsdale on April 20, which features two premier 18-hole golf courses.

The tournament fields 80 teams with a total 320 golfers and raises money primarily through sponsorships that start at $3,300 per foursome.

Beyond the tournament, the Compadres also raise money through a “Rock the Cause for Kids,’’ a concert and dinner at Wild Horse Pass where guests are served dinner and have an opportunity to win a car.

Last year’s grand prize was a Chevrolet Corvette donated by another life member, John Chapman of Chapman Chevrolet.

Foster said the Compadres pride themselves on being an all-volunteer charity, with 98.6 percent of donations going to Chandler-area charities. Donors can specify which charity they want to support.

“That’s our commitment to our donors. We will take the time to vet the charities and get the most bang for our buck.’’

Pezzorello said Cactus League baseball probably came to Chandler too early, before the city had adequate hotels, restaurants and other attractions that would have appealed to tourists.

He has no doubt that today’s more mature Chandler could support a team.

It all started when former Chandler Mayor Jim Patterson, a real estate developer who founded Ocotillo, persuaded the Brewers to move from Sun City to Chandler. Patterson put together a partnership that spent $1.6 million to build Compadre Stadium.

From the start, it was envisioned that the ballpark would be expanded, but that never happened. Instead, a rebuilding and renovation plan became the blueprint for the new Maryvale ballpark in west Phoenix.

Compadre Stadium got off to a tragic start when Tony Muser, the Brewers third base coach, suffered second and third degree burns over 55 percent of his body in a natural gas explosion on Feb. 27, 1986.

The explosion occurred when a worker turned on a heater in the coach’s room, not realizing that there was gas in the line. Eight other players and coaches

were injured. A player was knocked off his chair by the explosion, which also buckled the roof.

Muser survived after spending four months recovering in a burn unit, but he lost an opportunity to become the team’s manager later that year because of his injuries. He eventually became the manager of the Kansas City Royals and spent a lifetime in baseball as a player and coach.

Things also got better at Compadre Stadium for a while after the explosion.

“I’m still proud of it. I have so many memories,’’ Pezzorello said. “The biggest part for me is the friendships. Ballplayers, volunteers, we had some great times.’’

He said the Cactus League has changed since those simpler times, with the role of community organizations such as the Compadres somewhat diminished.

Still, some civic groups remain active in the East Valley, including the Mesa Hohokams, the Tempe Diablos and the Scottsdale Charros.

“All of those groups are still making money for their charities, but their roles are more limited,’’ Pezzorello said. “I would say it was more community-oriented. We had hundreds of volunteers help us every day. It was like that at all the ballparks.’’

At Compadre Stadium, the volunteers “did it all’’ for every game, parking cars, selling tickets and programs and serving as ushers.

Pezzorello said Compadre had about 5,000 seats and could accommodate another 5,000 fans seated on the berm.

“We broke 10,000 one year with the Cubs,’’ Pezzorello said, noting attendance for one season exceeded 100,000 despite the small ballpark.

But the ballpark’s popularity did not pay off for Chandler.

Dave Bigos, a city spokesman, said the lack of hotels and restaurants at that time contributed to fans driving to Chandler for the game and leaving.

Chandler saw little or no increase in sales tax revenues from baseball, making the extensive improvements requested by the Brewers seem like a poor investment, he said.

“The timing just wasn’t right for the community, given where we were with the hotels and restaurants,’’ Bigos said.

“We must have 20 times the restaurants and hotels we had back then.’’

Although Foster is proud of his organization’s perseverance, he said he wishes Chandler still had a Cactus League ballpark.

“We are creating our own revenue right now,’’ Foster said. “With something like that, we could easily go into the millions.’’

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judge won’t delay deciding whether the state is violating constitutional requirements to adequately fund school capital needs while lawmakers decide what – if anything – they are going to do about the problem.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin rejected a bid by attorneys for both the state and legislative leaders to postpone any action on the lawsuit filed last year by various school districts and other groups.

In essence, the judge agreed with challengers that there’s no evidence that lawmakers will approve a funding plan offered by Gov. Doug Ducey, much less one that actually resolves the issue.

But Martin’s order does not mean that those contesting the state’s funding formula are going to win their case – or even that they’re going to get to make it. The judge is still weighing arguments by defendants that there is no legal basis for the lawsuit and he should toss it out.

Attorney Brett Johnson who represents the state contends that the amount of

money put into schools is a “political question’’ beyond the reach of the courts.

And Bill Richards, speaking on behalf of Senate President Steve Yarbrough and House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, argued that there is no constitutional requirement for the state to fund some of the expenses that the challengers say are needed to maintain an adequate school system.

Richards also said the question of what should be the minimum guidelines for these items is within the “exclusive discretion of the Legislature.’’

At the heart of the battle is the contention by the plaintiffs that the state is not living up to its obligation to build and repair schools as well as to pay for other capital needs like buses and equipment.

There are multiple Arizona Supreme Court rulings which have said these burdens cannot be borne solely by local taxpayers. And in their wake, state lawmakers did set up a system to have the state take over that role.

But funding for that was cut sharply during the recession. In filing suit last year, attorney Tim Hogan pegged the unfunded needs in the neighborhood of $300 million a year; the lost dollars, he

said, exceed $1 billion.

The move to put the case on the back burner came after Ducey in January announced a plan to eventually restore full funding for the “district additional assistance’’ account to bring it back to the $371 million that it should be according to state law. This account provides money for things like textbooks, computers, school buses and some capital funding.

Ducey also proposed to put $88 million into the budget for new school construction and add another $35.2 million to a fund available to schools for repairs, bringing that total to $51.8 million.

At a hearing last month, Johnson told Martin that the governor and the Legislature are working “very diligently’’ to resolve the issues. He said the “experts’’ in this area should be given the opportunity to deal with the question rather than having it decided by the courts.

But Mary O’Grady, who also represents the plaintiffs, told Martin that what Ducey offered is just a proposal, with no guarantee that the Republican-controlled Legislature will accede to the governor’s requests.

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Ducey’s offer did have one effect: The board of the Arizona Association of School Business Officials voted to withdraw as a plaintiff in the case.

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“We’re hearing firsthand through social media, spotlighting not only facts about the events, but the opinions and discussions our students are having and their reactions,” said Josh Meibos, Arizona Teacher of the Year for 2018. “Now we’re giving them a powerful tool to organize together and be a force to reckoned with.”

Unlike previous school shootings at Sandy Hook and Columbine, victims in the Feb. 14 Stoneman Douglas shooting offered a first-person perspective of the tragedy at a time when, in the words of one expert, “news and trauma demand your attention more than ever.”

But many mental health professionals worry that the increased exposure to violence puts students at higher risk for traumatizing behavior and increased media changes the teacher-student relationship.

Social media is “increasing their proximity to the trauma,” said Jodi Whitcomb, director of organizational development and training for KidsPeace.

“Hearing about tragedy from somebody else or reading it on a news report is very different than seeing it from a first-person standpoint through a screen, and it’s hard as an educator to monitor just how many times they are seeing it,” Whitcomb said.

The rise of social media has also changed the way schools respond to their students, said David Schonfeld, director of the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement. Students often have more direct access to evolving news than teachers planning a response, he said.

“What you used to see were schools having more direct crisis plans, where administration would gather information and discuss together a traumatic event, release a statement and then gather the kids to tell them at one set time,” Schonfield said.

“Now with social media, teachers are often needing to get briefed because kids are being sent notifications all the time, in between classes, telling each other constant updates,” he said. “News and trauma demands your attention more than ever.”

And teachers may become the students when dealing with the digital natives in

their classrooms.

“Many teachers don’t have the same social media savvy as these students and if we can learn to appreciate the positive outcomes they are bringing to the table, I feel like we have a lot to learn from them,” said Meibos, a physical education teacher at Crockett Elementary School in east Phoenix.

While social media can give students a window into trauma, it can also provide a window into troubled behavior.

“When someone has difficulty in distinguishing between a violent video game and a real gun and real people … that lack of distinction can be a huge contributing factor in them displaying risky behavior and not seeing the harm in obtaining weapons,” said Julian Ford, director of the University of Connecticut’s Center for Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders.

Ford, who co-authored a report after Sandy Hook on the background of accused shooter Adam Lanza, said schools should not rush to label isolated kids but should treat them as children “more easily influenced by violent situations.”

Arizona Federation of Teachers President Ralph Quintana agreed that educators should focus on correctly identifying those isolated students.

“Social media is next to impossible to stop, but we need to focus not only on kids who are finding about trauma, but correctly labeling the kids who are showing signs of isolation and disturbing behavior,” Quintana said. “We have to do more for those students and look at increasing funding for programs who can provide help.”

But help can be hard to come by in Arizona, where the state’s failure to retain teachers and counselors leaves many schools with limited resources to help students who need extra attention, according to Janine Menard, board chair for the Arizona School Counselors Association.

“In Arizona, there’s about 924 students for every one counselor – a ratio so high that many kids are not having the proper resource to turn to,” Menard said.

Meibos agreed that there could be more counselors hired, but praised the effect current counselors have on their schools.

But he prefers to focus on “powerful” student-organized social media movements, which he believes have inspired Arizona teachers to listen more seriously to students and validate their concerns.

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Lawmakers squabble over paying teachers for class supplies

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wo first-term Southern Arizona lawmakers have less than two weeks to salvage legislation designed to help teachers pay for classroom supplies.

The legislation sponsored by Reps.

Todd Clodfelter and Kirsten Engel would have provided both cash from the state treasury as well as a dollar tax credit for out-of-pocket expenses.

The two, who normally would be political opponents – he’s a Republican and she’s a Democrat from the same Tucson legislative district – figured that combining the ideas would give it the best chance of passage.

But their colleagues on both sides of the aisle felt otherwise, voting against the measure earlier this week.

That vote isn’t the last word. Using a procedural maneuver, Clodfelter got a majority of lawmakers to grant Engel and him a second chance.

But the clock is running: Their right for a new vote self-destructs on March 8.

Central to the issue is the fairly widely

held belief that many teachers use their own funds for supplies that their schools don’t provide, whether it’s sheet music, cardboard for displays or even just crayons.

Clodfelter suggested a tax credit, essentially giving teachers one dollar off what they owe the state in income taxes for each dollar spent, up to $400. That cleared two committees with Democrats opposed.

Engel, for her part, proposed having the state cough up $150 in cash per teacher.

She managed to get the votes in the the House Education Committee but, with the $14.5 million price tag when fully implemented, could not get the measure heard in the Appropriations Committee.

So, the pair opted to combine forces when Clodfelter’s measure went to the full House.

The final version, put on HB 2377, cut the outright cash to $8.7 million – about $150 per teacher – and capped the tax credit at $150.

In essence, the teachers would use the state funds first. Then, if their expenses exceeded that, they could accumulate the receipts and use them to reduce their state

income tax obligation by another $150.

“I understand the pain felt by teachers providing products and material for their own classroom,’’ Clodfelter told colleagues. “The teachers deserve more than they get.’’

He also reminded his Republican colleagues that they repeated discuss among themselves ways to help Arizona teachers who, according to multiple reports, are at or near the bottom in pay nationwide.

“This is an opportunity to give the teachers money back that they’re already spending and then give them an opportunity to get more back from the tax return,’’ Clodfelter said.

The now-combined measure drew 14 “no’’ votes from Republicans, including House Speaker J.D. Mesnard. But what proved more surprising was that 16 of the 25 Democrats also rejected the idea.

Rep. Gerae Peten, D-Goodyear, called it “commendable’’ that there is an effort to help teachers. But she called what’s in the legislation “an insult.’’

“Teachers spend way more than $150, $300 on their classroom just so they can survive in their classroom and show value to their students and provide for their

students,’’ she said.

Peten said she believes that passing this measure actually undermines arguments that the state needs to put real money into education. “We do not need crumbs thrown at us,’’ she said.

“After these crumbs are thrown at you, someone will say, ‘We gave you something, we gave you a little help,’ ‘’ Peten continued. “But it’s not enough to do anything.’’

The opposition from her own party left Engel scrambling.

“The intent of this was never to throw crumbs at our schools,’’ she said. “It was the opposite: to support our teachers and show them that we also thought that it was just embarrassing that they were spending so much money on teacher school supplies without support from the state.’’

“I think we’ve lost an opportunity here to help our teachers on something very concrete that is entirely distinguishable from the bigger issues that we need to address,’’ Engel said.

Clodfelter, for his part, was frustrated by the failure to get the votes of those who think the money is too little is frustrating.

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it motto for Callery, a mother of three grown daughters. It is her word to those women who come to NATN after undergoing similar brutal life events.

“We want anyone who connects with us to leave in a better place,” said Callery of her Arizona-born nonprofit – which has grown to be an international network of survivors, advocates, staff and professionals working to end domestic violence and sexual assault and abuse of women and children. It also helps those recovering from substance abuse.

And she’s grown this endeavor since its 2002 origin.

Callery will tell her story Friday, March 2, at the Arizona Biltmore as the keynote speaker for the Jewish Family & Children’s Service and Sojourner Center’s Brighter Tomorrow/Hope Luncheon, the first collaboration of JFCS and Sojourner.

It was 35 years ago that Callery took the leap of faith to start the nonprofit from her home.

Now NATN’s chief executive, she has devoted years to developing programs such as SEEDS – an acronym for Support, Education, Empowerment & Directions, and its nationally-recognized Cup O’Karma: Community Café for a Cause, which serves as a job training program.

Cup O’Karma is located inside the Chandler Public Library with expansion slated to other public libraries currently under consideration.

Her programs differ from other domestic violence efforts in that it takes in women who have drug or alcohol addictions, mental health problems or have been released from prison when they landed there as the result of fighting back on those who abused them.

Callery’s journey started as a young mother who was a regular victim of domestic violence.

At the request of luncheon organizers, she intends to read from the journal she kept during those years of abuse.

“It’s pretty graphic and heart-wrenching, but I’ll bring it to that was then and here I am now. I survived, and so can others,” said Callery, 63.

What she survived over those years included cracked ribs, cracked teeth, broken nose and countless contusions – many suffered at the brunt of steel-reinforced boots as she cowered in a fetal position, attempting to cover her head and face.

She said that like many other women, she never fought back for fear it would

(Special to AFN)

Monalou Callery of Ahwatukee transform her years of domestic abuse into a way of helping other victims.

foment even more or worse abuse.

“When I did go to the hospital, I would lie and say I fell down; no one really questioned as the emergency rooms were so overwhelmed. I think that has changed, but in my honest opinion, in the last five years or so I think the pendulum has swung backwards.”

Even after she left her husband, the abuse continued – as she says often happens to victims of domestic violence.

“It can be the most dangerous time as the abuser is losing control over what he’s had control over,” she said, adding that though Orders of Protection can be ignored by abusers, it also “creates a paper trail” that could be crucial to future legal actions, especially if the abuser attempts to gain custody of the couple’s children, as hers did.

“My abuser tried to get custody of the kids,” she said. “There’s been few studies on this, but one, done years ago, showed 70 percent of men accused of battery went for custody of their children. That’s so wrong.”

To help other women in need of safe shelter from abuse, NATN established SEEDs in 2003 to meet the needs of battered and sexually abused women.

Two houses are currently located in Chandler and Mesa. They are more than shelters from the storm, and offer women solid help in prioritizing goals to help strengthen self-esteem, self-direction and dignity.

The SEEDS residents are provided support services that include life skills counseling and mentorships covering topics like financial management, parenting, job training opportunities, access to education and legal advocacy and assistance, the latter especially for those who lost custody of their children.

There are some former victims of abuse who have returned to the residences as volunteers, said Callery.

While acknowledging there’s a lot

(Special to AFN)

Callery’s Cup O’Karma at Chandler Public Library hosts a job-training program that she hopes to replicate at other libraries for domestic abuse victims who escape their situation and are trying to start a new life.

more she’d like to see accomplished, she said she’s still sometimes taken aback at what has been done since she first set pen to paper, outlining goals for her yet-tobe-born nonprofit.

“I formed the nonprofit while I lived in Ahwatukee, and when I was writing down my ideas for it, I wrote ‘National’ because I thought big,” she said. “I wanted this to be worldwide, not just an agency in and for Arizona.”

Over the years, Callery has traveled the world speaking on behalf of domestic violence victims while educating advocates, police agencies and prosecutors on the subject in England, Ireland, Canada and throughout the U.S. “Yes, I’m glad for what’s been accomplished, but I’m also disappointed sometimes too that we haven’t reached the vision. I wanted so much more, like additional housing,” she said.

And while desiring to expand the vision, Callery also deals with day-to-day trials such as the leaks in one of the NATN houses during recent rains.

“I have to figure out how we’re going to pay to fix that,” she said.

Callery says she’s a survivor – not only of domestic violence, but breast cancer, which she defeated in 2013.

She said her goal for the luncheon address, as in her other personal appearances both locally and internationally, is to educate those present on domestic violence, and encourage them to be part of the solution.

“One thing that helped me heal was to help other women, which was some-

thing that I never planned,” she said.

“If there is a message that gets across to someone from the work that I do and it helps to change their life’s course, I’ve accomplished my mission.”

There are many ways in which donors can be of help to the daily needs and long-term goals of NATN including donations of cash, furniture, household items, clothing and even working automobiles.

Callery said donated time is also an appreciated gift to NATN and the two houses.

Handymen and women are needed as are other talents like driving to pick up donated furniture.

Area civic groups, churches and individuals can sponsor a family of three for $450 month, or $115 a week. Food drives, paper goods and cleaning supply drives are also much needed, she said.

For more information, including how to donate as little as $10 a month, see NATN-AZ.org ““Every day we make a difference in the lives of women and children, and we can’t do it alone,” said Callery. “We always need and value community support.”

All donations are tax-deductible, and more information can be found on their website concerning bequests, charitable trust and deferred gifts and donations on stocks, bonds and real estate.

Inquiries can also be made by phoning the NATN office at 602-488-1295.

Tickets to the luncheon are no longer available.

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That so-called agrihood would have included about 270 single-family and two-family homes, a five-acre farm, private school and other amenities such as a café and trails.

In its last response to Hannah, True Life attorney Chris Baniszewski told the judge that even if his client were to comply with the court’s order to restore the golf course, he couldn’t dictate how it should rebuild it.

He also objected to a request by residents Linda Swain and Eileen Breslin – the plaintiffs in the case – that a special master be appointed to oversee its reconstruction within 18 months.

Barnes has recommended the court appoint Kip Wolfe, vice president of golf operations for Pro Turf International in Las Vegas, to act as the special master at the rate of $180 an hour – and at True Life’s expense.

True Life said its experts estimate that restoration of the course would cost at least $14 million – more than twice what the residents’ experts say it would cost.

But Wolfe has couched his estimate with a warning that there are some unknowns surrounding the course.

While he said “the basic core of the course is still intact,” Wolfe said he has not been able to determine the condition of the water delivery system and virtually anything having to do with water, including the lakes, transfer stations and reservoirs.

Barnes in his new filing said “a special master is necessitated by defendant’s breach of the 1992 Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions.”

“Having also breached its covenant of good faith and fair dealing of that document, the oversight of any restoration must be by a third party special master,”

(Tom Sanfilippo/Inside Out Aerial)

The wasteland that Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course has become would be returned to its lush splendor in 18 months if residents suing owner The True Life Copmpanies get their way.

wrote.

He argued that a special master can “address post-trial matters that cannot be addressed effectively and timely by an available superior court judge.”

One reason for that, he said, is that any court “most certainly does not need to get involved in the minutia of the design and restoration of a golf course.”

Moreover, he noted, “On a practical level, because superior court judges are frequently rotated for the benefit of the court system as a whole, having a special master with continuity is a major advan-

(Special to AFN)

The Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course has been closed since 2013.

tage in the court’s supervision of the injunction.”

Otherwise, a new judge assigned the case would have to spend considerable time getting acquainted with the case, further delaying the course’s restoration.

“A special master is professionally equipped to more readily resolve the reconstruction aspects of restoration issues and, if challenged, advise the Court of options to resolve the challenge,” Barnes wrote.

As for True Life’s assertion that “imposing any expense on TTLC to pay a special master would be patently unfair,” Barnes said True Life’s past history at Ahwatukee Lakes demonstrates the need for one.

“Defendant’s ‘patently unfair’ arrogation must be considered in the context Defendant’s strategy as outlined at trial: purchase a purposely deteriorated golf course (with no intention of restoring it), and perpetuate deterioration in order to extort homeowners’ acceptance of the destruction of their home values so that Defendant may profit by building a housing tract,” he wrote.

In arguing against True Life’s contention that it alone can decide how to restore the course and what kind it can build, Barnes said True Life “is the cause for the condition of the Lakes Golf Course being incapable of being used for playing or practicing golf.”

“It has long been the rule that an interpretation which gives effective meaning to all provisions of a contract is preferable to an interpretation which leaves a part of the contract ineffective.”

He said True Life’s “open-ended breadth of scope” in its assertion “would preclude any such injunction from being enforceable.”

“Defendant’s proposed scope of injunction provides no details to the required course of reconstruction – making it impossible to determine whether the injunctive order is being followed at any point in time,” he said, adding: “Defendant’s proposed injunctive order contains no standards by which progress of the restoration could be measured because no specific reconstruction details are provided.

“Likewise, Defendant would be essentially the sole arbiter of whether the injunctive order was being met, assuring itself that it could not be challenged” on either the scope or progress of the restoration.

Barnes said True Life’s “is not valid under Arizona law or even by the standard of common sense” and called its argument “yet another attempted roadblock to enforcement of the 1992 Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions.”

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signature cocktail, pro cornhole tournament and loads of fun and games are in store this Saturday when the third annual Wags and Bags Festival comes to Ahwatukee Park.

The festival – noon to 7 p.m. at the site of the Ahwatukee Swim & Tennis Center, 4700 E. Warner Road – is a labor of love for Ahwatukee couple Josh and Marci Miller to benefit Valley Dogs Rescue.

That nonprofit was formed “to rescue dogs that have been abandoned, neglected or otherwise placed in harm’s way; to provide temporary housing for adoptable dogs, and to promote and encourage the responsible care of pets, especially spaying or neutering, microchipping and vaccination of dogs and puppies,” according to its website.

“We became fosters for Valley Dogs Rescue in 2009,” said Marci. “Over the years we’ve seen the amazing work the volunteers do in very challenging situations. We love that Valley Dogs Rescue is an all-volunteer organization, with no facilities or paid employees. We feel good in knowing every dollar we raise goes directly toward helping at-risk

animals.”

Marci also said she and her husband “wanted to create an interactive event the whole community could be a part of.”

“We loved the social aspects of bags, or cornhole,” she said. “The title Wags and Bags Festival came to us at a happy hour brainstorming session three years ago.

The event has really taken off.”

And while the Millers take the lead in coordinating it, Marcie said, “We have a dedicated group of amazing friends that really do the heavy lifting that make the event possible.”

And this year, they added another ally with Arizona Fireplaces, which opted to take the role of top donor.

“It gave us the boost we needed to ramp up our marketing,” Marcie said.

“We quickly sold all of sponsorship opportunities. In fact, we have added a few to meet the demand. We are truly grateful for every donation we get.”

One word of caution to women who plan to attend: “The bags” aren’t purse, but a reference to the bean bags that are part of the event’s cornhole tournament.

There are two levels to the contest this year, and two-member teams can sign up

either as pros or nonpros.

The $50 signup fee for a non-pro twomember team qualifies to win some handsome prizes. The $80 for the pro-team tandem gets contestants competing for a 75/25 cash split with the pot consisting of $30 from each pro-team entry fee.

Teams can register at wagsandbags.org.

Admission to the fest is $5.

In addition to purchases of Pedal Haus beer, fresh cocktails featuring Tito’s Homemade Vodka and goodies from Florencia Pizza Bistro, there also will be food trucks, lawn games and music.

“Not everyone plays (Special to AFN) cornhole,” she added. Josh and Marci Miller coordinate the annual Wags and Bags Festival “Some people just like at Ahwatukee Park. He’s hold a leash on Preston, a Husky mix with See

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special needs they adopted. She’s holding on to Fret, a Lab/Rottweiler mix that is one of their foster pups.

Three Ahwatukee Boy Scouts achieve Eagle rank helping others AFN News Staff

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hree Ahwatukee Boy Scouts from the same troop – including twin brothers – became Eagle Scouts in a joint Court of Honor ceremony Feb. 26 at Esperanza Lutheran Church.

David Neighbors and brothers Ewan and Fraser Darroch – all students at Desert Vista High School – attained scouting’s highest honor after completing community service projects.

The 16-year-old Darroch brothers, natives of Scotland who joined a Cub Scout pack when they were attending Cerritos Elementary School, followed in the footsteps of their older brother Alasdair, who also attained Eagle rank with Troop 78. He graduated

from Desert Vista last year and is now attending a university in Scotland.

David, a senior, began his scouting career in first grade, and became a Boy Scout in 2011, graduating from Pack 78 to Troop 78, which is led by Scoutmaster Dave Merrill.

His project involved creating an obstacle course from pool noodles and PVC pipes for a 5K event to support hearing-impaired people during the 5K Walk 4 Hearing.

“The obstacle course was set up for the kids at the event so that they could run through and have fun before and after the 5k,” he said. “Before this, I was looking into some other organizations for projects but nothing really came to my until I learned about this one.”

He said the project taught him “the importance of planning and also adapting.”

“Much of the planning was done about a half a year in advance of the project, and the process helped me to set certain milestones over the course of the project,” he said, adding: “As it came closer to the time of the project, certain changes had to be made as different factors came into play, like having less space than originally planned for and also having our setup time shortened by the shorter days of the year in November.”

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David Neighbors of Ahwatukee, along with twin brothers Ewan and Fraser Darroch, became Eagle Scouts on Feb. 26.

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ellowship Community Church in Ahwatukee is getting only its second senior pastor since it started in Ahwatukee in 1995.

The Rev. David A. Deputy is taking over at the church, 9807 S. 48th St., moving here from Baker City, Oregon, and replacing retiring senior pastor and founder Randy Cook.

Deputy, married and the father of three children, brings with him a philosophy “to produce and unleash Christians whose lifestyles express Christ to their communities and beyond” and a goal “to develop Christians to be biblically based, family centered, socially responsible people of integrity who are evangelistically courageous.”

“This is achieved through expository preaching. Small-group ministry, community outreach and events, leadership development and discipleship,” he told the congregation in his resume.

A graduate of Colorado State University with a degree in speech communications, Deputy earned his master of divinity degree in 2003 from Denver Seminary

(Special to AFN)

The Rev. David A. Deputy, the new pastor of Fellowship Community Church in Ahwatukee, and his wife, Allison, have a son, Daniel, and two daughters, Chloe and Emma.

with an emphasis on youth and family.

He had been pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Oregon since 2009, and as part of his work served as a volunteer chaplain for the local police department.

“In this capacity, I built relationships with the officers and assisted officers in

certain tasks, including counseling, death notifications and ride-alongs,” he said.

He had been associate pastor of the Oregon church prior to that after joining it in 2004, coming there from a nondenominational church in Palmer Lake, Colorado, where he served as youth pas-

tor from 1998 to 2003.

Deputy said his parents and a brother already live in the Queen Creek area, and other relatives live across the Valley.

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me, but it will be a new adventure for the rest of the family, as they have only visited over the years,” he said, adding: “We decided we wanted to be closer to family, and so when the opportunity arose, we pressed into it to see where God would lead, and it led to Ahwatukee.”

The church is associated with the Conservative Baptist Church of America.

Deputy said Fellowship “has not been very active in the association, but that is something that I would like to see us move toward.”

He said that in Oregon, he found that Calvary Baptist is a close association “and the benefits of doing so are great. I hope to bring that mentality with me.”

Deputy married Allison the same year Fellowship Community was founded.

The couple’s three children range in age

from 18 to 23.

Fellowship Community has about 150 members with an average age in the 50s, according to a church profile.

It sponsors a number of regular activities, including Awana, men’s and women’s ministries and other groups and supports seven missionaries, an evangelism project in Jamaica and an annual service project in Nogales, Mexico.

Information: 480-598-9985 or Friendshipchurchonline.org.

Deputy also isn’t losing any time reaching out to the community: He plans to be in the Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club Easter Parade, driving “The Beast” – his 1971 International Travelall.

“It may be the greatest car I have ever owned,” he said. “It is old, rusty, it guzzles gas and is so fun to drive. It is a project car for my son and I … we are working to restore it together and we have a long ways to go … but we have the time.”

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The Millers put a lot of time and energy into the event.

“It takes a lot of work to put on an event this big,” Marcie said, adding she’s expecting hundreds to attend. “We start the planning and marketing six months prior to the event.”

Valley Dogs Rescue fosters rather than shelters abandoned and rescued dogs, and so it has no brick-and-mortar location.

“We believe the most effective and successful way to match families and pets is to foster them in our own homes,” it says on its website. “Fostering dogs allows us to train the dogs to have good doggie manners and allows us to learn about the dog’s personality and character.

“Ultimately, fostering our rescue animals allows us to give potential

adopters complete information on the pet’s behavior and how well he/she will fit with a family and lifestyle,” it says.

The group runs weekly adoption events at the PetSmart at 20th Street and Camelback Road, Phoenix. People can check for times at valleydogs.org or email info@valleydogs.org.

“Our public outreach involves providing resources to owners looking to re-home their dog due to financial hardships,” it notes. “This includes providing information on low-cost spay/ neuters, posting their dog on our website, microchipping and encouraging them to come to our adoption events all the while staying in their original home.”

The group prides itself in the fact that “every penny received from donations goes directly back into the organization to pay for veterinary care and medicine bills.” Physical items are also accepted and are tax deductible.

“Over the years, we’ve seen the amazing work the volunteers do in very challenging situations. We love that Valley Dogs Rescue is an all-volunteer organization, with no facilities or paid employees.”

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teams, he is a member of the National Honor Society and plans to enter ASU next fall to major in engineering.

Fraser and Ewan Darroch began their scouting career as Cubs in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2006 and joined Ahwatukee Cub Pack 879 four years later, moving into Troop 78 in 2013.

For his project, Fraser worked with Esperanza’s Children of Hope Preschool to build a wooden workbench, magnetic play wall and clean out the sand in their play area. “We also did a lot of landscaping work – planting and trimming trees and re-laying a lot of grass,” he said, “I wanted to give something back to Esperanza,” he said, noting the troop meets at the church.

Fraser said he learned a lot from his work.

“I learned that undertaking a project of this size takes a lot of planning, and managing a large team of people takes a lot of leadership skills,” said Fraser, a

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Ewan worked with the Lost my Home Pet Foundation for his project.

The group shelters dogs and cats whose owners have lost their home.

“We built an outdoor shelter for the volunteers to work in the shade,” he said.

“I also cleared out a storage room and built new shelving units to help them organize pet food, bedding, toys, and so on.”

He also installed a new door post at the front entrance that allows the foundation workers to secure their screen doors so that the main doors could be open without the animals being able to escape.

Ewan’s project had personal roots.

“One of my family’s pets is a rescue dog, and I wanted to carry out a project for a shelter that cares for dogs who have nowhere to go,” he explained.

“I learned a lot about planning and carrying out a project involving a lot of work, a lot of people and a lot of planning and leadership,” added Ewan, who plays football for the Thunder and rugby for the Ahwatukee Rugby Club.

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Three cats, two dogs want some homes in Ahwatukee

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hree cats and two dogs are turning to Ahwatukee in hopes of finding a permanent address.

Both dogs and one of the cats currently live at the Friends for Life shelter.

Spokeswoman Jannelle Cosgriff said any of them would make perfect additions to any home.

Roxy “is a super-sweet, loving girl” whose owner passed away, she said. “She does need to lose a little weight, but thankfully, she loves to go on walks so this will be a big help for her to lose a few pounds,” Cosgriff said, adding that the shepherd/Rhodesian Ridgeback blend “surprisingly doesn’t beg for food.” Roxy is 5 years old and weighs in at 60 pounds.

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old, 12-pound Chihuahua blend, “is housetrained, is a snuggler, loves to give hugs and has luxuriously soft fur so he’s extra cuddly.”

“Queso has lived with cats and dogs,” Cosgriff said, adding “Volunteers at the shelter say he’s an all-around good guy.”

Cosgriff said Penda, a domestic shorthaired female calico, “gets along well with other respectful cats.”

“Once a shy, hesitant girl, she has now become more confident and outgoing.

Her transformation has been wonderful to witness. Penda is very mild-mannered.

She may need a little extra time to feel safe in her new home. She would do best in a slower-paced, predictable home,” she added.

“She’ll make you laugh once you see all of the goofy positions in which she

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chooses to sleep. She loves to roll all around to show you how cute she can be so you’ll pet her. She enjoys getting affection and loves to shower you with love and purrs,” Cosgriff said.

Both dogs and Penda are altered, vaccinated, microchipped, de-wormed, and cats are tested for FELV/FIV. Information on the dogs: FFLdogs@ azfriends.org, for the cat: FFLcats@ azfriends.org. For information on any of the three: 480-497-8296 or azfriends. org.

Meanwhile, AZ Rescue is looking to find a forever family for Pasha, who spokeswoman Jennifer Berry calls “a gorgeous gal with one of the shiniest, sleekest and softest fur coats you’ve ever had the privilege of petting.”

“She is also one of the sweetest, most

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PASHA loving kitties we’ve come across; she craves attention and loves her people with a passion,” Berry added. “Pasha is very active, which is a plus considering the good appetite she has. She loves to jump high in pursuit of wand toys that taunt her and will leap high into the air to catch any other toy that comes her way.”

Information: azrescue.org.

Home Fur Good is looking for someone to adopt Kimmie, an 18-month-old calico tabby described as “outgoing and social, doing her best to get everyone to play with her.”

Home Fur Good, 10220 N. 32nd St,, Phoenix, has a Free Roaming Cat Room open for adoptions 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday. Information: 602-971-1334.

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Kimberly Lewis auditioning for ‘Shrek’ musical this Saturday

Ahwatukee dance studio owner Kimberly Lewis is holding auditions this Saturday, March 3, for roles in “Shrek the Musical,” which she will present June 23.

Times for the auditions at Studio 111 Theater Company, 4910 E. Chandler Blvd. suite 111, Ahwatukee, are: 9:30-10:30 a.m. for ages 5-9; 10:30-11:30 a.m. for ages 10-13 and 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. for ages 14 and older.

Singers and dancers must bring a one-minute prepared song (bring music on an iPod) and a one-minute monologue to show acting skills.

Help can be found at dramanotebook.com/monologues-kids-teenagers.

Dancers will be taught a short dance combination at audition and should wear comfortable clothing they can move in. Dancing is not a requirement.

Callbacks are later the same day, between 1:30 and 4 p.m.

Rehearsals will be during the first three weeks in June, although times are subjected to change and certain cast members might not need to be at rehearsals every day. Dress rehearsals are June 21 and 22 at Mountain Pointe High School Theatre.

A production fee will cover training in acting, singing, dancing and staging, and more information is available at 480-706-6040.

Interested people who cannot make Saturday’s audition can email a video audition no later than 5 p.m.

Friday, March 2, to studio111theatercompany@gmail. com with the subject line “Shrek Video Audition.”

Include a one-minute song and a one-minute monologue. Dancers should include a dance combination of six eight counts of choreography.

Desert Pointe Garden Club to hold monthly meeting Monday

The Desert Pointe Garden Club will meet at 9 a.m.

Monday, March 5, at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive.

The program will be presented by the Succulent/ Cactus Society of America. Information: maryjollew@ gmail.com or call 602-478-6732.

Fundraiser to help Ahwatukee man get lung transplant

Friends of Ed Kriesel, 56, of Ahwatukee, are holding a fundraiser to help him raise the $1 million he needs

for a double-lung transplant.

Kriesel suffers from a rare lung disease known as “genetic emphysema.”

The 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 3, fundraiser is at Bleachers Sports Grill, 15410 S. Mountain Parkway on the northwest corner of 40th Street and Chandler Boulevard, behind Walgreens.

The organizers are hoping local businesses and individuals will contribute items for the auctions.

They can contact Wendy Galster at 518-495-2507 or Bri Kriesel 651-485-6740. Monetary donations to help Kriesel are also possible at HelpHopeLive.org/ campaign/13761.

Republican Women seek seniors to apply for scholarship

Ahwatukee Republican Women is seeking applications from graduating high school seniors for the Marjorie Miner Scholarship.

The $500 scholarship is open to an Ahwatukee resident who is a registered Republican and the deadline to apply is April 1. The ARW executive committee decides the winner in May. Applicants submit essays addressing their per-

sonal involvement volunteer service, extracurricular activities, organizations or clubs, their history of employment and future educational goals. They also fill out a form available at ahwatukeerepublicanwomen. com The award is named after Marjorie Miner, who was a precinct committee member for 22 years, president of the Tempe Republican Women’s Club and a member of Ahwatukee Republican Women.

Miner became politically active in 1936 at age 9 when she supported the candidacy of Republican presidential incumbent Alfred Landon, who lost to incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt. She was active in numerous local and national party offices. Information: 602-300-4185, arwomen@aol.com.

Tempe Legion dance to benefit boys-girls state program

The Tempe American Legion Post 2 will present its 24th annual state dance 7-10 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at the Legion Post, 2125 S. Industrial Park Ave., Tempe.

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schools who spend one week learning about Arizona government, citizenship and occupations.

The 20-piece Sentimental Swing Orchestra will perform music from the 1930s and 1940s. Tickets are $10 at the door and dance groups are welcome. Information: 480-967-2968.

Festival of Lights Committee seeks new volunteers to join

The Festival of Lights Committee has set a series of meetings when volunteers can show up to help develop new ideas and take on assignments for its annual Kick-Off Party the Saturday after Thanksgiving and its Wine and Beer Tasting Event at Rawhide Western Town in the spring.

This year's beer-wine party is April 14.

Committee Chair Janyce Hazlett and many of the other current committee members have been working hard for more than two decades on the Festival of Lights and the related parties.

Now, they say, they need new blood and new ideas.

The committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Desert Foothills United Methodist Church, 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee, on the following dates: March 6, March 13, March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10.

Information: admin@folaz.org.

14th annual Chili Cook Off at ABM features food and fun

The Ahwatukee Swim and Tennis Center’s 14th annual Chili Cook-Off will be held 10 a.m.-8 p.m. March 10 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. March 11.

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The St. Vincent dePaul Corpus Christi Conference in Ahwatukee is holding its annual clothing/furniture drive 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 10 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

March 11.Items can be dropped off at the St. Vincent dePaul truck in the north parking lot of Corpus Christi Church on 36th Street at Knox Road, Ahwatukee.

No electronics, mattresses or box springs will be accepted.

Kiwanis Club seeks entries for annual Ahwatukee Easter Parade Ahwatukee Children's Theater The 42nd annual Kiwanis Ahwatukee Easter Parade and Spring Fling is slated for March 31 and entries are slates show/fundraiser now being sought.

It is one of the largest annual community events in Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club President Mike Schmitt will again perform services as the Parade Boss for the 26th year.

Beginning at 10 a.m., the parade forms at 48th Street and Warner Road and progresses north about one mile along 48th Street to Cheyenne Drive.

After the parade, families and individuals can drop by the Spring Fling at Ahwatukee Community Center Park, 48th Street and Warner Road.

The parade and the Spring Fling are organized by the 27-member Kiwanis Club of Ahwatukee with proceeds earmarked for community and Kiwanis charities. Local Key Clubs from Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe High Schools assist.

For more parade information, call, 480-759-0007 or e-mail msch0007@aol.com. Spring Fling information can be obtained by calling 602-402-6267 or e-mailing andi@wttaz.com. Forms are available at ahwatukeekiwanis.org.

The Ahwatukee Children’s Theater will hold its annual talent show-fundraiser 1-5 p.m. March 25 at the Because Event Center, 3419 E. University Drive, Phoenix.

Tickets are $25 and on sale at azact.seatyourself. biz, which also covers light refreshments.

The theater company also seeks donations for a raffle. Information: MicheleACT@yahoo.com.

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There will be breakout sessions for participants to learn more about topics related to breast cancer.

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More than 250 people attended the event last year.The Kyrene Foundation sponsors a number of activities throughout the year, primarily to help needy district families.

The night will include finding a winner in the opportunity drawing for a family adventure package for four to Anaheim or San Diego.

Opportunity Drawing tickets are on sale at kyrenefoundation.org/taste/event. For each $10 ticket, $5 is donated to a Kyrene school of the purchaser’s and the other half supports the foundation.

Dream Dinners of Ahwatukee is seeking sponsors to support the purchase of food and other expenses in advance of a food-packing event at Grand Canyon University on March 25.

The event is being organized by the Dream Dinners Foundation and another nonprofit called Friends & Family Community Connection, which organized similar events across the country that have supplied 16 million meals.Information: Penny Bowers at 602-8102922 or penny.bowers@dreamdinners.com.

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Unique carnival at Desert Vista High Desert Vista High Schools students on Feb. 22 held a carnival of sorts for classmates on the school grounds with lots of games the students themselves came up with. In the top row, Thunder quarterback Kevin Kline couldn’t stop lobbing balls while students milled around a goal for a hockey game played partly with a bouncy. In the middle row, from left, Celeste Zuniga, left, and Alexandra Alben shared some laughs; Olivia Aseno tried her hand at ring toss; and Eden Gustin, left, and Alexis Kim cheered the “hockey” players; in the bottom row from left, Kitsia Negreros tries her hand at hockey; Frank Colon spent the evening tossing balls; and Nicole Burton worked on a dummy in the “Operation Game.”

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Online safety class offered

Online Safety Specialists will present a workshop on ways parents can protect their children – and students in junior high and older can protect themselves – from online scams and predators. The workshop will cover cyber-bullying, sexting, sextortion, online gaming, chat lingo and related topics.

The class is open to both teens and adults, but class size is limited.

DETAILS>> 7-9 p.m., Hub Fitness, 4425 E. Agave Road, Ste. 100, Ahwatukee. $10. Must reserve a seat by emailing scott@onlinesafetyspecialists.com.

Holi: Celebration of Color

Come learn about, and experience, the colorful spring Indian celebration of Holi! Crafting fun with a spring theme will happen 4-5 p.m. Snacks and the throwing of gulal-colored powder will occur 5-5:30 p.m. Bring family and friends, wear clothes you don’t mind getting permanently stained, and join us for this wild, messy celebration!

DETAILS>> Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd.

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Seuss-tastical Storytime

Kids ages birth to five will enjoy Dr. Seuss-themed interactive stories, rhymes, music and more in honor of Read Across America Day (March 2). #pplstorytime #familystorytime #seusstastical #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 10:30-11 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages birth-5. Free. Tickets are lim-

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Holi: Celebration of Color

Come learn about, and experience, the colorful spring Indian celebration of Holi at Ironwood Library.

DETAILS>> DECrafting fun with a spring theme will happen 4-5 p.m. Snacks and the throwing of gulal colored powder will be provided occur 5-5:30 p.m. Bring family and friends, wear clothes you don’t mind getting permanently stained, and join us for this wild, messy celebration. #voicesppl #IronwoodLibrary Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. All ages. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

Seuss-tastical Family Festival

Enjoy Dr. Seuss-themed literacy and S.T.E.A.M. activities for the whole family to enjoy together in honor of Read Across America Day (March 2). #seusstastical #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 3-12. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAY, MARCH 6

“Rewrite Right” session

Improve your writing and editorial appeal with editor Darren Todd at the Parchment and Prose Writers’ discussion group, which meets the first Tuesday of every month for workshops, presentations,

and discussions about all aspects of the writing process from conception to publication. #WritingEvent #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7

Monthly book discussion

Read the book and join each month’s lively discussion the first Wednesday of the month. March’s read: “The Aviator’s Wife” by Melanie Benjamin. April’s read: “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond. #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 7-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, MARCH 10

Library teen council meets

This group meets to plan teen events at the library.

Join and earn community service hours, make friends, have fun. #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 2-3:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAY, MARCH 13 LEGO Lab

Children accompanied by an adult can stop by for fun LEGO building time the second Tuesday of each month. #stem #legolab #IronwoodLibrary

DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 Spring Break Fun!

Stop by Ironwood Library for some crafts and games during spring break. #SpringBreak #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> noon-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-12. Free. No registration required.

THURSDAY, MARCH 15 Teen-palooza

Bring a friend or two to watch a movie, join a Kahoot competition, graze at a pizza and ice cream bar, play video games, and make crafts. #TeenThursdays #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, MARCH 17 TinkerTime

Explore hands-on creative ways to design, experiment, and invent while learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) through tinkering. #stem #tinkertime #IronwoodLibrary See

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DETAILS>> 2-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

DETAILS>> 8-9:15 a.m. in the northwest corner of the park at 4700 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee, behind the guitar player at the Ahwatukee Farmers Market, which is open 9a.m.-1 p.m.

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DETAILS>> Tuesdays 1:30-3:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

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Volunteer Eric will help with homework each Tuesday afternoon.

DETAILS>> 5:15-6:15 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-18. Free. No registration required.

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Starting Medicare? How the Medicare plan can be a life-changing decision is the topic of a workshop

by Ahwatukee agents and active Medicare members Bill and Carole Phelan, who present options and answer your questions.

DETAILS>> 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Ironwood library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. RSVP to 480-283-9161.

TUESDAY, MARCH 20

Writers critique group

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

THURSDAY, MARCH 22

Networking visitors day

Ahwatukee, Chandler and Tempe professionals in the ACT Networking Group are holding a visitors night event.

DETAILS>> 7:45-8:45 P.M., Tukes Kafe 15815 S. 50th St., Ahwatukee. Information: 602-418-3645.

TUESDAY, MARCH 27

Creative Planning and Journaling

Do you have a New Year’s resolution to get organized but don’t know where to start? Bring your planner, bullet journal, or notebook and learn some tips on laying out your tasks and goals while exercising your creativity! The fourth Tuesday of each month we’ll get those creative gears turning, get organized together, and help you reach those goals! Introductory bullet journal and all other supplies provided by the Friend of the Phoenix Public Library. #planningjournaling #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 4-6 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28

Gain control of workday

Improve your productivity by gaining control of your workday. Eliminate roadblocks to your success and identify the distractions that hold you back.

Learn how to gain peak performance in your work and business. Part of the hive@central Productivity Series presented by Margo Brown, Productivity Coach & Founder of Wave Productivity. #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 6-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. Registration required via the online calendar at phxlib.org.

SUNDAYS

Learn gardening from pros

Learn desert gardening by getting your hands dirty with the Ahwatukee Community Gardening Project. Share in the knowledge, the produce, and the smiles. All ages welcome Bring sun protection and water, tools optional.

Two new clubs meet in Ahwatukee every Sunday­ the chess club for players at all skill levels and Knitters Anonymous for all levels of knitters and people who crochet.

DETAILS>> The Chess Club meets at 11 a.m. at Einstein’s at 48th Street and Ray Road. Knitters Anonymous meets at 2 p.m. at Pomegranate’s Café, 40th and Chandler Boulevard. For either club, call 480246-1912 for more information.

Little Bytes

Kids can learn the foundations of coding and computer commands before they can write or spell!

Fun activities, apps and games will teach the fundamentals of simple logic, sequencing and coding language. #stem DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m. March 4 and 25., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-7. Free. No registration required.

Coder Dojo

What do video games, robots and self-driving cars have in common? Code! You can become a coding master by learning Code.org, Kodable, Scratch, Tynker, HTML and more. Beginners welcome.

DETAILS>> 3-4 p.m., March 4 and 25.. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 8-17. Free. No registration required.

MONDAYS

Sign language for crawlers

Accompanied by a favorite adult, babies birth to crawling enjoy songs, music, rhymes, books, interactive stories, simple sign language words, activities to promote movement, and playtime.

DETAILS>> 10:30-11 a.m. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages birth to crawling. Free. Tickets are limited and available in the library 30 minutes before program begins.

Chamber offers networking

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce networking and leads group is open to chamber members.

DETAILS>> Noon, Native Grill and Wings, 5030 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Gina Jenkins, 480-990-5444.

Homework Help

Estrangement support

Although rarely discussed, family estrangement is far more common than most people realize. The estranged suffer from loneliness, lack of self-esteem, guilt, anger and depression. Desert Foothills United Methodist Church provides a support group that meets the first Tuesday of every month. The public is invited to the “Living Loss” sessions. No questions asked, and anonymity will be respected.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m., first Tuesday of every month; 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. Free. Information: 480-460-1025 and office@desertfoothills.org

Homework help

Volunteer Eric will help with homework.

DETAILS>> 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-18. Free. No registration required.

Coloring for grown-ups

Adult coloring promotes mindfulness, reduces stress, and improves cognitive motor skills. We’ll provide the markers, crayons, colored pencils, and coloring sheets; you just bring yourself and your friends!

DETAILS>> 1:30-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

Chair yoga featured

Inner Vision Yoga Studio offers chair yoga to help seniors and people recovering from injuries to stay fit.

DETAILS>> 1:30-2:30 p.m., 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. $5 per class.

Toastmasters sharpen skills

Improve your speaking skills and meet interesting people at Ahwatukee Toastmasters meetings DETAILS>> 6:45-8 a.m at the Dignity Health Community Room, 4545 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee.

Power Partners available

Legislative District 18 Democrats gather monthly, usually the second Monday, to share news, opportunities, food and laughter. Meetings include guest speakers, legislative updates, how-to sessions and Q&A. Volunteer or just enjoy an evening with like-minded folks.

DETAILS>> For times and places: ld18democrats. org/calendar.

The Ahwatukee Chamber offers Power Partners every Tuesday except the second Tuesday of the month, when attendees are encouraged to attend the Wake Up Ahwatukee Morning Mixer. Unlike our Monday Power Group, this group will be non-category specific, meaning you can have more than one member in each business category.

DETAILS>> 7:45-8:45 a.m. Early Baker, 15645 S. 40th St., Ahwatukee. Free Information:. Gina Jenkins, 480-990-5444.

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Adult coloring promotes mindfulness, reduces stress, and improves cognitive motor skills. We’ll provide the markers, crayons, colored pencils, and coloring sheets; you just bring yourself and your

People can get step-by-step instruction in water-coloring whether they are beginners and intermediates.

DETAILS>> 2:30-5 p.m. Hobby Lobby, 4710 Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Four classes for $80. To register: Judy Lokits 480-471-8505, or judylokits.com.

LD 18 Dems meet monthly

Color to Calm: Coloring for Grown-ups!

Fun with watercolors

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Celebrate Recovery is a biblical 12-step program that helps you find hope and healing from all of life’s hurts, habits, and hang-ups. Whether it’s addiction, loss, anger, or stress, you can find the freedom you’re looking for.

DETAILS>>6:20 PM, Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 South 48th Street, Ahwatukee. 480893-2579, mvlutheran.org.

Sit, Stay, Read!

Young readers and listeners can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal and human team. Read to Truffles on Wednesdays.

DETAILS>> Wednesdays, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-10. Free. No registration required.

Montessori holds open house

Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori holds an open house weekly. It includes a short talk about Montessori education, followed by a tour of its campus.

DETAILS>> 4 p.m. Wednesdays, 3221 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. Information: 480-759-3810

Grief support is free

Hospice of the Valley offers a free ongoing grief support group for adults and is open to any adult who has experienced a loss through death. No registration required.

DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m. first and third Wednesdays, Pecos Community Center, 17010 S. 48th St. 602-6365390 or HOV.org.

Foothills Women meet

An informal, relaxed social organization of about 90 women living in the Ahwatukee Foothills/Club West area. A way to escape once a month to have fun and meet with other ladies in the area. Guest speaker or entertainment featured.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m. second Wednesday of the month, Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive. Contact Shelley Miller, president, at 602-527-6789 or essentiallyshelley@gmail.com

Parents can ‘drop in’

Parents are invited to join a drop-in group to ask questions, share ideas or just listen to what’s going on with today’s teenagers.

DETAILS>> 5:30-7 p.m. second Wednesday of each month. Maricopa Cooperative Extension, 4341 E. Broadway Road, Phoenix. Free. RSVP at 602-8278200, ext. 348, or rcarter@cals.arizona.edu.

‘Dems and Donuts’ set

Legislative District 18 Democrats gather for an informal chat.

DETAILS>> Free and open to the public 7:30-9 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month at Denny’s, 7400 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler. RSVP: marie9@q.com or 480-592-0052.

THURSDAYS

Networking group meets

ACT Networking Group, standing for Ahwatukee, Chandler and Tempe, meets weekly.

DETAILS >> 7:45-8:45 p.m., Tukes Kafe, 15815 S. 50th St., Ahwatukee. Information: 602-418-3645.

— Email calendar items to pmaryniak@ahwatukees.com

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Plenty of harmful myths surround neutering of pets

BY SUSANA DELLA MADDALENA AFN Guest Writer

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pring is coming, producing not only longer and warmer days but also an overproduction both in our homes and on our streets of unwanted puppies and kittens. As a result, more animals will be dumped at local shelters or left to mature and reproduce on their own in our alleys and neighborhoods.

The good news is that since 2012, the intake rate of animals at Valley shelters has dropped 40 percent and euthanasia of dogs and cats has plummeted more than 85 percent, thanks to Fix.Adopt.Save, a collaboration involving Altered Tails and six other animal welfare organizations, with additional help from PetSmart Charities and the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.

Despite this success, there is more work to be done, as thousands of dogs and cats still are being euthanized every year.

Altered Tails (alteredtails.org) began in 2005 with a mobile sterilization vehicle on a mission to provide accessible, affordable spay and neuter services across the Valley.

In 2007, we opened our first clinic in Phoenix, thanks to generous donations by

local philanthropists Bea and Dick Barnhart, and we expanded in 2013 to Mesa, making it more convenient for East Valley residents to bring in their pets.

Our W.A.G.S. (Wheels for Animals Getting Spayed/Neutered) program in Mesa followed in 2014, enabling pet owners and feral cat trappers without transportation to call on us.

All told, the Phoenix and Mesa clinics, along with a third clinic that opened in Tucson in 2016, performed nearly 23,000 low-cost spay and neuter procedures last year.

There are several misnomers about spaying and neutering pets. What most people don’t know is that taking care of them in this way promotes good physical and behavioral health and helps them live longer.

Sterilization also can have a positive impact on the animal population by reducing euthanasia as a means of animal population growth.

Consider some of these myths and facts: Myth: Spaying/neutering won’t do anything for my pet’s health or behavior.

Facts: It will help prevent reproductive cancers — testicular in males and mammary gland in females. It can help reduce spraying by male cats and marking by male dogs and decrease their inclination to wander. It also may calm male and female

animals and cut fighting and aggression.

Myth: Spaying/neutering is costly.

Facts: It can be, but services performed

by Altered Tails staff, who specialize in sterilization, are, on average, 75 percent lower than at private practice and full-service veterinarians. Our furry clients experience less time under anesthesia and in recovery and have smaller incisions.

Also, because Altered Tails is a nonprofit organization and we want to ensure that cost isn’t a barrier to sterilizing a pet, we frequently have grants available that enable us to provide free surgeries and vaccines or surgeries for a small client copay of $20.

Myth: Spaying/neutering will cause our family’s female pet and our children to miss out on the miracle of birth.

Facts: Animals neither want nor need to have babies. And sometimes the births of dogs or cats in our homes don’t go as planned, which can traumatize family members. There are plenty of children’s books and videos that teach birth in a responsible manner.

Additionally, letting your pet produce offspring you have no intention of keeping teaches your children irresponsibility.

Instead, educate your child about being a responsible pet owner.

Myth: Spaying/neutering my pet will

make my pet fat and lethargic.

Fact: There’s no correlation here. Overfeeding and a lack of exercise, however, will lead to that.

Myth: I don’t have pets, so there’s not much I can do to help.

Facts: As a nonprofit organization, Altered Tails is grateful for donations of money, time and gently used items such as all sizes of towels, blankets, even cleaning and office supplies. We have an amazon. com wish list.

I hope you’ll keep these facts in mind and do what’s right for your pets and the larger pet population in Arizona.

To help you out, Altered Tails will participate in a spay and neuter event hosted

by Fix.Adopt.Save. on Saturday and Sunday March 3-4. Check-in is 7 a.m. both days.

Spay and neuter surgeries will be free on a first-come, first-served basis, vaccines will be free in combination with the surgeries and vouchers will be issued to those who can’t be seen those two days.

-Susana Della Maddalena is executive director of Altered Tails, a nonprofit organization that provides accessible and affordable, high-quality spay/neuter services for companion animals and free-roaming cats. Altered Tails’ Mesa clinic is located at 7246 E. Main St.

Landmark performance makes Palo Verde a treasure for Arizona

BY BOB BEMENT AFN Guest Writer

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hen you think of the most remarkable landmarks that contribute to the beauty of our state, places like the Grand Canyon, Camelback Mountain, the Superstitions and the Red Rocks of Sedona are likely on the list.

There’s another important landmark that may not be top of mind but is crucial to Arizona’s clean air, blue skies and natural environment. Governor Doug Ducey refers to it as “a crown jewel in the state’s vital infrastructure and one of the greatest examples of Arizona’s pioneering spirit.”

I’m talking about our country’s largest

power producer for 25 straight years – the APS-operated Palo Verde Generating Station, located about an hour west of downtown Phoenix. The energy produced there is clean and carbon-free.

What does that mean for APS customers and all Arizonans? Cleaner air. As the provider of 80 percent of the state’s clean electricity, Palo Verde plays a major role in preserving the fragile desert environment.

The carbon dioxide release that is avoided because Palo Verde produces this power for our region, rather than conventional sources, is significant. To put it into perspective: Imagine 2.8 million cars, and the air pollution they cause, disappearing from our roads each year.

And because Palo Verde is the only nuclear plant in the United States that does

not sit on a large body of water, it helps Arizona conserve precious water supplies by recycling wastewater from local towns and cities to meet the plant’s cooling needs.

As the only emission-free source that can deliver 24/7, nuclear power is key to a cleaner energy future.

It provides the reliable, affordable backbone to our diverse energy mix, instrumental in balancing important renewables like solar and wind, which are controlled

by Mother Nature and can’t always generate power when Arizonans need it most.

Palo Verde is also essential to fueling Arizona’s economy, infusing $2 billion a year.

APS serves as Arizona’s largest single commercial taxpayer, employs more than 2,500 full-time workers and nearly 1,000 seasonal contractors at Palo Verde, and it

supports thousands of Arizona businesses each year with the purchase of products and services.

The people of Palo Verde Generating Station make a significant positive impact, too. Our employees are neighbors. They donate hundreds of hours of their time and about $1 million each year to local charities. Palo Verde also invests in a diverse future workforce by providing educational opportunities to students interested in careers in energy.

Palo Verde is quietly and consistently doing its part as a thriving and vital resource for Arizona, a leader in clean energy production, and by providing a better future for generations to come.

-Bob Bement is executive vice president and chief nuclear officer at APS.

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Criminal past no longer automatic bar from county jobs

BY DENNY BARNEY AFN Guest Writer

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magine you’ve been convicted of a crime.

You’ve done your time.

You want to start over.

One of the first things you need to do is get a job. The reality is, you have an uphill battle. And it starts with the job application.

Many employers ask up front about an applicant’s criminal past. Often, people have to check a box if they’ve been convicted a crime. That checkmark can scare off potential employers.

According to the Arizona Governor’s Office, men with criminal records account for more than a third of healthy men ages 25-54 who are unemployed.

And a crime on your record means you’re about 50 percent less likely to get a callback for a job interview.

Maricopa County, following the lead of Governor Doug Ducey, is taking a different approach. Starting in January, we changed our hiring policy so that we do not ask about a person’s criminal record on initial job applications.

We want to free up managers to consider the most qualified candidates from the very start without being influenced by their previous mistakes.

Research shows that people who have jobs are less likely to go back to jail. In fact, employment is one of the most significant factors in reducing recidivism.

Cutting back on the number of repeat offenders coming through our jails is one of my main priorities because it lowers jail costs and makes our community safer and stronger.

Now, we certainly don’t want to put the county and employees at risk, so we will still run criminal background checks fur-

ther in the process, prior to hire. Our hiring managers can then weigh all factors in deciding whether or not to hire someone.

This new policy is simply a way to provide a foot in the door for members of our community who are used to having the door slammed in their faces.

Some county departments, primarily those dealing with law enforcement, have more stringent rules and some must comply with federal or state statutes related to the criminal history of employees.

These departments will continue to include criminal background questions on employment applications.

There are now 7 million people living in Arizona – more than 60 percent of them here in Maricopa County – and an estimated 1.5 million of them have arrests or criminal convictions on their record.

That is a staggering number to me, and it shows just how important it is for lead-

ers in the public and private sectors to think about how we integrate these folks back into society once they’ve served their time.

Not everyone who gets out of jail is ready to start contributing positively to our community. Some will continue to commit crimes. But I believe most have bigger and better plans. They want to support their families or be self-sufficient, but they end up discouraged by all the roadblocks.

By becoming a “Second Chance Employer,” we hope to communicate to everyone that we welcome their applying to Maricopa County. We do not believe individuals are defined solely by their past.

We believe in what they can do, moving forward.

-Denny Barney is a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and the new president/CEO of the East Valley Partnership.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to gun violence

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

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ere’s a modest proposal, one that makes perfect sense in 2018, when our nation has never been more divided: Rather than an American flag colored red, white and blue, as we’ve had for going on 242 years, perhaps it’s time to change the Stars and Stripes to our new official colors.

Black and white.

I say that because every issue nowadays appears to be exactly that for most Americans – black or white, either-or, Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, pro or anti. With no issue is this more apparent than when it comes to the mass shootings that continue to occur at an unprecedented clip. How bad is it? America makes up five percent of the global population, yet over the past 50 years we have produced more than 30 percent of the world’s mass

shooters.

Our answer? So far, not a damn thing.

That’s because every time a lunatic opens fire with an AR-15 in a school or a movie theater, a government building or a Las Vegas concert, we line up in two factions and scream at the top of our lungs.

On one side? Those who see gun control alone as the answer – and the National Rifle Association and Second Amendment diehards as the enemy.

On the other side? The “you’ll limit gun ownership over my dead body” crowd. They see mass shootings not as a gun problem, but as a mental-health problem, because “guns don’t kill people, crazy people kill people.”

Here’s a news flash. Both sides are absolutely right. And both sides could not be more wrong.

The truth? Mass shootings are exactly like every other complex social issue we face in America: Nuanced events determined by multiple causes, impossible to prevent with a “one size fits all” response. The solutions to

such complicated issues are themselves complicated, not black and white, nor either-or. No set of solutions will prevent every mass shooting. But a set of solutions that weaves together BOTH sensible gun-control laws AND better mental-health screening and services would be a good start against what has become America’s weekly ritual: Wholesale slaughter by killers who, in retrospect, inevitably had not one problem that required solving, but two – access to high-powered killing machines and serious mental issues that could have been red flags, but somehow got missed, as was the case with Nikolas Cruz of Parkland, Fla., infamy.

I can’t say with certainty that the Parkland massacre would have been prevented by a comprehensive approach combining stricter gun laws – like forbidding the mentally ill from buying guns, for starters – with better mentalhealth screening – including potentially committing someone like Cruz, who exhibited more red flags than a Soviet military parade. But here’s what I can

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say: Doing nothing is unacceptable.

Yet that’s where we find ourselves, because of the societal and political gridlock created by our insistence on approaching mass gun killings in an exclusively “either-or” manner.

The truth? We can continue to view this issue as black and white and do nothing. That approach will help political candidates stoke their bases and attract votes, but it will not stanch the flow of blood in our streets, schools and public spaces. Or we can open our minds to the complexity of this issue and do what America used to do, back when we weren’t simply a collection of red states and blue states united by little more than geography, 325 million partisans who would rather make Facebook posts than save lives.

We used to solve problems in this country. Now, screaming is what we do best. And funerals. Because we’ve had so much practice.

– David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo. com.

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Innovation keeps Phoenix open for small business

BY MAYOR GREG STANTON AFN Guest Writer

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e’ve worked hard to build an innovation-based economy that works for every Phoenix

family.

To achieve that, we are attracting big companies that bring good, high-paying jobs in sustainable industries. But equally important, we’re supporting and growing the small businesses that feed our local economy.

And people across the nation are taking notice that Phoenix is a great place to open up shop.

This February, I was honored to receive the Small Business Advocate Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Partner America, which recognized the city’s efforts to offer the best possible tools for small businesses.

This accolade is a shared one – and a reflection of the work the City Council has done to adopt common-sense policies that have made it easier than ever to do business in Phoenix.

Over the past several years, we’ve found innovative ways to help support the growth of small businesses so that anyone with a good idea and the willingness to work hard can get started.

When I took office, I listened to concerns from the business community that our permitting system took too long, and it was more complicated than necessary to simply get a business off the ground.

We responded by cutting red tape, creating a 24-hour online permitting system, and moving plan reviews online, too. As a result, business owners can spend more time growing their companies and less time waiting in line.

We also gave entrepreneurs a helping hand with business readiness classes to take the guesswork out of starting or growing their companies. The hive@ central business incubator in our library helps owners navigate the legal ins and outs of a startup all the way to finding access to capital.

And it offers those resources in both English and Spanish. The city’s export boot camp, ExporTech, prepares more established entrepreneurs to sell products and services internationally—and makes easier the process of entering the global marketplace.

Traditionally, cities haven’t taken the lead in offering these kinds of programs and services to businesses. But in Phoenix, it has made all the difference for real entrepreneurs in our community with big dreams.

Jose and Leticia Gamiz brought their dream to the hive@central three years ago. The husband-wife team had a vision for opening a restaurant, and through the Mapa Para Su Negocio curriculum they grew and transformed that idea into a reality.

The hive connected them with a network of experienced mentors who helped turn their unique food concept in to the wildly popular Mi Vegana Madre vegan Mexican food truck.

When asked about his path to launch the restaurant, Jose Gamiz responded, “Mi Vegana Madre was born in our hearts and our minds, but really it was born at the hive.” That’s a success story everyone in Phoenix can celebrate.

When our small businesses do well, our residents and families get ahead. I’m proud of our progress, and I know Phoenix will continue to do its part to expand opportunities. If there is one message that this award sends locally and nationally, it’s that Phoenix is open for business.

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Designers’ program offering budget-rate consults on high-end jobs

BY DAVID M. BROWN AFN Contributor

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etaining an interior designer doesn’t always mean spending superior dollars.

Interior Designer for Hire, a program sponsored by the Arizona North chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers, gives homeowners the opportunity to consult with a professional interior designer at a reduced rate to gain the many benefit of their insights. The program continues through April 30.

Now in its 10th year, the annual program matches homeowners with local ASID designers for a one- or two-hour consultation at $75 per hour. Based in Washington, D.C., ASID is a national association of interior designers and their vendors.

With 600 interior designer members, the Arizona North Chapter serves the Valley and areas north, including cities such as Flagstaff. Members are certified as either ASID or ASID Allied.

Approximately 25 interior designers from the chapter are participating this year – including a number from Ahwatukee and the East Valley, such as Sujaya Reddy of Tempe, Debby Duke of Queen Creek and Edie Parsons of Ahwatukee, explained Tabitha Evans, president of the Arizona North chapter.

“Our designers will meet you in your home or at your place of business,” she said. “They volunteer their time, and the

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Ahwatukee interior designer Edie Parsons converted the living room of an Ahwatukee home, left, into an ultra-modern space. She is one of a number of Valley interior designers who are offering a consultation with homeowners at a discounted fee.

fees we collect as a chapter are used for student scholarships and professional-development training for our members.”

Parsons said, “Designers are educated and trained to solve design problems.”

“We are able to make suggestions based on experience, which will help to narrow choices for clients. By providing direction, designers help to remove some of the stress related to remodeling or designing a new space,” said Parsons, a 26-year resident of Ahwatukee and principal of Evoke Design, whose work includes redesigning properties for flipping and helping developers with spec homes.

Parsons recalled how one client sought her counsel on a whole-home remodeling project.

“I was able to keep them focused and provide honest direction, which kept

them from feeling overwhelmed. I always attempted to keep both individuals’ feelings in mind and helped them to make compromises,” said Parsons, who is in her first year with the Designer for Hire program.

“They say that I was the best investment that they made during their remodeling project. In fact, every time I see them, they say I helped save their marriage,” she added.

Two East Valley schools have students who benefitted through scholarships and other stipends are Mesa Community college and Arizona State University.

“We have eight students attending a national trade event this summer in Los Angeles, and the chapter is helping them with their tickets and lodging,” Evans explained.

“When we began the program, we felt that this was a great way to educate the public that working with an interior designer isn’t just for people with a lot of money,” added Evans, who works with Thoma-Holec Design, a Scottsdale-based firm that develops senior living communities in the United States and Canada.

“The rate we arrived at we think is a really nice median price for the consultation. After the one- or two-hour session as part of Interior Designer for Hire, a client can then retain our designer to continue work or, perhaps, request another,” she said. “We feel there’s an interior designer for just about everyone.”

Working with a professional designer can help in a variety of ways, even for See

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Affiliated Dermatology acquires Derma Aura in Ahwatukee AFN News Staff

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ore dermatology services are being offered for Ahwatukee residents as a result of Affiliated Dermatology’s acquisition of Derma Aura Dermatology.

Affiliated Dermatology’s newest office is at 16515 S. 40th St., between Chandler Boulevard and Pecos Road.

“Founded and headquartered in Arizona, Affiliated Dermatology will continue providing general dermatology

services and Mohs surgery while adding aesthetic services and increasing hours to better serve the community,” a spokeswoman said.

The acquisition will increase Affiliated Dermatology’s total employees to approximately 165. It also has locations in Scottsdale, Deer Valley, Anthem, Surprise and Gilbert and additional acquisitions are expected this year.

“As an Arizona-born and -based company we take pride in having a local management team focused on providing

exceptional dermatology, aesthetics and allergy services to Arizona patients,” said CEO/Managing Partner Dr. Richard L. Averitte, Jr. “As we continue to grow and expand, we are steadfastly committed to the communities we serve and call home.”

Affiliated Dermatology is led by Arizona physicians and was founded in July 2002 by Averitte.

It provides skin cancer prevention and treatment, medical and aesthetic dermatology services and allergy testing.

In 2011, the company created a residency program to train healthcare professionals to help meet Arizona’s increased demand. In addition, Affiliated Dermatology has its own in-house certified and accredited laboratory.

Averitte also established the Arizona Skin Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing financial aid to people with skin cancer who cannot afford treatment.

Information: affderm.com or 480556-0446.

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those with good design and space acuity.

For one, a vast selection of products as well as television and Internet DIY tips can overwhelm you when you’re considering redoing just a room, and an interior designer can assist in easing those choices and reducing frustration.

“I’ve had clients tell me they wanted wood-look tile floors, but there are too many options and they can’t decide what they want,” said Duke.

“After asking a few key questions (such as, who lives in the home, any pets, budget for flooring), and looking at the rest of their home, I present them with four or five options, making the selection process painless.”

She is in her third year with Interior Designer for Hire. The first year, just out of Mesa Community College, she felt the program would help her, too, to gain experience with client consultations.

“Now I do it because I love helping clients reimagine a space,” she said, adding that her three-year-old company, dsquared Designs, is a full-service firm that has done residential and commercial designs but is most often hired for residential kitchen and bath renovations.

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sive. In fact, an interior designer can save you money.

“Imagine if you’d spent $10,000 on that tile floor, only to realize once it was installed that it clashed with your kitchen cabinets? What if you ordered a sectional sofa, and when it was delivered, you realized the fabric you’d selected was a cool gray, when you wanted warm gray?”

Duke said. “Now you have a tile floor you can’t replace easily and a sofa you can’t return.”

A few years ago, before she became a client of Duke’s, one client chose new flooring, granite countertops and a tile back splash at a store. “She abhorred her cabinets but installed the new granite on them anyway,” Duke said.

A few years later, she hired Duke to renovate her master bathroom and also wanted advice about her kitchen, including replacing those yellowed cabinets while retaining the granite counters.

“We found a contractor who was able to remove the original cabinets and replace with sable-colored maple cabinets, while

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Edie Parsons gave the bathroom of this Ahwatukee home a new look.

The Ahwatukee interior designer said a consultation with a professional interior designer often can settle arguments between couples over how to redo a room.

keeping the granite in place. I was able to give her a functional layout, without changing her original footprint,” she said, “and now her kitchen is beautiful.”

Information: azn.asid.org.

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State House gives 35-25 nod to capital gains tax cuts the change makes sense for seniors on a fixed income who are depending on their investments “to live into their old age.’’ And if the legislation were limited to that, she said she would support it.

But Epstein cited a report by legislative budget analysts that shows that the change, once fully implemented, will cut state revenues by $23 million a year.

That, she said, is money that should be used for other state needs, like hiking teacher pay.

So, she proposed applying the proposal only to those who are at least 65 years old and have income of less than $75,000 a year.

That did not sit well with House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, who wants the higher deduction for everyone. He said there is no precedent to crafting the tax code based on someone’s age, though Mesnard acknowledged that there are laws to protect some seniors, like property tax breaks.

Anyway, Mesnard argued it is wrong to think about his proposal simply as a tax break.

“Capital gains is investment in the

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ot stocks, land or similar investments?

The state House voted 35-25 last week to give you a tax break when you sell those items.

But how much you will pocket depends, quite frankly, on how much you make. And the 183 richest Arizonans – those making more than $5 million a year –- will each walk away with an average of an extra $27,000.

At issue are capital gains. That’s the difference between what people pay for an investment against what they make when it is sold.

By state law, the profits on anything held for less than a year are taxed as regular income. But long-term gains – investments held for more than a year – are subject to a 25 percent discount when computing state income taxes.

What the House approved Wednesday as HB 2528 would increase that deduction, in steps, to 50 percent.

Rep. Mitzi Epstein, D-Tempe, said

economy,’’ he said.

“Investment in the economy is good for everybody,’’ Mesnard said. “And we want to encourage that as much as possible.’’

But Epstein pointed out that someone need not invest in Arizona to get the favorable state tax treatment.

“People could invest in the wonderful place that is Dubai,’’ she said, or China or anywhere on Earth.

“They invest there, they live in Arizona, and they get to not pay for anything that is going on in Arizona, where they are reaping the benefits of the wonderful things that we pay for in Arizona,’’ she said.

Mesnard countered that those who live here are likely to invest in Arizona.

But he said it ultimately does not matter whether Arizonans get their profits from investments elsewhere.

“They’re living here and spending here,’’ Mesnard said. “And that’s a good thing.’’

That still leaves the question of who benefits.

Epstein said those with adjusted

gross incomes between $10,000 and $20,000 a year will get just 1 percent of the tax break. By contrast, she said, 12 percent of the cash will go to those in the $200,000 to $500,000 income range, and 26 percent will go to those earning $1 million to $5 million.

And she said the impact analysis finds that 22 percent of the tax break – a total of $5.2 million when the law is fully implemented – will go to those who are in the $5 million plus tax bracket.

“And there are only 183 of them,’’ Epstein said, meaning an average tax break for each of them of more than $27,000.

That did not bother Rep. Jay Lawrence, R-Scottsdale.

“The rich people pay 80 to 85 percent of the taxes from which we all benefit,’’ he said. “The lower-income people, about who Rep. Epstein is defending, 10 percent of those people pay zero percent in taxes.’’

That comment drew derision from Rep. Kirsten Engel, D-Tucson, who called it “trickle-down economics.’’

The measure now goes to the Senate.

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Company: Jamberry (independent consultant) Contact info: Phone: 480-458-7205, lisalovesjams@cox.net, Website: lisaliddy.jamberry.com Business services: Girls Night Out, fundraisers and personal shopping. I help busy women set aside time to spend with some of the most important people: their girlfriends. Relax and enjoy time exploring on-trend beauty indulgences that celebrate self-expression. I also help individuals and organizations raise much needed money to support activities, communities and help in disasters, as well as providing personal shopping services for busy people.

Exciting things in her business: We are expanding our product portfolio to include haircare products that improve hair health naturally without many of the harsh chemicals found in other products. It’s just another way that we are providing clients with professional. products without harmful ingredients. And, our signature nail products will continue to lead the way with their “8 Free” formula that has fewer toxins.

Other activities: Foothills Women’s Club, several local networking groups, including the Women’s Networking League, Shake, Rattle, & Roll; HeartLink; and Grit & Grace.

Other interests: I love reading, knitting shawls and watching AcornTV/ BritBox shows. I also enjoy making jewelry from copper, brass and pewter. And, of course, I love doing my nails! Life’s too short for naked nails!”

EVENTS For more info on these and other upcoming events, visit ahwatukeechamber.com.

March 1, 8-9 a.m.

Chamber & Entrepreneur U “Planning for Uncle Sam” with Jim Chaston, CPA , Mountain Park Senior Living, 4475 E. Knox Road, Ahwatukee. Ahwatukee

Noon-1 p.m.

TukeeTown.com ribbon cutting Today’s Dental 10850 S. 48th St. Ahwatukee

March 8, 6-7:30 p.m.

Women in Business Caffe Boa of Ahwatukee 5063 E. Elliott Road Ahwatukee

March 13, 8-9 p.m.

Wake Up Ahwtaukee Morning Mixer Wells Fargo Bank 15825 S. Desert Foothills Pkwy.

Ahwatukee Free for members, $15 general admission

March 14, 2018, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Round Robin Good Time Charli’s 6045 W. Chandler Blvd.

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March 15 4:30- 5:30 p.m.

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New businesses should create a professional setting

BY KYLE TIMMONS AFN Guest Writer

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p p rox i m a t e l y 543,000 businesses are created every month in the United States, according to the Small Business Administration. Over half a million! Every month. Twelve months a year. Over 6.5 million new businesses every year.

Nearly 70 percent of those businesses are solo entrepreneurs and over half are home-based.

Anyone who has ever started a business understands not only the ridiculous number of things to be considered and taken care of, but also the challenges.

So how do new small businesses cope?

Where do you operate your business?

How do you even know what to do or where to do it in order to have your business succeed?

There are several steps that every small business owner, especially those who are

home-based, should take right away: Be professional. Regardless of your type of business, your customers expect you to be a professional. Whether it is your appearance, your policies, the place you conduct your business or your skill, be a professional. Your business is a business, not a hobby, and should be treated as such.

Locate someplace to actually conduct business. Most small business owners started in their kitchen or garage. And some still run most of their business there, even years later.

Because meeting your customers at your home may not be a good idea, many entrepreneurs have spent countless hours in coffee shops and restaurants meeting their customers, vendors, accountant and lawyer. And while a cup of coffee can be nice, a coffee shop can be noisy and is not very professional nor private.

Talk to other business owners about borrowing or renting their conference room occasionally. Check out the afore-

mentioned shared office and coworking spaces for conference rooms and/or day offices that can be used on a short-term basis.

Compare the look and feel of the space for what works for you and your clients and, of course, compare prices and what is included or costs extra (receptionist, audio/visual equipment, refreshments, etc.)

Establish a business address. You need an official address to register your company with the state and other entities.

For many reasons, especially from a safety aspect, it may not be a good idea for your customers to come to your home.

In addition, Google and some other search engines do not recognize residential addresses for Search Engine Optimization purposes, nor for being able to map your business.

Many shared office and coworking space operators offer a business address plan for a nominal monthly fee. They provide an actual business address, and

can receive mail and packages where you can register and “conduct” your business.

You don’t ever have to spend a single day there, but it can be your business address.

These steps will get your small business started off on the right foot.

Further, the Small Business Administration has lots of additional information and classes for new businesses, please visit sba.gov for additional information.

SCORE – the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors – can advise you through your initial years and meet bi-weekly with business owners and entrepreneurs in the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce Office. Visit www.score. org to make an appointment and learn more about the program.

-Kyle Timmons is the franchise owner of the Office Evolution Phoenix in Ahwatukee, which provides shared office space and services for small businesses. Information: OfficeEvolution.com/Phoenix.

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Listening to one another can drown a selfish society’s noise

BY RABBI DEAN SHAPIRO AFN Guest Writer

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flew to LA recently.

As we boarded the plane, person after person rolled and carried and juggled bags up the aisle. Then, they tried to stuff their suitcases into the overhead compartments.

Most fit; a few did not.

One woman had to split the contents of her bag into two to make it small enough.

A man promised the exasperated flight attendant that his suitcase had, indeed, fit on the previous flight. After take-off, someone else watched TV without a headset.

Last week, traffic on Elliot Road stopped because of an accident. As emergency personnel placed a woman on a stretcher, the person in the car behind me took pictures.

This morning, I was stopped behind a car at a flashing red light. I tapped my horn, only to discover that there was a bi-

cyclist in the crosswalk.

We have become a selfish society, a place where the desires of the individual trump the needs of the collective. Where other people are inconveniences and obstacles. Where manners are a sign of weakness. Where instant gratification isn’t fast enough. Where the common good isn’t a value, but a commodity to be auctioned off.

It’s not healthy. It’s not sustainable.

This moment of ours is full of sound and fury – the talking heads of TV news that never shut up, the private phone calls in public places, the tweets and the posts that project every thought, no matter how trivial, into the collective consciousness.

There’s so much chatter, so much screeching that we can’t even hear ourselves think. It’s like we no longer own our own thoughts, opinions, experiences. There’s so much chatter, so much screeching that we don’t hear, truly hear, one another above the din.

We spend our time behind the wheel, in our cubicle or looking at screens instead of into each other’s eyes. In America today, I fear, we no longer see each other. We see what divides us, rather than another person’s reality.

With all this sharing, we are failing to see our shared human experience. And we are suffering for it.

Judaism, my people and tradition, is a culture of many words, many books. We are a loquacious bunch! But at the heart of Jewish wisdom is a single simple phrase, known by a single, simple word: SHEMA. LISTEN. The shema reminds us to pause in our busy lives, shut out distractions and listen.

Listen to the yearnings of our own souls and the quandaries of our hearts. Listen to birdsong and children at play. Listen to each other’s stories and truths. Listen for God speaking to you.

I believe that our nation needs more listening, more getting attuned to each other.

Perhaps, if we get back into the habit of listening to one another, to acknowledging each other’s experiences, we can crack the shell of individualism and return to the idea of the Common Good – the shared assets that benefit us all.

Intact public spaces. Fresh air, clean water, unpolluted soil. Night skies full of stars and wonder. Quality public education, early childhood through university.

Libraries. Thoughtful TV, radio, and the arts that’s not beholden to shareholders.

Affordable healthcare and medical research. Regulations that protect public safety from corporate greed.

The unimpeded franchise for all … and Justice for all.

Judaism teaches that there is a public good and that we’re each responsible to each other.

— Rabbi Dean Shapiro is the spiritual leader of Temple Emanuel of Tempe. Contact him at rshapiro@emanueloftempe.org and visit his “Rabbi Dean Shapiro” page on Facebook.

FAITH CALENDAR

SUNDAYS

HORIZON SEEKS YOUNG PEOPLE

High school and middle school students meet to worship and do life together.

DETAILS>> 5 p.m. at Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane. 480-460-1480 or joel@horizonchurch.com.

KIDS CAN LEARN JEWISH LIFE

Children can learn and experience Jewish life. .

DETAILS>> 9:30 a.m. to noon, for children ages 5-13 at Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. 480-855-4333, info@chabadcenter.com, or chabadcenter.com.

SUNDAY CELEBRATION SERVICE

Inspirational messages and music. A welcoming community committed to living from the heart. Many classes and events offered. We welcome you!

DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Sundays at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. Information: 480-7921800, unityoftempe.com.

MONDAYS

CLASS TARGETS THE GRIEVING

Classes for those grieving over death or divorce.

DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. 480-963-4127.

TUESDAYS

SENIORS ENJOY TUESDAYS

The Terrific Tuesdays program is free and includes bagels and coffee and a different speaker or theme each week.

Registration not needed.

DETAILS>> 10-11:30 a.m., Barness Family East Valley Jewish Community Center, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. evjcc.org or 480-897-0588.

WEDNESDAYS AWANA CLUBS MEET

AWANA Children’s Clubs build lasting faith foundations for

children, with games, Bible stories, learning God’s Word.

DETAILS>> The clubs meet at Bridgeway Community Church, 2420 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee, starting Sept.

6. 6-7:30 p.m. for kids 3 years old through sixth grade.

Register at bridgewaycc.org or 480-706-4130.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY OFFERED

Living Word Ahwatukee women’s Bible study and fellowship that offers “a short, low-key time of praise and worship in music and message.” It’s also an opportunity to meet other Christian women in Ahwatukee.

DETAILS>> 10-11:30 a.m., Living Word Ahwatukee, 14647 W. 50th St., Suite 165, Ahwatukee. Free child care.

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West Alley BBQ serves up a taste of Tennessee

BY COLLEEN SPARKS GetOut Staff

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he smell of smoking meat wafted across West Boston Street in downtown Chandler on a recent weekday morning outside a new barbecue restaurant that offers patrons Tennessee-style comfort food.

On the patio behind the entrance to West Alley BBQ, longtime pit boss Jim Dandy tended to large hunks of brisket, turkey, pork and other meat on three large smokers.

The restaurant on West Boston Street, which opened in December, mimics the Brantley family’s original West Alley BBQ in Jackson, Tennessee – which received a four-and-a-half-star rating for moderately-priced restaurants on TripAdvisor.

Many visitors to the Chandler eatery are already praising West Alley’s tender brisket, seasoned fries, Tennessee-type thin barbecue sauce created by Dandy and vinegar-based coleslaw.

The new restaurant drew more than 4,000 customers over the first 30 days it

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Bardo Brantley (left) West Alley BBQ president and founder of the Chandler and Jackson restaurants, and son Christian Brantley, vice president of operations and also co-owner of West Alley BBQ, welcome patrons to their West Boston Street eatery.

was open, said Bardo Brantley, West Alley BBQ president and founder of the Chandler and Jackson restaurants.

The large menu offers a wide range of hearty meals with meats to suit different

tastes, including pulled pork sandwiches, half- and full racks of ribs, brisket, pulled chicken, chicken wings and sliced turkey.

Southern fried fish is also a well-liked item on the menu.

Customers can feast on loaded French fries, loaded nachos and loaded smoked potatoes topped with bacon plus their choice of pork, chicken, turkey or brisket.

Cheese, chives, sour cream and a drizzle of hot or mild barbecue sauce are also piled on these loaded entrees. The loaded smoked fries or nachos are $10.99 plus an extra $3 for brisket and the loaded smoked potatoes are $11.99 plus an additional $3 if the customer wants brisket.

“We have a huge menu,” said Christian Brantley, vice president of operations and also co-owner for West Alley. “We want to cater to everyone who loves our barbecue but everyone else, as well. We take hours to cook our meat. It is tender. We take the time to value each plate and make sure it comes out right. Jim’s been barbecuing over 30 years.

“We keep our head forward. We do what we do best. Our portions are huge. You’re gonna be full.”

West Alley BBQ’s popular pulled pork sandwiches come with a vinegar-based See

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K.D. Lang revives ‘Ingenue’ for its 25th anniversary

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GetOut Editor

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or the longest time, Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter K.D. Lang had issues with her hit “Constant Craving” from her 25-year-old album, “Ingenue.”

“I knew that it was a pop song on the record that didn’t have any other pop songs on it,” Lang says via telephone from her home. “It made me mad, but I also knew it was imperative that I put it on the record.

Now I’m glad I was able to work through

IF YOU GO What: K.D. Lang When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8.

Where: Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler.

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my reticence toward having a hit.”

How did she get over it?

“I had people around me, like Ben Mink, my cowriter and coproducer, my record company, who I trusted and am still friends with,” she says. “I think I knew the record needed a beacon and I just worked through it.”

“Constant Craving” is on the setlist for her Thursday, March 8, show at the Chandler Center for the Arts, where she will celebrate “Ingenue’s” 25th anniversary.

“I do some songs exactly the same, or we change them a lot,” she says. “It’s fun.

I try to do a balance because people have relationships to them. When I see someone I love and I want to hear the songs, I don’t want to hear them completely changed. Hopefully, we can deliver something that pleases people.”

She has already toured this album in Australia and Canada. Lang says it’s interesting to get fans’ take on “Ingenue” now.

“Just having the experience of playing it on stage and for people who have had 25 years with it has been pretty interesting,” she says. “Not everybody gets to do that.

The music has changed and yet it hasn’t.

We’re playing the record in its entirety, in sequence, from the top of the show. It creates a space that we all get to exist in again. Everyone has their own relationship with it.”

Fans’ stories have been touching.

“I hear a lot of people say, ‘I was 14 when this record came out. When I played it, my mom and dad suspected I was gay,’” she says. “‘Then I had to tell them I was gay.’ I hear a lot of coming out stories around it.”

This U.S. tour is the most fans will see of Lang this year.

“I’m just going to tour a little bit in the States,” says Lang, who enjoys spending time with her 94-year-old mother. “That’s the beauty of being 56. I get to decide how much I’m going to work.”

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K.D. Lang will be marking the 25th anniversary of her hit album “Ingenue” with a concert next week at the Chandler Center for the Arts.

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coleslaw on top and hot or mild barbecue sauce. Christian and Bardo say it’s unusual for a restaurant to offer the coleslaw as part of the sandwich and not charge extra for it. The vinegar-based coleslaw is a Tennessee thing, the father-and-son restaurant duo added.

The pulled pork sandwich with fries and a drink during lunch, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Monday through Friday, is $9.99. West Alley’s BBQ Jim Dandy Sandwich adds a slice of bologna with pulled pork, creamy coleslaw and BBQ sauce on top for $9.99.

Even veggie lovers can beef up their lunches or dinners at West Alley with the many salads that feature meat.

But patrons can easily forget veggies.

Here, meat is king.

“Barbecue is a delicacy,” said Bardo, who can still recall eating Dandy’s barbecue as a boy in Jackson. “It takes a lot of preparation, a lot of know-how. Jim is responsible for the sauce and meat presentation. We’ve got amazing food. It’s sensory overload in a good way.”

Cooking is in Dandy’s blood and is his longtime passion.

Growing up in Jackson, he said his grandmother taught him how to cook, often

making meals out of the hogs and pigs they raised. His father showed him how to make barbecue sauce. Dandy and his brother used to own two restaurants in Jackson.

Dandy, who gets help from assistant pit boss Eric Stewart, said he typically makes four pots of barbecue sauce a day at West Alley.

Christian said diners “can’t go anywhere in the world” and find BBQ sauce like Dandy’s creation.

The brisket at West Alley comes from the “premier part” of a cow, Christian and Bardo said. “We cook it low and slow,” Bardo said, explaining it takes 10 to 12 hours to cook.

The meats cook over almond wood and charcoal in smokers, while some barbecue restaurants use hickory wood. It’s easy to smell the wood burning on the patio.

Platters at West Alley BBQ come with one or two choices of meat and two side items.

The meat is stacked high and comes with buttered Texas toast, the hot or mild barbecue sauce and a crunchy dill pickle, as well as fried sliced pickles as garnishes.

Every Friday for a limited time West Alley, will offer all-you-can-eat fried fish with one side item from 4 to 7 p.m. for $9.99.

The Chandler restaurant also offers a ribs special, where diners can get a half rack of ribs for $9.99 4-7 p.m. on Tuesdays, also for

a limited time.

Jennifer Maholovich Fay said she and her husband are from Alabama and the brisket at West Alley was “the best brisket we’ve tried” in the Valley so far.

“Everything just tasted like it was made from scratch,” Maholovich Fay said. “Not sure what their secret is on the brisket but the flavors and tenderness was on point!”

Kaija Godoy visited West Alley with her husband and 4-year-old son and also got excited about the brisket there, saying it “was very tender.”

“My husband chose the brisket plate with coleslaw and baked beans,” Godoy posted.

“We both thought the beans were the best we’ve had in a long time.”

Gregory Dickson raved, “Finally...real BBQ in Downtown Chandler! Great staff and awesome food. How about that sauce?

Nice! Finished my night upstairs with a cigar at Puro...killer combo for a great evening!”

Christian and Bardo say they also attract many customers from Puro Cigar Bar upstairs, who smell the meat cooking and can’t resist ordering chicken wings.

The staff at West Alley brings the food up to customers there. Wings with the lemon pepper seasoning are popular. Customers can order batter-dipped or batter-free, deep-fried wings and choose their sauce.

The new Chandler barbecue joint is also

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drawing crowds for its live music.

Bands playing blues, country and other types of music hit the stage at West Alley BBQ Friday and Saturday nights. Big Daddy D and the Dynamites, Jim Bachmann, True Flavor Blues and The Sugar Thieves have performed at the Chandler venue. The live music starts at 8 p.m. and there is no cover charge.

Customers can grab the mic during karaoke Thursdays at West Alley BBQ. “For us you come for the food, you stay for the music,” Bardo said.

He and Christian are thrilled and grateful for all the support they have received.

“We’re overwhelmed at the immediate response we’ve gotten,” he said. “It’s been so positive.”

Bardo and his wife, Sandy, had been visiting Chandler for several years as they like the weather here and now live in Chandler full-time. Christian travels back and forth between Chandler and Jackson.

“We’re thankful for the customers,” Christian said. “Word of mouth has been explosive for us.”

West Alley BBQ is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays, from 11 a.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays.

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Tempe celebrates history, heritage with Hayden’s Ferry Days

BY VIC LINOFF AFN Guest Writer

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ayden’s Ferry Days began to honor one of Tempe’s first businesses. Introduced in 1971 for the city’s centennial year, it proved to be a popular six-month celebration of heritage and history.

In 2016, Peggy Bryant, Tempe Historical Society member and former Tempe Daily News reporter and editor who worked on the 100th birthday event, suggested reviving the spirit of ’71 and turning it into annual tradition.

So, March 2-4, the Tempe Historical Society, along with numerous community partners, hosts the 3rd Annual Hayden’s Ferry Days – a family-friendly, city-wide festival paying homage to Tempe’s past and future.

The three-day event begins with a Friday night Founder’s Day Dinner at the historic Hackett House, presented by Tempe Sister Cities. Former city council member and longtime educator Joe Spracale will emcee an evening featuring a Western-style barbecue dinner and country band Three Horse Town. Tickets for the gala are $50.

Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is a free day

Among a variety of booths, displays and handson activities are cactus brick Legos, a model train layout, a display of historic gramophones, antique cars and motorcycles, and just in time for spring training, a baseball history exhibit.

Along with many intriguing attractions is the Hayden’s Ferry Questers sponsored Vintage & Antique Indoor Market, and appraisal table in the Edna Vihel Center.

Sunday, March 4, focuses on tours of Tempe’s most fascinating historic sites – beginning with the Tempe (Tempe History Museum) Historic Preservation’s AnHayden’s Ferry Days, March 2-4, is a three-day celebration of nual Downtown Walk Thru Tempe’s past and future, presented by the Tempe Historical Society.

History.

An 8 a.m. Continental breakfast at the Hackett of activities at the museum and in its plaza.

Musical highlights range from ASU’s Tuba & House kicks off the event, followed by small Euphonium Ensemble to the Gilbert Town group guided tours with some of our community’s most knowledgeable historians, arFiddlers and Cisco and the Racecars.

chitects and personalities.

Tickets for this once-a-year event are $25.

Four historic homes representing a broad cross-section of Tempe’s past will have their doors open to visitors. The free day of exploration includes the Hackett House, one of Tempe’s first spec buildings and home of an early bakery.

The Petersen House is the only remaining example of a wealthy rancher’s home. In contrast, the simple adobe Elias-Rodriguez House was the home of a pioneering Hispanic family.

When Rose Eisendrath, widow of a prominent Chicago glove manufacturer, was denied access to an early posh resort hotel because of her religion, she built Lomaki, (Hopi for “pretty house”) an adobe home with a spectacular view.

Free guided tours of this historic landmark will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Complete information about the day and ticketed activities can be found at eventbrite.com/e/haydens-ferry-days2018-tickets-41802624776 – Vic Linoff is president of the Tempe Historical Society.

Hawaii’s Jake Shimabukuro makes his mark on Arizona

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rizona is a special place to Hawaiian ukulele aficionado Jake Shimabukuro. He donated instruments to the Musical Instrument Museum before it opened, and he loves the acoustics at Mesa Arts Center, where he will perform Tuesday, March 6.

The night before, March 5, he hits the stage at Tucson’s Rialto Theater, another of his favorite venues.

“It’s so beautiful in Arizona and there are amazing venues,” Shimabukuro says via telephone from Hawaii as his young son yearns to get his attention.

“I’ll perform with a trio – me, a bassist and

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a guitarist – on this tour. They’re both stellar musicians. We’ll have new arrangements and new songs. It’s going to be fun. I’ll still be doing a good mix of original music, as well as some of my favorite cover tunes.”

Picking up a ukulele at age 4, Shimabukuro has put a new spin on songs like “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Eleanor Rigby” and “Time of the Season.”

The last two tracks will appear on a new album set for release early this year. The collection’s name has yet to be announced, but the showpiece is Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”

“My last record (2016’s ‘Nashville Sessions’) was all originals,” he explains. “It was my first album of all originals. This one is a combination of covers and original music. It’s exactly 50-50. Hopefully people will enjoy it.

Besides ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and ‘Time of the Season,’ I did New Order’s ‘Bizarre Love Triangle,’ Jimi Hendrix’s ‘If 6 Was 9,’ with elements of ‘Little Wing’ in there, and Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ with an island reggae type of arrangement.”

Shimabukuro has been keeping busy. He recently finished the music score for “Go for Broke,” a film about Japanese-American vet-

the likes of Willie Nelson.

“I’m hoping to record more tracks with people I’ve worked with over the years; people who I’ve collaborated with or those who have supported me – basically anybody who would want to record with me,” Shimabukuro says with a laugh.

“In the past, I’ve worked with some really incredible musicians like Bette Midler, Michael McDonald and Bela Fleck.

These (Special to AFN) musicians were alJake Shimabukuro became famous internationally in 2006, when a video of ways so inspiring. I him playing a virtuosic rendition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was posted on YouTube and became a viral hit. hope to do more with them. I’m reerans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He’s ally excited about this project. So far, 2018 is working on a collaboration album, too, with off to a great start.”

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Shawn Johnson finds diversity is the perfect fit

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GetOut Editor

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hawn Johnson saw his life change at age 20.

The Massachusetts native went camping with friends on Cape Cod, where he learned G-C-D on the guitar. He wrote a song that morning; it was a defining moment for Johnson who decided to pursue music for a living.

“I thought, wow, I can really do this,” Johnson says. “I don’t want to say it came easy, but it was definitely for me.”

It’s definitely for him. The Tempe resident has risen beyond the comparisons to Dave Matthews to define his own sound. He

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performs as the Johnson Twins with Jayson Johnson (no relation), as Shawn Johnson and the Foundation with a rotating group of musicians, and solo. He recently released his sixth album, “Sunshine for Someone.” It is available via digital outlets, and will be released on vinyl in March.

“I grew up on records,” Johnson says. “I always wanted to press a record. For me, records were bigger than life. I remember when I saw ‘News of the World,’ the Queen album that ‘We Will Rock You’ is on. I saw the pictures inside and thought, ‘What is that?’ It already had my interest before I heard the record.”

Johnson explains he knew exactly what he wanted in “Sunshine for Someone.”

“The musicians came in without written parts,” he says. “I love to record that way.

I invite great musicians, listen to the song and let them play what they feel. A lot of people think I’m crazy. They want the parts down so it saves money.”

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Music is all Johnson has wanted to do. It’s been nearly 20 years since he had a “regular job.” Music afforded him the opportunity to watch his kids grow.

“A lot of people in their 20s want to be a musician, but they only give themselves a certain amount of time. If it doesn’t happen, the band members give up. Nothing else was ever an option for me.”

As for the local scene, Johnson feels honored to be a part of it. He calls peers like Ryan Sims and Blaine Long “brothers in arms, musically.”

But the roots of his success go back nearly 30 years to Cape Cod. “We grew up in the city,” Johnson says.

“Going to Cape Cod for the summer changed a lot of lives. When my friends went home, I stayed on the Cape and learned how to play guitar. I worked nights and sat on the beach and played all day. It absolutely changed my life.”

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o. 5-seeded Mountain Pointe will continue to chase its boys basketball state championship dream tonight at 7 as they take on the No. 2 Pinnacle Pioneers at Arizona State’s Wells Fargo Arena.

The 2017-2018 season has been one filled with several ups and downs – mostly ups – for first-year head coach Duane Eason and the 26-3 Pride.

The team started with a regular-season loss to the No. 1 Brophy Prep Broncos, whom they defeated Feb. 21 in a 62-58 thriller to advance to the AIA 6A State Championship.

But after that loss, the team snapped off a 16-game win streak that included wins over Perry, Desert Vista and Mesa, all teams that finished the season in the division’s top 10 teams.

And while some of those opponents have a superstar – the one player on the floor who rises above the rest – Mountain

The team has a solid and deep rotation that allowed him to use nine or 10 players a game. In one way or another, the Pride have done just that. Although they have only had three players average double-digits this season, every player has produced.

It may not show on the stat sheet, but its deep rotation has allowed Mountain (Greg Macafee/AFN Staff) Mountain Pointe’s John Norsworthy, right, gets set to go up for a layup Pointe to pressure teams into submisagainst several Brophy Prep players. sion with a full-court Pointe boasted one of the most complete press that has led to almost nine steals rosters in the state. and five blocks a game.

Eason has been saying it since the beWith the depth and skill level of their ginning of the season. The Pride might bench at the guard position, and the not have the best player on the court, but superior play of senior guard Amarion it always fields the best team.

Cash and junior guard Khalid Price, the

Pride have the ability to run with a majority of teams.

That play will be crucial tonight as they take on one of the best back courts in the state in Pinnacle’s (23-7) Nico Mannion and Spencer Rattler.

Mannion, a sophomore point guard, and Rattler, a junior guard who is committed to Oklahoma to play football, have been terrorizing teams all season long. Mannion has averaged 23 points, six assists, and two steals a game, while Rattler has averaged 13 points, three rebounds, and two assists.

The challenge for the Pride, will not only be stopping Mannion and Rattler but Trent Brown and Jordan Mains as well. Both have come to have an effect on games in several different ways.

Mains has the ability to stretch the floor from the perimeter and have a presence in the paint, depending on the matchup, while Brown is a legitimate threat from beyond the arc and has controlled the See

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Desert Vista High falls to Pinnacle in overtime thriller By Eric AFN Staff Writer

Newman

Desert Vista’s 77-67 loss to Pinnacle High School in last week’s 6A boys basketball semifinal at Wells Fargo Arena was much closer than the double-digit margin might suggest.

With 20.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Desert Vista senior Wesley Harris was fouled coming down with a defensive rebound and calmly hit both free throws to tie the game at 67.

Little did the Thunder know they had scored their last points of the game, including four minutes of overtime.

Desert Vista grabbed a miss by talented Pinnacle guard Nico Mannion with 7.2 seconds left and took a timeout.

Thunder guard Tyrek Chambers took the inbound pass, drove the court and dished a pass to senior Jaden Rollins, who narrowly missed a corner jumper with two seconds left. The miss was just one of many chances Desert Vista failed

to capitalize on that could have won the game.

“One possession, one turnover, and it’s a different game,” Desert Vista coach Gino Crump said.

After Desert Vista center Christian Anigwe fouled out trying to reboundamissed free throw on the offensive end with 5:10 left in the fourth quarter, the Thunder’s offense went a bit stagnant.

Anigwe had a team-high 19 points and was effective at posting up for baskets near the basket, grabbing offensive rebounds for put-backs and converting on pick-and-roll layups. When he fouled out, the Thunder not only lost their leading scorer for the game, but also their best rim protector.

Pinnacle utilized the limited protection near the basket to draw a lot of shooting fouls and ended the game 25-30 on free throws.

“A lot of people think he’s a shot blocker, so you can’t go at him or go in there, but it’s really the other way around,” Pin-

nacle guard Nico Mannion said. “If you can get in there and get them in foul trouble, it’s harder for them to block and manipulate shots.”

In overtime, the Thunder could not limit Mannion, who finished with a game-high 34 points, including 15-17 from the free throw line, and the Pinnacle defense made it incredibly difficult for (Greg Macafee/AFN Staff) Chambers to get to Desert Vista Thunder’s Tyrek Chambers, left, attempts to dribble past the rim and score Pinnacle’s Nico Mannion during semifinal play last week. or kick out to his he just used his length to make him take teammates for open layups.

“I was in foul trouble, so we ended up difficult shots. It was a team effort, and it putting Jordan (Mains) on Chambers, so See DV on page 46

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ball-handling responsibilities when Mannion is working off the ball.

The guard play in this game will be crucial, as both teams match up well with their size, length, speed and quickness.

While Mannion might have the superior ability, the Pride will look to put pressure on the ball with a full-court press and force the Pioneers into mistakes from the tipoff.

But the guards won’t be the (Greg Macafee/AFN Staff) only crucial players in this one.

Mountain Pointe’s Amarion Cash, right, plays defense on Jalen Graham, DeAndre Brophy’s Xavier Juniel as the clock began winding down at Henry and Ryan Pate have Wells Fargo Arena. been huge for the Pride this championship favorites since the beginseason. Graham and Henry have become a formidable duo in the ning of the season and as the season has paint, while Pate has solidified himself as gone on, Mountain Pointe has begun to a premier three-point shooter, making 50 do the same. After finishing last season percent of his shots from behind the arc. with a record of 11-15, and falling in he trio will have to compete with the first-round play-in game, the Pride Mason Johnson and Tosh Baker in the bounced back under new leadership and paint, who have averaged six and four a change in culture.

They will look to continue their jourrebounds, respectively, while having at ney and look to solidify their spot as the least one block.

The Pioneers have been one of the state best team in the 6A conference tonight.

was just flowing,” Mannion said.

While the Thunder relied heavily on play from their three senior big men for offense the entire season, the team had one of its worst shooting nights of the season – hitting none of its 12 three-point attempts and only hitting (Greg Macafee/AFN Staff) 19 of 29 free throws.

Desert Vista boys basketball head coach Gino Crump attempts to “I told them at the give direction from the sideline as his team made a valiant effort to beginning of the game, join Mountain Pointe in the Division 6A championship.. you go to an arena, sometimes the depth perception alters particularly the four seniors in the startshots. We’re a better shooting team than ing lineup, Harris, Anigwe, Rollins and guard Alijah Gammage. we demonstrated,” Crump said.

The team lost players at the beginning It was Pinnacle’s goal the entire game to force those shots, and it ended in their of the season and had some struggles along the way. However, even though favor.

“We wanted to make them shoot, be- Wednesday’s loss hurt, Crump was philcause we know they were better at driv- osophical.

“Phenomenal season,” he said. “We ing and better athletes, so we were just pinching and making them shoot jump- had a great year, and we had a great run.

It’s just very painful to lose a game like ers,” Mannion said.

Overall, Crump said he was proud of this, the way we lost it, because we had the way his team has performed all year, the game in the bag.”

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Choose carefully between low- and high-intensity exercise

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recent newspaper headline chronicled the “best seven-minute workout apps,” which provide information about workouts often referred to as high-intensity interval training.

Interval training has been around a long time and is a common training technique used by athletes. Recently, it has become more common for use by people who are not training for a sports event but who want to get health and fitness benefits in a short period of time.

Boot camps are another example of high-intensity training programs that are often offered by fitness centers.

One reason for their popularity is that they have been shown to provide many benefits – such as cardiorespiratory endurance, reduced heart disease risk and increased muscle mass.

But perhaps as important is the length of time necessary to complete a workout. A leading reason why people don’t exercise regularly is “lack of time.” HIIT

programs can be completed in less time than a 30-minute moderate daily activity session because they are very intense (80 to 95 percent of maximum heart rate).

So, for fit people, HIIT programs offer what appears to be an attractive option.

Evidence reported by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services committee that is preparing the new physical activity guidelines for Americans suggests that there may be some drawbacks to high-intensity exercise programs.

Specifically, the report says, “Strong evidence demonstrates that increasing intensity of physical activity reduces pleasure during exercise.” As the intensity of physical activity increases, the enjoyment of the exercise while performing it decreases.

Moderate exercise takes time, and lack of time is a reason for not being active.

At the same time, high-intensity exercise that can be done in a short period of time, reduces enjoyment for many and can lead to lack of adherence. This is known as the intensity/enjoyment tradeoff.

At first glance, the trade-off may be

reason to be discouraged. If I have little time to exercise, I can do short-duration intense exercise that may be unenjoyable.

On the other hand, if I do less intense exercise that I may find more enjoyable, it takes longer than I have to give.

These general suggestions may help you as you consider options that will not only help you to get started, but that will help you stick with your program. For those considering high-intensity programs: Use the PAR-Q readiness questionnaire to be sure you are medically ready.

Available online (search PAR-Q).

Build a good base level of fitness. One reason people don’t enjoy high-intensity exercise is that they are not fit enough when they begin. Start with lower intensity exercise and progress gradually.

Progression can reduce soreness, another reason for not sticking with a program.

Choose an activity that you like (many people do like high-intensity exercise).

There are many forms of high-intensity training.

Apps help some people because the planning is done for them. However, apps are often “cookie cutter” options

that do not consider the needs and interest of the exerciser. This was a problem common to exercise videos that preceded apps. Experts recommend eliminating or modifying exercises that are not enjoyable (or that cause unusual pain).

Customize.

High-intensity programs are not for everyone. This is one reason why adherence to “boot camp” programs are not high.

Boot camp exercise is not something that most people in the military enjoyed ,even though it got them fit. They offer short-term external motivation, but do little to promote intrinsic motivation to continue. If you find that you don’t enjoy high-intensity programs, consider these suggestions: Consider “functional fitness” exercise that includes activities of daily living.

Walk at work during the lunch hour, doing physical tasks at home such as yard work. Walk while on the phone. Walk the dog daily (for you and the dog).

Use exercise bands to do exercises while you watch TV in the evening (multitasking helps reduce the need for special times for exercise).

Prepare daily plans that include a special time for exercise.

Most importantly, find an activity that you enjoy.

More information about HIIT is available from the American College of Sports Medicine at: acsm.org/docs/brochures/high-intensity-interval-training. pdf.

-Chuck Corbin is a longtime Ahwatukee resident and professor emeritus in the School of Nutrition and Health Promotion at ASU. Parts of the article were abstracted from Concepts of Fitness and Wellness 12e, co-authored

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Business/Professional Services

HOME IMPROVEMENT & RENOVATIONS

General Contractor

Cleaning Services

H ouse Spouse Total Home Solutions

HOUSE CLEANING Mention this ad for

$

50 OFF

When you schedule your Initial Service Visit

($25 off 1st house cleaning & $25 off 2nd house cleaning)

FREE INSTANT ONLINE QUOTE Carpet Cleaning also available.

AHWATUKEE OWNED • BONDED & INSURED

www.HouseSpouse.com

480-834-2905

30 Years of Experience

Licensed, Bonded & Insured

- Ahw Resident Since 1987 -

• Panel Changes and Repairs • Installation of Ceiling Fans • Switches/Outlets • Home Remodel

ALL RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL Call Jim Endres 480.282.7932 Over 28 Years Experience • ROC #246019 Bonded/Insured

HOME

R E N O VAT I O N

• Additions • Alterations • Kitchen and bath remodeling specialists Ahwatukee resident

Residential Electrician

480.848.9890 ROC#245469

Concrete & Masonry

Call Sean Haley 602-574-3354 ROC#277978 • Licensed/Bonded/Insured

Electrical Services

C. READ & SON ELECTRIC, INC.

Carpet Cleaning

39 Years’ Experience

For ALL of Your Electrical Needs

Family owned and proudly serving Ahwatukee for over 20 years.

Powerful Truck Mounted Soft Hot Water Extractions.

Carpets, Tile & Grout, Upholstery, Pet Stain/Odor Treatment Residential/Commercial

Drywall Contractors

www.extractioncleaning.com 100% Satisfaction Guarantee!

JOSE DOMINGUEZ DRYWALL & PAINTING House Painting, Drywall, Reliable, Dependable, Honest!

480.460.5030

“Renovate your Home to Elevate your Life”

(602)ronakov 702-0799

2005 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 www.ReadElectricAz.com Ahwatukee Resident ROC#158440 Bond/Ins

480-940-6400

QUICK RESPONSE TO YOUR CALL! 15 Years Experience • Free Estimates

No Job Too Small ■ Trim Specialists

480.266.4589

See Our Website:

josedominguez0224@gmail.com

RonakovRenovations.com 20+ Years Experience

Troubleshooting Remodeling Security Lights Recessed Cans RV Outlets Indoor/Outdoor Lighting Spas Fans Electric Car Chargers Dedicated Circuits … and more

Not a licensed contractor.

Electrical Services

ROC#317627 Lic/Bonded/Insured

M inuteman Home Ser v ices

ELECTRICAL

S ame Day S er vice Guarant eed 2 4 / 7 FREE S er vice Call wit h Repair s

MISSED THE DEADLINE? Call us to place your ad online!

480-898-6564

10% OFF ANYTHING ELECTRICAL: • Troubleshooting experts • Panel upgrade, breaker replacement • Outlets, Lighting & Ceiling fans Code T02

any total work performed minutemanhomeservices.com ROC 242804, 257474, 290005 APS/SRP Certified Contractor BBB A+ • Licensed, bonded, and fully insured for your protection.

480-755-5818

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Handyman

Garage/Doors

GARAGE DOORS Unbeatable Customer Service & Lowest Prices Guaranteed!

10%

Discount for Seniors &Veterans

FREE

Opener & Door Lubrication with Repair

480-626-4497 www.lifetimegaragedoorsaz.com

FOOTHILLS GARAGE DOOR

Same Day Service Repair/Install All Major Brands

Call for Our Monthly Special Discount

• FREE ESTIMATES •

480-893-8091 Ahwatukee Resident • Dependable & Honest

ROC#126694

Bonded/Insured

Plumbing Electrical

Able Handyman Service LLC

And Much, Much More!

480.201.5013

THE HANDYMAN THAT HANDLES SMALL JOBS THAT OTHERS DECLINE ✔ Painting ✔ Sprinkler Repair ✔ Lighting ✔ Gate Restoration ✔ Replace Cracked ✔ & MUCH MORE! Roof Tiles Ahwatukee Resident, References Available, Insured *Not A Licensed Contractor

Jaden Sydney Associates.com Visit our website!

Landlord and Homeowner Property Services

Repairs • Drywall • Painting • BINSR Items Trash Removal • HOA Compliance

AND so much more!

Ahwatukee Resident Not a licensed contractor.

FREE Estimates!

Tile

CALL DOUG

480.335.4180

Handyman

Paint

MALDONADO HOME REPAIR SERVICES

Not a licensed

contractor Jim 480.593.0506 Ablehandyman2009@gmail.com

Garage/Doors

Handyman

GARAGE DOOR SERVICE

R.HANDYMAN Rebuild: Under sink floors, drawers & shelving.

All sm repairs, welding. Clean carpet traffic areas & stains. Fix: toilets, faucets, gates, doors.

East Valley/ Ahwatukee

Broken Springs Replaced Nights/Weekends Bonded/Insured 480-251-8610

Not a licensed contractor

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Home Improvement

Fireplace Conversion From Pilot to Electronic Pilot

ROC095639 BOND/INS'D

Call Bob 480-893-9482

Handyman

Full Service & Repair on ALL Gas Fireplaces

Home Improvement

Gary is Back Household Repairs

drywall, plumbing, small painting, varnish doors, grout cleaning,ceiling fans, roof turbines.

30 years experience

Gary 480-268-0380 ROC#183872, 227944

Classifieds 480-898-6465

CALL NOW! 480-294-6072

www.NowPlumbing.net

REMODEL CONTRACTOR

Plans / Additions, Patios New Doors, Windows Lowest Price in Town!

R. Child Lic#216115, Class BO3 Bonded-Insured-Ref's

480-215-3373

Handyman

• Plumbing • Electrical • Remodel • Additions • Drywall • Painting • Framing ROC #312897 • Patios • Tile & Flooring • All work guaranteed • 30 years experience SOLID ROCK STRUCTURES, INC.

Landscape Maintenance

602-332-6694

solidrockstructures@gmail.com Home Improvement

Marks the Spot for ALL Your Handyman Needs!

Painting • Flooring • Electrical • Plumbing Drywall • Carpentry • Decks • Tile • More!

ce 1999

• BASE BOARDS • DRYWALL No Job Too Small!

• ELECTRICAL Senior • PAINTING Discounts!

• PLUMBING • BATHROOMS • WOOD FLOORING • FRAMING WALLS • FREE ESTIMATES David Hernandez (602) 802 3600 daveshomerepair@yahoo.com Se Habla Español

See MORE Ads Online!

Affordable, Quality Work Sin 2010, 2011 2012, 2013, 2014

Ahwatukee Resident/ References/ Insured/ Not a Licensed Contractor

Professional Irrigation Repairs Timers, Drip and Sprinkler repairs

Professional Tree Trimming & Removal Regular Yard Maintenance Service is our key to success

602-722-2099 MONTYBROS.COM

High Quality Results Trim Trees All Types Gravel - Pavers Sprinkler Systems Complete Clean Ups

“No Job Too Small Man!”

Call Bruce at 602.670.7038

LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE

Serving Ahwatukee for 27+ years

NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

Home Remodeling

Jose Martinez • 602.515.2767 www.Ahwatukee.com

English • 602.781.0600 Not a licensed contractor.

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Landscape Maintenance

Arizona Specialty Landscape

New & Re-Do Design and Installation

Affordable | Paver Specialists All phases of landscape installation.

Plants, cacti, sod, sprinklers, granite, concrete, brick, Kool-deck, lighting and more!

Free Estimates 7 Days a Week!

ROC# 186443 • BONDED

480.844.9765

Specials Lawn Mowing Starts At $20 Full Service Starts At $70

Landscape Maintenance

A-Z Tauveli Prof LANDSCAPING LLC

We will give you totally new landscaping or revamp your current landscaping!

Tree/Palm Tree Trimming • Sprinkler Systems Desertscape • Gardening • Concrete Work Block Wall • Real & Imitation • Flagstone

LEE'S SPRINKLER REPAIR 30 years experience Timers - Valves Heads - Leaks FREE ESTIMATES Ahwatukee Resident Call 480-282-7222

Foothills Touch Landscapes LLC Lawn care/Maint.

Starting as Low as $25.

Install/Design

Not a licensed contractor

Not a licensed contractor

Ahw. Res. 30 yrs Exp Free Estimates.

Call Pat (480) 343-0562

SPRINKLER & DRIP REPAIR

ROC#276019 • LICENSED BONDED INSURED

Landscape Lighting

602-471-3490 or 480-962-5149 Complete Lawn Service & Weed Control Starting @ $60/Month!

15 Yrs Exp! All English Speaking Crew

• One Month Free Service

SONORAN LAWN

• Licensed, Bonded Insured for your protection.

480-745-5230

• Call or Text for a Free Quote

kjelandscape.com • ROC#281191

480-586-8445 WANT A GREEN LAWN? WANT LAWN? WANT AA GREEN GREEN LAWN?

WANTAAGREEN GREEN LAWN? WANT

480-­940-­8196

Theplugman.com

WANT A GREEN LAWN?

LAWN AERATING * LAWN SOIL TESTING FERTILIZER PROGRAMS * LAWN SERVICE

ROC 282663 * BONDED * INSURED YOUR LAWN EXPERT SINCE 1995

480-­940-­8196 480-­940-­8196 480-­940-­8196 480-­940-­8196 Theplugman.com Theplugman.com Theplugman.com Theplugman.com

LAWN AERATING * LAWN SOIL TESTING DE-THATCHING – LAWN SOIL TESTING LAWN AERATING * LAWN SOIL TESTING LAWN AERATING * LAWN SOIL TESTING FERTILIZER PROGRAMS * LAWN SERVICE

LAWN AERATING * LAWN SOIL TESTING FERTILIZER PROGRAMS – LAWN SERVICE FERTILIZER PROGRAMS * LAWN SERVICE FERTILIZER PROGRAMS * LAWN SERVICE

FERTILIZER PROGRAMS * LAWN SERVICE

ROC 282663 * BONDED * INSURED ROC 282663 * BONDED * INSURED

YOUR LAWN XPERT 1995 ROC 2282663 ** B **INCE IINSURED ROC 82663 BEEONDED ONDED NSURED YOUR LAWN XPERT SSINCE 1995

WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED!

Landscape Design/Installation

FREE ESTIMATES

+

We Only Service Ahwatukee, So We Are Always Close By To Meet Unexpected Needs

Landscape Maintenance

YOUR LLAWN SSINCE 11995 ROC 282663 * EEBXPERT ONDED * INSURED YOUR AWN XPERT INCE 995 YOUR LAWN EXPERT SINCE 1995

Irrigation Repair Services Inc. Licensed • Bonded • Insured Technician

Specializing in Controllers, Valves, Sprinklers, Landscape Lighting, P.V.C. & Poly Drip Systems

Wi-Fi Irrigation & Lighting timers Misting Systems

MOST REPAIRS

UNDER $100

Landscape Maintenance Juan Hernandez

SPRINKLER

Drip/Install/Repair Not a licensed contrator

25 years exp. Call Now (480) 720-3840

Juan Hernandez

TREE

TRIMMING 25 Years exp (480) 720-3840

MOW, BLOW ‘N’ GO

By YPC Let Us * MOW-EDGE-BLOW U Do The Rest

25

$

(Other services available)

1st MBG Call Mike @ YPC FREE 480.643.9772 (Ask for details)

*$25 is a starting point

We Do Installs!

Warranty On All Work Call Dennis or Lisa

602.329.3396 Not a Licensed Contractor

SPRINKLER DOCTOR For All Your Irrigation and Outdoor Plumbing Needs!

Give us a call

480-643-9772

House Calls Are Always FREE! We specialize in Repairs and Replacement of

Valves, Timers, Sprinklers & Drip Systems Our Technicians are Local..Experienced..Insured BE WATER WISE..TUNE UP YOUR SYSTEM TODAY Not a licensed contractor

Call Lance White

LANDSCAPE LIGHTING Design • Repair & Replace

LED Specialists

Upgrade your existing system to LED! New Packages starting at

$

400

480.643.9772 Not a licensed contractor Landscape Design/Installation

BLUE AQUATICA FOUNTAINS

480.721.4146 www.irsaz.com

ROC# 256752

New Fountains / Ponds / Waterfalls Maintenance / Repair

Landscape Maintenance

Everything for your water fountain & water feature needs

Best Prices In Town, Call Now!

602-425-8616

ROC 304267 • Licenced & Bonded

Blueaquaticafountains@gmail.com

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Landscape Design/Installation

Music Instruction

Painting

Foothills Music & More Guitar, Piano, Drums, & Singing (Rockband) South African Grammy Winner. All Levels!

602-402-3973

Jose Dominguez Painting & Drywall

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING Interior, Exterior House Painting.

Stucco Patching.

Gate/Front Door Refinishing.

Quality work/Materials Free Estimate Ignacio 480-961-5093 602-571-9015 ROC #189850 Bond/Ins'd

PAINTING INC.

Serving Ahwatukee Since 1987 Interior / Exterior

Family Owned • Free Estimates

The Valley’s Premier Painters Proudly Serving Ahwatukee for a Decade.

Family Owned & Operated -Interior & Exterior Painting -Stucco/Drywall Repairs & Texture Matching -Minor Carpentry -4 Year Warranty!

-Competitive Pricing ACP is 100%Veteran Owned & Supports Our Vets with 10% off for all Military Personnel

See What We’re Up To!

www.AcpPaintingllc.com Licensed - Bonded - Insured ROC 290242

FREE ESTIMATES • CALL TODAY!

(480)785-6323

Summer AC Tune Up - $59

15 Years Exp 480-266-4589

Not a licensed contractor

East Valley PAINTERS

1174

Voted #1

HOME IMPROVEMENT & PAINTING Interior/Exterior Painting 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Paint Interior & Exterior • Drywall Repair Light Carpentry • Power Washing • Textures Matched Popcorn Removal • Pool Deck Coatings Garage Floor Coatings • Color Consulting

10% OFF

We Beat Competitors Prices & Quality

We Are State Licensed and Reliable!

Free Estimates!

Home of the 10-Year Warranty!

Free Estimates • Senior Discounts

480-338-4011

ROC#309706

Affinity Plumbing LLC 480-487-5541 affinityplumber@gmail.com

www.affinityplumbingaz.com

Your Ahwatukee Plumber & East Valley Neighbor Anything Plumbing Same Day Service

Dunn Edwards Quality Paint Small Stucco/Drywall Repairs

• High Quality Materials & Workmanship • Customer Satisfaction ates • Countless References Free Estim • Carpentry Services Now Available

602.625.0599 ROC #155380

BUY AC UNITS WHOLESALE SAVE THOUSANDS!!

Quick Response to your Call!

Painting

SUN TECH

Plumbing

SEE OUR AD IN DRYWALL!

Painting

Painting

Painting

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480-688-4770

Water Heaters

24/7

Inside & Out Leaks

Bonded

Toilets

Insured

Faucets

Estimates Availabler

Disposals

www.eastvalleypainters.com Family Owned & Operated

Now Accepting all major credit cards

Bonded/Insured • ROC#153131

$35 off

Any Service

VALLEYWIDE FREE ESTIMATES

Meetings/Events?

480.454.3959

Get Free notices in the Classifieds!

LIFETIME GUARANTEE

ACCREDITED BUSINESS ®

Not a licensed contractor

Submit to ecota@timespublications.com

Licensed/Bonded ROC #301084

Plumbing

Solid Rock Structures Inc, DBA

SRS Painting Residential & Commercial

• Interior • Exterior • Cabinets • Block Walls & Fences • Accent Walls • Doors & Trim

100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed!

All bids include warranty & paint.

Call Cole Gibson at 602-785-8605 to schedule a FREE bid! ROC #312897

PLUMBING $35.00 Off Any Service Call Today!

A+ RATED

We Repair or Install ROC # 272721

AHWATUKEE’S #1 PLUMBER Licensed • Bonded • Insured

704.5422

(480)

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Plumbing

Pool Service / Repair

Pool Service / Repair

Pool Service / Repair 1st Month of Service FREE For a limited time

Call Now!

$25 OFF

Ahw Resident • Owner Operated Maintenance & Repair Professional and Superior Service

Filter Cleaning!

We maintain, repair and service all types of pools, equipment, filters, cleaning systems, fresh water and salt water systems

Monthly Service & Repairs Available

Call me, Howard:

480.231.9651

Minuteman Home Services

Pebble cracking, Plaster peeling, Rebar showing, Pool Light out?

PLUMBING

Same Day Service Guaranteed 24/7 FREE Service Call with Repairs

480-720-3840

Call Juan at

Not a licensed contractor.

REMODELING - Kitchens & Bathrooms

Kitchen & Bath I’m Cindy and I am an Ahwatukee resident with 30 years exp remodeling kitchens & bathrooms. Call me for an appointment.

Let me provide you with renderings, ideas and a detailed proposal. We do flooring & granite, as well!

Advanced Concepts Remodeling ROC#147710 Bond/ins

minutemanhomeservices.com ROC 242804, 257474, 290005

602-980-9922

I will personally manage your project from concept to completion. www.kitchensorbaths.com

APS/SRP Certified Contractor BBB A+ • Licensed, bonded, and fully insured for your protection.

Code T03

480-755-5818

CLASSIFIEDS 480-898-6465 class@timespublications.com

SELL YOUR CAR IN THE CLASSIFIEDS! 2 WEEKS STARTING AT $20.80

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Quality Leak Repairs & Re-Roofs

CLR Pool Service LLC

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Charles Rock - Ahwatukee Resident

480.399.ROCK (7625)

charles@clrpoolservice.com

www.clrpoolservice.com

BATHROOM/KITCHEN REMODEL

in 5 Days or Less!*

Cabinets • Walk-In Tubs • Bathtubs • Showers • Toilets • Vanity • Faucets • Shower Doors • Tile • Lighting

In-Home Design & Consultation

FAUCET

Included w/ Vanity Install

$

500 OFF

Complete Bathroom Remodel & Upgrade Install *Some restrictions may apply.

$

200 OFF Walk In Tub

minutemanhomeservices.com ROC 242804, 257474, 290005 APS/SRP Certified Contractor BBB A+ • Licensed, bonded, and fully insured for your protection.

480-755-5818

Roofing

CLASS@TIMESPUBLICATIONS.COM

Remodeling

FREE

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Family Owned/ Operated

Pool Service / Repair

Excellent Service...

First time, Every time!

Meetings/Events

Remodeling

any total work performed

ANYTHING PLUMBING • Water heaters • Leaks • Garbage disposal • Bathrooms

Licensed, Bonded & Insured ROC# 272001

Remodeling

I CAN HELP!

25 Years Experience • Dependable & Reliable

10% OFF

See our Before’s and After’s on Facebook

Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

P O O L R E PA I R

www.barefootpoolman.com

Not a licensed contractor.

JuanPavers Hernandez • Concrete P O O L S E RV I C E S

602-546-POOL 7 6 6 5

AZPoolExpert.com BBB Member

Honest Free Estimates References DENNIS PORTER

480-460-7602 or 602-710-2263 RANDY HALFHILL

602-910-1485

CODE T16

Lic#ROC 152111 Bonded

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Roofing

Roofing

AZ’s Best Roofing

Window Cleaning

The Most Detailed Roofer in the State

TK

All Types of Roofs • New Roofs • All Repairs & Coatings Total Rubber Roof Systems • Same Day Service All Work Guaranteed • Residential & Commercial

®

Tim KLINE Roofing, LLC

FREE Estimates & Monsoon Specials

Roofs Done Right...The FIRST Time!

ROC#286561

Why Settle With the Rest When You Have The Best!

Roofing

15-Year Workmanship

Accepting all major credit cards.

Licensed, Bonded & Insured

Warranty on All Complete Roof Systems

480-280-0390

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www.timklineroofing.com FREE Estimate and written proposal

480-357-2463

R.O.C. #156979 K-42 Licensed, Bonded and Insured

John's Window Cleaning 1-story $135 / 2-story $155 -inside and out up to 30 panes (add'l panes $2) Screens cleaned $2.50 per pane.

Power Washing and Re-Screening available Same day Service (480) 201-6471

Meetings/Events

Crops of Luv

"My dream is that one day we will be able to give every "wish" child a scrapbook to remind them that dreams do come true."

Jody, co-founder, Ahwatukee based non-profit

Come Join us: Help make embellishments, organize or assist with events, scrapbook, donate your time, money or space.

Teens who need to fill Community Service hours for High School are welcome!

Come be apart of something Awesome!

Tiles, shingles, flat, repairs & new work Free Estimates • Ahwatukee Resident Over 30 yrs. Experience

480-706-1453

Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

Roofing

Cropsofluv.com 480.634.7763

cropsofluv@cox.net

Place Your Meeting/Event Ad email ad copy to ecota@times publications.com

Roofing OWNER IS

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Tile, Flat Roof, and Leak Repair Experts

$1000 OFF when you show this ad

on qualifying complete roof replacements

Let us show you the In-Ex Difference!

inexroofing.com 602-938-7575 CALL FOR YOUR FREE ROOF EVALUATION Serving The Valley Since 1996

Payment Options Available Credit Cards Accepted ROC #: 269218

Licensed - Bonded - Insured

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YOUR HOMETOWN AIR CONDITIONING SPECIALIST r te -up in e W un T

$

UP TO

3,950

IN

REBATES

0% APR

OR FOR 48 OR 60 MO.*

WINTER TUNE-UP

LIMITED TIME OFFER!

FREE 10-Year Parts and Labor

64

$

Limited Warranty*

*On Selected Systems ($1,295 Value - No Charge)

REG. $99.

Up to $800 in Utility Rebates*

Includes a 16-Point Inspection plus a condenser coil rinse if accessible RESIDENTIAL ONLY

WITH THE PURCHASE OF A NEW A/C SYSTEM INSTALLATION

480-893-8335

www.BrewersAC.com

A+ Rating

SINCE 1982

ROC #C39-312643

*Up to to $4,650 Brewer’s Dealer Rebate, up to $800 Utility Rebate. The Wells Fargo Home Projects credit card is issued by Wells Fargo Financial National Bank, an Equal Housing Lender. Special terms apply to qualifying purchases charged with approved credit. The special terms APR will continue to apply until all qualifying purchases are paid in full. The monthly payment for this purchase will be the amount that will pay for the purchase in full in equal payments during the promotional (special terms) period. The APR for Purchases will apply to certain fees such as a late payment fee or if you use the card for other transactions. For new accounts, the APR for Purchases is 28.99%. If you are charged interest in any billing cycle, the minimum interest charge will be $1.00. This information is 2/28/18. accurate as of 7/1/2017 and is subject to change. For current information, call us at 1-800-431-5921. Offer expires 1/31/18.

12/31/2017.

FREE

Service Call Second Opinion (WITH REPAIR)