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December 24, 2020

New looks for old holiday celebrations

BY TOM SCANLON

Glendale Star Managing Editor

NEWS...............6 ‘Three blessings’ as triplets born at Abrazo Arrowhead

OPINION ........11 Lesko urges Congress to unite for all Americans

From parking lot events to streaming services, holy day celebrations in December are quite a bit different this year as places of worship adjust to the troubled times.

But that’s what religions have been doing for generations.

This week, Christians will celebrate the birth of Jesus. According to the Gospel of Matthew, wise men from the east followed a star to find Jesus: “Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another path.”

Christians are finding new paths to celebrate Christmas 2020.

The First Southern Baptist Church of Glendale—which has been celebrating Christmas for nearly 100 years, since

Many churches in the Glendale area are offering online as well as in-person services during the Christmas season. (Image courtesy Shepherd of the Desert Evangelical Lutheran Church)

1926—plans to livestream its Christmas services.

Christmas at First Southern “definitely has been changed by the pandemic,” said Aimee Willis, a church administrative assistant.

She said the annual “Christmas Cantata” concert “has been canceled, unfortunately.”

But, she said, the church’s youth group decorated the sanctuary with the 47th anSEE CELEBRATIONS PAGE 3

Vaccinations begin as COVID-19 cases surge

BY TOM SCANLON

Glendale Star Managing Editor

YOUTH .......... 20 GESD extends online learning through January

OPINION..................... 10 BUSINESS.................. 12 SPORTS ...................... 14 FEATURES.................. 16 RELIGION ................... 18 YOUTH........................ 20 CLASSIFIEDS ............. 21

COVID-19 vaccines—called “one tiny step to life after COVID” by a health care official—have arrived in the West Valley.

But the general public still has to wait, as the first batch of vaccines is reserved for health care workers, first responders and residents of nursing homes.

Ashley Losch of the Glendale Fire Department said there was a slight glitch in the registration process that was soon resolved: “Once it was fixed, I was able to make an appointment quickly,” she said.

Jose Santiago said the Glendale Police Department has to wait a bit. “We are still working to get the vaccine. We are hoping

“Phase 1A” vaccinations for health care workers began Monday, Dec. 21. (Photo courtesy Abrazo)

to begin vaccinating our first responders through the city by mid-January,” Santiago said.

According to Rick St. John, Glendale’s deputy city manager, the city plans

“Phase 1A” of the vaccine, to be distributed through approximately Jan. 30, with health care workers and city fire/EMS responders to be the first to get vaccinated.

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nual “Hanging of the Green” event.

First Southern Baptist Church of Glendale has online worship and bible study available from its website, fsbcg. org.

In addition to in-person services, Harvest Church of Glendale also has archived sermons and live services at hcaz.org. Harvest Church has a 5 p.m.

Christmas Eve service.

The Church of Christ on West Olive in Peoria also has in-person and online services on Wednesdays and Sundays.

According to the Central Christian Church Glendale website, “The elders and pastors have been regularly monitoring the trend in new COVID-19 cases published by the Arizona Department of Health Services and have been seeking to follow best practices for minimizing spread of the virus (if someone were to unknowingly be contagious). We are currently meeting in-person and are simultaneously live-streaming the service for those who are not quite ready to join us in-person yet.”

The church’s Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m. will stream at glendalechristianonline.com.

At Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church in Sun City, as at houses of worship around the West Valley, attendance at services has been a rollercoaster.

“In the beginning of the pandemic back in March, some of our services had five people,” said Judy Yates, assistant for ministry. “Pastor Daniel (Defassio) says, ‘That’s OK—if we have one person there, that’s church.’

But we’re up to 50 to 60 people, now.

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ping with us who are not Lutherans— just because we’re open. And that’s OK. We have open communion.”

While the church will celebrate with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services, another big change was Desert Lutheran did not have its annual Christmas party.

“Us Lutherans, we eat a lot,” Yates said with a chuckle. “Typically, we have a lot of meals—which we haven’t been able to do.”

Instead of a pre-Christmas feast and “posada” with pinatas, the church held a “Christmas Experience Drive-thru” Sunday, Dec. 20.

Bags of candy and other treats were passed out to kids in cars, Yates said.

She stressed it was “drive-thru only; nobody gets out of their cars.”

At St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in north Avondale, just outside Litchfield Park, there’s a strict no-ticket, no-admission policy this Christmas: “Don’t forget to bring your Christmas Mass reservation tickets when you arrive as they will be required to enter the church,” according to a church announcement.

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All Christmas services there are booked for in-person attendance, but there is another way to celebrate— from home. The church is livestreaming masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Chabad of Goodyear held a “DriveIn Chanukah Spectacular” Dec. 13 in the parking lot of Osborne Jewelers in Goodyear.

“A success beyond our expectations,” said Rabbi Berel Zaklikofsky.

“People came from all over the Valley to be part of this.”

Similarly, while providing weekly services via Zoom, Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley held a menorah lighting ceremony in the temple’s Sun City parking lot.

Chanukah, or Hanukkah, began Dec. 10 and ended Dec. 18.

The celebration commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, after Jews rose up against their oppressors.

Compared to taking up arms, donning masks becomes a minor inconvenience.

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“Phase 1B will probably start around Feb. 1,” St. John said. “Glendale will have its own point of distribution (for) teachers, transportation employees, police officers.”

Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center is the point of distribution—or POD— where most Glendale first responders will receive the vaccine.

Maricopa County received the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine and started distributing them last week at two dispensing sites hosted by Banner Health and HonorHealth.

Marcy Flanagan, executive director of Maricopa County Public Health, said the launch went smoothly, with “over 1,000 doses on the first day.”

“This is a little hope,” she said. “We are one tiny step closer to life after COVID.” She said there were about a dozen mild reactions. “Most were anxiety related … nothing that concerned us,” Flanagan said.

Flanagan said about 40,000 signed up for the first round of the vaccine.

The FDA’s emergency approval for Moderna to provide another COVID-19 vaccine should help the county’s supply.

And, while other vaccine providers are awaiting approval, Flanagan stressed that most will have to wait until “the spring to early summer” for vaccines. At that point, “It’ll be similar to the availability of a flu shot. You should be able to go to a pharmacy, your primary care physician,” Flanagan said.

Abrazo West Campus in Goodyear received its first shipment of Pfizer vaccine last week and, after a rehearsal last wee, started providing vaccinations Monday, Dec. 21.

The vaccine arrives just as COVID-19 cases are peaking at places like Abrazo West.

“We have approached the high level mark we were at in the summer,” said Abrazo West CEO Christina Oh. Her staff was prepared for the increasing number of COVID-19 patients, she said.

Lindsey Medeiros, an intensive care unit nurse at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, was one of the first to get the vaccine.

(Photo courtesy Maricopa County Department of Public Health)

“We’ve been through it once before.

We definitely feel more at ease—but the impact of the pandemic is powerful,” Oh said. “We take our hats off to our staff every day.

“We have already implemented capacity plans that we developed even before the summer surge,” she added.

“We’re implementing them again, very consistent with what other hospitals are doing.”

According to Maricopa County Department of Public Health, all three key benchmarks are showing “substantial” community spread of COVID-19.

For the most recent week of full data, Maricopa County had 579 cases per 100,000 people—more than five times greater than the 100 cases per 100,000 that is considered substantial spread.

The rate of spread nearly doubled the week after Thanksgiving.

Even as county and state officials urge people to exercise extreme caution about holiday gatherings, Abrazo West and other PODs are providing the first vaccinations to protect against COVID-19.

Maricopa County Public Health expects as many as 1 million people will be eligible for vaccinations in Phases 1B and 1C, with the Moderna—approved by the FDA for emergency use Dec. 18—vaccine joining Pfizer.

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creasing COVID-19 patients.

“I think everyone realized there’s hope on the horizon,” Oh said.

“This is the second surge, so we feel more prepared—but it’s hard to see someone struggling with COVID and the teams are tired.

“We’re excited that hopefully this vaccine effort will take hold and next year we’re looking at a different holiday.”

At another POD site last week, Lindsey Medeiros, an intensive care unit nurse at Banner – University Medical Center, was one of the first to get the vaccine.

“I work in the ICU. I see the sickest of the sick. I can’t even describe how hard it’s been for our patients, our doctors, our nurses.

“And this is finally like the sun coming up.”

While it is great to see health care workers getting protection, Oh stressed vaccines will not make a positive impact in the community for months.

“People need to wear masks, practice social distancing and wash their hands frequently,” Oh said.

“The message is even more important as we head into the Christmas week.”

Indeed, Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ released a video Dec. 18 to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine and share the latest information on the virus in

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She noted Arizona contact tracers are reflecting similar situations to a recent New York study, which found 3 out of 4 COVID-19 cases were traced to small household and social events.

“We have seen much the same thing at ADHS,” Christ said. “Our 600 contact tracers point out again and again where people socialize without taking the precautions required in public events.”

Christ said that when she is involved directly in testing, “when a test comes back positive, in almost every case I’ve heard the person didn’t take precautions in a social setting.”

Christ was concerned about the upcoming holidays, after the most recent one.

“Since Thanksgiving, when many gathered with loved ones and friends, we’ve seen the COVID-19 metrics worsen,” she said.

“Informal settings cause me the most worry at this time. A student may be protected by mitigation steps at school but contract COVID-19 during a sporting event or private get together where precautions aren’t as easily enforced.

Someone who is required to wear masks while shopping for groceries may then invite people over for a dinner where people don’t wear masks or socially distance.

“These create situations where this very contagious virus can spread.”

She urged everyone to “assess the risk of hosting or attending a holiday gathering.

“If weather permits, consider hosting your gathering outdoors. Indoor gatherings with poor ventilation increase the chance of spread.”

And, she said, try to keep them short: “Gatherings that last longer post a higher risk.”

She cautioned people not to let their guards down after the good news on vaccinations beginning.

Echoing Oh’s caution, Christ noted, “It will be a number of months before vaccines are available to all, so we must continue to do all that we can to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.”

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Gov. Ducey touts vaccine as virus cases soar

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

A record number of Arizonans are now hospitalized for COVID-19 as the state retains its dubious distinction as the place where the virus is spreading faster than anywhere else in the country.

Figures released Dec. 20 by the Department of Health Services show 3,925 hospital beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients. Even at its peak in July, that figure was 3,517.

The report also shows 1,294 beds in emergency rooms with coronavirus cases, also a new record.

And while the ICU bed usage by COVID-19 patients set no new records, just 145 beds were available in the entire state.

All this comes on top of a statewide daily death count that reached a record 147 Dec. 17. The total deaths from COVID-19 in the state neared 8,000.

There also were more than 5,000

are asymptomatic and do not get tested yet are capable of spreading the disease.

And the second week of December, close to 1 in 5 people who did get tested came up positive for the virus.

Trends are going even higher, said state health chief Dr. Cara Christ.

All this came as Gov. Doug Ducey toured a vaccination site at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. Among the first Dr. Cara Christ and Gov. Doug Ducey emphasize the need to get a shot in the arm for precautions as COVID-19 spread accelerates. was Christ.

(Glendale Star file photo) The state’s own protonew cases reported five days in a row cols call for the first vaccines to be givDec. 17-21, bringing the total case in en to health care workers. And while the state over 460,000.

Christ is a medical doctor, she does not And that figure may be artificially provide direct care to patients. low, as it does not include people who But Ducey said the decision to have

her at the front of the line is based on the need to give Arizonans the confidence to roll up their own sleeves for a novel vaccine.

And that means getting the message from someone Arizonans trust—in this case, the health director who has been the public face of the fight on the virus.

Christ herself acknowledged that need for public confidence—and even confidence of the medical community who individual patients rely on for advice—noting that a survey last month found that 37% of health care professionals said they probably would not get inoculated.

Ducey himself said he is willing to get a shot of one of the vaccines that has been given “emergency use authorization’’ by the federal Food and Drug Administration. But he said there are only 380,000 doses in the first batch the state is receiving and he does not want to “jump the line.’’

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City holiday closures, changes this week

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF City of Glendale offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 25, in observance of the Christmas holiday (City Hall will also be closed in the afternoon Dec. 24), and Friday, Jan. 1, in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday.

All residential garbage and recycling collections will be shifted one day later beginning Friday, Dec. 25, until Saturday, Dec. 26.

During the week of the Christmas holiday, bulk trash services will begin Monday in section 3 and work until the section is completed. Bulk trash services will observe the Christmas holiday and will operate Saturday, Dec. 26.

For the New Year’s Day holiday, pickup service is shifted one day starting Friday, Jan. 1, until Saturday, Jan. 2. The Glendale Municipal Landfill will close Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. For more information on Glendale Solid Waste Management services, visit glendaleaz.com/trash_recycling or call 623-930-2660.

Valley Metro buses, light rail and GUS 1 will operate on a regular weekday schedule on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24 (no Express or Rapid service), and on a Sunday schedule on Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day, Friday, Jan. 1. GUS 2 and 3 will operate on Christmas Eve until 12:30 p.m. and will not run Friday, Dec. 25, or Friday, Jan. 1.

Reservations for the Dial-a-Ride service for Christmas Day must be made by noon Thursday, Dec. 24. Dial-ARide same-day service on Christmas Eve will be available until noon. There will be no same-day service on Christ-

mas Day or New Year’s Day. Reservations for the Dial-a-Ride service on New Year’s Day must be made by noon Thursday, Dec. 31. Reservations can be made by calling Glendale’s Transit Services at 623-9303500. ADA service will be available on all holidays based on a Sunday fixedroute schedule.

While the Glendale Municipal Airport will remain open on these holidays, the terminal building will be closed for the Christmas holiday from Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. until Dec. 26 at 6 a.m.

Glendale’s public libraries will be closed Dec. 24, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.

Visit Glendale will welcome guests from 8 a.m. to noon on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24. The offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 25, in observance of Christmas. Normal hours resume Monday, Dec. 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit Glendale and the Visitor Center will be closed on New Year’s Day. For more tourism information, call 877-800-2601 or visit VisitGlendale.com.

Glendale’s Foothills Recreation and Aquatics Center will be closed Dec. 25, Dec. 26 and Jan. 1. The center will be open Dec. 24 (10 a.m. to noon), and Dec. 31 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). For more information about the Foothills Recreation and Aquatics Center, call 623-930-4600 or visit glendaleaz.com/ foothillsrec.

The Glendale Adult Center is currently closed due to COVID-19.

For information about Parks and Recreation services and programs, call 623-930-2820, or for other city programs and services, visit glendaleaz. com.

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Three blessings with triplets at Arrowhead

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF Christmas came early for Rebecca and Noah Hickman when they welcomed triplets Adley, Briella and Charlotte, born at Abrazo Arrowhead Campus on Dec. 16.

Born at approximately 32 weeks, the babies are getting stronger in the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit before going home.

“I’ve been dreaming about it, we’ve been so excited since we found out,” said Rebecca about the birth of her triplets. “I’d been told it would be a hard pregnancy with triplets, but it’s been very smooth.”

She said she had a lot of support from family as well as members of North Valley Baptist Church, where Noah is a pastor. “We have had so much support from both of our families, and the support from our church family has been a huge blessing,” she said.

Hickman said she took her pregnancy and social distancing during the novel coronavirus pandemic in stride, with confidence in her birthing team including Dr. Hetal Shah and the nurses and staff at Abrazo Arrowhead Campus.

“It’s been a bit of a challenge, but I’m thankful Noah could go to the initial ultrasound and Dr. Shah’s office.

There were no complications during pregnancy, so we’re very grateful,” she said.

The Hickman triplets will briefly stay in the Abrazo Arrowhead hospital’s Level II EQ NICU—a designation from the Arizona Perinatal Trust certifying the hospital can provide services for high-risk obstetrical patients and newborns requiring selective continuing care as early as 28 weeks gestation.

“All three babies are doing great. All in all, though, we’re blessed and God definitely has His hand of protection on our babies!” Noah said.

“We are pleased to be able to provide specialized care for mothers and babies, including high-order multiple births, at Abrazo Arrowhead Campus,”

Rebecca Hickman with baby Charlotte, the smallest of the triplets. Noah Hickman said all things considered, the babies are doing well. (Photo courtesy Noah Hickman)

said Chief Nursing Officer Julie Bowman. “Our 24/7 coverage with neonatal specialists, laborists and OB emergency department offer confidence for the families choosing Arrowhead for childbirth.”

Abrazo Arrowhead was recognized for its surgical capabilities in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals 2020-21.

During a year of social distancing, hospital visitor limitations and other precautions, a father or support person is still allowed for childbirth patients at Abrazo Arrowhead.

“COVID, Christmas and babies— it’s been a year like no other. We expect our total deliveries will again be more than 3,000 babies this year. Our staff loves what they do, and during the holidays they are excited to help bring a little extra cheer for the families in our birthing center,” said Amy Munoz, director of women’s and infants services.

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Old St. Nick visits Abrazo Arrowhead

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF Santa Claus visited Abrazo Arrowhead Campus in Glendale Dec. 12 for some socially distanced holiday cheer.

Hosted by the administrative team at each hospital, employees were invited to bring their children for a “snowy” drive-thru visit with Santa. Each child got to chat with Santa and left with some treats. Nurses and doctors also got to visit with the Jolly Old Elf, and cars passing the hospitals honked their horns in celebration of the season.

Festive displays were set up in front of the hospi-

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tal with snow-making machines, twinkling holiday lights and members of the hospitals’ leadership teams greeting visitors.

“Our employees have been working so hard during this difficult time, and we hope this helped bring some smiles to their children,” said Arrowhead hospital CEO Stephen Garner.

He added that Santa has advice for a healthy holiday: “Wear your mask, wash your hands and practice social distancing!”

Santa, normally known as Abrazo Arrowhead Campus CEO Stephen Garner, visited the north Glendale hospital. (Photo courtesy Abrazo)

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In the meantime, the governor repeated that he will not impose new restrictions on businesses or public gatherings, or impose a statewide mandate for face masks, even in the face of record-setting levels of infection. He said it’s not necessary.

“Where most of the spread is happening and where the folks that are in some of these situations are because of the larger group gatherings that are happening in private settings,’’ Ducey said.

“I don’t know what role you think the government can have in private home settings,’’ he said. “That’s why we’re trying to educate the public on the best possible policies and protocols.’’

Ducey has received multiple letters and requests from different groups asking that he take more substantial action.

The most recent was from Democrat mayors and lawmakers along with doctors and nurses urging a statewide mask mandate.

“I am not ignoring anyone,’’ Ducey

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Police shoot, kill residential burglary suspect on 59th Lane

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF A burglary suspect died after being shot by a police officer on a residential street near Downtown Glendale early Tuesday, Dec. 22.

According to Tiffany Ngalula, a police spokeswoman, an officer responded to a burglary alarm around 4:30 a.m. on 59th Lane near 59th and Northern avenues, a few blocks from Downtown Glendale.

“The officer located a Hispanic male suspect in the backyard,” Ngalula said.

She said the man jumped over a fence.

“The officer confronted the suspect in the street where the adult male suspect had a large, 2- to 3-foot long, solid

metal bar in his hand and came at the officer,” she said.

Ngalula said the officer, a two-year veteran, shot the suspect.

She said other officers responding to the scene provided first aid before Glendale paramedics arrive.

“The Glendale Fire Department pronounced the man dead on the scene,” Ngalula said.

She said the investigation is continuing with the officer who shot the suspect placed on administrative leave “as standard process.

“We will review the officer’s bodyworn camera to determine what happened,” Ngalula said.

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responded when asked about the various requests. “I am listening to everyone,’’ he continued, saying he is taking “the best counsel and advice and putting those steps forward.’’

Ducey also suggested there was some inconsistency in some of what he is being asked to do.

On one hand, he said, there are those who think there should be more restrictions on businesses. That, in turn, means throwing people out of work.

At the same time, the governor said he is being asked to extend a moratorium on residential evictions, one imposed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is set to expire at the end of the year.

That is likely to result in a spike of people who have not been able to pay rent being kicked out.

Ducey said the state does have some dollars available for rent relief.

“But the best way to keep people inside their homes or their apartments is to allow them to be safely and successfully employed so they can pay their rent or pay their mortgage,’’ he said.

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2020 Holiday Schedule Christmas Day

New Year’s Day

Friday, December 25, 2020

Friday, January 1, 2021

Mon collection (12/21) No Change

Mon collection (12/28) No Change

Tues collection (12/22) No Change Wed collection (12/23) No Change

Tues collection (12/29) No Change Wed collection (12/30) No Change

Thurs collection (12/24) No Change Fri collection (12/25) moves to Sat (12/26)

Thurs collection (12/31) No Change Fri collection (1/1) moves to Sat (1/2)

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Place your recycle bin out at the curb on collection day only when it is at least half full!

If you have any questions about Glendale’s Solid Waste or Recycling Services call the Solid Waste Division at 623.930.2660

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‘Long-haulers’ battle COVID-19 symptoms for months

BY LAUREN SERRATO Cronkite News

Although most COVID-19 cases appear to be mild with a recovery time of a few weeks, health experts are seeing more patients who suffer symptoms for months or get better only to relapse down the road.

These “long-haulers” may face organ damage or such debilitating symptoms that even climbing a flight of stairs can put them back in bed for days, experts say.

Experts estimate some 10% of COVID-19 patients—or hundreds of thousands in the U.S. alone—may fall into this category. And yet with more than 17 million total COVID-19 cases so far across the nation, research specific to the long-hauler phenomenon is scant, and questions remain about what care and support these patients may need.

Long-haulers “have moved past the symptoms that are associated with acute COVID infection and are now experiencing a new subset of symptoms that are lasting a lot longer than we expected,” said David Putrino, director of rehabilitation innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City.

The most common, he said, are extreme fatigue, exercise intolerance, heart palpitations, shortness of breath and problems remembering or finding the right words.

“But then there is a big, wide range of symptoms that we’re seeing also, that range from swelling and numbness in the extremities, tingling down the arms and legs, GI (gastrointestinal) symptoms, lots of anxiety, issues with regulating temperature, dizziness, headaches, nausea,” Putrino said.

“They’re very episodic. You can be … having a good day and then suddenly you’ll feel a sort of an attack on your physiology. And they are very se-

Fiona Lowenstein, a healthy 26-year-old before contracting COVID-19 in March, finally feels well enough to venture back to the supermarket, one of the many public places she avoided while ill.

(Photo courtesy Fiona Lowenstein)

vere in terms of the way that they’re limiting individuals in their daily life.”

Fiona Lowenstein, 26, a freelance writer in New York City, said she first got sick March 13. She went to the emergency room with shortness of breath, consistent fevers and slight nausea, and was hospitalized.

When she was discharged March 17, Lowenstein—who has no underlying conditions that would make her more vulnerable to COVID-19—was under the impression the worst was behind her. But she remained ill until early June, she said.

“New symptoms just kept showing up,” she recalled. “I remember I opened up a bottle of my favorite lavender essential oils and realized I couldn’t smell it.”

Lowenstein added gastrointestinal issues, a runny nose and sore throat to her new list of symptoms, but the effects went beyond the physical. She

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said she experienced panic, anxiety, fear and nightmares.

“I even started to have feelings and dreams of drowning and I couldn’t breathe. I had never had dreams like that before,” she said.

“I realized I wasn’t getting any better and realized this isn’t just a twoweek virus.”

After discovering other long-haulers on social media, Lowenstein co-founded the Body Politic support group with her friend and fellow long-hauler, Sabrina Bleich.

What started as a blog with 30 followers soon became a support group for thousands of patients. Such questions as “How did you know when to go to the hospital?” and “What does the nasal swab feel like?” are common.

“The group was open to all patients,” Lowenstein said, “but I think part of the reason it has become a safe haven for long-haulers … is when you think of who is going to be the most active in a support group, it is the person that is sick for months.”

A missed opportunity?

A report by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in late July found that 35% of COVID-19 patients had not returned to their usual state of health two to three weeks after diagnosis. Additionally, it said, 1 in 5 people ages 18 to 34 and with no chronic medical conditions had not returned to their usual state of health.

The survey of 274 people included outpatient COVID-19 patients only, not those hospitalized.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke about long-haulers during Senate testimony Sept. 23, noting a number of individuals have reported persistent symptoms for weeks or months.

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“They have fatigue, myalgia, fever … as well as cognitive abnormalities,” Fauci said.

The issue is one federal researchers will be “pursuing in the future,” he said, adding that a number of people who recovered from COVID-19 were later diagnosed with heart inflammation.

“These are the kind of things that tell us that we must be humble and that we do not completely understand the nature of this illness,” Fauci said.

Efrem Lim, assistant professor at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, leads a team that studies the virus’ potential to spread, mutate and adapt over time.

Lim refers to long-haulers as an “important and underlying problem” in understanding the development of COVID-19.

“We have this subset of people— the estimates are about 10% to 15% of people who develop COVID-19— having these long-term symptoms, stretching out to months, much longer than the two- to three-week window that we are used to seeing.

As for Lowenstein, only after quarantining for more than a month did she feel both physically and mentally capable of stepping outside her home for the first time—with a mask and gloves.

It took nearly three months for her to build the courage to get back on her bike and ride to the supermarket, something she’d never thought twice about before COVID-19.

“There are so many people that are unable to return to their normal way of life after being sick for such a long period of time,” Lowenstein said. “It’s time for people, health care professionals especially, to start understanding, acknowledging and researching long-haulers in hopes of creating more resources and awareness.”

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Gun sales hit record, driven by protests, politics

BY CALAH SCHLABACH Cronkite News

Background checks for gun purchases in Arizona hit their highest level ever in 2020, driven by an unprecedented convergence of a pandemic, a summer of national unrest and a presidential election, experts said.

At the beginning of December, 610,911 background checks had been performed in the state through November, well over the 372,912 done in all of 2019, according to FBI data.

The Arizona spike is part of a nationwide increase, said Kelly Drane, research director at Giffords Law Center, a gun control advocacy group. She estimated that there was a nearly 90% increase in gun sales nationally from March to October this year compared to last year, with early data indicating “a substantial number of these purchases were made by new gun owners.”

Veerachart Murphy said that is what he has seen at Ammo AZ, the Phoenix gun store he owns, where there has been a “huge uptick in firsttime buyers.”

“Between the election and COVID and shutdowns and riots—it was enough to get them off the couch and come in and actually make their first purchase,” Murphy said of “people that were kind of maybe on the fence” about buying a gun.

He said his biggest spike in sales came early this year as COVID-19 began dominating the news, with a 400% increase in sales from January to February. He attributes it to anxiety about a possible pandemic-related lockdown.

Sales remained relatively high, he said, until another spike in the summer, when clashes between police and protesters were in the headlines.

That experience tracks the FBI’s data, which shows that Arizona had the highest number of background checks in March, with nearly 83,000, followed by June and July, which had 74,000 and 60,000 background checks, respectively.

Sales through November 2020

Gun purchases in Arizona set a record in 2020. Experts attribute the spike to worries about the pandemic, a summer of unrest and presidential politics. (Glendale Star file photo)

were already 47% higher than in all of 2016, which had been the record for the state.

“It’s almost like the stock market, where something doesn’t actually have to happen to set off this market.

It’s the threat of something or the potential that something happens that will trigger this market,” Murphy said.

During past gun-sale spikes, however, people were buying up AR-15s, thinking they would get taken away after mass shootings or by Democratic administrations. Now, Murphy said, “people are buying everything.”

“It doesn’t matter—whatever you can get your hands on. People are literally buying everything, handguns, rifles, shotguns,” he said. “Everything is going.”

Drane said increased gun sales have coincided with increased gun violence in U.S. cities and more calls to domestic violence and suicide hotlines. Such correlations are well known from previous research, she said, but may be more dangerous during the pandemic—which is expected to worsen this winter.

“The risks posed by these new firearm purchases may be particularly severe when coupled with the risks for gun violence exacerbated by the

pandemic, such as economic uncertainty, unemployment and social isolation,” Drane said. “These con-

ditions have historically been associated with increased suicide attempts and deaths.”

Drane said 90% of suicide attempts with a firearm end in death, and domestic violence victims are five times more likely to be killed when their abuser has a gun. With more people stuck at home, she said, domestic violence victims may not have access to supportive services, and with more children at home, there is a greater risk of unintentional shootings with improperly stored guns.

“While the gun lobby uses fear to promote the panic buying of guns, all Americans should be aware of the risks of having a gun in the home,” Drane said.

Drane said the bottom line is, “if you do decide to purchase a gun, we encourage you to learn about and practice safe gun storage, which is a foundational part of being a responsible gun owner.”

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Ducey deserves applause for COVID-19 response

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Glendale Star Columnist

When it comes to doing life-threatening work during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have rightfully congratulated our heroes on the front lines: doctors, nurses, firefighters, cops, paramedics.

Theirs are exceedingly difficult jobs under normal conditions, much less at a time when Arizona’s pandemic death toll is at 7,500 and rising.

It goes without saying that these men and women deserve our respect. And they have gotten it, for which I am grateful. But you know who else deserves a modicum of respect for taking on the difficult challenges created by the pandemic, yet has received nothing but criticism and jeers?

Gov. Doug Ducey.

Hear me out before you start penning the hate mail.

First, let me specify what I’m not

saying: that Ducey’s performance has been heroic or that he has exhibited the personal courage of a first responder.

He hasn’t, and that isn’t in his job description anyway.

I’m also not saying Ducey’s COVID-19 leadership has been exemplary, nor am I saying the man deserves a medal of honor, a grade of A, or even re-election (were that not a moot point because of term limits).

Here’s what I’m saying: I cannot imagine a more thankless, more caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hardplace job than leading a state of 7 million people against a murderous invisible enemy.

Then throw in the 2020 election, which spiked partisan bitterness to unprecedented levels and a nonstop chorus of media and social media anger merchants at work second-guessing every single Ducey decision ad infinitum, ad nauseam.

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That’s a lot to deal with for a job that pays $95K a year.

The two major critiques against Ducey demonstrate the no-win challenge COVID-19 represents.

The “pro-health” side wants Ducey to wield government like a blunt instrument, closing down businesses and implementing a mandatory curfew to “slow the spread.”

They point to 7,500 dead as a reason to ignore Arizona’s 8% unemployment rate—up from 4.4% in February, but down from 13% in April.

For them, lives lost and COVID-19 case rates are the only metrics that matter. They can live with Arizona having lost nearly 300,000 jobs between February and April, even if thus far only 194,000 of those jobs have been replaced.

They don’t want to talk about money, only about full hospital beds and full mortuaries.

Opposed by 180 degrees is the “pro-economy” side.

They do want to talk about economic carnage—and about the statistical unlikelihood of dying from COVID-19.

Their argument goes something like this: “Imagine a city of 100,000 people, like Yuma. Using today’s COVID stats, that city would have about 6,000 positive tests this year. And deaths?

About 105. That’s 1 out of every 1,000 people.

“So it sounds like my likelihood of dying from COVID is 1 in 1,000.

“For that you want to crash our whole economy and destroy my freedom?”

Stuck in the middle there’s Ducey.

Some of his decisions have been failures, like an eviction moratorium unaccompanied by necessary relief monies that effectively turned 1 million private properties into free housing.

Others, like not implementing a statewide nightly curfew, make perfect sense viewed through the prism of effectiveness versus injury.

The governor clearly has tried to balance economic damage with potential health impacts. To the extent that he’s been criticized for doing so, it’s out of the mistaken belief that his job should be easy or that we could have suffered COVID without consequence.

I’d give Ducey a B-minus for his pandemic response. On the hardest test ever faced by a governor, an exam that’s the equivalent of a surprise rocket science final, taken in public and when everyone else has all the answers.

David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com.

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Both parties must work together in 2021

BY REP. DEBBIE LESKO Glendale Star Guest Writer

This year, our nation was faced with unprecedented challenges—the threat of conflict with a foreign adversary, a historic presidential impeachment trial, protests in cities across the country and a worldwide pandemic. Though the road was tough, we have made it through and look forward to the promise of a new year.

With a COVID-19 vaccine approved and nationwide distribution beginning, 2021 will no doubt be a year of hope and progress as we continue to fight this virus, but it also brings with it new opportunities to address other challenges facing our nation, especially in Congress.

The 117th Congress represents one of the closest majority-minority splits since the late 1990s, and it presents a unique opportunity to address important issues with potentially bipartisan consensus. It is an honor to be elected to serve in this Congress, and I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to implement policies that improve the lives of Arizonans and all Americans as I have throughout my tenure.

While in Congress, I have worked to build consensus and reached across the aisle to introduce HR 5823, the DHS Illicit Border Tunnel Defense Act, with my colleague Congresswoman Xochitl

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Torres Small (D-NM) to address illicit, cross-border tunnels. I also worked with Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA) on HR 8608, Carrie’s Law, which protects women and ends mandatory arbitration in instances of physical sexual assault. We joined together again on HR 7718, the Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act, to ensure incarcerated pregnant women and their babies are protected. This bill even passed the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year.

Finding opportunities for this type of consensus will be essential for both parties in this historic, closely split Congress and our broader divided government.

I look forward to continuing to support policies that protect our seniors, lower the cost of health care and serve our veterans—ideas we can all support, Republicans and Democrats. Ideas for all Americans.

With 2020 coming to a close, let us go into 2021 with thankfulness for the many blessings we have received and optimism for the bright future of our great nation.

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Former police officer becomes insurance specialist

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF David Luna, a police officer-turned-insurance specialist, has deep roots in Glendale.

After graduating from Glendale High School in 1981, he married his high school sweetheart Jeanne Yanez in 1988.

After a stint in the U.S. Marines, he spent a dozen years as a Glendale Police Officer, many as a detective working undercover and as a sergeant. He also became a father to three boys – Emilio, Dominic and Davy – in Glendale.

“Being a father has been my greatest joy in life,” Luna said.

Tragedy would strike the Luna family, however, in 2002 when Davy would

pass away at 5 years old due to a rare form of meningitis he contracted from ingesting poor tap water just days prior. Grief stricken, the family banded together and worked to heal as best they could. Together with the family of Zachary Stalls, another young child who also contracted the illness from the infected water, they held a golf tournament for over a decade to raise funds for the Phoenix Children’s Hospital in the kids’ names.

“Over the course of several years, we donated more than $300,000 through the tournament, doing some good where we could for other children,” said Luna.

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Abrazo Arrowhead Campus adds executives

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF Abrazo Arrowhead Campus recently welcomed two executives to its leadership team. Julie Bowman is the hospital’s new chief nursing officer and Shalen Young is chief financial officer.

Bowman brings nearly 40 years of nursing leadership experience to Abrazo Arrowhead Campus. She most recently served as senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where she was responsible for improving key quality metrics, patient safety, employee and patient satisfaction.

Young will oversee the hospital’s finance, case management and materials management teams. He most previously served as chief financial officer for Arizona Specialty Hospital and has

Julie Bowman and Shalen Young join the Abrazo Arrowhead Campus executive team.

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Julie and Shalen to join our team and extend to them a warm Arrowhead welcome ... Our great Arrowhead team have been tremendously successful in providing excellent care to our community,” said Abrazo Arrowhead Campus CEO Stephen Garner. “I am incredibly optimistic about Arrowhead’s future.”

Abrazo Arrowhead Campus is a teaching hospital that serves the Northwest Valley as a destination for maternity and newborn care, cardiovascular and orthopedic services, and minimally invasive and robotic surgical services. The new Abrazo Surprise Hospital is a satellite of the Arrowhead Campus.

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Coyotes shoot for the goal of increasing girls hockey

BY JAKE SANTO AND MICHAEL GUTNICK Cronkite News

From “Rookie of the Year” to “Little Giants,” sports movies captivated kids growing up in the 1990s.

One of those was a young girl from Chandler, who fell in love with an unlikely sport.

Hockey.

For a native of the Valley, hockey seemed as out of place as a cactus in Buffalo. As someone who found her love from the Mighty Ducks film franchise, the fast-paced, bone chilling drama of Coach Gordon Bombay and his group of misfits overcoming the odds resonated with young Lyndsey Fry. These days, the Olympic silver medalist in women’s hockey is a key figure in the Glendale-based Arizona Coyotes’ movement to increase youth hockey participation in the state, especially in non-traditional markets. With various youth development programs and outreach efforts, the Coyotes are making an impact.

“The youth hockey market and the growth (in Arizona) is phenomenal,” said Coyotes President and CEO Xavier A. Gutierrez, who took the job six months ago and became the first Latino to hold those positions in NHL history.

“Every youth hockey fan that you can identify and convert leads to 3.3 more

The Coyotes are committed to exposing more girls to youth hockey participation. The year before they relocated to Arizona, only four female players were registered with USA Hockey. (Photo by Jake Santos/Cronkite News)

fans.”

The presence of the team has made an impact. Arizona ranks second among all U.S. NHL markets in total growth percentage over the past five years, according to a 2019 study

by USA Hockey. In addition, Arizona ranked first in total percentage growth for female hockey players and first for total 8-and-under hockey participation percentage over the past five years.

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Fry and the Arizona Coyotes have been instrumental leaders in growing the game in the Valley. Girls hockey in the state of Arizona has grown 53% over the last five years and 236% in the last decade, according to the Coyotes.

The year before the organization relocated to Arizona from Winnipeg in 1996, just four female players were registered with USA Hockey, the governing body for amateur participation in the sport. In 2019, 779 females were registered in the state, including 91 players ages 6 and under.

Since their arrival, the Coyotes have been proactive in their pursuit of getting more kids involved with hockey in the desert.

Gutierrez wants to continue the trend. Within weeks of taking office, he

and his team partnered with Eddie Hill, owner of the Arizona Made Ice Forum, completing the ninth full-time rink in the state with the Coyotes Community Ice Center.

Coyotes forward Clayton Keller joined general manager Bill Armstrong, Fry and Hill at a ribbon-cutting event at Coyotes Community Ice Center, which included shooting ceremonial pucks into a net on the ice.

The 22-year-old winger was reminded of his youth hockey days in St. Louis when a new rink opened up 10 minutes away from his home.

“That was the biggest thing for me growing up,” Keller said. “Back when I started playing, the same thing kind of happened. A new rink opened up and I was just so excited to come play.

It’s a huge part, having rinks and having somewhere you can call home.”

On top of building rinks within the Valley, the Coyotes have made their presence felt in hard-to-reach communities.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, the Coyotes held a street hockey clinic for kids at Chicanos Por La Causa.

Three weeks later, the team replicated the experience at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley in Peoria.

“I guarantee we make Coyotes fans because we were here,” Gutierrez said.

“We introduced them to a sport most of them probably had not even known existed. No one had given them that stick and put it in their hand and said, ‘Here you go.’ This could be a part of their personal sports journey.”

With the COVID-19 pandemic taking place, the Coyotes have instituted a new program to help kids experience hockey from a home environment. Earlier this fall, the team created the Coyotes Virtual Hockey School. All done remotely via instructional videos, the course helps students learn new hockey skills with daily workouts and institute new mindset goals for students.

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Local author cruises with Christmas-time debut novel

BY OLIVIA DOW

Glendale Star Contributing Writer

The COVID-19 pandemic opened up time for Jennifer Marshall McIlquham to work on writing her debut novel “Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship” under her pen name Parker Fairchild.

Her romantic comedy features the story of Olivia Chasen’s adventure on a cruise. Olivia took the cruise to avoid her sister and her new fiancé, who is Olivia’s ex.

Some Christmas magic could lead Olivia to meeting a Navy SEAL on her cruise.

“Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship” is available on Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere in print and digitally.

As the pandemic slowed down the regular pace of Marshall Mcllquham’s work, her mother encouraged her to pull out a book that she started writing to have “something to look forward to.”

When she heard 5 Prince Publishing began looking for authors who were hoping to be published, she prepared an excerpt and description.

“I sent it in,” Marshall Mcllquham said. “And they asked for three more chapters. Then they asked for the entire book.”

For many authors, getting their stories picked up by a publisher is a long process but because of the pandemic, Marshall Mcllquham had her first book

Local writer Jennifer Marshall McIlquham released her debut novel “Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship” under her pen name Parker Fairchild. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Marshall McIlquham)

picked up and put through the editing process quickly, signing a contract as well as finishing all three edits of her book between September and October.

“The fiction business, just like movie and streaming has been through the roof with COVID because people are stuck inside,” Marshall Mcllquham said.

Marshall Mcllquham was told that the publisher did not have room to get her book published this Christmas season.

But again, the pandemic brought positivity to Marshall Mcllquham when she found out that there was an opening for her book to come out this November.

“When you’re doing a tight deadline, you’re living and breathing it every day,” Marshall Mcllquham said. “I literally pulled a few 24 hours. I’ve had a great support system.”

Her mother, Jean Marshall, who encouraged her to start working on the novel again and her husband, Jason Mcllquham, were two of her biggest supporters while she worked on her book.

Jean and Jason read early versions and provided feedback.

The two played key roles in how the book came about.

“Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship”

is connected to Marshall Mcllquham personally because a Hawaiian cruise is how she met Jason.

Jennifer and Jason met on a small boat that took them to the Star Princess.

Marshall Mcllquham’s mother asked Jason if they could sit next to him on the tender, introducing Jennifer and Jason for the first time.

Marshall Mcllquham’s mother likes to say her daughter and Jason “have not stopped talking since they met.”

After that first cruise meeting in April, Jason proposed to Jennifer on Christmas of the same year.

Her personal love story that started on a cruise ship helped inspire parts of Marshall Mcllquham’s debut romantic comedy.

“There’s a lot going back to the cruise,” Marshall Mcllquham said.

“I had started the book on a Caribbean cruise. But I met my husband on a Hawaiian cruise. So, when I was doing edits and finishing up stuff, I would put little tidbits in of ourselves.”

Marshall Mcllquham has lived in the north Glendale-Peoria area since 2017; she moved here from Virginia where she attended the University of Richmond.

She graduated with a history degree but has always loved reading.

She also is a freelance writer, social media copywriter and model.

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BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF Angela Reed, a nurse at Abrazo Peoria Emergency Center, was recently recognized with the Arizona Emergency Nurse of the Year Award.

Abrazo Peoria Emergency Center at 26900 N. Lake Pleasant Parkway, is a freestanding emergency that serves as an extension of Abrazo Arrowhead Campus in Glendale.

The center provides 24/7 emergency care for northwestern Maricopa County residents. It includes 14 ER rooms, a full-service lab and advanced diagnostic imaging equipment on-site.

Presented by the Arizona Emergency Nurses Association, the award recognizes an outstanding emergency nurse in Arizona as identified by their peers, patients or administration. Reed was one of three nurses chosen as finalists from nominations across the state.

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“The cover made it real,” Marshall Mcllquham said. “I guess that’s what separates me and moving from a hobby to something that is more professional, it’s nice to know I have a good story and they are interested in publishing it.”

The new author wants young girls to see her character, Olivia, as a “strong heroine” who shows “what girls can do

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Angela Reed, center, was named Arizona Emergency Nurse of the Year. Reed, pictured with Ginny Orcutt and Aliza Shively, is a nurse at Abrazo Peoria Emergency Center. (Photo courtesy Abrazo)

respected by her fellow team members, often taking the lead in activities that required flexibility, collaboration, and team decision making.

“Her kindness, easy personality, smile, and humor easily put patients, families, and colleagues in an atmosphere that facilitate quality care, patient learning, and well-being. This nurse, empowered by various life experiences that encourage growth, steps out of her comfort zone, and spreads the word to others almost daily. Her infectious laugh and smile bring light and hope to those that might need to be cheered,” the nomination continued.

“In this year of 2020 all nurses should be considered to be nurse of the year and are heroes to many. I would like to think this nurse represents the commitment to care that embodies the spirit of the AZENA emergency nurse of the year.”

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“It’s fun to create stories, and this is definitely a romantic comedy, but I think it has a good message in there,” Marshall Mcllquham said.

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Be a ‘Clarence’ for a ‘George’ this Christmas Christmastime should be an inspiring and ascending time to celebrate the birth of Christ. But for many, and especially this year, Christmas is a melancholy time emotionally. There’s more despair, more depression, and more emotional turmoil than at other times of the year. Many even consider suicide at a time that should be life-giving, not life-taking.

Do you remember the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life?” It’s about George Bailey and an angel named Clarence.

In his youth, George had big hopes and big dreams. But George ended up living in Bedford Falls, what he considered to be a small town in a rural area, working in his father’s small loan agency, making loans to little people who had small dreams.

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deposit he was supposed to make at the bank. George’s company didn’t have the money to cover the misplaced deposit. George was at the end of his rope.

George even considered suicide to escape from broken dreams, financial ruin, and public embarrassment. He couldn’t see a way out of his situation.

With no hope, George became disorientated. He was drifting and despaired his life. He wished he had never been born.

What is suicide? Suicide is a permanent choice made in response to temporary pain. Most people don’t want to die; they want relief from their current

misery. They can’t believe “It’s a Wonderful Life”.

How George escape from his deep pain? Enter Clarence, an angel sent by God. Why? When you are isolated, you are more likely to believe a lie. It would help if you had someone to give perspective to you. In dark times, God uses others to see what you can’t see. God used others to provide you with hope.

George cried out to God. God responded by sending a messenger in the form of a person. Sound familiar? That’s the Christmas message.

When George wished he had never been born, Clarence gave George a different perspective. Clarence shows George how he, George, has touched others’ lives and how different life would be for his wife Mary and the Bedford Falls community if he had not been born. Clarence helped George to see his wonderful life. Clarence saw

what George couldn’t see when George couldn’t see it until he saw it.

Maybe you know someone who is like George, or perhaps that person is you. Let’s get you going again. If you are in despair, if you are drifting or disorientated or depressed, why not call on God for help? If you wish you had never been born, call on God to send you a godly counselor, a godly person, a godly church, a godly avatar, through whom God will use to listen to you, speak to you, walk with you, just like George did.

The way you get bright hope for tomorrow is through God in the flesh of a person who can give you a different perspective. For example, this Christmas, Christ’s Church of the Valley annexes have raised over $1 million to pay for professional counselors to counsel those in the Phoenix area who are exSEE DELPH PAGE 19

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They will arrange for a licensed counselor to be your “Clarence.” Church is a great place to find a helping hand to lift you up, then out, of a crisis.

At the end of the movie, the people of Bedford Falls heard of George’s predicament. The people got together and raised enough money to make the bank deposit. They came to George’s house and gave him the money. Do you remember what Zuzu, George’s youngest daughter, says at the end of the movie?

“Look, daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.”

And George replies, “That’s right; that’s right.”

How about that? Clarence, the angel, receives his wings from God by successfully pulling George out of a funk. But consider this. George earned his wings also. How? For the first time, he saw who he is to the people of Bedford Falls, an angel. He gave up his life, for the lives of others, for many years.

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This movie captures Christmas’s gift perfectly, wrapped up in shiny gold paper in George Bailey and Clarence’s life.

When you are at the end of your rope, you will find God lives there. When the world was at the end of the rope, God sent Jesus.

In human form, God sent Himself to walk with us and talk with us and reveal to us that which we currently can’t see.

He gives us His perspective for a wonderful life.

Like Clarence, you can be an “angel” to someone who is struggling. You might even earn your wings, and your George earn their wings. You’ll both be better for it. Merry Christmas!

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BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF On Dec. 17, the Glendale Elementary School District analyzed the latest information—updated each Thursday—from Maricopa County’s school metrics and decided to extend the online-only model.

GESD classrooms will remain closed through January.

The district’s winter break started Dec. 21 and runs through Jan. 4.

“As we approach winter break, we understand that you are looking for a clear direction regarding our plans for returning after the break,” said a post by Superintendent Cindy Segotta-Jones on the district’s website and Facebook page.

“The Maricopa County Department of Public Health released metrics today indicating that all three benchmarks are in the red for all three of our GESD zip codes.”

One of the benchmarks showed cases

per 100,000 in the GESD community soared from 324 the previous week to 540.

“Based on the benchmarks, it is recommended that all GESD schools operate in the virtual learning model with onsite support upon our return from winter break,” Segotta-Jones wrote. “Onsite will be provided at a limited capacity and does not include student-specific special Glendale Elementary School District will return from wineducation services, trans- ter break in online-only mode through Feb. 1. portation, modifications or (Photo courtesy GESD) accommodations. GESD communities as we continue planning will continue to operate under its cur- for metrics updates in January. rent virtual work environment upon re“That said, the earliest projected turning from winter break. date for a return to school in the hybrid “We must also take into account model is Monday, Feb. 1,” she wrote. the potential for increased exposure She also reminded district famiand transmission of COVID-19 in our lies Monday, Jan. 4, is a professional

growth day for the district, with no virtual instruction for students on that day. Online classes resume Jan. 5.

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Deer Valley Unified School District will also begin the next semester online when winter break ends.

According to DVUSD, kindergarten through eighth graders will have virtual learning from Jan. 4 through Jan. 15, with students returning to classrooms Jan. 19.

High school students will be in virtual learning for an extra week, with high school classrooms reopening Jan. 25.

At Glendale Union High School District, “All students will continue virtual/remote learning from home on Tuesday, Jan. 5,” according to the latest district information.

The Peoria Unified School District Governing Board voted to keep classrooms open after winter break.

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF Microsoft will help fund the Pendergast District’s Builder Bees Makerspace Program.

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GESD's annual Adopt-a-Kid campaign creates hope and joy for GESD children and families this holiday season.

A very heartfelt thank you to all Glendale Elementary School District employees and community donors who helped to make wonderful holiday memories for 200 GESD kids from 51 families. This was the largest ever reach achieved for the annual GESD Adopt-a-Kid campaign!

We're truly grateful for the kindness and generosity of the donors from our community including Bears & More, Christ's Church of the Valley (CCV), the Glendale Fire Department, Kiwanis Club of Glendale, and PURE Youth Arizona Chapter.

GESD's Adopt-a-Kid campaign helps to ensure families celebrate the holidays with gifts and necessities. The children were recommended by GESD's Family Advocates, Refugee Family Services, McKinney-Vento Program, and Social Workers.

Cindy Segotta-Jones, Superintendent