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Homeowner stands between HOA and $6.5 million ADOT payout BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

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he Arizona Department of Transportation has agreed to pay the Foothills Reserve homeowners association $6.5 million – more than three times it initially offered – for 13 acres of land it desperately needs to continue construction of the South Mountain Freeway. Only the HOA can’t get its hands on that money – or start proceedings in which 591 homeowners could collect individual damages totaling anywhere from $15 million to $19 million – because one man stands in the way. Now, the HOA has ratcheted up what has become a nasty legal fight by telling

homeowner Dietmar Hanke that if he continues his court battle against ADOT, he’ll be assessed its lawyer’s fees at the rate of $520 an hour plus additional costs that could total thousands of dollars more. “The association has been incredibly patient with your arguments, but at this point your arguments against possession are financially detrimental to the association,” HOA attorney Dale Zeitlin wrote to Hanke in a July 19 letter, warning that the Foothills Reserve Masters Association “is entitled to recover attorneys’ fees, court costs, costs of investigation and other related expenses incurred in connection with, including but not limited to, the Association’s administrative costs and fees.” Further warning Hanke that the HOA

would slap a lien against his home to recover those costs, Zeitlin said, “This letter puts you on notice that if you do not immediately withdraw your appeals, withdraw your cross-claim against the state, and waive all claims with prejudice, except your claim for severance damages to your home, the association has authorized me to seek all remedies against you.” Hanke is not backing down. “It’s absolutely crazy, and I think they have both gone too far in all of this,” Hanke said of the HOA and Zeitlin. “I will not stand for it no matter how much they threaten me.” He sent a letter to the HOA board the day after receiving Zietlin’s warning that said, See

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Kyrene schools a family affair for new principal BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

s the new principal at Kyrene de la Estrella, one of the first items Sarah Collins unpacked and pinned on the bulletin board behind her new desk was a fading photograph. The 1985-86 school year photo is a typical class picture, with then-9-year-old Sarah Gentis sitting in the front row of her fellow classmates at Kyrene de las Lomas Elementary, hands folded demurely in her lap. “I think I‘m the first Kyrene principal who was a Kyrene student,” she said proudly, looking at the photo. “I’m a former Kyrene kid working with Kyrene kids and that makes me very happy.” Ahwatukee schools are a family thing for the Collins Family. Husband Phil Collins is a sixth-grade history teacher at Altadena Middle School. Their elder son Tony, 17, is a junior at Mountain Pointe High School. And younger son Brody is in eighth grade at Centennial Middle School. Like their mother, they grew up attending Kyrene schools. And that’s just the tip of their local history in Ahwatukee schools, where classes begin tomorrow, Aug. 2, for Kyrene. Mountain

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Estrella Principal Sarah Collins is part of a Kyrene family. Son Tony, left, now a Mountain Pointe junior, attended Lomas and Centennial schools. Younger son Brady is in eighth grade at Centennial and husband Phil is a sixth-grade teacher at Altadena Middle School. Her late mom taught in Kyrene schools, too.

Pointe and Desert Vista high schools open for the 2018-19 school year on Monday. Involvement in Kyrene schools began even before Sarah Collins entered first grade at Lomas in the 1983-84 school year.

“My mom was a teacher at (C.I.) Waggoner who then helped open Lagos, and later, Kyrene de la Sierra,” said Collins. “I grew up helping See

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D Tukee Talks – the quarterly session that brought residents and Phoenix Police together to talk about crime trends and other public safety concerns – is about to disappear from Ahwatukee’s calendar. At an informal meeting last week with a few homeowners association representatives, city officials announced that after a final Tukee Talks session in September, the confabs will be replaced by two large police-community events roughly spaced six months apart. The news dismayed Tracey Church, a resident who maintains the Ahwatukee Crime Watch Facebook page and has been organizing the quarterly Tukee Talks sessions for more than a year. “I guess I’ll go back to work next year,” said Church, who even registered Tukee Talks with the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce – which held its traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony for the sessions earlier this year. Sam Stone, chief of staff for city Councilman Sal DiCiccio, said police at the South Mountain Precinct, which patrols Ahwatukee, are too busy to attend quarterly sessions and they want to relate with the community in the same way police do in other parts of Phoenix. “I like to keep these guys on the streets,” he said of police. Besides, he noted, “We don’t do a lot of great big events in Ahwatukee.” That includes an October community celebration of GAIN Day – an acronym for the statewide Getting Arizona Involved in Neighborhoods, which is held in October and is the state’s equivalent of National Night Out back East. On GAIN Day, usually held in October, police and community members mingle in festive block parties, although Stone envisions the Ahwatukee version to be a communitywide event that helps residents get to know their neighbors as well as police. The other event would be a spring celebration similar to what Arcadia and other Phoenix neighborhoods hold that involves both a festive atmosphere featuring police and fire vehicles, free food and other attractions. Stone said Ahwatukee’s first GAIN Day likely would be in October 2019, but he was hoping his office and HOA representatives could put together the spring celebration next March or April. To pull it off, he said, HOAs would have to chip in a modest amount of money – around $100 or $200 – to cover the cost of food and drink and other expenses. The ones that some Phoenix neighborhoods now hold “are incredible community events that bring people together,” he said. See

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Unify Kyrene and TU? No way, superintendents say BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

ill Ahwatukee ever see the day when all its public schools will be part of a unified school

district? Not if Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely and Tempe Union Superintendent Kevin Mendivil have any say in the matter. Picking up on state Rep. Jill Norgaard’s contention that some school districts in Arizona should be consolidated to save millions of dollars in administrative costs, Vesely and Mendivil tackled unification and other topics last week during the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce’s superintendents roundtable. The question of unification came off Norgaard’s statements during the Clean Elections Commission debate of Legislative District 18 candidates a week earlier. Norgaard specifically mentioned districts in Arizona that have only one or two schools, but she never mentioned Tempe Union and Kyrene – a fact Mendivil underscored last week. Noting that Kyrene has 25 campuses and Tempe Union maintains seven,

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Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely outlined the district’s plans to intensify “social-emotional learning” in middle schools and start planning to introduce it to younger students.

both superintendents said unifying the two districts would create an unwieldy bureaucracy under which kids could easily be overlooked and ignored. But that doesn’t mean the two districts aren’t working together to create “virtual unification” by ensuring that courses of study in Kyrene’s elementary and middle

schools equip students with the tools they need to succeed once they enter Tempe Union’s high schools, both Vesely and Mendivil said. “Our thinking and planning and what we’re doing coincide perfectly with what Jan is doing in Kyrene,” Mendivil said, echoing Vesely’s praise for the support that parents and nonparents have given both school districts. Vesely noted that Kyrene and Tempe Union are sharing more data on student performance so that both districts can align their educational programs to give students a seamless transition from middle to high school. “Our data sharing with Tempe Union will give us a chance to monitor our kids and ensure they are ready for high school learning,” said Vesely, noting rigorous academic programs that are now in place at all Kyrene middle schools. New programs starting this year in middle school also are offering students more choices in electives. For example, a Harvard-educated teacher will be teaching Mandarin Chinese – a new offering in Kyrene but one that has been growing in popularity in other school districts and

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New Tempe Union Superintendent Kevin Mendivil told the Chamber-sponsored forum he wants teachers to pay more attention to “average learners.”

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But if last week’s session was any indication, Stone has his work cut out for him. Despite having sent invitations to dozens of HOAs to send representatives to the meeting, only a half dozen showed up – about as many as uniformed officers who came. “I’m disappointed more people didn’t come,” he said. One HOA representative suggested that people aren’t particularly interested in such gatherings with police because crime is not a major problem in Ahwatukee.

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Norgaard, who prodded the Legislature in 2017 to have the state adopt a dyslexia handbook for teachers and parents and then secured funding for the pilot screening program in a preschool program at a Kyrene school in Tempe, where the staff could take advantage of volunteer grad students from ASU’s Department of Speech and Hearing Services. Both superintendents also discussed their efforts to increase teacher accountability for student performance. “We have to refocus,” said Mendivil, adding he is especially concerned about putting greater focus on the “average learner.” He noted that while Tempe Union has extensive programs for nurturing students at either end of the spectrum of performance, “70 percent are not getting the kind of attention I’d like to see. “I don’t want to see our kids fall through the cracks, and the average learner is most likely the one to fall through the cracks,” Mendivil said, adding that he had just addressed the district’s new teachers that day and stressed the need for them to pay more attention to students’ academic

But one attendee noted she’s from Boston and said such communitywide events with police help teach children that officers are their friends. Stone is encouraging HOA representatives to contact his office at 602-262-7491 to sign up for a future planning meeting. Meanwhile, Church and police will hold two fall events: The last Tukee Talks 6-7:30 Sept. 28 at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 Cheyenne Drive; and a free vehicle identification number etching on people’s cars from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 20 at Corpus Christi Church parking lot, 3550 E. Knox Road. The latter is a deterrent to auto theft. performance. “It starts with the teachers,” he said. “There has to be a cultural shift among our teachers.” Both Vesely and Mendivil also outlined their efforts to pay more attention to students’ emotional and mental health – particularly in light of more than two dozen teen suicides that have occurred in the East Valley since July 2017. In three consecutive years, a student at Corona del Sol has committed suicide. Moreover, the increased focus on students’ emotional health is not a way to curb teen suicide, but violence against classmates as well. Vesely outlined the district’s program for intensifying middle schools “socialemotional learning” through a multilayered approach that addresses ways to deal with stress and what to do if they identify a fellow student who seems especially troubled. Mendivil said he wants Tempe Union’s staff psychologists to take a “broader role” that goes beyond focusing primarily on special education services. “How they deal with stress is critical,” he said. “Kids today are very stressed by things they shouldn’t even be thinking about.”

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oth Tempe Union High and Kyrene school districts are continuing to address security concerns in their buildings and Mountain Pointe High School students and parents will see perhaps the biggest physical changes on campus. Speaking last week at the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce’s superintendents roundtable, Tempe Union Superintendent Kevin Mendivil said the district has closed off all but one entry/exit to Mountain Pointe so that students and anyone else visiting the campus have only one way in and one way out. Though “Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe have beautiful campuses,” Mendivil said, Mountain Pointe’s relatively older design made the school “an accident waiting to happen.” Praising the work and experience of the district’s head of security, retired Mesa Police Chief John Meza, Mendivil said, the district gave Mountain Pointe special scrutiny over the summer break “to find all the soft spots.” “We have ensured that all our sites have one access point,” he added, disclosing that Meza also has worked out an agreement with Phoenix Police to ensure that a police officer will be on both Ahwatukee high school campuses Monday through Friday. For some inexplicable reason, Mendivil said, police had only been visiting the campuses Monday through Thursday. He also praised Kyrene School District’s extensive use of closed-circuit cameras at all its 25 campuses, saying, “We’re doing now what Kyrene is doing” and that the district has a room filled with monitors surveilling all seven Tempe Union campuses 24/7. “I’m really adamant about ensuring our kids’ safety,” said Mendivil. “I think we can do more and we’ll be exploring what we can do more of.” One security concern on his radar is examining Tempe Union’s security guard force. Although he said guards are “wonderful, caring people,” he added, “I’m not happy with the candidates or job description” for security guards.

He said the district would be implementing a tougher training session so guards are more prepared for the kinds of situations that have led to mass violence at other high schools in the country. If the training doesn’t bring those guards up to the level of performance he and Meza think is needed, they’ll be shown the door. Also speaking at the session was Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely, who briefly reviewed the matters covered by the district’s town hall on school security in June. Vesely reviewed how the district more than 10 years ago started an aggressive program to beef up building security, enclosing the reception offices at all schools and installing dozens of cameras so that there are few blind spots at any campus where electronic surveillance is concerned. Tempe Union and Kyrene aren’t the only schools in Ahwatukee where additional security measures are taking effect. Horizon Honors Schools is employing the Raptor Visitor Management System, which will require all adults – including parents – to present a government-issued photo ID whenever they visit its campus on 48th Street near Frye Road. “The Raptor system will better allow us to screen visitors in our schools and provide us with a safer environment for our students and staff,” the school said in a release. The system checks the visitor’s name and date of birth against a national database of registered sex offenders. “No other data from the ID is gathered or recorded and the information is not shared with any outside agency,” the school said. Once entry is approved, Raptor will issue a badge that identifies the visitor, the date and the purpose of his/her visit. A visitor’s badge will not be necessary for those who visit Horizon to drop off an item in the office or conduct front office business. Parents who simply escort an elementary school student to a classroom will not have to check in with the system unless they are staying on campus.

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her in her classrooms. She inspired me to enter education.” Collin’s mother, Deb Gentis, passed away 11 years ago from cancer. There is a Deb Gentis Desert Memorial Garden at Kyrene de la Sierra in her honor, and a scholarship awarded in her name annually to an eighth-grade student through the Kyrene Educational Association. “She was a beloved staff member of the district for a long time,” said Collins. Collins’ school history in Ahwatukee intertwines with a lot of Kyrene schools, and even Mountain Pointe High School. After completing sixth grade at Kyrene de las Lomas, back when breezeways connected classrooms, Sarah Gentis and her friends were bused to Kyrene Junior High School in Tempe. “We had no junior highs on this side, so all my friends and I went to Kyrene. They were still junior highs back them. The district was building Centennial, and we came back the next year and opened Centennial Middle School as eighth-

graders,” she recalled. And then there is her Mountain Pointe High history. “The year Mountain Pointe opened, I was a freshman. That first year it was only freshmen and sophomores, and each year there was another class added. I was in the first graduation class that had attended all four years,” she said of her 1995 graduation. The Ahwatukee teen opted to attend Arizona State University while remaining at home. Her first teaching job, after earning her B.A. degree, was in 1998 at Kyrene de las Manitas, where she taught grades one through four, but mostly third grade, for 13 years. “That’s where I really got my foundation in elementary education,” she said. Of course, other connections emerge when one stays in one community. A student in Collins’ first full-time teaching assignment – firs-grade class at Manitas – is now a close friend and neighbor who had Sarah’s husband officiate her wedding. Phil married Sarah eight years ago. An See

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Kyrene; she’s back where she belongs,” said Phil. “We have an incredible level of understanding about each other’s jobs and know how to best support one another. And Sarah’s enthusiasm for life, and passion for her work, inspires me to be the best educator I can be. I greatly admire her work ethic, professional knowledge (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer) and compassion toward all Hundreds of Kyrene teachers gathered at Mountain Park individuals.” Community Church for back-to-school rallies July 27. Oldest son Tony said even at Mountain Pointe, fellow of which holds a globe with the words students tell him they had his mom as a “Adventure Awaits” printed at and above teacher – and they recognize him from the equator. photos she had in her classroom or office. Hanging to the left are her diplomas: “I think it’s pretty cool how my mom Her 1998 ASU bachelor in arts in went to the same schools as a kid that I education, summa cum laude; a 2002 go to. We’ve gone to schools that Mom Northern Arizona University master of went to as a kid and also that she worked education in elementary education, and at,” said Tony. “When she was at Manitas a 2013 NAU master of education in as a teacher, we went there in preschool educational leadership. She’s currently and kindergarten. Then we moved to enrolled in a K-12 educational leadership Lomas when she got her job at Cerritos. doctoral program that she hopes to My brother went with her to Cerritos, complete in 2020. but then came back to our neighborhood Her husband and two boys express ad- school to go to Centennial. My mom, miration for her history as well as her en- brother and I all went to Centennial thusiasm for education and life in general. Middle School. “I’m so happy to have Sarah back in “That’s really cool.”

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Waymo offering free rides to Ahwatukee shopping center BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY AFN Staff Writer

aymo, the self-driving car arm of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is taking the next step as it prepares to launch its commercial driverless ride-hailing service, and Ahwatukee is at its center. The company announced last week that it is launching a pilot program with Walmart and DDR Corp., a nationwide real estate investment firm, to offer riders a more convenient way to shop. The new partnership will allow riders to take advantage of savings opportunities when they order groceries at Walmart. com. They can then ride Waymo vehicles to the store location while their order is being prepared. The new program also will give riders the opportunity to use Waymo vehicles to commute to stores and restaurants in the DDR-owned Ahwatukee Foothills Towne Center at Warner Road and 48th Street. The partnership is a response to rider trends as the company pushes to launch a commercial driverless car service later this year.

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Realtors win fight over voter info for tax exemption BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Republican-dominated legislative committee decided last week that voters don’t need to be told that if they approve a business-backed taxlimiting measure, the state could forgo more than $5.2 billion a year in revenues. There is no dispute that the constitutional amendment being pushed by the Arizona Association of Realtors

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Republicans also insisted on putting language in the ballot brochure describing the increase in tax rates on high-income Arizonans as going from 76 percent to 98 percent. “That’s designed to scare people with big numbers,’’ said Rep. Ken Clark, D-Phoenix, calling the verbiage “clearly biased.’’ He acknowledged the increase is mathematically accurate but said it would be more honest simply to say that the actual tax rate on incomes of more than $250,000 is going from 4.54 percent to 8 percent, and 9 percent on amounts over $500,000. “I think we crossed the line into advocacy,’’ said Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Glendale. “And I think that’s unfortunate.’’ Democrats said Republicans showed the same bias in their refusal to voters what it could mean financially if they constitutionally bar sales taxes on services. By law, the Legislative Council is required to provide “impartial’’ descriptions of all ballot measures. That is the wording that shows up in mail boxes of voters ahead of the Nov. 6 general election to help voters learn about the issues and make up their minds. Clark said one thing voters need to know is how much money is involved. He pointed to a report by legislative staffers that says if the state’s 5.6 percent sales tax applied to healthcare, it would generate close to $2.1 billion. Another $1 billion would flow into state coffers if the levy applied to professional, scientific and technical services, And the balance is made up in other categories like personal care – think haircuts, nail salons and lawn care – as

well as personal finance, which includes investment advice. “I think the public would need that context to be able to make a decision here,’’ Clark said. Gullett had a different take. “This just protects the Arizona taxpayer from having to pay a huge new tax on things that aren’t taxed today,’’ he said, adding that speculation on what might be taxed in the future without the constitutional amendment and the amount of money such taxes might raise is irrelevant and not a proper subject to put in the ballot pamphlet. Clark said it would strip lawmakers of the ability to decide whether to tax certain services that weren’t on the radar two decades ago, like rideshare companies like Uber and homeshare companies like Airbnb. But House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, said it would be misleading to tell voters about a possible $5.2 billion in new revenues. He said the actual amount that could be raised would depend on what services lawmakers decide to tax – assuming that voters do not remove the constitutional right of legislators to make those decisions. Separately, the same committee approved a description of a ballot measure to require half of all power generated in Arizona by 2030 come from renewable sources. That, too, provoked controversy as attorney Jim Barton objected to spelling out in the pamphlet what is not considered “renewable,’’ including nuclear, and that the initiative would not affect Salt River Project. There was no debate, however, over the description of a proposed constitutional amendment which would require public disclosure of all sources of $2,500 or more to influence political campaigns.

Decline in vaccinations an alarming trend for health, school officials BY CECILIA CHAN AFN Staff Writer

s the new school year gets into full swing across the East Valley, the Arizona Department of Health Services offers this eye-opening report: Parents are increasingly choosing to forgo vaccinating their children. Immunization rates among children in the state have dropped from 2012 to 2017 for a number of infectious diseases – including polio, measles, chickenpox and whooping cough, according to the department’s annual report this month.

The report covers the 2017-18 academic year for preschool, kindergarten and sixth grade and is based on self-reporting data. “The health department is concerned about the rising exemptions and reduced coverage,” said Jessica Rigler, the department’s branch chief of public health preparedness. “As the trend continues, we are going to see a continued risk to students, their families and citizens of Arizona for preventable diseases.” In 2017, the immunization rate was such that in an event of an outbreak, over See

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5,000 kindergartners would be at risk for measles, state health officials said. Arizona allows parents to exempt their children for three reasons – medical, personal and religious. However, students in grades K-12 can’t use religious beliefs as an exemption and child care centers, preschool and Head Start can’t use personal-belief exemptions. Data showed the non-medical exemptions continued to rise in Arizona, with the highest rates reported in public charter schools, followed by private and then public schools. In 2017, non-medical exemptions increased to 4.3 percent from 3.9 percent the year prior for preschool, jumped to 5.4 percent from 4.9 percent for kindergarten and rose to 5.4 percent from 5.1 percent for sixth grade. The numbers are somewhat misleading, contended Melissa O’Connor at Montessori Children’s Centre. The Mesa private school, with an enrollment of 41 kindergartners in 2017, reported 51 percent of those students were exempted from the polio vaccine; 51 percent from diphtheria; 54 percent from the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, 41 percent from hepatitis B and 41 percent from chickenpox. “A lot of our parents for the exemptions are on a slower path,” explained O’Connor who oversees the school’s immunization records. “They are getting their kids immunized but just at a slower rate. That is what I am finding with a lot of my parents, not so much that they are completely exempting their kids.”

So, by the time she has to file the report with the state in October, not all of the kindergarteners have had their immunization yet, she said. Parents in Arizona must show proof of all required immunizations or a valid exemption before their children are allowed into the classroom. “We don’t have breakouts here of measles, polio or any of that,” said O’Connor, who has been with the school for 17 years. “Our kids are very healthy here. A majority of our kids are immunized but they are taking a slower route.” Rigler said the data doesn’t show what percentage of students reported as exempted later get vaccinated. “There are some students marked as exempted from vaccination, but their parents are still intending to vaccinate them,” Rigler said. “The data we provide is just a snapshot in time. We ask every school every year to report for all kindergartners currently enrolled, all sixth-graders currently enrolled and childcare facilities of students in a certain age range at that point in time during the beginning part of the school year.” The data, she said, gives the understanding that, for example, if an outbreak of measles were to occur at that particular point in time, the 5,000 kindergartners in 2017 who were not vaccinated against measles would be susceptible to the highly contagious disease. “Schoolchildren are a marker for us as vaccination coverage,” Rigler said. “I think it demonstrates our coverage level for vaccination is not as high as it should be to protect the community against preventable outbreaks.” See

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Will Humble, former Department of Health Services director and now executive director for the advocacy group Arizona Public Health Association, also expressed concern with the trend of dropping vaccination. “When we took a deeper dive into the data, this trend continues to be in the high-income parts of the state,” he said. “It’s the higher-income parents that are the ones contributing to the higher exemption rate, the unvaccinated kids. The problem areas are in Prescott, Sedona, some of the places in Mesa, north Scottsdale – those higher-income places.” Another problem is the uneven distribution in the state, with far more exemptions found in charter schools than public schools, he added. “The same parent who chooses a charter school over public is more likely to challenge a pediatrician about vaccines,” said Humble. A study performed by the state health department and the University of Arizona several years ago identified parents in the top 20 percent of income earners as less likely to vaccinate their children, but why is difficult to say, Rigler said. “Some of the things we know is there is a lot of access for care for lower-income communities and more trust in healthcare providers,” she said. “Whereas with higher income, which correlates with higher education, we often see people do their own research and not look at all the credible sources or listen to what their pediatricians tell them.” Dr. Chinwe Egbo, medical director for Banner Children’s Urgent Care centers, has seen an increase of parents questioning the safety of vaccination. She said a number of parents see the growing autism rate in the country and persist in believing there is a link between that and vaccination. In 1998, British Dr. Andrew Wakefield published a study claiming the measlesmumps-rubella vaccine could lead to autism. His paper was later discredited and retracted and his license to practice medicine yanked. “Even though it was debunked and there is no clinical evidence and studies to prove that, we still have parents who are concerned and don’t want to take the risk,” Egbo said. “And sometimes we get parents who want to spread out the vaccination and get it later.” Those parents worry about the level of mercury or elements in the vaccine, she said. By age 2, children should have received vaccines against 14 diseases, according to

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Children should have received 14 vaccines by the time they are 2 years old, and many parents are getting them exempted from the shots, citing long-discredited claims that vaccines cause autism and other problems.

the immunization schedule approved by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But a majority of parents who don’t vaccinate do so because they say they want to raise their children healthy, through a “natural” route, the doctor said. “That is what we are getting a lot more now than in the past,” she said. “Those are the ones we can’t get to vaccinate.” She said the parents of today were vaccinated as children, which stopped many of the diseases. And, because they don’t see the diseases anymore, they don’t feel the need for vaccination, she added. Although some anti-vaccine parents rely on herd immunity – if enough people are vaccinated, it is unlikely anyone will get sick and infect anyone else – to protect their children, there is still an increased risk for unvaccinated children of catching diseases, Egbo said. Arizona is not alone in seeing a steady increase in non-medical exemptions. Twelve of 18 states with this exemption have seen an increase of parents seeking waivers since 2009, according to a study published this year by PLOS Medicine. The study’s researchers found several major cities, including the Phoenix metropolitan area, stood out for their “very large numbers of non-medical exemptions,” and the high numbers suggest that outbreaks of vaccinepreventable diseases could either originate from or spread rapidly throughout the populations of unimmunized children. “The fact that the largest count of vaccine-exempt pediatric populations originate in large cities with busy international airports may further contribute to this risk,” the report said. To date, the only infectious disease that has been eradicated is smallpox, with polio next on the list. Humble said that in his last year as

the state health director, in 2015, the department overhauled the exemption sheet. Instead of a blanket form, parents are now required to check off and initial each individual vaccine for which they are seeking an exemption. “What we were trying to do is build more transparency in the system,” he said. “In other words, make it clear to the parents, that by signing the exemptions and not vaccinating, what it means to risk their kids and the risks to their classmates.” Among the groups of people who are most at risk from those who are unvaccinated are infants and children simply too young to be vaccinated. Humble added the Arizona Partnership for Immunizations is working with administrators to help parents overcome barriers that might prevent them from getting their children vaccinated and by reducing socalled convenience exemptions, in which parents sign a waiver because they can’t get their children immunized in time to meet school requirements. Rigler said the state is doing more education and outreach with school nurses, healthcare providers and schools, which are often the frontline for parents when registering their children. “One of the things we know is conversation with a trusted individual has a lot of impact on decision-making,” Rigler said. “We are educating them about vaccination and safety so they are equipped to have that conversation with parents.” She said a one-on-one between a pediatrician and parent carries more weight than hearing a message from a health department. The state also is working with county health departments. The state health department last year launched an online pilot program in which parents seeking personal-belief exemptions must first take an immunization education course,

which takes between 25 to 90 minutes to complete, depending on how many exemptions they are seeking. The program was launched at 17 public schools in Glendale, Mesa and Paradise Valley. Rigler said plans are to expand the program to schools in other counties. “I have no beef with the religious exemption if it’s true or medical exemptions,” Humble said. “It’s the personal exemption I have a problem with, and I didn’t use to with all the interventions.” But the interventions are not working as immunization levels continue to drop in Arizona, he said. Whether Arizona will go the way of California, Mississippi and West Virginia (which don’t allow religious and personal exemptions) and allow for medical exemptions is entirely in the hands of state lawmakers, who generally frown on laws that they consider nanny-state issues, Humble said. Two years after California removed personal and religious exemptions, vaccination rates have risen in that state, especially in high-income enclaves like Marin County, which had the highest personal-exemption rates, Humble said. The Golden State’s law was spurred by a 2014 measles outbreak at Disneyland that spread to multiple states, including Arizona. Federal health officials suspected a foreign visitor or an American coming home with the virus was the culprit and the reason why the disease spread was due to the low-vaccination rates. A majority of the people who came down with measles were unvaccinated, according to the CDC. The news was shocking considering the United States in 2000 declared measles eliminated in the country. Humble doesn’t expect to see any changes in the state’s vaccination policy until it hits the pocketbook for charter schools. If there is an outbreak, all the unvaccinated students would be excluded from the charter school by county health for 21 days to two months, which means the school would not get reimbursed by the state, Humble said. Schools receive funding based on student head count. “That would have a profound impact on a charter school because as many as 10 percent to 15 percent of kids won’t attend school,” he said. “It has happened in the past but not on a super large scale.” If today’s trend continues for a couple of years and new interventions from the state and counties aren’t working, his group could push for tougher measures “I’m reluctant to use the power of the state like that we don’t have to but we may end up need that,” he said.

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“This is a matter affecting my personal property rights” and that “no contract or contractual relationship is superior to my constitutional rights to protect my property interests.” He called Zietlin’s description of his arguments “irrelevant and uninformed” and demanded the board tell him in writing how his fight with ADOT is financially harming the HOA. At issue is a piece of HOA common grounds that ADOT needs as it homes in on the South Mountain Preserve and prepares to cut through the park, ultimately carving a 200-foot-wide path across two mountain peaks as it continues to work toward a late2019 completion of the 22-mile freeway connecting the Chandler and West 59th Street interchanges of Interstate 10. ADOT several years ago condemned 21 Foothills Reserve homes and has continued other work virtually on the community’s edge. Hanke contends that ADOT has failed to justify taking the common grounds, claiming state law forbids a government agency from seizing public land unless it can show a public need. But two Superior Court judges have disagreed, allowing ADOT to take the land immediately and continue the freeway work. Hanke has asked the state Court of Appeals to stop the agency and order a full hearing on his case – something, he says, Superior Court has not allowed because it denied his request for discovery, the process by which lawyers can obtain documents and other evidence from the other side in order to bolster their case. Hanke, who is an attorney, told the appeals court, “Contrary to the incessant

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Freeway work outside Footshill Reserve starts early as workers continue moving on South Mountain, where the freeway will cut a 200-foot-wide gash across two or three peaks in the near future. Resident Dietmar Hanke said noise starts well before sunrise.

ADOT propaganda, the historical layout of the Phoenix metropolitan freeway system some 30 years ago was nothing more than the product of ... blue sky thinking and planning ... There was/is no public need.” Zeitlin in an interview said, “His claims were never in good.” “He’s trying to stop the freeway using arguments that were already adjudicated in federal court,” Zeitlin said, referring to the prolonged and ultimately unsuccessful battle waged against the freeway by the Gila River Indian Community and Ahwatukee residents who belonged to Protect Arizona’s Resources and Children. In a statement to AFN, the HOA board said it needs that $6.5 million immediately because it has only a small window to make certain improvements for the homeowners’ benefit. “Our community’s current southern perimeter walls and fences are located somewhere near the middle of what will be Loop 202,” the board said through its president, Galen Schleim. “We must replace these walls for our residents, especially residents at the ‘taking’ line, or they will be looking at a barbed wire wildlife fence, water retention ponds and

freeway landscaping. “We have a small window of opportunity to find a vendor to build the necessary wall and work with ADOT so that a barbed wire fence is not erected,” the statement continued. “Once the barbed wire fence is in place, we may not have the authority to take it out.” The board also said Hanke’s “claims are obstructing the association’s rights to access the funds as the state will not let the association have access to our settlement funds until all claims are resolved...even ones that have no merit. Thus, Mr. Hanke’s arguments – which the court found have no merit – are detrimental to our community.” “He is challenging the state’s right to continue with their project,” it also said, “and the HOA’s right to handle issues regarding the sale of our common areas which are owned solely by the HOA. He signed declarations when he purchased his home giving the HOA’s board the authority to negotiate and sell common areas under the threat of condemnation by the state. He’s trying to throw a wrench into that process. His actions are now harmful to our community. Hanke contends the board has harmed the homeowners by siding with ADOT

in the land dispute. In court papers, he characterized ADOT’s actions as “physically invading the association to demolish homes, erase streets, destroy a perimeter wall and mail kiosk owned by the Association, violate numerous Association rules and covenants and install an industrial concern within the lands of the Association. All this without any invitation, permission or privilege.” He labeled those actions “uninvited, unprivileged, unauthorized, abusive, arrogant and surreptitious.” He also asserts that while ADOT has been forced to put up a $15 million bond to cover any homeowner’s claims of damages for the diminished value of their homes, the total from those claims could be as high as $19 million. Zeiltlin said it’s far too early to talk about money because the individual claims for damages will comprise a complex case that could take years to resolve. Those claims could involve not just construction-related damage to driveways, foundations or landscape but also the freeway’s overall impact the homes’ worth. Zeitlin said, to his knowledge, all homeowners were advised when they bought their houses that ADOT would be building the freeway. The attorney general in June told the court, “Mr. Hanke’s arguments cannot prevent the state from acquiring possession and building the freeway,” but admitted the homeowners’ claims will be another matter – claims that Zeitlin and the HOA say Hanke is free to pursue. “The ultimate result may be that the claims are higher because of the rules regarding condemnation blight,” the AG’s office said. “But that is not something that should prevent the state from building the project.”

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Dietmar Hanke says his war is not with his HOA but with the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Foothills Reserve’s HOA is only feet away from the path of the South Mountain Freewa, which will eat up some of theassociation’scommon land in the lower right of this photo.

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Dozens of legislative acts poised to become law in Arizona BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

ome this Friday, Aug. 3, women who want an abortion will be asked new questions, consumers can have their credit frozen for free, Grade A eggs can stay on the shelf longer, and 15-year-olds won’t be able to legally marry. There also will be new limits on the ability of cities to require public disclosure of campaign donations. And judges will be deciding who gets frozen embryos following a divorce based on who wants to actually use them. Oh, and Arizona will have an official state dinosaur: the Sonorasaurus. State legislators approved more than 300 measures before adjourning in May. While some took effect immediately, most kick in on Aug. 3. And what happens that day covers a grab-bag of issues. Law and order Lawmakers voted to make it illegal to have “non-disclosure agreements’’ that bar someone who has settled a case of sexual assault or harassment from responding to questions from police or prosecutors or making statements in any criminal proceedings. Rep. Maria Syms, R-Paradise Valley, called those agreements a “sexual predator loophole.’’ She said they leave future potential victims unaware that the person with whom they are dealing has a history of harassment or rape. And the new law makes such NDAs totally off limits if the person involved is a public official and uses public dollars for the settlement. Another bill is a reaction to existing law and court rulings on child molestation that say someone charged with touching a child could claim that the action was “not motivated by sexual interest.’’ Rep. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, said it’s not fair to put that burden on the accused. And he questioned why someone who might be changing a diaper should have to go to court in the first place. The measure he crafted says that child molestation laws do not apply to touching “that a reasonable person would recognize as normal caretaking interactions or responsibilities with a minor or vulnerable adult.’’ Lawmakers, alarmed at the increasing presence of wrong-way drivers on urban freeways, also agreed to create a special category of offense for doing that, with a $500 fine and a requirement to attend traffic survival school. And those who are drunk while doing that will lose their licenses for at least

a year. In the traffic department, lawmakers also voted to prohibit photo radar citations from being sent out by the private companies that run these operations for cities and counties without first being reviewed by a law enforcement officer. There also are new penalties for those who get into accidents that kill or injure others if they are driving without insurance. And anticipate paying an extra $4 on traffic tickets to pay for police officer equipment and training. Consumer rights One big change should make it easier for Arizonans to protect themselves from identity theft. A decade ago, the Legislature voted to allow credit reporting agencies to charge a $5 fee every time someone wants to lock their credit to prevent anyone else from opening a new account or borrowing money in their name. The problem for consumers is that fee applies not on each time someone freezes a credit report but when a person “unfreezes’’ it to finance a purchase, such as for a new car. And putting the freeze back on logs another $5 fee. Then there’s the fact the fee applies to each party. So for a husband and wife that same series of actions now totals $30. Finally, there are three credit agencies, each getting to charge a fee. And since it takes contacting all three to get full protection, the cost triples to $90. As of Friday, those fees will become illegal. Also disappearing at the same time will be fees on gift cards. The only exception would be for bank-issued debit or reloadable prepaid cards. But people who declare bankruptcy will get to keep more of their personal property. In general, when people seek protection from creditors they are required to sell off assets to pay their debts. But federal bankruptcy law allows each state to decide how much individuals can keep. Under the old law, for example, individuals could have one typewriter, one computer, one bicycle, one sewing machine, a family bible a burial plot and one shotgun, rifle or pistol if the total value does not exceed $1,000. Now the total value is $2,000. And at the behest of gun-rights advocates, lawmakers decided that those who file bankruptcy can separately keep as many weapons as they want as long as their total value is $2,000. And those Grade A eggs on store shelves? The new law says they can be dated as far out as 45 days from being packaged after

lawmakers said they were convinced there is no health hazard. But consumers wanting something fresher can instead seek out Grade AA eggs, which still cannot be sold after 24 days. Education One of the first groups to be affected are children in kindergarten through third grade: They will get at least two recess periods a day. Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, crafted

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Another education bill permits substitute teachers to use classroom time to meet requirements for a standard teaching certificate. And teachers and school officials will be permitted to post of the state motto “Ditat deus’’ in classrooms, along with the English translation of “God enriches.’’ One bill falls into the category of parental rights. It requires schools to notify parents if their child is subject to harassing, threatening or intimidating conduct. That same measure also mandates notification in the event of a suspected concussion and requires school board to develop information on the dangers of heat-related illness, sudden cardiac death and prescription opioid use. Local governments will now be prohibited from requiring private schools to be located on parcels of at least an acre. And in the higher-education category, one new law requires the Board of Regents and community colleges to adopt “free expression’’ policies designed to allow public areas of schools to be open to any speaker invited by a student, student group or faculty member. Business regulation Fears of things that might happen – but haven’t – took center stage on this front. One new law spells out that local governments cannot tax groceries or restaurant food that is not already subject to state sales taxes. That is aimed at heading off the possibility that some Arizona communities could choose to impose a tax on sodas or sugary drinks as a public health incentive to get people to give them up or drink less. That comes in the wake of such levies in places like Philadelphia, whose law was upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Lawmakers also voted to bar local governments from requiring private employers to provide health insurance to their workers. Here, too, no Arizona community has enacted such a rule. Another prohibits cities and counties from imposing new occupational licensing requirements unless it is “necessary to protect the health, safety or welfare of the public.’’ Food vendors will no longer have to seek licenses in each community they operate, with that being replaced by statewide licensing. Companies will be able to offer new financial products to Arizonans without state licensing under a “regulatory sandbox’’ measure reducing oversight. And legislators gave Arizona utilities the equivalent of a “get out of jail free’’ card in case voters approve a constitution amendment in November to require them to generate half their electricity from renewable

sources by 2030. Unable to void a constitutional measure, lawmakers approved a proposal crafted by Arizona Public Service which would make violations subject to penalties of no more than $5,000 – and as little as $100 – effectively allowing the utilities to ignore the mandate and pay the fine instead. Landlords are getting some relief they sought, with one new law giving tenants 60 days to dispute itemized deductions from security deposits and another shortening from 21 to 14 days the amount of time they have to hold a tenant’s personal property. But legislators did agree to allow rape victims to break their leases without penalty or require the landlord to install a new lock. Health and safety It would not be a legislative session if lawmakers did not approve at least one measure dealing with abortion. Existing law contains open-ended questions that health care providers are supposed to ask about the reason for the abortion. That includes whether the procedure is elective or due to some issue of maternal or fetal health. The new statute gets more specific, with women asked about specific medical conditions and whether the procedure is being sought because the pregnancy is due to rape or incest. And women also will be questioned whether they are being coerced into the abortion, whether they are the victim of sex trafficking and whether they are the victim of domestic violence. A somewhat related measure spells out for the first time in Arizona law what a judge hearing a divorce case must consider when there are fertilized embryos. Current law gives judges no particular guidance if there is a dispute, with courts often deciding their fate based on a contract the couple signed while still married. This law says a court must give the embryos to the parent who promises to bring them to term, even if it is the father’s girlfriend or new wife and even if the former wife and biological parent objects. Another new law requires the state health director to adopt rules for operation of sober-living’ homes, facilities which are designed to provide a place for people to live while they are dealing with alcohol and drug abuse problems. Individuals who wrongfully claim their pets are service animals will be subject to $250 fines. And look out for 200-pound robots, which are now authorized to make deliveries along city sidewalks.

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1. Set Your Priorities What I mean by this is understand the reason you are selling. Once you understand the “why” of selling, it helps to place tangential but related issues into focus. Is there a specific date being imposed due to a change of jobs? Pending divorce? Kids are gone and the extra large space is no longer required? Understanding these “hard” issues will help you decide on pricing considerations (what is your “take-away” goal…is there a net-net you are seeking?), your choice of agents and whether you choose to undertake some sprucing up of the old castle prior to listing the home for sale.

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esert Vista High School junior James Gossett wasn’t sure what to expect visiting Scotland’s craggy shore of the North Sea in July. James didn’t remember much from his only other visit to Anstruther, where the family of his mother, Jill, goes back 200 years. After all, he was only 6 months old. This time, the lanky, basketball-playing 16-year-old was not just visiting this historic fishing village on the southern coast of the East Neuk of Fife. He was there to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Cellardyke Sea Queen Gala. That gala started in 1948 to celebrate the village’s centuries-old fishing community and relationship with the sea. For more than 150 years, it was one of Scotland’s primary fishing communities, and the locals still gather to celebrate its glorious past. What compelled James to leave a summer filled with basketball activities and fly to the seaside village – 10 miles from St. Andrews – was his desire to visit his maternal grandmother – who, as Agnes

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As a young girl in 1953, Agnes Schmiecher (then Agnes Brunton) was named Sea Queen of the Scottish fishing village of Anstruther. Here she receives the queen’s scepter from the previous year’s queen.

Brunton, was crowned Sea Queen in 1953 as a curly-haired girl of 15. That teenaged queen found her career in the sky, not the high seas, however. She became a stewardess after learning that American Airlines need English-speaking young women who spoke a second language. In her case, it was French. After marrying a handsome American returning from the Army, she “retired” at age 26 as married stewardesses – as they were called back then – were being laid off by the airlines. The young women who had been forcibly retired formed an informal group called the Kiwi Club, after the flightless bird. With her married name, Schmiecher, Agnes returned to work as a gate agent at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in 1972. Although the ban on married stewardesses had been lifted, she chose not to go back to flying because she had small children at the time. Later, she was promoted to American Airlines’ international department and trained employees in Zurich, Munich and Italy. She then worked in Chicago’s Admirals Club for a number of years and retired from there after 42 years of service. Agnes lives in Burr Ridge, Illinois, and at 79 still travels the world. But nothing, she said, could compare to this homecoming, the Sea Queen Reunion, and the ceremonies at Cellardyke Harbour. “When the pipers started playing, I felt a lump in my throat and was very emotional. Always am when I hear the bagpipes, as it’s in my Scottish blood,” she laughed. She recalled the beautiful sunny day when throngs of people lined the seawall, the flag-festooned homes and the moment when the procession proceeded from Anstuther Harbor to the Cellardyke Harbour and past her family home. “We passed by the Brunton house where I was brought up. It was the family home for 200 years,” she said, recalling both her great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather were lost at sea. Today, models of her father and grandfather’s respective ships, The Lasher and The Noontide, are featured in the Scot-

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Enjoying the highlands of Scotland were Desert Vista junior James Gossett, his mother, Jill, and his grandmother Agnes Schmiecher. They visited a land where their family goes back two centuries. They participated in the annual Cellardyke Sea Queen Gala, which for 70 years has celebrated the village's importance as a fishing port.

tish Fisheries Museum as significant contributors to the local fishing industry. “When we arrived at the Cellardyke Harbour, where the crowning would take place, they’d started the music. I couldn’t believe it was the same music they played years ago when I was Sea Queen,” she recalled, adding: “It was from ‘Aida.’ I get tears in my eyes every time I hear it. I remember giving my speech after the lovely young

lady, Katie, was crowned Sea Queen, and it seemed like the years melted away and I was reliving the moment. I have to thank my daughter, who persuaded me to go.” For Jill, the trip from Ahwatukee back to Scotland and the County of Fife was the result of a call last year from Scottish Fisheries Museum Director Richard Wemyss. See

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2 Desert Vista grads involved in prestigious UofA research AFN News Staff

wo Desert Vista High School graduates are making waves at the University of Arizona for their scientific accomplishments as Beckman Scholars. Amanda Warner, the daughter of Todd and Lisa Warner of Ahwatukee, and Max Lagas, the son of Ahwatukee residents Sharon and Phillip Lagas, graduated from Desert Vista in 2016 and 2015, respectively. Both budding scientists are participating in the Beckman Scholars Program, a highly selective nationwide program started by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, which seeks high-caliber undergraduate research programs demonstrating “a significant commitment” to chemistry, biology or a combination of the two disciplines.

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Warner, 20, said that when she was growing up, “I was always curious about why diseases occurred and how they are acquired. “It wasn’t until a research-based biotechnology class at DV with Mrs. Musheno that my interest was further sparked in cancer and molecular biology. The mechanisms behind cancer and other debilitating diseases fascinates me and I am eager to join other researchers in finding cures and treatments for patients,” she said. Now Warner, studying a double major in molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry, is working with Dr. Ross Buchan to find a cure for Huntington’s disease. “I have always enjoyed science labs in high school. After spending a summer as an intern at the UDSA working with a molecular entomologist, Dr. Joe Hull, I truly knew research was the path for me,” she said. Huntington’s is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that causes brain cell death. It leads to symptoms of uncontrolled movements, dementia and ultimately an untimely death. “Currently there is no cure for Huntington’s disease, which is one of the reasons why we are conducting research to understand more about it,” said Warner, who was involved in a variety of activities at Desert Vista, including four years of French horn in band, four years as a tutor in the Desert Vista Peet Tutoring Organization, three years of marching band and two years with the National Honors Society.

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Amanda Moore, a 2016 Desert Vista High graduate, is involved in a prestigious research program at the University of Arizona, looking for a cure for Huntington's disease.

A protein called Huntingtin (HTT) is normally found in healthy individuals; however, this protein becomes mutat-

ed, or altered, and functions differently in Huntington’s disease patients. It is known in the field that the mutated

form of HTT is the cause of Huntington’s disease. “The mutated HTT proteins begin to act like magnets until all of the HTT proteins come together to form a large clump inside cells,” Warner said. “It is uncertain whether the aggregation of HTT proteins is the cause of brain cell death or not.” Normally cells have mechanisms that act as trash cans, since they dispose of unwanted or mutated proteins. So why aren’t these mechanisms getting rid of the mutated HTT proteins? Previous data from the Buchan lab suggests that the mutated HTT proteins may be aggregating if the disposal mechanisms of the cells are functioning incorrectly. The Buchan lab uses microscopy to analyze the cellular interactions of proteins. In order to see the proteins and tell them apart from other portions of the cell, the scientists attach a fluorescent colored tag to them. “It is fascinating to see the glowing green HTT proteins inside live cells under the microscope,” Warner said. As the research project began in May of this year, Amanda looked forward to where the research would go and what it wpi;d reveal about HTT interactions inside the cell. “What I love most about research is how the data will be used to positively impact people’s lives,” Warner said. In the future, the data they discover about HTT aggregate interactions could potentially be used in drug development to improve the outcome of patient’s with Huntington’s disease. UofA is one of 12 universities across the U.S. selected for the Beckman Scholars Program and only 21 students were chosen this year. They will perform research for 15 months with a distinguished mentor in their field of interest and will receive over $20,000 to be used as a stipend, for research materials and travel to scientific conferences. “I am very grateful for the opportunity to be associated with an outstanding program full of hard-working scientists and receiving guidance from experienced mentors,” said Warner, who plans to obtain a Ph.D. in molecular or cancer biology.

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(Special to AFN) Max Lagas, a 2015 Desert Vista High grad, also is participating in a research project at the Unioversity of Arizona through the prestigious Beckman Scholars program. His research with work could lead to new discoveries related to the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Lagas, 22, had two reasons for getting into a scientific career. He, his mother and grandmother, a brother and two cousins have all been See

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It was he who, after a 18-year hiatus, revived the Cellardyke Sea Queen crowning and festivities honoring the East Neuk crab and fishing villages that sustained the area since the 16th century. “Scotland is a second home to me as I was fortunate to grow up summers there in our family home,” said Gossett, a 15-year Ahwatukee resident who has worked with Univision Communications for six years. “When I learned there would be a Sea Queen Gala commemorating the 70th anniversary, and a reunion for all the former Sea Queens, I thought this would be something special that my son James, and my mother, a former Sea Queen, would have to experience together.” When her son was asked to be in the procession, it became all the more poignant. James carried the wreath made of sea pinks to commemorate the men lost at sea and those who died during World War I. Gossett said she thought how pleased her grandparents would have been to meet the next generation, represented by her son. “The energy at the event was electrifying, people beaming with pride. As we followed the pipe band with James carrying the wreath to commemorate those lost at sea and in WWI, I was overwhelmed with happiness and tears, and

so happy to have James experience the Scottish culture I know and love.” As moving as this was to Agnes and Jill, James found it a once-in-a-lifetime moment. And though July is an important college recruiting month for high school basketball players, James – a 6-foot-5 power forward/center who played junior varsity his freshman and sophomore year – said he didn’t think twice about going on the 11-day trip. “It was really a cool thing to be a part of this family heritage,” he said. “When I heard about it I thought, ‘Oh, that sounds cool.’ But when I was there, seeing so many people looking down on us on the pier, and watching her walk – it was beautiful.” James was well aware of his family sea heritage, having heard the history from both his grandmother and mother, but experiencing the day firsthand was memorable. “We were on the pier on the harbor side, and I handed the wreath to the oldest living man, aged 93, who made his living at the sea. He handed the wreath to the Sea Queen. She was taken out in a boat on the North Sea and released the wreath into the water to commemorate those lost at sea. You could hear the bagpipes playing,” said James, who’s also on the Thunder swim team. “Looking back, you know it’s something you’ll never experience again. It was beautiful.”

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t may not be unusual for 12-year-old girls to know how to bake a cake, but that’s not why Bella Gump is special. For about a year now, the Ahwatukee girl has used her cakes to make women in need feel special. A student at St. John Bosco School in Ahwatukee, Bella volunteers at the Elizabeth House in Tempe, one of a string of houses operated by the nonprofit Maggie’s Place. Maggie’s Place runs about a half-dozen houses in neighborhoods scattered across the Valley to provide pregnant single women a nurturing and stable home and nutritious food. Full-time and part-time volunteers helping them not only become good mothers but productive members of the community as well by providing counseling and other help. As part of her outreach, Bella for more than a year has baked a cake every month to help celebrate the birthday of one of its residents or full-time live-in volunteers – a tiny gesture, perhaps, but one that helps remind them that they are appreciated. In part, she was inspired by her brother Rocco, a student at Seton Catholic Preparatory who has been bringing dinners to residents the past three years. Recently, Bella’s kindness also produced an unintended consequence that further helped Maggie’s Place continue the mission that its five founders began in 1999.

Her grandfather Tim Gump heard Bella talk about the first cake she delivered to a young mother at Elizabeth House. “The mother told her it was the first birthday cake she’d ever had,” said Bella’s mom, Jena. “Hearing this tugged at his heart.” Turns out Grandpa has a big heart, too. He’s a member of the Mesa Hohokams, which for decades has raised money for countless charities, mainly by providing support for fans at spring baseball games at Mesa’s two stadiums. “He knew he needed to get the Mesa Hohokams involved,” Jena said. “Truly moved by the wonderful things Maggie’s Place does to help mothers in need, the Hohokams made a generous donation of $5,000 to be used at the Elizabeth House.” “Bella was so excited” with the development, family friend Terri Lisi said – especially because “Maggie’s Place does wonderful work and these single moms deserve lots of support.” There are many ways to help Maggie’s Place continue that work, from donating baby and maternity supplies to supporting it with cash donations to volunteering. You can find out more information at maggiesplace.org. Meanwhile, Lisi said Bella’s acts of kindness and the generosity it inspired from the Hohokams make for “a great start to the new school year.”

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Arpaio to speak at Pecos Center

Former Lakewood resident John Rodriguez is sponsoring a town hall with former sheriff and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Joe Arpaio 6-8 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Pecos Community Center, 17010 S. 48th St. An Arizona sports agent and community organizer, Rodriguez said he tried to secure the attendance of the two other Republican candidates, but they declined. Arpaio “has made no special requests and has asked for no favors. No questions he will not answer,” Rodriguez said. “And he has agreed to the rules that have been used in the past congressional debates and townhalls I have hosted over the years for Republican and Democrat candidates for public office. The two other campaigns mentioned may try to discount my efforts in serving the community, but the offer was made and with no confirmations,” he added. “I’m paying for this public event for you, the Arizona voters and I’m looking forward to this event more than all the past events,” Rodriguez said. “I do my community volunteering for the community first and foremost not for politicians.” Information: jdrfoundation@msn.com.

Auditions scheduled Aug. 11 for annual Ahwatukee Nutcracker

Ahwatukee dance instructor Kimberly Lewis is holding auditions on Aug. 11 at her studio for her Ahwatukee Nutcracker extravaganza. See afnutcracker.com for the various times for different roles as well as other special instructions. Auditions are open to the public and there are roles for people 3 and up. A film about last year’s

Ahwatukee production has been making the rounds at films festivals around the country. This year will mark the 19th production of the local show.

Support service launched for hearing-visually impaired

The Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing has launched its Support Service Provider (SSPs) program for people who have combined vision and hearing loss. The $192,000 program goal in this first year is to serve 35 citizens statewide. SSPs are specially trained professionals who assist people who are deaf-blind to do activities like grocery shopping, banking, essential housework and other errands independently. The consumer is allotted 20 hours per month for this service and are asked to provide ACDHH with a two-week notice upon their SSP request. Information: j.stylinski@acdhh.az.gov or call 602-726-4109.

volunteers for two unique programs. The original Animal Assisted Activities program is where a registered Therapy Team visits with 8-10 kids at a partner agency or Title 1 school twice per month. In addition, Gabriel’s Angels recently added a new Animals, Books and Children program. Teams visit select students over a semester to support reading fluency and build confidence and motivation. Volunteer roles include being a registered handler and his/her own dog or assisting a team. Infor: GabrielsAngels.org or 602-266-0875.

Kelly Athena to speak at Prickly Pear Fest Aug. 18 in Superior

The free seventh annual Prickly Pear Festival Aug. 18 in Superior will feature Ahwatukee desert forager Kelly Athena speaking at 10 a.m. about “The Desert Grocery Store: Harvesting and Preparing the Beans of the Palo Verde, Mesquite, and Ironwood Trees.” A chili cook-off, vendors, music, art, and a margarita shake-off will take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Details: kellyathena.com/plant-walks.

Gabriel’s Angels seeks more help, with or without dogs Knights of Columbus golf tourney Gabriel’s Angels, founded in 2000 by Pam Gaber and her Weimaraner dog, Gabriel, is the only funds numerous acts of charity Arizona non-profit organization that delivers healing pet therapy to at-risk children. The agency is currently expanding its 225 active volunteer base to serve additional youth, and is seeking volunteers both with and without registered pet therapy dogs. Founded in Ahwatukee, the organization’s pet therapy programs improve the emotional health and well-being of children and help them to develop core social behaviors. Currently Gabriel’s Angels serves approximately 15,200 at-risk children and is recruiting

The Corpus Christi Knights of Columbus Council 10062 will hold its 27th annual Joe Hasulak Memorial Golf Tournament Sept. 29 at the Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, Ahwatukee. Proceeds will benefit local Knights of Columbus sanctioned charities. The Knights are seeking sponsorship at various levels. Registration and tournament play is open to all. Player registration of $85 includes greens fees, two beverage tickets, cart, “goodie” bag and lunch. Raffle prizes, contests and more will round out a fun day for all involved.

Previous Knights of Columbus Council 10062 golf tournaments have benefited local organizations such as St. Vincent de Paul Society, Maggie’s Place, The 100 Club, The Ahwatukee Foothills YMCA and other worthy programs aiding youth, the less fortunate and the homeless. K of C 10062 Charities, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Information on how you can be a sponsor, golfer or both: tournament Chairman Mike Moore at 480-712-3236 or e-mail moore4mike@msn.com.

Legion Post 64 needs help on golf tournament sponsors, prizes

Even though Ahwatukee American Legion Post 64’s annual golf tournament is Dec. 7 at Legacy Golf Resort, organizers aren’t wasting any time putting out a call for the community’s help. “We are in need of volunteers that can help us with the many things that need to be done to make this event a success,” chairman Doug Patterson said. “We need to gather prizes for our raffle, get golfers to sign up to play, and engage sponsors to support us. One big need is a major sponsor, which would get its name on banners, the website, some golf item like a shirt or hat." Volunteers and prospective sponsors can contact at dpatterson27@cox.net or 602-791-6843.

Y OPAS needs volunteer drivers to help elderly local residents

The YMCA Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors needs volunteers who can spend even a few hours driving elderly people to medical appoints or grocery shopping and other errands. Volunteers must pass a background check and then can choose the hours they want to participate. Information: jill.sears@vosymca.org or 602212-6076.

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Monthly book discussion

Read the book and join each lively discussion the first Wednesday of the month. August’s read: “The Story of Arthur Truluv” by Elizabeth Berg. September’s read: “Norwich” by Karen Crouse. DETAILS>> 7-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adult. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAY, AUG. 7

Writing critique groups

David Anderson leads the Parchment and Prose Writers’ discussion group for workshops, presentations, and discussions about all aspects of the writing process from conception to publication. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adult. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY AUG. 8

Phoenix book discussion

Discuss the One Book, One Phoenix selection “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler. Ironwood Adult Services Librarian Mike Smith will facilitate the exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and themes.

Please read the complete novel prior to the program. DETAILS>> 6:30-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adult. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, AUG. 11 Teen council

LTC meets the second Saturday of every month to plan teen events at the library. Join us to earn community service hours, make friends, and have fun. DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-17. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAY AUG. 14 LEGO Lab

Children accompanied by an adult can stop by for fun LEGO building time the second Tuesday of each month. DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15 Blood Drive

Give the gift of blood at this American Red Cross Blood Drive. DETAILS>> 2:30–7 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E.

Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adult. Free. Appointments are recommended and can be made at www.redcrossblood.org; select the “Donating Blood” option to submit your appointment time. Walk-in donations are also welcome, as available.

TUESDAY. AUG. 21

Ironwood Writers Critique Group

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.

THURSDAY AUG. 23

Watersmart Workshop

Learn practical advice for maintaining a healthy, beautiful, and water-efficient lawn. Presented by the City of Phoenix Water Department. DETAILS>> 6:30–7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults. Free. To register, visit phoenix.gov/water or call 602-261-8367. Walk-ins welcome, space permitting.

SUNDAYS

Gentle Yoga for healthy spine

Inner Vision Yoga Studio offers “gentle floor yoga” for core strengthening and healthy backs. DETAILS>> 11:30 a.m. 4025 E. Chandler, Ahwatukee. $6 per class. Information: 480-330-2015 or donna@ innervisionyoga.com.

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.

Chess, knitters clubs

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

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diagnosed with a rare kidney disease called Alport syndrome. He also has a rare liver disease called Wilson’s disease and a cholesterol disease known as hypercholesterolemia. “My doctors and my journey with these diseases inspired me to get involved with science and make it my life’s passion. I hope to be a pediatric nephrologist to help kids who have kidney disease go through the same problems I went through and turn their disease into a positive, like my doctors did for me. I am currently applying to medical school. “Another reason was because of my biotechnology teacher in high school, Mrs. Musheno. She showed me to my love of research and molecular biology,” he said. “I was very involved with Mrs. Musheno’s biotechnology class. I not only took the class but also volunteered to help her out during the year with the class, and this helped me to truly understand very early on what it was like to work in a research lab and that I found it incredibly interesting. It inspired me to take molecular biology as my second major in college and get involved in research for all four years of my undergraduate career.” Now he is involved in “very time-consuming” work involving research into Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a loss of dopamine neurons in the brain that can cause tremors of the hands, stiff muscles, impaired posture and loss of control of movements. It can lead to a loss of voluntary control of motion and affects more than 1 million people in the United States. “Many experiments take multiple days to complete because IO work with yeast and yeast needs time to grow,” Lagas said. “I work with a robot that speeds up the process, allowing me to run five times the samples than I can do by hand, but some experiments will take all week.” The causes behind the death of these neurons is unknown, but there is evidence for environmental and genetic contributions to the disease. One of the hallmarks of the genetic contributions is Lewy bodies, which are aggregates that for unknown reasons accumulate in dopamine neurons in Parkinson’s patients. One protein that is found in high amounts in these Lewy bodies is a-Synuclein. Researchers believe it to be an import-

ant part of Lewy body-related pathology because past research has found it causes interactions in the movement of vesicles around the cell and other related pathways which could be contributing to the pathology of the disease. In the Buchan Lab at the University of Arizona, Lagas is studying Synuclein in baker’s yeast. “Being a single celled organism, yeast may seem a strange model to examine a degenerative neuronal disease,” Lagas said. “However, time and again, yeast have proven themselves as a powerful model for understanding human biology. This is in large part due to the ability to easily introduce human genes into them, a remarkable ease to edit the yeast genome, and the fact that all of their 6,000 genes have been identified, almost half of which have clear functional equivalents in humans. Thus, the basics of how a yeast cell works are largely the same as that of a human cell.” Lagas’s focuses on identifying cellular pathways in yeast that are interfered with by Synuclein protein aggregates, resulting in cellular toxicity and “ultimately validating if these same pathways are disrupted by Synuclein protein aggregates in humans.” That may enable scientists to one day “develop more targeted therapeutics for patients in the future.” Overall, the Beckman program “has been one of the best research experiences of my undergraduate career,” he said. It has allowed me the time that I would not have had during the year to grow and focus on my project.” He said it “has been instrumental in moving my project forward while also making my summer so much fun” because it “not only focuses on lab research, but they have fun activities such as hikes and seminars for us to participate in.” He also said the program “has given me a new-found appreciation for my research and research in general.” Lagas hopes to one day run his own lab while also being a practicing physician. He believes that research is deeply important and every M.D. should be involved. He hopes to use many of the techniques he learned studying Parkinson’s in yeast to study kidney diseases in the future.

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DETAILS>> The Chess Club meets at 11 a.m. and Knitters Anonymous meets at 2 p.m., both at Sun Cup Café, 1241 E Chandler Blvd. For either club, call 480246-1912 for more information.

TinkerTime

Explore hands-on creative ways to design, experiment, and invent while learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) through tinkering. #stem #tinkertime #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> Sundays, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

Our Faith Bible Study

This biblical scripture study embraces a spirit-filled, intellectually honest, and refreshingly understandable exploration of God’s Word. Lessons will combine Christian and Jewish theology along with bible history, archaeology and linguistics for a rich learning experience. DETAILS>> 9:15 a.m. Mountain View Lutheran Church. 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee Information: 480-893-2579. www.mvlutheran.org/classes.

MONDAYS

Sign language for crawlers

Accompanied by a favorite adult, babies birth to crawling enjoy songs, music, rhymes, books, interactive stories, simple sign language words, activities to promote movement, and playtime. DETAILS>> 10:30-11 a.m. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages birth to crawling. Free. Tickets are limited and available in the library 30 minutes before program begins.

Sign language for walkers

Babies walking to 23 months (accompanied by a favorite adult) enjoy 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.

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.

TUESDAYS

Coloring for grown-ups

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

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

Estrangement support

Although rarely discussed, family estrangement is far more common than most people realize. The estranged suffer from loneliness, lack of self-esteem, guilt, anger and depression. Desert Foothills United Methodist Church provides a support group that meets the first Tuesday of every month. The public is invited to the “Living Loss” sessions. No questions asked, and anonymity will be respected. DETAILS>> 7 p.m., first Tuesday of every month; 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. Free. Information: 480-460-1025 and office@desertfoothills.org

Yoga Guided Meditation

Center the mind body connection through the practice of yoga and meditation with instructors from the nonprofit organization Life Empowerment Yoga Guided Meditation and Reflexology. Please bring a yoga mat or large towel. DETAILS>> 10:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults. Free. No registration required.

Chair yoga featured

Inner Vision Yoga Studio offers chair yoga to help seniors and people recovering from injuries to stay fit. DETAILS>> 1:30-2:30 p.m., 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. $6 per class. Information: 480-330-2015 or donna@innervisionyoga.com.

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. Infor:. Gina Jenkins, 480-990-5444.

WEDNESDAYS

Tour the Capitol

State Rep. Jill Norgaard, R-Ahwatukee, will host tours of the State Capitol every Wednesday through July. People can visit the museum, tour Bolin Plaza and check out the House’s chambers. DETAILS>> 10 a.m., Email tgardner@azleg.gov to RSVP.

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 hang-ups. Whether it’s addiction, loss, anger, or stress, you can find the freedom you’re looking for today. DETAILS>> 6:20 p.m. Mountain View Lutheran Church. 11002 S. 48th St, Ahwatukee. Information: 480-893-2579. www.mvlutheran.org.

ToddlerTime with signing

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 Sign Language, a great way to help young children develop communication skills, in this an active session. Using sign language will speed your toddler’s language development by six-12 months. Tickets are limited & available in the library 30 minutes before program start time. DETAILS>> 10:30-11:00 a.m. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 24-47 months. Free.

Sit, Stay, Read!

Emerging readers of all ages can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. Read to Truffles. DETAILS>> 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 and intermediates. DETAILS>>2:30-5 p.m. Hobby Lobby, 4710 Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Four classes for $80. To register: Judy Lokits 480-471-8505, or judylokits.com.

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 hang-ups. Whether it’s addiction, loss, anger, or stress, you can find the freedom you’re looking for. DETAILS>>6:20 PM, Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 South 48th Street, Ahwatukee. 480893-2579, mvlutheran.org.

Montessori holds open house

THURSDAYS

Networking group meets

ACT Networking Group, standing for Ahwatukee, Chandler and Tempe, meets weekly. DETAILS >> 7:45-8:45 p.m., Tukes Kafe, 15815 S. 50th St., Ahwatukee. Information: 602-418-3645.

Teen Thursdays

Ironwood Library provides the snacks and fun every Thursday; teens just bring themselves and a friend for gaming, movies, Kahoots and crafts.. First Thursdays: video games; second Thursdays: art-making; third Thursdays: Upcycling Makerspace. Fourth Thursdays: Library Volunteer Opportunities. DETAILS>> 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required.

Kiwanis meets weekly

The Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club meets weekly and welcomes newcomers. Upcoming speakers are: July 26, Chris DeRose, Maricopa County Clerk of the Superior Court; Aug. 9, Rep Mitzi Epstein, LD 18 Democratic representative; Aug. 30, Michelle Anderson, principal of Centennial Middle School; and Sept 13, mayoral candidate Kate Gallego. DETAILS>>7:30 a.m. Biscuits Restaurant, 4623 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee. Information: mike.maloney2003@gmail.com.

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

Preschoolers’ moms gather

Grief support is free

FRIDAYS

Hospice of the Valley offers a free ongoing grief support group for adults and is open to any adult who has experienced a loss through death. No registration required. DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m. first and third Wednesdays, Pecos Community Center, 17010 S. 48th St. 602-6365390 or HOV.org.

Foothills Women meet

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 480759-2118, ext. 218.

Toastmasters meet

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce has a weekly Toastmasters meeting. DETAILS>> 8-9 a.m., First American Title conference room, 4435 E. Chandler Blvd. #100, Ahwatukee. Information: Tessy Bryan 480-330-6528 or vppr-1811442@ toastmastersclubs.org

An informal, relaxed social organization of about 90 women living in the Ahwatukee Foothills/Club West area. A way to escape once a month to have fun and meet with other ladies in the area. Guest speaker or entertainment featured. DETAILS>> 7 p.m. second Wednesday of the month, Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive. Contact Shelley Miller, president, at 602-527-6789 or essentiallyshelley@gmail.com

SATURDAYS

Parents can ‘drop in’

Fun with watercolors

Parents are invited to join a drop-in group to ask questions, share ideas or just listen to what’s going on with today’s teenagers. DETAILS>> 5:30-7 p.m. second Wednesday of each month. Maricopa Cooperative Extension, 4341 E. Broadway Road, Phoenix. Free. RSVP at 602-8278200, ext. 348, or rcarter@cals.arizona.edu.

‘Dems and Donuts’ set

Legislative District 18 Democrats gather for an informal chat. DETAILS>> Free and open to the public 7:30-9 a.m.

the third Wednesday of the month at Denny’s, 7400 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler. RSVP: marie9@q.com or 480-592-0052.

Sit, Stay, Read!

Young readers & listeners can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. First & Third Saturdays: Read with Raven and Cassie. Second Saturday: Read with JoJo. DETAILS>> 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-10. Free. No registration required. People can get step-by-step instruction in water-coloring whether they are beginners and intermediates. DETAILS>>10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Hobby Lobby, 4710 Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Four classes for $80. To register: Judy Lokits 480-471-8505, or judylokits.com.

Alzheimer’s support group

Caregivers for Alzheimer’s patients can find support monthly. DETAILS>> 10-11:30 a.m. Ahwatukee Alzheimer’s Support Group meets the first Saturday of the month at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St.

OPINION

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www.ahwatukee.com EDITOR’S NOTE: AFN invited the four Republicans and three Democrats running in the primary election for the House seats in Legislative District 18, which encompasses Ahwatukee, to write two Opinion Page columns. The first column all seven candidates were

asked to write addressed this question: How can Arizona balance sustainability of its resources with its rapid growth? Last week the Republican candidates’ columns were published and today, the Democratic candidates’ columns appear. LaDawn Stuben did

I will work collaboratively for conservation solutions BY DENISE “MITZI” EPSTEIN

am working to keep Arizona competitive and prepared for our future. Nobody wants to turn on their faucet and find sand in the sink. I have participated in economic and infrastructure forums in Arizona regularly in the 21 years I have lived here because we need long-term plans to prepare for the future. I believe it’s important for you to know where I stand on the issues of water, infrastructure and our budget choices. I will vote to protect Lake Mead and work collaboratively for conservation solutions. I speak up when a bill threatens our water supply with contamination. I fought for amendments that would have provided more assurance and careful science to test groundwater-injection plans. Those amendments would have saved money for Arizonans, as well as protected us from the cost of potential lawsuits. Water must be clean and safe for businesses and most importantly, for homes. Our state budget is a reflection of our values. I oppose plans to spend every dime as fast as we get it. Instead, we must prudently prepare for our future with long-term plans that include everybody’s voices. To keep our infrastructure safe and reliable takes funding. In the past 10 years, our state expenditures have not kept up with growth in people and inflation. Well, that explains why the Red for Ed movement happened! Thank you, Red

for Ed supporters for speaking up! The 10-year average expenditure growth rate has been 1.2 percent, which is 1.7 percent below inflation and population growth. As we added more people, we did not add an equal amount of spending on education and many other state responsibilities. I believe in transparency, so I’m telling you directly that we, as a state, need to invest in our infrastructure and stop kicking that can down the road. You know that if you don’t change the oil in your car regularly, it costs a heap of cash to repair it or replace it. Likewise, if we don’t repair and maintain our infrastructure regularly, it will cost a heap more in the future. In my experience at Citicorp and at manufacturing corporations, we monitored and measured new programs, but too often in state budgeting, a new program is started and the results are ignored. It is imperative to monitor past budget decisions and change or end programs that are not working, such as old carveouts that are not helping. The key to balancing growth with needs is to do it proportionally every year. Instead of giving a windfall tax cut to a small special interest group in the years of bounty, that’s when we need to invest in infrastructure: waterways, roadways, communications and schools. Those investments give us a triple benefit. We pay a lower price by attending to this maintenance each year instead of kicking the can down the road, we don’t have to raise taxes and our investments in quality roads and schools make living in Arizona a delight!

not provide one. All columns appear on Ahwatukee.com. Next week, the Republicans’ columns on a subject of their choice will be published, followed a week later by the Democrats’.

The Legislature has failed to pass a drought contingency plan BY JENNIFER JERMAINE

he availability of water is incredibly important to Arizona’s future growth. We have three major sources of water: the Salt River, the Colorado River, and our groundwater aquifers. Arizona is in the midst of one of the worst droughts in 1,200 years. This drought has stressed our supplies and has nearly triggered Tier 1 shortages, which will reduce the allocation of the water flowing from the Colorado River. The Groundwater Management Act of 1980 was incredibly forward-looking for its time, and it was the first law of its kind in the United States. It required the active management of groundwater where the majority of the state’s population lives. It did so by requiring new development to demonstrate that water supplies are available for 100 years. It also established groundwater banking in our state and requires the state to reach “safe yield” by 2025. Unfortunately, the state is not on track to reach this goal and the Legislature has failed to pass a drought contingency plan with other Colorado River basin states. So what can we do? We can push the Legislature to finally pass a drought contingency plan that allows us to bank water in our reservoirs with other basin states instead of the wasteful “use it or lose it” clause that exists today. Furthermore, our residents, businesses and government bodies should voluntarily focus on water conservation.

This will help stave off water shortages that will effect Arizona’s future. In addition to being water-conscious, the state and local governments should create standards for energy conservation for all government buildings. Cities should encourage responsible private development to do the same through incentives for desert landscaping, LEED-certified buildings, solar panel installation, and urban in-fill projects. We should encourage expansion of education programs like the ones run by SRP and the Desert Botanical Garden for residential landscaping and energyand water-conservation guidance. Moving beyond water and energy, sustainability also means ensuring that our public services – like buses and light rail, urban and state parks, senior centers and recycling programs – are able to expand to meet the population’s needs. Much of this should be done at the county and city levels, and the state should reinstate funding for these programs. However, air quality monitoring programs should be expanded statewide. Only Maricopa and Pima counties currently require motor vehicles to be ADEQ emission tested. Smog does not respect county lines. Sustainability also means investing in our public schools so that we have the workforce to sustain future economic growth. If we do not have an educated workforce ready to take on the jobs of tomorrow, our growth will decline and businesses will leave Arizona. Ensuring our future workforce creates sustainable and predictable growth in the tax base and ensures the ability to manage our public services for the future.

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Norgaard answers critics on education spending, bills

Our district is fortunate to have many good choices in public, charter (which are public), private and homeschool options for parents to select. You can be proschool choice while supporting public education, which I do. My three children are products of public schools, Kyrene and Tempe Union districts. Education is not partisan, as evidenced by Sen. Sean Bowie (D) and myself (R) voting for the education budget (HB2663) while our seatmate Mitzi Epstein (D) did not, citing it was not “fully restored.” As much as we would like to go from A to Z all at once, incremental steps at the Capitol are sometimes the most effective ways to make responsible restoration happen. During the budget discussions, a number of education bill amendments were offered: four Democrat and three Republican. None of those seven passed. One amendment offered by Ms. Epstein was an “unfunded mandate” – that is, obligating the schools for a function without any funding. I don’t support unfunded mandates, as they put undue burdens on schools. I continue to work with schools to eliminate the state overreach placed upon them. Just because “we have always done it that way” doesn’t mean we always have to, while we continue to support innovative, new ideas. Please contact me at my office jnorgaard@azleg.gov if you have additional questions. Many legislators voted for SB 1431 (the ESA expansion that became Prop 305 once it was referred). It expanded school choice for Arizona families and created another option for parents to consider. However, voting for SB 1431 does not necessarily equate to someone also being completely in support of the ballot measure. Here are a couple reasons: First, Prop 305 includes a permanent cap of the ESA program after 2021-22. If passed at the ballot, this permanent cap would become voter-protected, unable to be extended/altered unless its by voters. A permanent voter-protected cap on a growing school-choice program is difficult to support for those who support school options. Including a cap provision like this in a bill, leaving open the ability for a future legislature to change, is much different than a voter-protected cap that cannot be changed unless by voters. Second, as drafted and originally envisioned, SB 1431 would begin the phased-

in expansion of the ESA program in the 2017-2018 school year and continue for five years. This would have allowed for five years of expanded eligibility and enrollment in the program to reach approximately 30,000 students. If the population of students increases beyond 30,000 – and our state continues to grow – then we have to choose between which student gets the opportunity. Due to the delayed effective date, if Prop 305 passes there will only be three years of expanded eligibility before the program is permanently capped. Losing two of the five years of expanded eligibility, followed by a permanent cap, makes Prop 305 not nearly as appealing to those that support the ESA program. In our district, 0.5 percent of students utilize the ESA program, the majority of those for special needs. Critics of the ESA program state that is “allows public funds to go private entities.” This phenomenon is not new. It is the same model as: 1) the GI bill, which allows servicewomen and me to choose college, private or public; 2) debit cards for our veterans – who can use them for healthcare in a public or private office; 3) Medicare, which can be used for public and private healthcare providers. These programs provide public and private choices for military personnel, veterans and our seniors. I appreciate the opportunity to clarify this issue. -State Rep. Jill Norgaard

Girl Scouts moving ahead with their new badges

Bravo to the Girl Scouts of America for introducing 30 new badges, allowing young women to further immerse themselves in order to increase confidence, character, conviction and self-worth. The new badges include cybersecurity, robotics, environmental advocacy, mechanical engineering and other activities to assure our girls are geared and ready for future non-gender-specific careers. According to the Girl Scouts of America, these new badges will set up girls for a lifetime of leadership and success and prepare them to take action to make the world a better – including greener and more equitable – place for us all. I will order two more boxes of mints, please. -CJ Briggle

Some Kyrene school board meetings go unattended

If a school board meets, is it still an open

public meeting if nobody shows up? That’s more than just a philosophical point to ponder. It’s happening in lots of places, including our very own Kyrene School District. Sadly, some meetings held by the Kyrene school board go unattended, assuming you don’t count board members and paid district staffers. All school board meetings are open to the public regardless of public attendance. The only board requirement is to advertise the meeting 24 hours in advance. As a candidate for Kyrene School Board in the upcoming November election, I realize it takes a little effort to get involved. To get started, visit the Kyrene website (kyrene.org). Clicking the blue bar labelled “Kyrene Governing Board” reveals information about who’s on the board, when they meet, and even agendas and documents related to upcoming meetings. Another resource is Kyrene’s “eNews” page (kyrene.org/Page/2790). Anyone can sign up for school and district newsletters that provide breaking Kyrene news such as upcoming meetings, staff changes and other happenings that should interest everyone. Meeting labels can be confusing. “Regular” meetings usually are held at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in the main boardroom. “Study sessions,” “issue reviews” and “retreats” are held in other conference rooms. All board meetings are open to the public. Exceptions are “executive sessions” when the board meets with its attorney. Anyone who attends open meetings can listen and take notes. Public comment is taken only during regular board meetings. Kyrene live-streams regular board meetings and some study sessions. Everything is archived and can be accessed using the Kyrene Board link mentioned above. We should all be there to watch, participate and help shape a successful future for Kyrene. -David Hoye

Unhappy with some candidate responses at LD 18 debate

At a recent debate for the individuals seeking the two LD18 State House seats, the four Republican candidates individually or uniformly expressed: The urban myth that we are better run than blue states like California. This is fake news. Blue states consistently outperform Arizona in most economic and social justice indicators. Their devotion to the discredited economic theory of “trickle-down economics.” It did not work under Reagan. It did not work under Bush II. It did not work in

Kansas and it is not working here. Common Core Curriculum is a deepstate plot to indoctrinate children. Red for Ed movement is a socialist plot. Sex education in public schools is a funding source for Planned Parenthood. At the same debate, the LD18 Democratic candidates expressed that the Republican legislators have continually not listened to their constituents. As a result, the people have been forced to launch ballot initiatives to “Outlaw Dirty Money,” “Invest in Ed” and “Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona” to either undo the negligent acts of the Legislature or to promote constituent preferences. This is the sad state of the Arizona LD18 Republican Party. It very much mirrors the sad national Republican Party direction. -David Gordon

Bowie: This year it was an Independence Day to remember

I was privileged to attend the Mesa Convention Center naturalization process on July 4, where I was genuinely moved when my friend Jaime Morales was handed his citizenship papers. 312 others from 50 different countries also became citizens as we participated in this standing room only event. What an honor to know our community welcomes the diversity, creativity, imagination and ingenuity these new citizens will provide. An Independence Day to remember, indeed! -State Sen. Sean Bowie

Yes, local parents should remember Norgaard at polls

In last week’s AFN opinion pages, two public school employees attacked State House Rep. Jill Norgaard. One stated they hope parents “remember her actions when they go to the polls” in the upcoming election. I find this odd when you consider Jill has been a strong supporter of public schools in Ahwatukee. Her kids excelled in the Kyrene and Tempe Union school districts and she recently voted to raise teacher pay without raising taxes. She supported the extension of a voter approved proposition that puts $500 million a year into K-12 classrooms. But, seemingly, because Jill supports a parent’s right to choose the best method to educate their child, they oppose her. I think the writer is correct on one point: Parents should remember what Jill has done for public schools in Ahwatukee because it’s much more than her opponents have. -Chad Blostone

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At Ahwatukee’s first mortuary, care exists for the dead and the living BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

t sits in an unassuming spot along a row of businesses in a strip mall on Chandler Boulevard and 48th Street, not so much beckoning customers as it is a reminder that it’s there if someone needs its services. Sooner or later, everyone will – if not there, then somewhere similar. The storefront belongs to Samaritan Funeral & Cremation Services, the first funeral home with a presence in Ahwatukee. Unlike a typical mortuary, it’s not the place where bodies are prepared and viewed by mourners. That occurs at Samaritan’s large mortuary and crematory owned by Bryan Wilson at 1505 E. McDowell Road in Phoenix. What does occur there is the vital first step in what manager Jennifer Samora-Davis said is often “the worst time in people’s lives” – making the arrangements for the last goodbye to a loved one. Samora-Davis said Wilson opened the Ahwatukee extension of the 30-year-old busi-

none – and any culture and in any final disposition. “A lot of people do cremation n o w a days,” she said. “This is something that (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer) As the manager of Samaritan Funeral & Creamation Services' Ahwatukee location just keeps – the first to set up shop here – Jennifer Samora-Davis aims to bring comfort and r i s i n g , guidance to families in one of the worst times in their lives. but we do ness because “over the past few years we’ve burials as well. We can make any service seen an increasing need” for services here. happen for the family no matter what Ahwatukee’s proximity to the I-10 makes they are looking for.” Active in the funeral industry for more it easy for next of kin living locally to get to the main mortuary or meet for transport to than 20 years, Samora-Davis has been exposed to it since she was a child grownearby churches and cemeteries. Primarily, she said, “This is where fam- ing up in Lorraine, Ohio, where her late ilies come to make arrangements.” Those grandfather was an undertaker and lived arrangements cover a broad range of ser- with her grandmother upstairs of the fuvices, from funerals in any religion – or neral home.

The daughter of a police officer, Samora-Davis felt a “calling” to the profession when she was 18. “I just had a feeling,” she explained. “You get pulled toward it.” Her education and career preparation required more than five years of studies in anatomy and other sciences as well as board exams to get her certification in Arizona and several neighboring states. Then, as a young mother raising two sons and a daughter, Samora-Davis worked alongside pathologists in the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office, performing autopsies and learning still more about the human body after life has left it. She still embalms on occasion and usually supervises and even handles makeup and hair styling – two jobs she not only enjoys but regards as heartfelt tribute to the deceased and almost a compelling duty to the survivors. She secures photos of the deceased from relatives, seeking those that are no more than three to five years old unless See

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Trendy hair empire picks a spot for first foray into EV BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

ne of the nation’s hottest and trendiest business empires for women is setting up its first outpost in the East Valley, choosing Gilbert as its fifth location after having establishing outlets in Scottsdale, the Biltmore area and Paradise Valley. Drybar is opening at 2080 E. Williams Field Road, Suite #103, in San Tan Village around Thanksgiving, bringing a wildly successful business model reflected by its slogan of “No cuts. No color. Just blowouts.” Drybar is the decade-old creation of Alli Webb, a 38-year-old former stay-athome mom from California who started during the Great Recession to make some money by offering to blow out women’s hair for $40 and coming to their home or

place of business. Now, she presides over a company that has more than 70 franchise outlets across the country, employs 7,000 people, sees more than 100,000 customers a month and is poised to see revenue totaling more than $40 million this year. Its franchises sell for anywhere between $650,000 and $1.6 million, depending on size and location and putting it in the same league with the biggest selling franchises in the country – Wendy’s, Taco Bell, McDonalds and KFC. Webb and her company have been the subject of stories in more than a dozen national publications – not just fashion-following Vogue and Allure but Inc., Fortune, Fast Company and the Washington Post and New York Times. She built her empire on blowouts costing See

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Although Drybar’s San Tan Village studio is under construction, a company spokeswoman said it will have the standard design of all its more than 70 outlets across the country.

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Feds scrutinizing state’s new unemployment comp requirements BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

ederal labor officials are raising legal questions about a new Arizona law designed to effectively force people collecting unemployment insurance back to work. In letters obtained by Capitol Media Services, Gay Gilbert, administrator of the Department of Labor’s Office of Unemployment Insurance, said a provision requiring people to accept any job or lose their benefits appears to run afoul of federal law. And she wants answers – especially with the law set to take effect Friday, Aug. 3. Tasya Peterson, spokeswoman for the state Department of Economic Security, which administers unemployment benefits in Arizona, said her agency has been “in communication’’ with federal officials, though it has not yet submitted a formal response to Gilbert’s inquiries. But Peterson said her agency does not believe there is a conflict with federal law. Nonetheless, questions are being raised

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a prolonged illness radically altered their appearance. In that case, she wants older photos to achieve a “natural, healthier version” of that person. “I want whoever is helping to have all the tools they need to make this person look the best that they possibly can,” she explained. “We take that very seriously because that is the last memory that family has of their loved one before the casket is closed. So when I do makeup, I like to keep things very natural.” Part of her schooling in mortuary science involved how to pick the right makeup, though “the greatest teacher is experience and really having an eye for watching things.” “It’s really about paying attention to detail and listening to what the family wants so the person being viewed looks dignified and nice during this very last time that you’ll spend with them,” she explained. “Those are the details I like to go into ... Did they have a little dimple somewhere? How did they wear their hair? I think it is important for me to pay attention to that kind of detail because the family is not thinking about that at all.” There are cases involving violent death

as to whether the state will, in fact, be able to do what the new law does: cut off benefits after four weeks to those who do not take any job. Sen. Steve Smith, R-Maricopa, who crafted the law, acknowledged there is a possible conflict. But Smith, now running for Congress, said it was not his intent to force people to take jobs in which the wages being offered are far out of line with what other jobs were paying in the area. And he’s convinced that won’t be the result. The language of the statute, however, does not spell that out. Arizona always has required people receiving benefits to seek and accept “suitable employment.’’ There are various factors to determine what is “suitable,’’ ranging from fitness for the work, experience, prior earnings and how long the person has been unemployed. Under the new law, however, all that goes out the window once someone has been collecting benefits for four weeks. At that point a person would have to take any job for which the employer is

offering to pay someone at least 20 percent more than they are collecting in benefits. And that’s not much. On paper, individuals who are laid off or fired through no fault of their own are entitled to collect up to one-half of what they were earning, for up to 26 weeks. The money comes out of a special fund financed by premiums paid by employers. But Arizona limits benefits to $240 a week, no matter how much the person was earning. Only Mississippi has a lower cap. That means someone would have to take any work that pays at least $288 a week – about $15,000 a year – no matter how much she or he was earning before. During legislative debate earlier this year, Smith was unsympathetic to the possibility that someone who has been collecting benefits for at least four weeks could be forced to take a job that DES considered unsuitable. “You’re supposed to go out and look for a job,’’ he said, with the benefits simply providing a financial bridge while people are doing that.

ger, sadness – sometimes joy. People’s emotions change minute to minute hour by hour day by day. It just depends. On that first meeting, the majority of people there that I’m dealing with are coming in a new crisis situation. So, you have to be patient and understanding. (Special to AFN) “You need to be Samaritan's mortuary and crematory is located in Phoenix, but able to read people arrangements can be made at its new Ahwatukee extension on Chandler and really hear their Boulevard at 48th Street. tone, watch their expressions. If they’re getting overwhelmed, that require more reconstructive work. you back off just to give them some time. And as time consuming as that work This is not a race.” might be, she feels, it is an important part She also needs to tread a thin line beof the last goodbye. tween getting too involved with and proBeyond anatomy, however, Samoviding genuine assistance to the survivors. ra-Davis’ job requires no small degree of With older people, for example, she psychology and diplomacy. tries to see if there’s someone at home Death triggers a broad range of emoor nearby who can help them. A spouse tions and can bring unsettling family whose mate dies suddenly might not dynamics to the fore. And she must be want to leave for hours, too stunned or prepared for anything. too forlorn to want to move. “Every family that comes in is like “I will never hesitate to give people my the very first because they’re going to cell phone number,” she said, adding that be completely different,” she explained. sometimes people may need a lifeline – and “You have to be prepared for grief, an-

“We shouldn’t say, ‘Pretty please, here’s a job, would you please take it?’” Smith continued. “If you’re offered a job that pays you more than your benefit, you should take it.’’ Gilbert, however, said it’s not as simple as that, pointing out that federal law says people can’t be denied benefits for refusing to take certain jobs. For example, someone can’t be made to replace a striker. Nor can they be required to accept work if it requires they join or refuse to join a union. “The state may not deny any individual for refusing or failing to accept any new work under the conditions (of the federal law),’’ Gilbert wrote. “This requirement applies regardless of whether the work offered pays more than 120 percent of the individual’s weekly benefit.’’ The measure does have a carrot of sorts. It requires DES to set up a return-towork program in which those collecting unemployment insurance could become an apprentice or intern at certain companies for up to six weeks, all while continuing to collect weekly checks. other times need a gentle nudge toward professional help to deal with their loss. In her business, preparation is a two-way street – or, at least, she believes it should be. Raw emotions over losing someone can get even more raw when it comes down to both the details for arrangements – and how they will be paid for. Samora-Davis believes that Samaritan’s location in Ahwatukee gives people an opportunity to come in and make them well before the inevitable arrives. People can come in, go over the plethora of details from the type of service to the type of wardrobe and Samaritan will file it away until that time comes. That way, even if death occurs on the other side of the country or if the family abruptly decides a burial will be elsewhere, Samaritan can simply send the details to whatever mortuary will ultimately handle the funeral. The same holds true for financial arrangements. “People can make arrangements for a payment plan, and that way it’s not a big hit,” she said. Regardless, Samora-Davis said that as a funeral director, “I’m very nonjudgmental because you don’t know people’s journeys and you don’t know where they’ve been, what they’ve gone through. And if you have a closed mind, you’re never going to make that trusting connection with the family when they need you.”

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Parent of The Falls Event Center files for bankruptcy BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY AFN Staff Writer

he parent company behind Gilbert’s The Falls Event Center has filed for bankruptcy and recently settled with the SEC over allegations that its former CEO defrauded investors. The Falls Event Center LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah. The Utah-based company operates eight event centers in five states and plans to continue operations while it restructures the organization, according to a statement released by the company. It is unclear how the bankruptcy will affect The Falls Event Center in Gilbert. The facility, located at 4635 E. Baseline Road, along the Mesa-Gilbert border, hosts corporate and personal events. The parent company, which court documents revealed had planned at one point to expand to 200 locations by 2022, will reposition undeveloped properties and assets “that do not currently contribute enterprise value,”

according to the statement. There is no mention of which assets that refers to. The bankruptcy filing revealed that several of the company’s unsecured investors are Arizona residents, including seven that live in Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa and Tempe. One of the company’s top 20 largest unsecured creditors, a Tempe resident, has a claim over $2 million. The bankruptcy comes on the heels of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into The Falls and former CEO Steven Down for allegedly misleading investors about the profitability of the company’s event centers. The company brought in Brooks Pickering in June to assess the company’s situation and he recently took over as CEO. The day before The Falls filed for bankruptcy, the company and Down settled with the SEC without admitting or denying the allegations. The settlement prohibits the company from violating the Securities Act of 1933 by using false or misleading information to sell securities. Down must also pay a civil penalty of

(Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer)

The Falls Event Center in Gilbert remains open despite a bankruptcy filing by its parent company, which also just settled an SEC action.

$150,000. According to the SEC, “Since 2011, The Falls and Down raised approximately $120 million from more than 300 investors from the offer and

sale of, among other things, convertible secured promissory notes.” The SEC complaint alleges that Down See

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White House picked Mesa firm for state showcase

believe in tremendously.” He said his company employs about a dozen workers in the factory and three in the office producing and selling handmade copper lanterns and other outside lighting fixtures. “It’s been a fabulous trip so far,” he said. “Everyone here at the White House has been incredibly nice, very, very gracious, from the security guys to (Vice President) Mike Pence, who came by just a few moments ago.” President Donald Trump lavished

praise on the manufacturers there and promised to bring back jobs to the United States after what he claimed were years of jobs going overseas under the watch of his predecessors. “Our leaders in Washington did nothing,” Trump said in remarks at the event. “They let our people lose their jobs and gave those jobs to people in faraway lands. That’s not free trade. That’s fool’s trade. That’s stupid trade.” Trump vowed to protect American workers and industries against what he

called unfair trade practices and foreign competition, taking particular aim at China and the European Union. He said the Europeans have been “very tough” on the United States. “They’re coming in to see me on Wednesday, and we’ll see if we can work something out or else we’ll have to see if we can work something out in regards to the millions of cars they send in every year,” Trump said. But Simon Lester, associate director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, warned that Trump’s proposed solution – tariffs – will end up hurting U.S. workers and manufacturers both in the long run. “Economists who have looked at this generally find that job losses are going to outweigh any job gains,” Lester said. “You can impose tariffs to help an industry, but it’s going to be at the expense of everyone else.” Lester said that any tariffs against foreign auto makers would hurt consumers here, adding thousands of dollars to the price of a car. “It could cost anywhere from $1,000 to $7,000 more, I think those are the estimates I’ve seen, to buy a car,” Lester said. “So, yes, there are certain car producers that will benefit from the higher prices, but it’s all going to be paid for by somebody else, and that’s us the consumer.”

“When women do their own hair at home, their hands are over their head, they’re getting tired, their arms are starting to hurt. They’re not perfecting every section, making sure that every section is perfectly dry and perfectly styled before they move onto the next. Frankly, nobody has the time either.” That time element is important to her success. As Webb explained: “People look at me like I’m crazy, and say, ‘I’m going to do my hair in 15 minutes, and then I’m out the door.’ Well, if we did your hair in 15 minutes, it wouldn’t look great either. It’s about taking the time and perfecting each section.” That’s why it takes anywhere from 35 to 45 minutes on average for a blowout at Drybar, with the expectation it will last three to six days. “We have women who say, ‘I don’t even wash my own hair at home anymore.’ If you get a really great blowout, it lasts, and then you don’t have to deal with your hair except for touchups here and there

to maintain it. All of sudden, you’re free from having to worry about your hair every day,” Webb told the New York Times. Talking to Fast Company magazine, Webb said her approach as a businesswoman was simple. “We didn’t invent blowouts; we just created a much better experience. And we made it affordable,” she said. “When we opened our first location in Brentwood [California], we had no idea what to expect. But that very first day, women were lining up.” Though she recalls those early months as frantic as she tried to run the front desk, administer blowouts and just keep her salon running smoothly, she noted, “One of the biggest pillars of our success is customer service.” Selecting Gilbert for her first foray into the East Valley was no accident – especially since it has the highest per-capita income in the Valley, according to the latest U.S. Census data. “Gilbert’s SanTan Village is home to some of the most sought-after shopping

and dining in the area, Webb said. “Since we continue to get requests to expand in the Phoenix area, we knew this would be the ideal location for our newest Arizona shop.” The new 1,384-square-foot location will be equipped with eight chairs and what a publicist called “all of the signature elements that define the unique Drybar experience.” That experience includes, a publicist said, “Italian chairs, tufted fabric walls, marble bars with built-in phone docking stations and flat screens featuring cult favorite chick flicks.” And it will include a menu of styles with names that suggest drinks, like “The Straight Up,” “The Cosmo,” “The Mai Tai” and – for those who can’t make up their mind – “The Cosmo-Tai.” There will even be a blowout called “The Shirley Temple” for girls 10 and under. Despite its penchant for naming styles after alcoholic drinks and its scheduled opening the Friday before Thanksgiving, there’s no word on whether it will offer a seasonal do named “Wild Turkey.”

BY PAT POBLETE Cronkite News

ASHINGTON – Andrew Medway wasn’t sure how his Mesa business was picked to represent Arizona at the White House’s “Made in America Showcase,” but he was still excited to be there last week among companies that made everything from spacecraft to MoonPies. “We’re thrilled to be here obviously, but it came completely out of the blue,” said Medway, whose family started Lanternland Lighting about 40 years ago. “We’re lucky we didn’t dismiss it because we thought it might be a hoax.” But it was no hoax that brought Medway from his office in Mesa to the White House, where his family-owned company was one of 50 representing each state at White House’s “Made in America Product Showcase.” Highlighted companies ranged from defense contractor Lockheed Martin to a business that makes covers for fishing lures, from heavy equipment manufacturers to wool mills. But one thing they all have in common: Their products are all made in the U.S.A. “You know, these are really high-quality products,” Medway said. “They’re made in the United States, they’re going to last forever and it’s something that we

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between $35 and $45, but she has said in interviews, “We’re not selling blowouts; we’re selling happiness and confidence.” That’s why, she explained, the cashiers – she calls them “bartenders” – who go through her rigorous training program are required to ask every customer at checkout, “How was your experience?” As for the happiness angle, she told a San Francisco newspaper that Drybar does what women generally can’t. “It’s really hard to do your own hair,” she said. “Most women – I would say 95 percent of women – just can’t handle their own hair. And not because they’re not a professional stylist and they don’t know how to do hair. It’s more about the angle. When you watch blowouts being done, we’re standing above your head, working with very small sections and perfecting each section before we move onto the next. You physically can’t do that when you’re doing your own hair.

(Pat Poblete/Cronkite News)

Andrew Medway, of Mesa business Lanternland Lighting, siad he was thrilled to be among the U.S. manufacturers invited to the White House for its “Made in America Showcase” on Monday.

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solicited investments from attendees at education seminars for dentists that he sponsored. At the events, Down told potential investors that most or all of The Falls event center locations were profitable. However, the SEC contended this was a false claim. The SEC alleged that Down used internal modified profit-and-loss statements based on bookings in his presentations rather than industry-standard statements generated by the company’s QuickBooks accounting software. “The Falls’ own accounting records indicate that, from inception through September 2017, the event centers have never been profitable on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”),” reads the complaint. According to the SEC, Down told investors that each center would bring in $1 million in gross earnings annually and produce 35 percent profit. The bankruptcy filing also sheds some light on the parent company’s precarious financial situation. In addition to being told by the company’s CFO to stop telling potential

investors that event centers were making a profit, Down was also warned by his executive team that The Falls business model was unsustainable due to large mortgage debts incurred by the company, according to the complaint. The complaint further states that the company financed the purchase and construction of its centers through hard money loans from private investors with interest rates between 10 and 14 percent “because it was not able to obtain traditional bank financing at lower interest rates.” The principal amount of the loans was $33.5 million as of September 2017, according to the SEC.

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19th Annual Chamber Day of Champions Award Breakfast Friday, August 17th • 8am - 10am Sheraton Wild Horse Pass

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ooking for partners to help promote your business and exchange qualified business leads? Look no further than the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce Power Partners. Power Partners is one of the many benefits of Chamber membership. If you are considering joining a referral network group, here is a basic outline of a weekly Chamber Power Partner meeting. Each meeting kicks off with a business tip of the week, followed by each attendee presenting a 30-second commercial for their business. Members are often able to complete the words to another member’s commercial which is a part of what makes each member a great partner. At each meeting, one member is scheduled to give a complete 15- to 20-minute presentation of their business, giving fellow members the most updated information on their products and services and making sure that fellow members understand their current referral needs. After the presentation, each member reports on what they accomplished since the last meeting to contribute to the success of their business as well as the group. For example, how many one-on-one meetings did they set up with

fellow chamber members and partners? How many chamber networking events did they attend? How many referrals did they give out? Did they close any business due to received referrals? Did they extend an invitation for new members? And so on. Long-term members contribute much of the success and growth of their business to the personal relationships that are built through these networking groups. It’s an easy formula for growth. When you want your house painted, your car repaired, need a new mortgage or are looking for a new chiropractor, do you just do a google search or do you look for recommendation? Does it catch your attention when someone recommends a business that they have a longstanding relationship with or there able to give some personal details about the business or the owner? Does it make you more inclined to give the referred business a call when a success story is shared? Are you like to act on statements such as: “You really need to speak with this person they are really great at working with small business owners on home owner financing.” “The chiropractor in my group shared some of the success he is having with ADHD patients.” “The computer tech in my group recently shared some information with our group and for those that adhered were able to avoid the latest hacking scam.” The best way to decide if a Power Partner group is for you is to ask yourself: “Would I rather be a sales team of one for my business or a team of 30 that has the potential

to connect me with an infinite number of other contacts and clients”? The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce Monday Power Partner group is a business category specific exclusive (one business per category) networking group that meets weekly at Native Bar and Grill, 5030 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee, from noon to 1 p.m. The Tuesday Power Partner Group meets every week at 7:45 a.m. at Jason’s Deli 7230 W. Ray Road, Chandler. The exception is the second Tuesday of the month as members are encouraged to attend the Morning Mixer. Unlike the Monday Power Group, this group is not category specific. Business represented at the Monday Power Partners include plumber, electrician, pest control, flooring service, landscaper, painting services, general contractor and promotional marketing materials representative. Tuesday Power Partners include title company representative, plumber, electrician, pool service, pest control, flooring service, landscaper, financial planner, painting services, insurance, accountant and lawyer. If you think your business is would make a great referral partner, stop in and visit either group. Guests are welcome to come and check out any Power Partner group but Chamber membership is required to join. For more information please call 480-990-5444. -Gina Jenkins is the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce membership director.

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Longtime Chandler Italian restaurant moves to Ahwatukee BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

aolo Vetrati, owner and executive chef at his family-owned restaurant La Stalla Cucina Rustica, looked around the newly redecorated space at 4855 E. Warner Road in Ahwatukee and liked what he saw. It has been a long and time-devouring move for the downtown Chandler restaurant, which gave up its space after 15 years despite the following it had developed with recipes gleaned from his parents’ restaurants in New Jersey. Progress pushed the venerable eatery into Ahwatukee. The move was prompted by Chandler’s massive Overstreet redevelopment project, a 77,000-square-foot mixed-use entertainment and dining complex. La Stalla literally was overshadowed by the block-long $25 million development on the southwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard that is anchored by Flix Brewhouse, a national concern touting itself as “America’s Cinema Brewery.” Continuing construction on the project took its toll on La Stalla’s business and Vetrati’s patience as foot traffic and parking were severely taxed.

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Dismayed by Chandler’s massive Overstreet development near his downtown restaurant, Paolo Vetrati closed a location for his La Stalla Cucina Rustica restaurant that he had for 15 years and is moving his celebrated eatery to Ahwatukee, hoping to open this week.

“We were literally surrounded by construction, and it had been going on for a year and a half,” said Vetrati, who grew up working with his sister and parents in their New Jersey restaurants. “It was supposed to have been finished four or five months ago, but one year turned into two and it really hurt our

business. We even had to have deliveries come through our front door. It was time to leave.” He said he feels fortunate to have found the new location, which was left vacant when Los Dos Molinos Ahwatukee closed in April after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The other three Los Dos Molinos in the

Army vet still nervous with Chippendales shows BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GET OUT Editor

hen Joey Pena emerged from a two-and-a-half-year military tour of Iraq, he did what he says most veterans do: He applied for a Mesa police job to be close to his family, who lives throughout the Valley. “I made it to the interview process, but toward the end, my heart wasn’t in it,” says Pena, who now lives in Las Vegas. “It wasn’t an avenue I wanted to pursue. I started looking at other things, like modeling and going to school.” The chiseled, handsome veteran of the 82nd Airborne was referred to the Chippendales by his agent. “I thought they were dirty strippers,” Pena says with a laugh. “My mom was a bal-

lerina. Strippers don’t know what a plie is. They have no idea what it means to spend hours rehearsing.” One night, Pena had a little too much to drink while out with his agent, who then took him to a Chippendales show. He enjoyed the camaraderie between the dancers and the upbeat attitude. “I later auditioned and I killed it,” he says. “I was the Latino guy they wanted.” Pena said initially it was awkward because of his values and morals that were reinforced during his six years in the Army. “In the military, we’re all about pride and honor,” he says. “The most difficult part for me was showing my butt. I ran a lot without my shirt on, but it was a little hard to take off my pants. “I love performing, though. I’m giving my best self and presenting my true self on the

stage. I still get the little kid jitters.” His audition was five years ago. Besides dancing, he hosts and he works in Chippendales’ management, running the back end of the business. “It’s an eye-opening experience,” he says. “I’m learning how the structure goes, learning promotions and marketing. I’m doing investments, too, and I’m planning to go back to college. “Our company is one of the greatest companies to work for. They’re really good about working with us. They don’t want to See

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Joey Pena applied for a Mesa Police job when he emerged from a two-and-a-half-year military tour in Iraq, but decided to joined the famed Chippendales instead.

region were not affected because the Ahwatukee location had a different owner. “We’re happy to be here, and we hope the people of Ahwatukee like us and like our food,” he said as he looked about the new space, which has retained the Tuscan look of the Chandler eatery. “We’re going to try and keep this site more casual, but of course, maintain the same quality.” Vetrati has brought along much of his kitchen and serving staff, some of whom have been with him 10 to 12 years. La Stalla Cucina Rustica will serve the same menu – Italian dishes that Vetrati, who was born in Italy, cooks himself. Many recipes were derived from those cooked by his grandmother in the fishing village of Mola di Bari. Others are gleaned from his mother and father, Maria Innamorato and Antonio Vetrati, who immigrated to New Jersey in the 1970s. “I grew up in this business. This has been my family heritage for 50 years,” he said. When Vetrati was asked to name his favorite entrees or dessert on the La Stalla menu, he laughed and replied, “I do not have a favorite. Whatever I’m in the mood for is what I eat.” See

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Stargazers are flocking to Gilbert observatory, Airbnb says BY SRIANTHI PERERA GET OUT Contributor

targazing is on the rise in Gilbert. That’s according to Airbnb, which recently measured “astro-tourism” around the world and put Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory, located within the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, on its list of five prime North American spots. The town had 9,400 Airbnb guest arrivals last year. This represents a 164 percent increase over last year for inbound travelers, the vacation rental giant said. “We looked at year-over-year growth in guest arrivals to destinations close to areas certified by Fundación Starlight, or regions with dark skies identified by this foundation,” said Laura Rillos, a spokeswoman for Airbnb. Prime dark-sky spots that are home to the best telescopes are trending among Airbnb guests globally, championing sustainable travel to remote, rural regions, she stated. While Airbnb doesn’t actively promote dark-sky spots, its hosts share local hotspots with guests who are interested. “Our community of hosts love sharing their favorite local activities and businesses

with guests and encouraging them to visit hidden gems they may not have found otherwise, like the Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory,” Rillos said. “The observatory and the Riparian Preserve are both just the type of local secrets Airbnb hosts love sharing with their guests.” The East Valley Astronomy Club manages the town-owned observatory. Manager Claude Haynes said the observatory is a listed attraction in tourist sites, but it doesn’t have a direct association with Airbnb. He said the observatory, which is funded by donations, “appreciates the publicity and the recognition. We are happy about it because we do see that we are a destination for people who want to come and view from clear, less-light-polluted skies.” Haynes is cognizant that Gilbert has less-light-polluted skies but doesn’t claim the town to be free of light pollution. “Gilbert has a better light pollution ordinance and seems to enforce it more strictly than some of the other communities around us,” he said. Established by the Gilbert Rotary Club in 2006, the observatory has a 16-inch telescope open for viewing every Friday and Saturday night, weather-permitting. It’s a

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An interior view of Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory, which the East Valley Astronomy Club recommends people visit several times during the year because the astral bodies change through the seasons.

family activity that attracts people from around the Valley. On an average night, about 100-150 people peer through the telescope, while the numbers rise to about 200-250 during spring and winter months because sunset is earlier and there are more winter visitors in the Valley. The observatory has recorded a steady increase in viewers over the last few years: 8,800 in 2014; 11,000 in 2015; 15,500 in 2016; and 16,000 in 2017. Since its inception, it has welcomed about 100,000 visitors.

Some are amateurs like Haynes himself, who has nurtured the pastime for 25 years. Others can be as young as 3 years old. If they can reach the lens, they will be permitted to view. “We have lots of kids who come, and they are fascinated,” Haynes said. “Grandmothers come along and say, ‘I’ve never looked through a telescope before,’ and they are 80.” Haynes concedes that the two main reasons for the increased viewership is the See

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He admitted there are menu items his faithful customers do rave about, including spaghetti alla carbonara and chicken marsala. And La Stalla’s homemade desserts, like tiramisu and creme brulee, are legendary, and were among the reasons Thrillist. com, a national entertaining-dining guide, ranked La Stalla Cucina Rustica among its “Top 10 Restaurants in Arizona” in 2015. The new Ahwatukee location, which Vetrati hopes to open this week or next, retains the warmth of the Chandler restaurant and offers an expanded bar space. “We still have a full bar, and actually even a bigger bar that’s open to both indoors and out so we can accommodate the patio dining,” explained Vetrati. For anyone who’s moved a household, the task of moving an entire and established restaurant can only be imagined. “I still don’t know how we did it,” he laughed. “It takes God and a lot of work. We’re still putting it together, but it looks good. It looks good.” He said that regardless of the pain leaving downtown Chandler after a decade and a half, he retains good memories and good customers who have told them they will make the drive across I-10 to continue to

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Arizona,” said Howard Shapiro who said his favorite menu item is the chicken marsala while his wife favors the cavatelli salsice e broccoli, with chicken replacing the sausage “Sue and I will happily make the trip to his new location as soon as it’s ready,” he said enthusiastically. Leaving Chandler, though necessary to remain in business, remains bittersweet to (Special to AFN) Don’t look for the old Los Dos Molinos sign at 48th Street and Warner Road Vetrati. in Ahwatukee, because it is now home to the celebrated La Stalla Cucina “I do have a lot of Rustica, an Italian restaurant that closed its Chandler venue after 15 years. great memories of our time in Chandler, and a lot of great customers. I was there for 15 support his restaurant. Two of those faithful customers are years, and I still live in Chandler. It’s been a Howard and Sue Shapiro of Sun Lakes, who long road, but I like Ahwatukee and I think are ready to gas up the family car and drive we will add to the community. We will beto Ahwatukee as soon as La Stalla Cucina come part of the community.” Hours for La Stalla Cucina Rustica remain Rustica opens. “We both migrated from New Jersey similar though the restaurant will be closed and enjoy reminiscing with Paolo about Mondays rather than Tuesdays. The website, which contains lunch, dinour common remembrances. His menu and quality is as close to the genuine Ital- ner, dessert menus and prices, remains ian cuisine as you’re going to find here in LaStallaCR.com.

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ne of the Valley’s simple pleasures, Enchanted Island is a charming amusement park. Nestled in the heart of Phoenix’s picturesque Encanto Park, listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the Top 12 Best City Parks in America, Enchanted Island is designed for children ages 2 through 10 and their families. An oasis in the city, Enchantment Island offers nine fanciful rides and a number of attractions geared toward young children. The highlight is the 66-year-old Encanto Carousel, one of the oldest continuously operating carousels in Arizona. Onsite is also a replica steam engine called the C.P. Huntington Train from which riders can tour the grounds. Both rides are wheelchair accessible and fun for inquisitive young ones. Kids can also take in the sights from up in the air on small two-seater replica planes called the Red Baron or ride a space ship on the Mini Enterprise. Both have an up-and-down motion. There’s also a whirl ride called Rock-nRoll and a mini roller coaster known as the

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number of guest arrivals in prime dark sky spots climbing,” Rillos said. The Gilbert observatory is in good company in Airbnb’s roll call. It enjoys prominence along with Acadian Skies & Mi’kmaq near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, which had a 221 percent year-over-year growth of inbound travelers; Natural Bridges National Monument near Oljato Monument Valley, Utah, with a 70 percent year-over-year growth; National Astronomical Observatory near San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico, with a 164 percent year-over-year growth; and Mauna Kea near Kailua, Hawaii, with a 68 percent year-overyear growth of inbound travelers. As word gets around, there may be hordes of more tourists headed this way. Can the humble town observatory handle it? “We are always delighted when people come,” Haynes said. “The worst-case scenario would be if we had 500 people show up one night and that became the average. Then we would find another telescope; that would be a way to handle it. It’s not a bad problem to have.”

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t’s only five ingredients and in the “easy and delicious” category. It’s also a 5-star dish. Plus, it’s too hot to cook for more than 15 minutes. This guacamole salsa chicken enchilada casserole could be a new go-to favorite because one jar of a store-bought savory sauce does pretty much all the work. Herdez Guacamole Salsa is one of the newest products in the Herdez family of salsas and I’m happy to have stumbled upon it because of this recipe. You may have seen it on grocery store shelves and wondered what to do with it. This enchilada recipe is the perfect place to start. The guacamole salsa is a rich and creamy blend of avocado, tomatillo, chiles and spices with a bit less kick than most salsas, but the flavor is all there. All you need is a jar of this special sauce, some corn tortillas, rotisserie chicken, some cheese and cream and in about 20 minutes, you’ll have a fantastic meal. It’s as easy as it gets, but if you want to take the dish to a new level of flavor, I’ve added an additional recipe for homemade tortillas. Es delicioso!

lower third of the tortilla with a few strips of chicken and about 2 tablespoons of cheese. Roll up tortilla. Repeat with remaining tortillas, chicken and cheese to fill up casserole dish. Pour the remainder of the salsa over the enchiladas. Sprinkle the rest of the cheese over top. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. To get a golden brown top, turn on broiler mode of oven and cook for about five minutes or until browned. Serve immediately.

Homemade Corn Tortillas Ingredients: 1 cup corn meal 1 cup flour 1 egg 2 cups water 1/4 teaspoon salt

Guacamole Salsa Chicken Enchiladas Ingredients: 1 package (8) Corn Tortillas 1 (15.7 oz) jar Herdez Guacamole Salsa 1 cup half and half 1 cooked rotisserie chicken 1 (12 oz.) package cheddar cheese or Mexican Blend

Directions: Remove all skin and bones from rotisserie chicken. With your hands, tear off chicken into strips. In an 8-inch skillet or saucepan, heat Herdez Guacamole Salsa and cream, stirring to combine. Dredge both sides of a tortilla in the warm salsa then place in a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish. Fill the

Directions In a bowl, whisk together corn meal, flour, egg, water and salt. (Batter should be consistency of thin pancake batter. Add more water if needed.) Heat a small amount of oil or cooking spray in a small cast iron skillet or crepe pan. With a ladle measuring cup, pour a thin layer of batter in pan to make a 6-inch tortilla. When tortilla forms bubbles, flip and cook for about 30 seconds. Put on place and cover with towel to keep warm. Repeat until batter is used up.

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ne by one, players on the Mountain Pointe football team walked across the school parking lot to the practice field, placing a hand on the sign that reads “Mark Lovett Field” before entering. It’s a tradition established in the early 2000s, after former coach and Mountain Pointe Hall of Famer Mark Lovett passed away suddenly on the field from a heart attack. “They told me I better make sure I do it,” new Mountain Pointe coach Rich Wellbrock said of touching the sign. “It’s a tradition handed down. It’s something the kids feel very strongly about.” Wellbrock was hired to follow legendary coach Norris Vaughan, who stepped

down last December to move back to Georgia near family. Wellbrock, the former Basha and Desert Edge coach, now hopes to extend the winning tradition at Mountain Pointe, which has nine straight playoff appearances, including eight semifinals, and a state title. “This has always been a position you look at from afar and it interests you,” Wellbrock said. “The kids know the expectations. We’ve flown under the radar a little bit, and we’re fine with that. When it’s time to turn it up, we will do that.” This season, hopes for success once again start up front for the Pride. Seniors Cole Cundary, Alex Vogel and Zach Quihuis anchor the offensive line in front of returning quarterback Nick Wallerstedt. As a junior, Wallerstedt passed for 1,567 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also rushed

for 711 yards and nine touchdowns. Some of Wallerstedt’s top targets graduated, including Sky Hinojosa, Delano Salgado and Marshawn Gibson. But a talented group of receivers remain, led by senior Lacarea Pleasant-Johnson. “I think we have one of the best groups we have had in the past couple years as a core,” Wallerstedt said. “We have a lot of guys that (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Photographer)

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Desert Vista football players plan to ‘prove ’em wrong’ BY ERIC NEWMAN AFN Staff Writer

esert Vista football players utter it to each other to push through that extra rep in the weight room or to shed one more block: “Prove ’em wrong.” And just in case anybody forgets, it is written on the back of their custom team shirts, too. Prove’em wrong: The players believe they were better than people believed. The Thunder finished a disappointing 5-5 in 2017 after a 4-1 start. Three of those losses were by one score. They just missed the playoffs. Coach Dan Hinds said this is among the more motivated groups he has had. Many sophomores got playing time last season due to numerous injuries to starters and they’re now eager as juniors to prove that they belong. “These kids really are talking about the state championship, and their motto is ‘Prove ’em wrong,’ because they’ve heard some people saying Desert Vista went 5-5 last season and they won’t be that great this year,” Hinds said. “They’re on social

vated to make last year a fluke and get back to playoff glory. “All of us that were a part of last year hated the feeling of losing, and it felt like a waste of a lot of our hard work. We’re more motivated than ever to come back and show what (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Photographer) we did wrong Matt Lewis is among the Desert Vista players who hope to improve upon a 5-5 and prove ourrecord in 2017 after a 4-1 start. selves,” senior linebacker media and reading stuff like that, so these Preston Carter said. kids came up with the motto and they’re Carter is part of a defense that lost five trying to live up to it.” of its top six tacklers to graduation. Instead of staying upset with themSenior safety Jayven Moreno said the selves after a tough year, returning players group misses those departed stars but and previous JV call-ups alike are moti- knew during offseason training that new

players must now step up and contribute. He is convinced that through weight training and team-building exercises that the defense will come up with stops. “We definitely thought about it, but in weight training we started rebuilding. I think a lot of new guys this year will break out on defense, and we’re really excited to get started,” Moreno said. Carter added, “I think we just need to play as one and really gang-tackle. We definitely lost some guys, but I think we have a lot coming up that are pretty good. If we’re on the same page, we’ll be able to get some stops.” Offensively, the Thunder are tasked with replacing Derek Kline, the graduated quarterback who led Desert Vista in passing and rushing yardage. Parker Navarro, up from the junior varsity, appears to be the new quarterback. While Tyson Grubbs and Trayvon Offutt are expected to play a heavy role in the backfield, both by rushing and receiving, and last season’s leader in receiving yards, Dominic Shepardson, returns, there is no guarantee who will carry this See

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Pride, Thunder football teams adjust practices for the heat BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor

rizonans are accustomed to extreme summer heat, but even so, the conditions take a toll on daily outdoor activities. That is the case for the Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista football programs. The two Ahwatukee teams were forced to modify practice schedules during excessive heat warnings last week when preseason camps opened. “We recommend splitting the time up, going indoors to get out of the heat,” said David Hines, executive director of the Arizona Interscholastic Association, the state’s governing body of high school sports. “There’s a lot of stretching, formations and other things you can do indoors to cool down and get out of the heat.” The AIA has implemented guidelines to aid athletes in acclimating to the heat during preseason practices. In a new protocol for 2018, football players are required to wear no more than shorts, shirts and helmets the first three days of practice in the climate where they play their home games, followed by three

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Mountain Pointe defensive tackle Anthony Dedrick hydrates during an opening-week practice in which schedules and routines were disrupted by excessive heat warnings.

more days adding only shoulder pads before they are allowed to practice in full pads. All teams that had preseason camps in cooler climates to escape the heat, therefore, were required to start the protocol over when they returned to the desert,

where they play. The AIA continues to do research to refine its protocol for football practices in the desert’s dry heat. Most protocols around the country are based on places where humidity is more of a factor. Alongside trainers across the southwest-

ern part of the United States, the AIA’s Sports Medicine Advisory Committee is researching dry temperatures using the heat index – calculated using outside temperature and humidity. While some Arizona school districts have established their own guidelines regarding football practices, Hines hopes to establish a specific baseline for schools in different regions of the state to follow. “The concern is dry temperatures. There isn’t a lot of research done about them,” Hines said. “It’s important to give kids a break and to take it easy. “It’s going to be hot.” For now, Hines is calling upon schools to make the right call to keep the athletes safe. The two Ahwatukee teams rely on guidelines handed down from the Tempe Union High School District, which has trainers from each school communicate with coaches about weather conditions. Bruce Kipper, the interim athletic director for the district, said the policy is based on a reading from the heat index chart, which measures the outside temperature See

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other teams have to look out for.” Pleasant-Johnson hauled in 27 passes last season for 436 yards and four touchdowns. Seniors receivers Jatu Gipson, Bashu Delco, Jathan Washington and junior Dominique Davis also will play a vital role in the passing game. Seniors Kenneth Lofton and Jerrick Dickson lead the way at tight end. Mountain Pointe lost 1,000-yard rusher Gary Bragg to graduation but have another back, Jakim McKinney. McKinney, known for his explosive burst off the ball, rushed for 1,334 yards and 18 touchdowns. “I’m excited because it is my senior year,” McKinney said. “I’ve learned a lot from the new coaching staff. Even though people have doubted us, we are going to show them that we can make it far and even win state.” Graduation and transfers left holes to fill in the Pride’s defense. Defensive tackle Shomari Hayes graduated. Senior Matthew Pola-Mao, who has the eye of many college recruiters, transferred to Chandler. In the secondary, seniors Delano Salgado, Kenny Churchwell, Marshawn Gibson and Donte Lindsey all moved on to the next level. But Mountain Pointe has capable replacements, starting up front with defensive tackle Anthony Dedrick. “We are filling in the gaps really well,” Dedrick said. “I know what this team is and what we can do. We just need to be the greatest we can be and just go out there and play football.” Mountain Pointe opens a week later than many schools with an Aug. 24 visit to Spencer Rattler and the Pinnacle Pioneers in north Phoenix. It’s the start of one of the toughest

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New Mountain Pointe coach Rich Wellbrock has big shoes to fill following the legendary Norris Vaughan. The Pride are still is loaded but play one of the toughest schedules in Arizona.

schedules in the state. Next up is a home game against rapidly improving Mountain View before the Pride heads to Las Vegas for the Polynesian Football Classic to take on national power Bingham High from South Jordan, Utah. “What a great opportunity for our kids, community and school to be involved in something like this,” Wellbrock said. “That’s what we want. We want to be on the biggest stage not only here in the state but on the biggest stage nationally.” Mountain Pointe then faces Hamilton, Queen Creek and Highland before taking on Desert Vista in the annual Ahwatukee Bowl. The Pride wrap the season against Chaparral, Desert Ridge and Corona del Sol. It will be a tough initial go-around for Wellbrock and the Pride, but they believe that they are up to the challenge. “The schedule is brutal, but it’s exciting,” Wellbrock said. “The kids know it’s going to be a grind. “Hopefully, when November comes around we will have learned everything we need to and go push for the gold ball.”

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season’s offense. Hinds said he is excited that so many young players are eager to work hard and earn playing time, especially having their first full offseason in the offensive system. “What I’ve liked to see is that there’s a lot of healthy competition going on. This is a competitive group and I think we have a lot of guys who can really have a chance to get snaps on both ends,” Hinds said. “We just implemented our new offense last year, and we weren’t able to practice it as much as we wanted because we installed it that May. “It’s a highly intricate system, and a lot of kids made mistakes last year because they weren’t sure. Now they’ve got that year under their belt, and we’ve got a lot of practices starting in January or February, so now it’s clicking and that’s going to be a difference.”

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Desert Vista coach Dan Hinds calls this group of Thunder players among the hungriest and most physical he has had in years. DV went 5-5 last season.

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The Desert Vista players mention team chemistry regularly, calling this group the closest they have been a part of, which they hope will translate into success on the field. Much of that camaraderie was built at DV’s recent football camp in Flagstaff, which saw the entire group – varsity to freshmen – all sleeping on inflatable mattresses on a gym floor, waking up early to hit the practice field. “It’s a really strong group physically, and we did a lot of really hard workouts in the offseason, especially at camp, and performed better than I think some of us expected,” junior offensive and defensive lineman Miles LeBlanc said. Desert Vista plays its first two games against California teams – a home game against Palm Springs on Aug. 17 and a visit to Carlsbad High on Aug. 24. Opening against unfamiliar competition keeps the players on their toes, hoping to “prove ’em wrong.” “It’s nice to play some different teams. Since freshman year we’ve had the same

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first countering one’s opponent in such an effective way that at the end of blocking, one is in a good position for an athile the best defense is a solid tack. offense, one can frequently In addition, skilled blocking tends to apply one’s offense only by weaken, distract, and discourage the opponent. In karate, if one’s defense is not skillful, one is in real danger of being injured. After a perfect block, always create a perfect attack. Master a rational combination of blows. Although karate’s art is in dis(Special to AFN) abling one’s oppo(Special to AFN) The knife hand block can be used in a variety of attacks, from a simple straight or swinging punch. It blocks the punch nent with one blow, and counters to a vulnerable spot, says Mitchell Werner, a black belt what does one do at Mountainside Martial Arts Center in Ahwatukee. Once the block is if a blow is blocked completed by the right arm, the fighter on the right can then grab the well? attacker’s hand and pull her into the line of attack. The eyes, throat, One must attune nose, or the carotid artery are all vulnerable. one’s mind and body BY RICK SAVAGIAN AFN Guest Writer

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and humidity percentage on the field. “Before each practice, the athletic trainer measures whether it is safe for the athletes,” Kipper said. “If the heat index gets up into the danger zone, then there are varying modifications based on what it is. It could go from helmets only to canceling practice to postponing practice.” Head athletic trainers, including Steve Baca at Desert Vista, have made checking the index a daily routine, and they are communicating with coaches several times throughout the day. Thunder coaches chose to practice in the evening to open camp, but due to scorching temperatures lingering into the 5 p.m. hour, they were often forced to wait longer to hit the field. “We go outside to the specific venue where they are practicing and check the temperature and humidity reading,” Baca said. “We match the reading to a chart and it will tell you what the heat index is. Based on that, we set restrictions.” Temperatures from 105 to 115 degrees are considered the danger zone. From there, Baca says, they divide it into three categories for the football team. Shoulder pads are not allowed if the

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so that if one fails an attack, the next attack must follow immediately. A perfect attack must consist of a variety of combinations of blows which develop naturally and flow smoothly without one ever being aware of position or balance. Acquire a variety of body shifts. Most beginners move only forward and backward. It is most essential and difficult for one to learn also to move

Hinds. “ O b v i o u s l y, no matter what time you practice, it is going to be hot,” Hinds said. “They don’t let the change of schedule affect their focus, so it hasn’t been an issue at all.” Extra precautions have been taken by (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Photographer) the Desert Vista Andy Grillo takes advantage of a break during a Desert Vista opening-week staff when the football practice to spray himself with water to cool down in stifling heat. players do begin practice. reading exceeds 110 degrees. Anything Studies have shown that helmets add above 115 restricts the use of helmets. about 30 degrees to practice conditions. “They can go out, but we severely re- For this reason, water is always available strict how long they practice and how to players, as well as special hoses to aloften they get water breaks,” Baca said. low players to spray their bodies and keep “Nobody is allowed on the field if it ex- cool. Helmets come off as often as possiceeds 120.” ble to let players cool. Due to the AIA guidelines for heat acPortable ice baths are brought onto the climation, Thunder coach Dan Hinds of- field in the event of an emergency situaten pushes practice back. tion, while additional baths are prepared The extra time allows for a workout in inside the training room. the gym and team meetings, activities Hinds requires helmets to remain off they have been receptive to, according to during warmups and immediately fol-

right and left. Withdrawing backwards offers little chance in a much stronger position to counter with strength and speed. Of uppermost importance is a strong desire to win. - Rick Savagian is the founder and operator of Mountainside Martial Arts Center in Ahwatukee. Information: mountainsidemartialarts.com or 480-759-4540. lowing drills. “Helmets are off a lot,” Hinds said. “Back in the old days, that wasn’t the case, but now it’s about being smart and taking many water breaks.” A similar strategy has been implemented by new coach Rich Wellbrock at Mountain Pointe. The Pride begin practice around 5 p.m., often stretching in an area with shade on the field. “We all know what we can and can’t do and how to take care of kids,” Wellbrock said. “Sometimes the heat is worse than other years. You just modify and listen to the ones who are the smartest in the room, which in this case is our training staff.” The Pride split time during practice early in the week with helmets on and off. Trainers and coaches forced players to drink water every few minutes, often encouraging them to seek a shaded area. It’s the extra precaution taken before, during and after practice that Wellbrock believes is the most important when practicing in the heat. “I think we have all learned that you have to adapt,” Wellbrock said. “We are going to talk to them, tell them what they need to do over the next day to get ready for the next practice. It’s all about staying hydrated.”

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ce 1999

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2010, 2011 2012, 2013, 2014

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Crops of Luv

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