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foursome of businessmen who had tentatively planned to buy the Club West Golf Course and restore it for play by late fall backed out of the deal on Monday, saying it is worth only half the $850,000 price that owner Wilson Gee wants for it.

In a statement the prospective buyers released on Monday — the deadline for closing the sale — the prospective buyers said they had sought an extension on the closing to negotiate new legal and structural problems they had uncovered during their inspection but that Gee refused to give them more time.

“The issues we found during our inspection period would have increased our antic-

ipated expenses by an additional $200,000 to $250,000,” their statement said. “We feel the true value of the property to be around $450,000. This considers the current dilapidated condition, lack of equipment, lack of alternative water source along with the fact that there is currently no active established business.”

“The current condition of the Club West Golf Course property is very depressed,” they said. “The course itself requires a great deal of resources to bring it up to an acceptable level. There is no equipment such as course maintenance equipment, golf carts or operational sprinkler system. The clubhouse is currently not in a condition to conduct business.

There is no pro shop, dining furniture, working kitchen or bar and several inoperative air

conditioning systems.”

Nevertheless, they added, “We are still very interested in this property and would be willing to discuss possible solutions to our concerns with the sellers if they choose.”

For his part, however, Gee was turning to another party that he said was interested in buying the site.

Gee said he did not know why the group had cancelled at the last minute. saying he assumed the prospective buyers “didn’t understand the complexities of running a golf course.”

“That happens,” said Gee, who owns all four courses in the community, including the defunct Ahwatukee Lakes. “You get people who

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As temperatures rise, pools become loaded guns

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s temperatures begin to soar, drowning prevention advocates are warning that the backyard swimming pool poses about the same threat to toddlers as a loaded gun.

But the pool can also become a deadly weapon for adults, as demonstrated annually by a chronic toll of avoidable deaths.

Far fewer children are drowning in Arizona than 30 years ago — when the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona formed to spearhead safety campaigns.

Nevertheless, the prevention advocates say their goal of zero drownings remains largely unrealized — even if Scottsdale hit this elusive target last year.

In a society full of distractions, they warn, complacency remains a chronic problem.

Statistics show a regular pattern of children and adults perishing throughout the East Valley and across the state each year, their deaths

Lana Whitehead of SWIMkids USA in Mesa is president of a national organization that advocates, along with many local pediatricians, teaching infants how to swim. Here she’s working with 7-month-old Kinsley Sky Harper. Details, see page 4.

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Avtar Grewal and Navneet Kaur were in an arranged marriage that ended in her slaying in her Ahwatukee home 12 years ago. He just went on trial that’s not expected to end until next month. (AFN file photo)

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fter a long delay, a Maricopa County Superior Court jury will finally decide if a jilted husband killed his Ahwatukee wife 12 years ago either intentionally or by accident during a domestic violence incident as his trial got underway last week.

Avtar Grewal, 44, admits he killed Navneet Kaur, 30, on March 29, 2007, at her home in the 4200 block of East Redwood Lane, during an argument set off by her request for a divorce.

But since Grewal’s arrest two days later at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, the case has centered on his intent, the appropriate charge and the potential sentence.

Grewal won a major concession on April 23, a month or so before the trial began, when prosecutor Juan Martinez asked Judge Dean Fink to drop a death penalty allegation.

Prosecutors had refused to drop the death penalty for years, arguing that Kaur’s death was premeditated and especially cruel, heinous or depraved.

Kaur was strangled to death before her head was placed under water in a bathtub during the murder, according to court records and opening arguments by Martinez and defense attorney Jeffrey Kirchler.

“On March 28, Ms. Kaur told the defendant that she planned to divorce him’’ during a telephone call, according to a prosecution document. “He said he would grant the divorce if she told him that in person.’’

The couple had a long-distance relationship, with Grewal living in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, and Kaur living in her home in Ahwatukee. Kaur had retained ownership of the house after a divorce settlement with her previous husband, the court records said.

Grewal would fly into Phoenix and visit Kaur, but the two “never lived together for any significant period of time.’’

“He flew to Phoenix the next day and killed Ms. Kaur.

Immediately after the murder, the defendant took a flight from Phoenix to Newark, N.J. He then purchased a one-way ticket to India and fled the U.S.,’’ the prose-

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ed incidents, according to the Children’s Safety Zone website. Phoenix recorded another 11 deaths in 56 water-related incidents.

In 2017, the same East Valley cities recorded 17 fatal drownings in 49 water-related incidents. Phoenix had 14 fatal drownings in 2017 in 55 water-related incidents.

The number of adults drowning was higher or equal to the number of children in all East Valley cities as well as Phoenix.

The adult drowning problem is far different than the classic case of a toddler tragically going under in the pool.

Drowning prevention advocates urge adults to swim with another person, to not over-estimate their prowess in the pool and to limit the use of alcohol and other impairing substances around water.

They say physical emergencies can inflate the numbers, such as a victim suffering a heart attack or stroke.

Because of cooler than normal temperatures, some prevention advocates believe the summer pool season has been off to a slow start.

So far this year, two adults have drowned in Mesa, one adult has drowned in Chandler, one adult has drowned in Gilbert, four adults have drowned in Phoenix and no one has drowned in Tempe or Scottsdale, according to Drowning Prevention Coalition.

“It comes down to supervision with the pediatrics. The only reason they are drowning is because we are not watching them’’ as they plunge below the water, said coalition President Melissa Sutton.

“I think it’s just mindfulness. If they choose to be a pool owner, there is a higher level of responsibility. It’s like being a gun owner,’’ Sutton said.

Sutton and other drowning prevention advocates strongly support the use of barriers, generally fences around pools that are required by most Maricopa County cities, although there are exemptions that allow pool covers and other devices instead.

Although the Gilbert Fire Department has an extensive water safety program, Gilbert is one of the few towns and cities in the state that only require a fence around a yard, rather than a fence around

the pool.

While nothing replaces the value of supervision with undivided attention, barriers create an important cushion to protect against a momentary lapse that could cost a child’s life, Sutton said.

“In almost every case we review, if there was a pool fence, the child would be alive today,’’ said Sutton, who sits on a Maricopa County child fatality review board.

She said drownings in Arizona have dropped significantly in the past 30 years, from 64.8 per 100,000 residents in 1988 to 8.4 in 2015 and 4.4 in 2017.

A July 2018 report by the state Department of Health Services said Arizona ranked first in drownings nationally for preschoolers in the mid-1980s, but now ranks fourth. Unusually long summers and about 300,000 residential pools statewide combine to create the threat.

The 2018 state Child Fatality Review report found that 35 children drowned in 2017, with the highest risk to children 1-4 years old. Twice as many males drowned as females.

The report recommended parent-child swim classes as early as 3 months old, alert parental supervision and barriers.

With the chronic problem continuing to linger, prevention advocates are focusing on the quality of supervision and overcoming complacency as residents hear the same message decade after decade. A new wave of residents and parents also need to

be educated about drowning prevention.

Lori Schmidt, a spokeswoman for the Scottsdale Fire Department, said she’s gratified about Scottsdale’s year without a drowning.

But Schmidt she knows such achievements can vanish in only a few heartbreaking seconds. The coalition reported that Scottsdale has had two pediatric water incidents so far this year though neither was fatal.

“It’s a lot of work and a lot of vigilance.

I don’t know if there is a magic bullet to keep it from happening,’’ Schmidt said.

She added that Scottsdale preaches the same message as other cities about undivided supervision and layers of safety through pool barriers.

Schmidt, a past coalition president, said she sometimes hears disturbing comments from children about the lack of adequate supervision when she conducts pool safety classes in Scottsdale schools for kindergarten and first-grade students, about 5 to 7 years old.

“Every time I go to a classroom, I will have a kid say, ‘I know how to swim so my parents don’t watch me,’’’ she said. “The kids are telling me their parents are not watching their child in the pool.’’

She said this point of view is not correct because there are swimming mishaps all the time and even good swimmers encounter accidents that can prove fatal.

Schmidt said another student told her that her parent watches her from inside the house through a window — a dangerous and ineffective practice.

Authorities recommend that parents either be inside the pool with children 5 or younger or within easy touching distance, she said. At a minimum, an alert parent has to be poolside and not staring at a cellphone or grilling hamburgers.

At any pool party, there needs to be a sober adult who is a capable swimmer watching out for other swimmers, Schmidt said.

“It’s a major issue, all the distractions,’’ said Michele Long, the Mesa Fire Department’s safety coordinator. “Everyone thinks they are watching their kids but life happens. I think people don’t understand the level of supervision.’’

Gilbert Deputy Chief Mark Justus recommends barriers — even if they are not

required by his town — and an adult performing the same functions of a lifeguard at a public pool. He said the pool supervisor acts like a designated driver.

“The reason they drown is because we don’t have eyes on them when they go under the water,’’ he said.

Justus said barriers can “create a false sense of security,’’ if someone were to mistakenly think they take the place of supervision since children can be remarkably creative in overcoming obstacles to jump into the pool.

But Justus agreed that barriers also form an important additional layer of protection that can eliminate a tragedy.

“I’m for any barrier because seconds count,’’ Justus said. “The barrier is for when supervision breaks down.’’

“If you have a pool and you don’t know where your child is, go there first,’’ he said.

Mesa, Chandler, Tempe, Phoenix and Scottsdale all require that pools be enclosed. A state law also requires pool fences, but Schmidt said advocates believed it had too many loopholes, so cities passed laws of their own. The laws are outlined on preventdrownings.org.

In the summer, children tend to drown from a lack of supervision and are found wearing their bathing suit, Schmidt said.

Barriers become even more important in the winter, when children are found in pools wearing their usual clothes and no one is paying attention.

Battalion Chief Jeff West, a Chandler Fire Department spokesman, said the city experienced a near tragedy in March during a birthday party at a hotel pool. A 12-yearold boy was swimming in the pool and noticed a six-year-old girl floating face down in the water.

The boy grabbed the girl’s arm and swam her to the side of the pool, where his father pulled her out of the water. A family friend administered CPR and the girl fully recovered.

The boy was honored for his heroism by the fire department and Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke.

“I think this shows that none of us are immune to this happening. He took action and engaged in a rescue,’’ West said. “As parents and pool watchers, we are never going to catch everything, but we need to be there and to be diligent.’’

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Dr. Judy Pendleton, owner of Pendleton Pediatrics at 1445 W. Chandler Blvd., is among about 20 to 25 doctors in the Valley giving parents prescriptions urging

them to enroll their babies in swimming lessons.

Lana Whitehead, one of the originators and the president of SWIMkids USA, a swimming lessons business in Mesa, is thrilled doctors are educating parents

about swim safety for their little ones.

Whitehead is president of the national Water Smart Babies program, through which pediatricians write prescriptions

Scottsdale Fire Department spokeswoman Lori Schmidt said the city isn’t resting on its laurels after going through 2018 without a drowning death. Aleady this year, the city has had two close calls. (Special to AFN)

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The program also teaches parents about safety measures including fencing around pools, the need for adult supervision of kids around water and CPR classes.

Pendleton and other doctors around the country give parents paper prescriptions to stress the importance of swim lessons.

She said since 2014 she has been writing the water safety prescriptions starting when babies come for their 6-month-old check-up and then again when they are 9 months old.

Pendleton said babies physically could start swimming lessons at 6 months because their neck is strong enough and because they are regulated with sleep and developmentally.

“I think pediatricians are all about preventative medicine,” Pendleton said. “If you intervene early you can spare a lot of problems, illnesses. We stress safety and early intervention with reading and water safety. We’re all about stopping something before it becomes a problem and promoting healthy habits. It’s definitely a perfect setting: a pediatrician’s office.”

She said when the babies return for a check-up at 9 months, she asks the parents if their young sons or daughters are enrolled in swim lessons. Pendleton asks

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think they can do it and once they see all that’s involved, it’s too much.”

Knudson said a “time issue” scuttled the deal because the prospective buyers had “too many moving parts to get the deal done in time.”

“They couldn’t get their arms around all of it,” he said, adding that extending the deadline for closing escrow and taking possession of the course could not be extended because “the owner still wants to see rye overseeding in the fall.”

The buyers said Gee, “would not agree to an extension of our inspection period.

Extending the due diligence period after finding these issues was a reasonable request.”

Their statement also suggests a lot of work is needed before green grass returns to Club West.

“We’ve spent over $65,000 during our inspection period,” they said. “As a result of our due diligence we identified additional deficiencies with the clubhouse and course.”

For one thing, they said, there are legal issues, some involving several citations involving weeds and other city code violations. Those cases were coming up in Phoenix Municipal Court this week.

“We have been concerned that the sellers are involved in litigation with the City of Phoenix that has scheduled court hearings on and after our due diligence period ends,” the said. “The results of these hearings may have some effect with the new owners of the property.”

But a city spokeswoman said there’s no problem with code inspectors.

Gee’s company was in court within hours of the deal’s collapse and pleaded guilty to the two violations and was fined

$100 for each charge because “defendant was not a recidivist per court policy.”

“The judge allowed a full offset of the fines as the attorney provided that $50,000 was spent to clean the property,” she said. “The property is currently in compliance.”

That stands in sharp contrast to The True Life Companies and its record of maintenance of Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course.

True Life is on the hook with the city for more than $165,000 for its consistent disregard of blight on the Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course when it still owned it. After losing its campaign to have homeowners change the course’s land use regulations, True Life essentially left the 101-acre site untouched as debris accumulated.

The code violation citations involving Club West were issued when Richard Breuninger and his Inter Tribal Golf Association owned the course and before Gee foreclosed on his $1.3 million note.

There also is a bigger legal issue involving the Club West clubhouse, the wouldbe buyers said.

They said city code limits occupancy to 49 people — “which would prevent us from realizing an acceptable profit margin.”

In order to legally accommodate over 100 people, they added, “we would need to present a complete set of new architectural drawings, add a full fire sprinkler system to the entire building while addressing ADA (Americans with Disability Act) requirements.”

Stating “we understand that previous owners may have been in violation of this code with occupancy well over the 49 people,” they also warned, “Now that the City of Phoenix and Fire Department are

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aware of the limited occupancy, this will be an issue for whoever owns the property moving forward.”

The missing golf carts and other equipment are part of the legacy left by Breuninger’s short-lived ownership.

Neighbors and motorists reported seeing a truck last year filled to the brim with golf carts leaving the course months before Gee foreclosed on Breuninger. Gee also said that after he regained possession of the course, his crew found close to 200 sprinkler heads that had been ripped out of the ground.

Until this week, the Club West HOA and

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including having lifeguards on duty, Whitehead said.

She has written several books about teaching babies and children to swim and how movement helps babies and children learn.

A grandmother of six and parent of three sons, Whitehead said she was asked

by Kim Burgess, founder and previous executive director of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, to write a position paper on how she runs a nurturing swim program.

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homeowners were optimistic about seeing the return late this year of the lush green landscape that Breuning and ITGA brought to the course for three or four months in late 2017 and early 2018.

Those hopes were further buoyed by the would-be buyer’s presentation to the HOA board, in which they said they would be spending $1 million on maintenance and upgrades to the clubhouse, driving range and the course itself.

That did not include the additional cost of finding cheaper water for the course — which could have cost as much as another $1 million.

Mike Hinz, president of the Club West HOA board, said, “I’m disappointed that

Burgess helped her write it, explaining how doctors could help with the drowning prevention efforts. The paper led to the formation of the Water Smart Babies program. The Florida Pediatric Society adopted the program and Florida doctors also offer water safety education to parents when their babies come for visits.

Some mothers of young children who also work at SWIMkids USA said it is important for youths to learn to swim early on.

Melina Pena, of Chandler, who works at SWIMkids USA’s front desk, has taken her children for swim lessons at the Mesa

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Angie Smith, also of Chandler, is a swim instructor at SWIMkids USA and her children, Jedidiah, now 3, and Shayne, 7, have taken swim lessons there.

Her daughter, Shayne, no longer takes swim classes but both children started swim lessons at 3 months old.

“I think it’s absolutely wonderful and it’s so beneficial for them developmentally,” Smith said. “It was really helpful and it made me feel a lot more comfortable, even getting them baths at home.”

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She said three out of her four children liked the water, but her youngest, Brycen, 2, did not enjoy the water initially. Her other children, Ruthy, also 2; and Elijah, 10; and Isabel, 8; also have taken swim lessons.

“I’ve been coming here for years, especially when I had the two youngest and they were babies,” Pena said. “It’s definitely my biggest concern. There’s pools everywhere. For me, I definitely want to make sure we have those skills. They (instructors) teach them how to turn around, to get back on their back and float and get in their airplane (position).”

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Gee closed the course in June 2016 when he fell in arrears on his water bill and while he eventually settled with the city, he said he could not afford the approximate $700,000 in water bills the course would run up annually.

When he put the course up for sale last year, Gee included a requirement that any buyer be prepared to spend $1 million on a pipeline that would bring cheaper water to the course from the Gila River Indian Community. While Ahwatukee businessman Rande Leonard said his pipeline project is still alive, efforts have been made to find a water source somewhere on Club West property.

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they couldn’t see it through.”

He added “we shall wait and see” what happens with the new prospective buyer.

Neither Gee nor Knudson would identify that party. Nor could they say if that party would have an equally long due diligence period to examine the course and determine what needs to be done.

“It’s just in its infancy so we’ll see,” Knudson said.

For now, the collapse of the deal is another blow to Club West homeowners who have watched the course wither to its current barren state since February 2018, when the city shut off water over more than $160,000 in unpaid bills.

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cution document said.

When co-workers went looking for Kaur, knowing she was in a bad marriage and wanted to end it, they saw an awful sight.

“Ms. Kaur’s lifeless body was found in the bathroom with her head submerged under water. The defendant had left a note that said, “I killed this selfish bitch, she tortured me for two years and made my life a living hell.

Now I will kill myself.’’

Prosecutors used the note as grounds for premeditation and as an argument for the death penalty.

Martinez said during opening arguments that Kaur’s murder was intentional and described how Grewal was a controlling husband who called the victim repeatedly, while defense attorney Jeffrey Kirchler said the death was unintentional.

He had unsuccessfully attempted to get prosecutors to agree to a manslaughter plea bargain, according to the prosecution document.

“He placed his hands on her. He took his hands and wrapped them around her throat,’’ Martinez told the jury. “He continued to choke her, even though she

was unconscious. He continued to do that until she died.”

He said Grewal dragged Kaur’s body from another room to the bathroom, leaving a trail of blood. Her head was found under water in the bathtub.

Kirchler sought to put the slaying in a different light during his opening argument, outlining a crime of passion.

During the marital argument, he said Kaur told Grewal, “I want a divorce, it’s over. I slept with someone else since you left, not once but three times.’’

“They started slapping each other.

They lost themselves in that moment.

He didn’t plan this, he didn’t will this to happen,’’ Kirchler said.

At some point during the argument and slapping incident, “she’s falling to the ground, hitting her head on the table,’’ he said.

In court documents, defense attorneys wrote that Kaur had picked up Grewal at Sky Harbor International Airport earlier that day.

He wrote that when the argument broke out, “Ms. Kaur slapped and kicked Mr. Grewal. He attempted to restrain her and a physical altercation ensued in which Ms. Kaur was grabbed in the neck and suffocated.’’

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The case was delayed by several factors, including a long extradition fight that ended when India turned Grewal over to the FBI on Sept. 13, 2011, after he had spent more than four years at a jail in his native country.

Counting his incarceration in India and the U.S, Grewal has already spent the 12 years in jail since the killing.

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er Kaur suffered enough during her murder for the case to qualify for the death penalty.

Moments before the opening arguments on June 3, Fink ruled against a defense attempt to introduce evidence that Grewal suffers from autistic spectrum disorder.

Karen Froming, a clinical psychology professor at Palo Alto University, was prepared to testify about Grewal’s “tendency to think in a certain way,’’ and about his “behavioral characteristics.’’

A court document filed by Kirchler gave several examples, including that “Grewal has incredibly rigid thinking and assumes that people are behaving according to how he thinks.’’

The document also said he doesn’t process social situations properly, does not experience relationships in the same manner as others, and strips emotions from his relationships.

But Martinez criticized Kirchler’s tactics as an attempt to improperly influence the jury, in a separate court filing.

“The testimony sought to be introduced represents nothing more than an attempt to improperly bolster the defendant’s credibility and vouch for the truthfulness of his statements,’’ Martinez wrote.

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Ahwatukee property owners’ taxes to rise

BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

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hwatukee property owners will be getting a double tax whammy when the new fiscal year begins July 1.

For the fourth consecutive year — and the 14th since 2003 — Ahwatukee homeowners and the rest of their Phoenix counterparts will be seeing an increase in their primary property taxes — a move that a watchdog group ripped in a statement.

They’ll also be paying more to Maricopa County too, according to a Truth in Taxation notice released by the county board of supervisors last week. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Phoenix’s proposed primary property tax rate for 2019-20 of $1.3055 per $100 of assessed valuation is lower than its 2018-19 rate of $1.3163 per $100 of assessed valuation.

In its Truth in Taxation notice filed last week, Phoenix officials stated that overall increases in assessed valuation result in a 3 percent increase in primary property taxes for the average Phoenix property owner, though “individual experiences may differ based on unique property variances.”

Maricopa County also released a Truth

in Taxation statement that tried to put a more positive slant to their tax increase, citing the growing economy and its impact on elevating property values as the reason why taxes would be going up.

State law requires local and county governments to issue a Truth in Taxation statement when the average primary property tax bill increases — even if the primary property tax rate is reduced.

Although the law does not address secondary property taxes, Phoenix officials said the secondary property tax rate for 2019-20 will remain constant at $0.8241 per $100 of assessed valuation.

Secondary property taxes pay the bonded debt service for facilities like libraries, police and fire stations, storm drains and parks.

“The proposed tax increase will cause the city of Phoenix’s primary property taxes on a $100,000 home to be $130.55 (total proposed taxes including the tax increase),” the city stated. “Without the proposed tax increase, the total taxes that would be owed on a $100,000 home would have been $126.49.”

It also noted the proposed increase excludes increased primary property taxes

received from new construction and levies for voter-approved bonded indebtedness or budget and tax overrides.

The city will hold a hearing on its tax rates June 19, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. in Phoenix Council Chambers, 200 W. Jefferson St. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ Truth in Taxation statement said it “does not control property values, but as the economy grows, property values increase and some property owners may pay more in taxes as a result.”

The county’s 4.2 percent primary property tax increase would raise primary property taxes on a $100,000 home from $134.44 to $140.09.

The county also is hiking the secondary property tax rate for the flood control district by 5.1 percent, which would increase secondary property taxes on a $100,000 home from $17.05 to $17.92.

And it’s hiking the secondary property tax increase for the library district 4.1 percent, which would increase secondary property taxes on a $100,000 home from $5.34 to $5.56.

A public hearing is slated for 9:30 a.m.

June 24 in the supervisors’ conference room on the 10th floor at 301 W. Jefferson

though a final vote on the increase will not occur until Aug. 19.

The board also noted “Historically, Maricopa County receives 11 cents of every dollar paid in property taxes. The county’s tax levy in FY 2020 is $140.5 million below the maximum amount allowed by state law, meaning the county collects less in taxes than it could.”

Records show Phoenix published a Truth in Taxation notice 14 times since the law requiring them was passed in 1996, according to city Councilman Sal DiCiccio’s office.

They were published eight years in a row between 2003 and 2001, twice between 2012 and 2013 and ever since 2016.

The Arizona Tax Research Association, a taxpayer watchdog group that’s been around for 75 years, criticized the city increase, stating Phoenix could avoid an increase if it just raised overall tax revenue by the amount it will get from new construction.

It also noted that the surging economy is yielding 5 percent increases in sales tax and other levies.

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AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | JUNE 12, 2019

Veto kills GOP pay hike opposed by local lawmakers

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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rizona lawmakers won’t be getting a sharp increase in their living allowances, at least not this year — and not next year, either.

But legislators representing Ahwatukee may not much care since all three voted against it in the first place.

Gov. Doug Ducey last week vetoed legislation which would have more than doubled to $92.50 the daily allowance Maricopa County lawmakers get seven days a week when the Legislature is in session.

Maricopa County lawmakers currently get $35 a day.

Legislative District 18 Sen. Sean Bowie and Reps. Mitzi Epstein and Jennifer Jermaine voted against the bill in the first place, joining most – but not all – Democrats and finding some support from a few Republicans.

Stunned by the veto, some lawmakers already are exploring a new approach that may include an effort to drop Maricopa County lawmakers from any increase.

Republicans were unapologetic for supporting the allowance increase.

Scottsdale Republican Rep. Jay Lawrence said lawmakers should be paid at least $36,000 a year. The current salary of $24,000 was approved by voters in 1998.

“In California, they get over $100,000 a year plus automobiles, plus, plus, plus,” Lawrence said, noting they also get a $192-a-day per diem. “So, yeah, I believe we deserve more money because it’s an all-year job.”

He was referring to other times out of session when lawmakers need to be in Phoenix for hearings and meetings.

Rep. Noel Campbell, the Prescott Republican who sponsored the vetoed measure, said, “It just shows us they don’t think much about us. They don’t consider the needs that we have. And the truth of it is, nobody’s looking out for us except ourselves.”

Senate President Karen Fann said, “Expenses have just gotten so ridiculously high trying to find a place to live temporarily.”

The Prescott Republican added, “Next year, we’ll try something different.”

Campbell said, “We have members that are living in motor homes in not-very-nice locations,” and noted the per diem allowances have not been adjusted since 1984.

Jettisoning urban lawmakers may not be a good strategy since 53 lawmakers live in Maricopa County as opposed to 27 from the state’s other 14 counties.

During a hearing last month, Arizona lawmakers considered a Republican measure to raise their daily allowance by more than 100 percent. (azleg.gov)

The governor clearly was turned off by the fact that the bill boosted the daily allowance collected by lawmakers who live in Maricopa County from $35 a day. These are lawmakers who can go home every night and have no need for local lodging.

Ducey said he agreed with supporters that out-county lawmakers need more money because they have to find lodging during the legislative session. The bill would have more than tripled — from $60 to $180 — their daily allowance.

That can mean a hotel. But for many legislators it has meant having to rent — or buy housing in the Phoenix area, as sessions can and have run for five or six months and it is difficult to get a half-year lease.

“Arizona is the sixth largest state in terms of land area,’’ the governor wrote.

“So, for rural legislators and those representing areas outside of Maricopa County, there is a strong case to be made for ensuring we are appropriately recognizing what is required for them to be here at the state Capitol in Phoenix during session.’’

Gilbert Republican Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, who voted for the bill, said “I would be perfectly OK with that” and said he would have preferred that approach “but that’s not what the bill was.”

His Gilbert Republican colleague, Rep. Travis Grantham, opposed the bill and calling it “poor timing” because it came at the end of the session.

But Grantham also said lawmakers should not ignore the needs of Maricopa County lawmakers like himself.

He said expenses can run higher than $35 a day but that perhaps $92.50 a day was not the right number.

Ducey had another objection to the bill: It would have taken effect later this year, meaning that the lawmakers who voted

for it would be the ones who benefit.

“Any change in the per diem rate should also be prospective, and apply to the next Legislature, which will be sworn in on Jan. 11, 2021, following the 2020 election,’’ the governor wrote to legislative leaders.

“I am open to working with legislators on such a change next session.’’

The veto — and the governor’s conclusion that Maricopa County lawmakers don’t deserve an allowance increase — annoyed Sen. David Livingston, R-Peoria.

He defended the provision.

“It’s part of the overall compensation package,’’ Livingston said, even though it’s listed in statute as a “subsistence allowance.’’

Livingston also suggested that the Republican governor may have done himself harm with the Legislature.

“He could have done something like this that would have benefited the 90 members, that would have made working relationships better,’’ the Peoria lawmaker said. “This makes it more strained.’’

During floor debate, Campbell, called the boost in the allowance “the right thing to do.’’

“We’re only asking to be reimbursed for our expenses,’’ he said.

But it wasn’t just Ducey who was hesitant about increasing the $35-a-day allowance to in-county lawmakers — those who do not need a Phoenix apartment.

That allowance is paid for every day the Legislature is “in session.’’ That includes Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when lawmakers generally do not meet.

And legislators even get reimbursed for the mileage between their homes and the Capitol for every day there is an actual session.

Among the foes of the change was Rep. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, who said his

driving distance to the Capitol was such that he didn’t need to be paid $92.50 a day.

Kern also questioned the “optics’’ of lawmakers approving a sharp increase in their allowance and doing so during the last days of the session.

The political risk of voting for a sharp increase in allowance did not escape Rep. Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff. But he urged colleagues to ignore that possibility.

“Let’s rip off the Band-Aid,’’ he said.

“Let’s ignore the folks that will beat us up over it, ‘cause it will go away,’’ Thorpe argued. “This will be forgotten.”

Livingston, for his part, said he’s not concerned about the political fallout of being a Maricopa County lawmaker seeking to boost his allowance.

“I’m very strong in my district,’’ he said.

“I go to a lot of things in my district,’’ Livingston continued. “So I figured I can take the arrows easier than anybody else.’’

Campbell had urged unanimous support, saying it would “give (political) cover to anybody who has questions about it... and threaten us with retaliation because we voted to raise our per diem rate.’’

He didn’t get his wish.

The Senate vote was 22-7. There was even more doubt in the House where 23 of the 60 members voted against it.

Not all urban lawmakers — or Democrats — who voted against the bill are necessarily opposed to a per diem increase.

Tucson Democrat Randy Friese said he sees no reason why Maricopa County lawmakers shouldn’t get some raise and that the governor’s veto didn’t reject that notion outright.

He pointed out that Ducey also was unhappy that the bill would have benefitted the lawmakers who voted for it. Friese

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AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | JUNE 12, 2019

Brakes put on corporate loophole for private schools

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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rizona is finally ready to curtail — but not stop — the ability of corporations to divert what they owe in state income tax to instead help send children to private and parochial schools, a system of credits that threatened to reduce corporate tax collections to zero.

Legislation signed last week by Gov. Doug Ducey will rein in a decade-old law that allows corporations to get a dollar-for-dollar credit against their income taxes for money they donate to “scholarship tuition organizations.’’

The legislation, sponsored by Chandler Republican Sen. J.D. Mesnard, partially undoes legislation that was pushed by a retired Chandler senator, Steve Yarbrough.

The STOs provide funds parents can use to pay the tuition and fees of their children at private schools.

The credit remains. But what is changing with the new law is the amount of dollars that can be diverted.

It originally started out with a $10 million cap. But it was engineered so that could increase by 20 percent a year.

For the current year, the amount of diverted dollars has ballooned to $89.2 million. Left unabated, it would reach nearly $222 million by the 2023-2024 school year.

More to the point, there is no limit.

And given that corporate tax collections are not increasing at 20 percent a year — revenue estimates for this year are at $427 million — they could owe the state nothing before the end of the decade.

“It’s reaching a growing number of our corporate dollars,’’ noted Mesnard.

The new law curbs the annual increase

many of them linked to specific schools or religious groups, determine the dollars given to any student. By contrast, the amount of the voucher is limited by state law.

It originally started out as a program to allow individuals to divert some income tax dollars to these STOs. Under State Sen. J.D. Mesnard, when he was still House Majority Leader last year, current law, indiexchanged some talking points with Sen. Steve Yarbrough, whom he replaced. vidual taxpayers can Capitol Media Services) get a credit of up to 15 percent beginning in the 2020-2021 to $555 — double that for couples — for school year, dropping to 10 percent the amounts donated. year after that, 5 percent the following Former Senate President Yarbrough the year and then settling at 2 percent or the executive director and general counsel of rate of inflation, whichever is greater, in the Arizona Christian School Tuition Orthe 2023-2024 school year. ganization led the fight to open the door The financial difference is significant: By for corporate donations to generate more that year, the $222 million that corpora- scholarship dollars. tions would otherwise have been allowed Yarbrough, while selling the change as to divert will be reduced to just $145 having just a $10 million price tag, also million. And with the new cap, annual in- inserted that 20 percent annual inflation creases in foregone corporate revenues increase that has boosted the cost to that after that will be in the $3 million range. $89.2 million. And it was Yarbrough who, David Lujan, executive director of the Ar- until his retirement last year, blocked efizona Center for Economic Progress, asked forts to reduce that inflation factor. lawmakers to impose that 2 percent cap He told Capitol Media Services several immediately, arguing that would generate years ago that his sponsorship of that leg$67 million for the state in the next three islation — and his defense against having years. That plea proved a non-starter. the annual increases scaled back — was The scholarship program predates — based on his personal belief that more and is different from — the vouchers that dollars meant more educational opporprovide state funds directly to parents to tunity for students who otherwise could pay for tuition and other expenses at pri- not afford to attend a private or parochial vate and parochial schools. school.

With scholarships, donor organizations, But Yarbrough, until he stepped down

from ACSTO in late 2017, also had a personal and financial interest in scholarships.

ACSTO was the second-largest tuition organization in the state, behind only the program run by the Catholic church.

It collected more than $200 million in donations between 1998 and 2017, giving out $173 million of that in scholarships as Arizona law allows sponsoring organizations to keep up to 10 percent for costs.

Yarbrough said he had nothing to gain from his sponsorship of the corporate tax credits, saying all the money he gave out came from private and not corporate donations.

In his last year in office — and after stepping aside from ACSTO — Yarbrough did offer to support reducing that 20 percent year-over-year inflator. But that died when he insisted it be paired with actually increasing the amounts of some other tax credits available for these private and parochial school scholarships.

This year’s version, sponsored by Mesnard, had no such trade-off. It gained unanimous approval of both the House and Senate.

During 2017, the most recent year for which records are available, Internal Revenue Service filings by ACSTO show that out of the $21.3 million the organization collected, Yarbrough was paid $98,241 in annual salary plus another $27,840 in what was listed as the cost of fringe benefits and life insurance.

On top of that, the organization paid another $659,300 to HY Processing, a firm owned by Yarbrough and his wife, Linda, to handle the accounting and paperwork for the scholarships.

And ACSTO was renting space in a building owned by Yarbrough.

YOPAS still needs volunteers to help seniors get around AFN NEWS STAFF

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olunteer drivers are still needed for the Ahwatukee Foothills Family YMCA’s Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors — better known as Y OPAS — to fill the void left by vacationing ones.

Volunteers last year donated 9,000 hours of their time and put 73,000 miles on their vehicles to help wheel-less seniors get to 8,600 appointments — 6,000 of which were for medical appointments as well as grocery shopping and other vi-

tal trips.

Y OPAS director Jill Sears said the program needs about 20 volunteer drivers willing to pick up the slack between now and September.

Volunteers must be 21 or older and provide a valid operators license and proof of insurance.

“Volunteers go online and choose appointments that fit their schedules. So, It’s very flexible and easy,” Sears added, noting that volunteers can sign up for the geographic area they’d like to serve in — East Valley, Ahwatukee only or Val-

ley-wide.”

Sears said the seniors are grateful for the rides, adding, “it’s an amazing thing to see how good doing good makes others feel.”

While there are no minimum hours that volunteers are expected to put in, “we suggest trying to drive once per week to get to know the clients,” Sears said.

“We’re not just a taxi service,” she explained. “We create relationships with these clients. This isn’t like Uber. We go to front door and walk them to the car.

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We don’t dump them off. We take them back to their door.”

Clients who need a ride must be 62 or older, live independently in one of Ahwatukee’s three ZIP codes and must be able to get in and out of a vehicle on their own because the service is non-medical in nature.

Sears always tells volunteers, “Even if you can drive once a week or twice per month, it all helps.”

Interested people can contact Y OPAS at opas@vosymca.org or call 602-2126088.

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Centennial yearbook photo prompts Kyrene review AFN NEWS STAFF

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yrene School District officials are investigating how a photo of a white Centennial Middle School student with his face painted black got into the school’s yearbook.

District spokeswoman Erin Helm and board member John King said that while “there was no racial motivation on the part of the student,” the photo should have never slipped by the people who review the yearbook’s content before it’s sent to the printer.

“The day the photo was taken, theater students engaged in a section on theatrical makeup, based on fictional characters,” Helm said. “This student chose a robot from a video game or comic, and the robot is black. That in no way excuses the situation, but is shared to illustrate that there was no racial motivation on the part of the student.”

Helm also said that “multiple people were involved in the compilation and proof-reading of the yearbook” and that the district was attempting to interview everyone involved — a task complicated by the fact that some likely are away for

the summer.

A source said volunteers, mainly parents and community members, are involved in reviewing the yearbooks.

“We’re trying very hard to protect the child in the photo, since he is innocent of any wrong-doing,” Helm said.

The incident comes at a time when Kyrene is spending thousands of dollars on “equity training” aimed at making all school employees and students more sensitive to other races and cultures.

“Kyrene School District recently engaged the services of outside consultants to help the district and all schools tackle issues of equity and diversity, with a focus on staff training,” Helm said, adding: “Kyrene has made it a priority to focus on cultural sensitivity and implicit bias.”

“The photo in the Centennial Middle School yearbook is inexcusable, particularly without noted context,” King said, stressing again, “The student in the photo is not in blackface, and there is no racial motivation for the face paint.”

Although a white parent was anonymously interviewed on at least one local television station last week questioning

the inclusion of the photo, it does not seem to have triggered any criticism from the Black Mothers Forum, which has criticized Kyrene and other local school districts for racially insensitive actions and policies in the past.

Centennial Principal Michelle Anderson came under fire and later apologized over comments she made during a broadcast to students Feb. 27.

In what she later said were remarks that “may have been unintentionally hurtful to some of our students,” Anderson said multiple students ask why the school did not celebrate Black History Month.

“We haven’t because we celebrate all cultures all day long,” she said in the first video, and added that students should organize their own activities to celebrate months dedicated to specific cultures or women.

The Black Mothers Forum accused Anderson of not caring about different cultures.

The Kyrene school board backed Anderson, praising her administration of Centennial and her concern for the welfare of all students.

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“Given these increases, it is surprising that the city plans to raise property taxes $5.3 million,” the association said.

“Some local governments will scoff at these tax increases because the rate is not increasing, conflating sales and income tax rates with property taxes. Increased economic activity will produce more revenues at the same rate for sales and income taxes,” it said, adding: “Taxpayers are smart enough to realize their ability to pay property taxes is not tied to the rising value of property in their jurisdiction. When taxpayers are informed by their mortgage company that their monthly payment is increasing, they will not find this justification clever.”

It also called Phoenix’s tax increase “particularly puzzling” because of the “high combined tax rate problem they face.”

“Combined property tax rates in central Phoenix, for instance, are 40%-60% higher than most other urban Maricopa areas and are more than double that of Scottsdale. This seriously hampers commercial and industrial growth in Phoenix,” it said.

The association said Phoenix’s property taxes are among the highest in the west, adding that the city “could go a long way towards helping its economic development by not adding to it.”

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Monsoon season likely to start later than usual

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he towering, often terrifying thunderstorms that signal the start of Arizona’s monsoon season typically begin in mid-June and last through the end of September, but meteorologists say we’ll likely see a delayed start this year.

The meteorology department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott this week predicted a much later start to the summer rainy season.

Monsoons in northern Arizona, for example, usually show up around the Fourth of July, but that could be delayed a couple of weeks, Embry-Riddle meteorologists said.

The word monsoon means a “seasonal reversal of wind.” For most of the year, winds in Arizona blow from the west, bringing mostly dry air, but during the summer, meteorologists say, the winds come from the south, bringing warmer and more humid air over the state.

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Battery-powered light sources and portable cellphone chargers are essential when dealing with prolonged power outages, Salt River Project spokeswoman Kathleen Mascareñas said.

“We have a list of things you should have in your home really year-round.

Things you tend to take for granted,” she said. “Have things like a can opener that isn’t electric … portable chargers for our cellphones we completely rely on. An AM/ FM radio on hand that you can listen to for alerts and things like that.”

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The 2016 Arizona Teacher of the Year Christine Marsh told lawmakers during a hearing on their allowance increase that they knew what they were signing up for when they ran and shouldn’t now be poor-mouthing taxpayers.(azleg.gov)

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suggested delaying the effective date to 2021 may be more palatable.

During the debate last month, Livingston said there’s another reason that lawmakers, both in- and out-county, need a bump in their allowance: the Tax Cut and Jobs Act signed in late 2017 by President Donald Trump.

The law repealed a section of the tax code that allowed employees a deduction for out-of-pocket expenses that aren’t reimbursed by their employer. That means lawmakers can’t deduct from their tax bill the difference between what they spend and the $35 per diem.

But during the debate on the bill last month, Rep. Aaron Lieberman, D-Phoenix, questioned the idea of lawmakers approving more money for themselves even when they refused just to restore all of the funds that have been cut during the recession in state aid to public schools.

The whole idea of the vote — particularly on what is shaping up to be the last day of the legislative session — drew raised eyebrows from teachers who have been at the Capitol monitoring the votes on spending bills.

“I can’t get beyond the irony of your

plight and how it is so incredibly parallel to what is going on with teachers,’’ testified Christine Marsh, who was the 2016 teacher of the year and one of the prime proponents of higher pay for educators.

Marsh pointed out that proponents of the allowance hike said it has resulted in few people interested in running for the Legislature.

“And yet that, of course, is what teachers are facing,’’ Marsh said.

She said lawmakers voting to hike their expenses should be ready for other parallels, like people telling them they knew what the job paid when they took it and they shouldn’t complain about the pay.

“That’s what we hear,’’ Marsh said. “And it’s offensive and not very cool.’’

Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, said that, under different circumstances, she might have opposed the hike in allowance.

But she pointed out that lawmakers last year approved a 9 percent increase in the average pay for teachers, with another 5 percent in the budget for this coming school year and 5 percent more earmarked for the following year.

“Having done that in the past year and the past days, I think this is appropriate,’’ Udall said.

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Banner MD Anderson center celebrates survivors

BY CECILIA CHAN AFN Staff Writer

J

osh Critser was just starting his nursing studies at school when he said he heard the life-changing news: “You’ve got cancer.”

Critser was diagnosed with testicular cancer and was told his tumor had a 25 percent chance of returning when it was removed.

“My cancer was an overachiever,” he said. “By the time I finished my first semester, the cancer had returned.”

He underwent 21 cycles of chemotherapy, eight hours of surgery and spent 12 days in the hospital in his fight against stage 2 cancer.

Today, the 34-year-old Mesa man is able to tell his story — and credits the staff and treatment he received from Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Gilbert.

Criter’s story was one of several that survivors who owe their life to the center told at its third annual Cancer Survivorship Day last week.

“There’s been many victories here, some defeats but through it all we never lost hope (while) in this building,” said Critser, who’s been cancer-free for a little over a year “I’m a nursing student, a volunteer and a survivor.”

With much fanfare, Banner MD Anderson opened it doors in September 2011 at Banner Gateway Medical Center campus in Gilbert, a partnership between Banner Health and MD Anderson, headquartered in Houston, Texas.

The fanfare turned out to be more than warranted.

From 2011 to 2018, the center recorded 813,030 patient visits and is on track for nearly 200,000 visits in 2019, according to Corey Schubert, a Banner Health spokesman.

At its debut, officials heralded the $109 million state-of-the-art facility would usher in a new era of unprecedented cancer care in Arizona.

In 2013, the first stem-cell transplant in a patient with multiple myeloma was performed, part of the Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program at MD Anderson, according to Schubert The cancer center has taken part in a multitude of cutting-edge research projects and clinical trials, many of which have led to drugs and treatments that have since become FDA approved, he said.

The center’s accomplishments included:

Cancer victims who who their survival to Banner MD Anderson celebrated last week, gathered in front of a tree with three colors representing three different types of cancer. (Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer)

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2014: Started a tissue bank, where medical experts are collecting and storing a variety of cancerous tissue samples to research the causes of cancer and better fight the disease.

Tissue banks, or biobanks, are facilities that collect, store and manage the use of biological samples for current and future research.

2014: Received Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy accreditation for autologous stem-cell transplants. This type of transplant involves collecting stem cells from the patient to harvest, freeze and store in order to return them to the

Evie Clair sang inspirational tunes during the survivors’ gathering after telling the group how she lost her father to cancer on the day she appeared in the 2017 finals of Americas Got Talent. (Kimberly Carrillo)

patient after intensive therapy.

2015: Began offering blue-light cystoscopy to detect papillary cancer of the bladder. The innovative procedure enables a doctor to use blue light to better view certain bladder cancers, similar to the way black light makes scorpions luminescent.

White light cystoscopy had been the primary method used to view suspicious lesions during surgery to remove bladder tumors. However, when used on its own, harder-to-see tumors can be missed.

• 2016: Opened the first CAR T-cell trial in Arizona with CAR T-cell therapy for the treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Also, the first patient in Arizona was treated with Lu-DOTA-Tyr-Octreotate (Lutathera), a novel radionuclide therapy on site under Advanced Accelerator Application’s Expanded Access Program for patients with inoperable neuroendocrine tumors.

• 2017: Becomes among only a handful of sites in the United States to offer a new diagnostic imaging tool to identify neuroendocrine tumors.

These rare tumors, which can be benign or malignant, historically have been difficult to diagnose. This process better detects tumors not seen on many other standard imaging scans.

• 2017: Opened the T.W. Lewis Melanoma Center of Excellence for melanoma diagnosis, treatment and research in the Southwest. Support •

from donors and a matching gift from the T.W. Lewis Foundation generated $3.5 million to create the center. By the end of its first full year of operation, the Center treated approximately 450 melanoma patients.

• 2017: Received full FACT accreditation for allogeneic stem-cell transplants and cellular effector therapy.

Participated in a trial leading to FDA approval for the treatment of follicular lymphoma.

• 2018: Launched a pilot program to bring Arizona State University premed students into an emergency department to learn the best ways to communicate with patients. Also participated in clinical trials for oncology therapies, which received FDA approval, for the treatment of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and refractory non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

• 2019: Performed the first cordblood transplant in a national phase I clinical trial by using an investigational treatment in patients with colorectal cancer and other advanced solid tumors.

Over time, the center has grown, expanding its radiation-oncology program in 2014 to Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City and Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa.

In April of that year, it also opened its second phase of its outpatient facility, a major addition that greatly expanded specialty cancer treatment services and prevention programs in Arizona.

The three-story addition includes the James M. Cox Center for Cancer Prevention and Integrative Oncology, additional clinic and infusion space, a separate hematology/stem cell transplant clinic, and expanded radiation oncology space.

Every year, the number of survivors grows for the event, said Lynn Schuster, an acute care nurse practitioner who leads the center’s Survivorship Program.

“Today is a day we celebrate those who survived, those who passed and those still fighting,” she told the crowd.

Lamont Yoder, CEO of Banner Gateway Medical Center and Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, also recognized cancer survivors and patients.

“Each of you inspire me in what I do every day to create a place of refuge, hope and inspiration,” he said.

The survivors were entertained by Ev-

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EV churches help aid surge of immigrants

in the aid effort — as victims of the harassment.

“Through a megaphone,” the lawsuit alleges, the demonstrators “yelled insults and accusations including ‘You’re not really a house of God; you’re a cash machine;’ ‘You’re not providing aid; you’re making bank;’ and ‘I guess you don’t get $1,800 per head for conservatives, huh? Americans just don’t pay as much as illegal aliens.’”

They also are accused of videotaping the women and children and posting the videos on social media, calling the churches part of a “federal funded human-trafficking ring,” the suit charges.

BY DEVAN SAUER AFN Contributor

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n the first week of the month, white Homeland Security buses pull into the parking lot of the Grove Church in Chandler, unloading dozens of migrant families.

They had surrendered to Border Patrol agents after traveling thousands of miles from disadvantaged, often violent situations in Central America.

Some arrive carrying children as young as a year old.

When the families arrive at the Grove, they see a cluster of gray buildings, topped with wooden panels that form the shape of a triangle at every entrance, making the scene resemble a village of cabins.

The buildings are surrounded by fences made out of stacked rocks, packed together and bound by wire. The fences part in the center, revealing a coffee shop that sells locally baked goods and coffee sourced from Guatemala.

To the migrants, who have by then spent days in the custody of immigration authorities without a shower or clean clothes, the place may well seem like a

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A monthly visit

Baby booties for migrant toddlers and shoes for their older siblings and parents are among the items of clothing that various East Valley churches collect for distribution to the dozens of families who come to them through ICE. (Devan Sauer/AFN Contributor)

piece of heaven.

The Grove in Chandler is one of the 15 Arizona churches receiving migrants from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Those churches — and the volunteers who help feed and clothe the migrants — have been subjected to harassment by

anti-immigration groups that were sued in federal court last week by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Although The Grove is not mentioned in the suit, the center cited the Alliance of Christian Leaders of the East Valley — which organized the efforts at The Grove and at least one other East Valley Church

One afternoon, a group of volunteers formed two lines at the entrance to the complex, holding donated stuffed animals in their hands as they waited to welcome a fresh group of migrants.

It’s what these volunteers do every month.

But this drop-off doesn’t go smoothly like it has before. Two protesters followed the buses to the church and were attempt-

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ing to film the families as they got off the buses.

The drivers tried to avoid them, steering the buses to a back entrance as church members scrambled to create a makeshift barrier out of posters and blankets to protect the families’ identities.

Although this wasn’t the first time The Grove has received push back, this was the first time protesters stepped foot on the church grounds over this issue.

The Grove’s mission pastor, Paul Gunther Jr., is undeterred, though.

“My belief is a church is called to love people and keep politics out of it,” Gunther said.

To the volunteers, this is nothing more than doing God’s work. Feeding and clothing those in need, they say, is the Christian way.

“We believe that Jesus has called his believers to go out into the community and serve others, whether that is locally or globally,” said Gina Nasta, ministry coordinator of The Grove.

Valley churches first decided to open their doors to migrants last October as the number of Central American migrants fleeing poverty, corruption and violence in their home countries began to skyrocket.

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through Mexico to the border, where they turn themselves in to federal agents. From there, they are transferred into the custody of ICE, where their asylum case begins.

Agents review the families’ plans, ensuring that they have a place to stay in the United States while they await a resolution on their petitions.

ICE will contact relatives who are already in the U.S. and confirm the family’s bus routes.

This is a time- and resource-intensive process that may take several weeks. ICE did not respond to a request for comment.

Migrants can be held in the detention facilities for up to 40 days while their cases are being resolved, ICE Executive Associate Director Matthew T. Albence.

However, ICE can’t hold minors in their facilities for more than 20 days because of limitations that are part of a settlement to a lawsuit. In 2015, this requirement was extended to include minors and their parents.

ICE sought churches’ help

Because of the large number of immigrant families arriving at the border, the system is stretched to its limit.

In early October, the agency began reaching out to nongovernmental organizations, asking for their assistance with housing, transporting and providing other services for the families.

Magdalena Schwartz, a Mesa pastor and member of the Alliance of Christian Leaders, said that she was first contacted by ICE on Oct. 12 and asked if she could find a church that could house 11 migrants.

Schwartz and other Alliance leaders began calling churches in Arizona, in hopes of finding the help they needed. In the end, 15 churches agreed to open their doors.

Thus began Schwartz’s rigorous schedule of coordinating the drop-offs with each church. Some churches open their doors once a month, others every other week.

Schwartz is identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center in its lawsuit as one of the victims of harassment by anti-immigration demonstrators, who call themselves part of Patriot Movement AZ, identified by the center as a hate group.

“The claims of sex and human trafficking were completely unsubstantiated,” the lawsuit states. “Defendants made these claims specifically because they were highly offensive and would further their anti-immigrant social and political agenda.

Defendants had no proof to support these allegations but persisted in spreading these falsehoods deliberately or recklessly.”

Personal experiences

Schwartz knows what it’s like to be forced out of your homeland. Thirty years ago, she left Chile for the United States,

fleeing economic hardships. She had two young children and worried they would have no future there.

Her family arrived here with nothing, she said, and relied on the goodwill of her sister, Elizabeth, who opened a room in her home for Schwartz’s family to stay.

“I’m doing this because I’m grateful,” Schwartz said. “If somebody did (this) for me, I like to do for others.”

This issue is close to home for Gunther as well, who has lived in Guatemala and adopted two children from there.

“Just seeing how they’re sometimes treated obviously makes it a little personal,” Gunther said.

When Gunther heard about churches stepping up to help house migrant families, he wanted The Grove to be involved.

Days of preparation

To prepare for the families, volunteers work together to transform a multi-use room that usually hosts Bible study groups and basketball practice into a sanctuary for the families.

The preparation begins days before they’re expected to arrive. The drop-offs are always planned for the first week of the month, however, church staff and volunteers don’t know what time the mi-

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grants will arrive or how many families to expect.

Schwartz will contact the church by texting them days, sometimes the night before the scheduled drop-off.

The Grove relies heavily on their church’s community to ensure everything goes smoothly.

Nasta will send out an email to community and church members about a week before the drop-off, asking for volunteers.

When additional donations are needed, church staff will reach out to the congregation through social media, asking for help. They receive supplies such as backpacks and toiletries.

When the first migrants came, community members were so eager to help that some of them brought catering-sized portions of beans and rice to feed them.

The migrants, who up until this point hadn’t eaten much food besides the peanut butter sandwiches supplied by ICE, would sometimes get sick from overeating, Gunther said.

These days, the meals are cooked by Gunther or Grove staff members in the church’s kitchen, which has a small fridge, a microwave and a four-burner stove. The meals consist of beans, rice, tortillas and some kind of protein, commonly chicken.

Once the families step off the bus, volunteers greet them with “bienvenidos” and “welcome” and hand the children stuffed elephants and teddy bears. Gunther said

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elyn Clair Abplanalp, a singer and songwriter from Florence who competed in the 2017 season of America’s Got Talent when she was 13.

The teen, who goes by the stage name Evie Clair, sang and played the piano and later said her father was treated at MD Anderson for colon cancer and died as she was appearing for the talent show’s finals.

Mesa resident Dave Thigpen also shared his journey battling stage 4 melanoma. He was diagnosed in 2015 when he was 71.

“I’m a Vietnam vet, a husband, a father, a volunteer but I’m also a survivor,” he said.

The cancer started on his foot and in a matter of seven weeks, it had metastasized from his foot to his leg, traveled to his groin, up to his hip and then to the left side of his neck and finally his brain, he said.

His treatment included 19 months of chemotherapy every two weeks.

that the families often break into singing, seemingly relieved to have found a welcoming place.

“The church is called to be a light to the community, we’re called to be a safe haven, we’re...called to be that foundation for people to come to and just feel okay and to feel safe,” Nasta said.

The families filter into the multi-purpose room and sit down at the dozen round tables.

Schwartz stands on a small platform at the front of the room and starts talking to the immigrant families.

The first thing she asks is if anyone is sick, knowing well that some won’t admit to it because they’re afraid they will be separated from those who traveled with them.

Three volunteer nurses are in a nearby room, waiting to assist the migrants.

Grove Church Pastor Paul Gunther Jr. wanted his Chandler church involved in helping migrants who are released by ICE. (Facebook)

She then asks the migrants where they are from. “Raise your hand if you’re from Guatemala. What about El Salvador?” she asks. The majority of the families raise their hands.

Then, she leads everyone in a prayer, and the migrants thank Jesus for a new life.

Meals are served from a small circular table in the back corner of the room, by volunteers with large plastic gloves on their hands.

Schwartz continues to talk with the migrant families and asks where their final destination is. Some of the families will

travel as far as Virginia and Vermont, and Schwartz tells them to grab winter jackets from the pile of donated clothes.

The families are called one by one to speak with an Alliance Leader to buy bus or plane tickets. Relatives who are already in the United States pay for the new arrivals’ tickets, according to Schwartz. If they need a place to stay before they depart, they will be matched with hosts who have volunteered to house them for a night or two.

As the donation process begins, each family receives a backpack with reusable water bottles, a comb, pen, a towel, toiletries and a wad of note cards for the kids to draw on.

Each family takes a turn with the donation tables, wading through the piles for clean clothes and new shoes.

At this point the host families begin to arrive, some with their own young children.

The families who finished sorting through donations, with their new backpacks overstuffed with the donations, wait to be paired with a host family.

As the migrant families leave with their hosts, everyone in the room gives them a round of applause — a Grove tradition that signals the end of their difficult journey and the beginning of their lives in the U.S. Denise is one of the sponsor families who opened her home to five families on three different occasions. She asked to be identified by her first name because of the push back from the protesters.

been asking him once a week if he wanted to go to bar, he said.

“I suspect strongly she has found my (life) insurance,” joked Thigpen, who turns 75 next month.

For those facing cancer, he gave a world of advice. During his chemo sessions, the thing he saw with those who excelled in their treatments were they all had a positive attitude, faith and humor.

Doctors and treatment can only do so much, the rest is up to the patient, he said.

“Once you’ve been told you got to get treatment for cancer, you must put your best foot forward to fight it,” he said.

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Little Jackson Tafoya tells his cousin Josh Critser how proud he is of him after he addressed the crowd at Banner aMD Anderson Cancer Center bout his bout with cancer. (Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer)

Thigpen said he thought he would need to send his wife to therapy to deal with his diagnosis and assured her if he could survive Vietnam, he could survive

cancer.

He also jokingly told her if he were to die, it would be in a bar fight.

Now that he is cancer-free, his wife has

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The families have rooms of their own at her home, with clean bed sheets and some granola bars, fruits and water bottles.

She always makes sure to supply them with extra toiletries in their bedroom.

“You know, just normal things you do when any house guests are coming,” Denise said.

Denise does not speak any Spanish, so she relies heavily on Google Translate.

Sometimes, she’ll call one of her husband’s coworkers, who is bilingual, and ask for help.

The migrants normally stay for a night or two where they sleep for the most of their stay after their exhausting journey, according to Denise.

It’s when the families leave the homes of hosts like Denise that their new life in a new country truly begins to take shape.

Denise said that she has kept in touch with some of the families she has hosted. She will help them find churches in their new communities, get their children signed up for school and figure out how and where to get their vaccinations.

She knows that more migrants will come. And when they do, she will be ready to receive them.

“We just have a heart for people in this situation and so when our church shared with us that we were going to start hosting families through here, we immediately signed up,” Denise said. “We are always looking for ways that we can meet people... and share the love of Jesus with them.”

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s a writer, Andrew Wolfendon has stepped out of the shadows with a bang After more than 20 years of producing an astonishing variety of scripts and other work — and ghost-writing nonfiction other books for professionals — the Ahwatukee man on Thursday, June 13, will be publishing his first novel — a thriller called “Fisherman’s Court.”

The Boston native and father of two daughters moved here with his wife a little over five years ago.

He admits a novel has been a long time coming for a man who has made words his life’s work.

With a master’s degree in writing from Emerson College and a background in teaching creating writing at several New England colleges and writers’ institutes, Wolfendon has written “a zillion non-fiction books,” several children’s books, a comic book, an award-winning stage play, numerous screenplays that have been op-

Andrew Wolfendon has spent most of his life writing for a living, but he has never written a novel until now. His thriller will be published officially tomorrow, June 13, and is available on amazon.com. (Special to AFN)

True, there was a creative challenge at play as well.

“My biggest challenge is to have faith in the process and keep pushing forward even when the whole draft is a mess and I am convinced it is the worst assemblage of words in the history of language,” he said.

“There was a point in writing Fishermen’s Court where my wife had to talk me off a ledge, but fortunately I kept at it and all the issues resolved themselves in a way that felt ‘ordained.’”

His wife, a psychotherapist, also prevailed.

“My wife has been insisting I was a novelist for decades,” Wolfendon explained. “I finally ran out of arguments to use against her.”

Wolfendon began his writing career in the games industry in the 1990s, writing software titles such as Darby the Dragon, 3D Dinosaur Adventure, the Magic Tales series and several JumpStart titles, as well as adult games like Darkened Skye and

tioned for film, and even 25 computer/ video games.

Yet, as much as his writer’s heart yearned to turn out a novel, he said, time was an enemy.

“For me — practically speaking — it’s finding the bandwidth to write my own stuff after spending 45-50 hours a week ghostwriting books for my professional clients,” he said.

from the ground up. Alex and the rest of the family took part in a special production to celebrate the anniversary, “Cheers to 25 years.”

To Alex, taking part in the production was another way to honor his mother on the dance stage before he returns to Maryland to continue playing on the biggest stage football has to offer.

A 6-foot-6, 305-pound offensive tackle, Lewis graduated from Mountain Pointe High School in 2010. He was a part of the first team led by former Pride coach Norris Vaughan, which finished 12-1 and established the foundation for what would make Mountain Pointe one of the most dominant programs in the state.

Lewis signed with the University of Colorado Boulder after high school, and went on to play in all 12 games for the Buffaloes his freshman year. He moved

Alex Lewis (right), a Mountain Pointe alum and offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens, recently appeared in his a dance production called “Cheers to 25 years,” a performance put on by his mother Kimberly (middle), who owns Dance Studio 111 in Ahwatukee. Avery Lewis (left), Alex’s younger sister, also performed in the production. (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff)

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MP alum Alex Lewis owes NFL career to mom

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here is a special bond that Alex Lewis and his two sisters, Taylor and Avery, share with their mother, Kimberly.

A single mother, Kimberly dedicated her time to raising her three kids while also running one of the most successful dance studios in the Valley, let alone Ahwatukee. Even through every extracurricular activity Alex and his sisters participated in growing up, Kimberly was always there.

“My mom works harder than any woman I know,” Alex said. “She was a single mother who raised us and still was able to run her business, which is her passion.

I wouldn’t expect anything less from her.”

The Lewis family recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of Dance Studio 111, Kimberly’s business that she built

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GOP leader honored

College Bound AZ cofounder and Executive Director Elizabeth Paulus, left, recently welcomed Jasmine Crawford as the RISE Scholars Project manager through the ASU Public Allies Program and a grant from Mesa United Way..

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Ahwatukee resident Loraine Pellegrino, second from right, president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women and Congressional District 9 Member-at-large for the state Republican Committee, received the Maricopa County Republicans’ Lincoln Lifetime Achievement award at a luncheon honoring Maricopa County Republican precinct committee memembers. The County has nearly 780,000 registered Republican voters — the most of any county in the nation. Pellegrino is serving her second term as the president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women, which has nearly 2,000 members statewide. She is also a former president of the Ahwatukee Republican Women’s Club. Congratulating Pelegrino are Cindy and U.S. Rep Andy Biggs and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. (Special to AFN)

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to left guard his sophomore season with Colorado, but transferred to the University of Nebraska ahead of his junior year.

After sitting out in 2013 due to the NCAA transfer rules, he became a two-year starter for the Cornhuskers.

He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

“It feels good to represent the community and Mountain Pointe,” Lewis said.

“But it feels even better to represent my mother and all she has done for me. She showed me that no matter what type of adversity you go through to always keep striving for what you’re passionate about.”

Lewis has battled through adversity in his three seasons with the Ravens, but has come back stronger in each instance.

As a rookie, he started for Baltimore the first 10 weeks before a sprained ankle forced him to miss the rest of the season.

In 2017, Shoulder surgery kept him out the entire season. Last year, a suspected neck injury forced him to exit the field on a cart, but he returned two weeks later to finish the season.

Lewis has been praised for his footwork since being drafted by the Ravens.

His quickness allows him to be a versatile blocker, capable of reaching the second level with ease. According to Kimberly, that trait came from his time as a child spent dancing in the studio.

“He really didn’t want to take ballet but I knew how important it would be for him,” she said. “I remember he was fighting me on going but all of a sudden he had a new love for it. Come to find out, one of the teachers, Jill (Hammond), was paying him to go to class.

“But ballet really did help him with his core and his footwork.”

Lewis is listed as the starting left guard for the Ravens for the upcoming 2019 season, a spot that will be difficult for him to lose. He will continue to use the footwork he learned as a child growing up in Ahwatukee, but he doesn’t believe that came from dancing.

To him, it’s the result of constant motivation from his mother.

“She always pushed me,” Lewis said.

“Whether it was in football or dance, she was always there for me.

“She is extremely determined and believes in not giving up.”

Mesa nonprofit helps 24 get into college free

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ollege Bound AZ, a Mesa nonprofit that guides low-income students toward higher education through mentorship, helped 24 students get into college this year free of tuition.

The graduates are part of the organization’s RISE Scholars — a new pilot program in partnership with the East Valley Institute of Technology that seeks to connect financially disadvantaged students to Arizona State University.

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Mountain Pointe alum Alex Lewis was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He has widely been praised for his footwork, a trait he believes he learned from constant motivation from his mother, Kimberly. (Photo courtesy of Lewis family)

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the Warcraft adventure game, the last of which was not released but did contribute to the storyline of World of Warcraft.

“I’ve always been a storyteller, in one form or another — games, kids’ books, screenplays, memoirs,” he said.

“Part of me always wanted to write novels, but I was too perfectionistic in my attitude. I wanted to write the Great American Novel or nothing. So, I went with nothing. Finally, I gave myself permission to just write a good beach book, the kind of book I would want to take on vacation. As soon as I did that, the ideas started flowing.”

“Fisherman’s Court” revolves around a “depressed computer-game artist” named Finn Carroll.

The book opens with Carroll attacked in his home by mysterious killers who intend to make his death look like a suicide, even leaving a farewell note that relates his death to a dark incident in the past that no one should know about.

Though he survives, Carroll flees to an island of the Maine coast and soon realizes he’s trapped with the people who want him dead.

“In order to survive, he must unravel his past, pay some old dues, and discover

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strengths he didn’t know he had,” Wolfendon said.

Not surprisingly, Wolfendon is a fan of thrillers, and counts among his influences books by some of the legendary ones like Harlan Coban, Tana French, William Lashner and Nelson DeMille.

His idol is Stephen King, whom he calls “the Bob Dylan of novelists.”

“How can you not stand in awe of Stephen King?” he asked. “Still cranking out at least a book a year after nearly fifty years of creativity. And his work is still fresh and original.”

Wolfendon got the idea for his “good beach book” by thinking of the place he and his wife are fond of — Monhegan Island in Maine.

“I decided to create a fictional island that had some similarities to Monhegan, and then I asked myself what suspenseful event could happen there. I immediately thought, ‘What if I were trapped on the island in a nor’easter with people who were trying to kill me?’ That idea was the starting point for the book, and then the story grew richer and more complex from there.”

He spent seven months crafting the first draft — a period of time short enough to surprise him, he said, since he still had his fulltime writing job and had written a

novel that was fairly long.

“A fascinating thing about creative projects is that at the beginning you have to push them out and it’s a constant grind, a lot of hard work,” he observed. “But then at some point the momentum shifts; they start pulling you, and you can’t leave them alone. For several months there, I was getting only about five hours sleep a night, because the book was keeping me up. I had to force myself, every night, to shut off the computer and go to bed.”

He needed to do only a little research on Maine islands, which led him to a subplot that he likely would never have made a main part of his book.

Still, “since it was my first novel, I wanted to stick to a world I was sort of familiar with.”

Wolfendon is excited by the early responses to “Fisherman’s Court.”

It won first place in the 2018 Novel Opening Chapter & Synopsis Competition, an international contest run out of the United Kingdom.

Best Thrillers called him “an exciting, fresh new voice” in the genre and a “gifted debut novelist.” Readers’ Favorite gave the book a five-star review and said, “A thriller of epic proportions, this is one of the most suspenseful books I ever had the pleasure to read.”

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And Online Book Club noted, “[T]his fast-paced suspense kept me guessing from the opening pages until the very end… 4 out of 4 stars.”

For anyone who thinks they might have a novel in them, he has this advice: “Read like crazy in your chosen genre, and other genres too, but when it comes time to write, ‘paint from life.’ By that I mean, try not to recycle the words and ideas of other writers. Capture your own raw truth, in words that feel authentic to you. Also, trust the process. Write your way through resistance and obstacles.

And finish your piece. Completion will teach you 90 percent of what you need to learn as a writer.”

Fishermen’s Court will be published on June 13, 2019 by Black Rose Writing. It can be preordered on Amazon or directly through the publisher (use code PREORDER2019 to save 15 percent). Information: andrewwolfendon.com or fishermenscourt.com.

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hey served it and now they are honoring it.

That’s why members of Ahwatukee’s only veterans service organization holds its annual flag retirement ceremony.

American Legion Post 64 will retire unserviceable American flags at 7 p.m.

Friday, June 14, at Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive, Ahwatukee, as members observe Flag Day. Post member John Boyer said the ceremony is designed to remind people “about what the flag truly means.”

“This is a very moving ceremony which demonstrates the dignity of properly retiring our flags,” said Boyer.

He added that Legionnaires will be “conducting an approved method of retiring unserviceable U.S. flags.”

The program – free and open to the public – includes an introduction by post Commander Pete Meier, a prayer and a solemn burning of a few flags.

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Although the nonprofit aids with college preparation, the application process and determining class schedules, one of its top priorities is to ensure students secure one of ASU’s college attainment grants or the President Barack Obama Scholars award.

“College Bound serves as the bridge to ensure the transition to college is successful and that the students receive scholarships to finance their education,” said College Bound AZ co-founder and Executive Director Elizabeth Paulus.

“If you’re in RISE scholars, it means you’ve got a support system for as long as you need it,” she said.

The ASU College Attainment Grant Program provides tuition and fees to students eligible for the federal Pell Grant, while the Obama scholarship program covers direct costs of attending the university.

This year the total amount of scholarships awarded to the RISE scholars equaled $1.5 million.

Paulus said she chose EVIT as the focus for her pilot program because she noticed

Ahwatukee Legionnaires John Boyer, left, and Joe Gustafson took care of retired flags last year. (Brenda Smull/

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People also are welcome to bring wornout flags to the ceremony for disposal.

The ones that are not burned are sent to Luke Air Force Base for further disposal. the vocational school didn’t have very many higher-education resources.

“I came to find out that EVIT didn’t have a college counseling component, so I made a presentation about how we [College Bound] could leverage what ASU offers for their particular students,” she said. “Some of those students want to be doctors, nurses and engineers and they just happen to attend EVIT.” The requirements to be a RISE scholar include a 3.0 grade point average, Pell Grant eligibility and interest in pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

Paulus then helps the students with resume building, essay organization and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), among other things.

“The students come in very skeptical at first, they don’t know about the college application process,” said Paulus. “We use workshops to help them problem solve and submit a waiver so they don’t have to pay admissions fees.”

“We also take a tour to ASU to meet the other ASU students, see the dorms and experience the classroom so they can vi-

Meier will discuss the background of flag retirement and a description of the proper way to do it.

The post chaplain will offer a prayer and a bugler will sound taps as the flags sualize themselves on campus,” Paulus continued. “Now they know they’ve made a commitment to ASU.” Paulus and her coworkers continue to mentor the students even well after they’ve been accepted into ASU. The RISE scholars participate in monthly check-ins and annual professional development workshops to prepare for employment after college, Paulus explained.

“My commitment to them is that our organization will stay connected with the students over the first year to make sure they make that connection to the other students and campus,” she said. “Once you make that connection, you’re home and you’re good.”

Paulus said she was inspired to start College Bound AZ after a family friend who was struggling financially asked for help applying to FAFSA. She said she agreed to help, but quickly realized how “confusing” and intimidating the college application process could be — especially for economically disadvantaged students.

“I thought, ‘this is just not right,’” she

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are burned.

Guests are encouraged to stick around afterward and meet post members inside the ARC. Refreshments will be served.

Respectful flag burning has served as a tradition since the 1940s and continues to be an honorable and proper method of retirement.

The disposal ceremony was introduced by the American Legion at its 19th national convention in 1937.The Legion adopted it from the 1923 Flag Code passed by Congress.

The ceremony includes these words: “A flag may be a flimsy bit of printed gauze, or a beautiful banner of finest silk.

“Its intrinsic value may be trifling or great; but its real value is beyond price, for it is a precious symbol of all that we and our comrades have worked for and lived for, and died for a free nation of free men, true to the faith of the past, devoted to the ideals and practice of justice, freedom and democracy.” commented. “I said, ‘well, you can either complain about it or you can do something about it. Being a faith-based person, I think I knew I found a calling and started putting the program together.”

The organization is now in its 10th year, and has support from area businesses and civic leaders, including Mesa United Way, National Bank of Arizona and Cox Charities.

College Bound’s end goal is to support the state’s goal of ensuring that 60 percent of Arizonans have a certificate or college degree to “secure prosperity for its citizens and its future workforce.”

“They [the students] can’t do it without help, they have tremendous gifts that they are waiting to develop — they’ve got dreams,” Paulus said. “Their good grades have earned them the assistance. We just need to rally around these kids and provide them the opportunity. That’s what it’s about.”

Although there is no cap on the amount of students that can participate in RISE, Paulus said she hopes to accommodate around 200 students in the upcoming school year.

Information: collegeboundaz.org.

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Patriotic concert slated at Ahwatukee rec center

The Ahwatukee Foothills Concert Band will hold a patriotic concert at 7:30 p.m. June 27 at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive, Ahwatukee. The concert is free and open to the public.

“The concert will consist of many patriotic songs and song lyrics will be passed out ahead of time,” band spokesperson Scott Plummer said. “The audience is encouraged to sing along if they wish.”

The Ahwatukee Foothills Concert Band consists of approximately 60 volunteer musicians, many of whom live in Ahwatukee community. This is the last concert of the season and is also the farewell concert for Dr. Martin Province, the director of the band for the last five years.

Some of the songs that will be played include John Phillips Sousa Marches, a tribute to veterans with the Armed Forces Medley and “God Bless America.”

“The band is hoping for a large crowd to celebrate our country’s independence a week early and end our season with a bang and send off our conductor in style,” Plummer added.

Financial advisor Joseph Ortiz welcomes new administrator

Joseph Ortiz, a financial advisor with Edward Jones in Ahwatukee, has hired Karen Woldahl as his new branch office administrator.

With six years experience with Edward Jones, she previously worked at another Edward Jones office in Ahwatukee and “is excited about the opportunity to work with you in fulfilling your needs while continuing to provide the same level of exceptional service you have come to expect from our office,” Ortiz said.

“Karen will be a great asset to our office and is eager to meet

AROUND with our clients and working more in the community,” Ortiz added. “We both live and work here.”

Information: 4902 E. Warner Road, Awatukee, 480-753-7664.

Give a new backpack, get a free chiropractic exam here

Ahwatukee chiropractor and community leader Dr. Cameron Call is collecting new backpacks for needy kids and he’s offering a sweetener to attract donors.

From now until July 17, anyone who brings in a new backpack to his office at Suite 104, Building 8, 4425 E. Agave Road, Ahwatukee, will get a gift certificate for a complete structural chiropractic exam.

“There are hundreds of kids in our community who are in need of help and we want to do what we can as we kick off summer and prepare for the new school year,” Call said. Since other businesses are collecting school supplies, Call hopes to have a backpack-packing party on July 17, though he hasn’t announced details. Information 602-753-7782

Free prostate screenings slated in Ahwatukee Friday

The Prostate-On-Site Project is offering free prostate cancer screenings 7:30-11:30 a.m. June 15 in their mobile van at 4005 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee.

Men over 40 and with a family history of prostate cancer are encouraged to sign up.

Appointments must be made: 480-964-3013.

GOP’s Kelli Ward to address Ahwatukee Republican Women

State Republican Committee Chair Dr. Kelli Ward is the

featured speaker at the next meeting of Ahwatukee Republican Women at the Ahwatukee Country Club, 48th Street just north of Warner Road.

Networking is at 6:30 p.m. June 25 and the regular meeting starts a half hour later.

Men are welcome. Information: President Cindy Casaus 602-300-4185 / cindy.casaus@gmail.com.

During June and July, the center will host weekly STEM and Sports Camps with seven five-day sessions with different themes.

Cost per week is $220 with a 10 percent discount for siblings.

The camp runs 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. daily.

Registration/information: ahwatukeecommunitycenter.com or 480-893-3431.

Church seeks breast cancer victims for classes

Hawthorne Court slates 2 workshops for seniors

Researchers from ASU’s Recovery and Rejuvenation study are now enrolling eligible breast cancer survivors for a free eight-week series of one-hour classes at Mountain View Lutheran Church.

The classes explore how gentle movement and educational support may provide survivors with increased energy and feelings of well-being, enhancing quality of life. Participants who complete the study will receive $70 in gift cards.

“Evidence-based research indicates gentle movement and peer support are both associated with significant benefits for cancer survivors during treatment and beyond,” said Dr. Linda Larkey, principal investigator for the ASU research study. “We are hoping to learn why that might be, and which approach is most beneficial.”

Information: RnR@asu.edu or 602-496-2329.

Swim & Tennis Center hosting STEM summer camps

The increasing importance being place on getting kids interested in careers in science, technology, engineering and math has prompted the folks at the Ahwatukee Community Swim and Tennis Center to offer a new summer activity for children 6 to 12 years old.

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Hawthorn Court at Ahwatukee, 13822 S. 46th Place, Ahwatukee, has scheduled two workshops this month for seniors and caregivers.

Hawthorne Court offers residents an active, engaging lifestyle that promotes wellness and independence and links them to resources and opportunities that will fulfill their needs and interests.

Both workshops will take place at Hawthorn Court and people wishing to attend must RSVP at 480-598-1224.

At 11 a.m. today, June 12, a workshop discussion on the medical benefits of cannabis will be presented by Veronica Santorelli of Grassp. From 6-7 p.m. June 26, Diane Forshee Prentice presents a workshop on Medicare and Medicaid.

Free self-defense seminars at Mountainside Martial Arts

Mountainside Martial Arts Center in Ahwatukee will be offering free self-defense seminars through July 20 as part of its 40th anniversary celebration.

The six-week series will focus on simple but effective techniques and are being broken up for different age levels.

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All seminars are on Saturdays from 10 a.m.-noon. For adults and teens over 13 the sessions are on June 15 and July 13. For children 8-12, sessions are June 25 and July 20.

Parents are encouraged to attend and participate with their children.

Information/registration: 480-759-4540 or mountainsidemartials.com

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MONDAY, JUNE 17

DETAILS>> 9-10 a.m. and 7-8 p.m. Art in the Garden Studio, 4221 E. Chandler Blvd. Ahwatukee. Register: artinthegardenstudio.com.

DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-noon Art in the Garden Studio, 4221 E. Chandler Blvd. Ahwatukee. Register: artinthegardenstudio.com

water here in Phoenix and how to recycle correctly through fun, hands-on learning stations and activities. Presented by the City of Phoenix Water Services Dept and Zero Waste Team.

DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd.

Ages: 5-12. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAY, JUNE 18

French Talk Time

Tickets on sale for Kimberly Lewis’ production

Includes string pull DETAILS>> 1-3 p.m. Art in the Garden Studio, 4221 E. Chandler Blvd. Ahwatukee. Register: artinthegardenstudio.com

Ahwatukee dance instructor Kimberly Lewis is usually associated with the elaborate production of Nutcracker she’s been mounting at Desert Vista High School the last 19 holiday seasons.

But the owner of Dance Studio 111 also puts on a summer production and this year she’s the first in Arizona to have the rights to put on “Disney Frozen Jr.,” based on the popular animated film.

Tickets are now on sale for either the noon or 5 p.m. June 22 performance at Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatuee.

Seating is assigned and tickets are $15, available at dancestudio111. com/frozen.

Ahwatukee chapter of Moms In Prayer can help in many ways

People who would like some prayer power on behalf of their children can contact the Ahwatukee chapter of the national group Moms in Prayer.

The group meets once a week for an hour, praying for children and their school. Grandmothers are welcome to come and pray for their grandchildren.

Information: MomsInPrayer.org or azcarolina7@gmail.com.

Meditation classes offered by Art in the Garden

The Art in the Garden Studio, 4221 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee, is offering meditation classes 9-10 a.m. and 7-8 p.m.

Wednesdays in June. Classes are $10 each by the studio needs a minimum of eight students to hold a class. Register: artinthegardenstudio.com.

Meditation classes

Pour painting

THURSDAY, JUNE 13

Nebula Lightbox Workshop

Capture and play with light in this hands-on project presented

by Robot Ambassador Eric Ose. Program sponsored by Maricopa County Library District as part of Maricopa County Reads, the summer reading program at the library.

DETAILS>> 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. Registration is required via the calendar at phxlib.org.

Medicare workshop

Alana Silva will discuss all aspects of Medicare, from enrollment and rights to supplemental insurance.

DETAILS>> 1 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd.

RSVP: 480-363-0318 or alanasilva4@yahoo.com

Drawing

DETAILS>> 1-3 p.m. Art in the Garden Studio, 4221 E. Chandler Blvd. Ahwatukee. Register: artinthegardenstudio.com

Alcohol ink painting

DETAILS>> 7-9 p.m. Art in the Garden Studio, 4221 E. Chandler Blvd. Ahwatukee. Register: artinthegardenstudio.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 14

Personal care products

Learn to make soap and other products. From beginner through intermediate.

DETAILS>> 1-3 p.m. Art in the Garden Studio, 4221 E. Chandler Blvd. Ahwatukee. Register: artinthegardenstudio.com

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SATURDAY-SUNDAY JUNE 15-16 Cooking classes with a twist

Phoenician Oasis, Ahwatukee’s very own cooking school, will hold cooking classes with a twist: Low fat, low sodium, low sugar. Learn bread making, vegan, French & international cuisines while sipping wine or cold drinks.

DETAILS >> A class also will be held June 20. Contact: Emma Caumont at 480-888-5521 or info@phoenicianoasis.com. Classes are held in a home at 1620 W Nighthawk Way, Ahwatukee.

SATURDAY, JUNE 16

Acrylic painting bluebonnets

Writers Critique Group

The third Tuesday of every month bring five double-spaced pages of writing to get feedback from your fellow writers.

DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults. Free. No registration required.

Summer STEM Fun

Children can create Pulley Rockets, Comets-on-a-Stick, Alien Spaceships, Sun Catchers and more in these fun, hands-on STEM-based sessions.

DETAILS>> 4- p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd.

Ages: 6-11. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 Sit, Stay, Read!

Medicare workshop

Hawthorne Court will offer a workshop on Medicare and Medicaid by Diane Forshee Prentice.

DETAILS >> 6-7 p.m., 13822 S. 46th Place, Ahwatukee. People wishing to attend must RSVP at 480-598-1224.

Sit, Stay, Read!

Emerging readers of all ages can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. Read to Truffles on Wednesdays.

DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd.

All Ages. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAY, JUNE 18

SATURDAY, JULY 13

Today’s the last day to get your reservation in for Ahwatukee Foothills Friends and Neighbors women’s group’s June 24 lunch at 11:30 a.m. at The Old Spaghetti Factor in Chandler Fashion Center. The group will have a fashion accessory exchange after lunch. Bring an item you no longer want to exchange for something you want.

DETAILS>> affanwomensgroup@gmail.com.

Explore U.S. Route 66 with local historian Marshall Shore!

This important “Mother Road” connected Chicago and L.A. in 1926, and became a major Depression-era western migration route. Program sponsored by Maricopa County Library District as part of Maricopa County Reads.

DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd.

Ages: Adult. Free. No registration required.

Medicare workshop

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19

Wear your pajamas; bring your teddy bears, flashlights, pillows & blankets; and snuggle up in tents for this all-ages family read-together “indoor camping” adventure. #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 6:30-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. All Ages. Free. No registration required.

Today’s the day

Alana Silva will discuss all aspects of Medicare, from enrollment and rights to supplemental insurance.

DETAILS>> 11 a.m., Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive, Ahwatukee. RSVP: 480-363-0318 or alanasilva4@yahoo.com

KonMari Organizing 101

Certified KonMari consultant Cathy Pérez will introduce participants to the world-renowned KonMari Method of Organizing. Bring a piece of clothing to learn folding and storing techniques. Program sponsored by The Friends of the Phoenix Public Library Ironwood Chapter.

DETAILS>> 6-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E.. Chandler Blvd.

Ages: Adults. Free. Tickets are limited and will be available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

THURSDAY JUNE 20

Expressive Painting

Gregory Geryak will discuss all aspects of Medicare DETAILS>> 1:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. RSVP: 480-797-5615 or greg.geryak@gjgia.com

DETAILS>> 7-9 p.m. Art in the Garden Studio, 4221 E. Chandler Blvd. Ahwatukee. Register: artinthegardenstudio.com

WEDNESDAY JUNE 26

Emerging readers of all ages can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. Read to Truffles on Wednesdays.

DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd.

All Ages. Free. No registration required.

Making Natural Lotions

DETAILS>> 10-12 noon, Art in the Garden Studio, 4221 E. Chandler Blvd. Ahwatukee. Register: artinthegardenstudio.com

Brush up on your high school, college or tourist French speaking and listening skills in this informal French conversation group. Participants should already speak some French to benefit from this program.

DETAILS>> 6:30-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults. Free. No registration required.

Medicare 101

TUESDAY, JUNE 25 Family H2O Lab

Learn about the water cycle, watersheds, where we get our

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Family Reading Camp

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TinkerTime

Explore hands-on creative ways to design, experiment and invent while learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) through tinkering DETAILS>> 2-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd.

Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

Learn gardening from pros

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

DETAILS>> 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. Information: acgarden.org or 480-759-5338.

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DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m., except May 27. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-12. Free. No registration required.

Desert Pointe gardeners meet

Two 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. and Knitters Anonymous meets at 2 p.m. For either club, call 480-2461912 for more information.

Desert Pointe Garden Club meets on the first Monday of the month with special programs.

DETAILS>> 9 a.m., Ahwatukee Rec Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive, Ahwatukee. Information: 602 478 6732 or dpgc.org.

Bible Study

Get Ready for Kindergarten

A journey through Leviticus that is biblically accurate and understandable for everyone. Learn the historical perspective which reveals the love of God for all His people. Technology and questions are both encouraged.

DETAILS>> 9:15 a.m. Mountain View Lutheran Church. 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee, 480-893-2579. mvlutheran.org/classes.

MONDAYS

Friends and Neighbors

Ahwatukee Foothills Friends and Neighbors (AFFAN) is an organization of women who meet regularly to socialize through groups/activities and provides educational and cultural information for its members. General luncheon meetings are the fourth Monday of every month.

DETAILS>> For more information: affanwomensgroup@gmail. com.

Power Partners meet

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce’s Power Partners meets. It’s a category-specific networking and leads group. Non-Chamber members can attend one event to “check it out.”

DETAILS>> noon-1 p.m.at Native Grill and Wings 5030 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Contact: Gina Jenkins 480-990-5444

LD 18 Dems meet monthly

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.

Babytime for walkers

Babies up to 23 months who are walking and are accompanied by a favorite adult enjoy Babytime with American Sign Language for Walkers, with songs, activities to promote movement, rhymes, books and playtime in each lively session.

DETAILS>> 9:30-10 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd.

Ages walking to 23 months. Free. Tickets are limited & available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

Babytime for crawlers

TUESDAYS

Three- to 5-year-olds and their adult caregivers learn through stories, games and structured activities designed to nourish the skills that lead to success in school: persistence, flexibility and problem-solving.

DETAILS>> Tuesdays June 4 – July 23, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages: 3-5 years.

Free. Tickets are limited & available 30 minutes before program start time on the day of the program.

Yoga Guided Meditation

Take a guided tour of how to center the mind-body connection through the practice of yoga and meditation.

Please bring a yoga mat or large towel. Presented by Life Empowerment Yoga Guided Meditation and Reflexology.

DETAILS>> Tuesdays June 4-25, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults. Free. No registration required.

Patriotic playgroup

Parents looking for playtime for their kids and, for themselves, stimulating conversations rooted in family, faith and conservatism can gather ever second Tuesday of the month.

DETAILS>> 9-11 a.m. Pecos Park playground. 17010 S. 48th St., Phoenix. Check ld18gop.com for more details or contact: ld18gop@gmail.com

Estrangement support

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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. Use Entry B. Free. Information: 480-460-1025 and office@desertfoothills.org.

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Ahwatukee Health and Recovery holds a weekly prayer night. The public is invited.

DETAILS>> noon-1:30 p.m., 16515 S. 40th Street #119, Ahwatukee. Free.

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Coloring for grown-ups

Accompanied by a favorite adult, babies birth to crawling can enjoy songs, music, rhymes, books, interactive stories, simple American 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 & available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

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. Adults. Free. No registration required.

Digital City

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Children can let their digital creativity flow in this self-guided tech “playground.” We provide hands-on beginner bots, exercises to build fine motor skills and Chromebooks preloaded with links to code-learning environments, 3D modeling and digital art programs.

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DETAILS>> 1:30-2:30 p.m., 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatu-

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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

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. Jason’s Deli, 7230 W. Ray Road, Chandler. Free. Information:. Gina Jenkins, 480-990-5444.

WEDNESDAYS

ToddlerTime

Toddlers 24-47 months-old, accompanied by a favorite adult, enjoy interactive activities that encourage emerging language skills such as stories, songs, games and playtime.

Children and caregivers also practice Baby American Sign Language, a great way to help young children develop communication skills, in this active session.

DETAILS>> Wednesdays, 10:30-11 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 24-47 months. Free. Tickets are limited and availabley 30 minutes before program start time.

Sit, Stay, Read!

Emerging readers of all ages can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. Read to Truffles on Wednesdays.

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

Fun with watercolors

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

DETAILS>>2-4:30 p.m. in instructor’s home studio off Ranch Circle North in Ahwatukee. Four classes for $90. To register: Judy Lokits 480-471-8505, or jlokits@yahoo

Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery is a Biblical 12-step program that helps you find hope and healing from all of life’s hurts, habits, and hangups. 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. 480-893-2579, mvlutheran.org.

Montessori 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

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.

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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 602-827-8200, 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.

Grief support

Hospice of the Valley holds a grief support group for adults on alternating Wednesdays.

DETAILS>> 6-7:30 p.m. at Pecos Community Center, 1710 S. 48th S. The assigned classroom varies signs will be on premises. It is a drop-in group and there is no need to call or register. Meeting dates this year: Jan. 23; Feb. 6 and 20; March 6 and 20; May 1, 15 and 29; June 12 and 26; July 10 and 24; Aug. 7 and 21; Sept. 4 and 18; Oct. 2, 16 and 20; Nov. 13 and 27; and Dec. 11.

THURSDAYS

MOPS – Mothers of Preschoolers This group is designed for moms whose kids are aged birth to kindergarten. They meet in a safe place “to navigate the

world of motherhood, faith and life together.” Free child care for ages 0 to 5.

DETAILS>> 9-11 a.m. every other Thursday starting Aug. 23.

Foothills Baptist Church, 15450 S. 21st St., Ahwatukee. Information: 480-759-2218 or foothillsbaptist.org/mops.

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.

Kiwanis meets weekly

The Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club meets weekly and welcomes newcomers. Here is the speaker schedule: June 13, Nicole Wolf, Save Our Schools; June 27, Connie Perez, president/ CEO of East Valley Boys& Girls Club; July 25, State Sen. Sean Bowie; and Aug. 29. Steve Kelley of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

DETAILS>>7:30 a.m. Biscuits Restaurant, 4623 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee. Information: mike.maloney2003@gmail.com.

Preschoolers’ moms gather

Free child care for ages 0 to 5.

DETAILS>> 9 a.m. second and fourth Thursday, Foothills Baptist Church, 15450 S. 21st St. Call Kim at 480-759-2118, ext. 218.

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A father’s love provides comfort to kids in need

BY DAN SHUFELT AFN Guest Writer

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oster parents are constantly coming to the doors of Arizona Helping Hands seeking assistance for boys and girls who are placed in their care. I love it when I have a few minutes to talk to them and to hear their stories. One recent chat with a foster dad left an indelible image in my mind.

Pedro and his wife have been fostering for just a few months. In that time, they have had three placements, the �irst of which was for just 24 hours. Pedro shared how dif�icult it was, even after just a day to have that youngster leave, especially not even having a chance to say goodbye.

Such are the challenges that foster parents open themselves up for, and the risk of hurt that they take on.

Pedro told me of their newest placement. Abandoned and in need, the baby boy is believed to be 18 months old. He came to the house with no belongings, a vocabulary of only three words, and a world �illed with fear and uncertainty.

On the day he was placed, Pedro took the day off to be with the baby. Even at such a young age, children know when their world is upended. Scared and afraid, the baby experiences night terrors, waking up in fear and not being able to sleep.

It was Pedro’s hand that provided the reassurance. He told me he sits by the bed and holds the boy’s hand for a long time until he can fall asleep. It’s that image that stays in my mind. A dad changing his life for a child in need, a dad giving his love knowing full well that he might not have that hand to hold tomorrow.

With the �irst placement, Pedro and his wife cried when the little boy left their

care. They had to take time off from fostering to regroup and gather the courage to try again. This could happen again with their current baby, but in the meantime, they hold hands, love and comfort a wounded little one. I give thanks for Pedro, his wife and all courageous foster parents.

At Arizona Helping Hands, we loaded up the car to assist with this little boy. The crib, diapers, clothing, building blocks and more will help the family adjust to a new member. There was no notice this child was coming to them and no time to prepare — that’s why our work is so important.

Pedro told us that he is so grateful for our help, and even more grateful for the welcoming and helpful staff that greets families every time someone walks in the door. We are here to lend our helping hands in any way we can.

I think of my kids and grandkids. I’m

thankful that they have safety, comfort and consistency in their lives. With 14,000 children in foster care in Arizona, there are great needs to be �illed in order to aid frightened and hurting children.

Dads like Pedro and foster families such as his, are playing an incredibly important role for boys and girls who desperately need them. I am grateful that our Helping Hands can lend a bit of support, and pray that one little boys’ terrors will ease, thanks to the love and support of a dedicated Dad. Happy Fathers’ Day to all dads. Whether foster, biological or adopted, the love you share is a truly precious gift.

-Dan Shufelt is President & CEO of Arizona Helping Hands, the largest provider of basic needs to Arizona’s children in foster care. Information: azhelpinghands.org or dshufelt@azhelpinghands.org.

cial exploitation. Not just on June 15, but every day of the year.

Reported statistics about physical, emotional, sexual and �inancial abuse are truly alarming. And, it is a staggering reality that only 1 in 14 elder abuse cases come to the attention of authorities.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living reports that as many as 1 in 10 older Americans are abused or neglected each year.

The AARP Public Policy Institute reports that the 1 in 5 older Americans victimized by �inancial exploitation each year lose $3 billion annually or more than $120,000 each.

In a just society, people of all ages and abilities have the right to live free from abuse.

And yet, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey, between 2009 to 2015

people with disabilities were more than three times as likely as those without disabilities to be victims of violent crime, including sexual assault.

A majority of alleged perpetrators of abuse, neglect and exploitation tend to be family members with the next highest group being caregivers, according to The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), which has also stated that “an alleged perpetrator may be maltreating a client in more than one way resulting in a greater number of allegations than perpetrators.”

For older victims, the impact of abuse is particularly signi�icant on their health and can result in trauma, depression and anxiety.

What can you do?

Report assaults to victims of any age to law enforcement by calling or texting 9-1-1. If you suspect that a vulnerable adult has been a victim of abuse, contact

Adult Protective Services at 1-877-7672385 (TDD: 1-877-815-8390 azdes.gov/ reportadultabuse.

We must all be vigilant in creating greater understanding and awareness of abuse and neglect and expose how and why it happens. Its prevalence among the elderly and people with disabilities of all ages is shameful and must be stopped.

Only by working together can we educate consumers, family members, caregivers, professionals and the general public to achieve this goal.

For more information, call the Area Agency on Aging’s 24-hour senior help line at 602-264-4357 or visit aaaphx.org.

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BY MARY LYNN KASUNIC and PHIL PANGRAZIO AFN Guest Writers

s the population of aging Americans grows, so, too, does the number of those who are abused.

Because older adults and people with disabilities are at such great risk of abuse, neglect and exploitation, it is vital that the community understand this issue, how to recognize the signs and what to do to protect those who are vulnerable.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15. This year the Area Agency and Ability360 are working together to raise awareness about the thousands of older adults and persons with disabilities subjected to elder abuse, neglect and �inan-

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Mary Lynn Kasunic is the president and CEO of the Area Agency on Aging.

She can be reached at 602-264-2255.

Phil Pangrazio is president and CEO of Ability360. He can be reached at 602256-2245.

Contact Paul Maryniak at 480-898-5647 or pmaryniak@timespublications.com

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6 common myths about child support in Arizona

BY ISABELLA NEAL AFN Guest Writer

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hild support can be a dif�icult subject to discuss, let alone understand. There are many assumptions on the subject, ranging from who can apply to when the support ends.

The Department of Economic Security Division of Child Support Services (DCSS) provides services to parents and caretakers who receive child support, as well as parents who pay child support, and assist everyone involved to understand and ensure children are receiving the support they need.

Let’s review six common myths and misconceptions: 1. Only the mother of the child, or the parent who has custody, can apply for services from DCSS. DCSS accepts applications from

either parent, or caretakers. Fathers wishing to establish paternity, or caretakers who have had the child in their physical custody for 30 consecutive days can apply for child support services.

2. Child Support does not have to be paid if the paying parent doesn’t see the child.

Unless the child support order is modi�ied, it is a monthly obligation that must be paid regardless of parenting time or visitation.

3. When the child turns 18, the child support obligation ends.

If a child is still in high school at the age of 18, child support will continue until the child graduates from high school but not past the 19th birthday for Arizona child support orders.

If the order is from another state, Arizona will follow the emancipation law of the state where the order was entered. When all the children have

emancipated, the current monthly obligation may stop. However, any balance still owed on a case can be collected.

4. When establishing support, DCSS can also help with issues of custody, parenting time, and visitation.

By law, DCSS is not allowed to be involved in custody, parenting time or visitation issues. Contact needs to be made with a private attorney, Clerk of Court or an Arizona court for more information about issues of custody, parenting time, and visitation.

5. DCSS knows when the parent who is paying child support no longer has a job.

The paying parent must make DCSS aware of any job changes. DCSS is not aware of this information unless it is disclosed. Once disclosed, DCSS may review the case to see if it is eligible for a modi�ication.

6. If the paying parent quits his/

her job, child support payments will be lowered because he/she doesn’t have the ability to pay.

If the paying parent quits their job to avoid their child support obligation, the courts will typically recognize this aversion tactic and not decrease the child support payment obligation.

The court reasons that both parents have a responsibility to �inancially support the children and choosing to be unemployed to avoid paying is not an acceptable reason for modi�ication.

-Isabella Neal is a public information of�icer with the Department of Economic Security, covering all programs related to child support and aging and adult services. For more information, email PIO@azdes.gov.

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Marijuana testing lab protects patients

BY JORDAN HOUSTON AFN Staff Writer

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usiness is looking bright for a Mesa marijuana testing lab that monitors the quality of products for dispensaries, growers, manufacturers and medical cardholders.

C4 Laboratories, at 1930 S. Alma School Rd., is the �irst of its kind in the city and tests products for potency, terpenes, yeast, mold, solvent by-products, fungicides, pesticides and heavy metals. The goods tested range from cannabis �lowers, to oils, edibles and lip balms.

According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, the state has more than 150,000 medical marijuana patients — and data show continuing signs of growth.

Armed with a staff of multidisciplinary scientists, C4 guarantees accurate test results and quality product reviews in a state that, until recently, didn’t require

C4 Laboratories founder and CEO Ryan Treacy said his company wants to make sure medical marijuana patients are buying safe and effective products. (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer)

dispensaries to test their bud.

“Our intention since we got into this

was to ensure that patients get what they paid for — that it’s clean and safe,” said C4

Founder/CEO Ryan Treacy, adding: “For them to be able to come into a place like this where there are trained, educated, quali�ied scientists and people that truly understand the chemistry and science behind cannabis.”

With an al-la-carte-style menu of services, costs can range from $40 to $170 per sample depending on the test. Veterans, �irst responders, pediatrics and the terminally ill can opt for free testing.

Treacy’s team also provides full consultations and analytical reviews of the results free of charge to help translate the date into “easy-to-understand” information.

“Patient protection through true sciences, that’s our tagline,” Treacy said.

On top of testing, C4 works with manufacturers on product development and optimization and collaborates with culti-

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AvAir shows the sky’s no limit in aviation

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longtime Chandler after-market aviation parts supplier is reaching new heights.

AvAir, at 6877 W. Frye Road, began 19 years ago, and supplies after-market aircraft components for commercial airlines, original equipment manufacturers, businesses like its own and the military.

Its products include just about everything aviation-related including nuts, bolts, landing gear, tray tables and seats, as well as entire engines and airplanes.

Recently AvAir provided two legs of landing gear and two engine pylons, as well as other smaller components for Stratolaunch, the world’s largest aircraft that weighs 500,000 pounds.

The plane with a wingspan the length of a football �ield �lew over California’s Mojave Desert in April in its �irst �light.

“We were honored to be a part of it,” Tyler Botthof, vice-president of operations for AvAir said. “It’s pretty awesome. It’s not your normal day-to-day buying and

selling parts. It’s cool to be part of something that’s so innovative-driven.”

At any one time, AvAir has more than 26 million parts in stock in over 170,000 square feet of space and it has an increasing presence in major cities around the globe.

“We supply just about everything,” Botthof said. “We’re always on the hunt buying and selling from everybody all over the world.”

AvAir continues showing the sky is no limit for it by earning many awards.

Airline Economics named AvAir the “#2 Aircraft Parts Supplier of the Year” in 2018 and 2017. AvAir received the Environmental Sustainability Award through The Aviation 100, which honors outstanding performers in the aerospace industry. Mike Bianco, CEO of AvAir was chosen for the “Airline Economics” list of “40 Under 40” for 2018.

Jim Moore, a longtime pilot and CEO of WingSpan Business Investments, LLC, praised AvAir.

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Tyler Botthof, vice president of operations for AvAir in Chandler, is proud of the company’s involvement in providing two legs of the landing gear and two engine pylons for the world’s largest aircraft.

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vators on grow analytics.

Some of the services offered include mold culture testing, viral detection with sentinel plants and analysis of environmental conditions.

Treacy said he was inspired to get into the industry through his own personal experience with marijuana.

“I struggled greatly with chronic pain,” he said. “I’ve had literally a dozen surgeries on my legs, ankles, knees and back and I wasn’t coping with the pain well.”

“I was happy to �inally be able to turn and see cannabis for the medicine it was and lift up that veil...I didn’t feel guilty anymore,” he continued. “If I can run a business by testing for the dispensaries and ensuring the patients have clean products — I mean that’s �illing up both cups.”

The most common uses for medical marijuana, according to the Harvard Health Blog, are for pain control and debilitating diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

It’s also considered a safer option than using opiates due to its less addictive properties.

Although C4 is now in its �ifth year, the company experienced a rough start in the beginning, said Treacy, because Arizona was the only state in the country that didn’t have some form of quali-

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“It’s just because there hasn’t been a program so they didn’t know that it was such a problem.”

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“I thought I was dreaming to — I had “In that �irst year or two we struggled a nice little cry,” said Treacy. “It’s been a greatly,” he added. “People weren’t testing war. We have put our heart and soul into as much as I’d hoped they would.” this. It is going to allow the industry to When clients did come in to get their continue to grow, and in the end, to better products tested, their products were of- serve the patients.” ten contaminated or not as potent as adTreacy, who co-founded the Arizona vertised.

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The City of Chandler’s economic development director Micah Miranda also spoke highly of AvAir. “The aerospace and aviation industry is one of Chandler’s target industry clusters for business start-up, attraction and expansion,” Miranda said, adding: “This cluster was seeded by compa-

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AvAir founder Robert Ellis is still with the company in an advisory capacity as a member of AvAir’s board of directors.

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his year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce promoting businesses and community to our members, local residents and visitors.

Chartered by Robert “Chad” Chadderton, Tom Greninger and Clay Schad, the Ahwatukee Chamber was set up to “be the voice of its members and the community residents on matters which foster a healthy economic, civic, and cultural growth. And further, to promote, enhance, and maintain an effective, efficient and favorable government, environment and quality of life.”

Since our founding, this association has been recognized and respected for helping to develop business and a sense of community. The Chamber has helped to promote and build hundreds of local shops and specialty venues through economic development programs.

In light of The Chamber’s 25th Anniversary, here are 25 reasons to join the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce.

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the Chamber creates instant awareness of your business through the local newspaper, social media and word of mouth promotion.

Integrate yourself into the local business community. When Ahwatukee residents see your business taking part in the community, they are 63% more likely to patronize your business.

The Chamber encourages customers to do business with YOU, locally Being a Chamber of Commerce member gives you and your business credibility Get the “Influencers” on your side The established crowd in business can get the word out about you and your business.

Gain Business Leadership status. If you want to be seen as a leader in your community, make the leap.

Join a group of like-minded people dedicated to business growth and prosperity in Ahwatukee Lead a forum in your area of business expertise. Set yourself up as an expert and get in contact with people who need your type of business or services Save on Marketing – Use the Chamber to promote your business

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Host ribbon-cuttings, mixers, forums, business topics and lunches and promote your business through these vehicles.

11. Form Business and Personal relationships.

Get with other movers and shakers in Ahwatukee to find synergies 12. Build and Cultivate Referrals 13. Be part of the Chamber’s “Shop Local” campaign 14. Show Ahwatukee residents you use “Best Business Practices” 15. Promote your Business or Products through other Businesses in the Chamber 16. Gain access to 500+ community businesses 17. Learn about the local area and competition 18. Learn about public policy and gain a voice in Ahwatukee 19. Create Philanthropic Opportunities Volunteering is not only an enriching undertaking, it can also be a tremendous business builder 20. Build your business resources – Mentor or be mentored, sharing your success or opportunities is key 21. Look Larger than You Are Your presence at local events gets you recognized in the AFN, on flyers and other community posters.

Builds reach in Ahwatukee and local area.

22. Get the Edge on Competition Ahwatukeeans’ give you a local support versus non-members 23. Gain access to additional resources (business, community and personal) 24. Keep up with the trends in Ahwatukee 25. Build and increase your search engine optimization (SEO) If you are not a member of the Chamber, we invite you to join us by going to AhwatukeeChamber.com or calling 480-753-7676 for more information.

If you are already a member, please take full advantage of your membership investment and get involved. There are opportunities for all types of needs, interests, and schedules. Please contact the Chamber staff and they will help customize your membership needs.

If you don’t have time to attend meetings and events, know that we are here for you and your business and will continue to be your resource for information and assistance. Please don’t hesitate to stop by the Chamber office, email us at info@ahwatukeechamber.com or give us a call.

We are only a step, click or call away with information and support to help your business grow.

-Andrew Hayes is executive director of the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce

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lotsam and Jetsam have performed around the world, but nothing feels like a hometown show.

“We always get a warm welcome when we return to the Valley,” said guitarist Michael Gilbert of Chandler. “We always try to make our last shows of our tours our hometown shows. It’s the big release.

There’s always tons of energy. It’s great.

It’s hard to explain the energy that’s there.”

Flotsam and Jetsam have, for the most part, stuck around the Valley. Vocalist Eric “A.K.” Knutson lives in Gilbert; guitarist Steve Conley in Glendale; and new drummer Ken Mary in Fountain Hills. Bassist Michael Spencer resides in Sacramento.

The band will perform at Club Red in Mesa on Saturday15, to promote its latest album, “The End of Chaos,” for which the band wrote “a ton of songs.”

“We each wrote 25 songs a piece,” Gil-

Flotsam and Jetsam, which includes several East Valley musicians, is excited about their new album and are on a tour to promote it. (Special to GetOut)

bert said. “A.K. picks and chooses the songs and a lot of them get tossed to the side. It’s all good, though. We get the best

possible songs we can out of it.”

The formula has worked. Flotsam and Jetsam are witnessing a revival of sorts, as

the band is seeing old school fans revisiting its music.

“We’re making a bit of a comeback,” Gilbert said. “They’re starting to revisit and buy the new stuff as well. We’re seeing a lot of younger people at the show. They’re in the front row, singing songs that were out 20 years before they were born.

“It gets us all excited. That was happening when we did the self-titled album.

There’s this spark again. The power metal music fans are digging A.K.’s voice.”

After its U.S. tour, Flotsam and Jetsam — whose alumni include former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted — have three short European runs.

“What sucks is �lying back and forth, but it’s totally worth it,” he said. “As tired as we are when we get there, when we see 4,000 people or more than that — sometimes up to 80,000 — it wakes you up really quick.”

Gilbert moved from California to the

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Tanner Morris is the kind of theater buff who looks at it from a variety of angles.

When he was 15, the Mesa man, then a freshman at Red Mountain High School, joined the East Valley Children’s Theatre, getting roles in nearly a dozen productions.

He won an AriZONI for his performance in 2016 a lead role — as Prince Dalliance in “67 Cinderellas.”

But when he turned 17, he got interested in the inner workings of the theater — and how stage managers make the backstage activity work with the prevision of a Swiss clock.

He started as an assistant stage manager, working with Karen Rolston, the theater company’s producing artistic director, workshop instructor and mainstage director.

Then he graduated to stage manager — and liked it even more than acting.

“I stopped acting at 17,” said Morris, now 20, and noting he could have hung

Now, Morris has taken on yet another side of the theater — playwright.

He wrote an original script, “The Lost Boys of Neverland,” that the East Valley Children’s Theatre will present June 13-16 and June 20-23 at the Mesa Arts Center. Show times are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.

The cast of about 30 actors and actresses ages 8 to 18 will play out something that occurred to Morris when he was still an actor.

He started rethinking the Among the cast of the East Valley Children Theater’s debut of an original play by its stage manager are, from left, Elizabeth Schaibel of Mesa, Dillon story of Peter Pan, wonderIndillicato of Gilbert, Mason Brummond of Mesa and Marco Velasquez of ing what happened when Gilbert. (Special to AFN) the �lying boy left Neveron to acting until he “aged out” of the land. Then he imagined Captain Hook 19-year-old age limit for cast members. taking control of Neverland — and how a “I don’t know what it is but the whole foster girl from New York City might undo technical side of theater really fascinates the infamous cad. me. I love it.”

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“Peter Pan” was because his stage manager brain kicked in gear.

Because of various issues, “we can’t have kids �lying in the air.” So without a �lying Peter Pan, why have one at all?

Morris wrote the �irst draft two years ago and worked with Rolston to re�ine it.

“Where we are now with it is very different from where I started, but we’re both very happy to be there. We’re in a very good place,” he said.

As stage manager, Morris normally has a lot on his plate. He has to make sure everything is in sync from before the curtain is raised until the �inal bows.

Among those responsibilities is making sure the young cast members are where they’re supposed to be and that they are behaving and paying attention throughout rehearsals and every presentation.

Though any given production can involve pretty young cast members, he said, “You’d be surprised how professional everyone is.”

This month, however, Morris won’t be

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Valley when he was 15 years old. He knows the exact year.

“I base everything on when records came out,” he said with a laugh. “I moved when ‘For Those About to Rock’ came out — ’81.”

The Dobson High School graduate recalled, too, when he realized he wanted to be a musician. Again, an AC/DC reference: the �irst time he heard “The Jack.”

“I had headphones on and I said, ‘OK. I’m going to play guitar. I’m going to learn how to do this,’” he said. “My mom bought me a guitar for $20 at Kmart. I still have it. It’s not that bad of a guitar. I

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behind the curtains weaving his magic.

He’ll be in the audience, watching how the boys and girls, children and teens give voice and movement to his words.

“I’ll see it on opening night,” he said, although he admitted getting a sneak preview of one rehearsal and liked what he had seen so far.

Morris isn’t getting out of stage managing, but rather adding to his resume to take another step toward his goal — writing scripts and making movies.

Tickets for “Lost Boys” are $15 and can be purchased by calling 480-644-6500 or going to mesaartscenter.com.

learned on that.

“That’s when my parents knew I was serious about it. I’ve been collecting guitars since then. I can’t have enough. I have around 20, but I can only play one at a time, unless I’m Rick Nielsen (of Cheap Trick).”

When he’s home, Gilbert said he enjoys going to Diamondbacks games and eating at Los Dos Molinos in Mesa.

“If you like super spicy Mexican food, that is the place to go,” he said. “Plus, they have great margaritas.”

The �ive-piece band was founded in the early 1980s and critics have called 1986’s “Doomsday for the Deceiver” a “game changer.” English rock magazine Kerrang!

gave it a 6K rating; its sixth and only accolade of that nature.

After the debut was released, Newsted joined Metallica. The musical landscape changed, but Flotsam and Jetsam’s mission stayed the same.

“A.K.’s vocals are what makes our band and who we are,” gilbert said. “He’s very unique, there is nobody else like him. He’s a fantastic singer. But the dude gets better and better.”

“The End of Chaos” has 12 songs that clock in at around 50 minutes, kicking off with “Prisoner of Time.” Knutson screams the signature line, “Live your life without regret; don’t be a prisoner of time.”

The singer summed up Flotsam and Jet-

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A colorful cast with rousing tunes and high-energy dance numbers highlight the Hale Theatre’s current production of the Broadway hit “Newsies.” (Hale Theater)

Performance times are 7 p.m.

Wednesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Matinees are 3 p.m. Saturdays and some Fridays.

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sam’s career perfectly.

“We’ve been through a lot of crap,” he said. “For a while I had a lineup with me who was just together to go out on vacations then have the promoters pay for it.

And it’s a little different now, we are back to a real band making a stab at growing and becoming a bigger entity in the music industry. Our goal in writing a record, is to put out the coolest music we can. ‘The End of Chaos’ hits the mark.”

Flotsam and Jetsam w/Dead by Wednesday, Footer, Condemned Till Dawn and Black Phantom Club Red, 1306 W. University Drive, Mesa, 480-200-7529, clubredrocks.com, 6 p.m. Saturday, June 15, $20-$25.

Hale Theatre hawking ‘Newsies’ this month ou don’t have to read all about it this month at the Hale Theatre, but rather watch a musical based on the kids who used to yell that request on city streets just before the 20th century began.

Through June 29, the Gilbert theater will be presenting “Newsies,” the 1992 Broadway hit based on the 1899 New York City newsboys’ strike.

The story revolves around a newsboy named Jack Kelly who organizes a strike against the owner, Joseph Pulitzer, after he raises the price of newspapers that the boys hawk to make a living.

With the help of a young reporter, the strike spreads.

Directed and choreographed by Cambrian James, with musical direction by Elizabeth Spencer, the Hale production promises “rousing songs and iconic, high energy, dance numbers,” a theater spokeswoman said.

Kade Bailey stars as Jack Kelly, Kaitlyn Russell plays Katherine Plumber and Joey Morrison plays the greedy newspaper owner.

“Newsies: is produced by David and Corrin Dietlein.

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Pride ready to take next step in the new Wellbrock era

BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor

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ountain Pointe High’s football program has seen a lot change since the end of the 2017 season, most notably with the coaching staff.

Former coach Norris Vaughan stepped down to move back to Georgia, paving the way for Rich Wellbrock to take over. While Wellbrock remains the head coach and his son, Griffin, an assistant, the support staff around them has changed once again for the 2019 season.

This time, however, Wellbrock believes it will be permanent.

“I think when we started with all this last year I didn’t think it would be a long term situation,” Wellbrock said. “I knew Coach (Conrad) Hamilton wanted to be a head coach and I couldn’t be happier for him or the Desert Mountain kids.”

Conrad Hamilton, Mountain Pointe’s defensive coordinator last season, was hired to be the next head coach of the Desert Mountain program in March. Several members of the Pride’s coaching staff last season went with him.

Hamilton’s departure opened the door for former Saguaro High defensive backs coach Sean Potter, who was brought in

by Wellbrock this season as Mountain Pointe’s defensive coordinator.

Wellbrock’s decision to hire Potter was easy.

“Coach Potter emailed me in the beginning of December and said, ‘when Coach Hamilton leaves I want to be considered for your defensive coordinator position,’” Wellbrock said. “Naturally, he was my first call.”

Calling the offense this season will be former Phoenix College head coach Mark Mejia, who was hired after the Maricopa Community College District ended the

football programs at its four Valley schools — Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale and Glendale.

The start of spring ball in April was the first opportunity for the new coaching staff to begin evaluating its players on the field. New defensive schemes were put in place as well as a new playbook on offense.

While players were still getting accustomed to the changes by the time Mountain Pointe’s annual Maroon and Gold Scrimmage took

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Dominque Davis has embraced the new offense Mountain Pointe will be running this season under new offensive coordinator Mark Mejia. He knows he has several weapons around him, which will open up opportunities in the passing game.

(Zach Alvira/AFN Staff)

Cardinals’ camps aim to enlighten Arizona youth

BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor

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he Arizona Cardinals have long made it a priority to make a difference in the youth across Arizona through camps.

Several times throughout the year, the Cardinals’ community relations department — along with several volunteers — come together to provide an outlet for kids to learn the game of football as well as important life lessons revolving around education and staying on the right path.

The latest installment of these camps took place on Saturday, June 1 at Gilbert Christian High School, as several former players came together for the Football Skills and Education Camp presented by Gatorade and Dignity Health.

“It’s an event that has been going on for a while now and it’s something we want to continue to offer for the kids,” said Horace Raymond, the director of community relations for the Cardinals. “It’s a

Several kids from around the Valley and state participate in the Arizona Cardinals Skills and Education Camp presented by Gatorade and Dignity Health on Saturday, June 1 at Gilbert Christian High School. The campers were coached by several volunteers and former players, and had a classroom session to learn about becoming high-character athletes on and off the field. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff)

tremendous opportunity to get an hour

of classroom instruction learning about

the game and character building as well as getting out here on the field with former players and coaches.

“It’s a big deal for us to offer it to the masses.”

Several kids from all across the Valley and state ranging from 7th to 12th grade took part in the camp at Gilbert Christian.

Some had experience playing football for a youth team or high school. Others had never played before.

Raymond and Adam Richman, the Cardinals community relations and alumni program coordinator, made it a priority to target kids who had little to no experience playing football. To them, it is important to show that the camps are for everyone, regardless of skill level.

“We want to really target that audience the most,” Richman said. “Letting them get the opportunity to learn from guys who have played in the NFL is a great experience.”

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Developing better meal skills can help you shed pounds

BY CHARLENE SMITH AFN Guest Writer

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t’s that time of year when many people realize they didn’t stick with their new year resolutions to have a “summer body” by the time summer rolls around. However, it’s never too late to begin a lifestyle that includes healthier eating habits.

We work on skills to improve different parts of our lives; eating should be no different.

Meal skills are not just about what you eat to lose weight, but also how and when you eat. The key meal skills to learn aside from making healthy food choices, are to eat only when you are hungry, stop when you are full and taste and enjoy each bite.

Focus on eating only WHEN you’re hun-

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place on May 17, they all had plenty to look forward to as they inched closer to the Pride’s summer workout program.

“It’s been great,” Mountain Pointe senior wide receiver Dominique Davis said. “The best part is getting acclimated to the coaches and learning the playbook. It’s been real fun to just start installing everything in practice and working with the guys.”

Davis is one of the few returning starters for the Pride’s offense this season.

As a junior, he was Mountain Pointe’s top wideout, hauling in 55 passes for 952 yards and 10 touchdowns. An electrifying play-maker last season, Davis has even higher expectations for himself to lead his team both on and off the field.

But in terms of talent level, he knows he has plenty of help.

“I know I don’t have to carry the weight,” Davis said. “We have a ton of talented guys on this team, but as a leader I’m going to make sure everyone steps up and gets the job done.”

Alongside Davis at wideout will be 6-foot-3, 180-pound junior Diamante Landrum, who will play both ways after starting at safety last season. Thor Canales, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound senior will also be a big target for the Pride as well as 6-foot-4, 205-pound junior tight end Kevin Sawitzke, who is expected to make a major impact in his first season at the varsity level.

Sophomore Landon Powell is being groomed to take over at quarterback for three-year starter Nick Wallerstedt, who graduated and went on to Arizona State

gry, not on the time of day. Many of us are guilty of this reply when someone asks if we are hungry: “What time is it?” Pay attention to your body, not the clock.

This one should be obvious: If you are not hungry, do not eat.

Drink a glass of water before each meal.

Drink water throughout the day to help you stay satiated.

It takes 20 minutes for your brain to register that you are full. With that said, practice HOW you eat by using the 10-510 technique. Eat slowly, taste and enjoy every bite for 10 minutes while putting your fork down between each bite. After all, there are no taste buds in your stomach.

Then stop. Drink another glass of water. After five minutes have passed, evaluate your hunger level. More than likely, you are comfortably full. If not, eat your

favorite food first on your plate, chewing slowly. Drink more water. Evaluate your hunger level again after 10 minutes.

When you feel comfortably full, get that plate out of your way so you are not tempted to “graze” mindlessly.

Slow down. Research shows that when people eat slower, they eat less because their brains catch up with their stomachs’ feelings of being full. When you eat less, you lose weight. Pretty simple.

While dining out, divide and conquer.

Ask for a to-go container as soon as your food arrives and cut up sandwiches, burgers, and other entrees into quarters and put half of it all in the container.

By using the 10-5-10 technique and the over-sized portions served by restaurants, you will have plenty of food for your meal and for another meal later.

Believe it or not, as little as five to seven

Mountain Pointe senior linebacker Rashion “Chunka” Hodge, who led the team last season with 109 tackles, is expected to become more of a leader in a new defensive system during his final season for the Pride. (Zach

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bites at each meal can make a difference in losing weight. This includes bites taken while cooking and preparing meals, too.

Approximately 25 to 30 percent of what you eat should be protein, which will help you to feel full.

The average stomach is the size of a loosely-held fist. In 20 minutes of eating, it can be stretched to the size of a football.

STOP eating before your stomach is too inflated and keep it even smaller than Tom Brady’s deflated football.

By making some easy adjustment to your meal skills, your summer body is closer than you think.

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Mountain Pointe senior wideout Dominique Davis is expected to be a leader both on and off the field for the Pride this season. As a junior, Davis caught 55 passes for 952 yards and 10 touchdowns. (Zach Alvira/AFN Staff)

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Mountain Pointe High football coach Rich Wellbrock had to hire a new coaching staff this season after former defensive coordinator Conrad Hamilton was hired to lead Desert Mountain’s program.(Zach Alvira/AFN Staff)

University to play baseball.

“We have the ability to spread the field out, that’s what we want to do,” Davis said.

“We get into the playbook and learn everything we need to learn, we will be fine.”

On defense, several key players have returned for the Pride, including middle linebacker and one of the senior leaders on the team, Rashion “Chunka” Hodge.

Hodge led the Pride in tackles last season as a junior with 109, 19.5 of which were for a loss. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder began to emerge as a leader for the Pride’s defense last season. He became more vocal throughout spring ball, calling out formations by the offense and getting

the rest of the defense lined up.

He knows this is his last chance at a championship while wearing a Mountain Pointe uniform. That has fueled his determination throughout the offseason.

“It’s my senior year, my last year,” Hodge said. “The last time we went to the championship was 2016. We want to get there this year and get that ring.”

The new defensive system installed by Potter allows for players like Hodge to have more flexibility on the field. If they see a need to make an adjustment, they have free reign to do it.

“I love it,” Hodge said. “We are able to get the calls in quick and move where we

need to before the offense even gets set.”

With questions about personnel surrounding the program, Mountain Pointe has quietly continued to improve. They’ve been impressive in 7-on-7 passing tournaments, and had strong showings in big man competitions.

The players and coaching staff know what they are capable of this season. But for now, they want to remain under the radar.

“I have confidence in the kids and this staff,” Wellbrock said. “We are going to be where we need to be when we need to be there. We can maybe lay low in the weeds for a little while then come out when the time is right.”

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The camp began with an hour-long classroom session centered around hydration and the importance of maintaining good grades in school.

Once finished, the campers made their way out to the field, where Mo Streety, the Cardinals manager of youth football, led them in stretching and plyometrics before breaking off into each drill led by several former Cardinals players.

From throwing drills for the quarterbacks, to route running and pass deflections for the wide receivers and defensive backs, each position group learned from former pros how to properly play their respective position.

Among the coaches was former running back Marcel Shipp (2001-07), former offensive linemen Rick Cunningham (1994), Jerome Daniels (1998) and Anthony Clement (1998-2004). Former Cardinals tight end Lorenzo Diamond (2004), defensive back Robert Tate (2004-06), defensive back Carlos Brooks (1995), as well as kicker Neil Rackers (2003-09) also helped coach.

Ray Perkins, former linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys and current athletic director at Tolleson Union High School, was also present along with Qualen Cunningham, Rick’s son and Hamilton High alum who recently graduated from Texas A&M where he played defensive end for four seasons.

“It’s really important for guys like us who have played at a high level to be here for them,” Cunningham said. “A lot of these guys that are younger than us look up to us as icons.

“Some of the stuff we need to be doing is laying the brick for them to go on and become good people and do great things.”

During a Q & A session after the field work completed, Cunningham explained how he was still just a 17-year-old kid when he arrived to Texas A&M. He played against grown men, but had trust in his ability and became successful for

Qualen Cunningham, a Hamilton High and Texas A&M alum, was one of several coaches participating in the camp. His father, Rick, who played for the Cardinals in 1994, was also among the several former pros coaching the campers. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff)

the Aggies.

“That’s the biggest thing,” Cunningham said. “Stay true to who you are. At the end of the day, I think we all know what we should or shouldn’t be doing and we know

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what is good enough. Don’t let anybody manipulate you into something you aren’t.”

Brooks, whose son, DeCarlos, just graduated from Chandler High as one of the top running backs in the state, shared

Carlos Brooks, a former defensive back for the Cardinals, used his experience as a player and father to teach the camp attendees how to become high-character athletes. Brooks’ son, DeCarlos, was one of the top running backs in the state this past season as he helped lead Chandler High to its third straight state title. (Pablo Robles/

much of what he taught his own kids to those at the camp.

To him, it’s about being confident. A trait he believes football helps develop.

“I want them to believe in themselves,” Brooks said. “I think that is what is missing with a lot of these kids. They get discouraged or quit. Whatever you do, compete like you do on the football field.

“Whether it’s in the classroom or on the field, take the same tenacity and work as hard as you can.”

Several campers personally thanked each player following the conclusion of the camp. Some even asked for extra pointers to use in the classroom and on the field. All walked away with smiles on their faces, projecting a sense of confidence and motivation to be in the same position as the former pros.

It’s that type of motivation to succeed the Cardinals hope will leave a lasting impact.

“There’s a lot of opportunities here to enlighten communities and make a difference,” Raymond said. “We want to use our brand to make a difference in the community.

“We want all of these kids that come here to become our friends, fans and just good people in the community.”

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OPEN DAILY 9AM-9PM | SATURDAY 9AM-6PM | SUNDAY 11AM-5PM

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