Scottsdale’s beloved WestWorld event center is costing taxpayers millions of dollars per year to operate.
That was the findings of an audit of the facility released to the council’s audit com mittee on Nov. 14.
The 386-acre equestrian and special event facility in the northeast corner of
Amid conflicting statements about Dynamite Water’s 100% guaran tee to provide hauled water to Rio Verde Foothills, company owner Damon Bruns declined to let the press cover his presentation to affected homeowners.
Bruns would not allow the press in the meeting Nov. 10 for his presentation on how he can help some 700 homeowners who will lose their hauled water in January
town is operated by the City of Scottsdale on federal land under an agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation.
It hosts a number of events that draw big crowds, including the All-Arabian Horse Show, the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction and the Parada del Sol Rodeo.
The audit found that the way the facility management kept its books in the past, it looked like WestWorld is making money
most years – though the 2019-20 fiscal year showed a loss of $257,100.
However, WestWorld’s accounting prac tices did not take into account certain direct expenses such as certain overhead costs and asset depreciation, the audit said.
When that is taken into account, WestWorld is expected to fall short of paying for its oper
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ating expenses by an estimated $5.6 mil lion dollars this fiscal year. That shortfall will be covered by the city’s General Fund.
There’s no way to figure how much the facility lost in previous years because staff have not tracked those expenses, City Auditor Sharron Walker said.
The main culprit? WestWorld’s fees are too low, according to the report.
“We recognize we want these events and all the economic impact that they have,” said Councilwoman Solange Whitehead, who sits on the audit committee. “Still, we are Scottsdale,. We can charge market rate. We’re worth it. It’s such a wonderful facility.”
The fact that WestWorld is not a mon ey maker was not a surprise to Council woman Kathy Littlefield, who chairs the audit committee.
“It’s been a long time since WestWorld has had an audit,” she said.
An ideal situation does not include West World making money, she said. Ideally, Lit tlefield would like to see it break even.
The real money to be made is in all the tourism the facility brings to town, she said. It brings thousands of people who stay in local hotels, eat in local restau rants, shop in local shops and find other ways to part with their cash in the city.
“It’s a huge money maker because it brings in very wealthy people,” Little field said. “You don’t have a string of Ara bian horses and care for them and feed them and travel around showing them if you don’t have a lot of money.”
The report came up with four major findings. They are:
• Individual equestrian events are charged less for the use of WestWorld facilities than other events despite using $140%
Equestrian events involve far more labor costs than other big events at WestWorld, ac cording to the city audit. (City of Scottsdale)
more facilities on average than other types of events. They also require nearly 174% more labor hours from WestWorld staff.
• Detailed service charges complicate the operational and billing process. In addition to facility charges, WestWorld has specific rates and fees for individual services, such as portable ticket offices, internet connections, light towers, mi crophones, telephones and bleachers. Certain fees require more tracking and operational work than others.
• Westworld’s daily RV rates need fur ther analysis to ensure they are based on cost recovery and market comparisons. WestWorld’s recreational vehicle park ing rate is $35 per day.
That is cheaper than virtually every other comparable trailer park in the area. For instance, Desert Shadows RV Resort in Phoenix charges about $72 per day and Pleasant Harbor RV Park in Peo ria runs about $66 daily.
• When proposing its current fiscal year
rates and fees, WestWorld management stated on budget forms that the recom mended fees would cover 94% of its op erating costs.
However, the underlying rate analy sis only included budgeted direct costs and did not incorporate city overhead, depreciation or amortization for equip ment and the facilities.
Some capital improvement projects represented significant city invest ments, such as expanding, enclosing and climate controlling the Tony Nelssen Equestrian Center.
The committee requested an update to the situation once the report’s recom mendations are implemented.
Those recommendations are:
• Develop a sliding scale for discount ing facility rates based on the amount of other related guaranteed revenues and prepare and retain analyses that sup port additional discounts provided.
• Evaluate ways to include the routine event services into facility rates, such as telephone and internet or require guar anteed minimums, such as horse stall counts, to streamline the operational and billing processes.
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• Conduct a more thorough recreational vehicle rate analysis including other event facilities and the local market area. As well, evaluate whether recreational vehicle fees are needed to address no shows and extensive cleanup activities.
• Use full-cost calculations when de veloping facility rates and fees. These full-cost rates should then be evaluated against the competitive market rate lim itations before recommending rates and fees for the city council’s approval.
when Scottsdale turns off its spigot.
According to a person who attended the meeting, Bruns told the crowd of about 100 people that he felt the press would report the meeting inaccurately.
Questions surround Bruns’ claims of cooperation by the City of Scottsdale and the tribe that he said will provide the water.
Bruns has sent out a press release and marketing materials that state he has a 100% guaranteed water source from which he can haul water to the commu nity northeast of the Scottsdale after the city stops allowing people to take water from its stand pipe.
Bruns claims he has a deal with the San Carlos Indian Tribe to buy 65 million gal lons of water, enough to service the Rio Verde Foothills community for a year.
However, a spokesman for the tribe re portedly said during Bruns’ meeting that the deal is not yet set in stone and that tribal residents are still discussing it.
The tribe was scheduled to hold a public meeting on Nov. 16 to discuss the issue but a tribal spokesman did not re turn calls for comment.
Bruns said after his meeting that tribal session was “just procedure” and that the deal is good.
His plan also relies on the City of Scott sdale agreeing to treat the water he buys from the tribe and allowing his use of city’s standpipe.
City spokeswoman Valerie Schneider said Scottsdale has no plans to work with Bruns on either of those issues.
“He’s just one man and one unregu lated company,” Schneider told the Progress. “This would create a monop
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oly. Scottsdale cannot make a deal with this type of situation. There needs to be oversight and regulation – something we’ve been saying since the beginning.”
Bruns, who told the Progress the city has agreed to allow him to use its stand pipe, says he’s not been in contact with the city since September so he does not know what about the city’s stance.
“I’m just trying to come up with a solu tion for the community,” he said.
Bruns said he’s not opposed to talking with the other two water haulers in the area about letting them use his water.
“I’m not trying to create a monopoly,” he said.
Karen Nabbity, a Rio Verde Foothills home owner, questioned a Dynamite Water Employee after the meeting about the city’s stance.
That employee said that city staff is telling Dynamite Water something dif ferent from what it is saying publicly.
Public utility company EPCOR has filed an application with the Arizona Corpo ration Commission to provide water for haulers to the community. However, the company estimates it will take two to three years to purchase the water and build the infrastructure to do it.
In the meantime, EPCOR has ap proached the city and asked it to sell it water and agree to let it use the city standpipe for a short-term solution.
Scottsdale City Council is expected to discuss that proposal in executive ses sion Nov. 21.
Bruns said he would welcome such a solution.
“By no means am I trying to get in the way of EPCOR,” Bruns said. “If they can come in and provide water, fantastic. I’m just trying to provide a solution as well.”
The situation stems from the federal Bureau of Land Management’s rationing of Colorado River water to the seven Ba sin States and assorted tribes.
That prompted Scottsdale to launch stage one of its Drought Management Plan, which ends water hauling in the Rio Verde Foothills area Jan. 1.
Of the 700 homeowners who pay to have a tanker fill up with water from a mas sive city-owned spigot and haul it to their homes for storage, 500 rely solely on that water while about 200 also have wells.
The situation is made possible be cause of “wildcat subdivisions” that do not require lots to have a 100-year water supply before they are developed.
State law allows a landowner to split land into as many as five lots without be ing subject to certain regulations on size, infrastructure and amenities.
Some in the community have been working for years to create a domestic water improvement district, but others vehemently opposed that.
The Maricopa County Board of Super visors voted unanimously in August to not allow the creation of the water dis trict. That decision was strongly based on supervisor Tom Galvin’s recommen dation against the water district.
Galvin said at the time “a non-contig uous DWID would not represent the en tire community” and noted “liens would be placed on a number of properties, subjecting them to substantial obliga tions and liabilities.”
He also expressed concerns about a water district and its board’s long-term viability.
“In contrast, a private water utility cor poration can address these water needs and has greater support from the com munity,” he said.
Two homeowners who rely on hauled water have sued the county over that decision and the case is still working its way through the courts.
Water haulers will still operate in the Rio Verde Foothills area, said John Hornewer, owner of Rio Verde Water. However, they will have to travel much farther to hook up to a water source.
That will result in a loss of up to 70% of business because the trucks will spend so much driving – causing a big rate hike, he said.
“I honestly thought it would never get down to this,” Hornewer said. “I thought the community would unite to solve this.”
Gilbert High School seniors Mason Reading and Lucas Beals attend ed this year’s Arizona Construc tion Career Days because they wanted to know more about the industry.
Clarissa Tonkin, a student at the East Valley Institute of Technology, was there because she hopes to take her construc
tion training into a decorative arts career.
The three were among a record 4,428 Arizona students participating in the 21st-annual event, organized by the Phoenix-based Association for Construc tion Career Development and hosted by the Arizona National Guard in Papago Park in Phoenix.
Accompanied by 410 teachers, the students traveled from 80 schools in
11 counties for AZCCD, which promotes career opportunities in – and dismisses stereotypes – about the high-paying construction industry. With the country investing heavily in infrastructure during the next few years, expect more emphasis on vocational training, said Stephen Cole, workforce development trainer for Californiabased Rosendin Electric, which has a re
gional Tempe office.
“I think the industry needs to incentiv ize young people to go into vocations the same way as recruiters and high school guidance counselors do for how many students go on to college,” he said.
Cole noted that the hourly base pay for a journeyman union wireman is $32.55
The number of undecided state wide races is now down to one.
On Nov. 17, incumbent state schools chief Kathy Hoffman conceded in her bid to get a new four-year term.
“After a hard-fought race, we came up short,’’ she said in a statement posted on Twitter. That means Republican Tom Horne, who had the job from 2003 until
2011, will again take the post.
The concession came even though the latest vote tallies showed that Horne’s approximately 9,000-vote lead in the race still left it within the margin requir ing an automatic recount.
A new state law mandates a second count when the margin between the candidates is less than one-half of one percent. And when all is said and done, that figure for a statewide race is likely
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There also were about 12,000 votes yet to be counted on Thursday. But an aide told Capitol Media Services she made the decision to concede because she saw no path to victory, even with a recount.
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Barry Graham will be Scottsdale’s new city council member come Jan. 10 after thumping his oppo nent.
Graham beat Pamela Carter in the Nov. 8 election by a 58% to 42% margin, ac cording to unofficial election results. Among the 125, 824 ballots cast, Gra ham amassed 46,545 to Carter’s 34,135, unofficial results showed.
The two were vying to replace Coun cilwoman Linda Milhaven, who is term limited out.
“We feel good about the win,” Graham said. “We’re very proud of the margin of victory too … We just think it was a re sponse to our positive, facts based, solu tion focused campaign.”
The two advanced to the runoff after beating Tim Stratton, Raoul Zubia, Dan Ishac but failing to get the required min imum of 50% of the vote plus 1.
In that race, incumbents Kathy Little field and Solange Whitehead won a third and second term, respectively.
Graham, 37, a certified public accoun tant by trade, has spent the last 10 years on city boards and commissions, includ ing the Planning Commission.
While there, he voted against the 9400 Shea apartment complex near Shea Bou levard and 92nd Street and the Green belt 88 mixed use development near the corner of Hayden and Osborn roads.
“As far as what I think made the dif ference, I think really it was experience – experience and my proven resident friendly voting record and my endorse ments,” Graham said.
“I think people looked at my cre dentials and they evaluated my skills, knowledge and experience and my vot ing record.”
Graham was endorsed by former coun cil member Paul Messinger, the Coali tion of Greater Scottsdale, Treasurer Jim Davis, current council members Betty Janik and Kathy Littlefield, city Planning Commissioner Barney Gonzales, Protect Our Preserve President Howard Myers, Scottsdale Development Review Board Member Michal Joyner and state Rep. Jo
seph Chaplik.
Money may have been a factor in the race as well. Graham out fundraised Carter $93,184 to $42,807. In fact, Gra ham collected more money than any body in the race.
Whitehead was the next biggest fund raiser with $91,206. She was followed by Ishac with $85,468; Stratton with $80,565; Littlefield with $51,717; Carter and Zubia with $20,302
Despite the margin of victory, Graham said Carter ran a good campaign.
“Every campaign has a little jostling but over all I think we kept things is sues based and I wish her the best,” he said.
Graham has a laundry list of things he wants to do once he’s sworn into office.
“I'd like to really focus on restoring trust in local government so when (re zoning) applications come before coun cil, I want to make sure that enough time passes that everybody feels their voice was heard,” Graham said. “That’s impor tant to me.”
There are also some policy changes he would like to take up, such as doubling the neighbor notification radius on re zoning cases.
Currently an applicant is only required to notify residents within 750 feet of the lot to be rezoned of the proposed change. Graham would like to see that expanded to 1,500 feet.
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Amy Carney and Carine Werner in all likelihood will be the two new faces on the Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board next year.
Unofficial results from the Nov. 8 Gen eral Election show Carney and Werner winning the five-person race for the board seats being vacated by Jann-Mi chael Greenburg and Patty Beckman.
Carney is leading the pack of candi dates with 38,578, or 25% of the 119,194 ballots cast in the school election.
Werner and Robb Vaules each have 22% of the vote, but Werner has 35,021 votes to Vaules’ 34,662 votes. Vaules ap peared resigned to defeat.
Of the two other candidates, Mary Gaudio garnered 31,965 votes, or 20%, and Andrea Keck logged 15,700 votes, or 10%.
“I am grateful to the voters and our community for electing me to serve on the SUSD Governing Board,” Werner said in an email to the Progress. “It is an honor! It is time to come together, put our students first, empower parents and support our quality teachers, while building a culture of trust and transpar ency in our district.”
Werner, a mother of three, and her husband own a real estate investment and development consultancy.
Her website says, “I go to the board meetings, even the ones no one else goes to. I meet with administrators and re view curriculum at the district office. I know where the bad curriculum is and
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He would also like to make sure open houses for proposed development proj ects are not booked for the same time, thereby limiting who can go to them.
“I’ve seen two projects, unrelated, scheduled for the same time,” Graham said.
who the bad actors are … we need a mas sive intervention in Scottsdale.
Her website lists her top issues as championing the Arizona Parents Bill of Rights; demanding budget, curriculum, and club transparency and recognizing and rewarding the most effective teach ers.
Carney did return the Progress’ phone calls for comment.
Carney, who describes herself as a freelance writer, is a mother of six chil dren, all of whom either graduated from SUSD schools or currently attend them.
“Running for school board in Scotts dale Unified is an extension of her cur rent mission of strengthening children, families, education and community,” her website says, adding her top issue is re focusing on academics.
“Let’s get back to strengthening our students in the basics of reading, writ ing, and math and keep divisive ideolo
gies and political propaganda out of the classrooms,” she states.
She also lists transparency and restor ing trust with the governing board as another top issue, along with respecting parents’ rights.
“Trust is eroded when school institu tions do not respect parents, or worse, presume to know better than parents what their children need,” she states, adding:
“We must have district leaders who abide by the Arizona Parents Bill of Rights which ensures that parents un derstand what their children are learn ing, are confident that their children are being prepared for college and careers, and are respected when they voice their concerns.”
Vaules was in the lead and Gaudio was in second place when the Maricopa County Elections Department released the initial election results Nov. 8, but
the two watched their leads slowly melt away as more votes were counted.
Vaules had no explanation for his loss and said he was just trying to move on.
“Good luck to the Scottsdale Unified School District for the next (four) years because it’s going to be difficult,” he said.
In the meantime, the district is certain to have won its additional assistance override request, with 53% yes votes to 47% against – or 54,312 to 48,876.
“Historically the Scottsdale communi ty has been tremendously supportive of the school district so we are grateful that they’ve continued that support,” Super intendent Dr. Scott Menzel said. “We had more than 75% of the electorate turnout and with 53% supporting, we are very grateful.”
The district additional assistance override request was for $14.5 million or 10% of the revenue control limit (whichever is lower) per year for seven years.
The money will go to pay for things like laptops and software, curriculum mate rials, equipment for athletics, perform ing arts and safety, classroom furniture and playground and shade structures.
The lion’s share of the money, 56%, will go toward technology. Curriculum mate rials come in a distant second at 17%.
The request comes to a bill of $112.17 annually on a house valued at $497,840, the median value of a home within the district.
The new override will simply replace the current override, which was for $8.5 million or 10% of the revenue control limit.
He wants to “make sure they are not doubled booked so residents can attend both.
“And we gotta make sure these out reach meetings are not held in danger ous conditions,” he added. “ There was a meeting held this summer in very hot temperatures.
“Another issue that I’ve talked a lot
about in my campaign is increasing wa ter transparency, particularly on multifamily applications,” he said.
“I would like to see that when these projects come forward, part of the appli cation is source and volume of projected water consumption.”
Graham said he is looking forward to serving on the city council.
“I am just very grateful for this op portunity to serve the residents,” he said. “I’m looking forward to start ing and I have a heart full of appre ciation for all the volunteers and the people who held meetings and meet and greets and donated and obviously, of course, my wife and family and all their support.”
enough of the uncounted ballots to take a sufficient lead to escape a recount.
A recount cannot take place until af ter the election is formally “canvassed,’’ something scheduled for Dec. 5.
But the odds of major changes in the outcome are slim.
In Arizona, a recount simply involves the same ballots being fed back through the same equipment that was used to count them in the first place, albeit after a new round of accuracy testing. There is no hand counting involved.
All this comes as Kari Lake, the Repub lican candidate for governor, has refused to concede even though she was trailing Thursday by more than 16,000 votes, far outside the margin to even get to an au tomatic recount.
“I am still in this fight with you,’’ she said in a video posted Thursday on Twitter.
And she repeated her claim, without any evidence, that the election system is bro
ken because Katie Hobbs, who outpolled her in the race for governor, was allowed to keep her position of Secretary of State which is the chief elections officer.
“The fox was guarding the henhouse,’’ Lake said, disregarding the fact that each county is in charge of its own elections and counts its own ballots. “And because of that, voters have been disenfranchised.’’
Lake also said the results showing her losing cannot be trusted because of the use of electronic voting machines.
She cited the lawsuit she filed earlier this year along with Mark Finchem, the unsuccessful Republican candidate for secretary, to require ballots to be count ed by hand.
U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi tossed out the claim saying that claims the machine can produce inaccurate results are little more than speculation on their part.
But Lake said her fears about the vot ing machines proved “we were right,’’ though not for the reasons she cited in the lawsuit.
Now Lake is claiming that problems with the tabulation machines in Marico pa County forced voters to wait in line, some for hours. And she insisted that “tens of thousands of Maricopa County voters were disenfranchised.’’
Lake offered no evidence to back that claim.
It is true that some tabulation ma chines would not read some ballots that had been printed at vote centers.
In each case, however, the voter was given the option of inserting the ballots into a sealed drawer in the machine, to be taken to county election offices at the end of the day by a bipartisan group of election workers and counted there.
But Bill Gates, who chairs the board of supervisors, said it was Lake and her al lies who told supporters not to use what has become known as “drawer three,’’ creating the long lines about which she is now complaining.
Lake, however, is still threatening liti gation.
“I have assembled the best and bright est legal team,’’ she said. “We are exploring every avenue to correct the many wrongs that have been done in the past week.’’
Lake has not responded to multiple re quests by Capitol Media Services to de tail how she believes laws were broken and any legal theory that would allow a judge to throw out the results.
There actually was a lawsuit filed in connection with the problems with the tallying machines which sought to keep the polls open beyond 7 p.m., a bid that was immediately rejected by a judge.
It also sought to require the count ing of provisional ballots of people who went to a different location that day but found they could not vote because they had been recorded as checking in and voting at the first site.
But that lawsuit, filed on behalf of Lake as well as GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters, was ended after the attorneys voluntarily dismissed it.
No other legal action is pending.
The bad news is, there is an overabundance of high-end homes for sale in Scottsdale, meaning the majority of people in the area cannot afford to buy a home in the city.
The good news is plenty of affordable rental units exist in Scottsdale – except not nearly enough in the high-end range. Those were the main takeaways from an extensive 63-page report on the city’s housing stock presented to the Scotts dale City Council last week.
The housing stock and affordability analysis was conducted by San Antonio, Texas-based Matrix.
The median family income in Scott sdale is just over $122,000, according to the report. But 83% of Scottsdale’s homes are financially out of the reach of people making less than 120% of the median family income.
“What this implies is you have a severe shortage of affordable or workforce hous ing,” said Christian Caron, a senior re search analyst with Matrix. “These are the kind of homes that are going to be afford able for low- and middle-income families.”
Of people making less than 120% of Scottsdale’s median family income, some 33,029 households want houses here but there are only 13,871 homes available for them. That is a gap of
19,157 houses.
Rental stock is pick ing up some of the slack though.
“The rental stock is con centrated in the afford able and workforce rang es,” Caron said. “What this means is the bulk of your rental homes are af fordable to people earn ing less than 120% of the median family income for the Phoenix area.”
The median family in come for the Phoenix area is $77,800.
However, there is a gap in the supply stock of apartments of 3,294 for the lowest income bracket.
Interestingly, there is also a gap in the supply of 9,611 apartments in the high est income brackets.
The report draws heavily on informa tion from 2020 – and Councilwoman Betty Janik was not impressed..
“There’s been quite a shift in two years with costs,” Janik said. “It’s nice data, but it’s dated.”
Councilwoman Linda Milhaven said while there was a lot of information pre sented, the report was not particularly useful.
“I don’t how that helps us or tell us anything we didn’t already know, which is there is a high demand for housing and housing in Scottsdale is expensive,” she said.
Councilwoman Solange Whitehead said the report shows there’s a place for at least some apartments in town.
“The data supported what I have been saying: thousands of apartments were approved in the 2010s and getting those built will significantly reduce the short age,” she said. “That is what is happen ing today and there are over 5,000 more units in the pipeline.
“The report also connects the rise in rent and the ex treme under supply of mod erately priced homes to the spike in short term rent als. Ultimately, nurses and teachers tell me that they want to buy or at least rent a home. I would like to see Council look at ways to alle viate this shortage.
“The report also confirms that Scottsdale, like every city in the nation, has an under-supply of housing for the lowest income popula tion. Scottsdale is working regionally and within our borders to fill this gap in cluding rent assistance for vulnerable seniors.
Councilwoman Kathy Littlefield said there were no surprises in the report.
Everybody wants to build apartments these days,” Littlefield said.
Whitehead and Littlefield both stressed the problem created by shortterm rental owners buying up homes and taking them off the market for buy ers or long-term renters.
“I think that’s a huge supply and de mand issue,” Littlefield said.
Mayor David Ortega said in a written statement, “Peaks and slowdowns in housing typically are interest rate driv en, but I describe the Arizona real estate market as ‘panic- driven’ – that is ‘panic’ in other regions (cities) which drives in vestment here.
“The impacts on affordable housing will moderate, as peak valuations sub side, especially with mortgage interest rates doubling.
“Scottsdale is known as a “safe- haven” due to our amenities, public safety, job opportunities, high performance retail and level- headed city government orga nization.
“Scottsdale culture and land use ele ments, approved in General Plan 2035 are balanced, and should not be forced to be over- weighted for luxury apart ments. “
“Several high-quality, affordable hous ing developers are in discussions, since we budgeted $15 million to partner. We shall see results next year.”
in the Valley, not including the insurance and pension that comes with the job.
At the same time, electricians in the mining industry are earning as much as $48,194 annually, according to the Ari zona Mining Association, while concrete ready-mix truck drivers bring in up to $72,000 per year, according to the Ari zona Rock Products Association.
The students had an opportunity to interact with 76 exhibitors and potential employers in Arizona.
For years, negative attitudes about skilled labor work have predominated as high schools and parents pushed young people into college as the only sure path to success.
At the event, however, students and professionals talked about career op tions without a high-cost – and often high-debt –college degree.
“AZCCD is the largest workforce devel opment event in the state, generating a new pipeline of skilled workers. Our focus is attracting high school students to the industry while educating their teachers and counselors to the vast op
portunities and careers available to make a very good living in construction,” said Rose Ann Canizales, president of the nonprofit event.
“We are ‘Building Tomorrows Work force Today’ one student at a time.”
On site were general contractors, such as McCarthy Building Companies of Phoenix and Chandler; specialty con tractors, labor unions, regulatory and compliance firms such as the Interna
tional Code Council and the Arizona Building Officials Association.
Also attending were representatives of the National Electrical Contractors Asso ciation, Associated General Contractors, Arizona chapter, and the National Asso ciation of Women in Construction.
“This event is a massive collabora tion of prominent industry leaders, educators, legislators and our honored military partners who engage in posi
tive dialogue supporting the creation of educational curriculum and workforce development for Arizona students,” said Steve Trussell, executive director of the Arizona Rock Products Association and the Arizona Mining Association, lead sponsors of the event.
“It has grown into a premier event in the state. Including this year’s group, more than 35,000 students have attend ed in its 21-year history.”
Stephen Cole, workforce development trainer for Rosendin, explained,” Young people often aren’t aware of the oppor tunities, and this event is a phenomenal opportunity to meet and talk with peo ple in the industry who have made suc cessful lives in the trades.”
One example of this is the company’s CEO, Mike Greenawalt, a graduate of Sun nyslope High School in Phoenix who began his career as an electrician’s apprentice.
The employee-owned company is one of the country’s largest electrical contrac tors, employing 7,500-plus people, with annual revenues averaging $2 billion.
Current Valley projects include the
$800-million Meta Data Center project in Mesa and the $20-billion Intel Chan dler semiconductor manufacturing plant in Chandler.
At the career gathering, Rosendin em ployees demonstrated technologies such as computer modeling and augmented reality as well as guided students on basic electrical wiring, power and hand tools and helped them bend conduit pipes, which appeared in various shapes such as hearts and canes.
They also noted that Rosendin has partnered with Grand Canyon Univer sity in Glendale on a Pre-Apprenticeship for Electricians program.
The one-semester course combines college-level classes with hands-on learning fully paid for 80 students by the company and a government grant.
For employees, Rosendin will contrib ute toward the $10,000 for the four-year apprenticeship program offered by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
McCarthy has been participating all 21 years.
“We see the value of reaching stu dents to educate about careers in con struction,” said Amber Shepard, self-per form project manager for the company from its Chandler Innovation and Craft Workforce Center.
“At this event, they can see, feel and breathe construction,” she added, as as sociates behind her are cacophonously demonstrating nail driving.
In addition to her project w ork, Shepa rd visits local schools to promote careers in the trades.
“We do a good job as a company, but I there’s always more opportunity to bring more folks in: project managers, superin tendents, carpenters. Let’s bring in every one,” said Shepard, whose father recently retired from McCarthy after 35 years in the industry, starting as a carpenter and advancing to superintendent.
“It’s a cool thing, construction,” she noted. “It’s always evolving!”
At Rosendin, Charity Mell leads the Out reach Team, visiting schools, where she talks about the industry and leads career fairs and talks about opportunities, in cluding for women who are significantly underrepresented in construction.
“A big focus for us is fighting the myth that you have to be the guy on the side of the road with the hard hat,” she said, noting that the company sponsors the AGC’s Culture of Care and is dedicated to developing opportunities for women and minorities.
After moving to Florida, EVIT’s Tonkin, for example, plans to become a metal artist, using her pipe-bending and weld ing skills acquired at the school. Her dream business will produce flowers, dragons and other designs to decorate companies and homes, and she plans to blog about welding.
Gilbert High’s Reading and Beals are optimistic about their opportunities, the first in welding and the latter in en gineering after continuing his education at ASU. “These jobs aren’t going to go away,” Reading said. “They are going to be around for a while.”
Nationwide workforce shortages have become the most prominent industry
earning bumped to $35.27, a 5.6-per cent year-over-year increase, exceeding the overall private sector figure.
“The construction sector would like ly have added more jobs in October if only firms could find people to bring on board,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association’s chief executive officer in a prepared statement with the analy sis. “Labor market conditions are so tight, however, that the sector barely in creased in size even as demand remains strong for many types of construction projects.”
In Arizona, the industry needs about 1,000 electricians with the growth planned; other skilled tradesmen and –women will also be in greater demand, Cole explained.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics esti mates there will be 80,000 new electri cal jobs available every year until 2031.
“The pandemic sped up the ‘silver tsunami’ as baby boomers retired at a faster rate than they could be replaced,”
He noted, too, that the construction industry must work on a glamour factor, to brand itself for millennials/Gen Z’ers. “We are connected to creativity. We build
“It’s very rewarding in a way that working at the computer all day might not be. Some of our people take pictures of their work and share them on social media with others; they’re proud of what they’ve done. They can see what they are working on and come back years later and say, ‘I built that.’”
Adevelopment that has lacked clarity over the past six months gained a bit of traction last week.
The Tempe City Council voted unani mously to reserve May 16 as the refer endum date for a proposed $2.1 billion development project that includes a hockey arena, hotels, apartments, retail stores, restaurants and a sportsbook.
For the Arizona Coyotes and the city, this is only step one of a prolonged pro cess since negotiations moved forward with the City Council in June – but any sign of progress is a breath of fresh air for an organization in dire need of future stability.
“We have always remained incredibly confident that this is the right project, the right deal, and we are the right team to get this done,” Coyotes President and CEO Xavier Gutierrez said. “We’d like to stay in Tempe.
“As you all know, we are here in Mul let Arena. As someone that recently told me, it is the most fun you will ever have at an NHL game, it’s been electric – and it’s just a preview. We always saw (Mul lett Arena) as a temporary solution. We have put forth what we believe is the most transformative and iconic project for this community.”
The Tempe City Council will host two public hearings in the upcoming weeks about the new proposal. On Nov. 22, the Coyotes and Gutierrez will present their project proposal, one week before the City Council votes to send it to a pub lic referendum on the already reserved May 16 date.
For the Tempe City Council, it valued the public’s feedback and wants the city’s future to be in the community’s hands.
“I’ve been on council now for 10 and a half years, and I’ve never had a project that’s actually had this much public in terest with this much public attention,” Tempe Mayor Corey Woods said.
“We have a 46-acre contiguous piece of land, and it’s the last probably huge parcel in Tempe that project could hap pen on. And as I talked about, before, every other sports arena project in some way, shape or form has gone before the voters or in some element of it has.
“So our perspective was better to have
an opportunity to have this on the bal lot in March or May, which is where we have our council elections. Reserving this date for the May 16 election is very consistent with what we do for all of our city elections, and gives our residents a real chance to have a say.”
There is also the potential problem of litigation from Sky Harbor International Airport, the City of Phoenix, the Goldwa ter Institute or local citizen groups.
According to a PHNX Sports report, the airport has threatened litigation over the construction of multi-residence units that it says violate a 1994 intergov ernmental agreement between the cit ies, but that agreement appears to make an exception for soundproofed apart ments such as the ones that the Coyotes plan to build; a point which Coyotes at torney Nick Wood drove home at the council meeting in June.
“We have had many conversations with the airport as you all know, we pre sented several times with the Phoenix Airport Advisory Board,” Gutierrez said. “We again had been fully transparent about what our project looked like.
“And the fact that we from day one wanted to put a proposal together that would not only satisfy the intergovern mental agreement, but also the Federal Aviation Association, who truly is fo cused on the safety and soundness of the airport. What we have proposed, what we will be putting forth, very pub licly now, we believe will not only satisfy everything that the FAA wants, but what truly is allowed under the IGA.”
With the vote in the hands of the peo
ple, it’s hard to predict the outcome if the project goes to a referendum. If the project is denied, the Coyotes will un doubtedly be in a predicament regard ing their future home.
One recent sports complex develop ment in Berlin, Maryland, was recently under a referendum to be built but the majority of voters did not give their sup port. Even with the rejection, the project in Maryland is still seeking an alterna tive for funding.
In the general election, 52.37% of voters were against Question A, which was meant to determine whether the Worcester County Commissioners could bond the costs associated with a sports complex. There were 9,424 (52.37%) votes against the question and 8,572 (47.63%) in favor to the question.
“The referendum wasn’t on a sports complex,” Joe Mitrecic, the commission er and President of the Board of County Commissioners in Worcester County, told the MDCoastDispatch. “The referen dum was on the bond issue. As far as I’m concerned, the sports complex project continues on. We just have to find a dif ferent way to fund it.”
The Coyotes referendum is on the sports complex, but Maryland’s close vote is an encouraging to the organization.
“We’ve seen a glimpse of (hockey in Tempe),” Gutierrez said. “Now imagine if you have an opportunity to create this transformative sports and entertain ment district over 46 acres. That to us would be the crowning jewel of what Tempe has envisioned itself to be right here in the heart of the Valley.”
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BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
As restaurants began to prepare to serve Thanksgiving dinners around Scottsdale, many began flocking to the grocery stores and call ing suppliers months in advance to place their orders for turkeys.
In February, it was announced that several cases of avian influenza had be gun to spread nationwide and, as it cur rently stands, over 50 million birds have been affected by the disease.
Of those 50 million birds, bird flu has sickened 8.1 million turkeys this year – most of them fatally – further limiting the dwindling supply of turkeys, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
“I’ll be very surprised if the public has turkey this year,” said STK Steakhouse head chef Sia Seifi.
Because of the limited supply, Seifi said he had to order his turkeys about a month in advance and wound up paying nearly 25% more for his birds than he
had last year.
The trend was the same for T. Cooks at Royal Palms Resort & Spa executive chef Lee Hillson, who ordered his turkeys four weeks earlier than he did last year.
Not only did are restaurants having to pay more for turkey, but they’re also or
dering fewer of the signature Thanksgiv ing staple than in years past.
“The real deviations that we’ve done are quantities,” Seifi said. “We’ve pulled back a little bit on the turkey breasts since we don’t need an extra 100 pounds (of turkey) when we’re done.”
Though turkey was the item that saw the largest price hike, Hillson said that he has seen prices rise on items all over his kitchen.
“We have seen increases across the board in the kitchen, but turkey had a significant increase, along with other staples including eggs and flour,” Hillson said.
Turkey wasn’t the only source of head aches this year either.
Seifi noted that he has seen longer wait times to obtain additional kitchen equipment and silverware
“As we’re going into a busier season, we’ve seen a little bit longer lead times on deliveries and orders than we’re used to with equipment rentals as opposed to food,” Seifi said.
Seifi and Hillson admit prices have had to be raised.
“To cover costs and profit margins, T. Cook’s did raise prices but remains com petitive within the Phoenix/Scottsdale restaurant market,” Hillson said.
However, Seifi says STK Steakhouse’s menu prices are not exclusively raised for Thanksgiving.
“We’ve been evaluating our menu pricing given the whole economic crisis that’s been happening for the past few months, not just Thanksgiving,” Seifi said.
Despite the rising costs and short sup plies, Seifi says that STK Steakhouse was able to make some adjustments to its menu to give guests more options to surround their turkey with.
“We’re taking turkey breasts and rou letting them around a cornbread stuff ing, roasting those off and serving that with turkey thigh and all the fixings like roasted sweet potatoes, mashed pota toes, green beans, cranberry sauce, and some comfy Turkey sides as well,” Seifi said.
Hillson will also be bringing back some guest favorites to his restaurant as well, including the bisque.
“The bisque is a huge favorite for our guests – it’s a signature dish that we bring back on special occasions, and it is always a crowd pleaser,” Hillson said. “The turkey stuffing is also a must-have on the menu
PHOENIX -- A war half way around the world is going to take a huge bite out the wallets of Arizonans this Thanksgiving.
New figures from the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation put the cost of a typi cal dinner for 10 at $71.88. That’s up near 45% from 2021 and higher than its ever been since the organization began doing the annual surveys nearly three decades ago.
What’s causing much of that spike is the war in Ukraine, which has histori cally been a major world grain producer. The conflict and an on-again, off-again Russian blockade has tightened interna tional supplies and driven up prices.
That, in turn, affects everything from feed for turkeys to the stuff and ingredi ents for dinner rolls.
But it’s not just that.
The country experienced its first major outbreak of avian flu since 2015. And to prevent the spread, producers killed en tire flocks during the first half of the year if just one bird gets sick, resulting in the
loss of more than 47 million birds accord ing to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Julie Murphree, outreach director for the organization, said the National Tur key Federation figures that will affect supply by 2%.
“But even a 2% drop in supply contrib utes to higher turkey prices,’’ she said.
Indeed. Shoppers from the organization found the average price of a 16-pound tur key topped $32. That alone is 65% higher than the cost for the same bird a year ago.
And then there’s the rising cost of diesel fuel and labor that affects pretty much everything that has to be raised or harvested and taken to market.
“The cost to produce those items have increased exponentially,’’ said Stefanie Smallhouse, a cattle rancher, alfalfa and specialty crop farmer from Pima County. And she said that because of the “com plexities of our food system’’ the aver age farmer is generally not getting more money for their products.
Even the cost of packaging materials is up.
All that, for example, adds up to that 14-ounce box of stuffing setting you
back $3.93. That’s $1.15 more than you would have paid last year.
Even vegetables, milk and cranberries are more dear this year than in the past.
What’s important to note in all this, however, is that annually the survey is based on the shelf price that federation shoppers found when they went to the store. More to the point, it does not in clude the savings that are available for customers who hold a grocer’s affinity card.
And there are some deals to be had.
Fry’s, for example, is offering its own Kroger brand frozen turkeys for 79 cents a pound to shop pers who have the com pany’s VIP Card and who buy at least $25 worth of other groceries. That compares with the $2-apound average found by Farm Bureau shoppers.
And a brand-name But terball turkey can be had for 99 cents a pound with
the same requirements.
Bashas’ is offering Norbest turkeys for 79 cents with to its Thank You Card members with a $25 purchase. And the chain’s Food City outlets has the same deal, though no card required.
And Safeway and Albertsons, now owned by the same company, are match ing any deals at Fry’s or Bashas’.
The Farm Bureau did not do a survey this year for an all-organic dinner.
This year Last year
Self-basting 16 lb. turkey $32.02 $19.40
14-ounce cubed stuffing mix $3.93 $2.78
Pumpkin pie mix (30 oz.) $5.11 $3.86
9-inch frozen pie shell (2) $5.08 $3.46
3 lb. fresh sweet potatoes $5.09 $4.26
Brown & serve rolls (12) $4.28 $3.14
Frozen peas (16 oz.) $2.27 $1.67
1 lb mixed celery & carrots $0.83 $0.70
1 gallon whole milk $3.34 $2.49
Fresh cranberries (12 oz.) $3.01 $2.54
Half pint whipping cream $2.79 $1.87
People spending Thanksgiving in Scottsdale could do a lot worse, espe cially in places like Hialeah, Florida, and Anchorage, Alaska.
But when it comes to the best place to spend the big holiday, there are 11 cit ies that are better than Scottsdale, ac cording to the financial site WalletHub’s annual survey of 100 cities and towns across the country.
With Atlanta, Georgia, in first place na tionally, Gilbert led the list of seven Ari zona municipalities that made it, climbing from 11th place last year to the fifth spot.
Scottsdale in the 2021 WalletHub list was considered the third best city in the county to spend the holiday, but this year, it slid to number 11.
Among Arizona municipalities, Phoe nix climbed from 76th in 2021 to 60th, Tucson from 72nd to 49th, and Glendale from 65th to 52nd.
Meanwhile, Chandler dropped from 26th to 29th, and Mesa also took a tum
ble from 43rd to 50th.
The worst places in the nation for Thanksgiving are Hialeah, Florida, and Anchorage, Alaska, which ranked 100 and 99, respectively, in the survey.
The study used 20 metrics to rank the cities across a cornucopia of factors including celebrations & traditions, af fordability, safety & accessibility, giving thanks, and weather.
The study predicts that 31% of people will travel this Thanksgiving. Of those traveling, 29% will fly while 47% will drive to their destination.
Fang Meng, professor at the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Manage ment at the University of South Carolina said to avoid peak travel days and use your own car are somewhat obvious ways to save money when flying the coop on Turkey Day.
“Use apps such as GasBuddy and Get Upside to find gas stations which offer the best gas price,” Meng said. “It will also be much more budget friendly if you pack your own food/snack and water in
a cooler in the car.”
When people do arrive to their desti nation ready to gorge on turkey and all the fixings, you may call foul on the price of that fowl.
According to CNBC, expect a whole frozen turkey weighing between 8 to 16 pounds to set you back roughly $1.99 per pound, a 73% increase compared to last year’s price of $1.15.
WalletHub estimated hosts will spend an average of $392 for food, drinks, and home décor for the day.
On average, WalletHub found $53 as the average cost per person for a 10-per son dinner—also the average number of guests that will attend, including house hold members.
WalletHub found hosts spend more than nine hours preparing their feast.
“Do not feel shy to ask your guests to being something to share (appetizer, side dish, dessert, drinks, etc.) for the party—it is more fun and cost-effective,” Meng said.
After you break the scale with food, comes the holiday shopping and a po
tential to break the bank.
Across a five-day period in 2021 that in cluded Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the study found that 180 million went shopping and the average American spent $301 over that time period.
Andrew Burnstine, associate professor at the College of Business and Manage ment at Lynn University said you could participate in “No Spend November,” a pledge for participants to set rules and boundaries on their spending.
Burnstine said shopping at local farm er’s markets for your Thanksgiving meal and replacing Black Friday and Cyber Monday with “Upcycle” – repurpose items for holiday decorating and gift-giv ing – are a couple of ways to save money and the environment.
Fred Hurvitz, a professor of practice for retail studies at Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University, said set ting a budget and shopping within your budgetary constraints will save a lot of
since it’s a mix of sweet and savory flavors with Italian sausage, sage and cornbread.”
Both chefs are excited to have guests dig into their delicacies on Thanks giving and throughout the weekend.
“Having a bunch of trained chefs have their hands on the food and everybody along the whole process knows how to treat the product correctly and it ends up just coming out nicely,” Seifi said.
Beyond the delicacies that guests can expect to dine on at either establish ment, both also aim to go a step beyond
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headache once the bruises from Black Friday shopping have subsided.
“We have to remember how important the holiday season is to the profitability of many retailers,” Hurvitz said. “The early commercialization of the holiday season has been occurring for several years now.”
Burnstine said it depends on your def inition of “commercialization,” because turkey farmers make their killing this time of year and supermarkets and gro
the service offered.
“Beyond the gourmet dining experi ence, T. Cook’s guests can always expect professional and friendly service and staff,” Hillson said. “The food is flavor ful and consistent, and our team is pas sionate about working in such a historic, beautiful setting.”
STK Steakhouse is located at 7134 E. Stetson Drive, Scottsdale, stksteakhouse. com, 480-581-5171.
T. Cooks at Royal Palms Resort and Spa is located at 5200 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix, royalpalmshotel.com/tcooks, 602- 808-0766.
cery stores push Thanksgiving seasonal foods and deals.
Whether you spend the weekend with family or hunting for deals at retail stores, working hard or relaxing at home, Burn stine said the holiday weekend really sets itself apart from the rest of year.
“In the end,” he said, “while we can speculate as to the reasons why it is so, the fact is that Thanksgiving really sets itself apart from the rest of the year in the way that it draws the focus to a dif ferent kind of value.”
For over 20 years, the husband and wife duo of Connie and Rick Smith have spent their days scrubbing some of the swankiest homes in Scott sdale and Rick recently penned a book about their experiences.
The book “Cleaning Homes For The Rich and Famous In Scottsdale, Arizona” hit shelves in late August and though Rick pens it, he underscores that this is Connie’s story.
“Connie worked in the medical indus try and in furniture sales in our home state of Montana, but her passion was cleaning and keeping things clean,” Rick recalls “She began her own one-person cleaning service in Billings in 1998 and when we moved to Arizona in 2001, Connie wanted to continue in cleaning.”
Though a local cleaning service in Scottsdale hired Connie, she decided to start her own business a few months after seeing the high bills that the com pany charged.
Happy Trails House Cleaning was a month into its existence when Con nie realized she needed an extra set of hands to help her, Though her plan was to hire a full-time employee, Rick volun teered for the gig.
“Together we built the business but Connie ran it. She handled everything and I showed up to clean,” said Rick. “I always told customers that Connie was management and I was labor.”
From there on, the husband and wife team sent out 10,000 mailers to homes in North Scottsdale and Rick says that was the last time Happy Trails Cleaning did any advertising.
The business quickly grew organically through word of mouth.
At their peak, the Smiths were clean ing as many as three homes a day; these
were not typical humble abodes, either.
“Most of the wealthy homes were spa cious with high ceilings and were beau tifully appointed with lots of natural stone floors and countertops, multiple bathrooms, guest wings, large, beauti ful yards and deluxe patios,” Rick said. “Some homes had movie theaters, gyms, pools, putting greens, guest casitas and a four-car garage.”
However, there was one home that stood out.
“We cleaned a home that was a twostory 8,00 square foot Mediterraneanstyle home with a resort-like feel to it,” Rick said. “(It had) huge rooms, a beauti ful entryway, a huge his-and-her master bath complex and fabulous outdoor fa cilities including a fireplace, a big screen TV, a swimming pool, a barbeque grill and lots of patio furniture.”
The duo also cleaned the homes of some famous folks and people who had ties to fame.
“Our customers were more rich than famous but there were a few with names people might know,” Rick said. “We cleaned for Michael and Kristin Owens. Michael is the son of country music legend Buck Owens and was general manager of KNIX Radio in Phoenix for years before the station was sold.
We also served professional golfer Pat Perez, Jim Fasse – the New York Giants head coach in the 2001 Superbowl – and we cleaned, for a brief time, for the inlaws of Billy Bean – the baseball man ager for the Oakland A’s who was the subject of the well-known movie “Mon eyball”
Other customers were more rich than famous, according to Rick
“One owned multiple fast food restau rants, one owned multiple automobile dealerships, one was a Top Gun fighter pilot, one was the CEO of a large medi cal testing company and one was the
operations manager of a national pet store chain,” he said.
With decades of dust, dirt and cleaning chemi cals under his nails, Rick decided that the stories he had of cleaning the homes of the rich and fa mous would make for a compelling book.
“I enjoy writing, and af ter 20 years of cleaning, it was impossible for me not to see the potential entertainment value in some of our cleaning ex periences,” he said.
He also felt it could be a compelling tale for the elder generation.
“In addition, I believed there could be value in sharing what Connie and I did with our lives be tween 50 and 70 years of age,” Rick said. “Perhaps there’s an element of hope in our tale. We fol lowed an uncertain path with blind faith and in the process learned a lot about happiness.”
“Cleaning Homes For The Rich and Famous In Scottsdale, Arizona” has been out on shelves for almost three months and Rick says he has received rave reviews about the book so far.
Husband and wife duo Connie and Rick Smith have devoted the past two decades to cleaning the homes of the rich and famous desert dwellers. Their tales can now be read in the book “Cleaning Homes For The Rich and Famous In Scottsdale, Arizona.” (Special to the Progress)
“People are surprised by the book and find it different from what they were expecting,” he said. “There are seven Amazon revues and they all have offered supportive com ments about what they have read.”
The book can be purchased in-store and online at Barnes & Noble bookstores and online on Amazon, Apple Books and Google Books.
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For as long as she can remember, Elena Kaitschuck has wanted to work in medicine.
“Medicine, for me, has always stood out from all of the other professional fields,” she said, adding that she always wanted to be in a profession where current research, technology and spiritual healing are all equally valued.
“I have a passion for helping people to be in good health and make good choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life.”
Kaitschuck achieved her career goal when she began working as a family nurse practitioner at NOAH in the fall of 2018.
Kaitschuck, who currently sees patients
at NOAH’s Midtown Health Center, will relocate to the Cholla Health Cente, which will open next month.
The 32,000 square foot comprehensive health center, which is located near Loop 101 and McDowell Road in South Scotts dale, will be a “one stop shop” for health care.
Working for NOAH has been exception ally rewarding, Kaitschuck said.
“NOAH offers a huge amount of re sources that many other clinics do not pro vide. For example, our sliding fee scale is a huge opportunity for people who cannot afford care,” she said.
“We treat every patient regardless of their ability to pay, taking their household income and family size into consideration when necessary.”
In addition, Kaitschuck said, she knows that a number of patients benefit from the additional services that NOAH offers be sides medical care; these include dental, behavioral health, psychiatry, community resources, and nutrition.
“These services are not always available for everybody at other medical facilities, but they are available at NOAH. People like the whole person approach and they keep coming back,” she said.
“There is no comparison between NOAH and private practice; especially when it comes to families with low incomes. When they learn we can provide certain services they are just thrilled.”
Treating everyone like a person rather
Amajor player in the Valley’s net work of independent-assisted living communities has pulled out of that industry to focus solely on traditional multifamily complexes.
Liv Communities sold four Liv Genera tions senior complexes in Ahwatukee, Gilbert, Phoenix and Scottsdale to Clear water Living of Newport Beach, Califor nia, in a $255 million transaction earlier this month, according to Valley real es tate tracker vizzda.com.
There was no announcement of the sale or Clearwater’s entry into the Val ley’s senior care/living community scene. Calls to Clearwater were not re turned.
Scott Brooks, CEO of Liv Communities, said his company “continues to advance
its mission of helping people live fuller lives by providing hospitality-focused residential communities for people of varying ages and stages of life.
“As we exit the traditional senior living space, in addition to continuing to grow our conventional Liv multifamily portfo lio of communities, we are enthusiastic about exploring a new offering, Liv+, focused on active 55+ adults,” he said in a prepared statement after this newspa per inquired about the deal.
“As for our LivGenerations portfolio, we are excited about Clearwater Living taking over as stewards for those out standing communities and residents,” Brooks continued. “We believe Clearwa ter holds the same commitment to cre ating a vibrant and high-quality place to live and work and will help those com
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munities flourish for years to come.”
The four properties were quickly re branded as Clearwater facilities.
The properties involved in the transac tion included, according to vizzda data:
• A 141-unit complex comprising two buildings built in 2016 on 7 acres on S. 50th Street near Chandler Boulevard, Ahwatukee.
• A 122-unit, two-building complex built in 2013 on 5 acres in Gilbert’s Agritopia
provide specialized care to every pa tient,” she said.
Kaitschuck, who is fluent in Ukrainian and Russian, is also proud of the fact that language is not a barrier for patients who come to NOAH for care.
“You no longer have to bring a friend or relative to translate for you; we have the ability to translate in over 100 languages
community.
• A four-building, 181-unit complex on 14 acres that opened last year at Scott sdale Road and the Loop 101.
• A single building with 110 units built four years ago on four acres at Scotts dale and Pinnacle Peak roads.
A source said Liv Communities felt that its senior communities – which of fer a range of living options from inde pendent to assisted living to memory care – would be better served if they were under the umbrella of a larger pro
right from the exam room,” she said.
Kaitschuck is looking forward to the grand opening of the Cholla Health Cen ter, as well as getting the opportunity to see patients at a location that is close to where they live.
“Location is so important. We know there is a large population in the area who don’t have accessible healthcare,” she said.
“A lot of people have chronic issues they aren’t able to address because they don’t have the transportation to get where they need to go. NOAH’s new Cholla Health Center will help address that need.”
For more information about the new Cholla Health Center visit cholla.noah helps.org.
vider that had more negotiating power for supplies and services.
Liv does have a traditional apartment complex adjacent to its former senior living complex in Ahwatukee and at one time boasted that it was designed so that younger tenants and residents of its oth er facility could mingle.
Clearwater Senior Living offers the same senior living options, including short-term stays, and has six complexes in California and one in Nevada in addi tion to its newly acquired Valley sites,
according to the company’s website. It also is in the process of building a sev enth facility in California.
The company has said it is expanding its footprint in the west and partnered in 2017 with The Wolff Company to run its 18 senior living complexes across seven western states.
Clearwater CEO Tony Ferro on his website states the company is commit ted to “providing high-quality retire ment living and exceptional services for seniors and their families.”
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Valorie McKenzie tried not to think of Sat urday’s state championship match against Millennium as her last.
She just wanted her players to experience a state title for the second time in as many years.
It took a mental reset after losing the second set to the Ti gers, but the Huskies eventually found their way to the 5A state title at Veteran’s Memorial Coli seum, 25-23, 22-25, 28-26 and 25-18.
“Huge emotions because it’s so special and after all these years, I haven’t been here that much,” McKenzie said. “But I tried not to concentrate on that. I tried to just concentrate on this and get ting the job done today.”
Horizon’s motto all game was consis tency. The Huskies wanted to be consis tent on defense at the net and with all of their passes. While they had some hic cups, they overcame them with ease.
The combination of 6-foot-2 sopho more Teraya Sigler and senior captains Kendal Murphy and GG Greenlee was a dominant one. Their size and skill on the court became too much for Millennium, which gave Horizon an early advantage.
The Tigers managed to rally and take the second set and challenged Horizon in the third that forced the Huskies to score 28 points to win. But in the fourth set Horizon flipped a switch. Their passes were accurate, their points came mostly from powerful hits and their de fense shined.
It was about as complete of a perfor mance in a championship-clinching set Horizon could’ve had. And it came on a special night for their outgoing head coach.
“When coach told us she was retiring, we told her we were getting her a state championship,” Murphy said. “It’s crazy because she coached my mom and my aunt. So I’m the third person in my fam ily to be coached by her. She’s a legend.
“It was super sad when she told us but now that we got the win for her, it’s a dream come true for sure.”
Murphy finished her high school volley ball career with 12 kills in the state title match. She also had a team-high 15 digs and three assists. Greenlee, her co-cap tain, had 10 kills to go along with a dig.
Sigler, the Phoenix Country Day trans fer, was dominant.
She finished the match with a teamhigh 27 kills, 14 digs, a serving ace and two assists. She was everywhere on the court, flashing her skill as she took over the game.
“I really think talking to my passers, talking to my setters, it really helped that we all talk to each other,” Sigler said. “I really think I had the support from my teammates. I honestly felt in the third set when it kept going back-and-forth, I felt my teammates carried me through.
“I don’t think they’ll ever get as much credit as they deserve.”
Horizon’s second straight champion ship came the same year McKenzie an nounced she would retire from coaching after 43 years with Horizon. She was the first and only coach until administration makes a new hire this off-season.
During her time, she won five state championships – the most recent last Saturday night – and was runner-up twice. She won 18 region titles during her tenure and Horizon made the play offs 39 out of her 43 years.
On Nov. 4, 2021, she reached 1,000 ca reer wins.
“I’ll miss it so very much,” McKenzie said. “It’s a difficult decision but family had to come first.”
McKenzie’s decision to walk away wasn’t an easy one. But the champion ship has made it worth it.
She entered the season not knowing whether she would have a team capable of returning for another run at the tro phy. Horizon lost several seniors from
last year’s team. But a slew of transfers into the program – all of which wanted to play for McKenzie – made Horizon elite yet again.
The transfers were led by Sigler, who said she was welcomed with open arms by the seniors.
“We’ve built such a great bond,” Mur phy said. “This is everything I could ever dream of. Last year’s championship with that group of girls was special. But this moment right here with this group of girls is even more special. Being able to celebrate back-to-back, it’s a moment that I could never give enough thank yous to God for.”
McKenzie joined her players and coaches for photos with the trophy. She had tears in her eyes at one point.
This year’s group of seniors was spe cial to her. She had most all four years. While she looks forward to retirement, she knows it won’t be easy next fall when she isn’t getting ready for yet an other season. “I’ll probably cry,” she said.
“The whole group is super special.”
When guests mosey their way through Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, they are often immersed in the world of the wild west.
However, one current exhibition has offered a more contemporary take on the once-wild west.
The “Kids in Focus: A New Lens on Life” exhibition features photos of lo cally grown plants, western sculptures, and kids frolicking in the street.
Though these photos evoke a new look at southwestern culture for guests, they were even more eye-opening for the atrisk children who took them. Most of the young artists come from abusive and ne glectful homes.
Kids in Focus is a Phoenix nonprofit dedicated to empowering at-risk youth to reach their potential using photogra phy to ignite their imagination and build their sense of confidence.
It has been giving children a new lens to view the world through just over a decade and though photography is a key component of what it does, founder Karen Shell, who grew up in South Scott
sdale, says the organization does much more than teach kids about the art of photography.
“We all know the benefit of art therapy, but I think photography is like art thera py on steroids because not only are you learning to express yourself, but it’s so much more,” Shell said. “
For kids who have been through trau ma, their world is very myopic, so with photography, they’re learning to express themselves, be creative, and get out of that headspace and into the world.”
This was exactly the case for Shell de cades ago as the Saguaro High School alum na found solace in photography away from her abusive and challenging home life.
Decades later, she has found that her life has come full circle as she has no ticed photography breaks the kids out of dark mindsets and allows them to see the color and beauty in the world.
“I’m very personally familiar with the challenges they face,” Shell said. Kids in focus grew out of 20 years of work I was already doing and what I saw when I be gan doing it was that kids were different. They went from dark and withdrawn to open, vibrant, calm, and happy.”
Though Shell had shown the work of the kids she aided over the past decade-plus in having their work shown in places like Civic Center Library, the Arizona Science Center, and the Children’s Museum of Phoenix, the fact that her kid’s work is now on display at an es teemed museum has her ecstatic.
“It is an unbelievable self-con fidence boost because these kids don’t have music lessons, they don’t have sports teams and they never have opportunities to have a sense of accomplishment and feel ing of pride,” Shell said.
“For them to know that something they created is moving around town
and all these people see is that it’s an im measurable boost to their self-confidence.”
The sentiment has been echoed by the museum.
“This is really what the museum is all about,” said Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West chief curator Dr. Tricia Loscher. “The Museum is all about community relationships, storytelling, enriching lives, and empowerment.”
Not only does the exhibition drive home the goal of the museum, but Loscher also says it adds a contempo rary element to the space.
“Our museum looks at the past, pres ent, and future and this is a glorious look at the now and the future.
She even said she hopes that this exhi bition will pave the way for these inven tive minds.
“I could see, maybe, someday some of these kids will come back and have solo or group shows here, they’ll be painting or some other art form creatively ex pressing themselves in ways that carry on their lives,” Loscher said.
Because of that, both Loscher and Shell hope that guests who gawk at these pho tos take away a sense of humility and ac knowledgment.
“I’m hoping for when visitors see that remarkable programs like Kids in Focus are in our community and realize that these things are happening and that mu seums are an important place for this kind of dialogue to occur,” Loscher said. “You never know, this may drive more volunteers to Kids in Focus, more dona tions, and mentoring support.”
The photos will remain on display through Dec. 30.
Kids in Focus: A New Lens on Life
When: Through Dec. 30
Where: Western Spirit: Scotts dale’s Museum of the West, 3830 N. Marshall Way
Cost: Admission is $20 for nonmembers
Info: scottsdalemuseumwest.org
BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
Though Tank Hanna has only known about The Singletons for a few years, as a single father he felt captivated by the nonprofit’s goal.
Hanna’s son, also named Tank, played junior varsity football for Saguaro High School and the school hosted a charity event benefitting the nonprofit in the winter of 2020. Since then, Hanna has devoted much of his time to aiding The Singletons.
“Once I figured out who they are and what they’re doing, I said ‘oh, my god, this is such a great charity,” Hanna said.
“I have three kids and we’ve got ten through life fairly unscathed, even though I’m a single parent, but to hear that what Jody (Boyd) and The Single tons were doing with serving single par ents who have cancer, it made me realize I’m so fortunate and so blessed.”
Though Hanna felt fortunate and blessed, he also felt the desire to help in any way possible.
Hanna has volunteered and donated
what items he could to the organization over the past two years, but he wanted to do something bigger.
Then he had a magical idea.
Since Hanna is also a magician, he decided to work his magic and create a charity show to benefit his favorite non profit.
“I realized that this is a cool power I have and I wanted to do something more,” Hanna said. “I thought, ‘I can do more than just donate, but what if I could do more and use my skills and talents in a broader way to bring more awareness and gifts to them.’”
However, Hanna knew he would need some extra help so he recruited his good friends and fellow Scottsdale residents experience-based magician and threetime Guinness Record Holder (most costume changes in eight hours) John Fitzsimmons and the “Godfather of Men talism” Kenton Knepper.
“They both have been helping me re build what I want my next 10 years of
After learning about The Singletons through a charity event put on by his son’s football team, magician Tank Hanna has partnered with two magical friends to spark some magic for his favorite nonprofit on Saturday, Nov. 26. (Special to the Progress)
Bell Bank Park in east Mesa is hosting a winter wonderland courtesy of two Scottsdale brothers who are contestants in a popular network TV reality show.
Christmas Town, presented by Kyle and Sammy Pratt, founders of Pratt Brothers Entermazement, are offering a visually dazzling display with six million lights, pyrotechnics, thousands of bub bles and snowfall and multiple holiday activations.
The brothers also are contestants on ABC’s “The Great Christmas Light Fight,” which debuts its 10th season Nov. 28. General admission tickets are $14.99 at prattbrotherschristmas.com. Several attractions, including the Sweet Street Train Ride, Santa Experience, and Mrs. Claus Cookie Decorating, cost extra.
“We have grown up loving the magic of Christmas but most importantly we wanted to create a place where people can escape the worries of the world and experience the magic of Christmas to a whole new level,” said Kyle.
He’s not kidding.
spans 180,000 square feet and includes: a three- story gingerbread house; magi cal snowfall and thousands of bubbles; a Christmas Forever 360-degree light show synchronized to popular Christ mas songs with pyrotechnics; and the Ivy & Sage Miracle Market.
Guests can walk to the Sweet Street Station, where two trains ride around Christmas Town’s six uniquely themed areas such as Cotton Candy Corner, Sug ar Plum Acres, Bakery Boulevard, Lolli pop Lane, Marshmallow Way and Pep permint Place.
“The experience includes attractions for all ages,” Sammy added.
The Pratt Brothers specialize in events and nighttime spectaculars, saying their mission “is to make a difference in the world by providing high quality enter tainment through unique and one-of-akind experiences.”
The extravaganza runs through Jan. 1.
magic to look like and so they were the obvious choice,” Hanna said.
“These are good people that were lo cal and I said, ‘I want to do something bigger and better and there was no hesi tation on their part.”
When Hanna pitched the idea to The Singletons founder Jody Boyd, she agreed without any hesitation as her nonprofit is feeling the sting of inflation.
“It’s a hard world we live in right now, whether you’re sick or not,” Boyd said. “Our organization is seeing that dona tions are down and even things like laundry detergent – which was already expensive before inflation kicked in –have been a struggle.
It was hard for these families to make ends meet.
“They had to downsize their homes or their apartments and yet, they still have to go to their doctor’s appointments and treatments and do everything that they possibly can to fight for their lives,” Boyd said.
“The rise in the cost of living the rise in the cost of services is not something that they could have possibly prepared for or could have even been able to pre pare for.”
Because of that, Boyd hopes that put on a needed fun event to spread the word about the efforts of her nonprofit organization.
“I’m honored that they have agreed to be part of this and that just makes it even more entertaining for the families who come out,” Boyd said, adding:
“When a family is going through some thing so scary, I think any way that we
can bring joy to their lives, and addition ally to our community and to be able to support these families, that’s important to me.”
Because of this, Hanna, also the host of the event, plans to marry comedy and emphasize why it is important to sup port The Singletons in his magical per formance.
“They might get a little comedy and they might get a little bit of weird magic that will make them question reality but my goal is to make sure those that are experiencing it have a good time and feel empowered and enlightened by the ex perience,” Hanna said.
Boyd also hopes that this event could become an annual recurrence.
“I’m hoping that we see a room filled with people who take their family there after a holiday since it’s just going to be
filled with a lot of laughter and smiles and everybody’s going to go away feel ing good about it,” Boyd said.
“Hopefully, we’ll be able to turn it into an annual Thanksgiving tradition.”
An evening of Magic, Mystery, and Mayhem benefiting The Singletons
When:12 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26
Where: Scottsdale Civic Center Auditorium, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
Cost: $20 General Admission | $100 VIP (includes a meet and greet with a mini close up the magic show after the main event). Info: bit.ly/singletonsmagic
Information technology (IT) pro fessionals are in high demand by employers.
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Currently, according to Janco Associates, there are more than 100,000 unfilled IT professional positions in the United States be cause there are not enough qual ified candidates. As of June 2022, the IT sector added 91,000 new jobs and that is expected to hit 191,000 by the end of the year.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statis tics reported that in the first five months of 2022, IT employment rose by 106,700, which was 69% ahead of those same months in 2021.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Coun cil of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hold a public hearing on December 6, 2022 at 5:00 P.M in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purpose of hearing all persons who wish to comment on the following:
1-AB-2020#2 (Rancho Vista Alley Abandon ment) Request for abandonment of the sixteen (16) foot alley right-of-way located between Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Rancho Vista subdivi sion, generally located between E. Chaparral Road and E. Mariposa Drive, west of N. 69th Place (adjacent to 4994 N. 69th Place, 6909 & 6915 E. Chaparral Road, 6908 & 6916 E. Mariposa Drive and 4826 N. 69th Street), with Single-fam ily Residential District (R1-7) zoning. Staff contact person is Brad Carr, AICP, 480-312-7713. Applicant contact person is Suzanne Dubarry, 760-808-5010.
For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.govsearch “Scottsdale Planning Case Files”orinyourURLsearchbaryoucantypein https://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/bldgresources/ Cases/
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Online at: https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/council/ meeting-information/agendas-minutes
CHAIRMAN Attest Lorraine Castro PlanningSpecialist
For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov
PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY MAY REQUEST A REASONABLE ACCOMMODA TION BY CONTACTING THE CLERK’S OFFICE AT (480-312-7620). REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, OR AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW TIME TO ARRANGE ACCOMMODATION. FOR TTY USERS, THE ARIZONA RELAY SER VICE (1-800-367-8939) MAY CONTACT THE CLERK’S OFFICE AT (480-312-7620).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hold a public hearing on December 7, 2022 at 5:00 P.M in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purpose of hearing all persons who wish to comment on the following:
6-ZN-2022 (Scottsdale 3200 North) Request by owner for a zoning district map amendment from Highway Commercial (C-3) to Downtown/Downtown Multiple Use Type 2, Planned Block Development, Downtown Overlay (D/DMU-2 PBD DO), including a development plan with amended development standards for building location and bonus residential density (50 du/ac to 55.8 du/ac), for a total of 135 residential units, on a +/-2.4-acre site, located at 3202 N. Scottsdale Road. Staff contact person is Greg Bloemberg, 480-312-4306. Applicant contact person is David Gulino, 602-330-5252
6-GP-2022 (Mercado Courtyards) Request by owner for a minor General Plan Amendment to the City of Scottsdale General Plan 2035 from Commercial to Mixed-Use Neighborhoods on +/-3.92 acres of the +/-8.52-acre site located at 10301 N. 92nd Street, 10299 N. 92nd Street and 9301 E. Shea Boulevard. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, 480-312-2376. Applicant contact person is Jennifer Hall, 480-505-3939
12-ZN-2022 (Mercado Courtyards) Request by owner for a Zoning District Map Amendment from Highway Commercial, Planned Community District (C-3 PCD) and Commercial Office, Planned Community District (C-O PCD) to Planned Unit Development, Planned Community Development District (PUD PCD) Zoning with a Development Plan on a +/- 8.52-acre site located at 10301 N. 92nd Street, 10299 N. 92nd Street and 9301 E. Shea Boulevard for a mixed-use development including 273 multi-family units and +/- 24,000 sq. ft. of commercial area. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, 480-312-2376. Applicant contact person is Jennifer Hall, 480-505-3939
3-GP-2022 (94 Hundred Shea - The Village) Request by owner for a minor General Plan amendment to the City of Scottsdale General Plan 2035 to change the land use designation from Commercial to MixedUse Neighborhoods on a +/- 11-acre site located at 9375 E. Shea Blvd. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, 480-312- 2376. Applicant contact person is Andy Jochums, (480) 429-3063
8-ZN-2022 (94 Hundred Shea - The Village) Request by owner to rezone from Commercial Office Planned Community District (C-O PCD) and Highway Commercial Planned Community District (C-3 PCD) to Planned Unit Development Planned Community District (PUD PCD) on a +/- 11-acre site located on the south side ofE. Shea Blvd east of N. 92nd Street to allow for a maximum of 219 new residential units with a development plan. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, 480-312-2376. Applicant contact person is Andy Jochums, (480) 429-3063
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Attest
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7926 E Via Bonita $2,110,000 3,232 3 3 8443 E Del Camino Drive $1,475,000 2,938 2 8361 E San Rafael Drive $1,435,000 2,805 4 4 10662 E Carol Avenue $1,400,000 3,611 2.5 4 8537 E San Lorenzo Drive 9906 E Cinnabar Ave $1,400,000 2,675 3 4 $1,325,000 2,636 2 4 8989 N Gainey Center Drive 129 $1,295,000 2,047 3 3
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5 8571 N Farview Drive $1,450,000 2,753 3
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