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Bankruptcy threatens season Ahwatuk-trees at Club West Golf Course

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he bankruptcy case filed by the Club West Golf Course owner to stop a foreclosure proceeding has jeopardized the 2018-19 golfing season at the site.

A hearing on the bankruptcy petition filed last week by the Inter Tribal Golf Association has been set for Sept. 25 – only a few weeks before overseeding must begin if the course can be ready for golf.

“It’s going to be tight. If we can’t make it by mid-October, you’re not going to have a season,” said Wilson Gee, the former owner who had been poised to regain control of the course on Aug. 21 had not ITGA’s bankruptcy filing a day earlier blocked a trustee sale.

The Foothills Club West Association joined the bankruptcy case as “a party in interest” and its lawyer, Timothy H. Barnes, is the same lawyer who has tangled

with Gee’s companies in the long court fight involving the defunct Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course.

But this time, Barnes, who has represented the Club West HOA in other legal matters for what board President Michael Hinz called “a while,” isn’t there to fight with Gee. He’s there to make sure that Club West homeowners’ interests are protected no matter what the outcome of the bankruptcy, Hinz said.

“We need to be apprised of what’s going on from the font of information – and that’s the court,” said Hinz in explaining why the HOA board has joined the bankruptcy proceeding.

“We want to engage in a way that we can be supportive of whoever ends up with the golf course,” he added. “Our community’s best interest lies with a successful golf course, no matter who the owner is.”

Added Barnes: “We don’t have See

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Thanks to the city Streets Transportation Department’s horticulturalist and the Ahwatukee Board of Management, city crews last week began planting trees along 48th Street. They’ll be doing the same on the Warner-Elliot Loop. To see how ABM accomplished this long-sought goal, see page 4.

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hwatukee could be seeing as many as 1,200 new jobs over the next three years as local companies expand and new ones pick the community to set up shop – but City Hall still needs to address critical infrastructure issues by reconsidering further light rail expansion.

That was the word from Sam Stone, city Councilman Sal DiCiccio’s chief of staff, during an address to the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce’s Champions Day breakfast recently.

Ahwatukee’s job growth is part of an up-

tick in employment in Phoenix overall. He said hiring is up 3.1 percent over last year.

The Phoenix metro area now has 2.1 million people in the workforce, with construction up 13,000 jobs and manufacturing recording a 7,400-job increase.

In Ahwatukee, businesses will develop or improve nearly 110,000 square feet of commercial space.

That includes a proposed South Mountain Medical Center – a two-story, 40,000-squarefoot building planned for the north side of Chandler Boulevard at 50th Street – and another 27,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space across the street in a development called The Shoppes at 50C.

Charles Schwab in Ahwatukee plans to hire 600 engineering technology workers at its Ahwatukee location, Stone said.

“The jobs average more than $90,000 in salaries,” he said. “The company said it wants to take advantage of the enterprise technology experience that is one of Phoenix’s technology strengths.”

Schwab is the second biggest employer in Ahwatukee, with 690 employees, while Dish Network is the leader with 769.

Other big employers in the community are United Health Group, with 639 workers; Cyracom, with 484 employees providing See

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In addition, Ahwatukee-based VisionGate is starting the final clinical trials for a non-invasion, diagnostic technology that detects lung cancer before it forms, and the company is testing the treatment to prevent the cancer.

“This is unique in medicine to develop both the diagnostic and treatment protocols,” Stone said.

Stone said that to ensure growth, “infrastructure is critical to ensuring our community and businesses can continue to thrive.”

“But our roads are crumbling,” he said, calling attention to his boss’ efforts to take the funds from light rail and use that to hire more police and repave all Phoenix streets.

“Ahwatukee receives no light rail dollars or benefit, but every part of our city – including Ahwatukee – will benefit from these infrastructure improvements,” Stone said.

A few days after Stone’s address, DiCiccio himself hailed a related move in City Hall, where Mayor Thelda Williams and two other Council members asked City Manager Ed Zeurcher to put on the agenda for its next council meeting a request for staff to study the use of Transportation 2050 revenues to accelerate the city’s road maintenance program and cancelling further light rail expansion.

Currently, streets are maintained on a 10-year cycle, and DiCiccio has been seeking a reduction in that cycle to eight years, Stone said.

But an even bigger issue is getting money to ramp up street and other infrastructure work, as well as hiring more police.

The letter from Williams, Vice Mayor Jim Waring and Councilwoman Debra Stark to Zuercher means that they wanted the issue of a city staff study to come up for discussion and action by City Council at its meeting Aug. 22.

DiCiccio was buoyed by the letter.

“It looks like we are getting somebody’s attention at City Hall,” he said.

“This is a good first step, but I’m still going to hold the politicians’ feet to the fire,” DiCiccio added. “The last time we did this, the motion failed. I’m hopeful that will change, but simply asking staff to look into this plan isn’t enough. Our roads are a disaster – and becoming more and more dangerous. We need to fix our streets now, not just talk about it.”

The three Council members who wrote the letter said that if their colleagues today approve that the study begin, they expect it to be completed by Sept. 19.

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ABM secures city commitment for trees on 48th Street, Warner-Elliot Loop AFN News Staff

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hanks to the Ahwatukee Board of Management and a horticulturist who works for the city, some badly needed trees are being planted along a stretch of 48th Street and the Warner-Elliot Loop.

The trees are the result of some persistence by ABM and a sympathetic ear from Erik Wilson, a horticulturalist with the Phoenix Street Transportation Department.

Just over a month ago, ABM contacted the City of Phoenix to request what ABM Assistant General Manager Karen Young called “sorely needed landscape services.”

Desolate entry medians on Elliot and Warner Roads that include numerous dead bushes and untrimmed palm trees had created an eyesore, according to ABM staff.

In addition, ABM is also seeking removal of dead trees and replacement of trees previously removed along Warner-Elliot Loop and 48th Street.

So, in keeping with its decades-old tradition of maintaining relationships with city staff for landscape maintenance, adequate police presence, combatting graffiti, sidewalk repairs and other services, ABM staffers went to work.

While ABM’s responsibilities are limited to area it owns, board President Christopher Gentis said, “It has been a long-standing priority of past and present boards of directors that ABM work with city officials and departments to ensure Ahwatukee receives expected city services.

“Ensuring that a quality of life Ahwatukee residents enjoy continues is important,” Young added. “Mature, shady trees and vibrant, healthy landscape add intangible ‘life’ and enjoyment to a community.”

So Young and her boss, ABM General Manager Robert Blakesly, met with streets officials, showing them photos and sharing their concerns.

Young said she told the city officials

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City crews have been busy the past week planting trees along 48th Street. The city’s Street Transportation Department also made sure that the longdormant irrigation system in the area is working so that the trees will get all the water they need. The Ahwatukee Board of Management worked out an arrangement with the department to get the trees planted.

about “the poor appearance and maintenance of city-owned landscape throughout Ahwatukee” but was especially concerned about the shoddy appearance of the community’s “front doors” from I-10.

Wilson didn’t need photographs, Young reported, noting that as a supervisor over landscape maintenance in the area, “he was aware of the issues, as well as his very limited financial resources.”

Young said Wilson explained that medians just off the freeways were installed by the Arizona Department of Transportation but, once built, became the city’s responsibility to maintain.

Wilson has separate financial resources to maintain and improve different areas – some from the county and some from the city.

The first few medians off I-10 are maintained by county funds. Other areas, including Warner-Elliot Loop and 48th Street, are maintained with city funds.

Wilson advised Young and Blakesley that the county fund could be used to add trees and shrubs in the medians.

ABM also requested new granite be installed in those medians, and Wilson agreed to try to get it.

Young said the meeting also involved a discussion of “the distressed appearance of mature trees” in the medians, and Wilson said he was looking into it.

Wilson said he had money for trees only from his city fund, and he and Blakesley and Young said they wanted to secure as many trees as possible for Ahwatukee.

They secured 44 trees for 48th Street and 103 trees for Warner-Elliot Loop.

The 48th Street tree installation will be followed by a similar project on the Warner-Elliot Loop, Young said.

Design for the medians will take more time and trees because city funds are limited. “Wilson advised he has 18 other parties wanting a share of the 1,000 trees he has available in the city fund,” Young said.

The day after the meeting, Young and Blakesley set out early to mark the locations for trees along both thoroughfares, while Wilson directed his crews to ensure the irrigation system along 48th Street

is functional after more than a decade of nonuse. There are also numerous tree stumps that will need to be ground.

Young and Blakesley selected the trees from a city-approved list and picked 11 ironwood, 18 Red Push Pistache and 15 Southern Oaks.

“The species chosen are drought tolerant and indigenous to Arizona’s climate, as well as slow growing and noninvasive,” Young said.

Existing Sissoo trees, known for their invasive root systems, have caused significant damage to city property – as evidenced by cracked and lifted sidewalks throughout city right of ways, Young said.

The city no longer plants Sissoo trees in its rights of way.

The Warner-Elliot Loop has been approved for approximately 103 new trees, and planting will likely begin this winter, according to Wilson. The median redesign, the original focus of the ABM’s contact, will be addressed as the third stage of the revitalization project, Young said.

Medical pot dispensary here seeks approval of extraction facility AFN News Staff

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n Ahwatukee medical marijuana dispensary is seeking the county’s OK to produce and sell extraction products to other dispensaries.

Zone Land Holdings, LLC, which owns the Sky Dispensary in the shadow of the Four Points by Sheraton at Phoenix South Mountain and 51st Street and Elliot Road, needs a special use permit to sell to

other dispensaries, as well as a permit to conduct the extraction, according to its application to the county.

Extraction facilities basically take the active ingredient in marijuana out of its leaves and use it in candy, beverages and other forms.

The dispensary, which the county approved in 2011, is located on county-owned land, and Phoenix officials have no authority over its permitting.

The extraction process will take place in a 3,200-square-foot extraction facility in a suite adjacent to the existing dispensary. The business is seeking approval for that extraction process, according to the application.

“If approved, the extraction facility products will be used for sale only in the applicant’s dispensary until such time as a special use permit is approved for third-party dispensary sales,” the applica-

tion states.

The company noted, “Not all medical marijuana cardholders are comfortable with smoke inhalation” and that extraction products such as candy are “particularly valuable to patients suffering from respiratory-related ailments or an aversion to smoke inhalation.”

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suite of products offered by a medical marijuana dispensary,” the company also said: “Extraction products also provide a more concentrated, faster-acting dosage which can be used as a safer substitute for opioids to treat acute pain. Finally, extraction products have proven to be very effective for patients suffering from epilepsy and seizure disorders.”

The proposed extraction facility will operate during normal dispensary business hours from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. The extraction suite will be a secure facility not open to the public, will have electronically-controlled doors, and will have no signage so it remains essentially obscured from public view.

“The extraction facility will not produce any adverse impact on surrounding properties or the general public in the form of emissions of odor, dust, gas, noise, vibration, smoke, or heat,” the application states.

“This is true of the extraction processes regardless of whether it is sold in the applicant’s dispensary or exported for sale at third party dispensaries. For all practical purposes, the proposed extraction facility will be essentially invisible to the average person,” it adds.

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It also said approval of its permit request “will have no discernible negative impact on surrounding properties. Rather, the availability of high-quality extraction products for patients of the applicant’s dispensary and other dispensaries around

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wo people were killed in separate accidents in little more than an hour in Ahwatukee on Aug. 20, and one may involve an impaired driver.

The first occurred at 6:30 p.m. at 48th Street and Chandler Boulevard when a Dodge Neon driven by an unidentified 24-year-old woman triggered a three-car collision that claimed the life of the passenger in the Neon.

The victim, identified as Angie Rodriguez, 66, had been transported to the hospital in critical condition but later died there. She was the only person injured in the crash.

Police said the driver of the Neon was heading west on Chandler Boulevard when she made a left turn in front of a vehicle heading eastbound on Chandler

Boulevard. The impact sent the Neon into a third vehicle.

Police said the driver of the Neon “displayed signs of impairment.” An arrest and charges are pending toxicology and reconstruction of the collision. The investigation is ongoing.

About 70 minutes after that accident, police answered a call in the 3600 block of East Ray Road, where a 70-year-old man was struck crossing in the middle of the block by a west-bound vehicle.

The man, who is still not identified pending notification of next of kin, was taken to the hospital, where he later died.

“The driver remained at scene, and impairment does not appear to be a factor in regards to the driver of the vehicle,” police said. The investigation of that case also is ongoing. Typically, accident reconstructions can take weeks, if not months.

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Dems in Arizona gaining more registered voters than GOP

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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t may not be the signs of a “blue wave,” but a new report from the Secretary of State’s Office suggests that Arizona Democrats appear to be more energized this year than Republicans.

And that may translate to victories in races that in any other year they could not win.

The latest figures show that for every person who registered with the GOP since March, the Democrats registered more than three.

That doesn’t endanger the lead that Republicans have in Arizona. They still make up nearly 35 percent of registered voters, versus less than 31 percent for Democrats.

And independents – those not affiliated with any of the four recognized parties – still make up about a third, though their share of the total is dropping.

The surge in Democrat registration in Arizona comes as recent national elections have shown that races in what should be safe Republican districts have proven closer than expected, as some party faithful stay home amid the controversy over President Trump.

(Special to AFN)

The surge in Democratic registrations in Arizona still might not be big enough to overtake Republicans, who have held a registration advantage for years.

That doesn’t mean they’ll vote for a Democrat. But if they sit out the race in November, it negates the party’s voter registration edge.

Arizona already has a real-live example of this.

In April, Republican Debbie Lesko managed to defeat Democrat Hiral Tip-

irneni in a special election to fill the congressional seat in northwest Maricopa County that became vacant after the resignation of fellow Republican Steve Montenegro. But Lesko, a state senator who represented the area for years, managed to pick up just 52.1 percent of the votes cast.

That is significant since the Republicans

far outnumber Democrats in the district by a margin of close to two-to-one. And that’s a district that went for Trump two years earlier by more than 20 points.

The push to register Democrats is no more pronounced than in the 2nd congressional district, running from midtown Tucson to the state border south and east.

There, Democrats boosted their numbers between March and now by 2,887.

And Republicans? Just 11.

Ayshia Connors, spokeswoman for the state Republican Party, said that disparity is not surprising.

“They have a lot of catching up to do,’’ she said of the Democrats.

In fact, though, they’ve more than caught up in CD 2 and now have a 3,500 registration edge.

But Connors said the party is not worried, what with still having 150,000 more registered adherents statewide than the Democrats.

“We have a very strong ground game,’’ she said.

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very confident we’re going to have success in November.

But not everyone in the GOP reads the new data the same way.

“I think the latest partisan registration numbers are yet the most recent tangible evidence that the energy of the 2018 election is on the center-left of the political spectrum,’’ said Republican consultant Stan Barnes.

Barnes said he has never seen such energy among that group in his 30 years as a Republican.

That’s a really significant concession, given that Barnes, a former state lawmaker, was around when Democrat Janet Napolitano got elected governor in 2002 despite the fact that the GOP had 125,000 more registered voters in the state.

“If the environment is better today, and the Democrats won the governorship when it was less good, what does that mean for Republicans in the 2018 general election?’’ Barnes said. “That’s got Republicans awake at night.’’

Barnes said he still thinks his party can hold its own with “quality candidates.’’

And he said the GOP has built-in advantages, including a large number of incumbents and the fact that the money tends to flow in their direction.

“But Democrats have been so beat down, so long, for what seems like forever in the minority position politically that any blue sky, any oxygen excites them,’’ he said. And that, said Barnes, could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

“That confidence has led to better candidates and more candidates and more money than anybody running has seen Democrats have before,’’ Barnes said.

“And that must translate to victories that would not have been there before save for that optimism.’’

Chuck Couglin, who does consulting for Republicans, said he expects that energized Democrat base will increase voter participation. And that, he said, should

translate into at least one, if not more, victories in statewide races, offices now currently occupied entirely by Republicans.

One place the Republicans do not have the benefit of incumbency is CD 2, won in 2014 by Martha McSally, who took the seat away from Democrat Ron Barber.

That year, Republicans had a voter registration edge of about 3,500.

Now, the tables are turned, with the Democrats up by that same margin and McSally in the hunt for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Jeff Flake.

Coughlin said he doubts the Republicans will be able to hang on to that congressional seat.

The other open seat is in CD 9, which encompasses parts of Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa.

Republicans had thought it was a swing district when it was first created for the 2012 election, with GOP registration at the time outnumbering Democrats by more than 10,000. Despite that, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema parlayed her time as a state legislator into a seat in Congress.

Sinema now hopes to become the Democrat nominee for Flake’s seat. That has Republicans thinking that perhaps this is the year they can win CD 9.

Coughlin disagrees. And the numbers are not in the GOP’s favor, with the 10,000 registration edge the party had in 2012 having evaporated into a 13,000 registration deficit.

In CD 1, the picture is a bit different.

Democrat Tom O’Halleran is hoping to hang onto the seat he won two years ago after incumbent Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick made an ill-fated run to oust U.S. Sen. John McCain. Steve Smith, Wendy Rogers and Tiffany Shedd are all vying to be the GOP nominee.

The number of Republican voters in the sprawling district that stretches from the state’s northern border to its eastern edge and down into suburban Tucson is virtually the same now as it was two years ago.

But while Democrats still outnumber Republicans in the district, their margin has shrunk by about 7,000 from 2016.

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Judge slaps down challenge to clean energy referendum

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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rizona Public Service has faltered in its attempt to keep a renewable energy measure it opposes off the November ballot.

In a 33-page ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Kiley rejected the contentions of the APS-funded group that backers of the Clean Energy for Healthy Arizona initiative had effectively tricked people into signing initiative petitions.

During a five-day trial, they pointed out that the proposal, requiring utilities to generate 50 percent of their power from renewable source by 2030, specifically uses the term “clean energy.’’ But attorneys for the utility noted that Proposition 127 would not include nuclear power in that 50 percent mandate.

They contend that nuclear power is “clean’’ energy because it does not produce airborne emissions. And in using that term, they said, it may have fooled petition signers into thinking the measure does something it does not.

Kiley, however, said no one was misled.

“The fact that the initiative excludes nuclear power is made clear,’’ he said, not only in the title of the measure but also in the 100-word summary on each petition and in the actual text of the measure.

There, he said, it defines “renewable energy’’ as excluding nuclear or fossil fuels.

But Kiley sidestepped the question of whether nuclear is “clean,’’ saying that is not for courts to decide.

The judge did disqualify a large number of the more than 480,000 signatures that were submitted by initiative organizers.

In some cases, he found evidence of fraud, such as multiple names on the same petition sheet that seem to have been signed by the same person. And Kiley also said that the signatures of circulators who did not show up in court after being subpoenaed also had to be tossed out.

But the judge rejected the key contention of the utility-financed effort that initiative organizers knew that more than half the signatures they submitted were invalid.

That claim was based on an internal review by campaign workers that they could verify just 47.3 percent of the signatures they

had in hand.

Utility attorney Brett Johnson told Kiley that proves the campaign knew they were submitting invalid signatures in hopes that turning that many petitions in to election officials would “flood’’ the system and leave them unable to properly verify the signatures.

Kiley said that internal analysis proves no such thing.

Kiley also said that even if he accepted the committee’s own validity rate, it would not matter: It still would leave the campaign with more than the 225,963 valid signatures needed to make the ballot.

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a dog in this fight. However, we want to make sure that the golf course is looked after according to the CC&Rs.” Gee nearly two months ago had scheduled the trustee sale after ITGA President Richard Breuninger became delinquent in the payments on a $1.3 million note he signed Dec. 1 to buy the course.

Even before that note was signed, Breuninger through Club West Golf Management used an approximate $350,000 investment from former landfill owner William Day to overseed the course so

that by the time the note was signed, Club West had become lush and golfers began flocking to the site.

But by February, the course began turning brown as the Phoenix Water Services Department shut off the water over an unpaid bill totaling more than $215,000.

The bill with delinquency fees is now close to $300,000.

As the grass withered and died and the lake level dropped to the point where its fish started dying, Breuninger also fell behind in his $35,000-a-month payments on the note.

Gee told AFN that the course would likely need some additional work before it

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could be seeded since it has not seen water for months.

It also is unclear whether Gee could get water service restored if he regained control of the course or whether the city would hold him responsible for ITGA’s unpaid bill.

ITGA also could be using the bankruptcy case to buy additional time as it makes its own financing deal that would enable it to pay off its water debt and Gee’s note and re-seed the course.

Breuninger did not return a call for comment and Gee said he has not heard from him either.

One source familiar with bankruptcy proceedings said it is not uncommon for someone to file for creditor protection at the last minute. Also common, the source said, is the absence of much detail in an initial filing.

Basically, the filing by Breuninger and his Denver lawyer contains only boilerplate information.

It lists no creditors or assets by name.

On a series of boxes indicating various levels of total debt and number of creditors, checked are boxes for 1 to 49 creditors and $1 million to $10 million in liabilities. Total assets, also not identified, are listed as $1 million to $10 million.

Court rules require a petitioner to file a number of documents within seven to 14 days of its initial filing.

Those documents include a master list of creditors, a list of assets and liabilities

and a “statement of financial affairs,” a wide-ranging list of various transactions ranging from gifts and property transfers to legal actions and sources of revenue.

Gee has rescheduled the trustee sale for Sept. 4 – the day those details are supposed to be filed.

But the setting of a hearing date several weeks after that deadline makes it unclear if the chess match between Gee and Breuninger will continue until the Sept.

25 hearing.

Hinz said that the HOA board is hoping for the best, remains optimistic and is taking no sides when it comes to ITGA or Gee. “All we want to do is support the owner of the golf course, no matter who it is.

Our interest isn’t served by who owns the golf course,” Hinz added. “Our best interest lies with the successful operation of the golf course.”

“There are so many different moving parts and pieces in this that we just have to wait,” he said. “There are a lot of things that can happen in the next 30 days. All we want to do is advocate for whoever owns the course. Whether that means talking with the city and trying to get better deal on water or provide easements for a water line. We just want to help.”

Yet, Hinz admitted the HOA and homeowners, especially those near the course, are anxious about the near future.

Asked if homeowners are concerned, he replied: “Concern is an understatement.”

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By March, the Club West Golf Course was showing the consequences of the city water shut-off in February, Now, the lake level has dropped considerably and not a shred of grass can be seen on the site.

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Lawsuit over Club West course’s management drags on

BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

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hile the federal bankruptcy case involving Club West Golf Course has taken center stage, a lawsuit in state Superior Court filed against its owner by a former landfill owner who said he lost $350,000 continues to drag on.

Charges and countercharges have swirled around the lawsuit that William Day filed in February against course owner Inter Tribal Golf Association, its CEO Richard Breuninger, Club West Golf Management and a principal in the latter company named Christa Jones.

Day claims his investment was squandered, and said Jones may have used thousands on personal expenses. He also blames the defendants for failing to keep up with city water bills, ultimately causing a shut-off in service – triggering the course’s spiral of deterioration.

Breuninger said he had hired Club West Golf Management to run the course and was unaware of its day to day

operation of the course.

In July he asked the court to dismiss the suit and both he and Jones have denied Day’s allegations.

Jones also has filed papers that accuse Day of taking close to $6,000 from the company to pay for his lawyer’s retainer in the lawsuit.

Among the papers filed in the case is a March 8 email that Jones sent to Breuninger that said she had resigned from Club West Golf Management “and transferred over the ownership to ITGA.” “Club West at its best was a fun startup but at its worst it was a hostile environment where I felt stuck until December,” the email stated.

A week before that email is dated, attorney Samantha Skenandore emailed Day, accusing him of “unlawfully engaging in golf management operations at Club West without a contract or authority for the same.”

Skenandore also wrote that Jones had frozen the company’s bank accounts “until legal authorities can investigate and resolve” allegations of “fraudulent

and seemingly unauthorized activities”

by Day. She also warned Day, “we have no choice but to demand accountability, eject you from the premises and safeguard the business.”

In her response to Day’s lawsuit, Jones said that her office in the clubhouse “was open to everyone.”

“Paperwork was everywhere. I made no effort to hide anything as there was nothing worth hiding. Day had full access to any information he wanted or needed. I did not keep him in the dark.

We talked regularly about what was happening.”

She also stated, “I did not use Club West money for personal expenses.

Club West had no assets to pledge to anyone and no liens were filed on anything related to Club West. I paid the bills as best I could with the money we had. Was as surprised as anyone else about the water bill. To this day, I have not seen the water bill or any part of it.”

Breuninger has told AFN that the city was sending parts of the water bill to the

addresses on five different meters and that’s why he never saw any bills until he was notified of the city’s plan to shut off service.

Jones in her answer to Day’s suit also said Day “and his wife spent hours in my office, which made me uncomfortable.”

“I did not act with an evil mind,” she said.

In a separate filing in the lawsuit on March 22, ITGA accountant Erik Becker said he talked with Day four consecutive days from Feb. 25 to Feb. 28 and that from those conversations he determined “Bill Day was taking the deposits home with him and putting them in his safe at home.

“I communicated to Bill Day that those funds did not belong to him and that he needed to deposit them into the bank account. My understanding was that he agreed to my demand.”

Day’s lawyer did not return a call requesting comment.

There is no indication in the court docket as to whether any hearing has been slated in the lawsuit.

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State high court says fear a legitimate defense in child abuse case

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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eople who say they were forced by fear of death or injury to break the law need not prove they were in imminent danger at the time of the offense to escape being convicted, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday.

In a decision with significant implications, the majority said Sophia Richter should have been allowed to claim she was acting “under duress’’ when she kept her three daughters locked up for months in squalid conditions.

The Tucson woman never denied that the girls, ages 12, 13 and 17, were taken out of school and kept locked in a room where they were fed rancid food, given moldy water and were allowed to go to the bathroom only by signaling Sophia and her husband, Fernando, the girls’ stepfather, by means of closed-circuit cameras.

But Sophia argued that she was too scared of her husband, the girl’s stepfather, to help them.

Pima County Superior Court Judge Paul Tang rejected her request to present evidence that she acted under duress.

That would have included testimony from a doctor that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder based on “the many months, if not years, of abuse suffered... at the hands of Fernando.’’ Sophia also sought to present photographs of “numerous scars’’ she said were inflicted by him.

Tang, however, said she essentially was claiming “battered woman syndrome,’’ where someone gets to escape punishment by claiming she was so abused that she, in essence, lacked the mental capacity to know she was committing a crime. That defense is not allowed in Arizona.

After being found guilty of kidnapping and child abuse, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

But Chief Justice Scott Bales, writing for himself and three of his colleagues, said Sophia’s claims were more specific than that.

For example, he said she believed that if she resisted, she would either be seriously harmed or killed, or that her children would as well. And she submitted evidence of wounds and blood on her body that police documented.

Bales said that evidence, if accepted by

a jury, could show she was constantly in fear, providing a basis for her to argue she had no choice but to go along with what her husband demanded.

But Justice John Lopez, writing for himself and the other two justices, said Arizona law requires someone to show that they acted in response to a “threat or use of immediate physical force.’’ And he said Sophia presented no evidence that Fernando threatened or used physical harm “which compelled her to continuously abuse her children for the entire three-month period alleged in the indictment, if at all.’’

Lopez also said the majority ruling opens the door for more people to claim they acted under duress – and therefore are not guilty – even though they were not under immediate threat of harm at the time of the crime.

Friday’s ruling does not mean Sophia is off the hook. Instead, it sends the case back to court for a new trial where she can present the evidence that was not allowed the first time.

Fernando, who faced the same charges plus aggravated assault, was sentenced to 58 years in prison. He lost his appeal.

Deputy Pima County Attorney Ame-

lia Cramer said she was still studying the ruling. But she said last year that if the conviction were overturned, her office is prepared to put Sophia back on trial.

The case came to light in 2013 when the two younger girls escaped out of the window of their bedroom and fled to a neighbor’s house, shouting that their stepfather had broken down the bedroom door and threatened them with a knife. The neighbors, who did not know the girls lived in the neighborhood, let them in and called 911. Police found the parents inside the house and the 17-year-old locked in a separate bedroom.

During their search they found video cameras and covered air-conditioning vents in the girls’ rooms, an internal alarm system, a knife near the master bedroom, and a bucket containing pasta mixed with meat and food scraps in the refrigerator.

The girls told police they had been removed from schools years earlier and the younger sisters had not seen their older sibling in more than a year despite living in the same house. The oldest sister said the water in plastic jugs was moldy, and the food they were given to eat twice daily was rancid.

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Judge OKs advisory to voters on education tax referendum

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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oters will be told that a proposed income tax hike on the richest Arizonans to fund education also would affect taxpayers who earn a lot less.

But the effect on the average Arizonan would be nowhere near as much as the impact on those at the top of the income scale.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Connie Contes last week ruled that the evidence supports the argument that Proposition 207, if approved, would repeal a 2015 law designed to protect Arizonans from paying more income taxes solely because their wages keep pace with inflation.

Whether the initiative even makes the ballot remains undecided.

Earlier this month, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge James Smith slapped down a bid by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce to keep the measure off the November ballot. He rejected the claim that initiative organizers mislead people into signing petitions by understating the effects of the tax hike and failing to inform them that it also would affect income tax bracket indexing.

That case is now before the Arizona Supreme Court.

The net effect in revenues is only a fraction of the $690 million a year that the Invest in Ed initiative is designed to raise by boosting income taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year and couples with incomes exceeding $500,000.

Legislative budget staffers put the first-year cost to Arizona taxpayers of the repeal of inflation indexing at about $49 million.

To put that into perspective, though, that is only 1 percent of the $4.38 billion in individual income taxes expected to be collected this budget year from all Arizonans.

Without future inflation indexing, however, those effects would grow, to the point that legislative budget staffers predict the cost in a decade would be $288 million.

But it is impossible to say what percent of the total income taxes owed by Arizonans that would be in 2028.

Contes’ ruling is a major setback for initiative organizers who argued that the entire burden of the plan for new education funding would fall on the top 1 to 2 percent of Arizonans.

Unless they can get the ruling overturned by the Supreme Court, it gives foes

of the tax hike the ability to urge people to reject the initiative because it could affect them, too.

The judge’s ruling was not entirely a loss for initiative proponents.

Contes said Arizona law requires that explanations of ballot measures provide an accurate description and avoid advocacy. She said that explanation, which goes into brochures mailed to the homes of all 3.6 million registered voters, must be “an even-handed assessment that does not omit, exaggerate, or understate material provisions.’’

But Contes said the language crafted by the Republican-controlled committee effectively advocates that people vote against the measure by telling them they would be repealing a law “that protects taxpayer from paying more income tax due to inflation.’’

And Contes said the GOP lawmakers, who oppose the initiative, were overplaying the effect of the inflation-indexing provision, calling in an “ancillary issue’’ to the main focus of hiking income taxes on the wealthiest to fund education.

But Contes found no fault in lawmakers telling voters that the proposed 8 percent tax rate on earnings above $250,000 for

individuals and $500,000 for couples will be increasing by 76.2 percent, with the 9 percent rate proposed on individual earnings above $500,000 and $1 million for married couples filing jointly translating out to a 98.2 percent increase.

The current tax rate on those earnings is 4.54 percent. So initiative proponents had sought to have the change described as an increase of 3.46 and 4.46 percent, respectively, essentially the difference between the current and proposed rates.

They argued the higher figures lawmakers sought to use in the description was designed to scare off voters.

Contes, however, said there’s nothing wrong with the analysis.

“This language is mathematically accurate and not misleading when considered in the contexts of each full sentence,’’ she said, pointing out the analysis does mention both the current and new rates. Anyway, Contes said, large percentage figures used in describing the impact on highwage earnings “may be as or more likely to cause of voter to favor the initiative rather than against it.’’

Attorney Jim Barton, who represents initiative supporters, said no decision has been made whether to appeal.

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Doctors studying concussions among domestic violence victims

BY TRISTAN ETTLEMAN Cronkite News

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oncussions in athletes have received attention in recent years, but experts are now looking to address the needs of a large, yet overlooked, population – domestic abuse victims.

One in three women and one in four men have been physically abused by an intimate partner in their lifetime. There are 10 million victims of domestic abuse a year, of which 76 percent are women, said Dr. Glynnis Zieman of the Barrow Neurological Institute.

And that number is underreported, she added.

Most of the blows from an abuser are to one of the most vulnerable parts of the body and, over years of daily and weekly incidents, those hits take a toll.

“In a domestic violence situation, a lot of the abuse is focused on the head,” said Jonathan Lifshitz, director of the Translational Neurotrauma Research Program at the University of Arizona.

Lifshitz said that football players, who encounter significant blows but are supported by on-hand medical assistance at games and in the off-season, have a different brain-injury reality than abuse victims.

“Where does this woman go? She has to live it. The opportunity for recovery is very different,” he said.

Brain injury research has followed soldiers after combat and professional athletes, but the subjects have been mostly male, Zieman said. Researchers are just

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play with it and open it up.

“We went up the next day, we had readings through the whole passageway, one full corridor of the school, we had to confiscate shoes from students.”

The hazmat team scanned more than 300 Show Low students and teachers and visited 10 homes to test for mercury.

Nutter and the two other members of the response team, Scot Havir and Arcangel Barragan, are responsible for responding to hazardous material incidents statewide.

“We are the hazmat team for the state, and state on-scene coordinators for hazmat spills that affect the environment, waterways, public safety,” Nutter said, adding that they work with hazmat teams from the state transportation and public safety departments.

This includes responding to mercury incidents, analyzing wildfire and smoke,

( Tanner Stechnij/Cronkite News)

The Mesa Police Department will be using an eye tracking device called ConQVerge that can gather data and help determine if domestic violence victims have received a concussion.

beginning to understand differences between men and women with concussions.

Women typically have smaller heads and weaker necks than men, Zieman said. Female athletes are nearly 1½ times more likely to get a concussion than male athletes playing the same sport.

Women are more likely to have depression, anxiety, and migraines, all of which are common concussion symptoms.

That complicates diagnosis and recovery, she said.

Hormones can also play a role. If a significant injury were to occur during puberty, it could fundamentally change the path to adulthood. Zieman also said some research has found that injuries

sustained at different points in a woman’s menstrual cycle can alter symptoms and recovery time.

Concussions can cause loss of consciousness, nausea, dizziness, memory loss, and long-term neurological problems that can cloud judgment and hinder speech.

Dr. Amaal Starling of Mayo Clinic Arizona said concussions and their effects are varied.

“There is not a test that does or does not rule out a concussion,” she said.

She compared a brain to Jello. When it sustains damage, it ripples, and when the brain attempts to restore equilibrium, pathways and brain cells can become mismatched.

Starling and Zieman both spoke on a

training local agencies in hazmat response and serving as a 24/7 on-call unit for all of Arizona.

This agency collaboration is called the Triad and enables Arizona to prepare for most hazardous incidents. They are on the front lines of protecting public health and the environment.

Other times, Barragan said, “Fire and fuel spills, tanker spills are the most common ones that we get calls on. Sometimes just the responding agency locally needs some guidance.”

“We’re dealing with facilities, tankers, railcars, things of that nature,” Barragan said. “Bulk amounts of industrial types of chemicals. That’s what hazmat is for, at least our run of things.”

A special focus is on rural fire departments, he said.

The incidents reported to the National Response Center are forwarded to Arizona agencies, such as AZDEQ, the Arizona Department of Public Safety and others.

Of 204 fatalities reported to the National Response Center, more than half were trespasser deaths on railways. In these cases, the Arizona Corporation Commission is responsible for prevention in the future.

“It’s an unfortunate circumstance when that happens,” said Chris Watson, the railroad safety supervisor for the commission.

“Our mission is to keep people safe in the state of Arizona around railroads.”

Watson called railway deaths a gray area: “When a trespasser fatality gets reported to us, we’re not first responders, so we don’t immediately go out there at the scene. We’ll go out later on and kind of assess the situation of where that particular incident happened.”

Anyone on the railway is categorized as a trespasser unless they use a marked crossing area, Watson said. The Corporation Commission determines what changes are necessary after an accident.

This includes examining the incident location and figuring out how to make it

panel at the Association of Health Care Journalists conference in Phoenix.

The old model of treatment involved “strict rest,” keeping patients in dark and quiet rooms and out of school or work, Starling said. Now, however, physicians and research have found that brief periods of rest, for about one or two days, should start a process of slowly re-engaging patients into school, work, and (for athletes) sports.

That’s a significant hurdle for many domestic abuse victims. Lifshitz said re-engaging often means working with a social worker or facing legal battles.

“You can imagine what a trial looks like,” he said. “If the assailant says she has a history of drinking, and now she gets on the stand and it sounds like she’s drunk, the jury’s not going to listen to her,” even though a brain injury caused the slurred speech.

Zieman’s team also studied the stigma surrounding domestic violence. About 20 percent of patients had sought medical care before coming to the specialized clinic, even though 81 percent had reported too many injuries to count, and about 80 percent said they had lost consciousness from their injuries.

The research and treatment of brain-injured domestic abuse victims is still in its infancy, Lifshitz said. He hopes to see the circle of care he’s worked on – where domestic violence victims are evaluated by law enforcement, physicians, social workers and legal professionals – adopted elsewhere. safer. The commission might remove foliage, add signs and bells, and coordinate with local agencies to help them improve their outreach.

“We like to go out to the communities and schools, talk with bus people, truck people and give that message of safety...

Getting the message out about trespassing – tracks are private property – is a big thing for us,” Watson said.

Both Watson’s team, the AZDEQ team and other hazmat responders have to be ready for a range of chemical and environmental challenges. Across the state, they invest as much in readiness as response.

“We’ll participate in a lot of exercises with other responders around the state, and all 15 counties. We participate in their local emergency planning committees,” Havir added. “Preparedness is a big part of response. It’s not just showing up, it’s having someone on scene that knows what they’re doing.”

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Regional medical center leads skin cancer fight

BY CECILIA CHAN AFN Staff Writer

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heldon Riggs said his right forearm started itching one day and continued to do so the next morning when he woke up.

He scratched and felt a sharp nerve pain shoot up his arm. Sensing something was not right, he called his doctor, who told him to come for a check-up.

Riggs’ days out in the sun working on his family’s crop farm in Chandler and two summers as a lifeguard for Big Surf in Tempe caught up with the 35-year-old.

He became one of the 1,880 new melanoma cases estimated for Arizona this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Of the top 10 cancers in the state, melanoma ranks No. 6.

“I was always outdoors, but I wore long-sleeve shirts and do what I can,” Riggs said. “I was lucky.”

He is now cancer-free, said Dr. Mark Gimbel of Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Gilbert, who excised the melanoma from Riggs’ forearm and removed a lymph node from his armpit for a biopsy

REDUCING ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE

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■ Avoid tanning beds and sunlamps Source: Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center

be removed and a larger incision made, Gimbel said.

Of the three major forms of skin cancer – basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma – the lat(Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer) ter causes the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center physician Dr. Mark Gimbel excises a most deaths, melanoma from the arm of Chandler resident Sheldon Riggs. claiming an estimated 9,320 lives in the United States annually, to ensure the cancer hadn’t spread. according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.

Arizona has the highest melanoma death Nationwide, an estimated 178,560 cases rate in the country, according to doctors at of melanoma will be diagnosed this year.

Banner – which opened The T.W. Lewis Melanoma accounts for about 1 percent Melanoma Center of Excellence in Noof skin cancers. vember for diagnosis, treatment and reIf melanoma is recognized and treated search. early, it is almost always curable, but if it is By the end of its first full year of opnot, the cancer can advance and spread to eration, the center will have treated 450 melanoma patients, spokesman Corey Schubert said.

Patient case load is projected to grow 5 SIGNS OF percent to 10 percent a year, Gimbel added.

“What we have here at the Center of MELANOMA Excellence is a multi-disciplinary setting,” Melanoma most commonly Gimbel said. “What we offer is unique.” appears on the trunk area of the Surgical oncology, radiation and patholbody in fair-skinned men and on the ogy are just some of the medical specialties lower legs of fair-skinned women. In working together in a holistic approach to dark-skinned individuals, it is most treating a patient, he said. prevalent on the palms, the soles of The center also offers a prevention, outthe feet and beneath the nails. reach and education program, survivorship Melanoma usually develops as an care and support, and clinical research. irregular brown, black and/or red Gimbel said the center’s program inspot or an existing mole that begins to change color, size or shape. While cludes going into the grade and high signs and symptoms vary from schools, educating children about sun person to person, the following safety and the importance of screening.

ABCDEs provide an easy way to “The core objective of the center is outrecognize the signs of melanoma: reach and education,” he said, crediting Asymmetry: One side of a mole is more than 20,000 lives saved from the different from the other. center’s outreach efforts.

Border irregularity: The edges of Since the center’s opening, six new mela mole are ragged or irregular. anoma clinical trials have begun with four Color variation: The mole gets currently open, according to Schubert. darker, changes color or contains “Clinical trials give patients access to the several colors. most promising treatments not yet availDiameter: It is bigger than the able to the public, and help advance meddiameter of a pencil eraser. ical discoveries to benefit future patients,” Evolution: It grows in width or he said. height.

Ten days after the operation, Riggs had Source: Banner MD Anderson the staples removed from a 3.5-inch inciCancer Center sion. Had the melanoma gone deeper into the skin, more skin would have needed to

other parts of the body, where it becomes hard to treat and can be fatal.

The nonprofit foundation says one person dies of melanoma every hour, and from 2008-2018, the number of new melanoma cases diagnosed annually has increased by 53 percent.

Because Arizona is close to the sun and close to the equator, high altitude and low latitude means less atmospheric protection from the sun’s damaging rays, according to the University of Arizona Cancer Center. The year-round warm climate also means more time outdoors with less clothing – putting Arizona residents at a high risk of skin cancer.

Melanoma is typically an affliction of older adults with lifelong sun exposure, but Gimbel is seeing younger patients getting the disease from being out in the sun or using tanning beds.

“I’m seeing teens and people in their 20s,” he said.

Ninety to 95 percent of melanoma cases are due to ultraviolet rays from the sun, which destroys skin cells, the doctor added.

Although Riggs was outdoors a lot, he had other risk factors going for him.

He, like his other siblings, has a fair complexion, blond hair and blue eyes, said his mother, Ahtanya Riggs, who added that her husband had a melanoma removed from his back.

The Skin Cancer Foundation said one in every 10 patients diagnosed with the cancer has a family member with a history of melanoma.

And the risk of melanoma is much higher for whites than for blacks, with whites with red or blond hair, blue or green eyes, or fair skin that freckles or burns easily at increased risk, according to the American Cancer Society.

Riggs also mentioned he got sunburnt and developed blisters when he was 8 years old, which increased his risk for developing melanoma, Gimbel said.

Another tell-tale sign of a melanoma that Riggs ignored for a year was a mole on his arm that changed in shape and color. He also had a melanoma removed from his back about a decade earlier.

Every time Riggs becomes exposed to the sun’s rays means his risk for developing a melanoma continues to increase, Gimbel said.

To minimize the risk, he should, for instance, stay out of the sun’s rays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when the UV rays are the strongest, Gimbel said.

“Don’t be afraid of the sun, but be sensible,” he said.

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f you consider plastic bags the bane of the planet and believe they should at least be recycled, you will appreciate how a handful of seniors at Y OPAS repurpose them.

From hundreds of poly bags, women who volunteer with the YMCA’s Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors spend countless hours crocheting 3x6-foot mats for the downtown Phoenix Justa Center – a day resource for homeless seniors 55 and older.

The Justa Center website notes that in 2017, 13,000 homeless were 45 years and older, and of those, more than 2,000 were over 62.

For many seniors, the streets of Phoenix are now their home in heat, cold and rain.

And that’s where Y OPAS mats are most needed.

The process of turning plastic bags into colorful and comfortable mats on which to sleep – or in winter for a blanket – might sound simple.

But it is far from that, said Y OPAS Pro-

Sears, who admitted she’s amassed quite a collection of bags she regularly donates to the Y OPAS Crochet Club.

Those bags are then carefully flattened and cut into strips after slicing off the handles and bottom seam.

“It takes an estimated 40 hours of labor, depending on how fast you work of course, but it’s not a quick, easy thing to do,” said Sears.

Earlier this month, members of the Y OPAS Crochet Club ferried 20 completed crocheted mats to Justa Center at 1001 W. Jefferson St., founded in 2006.

Among them was 80-yearold Barbara Ferguson, an Ahwatukee resident who emigrated from Illinois a decade ago.

(Special to AFN) She said the experience of At 80 years of age, Barbara Ferguson is one of the most prolific going to the Justa Center plastic bag crocheting volunteers for Y OPAS. opened her eyes to homelessgram Director Jill Sears. ness among seniors – a revelation she, like “Each mat recycles over 700 bags,” said so many, hadn’t considered as part of the

homeless population.

“I looked at the wonderful people around us and thought ‘This could have been me,’” said Ferguson. “There but for the grace of God, as they say.”

Justa Center operations manager Oly Cowles said some seniors 55 and older who make use of the day resource center were once employed, some professionally, but due to poor health or circumstances, have lost their jobs, their homes, their health insurance and ended up on the streets.

“We believe in miracles here at Justa Center, and these mats are so unique.

They are good in hot weather, wet weather, even cold weather,” said Cowles, a former Arizona probation and parole officer who later went into private counseling before retiring again.

He first heard about Justa Center in 2011, when the center’s pastor spoke at his church and he’s been volunteering there in some capacity since.

Ferguson said that although she has crocheted for many years, it was at CrossSee

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2 Ahwatukee women part of Moms in Prayer gathering

BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

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wo Ahwatukee women are among the organizers and guest speakers for the “Unshaken Arizona” conference organized by Moms in Prayer International.

Moms in Prayer International, whose tagline is “Praying for Children & Schools,” encourages mass prayer for children, grandchildren and the schools they attend around the world.

Kay West and Michelle Keso, both of Ahwatukee, have been involved with the organization for many years and are on the expansive planning team that has put together this two-day event.

West is among the speakers and Keso is event coordinator and master of ceremonies. Among the many speakers is actress/ director Karen Abercrombie, who starred as Miss Clara in the 2015 film “War

(Special to AFN)

Kay West, who spent seven years in Swaziland helping villagers, is a speaker at the event planned by Mons in Prayer International.

Room” among other films and television productions.

The two-day conference will run 7-9 p.m. Sept. 7 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 8 at the First Baptist Church of Tempe, 4525 S. McClintock Drive. A $40 fee includes materials and lunch Saturday.

Keso, an adjunct professor at Grand

Canyon University, her alma mater, said space remains available.

“Moms in Prayer is an interdenominational organization. We love Jesus and that is what is matters,” said Keso. “Our dream to have a diverse audience of age, ethnicity and denominations.”

Keso, an Ahwatukee resident since 1990, said the planning team of 14 committees has worked on the event for 18 months.

“It takes a long time,” she said. “I will never walk into a big event again without realizing how much work is involved.”

Kay Cassidy West is MIPI’s international leadership director for Southern Africa, encompassing Angola, Botswana, The Union of the Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

After selling their Ahwatukee home and all possessions, she and her husband of 31

(Special to AFN)

Michelle Leso is helping to corrdinate and plan the mass prayer gathering.

years, John West, spent nearly seven years as missionaries in Swaziland, and then South Africa, before returning to Ahwatukee in January 2017.

She is co-founder of Swaziserve, Inc. and serves as current president. She also is the See

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cared enough to do that by hand. Another man said he’d had his for two years, he kept it on the back of his bike. They can wash them and keep them clean, and I make mine with a strap on them so they can carry them over their shoulder.”

It was Ferguson’s efforts that got Ahwatukee resident Sue McCann involved first gathering and prepping the bags, and then, eventually, crocheting mats, too.

Was it difficult to learn?

“Yes, at first,” admitted McCann, who’s crocheted for two years. “But it’s encouraging because if I can learn, so can anyone. You only have to know two stitches.

Once you know how to maneuver your hook, it’s very relaxing.

“You can do it while watching TV. Barbara (Ferguson) has a very fluid action, and could probably compose a symphony

while she’s crocheting a mat.”

Like others, McCann began by cutting bags into plastic strips that are rolled into balls, much like balls of yarn.

“I don’t make many mats now, but I handle a lot of bags,” said McCann, who received her five-year pin at last spring’s YMCA volunteer awards ceremony.

The Y OPAS Crochet Club meets for two hours the first Monday of each month beginning at 1 p.m. Meetings are at the Ahwatukee Foothills Family YMCA, 1030 E. Liberty Lane.

Y OPAS is a service of the Ahwatukee Family YMCA. According to Sears, there are currently 177 active volunteers serving 468 senior clients.

“Our mission is to help seniors maintain their independence as long as possible. We do this by offering services like transpor-

who founded the group in 1984 after being concerned when her two oldest children entered middle school.

“Moms in Prayer is an hour of hope,” she said of the prayer groups that meet locally in members’ homes. “Moms are discovering that being a part of the Moms in Prayer community is turning their fears to faith.”

Co-sponsoring Unshaken Arizona are Operation Christmas Child and Compassion International. Both will join 12 other ministry partners and vendors offering information and products to attendees.

“Whatever season of life you’re in, there’s a group for you,” said Keso, describing MIPI’s various prayer groups encompassing college-age parents, grandparents and for moms with children in elementary, middle school and high school.

“As to what Moms in Prayer has meant to me personally, it has forever impacted how I prayed for my children and others.

And the sisterhood is wonderful – that first group I had in my home when my children were young all are coming to Unshaken,” Keso added.

First MIPI Arizona State Coordinator Rhonda VanderPloeg of East Mesa has been a part of the organization since 1995, when, as a young mother in Holland, Michigan, she joined a prayer group.

When she, her husband and five children moved to Mesa in 2003, she looked to connect with a local group, and discovered there were none.

She started one, serving as a group leader before advancing to area coordinator and then first state coordinator, an office she held for seven years.

“That burning passion for schools and teachers to be bathed in prayer never left my gut,” said VanderPloeg, who still hosts two prayer groups in her home.

“Every single school needs to be prayed for like this. Our teachers spend about seven hours a day pouring into our kids. They deserve to have us support them in prayer.

And our children and grandchildren never stop needing our prayers.”

Chandler resident Minnie Salcido said Moms in Prayer has been a part of her life for 23 years.

“I’ve been hosting a Moms in Prayer group in Arizona for over 15 years,” said Salcido, who currently hosts a grandchildren prayer group in her home, and is volunteering at the event . “I’ve learned to pray for my children and the children of my Moms in Prayer prayer partners.”

She encourages area mothers to attend.

“It will be a life-changing event where they’ll be inspired to pray for their children, their schools and their teachers,” she said. “Instead of being worrying mothers, they’ll become praying moms.”

VanderPloeg expressed excitement this extensive event is being held locally.

Many of us have traveled great distances to attend similar events in other states; now we have it right here,” she said.

Unshaken Arizona is one of three MIPI is hosting through this summer and fall.

The other two are in Minnesota and North Carolina. Keso said they have pre-registrations from women throughout Arizona, Oregon, California, Minnesota and North Carolina, and registration remains open.

Information: monsinprayer.org.

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Roads Nazarene Church in Chandler where she first started crocheting with plastic strips cut from plastic bags.

“The Lord’s blessed me to be able to do this at my old age,” said Ferguson, who finds getting around difficult due to sciatica. “I wish I could have started when I was younger, but I had never heard of such a thing.”

She said people at her Sunday School and church bring her balls of plastic string cut from the bags.

Like other members of her Y OPAS Crochet Club, she then carefully weaves the mats, sometimes artfully combining different colors for stripes or other patterns.

“It takes getting used to,” she said. “You have to be careful you don’t tear it. I’m thankful I have women at church and the YMCA who cut it and roll it into balls for me. It makes it easier for me.”

She said she’s well aware of the difficulties of crocheting plastic “yarn” as she’s completed nearly 300 mats.

“The first year I started, I did over 100.

I’m on 291 right now,” she smiled.

Noting how well the donations were received at Justa Center, she said she’d no idea that the crocheted mats she made regularly were so valued by those who spend days and nights on Phoenix streets.

“Several of the ladies there were so tickled to get them. One man said he thought these were done on a machine,” she recalled, adding: “He said he was so surprised someone

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author of “Refiner’s Fire,” a 2016 about her experience in Swaziland – which recently has been renamed by the king of Swaziland as the Kingdom of eSwatini.

West is at work on a second book about her experiences in South Africa.

She said her 16-year involvement with Moms in Prayer has had a profound influence on her. “Moms in Prayer International has been life-changing for me. I hope many women will walk away equipped and encouraged to powerfully pray for their children and grandchildren, and their schools, as well as to pray for our sisters worldwide,” said West.

West, who also serves as the organization’s global prison ministry liaison, is active with her Ahwatukee church, Bridgeway Community Church.

Other speakers scattered throughout the event – along with videos and musical entertainment – include Moms in Prayer President Sally Burke and Fern Nichols,

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tation, friendly visiting, phone calls, light housekeeping help with non-skilled repairs, and sorting of mail,” said Sears.

She noted that a fall-prevention program and senior social opportunities are also offered.

The most requested service offered by Y OPAS is transportation. Volunteers regularly provide up to 80 rides weekly, driving them to various appointments, food shopping and errands.

“The Y OPAS drivers take me to doctor’s appointments and the pharmacy,” said Ferguson, who is grateful for the taxi service.

A one-week notice is needed for transportation services, and a prior assessment meeting with case manager Vicki McAllister.

Y OPAS clients must be 62 or older and live in one of Ahwatukee’s three zip codes: 85044, 45 and 48.

“Last year Y OPAS volunteers completed over 8,800 appointments, driving 74,000 miles and donating slightly more than 9,000 hours to help Ahwatukee seniors maintain independence and stay connected and engaged in the community,” said Sears, in her second year as program manager.

“I often say, we have an army of the nicest people in Ahwatukee helping the sweetest people in Ahwatukee.”

The Y OPAS program is unique to the Ahwatukee YMCA said Sears, and all Y OPAS services are free to clients.

For more information on available services, becoming a volunteer or client, contact the Y OPAS office at OPAS@vosymca.org or phone 602-212-6088.

(Special to AFN)

Volunteers at the Justa Center show off the mats crocheted out of plastic bags by volunteers at the YMCA's Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors.

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With no police powers, Arizona Rangers still protect and serve

BY CECILIA CHAN AFN Staff Writer

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hile Arizona was a territory, a company of men rode its untamed terrain on horseback, chasing down rustlers, murderers and other scofflaws.

The Arizona Rangers combated lawlessness for nearly eighty years until the Legislature disbanded it in 1909 – three years before the territory came into the Union as the 48th state.

“They are very closely tied to the culture and history of the state,” said Anthony Ramirez, a member of the Arizona Rangers, which was re-formed in 1957 by a few of the original surviving members. “It was founded to clean up the Arizona territory in preparation for statehood. Arizona is very much a state because of the Arizona Rangers.”

Today’s Arizona Rangers is an all-volunteer citizen auxiliary of men and women who wear a uniform and a badge and carry a gun. Its mission under Arizona Revised Statute 41-4201 is to provide additional manpower at the request of any law enforcement authority.

Rangers have no law enforcement or investigative power and have no more authority than a resident of Arizona.

But, Ramirez pointed out, “a police officer isn’t going to come to you and say, ‘hey, come help us.’ But Arizona Rangers are men and women who are trained for that.”

Initial training is a basic 24-hour academy, followed by an hour or two hours of training monthly, according to Hugh Fox, a member of the Ranger’s East Valley Company.

There are 19 companies located throughout Arizona, with a membership roster numbering around 300. East Valley Company is one of the larger posts with 19 active members.

Rangers are certified to carry collapsible batons and OC spray, and must meet Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board qualification standards in firearms.

They also receive Arizona POST training in handcuffing and defensive tactics, according to Fox, a 28-year retired New Jersey cop who joined the Rangers in January 2017.

“It was a way for me to incorporate helping the community with doing something associated with law-enforcement-support activity,” he said.

All rangers must first undergo a state and national background checks and investigation and hold a current Arizona Concealed Weapon Permit. They also

(Special to AFN)

Though they have no arrest powers, Arizona Rangers are sworn to uphold the law and help localpolice in any way requested of them.

must be 21 or older and live in Arizona at least six months out of the year.

Joining the Rangers costs not only time but money.

Rangers pay for their own uniform and equipment, including such as duty belt, body armor, weapons and ammunition – which, altogether, can average $2,500, Ramirez said.

Many rangers have previous law enforcement or military experience but they come from all walks of life, Fox said.

Although rangers have helped law enforcement agencies with services such as foot patrols, bailiff duty, prisoner transport and traffic control, most of what the East Valley Company does nowadays is provide security detail. That includes helping the Pinal County Sheriff’s De-

partment with the annual County Thunder concert event outside of Florence.

“We help out youth organizations like Sunshine Acres, a group home for kids,” Fox said. “We provide security for them annually but other areas we provide security is at MADD classes. We do that on an almost weekly basis. And some of the food banks need security. One of them is not in the best area.”

Because the East Valley Company is located in metropolitan Phoenix, which is populated by large law-enforcement agencies, ranger services are rarely requested.

“Arizona Rangers here in Maricopa County area do not get utilized by law enforcement as much as I think they should,” Ramirez said. “The reason, in my opinion, is they have enough manpower.”

(Special to AFN)

Because Valley police agencies are so numerous and large, they rarely cal on the Arizona Rangers.

But the rangers are welcomed in small towns across the state because they supplement those departments’ tiny forces.

Many Valley agencies have their own volunteer help such as the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Posse and the Phoenix Police Reserve force.

Tucson Police has called upon the Rangers but mostly for security with events, according to police spokesman Ray Smith.

“The assistance they provide is limited but it’s a welcome help for us,” the officer said.

It’s in the smaller communities such as Bisbee, Tombstone, Benson, Sedona and Sierra Vista where the Arizona Rangers play a large role in law enforcement, Ramirez said.

“If you go to Tombstone on any weekend, Arizona Rangers are patrolling down there and also in Sedona,” he said. “They are walking a foot beat and are very much a help because of manpower issues. It’s a very unique type of volunteer work they do that puts them in situations where they can get hurt.”

“These guys volunteering to help law enforcement in the state are just in as much risk,” Ramirez said. “People think these men who volunteer are crazy but it’s a calling. They do it to help the state.”

Ramirez, a former Washington, D.C. cop who is now a Mesa attorney, said he never heard of the Arizona Rangers until 2013, while working as a private investigator and insurance adjuster.

“One of my clients called me,” he recalled. “And said, ‘hey, we got an unusual case. This guy said he was burglarized and they took things out of his house but I’m confused because he said he had body armor, a duty belt and all this law-enforcement-related equipment. We think police officers are usually given that by the department and we don’t think we have to pay for it.’ And as a former cop, I agreed.”

So, Ramirez met with the man to find out what was going on with the insurance claim.

“I asked him, ‘if you got body armor and a gun and a duty belt, are you police?’” he said.

The man responded he was the captain of the Arizona Rangers’ East Valley Company and all the stolen equipment came out of his own pocket. After learning more about the Rangers, Ramirez told the man, “Where is the application? Sign me up.”

Ramirez volunteers from 20 to 24 hours a month with the Rangers.

“I do criminal defense, personal injury and civil rights,” he said. “It’s a very fine line and obviously even though I defend people accused of a crime, I support law enforcement. It’s key to keeping my family safe.”

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Festival of Lights begins planning Kick Off Party 2018

riors, a group started by Anthony Ameen of Ahwatukee to help veterans who lost limbs in combat; Y OPAS, an Ahwatukee group that provides services to senior citizens in the community; and the Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club, which holds a variety of activities for foster kids in group homes and which sponsors the annual Ahwatukee Easter Parade.

Festival of Lights offers many opportunities for the community to get involved beyond attending the event, such as vendor booths, sponsorships and opportunities for local dance, music, and other entertainment groups to perform.

“The Kick Off Party also offers ample opportunities for volunteers to offer their help and expertise,” Hazlett said. “Many of our school children welcome the chance to accrue community service hours while having so much fun. Also, the FOL committee is comprised of a great group of folks who wanted to become involved in the community and meet new people as well.”

Both Foothills and Club West HOAs also support the lights display.

Hazlett said interested residents who want to help should pop into one of the coming planning sessions. Information: folaz.org.

AFN News Staff

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he thermometer might still be hitting the 100s, but a small group of Ahwatukee volunteers is already looking to Thanksgiving weekend.

That’s when, off course, the Festival of Lights Committee holds its 23rd annual Kick Off Party to usher in another season of a million Christmas lights along Chandler Boulevard.

The party, one of two fundraisers that help pay for the December-long display, is no easy event to put together.

Held noon- 8 p.m. the Saturday after Thanksgiving – this year that would be Nov. 24 – the party features more than 100 vendors, 30 rides, more than a dozen restaurants and food trucks, a big beer garden, a Santa’s Village with Santa, five bands on two stages and professional and amateur cornhole tournaments. And, of course, there’s the lighted motorcycle parade that precedes the formal switching on of the light display.

Fresh off being awarded the designation of Nonprofit of the Year by the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce, The Festival of Lights Committee has sched-

(Special to AFN)

The Festival of Lights Committee says new volunteers would help it plan an even bigger and better Kick Off Party, held annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

uled a series of meetings in the hopes that it can attract new blood and new ideas.

Chair Janyce Hazlett said plans are starting to come together and that the party “promises to be bigger and better than ever before in our long history.”

But volunteers for both planning and the execution of the party will make it even better,

Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11 and 27, Oct. 9 and 23 and Nov. 13 and 20 at Desert Foothills United Methodist Church on Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee.

Both the Kick Off Party and the springtime Wine and Beer Tasting Festival help the committee give cash donations to other charities.

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Ahwatukee tattoo shop focusing on mental health all September AFN News Staff

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he way the folks at Wookie Style Tattoos in Ahwatukee see it, anything that can be done to help alleviate the pain of mental illness and suicide is time well spent.

So, on Sept. 15, owner Terry “Wookie: Hoffman will attempt to break the world record for most tattoos completed by one tattoo artist in 12 hours – from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. – by giving free semi-colon tattoos. No appointment will be needed at the shop, located at 4142 E. Chandler Blvd, At the same time, the shop’s other two artists, James Patrick and Sway Alvarez will offer $40 suicide awareness tattoos.

The semicolon tattoos are representative of a nonprofit worldwide suicide prevention effort called Project Semicolon.

The group uses that punctuation mark to underscore its reminder to troubled people that “Your life isn’t over.”

As the group explains on its website: “A semicolon is where the author could have

Semicolon, Crisis Response Network of Arizona and the Military Veteran Project – Mission 22, another suicide prevention organization.

In addition to the fund drive, the shop is dedicating the entire month to raising awareness of AFN file photo Barbi and Terry "Wookie" Hoffman, flanked by their other tattoo artists, are mental health. hoping their Ahwatukee studio can raise public awareness of mental health “Our goals are and suicide throughout September. to raise suicide chosen to end the sentence but decided awareness, remove the stigma associated to keep going. The author is you and the with mental health issues and reinforce compassion and support for individuals and sentence is your life.”

Wookie Style Tattoos’ artists and staff families that are suffering,” said co-owner are donating their time and materials to and Wookie’s wife, Barbi Hoffman.

Wookie Style Tattoos will provide free ensure 100 percent of the money received on Sept. 15 can be donated to Project literature on mental health, signs of emo-

tional suffering, and identify local resources so those in need can access help.

“We also created a Remembering Wall in the shop where people can post pictures of loved ones lost to suicide,” Hoffman added.

Suicide has been a growing problem especially among young people in the East Valley and throughout the state.

The Centers for Disease Control in January listed it as the second major cause of death among young people in Arizona.

Since July 2017, more than two dozen teens in East Valley schools taken their lives.

“Each one of us at Wookie Style Tattoos has been personally affected by the loss and devastation associated with mental illness and suicide,” Barbi Hoffman said “We are at a turning point in our culture where the attitude about mental health has to change; as business owners we have a platform and we are proud to contribute to the positivity of change,” she added.

Information: wookiestyleaz.com/news

4 cats, 4 dogs eager to find homes in Ahwatukee AFN News Staff

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hwatukee residents looking for a pet might want to consider the four dogs and four cats looking for homes at two rescue shelters in the area.

Three of the dogs and three cats are now at Friends for Life Animal Shelter. People can inquire about the cats by emailing FFLcats@azfriends.org and the dogs at FFLdogs@azfriends. org. The phone number is the same for either, 480-497-8296 and the website is azfriends.org.

Spokeswoman Jannelle Cosgriff said Laney “might be tiny but she has tons of love to share.” The dog is currently being fostered with two other dogs, with whom she gets along, Cosgriff said.

“She is an active dog that likes to play a lot with the other dogs and has a nice play style,” she added. “Laney walks well on a leash and is house trained and doggy door trained. She knows basic commands of sit, stay, and lay down. Laney is kennel trained and does well left alone in the house.

Laney spends her week with her foster family but is brought to Friends for Life’s adoption center on Saturdays where you can find her patiently waiting to be adopted.”

Laney is spayed, up to date on all shots, micro chipped, licensed and heart worm negative. Her adoption fee is $195.

Stash is a male, domestic shorthaired cat about 3 years old. “He is a gentle boy that likes his human’s attention,” said Cosgriff, adding, “He gets along fine with his kitty roommate at the adoption center but does expect to be the center of attention and if not, he’ll surely tell you about it with a few “meows.” He has, however, learned to be somewhat patient when sharing the affections of his humans.

Stash loves to play with small, plush toys.”

Like all cats at Friends for Life, Laney is altered, dewormed, tested for FELV/FIV, microchipped and vaccinated. His adoption fee is $95.

Cosgriff also spoke of Jefferson, a 7-yearold border collie/cattle dog that “loves to hang out and enjoys a good play session. He seems to do best with dogs his own size. Volunteers at the adoption center believe he would not do well in a home with cats.” His fee is $95.

Margo, a 5-year-old cat, is a big hit with volunteers, Cosgriff said, because “she is a fun-loving, all-around great cat that also has extra toes. Margo likes to play, likes to talk and likes

affection from her people. Her favorite place is by your side. She may be good with other cats but might prefer to be alone. She has lived with small dogs and children in the past.” Her adoption fee is $5.

Sid the Kid is a year-old mixedbreed dog “will make a great hiking/ jogging/walking buddy once the heat subsides,” Cosgriff said. “Sid will need an active home as he still has got some puppy playfulness left in him.

He learns new commands quickly and easily, and would love to show off for you.” His adoption fee is $195.

Another cat at the shelter is Malibu, a mixed domestic short-haired Lilac Lynx Point about 5 years old. “If you’re looking for a handsome, laidback cat to hang out with then Malibu might be your guy,” Cosgriff said.

“This handsome fellow is easy going and enjoys the company of people.”

Although Malibu tested positive for FIV, Berry said “he is otherwise very healthy. He can go on to live a long, healthy and happy life with this diagnosis.” His adoption fee also is $95.

Meanwhile, Jennifer Berry at Arizona Rescue said Missy “is a sweet, dainty girl with gorgeous yellow-green eyes that seem to stare right into the See

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Malibu

Jefferson

Margo

Harry

Missy

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Ahwatukee prof’s Project Humanities rolls out programs for fall AFN News Staff

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f you happened to pass near a downtown Phoenix coffee house on an evening back in April of this year, you may have heard the voices of an impassioned discussion about the future of technology and society.

Another night, if you happened to be walking by a particular church also in downtown Phoenix, you may have seen a stream of people leave the building, all seemingly enlightened and still chattering away with others about the discussion they had just participated in about how we raise boys in our society.

On a Saturday early morning, if you happened to be near the 12th Avenue sidewalk between Jefferson and Madison Streets, you may have seen several tables, a trailer hitched to a truck, two long lines of people, and other individuals folding clothing, then guiding, one by one, the lines of people through the clothes, shoes, blankets, toiletries, and bags – all for free.

This is the work of ASU Project Humanities, an award-winning university initiative that, for the past eight years founded by Ahwatukee professor Neal A.

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Ahwatukee Professor Neal Lester said his Project Humanities at ASU has a variety of stimulating events planned for the fall.

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His organization has created opportunities for provocative, relevant, balanced, and quality discussions and events that reach across disciplines, communities, and generations to engage in “talking, listening, and connecting.”

Lester, foundation professor of English at ASU, said, “To witness the excitement of this initiative from others is so gratifying. When we have our enthusiasts, volunteers, and supporters coming to us to

collaborate, that means that we are doing some good work that is both important and visible.”

Project Humanities’ fall 2018 events kick off with a world café titled “Conversations on Gender and Violence: What’s Missing?” It will explore the realities and complexities of gender-based violence, considering different perspectives through table discussions and knowledgeable facili-

tators.

Other events this fall include “The Bell that Tolls: A Conversation on Death and Dying” and “Dispelling the Myths: Living with Trauma and PTSD.” The format of Project Humanities programs is as varied as its diverse audiences, Lester said.

For instance, the upcoming “Dispelling the Myths: Drag Queens and Drag Kings” showcases local drag performers.

In “Vital Voices: Social Justice Pearls

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and Gems,” attendees share their favorite passage, song, photograph, personal story, performance, poem, artifact, or the lick that connects them personally with social justice.

“The opportunity to offer diverse programs allows us to engage different audiences and in different venues across the Valley,” Lester continues.

Connecting with Project Humanities’ ongoing bimonthly Service Saturday homeless outreach, a film screening of “Angels of Our Better Nature” will be followed by a conversation with the film director Douglas Proce and other local organizations supporting individuals experiencing homelessness.

The organization’s annual Hacks for Humanity hackathon for social good is expected to draw several hundred individuals Oct. 6-7.

It brings together coders, entrepreneurs, humanists, designers, artists, students, faculty, professionals and others “to network, innovate, create and have fun building technologies that improve and support the quality of human life.”

Information: projecthumanities.asu. edu/events or 480-727-7030.

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n Ahwatukee dance troupe recently took five of seven available grand national titles at the Rainbow Dance Competition in Panama City, Florida.

The Soul Shock Dance Company, part of the Phoenix Dance Cooperative in Ahwatukee, was also a finalist for an Industry Dance Award, which are considered the Oscars for dance.

The Phoenix Dance Cooperative is a structured, not-for-profit organization founded by parents of dancers.

“The driving force behind the organization is to provide high quality dance instruction with a focus on competition as a group, while fostering a loving environment with a strong sense of community,” according to its website.

Some Soul Shock dancers form a contingent in the Ahwatukee Easter Parade.

The prize-winning class consists of about 40 dancers 6 to 17 years old who attend a variety of schools in Ahwatukee and the East Valley, including Desert Vista High and Altadena Middle School, acSee

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Members of Soul Shock who won five titles at a national dance competition recently includeLeft to Right - Maeleigh Merillat, Audrey Colbert, Julia Sim, Halle Kappes, Jada Ballard, Jayla Lindsey, Charlotte Ogello, Joscelin Witten, Ansley Hare, Olivia Figueroa, Maddie Witten, Annika Beck, Tyler Tapia, McKenna Hefta, Emma Gonzalez, Kylee Clinton, Marina Milner, Sofia Jinks, Ambur Towns, Susie Miller, Kamryn Smith, Sam Romero, Lily Phillips,Alexa Figueroa, Olivia Evans, Kaylee Brown, Alicia McManus, Megan O'Neall, Chloe Stressman, Antoine Olds, Rachel Fortunato, Chloe Creek, Alana Tudor and Skylar Spinelli-Hall.

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Ahwatukee church slates 9/11 memorial blood drive

A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in.

Individuals who 17 and older, weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood.

To register: RedCrossBlood.org or call 1-800-733-2767.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Chapel in Ahwatukee is holding its 16th annual blood drive in memory of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The drive will be 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 8 at the church chapel, 2955 E. Frye Road, Ahwatukee, near Desert Vista High School.

The Desert Rivers Audubon Society, the Ahwatu“One person can help save hundreds of lives by hosting a blood drive,” a Red Cross spokeswoman kee’s and the East Valley’s own Audubon chapter, is Crystal Sykes said. “It’s a rewarding experience. Ev- looking for back yards and business landscapes that ery day, volunteer blood donors across the country feature plants and trees native to the Sonoran Desert.

Qualifying landscapes may be chosen for the are needed to help save lives. In fact, approximately every two seconds, a patient in the United States annual Tour de Bird, a showcase of bird- and wildlife-friendly habitats, scheduled for Nov. 3. needs a blood transfusion.

Tour de Bird, now in its seventh year, is a “Unlike many other lifesaving medical treatments, blood donations cannot be stockpiled or self-guided ramble featuring 10 homes, parks and manufactured. Red blood cells have a shelf-life of businesses in the East Valley that are landscaped only 42 days. With the support of community blood in harmony with the desert. Native plants and trees drives, patients are able to receive the lifesaving provide shelter, food and nesting sites for birds and wildlife while providing people with the beauty of blood they urgently need,” she added.

Blood products are needed for many different the Sonoran Desert.

Information/nominations: Krys Hammers at Krys. reasons. Accident and burn victims, heart surgery patients, organ transplant patients, and those re- Hammers@gmail.com or 480 227-8332.

Tour de Bird tickets are available in advance for ceiving treatment for leukemia, cancer or sickle cell $15, online at desertriversaudubon.org, at Wild Birds disease may all need blood.

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Police seek residents as Neighborhood Patrol volunteers

Phoenix Police are hoping Ahwatukee residents will join the Phoenix Neighborhood Patrol – and all they have to do is attend a training session.

The next training is 7:30 a.m.-noon Sept. 22 at the Phoenix Police Mountain View Precinct, 2075 East Maryland Ave., Phoenix. To sign up for the class: brian.kornegay@phoenix.gov or call 602-256-4303 “Other than the few hours to take the training class, you just do what you normally do,” a spokesman said. “There are no other obligations or responsibilities other than being aware as you move about your neighborhood.”

Phoenix Neighborhood Patrol training “changes the way you think about yourself and your surroundings,” the spokesman added. “They change your way of thinking about where you are, what is happening around you, what you now look for and really observe what you see and hear and most importantly, who and how to contact to report what you’ve observed.”

Mountain Park Church ramps up Christian Senior Care series

Christian Senior Care, formerly called “Senior Focus,” is ramping up for the fall at Mountain Park Church, 16461 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee.

Subtitled “Christian Senior Care: Strategies and Outreach for Families with Seniors,” the purpose of the six-week program is “to provide education and Christian advocacy regarding the challenges that come with aging in today’s society,” the church said in a release.

The next program, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 23, is “Aging in Place and Caregiver Support” by Gregg Powell.

People are asked to register for the free program at mountianpark.org to.

Upcoming topics and speakers include: Aug. 30, “Senior Living Options” by Scott Fischer, president of Options for Senior Living; Sept. 6, “Making Sense of the Legal Landscape and Aging: Necessary Legal Documents” by attorney David Horowitz; Sept. 13, “The Financial Matters of Senior Living Speaker” by Marie Burns; Sept. 30, “Christian Senior Care Outreach.”

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.

Information on how you can be a sponsor, golfer or both: tournament Chairman Mike Moore at 480712-3236 or e-mail moore4mike@msn.com.

Legion Post 64 needs sponsors, players for golf tournament

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.

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.

Line-dancing, cardio classes set for fall at Pecos Center

Ahwatukee line dancing instructor and certified fitness expert Carrie McNeish has lined up her sixweek fall courses in line dancing and Muscle Mania.

McNeish is offering beginner and intermediate/ advanced classes both in the daytime and evening at Pecos Community center starting the week of Sept. 10.

No partner or experience is necessary. People can register in person or at apm.activecommunities. com/phoenix/Home. Information: 480-221-9090, cmcneish@cox.net, or dancemeetsfitness.net.

People interested in strengthening and toning up muscles and core can take advantage of McNeish’s Muscle Mania classes, either in the daytime or evening at Pecos Center.

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“Missy loves attention from her people and is quite content to fill the vacant spot in your lap where she would be very happy to let you pet her all day long,” she added. “Missy seems fine with other friendly kitties.”

Arizona Rescue also is hoping to find a home for Harry, “an adorable young, active boy looking for a home to call his

“Harry is still a young dog,” Berry added. “He will need daily morning runs/ long walks to help burn off some of his energy. He doesn’t appear to have had much socialization as he seems unfamiliar with certain noises and didn’t realize that end tables are not perches to stand on. The good news is that he is a great student.”

Information: azrescue.org.

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CALENDAR

SATURDAY, SEPT. 1

Library Teen Council

LTC meets 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, SEPT. 4

Darren Todd speaks

“Well, It’s a Short Story” with Darren Todd is the topic of the Parchment and Prose Writers’ discussion group, which meets the first Tuesday of the month 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, SEPT. 5

Monthly Book Discussion Club

Read the book and join each lively discussion the first Wednesday of the month. September’s read: “Norwich” by Karen Crouse. October’s read: “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles.

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

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5

Boy crisis book study

Father involvement is at least five times as important in preventing drug use than closeness to a parent, parental rules, parent trust, strictness, or a child’s gender, ethnicity or social class. Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools. When dad has positive contact with children during the first two years, the children have fewer signs of unwanted and uncontrolled behavior. Why are some boys thriving, while more and more are failing? Want to learn more? This weekly session, which starts today, has the answers.

DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m. Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee. Rooms 1-4 of the education building. Light snacks provided in Café Soul starting at 5:30 p.m. prior to class. Register: mvlutheran.org/classes.

Information: Pastor Glenn Zorb at gzorb@mvlutheran.org.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 11 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.

Teen coping workshop

This workshop helps teens identify various forms of stress and how stress can affect their daily lives by completing a stress assessment, examining “my personal stress symptoms,” exploring constructive coping skills, and brainstorming what skills to use in various situations. Presented by Teen Lifeline. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required.

DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-17. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAY SEPT. 18

Writers critique group

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

fellow writers.

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

THURSDAY, SEPT. 27

Chief to address PD Tukee Talks

Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams will be one of two speakers at the last PD Tukee Talks of 2018. Also speaking is Ahwatukee self-defense expert Jui Chiu, who will teach people how to protect themselves.

DETAILS>> 6 p.m. Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive, Ahwatukee. Free.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29

Papel Picado Workshop

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by learning the ancient art of folding and cutting colored tissue paper to make your own special Mexican holiday decoration. All supplies provided.

DETAILS>> 2-3:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults. Free. Online registration at phxlib. org is required and begins Sept. 4.

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.

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MONDAYS

tive 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.

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. (except Sept. 3) Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages birth to crawling. Free.

Tickets are limited and available in the library 30 minutes before program begins.

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.

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. (except Sept. 3), 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.

TEAM Referral Group

Tukee Tycoons is an exclusive business referral group.

DETAILS>> Meets at 11:30 a.m. at Early Baker in Ahwatukee every Tuesday. Call Christine Scott at 480-270-4652.

Estrangement support

Power Partners meet

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: 480-4601025 and office@desertfoothills.org

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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 480-9905444

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, legisla-

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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 480759-5338.

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.

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 480-246-1912 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>> 2-4 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.

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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. Information:. Gina Jenkins, 480990-5444.

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cording to choreographer Ambur Towns.

“We have members that have been here since the very beginning of Phoenix Dance Cooperative seven years ago to a couple who just joined the company this year,” she added.

The winning dancers included Maeleigh Merillat, Audrey Colbert, Julia Sim, Halle Kappes, Jada Ballard, Jayla Lindsey, Charlotte Ogello, Joscelin Witten, Ansley Hare, Olivia Figueroa, Maddie Witten, Annika Beck, Tyler Tapia, McKenna Hefta, Emma Gonzalez, Kylee Clinton, Marina Milner, Sofia Jinks, Susie Miller, Kamryn Smith, Sam Romero, Lily Phillips,Alexa Figueroa, Olivia Evans, Kaylee Brown, Alicia McManus, Megan O’Neall, Chloe Stressman, Antoine Olds, Rachel Fortunato, Chloe Creek, Alana Tudor and Skylar Spinelli-Hall.

Rainbow has been called “the competition with a heart” because of its emphasis on “a fair, fun, organized and on-time competition” with a “low-stress environment, unique awards, three levels of competition, and state of the art judging and scoring.”

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Details>> 10:30-11:00 a.m. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 24-47 months. Free.

Father involvement is at least five times as important in preventing drug use than closeness to a parent, parental rules, parent trust, strictness, or a child’s gender, ethnicity or social class. Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools. When dad has positive contact with children during the first two years, the children have fewer signs of unwanted and uncontrolled behavior. Why are some boys thriving, while more and more are failing? Want to learn more? Attend these weekly sessions.

DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m. Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee. Rooms 1-4 of the education building. Light snacks provided in Café Soul starting at 5:30 p.m. prior to class. Register: mvlutheran.org/classes.

Information: Pastor Glenn Zorb at gzorb@mvlutheran.org.

Sit, Stay, Read!

Boy crisis book study

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.

Townes works with fellow choreographer Antoine Olds and was part of the Sun Devils dance team while she was getting her degree in dance studies at ASU. She said the girls work an average 20 hours a week between class and rehearsals preparing for the competition.

“We’ve never won this many grand prizes,” she said. “It’s great for the company and shows the girls their hard work paid off.”

Each year, several Rainbow contestants are selected as “All Star Dancers” and receive an invitation to attend the New York City Dance Experience, where they attend master classes, meet and study with the world-famous Rockettes, see Broadway shows and participate in the KAR Dance Convention.

Those invitations have not yet gone out.

Organizers of the competition say, “Nurturing our youth in the competitive field of dance takes effective communication, organization, and a supportive atmosphere. Rainbow has a reputation of creating that positive environment for dancers of all levels.”

Phoenix Dance Cooperative’s studio is at 12020 S Warner Elliot Loop, Ahwatukee.

Information: phoenixdancecooperative. com.

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. 480-8932579, mvlutheran.org.

Montessori holds open house

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

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

Grief support is free

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

DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m. first and third Wednesdays, Pecos Community Center, 17010 S. 48th St. 602-636-5390 or HOV.org.

Foothills Women meet

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

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

Parents can ‘drop in’

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

DETAILS>> 5:30-7 p.m. second Wednesday of each month. Maricopa Cooperative Extension, 4341 E. Broadway Road, Phoenix. Free. RSVP at 602-827-8200, ext. 348, or rcarter@cals.arizona.edu.

THURSDAYS

MOPS – Mothers of Preschoolers

This group is designed for moms whose kids are aged birth to kindergarten. They meet in a safe place “to navigate the world of motherhood, faith and life together.”

Free child care for ages 0 to 5.

DETAILS>> 9-11 a.m. every other Thursday starting Aug. 23. Foothills Baptist Church, 15450 S. 21st St., Ahwatukee.

Information: 480-759-2218 or foothillsbaptist.org/mops.

Networking group meets

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

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

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: Aug. 30, Michelle Anderson, principal of Centennial Middle School; Sept 13, mayoral candidate Kate Gallego; Sept. 20, Carolyn Kemps, Foster Care Review Boards; Vicki McAlister, SAGA; and Oct. 11, mayoral candidate Daniel Valenzuela.

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

Preschoolers’ moms gather

Free child care for ages 0 to 5.

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

FRIDAYS

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

SATURDAYS

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.

Fun with watercolors

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.

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No matter how you vote, always vote for the children

BY O. ROBIN SWEET AFN Guest Writer

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n November, Arizona voters will decide whether expanding the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program makes sense. It was originally started to help the parents of disabled children, foster children, or active military.

It evolved, with little controversy, to include adopted children, children attending D/F rated schools, and those in Native American communities.

About 5,000 children are now using the scholarships to attend private schools or be home-schooled, if they don’t feel the public-school system is right for their special, unique needs.

This past year, a majority of the Arizona State Legislature decided that there should effectively be no restrictions on the use of these funds, allowing anyone, regardless of circumstance, to use them. Public school advocates believed this to be a bridge too far and decided to refer the expansion to a public vote in the fall.

I write not to encourage you one way or another on the expansion. That is your vote.

I wish to shine a light on the original intent of the program. I run Gateway Academy in Phoenix. It is private, and one of only five schools in the country that educates a “pure population” of children in grades K-12 with Asperger’s Syndrome.

They come to us, because they may

Scholarship Accounts parents can send their children to our school free of charge, if they feel existing public-school options are not the best or most effective.

We use unconventional means from equine therapy to forming rock bands to motivate and educate our amazing students into productive, wonderful members of our community.

We are pleased to report that in the past several years 100 percent of our gradu-

“ We remind them Asperger’s is merely a diagnosis and it does not define who you are. ” have been bullied or left behind, or really never felt a hug from a classroom.

In many ways we specialize in changing lives, these very, very special lives. We remind them Asperger’s is merely a diagnosis and it does not define who you are, just as it was for Bill Gates, Ralph Nader, Al Gore and many others.

Thanks to Arizona’s Empowerment

ates have gone onto college, emancipating their dreams and fulfilling those of incredible parents.

There was a young man that came to us after being bullied at his other school. He’s now a sophomore in high school, building 3D printers for the school.

Then there’s a student, who couldn’t

read or write when he came to us, as a fourth grader. He’s now a senior, and, who often leads our morning meetings with the student body, instructing in manners and performing as a musician.

And how about a young African-American woman, who could barely speak during our initial interview? She has now come out of her shell to become a composer and musician.

Whether Empowerment Scholarship Accounts for more, or all, is now a call for Arizona voters to make. No matter how the vote goes, it will not impact the state’s existing program for disabled children, and ours with Asperger’s Syndrome.

For the most precious and precarious in our state, Empowerment Scholarship Accounts have already made an incredible difference. Public schools do a great job too, but, for some, our expertise and focus is a better option.

And that’s something we believe is worth celebrating, whether you vote yes, or no, on Nov. 6.

-O. Robin Sweet is executive director/CEO of Gateway Academy

LETTERS

Tiny homes no substitute for a living wage for teachers

Rather than pay Arizona teachers a living wage, the school district in Vail is building a village of 24 “tiny homes” for those who can’t afford housing.

This novel opportunity will provide Vail teachers a dwelling roughly the size of a garage, approximating 300 to 400 square feet.

Yes, this gives teachers an affordable place to live while teaching in the Vail School District, but a more merciful approach is for our legislature to fund teachers a living wage.

-CJ Briggle

‘Our children deserve to be safe in their schools’

A new school year has started, filled with all the hope and promise of a bright future

for our children, unless that bright future is cut short by gun violence.

Six months after a mass shooting killed 17 of their classmates, students began their new school year at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Students are also returning to Santa Fe High School in Texas without 10 of their classmates. So many other school shootings have occurred around the country that it’s hard to name them all.

The media stopped coverage of the Parkland or Santa Fe tragedies. Gun violence barely gets a mention, until sadly yet inevitably another tragedy occurs.

We have a gun problem in this country. We romanticize gun ownership. We sell pink guns for girls. We make guns more readily accessible for purchase than cough and cold medicine. We staunchly defend the Second Amendment, as if it is somehow above all the others. This has

led to an epidemic of gun violence in our country.

According to a CNN report, the US has had 57 times as many school shootings as all of the other major industrialized nations combined. There have been at least 288 school shootings in the US since January 2009.

I don’t want to see yet another school shooting in the news. I don’t want to look at pictures of children who have had their lives cut short by senseless gun violence.

We have to do more.

We have to push our elected officials to take action and have public debates to work on the question, “How do we prevent gun violence?” That discussion must include background checks on every gun sale. Our children deserve to be safe in their schools.

-Laurie Nerat

The time for universal health care is now

Health care is a basic human right. For too long in this country, people have been insecure about whether they will have access to quality health care at reasonable prices. Many are one health care disaster away from financial ruin.

Even the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” with its Medicaid expansion and marketplaces, did not achieve universal health care. It was a step in the right direction, but the US remains the only developed nation not to have all of its citizens enrolled in medical insurance.

Now Obamacare is under assault by those who cannot stand that it was an Obama program that has worked. As a result, people are facing higher premiums, substandard plans, and possibly denials if See

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the courts rule that insurance companies can refuse coverage to those with pre-existing conditions.

Fortunately, many running for office in Arizona and around the country are proposing ideas to finally achieve universal health care. These proposals do not have to reinvent the wheel but can build on existing health care systems.

They include the following: further expanding Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program; stabilizing and growing the Obamacare marketplaces; gradually lowering the eligibility age to join Medicare; and having residents buy into the municipal health care plans that local public servants and bureaucrats receive.

By reviewing the ideas above, it would not take a great deal of legislative might to connect the dots and achieve what all the other developed nations have – some for over a century.

Are our leaders going to continue to say we do not have the resources to do what allies have achieved and maintained?

The time for universal health care is now.

-David Gordon

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Remember when constables were the guys in old Western movies who helped solve the small town’s problems and acted as a mediator when needed?

Today constables do a lot more in large cities as well as small towns. What they do is vital to the smooth functioning of our courts. They carry out evictions, serve subpoenas, summon jurors for trials, enforce orders of protection and injunctions against harassment, fulfill orders to seize property and much more.

There are 78 Constable Precincts in Arizona. In the Kyrene Justice District, which covers Ahwatukee, the Foothills and part of Tempe, Kent Rini is a candidate.

Kent volunteered for 12 years as a Silent Witness board member, worked for the alarm company ADT, volunteered as a block-watch organizer, and attended training in false alarm reduction given by the Tempe Police.

Karyn Lathan is a candidate in the University Lakes Justice Precinct, which covers most of Tempe. She has 27 years’ experience in law enforcement and 12 years in victim services.

So, when I mark my ballot, I’ll think about how a constable may someday be helping me and my family. Rini and Lathan have what it takes to carry out these duties even though they now function in a much larger, more complicated arena.

-Judy Wade

It was a good day on Aug. 16 for several reasons

Thursday, August 16, was a good day.

I was perusing the news apps on my cell, catching up with what is usually a horror show of disturbing and downright awful news stories. But these three true factual actions gave me hope.

Here in Arizona, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled to allow the Invest in Ed income tax proposal to remain on the ballot.

The US Senate voted unanimously to adopt a resolution saying that the free press is not the enemy of the people.

The Pentagon indefinitely postponed the $92 million military parade originally scheduled for Veterans Day 2018.

Reading these stories made me happy.

These stories made me smile.

Yes, Thursday was a good day.

Katy James

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Dancing as much a business as a life for Kimberly Lewis there wasn’t a lot of work so I kind of had to come up with my own career.”

Then, while watching the LA Lakers he’s known as a dancer and a dance play the Phoenix Suns on TV in her hotel teacher, a producer and a kind of room, she had an idea.

Santa Claus for Ahwatukee, but “I said to myself, 'Yyou know what, I what some people may not know Kim- need to make my own career,'” Lewis said. berly Lewis as is a business woman.

“So. I’m going to start a dance team for the Lewis is marking the 25th anniversary Phoenix Suns. This was back before social of her Ahwatukee business, now called media and cell phones. And I was in the Dance Studio 111, in recognition of the hotel and I got the Yellow Pages out and suite number of her massive school in a looked up Phoenix Suns organization. strip mall at 4910 E. Chandler Blvd.

"And I called and I said, ‘I just moved The mother of three didn’t start out as here and I would like to start a dance a conventional businesswoman when she team.’ And basically, they said, ‘Well we’re moved here in 1990 from Los Angeles not interested’ and kind of hung up on with her then husband William “Bill” me.”

Lewis, a center for the Raiders who had But with the same persistence she has been traded to the Arizona Cardinals. demonstrated throughout her career, “There wasn’t a lot of work for me,” Lewis wasn’t letting a cold shoulder disLewis recalled. “I had been living in LA, suade her. and I was a dancer and a choreographer “I just kept calling and asking for difand I had a lot of work there. But here, ferent people and marketing and PR and finally got through to a guy and I said, ‘Listen, just don’t hang up on me and just hear me out.’”

Then, she offered to teach the Suns Gorilla how to dance, surround him with other dancers and work up some routines in the styles that dominated pop dancing back in the early 90s – mainly the steps pioneered by John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” and by MC Hammer on stage.

She rounded up some girls, worked with them and the gorilla – and got to debut her act at the Suns’ first home game.

(Special to AFN) The next day, Suns (Special to AFN) Three students at Kimberly Lewis' Dance Studio 111 owner Jerry Colangelo recently were named NRG National Prodigies, one of dancing's highest honors. They are, from left, Natalie Sterling,13. Junior National Prodigy called and offered her a who attends Altadena Middle School and is in 8th grade; Senior contract.

National Prodigy Avery Katharine, 16, a junior at Desert Vista High For a while, she School; and Sara Allen, also a Junior National Prodigy, 13 and an eighth buzzed around the grader at Altadena. They are part of the Senior Elite Company Team at country with her dance Dance Studio 111.

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Kimberly Lewis is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her Dance Studio 111 in Ahwatukee, which she began as a young mother of three children. Her studio offers 80 classes in dance as well as some musical instruments and voice.

team and the Suns, but after a few years, “I decided to start my own studio.” :ike her experience with the Suns, that didn’t come easy.

“I’ll never forget going to the bank and looking at that note and knowing that, okay, I’m going to be divorced and I’m going to be a single mom and I’m going to be doing this completely on my own.

But, I just took a leap of faith,” she said.

“It was really scary to do.”

With a small faculty comprising her Suns dancers, she found a location on Ray Road and began promoting her school in the only way she could come up with in the pre-Digital Age: On roller blades.

“I took my children – at the time, they were little. They loved to roller blade and I took my brother and some of my friends and we all put on rollerblades and we would roller blade around Ahwatukee putting flyers on the doors,” she explained. “I think I was the second studio open in this area so I wanted everyone to know what I was offering.”

Slowly but steadily, parents started bringing their children and today, Dance Studio 111 has morphed into an expansive, multi-tiered school that’s no longer a typical dance studio.

Her classes span a range of ages and dance styles. “We have little babies, 2 to 3-year-olds,” she said. “And then we had like 4 to 5, 7-9, 10-12 and then high school age.”

“We currently have 80 classes a week to choose from. It’s a wide variety of classes – every style, tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, hip hop, acrobats, musical theater. So, we offer every form of dance.”

Lewis feels that “depending on the age, depending on the level, you have to offer a wide variety. So, every child, whether they’re beginner dancer, intermediate dancer or advanced dancer ,has a class that’s going to fit them at their level, their style and their age.”

The studio also has a second dimension through a partnership with RLS Music Studio: It offers lessons in piano, drums, voice.

And atop that, her business also is home to the 111 Theater Company, which produces a musical in the summer, “The business has gone to what you might call the triple threat – acting, singing and dance. We’re not just a dance studio – we’re a full performing arts studio.”

“Hundreds” of students have passed through the guidance and instruction of Lewis’ staff of about 20 people, some of whom have been with her since the beginning.

“What’s really surreal now is that girls that grew up dancing here now have their children are dancing, so that’s pretty neat to see the next generation and all the new memories,” Lewis said, adding: See

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“But you know, people think of a dance studio as just a dance studio where you come to learn to dance and it’s much more than that. Yes, we teach them how to dance, but we’re also preparing them for life, you know, their life skills, teamwork, working together, getting along well with others, being able to win awards, but then take rejection when they don’t.”

“It’s not just coming to dance, but I’ll tell you, you come here to dance and we’re going to teach you how to dance really, really well because I have an amazing team.”

Even within some of the classes, the students fall into one of two categories.

“We also have the competition side where you go as a team and you go and compete against other dance studios around the Valley because dance has become one of the number one competitive sport right now in our country,” she explained.

“So, you go and you compete, you win trophies, prizes, cash award, scholarships.

A lot of scholarships are given. What I love about our studio, though, is that it’s also for the people that just want to come and learn how to dance and not have pressure to be on a competition team. We have a whole part of the studio that just focus-

(Pablo Robles/AFN Staff Photographer)

Flanking Kimberly Lewis are her longtime staffers Carrie Anders, left, and Jill Hammond.

es on getting them training and learning how to dance.”

Those students often find careers as a result of their work at Dance Studio 111.

“I’ve had a lot that have gone on and work professionally now. There’s so many to even keep up with. They got onto Disney. They work at Disneyland or Disney world. They’re dancing on Broadway.

They’re dancing in LA. They’re doing commercials.”

Her student body is predominantly female, though she says boys – like her son, who plays for the Baltimore Ravens – can

benefit, especially from ballet.

“They’ll want to take hip hop and jazz and lyrical or contemporary. They think, ‘Oh, ballet, I have to wear the tights and my hair in a bun and the leotard and then there’s the hours at the bar and the stretching.’ But without ballet, you’re not going to be a really strong well-trained dancer because ballet is your foundation of every other form of dance. To be really great technically well-trained dancer, you have to have that foundation.”

One thing that is not really part of her business is what she calls “my gift to the

community´– The Ahwatukee Nutcracker, which she will present for the 19th consecutive year in December at Desert Vista High School. Tickets go on sale Sept. 15 for a show that routinely sells out all three performances.

Also starting in September are a whole new series of classes and parents can still sign up their children. Information: dancestudio111.com.

Lewis plans to make her 25th year a big one for her students and the community, including a reunion of her graduates.

But given her business’ longevity, her studio already is like a continuing reunion.

“So many friendships parents have been made in 25 years, lifelong friendships,” she said. “Parents come together and they don’t know each other and they meet here at this dance studio and they become the best and dearest of friends.”

“I was reflecting on our 25th anniversary, and I thought, ‘I still get excited to wake up and get dressed and go down to my studio and to start a new day and to see the children and the parents and to connect with them.’ It’s very rewarding to be able to still love what you do and look forward to the new. Like we’ve just started the new dance year and I’m excited.”

Information: dancestudio111.com or 480-706-6040.

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New area playland filled with diversions for kids

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maze of playground equipment designed to get children and adults’ hearts racing as they jump, turn, slide and shoot targets awaits in a new adventure park in Chandler.

Uptown Jungle Chandler opened earlier this month on North Arizona Avenue just north of Warner Road, becoming the latest indoor family fun-oriented business to hit the Valley.

Uptown Jungle also has operations in Mesa and Peoria, as well as in Murrieta and Santee, California.

While many indoor playgrounds feature trampolines or video games, Uptown Jungle offers a diverse range of equipment aimed at fending off boredom and getting participants moving.

It offers many climbing walls and giant slides, including one with animated pictures; gun-like ball blasters, or devices that shoot soft balls; a small merryground aimed at the littlest visitors; a trampoline/ bounce area with dodgeball games and a low-hanging zipline and intricate mazes of jungle gyms.

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Started by friends and entrepreneurs Bob Krause and Dan Collins in Santee in 2012, Urban Jungle touts itself as a “playground metropolis with A.D.D.” With a target audience of kids under 12, most of the play surfaces are soft and allow parents to play alongside their youngsters.

An adult lounge with flatscreen televisions, high-speed Wi-Fi, massage chairs and other amenities gives adults a place to unwind while their kids run wild.

“We want to provide entertainment for families,” (Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer) said CEO/creator Krause.

“We wanted to build a place LEFT: an Dally, 7, plays at Uptown Jungle during its opening celebration. RIGHT: James Jones, 11, swings on the where families could all zipline. come together to have fun.

The normal price Mondays through price regular admission. The non-grip Because there’s so many things to do, our Fridays is $10 for 60 minutes of play, $12 socks customers rent cost $2.50 plus tax. biggest compliment is the fact that kids for 90 minutes and $14 for 120 minutes.

It’s easy to spot the many climbing walls go (home) tired.”

On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, in a multitude of colors and designs with Kids and adults can get a good work- admission is $12 for 60 minutes, $16 for firm structures. One climbing wall lights out in an hour, 90 minutes or two hours, 90 minutes and $18 for 120 minutes. he said.

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up to make it easy to see where to step.

An “earthquake” slide features hard grips for climbing up a soft, steep side leading to a huge slide.

A toddler area called Uptown Tot, for kids 5 and younger, has a “waterbed,” an area that looks like a kiddy pool but lets kids play without getting wet.

Urban Jungle Chandler also sports a ninja course with many obstacles to run through and punch, as well as two small trampolines.

The business gives jungle gyms a twist with tubes that include spiderweb material that forces participants to use their full bodies to crawl through.

Since so many schools have cut physical education classes from their curriculum, Uptown Jungle offers a fun form of exercise, Krause said.

Teamwork is encouraged in a spot where customers feed soft, foam balls into ball blasters that other people up high in a jungle gym tower shoot at anyone below.

Nearby, an interactive slide displays pictures of alligators and fruit slices that change as people slide down it.

“We want them to come to a place where fitness is fun,” said general manager David Allen, who manages the Chandler and Mesa locations. “We don’t want kids getting bored. There’s a lot of ninja courses. There’s ropes, barriers, things you hang on, little obstacles. We want more action-oriented things. We want them to use all their body parts.”

Customers can rent space for birthday parties, with Uptown Jungle providing pizza and drinks.

Katie Summers, 11, of Mesa, enjoyed

playing in Uptown Jungle after the ribbon-cutting.

“I like that zipline,” Summers said. “It’s really fun. I’m really tired.”

Several people at the ribbon-cutting brought their children, who dashed around the center trying the equipment.

Chandler City Councilman Terry Roe said his wife will take their young grandson to the play park while Councilman Jeremy McClymonds called Uptown Jungle a “top-notch facility.”

“It definitely will challenge the youngins and mid-range kids,” McClymonds said.

“I think that Chandler would eat this up.

It’s definitely a welcome addition to uptown Chandler.”

Chandler City Councilman Kevin Hartke said the new business is offering a needed entertainment venue in Chandler.

“We’re excited that you’re bringing more value to Chandler,” Hartke said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Matthew Staffieri, of Gilbert, a business owner who is also on the advisory board for Uptown Jungle, said his kids, who range in age from 6 to 15, love the park and he likes the owners and employees.

“This team is amazing,” Staffieri said.

“I love these guys and gals. They’re awesome, very professional. I love their investment in people.”

Brad Collins, COO of Uptown Jungle, of Ahwatukee, is also a father and he likes the Chandler location.

“We like the number of kids and families in the area,” Collins said. “That’s who we want to entertain. We have a huge variety of activities and target the younger demographic. We have an awesome toddler time. We have a lot of parents participate. It’s just as challenging for adults.”

Information: chandler.uptownjungle. com.

f you are fortunate, you will retain your physical and mental capacities throughout your life and can always live independently.

But there are no guarantees for any of us. If you ever require some form of long-term care, will you be prepared?

What is the risk of needing long-term care services? According to the Department of Health & Human Services, about 40 percent of individuals over age 65 receive some form of paid in-home care, with an average care period lasting less than one year.

However, about one-third of the population receives care in a nursing home: Of those individuals, about half stay less than one year, 30 percent stay between one and three years, and 20 percent stay longer than five years.

And, unfortunately, this care can be expensive. For example, it costs $97,500 per year, on average, for a private room in a nursing home, according to the 2017 Cost of Care Survey produced by Genworth, an insurance company.

In some major metropolitan areas, the cost is much higher. Furthermore, Medicare typically pays only a small percentage of these expenses.

So, how do you protect yourself against these potentially catastrophic costs? Essentially, you have four options: Self-insure. You can try to build enough financial assets to cover the costs of a long-term care event. However, you would need to accumulate an extremely large sum to fully protect yourself, and you’d be diverting assets that could be used to help fund your retirement.

Long-term care insurance. A traditional long-term care (LTC) insurance policy will pay for qualified long-term care costs. The younger you are when you purchase your policy, the lower your annual premiums are likely to be.

Keep in mind, though, that a basic

LTC policy offers no death benefit or cash value – your premiums are only paying for a nursing home stay, home health care or other type of long-term care service. (Also, even a good LTC policy will include a waiting period before the insurance kicks in and a maximum amount of coverage, such as three years.)

Hybrid/linked benefit insurance.

Because of some concerns about paying for insurance but never needing care with traditional long-term care insurance, this type of insurance provides a death benefit plus long-term care coverage.

You can accelerate the death benefit to help pay for long-term care costs, and you can also choose to create an additional pool for these costs after the death benefit has been exhausted.

But if you don’t need long-term care, you still have the life insurance death benefit. Due to the death benefit, your premiums will be higher than those of a traditional long-term care policy.

Life insurance with long-term care/ chronic illness rider. By choosing a permanent life insurance policy with this rider, you can accelerate all or part of the death benefit to pay for longterm care costs. Your death benefit will then be reduced.

This option generally provides more flexibility in paying premiums than a hybrid policy, which may require a larger dollar commitment. Similar to hybrid, you still have the life insurance benefit if you don’t need care.

Which option is best for you? There’s no one “right” answer for everyone, but a financial professional can help you choose the method that’s most appropriate for your situation. And from an economic standpoint – and possibly an emotional one, too – you may be better off by taking action sooner rather than later.

-Joseph Ortiz is a financial planner with Edward Jones, 4902 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee. Reach him at 480-753-7664.

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Two businesses team up to help county’s sheltered canines

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ike Casteen of Gilbert and Rebecca and Paul Tolani of Ahwatukee have a couple things in common: They both own pet-related businesses and they both love the clientele their businesses cater to.

So, after Casteen told the Tolanis about the toy drive to benefit Maricopa County Animal Care and Control shelter dogs, it’s not surprising they jumped in.

Casteen owns Poodini Pet Waste Removal, a company that he resurrected in January 2017 to provide weekly or bi-weekly pet waste removal. This includes cleaning up the waste, hauling it away, and treating the yard with a sanitizing/deodorizing treatment.

The Tolanis own Pet Planet Ahwatukee in Mountainside Plaza, which sells a wide range of pet food along with toys and other supplies for furry family members.

Pet Planet promised to match item for item and it didn’t take long for the two businesses to raise two truckloads of donations for the shelter.

“I started the drive in June of this year,” Casteen said. “Initially, I was simply try-

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Mike Casteen, left, of Poodini Pet Wwaste Removal in Gilbert, and Paul Tolani of Pet Planet in Ahwatukee have teamed up to collect toys, food and other items for Maricopa County Animal Care and Control shelter dogs.

ing to collect donations from my customers in order to help out the shelters where we adopted our dogs.

“But word began to spread and several local businesses wanted to help out,” he added. “I seized the opportunity and turned it into a full-blown toy drive for the dogs.”

He said most of the donations come from “everyday people who love animals and want to help.”

“Some donate old blankets and things they already have around the house while others purchase brand new items to donate,” he said.

Since Pet Planet has been a customer of

his and have cross-promoted over the last 18 months, Casteen figured Paul Tolani might be interested in the drive.

He was right.

“When I told him about the toy drive, he was excited to help out and really stepped up by offering to match donations,” Casteen said.

Both businesses are collecting much-needed items, including toys, blankets, leashes, food and treats.

“These items aid the staff and volunteers in properly caring for the dogs in their facilities, thus giving them a better chance to be adopted,” Casteen explained.

Currently, both the east and west adoption centers are overcrowded and in need of supplies.

The Poodini Pals Toy Drive is an ongoing fundraiser in which donated items are collected, sorted, and then delivered to the shelters.

Casteen said he is heartened by the response both he and the Tolanis have been getting to the drive and is hoping more people open their hearts, wallets or storage areas to help out.

To make a donation: email toydrive@ poodini.com.

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Young Entrepreneurs Academy kicks off information sessions in Ahwatukee

BY BECKY HINDS AFN Guest Writer

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f you’ve thought CEOs are looking younger and younger these days, you’re right – especially here in Ahwatukee, where the Young Entrepreneur Academy (YEA!) transforms middle school and high school students into business owners and CEO’s in short order.

The Ahwatukee Chamber Community Foundation will sponsor its fourth year of the YEA! Program.

YEA! is a cutting-edge experiential learning program that takes students ages 11 to 18 through the process of starting and launching a real business or social movement over the course of an academic year.

By the end of the class, students own and operate fully-formed and functioning businesses, which may be carried on after their graduation from the program.

“The mission of the Community Foundation is to strengthen the Village of Ahwatukee through funding programs like

YEA!” says Community Foundation board member Sandra Lassiter.

“YEA! offers a unique educational opportunity that connects our local business leaders with today’s youth and future entrepreneurs” adds Sandra. “Students begin the program as aspiring entrepreneurs and finish with a fully launched business. The transformation each student experiences in this program is inspiring.”

During the 25-week commitment, students brainstorm and form their business ideas, make pitches to investors for startup funding via a ‘Shark Tank’ style competition, file their DBAs, and launch their own businesses or social movements.

Mentors and local entrepreneurs across a variety of industries, such as graphic design, web development, law, accounting, retail, manufacturing, technology and more support the students throughout the hands-on curriculum as mentors, field trip hosts or guest lecturers.

The 2018 YEA! Class produced many innovative products including BAZ gym bags with odor absorbing materials and Comfy Vue, a mobile device neck holder that supports handsfree viewing for a phone or tablet.

BAZ CEO Emily Ward won last year’s local investor panel and

took BAZ to the national YEA! competition in Rochester, New York.

Ward is already taking steps to bring her product to market.

She may be in production before her high school graduation from Corona Del Sol High School.

Recruitment for the 2019 YEA! Class is happening now.

Weekly classes will take place at a Kyrene school campus on Tuesday evenings, from mid-October through May. Interested students can learn more or apply through the Chamber website, ahwatukeechamber.com/young-entrepreneurs.html.

Students and their families can attend an information session on Tuesday, Sept. 11 or Thursday, Sept. 27, from 6 to 7 p.m. at HomeBridge Financial Services, 4425 E. Agave Road, Ahwatukee.

The YEA! program also depends on support from community business partners. To find out more about sponsorship and volunteer opportunities as a business mentor, field trip host, or guest lecturer: yeaahwatukee@gmail.com.

-Becky Hinds is the Young Entrepreneurs Academy program manager.

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Had it with the heat? It’s ‘Back to Cool’ this weekend GET OUT Staff

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t’s that time of year in Ahwatukee. The scorching dog days of summer drag on – they’ve been here forever and it’s a long way to Thanksgiving, when they might end.

The kids are back in class, making midweek escapes from the heat impossible. A funk has set in.

Clearly, it’s “Back to Cool” time.

Labor Day Weekend approaches, offering three days for a brief, and perhaps final, respite before the weather breaks. In October.

Or November.

Flagstaff and the White Mountains beckon in the north and northeast. Even Mount Lemmon to the south, at nearly 10,000 feet of elevation, is 25 degrees cooler and it’s a short drive from Gilbert. And historic eclectic Bisbee on the Mexican border is a mile high.

There are many things to see and do at these places, where the climate is something less than a blast furnace. Fish on forest-framed lakes. Chill in caves carved by ancient lava flows. Stroll small towns that have cool temperatures to match their cool cultures.

Here’s a quick look at cool places in the Grand Canyon State to lift you from that hot funk and spark you to make Labor Day Weekend getaway plans.

Northern Arizona

Flagstaff craft-beer scene: It would be easy to spend a week in Flagstaff and surrounding area. Its quirky downtown is filled with unique shops and restaurants. Lowell Observatory is a place to explore the universe. Arizona Snow Bowl offers spectacular views year-round on its ski lift. Native America culture abounds in the area.

The craft-beer industry downtown also is a draw, no pun intended, and when the High Country beckons Gilbert residents, Trevor Stratmeyer is ready and waiting with a cold one at Lumberyard Brewery, where he is head bartender and floor manager.

“I fell in love with the area and the craftbeer scene,” said Stratmeyer, a transplanted Californian. “I still remember vividly being 22 and trying my first Arizona craft beers, one from Lumberyard and one for Four Peaks. I set my sights on working at Lumberyard as soon as its opened in 2010, and by 2012, I earned a position. I haven’t looked back.”

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Head bartender Trevor Stratmeyer is ready and waiting with a cold brew at the Lumberyard Brewery in Flagstaff.

Stratmeyer researches the multitude of craft beers to be knowledgeable for his customers.

“Not everyone is into IPAs or ales, so they assume they hate craft beer. But there are so many options out there, from stouts and porters to lagers and pale ales,” he said. “I love opening people’s eyes to it all.

“Up here in Northern Arizona, we are a

tight-knit group. Flagstaff is home to seven craft breweries supporting key economic-development sectors with a commitment to their craft, providing world-class brews locally and throughout the world. The Flagstaff-Grand Canyon region is the craft beer hub of the Southwest with award-winning ales receiving recognition and honors from the world beer championship and Great American Beer Festival. In fact, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey recently joined in the love for us up here, formally proclaiming Flagstaff as a leading craft-beer city with a commendation back in February.“ There even is cider for those who are gluten free.

Nearby, Michael and Alissa Marquess’ full-time jobs were making them miserable.

Everything changed during a quiet, evening road trip on a two-lane highway with their sleeping children. The couple decided to do what they love: brew beer. From it came Flagstaff’s Mother Road Brewing Co., reflecting the lore of Route 66, and a staple for Gilbert visitors seeking relief from the heat.

“We always talk about that road trip,” Alissa said. “We needed to change something to live the way we wanted to live. Mother Road is about finding joy in the adventure.”

The last year has been exciting for Mother Road. The original, now-experimental Pike Brewery and taproom paved the way for Butler Brewery, which produces beer and is a tap room. They fall under the Mother Road

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Jerome offers stunning views of the Verde Valley, lively bars, great restaurants and fascinating glimpses into Arizona’s mining history in far cooler climes than one is likely to find in the East Valley this time of year.

name but are casually referred to by their locations.

The Pike Brewery is relaxing, with a small library and board games available to guests.

Children and families are encouraged to visit inside, or outside on the dog-friendly patio.

The 20-barrel Forgeworks brew house at the Butler Brewery allows patrons to see their beer being made. It, too, has board games, along with complimentary pretzels and small snacks available for purchase.

Food trucks are listed on Mother Road’s events page. Mother Road Butler does not allow pets, but trained service animals are welcome.

“It’s incredible what the team managed to crank out in this space,” Michael said. “We needed the capacity to meet demand, yet have the flexibility to play.”

Lumberyard Brewing, 5 S. San Francisco Street, Flagstaff, 928-779-2739, lumberyardbrewingcompany.com.

Mother Road Butler Brewery, 1300 E. Butler Avenue, Suite 200, Flagstaff, 928.774.0492; Mother Road Pike Brewery, 7 S. Mikes Pike, Flagstaff, 928-774-9139, motherroadbeer.com.

Lava River Cave: About 700,000 years ago, lava flowed through northern Arizona’s Coconino National Forest, forming a mile-long lava tube. Adventurers flock to this Flagstaff cave, open for exploring May through October with $5 day passes. The cave is dark and the temperature is a constant 42 degrees.

Pack warmer clothes and a flashlight.

Slide Rock State Park: Cool off just two hours north of Gilbert in the Sonora-red landscape of Sedona. Spend the afternoon swimming in Oak Creek or take a slippery ride down the famous 80-foot natural slide.

Summer mornings are an ideal time to explore this stunning wonderland by foot.

Slide Rock’s summer hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Entrance fees are $20 per vehicle on weekdays and $30 on weekends.

Jerome: The old mile-high mining town of Jerome, perched in Arizona’s Black Hills, is filled with history, art studios and restaurants. Enjoy panoramic views of the Verde Valley, spooky ghost tours and charming lodging options.

Watson Lake: Watson Lake’s rocky landscape and location within the Prescott National Forest make it a picturesque place See

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to cool down and unplug. Four miles from downtown Prescott, this is a quiet place to relax and kick back with friends and family. Activities include canoeing, hiking, rock climbing and camping.

Northeastern Arizona Payson/Strawberry/Pine: Strawberry is dreamy. From the towering pine trees, brisk air and quaint living, it’s hard to believe this travel destination is just two hours north of Gilbert. The drive is simply stunning as you watch the mountains morph to lush pines. With a relaxing pace, delicious food and cozy accommodations, Strawberry, just north of Payson, is a perfect spot to relax.

The Strawberry Inn is a self-hosted, eight-bedroom hotel. The stylish, luxury lodge is stunning, but holds the same genuine charm and quaint feel of the town. The navy and red exterior features a clock tower, deck with porch swings and rocking chairs, and a windmill. The interior is farmhouse chic with shiplap, woodsy inspiration from the inn’s surroundings. Everything about this inn, inside and out, is crazy photogenic.

It wasn’t always that way. Carson and Amber Eilers rolled up their sleeves and brought back the once-rustic inn.

“We could tell it was a really charming property,” Amber said. “It has the windmill and the doors and the railings, which were so pretty. We thought we could fix this up.”

The Eilers live in Scottsdale with their young girls and work in real estate. Through their work, they stumbled upon a business listing for the inn.

“It needed a lot of work, and I kind of talked myself out of it,” Carson said. “Then I showed her and there was no way I was going

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The Strawberry Inn in Strawberry is best suited for adults, who will enjoy stylish luxury when they’re not taking in the quaint charm of the town around it.

back on it because she fell in love with it.”

A popular destination for dinner in the area is Old County Inn in nearby Pine. Sit on the deck and curl up with a blanket and heaters for a prime view of the elk moseying across the street. The menu features woodfired pizzas, craft-beer-infused green Chile beer cheese and the popular cast-iron cookie for dessert.

Just down the street is The Randall House, which serves coffees, teas, hot chocolate, treats and a hearty breakfast.

On your way out of town, stop by Pine Creek Fudge Ice Cream and Espresso.

Not far south of Strawberry is Tonto Natural Bridge State Park. The view driving down to the park is incredible, but the road is steep and curvy. Make sure you take a reliable, strong vehicle. Entrance to the park is $7 per an adult.

The Strawberry Inn, 5073 AZ-87, Strawberry, 928-202-7790, thestrawberryinn.com.

Rooms average $85 Sunday to Thursday, and $150-$175 weekends and holidays. Rooms are best suited for adults, but there are rooms with single-size sofa sleepers for kids.

Fossil Creek: Fossil Creek near Payson is known for its crystal-clear waters, waterfalls and trails. It is a two-hour scenic drive north-

east from Gilbert. Make time for the onemile waterfall trail. Permits go on sale one month in advance and are required to park a vehicle within the Fossil Creek area April 1 through October 1.

Reservation Lake: This beautiful lake in the White Mountains, an hour south of Greer, is a playground for fishing, swimming and hiking. Spend the night under the stars at Reservation Lake Campground, gawk at some of the tallest mountains in Arizona, and don’t be surprised if you spot an elk or two.

Southern Arizona Mount Lemmon/Summerhaven/Ski Valley: Because it is an easy drive, Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas northeast of Tucson beckons Gilbert residents looking for heat relief.

Summerhaven, a quaint town at the summit, is 20 to 30 degrees cooler than the desert floor.

The Catalina Highway, surrounded by the Coronado National Forest, is curvy and sometimes a bit congested but the scenery is breathtaking. There are pullouts along the road as well as designated scenic stops where it is easy to park, stretch your legs and take in the view. Among the most-popular is Windy Point.

You’ll pass Rose Canyon, with a campground and lake perfect for fishing.

Hikes include the Butterfly Trail near the Palisades Visitor Center.

At Summerhaven (mtlemmon.com/summerhaven), stop at the Mount Lemmon General Store & Gift Shop for snacks, water, souvenirs and, the best part, homemade fudge in more than a dozen mouthwatering flavors.

The Living Rainbow (thelivingrainbow. com) gift shop is another worthy spot.

The Sawmill Run Restaurant (sawmillrun. com) in Summerhaven has a cozy cabin vibe

that pairs well with its soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers, and “smokehouse favorites,” such as baby back ribs and sausage.

The Cookie Cabin (thecookiecabin.org) in Summerhaven, a family-owned restaurant, serves giant homemade cookies, some topped with six scoops of ice cream. Its website said that one cookie can feed “four people, two raccoons or one hungry cyclist.”

The Cookie Cabin also serves lunch, including pizza and hot dogs.

Nearby at Ski Valley (skithelemmon.com), the lift operates year-round. At the top is the University of Arizona’s SkyCenter (skycenter. arizona.edu). The observatory features SkyNights, with public telescopes.

The Iron Door Restaurant (skithelemmon. com/page3.html) at Ski Valley serves breakfast and lunch with nine sandwich options, homemade soups and chili, appetizers and homemade pies.

There are three campgrounds at Mount Lemmon. Cabins (mtlemmoncabins.com) also are available and they’re as cozy as they look. Other activities include horseback riding, rock climbing, wildlife viewing and birding. Picnic tables are abundant.

Bisbee: Situated in the mountains at an elevation of 5,500 feet, Bisbee is home to cool temps and a quirky arts-and-culture scene.

Head to the Copper Queen Mine to explore Bisbee’s mining past or stroll the town’s shop-filled streets. Enjoy wine tasting, pub crawls and even a ghost tour. The historic Copper Queen Hotel and several bed and breakfasts host overnight visitors.

Tribune reporters Niki D’Andrea, Christina Fuoko Karasinski and Lee Shappell contributed to this report, with contributing writers Alison Bailin Batz, Catherine Hathaway and Gloria Knott, and the Arizona Department of Tourism.

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Head out to the White Mountains about an hour outside Greer and take in Reservation Lake if you want a relaxing afternoon of fishing.

Bisbee has cool and charm at an elevation of 5,500 feet. The off-beat arts and culture scene, combined with some historical sites, offer a weekend full of sightseeing.

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Gin Blossoms giving fans a ‘reality’ check

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GET OUT Editor

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in Blossoms singer Robin Wilson is late for his phone interview.

He immediately apologizes and offers an explanation. Who can blame him?

“I’m at the wonderful Kimpton Amara in Sedona, eating eggs and chorizo for breakfast,” said Wilson, who was born in Detroit, but grew up in the Tempe music scene. He lives in New York.

Wilson, who owns a boat at Saguaro Lake, is in the Grand Canyon State vacationing before hitting the road again in support of Gin Blossoms’ new album “Mixed Reality.”

The tour includes a Saturday, Sept. 8, show with Big Head Todd and the Monsters at The Van Buren in Phoenix.

“I’m pretty psyched to see it,” Wilson said of the venue that opened in August 2017. “It’s definitely must have been a labor of love.

“We haven’t done a show like this in Phoenix in a long time. We have usually, for the last several years, played festivals. It’s nice to do a hard-ticket date in a real music venue.”

Released in June via Cleopatra Records, the 15-song Mixed Reality was produced by Don Dixon (The Smithereens, R.E.M.) and

i s t /g u i t a r i s t Jesse Valenzuela, guitarist Scott Johnson and bassist Bill Leen – are just as excited.

“Our partnership is strong,” Wilson says.

“Everybody is into supporting the new record.

Our career is rebuilt and everything we’re doing right (Special to AFN) now is a few The Gin Blossoms will be performing old hits and cuts from their new album notches above when they appear at The Van Buren Sept. 8. the things we features the single “Break.” were doing a few years ago. We’re merce“It’s an awesome record,” Wilson said. naries, basically. We’re getting better jobs “As a guy who’s been making records for and better gigs.”

30 years, I feel this is the best album I’ve In 2017, the Gin Blossoms celebrated the ever been a part of. It has good songs and a 25th anniversary of its 1992 multiplatinum cool cover (of the album). It’s a solid piece album “New Miserable Experience,” which of work. It’s nice to be able to stand behind spawned four Top 40 hits, including “Hey something like this.”

Jealousy” and “Found Out About You.” The rest of the Gin Blossoms – vocalThey received a Grammy nomination for

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The band has continued to release albums and perform close to 150 shows a year. The band has sold more than 10 million records collectively, and in 2017 were inducted into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame.

“We’re entertaining and we have chops, but it really comes down to the songs,” Wilson said. “The reason we’re still here is that we have good songs. When young musicians ask me for advice, what’s the best thing to do to further my career, I always say, ‘Write good songs.’ It always comes down to that.”

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Crock pot lasagna is a cool way to a hot Italian meal

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ang in there! A couple more weeks of this blistering hot weather and we’re home free for the fall with slightly cooler temperatures.

When it’s so hot outside, the last thing we want to do is heat up our kitchen. Still, cravings for our favorite foods never go away.

Crock pots are great, but what if you’re craving lasagna?

No problem and you don’t even need to cook the noodles ahead of time. Slow cooked lasagna is fantastic and I have a secret addition to the recipe to make it extra rich and creamy while it cooks all day long:

Crock Pot Lasagna (for a small crockpot)

Ingredients: 1 package lasagna noodles For the homemade meat sauce: 1 lb. ground beef ½ lb. Italian sausage 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium sweet yellow onion, chopped (1/2 cup) 2-3 cloves fresh garlic, minced 2 cans (15 ounces each) Italian-style tomato sauce or diced tomatoes 1 small can tomato paste 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped fine 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon pepper Directions: Heat olive oil in a skillet. Cook beef, sausage, onion and garlic over medium until onion has softened and meat is cooked through. Stir in tomato sauce and basil.

Cook for 20 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Turn off heat and add salt and pepper.

Make Filling. Mix together mozzarella, ricotta, parmesan and egg until thoroughly combined. Set aside.

Make béchamel sauce. Melt the butter in a saucepan.

Whisk in the flour and cook, whisking constantly. (This is called a Roux.) Cook until the roux cooks and bubbles.

Do not brown. Add the milk, continuing to whisk as the Watch my how-to video: jandatri.com/recipe/

Béchamel in between the layers of cheese, noodles and pasta sauce.

Béchamel, a mixture of butter, flour and milk adds only a few extra minutes but it’s well worth the effort.

I’ve given you a recipe for homemade pasta sauce, but you can certainly use your favorite brand. (It’s Rao’s Tomato and Basil for me!)

Prep the night before, turn it on in the morning and you’ll have homemade lasagna for dinnertime.

For the Filling: 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 ounces) plus ½ cup for the top of lasagna 1 container (15 ounces) whole ricotta cheese ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese plus ¼ cup for the top of lasagna 1 large egg For the béchamel sauce: 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 1/4 cups milk warmed or room temperature ¼ teaspoon salt

sauce thickens. Bring to a boil. Then lower heat to simmer, add salt and cook for another 2 minutes, stirring constantly.

Assemble crock pot lasagna. Spoon 1 cup of meat sauce in the bottom of a small crock pot. Break raw lasagna noodles and lay them on top of the meat sauce, overlapping. Spoon a layer of cheese filling over noodles.

Spoon a thin layer of béchamel sauce over cheese filling. Repeat layers until crock pot is filled (leaving about ½ inch of room at the top.) Sprinkle ½ cup mozzarella and ¼ cup parmesan on top. Cover and cook for about 5 hours or until noodles are cooked and tender.

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Pride’s Abercrombie has family lineage and own legacy to boot

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he legs of the Abercrombie family have been a staple on the Mountain Pointe High sideline for much of this decade.

Senior kicker Ben Abercrombie is among few players on the Pride – a team that’s a lock for the playoffs nearly every season – who has played on the varsity for all four years of high school, just like his older brother, John Abercrombie, did.

A soccer player who realized he could utilize his kicking leg on the football field, John began kicking extra points for the Pride in 2011, and converted 108 of them by the time he graduated in 2014.

In 2015, his little brother, Ben, took over.

Ben Abercrombie said there was initial pressure to live up to his brother’s legacy.

People expected him to be just as good.

“Everybody always used to call me ‘Mini-Cooper’ because I was his little brother. It’s interesting, and it was definite-

(Eric Newman/AFN Staff)

Ben Abercrombie watched his older brother, John, set school records during his four years as Mountain Pointe High’s kicker. Now Ben, a senior, has broken them all in his fourth year as the Pride’s kicker.

ly something to strive for,” Ben said.

By the end of his junior season, Ben had converted 124 extra points and 17 field goals, both breaking his older brother’s

school records.

If it was not clear before, those statistics are the validation that Ben Abercrombie has created his own legacy.

“I think I’ve kind of made my own identity now, and I’ve made my own life out of it,” Abercrombie said.

MP coach Rich Wellbrock said Abercrombie is “by far” the best kicker he has coached in high school.

On kickoffs, Abercrombie consistently puts the ball in or near the end zone. On field goals from long-distance, Abercrombie is as reliable as anybody in the state.

Wellbrock said the senior’s ability unlocks options that other teams might not have.

“As a coach, you can actually think of a bunch of different scenarios that you can’t use at other places. The depth he gets on his kickoffs and where they go is great.

And then, when we cross the 40-yard-line, we’re in field-goal range, and that’s rare.”

Abercrombie’s power as a player lies not only in his right foot, but in his ability to make teammates smile and feel comfortable around him.

Not much of a talker by nature, AberSee

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Desert Vista learns the drill at Marine base in California

BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor

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raveling out of state is becoming common for prep football teams in Arizona, as is bringing in outof-state competition to play games in the desert.

For the first time ever, Desert Vista has done both in its opening two games. After playing host to Palm Springs, Calif., High in the opener, the Thunder visited Carlsbad, Calif., High last Friday, where they rallied from a 14-point deficit to a victory that lifted them to 2-0.

It marked the first time since 2015 that DV had played an out-of-state opponent, and the first time ever playing two in one season.

Desert Vista stayed at Camp Pendleton, a Marine Corps base north of Carlsbad.

“It was pretty cool,” Thunder coach Dan Hinds said. “We pulled up and there were military police at the gate. You have to show your card and all that, but when we

their sleeping quarters. It was there that Hinds delivered an ultimatum for Saturday morning.

“There was a guy in his fatigues watching us Friday morning,” Hinds said. “I told them, ‘We have Plan A and Plan B for Saturday. Plan A involves having fun and going to the beach. Plan B (Matt McClure/AFN Contributor) Desert Vista High’s football team huddles up during a break after falling involves activities behind early last Friday at Carlsbad, Calif. The Thunder rallied for a 33-21 with that drill servictory on the trip, averting a Saturday morning session with a Marine drill geant over there.’ sergeant at nearby Camp Pendleton, where they stayed.

I think it got the got in there, the facilities were great. They message across.”

It did. After the game, Hinds said Thuntook care of us and it all worked out.”

The Thunder did a light walk-through der players chanted, “No Plan B!” Saturday morning, the Thunder spent a Friday morning in a parking lot outside

couple of hours at the beach. It was a business trip but it also was a time to build a stronger bond for the grueling season ahead.

“We came, and the kids accomplished the mission,” Hinds said. “They did what they had to do so they definitely deserved that.”

It’s a unique experience for those like Thunder running back Tyson Grubbs.

“It’s something I haven’t done before,” Grubbs said before embarking on the trip.

“It’s a time for us to bond and show our strength against another state. It’s a different type of experience.”

This trip was unique in another way.

Desert Vista took its junior varsity and freshman teams along, uncommon among intrastate prep football travel.

The lower-level Thunder teams played on Friday afternoon before the varsity game and fell to the lower-level Lancers. Those teams returned to Phoenix shortly after their games.

Following their 33-21 victory Friday See

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crombie chuckled at the notion of addressing the team in the locker room or giving a motivational speech at practice.

He said he does try to set an example with his focus and preparation.

“I don’t address the team or anything usually, but I try to be there for guys and talk to them one-on-one about staying positive,” he said.

He goes through his own routine on the sideline while the rest of the team practices on the field. Pride players often look over to Abercrombie and yell encouragement as he kicks into the practice net.

“He’s a quiet leader, and the guys always know he’ll be ready when his number is called,” Wellbrock said. “Whether it’s in the locker room or on the field, the guys love being around him.”

Cameron Rasmussen, a junior who trains with Abercrombie and likely will succeed him as Mountain Pointe’s kicker in 2019, has seen first hand how calming of a presence Abercrombie is in big moments.

“He knows how to act in certain pressure situations that other people would crack under. He can handle the big moments,” Rasmussen said.

On a team that has playoff aspirations and hopes to score a ton of points again,

(Eric Newman/AFN Staff)

Mountain Pointe kicker Ben Abercrombie is the quiet assassin. Quiet by nature and cool under pressure, Abercrombie, a senior, holds nearly every school record for kicking.

Abercrombie likely will continue to pile onto his school record. He added four extra points in the season opener against Pinnacle on Aug. 24.

The brothers talk about kicking and handling senior year, and Ben said John still motivates him to work harder.

“He told me, ‘Good job, but I’m still better than you,’ after I broke his record last year,” Ben said with a laugh. “So, there’s definitely still a little bit of a rivalry.”

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a coaching standpoint to get everyone ready and scramble,” Hinds said. “We are going to take a look at all of the things we need to get better. That’s the plan.”

Opening with back-to-back wins against California schools is unique for any prep football team in Arizona. The 2-0 start no doubt puts the Thunder on the radar of teams in Arizona.

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Thunder quarterback Parker Navarro called it “a statement trip.”

“We want to go out there and show what we can do against a good team in California,” Navarro said before they departed.

Desert Vista returned home Saturday evening and took Sunday off before the players headed back to school Monday.

With an open date Friday, the Thunder will fine-tune every aspect of their game before they take the field at Thunder Stadium on Sept. 7 to face Valley Vista.

Grubbs believes in getting right back into things, not wanting to miss a week of action.

Navarro said the off week allows them to fix mistakes and gives them time to recover for the long season ahead.

“I think it’s good if we stay focused,” Navarro said. “We can get a lot done in terms of offense and defense.”

Hinds enjoys the thought of an open date coming off the trip.

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Thunder rallies from 14-point deficit for win in California

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he cool ocean breeze couldn’t cool off visiting Desert Vista on Friday, as it turned to its red-hot ground game to bail it out of a two-touchdown deficit and rally past Carlsbad High, 3321, in high school football.

Tyson Grubbs, after leading the Thunder (2-0) with 115 rushing yards and two touchdowns in an opening win over Palm Springs, Calif., followed up with 148 rushing yards and four touchdowns, capped by a 42-yard scamper that buried the Lancers.

“I got to trigger my dog in me,” Grubbs said. “That was a big part that I didn’t have in me (last year). I was really just doing what they told me and not adding any sauce to it. So, I think that it’s putting in my own sauce (that’s made a difference).”

Grubbs’ newfound “sauce” was key to the Thunder’s 27 unanswered points that flipped the game.

Carlsbad (1-1) came in riding a Week 1 upset of defending California 3A champion Spring Valley Steele Canyon.

(Matt McClure/AFN Contributor)

Desert Vista High quarterback Parker Navarro (right) drops back to pass early in Friday’s football game at Carlsbad, Calif., High. The Thunder quickly abandoned their passing game and rushed for four touchdowns in a 33-21 comeback win.

“Moving forward, I think we showed in the second half that we can run the football, and we can throw the football,” Thunder coach Dan Hinds said. “It’s going to be fun going forward, but we still have a lot of work to do, though.”

During the second quarter, after another sluggish first period, the Thunder switched their offensive attack to their run game.

“What we saw in the first half was that we were getting a push, and we knew that,” Hinds said. “We made some adjustments and we put Armando Delgado in at fullback and Tyson Grubbs at tailback and we just kept switching Grubbs and Colby Humphrey back at tailback.

It was something we saw it at half-time decided to do it and it worked.

“Our O-line was getting a good push.

Armando was blasting up there and got a lot of leads.”

After the half, the Thunder were a force to be reckoned with, as their running backs pounded the Lancers’ defense into submission. Humphrey quickly scored to start the third quarter and then Grubbs took over.

“Our boys have got to realize that if we don’t make mistakes and we are a disciplined team like we have been the last two games in the second half, then we can be pretty good,” Hinds said.

Poor play on both sides of the ball doomed the Thunder early. Penalties, along with an interception that nearly was returned for a touchdown, allowed the Lancers to take control early.

Grubbs recovered his own fumble in the end zone to get Desert Vista on the board going into halftime.

“We calmed down and continued to play our game. We knew that we could run the ball at them and we really did in the second half.”

Desert Vista has an open date this Friday and then opens its Arizona competition against Valley Vista at home on Sept. 7.

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Pride ripped by Pinnacle in opener as injured Rattler watches

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ountain Pointe’s secondary was bitten, but not by a Rattler, on Friday night.

Pride coach Rich Wellbrock’s debut was spoiled by a Pinnacle High quarterback who was not expected to play at all, J.D. Johnson, who was superb replacing injured Spencer Rattler, as the top-ranked Pioneers rolled, 56-34.

Rattler left the game in the first quarter with an ankle injury. By halftime, Pinnacle starting running back Matt Goodlow also was injured and on the sideline.

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Nights/Weekends Bonded/Insured 480-251-8610

Residential Electrician

Not a licensed contractor

Call Sean Haley 602-574-3354

Handyman

HONESTY • INTEGRITY • QUALITY

Gary is Back Household Repairs

- Ahw Resident Since 1987 -

• Panel Changes and Repairs • Installation of Ceiling Fans • Switches/Outlets • Home Remodel

ALL RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL Call Jim Endres 480.282.7932

drywall, plumbing, small painting, varnish doors, grout cleaning,ceiling fans, roof turbines.

30 years experience

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Drywall

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Call Bob 480-893-9482

Garage/Doors

FOOTHILLS GARAGE DOOR

Same Day Service Repair/Install All Major Brands

Call for Our Monthly Special Discount

• FREE ESTIMATES •

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Discount for Seniors &Veterans

REMODEL CONTRACTOR

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Handyman

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Landlord and Homeowner Property Services

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AND so much more!

Ahwatukee Resident

480.335.4180 Not a licensed contractor.

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Able Handyman Service LLC

And Much, Much More!

Not a licensed

contractor Jim 480.593.0506 Ablehandyman2009@gmail.com

Bonded/Insured

GARAGE DOORS

10%

Home Improvement

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Over 28 Years Experience • ROC #246019 Bonded/Insured

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Contractors

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R.HANDYMAN Rebuild: Under sink floors, drawers & shelving.

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39 Years’ Experience

Small Jobs Welcome!

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GARAGE DOOR SERVICE

C. READ & SON ELECTRIC, INC.

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Handyman

Broken Springs Replaced

R E N O VAT I O N

• Additions • Alterations • Kitchen and bath remodeling specialists Ahwatukee resident

Garage/Doors

East Valley/ Ahwatukee

HOME IMPROVEMENT & RENOVATIONS

Cell Cell

Not a licensed contractor

Electrical Services

Contractors

FREE

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Marks the Spot for ALL Your Handyman Needs!

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ce 1999

Affordable, Quality Work Sin 2010, 2011 2012, 2013, 2014

“No Job Too Small Man!”

Call Bruce at 602.670.7038

Ahwatukee Resident/ References/ Insured/ Not a Licensed Contractor

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MALDONADO HOME REPAIR SERVICES

CALL DOUG

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Landscape Maintenance

Home Improvement

Home Remodeling

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Where Quality Comes First!

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FREE

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Arizona Specialty Landscape NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

Handyman

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+

30 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Residential/Commercial National Assoc. of the Remodeling Industry Member

New & Re-Do Design and Installation

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CDS LANDSCAPING Lighting and Irrigation • Installation & Repairs • Evening & Weekend Service Only • You Pay Labor & Materials Only • ROC#312942 Rated 4.9

on homeadvisor.com

david@swo-of-artworks.com

Landscape Design/Installation

480-580-4419

Owner: David “Ray” Smith

Landscape Maintenance

D-I-Y SPRINKLER REPAIR

Roof Leaking?

Call a Plumber in the Classifieds!

4Chat with a Sprinkler Technician 4Get Step-by-Step Instructions 4Get Expert Advice FAST! 4Save Money $$$

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MOST REPAIRS

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Warranty On All Work Call Dennis or Lisa

602.329.3396 Not a Licensed Contractor

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Landscape Maintenance

Landscape Maintenance

Specials

Juan Hernandez

Juan Hernandez

TRIMMING

Drip/Install/Repair

TREE

Lawn Mowing Starts At $20 Full Service Starts At $70

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YOUR LAWN XPERT 1995 ROC 2282663 ** B **INCE IINSURED ROC 82663 BEEONDED ONDED NSURED YOUR LAWN XPERT SSINCE 1995

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS: • Interior/Exterior Painting • Drywall • Wood Repair & Replacement • Stucco • Masonry • Power Washing

602-487-1252 Licensed, Bonded & Insured • ROC #307395

Give us a call

JRWHomeImprovement@gmail.com

480-643-9772

East Valley PAINTERS

House Calls Are Always FREE! We specialize in Repairs and Replacement of

Valves, Timers, Sprinklers & Drip Systems Our Technicians are Local..Experienced..Insured

Not a licensed contractor

Landscape Maintenance

10% OFF

We Beat Competitors Prices & Quality Free Estimates!

Home of the 10-Year Warranty!

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www.eastvalleypainters.com Bonded/Insured • ROC#153131

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ROC #301084

HOME IMPROVEMENT & PAINTING

We Are State Licensed and Reliable!

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480-338-4011

ROC#309706

Interior/Exterior Painting RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL • Free Estimates • Light Repairs, Drywall • Senior discounts References Available Not a licensed contractor

The Valley’s Premier Painters

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Family Owned & Operated

QUALITY PAINT #1 IN SERVICE

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Voted #1 ROC 304267 • Licenced & Bonded

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Painting

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ROC# 256752

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Call Lance White

A-Z Tauveli Prof LANDSCAPING LLC

ROC 282663 * BONDED * INSURED YOUR LAWN EXPERT SINCE 1995

We Only Service Ahwatukee, So We Are Always Close By To Meet Unexpected Needs

Licensed • Bonded • Insured Technician

25 years exp. Call Now (480) 720-3840

480-745-5230

Specializing in Controllers, Valves, Sprinklers, Landscape Lighting, P.V.C. & Poly Drip Systems

Not a licensed contractor

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25 Years exp (480) 720-3840

15 + Yrs Exp! All English Speaking Crew

Painting

Landscape Maintenance

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Proudly Serving Ahwatukee for 15 Years!

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ACP is 100% Veteran Owned Like us on Facebook to stay current & Receive 5% Off Services

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Plumbing

Plumbing

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING Interior, Exterior House Painting.

Stucco Patching.

Gate/Front Door Refinishing.

Quality work/Materials Free Estimate Ignacio 480-961-5093 602-571-9015 ROC #189850 Bond/Ins'd

Jose Dominguez Painting & Drywall SEE OUR AD IN DRYWALL! Quick Response to your Call!

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YOUR CLASSIFIED SOURCE

15 Years Exp 480-266-4589

Pool Service / Repair

480.898.6465

Not a licensed contractor

Pool Service / Repair

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Pool Service / Repair

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Call 480-898-6564

Remodeling REMODELING - Kitchens & Bathrooms

Kitchen & Bath

Remodeling I’m Cindy and I am an Ahwatukee resident with 30 years exp remodeling kitchens & bathrooms. Call me for an appointment.

Let me provide you with renderings, ideas and a detailed proposal. We do flooring & granite, as well!

Advanced Concepts Remodeling ROC#147710 Bond/ins

602-980-9922

I will personally manage your project from concept to completion. www.kitchensorbaths.com

HIRING?

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charles@clrpoolservice.com

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Juan Hernandez

People are looking in the Classifieds Every Day!

POOL REPAIR

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We offer personalized service for our customers.

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Pavers • Concrete • Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

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Pebble cracking, Plaster peeling, Rebar showing, Pool Light out?

(480)

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SERVICE • REPAIR • REPLACEMENT

Owned and Operated

by Rod Lampert Ahwatukee Resident Serving Ahwatukee for over 25 years

Call me, Howard:

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Licensed • Bonded • Insured • ROC 189848

Ahw Resident • Owner Operated Maintenance & Repair Professional and Superior Service

We maintain, repair and service all types of pools, equipment, filters, cleaning systems, fresh water and salt water systems

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Call Juan at

480-720-3840 Not a licensed contractor.

Job Post to: class@times publications.com

or Call 480-898-6465

Pool Service / Repair

PLUMBING We Repair or Install ROC # 272721

Interested in swimming in softer water and saving money?

$35.00 Off Any Service Call Today!

A+ RATED

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AHWATUKEE’S #1 PLUMBER Licensed • Bonded • Insured

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Roofing

Roofing

MONSOON SPECIAL

aOver 30 Years of Experience aLicensed, Bonded & Insured

10% OFF! SA

is your roof

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Licensed, Bonded, Insured

Licensed • Bonded • Insured Valleywide

Family Owned & Operated for over 30 years

Valley Wide Service 480-446-7663

PHILLIPS ROOFING LLC ROC 223367

Roofing

Roofing

CR 42 DUAL

623-873-1626

Roofing

• New Roofs • Re-Roofs • Repairs Tile • Foam • Shingles • Patios

All employees verified Free estimates on all roofs 36 Years experience in AZ Licensed contractor since 2006

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Ahwatukee’s Premier Tile & Foam Roofer!

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Roofing The Most Detailed Roofer in the State

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Tim KLINE Roofing, LLC Roofs Done Right...The FIRST Time!

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Tile, Flat Roof, and Leak Repair Experts

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inexroofing.com 602-938-7575 CALL FOR YOUR FREE ROOF EVALUATION Serving The Valley Since 1996

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Roofing

Window Cleaning

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John's Window Cleaning 1-story $135 / 2-story $155 -inside and out up to 30 panes (add'l panes $2) Screens cleaned $2.50 per pane.

Power Washing and Re-Screening available Same day Service (480) 201-6471

Over 30 yrs. Experience

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Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

Security Systems

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Dining For Women (DFW) diningforwomen.org inspires, educates and engages people to invest in programs that make a meaningful difference for women and girls living in extreme poverty. DFW helps women find dignity and strength, develop skills and opportunities, value and support their children's education. We have a local chapter in Ahwatukee which meets the 3rd Thursday every month from 6:30 p.m.-8:30p.m. If you'd like to know more on how you can transform lives and reduce poverty contact Mary Hake at marysullivanhake @gmail.com

Meetings/Events Ahwatukee Foothills Friends and Neighbors (AFFAN) is a women's organization, dedicated to cultivating friendships, and goodwill. AFFAN promotes social, charitable and educational events all year long. AFFAN holds monthly luncheon meetings with varied speakers. We offer over 40 monthly activities including Book Clubs, Canasta, Bunco, Euchre, and Bridge. Other monthly activities are Dining Out, Stitch and Chat, Explore Arizona, and Garden Club. Significant others/ spouses can attend some events.

For more info contact affanwomensgroup @gmail.com.

Check our website at affanwomensclub.com

Place Your Meeting/Event Ad email ad copy to ecota@times publications.com

Employment General

Meetings/Events Crops of Luv

"My dream is that one day we will be able to give every "wish" child a scrapbook to remind them that dreams do come true."

Jody, co-founder, Ahwatukee based non-profit

Come Join us: Help make embellishments, organize or assist with events, scrapbook, donate your time, money or space.

Teens who need to fill Community Service hours for High School are welcome!

Come be apart of something Awesome!

Cropsofluv.com 480.634.7763

cropsofluv@cox.net

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS SENIOR ASSOCIATION (AFSA) Seniors 55+ -- join us on the first Thursday of every month (September-May) at Corpus Christi Parish Center 3550 East Knox Rd., Phoenix. Enjoy socializing with new friends, enjoying lunch and being entertained.

Doors open at 11am and lunch is at noon.

Cost is $15. For further details, call Sue McCann at (480) 4699388.

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Call or Text to RSVP Anytime 480-252-8714

NOTICE TO READERS: Most service advertisers have an ROC# or "Not a licensed contractor" in their ad, this is in accordance to the AZ state law.

Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC): The advertising requirements of the statute does not prevent anyone from placing an ad in the yellow pages, on business cards, or on flyers.

What it does require under A.R.S. §32-1121A14(c) http://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01165.htm, is that the advertising party, if not properly licensed as a contractor, disclose that fact on any form of advertising to the public by including the words "not a licensed contractor" in the advertisement.

Again, this requirement is intended to make sure that the consumer is made aware of the unlicensed status of the individual or company.

Contractors who advertise and do not disclose their unlicensed status are not eligible for the handyman's exception.

Reference: http://www.azroc.gov/invest/licensed_by _law.html As a consumer, being aware of the law is for your protection. You can check a businesses ROC status at: http://www.azroc.gov/

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AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING

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