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State representative candidate holds forum

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nalise Ortiz, a state representative candidate running to represent Legislative District 24 (LD-24) in the Arizona House of Representatives, held a forum to hear the concerns of local small business owners on June 9.

Throughout the 90-minute forum, topics affecting Downtown Glendale such as rent pricing, community issues, staffing concerns, policy making, and the homeless issue were discussed.

Supporting small business is an important part of Ortiz’s platform.

“When I started coming down here to meet business owners, I realized that they had so

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much to share with me, there was a lot going on, that business owners care about, and that they want to see changed for the better,” Ortiz said.

“It compelled me to get everybody together in one place to hear about everyone’s concerns to see what common themes and the common threads were, and how we can work together in the future to address all of their needs, and make sure that our small business owners are thriving.”

Ortiz was very pleased to hear such a robust discussion among the business owners in attendance.

“I think people are very hungry to be SEE ORTIZ PAGE 3

Analise Ortiz is a state representative candidate running to represent Legislative District 24.

(Analise Ortiz/Submitted)

Expert offers insight on telltale signs of school shootings

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When it comes to school shootings, the public falls back on mental health as the cause, according to Donna Bartos.

But Bartos said she believes it doesn’t play as big a role as some think.

“You’ll hear a lot of people talking about it being a mental health issue,” said Bartos, the founder and CEO of BLOOM365.

“There are thousands and millions of people who struggle with mental health challenges, but they are not abusive or violent.

It really comes down to the sense of powerlessness.”

A nonprofit organization, BLOOM365 shares information to prevent and respond to all forms of violence, such as domestic,

dating, sexual gender-based and gun violence. The company serves young people between the ages of 11 and 24.

BLOOM365 collaborates with many schools in Peoria, including those in the Peoria Unified School District, to provide a comprehensive program and services model to enhance the capacity of the schools to prevent and respond to violence-based issues.

“The education piece, when we’re delivering it to students, does a couple of things,” Bartos said. “It really sets a culture of peer-to-peer work and accountability, on working with each other to create a safe and healthy school environment through their peer relationships. Once they all have the same information, then many of them

know how to spot these things and are better equipped on how to respond to them when they do pop up so that they’re not the only one seeing it.

“They’re not the only one recognizing it, and they’re not the only one thinking that something needs to be done. Now, they’re doing it centrally in community because they’ve all had the information together.

What happens during that curriculum typically, is we’re removing those big barriers that students are often faced with seeking help.”

Surveys completed by BLOOM365 have yielded the fact that 80% of young people will go to a friend to discuss issues they are experiencing before they go to an adult.

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From there, national surveys show that only 9% will ever reach out to an adult.

Bartos said that the remaining cases just go unreported.

“Your data is only as good as the source that it’s coming from,” Bartos said. “Especially with statistics like these, we just have to be very careful and make sure that we’re looking at the study broad enough that it had a good representation of students being surveyed, and not just kids in this one pocket of the country or one pocket of the city participating. So, our surveys are completely broad and are Valley-wide.”

Bartos said that there are risk factors, red flags, and common threads that parents, caregivers, educators, student peers, school resource officers and community members can pinpoint to avoid threats.

The risk factors represent what in the life of a potential school shooter could make them at risk for displaying such violent behaviors.

They are a lack of parental support and supervision; history of bullying or being bullied; a strong belief in toxic gender roles; poor coping, communication and social skills; adverse childhood experiences; access to a firearm; lack of positive peer relationships; a violent surrounding; and lack of ability to have empathy for others.

The red flags are examples of violent behaviors being displayed, and they are suicidal ideation; coercive, controlling, or abusive behaviors toward peers and dating partners; fascination with firearms, violence and terroristic activities; communicates their threats to harm themselves or others; isolation; noncompliance with rules; and exhibiting jealous, or even possessive behavior.

For Bartos, risk factors and red flags work hand in hand.

“Sometimes students have these red flags, but they’re not going to be violent, because they don’t have those risk factors going on,” she said. “So, they go hand in hand. If you were just to put out a red flag list, you have to make sure that the asterisk says, ‘With these risk factors.’

“If you have a kid that’s performing low academically, it’s not a red flag because they’re being violent, but if they

heard, and for elected leaders to work in partnership to make and keep Downtown Glendale a strong, vibrant place that people across Maricopa County should want to come to,” she said.

Despite being held in the middle of the day, roughly 10 business owners were in attendance. Among them was Monica Ward. Not only did she attend, but she passed around flyers to the local business owners to help ensure the forum would have a good turnout.

Ward, the manager of the gift shop for the Cottage Garden, a local boutique that boasts an array of apparel, accessories, home décor and garden décor, once tried giving Ortiz a call on her cell phone after seeing her number on a flier.

To her surprise, Ortiz answered, and she has been in support of the potential state representative ever since.

“She was open to answer any questions or concerns that I had,” Ward said. “So, that’s why I’m standing with her. I feel it’s important that a lot of things she’s talked about are bipartisan, which is very important right now. She really would like to see this community thrive, and I really feel that she’s truthful about that.”

The Rev. Marcia Garland was another one of the business owners in attendance. Garland is the visionary and owner of the Black Business Coalition in Glendale, a local agency that provides business consultation to black business owners or individuals who are under 18 and have opened their own businesses.

Garland said the discussions were all very fair, and she is hopeful to see change in Downtown Glendale. Like Ward, she stands behind Ortiz.

“That’s all we can do with any arena like this, is that they listen, and when they get to where we want them to be, they’ll remember,” Garland said.

“I use the word hope, because I believe that is what we have to have for any of our elected officials, is that they will do the job that we’re expecting them to do. The question for me is how quickly.”

Ortiz sees Downtown Glendale as “a gem of the city.” The history and culture that the area has accumulated over the years is something that really drew her interest when redistricting

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put Downtown Glendale in the new LD-24.

Ortiz said that if she is elected, she would be looking forward to working on some “exciting things.”

“There is a lot of opportunity for growth,” she said. “There’s an opportunity for business owners who have been here a really long time to gain new clientele, and there’s an opportunity for new businesses to be here and open their doors and build a name for themselves.

“It is an exciting opportunity, and it’s also something that the community of Glendale really deserves in this time of growth.”

The overwhelming majority of the comments during the forum geared toward the way Downtown Glendale is currently being treated were negatively skewed. One business owner even said they felt the area has been treated like one of the “bastard stepchildren of Glendale.”

While Ward was among those showing her displeasure, she sees a light at the end of the tunnel if Ortiz is elected in August. For her, Ortiz is someone who can provide “proper representation” to the area.

“I would not have gone out and handed out fliers,” she said. “There’s been times that I’ve had a question and I’ll just text her and I always get her, and if I don’t get her immediately, I get her within 10 minutes. I’ve never had that happen in my 27 years of being constituent here in this Glendale community.

“I’ve never had anyone running for higher office that is concerned about this area and is willing to step forward and talk to you.”

A big want for Garland as it pertains to the future of Downtown Glendale is diversity, both racially and in terms of business types.

“It still is where my passion is, is to see real and more diversity,” she said.

“Not only racial or socio-economic, but in terms of the businesses that are here (as well). We need a much broader range of businesses. That’s really what I’m hoping Analise -- and her age generation -- will really bring in.”

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sations often have to be had, but she feels her extensive experience working in legislation advocacy will serve her well in bringing about the change discussed in the forum.

“We need candidates who have the experience and can hit the ground running on day one at the legislature,” Ortiz said. “But it also is an opportunity for us to change the way things are done and make sure that when we go to the state house to represent our communities, that we are there to get things done.

“We aren’t there to bicker to try and find the best media clip for ourselves, we are there to serve as public servants. That’s the approach that I want to take.”

Over the past several years, Ortiz had

been working with bipartisan criminal justice reform initiatives at The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona.

She also played a key role in ensuring the Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act be signed into law.

“It takes listening to people, and it takes being willing to come to the table with diverse groups. That’s something that I have experience with and that I’m looking forward to continuing to do as representative of LD-24.”

Due to the race for LD-24 exclusively featuring Democratic candidates, a victor will be decided at the Aug. 2 primary.

For more information about Ortiz and her campaign, visit ortizforaz. com/.

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trol.”

Bartos said that while the research aspect of teenage violence has gotten better, there is still a disconnect in terms of putting that research to use.

“I think we do a great job of using research to do good, and as far as getting information out there that these are what they are. I think where the disconnect is actually using that data to put it into practice. So, I think we don’t do a good enough job.”

From a young age, a lot of adverse things are taught to children in schools in how to deal with them such as fire drills, drug prevention, etc., but teaching children how to deal with a school shooting is not one of those things.

Bartos said it has been deemed a private matter, but that cannot be the case any longer.

“All of these things have been normalized with a lot of government funding and a lot of support behind them,” she said.

“When it comes to violence prevention, it’s almost like it stops there… It’s no longer private. When a kid shows up and blows away 19 children and two teachers in a school, it’s no longer a private matter, this is a public problem.

I believe that a huge missing piece here is screening and interviewing early and often.”

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have risk factors that’s the (bigger) risk that they’re going to become violent.”

When you blend the risk factors and red flags, common characteristics can be drawn. School shooters, Bartos said, have eight of them.

Statsitics show that 98% are male; 68% of those who perpetrated a school shooting either killed their family member or intimate partner before the incident, or had a history of domestic or sexual violence; 80% of school shooters access firearms from family members; most have experienced childhood traumas and exposure to violence at an early age; 66% have a history of suicidal ideation and/or depression; most have gone through a significant life stressor within the last five years; most communicate threats online; and feelings of powerlessness with a motive to gain power and control.

While there is no such thing as a “one size fits all” approach to analyzing violent situations, Bartos said the motive is always the feeling of powerlessness.

“You read a lot in the news articles, and you’ll see in the stories, where everybody would say, ‘We still don’t know a motive, we still don’t know what the motive was,’” Bartos said.

“The motive is always power and control; feeling powerless. Now I’m going to inflict my power through violence on this group of people whether they did something to me or not. That’s my motive is to gain power and con-

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Glendale police release video from April critical incident

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he Glendale Police Department released a critical incident briefing video for the officer-involved shooting that occurred on April 14.

“We have made it a goal for us to provide transparency and accountability for our actions,” said Jose Santiago, Glendale public safety media relations/ communications manager. “The idea behind these critical incident videos is to provide information to the public in a direct and timely manner. We will do so with not only photographs, but by using video collected by our officers’ body-worn cameras.

“While these cameras may provide factual representation of an incident, it may not capture an incident in its en-

tirety. Our goal isn’t to provide conclusions, but instead to provide the public with facts… so you are aware of the circumstances that surround critical incidents that take place within our department.”

The incident, that took place near the area of 61st Avenue and Olive Avenue, came about as officers were responding to a domestic disturbance at a nearby apartment complex.

The suspect, who was later identified as 28-year-old Anthony Hood-Schaffner, had been violating a court order and unexpectedly showed up at his girlfriend’s apartment. After officers arrived, the suspect had left the apartment complex and was spotted pointing a gun at himself and officers.

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later located inside a trailer parked near the apartment complex.

For multiple hours, officers negotiated with Hood-Schaffner to peacefully surrender himself.

Officers then deployed a K-9 into the trailer and Hood-Schaffner fired his weapon, striking an officer. Another officer responded by firing his weapon and fatally injured the suspect.

The K-9 was not injured in this incident, and the K-9’s handler who was hit received non-life-threatening injuries. He is expected to make a full recovery.

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Sweetwater opening new fulfillment center

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weetwater, the world’s leading music instrument and pro audio gear eCommerce provider, is launching a new fulfillment center in Glendale.

The 350,000-square-foot center, set to reside at 16801 W. Glendale Avenue, will serve as a fulfillment center for the tens of thousands of products and accessories sold by Sweetwater.

“The opening of this new fulfillment center is one more way for us to provide the exceptional experience our customers have come to know and love,” said John Hopkins, president and CEO of Sweetwater. “Those who live in the western part of the country often have to wait several days for their orders to arrive from our facility in Indiana. This will change that dramatically.”

Founded in 1979, Sweetwater is

known for its top-of-the-line audio gear, such as microphones, speakers, mixers, and amplifiers as well as drums, guitars, and band & orchestra instruments.

“I’m honored to welcome Sweetwater to our thriving city,” Mayor Jerry Weiers said. “Their investment will enable them to create a better customer experience for their clients and will bring more than 100 jobs to the area.

They join a growing number of global and national corporations who now call Glendale home.”

Set to be fully open and operational by October of this year, Sweetwater will begin its hiring search in August.

It is looking to fill as many as 165 positions, which include shift supervisors, pickers, packers, and machine operators.

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Biden declares war – on himself

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n 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared “War on Poverty.”

In 1971, President Richard Nixon announced a “War on Drugs.”

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter said “the moral equivalent of war” was needed to combat the Energy Crisis.

In early April of this year, the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue called his wife of almost 45 years Barack Obama’s vice president.

No foolin’.

Despite the thick “brain fog” enveloping President Joe Biden, the leftist cabinet officers and staffers surrounding him have a mission they are pursuing with crystal clarity.

Simply stated, it is an undeclared “War on the Law-Abiding.”

Gone is the notion of improving the standard of living for an increasingly shrinking middle class. Also absent is any inclination to advocate for the “little guy who works hard and plays by the rules.” And long ago, what Hubert Humphrey called the “politics of joy” went missing in action.

All that has been replaced by the politics of grievance.

Deliberate steps have been taken to make sure that Lady Justice has lost her blindfold and that a heavy left thumb has unbalanced her scales. “Equal justice under law” has yielded to “special justice based on cultural consideration

of ‘social victim’ status.”

That’s the rationale behind the deliberate use of the term “equity” to replace the concept of equality. Rather than work to insure equality of opportunity for all, the Biden Bunch has chosen to short-circuit that process and manipulate outcomes favoring those regarded as “deserving.” So now, “cultural karma” displaces constitutional principles.

In progressive parlance, it’s called “social justice.”

In the real world, it’s called “payback.”

The vision of a “Post-Racial America” has deteriorated into a “Most-Racial America,” viewed through the prism of progressive politics. Disagree with leftist methods and goals? You’ll immediately hear the taunt, “Racist!”

Misfits, miscreants, and militants

comprise the core constituency of the American Left today, along with “conspiring capitalists of convenience,” who rely on the manipulation of government policies to achieve their desired business success.

Think of the bevy of billionaires who reached that economic status based on their “timely investments” in so-called “green energy” policies propagated by progressives.

Who made the largest investment?

American taxpayers, of course.

Who reaped the largest profits? Political patrons of today’s Democratic Party.

Turns out the “green” in “green energy” isn’t the environment!

Even life-long Democrats have discovered that this isn’t their Grandpa’s

guide to the Valley’s terminology. Here you have it: East Valley: This moniker, allegedly coined by the editors of the Tribune back in the day, covers Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, Queen Creek – and Scottsdale. Apparently, the Scottsdale politicos and residents of the city’s tonier neighborhoods hate this idea, which is all the more reason to insist on it.

South Scottsdale: The city south of Fashion Square, with a carve out for the bars and party spots of “Old Town,” which may or may not admit anyone over age 28 after 9 at night. A Realtor who specializes in the area describes it as “the heart and soul of the city.” Translated: You can afford it!

West Valley: Generally speaking, this region includes everything west of the

17 freeway that is not in Phoenix – except Maryvale, which is in Phoenix, but poor, so Phoenix would like it to be someplace else. Glendale, which begins at 43rd Avenue, is in the West Valley.

So are places like Peoria, Avondale, Buckeye, Tolleson and Youngtown, a small town ironically devoid of young people. Many of the western suburbs are named for their distance from Phoenix, like Surprise (“I’m surprised it’s so damn far”) and Goodyear (“it will take a good year to get here if there’s an accident on the 10”).

Phoenix, which serves as the Valley’s central core, has its own naming nuances.

North Phoenix: Notable for gated communities, mountain views and the prevalence of Walgreens at every intersection, North Phoenix oddly does

not include Northern Avenue. It begins somewhere north of Paradise Valley – a Latin phrase meaning “home of photo radar” – and extends to about Flagstaff.

Central Phoenix: An amorphous blob that begins where downtown Phoenix and the Central City areas end (say about Thomas Road) and winds north to about Shea Boulevard. East to west, Central Phoenix seems to span 44th Street to about Seventh Avenue.

To the east is “the east side,” which has lots of industrial stuff, and to the west is the “west side,” notable for random gunfire and drive-thru restaurants that offer excellent burritos and end in the suffix “-berto’s.”

South Phoenix: The city south of downtown but north of South Mountain. The area includes urban clusters

Here’s a primer on Valley geography

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hen I moved west in 1995 to be a newspaper scribe, one of the challenges was getting acquainted with the Valley’s geography. The grid system was easy enough, as were major cross streets like Broadway, Southern, Indian School and Van Buren. But the finer distinctions eluded me.

I’m talking about, “Is Scottsdale in the East Valley?” Or, “Where exactly does the West Valley begin?” (To which I answer, it’s a lot like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s definition of porn: I can’t exactly say, “but I know it when I see it”).

With 100,000 people moving here annually, I figure we need a user’s

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political party.

AOC is no JFK… Kamala Harris is no Barbara Jordan…and though he may fit the demographic, there’s nothing grandfatherly about Biden.

Scowling, squinting, and shouting isn’t a display of leadership; it betrays a lack of confidence…or worse, confusion.

While Biden’s befuddlement is personal, no such confusion is shared collectively within the Biden Administration. For the team allegedly “supporting” Ol’ Joe, the modus operandi seems to be “just put it in front of ‘Pops’ and he’ll sign it!”

The comparative ease of issuing executive orders when compared with finding consensus for legislative action was encapsulated in this comment from former Bill Clinton aide Paul Begala: “Stroke of a pen. Law of the land. Kin-

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Voters’ ardor has cooled for Joe Biden…his perilous plunge in the polls confirms it.

So does the increasingly critical coverage from major newspapers, the alphabet networks, and their “cable cousins.”

Charitably, it’s hard to imagine the Joe Biden who entered the Senate in 1973 at age 30 would recognize the Joe Biden of today. No, that’s not because of what leftists would label as “political maturity.” Instead, it is due to his sadly obvious cognitive deterioration.

Given his rare moments of clarity, Biden must realize that he is really at war with himself.

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to the east and sprawling farms and warehouses to the west. However, south Phoenix does not include the southernmost tip of Phoenix.

Ahwatukee: There’s some interesting arcana surrounding the name of the most southern ‘burb in Phoenix. Once upon a time, a huge house – Casa De Suenos, or “house of dreams” – stood out that way.

Then a lady from Wyoming bought it and renamed the house “Ahwatukee,” which she said was the Crow Indians’

phrase for “house of dreams.” As it turns out, the Crow people – who don’t live in Arizona – don’t have that word in their language. But they do have the phrase “awe chuuke,” which means “the other side of the hill.”

Consider yourself in the know, friend. But don’t worry if you’re confused. It only took me 27 years to figure this out. You’re probably quicker on the uptake.

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hurches. Movie theaters.

Shopping centers. Hospitals. Concerts. Schools.

We watch with horror the news coverage of mass shootings and then with further disbelief the fallout of blame, outrage, opinions, accusations, analysis and all manner of political warfare.

Have an idea? A microphone? Then go ahead, tell us all why this is happening, how our culture is responsible, how this country has changed, how messed up we are and oh, don’t forget to blast all your thoughts on social media.

Have an opinion? OK, tell the world.

Have a solution? We are all waiting.

No reasonable dialogue can ever be had with the pundits screaming, the fingers pointing and the anger mounting. We have reason to be enraged. This shouldn’t be happening in the greatest country in the world. Our kids should have a safe haven in their schools, a place to go free of threat, not carnage.

Yes, this is a tragedy. We can do better.

Politicians can’t fix this. God can’t stop this. And we can’t stand it. We all seem to agree that gun violence has gotten out of control. We just don’t seem, as a nation, to know what to do about it. Maybe we simply do not have the will to change things. We are polarized to the point of paralysis in implementing any workable solutions. Some folks believe that every teacher should be armed (won’t happen) and others say we take away all guns (won’t happen) and all possible solutions in between are debated, met with resistance and a “nothing we can do” sort of attitude. We point at “men-

tal illness” as the source of all mass shootings. Other lament that the lack of morals and God in our culture is the problem.

Well, who wants to argue with that? But tell us what the “fix” might be.

There are lots of tired sayings out there that don’t really help mitigate the problem like, “Guns aren’t the problem, people are the problem.” Yep, seems to be true. So, I guess the goal would be to keep a loaded firearm out of the hands of deranged, evil, dangerous and/or mentally ill people who have the desire to harm others, or themselves. Firearms are the leading cause of death in children ages one to 19!

News like this brings us down. We love our country, our communities, our children. We turn to God and ask, “Why?” And by the way, God, where the heck are you? Need a little help down here! A young girl asked her minister if she should worry if she will die before God wants her. He said, “God never leaves your side and always wants you. Have no fear.” Words of comfort? Fear. I never experienced it too much, but now as I get older it is on my mind. Guess I am not alone.

More people today are considering homeschooling their kids, not venturing out into “crowded places” and avoiding “dangers” like going to large venues. Please say it isn’t so.

Sometimes, in our darkest hours, we feel bereft. We want answers and action. Mostly, we just want change. I keep the faith.

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After his 12th year of teaching high school classes, Cory Michaelis transitioned to performing comedy full time. In his 12th year in comedy, he has performed around the United States as well as Canada, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Pakistan.

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Alan Day, of the Lazy B Ranch, will stop at the Foothills Library to share stories of his time at the 142-yearold establishment. From his childhood years to adulthood, Day will educate those in attendance his experience from childhood all the way to managing the ranch in adulthood.

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Westgate Wednesdays “Under the Sea Soirée with The Little Mermaid” JUNE 29

Westgate Wednesdays continues with the Under the Sea Soirée featuring The Little Mermaid. Kids will have the opportunity to craft their own Seashell Sebastian. Families that spend $30 or more on a single transaction at Crêpe House Café at Westgate between June 23 and June 29 will be allowed to cut in the photo line.

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Pop icon Justin Bieber is coming to Glendale as part of the Justice World Tour. Songs like “Love Yourself” and “Ghost” are likely to be performed. The show was originally slated to take place on February 22, but had to be postponed. Tickets purchased for the original date will still be honored.

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Race Across America (RAAM), the annual transcontinental bicycle race that runs from the West Coast to the East Coast of the United States is kicking off Saturday, June 18, and Crystal Waltman is on a mission to change lives along with her crew, Team One Mile.

As the coordinator for Team One Mile, Waltman will embark on the 3,000-mile ride in a six-vehicle convoy that follows the eight cyclists 24 hours a day.

“It’s a real honor to be selected on this team and to be chosen out of thousands of people,” she said. “For so long, I was struggling, and now I’m at a place where I can give back and just carry the message of hope to all those who still suffer.”

A fourth-generation Arizona resident and graduate of Arizona State University, Waltman was part of a national championship winning softball team during her time at the school.

In addition, she is the author of “Quitting To Win.” A motivational speaker and contributor to many different platform topics, she is wellversed on the subjects of sobriety, fitness, and emotional wellness.

Currently, she is on the Advisory Board of the Sold-Out Youth Foundation, and an advisor for the upcoming film “Travel Ball.”

Team One Mile is spreading awareness to help veterans, first responders, their families, and those struggling from trauma. The team comes from different backgrounds, with different life stories and journeys.

The team utilizes a combination of veterans and civilians to recreate the teamwork and purpose needed to succeed and heal.

RAAM got its start in 1982, when four individuals raced from the Santa

(Above) Team One Mile participates in RAAM, the annual transcontinental bicycle race across the west to east coast of the United States. (Right) Crystal Waltman, OneMile Team Coordinator and collegiate softball player, will support eight riders in the upcoming RAAM race. (Crystal Waltman/ Submitted)

Monica Pier in Los Angeles to the Empire State Building in New York City.

“It’s considered the toughest bike race in the world, and through this race we will illustrate the American spirit and teamwork,” said Mike Campbell, founder of Team One Mile. “Nobody can do it alone, in sport, in service, or in life. Teamwork creates purpose, and purpose gives us hope.”

Known as one the most respected and longest running endurance sports events in the world, RAAM is seen as a pinnacle of athletic achievement among cycling circles and the greater sporting community.

After the flagship race, the public was captivated, and a team element was added in 1992. This became the most popular and fastest-growing segment of the race. As a team relay event, cyclists alternate every hour, so it is accessible to any reasonably fit cyclist.

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ers is more than 3,000 miles. Cyclists endure elevations as low as 170 feet below sea level and as high as 10,000 feet above sea level. Fewer than 2,500 cyclists have completed the race.

Cyclists that come from five continents and more than 25 countries are represented in the national race, and they will brave the desert, plains, and mountain weather.

Fred Boethling, owner of RAAM, and has finished the race both by himself and as part of a two-man team.

“This year, RAAM celebrates 36 years of uniting people from around the world with a shared love for cy-

cling and adventure through team bonding, struggle and a strong sense of accomplishment,” Boethling said.

“It’s man against the elements, the road, and ultimately, him or herself.”

For more information on Crystal Waltman and Team One Mile, visit https://www.crystalwaltman.com/ and https://www.teamonemile.com/

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ak Street Health is a rapidly growing healthcare option in Arizona, and it has brought its services to Glendale.

The “Glenfair center” is Oak Street’s fourth clinic in Arizona and is set to bring primary care to patients on Medicare and Medicare Advantage.

“Our model is 100% focused on providing the highest quality primary care that we can to patients on Medicare,” said Dr. Patrick Vinck, regional medical director for Oak Street Health. “We go into communities that are typically underserved with respect to primary care access, and we’re really excited about entering (this) community.”

Oak Street Health delivers personalized and preventive care through a model that was created to meet the unique needs of older adults.

The integrated model incorporates behavioral health care and social determinants support and is easily accessible through a mix of in-center, inhome and telehealth appointments, as well as a full-time patient support line.

“We are thrilled to open our Glenfair center in Glendale and begin delivering an unmatched patient experience and improving health outcomes for older adults in the community,” said Dr. Charlotte Gurule, senior medical director for Oak Street Health. “At Oak Street Health, we are committed to providing the highest quality care to meet the individual needs of our patients and we are excited to bring our innovative healthcare model to the area.”

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Dr. Patrick Vinck has been with Oak Street Health since December 2021. He said it is a great place to practice medicine.

(Right) Oak Street Health clinics focus on providing healthcare to those who rely on Medicare. (Above) The Glenfair center is Oak Street Health’s fourth clinic in Arizona and first in the West Valley.

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Street Health jumped into the Arizona healthcare market in January after opening its Apache Junction clinic.

The Glenfair clinic will join the East Mesa and Desert Palms clinics that were opened in March and April, respectively.

It is looking to open several more locations in Phoenix in Tucson before the end of the year.

“We look at communities that have lower access to primary care providers and have a need for individuals with Medicare,” Vinck said. “We seek to go

into those communities and serve those patients.”

The company has reduced patient hospital admissions by approximately 51% compared to Medicare benchmarks, and driven a 42% reduction in 30-day readmission rates with a 51% reduction in emergency department visits, all while maintaining a Net Promoter Score of 90 across patients, according to a press release.

Vinck has been with Oak Street Health since December 2021, and for him, caring for underserved patients and patients with complex medical issues has always been a passion of his.

“I feel very strongly that we need high quality primary care throughout Arizona, and I really believe that we can not only provide that care with Oak Street, but also, we can do it at a scale to help many, many lives,” Vinck said.

Oak Street Health hires employees from the neighborhoods where centers

operate and invests resources to make a positive impact in the communities it serves. Vinck said it’s a great place to practice medicine.

“I love providing care at Oak Street Health,” he said. “We have a very great structure on which we’re really confident we can provide high quality care to our patients. We get more time with our patients, and we have the structure in place to deliver the care for folks that focus on Medicare need.”

This 8,500 square foot clinic will be added to the list of more than 130 centers across 20 states. The time that Oak Street Health is able to offer its patients, Vinck said, is the most important part.

“Most importantly, I think, is that it’s the focus is on providing the time and access,” he said. “We see our patients multiple times a year, we do our best to provide very quick access to our patients, and our providers have a smaller patient panel so that they can provide higher quality care and spend more time (with them).”

The Glenfair center can be found at 6052 N. 59th Avenue, and information on Oak Street Health can be found at https://www.oakstreethealth.com/.

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illy Graham was 92 years old with Parkinson’s disease when this actual event happened. In January 2000, leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, invited their favorite son, Graham, to a luncheon in his honor. He hesitated to accept the invitation because he struggled with Parkinson’s disease. But the Charlotte leaders said, “We don’t expect a major address.

Just come and let us honor you.” So, he agreed.

After the opening accolades, Graham stepped to the rostrum, looked at the crowd, and said, “I’m reminded today of Albert Einstein, the great physicist who this month was honored

by Time magazine as the ‘Man of the Century.’”

Einstein was once traveling from Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger. When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He couldn’t find his ticket, so he reached into his trouser pockets. It wasn’t there. He looked in his briefcase but couldn’t find the ticket. Then he looked on the seat beside him. He still couldn’t find it.

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Einstein nodded appreciatively. The conductor continued down the aisle, punching tickets. Then, as he was ready to move to the next car, he saw the great physicist down on his hands and knees, looking under his seat for his ticket.

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The conductor rushed back and said, “Dr. Einstein, don’t worry, I know who you are, no problem. You don’t need a ticket. I’m sure you bought one.”

Einstein looked at him and said, “Young man, I know who I am. What I don’t know is where I’m going.”

Graham continued with his speech.

“See the suit I’m wearing? It’s a brandnew suit. My children and grandchildren tell me I’ve gotten a little slovenly in my old age. I used to be a bit more fastidious. So, I bought a new suit for this luncheon and one more occasion.

Do you know what that occasion is?

This suit is the suit in which I will be buried. But when you hear I’m dead, I don’t want you to remember the suit I’m wearing. Instead, I want you to remember this: I not only know who I am. I also know where I’m going.”

Many of us would agree with Graham: “Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil – it has no point.”

There’s a lesson here we can glean

from Graham. We are not human beings going through a temporary spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings going through a temporary human experience.

Here are some quotes about dying by some current cultural influencers who would probably disagree with Graham: “I hate death. In fact, I could live forever without it.”

“I intend to live forever, so far – so good.”

“It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”

“Life’s not fair. If life was fair, Elvis would be alive, and all the impersonators would be dead.”

If the devil wrote a book, it would be entitled “You Only Live Once.” Please understand that life on this side of the curtain is temporal. Also, realize that life on the other side of the curtain is eternal. Graham knew the end was just a beginning in disguise. He knew who he was and where he was going.

Often, when one door closes, another opens; but more often, we look so long and regretfully at the closed door that we do not see the new door that has opened us. Robert Millikan once said, “We have come from somewhere and are going somewhere. The great architect of the universe never built a stairway that leads to nowhere.”

Death is nothing but a transition; it is the final step toward something better. However, we need to make the first step (earth) to get to the last step (heaven). Death is not a period

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But it takes faith to believe there is life after death. Faith is not the absence of doubt, but the presence of belief. Faith is not something that goes against the evidence. It goes beyond it. God never made a promise that was too good to be true.

Dwight L. Moody said, “Death may be the king of terrors…but Jesus is the king of kings.”

Moody also said, “We talk about heaven being so far away. Heaven is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.”

Don’t be all dressed up, not knowing where you are going. A. W. Tozer said, “Faith comes first to the hearing ear, not to a cogitating mind.”

The Bible says faith comes by hearing a word from God concerning Jesus, and that word is Jesus saves. Faith is like a toothbrush. Every person should have one and use it regularly, but they shouldn’t try to use someone else’s. Graham had that kind of faith, and we can have that kind of faith, too.

May each of us live our lives in a faith-filled way, so we don’t have to worry about where we are going when our ticket is punched. Fathers, Father’s Day is the happiest when you invite the Father of Fathers into your home.

It’ll do you good and help you too.

Ed Delph is a noted author of 10 books, as well as a pastor, teacher, former business owner and speaker. He has traveled extensively, having been to more than 100 countries. He is president of NationStrategy, a nonprofit organization involved in uplifting and transforming communities worldwide. For more information, see nationstrategy.com. He may be contacted at nationstrategy@cs.com.

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Brittney Staton of Glendale was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico. To be eligible for the dean’s list, a student must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours with a GPA of 3.25 or greater.

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increased expenditures in those areas where the Governing Board has the authority to increase property taxes for the fiscalThe yearGlendale Star June 16, 2022 30 CLASSIFIEDS beginning July 1, 2022. The Cartwright Elementary School District PUBLIC PUBLIC is proposing an increase in itsNOTICES primary property tax levyBUSINESS of NOTICES BUSINESS & SERVICE 623.847.4600 BUSINESS & DIRECTORY SERVICEDIRECTORY DIRECTORY & SERVICE 623.847.4600 $1,820,125.

BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY

The amount proposed above will cause Cartwright Elementary Truth in Taxation Hearing Notice of Taxtaxes Increase School District’s primary property on a $100,000 home to be $210.06 . Withoutwith the§15-905.01, tax increase, the total taxesStatutes, that would In compliance Arizona Revised Cart-be wright Elementary School District #83 is notifying its property owed would have been $150.77 .

taxpayers of Cartwright Elementary School District’s intention to raise its primary property current tax levellevies to payas These amounts proposed are taxes aboveover the the qualifying for increased expenditures in those areas where the Governing prescribed law,toifincrease applicable.

Thetaxes increase also Board has by the state authority property for the isfiscal year +beginning July 1, 2022.

The Cartwright Elementary School exclusive of any changes that may occur from property tax levies District: Cartwright Schoolan District No. 83 CTDS: 070483000 District is proposing increase in its primary property tax levy for voter approved bonded indebtedness or budget and tax $1,820,125.

This is a of notification that the above mentioned School District will be having a public hearing and board meeting to adopt its Fiscal Year 2023

overrides.

Expenditure Budget.

Meeting Date: Time: 6/30/2022 4:30 PM The amount proposed above will cause Cartwright Elementary Location: School District’s primary property taxes on a $100,000 home to Street Address: 5220 W Indian School Road Bldg: District Rm/Ste:to attendBoardroom Office are invited All citizens the public hearing onbethe be interested $210.06.

Without the tax increase, the total taxes that would Zip: 85031 City: Phoenix State: AZ owed would have been $150.77. proposed tax increase scheduled to be held Thursday, June 30th,

A copy of the agenda of the matters to be discussed or decided at the meeting may be obtained by contacting: Victoria Farrar, CFO (623) 691-4000 Contact Name: Phone: Email Address: victoria.farrar@csd83.org Phone Ext:

2022 atamounts 5:00pm proposed at the Cartwright District tax Governing These are aboveSchool the qualifying levies asBoard prescribed by state law, ifW. applicable.

The increase is also exclusive of .

Room located at 5220 Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85031

The information above is posted on ADE's Web site pursuant to A.R.S. §15-905(C) and is not intended to satisfy Open Meeting Law requirements under A.R.S. §38-431.02 et seq.

any changes that may occur from property tax levies for voter approved bonded indebtedness or budget and tax overrides.

Comments:

All interested citizens are invited to attend the public hearing on the proposed tax increase scheduled to be held Thursday, June 30th, 2022 at 5:00pm at the Cartwright School District Governing Board Room located at 5220 W. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85031.

Rev. 6/22 Arizona Department of Education and Auditor General District: Cartwright School District No. 83

CTDS:

070483000

This is a notification that the above mentioned School District will be having a public hearing and board meeting to adopt its Fiscal Year 2023 Expenditure Budget.

Meeting Date:

Time:

6/30/2022

Street Address: 5220 W Indian School Road Bldg: District Office City: Phoenix

4:30 PM

Location: Rm/Ste: State:

AZ

Boardroom Zip:

85031

A copy of the agenda of the matters to be discussed or decided at the meeting may be obtained by contacting: Victoria Farrar, CFO (623) 691-4000 Contact Name: Phone: Email Address: victoria.farrar@csd83.org Phone Ext: The information above is posted on ADE's Web site pursuant to A.R.S. §15-905(C) and is not intended to satisfy Open Meeting Law requirements under A.R.S. §38-431.02 et seq.

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Is your house ready for a makeover?

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The Glendale

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• Tile

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• Repairs

• Coating • Modified Bitumen

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The Glendale Star

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7301 N. 58th Avenue, Glendale AZ 85301

(623) 237-7100

June 16, 2022

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IT'S TIME TO VOTE GESD FOR THE BEST IN GLENDALE We've been nominated by the Glendale Star for the "Best of Glendale" awards.

Cindy Segotta-Jones, Superintendent

Beginning now through July 7th, anyone can vote for us simply by going to www.GlendaleStar.com. Look for the Best of Glendale "VOTE NOW" button.

VOTE DAILY FOR GESD IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: 35. BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE 36. BEST PLACE TO WORK 82. BEST SCHOOL DISTRICT 83. BEST PUBLIC SCHOOL 85. BEST PRESCHOOL 88. BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 91. BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER 93. BEST MASCOT Don't forget to share your love for our Historic Downtown Glendale business partners!