Ahwatukee Foothills News - Thanksgiving Special

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS www.ahwatukee.com

Thursday, November 24, 2016

@AhwatukeeFN |

@AhwatukeeFN

SPECIAL HOLIDAY

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS EDITION

GIVING

THANKS .3

FORECAST AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS FOR P

AHWATUKEE: 15 tons of snow

. 17

P

‘Tis the Season

SHOPPING

Local dance instructor Kimberly Lewis’ 17th annual “Ahwatukee Nutcracker Ballet” will be presented next month. During a recent dress rehearsal, Avery Katherine dances as the Butterfly Queen (above) while Bella Gregg pirouettes(far right). Pictured below are Sara Allen as Clara and Lakin Kell as Fritz. To the immediate right, Jordan Torgerson strikes a pose while below are eight pairs of sisters who will be dancing. In the right corner, Erika Braun sports one of Lewis’ many hand-made tutus. Page 6.

Photos by Cheryl Haselhorst/AFN Staff Photographer

SHOP LOCAL GUIDE

.22

P

SISTERS CLOSET

Ahwatukee woman’s multi-million-dollar business

.39

P

NEWS

F un al e- l up

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

UP TO

$5,925 $5,925 IN REBATES

T

2

OR 0% APR FOR 48 OR 60 MO.*

10-Year Parts and Labor Limited Warranty* *On Selected Systems ( 1,295 Value - No Charge) $

Up to $800 in Utility Rebates*

*Up to a $2,825 Brewer’s Dealer Rebate, up to $800 Utility Rebate, up to $300 Federal Tax Credit & up to $2,000 Trane Trade In Allowance. See your independent Trane Dealer for complete program eligibility, dates, details and restrictions. Special financing offers OR trade-in allowances from $75 up to $2,000 valid on qualifying equipment only. Offers vary by equipment. All sales must be to homeowners in the United States. Void where prohibited. *The Home Projects and Home Projects VisaŽ credit cards are issued by Wells Fargo Financial National Bank, an Equal Housing Lender. Special terms apply to qualifying purchases charged with approved credit. The special terms APR will continue to apply until all qualifying purchases are paid in full. The monthly payment for this purchase will be the amount that will pay for the purchase in full in equal payments during the promotional (special terms) period. The APR for Purchases will apply to certain fees such as a late payment fee or if you use the card for other transactions. For new accounts, the APR for Purchases is 28.99%. If you are charged interest in any billing cycle, the minimum interest charge will be $1.00. If you have a Visa card and you use it for cash advances, the cash advance fee is 5.00% of the amount of the cash advance, but not less than $10.00. This information is accurate as of 07/01/2016 and is subject to change. For current information, call us at 1-800-431-5921. Offer expires 12/15/2016.

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS UKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS TUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS The Ahwatukee Foothills News isFOOTHILLS published every AHWATUKEE NEWS Wednesday and distributed free of charge to homes and in single-copy locations throughout Ahwatukee Foothills.

UKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

NEWS

Lawyers Paying It Forward

Times Media Group: AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS 1620 W. Fountainhead Parkway, Suite 219 TUKEETempe, FOOTHILLS NEWS Arizona, 85282 Main number: 480-898-6500 Advertising: 480-898-5624 Circulation service: 480-898-5641

PUBLISHER Steve T. Strickbine

ADVERTISING STAFF National Advertising Director

Zac Reynolds 480-898-5603 zac@ahwatukee.com

National Account Coordinator:

Patty Dixie 480-898-5940, pdixie@ahwatukee.com

Advertising Sales Representatives:

Karen Mays, 480-898-7909, kmays@ahwatukee.com Laura Meehan, 480-898-7904, lmeehan@ahwatukee.com Classified:

Elaine Cota, 480-898-7926, ecota@ahwatukee.com Circulation Director:

Aaron Kolodny 480-898-5641, aaron@azintegratedmedia.com

NEWS STAFF Editor In Chief:

Robbie Peterson, 480-898-5638, rpeterson@timespublications.com Executive Editor:

Paul Maryniak, 480-898-5647, pmaryniak@timespublications.com Managing Editors:

Ralph Zubiate, 480-898-6825, rzubiate@timespublications.com Lee Shappell, 480-898-5614, Lshappell@timespublications.com GetOut Editor:

Justin Ferris, 480-898-5621, jferris@timespublications.com Art Director:

Erica Odello, 480-898-5616, erica@timespublications.com Designer:

Ruth Carlton, 480-898-5644, rcarlton@timespublications.com Production Coordinator:

Courtney Oldham 480-898-5617 production@timespublications.com Reporters:

Jim Walsh, 480-898-5639 jwalshe@timespublications.com Mike Butler, 480-898-5630 mbutler@ahwatukee.com Prep Sports Director:

Jason P. Skoda, 480-898-7915, jskoda@ahwatukee.com Photographers:

Will Powers, 480-898-5646, wpowers@timespublications.com Cheryl Haselhorst, 480-898-7900, chaselhorst@timespublications.com WRITE A LETTER

To submit a letter, please include your full name. Our policy is not to run anonymous letters. Please keep the length to 300 words. Letters will be run on a spaceavailable basis. Please send your contributions to pmaryniak@ahwatukee.com.

EDITORIAL CONTENT

The Ahwatukee Foothills News expresses its opinion. Opinions expressed in guest commentaries, perspectives, cartoons or letters to the editor are those of the author.

ADVERTISING CONTENT

The content and claims of any advertisement are the sole responsibility of the advertiser. The Ahwatukee Foothills News assumes no responsibility for the claims or content of any advertisement. © Strickbine Publishing, Inc.

( Cheryl Haselhorst/AFN Staff Photographer)

Fifth grade teacher Kelly MaKay works with Trevor Vaughn, who is writing a thankfulness essay as Marissa France looks on.

Summit School students write about their thankfulness AFN NEWS STAFF

We donate 5% of fees paid to We.org in your name.

Visit for more information: www.oraclelawgroup.com/community-involvement

E

ditor’s Note: When the AFN asked Summit School of Ahwatukee if it would like to cooperate in having some students writing their thoughts about Thanksgiving, fifth-sixth grade language and arts teacher Kelly Makay jumped at the opportunity.

A teacher since 1994 and a Summit School of Ahwatukee faculty member since 2007, Makay also taught for a time in Kyrene School District.

“I want my students to feel inspired to write, so I create a menu of choices, allowing them to select the written form they feel best expresses their thoughts and ideas,” she said.

The students were told they could use any format, from poems to essays.

“My students embraced this project, and, as is typical for them, the results are genuine, insightful and articulate expressions of their ideas. I am thankful to teach in a joyful school environment that allows me to use my creativity with engaged students.”

We See Law Differently.

PRACTICING:

Personal Injury • Family Law Criminal Law • DUI • Medical Malpractice Business Acquisition • Contract Disputes

I am thankful I am American

By Roan S. Martinez

On my morning car rides to school, I see a lot of poverty on the streets and this makes me feel fortunate enough that I live a good life. There are so many things in the world that kids and adults should be thankful for. Some things I am thankful for are that I am an American, my school and sports, and lastly my health. >> See

THANKFUL on page 8

480-704-0777

4425 E. Agave Rd., Suite 110 • Phoenix, AZ 85044

3

4

NEWS

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

NEWS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Financial website says Phoenix residents should be careful with gift budget this year

PAM EAGAN over 4,000 contracts negotiated.

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

I

f you’re expecting a Christmas gift from an Arizonan this year, you might want to hope it’s coming from someone in Gilbert and not Tucson.

It’s not that Tucsonans are bad people. But the financial advice web site WalletHub.com figures that, given their finances, they should be spending less on presents this year than people elsewhere in the Arizona cities it studied.

How different? A lot.

WalletHub.com starts with the median monthly income for Gilbert residents at $7,170.

It factors in age, debt-to-income ratios and monthly expenses. Then it considers how much the typical household has in savings than to its expenses.

After running that through its “proprietary algorithm,’’ WalletHub sets the holiday spending budget at

5

Experienced, dedicated & available!

SOLD

(Special to AFN)

an average of $1,118 on gifts this year.

That’s good enough to rank Gilbert No. 61 nationwide.

Tucson? Not so much. Figuring in monthly income of $3,180 and everything else, WalletHub puts the holiday budget at $381 That’s 518 out of the 570 cities studied. >> See

BUDGET on page 11

Attorney

See current inventory at www.PamEagan.com

602.390.5740 Realty Executives

Need an exciting gift idea?

Kathleen Nielsen

Family Law & Estate Planning Thank you, Ahwatukee, for 25 Years!

Divorce • Premarital Wills • Trusts • Probate

Duskfire Professional Center

This Holiday Season give them something they’ll actually use.

Give the gift of Martial Arts.

[Elliot & S. Mill]

51 W. Elliot Rd., Suite 102 Tempe AZ 85284

480.730.6469 MEMBER

www.kathleennielsenlaw.com

Self-Defense Skills Influence Life Skills • Confidence • Tone of Voice • Posture • Self-Esteem 3173 E. Chandler Blvd.

(SW Corner Chandler Blvd. & 32nd St.) Serving Ahwatukee since 1979

www.mountainsidemartialarts.com

RICK SAVAGIAN Head Instructor

Fifth Degree Black Belt in Traditional Wado-Ryu Karate USA World Cup Coach, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2016

6

NEWS

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

17th annual Ahwatukee Nutcracker melds tradition with new costumes, effects The Desert Vista High School freshman will wear a newly designed “sweets tutu” with a candy-cane striped bodice and he traditional meets the new in the white tutu skirt festooned with red, white 17th annual Ahwatukee Foothills and green lollypops.

Nutcracker Ballet next month.

In addition, four other cast Queens Under the direction of Dance Studio sport new tutus designed by Lewis. Each 111 owner Kimberly is handsewn and Lewis, the one evening took eight to 12 and two matinee weeks to complete. performances on Dec. “Once they 17 and 18 still feature arrive, I personally the favorite dances hand-glue each and beloved storyline rhinestone on, but are accentuated and some of the this year by many tutus have 2,000 new costumes and rhinestones,” said choreography.

Lewis.

Among the new “The dancers costumes this year know they have a is an addition to the tutu that has been usual court of eight ‘rhinestoned’ by Queens: the Queen of Miss Kimberly Sweets as danced and because I always (Cheryl Haselhorst/AFN Staff Photographer) played by Anna Alber, Sara Allen plays Clara in “Nutcracker.” put a rhinestone 14. Her role, besides heart on the inside dancing, is overseeing of the tutu over the heart of the dancer,“ the tiny Bon Bons who emerge from Mrs. wrote Lewis in her Oct. 29 entry of The Gingers’ dress.

Nut Life blog.

BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributing Writer

T

Jeffery A. Kohler, D.D.S. Aesthetic Family Dentistry

RECEDING GUMS? We provide the new Pinhole Surgical Technique™ as seen on “The Doctors” Call for a free consultation today!

K

• Revolutionary Laser Technology • Invisalign • Porcelain Veneers and Crowns • Digital X-Rays and Imaging • Tooth Colored Fillings • Perio-Protect Non-Surgical Gum Therapy and Much More!

The Snow Queen, Arabian Queen and Butterfly Queen wear new professional tutus this year, as do the Snow Princesses, the core dancers of the Waltz of the Flowers dancers, the Spanish Dancers and the Dew Drops.

Also added this year are new Victorian dresses worn by the March Girls in the party scene. Each dress is designed and handsewn by DeAnn Nevision, whose daughter Ashley dances in the “Nutcracker” and whose husband Jon plays the role of Clara’s father while also serving as prop and set designer.

New dancers mean new dance arrangements and “Nutcracker” choreographer Jill Hammond has provided some.

“Actually, we try and make little changes every year,” said Hammond, who has been head choreographer for all of the Ahwatukee Foothills Ballet Nutcracker’s 17 years. She credits her family and husband Paul for their support.

“We have so many talented dancers that we can make the choreography a little more advanced as we go from year to year,” she said. “Some of the dancers,

Ca

rpe t

>> See

NUTCRACKER on page 7

s ~ Luxury Vinyl Area Rug ~ Cou tom s nter u C ~ ~ Tile s r top e w ~ Wood ~ Laminate ~ Sho s

25th

Anniversary Sale!!!

Hardwood

Distressed, Random Length, Plank Only Four colors to choose from.

Complimentary Cosmetic Consultation SHOWROOM HOURS Monday to Thursday 10 a.m to 6 p.m Friday to Saturday 10 a.m to 5 p.m or by appointment

$3.25 Sq. Ft. 3/8" x 5" (material only) Professional Installation Available exp. 11/30/16

15215 South 48th Street, Suite 190

480.893.2474 www.jakohlerdds.net

like Bella and Olivia Gregg, I’ve worked with for many years. They were just mice when we first worked together 10 years ago.”

Bella Gregg, 14, is this year’s Sugarplum Fairy and sister Olivia, 16, is the Marzipan Queen this year.

Hammond also works with fellow choreographer Meghan Arena, whose 4-year-old daughter Leni is dancing in her third “Nutcracker.”

With the new costumes and dances comes the usual hard work, said Hammond. Ballerinas often practice the production 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. every weekend for four months.

This year, Lewis is keeping fans apprised of the goings-on with her Nut Life blog at NutcrackerLife.com.

“I hope to make this a TV series next year,” said Lewis excitedly. “There’s so much that goes into the ‘Nutcracker’ production that I think people would really enjoy seeing the entire process on TV, and we need a dance show that’s positive.”

Positive and family-friendly mean

Licensed ~ Bonded ~ Insured

Traci Tartaglio Owner

480.598.9811 15215 S. 48th St., Ste 185 Phoenix, AZ 85044

NEWS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

NUTCRACKER

“This is a great opportunity for the audience members to meet all the Queens, the Nutcracker and the Mouse a great deal to Lewis as annually she King. We also invite them to sit on Clara’s updates the stage settings and costumes throne with Clara in the land of Sweets to continually fascinate the audience, for more photographs. It’s a magical which continues to grow annually as family post-production tradition.” word circulates about the performances As holiday music plays, audience in the Desert Vista High’s Fine Arts members are also encouraged to come Theatre. onstage for photos with Another tradition Santa. appears to be the sellTickets are available out of the Saturday at Lewis’ Dance Studio and Sunday afternoon 111 at 4910 E. Chandler matinees, with one Blvd., Ahwatukee, or at of the reasons being 480-706-6040. Tickets the festive postare sold at the Desert production festivities.

Vista High Theater “Following both 2 box office one hour p.m. performances, prior to each show, but Clara takes the traditionally the matinee stage and leads the performances are sold audience in singing out weeks in advance.

(Cheryl Haselhorst/AFN Staff Photographer) ‘Jingle Bells’ as Santa Megan Schmidt rehearses as a dewdrop “The ‘Nutcracker’ arrives on the stage in production is our gift his sleigh,” said Lewis. to our community and “Snow falls inside the theatre, the live their friends and family. It truly is a Christmas tree grows to the ceiling and magical experience for all ages, and our Angels dance on clouds. All the cast dancers and stage crew and their parents members come out in costume to sign work so hard to make it a memorable autographs and pose with theatre goers holiday treat,” said Lewis. for photos.

Information: afnutcracker.com from page 6

What sets me apart from the other mortgage companies is that I am a working owner, no overhead means lower rates to you. Available to answer your questions 7 days a week.

PURCHASE, REFINANCE, FHA, VA, USDA I DO IT ALL.

7

“Your Ahwatukee Home Seller”

“Top 1% Ahwatukee Realtor” 25 Year Ahwatukee Resident D! TE S I L ST U J

Ahwatukee • $514,000

Phoenix • $539,000

Foothills Reserve 5 BR, 5 BA, 2,912 sq.ft., 3 Car Garage

Chandler • $315,000

Foothills Club West 5 BR, 3.5 BA, 3,300 sq.ft. 3 car garage, pool

Tempe • $399,000

Chandler Crossing 4 BR, 2 BA plus Bonus Room, 1,897 sq.ft.

Duskfire

4 BR, 3 BA, 2,227 sq.ft., 2 car garage, pool

ARIZONA MORTGAGE SPECIALISTS, INC.

Mike Langs 480.905.0888

8747 S. Priest Dr., Ste. 101, Tempe, AZ 85284 mike@azms.net

License # BK0911294, Company NMLS # 175156 Mike Langs, nmls # 175381 EQUAL HOUSING LENDER REV. 0315

Ahwatukee • $1,197,000 Ahwatukee Custom Estates 5 BR, 5.5 BA, 5,700 sq.ft.,3 Car Garage

Phoenix • $370,000 Desert Hills 3 BR, 2 BA, 1,914 sq.ft., 2 car garage

kw SONORAN LIVING ®

KELLERWILLIAMS REALTY

Each office independently owned and operated.

Better Business A+ Rating

Call Kevin directly at

602-370-8106

www.Ahwatukee-Homes.com

NEWS

8

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Bill Watson

Gets Results.

Top 1% of Agents in Arizona.

THE Hardest Working Real Estate Professional.

I CAN SELL YOURS TOO! Tristan

$249,900

Wonderful home located in lake subdivision Pecos Ranch!

Walking paths, fishing lakes, community pool and tennis courts! This 3 bedroom, two bathroom, single level home has upgraded tile, newer carpet, updated fixtures and appliances. Large kitchen opens to family room includes flat top stove, built-in microwave and refrigerator stays with home. Separate large living/dining room combo.

Large master bedroom and bath with separate shower/ tub and walk-in closet. Secondary bedrooms are large.

Inside laundry with washer and dryer included. Location is amazing. Close to 202, 101 and Chandler Mall. Don’t miss this home. Won’t last long at this price.

Diamond Ridge

$575,000 WOW! Don’t miss this almost 4000 square foot masterpiece in Gated Diamond Ridge sitting on interior corner lot! This complete re-model has all the right upgrades with the perfect floor plan! 5 beds plus office/3.5 baths/2.5 car garage/heated and cooled pebble tech pool&spa, built-in BBQ and outdoor fireplace! Over $200,000 remodel includes kitchen expansion with custom cabinets, granite counters,double oven, all bathrooms with replaced toilets, custom cabinets and granite counters. Huge Laundry room with custom cabinets.New wood floors and carpet 6 months ago, plantation shutters, classy closets. Newer Trane A/C, custom wall unit in family room!Pool has water cooling A?C!.Sec Sys doesn’t convey.Gated Comm. Steps from MPR comm pool. Seller will convert to 3.5 car garage upon buyer request.

Camelot Canyon Foothills

$444,900 Stunning area! Amazing move in ready Camelot Canyon Foothills home is ready for you! Pristine interior with high ceilings, designer paint and tile flooring! Living room has bay windows and plantation shutters. Eat in kitchen opens to the family room with black appliances, honey oak cabinets, island and ample counter space. Family room offers a tiled fireplace and built in media center with plenty of shelving! Huge master downstairs w/ walk in closet. Staircase leads to the huge loft and other bedrooms. Backyard oasis has a refreshing blue pool & spa, green grass, built in BBQ, beehive fireplace , covered patio and privacy wall. Nestled on dead end street with mountain views! Amazing Schools & neighbors.

Mountain Park Ranch

$314,000 Fantastic two story home with impeccable landscape and refreshing blue pool! Spacious floor plan with formal living room, family room and four bedrooms. Stately fireplace in the family room has plenty of hearthside seating. Eat in kitchen features stainless steel appliances, custom cabinets, center island and tile counters. Huge master suite has plush carpeting, sitting area, walk in closet and relaxing spa like bath with garden tub, separate shower and dual sink vanity. Generous backyard has a covered patio, lush green grass and pool. Tons of community amenities just steps away. Close to great hiking trails. This home is an incredible find! See it today!

kw

®

SONORAN LIVING

KELLER WILLIAMS® REALTY

www.TheBillWatsonGroup.com

480.706.7211 • 602.469.0388 Professionalism • Integrity • Communication

Each office is independently owned and operated.

(Cheryl Haselhorst/AFN Staff Photographer)

Layla Massoud writes an essay about thankfulness at Summit School of Ahwatukee.

THANKFUL

from page 3

I am thankful for the Army, the Air Force and the Navy because they risk their lives to protect our country, our rights, and our freedom. And speaking of freedom, I am thankful for American’s freedom because without freedom, I couldn’t speak my mind and we couldn’t vote for a new president. Think about having a bad president for the rest of your life.

Another thing I am thankful for is that I get to play club soccer. By doing that it gives me good foot work and strong stamina. Many kids can’t play club soccer because they don’t have enough money to sign up and buy everything they need to play .

That is why I am thankful to play club soccer. I am also thankful for the great teachers at Summit School like Mrs. Makay, because she isn’t mean and if we want to say something, she lets us say it.

One of the last things I am thankful for is my health. I am thankful for my clean water because if lead was in my water, I would get super sick. The last thing I am thankful for is that I have the right equipment to stay fit. Without my equipment, I wouldn’t be able to do half the stuff I do now.

I am thankful for that I am an American and I live in the USA, my school and clubs and my health. You should be thankful too. Have a terrific Thanksgiving!

I am thankful 10 times over

By Dominic E. Milazzo

I am thankful 10 times over! I am thankful to be living because if I was not

living, then I could not have a good time with my friends, family and my brother.

I wouldn’t be able to taste the sweet taste of candy.

I am thankful for my good school because at another school I would not have friends and there might be really mean bullies. I’m thankful for my friends because I can chat and laugh with them.

Also I am thankful for my house because if I did not have a house I would have to live on the streets! I am thankful for my food and money because without those things I would starve to death.

I am glad my parents are nice to me because otherwise they would have told me to, “Get out of the house!” by now. I am also glad. that I can go on vacations, hike and see the rest of the world. I am glad I live in a free country because if otherwise, I could go to jail for lying or something crazy like that. I am happy to live in the 21st century because we have iphones, ipads and wide screen TVs. I like having holidays like Christmas and Halloween because if there were no holidays, everything would be boring and dull.

I am a very thankful American girl

By Marissa France

I am thankful for Pumpkin pie and things that fly.

Freedom of speech and things to eat, Apples green so very clean.

Yellow corn so sweet.

I am thankful for Basketball and my teammates, The See

THANKFUL on page 9

NEWS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

THANKFUL

from page 8

court and my coaches, the sound of the whistle blowing, to let us know where we are going.

I am thankful for Frogs and dogs and beautiful songs, streams and dreams, and the U.S.A. I am a very lucky girl who has an amazing family, with hands to hold and friends so close.

I know that I am loved.

I am a very thankful American girl.

I am a thankful pencil because...

By Brynn Pickavance

planet, friends, family, young, old, Who protect me from things like a bandit. Trustworthy, helpful, kind, They are the best people here, Especially when they don’t mind.

I am thankful for my voice, strong and clear. I am thankful for acting, which is easy and near, And, of course, the people I hold dear.

480-706-7234

Mike Mendoza

www.MendozaTeam.com

Thankful for clouds

By Piper Fazio

I am thankful for clouds.

Clouds with shape, clouds without.

Clouds let you imagine.

Imagine something a cloud can be, like a dragon, with blazing fire.

When clouds don’t have shape,

Draw, scribble, and write! All day, I sit in the supply bucket they look like cotton waiting for someone you want to take. to grab me. I love to Clouds look smooth look at the smile on as silk. every student’s face.

In the day, white as They pour into Mrs. a kitten’s milk.

Makay’s classroom one by one.

Clouds look purple, But I’m thankful for clouds look pink. At so much more than sunrise and sunset, that. I’m thankful for like colorful ink. erasing something because I know I’m Clouds, clouds, (Cheryl Haselhorst/AFN Staff Photographer) helping students Sanya Somani writes an essay about Beautiful and pure. learn. I’m for the This is why, I’m thankful for the ability thankfulness. thankful for clouds. to draw, write, and even be squeezed in someone’s hand. I’m thankful for the stories I helped write, Thankful for a Carribean trip

By Dylan Suzuki and my, happy life at Summit.

My family and I were lucky to go on I’m lucky to be a pencil at this school. vacation to Puta Cana in the Dominican Republic. This trip was during hurricane Grateful to be able to sing Mathew, but still it was a great time.

By Layla Massoud Thank you for all my voice can sing! One of my favorite times was when we Singing about your land and my land, or were going on a razor ride. A razor is like a mini ca r with heavy duty tires. There about the queen and king, are no windows, but on the front there Or just the warm-ups, is. Razors are very good on dirt, too.

On the bus ride to the razor field, Do Re Mi. I saw some really poor houses, and I You can sing about hate, but best of was thankful for in a nice house and a roof over my head. When we got to are all, destination my family and I jumped in Your love for you and me. the muddy razor. While we were driving Thank you for acting and the spotlight, through the mud going to the ocean we saw some local kids carrying buckets all any type of play.

In daylight or night-light, and, of dirty without any parents.

It made me think how thankful I have course, the costumes. parents taking care of me every day. I With props and scripts, also thought WOW! I’m having a fun On a big set stage, ride, and the kids have to walk through the mud. My family and I had a great Or on a screen with clips.

Thank you for the nice people on this

Ahwatukee’s #1 Team for Over 28 Years

See

THANKFUL on page 10

Lakewood

The Pointe South Mountain

Enjoy waterfront living in Ahwatukee. 3 br, 2.5 ba with 2,304 sq. ft. Open kitchen features granite countertops, cherry cabinetry and a breakfast bar.

New carpet in family room with fireplace. Brick patio plus Trex decking with gas fire pit. Superb lake and mountain views.

Superbly update townhouse on large corner lot in gated community. 2 br, 1.5 ba with 1,060 sq. ft. Kitchen remodel boasts cherry mahogany cabinetry, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and 18" Italian porcelain tile flooring. 2014 new A/C. Resort-style amenities including pool/spa, golf, tennis and hiking.

Listed for $349,500

Listed for $178,500

The Foothills

Club West

Stunning mountain views from hillside lot. 4 br, 2.5 ba with 2,801 sq. ft. Spacious open floor plan with downstairs office and Plantation shutters. New appliances including refrigerator, dishwasher, range/oven, washer, dryer and water heater. Private backyard on preserve with gated pool. Walking distance to shopping, hiking and park.

Listed for $415,000

Desirable Ritz floor plan by UDC. 4 br, 2.5 ba with 2,850 sq. ft. Large eat-in kitchen features granite countertops, island and stainless steel appliances. Just updated with new carpet, interior and exterior paint plus epoxy flooring in 3-car garage. North/South Exposure with mountain views. Private backyard with pool and spa.

Mountain Park Ranch

Mountain Park Ranch

Impeccable T.W. Lewis home with 5 br, 3 ba and 3,076 sq. ft. Spacious eat-in kitchen features black granite countertops and black appliances. One bedroom and full bath down with master suite and three secondary bedrooms upstairs. Resort-style backyard replete with amazing built-in kitchen, fire pit with seating, salt water pool and above ground spa.

Hillside lot with privacy of mountain preserve. 5 br, 3 ba with 3,546 sq. ft. Spacious open kitchen with adjacent family and formal dining room. Downstairs master and secondary bedroom. Great backyard amenities including fenced pool and spa, built-in fire pit and grass area.

Listed for $424,900

Listed for $419,500

Listed for $517,500

Club West

Equestrian Estates

Recently updated on golf course lot. 5 br plus media room, 3 ba with 3,829 sq. ft. Open kitchen with granite countertops and custom island with gas cooktop. Inviting stone-accented wet bar and fireplace in family room. New carpet, interior and exterior paint. Resort-style backyard features Pebble Tec pool and spa with waterfall, built-in BBQ and lush landscaping.

Amazing sunset and mountain views from updated single level. 4 br, 3 ba with 3,056 sq. ft. Spacious eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances.

Zebrawood plank tile and wood flooring. Resort-style backyard with retractable door, multiple fire pits with seating, diving pool with waterfall, built-in BBQ with bar, in-ground trampoline and tropical landscaping.

Listed for $537,500

Listed for $649,000

www.MendozaTeam.com Each Office is Independently Owned & Operated

9

10

NEWS

THANKFUL

Lisa Miguel

Extraordinary Real Estate Services

Call me for a FREE Home Value Report!

Top 1% in Sales

480-444-6058 • www.Lisamiguel.com

Foothills Listed for

$335,000

2,169 sf, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home with three car garage and sparkling pool! Open kitchen-family room floor plan.

Kitchen and bathrooms upgraded in 2016 with granite counters, upgraded sinks/faucets and new toilets. Large backyard with grass area and mature landscape. 2016 AC, 2015 variable speed pool pump! 2016 garage door and garage opener, 2016 sprinklers and drip lines, and 2015 water heater. Interior and exterior painted in 2016. Carpet in only two secondary bedrooms (new!)

20" porcelain tile in family room, formal living/dining rooms and laminate wood flooring on stair case, upper level traffic area, master suite and largest secondary bedroom.

Foothills Gateway LISTED FOR

$269,900

Beautifully updated 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom 1,416 sf home!

Sparkling pebble tec pool (2015 pool pump and vacuum) and extended covered patio in back yard. Corner lot with north/ south exposure. Great room floor plan. Granite counters in kitchen and bathrooms. Kitchen has stainless steel appliances, island and pantry. Split master bedroom floor plan. Master suite has walk-in closet and double sinks. Private, gated front courtyard. Community park with playground and large grass area immediately across the street.

Tyson Manor LISTED FOR

$385,000

3 bedroom plus office, 2.5 bathroom, 2876 sf, single level custom home! Wood flooring and 15 ft. vaulted ceiling with wood beams. Gourmet kitchen has center island and Sub-Zero refrigerator. Split master floor plan. Children’s wing with Jack and Jill bathroom. Multiple walk-in closets. Skylights in kitchen and master bathroom. Saltwater diving pool. 2014 roof with 50 year warranty!

Ahwatukee Retirement LISTED FOR

$189,500

Upgraded home on spectacular golf course lot! Incredible view of the golf course! 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1,526 sf home.

Kitchen boasts granite-look counter tops and trendy white kitchen cabinetry with upgraded hardware. Newer carpet and wood burning fireplace. No popcorn ceilings! Master bedroom has large closets and master bathroom has step-in shower. Situated in a quiet cul-de-sac.

Finesterra at Valencia LISTED FOR

$599,900

5 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom 4,663 sf highly upgraded basement home. Finished basement is currently set up as a media room.

Gated community. 1/3 acre lot! Elaborate, custom swim-up Gazebo! Pebble tec pool with grand water feature and slide.

Built in BBQ, outdoor bar, and extensive hardscape with Cantera stone pavers.

The difference between ordinary and etxraordinary is that little extra!

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

from page 8

trip in this beautiful place. We explored caves and jumped in a huge ocean.

This trip was one of my favorite memories, but also helped me realize how thankful I am. In the end, almost everyone in Puta Cana was nice. No matter where you live, you should a lways be thankful!

Furthermore, I am thankful for food on the table, so I don’t painfully starve to death or go to bed knowing I might not have another meal. There are thousands of children sitting on the street without food for days on end. I am lucky that I have food every night.

In conclusion, I am thankful for the US Armed Forces, slithering snakes and brownies. They are all very important in my life.

Another ‘thankful pencil’

By Sonya Somani

SCRIBBLE! SCRIBBLE! The 5B students in Mrs. Makay’s classroom are holding me with their warm and soft hands. They put down all their thoughts on paper with my help. They write wonderful stories using me!

I am the most thankful pencil in the entire Summit community. I get squeezed when I’m used, but still love all the students in this (Cheryl Haselhorst/AFN Staff Photographer) amazing 5B classroom. I Dominic Milazzo writes an essay about thankfulness. am so thankful that get to be in this room with such kind and smart kids with an I am very thankful for all I have amazing teacher as a bonus!

This feeling makes me one happy by Niko Bricka I’m an 11-year-old kid and I feel so pencil! Soon will become a short little stub, but will know that all the funny lucky for sports, a place to live, a place to students used me with love because go to school, the right to vote, freedom this amazing group of artists have such and freedom of speech.

I’m so thankful for sports like baseball strong friendships. I am the luckiest and basketball. I think these sports pencil in the world. are fun because they are active sports and you get to run. I’m also thankful that I can afford these sports and I feel Brownies, lizards and soldiers

By Trevor Vaughn everyone should be able to do sports.

The U.S. Armed Forces, slithering I’m thankful for a place to live and a snakes and brownies ... What do all place to go to a wonderful school like these things have in common? These are summit school. I’m so thankful for a things I am thankful for. What are you place to live because shelter protects thankful for? you from the rain and weather. I’m a lso I am thankful for the military because thankful for Summit School because I they protect the United States of America can get a good education and grow up and all of its citizens. They fight wars and smart. battles to make sure no one dies. They I’m thankful for the freedom of also protect people from terrorist attacks speech, the right to vote, and freedom in and evacuate everyone safely. genera l. I’m so thankful for the freedom In addition, I am thankful for reptile of speech because I can say whatever I conventions where I get to see all kinds need to say without punishment. I’m so of astonishing reptiles like snakes, turtles, thankful for the right to vote because geckos and lizards. I love snakes because you can have a voice in what this country they fascinate me in how they move does. I’m so thankful for freedom in without limbs, their scale patterns and genera l because you can live in peace how they eat mice whole. I have three and harmony snakes. Their names are Squeezer, Spike As you can see I am a very lucky kid. and Slither. I love them all very much. I’m proud to have my freedom of speech.

That is why I am so interested in snakes. I am very thankful for all that I have.

NEWS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

BUDGET

from page 5

That’s worse, but not that much worse, than Phoenix, where WalletHub says the holiday gift budget should be $443.

Other Arizona communities studied fall somewhere in between.

Based on all the factors, WalletHub figures Chandler residents should be spending $854, followed by Scottsdale at $841. Goodyear logs in at $805 for gifts, with Peoria at $756, Surprise at $747 and $691 for San Tan Valley.

Then there’s a big gap until you get to Avondale with an anticipated holiday budget of $572. Tempe weighs in at $536 and $530 for Flagstaff.

Mesa logs in at $512, then $443 for Yuma, and finally Tucson holding up the bottom.

One thing that did become clear is that Arizonans should be spending less this Christmas than they did a year ago.

In some cases, the differences are small.

The budget for a typical Yuma household has dropped by only a dollar since 2015.

And Gilbert spending is down by $48.

But there’s a drop of almost a third in the budget for seasonal spending by Chandler residents. And it’s down by

even more than that in Tucson.

WalletHub spokeswoman Jill Gonzalez said it’s not that her organization can actually predict that people will spend less. But she said that the statistics show that’s what they should be doing.

“The drop is mostly attributed to the increase of the debt-to-income ratio,’’ Gonzalez said.

Consider: In 2015 that ratio for Tucson was 33.4 percent. It now is 53.5 percent.

“Residents are racking up debt faster than they can pay it off,’’ she said, making a lower holiday budget a better choice.

Got relatives outside the Grand Canyon State?

You might be interested to know that all that Silicon Valley money puts Palo Alto at the top of the holiday budget list at $2,821. Sunnyvale, just up the road, is No. 4.

The Houston suburbs of League City, Sugar Land, Pearland and Missouri City, Texas show up in the No. 2, 3, 5 and 6 slots in the WalletHub rankings.

And there are far worse places to have relatives if you’re looking for Christmas gifts, with Brockton and Springfield, Massachusetts holding down the bottom of the list.

Esperanza Lutheran to host “Advent musical” with strong message Esperanza Lutheran Church.

The musical, which Coste is directing avid Kruse Coste doesn’t call with Kathy Tuszinski, the church’s the presentation of his musical, family ministries coordinator, will bring “The Dogs Must Be Crazy,” a a strong Ahwatukee-centric cast to the Christmas production. stage at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 and 10 and 3 p.m.

“I like to consider Dec. 11 at Esperanza this more of an Lutheran, 2601 E. Advent musical than Thunderhill Place, Christmas,” said Ahwatukee.

Coste, referring to In the musical, the the four weeks that lead dog, Jackie, tells precede Christmas. the other dogs to clean And even though up the stable, then he started writing “clean up inside” by “Dogs” as an allegory making peace with for John the Baptist, their longtime rivals, “it does not have the Jericho Cats. But (Special to AFN) overly Christian The cast at Esperanza Lutheran Church the Jericho Cats are themes,” he added. prepares for a production several years ago. suspicious of the invite “It’s a production from the arch-enemies, accessible to anyone, the Bethlehem Dogs. with a strong message to continue to try “It is a very fun, family-friendly script to get along with people, even if it’s hard,” said the 15-year veteran congregant of See DOGS on page 19

AFN NEWS STAFF

D

Toddler • Primary • Elementary • Adolescent

A Foundation for a Lifetime of Learning

11

We looked around every school before our eldest started kindergarten. Once my husband and I visited Keystone Montessori, we stopped looking. We have now been a part of the school for six years. Our children, ages 10, 8 and 2 love the school. The teachers’ commitment to our kids’ development, happiness and success and the freedom to choose and follow their own passion, are some of the many reasons of why we love Keystone.

It takes a village to raise a child, and Keystone is the living example of a community working together for the future of each child.

- Parent Testimonial

www.keystonemontessori.com • (480) 460-7312 1025 E. Liberty Ln. , Phoenix, AZ 85048 (Across the street from the YMCA)

• (480) 460-7312

12

NEWS

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Get the Eyelashes

you’ve always dreamed of

©2016 Amazing Lash Studio • Franchises Available

JOIN OUR GRAND OPENING GUEST LIST: www.AmazingLashStudio.com

(480) 771-8058 AHWATUKEE COMING SOON 4722 E Ray #21 Next to Target • 48th & Ray

Open Locations: ARCADIA TEMPE MARKETPLACE

NEWS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

13

Black Friday tradition in Ahwatukee: Santa in a chopper AFN NEWS STAFF

M

illie’s Hallmark and Ahwatukee Plaza are hosting the annual “Santa’s Back” event, a local tradition, on Black Friday tomorrow.

Santa will arrive by helicopter, followed by an array of holiday activities for families.

Visitors also can grab a bite to eat in the Plaza’s new restaurant, Fresko Mediterranean Kitchen.

For 27 years, Millie’s Hallmark has hosted the Santa’s Back event. Parents who attended this event when they were young now return with their own children.

Holiday activities at the Plaza include: magic elves, face painting, balloon sculpting, Goode Time (Dickensstyle) carolers, balloon artist clown, appearances by Disney’s Cinderella and Princess Elena of Avalor plus Batman and a Point Dance performance.

There also will be free popcorn, cotton candy and churros and a holiday bounce house for the children.

“The whole idea is to provide families with something fun to do on Black Friday that will provide holiday memories for years to come,” said Don Crabtree, owner of Millie’s Hallmark.

“The arrival of Santa via helicopter is always a high point of the Black Friday holiday kick-off event.”

Families can pose for complimentary photos with Santa after his arrival from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is free. Santa Claus will arrive via helicopter at about 11 a.m.

Ahwatukee Plaza is located on the southwest corner of Elliot Road and 51st Avenue. It draws an estimated 33,000 vehicles per day.

Tenants include Gold’s Gym, Millie’s Hallmark, O’ Reilly Auto Parts, Café Boa, Sakana Sushi Bar Teppan, Acacia Salon and Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre.

Fresko Mediterranean Kitchen was opened earlier this month by owner Kody Harris, formerly the executive chef of Thirsty Lion Pub & Grill.

She said her restaurant is a tribute to her Greek heritage. The menu includes

(AFN file photo)

Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive Friday at Ahwatukee Plaza via helicopter, just has they have been for many years in this local Christmas tradition.

family recipes passed down over the years “Our motto is good food doesn’t have to taste bad,” Harris said.

“The concentration of fresh vegetables, fruits, grain & nuts along generous

amounts of olive oil help reduce heart disease, diabetes, various cancers, Alzheimer’s and many other health aliments.”

2 Locations 15175 S. 50th St Between Ray & Chandler (Ahwatukee)

4890 W. Chandler Blvd.

Corner of Chandler & Rural (Chandler)

For Other Hours & Locations Visit Our Site

azvalleyviewtrees.net

(480) 535-8395

CHRISTMAS TREES: Noble Fir

Douglas Fir

Nordmann Fir

Grand Fir

FRESH WREATHS

NEWS

14

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

ONE PRICE Makes You Happy New flooring and all the extras for ONE LOW PRICE!

(Cheryl Haselhorst/AFN Staff Photographer)

50

UP TO

Cherry pickers are essential tools of the trade for Christmas Light Decorators as they get Chandler Boulevard ready for the annual Festival of Lights.

% *

Christmas lights company prepares Ahwatukee, county for holidays

OFF

Pet-Friendly, Kid-Friendly Carpet

BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributing Writer

Get everything the home centers charge extra for – FREE!**

Y

Room Measure • Estimate Delivery • Furniture Moving Carpet Rip Out & Haul Away

18 Month

FINANCING available On purchases of $1,200 or more with your Flooring America Wall to Wall credit card made between 11/02/16 - 12/02/16.†

HUGE SAVINGS ON HARD SURFACE FLOORS, TOO!

There’s a reason we’re the

most recommended.

flooringamerica.com/review

Call (480) 775-0160 now to schedule your FREE In-Home Estimates • FREE Design Consultations AHWATUKEE RESIDENT FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1997

Mon-Fri: 8-6, Sat: 10-4, Sun: 11-4 6909 W Ray Rd., Ste. 5 (SE Corner of Priest & Ray)

www.flooringamericaofchandler.com *% off discount applies to materials only on select items; cushion, labor, and installation charges are additional. **With purchase of $1,200 or more on select items. Certain restrictions apply. All appliances must be unhooked and does not include the moving of consumer electronic equipment. All offers are for retail only; no contract/commercial.

Prior orders exempt. See store for details on all offers and warranties. Offer expires 12/02/16. Participating stores only. Prices shown are for materials only; cushion, labor and installation charges are additional. Not all merchandise is available in all stores. Photos are representational only. Actual merchandise may not exactly match photos shown.

Although we make every effort to ensure that our advertising is accurate, we cannot be held liable for typographical errors or misprints. †Financing provided by Synchrony Bank. See store for details. Subject to credit approval. With purchase of $1,200 or more. FAME-39894. 08/2016.

ou might not recognize its name, but doubtless you’ve appreciated Christmas Light Decorators for brightening the holidays in Ahwatukee and surrounding communities.

The Mesa-based, family-owned Christmas Light Decorators (CLD) is the company behind area holiday displays.

They include the mile-long Festival of Lights in Ahwatukee, the A.J. Chandler Park, Chandler’s Arizona Avenue, Mesa’s Riverview Palms, Scottsdale Quarter and the Kierland Common and—possibly best known of all—Glendale Glitters.

Glendale was the first municipality decorated by the company, which is owned by longtime Mesa resident Doug Topham.

Business burgeoned from there. The company now does more than 360 projects from Flagstaff to Yuma.

Add in private home decorations throughout the Southeast Valley and you have a sparkling holiday landscape—and a very busy season for CLD. For Christmas Light Decorators, the holiday season begins earlier every year.

This year it started in July as crews and cherry pickers spread out across the state to wrap lights around ocotillos, Palo

Verde and assorted deciduous trees, and towering saguaros.

The miles of strings of colored and white lights are mostly LED now, cutting electricity costs dramatically for his clients.

Topham’s work extends beyond Maricopa County with Prescott, “Arizona’s Christmas City,” one of the most iconic. There, 100 of the 173 towering elms surrounding the Yavapai County Courthouse are wrapped in various colors.

Glendale Glitters is the first of the civic holiday displays to be started. Topham said the installation of the approximate 1.2 million lights begins in August and continues for about 14 weeks.

Christmas Light Decorator’s 10,000-square-foot warehouse is the source of its holiday magic, with nearly 10 million lights and boxes of carefully organized decorations lining hundreds of shelves.

There’s also other holiday décor, such as massive wreaths. Among them are the three 30-foot, one-ton, steelframed colossal circlets hung annually at Scottsdale Quarter.

With all the work and details of decorating the state for the holidays, it would be understandable if Topham See

LIGHTS on page 15

NEWS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

LIGHTS

from page 14

became Grinch-like, but that’s not the case.

“I love the holidays and the spirit of the holidays,” he said. “It’s a fun, magical time, especially for children, and I enjoy seeing the faces of everyone when the lights are up and lit,” he said.

Topham said he, wife Marci and their six children, two of them college-age, often drive to view many of the light displays during their own holiday time.

Ahwatukee’s Million White Light Holiday Display on Chandler Boulevard from 24th Street to Desert Foothills Parkway was trimmed by CLD in October.

Crews swarmed the median strip, cherry pickers in tow, wrapping towering saguaros and various trees so that all would be tested and ready to go when the lights were turned on at the annual Kick-Off Party on Saturday.

More than 600,000 energy-saving LED lights will twinkle throughout the

15

holidays from Thanksgiving through Parade while riding their Harley- replacing any non-working lights on a New Year’s Day on 328 trees and cactuses Davidson’s—praised CLD for “their daily basis during the season.

“Because of their attention to detail in the seven median islands. level of knowledge and creativity.”

The area remains ablaze each evening “Christmas Light Decorators bring and knowledge of our surroundings through Jan. 1. a little added decor or upgrade in the and needs, we’ve remained with them,” she continued.

“We’ve been utilizing For years, the task of Christmas Lights Decorators unwrapping the Chandler to string the lights on the Boulevard lights from the medians on Chandler cactuses and trees was done by Boulevard to create the Million local residents.

White Lights display for nearly That’s no longer necessary, said 18 years,” said FOL Board Hazlett.

President Janyce Hazlett.

“Up until 2011, volunteers “Initially, a local homeowner took the lights down; quite a worked the project with a daunting activity. Then CLD crew, but the job became too offered to take them down large and we began to search without increasing their costs,” for a company who specialized said Hazlett, who has been a in such magnificent displays,” board member for 18 years and Hazlett added. “CLD came president for the past two. to us with a reference from (Cheryl Haselhorst/AFN Staff Photographer) CLD is no longer just about Glendale Glitters and several Joel Wood of Christmas Light Decorators wraps one of the trees in the holiday decorations.

The other large installations and median of Chandler Boulevard with Christmas lights. company decorates nearly 400 so began this long-term properties annually, relationship. lights themselves, which are all LED commercial Hazlett—who with her husband, Bill, now,” she said. “They work in a timely offering a full range of installation, lead the annual Lighted Motorcycle fashion, carefully testing the lights and design and product sales.

S E V I R R A A T N A S

Don’t miss Santa’s arrival by helicopter to the Ahwatukee Plaza!

...but come early, as the fun starts at 9:00am!

AHWATUKEE PLAZA STORE DIRECTORY

Ahwatukee Chiropractic & Massage • J Cal’s Salon & Barber Shop • Ahwatukee Cleaners • Ahwatukee Medical Supply • Caffe Boa • O’Reilly Auto Parts • EOS Fitness • Hertz Millie’s Gold Crown Hallmark • Lalezar Tanning Spa • Original Burrito Company • Sakana Sushi Bar • Smiley Nails • 3 Dudes Quilting • The Bagel Man • Fresko Mediterranean Kitchen

Santa’s transportation provided by Canyon State Aero Helicopters

ounce House B m p 0 :0 1 9:00am the Clown J D f o y tr is rt A pm Balloon 9:30am-12:30 ns Carolers e k ic D m p 0 9:30am-1:3 gic Elves a M ’s ta n a S m 9:30am-1:30p Performance e c n a D te in o am Center P 0 :3 0 1 m a 0 Hero Guests :0 r e 10 p u S d n a s s Special Prince m anta! p 0 S :0 h 1 t i m w a s o t 10:00 o or ph

amera f c r u o y g n i r B

Candy Canes & Special Gifts for the Kids.

n Call o i t a m r o f n I For More 777 .3 3 9 .8 0 8 4 k r ma Millie’s Hall e Merchants of Sponsored by th

za

Ahwatukee Pla

NEWS

16

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

AFN Christmas Lights Contest in full gear AFN NEWS STAFF

T

he Ahwatukee Foothills News’ Holiday Lights Contest is open to nominations for only six more

days.

The contest is for all of the residents who go that extra mile and festoon their homes with the glitz and glitter of Christmas.

Have you noticed a neighbor’s elaborate decorations for the season?

Have you been inspired by them—or more than a little irritated? Do you think yours are more tasteful?

You don’t even have to know the homeowner’s name. Just send in the address and whip out your smartphone to snap a photo just to give us an idea of what’s special about it.

Go ahead and write a note about why you nominated it. And, yes, you can nominate yourself as well. We do need your name, address and phone number as “official nominator” for any contenders you send along.

What makes for the best lighting display? We’ll be the judge of that. The

AFN will award prizes in a few different categories. (And we’ll figure out what those are after we look at the nominees.)

Just a few rules, because what’s a contest without rules? You don’t have to buy anything to enter or to have a better chance at winning.

The nominated home, business or edifice must be in Ahwatukee.

It must be a building the general public can view from the street in their car, a limo or on foot.

To enter, go to surveymonkey.com/r/ AFNLights and attach that smartphone image of the display. Please supply the exact address, since Siri has trouble with approximations.

If you’re really old school, then write us at Ahwatukee Holiday Lights, 1620 W. Fountainhead Parkway, Suite 219, Tempe, AZ 85282. Be sure to include your Polaroids. And don’t forget your contact information.

We’ll accept entries through Nov. 30. The following week or so, we’ll be judging, so winners won’t be announced until Dec. 14, maybe Dec. 7 if our staffers can cut loose from the South

GET ’EM WHILE THEY’RE HOT. (OR COLD).

FOR A LIMITED TIME BUILD YOUR OWN MEDIUM TURKEY, HAM OR ROAST BEEF SUB FOR A NEW LOW PRICE.

4

.99

$

Then, we’ll share information about the best ones and even map them for you at ahwatukee.com.

OUR SERVICES:

• Hair Cuts • Bath and Brush • Pet Spa Packages • Pet CPR/First Aid Classes • Dog Training

4825 E. Warner Rd #21

(Bashas Center, 48th St/Warner Rd)

www.diamondcutpetspa.com Benefiting Lost Our Home Pet Rescue

December 10, 2016 8:00am to 4:30pm

S

TEMPE

4025 E. Chandler Blvd.

(40th St./Chandler Blvd.)

7700 S. Priest Dr. (Priest & Elliot)

Hours: Sun-Thurs 10am - 9pm Fri-Sat 10am - 10pm

Hours: Mon-Fri 9am - 9pm Sat-Sun 10am - 9pm

480-621-5778

480-753-9977 S

Mountain Freeway, beleaguered golf courses and whatever else threatens to distract the community from its efforts to spread holiday cheer.

Santa Paws Photos

EACH FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY

AHWATUKEE

(Special to AFN)

If you decorate your house as nice as this one, you could be a winner of the Ahwatukee Foothills News’ first Holiday Lights Contest. Get your nomination in by next week.

$25.00 includes photo CD

Reserve a sitting time — Spots go quickly!

480-689-1261

$10 OFF Grooming Services With coupon. Expires 1/20/17. Not valid with any other offers.

Sales Event!

Sales NEWS

• 3000 watts • Convenient Electric Starting 17 • Power RV’s11, 2016.

Act now! Offer good Nov. 1 -for Dec. Act now!

Including 13,500 BTU Offer go AC and Basic Home Backup Power

• 1000 watts • Super Lightweight — Less Than 29 lbs.

• Power for Fans, TV, Lights and Small Power Tools and Appliances

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Forecast at Foothills Baptist Church: Honda Holiday Honda Holiday Honda Holiday Tons of snow on 21st Street Sales Sales Event!

Sales Event! Event!

EU2000i

AFN NEWS STAFF

H

MSRP * HOLIDAY ** SAVINGS YOUR PRICE!

EU1000i

MSRP * $2,329.95 MSRP * $MSRP* $ 2,599.95 HOLIDAY ** 949.95 $ 380.95 HOLIDAYHOLIDAY ** SAVINGS $ ** ––$200.95 SAVINGS 350.95 – SAVINGS YOUR $ YOUR 1,949.00 PRICE! $ 749.00 YOUR PRICE! $• 3000 watts PRICE! ••2,249.00 1000 watts Electric Convenient

949.95 – $200.95 $

749.00

$

• 1000 watts • Super Lightweight — Less Than 29 lbs.

• Power for Fans, TV, Lights and Small Power Tools and Appliances

Act now! Offer good Nov.Offer 1 - Dec. 11, 2016.

Act now! good Nov. 1 - Dec. 11, 2016.

• Super Lightweight — Starting

ere is the Ahwatukee weather forecast for Dec. 10: snow.

Lots of it.

Like 15 tons of it.

But don’t go out and get a shovel.

But do get your kids and grandkids and plan to head down to Foothills Baptist Church, 15450 S. 21st St., Ahwatukee because all that snow will be in its parking lot and available for them to frolic 5-8 p.m.

The giant pile of what Easterners grudgingly call “the white stuff” is part of the church’s new holiday event, called “A Snowy Night in Ahwatukee.”

It’s replacing Foothills Baptist’s 10-year tradition of the Living Christmas Tree, a constructed riser made of wooden panels decorated with greenery and lights that would light up in sync with various musical and orchestral performances.

“Hopefully it will be fun for the kids, some of whom probably have never seen snow,” said Susan Burress, the organizer of the event that requires dozens of volunteers to pull off its many facets.

“We did the Living Christmas tree for 10 years and felt it was time to do something different so the community could have some fun,” Burress explained.

“We just thought a snow pile would be a lot of fun. We did it for a vacation Bible school and the kids had a blast.”

They’ll have other blast-inducing attractions as well.

There will be a train, petting zoo, kids’ crafts, glitter tattoos, an outdoor showing of Christmas movie shorts, and even a balloon artist who will be going around and making artistic creations for children.

While Snowy Night might seem to be for kids only, Burress and her group also have a few things planned for adults as well.

For one thing, there’s the spectacle of it all.

“I’m also going to light up our whole campus with white light to coincide with the Festival of Lights because we’re right on that corner where it all starts down Chandler Boulevard,” Burress said. “So it’s going to be very festive with a very wonderful holiday spirit for the community.

Three gift baskets also will be raffled off and there will be two photo booths so

® EU3000i Handi EU3000is

EU1000i

MSRP * $1,149.95 HOLIDAY ** $ SAVINGS – 200.95 YOUR $ 949.00 PRICE! Act now! Offer good Nov. 1 - Dec. 11, 2016.

• 2000 watts • Lightweight — Less Than 47 lbs.

• Power for Microwave, Refrigerators, EU3000is Hair Dryer and EU1000i $$ Small AC Units MSRP * MSRP * 2,329.95 949.95 HOLIDAY HOLIDAY **** $ $ 380.95 SAVINGS –– 200.95 SAVINGS EU1000i YOUR $ YOUR $ PRICE! 1,949.00 749.00 PRICE! $

• 3000 watts Than lbs.

•Less Power for29 RV’s • Power for Fans, TV,BTU Including 13,500 • Convenient SwingLights and Small Power AC and Basic Home Up Handle for Easy Tools and Appliances Backup Power Transport • Perfect forEU3000i RV Handi® EU2000i Supplemental Power, MSRP *$$2,599.95 Home HOLIDAY Backup MSRP ***1,149.95 $ HOLIDAY ** –$ 350.95 Use and Camping SAVINGS – 200.95 SAVINGS YOUR EU3000is YOUR $2,249.00 PRICE! $ 949.00 PRICE! $

Get Limited Time Holiday Discounts On These Super Quiet Honda EU Series Generators!

EU1000i MSRP * HOLIDAY ** SAVINGS YOUR PRICE!

949.95 – $200.95 $

749.00

$

949.95 EU2000i Companion

MSRP * 3000watts watts ••1000 Convenient Electric HOLIDAY ** $ ••Super Lightweight — Starting Less Than 29 lbs.

MSRP* $ SAVINGS Powerfor forFans, RV’sTV, ••Power HOLIDAY ** YOUR $$ Including 13,500 BTU Lights and Small Power SAVINGS PRICE! AC and Home Tools andBasic Appliances Backup Power YOUR • 1000 watts $

• 1000 watts • Super Lightweight — Less Than 29 lbs.

• Power for Fans, TV, Lights and Small Power Tools and Appliances

PRICE!

$ $ MSRP * *$1,279.95 MSRP 2,599.95 MSRP * *$1,149.95 MSRP 2,599.95 Power for Fans, ••Lightweight — TV, HOLIDAY **** $ HOLIDAY HOLIDAY HOLIDAY **** $ $ $ – 230.95 350.95 SAVINGS –– 200.95 Lights and47 Small Less Than lbs. Power SAVINGS SAVINGS SAVINGS – 350.95 YOUR YOUR $ YOUR YOUR $ $ Tools and Appliances $ • 30A Receptacle Allows PRICE! PRICE! 2,249.00 949.00 2,249.00 PRICE! PRICE! 1,049.00

Easy Hook-Up to RV 3000watts watts ••2000 Convenient— SwingOptional Connector ••Lightweight Up Handle Less Than 47for lbs.Easy Transport • Power for Microwave, •Refrigerators, Perfect for RV Supplemental Hair Dryer and Power, Home Small ACBackup Units MSRP * $ Use and Camping HOLIDAY ** $

• 2000 watts • Lightweight — Less Than 47 lbs.

• Power for Microwave, Refrigerators, Hair Dryer and Small AC Units

Central Phoenix families can have a group picture taken.

4050 E Indian School Rd 602-954-3273 Then there’s something for young and old alike: food.

While some food will be free, other items will be on sale. But Burress said they’ll be priced as cheap as possible. So far the vendors include What’s Poppin’ Kettle Corn, La Fiesta Street Tacos, Boca Salsa. The church also has lined up a snow cone machine to make edible snowballs.

“Everything is very low cost,” Burress said. “We’re trying to be low cost for families.”

The church will also sponsor a hot cocoa bar and give kids and adults the opportunity to make their own s’mores over fire pits.

And no Christmas celebration is complete without cookies.

Several dozen women form the church are baking up a storm. “We have a lot of good bakers and they love to do that,” Burress said.

Burress said she also has anticipated one problem: “Our parking lot will be completely taken over by Snowy Night in Ahwatukee.”

So she’s lined up 30 people to provide a free shuttle service from three Kyrene schools—Monte Vista, Altadena and Cerritos.

•• 2000 watts 3000 watts •• Lightweight — SwingConvenient Less 47for lbs.Easy Up Than Handle Transport • 30A Receptacle Allows Easy Hook-Up to RV with • Perfect for RV Optional Connector Supplemental Power, Home Backup Use and Camping

Easy Hook-Up to RV with Starting

1,149.95 SAVINGS – 200.95 EU7000is EU2000i Companion EU7000is YOUR West Valley $ East Valley MSRP 4,499.95 MSRP * * 1,279.95 MSRP * 4,499.95East Valley 949.00 Valley PRICE! 1313 E West Baseline Rd, HOLIDAY** 803 E Van Buren St,

EU2000i Companion

Avondale

with

EU2000i

• 2000 watts • Lightweight — Less Than 47 lbs.

• 30A Receptacle Allows Easy Hook-Up to RV with (AFN File Photo) Optional Connector

• Convenient Electric EU7000is • 7000 watts Starting EU2000i $Companion MSRP*$ 4,499.95 Power for RV’s ••Fuel Injected MSRP *Honda HOLIDAY **1,279.95 $ 700.95 HOLIDAY ** –$ BTU SAVINGS Including 13,500 Commercial Grade – 230.95 SAVINGS YOUR $ AC and—Basic Engine No Carburetor!

YOUR Home PRICE! $ 3,799.00 1,049.00 PRICE! Backup Powerwatts • Push Button • 7000Electric watts Honda Starting•••2000 Fuel Injected Lightweight — Grade Commercial Less Than 47 • Perfect for RV’s Engine — and No lbs.

Carburetor! ® ••30A Receptacle Allows EU3000i Handi Home Backup Power Push Button Electric

EU2000i Companion EU3000i Handi®

® EU3000i Handi EU2000i • 2000 watts29 lbs.

Less Than

MSRP * $1,149.95 HOLIDAY ** $ SAVINGS – 200.95 YOUR $ 949.00 PRICE!

623-435-3086

1,049.00

• Super Lightweight —

MSRP* $1,279.95 HOLIDAY** $ SAVINGS – 230.95 YOUR $ PRICE! 1,049.00

3000 watts MSRP *••2000 2,329.95 EU7000is watts SwingConvenient HOLIDAY **••Lightweight —for Easy Up$Handle $ 380.95 – MSRP* Less Than 47 lbs.

SAVINGS 4,499.95 Transport forfor Microwave, HOLIDAY Perfect RV YOUR **•$•Power $ –Supplemental 700.95 Power, 1,949.00 SAVINGS PRICE! Refrigerators, Hair Dryer and Home Backup Small AC Units •YOUR 3000 watts $ Use and Camping PRICE! 3,799.00

• 2000 watts • 3000 watts • Lightweight — • Convenient Less Than 47 Electric lbs.

Starting • Power for Microwave, • Power for RV’s Refrigerators, Including 13,500 BTU Hair Dryer and AC and Basic Home Small AC Units Backup Power

– 200.95 1,279.95 – 230.95 749.00

EU2000i

Foothills Baptist Church’s Living Christmas Tree, shown here in a 2014 photo, has been replaced with a community event called A Snowy Night in West Valley 803 E Van Buren St, Ahwatukee.

EU2000i EU3000is

MSRP * $1,149.95 $ MSRP HOLIDAY *** 2,329.95 $ HOLIDAY **– 200.95 SAVINGS – $380.95 SAVINGS YOUR $ YOUR $ 949.00 PRICE! PRICE! 1,949.00

$$

$

HOLIDAY** $ $ 700.95 SAVINGS ––230.95 SAVINGS •Avondale 2000 watts YOUR $ YOUR 3,799.00 PRICE! $1,049.00 PRICE! • Lightweight

** St,$ 803HOLIDAY E Van Buren 1313 E Baseline Rd, SAVINGS – 700.95 Gilbert Avondale Gilbert YOUR

Connector MSRP * $•Optional Perfect for RV’s and 2,599.95 Backup Power HOLIDAY ** Home $ – 350.95 SAVINGS YOUR $ PRICE! 2,249.00 West Valley

East Valley

E Van Buren St, 1313 E Baseline Rd • 3000803watts Avondale Gilbert • Convenient Swing623-435-3086 — 480-558-9974 623-435-3086 7000watts watts Less Than 47 lbs.

Up Handle for Easy • 7000 watts ••2000 North Valley Central Phoenix • Fuel Injected Honda • Lightweight — • Fuel Injected Honda North Valley Central Phoenix Transport • Power for Microwave, 4050 E Indian School RdGrade 15634 N 32nd St North Valley Central Phoenix Commercial Grade Less Than 47 lbs.

Commercial 15634 N 32nd St 4050 E Indian School Rd Engine — No Carburetor!

Refrigerators, 602-992-1150 • Perfect for RV 602-954-3273 — No • 30A Receptacle 15634 NEngine 32nd St Carburetor!

4050 EAllows Indian School Rd 602-992-1150 602-954-3273 •Easy Push Button Electric Hook-Up to RV with • Push Button Electric Hair Dryer and Suggested Retail Price.

Power, *Manufacturer’s **Special Holiday Discount good Nov. 1 through Dec.Supplemental 11, 2016. No rain checks.

At participating StartingConnector Optional 602-992-1150 Suggested RetailtoPrice. **Special Discount good Nov. 1 Starting 602-954-3273 only. Not all dealers carry all products.

Special Holiday Discount *Manufacturer’s terms and conditions are subject change without Holiday notice. Please Smalldealers AC Units Home Backup • Perfect for RV’s and only.use Notinall carry all products.

Special Holiday terms and • Perfect for RV’s and read the owner’s manual before operating your Honda Power Equipmentdealers and never andealers enclosed or partially enclosed area whereDiscount you Use and Camping Home Backup owner’sto manual before operating Honda Power Equipment and never Home Backup Power could be exposed to odorless, poisonous carbon monoxide.

Connection of athe generator house power requires ayour transfer device to avoid *Manufacturer’s Suggested RetailPower Price. **Special Holiday Discount good Nov. 1 through Dec.read 11, 2016.

No rain checks.

At participating $ 480-558-9974 623-435-3086 PRICE! 3,799.00 480-558-9974

could be exposed to odorless, poisonous carbon monoxide. Connection of a gene

possible injury to power company personnel. Consult a qualified electrician. ©2016 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. dealers only. Not all dealers carry all products. Special Holiday Discount terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.

Please possible injury to power company personnel.

Consult a qualified electric read the owner’s manual before operating your Honda Power Equipment and never use in an enclosed or partially enclosed area where you EU2000i Companion EU7000is East Valleycould be exposed toWest odorless, carbon Valley poisonous East Valleymonoxide. Connection of a generator to house power requires a transfer device to avoid $ Inc. 1313 E Baseline Rd, 803 injury E Van Buren St, company 1313 E Baseline Rd, Consult a qualified electrician. ©2016 American Honda possible to power personnel.

Motor*Co., MSRP * $1,279.95 MSRP 4,499.95 Gilbert Avondale Gilbert HOLIDAY ** $ HOLIDAY** $ 480-558-9974 480-558-9974 623-435-3086 SAVINGS – 230.95 SAVINGS – 700.95 North Valley YOUR YOUR $ North Valley Central Phoenix $ 1,049.00 15634 N 32nd St PRICE! 3,799.00 15634 N 32nd St 4050 E Indian School Rd PRICE!

602-954-3273 Voted Best Dentist & Customer Service

602-992-1150

6 Years in a Row

602-992-1150

• 7000 watts • Fuel Injected Honda Commercial Grade Engine — No Carburetor!

• Push Button Electric Starting • Perfect for RV’s and Home Backup Power

• 2000 watts • Lightweight — Less Than 47 lbs.

• 30A Receptacle Allows Easy Hook-Up to RV with Optional Connector

*Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. **Special Holiday Discount good Nov. 1 throughSuggested Dec. 11, 2016. rain**Special checks. AtHoliday participating *Manufacturer’s Retail No Price.

Discount good Nov. 1 through Dec. 11, 2016. No rain checks. At participating dealers only. Not all dealers carry all products. Special Holiday Discountdealers terms and are subject toproducts. change without Please only.conditions Not all dealers carry all Specialnotice.

Holiday Discount terms and conditions are subject to change without notice. Please read the owner’s manual before operating your Honda Power Equipment andthe never use in an enclosed partiallyyour enclosed where you read owner’s manual before or operating Hondaarea Power Equipment and never use in an enclosed or partially enclosed area where you could be exposed to odorless, poisonous carbon monoxide. Connectioncould of a generator to to house powerpoisonous requires acarbon transfermonoxide. device to Connection avoid be exposed odorless, of a generator to house power requires a transfer device to avoid possible injury to power company personnel. Consult a qualified electrician. ©2016 American Motor Co., Inc. Consult a qualified electrician. ©2016 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. possible injury to powerHonda company personnel.

West Valley 803 E Van Buren St, Avondale

Best Central Dentist Phoenix 623-435-3086

4050 E Indian School Rd

East Valley 1313 E Baseline Rd, Gilbert

480-558-9974

North Valley 15634 N 32nd St

602-992-1150

602-954-3273

*Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. **Special Holiday Discount good Nov. 1 through Dec. 11, 2016. No rain checks. At participating • Implants • Invisalign CEREC Same DayHoliday CrownsDiscount terms and conditions are subject to change without notice. Please dealers only.

Not all dealers carry all• products.

Special read •the manual before operating your Honda Power Equipment Inowner’s Office Whitening • CT/3D Scanner • Specialists on-site and never use in an enclosed or partially enclosed area where you could be exposed to odorless, poisonous carbon monoxide. Connection of a generator to house power requires a transfer device to avoid • Laser Treatment for Canker/Cold Sores, Gingivitis, and Periodontal possible injury to power company personnel. Consult a qualifiDisease ed electrician. ©2016 American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Not Using Your C-PAP? Ask us about your options!

WHITENING SPECIAL! In-Office $ Whitening

200 $ 100

Take-Home Whitening Tray System

Offer expires 11-29-16

Rashmi Bhatnagar, DMD Dallin Birch, DMD

NEED A CLEANING?

79 $ 49 $

New Patient Special*

Children 14 & Under* Includes: Exam, Cleaning & X-rays

15715 S. 46th St., Suite 104, Phoenix, AZ 85048

480.598.5900

BellaVistaDentalCare.com Mon/Wed 8-5 • Tues/Thurs 9-6

Call Us for In-Network Insurance Status

18

NEWS

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Porsche Chandler. Now open on Gilbert Road.

A luxury experience encompassing Sales, Service, Parts and Accessories fueled by the passion and intelligent performance that is uniquely Porsche. Showcasing the finest selection of New, Certified and Pre-Owned Porsche models. Conveniently located North of the Santan 202 Freeway on Gilbert Road in Chandler, Arizona.

Please visit our website for new vehicle inventory.

Porsche Chandler 1010 S. Gilbert Rd. Chandler, AZ 85286 (480) 994-9000 PorscheChandler.com

(Will Powers/AFN Staff Photographer)

Ashleigh Smith has been making hats for cancer patients since she was a young girl. She uses a magnetic connection for the live or cloth flowers to attach to the hat so that the person can change the decoration to fit their outfit or mood.

Student’s custom caps helps brighten chemo patients’ days

BY KAYTLIN MARTINO AFN Contributing Writer

A

rizona State University junior Ashleigh Smith holds philanthropic work close to her

heart.

An interior design major, Smith has helped her sorority, Delta Gamma, raise $20,000 for Service for Sight, and works with Feed My Starving children.

But a project that began in high school has had a lasting impact.

In her freshman year at Basha High School in Chandler, Smith was approached by one of her teachers about a 10-year-old girl with cancer. The teacher knew that Smith had her own small business in middle school making hair bows and other accessories for her classmates. She hoped that Smith could

craft some bows for the girl to make her feel more comfortable with her chemotherapy.

Smith created a special hat for chemo patients called Chemo Caps.

Chemo Caps were designed to be customizable and specialized for each patient. Smith bought baseball-style caps and lined them with magnets so that the patient could personalize the hat with accessories.

Smith first started donating her Chemo Caps to patients at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The caps became a huge hit and she continued donating the chemo caps throughout her four years of high school.

Starting her senior year of high school, Smith set a personal goal of donating 150 handmade caps to patients. Not See

CAPSon page 19

NEWS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

CAPS

from page 18

only did Smith achieve this goal, she got 100 Major League Baseball hats donated to accommodate boys battling cancer.

“Even in my busy college years, Chemo Caps have still remained a huge part of my life,” Smith said.

After learning that a fellow sorority sister was diagnosed with cancer, as well as a friend’s mother, Smith decided to get her hands on these caps once again.

“I can’t talk for every woman, but when my mom lost her hair, she felt very self-conscious out in public, said Kelsey King, a senior at ASU and one of Smith’s closest friends. “She hates the hole in the back of normal ball caps because they show her (hairless) head, and finding a hat without that ponytail hole is incredibly hard.”

“To have a cap that is custom-made for my Mom is amazing.”

Erica Davis, Smith’s English teacher for her freshman and senior year of high school, supported Smith through her high school years.

She backed the creation of Chemo Caps, saying, “Ashleigh was always a visible student for her academic and leadership qualities.”

DOGS

19

from page 11

that should appeal to a general audience,” said Coste, who has written two other musicals, “Dirk Danger and the Lady in White” and “Noelophobia.”

Coached by Ella Coste, the cast of 24 young actors, ranging in age from 6-16, all live in the community but fewer than half are members of Esperanza Lutheran.

Leads are Tatum Willis as the leader of the Bethlehem Dogs, Zachary Fielding as her second in command, Anni Wright as the leader of the Jericho Cats and Kami Bryson as Willy, the cunning leader of the local coyote pack.

The cast was assembled as a part of a general casting call last summer and has been rehearsing since August.

“The actors just met with the directing team, told us what kind of part they wanted, then we revised the script to allow for the right kind of part for the right kind of actor,” explained Coste, a music teacher at Veritas Preparatpry Academy.

“Custom writing the script to fit the company is a unique part of what we do, as is offering roles without auditioning for them. It can’t be done with canned “Disney Jr.” productions, as good as they

(Special to AFN)

“The Dogs Must be Crazy,” a musical with a strong message, will be playing at Esperanza Lutheran Church in Ahwatukee in a few weeks.

are, and I think the actors really like the opportunity.”

The once-a-week rehearsals have eased the burden that is imposed on a cast of most any production, he added.

“I’ve found that in other productions, an actor needs to give up an awful lot to be in it,” Coste said. “A weekly rehearsal time allows actors to follow other pursuits, or even better, have more time at home with the family.”

“We can probably have a better production if we have boot camps and rehearsals all week and all-day Saturday rehearsals, but we feel that it’s more valuable to sacrifice this quality for a more sensible balance of theater and

life,” he said, adding that he is not willing “to create a higher quality product at the expense of a family’s time together.”

Esperanza Lutheran Church is providing support for the production— including set construction, lighting, videography, costumes and hospitality—but Coste stressed it “is truly an Ahwatukee community-wide production.”

It is funded through an Indiegogo fundraise and ticket sales, but this year Coste has slashed the price to a $5 suggested donation.

Tickets can be purchased at thedogsmustbecracy.com

20

NEWS

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Results you can see...

Care you can feel.

CALENDAR

THURSDAY, DEC. 1 Medicare talks slated

Holiday Gift Card Special!

Gregory J. Geryak of Next Step Advisors will discuss Medicare options, entitlements and rights and recent changes that will take effect next year for recipients.

DETAILS>> 4-5 p..m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. Same time as well on Dec. 6. Both sessions are free. Information: 480-797-5615 or nsadvisor. com.

TUESDAY, DEC. 6

Writing resources discussed

Attention writers: author Anissa Stringer will discuss resources, apps, and software designed to help you write.

DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. Information: haley.dziuk@phoenix. gov.

Purchase a

$100

Gift Card

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7

Receive $25 FREE!

Joseph Ortiz to teach

Ahwatukee financial advisor Joseph Ortiz, of the firm Edward Jones, will teach a continuing education class for certified public accountantsfocusing on a tax update for small and medium businesses and their owners.

DETAILS>> 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Suite 1, 4902 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee. Information: 480-753-7664.

SATURDAY, DEC. 10

Create ‘edible houses’

Bradley Rasmussen, M.D.

Sarah Neumann, MMS, PA-C

Nathan S. Uebelhoer, DO

Create a graham cracker house for the holidays! This event is free and all supplies will be provided. Event is open to teens 12-17.

DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. Teens ages 12-17. No registration required.

SUNDAY, DEC. 11

‘Nutcracker’ for Hogwarts

Bethany Cheatham, MSN, FNP-C

Lisa Cockrell, RN

Mark Weaver, MPAS, PA-C

Kelly Fields, LME, CLT

The magic of the season is let loose at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the library blends enchanting Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math activities with a holiday flair, and throws in a musical performance by the Mill Avenue Chamber Players to boot.

DETAILS>> 1-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. All ages.

THURSDAY, DEC. 15

Put on pajamas for stories

Physician Assistant SARAH NEUMANN

Skin Care

CARMEN’S SKIN CARE

Wear your pajamas to a special Story-time reading of “The Polar Express.” Enjoy cookies with your friends afterward.

DETAILS>> 6:30-7:15 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Children up to 5 years old. No registration required, but come early as space is limited.

SATURDAY, DEC. 17

‘Nutcracker’ showcased

480.704.SKIN (7546) 4425 E. Agave Road, Suite 148 Phoenix, AZ 85044 w w w. A h wa t u ke e S k i n C a re . c o m

Ahwatukee dance instructor Kimberly Lewis will present her 17th annual “Nutcracker” with Santa making a guest appearance after both afternoon shows.

DETAILS>> Tickets are on sale for 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 17 and 2 p.m. Dec. 18. All performances at Mountain Pointe High School’s Fine Arts Theatre. Tickets can be obtained at Dance Studio 111, 4910 Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee, at 480-706-6040, or by emailing afnutcracker@gmail.com.

Tickets are $18 to $40 for assigned seating. Information: afnutcracker.com.

Craft-palooza offered

Need some alone time for last minute holiday chores?

Send dad and the kids to the library for crafts and oldschool cartoons.

DETAILS>> 1-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. Ages 6-11. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28

Go beyond bracelet basics

Go beyond the basics of making bracelets and learn how to make more complicated friendship wrist jewelry.

DETAILS>> 4:30-6:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. Teens ages 12-17. No registration required.

ONGOING

Congregation to see Israel

Congregation NefeshSoul is planning a tour of Israel June 10-20, 2017. Explore historical sites along with the beauty and rich culture of Israel.

DETAILS>> Rabbi Susan Schanerman at rabbi@ nefeshsoul.org.

MONDAYS

Open play for kids offered

Open Playday is held through Dec. 19 by the Kyrene Early Education Resource Center to help children explore and make sense of the world around them.

DETAILS>> 9-11 a.m. Kyrene de las Lomas, 11820 S. Warner-Elliot Loop, Ahwatukee. Register: kyrene.org/ earlyed.

Chamber offers networking

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce networking and leads group is open to chamber members.

DETAILS>> Noon, Native Grill and Wings, 5030 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Devida Lewis, 480-753-7676.

Group aids MS sufferers

This group addresses the informational, emotional and social support needs of the MS community. People with MS, care partners and spouses are welcome. The group mobilizes people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges people affected

by MS. DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-noon, third Monday of each month, Dignity Health Urgent Care Ahwatukee, conference room, 4545 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. Information: Lynn Grant at lgrant3567@yahoo.com or 480-414-7172.

TUESDAYS

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 Foothills Chamber of Commerce networking and leads group is open to chamber members.

DETAILS>> 8-9 a.m., Four Points by Sheraton, 10831 S. 51st St., Ahwatukee. Devida Lewis, 480-753-7676.

WEDNESDAYS

Watercolor classes available See

CALENDAR on page 21

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive. Contact jstowe2@cox.net or FoothillsWomensClub.org.

CALENDAR

from page 20

Watercolor classes that teach both bold and beautiful as well as soft and subtle approaches to the art are available twice a week for beginners and intermediate students who are at least 15 years old.

Step-by-step instruction and personal help are provided.

DETAILS>> 2:30-5 Wednesdays and 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Saturdays at Hobby Lobby, 46th Street and Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Cost: $25 per class, $80 for four classes.

Registration required: jlokits@yahoo.com or 480-471-8505.

Montessori offers tours

Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori is 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 ladies in the area. Guest speaker or entertainment featured.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m. second Wednesday of the month,

NEWS

Parents can ‘drop in’

DETAILS>> 8-9 a.m., First American Title Conference Room, 4435 E. Chandler Blvd., #100, Ahwatukee. Devida Lewis, 480-753-7676.

Chamber offers leads

Alzheimer’s group meets

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.

Get a doughnut, meet a Dem

Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce networking and leads group offers business owners as chance to get involved and network. Open to chamber members and nonmembers.

DETAILS>> 8 a.m. Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce, 4435 E. Chandler Blvd., Suite 140. Shannon Kinsman, 480-753-7676.

Mothers find support

Ahwatukee/Chandler nonprofit breast cancer support group.

DETAILS>> 10 a.m. to noon, second Saturday of the month. Morrison Boardroom next to Chandler Regional Medical Center, 1875 W. Frye Road, Chandler. Contact Patti Lynch at 480-893-8900 or tomklynch@msn.com or Cele Ludig at 480-330-4301.

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.

Free and open to the public 7:30-9 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month at Biscuits Restaurant, 4623 E. Elliot Road. RSVP: marie9@q.com or 480-592-0052.

LD 18 Dems meet

The Legislative District 18 Democrats have changed their monthly meeting to their new campaign office at 1867 E. Baseline Road, Tempe.

DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m. social time, 7-8:30 p.m. meeting time on the second Monday of each month. Information: ld18demsinfo@gmail.com. Free and open to the public.

Special networking offered

Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce has a networking and leads group is open to chamber members.

DETAILS>> >11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Radisson Hotel, 7475 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler. Devida Lewis, 480-753-7676.

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 teach skills

This chamber-exclusive Chapter of the International Toastmasters club boasts professional development skills. Become the speaker and leader you want to be with Ahwatukee Chamber Toastmasters Club.

SATURDAYS

Bosom Buddies gather

— Email calendar items to pmaryniak@ahwatukees. com — Check us out and like the Ahwatukee Foothills News on Facebook and AhwatukeeFN on Twitter.

BIG EVENT COMING UP?

Don’t wait till the last minute to tell our readers about an upcoming public event.

Contact pmaryniak@ahwatukee.com or 480-898-5647.

THURSDAYS

3D-Networkx connects

This group focuses on creating powerful relationships with fellow members, resulting in meaningful referrals.

1

#

21

Learn how to create connections and get the most out of networking events.

DETAILS>> 8-9 a.m., Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce, 4435 E. Chandler Blvd., Suite 140. Information: Shannon Kinsman, 480-753-7676.

UNFINISHED Furniture Showroom Sale!

PRACTICING SINCE 1998

Elizabeth Estes

NOW thru 11/30/16

30% OFF

All items on the showroom floor!

• Spend $50 get a free pint of General Finishes Water Based Stain!

• Spend over $50 get a free quart of General Finishes Water Based Stain!

6045 W. Chandler Blvd Ste 3 Chandler, AZ 85226 1-800-946-1517 www.1unfinishedfurniture.com info@1unfinishedfurniture.com Sale excludes all artwork/photos

ESTATE PLANNING FAMILY LAW REAL ESTATE BUSINESS FORMATIONS PROBATE TRUST ADMINISTRATION

Call for a Free Consultation

480.656.3733 | www.esteslawfirmaz.com 4505 E. Chandler Blvd., Suite 260 | Phoenix 85048 | Located in Ahwatukee

22

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Gift Guide

@AhwatukeeFN |

@AhwatukeeFN

www.ahwatukee.com

Here are some businesses to shop local in Ahwatukee for Christmas AFN NEWS STAFF

I

f you are looking for gifts that will not only reflect holiday cheer, but also help your community, here is a list of independent local businesswomen who can fill the bill.

Ask them about special items, gift

doTERRA

Owner: Jody Cadwell Contact info: 480-559-5952, jc16440@ icloud.com, www.mydoterra.com/jodycadwell.

Hours open: 24.

Started: June 2016.

What does this business do? “I sell and educate others on using essential oils to improve health and wellness, and remove toxins from their household.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “I believe in building a friendship and supporting my essential oil users. I provide mentoring, education, K8's Pet Care and training on how to use essentials oil effectively.”

ANGELA J. CHRISTOPHER, DC, ART, MUAC

Contact info: AZ Spine Disc and Sport, 4530 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee. 480-7591668, dracdc2005@hotmail.com.

Hours: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

Started: “We are going on 12 years now.”

What does this business do? “AZSDS is a multi-specialty medical center. Our office offers services that include primary care, pain management, sports medicine, chiropractic, physical therapy, acupuncture, athletic training, massage therapy, personal training, weight loss and nutrition.”

certificates from those who provide a service and any special offers they might have for the holidays.

These businesses are owned by members of Tukee Sisters, a group started by jewelry-maker Heidi Winquist to help independent businesswomen in Ahwatukee.

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “With all these services under one roof, we brainstorm to find the most comprehensive plan for each patient, we communicate about the patients progress and quickly decide to make changes if somebody fails to respond to care.”

MARY’S MARIANA

Owner: Mary Steagall Contact info: marysmariana.com, marysmariana@ cox.net or 480-4272332.

Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. to call, shop anytime.

Started: 2011.

(Special to AFN) What does this business do? “I sell custom, hand-made Mariana Jewelry that is imported from Israel.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “The variety of items and the quality.”

DIMPLE CHEEK BOUTIQUE

Owner: Sarah Miller Contact info: 480-323-8586, DimpleCheekBoutique@yahoo.com.

Open: all hours.

Started: July 2013.

What does this business do? “My business was created out of a necessity when my daughter was born. I was nursing her and never found a cover I liked. I decided to make my own out of a cute pink knit fabric. My mom sews and taught me the

(Special to AFN)

Cruises, Inc.

basics, and I taught myself how to make a perfect nursing cover that easily turns into a scarf afterwards. My shop was open for 1 month before I had customers asking me to create scarves for them that were not used for nursing, so I branched out to create scarves for women and children, along with my nursing covers. I specialize in fabric mixing, where I find two fabrics that you wouldn’t think would go well together, and create a truly one-of-a-kind piece.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “I love to be able to give the residents of Ahwatukee a new and fun accessory to wear in our cooler months.”

JAMBERRY NAILS

Owner: Lisa Liddy Contact info: 480-458-7205, lisalovesjams@cox.net, lisaliddy.jamberry.com.

Hours: 24/7 online, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. for phone calls/texts.

Started: 2014.

What does this business do? “I’m an independent consultant for Jamberry Nails, providing nail polish alternatives, trendy DIY nail art, healthier nail polish and gel manicure solutions for women to use in their homes, on their own schedules; or take to their favorite salons for application

there. My ‘Mani Mixers’ give women the chance to get a few friends together to have fun, learn about the application, and play ‘dress up nails.’”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “The personal relationships and one-on-one service I provide, as well as the amazing products.”

CRUISES, INC.

Owner: Carrie Chipman Contact info: 480-256-1494, cchipman@ cruisesinc.com, adventuretradewinds.com.

Hours: Flexible, but typically 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Monday – Friday.

Started: July 2013 What does this business do? “I provide personalized vacation planning services for clients who want to make sure they are getting the right vacation, at the best price.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “I am local, have lived here for over 20 years, know and love this community, and treat each booking I make for a client as if it were my very own.”

K8’S PET CARE

Owner: Kate McPike See

GIFT GUIDE on page 24

GIFT GUIDE

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Join us for our

10

th

Anniversary Celebration

November 28 – December 2, 2016

Ahwatukee branch • 4025 E. Chandler Blvd. • Suite 33 • Phoenix • Arizona • 85048

Enter

WIN

for your chance to

Join us November 28 – December 2, 2016 to be entered!

Grand Prize Drawing* 40" LCD TV

First Prize Drawing* Vera Bradley Large Duffel

PLUS: Stop by the branch and receive a Travel Mug. While supplies last.

* Sweepstakes date is Friday, December 2, 2016 at the Ahwatukee 10th Anniversary Celebration, taking place at the Ahwatukee Branch of AmTrust Bank, a division of New York Community Bank, located at 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Suite 33, Phoenix, Arizona 85048. Sweepstakes drawing will take place at the Ahwatukee Anniversary Celebration, on Friday, December 2, 2016, shortly after 2:00 pm from all eligible entries submitted. Entry Forms and Official Rules are available Monday, November 28, 2016 – Thursday, December 1, 2016 during normal business hours and Friday, December 2, 2016 from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at the Ahwatukee Branch. All rights reserved. Vera Bradley is not a participant or sponsor of this promotion. © 2016 New York Community Bank - Member FDIC

23

24

GIFT GUIDE

GIFT GUIDE

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

PHOENIX FAMILY BIRTH

from page 22

Owner: Mark & Bethany Sawhill Contact info: 480-359-6572, info@phoenixfamilybirth.com, phoenixfamilybirth.com Hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; assigned doulas available 24/7 Started: May 2015 What does this business do? “Phoenix Family Birth, LLC is the Valley’s first full-service doula agency. We are proud to offer labor doula teams, postpartum doula care (traditional and the exclusive Daddy Doula), lactation support, placenta encapsulation, and classes in childbirth education, breastfeeding, and newborn care.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “Having a compassionate professional by their sides during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Your doula is your nonjudgmental best friend and your unbiased expert.”

Contact info: k8spetcare@gmail.com or 480-718-5063 Hours: 7 am - 9 pm Started: March 2016 What does this business do? Pet sitting What Ahwatukee residents will like: “My promise to potential clients is that I will treat their pets as if they were my own.

And I do!”

BELLE MELANGE SALON

Owner: Shaunte Fox Contact info: 3936 E. Chandler Blvd., 480753-4448, shaunte@bellemelangesalon. com, styleseat.com/shauntefox, shauntefox.nerium.com.

Started: Belle 2007.

What does this business do? “In the salon I offer hair services specializing in curly hair and color. I also run my anti-aging business, Nerium International, from home with holistic products for the face, body, and mind.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “If you’re in need of a new look or just need something to make you feel better about yourself stop in to see me. I make people feel and look fabulous from head to toe.

I have fun doing hair but I am absolutely passionate about helping people feel better, look better, and live better.”

RODAN + FIELDS

Owner: Robin Dears Contact info: 480-706-0123, rdears.myrandf.com, rdears@myrandf.com Hours: 24/7 Started: 2015 What does this business do? “We have complete Multi-Med Therapy solutions with comprehensive skincare regimens that use proven peptide technology to help defend against and reduce the visible signs of aging for noticeably firmer, smoother, flawless-looking skin. We have regimens and tools to use at home that can address many skin concerns. We focus on 4 major areas: anti-aging, acne/severe cystic acne as well as reducing the appearance of post acne marks, reduction of sun damage, fine lines and wrinkles, and a focus on sensitive skin. It is like having spa treatments in your own home all with a 60-day, empty jar, money back guarantee.”

LIVING TOXIC FREE WITH SKY

Owner: Sky Goodwin Contact info: toxinfree4us.com.

Hours: 24-7.

Started: 2016.

What does this business do? Aromatherapy.

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “How affordable and beneficial my products are.”

Desert Home Cleaning Service, Inc. CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING SPECIALISTS • OWNER OPERATED • 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE • TRUCK MOUNTED EQUIPMENT

What Ahwatukee residents will like the most: “These products allow women and men to be able to take care of their skin at home without the high cost of doctors.”

(Special to AFN)

Rodan + Fields

CRYPT ESCAPE ROOMS

Owner: Tammy and John Keating Contact info: 4302 E. Ray Road, John@ breakthecrypt.com.

Hours: 6-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, open for private parties during the week.

Started: 2016

CARPET CLEANING SPECIAL 5 Rooms Only $80

Combined living area and/or area over 300 sq.ft. Considered separate rooms NO HIDDEN CHARGES

Cleaning includes Pre-Treating Most Furniture Moved Carpet Groomed

480.759.3361

Find Any Hidden Charges and the Cleaning is FREE!

Protector and deodorizer available

What does this business do? “Fun and challenging escape rooms. Great for team building events, family fun, or to do with friends.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “It’s a great local destination for connecting to friends, family, and co-workers. Our See

GIFT GUIDE on page 24

SERVICE

• Factory Trained Technicians Using State of the Art Equipment • Family Owned & Serving The East Valley Since 1973 • Shuttle Service, Pick Up & Delivery Available at no extra cost

• Jaguar & Range Rover Experts • Honor Most Extended Warranties

• All Service Guaranteed/ Parts & Labor * All required factory maintenance Services

480.968.5000 | www.sccarcenter.com

&COLLECTOR CAR CENTER

SPORTS

Servicing Your Car Is Not Our Job, It’s Our Passion

GIFT GUIDE

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Absolute Best

Frank Daly Ahwatukee

It’s time for a fresh, new look. Let an experienced stylist create the look that’s right for you!

Complimentary Hair Cut $50 Value

First Time Clients Only

(Special to AFN)

AZ Draperies and Pillows

GIFT GUIDE

480-633-8700 • www.FrancisJohn.com 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85048

themed puzzle rooms offer a fun and challenging games.”

that is located in a separate building next to my home. I invite my clients to visit the workroom, where I can show them a greater selection of fabrics and they can see the work in progress.”

YOUNIQUE MAKEUP BY ANNIE

SUGAR FIX CANDY BUFFET BAR

from page 24

Owner: Annie Baldwin Contact info: 480-309-6247, youniqueproducts.com/AnnieBaldwin Hours: 24/7 Started: May 2015 What does this business do? “High quality skin care and makeup products.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “High quality makeup and skin care products that can be tailored to your individual needs.”

AZ DRAPERIES AND PILLOWS

Owner: Cristina Alamdari Contact info: 480-710-8561, info@draperiesandpillows.com, draperiesandpillows.com Facebook Page: https://www.facebook. com/AZDraperiesandPillows Hours: by appointment.

Started: 1997 What does this business do? “This business is a workroom that designs and fabricates a variety of window treatments, indoor and outdoor draperies, roman shades, bedding, pillows, slipcovers, outdoor cushions for patio furniture, and a variety of accessories for the home. We offer in-home consultation and design advice and we bring with us a wide variety of fabrics and drapery hardware to match our clients’ style. We also offer shutters, blinds and motorization.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “The products are made in the workroom

Owner: Helen Baker and Lucia Vacanti Contact info: sugarfixcandy@yahoo.com, 817-770-5363 / 602-350-4184.

Hours: 24/7.

Started: May 2016.

What does this business do? “Sugar Fix Candy specializes in creating unique candy buffets, centerpieces, gift bags, party favors for event needs. We provide a unique designed table for events, paying close attention to detail, variety and service that will “wow” guests…We also create and deliver gift baskets or candy jars to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, etc.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “Having a Candy Buffet Bar at a family gathering or a company event is very unique and a fun attraction to have at an event, plus they get to enjoy sweet or healthy treats. I offer 10 percent off for any Ahwatukee resident.”

SINCERELY YOURS PHOTOGRAPHY

Owner: Diana Lopez Contact info: diana@sincerelyphoto.com, 480-593-5934.

Started: 2011.

What does the business do? “Specialize in families, seniors, wedding photography What Ahwatukee residents will like: “My work speaks for itself. I am happy and ecstatic to meet new people. I love color See

GIFT GUIDE on page 26

Is your medicare advantage or prescription drug plan right for you?

OPEN ENROLLMENT IS HERE! KNOW YOUR OPTIONS. Whether you are considering a new plan or assessing the benefits of your current plan, we are here to help.

You must make a decision before December 7th!

To speak with a licensed insurance agent, please call:

(480) 454-5589

The DePuydt Agency, LLC Licensed Sales Agents thedepuydtagency.com

(TDD/TTY Dial 711) Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 6:00 pm PST Medicare has neither reviewed nor endorsed this information. The DePuydt Agency, LLC, License # 994956, is a licensed insurance agency that works with Medicare enrollees to explain Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Prescription Drug Plan options.

25

26

GIFT GUIDE

GIFT GUIDE

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

available and will deliver to workplaces.” from page 25

CRAFTY LADY FINDS

and making my clients look great. I will go over and beyond for my clients.”

BREAKING GROUNDS COLD BREWZ

Owner: Nicole Pont Contact info: 48th Street and Elliott Road, info@bgcoldbrewz.com, bgcoldbrewz.com, 480-7883927.

Hours: 24/7.

Started: 2016 What does this business do? “Breaking Grounds Cold Brewz offers a selection of homemade all natural cold brew coffee and Tukee's Tamales teas. We also have homemade creamers.

We pride ourselves on using the best ingredients we can.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “Ahwatukee residents love that we take care in making our products and use all natural ingredients. We also have delivery service

Owner: Laura Scheldt Contact info: 518-332-4261, craftyladyfinds.etsy.com.

Hours: 24 hours on etsy, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. locally.

Started: April 2016 What does this business do? “My business is that of handmade home decor items.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “I design wreaths and door hangers for all occasions, decorate picture frames, design centerpieces and candles from mason jars, create holiday (Special to AFN) decor.”

TUKEE’S TAMALES

Owner: Caprice & Eric Gouveia Contact Info: Tukeestamales@gmail. com, facebook.com/Tukees-Tamales-184162221931176, 602-359-0573.

Hours: Friday Only from 4-7 p.m. and

DESIGN CENTER

special events.

Started: 2015.

What does the business do? “We provide authentic, fresh Mexican cuisine.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “Authentically prepared Mexican cuisine at affordable prices. It’s available by pre-order every Friday. “Residents will not have to cook on Fridays. ..They will also love the fact that our menu changes on a weekly basis, giving them the opportunity to taste a variety of real Mexican cuisine.”

doTERRA INTERNATIONAL

Owner: Rachel Coelho Contact info: 480-250-1545, randr51982@ hotmail.com.

Hours: 24/7.

Started: 2015.

What does this business do? “We provide people with natural solutions, educate how to lower your toxic load and live a more natural lifestyle.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “We can help people with natural options for everyday situations. People are sick and tired of being sick and tired.”

JUICE PLUS

Extend your swimming season by installing an energy efficient BRING IN A WA Pentair Master Temp gas pool heater. TER SAMPLE E

10%

All Gas Pool Heaters

FOR A FRE ANALYSIS

OFF SEE STORE FOR DETAILS

Expires 11/30/16

ASK ABOUT OUR POOL DRAIN SPECIAL

Pool Resurfacing Experts Specializing in pool service, maintenance & repair

602-546-POOL (7665)

www.barefootpoolman.com

1241 E. Chandler Blvd., Ste. 124, Phoenix, AZ 85048

(SW corner of Desert Foothills Parkway & Chandler Blvd.)

Thank you for voting us an Ahwatukee’s “Best Of” Pool Service Company 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014!

Ahwatukee Owned & Operated Licensed, Bonded & Insured ROC# 272001

(Special to AFN)

doTERRA Wellness Advocates

Owner: Cary Bailen Contact info: 602-751-0012, cebplh@yahoo. com, cbailen.juiceplus.com, cbailen.towergarden.com, cbailen.transform30.com.

Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

Started: 2008 What does this business do? “Juice plus is Whole Foods fruits, vegetables and berries in capsules or chewable form. It is meant to bridge the gap from how many servings of fruits and vegetables we get every day to how many servings we should get every day. We have a free children’s health study that allows children to get free chewables with an adult order. We also have a transformation program or a one simple change program. We offer plantbased protein powders, bars and aeroponic growing tower systems call the Tower Garden. Juice plus has over 36 peer reviewed

published medical journals.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “Ahwatukee will love how affordable it is to get over 30 fruits vegetables and berries into their families and insure they are getting the nutrition that they need every day.”

RODAN + FIELDS

Owner: Joni McElwain Contact Info: 480-250-6426, jonimc. myrandf.com, JoniMc.myrandf.biz.

Started: April 2016 What does this business do? “Sells premium anti-aging skincare,fastest growing skincare brand in the U.S. for the past five years, acne skincare products were developed by the doctors who created ProActiv acne medication.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “I’m local.”

SUPA AVON

Owner: Tracey Church aka Supa Trace Contact info supa4165@gmail.com, 520261-9721.

Hours: Online 24/7 Started: 2010 What does this business do? “Avon products: home living, makeup, skin care, bath and body, fragrance, jewelry, fashion (men and kids).”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “Customers can shop anytime at my online store, at their convenience. If my customers have any questions, they can contact anytime, via email or by phone. If they sign up for email notifications, they will receive all the specials.

BODY BY KB

Owner: Kelly Brown Contact info: 3830 E. Lakewood Pkwy., 480-239-4467, bodybykbllc@gmail.com.

Hours: 5 a.m.-7 p.m.

Started: 2016 What does this business do? “I am a See

GIFT GUIDE on page 27

GIFT GUIDE

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

(Special to AFN)

Breaking Grounds Cold Brewz

GIFT GUIDE

from page 26

personal trainer. I train clients one-onone, a group of clients, parents and the kiddos, boot camps, athletes. Whether it be to lose weight, tone muscle, gain muscle, eat and be healthy, training for a specific sports event, or if you son/daughter need improvement in athletic training. My goal is to help you achieve your goal.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “That I am located in Ahwatukee, and never plan on leaving. I am close to everything here, which means that my clients do not have to go out of their way to get to me.”

SARAHBEA GRANOLA

Owner: Sarah Dunlop Contact Info: sarahbeallc@gmail.com, 801-913-6816 Hours: 24/7.

Started: 2014 What does this business do? “Delicious granola that is gluten free, grain free and made with local honey. Custom blends available.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “It is nutritious and delicious. Local honey is great for those with allergies as well.

Prefect snack for those that have gluten and dairy allergies.”

ARIZONA BRIDAL SOURCE

Owner: Kim Horn Contact info: 480-921-7891, 602-418-9089, info@ArizonaBridalSource.com.

Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and b y appointment.

Started: 1989 What does this business do? “Publish Arizona Bridal Source (magazine and digital) for brides to be planning a wedding in Arizona. Kim Horn is a Master Wedding Planner (one of 75 in the world) who helps design, negotiate, mediate, plan, and im-

plement wedding and event details. Have licensed sports memorabilia for charity and golf events too.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “Planning events and being organized. Kim is a resource for any social event.”

SIMPLY SACRED WELLBEING

Owner: Alicia O’Dell Wadley Contact Info: Simplysacredwellbeing.com, Yogamama09@gmail.com Hours: Typically evenings and Saturday.

Started: 2013 What does the business do? “With an emphasis on the birthing year, Simply Sacred focuses on the woman and family to promote a healthy pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and lifestyle. Beauty, birth and being are the cornerstone principles fueling my passion to serve women in their birthing year and the years that follow.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “Everything is so individualized. Classes are small if not private. Consultations focus on the client’s unique needs. I keep my commitments low to ensure the highest quality one on one service to each client and family. I don’t disappear after the baby comes. I hope to build a family of friendships with the people I work with and ensure they know they always have a place to reach out for support.”

OFF (480) 759-4900

MEDICAL MASSAGE

59

$

ea

1840 E. Warner Rd., Suite 101 Call to schedule your appointment: Visit: massagepcm.com

Owner: Casey Bartle

GIFT GUIDE on page 28

Limit: One coupon per new customer.

Coupon may not be combined with other discounts.

Expires 12/3/16

Cranberry Spice or Pumpkin Butter Massage

(480) 759-4900

IT WORKS

See

30

$

NE Corner of McClintock & Warner

FLEX SPE NDING CARDS ACCEPTE D

27

28

GIFT GUIDE

GIFT GUIDE

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

offers a wonderful variety of handmade custom home decor and personalized gifts for every occasion. Some of the customizable items available include wreaths, personalized tumblers, photo pallets, and wooden signs. We work directly with you to develop the perfect personalized gift for your special event, holiday, wedding, anniversary, baby shower, birthday, graduation, retirement, memorial, or teacher appreciation.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “The convenience of our services. Everyone wants to have their own quotes on signs to hang in their home or find that special unique gift to wow and we provide that for you. It is also easy to order online and have your items delivered to your door.”

from page 27

Contact info: 602-292-1270, healthyneverlookedsogood@gmail.com, healthyneverlookedsogood.itworks.com Hours: 24/7 Started: 2016 What does this business do? “Health and wellness.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “There’s at least one product for everyone.”

PERFECTLY POSH

AQUA-TOTS SWIM SCHOOL

Owner: Sara Ellis (independent consultant) Contact info: 480-540-2339, SaraE.po.sh.

Hours: 24/7.

Started: 2015.

What does this business do? “Posh offers naturally based pampering products, made with the finest ingredients. We are free of parabens, paraffins, sulfates, gluten or soy fillers. Each product lists each ingredient. Everything is made in the USA. Everything is $25 or less and most products are buy 5 get 1 free.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “How incredible the products are for the low prices.”

Owner: Keri Priest Contact info: 4735 East Ray Road, 480565-6080.

Hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.1 p.m. Saturday.

Started: 2016 What does this business do? “We teach swim lessons to children and adults beginning as early as 4 months old.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “The comments that I hear from our families is that they appreciate not only the high quality of our swim lessons but also the relationship driven staff at Aqua-Tots.

People know that we truly care about their family. When they are here they are welcomed and appreciated for trusting us with helping their children develop an important skill.”

FIT CINCHED MAMA

Owner: Margarita Burke Contact info: fitcinchedmama Facebook, margaritafburke@gmail.com.

Hours: 24/7.

Started: 2016.

What does this business do? “I am an online health and fitness coach helping women reach goals to help with their fitness, health and overall wellbeing.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “My

SCRAPALICIOUS

Owner: Amber and Sheryl Shatswell Contact info: scrapaliciousllc@gmail.com www.scrapaliciousaz.etsy.com.

Started: 2014.

What does this business do? “Scrapalicious is a mom-and-daughter duo that

YOUNG

(Special to AFN)

Perfectly Posh

motivation is mobile. Wherever you are, I can be.”

beautiful and confident.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “The clothing and how they feel in it. But most important the friendship it brings to being a customer of ours.”

ROUND EARTH SOLUTIONS

LULAROE CASEYNCRAIG

Owner: Casey Perkins Contact info: lularoecaseyncraig@gmail. com, 207-692-4856 Hours: By appointment.

Started: 2016.

What does this business do? “Sells comfortable, modest, unique and beautiful clothing for women of all shapes and sizes.

Changing lives and making woman feel

Business Name: Round Earth Solutions, LLC Owner: Cristy Filloon Contact Info: roundearthsolutions. com, 480-316-5533, cafilloon@gmail.com Hours: 9-5 M-F Started: December 2012 What does this business do?: “We help adults and children to develop the interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence skills necessary to have healthy and effective personal and professional relationships. Our signature program, Girls See

LIVING

®

ESSENTIAL OILS

Any Self-Serve Yogurt or Gelato

ALSO AVAILABLE...

Young Living Independent Distributor member #1513568

youngliving.org/lucygirljones Lucy Jones, LMT

GIFT GUIDE on page 29

480.227.3838

Gelato | Yogurt Pies Rootbeer Floats | Smoothies Frappes | Slushies Yogurt Cookie Sandwiches Yöghund® Frozen Yogurt for Dogs!

Best of Ahwatukee ~ BEST Dessert Winner in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 & 2010

Buy $25 in Gift Certificates and get a FREE $5 Gift Certificate!

Offer Expires 12/31/16

Yoasis is known for being a Highly Respected Community focused business. Over $80,000 in fundraising invested back into our community since we opened in October 2010.

So if you haven’t already experienced Yoasis, come see for yourself what many of your West Ahwatukee Neighbors already know!

Hours: Sun-Thurs 11am to 10pm Fri & Sat 11am to 11pm

www.theyoasis.com

GIFT GUIDE

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

GIFT GUIDE

from page 28

Talk, is designed for girls in grades 3-8 and is facilitated as an after-school program in valley schools, and offered as day or week long workshops at local businesses and churches. We also offer private coaching for children and adults, and workshops for businesses and organizations.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: I hope the residents of Ahwatukee will appreciate the quality of our services, and the passion for what we do. Everyone in a community benefits when individuals focus on self-awareness, and developing healthy relationships. I like to think that by helping others to improve their communication skills, we are doing our part to support a happier and healthier community.

BEAUTYCOUNTER

29

Owner: Lorissa Gorham Contact info: beautycounter.com/lorissagorham, Lorissabc@gmail.com, 812-406-5111.

Hours: 24/7 What does this business do? “Beautycounter is a skincare and makeup company that chooses to use high quality but safe from toxic harmful chemicals and ingredi-

(Special to AFN)

Desert Palm Candles

ents. Their mission is to get safer products into the hands of everyone.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “Beautycounter is a company that cares about people’s health and wellbeing. “

DESERT PALM CANDLES Owner: Jana Angelo

Contact Info: 480-688-4860, desertpalmcandles@gmail.com, Facebook and Instagram: @desertpalmcandles Hours: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Started: 2015.

What does this business do? “Desert Palm Candles makes artisan crafted candles. We offer a luxury candle at an affordable price and have the flexibility to

sell via retail, wholesale, fundraisers and licensed pours.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “We offer a luxury candle at an affordable price and 15 percent of our net proceeds are donated to charity. Equally as important, our candles are natural burning, made with 100 See

GIFT GUIDE on page 30

22

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Gift Guide

@AhwatukeeFN |

@AhwatukeeFN

www.ahwatukee.com

Here are some businesses to shop local in Ahwatukee for Christmas AFN NEWS STAFF

I

f you are looking for gifts that will not only reflect holiday cheer, but also help your community, here is a list of independent local businesswomen who can fill the bill.

Ask them about special items, gift

doTERRA

Owner: Jody Cadwell Contact info: 480-559-5952, jc16440@ icloud.com, www.mydoterra.com/jodycadwell.

Hours open: 24.

Started: June 2016.

What does this business do? “I sell and educate others on using essential oils to improve health and wellness, and remove toxins from their household.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “I believe in building a friendship and supporting my essential oil users. I provide mentoring, education, K8's Pet Care and training on how to use essentials oil effectively.”

ANGELA J. CHRISTOPHER, DC, ART, MUAC

Contact info: AZ Spine Disc and Sport, 4530 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee. 480-7591668, dracdc2005@hotmail.com.

Hours: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

Started: “We are going on 12 years now.”

What does this business do? “AZSDS is a multi-specialty medical center. Our office offers services that include primary care, pain management, sports medicine, chiropractic, physical therapy, acupuncture, athletic training, massage therapy, personal training, weight loss and nutrition.”

certificates from those who provide a service and any special offers they might have for the holidays.

These businesses are owned by members of Tukee Sisters, a group started by jewelry-maker Heidi Winquist to help independent businesswomen in Ahwatukee.

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “With all these services under one roof, we brainstorm to find the most comprehensive plan for each patient, we communicate about the patients progress and quickly decide to make changes if somebody fails to respond to care.”

MARY’S MARIANA

Owner: Mary Steagall Contact info: marysmariana.com, marysmariana@ cox.net or 480-4272332.

Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. to call, shop anytime.

Started: 2011.

(Special to AFN) What does this business do? “I sell custom, hand-made Mariana Jewelry that is imported from Israel.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “The variety of items and the quality.”

DIMPLE CHEEK BOUTIQUE

Owner: Sarah Miller Contact info: 480-323-8586, DimpleCheekBoutique@yahoo.com.

Open: all hours.

Started: July 2013.

What does this business do? “My business was created out of a necessity when my daughter was born. I was nursing her and never found a cover I liked. I decided to make my own out of a cute pink knit fabric. My mom sews and taught me the

(Special to AFN)

Cruises, Inc.

basics, and I taught myself how to make a perfect nursing cover that easily turns into a scarf afterwards. My shop was open for 1 month before I had customers asking me to create scarves for them that were not used for nursing, so I branched out to create scarves for women and children, along with my nursing covers. I specialize in fabric mixing, where I find two fabrics that you wouldn’t think would go well together, and create a truly one-of-a-kind piece.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “I love to be able to give the residents of Ahwatukee a new and fun accessory to wear in our cooler months.”

JAMBERRY NAILS

Owner: Lisa Liddy Contact info: 480-458-7205, lisalovesjams@cox.net, lisaliddy.jamberry.com.

Hours: 24/7 online, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. for phone calls/texts.

Started: 2014.

What does this business do? “I’m an independent consultant for Jamberry Nails, providing nail polish alternatives, trendy DIY nail art, healthier nail polish and gel manicure solutions for women to use in their homes, on their own schedules; or take to their favorite salons for application

there. My ‘Mani Mixers’ give women the chance to get a few friends together to have fun, learn about the application, and play ‘dress up nails.’”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “The personal relationships and one-on-one service I provide, as well as the amazing products.”

CRUISES, INC.

Owner: Carrie Chipman Contact info: 480-256-1494, cchipman@ cruisesinc.com, adventuretradewinds.com.

Hours: Flexible, but typically 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Monday – Friday.

Started: July 2013 What does this business do? “I provide personalized vacation planning services for clients who want to make sure they are getting the right vacation, at the best price.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “I am local, have lived here for over 20 years, know and love this community, and treat each booking I make for a client as if it were my very own.”

K8’S PET CARE

Owner: Kate McPike See

GIFT GUIDE on page 24

31

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Kick-off Party Guide Presented by

Use this special pull-out section to help you navigate the festivities

Nothing like the Festival of Lights—or the Kick-Off Party

BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

T

ry scouring the Internet to find anything like Ahwatukee’s Festival of Lights and you’ll be hard-pressed to find anything remotely like it.

It’s not the lights display along Chandler Boulevard, as impressive as it is, that isn’t duplicated anywhere else.

What’s impressive is that the display has grown from the community’s heart.

And you’ll be able to hear that heart beating 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday at Desert Foothills Park on Chandler

Boulevard near Marketplace when a big community party is thrown by the small band of dedicated volunteers who have labored for more than two decades to present the annual lights show.

But the party isn’t just a party, as fabulous as it will be with a myriad of attractions and activities for young and old alike.

It gives Ahwatukee residents a chance to help fund the continuation of the display and help two exceptional local nonprofit organizations extend the spirit of the holidays throughout the entire year.

(Special to AFN)

The Lighted Motorcycle Parade, sponsored by Ridenow, rolls at 6 p.m.

The community historically has been generous, led by The Foothills and Club West homeowners associations, which kick in a considerable donation.

Last year, the Festival of Lights KickOff Party helped raise $7,000 for the See

KICKOFF on page 34

32

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

21

st

33

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Annual Festival of Lights Kick Off Party

Fes ival LIGHTS Ahwatukee Foothills

Lighted Motorcycle Parade Route

North Pole Activity Zone

of

21st Anniversary

Vendors

Festival Stage Performance Schedule 11:00a – 12:00p 12:30p – 2:00p 2:15p – 4:00p 4:15p – 6:15p 6:30p – 9:00p

ge

7

13 12

Midfirst Coin Truck

Santa’s Village

Vendors in the Park 11p-6p 14 Water & Ice 15 Kettle Pop 16 Yoasis 17 Boy Scouts water/ice Food Trucks 6p-9p 18 Burger Amore 19 I Dream of Weenies 20 Jalapeno Mexican Grill 21 Hungry Street Grill Marketplace 11a-7p Nothing Bundt Cakes

Open 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

1 Picnic Specialties 2 Keegans Grill 3 Macayos 4 Tratoria D’Amico 5 Tony Scalie (Tees) 6 Florencia Pizza Bistro 7 Texas Roadhouse 8 I Dream of Weenies 9 Great Harvest Bread Co. 10 Original Hoagie Shop 11 Chick-fil-A 12 Pour Jo Coffee 3.-9p 13 Waffle Crush 3p-7p

9

O N

Open 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

,S ine W

ATM

7p-9p Candy Lane Pavilion

its

pir

17 15 V

s

t ke Tic

D

Bella Vista Dental

C Boo

B

ths Boo P43

ATM

P50

ths

Boo

3 -M9

Event Sponsors:

ths

Boo

5 -P3 P42

ths

Boo

0 M10

P27

34-

P ths

A

P19 26P ths 9 Boo M6 76M ths Boo

E

85

2-M M9

P3 10P s th Boo 53 0-M 6 M ths Boo

1 -P1 P18

ths Boo

F 14

Bo

H

G

2

1-P

T he Nutcracker

K

61

51 2-M 5 M ths Boo

Activity Sponsors:

8-M

6 hs M

t

Boo

Devida Lewis

7

M7 84-

M

Line Dancing with Carrie

Keystone Montessori Oasis in the Foothills (Divinity Homes) RideNow/Indian Motorcycle TLC Pediatrics United Brokers Group

Activity Sponsors

sP oth

I

2 tickets

ts or Sp TV n o

ATM Ticke

U

Candy Lane Pavilion

Train Rides

ths

Academy Mortgage Ahwatukee Foothills News Club West Homeowners Association Desert Foothills Ace Hardware Foothills Homeowners Association

ts

J

Tavern

Bus #1 - 10:30a-7:30p (breaks from 1:00p-1:30p and 4:30p-5:00p) Bus #2- 1:30p-9:30p (breaks from 4:00p-4:30p and 6:30p-7:00p) YMCA Bus- 3:00p – 7:00p

Event Sponsors

T

16

Shuttle Schedule

Pick Up/ Drop Off

T hank You To Our Sponsors

S

Q

L

18-21

Boo

12p-2p • 3p-5p Santa’s Village Sponsored by

Sierra Singers Sierra Strikers Pretty Little Princesses Pet Parade Begins Akala Polynesia Dancers Pet Parade winners announced Desert Sound Drum Corp Kimberly Lewis Singers Estrella/Esperanza Marimba Band Lighted Motorcycle Parade Santa visits Nutcracker Ballet Performances

R

M

Food Trucks

Ages 10 and up Name Tickets A Zip Line 4 B Sports Obstacle Course 3 C Triple Lindy Slide 4 D Robot Slide 4 E Foam Ball Frenzy 4 F Archery Challenge 4 G 3 Lane Bungee 6 H Hamster Balls 3 I Swing Ride (Open until 9p) 6 J Jump for Fun (Open until 9p) 6 K Boy Scouts Monkey Bridge 3

Visit Santa

1:00p 1:30p 2:00p 2:15p 2:30p 3:15p 3:30p 4:00p 5:00p 6:00p 6:20p 7:00p

P

va sti e F

RIDES

Candy Lane Pavilion Performance schedule

Restaurant Row

8

10

Sand Volleyball Tournament

ta lS

6

11

Festival Headquarters Volunteer Check-In

Dan Sadler Classic Example Band Wide Awake Band Lil Debbie Band Tripwire Band UnCorked Band

er,

Maribeth Designs Mexican Arts Imports Mountainside Martial Arts No Limits Scuba Nothing Bundt Cakes Origami Owl Paint Party and Wine PARC Pella Windows and Doors, Mountain West Perfect Lips by Stephanie Premier Designs Jewelry Pretty Little Princess Events Psychic Reader RCK Glamour Rodan & Fields and Lolan T. Royal Saladmaster Sanskreeti Jewels, LLC Sarahbea Scentsy and HipKlips Shampooch Pet Spaw Signed in Wood Silhouette Greetings Sogno Toscano Olive Oil Boutique Sow and Associates Sport Clips Stella & Dot Stella’s Balcony Stylin’ Fashionista Sugar Fix Candy Buffet Bar Sun Valley Sales Sunbird Silver The Dipping Well The Highlands Resort Thirty-One Gifts with Susan Jeffreys Tricia Pocock Tupperware-”The Fanatic” Whimsical Holiday Wreaths Y OPAS You Take My Wreath Away Younique Makeup Zarpara Vineyards Zero Machine CrossFit

• Riders meet in the Foothills Baptist Church parking lot at 21st & Chandler between 5:30p-5:45p • Riders caravan west on Chandler at approximately 6:00p • Riders begin arriving into the park at approximately 6:15p – completing in about 15 minutes.

Be

AJ’s Creations Art Glass by Underwater Sunshine/Uncle Bob’s Sticks ArtiSands LLC Ava Sweets Bamboo Products Direct Be…An Artist Beekeeper Candle Co. Begables All Natural Dog Treats Belts, Bags & Cool Stuff Big Red’s Hot Sauce Blood Brothers AZ Inc. Celtic Raven Studio Chivitas Ricas College Nannies and Tutors Cruises Inc. Curves of Ahwatukee Daisy G’s Diamond Cut Pet Spa Diaper Bundle Boutique Desert Foothills Ace Hardware - Sponsor Dimple Cheek Boutique Earth Pony Creations EcoAdvantage Edward Jones Everything About Me FirstService Residential Flameworked Glass Art Foothills Community Association Gold Canyon Candles Great Clips Green Smoke Jewelry Hairy Fizzog Handcrafters, USA, Inc. High Desert Nut Roasters i9Sports - Greater Phoenix It Works J.D. Jerky Jamberry Nails Julie Said Sew Le-Vel LuLaRoe

1

Ages 9 and under Name Tickets L Lightning McQueen Bounce 2 M Princess Bounce 3 N Fun Slide 2 O Tweety Bounce 2 P Barnyard Combo 2 Q Kyrene Learn & Play 2 R 22’ Double Slide 2 S Reindeer Games 2 T Candy Land (Open until 9p) 2 U Melt Down Junior (Open until 9p) 2

5

4

3

2

Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Christie Ellis Brian Adel Darlene Watson Dawn Matesi Jennifer Stepinski Jim Hunt Karla Rozum Lisa Wunder Mimi Cox Randy Fitch Sara Evans Stephanie Coffman

Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori Alliance Beverage Allstate Arizona Distilling Arizona Mead Company As You Wish Barefoot Pools BellaVista Dental Care Breakthru Beverage Brian Adel Christmas Light Decorators Christie Ellis Crescent Crown Dance Studio 111 Darlene Watson Dawn Matesi Devida Lewis East Valley Engineering for Kids Foothills Living Magazine Foothills Pet Resort Girl’s Rule Foundation God’s Garden Preschool of Ahwatukee Hastings & Hastings Jennifer Stepinski Jim Hunt Karla Rozum

Kyrene Foundation Line Dancing with Carrie Lisa Wunder, Realtor Magical Journey Learning Center MidFirst Bank Mimi Cox Montessori Educare Academy M W Bagnall Company No Limits Scuba Party Professionals Phoenix Parks & Recreation PostNet Randy Fitch Rawhide Western Town Safeway Sara Evans Stephanie Coffman Starbucks @ 46th and Chandler Uncle Bear’s Brewery Valley Pediatrics Wasieko Academy Mortgage Wild Horse Pass Development Authority Woolaver Clearsmiles Orthodontics YMCA YMCA Outreach Program for Seniors Yoasis

We Support:

34

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

KICKOFF

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

from page 31

Ahwatukee Foothills YMCA Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors and the Kyrene Foundation.

The Kyrene Foundation‘s mission is to remove barriers to learning so that all students have the opportunity to excel in school. Funds raised help to support the Kyrene Family Resource Center which provides Kyrene families in need.

Y OPAS provides free transportation for local seniors who have no way of getting to medical appointments, supermarkets or other critical destinations.

This year, the Festival of Lights association will be honoring Y OPAS again as well as Girls Rule, a nonprofit founded by an Ahwatukee woman to help build leadership skills among girls 12 to 18 years of age.

The association that organizes the KickOff Party and keeps that light display humming every holiday season comprises only about 20 people, among them Janyce Hazlett and Susan Anderton, two of the original women who helped rescue the lights display in 1995.

An Ahwatukee resident since 1993 and Festival of Lights president, Hazlett recalled how much she admired the

lights when development company Del Webb first put them up as a way to attract home buyers to the thennew Foothills community during the Christmas season.

When Del Webb took them down, she said, “many of us missed them and over a glass of wine at my kitchen table, plans were put in place to create the Festival of Lights Association,” Hazlett said.

That was 21 years ago, and the lights haven’t gone out once despite some critical challenges over the years.

“We are proud to say that everyone working on the Festival of Lights activities is a volunteer and we always welcome new committee members,” Hazlett added.

As the head honcho for marketing the festival, Anderton also has been hard at work the last few weeks putting the finishing touches on Ahwatukee’s season’s greetings to the Valley.

She’s particularly excited that Ahwatukee dance instructor Kimberly Lewis will be bringing some of her “Ahwatukee Nutcracker” dancers.

“We are extremely excited about this,” she said. “This is the first year we have had community entertainment after 5 p.m. We want to offer more for the late arrivals who tend to begin coming

ONE DAY ONLY November 25, 2016 FREE 24 hr Drop Off Service and Express Bags for All Customers!

BLAC FRIDAY BLACK Special 25 2 5% ALL OFF DRYCLEANING Excludes Leather, Suede and Formals

50% OFF Drycleaning New Customers First Visit Only.

In Honor of National Small Business Day Saturday, November 26th

10% OFF

Thank you for supporting our family business!

With Coupon. Expires 12/21/16.

Same Day Service Dry Cleaning or Laundry In by 11, Out by 5 at No Additional Charge!

460-LEGEND (5343) 7am-7pm, Mon-Sat • Closed Sunday

2 Convenient Locations To Serve You

1442 E. Chandler Blvd., #113 Foothills (Behind Chevron)

&

3902 E. Chandler Blvd.

40th St. & Chandler Blvd. (West of KFC)

around 4 p.m. We also will keep four rides open until 9 p.m. Two for our under 9 years of age and two for over 9.”

The Marketplace, sponsored by Ahwatukee Foothills Ace Hardware, also will be open until 9 p.m.

The Tavern, sponsored by Oasis in the Foothills, will have craft breweries along with Coors and Blue Moon from Crescent Crown, along with a selection of wines and hard liquor. Four food trucks also will be posted nearby from 6-9 p.m.—in addition to 15 restaurants that will have a presence all day long.

The Festival Stage will be rockin’ into the late evening with Uncorked and Tripwire. And there will be TVs available for football fans as well as Jenga and Corn Hole.

The 100-bike-plus Lighted Motorcycle Parade, sponsored by Ridenow, will roll down Marketplace at 6 p.m.

Here are some tips from Anderton to add to your enjoyment of Ahwatukee’s biggest party of the year: • Park at Kyrene Altadena Middle School, 14620 S. Desert Foothills Parkway, and ride the free bus or park at the north side of the Desert Foothills Park off Chandler Boulevard. “Many also choose to park in the adjacent neighborhoods, but we prefer people

use the designated parking spots so our neighbors aren’t inconvenience.” From 4-8 p.m., the YMCA will have one bus running from its parking lot to the entrance. In addition, a cart shuttle service will run along Marketplace to Desert Foothills Parkway to transport folks wanting a ride.

• Dress comfortably. “Even though it might be warm during the day in the sun, once the sun goes down, so does the temperature.”

• ATMs will be on site, but it might be easier to come with cash. Credit cards are accepted in all locations.

• Porta-potties are located in four areas along with the regular park restrooms.

A baby changing/feeding location has been added, • A first aid tent is located near Marketplace tent # 4 but on the grass.

• A sand volleyball game will be going on all day courtesy of the YMCA. The Boy Scouts will have the “monkey bridge” for kids to climb.

• The information booth will be combined with the ticket booth closest to the Candy Lane Pavilion and the entry. The main Festival of Lights location for lost and found children, adults and items is located at the ramada.

GIFT GUIDE

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

GIFT GUIDE

from page 30

35

JUICE PLUS+

Owner: Krista Bailey our focus onto stronger customer service, Contact info: kristabailey.juiceplus.com, updated our equipment, moved to a newly ksbailey95@outlook.com built out facility, and improved our fitness Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday. programming. We are the first All Women’s Started: 2014 CrossFit Gym. Ahwatukee CrossFit offers What does this business do? “Juice Plus+ daily timed, measured, and varied workis whole food based nutrition, including outs to keep you motivated. Our workout juice powder concentrates from 30 difplans help progression toward group and ferent fruits, vegetables and grains. Juice individual goals. We are more than just a Plus+ helps bridge the gap between what gym, we’re a community. We are everyday you should eat and what you do eat every women, mothers, grandmothers, daughday. Not a multivitamin, medicine, treatters, teachers, and professionals who want ment or cure for any disease, Juice Plus+ to get stronger and live a healthy, happy is made from quality ingredients carefully life.” monitored from farm to capsule to provide What Ahwatukee residents will like: “​ natural nutrients your body needs to be at We have such a great group of members, its best.” that are very supportive of each other.This What Ahwatukee residents will like: stems from the pride our coaching staff “Juice Plus+ makes it easy and convenient and owner puts into for families to get working with our many different clients to provide raw whole foods a motivating, safe in their diet every and healthy atmoday. “They can have sphere to achieve fruit, vegetable your fitness goals. and berry capsules Our facility is brand or soft chews, new, very clean and a plant protein organized. It is proshake or a Tower fessionally cleaned, Garden; which is an kept at a comfortable aeroponic growing temperature and has system that allows great amenities. Our them to grow classes are an hour their own organic (Special to AFN) in length. All you produce.”

Mamas & Minis Crochet Shop have to do is show up and work. We will lead you through an hour of well thought Owner: Nicole Garner out, balanced fitness programming, all under the watchful eye of a qualified CrossFit Contact info: facebook.com/MamasAndMinis, mamasandminis@hotmail.com coach.”

Hours: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Started: 2015 What does this business do? “I crochet Owner: Tierre Alexander items for mamas and their minis. EveryContact info: 3936 E. Chandler Blvd., 602thing is handmade by myself. My most 621-1512, BlissAhwatukee.com popular items include mermaid blankets, Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, by appointbeanies of all sizes, and bow ties.” ment only.

What Ahwatukee residents will like: Started: 2014 “Ahwatukee residents will love my crochet What does this business do? “I am a liitems because they are handmade and censed esthetician. I offer full body waxing personalized. I can make almost anything and skin care services for women and for that a customer is looking for. They are men. I focus on personalized corrective able to send me an image and I can bring skin care, helping clients with any skin that image to life with a hook and yarn.” issues they’re struggling with, but every treatment is also a pampering experience.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “My location is very convenient It’s close to the Owner: Melissa Lemme Contact info: LemmeEatGlutenFree.com, freeway, but also tucked away near the foothills. Also, my hours are very flexible. I Facebook.com/LemmeEatGlutenFree, work late evenings to accommodate work- Melissa@LemmeEatGlutenFree.com, 480779-7059. ing clients. Mostly, I work hard to make Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday. sure each client is satisfied—service you Started: 2015 only receive through a small business.”

MAMAS & MINIS CROCHET SHOP

BLISS BEAUTY DS

LEMME EAT GLUTEN FREE

EB's Delites

What does this business do? “We make homemade gluten free desserts for gluten free people, made by gluten free people.

Delivered fresh to our customers’ door. “ What Ahwatukee residents will like: “That we are a local family-based business that bakes gluten free goodies because we too are gluten free.

Celiac is not an easy autoimmune disease, but having great tasting gluten free desserts helps.”

(Special to AFN)

super convenient. We also have the best prices in the Valley.”

KG OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Owner: Kristine Giles, OTR/L Contact info: 480-747-5328, KristineGilesOT@gmail.com Hours: by appointment Started: 2014 What does this business do? “Pediatric OT: school based therapy/consult, handwriting instruction, self-regulation coaching, evaluation/ Owner: Jackie Thomscreenings; Yoga therson apy for wellness and Contact info: 602vitality through the 367-1847, jackie@ (Special to AFN) lifespan (yin, yoga niawesometotsparty.

PHOENIX FAMILY BIRTH dra stress reduction/ com, Facebook and relaxation, healing Instagram. and self-care, trauma release, self-concept, Hours: All week 7 a.m.-7 p.m. chair yoga, meridian theory and energy Started: 2016 elements, creative enhancements such as What does this business do? “Soft Play mudra and art, meditation, home programs equipment rental.” for modified yoga needs).”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: What Ahwatukee residents will like: “I “New and exciting Soft Play can help you genuinely care about the client’s priorities have an extremely fun event and keep todand quality of life. I have the medical/ dlers as well as crawling infants safe while educational background and experience playing. We bring the equipment to you set it up and come back to pick up making it See GIFT GUIDE on page 37

AWESOME TODDLERS

36

GIFT GUIDE

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

(480) 895-ENVY

GIFT GUIDE

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Started: 1993.

What does this business do? “I paint murals and decorative finishes for nurseries, restaurants, schools, virtually all rooms for residential and commercial spaces.”

EB’S DELITES

Owner: Ebonni Davis Contact info: 48th Street and Ray Road, 626-298-3092, Ebsdelites@gmail.com.

Hours: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

Started: 2013 What does this business do? “Provide flavorful custom desserts to guarantee a delight in every bite. Cakes for all events, cake pops, cupcakes, cookies, brownies, Rice Krispie treats.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “They will like that I provide very creative, unique and delicious desserts that are guaranteed to satisfy everyone.”

JAB FITNESS

(Special to AFN)

Customer Framing

GIFT GUIDE

from page 35

of occupational therapy enhanced with the amazing mind-body-spirit lifestyle strategies afforded through yoga therapy.

Although I have specialized in pediatrics with home-based and school-based clients most of my career, I am now broadening

my clientele in order to share yoga therapy and facilitate vitality and wellness. Yoga has not only been therapeutic for me, but truly life changing.”

PASSION 4 MURALS

Owner: Suzanne Whitaker Contact info: 480-334-1202, passion4murals.com, Suzanne@passion4murals.com.

Can technology improve your vision?

Come see for yourself.

Owner: Jenn, Brandon, Megan Spencer Contact Info: 480775-7522, jabfitnessaz. com, jab.boxing@ Plexus Worldwide gmail.com.

Hours: Vary.

Started: 2011.

What does this business do? “Boxing, kickboxing, boot camps, kid Muay Thai, adult Muay Thai, group classes, personal training. A 12,000-square-foot facility that is family-owned and operated. Family and kid friendly where every gym member becomes a JAB family member.

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “That we have all the amenities of a corporate owned gym, with the JAB family environment.”

CUSTOMER FRAMING

Owner: Marjorie Lucas Contact info: 480-3717442.

Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Monday-Saturday.

What does this business do? “I am a commercial and residential custom picture-framing business. I am a mobile (Special to AFN) business and I can bring the samples to you. I frame certificates, prints, mirrors of all sizes (especially for bathroom vanities), jerseys, wedding gowns, christening gowns, sports memorabilia, military items. No job is too big.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “They are going to like the fact that my business is mobile. They are going to like seeing the samples at the location the framing project is for. It is a great benefit for residents and business owners.”

October 5 - December 7, 2016 Visit our Kiosk at the FRY’S at Chandler Blvd. and 40th. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday.

See Kiosk for Hours.

EYE PRIORITY, PC

Complete Vision Care for All Ages Since 1991

480-893-2300 • www.eyepriority.com 15725 S. 46th St., #112, Phoenix, 15725 S. 46th St., #112, Phoenix, 85048 85048

Owner: Kristen Martinez Contact info: shopmyplexus.com/ mrskmart2015 or mrskmart2015@gmail. com.

Hours: 24/7.

Started: April 2016 What does this business do? “Give me the opportunity to share a line of natural health supplements that address the 3 key health issues in America today: blood sugar, inflammation, and gut health.”

What Ahwatukee residents will like: “People everywhere will love being able to have more energy, feel more alert, and overall healthier. They may even shed a few pounds.”

We Can Help!

From a variety of comfortable new options in contact lenses to specialized glasses for computer use, sports or driving, we have something for everyone. Give us a call!

Dr. Monica Sawitzke Dr. Kelly de Simone

PLEXUS WORLDWIDE

MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT

Thanks to new materials, digital precision, and innovative lens production, vision correction is better than ever.

BILL AND CAROLE PHELAN

37

480-283-9161 Call for Year Round In-Home Appointments

Medicare Questions?

Turning 65?

Changing Plans?

New to the Area?

ASK ABOUT OUR NEW DENTAL-VISION-HEARING PLAN Licensed, Independent Insurance Agents. Not Employed

by Medicare or Any Government Agency

38

Business

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

@AhwatukeeFN |

@AhwatukeeFN

www.ahwatukee.com

These ďŹ ve digital devices can go under the Christmas tree

BY MIKE SMOTHERS AFN Guest Writer

F

or many small business enterprises, the Christmas shopping season represents between 20 and 40 percent of their entire annual income.

With more and more people utilizing the ease and convenience of online shopping, it is yet another hurdle the small business owner has to overcome of they want to keep the doors open.

Shop locally when you can and patronize the people who strive to give you the best personalized service you can only get from a neighborhood small business owner.

These days almost every major retailer has followed the business model of Amazon in offering nearly any product

your heart desires.

Check out the WalMart, Target or any other big box store website and you would think they must have shelf after shelf of items available for immediate purchase. In reality, they offer a large number of items for purchase but stock or even carry only a few. Many of these stores have partnered with vendors who package and ship their products after the sale and pay a listing price to the Website owner.

Below is a list of my top four electronic gifts for this gift-giving season and a stocking stuffer at the end. These gifts are for sale at most online retailers and may be locally available as well. I highly recommend calling for availability locally before you drive to the store to ensure they have what you are looking for.

Amazon Fire TV. The latest offering from Amazon to help you ditch the cable or satellite TV provider. Amazon Fire TV wirelessly connects to your broadband Internet then connects through an HDMI cord to your TV to provide you with a basic list of channels like AMC, HGTV, ESPN, Fox and others to get live coverage.

It also streams programs from their Amazon Instant Video and other libraries along with over 1,400 games like Minecraft, Lego Star Wars and PacMan 256 and others. Subscriber services to HBO, Cinemax and others allows for many options for viewing. Amazon Fire TV is modestly priced at about $89.99 with voice remote and available at Amazon and most online retailers. If you prefer similar viewing at a lower price,

you can now get the Amazon Fire TV HDMI stick with a voice remote for only about $40.

Bose Soundlink Mini Bluetooth Speaker II. Bose has been known for the finest in sound reproduction and now with their latest wireless, Bluetooth minispeaker system, it makes it easier than ever to take your playlists with you wherever you go.

A built-in speakerphone allows you to take calls out loud so you never See

DEVICES on page 39

BUSINESS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

DEVICES

from page 38

have to fumble with your phone to turn down the music while you answer a call.

It comes with easy to follow pairing instructions, a lithium-ion battery which plays for up to 10 hours on a full charge and is compact and completely wireless.

This is available at Fry’s Electronics, BestBuy and many online retailers for $179.95.

Samsung Gear VR Virtual Reality Headset. Virtual reality headsets are the drones of last Christmas. There are a number of headsets available but the two biggest names are Sony and Samsung and in my view, the Samsung is the way to go, especially if you have one of the popular Samsung phones like Note5, Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, or Galaxy S7.

The Samsung is lighter than the Sony and more comfortable for longer wearing without difficulty. If you are unfamiliar with virtual reality, these headsets give you a feeling of being part of the action instead of just watching the action from a distance. You can play games, watch stunning 2D and 3D movies and try a myriad of different virtual reality experiences. They are available at Target, WalMart, Staples, BestBuy, and most online retailers for about $60-$80.

Fitbit Charge 2. With more people becoming health conscious, the Fitbit remains an almost necessary part of your workout routine. It is worn on your wrist and measures distance traveled, time, calories burned, sleep activity, heart rate and steps taken.

You can set it up to give you a number of different notifications and it comes with personalized exercise modes to view real time stats and guided breathing sessions See

DEVICES on page 43

My Sister’s Closet celebrates 25 years

BY DAVID M. BROWN AFN Contributing Writer

The three sisters––Ann and Jenny Sincer and Tess Loo––give, give and give.

Their Arizona-based Eco-Chic Consignments Inc. is a trio of high-end designer consignment stores: My Sister’s Closet (recycled designer apparel and accessories for women); My Sister’s Attic (recycled home furnishings); and Well Suited (men’s apparel).

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, My Sister’s Closet has become a $25-plus million business with 15 stores in the Valley and San Diego and Encinitas, California.

Two years ago, the sisters added My Sisters’ Charities Thrift Store at The Fulton Promenade, 4985 S. Alma School Road, Chandler.

The for-profit consignment stores contribute revenue, manpower and unsold merchandise for My Sister’s Charities Foundation, a Chandlerbased nonprofit includes the thrift store.

The store employs three and has one volunteer.

Jenny, an Ahwatukee resident, and Ann started My Sister’s Closet in 1991.

“We decided we could create our own resale store that didn’t look like other less desirable resale stores,” said Ann. That first store opened at Town & Country Shopping Center at 20th Street and Camelback Road in Phoenix, and the company expanded with the other locations.

“We’ve watched how other consignment stores throw out merchandise or store it in warehouses, and we didn’t want to do that, so we came up with the idea for the Chandler thrift store and for donating all of its proceeds to charity,” she added.

(My Sisters Closet/Special to AFN)

Jenny Siner, left, and her Ahwatukee sister Ann Siner have made My Sisters Closet a national business that generously gives to charities.

Each of their Arizona and California locations sells consigned items at 60−90 percent below retail value. Those items

that do not sell in the consignment stores are trucked to the Chandler thrift

Use Your Dental Benefits Before December 31st

How will you pay for retirement? Let’s talk.

USE THEM, DON’T LOSE THEM!

®

480.753.7664 www.edwardjones.com

CLOSET on page 41

Implant

$1,200

Exam & X-rays

®

$19

Financial Advisor

4902 E Warner Rd Suite 1 Phoenix, Arizona 85044

See

Coupon must be presented to receive discount.

Offers may not be combined. Exp. 12-31-16.

Joseph B. Ortiz, AAMS , CRPS

Member SIPC

39

Harvey Arnce, D.D.S.

• General Dentistry • Orthodontics - Invisalign • Teeth Whitening - Zoom • Implants

480.704.0701

• Crown / Bridgework • Dentures • Oral Surgery / Extractions

15425 S. 40th Pl., Phoenix, 85044 40th St. & Chandler Blvd.

Coupon must be presented to receive discount.

Offers may not be combined. Exp. 12-31-16.

Crowns

$700

Coupon must be presented to receive discount.

Offers may not be combined. Exp. 12-31-16.

www.ironwooddentalcenter.com

BUSINESS

40

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Holiday lights business saves grief, shares joy

BY SHELLEY GILLESPIE AFN Contributing Writer

D

uring Cody West’s childhood, one of his fondest memories was his family’s traditional visit to Candy Cane Lane in Southern California. The bright holiday lights and family closeness were etched in his mind.

More recently, his friend Addison Lee and he, both WP Carey business school grads, tossed ideas around ideas until they decided on a light installation company.

They researched what companies were doing.

“We could do a lot better,” West said.

Holiday lighting installers visited a home, measured and provided a quote that was difficult to standardize.

“There was no price transparency, no amount per square foot quoted, and dishonest practices at play,” West added.

Installers disappeared when it came time to maintain or remove lights.

“They were charging outrageous amounts.”

West, Lee, and their friend, Ben Frelka, started Lumineso, a company to develop a new image for how the industry

functions. In their first year in business, they already have an avid fan.

Nicole Piper, a Peoria resident, was delighted as a Lumineso crew installed her holiday lights in early November.

Holiday decorations have been a sore point for her family since her husband, David, fell off their two-story roof and nearly died while placing holiday decorations five years ago.

“Actually, the paramedics said David probably died,” she said. “When I spoke with him, he choked and wasn’t breathing.”

Now, Nicole hides the ladders and refuses to let her father and husband put up any lights above their immediate reach.

“Decorations are a big deal in my family,” said Nicole, “Last year, we hired an installation company that didn’t come on time, maintain or remove the lighting. We hired a second person to remove the lights.”

Wary after her experience, Nicole placed an order for lighting installation on a work bidding website where she met Lumineso.

Nicole was impressed with Lumineso

Voted “1st Place” Best Dentist 9 Times

Thank You Ahwatukee!

BEST of 2015 Ahwatukee Foothills News

Foothills Family Dental P.C. Digital Xrays Implants Itero Digital Cosmetic Services Impressions Emergency Care Invisalign Certified Accepting New Patients 23 Years in the Same Location

Dr. Anita Marra

480-460-0484 www.foothillsfamilydental.com

1238 E. Chandler Blvd. • Ste. #101, Phoenix, AZ 85048 Located on the corner of Chandler Blvd & Desert Foothills Pkwy.

(Special to AFN)

Friends, from left, Ben Frelka, Cody West and Addison Lee founded Lumineso to provide a less expensive Christmas light decoration service than the industry typically provides.

as they communicated well, following up when promised and not badgering her.

“They were flexible with dates and their price was reasonable,” Nicole said.

“And, their price was less than the rate from the previous company.”

Now in their one-story 2,300-squarefoot home, the Piper family decorates

st 1 PLACE

BEST of 2015 Ahwatukee Foothills News

extensively. In a neighborhood that brings tour buses people in to see the extensive holiday lighting, the Pipers are no slackers.

“It’s a huge deal,” she says.

They place a sleigh with reindeers on the roof with packages that light See

JOY on page 41

BUSINESS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

CLOSET

(Special to AFN)

Lumineso's flexible scheduling and pricing is winning it raves from customers.

JOY

from page 40

up, decorate with icicle lights, spread lighting on the lawn to look like snow, install snowflakes on the home’s ledge, and dancing lights on little twigs. They also include animated figures of a buck and does feeding. There’s a long list of holiday decorations, meant to delight their family and those who drive by in the neighborhood to view the lights.

This week, David had spinal surgery scheduled. Nicole was determined he would return from the hospital to see the decorations. So, the lights had to be up early.

The Piper household hired Lumineso to install lights and décor. The installer said he’d be there between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and they arrived promptly at 7:45 a.m. Even with the long, extensive list of lights and displays, they were completed in less than six hours.

West, who is employed full-time as a data analyst, coordinates the jobs for Lumineso. He has researched extensively, including which roof types must be carefully approached so warranties are

not voided. Sand cast, wood shingles and clay tile roofs require special handling.

He encourages homeowners to use LED lighting, when possible.

“They use 80 percent less electricity,” West said.

If a large lighting installation requires extensive electricity, they have a licensed electrician to ensure safety.

To protect homes when installing lighting, West cautions, “Do not use staple guns. They cause permanent damage. We use plastic clips and if it’s stucco or brick, hot glue, which cleans off.”

As the season gets busy, he intends to “Get my hands dirty.”

Lumineso installs lighting in the East Valley and Phoenix area. Make a Wish AZ will receive a 10 percent donation from all Lumineso projects. They also are running a contest until Nov. 30 with prizes of one free Christmas light installation, two Christmas lawn inflatables, and two Christmas laser light projectors.

Information: Lumineso.com or 847348-9160.

from page 39

store and in California to the Rancho Coastal Humane Society’s thrift store in Encinitas.

And, if items don’t sell at the Chandler thrift store, where they are $1 to $10 with no sales tax, they are sold to a Valley recycler.

These proceeds and all net profits from sales at the nonprofit Chandler thrift store are donated to Valley nonprofits, after the sisters expense rent, insurance, employee pay and utilities.

In late August, Ann and Jenny, for instance, collected 186 bags of clothes and accessories from the Lincoln Village Store in Scottsdale and delivered them to the Chandler thrift store; they estimated that those bags can raise $25,000 for the nonprofit community.

And, employees at the My Sister’s Closet Desert Village at Pinnacle Peak, also in Scottsdale, gathered 205 bags and the Town & Country Phoenix location 147 bags, with everything going to the three Arizona Humane Society thrift stores in the Valley, including one in Tempe.

The company donates at least three to six truckloads every week to all of the charity thrift stores, including theirs.

“In addition to raising so much money to help our community, our thrift store also gives people the opportunity to buy great clothing and home goods for as little as a buck or two,” Jenny said.

In the first six months after opening the Chandler thrift store, the company netted more than $70,000 for charities.

And in 2015, their total charitable giving exceeded $200,000, Ann said.

In 2016, the company has donated $12,000 to Fresh Start Women’s Foundation, $30,000-plus for Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center (SWCC) to protect the Mexican Grey Wolves as

Stacey Zittel, D.D.S., P.C.

Includes the following: • 8 Reformer Pilates Classes • 4 FAST Spin Cycle Classes • 1 Nutrition Class • 4 Health Coaching Sessions

“Gentle Dental Care...Our Specialty” Gentle Care and Beautiful Smiles is Our Job...

Confidence in that Smile is Your Reward Complete Family Dentistry

480-598-5510

Now Taking New Patients!

Dr. Zittel and Family Ahwatukee Resident & Dentist for Over 15 Years

4530 E. Ray Rd., Suite 180 Ahwatukee (In the Foothills Health Center)

well as other sums. My Sisters’ Charities also has a Dinner With Wolves event every year to benefit SWCC and Defenders of Wildlife.

The Arizona Nature Conservancy received $30,000-plus in 2015.

Other regular beneficiaries are Animal Defense League of Arizona, Banner Alzheimer’s Foundation, Friends of Animal Care and Control, HALO Animal Rescue, the Phoenix Art Museum and, a favorite, the Arizona Humane Society.

“My Sister’s Closet provides AHS with a large volume of in-kind donations, ranging from clothing and home decor to accessories and home furnishings, which we are then able to sell in our own thrift stores, with the proceeds going back to AHS’ lifesaving programs and services,” said Bretta Nelson, public relations manager for the Arizona Humane Society.

“Since 2010, this partnership and friendship has helped countless number of pets go on to live wonderful lives,” she added.

“I love wildlife and preserving our country’s nature, I love animals like children, and, of course, we have to look out for each other with the women’s causes,” said Jenny.

Jenny was born in Colorado Springs, attended Arizona State University as an undergraduate and now enjoys the Ahwatukee lifestyle.

“My sisters and I have always volunteered and tried to help the community,” Ann said. “There are so many worthy organizations out there to support, and we are very proud to be able to help many of them help people and animals toward better lives.”

Information: mysisterscloset.com and mysisterscharities.org.

Head Start for the Holidays 4-Week Program

Thank You Ahwatukee for Voting Us “One of the Best Dentists”

41

• Before/After Photos & Measurements, Healthy Holiday™ Guide with recipes, exercises and health tips!

Only $239 - Save 25%!

480.820.7200 | www.PilatesTempe.com

8729 S. Kyrene Rd., #110 • Tempe, AZ 85284 (NE Corner of Kyrene & Warner)

42

BUSINESS

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

(Special to AFN)

Thrift stores throughout the East Valley offer a good source of inexpensive and unusual Christmas gifts and an avenue for shopping locally.

Thrift stores offer way to shop local, save money

BY ADRIANA BECERRA AFN Staff Writer

T

he convenience of online shopping has fewer people visiting local stores, instead opting to buy from brand names with one click of a button.

Forrester Research Inc. found that consumers spent $335 billion in online sales; a number that they predict will jump to $523 billion by 2020.

With the option of buying all major brands online, why shop locally?

“You’re supporting your local neighbor, your local community,” said Mike McClanahan, Retail Operations Director for St. Vincent De Paul, “You’re helping someone in need right here.”

Angel Jaquez, store manager at Kid to Kid in Ahwatukee, a resale store specializing in kid’s clothes and toys, agrees.

“It helps the community offer clothing to those who can’t afford it otherwise,” Jaquez said.

Thrift stores offer more to consumers than just shopping locally. They offer clothing and various items at discounted prices, along with an easy way of getting rid of that “clutter closet.”

Thrift stores rely heavily on donations for sustainability. Some only take clothing, while others will take food, clothing and other items.

“Every item that is on our floor is donated,” said Geena Caviness, store manager at the White Dove Thrift Shoppe in Mesa.

Unlike thrift stores, resale stores will pay donors for their clothing, either cash or store credit. Buffalo Exchange will buy clothing at a price they appraised.

“Each buyer is trained through hands-on experience and by becoming completely in tune with the inventory of the store so they can give a fair payout to the seller while offering a good deal for the customer,” said Stephanie Lew, Marketing Director of Buffalo Exchange, a resale store that first opened in Tucson in 1974.

Many thrift stores will invest their funds back in their stores. Others donate their revenue to different charities and organizations.

“We donate to the Salvation Army and the Phoenix Dream Center,” said Jaquez.

The White Dove Thrift Shoppe and St. Vincent de Paul support their respective charity organizations.

“Our funds go directly to our patient care at Hospice of the Valley,” Caviness said.

Hospice of the Valley is called the largest not-for-profit hospice in the nation. They serve around 17,000 patients and families throughout Central Arizona.

McClanahan said funds from St.

(Special to AFN)

If you're furnishing an apartment or a home, don't overlook the bargains to be found at area thrift stores, where you can find some pieces for a fraction of their original cost.

Vincent de Paul’s 17 thrift stores in Arizona go to their mission to feed, clothe, house and heal.

“It goes to fund our special ministries where we can buy clothing and essentials for the homeless and the needy,” said McClanahan.

Caviness said that thrift stores are not only beneficial for the people directly involved, but the state as a whole.

“You’re helping the state and incoming money,” said Caviness. “You’re putting people to work. It’s recycling at its best.”

Lew agrees with Caviness on the notion of reduce, reuse, recycle.

“By recycling your clothing through selling or donation, you’re giving the clothing a second life,” Lew said. “This helps by not contributing to the demand and waste of clothing pollution.”

Shopping locally proves beneficial for consumers, charities, the environment and the state.

McClanahan said that while shopping at Target is great, there’s nothing like the intimacy of shopping at mom and pop stores.

“Small businesses are the lifeblood of a good economy in any community,” he said.

BUSINESS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

DEVICES

from page 38

to help find your moments of calm.

The Fitbit is compatible with Andriod and iOS systems and costs $149.95 at Kohl’s, Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods, most health clubs and on-line.

Above Tek Gooseneck Tablet Arm. Do you have a friend or relative on your gift list who loves to read or surf the Net in bed or simply does not like holding their iPad, iPhone, tablets or phones? This may be the perfect gift for them.

Easy and lightweight, this holder mounts almost anywhere that has an edge like a desk, bed frame or night stand and gives you 360-degree rotatable swivel so you can position your device in the perfect place for you.

It comes with three different clamps to fit any personal device you may have and at about $40, it may be the stocking stuffer of the year. Available at Sears, Staples, and most online retailers.

Mike Smothers is president of Smothers Computer Services in Ahwatukee. Send questions to mike@smotherscomputers.com or call 480-753-7667

43

‘Local First’ is a good approach to this holiday season

spending holiday, we encourage you to think “Local First” this holiday season.

If each holiday shopper shifted just 10 ith holiday spending percent of their spending from national projected to exceed $650 chains to independent businesses, that billion this year across would add up to a huge investment in America, have you thought about where creating vibrant communities that we that money goes once are proud to call you have spent it? home.

Ahwatukee is filled to Studies show that Join Local when you spend your the brim with unique local First Arizona in money with locallycelebrating Buy businesses that offer a owned businesses— Local Month from businesses that are variety of great options for Friday through Jan. headquartered here 1, and keep your holiday gift giving. in Arizona as well as money where your owned and operated —Kimber Lanning home is this holiday by Arizonans—up season. to four times more Ahwatukee and the East Valley are money will stay in the local economy filled to the brim with unique local than if you spent that money at a businesses that offer a variety of great national chain or mega online retailer. options for holiday gift giving. Be sure All that money re-circulating in the to drop by the historical downtown areas local economy equates to higher rates of Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, or Chandler. of job creation and more prosperous You can also check out our local communities overall. business directory of nearly 3,000 As we approach the year’s largest local businesses from across the state at

BY KIMBER LANNING AFN Guest Writer

W

“

”

(Special to AFN)

Kimber Lanning is founder and director of Local First Arizona.

localfirstaz.com, where you’ll also find Buy Local Month discounts, top gift picks, holiday events, and more.

44

BUSINESS

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Three rescued dogs seek new masters AFN NEWS STAFF

T

hree dogs are looking for new masters in Ahwatukee.

Jannell Cosgriff of Friends for Life adoption center calls Virgil “a fun loving” Jack Russell Terrier blend. At a year-old and about 15 pounds, he “would make a great hiking or jogging buddy” because he “does great on a leash and responds well to commands.”

She said his ideal home would be an active one that can give him lots of attention.

His adoption fee is $175 and he is neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and Norman licensed. Information: 480-497-8296, ffldogs@azfriends.org or azfriends.org.

Chiquita “is a sweet, entertaining, boisterous 3-year-old Shiba Inu Mix who always wears a super big smile,” said

Jenny Medlock of Arizona Rescue.

“She has a huge heart, a vibrant personality, and a spunk to her that quickly causes you to forget any cares and is guaranteed to brighten your day,” Medlock said of the “affectionate pup who enjoys snuggling with her people, loves getting hugs, and likes being petted.”

While she loves the outdoors, Chiquita “has excellent leash manners and enjoys car rides,” she added, noting her “inquisitive nature doesn’t miss a thing” and that “she really takes an interest in her surroundings and processes everything she observes.

(Special to AFN) “She is a people watcher and is entertained for hours at a coffee shop, dog-friendly patio, or the park,” Medlock continued. “Chiquita plays hard, so she sometimes needs help recognizing when her exuberance becomes overwhelming for her canine

UPGRADE

TO A

(Special to AFN)

(Special to AFN)

Virgil

Chiquita

pals. One of the smartest dogs our volunteers have worked with, Chiquita is easily trained with a combination of the clicker, treats, patience, and repetition.”

She also enjoys chew toys and burrowing through dog beds and her “outgoing, affectionate, energetic personality makes her the perfect companion for an active, outdoorsy person who also enjoys snuggling on the couch with their furry friend,” Medlock said.

Information: azrescue.org.

Shauna Michael of Arizona Animal

Welfare League said Norman, a 6-monthold Chihuahua mix, also “has a big personality for his little size.”

“Norman can be a little shy at first, but with a few treats and belly rubs, he will warm right up and melt in your lap,” she added.

She said his ideal family is one “that can provide training and socializing” and that the dog “loves to go for walks, but spends most of his time snuggling with his favorite people.”

Information: 602-273-6852 ext.116.

SMART GARAGE

LiftMaster® 8550W DC Belt Drive Garage Door Opener

What garage door opener alerts you when it opens or closes with MyQ® Technology? Gives you the ability to control it from anywhere? Safeguards your home with advanced security features, and powers up so you can access your home, even when the power is down?

The LiftMaster® 8550W DC Belt Drive Garage Door Opener.

COOKSON DOOR SALES OF ARIZONA 705 W 22ND ST, TEMPE, AZ 85282-1905 480-377-8777 www.cooksonaz.com ROC094890

PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED

$

365

Opener is priced for garage doors up to 7’ tall. Offer includes complete installation and sales tax - there are no hidden charges. Offer cannot be used on previous orders and prices subject to change.

© 2014 LiftMaster All Rights Reserved

45

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Faith

@AhwatukeeFN |

@AhwatukeeFN

www.ahwatukee.com

Area faith leaders discuss what they’re grateful for

BY RALPH ZUBIATE AFN Managing Editor

H

eading into the holiday season, people start reflecting on the year that’s quickly ending and the year to come. Thanksgiving is an especially good time to look back.

Amid all the turkey and football and family, faith leaders in the East Valley shared what they’re most thankful for.

Rabbi Mendy Deitsch, director of Chabad of the East Valley in Chandler, spoke of service.

“I have come to realize that the most amazing feeling is when one engages in helping another person,” he said. He said he is thankful for God’s gifts, “and we should use them to share with someone else.”

He said service leads to thankfulness.

“The more we share with others, the more we will have something to be thankful for.”

Paul Artino, executive pastor at Redemption Church in Gilbert, also Deitsch talked about God’s gifts.

“I feel like every day is a in “Footprints,” a documentary reminder of and experience of about a pilgrimage he led in God’s unmerited favor,” he said.

Spain, was thankful for another “Having seen and experienced trip he took. people and places in the world “Something I’m very grateful who have far less, and who are for is this summer, we took a more satisfied, it is hard to find group of 63 young people to Artino reasons to not be thankful.”

World Youth Day, in Poland.”

Also, Artino spoke of things more Fita is pastor at St. Anne Catholic personal.

Parish in Gilbert.

“Relationships will always be at the “I feel at peace in many ways—inside, top of my ‘thankful’ list. From my wife outside, everything seems to be in place,” and kids, to the incredible people I get he said. to serve alongside, to all the people Father Philip Armstrong, pastor of the who have shaped me in my life, I’m St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church constantly reminded of what a gift these in Chandler, is thankful for things big relationships have been and are to me,” and small this year. he said.

On his list was appreciation for the Bante Ananda Siyabalagoda of Holy Trinity “who gave me the gift the Arizona International Buddhist of life,” to his parents, family, friends, Meditation Center in Mesa reflects on parishioners and other clergy. community.

Armstrong also is thankful to this “I am thankful for the large community nation’s founders, and “for the many of Buddhists who attend the Buddhist freedoms I experience being an American, center, the opportunity to present especially the freedom of religion.” meditation classes, observe the rituals of “And, I’m thankful to all those who our religion and the many other services tolerate my imperfections,” he said. we render,” he said.

Pastor Thor Strandholt of Valor Father Sergio Muñoz Fita, who appears Christian Center in Gilbert had many

things to be thankful for.

“As a Vietnam veteran, I’m thankful for a country that allows us freedoms that we have on a day-by-day basis,” Strandholt said. “The freedom to choose where we want to go and what we want to do without borders and restrictions.

“As a retired physician, I’m thankful for the good health my family and I enjoy.

And as an associate pastor, I’m thankful for the freedom to serve a God that delivered me from the path of destruction and set my feet on solid ground with Heaven as my future destination.”

Andrew Aziz, deacon at Mar Yosip Parish of the Assyrian Church of the East in Chandler, talked about his congregation and their push for a building of their own.

“I personally am thankful for having my congregation,” he said. “Although we don’t have a church building, the people that attend are the church to me. Without them, there is no church to build, and nobody to preach to.

They are truly a blessing Armstrong to me.”

SPIRITUAL SIDE

Thanksgiving prayer: Let us come together in the true spirit of these days RABBI SUSAN SCHANERMAN AFN Guest Writer

I

n the aftermath of a very difficult few months in our nation’s psyche, Thanksgiving comes not a moment too soon.

We are blessed with the opportunity to gather with family and friends, to enjoy the traditional foods of harvest, to root for our favorite teams, and to take time to reflect on what we believe to be America’s greatest and enduring strengths: our ability to unite in difficult times, our commitment to care for the orphan and the widow, our charge to

seek justice for all, our call to uphold civil rights and freedom for all, our moral imperative to respect and honor one another for our differences and our similarities as human beings.

For those of us who connect deeply with a spiritual being, we also give thanks to the gentle and soothing voice within that comforts us in our moments of distress, that urges us to action in moments of need, that reassures us when we falter, that supports us when we stumble, and that rejoices with us when we succeed.

We are ever grateful for the spark of holiness that lives within each of us, that calls us to be compassionate and loving

to our neighbors, to our family, to our national and global communities.

Now is the time to mend strained relationships, to repair hurtful family dynamics. Now is the time to reject hateful rhetoric and irresponsible language. Now is the time to confront our own biases and prejudices and to work to eradicate them from ourselves.

Why? Because, there is no room for God in a heart filled with anger and resentment.

There is no room for love in a soul tormented by fear and distrust. There is no hope for a country mired in negativity and hatred.

As the winter holiday season

commences officially this week, programs and services and special events will happen at synagogues, churches, mosques, temples, meeting houses, and wherever folks gather to celebrate the Divine.

Let us come together in the true spirit of these days—celebrating freedom of religion, freedom of self-expression, and freedom to be an American.

May this Thanksgiving and the weeks to come propel America into the nation we want her to be, we know her to be, and we pray for her to be.

-Rabbi Susan Schanerman is the spiritual leader of Ahwatukee Congregation. Information: www.nefeshsoul.com or contact her at rabbi@ nefeshsould.org.

46

FAITH

SATURDAY, DEC. 3 HAVDALLAH CEREMONY

CKids Club International presents Saturday Night Alive, a musical celebration of family and the mystical havdallah ceremony. The havdallah is an ancient ritual, performed by our Jewish ancestors for thousands of year as a way to mark the conclusion of Shabbat and welcome in the new week.

DETAILS> 7-8:30 p.m., Chabad of the East Valley, 875 N McClintock Dr., Chandler. Information: 480-855-4333, or info@chabadcenter.com.

SUNDAY, DEC. 4 SPECIAL CONCERT PLANNED

Guest artists from the first annual Summer Artist in Residence Program, Chandler Gilbert Community College piano professor Piano Amanda Sherrill, and Arizona Opera soprano Melissa Solomon, will present a holiday concert of Bach, Handel, Rachmaninov and beloved classics.

DETAILS> 2 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. Admission, $15/students, $10.

Children under 10 are free. Information: 480-936-4127, or Earl@htlutheran.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 10 CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS

Children ages 3 through 10 are invited to come and celebrate the birth of our Savior in Calvary Lutheran Church’s Christmas for Kids. Besides the Christmas lesson, children will have all kinds of activities from crafts, to music, to Christmas treats, including birthday cake to celebrate and grow in the true Christmas message. If parents are looking for some time to shop or prepare for Christmas, we would love to have your children enjoy the morning with us.

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

FAITH CALENDAR DETAILS> 9 a.m.-noon, Calvary Lutheran Church, 1270 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. Free. Register at calvarychandler.net under Events, through Dec. 5.

Information: 480-963-9397.

SUNDAY, DEC. 11 ‘JAZZOPERETRY’ RETURNS

After a four-year absence, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and Jazzoperetry (“Jazz-OP-ruh-tree”), Inc., will join forces to present the long-awaited return to Arizona of the contemporary Christian singer/ songwriter Robert Moffat. The Holy Trinity Chancel choir will join the Rob Moffat Chorus and instrumental ensemble to perform a musical nativity.

DETAILS> 2 p.m., 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. Admission $15/students $10.

Information: 480-936-4127, or Earl@htlutheran.com.

SUNDAYS

VALOR CHRISTIAN OUTLINES MISSION

Valor Christian Center in Gilbert offers “great praise and worship and great messages for today’s living,” according to Pastor Thor Strandholt, associate pastor.

“Our mission is evangelize, healing and discipleship through the word of God.” DETAILS> 10 a.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Thursdays. 3015 E. Warner Road. Information: valorcc.com.

HORIZON SEEKS YOUNG PEOPLE

High school and middle school students meet to worship and do life together.

DETAILS>5 p.m. at Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane. 480-460-1480 or email joel@ horizonchurch.com.

KIDS CAN LEARN JEWISH LIFE

Children can learn and experience Jewish life. Chabad

Hebrew School focuses on Jewish heritage, culture and holidays.

DETAILS> 9:30 a.m. to noon, for children ages 5-13 at Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. 480-855-4333, info@ chabadcenter.com, or chabadcenter.com.

RABBINIC LIT COURSE OFFERED

Ongoing morning study of two classics of rabbinic literature by medieval philosopher Moses Maimonides (the “Rambam”). At 10 a.m., Prof. Norbert Samuelson, Grossman chair of Jewish Philosophy at ASU and TBS member, teaches “Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed: What Jews Ought to Believe.” At 11:15 a.m., TBS member Isaac Levy teaches “Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah: How Jews Ought to Behave.” Readings in both Hebrew and English.

DETAILS> Community Room of the administration building at Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. 480-897-3636.

UNITY OFFERS A PATH

Unity of Mesa says its Sunday service offers “a positive path for spiritual living” through “transformational lessons, empowering music and various spiritual practices with an open-minded and welcoming community.”

DETAILS> 9 a.m. Spiritual discussion group and meditation practices group. 10:15 a.m. service. 2700 E. Southern Ave., Mesa. Child care available at 9 a.m.

Nursery for infants through kindergarten at 10:15 a.m.

480-892-2700, unityofmesa.org, joanne@unityofmesa.org.

MONDAYS

JOIN CHRIST-CENTERED YOGA

This Flow 1-2 class (intermediate) is free and open to the community.

DETAILS> 6-7 p.m., Mountain Park Community Church,

2408 E. Pecos Road. Greg Battle at 480-759-6200 or gbattle@moutainpark.org.

CLASS TARGETS THE GRIEVING

Classes for those grieving over death or divorce.

DETAILS> 6:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. 480-963-4127.

STRUGGLING FIND SUPPORT

Support group for those struggling with how to deal with a loss in life.

DETAILS> 7 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C201, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-963-3997, ext. 141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or chandlercc.org.

TUESDAYS

JEWISH VIEWS ON HOT-BUTTON ISSUES

A new six session course presents a non-partisan, Jewish view of the hot button 2016 election issues, such as gun control and immigration. The classes will begin Nov. 14 and run for six weeks, until Dec. 19.

DETAILS> 7:30-9 p.m., Chabad of the East Valley, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. 480-855-4333, chabadcenter.com or info@chabadcenter.com.

DIVORCED CAN FIND COMFORT

People suffering through a divorce or separation can find understanding and caring support to face these challenges.

DETAILS> 6:30-8:30 p.m., Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E Pecos Road, Room 117, Ahwatukee, 480759-6200 or mountainpark.org.

FINDING HEALING FOR PAIN

HOPE, an acronym for “Help Overcome Painful

See

CALENDAR on page 47

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS Ray Road, Suite 6, Chandler. chabadcenter.com or 480-855-4333.

CALENDAR

from page 46

Experiences,” offers support for men and women who seek God’s grace and healing.

DETAILS> 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mountain Park Community Church, 2408 E. Pecos Road. mountainpark.org.

SENIORS ENJOY ‘TERRIFIC TUESDAYS’

The program is free and includes bagels and coffee and a different speaker or theme each week.

Registration not needed.

DETAILS> 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Barness Family East Valley Jewish Community Center, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. evjcc.org or 480-897-0588.

WEDNESDAYS

CELEBRATE RECOVERY MEETS

Celebrate Recovery says it “brings your relationship with the Lord closer to your heart as it heals your hurts, habits and hang-ups.” Participants can discuss issues ranging from feeling left out to addictions.

“Nothing is too small or too large.”

DETAILS> 6:20 p.m. at Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee. mvlutheran.org/ celebraterecovery or email cr@alphamvlc.com.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY OFFERED

Living Word Ahwatukee women’s Bible study and fellowship that offers “a short, low-key time of praise and worship in music and message.” It’s also an opportunity to meet other Christian women in Ahwatukee.

DETAILS> 10-11:30 a.m., Living Word Ahwatukee, 14647 W. 50th St., Suite 165, Ahwatukee. Free child care.

GET A ‘SPIRITUAL SHOWER’

A release calls this “a 15-minute energetic tune up each week” and says the Twin Hearts Meditation “is like taking a spiritual shower: when your aura is clean, you experience a higher level of awareness. You see through things more clearly and good luck increases.”

DETAILS> 7-9 p.m. at Unity of Tempe, 1222 E. Baseline Road, Suite 103, Tempe. 480-792-1800 or unityoftempe.com.

THURSDAYS

KIDS CAN FIND SUPPORT

Support group for children ages 6 to 12 coping with a separation or divorce in the family. One-time $10 fee includes snacks and workbook.

DETAILS> 6:30-8:30 p.m., 1825 S. Alma School Road, Room C202, Chandler. Pastor Larry Daily, 480-963-3997, ext. 141, larrydaily@chandlercc.org or chandlercc.org.

ULPAN INSTRUCTION AVAILABLE

Class is based on Israel’s successful Ulpan instruction.

Taught by Ilan Berko, born in Israel, schooled in the U.S. DETAILS> 7 p.m. Chabad of the East Valley, 3875 W.

FRIDAYS

NEFESHSOUL HOLDS SERVICES

Congregation NefeshSoul holds Shabbat services the second Friday of every month on the campus of the Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

DETAILS> 6:15 p.m., 6400 W. Del Rio St., Chandler.

Information: nefeshsoul.org.

TODDLERS CAN MARK SHABBAT

Celebrate Shabbat with a service, music, and a craft project designed for children up to 5 years old and their parents or other adult.

DETAILS> 9:30 a.m., Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

TOTS TAUGHT TORAH

Hosted by Chabad of the East Valley for children ages 2 to 5. Features hands-on activities about the Shabbat, songs, stories and crafts. Children will make and braid their own challah.

DETAILS> 10:15-11 a.m., members’ homes. 480-785-5831.

NOSH BEFORE SERVICE

“Nosh” and then enjoy the Shir Shabbat service led by the Shabba-Tones, the Shabbat musical group.

DETAILS> 6 p.m. first Friday of the month, Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

YOUNG FAMILIES HOLD SHABBAT

Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley invites young families to its services.

DETAILS> Regular services at 6 p.m. except on the third Friday of each month, when a 6 p.m. Young Family Shabbat Service is held for children and adults of all ages. Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. Shabbat Morning and Torah Service weekly at 9 a.m. 480-897-3636 or tbsev. org. or info@tbsev.org.

SERVICE INCLUDES KIDS

Designed for children up to 5 years old and their parents or other adult. Following the service is an Oneg Shabbat, a time for a snack and to meet other families with young children.

DETAILS> 6:30 p.m. second Fridays, Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

TEMPLE EMANUEL LISTS SERVICES

Traditional service followed by an Oneg Shabbat.

DETAILS> 7:30 p.m. second and fourth Fridays, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. 480-838-1414 or emanueloftempe.org.

SATURDAYS

STUDY THE PRAYER BOOK

These special study sessions at the beginning of Shabbat morning services teach the structure of Shabbat services and how to follow in the Siddur (prayer book). Taught by Rabbi Leitner. Introduction to Judaism, Introductory Hebrew Reading for Adults, and Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation are cumulative, so no new students can be accepted mid-year.

DETAILS> 9-9:30 a.m. fourth Saturday each month, Pre-register for fall by contacting Amy Shevitz at vped@tbsev.org.

WEEKLY SERVICES SCHEDULED

International, nondenominational church offers weekly Sabbath services. Congregational meeting in the morning and Bible study in the afternoon.

DETAILS> 10:30 a.m.-noon; 1:30-2:45 p.m. at True Jesus Church, 2640 N. Dobson Road, Chandler. 480-899-1488 or tjcphoenix@tjc.org.

JEWISH KIDS PROGRAM AVAILABLE

Shabbat Yeladim is a free Shabbat program for Jewish children ages 3-7 sponsored by Ahwatukee’s NefeshSoul Jewish Community. Shabbat Yeladim is on the second Saturday of the month. Songs, stories and art project each month.

DETAILS> 10-11 a.m. on the Valley Unitarian Universalist Campus, 6400 W. Del Rio, Chandler.

Contact Rabbi Susan Schanerman at rabbi@nefeshsoul. org or nefeshsoul.org.

STUDY AND WORSHIP IN TEMPE

DETAILS> Temple Emanuel, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe.

Optional study session at 8:20 a.m., Shabbat morning service at 9:30 a.m., followed by a kiddush. 480-8381414 or emanueloftempe.org.

ONGOING

JEWISH CENTER SELLS GIFTS

The Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life Chai Judaica

FAITH 47 and Gifts offers a wide variety of gifts, from Mezuzot to books, religious items and jewelry.

DETAILS> Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock Drive, Chandler. Gift shop hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Wednesday by appointment only and Sundays 9:30-10 a.m. and noon-12:30 p.m. info@chabadcenter.com or 480-855-4333.

TEMPLE PROVIDES KIDS ROOM

The full-time infant room for children ages 6 weeks to 12 months.

DETAILS> Temple Emanuel of Tempe, 5801 S. Rural Road, Tempe. Rachel Wallach, 480-838-1414, or rachel@ emanueloftempe.org.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AT CHABAD

Reggio-Inspired program where children can develop socially, physically, emotionally and intellectually in a Jewish setting. For preschoolers 12 months to 5 years old, with part-time and half-day options. Before- and after-care hours available.

DETAILS> Shternie Deitsch at info@chabadcenter.com or call 480-855-4333.

GET-ACQUAINTED COFFEE

East Valley Friends and Neighbors holds a monthly getacquainted coffee and short general meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. The group supports local charities and has special-interest groups, such as book discussions and card game groups, that meet throughout the month.

DETAILS> 9:30 a.m. the first Wednesday of each month. Grace United Methodist Church, 2024 E. University Drive, Mesa. Information: 380-828-5146, evfanaz.org or email Tinytubes@cox.net.

Submit your releases to pmaryniak@ahwatukee.com

48

Get Out

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

@AhwatukeeFN |

@AhwatukeeFN

www.ahwatukee.com

(AFN file photo)

The orphans in “Annie Jr.” are played by, from left Baylee Horvath, Abby Springer, Hailey Laidig, Karis Puckett, Shayla Forero, Kaylee Delgado, Emma Martin, Savannah Springer, Claire O’Malley, McKenna Henry, Mia Tarwater and Reagan Plank.

Scores of young actors taking to the stage for ‘Annie Jr.’ AFN NEWS STAFF

I

t was 9:15 p.m. on a Friday and the studio was buzzing with excitement.

Grade school girls raced through the halls, packing up their dance bags, storing the prop brooms and buckets and singing bits and pieces of the musical number they just rehearsed.

They had just finished a four-hour rehearsal to cap off a long school week, yet they were untouched by fatigue. If anything, the hours of blocking, dancing and singing filled them with new energy.

For the cast of “Annie Jr.,” the experience is magical.

The show, produced by Gilbert’s Studio 3 Performing Arts in partnership with Limelight Performing Arts, will play at Mesa Arts Center Dec. 14-20 with a bigger-thanexpected cast of actors and actresses from the East Valley and Ahwatukee.

So many young actors turned out for auditions that director Caroline Wagner opted to double- and even triple-cast many of the featured roles, dividing them

into a blue, red and green cast.

“I like performing a lot because it makes people excited and happy if they’re down,” said 8-year-old Baylee Horvath who plays the role of Kate, one of the orphans.

Emma Martin, 10, who plays Tessie, added, “The fact that I get to express myself to an audience, to make them laugh or feel what I’m feeling, is awesome.”

Despite their youth, the kids bring a giant-sized share of talent to the stage.

Many cast members are decorated actors, with AriZoni and National Youth Arts awards and nominations to their credit.

Among them is 17-year-old Jessica Sinodis, who recently starred as Grizabella in Studio 3-Limelight’s summer production of “Cats” and dazzled audiences with a voice that has Broadway written all over it.

She played the role of Pepper in Studio 3’s “Annie Jr.” when she was only 11—it was one of the studio’s very first productions— and now comes full circle to portray the bawdy, hilarious and ill-tempered Miss Hannigan.

“Playing Miss Hannigan was always a

childhood dream,” said Sinodis. “It is not like any theater experience I’ve ever had.

Unlike me, she hates children and is very crass. This is definitely a role that has taken me out of my comfort zone.”

Added Emma England, Studio 3 owner and “Annie Jr.” artistic director: “You can’t help but be swept up when you see the cast perform.”

The depth of the cast’s talent is especially evident among the three 11-yearold performers playing Annie, a dream role for any young girl.

Julia Pitman of Chandler heads up the blue cast. With her red hair, sparkling eyes and freckled cheeks, she truly embodies the role the Annie. She is a skilled and seasoned performer with a big voice and a kind heart who serves as a mentor and big sister to her younger cast mates.

Mesa’s Reagan Plank, who doubles-up as Annie in the green cast and Pepper in the red cast, may be the surprise break-out performer of the group. Even her mom, Amy Plank, had no idea her daughter could sing like that.

Alyse Negroni, who recently moved to Chandler from Yuma, stars in the red cast.

She looks the part, acts the part and sings with a pure, yet powerful, voice.

But the show goes well beyond beautiful singing.

When choosing the final cast—after a week-long audition process and multiple call-backs—the directors carefully evaluated the skill, the look and even the height of each performer.

“When choosing our casts, we lined up the girls to make sure they were stair steps in height,” said Wagner. “Just like the movie, Molly had to be the smallest, Duffy had to be the tallest, and Annie was right in the middle. Every single one of them needed to be able to hold their own in singing, acting and dancing.”

Surrounding the orphans is a cast of teenage actors, many of them Studio 3-Limelight regulars. They include Maddy Rathbun (Grace), Matthew Pitman (Rooster), Sarah Golden (Ms. Hannigan, blue cast, and Ms. Pugh, red cast) and Nicolas Caglia See

ANNIE on page 51

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Š 2016 Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Porsche recommends seat belt usage and observance of traffic laws at all times.

Porsche Chandler.

Your East Valley Luxury Dealership.

A luxury experience encompassing Sales, Service, Parts & Accessories in the heart of the East Valley. Offering complimentary Porsche service loaners and door-to-door Sales & Service vehicle delivery. Showcasing the finest selection of New, Certified and Pre-Owned Porsche models.

Conveniently located North of the Santan 202 Freeway on Gilbert Road.

Please visit us online at PorscheChandler.com

Porsche Chandler 1010 S. Gilbert Rd. Chandler, AZ 85286 (480) 994-9000 PorscheChandler.com

GET OUT

49

50

GET OUT

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Be Merry

The holidays sing, dance and act their way across Valley stages.

BY KENNETH LAFAVE GETOUT CONTRIBUTING WRITER

I

f the composers Peter Tchaikovsky and George Handel were alive, they’d be very wealthy men. Every winter, their music is heard throughout the land as the very epitome of Christmas: Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” and Handel’s “Messiah.” Ditto Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”

Tchaikovsky, Handel and Dickens are gone, but they left us a legacy of work that forms the core of wildly varied Christmastime arts and entertainment.

Around the Valley, it’s possible through the New Year to see several Nutcrackers and Messiahs, myriad children in a Christmas pageant, ukuleles strumming holiday tunes and Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding, featuring Santa Claus, rock ‘n’ roll...and a guillotine.

Here are some of the highlights of holiday entertainment in the Valley of the Sun 2016.

Dancing Christmas: Nutcrackers and Snow Queen

The New York Times has called Ballet Arizona’s production “one of the top three Nutcrackers outside New York.” So, expect great dancing and spectacular sets and costumes.

The company will perform on various dates between Dec. 9 and Dec. 24 at Phoenix Symphony Hall. For times and ticket prices go to balletaz.org.

Ballet Etudes’ “Nutcracker” is an East Valley tradition, a showcase for young talent and a heartfelt artistic experience.

The company’s 30th anniversary production of the fabled ballet will be performed at two locations—Chandler Center for the Arts from Nov. 25 to Dec. 4, and the Mesa Arts Center Dec. 9-11. For details, visit balletetudes.net.

A modern-dance alternative to “The Nutcracker,” “Snow Queen” is an annual holiday event first staged by choreographer Frances Smith Cohen more than 25 years ago.

Performed annually by Center Dance Ensemble at the Herberger Theater Center in downtown Phoenix, the nonreligious story-in-dance has become a Valley holiday staple.

It runs this year on various dates Dec. 6-21. For details, see herbergertheater.org.

(AFN file photo)

The Phoenix Symphony will perform Handel’s “Messiah” at six Valley venues.

Singing Christmas: ‘Messiah’ and other vocalizations

The Phoenix Symphony really, really wants you to hear Handel’s “Messiah.”

Arizona’s largest-funded performing arts organization will present its version of the enduring Christmas classic at five different locations.

The venues are: Dec. 7, Scottsdale Center for the Arts; Dec. 8, Camelback Bible Church; Dec. 9, Mesa Arts Center’s Ikeda Theatre; Dec. 10, Camelback SDA Church; and Dec. 11, Pinnacle Presbyterian Church.

For times, ticket prices and addresses: phoenixsymphony.org.

The Phoenix Symphony also knows that not all of you want to listen to 224-yearold music that requires you stand when the choir sings “Hallelujah.”

For those folks, it will play a holiday pops program Dec. 2-Dec. 4 at Phoenix Symphony Hall. The concert features familiar Christmas songs performed by singers Gary Mauer and Christiane Noll, plus you, the audience, in a holiday singalong. Details at the website.

Finally, if you’re hankering to extend the holiday feeling via classical music, the Phoenix Symphony will host its annual New Year’s Eve Gala. It’s an event that includes Strauss waltzes and a complimentary glass of champagne.

Prefer your singing without symphony orchestra? Try American Songbook singer Dave Seabaugh and his 25-piece big band Dec. 17 at the Mesa Arts Center.

It’s the first time the crooner has done a

Christmas show. If a rock band is more to your taste, you live in the right town: Alice Cooper blends elements of Halloween with the joys of December holidays in his “Christmas Pudding.”

Korn and the Gin Blossoms will be there, but it is Cooper’s own Hollywood Vampires, featuring Johnny Depp and Joe Perry, that’s sure to get the blood pumping.

It happens Dec. 3 at the Celebrity Theatre.

Go to celebritytheatre.com.

Acting Christmas: The Dickens, you say

“A Christmas Carol” is the ultimate holiday story. Charles Dickens’ tale is all about greed vs. compassion, and the need to look at our lives as more than self-

serving trips through random phenomena.

The Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert has made an annual business of presenting Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the others in a much-loved staging. This year’s production is Dec. 1-Dec. 24. Go to haletheatrearizona. com.

If you find “A Christmas Carol” a little too sentimental for your taste, you can still enjoy the story as transmuted by former writers for “The Colbert Report.”

“Twist Your Dickens” plays the Phoenix Theatre Nov. 30-Dec. 24. Imagine Dickens’ story told with smart-aleck satire and audience interaction. Go to phoenixtheatre.com.

In non-Dickensian stagecraft, the awardwinning Childsplay presents something called “A Very Hairy Javelina Holiday.”

Sounds as if someone finally made winter holidays relevant to the Sonoran Desert. It is on now through Dec. 24 at Tempe Center for the Arts. Check out tca. ticketforce.com.

Clay Aiken returns to the stage

Clay Aiken’s epitaph may be “That Guy from American Idol,” but it’s one of the biggest accomplishment of his career.

Thanks to his near win, he has sold six million albums and sold out 11 U.S. tours.

For this Chandler Center for the Arts show, the former congressional candidate will be accompanied by a 22-piece orchestra. He reportedly ends his Christmas tours with his signature holiday song, “Don’t Save It All for Christmas Day.” Holiday miscellany Mesa Arts Center is this year’s winner for most unusual holiday offerings. Want ukuleles playing holiday tunes? You got it. “Christmas with the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain” arrives Dec. 4.

Choirs and orchestras converge at the MAC Dec. 2-4 for “Good Will Toward Men.” Think “Christmas” and immediately think “children”?

Mesa Arts Center has something for you Dec. 1-11 when it presents the East Valley Children’s Theatre in “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.”

Is jazz such a constant in your life that even Christmas means jazz? Try saxophonist Dave Koz’s Christmas Tour at the MAC Dec. 14.

GET OUT

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

ANNIE

from page 48

(Rooster, blue cast, and Drake, red cast).

Others, like Kendall Kingdesky (Lily St. Regis) and Kate LeCheminant (Tessie) have built their repertoire in productions at other theaters.

Under the artistic direction of England, a life-long performer, the dancing is fun and energetic, yet challenging and polished.

While “Annie Jr.” is one of the mostperformed musicals of all time, the dancing in Studio 3-Limelight’s production gives this show a brand all its own.

“It was important to me to create a show that’s fresh and unexpected—not the same old ‘Annie’ everyone has already seen,” added England. “The choreography is an area where we are really bringing some magic, not only with dancing but with tumbling, too.”

For example, “Hard Knock Life” is full of handsprings, walkovers, and even flips over broomsticks and blankets. “NYC,” a song featuring the entire cast, explodes with energy, bringing to life the magic of New York City through tap, jazz and acrobatics.

Performing in “Annie Jr.” is a dream for the cast and even their parents, who grew up quoting lines and singing along to the famous 1986 movie. The red-headed

orphan, full of spunk and wisdom, imparts a lesson for the generations: never lose hope, take good care of those around you, and life will turn out just fine.

“There’s something uplifting and magical about this show, and it goes well beyond the talent of our actors or the quality of the performance,” said Wagner, an accomplished director, choreographer, actress and teacher. “In a world that’s increasingly troubled, the sweetness and innocence of ‘the sun will come out tomorrow’ fills us with hope for the future.”

It’s a lesson, too, for the kids in the cast, who put in hundreds of hours in rehearsals to produce the best possible performance.

“This is what I love to do,” said Lily Nelson, who plays Duffy in the red cast. “It’s really fun getting to know the other kids in the cast. We share our talents, we support each other, and we encourage each other never to give up and just to keep on doing what we love.”

Performances are scheduled at the Mesa Arts Center Nesbitt/Elliot Playhouse from Dec. 14-20. Tickets are $15 and are available for purchase at mesaartscenter. com, keyword “Annie Jr.,” or by calling the MAC box office at 480-644-6500.

Group discounts are also available.

Information: limelightyouththeater.org or 480-545-1492.

Not your grandmother’s quilts Quilt artist creates one-of-a-kind-pieces

BY SRIANTHI PERERA AFN Staff Writer

Q

uilting is “plork” for Marla Hattabaugh, who coined the word to denote a mix between play and

work.

The Scottsdale artist has opened “These Are Not Your Grandmother’s Quilts: The Art Works of Marla Hattabaugh,” an exhibit that showcases colorful art quilts, at Chandler’s Vision Gallery. It runs through Jan. 7.

Hattabaugh’s quilts use hand-processed fabric and one-of-a-kind designs, she said.

“Quilting is a passion that I feel is important in my love of art and sensitivity to color and shape,” she said. “It’s something that I can explain to a person who is creative in whatever they love. Some love cooking, hiking, reading, writing, building houses, pots, gardens.”

Hattabaugh began her pastime when her daughter was in preschool, 43 years ago.

“Mother gave me a kit from a friend; my husband bet me I’d never finish it, so, of

course, I did,” she said.

Over the years, she cast aside traditional quilt patterns and settled on quilt art based on imagery and ideas. Her Giraffe series is fun and evocative of the graceful creatures.

“The Giraffe series started many years ago, when I decided I’d like to be taller than I am,” Hattabaugh states in her website, marlasquilts.com. “A teacher indicated the commercially printed fabrics I was using were trite, and not in keeping with art.

To combat that, I made the whole quilt oriented around that shape.”

Her pieces have been on display in shows across the United States and Europe.

She described the creative process as follows: “Sometimes, I see a photo that inspires me to make something similar in my use of fabric. Then I search for the right colors to complete the project.

“Cutting shapes and sewing them together is the next step. There’s a wall with batting that I use to put up the parts. Once they are in what I think looks See

QUILTS on page 52

From our Family to Yours - Happy Holidays!

Holiday Specials!

Free Alignment Checks, Tire Pressure and Brake Checks - All The Time!

Rhonda Allison Facial Pumpkin Facial

Must present coupon to get this offer. Most vehicles. No other discounts apply. Up to 5 quarts of oil. Disposal and shop supplies additional.

Redeem at Purcell Tire & Auto Service locations. Not all services available at all locations. Offer ends 11/30/16.

• Lube, oil change & new filter (up to 5 quarts of a major brand oil) • Top off fluids under the hood • Complete tire rotation • Check tread depth & adjust air pressure on all 4 tires • Complete vehicle inspection

(East of Fry’s)

(480)706-8600 purcelltire.com

Mon-Fri 7:00 - 6:00, Sat 7:00-5:00, Sun CLOSED

10831 S. 51st Street • Phoenix, AZ 85044

Must present coupon to get this offer. Most vehicles. No other discounts apply. Up to 5 quarts of oil. Canister filter, diesel, synthetic blend and full synthetic oil extra. Fluid/filter disposal and shop supplies additional. Redeem at Purcell Tire & Auto Service locations.

Not all services available at all locations. Offer ends 11/30/16.

Free Alignment Checks, Tire Pressure and Brake Checks - All The Time!

3810 E. Ray Road

1000off each

$

Flush/Fluid Exchange up to

4000off

$

70

BUY FOUR GET

$

• Cooling System fluid exchange • Power Sterring fluid exchange • Transmission fluid exchange • Brake fluid exchange Must present coupon to get this offer. Most vehicles. No other discounts apply.

Additional charges for shop supplies. Redeem at Purcell Tire & Service Center locations. Offer ends 11/30/16.

Located in Four Points by Sheraton Phoenix South

Tue-Thurs 9am-8pm • Fri 9am-5pm • Sat 8am-4pm

$

95

or $5 OFF a Premium Oil Change

Gift Cards Available

480.893.0300 • www.sundancespasalon.com

3595

19

$

Tires

Derma-Planing Service

and meet our Salon Staff!

Fall Car Care Package

OIL CHANGE

dōTERRA Aromatherapy Massage

Come In

51

Price Match Guarantee

Get a $50 or $70 Reward Card after submission* with purchase of four new select BFGoodrich® tires.

Offer valid 11/7/16 – 11/27/16. *

Reward Card eligibility is limited to tire purchases from participating dealers only. See redemption form for qualifying tires eligible for either the $50 or $70 Reward Card offer. Offer expires 11/27/2016. Void where prohibited. Copyright © 2016 MNA, Inc. All rights reserved.

52

GET OUT

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

QUILTS

from page 49

good, I start the sewing process.

Adjustments often have to be made. There are ‘coping’ strips to connect parts that don’t fit the first time around.”

Hattabaugh offered words of advice to the would-be quilter: “Keep working,” she said.

“Look at art, other quilts, pictures, postcards, nature. There’s inspiration everywhere.”

She did add, however, that it does not pay the bills.

Her message to the world?

“When I’m not working on a quilt, I feel restless and at odds with the day. Because of humor and appreciation for the good in my life, I pass along those feelings,” she said.

Vision Gallery is at 10 E. Chicago St., Chandler.

Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The collection will be on display to Jan. 7.

Details: visiongallery.org Hattabaugh also serves as the juror for this year’s Art Quilt exhibit at Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery, appropriately titled “In Stitches: Seriously Humorous Art Quilts.” The exhibit runs to Jan. 7. You can see it at 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Details: chandlercenter.org

Non-Surgical Treatment of Varicose & Spider Veins tt Ask Ma

Matt Tobias General Manager

Love Your Legs...

PLUMBING Just a friendly reminder that if your toilet water supply has a thin white plastic nut, you should consider changing it to a steel braided, steel-tipped supply line. We have been seeing these plastic ones crack at the fitting and they can do a large amount of flood damage to your house, especially if you’re not home when it happens. If you are unsure if yours should be changed, please give us a call. Thank you!

Stunning Results!

• Non-surgical laser procedure • Minimal recovery time • Done in the office by a physician • 15,000 patients treated!

Matt

Call us today with your question!

$35.00 Off Any Service Call Today!

We Repair or Install

AHWATUKEE’S #1 PLUMBER Licensed • Bonded • Insured

*No other offers apply.

704.5422

(480)

ROC # 272721

AVAILABLE

Again!

Hi Everyone,

A+ RATED

FREE SCREENING

Met Your Deductible?

Call Us Today!

www.optimaveincare.com

Dr. Paul Sos, MD • Dr. John Opie, MD • Dr. Kenneth Seifert, MD Covered by Most Insurance, Medicare & ACCCHS

CHANDLER • PHOENIX • SCOTTSDALE 485 S. Dobson Rd., Suite 103 | Chandler 85224

(888) 985-1765

GET OUT

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS "Cool Puzzle"

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

29

31

30

25

32

41

42

44

45

47

39

43 46 49 51

52

53

54 61

62

63

64

65

66

67

59

62 Don’t exist 63Down Not being used 64 Casing 1 Unexpected difficulty 2 Stopping 65 Not Astroturfpoint 3 Slave girl of opera 66 Round sound 4 Of the windpipe 67 Eat like a bird label 5 Convention 6 Handle roughly 7 London's ___ of DOWN Court 1 Unexpected 8 Straightdifficulty 9 Threshold 2 Stopping point 10 Back 3 Slave girl ofstreet opera 11 Disencumber 4 Of12theSecond windpipe person 5 Convention 13 Hideoutlabel 21 Oneroughly of the Cyclades 6 Handle

7 London’s ___ of Court 8 Straight

27

40

60

58

26

36

48 50

57

CAFE

13

33

35

34 38

12

organic ~ vegan / vegetarian ~ locally sourced ~ crafted with love

24

37

11

22

23 28

10

9 Threshold 1022Back street Lickety-split 1125Disencumber ___ longue Horse,person so to speak 1226Second 27 Praying figures.

1328Hideout Sticker 2129One of the Cyclades Shocked 30Lickety-split Black eye 22 31___ Curllongue one's lip 25 32 Snaps 26 Horse, so to speak 35 Soup pasta 27 Praying figures.

38 Sentinels 39 Alpine 28 Sticker song 40 Shocked Haberdashery 29 accessory 30 eyefrom Greece 46 Black Letter Desktop pictures 3148Curl one’s lip 32 Snaps 35 Soup pasta 38 Sentinels

Sudoku

55

56

39 Alpine song Haberdashery 4940Runway walker 51accessory Small amount 5246"The LetterSweetest from Greece Taboo" singer 48 Desktop pictures 53 Rise Runway 5449Coach K'swalker school 5551Rocker Clapton Small amount 56 Colonel or captain 52 “The Sweetest 57 Telephone ___ singer 58Taboo” Famous Bruin 5953Indeed Rise 54 Coach K’s school 55 Rocker Clapton 56 Colonel or captain 57 Telephone ___ 58 Famous Bruin 59 Indeed

Eat Healthy & Support Local on Black Friday at the Pomegranate Cafe We are starting Weekend Brunch Specials early to celebrate with our delicious Denver Omelet, ‘Krab’ Cake Benedict, Persimmon Gingerbread Pancakes, and Caramel Apple Mimosas Offer only good on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 for 3 amazing deals: ~ FREE Restorative Cleansing Carrot Juice ~ Buy one Brunch Entrée, Get one 50% off ~ 25% Off Your Favorite POMarket Item 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Suite 28, Phoenix, AZ 85048 • 480-706-7472 SE Corner at 40th St. - next to Trader Joe’s • www.pomegranatecafe.com

LL RI

• AHWATU

K EE

Across ACROSS 1 Whack 1 Whack 5 "Sounds good to me!"

5 “Sounds good to me!”

9 Displayed audacity 9 Displayed audacity 14 Neet rival 15 rival Rosencrantz or 14 Neet Guildenstern 15 Rosencrantz or morsel 16 Antipasto 17 Alan of "Jake's Guildenstern Women" 16 Antipasto morsel 18 ___ sandwich 17 Alan “Jake’s 19ofAntiquated 20 "If looks could kill" Women” look 18 ___ sandwich 23 Monopolize 19 Antiquated 24 Hitchcock classic Checks 20 “If28looks couldoutkill” look 31 Clash 33 This woman 23 Monopolize 34 Muslim honorific 24 Hitchcock classic 35 In reserve 36 Parseghian of Notre 28 Checks out Dame 31 Clash 37 Not a warm welcome 33 This41woman Thrash 42 Exudes 34 Muslim honorific "What ___?"

35 In43 reserve 44 Put to work 36 Parseghian 45 Whiff of Notre Dame46 Parenting challenges Bowler's X 37 Not47a warm welcome 49 Guy 41 Thrash 50 Brush-off 42 Exudes 57 "Happy Birthday 43 “What___!" ___?”

Police action 44 Put60 to work 61 Certain something 45 Whiff 62 Don't exist 63 Not being used 46 Parenting challenges 64 Casing 47 Bowler’s X 65 Not Astroturf 49 Guy 66 Round sound 50 Brush-off 67 Eat like a bird 57 “Happy Birthday ___!”

60 Police action 61 Certain something

“Cool Puzzle”

ER N & TAV G

Crossword

53

BEST Place to Watch a Game Happy Hour , Restaurant, Wings, Voted Mom & Pop! ee’s And One of the Best for Customer Service!

Ahwatuk Favorite

appetizers • wings • burgers • full menu

OLLEGE CATCH ALL C AT CKs & NFL GAMES YOUR FOOTBALL HQ for 12 Years!

All You Can Eat Fish Fry Fridays • Kids & Large Parties Welcome

HAPPY HOUR is 7 Days a Week!

$5.00 OFF

Any Order of $25 or More

Valid Mon-Thurs. Excluding alcohol.

With this coupon. Dine in only. Not valid with any other offers or discounts. Exp. 11/30/16.

Hours Changing! Starting 9/11 Opening at 9am on Sundays Sun 9am-1am • Mon-Thurs 11am-1am • Fri 11am-2am • Sat 9am-2am

www.ckgrill.com • 4142 E. Chandler Blvd • (480) 706-5564

54

GET OUT

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

New holiday musical puts Arizona center stage

BY JUSTIN FERRIS GETOUT EDITOR

A

quick glance through the traditional holiday repertoire— “The Nutcracker,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Messiah,” traditional carols, big band holiday tunes, etc. —shows a decidedly European and coastal American influence.

Meanwhile, Arizona’s holiday claim to fame begins and ends with Irving Berlin’s classic tune, “White Christmas,” which a disputed legend says he wrote while staying at the Arizona Biltmore.

True, we do offer Frances Smith Cohn’s “Snow Queen,” but that non-holiday tales comes from the Danish Hans Christian Anderson.

We can also claim Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding rock show, which features the long-time Arizona resident, plus several native bands like the Gin Blossoms. But with a guillotine involved, the Halloween-like show is decidedly not kid friendly.

This year, however, Arizona gets a uniquely Southwest holiday event for the whole family. Nonprofit theater company Childsplay—known for its “Junie B. Jones” series and “Rock the Presidents”—performs the newly written musical “A Very Hairy Javelina Holiday.”

Not only does the show star Arizona animals, Childsplay’s own associate artistic director Jenny Millinger and music director Todd Hulet adapted it from a book called “A Very Hairy Christmas” by Arizona-based author Susan Lowell.

Childsplay previously wrote and performed another musical based on one of her books called “The Three Little Javelinas.”

The basic plot for “A Very Hairy Javelina Holiday” follows three javelinas, Josefina, Juan and José, as they prepare for Christmas. Josefina practices her Sugar Plum Fairy dance while Juan bakes cookies for Santa and José wishes for snow.

The arrival of Cousin Angelina, however, disrupts their holiday plans, and the plot thickens even more when the tricky coyote makes an appearance.

What will our javelina heroes do? Will they survive the coyote, or—more dangerously—their relative?

As Childsplay aims this musical at children 5 and up, you can rest assured that everything works out for the best in the end.

According to Director Dwayne Hartford, “Everyone learns that there’s no such thing as a perfect holiday. And no matter how you celebrate, or whatever problems might occur, the holidays are so very special because you share them with your family and friends.”

That’s a holiday message people of all ages can appreciate.

If You Go: Where: Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe.

When: Weekends through Dec. 24; Saturdays at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., Sundays at 1 p.m.; Additional shows Dec. 22-23 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Cost: $15-$26.

More info: 480-921-5700 or childsplayaz. org.

MERAKI Hair Designs

480-688-4030

FREE

highlights or color retouch with the purchase of a haircut & blowdry $125.00 value for only $50.00 1st time clients only offer good though 03/31/2017

25

$

haircut & blowdry 1st time clients only offer good though 03/31/2017

By appointment only 480-688-4030

4025 E Chandler 85048 at the Trader Joe’s Plaza

ANSWERS TO PUZZLE & SUDOKU S N A G

W A L L

A I D A

T R A C H C A S E A G H A C H I L T A N U S E S T R I C T O Y O A R E N G R A S

I D T I A O G S L O O K O U T S

Y O D E L

M A U L

I N N S

O R Z O

S N E E R

D R I B

S A D E

N E A T A P P A I C C E S

H I L L

M O D E L

D O O R S T E P

A L L E Y

R E D I V E D E N

C H A T I I S T E E A C U L D A U S K P E

H E R O I N

O R A N T S

E R I C

R A N K

GET OUT

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Artist brightens daughter’s day with napkin drawings, will have exhibit

E

very day for four years, artist Jo Ann Briseño would pack her daughter’s lunch with something special: a napkin with a drawing of her daughter doing something she loves.

Every day, her daughter would bring the napkin back. Now, with 470 napkins total, Briseño is reentering the art exhibition world after 18 years and is showcasing the pieces at the Millet House in a show that runs from through Jan. 15.

Her daughter, Maya, was born with Down syndrome. Ever since Maya entered kindergarten, Briseño has taken 10 to 15 minutes each morning to make her a drawing on her napkin. Each napkin is different and depicts Maya doing something that makes her happy.

“I began pulling things out of her life that were important milestones,” Briseño said.

Those milestones are often moments that people overlook. There are napkins with drawings of Maya drinking out of a cup or taking swim lessons.

“She’s developmentally delayed so we work hard at everything,” Briseño said. “We worked hard at crawling, walking, talking, eating and drinking out of a cup. Little things that people take for granted. Those things are hard work for us, but it’s worth it.”

There are also napkins which show Maya doing something extraordinary, such as floating in outer space as an astronaut or being a magician.

Briseño found out Maya had Down syndrome after she was born. In a moment, everything changed for her. She was hit with a wave of emotions, but she quickly realized Maya was a blessing in her life, she said.

“I think she actually has filled a big void in my life that I didn’t even know was missing,” Briseño said.

Once Maya was born, Briseño put her artistic life on hold and put her effort into raising her daughter.

“When I had Maya, I wanted to dedicate all of my time to her,” she said.

Originally she had been planning to devote at least the first three years purely to Maya, but even now at 9 years old her daughter still needs just as much attention.

She has to take Maya to swim lessons, doctor appointments and therapy five times a week. However, to Briseño, it is all worth it.

“She is just so full of love,” Briseño said.

“She is pure joy.”

Briseño’s first love was photography and she has always loved capturing the little things that people miss. However, she’s always had an interest in drawing.

“I love drawing with pens, it helps to conquer my fears of being perfect,” she said.

When she began drawing on a napkin every morning for Maya, it allowed her to practice her techniques while also creating something meaningful for her daughter.

Then she began sharing photos of the drawings on Facebook and her friends loved the pieces. The support she received gave Briseño confidence in her drawing skills.

Her friend, Sandy Andrews, had been trying to get Briseño to showcase her work in Andrews’ gallery for eight years.

“I love her work and I think she’s an amazing artist,” said Andrews, the owner of The Millet House.

The theme of the exhibit is “Happiness is…” and is about the joy within a child’s heart. The artists explored what makes kids happy or what personally brought them delight as a child.

Andrews said she was blown away by the dedication that Briseño showed by taking the time to draw something every morning that makes Maya smile.

“Imagine having a child and focusing every day on what makes that child happy,” Andrews said. “I mean, if all parents would do that I think it would be a different world.”

“Maybe people don’t know what Down syndrome is or maybe they can’t understand what she says,” Briseño said about Maya.

“Maybe she acts a little different so she’s kind of pushed off to the side. But she’s unique in her own way. She has value in this world.”

If You Go: What: “Happiness Is…” exhibit.

When: Tuesdays through Sundays until Jan. 15, call or email for hours Where: The Millet House Gallery, 440 W. 1st St. Mesa More info: 602-920-8247, the.millet. house@gmail.com, themillethouse.com

55

Check Out Our Special NFL Menu

NEWLY REMODELED!

Think Keegan’s... …to Celebrate!

Catering, Office Get Together, Friends & Family Get Together Let us make your celebration festive!

GIF T CARDS Buy a Gift Card & Receive 20 % FREE! Example: Buy $100 and receive an extra $20 FREE Nov. 14 thru Dec. 24, 2016

Everything Made from Scratch Daily AHWATUKEE

4723 EAST RAY ROAD 480-705-0505

56

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Gina, actual patient, lost 100 pounds!†

love

Fall -in-

with the new you!

Classifieds

The Place “To Find” Everything You Need | Ahwatukee.com

Ahwatukee Foothills News

Burr-Rickel Wedding

Shawn Burr and Leah Rickel were recently married on Coronado Island in California. Shawn is a graduate of Desert Vista High School and the University of Arizona. Leah is a graduate of Marcos de Niza High School and Arizona State University. They met and graduated from the MBA program at Arizona State University. Leah is the daughter of Richard & Linda Rickel and reside in Tempe. Shawn is the son of Jeff and Pat Burr and reside in Ahwatukee. Shawn and Leah's love continues to grow while residing in Scottsdale.

• Physician Supervised • State-of-the-Art Diagnostic Tools • Weekly Support & Motivation • Lifestyle Education • Nutrition & Fitness Advice • Signature Supplements & Products

100 OFF

$ CHANDLER

6909 West Ray Rd., Ste. 9 Chandler, AZ 85226

YOUR INITIAL CONSULTATION* EXPIRES 12/31/2016

602.644.1980

MediWeightloss.com * New patients must book by 12/31/2016. Valid at participating locations only. Cannot be combined with any other offers. † On average, patients compliant with the Medi-Weightloss® Program lose 6.4 pounds the first week and 14 pounds the first month. Rapid weight loss may be associated with certain medical conditions and should only be considered by those who are medically appropriate. © 2016 Medi IP, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Employ Auto ment

motive

Education/ Schools

Auto - All Makes

Family owned child care center in Ahwatukee looking for qualified and experienced teachers/teacher aids for all ages, 6 weeks to 5 years. FT/PT hours.

Call 480-704-5256 for more information.

Employment General

CUSTOM DASHCOVERS

REDUCE GLARE, PROTECT FROM FADING & CRACKING

FREE INSTALLATION *SOME EXCEPTIONS

FACTORY OUTLET STORE 615 W Knox Rd., Tempe• (480) 967-1675 DASHDESIGNS.COM

auto accessories in store when you use code “Foothills”

KYRENE is now hiring School BUS DRIVERS FT 30 hrs/wk. Benefits offered. Paid training and CDL testing onsite.

Flexible work schedule with split shifts. Starting Salary $14.49 - $18.00 For additional info go to www.kyrene.org/hr Drivers: LOCAL DryVan and Flatbed Openings!

Excellent Hourly Pay, Great Benefits!

Class-A or B CDL w/hazmat Apply: www.goelc.com Estenson Logistics 1-855-221-4904

HOME FOR RENT? Place it here!

15% OFF AUTOMOTIVE SUNSHADE

• Reduces Interior Temperature • Easy Installation • No Storage Necessary • Smooth One-Hand Operation

Classifieds: Monday 11am for Wednesday Life Events: Friday 10am for Wednesday

Wedding Annoucement

Lose up to 10 pounds the first week and up to 20 pounds the first month!†

BEFORE

Deadlines

1620 W. Fountainhead Parkway #219 • Tempe, AZ 85282 480.898.6465 • class@timespublications.com

81% of our readers, read the Classifieds!

Call Classifieds 480-898-6465

2009 Jaguar XF

Low mi 64 G looks and drives like new V8 6mo Warranty $15,500 480-620-9322 2013 Lexus RX450h Hybrid SUV 36K Miles, One owner, Starfire Pearl, Leather Seats, Navigation System, Premium Audio System, Premium Package, Comfort Package, Moon Roof, Like new $33,000.

Call 480-236-0866

Merch andise Auctions & Estate Sales Estate Sale Thanksgiving Wknd.

9am-2pm Cash & Carry. Household items, furniture & daily kitchen essentials Everything must go so make your best offer & leave with your new found treasure!

Fri. 11/25 & Sat. 11/26 11824 S Magic Stone Dr. Phx. AZ 85044

YOUR CLASSIFIED SOURCE

480.898.6465

CLASS@TIMESPUBLICATIONS.COM

Pets/Services A FRIEND OF MINE

Your in-home pet sitting and plant care service. For all your pet needs, domestic and exotics.

Flat fee-no hidden costs.

Serving Ahwatukee since 2003. Member of PSI. Bond/Ins'd. 602-617-0993 Please visit us at afriend ofminepetsitting.com

Real Estate

For Rent Homes For Rent 1,685 Sq Ft. 2bd/2ba 2 Car Ga. Washer/Dryer. Fireplace. Covered Patio. Rec Ctr Membership. Pets OK 55+ $1300 4828 E. Paiute St. Phx Ahwatukee.

Like New Move in Ready! 4br/2.5 bt 4329 E. Badger Way. $1495/mt. Ahwatukee.

Mtn Pk Ranch, Ex. School District.

480-641-8830 x3 Bill 480-600-9054

Homes For Sale For Sale By Owner Million $ home - only $683K! At listed price, $20k back, 5300 sf, Single lvl, +/- acre Circle G Queen Creek Mike 480-766- 9070 mjvega81@yahoo.com

Homes For Sale

CLASSIFIEDS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Appliance Repairs

Service Directory

RENOVATION SOLUTIONS

If It’s Broken, We Can Fix It! • Same Day Service • On-Site Repairs • Servicing All Major Brands • Quality Guaranteed

HOME IMPROVEMENT & RENOVATIONS

General Contractor

We Also Buy Used Appliances, Working or Not

Place your Service Business HERE!

Carpet Cleaning

30 Years of Experience

Licensed, Bonded & Insured

480-659-1400 Licensed & Insured Carpet Cleaning

Contractors

Powerful Truck Mounted Soft Hot Water Extractions.

Contact us!

Classifieds class@times publications.com 480-898-6465

Meeting & Events Smart Recovery Meeting Wed’s 7:00 8:30 p.m. 6400 W. Del Rio Chandler Montessori School next to Unitarian Church room 5. All issues drugs, alcohol, gambling, online addictions, & medications. 480-532-2460

Contractors HAVE A SERVICE BUSINESS?

480.898.6465

CLASS@TIMESPUBLICATIONS.COM

Pets/Services Voted one of the “Best of Ahwatukee” 9 Years Running!

Pet and Home Services

• Reasonable Rates • Special Pricing on Extended Service Licensed/Bonded/Insured Ahwatukee Resident

Call Eleanor Today!

480.287.4897

www.WhileYouAreAwayServices.com

R E N O VAT I O N

480.848.9890

Carpets, Tile & Grout, Upholstery, Pet Stain/Odor Treatment

ROC#245469

Residential/Commercial www.extractioncleaning.com 100% Satisfaction Guarantee!

480.460.5030 Cleaning Services

&

ROC# 290545

Deep Cleaning Specialists

BONDED & INSURED

$30 OFF

1st Deep Cleaning *After 5 hours of service

Drywall

High Quality Immaculate Services at an Affordable Price!

4 WEEKS STARTING AT $120

HOME

• Additions • Alterations • Kitchen and bath remodeling specialists Ahwatukee resident

Family owned and proudly serving Ahwatukee for over 20 years.

Starting at $120/mo.

Contractors

Cleaning Services

Appliance Repair Now

57

MIKE’S

Monday through Saturday | Licensed Professionals

FREE ESTIMATES

DRYWALL, PAINTING & REMODELING SERVICE

480-258-3390

www.lucysimmaculateservices.com

SPECIALIZING IN…

• Energy Efficient Window and Door Replacement • Custom Homes • Kitchen and Bath Remodel • Room Additions • Patio Covers and Extensions • Gazebos Owners have over 20 years of experience in Ahwatukee and over 1,000 satisfied customers.

• Water Damage • Drywall Repair • Popcorn & Wallpaper Removal

• Int/Ext Painting • Patio & Carport Ceiling Resurfacing • Stucco Repairs

Since1980 Licensed & Bonded ROC 130069

www.mikesdrywallservice.com

HAPPY THANKSGIVING from

“Experience You Can Count On”

Contact Geno Carr for a free estimate

480-688-6849

Classifieds 480-898-6465 class@timespublications.com

58

CLASSIFIEDS Electrical Services

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Garage/Doors

Handyman

GARAGE DOOR SERVICE East Valley/ Ahwatukee

Your newspaper.

Your community.

Your planet.

Please recycle me.

Broken Springs Replaced Nights/Weekends Bonded/Insured 480-251-8610

Not a licensed contractor

Gary is Back Household Repairs Xmas lights, drywall, plumbing, small painting, varnish doors, grout cleaning,ceiling fans, roof turbines.

30 years experience

Gary 480-268-0380

Handyman

Garage/Doors

R.HANDYMAN Rebuild: Under sink floors, drawers & shelving.

All sm repairs, welding. Clean carpet traffic areas & stains. Fix: toilets, faucets, gates, doors.

Place Your Meeting/Event Ad email ad copy to

ROC#183872, 227944

Electrical Services Electrical Services

Bob White's

OLD FASHIONED

QUALITY Home Repair

602-826-0424

ecota@times publications.com

References!

Same Day Service Repair/Install All Major Brands

• FREE ESTIMATES •

480-893-8091 Ahwatukee Resident • Dependable & Honest

ROC#126694

- Ahw Resident Since 1987 -

Bonded/Insured

Handyman

Call Sean Haley 602-574-3354

2 Guys

ROC#277978 • Licensed/Bonded/Insured

• Panel Changes and Repairs • Installation of Ceiling Fans • Switches/Outlets • Home Remodel

Plumbing & Handyman Plumbing, Electrical, Remodel & Additions, Drywall, Painting, Concrete, Tile & Flooring

All Work Guaranteed!

30 Years Experience • INSURED

ALL RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL Call Jim Endres 480.282.7932

Not a Licensed Contractor

Over 28 Years Experience • ROC #246019 Bonded/Insured

Call Andy

602-332-6694 ACTION CONTRACTING INC. Specializing in Remodeling & Repairng

WE DO IT ALL! SINCE 1978

• Drywall & Stucco Repairs • Windows • Doors • Cabinets • Block Fences • Wrought Iron gates • Remodeling • Additions • Plumbing • Patios • Painting • Bathrooms • Kitchens • Tenant Improvements

EAST VALLEY

480-833-7353

WEST VALLEY

602-377-3860 LIC/BONDED/INSURED Res/Comm’l ROC#218802

Garage/Doors

GARAGE DOORS Unbeatable Customer Service & Lowest Prices Guaranteed!

10%

Discount for Seniors & Veterans

FREE

Opener & Door Lubrication with Repair

SERVICE FEE WILL BE WAIVED WITH REPAIR

480-626-4497 www.lifetimegaragedoorsaz.com

aaaActionContractingInc.com

Jaden Sydney Associates.com Visit our website!

Landlord and Homeowner Property Services Repairs • Drywall • Painting Trash Removal • HOA Compliance

AND so much more!

Ahwatukee Resident

480.335.4180 Not a licensed contractor.

Painting • Flooring • Electrical • Plumbing Drywall • Carpentry • Decks • Tile • More!

ce 1999

Call for Our Monthly Special Discount

HONESTY • INTEGRITY • QUALITY

Marks the Spot for ALL Your Handyman Needs!

Affordable, Quality Work Sin

FOOTHILLS GARAGE DOOR

Residential Electrician

Handyman

Not a licensed contractor

Garage/Doors

ROC095639 BOND/INS'D

Call Bob 480-893-9482

Handyman

Gift Certificates Available

2010, 2011 2012, 2013, 2014

“No Job Too Small Man!”

Call Bruce at 602.670.7038

Ahwatukee Resident/ References/ Insured/ Not a Licensed Contractor

CLASSIFIEDS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Your Christmas Lights Hung with Care!

Hang your Lights, Decorate & Remove.

Take down services.

20 years exp. Call Rudy & Arturo now!

480-721-3309

Home Improvement REMODEL CONTRACTOR

Plans / Additions, Patios New Doors, Windows Lowest Price in Town!

R. Child Lic#216115, Class BO3 Bonded-Insured-Ref's

480-215-3373

YOUR CLASSIFIED SOURCE

480.898.6465 CLASS@TIMESPUBLICATIONS.COM

Home Improvement

Meetings/Events Crops of Luv We make Scrapbooks for critically-ill children who have had their "WISH" trip come true! Scrapbook with us, make embellishments for us, donate your time, or your commercial space, donate funds to ship albums, etc!

Does your teen need community service hours? We could use their help!

Copsofluv.com 480.634.7763 Ahwatukee based non-profit.

Home Improvement

CHAMPION BUILT CONTRACTING INC.

Where Quality Comes First!

Total Design/Build Kitchens | Baths Replacement Windows Additions | Patios Total Interior Remodels

FREE

ESTIMATES!

Landscape Maintenance

Landscape Maintenance

Specials Irrigation Repair Services Inc. Licensed • Bonded • Insured Technician

Specializing in Controllers, Valves, Sprinklers, Landscape Lighting, P.V.C. & Poly Drip Systems

SONORAN LAWN

480-745-5230

Call Lance White

480.721.4146

We Only Service Ahwatukee, So We Are Always Close By To Meet Unexpected Needs

www.irsaz.com

ROC# 256752

Complete Lawn Service & Weed Control

CLEAN-UP & TREE SERVICE • Tree Trimming & Removal • Gravel Spread • General Yard Work • Weed Removal • Sprinkler Drip & Timer Repair • Insured • Free Estimates • All Work Guaranteed

Lawn Mowing Starts At $20 Full Service Starts At $70 15 + Yrs Exp! All English Speaking Crew

$60/Month!

• One Month Free Service Not a licensed contractor

Holiday Services

• Licensed, Bonded Insured for your protection.

• Call or Text for a Free Quote

kjelandscape.com • ROC#281191

480-586-8445

25 +YEARS

IN BUSINESS

Residential/Commercial

Sprinkler/Drip Repair Lighting • Timers Install All Commercial Parts

National Assoc. of the Remodeling Industry Member

Warranties on All Work 20 Years Experience & Locally In Business!

I Do My Own Work!

Lic | Bonded | Insured | References ROC# 113643, 113642

(480)497-5222

FREE ESTIMATES! CALL 24 HOURS

ChampionBuiltContracting.com

Referred out of Ewing Irrigation

480.295.2279 Not a licensed contractor.

Landscape Maintenance

Serving the Ahwatukee area for over 22 years

The Possibilities are Endless

Custom Design and Renovation turning old to new Custom Built-ins, BBQs, Firepits, Fireplaces, Water Features, Re-Designing Pools, Masonry, Lighting, Tile, Flagstone, Culture Stone & Travertine, Synthetic Turf, Sprinkler/Drip, Irrigation Systems, Clean ups & Hauling

Call for a FREE consultation and Estimate To learn more about us, view our photo gallery at: ShadeTreeLandscapes.com Bonded/Licensed • ROC #225923

ROC 304267 • Licenced & Bonded

59

480-730-1074

60

CLASSIFIEDS

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Landscape Maintenance Juan Hernandez

Foothills Touch Landscapes LLC Lawn care/Maint.

Starting as Low as $25.

Install/Design

23 years exp.

Call Now (480) 720-3840

Ahw. Res. 30 yrs Exp Free Estimates.

Call Pat (480) 343-0562

MISSED THE DEADLINE? Place your ad online!

Not a licensed contractor

SPRINKLER

Drip/Install/Repair

Not a licensed contrator

Call 480-898-6564

Juan Hernandez

LEE'S SPRINKLER REPAIR 30 years experience Timers - Valves Heads - Leaks FREE ESTIMATES Ahwatukee Resident Call 480-282-7222

TREES Sell, Deliver, Install 20% OFF! 23 Years exp (480) 720-3840

Meeting & Events

Not a licensed contractor

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a weight loss organization that is over 60 years old. We meet at Ahwatukee Rec Center on Cheyenne between S. 48th St. and S. 51st St. on Wed. eve's from 67:30 p.m. For more information: Terri at 480-893-6742.

Meetings/Events

Meetings/Events

Meetings/Events

Painting

GROWING TOGETHER: That's the motto of The Ahwatukee Community Garden Project. Get your hands dirty while learning about desert gardening. Join us every Sunday morning starting at 8 A.M. in the Garden at 4700 E Warner Rd. north of the Farmers' Market. acgarden.org

In-Ahwatukee Toastmasters Club meets from 6:45-8am every Tuesday at Dignity Health Urgent Care Ahwatukee - Community Room (1st floor), 4545 E. Chandler Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85048.

Guests welcome anytime! http://4873.toast mastersclubs.org/

AHWATUKEE AL-ANON family group invites you to meetings every Mon 7:15 PM at Corpus Christi Church on 3550 E Knox. Wed 8:00 PM at Community Center, 4700 Warner Rd., Fri "Women's only" 9:00 AM at Mountian View Luthern Church 11022 S 48th St., Sat "Men's stag" 12PM at Mountian View Luthern Church 11022 S 48th St. Rita 480-496-4535

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING

Interior, Exterior House Painting.

Stucco Patching.

Floor Tile Installation Quality work/Materials.

Free Estimate Ignacio 480-961-5093 602-571-9015 ROC #189850 Bond/Ins'd

MISSED THE DEADLINE? Place your ad online!

Call 480-898-6564

Painting

Painting

Landscape Maintenance

HOME IMPROVEMENT Interior/Exterior Painting 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Arizona Specialty Landscape

Dunn Edwards Quality Paint Small Stucco/Drywall Repairs

New & Re-Do Design and Installation

We Are State Licensed and Reliable!

Free Estimates • Senior Discounts

Affordable | Paver Specialists Drip & Sprinkler Repair BBQ’s & Outdoor Fireplaces Lighting

Free Estimates 7 Days a Week!

ROC# 186443 • BONDED

480.844.9765

480-338-4011

ROC#243600

RPL Decorators

• Painting • Wallpapering & Removal • Color Consultations • Finish Painting • Handyman Services 4th Generation Painter 30 Years Skilled Experience Always Neat & Dependable Expert Workmanship Guaranteed References Available

Mobile 602-369-5017 Bob480-917-3617 ROC #115384/Bonded

East Valley PAINTERS Voted #1 Paint Interior & Exterior • Drywall Repair Light Carpentry • Power Washing • Textures Matched Popcorn Removal • Pool Deck Coatings Garage Floor Coatings • Color Consulting • Pavers and Travertine • Retaining Walls • Synthetic Turf and SOD • Plants and Trees • Ramadas and Patio Covers

• BBQs and Fire Pits • Lighting (low voltage) • Irrgation Systems and Repairs • One-Time Clean-up • Maintenance

480-539-2597 cyclandscaping.com ROC: CR21-232290

10% OFF

We Beat Competitors Prices & Quality Free Estimates• 3 Year Warranty

480-688-4770

www.eastvalleypainters.com Family Owned & Operated Bonded/Insured • ROC#153131

Now Accepting all majior credit cards

PAINTING FOR PENNIES Compare And Save!

Complete Interior and Exterior House Painting

VALLEY WIDE FREE ESTIMATES! Lifetime Guarantee

Licensed Bonded Insured | ROC # 301084

480-405-7808 homeimprovementclub.com

CLASSIFIEDS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Meetings/Events

Meetings/Events

Meetings/Events

Meetings/Events

HIRING?

PARENTS OF ADDICTED LOVED ONES Are you affected by someone who is dealing with an addiction? If so, know that you are not alone and that the PAL (Parents of Addicted Loved Ones) group can help. The group is available to provide education and support to anyone 18 years or older who is dealing with a friend or family member with an addiction. See our local meeting list at palgroup.org

Democrats and Donuts This monthly gathering is held the third Wednesday of each month from 8 - 9:30 a.m. at Denny's, 7400 West Chandler Boulevard, Chandler. Sponsored by the Legislative District 18 Democrats, speakers cover current issues of interest. Meetings are free and open to the public, breakfast may be purchased. For more information, visit www.ld18democrats.org /meetings or email mariec9@q.com

THE AHWATUKEE TEA PARTY General Meetings for Nov. and Dec., 2016 have been cancelled at The Quality Inn, Ahw ----------Watch For An Announcement on our New General Meeting Location, with Dates And Times in early January, 2017.

----------Merry Christmas To All! Email: info@tukee teaparty.com

Classifieds Are Read Everyday!

Put your ad HERE! Email Your Job Post to: class@times publications.com or Call 480-

898-6465

Painting

Plumbing

Plumbing

GROWING TOGETHER: That's the motto of The Ahwatukee Community Garden Project. Get your hands dirty while learning about desert gardening. Join us every Sunday morning starting at 8 A.M. in the Garden at 4700 E Warner Rd. north of the Farmers' Market. acgarden.org

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS & GAMANON for meeting information 602-266-97846

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.

The Valley’s Premier Painters Proudly Serving Ahwatukee for a Decade.

Family Owned & Operated -Interior & Exterior Painting -Stucco/Drywall Repairs & Texture Matching -Minor Carpentry -4 Year Warranty!

-Competitive Pricing ACP is 100%Veteran Owned & Supports Our Vets with 10% off for all Military Personnel

See What We’re Up To!

www.AcpPaintingllc.com Licensed - Bonded - Insured ROC 290242

FREE ESTIMATES • CALL TODAY!

(480)785-6323

What it does require under A.R.S. §321 1 2 1 A 1 4 ( c ) 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_la w.html

As a consumer, being aware of the law is for your protection.

You can check a business's ROC status at: http://www.azroc.gov/

MORE CLASSIFIED ADS ONLINE! www.Ahwatukee.com

Plumbing & Rooter Service

$64* Drain Cleaning *Some conditions apply. Call for details.

$39 Off* Any Service *Call for Details. For a Limited Time.

100% Guarantee on Our Work

From Water Heaters to Toilets, Slab Leaks to Clogs!

24/7 Emergency Service FAST 60 Minute Service Available

Estimates Available

480.405.3020 Bonded | Insured | Lic’d ROC 257806

PLUMBERS CHARGE TOO MUCH!!!

Beat Any Price By 10% FREE R/O FILTERS!

Water Heaters Installed - $469 Unclog Drains - $49.95 FREE ESTIMATES • MANY REFERRALS ANYTHING PLUMBING • SAME DAY SERVICE

Bonded/Insured • ROC #223709

480-405-7099 ItsJustPlumbSmart.com

61

62

CLASSIFIEDS

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Plumbing

Meetings/Events Aegis Hospice Grief/Loss Support Group We meet 6 pm on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month.

Legacy Funeral Home: 1722 N. Banning St. Mesa, Refreshments provided.

Contact: Rick Wesley 480-219-4790 rick@ aegishospice.com

Your Ad can go ONLINE ANY Day! Call to place your ad online!!

Classifieds 480-898-6465

GARDEN CLUB, DESERT POINTE Garden Club Meets the 1st Monday of every month at 9:30am @ Ahwatukee Recreation Center NEW MEMBERS WELCOME 5001 E. Cheyenne Sept - May Only Call Pat Faust 480-5886613

Plumbing

Meetings/Events 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

Open your Heart and Home, Host an International Student!

Please contact Pascale Dunton 602-980-4388 west@iseusa.org west.iseusa.org

AHWATUKEE/CHANDLER Bosom Buddies. We meet the 2nd Saturday of the month, 10:00 AM-12:00 noon in the Conference Room at Dignity Health Urgent CareAhwatukee 4545 E. Chandler Blvd Phoenix, AZ Please contact Deb Sidman: 602.460.9893 or Devon Pollard: 602.318.8462 See more at: http://www.bosombuddies-az.org/ At Bosom Buddies of AZ we support women of all ages and in all stages of breast cancer.

Plumbing

PLUMBING $35.00 Off Any Service Call Today!

A+ RATED

We Repair or Install ROC # 272721

AHWATUKEE’S #1 PLUMBER Licensed • Bonded • Insured

704.5422

(480)

Meetings/Events AFSA (Ahwatukee Foothills Senior Association) is starting their new season on Thursday, September 1, 2016. The monthly luncheon is held at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel located at 51st St. and Elliot Rd., Phoenix/Ahwatukee.

Social hour starts at 11am and lunch is at Noon. Cost is $13.

Deadline for reservations is Saturday, August 27. NEW MEMBERS WELCOME -- open to men and women 55plus. Participate in delicious lunches (including coffee/tea and dessert), and entertainment as well. Casino trips are offered every other month. For additional information, please contact Sue McCann at (480) 469-9388.

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 Teresa Akrish Phone: 480-518-5788, teresaakrish@gmail.com Check our website at affanwomensclub.com

Pool Service / Repair

$25 OFF

Filter Cleaning!

Monthly Service & Repairs Available

602-546-POOL 7 6 6 5

www.barefootpoolman.com See our Before’s and After’s on Facebook Licensed, Bonded & Insured ROC# 272001

Meetings/Events AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS SENIOR ASSOCIATION (AFSA) will be celebrating an early Thanksgiving at their monthly meeting on Thursday, November 10, at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel located at 51st St. and Elliot Rd. in Phoenix.

Doors open at 11am and lunch is at noon.

Cost is $13. Open to all Seniors 55+. Deadline for reservations is Saturday, November 5.

For further information, please contact Sue McCann at (480) 469-9388.

Monthly meetings are held on the second Monday of each month from 7-8:30 p For location and details, visit www.ld18 democrats.org/meetings.

The public is welcome.

AMERICAN LEGION AHWATUKEE Post #64 We Meet Every 3rd Wed at 3pm at the Ahwatukee Retirement Center At 5001 E Cheyenne Dr, Phoenix, Az. 85044.

Contact ED MANGAN Cmdr 602-501-0128

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

Call me, Howard:

480.231.9651

AZPoolExpert.com BBB Member Not a licensed contractor.

The Ahwatukee Republican Women's Club (ARW) General meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at the Four Points by Sheraton South Mountain, 10831 S 51st St Phoenix, 85044. Social Networking begins at 6:30 PM and the meeting (program) begins at 7:00 PM. Additional info contact: ARWomen@aol.com.

Visit our website at www.ahwatukee republican women.com

P O O L S E RV I C E S

Legislative District 18 Democrats

Pool Service / Repair

Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Step Study Mtg Every Tuesday 7:00pm. Closed meeting. Child care provided.

Mtn View Lutheran Church, 11002 S. 48th St., Phoenix, 85044

JuanPavers Hernandez • Concrete Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

P O O L R E PA I R

Pebble cracking, Plaster peeling, Rebar showing, Pool Light out?

I CAN HELP!

23 Years Experience • Dependable & Reliable

Call Juan at

480-720-3840 Not a licensed contractor.

CLASSIFIEDS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 | AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS

Roofing

Roofing

Roofing

Tiles, shingles, flat, repairs & new work Free Estimates • Ahwatukee Resident Over 30 yrs. Experience

480-706-1453

ROOFING CONTRACTOR with 32 years exp Specializing in all types repairs, re-roofs, coating & walking decks.

Quality service & response our first priority.

All work guaranteed.

ROC# 100401-L42 ROC# 132572-C42 Call Carl 480-895-3425 or 602-432-9183

Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1984

Place your Service Business HERE!

ROOFING

New Construction, Complete Re-Roof, Repairs, Tile, Asphalt Shingle, Foam and more!

WWW.PAYNESONS.COM

Starting at $120/mo.

Contact us for a FREE evaluation

480.988.9250 SEE OUR REVIEWS ON:

TRI CERTIFIED INSTALLER LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED ROC: 194202

ARE YOUR HOME AND FAMILY PROTECTED? Tile Roof Specialist

Phoenix’s Premier Tile and Foam Roofer.

Spencer 4 HIRE ROOFING

10% OFF Valley Wide Service

With This Ad

New Roofs | Re-Roofs | Repairs | Tile | Foam | Shingles | Patios

Free Estimates • Credit Cards OK Check out some of our jobs and reviews!

ROC: 138549B

ROC #244850 | INSURED | BONDED

Roofing Family Owned/ Operated

Quality Leak Repairs & Re-Roofs

Honest Free Estimates References DENNIS PORTER

480-460-7602 or 602-710-2263 RANDY HALFHILL

602-910-1485

480-446-7663 (ROOF)

www.spencer4hireroofing.com

Contact us!

Classifieds class@times publications.com 480-898-6465

Lic#ROC 152111 Bonded

Sun/Shade Screens "Mobile Screening" Your Re-Screening Specialist.

Bug Screens - Sun Screens

Patio Doors New Screens Available We Come To You! (480) 980-3321

63

Window Cleaning John's Window Cleaning 1-story $125 / 2-story $145 -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

Tree Services

U.S. ARBOR Tree Service

• Tree Trimming • Tree Removal • Stump Grind • Queen Palm & Citrus Treatment • Deep Root Fertilization

www.usarbor.com FREE ESTIMATES

480.812.0731 Lic #990148 • Insured

64

CLASSIFIEDS

AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | NOVEMBER 24, 2016

BLACK

12 FRIDAY MonstCahshs**

SALE

SAVINGS START NOW

saMe a

PaRT oF The

REFRIGERATOR

• 25 Cu. Ft. Capacity • Spill Guard Glass Shelves • Humidity Controlled Drawers • Energy Star Qualified

HD LED TV 49" FULL

WRS325FDAM

449

DISHWASHER

$

• 1080 Resolution • 2 HDMI 49LF5500

WASHER

WDF520PADM

• 1.7 Cubic Foot Capacity • 220 CFM-2 Speed Fan • 1000 Watt of Power • Hidden Vent Styling WMH31017AS

DRYER

RANGE

WED4810EW CLOSEOUT

EACH

ALL 4

• 3.4 Cu Ft Tub NTW4650yQ • 9 Wash Cycles • Porcelain Tub CLOSEOUT • 700 RPM Spin Speed

299

$

15 CU FT REFRIgERAToR

• Store-More™ Humidity-Controlled Crisper Drawers • Store-More™ Gallon Drawer Shelf • Clear Dairy Bin

1799 399 WFE515S0ES

only $

FFTR1513LW CLOSEOUT

$

MICROWAVE

DISHWASHER

• 3.7 Cu Ft • Normal Wash Cycle • Heated Dry On/Off • Standard Upper Rack

216

• 4.8 Cu. Ft. Capacity • Self Cleaning Oven • Smooth Top • Proudly Made in USA

CoRPoRaTion

WASHER

MICROWAVE

• 7.0 Cu. Ft. Capacity • 3.5 Cu. Ft. Capacity • Deep Water Wash Cycle • AutoDry™ Drying System • HE Agitator with • Wrinkle Shield™ Fabric Softener Cap WTW4810EW CLOSEOUT Option

349

$

• Integrated Control Styling • Premium Nylon Racks • In Door Silverware Basket • Energy Star Qualified

No Matter Where You See It, Read It, Or Hear It, Spencers Will Beat It. If We Aren’t Already Lower, Just Let Us Know, Because We Guarantee A Lower Price!

HDA1100FWH

LMV1683ST

• 24.8 Cu. Ft. Capacity • Frameless Glass Shelves • Gallon Door Storage

199 999

$

$

• 1.6 Cu. Ft. Oven Capacity • 1000 Watts • Soften and Melt • 300 CFM

• 2 Humidity Controlled Crisper Drawers • Temperature Controlled Full Width Pantry • Accu-Chill Temperature Management

$

WRF535SMBM

The Spencers TV & Appliance credit card is issued by Wells Fargo Financial National Bank. Special terms apply to qualifying purchases of $499.00 or more charged with approved credit. The special terms APR will continue to apply until all qualifying purchases are paid in full. The monthly payment for this purchase will be the amount that will pay for the purchase in full in equal payments during the promotional (special terms) period. The APR for Purchases will apply to certain fees such as a late payment fee or if you use the card for other transactions. For new accounts, the APR for Purchases is 28.99%. If you are charged interest in any billing cycle, the minimum interest charge will be $1.00. This information is accurate as of 01/06/2016 and is subject to change. For current information, call us at 1-800-431-5921. Offer expires 11/15/2016.

MESA SHOWROOM & CLEARANCE CENTER 115 W. First Ave. | 480-833-3072 AHWATUKEE 4601 E. Ray Rd. | Phoenix | 480-777-7103 ARROWHEAd RANCH 7346 W. Bell Road | 623-487-7700 EAST MESA/GILBERT Gateway Towne Center |4630 E. Ray Rd. | South End by Target | 480-988-1917 GILBERT Santan Village | 2711 S. Santan Village Pkwy | 480-366-3900 GLENdALE 10220 N. 43rd Ave | (602) 504-2122 GOOdyEAR 13800 W. McDowell Rd. | 623-930-0770 SCOTTSdALE 14202 N. Scottsdale Rd. | 480-991-7200 SCOTTSdALE/PHOENIX 13820 N. Tatum Blvd. | (602) 494-0100

WWW.SPENCERSTV.COM See Website for Additional Store Locations

Arizona’s largest independent dealer!

“It’s Like Having A Friend In The Business”

Come Visit Our New Mesa Clearance Center – 115 W. First Ave.

OPEN dAILy 9AM-9PM | SATURdAy 9AM-6PM | SUNdAy 11AM-5PM

HOUSE N I S R E C SPEN LANS P T N E M PAy LE AVAILAB